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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-02-20

A potato Dagger went into a PittsbuTg
commission house one day and asked II
there wa anything to do. Yes" re-
piled the proprietor, "a car load OF po-
tatoes h waiting az the station 10 Be
bagged. What will you DO it fort" "A
cent a bushsl, boss" Now, I'll tell
you what III DO. Thsre are 500 bushels
10 tho car. I'll give you % for the
Job" The Dagger shook his head. I'm
give you 90 10 bag those 800 bushais. p"
mo, Eri q cent q buahol IL my price. "
I'm make it tii. and that's q high as
I'll 60" "Can't DO H. bOss. InsV0F
scAbbed on potato bagging IN my life,
and / won't begin DOW. Ny price 10 /
cent a bushel." The Dagger started
out, when the proprstOF called him
back again and said, "Aii right I'll
give you Your price" After the man
started 10 the station q bystandoF asked
the proprietor the meaning of Me con-
voTsaton. II just wanted 10 show you
something queer. That man won't work
unless he gets an even cent 4 bushel. He
can't compute any other rate. When DO
has q buEhel bagged, ho cuts a notch ON
. stick, and ihat represents l cent -"
PittburG Dispatch
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-02-20

An urgent Kentucky sutton, hnding
bis addresses rejected, demanded the
return Of his letters. His peremptoTy
sommand not being at once complied
with, no sent a second and q third. The
young woman In the case took her
time and revenge. She expressed the
mIssives and put a valuation Of 5000 o.
them. Tho excited and discounted
Swain had toDay $500 express charges.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-02-20

The California Midwinter expositioni is
1t last outlined as It will be when tbs
gates are thrown open on New Years
day. Il viii cover 100 acres Of ground
and have 10 buildings. excluding such
structu Ies as kiOaks and small Testau.
rants.-San Francisco Dispatch.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-02-20

Fare 800 Strictly In AdvsnOei FRI 80. .
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-02-20

pairs every part OF your system.
In every one Of tho female c0mplaintsn and
weakness that make women old and misar-
able, the Prescription viii certainly cure.
doesn't benefit or cure, Ia the case Of every
weak or suffering woman, sholn have her
You pay only for the good you got
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-02-20

The law requires Albany saloons to
close az q certain hour. Tue excuse Of
one violatoR, charged with keeping open
all night, was that his brother had gone
out Of town, taking the keys with him,
and he could not lock up
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1894-09-06
Wou Der @enmtan.G Expedition.

Sic p0Qige 3ertrummerung beg
Tabr3eugs ber mel1man'f4en @rpsbiz
tion bur4 bas padeis oberbalb
@pibbergen's Bel ben @ieben Snieln
1T Der erite befannt geporoene groRe<
re l1nfau, Der elmer ber polarzGIpsz
bitipnet1 ber beiben leBttn Sabre 3ugez
{tpben 1T. Das @orbringen WeQz
mans gegen ben Norbpol mirb baz
bur4 ni@t beeinFubt, ba bic Grpebiz
tion bor @ernidtuns bes @4tfes
i4on bic S9littenreiie angetreten unb
a:io sic p..anmdbig oorseIe6en. p0uige
Musruitune Bel ii@ bat. Ob bas bisz
berige @@iF, Der n@aenpalb Sar!!"
ober Elm anberes bic Expedition na@
beren @ldtebr na4 Spibbergen abz
bolt, lit slei@siltig. Ser ~Ragnpalo
Sarl" mar i4on am II. Mai, fir biez
ie Sabres3eit berbdltniBmdbig fritz.
gegel1 MorDer 9etommen, auf 80 112
Grab. Da bann bic GtsperbdltniFe
i4mierig tpurben, tpurbe bas @4iH in
elmer feiten @istu4t Bel Der Matoen>
INTEL feftgema9t, unb bic 16 Mann
itarte Weuman'i4e Expedition frat an
ienem Sage bic S@littenfabrt an, mo-
Bel bic Manni@aft nod einige Sage Bel
benz i4meren Sransport balf. Mm
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1894-09-06
Ser Monatsberi&t bes itatiiti

