The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-09-21
zen. John Il. MAGRUDER.
An Appreciative by a Fellow Cam.
paigner.

(dajor Edwards in the Selala (Ao)
Democrat.
! Magsudrr sleeps the sleep OF a SOL
aier in rude Texas grave, over
which there is no monument. The
grass was craving about it in the
early summer, and there were SOU"
flowers there, withrred and faded.
scattered by a wnnlan'S hand.
Mag'nher Was wonderful man.
He stood six feet four in height, and
/ had frame men envied and women
1 udnred. His nerves we're all iron.
Foreign travel and comprehensive
culture had given to his wit a zrst
that was always crisp and sparkling.
He never lacerated. To the sting of
vrpuJ tee he iidrd the honey Of The
s..lcyer.g lie 4 rad sagnt all ola, lap4
Tfolu ali niAhl. In me m@-rt"g
glass OF htauiy and Il strong c'Sar
renewed his strength and caused the
cup Of his youth to run over with the
preri"nS vine Of health and spirits.
He loved magnificent u"itmms, mag
nitirent horses magnificent riders.
and magnificent women. Gifted and
graceful in conversation, he was a
pc, in the houdor and a logician IN
the barracks. He had studied French
in Paris. Italian in Rome, and Span
iSh in the halls of the M"nteznmas
His horsrmanship was of the English
kind, that is to say. not graceful, but
impossible to he surpassed for firm
riding and endurance. He wrote lit.
tie love songs that were set to music.
One "f.them, "lm"gene," had in it
the pIain,ive melody of lover, and
the sad ,hytLm of burial bnglrs. In
the CIi,nea he astonished the French
officers by sleeping at the front with
the clas<pnrs under fire. In Mexico
he sent back to the Archbishop a
lady's pe,fumed glove no had found
in the palace when the city was won,
and with it note which read, "lt
is pretty enough to have belonged to Il
queen. Would she have pardoned
me if | had appropriated it 7"
As the Archbishop sent him The
next day a basket of delicious wine
it is supposed that the fair owner OF
the glove must have looked leniently
upon the handsome American soldier
Later, and he was riding with Gen
Scott down tho long street of ltnr
hide. Gen. Garnett joined them, an'
Magruder drew a little back tor Iii
snperiors to consult together. Z
, white puff of smoke curIed NJ ant
: about an open window, sudden re-
port followed speedily and Garnet
and hons rolled over together up"'
the pavement. Auoun"e ball intend
ed for Scott, had broken Garrett
thigh and killed his charger. Fear
i ing another ire, Mayruhrr gnli"pr
to the side of his chief aud c"vere
his body with his own. The old man
eye never dropped nor his v"ic
changed an information. elbow 10"
will it take to batter down tina
house" he spike curtly to Lien
Magrnder, pointing with sweep
his finger to the one nearest, an
from which the bullet came. "A
hour by the watch, General" "The
open fire at point blank range, an
= leave not one stone upon another
1t was done, and we'll done, al
d those Who saw Magrudtr soonest Il
v re,wards noticed that he had anotlt
( ba, on his epaulette, aD,i that he !"
q been made a captain. War was |"
8 element, the bivouac his delight al
a the battle his perfect haplt"ts
3 Prodigal, fashionable, fnolishly BRAY
{ sometimes, a spend'lrif', generous,
q true friend and stanncl' comade, IL
! surrender at App"mattox C",'t H"u'
=. made him an aged man iu ais nm
! aud.wrinkled his features, wh'c" Ia
s before resisted all the atticks OF I'm
- One who wandered far nd long \"
L, him il, u,her lands, in sweet snnsl'
| nv weather, relates low from We
u C,uz to Chapulttppc he vent vi
Magrnder ull over to hattie fields
= the Mexican wal. The Iigt; came
" his eyes aud the f,s t" his face Wit
,rlling of Coutr-r,s, and Churubus
and P.rote and A"|iua del Rty, al
tLr Brleu Gate, and Ctapu|teptc al
the city of Nrxico. His talk "
u.ye, ended i Sent aud Twig!
Wool and Wnth, Smith and Pillo
TAYLOR and Quitman, and all t
III Young subrdi"ates who afterwar
played suc| bloody parts in tue grt'
eat Of American d'aWas. Of McCl'
Ian he t1d this incident am"ng
hnsan.l' others: "The fire from
hi, Of Ghau|tepec was terrible. Fiji
;" pleres"f neavy artl'lery were "as'
,eai,,st my fonr-g gun battery. at poi
blanl range, and in the valley bti
\ regiment of lancers we'e tUrm
tor charge. Our 6,e had b'
shckened and the, men were ~
It, zen T. OWN. A young man s,t beside
u th 10 i the guns, amusing himself "
win. pirkipg up pebbles and shoot
pp;lIs Them out from his hand. The i
t Re GERS came nearer. l called to
eliA ,onu officer whom ] have motto
c and le sprahg mp 'saIuting, 'Y
> name Lieutenant p George
McC!a Ian" VERY well, Lieut.