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RATTLE or NEW MARK ET.
Another Criticism Of the Article Writ
ten by Cnpt. Hrucc. of Tom.

Editor of the Tines DISPATCH:
Sir was not a little surprised to
read IN recent issue of Your paper
an article from the pen of Captain
O. a. Bruce, Of Tennessee, which was
originally contributed to tho columns of
the Confederate veteran, in which lie
stated that IN the famous little battle
Of New Market which occurred on the
18th day of May 1864 the Cadet Rows
were confused and gave way" in their
charge against the Yankee battery.
Rn!ng a member of Company - of that
corps. and wounded In that fight, and
that too Immediately in front Of that
battery, my recoilections hf the action
( Of our NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. cannot
say that ! was as calm and cool as
| Captain Bruce claims he was--is very
| distinct, especially SO IN regard to the
Immediate CAPTURE of the Yankee bat,
terry: for IL was very near To, and i'm,
| mediately in front OF that Battery
whioh our corps. with fixed hayonetl
was charging at the time that ] wa
wounded In my right leg by canlste
hall fired from that battery, In a fey
moments the Yankees ran and In
battery was captured. and not III
then was I assisted from the field 10
| several of my comrades md carrie
f-Aks 70 the BusAong house. which pts
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government OF Great Britain would
consider the subject In friendly Tenn
per In the meantime Earl Russell In
formed Lord Lyons that Intelligence
Of a very grave nature had reached
Her Maiesty's government concerning
IAN act OF Violence, which was an al
front to the british flag and VIOLA
ton or International law"
In answer to Earl Russell's communl-
cation Mr.. Seward admitted the facts
to be az stated and explained that can
tain Wilkes had acted without any
direction or instruction, or even fore,
knowledge, on the part OF the uhileu
States government"
Fnilure Of His Mission.
After their capture, as above sta,eu,
they were detained as prisoners az BORT
Warren for y time, and then liberateu
and allowed to proceed on their 1oup-
ncy. Mr.. Mason made q most iaVoT,
able impression In England With 81
with whom he came In contact by nis
fine address and acknowledged SSH
IN matters OF diplomacy. He MADE y
host of friends among the people OF
Great Britain, and would have ae-
|compllshed tho object of his mission
hut for the earnest opposition OF Ear
Russell. There can BIO no doubt that q
lmpjorlty Of the English people We're "
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" TIMES DTsPATCF RICHMOND VA SUNDAY FEBRUARY o 19H

historic facts of tile case, wcro sta
toned DIN tto "lcft" of the CORPS. 70
firo lcft nbliauc into that battery.
willie as the battery was immeulatciy
in front OF our corps and TO the right
OF his company, Ills order should have
been. npd evidently was, TO flrc right
obliGuc.
Being shot in tho lower part ON my
leg and unable to walk. ! was left
flat on my back where I fell on the
field. and was naturally n very inter
ested mud nnNious spectator OF the
SUBSEQUENT movements of our army,
and distinctly saw every detail of the
movements OF botli sides until the
Yankees left their gums and our boys.
CALAMITY charging. cap tured the same.
These Incidents of TINT fight were
photographed on my memory never to
he cffaccd. XIX.
Among others making that heroic
charge was my old cllum aud COM
rade Dr. William Kirk, of Lancaster
county. whose coolness aud bravery
greatly impressed me. The cadets
never tailored. wnvercd, or gave way
at any point In that engagement, but
on tho contrary, with fixed bnyonets,
they steadily charged up to the Gun
non's mouth, drove tho Yankees away
from their guns, captured them. there
by contributing their share to the
winning of the day by General Brock-
.enridge's troops Respectfully,
G.. r. .GARNETT.
Poplar Grove. Mathews county.
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n temporary hospital for the wounded
In Tint fight.
/ was in the battle from the COM
mencement--saw Captain A. Govan
Hill when he was shot, which was
very carly in the engagement, and was
in n few feet OF Orderly Sergeant
Cabell and comrades Jones and Croc-
ltet when they fell Gall three being
from my company killed by the same
shell. We had fought through the
Bushong orchard and lot where the
great slaughter of our command oc-
Cured and I was wounded only few
moments before the battery was cap
tured and the battle won. and the
first inttmation l ever received OF any
"wavcrlng' or giving away of the
cadets at that time was from the
aforesaid article of Captain Bruce's.
The fact is. nothing OF the kind ever
took place; the captain is simply mis-
taken. just as much SO as he Is IN say
ing that he ordered his men. who. ac-
cordIng to his own stutement and the
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thorough sympathy with the confed-
era "a cause and desired recognition to
bs extended to us. But It was not
w vs. s In the stars that the Confed-
crate States were to no recognized as
free and independent and to take their
places among the family OF nations.
apa5 inst Overwhelming Odds they went
down in disaster and defeat, and the
flar which they had so long followed.
without single blot or stain, was
furlod forever at AppomattoX Court
house.
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tNo. 14os)
= I,irl,tfOOt.


