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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-30
CHINA DOLL THAT
WENT THROUGH WAR
Spent Over Three Years in KNAPP.
sack OF a Brave Confederate
Soldier.

Iii the fall OF 1862, while on a leave
-of absence from the army, spent
several days at my home In Goochland
county, and met many Of my friends
and schoolmates. male and female;
the great, majority of them being
females, as nearly all OF the young
men and boys OF my youth were In
the army. Amongft the girls there were
several OF my schoolmates with whom
/ spent most happy and pleasant
tire. But as all things must have an
erd, the time Of my leave of absence
| expired. and ! had to return to the
army. Three or four OF the girls pre-
santed me with little present when
felt. and among the lot was very
small china doll, I was particularly
pleased with the baby. as 1t came
| from the one with whom l was most
| pleased The doll was very handsome
! ~ and neatly dressed. and looked too
soldiers knapsack. When T. reached
camp. as had no Where else could
conceal her, as, did not want to
have the boys know anything about
1 my having the doll in camp al knew
/ they would tease and worry me about
It, placed her in q very secure po-
i sition among the few clothes that |
4 carried and there she remained until
4 the lAth of April. 1865.
On the 9th of April we fought the
battle of Sailors Creek. and our COM
Mand. which was In General l1wel's
Corps, along with the general and al
or his staff. after hot and stubborn
fight We're made prisoners, We
had been on the march since the night
A OF April I'd Oh very short rations, ant
by that time had not eaten anything
for about thirty hours, and the mel
We're all badly In need of rest, sleeY
Rand food. After the fight as we wer,
na..l cNnt,, n 4
| the guards who was marching nea
me very kindly oft cred me some ia
pork and bareback, which / divide,
with Y comrade by my side. shall
. always remember that man With kind
Il ~ feelings. lie gave me his name unt
, ! regiment and corps, hue / have for
Il gotten all except the corps. Ills regi
ment was attached to the Sixth Arm
Corps connnanded,I think, b. eithe
Generals Wright or ORD, Tho neX
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-30

Though there was given in Issue
of Juno 2, 1907, full sketch and coat
of arms for the Dickinson family.
which some consider tho same as that
of Dickinson" yet we here produce
the arms of the Dickinson family as
taken from "Burke's Landed Gentry"
to substantiate our statement that the
two families are distinct and different
The lineage as given by Burke Is as
follows:
The Rev. William Dickinson, near
oxford, England, married Mary, daugh-
ter OF Edmund Colepepper, of Kent
county. He had two sons: 1st, Or. ed :
mund Dickinson, physician to Carlis'
Cd. 1907; I'd. Francis Dickinson, born
1892; married, 1862. Margaret, daugh-
ter Of Stephen Crook. They had a
son. Caleb Dickinson, born 1870; his
son. William. was born 1875. who was
q member Of Parliament from sussex;
he had son, William, born 177l, also
| a member Of Parliament from Somer-
set. Their arms are described as "Or, y
bend engraiied. between two lions,
rampant gules." No crest or motto
It is not certain that the Virginia
Dicknsons are descended from this
branch. but we give 1t to- show that
the families spelling the name Dick
| enson and Dickinson were distinct In
1 England .isg
"A correspondent writes us. II am in
1 clined to take issue with you Sabout
! the Dickinson and Dickerson names be.
i Ing distinct In small volume printed
In 1888, giving the Dickinson reunion
ut Amherst, Mass. with much Dickin-
son history, ia quote. I'VE naturally
| feel that our way OF spelling the
name Is the correct one, and as mos,
of us have not been in the habit oil
ascending beyond our grandfather II
tho ancestral line, we hold fast to the
middle syllable he gave US, and to re-
gard the differing syllable which oul
kinsman's grandfather bequeathed (
him. as undoubtedly spurious. I dis
like to feelEthat good Deacon Nathanie
was wrong for once in his life. when Ii.
spelled his name with an in,' but thu
facts seem to be against him. Thu
ems have the right OF 1t. and car
trace their photography back In tru,
ers." Under the head of branches from
symon and Catheryne Dickenson" ar
the following: About 1875, Symol
! Dickinson. of Bradley Staff, marie,
Catherrye, only daughter OF Godfrey
Dudley. second son of Edward. ST.
Lord Dudley. and had three sons
LIST, Edward I'd, William; Sd. Charles
who married Rachael Carter, dying \
1888; they left Walter, Henry an
John, these three came to Virginia Il
1854; Walter, in 1860, settled In Trappe
Talbot county. Md. where he lice
1851. BY Jane Garrett he left WI
liam Dickinson, who married Ellzabet
Powell, and dying in I'LL, left Samue
who by Mary Cadwaladcr. mis- secon
wife. left Governor John Dickinson
of Delaware and Pennsylvania; an
General Philemon, OF New Jersey.
or Henry. the second Of tho tire
brothers, we know nothing furthe
than that he settled IN Spottsylyani
county. His most distinguished dc
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-30
EXPERIENCE IN THE
WAR HOSPITALS
Interesting Paper Read Before the
Daughters Of the Confederacy
at Waynesboro. J,

