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" i i ! ir i ir i rr nj_? ag OOXiUlcBIA. . ? - ? - Tueaday Morning, May 2, 1866. j Letter of Sherman. "Wc give in another column a letter from Gen. Sherman, which ie taken from a New York paper. It it addressed to a lady, hy birth a Booth Carolinian, and in reply te on? of hera, which doea not appear in print, hire. Ann:. Gilman Bowen ia a daughter of the Kev Samuel Gilman, formerly pastor of the Unita? rian Church ia Charleston, and of Mrs. El 17.? Gilman, well known by her educational an other writings. Dr. Gilman was also a we? known and esteemed man of letter?, who hs it ft Several interesting volumes of lirerar remains. They were both from Mns>achuse+! but bad become identified, through a long Iii. with the South and its institutions. They lc none bot daughters, and lall of these ar? high! accomplished and intellectual. Caroline is Well known and popular writer. Har "Verne Grove" acquired for her eon si der aide repu ti tioo among ItlUrhttora readers. She bas bc twice married, ia still a resident of this Sim and still, we believe, communes with thc Shi though, psrhaps- io then* cruel times of st: u -only with sad heart and in eeeret. Eliza the lady to whom Sherman's letter ia. addressr ---married, a few yeara age, a geutlemn. ~*r=?icd Bowen, who had become somewhat ri na ark u Ide aa a traveller, and, we ara told, collector of works of ara. She, it appear?, no< resides at Baltimore. The Gilman* owned pleasant cottage on Sullivan's Irland, to wbioi they aepaired in Bummer. Their chief re?' dence was in Charleston. At the former place, they became acquainted with Sherman ant: . many other officers of the United Stat?? army, end one of the fruits of thia intimacy ia thi* letter of Sherman. It ie probable that Mr?. Bowen wrote to bim, appealing to old friend chipa, in behalf of humanity. Of hie reply f the reader will form hie own judgment. Giv? ing' bim dee credit for all his professions of 5 Mn ruthy and humanity, it is yet difficult to reconcile these with his progresa tbr^"gbout the South. But upon thia topic we need -not de rennt. Iiis actione speak with an emphasis far \-cyond Anything that he haa said, or oan say,' ia wo r de. It is bis history and philosophy alene which need tb ot we should utter a few'words vf. orr own. Ba talla ns that whether in earth or II nven, man must submit to soma arbiter. V an good. But he would have the South tfub r. it lc the tn i ted States aa the arbiter, ona of ?he partica lo tho iesae. He next coolly tells Ki--igi ,ofcug ?me thirty yeara of abnae, provo cation .-nu ioteiference with bur institutions,' ; i ct .. S??nth bad neither cans- nor pretext fer l*?) i?'g *he Union-or, as be pbraaea it, for ..ilrowirg off her allegianoe; as if sba oould ' 1 we ailtgisnec to her ?quale. He a?de: H&he ; rnt? . d und t>ullied ot to the conflict." The * rftli . heik-nged no aonflict-ehe bantered te . ? I h.t.?; the entreated, and implored,and ap* -veal&O io avoid battle or strife, and modest iv .oatvK- t?r tight to tkeeaa her own Govern ciefit iii '. vier te eaespe ?a h>|nr.< ?a ?owr-*.> (ivs ?nd association* where ?he w~??perpetually wronged1, denounaed and :br,lV.??-nrhtr? foi y ear? ehe waa told, if you ?are io mire, we will .irush you ey numbers-Sour 'twenty ju i Ilion? against your "eight. Thia ie th? true history. Let Geo. Sherman'put off the" soldier for asea .>o?, and look behind-the-sceneo, to the history .>f that 'monstrous" trickery which breed the I South to drive the garrison ont Sf Fort Sumter* i Ile will find in that history a type of a larg? I ,'ortion of that which, perpetually feeding [ he South, forced it finally ?ate its attitade of j hostility. Tho truth is, it was one of the g>*eai I uistakes of oar public .men, that feW of them I olieved that there would be any war-thai I here could be any pretext for war, eiroe.lv o? ! erting the universal American doctrine whiah j ?corded to every people the right of deter I dning th?ir own Government, Cen. Sherman j T?O doubt R very good soldier, bot it is ver\ I ?nain thal he makes huta peor politician. Uh I nowledge of th<*. history of his own country uring the lust thirty years, is very limited I ?vi his philosophy, platonic enough in ton'?-. I Idressing the lady, is hardly entitled to th. I V lulita eit her of Plato or Socrates, j . We must not omit, by tbe way, to afld that . s [Shaking of the passage in his letter whicl 1 ivs that "uian must submit to.