The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-14
,T'l,ere WAS stladow yesterday where

II here was shadow Yesterday where
sunshine is wont to iinger.
Colonel John $. Mosby. famous In
history as the fearless leader of Mos
bys Rangers departed from his for
mer humorous style In relating remin-
iscences of the War Between the States
and paused, with a tear In his eye. u
PAY tribute to the memory of the late
Cooley" Jordan. whose funeral took
place IN Richmond last Sunday.
Coley was with our rangers when
"A mere lad recalled Colonel Mosby,
ns he sat face To face with another
veteran. Colonel w. II. Chapman. a,
the iatter's home. LOT South Thru
street. He came here from Washing
ton TO attend the funeral services.
Father Time has dealt gently with
Colonel Mosby, and at sesenty-cight
wears the battlescarred old soldier
maintains a rugged bearing
smile fitted across his features
when asked II he had made friends
with the automobile.
He admitted that he had been In
weighed into one ride in buzz wagoL.
bur like T. d. Powers
f'Never again"
Today he will 20 to Petersburg to
Boiling. He has been mingling with
several of his "hoys." including Ben
Palmer, Frank Rahm and other we'll
known heroes of the war Upon his
return to Richmond tonight he viii
spend the rest or the week with tn
friends OF his boyhood.
How well did he recall the Thanks
giving day In 1854 when Cooley" .Tor
dan and himself gave chase To some
fAnksn- and fergetfef of the = ;starIce
Travelled. ran squareiy into Il Federal
camp where the soldiers In blue were
cooking score of big fat turkeys.
A Marrow Escape.
II can smell those turkeys until this
DAY" he chuckled
But Coey and rnyaeif turned our
horses and rode away ike the wind
he added. with "A .iozen or mere 81
the Yanks right bah'ni us, W. got
a~av. but them from their dinner so
topg that upon their rsturn 70 cap,r
the turkeys had cooked To enters ard
they lost the expected Thanksgvina
feed
Among the manuscripts eancernlr2
the varied scrimmaRes of the "Mcshy
RANGERS" and Incidents of Colones
Mostly there Is IN Richmond clip
pine from The True Index under date
Of Saturday morning, October = 1868.
forty-three years arn. that contains
some beilicose. busting and breezy
corresnondence~-as the rtrni efttor
would remark-that passed between
me leader or r7IcT Rangers md Colo
mel w. H. BOYD, Federal commander,
In tilt at warrenton, Va
On October /. 1864. Colonel Mostly
indited the following 10 Colonel Boyd:
Sir. When We casually met on the
road this morning. you informed me
that YOU felt yourself aggrieved By
yg4g trxxxT
desired satisfaction for II. which
acknowledged my readiness to render
YOU. I now formally notify you of
my acceptance OF your proposition
for a fight. The bearer of this, Cot
Smith, liz authorized 10 arrange the
tef'rs Of meeting"
Colonel Thomas Smith delivered
The note and had a reply In thirty
minutes from Col. Boyd as follows:
Sir haye tina honnr ia askHans-
ledge the receipt of a communication
from Colonel Mostly Try your hands.
Without putting this matter In other
har dr., | reply at once. to inform yon
mat ! am not willing to be placed in
tie position which Colonel Mosby as
s'iues-that Of a challenging party. /
did rot desire satisfaction nor make
fho proposition to fight. My words
were. that II he continued to inter-
!. personal matter TIE ta.is note
can therefore make no other reply
Colonel Is Aroused
Evidently Colonel Mosby had his
ire UP. In another half an hour he
had dispatched this note to Colonel |
Boyd:
Sir - ITiaIs aasrplnR you instrnets
me that you desired satisfaction for
alleged wrongs J had done you. and /
Al Inn al hat
ready TO give 1t. An agreement for
a fight was then made to come off !
on s-ur return to Warrenton. Ac- |
Icordingiy. as soon as I heard that you /
had returned. l addressed you
formal acceptance of your PROPOSE |
zion for fight. Colonel Smith, the !
bearer Of my note to you. has Just |
fhown me one addressed by you TO |
.him, In which you ignore the fact |
that there was Any agreement for a |
fight. snnd say that you desire no |
satisfaction.' and that you simply no.
titled me that II l continued TO in |
Iterfere with your business. you would /
make II a personal matter. / GER /
tainly did not 80 understand you. and |
wish you to know that so long as
the interests OF my clients and the |
people Of Fauquier county demand |
| It, shall continue to interfere In !
your business I now demand of
you satisfaction for the language used /
by YOU In reference 10 myself. Col I
onel Smith IL authorized to arrange /
the terms or a meeting"
Colonel R0yd's Reply.
Colonel Boyd. who was then sheriff |
Of Fauauier county by appointment |
rf denernf canby. replied TO this I
second note as follows:
"Sir: Your statement In your let
ter OF the 1st inst, that desired
satisfaction for alleged wrongs that
You had done me- is without founda-
ton; as well as that an agreement for
fight was then made Your for
nal acceptance was a proposition
OF your own. Your proposition must
be made on other terms. that Of sat
isfaeafon for words addressed to you--
to words when properly quoted will |
reply did not allude to your Clients
and the people Of Fauquier.' therefore |
waive remarks with regard to them /.
II TO- not for me to discuss your in |
territorial Misrepresentation OF words
IN my note to Colonel Smith. In which
you state with quotation marks. that |
you (Boyd) desire no satisfaction
Two letters have passed between us
without your using, the language of !
provocaticn towards you. deem a
further correspond Ance useless"
10 Which M0eby Responded.