Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-06-20
General Grant.

The Washington Chronicle, 10 the course
Of an elaborate biographical notice Of
General Grant, has the following, des'
csiSiag kis personal appearance
!: General Grant Il about 6vs feet nine
1iachSS high, has sandy hair and ~hiskers,
bluS syes, Arm md determined mouth,
a-veil shaped moss, end a,conples'on
that shows the effects Of exposure He il
.ta5fasrzfrsulE shas u sslledos bandsoa.s
man. He has good form very square
shoulders, and generally stands squarely on
his fee, never restingon one leg Or loung'
ing against support. He never uses
profane or exsravagant language. He is
almost model Of temperance seldom
drinking at all, but be smokes continu ally
In conversations he 10. rarely animated,
except among his most intimate and
familiar companions. He prides himsel .
on bio Workmanship. At the battle OF
Monterey he was ordered to carry IN
order 70 point where he hsd to pass
nnderthe fra Of, ! battery. He put his
horse into . full gallope, threw himself OF
% que. side; otter tho. manner Of the
lndians, holding on tho horses name,
and by one leg thrown over the cantle Of
the saddle, and in this position leaped
, over 1 four foot van, Gen Grant was
married coon altar he left tho regular
army, and has nov three children, one Of
whom, boy about six year. old. is
nearly as good rider a. his father
Gen. Grant Is an nnassuming. modest
man, has no personal enemies, never speaks
i'll Of any one, even Of those who iniure
him, knows nothing shout politics. has
no ambition Tor Office Or distinction, but
only desires to do his duty. Gen. Hal.
'eck described him very we'll when he said .
"What like about Gen. Grant is tho,
when he is ordered to do anything, he
sets right about doing it. There are no
objections or evasions or suggestions of
delay-not moment rest until the or.
der is executed as veil a. be can do it
with the means at his command Grant
is not = man Of the highest order of inte!.
lectual ability, but bis operations have
shown him to possess strategieal skill Of
the highest character, particularly ID ose,
since be has been his own chief. But he
is no: one that We should set down as a
great a'Aa' anAa person seeing him but
once would almost surely have \ mean
opinion Of bis powers. ,.Paradozical a it
may seem, it has been Gen. Grants great
good fertFneIte hsve been always usuaep
rated: Newspaper correspondents, Who
make it thsif basiseas ssacritici.e and
dictate. not to nsrssss events; politician.
who hav4 places4ts Eli, and contr ACTORS
all have Joined in one general and IN.
broken denunciation of Gen. Grant,
Th \ VA qd.ss3 n Pesl Deasllo,, ha6 Is |
been politician, might have been run
for Senator from Illinois, and then some |
one else would have fought the battle Of |
Shiloh, andzthc twenty days campaign of |
Vicksburg. Had any political party IN.
dertaken sc, persistently to make popa.
lar Zero out of Grant, q they have On.
OF some Generals who have never won q |
success, There would be an anti Grant |
party, and another wrangle about "poli,i.
cal GeieFals." fortunately, Grant is a.
soldier, and nothing but q soldier he has |
said 'hst he wants TO see this war through |
and then 60 back to Galena and sell hard.
ware and leather. He has never had a
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 tho Government;
which may now feel as great a pride in
having sustained Gen. Grant as in any
other instance when they .hav, w;thstood
popular clamor and private, expostulation.
4 Bs@uHful illustration.