Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-12-22
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s'Thoueh not 10 pronounced as In Eher.
man. Sheridan and Thomas, the peculiar
curve IL quite noticeable In como Of Gen.
Grants portraits, aud certainly the hero
of the belfry of San Cosme, In the Mexi-
can war, and Of Belmont and Shiloh, did
not lack the spirit Of intrcpidity. Gen.
Hancock was gentleman OF affable,
even courtly, presence, and yet passion
ately fond Of being in the thickest Of the
fight. In gentleness Of manner and
dauntless nerve, Gen. Mcpherson some
what resombled him. The peculiar flare
and dent Of the nostril were well marked
in each. For extreme samples OF the
curve we may select tho faces OF Gen.
Malone, n desperate fighter; Col. Mosby,
the guerrilla chief; Gen. 7. j. Wood and
Gen. Corse, two most obstinate warriors.
OF the latter, Grant in his Memoirs says:
'Ho was q man who would never sur
render
Examples Of tho curved nostril nj
most as extreme as these, and almost
precisely alike, are found In the faces Of
Admirals Farragut, Foote, Porter and
Worden. In Gen. Custer, whose bril-
liant exploits in the Shenandoah Valley
and In tho pursuit from Petersburg TO
Appomattox made him the beau ideal
of cavalrymen, we find the flare OF the
NtIl 4Dty iIc VI
that sensitive variety which, In the ex-
citement Of battle, dilate and quliver like
those of war horse.
"a glance nt the portrait Of Gen. Lo-
gan, q natural soldier, exhibits the trait
well developed. The soldier mark, as we
may now justly term II, is distinctly Wis.,
ible In tho photographs OF Fighting
joe Hooker and Gen. Sedgwick and of
Gen. Forrest, whose ferocity Mt Fort PHI
low made him infamous. Tho curve is
readily perceptible in Longstrcet and
Burnside and is particularly marked In
Gen. Arrnistead, who fell foremost in
the charge of Pickott's division at Get
tysburg. Gems. Terry and N. NJ. Curtis,
the heroes Of Fort Fisher, aro strongly
marked with this peculiarity-the latter
especially 80. He lost an eye in the furi-
GUS charge at Fort Fisher and may DO
considered representative volunteer
fighter. In him the nasal curve comes
to point and slants downward, as 1t
does also in Gems. Barlow and Potter,
both Of whom appeared TO advantage
under tho hottest fire.
"Gen. McClernand was on obstinate as
well az an aggressive combatant--what-
ever may bo said OF his lack OF subordi-
nation. Gen. Sigel was personally in
trepid and apdacious, though his services
In tho latter part Of the war were dis
paraged and he was left without an ade-
quate command. Both McClernand aud
Sigcl had tho nasal slant and curve In q
conspicuous degree.
''The list OF those In whose faces we
should expect to find this mark of tho
soldier, and wherein we actually DO find
it, might DO extended 80 as to include
men Of such brilliant records as Gems.
Stanley, Ord, John 9. Robinson and
others, but wo must be careful TO draw
tho line, as havo nt the outset, between
those who appeared to love aghting for
the excitement and feroeity OF It'd sur
vival of q savage trait--and those who
fought as Gen. Upton did ct Spottsyl-
vania, just as unyieldingly, from higher
motives. There were splendid soldiers
who fought, as the rebel boy expressed
II, ''cause they didn't want to get
licked
II have not extended my observations
beyond the heroes Of our lnte war, but
glance over some OF tho rather poor por-
traits extant Of our Mexican war gen
erals and of Napolcon's marshals will do
tect the soldier mark strongly shown In
tho faces OF Con. Zachary Taylor and
Con. Worth and in Marsha1s Ney, Murat
and Macdonald
Revcrting to The subject of marginal
illustrations led into that di-
gression about battle noses--Maj. Cronin
may justly claim their otigination In tho
unique and costly form in which he pre-
sents thom, and his work is rapidly win
ming celebrity for him.
Maj. Cronin has had q curiously varied
existence. BY birth Green Mountain
boy, he studied art in London, Paris,
Antwerp, Brussels and Dusseldorf; prac-
ticed law; was distinguished for gallantry
as an officer In tho Union army, where
no was at tho time one Of lIorpers
Wcekly's artists; founded Tho Eing-
hamton Times, which he edited until he
made it a success; was q railroad mag
nate In Texas, and now, still in the prime
Of lifo, has settled down to devote
himself for tho rest of his days to the
dainty and charming work Of marginal
illustration. In this his extraordinary
versatility is not less remarkable than
tho almost microscopic delicacy of his
execution. Portraits, groups, battle
scenes, quaint concelts OF fancy, land
scapes, marine views and animal pic
lures arc all wrought with pen and Ink
TO the flheness of tho most perfectly fin
ished steel engraving, or handled with
the bold reedom--diminutivC as the pic
lures are--of an artistic etching; or they
arc marvellous little bits Of water color
ing, or sepia washes, soft, dreamy and
tender; the samo excellence peryading
all. j, III, CONNELIy