Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 30, 1892, Page 5

L2 ' WVILLIAN TECUNSEH SHERMAY Dhauncsy M. Depew Talks About the Gen- eral to New York's Legislature, ture genoral in this quick, nervous, intelli- gent, pugnacious boy, with his Indlan war- rior name, and appointed him to the West Point Military acadomy. His fortile and vorsatile mind pushed its inquiries into too many directious, and explored fields too di verso for that methodical and accurate mastery of the curriculum which makes a valedictorian, but not always @ man, Nevertheless, he stood sixth in his class, and was its most original and attractive mermber. Ho haa a fondross for topographical studies, and a keon eye and natural and stinot for the opportunities for defense and attack which could be utilized in the places whero he was stationed and the couatry over which he traveled. WAS ONE OF THE GREAT WARRIORS Last of the Great Trinmvirate of Captains and His Achievements—iis Early Life and Mar 4 His first_servico was in Florida, and his SOYUeNHY duties carried bim, during his six years in the south, through South Carolina, Alavaroa, Atmasr. N, Y., March 20,—Tonight at tho | Georgia and the ndjoining-counties of Ten' nesseo. The great devate as to the powers of the general government and the reserved rights of the states was at its height. - eral Jackson had placed his iron heel upon John C. Calhoun and registered the mighty state capitol memorial exercises in honor of the late General Sherman were held. The rincipal spoaker was Chauncey M. Depew, L.D., who said : Senators and Mombers of Assembly : onth: “By the eternal, the uuion of theso passions of civil war ‘usually ‘su states must and shall be preserved.”” South centuries, Wo cannot yet impartially ana | Carolina was specially independont and do- onimly estimate the ability and services of | fiant. Threats of disunion met Sherman at Hamiiton and Jefferson. Their names still | every social gathering. Webster's stand for antagonistic principles and antag- [ masterly and unequalled argument anistic followers. But the issues of the re- [ and eloquenco had convorted the belion wero buried with its dead. That | north and thousands of broad-minded mon in the south to the idea that the United States was a nation, with the right to use all tho resources of the countrs to enforce its laws and maintain its authority. The possi- bility of these questions being decided by tho arbitramont of war was ever present to the suggestive thought of this young lieutenant. The line of the Tennessce Tiver, the steep ascent of Kenesaw Mountain, the military strugslo was unique, both in magnitude and tlemext. It was an eartbquake which rent asunter a continent and plungea into cavernous depth millions of men and money, d the shackles of the slave. It closeq, and the survivors, freed from the causes of contention, were united for the unbuilding ot the new nation- Prior to the war we wero singularly provincial and insular, but we have since grown to be as radically | vaiue of Chattanooga and Atlanta, were im- liberal and cosmopolitan. Then our | pressed upon the inteliect of the malurirg judgements of statesmen and meas- | Strategist, to materialize twenty years after- ures wero governed by counsiderations | wards iu the severance and ruin of the con- federacy by his triumpbant march to the sea. Shermar bad been brought up and trained in the school of Hamilton, of Weuster, and of Henry Clav. His bible was the constitu- tion. He bad imagination, but no sentiment; passion, but no pathos. Helieving slavery to ave guarantees in the constitution ha would have unsheathed his sword as readily against aJohn Brown raid as hodid atthe firing upon Fort Sumter. His imagination led him to glorify and idealizo the republic. Its grandeur, its growth and its possibilities captured and possessed his heart and mind. The isolation and loneliness of the life in frontier forts destroys many young officers Their energies are exhsusted and thei habits and principles demoralized by dissi- which were territoriai or inherited. Now those who were in the front and heat of the at battle can tairly view and freely weigh Lhe merits of their iriends and foes. We can elimivate our feelings, our prejudices and our con victions upor the purposes for which they fought, and contrast Grant and Lee, Sherman and Joe Johnston, Sheridan an Beaurcgard, as to the genius and ability with Which they planned and played the game of war, with equal candor and better light tnan . the historian of the future. Yesterday Gen- eral Sherman was ‘the last of that trium- virate of great captains, Grant, Shorman and Sheridan, who were the most distinguished soldiers of our country and of our times, and a familiar figure in our midst. His presence rovived and embodied the glories and tho | pation, or their faculties paralyzed by 1dle- memories of the marches and the victories of | ness.. But the card table or the the neroes who fought and of the hieroes who | carouse had no attractions for Sher- had died for the preservation of the union. Today we commemorate his life and deds; and the Civil war is history. Ueneral Sherman's ancestors had beon noted for many generations for their culture, ability and intellectual power. His father Wus a judgo of the supreme court of Ohio,and his grandfather of a Connecticut court,while the grandfather of the Connecticut'judge ‘was a Puritan clergyman, who came to Mass- schuseuts in 1654, in company with a warrior relative, Captain John Sherman, the ances- tor of Rogor, tho signer of the Declaration of Independence. Much has been said, but the ‘whole can uever be written, of the influence of the Puritan stock upon the