The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-27
AN INTERRUPTED ARGUMENT.
The Break in the Discussion and the
Hungry Mems Opportunity.

The Break in the Discussion and the
Hungry Mems Opportunity.
doubt If am the right person to
talk of this war, and don't talk much.
| ! listen to Brown, and from his stories
we can gather something of the stress
of those days. Hear him:
| In the year 1854 arrived in Atlanta
and went hobbling out Peachtree street
making my way to join the Georgia
militia AS I filed to the right, about
where the First Methodist Church yet
stands, 1 came upon an old soldier
going my way. AS we walked along
| what is now Wheat street the soldier
| turned to me and asked:
Old man, do you live in Atlanta?'
IT told him that did not, nor would
/ be near the dinged place but for the
| fact that the conscript officers insisted
| that should come, and gave me no rest
| till they got me off / soon informed
| the soldier that had nothing to eat In
| three days and that was nearly starv-
| ing. Besides, I had no sleep except
| what little had got sitting up against
stump and that the prospects ahead
Of me were as gloomy as gloom could
| be.
| You don't know the ropes said the
| soldier, you are fresh. You just stick
to me and I will see that you do not
starve to death.
| "'This was no sooner said than he
opened a gate at a house which I have
since known as the Calico house.,
corner Wheat and Ivy streets and he
| strutted up to the front door as If he
had owned the place. A pretty young
lady opened the door, to whom the
soldier spoke about as follows:
50 Will you please give me drink Of
water? I'm so hungry don't know
where am going to sleep to night
"The lady smiled, but answered mild
ly:
T think you deserve water to drink
and something to eat, which will glad
ly supply, but for sleep you must find
some other place.
'She invited us inside, gave us chairs
and turned away into another part of
| the house. A negro girl came with a
pitcher of water directly and pretty
soon after the young lady returned and
| invited us in to dinner.
| AT the table when we arrived, was
sitting Colonel Of the Virginia army
| and in front of the Colonel sat a Major
of the Tennessee army. They were al
ready arguing on the merits of their
respective Generals, Lee and Johnston.
Just as we took our seats the Colonel
remarked with considerable warmth:
| Why, sir, Johnston used to COM
mand the army of Virginia. and it was
retreat, retreat, retreat, all the time he
was there
He saved his men, though retort-
ed the Major, and If they would have
let him remain he would have captured
McClellan's whole army eventually
| Captured the devil, exclaimed the
| Colonel. 1T was retreat, retreat, re-
| treat all the time he was there from
Yorktown to Seven Pines, and there,
when Lee took command the Yankees
were in sight Of the flag waving from
| the Capitol at Richmond
| '' They would have never got any
nearer said the Major. That is Gen.
Johnston's way of doing. He keeps a
backing till he gets them where he
wants them, and then he will do them
up in good shape, just like he is going
| to do old Sherman now in a few days
you'll see.'
! "The Colonel laid down his knife and
| fork and would have said something
harsh, 1 think, but before he could
speak the Major began again and said:
| You need have no fears about At
lanta falling into the hands of Sher-
man. There will never be any harm
done to this city-you'll see that Old
Sherman will have to take the back
track now very soon, and then this
Virginia army will quit some of their
Dragging, 1 hope
''These words were not more than out
of the Majors mouth before boom,
boom, boom, came the sound of cannon
from and easterly direction and shell
came whizzing through the air, SEEM
ing to say Where are you? Where are
/ you? Where are you?'