The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-05

burma. and | dag carried through the var by fhe 9th regimsnt of Akansas ,infantry. and presented to the museum by tho Rov. Father Lucsy of Pine Blum.
 Tho TenneoDee Room.
 contains portr.:t of General Forrest. sent by. the Confederate Memorial Society the same organization: General Forrests field eiasses, presented by Mrs. Rose Thompson of Memphis, with pocket knife used by General Morgan on his famous raids. and donatsd by Mrs. Dr. Apscomb.
 in the Alabama Room.
 is an interesting picture of Jefferson Davis,s Inauguration. a fife played during the inauxural ceremonies, cloth manu- factured at Prattville for Confederate uni- forms, the nag which hoated over Gen. eral Kirby smiths tent, a battle flag made by the ladies of Mobile, and used during the siege of that city, donated by the late Geenral Dabny Maury; 'pof- trait of General Joe Wheeler; a sword, presented to General Clayton by the citi- gems of Barbour County; a copy of The New York Tribune. pierced with shot, which protected the life of Dr. Curry; a manuscript account Of the battle of Manansas, given by Augusta Evans Wil- son, and host of other valuable miscel- lanies.
 Prominent features of
 The Louisiana Room.
 
 are cases of immortelles In varied de- signs. used on President Davis's bier on the route from New Orleans to Richmond; flowers worn by the veterans of the army of Northern Wrsinia st his burial. I'D, Association of Louisiana on the same oc- ca sion, silver jewelry, made from coins by Confederate prisoners confined In New Orleans; the Louisiana coat-of-arms. carved with a penknife by George Hum Uhfeys of the Washington Artillery. while at Johnson's Island; with framed letters from Joseph B. Johnston, Beauregard and Judah P. Benjamin.
 Among the noteworthy objects in The Florida Room.
 Is spinning wheel used during the Rev olutionary and Civil Wars; the flag of the Marion Light Artillery, made of crepe shawl; . portrait of stephen Mallory. Secretary of the Navy, and Beauregard's 2 The Texas Room.
 boasts the only stained-glass window in the building. other features peculiar 10 lt being an iniaid memorial table to Albert Sidney Johnston from the citizens of Corsicana, with a carved memorial chair to General Magruder, from the Jenerson Davis Chapter of the Daughters or the Confederacy in Galveston. and a memo rial chair to T. A. Dafin from the em- ployes of the Houston and Texas Gen. trai Railroad of Ennis. A life-size pie ture of General Boone, from the ladies of Huntsville; the Texas coat-of-arms, from the pupils of the Sam Houston Nor nal Institute, and a handsome oil paint ing of Winnie Davis the gift of Mrs. Molly MacGill Rosenburg. of Galveston, are all features of this apartment.
 A relic in
 The Missouri Room.
 pointed out as the most beautiful in the building Is a sword, costing 1000 In gold Qts design representing the products of Missouri and iouisianal. presented to to New Orleans. A portion of flag car ried by his division. and donated by Mrs. Letitia lyle Sermple, the daughter of President Tyler, is another memento of the distinguished officer; other souye, mfrs being a Confederate taper wound about a bottle; clippings from St. Louis papers, published during the war; the rison of the Confederate States Navy. ''the hero of Mobile Bay a picture in memory of the killed and wounded of Guibor's battery. presented by the sur vivors: with the printed record of the Missouri Daughters of the Confederacy.
 ~iilberta s. Whittle.