The story of the experience OF James
Is Roden In Wlnder Hospital during
the war was prepared and read be-
fore the Wpynesboro Chapter, Daugh.
tors of the Confederacy by Mr..
Roden. si
Mr.. Roden was a member Of Com
pany Z, Seventh Louisiana Regiment,
Wheats Battalion. Hays's Brigade. He
As one Of Augusta county,s most sub
stantial citizens, having resided at
Wnynesboro for many years me
story Is given below:
1.-THE hospital experiences of an old
Confedernte during the war was not
always very agreeable. as this Will
show, yet there were scenes and In
cidents that we enjoyed,
II was wounded on the skirmish
line near Spotsylvania Courthouse on
the morning Of May IS, 1864 AS the
balls We're flying pretty thick, my
FIRST concern was to kpow how to get
To the rear. ! made afstart, and when
lapproachlng the regiment. the boys
began to quiz me; %, yes, don't play
or that way; you just want fur
| Tough, 1 passed TO the field hospital,
! where the doctor examined my wounds
and told me he would have to perform
an operation. When asked II amputa-
| ton would be necessary. he said, Not
Just now This was not very COM
4 fcrting. as 1t left the impression that
HI might be later,
"rhc operating table was barn
\ door set on two trestles, When on the
/ table, ch!oroform was administered
/ and it WAS reported that while thu
doctor performed the operation tho
A patient sang The l3onny Blue Flag
Il ard other war songs.
Immediately following this opei.i,
n tlon 1t was reported that Grants arm!
lad turned our right flank and cap
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-30

tb ~ and Hdnry Blunt, UP to the year
lslo, thus establishing tho fact that
ana FAMILY was largely known and
established in that section.
mo next location for most of the
Blunt family is II, Spotsylvanin. where
some or them settled about 100; for In
that year Michael Blunt and his wife.
Elizabeth. sold lands in tho county up
TO the year 1892. ut which time he had
disposed OF nll the lands he had In the
county. This Michael Blunt could not
write his name. all the deeds he gavo
are signed with nm x. which was often
done by even wealthy men Mt that day.
The sons and daughters Of this
Michael Blunt are not given. and It In
to be regreatted that so%llttle is to be
found OF them but the name In Yir-
Elnia may have assumed that OF
'Blount," of which there are many, and
as with many Other names OF the first
| settters which underwent these
changes, have caused much perplexity
20 the genealogist who attempts to
trace the original name.
Davis Family.
Inc Davis family Of Virginia was
given In Issue OF December 80. 1906
put doea not touch upon Jefferson
DaViss family, who were OF the South.
and very few Of his connections were
| Virglnians.
". LOgw0od.
by request tie following Is all that
| can be found OF this family:
rms very uncommon name Is found
but twice among the early writer's.
once by Hening in Vol. xI, p. 43l, az
| william Logwood,' who may have
peen the emigrant, but does not state
where from or when located. Bishop
Meade speaks OF the next one as Ed
nund Logwood, who was vestry,nan
~ the Church OF Cumberland County
| about 1850. and II may be Inferred the
FAMILY were principally located there.
Bnrrell Logwood was doubtless de
seconded from the above, though his
/ hnfse Ia not found after close
The Gates family will be given in
our next issue, but our information is
limited. Yet Constant Reader, shall
have what can BIO gathered.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-30

ton and directed that everything re-
main where they We're until the next
morning. a few days after the girls
brought the doll to me thoroughly
cleaned aud nicely dressed. but found
that she had lost one arm and one
leg while in the army; while | came
through without any serious injury.
1t is now fortytwo years since, this
occurred. and ] think that the doll is
still in existence, slowed away among
the paythlngs of one of these girls
of 1865. now grown to be old ladies in
1907. l met the girl who presented me
with the doll q few days after I
reached home. and was cordially greet
ed by her. and we spent many pleas
ant and happy hours together. but
she had other admirers. and finally
she married. but 1t was the other fell
low. She has now passed over tho
river and Is resting under the shade
OF the trees, This ends the story of the
| little china doll who spent three and
a half years in the knapsack Of a
Confederate soldier,
| J. B, CARTWRIGHT.
Formerly OF Guys Battery. Goochland
Artillery.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-30
Queries and Letters.
Preston.