The following is given by an Enter
ested READER" In Kentucky. as adj
itional to our article on the Light
foot family, issue of January s. 1908:
Dear Sir.---Thinking 1t may be OF In
terost to those Interested in the Light
foot family. which was In your
columns some time ago. I give the
following item:
Colonel Philip Lightfoot. member
az the council. married Mary
Armistead daughter of VIM. Armistead
and Ann Lee, daughter of Hancock
Lee, OF Northampton) This VIM
Armistead was descended from the
emigrant OF that name, who came to
Virginia In 1895. She had been married
before to James Bnrwcll, who died In
1918. She died Juno 30, 1775, aged
sevcnty-nine years. YOU notice the
second VIM. Lghtfoot has son named
Armistead, which was his grand
mothers maiden name. AS this II
from an authentic record, send !,
to BIO published II you SEQ tit.
as there a chance Of your repub-
fishing some OF the records of families
which have already appeared In your
paper, and II not, at what cost can q
typewritten copy bo obtained from
some OF those In your office7
'READER."
"Hopkinsville, KY"
lish back articles already given. A
typewritten copy of any of them car
be made for 10 cents per page.
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OF the Confederacy, II is indeed refresh.
ing to contemplate the character of a
man like Mr.. Mason. He was able.
pure, upright and statesmanlke. Such
was the integrity of his motives and
tho loftiness of his character that lie
would have scorned to flattev Nep-
tune for his trident or love for his
power to thunder,
"Ancient of days
August Virginia.;
Where ara thy men Of might
Thy grand in soul:
Echo answers. Wherein
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Savannah. Ca.
mo. 1890

tND. I95vl
New Version of the Payne Family.
This new version of the Payne
family has been sent us from most
reliable source, and. though already
many articles on the Payne family
have been given, yet we give place
10 this, as 1t contains many valuable
records of the family, all of which
were burned at whit Hail." and
Goochland Courthouse in 1872.
| In the year 1877 three brothers
(paynes) lived in Bedfordshirc. Eng
land. William, the eldest, was knighted
that year by King George II. Sir VIII
Iliam Payne, Tompsford. Bedfordshire,
| England. The other brothers, George
and Robert, came To America II think
the same year,. Robert. the youngest,
went to Fauqulcr. RE was ancestor of
Bishop John Payne. for a long time
missionary Bishop of Africa, George.
| the second son. took possession of
lands, by grant from King George. In
what Is now Goochland, buckingham
Bedford and Campbell counties, and
on the Dan River. in the southern part
| of Virginia and northern part OF North
Carolina.
George Payne's eldest son. Colonel
John Payne. OF White Hall by the
laws OF primogenitnre, inherited q
4
white HALL" Goochland county.
/ George, second son of George Payne.
do not remember where his lands
|lay. but think were In Goochland. He
II had three sons-Colonei George, the
4 eldest; William and Joscph-and two
daughters.
Robert, third son of the first George,
my ancestor and Mrs. SMadison's, had
lands in Goochlaal and on the Dan
| River His home was In Goochland,
"Plynlemon,"t the family seat My grand
mother and Mrs. Madison both told mo
they spent much of their carly life
together at "Plynlemon."
Colonel John Payne was twice mar
ried-nrst, to Miss Weber. There were
two sons of this marriage; John, the
eldest. was sent to Elton and then to
oxford or Cambridge, England. While
at the university lie died, before COM
Ipleting his education. Archibald the
second son. married Miss cambridge.
la granddaughter Of Governor spots
wood.
i Colonel Johns second wife was Mrs
4 chichester (nee Jane SMITH, the wldo"
! of an Englishman Of rank and "ealtn'
There We're five sons of this marriage
and three daughters.
Smith, the eldest, married Marsaret
/ Payne, his second cousin. daughter OF
II Colonel George Payne AMI Sranauausi
, ter of Sir Jonathan BeckW1th, OF olu-
borough, Yorkshre England.
George Woodson Payne married Polly
! cambridge, -,
Philip married Miss cambridge all
granddaughter of Governor spots-
wood.
Robert married Elizabeth. another
daughter of Colonel George Payne.
Chichester married third daughter
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"HonkinsyiIIe. Nv"
(No. 1870
'rnylOf.

