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GALLANT TENNESSEAN KILLED NEAR RICHMOND.
This little CONFEDERATE VETERAN has put many people to looking up old documents that will ever be sacred to them. Mrs. T. S. Colley, of Franklin, kindly sends a copy of an article from the Richmond Enquirer, of July 17, 1862. Its literal reproduction will be interesting to young readers, as it breathes the spirit of the time that it was written. In Col. Shackleford's honor the Bivouac at Fayetteville was named. Maj. F. G. Buchanan is its President, and W. H. Cashine the Secretary:
Among the noble brave who fell in the recent battles near Richmond, perhaps no one deserves more honorable mention than Lieut. John C. Shackleford, of the First Tennessee Regiment, who fell on Friday, the 27th of June, while gallantly leading his regiment in the first charge at Games' Mills. Col. Shackleford was in the battle of Seven Pines, and also commanded his regiment in the fight at Ellison's Mills on Thursday before the battle in which he fell. In every action, though but twenty six years of age, he showed himself to possess in an eminent degree the qualities of a good commander, to wit., coolness, self possession, and bravery. So gallantly did he demean himself upon the field in the .thickest of the fight that the soldiers would often exclaim: 'Surely Col. Shackleford's nerves are steel! ' When shot he was waving his sword above his head and cheering his men on, but so thick and terrible was the leaden storm that our men were ordered to retreat. A soldier offered to take him off the field, but he said: 'No, it is no use, take care of yourself.
He was universally popular, and was the favorite of his own regiment. The First Tennessee will ever cherish his memory with the most grateful recollections. He was a most ardent and enthusiastic devotee to the southern cause, was among the first to respond to his country's call, and was in the service of the Confederate States in Virginia before his native State had seceded from the old Union. With him love of the Confederacy was a passion, and he seemed to but carry his. life in his hand, that he might throw it upon the altar of his own loved native South whenever her interest demanded it. His devotedly affectionate parents, brothers and sisters, are sadly bereaved in the loss of so noble, gifted, and promising a son and brother, but may they be consoled in the reflection that he died at his post, in the full discharge of his whole duty, and now fills a hero's grave."
Col. Shackleford was commanding Col. (now Governor) Pete Turney's regiment at the time of his death. The fatality in this famous regiment was awful. When this genial, brave man was killed Col. Turney was suffering from an almost fatal wound. He was succeeded by McLauglin, who was also killed, and he by Maj. Buchanan, who was wounded.
TO DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
DEAR GIRLS In these days, when disintegration threatens to overturn society, when perplexed philosophers bring up the question of single tax as a remedy for all existing governmental disorder, we southern women keep one little old adage locked close to our hearts " The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world." It speaks to our hearts as nothing else does, and we are satisfied to do our part through this medium. In preceding generations the women of our Southland have made it the very birthplace of ennobling qualities. In this connection I speak especially of the kindergarten. It is progressive in the highest sense. Woman's nature is in thorough sympathy with that of the little child. Let us advance shoulder to shoulder under the Kentucky motto, "In unity there is strength." We look on the little child as a beautiful plant given to us by our Divine Master. The child plant is growing, growing, growing! He will be a man an element for good or evil in society even before we know it. Quick, then, let us surround him with happy, moral influences, because the tender roots of his nature are reaching out and they will assimilate what they find. You remember who said, " Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not." If society is cold and selfish if every man is for himself, with no interest in his fellows, it is because the religion Christ taught did not touch his soul when a little child. If religion was made a joy to the child, so that he would love it, and take it in, and assimilate it as the flowers do the sunshine, the world would grow better in his manhood. Does the present state of society tell you there is anything lacking? Man has a three fold nature mental, moral, and physical, to be supplied with food. The statistics of pedagogy show that in preceding generations Grecian education finally failed because it gradually lost sight of the moral side. Shall we fail for this cause? The kindergarten meets the higher demands as well.
