The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-04
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y4lyIsSf S9lllSdl.lStIyII1l IlS3sty9IayU
Icy. Rejoining General Earfy9at Browns
Gap, General Svlekhnm was ordered ~
guard .Rockflsli Gap and, on arr wins n1
THE foot of tie snbuntaln atthcked tno
Federal cavalry ut Waynesb oru,s lri lnE
them back. ffe next dhgs tho enemy re.
the armies were established at 4 bridge sri
lii August ana September 1854, tic IN.
sfence Of the Valley 81 virgitiin rom =
military point Of view was essen liza I ! ,. y.
the further prolnnEa tion 4 the wat. ON On.
THE fighting was desperate and With the tn
cavalry the encounters were fredne ana trl
serious. g g3 ii M ii ~ N .S
# General .,Nicklinn resigned his COM n
mission In tie CONFEDERATE Army on i Z
9Th OF October, ! Sg4 tran ferrea /! ~ -
ga HIN, III command OF the On val ~ ciSi.s
sion, went to Richmond and took his sea- ~
sjn Congress when the session opened. W =
TO time lie had devote hs Wh M
attention to the care md com fort q ms ~
and horses nd IN Became
his duty to take n wider scope ana iook
40 tho welfare OF tho country, IL TOOK
rim buts a few days after the Assembling
lofg the Confederate Con grtss to sAtcertatin a
TINT the tnd OF lie conf e q w g
hrawing near FOR brief ls h ns
{broukf,t about upon u bhsis ,f WI whtlht
"a would no way tAtnisii tho honor ~
Fthesarriies Or people sof the South. would
save the lives OF sthotiaands of n oble men
and preserve some OF tier property IRON ,a
stiie Hampton Roads Conference, he con-
stinued at his post III Richmond wnitiiss
the end. Nj ii5 y 10 :.
Sernl Wickhain addressed himsell q 70 The
EFFORT 10 restore friendiy relations ne'a
Styeei the sections o. HE Union; Y re- Z
bofEaiiize o, a mutudlls satisfactory basis
sti,e labor necessary 4 for tho farming
Operations or tho country. and to- induce
Ills fellow-gltlgens accept re Yslt li
lion and tlfrow on the gloom "A i'ich sur Z.
property in tho State. The condition .of
tile South was terrl bles5 Gen era WICK.
sha1r, stood side by side with his old coti-l
1stituents and shared 4 their tatA. tssss
u AZ u cavalry leader IN the war he hs &
made d reputation second to- n one u ati1e a
saddle lie WIS one q 4 most
tho South. and had led his N ZEN In "a fty.s
nine cngngements i, N When the confllo OF
arms ended Ahe WAS as rnlrch the ldo ! Of
lilo Confederate soldier hsE his highest g m
billion could have q esired 81 N
III IIe4Sllad been ed utated Of Il hig and !, a q
Union man. He regurded d the Demot avg
party us csponsi bl the wa md sit Isl
results. When the war ended his politll:-:4
cal faith remained Unchanged q nd g VS. the &
aNyhig party had ID disappeared he adopted
THE principles OF the Republi can pa rty.5
which, lle9regnrde as III leglt imnte sue sue.
3cessor.5 II 5s .j ssi$ Z.
3fellow-ctize to accept the situation
and brace them selves "a for he exert IONS
necessary B to rccuperate from n the shock
5nnd losses .resulting from 4 he war, and 70.
urge them 10 resume ~ heir pro per aftec..
ktion. for their country" he on the 80 go.
Of April, 1865 adore An ope +, letter
to FRANKLIN Stearns, al ignlnE himself with
3tie Republican party. This step SeAtra nE-
cd very many Of his old associate & from on.
him. sS 81
sS II, November, j s;;55 q deneral Wick ham
was elected president OF 81 the VlrSsnia!
Central Railroad Compan vi In n oye ..
her, 1865, he was elected presld dent OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad COMPANY :,
I'm which. the Virginia 8G Ter tral ~ Railroad q
Company had been merged BY 60 ntract I
between the States OF virg inia an 4
Virginia. q III 1859. General ickbaI M have
ling found Unnecessary to. bring n Nv me
$and means into the company. was made
vice-president OF the company, with iI .-.;
P. Huntington as presld lent, nd cons,
gtinued as such until 1861 Hen ne was
appointed Its receiver, 4 which pos ton he
held until he 4 ta.yof NJ y her,
upon reorganizat on \ o. thA company y, ne
became It's second vic e-preslde en- and 80
continued until his deat
I'm 1871 81 q eneral Nickh ham was elected
Chairman OF the Board Of Sup ervisors OF
Hanover county and was con inuously re-
elected as long as { he lived. :gSf 54H
In 1877 General w TEX ham was a. member
of'the Electoral College OF sYrgn and
1850 lie was honored by q tender Of the
then vacant Naval Portfolio y by Presi-
dent Hayes but declined Son recount of
business engag ements ssS f Il IS; SsS$
He headed the Garfield electoral ticket
ia = Virginia, was hairman OF the 7 Repu D.
]Glican party, and managed the campai Ign
|#insSth state. On the 18th of August
Governor 81 & the State BY the Republi-
lEcan Convention, but, owing to the division
| 8in2 the party caused by the y Malone move
8ment.n declined to accept It. s5S
M IN 1852 General Wickham was chosen
president OF the Virginia Agricultural
| Society. which position he q held for the
Unconstitutional limitation Of three years.
In 1888 the Nah hone movement, 'aS under
the name OF the Coalition Readjuster
Party having gotten control OF the State
and threatening, In his opinion, the "a fc-
| tyg OF soclety, General Wickharn denounc-
| ed 1T as - corruptlng III It's practice ana
utterly hostile to every honest principle
of government and. after Al canlpai 8 n
lsofsunprecedented excitement; In Virginia.
he became a. member Of the Senate Of
lyirginin and was the chairmansof the
Finance Committee Of that body until
lshiES death, although he occupied an In
Independent position and Fl declined to 90
into fany caucus. While not an; impas -
STONED speaker he WAS brave and calm
and cool + yet lie possessed In a remark
able degree the a tribute OF persona mag
netisms and the capacity to arouse mani
sfestationsi Of thusiasm and persona ats
tachment, On he 17thsof October, 1888,
ID great crowd OF his fellow-citizens, led
leby the men OF his old command, unhar-
i messed the horses from his carriage and
| drew the vehicle to the spot where he
| had cha lenged his opponent to meet him
I'm d ebate. n II sl M
In ~ 8S7 "a he WA s again elected to he
Senate oEtrYirglnia and WAS again made
4 the gTeceiye err OF the Chesapeake and Ohio
i Railway Company, & 4 s (.
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