The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-16

and awkward low called John ana frnI I
20 the house % his arlstoeratlc most I
when he returned my father inquired;
" Wei. senator; how did you enjoy yo3F- I
self with the English aristOcracy
" 'NeVsh had such an experience IN man I
life. suh-uevaht Al the dinnan they al I
showed me marked attention and wished I
20 know all about the cOnfede-acy- ne /
ladies' were beautiful and charnins- pIl
1 was glad when they arose and leLt me
gentlemen 20 their cigars. Not Llal
wanted a cigari What is a cigar, sun, 70
a man who has chewed several hogsneads
Of iiIse old Virginia tObaccO-and then sud
denly finds himself cut of from that COM
fort2 Oniy the great Creator knows how
nightly wanted chaW just at the MN
I had taken the precaution to slip
small plug into the pocket Of my wescut,
but / had regard to your Instructions
sub, and / waited until the gentlemen
had finished their cigars and started 10
join the ladies. BY that time I wanted q
chaw so bad that ] slipped out OF the
door to the gallery that surrounded the
house. II was raining slightly, but dl1n
mind that little way out IN the yatu
was a snail sapln which stood IN ms
shadow. i ran 10 that, threw one arm
about II, and with the other hand drew
the plug from my pocket and pushed lhe
whole Of II into my mouth at once. May
| the cOnfederacy be whipped TO Dlazes, sun
/ II anything ever tasted so good TO me IN
1 all my life as that did. You know that
there's sand in the tobacco OF virginia
u
I my teeth are worn of like the legs OF
/ Munchausen's dogs
| Senator Slideu was older and more cool,
! cunning and calculating than Senator Ma
son. He was the poNical Warwick OF
! Louisiana and had attained prominence
/ In the United States Senate, as naq MT
! Mason. The latter was hot-blOoded, I'M
/ petuOus and fiery in his patriotism. Inc
/ difference in temperament between the
/ tive was well illustrated by an incident
which occurred while they were prisoners
at Fort Warren. They were put In un-
/ derground cells. Mr.. Sldell, who had a
I wonderful command of the vocabulary OF
! explosives, completely exhausted IL on
that occasion, and then turning to his dis
| tinguished colleague in misery, said;
us
without a moments hesitation Mason
replied;
that they will, sub That is the one thing
| that will make a triumphant cOnfederacy,
and hope that they win kill US!
During the first part of their confine-
ment in the fort they were treated with
| considerable favor and were allowed eight
| drinks a day, but later they came under
| the general discipline of the prison and
! their rotations were cut down to one drink
| a day This allowance was handed in
| through a small window, and Mr.. Mason
| told us that for two hours before the
appointed time for the cupbearer to APP
| pear the prisoners would gather before this
window and talg of nothing save the ex-
/ pected liquor, it's quality and the INSULT
| cheney of its quantity.
" Just think of itn he exclaimed. One
| drink day for Nirginan! Why at home,
sub, there was never but one time in the
day that we didn't drink That was be-
tween 8 and 10 o'clock in the morning, and
was known as the awful interval "
| The one thing concerning Mr. SHdell
/ which most surprised Judge Mann was the
fact that he was apparently deceived by
the fair promises Of Louis Napoleon, who
~
illness for the confederacy by
the battlefield. Mr. Mann has
no doubt that the crafty moarch' 5
sole interest in the rebellion was to es-
tablish himself in the good graces Of the
triumphant section, so that his scheme for
ultimate supremacy in Mexico might be-
furthered.
sovereign which the elder Mann con-
Quoted was with Pope Pious TX. by whom
he was received In the throne room and
with much pomp and ceremonial. The
Swiss guards were present and the pope
sat upon his throne, listened to the adj
dress of the representative of the con-
federacy, who said that the priesthood
of the south believed that an epistle from
his holiness, urging reconciliation be-
tween the north and south and Employing
that he would consent TO act as mediator,
might be productive of much good Plus
TX. said that he would write letter, and
did so, but Louis Napoleon refused TO
permit it's publication in the official paper
of his court. This was in 1853
Although my father had a beautiful
country seat in one of the most magnih-
cent forests of France he spent much
time in Paris and was caught there by the
siege While the people about him were
eating rats he was feasting upon Ameri-
can canned goOds-and all because he
CHANGED to have in his cellar three large
casks of very fine and old brandy
Among his intimate acquaintances was
a wholesale grocer, who had, Just before
the siege, received an importation OF
canned goods from America. But fine
brandy was meat as well as drink to the
old grocer, and herein was my fathers
strength, The latter would take a flask
of his old brandy take it to the grocer
and receive in exchange can of food
In this way he lived much more com
, fortably than the starving wretches about
him, although he was obliged to be very
secret about it, One day, through United
States Minister Washburne, he received
a note from a friend which informed
him that a large Virginia ham had beer
left with the concierge at the friend;
, establishment, and that my father could
obtain 1t by presenting the note.
you may be sure that he lost nc
time in going to the concierge and de.
l manding the ham. He was met with tears
and apologies. and for a few minute:
thought that his hunger was to be un
, satisfied and that the old concierge and
> his wife had devoured the ham. At las
the wife recovered from her penitentia
/ grief sufficiently to explain that they haC
, been forced by munger to deVour one
small size of the Virginia delicacy
l Father seized the ham, gave them hi.
willing forgiveness and returned to hi:
l apartments, more delighted than he woult
= have been with the possession Of a gold
) mine. The ham lasted forty-one days
: and was served in an almost innumera
| BILE variety of forms. He said that hi
never before knew the capabilities Of
ham"
In January 1859 Judge Mann was sem
! by President Buchanan as a secret en-.
voY to Mexico. He was accompanied By
) William Churchwell and they were t
} report upon the condition of affairs IT
: Mexico, as United States Senator San
Houston had made a strong plea for the
establishment by the United States of a
protectorate over the land of the cactus
, They started out with letters of credit
a plentiful assortment of good clothing
a pair of Winchesters and two large
: Colts navy revolvers. At Vera Cruz they
were cautioned to leave everything Of
value behind them, as they might bC
robbed. But they scorned this advice
| and were stripped of everything before
they reached the City of Mexico.
fortunately. Judge Mann secreted his
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