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


nsnd.
Washington Csrrspondesee
say Gen. William TsraTassh sfser-
MAG here in Washington not long
ago What lively. sind4szrtef osd
fes,ew he j. and bow the people IKE
hFni He was. while be sas com
nsnder Of the srnsy, the faozs p-opn-
lsr man In Washington. ~ well ~ one
"a .he mot scfiye. III moved about
The capital With a short, quick, nervous
Sen. aluay. bad cigsr in bic mouth
and alxays another in his pocket for .
friend. when Gen. sherman smokes
he smokes all over. 90 20 speak He
scerns 10 be disyas.ed with his cigar,
and sucks IN It's nicotine A. though u
Gas the hardest thing IN fhe wOrid %
rst j, 70 draw He hrrssltse Of the
sslses ~ish a quick, nervous gesture,
.rd throw. away the cigar when Il j.
of,lv half smoked lie uses the weed
fnlfs A. much a. ans man IN the army
Hs = not st first glance an ersrsoT-
asuarv. iOoslng man, this greatest OF
a. war general. BOW living. In a
ergx.l. Il yo0 dill not kn0w him. you
might End many finer booking and
t.ar,v better dressed than he. A. Go
dfees he ssaenas u care nothing for 4.
lie aIxays wears gssosi clothes Du,
there i no pompo~ity about him, aud
his s.os.eh tiat i always pulled out.
no. III. and he never wears Il on the
side OF III. head, a. Do some u the
yssungef others.
IL & zaii that be his IA aversion 20
new clothes, and that he has never
t,feu Reen in a c8myiete ne1 ssiit lie
has ar extraordinary head u t. big
and fall At the top. and seems to si.J,e
toe quickly toward the neck. HIS
bsain i too hse Tor his body. a. least Z
won!d be so ii the latter had not been
DEVELOPED iuto baftsile as iron Tissues
by the hardest % physical exefiiossr.
Buring hi. march 10 the sea he gener-
ally slept on the ground without tent,
and the earlier part al has
military career gave him a cQnstifu-
lion which lasts him vel IN his old
age. His face j. rough, and J; has an
expression something Ike that OF his
brother johns. lis mouth j. hrIu
and decisive. and he has pair Of resi-.
les. iane eyes The shape 81 hls head
eas muci, discussed at the time Il was
alleged he was lunatic This was
uhen he told simon Cameron and
Lorenzo Thomas that u would
tAse z04o1a men to drive the
rebels ouf OF Kentucky These two
gentlemen laughed a; tae ides, and
would not accept his advice concern
ing Kentucky. sherman then asked
h. 10 relieved He was ordered else
where and Bueil took his place. This
was on November 20. 1851 and on the
same night the report that he wsa
crazy was sent OFT by correspondent
OF one Of the Sew York papers, !
think his name was Knox. IL was q
Kind 81 spite work on the part 81
thia correspondent While Sherman
was sti!l IN bal humor over the
above interview Knox camc 60 him
and said that he belonged 10 the pres
and that he wanted a pass % the
South sherman WAS hot fond o.
newspaper men in those days and he
told Knox he could not pass. Knox
grew angry and replied that
Secretary Cameron WAS IL tbs
city aud that Ice could get 4
pass from him sherman was natu
rally enfagcd. He ordered Knox oui
al che country He told him he woaid
give him Just two hours % leave and
Il he found him IN his lines after thai
he would hang him as a spy kn0s
teit at once and went Il Cineinna;
and there circulated the report thai
the general was crazy, IL wa
FIRST printed, | think. IN Cincinnati
aud from theme vent hr0adcas
80 "a sfs
riterward wanted 10 he admitted &,
the army. but ! am told sherman pos
iityely refused to sanction H. He wa
not icnd OF having out .iaers IN HI
RACKS at any time, and ] rcmfmbei
hearing the story bow be sat down =,
t. peak, on one % the struggling con
efssslnen who went Ogt from Wash
srgton b. see the engagement at Bnl
Run sherman was In command Of
hrieadr az that time He was locking
over The teia without glass when
man io citizens dfess stepped np ant
offered him bis field glass sherman
turned and eyed the man over VIII,
arc VOC, slg said he,
NY name /. Oxen Lqvcloy re
plied the elefnai4oOklng man. ! an
mrptheF u congress lr3m Illinois
A member ot eourFesS8" retortee
sherman, withvtiGry \ memht
Of vouere4sf Well I shooil ike q
know what member ol congress i
deing here Get out % NY lines. sir
get ee, 0f my lmes'
And he made him get out and sen
him st unVc % the rear. This inriden
illustrates hoW iitiie roEani Shrfmai
had for p,ib!ic opinion, Ia those day
congressman had much "a do viii
making generals. aud IoTCi1y, Ga
eight years congressman, hai con
siderable Influence
General Shermau's family e. misses
here In social way and the genera
was the life 1T many . dinner table
lie lived vcgl nicely here in q three
stsFy'hries en Fifteenth street it'll
below Chamberlain club rooms ans
very near thcWbitc house. Wurmlcy
h0te. ani the Riggs Hefo hc had al
otileu In the basement. where yci
could fad him at e.ld hours Nofkin
away A. thc war department be ans
perhaps, the mot busy man tn %
great6uildinr lie seemed O. he alsay
euine &c lightning speed IN Shsf
man eVes the department cieFk vas q
Eocd as she ioue.Ninsiei limited state
senator and & De- were ir ruai
hemaf She clerk Wouid be lst ss Wcl
received 1 he were IN q bad hume
and this was rs np means uncnu
moR--huth bad better keep away
This quality % ShcsmnBs Ia. tendc
mach % thc eond ~ thc ARMY
Military mcn. csisf 'liv nf the lose
oraers ere inclined &C. pasnV and st0b
tery sherman, blunt. ut.hana way,
hts piHn, prsctlctl ideas aud his eui,
wy "a calling a spadc spade be
donc nuth a. foster common sens
nmon- t1e military men here
SheFman's hsht 90 sometime. ie,
lar his feelings raFrs hfn away tsuf
uVar hgine his rflin I've Jkc iass follow
tue the aeses, iou - Andrew iohn>uu
Iohuseu. Auu kauN. fepudiatci h,
agreement with Jee Johnston at th
tlmc. though he gfierV ards praeticall
adopted e. Mr " + q Shanks. ou
Of the lcadiur war sesnssef,ts d
the time. cells ihe story lie SAYS.
''Sstilca % she Repatriation OF ht
sgrcenseut sith Johnston. sngry q
the interference of Cen talicgk wat'
ghe vssoI.c Fasiyc movements ~ hsns-el
snd Sheridan a4d fagioWs az the conn
scfnandinr " hts orders b. tbs sccrr
tary ~ war. be marched ~ WashiHg
ten with bis army. breathing ven
rvan,ec ep0n iiai,erA ami hat
and e0ntsmps upon stanton \.
uAtlca SaieiN t~forc Ngfrse.sss
sech spectacle a viciostoa- general
az sho bead - eighty thossss u,
men devoted a. ham aud jrsiou- ~ hf
fame ~ = ysrt ef shciv oWn. siaTrhinl
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