Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-02-20


SToNEwALL JAcKsoN's DEATH WOUND
Gen. Jubal A. Early contributes to the South.
ern Historical Society papers, an elaborate
article on the wounding of Stonewall jackson,
which will be read with painful interest by
every ex-Confederate. 1t includes long
and plainly. written narrative by Capt. R. E.
Wilbourn, of Mississippi, who was the only
officer actually with Gen. jackson at the time
be was wounded. In the words Of Gen. Ear
": ellis account Of the whole affair shows
how very erroneous are the generally-received
accounts; and it now appears that instead OF
riding to the front to reconnoiter the enemy
and then imprudently galloping back toward
his own lines, Gen. jackson was slowly riding
to the front, while making every effort to
hurry forward the troops, when he was fired
on by portion of bis own men on the right
(south) Of the road, and obliquely from the
rear, and that then the horses of his party
that were not shot down, wheeled to the left,
and he galloped into the woods on the left to
escape the fire, when he was fired upon by
another body Of troops on the north side Of
the road" 1t was by this last fire that Gen.
Jackson was wounded. One ball struck him
in the left arm two inches below the shoulder
Joint, shattering the bone and severing the
chief artery; a second passed through the
same arm between the elbow and the wrist,
making its exit through the palm of the hand,
and third ball entered the palm of his right
hand, about the middle, and passing through
broke two of the bones. All the circum-
stances surrounding the wounding, as well as
those Immediately preceding and succeeding,
are told with graphic distinctness and pic.
turesque detail, and Gen. Early's article, al
thoug III apparently intended only as q reply
to some erroneous statement of Gen. Revere,
in his book entitled excel and Saddle" is
really a most valuable contribution to the
history of the war. ~ ~ .:e.glas
How PARsoN MIX GOT a BRIDE THE
Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler, in recent letter
from Greenfield, relates the following inter-
esting incident of its early history: The
Rev. Stephen Mix, of Wethers6eld, Ct, made
a Journey to Northampton in 1896 in search
of wife. He arrived at the Rev. Solomon
Stoddard's, informed him of the object Of his
visit, and that the pressure Of home duties
required the utmost dispatch: Mr.. Stoddard
took him and introduced him to Mary. .Es-
ther, Christiana, Sarah, Rebekah, and Han
nah, and retired. Mr.. Mix, addressing Mary,
the eldest daughter, said he had lately been
settled in Wethersfeld, and was desirous Of OBJ
tanning wife, and concluded by offering her
his heart and hand. She blushingly replied
that so important proposition required time
for consideration. He rejoined that he was
pleased that she asked for suitable time for
reflection, and in order to afford her the
need opportunity to think of his proposal, he
would step into the next room and smoke a
pipe with her father, and she could report to
him. Having smoked his pipe and sent a
message to Miss Mary that he was ready for
her answer, she came in and asked for further
time for consideration. He replied that she
could reflect still further on the subject and
send her answer by letter to Wethers6eld. In
few weeks he received her reply, which was
probably the most loconic epistle ever penned.
Here is the model letter, which was soon
followed by wedding: ..s.... ii:
NORTHAMPTON, 1896.
Rev. Stephen Mix-Yes. i'
-... ., MARY SToDDARD.
The matrimonial Mixture took place on
the 1st of December, 1896, and proved to be
a compound of most congeuial clements
Hartford Times.
CHANGE OF CoLoR.-Sudden shocks oc-
curing to human beings have frequently
changed the color Of the hair from black to
white in single night. A physician Of
Berlin, strong, healthy, and less than mid
dle.aged man, sent his wife and one daughter
to spend the summer at q watering-place.
The day that he expected letter informing
him of their arrival, there came one saying
that his daughter had been taken i'll very
suddenly, and was already dead. The shock
was terrible, and instantly his hair became
entirely gray. He had to visit some patients
that afternoon, and they scarcely recognized
him. .... ."....
The other case was of man thirty-fve
years old, living in the Netherlands. He was
one day passing the canal in Rotterdam,
where he saw child struggling in the water.
He plunged in and brought it to land, but it
was already dead by the time he had rescued
the body. Bending over it to try to restore
life, he discovered that the dead child was
his only son. The blow was so sudden and
unexpected, and coming upon him when he
himself was so much exhausted, turned his
hair entirely gray, and left him scarcely re-
cognizable. -'.. III. ..'.
ny A Methodist minister in Essex county.