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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

oLAssEs AND WAS as o alS hut sa}
qaet une9ansed o%o'aIIas i ,5 S iS.
cood i7a2oc; prime 22a27c: New-Orleans open ketue
$igilc Porto REQ n,5.iI-i SSI2so fancy 2Ia3'c
OCEAN FREIGHTs-In the market for steam ana s9 ,
eaass 1ss4gs5 Wa se Sh5naaee Liver
gaoi qa5f 6 s ana n Ano%e pa SswcSs5e ~
burg, - PIGS; Bremen. = t5tss' ,{ln oats
CHAKTEKs-British steamer 1893 ma ssHeFa ca
Aprl-AIay: British 1881 same at or about
gs port Is 80 If Two early APTil HpF
49, ,,ye- 5sS ions ore Huciva 70 North Hat
er los April: british BARK loo bbs petroleum hence
United kingdom private terms rf1nIt (S7 1n,af
Is ed schooner 55i tons, lumber Mobile TO Havana 81
schooner 20 tons C.1 81 ,s ,isse. Ponce ana
sca9i mort 10 North OF Hatteras private terms.
SO C2is schooner $50 tons lumber savannah 10 NS"
to Key West TAMPA. private term; Iiae . SsTE
60 IONS, Tes VEN m cane In The cdttonseed oil
keI Which ruled " arm ana gaete eigan
Prices unchanged with the tone OF the mefNI ]
Arm WIN Esof IA, lI nI .tla1el as yet re6ea
55 9qs iF Iss 9 g 30 81 10
cooNs6 oIrG5me crude n .Sn m2 y sa Il
42S butter grades 45G 90; prime white t4s' 42e pr M
NnteE yeio% 42S4oG ac ase9 a f raw s5c WesSct
rR6viSIONs-Notw.t hs'aIdng the grain dectne' p5G-
visions were and active until he last haIt A'st,
point. good commission house 9gyine, ana and
T.s We're - 600 with 10000 expected Monday and
10 900 next wcgk Kansas city l'a E''G 4tS ],i,ja
Mc22 si5 75asla - family si7gS75o s9 s gl"a ar
fa s@asa [lafj2 s54 I"a d, s,g @ soa
III DRESSED HoGs-Firm. Quoted. bacons. &c.
ls9 ib, sG 100 rs, bte t'g s,ea Quoted Smoking
Saa.c 10 ms sac. u los So "a n F.at tg' nm,
i,sady s 5a@1'5 a; TAioW-Pa Qaa,sl
asoc cy ar4 s'eay gg@tei at Si'q "a con- 9
Amen @I 10 l5 TazI Kegs Ia compound du quoted
at ~ asc zTEAI}INE- quoted: @g9,e' city
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23
CASH Quotations
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.

New-YOrk. March -, 1902.
COFFEE-It was an on day" in the coffee market
speculativey. On the call the steady, with
prices unchanged. and for the session
bag changed Gables receipts
domestic quite line with ancpaons orders
from investors and others not in evidence. The
market closed inactive, with prices unchanged 10
points higher the slight Improvement being due more
absence OF sellers presence Of buyers. The
market for spot coffee dull and featureess. with
prices nominally the basis OF 5s d5c for invoice lots
o No Rio.
The range prices to-day
WIS aS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

