Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-09-03

altatlon OF battle, the roar OF loud guns.
| the ummon Of martial metal In notes OF
war clarion. tho cOmDetiry couduc, ~
! brave mon on the left lBni and on the
right, the provoking galisn'rv OF chef
! tain IN the hot OF the fight, the hops OF re-
sounding praisc-all these uplifting and
inspiring elements cousuire - bring the
best in each man into play. Thrilling en-
Vironmen; evokes horoisin
II r. known that the arms officers VIC
came South on the eve OF tie evil con-
n!ct have had, since host,',,s on'lef.
often q gricviOus fate. Tiu,v were be-
yond middle OF life. md could not Learn
the methods OF trade. They lost 20 Tic
last farthing, property. patrlmony. pos
sessions. Every avenue leading 20 a lIvcli-
hood was shut. FATE was peculiarly hos
tile and cruel. In silence theS. gallant
men havo borne their hari lot The
empty purse. res augusta 0omi. brought
Ills and tears 70 the educated and rc0n@t
ladies. the wives and daughters Of these
warriors. whose broken swords failed as
pluwshares 10 opsn for a yolow AarVcst.
Any Oncr OF decent incDras world win
hearty welcome. Holding out y LARGE
wage for minor labor wound rave fur this
class many engaging features. Old age
Graves rest and comforts. A position
paying Ave thousand dollars a year 70
one OF these veterans In sore need OK daily
bread wouli be q boon Of JOY.
Thirty thousand dollars as annual
salary was recently rendered TO "a Con
fcdcrate General FOR a slight service. he
WINS IN narrow circumstances Gray
hairs certified that active lie was limited.
Consider what pull upon every string Of
his heart, Honored and eminent uen bad
held like office. His colleague would have
been q gallant and distinguished Southern
captain. The general public would have
had no word OF AnimadYersion if he ac-
ceptei the prefer Of such "A place. He.
without display % refusal. without posing
"a "a moral hero. without printing his pur-
DOSE To- prefer poverty. motioned b. a
private note the temptation away while
it tore. Hike "a drag Of a giant loadstoue' Il
thousand strands nctted around his heart.
Dabney H. Maury. late General Of Di-
vision in the Confederate forces, de-
cllnrd TO succeed BeaurcCard. . .
General Nlury possibly has 10 religious
s~cruplca against the drawings. lie con
sidcrs the harm falling upon this country.
especially upon the South. He had
-'iro-%uI2cl hts life i'm the high places Of
the Ge!a" for his native land; he refused
&, brine any evil upon It's people.
Put yourself in his place. Reckon up
the good things thirty thousand dollars a
year Will command, the h0r1'S OF hAIi-
ships - would scatter To- the Ullla. Bear
IN mind that the great sum would save
hts OH age from painful drudg"ry for q
crust. toijug day and night amid aches
and ills. II was the supreme test Of char
actrr and courage.
There walks along among us a modest,
Unable. cultured knight OF the warlike
tr!.os Of the south as true "a hero as This
earth ever bore. The age Of chiValTy
has not gone by. The man the poets de-
lis4t 10 sing and the Uulpits picture, IS
not an Impossible creation OF imagination.
lie lives almost an unknown citizen in
the south. and honors the race by his
EoWau virtue.
II is fl that he should have the homage
OF lust men. And it is the province Of n
Christian Journal 20 make mention Of one
whom the gold of the Samnites beyond
the tawuy Tibcr could not bend from I'M
lichtness of soul.