formation and development of the United States, and the destinies of mankind. They alone of all colonists emigrated, not to improve their worldly condition, butto securo liberty of conscience,and to live undes a government of just and equal laws, All through the career of Goneral Sherman the spirit of Cromwell and the Covenanter was 0 motive-power of his action. His princi- plo of war was to use up and consume the re- sources of the enemy, The aestruction of Atlanta and the devastating march through Georgia and the Carolinas were upon Puri- trn lines. ‘I'ho enemies of his country were a8 much to his mind the enemies of the Lord as were tho cavaliers of Prince Rupert to Cromwell and his 1ronsides. He was by n ture the most genial, lovable and companion- able of men, but tho'mailed hand and merci- less purpose followed any attack on the things he held sacred. Thisappears not only in his campaigns, but alsoin his dispatches to Generals Grant and Halleck. *“I will make the interior of Georgia feel the weight of war.” ‘“The utter destruction of its roads, Thouses and people will cripple their military resources.” *1 attach more importance to these deep incisions into the enemy's coun- try, because this war differs from European | wars in this particular. We aro not only fighting hostilo armies, but a hostile peois, man, #is ime on the plains was fully oc- cupied. He was builaing railroads across the continent on paper, and peopling those vast regions with prosperous settloments, long before they had any roads but the paths of the buffalo, and any iuhabitants but rov- ing tribes of wild Indians. He could never understand iho lamentation, 8o common, over the extermination of the buffalo. The patient oxen drawing tho plow through the furrow, and the lowing herds winding home at sun- set, seomed to him 1o have replaced the wild and useless bison, with the sources of indi- vidual and national wealth and happioess, He woulda have destroyed the Indiaus, be- cause with their occupancy of extensive and fertile territories, which they would neither cultivate nor sell, and the wars with them, which frightened settlers from their borders, they retarded the development and checked the majestic march of his country to the first place among the nations of the earth. T'his intense nationalist and accomplished soldier wasselected by tno state of Louisiaua to be the superintendent and organizer of her state military school. The veteran who could bring to the business of banking lttle more than unswerving integrity, und failed; and whose directness of purpose and trans- parent candor were disgustea with the law, found in this field of instruction a most pleasant and congenial ocoupation. He was at the head of a univarsity which was fitting youth for careers in civil life, and training them, if needs bo, to fight for their country. Tho institution grew so rapidly and wisely that the attention of the state authorities was attracted to its able and brilliant princi- pal. He did not suspect treason and they ‘were_organizing rebellion. To capture tnis Dborn leader of men was tostart with an army, Social blandishmonts, political pressure and appeals to ambition were skilfully applied to his purposes and principles. Suddenly the truth burst upon his frank nature. He was poor and had a large and helpless family. he beld an honorable, congenial, lucra- ard must make old snd young, rich and poor, | tive and permanent position. The fu- foel the hard hand of wur as well as their | ture, if he abandoned his place, was armies.” And in his lotter demunding the | dark and donbtful, but the union was in danger, and he did not hesitate a mo- mont. His letter of resignation to the gov- ernor of Louisiana reads like a bugle call of patriotism: *‘As Ioccupy a quasi-military position under the laws of tho state, I deem itproper to acquant you, thatlaccepted such position when Louisidna was a statein surrender of Savannah hesays: “Should I ‘be forced to assault, or the slower and surer rocess of starvation, I shall then feel justi- gefl in resorting to the harshest measures, and shall make little effort to rotain my army, burning to avenge the national wrong, which they attach to Savannah and other farge citics which have been o prominent in | tho union, and when the motto of thi dragging our country into civil war,’ nary was inserted in marble over the "This was the language of the Huritan sol- | door. *By the hiberality of the goneral gov- ernment of the United States. The union esto perpetua.’ Recent events foreshadow a great change, and it becomes all men to choose. If Louisiaua withdraws from the federal union, [ prefer to maintain my al- legiance to the coustitution as long as a {rag- mont of it survives. * * * On no earthly account will I do any act or think any thought hostile to or in defiance of the old government of the United States," Events move rapidly 1n revoiutions, and the situations are always dramatic. Captain Sherman is in Washington offering his ser- vices to the govornment, Lincoln 1s presi- dent, Seward secretary of stats, Chase sec- rotary of the treasury, John Sherman the uew United States senator from Ohio and old General Scott in command of the army. Nobody believes there will be war. 1t is the general conviction that if the southern states are rash enough to attempt to secede the ro- bellion will be stamped out in three months and the campaigo will be a picnic. Alone in that great throng of office soekers and self- seokers stands this aggressivo and self- sacrificing patriot. He understan and appreciates botter than any man living the courage, resources and desperate determina- tion of the south., “They mean war, he