There are kindergartens in most of the large cities of the South, and there should be in the towns and in the country. Women of the South, this is our heritage, and I tell you that one hour with children is worth more than all other antidotes for worry, care, and sorrow. MAS.
Confederate Veteran February 1893.
GREAT SOURCE OF WEALTH FOR THE SOUTH.
All the South hails joyfully the introduction of that which will tend to the practical development of her resources. For this reason the CONFEDERATE VETERAN emphasizes with pride the intelligence, which is assuring that the manufacture of steel is to be a most beneficent factor for us all. The following extract from a letter to Messrs. J. H. Inman, of New York, N. Baxter, Jr,, and A. M. Shook, of Nashville all of whom were Confederates written by the Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, of New York, will be read with gratifying interest. The letter is not of very recent date, but the facts are not known by the people generally. Mr. Hewitt, in the investment referred to at Chattanooga, had the co operative aid of his father in law, the benefactor, the late Peter Cooper, of New York :
I may be pardoned for recalling the fact that I was the purchaser of the rolling mill at Chattanooga, from the Government at the close of the war, and put it in operation for the purpose of showing that the iron business could be successfully carried on in the Southern States. From the very outset I was aware of the difficulty in the way of making steel, due to the presence of phosphorus in your ores, and hence I watched the progress of the basic process with the greatest possible interest, and so long ago as 1862 I was aware of the experiments made by Mr. Snelus, which served to show that lime could be used to neutralize phosphorus in pig iron, Messrs. Thomas & Gilchrist, however, first made a successful application of this principle, and I always intended, if the works remained under my control, to establish the manufacture of basic steel in Chattanooga. For this purpose I secured the original control of the patents in this country, but circumstances occurred which made it impossible for me to execute my plans.
It was, however, with the greatest possible satisfaction that I was able to give Mr. Shook the information which led to his visit to Europe, and to his study of the process at Brymbo Works, conducted by my friend, Mr. Darby, where I knew that the difficulties were even greater than those which existed in the Southern States, and that they had been successfully surmounted. Nevertheless, it required much money, great energy and high courage on the part of the gentlemen who associated themselves together for the introduction of this new process. They have done their work well, and they are entitled not only to honor, but to profit, which I hope they will realize. The South is the natural home of the basic process, just as the North must necessarily be the great producer of acid steel. It is an interesting fact that these products have each their proper field of usefulness, and that the basic steel of the South will undoubtedly find a market north of the Ohio river, just as the pig iron of the South has invaded the Northern territory.
It has often been said that steel will drive out iron, but the fact is that the production of puddled iron has increased and not diminished since the introduction of the improved steel processes. For some purposes iron will continue to be used, but when basic steel shall be supplied at low cost in adequate quantities, the domain in which iron can he used will be greatly restricted. The future, therefore, for the new product is very bright, and the demand will soon take all of this admirable material which can be supplied at a reasonable cost.
I am afraid the Southern people do not appreciate how much they owe to the managers of the great railway system of the South for the remarkable progress which has been made in the development of the coal and iron resources of the Southern country. I know of nothing in the history of industry more remarkable than the intelligence with which the railway managers have recognized the necessity for low freights on raw materials, and if to day the South has demonstrated its ability to hold its own in the markets of the North for its products, this result is due entirely to the views which Mr. Inman and other gentlemen associated with him and in other railway systems have adopted in dealing with the great problems of transportation. Instead of striving to embarrass the plans and restrict the powers of these benefactors of the South, the Southern States ought to give them carte blanche to carry out their plans on the broadest possible scale, and free from injurious conditions which only impede the work of production, and increases the cost of commodities to the consumer. To day the South has the cheapest transportation in the world, and hence it is emphatically the most prosperous region in the world.
Confederate Veteran February 1893.
SOME SOUTHERN WAR HEROES.
MEMBERS OF THE GALLANT OLD GUARD OF THE CONFEDERACY.
(The St. Louis Globe Democrat.)
