St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-13


Of the Atlantic, with headquarters ut Govern
or's Island. General Miles Is zone OF the
youngest neutrality-suspicious. in the army.
He is, however, oneof the best educated and
most successful of the army officers. He is
a man of commanding ability and is an ear
nest student. He is not over fifty years OF
age to-day. He is tall, broad -shouldered,
deep-chested, with the alert, vigorous look
of a man who observes all the laws Of health.
and who has "a profound ambition. His
head is large, round and fullF His brown
hair is thin and curling oyer a very broad
forehead. His nose is a soldieriy hook. His
eyes are clear and resolute in their express
sion, under very strongly defined eyebrows.
A heavy, curling brown mustaehe shades his
flrm-lned MOUTH, His square chm is smooth
shaven and blue in tint. He married q niece
of General Sherman, sister OF Don Gamer
on's wife. NJ s,S3t.y
1t is said that General Daniet q. Sickles is
tired of Washington and will not seek a 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 siofies will re-
main until the end one of the striking figures
two but does not look to be oyer sixty. His
figure is still erect and powerful. He has a
massive head, strong features, a dark COM
pleXion and an energetic expression which is
Increased by the fire of his dark eyes. His
thick head of hair and heavy mustaehe retain
their pristine hue, and seem, even darker
than they were in his younger years, and yet
nearly fifty years ago this SCARED veteran of
politics and war was in the New York Legis-
lature, and during the bitter debates upon
slavery that preceded secession he was
leader of the Democracy in Congress. His
career as a volunteer officer in the service Of
the Union, from the time he raised his re-
nowned brigade until the day he was MANNED
for life, and through the battles that were
fought between the Chickahominy and
Gettysburg, was distinguished by the same
vehemence and tenacity that he had pre-
viously displayed in politics and that were
subsequently displayed in another field,
about which less is known by his country
men. The story of his successful efforts at
Madrid, when he was American Minister to
the short-lived Spanish Republic QS69-1S74,
to bring about the abolition of negro slavery
in the Spanish West Indies, has never been
told. There are documents upon this sub
ject in the State Department at Washington,
from which one OF the most striking chapters
in our diplomatic annals could be written,
and it is to be hoped that the chapter, which
would bring to light remarkable but OBJ
scure episode in the stormy career of Gen
eral Sickles will remain unwritten till his
life has ended. 1t is not too much to say
that it was 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-
ton in Cuba was promulgated. Further
more, if General Sickles had then been able
to secure the desired cooperation at Wash
ington, the "Gem of the Antilles would long
ago have been under the American flag.
General Sickles is a man of fortune by inheri-
lance, and knows how to enjoy life in the
fashionable circles of New York. He is
favorite on festival occasions, and ranks
among the best after-dinner speakers in the
city. AS politician, soldier, diplomatist and
emancipation, he has played his part and
played it well.
Avolume OF verse that came from the press
few days since bearing the name of Theo-
dore Tilton as author served to remind a