St. Paul daily globe., 1886-01-20

them with frowns and reproache and averted
faces butsarising up from amid the ruins OF
once beautiful homes, with poverty and want
all around them-they welcomed US with out
stretched arms. and comforted US with tender
acts and loving words as only noble women
can use. and all the while smiling through
tears, greeted US as heroes who deserved
success.
Personal recollections and anecdotes of
Gems. Lee, jackson and Stuart were given
describing the peculiar characteristics OF
each. Lee was the idol of the Southern army.
The soldiers called him Pap" and Mars
Robert" His traits of personal purity and
unseihshness were illustrated. After the
battle Of Gettysburg he issued general order
taking all the blame for defeat on himself.
This was characteristic of the man. His was
a sensitive, sympathetic nature aud doubtless
died of broken heart Gen. Jackson
was described as man OF great
decision of character and peculiar
piety-almost amounting TO fatalism. He
was plain, awkward-looking man, but be-
meath the rough exterior was a vein Of eN-
quisite sentiment, which made him leader
among men. He was a blue-light Presby-
terian, and a believer in an overruling Prov
idence. He devoted his days TO marching
and fighting and his nights 20 his Bible and
prayers. Gen. Jackson's old colored body
servant used TO say that whenever he saw the
old boss get up at the middle Of the night and
kneel down TO pray he knew
THE DEVIL WAS TO PAY
the next day. There was going TO be fighting
and q good deal Of it. Gen. Stuart, the Con-
federate cavalry leader, was described as a
dashing young officer with light hair and blue
eyes, who loved a fight and frolic equally
well. He was fond OF the song and dance.
He was type of the chlvalrous cavalier with
all the romance and poetry of an ambitious
young nature. The poetic sentiment Of his
nature found expression in music. On the
march he would ride at the head OF the col
umn singing or whistling some favorite air.
When the camp was struck the banjo was
brought in and the evening hours devoted TO
music and dancing. Anecdotes of Stuart were
related. Pope's cavalry once captured Stu
arts hat, in which he wore a favorite plume.
A few nights Hfterward Stuart raided Pope's
headquarters and captured the generals
dress coat. The next day there was flag OF
truce and an exchange Of the captured ar
ticles, Stuart was killed at Yellow Tavern in
1864 and died as he wanted TO, with the music
Of the roaring guns ringing in bis ears
OTHER EXERCISES.
''The Soldiers Farewell was sung by
the Glee club, after which Col. j. IL. David
son, who was on the program for war talk.
was introduced. He said the program had
been admirably arranged-he always had
liked TO follow Confederate. The tribute
Just paid TO the loyalty of the women Of
the South would meet with a hearty re.
sponse in Northern hearts. He said that
every federal general had seen numerous
evidences of the devotion of Southern
women TO the cause. Gen. Butler not eX-
cepted. Owing to the lateness of the. hour
he would defer his talk until some future
time and not intrude upon the time which
was to be given TO the social features of the
occasion.
The rest of the evening was spent in a
social way.