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[From the Christian Observer Louisville, Ky., November 20, 1895.]

STONEWALL JACKSON'S "MOST DREADED FOE.”

WORSE THAN POPE'S ARMY.

A Story Never Before Published, as Related by an Ex-Confederate
Officer, Who is Now a Resident of Norfolk, Va.

About daylight of the day before the second battle of Manassas, I was ordered to report to General T. J. Jackson, with a detail of one hundred men for special duty. Upon arrival at the headquarters and making myself known by presenting the order of General J. E. B. Stuart, General Jackson told me to come with him, and rode some fifty or one hundred yards from his staff, turned towards me and halted. Then he said, "Captain, do you ever use liquors?" I replied, "No, sir." He then said: "I sent to General Stuart to send me a special detail of one hundred men under command of an officer who never used spirituous liquors. Are you that man?" said, "Yes, sir; I was detailed on that account."

"Well, sir, I have an order to give, upon the full and exact execution of which depends the success of the present movement, and the result of the battle soon to be fought. Can I trust you to execute that order?"

I replied that if to keep sober was all that was needful he could rely upon my obedience.

He said, "No that is not all, but unless you can resist temptation to drink you cannot carry out my orders; but I will explain." He then pointed to a large frame depot or warehouse and said: "Take your command up to that warehouse, have a large number of barrels of bread rolled out and sent down the railroad to a point about five hundred yards from the warehouse, so that my men can get all the bread they want as they pass, and then take some picked men into the building and spill all the liquors there; don't spare a drop, nor let any man taste it under any circumstances. I expect you to execute this order at any cost."

He pulled down his cap and was about to ride back to his staff, when I said to him: "General, suppose an officer of superior rank should order me under arrest and then gain possession of the warehouse?"

He said, with an air of solemnity I shall never forget, coming close to me and looking as if he would look me through: "Until I relieve you in person you are exempt from arrest except upon my order in writing." He then said: "I fear that liquor more than General Pope's army," and rode off.

I took my men to the warehouse, now so important in my eyes, and threw a guard around it, placing five men at each entrance, with orders to neither allow any one to enter, nor to enter themselves. I then put some prisoners under guard to roll out the bread nearest the doors. In a little while this was done, and to guard was apparently all that was required. But in a little while I was called to one entrance to find a general officer with his staff demanding that the guards should either allow him to enter or bring out some liquor. Upon my refusal to comply with his request, he ordered his adjutant to place me under arrest.

I told him that I was put there by General Jackson in person, and exempted from liability of arrest. He gave his staff an order to dismount and enter the warehouse, and I gave my men the order to level their guns, and "make ready." This made the thirsty General halt, and hold a consultation with his officers, who concluded to try persuasion. But they soon found that no liquor could be had. They then asked my name, and to what command I belonged, and threatened to report me for disobedience of orders to a superior officer.

Just then General A. P. Hill came galloping up with his staff. I explained the position to him, and soon saw that he took in the sitution, as he ordered the thirsty squad off. Then he said: "Have you orders to burn this building?" On my replying that I had not, he went off. Within an hour General Jackson sent me an order to burn the building, and after it was well destroyed, to report to him. This I did. No man got a drink that day. And the foe that Stonewall Jackson most dreaded was powerless for evil.

[From the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, Jan. 7, 1896.]

CONFEDERATE GENERALS.

As stated in a former article, there were 474 general officers of all grades in the regular military service of the Confederacy. It may be interesting to know just how many of these were severally contributed by the States comprehended in the Southern Confederation:

Virginia-Three full generals, five lieutenant-generals, seventeen major-generals, and fifty-four brigadier-generals—seventy-nine in all. North Carolina-Two lieutenant-generals, seven major-generals, and twenty-nine brigadier-generals-thirty-eight in all.

South Carolina-Three lieutenant-generals, four major-generals, and twenty-seven brigadier-generals-thirty-four in all.

Georgia-Three lieutenant-generals, seven major-generals, and forty-two brigadier-generals-fifty-two in all.

Florida-One general in provisional army of Confederate States, three major-generals, and ten brigadier-generals—fourteen in all. Alabama-One lieutenant-general, six major-generals, and twentynine brigadier-generals—thirty-six in all.

