The New York Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1875, Page 3

SHERMAN'S MEMOIRS, The Autobiography of Gen- eral W. T. Sherman. THE GOLD FEVER OF FORTY-NINE, SS EEEIRGnEEnEee Sherman as Lieutenant, Banker, Law- yer, Professor and General. oe THE DAWN OF THE CIVIL WAR From Bull Run to the Battle of Lookout Mountain. —, NEW UWGHT UPON THE REBELLION. Mgmoins OF WiLLiaM I. SuerMAN. By himself. & ae volumes, New York: D, Appleton & Ue Me “Ll have again and again,” says General Sher- | man, “been invited to write the history of this War, or to record for publication my personal | recollections of it, with large offers of money theretor; all of which i have declined, because the | truth is not always palatable and should not al- | Ways be told. Many of tho actors in the grand | drama still live, and they and their friends are | quick to controversy, which should be avoided. The great ena of peace has been attained, with little or no change in our form of government, and the duty of ali good men is to allow the passions | Of that period to subside, that we may direct our puysical and mental labor to repair the work of | War, and to engage in the greater task of con- tunuing our litherto wonderful national develop- ment. What I now propose to do is merely to give some of my personal recollections | about the historic peraous and events | of the aay, prepared mot with any view to their pubscation, but rather for preserva. ton when! am goue, and thus to be allowed to foilow Into oblivion the cords of similar papers, ortobe used by some historian wuo may read them by way of illustration.” General Sherman has reaeemed this modest purpose in two of the most striking, eloquent and original works the | Mlerature of the war has produced. ‘rhe style 1s iresh, clear, easy and oiten briiliant, and Messrs. Appleton have made the work worthy of the re- putation of their house. SHERMAN aS LIEUTENANT. Eighteen hundred and forty-six found General Sherman in the thirty-first year of his age and a rst lieutenant of artillery in Fort Moultrie, 8. C., Onder command of Captain Robert Anderson, al- terward to become celebrated as the defender of Fort Sumter. With this epoch in his Iile the Gen- erai’s inemoirs begin. War had broken out in Mexico, and the General describes his anxiety as #0 impatient young officer to obtain an active command, His application resultea in an order to | Bail for Caliiornia to take part in an expedition Mtted cutto conquer that country, We find bim ‘athng around Cape Horn as lieutenantio com | pany with Ord and Halleck. It was o long jour hey—reading, ‘gaming, but never gambling,” and | B little visit to Rio Janeiro while Henry A. Wise was our Minister there. Toere was a visit to Chill, a trip to Valparaiso and finally a rest at Monterey, Where tne young officer was invited to wiiness a play calied “Adam and Eve.” “Eve was personated by a pretty young giri known as Dolo- | res Gomez, who, however, was dressed very uo- lke Eve, for she was covered with a pettidoat of spangies. Adam was personated by one who has | since become famous as toe person upon whom | was founded the McGarranan claim. God Al- | Qughty was personated and heaven’s occapants | seemed very human, yet the play was pretty and Interesting and elicited universal applause.” | BARLY DAYS IN CALIFORNIA. These were the early days, when the Spaniards Bull reigned on the Pacific coast. The General telis Of an amusing Visit be paid to one o! the Dons, wlio gave him a Gish of rabbit with waoat we tnougnt | @ sauce of tomato, which was “red pepper of | purest kind.” At that time troubies had arisen between the American officers. General Kearny, Jolonel Fremont and Commodore Stock- ton each claiming tne right to control affairs in California, Fremont resting bis right upon “a letter he had received from Colonel Benton, then ® Senator aud a man of great iufluence in Polk's Administration.” Kearny was evidently tho | strouger man, and we have a visit of Sherman to Fremont, in 1847, where be spent an hour with him taking tea, “and left without being mucn impressed.” There was some discussion as to | ‘What would be dome with fremont by tue intrepia and fery Kearny. “Some thought he would be tried and snot, some thought ne would be carried back in trons.” But evidently politfeal influence Was not altogetner dead under the administration of Prosident Polk, as Fremont was not harmed, | bat simply shoved out of his rank, woich Kearny | assumed, Fremont retarning home along with General Kearny, who shortly aiterwards leit | i t. B. Mason in supreme charge, ‘an ya, “of great experience deemed by some harsn 2” but to Suerman “always kind and rs e."? One of the hrst duties of Saerman was to @rrest @ usurping oMcer named Nash, ‘-Aicalde of Sonoma,” who claimed to de Governor 0) Cali- foraia, and was disposed to dispute toe authority Of the military, Sherman was sent off wita four horsemen and a private to ilnd Nash, to suppress his incipient revellion. ‘On reaching the hous Bays Sherman, “| luguired if Nash were in, and Was first answered ‘no,’ but one of the women son Pointed to him, and ue rose. He was armed with , and tho women were evidently alarmed. | tm, aod told bim | with me, LHe asked me where, and id, ) ‘Why st will expiain that more Green put himself between me and the door, and demanded in 4 theatrical etyle, why I dared arrest ceadle citizen in a own house. I simply pointed to my pistoi and id him to get out of the way, which he did, effort at nly it Was a good f. chapters ue- Scriving his eariy lie in Cailiormia and ais recol- | Jections of that huge are vivid, pictur | esque, and marked wit the fresh, in- C.sive, manly cuaracter of the illustrious author. Yuere are certwinly no romances more Altractive saan tne foullding of California. Iu the epring Of 1848 gold Was discovered, In the spring of 1443 We Dear of two men coming to the office of the Governor and bringing with them about a halt ounce of piacer gold. ‘The Governor said ww fe,” says Sherman, ‘Whatis thatr | wuched It ana ex: ed ove or two of the iarger lumps it gold? Masou asked me if t nad ¢ seen native KOld. | unswered, in isi4 I was io Upper Georgia and there saw some native god, bat is was much fer than suis and it was in piles OF tu VlanSparent quills; DUt | said that uf this Wasa god it covla casuy be tested, first, by its | Malleaviuity, anil next by acids. I [00x & piece in My leein, and the metalic ‘usire was periect. I tnen cailed to the cierk, Baden, to bring éu axe «and hatchet irom the back rd. ce and beat ib out When these were vrougnt | wok the |. st fiat, abd beyond doubt tt Wetwl, and tie pare metal, Still we aitacned importance to the fact, or gold w knowa sat Sau Fernando, at tne south, and yerit ot considered of wach Value." hat was of More vaiue, However, Was quicksilver, and we Dave deseriptions of the manger im which quick- Hiver mines Were diacovereu. [t was not an un- tommon ting iu tiose days of & great andowner 10 ve the lord of 4 small