The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-05-29
GEN. sHERMAN's BOOK.


Cesar in simple beauty and perspicuity of
composition, and infinitely more stirring in
its incidents and details. All the papers are
quoting from it by the column. The New
York Herald thus cendcnses the account of
an interesting episode;
The difficulty between Gen. Sherman ana
Secretary Stanton was one Of the painful
events OF the war, and to be attributed solely,
we think, TO the peculiar temperament of the
two men Stanton paid Sherman visit on
the 18th of January, and ordered all the cot
ton to be sent North. BY the Orders.ef Stan
ton, all the marks were obliterated from this
cotton, which Sherman Thought strangely OF
at the time, and even more so now For
am assured" he says, "that claims, real and
fictitious, have been proved up against this
identical cotton of three times the quantity
actually captured, and that reclamations have
been allowed for more than the actual guam
tity captured namely, 81 900 bales Stanton
remained with Sherman for some days, seem
ingly very curious about matters and things
in general" He did not think that some Of
Sherman's generals had shown kindness to
the negro, and he complained of Gen Jeffer
son c. Davis Sherman defended his gener
ais, claiming that they felt sympathy for
the negroes, but "of a different sort from that
of Mr.. Stanton, which was not the power Of
humanity but of politics." There was con-
ference between Secretary Stanton and dele
CATION of negroes, and among the questions
addressed to them wss this: Estate what is
the feeling Of the colored people toward Gen.
Sherman, and how far do they regard his
sentiments and actions as friendly to their in
terests or otherwise" The answer was that
they had the utmost confidence in Sherman
th. of n6 cpta p q ri
especially TO accomplish this work. This
was certainly singular interview and Sher-
man, commenting upon 1t, says with native,
and, we think, pardonable vanity: sit GER
tainly was strange fact that the great secre-
tary of war should have catechjzed negroes
concerning the character of u general who
had commanded 100000 Men in battle, and
captured cities, conducted 5000 men sue
cessfully acress 4,O0O miles Of hostile terri
tory, and had just brought tens of thousands
of freedmen to pace of security. But be-
cause he had not loaded down the army by
other hundreds of thousands of freedmen ne
groes, it was construed by others as hostile
to the black race" "bIy AIM says General
BILE their pride, and follow them 10 their
Utmost recesses to make them fear and dread
us. Stanton was not in good health although
he appeared robust and strong, he cor planned
good deal OF internal pains which threatened
his life, and which would compel him soon
to quit public office. He said that the price of
everything had so risen, in comparison with
the deprecated money, that there was danger
of national bankruptcy, and he appealed to
me as a soldier and q patriot to hurry up
matters so as to bring the war to close"
SHERMAN AND LINCOLN.
! Then came the march through the CARROLL
mas from Charleston steadily north, and the
burning of Columbia, which Gen. Sherman
believes to have been an accident arising
, from the criminal folly of the confederates
| in setting fire torheir cotton. When the army
reached Goldsbero Sherman took run up
to City Point to meet Lincoln. The President
remembered him perfectly, and they engaged
IN a most interesting conversation. Having
made coed long social visit, they took their
leave and went 70 Gen. Grants quarters,
where Mrs. Grant had provided tea. While
at the table says Sherman, Mrs. Grant in
oulr. d il xe had seen Mrs. lincoln No"
said the general, 81 did not ask tor her, and
added that ! did not even know that she
was on board" Mrs. Grant then exclaimed !:
"Well you are pretty pair" and added that
our neglrt was objectionable, when the gen.
cral said would call again the next day and
make amends for the unintended slight. The
next day they called, and Mrs. Lincoln, who
was not we'll, did not see them. Gen. Sher-
man gives full notes of his conversation with
President Lincoln "Of all men ever met,
he seemed to possess more of the elements of
greatness combined with goodness than any
other. Mheh a' res. or listening, MS iess anu
arms Seeiheu W nans al,hosl iiie'ess' anu us
face "a' care"o!h anu haggaIui Vu. tle mo,
| men; ne oeS'u j.. i,H h's race oriShleheu
I up, his ia1I l"iil 10 II were uniolueu, anu hc
was the very I"'persona'ioh Oh g9ou humof
and fellowship, Inc ias' words ! recall as
addressed 70 me were that ne shouiu leei pet.
1 ter when 1 was PACK AT rolusooro; we
parted al the Eahgway oil tne hiVer queen
about noon, Warren - anu never saw MIN
, again during inis conversation ten. sner
4 man asked arc,''rnl Lincoln Nnal >soHia Ot
. .n.ai his mind fully, but minated that he