Cash quotations were IS follows: Flour dun ana De
Pressed, Western patents. 50 SoaS4 sralghts 80 ~
20 clears 50 1888 30: May specials So patents - y
.S3 70 straghts s. s0Ns3 No spring wheat l0t7
white. 81. 4Gc No white. 43A af4Ac 30 rye DC
falr choice mailing barley, G2Hobc: No niAseea
3 es. No l Northwestern. 81 70 prime timothy seeo
8TsfS6 -. clover. grade s. 10; mess poth
SIS 55dSl5 90. 100 n. 81 4oaSs ~ snort flps
SIDES Qoose 8 sass 60: dry sailed sh0ndeIS 'oAed
Produce Exchange today the butter market was easy
ereamsries 2p02Tizc: Gaires l39Jc cheese hI nag
l24c: easy: fresh. l4a4c.
Duluth March 22-Close. Wheat-Cash, No hard
.54o: No ! northern 70Ec. 10 Northern 62@tc May
llhe: July = &C. Manitoba. 10 Northern, cash. %
E4c.
Milwaukee. March 22.-Wheat lower: close: No
forthern 1914: 10 Northern 72}2 413c; MAY. &c
fye scarce No J. 5st3c. Barley lower; NO 2 ooeo'zc
Sorn--Aay. 5s3sc-
Minneapolis March 22-cIose: wheat-May Toe; July.
seaIl5sc: track. No hard 1870; No nor
e&aIAc 80 2 Northern. 69h QGv nc. FIour-flrst
pLents 50 7oaS3 IS second patents - 2S9S" %; nrst
s3 7'~S-'' Se1''1 4' - ~
PHILADELPHIA March 22-wheat &c lower; contract
stSoe March. s33z Gs4c. lower; No mixed
Fstea @a655zc. steady: No white clipped DC.
outer nrm. Western creamery, SOC; do nearby
te's dc Egss steady fresh nearby. &c. 40 western
p, 90 Southwestern l6c do Southern. l5c Receipt
bur loo bbls and ls49 60 n in sacks wheat l5Voo
49, corn 1900 bush. 1000 bush. shipments
aN 900 bush. corn. 500 bush: oats, 24.opO push.
-sEt Louis. March 22-Close: Whcst--No red, cash.
Ca Mas: 7ezQTessc. July II sc; No hard; 72%g!5c
s6 A 70, cash. 42zc May. Ale. July. 33ASc; No 2
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

large the fine weather conditions Exporters
took load Of No mixed and 5000
bush r o local No . closed
at 66a4c Csc Z O ahoat grade,
straight No > 67ssc. No white 69Isc and No yell
low. BT5sc, o ahoat basis o ATS-The market
was weak and lower IN sympathy with wheat and corn.
The local trade took 30 900 bush No closed
4715c No 3, +7c No white sic; No soc; track
mixed 49lzG50c; track white. 51a57c and No 2 white
clips 81 d52c RYE--Martet steady Western,
"a &c 63s.c, both T o afoat; State
rye 60Q61C EAFS IE<Y-Narket Feeding
quoted 63g65c and mailing a esa72c. both /
New-York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23
THE STATE OF TRADE.

Buffalo. March 22-FIour quiet and weak Whest-
sDng auiet; NJ Northern. 7G%c No 2 red, SIC Corn
yeas 20 2yeow. &C - o. csc; No corr G 3 e.
as: 10 mixed 4Gl4c; 10 3 Co 45&c. Barley weak;
spot offered GGc. Rye-No 2, 63c BID.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23
new YORK CENTRAL

m. HARLEM DIVISION.
go NJ snd 8 30 NJ Daily. except Sundays TO Pitts
Funraan Cars all through trains
1relnS Illuminated with PntsCh Light.
Ticket 0frcss % 112 2St 12is Broadway -
n,n,on 81 W 215 Columbus 122 West l95th
Ilh 50 and I3sth s. Stations New York; s7s and T2s
Fu-ton St and ltR Broadway. f n. Brooklyn
Telephone 900 SSth Street, Cor York Central Cab
Westcott Fvu-eSs COMPANY
4 y SMITH C,v0pGF. II DANIELS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23
ROYAL BLUE LINE

-, - y tSco 300 1000 .1I3o 4. VI. 100. +fsO.
1901 40 400 $1,000 $50. $500 too - % +TSO
$500, 80 - T. NJ 80 l. ulIr
BALTIMORE AND " WASHINGTON
4So0. 5000. -1L3O a. NJ. 100. LSnz. = 40 500.
100 p N. 10
pf.es- liberty - Ferry. South Ferry. rs sSf 81
ln 1871 = way ~ Jtl Ave 80 9Th = Union So
West los East 10Th ST. -3 West ('ol1r1-
bus Ave, New York; Court St 344 SEQ Sutton s. :
BEooS EA ~ bTtal%dy. Williamsburg New York Trans
feL 90 cans for and checks baggage destination
From liberty St. only DAILY. 4DalIy excsp- SIN,
day sSundays only ZIaror cars only.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

S0s receipts 81 casks Rosn. nothing doing; receipts
s9S Crude turpenne steady, 81 35G$2 50 receipts
1"f Dds Tar firm. 81 20; receipts. 1876 bbs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23
Railroads.
PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD.

