Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-11-10
Handwriting.

"P. W. A" writes to the Savannah Republican !:
The correspondence between Gen. Lee and General
Grant is now before me, and have been much struck
by the handwriting OF these two ab!est Generals the
war has brought forward on either side General Lees
handwriting is bold and rather st his letters being
large round and very distinct. He bears heavily upon
the pen-probabiy goose qu'-and abbrevlate5 many
of bis words, if writing were labor to him. The
following s exact transcript OF the Inst sentence IL
bis letter To Ge0- drant:
"GEN'L
l have reed your letter Of the 18th inst accomp'g
copies OF letters Tcm Judge Ou!d Conm'r OF Exchange
of Prisrs the part OF the CODta States, q toe
Hou BILE E. Al. Stanton Sec'ry of War and L.. Col.
Muford Asst. Comm OF Exc. Of tie u i5tates,''
He does not you perceive, puncuate closely; and
no where in his letter d0es be write out The w1rd ad
but invariably uses lie abfevaloo, IL And yet be
pauses long enough dot ali his u.s. aud crosses ali h5
u.s.. All bis letters drawn nearly straight up and
down the paper In ouer words, they are ike himself,
round full, bold and upright inclnlng neither to The
right the left and standing firmly On their base as
if they dsdained all stance. they 80 clear and
precise so round aod weighy, and dstiDc that each
letter reminds one Of solid cannon oil, and each word
ct d cluster Of 2r2 p,-Got
Gen. Grants L:ldwritng, tn contrary, though
not bold and distinct, nor the letters large ard
round and erect, is, cheess very ogbe a1d very
striking 1t is full CT eDergy and action, ADD his let
tiers all incliUe to the right and follow after aooh
er with little space between Them as they
an equal number OF his bgisadts, on rapid march
around General Lee AMoDS fhpitFe His
hand would be called running hand Thu words &C.
cupy much space from left to light, and still they are
very clear and egibe. lie pays attention to pune
tuation than Gen Lee abbrevates less and is equally
careful of his is and s It may be the work OF ina
ginaton, yet in reading bis letter cannot but picture
the writer as restless, nervous, energetic man, full Of
fire and action, always Ia motion and always 10
| hurry.
The handwriting OF both of these great mer ia wha1
would be dsnominated experienced and ha-acters-
tic Neither OF them writes WE'LL and neither would OF
selected to take charge CT couory school, If their Sc
| lection depended upon their olirography. thus "f
have two more witnesses, in two men who occupy more
of this worlds attention at this time Than any otho
| two living that great men write poor hands"
INTERESTING racn gEx1co.-Tbe New York Herald o
Continuation Of the report that the aexican Genera
10 the il nished by the arrival here Jester
CAV of tie steamship Havana, from Havana, On the III
instant Thai clustering expariot Is aid to have sQrren
dered himself, his troops ahd lae to"a u
General Caaales another of h8 Republican oncers feus
ed to give in MS adhesion to We empire, pat cToss3d over
from Iaamoras to BFownsylle, te4aa WIN aooas taie
hundred and sETrenaered 10 Co' 1o'ui Jig te9e
| commander at the latter place.
The LATE CARDINAL BED1N1-A. Curious Post MoJ
tenn Incident.-A remarkable story conlas from VIE
b!o Italy, about the late Cardinal Bedni. It APPEAR
that his BODY Law in state in church there enclosed
triple coffin when suddenly explosion was heaE'
as if from his cofn and the corpse was forcby ELECTED
the bier and the lighted candles around it wers over
turned. The few people 10 the church fed IN diamay
i The police attributed the afar to the explosion of
| bomb which had been placed under the coffin and i'm
iatey arrested several citizens suspected OF liberal
Il ism,