, 1875-05-13
Ghcrmnn Us Lieutenant, Bank
er, Lawyer, Professor,
and General.
From Eth Run TO tho Datilo or
Lookout nlOnntains
New Light upon the Rebellion.

m.p, "Loen Invited to wrlto tho history Of this
War, OF to record for publication my personal
reco1ections Of It, with fargo offots OF motley
therefor, all Of which 1 have declined, bccnuso
tbe trutl, In not always paiatable and uhoufd not
avaru 10 told. Many Of tho actors In tho
e,apd lrsmn still live, and they and thoir
friends arc quick 10 controversy. which should
10 avoided. The great end at peace Inns bccn
a..sined With little or no change In our
form Of government; and tho duty Of all
good mcn Ia to allow tho pnHhsunn Of that
reriod to bub-ido, that Ho may droct our
rb1sfcal and tnental labor to ropair the work Of
par, md to engage In the greater task OF con-
timing our hi>horto wonderful national develop-
nent. What now propose to DO IL 1noroly to
ciyo some Of my personal rccolcc!iolIs about the
lI.,Qrio pornonH aud events Of tho day, prepared
not with any view to their production. but rather
for preservation when au1 gono, and thus to DO
.lowod to follow into oblivion tho cords OF Sim
ilar papers, or 10 bo aHed by somo historian who
may read tllom by way OF illustrations" Ger.
gheru1au las redeemed this modest purpose In
two OF tho n,ost striking, eloquent, md original
works Tho literature Of tho war las produced.
Tho style ia fresh. clear easy, and often brilliant
and AlcsHrs, Appleton laye mndo tho work
rortlly Of tho reputation Of their houec.
snENMAN Az LIEUTENANT.
EiGhtcnu hundred and iorty-s1 fou.l Gen.
sherman iu tho 91st year OF lis ago, and First
Lieutenant Of Artillery III Fort atoulrie. y. O.,
under command OF Capt. Robert Andersen, At
te1Vard 10 become celebrated au tho dofcnIcr Of
Fort Sumter. With this epoch IN his lfo tie
Generals memoirs begin. War Ind broken out
IN Mexico, and tho General describes Ills anxiety
ns an inpatient young officer to obtain m active
command. Ills application resulted In m order
10 sail for California to tahe part in Nh expedition
6ltcd out to conquer that country. We find hin
sailing nround Capo Horn a. Lieutenant In COM
pany with Ord aud I1allcck. It was long Jour
ney--raadlnE, "gaming, but never gambling"
and d little visit to lilo Janeiro while Henry A.
Wiso vaa our Minister thcro. Tloro was visit
10 Chill, trip to Valparaiso and finally rcst
at Monterey whoro tho young Officer was In
scd 70 wltncas play called " Adam aud Eya."
known as Dolores Gomez, ulo. however, was
dressed very unlike Eve, for elo wae covered
with =. pctticoat OF spaugfcs.. Adam was ror-
eonatod BY ouo who has stuce become famous a.
sstan claim God Almighty whs pcrsonstodt
sad Hoayeu'a occupants seemed very human
yet the play Was pretty and interesting, aud
eioited universal applause"
EAHLT DAYS IN cAL1fonN1A.
Thcse woro the early days when tho Spanfarda
st rcisned on tho Pacific coast The dcucral
tel4 Of m a1nusing visit he pail to ono OF tile
Dous who gavo him . dish Of rabbit With what
"rod pepper Of tho rnrest kind" At that timo
= 'olcB had artson between tho American otll-
cc!e--Gen. Koarny, Col. Frnmont, and Com.
Stockton each ciaiming the right to control
sdairs III California; Fremont resting hts right
upon ~ letter lo had received from Col len
l. -ucnce In polk's Administration" Koar-
ny. was ovidently tho stronger man
and ws ha!e visit Of Sherman TO
him taking toe. !. aud loft without being m,lcl,
impressed" There was somo discussion ~ 10
shat would be douc with Fremont by tho intrepid
aud 1osy Koaruy. "Homs thought he would TO
died and shot, aoule thought he would be- carried
lack ia irons. Dut evidently political influence
was not altoglitor dead under tho Administration
Of President Polk. All Fremont was not harmed,
Int simply showed out OF his rank, which kearny
sssuned, ,-Fremont tl returning home along Win
F. D. Mason in supreme Charge e-"a an OIL
cer," ~ Sherman Hays, ''of great experience
aud Of storm character, doomed by aonao harsE
and no.ere:" but to Sherman always kind and
Agreeable" Ono Of the trHt duties OF Sherman
was to arrest = uauIplng otllcor named Nash,
,*A1caldo OF Sonoma," WHO claimed to bo Gov
esnor Of California, aud waa dissposcd to dispute
tho authority Of tho military. Sherman was bcnt
Eas1, 10 suppress hts inciplsnt rebellion. "On
reaching THO houso," aayB 6hermap, ~ in
quircd II Nash woro in, aud was first an
sHcrod 'uo,' but ono OF tho women soon point
I'd to him. and 10 roso. Iio vas armed witl.
pistols, aud tho women wore evidently alarmed,
1 walkol up to him and took Lis arm, and told
aim 10 como aloug with mo. l1e asked mo
'ehc.o, aud said Monterey 'Why7' i viii
explain that moro at 1eiauro,' 0reon nut him
sotf between me and the door, aud demanded, In
= theatrical style, why dared arrest q peacoablo
citizon in ilis own honso, I simply pointed to
my piatol aud told him to get out Of tic way,
which he did. About that time ono Of tue euil-
ors, handling Ills pistoi carelcsHly, discharged it.
md 0roer iilsappearsl yory suddenly, We took
Nash to the cart, put lin III. took him to tho
a1at and tho noxt morning we wore gone"
THE FOUNDING or TIE PACIFIC Enp1nE,
This was Shor,nan's firns Buccensiui ofiort 1t
sap,rassiug rebellion, and certainly It was n
good auglrY Of Lis future career, Tho chapters
describing Lis carly life In California, md his
recol!ccttons Of tlns country. arc vivid MIC
t.rcsquc, anl marked with tic fresh. incisfye
r.snly claracter Of tho ilIust1oua author, There
! plainly no ronlanccs more attractive than tic
founding Of California, IL the epriug Of 1913.
gold was discovered. In lilo spriDs Of 1873
We hear Of two mon coming to tie pt,ce Of tho
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