-some arbiter," ne Kew York paper which publishes the letter irging the common Northern doctrine, remind un that the arbiter prescribed by the ($>nsti itioa of the Urvited States is. the Svprem .?iirt, and that the Abolitionists-the Repuh icaa party-refused to submit tu its authority What to Think or Say? ' Of course, our readers ?rc already familia with thc reports of the situation of affair made io yesterday's paper. It is idle to undei take the grave analysis ef any mere rumo nod the reports whick we have been forced t make are grounded too unsubstantially to b regarded as much better than sample gosaij There ia, no doubt, some foundation of truth i them-in fact, there must be. The A*?ow?.fae leave us in little doubt that the war' for tl present is at an end. The two opposing a rm i are undergoing dispersion; aril the sooner th? get ba?k to their respective homes-having i more to do in the field of slaughter-the bett for the peace of the highway And tho coram of all pacific citizens who wish to proser their temper and teams and cottle. Nothing next to our independence-is more importa 1 to our people, than that they should be suffer to escspe for awhile frc m the harseefcg aar anxieties and legree incident to a condition partial outlawry in th? country. The soot oar poor boya can get back to their farms, a attend to their crops, the better for themselv their families, and Aa country at large. It '-the policy of every citizen to help them f ward to their homes. "We say nothing of I Immunity and charity in giving sunk help hi brave survivors of our hard, and long e iinu*d. and hapless struggle, lodeed, we -f ?pinion that the Stat* Governments eho he prepared to furnish rations nt all placet ??-ctral character. Soldiers on their v L'iri ra ?.V;?V*-J e. To? example, ought U'i provided with OOJDO three days* re tierna, to enable them to get Oeyond the range of cotrolry io which tb? ravage? of the enemy have loft ao food. Touching what is said of the situation, th? armistice, the terms of agreement, and the la eonie method proposed fey Mr. Andy Johnson* we are unwilling to indulge in any ?emmenta until all these things can be Teduaed ao some certainty. "We do not approve of the occa? sional editorial praotioe of onttiBg up a specu? lative nine-pin, in-order to show ? how dex tronsly he can bowl it down. It ie very certain, i however, that the major-gin erais of tue army have no authority, under the laws or Constitu? tion of either _ Confederacy, to engage in a treaty ol peace. That they de venture upon the^ measure, only shows to whaL degree tho war bas undermined the civil power in ho th countries. The sharp ear*ru-m of Mr. Johnson, addressed to Gen. "Sheratan, would be very much misplaced, bad theVnited S'-atea Govern, ment maintained ila integrity and dignity; but i he Idajer-Senereil has'felt bis way, and it ia rather bis inatiaOt tkan bia thought, that baa ..rompied him "to usurp the functions of tho i'.resident. That the people will sustain tho Ma jor Gaaaial ?a despite of his majesty, is very evident; and Sheizuan and Grant, accord* ag to th? report, have quietly sent their troops to tba rightabout, and thua given their answer o the President in Irish fashion-over tba left. And from this proeeedure, we gather am? >thor fact-or^ falsehood-trna story or idle nmor-involving a new catastrophe. We ar? . now told that President Johnson has met tho ??rae fate ef bia predecessor. IC, thia be true* nea tba military power is likely te become mara au dd??ly and completely in the necea? da ni than wa bad baan disposed to think pro? bable- If the tale he false, it showa that , ru? mor ia feeble of invention. "We should have had, ia disposing of President J oh naen, som* li tile variation of the drama. He should have b?ea made to ont his own threat, under a paroxysm of remorse or-inspiration. Could the d ?taila of tba transaction -have shown us tho victim, drowned, bead for?mo*.t. by ap awk? ward plunge into a barral of bald face--whea he meditated aothing worse than a singlo swallow--thea we admit tha^ there would be a sufficient variation from the Lincoln tragedy to relieve the drama from monotony. But w hat, an awkward thing, in auch a Casualty, for any jury, unless one of Dogberry's choosing, to de? cide upen the event. Was^it j'elo de ?o, and so punishable-or merely a fellt?edeteas-over% which is .not considered a criminal mode of doing away with one'a self, only un awkward and unlucky one? Did President Johnson go to the whiskey, or the whiskey to the Presi? dent! Did he, of his own heud. Willfully plunge in, or did the whiskey, with m^Ii^a prepense, and moved by the dr\tl, or tl.?j Ma? jor-Generals, plunge over bim and pull him down! The case is well argu. d by tbs grave digger it? Hamlet; and while Waifing fer far ihwr particulars, the reader had beti-r refresj himself with a revi*w of that highly fj.ec'.o case of pleading, involvings much ?sw, log; *:)d divinity.