The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-02-04
He GATE CITY.
SATURDAY, FEB. 4.
An ra..rvlsw Win Sherman.

An Hasefview with sherman.
Rs publish the following extract from .
|ivats letter received from IN officer who
= General Sherman soon after his ar
vi in Savannah, and the conclusion Of
agreeable march" which appeared
the Boston Advertiser
We are just nov full of Sherman, whose
vent in this quarter has stirred us up
veil IS the rebels. / had the exceed.
y Qualification Of passing several hoan
= him on board the flagship. Before
said . word about his campaigu, be
oke Of --, aud spoke of him 10 the
ne kind way that oil his army friends
hom / have met have done, and 10 high
raise of him as soldier. Then he ven.
about his march. though moro in re-.
to questions than Otherwise, aud mod
tly enough. You can fancy the inter
q of all this.
de has keen eye and most expressive
ce, and no nonsense about him. He
pa's with these vilainous rebels in Oh. |
ght vein, and takes dow their HI oh |
me most eifectually, as we have seen 3, |
Eas letters, and as an incident which b. |
Plated shows. he don't let slip an oppor. |
pn'ty OF stripping them of their false pre-
6ensions.
The storming party at Fort McAllntsr
PSI some lives by the torpedoes planned
the ditch. sud some hours after The
(urtender, q soldier stepping on ono Wa
tally injured. The garrison Of the fort
as set TO work to excavate them, and
pc Mayor expostuisted about thus x
|osing their valuable lives. Sherman |,
lraed on him with:
"Tbat mans life is worth more than II
re Southern Confederacy--worth more
han jeff Davis life he vas an honest
nan and good soldier. ! hare a mind
Q put you all ia house with these torpe-
loes, and blow you up" /
Sherman said his army was as large as
q wanted it; he had as many men as
ould be handled, and he could go any
here With it-had not lost a wagon on :
be way-hai not been harassed In the
'sst by the enemy, who had not seen his ,
lain body at all. c
lie had left a trail behind him that
'ouid mark his path for long time, and
OF left fence standing over tract for
miles vide, nor any live stock either,
ad 10000 horses and mules and bis
'agon train numbers $500 All the
orses aud mules that gave out were shot /.
liddle and Northwestern Georgia will
1rely remember Sherman for many gen. .
rations.
think the damnable rebellion is tot
airing TO It's fall the brginulng of the ,
nd can now be seen, aud we may hope
Rat in 1865 We will witness the dispersion
{ the rebel armies and the dawn of peace
lr. Baxter's protest against the despotc
azure of Jeff.'s Government, and his
ppeal for peace negotiations, that the
zee institutions of the South should not
tterly perish by the continuance of the
ar, is significant sign to come from
outh Carolina.
Gov. Brown, of Georgia, in his last
reclamation, which 10 also . protest
gainst the prevailing despotism Of the
confederate Government, says that his
eopIe will prefer reconstruction, however {
dious. with the North, to such despo,-
IN. Other signs are not wanting Of
'ndency to reaction throughout the
ouih. When i. gets ia rly under way il
ill sweep the couutry and put down al
lriher opposition to the power Of the
'uited States.