The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-14

iIJlh 4AtSuo, lilou HdcS wa
quoted with dramatic effect lately, by
.ery prominent and rather distinguish
Ell Senator. 1t sounded well. an(
showed his familiarity with Scots wri
t;ngs. But ouce upon a time, a Nortl
Carolina Colonel-a smaller man, ply
~sically, Il an even this redoubtable Sen
ator-rode to his headquarters and said
General, is this order authentic? Die
you issue it or is it a forgery?" HI
answered, Il wrote and issued it, anC
it must be obeyed' Then" sale
that little Colonel, you are a damned
coward. and a damned scoundrell 1ot
know who | am and where to find me
| am responsible, in whatever manner
may suit you for what | have said
Good morning, sir!' The order was
revoked, and nothing more heard of the
matter. That n. G.. Colonel died a
the head of his regiment at, | think
charlottesville - Correspondent of til.
.inson Times.
We regret to see this, just as we re-
gretted to print a recent article reflect
ing on some unnamed Virginia Colo
mel" That there were towards in the
Confederate army is well known. AND
that NlrginlanS are an exception to hu
nature no man would dare affirm.
But no one who knows Mahone's history
would believe him capable of submis.
sively accepting a downright insult
particularly from a subordinate in the
army. Or if he did, there may have
been circumstances which made his for
bearance all the better proof of courage.
But we have learned to doubt almost
every incident of war history. Only re
Gently a person attempted to take Us tC
task for an incident of the lst battle Of
Manassas vouched for. in writing, by
half a dozen of the leading men Of the
State. We remember, also, that at one
time during the battle OF Williamsburg
our regiment (the Sth Virginia. was
upon the extreme right of our lines.
Gen. Longstreet, not wishing to be-
come entangled too far (Which would
prevent him from following the main
tody of the army In retreat during the
night gave us express orders not to ad
vance too far; but only until we felt
he enemy. then, halt and await assault
rom them. We advanced through
the woods until we ran over and scat
tered ii regiment Of Blue coats, and
took all their knapsacks, etc., as they
ay in piles. Just beyond was a long
trench. on the brow of a slight ridge,
said to have been dug by La Fayette
an hundred years before) and here we
tUok post-the l4th Louisiana subse-
quently coming up to our right to pro
,ong the line. Later In the day, after
ne had repulsed several heavy assaults,
i North Carolina regiment was sent up
the ravine In real of us to support US if
TOO hard pressed. Instead Of taking
that position, they came marching up
ihe hill by the right hank"-ard pass
Cd directly through our line-moving at
will-tour files front--laughing and
rather noisy. A dozen of our men
called out HoM on! Boys, tie
lanhccs are Just IN 'front.' THIS IS Il
fiOnt Ene,' ETC.. etc.
Never mind l"-was the reply;
you lie down and cover yourselves.
Well protect you" And marching on
through the dense thicket they sudden
denly received the concentrated fire Of a
brigade of Yankees; and were
cut in pieces. We heard a dozen
Ut them say-Every man of the three
companies is killed or captured !"
The remainder of the regiment mingled
with our own for a time then went
up the ravine towards the right.
Now here was a case which-but for
he outcome-would have given rise to
another story of one regiment walking
another; though the latter was
doing it's duty.