The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-10-04
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A ARpreeiaiive Sketch BY aTsiiSw.tara.
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Is no monument. The grass was grow
ingahout itinthecarly summer and there
were soIno flowers there, witherd and
faded, scattered by q woman's hand,
Magiuder was a wonderful man.
He stood six feet four in height, and
had a franc incr ciivied and women
adored Fla nerves were all IRON.
Foreign travel and comprehensive cal-
tnre had given 70 his wit zest that
was always crisp and sparkling. lie
never laccrnted To the sting 81 rgrAr-
tea 80 oiaed the honey of TIE seicver
| IFe could fight. all day eAnd frolic all
night. In tbe morning = glass OF bran.
dy and a strong elgtJ removed his
strength and caused Tie alp Of his
youth to run over With tbe precious
wine Of health and spirits He loved
magnificent uniforms, magnificent
horses, magnificent riders fcad roagniii-
cent women. Gifted and, srssoefui ia
conversation, be was u pot IA Che bou.
doir, and a loeiciaN III lid Barracks.
ffo had studied French IN Paris. Ifalian
in Rome, and Spanish in the.hAlls Of
lhe MontezimAs His horaenlanaliip
was Of the English kind, that il. not
only graceful, but impossible to be
surpassed for firm riding and endurance
Tie wrote little love aosses that ~ero
set 70 music One Of thea ..Lmogene,g
had in il the plaintiye melody Of .
lover, and sie aad rhyslm or burial
buzlsa. In tie Crimea lse .fustonisaed
The French officers by sleeping 70 Che
front with the chasstarz under Ese. In
Mexico he gent back 70 tbA archbishop
n lalys perfupscd glove ~ lad found
in tho palace when tho ci;5 was won,
and with II note which read, "It Is
pretty enough to haze belonged 70 n
queen. Would she have IN ioned Iae
if had appropriated It, '' as
An the ArehhiAhop ssait biIa ihe
next day basket Of CniiciOas wine, il
Is supposed that the fair owner Of the
glove must have looked leniently upon
tho handsome American s1ldier Ia
ter, and Iie was riding vita Gsn. Scott
down the long street Of Iturbide. Cen.
Garnett joined them, and AIaSruder
drew q li:tle back for hi4 superiors 70
co1salt t6gether 4 white puff d
smoke cur!ed up and about an open
windos, Endden report followed
sqeediiy and Garnet and horse rolled
, over together upon tho pavement. Al
r ounce ball intended for Scott, had bro
: kou Gainett's thigh and killed his char
!, tebrs Fearing another Sire, Magrudf1
5 gaUoped 10 tie side OF his chief ant
J c3geTol his body with his own. Ths
/. a. a.g'.'r 50. -.egor dropped nor hi
> sole.s ehTuged tIfs efsst.---. szs1IEs...
= ilan. will il take 10 batter down tha
: lio,iseis he spoke eurtiy to Lieut.. Ala
grader, pointing with = sgeep Of hi
/ finger 20 tho one ncar,s., and from
!, which the bullet came. '-An hour b,
the watch, GeEeral." "Taea open fir
, az point-blank range. and leave not on
stone upon another.
II was done, and well done, an
: those who SAW Magrnder soonest after
!, wards noticed that he had another ba
! on his epaulette, and that he had bec
!, made captain. War rss4s his elemesi
= the .Hvouac his delight, aud the battl
4 his perfect happiness. ProdigaI fasl
! ! ionable, fooiishly. brave sometimes,
y y spendthrift, generous, . trcefIiend an
staufch eomrade, tho surrender /
2 Appomatox Court house made him q
y aged nam in his prime, and wrinkle
4 his features, which had before rcsiste
y all the attacks Of tiIno. One WI
y wandered far and long with him
Z other lands, in sweet sunshiDy weathe
. 3. relates how from Vera Cruz 90 Cha
- ultepccr he went with Nagruder .
y over the battle fields Of the Nexiea
- war. The light caue 20 his EYES AZ
the Gre to his facs when selling
y Contrerils and Chcyuhuseo and PeEo
= and Molina do Reg, and the Bel
y, Gate, and Chapultepeo and the city
~ Mexico. His talk was never ended
nu Az Scott and Twiggs, Wool and Wor'
Is Smith and Pillow, Taylor aud Gu
ny man, and all the young sabordinal
who afterwards played such bloc
parts in the greatestof American dram
OF Mcclellan he told this ;ncidt
among a thousand others "The
ias from tho hill Of Chapultepas WIS tel
.er- bic. Fifty pieces Of heavy artill'
ar. were massed against my fourgun b
ar. terry, at point-blank range, and in
the valley below a regiment Of lane
lso- were forming for charge. Oar
Icy. had been slackened and ths mon v
ii lying down. A young maa sat hes
ing one Of the guns, amusing himself v
ost. picking up pebbles and shooting th
lses out from his hand. The lancers Cd
ads nearer. / called to the young oil
lounI whom / had noticed,I and he spr
ort up, saluting. ssYour mamie, Iieutenal
led, "George d. Mcclellan" Yery y
ley, Lieutenant; take command Of one
9th those gums and disperso the lance
ter Tho gunners rushed to their PIE
M. All tho great cannons about GhapVltt
rec went to roaring. The battle be
E.le- anew. Worth was sweeping up
as- acclivity, the lancers were routed
noe the next saw. Of Mcclellan he
Y. smoking cigar in the palace Of s.
ON, Anna, his iaceas hlacl1as powder
ms and an ugly wound in his arm.
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