Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 16, 1875, Page 3

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. MAY 16, 1875.~SIXTEEN PAGES. s ; SHERMAN'S 'MEMOIRS. The Host Spicy Book of the . Day. msids Views of the Army—Early| Tronbles, Dissensions, and Misunderstandings, Sherman’s Opinion of Hooker, Logan, Blair, and Others. Ths imm of Gens. Leouidas Polk and J. B, McPherson, Did Graot or Shenm Plan the Harch to the Sea?—Sherman Claims the Ratire Credit. The Rorr;ance of ‘' Marching Through Georgia.” Quarrel with Secrctary Stanton—-How the Great General Publicly Re~ | sented the Insult of the E Great Secretary, The Assussination of Lincoln---How the Confederate Oficors Bocsived the News. New York Herald Mewores o G, Witux T. Szemax, By Him- 23lf, In two volumes, New York: D. Appleton & -Oa. 1875, . Our firat article va this noted work concluded with the first yojume. The second volums em- braces the parraiive of his carser from the sp- pointment of Grant to command the armies uutil the closs of the war. The second volume em- braces many points that bave horetofors been in agntroversy, and the tinth of which will ba largely detarmined by the evidence of the great soidier. This more especialiy as to the march to, the ses and the final campaign shich lad wo the surrender of Johnston's army. SHERMAX IN COMNAND OF THE ARMT OF TIE WEST. On the 18th of March, 1864, Gen. Bliormas, then in the 44th year of his age, relieved Gen. Grant ip the ‘command of the Military Divielon of the Miesissippi, and from . that time forwsrd ba became, next to Gen. Graut, the conspicuons figure of the War. The Geperals who served under him ware Sobofield, Taomas, McPherson, sad BSteele. Gen. Grast had juat been nomi- nated to the chief command of all the srmies of the Union, and wae on s way to Richmond to accept the dnties of his supreme station. Gen. Bherman traveled with him as far as Cincinnati for the purposs of discussing privately many little detalls 1ncident to kis pew rank and the .grest dnties thar de- 'volvad upon hbim. Thbers is a mmgular story of Gen. Grant that, whea taking command of the army, be was anxous o draw again into fis garvice thove officers of note and influsvce who had for various reasons *'dritted intoio- activity and" discontent," among them Gecs. Buell, McClellan, Burnside, McCook, snd Fre- mont. Gen. Grant, Sherman informs us, “shought it wise apd pradent to giva sll these afficers appropriate commands thst would ensble them f0 regain the inflnence they bad lost,” snd be ipatrocted Sherman to speciaily look ont for Buall, McCook, and Crittenasn. As it was man- ifeat that wa were to have some hard fighting, o was anxions to bring ioto barmony every man aad every officer of siall in the profession of ams. This parposs was only partly realized, »od Bherman informs us Mr. Stanton, Secretary of War, * wasnotorionsly vindictivein his preju- dives,” and wonld not consent to the employ- @tent of these high officers. We mention this fact 88 one not . generally known in the history of the War, and refiecting credit upon the dis- eroment and the gesoerosity of Graot, who talieved that to suppress ths Rebellion it was w 10 use overy agency that could baob- ed. There is » fine, patrioho story of the Hon. ‘mes Guthris, fornerly Secretary of the Treas- &y under Presidens Pierco, and the President of & Kentucky railroad, which reflacts honor upon bin sa a Tesident of » Southern BState. MMr. Gushris complaned that Gen. Sherman had de- fined his locomotives and cars. “Iwrote to kin,” says Shermin, “frankly telling him ex- wily how we wers: placed, sppealed to his pat- zctism to stand byus. I advised bim in like mnner to bold on to all trains comibg into Jef- fwmonville, Ind.” Mr. Guthrie gladly sesonted % this arrangement, and to s pattiotio 0o-op- «ution the General astributes the perfect suc- s of the future campaigns. _“ I havealways,” o says, “‘felt grateful to Guthrie, who hed mnse snongh and patriotiem enough to subordi- tae the wtorests of his railroad eompany to t csuse of his country.” THE MASSACEE ATHFORT PILLOW. thortly after Sharman’s ng comwmand, Gen. Forest made that famons raid which resulted in faccapture of Fort Pillow. The question as to whthor the troops of Forrest masgscred the ne- grezarrison at Fort Pilow has always been one of \o problems of the War, - In alinding to it Ger Sherman informa us that he bad ‘intended theacation of Fort Piliow, and bad #0 ordered it ; ub that Gen. Huribu had rotained s small n ‘o encourage ths enlistment of the inca aa soldiers, which wes s favorite political polir a¢ that time.” Copsequently, the exposura of small parnson 1 an unsupported, outlving fortand the massore that followed, are not to be bined npon Gen. Bherman. Ag 10 the massa~ ere, 1 General now says that no doubt the &rooy of Forrest * acted hike a setof barbarians, shoohg down the hepless negro garrison after the £ was in thewr possession.” He gives Forre the credit of stopping the firing a8 s00n 4 hoonld, snd bears testimony to the fuct that, wheg?orrest took Federsl soldiers prironers, ha was rually vory kind to them. But “he tiada dssteats ot of fellons under him,” snd at that 18 0o doabt the feeling of the Scuth- wrn eople was fearfully savage on this very Ppoizof onr making soldiers out of their late slav, and Foirest may have shared, this PREPARING FOR ATLANTA. Bt greater events were impeuding. Gen. Ehexsn's three officers—Thomas, McPherson, Asid thofield—were men of education sud expe- Tisn, ** who possessed sbecial qualities of mind andsarscter which,” o says, * fitled them in ‘the gheat degree for the work then in contem- platn.” Thbe number of troops under his com- marzmounnted in all to svout 350,000 men, of ‘whi, he regarded more iban 180,000 as fit for dot' Gen. Sherman's first plun was to take 100)0 men 88 & compact army for active oper- atie, leaving 80,000 for garrison and to guard thenes of suppties. He organized three armies —t Qumbeclund, -lennossee, &ud the Obio— ando make the movemeats a8 swift and mobile aa gaible, he zliowed ouly one wagon snd ons | k nceto s regiment, and compelled each offir and soldier to carrv food and clothing -eagh for five dars on his person. Thearmy of-p Cumberland was intrusted to the command of 1o, Thomss, tbe Tennescoe to that of Gen. Maerson, and the Ohio o that of Gen. Scho- fiet 1t was dificult to eaforce the regulation 1n ference to tho paucity of- baggege, sud dear olden. Thomas conld no: make up his mind to slecon the ground like the soldiera. Sherman freently cailed his attontion to she ordera Bpahe subject, rather jestingly thau seriously. 24 ~ he says, *wo:ld Lreak oni against hisloers for having such laxuries, but, need- ‘Inglent himeelf and being {003 natured sud alowa acl, ha never enforced my ordars par- Joot . In wddition to his regular Wagon train, e Us big wagon which could be converted ot offics, and this we used 10 call Thomas' Oire’” Sometimes the General would find “Quarmssters had hidden away tents aud mees of the most comforiable description, (Aodess he slvays broke up. The result of i 0713 was that e doubts if any army ever “wedortd t0 Battle witk fewer impedizmen e f THR ATLANTA CAMPAIGN. 100,000 maan resdy in hand, .| only the Bouthers armies. mads ready to mova against Joreph E. Johoston, ‘who commanded the forcea of the South. 