Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-08
JUBALA. AND THELADIES.
HOW osN. EARLY SPEAKS or woMAx.

ie The proceedings OF the SOuther
y Historical Association, recently hel
D. at the Montgomery White Sulphu
u springs, were replcte with interes
> Among the speakers were Coy
> LeTcher, Admiral Semmes, the lIoI
u jefferson Davis, Gen. Beaurcgard
e and Gen. Jubal y. Early. Gen +
=, is bachelor and has never bee
u noticed for his admirations Of IN
e fair sex, but as there were sevent
- or eighty ladies present, he devOte'
i much OF his remarks this portion
u Of his audience, and what he sal,
j. will be found highly interesting
j They are reported to have been a
follows:
lie said hc not only desired 10 SCI
the officers and soldiers in the arml
join the Associou, but every one
crreyt reCrcauts TO the cause durins
Z and since the war. Oice-Ant
/ the ladies, 100. The ladies' assistance
was als5 wanted and he proposed L
enroll the ladies as the representa-
tiyes of lost fathers, brothers
friends and swcethearts-thus keep.
ing alive the name and rank oi
every private and officer who served
ia our army. lie had been called a
woman hater; it arose from the fact
of his being opposed TO ladies fol-
lowing the camp. They were TO an
army what Caesar called i,apsdia,cnta
this was the mildest way TO put
it.
lie thought the true place OF wO-
man was at home, paying aud work
/ ing for the soldiers, and not running
| around the camps. lie had called 10
see General Lee on one occasion, aud
/ rushing into hlS tent without warn
iuo. found there two ladies. lie fell
| back i'm not a very orderly manner,
/ and hc was told that Gen. Lee said
10 another officer, My God. is the
commanding general drmOralized!"
I General Lee sent for him and intro
( duccd him to his fair compauions;and
| said: ''These are two OF my daugh-
1 tcrS: | have a great many daughters,
/ aud feeling a iatherly affection for
| them, do not wish them to be run
ming about unprotected; | therefore
appoiut YOU aud Gen. Edward John
I son to escort themw IL must be con-
fessed, said General Early, II skull
ked,'
lie thought a married woman
ought to be an autOcrSt in her OWE
house, and they were not good wives
unless they managed their husbands.
When married. woman should
take charge of the briddlc-rcins, but
not hold them too tight, or they
might break, or irritatc, but only
enough TO keep proper check
Whenever he went 10 a house where
4 woman had to ask her husband
everything, he was sure not TO be
comfortable. a woman should al
ways be tho master at home. lie
admired high temper IN woman;
true steel was always highly tenn
percd-b"t not sHoppash.
In 1868, while in command, a
number OF ladies wanted passports.
lie cited one case. y widow with
whom he had happened to 90 TO
school he would not tell how long
ago that wasl came for 4 pass. She
was told she would have no chance,
but she said she'd try, aud she did,
and came gushing into headquar-
tcrS. and said: "Juble, don't YOU re-
member little Julia?" q pledge you
my word she weighed 200
pounds Turning to his assistant,
he said, Give her pass Would
YOU believe II, she was worse mad
with me Tor cutting of her story,
than if had refused her the pass:
Shortly afterwards three ladies
came in for passes. lie asked the
first why she wanted TO go through
the lines. She wished 10 90 TO her
home in Winchester. or course /
gave it-th4t was the proper place
for her. The other two ladies .
wanted to 90 home with her. For |
what? to STAY little while. And /
get a little finery, bonncts and fix
ings -. After awhile they confessed |
they wanted TO get a few things
lie knew their father, an estimable
gentleman, who lived in CharlOttes-
VILE. He refused the pass, told
them TO 20 home, that If they went
10 Winchester and bOugh their bon
nets and fixings, all the other girls in
the county would be jealous of them.
The girl TO whom he gave the pass
got up with 4 bale OF dry goods on,
and putting her foot down, said:
"Come OF girls, it's no use; he amt
going to give il to YOU" Turning
to his officers, he said: That's a girl
I'll bet on
The next year in battle at VIM
chester, the one in which General
Lilly lost his arm-that night the
battle field being in charge ofneither
armv-a number of ladies from the
town came out to administer TO the
wants of the wounded and dying
Among these was Randolph ltidg-
lev. severely wounded, aud these
Young ladies had no means Of carry
ing away from the field the wound
ed, and while the others went back
10 town TO obtain some vehicles,
this same Young lady staid out there
in the dark night, administering to
the wounded COufederates. Ridg-
ley afterwards got well.
In 1868, when going in Pcnnsyl-
vania, and near Winchester, il be-
came necessary to dislOdge the enc
nv from the town, and thew were
marching around the town so as to
/ get possession of the hills COM
| manding it, when turning a curve
| in the road they came upon little
/ girl l3 years OF age, on horseback
| with a large bundle Of miscellaneous
goods tied up before her and her
little brother behind her. When
| she saw them she was at first fright
eued, but discovering the gray color,
/ she pulled OF her bonnet and hur-
| rahed! She had been sent from
! home by her parents because the enc
/ my were throwing shells into their
] house, and not knowing OF the Con-
/ federates approach, they supposed
/ the shells were thrown out of miscel-
! laneousness. "YOun said the Gene
| raj, ''have no idea of the effect of
that little girl upon the soldiers, but
her influence was felt that evening
! when we captured between 5000
| and 4 900 prisoners, 200 or 800 wag-
ons and over 20 pices of artillery
In 1864, in passing q lady's house
near Charlestown, she was standing
at the gate, and he said to her, g You
| must have 4 very hard time with
| the enemy" She smiled and said:
eve do: but there are green spots
in the desert when we can OCCASION
ally administer to the wants OF our
Confederate bOysw
At the time Of the Averill raid up
the Roanoke Valley, when Gen.
Fitz Lee was after him, there were
some straggiers. Near-there was
a gentleman, his wife, and daughter,
all of whom belonged 10 the Metho-
dist Church, and were very good
people. The girl was walking in
the garden, which was on the bank
Of river, very steep; when coming
to it. suddenly, she saw a Yankee
soldier coming up the bank. With
out stopping TO consider, she stoop-
ed down, picked up arock, and said,
I'D III you, hand me that musket." "
He was so completely taken aback
that he gave up his musket, and
! was marched a prisoner into the
house.