Omaha daily bee., 1888-12-10

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patch in Cincinnati Commercial Ca
zcttc: The death of Mrs. General Shcr-
man causes widespread and most sincere
sorrow in Washington. 1t is n sadness
that reaches down, and will be most
deeply felt among the unfortunate and
those who move in the lowly walks OF
life. While the official position of her
husband gave her high standing and
leading rank in the social scale, and
while she commanded and possessed the
respect of all its circles, her heart was
never drawn towards its glitter or even
its more solid attractions. She was one
OF those who delighted most in going
about doing good. To be active and
foremost in charities was to her more
cOngenial work than to be principal or
assistant at brilliant receptions. The
gems in her crown of rejoicing will be
the tears which will fall from the eyes
of thousands among the poor, the af-
hicted, and the humble as they read of
her death.
She was the most prominent Catholic
woman in the United States. There
was no more devoted christian in that
organization than Mrs. Sherman. She
gave her strength and her influence to
her church. and cXerted them to their
utmost, both along the lines of its be-
nevOlcnt work and in the cOunsels Of
the church, whore she cXcrted much
power. She gracefully and faithfully
performed all the social duties which
her position entailed upon her. but she
gladly turned, as she could force oppor-
tunity, from those attractions which
would have been as an earthly heaven
to so many, and fOdnd her chief delight
in being about the Masters business.
The rich and those decorated with So
cial rank respected her. The poor
loved her. And so all classes in Wash
ingtOn will stand as true mOurners by
her grave.
She was Thomas Ewing's daughter,
and he was one of the giants among
Ohio men. When Judge sherman died,
leaving Il large group of little children,
with very slender resources, MIR. Ewing
adopted Tecumseh and senth him to West
Point, and Lieutenant Sherman mar
RED his benefactor's daughter, Ellen,
who inherited many great qualities,
and joined with extraordinary mental
capacity IL beautiful womanly tender
ness.
Thomas Ewing lived not only to see
his own sons distinguished, but to see
his adopted son and son-in-law. one OF
the foremost military men of the age,
ride at the head of the army OF the west
through pennsylvania avenue, return =
ing from tho march to the sea, through
the Carolinas and Virginia, victory de-
clared, peace proclaimed, and the name
of Sherman written on the roll of the
immOrtals. Mrs. General Sherman was
a woman of deep religious sensibihty,
profound conviction and absolute sim
cerity, and in her heart there was no
faltcring or misgiving. All religious
truth was to her as sunshine. She
walked in the sublime faith of the re-
ality of the unknown. and in her con-
sciousness grasped not hopes only, but
looked far out upon certainties, and the
shores of the unseen world were as pal
pable to her as the solid earth. She
was lady whose simplicity was the evil
dence of her cultivation, and whose de-
yotion to her husband and children was
as admirable as if her whole life was
absorbed in her relations of wife and
mother. 1t was her happiness to be the
comfort and consolation of the general
in the troubles Of his stormy life, and
no man ever had companion more
lovely or champion more vigilant than
she, or helper Drawer and brighter than
she. and her share in his glory was nj
ways beautiful. and is the soft light in
the splendor of his fame.
The wedding of Lieutenant Sherman
and Ellen, daughter of Thomas Ewing,
secretary of the interior, was May |,
1850. Among the guests We're President
Taylor, Daniel Webstera and Henry Clay.