Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-22

Institute. and resume his duties as pro-
lessor Governor Letcher, OF virginia,
who lived az Lexingt9n, ana Knew ya ore
SON well, demonstrated win MN ana pre-
vailed on him to permit him (Letcher) 10
Nvithdrew the resignation. on the ground
thaf duty 20 the country required IL 10
be done Jackson took the ground that
IN tho officials at Richmond thus mtertered
wien generals In the field, they would dis
,r-aufze the whole service and utterly
doInoralize the army everywhere, ana that
IA was necessary TO BRING tins matter 10
The attention OF President Davis and his
cabinet in the most pronounced manner.
He however, remained In the army. Inc
valley campaign followed, and the Seven
Days' Battles around Richmond, and
Jacksons reputation stood second only
10 Lees.
After the battle of Malvern Hin the |
presidcnt rode up to Lees headquarters |
with his stan. There were assembled IN |
consultation with the general commSnG-
ing Jackson and Longstreet and Jeo !
Stuart When General Lee noticed that
Jackson was standing rather apart, ne
said. why. General Jackson, don you
know the President? Mr.. President thls
is General Jackson Davis turned qul ~
~ with extended hand for he was ne
mirror Of grace and courtesy. Old JACK
drew himself up 10 attention. thIeM
his hand up 10 the visor OF MS cap SIu
then let IL drop to his side The President,
catching his attitude in glance are"
himself up to return the salute I'D III, tne
proper. formal. and official way; ms
was the first and last interview petMS1SSiii
| the COmmander-in-Chief ana o'ouoTaihli ,,
! JaCksOn's department was most pIOg" - 80,
| due 10 awkWardness, and he saIuleu III
/ superior officer in the proper FORM, ~
! l suspect that under II all lay the 49, ~
! lection Of the Loring incident aho tn Ii
! interference with good order ana nIl-
| tarv discipline" IN that case, ana LILY n@II
! he intended 10 give a mint on Ihe ol'Io &C.
| relations which carried ouutS aN ,,oe
y~rfth III
| an awkward man. but as keenly sehSlp-sS
| tn tho proprieties of life as lee hlinselI
| Ns for the conventionalities, the forms,
! and ceremonies, ne nellne' ,Htrotostor
| cared. one day riding into Wlnchsste1
! with Mcclure and a colonel. the coionel
| urged him TO have his photograph takeL-
| He had had none since he was youuIs
man. He put II aside rather as q lIlEOn,
| ~ but the colonel insisted that jackson
ought 10 be photographed as a duty 10
his friends Returning that same aiter,
| noon 10 canp. Mcclure dropped behind
with the colonel and SAID, sotto w.
'The old man had his likeness taken:
Al the dinner table my little sister got
| after him. and after dinner he mace me
| take him 10 the barber 10 have his oeeru
trimmed. and then 10 RoutZahns TOT MS
nbofopraph" That is the full-faced pic
ture by which he Is generally known
e | During the same fall. this same Colo
y I mel. being in Richmond was told OH by
= the Secretary Of war to escort to General
TO- | lees Headquarters. near Wincnsster
4 Major Garnet Wolseley, now Lord worse,
= ley, and adjutant-general OF me erihy
= | Of Great Britain, then on duty In Cansutt
d the Hon Frank Lawley, Correspondent
q Of the London Times, ana fra,ns
z Vizetelly correspondent o. the EoH .tnr.
G 10 lee He took them to WINCHESTER
: ond thence TO General Lee, who directee
= the escort and cicerone TO noe wiz
- them and introduce them 70 ~, Ge, 90.
Jackson. on being presence 10 To- oiif Inv in
'- eral he opened the conversation Cy W a
n ! curing II they had ever seen the Calhe
f. oral of Durham. He had NlslIeI IT, ~
~ knew that the Blshop OF DuIllaii paia
D | zine and he went at length INTO the ms
Al torv of the palatinate how ne IA
l. acrt,fred the knowledge heaven "Ill.
knows Coke ano biacK,s1ohhe er CI,t'' 70 b.