RAIhFoA
STATIONS foot Of West Twenty-third and Dec
brosses and CortIandt
sEThe leaving time Desbrosses and
COrtlandt Streets Is i've minutes later than
TINT given below for Twenty-third Street
station. except where otherwise noted
SSi Ne" 1orS 10 Piits2grs seePins Car FsSuFs %
So I. y. FAST In Sri!5ssarg and Cleveland
Cars chcaso t ceVeilrd Toiedo ciaciHSs
i'2 25, r. ". CHICAGO AND 81. LOUIS ExPREss-Eo-
1soo Louisville Cyia CincnnatD. Indianapolis. CHI
5ss $50 s. LOgls BDi lls Gar p..,-v md
o5 vi. WEsTFRT F 5ST,T s Chicago For
.a% Sl1 P NJ, iixGsFt satqrday Dlnins Car
Route ornectS f6T fTaSy via ,ss iT41y
sJ p ~ cLEVEINB GND ciN S ESPREss-
W4sHISGTroSSSl aP &Sb Sn4 r fl9:in sotrH.
Iandt Str Gtn1g Sarl 10 10 SDes5Tcsses and C9sr 1
iand n s,I Il 5 3Iaias e5Sros=ss GoTS-
Carr f and Dining Cers) . Dining Carr as (Dinins
fsssy s2 tn Gas' cars ss o55 bia N ci5
t2F and Dl4tng Cars 8 Is dining carr 425 Dining
SOUTHERN RAIf3Y 9 ?. I scut5s ~ Palm Lin
N RsG F2P1s -s s cGT! s m S
s0 sAd doTi5a1 gss sRs S 70 Week.
sEAB9ARD All: LINE RAIIHSY .FioG4a and Met
night 'a diI Limited. 1855 daily. Express 12io
ana T In AND WESTERN RNILwAY.-FOr Memphis
DAYS II3 OHIO RAILWAY.-T55 a week
FOR OLD POINT CcNTl-yyf,- 81 ,-Oru-O1 E-75s Z. m
s.ss-Iays and { * y m dairy
Sundays x 30 a m and - p m weekpaays
Ior syIars and Standard Coaches weekdays Par
.C.laches on SUNDAYS 49, 9 -
F6 1P Pot Maf,-Ie5S weekday,
wsst T,,. sew York ard Long Branch Railroad rors
Eehty- third Street Station). 8 s. a I24o
p m Ca anu ll,-o n m sundays. 923 a m. y
M 10 ; 40. $40. and 1L3O D. m Sundays. a4s
r N ~, FOR PARLIAMENTARY.
~ and Cortlandr Streets 500 rs. I55.
1asto2 929 Dining Can. ass Penna- Limedl. 1910
~ and Cortlandt Streets Dining CARR
,I,nins Carl Hiss IL x Dining Carl 40
80 and Cortlandt Streets. *. IS DIN
81 (nI, 20 p - Dining carr ass Dining Carl
iIlhinR car f55 s25. -. - u 10 night
CAY g = ~ 80 'no eoschssl % s55 925 dining
% urttecl 2 * loss Dining Carl u 80
% CaI) - tn7ins Can. % Tntng Carl. s55
'i1ning Ca-N ass DtnHg Carl SIS Dining Carl.
r,c - 30 SIS. 2 q ?. m. % 70 night
otces Nos 46f 1896 1854 26i BrOadvays
IN Aye9ge Cheiov ga So; AsJor House; west
ST S az Cortantt Streets Court street $50 sutton
$3.50 SS broadway AMI Pennsylvania Annex Station
I,uOSIyn station jersey CITY The New York Transfer
o,hpany viii call for check baggage from hotels
-,,ho residences through 20 destination
road Cab Service
j. l. HUTCHINSON T. r. WOOD.
Fe1Sr9f Manager. CSneral Psss'r AGENT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23
BALTIMORE e. eHI0 PAILR0AD
WEST SHORE RAILROAD.

~ ~ II y Z IL EfrHTEI1ONO.
Trains leave Franklin ST. Station. New York a. fol-
lows. and IL min later foot West 42d St. n. R.:
'l:l0 y. M.-FOr Intern. points TO Albany
fllt2O A Nd Hudson Xiv < Mob Express.
leo p. M.-ChicagO Express.
-225 p. M.-COnt- Lin Detroit Ch!caro =
1S4a p No For Hudson River & Albany.
'6l5 p. M--FOr RoCh-. Buffalo. & ChicasO
f14S r. M--For Roch-. Buffalo Detroit & Louis
"9:lS p M-For SyTa, Roch-. Mag Falls. Det * Chi
-Daily- tDaily except SUNDAY. Leaves BrookIyn an
mex. No at flO:5 A. NJ. No. 1906 =. NJ Ieaves
Jersey city, F. r. r. STA. No at I'll 20 A. NJ No 3
al 1850 Time tables principal
Baggage checked hotel Westcotts Ex
A h SMITH, g T.. LAMBERT.
Genl Superintendent. Cien'l Pass'r Agent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23
NAVAL STORES.

