The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-06-28
AIINE SPECIMEN OF TIE CoNFED-
EEAIE SPIRIT.

We take the following from the Lynch
burg News:
The action of the Daughters Of the
COnfedordcy of Lyuchburg ln selecting
the name Lucy Nina Oiey Tor tntI
division is "a tribute Co the memory OF
life that for generation past ana LOT
generations 10 come has ana VIII du4
lustre % that true nobility 4 character
that signallled the southern Moihe" Ga
the civil war period
Colonel Kirk otcy, Major ie-cr J.. ot'4f
and the late Mr.. Hayes Otey. men tns
war between the states broke out h'r
seven sons ana her sOn-B-ldW Noluh-
teorcd their services, and iousht LOT lne
COnfcdcracy from the beginning. ne
wears of strife passed on. and TINS nome
mother saw her sons fall one by one. and
when at the end OF the war. the roll
cail summoned the remnants OF the army
together, there were left 10 her ohiy
three of these eight young soldiers VINO
had gone out TO hgh. for their coun-
Among Mrs Oteys noble works-and
10 Is monument lAat Will aiW"S s N.t,
dare in memoIy-Mas NE establishment
OF a hospital I'm this city. IL stood ON
the corner OF Sixth and Main streets. ana
for years was known as the ,'Old Union
Hotel" Efo~s were repeatedly made 10
induce the President 10 place the hospi-
tai under authority of surgeons, hAt
through the decided action OF Mrs. Vle4'
who went herself 10 Richmond ana ln,
.
was made independent. and Ms. OH
was given carte blanche 10 conduct
tire institution as she deemed best Inc
hOsnital was conducted by her through
out the war with eminent success. tnd
was one of the most thoroughly equip
ped and ably managed institutions OF the
kind i'm this section. At one time large
number of officers from the FAR southern
states were placed under Mrs. Oteys
care and so skllfully and kindly were
they attended, that on leaving the hos
pital and returning TO their homes, they
Landed the hospital ana its management
TO the skies. and as result OF II guam
titles of provisions and the nncst OF
liquors were forwarded to Mrs. oteY.
This is bat one instance out Of nun
dred. and it would take a volume TO
record the history OF that hospital
The following letter written 10y Mrs
Otey on January -. 1861, 70 friend
IN Bedford will be read with interest as
depicting the uncompromising southern
spirit and the kindly solicitude which She
always felt for the suffering and the
sick:
pear Friend.-I was sick when the
barrel OF meal came, or l would have
acknowledged il next day. for a Friend
IN need is a friend indeed, and ! have
been ont and borrowing. ] enclose
check for the amount. Since | wcote 20
you. / have been buying at SIS a bushei
and send you the amount for ihiee
bu. hels. not having sense enough 10 know
whether barrel full Is more or less IMAM
three bushels. The servants tell me 10 IS
three. bit they sell il we're by weight.
believe, and | have no way OF weigh
ing H. | got so scared vest srday for
fear my negroes would starve. that |
paid 500 for quarter Of beef and
Iitkled II.
Times are very pinching but I be-
leve il all comes from dislOyal men.
who brought on tho war to make for
tunes and now shirk the field. and when
We are suoiugated II will Toe by the
trcachcry of such men. They are now
Itch
terms after all the true blood that has
flowed for our independence Yes, some
OF them say. they think We ought 10
accede 10 the proposal Cor peace, pro
vi led we abolish slavery. the very thing
that the old ape made war upon rs for.
and some In this place say he Is good
man. That reminds me OF two darkics
qu0rrClling about the war I'm its COM
maLcemcnt one was a Baptist the
other a Methodist. Said the Baptist old
n-sress Il does wish l had old Linkurn,
I'd make euuwadiin OF his hide mon
sfrous quick said the indignant MethO-
Is a good man and good Methodist, and
he's a coloYed gemman, too
"A great many OF the darkies firmly
believe he is Of negro blood. and there
fore love him.
Well. we are very hard run for some
thing 10 eat. but | am willing to en-
dure every priyatiOn to the last, rather
than accept peace upon dshonOrable
terms We are hcmmeG in. we are hut
handful. but our cause is Just and God
has laid down laws that resist tyranny,
and we had better die resisting. than
submit 10 dishonorable terms. Times are