The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-04-01
MEw PUBLICATIONS.

February 1877. Southern Historical Society
Rev. w Jones, DID,, Secretary, Richmond,
Va. - per year.
This psriodicl, published by authority OF
the Southern Historical Society, and under the
direction of the Executive Committee, which
bears the above title, is well deserving Of pa
tronsge on the part Of Southern readers.
Consisting mainly of valuable MSS, which
have never before been in print, and which the
Southern Historical Society are endeavoring to
preserve from oblivion. this work is . mine OF
reliable information on the subject of the lost
but always glorious. Cause.
We mark in the table of contents, in the two
numbers now before us, paper written by
Gen. d. H. Maury on the Defence of Mobile
in 1855" which 10 an able refutstion of many
false statements and erroneous SOC called facts
which go to make up the history Of the war.
Detailed Minutie of Soldier Life," by Carl
ton Mccarthy, is as entertaining as 1t is In
structive, and we would like our young citizen
soldiers to read these details Of real soldier
life, SO as to profit by the experiences of others
and be stimulated to a noble emulation of true
heroism and patience.
"An Address on the Character of Gen R. E.
Lee," by Capt. Chamberlsyne, is one to stir
the pulses Of the coldest submissionist among
us; but its best recommendation is the sub
lime contrast which it draws between the sim'
pie C hristisn grandeur of the great Confederate
chieftain, and the brutal, inhuman instincts Of
his opponents. We quote these words:
When at last was thrown against it lLes'a
army all the resources of the United States
Grant in it's front and Sherman in it's rear,
Europe for their recruiting ground, and q
boundless credit for their military ohests 1t
still stood for eleven months de6antly at bay,
concentrated on itself the whole resources OF
the United Sta es, and surrendered at APpo'
mattox eight Thousand starving men to the
com bined forces of two great armies, whose
chiefs had long despaired to conquer 1T by
skill or daring, and bad worn i5 away by
weight of numbers and brutal exchange OF
many lives for one.
In "The Diary of Capt. r E Park" we can.
not omit two sentences, as showing the differ.
ence in men and deeds. After the battle OF
Fishers Hill, Gen. SheIid an wrote as follows
I have destroyed 1000 barns filled with
W eat hay and farming Implements, over ~
inilis filled with -four and wheat, and have
driven in front Of the army over 900 head OF
ste ok, and have killed and issued to the troops
net less than 5000 sheep. This destruction
embraces the Luray Valley, and the Little Fort
Valley, as we'll as the Main Valley.
On June 9th. 1868, Gen. Lee, on the point OF
entering Pennsylvania, wrote the following
immortal words:
1t must be remembered that We make
war only upon armed men, and that we cannot
| take vengeance for the wrongs our people have
suffered without lowering ourselves in the
eyes of all whose adherence has been excited
by the atrocities of our enemy, and offending
against Him to whom vengeance belongeth
end without whose favor and support oul
efforts uAt all prove in vain. The command
ing general, therefore, earnestly exhorts the
troops 30 abstain, with most scrupulous care
from Unnecessary OK wantoa iDjory to private
property.
We have only space to call attention to 9
Ms. ofGen j. E. B. Stuart, never before printed
being the report Of his cavalry expedition into
Pennsy lvania in October, 1862.
How much better it would be for our South
ern youth to look back upon the past, as re
corded in these Southern papers, and thereb!
learn the bright facts of their cause and coun
try. than to fritter away their time in the pc
rusal of such senseless trash as the Adven
lures of Jack Harkaway," which vitiates th'
mind and depraves the ambition of growing
manhood.
Let them subscribe to these Southern papers
and they will find records of heroic deeds, o.
noble aspirations, of grand enterprises, which
bearing the impress of truth, will thrill theil
hearts with impulses of a higher order thar
are furnished by tie Chimney Corner, the New
York Ledger, or any papers of like nature.
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