Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1866-12-28
FREMONT SANDUSKY COUNTY, OHIO DECEMBER M 1885,

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| friends. Rosseau is made "a natural lead
err of men-bold and rugged of nature,
and loyal, true and affectionate to the
backbone. Buell. is at once one of the
greatest generals and the greatest failures
of the war-''a perfect soldier in manner,
bearing, GOODNESS, courage and energy"
McCook is represented san overgrown
schoolboy," whom Sherman jocosely called
'the juvenile McCook." Crittenden, who
has lately been taken from private life and
made Colonel of one of~the new regular
Regiments, is described as "a lawyer, with
little legal and no military ability" and
Gilbert as ''a martinez without an idea of
discipline or systematic worst kind of a
martinez" Rosecrans is made out "an
Iimposter on the American public, know
ling nothing of war but its tricks, more fit
to be chief of spies than general; ner-
Aous to incoherency and incapacity." Cor
don Granger, in command of corps, is
made to appear only as captain of bat
terry. "Old steady" Steedman stands forth
equally brave, bold, positive, unfinching,
practical and impudent and is the real
''character" of the book. Logan is the
Representative General of the Western Ar
my. Negley appears the best read and
most thoroughly well informed among the
officers of the volunteer army. I. J.Wood,
captious and energetic, gets all the credit
for the good work of Crittenden's corps,
and is said ''to have furnished Crittenden
with all the military brains and formed for
him all the militarycharacter he ever had" ?"
O. o. Howard is, in Mr.. Shanks' opinion,
ga soldier on principle, reformer and an
enthusiast, but not an eralts." "Black
Jack Logan" who is said to resemble in
person the ''Jack of Spades" (Sheridan is
called the ''Jack of Clubs, y is made out
''the same daring, enthusiastic and valor-
GUS fighter that Sheridan is, full of dash
and vim and 60, and of a naturally warm,
enthusiastic and daring temperament" !"
and similar portrait is presented of the
adventurous Geary of Pennsylvania"
Lively New York Gossip.
'Mack" writes to the Cincinnati Com
nercial as follows, concerning some of the
notables in Gotham:
JOHN MoRRIsEY.
had the pleasure of seeing one of New
York's distinguished representatives-Mr.
John Morrisey-the other day, in one Of
the reading rooms of the Astor House. l
had seen him some years ago, when he
was travelling on bis muscle-when he
wore short, croppy hair, and had two fists
like two battering rams. In the Demo-
cratic Congressman of to-day l tried to
recognize the pugiist of ten years since,
but couldn'nt-nor could l even detect the
poker-player of yesterday. John looks
quite respectable for New York politi-
clan. AS between him and Fernando
Wood, if l had to walk arm in arm with
both, and rely solely upon my knowledge
of physiognomy as an index to character,
l should unhesitatingly carry my pocket
book in the Morrissey side of my panta.
looms. OF course John doesn't look like
a gentleman, except upon the modern the
ory that every male person of twenty-one
years and upward, who doesn't perform
some outrageously indecent acts is gen.
tlenau, or upon the principle adopted by
hotel clerks, in the disposition of rooms,
that whoever wears good broadcloth is ipss
facto an eminently respectable individual
and entitled to the first foor front
People may talk as they will of the
moral aspect of this thing of sending a
prize fighter to Congress. How much
worse is Morrisey sober than Salisbury
drunk And would a Congress of Morri
seys done worse than the Thirty-eighth
Congress did in playing into the hands Of
stock spectators, jobbers and gamblers
Let Morrissey have chance. He may
be good deal better than the average
New York members, and he can't be much
worse.
HORACE GREELEY.
Perhaps ought to say here that the
common impression about Greeleys mode
of life is not correct. While in the city,