New-York tribune., 1876-02-05

schools must be maintained in their integrity To b.
safe they belong wholly to the State, and not in
part to any religous or irregou or snrolgous asss
citation Whatsoever"
What's the matter nowi Gen. Sherman's letter
declining TO be generally regard
ed as = sensible document yet here
organ this city The Commercial Advertiser snarng al
him this furious rate for writing IL: "Gen. Siberian
makes speeches and writes letters political
matters than any not In Office. He Is forever telling
his friends he would not accept the Presidency the
country to 20 down It's marrow bones with IL TO
him. and his friends forever hawking hs letters be
fore tho public. though Gen. Shermans decenson Of
something never offered him a matter Of any I'm.
porance The General again says he does not want the
Office tells the religion Of his wife aud dsughters
says Gen. HAYES q soldier and gentleman, and makes
some not very striking comments the public schooa
Then he subsidies and suppose viii be heard more
the Presidential question for three or fonr monthA
otb His psce is M the head OF the army and as lons
as he keeps himself away from politics he Is all right"
Mr. C. w. Woolley, a Cincinnati politician,
ia making himself unpleasant to Gov Hendricks by try.
ing TO reshen his memory upon certain events which the
latter tn nks arc dead issues" few weeks ago Mr..
wooey wrote letter charging the Governor with Civ
ing his promise to support Mr. Pendleton in the Demo-
cratic Convention OF 1863 and afterward breaking 1t by
appearing as q candidate himself reporter called the
attention Of the this statement and received
In response polite assurance that he would be glad to
alluded held in the presence OF Mrs HendrcMs
aud consequently any attempt to explain IL would draw
her into the controversy. Mr. Wooey not satisfied
with this exhibition OF gaantry. and has publish d
another letter. closing II with these pointed and spirited
conundrums: "The Indiana Democracy did, on the Sth
Of January 1865 indorse Mr. Pendeton for the Prest
dency, and Mr. Hendricks did then and there make "a
speech approving its action. Why, then was be at
Hancock conference in Washington, about four days
afterward. In company with Col l.. d. Campbell and
othersf Why did he tell Gen steedman on the lst of
Nav following that opposed the expressed choice Of
his own state and wanted Hancock Why did Gen Han
feIIows' mad betrayed him. too And why. in view Of
tn 80 facts was Mr. Hendricks candidate himself be-
fore the National COnventiODP u This letter was also
shown to the Governor but he declined to answer its
charges for the as he gave at first.
This is great time for letters from Presden-
tia candidates Sometimes the documents are NE" ana
exceedingly sly, at other tmea they were written years
ago. and turn up accidentally at the present timo
ondent Of The 81 Lons Rep,bc0n has stumbled
upon one written by Minister washbune in June, 1874
which is chiefly noticeable being filed with generous
sentiment toward the South Mr. Wsshburne wrote II 10
friend in Lynchburg. and II consists entirely OF reco
lectiODs OF the meeting between the Mort Elm ana soun
ern officers after the surrender at Appomattox AZ
which Mr. Washburne was present or the meennE 10
writes: when arrived at the courthouse no otations
and porr pdiIsrs were going between the commission.
ers at Gen Gbbonss headquarters at the house OF Mr.
MCLEAN and then many OF the general officers on
both sides. From what one saw there II cond hardy
have been conceived that these men had been In arms
against each other through more than four years o.
deadly strife The terror OF the breach. the ury OF ths
charge and the fatigue OF tho march seem TO have oeen
forgotten and these brave together moro rs
friends than enemies all Of their Ia ks there was
never a suggestion word from either side thas
could have wounded the tenderest susceptibility. Many
Of these bo sides had served together In tho
old army, and 1t touching and interesting to witness
the sympathy between them which had survived those
long years conflict and There was one senti
ncnt among all OF these men, which seemed 10 crop QUE
in spite OF themselves and that was that after al ths
bloody ggle of the past they were stu all Americans
The ONLY punishment 1 inflicted vas that on sono
large Jugs of brandy which had found their way to the
Union headquarters and der the peculiar circum.
stances that taken and deemed as cruel and
unusual punishment within the meaning of the Consfl
s,raise Gems Gordon and Lamar and other Southern
officers Has It's sudden appearance now been innlenced
any by the ant!muesty attitude Of Mes-rs Blame sho