- Ser Monatsb.ri@t bes i~tatiitiz
1den Bureaus 3eist folgenbe bergletz
4enbt 3ablen fit ben Export beS Moz
mats Suli IN ben Sabrem 1894 uro
1893: Minera.D!e Su.i 1894 $21.z
953,5O9; Sult bes @oriabres $685.
OILS, 2O6; 8aumtpoqe $3,O91,O63
Begin. $5,583,493; 8aumpol1e fit
bic nit benz 81. Suli 1894 gu @nbs
qeganeenen II Monate $2O4,696 800;
in ber gleiben periobe bes @oriahres
$187, 301,940. 8rootoFe $685.
593, be3t. $19,416,260; 8robl .v,le
fir bic nit benz 81. Sult abgelauf enen
Z Monate $74, 497 ,278; in berielben
periobe in 1893 106,730,75 an
bere 2ebensmittel $14, 784,3O4, be5fp.
$14, 1869, IT'S: fir bic erten Z Monate
bes Rulenberjabrss $1O6,816,773,
begin. $685. $50 fit ben glei@en
3eitraum in 1898.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1894-09-06
Die @trren Ii, Beru.

Das crit por tpenigen Sabren bur@
einer unglidli&en 2rieg nit @bile 10
i4tper beims:iudte peru ftebt alien
Mnl@eine mad am @orabenb zines
Birgertrteses. 3nei md@tige l1m<
itur3parteien 1u@en nit WaHengetpalt
bic Ma4t an tb gu reiBen, bic f&
felt Elm paar Wo@en in ben 9dnben
bes r1euer, Prditbenten, bes General
Gaceres, beinbet. @r 1T bas 9aupt
ber ioaenannten @erfafu ngspartet, bic
lire @tiBe i'm 9eere bat. SSn elmer
borliegenben argentini1@en 3ettung
tpirb @rGitbent @aeeres als Elm trdftiz
ger, tubner @olbat gei4iloert. ber
i'm SABRE 1885 bas Wert5eua oer @bi<
lenen, ben prGi ibenten Sgleftas, berz
iaote unb banr Biz 1890 als Staatsz
~oberbaupt bic @ei4ide ieines 2anbes
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1894-09-06
MmSlano.
@0rtemtcrQ.

5tuttqart. Der nlrtemberz
glide @erbanb ber lanbmirtbi4aftliz
den @enoKeni4aften unb Moltereisn
lit auf benz 8erbanostage aufgel0it
porben, neil ii4 BEL bemieiben Elm
Def3it bon ni4t tpeniser als 10000
Mart ergeben bat. @ntitanben 1T
baNelbe in Golge ber Giuttertdufe tpdbz
renb Der Notbitanbs5eit. Der @ufz
l0iungsbei@luB mub aqeroings crit
nod bon elmer 5meiten @enera.berz
iamm.uns pieber6o.t ueroen.
6eilbronn. SIN bena4barten
@ontbeim unb in Nedargaita4 tpuroe
ie Elm Mrbeiter i'm Gelbe bonn 9ibz
foliage %get0btet. @u@ ionit tamen
bier unb in ber umsegenb 5ablrei@e
6ibI4ldge por, jebo4 o6ne tpeitere
6olgen. Mebnlide 1nfdue tperben
a1@ aus anberen 2arbestbeilen &C.
melbet.
@Dppingen. 9ier erbdnste iid
bic Gbefrau oss Oetonomen Sing an
einem Gen5terfiigel. Die Iermite lit
felt ldnserer Set am @erfo!sungsz
ipabnlinl unb ltarb in dr3tli4er Be-
banolung.
u1m. 9ier murbe unter 2eituns
bes sSngenieur Sigtpart nit Der Mbz
itedung ber e..ettriiden Strabenbabn<
linie beim @a6nbof begonnen unb bic
Ielbs burd bic 9iri@itraBe Zig gum
MinfterplaB fortgelebt.
9e4i in gen. Der !pegen Raubz
morpes gum Sooe psrurtbeilte, aber
bur4 &0nia Wi.belm gu %.ebensldng=
lid,m 3uAtbaus b%egnabigte paul
8ailer BON Burlabingen bat bret mei=
tere Maubanfdue nahtrd9li4 eingez
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1894-09-06
in paris gu brinsen setra&tet bats

