The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-11-17
memoirs of the Confederate war SoH:1n-
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boRtkE Chiei oil stall to1ieR h. pc STUART presents
these to tho world aspayt o his AIporcan jou rnal OF
couffo the psrratye being trapscribed from his diary
dsargay ,sd'4ps and nearly altogether restriced to
tn" adventures or Gen sIuARr and his Chiof OF Staff
The M7tcr formerly officer IN the pfussar Bran
denburg bragoons and tells in these btnors that
whoh In char&atdlllj pscoud not
speak word of English He must have mado good use
OF hs time during the war as this is exceed
ingy we'll %ritcu nowhere txibiting soccsins
- eigh tioins, He is posBsseds moreQyeg, pE rare dc
scriptive powers graceful dercAehunidr. antlarim
-iiiH ibf good -feupyship :;'r.;!?S =
Befng chased by Federal Of war the, coast of
Nassau hr took tn" precautionary of destroy
ING al his letters of introduction and thus found hm
sell IN strange land ignorant the language withou,
single friend any to his character. dcn
tty or intentions. He fortunate enough to meet
gentleman n Nasssul Nho tok linn Aunder his wing
acSaEpPanied him tpIichmold aud INTRODUCED him to
tho Secretary Of War who elsrfd AiIn TO report to
General ruAhr This; he did in tho vicinity of Rich
mond just before tic baflc Of Seven pihes He soon
gained hc friendship confidence of Chat gallant sol.
dief and from that day TO the ;srusKrs life in
'har.:laRi was his MS !soplqpi6h '.,;
hi" uoemau complainant to Col, yes BoSckEs man
hood that nSnid suth adverse 7Ie should
40 rapidly have ATTAINED So high ice ibot;l on the
staoThis chi"f and in tue hearts OF plwho came in
contact fh dim The eoions it is true, giftod with
fine psreonstsp. ashloc fands6n,e eSSry Ynth
DIR traihef. in every ,many exercise and fvor;,e.
with ht ladies' ofcourt but scarcely 90 with the.
Scrncr sex He tells his story without aht mock mod
oS'y; anu we, q"i pdrS quorum fsmuS know tla; hi.
r"t'fd is true His admiration for General STUART il
;;ni'nndcd and all the glory is az one u ti
'NTcd satellites Of this his great lvminary He
INDUCES i'll reflections moral political. lie ,ua.-
t"ofict man. with fine poetic eye for the beauties
Of nature. Whether displayed in the dark foliage Of the
al liant mountaislvpc. the large hickory-trcc Under
whe yatcfi .hAis .he wAs laupchirS his dry corn
'beauttf,i! woman waving -KcT2 .shitc h,rdker.
ut the gay ,avaiJadG isat past lief 1aJn q.
sc f.ssebesnut marc. rom the tfcahrns menIba of
"! tsinrASc raslrr=Hspect thai tna harsa Vii .eI T.
Shafm ?''t"tLc iihpt,oas. easnlrymsn that
.iAs:.isSy ~ slyrA er shape. ':''~i 8 ::.: 90
' f,cr'sayang this nu,, s,q4F!y ADD G.at t
4iuvG is ono OF t interest to ALL spiulteYrr ;,9.::
teal prociiv,ty&i most Welcome, to ss7osc who
= lately worshippcd tho same yiBS on whichKs
fitensc. He kyes lifeiike pictures: bf pavp..
!r, JACKSON, LoSGSrREET. and indeed ali the pro.:.
no officers connected with the Army of Northern yIr
s!!'ia. -:
10 illustrate his style. and give readers taste oc
the Colonela narrative powers give few EXTRACTS
rHoSpbiec is very Bsfpng wore we TO folow:in.
ei:natioh We shoud-copy the whole our space. i.
hInid and we!mustrefer friends the September
ti!ffner Of Bs,eksoods Magasine. which contains
Afteriiying lively account OF running blockade
I .:hs ssrIy mcSasa with
Sr"at in. interest upon the strans9i tny tnmc
duty Of dantsr Of i1e S1ens aas as SS9H before
s Y the m IL SaSSsf 1 aS
saiilo private at d%sngs "a asadsns. it's
oaraa shs nsd n either side fsi T @ noble its
2SnuyIa magnihcent appearance As walked into the
could @ not fail to remark tho absence Of that bus
pained by the fact that an attack by tho Federal feet
places Of business were closed and many families had
gone into the interior. But the energies
of the town we're qaiescent, the streets evdcnro
everywhere of great military activity Companies OF
faDty, in every variety Of dt6ss. and armed with
men, IN costumes the most picturesque galloping
that with me, as was TO European disci
sss Sf our s GSn eS
idea how these would excite my highest
admiration on the battlefield But had small oppor
train for Ricnohu left the station about moon and
t rars% %gSh at the Sgg SS
Pants rablJ s t. ards the ' scene Of
fs s' FoS y s st. isS R
peaceul.looking farms and fertile estates. farap
ofths Uld Do@anFnn' :::'.. II r4----- a-"i
. OF his irst meeting with Gen. STUART and the yir
gina cavalry, he speaks the f6iiowing terms
'i was a#aho, anu: i6y drcssed.th6 mel n,ornhg
Ths Y hs cssa4 ps ss Of
Sss. added that he tSoaid
,I4esting Gen Stuart was to ride with tho regiment
Wn6 marvellous to soc how readily those unmflitary
looking troopers obeyed the orders of Colonel md
with what plneand rapidty tho breaking up the
camp was managed suffered tho whole regiment
eight hundred strong. to pass that might
more narrowly its,nateria Tho scrutiny called forth
Iny admiration The men. were all Yirglnians. whose
easy and graceful seat etrayed uIe hAbitude OF hOis
back exerciso were mounted mostly on bloodsd
animals. some of which abe prOudest guardsman the
thost s5iRsant sy would haEe beon glad to
tgt yeqrs 70 dat motningi nfn, feel how little then
thought that should be joined closey brayo
fellows IN fatigue and hght and that should have 70
mourn tho loss of-alas! 30 many who afterwards fell
3round me in batle After ride of three hours. pass
ing directly through fchInond te opposite side of
tho cy wo feached Tho point Of destinations, and
Colonel Leo pointed oit to nu gailoping rapidly
along on an active hinA0me horse: Stuart the
- whose ARRIVAL awaited 70 anIionsly and who subse
ently became to Of the rueat and best friends
I havo hid IN this world II, -. ,...
tioneru Stuart was Stoutly built man, rather above
tle middle height OF frank and winning expression the
lower part OF his fine face covered with thick brown
beard Which lowod over his breast. His eyo quick
and piercing and of bright bhe IN repoBe but changing
to darker tmge undDr high excitement His whole per
son seemed instinct with vitality, bis movements wird
1ert his observatn keen andrapids and altogether.
vas 70 mo tho ,nodelpf daebing eavairy1oa
ne in the neighg Of the chargers and tho roll
@ 81 .ns ne ne and ho had something Of hursts weakness
ma oatnta0n oC The parade e betrayed this latter
Haty IN hih ja'rrty Uniform, which consisted Of small