'Upon assuming command of the army of tbo United States Gen. Grant issued orders . assigoing Sher- man his part o the campaign, which was 10 work toward 3 common oontre. [n resding this lotter g;fi Gen. Gn&fih to Gen. shur;nan. v'rmm wApnlfi :,‘ we tmnt ] 058 Of irant was i 5 Farimies. _Dauks was in Louisi-" ana, abont to_move upon_his unhappy and die- ustrons Red-River expedition. B:gel. waa in Vst Virginis, protecting the milrcads. Graok dd not suticiputs mach from Sigel, but, as he quaiutiy expressed it in his letter to Bherman, 5 If Bigel can't tkin himself, Le can.hold & log while some one else siuns.” His only instruc- tione to Gen. Bherman were *‘to move sgalnat Jobust.na army, brosk it -up, wad- to got iuta the ~interior of the enemy's country ss far as yow cay, inflicting all the dumage you can 2gainst their was resources.” ’X‘hyi- lettor, wricten on the 4th of ‘April, 1864, demonstrates clearly that Graut bad paidea at that tins of what 1t “was possible for Sherman to do ; 1bat he had not conceived elther the probsble fallof Atisnte or-that brilliant march throngh Georgis to the ses which has given immortality to Sherman’a name. - Bher- man, in replying to this lettler a week later, nti- mated tbat ho might possibly uttack Atlants; but the best he could hope for was to marchinto Georpia. * Georgia,” he writes, ** has & mi'liun of inlabitants. If they can five we shou'd mot starve.” I will inspire my commaud, if sue- ceasful, with the feelng that beef and salt are il that is absolutely neceasary to lifs, and that parched corn onca fed Gen. Jackaon's army on thet very ground.” Grat replied sdmonishing Sherman to bewsrs, lest the enomy, in a fit of desparation, might absndon Richmond and fail back upon him tocrash him, snd telling bim that if John:ton ** shows signs of joining follow bim tothe fall extens of your ability. I will prevent the concautra'ion “of Les upon vour frout if it 15 in the p.ower of this army to do it.” Bo matructod, Sherman set forth upon the 5th of Alay on his campaign into Georma, the day ap- poigted by Giaat fur his own campaign in Vir- ginia. His army waa in light marclung trim; he himself nad less sccommodation than ap ordi- Dary Lrizade com:nandes, desiriug, a8 he did, to et the armv an examjle of being * ablo to start at a moment's notice, snd to submst on the zcsutiess food.” He had obtained records of the ceuyus. tables, sbowng the popalaiion sod sta- tistica of every county 1n Geargia, the nuinber of honses and cattle, aud the probacte agricultural resources—s wise precaution, considering that he mesnt to live ou the cousiry. hicPherson, he thioks, conld bave taken Resaca on the 11th! of May, but_ be fell back. *Such an opportu- nit; esman 33 68 Nk _occur twics io . muogle life, bt as 3 cnitical moui ‘ut’ sIEPherson geems to have been a liftls timid; sull be was perfocily justided by his orders.” A DISSENIONS IN THE REBEL ABMNTY, 4 The quescion has often beca asked, why it +was that the Contederate army did not fight 2 Pitched battle in the noighborkiood of Cassville, BShorman pimself found 2t Cussvillo all the featurea of preparatiun for a d battle, aud among them 2 long line of fresh iutrenchmonta. Jolnston had under his command three army corps, those of 1{ood, Poli, and Hardee, pum- berag in sl abons 63,000 men. After ‘the War, he soy4, he zuet Geo. Johaston, zad they talked their battles overat the friendly card-table. Johnston said tuat be intended to 83 er- msn st Caeaville, and the action was to begin m the morning. Whiie at Bupper, bowever, Gen. Hood- informed him that bis aray wsa enfiladed by the Union artillers—zn opnivn” confirmed by Gon. otk and other of his commanders. Hood sud Polk both fesred thsy couid not old their men. Gen. Jounsion, siys Sherman, *wius provoked, accesed them of having Leen in con- terence, with being “beaten b.fore battle. and sdaed that ho was uamlliag to engage in a cnitical batife with an army o superior to bis owo m numbers, with two of bu thiee’ corps commanders dissatisfied with the ground and positious asgigned them.” Consequentiy ho re- treated - mouth of the Allatoons ravge. The close of 3ay left Shorman in command of ti's renge aud opened up the way to -tho Kenssiw Xountaina, - TIE DEATH OF GEN. FOLE. Bherman kept pushing his way down toward Atlanta. Iv was 1o this campaign that the Rebel Gen, Leovidas Polk, who had Leen & Bishop of tho Somtborn Episcopal Chareh, lost bis lite. The story of hiw aesth is one of the dramatic in- cidents of the War, reminding us of the death of tbe {amous French General, Morean, who was Iulled by a shot from a battery which ind boea fired b the special order of Napoleon. - Cn June 14, Gon. Sherman, in copversation Jrith Gea. Howard, observed, at the distanco of §u0 yards, # group of Confederate officers, evidontly waich- ing the Federal troope through glassoe. Bier- man csiled Gen. Howard's: astention to this roup, and ordered bim to compel it to keep be- Frad s covor. - Howard apawered tint hia orders from Gen. Thomas were to’spare artillery sm- manition, “/hat wes right according to the general polics.” says Sherman. I explained to him that we must keep up the morale of tha ‘bold offentive ; that be muat use his artillery to:forca tho enemy to remsain on the tumid defensive, and ordered him to cause s battery close by to fire throo volleye.” One of thesa voifeys killed Gen. Polk. Gan. Johoston after~ wards explained to Gon. Sherman the exsct manner of Gen. Pulk’s death, He bad ridden 1o Pine Mountain, sccompsnied by Gens. Har- deo snd Polk. He noticed the preparstions at Sperman’s battery to fire, and cavsed the sol~ diars to scatter. ** They did 8o,” says Jobustou, *and he Lkewita hurned behind\ the parapet, trom which he had an_equally good view of the position, but Gen. Polk, who was digvified and corpuient, walked slonly, not wshiug 1o appear too hurried or cautions in the pressuce of the men, and was strack acrogs the --bresst by an exploded shell, which Inlled him instanily.” 1t hag been charged,” ray8 Sherman, *‘that I fired the shot which killed Gen. Polk, snd that T fmew it was directed against that General. The fact 18, that at that distance we could Rot even tall that the groap were ofticers st all. I wason horueback & couple of hundred yards off before my orders to fire were executsd, and hsd no idea that our shot had taken effect.”, TEOUBLE WITH HOOKER. 1t is noted that in "tbis campsign Gen. Sher- ‘man took pains tonever go into camp without imwencning. He had n special service of men for this work, and during the campaign hun- dreds, and perfiaps thousands, of mues of trouchments were built by both armies, and, ** 28 » rule, whichever party sttacked that ome got the worstof it.” It rained most of the tume. Rain, according to Sberman, having a favorsble effect on troog8 in action aud en tho march, but not in the woods. On one occason Hooker, ‘who after bis failure in the East had been given snotber opportunity io the West and com- manded & corps in the army of Thomas, tele- raphed to Shermaa, ignoring Thomss, that he gul practically won & victory. Sberman waa anpoyed at this action of Hooker. ‘‘Gen. Thomas had, before this occasion,” be sass, complained to him of _*Gen. Hooker's dispostion fo switch off, lesving wide 1® -in his lices, 80 aa ‘to be fode- pendeut, and to make glory on hié own socount. 1 therefore rasolved not to ovarlook this breach of dusciplino and propriety.” o ‘Hooker'a quarters Bherman showed the dixpatch 2nd the ipjustice it hed done to Gen. Beboiigld 2ls0, 2nd there wero high worda between the two Generals, Schofield aod Hooker, **As we rode away from that church,” saye Bhermsa, *‘Gen. Hooker was by my side, and I told him sucha thing must not occur again. “In other words, I roproved bim, more gently than the octagion de- msnded, and from thst time he begsn to sullc. _Gen. Hooker had come fiom the East, with great | fame s a fighter, and st Chattanoogs hs was slorified by his battle above the clouds, which, [ foxr, turned hia head, He sremed jealons of all the army commenders, because, in yoars and for- mer rank and experience, ho thought he was onr supenor.” & DISSENEIONS AND TRODELES, In faot theso army disaeosiovs were s fre- quent smong ou: olicers as in the Jouth. When 1t became necessary ta appolot an officer to Eom- mand the Army of the Tennessee, John A. Logsn and Francis P. Blair, corps commanders, sach expected ths appointment. Sherman says he did not consider Logan equal to the command of throo corps; that between him . snd Blair there existed & nataral rivalry; that both wers men of great courage snd talent, buf wore poli- ticians by pature and experience, * I rega d he says, * bath Gens. Logan and Blair as volun- teera thiat lopked to personal fame and glory »s sauxliary and sscondary to their. political ambi- tion and not as professional scldicrs.” Conse- quently Gen. 0. O. Howard was given the com- mand._* All thesa promotions bappened to fall upon West Pointers,” esys Sherman, ‘‘and doubiless Logan - sud - Blair "had some roason to believe that we intendsd to manop- olize the higher honors of the War for the regulsr cfficers. 