The Pioneer Express

Gen. Sherman and J.D. Davis,

St. Louis Special: Gen. Sherman, in answer to a question by a reporter as to whether he intended to reply to the letter of Jefferson Davis recently published in this city, said he might do so at some future time, but he should consult his own convenience: that Mr. Davis has not addressed him, but the St Louis Republican; and that if he made any reply it could only be through the war department. He further said he did not suppose any reporter was present at the Frank Blair post, the night he spoke, as the Grand Army is an organization only for the social interchange of personal memories. Still, he admitted the report published contained much truth, but not all. He has most of Louisiana papers, he said, to make good his assertions that the civil war was forced on the people of Louisiana by conspirators in Washington, and that during the progress of the Rebellion Mr. Davis changed his views of the doctrine of secession, and threatened to use force in case any state in the confederacy should attempt what was then known as "separate state action." The general has already sent to Washington some letters and papers bearing on the case, but as to their publication, he stated the authorities there must be consulted.