Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-02-26

their homes frequently, Sherman's adj
miration for Johnston as soldier was
very great He regarded him as the
wisest soldier on the Confederate side,
because he knew perfectly well from
Johnston's tactics in Georgia that the
great Confederate soldier was convinced
that the south was beaten after Vicks-
burg fell and Lee was beaten at Gettys-
burg.
Johnston felt, in the fall of '63, that
no military man could doubt what the
end was to be, and he did not hesitate
to express his opinion, although this
made him extremely unpopular and
brought upon him the enmity of Presi
dent Davis.
OFF FOR SIT. LOUIS.
The carriages in which were the
family followed closely and all boarded
the ferry-boat, which was in waiting,
and which took the remains across to
Jersey City. They were placed in a
| special car and the family and those
who are to accompany the remains to
St. Louis occupied another car. The
train left Jersey City at CAT o'clock.
At Mantua station, West Philadelphia,
the last car, containing the Presidential
party, was detached and went to Wash
ington. The other portion of the train,
consisting of six coaches, continued on
the way to st. Louis, where it is due at
| z o'clock Saturday morning.
1t is announced that the brief burial
services of the Catholic church will be
conducted at the grave in st. Louis by
the Rev. Thomas Sherman.
PITTsBuRG, Feb. 20.--The Sherman
funeral rn N N in IN N atE of
Mansfield, Pa, at S.37. The train was
going slowly at the time, which was the
| only thing which prevented wreck.
| The train lost only five minutes.
PITTsBuRe, Pa, Feb. 20.-W When the
funeral train left Harrisburg last night
at 11.30 o'clock cold rain was falling.
This continued all night and when the
train arrived in Pittsburg ii was still
raining. The run during the night was
devoid of incident. AT times the train
ran at high rate of speed at others
when on some of the steep grades it
went at a very slow pace. Altoona was
reached at 4.05. Here engines were
changed.
The Rev s. P. Kellyof Pittsburg, rep
resenting the local committee az that
place, boarded the train here. The next
| $50.
At Edgewood the train stopped long
enough for three of Lieutenant Fitch's
children to get on. A Grand Army post
| of veterans was drawn up in line on the
| platform standing with barred heads in
the pouring rain until the train moved
away. At Williamsburg, the next sta
| ton, a similar scene was seen as the
train rushed by.
As the funeral train neared Pittsburg
and the road crossing became more
numerous group after group of people
were to be seen standing there unmind-
| full of the rain, only intent on honoring
in their humble way the remains of the
shero of the march to the sea-" Soon
after they got on the train the grand
| children were taken by Lieutenant
Fitch, their father, into the composite
| car that they might see the caslket in
which lay all that was mortal of their
| grandfather. Nearly all the people on
the train arose and got ready for break
| fast as Pittsburg was reached at 7.47.
COLUMBUS, ONO, Feb. 20.-The Sher-
man train arrived here at 225 p. m. and
departed 45 minutes later.
AT Newcomerstown all the public
street crossing, with heads uncovered
and carrying small flags edged with
| black. AS the train passed by they
could be heard singing "Nearer, My
God, To Thee" A Grand Army post
and company of Sons of Veterans
were also at the station.
As the train rolled into Union Station
at Columbus the space on either side
was crowded with people, and for
squares away there was mass strug-
Cling to get q view of the train.
Senator Sherman, ex-President
Hayes, General Ewing and others of the
party came from the train and had
brief talk with relatives about Columbus
who had come to the train.
Quite q number of the relatives of the
deceased general from Lancaster and
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Joined the funeral
party at this point The Seventh Regi-
ment, Colonel Peacock, about 500 men,
reached the Union station about a-half
hour previous and proceeded by the
! Baltimore & Ohio and Ohio & Missis-
sippi railroad to st. Louis. The Four
| teenth Regiment, Colonel A. b. Colt,
about the same number of men, left at
the same time over the Big Four route.
| The members of Governor Campbell's
staff accompanied the officers of the
Fourteenth Regiment, but the governor
did not
The engine which took the Sherman
train from here was elaborately draped
and decorated. Above the headlight
was a large-sizo crayon portrait of Gen.
| Sherman, surmounted by an eagle with
| spread wings, and beneath the picture
was the inscription, "Ohio's Son, the
Nations Hero in large, plain letters.
The railings of the engine were studded
with small flags with fringe drupery.
Indianapolis was reached at just 10
| o'clock. st. Louis will be reached about
o'clock in the morning.
THE FUNERAL PREPARATIONS.
ST. Louis, Feb, Gothic troops from
Fort Riley, Kansas, under command of
Col. James w, Forsythe, arrived in
three sections last night The balance
of the military escort arrived to-day and
went into camp at once at the arsenal
These troops consist of Companies d
and Il of the Thirteenth Infantry, with
u detachment of the hospital corps from
Fort supply, |. T., Battery + Of the
Second Artillery, Companies A and Fof
the Tenth Infantry, Company II of the
Fourteenth Infantry, Company II Of the
seventh Infantry and the band of the
Twelfth Infantry, all from Fort Leaven-
worth. These troops will complete the
military escort for the funeral of Gen
eral Sherman tomorrow.
ST. LOUIS Mo, Feb. 2l.--The last taps
have been sounded, the buglers have
trumpcted forth the final farewell and
William Tccumseh Sherman sleeps with
his kindred, Only fresh turned earth ON a