The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-16
DULL,STUPID, YET A GENIUS
sTONEWiLL JICKSON. THE SECOND
CONFEDER fTE MIRO.
"Reminiscences OF II Conspicuous Rebel-Ii-
simplicity, riciy, and t'rrHt ounl'ies ""
m Soldier Praying while lie Fought.

NimplirtfNs EIctys nnn tsIf4l AhHiWiF1 w
N soldicr Praying while lie Fought.
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sixteen wears ago. when was commence
inc to preach I was the pastor of the Bar fist
church In the yillaee of Lexington. In the vale,
Stit,,i'. TIA ~ what is now en- washington
and Lee University. NJ ior 7 j. jackson was,
and ior ,cyerI Years had been, a professor IN
the military Institute. What his department
was never knew. but he was not the priuclunl
OF the insututioh, and by no meals inc most
prominent teacher. was not person NV nc
quantcd with hiW' hut ne was s"Wr.liil, = ~
my congregations saw Mn cghsttht " Hhu
remember disiinctlt nis repuiati ~ IN tue own
about the time the war broke out ana MS mar
yeilous caro- r c ,mmonr"d. ,,.,,,.,
Most tcnt lc at the Norm would he snmeNhW
surprised 10 know what the rcf~ maj a'p'Al.
an'e OF ,li- greet man " s. ia, h-"l was Aoou'
When he walked IT WIS wi y long in'tnuIl-
cal stride, and nccou panied WIN i1,su,'Iy,
pend III like sWt'ine ~ lNr 'IWS., -" M'iI
aWilitarN cap, the visor "i Which nvHI d.uIi"uu
H. nose, ana hs ey,- -rcneu "l"h n ~, y W,
the ground. Mhrn knew I'm ne a,WHNs "iiS
the lower pat ~ ms gee. fui f.ulrimI.r rs, ~,
uncty mcc'inE him one dAN on thS nISt bul
Run haiith' - th' 10y "it11' " "r','v' e"u
getting ,IrW "l nls mum mouth. "o NoU'n Is
usug ly prra INDEX = charat er oul an one
would seatch jack IN mouth III YIN ior nnN
sign ~ GREATNESS. ~, l,l~ were nun 'hu 'cu'
NJ urpei ~ sn"t. .,ln .he 'vr.,'Is u' lll-
sl@htN VI meg we Wnnr n"u'n 'N' ,,,,
IN a most uhiii' ak hIe way 81 amount ~
s"VVtlo7, IT, ~, ~, ~ ,, sr,
c.uraec, endurance. perseverance, or any s.It
~ genius J ck on's voice was IKE ms mouth,
ve SGT kinHy, "nd innr,,eui ,'e' ,, i
Ike iht Junntr. Illa tnirhe nose "llt '.lh
wee romiir lhi c.r,sp nnu a ,io,. WIN his
character \ H. pfettN saio To gay thht WINE ms
anpearance anu c,rr,aie W'Te r,no" "a, ,,,
trio, ms look twtie ru;re' ue-t tuie oi ANY ,ulg
iookii'e man,
Tue most prominent trait IN Jackson char-
acter was ..,.
MS fIbff.
He wns 4 member uf the Prcsbytcrlan Church
In the viii -, nd was we'll known ~ an hun-
hir. CONSCIENTIOUS. devoted, and consistent
la ftt A n an
attendant ON preaching, hut "A consecfated
tcncher 81 n class of negro children In IN, SIM.
dav school. an VxhOrlcr in the PRAYER meeting
and "a .yst,mnti. and uuuIuceut ever 10 every
n"mr,',irnt obirct N Nus ration nf his nnIot
IL j. rci.fcd tnat a day or Two after tue first
battle " Hui Run the Mole village collected At
the sta.c $ aud IN n storm Of excitement, await
ing iho news. when the stage arrived and tho
mat was opened II was announced that DE-.
