Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-17

,outh and the
the enthusiasm OF youth ,,aT Lack
l ilI ~ a veteran. Stonewah I.n
80, loved and trusted lhe boy fre-
List" as he was often cal,eu' anrecia-
nuentlv gave expression 10 hS ur At
~ ~ Pelham's magnificent WIZ tba
t tion ,ottla Of Fredericksburg he me. uas
| liie,.o,,trated fire OF several pattsii
-i.S, aae Napoleon. and elected the III,
sttnted nraise of his superior oii'ta.o,t- |
,,as promoted 10 the rank Oh h eu t|asoro |
ooloneI and his commission "a5 his /
the Senate for conilrInation - The |
sIe ~ accurred at Kely's Ford, on tne
6earr t,anrock. March II. 1868. He was
l'o Avn I'm the act Of leading cnaIse
IN urafting the arrival OF his arulleiy'
W. 5ootb was a crushing loss 10 the "
- -, and was announced by Genera
STUART I'm words seldom SURPASSED ="
strength or beauty. lie says Vi mn li,o,.
"The noble, the chivalrlc, lne MS
pa,bam is no more. How much ne W.
Led annreciated, and admired let the
49, 81 agony we here shed ana the
49,, If mourning throughout my com
sIo,,d hear witness His loss Is lrrepdla
~ rbe memory oftthe gallant PelhaIl',
his many virtues. his noble mature,
B Mt, of character, is enshrined as d %"
. purity "a -, en- the hearts OF all who knew
= ~ his record has been bright ano
ArntIess his career brilliant ana success
{ ~ Tic fell-the noblest Of sacrlhceS-V"
= 10 aItor NJ his country. 70 whose gio-
$ riors eervice he had dedicated MS Hio
, | from, the beginning OF the wal
5 SOME INTERESTING FIGURES
Q racau reading a description Of one OF
,ri..l,boIdt,s works by Agassiz, in Whlch NC
.lsarred m II as descriptive but not com
s narative." and he went on TO sho" nc,
}. in describing anything, It's mashiluu -, 20
IS character. il was necessary 10, :" 49,
l. 60, institute a comparison WIN soin0
tbing With which we were tamlllar'
= 7order 10 fully appreciate the maghi
n - - tho great struggle, in Whlch fei
49,, engaged. you must make some com
= ilSri between the civil war and others
- n,,hicb were fought by the American Peo
m pie. ui,,o tba followin,
re as the losses in killed ana wouiueu u
I'd the Federal army IN seven VuI y. r,,s,aia
ia ! n thousand severely contested suussi
nd | during the four years of war: %
Nv Seven-Days' Fight.......... .'.''' $50 -. :,
be | Antietam........ ......... '''''''' ''''' =
r. NIurfreesboro' ........ .....' '''''' ,e 40
he GettysbuTg.... ...... .'.'.''' ''''' IN O,
be Chickamauga.... .....' ..''''' ''''''''' 80 :,
IT, Wilderness. ......'' '''''''' O q,
"a SpotsylVanla. ...'.''' -, -,
of None of these figures include the hls'
-
or .,,o,,ndod and If included, would Sreau
Ter add 10 the number. "a
he The battles of the Wbderhess an
m Snotsylvania might, with great prop &c
ne ba termed one continuous pattle' al
led tbere is no better way 10 impress us WI w,
IFS magnitude than to observe tuat :,
ar LOSSES in killed and wounded III thdt G
all eaoement exceeded the killed ana "oun
the "a i'm all the battles OF all the wars lous
os- h,, orr neople prior to 1861. TO De mo
ges eXnlicit the loss was greater tnan III
re- In all the battles of the trench-lhul
Ro- war ali the battles Of the revoiuIo
vic All the battle of the war OF lolz' al
nan battles OF the war with Mexico anu
be- the battles of our various ihuiah W"
rest Add the losses Of all the pa''.es %
BOD. these wars together. and the totai II
so will be less than that or the D1''ieS
life. Wilderness and Spotsylvania'
HIS A BRILLIANT CAREER.
Alabama is the mother of many praI
IN heroic sons, but second TO none Is
Young hero whose memory we hoilol
night | say young, because 10 u7' Wv
whose heads since then the sloiins
many wears have Numbered, that earhe
, boyish face comes back as the Illenu
g. Yesterday. A brilliant career was III
few his days, but full OF heroic uee
short but glorious. Gentle ana reuri
rect, as a maiden. he was brave as pa
uu'y ain and stood in the midst OF hre
ONT. carnage as emotionless and unshaKeh
ana a rock. In the words Of your own
?. re- mortal Lee at the battle OF Frederic
lleuc burg: 'It was glorious TO see sucn co
man age I'm one so young" and 10 US
huoh cherish heroic deeds ii is grand thou
arihs that the memory of this brave SOFA
" Oh whose life ebbed out upon the do
cur, stained banks OF the RappahannocK,
esseu ever enshrined in the halo OF lmho,
rise Youth unchanged by sorrow and una
y at yum -,
manly tlvu Dy o1,4 r,gn s,x and thirty ye
sipca his sacrifice was contaminated,
ldria, ,o-hisht We i ~ ,ha niace of honor ,
-. 20 nared for il. and TO perpeiuate MS m
'iN.ns ory. The years roll on, men come
y '.e go and are forgotten, the popular
On ~ to-day may be fallen ere the morr
u s au hut the memory and the sacrince OF
49, ham will live for aye. The passing We
~. a. but leave an ever deepening tinge OF
pu' 49, luron "red dangers amarantEine wre;
e., that crowns the youthful patriots 81
- | Alabarna's crown holds no jewel pure
10y, ~ brighter than the memory OF the gal
-. a. pelham and his name shall be cheri
itshad With pride and spoken with loving re
: and ence SO long as honor and purity
rus,ea fearless chivalry are dear TO the pc
zation for whom MS hle-o'oou was
artil- shed.
hama cannot resist the temptation OF qu'
lIsms- an exquisite sonnet written by the
he se Hon. William r. Smith. OF Alabama,
'shuro n member OF the Confederate cong
with when the sad news Of Pelham's death