Passing, one by one, into the silent land, the heroic leaders who struggled desperately to save "the lost cause " have been dropping out of mortal ken during the past quarter of a century, until now a very small group is left. Very interesting are the figures which make up the little band, men of hoary hair and faltering step they are now, but their names recall memories of the days when they were active and alert, braving shot and shell on the field and cheerfully bearing privation and hardship in the camp or on the march. In those times, in the cities of the East and the farm houses and homes of the West) their names were execrated, and on the hotly contested border land their approach was dreaded with sinking heart. The new generation which has grown, up to manhood since that time has learned to look at them in a more kindly light. Their valor and their devotion are come into recognition, their disappointment and their failure plead for them, and we remember that they, too, are Americans whose prowess does honor to our race.
Busily occupied with business affairs in New Orleans, the last surviving general of the Confederacy, Gen. Pierce Gustave T. Beauregard, still exhibits the untiring, indomitable energy which characterized him during the four years of war. In spite of his seventy four years, he retains the old pugnacity of his youth and middle age. He does not wield the old weapons, but the man who has the hardihood to cross the old general's path and oppose his plans speedily learns that he has an antagonist who can adapt himself to any mode of warfare, and has lost none of his strategic skill.
The general has a certain right to speak authoritatively, so far as experience can give the right, he having had the honor and the responsibility of opening the ball, by directing the attack on Fort Sumter, and of commanding, in conjunction with Gen. J. E. Johnston, at the battle of Bull Run. The general explains with graphic force how, if that battle had been fought as he planned it, and if he had been permitted, even after the battle had taken place, to add his later plans, he could have "crushed Patterson, liberated Maryland, and captured Washington." He surrendered with Gen. J. E. Johnston to Gen. Sherman, in April, 1865.
Associated with Gen. Beauregard of late years is that other prominent soldier of the South, Gen. Jubal A. Early. The two men are congenial associates, having many characteristics in common. The same dash and impetuosity, the same impatience of contradiction or control, distinguish Early as they do Beauregard, and the same effects are seen in both their lives in numerous and bitter enemies. Gen. Early, who is seventy six years old, has been a soldier since boyhood, though more than once he has abandoned a martial career for law or business. He had a West Point training, and first smelled powder in the Florida War of 1837. He quitted the army at the close of the war and commenced the practice of law, subsequently he sat in the Virginia Legislature for two years. The outbreak of the Mexican War lured him from the pursuits of peace. He served as a major of volunteers, and acted as Governor of Monterey the last two months of its occupation. He returned to the practice of law when the army was disbanded, and served for ten years as attorney of the commonwealth. He was appointed colonel on the outbreak of the Rebellion, and took part in the battles of Bull Run, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. In 1864 he was sent to the Valley of the Shenandoah. There, after a few minor successes, he fought the disastrous battle of Cedar Creek. Six months later, in October, 1864, a still more severe disaster befell him at Waynesboro, where Gen. Custer almost annihilated his command. Lee, who still retained his faith in Early's capacity, was unable to resist the popular feeling in the army against the defeated general, and felt himself obliged to remove him from his command. In his letter relieving him from duty, Lee, with the delicacy of the true gentleman, softened the blow by assuring Early of his own regard, but reminded him that the country and the army would naturally judge by results, and consequently there could be no doubt that his influence would increase the already serious difficulties accumulating in Southwest Virginia. Early at once quitted the army and spent some time in Europe.
A conspicuous figure among the survivors of the great struggle is Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, who a few years ago was elected Governor of Kentucky. He was one of the pall bearers at the funeral of Gen. Grant, whom he always admired and honored. He was the general to whom Grant sent the dispatch which stirred so much enthusiasm in the North early in Grant's career, and which history has immortalized. The North thought it had the right ring, and that the man who wrote it was the man for the hour. The words, which soon became famous, were: " I propose to move immediately upon your works." This was at Fort Donelson. Buckner's two superiors, Officers Floyd and Pillow, had made their escape, when they found the position no longer tenable, but he declared that he would stay with his men and share their fate. He remained, and after the capitulation was sent as a prisoner of war to Boston, Mass., where he was kept until exchanged, six months later. On his return to the field he commanded under Bragg in Tennessee. He fought at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga, and surrendered with E, Kirby Smith at Baton Rouge, in May, 1865. Buckner was another of the West Point graduates, and had also, like so many of his comrades and foes, done gallant service in the Mexican War. He is now sixty nine years old.
