The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-04

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10 ne. uEtsr tie SHADE O. the i,ess- Ia
| diri1ual cases hold relies 0. these heroes
the sadie and sySrS. ihe g2Ua;lees AZ
tools 0, Le.. lihe same used :! Talsatine
I Il ra01e9i1g us 4.E;cA.e=s rAcg.nbez; sir-
| Ure. ard by MERCER for lis equestrian
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| CS-ersi Jcseps & Jcnasto1. lackso.'s
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u TIA. rrOcrn.U! 3ay Of CssDces ,o-svslle,
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CT Egiz LIE 6 gallant charges. The ZAP And
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| o7 1Lt1llt1tei AID o. value beyul1 al
! words or p-tcs side by side ARE Ia pic
tyres q the gallant yogrg Pegrarns- Look
/ i.s ugoa tscss faces Gle ca Tot lat bear
| lie crT &; the nsn ia e beautiful b-l5e.
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1 trcft st .oiIi1g 8 The rough ambulance.
orsr t1srpVs AID rofss :rpEn Tie ba1,ls-
/ f1e33. she Asj@ eipse Tie dead form Of her
srigatr Bridegroom General Joh2 re-
/ graz. KILLED a. Hsfahcf's Rum
| paAs q c:atchek stand here. handel
6oyu tyreshe- With The igTe Of liberty and
nsiise land fArvars :afee re4e-z:ious.
! oeiliEg % tbs ras1rssi patriots q thee
pste--l71s. lsla 1881. Plated straw.
he--e lEi&oa ho1nsis. ari gloves. samples
i o. h2--esrsr. SpVe1 % the plac.stlo.s Al5
I wSfn ~ ias Southern girls as they knit
+ tie sockE q heir bo.dser lovs-s Gni broth
sgs s11 dls..4t .Asra FROM the fighting par.
! 81 iGt-erAl Feldietoal. Who. giving oof--
u-A2d u battle cr1el. Lord. have mercy
On tI-.r souls resa1y aka .ire,"
4 2 % nut-tfcssx are -hese iias-riour So.
: y iaentica all. 100 gallant ard Flor1ors all
% eIAlt oae ard 10. less honorable than
tapAe who led The charEe sn5-sr Eyed th-
nsSfts &zd minds q their me-. but sYea
rsore sias3f2s-, ssita,ai and Courageous are
Z the gr2Ie rank AID file. wtose memorials
! MI tais roqin as heir deeds do ffii the
World Letters. c2lteens. swords. S7u-z
! tk,tered 5Aets,s Q. Pray. ard na-te-as mus
EetS are ths:e 10 tell The story o. the spltss,
Cd serT.ce and urccmrlsini -.5--iflc..
{ q thce@ me-. IL Frsr who ty3-c The c-o,s
Nii1oat the crown u glory, and uo y sleeu
I Il :azinelesS gTzye.-
! ''T'ne!' sooa swords rust,
/ Ter boiies dust
7'A--- tosls az with the saints. ve trust"
THE MAITLAND BOOM
HarTisre pcrulies ,he room which was
d-s'ias he va Mrs President Davis
o'e4hlIx roo;n- A fellc Of great in,eres. is
ne p-ftoi which was worn by the gallan,
eaTll.er Major james Breathed o. Mary
-s21. O whom Ceoeral Lee Is reported 20
nsfe asid; "lo az army 81 Brcatheds /
, colia have conquered the world"
IN 10 retreat from Petersburg 20 Apo
p;Atiox Aa,o- Breataed OF stuart's Horse
ARTILLERY sas n command 81 several troops
| % cssairy. When near The hlsh bridge
so2Fa y arinvllie the enemy pressing b.
hind II crest force. General Rosser ordered
I s-@lpT hre@ihcd 10 turn ard charge them
! Niia bis a.cn- Tho major repeated Tho order
% eh-Ffs' and dashed ahead on mag
lthtsli bay. A. the SANE moment two
/ LA4pE officers. mounted, spuTred out from
tue enefny's lines AID canie IN They met
-Aia"ay D-l"een tGe advancing lines. Pe,l-
men the Yankee horseJaaI fell upon the
confederate major. single and alone. They
RAD almost borne linn down Who.
hreathec splrrct his horse and pointing
his sabre rs the animal sprang forward,
( put lis steel through tbs breast Of one Of
nis ahsailarts tbs remaining Yankee
fiA 1e Tremendous sweep with his sabre,
} eha bFecihea. TO ayoid the blow, threw
himself forward on his horses neck. lost
n-s balance. aud fell Tho Union onIc.r
= IN 4 yell airang for him ip falling.
Eree,hets boOi han caught IN the stirrip
he fought upoa his back and ln a moment
i1e UHIoa otiloer would have had the gd-
vantage. whcn Q sergeant of the MAJORS
. Command dashed up and shot the linton
DfSeer dead Major Hrosihed sprans up. and
WIN enc loot of aod tho other on mounted
we l9iou officers horse. led the charging
eoiumH against the enemy. routed them and
Z tpph may prisoncTT Major Breathed sent
Tho sword. riag and pRperg to the wife Of
'hs Union officer he Killed. writing to hor
thst be died Il brave and noble soldier The
pistol he Kept, and al the close Of the war
presented T. 20 Miss shepherd OF shep-
herastown. " Va
among the other roles of this room may
De mentioned roughly made table, upon
which General Lee and 80 stan officers
used 20 play chess; a cruciGS Of bullets
taken from the Crater. ard pocket hand
korcaiet which belonged To General Lee.
THE NORTH CAROLINA ROOM.
North Carolina occupies the room which
Nsa The nursery In the home OF President
DA7!E. IL has d magnificent view OF that
Bart u Richmond known - Church I'm
It was given to North Carolina as one OF
the choicest apartments in the Mansion,
tet agSe OF North Carolina's brilliant record
1 during the war. To corroborate the num-
Ter Of troops clairlca aud substantiated by
var records they have a memorial from
the Holdl-rg of Cleveland county, neatly
lIaiq"d. II exhibits this most honorable
flsiiuc ton that out Of voting population
" 1900 10 let1. Cleveland county save tho
'''-N'N"'taAN army ~bvv soldiers. In one
case ia 4 small card with a little sprig
o. cedar attached to 1t. with these words.
rul from the spot where Colonel Charles
y. Fisher. Of the Sixth North Carolina reg
ltoent. was killed. al the first battle OF
AaIzSsaA. July n, 1861 b" Only a llttl. piece
81 o-dlr. small and Insignificant, as IL ~,
u calls 10 mind that thirty.six years ago
one Ut nEture's noblemen laid down his
ne on the altar Of his country lie was
afaonR the frat 10 receive from the gov
eraor Of North Carolina tJohn W Ellls)
the commission Of colonel OF the Sixth
Sofih Carolina regiment, which regiment
re raised and equipped at bis own e1-
NnSe. In less than two weeks he was
brought back cOrpse. The unIading honor
mat he won at that glorious victory OF
Manassas. July -. 1861 WAS AT fearful cost
70 friends and country.
Here slto IS the picture OF Henry Wyatt.
he hrAt martyr Of the war killed at Bethel
,bnfee. June ~. 1861, as .ell a. good pic
fffIfg Of gftar