i Il
Tlmes-D ispatch:
! am sure you have tho thanks OF
many for the family pcdigrccs pub
lished In your Sunday edition., and
presume they are intended to draw
out" from .muEty closets" valuable i'm
formation on that lone. and therefore
you VIII not object to some corrections
DR. Richard Madison did not marry Miss
Preston. Colonel William Preston, only
son OF Col. John Preston and Elizabeth
Eaton. WAS born !If>Jreiand. Dec rs.
1929. and brought to America ABOUT
1875, William married SUSANNA Smith,
daughter OF Francis Smith and his wife.
Miss Waddy, OF Hanover county Va;
Susanna was born February 9,}l739, and
died Mt 'Smthfield,' Va, IuDe q, 1873.
eighty -four years four months and
nineteen days old. william died July.
20, 1851. The oldest child Of William
and Susanna Preston was 'Elizabeth.
born May 81, 1862, and married Wlt-
liam s. Madison. Only two of their
children grow UP. Susan married Hon.
John Howe Pcyton, and left one child.
William Madison Peyton Agatha mar
ried a brother of Mr.. Peyton and left
children. William S. Madison and his
wife, Elizabeth Pres ton. lived in Mont
gomery county, Va, and called their
home '.Madisonville." General Francis
Preston, son OF Colonel William Pres
ton and his wife. Susanna Smith, mar
Tried Sally Buchanan Campbell. only
lchild (who lived to maturity of Cen
Ieral William Campbell. and his wife,,
Betsy Henry, OF Hanover county. They
were married at Mr., Thomas Madison's,s
her uncle and guardian. In Botetourt
county, Eat his seat called The Stone
| House, This. with much else I have
| in Memoranda on Various Subjects
for the Information of Those Who
Come After Me-" by General Francis
Preston, September q, 1898
Fror. "a PRESTON"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-30
DRUMS AND CoLoRs.
(By w. Seward Wallace.)


cat the battle Of New Market. May
15, 1864, the cadets of the. Lexington
Academy went into battle, drove in
the Union line captured McLaughlin's
guns. and decided the battle for the
Confederates They had never been In
battle before)
Hark, IT'S the stirring n!ght-alarm-
The sharp. shrill bugle blast.
The regiment Is called to arms,
Wake. comrades,-war at last.
We rally on parade, and hear
That Shcridan's In sight,
And at the news we loudly cheer
Our drums and colors white.
we may be young cadets, whose war
Has been the dress parade:
And veterans may scorn us-for
Our say has not been said:
But If they need US in the field,
They've but to march us there.
To death alone we've sworn to
our drums. ana colors fair
We're going into battle. boys,
We're on the shell line now,
Above our heads they burst and poise
In cuffs as white as snow.
Steady, there In the ranks march
See. forward there, against the
Our drums and colors stand.
Our companies are swinging, on
The right flank, into line.
The mimic halls sing deadly song
Beyond that grove OF pine.
Those men in blue are breaking
through
They sweep across the farm.
It's left to us II they shall do
Our drums and colors harm
'The centre screams an orderly.
Can scarcely hold It's own"
1.-THE left can spare no men, cries he
(. You must go In alone. "s,3iaal
\ Amid the crash Of ordnance.
The stunning shells discharge.
Our pale young bugler sounds
/ "Advance."
i Now. drums and colors.-Charge!
I'VE pour into that awful hell
/ Amid a whirl Of flames;
+ The Union guns squirt shell on shell
The hot lead kills or mains.
A With broken front our lads are
hurled
u Against fine cheering foo.
While onward. through tho con
flict whirled,
Our drums and colors go.
Those gunners work their guns red-ho
TO tear our ranks In two
We cross that smoking. bloody. SPOT
Scarce conscious what we DO.
We've got the guns! They're fly
ing, men! IS
Our ga.llan.. charge is done.
But all. tho price it cost us whel
t our drums and colors won!
i The work is done, the battle won,
g We're going back to school;
!. Tho hands that fought with swor
@ and gun
Q Return to book and rule.
: but snddened hearts and empt
chairs,
:. And desks untenanted,
Y Attest what sacrifice was theirs
y The drums and colors led.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-30

