Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-13

Is predicted that II his prosperity and ,ndc.
ment continue he will become before ton
years have passed one Of the very rich mon
OF New York. wonderful success this for
man who once stood in the shadow OF the
gallows
Army officers an looking forward with in.
.eres' to the coming OF General Nelson 4.
Miies' to take command Of the Department
OF the Atlantic, with headquarters At Govern.
ors Island. General Miles is one Of the
Youngest brigadier-generals in the army.
He is, however, one of the best educated and
most successful Of the army officers. He "a
man OF commanding ability and is an car.
nest student. He is not over ilfty vears Of
age to-day. He is tall, broad-shouldered
deep-chestcd, with the alert, vigorous look
oil man who observes all the laws Of health.
and who has n profound ambition. His
head Is large, round and full. His brown
hair is thin and curling over a very broad
forehead. His noscis soldlerly hook. His
eyes are clear and resolute In their express
sion under very strongly defined eyebrows.
A heavy, curling brown mustaehe shades his
hrm-lined mouth. His square chin is smooth
shaver and blue in tint. He married niece
OF General Sherman, sister OF Don Gamer.
on's wife.
1t is said that General Daniel L. sichles is
tired OF Washington and will not seek re-
election to Congress. Should this rumor
prove true few months will See the close so
FAR as the public is concerned. OF an extra
ordinary career. but General Sickles will re-
main until the end one OF the striking figures
OF this big town. He is now past seventy
two but does not look to be over sixty. His
figure is stlll erect and powerful. He has a
massive head, strong features, dark COM
plexion and an energetic expression which is
Increased by the fire OF his dark eyes. His
thick head of hair and heavy mustache retain
their pristine hue, and seem even darker
than they were in bis younger years and yet
nearly fifty years ago this Scared veteran Of
politics and war was in the New York Legs-
nature, and during the bitter debates upon
slavery that preceded secession he was a
leader Of the Democracy in Congress. His
career as volunteer officer in the service OF
the Union. from the time he mised his re-
nowned brigade until the day he was MANNED
for life, and through the battles that worc
fought between the Chleknhominy and
Gettysburg, was distinguished by the same
vchemenco and tenaoity that he had pre-
yiously displayed in politics and that were
subsequently displayed In another field,
about which less is known by his country
mon. The story Of his successful efforts at
Madrid when he was American Minister 10
the short-lived Spanish Republic qSG9-ls74),
to bring about the abolition OF negro slavery
in the Spanish West Indies has never been
told. There are { nmonts upon this sub
lect in the State Department at Washington,
from which one OF the most striking chapters
IN our diplomatic annals could be written.
and 1t is to be hoped that the chapter, which
would bring to light a remarkable but OBJ
sourc episode in the stormy career Of Gen.
eral sicIlcs, will remain unwrltten TIN his
life has ended. 1t is not too much to say
that it WIS by General sickles' pressure upon
CASTELAR, that the abolition OF slavery in Porto
Rico was brought about, nor is it too much
to say that It was under the same pressure
that the law providing for gradual emancipa-
tion in Cuba was promulgated. Further
more, II General Slcllos had thon been able
TO secure the desired cooperation at Wash
ington, the "Gem Of the Antilles" would long
ago have boon under tho American rag
General Sickles is a man Of fortune by iuhori-
lance and knows how to enjoy life in the
fashionable circles OF Now York. He Is "a
iavorite on festival occasions, and ranks
among the best aftor-dinner speakers in the
city. As politician, soldier, diplpmstist and
emancipation, he has played his part and
played it wolf
Ayolume Of verse that came from the press
4, tau, dova aipco hon rin,y tho mama of Theo-