White, tho venerable pastor Of the Presby
Church who was present, h al received a letter
from tirn. Jackson The Doctor mounted tho
stand. arranged hi. spectacles, broke tho en-
crowd the niomentons document. It ran some.
what as follows :" Dear Pastor mad a battle
Yesterday Enclosed please md check Tor tIOO
being my SUBSCRIPTION for foreisn missions nov
due" Anr the fervcnt piety seemed To deepen
during his life In the army. His hours Of PRAYER
while In the tented ncld wcro observed with
singular fai!hfuiness. The old negro VINO was
his BODY ,rvant IN the ncli declared that he
could tell when there was going 10 be any heavy
nehtins hy the consiancy WIN witch his master
gave himself - his Gayoiipns And ia, k-on =
humble faith In cod shore forth the lrishte.t
In his dying moment. For after receiving his
ef a. ar.
whclmcd with GRIEF he played the part Of com
forter, and constantly exclaimed, "lg ia all
right, IL is all rishf"
IL was aid ma believed in Jackson's corps
that the General wa ALWAYS
ENGAGED IN pRAYFu
whenever he was f-htine. and that. as he rode
along the lines in the leaden hail. MS Iight hand
WAS alw vs. rsised be. eccntnrlN 10 ne ,Nen Ihis
had a wonderfully inspiring eject on his Vlr-
ginians, who were all intensely religious men
bur, unfortunately Tor uuetry and Romance the
impres.ion wa, afteryyard die. ,V,reI 10 he IN
founded. Jackson, early in the war. had re.
NOT omit T." saw nnra,,inetirsily W. ,sn
Syiney-ike, 10 lei the surs,Sn ores until some
private soldiers had been waited on. Tnis
wound always inter1ereh with The circSIa,ion ni
the blood In TINT hand, 80 that he III more
was under the Influence cf strnn. emotion
And IA he was always sleepy looking man. and
appeared ali the tim. a. il he had the smnke OF
the camn lrs blowing in his eyes, il is easy e
see how natural It was for the men TO get The
idea that he was PRAYING ali the time he VA,
chasing Bank.
thest astr,v r"ncs,nin', & 49,, a., 10 ntnI,nt
Almost every enc at the North who remember,
his brilliant achievements takes IT for granted
that he WIS a brilliant scholar. But the truth
is, Gen. j fCkson was remarkable for his I1ck of
what is called intellectual Acunen lie rradu
ated about third N his class from " est Point
but 1t IL universal y conceded TINT IL was IN,
result OF his extraordinary determination and
perseverance and no brightness OF mind ii,
efaly REGARDED ss sery du obi aa s "St zen &c
person. I have heard a graduate of the mil
j
a teacher of mathematics lie said he haC
known jackson 10 pass ms "A factory a pr.h
lem which one VI The class had worked out Of
the blackboard, and afterward a. The nav
learned by
PEEPING THRoUGH THE KEYHOLE,
amend the whole AT amman trvlp, "a ,,uderst,rr
Xynat was OF, Tie hoard himself
And vet a., other asco,n,s Jaclson wa, v,r,
much beloved hy the cadets lie vas extr,
ordinarily kind and rrntla rhe Graduate ,nnv
referred 10 toll me tint once he bcc,me anyr
with Jackson IN the class room and tnane .nIn,
demonstratlon OF hatred, and that Jackson'
only rcply w,s I'm mis- faint iabt ering hut bcnev
client tone uf voice " Now now MIR Patton IA
YOU iust nut all that hatred against your lrssni
instead OF against me. and YOU will have no din
Gully" The cadets were fond Of him Tor III
singular courage alsn. II was said that on on
occasion a number Of them mounted the bar
racks at the hour when jackson had 10 wall
under the esves Of the house, and droppe,
brickbats in front Of him AZ he walked alone
endeavoring 10 see now near they could COM
20 mis- he d without hitting H. IA this trcI
was played al the lmmetiate risk OF kilne In
innocent Professor II would hardly be believe,
that the cadets would tr3ctice IL tinIess IN
reader was lrst Informed that these cadets wer
generally reckless, riotous, irresponsible NM
interruptions desperadoes. IL Is said that the