New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-12-08
Revolutionary Men and "reminiscences

Revolutionary Men and Reminds
correspondent of the Petersburg Express,
writing from q near Leetown Jefferson county va
sends that paper an interesting letter about revoiu
t;o,,orv man and "reminiscences, from which we make
the following extract:
n IN immediate vicinity Of the spot from which
adrass Won these lines, the diapldated and an
que residences Of three nf nns
If the American Revolution. Within radius OF one
mile and half lived long and weary years! onaties
Lee the sinister hero Of Monmouth; Horatlo uates,
IN loser Of the battle of Camden and the southern
campaign and Adam Stephen, the carry lrlenu "a
Washinrton, In this little yiage-on whose golden
forests am gazing, under the shadow OF the great
woods here-remote from camps ana Ihe nasnt ny
world these three warriors rusted OUT the Tealnuer
of their lives in ingorious repose the SWORDS IN moth
eotan scabhards, no more to be drawn. Here, If |
mistake not, two of them died, and soon even
these lingering memorials of them will crumDe and
disappear as their figures are fading from the general
Lees house is hundred PAGES from the little as
Santiago of houses called by his name, and is an OBJ.
long building Of stone, with chimneys at each end
and mdway-low, with rude porch, depenealns, as
# we're, above the rough door. and with few out
houses, Gates lived somewhat further from the town.
in a plain, undecorated building and Stephen occu-
MED mansion probably built by the earliest pioneers
Of the valley in which everything ~ si ANU oo o,
fined but the fireplace. But that is neither small nor
confined it is grand-enormols. Around IT, now
man. aood csmnanes must have gathered in the
oIden day, and whose rounds OF reyelry shook the
rafters over head You may read OF Adam Stephen
in Sparkss edition of the writings of Washington,
and there YOU will find that among the hardy gentle
men who stood shoulder to shoulder with the young
chief at Winchester, when the Indians raVagea tne
valley a hundred years ago, was Leutenant Stephen.
A large landed proprietor hereabouts he doubtless re-
sented the trespass of the Indians upon his grounds
stretching toward the foot OF the great Norm NOUN
tain-at least know that he did GOOD service. ne
tiva the
struggle but left the army about the period OF the
battle Of Princeton disguised at something or other
and SO came hither and lived and died. r =
Of Gates and Lee more IS knoM t ane STORY Of
Monmouth YOU NAV read in full in the recently pub
lished third volume of 1rvings great WORK. IL Is
probable that history will finally show that Lee was
not much in the wrong as tne f,sa 20
treat-and that this retreat very nearly ruined an ne
plans of Washington. and lost us the battle,thls IS
certain; but it was probably an error OF Judgment
not want of courage. In Leutzs great picture lie
sits his horse sueny before the chief whose hot an
rer flames ont All that he did and said afterwards
vas suen, too, unfortunately. High words-indig-
nant correspondence Washington cold and naughty
Lee raging; then urt-martlal-snsl'ensloh lor
yaarand Zee in utter disgust, threw up his commas
sion and came hither " to hoe tobacco that being
the best school for general" he said, with sheer
at Washington. And here, in this poor ana obscure
dwelling as have said, rusted out the sharp spirit
of Lee, and fell into dust and oblivion With few
ueiehbors-no friends-surrounded by hounds and
horses and making inc esG nna G ded one dnv
nearythus n7ed Vlie uetta aet ~
long afterwards, says tranla.on y, my tbo
Washington sent his old adversary ilot' s5, rri
he would call on certain morning, anu re- lii
that he hoped that all PAST coIento aaa Glelnes
mad been 1orgotten-iie was coming W See niin do oil
old comrade N arms-as Iilehq' - + 81, hi.
On the day liked for the gist, LEG sel' away az MS
servants, placed upon me locked lron1 uoor paper
with No meat cooked mere toS wd'5ea
and then followed ms servants, ieSis wv M
TO KNOCK N yam ne tGvef n move "' en
passing year. the eccentric soel RiGm llole ooSe
and repelng Inc groundeor OF ms t mouse s was u,-
vided BY chalk lines merely torn h hon loi com
te S s g he on S m . IN
s Hr TS 5sd ased or RcheB He
could thus SIT IN one sp9l, lie s,u' Mi ; l IN o.
and Overlook his entire nreu ms dG
and ms silent misahlhIopy ~ lss' ne a
no 4ha o 1I derinn tn him and