Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-19
SOUTHWEST TODD.
Echoes of the Past or Fragments From
the Book OF Memory.

To The Tobacco LeafChronicle.l
TRENTON, June II, 1S9l.-At the
battle OF Resacta, Ga, Corput's bat
terry, of which the writer was men,
Der, was captured. A short time af-
ter we went to Atlanta to get an
other battery. After getting the
guns we went to the arsenal to get
ammunition. Above the arsenal
was an officers hospital. While fill
ing the chests Mrs. Gen. Joseph E.
Johnston drove up in her carriage.
She asked, "What battery" The
reply was Corput's, of Georgia. She
alighted from her carriage to inspect
the guns. Gen. Bradley Johnston
stood at the window and said, GOOD
morning, Mrs. Johnston ; put your
hand on that gun and bless it." We
afterwards called the gun LADY
Johnston"
In the beautiful and fertile Shen-
andoah valley of Virginia, near the
ruins Of a Lutheran church, built be-
fore the revolutionary war, is the
grave of my mother. She Was taken
from me when boy. l once trav-
elIed a thousand miles to visit the
sacred spot. She was a Christian
woman and the early religious inn
pressions she inculcated still linger
with me. 1t pains me TO see a neg
lected burying ground. The broken
tombs and scattered fragments show
a disrespect for dead. The graves OF
the departed should be cared for and
visited regularly.
A short time before the execution
of John Brown / visited Charles
ton. The commandment had issued
an order forbidding visitors to the
Jail, BY special permit company
of Southern gentlemen, residents OF
Kansas, were allowed the privilege.
accompanied them. The first cell
we entered was occupied by Brown
and Stephens. Brown was sitting on
a stool and the latter was pacing the
cell. Capt. Avery, the jailer, said
that Brown was under sentence OF
death and requested us not to say
anything that would offend him
One of the party advanced towards
Brown and asked if he BROWN rec
ognizcd him. The reply was no.
The next question was, "Do you re
member a certain fight in Kansas ?"
The answer was, 81 do" Both hav.
ing engaged in the same battle, they
shook hands. A few days before
Cook wrote an expose Of the "J0hn
Brown raid," and one of the party
held in his hand copy of the same
Brown saw it and divining what il
was, asked to see it. 1t was handed
to him; he glanced over the title
page, handed it back and said:
"Cook was not the man | thought
he was" After bidding Brown and
adieu we next repaired TO
Cook and Coppic's cell. Cook was at
IA table wri ing and Coppic was sit
ting on the side of his bunk reading.
Cook was a handsome man, with
long flaxen hair, and was dressed
neat. Coppic was a
tallow cOmplexioned fellow, and
of stature. The next cell
visited contained the negro devil,
Shields Green, Copeland (white
NAM. Stephens was tried by the
district court at StauntOn and then
and there hung; the other five We're
hanged at CharlestOwn.
When boy, at old Front Street
The atre, Baltimore, | first saw
Junius Brutus Booth act Richard
III. AT that time the pit was the
cheapest part of the house, and as !
was short financially, took my seat
herein. During the play he was en-
,orcd numerously. After the last
encore, he said: ooh! that / had a
in my breast that you might
zee the emotions of my heart" A lad
n the pit sang out: Wouldn't a
1ane (pain) in yer stomach answer"
The last time 1 saw Bishop Mead,
If Virginia, was at the close Of the
Episcopal convention held at Win
hester, Va. Bishop Johns asst.
presided. Bishop Mead was so feeble
hat he had to hold on to the hand
ailing for support. His voice was
eeble, but his eyes were brilliant and
lis countenance gave hope of the bet
er life beyond. The closing hymn
vas the "Voice of free grace cries
scape to the mountain The whole :
joined in the song. |
FIFTY ONE.
Grand Annual Exnuraion ;