cries; “‘thoy will soon have armios in tho field officered and led by trawned and avle soldiers. It will require the whole power of the government and three years of timo to subdue them if they get organized before you ro on them.” Congressmen laughed at'the wild talk of tbedramatic alarmist, old army officers significantly tapped their ‘foreheads and said, *'Poor Sherman, it 1s too bad:” and tho president auswered 'coldly, “Well, cap- tain, I guess we will manage to keep house." The confederate army had concentrated at Manassas, threatening Washington. - There were few West Point ofticers available, and Captain Sherman was commissionsd a colonel and given command of a brigade at Bull Run. He was the one earnest man among the crowd of trifiers in uniform and vitizen’s dress who flocked to the fleid. Con- gress adjourned to see the rebels run, and congressmen led the tumultuous flight from the battlo to Washington. Holding in hand 1 there was of his brigade which had not mpeded, exposing himseif with reckless courage, and Keeping a sembiance of aiscip- line which did much to prevent pursuit by dier. It was 'n and bred in the children of the people who first ratod church from state, and wént to the stake for believ- fog and declaring the will of =ood could be one way, and the will of the king the other, snd their allegiance was to the Lord. It was the same conscience which beheaded Charles the First. and oftewards threw the tea luto Boston harbor. Marston Moor, Lex- ington and the March to the sea were fruits of the same tree. Sherman was a soldier, educated by the government of the United States, and the republic was his love and his religion. The intensity of his passion for the nation would in otber times and sur- roundings have made hima general in the Parliamentary army or the leader of a New England colony. 1 shall never forget a dramatic scene at a notable gatbering in New York, when Charles Sumner indirectly attackea Presi- dent Grant, as a failure in civil affairs, by ridiculing Miles Standish. General Sherman was a stranger to a New York audience, and mone knew that he could speak. Few men would haye dared to reply to the world- famed orator. But he had assailed the two tenderest soutiments of General Sherman— bis love ard asamiration for Grant and his pride in his profession of a soldier, Without sny opportuniy for reparation, but wilbout hesitation, he immediately arose to mest this unexpected and surprising attack. Defense, under such conditions, would with most untrained speakers have degenerated into abuse, but with Shermaa it Dbecame the most impressive eloquence, It was a direot and simplo_statement - of his faith in 1 {; friend, and a description of the merits aud mssion of the soldier, which was liko the brilliant dash and resistless momen- tum of a charge of cavalry through the brokea squares of the enemy. It was 8 speech Cuptain Miles Standish might have made after 250 years of American opportun- ity, and the mighty soul of the Puritan cap- tain seemed inspiring the voice and the pres- ence of his advocate. The same qualiies mado him the most amiable and lovable of men, and the most rigid of disciplivarians. His heart was easily touched und his sympathies arousea Dy the distress or want or sorrow of others, | s ‘but he was the incarnation of the vengeance of the law “Im“ military crimes, A corps commander of the Army of the Potomac ooce | tho viciorious enemy, Colonel Sher- said to him: *“Goneral Shermau, we had | man rode into Washington to so trouble in enforcing strict obedience to | freely ucknowled the faults on the fleld and so vigorously denounce the orders, because the nnam;- of the court martials had to be sent to President Lincoln for.approval in extreme cases, and he would mever approve & sentence of death. What did you do?" utterly inadequate preparations for civil ‘war, that he again. fell into disrepute, was agaln assailed as 0 madman and banished to the west. But Ohio never lost confidence in ‘L shot them first,” was the t‘guvmmu reply. him, and demanded and secured his appoint- General Sherman was destined from bis | ment in the long list of brigadier generals. rth for the career which has become one of the hrightest pages in his country's history. ‘The hero smong the early sottlers of the Obio valley was that brave and chivalric Indian chief, Tecumseh, who had com- manded the admiration of ths whites by his prowess, and their good will by nh{nnw mess. He fought to exterminate, but he could as quickly forgive as he tiercely and suvagely struck, The gualities of this wild warrior became part of the charactenstics ot his namesake. It was ruthless and relent- less war with the enemy in the field, but no commander ever grauled more generous terws to the vanquished or was ready to @asist with purse and .influence a fallen foe. is father, Judge Shermun, died suddenly, The senseless clawor which frightened the cabiact and the war office by shouting, “On to Richmond,” was not appeased by the disgraco aud slaughter of Bull Run’ and Manassas. The frightful recoil which had followed obedience to the ropullr ory only infuriated the pohticians. If they could not put down the rebellion in & day, they could ot least pumsh those whbo had insisted upon the power of the confederacy. There was @ significant display of that singular quality of human nature which leads people been warned against a rash act, to out and dluj:polumml. and rend the prophet who foretold the result. Shor- man, from the more commanding position of his superior rank, was onoe more announcing leaving his widow with little means, and & | the strength, power and resources of the family of ‘vleven children. The helpfulness | rebels in tucky an Teunessee. of the American fanilly when thrown upon | Ho boldly proclaimed that the forces their own resources, and the ready and prac- to ld those states were so tical sympath 4 of American communities, so extended as to convey, not charity, but com- piument, had no petter example than 1n the 5 of this bousebold. The bench and the bar felt that the boys were wards of the ion. Oblo's leaaing lawyer and nited States seuator, Hou. Thomas Ewing, said, “Give me one, but the brightest,” #od the brothers aud sisters of the future :l’plila{nol Atlanta "'n"!