1 remember well my own thonghts and feelinga st tho time, and fcel sure that I was not, intencionally, partial to any class, I wanted to succeed in taking Atlanta, and needed commanders who were purely and technically soldiers, men who would obey crders ‘and execute taem promply on time, for I know that we would have o executs . some imost deli- cate manouvres, toq‘mrlnz the utmost skill, nicaty, aad precision.”’ - The Appoiatment of Howard gave offence to Geu. Hooker. He asked “to ba relieved of the command ‘of his corps. “Gen. Thorisa ** approved and heartilly recom- ‘mended " the application, and Gen. Slocam was -sssigned to his command. Hooker was offendod rbecause he was not chosen to .sacceed MoPher -son. bat, Sherman, Ridiag over to | ¢ that Thomas and I wore jealons of him, but this is hl!dx ‘probab] for wo on tho 'spot ‘did = mot rate b fight- ing qualitios as high as b did, and I am, moreover, eoovinced that he and Gen. Batter- field went to the rear for peraonal reasons.” Bo Hoaker retired from the army into s cond.tion of chropnio discontent and criticism. The jodg- ment pasesd upon him by Gen. Sherman ia a ter- nble one, and ‘indicates the franiness with which the Geperai of our armies is accustomed to express his opinions. Geu. Palwer, of Il- 1ivois, afterward to bacome a conspicuous reform poiitican, also made trouble becauss of a ques- tion us to whether he did or did not rank Seio~ field. Sherman settled thiv controversy, ocon- ceding Schofield's claim, but s: the same time talliog Gen. Palmer that the lo<a of tume oo~ casioned by bis folly ** was equal ta the loss of 2,000 men." ~Palmer insisted. uwpon re- mgnln% Although Bherman: urged hil atrongly a friend wot to'do so, “‘lest hig motive might be misconstrued and becauzo 1t mThr damage his future career incivil lifs,” he did resign znd went to Illinois. THE DEATH OF M'PHERSON. n The officer whose command gave rise to so much bitterness of feelig was the brilliant young HcPherson, whose death eame apon ths country 8o grievonsly st the ouiset of this campaign. Hood had been appointed to com- mand the Army of tho South i placs of Joa Jobinston; becavasof his beinga * botter fight- er. McPherson. and Hood had boen I ibe same_ clses af West Point, and when it was tearned that Hood had been given the command of the opposing army it was.agreed that we ought to bo unusually cautious, and prepared st all times for salliea and hard fightiog, for Hood, though not deemed * much of & Echolar, or of groat mental capacity, was undoubtedly & Lrave, determined, and rash man. It was dunng the progress of a sally suddeulv made by Hood for the pose - of - turning Sher- man's rear that the noble young MePherson lost his fifa. It was in the wmornivg, about 11 o'clock, McPherson had called on Sharman to talic mbout the pros;ects for the asy. They walked to a road, & short d:staucs, and 63t down at the foot of a tree to study s map.. There was an occasionsl maskeiry firing and artulery, but suddenly 1n one part of the line au occasional shot begna to be heard. Sherman asked Mo~ Pherson what 1t moant. ** We took my pociot compass,” says Sherman, * which I aiways car- ried with me, and by voting the direction of the sound we becamo satintiod tnat the tirivg was too far to onr left resr to bo explmwed by known facis, and ks bastily cailed for his horse, his siadt, aud his orcerles. M¢Pheron was then in Lis .prime, abont 84 yoars old, over § feet high, and a very hzpdsoms man 1n overy wzy, uoiver- sally Lked, and kad many noble gualies. Ho hed on his boots outside his paotaloons, gauntlets on bis bands, - had on bis Ma— {'m Geaeral’s amiform, sod Wore 8 sword-belt: ubno eword. He Lastily gatberad s papors, save ono, which I now po.sess, juto a pocket- book, pat it in bis breast pocket and jumpad on bLis hores, gaying be would burry. down lua hna 2nd send me back word ‘what thus sound moaut.’ "', Ioafew minutes Shermax, who in the meantime hiad gone back 10 the houss, alarmed by the ia- ceessa of the mysterious firng, met one of Ac- Thercon's staff, his borse coverod with Bweat, who reported that the ‘General was “either killed oraprisoner, McPherson haa ndden abeed, - giviug an order v somo troops to busry foreaid, and disappearod in the wocds, Goabtless with & sense of abuoiuie securily. The sound of mns= ketry was there heard, and ilcPherson’s borso cama back bleeding, wounded, aud riderlezs. An Lour afierwards the body of Phersdu was foaud. A bullet had entered his Lidy near the Leut, 3ad Mckharson must have died iu a fow seconds attor being b, g TILE FALL OF ATLANTA. Affanta fell, os ail men will yemembar who recall the anxioty that pervaded the conniry dugs iog tha: wying tune of 1304 IcQleilan uad been nominaied for the Presidency against Lin- coin; and the summer bad aknust passed before the antiupated succesnes of - Gruut- had been: reahized. The Co.federatc araies were making 2 gallant resistance in Virginia' and tho West. Grant ‘was steadily ** pegging. away " through tuo Witderness, aud Shorman wsa slowly farcing bis army juto ¢he mountaing of Georgia. The country’ had almos. deepaired of = victory. when snddenly the Confederato troops aban- doued Alanca, which town was cecupied by Goa. Stocum. - When ateady, serions oid Lhomes beard ‘the news be *‘snapped his fingers, whistled, and almost dancod.” As tae. newe spread through the army, the shonts that arose from the army,” sars Sbérman, “the wi looing: and gl'onam: langh:zer, wore o ug s full ncomf:usa for tha [sbor. sud toil aad hardsiups through which we bad passed in the pravious thres months.” Lelters of congratulation wore seut by Lincoln and Graot, snd »° salute of Ehotted guns was fired from the battories around Richmond. Sher- man bscame the most popular soldier of tho War. - His campmgo . defeated McClullan and decided the re-eiection of President Lincoln. Sherman took possession of Atiauts and carried ©oat a-sev:re measura for'which he wwas enticised st the timse. Ha ordered:all the inhabitaots to leave. Gen, Hood, who commanded the Con- federates, anawored that the measare * tran- scends in stadied and ingenious crueity all mcty that ever before wers Lrought to my attention i the dark history of war.” ‘e correspondenca waa abgly and eloquent.’ Sherman arraigned Hood and the whole Suuth in fervent and not always wise ‘rhetoric. Hood roviiod tiat the conms of Gen. Builer in New Orleans was even more humane zud considerate than that of Sher- man, and *‘better s thousand - dea:bs than to Iive uuder Sherman and bia negro alies.’ Iut Sherman was imperativo in his reso.u- tion. *If,” be said to Halleck at the tims, * the people raise s bowl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer ubat war.is war and pot popniarity seekiog. If they want pesce, they. and thoir relazives must atop the war.” * Bat If. Sherman's course was severa'it was justifiod by the orders from Washington. Halleck's letter to Sherman, commenting npon the controversy with Ifood, shows tho sngry- fasimg which ani- mated oven calm oRicers of the regalar army. “I would,” sars Hulleck, “destroy every mill and factory within _reach which I did not want for my own use. This the Robels have dons, not ooly in Maryland and Pennsylvatia, but aiso in Vizrginia and other Rebsl States, when compellod to Tall back bafore our arms. In muuy sections of thie country they have oot left & mill to grind corn for their own suffering famuies, lest wa might use them to supply our armies, Ve must do the asme.” WHO PLANNED THE MARCH TO THE SEA? Tue general opinion has been that, while Gen, Sherman commanded the simy which marched from Atlants to Savanoah aod from thenca to TRichmond, the conception of the plan belongs ta Gen. Grant. It is woll that this question shond be decided. In manyrespects tho march to ths weamands out from the Kebsllion a8 the most brithant achievement of the War. On the 12th of Beptember. 