The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-06-13
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WARRINGTON CORRESPONDENCE
WASHINGTON, D. O., May 81

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It has mined all day to-day. Last
night an immense crowd was..gathered, i
preceded by band, and marched up
Penn ylvania Avenue to the boarding
house of General Sherman, on capitol
hill, near the capitol. Others were added
Is they marched on, and there was . gen.
sral rush to see, hear and serenade the
General. Like che boys at show, / fol.
lowed off the music, not as cared 80
much about hearing . t'speech," for
knew Gen. Sherman would not make one.
OF oil great bores, set speech of one Of
those old shaking hands Yoliticians, who
have to "speak their piece" is the
greatest. Some men about this city ap-
pear to have no other business than
toadying, getting UP bands to serenade,
and calling out this, that or the other
"great man." to make. "speech."-
Many Of the politicians from the rural
dee.tricts," no doubt, feel highly compli-
men,ed, and think it is "big thing" to
get to make speech at Washington-a
speech which will be forgotten before the
ink is dry on the paper on which it is
printed.
Getting up subscriptions for Lincoln
monuments is another, heavy business.
Men with these subscriptions are almost
as numerous as the Italian beggars, and
in many instances, no doubt, are s'drop-
ping the pigeon" on the unwary on their
own hook, and pocketing the money, after
the fashion of the flaming hand bill prize
lotteries sent to the army from New York
and other cities.
The serenadefs have their taxes to
grind" they are all after something, and
as DR.. Olds once said in speech, call
very hungry" 1t is amusing to see the
button-holeing and caucusiug, the private
conversations, the "I'll tickle you and
you tickle me. which is going on here.
To see the veteran politicians and veteran
prostitutes, which are 80 numerous about
Washington, one must think like Paddy
Miles son in the play, 'sthis is a sad and
wicked world
But started to tell you about the SER
enade. General Sherman was not at
home, and the band was requested to play
and it was announced he would be there
IN half an hour.
Gen. Ewing. and Charles Sherman. =
lawyer here, brother of the General. and
Colonel Bowman, were called, and made
speeches. General Ewing is al eloouen,
speaker, of fine personal appearance aud
easy delivery, and speaks to the point
Charles Sherman said the Sherman family
in Ohio, called the "Shermau boys" CON.
sisted originally of six boys; at the grand
review he found the SHERMAN boys" in.
stead of six, now numbered over sixty
thousand. Col. b. is now writing q his
tory of the campaign in Georgia, soon to
be published. Mrs. Sherman made her
appearance and was introduced to the
crowd By her brother, Gen. Ewing, who
remarked, as the General was not there
himself he would introduce Mrs. s "a at
was all In the family" She Yves loudly
cheered, aud sent beautiful bouquet to
the band, with her compliments. Mrs.
5. appears to understand how 10 do the
agreeable, and makes quite an impression
on the crowd, who are admirers Of the
Generals military career. She bears =
striking resemblance to Gen. Ewing. who
addressed the meeting. Neither tail nor
short, but of medium size, rather inclined
to be fieshy, with finely developed head.
DARK, thick, wavy, auburn or brown hair
. bright, intellectual face, with high fore
head, and dark, expressive, hazel ewes.
with smack Of good humor in her com,
position. This is not a novelists descrin-
ton OF the ethereal, but what saw bv
the gas light. being very near the door
where she appeared.
In short time We left, and later in the
evening the General was found 10 be At
the Metropolitan Hotel, and serenaded
and called out for speech, and replied
10 few words. Several othefe let the
Eagle loose. heard the noise, but did
not go to hear their Eagles spread them.
selves. With the rafting Of omnib6ses
and street cars aud Cabling in the crowd.
two-thirds of what is said Il, one OF these
speeches at hotel caunot be heard.
Our troops are camped in end about
the city--some ~ far as four miles out.
Crowds of officers and men are in syery
oay. "All quiet on the Potouae.n, -.
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