The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31

SpciaioH ~ baltimore whose efforts
mad contributed very greatly TO The
cnu!Vrt oi the prisoners Ut Fort De,a-
ware. ami make acknowledgements of.
ana thanks for. her iscnerous IaDors in
our behalf After vettiu;; precise d.
I"ctl"na as To tho lvcnlit,. OF Mrs
i;dG"rton's nom" we l"rt the hotel and
on our why pGa.cd saloon, and Cap
Tain Davis Invited the party 10 20 In
;t.d mare drink with him. Mainly
through mere curiosity ana TO nsccr.-
tain whether ms memory was GORGE,
US I" what II drink tasted likc. ;tc-
c"ptcd the tavitation. Whom Captain
Davis proposed 10 pay for tile drinks
VIC learned that lady had somehow
bcen rrc!nforncd tina; at that precise
moment some four on five Confederate
nN-prisoncrs would got drinks at That
saloon. and had called there lust before
ior the express purpose OF paying for
them.
tron reaching stree, corner where
we were to turn to reach the residoncc
OF Mrs. EdEerion, and while we were
examining The landmarks TO be sure
we had come 10 tho turning poIrt ac-
cordlnS 70 the directions. a small how
apparently som. five or six Years old
ran across tho street to US. and point
ing 10 home nearby, said: There is
wherc Mrs. Edserton lives" Sur
prisei that this little boy knew
whittier we were going, asked him:
How in the thunder do vow know that
We arc going TO Mrs. Idgerton s -
The small BOY evidently thought my
question very foolish one why.
said no. there Is where YOU all CO."
When the time came 10 leave the
motel I" board tho steamer for Fort
r"e3 Monroe 7 stepped M TO the clerks
dcsk and asked for the amount of my
. old L
ihni a lady had jliY' paid nv bill: and
By the way said nc she loft n let
ter for YOU here II is and he handed
IN" &c rather bulky envelope found Z:
letter addressed To me. without sienn-
| ture. the substance of which was:
Please use the contents OF this en-
reioDc for the necessities and com
fort Of yourself and OF the men under
your charge" Tito envelope con-
taincd about SO in fractional United
states currency, which made use OF
as directed.
We boarded the steamer for Fortress
Monroe about sunset. | called tho roll
and crery man on the list answered
10 MS name. There WAS not "a strag-
*!er nor !aEGard In that last move
!ncnt which each OF us would ever.
make az a Confederate soldier.
We landed at Fortress Monroe the
.
10 another steamer, on which we
reached Rockets, the landing nj Rich.
mond. about dark the same evening
We left the steamer in heavy rain
y large part OF the city was burnt
in its evacuation by the Confcderatcs:
tile streets were unliSkted. Learning
that the Spotswood Hotel had not
been burn' and WAS open. | went TO
II for accommodation. Upon reaching
the hotel was wet through, and as
l stepped 10 the clerks desk to regis
ter the proprietor OF the hotel, as
suppose he was, stepped up to the desk
opposite to Inc and said: I'VE do not
entertain Confederate officers at this
hotel. His speech and manner were
;'prnpt and peremptory. His language
without explanation, and he made no
explanations, seemed TO imply that
a Confederate officer WAS an unfit per-
son to DC tolerated in n public hotel
lie contrast between this treatment I'm
Tue capital city of the Confcderacy
and the hospitality and the GEN
"rosity of tho treatment received in
lhc city of Baltimore was. at least.
disasreoable, and the insult of the i'm
pilcatlon that n Confederate officer
was unworthy of accommodation in
a MOTEL was too much for my temper
J. made some emphatic remarks to the
proprietor. and left the hotel in com
pany with Captain Humphreys. who
was also OIL his return from Fort
Delaware and had gone with nc TO
the hotel for accommodation. AS we
,eit the hotel Federal officer. who
hud seen and heard what passed be-
tween the proprietor and myself. fol-
lowed W. into the street, stopped us
ana stated That the Federal general
commanding the district, to avoid the
RISK OF collision between Federal ana
Lonfcdcratcs. as there were numbers
or both in the city. had Issued an
order designating the hotels in which
FGderals might lac accommoda ted and
those in which Confedcratcs might bc
accommodated. and that tho SPOTS
wood Hotel had been designated MS n
Eutel for the accommodation of Fed
erals. and hence the proprietor was
compelled. in obedicnco TO the order
70 Acny us accoinmoda lions. Upon
nearing this explanation Captain
iiunphrSs said TO me: II think, cap
tam that you ought to go back and
apoloSizc to the proprietor for the
russins' you gave him." My reply
was; His manner was so abriipt, ana
+ SO apparently unreasonable, and with
out statement of the order rs n reason
for his conduct. that he does not de-
serve an apology" The Federal ON
Ger agreed with me. aud did not re-
turn ana apologies. l made my way
In tho rain and through tho dark
streets to Ford's Hotel, which 1 found
crowded TO the extent of its capacity.
While 1 was considering in some per-
pleSity where to find shelter for the
night. my law partner, Judge Shcffey,
stepped into tho Office oc the hotel.
Ife had n room. in which there was
room for two, and my perplexity was
.orer. 81
The next thing; for me to do was
to arrange to gqt transportation, for.
the ts99 81 men IN my el}nrge from Richmond
! j to Stsunt ly III ext morn