Evening journal., 1888-07-20

victorious general, at the head OF $4,000
men devoted TO him and jealous Of his
fame as a part Of their own, marching to
the capital of the country with threats
against his military superiors breath
ing from his lips and flow
ing from his pen. For days Sher-
nun raved around Washington, expressing
his contempt for Halleck and Stanton in
the strongest terms and denouncing them
as mere non-combatants whom he
despised. He wrote to his friends and
through them to the public comparing
Halleck and Stanton TO cowardly Falstails
seeking to win honor for the deeds he had
done, accusing the secretary of war of sup
pressing his reports and endeavoring TO
Islander him before the American public
in official bulletins. For days his army
roamed the streets Of the capital with the
same freedom with which they had roamed
through the fields of Georgia and the
swamps Of the Carolinas. and no man dared
to raise his voice in condemnation Of their
leader or approval OF the superiors who
had opposed him. No republic ever sur
vived such u condition of affairs. and this
republic never was in such danger before,
and yet the danger was hardly suspected"
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This affair, however blew over and
Sherman was never called TO account for
his actions. No record was made of tho
oflense against discipline which In any
other country would have cost him not
merely his position but his reputation,
and in many armies his life Still In all
this he never meditated anything against
the government and never forgot his
allegiance. -
Sherman's first command was issued at
the tlme Of his baptism and he showed
that he had a mind Of his own. An old
preacher, who lived in the town Mt the
time Of the occurrence, told me the story
1t seems that, though both his father and
mother were devout Preshyterians, he had
never been baptized A few months after
his fathers death he was taken TO tho
church to have the rite performed. When
his name was given TO the preacher he
objected to baptizing youth by the name
of henthen Indian (recumseh). He
wanted to call the boy simply William.
But the future general would have none
Of IT. He stopped the ceremony. Said
he: my father called me Tecumseh and
Tecumseh | will be called. If You bap-
tho me 80, all right. If you viii not,
viii have none Of your baptism" The
preacher waived the point and the cero-
mony went on. -
Daring the first part OF Andrew
Jacksons term William Tecumseh
lived in the family Of Senator Ewing.
MT Lancaster, o., sleepy country town
of perhaps couple Of thousand in
habitants, whore the boys loafed about
the stores and listened 70 tho older loafors
tell stories. His comrades called him
"Cump," and one Of them says he was
among the LATEST OF them, and that he
could always be found at the stores Of an
evening He was a different fellow,
says this gentleman, from John, who
was great reader and a sort Of plod-
der. 'Cump' had a great idea Of going "a
West Point. and he talked of it contin.
ually ] shall never forget the duy his
uncle finally got him his appointment
He was SO happy he could hardly contain
himself, and hc almost walked on the ali
for several days"
Gen. sherman graduated at the early
age Of 90 and entered the artillery, serv
ing FIRST in the Florida war, as first lieu.
tenant during the Mexican war. ia Cali
fornia as adjutant general Ten years
after lie graduated he married Ellen Boyl
Ewing his patrons daughter Ewing
was then secretary of the interior. ant
! the wedding came off in grand style al
| Washington. Clay, Webster, Calhoun
and Tom Benton were all present as wal
/ also the president and his cabinet Sher
man was 30 years old then. His bear,
was dingy red, and he had face bronzel
| with service iii the west. The coupl
went to New York, Niagara Falls, am
then came back here. Gen. Sherman
stayed in the army three years after Iii
marriage, but in 1868 resigned and wen
TO San Francisco, where he opened
brokers' shop He afterward had d banl
at No. 12 Wall street, New York city
But neither of these ventures could hav
paid very well, for very shortly after W
find he left for Kansas. where Tom an,
Hugh Ewing, his brothers in law, wer
practicing at the bar.
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Gen. Sherman had studied some lay
and he was fairly fitted to engage IN tn
practice, but At this time he had no con
tidenee in his speech making powers, am
he made it a stipulation that he shoul,
not be called upon to plead. He was n
speaker then as he is now and he go
along for some time without coming be
fore the courts; but one day case cam
up when both of his partners were busy
He concluded to try it, and studied /
| thoroughly
He took his books under his arms an,
went of to the court rooms. It locke,
very clear to him, and he undoubtedl,
was right. But a pettifogging lawyer
whom Sherman knew and thoroughly dc
spised. had tho other side Of the case Il
the debate sherman grew very angry an,
through his ragc lost his case. He wa
so Disguised that he went at once to tn
Ewings, told them he would have nothim,
more to do with the law, and decided L
SO back to the army. A few days befor
this he received an offer Of the superin