empire, With Duuadreda of | horses oad thousands o| caltie, aud yet to nave | Hothing io eat in his house except “a carcass of bees, irom woich tue straager migav Cut aad Cook, Woseeaneney and Without price, Wualever Was TUR DISCOVERER OF GOLD. There wasa visit to Ueviain Sutter, the discoverer Of wold. Captain Suiver was a will owner, and erman rela Sutter's own stury oi che Gras svery Of the metal wich Was to revolutionize an the duapelal concitions a1 tue world and to ound Dew empire, Sulter was sitting in bis room fF the Milnor one day in Feoruary or Marcu, 1848, a Knock Waa hoard at tho door, and be Caled ous, “Come in in walked his assistant, Mar- shati, WhO revealed to Sutter that he had sound in the tailrace of the will certain peliovs of goid. He endeavored to keep the matter secret, but the Bows 8, road And soon the Word was aflame with She discovery, en earned «from $40 to. 100 @ lar. © Sumetil 5 Som srike docks in at verai thoureng m8 lew Gays, «wad thea ge | Defure it Was finisved, | Tuli 1 fact and argument, buc it had n ne of the | | years. | platoons toward tie jatl. | of esteem vy those whom he serves. | Nis loyalty. he wrote to Secretary Cameron, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 10, abont antl he had expended all he b earned, Everything cost $1 a pound and @ meal $3, Nobody paid for a bed, but slept on the ground, without fear of cold or rain. There Was a newspaper, “a curiosity tu its line,” using two V's for a W and other compi- nations of ietters, made necessary by want of type, Which grew upto be the 4 California. ‘There Was much rivalry as to whicn was to be the “New York” of the Pacific. Sherman’s idea waa that Benicia was the proper place, while others {as- | vened upon the town “near the mouth of the bay,’? | universally known as Yerba Baeva., Those who | had charge of Yerba Buena saw the importance or | aname, and so, im town council, enanged 16 to | San Francisco, “iam convinced,” says General Sherman, “that wis lithe curcumarance was big | with consequences, ‘That Kenicia wes the best eral city Luu satisfied, and ved Mu half the labor since bestowed | vo been expended upon Benicia | ay have w city of palaces on the Carqu Strats, the game of San Fran- cisco, however, fixed the city where {ty now 1s." | TAL GOLD PEYER, General Sherman speaks in the nighest terms of the fidelity and bonesty of the commander, Colonel | Mason, who used none of his power tu aggrandize himself, On one occasion tie opened a store at Corona. investing $600 and reveiving $1,500 as nig sbare of tue profits, Tuere was ,reat trouble tn keeping the sanors and soldiers in the camp; even » servants—everyoudy—ran mad witit tue gold | ‘two colorod boys, named Auron and Kept their faith, and “thelr conduct,” sass General, “has given me a kindly feeling for the negroes und maxes me that they will Mod a status tn tie jumble of atfairsin which we now hive.” There ‘appeared also a singtlar character called Baron Steinverger, Who ‘boasted that ne had nelped to break the United States Bunk by being indebted to 16 $5,000,000." The Baron’ went into the business, aud ne was the first. butcher in | ehiftiny butcoer San Francisco. He made a great deal of money and became “one of the richest and most in Nuentiai men” iu Caillornia; was tnaily caught and pecame liopeiessly bankrupt, ioliowed Fre- | mont tu St. Louis in 1861, ‘and soon after died a pauper in One Of the hospitiais.” ‘The second Miuntry came near deserting in bulk, Captains urd masters of ships abanuoned their vessels and cargoes to rush to the mines while preachers and prolessors iorget tieir creeds to take to wade, even lo keeping gambling houses. The General indulged in @ litte land speculation which brougat him proat of $3,000. Labor was so ligh that g16 a day Was & good carpenter's wages. Emigrants came ‘pouring over the mountains, aud were suved | Irom starvation by tue provident lorethousht of | the Commissary Department of the army, finally, | | in 1860, the young ofiicer recurned tu the Bust, by | Way Of Pauama, tue bearer of despatches to Gen- | eral Scott. MARRIAGE AND POLITICS, ® General Shermiac arrived in New York about the Gluse 01 January and vucup wt ‘Delmonico’s, on Bowling Green,” ‘Then tuere came a dinner with General Scoti, who started Lim with the asser- tion that “the country Was OM the eve of a terri- ble clvii war.” Thence to Washington, waere Sherinan became aa intwate of the iamily of Hon. | ‘bhomas Ewing, Secretary of tae luterior tn the | Cabinet o1 Vreaident Taylor. ‘taylor impressed | the young oilicer by bis “iine personal appear- ance and pleasant, easy wanuers,”” Ln May, 1860, Sherman marricd tue dauguier of Mr. Ewing, toe | Marriage ceremony beimy attended by ‘a large anu distinguisned company, embracing Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Tuomas A. Benton, Presi- dent Vaylor aod ali is Cabinet, ‘Tayior died within a few months, and soerman, in com- | pe With Genera: Sedgwick asd William B. | arry, then captaius, Was Ol tae military escort | at ois fugeral, Hl A GLIMPSE OF WEBSTER. | { | These were striking times; Compromise mweas- ures Were on ihe &pis, and we Dave # descripuon of Shermans Visit to voe senate to bear Webster's great 7th of March spesch in tue old Senate | Chagsber, now used by the Supreme Court. Cor- | Win, Of O40, Introduced Sherman upon ihe floor, “tiound,’? le says, ‘a seat Close vellud Mr. Weo- ster aud hear General scot, and heard the whole Of tue speech. it was veavy in the extreme; and I coniess that I was disappointed and tired ioug No doubt the speech was fire of oratury or the iitensity Of Jeeling that | marked ali of Mr, Ciay’s ecforts.”? A BANKER IN CALIFORNTA. | Thence the youny Officer wWuudored to the West and to New Orieans wader orcers, and in 1863, in | July, we flud luin ogain i Caisornia as a backer, | His description of the wild metaods 01 condacting business iu tuose days is ViVia and might be read With instruction now. THE VIGILANCE COMMITTER, Ju 1856 the Vigilauce Commitiee took possession Of San Francisco, General sherman’s description Of this singular prenomenou in our history ls so vivid that we regret We cannot republish the whole of it. Wolitice had become a regular, profitatie, corcup! business, ‘Tnere was sucu ® (thing as a Sherif’ paying $100,000 to be nominated to an ofice the nominal salary of Which was $12,000 a year for tour James Casey, Woo was alterward hanged by the committee, published @ small paper in tue buliding occupied by saerman usa bauk. Oa One occasion a Mr. Slatier, & vanker and partner of Drexei, compiamed that Casey’s paper uw pted 0 olackmau the banks, “At that time,” Says Sherman, ‘we were all laboring store contideace, and { went up stairs, ound Casey and pointed out to him the objectionable nature of uis article, and told him pidiniy that I could not tolerate bis attempt to print and circa. late slanders in our building, and if he repeated 1¢ 1 wou cause him and is press to be torowa out or the window, He took