The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-03
WACO'SDECORATIONDA DAY
Governor Savers and Congressman Lanham
We're Guests of Honor.
LANHAM PAID TRIBUTE TO Mr.. M'KlNLEY
said He Ia Big Hearted md Con-
scientious and Seeks to Wipe
out Lines of sectionniism.


The people Joined with the old comrades
In tributes Of love for the departed heroes
who are lying beneath the sod In Waco
cemeteries and every grave Of Confederate
and Federal was decorated with flowers and
evergreens. The decoration committees did
their work in the forenoon and the memo
rial exercises commenced at o'clock in
the afternoon.
Governor Joseph D. Sayers having ac-
cepted an invitation 10 be a guest of Pat
Cleburne camp on this occasion arrived
this morning and during the forenoon held
levee at the Pacific hotel Hundreds OF
aomlrers came and shook hands with the
governor. He was put down on the pro-
gramme Tor speech, but notified the COM
mittee several days ago that his official
duties had so taxed his time and endur-
anee that In justice to himself he asked to
De excused from making a speech The
governors wishes were respected hut he
was forced to make little talk at the
tabernacle. Congressman I,anham came
In last night and was surrounded by host
OF admiring friends this morning He de-
livered the memorial Grafton al the Taber-
nacle in the presence of 1900 or 200O peo-
pie,
feature of Congressman Lanhams ad-
dress was very complimentary alluslon
TO President Mckinley who he said was
big hearted and conscientious GENTLE
man, and he believed the president was do
Ing everything in his power to obliterate
10 feeling Of prejudice IN the North and
the South against each other and cited
the words Of the president in speech at
Atlanta, when he advised the Grand Army
comrades to decorate the graves of the
Confederate dead on National decoration
day
Mr.. Lanhams praise of the president
for this utterance amounted almost to an
.eulogy.
Waco Texas. May 1.-The following is
from the manuscript Of "stonewall jackson
and the College Boys" by John N. Lyle of
this city, describing stopewall Jackson's
charge at the first battle Of Manassas:
The sun rose in clear sky the morning
OF the ever men cradle 21st Of July. 1851.
Inc birds sang their morning hymn from
the trees along the banks of Bull Run
Inc catbird and thrush leading the choir
as sweetly as II no hostile armies wern
near u was Sunday and the thoughts of
tae eollege boys naturally turned TO home
ana the village church and its sacred SER
WEES, ana TO the home folks, who would
spend the hours of the holy day in PRAYER
~ tue loNel ones IN the army.
-, ne pllgade was beat to arms early in
ene morning and moved to a position In
rear oil Longstreet at Backburn's ford. II |
was soon after hurried several miles I'm
Tue stream TO the rear of Bonham at Balls |
ioro' few minutes here and il was
Iushed back down the Bull Run This wag
IKE CHASING fox that was doubling ofren
~ hts trdck, put there was no fun in it |
that hot weather. The commanding gem
erals appeared to act as if the salvation NJ
Inc country depended on holding every
crossing of creek that was fordable any
where. "H'
General jackson seemed to tire of this
severe exercise OF his troops, and marched
the brigade to grove and waited till tha
enemy indie lted the point at which ~
would be needed. Here it lay till half-pasr
~ a. m, listening to the firing that wa
going on up and down the line.
Inc heavy wood or the north side of
the Run screened the movements of the
enemy from view, and his presence couId
only be told by The noise be was MAKING
The firing In our front and to the right
was very heavy at times, and il looked as
II there would be the battle.
Later on clouds of dust could be seen he
yond and in front of the Confederate LEFT.
as II heayy force were moving in that
quarter Not long aher, musketry fire
opened on our extreme left and rear, and
rapidly grew heavier, and was rcllforced
by the booming OF artillery
mis- threw the brigade into culver of
expectancy The college boys didn't look
SO solemn as they did at Falling Water.
lhoy tsd been lying in the grove dis
cussing tho firing that was going on and all
expecting fight When the artillery COM
fenced numbering upon thu left, they |
Jumped to their feet with shout Ran /
Bradley jumped so high that he nlatted
ana UNFINISHED his legs before touchinr The /
ground, fcat that few outside circus
ran perform ;
About half-past 10 a. M Jackson nut i
himself at the head of the command and a
eu us IN the direction Of the firing on fbe E
ett. OUR route was along a dim countrv +
Told mat crossed a range of hills behind n
which the battle was now raging.
~ we neaFed the top of the hill. we 7
,o va meeting the wounded. Here n
Vas man with blood streaming down his a
ace Here was another with his leg y
NC ken hobhling along supported by
omrade. Here another shot through tho
'o1y ana being borne TO the rear. soma
laa their arms shot away, And all that a
ere aple 10 talk assured us that their reg :.
ments were all cut to pieces and thu dav u
ost Don't you boys make the mistaite y
I thinking this was encouraging to raw =
anus III there is anything that will III
iske hoy wish himself thousand miles
way and honorably at his mothers house re
10 w encounter such scenes and talk as III
MS on the verge Of battle 70
we met some artillery retreatinp for eS
ant OF support. This was turned nv pc
ackson, and told TO come along with him az
support was all H. wanted. NepI The pr
'p OF hill covered with pines, the Fourth I'm
'giment hled right through a gan in an on
q worm fence into field, II halted with sh
rear Just inside this fence and faced tn,
the left, Al this moment cannon shot do
ruck the ground about twenty feet IN en-
ont OF the college company and bounced hui
'er the heads of the boys with wicked ths
nv that wasn't pleasant to the ear. The co,
uer 10 lie down that came Just then was tbe
eyed with unusual promptness. !
soon the Rockbridge artillery ana so,,a -.
zen other pieces were in battery an The Us
est OF the hill in our front belching ~
2 ana from tbs missiles that wore 20, =
reeening above us. the enemy mr,sk hays -
q double that number answering back ~ ~
e crash OF these shots IN the rInn WOOL age
our immediate rear was appalling. Rut
couiIn help but smile to see Dr. =
rvey Slack the surgeon OF the Isel- rou
ni, getting out ot there with his Geld ven
'pllsl' tie had soon found II had NV
zee Tor dressing wounds. pre-
- Is
Good Flow of OIL nj Emit. ner
'hhls, Texas, May 2-Tbe town &c Cor
en excited over the Increased flow Of is o