Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-24
TIE YANKEE GEN. BUELL..
AraIL 9Th, 1854
To u. fS;,.v Of "a, Wa;o

could not suppress feeling OF tcorn, on readr N
tire Wh0 few days ago, Incident copied from the
Louisville J~aai relating 10 Gen Basll and an .sIsto
atc NASHVILLE lIdy. l! seems that the LADY, "a kraw,
ii''~sin fns large hous" Bull p,sdre. stood
at an open door, wisdom, and waving Cor feders,s
9, hurrahed for JED, Davis and the Southern Con.
isderscy whtrsupon 'be General reined 10 h hor O."
AMI ,u-rng toEa d. her. the account gce touched
his hat with all the courtesy and s1svy Tor which be- 10
remarkable, and surv ying the fas k11s from top 10
bottom with the eye OF q eonnoisseur, "a robbers eve
should say q1e;ly remarked: "4n excellent hous.
for hospital" Toe account further states that Ia less
than two hours every In the house, from top 70
bottom, full Of sick soldiers. and Mrs.. W. was poia
edlv requested to take care Of them.
Toe Louisville Journsl nh ,c.iDg upon this Incident
grows very witty, and concludes BY saying, We hear
y congratulate her upon the blessed privilege Of minis
tsrng to the needs Of sIdsrng rsrio,s" NV, uS,-
lees this piece Of revssg' taken upon "aritOers.
lady BY the very courteous Bisll," d.lgi:sd tie
whole Ysnkee nation aad nothing that their great
Generals do, however small, aye irsgn fc.rt ever es.
capss their obssrvaion We may 'x5ec tia. this ialI
event will nmorszs him. and that their EDITORIALS vii
forthwith contain lively iIu,rations Of the occurrence.
Gsa. Bisl, whom knew Of him from the 70.
count Of our friends whom hs visited soms 6vs
years ago In Eastern Virginia. uas not el.esred
in that Latitude. SO very elegant and "Oourteos.'
q gentleman, but was represented to u, As . 70.
uaIkably plain person. With his wife &c .ers
acquainted. She wts the widow Of Gen. Rsh.
ard Mason. He (G.n. ~ va, grand soa 81 old
George huon, OF Gu.ston, and Virginia gentleman.
We thought when she married him. ths. |. was desc ut
dr, n had lde and this accounts fos the Curiosity
LII al a.. a..
then Aej r Buell. GSa. hasons uido~ was unoo
y hAdssme aud her husbsnd had Left hsria fss ps
thu very comfortable sun OF ffty thousand dol,rs
Buell. prosssei gseas frisndsaip for Cen Mason, nd
b. way of ~iag it, toos care OF his wid,. aud Go
monty Tor bin after bis dsata. Aad n,w that he Is Ia.
vading slave STATE hist, b. ho2si that b, will rem=.
Der bis experience with that Gs,u:ioa aad laers
by he induced 70 deal iery With the rights Of
general MrI. BAIL brought vita Der fro T,rls
where her busbsn he'd been ftationed several saver
These we're brough. TO Virgins for safe keeping, &c
Hj1r b. aud wife anticipated At tia. tins scjoufn ia
New Yo:k, where Of coutss Yiakss 4 Dc or evsi
Gsutri cannot carry slIyss. Ga cur rsnarkirg us,a
the elegant training OF these s.sva she gave us an az
count Of hsr beautiful housekeeping in Texas ssyog Ia
conclusion tina, she had the e.st trouble ia the rd
as every thing carried oriiag to arAy disp.
ine AID for sny c@sson OF ds,ooiiepcs their ps,
the htsr she Informed u, corrected ssv.rsty rais
STATE meut accustomed had Llrays beon to the lay
goverument and kind fo bsarance Of vIguis ,stsrs,
ve confess m,de dis,grocsbl, inp'es,on and i was
With less pleasure, thereafter that noticed the rsya
IN oYementa aud obstq uous OF these slaves Of
Nor:hero master.
When General Ba first took secession OF Ntshvile
we heard With Qualification. tina. his conduct 70
va-ds orr wrongs sogatrYme. sls women, (wAo, Jsy
III; ti lay ia biz pOSer marked by greater Ieniensy
tsl that Of his pred 10 oher parts Of cur Con.
lderacy had been. Nov, We have to The coHc.a.
tha: this med; General has grown tired OF psy.
ing the gentleman for SO long time, and, therefore,
shsws again his true Character; else be ia!s tia,
5ou;hsrn sol l toe lot or b.. issl every a.y,
shresdy iIs2c increase, big unes.iatss snd d. Yisty,
60 that he hss no. the hes'. to practice all those eit
dts keep up tie character Of gentleman, which ho
at Fl ct assumed b this l, may, the LITTLE sG if
mentioned in the Louisville JyEaai with so much ap-
parent admiration, We discover no merit In az ali II
4 fortunately srpars TO Southern eye. as Only
small piece of revenvs, Of which We srou.d - as..t
TO hipk Of nsrsls could be guilty. nsr do I'd
believe they coi!d 4 Price, RsaarsgArd ] ,hn.
SION, Lse such sction viii nsSer disgrace soY Is
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led OVER at the sSuih. We leave IL 10 vulgarars 10
Ii il the LunIiii,u Of an 'arisOcrsic" lady, or atty
lady at ell. General BoeL. "courtssy aud suayiy Of
manner should be called TO uItuess its eIhb..
f,n, will, to eyes, DESIGNING end -e7sse.
a:Ir. ..-.,, +. s-rIg \
Doubtless Southern LADY when called 10 be martyr
account Of her patriotism and devotion TO the dear
Ag Of her country slso adapt herself to that siia;
tou and bear nobiy the bArdshi5 in posed upon yer
It has ever been vOnsn pleasure and happiness 70 MIG
ter to the SICK and dyDgaDd friend Jss she Is vel.
dom kRoSu to turn desf ear 10 distres when her
MS ra;ioss attended, they will be in the c4ss Of
his Nashville lady, With ihe thought that the ssipsEt
| tooh OF ingattad; is TO DO hir orly reward.
Since this unhgh,ctu, conmsrcsd, more Ystkess
than those contained IL the Eashvis UIsottAls hA..
pcrfnced sndnes7 ana care ION southern. laprsp.,
and that E.frs.G The Bible u1ciou, II thine enc ny
hunger give h,m met, II he thirst give him drink
has been literally obey,d. When tn. Yankee hosts
aed from the asld Of Manassas tetror-sricken
ald uudone, ard threw themselves exhausted AID
fsinrg a. the doors Of the Alt1Andriaas, tie
women If that most ufed city mlniserirr 70 thu
wrstosed uCi:ves from Justice and it ols.,eysr tSls
RECORDED to- their praise, Oar women, though %risfe
cratic, can act kindly 10 those Who are wrechei ard
in their povfr, which il seems Is more than YNkoe
General can do under the same circumstances.
will here add, that the house IN Eastern Virgins
wherc Mrs buell. AUG her OlA.,s ., horprsDy ,A-
terained old family residence, surrounded BY all ts
b.auii,s oil nature handed down from generation TO gsa
GRAFTON, everY bris< q which was Logged and .,
ted, burned TO the ground by the Fdihl.ss invad
some eight mouths e.. y-Iu.bls Library was con-
samsd with it, sud many othor relics and trsa.cres
which money can Gsyer replace.