ss savannah there moderately firm market at
- ace Z 49c The receipts there $40 bbs and
~ bs4ss 20 bbis The New-gorN market however, did
nsss itsDono 10 the South. the dull
~ - trade but the undertone firm. Rosn was
Co.. ana unchanged. Tar steady firm and IN
SFIIdIs TURPENTINE-49Ik
s15fEs,.F1ne bbls. 81 20: Oh bbls 50 so
81 ~ Common 70 good strained 81 90: D. 81 co. E.
s. a. q y %; O. 81 20. II. 81 90 l. 81; X. 81 65: NJ.
y ''' n - 90; W g. 81; W 81 20.
n STOCK on HAND.
sn-a % 7IS bbs
IufpenIne Observation-Disclosures. bbls
..
1c. Iah' March 22-Turpentine steady Soc receipts
2Hl bsas. % Dds; exports 526 Rosn firm; receipts
y 81 ~ hassA sSz: eeports Se43 Quote: A. 3, c and
Il ~. y. - -; r. 81 40; G. 81 so H IS; 81 go
-. y. y -; n. 50 %: W c. SO co. W, SO S..
Wii-as, s1s nrins unchanged; sales. 500 bbIs.
'nsbs March 22.-spirlts turpentine nothing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23


hgT8Pf o 1S r 6ssS t2sk S anS $500 p
bags stock 1oO7 900 bags Hamburg-Conee market
9Bened SnShangsd at 70 was net G4shansSa sa
caanged at y IA unehsneed: at m 9u IS c a6d IN
January 80 81, 90 Jgy ~
April 81 % October SO 90
June Is December
The statistical position Of Brazilian coffee is as f2ilon
Eswy9Ek feliysriss 15its l5 3aa 1915 ss5
Nev-orieans deliveries. $50 1872
HewYork stosk.....l 9695 l7s5s+s 17 % -2
NeT-oTisans Stock. 7SG4I 1904 4a57a
ss all 1865 IS 49, seft 50 . $3.50 SO
s, yGIs bin. sss2s f fsss
1 T%gp!t qa6 10 800 Gs before dday aud
was said to have sold $50 immediately after the
Go decline On Was sac not toay unlocked Tor Speculation
5 So reT ndicatins an over56SE6t condition
upWsra 0 The impression vas that every could
get together sufficient margin had bought cotton ron
points tie decline to-day The most rapid Of The
ness to anything other than liquidation Of hadinss
year by 1900 bales but serving 70 offset this IN.
bales Of which 5000 went to Great Britain This
topped port receipts and has caused shLinna&s IN P.
and New-Oreans hold fully three-quaT,ers Up last
over-expJrts this compared
last 3i7 bales while O9ays large clear
Will bring the surplus 70 nearly 10000 bales
again. on the opening the market was steady, with
prices 2g3 points lower, these figures proving 70 be
top for the session after the call Iudatng
orders fegan reach the ring and bear leaders as
Slowly igst. but with inCTeas-
rapdity. prices worked lower until the close the
selling reached Tremendous proportions Great
blocks Of May July uulpadel. while the M-rch
options almost begging for buyers.
excitement decline.
had that the clique dumping It's cotton.
Yet conservative operators selling nothing
less than healthy cleaning Of weak long
interests. which been overdue n
much weak interests sold
IN todays break and that the short account has
grown proportions which place the marked IN
much sound position. provided conditions from
interior will doubtless swing
the II 900 900 bales side far receipts
cened little long the export
receipts. he York grow
rapidly South, Ie-
lieyed be nothing than shifting from
hand to the other. In fact, many regard
cumulaticn here OF bulsh importance reason
that will doubtless be held for delivery July,
making the real available supply for export
smaller until after the July
New-Orleans market followed decline readily.
similar unloading OF weak long interests close
the local market easy and down oal7 points
being limited the immediate positions local
for cotton quiet and lice lower TO
for niddling upland and ga middlnE Gulf sales
bales. Southern markets were UNCHANGED
TO Lice lower nearly all showing the lower prices.
The range Of prices the market to-day
follows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