1864; Gen. Grant wrote to Sher- man that he did pot know what to do with Sber: man's ariny, aud was distarbed by the ditliculties of supplyivg it, and intimated that it might be wall to threaten Macon and Augusta. o this letter (en. Sherman rephed, saying,he would ot hesitata to erosa the Siate of, Georgia with §0,000 men. bauling some storos sod de- ‘ponding "on the -country for the balance; that,. © whera.a million .0f people find sub- gistence my army woo't starve,” He did Dot bolieve 1o ponotrating Georpis withont an ‘objective beyond. '™ Xt wonld be produetive of nch good.. I can start east. and make s circuit south and back, doing vast dsm, to tho ‘Btate, but resnlting in no permaseut good, and ‘by‘threateniug to do a0 I hold & fod over the Georgisns, who are not over loyal fo the Bontl.” He concludas by advising $hat Graot's and Csn- ‘by's armies should be reinforced, and that he shonld keep Hood employed, and put bis own army in fine order for a march on Augusta, Co- Iumbis, and Charleston.. *‘ The possession of thé Savannah River is mors fatal to the vossibit- ity of Soutnern indopendence. He may stand thie fall of Richmond, but. oot the fall 6f Gaor- 12" It you can whip Loe and I can march 10 the Atlsutio, I think Uncle Abs will give us twenty days’ absence fo ses the young folia.” Ths is the first indication {m this correspondsnce of what afterward became the famous march to the ses. . 3 GRANT HESITATES OVER TIE MARCH. To this lettar Grant apswered, Sopf. 6: “It woald be better to drive Forrest out of Tennes- Be2, a8 o firat step to do avything clse yon may fes! your force suficiens for. Bub Shermon would vot abandon his ses dresm. On the 9th | of October he telegraphed to Thomas : ** I want o deatroy sll roads below Chattandogs, includ- ing Atlanta, and to make for the seacoast; " .and 8g3ip, to Grapt, “Icsn make'this mazch, and csn make Georgia howl” Gen. J. H. Wilson | wad sent down to command the cavairy, Grant’s ides evidectly being that Wilson at the head of the cavalry force might do in Georgia what Sheridan had done in Virginia; ‘‘and Grant,” | ay8 Sherman, *advised that Wilson should be ent Bouth to sccomplish all that I had proposed to do with the main army; but I had not so nmch faith in csvalry as he hsd, and proferred tha first.”" Grant again urged Sherman to destroy THood's army befora thinking of his march across to the sea, and the next dey Sherman answered him that Thomas strong enough to handle HocS, nad that. **the bowt resuits womd follow e contemplated movement through Georgia.” Evidently this dispatch dceided Gen, Grant's id, for the 24 of November he -telegraphed: E;:mmoénz :ea fiukt{ you can 'ithdn_wEtrmn ‘whers yon ars to follow Hood without giving up .uw-gu i . X at Gen. Grant as- man, “was the first time sented to the march to the eea, and, although many of his warm friends 30d admirers insist thathe was the antbor aod projestor of that march, and that 1 simply executed his plans, Gen, Grapt has never, in- my opinion, thought 80 or eaid so.” *I_have ofien baen asked by well-meaning friends when the thovght of thar march first eniered my T kvew that an army which had peustratod Qeorg'a aa far zs ‘Atlanta could Dot turn back—1t must go ahead ; but when, bow, snd wbers depended on many conaiderations. ‘As soop =8 Hood croesed from Lovejoy'a to Palmetto, 1 eaw the :move in my mind's eye, snd, sfter Jollarson Davis' spoech at Palmetto, on Bept. 26, 1 was more positive in my couviction, bat was in, donbt a4 10 the time sud mavner.” Wo think the:e ¢an_be no doubt of ths foct that the march to ths sea was thoronghly tho concection of Blerman, and that he balieved the sucoesa of the march ‘would re- salt ip the fall of Rickhmond. On the 7th of Noveaiber, five days arter thus dispstch, giving formal assent, Ger. Grant telographed approving the pians and saying : ‘1 think- everything here is favoravle now. thfl“be good tDL{mN '"::_f you. I believe yoa wi eminently succesatal, od &t most :unyouly mako & march lesa fruitfut than boped for." P . TEE MARCH TO THE BEA, r Ou the 10th of November, 1864, Sherman set out upon lis mareh. .His amy was dividad into aright _sod left wing under the command of Geana, Howsrd and Slocam, aud was composed of sbout 60,000 men. Most extraordinary etforts Bad L32u mads to purgs it from non-combatants snd sick mas, and every soldier in'the ranks was “ well equipped and provided as well 28 human foresight could -wiih il the esseutinls of lite, strangth, and vigorous sction.” Provisions enongh for twenty and forage for five wera takes, Sherman's description Of tne morming when tha marci began is vivid and pictureaqus : W estood upon Lbe very ground whoreon was fought the bloody bsstle of July 23, and could Beo tho copse of wood where lcPborson foll Behind us lay Atlavta smoldoring snd ‘in ruius, the black wmoke rismng -hizh in sir and haoging like a pall over the ruined city.” * Light bofora us the Fomteenth Corps, marching steadily and rapldly with a cheery and swinuing pace, mads Tixbt of tho many bundred miles thatlsy betwecu s sud Richoond. 80me band strock up the sn- them of John Biown. Tihe men caught upthe strain, and oever before or since havo I heard ths choraa done.with more spirit or botter hare rony of time and glace. Then,wa turned: our horses’ hoads to the east. Atlanta was soon fost bebind the screen of trees, and became a thiug of tho paet. Aronnd it clings manys thourht. of desperate battle, or hope aud fear, which nosw peoms like the memory of a dream, sod 1 have never sosn the placo sinoe. 'I'hs day was ox- tremely beautiful; clear suolight, with brm;\ng air, and au unusual feeling of iuspiration sseme: to pervade sll minds—tho feeling of something to come, vagoe and undetined, etll fall of veo- ture and intepsy interest. Even tho common soldiors cauzht the isspiratiun, and many group called out to me a8 I worked my Way Last them, * Unole Billy, I guess Grant is whiting for ua in Richmond.’ Tud-od the genoral veutiment was that we wers marching for kichwoud, where wo sbould end the War.” *I had no purposs to” march divoct for Ricumond .by way of Augusta aud Charlotteviile, but always did design to reach the seacoast at Ssvaupah or Put oyal, aud eveu kept in mind tho altsrnative of Pensacola.™" THE ROMANCE O¥ TED MARCH. Gen. .Sharman’s, styie becomes piciuresgne and vitid in treazivg of this masch to the sea. At Ouvington tho perroes were sioply fraouc with joy, and clustered about his horse, shaut- 1ng ond prayiog in thor quaint siyle, ,which kad a peculist eloquevce * that will wove .a &tops,™ 2nd ** 1 cap now gce & poor gul in the very ecsta- sv of the Meibodist ahout, huggng the tattered Lebucr of ono of the regiments aud jumping up’ to the foot of Jesus.” Thon thero came o old gray-baired nezro—* abont aa fins & bead as I ever saw. I usked bim if he underatood abuut the war and it progiess. He said that he did ; that ha had been lookiug for tha angel ‘of the Lord ever since bs was kice-high, and, ‘though we professed ta be fighuug for tho Union, bs supposed that slavery was the caase, sud our auccess woald be hus frepdom. I seled him if ull tho negro slaves comprehonded this fack, and s Baid choy sacoly did,” .1t was & hard time with the plantation of Hovell Cobb, the famous rebel Generxl, when Sherman reached it.’ He gave orde:s 10 Gea. Davia to spare nothiag,” aud that mghe tho plaatation was destroyod. “ Bitting in frontof the firs thai evening,” says the Genperal, * I beosme consoious that & pegro with & tallow candio ju hus -hand was scanning my f{ace closely. I iuquired, *What do you want, old man?’ He auswored, * Dey say yon is Masea She:man.': L-answerea-tha such twas case, and inguired what be wanted. Ha anly, wanted to Jook at mao aud kept muttaring ‘dia nigger can's slecp- dis vight.' There were 1p- peals from the Bostharners to. rouse aud detond thetr nanve soil, bot Bherman kept marchivg steadily on. .** When the scldiers took Miiledge- ville they organizod & Legislature.of . their own and had merry pravks. Beauregard called on the Goorgians to rise for the dsfense of their soil, a8 he was hasteniog to join them. Ssnstor Hll telograpbed from Richmiond that every citi- zen with his gun and evers pogre with his -pide could do the work of the soldier, and members of Congré.s telsgraphed 10 aseail the invsider m froot, funk, and rear .by night and by dsy and let hum have noxest. At ono point therc wera torpedoes on the road. zud s Laudsome youag olficar'a foat nss biown to piecés. Sherman 1ozmed his prisovers jnto an advaoce guard, acd made them warch at the L ad of hiscvlumn asd remuve the torpedues. Finally, on the 13th day of December, about 8 monsh after the departure’ from Atlants, Sbermaw’s troops ¢aptured Fort, BcAliistor, and his army wae on tho seacosst under 1ie protection of the guas of “tus Federal &rmy, and with abuadant supphes. 5 THE CAYT.EE OF SAVANNAH. Wo learn from ths inemoirs of Gen, Shermsn that the captura of Savaonsh wos also his own 201, agaInat the wishes of Geo. Grant. - A8 800D 28 Sherman arnved at Savannah Graat wiota to bim to fortify himsalf on the sescoast, leave be- hind artiilery and cavalry, and to bring the bal- snce of his command to Richmand. Sherman replied that be would profer ta take Savanuab, thence to march toward Columbia and Laleigh. Tbomas tisd oot attacked Hood as was exaecled ; and Grapt, impatient for the coutest, .had thonght of going to Nashyille in- persou, but contented lumself with sending ont Logan to re- lieve Thomas. In obadience to Sherman's mr- Eency. Grant changed his mind about embarisiug is traops, and the result was tho captare of Bavanusn 0@ Dec. 22, 1864, and ao ordor from Gravt to carry out his own ideaa sud to march with his entire army by land. A 3 _ -BHERMAX AXD GTANTON. The diflicalty betwaen Gen. Shermun snd Sec~ retary Stouton was one of the painiul eveats of the War snd to ba atiributed soiely, we chiuk, to the pecuiiar tamperameut of the two mon. Btan- ton paid Shermun & vigit on the I1th of January aod ordered all the catton to be sent North. By the orders of Stanton all the marks wore obliter- ated from this colton, which Sherman ** thought strangely of at the hime, audaves mace 60 ROW. ' For I am assured,” he ‘says, ** that clauns, resl and fictitions, have boen proved np against thia identical cotton of Lhres times the quantity ac~ tually capiured, sud tnat raclamations have been allawed for mote than the actual quantity cap- tured—namely, 81,000 bales.” Stanton remained with Suermaa for some days,. ‘seemingly very curious .about matters and things n genes- al.” He did pot think that some of Sherman's General's bad shown kindness to the nesro, aud he comi:lainod of Gon. Jefferson 0. Davis. Bhor- man dofended lus Generals, claiming that they talt & sympaily for tho nogrozs, but **of & dif- fereot sort from that of not the power of humanity but of polizics.” Thero was a conforcuce betreen Socretary Stan- ton and a delegation of negroes, and among tna questions sddreased to them way-this:" **State what is the feeling of $ho colored paopla toward Gen. Sherwan, aud how far do they yegard his sentiments aud actious as friendly to their in- terosts or otherwies.” Tho answer was that they bad the ntmost confidence in Shorman “ass man in the providence of Gad sot apart epecial- 1y to_accomplibh this work.” This was certainly s sicgular interview; and Sherman, comment- ing upon if, says with naive and, we think, _pardouablo vanity: *‘It cerisinly was a strange Tact that the great Secretary of War should have catechized negroos concerning the charactsr of & General whohad commaended 100,300 men in battls, had captured cities, conducied (5,000 men suc- cesalally across 4,000 miles of hastile tarritory, “and had just broughttans of thousands of freed- men (0 & g\mu of security. Bos bocanse he bad not loaded down bis army by _other hundrads of thousunds of freedmen pegroes it was conatrned by otbers as hostils’ to the :black race My #im,” says Gen. 8hermsn, !‘was to whip the rebels aud humblo their pride and follow them 1o their inmost recesses to make them foar and dread us.. Stanton was pot! in gosd healih, al- thongh he appeared robust nng strong, ho con- tained & dga_od _deal of internsl pains, which ‘threatened his life and which wmflg compel bim soon to quit public oftica. . He said that the prico of evé iog had 80 risen, in. comparison with the depreciated money, that tuere was danger of national bankruptcy, and he-appealed to me as & soldier and s patriot to hurry up makters 8o a8 to bring the War to a cloes.” _ SEERMAN AND LINCOLX, ‘Then eanié the march- through the Oarolinas | #rom Charleston steadily north, and the burning ¢t Columbia, which Gen. Sherman belieyes to have been an #ccident arising from the i folly of the Confederstes in setting_ fire to therr eotion. . When the Lincolo. The President remembersd him per- foctly, and they aqggm! in the most inmr‘:lt- ing conversation. ving mads & good long gocial visit, thoy took their lesve and went to Gen. Graot's guarters, whers Mrs, Grant hsd grofldlfl tes. “Whils at tha ‘tabls” gays herman, '*Alrs. Gisot inquired if we had sean d)ln.n Liuca!:."‘ “2{0." said tlxn General. “1 id not ask for ber, and I add 3 i nof sven tmor theshe v e e rant then exclsim ell, yoa are a th pair,” and added “:L.-z ‘oz "meglizenceway unpardor:able, when the Genoral £aid we won!d call sgain the nmext day and maks amenas for the anintended elight. The next day they called, sud Mrs. Lincolo, who was oot well, did not ses them. Gen. Sherman gives full notes of bis copyersation with President Lincoln. ' Qf wll the men'I ever have methe seemad to possess more of the elements of groatness, combinad with goodness, toan aoy otber, Whea at res: or listening his legs and arms seemed to hapg almost lifeloss, and his face was careworn aond Liaggaid; but the moment he bsgan to tslk his face lightened up, his tall form as it were uanfolded, and he was the very impersonation of good humor and fellowsbip. The last words I recall as essed to me were thai hs woald feel better waen I was baok ab’ Goldsboro. Wa parted at' the gangway of the Biver Queen sbons noon of March 2§, and I never. saw him again” Dunng this conversation . Gen. Shernian ~ aaked * - Presirant Lincoln * 'wat shonld bo done to_ Jefferson Davis_sud the po- litica1 leaders. ‘'As to Jelferson Davis,” mays 8herman, ** Mr. Lincoln was hardly st hberty jo spesk bis mind fully, but totimated that he had ‘bottar clesr ont, escape the country, only it woaid not do for him to say 80 openly. -As nsual, he illustrated his meaniog by & story. A msn who once had taken the total abstinence pledge when visiting & fneud was invited to tafe a drink, bat declived on the score of bis pledgo, when his iniend suggestod lemonade, which was acceptad. In preparinz the lemonads the friend poiatea to the brandy bottle, scd- said that the lemonads ‘would be more palatable if. be were to pour in 3 littls brandy, and his guést said if he could doso unbekuown to bim, he.would not object, from which ilfustration I inferred thut Mr. Davia was to escape unbeknown to him.” . 3 THE SURRENDER AND THE STANTON QUARREL. ‘The eurrender of Lee and the assasainstion of Lincolc eamo swiftly upon each other. Sher- ‘man first loarned of it in & private ‘dispstoh on ths morning of April 17. Ho kept the news qnist until he had occssion to ses Geo. Joteph Johns- werealone together,” sars Snorman, :apeskun, of his visit to Gen. Johosion, I nhawgd .,nirs the dispatch announcing. Mr. Lincoln's assassi-” nation and watched him closely.” The perspira- tion came out in large drops on bis forehead, and bo did not attemot to conosal hia distress.. He denounced the act aa o dis to the age,’ and hoved I did pot charge it to the Confederate Goverament. - I told him I conld notbelis:ethat he or Gep. Les or the oliicers of the Confederats army pould possibly be privy o scis of assaasin- ation, but I'would not say a: moch -for-Juffer- gon Dayis, George Sanders, and mep of thal tribe, \Wa talked sbout the effect of thisach on tho country at large and- the armies,-and bo reslizad that it made my situation extramely. dolicate.