Now sitting in the United States Senate for his native State of Georgia, is another brave officer of the southern army, Gen. John Brown Gordon, who has just passed his sixtieth birthday. He bears on his body evidences of his valor in the shape of eight wounds received in battle. He entered the Confederate Army as a captain of infantry, but before the close of the war had risen to the rank of lieutenant general. He was one of the officers who surrendered to Grant at Appomattox.
Last, but not least remembered, of the old chivalric guard of the Confederacy come those sturdy heroes, Stephen D. Lee and Ambrose P. Stewart. Gen. Lee now holds a position of responsibility in a university at Starkville, Miss., while Gen. Stewart, who is living quietly at Oxford, Miss., was recently appointed Confederate commissioner on the committee for the construction of a national Cemetery on the site of the old battlefield of Chickamauga, where so many of the
sons of the Confederacy fell fighting for the stars and bars.
The animosities of the war have long since been buried, and by none more completely than by the men who fought most bravely and sacrificed most in the struggle. The North unites most heartily with the South in recognizing the heroism of the men who fought so gallantly for their convictions. In the closing years of their lives the chieftains of the old Confederacy enjoy the love and honor that is accorded to true soldiers, and when they finally pass away from the scenes of their struggles they will not be among those who are soon forgotten.
REMEMBRANCE OF GREAT OCCASIONS.
Observations in New York on the centennial of the evacuation by the British, again, of Washington's first inauguration, which occurred by the bronze statue near the sub treasury in Wall Street, again, in Chicago, where ninety thousand people were seated comfortably and nearly as many more standing or strolling under one roof, or back in war times, when forty thousand Confederate soldiers were under review by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and the President of the Confederate States at Grenada, Miss., when every soldier could see every other.
The scene referred to above in Chicago was perhaps the most remarkable that will be witnessed by anybody of this generation. The writer was of a group stationed about fifty yards from the center towards the eastern end. At that extreme of the building there was an elevated platform, on which there were more than five thousand people. It was under the fine light of a day suited to such occasions, but the distance was so great that none of our party could tell whether they were children or soldiers, not even whether they were men or women. Indeed, it was so great it seemed certain that no human voice could have penetrated the distance of the building. In this connection "the rebel yell," so thrillingly described in the CONFEDERATE VETERAN for January, is recalled, It might have been heard. That wonderful assembly in a building covering over forty acres, and the building, too, may have attention in subsequent issues.
Rev. F. W. E. Peschau, of Wilmington, N. C., but formerly of Nashville, writes: ''Success to you, it is full of interest." Mr. Peschau is the chaplain of Veterans in North Carolina. On a recent visit to the old "blockade city," Mr. Peschau took kindly interest in finding the old Freeman residence, where I was entertained with thorough hospitality when board was sixty dollars per day and when my salary was eleven dollars per month. The genial minister reminds me of a great event at Wilmington last summer, when Gen. E. D. Hall, who is vigilant for the Davis Monument, had twelve hundred to thirteen hundred of the wounded, crippled, and maimed ones visit the seashore, where they had free board, etc., for three days, after having had free railroad transportation from all parts of the State. He said he had never seen a more pathetic sight, "those brave soldiers, injured in so many ways. The chaplain preached to them midst the roar of the sea waves breaking on the shore, and these men sang, as with one voice,
' Nearer, my God, to Thee! '
It was a sweet, sublime scene, and many a tear rolled down the war worn cheeks of these way worn warriors."
Confederate Veteran February 1893.
THE DAVIS MONUMENT FUND.
LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED.
The list of contributors is arranged under two heads, First, those whose names are given, and second, the sums collected where the names of donors are not known. It is earnestly requested that for next issue names be supplied for the other lists, so the record of contributors may be as complete as possible. This important list is incomplete. It will be revised and republished. Each name represents one dollar:
ALABAMA.
ANNISTON Through Mrs. R. Gardner, $21.
BIRMINGHAM J L Buford, through Mrs R M Gardner, two hundred dollars.
EUTAW Sanders' Camp, six dollars.
GADSDEN J Aikon, W G Brockway and A L Glenn, $5, Wm Chandler, A J Collingsworth, L W Dean, A B Dunny, W A Dungan, W H Denson, $5, H G Earnest, Frank & Haysdon, M L Hicks, L E Humphreys, Meek & Johnson, $5, J H Standifer, Abe Thompson, J E Whaley, R A Mitchell, O R Goldman and L Smith, of Queen City Bank, $5.
GREENVILLE Laura E Abrams, E R Adams, J T Beeland, J G Daniel & Co, D G Dunklin, W J Dunklin, Dunn & Ezekiel, C B Herbert, L M Lane, Robt A Lee, J A McGehee, Chas Newman, Chas Newman, T W Peagler, Wm Pierce, Mrs W Fierce, Mrs R Y Porter, J R Porterfield, J B Powell, J C Richardson, F C Smith, J C Steiner, J M Steiner, S J Steiner, A Steinhart, A G Stewart, T J Thomas, Rev G R Upton, J H Wilson, Mrs E S V Wilson.
HUNTSVILI.E Miss Jeanie Sheffey.
MOBILE J R Burgett, W W Dugger, Van Born station, W G Duggar, Gallion station, Miss M B Kirkbride, T T Roche, Louise B Sprague, .J R Tompkins, J L Tucker, Price Williams, Jr.
MONTGOMERY Mrs M D Bibb, Miss Jennie R Crommelin, through Mrs M D Bibb, $143.85.
PRATT MINES D M B Hasslet, J T Massingen. T E Mitchell, J G Moore, W N Polk, J W Randall, L M Reese, J A Rhodes, P J Rogers, $2, W T. Rogers, C A Simmons, E A Smith, Walton & Peteel, E E Wiggins.
TUSCUMBUA Through Col. A. H. Kellar, $13.15.
UNION SPRINGS D S Bethune, Virginia A Blackmon, N M Blidsoe, H G Bryan, Annie E Buford, J R Buford, H P Coleman, Mrs S J Foster, C C Frazer, Mrs N H Frazer, W H Fuller, E H Goodwin, R H Hajas, Annie L Hobdy, Jennie McKay Hobdy, J B Hobdy. Marie Hobdy, Mary Hobdy, R L Hobdv, R L Hobdy, Jr., Chas L Jinks, A Miles, Mrs F M Moseley, Mrs A B Phillips, Mrs J E Pickett, W W Rainer, T P Randle, E T Randle, J L Roberts.
ARKANSAS.
ARKADELPHIA J H Abraham, R T Cook, D T Dale, T M Ewing, J A Ross, C C Scott, John Smoker, $2.50 each, Geo Fuller, $5, C K Boswell, F J Carpenter, J W Conger, Adam dark, J H Crawford, E L Jones, C V Murray, E H McDonald, E C McDonald, Ed Thomas, A W Wilson, J W Wilson.
AUGUSTA James Eblin.
BATESVILLE Nathan Adler, Simon Adler, James A Luster, John F Allen, W E Bevens, J W Case, Jas A Carter, J P Coffin, R M Desha, W J Erwin, D C Ewing, John W Ferrill, J C Fitzhugh, E L Givens, S A Hail, H M Hodge, T J Home, W B Lawrence, T M Mack, Robt Neill, T J Owens, I N Reed, James Rutherford, M A Wycough, M A R Wycough.
ELDORADO W R Appleton.