*mnu nl‘;]"m Cun § 0 smartest.’ lound jurist #ud keen observer of chiaracter saw the fu- absurdly inadeguate that another and more fatal Bull Run was sure to follow, nieans were equal to the emer- @_government, the nnu aud the nited in condemning his terrorizing utterances, and for the third tume he was seut into retirement as a lunatic. Accumu- lating perils and proviaential escapes from E:r:fnl disasters speodily demonstrated that s madman was 8 seer aud Lhis alarmist @ Roueral. Thea, for the glory of the American army trained io- | 9 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, and the incalculable advantage of the union cause, came the opportunity for the most brilliant soldier and magnetio commander in The control of the Mississippi, the allegiance of the border states and tho existenco of the western army wero in gravest peril at Shiloh. Sherman WwAs at the front on these two des- perate days, holding his men by his personal example and presenco, much the inspiration of the fight as the white viume of Henry of Navarre at Ivry. Though wounded he still lea, and though three horses were shot under him he mounted the fourth, Geveral Halleck, then commander-in-chief of all the national forces, reported to the gov- ernment that “General Sherman saved the fortunes of the day on the 6th, and contrib- m‘ua largely to the glorious victory of the ith." Critics and historians will forever discuss the men and the movements of the civil war. As time passes, and future events crowd the record, most of the figures of that bloody drama, now so well known to us, will disap- pear, It requircs, even aftor the lapse of only a quarter of a century, an effort and a history to recall many names which were then ‘household words. But Sherman’s March to the Sea, like the retreat of Zeno- phon and his 10,000 Greeks, wili, through all = ages, arouse the en- thusiasm of the schoolboy, the fervor of the orator, and the admirution of the strategist. ‘When at last with a picked armv of 60,000 veterans Sherman was encamped ut Atlanta, he had grasped and materialized the fuctors of success 1n tho dream of his youth, He bombarded the president and the command- ing general with letters and telegrams: “I can divide the confederacy, destroy source of its supplies, to its fertilo ro- gions, and starve its armies. *“Give me the word 'go’"’ burdeued the wires and the dis- patch boxes, The cabinet said: ‘‘Your army will be lost floundering in the heart of “the enemy's country, and cut off from your base of supplies.” The neadquarters staff said: ‘“‘Turn buck upon the course you have traversed and destroy Hood's army which threatens your commuuications and your rear, and then we will discuss ths question with you.” Sher- man detatched that most remarkable general, Thomas, with a forco sufficient, in his juag- ment, to take care of Hood, and that superb officer vindicated the trust reposed in him by pulverizing the rebel army. At last the president gave an approval so reluctant that it threw the respousibility upon General Sherman, and Grant gavo his assont. Said General Sherman to me, in one of the confidences so characteristic of his candld mind: “I believed that this permission would be withdrawn, and sent immediately a detachment to destroy the wires for sixty miles. 1 never felt <o fgee and so sure as when the officer returned aud reported the work done. Years afterward I discovered an ofii- cial memorandum that, ‘owing to the sudden interruption by the rebels of communications with Atlanta, a message countermanding the assent to General Sherman to march across the country to Savaunah could not be deliv- ered.”” Upon such slender threads hang the fate of campaigns and the fame of iliustrious men. The armies of Tennessee and Georgia had the dash and daring, the free and breezy swing and ways, and the familiarity with their officers, characteristic with the west. They idolized their fatherly but cyclonic commander. This superb specimen of tho pure Puritan stock, born and bred in the west, careful of every detail which promoted their comfort and efliciency, and careless of the form and dignity which’ hedges in au- thority, won their love and admiration. Most veteran armies, with their liue of communi- cation and supplies abandoned, and march- ing into the enemy’s country, ignorant of the food and forage which might be found, or the forces which might cross their path, would have murmured or hesitated. Buu the soldier who, with only one day's ra- tions in his haversack, called out to the grim und thoughtful general as he rode bv, “Unole Billy, I suppose we are going to meet Grant in Kichmond,” expressed the faivh of his comrades. If Richmond was their objective point, nor monntains, nor rivers, nor hostile peoples, nor opposing armies, could provent Sherman from taking them there triumphantly. The capture of Atlanta bad aroused the wildest enthusiasm among the people. For the thirty days dur- ing which the victors were lost in the in- terior of the confederacy the north listenad with gravest epprehension and bated breath. Then the conquering hosts