The Dicknsons of Virginia descend
chiefly from Henry, father Nathaniel
father OF John, who wns q sergeant in
the Revolutionary Army he married
Ann Quarlesi their SON. Nathaniel.
married Miss Martha Grey; tho next
came Hugh Mercer Dickinson, OF
Mercer Hall" Spotsylvania county He
married Miss Susie Mansfield, OF Louisa
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-30
Skip-IleudinE.

Sklp-reading Is an accomplishment
Of our own time. An ordinary man
or woman of to-day can extract all
the requisite information out of a
newspaper in less than five minutes
by the exercise of this new sense
for 1t is little else than this, The eyes
race down column, pi k up inGtinc-
tlve'y an essential word here and
there, and the brai,Il' fills In tho inter-
walls intelligently, producing a precis
which Is sufficient for the puspose--
London Graphic
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-06
LAYOUT APPROVED After Three Months of De- lay City Gives Per
 mission. TEXT OF VOTE CHANGED Trolley Company Kicked at Order Form Causing
 Trouble.
TEXT OF VOTE CHANGED

For the second time the layout of tracks proposed by the Connecticut company for Chapel and State streets to connect with the new viaduct which is to be built to carry the trolley cars to the new Union station when it is com pleted has been passed by the board of aldermen and approved by the mayor, The first order was read before the board for the first time on June and at a meeting two weeks later was pass ed. The mayor signed the permission June 17 and it was sent to the com pany. The wording of the permission did not suit the company, however be- cause there was a clause in 1t which appeared to \ direct what kind of rails they should lay and how they should lay them so they requested the railroad committee to have the word- ing changed. The part objected to read "and further that all the track work included in this permission shall be of the grooved construction or double guarded, the guards on the outer rails of curves and on both rails of the straight track to be level with the rail-
 The objection was made on the ground that the city had no right to
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-06
DIVIDEND PASSED IN PETERBOROUGH Company Formerly Paid Five Per Cent. Year
 ly on Preferred
 Stock. COMING CHANGES
 ONE OF CAUSES Denial That Action Pre- sages Receiver for Hold ing or Subsidiary
 Corporations.

New York, Sept. 5---Another chap ter to the story of the financial affairs of the Interborough- Metropolitan company, which controls all the trac- ton, elevated and subway lines in Manhattan, was added to-day when the directors of the company passed the quarterly dividend on the prefer red stock. The company had previous ly paid 1 IA per cent on its $45, 000,- 900 of preferred stock. The directors declare that the present conditions of the money market and the uncertain ty as to what changes may be ordered by the public service commission were the causes that led up to the passage of the dividend to-day. The company's stock has declined nearly 50 points since the beginning of the year and the news of the passing of the dividend had little effect on the stock market. Interest attaches itself to the dividend action on the stock of the Metropolitan Street railway, which will be taken shortly by the directors of the New York City Railway com pany the lessee of the Metropolitan company. The directors of the New York City Railway company will meet tomorrow, but it is said will defer any dividend action until later.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-06
(Continued on Third Pake.J
Continued on Third PaBe.) ITALIAN MUSICIAN HURT FIGHT IN DYKE SALOON Proprietor and His Son Are Stabbed by Unknown
 Assailant.

While interfering in row over for ty cents between Dominick Ciaramet- te, saloonkeeper on the dyke" on Water street, near Commerce, toward the closing hour last night, Adolpo Merlin, member of the famous Ital- ian band, headed by Giuseppe San- telle, was seriously cut in the side by Ciaramette's debtor, who later disap- peared. The name of the assailant has not yet been ascertained, and De- festive Ward is investigating. Merli was playing pool with fellow musician, Bacconi.
 Whn Merlin interfered the unknown man had already cut Dominica Clara mette in the hand and when his son, Ralph Ciaramette tried to protect his father, stabbed him in the arm. The elder Ciaramette and Merh were taken to the New Haven hospital and the younger Ciaramette to the police sta- tion and charged with breach of the peace.
 None of those engaged in the fight are dangerously hurt. Ralph Clara mette said at the police station when asked by Dr. Spier why he became involvd in the fight he answered Pro- teeting the old man"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-06
WORK OF EXTENSION Stone Dumping for Length ening Outer Break
 water. 600 FEET TO BE ADDED Addition Will Protect the Lower Harbor from South
 west Storms.
500 FEET TO BE ADDED