HOPE Mrs C A Forney
HOT SPRINGS Dr Thomas E Holland, five dollars.
LITTLE ROCK Hon. John G. Fletcher, $11.25.
MOOREFIELD Jesse A Moore, J E Ross.
MORRILLTON West Humphreys.
FLORIDA.
JACKSONVILLE Gen. William Baya, $500.
SANDFORD C H Adkins, R S Dickens, Capt O S Tarver, Col A M Thrasher.
SANIBEL ISLAND Mrs Letitia A Nutt, Miss Nannie Nutt, five dollars.
GEORGIA.
AMERICUS C B Hudson, $2, W E Murphy.
ATLANTA E L Anthony, Geo T Beeland, Charles Beermann & Co, $15, J L Bishop, F C Bitgood, B M Blackburn, W H Black, $2, L R Bleckly, $5: N S Blum,$2, S D Bradwill,$2, J D Brady, $2, Robert Brazelton, G S Brewster, $2, E C Brown, S E Brown, T J Burney, David J Bush, $2, Milton A Candler, S N Chapman, J H Clifton, Philip Cook, $5, H H Cobb, A E Cox, C J Daniel, H R Daman, M K Dennis) J A Foote, L B Folsom. W E Fonti, Harry Frank, $2, Arnold Gedman, M B Gilmox, W C Glenn, $5, Peter G Grant, H H Green, $2, D R Grover. R G Guinn, J L Harrison, Rev W M Hayes, $2, W M Hawkes, R H Hightower, Jas K Hines, $5, Jerry Holmos, Joseph Jacobs, $2 , H Jennings, Mark W Johnson, J C Joiner, Geo H Jones, $2, J Wm Jones, $50, Jas.L Key, $2, Dr J J Knott, $2, Lamar & Rankin, $5, S H Landrum, Thos J Leftwick, $5, Walter T McArthur,$2, D E McCarty, Hy McCaw, B L, McIntosh,$2, C K Maddox, $5, I H Martin, $2, H A Matthews, V A Menard, C W Morgain, F H Moses, A J Moss, J W Nelms, $2, R T Nesbitt, $5, W M Newbern, $2, Newton, Baker & Co, H T. Nippert, $2, Robert A Nisbett, $2 , John O Perry, $2, Wm H H Phelps, $2, J B Pickett. P Roman, $5, Lavender Ray, $2, K Reed, H N Ried, $2, Sidney Root, $10, W E Seabrook. Geo W Scott, $25, W L Seddon. $5, John W Shackelford. A G Smart, $2, Burgess Smith, John Clay Smith, $2, Hoke Smith, $50, W J Speairs, J C Steerman, $2, R E Stockton,$2, J D Stokes, Jos Thompson, $5, B Vignoux,$2, C Z Weinmaster, $2, W A Wright, $2, A R Wright, $2, Wm A Wright, $5.
AUGUSTA Patrick Walsh and others, $400.91, Wm H Fleming.
ARLINGTON H C Heffield, $2.50.
BLACKSHEAR A P Brantley, Nettie Brantley, Henry J Smith, Jennie Smith.
BLITCH James Young, CARROLLTON J M Hewitt, two dollars.
CEDARTOWN J H Sanders, two dollars.
CHICKAMAUGA S F Parrott.
CRAWFORD I G Gibson, two dollars.
DANVILLE T L. Hill, S W Sapp.
DUBLIN T L Griner, John M Stubbs.
GEORGETOWN John C Guilford.
GLENNVILLE J P Collins, five dollars.
HANDY W L Crouder.
MACON J O Bell, Mrs A S Cope, J W Hinton, $2 each, Jas M Sapp, Chas Herhst, Bibb County Association, $163.09.
MILLEDGEVILLE J C Woodward,
MOHER B F Hoodspette.
MONTEZUMA E Chambers.
PALATKA Capt S H Gray.
SMITHBORO James Thomas Smith.
SONORAVILLE P T Reese.
