Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-06-23
JACKSON,S NAME AND
MEMORY.
From the London Times, May &c.

The Confederate laurels won on the field Of
Charlottesville must be twinged with the cy-
press. Probably no disaster of the war viii have
carried such griefto Southern hearts as the death
of Gen. Jackson, who has succumbed to the
wounds received in the great battle OF the I'd OF
May Even on this side of the ocean the gallant
soldiers fate will everywhere be heard OF with
pity and sympathy. Not only as brave man
lighting for his country's independence, but as
| one of the most coDsumate Generals that this
century has produced, ssStonewalP, Jackson Will
carry with him to his early grave the regrets OF
all who can admire greatness and genius. From
the earliest days of the he has been conspic-
nous for the most remarkable military qualities.
That mixture of daring and judgment, which is
the mark of ssHeaven born'' Generals, diStln-
guished him beyond any man of his time. Al
| though the young Confederacy has been illustra
| ted BY number of eminent soldiers, yet the ap-
plause and devotion Of his countrymen, confirm
| ed by the Judgment Of European nations, have
given the first place to Gen. Jackson. The mil
itary feats he accomplished moved the minds OF
people with establishment which it IS only given
to the highest genius TO produce. The blows he
struck at the enemy were as terrible and decisive
as those of Bonaparte himself. The march by
which he surprised the army of Pope last year
would be enough in itself to give him high
place in military history. But perhaps the crown-
ing glory of his life the great battle in which
he fell. When the Federal commander, by cross
ing the river II miles above his camp, and press
ing on, as he thought, to the rear of the Confed
crates, had placed them between two bodies of
his army, he was so confident of success as to
boast that the enemy was the property OF the
Army of the Potomac. 1t was reserved to Jack
son, by swift and secret march, to fall upon
his right wing, crush it, and, by attack un-
surpassed in ferceness and pertinacity, to drive
his very superior forces back into position from
which he could not extricate himself except by
Ainhf fho Int ha hQ 10 of nn dayy
Jackson received two wounds, one in the left
arm, the other in the right hand. Amprtation
of the arm was necessary, and the Southern he
no sank under the effect of it, supported to the
last by his simple and noble character and strong
religious faith.
A PARLIAMENTARY TRIBUTE.
At the annual dinner of the Royal Geographi-
cal Society of London, on the 25th of May, the
Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, NJ. P, when re-
turning thanks for the toast of the aHouse of
Commons said - Need he add that crossing
the Atlantic, they had also to concern themselves
with North America? And in association with
this could he forget that lamentable news had
to day reached this country to the effect that one
of the noblest descendants of the English race
Stonewall Jaekson--Was now no more?
From the London Telegraph, May 27.]
\ Add to the splendid yalor of a
Murat the feryid faith of Cromwell and the un-
broken success OF HayelOck, and we have a
captain whose waving sword and fearless voice
the Southern whites would have followed ssto
the pitt That he never lived to exchange a d. |
vision for an army, flying corps for the massed
columns of the field of battle, may perhaps have
been good for his fame; but the leader who could
find the weak place in Hooker's line at Chancel |
lorsville, and hurl his twenty-five thousand men
upon it so soon as found, as Jackson did. would |
surely have ripened into renowned General
Assuredly the most fatal shot of the war to the |
Confederates, whether fred by friend or foe, was
That which struck down the life of Stonewall
Jackson soldier every inch of him, for what
ever cause he commended.