weroon the shores of tho sea, Savannah was laid at the feet of President, Lincoln by their generals as a Christmas present, the confederacy was di- vided and its resources destroyed, and William Tecumsen Sherman became *‘one ot the few, the immortal names, that were not born to die.” Having placed his army across all the roads by which General Lee could escape from Richmond, Sherman left his quarters to visit Lincoln, then with Grant at City Point. In April, 1861, Capwin Sherman had in- formed the president inthe white house, that “‘he might as well attempt to put out the flames of burning house with a squirt gun as to put down the rebeliion with 75,000 men, and that the whole ‘military power of the north should be organized at once for a desperate struggie,”—to be laughed out of Washington as a lunatic. Four years had passed. Two millions of men had been mus- terea in: 500,000 had been kill ‘d in battle, or died in the hospital or had been disabled for life, wndin March. 1865, General Sherman s100d 1n the presence of the presi- dent. It was the original faculty of Mr. Lincoln, that he could so acknowledge a mistake as to make it the most delicate and significant compliment. *‘Mr. President, sald Sherman, *I left in camp 75,000 of the best troops ever gathered in the tield, and if Lee escapes Grant they can take care of him.” *I shall not feel secure, nor that they are safe,” said the president, “‘until I know you are back again and in command.” I can capture Jefferson Davis and his cabi- net,” said General Sherman. ‘'Let them es- cape,”’ was the suggestion of this wisest of presidents: “‘and, above all, let there be no more bloodshed, if that is possible.” General Joseph Johnston aud the last army of the _confederacy in Sperman’s hands, the terms of onstruction and reconciliation which he had heard from Lincoln in tbat final and memorable interview, submitted as the con- ditions of surrender, the’ president’s assas- sination and its dread consequences, the con- tomptuous repudiation of his terms by Secre tary Stanton, the grand review of his sol- aiers by the cabinet and congress at Wash- ington, the indignant refusal of the proffered hand of the secretary of war in the presence of the government and the people, the fare- well to the muster out of his beloved army, and ous of the most picturesque, romantic and brilliant military careers of modern times came to a close. Its onding had all the striking and spectacular sotting of its course, and its adventures, achieyements and surprises will be for all time the delight of the historian and the nspiration of the sol- dier. ‘The later years of most beroes have been buffeted with storms, or have come io & wragic end. Casar, in the supreme hour of bis triumph, fell at the foot of Pompey’s statue, pierced by the aaggers of his friends. Napoleon fretted out his great soul in the solitude of St. Helena, Wellington lost pop- ularity and prestige in the strifes of partioes, Washington was worried and wearied into his grave by the caves of office and the iutrigues of his enemies—enemies, as he believed also of his country. Grant's death was bastened and his last days clouded by the inachinations of politicians and the crimes of trusted asso- clates. But General Sherman, in retirement, led an ideal life. Oaly Von Moltise shares with bim the peaceful pleasures of coutent aud of his people's love. The fathers of the republic were fearful of military influence and_sporebensive of dan- gers 1o liberty and perils to the life of tho young republic. Some of them even dis- irusted Washington and @& dictatorship. Afier him they set aside all the revolution- ary generals and selected statesmen for pres- idents. But, with confidence in the pow and perpetuity of the nation, came the popu. lar strength of the successfut soldier. Nono of our beroes have been avle to resist the fascinations and the dangers of the chief magistracy, except (e Sherman. All of our great captains would have led happier lives, and left their fame less obscu! i they had spurned the temptaiion. In nearly every canvass since Jackson, one or both of the great parties have bad military candidates. General Sherman bad such peculiar ang striking elemeuts of vopularity that party lesders begeed and ve- sought bim to carry their standard. His plection would have been a certainty, and be kpew it. But bis snswer was, L will not accept if nominated, and I will not serve if elected.” “In every man's life occurs an epoch when he must oboose biis own career, wod when be may uot throw off the respons- ibility or tamely place bis destiny in the hands of his friends. Mine cecurred in Leoulsiana whea, in 1860, alone in the midst of a pesple blinded by sup) wrongs, 1 resolved to stand by the Ho was as | union as long as & fraiient of 1t survived on which to eling. I remémber well the ox- riences of Generals | J.ickson, Harrison Taylor, Grant, Hayes and Gartleld, ai elected because of thett' military services, and am warned, not eneodraged, by their said experiences.” Not the loast of the dramatic memories which will distinguish this most sincero and original adto¥ in the drama of lite will be that he will, remain forever tho only American who rex)}smn the presidency of the United States, Though declining p litical preferment for Himmself, he rejoiced tho bouors bestowed upon any member of h old armv. “Tam proud,” hie'said, *that Be Harrison is our president; that Foraker, Hovey, Fitler and Humphrey are governors of the great states of Ohio, Indiana, lilinois and Kansas, all_‘my bovs,’ " and he would bave been wild with delight if he coud have addea Slocum, governorsof Now York. His daily walks were & series of