The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-01
The New York Times and Genera
Bcallregart1.

On his way to Europe, Gen. G. T.
Beauregard stopped in New York.
The editor of the New York Times
was honored with on interview, and
thus refers to it:
,n;Gf For two NO. or haa, three days past there
and through the corridors OF the
New York Hotel q dapper little gen
tleman, in whose finely cut, thought
full and somewhat sad face, the scruti-
nizing observer, perchance, might
s'read tho construction Of no erdi-
nary man, but whose unimposing
presence would be little likely to
mark him out as cynosure Of public
gaze.
Yet, that same lnimposing little
parsonage has q name that was once
a spell-a name which, for good or
i'll, must live in all time; because it is
interwrought with the mightiest
events of the mightiest of wars. 1t
is the name of the man whose bate
ries, in Charleston harbor-moro DO
tent than the eloquence of those an
cient, who
''Shook the arsenal,
And fulmined over Greece"
brought twenty millions of freedmen
to their feet; and awoke in volcanic
splendor the deep core of patriotic
fire in all the 'populous North" It
is the name of the man who, in win
ming Bull Run and giving the South
its first victory, and the North its
first defeat, was the means-so mys-
terious is Gods logic-of blessing
the cause he abased rs much as he
blighted that he upheld 1t is the
name of him who marshaled the hosts
of the Confederacy at Shiloh 1t is
the name of him whose defence of
Charleston harbor, unsurpassed in
skill, vigor and endurance by any on
rec .rd, outshines the fame of Sara
gossa and Derry. 1t is the name of
G. L. Beauregard.
Gen. Beauregard arrived in this
city, from New Orleans, on Monday
last, and sails to-day in the Scotia
for Europe, whittier he goes in the
interest Of the Louisiana Railroad, Mt
the head of which he has been since
the close of the war Although the
whilom warrior, now that he has
beaten his sword into pruning
hook, is bent solely on business, we
suppose it likely that he will come in
for good share OF the lionizing that
has always befallen the prominent
actors in the war, as have CHANGED to
visit Europe And the more so that
though several Union Generals have
gone abroad, Beauregard will be the
first notable Confederate commander
whom our good friends on the other
side Of the Atlantic will have had an
opportunity to ''honor.
We spent an hour yesterday with
the ex-chieftain, and though have as
suredly no intention of playing the
part of Jenkins, it may not be ont of
place to give brief outline of what
manner Of man we found him to be.
And first of all, the actual face Of the
man bears little resemblance to the
"counterfelt presentments" of him
that pass current. This is, proba-
bly,, il part due to the fact that he
has lately shaved his face clean, with
the exception of his moustache, and
also to the fact that under the rack
ling experiences of war he has great
ly aged-his once jet-black hair being
now turned iron-grey, and his face
furrowed and care-worn. In person
he is slight and 1.-the, and he is per-
haps rather under what is called the
medium height. The removal of the
mask Of beard from the lower part of
the face discloses small and delicate
chin-not weak indeed, but rather