Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-10-29
Why Genera! Magruder Entered the Rebel
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Why General Magruder Entered the Rebel
Army.
BosroN, October 21.-At the annual din
ner Of military company in this city on
Tuesday General Magruder made an interes-
ting address, in the course Of which he said:
Il AIN now going to give an account which
can be made public if it may be considered
desirable, and which is the first time have
ever alluded to it-of the circumstances I'M
der which left the flag. During the dark
days in Washington Mr. Lincoln sent for
nc, [ then being either first or second in
command in the defences of Washington
Mr.. Lincoln said to me, The government
Of your State (Virginia) refuses to send her
quota Of the Is, 600 men called for Imag-
ming that he would like to know, in case
the State went out, what would do, [ said
to him, OF one thing rest assured Mr.. Lin
coin, SO long as l am in command you and
your family may rest in perfect safety in the
White House, and if I send in my resigna-
ton you shall be apprised of it at the same
time that it goes to the adj tant-general, and
[ promise to remain in the city twelve hours
afterward,' adding laughingly, L wish to
be well off with the old love before am on
with the new Mr.. Lincoln laughingly
said, Il will help you to be well off with che
old love- did remain thirteen hours after
my resignation, and then made my way to
Long Bridge When 1 reached the draw it
was three minutes past 9 o'clock ct night,
and the draw bridge had been raised three
minutes The lieutenant in command Of the
company stationed there was Lieutenant
Baird, now a MAJOR general Of the United
States army, and his company being in my
regiment, all the men knew me. | said to
Lieutenant Baird, 1 have this favor to ask
| of you, that you will let me pass the draw. ;
The licutenant's reply was, in substance, Il
wish you had not to make the request, and
I would to God you were coming from Vir-
ginia instead of going to it. He, however,
Let me pass
General Magruder said the struggle in
his mind was between sense Of his duty to
the flag and his country on the one hand,
and all those ideas and feelings which were
bred in him as Virginian on the other Il
placed my fortunes in this one bark and af-
ter a long, dark night all was lost save my
honor" He then paid tribute of respect
to others OF his companions in arms who had
embraced the cause of secession, believing in
its right and justice and claimed that such
men were actuated by no unworthy princi-
! pies. In conclusion, he expressed his read
mess and anxiety to do all in his power to
heal up the wounds caused by the war 10
reunite the long sundered ties and to cher
ish all that was left of the fraternal feeling
! which must form the basis Of the true union
for which he earnestly hoped.
Beef is selling at only two cents per pound
in Texas
A Cinciunatian has invented a piano
which is played BY the feet.
Returns from the judicial election in CAL
ifornia indicate the success of the democrat
10 ticket by comparatively large maiorities.
There was another heavy snow storm in
St. Louis on Friday night. The ground
was covered with snow two inches deep.
During the past year 800 600 emigrants,
or over 900 per day, have landed at Cas-
tie Garden, New York.
DR.. George W. Bagby, of Virginia, is
lecturing to fine audiences in Huntsville,
Ala.
A late census shows the population of At
lanta, Ga, to be 9,1G6; whites 1899.
colored Is, 1884,
Ex-President johnson, it is now stated.
will succeed Governor Brownlow as United
States Senator from Tennessee In case of the
latter's death
The New York Herald says that in his
message to Congress, the President will re-
commend, in manner not to be miscon
structed, the recognition Of the Cuban insur
gents.
The banks in Texas hold upwards of four
hundred thousand dollars in coin, while
those Of all the other Southern States togetb
er contain but two hundred and seventy
thousand
A lady ''frog''-one Madame Natator-
is about to appear in London. Her husband
"Natasor'' is 'the only and original man
frog" They perform in tanks of water like
Harry Gurr.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the newspa-
pers opposed to the removal of the national
capital proposes that it be 'sput on wheels
and moved about the country like the lions
cage In menagerie."
SNow.--On Saturday last quite snow
fell at Grantsville, in Allegheny county,
Maryland, by which the ground was covered,
and on Tuesday there was another fall Of
snow at Frostburg, and generally through
outthe mountains in that region.
Gen. Meigs publishes another list of
%, 900 federal soldiers buried at Memphis,
Tenn, and Chalmette. La. Fourteen thou.
sand are buried in Memphis, of whom 6, 200
are colored. The dead of the Fort Pillow
colored troops, $50 in all, are inferred there
separately, but only three of their names are
known.
1t is stated that Colonel Lawrence Orion
Williams, who has for six years been sup
posed to have been executed as spy at
Franklin, Tenn, in 1869, now turns up
alive, married to a wealthy Cuban lady, and
in command Of regiment of insurgent
''black horse cavalry fighting Spaniards in
the 'ever-faithful isle" The story is almost
too romantic to be true,
Mr.. Margrase, citizen Of Jefferson
county, Tennessee, can be frequently seen
in Knoxville walking at brisk pace He
is in his ninety-seventh year, and has not
tasted animal food for fifty years, and, as he
believes, has not eaten as much as one pound
in his life. He is temperate in his Habits,
using no spirits of any kind, and uses tobacl
co moderately. He is bachelor, and, while