The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-10
MRS. BURTON HARRISON
REMEMBERS CIVIL WAR DAYS
Virginia Girhood Overcast by the Shadow of
Battle Mem rics ofJeffelson Davis ofStu
the Revered Lee and 9th rs--An impress
sion Of Line In.

lLlllC III.
! had 10 content myself with pnor
Guality OF rad silk for The field OF
nine; nersssltntlnS an Inturiinlng,
WuiGl ] regretted"
ms nrs' event 10 hiring ull patrotic
hichmcnf into the streets the first
WINTER ~ me war was the inauguration
" lis rreaident. j:ner6on Davis. on
10 witness me ceremony from a win
COW oil the virginia state Library. IL
"nS dismal day. decreasing to stout
G ~ iShi'rlts. rsiis falling heavily, and
a.'o' ch"arP beneath us one mass OF
1prn umbrellas When The poor, wet
p'Shop and the President e!ec, came
upon The stand There was an .ilnmedl-
AZ, npttchtuns hiiah in the crowd On {.
heaTd nothlnB but the patler OF the
winter rain
i1ent DAVIS kiascd the book, ACCENT
me, under God, thu Yrrntesl trust or
orr yonlig and struggling nation,
81, shgut went VII and we distinctly
asnt f Tbat Of evs @9d hifss our presi,
Mrs. Davis received a, their residence,
'aa king q most faYGrahl. Impression
me war" trnft nj Nrs. Davis; Wit
NJ rresidrnrp Table.
was AZ ,his time that our author
ne, the young. man whom later she
was 10 wed lie was at,u:bed 10 the
Prcsidents stah AID, writes Mrs uar-
.!Sph' We we're all Interested In what
blrton Harrison had 10 say OF tho
DAVises Every one knew tile lradi-
tions Of Mrs. Jefferson Davis as hand
81 down from her career Az a Ecua-
tors wiie IN Washington IN tho ad-
n,ih'stratlon OF Pierce and Buchanan II.
She 'rae declared To be woman Of
warm heart ana lmpc tuous tongue
Willy and cnustiC. with u sensitive ma :
,uye underlying all; a devoted wiia
anu mother, and most gracious mistress
Miss Margaret Howell, tho exceed
iNsly clever sisttI, OF Mrs, pavis ar
lcr"drd Nine. dc Stoeurs, OF England
Ms me younS lady Of the Richmond
White House; and Il Is safe 10 say
tlat no wittier talk was ever handled
over the tedcups in any land than psss-
sl ,laily between The several bright
Sp,Eits .hrs assembled at the Presi-
Mys Davis had been 4omawhat de
ny an advancement fer her prosrcsE
!" Saplioi Sahara made by her negro
coaehman. When they set put 81 i
snhIs pace she observed. walking
hglemnly and with faces OF unbroken
Gloom, on either side OF her carriage,
,"Ur NEGROES ~ black clothes, WEARING
gloves " white cotton. Dcmandins
lmpa,tcntiy OF tie roachman what in
me world thie performance meant, she
Was informed This, madam. IA tho
W way we always dlocs in Richmond Al
The Frolioa Of FltxhuSh Lee IN the
olh Road 10 HGiprc.
" gallant Confederate figure there
-, litlte later on, this memory; One
day, when returning from a visit To "A
house to Beiprc With General Fits-
hush I.ae--n darby sent ahead on
imuieoaek, detailed 10 carry my other
nat ana dressing bag--a very demon
pn Ter Inf
In wood road, where no one could
see him. lie rode htauding IN The sad :
uie. R'cking dried wayside flowers at
q sailnp' backward, forward, IN every
u stecd, while forcing my horse To
Keep pace with hts stunts as he call
81 iheln, acquired in his old army life
lhnN tn plains.
patched some time before, slowly jog
sinE down the narrow road amend Of
MS, he put spurs 10 his horse, uttered
an Indian war whoop. and borl down
ned by The onslaught, not stopping to
inquire into its nature, dashed Ills mule
ana get off Hike the Headless Horseman
Or Slseny Hollow. |. overpoW cred with
laughter, II. far henlnd"
To The tarys In Richmond in .hc
sPrlng uf 1865 General (RObert E.)
Ice came one evening, and after a
pleasant talk with my mother and me.
arose to so we escorting him 10 the
front door. II ms broad moonlight,
and recall as II 1t were yesterday the
Sliporb figure of orr hero standing in
the little porch without, saying n few
!ast words az lie swung his military
cape around his shoulders II did not
reed nay fervid imagination 70 think
him the mast noble-looking mortal /
had ever seen.
"As he swept OF his hat for II second
and final farewell he bent down, and
KISSED Hid ho All a..
he had known from childhood. At that
iluc, General Lee was literally the idol
Or me ton!4deraGy lis moral graz
or tue recognized by all, lifted him into
nor hate nor pain did venture 10 as
sal! him. We felt as hn left ns and
Whiked off ~ the quiet, leafy stree, in
Use moonlight that we had been hon
'feld as a. by ~ m9 Mioh tham ToyaitY.
nuih"r, netting In cnaradc, was 10 have
neen supported hy no less person
than ,"Ieb' stuart, This is what hap
penrh;
MY scane, nharmingly painted as an
inslish thatched Gnttaga wreathed In
roses, with glimpse of the Thames
IN the background, hud n garden fence,
on the stlio OF which was supposed
had seated MYSELF on The siile. held r. up
hy General stuart in tho rear, ppd
Vizilhlly. was prepared Ia make his
s :,,E entrance from The side
whole volumes of jealousy, my perch
gave way and ] slid 10 tho ground,
yep" stuart Is Dispiared Cor His Fall
IRE 10 support.
INSTANTLY the heroine wna trans
formed INTO an irate stage manager
darling behind tho scenes to scold an
cffeidInE super IN vain Genera. Stu
ny tprotestod ahIect penl.nce for hay,
ing forgotten for o moment ana lie,
so, and promised batter behavior Ac.
gused Of gross neglect while on duty,
no was sentenced to lose his nositian
and SIT among the audience for the
remainder OF The show, General F1ts.
Lee, virtuously declaring that no young
lady could make hint forget hia re-
sRonslbiiity MS n step-ladder, took and
held Gen aral Stuarrs post
Or great griefs In tho Confederate
Wari - 80
mo feeling heart in 9lchmopd failed
70 yield tcpder sympathy to tho Pres
dents family In this calamity that be-
fell them when little, merry, happy Joe,