In reply to our correspondent, wv.
N. r." Kcpova. w. Va, will say that
we published an article on the Taylor
family, July 10, 1904, and also on Au-
gust 7th of same year, In each of which
the family OF General Zachary Taylor
is mentioned. Copies OF these papers
cannot now he supplied. but type
written copies can be made.
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(No. 1889
Thornton.

Editor Genealogical Column:
Sir,--I am searching for the Thorn
ton family that intermarried with tho
Hunton or Huntoon family The only
clue is that Fanny III. Thornton, whose
mother was q Miss Hunton, married
- Dags. The name Fanny or
Francis would seem to indicate a
descent from Francis Thornton and his
wife Frances Gregory. I should like to
learn of Fanny Thornton's ancestry.
Your help will be appreciated.
INTERESTED READER.
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(No. 1929
McItuc.

Editor Genealogical Column:
Sir,--I am anxious to learn some.
thing of the ancestry of the McRae
family. Two brothers came to America,
one locating in North Carolina and the
other in Virginia. Please describe their
coat of arms. Will you also give the
Bracy and Darlington families. with
coat OF arms? u. 3.
Neither of tho above families do we
find coat OF arms for, hut will give
what can be found In our next.
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(No. 1880
Observation-Disclosures

Editor Genealogical Column:
Sir,-Can YOU put me in communities
ton with the writer of the above arr
ticle in your Genealogical Column.
dated May 3, 1907? Will you answer in
your next Sundays paperg
A DESCENDANT OF CAPT. THOMAS
WEST AND MARTHA COLE.
Marion, Va.
Write to Mrs. Mamie T.. Quarlcs.
1917 West Grace street Richmond. Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-09
INC Hanging Committee.

Mr.. p.wtham.--Why, Jennie,
What the ---!
Mrs. Puttup- Witham.--Hush, James,
she may be listening. It's BridGets
new crayon portrait which she thought
would look better here in the library
than upstairs in her room.--Puck.
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CONFEDERATE POET
ON JOHNSON S ISLAND
Lines Written by Lieutenant
Edward A. Holmes, Who Was
in That Frozen He'll"
a..nr of 40 rlmes .pispatch:


4 sir.-Beforo IeavinS my home in
| Virginia, the daughter of Captain VIII
liam Il. Peery. of Taaewell, Virginia.
who commanded Company ], 10th Vir-
i 4.,inia Cavalry of volunteers, IN the
| Army of the Southern Confederacy.
brought me her fathers album, kept
by him while a prisoner of war on
.Johnson's Island, Lake Eric. IN which
ii found the beautiful poem inclosea,
I and which remembered as authehtlc
| and much priced by Captain Peery... u
was in the company of this gallant
captain that | served as Confeder-
ate soldier. He lost his right arm "a at
! Boonsborougb, Maryland on the
retreat of the Army of the confed-
eracy. after the battle of Gettysburg,
In the summer of 1853: was captured
i and imprisoned in that frozen hell.
In Lake Erie until the close OF the war.
There was confined with Captain
Peery brilliant officer, an English
man, Lieutenant Edward A. Holmes. OF
the 21st Virginia Regiment of cavalry,
commanded by Colonel William u.
Peters. as YOU know before and after
the war a member of the faculty of
the University of Virginia. Lieuten :
ant Holmes was brother of the late
George Frederick Holmes. himself also
q professor of the same university.
The poem which | send you was writ
tened by Lieutenant Holmes while In
prison in the album of Captain Peery.
lieutenant Holmes was an English
subject while in the service of tho
Confederacy. and like most loyal
Englishmen, deferred his acquisition
of American citizenship as long as
possible. never being naturalized until
gone time after the termination of the
war.
Resided in Tazcwcil.
My early boyhond years were spent
near him. in Tazewell county Virginia
where he and his brother, the profess
sor, resided in n place high among the
mountain peaks called "Tanglowood.'
was often with Lieutenant Holmes
although much older than !. lie waa
picturesque man. conviViai in his
habits. cultivated, entertaining and full
of adventure and sentiment. | have
been informed that he was horn II
Georgetown, Demerara, British Guinea
while his father was holding thu
position of Judge Advocate and Proc
ter of Admiralty of some of the British
provinces of South America, and n
the age of about three years wa
taken to Sunderland. County of Dur
ham, England,
Lieutenant Holmes was an accom-
plshed civil engineer and surveyor
He laid out on paper the town o
Duluth, Minnesota which town wa
afterwards ridicued into immortalit
by Proctor Knott. but notwithstand
ing, is now great city.
Lieutenant Holmes died in razewel
county, December 1887. ] consider III
poem I inclose a beautiful gem foun
on that melancholy island. | send
to revive in a modest way the nam
of a gentle, noble Englishman, who's
starved but brave form, clad In tn
ragged gray, floated out Of tina
alien lake in the gray mists of a Ma
morning of 1865, to wander to a
adopted home among the mountains o
Virginia. with no other fortune say
his proud. brave heart and a stainles
character. Respectfully.
SAMUEL CECIL GRAHAM.
City Point Florida.
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Johnson's Island.

