Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-07-31
GEN ERAL GRANT.
Correspondence Of the New York Tjmes

First in rank, as well ss notorety, we have
Maj. Gen. U. $. Grant indifferently known
as Grant Ulysses s. Grant, United States
Grant, Uncle Sam Grant, and "Uncondition.
al Surrender Grant; the same whose move
on the eEemy's works" ut Fort Donclson
has become national property, and the same
man under whose lead our af,ncs have split
the Confedcracy in two, and wr,rnr from
their grasp all or the greater portion Of tho
Mississippi Valley. 1sss
Almost at any time one can see small
but compactly built man of about forty. Ave
years OF age, walking through the camps
lie moves with his shoulders thrown a littlc
forward OF the perpendicular, his left hand
in the pocket OF his panaloons, an unlirhted
cigar in his mouth, his eyes thrown straight
forward, which from the haze Of abstraction
that wells them, and countenance drawr,
into burrows Of thought, would seem TO in.
dicate that he is intensely prcoccupicd Tho
soldiers observe him coming, and, rising 10
their feet, gather on each side of the way to
see him pass-they do not salute him. thsy
only watch him ciirionsly, with certain sort
Of familiar reverence. His abstract air in not
SO great, while he thus moves along, as to
prevent his seeing everything without appar-
emily looking at It; son will sec this in the
fact that however dense the crowd in which
you stand, il you are an acquaintance, his
eye will for an instant rest on yours with
glance Of recollection, and with it sraye
nod OF recognition. A plain blee suit, with.
out scarf, sword or trappings OF any sort,
save the double-stsrred shoulder strarp-an
indifferenty good kosslith !" hat, with She
top battered in close to his head; ft,lFbeards
Of cross between light and sandy; square
cut face, whose lines and contour indjoafo
extreme endurance and determination, com.
plete the external appearance Of this sniail
man, as one sees him passing along, turning
and chewing restlessly the end Of his un-
lighted cigar.
His countcnance, in rest, has the rigid i'm.
mobility iof cast iron; and while this indi-
Gates the unyielding teilacity Of bulldog,
one finds only in his gray eyes the smiles and
other evidences Of the possession of those
softer traits seen upon the lips and over the
entire faces OF ordinary people. On horse.
back he loses all the awkwardness which dis
tingulshes him as he moves about on foot. -
Erect and graceful, he seems portion of
his steed, without whichthe fun effect would
be incomplete. He held 10 early DAYS the
reputation Of being the best rider in the Ac-
ademy, and he seems to have lost none OF
his excellence in this respect.
Along with the body guard Of Gen. Grant
rides his son Fred. stout lad Of some twelve
summers. He endures all the marches. fbl.
lows his father under fire, with all the cool.
ness Of an old soldier and i.s in fact, .
/" chip, of the old block"
OF Gen. Grants ability need say moth.
ing-he has beer so long before the public
that all can judge for themselves. The So,,th
calls his success luck, we in the West
believe that he owes them mostly to the DOS.
session Of cautious military judgment. as.
sisted by good advisers, and backed by in
yincible perseverance,, endurance and deter.