the hint and moved to, more friendly tera.” the = rival jegmual, the published some docutwents snowing that Oasey nad once been sentenced to @ New York penitentiary. Casey iniormed tie editor, James King, that he Would “shovt Bim on sight.” That evening, as King was walking home, Vasey snot bim and was arrested. The citizens, under the control of Wm. J. Coleman, 1or.ed a committee. ine Governor, evideutly a Weak creature. in company with C. K. Garrison and Sherman, eugeavored to suppress tue Cutureak. On Sunday, Muy 22, 1356, the iuneral of King took piace. The Goveruor catied on Sner- man, and tuey went up On top of a hotel, trom wuich (uey could see the whole city, “Parties of armed men in good order were marouing vy Soon a small party was en to advaoce to tais door and knocxed, and a pariey = ensued. the doors were opened und Casey was led out.” Also @ prisoner named Cora, who bad killed @ marshal, “ine day was exceedingly beauriiul, and the whole proceeding orderly im the extreme.” ‘ln a very jew days . that bone otoars, equail | Mended “an army of 200,000 men necessary to co | Was “substantially left out and was named unwieldly.” Sherman took command of @ bri- ee having Corcoran, of ‘the Sixty-ninth New ork, under him. We can understand the manner in which wmiiitary forces were landied when we read that shortly before the buattie of Bail Rup General Scott wrote “one of his charscieristic letters to Corcoran, telling bim that we were about to engage Ina battle and ne knew his Irish efforts would leave him in such & erisis.”” CIVIL WAR. Boll Run was fougot, Sherman's comment upon this vatvie ts characteristic, “It is ganerany ad- mitted shat that was one of the best planned battles of the war, butone of the worat lought, Our men had been told so often at home that all they nad to do Was to make # bolt appearance and the rebeis would run, and nearly ali of us jor the Orst time then beard the sound of cannon and muskets in anger und saw the bloody scenes common to Datti with which we soon to be iamiliar, We had no organ tion, good men but no cohesion, real discipline, no respect for authority, no veal knowledge of war, Both armies were fairly deiéated, aud whichever had stood fast (he over would nave run. ‘Though the North were over: whelmed with mortification and shame, the South really had not much to Loast ol, lor in the taree or four ours’ tghting ineir organization was sO broken up that they did not, aud could not, lollow our army when It was Enown to be in a state 01 dis- gracesul and causeless tight. Itis easy to crite cise w batile after it is over, but all now aawit raw la war, could bave cone better than we did at Bull Run, and the lesson of that battle should not be lost ou a people like ours’? WAR IN EARNEST. Nothing was to be dune but toget to work and reorganize the army, ‘There 18 an account of a | Visit of Mr. Lincow and Mr. Seward to tue Union camps, Sherman sitting vy the coachman and Miving directions bow to drive. “As we slowly uscended tne hill,” he says, ‘{ discovered that Mr. Lincoln was full of fecling and wanted to encour- age our men, | asked it Ue Intended to speak to tuem, Ald he said Le Would iike to, I askea bim to please discourage all cheermg ang noise or any sort of confusion; that we Nad Mud enougd of It betore Bull Kan; that What We needed were thoughtui, nard-Oghting soldiers—oo more nur- Taltag, BO More humeug. Mr. Linvoln reached the cump, and, stancing in his carriage, mace one Of the neatest, best aud most eeling addresses that 1 ever heard, referring to our late disaster at Bull Run, aod tie pigh duties that still de- volved on us aud the briguter days yet to come, At ove or two points the soldiers ‘began to cheer, but he promptiy checked them, saylug, ‘Do nos cheer, boys. I comiess | ratver like 1¢ mysell, bus Colonel Sherman tuinks itis not military. Sof guess We nad vetter de.er to his opinion,’ MICLELLAN IN COMMAND, Thea came McVielian in command, wh of coming over the river to live with the soldiers, took 4 bou-e in Washington, McUielian told suer- mui He intended to organize an army of 100,000 men, Witb 100 Held batteries, “1 sti boped,’ ne instead said, “chat McC! a would come on our side of the Potomac, ch bis tent and prepare | sor real shar work, Buc uis head- quarters sul remained ta house a ib Wasaington city. [ then thought, and srill Uhink, tat Was a fatal mistake.” in August, at che request of General Anderson, Sherman was uSsigned Co 4 Command in Kentucky. Geoeral An- derson had been Sherman’ s caputia in the earlier Years and knew President to give lium in adaiuon to Sherman, George H. Thomas, Don Carlos Buell and A. E. barnsice. ‘here Was some dilliculty In inducing Lincoiu to appoint George MH. thomas, a Dative of Virginia, because “so uueny Southern oficers had already pliyed false.” but on the lita of August the appointinent Was made and Suerman, giving up his duties in Wusaington to Fitz Jou Porter, went directly West. THE STORY OF INSANITY. We now come to taat portion of General Sher- man’s Listory which describes bis recommenda- tious as tothe best plan ior the conduct of tue war and the singular story for some {ime in circ! lauiou that ue Was “insane”? vecause ne recom- quer Kentucky.” Lhe conversauon upon waoich | thls cruel rumor was based wok piace between Sherman aod Secretary Cameron in Louisville, aud found its Way into the newspapers, What Sherman did suggest was far aivereut trom the story atiributed to uiw, and he “reseuted the cruel insult with language or intense leeling,” He com- plained that secrevary Cameron gave credence to tue story in a manuer aojust to bimseil, The newspapers kept harping on his ‘ insao- ity” and “paralyzed tis edorts,”’ and we can well beileve, oe says, that “they (orcured from m some WOrds and acts ol imprudence.” Then came the movement on Fort Louelson, the credit of which Sherman gives to Halleck as one “skiliul successful and extremely rich 10 military results.” Aflerward we bad the batte of Shiloh, which 13 described at great length, GRANT UNDEG A CLOUD. After Sbilot Genera! Lialieck came and took the fleld, and General Grant, aiter winning this inet con his merits, and he asked the | tu command, according to sume Frenca notioo, | Wita no clear, Weil Gefiued communa or authority.’? ‘For more thin @ mouth @rant t.us remained without apy apparent authority, jrequently visita, me and others, but rarely complaining; but lL couk | see how deepiy he felt the indignity li not the in- Cora ana Casey Were nanged by the neck, dead, . Suspended from the beaws projecting out of the | Windows o/ the committee’s Foom, without other | trial than could be given im secret ana by nignt.’