The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-23


h h fun term 5or elk years He was per.
haps the youngest man who ever iilied
SO Responsible position IN the STATE.
though he performed his duties to the
entire satisfaction of the bar ana the
people, as was shown by his election
for a full term before he was yet out
OF his teens But the war came on
tinetl thus early III life to make n name
for i,ilnseif--shoude red his muslsot and
stnrted out, to night for Ills state.
n Morgan county was strongly Union ~
sentiment. and sent only $nbout twenty
soldiers to the Confederate army
O'Ferrall One Of Them.
4 rho town Of berkeley Springs sent
only two and Charles II O'Ferrnll was
one Of these.
He cntercd rs n privotc II, the cavalry
service, and rose step by step MS q
result OF his intrepid bravery TO the rhnk
Hof colonel, ana At tho close Of the wnr
wos N command Of all tho Southern,
cavalry IN the Valley of Virginia.
To his regiment, indeed, Is duo the
credit for holding tho last line, having
The last fight and capturing the last prs
oncr Oh Virginia SOIL
n His command was In two engagements
afterthc surrender OF General ~ 3. -, Le ~
Il having refused to believe thHt his
treat leader Ind actually laid down y, +. y, ms
arms although under q nag o. -. 5 - ~
General Hancock sent him WORD th az, L &c
Ind surrendered, hnd that II wo ,.n oe
,,.oi1 ~ his regiment TO follow the ex-
nnplc OF its COMMANDER. I, 4 !, T., !,
%.rhe war record Of Governor ~ ferIt u
d ono Of which any man might feel
pro,,d Ho never knew the definitl ', = q
the word fear and his black plume plum 10
always waved at the head Of his regl-l
mont, where the battle rolled the deeIese
Wounded Eight Times
In TINT great Scon test lasting through
four Years Of blood and carnage, Colonel
io.Terrall was eight times woui i - ,ti
three times from sabre thrusts. and i've
from bullets. n \, "a I. =.
tn tho cavalry engagement at Uppere
,,lle N 1863, he was shot throug Y the
l,,nps and LEFT for; dead. The Rlchmono
nonoIs announced the death OF the ga
,nnt Young officer, but he recovered ana ana
resumed command Of his regiment. =.
rho political side Of Governor ' l' ~ ~
rails life was rcmnrlsnb BILE, not ohls ~.
5its success, but for the long j per'o ~
through which IT ra ran d, 5s . 9 ~. !, i,
returning from the war,. ne sot
l. \, Tshort while By hard licks, enough
money to enter the law class at " vas ISL
Ia gtnn College from which he grad ua te g
,th distinction. He settled at Harrison
,,nrrr md 1T once entered upon the pratc-5
iticc OF his profession. IL,
n wns not long, however, before !. l.ls
neople called him into positions
and trust. In; ISL Col. O,Feriall y US
nInctcd to tho House of Delegates - -. -
conservative, and he served WITH VIII: con
sn,cuous ability in that BODY a, a = ny
and of his legislative term Col.i y feIls.it
wns elected Judge Of the County IN.
OF Rockingham, and In this POSITION I. uis :.
posed OF some Of the most l' IN
and pcrplcxng criminal cases ever u - ieu
In the valley courts y Ell V
An Ardent Democrat.
When the Rcadjusters got control !. !. o. !,
tho Legislature, in 1879, Judge o rs, az.
was displaced and one Of Genera RAJ A tl'
homes followers upon thes bench.
! 0,rerrnll was always nm ardent: Demo,
Graf and upon leaving the bench placed
htmsolf MT the disposal of the state, Com,
Vitae md was sent from Cumberiahus
Can to the ocean many times 70 ire e'-, :.
the doctrines OF disparity 70 inc 3Yo.u -. =
He was ono OF the regularly npp e,al.
ed Democratic canvnssers Ior ttle 90
from 1880 to 1888. and his eloquent voice
ranp ont constantlysIn !, behalf OF his
Marty, no man doing more effective % WORK
INN ne to accomplish the overthrow e,
~ Mahoneism and aReadjuster ring rule.
HI was a born orator. in the pop
l3n,nr sense Of the term. and II y
altogether likely that from 1851 up ~
the time he was made Governor III lS't'
he had delivered more stump speecl,es
I,han any other two men IN lne e etit
1Iis chestcrfeldlan bearing, his fine pres
a ar'c and his ready flow Of Language made
| him most popular sturnper, and ms
| services were in demand in all sectlote'
] and In every cam paign. ,
/ In 1852 Colonel OFerrnll made his Irse
| race for Congress. x Els competitor WIS
Tho lnte Judge John Paul, OF his own
! town OF IIarrisonburg. who was tpopHl it
4 to a degree. Tho State was Just now ~. .
| londing Rcadjusterism. and the dlstrlc'
! was close at best. Judge Paul was NOM
M toi, Nv what was known rs the Repub-
1 lean Read justcr- Coalition party, an or
/ rnnization embracing all the onposllloI
| which could be mustered against the Dom
ocrats In IN effort to pcrpctunte Mahone
| and his cohorts In power. II
Leader in Congress.
According to tho face OF the returns
a tho vote was: O'Fcrrall, 1871; PAU
i -, lAG u, !, Z
4 The national House was Democratic
i and Colonel OFerral made contest or
n thc grounds Of fraud and Illegal voting
and was seated
And here was begun In a broader anf
. higher field ono Of the most prlllinn
records made In the lower house OF Con
gross by q Southern man IN tho preseh
generation. a.
!. Colonel O'Ferrall was seated IN On
Forty eighth Congress on May 8. 1854
and was five times renomlnatcd ana ~
4 elected, practically without opposition y
} his own party. ~.
! lilo made and kept tho Seventh DIS !,
n trict safely Democratic, and when u
left 1t to assume the duties OF doverno
In 1894: 1t was, as 1t Is to-day, regnrde
as tho Gibraltar OF tho party In VIZ
!. ginia 4, 4.
$ IT was during his long service IN tn
Q Congress- OF his country that Colone
8 O'Felrall mado his greatest reputation
: nnd when he stepped from this arena
d tho Governors mansion. his fame as ora
i tor and party leader had reached "a
y beyond tho borders OF his own state.
J, Colonel O'Forrnll was the chief lieu
:, tenant and floor leader OF the late Charlie
d +. Crisp, OF Georgia. In his fight re
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