New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-17
4 STORY or TIE CIVIL VAR.

Ifrgl The IhrGddphtd I1fAS
After thr time Of which | have spoken tie Con
fed, rat. forces burned the house OF Governor A W
Bradford the mon GOycrnorof Maryland. situated
in Baltimore County. In r'taaton for the d'stric-
;irn "f Mr. Stcv,uss and Governor Bradords prop.
,lty Secretary Stanton ordered Tn" destrlrtl"h Oh
tl r,id. noes Of Alexander Il. Bofclrr and Andrew
Hunter. both members of the Confederate S"usn'Ss
i-,,,, 4, t,r~ou COUNTY Va. ami that 0f Charles j.
Faulkner near Mauin>burg. Va. General inntoT'
then commanding the forces IN the Shehaiaio2ah
Valley. Wa, charged with the execution oi the
nr..,r lapi.in Grey Nartindale. of the Iii New
York CalfalY, was detailed for the unpl, 3sani
r,icr. lat hc was man VINO never sIilh'l pIS,
u,,.t-au; az di,Agr cable. II was beantlihl uhy
10 h, u b. ~t,.TjcI with handful OF men To obey ms
oul,rs c ,.,
town. wtic, stood within rifle shot of where john
Brown was hlH;. 4, was left with nothing but the
vi 10 tall he plarc where one Of the SroneeS;
laWyrr AID hiticrest sgceSslonists IN all virginia
once lived iu algrlcr. lie has rebuilt npon The on
walls since ,hy VA. and Is spending his last DAYS
within tic same walls Who's. contents Mer oncr &c,
strpI.I hy WAY. Mr. 3o;chrs property. situated
near >hcp,rlsoWu IN the same county with all lts
Ian. old look, next crumblcd beneath the flames.
uau of culture who sat in Congress before the war.
II, and Faulkner ever bitt-r cnrmieS. lie de-
fcaied Faulkner FOR Congress the time h. served 10
"A district which he thought he had III his pocket.
Martiudar then rode on To Martinsburg, and theuce
e. the beautiful estate where the Faulkners li'ed,
surrounded By l. 100 acrrs OF the finest land ID IN,
Valley" The old rOOf-tre' was built by G'nrrai
Boyd. Mr. Faukucrs father. during or just aft'I
the Revolution. II is surrounded 10y "a magnificent
park, inCloscd with stone fence. W hen thr onic'
rode up he grayeed road 10 the house and alighcd
the place was bright with flowers. lie stepped upon
the porch, pulled the old fashioned knockc aud
one of the ladies OF the family responded to his sum
mons.
lie reed the order to her which said that in one
homr from that moment the property would bo Dc
sfroycd, and that only the personal effects Of the
ladies could be removed. This was the course pur
sued by the Con;cderatcs when they destroyed Gov
ernor Bradforis property. The officer Withdrew.
aud in ten minutes n t.legraphic appeal went over
the wires To- Mr.. Lincoln through Colonel Wand H.
Lamon, who was born and raised III this county
lie had left il early in life ald gone TO Illinois
where he hal become intimate with Mr.. Lincoln
and was then in Washington as his Marshal Of The
District Of Columbia AMI intimate friend The peo-
pie If his native county often drew upon him i0r
favors. and rarely were their drafts dishonond
When the telegram was On its way the ladies'. 5irA
Faulkner and two daughters, prepared thenis'iyrs
Ia leave their home and then waited Tor the dreaded
moment to arrive. a messenger waited IT the sta
tion for nh answer u tn, dispatch they had scnl
bur the nom, nis flew and Donc came. The clock
showed the hour WAS within notch of being Up.
and the officer 10 apply ,he torch wls already Of
hand. When the hand Of The cloe,: regtcd uroa
almost the last beat the rnfSeugcr from the station
was sscn coming mp tn gravclrd road ~ hrrak"ck
speed He had dispatch and II was from M In
con aud II directed that the property Of Sir FaGlk-
ner should not be destroyed.