Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-05-11

ESDAY, MAY II,
| am very conident that he did not
go into Frederick until the morning
of the 10Th, when his commanu
marched for the capture Of HarpeT's
Ferry. The General went through
FrefrIck, with cavalry escort, IN
advance Of his troops, wh0 did not
/ pass through the town until he was
some distance beyond it.
The so-calied 'ex-Coniederate" in
California who says that "StonewaH
Jackson ordered his dust Drowned
TauRs to han in front of Mrs. Fritch>
le'S house, and that bullet from his
gun was one Of the many that his the
flag she held" 1t he inueed was ever
Confederate soldier, has strayrd as
far from the truth III the I'll C he tells
as he has from the land of his birth.
Ii is possible that he may have been
IN the Confederate army, but 4 SD
| venture 10 alii m that all the shoot
ing he ever did was with Il "long
| bDW. If he ever heard General
Jackson give ny such order as that
! mentioned by him aad described in
Winters poem, or Witnessed any
firing, by his or any other officers
command, upon a fay in Barbara
Frlethchie's or any other wDman's
hand, then he heard and Witnessed
what was heard and witnessed by no
other mortal man. Neither General
jackson nor any other officer in our
ar;F} was capable Of giving such a
command
Oh The morning that we passed
through f. edrick on the expedition
for the capture of Harper'S Ferry,
the two following incidents occurred,
one of WHICH | WITNESSED in person,
and the other was described to me
by an entirely reljIbIe officer OF Hays
Lrnisiaua brigade: As my brigade.
OF EweiIo d'ylsi6r, as marcaiug
| through The town, Oh the street which
connects N'tH the ROAD to b"onsb"ro
young @Ifi about ten oreieven years
o:d VAS standing on the patto'm III
front Of 4 framed wooden house. on
| tie lett side Of the street as we
marcac5, with a sinai, fac (Uni,ed
Stdte>) o. tie age commonly called
candy haSS1 10 hcr hand, witch sc
was slowly waving "b:le recltmg, IN
dnsI, noHot"ioas tone. li1:rah Tor
ne Star, aud stripes. Down 18th Ito
o'arr ami Bass! by her SIDE stood
another gri about five or SIX years
OLD, jooA.n4 as II SIZE did not Know
VIA 1t all Was about, aud the GIL
w,ia was gon% through the perform
ance seemed 10 have no heart i'll the
matter, but TO be merely goi"g
mechanically through recitation
! sbe had been taught. The doors and
Window shutters of the house were
closed and not another human being
was visible about 1t. The men, as
they pissed lau2 he'd and joked pleas
anrly about the affair, bu. not a rude
or unpleasant remark was made by
them. The only Indication of a
dis. 0>iiipn IL IntrrfcrG with the girl
was by "A one-lcgged man who had
been accompanying one of my regi>
meats On horseback during tie cam
pain. When got up found lin
somewhat excited, and upon nay ask
ing him what vas the matter he called
my attention to the &,rl with the
fag, aud said he had a good mind to
get d .wn and t, be the flag from her
lie had evidently taken TWO or three
extra drinks, ana I'toid h N lie was
fo0i-to Ga ou aud ct the girl alone
she t0dl'I 10 no harm with her candy
flag, and lie thereupon moved on.
The other incident occurred further
on think just across the bridge liz
the western part Of the town. As
the louisiana brigade days was
passing, c"ar c; dirty hooking wo
lhan ru'acd up narrow alley wItha
, United States flag, very mucii soi!ed,
which she thrust olt OF the alley.
when an Irish soldier III the brigade,
with his ready Irish W.T., made re-
mark a5oDt that dom ouid dirty
rag, as he called l, which sent her
BACK With her flag IN a hurry, and no
effort to take the flag from her wss
made. Upon these Two incidents, L
presume, are based Mr., Whittier 5
"iofty numbers" and the disputed
claims TO the honor and glory OF
having Haunted the ''Union flag" III
the faces of StonewalI Jackson's
"raggcd rebels as they passed
through Frederick. The story told
by the Frederick correspondent Of
the Sun about a flag beng stricken
ffori tile hand of Il Mrs Quantrill