Year: 1862

Have you ever seen III JacksonE
Many of your readers, at least, have not.
am not much at pen and ink portraits,
but | can not resist the temptation to
give you a short and rough sketch of the
Hero of the Valley. Imagine, then, a
man about FIVE feet ten inches high,
rather thick set, full chest, broad stall
wart shoulders, and indeed the whole
physique indicating what is commonly
called well-made man He is the
picture of health, yet there appears no
redundancy of flesh His face is slightly
bronzed from the constant exposure of
his campaigns. 1t was said of Caesar
that if he had not been a conqueror, he
would have excelled all his contempora-
ries as boxer or athlete; and so should
say of Jackson, he would be dangerous
antagonist at fsticuff His appearance
at first impresses you with the idea of
great powers of endurance, strength and
elasticity of frame. The expression of
his face adds to rather than diminishes
the general effect


There you see selfcommand, persever-
ance, indomitable will, that seems nei-
ther to know nor think of any other OBJ
stacle, and all this without the least adj
mixture of vanity, assumption, pride,
foolhardiness, or anything of the kind.
There seems a disposition to assert its
pretenslous, but from the quiet sense of
conviction of her relative position, which
sets the vexed question of selfimport-
ance at rest; a popularity, | would re-
mark, of great minds 1t is only the lit
tie and the frivolous who are forever OBJ
truding their petty vanities before the
world His face, also, expresses cOur-
age in the highest degree, and his phre-
noiogical developments indicate vast
amount of energy and activity.


His forehead is broad and prominent,
the occipital and cincipital regions are
both large and well-balanced; eyes ex-
pressing singular union of mildness,
energy and concentration; cheek aud
nose both long and well formed. His
dress is common gray suit of faded
casslmere-coat, pants and hat, the coat
slightly braided on the sleeve, Just
enough to be perceptible, the collar dis
playing the mark of Maior-General.-
OF his gait, it is sufficient to say that he
just goes along-not particle of the
strut, the military swagger, turkey-gob-
bier parade, SO common among officers
of small rank and small minds.


1t would be profitable for some of our
military swells to devote one hour of each
day to the contemplation of the magnifi-
cent plainness of Stonewall." To mil
itary fame, which they can never hope to
attain, he unites the simplicity of child,
the straightforwardness of Western far
mer. On last Sunday he was dressed as
above, and bestrode as common horse
as one could find in summer day.
There may be those who would be less
struck with his appearance, as thus ac-
coutred, than if bedizzened with lace and
holding the reins of a magnificent barb,
caparisoned and harnessed for glorious
war


But to one who has seen him at Cold
Harbor and Malvern Hill, in the rain of
shells and the blaze of the death-ights of
the battlefield, when nothing less than a
mountain would serve as a breastwork
against the 36-inch shells which howled
and shrieked through the sickly air, Gen
eral jackson in tatters would be the same
man as General jackson in gilded uni
form. In my simple view he is a nom
peril; he is without a peer. He has
enough energy to supply whole manu-
featuring district-enough military geni-
us to stroke two or three military schools
of the size of West Point.-iSacannah
| Ne,rs