Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-13

and thinking that the English navy
would afford him the most promising field
Tor future distinction. Lawrence obtained
mi6shipmans warrant for him in llS,
when he was Just II years old. and
George Is said to have been on the point
OF embarking on this English naval SER
vice. The earnest remonstrance OF his
mother was interposed. and the subject
reluctantly abandoned.
We'll did DR.. Sparks IN his careful and
excellent biography speak OF the debt
owed by mankind to the mother Of Wash
ington."
Our great captain. General Robert f.
Lee. amongst all his virtues. was dis
tInguished by his devotion to his mother,
and our great Christian warrior, Stone
wall jackson, was honored for his great
love for his wife. This monument should
commemorate not merely the devotion Of
the southern woman 10 the duty OF the
relief OF the wounded upon the battle
field and In the hospital wards, but also
TO her domestic virtues In carefully in
structirg, nursing, and caring for the
physical wants OF her negro slaves.
Numerous examples might be given
OF the heroism of southern women In
nursing the sick. exposing their precious
lives to deadly pestilence, cholera, and
yellow fever; but We cannot close without
abiding TO the character OF a daughter
IF Mississippi, Mrs. Sarah A. Dorsey, VINO
must ever be regarded as a true ana
beautiful example Of the heroic, generous.
noble, and accomplished woman Of the
South.
Dorsey. Sarah Anne. author: born In
Natchcz, Miss, February l6. 1929; died In
New Orleans, La, July T. 1879. Her
maiden name was Ellis. She received
careful education and enjoyed the ad-.
vantage Of extended foreign travel Her
mother was n sister Of Catherine war
field, author Of 9TH. Household OF Bou-
yerie," who died In l377. and left in Mrs.
Dorsey's hands a mass OF manuscript,
the greater part OF which is still unpub-
lished. Mrs. Dorsey's mother married
General Charles G.. Dahgren. efterward
OF the Confederate army, and the daugh-
ter, in 1853. married Samuel W. Dor
sey. OF Elicotts NILS. Md, who was
then practicing law and planting I'm Ten
sas parish, La. Mrs. Dorsey used her
pencil with exquisite skill and performed
on the harp with exquisite taste she
spoke fucntly several modern languages.
was a proficient in Latin and Greek, srd
n student OF Sansfrit. She began her
literary career by writing for the New
York Churchman, receiving from tina
size Mrs. Dorsey built a chapel on her
plantation, ana devoted much time TO the
religious instructions OF her slaves teach
ing class OF fifty or sixty ne
groes every Sunday. The baptismal font
executed IN italy for tn. use of this
chapel was subsequently donated by Mrs.
Dorsey to Trinity church. Now Orleans.
where 1t is stil used for its sacred pur-
poses. In 1860 she sent TO New Iork
10 be published the choral services that
she had arranged and used successfully
among her black pupils for years but
the war began. and the collection re
manned unpublished Mr. Dorsey LOST
nearly a quarter of a million dollars py
the civil war. Their home was burned
in a skirmsh and several men were
Killed in the garden. They took theiI
slaves to Texas, where Mrs. Dorsey acted
as nurse In a Confederate hospital After
the death OF Mr.. Dorsey, In 1870 she
removed from her plantation in Ten.ls
parish and resided at Beauvoir, small
place on the Gulf shore. which, by her
will, was given 10 Jefferson Davis. Here
she continued her literary laoors, act
ing also as amanuensis to Mr. DAVIS
I'm the preparation OF his Rise and Fail
of the Confederate Government she
afterwards removed to New orleans, am
submitted TO a surgical opera lon Tor can
Ger. which proved unavailing. Her pub
lished works are: "Recollections OF
Henry Watkins Allen, Ex-Governor OF Lou
isiana." New York. 1866; Lucia Dare.
1867: Agnes Graham" Philadelphia, 1873
"Atalie: or. A Southern Nillessiatura
1871. and Pamela a Tale OF LOUISIANA
1877.
II IS related q the great Emperor Na-
roleon. illustrative Of the love OF fi~
soldiers for him personally, that on or
occasion II was necessary for the Grf2
SURGEON Larry 10 perform most den
rorous operation upon one OF the mem
bcrs Of the "Old Guard" When tn
surgeon expressed solicitude for the pa
tinnt. said the old soldier:
cut deep. Doctor, ard fear not }
fear nothing so long as hav, tn
IS Gem and confidence Of nv Emp roy
Cut deep. and. if necessary. deeper stiA.
and when you have reached the limos
chamber Of my heart look. Doctor. an
YOU will find an image OF the Emperor."
SO II may be said that every ConfacD
rate soldier who died upon the BATH
fed. or IN the hosr'tal scared by ~.
shot and shell and sword Of the enemy
or the ravages OF disease. bore In the H.
most chambers Of his heart the imag.
o. his mother. wife. sister. or daush