The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-29

During Murderous Raid.
CAVALIERS AND PuRlT ANS
Assassii,1ations Of Lincoln, Gar
field and Mckinley Were Pro
ducts OF the Period.
n On the evening Of the list Of June
Hast, while the Confederate Reunion
was on, Colonel Winfield Peters, OIL
I Baltimore read before the Veteran
Cavalry Association of the Army of
Northern Virginia a lengthy historicall
! paper on the circumstances Y Of the
i8wounding Of General J. D.. B. u stuart
which is said by many to be the only
3Sauthentic account ever made public.
d Colonel Peters obtained his information;
III from the men who saw Stuart wounded
He was at the time a lieutenant. and
was on tho yellow Tavern battlefield.
81 betw cen the lines, getting the wounded
removed when Stuart received his
q mortal wound. i.155 5ss
The Narratives OF Colonel Peters, as
& related befor G the Cavalry Association,
as very 4 on gthy Il butt ought to be pre-
IS served and as he has kindly furnished
Fs.tOur Confederate 81 Column with the.
manuscript, 1t published in three
parts. Last Sunday the first part ap-
n peared; this, Sunday the second part is
w printed and next Sunday the third and
concluding paper w III appear. TIA, \
1t has been credibly asserted that
IL General r.. Il, Lee, upon the surrender.
81 3Appom attox, IL said 1.-THE war has
I'll only beg un.''' 81 Obviously, he war be-,
s23s tween tile Cavalier and the Puritan,
which will last while there is :a&yestige
ssSs OF the former and the latter are in
tM. evidence z many OF whom vet mourn
l5s ana apotheosize John Brown, Justly
IA condemned. The seditionary and MUIR
derous raid of this Surtnn d isciple at
vs. Harp r's Ferry. VA, IN October, ! $50,
was cut short BY. Lieut. Col. Y r. i. Lee,
United States ~ rny, ided by LIE y. ut,
3fs ]. j.. H. Stuart, Oft he First United
t States Cavalry, who with Lieutenant
ls3 Green and a a detachmentGof marines,
q broke ito Browns Fort Instantly
HUT HUT Brown was on the ground with Il cut
3 from Stuart.s sahre-7-as the story goes.
8 Grabbing the culprit and lifting him
s to his feet, the Lieutenant said GU
NJ ar g Ossowa ttomies Brown A. Yes.
$J4ieutenant Stuart, T am 'Oss oval tomie'
Brown 4 trembling as he answered.
Old E"Ossowatto mie" Brown, hunted in
h 3l Kansas by United States cavalry,
under Stuart and others,&f for the mnr-
SsS der, of !. fifty citizen settlers, because
5s5 slavelolder s, making model laborers
II harmless and happy out Of savage ne
81 groes. with scannibals for daddies
SS& But this. In the satanic minds OF Brown
AZ aud his Puritan abolition co-conspira-
lss tors, was a crime against the cardinal
II virtues! -. Il y ssisilfy 5ai
Lee, ] ackson;.and Stuart were cast
al In the same mold Of perfect manhood
II shared the identical, matchless civil
q cation; Hkes1 ancestry and evolution
ss5 precisely as did Washington and his
E3{sY confreres. And Swhlle these three in,
S95 ompara BILE leaders. with their paladin:
and warriors, kept the field, their army
I'll was 7demonstrably invincible The&'.in
Nincible Confederate infantry was {
by4word in the British army. rs 9
When the mysterious mind Of Proyi
8f dence decreed the fate of the heroi,
Confederate people, FIe removed Iii
GF8sis servant. Stonewall jackson, as ha
Seen said. Likewise, Stuart fell, an,
a5z twas sealed. And in the death throe
of Lees SCARED, bloody. decimate
sss ermy a p. Hill fell. His was the nam
last on the lips Of Lee and jackson
8#s tn8thc q elirium of death. y
BIT other Confederate armies like
II wise lad their illustrious dead on I'll
Held Of patriotic yalor and glory: Al
sS$ belt Sidney Johnston at Shiloh !; Bis no
lsconidas Polk at Kcnncsaw;; job
5&S9t Morgan, the Mostly of the West, a
l& S&s e reenville, Tenn. o holocaust c
match less leaders, chief and subord
4a5j#5t nate. s5asrtyrs all!
l&s3 flt Is good that we lay down OF
AYES for the brethren.
The gloom and grief that followe
5|sss the death OF Jackson WAS TYPICAL
iS3s8 told by the little girl who lived not f,
3{{FFss8a5 off, who said. Mamma, I wish cou
die instead Of General Jackson, b.
1 IN hi ca use only YOU and papa would or
N But ifS General jackson dies all Il
WI people will cry" &
fsi Lee. the sublmest Of our heroes, w
proyidentially-s9p preserved a Mos
among his suffering peoplc--to endu
s5 = living $crucilxion and illustrate he
Nh SssF God J ike a mortal man may be, ev
.yS3s55 q . soldier and n civilian, and leave
25t5&tg 1iaWleSs, Incompatible example and IL
perfslable fame.
These are tho jewels; the COME
ora te people are the crown. 81
But they axe Sone,, all but q Tel
, uant; SO Is. perhaps. their God Civ
BsSs civilization, born of generations, r
X WIS other side, tour friends tho enen,
are in the saddle. After this, mayh;
the deluge!
sSss s4 rypcally5 considered, a Scottish p,
put In verse and in truth:
,,sS;s within the bounds OF aAnnandale
AZ. The gentle Johnstons ride.
EaSi3 They've been there a thousand yea
Il a Thousand more they'll bide.ntEa
Did cyer poet write thus OF a Puri
/; & ap0st q And why not? The anale
Is lacking. torsooth. II
Goufhern and Northern a r,ny Re,
Inrs--l'ypes Of the Battlefield,
.as At SpotsylYania, May IL, 1864. ca
iS5 IN he morning. the Yankees, III,
u Hancock look the Confederate sail
~ penetrating the line ex tending fr
hsss thai 4, then changing front and ,n
$4s ting torrentlikeS in the confcdei
4 rear, w7lil eS the troops within the sali
we're siler essf nl VI rpnt;; n moren