gbile fpiette iberbaupt in Der Sc
i4idte ber peruaniiden 8irsertriese
Elm. iebr 3tpeibeutige Nolle. Nae Wez
polutionsbeIben, bic TIRE plGne in 2iz
ma tpeber nit Mrgltit nod nit Sc
matt batten bur9ieben t0nnen, besez
ben fi9 mad gbile, I'm bort bic GGoen
Der Sntrigue tpieber aufounebmen uno
lei ginitiger @:l.senbeit sur @rreiz
dung err unb 9abIIhtiser 3iele in
bas lanb einaubrs4en, bas lie ausgez
itohen bat. Mit cpnii4er Drobung
rief furs por benz Musbru4e bes leBs
ten Rrieges ber 4ilenii9e S.nator @i>
cuna aus: rSn pierola beiiBt Chile
cine Tadel, NIT ber Is jeben 4usenblid
peru in 8ranb jteden tann."
Die Grii4te bes unnatiirlih:n
Mc bthiint rifles perben tpeoer Solar
n,D 81 leercel pfiiden; bic reifen fur
pierola, ber als erf abrener Rdnsee
i9mieb ienen beiben Sboren melt iberz
leaen 1T; tpGbrenb pterola i'm Sale
bes Sieges feline Grbebuns gum prd>
iibenten bur4feben tpiirbe, miibten jere
fi9 NIT einem Mtnttsrpoften, ober NIT
elmer Prdfectur aufrisben seben. SIN
SntereFe Der Woblfabrt bes 2anbes
1T Der Militdrpartei ber Sieg gu mini
i9en; Yeru blutet nod aus tauienb
Munben; es bebarf ni@t bes @efdtpde
bes eitler Woltspertreter, ionbern bes
feiten 3uiammenitebens aler 9uten
Birser unb elmer energifAen Regies
rung.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1894-09-06
@om, Gon9reb.
%. 81 It.

Oer - II UIS9 IeW AuUIu!N
in ber beutigen StBuns auf uno muir
be Der Sergeantzat<arms angetpteler.
bic feblenben Senatoren gum 8elL4
ber @iBungen auf3uforbern. .@icez
prdiibent Stepenion Undergraduate bic
bonn 6au5e i%berianbte Na4tragbetpilz
l%igungsbiQ. @s fol9te bann cine tur5e
@queutipFBung.
Mieoer feblte es heute i'm Sennz
tie an einem Quorum, 10 bab Der
QuGitor nod ftrensere Inpeiiunsen
erbielt, bic laumie!tgT @enatoren
berbeiaubringen. @eiddf!: murben
infolge bef1en ni4t erlehist.
%. Mu9uit.
Sm 6uuie mutbe Der 8eri9t BEG
Tlottencomites be3iisli@ bet Danger
platten< 1nteriu&ung %unterbrettet. Mn'
eenommen murbe bic gemeini4aftll4e
@elolution, baB BET Glottenietretdr
platten, bic ii4 jeBt an ~eiiernen @@ifz
fen befnben, gu entfernen unb elmer
probe gu untermerfen babe, UNI beren
AualitGt feft3ute1en. SIS iinb bies
bic platten, in benen Bel Der Inter
1u9ung Mdngel 9%efunben tpuroen uno
bic proben 5olleu nun fefite(en, pb
lie ben Rontraft : 8eitimmungen na4z
fcmmen ober uiht.
Stone (pa.) meinte, bab beioer I'M
terlu9uns bic Carnegie @e{eQi4aft
ni&t re@t bebanbelt psrben lei. Gum
mings (M. g. erpioerte ibm, oab
in ber unterfu9un9 bic Snterefe n Der
@eit1i@aft better mabrgenommen NOR
ben 1eien, als bic bes TlottenzD eparte<
mcnts.
"a. Mu9uit.
Ser @enat mar nur penige Miz
nuten in DFentlider Sibung. bann
folgte cine tur3e @recutipz@ iBung.
Die 9smeinl4aftli4e Reiolution fur
@ertagung am nd@itsn Dienitag tpurz
be angenommen. r. .. A.
Das 6aus paKirte bic gemcinz
f@aftli4e MeIolution fit 8ertasung
am %. Mugut. Ser @eriu4, bic
6iu'i@e 8iu betreFs Deportirung bon
Mnar4iften CUR Mnnabme gu br1n9en,
miBlang. .,.
8sioe !1iuisr D%srtugteu it, Biz
Montag. So
q. Muguf.
Ser @enat .bielt cine @recutipz
iibunq al; es feblten 20 @ttmmen
an einem Quorum. Mebrere Bills
tpurben erlebtgt.
Sm 6aufe, bas ebenfaqs 1ebr
1@ma4 beiu@t tpar, metbete 9augei1,
Mts., ben Sob bes @ongrebab9eoro>
neten @eo. g. @batp bon @au Claire,
Wis. 1rauerbef@liHe tpuroen nngez
nommen unb Elm @omite ernannt,
pel9es bas 9aus bel ber 8eeroigung
pertreten ioq.
/. %. 81 II 9 u It.
@etbe 6dufer b.rtasten ft@ beute
Na@mittag 2 ubr fine bic. no4bem
elm observation-disclosures @omite ben prd=
ibenten be1u4t unb in @rfabrung &C.
bra4t bate, bab bieier benz 9omtte
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1894-09-06