4 ADVERTISEMENTS and subscriptions for The Tribune
received a their Uptown ONCE
NO. 1922 BROADWAY.
ID door north of Slst-st.. until 9 O'Clock p. m.
will be received following branch
regular ONCE rates until o'clock 254
sth-nve.. e. sd st: 1913 8th-ave. cor 18th
ST.: 02 East 14th-st.; 257 West 42d-st. between
It'll and sth ayes: 263 West 125th-st.i I.33s 3D.
ave. 10th and 18th 1.O26 Bd-aVe. near
6lst-st 1,90s 1st-nve, near s9thost: 1877 East
I20th-st.: 756 TremOnt-nve.; $50 3d-aNe.,
41st-st; ssh 3d-ave.i 2IO BIeecker-st., BIS
BIeecker-st. brooklyn, y. N.-.I6 COurt-st.t
2I5 Smith-st. I,OO4 tsates-ave. Newark, n J.
-794 BrOad-st Also at all a. d. T. Offices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-23

Foreign Coffee Markets.-Rio-cofee market steady;
Rio. 4S425; exchange. 12isd; receipts, 1000 bags
cleared for the United States 5000 bags cleared I5r
market quiet: good average Santos $500; rcrts 1000
opened unchanged; p m unchanged. sales.
900 bags Havre-Cofree market opened quiet, IN
changed at II unchanged; at p m quiet and IN
changed m. unchanged; total sales 1900 bags
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-28
An Atlanta Veterans Close Calls

into his presence and after a sharp lecture
on the enormity of the offense against mil
itary discipline, consigned him to the
guard house for a number of days. While
all this was going on It's appointment as
ensign of the -th Alabama was on it's way
to him, and reached him about the time
his term of Imprisonment expired. When
he got 4 he again sought bis captain apd
informed him that he had to go to Mobile.
Again the officer stormed. and only
Gained down when T. told him of his APP
pointment and orders to report to his reg
inent AS an ensigncy carried with II
lieutenant's commission. the captain
could do nothing but indulge in a case of
dry grins.' T. went to the front, and
though l said at the outset that I would
not speak of hiS "close calls" l cannot
refrain from stating that he bears on his
person the scars of two bad wounds, one
received at Ezra church, and the other
at Nashville. and has to this day the nag
that he carried from Murfreesboro to
Chickamauga all through the campaign
TO Atlanta, and then to Franklin and
Nashville He was sufficiently recovered
from his last hurt to rejoin his regiment
at Spanish fort near Mobile. and finally
surrendered at Meridian. Miss, but didn't
surrender his colors. which he fooled his
captors out of. About his proudest posses
sion, aside from the banner. is a personal
letter from his colonel written the day
after the battle of Atlanta. in which is
quoted an extract from the general or
ders of the day before, extolling T. for
his bravery in leading his regiment
against and over the federal breastworks.
J. ".
Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-28

Editor Journal
The hero of this, story has for a number
Of years been a resident of Atlanta.
Though he probably had as many "close
calls as any other Confederate soldier,
his innate modesty has prevented him from
putting any OF them I'm print through the
columns of your paper; I'm fact, he only
adverts to them when drawn out in con-
versation with friends. So l will not refer
to them further,l and only repeat the story
of how he resigned" from the position
OF corporal.
At the outbreak Of the war he went to
the front as driver for a light battery.
After the battle of Shiloh where he had a
horse shot from under him, and sustained
severe bruises. he was transferred to a
heavy battery stationed at Fort Morgan,
at the mouth of Mobile bay. His soldierly
qualities and general good conduct soon
attrac ted the attention of his captain, who
made corporal of him. For while
young T. was rather pulled up with the
honor and dignity thus thrust upon him,
but it did not take him long to learn that
the position carried with 1t duties from
which he was exempt as a private. As
soon as he settled this in his mind his
next step was TO present himself to his
captain. and after saluting, calmly In
form him that he had concluded to re-
sign his newly acquired hOnors and return
to the ranks. The officer. an old West
Pointer. was so taken aback that for a
moment he was speeches., and before he
could recover T. saluted again, returned
to his tent and Immediately proceeded to
denude his jacket, of it's chevrons. About
the time that job was completed, the cap
tain who had come to-" had him yanked
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-28
BY CHARLES EDeEWoRTH JoNE
AUGUSTA, GA.

