New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-24
staff would accompany him. The Hn "oe'''''N
viii have the right Of the line.
sourHERNEBs DESoUNcE RoSsEE-
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'.I . ~ - I.rrnrr1,1 Irfr HIS WILD TALh,

MEN WHO nm TIE FIGHTING FOR THE Wv
FEDRACY REGULATE HIS WILD lam
A wel,-attended meeting TO consider ways @..
means for aiding the managers OF inc 49, nav
Homo at Austin. Tex, to raise money !" ,.,'..
buildings to shelter destitute and crippeu - Az
ate veterans was held last evening IN Fario %
Fifth Avenue Hotel. Major Joseph H. So So n
Austin, who represents the Home. anu - present
confederates as well as Union soldiers "ei0
General Barnum chairman Of the coInnn''e0 10 49,"
Tho mattev IN charge was too busy with MS
nrenaraaong 70 remain, and introduced OoiO".- a
r. My az chairman. Secretary Oliver Do""'Ae
n statement of the committees plans "inoi -
mainly in the designation of subcommittee py ulo
officers of the committee to receive
The proposition led 10 general oe0u''o a.
General Jardine said that It was wch ehoush W
,oo a,,er rho wealthy possessors OF bank accounts
who could draw checks for large amounts put NO
thought the most money was gong W 10 ia'0
among the rank and file" who diq NOT nav o"'"N
accounts Incidentally the General 'ailudeu WIN 10
gret to the remarks attributed to General hosser a no
Confederate dinner at Baltimore on Friday evening"
which he thought in bad taste ana quiie
I'm view of Major Stewards visit and its object Ater
further discussion of the plans for raising money py
Major w. H. Clark and Captain L. Kilner Coionei
OchiItree took up General JaTdine's reference "
General Rosser, and unsparlngly denounced 'ho i"'
Baltimore deiverance as utterly at variance wiz
the sentiments Of nnety-nine one-huhhreu'hs VI wv
Southern people. -
Major Stewart followed. General Rosser,' ne
said knows nothing about Southern sentiment hc
left the South right after the war, and mas spoh.
most of his time In New-York and In Europe eng@sou
in promoting railroad schemes. and HOMECOMING WIN
European potentates and mobiles. The men Oh inc
dead Confedcracy who carry honorable scars ana she
their blood for the 'lost cause, repudiaea 0onera
Rosser's after-dnner talk with shame. The VINE a.
that dinner last night must have been very pao
or Rosser must have got great deal 100 mueh'
I. too, went into the war; thinking / could WHIP
moro than one YANKEE but found out my mislao i've,
General Rosser's remarks showed that no aia ~ 40
do the fighting he had a chance 10 90 tWeh'5-H''
SECRETARY Downing said "Rosser was captured
early in the war; and stayed captured While Ie nSa
fest of the fighting going on. He surrenucreu -
one sYank only, and he didn't eat up Una, lam
One sYanK was Just one too many for Kosser.~ -,
Colonel Matthew Clark of Virginia. who commanuu
Virginia Confederate regiment, said that nc Nds o9
Of the charter members Of the Society OF the Army su
Navy of the Confederate States which gave the dh-
ner at baltimore on Friday evening Know nc
said that when the 800 Confederate veterans VINO sat
at that dinner heard General Rossers words they hung
their heads In shame" -, s,,,s 90
All the speakers referred to RosseT's illusions 70
General sherman as grossly Objectionable, ana ealu
cdyed the hero of the march 10 the sea. Inc com,
mittee,s plans were adopted All contributions shoud
be sent 70 ChaunOey Nj. Depew, treasurer