The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-21

tustment. see no prospect for It. II
cannot be while passions on both sides
are so infuriated. Make your plans for
several years Of war III Virginia Is in
the main routes through the country will.
III an probability. be infested ana pas
saEes interrupted. J agree with you in
thlnklng that the infiammatory articles
IN the papers do us much harm. ] object
particularly 10 those In the southern
papers. as ! wish them TO take a firm,
dlsniiled course, free from bravado and
DOasuIB. The tines are indeed calami-
touS. The brightness OF Gods counte-
nance seems turned from US and its
mercy stopped In It's blissiul current IL
may not always be SO dark, and He may
IN time pardon. our slns and take Us
under his protection. Tell Gusts his
son, then lieutenant In the United
states army ne must consult his own
judgment, reason, and COINCIDENCE as to
the course he may take. 1 do not wish
him 10 be guided by my wishes or ex-
ample. II ] have cone wrong. let him
do better. The present 10 q momentous
question which every man must settle
Tor himself and upon principle. our good
bishop Meade has just come In TO see
me. lie opens the convention tomorrow.
and, / understood him to say, would
preach his hftieth anniversary sermon.
God bless and guard you
HoME-KN.r s)cKs.
one cannot read this story without ad-
mirng the puck and devotion OF the
southern Army. An army more destitute
Of equipment never marched to war.
When General Lees son X bert, then
student at Washington AID Lee Univcr-
sity. joined the army re wrote TO his
father for a sword ard sash. After mucn
difficulty a sword was got fer nm, but
the SASH he was obliged 10 forego MIS-
Lee and her daughters busted themselves
knitting socks. which the Genera Of Tn .
army distributed TO his soldiers. on
March j.. 1874. he wrote: Il arrived
safely yesterday" Gie had been on Il
short visit to tichmondD There were
siXty-seYen pairs OF socks in the bag /
brought up, instead Of sNiy-four, as
you supposed. and ! found mere three
dozen pairs II beautiful white yarn
socks. sent over by our kind cousin,
Jul ana sweet lite Carrie, making ly}
pairs, all of which / sent TO the Stone Wall
brigade one dozen Of the Stuart so Ks
had dOub heels can you not teach MI
dr-d (hls daughter that stitch! They
s~nt me also some hams. viii l had
rather they had eaten. | pray tnat yJu
may be preserved and re ieved from all
your troubles, and that We may a be
again united here on earth and forev-r
in heaven
Az INCIDENT IN CAMP.
And on December 90, 1864 he tells her:
The Lyons furs and fur robe have also
arrived safely. bat ] can learn nothing
OF the saddle of mutton. Bryan, o.
whom / inquired as to its arrival, u
greatly alarmed lest it has been sent to
me soldiers dinner. If the soldiers get
IL 1 shall be content. ! can do very We'll
without II. In fact, 1 should rather they
would have II than j. And on January
10. 1865 after stating how the SOCKS "hicn
Mrs. Lee had sent had been distributed
10 the army the General writes. '1ester-
/ day afternoon three little girls walked
into my room. each with small basket.
The eldest carried some fresh eggs lald
by her own hens; the second, some plck''7
made by her mother, the mira, some pop
corn which had grown in her garden.
They were accompanied by a young Inalu
with q block of soap made by her molueI
They were the daughters OF Mrs. Not-
tiugham, j refugee from NCrthah!p.so q. y
county. who lived near EastFllle. not lar
from old Arlington. The eldest OF the
girls. whose age did not exceed elsh'
/ years. had O small wheel on which she
spun for her mother, VINO WoNe an the
! cloth for her two brOthers-boys OF Twelve
and fourteen 'years. have not mao +.
pleasant visit FOR 4 long time Iortu'
/ nately was able TO fiji their baskets WIN
applcs. which distressed poor Bryan 'hls
steward. and begged them 10 DilHS n'
nothing but kisses and to keep the e-ts'
/ corn. &c. for themselves. / pray daliy'
! and almost hourly TO our Heavenly
Father to come to the relief OF you lHlIa
re was sicO and our aficted country
/ know he viii order all things Tor oui
/
.BRAvE sToNRwALLEHs."
"From camp. April >. 1854 he wrote
| Mrs. Lee: Your note with the SOCKS ar
| rived last evening ! have sent them ~
| me Stonewal Brigade. the number an
sight- thirty pairs. Including this last
| Parcel of thirty pairs ! have sent 10 thht
| t,rlgade 2G} pairs Still, there are ABOUT
| one hundred and forty whose homes are
within the enemy INES car ahI WI" ~ fur
/ njsh them until all are supplied. Tell
| the young women 10 work nara Tot the
! brave S,oncwallers. And once more.
| from Orange county, April q, 1874; your
! note with the bag Of socks reached me
! last evening The number was correct
/ thirty-0ue pairs. | sent them TO the StOhe-
| wall BRIGADE. which Is not yet supplled'
! Sfxty-Onc pairs from the ladies' IN fau-
! ouier have reached Charlottesville, and
! i hope will be distributed soon. Now
! that Miss Bette Brander has come 10 the
aid of my daughters the supply VIII
! soon he increased
General Lee took little care Of himself.
! When his wife demonstrated he wrote:
! "But what care can man give %
| himself I'm time OF war? il Is from no
! desire Of exposure or hazard that / live
/ i'm "A tent. but from necessity. I mus;
! be- where ] can speedily al all times at
/ tend TO the duties of my position, and
! be near or acce ssible 70 the officers with
! whom / have TO act. | have been offered
! rooms in the houses Of our citizens. but
/ could not turn the dwellings Of my kind
| hosts into n harrack where officers, cou-
| riers. distressed women. etc, would be
! entering DAY and night
At last the unequal struggle came to
! an end. The southern soldiers who had
| fought with miraculous patience and
/ courage could hold ont no longer. and
| Lees army was obliged 10 surrender.
! Fitzhugh Lee speaks only kind words re-
| earGing General Grant on this occasion.
! The Victorious soldier was all considera-
/ tion for his defeated enemy, and dil
! nothing that would annoy or embarrass
/ him. Then the curtain was rung down
! and the swords We're turned into plough
! shares and the spears into pruning hooks
| Never aGain. let AS pray 10 be diverted
from their peaceful purpose.-Jeannette
! J.. Glider, i'm last Sundays New York
| World