Mississippi-Five major-generals and thirty brigadier-generals— thirty-five in all.

Louisiana-Two full generals, two lieutenant-generals, four majorgenerals, and twenty-two brigadier-generals—thirty in all.

Texas-One full general, one general with temporary rank, three major-generals, and thirty-six brigadier-generals-forty-one in all. Indian Territory-One brigadier-general (Stand Watie). France-One major-general (Camille J. Polignac).

Arkansas-Four major-generals and eighteen brigadier-generals— twenty-two in all.

Missouri-Four major-generals and twelve brigadier-generals—sixteen in all.

Tennessee-Two lieutenant-generals, eight major-generals, and thirty-four brigadier-generals-forty-four in all.

Kentucky-One lieutenant-general, five major-generals, and sixteen brigadier-generals-twenty-two in all.

Maryland-Three major-generals and six brigadier-generals— nine in all..

Augusta, Ga.

CHAS. EDGEWORTH JONES.

THE SPIRIT OF '76 AND THE SPIRIT OF '61.

MR. R. A. Brock,

Secretary of the Southern Historical Society,

Richmond, Va.:

DEAR SIR,-The following incident was related to me last week by the Rev. William M. Dame, of Baltimore, who entered the service of the Confederacy at sixteen and served gallantly throughout the war in the Richmond Howitzers. With his permission I have prepared the paragraphs below for publication, my manuscript having since been examined and confirmed by him. Mr. Dame was

one of the sixteen youths mentioned in the first sentence.

Alexandria, Va., February 17, 1896.

Truly yours,

L. M. BLACKFORD.

On the last Sunday in August, 1860, at "The Forks," in Cumberland county, Virginia, was gathered a body of sixteen youths, with two exceptions, between the ages of fifteen and twenty. They were grandsons of the venerable Mrs. Lucy Page, daughter of General Thomas Nelson, Jr., Governor of Virginia in 1781, and widow of Major Carter Page, of the Continental Line, who served through the whole Revolutionary War. According to the custom of the family, the boys had been on a vacation visit to their grandmother, and were to disperse in a few days to their several homes. The aged lady, full of the patriotic traditions of her historic line, was rallying them on the decay in their degenerate day of the spirit of chivalry and self-devotion which characterized their Revolutionary ancestors, and intimated her conviction unequivocally, if not in so many words, that they would never live again in them.

The following spring, at eighty-six, Mrs. Page died, living not quite long enough to see how completely she had been in error. The sixteen lads who left her in August, 1860, within eleven months of that leave-taking had, every one, entered the military service of the Confederate States. Two of them had already fallen in battle, and three had been wounded.

RELIEF OF CONFEDERATES BY NATIONAL APPROPRIATION.

HON. P. J. OTEY'S BILL.

R. E. Lee Camp, C. V., Protests Against the Consideration of the Bill by Congress.

[So sweeping were the pecuniary losses of the Confederates, that to ask partial reparation for them, would be pardonable. No one can question the excellence of intention of the gallant Major Otey. Still the noble declaration herewith printed touches a commanding chord in the Southern heart. No veteran can be neglected with us. No want will be unsupplied, and his closing years will be soothed with the loving ministrations of both sexes. The provision is happily systematic. R. E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confederate Veterans, may righteously voice the sentiment of the nobly beneficent fraternity which it initiated. Instituted in April, 1883, its admirable example has been potential. Grandly has the roll grown, comprehending now fully Soo Camps, with a constantly-increasing ratio of organization. Grateful result is the speedy sequence. Provision for the needy vetaran is the concomitant of every established Camp.-ED.]

R. E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confederate Veterans, in meeting held January 24, 1896, expressed its disapprobation of the bill offered by Major P. J. Otey, looking to Federal aid to Confederate veterans. The following dignified expression (the report prepared by a committee consisting of General Peyton Wise, Major Norman V. Randolph, and General Thomas A. Brander, to whom the bill had been referred) was adopted with hearty acclaim:

THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.

The report of General Wise's committee, as adopted by Lee Camp, reads:

Your committee, to whom was some time since referred the questions presented by a report in the newspapers that Hon. Peter J.