triumphal processions. The multitudes never obtruded angn his privacy, but separatod as ho ap proached und anitod when he passed to cx- press their individual and collective affection and gratitude. The oncampments of the Grand Army wero tame in his absence, but his presence calted together from Hfty to a hunared thousand comrades to grect “Unclo Billy" and rend tho heavens with the chorus of “Marching Through Georgia.” His versatile genius met instantly and instinct- ively the exacting requirements of an im- prompiu address before a miscellaneous audience, He possessed beyond most mon the quick sympatby with the occasion, tho seriousness aud humor, the fervor and story, the crisp argument and del- iency’ of touch which make tho successful after dinuer speech. He was the most charmingly unconscious of con- versationalists. In bis effacemenc of himself, and cordial recognition of otlers, pictur- ©0squp narrativo of adventure, and keen un- alysis of character, dry humor, and hat de- fense or eulogy of 4 friend, his talk was both a panorama and o play. He was always a boy, with a boy's love of fun, keon interest in current events, and transparent honesty of thought and exprossion. He loved the theater, and the stage, feel- ing the presence of a discriminating but ad- miring fifend, twas at its best when General Sherman was in the audience. He was delightfully ~ happy in the applause and praise of his countrymen and countrywomen. Ho felt that it came from their hearts. as it went to his. Through his course as & cadet at West Point and his career as a young ofticer ho revealed his innermost soul in frequent correspondoence with the daughter of his adopted father, who became afterwards his wife, and whose wisdom, devotion and tenderness mado his home his haven and bis heaven. No impure thought ever occupied his mind or unclean word passed his lips. There was something 50 delicate and deferential in his treatment of womer, the compliment was so_sincero both fn manuer and spoech, that the knightly courtesy of Bayard had in him the added charm of a recognition of woman's equal mind and judgment. He lived in and with the public. There was something in the honesty and clear pur- pose of crowds which was in harmony with his ready sympathy and uureserved expres- sion and acticn on every question, He delighted In large cities, and especially in New York. The mighiy and yet orderly movements of great populations were in har- mony with his constant contemvlation of grand campaigns. His.penetrating and sen- sitive mind found rest ayd recreation in the limitless varicties of metropolitan life. He s0 quickly caught the' step of every assem- blage, that he was équally at home awong scientists, and Sunday school teachers, alumni associations and national societies, club festivities, chambers of commerce cele- brations and religious, conventions, He never hesitated to respond oun any and all these occasions to a call for aspeech, and always struck a chord’which was soin unison with tho thought of his‘audience as to leave a lasting impression. After tho most serious und important of conspitations or meetings, the small hours of the night would often find him the honored guesi, & boon companion among Bohemians, or ‘old comrades, but in all the freedom of story and repartee, of Lumor or recitation, neither he nor they ever for an instant forgot that they were in the presence of Generdl ShoFman. He was entirely fres from the intense and absorbing passion for;wealth, which whar- acterizes our times. e knew little, of -ahd cared less for the processes of money getting. The one place in the country where fortunes were never estimated was his house, and his was the only presence where riches, their ac- quirsment and their uses were never dis- cussed. He was satisfied with his well-earned pay from the government, and did not envy those who possessed fortunes. In his simpie tastes and childlike simplicity, as he lived ana moved in the midst of the gigantic com- binations ands individual efforts to securc a larger share of stocks and bouds and lands, e stood to the financial expansions and re- vulsions of the aay as did the vicar Wake- field to the fashionable socioty of his period. ‘This soldier, citizen and patriot, this model hasband, father and friend, held a place in every heart, and a seat by every fireside in the land. His death carried a sense of personal bereavement to every household and plunged the country in mourning. The imposing catafalque 'has attracted the curiosity of thousaunds, as it has borne to the tomb em- inent citizen or soldier, but the simple caisson rumblingover the pavement aud car- rying General Shertan to the side of his be- loved wife and sdored boy in the cemetery, drew tears from millions, His name and his fame, his life and his deeds are among the choicest gifts of God to this richly endowed republic, and a precious legacy for the ex- ample and inspiration of coming generations. e “There is a million it said a dealer when sked about Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. Price 25¢. For some time past I've been a rheumatic. I recently tried Salvation Oil which gave mo almost _instant relief. I sincerely rocom- mend it. James Gordon’ Baltimoro, Md. _—— PADDOCK'S INSIDE POCKET. It Had a Hole in It as the Major Learned to His Sorrow. At arecent mesting of the Board of Coun- ty Commissioners, Mr. Paddock, for reasons that were apparently satisfactory to himself, secured the aaoption of a resolution by which certified checks accompanying bids went to the chairman of the committee to which the bid was referred. Mr. Paddock gave it out that he did not want the county clerk to take possession