Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-11-23
WRDSEsDAY B .ET ING, sN0 EMMBHR % 1864.
Confederate Leaders.

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Confederate Leaders,
: From q late number of the. London ~
a.strated ENeses, we extract the snbjoined
hearty and kindly notice Of some pictures
of our great Confederate leaders: .ygEI
To those who are reading the present
page of American history, these pictures
authentic and reliable portraits Of the
Spartan leaders Of the South will be sin-
valuable as ILLUSTRATIONS "A curious inter-
est; attaches to then, moreoyeb from the
fact that they have arun the blockade; "
They. we're passengers on some low, black
snake Of steamer that crept through the
!beleaguefing sqdadron and sped away to-
sea, laughing all pursuit to scorn. We all
most picture to ourselves the canvas hang
ing in the little cabin, gazing, With strange
speculation IN their painted eyes, out
toward the Federal cruiser III chsse. They
have Epassed the peri, Fare here among usf
to bring before usyividlY some fthef chief
;attors in the great tragedy Of endurance
that is enacted, South. Many an exiled
sConfedsrate will doubtless visit this colleci
stion at No. '8l4 Oxford street, and find
food for comfort in the pale; stern faces of
the men who, guard the freedom Of his
country. ~ .s - -. =: ..,1.s. 4
By some strange freak Of naipre, Jehsr-
son Davis, the President, whose .portrait
is: the first z to which our attention is
drawn, has much in it that is usually held
as indicative Of the yankee type. This
may, perhaps, be owing in some degree to.
the peculiar beard-of the same cut as
that so familiar in the portraits Of his rival,I
abraham Lincoln. There is more refine
ment, though, about Davis; and the intel
.leet-cool, calculating and indomitable-s
which looks out Of bis clear grey. eye,i
exerts ahigher pressure on the ply
ssiaue than is fdsnal TO the common run Of
Americans One impression which the por-
trait leaves on the mind is that she aword isl
.frstting too thin 9 sheath.
General Lees honest, fine face, with itsll
silver locks and beard, and bright brown
eye,Fmight we'll look out Of q middle age
ecasaue, so marked is lit, bya ehivalrous|
nobility. AS; he stands, in am easy butsI
commanding posture, clad in. the plain
grey uniform, with tho simple three stars
-onthe collar, be. lookssthe very impersona-i
tion of frmness, boldness and vigor !; for
the SHOWS on his head are those OF expert |
ence, not decay. In the original sketch Ss,. q
the eye has q joviai roilieking expression, 4
and the face . merry, kindly smile, which, i
in the absence OF the uniform, makes us
fancy that We are regarding the Likeness OF
some veteran 1itsratsstr, running over With
BON 3 nsotss epigrams and 1l anecdotes; So s
i. Beauregard's face is probably the one
which would be selected as the 'handsomestIi
-byza lady visitor 1t bears &unmistakaola|
,aigns'of hiss French torigin. Indeed, with
shaven, cheek and small iron, grey nous nous
tache, be might pass for hero of a. the
Chmea, a fne, thoughtful head is hlsi
and there is no lack Of armness and deii
tcisionS in 1thes thin, compresssd lips, half
hidden in. the esnatl iEon, grey smonstaehesi
aforesaid. ss ss;;s - ;sg:s55s,-J 2.
:Generai Stuart IS anotner whose nation- |