The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-10-25

were file trtlmpcter OF your Own ili1
through The Journals Of that city, directly
or Indirectly. No man can now doubt your
propensity for blowing your own horn,
with the accompaniment OF some very
small whistles.
at Is very apparent, and you have not
had the cffrontcry TO deny II, that In an In
tervicw with an officer Of the opposing army
\ and bitter enemy Of the cause ana country
TO which you protested devotion, you have
| In a carping, iliberal spirit, discussed the
characters OF those who were engaged with
You In the defence OF Just and holy cause.
/ The result Of that interview Is biography
OF yourself so nauseously fulsome, as far -
YOU are concerned, and so utterly unjust and
| illiberal az regards your former comrades,
TINT the northern publisher OF 1t cannot
withhold the expression Of his disgust while
he is made TO swallow the pill forced on him
In the fulflment OF bargain. In all my read
ing OF biography, from Pluterch down, i
have never read the memoir OF any man IN
anv ace in which he has been made to utter
the 1.-THE Of so many ilIiberal things about
his contemporaries. In the whole memoir
| have failed to discover a solitary express
sion OF a kind or liberal word or sentiment
in regard 10 any Of your old cOmradesir from
the commanding General down, save ana
except General Jackson, under whom you
never served, and along with the praise OF
him is the impudent pretencc that his man
tie had fallen 10 you'll
"Great God! Stonewall Jackson and
Billy MahOnel Hyperion to satyr
81 cannot pursue the subject further,
and leave YOU alone in your glory.
"Your obcdiCnt servant,
81. A. EARLY"
General NIahone's answer to this, dated
June 3, all the parties being still in Lynch
burg, was handed General Early by Cap
tain j. III. Chambcrlayne. 1t is in these
words:
"Gcneral,-Your communication OF the
30th utimo was duly received by me on the
31st. Had it been written with \ full
knowledge of all the facts in the case there
could Of course be but one answer. Waiy-
ing all mere technicalities, ~ l cannot
allow myself TO be forced into n
quarrel. the result possibly OF all
omission on my part, think il due to my
self to inform YOU that on the 18th April
last directed the republication OF the me
moir, with such corrections as / supposed
would remove any just ground Of complaint
on the part Of yourself or others. This
statement should have been made in my
letter to YOU of the 9th ultimO, but was
omitted under the pressure OF the many
engagements demanding my attention. !
shall forward you a copy OF this republics-
ton rs soon ~ received by me, and mean
while withhold any reply to your last.
81 am, General, &c, MALONE"
Efforts were Immediately instituted by
General AIah0ne's friends 10 secure negO-
tiation, and General Early consented to
await General MahOne's return from New
York. General Malone sent 10 General
Early the proofs OF the revised memoirs,
from which had been struck out every
mention Of General Early's name. II
tranSpircd that this was most
published by the editor, and
then only a. ali advertisement. General
Bradley r. Johnson and Colonel r. +.
Withers being solicited by the friends OF
Malone, who began the efforts 20 make
peace, meanwhile visited LynchbUrg and
prevailed on General Early 10 withdraw
The correspondence and let The matter rest.
After another pacific letter from Malone
General Early accepted the settlement, all
ground Of offence a. 10 himself being with
drawn by the action taken. General Early
stipulated that there should be no personal
relations between him and Malone, and re-
tanned the right 10 use the correspondence
1t his own discretion. General Early
scouts the idea Of seeking to provoke Ma
hone into a duel, and says, - knew there
was no danger OF that