Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-17

press US with the magnitude than to
observe that the losses in killed and
wounded in that engagement exceeded
the Killed and wounded In all the bat
Ties OF all the wars fought by our peo-
PIE prior to 1861. To be more explicit.
the loss was greater than that in all
the battles of the French-Indian war.
all the battles of the Revolution, all
the battles of the war of 1872, all the
battles OF the war with Mexico, and
all the battles of our various Indian
wars. Add the losses of all the bat
ties OF all these wars together, and the
total loss will be less than that of the
battles of Wilderness and Spottsyl-
vania.
HIS a BRILLIANT CAREER.
Alabama is the mother of many
brave. heroic sons, but second to none
Is the young hero whose memory we
honor tonight. 1 say young, because
10 us, over whose heads since then the
storms Of many years have thundereu,
mat earnest, boyish face comes back
as the friend of yesterday. A brilliant
career was his-few his days. but full OF
heroic deeds; short, but glorious.
Gentle and retiring as maiden, he
was brave as paladin. and stood in
the midst OF fire and carnage as emo
tioniess and mistaken as q rock. In
the words of your own immortal Lee
at the battle of Fredericksburg: ct
was glorious to see such courage in one
so young" and to us who cherish heroic
deeds. 1T is a grand thought that the
memory of this brave soldier, whose
NE ebbed out upon the blood stained
banks of the Rappahannock. is ever
ensnr!ned in the halo of immortal
youth, unchanged by sorrow and I'M
dimmed by tears"
Great applause followed General
Wheeler's speech. After the distin-
Eulshed Southern hero of Santiago had
made his speech he was carried in a
carriage to the Governors Mansion. 1t
was then 1890 o'clock. He met II great
many people and Mt 1880 o'clock adj
Journed to the dining-rOom. where the
General had refreshments. At u
O'Clock he went back to Murphy's To-
morrow he will go out is the soldiers
lioine in the morning, and in the after
noon he will go to the Woman's Club
ana the Confederate Museum.
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST.
Mr.. James NJ. Talbot, a well-known
ana popular resident OF Church Hin.
died at his residence. No. 1922 East
Marshall street last night Death was
que to heart disease. Mr. Talbot was
IN the SD year of his age and had re-
Siued in this city for Il long time, being
i'i-t He te-les+ae+s
from several soldiers of the Fourth
Virginia Regiment asking him to help
them get their discharges from the
army. They say the climate of Cuba
is too hot for them
For the purpose of vaccination the
city has been divided into twenty dis
trlcts. and the work has been placed
IN the hands of twenty young phvsi-
clans. elected by the Board of IIenlth.
Each of these doctors will be expected
to devote six hours of every day 20
vaccination and Will receive as compen-
sation therefor the sum OF SEQ Il month.
me reports received by Auditor
Aaryc show that the assessment on
personal property in the State last wear
amounted 10 close on to one hundred
million dollars. OF this amount tho
negroes paid less than four millions.
The precise figures are: Whites. 500
i2S'625 and colorcd, S3,Gl7,3S9. These
hgures do not include the personal
property OF the railroads. OF the cant
tation taxes the whites are returned
delinquent in about % cent. and tho
negroes doubly as much. The personal
assessments for 1898 do not show anv
great increase over the preceding year.