Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-04-21

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/ life was the easement beneath which
he imprisoned his upconling tender
ness and pity. One writer has said
| that Jackson was abitious. Lee was
not. / wish that man could read
the letter my husband wrote me
| when he resigned his position as
| General because the Government
had taken certain action that he
thought destroyed his usefulness
in that capacity. He intended to
go back to Lexington and take
charge of the cadets there. The let
ter was full of JOY and gladness.
He threw off his high rank and
gave his brilliant prospects with
a hearty thankfulness and relief. 1t
was the happiest hour of his life
during the war. He felt that he
could, consistently with duty, retire
from the hated fields of strife and go
with me to our little home in Lex
ington, and live in love and peace.
That was his ambition. And vet,
when the Government refused to ac-
cept his resignation and 50 arranged
affairs that he felt he could again
profitably serve his country, he gave
with a true sense of conservation re-
manned in the field until God called
him hence"
"sToNEwALL's" FAMILY.
Mrs. Jackson is of a modest,
shrinking nature, and breads the
publicity that the fame of her hus-
band has brought her. She has per-
SiStently declined to talk to the press
reporters that have sought her out
in legiOns. 1t is possible, however,
that she will prepare and publish a
life of the great hero whose name
she bears.
a notable instance of the annoy
ance that publicly brings is here
with given. Last spring Mrs. Jack
son and her daughter, girl OF four
teen years of age, tooll;a trip to Au-
gusta, Ga. The papers for week
or so teemed with gossip concerning
the bereaved pair. One item of this
gossip, condensed into two lines,
started the rounds of the press. 1t
read: "Miss Julia-daughter of
StOnewall Jackson-is a pretty,
modest girl of sixteen years of age"
Since that time Miss Julia has re-
ceved hundreds of letters from
stranger swains, soliciting cores
pOndence with her. The breezy
West, where the prOprieties are lost
in an unconventional Vig0r, furnish
es the bulk of these queer epistles. |
The most of them have the ortho-
doX favor of the Pocket Letter |
Writer, but occasionally some unfet- !
tered soul turns itself loose and rises |
above the scope of technicality. |
Then the letter is fearfully and won
derfully made. / should like to in
sert some specimens here did space |
permit. 1t is needless to say that |
Miss Julia has laid her innocent |
hands upon none of these imprudent |
ventures, and that her little head
pretty, we must confess it-still |
bends devOtedly over the arithmetic |
and grammar.
General Jackson left his wife and |
child in very moderate circumstan- |
ces. He invested all that he had in |
the bonds of the Confederacy, which
are of course worthless. a neat |
home in Lexington was about all |
that was left. A small amount of |
money in bonds and this house COM
prise Mrs. JacksOn's wealth at pres
ent. Her income is limited, but |
sufficient for the support of herself |
and daughter. She is now boarding
at the school at which l visited her,
for the purpose of educating this
daughter. She has uniformly dis
courged any movement that looked
towards the raising of money by
public subscription for her use.
Hence a proposition made last
spring that the various memorial
societies of the South should re-
ceive contributions on Memorial
day for the family of Stonewall
Jackson, realized Onlya few hundred
dollars.
Mrs. Jackson has determined to
make her home i'll Charlotte, near
which city her father lives. She is
now trying to 50 arrange her slen-
der resources that she can build and
furnish a home for herself and
daughter. She much prefers to sup
ply whatever deficiency they may
be in her means by her own eXer-
tions. Were it not for this prefer
ence QftentimRs and frankly eX-
pressed the people of the South, and
of the Union for that matter, would T
very soon build a worthy home for
the wife and daughter Of StOnewall
Japl-SOO