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Show A Printer's Tale of General Sherman. Speaking of General Sherman's recent reflections on the war correspondents, a newspaper man tells the Washington Sunday Capital this : "I had an interview with him during the first week of his occupation of Savannah. Savan-nah. The newspapers then made him prime hero of the war. Grant appeared to be baffled before Petersburg. The march through Georgia was the theme of all praise, and Sherman appeared to be the man who would end it all. I had a printing office and a very complete press, where, for two years, I had printed an army paper at Beaufort, S. C. I obtained letters from Generals Forster and Sax-ton, Sax-ton, recommending me to favorable consideration. con-sideration. These I took to Sherman in Savannah, askingfor permission to bring my material to Savannah and there turn out a national union newspaper. The printing offices of the city had been rendered ren-dered almost useless by the departing rebels, and the need of a new press was particularly evident. General Sherman received me pleasantly until I mentioned a newspaper. Then the storm broke from a clear sky : " 'I would like to know what the deuce an army wants with a newspaper, or what anybody wants with them, for that matter. This war was brought on " by newspapers and preachers, and it- would have ended long ago but for them and the women,' said he. Then rjausin?. h said: ' . ' I " 'Less than three years ago you newspapermen, news-papermen, especially a Cincinnati newspaper, news-paper, put me down as a crazy man, fit only for a lunatic asylum, because I said it would take 200,000 men to do what I have done. I was exiled to St. Louis on recruiting service for that opinion. What do you think now?' "I tried to stop this flow of reminiscences, reminiscen-ces, but in vain. " 'What does an army want with newspapers, news-papers, I'd like to know ? They are litlle better than spies. We hang spies, or ought to do, and it would have . saved thousands of lives if we had hanged a dozen newspaper correspondents. No, . sir, you cannot publish a newspaper in Savannah with my permission. I suppose sup-pose you are a decent man, because these officers say you are a good soldier and a -discreet editor, but I will not have any newspapers about my armv if I can help .it-'" - |