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Show when the secession spirit run very hitftu a party of students one iiilit raistnl a Confederate fl;is over tho dome of the college. When LV ,m kliu came down next luorniuj and saw the llutf lie ordered ' the janitor to take it down. I "The students told the janitor that if . ho lowered the Hair they would kill him, ! ami he refused. Dr. Junckliii, although i upward of seventy years old, mounted to i the dome, cut the halliards and brought jtheUaif down, tjteppinjf into the hal-winy, hal-winy, lie lighted a mutch, sot (ire to tho Has, and, as ijt burned, said in a clear I voice that was heard by all below, '80 I amy all attempts to destroy the Federal Union end.' "II" wan at owe seized by n crowd of the infuriated students, mid citi-sens, citi-sens, and it required all lb" energy of bin son-in-law, 'Stonewall' Jmk- eon, and a nmnlwr of others to pre- vent his lieiiii,' hunted on the spot. I A compromise wm arranged by which I Me was to leave tin; slate, He hastily ni-! ni-! tered his family carriage, and, with what : few effects he could lay his bauds upon j readily, set out for Harper' Ferry, es-! es-! corteil by his friends. When he had ; crossed the river he stopped tho carriage ' and directe 1 tin. driver to wa-.li -every particle of Virginia soil from its wheels j and body. j "Xow, there's a true story," concluded : Mr. Lndwi, "and one that I don't be-I be-I lieve ever appeared in print." Detroit Free Press. lloio'iviill Jix-ksoii'a I'm Ion Fntlier-in-f.aw. E. 1). Ludwi, of Erio, Pa., grow to riar.hood in RiKkUid'e county, Va., InJ jus ln-foro tho war was a teacher in Hie bin d;.)' school of which "Stonewall" Jackson was sup 'rintendent. In conver-Jation conver-Jation Mr. Lndw 13 said: "Thomas Jonathan Jackson that was "StonewallV full name was professor if mathemarics ind artillery practice in lie Washington college of Iexinton, : Hid his f.it'i' r-in-law. Dr. lfeor.50 Jtiuck-in, Jtiuck-in, was pros dent of the college. Presi-le'it Presi-le'it .luuclvlil wis an uncompromising Ouiou mau, and ju.st before the war, |