Triebe m Rriss. Off5ier
(ber bon 1einer Trau, elmer redteE J
8antippe gsqud.t piro): 80, bdtter
mir bod etnmal Rrieg, bann BATH.
i9 Grieben!" ...' /.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1894-09-06
%. 81 II a Il.

@eibe !9duier b.rtugten f@ beute
Ma@mittag 2 l1br fine bic, na4bem
Elm gemeini@aftlthes @omtte ben prdz
fibenten be1u@t unb in @%rfabrung &C.
bra4t bate, baB bieier benz Gomite
ntdts tpeiter mit3utbeilen babe.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-20
Were Human Even in Danger.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETAR
UNITED STATES SENATE

Vt FINI- VI Ire SECRETARY
UNITED STATES SENATE.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., May IS. 1894.
To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
Please accept the assurance Of my high
appreciation OF your invitation TO be
present and participate in the unwilling
Of monument 10 the soldiers and sailors
OF the Confederacy at Richmond on the
Goth instant | sincerely regret my in
ability to add my personal presence to
an occasion which has such personal in
terest 10 ME. All honor and God speed
To those who thus seek to commemorate
the glory and honor OF those who freely
gave their lives and fortunes in defence
Of their homes and their rights
The General Government may properly
build monuments and give pensions to the
Victors In the unequal contest, while We
honor ourselves and our common country
by turning the same face to our friends
in adversely that shOne upon them IN
prosperity.
In the battle OF the Wilderness. where
our iil-clad and poorly-fed comrades barred
their bosOms and freely shed their blood
10 stay the fall OF the capital OF the Con-
fcderacy, there was manifested by prl-
Yates IN our ranks "A chiValry and hui
manity towards their foes worthy Of the
immortals. by the discharge OF artillery
the woods We're fired. through which the
contendinS armies Were struggling for
the mastery. - We gradually drove back
the reluctant foe some OF our skrmishers
discovered that their wounded foes were
about 10 suffer the tortures and agOnies
OF sultOcation from the advancing flames.
when, impelled by the nOblest impulses
OF humanity, they rushed forward in the
midst OF the whirring bullets and raked
the dry leaves from their PROSTATE foe,
men. thus bearing testimony that while
ready TO fight like demons for the prin-
ciples they upheld. yet thy could b.
ministcring angels TO alleviate and pre-
vent the torture and needless suffering
OF the disarmed and vanqui- he'd TO-.
The common suffering and common
achievements Of our distinguished lead
ers and the deeds OF patriotic privates
all tend to Illustrate the qualities of our
people and the stability OF our reunited
country. and that tramps and dcma-
gogucs are but harmless atoms in the
presence Of our heroic dead and their
patriotic descendants.
Again | bid all hail and God speed in
your noble work.
Very respectfully yours.
WILLIAM II cox
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-20

speed you In your glorious work. Erect
the promised monument 10 our beloved
President. jefferson Davis. and then let
your patriotism eliminate in the cree
ton OF another-the grandest Of all-the
soldiers monument to the women Of the
South.
How wildly do I recall your hospitablc
and patriotic city in the earliest days Of
the COnfederacy when your noble women
in the lecture-room Of 81. James church
and elsewhere piled their needles in the
morning making tents for the soldiers,
and in the afternoon climbed those me-
morable hills TO "IIoward's Grove"
TO witness the drills and dress parades OF
the First North Carolina Volunteers. and
to cheer us with their bright smiles.
There was also another inspiring sight
those pretty schOOl-misses from the Bap-
fist Female Institute. who had 50 kindly
mended our torn flag, coming over those
same hills with our regimental cOOrs
floating above them and led by DR.. Bur
rows. In few well-choscn words that
eloquent man Of God returned our flag
to Colonel -. H. Hill. but our brave com
mander had been caught mapping" and
could not grasp the situation. He COM
plimented the beauty of our flag, promised
that we would defend it to the last. and
when he accepted II as present from
that long and wcll-formed line OF girls,
all OF us laughed and shouted at his dis
comiture. That was followed by "A stll
more enjoyable incident. Or. Burrows
actually allowed his pretty girls to break
ranks in our camp and capture sinSly
those brave and chvalrOus young Tar
Heels, the first TO reach the seat Of war
from that grand old State which sent
SO many OF her noble sons to the front
To battle for the Lost Cause"
Yours sincerely, JAMES II. LANE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-20
a Monument to the Women.

