The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-22
MUSEUM TOBEOPENED'lO-D
A Partial List Of The Valuable Relics That
Have Been Collected.
THE FORMAL OPENING EXERCISES.
DR.. Uogc viii Oher frn1ef ana 'cnefh
Brady T. Johnston Wnl speak-Col.
John Bell Bigger Makes a Handsome
Contribution tn the Collection.

| Confederate Museum win be open 10 the
uublic The vice-regent5 OF tine different
I States. assisted by their committees. will
receive I'm the rooms assigned to their
resnoctive states. while the officers OF the
I Confederate Memorial Literary Society
viii be found in the ent ince hall TO vel
| come ain comers TO the museum.
Tie formal exercises for tho formal
| opening Of the Confederate Museum will
begin with prayer by the Rev. Or. Hoge
at 2.90 O'Clock. after rhch Governor
! O'Fcrrall viii Introduce $50 speaker OF the
occasion. General Bradley 4. johnson.
| The Mississippi Committee has had
valuable addition. 10 It's eorkers in Mrs.
( Edmund G.. PendletOn, Who has recently
| moved 10 this city. 5hl was Miss Mar
garet Humphries. of Columbus, Miss.,and
! ~ well known in that state.
Mrs. l.. ID. H0tchHsd. the only hon
| orary yice-prosident allowed by the con-
! sututiOn oil the Confederate Memorial
/ Literary Society, in recognition OF her
I services as chain man of the Buiiding
! Committee, will receive with the officers
In the reception room OF the Solid South.
SOME or THE RELICS.
Following is a partial list Of the RELICS
! that have Teen collected for the Museum
and are now I'm the possession OF the
! Relic Committee.
Pistol. bet. and holder Of General r. Z.
/ Lee. Presented hy ms son, General g..
| W. G.. Lee. president Washington and
| Lee College. IN a letter 10 3lrs James
| k. Wcrth. General Gusts Lee says that
his father carried the pi' toi ga Colt navy
/ during the entire war while in The ficid
! i'm his saddle holster, not I'm the accom-
| Dauying belt-holder.
| Two tablespoonfuls OF umtoastod coffee
/ being the last ration ri cOuce issued on
| the retreat from Ric saond 10 Appomst-
| tOX Courthouse 90 moss No. ]. Company
! j.. Fourth Virginia Cavalry, nine men in
/ the mess.
Glove worn by George J. Allen. private.
| Company *. Flfty-sctslt Virginia Regi-
! ment. one OF a pair L,tQe for him by his
| sister ia 1862.
Ladys glove. knit Of brown spool cot
! ton From Mrs. T. Henry Johnston,
| BotetOurt county. Va.
a Japanese work-box OF papier-mache
/ iniald with pearl, cap ured boz 1864 by the
: Confederate cruiser Shenandoah in North
/ PACING ocean from whaleT.
Picture OF the Shenandoah under fun
sail, with the Confederate colors flying
a photograph OF Captain Waddell. OF
the shenandoah.
4 Photograph Of Dahney NJ. Scales. in
! Confederate un-foIm, second Lieutenant
Of tle Shenandoah.
| Amhrotype, taken during the war, in
Richmond, of John Wcrth. q. the Rich
! mond hOwitzeis, one Oi the lhree men,
! first Confederate soldiers wouHOed severe
/ ly at battle of Bethel. Was wounded
! again at kellcy's Ford. in ~, at Spot
s1lNanla in 49, alH 81 Eacco0n Ford in
! ~, besides having Two horses fatally
/ wounded under h.n.
( Album containing l,5 autographs of dis
/ tnguished conieoeratn and portraits.
on" GLASS ..i-.'aif. -. l. f'ian lis- tprs,
/ used uy the Hon. James Mason, Confed-
| crate states Minister 40 the Court OF
-. james, presented by Miss Virginia
/ Mason.
The Index" a weekly journal Of ponti-
! cai literature and news. devoted 10 the
I exposition ui the mutual interests OF
/ Great Britain and the Confederate States
/ OF America, owned 0y the Confederate
F states Commission. iu London preseut-
/ ed by Miss Virginia Mason.