? The committee held their sessions, issuing writs of arrest and bauisument. An effort was made to suppress them, anu Sherman was appointed | major general in command of the mihtia. ‘Ine 2ist oi July, 1857, found Sherman living No, 100 Prince sireet, 1a New York, aud opening | @ banking nvase ut No. 12 Wall street, The panic came, anu by October hls business was at an eud. | lie re\urned to Caliiornia to Wind up some other aMairs counected With his old banking hase, re- | mained auvther year aod came home in 1853 ‘Then came a little experience in Kansas with tis two brothers-itei Hugh aod Thomas wing, partly as lawyer, partly as real estate agent, and on August ., 130% Urrouga tue influence of Major, afterward General, Dow Carlos Buell, he was elecied superintcndent of the Military Academy of Louisiana aud Proiessor of Kugineering. SHERMAN 43 PROFESSOR, Sherman's description ct bus ite In Louisiana is interesting. He Was sowewhat uader a cloud With the rulers Of tue State on aceonut o/ the fact that bis brother, John Sterman, was toe repubil- cao Candidate jor Speaker of the Huuse, He wok nO part in politics and would not even vote ior Beli and Everett. Secession came roiling uj ou Lim, the arsenai of baton fouge was taken pos- | Session Of on the 10th of January, 1861, and on the istu ol the same Month he resigned his position in @ ietter doing lin great credit and bonor “if Loulsiana witadraw trom the Feaeral Union,” he wrote to the Governor, “i prefer to utain my allegiance to ihe constitution as jung freg- Ment ot it survives, And my longer stay here would be wrong, In every sense Of the word.” “On no earthiy accouat would Ido any act or thing any thouwht hostie to or im advance of the ola gov- ernment of whe United States.” itis resigaation Was accepiod witn the most courteous expressions | A GLIMPSE OF LINCUL! Sherman returved to the North, and in Maren | Visited dis brovier, Jobu Sherman, whe took him to see Mr. Lincoln, “John walked ap,” he writes, “shu0k Huds aud took a chair near Lineeio, Lod ing it Bis hund some papers reierring to minor appomnigents.’’ He tursed to me end said, ‘Mr. President, my brotuer, Colonel sterman, who is just up irom Louisiana, He may give you sume iniormation you Waut.’ ‘Ah says Mr. Line ow ave they getting along down there?’ they think they are getting aiong swim- tuey are prepariug lor war,’ ‘On, well,’ { guess we will manave to keep house.’ L was silenced, Said No uivre tu him, aud we soon leit. I was sadly disappointed, and rememoer that L broke oat on Jotun, damning’ the poll erally, saying, ‘You have got toings in Ox, and you may get “them out as jou ov adding that the country Was sieeping on a volcano that migh: burst forth any momeus, vut that f | Was going to St. Lows to take cave of my tamily, and Would bave uthing wore Lo do with it”? | tcwn,? | IN THE AWMY OF THE TON, Back Wont Sherman to St, Lois and became the president of & streei raiiway company. Shoruy atterward came an offer of the position of chiei cierk Of rue War Department, which he de- ciined, Then, as there was sume enspicion as to | ing, ‘i live now, as always, prepared to serve my country im the capacity ja woten J was trained. 1 | dia oot and Will not Volunteer for turee mouths vecause | cannot throw my famiy ou the cold | ebarity of the world, But jor the turee years’ call | nade by the President an oficer can prepare nis comaaud and do good service.” “Should my | services be Weeded. tne records of the War De- | ar iinet Will €Havie you Lo designate the station | mi Waich f can tender tno most service.” ‘Ihe | end of it Was tost in & Jew days he} Was appointed colonel of the Thittevuth regular | infantry and reported at Washington, He had in- | terviews wit General Scott, Who seemed vexed with ihe Clamors Of the presa for immediate ac ton aod “the contiaved interferences lu details of the President, Secretary of War aud Cou aa." He spoke 0! orga ziny Ayrand wrmy of invasion, O} Which the regulars Were to consttut troo column,” and seemed to tutimate that Mime Would take the Held la person, though ‘Whe at that time “very vid, Very Buavy Gaa Very, + in @ short time, by tue removal of Halleck | been stroager th | whom he to re- Sult heaped upon him,” Giant continued for a short time aud evidently moved Sherman’s sympatoies toward his com- munder. One evening fe learned that Grant pad asked for 'hirty days’ leave and was going to de- part the next morning. “Uf cuurse, ali koew,”? says Suerman, “that wrant was chafing uoder the ‘This overshadowing of | | detail, all the particula: slgnts of Dis anomalous position, and [ deter- | miued to see b1M OU My Way back. His camp was | @ snort distance of \he Monterey road in the Wouds, and consisted of four or Ove tents with & Sapling railing around the iront. Asirode up, Majors Rawlins, Logan and Hilly lo front of the cump, and piled up vear tn the usual effects anu camp Cuests ready ior staring in sno mort I maairea jor the General ana was shown to his tent, whe found Bim seated upon amp stvol, With Some Papers On arude camp tabie. He seemed to be employed in assorting letters aod tylug them up with red tape into con- venient bundles. Alter passing toe usual compili- tmeuts | inquired if it were tive thatre bind ay ng away. He said, ‘Yes.’ [ thea inquires reason, He said:—sherman, you know. You Koow that lam in the way vere, | bave stood it as long ag I can, and can endure it nu ionger.’ I inquired where he was going to, He it. Louis.’ then asked if = business there and he said, nt? 1 begged bim to stay, hia case by my own, Before the battle of Shilo Thad been cast down by a mere newspaper asser- tion of ‘crazy.’ But that single battic bad given me new lue, aod now I was in hign t ir. argued with him that if Le went away events would go right ong and he would ve leit out, Whereas i! Le remaiced some bappy accident might restore him to favor and nis true piace." ‘The resuit was that General Grant remained, aud to Wasbingion, became the commander of tue army. SERVICE IN THE Was, We wish we could fouow General Sherman througn the interesting de‘ails of the campaign in the it. They are matters of mistory, however, and it would be repeating & twice-toid tuie to Gweilupoa toem now, There 4 freshness of style, however, im these pages that wili give new ligut vo the events of that Lremendous time, As We pass along irom page to page we gather here | and there a glimpée Of Sueriman’s originality of Mind aud dits o” 1wformation that come Pecullar jreshncss, We tnd him st oue Writing to Chase OR (he cotton question, saying, “Ii England ever (hreatens war because we do not furnish ber cotton teil Diainly if she caunot employ and feed her owa people to seud them here, they cam not only earn no honest bat soon secure an indepenaence by moderate labor.” He had hoped tnat Prance and Germany would be friendly to our councry in te event of War. Th are somo brilliant letters of (he General written at tho tae to complaining Confederates and otners has show the strengta and poise of is character. We God him at Vicksburg in is6y serving uuder Grant. MeClernand was & troubicsome quantity in Grant’s army. Theo there is a story of Mo- Clernanu’s leading to a bloody attack on the works at Vicksburg oy Lioproper Information, posi ion ac Vicksourg Sherman consigers to bavi Sevastopol. About