Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-05-27
1ugL1sHED (nATLT By
GDGAR SNONTDEN JR
ssyy- -i}FFTCE-No. 1O4 king street, over
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The Late Gen. J. 2. 3. Stuart.
LElon tha Richmond Examiner. |


GREAT Jackson, has occasloned more painful re-
Graf ,han this. Mai Gen. j. b. s. Stuart. the
model Of Virginia cavaliers aud lashlng chief
tain. whose 1ane was a terror 20 lie enemy,
and familiar as !: hoIlseh Old word III Two con
tnents, is dead, struck down by hu!leG from
the distard!y zoe, and ghe whole ConIederacy
mo,lrns hun. ite breat0ed out his gallant
spirit re-snedIg, ana III the full possession OF
aII his remarkable faculties OF mlnd and body,
81 twenty. two n,iputes TO s 0 clock, Thursday
night, at the residence Of Dr. Brewer, a reia-
i've, on Green Street, lii the presence OF Urs,
Brewer. Garnet, Gibson and Pouta1Ge, of the
Generals staff Rev liessGs. Peterhjn and
Keppler, and circle Of sorrow stricken COM
rades and frlenCis.
We learn from the physicians in attendance
upon the General that his condition during the
aav was very changeaI,Ie, wi:h occasional delir
iunl and other unmis:akabie symptoms ct
speedy dissolution. In the moments Of deiirum
the General 5 mind wandered, and, like the
immortal Jackson, (whose spirit, He trust his
has joined, il he lapse o. reason, hls iacuI,
ties were busy with the details Of hls command
He reviewed 10 brokeu sentences all hts gloT-
ols campaigns around AicCelan s rear on the
Peninsula, beyond the Potouaac, and upon. the
kapldau, quoting from his orders, and issuing
new ones TO his cnurlers, with u last lnJoncJon
10 make haste
Abou4 noon. Thursday, President Davis Wis
tied his bedside, and spent some hEteon llIn-
utes IN the dying chamber OF his tavorlta ctlsf
tain. The President, taking his hand, said:
53enera how do you ieel?" lie replied,
Easy, but willing 10 die, il Sod aud my coun-
try think have fulfilled by destiny and done
nv dutv., AS evening approached, the ten
erals delirium increased, and his II ind again
wandered 10 the battie-i ids over which BE aad
fought. then uff % wife and cEidlen: and OF
again to the trout. 4 telegraphlc message had
been sent for bis Wlie, who was III the
country with the Inj JUNCTION TO make al haste
as the General WAS dangerously wounded.
Some thought]ess or unauthorlzed person,
thinking, probably, TO spare his vile pam,
altered the dispatch 20 ''sIighEly wounded,
ald IL was thus she received IT,. and CID not
make that haste which she otherwise would
have done TO reach his side.
As evening wore Oh the parogysins OF pain
increased, and modification SET ii rapidly
Though suffering tie greatest agony at tunes,
she Geueral vas calm, 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 it Was possible Tor hin 10 :urvlve
through tle night. The doctor, knowing he did
aot desire te- be buoyea by false hopes, sold
nlu frankly that ieath-the last eneny-s7as
RAPIDLY approaching. fhe General nodded,
anu said, / am resigned, # it be liod 5 Will;
out would like to see nag wife. But Gods
Will be done Several times he reused up and
asked Il she had come
io the doctor, who sat holding his wrist and
cosutag the fiee5ine, weakening pulse, he
remarked, Doctor, suppose | am gons iasj
ho". Is Will soon be over, But Gods VIII
~ zone hope | have fulfilled BY duty 70