The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-06-04
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General Grant.

Grant, has the following, describing his
personal appearance:
Gen. Grant, is about five feet nine
inches high, has sandy hair and whiskers,
blue eyes, firm and determined mouth, a
well shaped nose, and complexion that
shows the effects of exposure. lie Is
very far from what is called a handsome
mau. He has good form, very square
shoulders, and generally stands squarely
on his feet, never resting on one leg, or
lounging against a support. lie never
uses profaue or extravagant language
tie is almost model of temperance,
seldom drinking at all, but he smokes
continually. In conversation he is rarely
animated, except among his most intimate
and familiar companions. He pridss
himself on his horsemanship. at the
battle of Monterey he was ordered to carry
an order to point where he had to pass
under the fire of 4 battery. He put his
horse into tull galiop, threw himself off
on one side, after the manner of the ln-
dians, holding on by the horses name
and by one leg thrown over the cantle of
the saddle, and in this position leaped a
four foot wall. Gen. Grant was married
soon after he left the regular army, and
has now three children, one of whom,
boy about six years old, is nearly as good
rider as his father.
General Grant is an unassuming, modest
man, has no personal enemies, never speaks
Ill Of any one, even of those who iDjure
him, knows nothing about politics, has no
ambition fer Office or distinction, but only
desires to do his duty. General Halleck
described him very we'll when he said:
"What | like about Grant is that when
he is ordered to do anything he sets right
about doing it. There are no objections
or evasion or suggestions of delay-not
moments rest until the order is executed
as we'll as he can do it with the means at
his command" Grant is not man of
the highest order Of intellectual ability,
but his operations have shown him to
possess strategical skill Of the highest
character, particularly those since he has
been his own chief But he is not one
that we should set down as great man
and person seeing him but once would
almost surely have mean opinion OF his
powers. Paradoxical as it may seem, it
bas been General Grants great good for
tune to have been always underrated.-
Newspaper correspondents. who make 1t
their business to criticise and dictate, not
to narrate events: politicians who have
places to FL, and contractors-aH have
Joined in one general and un5roken de-
nuncation of General Grant. The CON-
queror of Fort Donelson, had he been a
politician, might have been run for SEN
ator from Illinois, and then some
IN, oluo pro,,lS hove fouobt thp bati la of
Shiloh, and the twenty days campaign of
Yicksburg. Had any political party
undertaken so persistently to make a pop
ular hero out of Grant as they have out Of
some generals who have never won a sue
cess, there would be an anti-Grant party,
and another wrangle about "political gen
erals" Fortunately, Grant is a soldier,
and nothing but soldier; he has said
that he wants to see this war through and
then go back to Galena and sell hard ware
and leather He has never had days
leave of absence since he entered the
service, though his family have twice
visited him in camp. His qualities are
not, therefore, appreciated by the people
though they are by the Goyernm ent
which may now feel as great a pride in
having sustained Gen. Grant as in any
other instance when they have withstood
popular clamor and private expostulation.
ga- Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, the
rebel commander in Mississippi, is es-
teeined, next TO Lee, the best strategist
in the Confederate service. He was the
Quartermaster General with the rank Of
Brigadier, in the U. S. army, when he