this ti General Graut tells Sherman Josep 5. Johnston was ‘only General on teared.”” Vicksburg Sherman execution belong exclusively to Genera: Grant, not only in the grand whole, bUt in the thousanis of its detatia, [stil retaim many of his lettew and notes, 1D bis own handwriting, prescriving the me roules of march for divisi nd detacn- Ment’, aod specilying even the jount of iood and toots to be carried @iong. Many ) ersons gave Kawiins the credit for these things; bot they were in error, for no commanding genera) of an army ever gave more uf wis personal attention to de- Of nis own orders, reports &i al Grant. ecess at Vicxsvarg justly gave Dim great fame at home aud abroad.” SUBEMAN ON POLITICS, ‘There 18 & long let from Swerman to Halleck, written on the 17th September, 1863, in which he gives tis ideas about the reveilion and | eine (ature, Lincoin Was al XioUs to pubiied this letter, but Sbherwan would not consent to it, Ho opposed the revival of State goveramente in the South, Two more battles would lave to be fought beiore there could be Civil order, “oae near Mer- idian, in November, &od one near shreveport, in the spring.” As for the farming aud artisaa ciass in the South (wey Were ‘he real third estate and Would Move With the politicians, As for the Union Men of the South, they were b and the “young Ddivods,” sow: Jers, they were xood Uilliard piaye po} men, but they never did soy work anc never wiil. ar suits them and the are bravi fi utte who must d ore there can be Wouid 06 ridicuiou Tuere should Only be “mil- itary rule” aoul the arnies of tue South were conquered, ihe Union should be paramount, and there vould be Bu Compromise aud the War MUst ve ought owF to the ond. Ii this ietter had been published at the time it woud have made ® proiound Improssiog, but Shermma was reso- Jute in nis determiaation not to take any part 1B polities, rom tiles point the work proceeds wie a be. th toward Luokout Mountain, and oi the appauimenut o: Grant to Commanderin-Caiel of the armies and Generar Sbermau ii vomuianad Of the Alutary Division of the Mivaiesippl. o as wito | | would not be the mean, little—and I cannot help | | Present dilapidated condition. Bombardment, age, 1875.—-TRIPLE SHEET. TICONDEROGA. Grand Preparations for the Ceremonies To-Day. New England To Be Aroused Again. TOM ROGERS’ HISTORY.| An Interesting Conversation with an Old | Resident of Tiecnderoga. TiconDEROGA, N. Y., May 8, 1875. The centenary of Etvan Atien’s capture of Fort Ticonderoga is sure to be a grand success. [ only wonder how the inhabitants of this little burned-out district wil manage to enteriain all who have announced theirintention to arrive here on the morning of tne 10th of May, Tue more 1 wonder atitthe more I admire their patriot: zealand enthusiasm; for they, even were their town rebullt, would simply represent a little dark speck on the vast map of the State, and yet they, With more than two-thirds of tneir village in ruins, invite to what 1s leit of their homes any | number of persons who may chvose to accept their hospitalities. I feel confident that | of the many thousands who will join | them on the morning of the ‘centennial’? none wiil aepart dissatisfied; for thougn their houses lie in ashes they have farms which they can mortgage and clothes which they can pledge— grave exigencies to whicn they will resort rather than see the ceremonies proceed in any other channel than the proper one. PREPARATIONS, ‘The historic grounds in this immediate neigh- borhood cover an area of miles and miles. Had | any one ever taken tne pains to “write them up,” the Revolutionary bistory of New York state saying—superiicial, insignificant document that it 18 pow. Indeed, upon looking over all that has been written and comparing it with what, ever since’ my sojourn here, I haye ‘ound. wholly untold, | it wound seem as if the first historian gatnered all he dtiated upon from romance, imagination and hearsay, and as if all who succeeded bim foliowed bis eXample. I coniess, so busy have I ween in travelling over these hallowed grounds, in clam. | bering their mountains and crawling among their ruins, that aside from forwarding you my investi- gations ana rendering to you the regular and Official programmes, I have bad little opportunity \o view what great efforts the people themselves were making, and have not, until now, been ia Possession of one spare moment in which [ could even conjecture now these efforts were likely to succeed. At last all has been “fixed.” No matter how many may come— | and thousands are expected—ail can be enter- | tained. Itwon't be @ display like that at Lexing- ton and Concord, though it commemorates an | equaily important event, Indeed, the names of ‘hose who will speak are at present unknown, and thelr utterances will be governed by what they feel at the moment, The best blood of New Engiand, the culture, talent and tnteulect of a dozen States, will witness the seenes; and then | any one whom the “spirit moves’? can stand up and say what he pleases, All the Vermont rall- | ways have arranged time and piace for special trains, More than five extra steamboats will lie under the shadow of the fort on Monday morning. A grana picnic will be held on the grounds, and bands of music will be heard on nalf a dozen bis- toric bills, around which will assemble numerous posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, Though | have already given, to the most minute of the capture of the fort, | find that the historical authorities upon which [have often relied are strangely antago- nistic and incomplete, and ‘hat, as I ainted before, many of the incidents with which (his neignbor- hood is repiete flud no place whatever upon their pages. OLD TOM ROGERS, I met to-day the oldest reliable inhabitant tn the place. I had been searching for him, aiter a fasnion, ever since | have been here, aod stum- bled across him this afternoon quite unexpectedly, I found in him a grave, geoial, aged man, stivery haired, intelligent and congecial—an entertaining companion jor any one of any age, and a party possessing a human jovialness aud pieasantry at least twenty years younger than himself. He can remember as far back as fifty years ago personaily, and relaves to-day woat his father told him of events that happened ity years before. No ‘lingo’ nor any discernible | peculiarities of diaieot marked bis dialogue, for he 1s an intelligent man, who, aside from knowing every foot of the ground and all that has veen | written of it in Distory, bad the advantages of early education and possesses at the present time one of the prettiest howes im the village, I climbed up tue hills which lead to Tom’s residence vhis evening—I mean no alsrespect, for every ove calls him Tom—and I found him seatea upon his piazze. The outlook was mag- nificent—Mount Deflance upon the right, Mount Independence upon the left, the calm waters of Champlain in iront; belind the: amagnificent stretch of rolling land, backed up | far, far