Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-09

| 1t rny have been a fabric woven or
truth una fancy. and it's soul was tho
substance of dreams, and what an end
rame to the brave. loyal. PASSIONATE
drcamcrs,
among the mcmentoes OF this mem
orable sojoprn OF Confederate oiii-
GERS are many pocms--somc In light
vein. others In trngio--but all consc-
Grated TO their memories. When Col
oncl Buchring II. Jones. SIxtieth Vir-
| Einin Infantry. was released from
Johnson Island n physical wreck, his
| friends published u book of prison laws
which was sold for his support. and
! 1t i5 from these paEes- that an idea
may be formed OF the characters OF
, q, men, men and the s*ay they amused
by Mnjor-Gencral Trimble called
! THE Southern Cross" Another. nv
.lh)or Jones. entitled THE Loyod and
Lost, was written for the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Where Poetry FIourIshc,.
An interesting verse to all Vir-
sinianA "an the composition OF an
unnamed poet:
The mlscrcant Dahlsrcn thought.
AS hey led his base cohort.
lhat with blood the s,nctsIof Rich
inond would be- streaming;
But h. tested Southern lead.
And above his CORY head
brightiy the Southern Cross TX glenn
'lS
Major George Mcknight. who mar-t
ried Miss label -. Taylor, OF Rich
inond. wrote many lyrics under the
being, The Prison on Lake Erie"
from which the following Is taken:
How many moons VIII riHo and
How many days Will languish.
Ere peace. the winged angel
comes
To soothe a peoples anguish?
'"" speed inc ionsed-for. prayed-for
When loved ones bright and CHEEKY.
VIII welcome us around the hear,hs
From prison on Lake Erie"
To Major MEX night we are also in
| dchtcd FOR an advertisement which
appeared In the personal column Of
a war time issue OF the old New
York Ssws:"
"wanted--A substitute to stay hero
in my place. lie must be thirty years
Old, have good moral character.
Al digestive powers. and no, adj
dicted 10 writing poetry TO such
an one NIL the advantages OF Il etrict
retirement army rnt!ons, and un-
ni;iIatcd watchtulness to prevent
for On indefinite period. Address me
at Block l--Room l2l--JOhnson'a
Island Military Prison. At any time
TOT lHc next ihrce years. enclosing
haif dozen postage stamps."
NuT in Rtchmond.
This little book which nrouses such
Keen and sincere Interest," In all who
see IL. belonged to Captain James
Calder Turner. Company A. Sixth "
C. Regiment, who WAS captured at
Rarpahannock Bridge. November Z,
1868. II IL nav the property Of his
son, Il. y Turner, OF Maryland, and
Tell into the hands or those who
appreciate " through the courtesy of.
Edward +. Schmidt. Of Richmond
Holding IL with rcverent hands. one
can almost discern throughout tho
pages lingering thrills OF the tumuit
o. pulacs beating high in proud h,i-
mility and dispppo!ntinent. The pic
nent makes fearful eyes.
These men---somc boys not yet
twenty-one years .old-bravc to reck-
iessncss. holding their lives as
nothing by comparison with thclr.
Loyalty, but breaking into desperate al
subs mt the thought Of suffering
families at home and comrade st!ll3
In the lighting line. 4
One must talk softly Of what hasJ
been and OF Those who people cer-l
tain dream worlds. but In the thoughts
Of the loyal. high-strung men who
fought so valiantiy for Il cause they
loved, the pathos OF the little book
brings hcartache. and wrings from.
the souls OF all Southerncrs a bitter
lament that the hurt OF their fathers
was never healed