regular Confederate congress, Wharton,
Texas.
A. r. Davidson, member from North
Carolina of provisional and regular Con-
federate congresses, Asheville, N. G.
Rev. L. H. Ford, member from Kentuc-
ky of provisional Confederate congress, st.
Louis, Mo.
Joseph B. Heiskell, member from Ten
nessee of regular Confederate congress,
Memphis, Tenn.
John Goode Jr member from Virginia
Of regular Confederate congress, Norfolk.
Va
John F. House. member from Tennessee
of provisional Confederate congress,
GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
Thomas johnson, member from Kentuc-
ky Of provisional Confederate congress,
Mount Sterling, KY.
Henry c. Jones, member from Alabama
Of provisional Confederate congress, Flor
ence. Ala.
John NJ. Martin, member from Florida
of regular Confederate congress, Ocala,
Fla.
Augustus E. Maxwell, member from
Florida of Confederate senate. Pensacola,
Fla.
Thomas Menees member from Tonnes
see of regular Confederate congress, Nash
Vile, Tenn.
N. L. Norton, member from Missouri Of
regular Confederate congress-, Texas.
Jehu A. Orr, member from Mississippi Of
provisional and regular Confederate con-
crosses, Columbus, Miss.
Roger A. Pryor, member from Virginia
of provisional and regular Confederate
congresses, New York City.
James L. Pugh, member from Alabama
of regular Confederate congress, Eufaula,
Ala.
John p. Rails, member from Alabama of
regular Confederate congress, Gadsden,
Ala.
James G. Ramsey, member from North
Carolina of regular Confederate congress,
Salisbury. N. c.
John II. Reagan. member from Texas of
provisional Confederate congress, Austin,
Texas
Frank B. Sexton, member from Texas of
regular Confederate congress, FL Paso,
Texas.
George G. Vest. member of provisional
and regular Confederate congresses and
Confederate States senator from Missouri.
Sweet Springs. Mo-
Thomas Fl. Waul. member from Texas
of provisional Confederate congress, Ney-
land, Hunt county, Texas.
John V. Wright, member from Tennes-
see of regular Confederate congress,
Washington, d. c.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-28

Editor Journal: Words cannot possibly
express to you the full measure OF pleas
ure that has been enjoyed for so many
months now by many "old Rebs," who are
yet left in Dixie awaiting final orders to
strike tents and be ready to cross over
the River of Death and rest under the
shade of the trees. No one but a partici-
pant in those day of heroic sacrifice and
suffering can fully appreciate these bio
graphical sketches of the many scenes
that tried the patriotism and courage of
those who followed our battle cross
through so much blood and suffering for
four long; weary years.
Reading an article few days ago from
the pen of one of my old brigade, viz,
Bennings, giving some of the incidents of
the fall of Fort Harrison in the fall Of
1864, has tempted me to scribble little
myself and give you a few of my own rec
objections of that event.
Bennings' and Robertsons hrigades Of
infantry had been taken from the trenches
in front of Petersburg and sent to the
north side of Richmond to protect line
of works stretching out two or three miles
north and supporting Fort Harrison,
which was near James river. 1t was a
rare treat for us tosget rest from life in
the hot trenches and from the constant
care of lodging the crack of the sharp
shooters deadly rifle. 1t was during that
halcyon season of the year (September
when summer is quickly passing away
and the cool days of autumn are coming
in to sweeten the air and give new life to
the stagnant blood. We kept up strong
picket line some mile in front of our line
of works, and for weeks we kept the en-.
envy fooled as to our real strength. As
Mr. MeRae says, we soon established
truce between the pickets, so that for
several weeks we had no lighting at all.
What a glorious restit was for the John
mics after five months of constant and
hard campaigning from the Wilderness,
May 5th. till September. My brigade had
a most delightful place to camp, beau
tiful piece Of wooded land, with plenty of
shade to shelter us, good springs close by
to get drinking and cooking water and
large clear creek close by to battle in. 1t
was treat to see how the boys revealed in
these matchless, luxuries. You. could see
them sitting here and, there under nearly
every tree, writing to their best girl
back in Georgia. or to their precious loved
ones at home. Here with plenty of wood
and water convenient they could once
more enjoy the luxury of a billed shirt.
And now 1 wanted, to tell of something
that was to me the most remarkable thing
that l witnessed during the whole war.
While here enjoying our rest from war
prayer meeting was started among the
private soldiers. 1t soon began to grow
in interest and was taken charge of by
two chaplains Of the brigade, one Bap-