The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-04-24

From the Bee Of the 80. !

From the Bee Of the 23dl
We have received from Gen. Beauregard the
following letter, with reference TO the malignant
Misrepresentation Of his conduct, on the occasion
OF visit to Arlington House, the property OF the
wife Of Gen. Robert e. Lee, made by the WASH
ington correspondent of the Boston Common
wealth, which we denounced on Tuesday last. 81
The journal will, We have no doubt, contradict,
at once, the statement Of its correspondent:
New ORLEANS, April %, 1868.
To the Editors of the N. o. Bee:
Genaemen-Alow me to thank you for having
retuted, in your paper Of yesterday, the following
SANDER contained in the Washington correspond
ence of the Boston Commonwealth. to- wit:
"Beduregdrd at Abingdon Speaking of the
cenotsph erected to the memory Of the unknown
braves, we are reminded that the children of Gen.
Lee, as well as the notorious Gen. Beauregard,
recently visited Arlington. The former declined,
but the latter boldly accepted the invitation TO re-
cord his name In the book Of visitors kept in the
mansion. wounded soldier acts as janitor Of
the place. He accompanied Beauregard to the
memorial vault, and pointed to him the touching
words inscribed thereon. Beauregard read them,
and burst into loud laugh. scofing at the woe
and suffering he had in part caused. Senator
Wade soon after visited the grounds. The old
servitor told him the story with wellexpressed IN
crippled as you are, why did you not strike him
to the earth with your cane as he thus jeered at
the sufierings Of our peoper The old soldier. as
we listened to him, looked as though he would like
W nave tue Ndhnt general come again and, with
such high authority behind him, we have no doubt
ne would pnt into execution at once the bluff SEN
ator's suggestion"
This attack is only on q par with those, from
similar sources, which have already been made
upon me and other ex-Confederate generals. j
trust my friends will pardon me for noticing this
new aspersion; my remarks are intended only
for that numerous class of my felsw-citizens
who are unscquainted with me.
When in Washington, last October, I was in
vited by some friends to visit Arlington House.
which had never seen except at a distance.
accepted the invitation. and, while there, we
were conducted by one of the guardians of the
place to see the cemetery. We entered il with
that silent reserve which Is due 10 the abode OF
the dead, and left it shortly afterwards with
saddened heart at the thought that the graves Of
80 many Of our brave Confederates should be
still uncared for by friends or foes. A true
hearted soldier feels the same respect for the
grave Of gallant enemy as for that OF brother
IN arms, and ] am yet TO learn that single fed
eral grave has ever been desecrated BY true
Confederate soldier.
On returning TO the mansion, our conductor
disappeared for an instant and presently returned
with handsome bouquet OF flowers gathered
from the flower garden Of Mrs. Lee he asked
me TO accept II as q memento of my visit, and In
return TO enter my name in the visitors registry
book. We then shook hands and parted, prob
ably never to meet again. II he be ga brave
crippled soldier, he Is Incapable of having been
guilty OF the vile SANDER invented to injure de-
fested and prescribed fellow-soldier.
lremain yours, very sincerely.
@. t. BEAURBGARD.