The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-01

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of t;,e szsr&rsrrs Who bad opposed
kfxs We rrrszs1s< ever survives szEh
rsy~sssstlers IL Affairs. and sEss repsfs~
&c ~eve- wAs In sFxrf danger before,
ana vet the danger IVES harssty rus
gext@1 =
ThEs AFFAIR. however, blew over and
1hermsn wxs ncvrw calses5 To account
sfsr M aesSomS. No record waN made
81 tbs oGr-ssr astsinst dfaefpslre which
I'll srv nttser foansxv x0szs1 hEse cot
hsns net merely hiss PORTION list his
rspFssf bsF, ard In rsassy armies bis
~ ryt,i IN sli this he neTe- nReststased
arsvthsrx a@ziasx the government ard
never forgot his allegiance.
-hersn ants ersf command WAS Is
snesi az ire time og he b4psis fn and he
st,owet that h. had a ruind ~ his
nxn, An old pNcarhsr. who lived III
the foxn at TIE time Of the Occurrences.
told r,c the story. u seems That,
thongsl his father and mother we're
de~os1t PrexbyteFians. he had never
been hapsizzf. A few months after
hss fathers death be was taken b the
church 20 haze the rite performed.
Mh~r, h;s uasne was given % the
trvncfser he oAiesrc5 to bapsixirg
youth By the nafne 81 heashfn In
dian fTes-nnt-eist He wanted to cali
the hoy -isssriy William But the
fnture general would have none Of H.
He sf1pfesi the ceremony, said be
Ne father called me Tesunisesl and
Te.auaseh viii he called. II yoa
f,aptizc roe 50. all right II you wiis
not I sill have none Of yonr hap
sisna The preacher waived the
toirst. and the ceremony vent 90.
During the first part 81 Andrew
JaeE4ons term William Teeumseh
| lived In the family OF Senator Ewing.
at Lancaster, o.. a sleepy country
fosfs u perhaps q couple OF Thousand
/ inhabitants, where The boys ioafe5
about tie stores and liStened 30 the
Older ioaiers tel stories Hi com
raees rasiet him Gimp and one 81
thrns ssys hc y a. among the LATEST OF
81 them, aHd that he could always be
found at the stores o. AZ evening.
= lie was a different fellow, says the
gentleman, from john, aiso Wa a
great reaser and sort o. plo tder.
| ,Cunspf had a great iiea 81 going 20
West Posog, ana he talked Of IL con
tiausliy ! shall never forget the day
~ uncle finally got him his appoint
meat. lie vas - happy be could
! hardly coatain himself. and be almost
walked on the air FOR several days.
Gen sherman graduated al the early
aye % -, and entered the artillery
serving irst ia The Flosisla war, a. first
/ lientes.snt during the Mexican war, in
California ss aajutant-geHerid. Ten
wears after he graduated be married
Ellen Boyd Ewing. ni~ patron : aaugii-
| Ter ENing was then secretary OF the
| interior. aa.l ttss wedding came OF in
grand style at Washington. Clay.
| Webster, Calhoun and Tom Benton
| we're All pre- sent, as WAS also the prcsi-
dent ami his cabinet. Sherman was
! 30 wears OIL then His beard was a
| dingy red. and be had a face broazei
/ with service in the West. The couple
wesit 30 Sesf York. Niagara Falls, and
The cauis hses here. ,5en. sherman
stsyesi ia the army three years after
his Marriage, bat in i-s5 resigned and
vent e. san Francisco, where he
Opened a broker shop. He alterwaTsl
had q bank at No. - Wall street. New
| York city. bnt neither OF these ven
tnres could hase paid very we'll. for
| very shortly after we find he left for
Kansas. where Tom and Hugh Ewing,
has hFothers-in-law. we're prachcing al
the bgF
Gen. sherman had studied some
law aud be was fairly fitted 20 engage
Ia the practice but al this tinas he had
no confidence In his speech making
powers. and he made il a stipulation
that he should not be called upon e
plead. lie was no speaker then IS he
i now, aud he got along for some time
without coming before the courts but
ane day case came up when both Of
his partners were busy He concluded
to tfy Il, and siadied Il thoroughly
He took his books under hi, arms
and went off t. the court rooms II
looked very clear TO him, and he un
dauh,edly was right Bat pesiilog
cling lawyer, whom sherman knew
and thoroughly despised, had the
other side OF the case Ia the debat,
sherman greE very angry and through
his rage lost his case. lie was 50 dis
suStsa that Ls went az once to ths
Ewiags, told them he woald have
nothing more 10 40 with the law, ans
decided 20 20 back 60 the army
few DAYS Before this he received AZ
oiicr uf the guprr!ntCude0cy Of mil
ifary academy Ia Louisiana at o salary
OF 5000 q year. Fhis he accepted
Had be gained his case be would bayi
probably refused ii and the worl,
would have lost a general.