St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-01

which led to the defeat or victory OF one
side or the ether. -
|. Now, George" soberly inquired a
member Of the company, tell US why
Gen. Bragg was defeated, when he had
such q maghiaeently- fortified position
en- the Ridge, such an impregnable
vantage ground on this mountain, and a
valley between these heights?"
'.Well, suh,. de cause am jes as you
say, sab +; jes as you say" The delicate
shade Of satlrical smile display ed it.
self in the party. "Gen'ul Braggs'
lines whar too pow'ful weak in de
middle when GEM Thomas KUN up de
valley; an if disrsmembsr now. for
get, but the forces on Lookout was dis
lodged because Gen'ul Hooker done
| attack 'em befoh breakfuss, sub; befoh
breakfussl On de Kridge to de souf OF
Gen'ui Braggs' headquarters, Ise been
tole Gen'ul Panic done seize
| fusion-an' dat was de end OBJ de East
Tennessee, Vurginiah, Geo'gia an Ala
baDa rail'-I done mean de end OBJ de
wah in dis vahcinitY."
..Was Gen. Panic brave officer,
George?"
Eyes, sub, done reckon he must been
a fuSt class gen'ul; but | guess he whar
killed in dat fight, fob Ineyah heah any
body speak OBJ hIm-da mostly speak of
Gen'ul Grant an Sherman an Hooker.
1se sprised at dat, too; fob de gsn'ul
done rode fine stud hoss"
Here was valuable additions to the
history OF the Rebellion. Yet this affa-
BILE Tennessee darky was correct when
he said las car loads of provisions were
,, consumed daily during the mountain
campaign" When asked him why q
certain Chattanooga letter carrier wore
| black gloves, he scratched his kinked
head and said: "Wh-yp he done bring
be mourning mailW
The city of Chattanooga disclosed to
me another instance OF negro sentiment.
As l was walking down a narrow
street l observed q sad-eyed negro
carrying baby'scetfin. From across the
street misehievous band of pIckanin-
MES pelted the solitary woe-bearer with
| stones. Several times he turned to
| curse. but the words would not leave
his scornful lips for pathetic reasons,
/ am sure. Suddenly, Just as damag,
| ing missile graZed the ramparts of his
pants, he turned, and with unspeakably
| pathetic Eeh smence. cried out. ''Say
you. brack skupks, KANT yoh have
| yoahself-don't you sees Ise q fooh-
neralW
So In the city of Richmond, Va,
enjoyed the repetitive ''suh" from an
| attentive negro coachman who. on
passing st. Johns church. declared:
Oars whar Saint John made his fam
ust speech, sun. He's buried in de
yawd, behind de ehuch, SIR" He in
| tended to convey the fact that it was In
this old church that henry Clay uttered
| the famous wordsI "Give me liberty or
give me DEATH"
While In the cemetery at Richmond,
Murat Halstead called my attention to
| tombstone, OH which the inscription
| read: 'Died at the age of ISL years"
There" said the colonel, ''is the per-
| petual evidence of piece of idle van
| dalism perpetrated during the war. |
was in the city of Richmond one after
| noon, bent upon some errand for my
| paper. l had occasion to walk through
this burying ground, when / saw q
young scamp ehiSseling the mineral
in front of the figures 81. recall now
that then suspected motive of re-
venge on the part OF the fellow doing it.
At any rate. | concluded there was a
romance behind the act. Today, you
see, it reads ISL. with the cold. indis-
putable aspect of truth characterizing
the figures, because, as you will OBJ
serve, the rust on the stone has obliter-
sted any distinction in the numerals.
The young devil did neat job at any
rat. What glorious find those hgures
will be for the future historian who
may pirate about the longevity of Rich.
mond spinstersl What an argument
against matrimonyl Hal hal How
deftly fiction will win IN this instaneep'
But the GLOBE correspondent had al
ready resolved to record the history of
that hundred-year gratuity upon the
life of this Richmond lady, and avoid to
posterity the disputatious discussion
otherwise inevitable.
HARRY w. WACK.