New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-15
HOW THE NEUS GOT ABROAD.
From The Indianapolis Journal.

From The Indianapolis JouIhdl'
The other day the subject Of General sherman hernia IS
the Dcnison House, and one lounser ailci announcer nn
brief remarks thereon. one remlhiNtcnce lVlio%ou
as Governor Moton'S private secretary ana one OF
the proprietOrs of rhc indianapolis Journal We"
the inside in good number Of secrets not po>sgHol
by The outside world When sherman cut loose from
Vla"ia said the Colonel "he. ~ all now know.
cv%re all lines of communication between himself
and Washington and struck ont ~ me ocean; ,''l
eral Thomas Wa left behind 70 Ahe care 90 " I"rc
from General Thomas, army and came To- To-. i'm.
Journa Office WIN pi OF new" and T i'd hi. me cnr r
army. started for the sea. or A. he expressed H.
had cut lo9~c for hc or eaij wat@r continued co,
mol HOLLOWAY but did not quite see my way = r,e H.
However little later In the day Dr. NaI!n, 81 me "a
Indiana cavalry who had also just arrived from The
front. told the same story. adding that 'c",idi
Thomas himself had given the information ana l!Hi II
tIc Understanding wa that sherman had gone 10y way
Of savannah and Charleston 10 ION Grant ;, wrote
double loaded. hut he-iia'ed 10 PIT 1t IN ne paper;
1t was, Is rcmcmbcr headed iiGm or Sat N2'F;
Nduicht came. then and O'Clock in ia" morr'nG.
lut nothing conflnatoy hv telegraph Aont " o Cd,,,
ont viii the editorial II created cr'at ''n'aii"n'
moi only Al home Int over great area East and West
The Associated Pres man ~ Cincinnati. when ID"
Journal got there put the news ON the wire ana sent
il East. and that evening ana next m"ImnL II was
l''I, No.. = n, Zion . ia, nm" Tio <ev York paper
Generally di.crcditcf the story and laid that there
coiId hc no,bnc i'm H. ., Ind ananoi- was no nov
cortTc. The papers. Won sec "a nNcrl"h'n inc "
that Louisville wa uudor military supervision. ahd
no army new, could -; ont from that point nnlc@'
approved ly the military authorize. .. ..o Amy y,
the Potomac General Grant, il IS said. Jaw copy
containing the bit Of noUS concerning sherman and
Immediately issued an order for the seizure 81 Al w. ,
DE news. But it was too late" some 81 he , be,
had ALREADY exchanged copies with the Rebel pckets
for Confederate papers the latter being IN gca, re
! with great bcralitv. on the dav IN" afticl" WIS
reproduced in New York. General Ilovcy Who va
then in command & The Department Of Indiana. rc
ccycd dispatch from the War Department directing
him 10 inquire into She matter. and fnd out rI1
what quarter thi, Indignation had reached .Ihc Id
also given their news to General Hovev on the same
day they had communicated II - nc The 'nnd
morning after il wa given in the New York papers
! General Horace Porter Of General Grants stan. ap
| reared at The .0urna Office. He haDced m" m
order from General Grant Tor my arrest and requiring
mhlicatiOn. ! told General Porter that the War Dc
paruent had ais ordered an investigation and tllai
! ! had given = General Ii"yey my authority tha'
these officers had come directly from General Thomas
amy and rad said that II came f-pm General Thomas
( who had cniOncd no secrecy in IN" matter Genera
Porter. after talk with General llov"r sad that m
War Department ranked General Grant. and that the
investigation, far As he was conccrnci. VA, At a
.Geperal Porter" said the Colonel in conclusion
/ tod me that all the arrangements for sherman
march 10 the had been made between that Genera
/ mcnt and that he himself General Porter. had mad
several trips between the Potomac and >horm1n's com
lnand i'm carrying the Spondcncc between m" w
great commanders. lie said thai he had no idea tina
any one ont -dc OF thO>" two generals aud the cnI
Hdants upon their staff had any lpowldge con"crnlu
+ Tie movement. and he seemed greatly ANNOYED TIA
General Thomas should have talked about the matter
lie thought. however. that il Wa impr,habl" TIA
Thoma, should have done o.. have always bee
Thomas va the occasion ~ some iocng hctwcc
Grant and sherman a. against Thomas