Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-05-25


teers for one hundred days have been mus.
tered into the service; clothed, armed,
equipped, aud transported to their respec.
tive positions.
This statement is due to the officers of
the army, staff aud bureau, aud the respeo.
tive corps to whom the credit belongs.
tsigned) oEDwIx y. sTAxrox, -.,
Secretary Of War.
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Stju Prom the Richmond Bzaminor.
The Death aud BarIaI OF n a1or Gem
eral J. n q; Btaurt, Flower OF cav
alters. -,
No incident OF mortality since the fall
of the greatJackson,, has occasIoned more
painful reg ret thaHsthis: n jor g sneraI J.
3. B. stnrt themodel Of Virginia caval
tetsAand- dAshipg chiettain, whose name
was terror to the enemy, aud familiar as
. household In two continents, Is dead,
struck down BY bullet from tho dastardIy
foe, aud the whole Contedsracy moutnB
him. He breathed out his gallant spirit
resignedly, and 10 the full possession Of all
his remarkable faculties of mind and body,
NJ twenty minutes to eight o'clock Thurs.
day ntghS q the residence Of DR.. Brewer,
. relative, on Grace street, in the presence
of Drs. Brewer, Garrett, Gibson and Fan.
taine, of the General's stat, Rev. Messrs.
Peterkiu and Repier, and circle of sor.
row stricken comrades and friends,
Welearn from the physicians 10 atten.
dance upon the General, that his condition
during the day was very chaugeable, with
occasional delerium, aud other unmistaka.
bic symptoms of speedy dissolution. In
the moments of deIerium the Generals
mind wandered. and like the immortal
Jackson (whose spirit, we trust, his has
Joined. in the lapse of reason his faculties
were busted with the details OF bis com
maud. He reviewed, in broken sentences,
all his glorious campaigns around Nc
Clellan's rear on the Peninsula, beyond
the Potomac, aud upon ths'Rapidau, quo.
ttng from his orders aud issuing new ones
TO his couriers, with last injunction to
snake haste"
About noon, Thursday, President Davis,
visited his bedside, aud spent some fifteen
minutes in the dying chamber of his favor
ite chiettain. The President, taking bis
band, said. "Genersl, how do you feel 2"
DC replied, easy, and willing TO die, if
Gud and my country think have fulfilled
my desttng and done my duty" As even.
ing approached the Generals delirum in
creased aud his mind again wandered 10
the battle fields over which he had fought,
and then on to wife and, children, and OF
again to the front. A tefegraphic message
had been sent for his wife, who was il, the
country, with the injunction to make all
haste, as the General was dangerously
wounded. Some thoughtless, but unau-
thorized person, thinking probably to spare.
nts vile pain, altered the dispatch to
slightly wounded" and it was thus she
received 1t and did not make that haste
which she otherwise would have done to-
reach his side. -, :
As evening wore on the paroxysms of
pain increased, and modification set in
rapidly: Though suffering the greatest
agony at times, the General was cain. and
applied to the wound. with his own hand,
the ice intended TO relieve the pain. During
the evening he asked DR.. Brewer how long
he thought he could live, and whether il
was possible for him to survive through
the night. The doctor, knowing he did
not desire to be buoyed by false hopes,
told him frankly that death, the last enc
my. was rapidly approaching. The Gene.
raj nodded, and said, 81 am resigned II. IL
be Code will; but l would like to live to
see my wife. But Gods will be done. ~
Several times he reused up and asked If
she had come.
To the doctor, who sat holding bis wrist,
aud counting the feeting, weakening pul Ice,
remarked, doctor, suppose am going
IAst now. twill soon be over. But Gods
will be done. l hope have fulfilled my
destiny to my eoqplry and my duty to my
At haIf-past seven O'Clock it was evident
70 the physicIans that death was setting
Its clammy seal upon the brave, open brow
Of the General, aud told him so-asked If
be had any last messages to give. The
General, With mind perfectly clear and
possessed, then made disposition Of his
and personal effects To Mrs. GenAFal
4. =. Lee he directed that the golden spurs
be given 30 dying memeuto Of his love
and esteem of her husband. To his STAFF
officers he gave his horses. So particular
was he in small thiDgs, even in the diving
hour, that he alphabetically exhibited and
Illustrated the ruling passion strong in
death. To one of his staff, who was a
heavy. built man, he said, "You had better
take the larger horse; he will carry Won
better" Other mementoes he disposed of
In similar manner. To his young son,
be left his glorious sword.
His worldly matters closed, the eternal
interests OF bis soul engaged his niud.-
turning TO the Rev. Mr.. Peterkin, of the
Episcopal Church, aud of which he was an
exemplary member, he asked him TO sing
the hymn commencing,
Crock Of ages cleft for me.
Let ne hide myself in thee"
be joining in with all the voice his strength
would permit. He then Joined In praTer
with the ministers. To the doctor he again
SAID, ~ am going fast now; am resigned:
Gods will be DONE" Thus died General
J. E. B. Stuart.
Br. Brewer, the brother. in law of Gen.
Stuart, has furnished US with some naF,ic.
uIars obtained from the Generals own Inns.
OF the manner in which he came bv bis
wound. BE had formed line of sEirms
ishers near the Yellow Tavern, when. see.
Ing brigade preparing to charge on his
lett, Gen. Stuart and his stat dashed down
the line to form troops TO repel the oharos