The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-03

stones. ordered the men to be taken into
the apartment and 10 defend 1t at any
cost. In doing this one Of the mob. the
leaCer, was killed several wounded ana
the mob dispersed.
THE bosses organized n second inquest
and tried 10 have me indicted for muir
der but failed.
1T was a year before that when my
house was assaulted. and two years before
when was hung in effigy, and five or six
years before when I was assaulted in the
streets by hired bully"
SERVICE IN WAR.
Al the outbreak Of the war General
Dow. at the request Of Governor Wash
burn. began to recruit a regiment. He
was commissioned colonel OF the Eff
teenth Maine Volunteers. and sailed I'm
Buffers expedition for New Orleans. but
was wrecked on the way. The storm rose
so high that II seemed very evident that
the ships must go TO the bottom. A lot
was drawn from headless matches, and
the captains OF the regiments were re-
quired TO draw 10 see who should go from
the overloaded ship to the Mt. vernon,
Five Maine companies were drawn 10 20
10 the larger ship. Butler said: Colonel
Dow. you mad better go with these men
On tue MI NNAlpAlg NANt VII ~
safer there
"And leave you here. general?'
"Oh. yes. I must stay here"
UNLESS you order IT I shall do no such
thing I shall stay with the majority Of
my regiment. and stand by you," and
Butler adds he did
lie was afterwards with Butler when
he ran the forts.
He was commissioned n general by Abra-
ham Lincoln, and at the seige Of Vicks-
burg in 1863, was taken prisoner by Cen
eral Joseph r. Johnston. Captain j. T.
Mitchell, Of Rome. Ca, was ordered 10
take him to Richmond. Captain Mitchell
adds: Dow had been in command OF a
brigade OF negro troops. and was at
tached TO General Buffers division. All
the nameless outrages Of thieves. guer-
illas and vagabonds. were directly
charged upon Butler and Dow, with a
childishness born Of ignorance. and
prompted by malice" When Mitchell
reached Selma. Ala. there were large
number Of refugees from New Orleans
there. Somebody telegraphed 10 Selma
that Mitchell was on the way there with
Dow i'm custody. Mitchells GOODNESS ana
bravery narrowly saved him from death
AZ the hands OF a mob. At Weldon y.
c., his life was again threatened.
LECTURED IN PklSON.
lie was put in Libby prison, and there
delivered almost daily temperance lee
lures. Dows temperance matinees were
very popular. and the boys would
cheer him to the echo. They would
crowd around. and sign his pledges con-
ditionally. It'll this cruel war is over.
or "till we get out OF this" or "tll we
get where whiskey Is cheap"
one day, in looking out OF the prison
window. at the risk Of his life, be saw n
nearly barefoot Yankee prisoner being
led along by two Confederates. Dow
called to him from the window and threw
down his own shoes and stockings.
Nine months in Libby. and he was ex-
changed for General Fitzhugh Lee, and
returned to his old home. amid the con-
gratulatons of thousands Of friends.
Since then. he had been very active In
temperance meetings. in lectures and
meetings en- both sides Of the Atlantic,
and in 1888. he was nominated for Presi-
dent of the United States by the Prohi-
bition party.
General Dow was born on the 10th OF
March. 1904 and was in his ninety-fourth
year.