* BBherman. urged vpon Johuson tha propricty of surrénder. ‘Fhis the Confedermo’ General adiitted, saying that avy farther tight- ing-wouid he murder. Dut of tiug conversasion Sherman, t3en. Breckintidge being present shd consent:ng ' thoreta. This ecartel or basia of agreement ogTeed to.xecommend the restorstion .of the Stated Lo their old rights snd privileges, Bherinan contended that ho, 1n doing this, had tollowed ot the advios'f Mr. Lincoin, and cer- tainly his information on that subject justifiea tinia conolusion ; but Johnson waw President and the country was maddened st the sssassination of the President. ' Thoré was no ory to loud ss that of vevenge. Stanton, who, with sil his’ roat qualitica oS sn organizer and Becretary, ad sn umperious, ungovernabls temper,. ang dieapproyed Shermav's’ cartel, aud virtually diegraced um by sending Grank'to supersede him.. Ho issued ‘orders to Geus. Bheridsn, Sche field, and Wilson, and other commanders,, not to obey Sherman’s arders, It was thought that Shermau-bad been a traitor, and s dispatch was pot ia cironlation, under the apparent sano- tion of, the Secietary of War, o the effect that Jefferson Davis bad escajed with s miilion of evecio from Bichmood banks. witn which they hopad to make terms with Sberwan or soms other commauder for an escave to Mexico. It is bard to realize that 80 -cruel, 80 uufounded an sccusstion could bhave been sanctioued by = Cabicet againau am officer of the distinguished fams aod service of Goo. Sherman. *Gen. Grant went 1o North 'Carolins, but behaved with the utmost delicacy toward: Gev. Shorman, nob aven appearing . in iwe army, .bul allowiog Eherman complets ~ his #ur- reuder with Johnston.” The ‘millions of snecie which Jefferson Davis. was csrrying South in wagons twrned out to be » few thoussod dollars £hat cocld bave been carried in a valisa. “Sher- rage. **Tossy,” hqsaya, ' that I. was merely angry at t0o tone snd substauce of the Bnbljc procseding of the War Department coald bardly express the stato of my feelings. I was out- 1aged beyond measure, aod was resolved to rte~ sent the insult, cost what it wonld.” Ho declined Halleck's proffers of friendship because he had repeated the order of Staoton over his own alg- nature. Ho refused to allow Halleck to review one of his corps. On reaching Washington, he cailed on President Jobnson, who took pains o disavow Sianton's war bolletin. Gen. Grant en- deavored to effact a reconciliation betweon Shor- man and Staston, but, s the Secretary mads no {friendly advances, Sherman * resalved to resent what he considered an ingult as puhlioly asit waa made.” GATY. HOME AGATN. ’ - Onthe 24tk of May, 1365, the armies wers to be reviewed ; Bherman bronght his wife and ber father, the Vonersble Thomas Ewing, to see tLe sight. The whole Army of Georgis bivouscked around the Capital. The mmmg:f the 24th of May was extremely beautifal. nctoally st 8 o'clock, sttapded Howard acd hisstal, he rode aionly down the avenue, crowda of men,. women, aod. children flockmg srovnd him. As he neared the brick house oo Lafayette Squara he observed Bewad, feebls and bandaged. at one of the windows, *‘Y moved,"says Sherman, ++in that direction, snd took off my. bat to Mr., Beward, who sat at the window. He recognized the salute aud retarned it, and then we humed on steadilv snd passed the. President, saluting with onr swarda. All on his siand arose aud ao- knowledged the sslate. Thew, tornivg into the gate of the Prasidential grounds, we loft our borsas and orderlies and went apon the stand, where 1 fouod Mrs. Shermsn, with ber fathor and sou. Passing. towm, shook hands witn the Preeident, Gen. Graat, and éach wember of the Csbinet. As I aprroached r. Stanton, which was | Mr. Sianton he offered mo his hand, .but I da- clined it_publicly, and the fact was universally poticed. * I then took my post on the left of tag President, and for six hours sud a balf “stood while the army d. . It was, io mv jadgment, the most magmificent army in existence; 65,000 men in splendid pbysigue, whohad jnst cow- ploted s’ march of nearly 2,000 milea w s hoatlle country. Division after division passed, each commander of an army corpa coaung on the stand doring sho passsze of his commaud, to be prexsnted to the President and Cabines and apectators ef the steadiness and barmoniousncss of the tread, the carefnl dress on the gmides, ‘the uniformintervald’ between the eompanies. All eyes were directly to the [zont, and the tat- tered and. bullet-riven fags, festaoned with flowers, ‘all wtbracted universal notice. For six ‘houra and a balf that strovg tresd of the Army of tho West resonnded along Pennsyiyania ave- nye; not & soul of that vsst crowd of specistors Jeft its jlaco, sud when tho rear of the colymn pasaed by, thousands of spectators atill ingered o pxpress tneir. senss of confidence in the ‘strength of the Government which conld claim such aa army.” ———— LET YOUR HEART BE EVER TRU Yoy'gar D;u' Life's troubled sea, Subject to Time's stern decree, As your bark doth onward glide " Gtdhe soetbing, restiess tde, - " In What courss you may pursae, - Lot your heart prove almiys trua, Ba you Gentils or & Jew, Let your heart prove ever trus, ~You who ses’ to bo a friend, As you.forth the hand. extend, A(ay your friendsiip be sincete. . Void ol Qecett, with conscience clear ] And, it you would the wrong eschew,. Lat, then, your heart prove over trus. © ob! he's s blossing whom you fn " mong the mss-es of mankind, W20, in Adversiey's gad oz, il Thtle Life's storm-clonds darkly lowsr, Shallsalsmnvows lo Godrems ™ " Latting hia haast provo aver trok ) - ‘Doaza, LL, May, 1605, DBM. e o Spring Hunting.’ - 3 3 Virginia (Sev.) Enterprise, ; -« The Jove-making seazon has opened among ibo Indiaus at'Austin, and bousskeepers flad 16 2imoat 'impossible -to_ secars>their services for b1 BLACK TOM. A Politician’s, Plange Inte Dra- matic Literature. A Patriotio Play Constracted on No Principles. i The Viavfi of the Funny Man Conceraing ‘Woman, ! Bits of Dialogte, 5. Gsorze .Von Hollen, our Citv Collactor, is 8 gentieman of guch ambition sad capasicy that ha aspires to occupy two great fields of noble ac- tion—politics and Literatura, the oo the conducy #on, to discnss the surrender. : “ As Boon a8 wa | arose ® ourtel sizped batween Johoson and- mau came North with his army sntl boiling with- the various kinds of labor to which they. are sa- tomed. : A lady of that city the other morn- e ant ot Yittio Indiaa boy ta find an Tadian to cbop soms wood: - 'After an abeence of hours mwymdww;:rflc | rescued of " action, the other of thought. The leladre which ho has been'iible ta snatch from tho octu- pations of ofticial duty and the poliiics of the “People's party," hs has devoted to the resring of 4 noble montwment of dranitio gesias. This isnow. befors nain tha shape of a mennscript copy of & ploy enditled, *Biack Tom; or, A Union Man's Roveogo; & Natioal drams it !uy{ acte” It was a happy coiucidence tha: thia’ “national” drama was completed just n time for'ita prodacsion during the - Army and Navy Raunion, 80 that its patriotic wentiments mught fall mpon aympathetic audienges and— provided, of course; that our magagers jump at the chanse—~the drzma bs launched upon tha waves of popalar favor with such eclas and dis~ tiaction that all the hearts that yesrn for the | true American douns may say, * Behold it here !’ As coming from the pen of & local statesman aod ‘philosophar, the readers of Tag TmBUNE . will doubtless giadly receive some descsiztion of ihis wwork of People's party geniza,, meagre aad in- adequats as it—ihs dederiptios—may Le. = ; YHE B0ZNE is laid in Kentoeky dunng thoso dark periods of she civil war when a. desultory guerilis wartars kept Inrge tracts of tertitory mn constant dread. ‘Lhe dramatis person® are s Ar. Ballard, & Ken- tucky planter sad g Doiou man ; Harry, his san, & Major in the Syoinern’army ; Esther, daugh- _ter of tho former; John Miller, s horse-doctor ; ‘orley, loader of a'guerilla band ; - Gapl, Haw- Kiug, of the Union armny ; & number of soldiers, guerlilag, ete.; and lastly the Goddess of ‘Liberty Barself, ' Of these, tho lovar and £3e heroine are Capt. Hawking sud Esther, sod tio play sets forth their esiangement by resson of the secesdion cemtimonts of the latter, snd their reconcilision’ in “the last scr, when Capt. Hawking nad bis troapa opportauely come op 1L stage to save her father from death aad his property from destruction st tho bands of ths gueriiag, whereupon the Goddess of Liberty her- &elt descends from the clouds, aud, it & mixtura of blank verse and rhyue, blesses ali ke charac- ters, arranzed, by direction of tae dramauss, 1o a palf cizcle, in order properly to recetve: har bencdiction. The smazimg festlisy of the dromatist- is, Lowaver, most conspicuously shown in ths creation of < ANOTHER AND LYLEPEXDRXNT INTEREST of the most thriliing Xind—one of the surt thac bring down ths “gods™ of the Adelhi aud macea their Otympus—~the thixd galery—shase with tovir thuoderous spilause. ‘Theclmax ig a banging scene of & peculiar and tremendous character, and we apprehend ‘that the part will Toquire aa, actor of greater taleut than Chicago can produce. Black Tom, a mystarious -pur-~ sonage. whose presence scems ie 1uspie .iha gueallos with sapersutions terror, for they scatier ‘wheoever e comes, a8 8 sart of Jibbenainosay, always dogging their trail, Mesuwhile, Miler, the hoise-doctor, is n bigh favor with Corley, the' gue:iliachiof. Astartling denonameut takea ulace shawiog that both are neither, bus are & fanner . vamed John Slanion, Who haa sworn o bang Coriey tor kiiling his wife and sona aud destroy- ing bis_bomestaad. Tais' ho doct in & yery Qiiginal way, aa will be described whon we kals up the patts of the drama in datail. Tho first “thupg that impressce- the criticin reading over tois groas Work is tae Fore” NEW AND ORIGENAL PRINGIPLE OF DRAMATIO CON- BTRUCTION g { observedinit, Ordmary playwrights striva to'! maka the scenes of svery act lsad up to 8 climax and grand tablesun the last scene. In tpis way the audisnce in left in painfal suspense dur- ing the intermissicns of the acts. Thev have soen . Angeling fall in the havdy of- bandits; her faubfal protector suuck down, and rascality thumphaat genorally. Whils tue stsge-carpen- . tor is preparieg the hovel 1n’ whick her rescuer is to discover her, in-the in:sginztions of the. sudience she may be sufering the greatest haidships. Mr, Von Hollen, mindfa) thet the true provivee of artis to divert, svoids thin by winding up the business of sach act smack snd: clean before ba lats the. cwriain fau. Inthe second act, everyhody, leaves' the stage, and the curtsin falls on’ emptiness,: thua giv- ing the; sudiunce a .rést even bofore the intermussion bogwna, In the Iset scene .of tho first acs, all the principal charsctera leave the ucone, leaving only some soldiers -who had becn making. a bagkgronad. .Theo, -according to the msuuscrics, * o soldier steps furward and sings & popular song. (Curiaio falle.)” By s 1t wall be Been that notonly dous the deama- 115t guard against undaly excikingfihe feolings of the sudience by sa adecting tableau, bus be makes provaion for their diversion, even wiile the cu:taio is taling, in order to soothe down any excicement wiuch the occarrencea of the previous scenas may have caused. Another evidence of the : “RICK YANCY OF THE BRAMATIST appears in the varioty of the orthl:"gnphy‘ & poetic license, broakicg away from thio forms of edantic ‘grammarians, makes ase of such Ten- inge as ** comming,” *: Yankey,” ** buissness,” wgoal,” ‘‘trowed,” ©tempercnz,” * pitty,” 4 gmty,” **abbirstion,” “track” (reforring to s dmall Teligions treatise), eia.; but-this is s smalf matter compared to the richnese of inveation and copiousuess of imagery-displayed in the diatogue. In fact, to those who cannog spproci- ate the beauties of Mr. Voo Hollen's - idiom, i the droma may appear Bumewhat tame through. tho first two acta apd the larger portion of the third, 88 they copsist: of remarxs ‘meds ' by various persops on thungs. i geveral, znd | $here is na particalar action of momeut. Taere |- are only two sicenas” in the first act, tho first of which is chiefly taken up with & dislogaa be- tween Ailler, tha horse-doctor, and’ guarillas, and she second of a dialogne between-Miller uud Union soldiers. * Afiller, who ‘onca saved Cariey, | the guerilla_lésder, from drowning, bas 3 paes from bim, giving fum sufe conduct through the gaerdla lines. THE FIRST SCENE . group of guentlas talking sbout .3 myswnus individasl, who has | their trml, .klling & When the horsa-doc- o Btage they suk bis ushalyRebellion,” opens upon & Black Totn. teen hapging _on man oocasionally. tor ©-comes’ on yiaws abou. ** *this wicked and us} a8 the negro-stealers call it.”. Hiller tolla them « Y long for peace. ~"Peacs, vir, is the lviog ar- { tery' of s country’s prosoerity.” - When. they baye gotien all they wan of the old man's views they {at him go oo his Buowing his pass. Soon after a ghot is heard, aod a gaer:llanamed Barry fails wounded ; then, to uts whe dramatis’s own Isnguage, ** Black Tom crosses the scous fram {efe to centre. Tho guerillas seo bim, throy down’ their arme tercor-stricsen and run off, A}nggi:.x" Barrystter shom, -exclaiming * Black om’, TUE NEXT SCENRK discloses thé fonny man of the play, s private, whoae tims is ix;ideu bewz:i: readiog pogn to his comrades At dmxns,z superidr officers, which, nuder the disciyline- 'h&h prevails fa Capt. Hawkins compaoy, sesms to have been allowable. . :As the curtsin roils up, this funny :‘r‘;uu i reading a8 foliows to his patient com- Bilence, X a3y, and Baten to my words ! i .%:egfi'o s ind fghts gt woanded die, e} ‘howa, est puading, pumpkin-pis;— . o yoort out-doves lt-statved, sick, snd freers, | Or in » parior eomfort take and ente—. . ‘etc., ete., for two pages, when_ his comrades ars 1 d by ‘tho evirance of 3Miller, ibe hcr_lfi o doctor, who has been srreated for = 8py. turns ot that, he has s lettor from Esther Ca) Hawkins, desinpg _ta ste bim. letter Hawking resds ‘out loud to troops, and ° tells - Biller he will go with hm to Mr. Ballards hoose. Ho goes of to make his preparations, Miler in‘the meantime_being sbandoned to tho funny man and the soldiers, who ‘obtain bis opimion on muarriago and sn account of his family hstary. This fills out the scons. & £ 1§ THE §2COND ACT, ° . -Capt. Hawkins and Ailler arc secn nroceed'm% to the Balard mansion, talking as thay ga. Th wit and originality of - the- dialogua may be in- Baliard » s thy Ly b if ferred from the foflowing extract: *- Bawkins—How is the fzmily of Hr. 0l ‘Gentleman enjoying good helth yel ¥ Miller—Tolesable, eir.. 1 bavo heard it said do [An- aldsr copsidarable ough] that he his grown 4ox tho st twelv months, 4 B er makes hus _exit, and while Hawkinsis il vs‘“ Esther to come he has a convepient jnterval of time in which to teil by a solloguy ‘how he met her befors the War in the Capital of Tlinois; sud ‘how theyfell ‘in" léve with " another, and this euds the e ; nest scens frst scena. Ta the . £STHER IS DISCOVERRD. .. entoring & roow, aad Hawking approaches her witn ocen arws. Sbe stauds ** ummvaabla” gynlhly in inutation. of ‘the ross-butiresaed arbong of whom k08 3000 _saye that she is ouve. To Hawkins’ surprive shs peocisims net secession proclivities, and her dveruon for tha blus oniform. .Tbo &cene is Uling s scribed by the deamacist: Ec e 0e, Estaer—I am a Rebel, with all my Resrs } B , whal an abbiration | s He then proceeds to teli her: I ahhor this nefsrions Badellion of Som‘hiern sriste. crats aud d 3 Government estan. that a joung woman which, reg.rdiess of 