The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-01-21
MISCELLANY.
Southern Leaders through English
Spectacles.


Spectacles.
Sketches of the personal appearance OF the
leaders of the rebellion begin to abound in
the English periodicals. Blackwood for JAN
uary is a perfect Rogue's Gallery. Here are
two portraits, clipped from an article entitled
ga Months Visit to the Confederate Head
quarters" and said to be written by a British
officer:
GENERAL LEE.
Having presented our letters to the AdJu-
tant-General, we were in turn presented to
the Comander-in-Ch Chief He is strongly
built man. about five feet eleven in height,
and apparently not more than fifty years of
age His hair and beard are nearly white;
but his dark brown eyes still shine with all
the brightness of youth, and beam with the
most pleasing expression. Indeed his whole
face Is kindly and benevolent in the highest
degree. In manner, though sufficiently con-
versble, he is slightly reserved; but he is
person that, wherever seen, whether In
castle or in howell, alone or in a crowd, must
at once attract attention as being splendid
specimen of an English gentleman, with one
of the most rarely handsome faces ever saw.
He had had a bad fall during the Maryland
expedition, from which he was not yet recov-
cred, and which still crippled his right hand
considerably.
sroNEwALL JACKSON. E-Itfl
Upon leaving General Lee, we drove to
Bunker's hill, six miles nearer Martinsburg at
which place Stonewall jackson, now of world
wide celebrity, had his headquarters. With
him We spent most pleasant hour, and were
agreeably surprised to find him very afiable,
having been lead TO expect that he was silent
and almost morose Dressed in his gay uni
form, he looks the hero that he is and his thin,
ocod liea nd aalu. trIapea xpbirh t,aa
yours unninchingly, give evidence Of the firm
ness and decision Of character for which he is
SO famous. He has broad, open forehead,
from which the hair Is well brushed back; a
shapely nose, straight and rather long; thin,
colourless cheeks, with only very small al
lowance Of whisker; cleanly-shaven upper
lip and chin; and pair Of greyish-blue eyes,
rather sunken, with overhanging brows, which
intensity the keenness of his gaze, butw without
imparting any ferceness to 1t. Such are the
general characteristics of his face; and have
only to add that a smile seems always lurking
about his mouth when he speaks; and that
though his voice partakes slightly Of that
harshness which Europeans unjustly attribute
to all Americans, there Is much unmistakable
cordially In his manner; and to us he talked
most afiectionately OF England, and of his brief
but enjoyable sojourn there. The religious
element seems strongly developed in him and
though his conversation Is perfectly free from
all puritanical cant, 1t Is evident that he is a
person who never loses sight Of the fact that
there Is an omnipresent Deity ever presiding
over the minutest occurrences of life, as well
as over the most important. Altogether, rs
one of his soldiers said In talking with me
of him, che Is a glorious fellow" and after /
leu him felt that l had at last solved the
mystery of Stonewall Bridge. and discovered
why it was that he had accomplished such al
most miraculous feats.
With such aleader men would go anywhere,
and face any amount of difficulties; and for
myself believe, that inspired by the presence
OF such a man, should be perfectly nsensi-
BILE to fatigue, and reckon upon success as a
moral certainty. Whilst General Lee is re-
garded In the light of infallible Jove, a man
to be reverenced, jackson is loved and adored
with all that childlike and trustful affection
which the ancients are said to have lavished
upon the particular deity presiding over their
affairs. The feeling of the soldiers for Gener-
al Lee resembles that which Wellington's
troops entertained for him-namely, fixed
and unshakable faith in all he did, aud a calm
confidence of victory when serving under
him. But Jackson, like Napoleon, is idolized
with that intense fervor which, consisting of
mingled personal attachment and devoted 10y
atty, causes them to meet death for his sake,
and bless him when dying.
Here Is another from the special correspon-
dent of the London Times. In letter pur-
porting TO haze been written at Fredericks-
burg on the 10Th November, occurs the follow
ing delineation of the character of
GENERAL STUART.
1t is astonishing how accurate. how minute,
how interchangeable are the fetchers and carriers
OF Information who volunteer their gratuitous
services to the chiefs of the Confederate army.
Nor could it easily be credited, save by those
on the spot who have constant opportunities
of observation, what enthusiasm attaches TO
each of the great captains who have made
their names household words throughout each
county of the vast State of Virginia. Each
General has his warm admirers, gained by
such opportunities of intercourse as have
brought individuals within the said Generals
orbit: but it is safe TO say that in the race for
popularity the foremost places are held by
General 'Stonewall, jackson and General j.
E. b. Stuart. Each has attached to him the
prestige Of entire absence of failure. IL M a
rien qui reussit autant que ie success. But
while in the Shenandoah Valley the achieve
ments of General Jackson have aroused to-
wards him generous feeling of gratitude for
danger averted and prosperity preserved, il is
doubtful whether east OF the Blue Ridge the
20 years OF General Stuart, added to that in
defatigable energy which teaches him, after he
has ridden so miles during the day, to regard
il as his highest happiness TO ride dozen
more miles at night, ito tread but one meas
ure' in a Virginian country-house, do not in
cline the scale. especially if the balance be ad-
jdsted by fair hands, In favour Of tue younger
General. There have been many English Off
GERS, particularly in the East Indian service,
whose endurance in the saddle has been regard
ed as unequaled but i doubt whether any
Englishman ever exhibited such superiority to
bodily fatigue as is almost nightly evnced by
the gay cavalier who knows every hospitable
roof within dozen miles of his headquarters
land what roof is not hospitable p, and, accom-
panied by his banjoplayer, visits them by turns
night after night, returning usually to his hard
earned rest long after the midnight hour has
flown. With the earliest dawn of morning,
the first voice, calling gaiy for breakfast, is
that OF the midnight merrymaker, who rises
the picture of health, good-humour, and
strength. 1t may be noticed en- pdssant that
TO the circumstance that he has never touched
tobacco in any form,or any wine or other liqu-
or, General Stuart attributes much OF his health
and vigour. Certainly so jovial and merry a
company AS is assembled at General Stuart's
headquarters 1t has never been my fortune to
see paraleled In either the Federal or the Con-
federate camps.
Finally, we add from review of DR.. Rus
sells Diary in the London Athen@um, gen.
eral description of the habits OF the unclean
animal called
THE SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN.
A to the ferocitv and Gov ardice of Southern