The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-23
,tran.s pornnlrs, ana certainly one lioro |

,franrsportrairs, ana certainly the iier.s
Of the bcifry of San Cosme, IN the Mexl
can war, and OF Belmont and Shiloh, die
rot lack the spirit Of intrepidity. Gen
Hancock was q gentleman Of ailaDie
even courtly, presence, and yet passion
ctelv fond Of icing in the thickest Of tho
bgbt. In gentleness Of manner and
dSu.,less nerve, Gen. Mcpherson some
what resenhled him. The peculiar naEt
and dent OF the nostril were well marked
ia each. For extreme samples OF the
curve we may select tho faces OF Cen
Malone. O desperate fighter; Col. Mosbyi
tho guerrilla chief; Gen. 4. j. Wood and
Gen. Corse, two most obstinate warriors.
OF the latter. Grant in his Memoirs says
He was q man who would Fever sur
render
Examples Of the curved nostril al.
raost as extreme as these, and aliAo- !
precisely alike, are found in the faces q
Adnirals Tarragut, FoO;e, Porter and
Worden. In Gen. Custer, whose bfii'
liant EXHIBITS in tho Shenandoah Valley
and In the pursuit from Petersburg 10
AppomGttox made him the lcau ideal
Of cavalrymen, we lni the flare OK iDo
rostril, yerv noticeable. They are Of
that sensitive variety which, IA the eA-
citemeut Of battle. dilatc and qu!ge. h-e
those of war horse.
re
"a glance at the portrait OF Gen. Lo-
ran. a natural soldier, exhibits the troit
well developed. The soldier mark, rs we
NAV now Justly term IT, is distinctly VS.
i5lc in tho photographs Of Fighting
Joe Hooker and Con. SedgwlcS and OK
Cen. Forrest. whose fcIOCIiy at lOtt III
low made him infamous. The curve y
readily porceptiblo in Longstrcet aud
Burnside and is particularly marked ~
ucn. Arui tead, who feA foremost in
fine CHARGE Of PiCkctt's division sc Cot
t-sburc. Gems. Terry anj y. u. Curtis,
the heroes Of Fort ishCr, arc sl!cu "
marked with Tins pccu.iallly-tAe il.l-I
especially So. He lost I'D cye IN lhe tuli-
Gus charge at Fort Fisher and mas De
considered a Representative volunteer
fighter. Ii him The nasal curve comes
10 point and slants downward, ol a.
does also in Gems. Barlow and Potter,
10th Of whom appeared 70 advantage
under the hottest tire.
"Gcn. McClau0nd YVES an obstinate cs
well as an AGGRESSIVE commandments
ever may be scil Of bis lack of cubolLi-
nation. Gen eigcl wa5 personally ILL
t.epil and audacious, though his services
IN the latter pant Of the war were dis
nlragcd and be was LEFT without o. adc-
iultS command. Both McClcmanI and
girel had the nasal slant and curve III @
conspicuous degree.
Tho list of those IN whose faces We
.hculd expect 70 find this mark Of the
older. and wherein We actually do iird
it. might 10 extended 90 a. 20 include
men az ouch brilliant records O. Gems.
stanley. Ord, John G.. Robinson and
others. but wo must be careful ID draw
the line, as 7 have ct the outset between
those who appeared to lose fighting fer
Tho excitement and ferocity Of it-a sur
vival OF o savage trait-and those who
FOUGHT rs Cen. Upton did at Sp0r5yl-
vania. lust as unyi-ldiagly, from higher
motives. There were cplenuid cCi-lcr5
who fought, Is the rebel boy Oppressed
it, cause they didn't want to 81
licked
Il have not EXTENDED my observations
tcvond the heroes OK our l.tc wax, bu. q
Glance over some CT tie rather poor pCr-
traits cxtant Of our lcAlcan N.-r sen.
erals and Of Napoleon marshall VIII de-
tect the soldier mark strongly lhown I'D
tho faces Of Gen. Zachary Taylor and
Gen. Worth and iu Iar halls Ney, hurst
md Macdonald %
Reverting to The subject Of marginal
illustrations which led into that Ill
erosion about battle noscs-Aaj. Crcnin
may Justly claim their 0riginatiOn m the
unique and costly form in which he PIE
sents them, and his work israpidly win
ming celebrity for him.
Mai. Cronin has had o curiously varied
existence. 81 birth q Green MouL.cin
boy, he studied art in London, Pai.5,
Antwerp, Brussels and Dusseldorf; prac-
ticed law; was distinguished for gall2ntry
az an officer II the Union army, where
he was at the time enc Of Harper IS
Weekl7's artists; founded The Ling.
hamton Times, which lie edited until &c
made il q success; was o railroad mag
nate In Texas, and now. still Ia the prime
OF life, has settled down % devote
himself Tor the rest Of his days 20 thc
dainty and charming wcr.; Of marginal
In this his extraordinary
versatility IS not less remarkable than
thc almost microscopic delicacy Of his
execution. Portraits, groups, battle
scenes, quaint conceiia OF fancy, land
scapes, malino views and animal pic
lures arc all wrought with pen and ink
20 the fneness Of tho most perfectly ..n-
ishcd steel engraving, OF handled with
the bold Observation-Disclosures as the pic
lures are-cf an artistic ctching; or they
ere marvellous little bits OF water color
ing, OF lepia washes, soft, dreamy END
tender. the eamo excellence pervad1g
al j. II. COySLLLE