The National tribune., 1898-04-14
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BY SIR ARTHUR JAMES LYON-FREMANTLE,
KONG C. B., Lieutenant-G General, British Army.

wall Jackson, who was Gen. Slaughter $
! comrade in the artillery OF the old army.
| It appears that previous to the war he was
almost a monomaniac about his health
| When he left the u. 5. service he was
| under the impression that one of his legs
| was getting shorter than the other; ana
| afterwards his idea was that he only
perspired on one side, and that 1t was
| necessary TO keep the arm and leg OF the
| other side in constant motion IN order 10
preserve the circulation; but it seems that
| Immediately the war broke out he never
! made any further alluSion to his health
| Blockade running goes on very regularly
at Mobile; the steamers nearly always
| succeed but the SchOoncrS are generally
| captured. Tomorrow | shall start for the
| Tennessee army, commanded by Cen
| Braxton Bragg.
| May 26-When / took Col. Ewell's pass
1 TO the Provost-MarShaiS office this morn
ing TO be counterSigned. that official hest
tated about stamping it, but luckily a man
in his office came to my rescue, and vol
unteered to say that, although he didn't
know me himself he had heard me spoken
of by others as "a very respectable gentle
man."
was only lust in time to catch the ~
o'clock steamer for the Montgomery Rail
road. | overheard two negroes on board
discussing affairs in general; they were
deplorinC the war.
Both of them had evidently great aver
One OF them wore his masters sword, OF
which he was very proud, and he Strutted
about in a most amusing and conSequen-
tial manner.
| GOT into the railroad cars al 2:30 p. M;
the pace was not at all bad, had we not
stopped so often and for such long time
for wood and water. / sat opposite TO
wounded soldier, who told me he was an
Enclishman from Chelsea. He said he
was returning to his regiment, although
his wound in the neck often gave him great
pam. The spirit with which wounded men
return to the front even although then
wounds are imperfectly healed, is worthy
of all praise, and shows the indomltable
determination of the Southern people. In
the same car there were several quite
young BOYS of Is or Is who were badly
wounded and one or two were minus arms
and legs of which deficiencies they were
evidently verysvain.
The country through which we passed
was a dense pine forest, sandy SOIL and
quite desolate, very uninviting to an in
vading army. we travelled all night.
May 27.-Arrived at Montgomery, the
capital of Alabama, at daylight, and left
il by another railroad.
All State Capitals appear to resemble
one another. and look like bits cut OF
from great cities. One or two streets have
a good deal of prctcnsion about them; and
the inevitable Capitol, with its dome, forms
the principal feature. AT the door OF each
railway car stands a sentry, who examines
the papers of every passenger with great
strictneSS, and even after that Inspection
the same ceremony is performed by an
officer of the Provost-Nlarshal depart
ment, who accompanies every tram.
The officer and soldiers on this duty are
very civil and courteous, and after getting
over their establishment at finding that am