Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-26
my oourse ~ which suppose IL Is meant as
sumo the offensive.

Sumo tut thouoAHrt
UTTERLY UNTRUE.
A. these things are utterly untrue u IA not 20
be supposed that they werc said by General
Bragg. Tho President gave me no instructions
and expressed no wishes except Just before
reached the Chat tahoochee, warning me not TO
FIGHT with the river behind Us, and against cfuss-
Inc II, and previously he urged me not 20 allow
sherman 20 detaoh 20 Grants aid. General
Bragg passed aomofon hours with me just before
! was relieved and gave me the impression that
bis visit TO the army was casual. He being on
his way further West 10 endsavor 10 get rs rein
iorcements from Kirby Smith aud Ice. ]
thought him satisfied with the state OF things,
hut not 40 with that In Virginia. lie assured me
that he had always maintained IN Richmond
that S0errnans army was stronger than Grants
He said notting OF the Intention 70 relieve me,
but talked with General Hood on the subject as
learned after my removal.
TAR OBJECT.
tia clear that bis expedition had no other
purpose than my removal, and the giving pro-
per direction 20 public opinion on tho subject.
lie could have had no other object In gong TO
Montgomery. man OF honor IN ms pace
would have communicated with me as well ~
Hood on the subject. Being expected 70 assume
tho offensive he attacked on the 2Oth, I'D, ana
2Sth OF July. disastrousiy losing moro men than
had done In seyenty.two days. Since then his
defensive has been at least as quiet as mine was,
but you must be tired Of this
HosPITABLg GEoRofiSs.
We are living very quietly and pleasantly hcre.
The Gsoreians have been very ho.pitable. We
stopped here merely because IL was the nrst
oPPnse sr snse ,Se r 10 nrryed mo
opportunity. Nine had just been lost ana j.
would have been impossible 10 buy more ana
they are lovely
against us had been reduced almost six 70
four. have not supposed, therefore, that shet-
man could either invest Atlanta or carry II by
assault.
Very truly yours. J. E JOHNSTON.
Major General Mdury.
Since the great war between the States
we have been often so associated az TO I'M
press me with the tender nature which
underlay the martial mind and person OF
our great soldier. As host, and with his
wife he was attentive and tender above 81
men. She was very humorous and Jovial
and delighted 10 have joke on him. and
he enjoyed it from her as heartily as any
of US.
WHY poS'r YOU Run AwAY2
One day az Sweet Chalybeate Springs
q party of US, as usual, assembled before
dinner around one Of John Dabney's great
hail-storm juleps. The General was sitting
near the baluster of the pOrtlco which
overlooked the walk beneath and deep IN
some narrative, when he was interrupted
by a shrek which startled US ell and broke
in upon his story. After looking over to
learn the cause of such yell, be recon-;
menced his story, but was again interrupted
as before. Again he looked and then again
resumed, only to be interrupted q thlrd
time. Then fierce as Mars he looked down
upon the screamer and said. why don't
YOU run awayY Why don'tyou run away"
suggested, "Well. that's fine advice for
q great general toglve." Turning savsGely
upon me he said. IF she will not tight, sir,
is not the best thing for her TO do to run
l. NIT IA a hurst nf
her hearty laugh said. That used TO be
your plan always. | know, SIR" This re-
lieved us all and we burst into laugh IN
which he joined as heartily as any.
TERRIBLE GoDDLER.
The cause OF all of this disturbance. was
Young woman in red cloak, upon whom
a turkey gobbler charged. The girl stood
still and shrieked with fear. The gobbler
then wheeled in retreat, only to make
another charge on the paralyZed woman,
whose only recourse each time was TO
shake herself and shrek until somebody
came and drove the gobbler away.
ELDERS PICTURE.
The State of Virginia employed Jack
Elder TO paint his portrait-a good one 1t
is-and now hangs in the rotunda OF our
Capitol beside Lees. | was asked to go
and keen him in chat while the artist
was at work. The first sitting was occu-
pied by him in discussing Napoleon, Mari
borough. and wellington, and short
hand writer might,tben have recorded the
most terse critique ever pronounced on
these great commanders.
THE LITTLE CORPORAL.
He placed Napoleon above all OF the
generals of history. Marlborough he
ranked above all Englishmen. and censured
Macaulay for allowing his partisan feelings
for King William to transmit as history his
aspersions of Marlborough. Wellington
nounced his brutality in Spain in giving to
sack by his British soldiery the cities of the
peoplo he was sent there to defend and
protect.
HIS OPINION OF FORREST.
The next day we had another sitting
and he discussed the generals of our war.
He spoke most highly Of Forrest, whom
he had closely observed and declared to be
tho greatest soldier the war produced.
You know how keenly he felt that the
yirginans had known so little of him In
our war. Hls strongest desire was TO be
identified with Virginia. Twas this caused
him TO agree to 60 to Congress, and up to
the lest he often expressed his wish to live
in Virginia.
TRUE DESCRIPTION.
One day during his canvass tor Congress
Mrs. Johnston meeting me on Main street
said "Can you tell me where my husband
isY" / went ut once and found him aud
said: 1.-The handsomest and brightest
woman in Richmond is looking for her
husband"
There is but one woman in Richmond
who answers that description and she ls
INV wife. Pll 90 TO find her at once"
Some time after heard he had been laid
up by an accident to his leg and went to
see him. He was sitting in the parlor with
his leg extended over n chair. His wife
was by him and affected to triumph over
him in his crippled condition. l saide
That's very uusrateful in you to so treat
the husband who loves and admlres you as
he does" and then told her the above incl
dent. She said: "You old goose you, do
YOU let him fool you in that way! Don't
you know he said that to you knowing you
would come and tell me?"
He Joined heartily in the laugh as he
always did when she raised one ut his
expense.
HIS TENDER CARE.
You remember that ten years or so ago
Mrs. Johnston was very Ill for many weeks
at the White Sulphur. The General
nursed her with the tender care OF q
mother. He never left her except to get q
hurried meal, from which he hastened
hack TO her sick chamber. Mrs. james
LYONS was an active and constant TREND,
and so soon "a Mrs. Johnston began TO I'M
prove in health she insisted that the Gene
raj should relax his anxious watch, and III
duced him TO take the air for an hour or
two every day. But he would never 60 far
from their cottage door, but sat upon
fallen tree on the lawn in sight and sound
of il and conyersed with a friend. On
these occasions he talked all the time, and
all he ever said was full of strong convic-
ton and good sense.
RErICRScE AND EMBARRASSMENT.
Genial and confding as h e was to the
friends he knew and trusted. he was reti-
cent and even aversIve TO those whom he
| did not hike, and was quick TO resent any
| freedom or liberty from those he did not like
nor know OF all men in the world he was the
| least fitted for the work of canvassing q
Virginia district. and he never went upon
| the hustings that his friends did not fear
! he would give offence to somebody. and IN
| this we were sorely disappointed. He could
not overcome MS embarrassment IN making
| an e1tempore speech, and therefore tired To
write out his speeches and get them bY
heart. But he found it impossible TO CON-
init 10 memory what he had written him
| self, though in all other directions, hls
memory was the most accurate and re-
tentive. Towards the last years of his life
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