Show I A southern estimate of gen sheridan froin tho the ow orleans beo gen held command and resided iu ill this thia city about two ysais when lie he left eft now new 01 oilcans loans ilia his personal characteristics and opinions with the exception of the moie pr prominent bromine omine n t points point almost as little known as when lie came here yet lie ho was waa not an ii unapproachable man by any means and was not altogether void of good traits we have learned a few ulars of him aiom a person with will whom lie was wag on friendly termo and although lie may never return to new orleans some soine knowledge of ln his s disposition and may not nol be without interest our sa says y a lie he had like most soldiers an intense haried for politicians and avoided them thein as much is as possible that lie he was in an avowed and ext radical and believes that the affairs of this district should be so COD conducted ducted AS to minister to the success of liia hit put anity ty that he fi ly spoke in terms bernis of admiration of the bravery odthe of the confederate ti troops oops and the skill of their generals Genci Genei als and a although a soldier of harsh temper lie he was not an all ungenerous enemy much sui prise was often expressed heie bete at his ieta retaining ining in office persons who had held hili high hi 0 li rank in the confederate army gen sheddan was actuated in some soine of these int instances by personal onal regard for the pal pai panties ties and by an impatience under the pressure pies sure which was brought brou glit to bear on him to I 1 them he felt he was not liked ile hacic e and lie ho did not love for hate one of if the better traits in liis his charac chat ac ter to which we have alluded was liis his indifference to the of tile the press upon his proceedings he is bifid B 11 d to t 0 have been in favor of the fullest fic edoin of the press so that its ils atwi ances did not become directly ti cason able to tile the government its representatives were always received with coul tesy lit liis his headquarters and obtained the information they wele in search if without difficulty lie he gave gave them thein to cudei stand lie he did not car care c it a straw what the press said of him he made the attucks aitt icks upon him of sar madison adion madi 11 son wells the ex governor which appeared in ill paint a matter 0 of i ridicule and ic andily consented to their publication our bulther stated that although a man inan at times thries of ungovernable temper lie was not without humor that lie claimed to be nothing bat a soldier cr and did not lint plo pio fias fess fi as an acquaintance with willi civil affairs althou although V h a decided partisan nib his want of capacity as a civil I 1 tiler was made very manifest duding liis his rule over the people of louisiana who can call never foigel that lie he was the mant used by liis his party to elevate the colored over the white population timi our design 0 has not been in tep repeating eating the fule going facts to speak in terms of praise of gen sheridan whose cruelty in virginia will long be acred lie ile is not a man of fine instincts but a rough soldier and in the west may have opportunity to display the great energy for which lie was waa d distinguished during the war |