East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-12-14

SHERIDAN.

Jerome B. Stillson, the Shenandoah
Valley correspondent Of the New York
H'0rH, the chief of American war cor
respondents, in recent letter speaks
thus Of Gen. Sheridan: Seen Shor-
idan was thirty-three years Of age on
the 9Th Of last September He is a
liulo below the medium height, com
pactiy built, and very active. His
face is pleasant 10 look upon. 1t is
not handsome face. Brown and
hardy with the exposure of many
campaigns before and during tho
present war, it is tho ideal of sol
liors face in everything. lthas gray
eyes q think the eyes are gray, that
CLEAN on appropriate occasions with
fascinating humor or savage fire.
Black hair and q black mouslache,
and whiskers slightly tinged with gray,
crown and wreathe a oountenance
whose smile is that Of a eourtier,
whose frown is positively tempestuous.
Cen. Sheridan habitually wears a full
dress frock coat, and usually fatigue
cap His manner is frank, cordial,
straightforward, at all times never
assuming, never overbearing. You
should see him strolling about camp
with his hands in his trowsers' pock-
cts, his square shoulders slightly ele-
waited, his head bent in meditation, or
occasionally lifted TO ask, or reply TO
a.question from one of his staff. His
gait is light, elastic, half fanciful. 1t
reminds you Of a boy kicking at peb-
blcs. His voice is musical and merry
as a woman's. lie tells a story, or
gets Off a jest, with soft slow utter
ance that suggests withheld laughter.
4-.--.--1----.Lle- to OonOvipv "a InvIO
winning, graceful manner than that
which he assumes, or which is natu-
ral when he wishes to be kind. I'm
derneath all those winning ways
there is-concealed in ordinary mo-
ments-a dominating and sometimes
incousiderate will He has, in fact,
another way with him, decidedly.
Ills staff, while nearly all in love with
him, are sometimes hard worked to a
pitch of swearing Through the or
deal of fire, passing often fearless and
unscathed, this man whom the nation
honors to-day has arisen to be so
worthy that all the hooking breath Of
Christendom cannot make him appear
less 50 to all true men. To see him
on the field is to say, Is it not glori-
Gus 10 be a commander He is en-
orgy and enthusiasm incarnate. He
rides, an urging, impelling presence,
wherever the battle RACES. A battle
to him has the same glorious zest that
inspires the gladiator when he girds
himself TO his cruel work. He thinks
constantly Of how he shall make overy
muscle lin his army do q telling
work Here is a chance for the cav
airy. The cavalry goes in. Here is
a weak point that brigade may sue
coed in piercing. The brigade is or
dered to charge. The character Of
the firing shows that the enemy is
weak. Moro troops are hurried in
upon them. And now, as the volume
of musketry becomes less heavy, and
the cannon cry out with lazier boom,
inc is getting the reins leading to his
whole army well gathered for the
close. Staff-oflicer after staG-oAicer
comes and goes. His orders are quick,
terso, full Of grim and not quite
original humor. The army receives
them, however, and knows what they
mean. Whom it goes into this last
charge Of all, ride the charge Of the
afternoon at Cedar Creek, its blow is
like tho stroke of lightning, shatter-
ing all before it. Every man who
hears the shock of that desperate en-
counter all along tho lines, knows
that he will be stood by TO the death,
and fights on to the death willingly.
This kind Of fighting wins victories.
To get this kind of fighting out of the
army is one Of the qualifications Of q