Work on the extension of the break water at the har1bor entrance which Is to be enlarged by the addition of 500 feet to its western end has commenced.
 Yesterday the tug Atkins Hughes and the large two-derrick lighter were on the scene busily engaged. The lighter was heavily loaded with stone which it is now dumping. The work will be pushed forward to completion as rapidly as possible.
 The contract for the work is held by Hughes Brothers and Bangs, of New York, who have just completed an ad- dition to the Harbor of Refuge, at Point Judith! R. l.
 The addition will protect the lower harbor from southwest winds to which it is fully exposed at present, and will also offer shelter for the deepest draft vessels ever brought through the sound, as there is a depth of 2S to 30 feet behind the proposed extension and 23 feet is the deepest draft that Race and City Island, although the feat of bringing through 26 feet has been accomplished.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-06
WILL BE RAISE FOR M'HUCH FINANCIERS CONSENT No Formal Vote Taken but Voucher Will Be
 Approved.

The meeting held by the board of finance yesterday afternoon was a lengthy one in time consumed because there were a great number of routine bills to be signed, which occupied time, but in the line of new business there was little before the meeting Controller Rowe informally announced that he would like to have MT. Me Hugh, who is taking Mrs. Santy's po- sition In his office, receive $2 more a week than was formerly paid for the position and the general consent of the members to this was expressed. There was no vote taken on the mat ter, action being left until the pay voucher for $15 week comes in for approval, when the board will go on record on the matter It was under stood that the board was agreeable to the raise, however, and the voucher will be made out in that amount
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-06
COUNSEL FOR COMMISSION YALE MAN APPOINTED George Bartholomew, Who Graduated in 1900, Going
 to Panama.

George Bartholomew of Ridgedeld. and of the class of 1900, Yale acad- emic department, has been appointed assistant attorney on the isthmus for the Isthmian Canal commission and Panama Railroad company, according to a despatch from Washington last night.
 MT. Bartholomew was very popular while in Yale and was we'll known as a debater Soon after he graduated he took up the study of law, first practising in RidgefieId, Conn, and later entering the office of the firm of Cravath, Henderson & deTiridorff in New York. Mr. Bartholomew is at present in New York.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-06
Declares That Official Will Soon Acquire Title of the "Great Post
 poner.
DOES HE CONTROL
 THE NEXT CONGRESS
Tells Oklahomans Their Constitution is Even
 Better Than the
 United States.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Sept 5-Ten thousand persons tonight heard will liam J. Bryan reply to the recent ad- 5000 persons, unable to gain admit tance to the auditorium, attended an dress of Secretary of War Taft, on the Oklahoma political situation, and, overfowe meeting.
 Mir Bryan was enthusiastically re- ceiyed. In addition to scoring ecreta- ny Taft soundly for condemning the proposed constitution for Oklahoma and attacking the views of the secre- tary of war on national policies, MT Bryan declared that the constitution of the proposed new state is even better than that of the United States
 Secretary Taft in his speech made in this territory few days ago, ad- vises the people to reject the proposed constitution and postpone statehood until another enabling act can be se- cured. tAt first blush one might sus- peet that the secretary's advice was due to his personal interest in the next election, but the more generous view is that his advice resulted from his habits of thought. Taft is inclined to postpone everything. He promises to acquire the title of the great postponer. He is on his way to the Philippines to tell the Fillipinos that, while he thinks they ought to have elf-government after awhile, he wants it postponed for the present It is not strange, therefore, that he should yield to his ruling spirit in the matter of state- hood and tell you to put it off
 He holds out to the people the hope of another enabling act, but what as- surance can be given that a republican congress will act immediately to bring in democratic state just before a presidential election?
 Docs he control this congress te such an extent? His influence as g presidential candidate, cannot yet bt measured, for not 8 single state has ye instructed for him.
 "Why does he advise you to rejec the constitution and postpone state hood? Because he is opposed to somt
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