The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-06-11
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IRON an indianapolis Paper
or tho distinguished armv oHcers
gho attended the funeral Of General
Candy IL this city, Lieatenaut-Gener-
n Phil Sheridan was probably Oh
served with the most curiosity. His
career Is not only very brilliant, but
there IS so much Of personal magnet
ism about the man that the eyes of
the people follow lin wherever he
goes. Ia personal appearance be
is below mesiium stature, short, broad
sh0uldered, with head and face fun
of pluck, FIRE, aud determined eharae-
ter. If there Is anything IN anything
in phvsiognomy or physiology, every
bump on bis head and every line on
his face show the soldier and the man
Of nerve. He has piercing eyes, a
large aggressive nose, heavy beiiger-
ent Jaws, q big head with an enOr-
nous amount Of brains behind the
ear, and altogether a man OF tre-
mrndous energy and perfect selfeonh-
dence he Is full Of ERE and magnet
ism, quick as lightning in his percep-
tions, genial in bis address, lively in
conversation, and altogether a man
Of rare artractiveness and power.
During bis STAY here he was con-
ycrsing with a few friends touching
his military experiences and cam
paigns, when he said:
There is 4 mighty sight Of 70
nance and q great many interesting
episodes connected with the war that
the historians never got hold Of. For
instance, there has been q great deal
said about the battle Of Winchester,
a little affair in which / had hand
Well, it was q pretty square fight,
but DO you know that battle was fought
on the strength Of information which
obtained from 3 young lady in the
town of Winchester. and if the reb-
els had known she was giving it 20
ne they would have hung her in
minute. Twas very anxious to get
information Of the rebel strength and
movements 80 as 10 know Just when
and where 20 strike them, but did
not know how 10 get il. Finally |
heard Of a Union Young lsdy in
Winchester wZO could be relied upon
If | could get word 10 her Her
name was Miss Wright. / think she
is in the Treasury Department az
Washington now. But the trouble
was 10 communicate with her. One
dav ! heard Of an old colored man.
living outside nv lines. who had Z
pass TO 20 into Winchester 10 sell
vegetables. I sent for the old man,
and on talking with him. found him
loval. as all the e0lOred folks, were.
you know. Finding he could keep 3
secret, | asked him If be would IN
dertake 20 deliver Z letter 10 q young
lady in Winchester. The old fellow
said be would so | wrote q letter
on thin tissue paper. and rolled il up
in tin foil IL made a ball about q
big Is the end Of your thumb, and !
told the old man TO put i in h.s
mouth and deliver il 100 Miss Wright
in Winchester He went of and il
about two davs came back with an
answer, rolled up in the same piece
Of tin foil. / found I had struck q
mighty good load, and followed IL
carefully til | got al the informa-
ton I wanted The girl gave ne
more important information than l
got from all sources, and | planned
the battle Of Winchester almost en-
tirly on what got from her. She
was a nice girl, and as true as steel.
General Sheridsn's weight az the
close OF the war was III pounds.
After that he commenced picking up
rapidly, and his present weight is l65
pounds.