The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-13
1854 and an order rom Grant TO carry out his
own IDEAS and TO march with his entire army by

own IDEAS anu 10 ludICn Win MS entire ARMY W
SHERMAN AsD STANTON
The oinicutY between General sherman and
OF the war and 10 be attributed solely, We think
70 the peculiar temperament Of the two men.
Stanton PaId sherman q VISIT on the l1tn or jan
uary ana ordered al :ne cotton 10 be sent North
BY the orders Of stanton an the marks were
obiterated rom this cotton. which sherman
"tnougnt strangely OF at the time ana even more
so now .'FOr am assured ne says. 'tnAt
claims real and fictitious. nave been proved up
against tnls identical cotton Of three tmss
quantity actually captured, anu tuag re-
Carnations nave been allowed i0r more tiaA tue
actual quantity captured--nameY, 81 ,000 lales.v
stanton renamed with sherman for some days,
seemingly very curious abou! matters aud things
in general lie dld nor think mat some 81 Sher
mans generals mad shown kndhess ~ tiie nekro
ana he complained Of General Jefferson {. Davis.
lell sympathy loF tls negroes, rut 20 alaer-
ent sort rom that Of Mr.. Stanton. when wis not
me power OF huaanlty but 81 poiitcs.h There
was conference between secretary Stanton ana
delegation OF negroes, ana among the
questions addressed 10 them was this-
state what IS the feeling OF the col
ored people toward General sherman,
and how iar 40 they regard his senEl-
meats and actions as friendly 10 tneir
interests or otherwise rhe answer vas that
they had the utmost confidence III Sherman sas
man N the providence OF God set apart specially
singular interview: and sherman, commenting
upon H. says with naive ana we mink pardon.
aoie vanity :-''it certainly was a strange fact
that the great Secretary OF War should have cate
cnlzed negroes concerning the character or
had captured cities, cOnducteu 10 0o1 men success
iul!y across 1900 miles OF hostile territory aud had
just brought tens ot thousands 81 freedmen TO
plsce 81 security. But because ne na1 not loaded
down MS army by other hundreds 81 thousands
OF freedmen negroes IL was construed ny 0tnerS ~
hostile 10 the black racer "My aim y says GEN
eral sherman, ''was 10 whip the rebels and humble
their PRIDE aud follow them TO their Utmost ecesses
10 make them fear aud dread Us. stanton was
not III good neaifh, although he appeared robust
and strong, he complained good deal OF internal
pains, winch threatened bis lie and which would
compel nim soon TO quite public Oiilce. He SAID
that the price Of everything haa 50 risen In COM
parison with the deprecated money mat there
was danger OF national bankruptcy, ana be ap-
pealed 10 rae as SOLDIER ana o patriot to hurry
up matters so as 10 bring the VAR 90 a close.n
SHERMAN AND LINCOLN.
Then came the lnarch through the CafOlinaS
II m Charleston steadily north aud the burning or
Columbia, wnlcn General sherman beneves D
have oeen an accident arising rom The criminal
lOiy Of tue Coalederates n setting ire To their
cotton. wnen the army reached Go.dsDorO Sher-
man took a run up TO GlUy POINT 70 meet LlncOn
The President rememoered HIM perfectly, ana tney
engaged IA the most interesting conversation.
having made a good lonG social visit, lucy TOOK
their leave ana went 10 General Granps quarters.
whore MIS- Grant TAO provided tea, '.Nnile lit
the table, SAYS sherman, MRS. Grant inquired
y we nad seen Mrs. Llncolu.h Mo- sald
the General II ola not ask Tor her
and | added that | did not even know mat she
was on board. Mrs. Grant then exclaimed, "Well,
you are 4 p. city palr,n ana added that our neg
lect was unpardonaole, when the General said we
would cal again the next day AID MAKE amends
Tor the unattended silgnt. The next day taay
called anu Mrs. Lincoln no was not Wen ,ltd
not see tnem. General sherman gives fuii notes
OF his COW ersatIUn with Presluent Lincoln. "Of
all the men ever nave met ne seemed % possess
more or the elenent Is OF greatness, combined Win
goouness Imam any otner When az rest or listen
lng his legs ana arms seemed 10 hang almost
lileIess, ana hls face was careWorn and naggarI;
but the moment ne began TO talN his lace
hgntened up, his tai form 1t were unfolded. ana
he was the very impersonatlUn uf good humUr anu
fellowship. The last wuras recall as addressed
to ule were lhat be would ieel better when WAS
back ut Goldsboro. We parted At tue ganaWay OF
the River Queen about noon OF MarCn - and
never saw MIN again. During rui4 conversation
General Sherman asked President Lincoln what
should be done 10 Jefferson DAVIS aud the
pul lcal leaders. las 20 Jonerson DAVIS, Y says
sherman. 'Mr. Lincoln was hardly az liberty to
speak his mind fully, but lntmated that he HAD
better clear out, escape the country only II would
not do Tor nm 10 say openly. As usuli ne
illustrated his meaning bY q stury. man VINO
once aaG taken the total abstinence pledge Wnen
visiting friend was invited TO take drlnK. but
declined on Tue score Of MS pledge. wnen his
friend suggested lemonade, Wnlcn was accepted.
