The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-05-25

The private a. he rushed along, re-
piled, "I'm running, general, be-
cause l can't fly"
The last council of war was held
in a common tent, the officers sitting
around their great leader, General
Lee, on blankets. The u%nutterable
anguish, the hopelessness of that
hour cannot be portrayed in words.
In that dark hour General Lee was
more splendid than in the moment
when the triumphant shouts Of his
victorious legiOns fell upon his ear.
1t was at last decided that | must
make an attempt to cut my way
through the Federal army, and Long
street was to follow right in my
tracks. Even in the closing scene
the matchless courage of the Con-
federates was supreme. My men exc
cuted their mission. They cut their
way through, over the infantry and
beyond the artillery, but the space
between my men and LOngStreet's
grew wider and wider, and the farther
we got into the Federal ranks the
wider stretched the forest of hostile
bayOnetS around US. At last a mes
Senger came from General Lee bear
ing his last message to me. 1t Dr.
dered me to send a flag Of truce for
ward. No time was lost in either the
delivery or the execution Of the mes
sage. Soon the flag of truce went
to the Federal lines. Soon after
there came riding up a tiaXed-haired
soldier who rode the magnificent
horse he was on as if he were a part
Of the animal. That man was the
knightly and heroic Custer. With a
graceful wave Of the sword he ap-
preached me and said: General
Sheridan presents his compliments
and demands an unconditional sur
render" Return my compliments
to General Sheridan and tell him |
will not surrender" was the message
l sent in reply. Soon Sheridan him
self rode up, and | told HIM of the
flag of truce that had been sent for
ward. He asked that my men be
ordered to cease firing. | sent the
order along the line, and soon the
firing ceased. In a silence as still
as a graveyard Sheridan and myself
were cO~nversing when the roll Of
musketry on my left broke in. Sher-
idan demanded in forcible terms to
know why | had violated the order.
| had forgotten the North Carolina
troops on my left, and they were still
giving the wild rebel yell, and pour
ing it into the Federals. informed
Sheridan that I had no member of
my staff to send with the necessary
order. He offered to lend me a man
and | accepted. So the last order |
ever sent to my troops was carried
by a Yankee, whose name was Allen,
but [ had to send an "Old Reb" along
with him to vouch for his truthful
ness. The firing ceased, and the cur
tain had fallen on the last grand
scene Of a mighty drama. The God
of victory had perched upon cur
eagles to the very end.
General Gordon was compelled to
leave for Washington On the vesti-
bule last night, and so could not
hold an ovation after his lecture.
AS soon as the lecture was over a
score Of prominent men were offer
ing their congratulations, but Gordon
tore himself from them, and made
for the train.
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The girls at the school are charmed
with Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan. Wednes-
day night Mrs. Bryan made a short
address to the young ladies, after the
class-day exercises were over. They
say they never would have thought
she al "a lawyer" Most Of them
would vote for Bryan for president
if they had the power. And they
think Mrs. Bryan would make a
good vice-president.
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The class-day exercises night be-
fOre. last were unusually interesting.
y large audiences was in attendance
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