i'-NiSi j AZ iNAs' -Jl'.s NAY ~, 1917.
To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
l have often said in the last twenty
years in public addresses what now re-
peat-that the leaders Of the war be-
tween the States were the women and the
private soldiers. History Will record the
names which tower above the mass of
Lee. Jackson. Stuart, and Hill, and the
half hundred like them, but the great
mass Of us will sink into the ohscuriiy of
oblivion, remembered only by ones
friends and their pOsterity or one loved
neghborhood, but the great fact which
Will shine with increasing lustre in every
succeeding generation viii be the fOrti-
tudc and fidelity Of the women and the
boys-the private soldiers. OF the 10000
Confederate soldiers not loo had any
property interest in the result. OF the
l.WOcO Confederate women what forth
tude. what energy. what devotion they
displayed when wives gave their hus-
bands, maids their lovers, widows their
only sons to the cause of duty and
honor Think of poor widow in Viz
ginia or North Carolina, twenty miles
from a rost-ofiice. with no newspapers,
cut off from the outside world, who heard
the Yankee guns away off I'm the distant
battle. and then waited with heart throb-
hng blood for two weeks 10 know If she
was chldlcss. Some future writer will do
justice 10 The theme Of chivalry and ro-
nance. than which Walter Scott never
had "a more stirring one.
or consider the boy who had never
been beyond the Westinghouse on the
first news Of Manassas. packed off by
his mother on foot 10 the nearest rendez-
vous 10 join 1.-THE company" and how for
four years half clad and fed. In winter
and summer. IN sleet and snow in storm
and in sun. without pay. without name.
with no hope for honor or fame. when
ten minutes walk from picket post at
night would have secured food, clothes.
pay, and comfort. Consider the country
lad who for four years endured all this,
faced all this. resisted all this and you
have hero such as | know no peer in
history.
All honor TO the monument 10 the Con-
fcderate soldier. Now let us raise one TO
the women OF the Confederacy. The wo-
men have made all the monuments Of
stone and bronze to us men, and in the
hearts of postorty an impershable one
to themselves: but let the men place in
Richmond the heart of the South. a me-
mortal of the deeds. the love, the devotion
of our women.
BRADLEY T. JOHNSON
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-20
Richmond DOubIy Dear to Him.
HORN LAKE MISS Nav L 1901

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
Your letter inviting me to be present
In Richmond on the 30th instant. when a
monument 10 the soldiers and sailors of
the Confederacy Is 10 be unveiled, has
been received. and j regret exceedingly
that / cannot be with you on that in
terestlng occasion. Virginia is my native
State, and as such has always been
honored and revered by me. and now that
Richmond holds the remains OF Missls-
sippfs greatest son, Jefferson Davis. il
Is doubly endeared to me. In my boyhood
he was my beau ideal of man, and In
my maturer years my early Impressions
OF him have been strengthened clay was
greater orator. Calhoun was a greater
statesman. and Robert f.. Lee IA greater
soldier. but as an orator, statesman, and
soldier combined jefferson Davis was the
equal OF. II not superior to. any man of
this country.
Yours truly.
JAMES II. CHALMERS
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-20
The Private soldier the Renl Hero.