II imagined that he had ever had rgco . = p
3 TO those fountains Of the IaT, oFf IN
- iCnew about il. AS they rode on u
l. Coionel said: Gentlemen, you nay
q, ebnwn me General Jackson IN a neN
r igbt I have known him these eis &c &c,
le months as intimately as y HlIi d baX
II rank can know a man OF PM ms time i, but
&c rover suspected that the ola man ia ia
" .ct and fnesse. He has Just eAnloite
IL both. He talked 10 you, 10 ne Po,yee
e, from talking to him. anu ION doi Of Char
10 tons. It's Cuii0u'
!, aG T5is hook shows some things that nav nav
10 not been generally known n,Iot hat Nj
10 m, ever before. IT was known lhdt " "a
l. I Dotis was from the first bent on a Nv uS
lg foneive Motley for the war lie helu VI, VIC
20 torritorv committed 10 ms chdI :
r must be held inviolate rom sons;,e Ur
O. and therefore prepared O oetehSI 49,, -,
n l Fro+o the Chesapeake 70 the MeSIol
~, frontier OF Missouri TO De pru,SS ne
aryofee In virginia, KENTUCKY, anu W.
'o of the Mississippi river S S. O. rrCteete
lg II Johnston, from the nrst' pI Ote1s,
ch agafnst this as suicidal ana HIipoSS,itSi
at lie eaid that the plan OF deIehulIB INV
tn ves antiduated war; that II hdu mo ',
ta / baen ueed in modern times, eACePS ~ -
ne SSg1 oI who had demonstrated us i
-tiIt+,, i'm modern strategy. Ana TINS "
ne he csuse of the fatal differences pelW 81
~ tbe ornmander-in-Chief ana one VI -
ne ablest Of his suborqlldIts' ~ urged
he same opinion az Johnston, put ui p 70
.o t.b more tact and there never aIO
st any difference between the IIeslIqffney @,
its himself When he was MAJ SIi'I 10 q
- pennevlVauia in 1868, ne WT0lf L. -
en- I5saeident from Rerryville, urging nlln
n adccentrate the garrisOns from WliIh III
II TON Charleston, and SaValliiaH a. ,,nd
In neper Courthouse, IN NIsill"c md
rs ! tpoaureoard "a ghost or an army wv
~ I5oooaureSard there will hold all the trGGo
e. defence at washington. ana / VIII
we LETT a free hand in Pennsyiva5h' Ia +
nc r~r1ioafiOn was not granted anu
m xyyaebington troops reinforced Meaue q
he Socided Gettvsburg Mr.. DAVIS alleI Jew !,
en- tCid General Lee that II proved lihpIat 7.
10 cshie 10 carry out his plan oWlnt . ~ =
his protests of the members Oh COlsi
y,n | sr0ro the States concerned.
INT our author makes PLAN ' alo',
os t,ot not generally known. Lee was
ne nosed to fighting at Freezer lisa TIe ga
i6n Jackson protested against IL !i hit
wn 1--WE shall whip them; or couISV ,r U ,,ict,
led viii be unable TO follow up, our n.y., w
nc Nd reap' the results of u. ne q.
in tbe Confederate generals selecleu u ~
ybo an was the line Of the NGrth az :
al twentv-fve miles north OF klchiloBBu;; q
~ siytH south of fredericksburg BuI
ca president and Secretary or war unV
To- tool, active supervision OF the callpa
ers and the result was, as All history
me moved II ever will be. blunder anu J.,
mn aeter Burnside crossed the hdpI pan
the nock and after defeat wlthHieM I'm
nee inete5 bv six safe pontoon bridges, 20
,ich ,,orth side. his retreat being SoEcttu
red beeyv artillery crOwning the heish'9
and I've north side Of the river $40
aTs fredericksburg says our author' ~ - -
and ~, faliacy OF one Of the maXlms OF y
IN u LIZ is Never fight with wlde -
The ~, ,,o,,r rear" The wide river prove
on ~ 'pTrnside's salvation. Another ~.
he DC statement is that modern mn;
dn't $3.50 lions had their origin on AthSl
net iol.iIIdcIds Many things ana III
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