The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-23

hen and asere In laieir graspsand go, like
Tie six handred at paaaklavas they marenea
on inso what each Que knew ssas !" thee Jaws
of death. D. The artist correctly painted. nen
as desperate men. Had be nave paneeu
them otherwise he,wollld have been unF rus
: though it is hardiy-apropos, Iswill-rel
an incident of. that battlel e"hlcn III, ays
never seen in print i 90 20 tne more
readily because fof a seeming disposition ou
the part Of the Confederate soldiers 10 LOT.
get all Of, their generals who are not prom
nent, politicians no,o. General Plckee.t,
though no politician, has a record as brlentl
az any majoTrgeneral of the, Contederac5,
and bis surviving men and officers hold Nun %
second in their affections only TO ;Genemt
I ZEE. But to the incident: After tbe diYlSSion
mad taken the famous stoneWallT-Tntter the
death of General Armistead, who ,had oce1
the first to scale that same wall, and Wnen
the Federal troops, heavily reinforced, were
mourning into our ranks most destructive
fire of shot. shell, and small arms, and IL
was evident the battle was lost, Captain Ro.
Brirht. Of General Picketrs staff, urged him
"a leave the field, saying all was ended.
General Pic&kt responded, n" Yes, fly
couldn't i've here two minutes, but our sup
norris NAV come yet We must wait for
themy The battle was already lost: The
supports had not started;;' but Pickett ana
his staff remained on that field until bis d.
vision, had witbered to few wounded men,
scattered here and there over the field. " ~.
Your correspondent "vee" further on
remarks. I. I also agree with Colonel Wood
as tn tbe absence Of asperity towards the
neonIe of the South in so far as ordinary
rrnnversatiorl Soes.' "Yee" is then to be
.recarded as asserting that in ordinary con-
iy9eTIsition, the people of the North'do not IN.
duloe in "asper1ty towards the people OF
the South. he gives no instance OF ertra-
ordinary conversation, and we are therefore
TO 'pfesume that no remark 'uncomphment-
ory TO the South has been made in bis near.
ing 8 SO far as ordinary conversation goes"
He thinks, though, that the people OF tne
North might mend their ways toward South,
erners. but he gives MO instance OF their oau
ways. save that in 1853, when he was
marched through philadelphia as a prisoner
of war. O. hooting crowd ofmen, 'oomen, ana
children were permitted to pelt him WIN
rotten bananas and string OF oalhs anu
abuse singularIy out of place 10
city boastful of its morality and Chrls-
tan charity. "Vee" rightfulty compmins
that This was bad treatment, and certainly
have no word of excuse or palliation Tor IL.
mlst confess, though, that am at loss 10
comprehend that feeling not pecullar 10
soldier of the Stonewall brigade, which for-
mves and lorgets the injuries inflicted by an
armed warrior in the field who had CON-
nelIed his surrender, but ten years after
wards refuses to forget or forgive a aoon'dh,
who. though dressed in good clothes, had yct
neIted him with rotten banana. !"
q yeen closes his communication Wild
words which have almost entirely my COM
,nondotion. "There is no one," says he,
* who homes more earnestly than do Tor the
re,,,rn Of the era of good feeling between
the sections. but fear it will be the work
- conturies. not of years. Let the good
,uork commence at philadelphia when the
fret centennial of American independence Is
tn he celebrated" &c. AS he seems TO desire
lipht. I take pleasure in communicating To
him the information that the "good WORK,
% far as the centennial exhibition Is con-
earned commenced at Philadelphia more
than two wears ago. Since that time 1t has
nrorreSsed with such rapid strides that DO
yveij.informed man now doubts that al
Philadelpha. commencing the 18th of April,
and closing the 18th Of October, 1876,
will be held the grandest exhibition
of American and foreign arts, products,
and manufactures that the world ever saw.
The commission having the exhibitions in
charge consists Of one Commissioners and one
alternate commissioner from each State and
territory, nominated by the Governor OF
such State or territory, and appointed 10y the
President of the United States upon such
nomination.. OF course, the commission be-
ing so appointed, large proportion OF 1t IS
Republican but take pleasure in saying
that the subject of politics has never in any
,llape been intruded upon the commission;
nor in nv constant intercourse with the
of the commission have / ever
heard the term "rebel "sapplied to south.
prrners but on one occasion; it was then ap-
plied unthoughtedly, as I believe, in speech
before the commission, by Charles P. Kim
bali, Democratic candidate for Governor Of
Maine. a. l@" 49,"
have private letter from Colonel John
w. Forney, OF the Philadelphia Press. 1t is,
dated the 18th instant, and is not intended
for publication, but cannot help quoting
sentence. I may be allowed to remark that
Colonel Forney is not altogether unknown
in the South. In fact, BY most southerners
be is regarded as the "head devil" Of her
foes. Saws Colonel Forney: "lf only our
southern friends would understand how
many of us in the North are anxious to do
our level best for them, not in politics, but in
practical ways, am quite sure they would
give the; centennial their best support, and
strengthen the hands of men like you and
myself." ] believe, and have reasons for
nv belief, that this sentence OF Colonel For
ney's includes the majority Of the northern
people, 90 G,., .l-Ils-. ,.a u... lr -a.s.-..
regret, Messrs. Editors, that have been
drawn into this controversy over picture.
The argument of those who condemn the
picture is that because private citizen OF
the North has chosen to paint battle-scene
rs he fancied it,, therefore the States of the
South and the people thereof should refuse
TO benefit themselves. A sutfi .ient refuta-
ton of the argument is found in its mere
statement. The centennial exhibition, like
every other exhibition that has ever been
held, is a matter of business, not of senti-
ment. Every State and every citizen of
every State that takes part in it will reap
substantial benefits from it. Those benefits
being self-evident, will not stultify myself
nor consume your space in enumeratins
them. They are of that material kind which
will result to CottrelI, of your city, for hay
ing contributed to the Vienna exhibition the
best harness, and to Armstcad and Carroll,
of Lynchburg, for having contributed sam
pies Of chewing and smoking tobacco, for
which an international jury has given them
premiums and certificates of merit. am
laboring all / know how to encourage such
men as Cottrell, Armstead, and Carroll. They
are men of enterprise. Their success, at vi
emma will do Virginia more substantial good
in bringing trade'and commerce to her bord-
ers and building up manufactures than all the
stump speeches to be made in Virginia be-
tween now and November. :. There are thou
sands of such men in Virginia. They are as