1 fushers ‘poble sxample anud sverything formerly dew to her, ooenly sppraves of o caute sdverss to rigat and M:rty, in my hombls opinion, Dar calling. i She tellg'him that : Everything appertsining to Northers hirelings i re- puisive to my feclings. Ho retorts: S0 {3 everything dispiseable to me coucerning boghs Contaderasy and foe fauselcal Rupgostars. T At the close” of the ment aud of the scone. she lots hi:n know that the reason rha weut for him was to beg of hir not to maka har bouse bus’ headquarters if his troops should bappen to march that way. . I¥ TIE TARD AT ber brother, the Majar ju the Southsra army, Dhears about fawckins paging s visit to his sis- $or, aud, warching around a fake nes: the hounw, 8268 5 man in & boat, sad. altboagh sowe davs ara supbosed to have elapeed sioce Hawkins visit, ‘at oove conciudes be found tha zame, aud,blazing away, hits his Pather, He thengova erazy from remarvs, and, rushing nto the disnoues of himself by drownmg. ‘The scenerv of the first soene of the fourth sd last sot may periaps puzvie tho stage car- :uawr. The tollownsz is the suthor's descrip- oa : Alarge tree, with branchea bauging over s mous- tain, i centys of wisge. Taere isa gap 1 the moun- tals, scross which & 15 tafii; tpom the bosrd Cerley is diocoversd, hands and feek ted. A rope i fastenied roand Corley's nock, nid” tied to the braneh of tres above, Blage durie. 5 BLACK TOX comes out, and, pulling off his maak, shows hims- sel? to ba Afsller, the old horse~doctor. e ex- Ehmx to the gue:illa chief that the reason s 12, once saved bia from drowning waa becaase he had aworn to bang him. Ho mskes 5 luny spescu to the condamued wreich, after why *‘ie gives the board a kiek, and Corley swings.” This iy the cloge of 8 remarkabls acone, which Sull require A actar wiosa neck, at least, wust po=sess remarkapla talent. The nexiscensis given up to . " = : . THE FUNNY MAN, who forpishes the following descrirtios of dieronce betwveen a tros and a fashiox woman: 5 . A woman Is tbe embodyment of nature itself, {n an enticeiug and Jovely form, » biesng derignated to make ‘mag h:ppf, slways natursd and content, how- aver humols Lla her gtation i 1ife miay be,—~7s who doca hor own ceoking, nurmng, sewing, 4 +0 fart,—one ‘who nover forgeta her vocation whather kr-a par- n, 3t fome o shroad,—sue 9 tesly considered . pricciess » soothmg at - whoss elde- tha Farewnrn hustand may recreate Bl strengin. In home hapig, s paradiss on fsct, ope who will mace _A modern lady is an sriificial composed prin~ figize cipaiy of whalelone snd cotton, to e found geasraly sifting in rocking chair, always 50 tired and #o sick, —a favelous consumer of stant medicing, 3 devoud tirwrre, and scsustomed wnd low,—one who dr-eces in Lie. neweat fashiozs as prescribed by foreign jourmala of ashion, Zsna who moves in Bigh sirioiy,—in 723%, OLO Wao glories in all the qralitics to make s men wiaerabls home li¥e 3 horne:s ncsb, P The reader will obsarve with what felicity Ar. Voo Hollen aithe same time dis:lays both bis contempt for Iatiee of fashicn znd” she orth..grachy generally in.nee awong them. The reader has probablv had ewough io siay his stomach until the” play is put on the atage a2 that we will spare the description of the Iaut scene and the duscet of tha Goddess of Liderty, whose uéuadx. which forms the contlneion of the plav, abonnds in" wendorfnl fights of poetry. Altogsther the composition is one thas will' shad lustre on the Poople's. party, snd wil lake place benide Ahern's ** Great Revclotion.” | WOMAN. Caudls saynthat his wife, at least, whatever mny bo the experience of census-tskerw: with others -0f ber seX, isalwsgs resdy to lell hsr 3g0. . A Virginia widow rides with s leg en elther sids of tite horse. People ured to stop and geze 2t her bot:ra she Killed John Cass; bub now her wode of ridiug is uncommented npon. _Yadies’ dresses aze now mads 50 oW R Paris that it 18 aimost imposaible to life thom sad ®p inzenious mediste thero bss issued instrme- :£ions 1o her castomers bow to - »coom) this feat. A Colorado man sold his wifa for $260 the ofher day, and, wbeo_sxplaining tha matter ta his chilaren. he said he hated to lst tha old womagp go, but $300 *‘ wasn't lhying: locus Hike it nsed to was.” ‘At o teachers’institute in Ohio recently, s Isdy toacher was given the word ‘*hazardous™ to spell and dofice, and did it in this_syla: 4 H-a-z, has-3-r-d ard—e double 8, ecs—lmzard- 6ug, & fomale bazard.” 3 A Cloveland woman recantly married s Chinoos laundryman, and in thiee days thereaficr tue ha&lry Celestial appeared at a barder’s ali ordered s pigtaul cut off, saymg in exp tion: **'Too mi dam yaok.” A writer on dress saye: *Shnctand podgy wonien ought not to wenar .belta,” Whet's tha use of giving advicein that wav? Thsre on'ta woman in the world who woald admit, even te herself, that she was ** ehort and podgy.” . Whois thata statuo of 7" asked a lzdy of baz busband, pointiog to an *Apoile” *The Apolfo Belvidere.,” **Law! how sflcctionata you are, my love ! And now, darhng. who wae Apallo Belvy 2" Ag explanstion o propuncis- tion followed. 2 Lewis, the Detroit Free Fress man. evidently doesn't waot big sale of bis forinconing book at Vaxgar, elss he’d never talk in this wsy: **The young .Isdies &t Vasear ars frail, angalio- looking creatures, but yet the steward savs that ‘someboly got away with 500 bushels of potatocs and 130 bashels of turnips st winier. An Oregon paper sara: * When a yonng lady liinz on the lineof the California & Oegon Kiilroad wana o get married, she only one refumsl to give coosent from ber ‘rtern pareats,’ aud then pesks her lover true'wizh the Temark: *Sauthie, old boy. I guess .we'd betiar canter dowu to the gospel-snop; it's no use . waiting Jor those idiots to becomo savo sgain.”™ { Pissing 8- house on Abbott street sbout € 'cleck hast evening. a gentleman boticed s boy bopping around and oxhibiting great delignt, sad he paused sud ssked: ‘*Why, bad, what ails you?” *Ails me?™ grinned the Iad; * gee there,—~house shot up,~— DO STDpAT, mam off gaddivg, aud thers comea dad around the corner ! It'il be worth §30 to ees the fur Ly whao he opeus this gate ! "—Detroil Fres Fress. A married man_in Brookiyn thovght he da- tected an obiitraction i the keyhole of his bed- room door one nighs iast week, snd. in & fic of enthusiasm ba chuckad s half-Lint of carbolic acid mtu the opening. The nex:t morning s motbar-in-iaw turned op msesing, aod there is a.lingerivg impression o0 that man's mind that carb lic acids 18 one of the mnecessitica that uo newly-married couplo can afford to do without, A fellow in Kentucky ran away with a farmer's daugliter 3od horse, and was botly pursued. Tho farmer got withib close nnfe, and flourshea & zovolver. "“Don’t shoot, for hesven's salsi” ahouted tho lover, “Iwon't” wsa the zeply, cauge I'm atearad I} but tuarhose. Justleayve ther hoss and take ther gal.” Thst corapremsa was accepted by the yoong folls, who walzed on to a preacher’s pouse, &ud tha fazber rods howa «n lus horse. * Arrab, me derling,"" erled Famie O'Flrunigas to his Joquscious swoetheart, whao bad not given” ‘him ths 0p, ortauty to get in & woid evea edgewise,” daring & two hours’ rids behind tla little bay nage in his oyster wagoo, ~are vaafther knnwin’, why your cheeks we Lke my pomes thero?” “Shiire and ii‘s because tosy're rpd. 4 it?” quoth the blushing Brdget. ** ¥aith. aod s bettar rateon than that, mavourneen. Becsisy thera ia ous ' them mch side:of & WAZgw' topgge” 5 : While stopring over night st & ferm .bouse in Midsouri traveler wag astonished to = hiy hostess walk up to ber bustand abodt every £1f- tapn ‘minnbes sod boX bis-eats or Zive hug kalr 3. pull, In the moruing the Ruest.. seuing, tis woman alone, asied an explanation of'her atinuge condnct, xod the reply was: ‘“You see, stranger, me aud the oid man has beer dghiin’ for teo years to wse who shall: boss tois, 'sca ranch; and I have jest got bim cowed, buf i L. shoutd g up on bim for »day-he wuaid tm oo me nfniv, aod oy -wosk would ald- go for