Evening journal., 1888-12-24


have been known to some savage tribes
las the Nez Perces). and a fierceness of
aspect was heightened by cutting pieces
from the nasal lobes. A photograph of
the celebrated Minnesota Sioux chief,
Cut Nose, exhibits the effect thus pro
duced.
"Tho intrepid courage and superb
fighting qualities of Gen. Phil Kearny
are too well known to be dwelt upon.
He was called the bravest of the brave
The lower lines Of his nose show how
nature had stamped his character.
"Gen. 'Stonewalr Jackson's personal
qualities as a soldier are equally well
known. Though his piety was undoubt-
edly sincere, he evidently delighted In
battle and his onset was like that of
tiger springing upon his prey. The cir
ciinstances of his death attest his in
dllerence TO personal danger.
"Of the reckless personal daring of
Sherman, Sheridan and Thomas, it Is un-
necessary TO speak. Their photographs
will show the curve of the nostril highly
developed, coming almost to point in
Sherman, who, on occasion, would
rather tight than eat
-
Though not so pronounced as In Sher-
man, Sheridan and Thomas. the peculiar
curve is quite noticeable in some of Gen.
Grants portraits, and 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 intrepidity. Gen.
Hancock was a 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 nervo, Gen. Mcpherson Aome-
what resembled him. The peculiar fare
and dent of the nostril were well marked
IN each. For extreme samples of the
curve we may select the faces of Gen.
Malone, desperate fighter; Col. Mosby,
the guerrilla chief; Gen. I. j. Wood and
Gen. Corse, two most obstinate warriors.
OF the latter, Grant in his Memoirs says;
He was a man who would never sur
render
Examples of the curved nostril al
most as extreme as these, and almost
precisely alike, arc found in the faces of
Admirals Farragut, Foote, Porter and
Worden. In Gen. Custer, whose bril-
liant exploits in the Shenandoah Valley
and In the pursuit from Petersburg to
Appomattox made him the beau ideal
Of cavalrymen, we find the flare of the
nostrils very noticeable. They are of
that sensitive variety which, In the ex-
citement Of battle, dilate and quiver like
those of a war horse.
"a
"a glance ut the portrait of Gen. Lo-
! gan, u natural soldier, exhibits the trait
well developed. The soldier mark, as we
may now justly term it, is distinctly vis-
ible in the photographs of Fighting
! Joe Hooker and Gen. Sedgwick and of
Gen. Forrest, whose ferocity at Fort Pill
/ low made him Infamous The curve is
readily perceptible In Longstreet and
Burnside and is particularly marked In
! Gen. Armistead. who fell foremost in
the charge Of Pickett's division at Get
tysburg. Gems Terry and N. NJ. Curtis,
the heroes of Fort Fisher, are strongly
marked with this peculia1ty-the latter
especially so. He lost an eye In the furi-
ous charge at Fort Fisher and may be
considered a representative volunteer
fighter. In him the nasal curve comes
to a point and slants downward, as II
does also in Gems. Barlow and Potter
both Of whom appeared TO advantage
under the hottest fire.
Gen McClernand wns an obstinate az
well as an aggressive combatant--what
ever may be said of his lack Of subordi
nation. Gen. Sigel was personally In
trepid and audacious, though his service:
Ia the latter part Of the war were dis
paraged and he was left without an ade
qunte command. Both McClernand and
Slgel had tho nasal slant and curve In {
conspicuous degree.
1.-The list Of those In whose faces W,
should expect to find this mark OF tht
soldier, and wherein we actually do fine
It, might be extended so as to include
men OF such brilliant records as Gems
Stanley, Ord, John G. Robinson and
others, but we must be careful to draw
the line, as have at the outset, betweeI
those who appeared to love fighting fol
the excitement and ferocity of it-a sur
vival of a savage trait--and those whit
fought as Gen. Upton did at Spottsyl
vania, just as unyieldingly, from highe
motives. There were splendid soldier
who fought, as the rebel boy expressed
it, cause they didn't want to &c
Licked.
II have not extended my observation
beyond the heroes of our late war, but
glance over some of the rather poor por
traits oxtant of our Mexican war gen
erals and of Napoleon's marshals will de
tect the soldier mark strongly shown il
tho faces Of Gen. Zachary Taylor ant
Gen. Worth and in Marshals Ney, Mura
and Macdonald"
Reverting 70 the subject of "margina
illustrations'- led into that di
grcssion about battle noses-Maj. Croni
may justly claim their OriginatiOn in tn
unique and costly form in which he pre-
sents them, and his work Is rapidly win
ming celebrity for him.
Mai. Cronin has had q curiously varie
existence By birth a Green Mountai
boy, he studied art in London, Paris
Antwerp, Brussels and Dusseldorf; prac
ticed law; was distinguished for gallantr
as an officer in the Union army, wher
he was at the timo one Of Harper
Weekly's artists; founded The Bine
hamton Times, which be edited until b
made It O success; was q railroad mag
nate IN Texas. and now, still in the prim
of life, has settled down 10 devot
himself for the rest Of his days to th
dainty and charming work of margins
illustration. In this his extrnordinar
versatility is not less remarkable tha
, the almost microscopic delicacy Of hi
execution. Portraits, groups, battl
} scenes, quaint conceits Of fancy, lant
scapes, marine views and animal pi,
tures arc all wrought with pen and IN
to the finenes3 of the most Perfectly fil
ishcd steel engraving, or handled wit
the bold reedom-diminutiv as the pit
lures are-of an artistic etching; or the
, are marvellous little bits of water colo
ing, or sepia washes, soft, dreamy an
tender; the SAME excellence pervadin
, oil. J. II. CoNNELLy.