The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-24
INTERESTING BANQUET.
A Meeting Of Distinguished Men at Austin
last Week.
SOME "REMINISCENCES OF THE CIVIL WAR
Governor Lubbock and Judge Rsa-
gan Related stories and Incidents
That Are Very Interesting.


of guests were banqueted by Judge A. w.
| Terrell on the evening OF December 10 In
honor Of Hon. William L. Prather. the new
president OF the State university Among
the guests werc ex-senator John II. Rea-
! gan, Judge Storey, now of the railway
commission; Ex-Governor Frank Lubbock.
1 Hon. T. II. Rogan. commissioner Of the
general land office; Hon. R. w. Finley.
State comptroller; Ex-Governor James II.
Hogg. Major Ira II. Evans. Hon. Lewis
Hancock Associate Justice Brown and
others. The guests assembled in the spa
cious parlors where the colors OF the uni
versity were conspicuous in the rich orien-
tai tapestries which draped the rooms.
The antiquary saw In the cabinet vases
from Moherlc Troy wick lamps 1000 years
old; tablets excavated at Babylon, and
curios OF various kinds excavated at Cairo,
Alexandria. Damascus. Balbec, Athens
and ancient Byzantium. Antique armor
of the crusading times and wondrously
carved weapons of the ancient Orient,
richly chased in silver and gold, adorned
the hall through which the guests We're
ushered to the dining room. The table
was beautifully decorated and an elegant
repast was served. AT each plate were
cards bearing upon one side the name OF
the guest and upon the other handsome
cut of the university building The fayors
wera red carnations and Ivy tied with tho
university colors. The only toast proposed
during the evening was one by eN-Gov-
ernor Lubbock: The University of Texas.
God bless her: may she continue to grow
and prosper forever" This was drunk with
hearty expressions of -eeed VIII for tho
university and the new president. There
We're no ladies present
A very interesting feature OF the enter
tainment consisted Of "reminiscences given
by the older guests in connection with tho
trying time of the civil war. Governor
Lubbock, Judge Reagan. Judge Brown and
Judge Storey, all of whom had been per-
sona friends for forty years seemed to
grow young again and under the inspira-
ton of the generous good cheer spoke oil
former times TO the evident enjoyment OF
the other guests, II will be remembered
: that Governor Lubbock was on the staff
: of President Davis and that Judge Reagan
was postmaster general of the Confed-
aracy and that both were captured with
! President Davis, Everybody was listening
2 when Governor Lubbock described In his
: own inimitable way some OF the amusing
incidents connected with the closing scenes
of the Confederacy in Richmond lie ana
Judge Reagan constituted family there.
4 He said: Reagan, do you recollect the
, time that We were startled by 'Howdy'
=. Martin afterwards member of the United
: States congress), who was In richmond
{ on furlough, when he invited himself TO
: dine with US one day? You VIII remember
! that ratons were very scarce, but de-
Q termined that 'Howdy' should have some
Y thing to eat. ! went out on the streets
and FINALLY bought a fish for $50 tCon-
federate money!. By the time had bought
few crackers, n lem beer roast ana one
; OF two other such things had spent $loV.
. Anyhow we had square dinner OF the
sort, but gentlemen. it was not Ike what
n we are eating now
9 Here the governor was reminded by the
/, host Of a sausage that was sent to GOV
ernor Lubbock as present from burton
: Harrison while he was confined as pfls-
/, oner in Fortress Monroe. Judge Ierrell
said: Governor. | tried to tell Mrs. Bur =
. ton Harrison when ! met her in Europe.
:. about that sausage just as you told II 10
= ME the night you were released from
= Fortress Monroe. for you VIII rememoer
p we slept together that night, The gov
ernor said Yes. remember about thai
sausage. My diet in those days consisted
chiefly of bean soup, but. gentlemen, those
Yankees knew how to make bean soup, foi
a | faUened on 1t. One day, to my sur
prise the officer In charge of me brought
me a piece of stuffed sausage ana sald II
had been sent me by friend When ne
went out | took knife to cut thu sa1sas.
5 and und that 1t gave way very easily.
then discovered 1t had some paper iDslhe
| asked for permission 10 battle. | tool
the sausage with me to the bathroom apc
when alone began TO Investigate lts con
tents. The margin OF newspaper, sew
eral yards long, was covered all over WIZ
the fine handwriting OF burton harrison
who was confined in another prison, ane
this gave me the first Information ma
Lad for long time OF what was going OF
2 in the outside world. / kept up terrible
splashing IN the bath tuD TO make tneh
ueAeye / was at my Datn "hi!e fna'
win great avdity that precious letter
That was a trying time los me. SFea
. many men in those days abused SecFetar!
Stanton, but | must say that he was cour'
:. teons and gentlemanly TO nue. when cahet
to see him in Washington AFTER my re-
lease. | told my keeper one aay that
did not believe Mr.. stanton knew thal
" was confined in prison that way. Whel
y / expressed n desire TO write to him. y
y my astonishment. they furnished me wltl
pen ink and paper wrote To MI. stan
ton and told him / did not believe ~
knew ! was in that prison. that there wer
great many people on the outside ! woui'
- like TO see--among them my wlie-ah
DC that | knew there were number OF gen
tx tlemen | was indebted TO who would Tx
~ very much to see me; that anyhow II m
III sacrifice was deemed necessary Tor an
81 supposed offense that ] would Ike yer
70 much for steps to be taken TO expedit
TO matters. The officer In charge afterwar
IN found sent the letter but he told me ths
Ly ! should consider myself fortunate II
was not taken out and shot. told MI
that II the United States wanted selee
ID man for such an occasion that they eaul
y, not find more representative man tina
ht the ex- governor of Texas"
at Here Judge Reagan interposod and said
tn THAT reminds me of an incident that oc
IN Cured when President Davis. Goyerno
M Lubbock. myself and several others wer
| captured. II WAS early In the mornin
e. and when the Federal soldiers broke In
of US Lubbock had bridled his horse. put o
is, the saddle and Just thrown his saddiebae
over. A soldier approached. gun In hant
seized the horse by the rein on one sid
while Lubbock held fast to the otheI
the soldier then seized the side OF tn
ID saddIebags next to him and Lubbock graf
en- bed the other side and they then engage
Is in pulling match Another sodit
=. leyeled his gun at Lubbock and said .
10 YOU don't get away from that horse wi
~ shoot you Lubbock was not as good
!. Presbyterian then as he 10 now and
10 said shoot and be id; this Is my hors
4 xnhtl Ia