The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-01-06

meeting, which was broken up by that !
aud other Confederate names, a5 lie ,
L:ucolai!o .aisa;rs +. = T1s.ten been broken
up by thc great soldiers whose fame has
now become universal and immortal
The renown Of Jackson seems to be as
fresh and undyins abroad as on the day
when MS glorious star first sank from
our horizon. Wills. the whole world
did him honor, and the old soldiers of
France, who know SO well how to ap-
prccatc military genius, delighted to
hang over the plans of his campaigns,
his career seems to have sunk deeply
and lastingly into the English heart, and
that. as we apprcl,end, for reasons which
it may not be amiss, even at this time of
day, for aspirants for military fame to
consider.
It was not alone the splendid courage
Of Jackson which attracted the eyes OF
the world, for courage in the Con!ede-
racy is as common as among the Ko-
mans Of the Republic. The coward IS
| the exception. -Ninety-nine out Of every
hundred of the Stoncwall Brigade were
worthy in this quality Of their leader
It was not the evidences of his superior
military ability alone, great as that un-
| doubtcdly was; but it was the combina-
| ton of genius in his profession, with
tremendous energy, quality which is to
4 soldier what faction, action, action,
| is to an orator, that composed the broad
foundations of his fame Nor was this
all. The English, who are pre-eminently
a nation of methodical industry, and
who have attained their present great
ness by being so, were delighted to find
in this illustrious warrior man who was
not afraid to work, who gave as syste-
matte and patient attention to the details
OF duty as to the operations of the bat
tie field, and who neither lost battle
nor lost wagon train. 1t is fact, that
if anv one wanted to find Jackson, he
was as likely to find him among his wa
CONS as anywhere else, and that the loss
Of few old wagons, which, ON one oc-
casion, ,got stalled in crossing the Poto-
mac. and which, we understand, were
the only wagons he ever lost, gave him
distress which, according to the account
of an eyewitness, was almost ludlcrous.
; The English saw at a glance what this
man was made of; that he was no dash
inc soldier of buttons and embroidery,
of fuss and feathers that he was, On
the contrary, thoroughly sincere and
honest man. not thinking of himself, but
of the business he had in hand, and that
in going about that business, he was a;
? prompt, persistent and practical as hf
was skillful and courageous. If anything
was to be done by Jackson it must b'
done at once, and done in workmanIlk'
manner. Whilst his grand figure occu-
G pied the foreground in the pubic eye, i
occupied the background in his own. l
, hrs name shall survive that of his country
i will be because she had so few sucl
humble nd laborious servants; few who
ike him, were not only ready to sacriilc
Their Ives, but their ease and all thought
Of self upon her altar.
= Would that the spirit of jackson nigh
f live among all our military asplrants
In his courage, great as it was ne ma
# had MANY equals, but in his torethough'
e his practicalness, his rapidity, how few
- There is good deal too much talk abou
cavaliers, and chivalry, and all that
+ Common sense and hard work are tn
S things needed now. Jackson undcrstco
!, the enemy we arc dealing with. He kne'
5 their patient, pains-taking, indefatigabl
y habits Of labor, and that these mus
S triumph in the end unless met by CORE
IS spending qualities On our part he ma
z left us q memorable example vi thos
" qualities, as well as Of the SKILL DARN
and energy of great soldier. Ii his e.
: ample is initiated by the officers OF OF
: armies, he will not have lived and die
>" in vain.
n Our Wilmington correspondent s'a.'
n that an English officer who was with ,
-. | Charles Naniar In the Raltic and VII