Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-13
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TIC Posi- paia Co'. JOIN S. Moeby visit
yesterday, aud fund him p::usiag his COMMITS
sion IS corsuI 10 Hong Kong, which &c had
just received ftou the Stale Department.
"Your original appoiotnent YES to Canton,
wasn't it, Co|oreI?' inquired the Pest.
"Ies, but dido't like that place, ard got
the department 10 charge NE to Hong Kong,
which is Wcrth i've tines as much as Canton.
Hong kODE is 90 the tas! cccss & China, at
the mouth Uf the Canton river and Is really
the Liverpool Of the Fast. It was acquired by
The British government in the opium war, in
l&ll, aud is elt!reiy Ioler British Jurisdiction.
There Is /. governor general thcle, and 1t IS
governed just Ike Cauada. A great many
wealthy merchants reside there; il is The head
quarters Of the British navy. aud is. in fact, a
most d:slrsb!e place to I've"
Nv Zen will y0u StSrt, Co!oueI, Tor your new
r2sijecc4?'
''Early ia D.:subtr. Our Court Of Appeals
docst.' meet 10 Richmond Until December, aud
| have scvcn important cases 10 argue before
ihat cou1t. | will leave 70: Hong Kong as
soon az / am ,Ircueh w;:ii these arguments. .
by tic way, CoIoncj," said the Post,
charging Ito :ui 3ct somewhat abrupt'y." is it
| iruv thas you bore cEaIIcuee from Gen. 1. {.
| i. Su1ith TO Gen. B2v Robertson %
M, that is rot true. [ saw that stated in
die Or Two papers, but lid oct correct it. Gen.
Smith came 10 r'c about the matter, but
| asked to be ,x;used: aud have heard nothing
i:iogo cf 1t slGca.
'UoIonc have you followed the proceedings
! in the Fit2 John Porter irqury?' questioned
the Pcs!.
Yes, have read the published reports
with considerable interest,"
"Erotd your observations on the frontier,
low DO you account for Ger. Popos mistake
| ia reporting heavy battle On the .9th, whcr
! :hcrG :I-5 DO engagement!
~. ttccc IVES an engagement, aod ! very
;lc>sy ouo, 100. Pope is right about that.
WY, Is dtZ3n or raoro witnesses have sTorr
there vas no balLlc?'
81 know they have, and they have all made
{. mistake. These witnesses have been de
scrbing what occurred on our 1.-THE Coutcdc
ratc) right, and there vas no battle there tha
day. The engagement was on our LETT erd
llnoY it was heavy one, for | was in IT, on the
ex.rGule Left. Jackaon, a. p. Hill, AID Stuart
| loupht there, and lille CORPS was Z very large
oae numbering, perhaps, ten thousand men
Lougstrect was Oh tie right, aud had just go
his inen up, AID there Vas 10 fighting on TIA
part OF tbs li1e. Those Witnesses are honest
AID really believe they reported the situation
correctly, but they Cid not know what was so
inc OF ca TIC extreme left. To assure Dysel
that I could rot be mistaken, recently exam
:ncl ric reports ct Generals jackson and Hill
acd their subordinate officers, and these report
confirmed ny recollection OF the date; the!
reported q hca7y engagement o. cur lett tina
DAG. Pope wa9 EiehG about that. / was cap
tered in Eopc'S CaINpa:sn, and by that lpcldcn
have pretty c!csr recollection OF events which
occurred about that time. | have DO specia
friendship Is: Ge1. Pope, but that is TIT
truth"
"Wcrc ylu handled pretty roughly -
"Oh, no ; l was treated very cIcveTly, aud
Was exchanged within ten days -
Did they know who you were -
II vas simply lieutenant Oh Gen. Stuart
staff 1t that tinc. 1t Was before bc0amc {
partisan commander. WAS put 10 Old Capitol
urison, and the next day taken to Pope's head
quarters. He had just been assigned to IT,
connanI ot the army, and had not gone Il
the front. lis headquarters were near Wher
the War Department low is, acd his famou
hcadauarlcrs in-thc saddle proclamation hat
Jus: been issued. At his headquarters l me-
Ger. T. 9. II. Smith for the frs! time, ant
VIC have beer gcod friends ever SINCE"
"Wa5u't it rather UNUSUAL 10 make ircri
in that way =
81 thiok not. Gen. Smith was very kind t
me- Why, the best friends | now have arc me
whom | captured during the war; The oos
friend [ ever had was Jeb Stuart. - Wash
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