Arizona republican., 1898-04-25

What do you mean, gen'ral, said the darkey, I know you is out, but ain't you CT ex-senator yit?'
 Cotton was worth big money right after the war;" said Gen. Warner, land so pretty soon after its conclu- sion I concluded to migrate to the south, and engage in farming. 1 went out from Montgomery to inspect a plantation in a county adjoining, and took passage in stage coach in which there were two other travellers. I had with me a handsome blue over coat that had used in the army, but I continued to wear it because 1t was comfortable and because I had no other. Pretty soon one of the men be- gan talking about the war. He said the south was not beaten but simply overpowered, and that if the forces had been at all equal, the Yankees would have been annihilated A great deal of this I had heard before, and
 it didn't worry me at first, but the fel- low kept it up at a terrible rate, and got so abusive of the north that finally I couldn't stand it any longer, and opening my lips for the first time said: My friend, judge from the feroc- ity of your talk that you were a non combatant. You are a stranger to me, and so is this other gentleman, but I'll bet $10 against that amount, and let him hold the stakes, that you were not in any battle during the war Upon this the other man, who had, like myself, preserved entire silence while the tirade was in progress, re- marked: I'll hold the stakes, if you'll let me take half your bet, and make it for any amount. I was in the confed- crate army from Texas, and d. me if I am ever going to admit that the south was licked by an army of cow ards
 Well, the offer was not accepted, and the war talk ended. The funny
 part of it was that I had sized up the blusterer right. He was never in the
 army, and was not even a southerner, but belonged up in Connecticut. His talk was in the line of making himself
 solid with the people of his adopted
 home, and in his first effort he came to
 grief
 The return of Lieut. Lucien Young of Kentucky to the city brings to mind many of the stories in which that dar- ing and popular naval officer has fig
 ured. He was at Chamberlin's last night and some reference was made to the late John Chamberlin, between whom and the lieutenant warm friendship existed.
 The only time there was ever any
 danger of the bond between them
 breaking was when Chamberlin ren-
 dered a decision against his friend that the latter thought superlatively rank. It seemed that the prince of cpl cures and the Kentuckian were walk | ing in the northwest one day, and coming to Thomas Circle, the former paused to breathe a bit, and looking at the bronze figure, said: There is | the finest equestrian statue in Wash | ington, and I doubt whether there is
 any finer in the world" He continued | to praise it, his companion agreeing
 with all he said.
 A few nights later Senator Beck of | Kentucky, John Chamberlin and Lieut.. l Young were seated about table in
 Johns establishment,and by chance
 the subject of the equestrian statues
 of Washington came up. The lieuten-
 ant launched out into eulogy of the l Thomas monument, and immediately l Senator Beck entered a very sharp
 negative. He declared it to be very poor piece of work, indeed, S<d cr1ti-
 cised it severely. The defender of the
 statue got animated, and remarked that he'd leave it to John Chamber lin to decide which was right, the loser
 to pay for a champagne supper. The Blue Grass statesman agreed,
 and Chamberlin was asked to render a verdict. To the utter hOrrCr of
 Young, John said: Why, of course, Senator Beck is right-it's as sorry a piece of patchwork as was ever digni- fled by the name of statue. There is nothing artistic about it, and no judge | of art will say anything in its favor" " | After Senator Beck departed Lucien | Young turned on Chamberlin, savage
 ly. You old humbug, why did you
 decide against me? Didn't you say
 less than a week ago that it was the
 finest of all the monuments here?" | And so it is," quoth John
 l What do you mean, then, by going
 back on that opinion?"
 ! 70, it's this way; you can't expect
 me to ruin myself for friendship. You
 are only lieutenant in the navy; he's
 a United States senator My dear boy
 l could never go against a senator for | a lieutenant"
 Streams of callers have poured in upon Gen. Fitzhugh Lee at the Shore
 ham. A majority are close personal friends, and to these the popular Vir-
 ginian occasionally talks very freely
 To gentleman yesterday, who
 asked his opinion about the capture of | Havana Gen Lee reDlied that an arnv