Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-26

81 ene Suard OF North Carolina assyacas.a
eSose 100 officers and mon, that AZ In,s
,re,, a Vhe hmit az 1900 ana thirty cer,
g"sssesl and that no artillery or cavsIye o.
a s.s itlons were in existence Inc ca,,,,,
r,sS permanent affair, nominallv In ro,n
th shau on 9 brigadier-genera command .n,,
raj litse "ae, pntreally OF the Gdintanf-cene,
csn,Iss Tue feekskill establishment. Re.
49,, INC National Guard had been al
lowed 10 run in ruts but new orc 0.s a,,a az, =
NV, mew administration were determined 10
nouernlze II, improve n. AMI raiso tbo
gTfanuafu 20 that OF tho great States "a tbe
~ Nn'oh' North Carolina allows only An
WI year tor her 900 militiamcn- New
aDa Npspproprlates 100000 for its IL 600
fhe Nh s.tnlnsylvania Sl25,000 for s,0O0-~bnt
-" y, No'tl S,aroiinian Is not furnished with
for no LAT LAT, uut cooks bus own meals, paws
~ h's arinory rent, aud buys new and re-
pans old equipments. Ii Is true that tho
S le IVY companies are allowed csmn fnnd
NJ soy each, but IN comparison with the
Wv hork appropriation the amount IL
i,hnnnitesimal. The men are not mid fnr
.he TINE they are IA camp, as ours are. An
go, same 1eneral Glcnny IS preparing to
10y ms entire command to Chicago
wheh the Columbian Exposition opens
General porters guests remaine5 iii Jj,
la'e tfain tonight witnessing the after.
noon guard mounting and dress parade.
guy listening TO Professor Cappa's enioy.
Hoie evening concert.
FIGHTING PARsoN.
betore leaving camp this evening Chan.
IAN faNton RECALLED the southern visitors
Win reminiscense that entities him Ia
tne t'tIe oil the Fighting Parson," aside
iIom DIS record az a soldier. 'W lille was
az college, he said "one Of nv churns was
youugster from tennessee named Dun.
can; N February. 1851. j happened 10 be-
IN Washington and there met Duncan in
q party. The conversation drifted upon
the possibilities Of war, whichat that time.
Eoungster as J was we all foresaw. and
duncan used the familiar expression of
those days that the North, IN spite Of her
llilnllable resources, would be beaten Gus
OF slghJ because one sOutherner was tho
equal OF SIX nGrthuTners.
DO yen think so, Duncan, ." asked.
~ course do" he replied.
Well" | observed, suppose we try
whether one southerner is the equal Of
one uortbernerl"
What do you mean, John ?" he asked
Mean returned Il mean that be-
iore YOU repeat such an assertion you had
better try and see it you can whip me-"
, more or less opposition was raised by
the bystanders, SAID the reverend gentle
man, hut finally Duncan and retired 10
a bedroom and the hight began. waited
70 see what he would do. but he didn't give
me much time. While l was preparing to
watch him he sailed into me with very much
the Same effect as the Confederate army
went INTO as at Bull Run. NV friends
thought II was all up with me. and | must
confess for while 1 feared so too. But
finally | concluded something must be
done, and l grabbed hold of him by the
neck. He grabbed me. We fought all
around the room in that manner until we
landed on the bed with deafening crash
We went through it. mattress, Stats, and
all. old tennessee underneath. Like the
Old south itself, he was beaten, but he
wouldn't acknowledge it,"