Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-07-21
eath's Pen Picture Of Hancock,
indianapolis Ssp tipel. ]

hC WOIC, No 10 OOiikdtOTy OIL SUCH
occasions, q rich blue suit, iull
epaulets of gold, and rich belt and
side.arms, aud OIL his nose was u
pair Of common horn ye.glassea
His mustache was trimmed French
or Spanish style, and, with bis rath.
er heavy throat, small, narrow ears,
and level, military eyes, l thought I
had seen pictures like him of mod.
ern French marshals and generals.
such as Bazaine.
The characters of his features in.
dicates just what he has been--x
we'll concentrated military officer,
OF original good health, of whom the
discipline of West Point has brought
out at his handsomes,, till under the
labors of real warfare and the relax.
atiOns and bospitalilies OF peace, in.
creasinR age had given more fluid
and flesh to his body, and he was
now a rather portly man, though
full everywhere and not with 4
paunch. His shoulders and figure
are very straight; his eyes are those
of observation and dispatch, with.
out much incidental expression.
such as would follow from much
reading, or reflection, or from .
quarrelsOme nature, or excessive
ambition.
Nature and his parent gave him
good health, he gave himself a wife
early; his employs ent was TO bis
liking, and, therefore, bis life, not.
outstanding its suf'erings and sue.
cesses, has been congenisl. he has
a forehead BY no means high, yet
modelled on the lines of q head Of
action, the faculties being compress.
ed there, though in harmony. His
blue eyes are guarded By q pair of
stifflsh lashes which, without
being soft or beautiful, give q fine
regularity to this part Of the face,
coupled with decision and sometimes
sternness. He seldom smiles and
never laughs. He seems to measure
what is going on with these lashes
placidly. and when they rise and
open more than usual the mettle in
the man ia then seen to he formida.
BILE. He has a straight nose, par.
ticularly striking or large, chin
we'll rounded but not heavy, though
the chops and throat come up to It's
assistance and show the bull dog
lying about the jaws aud neck. His
hair is yet smooth and of q light
brown color, a little warmer than
sandy, and some gray now appear
both there and in the goatec and
moustache, but not enough to ex.
punge the phantom of the young of.
fcer at the outbreak OF the rebellion,
who bounded from Q qsrtermaster's
captain to be q brigadier general Of
volunteers.
The bodily parts OF Hancock are
equally large and harmonious; it 10
easy 10 be seen how bis fine straight
fgure-neither rigid nor plant, but
solid-seated on a horse, aud with
his cool, but watchful face dominat.
ing il, would look to be one OF the
spirits of battle. The army indeed
had taken a healthy subject from
nature and nodded it 70 her uses
aud history.
With q warmish nature, but cool
habits, the man has never lost sight
either of his profession or his resI,on.
sibility, and, may add. his selfre.
spect. and they have finally made
out ola good, beefy son OF Pennsyl.
vania a soldier and gentleman.
Men. with, perhaps. more military
talent. have yielded to the facina.
iions Of conviviallty, or, to rivalry.
gossip or rancOrs, aud have failed Of
their great promise, while this man,
who WAS only a fine looking officer
for years, gravitating toward family
life, restraining his ardor in any
particular direction, and always
making the best, II not the most Of
a battle opportunity, has come TO
be the leading major general In the
army and without q stain 40 that
he was eligible for a great party as
it's presidential candidate.
II he had allowed one enemy to
disturb bis bead, one appetite to
ouigrow itself, we should never
have heard his name at the head of
a national ticket. Though bis name
10 Winfield Scott, be has avoided
the egotisms and complacency OF that
prodigious old man. BY 40 means
a negative parsonage, Hancock has
yet placed obedience higher than
genius, aud this has kept him from