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. May 10, 1894
To the Editor Of the Dispatch
l am a very Ill man and entirely un-
able to move myself. Though life has
been heavy burden for more than two
years, and death would be a welcome re-
lief, still l rejoice 10 have lived to see the
day when our heroic dead are honored by
lifting memorials and monuments all over
our southern land. / am especially glad
to know that the monument to be I'M
yelled on the 30th is dedicated TO the
soldiers and sailors of the Confederacy.
These were the main. the real though
anonymous heroes of the war The worst
hardships fell upon them. They had no
hopes OF reward or fame; their only mo-
i've was duty, and they fought for the
right and privilege OF self-government in
herited from their fathers And no SOL
diers IN all history fought with more he
role valor and fortitude. No other army
could have been held together six months
under the privations they underwent for
the last two years of the war. when they
were neither paid nor clothed nor more
than half fed. Yet how constantly they
did their duty to the last with a herolsm
that has never been surpassed.
Good knights. and true as ever drew
their swords with kn.ghtly Roland, or
fought at Sobieski's side for love of
knightly Poland"
No honors can be too great. no homage
too tender for those brave and noble men
who were content TO fall and die I'M
known. UNDECIDED. In the deadly strife.
Hoping that this soldier OF perennial
bronze will stand at his post until time
shall be no more. and regretting that
shall never be able to look upon him or
to meet again my old brother soldiers. /
remain. very sincerely.
Your friend and comrade.
II. l.. COLSTON.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-20
IEI' V'Ftt
MADE THE INTERVIEW PLEASANT.
Babe Old Richmond Good Bv.

SAVANNAH, ia, May Is, loyf
To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
was in Kershaw's Division OF Long
streets Corps. was colonel OF the Fiftieth
Georgia Regiment in General Paul J.
Semmes's Brigade was promoted to bril-
gade rank just before the fall of Peters
burg. Mr.. Davis stated afterward 10
friend in Augusta. Ga. that my commits
sion was the last he signed before he
left Richmond, thus leaving me the sad
honor of being the last appointed general
officer Of the Confederacy. ! never saw
either my commission or l..sade, but
served with my old regiment to the fatal
day of Sailors Creek, April c. 1866.
when the entire command. with General
Eweirs corps. were captured in the cf-
fort to cover Lees retreat.
When Petersburg fell | was holding
about a mile of earth-works with less
than 100 men. all that was left OF my
regiment, below Richmond. and when
ordered 70 evacuate my position, y,
passed through Richmond. the enemy at
our heels. The terrible scenes witnessed
then on the streets as the southern SOL
diers marched out and the enemy came
In will never be effaced from my memory.
The Manchester bridge was fired. AMI
my men only escaped by double-quick-
ing through the flames. one incident it
Is we'll 10 recall at this time. Just out
side of the city we overlook a weary,
ragged. and apparently famished soldier,
resting by the roadside. his gun clasped
between his knees, his head dropping in
attitude Of utter dependency As we
drew near he looked up, slowly rose. AMI
stretching out his right hand towards the
forsaNen city. shouted, "GOOd-by. old
Richmond Wen come back. Damn 'em, |
well whip 'em YETI And facing round, |
he fell in line with my men on the ter |
rible retreat before us. He never came |
back, but the gallant indomitable spirit |
that actuated him and his comrades, that |
never blanched in the face Of utter and !
irremediable defeat, sustained them |
through all the years that followed. I'M !
Ill old Richmond. with her tears dried, |
her sackcloth and ashes east aside, sits |
IN beauty on her hills surrounded by |
prosperity. and comfort. and secure in the |
love OF her children. Yes. they came |
back, and their record since that strus- |
Gle ended has been more glorious than |
ever, for Peace hath her victories more |
glorious than war" We may all honor |
them, the soldiers and sailors Of the con-
federacy, for their virtues are immortal. |
and Will ever prove an Inspiration OK
courage. hardihoOd. ami constancy 10 the
generations that follow, and on which
the nation can safely rely in times OF
trouble and danger l.. MGLASHAN.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-20
Congratulations to III. Comrades.

WASHINGTON. d. G.. May -, 1891.
To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
regret very much that it will be I'M
possible for me to be present at Rich
mond on the approaching 3pth. when the
monument 10 the soldiers and sailors Of
the Coufed,racy viii be unveiled. /
would enjoy more than | can express
meeting with the brave veterans who
viii De- that day assembled In ihr historic
city II WIS not my fortune 20 be III
Richmond during the war. | WIS then
50 clos ly occupied that / dil not leave
my command for a moment, but my
thoughts ever turned towards il as the
centre of our .EDNcrnm mt. aud since
the war IL has been associated in my
mind with memories Of our n,ro Prcsi-
don't. who lies there onshrincd whore the
loving hands of his cOuntrymcn have laid
him. and our great command T-in-chi"f,
who's noble monument j, on" Of the
greatest ornaments Of your city. | beg
You VIII pi s.ut 20 the Association ~
Confederate Veterans my sincere and
heartfelt concentrations and good
wishes. With very high regards. truly
yours. JOSEPH WIiEILER