of the checks, as that official had no business with them. Pursuant to this resolution, Mr. Paddock obtained possession of a certified check for §25 accompauying @ printing bid, and tucked it down 1n his pocket where it re- mained snugly ensconced until it was lost, and it was lost very completely, too, for though be hunted for it high and low, the grizzled commissioner coula fiud ‘neither hide nor hair of it. Then the story eot out, much to Mr. Pad- dnck’s annoyance and,he is mentally cursing the hour when he introduced the trouble- some resolution aforesgia. He will prosecute his search awhile lopger and then if the wissing check Is not foribcoming he will go dowa into his joans and dig up twenty-five | €000 cases to remunefato the couaty for the experience that he w:a, allowed to accumu- late while grafting soma of his original ideas on the methods in ¥ogue for transacting official business, A Close Cal Mr. J. P. Blaize, 8n_gxtevsive real estato dealer in this city, narrpwly escaped one of the severest attacks of' poeumonia while in the northern part of the state during the ro- cent blizzard. Mr. Biafze haa occasion to urive several miles dufirig the storm and was 80 thoroughly chilled that ho was unable to get warm, and inside ofun hour after his re- turn he was threatenéd with a severe case of pneumonia, or long fever. Mr. Blaize seat 10 the nearest arug store and got a botule of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, of which he bad often neard, and took a number of large doses. He says the effect was wonderful and that in & short time ho was oreathing quite easily. He kept on taking the medicine and the next day was able to come to Des Mowes, Mr. Bluize regards bis cure as aim- ply wonderful, and says he will never travel #gain without a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough lllln.d{, e (Des Moiues. lows) | Saturday Review. 25 and 50 cent botties for sale by druggists, o ML Dr. Birney cures catarrn. BEE bld, ot s Jerry's kun Was Expensive, i Jerry Kervand has the reputation of beiag & hard man to handle inthe section of the city woich he frequents, the Third ward. Monday night he visited a disreputable house presided over by Belle Brandoa, who in- | formed tho police that she was Lersell,” and proceeded to give the proprie- tress an exhioition of his strength. | He | Y 'no slouch | g MARCH 30, 1892. smashed the furniture and when the police arrived had just landed a swift left-hander on Miss Brandon's jaw, which the lady was preparing to return with an axe. Time was called and both parties taken to the police station. This morning Jerry was assessed 850 ana costs, Jo—— DeWitt's Sarsaparilla cloanses the blood increasostho appetits and tones up tho sy tem. It has bonefitted many paople who have suffered from blood disorders. Ivwill heipyou. In the Cr art. The case ot the stato against A, J. Reed, charged with ombszzlement, that has been on trial before Judge Davis and a jury for the past two days was submitted yostes- day without argument, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Morearty starting that under the evidence ho could not ask for a couviction, The jury was instructed to bring in a verdict of not guilty, The case of tho state against Louis Saek, charged with car burglary, was next cailod and a jury empaneled. The prosecuting at torney was stating his case to tho jury when it was discovered that tho defendant was not prosent. A stop was put to the proceedings until a bailiff could go over to the jail and take possession of the person of Mr. Sack and bring him into court. PERNONAL GRAPHS. - PAR. Charles G. Steolo of Norfolk is at the Mili- ard. W. C. Holden cade, I". Dalbey and wife of Hastings are at the Arcade, J. H. Riggs of O'Neill is registered at the Arcade, 5. M. J. Gahao of Grand Island is at the Millard. red B. Smith of Nebraska Cify is av the Delione. S. F. Wallaceof Lincola is stopping at the Dellone, Emmons Rolfe of Nebraska City is at the Dellone. J. A. Bicher of Iremont is registered at the Arcade. George Beemer of Lead City, S. D., is at the Paxton. 1. W. Fisher of Hastings is registerea at tho Millard. Chauncey Abbott of Schuyler, Neb,, is at illard. . Biles and at the Millard. M. O'Toole, New Casule, Neb., is stopping at the Millard. H. Hall and wife of I'remont are stopping at the Millard. Georgo P, Cowed of Pine Ridge, S, I, is at the Murray. Hon. Orlando Sefft of Cass county was in the city yesterday. F. McCartney and wife of Nebraska City are at the Paxton. W. H. Chaprran of Grand Island is stop- ving at the Arcade. . W. Jenal of Tekamah, Neb,, is regis- tered at the Arcade. . James W. Shovata of Crete, Neb,, is regis- tered at the Millard. John D. Hintzensen, of Lincoln tered at the Murray. Ray Nye and wife of Fremont are domi- ciled at the Millard. M. W. Cochrane of Wilber, Neb,, is stop- ping at the Dellone, H. R. Jackson of Ashland, istered at the Dellone. James M. Woods of Rapid City, S. D., is stopping at the Paxtou. F. M. Sackett and W. W. Hauers of Al- bion, Neb., are at the Paxton. J.C. Crawford and M. McLaughlin ot West Point are at the Paxton. R. A. Moore and F. & Gilchrist of Kear- ney aro stopping at the Murray. of Lincoln is at the Ar- W. Love of Fremontare regis- Neb..is reg- e e “Lata to bed and eariy to rise will shorten the rosd to your homo inithe skies.” But enriy to bed and a *'Little i%arly Riser,” tha pill that makes Life longer and better and wiser. —— Dr. Birnay.noseand tnroat. Bzr bldg Sciatic Rheumatism. “I had a severe case of Sciatien and or nearly two years I was scarcely able to walk. 1 went tc Excelsior Springs, Mo, and re- mained two weel i drank freely of the waters, especially that