, 1875-05-16

march, and that l simply executed MS Plans,
Gen. Graut llss never, Ia my OPINION Thought
no ar e.id so." u hare often boen asked BY
well-mcs1ing friends Hben the Thought ef that
march hrBt entered my mind. l knew that an
aruy which had penssratoa Georgia - fae a.
Atlnnta could not turn back-lt must so ahead !;
bnt Nhea how. and ubero depended on many
cona;dara;ions. AZ soon a Hood crossed from
Ioyeioya to Palmetto, s&W tho move in my
minds eve, and. after Je1arson Davis speech At
Palmetto, an Sept 26, Was moro positive in
my conviction, bat Tas = IN; aonos - 70 tae tlnae
OF tbs fac, that the march to tho sea was
thoroughly tho conceation OF Sherman, and that
he holieyed the suceesa of the march vonld re-
suit in the fall Of Richmond. On the 7th OF
November, five days after tnla olspatch, sly!ng
formsl aaseut. Ger Grant teegraphed approving
tha n;ans and saving II think everything here
is favorable now. Great good fortune attend
YOU. I believe yoa will bo aminentlg successful,
ind 1t mos. can orly make march lssa fruitful
than hopsd for" -
THE MARCH 70 TIE srA.
On tho 10th OF November 1854. Sherman set
out upon his march. .H.a army HAs d1vldad into
9 right aud left wing under the command OF
Gems, Howard aud SIoeum, sod wss composed OF
shout E0,0O0 men. Most Extraordinary efforts
had tSen made to purge It from non-conbatants
and sick N gu, and every soldier IN me tsnks was
forasirht could with nil tho aasentin1s Of life,
atroncth. and vigorous action." Provisions
enough for twenty dars and forage for five vere
taken. Shermsn's description OF the morning
when tho a.rca began il VIVID Aoa picturesque
NV stood upon Lbs very ground vhsreon Has
fought tho bloody bsssIe Of July %. and could
SEQ The copss of wood where ucpnorson fell
Behind us lay Atlanta sraoldorlns snd IN rulns'
tie black smoke rising high in sir and hanging
Like pail over tho ruined e.sy. 1ghi, ,;1s petors
rapidly with cheerY and suin.ing pace, nads
lixht Of tho many hundred miles that1s between
us aud Mchnpond. Som. band struck up Tho an-
Them Of John Brown. Tie man caught up the
strain, and never before of s'nco nave heala
tho chorus done with more spirit or better har~
naony OF time and Elace. Then. 20 turned: our
hotses' haads to the east. Atlanta wss aoou lost
behind the screen OF trees, anu became thing
Of tho part. A1onud 1t c1ings many thoughs
Of desperasa battle, or hope aud lear, wh'Gh noE
never se.n the place siuoo. Ins day Tas Of
tremely beautiful; clear sunlight, with brncing
air, aud III unusual feeling OF inspiration seemed
to pervade a11 uinda-the feeling Of somothing
to como, vaguo and undehned, stu fnn OF sen-
s1are md intense ,ntarest- Even tho common
soldiers caught the iaspi. atvn, aud many n
group called ont to me- as worked my way Fast
them, Uno1e Billy, / guess Grnnr il whiting for
ua 10 R,chmond.' Ind cd the general sentiment
vas that we Ners msEehinS lGF Mehmoma where
march direct for Richmond by way Of AueustA
aud Charlottesville but always did design 10 reach
tho seacoas. 1T SaTaunal, Or Po,t Royal, aud
even kept in mind tho alternative OF Pensacota. :"
THE RonANoK or TEE AAnoH.
Gen. Shoi1nana style becomes picturesque
and vivid ip treating Of this march to the soa.
AZ Ouyingtou tho ueEroes wete simply fraa;lo.
with joy, and clustered about Ills horse, shout
ing aud pray1ng in thou quaint atyle, which iad
= peculia1 eloQueuce = thai will move \ stone,
and III csn now eea poor girl in the very ecs1a-
~ Of tha Methodist about, hugglnE tho tattsred
b&n.c1 Of ono Of the regiments aud jumping up
20 tue fect Of Jesus" Ihon there cams N OLD
grty-haired negro" abont a. fms head as
ever saw. asked him il he understood ab,ut
tho War and i.s prog.ess He said that he did
thai no had been looking for ti,a angel Of the
Lord aver since ba vas kuee-hlgh, aud, though
We psofessed to b. 6ghtng for tho Union, hs
supposed that slavery was the real ca1Ba. and
our succsss woald be bus freelou. ashed him
aud he said shey surely dia." !" It va. q hard
tine With the plantation OF Howell Cobb. the
famous leEal General. when Sherman raached It.
