The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-19
WHAT WASNEWS
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Reprinted from This Ncuspaper.
pockctinr tho surpI,,s.

pockctins the Surplus.
soldier anu he was evidently Il
good one. dropped into one OF the swim
Cling and eNtortionate cafes on Main
erect Yesterday and ordered Il pretty
nnrse. sized dinner, for one man. and
mcht 10 pay I'm advance. and he paid
10. This soldier alto lcisurely, end,
liter satisfying So, his appetite. he de
WIS lctt in the dishes and wrap the
slne IN newspapers ana deposit the
remnants In his haversack. The negro
of the soldiers revolver pointing out
oyer his leather belt cut the protest
Sm .;, inen the proprietor came on
win lot Of gusto. but the soldier
nldn wink. He took the ground that
uc nan paid an cXorbitant price for the
u :, ana he was the owner OF all Of
cnt, put knew he was likely to need the
surplus" when he got back to the
r pnssJ ~ ana haying paid for it, he pro-
prietor knew fun well that this soldier
niGad , what he said. and he. too, sub
ton to use that surplus" to feed some
othcr hungry soldier Tor another Si5.
nut IN this case he didn't. for this SOL
a oaS knew his rights. and lie had 4
hpie TO protect his rights. and lie knew
nov now TO use tho shooter. too---ho had
mad practice.
Invading Kentucky.
report. that yet lacks confirmation.
G comes TO ivi TIE WHr Department that
900 men. including the Eighth Vir-
ginta Cavalry and Witcher's battalion.
Tommanded by that grand officer and
ohel WttchSr. has entered Kentucky
through rulkerson's Gap, driving the
enemy before them.
information reaches us that the Yam
hcc raidcrs,who were driven back from
me neiEhborhood OF Charlottesville. In
iineir rHireat destroyed the Page Flour
Ing Mill. in Green County. and also
44urneu to the ground the very lnrge
Banks. In Madison County Tho object
OF the raiders seems to have beon to
cut OFF al sources OF supply for the
a Fight for CongresS
one OF the liVest political cainpaigns
OF me era is said to be on in the
a special election has been called to
HI the vacancy in the Confederate Com
Gress, occnsioned by the death of the
Candidates in tho Geld, including James
Madison Leach. who is running on all
kinds OF platform. The real soldier
General Alfred NJ. Scales TO become a
candidate. but this hero of Gcttysburg
tn'hkS his duty 10 the country is in
thc he!d OF battle and so far has re-
fused to allow the use OF his name in
the congressional fight.
Fighting Ncnr M0rristoun.
near Morristown Tenn. have reached
the War department. our cavalry had
Severai severe engagements with the
stance have driven the enemy back
These engagements ana n great deal
81 infantry skirnish!ng are supposed
on general engagement
Fire I'm "a Church.
nre mat broke out last night in the
"a a. ,i.nl1 FAY
Eleventh Street between Broad and
Marshall Streets, created for the time
being q great deal of excitement. as
there We're wild rmmors OF ncendiarlsn.
me ire was eNt!nguished before very
much damage was done. General Win
der has been using the basement of
the church for some time for holding
court martial courts and the SUPPOSE
ton is that some OF the victims OF this
court applied the torch 10 the build
Ing an investigation will he held.
Another I'lnS OF Truce DOat.
another Nag OF truce boat loaded with
Confederate prisoners from Point Look
out is approaching City Point, and our
BOAT viii meet it there this evening
II is. said that on the boat there are
privatcs. most OF whom are on the sick
INST. Judge Ould has arranged for the
proper exchange.
a Lion In Their Way.
y pretty cifectual check has been put
UPON the exodus. through the lines. of
partics In III" Confederacv who desire
: 'ud the Potomac. carrying their wealth
With them by the fate that has be-
iailen so many of the pilgrims at the
hands OF INSCRIPTIONS asSassins and
robbers on the border. who regard
neither God nor man. but treat Jew and
GENTLE alike. Several lave been muir
dcrcd and more robbed and plunderr1
ana even Hopeful, in Bunyan's pill
ErIms Progress, would be deferred
from making the journey, environcd
hN Inc danger that now besets the
pain to the Potomac. 1t is literally
easier Tor = camel TO pass through the
eye OF a needle than for "a rich man 10
enter the Kingdom OF Abraitaln-Lin-
coin.
The Fnycttc Artillery
Thc Richmond Fayette Artillery was
GrEani&"d in honor of the MARQUIS de
i"''N" te on his visit "a Richrond
ana was kept up in all the years since
then- Ii was the very first artillery
company In defense OF the South AFTER
the secession Of Virginia and has dis
ihSulshcd itself in every battle II las
been in. IL is a remarkable fact thai
every gun the Faycttc Battery now has
~ service was captured nv them from
tn "''""N"--~'' Nt'~od NV''rj., =, -r,,-,,
ut Malvern Hill and in the North Caro-
!iia eampaiEn The tnci wh. ,u!unose
TINS company are principally from Ricn
mona.