New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-11


rious hero OF the late war
With regard to General lee, the following cues
tons and answers will an0rdyou some ldea OF ms
tsy Of life, ana ofthe esteem N Whieh ne Is nelu
4 by all classes
I ( g Do the college boys like him ~
Like himl They lore him.
ssWen dees he like his position as president, or
does he merely put up with II IN view OF something
Z. Undoubtedly he likes it. When the place was
/ first offered him by letter, he declined it; but
A after Judge Brookenbrough had visited him aud
explained to hm fully the views and wishes OF the
faculty, he accepted, and accepted in coed faith,
heing satisfied that he could discharge the duties
8of the position and be of service to his country
! r. Since he came, he has been pleased, sup
pose2o
lighted with him, he must know whenever he
Hooks in the face OF studenb cadet or CITIZEN Be-
sides, he is conscious that be is doing geod.n
" He lives comfortably z"
g Quite so. He has a comfortable house. well
furnished /; and while his salary is not large, his
every want is supplied, and oftenumes antcl-
pateG.''
Is How do you mean 7"
20 why every stage that enters the village brings
ilhm parcel or box, sent by express, and these
AHboxee and parcels contain almost every magma
bic thing from books and pictures down to cloth
| iny and provisions
/ . Where do these boxes come from ?"
+" From every quarter of the globe, you may
say hut chiefly Baltimore
q + a.
| 80 Net always; indeedI do not think they gene
rally are, but when known, the gift is promptly
Acknowledged. The other day, little girl living
some four miles in the country, sent the general
present of apples, and the very next evening, to
her. great joy, and the amazement of her parents,
General Lee rode up, shghted entered the house,
and, after returning his thanks, paid his little
friend visit of some length"
g Does he rningle freely with the people ~
" He is not at all unsoeial, is free, yet cautious
dn conversation but his visits are made chiefly TO
the ladies,n
Il suppose he is greatly annoyed by visitors 2"
No, you can hardly say that. Sometimes his
patience is tried by persons requesting him to sit
for his picture or bust and on one occasion he was
heard to declare that he had rather stand the fire
/ of half dozen of the best marksmen in the army
of Northern Virginia, than be yexed by the con
tinued solicitations of artists, photographers and
n the like. He was particularly worried, few
II weeks ago, by an old lady from the South, VINO
4 insisted on having lock or even three threads
i Of his hair, which she had promised faithfully to
carry back TO young female friend in Alabama
| aoT Georgia"
4 q After considering the difficulty, he persuaded
her put up with photograph in place of the lock
of heir She was by no means satisfied, but the
general was firm. He is also annoyed by letters
on al sorts of subjects. One of these lately re-
,3eived is from an old woman in England, who sent
him & bill for four dollars, which man Of his
| name, Robert E. Lee, had borrowed from her in
1852. As the old lady was evidently in earnest
| piled and proved an dl55E.H
| 4 Is he writing history of his campaigns"
& think 50. At all events, be is collecting ma
terials for a history. Many think ne would be I'M
willing TO publish history Just at this time, when
SO many of the actors are still living and the pas
sions tlngendered by the war are still fresh and
ranklfagS but the fact that Richardson, the New
York Publisher, paid him visit not long since is
regarde by others proof that the history is now
in process of composition"
g HaEe.no other publishers besides Richardson
lya5 hi
7" Oh, yes; one certainly has. A New York
publisher, whose name is withheld, offered to en-
dow Washington college with the sum of ten
thousand dollars, annually, if General Lee would
contribute enc article a week to his paper. The
proposition was made in form to the rector by
Responsible party; but the rector, for reasons
which you can appreciate, withheld it"
g Genera Lee, then, never heard of it ~
&c Yes heitli; at least it is said he did. He be-
came appraised of it in some way and declined the
,esfer.n
| isDoes he concern himself about politcs?"
+" Not at all. On the contrary, he IS extremely
careful that not even the suspicion of politics
should attach tothe college,l'
| e His habits tsEe industrious, have heardH'
q They are. a early as O'Clock in the morn
ing you NAV see him walking into town to get his
letters and papers; the remainder of the day is
devoted to his manifold duties, and in the evening
he rides into The country or his white horse, not
unfFequently stopping to converse with the farm
ers and country entlemen with whom he chances
to meet, about crops and such matteFs.n
If is there any truth in the story that during one
Of these rides he was halted by one of his old sol
who insisted on giving him three cheers, then and
there, in the middle of the road"
e think net. We Aeyerheard of it, al
g The family of tive general ia as much beloved
almost as the genera HIMSELF have been told III
4 g Yes, every member of the family is a great IA
yorite with our people-1 az
4 General Gusts Lee 10 said tosbe man Of pro
aHets. in some re spe6ts he is a more mystic
fiots man than his father There is something of
jackson in him. He lis very modest, but he is
very trIq his conyic tions and bis opinions are
remarkably practical az ld:sound. He is a thinker
General Lee does mot intend to quit the col
lege ~ za
= We have no reason wthateVerto believe that he
will abandon the college so long as he is compe-
tent to discharge the duties Of president. 1t is
said that he4onee expressed a desire to become
governor of Virginia.. But that was before the
war Times have changed and under the new
order of things the gubeTnat ofial chair of South
iern Stete can have few chaGn1a for any gentleman
much less for General Lee. We think, therefore
that he wI remain with u.s. and this is one reason
indeed she chief reason why you find our people
$50 cheerful and hopeful of the future of their
town and county, and, in fact, oil this entire por
ton Of the valley.
FrEST IMPRESSIONS OF FoRREsT.-Riding down
the Murirsesboro road, Ia party bound upon a
g rampage five Or six in all we met cavalry
officer near the village .of LaEergne, who halted
MS were II
and whittier we might be going, He wore no |
badge of rank. His clothing was coarse and
soiled, consisting chiefly 8of sombrsTo, with a
baQd coiled GROUND st, and pair of
huge boots that extended above his knees. But
ais horse was thoroughbred, and his saddle
were unusually sch and curious As I
him now, thefeeWas NOT a gray hair ini
hie head; his beardgwas full, flowing and black II
his features were defined with precision; an aqui-
line nose, broad forehead high eheek-bones,
thin, fTmlyset lips, bright, gray brown eyes and
aeemplexion somewhere between olive and am
beT He looked to be six feet inheight, and might
nave weighed two hundred pounds. His voice 4
was sharp, bis gestures threatening, and his whole
expression uncouth
u 9ou youngsteTsu git yeTselves captured, p Il
SAID % AM besides I'm ordered by Johnston to
turn eyeryhpay back, The Yankees is got into II
Nashville, ana'll have out picAets on every tarn-
pike by this time. So it's no use tryu it on
We made many promises Of discretion and after /
showing our perzait from army headquarters, he |,
no further objection, and we parted \
company, lie proceeding In the direction of MUIR, 4