Johnson's Island.
Oh! who has not heard of that isle
ia Lake Erie.
SO guarded to-day; so UNDECIDED be-
Where t7t. brave and tho loyal stroll
listless and weary,
Their thoughts far away from Its
low sandy shore?
The sun rises red DER thy waters, LAX,
Erie.
And sladdens the day with its ricl
golden hue
! Oh! who will, eer tell of the thought.
sad and drearY,
Now. casting such gloom DER the
brave and tie true?
When cannon doomed loud midst tn,
storm of the battle
And riders tay .brcathless, thoil
horses all foam
Those hearts that MEIER quailed mids
the musketry's rattle
Is Now melt when they think of doa,
faces az home.
The busle call wakes with its lou,
From nights fitful slumhcrs, thos
heroes so true.
From sweet dreams of Dixie uncon
Guored and free
To muse and to stroll till the soun
oh! who would have thought If
prophet had told us
81 few years ago, that such thing
could eer be.
That strangers might come and
prison behold us.
Confined in a land that still CLAIM
to be free2
The storm blasts of winter sweep CO.
Ger Lake Eric,
In silence we bare our lost conrad
TO rest:
No more will they stroll midst IL
listless and weary;
They sleep their last sleep in I'll
Isle of the West,
Johnron's Island. Goth Oct 1854,
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rho front Affair.

tho IrSut ~AiAN'A'
While Mr. Mason was member of
the Provisional Congress AT Mol'Son-
cry, he was charged WITH q very dcll-
cate and important mission, Whlch re-
qlircd the exercise of inilnlte tact and
consummate wisdom. He was APPOINT
ed In 1861 as commissioner OF the Cons
federate States to tho government or
Great Britain. At the same tlme MI
John Sldell, of Louisiana received y
similar appointment to the repunNc OF
France, Tho two met at Rlehmohd on
the a4th day OF Septemhcr ana pro
ceeded to Charleston, $. Cn AZ when
point they embarked for HaVaha,
Clothed with full power for naKlng
treaties and with i all the necessary
credentials, they went as passehBers ",
hoard British merchant yessei cai,ea
the Trent, lying at Havana, ana sa.leu
for England, Captain CharleS VINES
Of the United States Navy, ooHlllaha ., = y
the United States sloop-ol- WAT ahn
Jacinto, intercepted the trent on wv
| high seas, and, against tho earl'esc ~
test OF her captain. forctblY Try iei ~.
Messrs. Mason and Slidell 70 .ie oaN
Japinto,
This action on tho part OF captain
Wilkes produced decided s ~, Y.
and Involved his government N a's
agreeable dilemma. Mr. seWanu ~ :,
rotary OF State, imnledlateY Wavaa ~
| Mr. Adams, United States fll..'a,a -, -
London, tnat In the capture y. r,r,tisl
Mason and Slidell on boaHa ,v,th.
vessel. Captnn Wilkes nag aussa ,,a,.n
out any instructions from Nln ~ w ~.
lment, and Expressed the nope '4lN -,
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t,,Il|II Az = Ghp GlmeS Q(gpattb ID
1S wv @ @ enc enc 0GI CAL COLUMN
QUERIES AND LETTERS.

search. though their lines have eS-
tended to mnnX parts Of tho country.
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(No. 1880
nrn0ks.

