Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-03-09
Interesting Incident About Stonewall
jackson,

Interesting 1Hcluenb Aoous StoneWalt
Jackson.
A writer from Petersburg, Va. sends the
Richmond Dispatch the following interesting
incident about Gen, S,onewall jackson
In the spring of 1861 there we're stationed
around Norfolk many Of the crack volunteer
Infantry companies of tho Shte. aud these
were formed into the Twelfth resiment hy Gov.
eruUr Letchcr, aud 10. y. Weis,ger, oi PciersS
burg, was commissioned us the cnlmel.-
Shortly afterwards an order was issued irum
the State headquarters assigning Lieuicnuut
Colonel L. j jackson tn tins command. aud
directing hIm tu rrpnIt q N"riOlk for duty.
This news. being c"mmunlcaIed los the cnlunel
to the company officers. was received with
great Indignation. aud u cnusuitltiOn was held
to dttermins what should be tlOnG To prevent
the execution nf the obnoxious order. Ia the
fist e. the "fierrs were very tenacious of
their '.vOlui te r" right tp select their nwnSu.
peri"rs; aud in the secnnd place, lhGrn haps
pened to be intle regiment several gentlemen
WIN had recently graduated ut the Hrgitiia
Military Institute, aud who brought thence the
prevatsui.Hhd t'y nn GncanS Ttcring estimate
OF JACKSON : character aud ahil ties. Their un.
favorable report of him. backed by instances
confirmed and iuA lmed the rl,iec,i0n HTst
made to a stranger, aud the end Ut tho mat
ter was letter to Governor Hatcher protest.
ing against the assignment and.arking for its
retOcatinn sAGter suiue hesitation the Cow
ern"r complied, and giving j 'ckSun uuuttIcr
field Ot duty launched him firth on that path
of, fane EWw so well known of all men
The Twelfth regiment remained ut Norfolk
during 81, and was still inactivo in the FOL.
lowing spring, when their rejected licutenant
colonel entered upon that campaiHn in the
Valley which has m parallel in American
warfare for it, hriIiianre md iOrco In tho
summer camnaign the rcgimcrt ,ook clTiciert
prrt; a Gran rtnn's G p, i c du e raylnr,
the gallant and accomplished fliccr whn catno
:" us in place Of the rrj"crcd lieutenant col.
nnel was killed hu' ere then .larkson had
h"c"m" famous, had been prnrt0,rd In curn-
mand half the army, had come tn he knnwn
az LCe'S riUEt arm, and was Il ling ii ginnt's
place in the minds nf friend ard foe And
often thrn and nfinrwrrds, IN t'c march md
arnmnd tho camp irc. WAS there iSTIs sSSale
invincihle l"ndcr. and smie thar VIC had
once rejected him, mud growing wonder ns to
low different might have been his history
perhaps, how varied our cxprrirncc- Int rnr
the indepe"l"nt sriri' al volunteer "rguni-
z'tion and the contiguous prejudiccs OF a few
"f .)acksoh's old scl.ulnrs. -.
SENntNu BABY 10 HEAVEN nYA BAL>
LooM.-A Paris Letter to the phtladclp plia
Press, ssys:
0uc of the strnnccst and most horrible Of
sensational incident, tmk place tho other day
at Hutcaux. Imty Ot children who were
playing in the cnvIruus discovered q pnting in
fh0 uiP nd "A L..
branches OF tree white ,rprcel uIbnrns by
means Of some twenty "r thirty little red t1y-
Balloons, which were Htrachcd r0 il. The at.
'cnti"h Of the police beiu. called I" this rim.
:.ular utjec', il was brought down aud the
package "peaed, which proved tn contain the
corpse of new burm infant. Investigations
into the matter brought 20 light the iol!uwing
facts /: The child wasthat uI - poor iny.n!nker
and his wife; just after the confinement Of
the latter the husband had died suddenly and
all the household gOnds aud cIatfels had been
seized for rent The unhappy wnniau vas
driven mad by this accumulation of nisl"r-
tunes: she killed. her infant aud then went
cut and threw herselI into tie river leaving
behind her written paper III which she do.
'clarsd her in'cnlinn at committing suicide,
and said that she chad gotten her baby al
ready to go to Heaven" a saddcr tale with
stranger Termination il would Ice hard 10
iud. The toy balloons evidently had formed
part Of the dead hu-band's stock in trade.
DESTRUCTION To MATCHES. Phe Paris
correspondent of the London Do,kg Ac0s
writes : 81 have just been shown y simple
apparatus which will probably sweep away ere
long the mach trade Il i. called tic tlee-
tricsl finder h'x. aud is small enough TO 10
carried in cigar case On opening this box
ypu see piptinum wire scrclched arrnm.--
I0tIchin2 n spring the wire rPddena sufficient
iy 10 light cigar. At will you can intro.
dnce into tiny sconce mesb of cfftnn
stepped im spirits ot wine or pcfroIenn,, WHICH,
taking fire, does GcTVice as n Uciiy,.NSe or
nurses lamp. The hidden agency which
heats the wire is a very small clecfrical bnt.
terry. set in action by the touching nf tho
spring. The trade price 0f tho cleeificsI
tinder>bnx will be half franc or fee renee.
II. inventor promises thar il will be an eco
nomical substitute for the lucifer ms'ch. -
This apparatus msy perhaps drrange the bud.
get, which depends Gnr heavy rum upon the
match tax and monopoly"
Cor HER HEAD TrnxED.-A daughter
of Mr.. Jsmes Gray, nj ParkzviIlc. Sullivan
cnunty. was recently the victim If a peculiar
accident that siiIl csuses much anxiety rn@her
parents- While comhinv her hair in front Of
a lookipg- gl1ss. last Thursday. her older sitter
called her attention to something, when she
TUNED her head around suddenly. and through
the displacement "f some cord her head has
since remained almost in the same position.
FFe:'"richsL"rg Htr1ld.
= An old farmer purchased <onn sweet osI
~ drug store Yesterday, and being askcd If
there WAS nothing else" he laid several
packages IN the cnnntcr. bold m = hand With
several strings tied on the fingers, and said
Lets see! That red string Is for tho har
Of soap; thst rag Is for broom that hIue