The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-12
Honors to Four Fair Daughters OF
Dixie.

Dixie.
The men of Louisiana show their
French extraction by being as gallant
in peace, as brave in war. The follow
ing from New Orleans Picayune will be
read with interest -
sOn Monday evening the Benevolent
Association of the Army of Tennessee
| assembled in force at headquarters, No.
81 Baronne street. There were many
invited guests.
A committee composed Of Messrs. j.
A. Chalaron, J. w. Seixas, VIM. Pres
ton Johnston, Adolph Schneider, Charles
T. Howard, Edward Lilienthal and
| Charles Garvey, reported that they had
| caused to be made four handsome gold
| badges of the association, one each Tor
the Misses Lee. Misses Jackson and
| Hill. They had also provided five splen-
did bouquets of natural flowers, one for
each lady, and one for Mrs. Stonewall
Jackson.
The association then marched in
column, headed by a fine military band,
to the residence of Col. A. II. May, on
Lee Place. The column carried an old
war flag of the Louisiana Division.
Ga arriving at the front of Col. Mays
residence, the veterans were halted
facing the building, while the band play
ed Schubert's Serenade. Col. May then
came out and invited the old soldiers
into the house, their numerous array
quite filing the large drawing rooms in
to which the company had been ushered.
Mrs. May and several lady guests drew
back into a recess, leaving in a group,
at the farther end of the drawing room,
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, Misses Mary
and Mildred Lee, Miss Julia Jackson
and Miss Mamie Lee Hill. Col. May
stood near these distinguished ladies
and introduced the Association of the
Army of Tennessee in a body to each of
the ladies in turn. He announced them
as "Mrs. Stonewall Jackson - misses
Mary and Mildred Lee, daughters OF
Robert E. Lee - Miss Julia, daughter
, of Stonewall Jackson - Miss Mamie
= Hill, daughter Of d. II. HILL"
:, There was a murmur OF applause as
> the distinguished names were pro-
nounced, and then Judge Walter II.
> Rogers, President of the Association,
took the word and said, in substance,
than these ~Louisianians, old soldiers OF
; the Confederacy, had come to pay HON
age to the ladies, the living representa-
. tives of the great commanders of a caus
: in which every man present had fought
: 1t had been the fortune Of some of them
to have served under the immediate
command of the grand chiefs of the ar.
my in Virginia but many of them ha(
fought in the West. They had stood a:
u the left wing Of the Confederacy, ant
from Belmont to Spanish Fort they hat
poured out their blood on a hundred
battle-fields. They knew that the RICH
wing under Lee and Jackson was saft
$ and felt that they were simply part o
): one grand army, n Ill heart, one in in
terest and one in resolution to uphold
the grand cause for which they were al
fighting. They felt that the glory o
their comrades in Virginia was the glor,
of the army in the West, and ne matte
who advanced the line of battle, it wa!
in unison with one great throb of devo
ton to the common cause and one gran,
burst of effort, inspired by a common
!. patriotism.
J. At the request of Judge Rogers. Col
j. A. Chalaron then advanced and pre-
scented to Mrs. Jackson a magnificen
bouquet, while Col. VIM. Preston John
q: ston handed to Miss Mary Lee a bou
quet and a casket containing the badge
a medallion suspended to a red and whit
2 ribbon. Mr.. Adolph Schriber made
r similar presentation to Miss Mildre'
D. Lee; Mr.. J. NJ. SeiXas perforrm4asd e Ills
rs 7. Howard in like manner waited OF
Miss Hill.
After the ladies had blushingly smile,
r, n bowed their thanks, Col. A. II
May, as the host Of the ladies and tn
RS entertainer of their visitors, spoke 70
5; the falr recipients. He said in effec
Z; that the presence under his roof of thes
distinguished ladies and the brave mel
who had come to do them honor, pro
claimed, more than all that could b,
written with the pen or told in speech
rs how the name and memory of men trul,
t. great and good live after them. Rober
7: r. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are dead
c. but their memories are revered, no
alone by the old soldiers who Tough
with and for them, but even by ME.
Y; who fought against them n The
e: glory, honor and virtue in which theil
grand and heroic deeds are embalmec
are fast becoming the heritage of the
American people. The great soldiers
whom they met in battle had been forced
to acknowledge the probity as well as
the proWess of the great Southern lead.
ers who had left behind them names
without a stain. /,
>; The room was filled with applause.
A While the band in the hall made the
house ring with the notes of s.Dixie.n
Brief but eloquent speeches were
: made by Gen. Chas. E Hooker and Rev,
L. X. Markham, and then Col. Nav
m~arshaled the company into his spacious
}: dining room where champagne was
served to the old soldiers by the fair
hands of the ladies'.