The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-03-10

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May Gen. Scurry's servant. "John, .
had been most attentive since he had been
tod of TO me. ] made him . present OF my
evening clothes, which gratified him inn
mensely; and i shook hands with him at
parting which seems to be quite the Gus
tom.
The Southern gentlemen are certainly
able 10 treat their slaves with extraordinary
familiarity and kindness. John told me
that the General would let him buy his
freedom whenever he chose He is a bar
Der by trade and was earning much money
when he insisted on reiOining his master
and going to the war.
left Houston by train for Navasoto 4
Captain Andrews accompanied me thus
far; he was going with a troop Of cavalry 10
impress one fourth of the negroes on the
pania,iOns for the Government works at
Galveston, the planters having been back
ward in coming forward with their darkies
Arrived at Navasoto go miles,, | took a
stage f)f Shreveport ESQ miles, 1t was
the same sort of vehicle as the San Antonio
one-ejght people inside. During the night
there was a thunderstorm.
Nav We breakfasted at Huntsville at
$50 a. m. The Federal officers captured in
the Harriet Lane are confined in the peni-
Tertiary there, and are not treated as
prisoners OF war. This seems TO be the
system now with regard to officers since
the enlistment of negroes by the North
erners.
Ny fellow travellers were mostly elderly
planters Or legislators, and there was one
Judge from Louisiana. One of them pro
duced a pair of boots which had cost him
Sf0D; another showed me common wide
awake hat which had cost him $40 In
Houston, | saw an English regulation in
fantry sword exposed Tor sale for s225
(ci5D.
As the military element did not nre-
dominate, my companions united i'm sneak
ing with horror of the depredations I'M
miited n this part Of the country hv Their
own troops on a line OF march.
We passed through well wooded
county pines and t-Oaks--the road
bad. crossed the river Trinity. and d;ncd
at the house OF a Campbellite minisfer
The fsoi consisted almost invari,I,I,, Is
bacon, corn bread, and buttermilk-a meal
costing dollar.
Arrived at Crockett, we halted for a few
hours.
Before reaching Crockett. We n.esoa
through the encampment OF pbiIii,S's
rerirnent 81 Texas hangers, and we ,,,,do,'
went much chat. They were en- ral,fe 80
resist Banks.
Nav 6.-We left all the nassa,,oo,a -
Crockett except the Louisianian I',5a. =
Government agent, and the ex-hnsfey s,in
Of the Harriet Lane, which vessel had
been manned by the Confederates after
htt N1DsANSs D2N Sit ltu since been dis
mantled, and her crew Were being marched
To Shreveport TO man the ironclad Mis-
SOUR, which was being built there
The food we get on the road il sufficient
and good enough to support life. in con
sists of pork or bacon, bread made with
Indian corn, and a peculiar mixture called
Confederate coffee, made of rye meal
Indian corn. or sweet potatoes The loss
al coffee ahiicts the Confederates even
more than the loss o. spirits. and they
exercise their ingenuity in devising sub
siitutes which are not generally yery
successful
Inc same sort of country as Yesterday.
VIZ large forests of pines and post oaks,
ana OCCASIONAL Indian corn fields. the
trees having been killed by emitting q
circle near the roots. At 3 D. m ne took
IN loGr more passengers. One OF them was
Il Major, brother in-law TO the man viz
hanged Montgomery at Brownsville He
spoke OF The exploit of his relative win
some pride. He told me that his three
brothers had lost an arm apiece in tbe
war
We arrived at Rusk at $50 p. m, and
spent lew hours there; but notwithstand
ing the boasted spiendor of the beds at the
cherokee Hotel, and although bv fht
MAJORS influence | got one to myself vel
did not consider its aspect sufficiently in,
siting TO induce me TO remove my clothes
May We started again at 30 a m
IN a smaller coach, but luckily with re-
duced numbers; viz, the Louisiana
Judge (who is also LEGISLATOR, a Missis
sippl planter, the boatswain, the Govern.