The Shasta courier., 1867-03-30

GENERAL Phil. SHERIDAN, OF THE CAV
ALRY.-General Phil. Sheridan is here-the
rage of receptions, the beau sabreatr of soirees,
the lion Of society, the envied of men, and
the adOred of women. A Murat by military
reputation, General Phil. is a Napoleon |.
IN personal appearance but Napoleon of
the intensely American type; a Napoleon
who was fed on hog and hominy in his youth,
instead Of Maccaroni and beeafcoes who
takes blue pill when his digestion is out of
order, instead of barley Cruel and fasting
who is more familiar with champagne than.
with can sucre and who, as between cafe
OUR and 8 old commissary," might possibly,
under certain circumstances-such as a long
march and a very wet night-prefer the lat
ter more thanssvulgar stimulant.
General Sheridan's appearance is exceed
ingly remarkable. In height he is not many
inches over five feet-about NapoleOn's size
and his face is Napoleonic, though rather
animal in its type, beyond the average of
likenesses. lie has the dark eyes, dark hair
closely cropped, brunette complexion, oval
contour, classical features, square jaws,
prominent check bones, straightly compress
ed mouth, compact and mathematical fore
head, which we see in the earlier pictures of
the First French Consul. Like Napoleon,
also, his neck is very short, bringing his
head well down between his shoulders, like
large conical mushroom without stem !;
and the striking, or main popularity of his
appearance is the length of his body and
arms, contrasted with the shortness of his
legs-these latter terminating (let me add in
.justice) with exquisite little feet, high in the
instep and tapering in the toes, which might
be shown off to advantage in (" Ladies'
Number Twos," the material either pink
satin or bronzed calf, and with pink or blue
rosettes at the bottom of the instep.
You want to know what Phil. Sheridan
is like?' said President Lincoln once to
Uncle Gideon Welles, who was asking in
his dreamy way what manner of man was
the young Western SaJrear, whose name
was Just then beginning to attract attention :
He is brown little fellow, with a long
body, short legs, not enough neck to hang
him, and such long arms that he can scratch
his ankles if they itch without STOPPING. D
No better description could be given in such
brief language of General Phil.'s externals,
except by adding that his face is intensely
Irish, Of the Southwestern, or Tipperary
type with dash of Spanish blood ! that
his smile is genial as a lovers welcome !;
and that his head, proving its good balance,
is less turned by the flattering attention
which everywhere meets him than ever be-
fore was the head of any bearded and bifur-
Gated animal with Milesian current in his
veins-the word bearded" reminding me
that l should have described his olive and
oval face as decorated with simple dark
brown moustache and imperial, not having
the ends elongated and waxed in what may
indiferently be called the Victor Emanuel
or Joe Corlies style. At table or on
horseback General Sheridan appears to be
man of the ordinary height and with a
powerful frame. 1t is only when on foot that
we notice he was intended for Centaur-
the mans body joined to horses neck-by
the shortness of his lower extremities