The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-10-29
MEN OF THE PEOPLE.
Distinguished Personagss Gathered ut thu
Grant Obsequies.

| Distinguished PerEonRges Gathered ut thu
Grant Obsequies.
Possibly so many distinguished men
have ncver before been brought to-
gethcr in New York OH any Que occa.
sion. In tho groups that gathered
now aud again. there wero TO bo seen
tho incised features Of Senator Evurts
'the cultured Lincoln" as | hoard hin,
called; Senator Morrill,. of Vermont,
tall. stoop-ShouldereI. with white,
student face. something ia appearance
like Charles Sumuor's, but not SO
heavy or leonino aud vigorous; shorl
and inclined to DO stout, with n soldier
ly mustache and goatcc. gold eye glass
cs and light slouch hat, and hand.
some and dapper enough for tho admi.
ration of all tho fair sex; Senator
Warner Miller, with his large round
face, blonde mustacho, heavy weight
and slow movements; John Sherman,
erect and angular rs IL guidc-post, with
his koen face lifted above ali his fell
lows; Senator lShAm G. Harris OF len
nessee, with bald and shining head;
ex-President Hayes, with sandy hair
aud freckled face. stoutcr than of yore;
ex-Prcsident Arthur. also grown n trfle
grey and little stout. elegant in at
tire, as always; ex-Attorncy General
Pierrcpont. who. by his cut of whiskers
and facial expression. might havo
stepped from picture Of. u Puritan
gathering into his modern garb and
modern surroundings; tho smooth
shaVen, wrinklod and smiling visage OF
Governor Oglesby, Of Illinois; Henry
Watterson. i'll q brown business suit,
brusque and nervous, with his head
turned slightly TO ono side and moving
constantly about to secure for his ono
eye tho vision Of two; Murat Halsteud,
with Field Marshal air, and mustacho
and goatee white rs tho driven snow;
Speaker Carlisle, with dark suit
strangely i'll contrast with high white
hat, under which tho same cynicul
smile is constantly to ,bc soon on his
bare face; Samuel j. Randall, standing
by him. heavier in form, larger in mold
and feature. with the same thin-lipped
smile, but dressed in better taste, Gen.
N. L. Banks. of Red river fame. These
and hundreds of others command ut-
tention, by reason of their prominence
In public life or their personal appear
ance. Nearly all of the throng have
| ~'ocbAb 80 ~ hehe AooSI llOin luO
walks OF life. 1t is q revelation of the
possibilities OF the new world. of which
General Grant wrote to General Buck
ner, Il know now the value Of our in
heritance." l saw General Sherman
moving about tho Fifth Avenue Hotol
corridors in an old straw hat, an alpa.
ca blouse with single button. and q
pair of battered slippers. and then
blossoming out in full uniform, tall,
erect. martial and proud, tino type
OF the American citizen soldier. Tho
quaint manners and tho freedom with
which hc can be approached by any
one ana every one. are not least of the
features Of his character that draw
men involuntarily to like "Old Tecum
sch, tho loader of tho March to the
Sea, that cut the rebellion in two. AL.
together different is General Phil Shcri,
dan, who went about with his brother.
Colonel "Mike" Sheridan, who is fre.
quently mistaken for him, as o sort OF
twin Sheridan, in a crowd, and would
be picked out by stranger as n pros
porous turfman. In civilians dress ho
looks ns if he had just stepped out of a
bandbox. except that his face is bronzed
and Redeemed. His suit of groy En-
glish goods fits him like wax. In the
wearer of high white hat it would bo
difficult to discover otf-hand the hero
of Winchester and the gallant cavalry
man who cut out tho Confcderacy at
kicmond. These men were Grants
foremost lieutcnants. In the group of
Senators called here by the Vice Presi-
dent, third type of soldier was pre-
sented to view i'll tho swarthy face and
raven mustache of General Logan.
who, perhaps, more thnn any other
man, is to-day the iavorite Of tho vol
unteer soldiery, whose deeds and yalor
saved the Union. 1t would DO hard to
lind, the country over. or the world
over, handsomor typical warrior than
General Hancock. whose 250 pounds
arc carried in military harness with a
martial air and galIantry beyond all
criticism. These four men, like Gen.
Grant are Of humble origin.
CHANGING through tho gathering
crowds l saw General Lew Wallace,
looking sober and thoughtful, through
gold bowed spectacles under o brown
elouch hat. but missed his fellow oflicor,
General McClcrnand, who fell with him
under the wrathful criticism of Grant
at Shiloh and Donolson. Gencrul Wal
lace has acted with n manly dignity in
tho matter that l hear Is likely to he
though he may not know it,
by words of justice to him which Gen.
Grant has written and left behind in
his memoirs. General Wallace has
claimed that. but for himself and Nc
Clornand, Grant would have been
crushed in either of those battlos. II
Grant should have so written it, Wal.
lace may we'll have wai&d in silence
until now. T. Ifidunc's "Groups
al The N,t, 49,"