away by the dim cutiines of the Green Mountains, Ticonderoga village, with its rains, | lay below us, and yet, somehow, we seemed over- shadowed by some mountain towering in the | Tear. Tois mountain was Mount Hope, and tntther- | ward the old man went with me. Tom's History. ud Lhe old fort Alty years “I remember,” ago, [remember when it was government prop- | erty, and not in the bands of individuals, as it 1s now. “But n0W does it come,” I asked, “that so strong & piece of masonry, 1 judge tt must bave deen from the walls now standing, should have crum- bied vo such abject ruin in tne space of a hundred years?” “Hal hal’? laughed the old man, as he felt his Way up the bill, “it dian’t crumble, not a bit of | it. Don’t you believe it, either.” “It didn’t cramvuie ? What do you mean “What | say?’ retorted Mr. Rogers. “Ticon- | derogs never jel trom its own weakuess.” “But,” said 1, “it ts in ruins.” “| kaow tt, | Know it,” he answered somewnat™ badly (ue is the most patriotic man lever met in my life), “but it ougntn’s to be,”” “Why not?’ “Listen! Ticonderoga was torn down, stolen, Simost stone by stone. They were nice stones. ‘Their {aces were smoothly dressed—fine atone for building cellars, The creator (he didn’t desig- nate them by the name of men) “living over on w Other side of the lake knew it, and what did they do? Why, jong as that | fort was government property the creatures | Would come over im boats in summer, and in siedges in Winter, and take down the wails of Ti- conderoga, and carry them by night over the lake again, and use them to build cellars with, I know it Dve si them do it myself, with my own eyes, there’s no denying it; and they did it wowil the fort and all its surroundings passed into pri- vate hands, and—weli then they daren’t co it any longer.” Here, then, was the cause of Fort Ticonderoga’s | the rain and Wind of years left the old fort still Intact, dad it wenld to-day bave remained almost to its primitive condition but for the plundering, thevish bends that ture it down layer by layer; bands, too, that first lifted themae: up to ligns, in the very State from which sprang those brave GRREN MOUNTAIN BOYS whose bravery at tue black mouth of Ticondero- Ga's Dristiiug armament should havo rendered its every stone aa sacred as tie Mag Of their country, Alias! that only once in &@ hundred years the deeda of American hetvos should be commemorated, Ona thas in ¢ | the fort from here, but still | lad at the end of his freshman year by the simple, | awful trouble to get my hats, | Worship/ul Grand Master of the Freemasons of | throne is a border of aza! strive to tear down their monuments, reared av the peril of their lives. The old man went on and I followed him. We | were climbing up @ heavy bill, It was Mount | | Hope. “Here,” gaia he, pointing between two steep de- clining hills, ‘1s the very point Averc: ombie's grand army passed through, Graves of dead sol- | diers are every now aud then to be seen. Ihave | picked up many relics about this section—a spears, balls and all such sorts of things. Here, a little farther on, just on the summit of this eml- nence, you can see tne old earthworks.”? We went up to them, “They all belonged to the fort. You can’t see these earthworks were all under its commandant’s contro}, you can see the ditches and all the outlines of the old enclosures."? I looked and saw everything. The grandest view that I think I ever beheld, I have no time to descrive it; Lhave not even time to tell baif the old man informea me; | can only pause to give Wbat you have not already been apprisea of and of which history makes no mentioa. ANOTHER NEW WISTORIC PAGE, “You heard how Allen came over tue lake and captured the fort?’ he asked, “yes. “Weil, how did he get over the water?’ he | queried. “In a boat,” I replied, wondering what the old | man meant, “What boat? | “1 don’t know,” I returned, a little puzzled, “Where does history say be got it ? Aposer! Iransacked my brain for an answer. | I had been cramming Prescott, Frost, Smith, | Goodrich, Watson, Kiug, Lossing and a dozen oller authorities, and yet alter ali the “midnight oll” spent found myseif “stumped,’’ like a college Here | good old man veside me. “{ don't know,” I retorted, ‘do you ?”” “Well, Pll tell you, It was nearly daylight when | Allen determined to move, He bad no boat at ail, and the fort must be captured before sunrise, or | else the attempt muse be abandoned, Just then the paddle of an oar was heard; gradually the dusky outlines of a boat were seen on the water. 1t contained only one man, Alien aecoyea Its oc- cupant to bring ton shore. Tie oarsman was a negro. Alien seized tae boat; tue negro resisted. | ‘We've no time for argument,’ said Allen; ‘v's time lor action. ‘brow the negro overboard,’ The negro showed his good seuse and yteldea, afterward confessing that he belonged to Skeve Qt Skenesboro, and had come out to take back provisions already ordered and waiting below.’ ‘And when did you learn this story # I asked, “Don’t think I aga drawing on your imagina- uon,’?he replied, “I never do that; there are pa- | pers in the county to prove it.” Just here he lifted bis hat; I had been in- | formed of the large size of uls nead, and as 1 | Baw it asked: | “What size hat do you wear ? | “Seven and three-quarters,” he replied; “have | A man oxce un- | packed 400 liats ready Jor shipment to Chicago to | getone to fit me, aad tailed,” | When I went back to the village I told the | story, but found it to be alreaay known there, and tiat it was actually | @ fact I only parrate ‘hese seemingly | trifling incidents to show (he pecultarittes of Tom Rogers. Iam assured by every one that he is tie | best read man in the neighboraood, aud that all | be states is from thorough historical knowledge. | 1 wish I could tell you more that ie instructed me upon; but time forbids anything else than the | preseatatiou of the two historical facts already j given above. The old man told me how Allen got | the boat, and I have already given you in his (Allen's) own Words his description of the taking | of the fort, and now | have *he richest treasure leit In store, and one Which you might search all | histories that I have seen in vain to dud. } THE PRINCE OF WALES AS A FREEMASON. | THE CEREMONIAL OF HIS INSTALLATION = GRAND MASTER OF ENGLAND. (From the Liverpool Mercury, April 29.) | In London, yesterday, with Atting and spiendid ceremony, the Prince of Wales was tnstalied as Bogiand. .The nistory of the craft can afford no parailel to the event we have just witnessed. The extraordinary occurrence of the | Marquis ot Ripon, late nead of the order, hav- ing on bis entrance to the Roman Catholic Church abjured Freemasonry, was caiculatea to indorse the prejadice of the ultramontanes, that the profession of Freemasonry 1s inconsistent with a life obedient to religion and authority, That the Prince o1 Wales should accept the office deserted by the zealous convort is the highest testimouy to the merits of the society