The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-31

the gtreets. Even IN lts illsHt tne
town found Its safety, the rear OF IL
keeping the mobs In check.
This tribute 10 paid to that beaten
host of patriots: 1T was not lofy
after dark before the head OF this re.
treating column began It's mournful
march through the town. and 1t con.
unusd practically until the morning |
light. There was O. chastened cheer
fulness about these men. They gave
no hint OF fright. and never q mntter
OF discomfort. They knew they we're
abandoning the base of their supplies,
the citadel OF their strength. and were
opening the rear to Overwhelming
forcAs. but throughout the night
caught no note OF panic nor disloyaltH.
Their passing added unspeakably 70
our gloom. for we knew wei enough
that with them went out hope. and IN
their place would come the conqueror.'
On Monday morning the minister
was surprised at his gate by an old
friend OF his school days-now a Con
federate major Of the cavalry This
gallant officer had a roll OF Confed.
crate jeans balanced on the neck OF
his horse-picked from among tho
spoils. 1t was almost three feet In
height. and completely concealins him
from view except his rugged and war
worn lace. Clu mol uOuDI e1dt 10
and his tattered battalion needed bet
ter equipment" observes DR.. Hatcher.
land I must not dieparage his prov
ident expedient for helping them out.
but must own that roy sense OF the
heroic got a shock"
The narrator, too. was almost driven
to the extremity of "wobbling on the
gudgeon," morally speaking. HIS larder
was low, but his stock OF Confederate
money ample. on that Sabbath even
Ing he. by display OF his roll, Sc
cured some OF the bacon which had
been abandoned and which the soldiers
were transporting as well as they
could on their bayonets! Before the
fall OF the city General Lee borrowed
all the flour from the Richmond mills.
The good minister had half interest
in four barrels OF this flour: and
when he heard that come corn meal
had been left In the hurry OF the re-
treat he made room in his house for
two bags OF the meal, and a neighbor
generously hauled 1t to him.
Al 9 on Monday morning the rear
guard OF the Confederate troops
passed the Manchester end OF the
bridge burned THE last man to cross
that bridge"-we are t6ld-"was John
c. breckenridge. one OF Kentucky's
imperial sons He sat on his horse In
gloomy dignity. and a finer specimen
| OF kn!ghtly beauty rarely ever graced
the earth"
BY and by other bridges we're hred.
From these bridges the hres spread
| quickly to the warehouses, etc, along
| the river-the lur.d forerunners Of a
conhagration that lasted twenty-four
| hours and laid In ashes the bulk OF
the business portions OF Richmond. AT
| the foundry, where 100000 shells were
/ piled, there was soon an explosion
| The power Of 1t crashed the windows
in hundreds OF Richmond houses, the
fragments Of the broken shells dam
aging roofs and killing number o.
persons on tho streets.
By Monday morning early the ne.
groes had lost all sense OF order. They
began their acts of violence and ven
geauce. Joined by a few rioting whites
they seemed ready for murder-surg'
ing up and down the streets shouting
singing, finging vulgar threats at thu
white people. and indulging in htdeou'
displays that filed the city witt
alarm.
DR.. Hatcher. then at home, and I
} friend. determined to cross the rive
and ask for a guard from the Fedora
army. Reaching the Richmond sid
: and fastening their boat. their eye
: fell upon a terrorizing scene-a stra g
Cling, shrieking crowd cursIns AM
contending with each other. 1t wa
heterogeneous, Its only point in com
mon being the unmitigated badness o
{ all Its individual parts The convul
sion seemed to have emptied the un
3 derworld on top OF tho ground. TIL
mass consisted OF spies. desertert
: thieves. men and women OF the worst
Castle Thunder was Confederat
!! prison for traitors and government
S convicts: 1t was open. and contribute
It's scum to the disorder. The stat
r penitentiary was deserted by IT
= guards. and its inmates burst forti
: eager TO Join In the anarchy and rio
OF the day.
: The two citizens reached Fedora
headquarters at last, and made the1
plea for a guard for Manchester.
negro brigade was sent as a guar
two hours later. These black soldier
had been given unwarranted libert.
for they raced the town IN groups an
kept everything at white heat.
In closing this chapter, DR.. Hatche
describes two scenes he witnesse
from his home. One was the passin
of the victorious Union army en- rout
TO Washington. 1t required sewers
: days to pass-the hosts OF Grant (wf
I had come to Richmond from Appoma
]. tox). and OF Sherman.
u but saw another sight In col
nection with Richmond's fall he col
d cludes, (which I confess thrilled n
d a thousand times more than all Il
S, glory OF the victorious armies OF Il
n republic. 1t was spectacle whit
ID broke upon me unexpectedly; It can
ID while the heavens were black wi
Is storm and the streets were VIVID WI
" nooding rains. What saw was
horseman. His steed was bespatter'
IN with mud. and his head hung dow
m as II worn by long travenng. y!
10 horseman himself sat his horse III
10 master: his face was rtdsed wi
10 self-respecting griefs; his carmen
l. we're worn in the service and stain
ID with travel; his hat was slouched a.
" shattered with mud, and only anoth
g Unknown horseman rode with him.
to It for company and tor love. Even
ut the heeting moment OF his passing !!
- | ou,ad hv his incNnnaref