The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-23
WHAT WAS NEWS
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Reprinted from Thi. Newspaper.
Nearly All Conc,

IT. was announced yesterday that no
n moro prisoners will be sent from this
Ga and that hereafter transfers will
be made from the panvino prisons.
wherG fully 1000 are yet held. rho
| phroling system and the removals to
! GcorSia have almost depopulatcd the
! Richmond prisons.
Mrs. ,iumfnrd Is Here.
| Among the arrivals at the SpotswOod
! Hotel yesterday were Mrs. William i.
Mumford and three children. of New
| orleans Mrs. Mumford is The widow
% me gallant man who tore down tho
Federal Union flag from the custom
mouse in New Orleans. and. refusing 10
apologize Tor that act aud to take tho
oath OF allegiance, he was murdered by
order OF Beast Butler. II is 10 b. hoped
this lady and her three children viii
wherc Inc name of her husband is now
household word and highly houorod.
inccndtur3 Fire.
Fire In the north We eat corner building,
NJ Ninth ana Main Streets yesterday
was undoubtedly the work of inCcn-
diaries inimical TO the Conrederacy. The
| unity to the Mechanics Institute build
ing on Ninth Street, that is now used
Tor offices Of the Confederate war De
partment, the Secretary of the Navy
and the Surgeon General. The object
OF me incendiaries WAS undoubtedly
TO destroy these Offices of the Con
| tolerate government. together with
. me Valuable property and papers con-
t2iucd therein: BY the prompt action
L
assistance OF tho citizens the fire was
eNtinguishcd before II reached tho
M ari.nG,,h, institute building. The
ana Ready Restaurant and the rooms
above
Loose Yankees.
In the country regions contiguous TO
Richmond. especially up tho canal AS
far as Columbia and the territory be-
are suffering not little from tho dep
relations of marauders These sec
tons are overrun to some extent by
deserters from the Yankee army, and
perhaps to certain extent ny desert
crs from our own army. These crea-
the woods and subSist upon things
stolen by themselves when they dare
to venture from their places OF hiding
in the dark, and by things stolen by
deluded negroes. whose supcrst!tions
arc worked upon and who are fright
e.ned into stealing from their masters.
The secret of many robbcrics and not
a rev incendiary iires - explained by
; the presence OF these creatures in the
moods ana In the hedges and byways
INC farmers in the Upper James River
section nave appealed to the govern
ment for protection, and. their appeals
being so far UNDECIDED, they have de-
! hands and do their own protecting
W We rd are e%peetimg TO hear OF some
. james in very short while.
Trouble Mt the Spotswood.
\ midnight alarm at the SpotswoOd
entire house and large part OF the
police force OF Richmond into a state
of excitement Pistol shots rang out
tne moor on which numerous army
officers and quite number OF dashinr
tcmale refugees from the far South
nave apartments. ii was for the moment
believed that the expected had hap
pened. II turned out that the shots
we're fred from thr door of r---nl
h
son tnamoicss). the said shot being
aimed, or intended TO be aimed at =
Confederate army officer. whose namc
Is not 70 be mentioned. The excite
m me ., aled down in the usual way. and
me Known facts arc unknown" so
lar as the public is concerned
.Grnnt to the Rescue"
Inc latest Northern papers that como
TO us by the flag OF truce boat con
sued by President Lincoln. This mill
tary order assigns the command of ali
III" armies of tho United States" TO
Lieutenant- General L. : Grant This
officer is given general charge of All
OF the armies. ana he Is Ordered to
report IN Washington IN ten days 10
inp the now demorAli2ed Army of the
Potomac. preparatory 10 y vigorous
spring campaign General Grant Will
take the field in person NJ the head or
mat army and direct its movements IN
IN" future BY The same order Gen
eral William =, sherman has been as
eral Grant In the Southwest, which is
called the military division OF the Mis-
stSSippi.
a Spring Snowstorm.
After n roundolay of birds ana spring
bree2eS. failing weather eliminated in
a snowstorm yesterday about noon---a
hard. the air co1d. and the wind high
ana bolstcrouS, sent the snownakes
eddying like down athwart the lcadcn
heavens. Later the storm set in in
earnest. ana the snow descended in
more determined style to the depth
"l sev o inches Ct, ilnppily: vegetation
was killed But such winter out
burst in the last days Of March was
something unheard OF III this salu-
Captain turinholt.
Ihat was 2 grand reception rendered
square Yesterday when President Bnvjs
addressed the boys Among the many
who shook hands win the Presiden,
or paroled Captain Farinholt OF the
famous Fifty-third Virginia Regiment,
was there hut not among the paroled
or cXchia,nge1 prisoners; He had pa
sons island; along with other heroes
from several states and as soon as he
hurried TO Richmond TO re-enlist. Presi-
den, Davis congratulated him most
cordially.
Notc--lt ia something OF n curious
coincidence ,hat just rs the twentieth
f cen scribe, WHO IS daily making
Years Ago" was copying and arrang-
ing the above, letter from West Point
was handed to him, which reads as fell
lows:
Captain y. l.. Farinholt OF the
Fifty-third Virginia Regiment. Arrnis-
tead's brigade. Pici5ett's Division, who
was wounded and captured with Cen
crai Armistcad and Colonel Rawley
Martin ut the bloody Angle. on Gene
tory Ridge. at Gettysburg. escaped from
Johnson island. Lake Erie. to Sandusliv
CITY on the 22d Of February, 1864 and
travelling incog, and under an assumed
name, aiter many adventures. arrived
IN richmond on the 22d Of March. 1864,
Just MT" years ago. On his arrival in
Richmond Captain Farinholt was con-
graduated by President Davis In tho
Capitol Square for having made his
own cartel and soon afterwards was
promoted to the command OF rcgi-
mcnt and assigned 20 most important
duNcs with his Common nd, for the faith
fu! discharge OF which he received q