and the bes: its traducers. THE ROOM—ITS DECORATIONS. Asthe clock points to hall-past two we sit packed in the Albert Hall, a body of Freemasons 10,000 strong, met in secret conclave, cut off vy the strictest vigilance from ali communication with the outer world. isis diMlcult to give tan- gible form to the strange splendor of the scene. ‘The vost glazed ceiling 1s covered by a painted can- | yas valeniua, throuch an opening in the centre of | which the suddued light streams through tue | posted and arabesqued skylight. The great floor | a is bisected by @ broad line of purple carpet. Tris | carpet 8 a wonderful speeimen of loomwork. Ithas @ purpie ground, on waich are Wrouglit in proper colors the arms and supporters of the Prince of Wales, alternated wito Prince of Wales’ ieatuers | and appropriately borgered. At che eastern end of this causeway is piaced the master's throne, surmounted by a canopy of teather Both the throne and tue gold aua purple vel by which it is Maaked were orig: ly pre- to the grand lodge by bis iate Royal Highness the Duke oi, Sussex. in front of | the throne, resting om @ _ veivet-coiored table, are the paraphernalia to be used in | the ceremony, toge'ber with the massive gold | plate used at the consecration of new lodges. ihe whole occupies the centre of @ Magnificent Persian carpet, of great lengtn and oeauty of de- ign. lmmediately in iront of this and juctug the aud tropical ferns. The remaining thrones or chairs of state ud the secretary's table occupy their proper po- wision In the lodye. Up and dowa the sides of the Carpet or cause way and otretching across the Moor In the form of a cross sit the past grand stewards, dressed in (he Crimson collars 40d aproos of their Tank. in @ semicircie Lehind the throne are Placed the grand officers, visitors of distinction | Whd Gepu aate aod represeutauives from the grand lodges of Scotland, Ireiaud, Swedeu and Denmark, In the remainder of tie area of the hall sit packed In order the past masters of the craft. Then, look- ing upwara we ‘anged from Soor to ceiling, row beuind row, and above tier, crowds uf Jeweled brethren, the greater number of whom are clothed in their collars of odice. ‘The gallery, divided iuto italian arches, and lit with golden Micaering jets of gas, crowded with master Masons. Tue maroou-coiored decoration of tue Alvert Hall is set of by the m if silk, which give to the*boiluing the appearance o/ » parterre of jorget-me-not. THE INSTALLATION, On the procession enteriug tue hall, the grand logge was opened by the M. W. (be Ear! of Car- narvon. ihe minates of the last quarterly com- munication as to the election o: a M. W. grand | Master and grand treasur ving beeu read and confirmed, the Earl of Carnarvon directed a depu- tatlog of (be provincial grand masters, past grand Waraehs abu grand officers to witnaraw for the His Royal Highness the urpose of introduein Pritce of Wales, they accordingly did 80, Alver @ short time a procession was formed and Moved up tue centre Oo: tue Dail, and on the organ was played @ processional march, composed jor the occasion by Brother sir Michael Custa, Tne folowing was the order of tne procession :— Four grand stewards of tae year, grand stewards, the gloves and apron of tin nd waster on & cushion vorne by the master of # lodge, the collar and jewel of the grond master on a oa bor! by the master of a jodge. Just vehind these cam: the grand director of ceremonies (Sir Albert Woous), toe grand secretary (Mr. Jono Hervey), president of tue board of general purposes (Mr. J. , Mopkton), arand regisirar (Mr. Macintyre, Q. ©.), grand treasurer (M: . Tomkins), grand obaplains (Revs. RP. Bent aud Dr. Simpson), sx past «rand Wardens and six provincial grand masters, Then came the Prince of Wales, fol- lowea by two graud stewards, Having been con. ducted \o the throne, the orethren veering the yisi@aia stood behiad, wolle all tue rest, Who had during the procossion been standing, resumed thelr Seats, and afterward @ prayor Was oifered by the groud chaplain. uother Mas oi¢ Ceremony was thea formed, aud the M. W. @. was conducted tothe rigat hand of the cirone, and the pro-grand Taster, With the insignia of his bigh ofice, conducted nim to tho cuair on the lett of tue turone, A witoctor of coremomies then pro- ins alleen aller sound oF frompen, ' au honor Wh. 1 | c | ‘fwenty-third street, to aiadison avenue, to T re and called upon the brethren to salute the gramd master according to ancient form, TER'S PROFESSION OF CREED, , WhO on rising Was received use, Said t— With great ap Brerunes—l am deeply gratefal to the Most Worshipiui Pro Grand Master jor the excessively Kind words which he has just spoken, and to you, broturen, for te cordial recepuon which you have givea to them. It bas been your unani- mous Wisk, brethrea, that 1 should ‘cecupy the cbaw as your Grand Master, and you have this day installed me. Ih is dimcult for me to find words adequate toexpress my deep tuanks for the high honor that has been bestowed upon me, n las already been bestowed on | several members of my /amiy, my predecessors; and brethren, it will be always My mosé ardent and’ si wish to walk = im their footsteps— ( r, bear!)—and by God's hetp to fulfi the dates of that high oifce whieu 1 bave been called upou to fill to-day in the same nanner im which those filed the oMece who pre- ded me, Tne pro Grand Master nas told you, Ureturen—and [ jee! convinced tt is so—that sucd an assemblage in Grand Lodge has never deem kuown, and when J look round me in this vast aud spacious hall aud see those who bave come trom the north and the south, (rom tae east and tue west, it is, | trust, an omen of good, (“Hear, hear!”) The Various duuies that I have to periorml position 1am afraid will not enable me, so quently ws 1 could wish, to attend to my many duties cohnected with the erait; out you, breti- ren, may ve sure that whenever | have we time I shall ao my utmost to maintain t high posidon th Wich the crait now 1s, and to dé my duty by it and my duty by you on every pos siple occasion. (“Hear, hear!"’) it would, brethren, lice! sure, be Useless for me on such wn occasion to recaplighite anything Which nas been so ably told me by the provincial Grand Master relauive to Freemasonry. Every Englishinam knows that the two mational ‘Words, | way | say, of the ecrafe are “loyalty” and “charity.’