/ \ programme OF the order Of the pro-
cession OF the funeral OF General 7. }.
One straw bonnet woven on tho plan
} TALON OF Colonel Edmond Frntaine
worn hy one 0I the ladies' OF his family
/ 4 fJchhWdy cushion, used by General
! r. j. Jackson. when a professor at Lex
/ iintton' and "a memorial sketch OF Colonel
| Elmohd tortaine. from Airs. Thomas
/ Brown. Charleston. ". Va.
/ Saddle and pair oi holsters and can
| teen used throughout the war by Can
tain Jos. Hobs0n. OF Powhatan coun-
! ty.
Picture Of Nero. the Castle Thunder
e,q35' presented by Mrs. Cussens. OF Glen
Chess badge Of eutta-percha and sill
! Ntif made bv Captain Charles Mccoy
"nile in prison an FCrt Delaware
a pair OF cum buttons, tatting nee
| ole, miniature Bible. carved bv our
soldiers when imprisoned, with a bit OF
/ TN or pocket-knlte.
=. a cavalry mans porte folio. made by
Part OF O pair Ct blankets. the wool
| lot Whlch was shcared. carded. and spun
! "'u woven on "a plantation in Orange
! county, ana given as a wedding present
10 q young Confederate soldier.
A bowie knife made in Cumberland
! county with which The Cumberland
/ tf0ops were armed.
The sword OF Judge Samuel T.. Cole
! man, Company q, Third Virginia Caval-
| Farbine captured from The enemy and
/ n7'd ny James II. w crih. ana brought
| Dy him from Appomattoz CotIrfb $50
a cane cut rom The uindoU-siI of
! Sne Noese Whcfr Sionsw Jackson was
norh. Presented by Mrs. K0untree
| INO buttons cat from General iqekeon,e
! coat Vier hr was wounded an ChancolIors-
/ Vile Presented iy Dr. Hunter Mcclure
/ q coat wan tLe stains OF JacksOn's
] hie-mood on 10. belonging 10 the Rev.
/ james =. Smith. Who supported him after
/ DC Wes wounded
a brass measure used i'm eunnery for
| charges OF maskers and lIowitzers used
! S$ General y. Jackson Presented by
4 piece OF rope made OF the niaitca
| bel-ticking ol General John Morgan. with
/ which he and seventeen OF hls men let
! themselves down from The wallis or the
| penitenuarv Of Ohio and escaped into
I Kentucky.
4 carved pipe and asset OF marbles
! made by john O.. Warden with his Den-
! knife. and am aHl made from a ten
| penny nail The PIPE and marbles We're
| made from stone taken from the wall.
l OF tie Alton military prison during his
confinement Presented Iy George "
| Vaughan. Glasgow. Mo.
a black cross. a souvenir Of prison
| life. sent ia memory OF Louis Brown. Of
| Missouri.
Fragment OF n shell that scraped the
ear OF j.. G. Robert. Second Louisiana
Regiment at Battle Dam No. /, Yorktown
! lines. Army Of the Peninsula.
our Fathers Care, tract published
! in Richmond during Tie war on rough
Confederate paper Tor distribution among
| fho soldiers. Presented by AlIss hernd0n.
The roster OF the Richmond HOV!tzcrs.
! fsff-'Gg with comments OF the officers and
autograph sigi atures OF the men who rc-
a map showing the batue-felds Of Nir-
cin'a. Presented 1y tie Chesapeake and
4 series OF maps presented by Mr.. Geo.
Howard Washington -. &.
4 letter from Mrs. Y. jefferson Davis
To- Mr.. III. Richmond Robertson. Jr., New
parole OF Mayor !. Taylor Ellyson.
4 chest Of drawers from Mrs. G. W.
e.asb.tand from AIRS. Schaap.
,l,,,, rosewood chairs from Mrs Schapp.
one manueplece. from Mrs. John r.