Hs gase orders 20 Goa. Day.a to spare nothing,
aud that night tho plantation was destroyed.
Il Sitting in fraut OF the frs thai evening, says
tho General, - becarne cousoaoub that ) negro
with tailou candlo iu his hand MAS scanning
uy face closely. I lnQuired- What do sou
want, old rnau2' Ho answered, 'Dey say you is
Massa She.man.'5 l-ans.efed that such MRS the
caso and inquired what he wanted. He ouly.
wanted to look at me and kept mattallng dds
Niger can't sleep die night There were xp-
peals from tbs Soitharners to. rouse aud defend
their nnr,ye soil. bnt Sherman kept marching
steadily On. "a Vixen the soldiers too. Mllledge-
vile they organized Legislature OF their Own
and had merry prauks. Beauregard called on
the Goorglsus to rso for the dsfeuse Of their
soil, a. ba Was haatcniog to JON them. Senator
Hill teiegrapbcd from Richmond that every ciEi-
zen with his gun and eyery pogro With his rpsde
could do the work Of tbe soldier, and members
Of Congress telographed 10 assail tue inyAider III
'front.' faux, and rear by night and by Gay and
lot him have no rest. At ono point there vera
torpedoes on tue road. and q Handsome youag
olhcora foot nas blown 10 pieces. Sherman
tozmsd bis prisonare into an advance guard, and
nada them ,narc}a at the Il I'd Ut his culumn aud
renuye the torpedoes. Ftaai1y on the 13sh day
Of December, shout = month After she departure
from Atlantis. Shesmau's troops ca ptured Furt
hcAl!ister. and his army vas on 1he ssacoast
under s:e protection OF the guns Of ths Federal
Army, and With abundant supplies.
TIE cAeT.HR or SAVANNAH.
We learn from th9 ntCo0lrs of Gen. Sherman
that the capture Of Savaoaah Eas also bis own
aos aga1nst the wishes Of Gen. Grant +Aa 6oon
- Sherman arrived at Savannah Gsaat wrote to
him to forsify hinsutf on the aeacoast leave be-
hind artillery and cavalry, aud to bring the ball
anca OF his command to Richmond. Bherman
Eeplled that ha would prefer t. take Sasannah,
thence to march toward Columbia aud Raleigh.
Thomas had DOT attacked Hood a. vas expected;
and Grapt, impatient for the contest, had
thonght Of going to Nashville in person, bat
contented himself with sending out Logan to re-
heva Thomas. In obedieuce to Sharman's nr-
geucy. Grant changed his mlnd about emnarIiuG
bis troops, aud tue result @ss tho capture OF
6ayanuah O. Dec ~, 1854, and an ofdot from
Grapt to carry out his Own !deaa aud to march
with his entira seuy BY land.
SHERMAN AND sTkNToy.
The difficulty baswaen Gen. Sherman knd Sec
retary Stanton WIS ono OF the painful eyea!s OF
the War aud to be attributed soiely wa thiuk. 10
tile peculiar temperament Of ths two men- Stau-
ton paid Sherman = %iait On the 11th OF January
aod ordered all the cotton to be sent North. BY
tie orders Of Stanton all the marks wete obliter-
ated from this cotton, which Sherman !" thought
strangely Of Il tha tune, aud aye1 tnots go now.
Ftr am assured, " he says, q .hat claims. real
and tct1tiouFv hare been proved up against thia
identical cotton Of thres timos the quantity &C.
tuatiy captured, aud that ractamat,ons have been
allowed for more thau the actual quantity cap
tured-uanely, 81, 900 bales" Stanton remained
with Sherman for son1e days, q. eesmineIy very
curious about matters aud things IN genel-
an He did not think that eomo Of Slarnan's
Generals bad shown Kindness TO the negro, aud
he cnmtlainod Of Gon. Jeffcraon g. Dayia- sher-
man defended hlH Genernls, claiming that they
felt sympatly for the uegroEa, but "of q DIFF
fefeut sort from that OF Mr. Stanton, which was
not the power Of humanity but Of politics.
There ras conference between Secretary Stan-