? (“Hear, bear!’’) Those are their watenwords? | and usiong as they never mix themselves Up im | politics so long witl, I am sure, this great and ancient order flourisa and wii maintain the ins tegti:y of the torone and ot our great empires (Hear, hear?) [thank you once more, brethrea, for your cordial reception of me to-day, and i thauk you lor having come such Immense dis< tances to Welcome me on \ais occasion. I assure you I shall never jorget to-day. (Great applause.) THE MASONIC TEMPLE. ABRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEDICATORY CERI MONIES. ‘The arrangemenis for the grand demonstration Woich will take piace in this city June 2 are completed, except as to the assigning of some lew of the Masonic bodies to their proper stations in the separate divisions, This will be the great- est event that has ever occurred in the history of Masonry tm this country, and probably om that day the largest number of the Order ever seen at Oue time will be gathered together. General Charies Roomwe will be the Grand Mare shal of the day. Henry Clay Preston will be Mare shal of the divisions, each of the latter belag im charge of an assistant marsdal. Organized Masonic bodies to take part in the demonstratiom have already engaged rooms in advance at a nume ber of the hotels, which will be overflowing with guests on thataay. Tey are coming trom Brook« lyn, Jersey City, Newark, Trenton, Philadelpila, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Charleston, Canada, New Brunswick, Portiand, Boston, Provie dence, Springfeld, Hartford, New Haven, Albany, Cuca, Rochester, Cleveland, Cincinnat, Detroit and Chicago. Representatives from San Franci:co and Vancouver’s Island and delegates trom England and other foreign countries will be preseat, The procession, at the lowest estimate, will be over 20,000 strong, Iis diferent divisions Wil form om Uhe streets running east and west norta of Washe ington square, the rigdt resting on Filta avenue. The Knights lempiars will take the bead of ne column and move at nine o'clock A. M. Over 3,000 of this Order oave alreauy applied for respective positions, They will appear wita all their Lanners: and regalia and wil orm the attractive leature of the parade. rollowiug them will be the Grand Commandery of the State of New York, with the grand banner of the Order, in carriages. Next will follow the supreme Council of te Nortae ern jurisdiction of the United States of Ancient sad Accepted Scottish ite, Thes¢ vld veterans [rom every Northern State wiil be ia carriages, uressed ia full regalia, witn the grand banuer of tae Order in advance, escorted at ine sides by Masvus Of the thirty-second aegrec tn tulk uniform, Succeeding tuem will be the Grand Council of Royal ana select Masters of the State of New York iu carriages, attired in complete re- galia, Wich their banners. Next will come tue Grand Chapter of Koyai Arch Masous, with bane ners and emblems, dressed ta full regalia Afier which follow the locges of Master Masous each with their banner; oificers, wita the lusignia of the crait, all attired in biack suits, wnite aprons aod white gloves. Of these over 20,000 im abd out ol the city have applied to be assigued positions in the different divisions. The aged aud infirm Masons, representatives of other grand lodges and distingdishea guests and officers of tue | New York State Grand Lodge wiki be in carriages. Tue procession will pass in review oN Grand Master and grand omficers of the Grand Lodge. of tne State of New York and their guests stationed Upon ® platiorm iu Washington square. This grand body, cousisting of over 800 men, will join The route will Le across the square, down South Fifth avenue to Caval street, to Broadway, thenc® up to Fourteentn street, to Fitta aveo' Rice fourth street, to Fitth aveuue; down Twentys taird street to the Masonic fempie, corner pixta aveuue; after passing woich cach division, except the last, will be cisassed by ite chief, The Grand Louge division will then maich upom the Sidewalk, irom the corner Of Filth avenue and Twenty-tuird street, to the Temple, waere the right will halt. opening to the right and left, and tue division Will pass lato the buiding in revers@ order to tae Grand Lodge room, which will _be ap- propriately decorated. Here tne Temple will be dicated to Masonry by the Grand Master Witt ali tue imposing ceremonies of the Uraer, The demonstration of the day will end with oan- quets in tae evening. At eight o'clock the Grand Lodge banquet will be served by Deilmonico im irving Hall, Many of the lodges aad command- eries Will give Lanquets at various notels to Visite 6 lodges and commanderies, A WEST POINT CADETSHIP, | in at tne reur of the line. PRIZE FOR SOME BRIGHT LAD IN THE ELEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. To The Epiror OF THE HERALD:— The Committee appuiated to examine applicant for the West Poimt cadetship im my cistrict have made the jollowing arrangements, whicn will ve of interest to the residents of the district. Truste ing you may be abie to publisn them, | am, very respectiuily, B. A. WILLIS, New YORK, May 7, 1875. The medical examination of candidates for the vacant caaetsbip from the Eleventh Congressional District of New York will take place at the Col- lege of the City of New York, on Tuesday, the 18th iust., at half-past ten o'clock im the morning. The literary examination of those who have passe@ the medical examination will be held at the fame place and hour on the morning of Saturday, the 224 ims. Tae followin; statement partially indicates the subjects whicn the examimation will cover, The candidates must be abie to read understandingly, and with propet accent aud ewpuasis, They must be aole td Write from diciation sentences suiicient 1 num~ ber 6o test their qualifications both in handwrit- ing and orthograpay. in aritnmetic they must be able to periorm, with accuracy, the various operations of addition, subtraction, multiplicas tion and division of numbers, abstract, denomi- nate ana [racvional, Tuey will be required tu ex- plain recuction, prime aumbers ana tractions of a Humber, tue greatest common divisor and least common multipie, ratio and proporuons, and ruieg and reasons for staung and ving questions im Simpié and Compuund proportion, In English grammar they must be able to parse Shy ordivary sentence and wnderstand those por- tions usually taugot under the heads of ofthogra- phy, e‘ymology, syntax amd prosody. Tu geography they must be able to the defl- Ditions of ail the natural divisions ume eartl t Western @ou extent of Islands, seas, £0. pitals. Toei Knowledge under the head ww United States cannot be too fal. The candidates should be thoroughly informed as to the general features of the couniry, its boundaries, bays, guils, eae islands and mountain ranges, the location termiuation of important ratiroads, &o. In the history of United States the candidates must ‘be familiar With as much as is contained in ore dinary sonooi bistories, BASE BALL NOTES. The following games nave been arranged and ‘will be played on the Union groundsi— : 10—Atiantic v8. Aflington. ti Atle tio, May 12—Mutaal va. Athletic. May 1S—Atlantiovs, Phiiadsiphia, May 14—Mutual va. Philageipaia. KILLED ON THE RAILROAD, ‘The body of 4 man avout sixty years of age wae found lyimg beside the track o! the Northern Raik road of New Jersey at Fairview yesterday mor ing. The back of bis head had been crashed im ae if he Lad been struck by @ locomotive, out ee over. it m@ supposed he was &@ Noworker, hat bore the stamp of a Newark firm. TRe was taken in shargo 0; Qoroner or toy uur nud yw N00 at tan marae.