In preparing tue lemonade the lrlenu pom ed 10
the brand, bottle, anu said that the lemonade
would be more paatAb!e Il ne were 70 pour "a i
little brandy, aLd Ms guest sara II Nc could % 50
uuDekn0au To MIN, he wOulI not object, rom
wGch Ill uatrgtion Inferred that Mr.. DAVIS was "
escape u4b known u MIMI
rnE sURRENDzR AND rnE srASToN QUARREL.
The suffender 81 Lee and the assassination or
Lincoln came sWiui upon edcn olAer. sherman
Irsl learned % ~ n a private despatch on tAc
morning Of ADril AZ. lie KEEP the news quiet uutll
lie had OCCASION u see General Joseph JOuast0u,
10 discuss tue surrender. AS soon We we,
alone together SAYS sherman, speaking of nis
visit to General johnston III showed dim In
despatch announcing air. Llnco!a's gssassInatiOn
nua watched HIM closely. Tue preparation came
out IN large drops on MS forehead ana ne dld not
ATTEMPT 10 conceal MS distress. lie denounced
the act as disgrace to the age, and hoped
1 AID not charge it 20 the Confederate gov
ernment. | tod INN could not believe
that nc or General Lee or the uficers OF the Con
iedcratc army could poss bly, BE- prlvy 10 acts Or
ASSASSINATION out would not Sly as much Tor
Jefferson DAVIS. george sanders, aud Inen 81 taat
true. We talked ABOUT the eiecC y! TINS act on
the country ~ large and the armies, aud pe
realized Iuat it made my sltudsOa extremely
dclcate.m SHERMAN urged upon Johnston the pro-
pTety VI surrender. rms the Confederate Gen.
eral admitted, SAYING That any Iurtuer ngnting
would be murder. Out VI tins conversation arose /
cartel signed bet geen Johnston and Sherman, Gen-
era breckenridge being present anu cOusentInr
thereto. inls cartel or basis 81 agrrementaIreed "
recommend tne restoration 81 the states 10 their
Oh tights anu privileges Saerman contenaed
that ne IN doing tnls mad followed oat the advice
OF Mr. Lincoln, aud certainly Ills information On
that suoect Justices tins conclusion; bit Johnson
was President aud the country was maddened ~
tue assassination oi the President. There was no
cry 80 loud that OF REVENGE. Stanton, who,
WIN al his great qualities as an organizer aud
secretary, had an imperiuus, ungoyeTnaDie temper,
aud dtsappi Owed -hernans cartc aud virtually
disgraced him " sending Grant q superscde nim.
lie issued orders 10 Generals Sheridan Schofl I'D
aud Wilson, anu oiuer commanders. MT to OUey
sherman's orders. IL was thought shat sherman
nad been traitor and despatch was pat 10
circulation under the apparent sanction OF tne
Secretary u War, 20 the eject that JEFFERSON
DAVIS LAD escaped with q million oil specie froin
Richmond backs, with which they hoped TO make
terms with sherman or some other mmander
Tor an escape % Mexico. IL Il nard 10 realize
have been sanctioned by = CABINET against an on
Ger OF the distinguished lame anu service Of Gcu-
erai sherman. General Grant went 10 North
Carolina, cut behaved with the utmost delcacY
tOwari General Sherman. not even appearing
III Tue army Dut allowing sherman to complete ms
surrender with JoAuston. lie millions o. specie
winch jefferson DAVIS was carrying south in
wagons, turned out ~ be few hO4sant collars
that cUuiu nave been carried IN vAllse. sherman
came North with MS army aud ooting with rage.
'Io saw tic says, .that was mercy angry at the
tone and substance OF thls pubic pr ceeaing
or tae Was Department coud hardly express the
state OF M leei1Hgs. / Was outraged beyond meas
ure and was resolved 10 resent tue insult, cost
what Il woulu.n lie declined HaeCAis prot
Iers Uf friendship because ne had repeated ne
orders or stanton over his own signature.
lie reused to allow Haleck 20 leyew one II his
corps. On reaching Washington he called on
fTcsldent Johnson, VINO took pans 10 disav0w
Sgau Onis war bulletin. General Grant endeavored
10 eject a reconciliation between Saern ~ and
s anton, but as he Secretary maze no friendly
advances Saerman "resoiye1 70 resent wnat me
an Insult As PUBLICLY as II was made.n
HOME AGAIN.
''On tue 2itn or May, lS65, tue armies were 10