The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-10
WAS FIRST
ONE TO FALL
Captain John O. Mari Declared
to Have Been First Martyr
on Virginia Field.
VIRGINIA IN ROOMS REPORT !:
An Interesting List Of Relics
Received by the Room Dur
ing the Year.

Received by the Room Diff
ing the Year.
Mrs j. Taylor Elyson. vicc-regcnt Of
the Virginia room or the Confederate
Museum has mude a very interesting
report concerning the period from Decein-
hrr 6, 1908 TO March 80, 1904. Hero 1t Is;
Tho following donations of relics nave
been rccelved: Ia,
Richmond Sentinel, October 20 lsej'
given by Mrs. ]. Il. Jones, of Alexandr'a.
Va.
From Mrs. Floyd, OF Manchester, Va.
electoral ticket for President, JEFFERSON .1
Davis; Vice President, Alex. II. stephens.
Democratic ticket for President. James
buchanan: Vice President. John =.
1,rockenrIdgc; November a. 1854. Demo-
cratic ticket November 4. 1890 President.
John G. Breckenridge. KY; Vice-Pre's'l-
dent, Joseph Lane, OF Oregon.
Muster Roll Of Company 70, Ga ptia ia J.
sam Chapman, Of Colonel John =.
Mosby's command organized July %, l t''l !,
Presented by Captain w =. palmer..
Three copies Southern Illustrated News,
published February goth, March 9TH 3. ana ~,
March 18TH. donated w AL 80
Sings, Forth Worth, Tex
Two silver quarter dollars, which were
placed upon the eyes Of Najor-General
Il IL. b. Stuart after his death. May ~,
1864 TO keep them closed. Presented py
a. r. vcnablc, Jr, major and Inspector
generation General Stuart's staff G. $.
a. They are handsomely mounted on Sill
Syer through tho courtesy Of MIR. Joseph
Bryan. J,
scented BY Mrs. Joseph Bryan.
Pistol, captured April 9, 1865. at Apo
mattox Courthouse, Va, by John =.
BouldIn who was in charge OF tho
Fourteenth Virginia Cavalry g. >. ~,
commanded by u. z. Bouldin, ana sup
ported BY other cavalry, when two pieces
Of artillery were captured, the last by
tho Army Of Northern Virginia, present.
ed by Z. L, Bouldin.
Pistol OF Captain j. L. Snead, Company
II, Fourteenth Virginia Regiment, VIE.
ginia volunteers,5'A. N. v. i
sword OF Captain James Edward Tyler,
presented BY Captain John F.. Laughton.3
Hinge from door OF room In which
President Jefferson Davis was confined
in Carroll Hall, Fortress Monroe, Va,
presented By C. r. Holtzclaw, Hampton.
Va.
Reel made by a Confederate soldier IN
4. hospital in Richmond: presented by
Mrs. F.. r. southall.
Portrait OF Captain William r. Blssell,
Eighth Virginia Regiment, Pickett's Bril-
gade, killed in the charge on Cemetery.
Hill. third days flsht In battle of Gettys-
burg; presented by his son, W. F. Bissell.
of Easton, Pa.
A copy of Dixie" published In 1860.
as sung during the war, by Miss Sallie
Roberts; presented by George 2. Barks-
dale. NJ. D. s
Papers: THE Daily Citizen" ylcksburg.
Miss. Thursday, July 2, 1868; "The South
crn Illustrated News Richmond, Va,
Saturday, October IS, 1862; presented by
his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Virginia Dorsey
Lightfoot.
Reccipted dentists bill, February 80.
1855 for two engagements, costing $1,000.
Mahoney e. Hunt, dentists; presented BY
Mr.. .alilhiser.
Epaulets worn by Lieutenant Colonel
Joseph F. Kent. Fourth Regiment, Stone
wall Brigade He entered the Confederate
service as captain of the Wythe Grays.
a volunteer company raised by him in
1879, at the time of the John Brown
raid: presented by his daughter. Mrs.
George NJ. Harrison
Newspaper, THE Warrenton Flag"
Thursday. June 10. 1851. In which is a
notice of the skirmish at Fairfax Court
house. copied from the Richmond En-
quirer." from Richmond Dispatch"
Richmond Whig." June 5, 1861. and tho
Nashville, Tenn, Union and American"
This last paper heads It's article. THE
First Martyr. on a Virginia Battlefield"
The telegraph wires bring us the sad In
itelligence that Captain John @. Mari,
brother of our respected friend and as
sociate, Mr.. Thomas s. Mari, OF the
."union and American office, has been
the first soldier OF tho South to baptize
the soil OF the Old Dominion with his
patriotic blood In an engagement with
the enemy. Captain Mari was a member
of the convention which dissolved the re-
lations of Virginia to the old Federal
Union, He was before tho war a pro-
fessor OF tactics, etc, OF the Military
Academy at Lexington, Va, at the time
OF his fathers death, June 8, 1s4s. He
gave UP the hope of future eminence al
though assured Of progress in science. to
take up the duty OF caring for his
mother and orphan sisters. who had been
deprived Of support by tho death of his
father, Tho editor Of the ''Warrenton
Flag gives an interesting memoir Of the
life and character of this estimable gem
tleman and soldier. All of the press no
tees arc eulogistc, showing the high es-
TEEN In which he was held, In a former
report of the Virginia Room mention
is made Of the presentation of his uni
form. The valuable paper Is presented by
Mrs. N. v. Randolph. whose father was
Richard A. Weaver, who belonged to
Captain Marr's company. the Warenton
Rifles, and who died In Richmond May
Is, 1892 Tho paper was found In his coat
pocket, which had been sacredy pre-
served by his widow.
Cabinet OF war relics. presented to the
museum by the widow of w. w. Davies.
formerly messenger boy to President
Davis. through Mr.. John +. Mayer, cap
tain Company A, Third Battalion. Viz
gInia Volunteers, G. S. A.