Mr.. Editor-Under mo. 1850 Brooks,
in issue of December sth, you stated
that you would publish In your next
Information relating TO VIM. Brooks.
OF King and Queen county. We fear
other matters have made you over
look this, as we have searched In vain
since the date mentioned for the in
formation. Can we look for this In
formation In tho near future7
Yours truly,
Savannah, Ga A. II, X.
Yes, sickness and large pile of
previous requests have prevented us
from complying az promptly an we
intended, but the matter shall be
looked up as soon as possible.
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The Civilian Leaders Of the Confederacy
BY John Goode, of Virginia
Sometime Member Of the Confederate Congress, Of the Virginia
Secession Convention Of the Congress Of the United States and
President Of the Virginia Constitutional Convention Of 90l2
A NATURAL PublIcist.

raids and Moses Hunter. the best wit Of
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FROG, White Suffrage.

In 1929 the Legislature called con-
Vention to amend the Constitution OF
Virginia. In the discussion that arose
Mr. Mason advocated strongly the prop
ositon that the political power of a
community should be vested alone In
the free, white people of the Common
Il L L.
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William B. Chamberlayne was
notary public, and was connected with
| the old Exchange Bank. All OF the
! Chamberlaynes We're members or the
Monumental Church. and took an ac-
tive part in its establishment and sup
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-08-08

AUR Plan is to make every piece
" OF printing which is turned out
OF this office a good ADVERTISE
ment for us, and for this very reason
we never allow piece of work to go
out OF the house until it is neatly and
correctly executed. 1t is certainty
that you will get a neat and correct
Job when you give us your printing.
1t you ever have difficult piece of
work we would like to quote prices
on it. There is no necessity for your
sending elsewhere for your printing
The Washington herald., 1908-05-06
dc proposed probation Commission.

a bill has been favorably reported 10
the Senate for the establishment in the
District of probation and parole system
for the treatment Of first offenders. It
provides for a probation commission 10
serve without compensation, and for a
paid stan Of eight or nine probation Of
ficers, the whole, including Office ex-
penses, TO cost something less than So 90
annually. Judges of the criminal courts
are given authority 10 suspend sentence
where the reformation OF the prisoner
seems possible. or 10 parole prisoners al
ready serving sentence on promise of
good behavior The bill has the approval
OF the District Commissioners, of the
Chamber Of Commerce. the Board of
Trade, and the judges who sit in tAe
criminal courts. Il seeks to apply the
principles Of dealing with persons charged
with minor offenses which have proved
efacacious in several States, resulting in
d reduction Of the cost of enforcing the
criminal law, as well as in the restora~
ton Of "a large majority of the offenders
to self-respeeting position IN the com
munity
Senator Dillingham's report on the bill
estimates that the proposed probation
commission would be likely to deal with
an average Of S,400 cases annually. in
cluding both adults and juveniles. BY
keeping that many persons out of prison,
it is thought the District would save
something like $4,000 at a cost Of $4,000.
These figures are admittedly somewhat
speculative, but it appears pretty certain
that in any event the probation service
would more than pay for itself. The main
object Of the law is not. however, to save
money but 10 save human character.
Where the probation system has been
tried, reports of probation officers show
that many persons have been rescued
from the blight of prison life and re-
claimed to useful pursuits and exemplary
conduct Such results cannot be accu-
rately appraised in terms Of dollars and
cents
The bill oontemplates also parole Of all
inmates OF penal institutions whose rec
ord and habits indicate that they may
be released with benefit to themselves
and without danger 10 the community
Prisoners released on parole. like those
under probation, remain under the super
vision Of the probation officers. The ad-
vocates Of the probation and parole sys-
tenn believe that it tends to diminish
crime and TO prevent the wreckage Of
human character in penal institutions. It
has worked we'll in juvenile cases, and
merits trial in dealing with adult Of
tenders