The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-26

against his military supcrlors breath
/ ing from his lips and low
ing from his pen For days Sher-
man rayed around Washington. expressing
+ his contempt for !lallcck and Stanton in
the strongest terms and denouncing them
as more non combatants whom he
dcspiscd lie wrote To his friends and
/ through them TO the public comparing
+ Ualcck and Stanton TO c0wGrcly Falstalis
seeking to win honor for the deeds he had
done. accusing thc secretary G.: Wo. Of sup
pressing mis- reports and cndcayoIing TO
I SANDER him before the American public
in official bulletins. For day his army
roamcd the streets of the capital with the
same freedom with which they had roamed
through the fields Of Georgia and the
swarIps Of the Carolinas, and 40 man dared
+ to raise his voice i'm condemnation Of their
leader or approval Of the supcriors who
had opposed him No republic ever sur
/ vivcd such condition of affairs, and this
republic never was in. such danger before.
and yet the danger was hardly suspected. "
-
This affair. however. blew over and
sherman was never called 70 account for
his actions No record was made OF the
oiicusc against discipline which in any
other country would have cost him not
merely his position but his reputation.
and ia uanv armies his life. sun in all
this hc never Incditatcd anything against
the government and never forgot his
allegiance. ~
sherman s first command was issued at
+ the time Of his baptism and lie showed
F that be had a mind of his own. An old
preacher. who lived in the town a. the
time of the occurrence, told ne the story.
Il seems that. though both his father and
mother were dcvOUt Prcsbytcrlans he had
acvcr been baptized \ few months after
his fathers death lie was taken TO the
church 90 have the rite performed. When
his name was given TO the preacher he
objected To baptzing a youth by the name
of % heather Indian (i'ccumschl lie
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 Tcumsch and
Yccumsch ! viii be called. ii You bap-
tie me So ali right If you viii not, !
will have none Of your baptism. The
preacher waived the point and the cere-
mouy went ca. 81
During the llti ldIl OF AitEt"
Jacks5us term William Tccumsch
lived In the family Of Senator Ewing,
at Lancaster. O., q sleepy country town
Of perhaps "a couple Of thousan! in
labitauts. whore The boys loafcd about
the stores and listened toto old er loafcrs
tell stories. HIS comrades called him
"Cump. anil one ot them SAYS Doe was
omour the LATEST Of Them. and TINT he
could ALWAYS be found al the stores Of az.
evening ~, v,. "a different follow "
.,v. Ills ,cul oman. .i~9m John who
was Il, g,.it reader and ...... at g. -.lod-
dor 'CumD' had a ore,,t idea of poiur 10
N.-t Point and Dc talked c,utiu-
uan,. Ia.all never forget the dav his
rrr', finally got him li. arr.intmont.
he vas 500 Happy lc could hardly contain
for several day.
G,l ~ncrm~ graduated at the carly
age of 20. and entered TIE artillery. scrv.
ing first in thc Florida war a5 first lieu
tenant during the Mexican war I'm Cali
faruia a5 aliutaut general Ten years
after lp graduated he married Ellen I}Ovd
Ewing. his patrons daughter Ewing
was then secretary Of the interior. and
the wedding came off i'm grand style at
Wahington Clay. Webster. Calhoun
and Tom Benton were all present. as was
also the president and his cabinet Shcr.
man was 30 wears old then. His beard
WIS diucvrcl. and he had face bronzed
with service i'm the west. The couple
won't tu New York, Niagara Falls. and
thcu carve back here. Gen sherman
stayed u the army three years after his