The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-01-15
a WEDNESDAY MORNING. JANUARY Is 1868 @s-@5' 80.

!. longer, be would have cut the con iT,ni eston
Of our army with the United States, fAnd,
But into such region, OF speculation it is not
proper to cutter here. His loss, was never
made good to the South. The wound which.
u doe Johnston received At Seven Pines Was
| thought by many a blcssingEin disguise. for
u ii placed Lee in command; butlthey had no
consolation in the case of jackson. Wien
they carried him to his grave "at Lexington,
in the Valley Of Virginia" they parted sroul
4 the man who had no equal Is an, executive,
officer among the Southern soldiers Of itka
Great Rebellion. :;4, ~
! Wehaved welt at somel.ngth upon two pot
tons Of the history Of this campaign, because
4 the former is comparatively little understood,
and much interesting information in regard
to it, aud correction of erroneous impressions,
are contained in che book before US, and be-
cause the latter is one of the great aez pio;ts
not only Of our war, butof all war, and has
a dramatic finish and completeness oftheI sc;3.
Ftion1iin the death of the leader who devised
! and executed it. Of what remains we must
speak very briefly. r. '''',i @u
+ The stubborn action of May svwhich
|closed with the victory of the Conisderasea
and thecapture of charlottesville 1O "A.
NJ, is described By Mcssrs. Hofchkiss and
Allan with the greatest clcarness. and lnhrtss~
ness, and in perfectly satisfactory ibaan.ier
On this day Hooker was taught, ifthsl ibadb
not1 understood before, the folly aNhishs he
/ was guilty Of when be abandon~l the letter;
| position near Tabernacle Chul,h on the list
Of May, and the Importance Of the iJss witch
he had suffered the day before inspsi,. saiTea
Jackson to turn his flank ami uscstTahe
| heights at Talley's from the Eleventh teppss
Whenfthe battle was over, and he bad retuEn-
ed inglorious to the camp at Falmouth, be
may have thought with bitter recollection of
the way in whichShe had seen the cf,ssingbf
river and the attack OF flank of an army
in position carried to successful issue, Tess
than year before, by the same generals Who
had beaten him now, and blusked 10 think
that he had refused or neglected to le;.ra 'fron
them. A fraction of the energy and pers;stsr
Mills must have made the novemnt of locker.
on Lees left near 4 Fredericksburg, especially
when, We consider its incidental aavanfsyea
in uncovering Banks Ford, and shortening
the communication with Sedgwiek byhHelve
miles, aoue Of direful portent for the :enetay.l
In discussing SO interesting . subject, with
SO thoroughly satisfactory book at baud the.
pen runs away will. US, and We must le:sv8'
untouched the authors equally clear sasdi
soldierly account of. the movements .sbtas
Fredericksburg, where the left wiesgof 5pus,
army uxder Sedgwick was operating, While
the main body Of the army fought or listened
to the sound Of the fighting, which was the
case with thousands ofour men near GLancel~
louisville. ,flsLa.9 s,.s
There are fire maps in this book Of tho
highest order of merit, showing the topo-
graphy of the country aud the success
sive positions of both armies, prepared, itov
the most part, by the direction OF 1Geae1al
Lee Immediately after the battio" Hhey arc
invaluable for the study Of the cams
paign of Charlottesville, the operations
about Fredericksburg included, sad alaas+
equally valuable for the study off burusais's
battle of fredericksburg Should this beck
pass to second editor, as We, hope il NAY and
to many after that. the authors you'd 30 wei;
to indicate more frequently in the text mum.
Der of the mapto which they are referring 40
their narrative proceeds. .ssas
',Chancellofsville'' is appropriately Sash.
ed by q most interesting sketch Of the last savs
ofJackson, written by Dr.. McGuir,, t'rperly
the medical director Of Jacksous cop,
an accomplished and amiablc man, whom'oae
officer, at least, OF the, Union army remembers
with kindness for courteous stsention shewn
by him to wounded prisoner. This sketch 10
pronounced by the authors to be the most
faithful aud accurate account now inexislence
of the wounds ard DEATH StonewallJ ackson.
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TuB RADICALS AND TIE SOUTHERN
STATEs.-The Washington correspondent 81
the Worcester (Mass.,) Spy, admitting in
the fullest extent the restitution, suffering
and chaotic condition Of the Southern States,
complains bitterly Of the apathy Of the re-
publicans on the subject Pressing as are
the political necessities Of the party in the
South, the Spy says it seems almost impossi-
bic to raiseI money enough to carry on the
|scampaigu,3 and it adds: 81 se.s svae Es.ow
"The republican party to insure success,
to compel aud maintain peace, must have Tho
| ten unrepresented States Reconstructed and
brought back in time to vote for their candid
ate next November. Failing in this, the eenn-
try may as we'll squarely look at, The issue
which then sternly arises in its path-that Of
meeting an internecine Struggle CONSEQUENCE
upon the refusal to count the vote . ID. Tho
Southern democracy, which wiiiabs sarsly
cast for the partys nominee, whoever it may
be, OF course, the fortieth Congress, will
count the vote Of no State which, IS not rep
resented. l"'"le - 7i''s @ae Ss'
On this the New York Tines (fep) 20
marks: o.,i Us ai - fsta vsnsrqgs Issnis
"This programme is not ,inyiting.r Tho
radicals are, determined. it seems, not to ad-
nit the ten Southern States. unless they are
so reconstructed as to secure their votes
for the radical eondidats and itathey,sare
not readm;tted Congress will not count their
electoral votes at all, as they. will certainly
be cast for the democratic nominee. This
struggle has become exclusively one for party
success, and it is openly avowed that meas
ures will be resorted to for itheisake of -stcto-
ry which may plunge the country afresh into
ciyi! war, There certainly is virtue aud
strength enough in the people to save ths
country from sucA peril ''"'' '''''' ''''''s
Mr. John w. Hayes, formerly sditoE Of
the Cicclesville, Ohio, Democrat died in the in-
l. ~ Colnn,huc on tho CitA yt