of the REGENT SrRING, and was curcd. I am to-day as well o man as I ever was in my life, (Signed) Jno. T. Bucmaxax, Principal, Kansas City High School. The waters are bottled only by the Excel- sior Springs Company at Excelsior Springs Write Jor Pamphlet. Missouri Richardson Drug Co., Agts.,, Omaha, Neb KIRK'S Healthful, Agreeable, Cleansing. Cures Chapped Hands, Wounds, Burns, Etc. Removes aud Prevents Dandruff, WHITE RUSSIAN SOAP. §pecial|! édép}efi lfl in Hard Water. CUBEB GOUGH CURK IS A One Minute Remedy For all alfections of the Throat, Lungs and Bronchial Tud:; EXCEPT CONSUMPTION 26 AND 650 CENTS, For ale by Drugglsts LeDue's Periodical Pills. The Frouch remody acts directly upon ths tive organs and cures suppression of the 8or threo for §5 aud can be walled 0w \d not be used durluzpre znancy. dobbers, irozgists and the public supplied by Goodmaa Drug Co., Qwaba P - - Q™ T B LR To KeerTalics M Tennis Shoes NO goods sold at retail. Ask shoedealers for the New Jersev brand. They are at the top. 1am western agent for the American Rubber Clothing and Macintosh Co. Big Stock. Eastern prices. 1111 Merney Street, Omaha, Neb 4. T IL.INDSRY. BAKING .&¥. POWDER 2950z5.FOR29¢ ABSOLUTELY PURE - JUSTTRY IT. F.RJAQUES & CO. KANSAS CITY, MO. MANHOOD RESTORED & ten guarantee to cure all nervous disonses, (1 g VING BUY ] e — OF ME. It e *Nerve Seeds," fhe, wondorful remetly B0l with o Wwrite ch as Wenk Memory, Loss of Brain Power, Hendache, Wakefulnoss, Lost Mauhood. Nightly Euis: sions, Nervousnoss, Lassitude. alldrains and 10ss of power encratiso sed by ovor exertion, youthful orrors, or exoessive or stimulan Consum, Thich sobn lead to Infirmily y. Put up conven| age by muil; 6 for &, With overy 85 ord, or refund the money. Circular free. Add! For sulo in Omaha by Sherman & McConnell, 1513 Dodge-st. § {WHY D0 YOU coueH? | Do you know that a lttlo Cough a dangerous thing 1 DOCTOR ACRER'S ENGLISH REMEDY ill Stop a Cough at any time REGULAR Army and ills—may save ‘'OUR DRUGGIST FOR IT. 1T TASTES GOOD. PENSIONS Soldiersin the Regular Arm and Satlors, Seamen and Mar- ines in the United Stales Navy, since the War of the Rebellion, who have heen discharged from the service on account of abilities incurred therein while in the line of duty, are Entitled to Pension- atthe same rates and under the same conditions as persons ren- dering the same service during the War of the Rebellion, except that they are not entitled under the new law or act of June 27, 1890. Such personsre also entitle d t> pension whether discharged from the service on account of disability or by reason of expir- ation of term of service, if, while in ethe service and line of duty, they incurred any wound, injury or disease which still disables them for mannal labor. Wido ws and Childyen of persons rendering servicz in the regular army and navy Stnce the War are Entitled to Pension. ifthe death ofthesoldier wasdue to his service, or occurred whilg he was in the service. Parentsof Soldiers & Sailors dying in the United States ser- vice since the War of'the Rebal- lion, or after discharge from the service, from a cause originat- ing therein, leaving no widow . or child under the age of sixteen years, ara entitled to pension if now dependent upon their own labor for support, whether the soldier ever contributed to their support or they were depsndent upon him at the time of his death or not. FOR INFORMATION OR ADVICH As to title to pension, A DDRESS i/ RIS Bee Bureau of Claims ROOM 220, BEE BUILDING, THE SHORTEST LINE TO CHICAGO is via the Chicago, Milwaukes & St. Paul R'y, as represented on this map, CURE INDIGESTION, mall, pleasant, a favorite with tho ladics. LIOOKER & CO, 46 West Droadway, N. Y. For sale by Kuhn &Co., andSherman & McConnell, Omaha. DR. J. E. McGREW, THE SPECIALIST, PRIVATE DISEASES AND ALL DISORUERS AND DEBILITIES OF YOUTH AND MANHOOD, 17 YEARS' EXPERIENCE. WRITE FOR CIRCULARS, 14TH & FARNAM STS.. OMAHA NEB. cucfla UTCH DUTCH PROCESS are “Treated with Carbonate of Soda, Magnesia, Potash or Bioarbonate of Soda.” The use of chemicals can be readily detected by the peculiar odor from newly opened packages, and nlso from a glass of water in which a small quantity of chemically treated cocoa has been placed and allowed to remain for several days. For more than One Hundred Years the house of Walter Baker & Co. have made their Cocoa Preparations ABSOLUTELY PURE, using NO Patent Process, Alkalics, or Dyes. W. BAKER & C0., Dorchester, Mass, INDIAN DEPREDATION GLAIMS Tersons who haye lost property from Indian raids should file their ciatms under the Indian Depreiation Act of March s, 1511 The timels Iimited, an 1 the claims are tuken up by the courtin the order in which they are received, Take Notice thatall contracts entered into with attorneys prior to the Act are mals null and void. Information given and all clalws promptly astended to by the BEE BUREAU OF CLAIMS. #R0 Bee Building, OMAHA, NEBRASKA §@This Dureau is guaranteod by the Omaha Beg, the Ploncer Press and tho San Francisco Exawiner. Mrs. M. D, FRAZAR, 70 and 71 Globe Bldg., Boston. Tour of 60 duys, $300; Tour of 50 days, #400; Tour of 60 auys, #873; Tour of 45 days, $300, Al Traveling, hotel and sight seclog exponsos in { | T R e e e e Electric Lighted, Steam Heat- ed Vestibuled trains leave Omaha daily at 6:20 p. m., ar- riving at Chicago at 9:30 a. m. City Ticket Office: 1501 Far- nam St., Omaha, F. A. Nasu, Gen'l Agent. C. C. LincoLn, Pass. Agent, DOCUTA;::: roguly Gonorrhios and d: | with Mrs. Frazar, July 2, steam ston ) ship 8O NORTH CAPE ¢ I8, Ly steam ship PAYONIA from Boston. 15 days, $0) Applications must be wade at 0ace Lor this Lour wad fur cireular and reference.