SPARTA Through Mrs. Middlebrooks, $41.75.
SYLVANIA E W Frey.
TEMPLE Robert H Faber.
VAN'S VALLEY Alex White.
WALKERSVILLE J W Johnson.
ILLINOIS.
CHICAGO Col G Forrester, Gen W A C Ryan, Mrs Ryan, Col J G Ryan, Mrs E A Shannon, James Fentress.
LILLY E W Bacon, Miss Lilly Bacon.
MACKINAW Mrs L E Brock.
INDIANA.
EVANSVILLE A J Thomas, five dollars.
INDIANAPOLIS G F Miller, five dollars
INDIAN TERRITORY.
CHOTEAU J H Baugh, M G Butler, W A Cantrell, V Gray, $2, C Hayden, A G McDaniel.
PRYOR CREEK Tom. A Hancock.
SHERMAN M L Elzy.
KENTUCKY.
CHILESBURG Richard A Spurr.
FAIRVIEW Bethel Sunday School, $8.50, R W Downer, $3, P E Downer, $2.50, S B Jesup, B D Lackey, H E Morton,, J. L Mosely, R L Mosely, $1.50 each, W R Vaughn.
FRANKFORT W T Havens.
GEORGETOWN A H Sinclair, five dollars.
HENDERSON R H Cunningham, W M Hanna, M M Kimmel, J W Lockett, Sights & Johnston, Montgomery Merritt, D J B Reeve, J J Reeve, P K Snead, O F Walker.
HOPKINSVILLE W B Dicken.
LEXINGTON Mrs S B Anderson, R T Anderson, C S Bell, Sr., W S Bell, Mrs Robert Berry, John Boyd, Hart Brown, J C Bryant, R S Bullock, Mrs John H Carter. John H Carter, C C Calhoun, W H Cassell, Mrs W H Cassell, A B Chinn, James B Clay, Horace Coleman, Cicero Coleman, A A DeLong, C A DeLong, M J Durham, Jerry Delph, Edward Frazer, Graves & Cox, J M Graves, Ed Grass, Mrs A M Harrison, Mrs Laura V Hawkins, Miss Lillian Headley, James A Headley, John T Hughes, Joseph D Hunt, D H James, Moses Kaufman, Theo Lewis, J L Logan, Joel C Lyle, J R Morton, T W Moore, Thomas W McCann, H B McClellan, Byron McClelland, Howard McCorkle, J H Nelms, Bush Nelson, Watts Parker, J T Patterson, Wellington Payne, John S Phelps, Wickliffe Preston, H C Price, Edward Price, Mrs L C Price, L C Price, J W Pryor, William Rodes, J C Rogers, J Woodson Royster, S P Salter, S G Sharp, J H Shropshire, Mrs J H Shropshire, J Soule Smith, Richard Squires, Michael Sullivan, J T Thorne. R A Thornton, Upington & Bro., J T Vance, Willa Viley, Mat Walton, John H Wiehl, Jesse Woodruff, a Friend, J R Jewell, gave two dollars each, Miss Nannie Smith and Solomon VanMeter, five dollars each.
Of the foregoing, seventy five dollars was collected by Mrs. R. A. Spurr, and remitted to the Treasurer at Richmond, and fourteen dollars, collected by Mrs. O. L. Bradley, remitted to the General Agent at Nashville.
LOUISVILLE Miss Martha A. Sneed,$10, Miss Josephine Walker.
PEMBROKER T Chilton, Mrs. R T Chilton.
RUSSELLVILLE T J Bailey, $6.05, J B Briggs, John W Caldwell, $5 each, Dr R N Beauchamp, George R Beall, Wilson Beard, R B Chastain, Joseph Cumbett, Dr B F Kidd, W B McCarty, James M McCutchen, John G. Orndorff, William Smith, C. W. Swanson, M B Stovall.
LOUISIANA.
MANSFIELD J W Adams, C W Blair, $5, T J Booker, F M Brownfield, C T Baunnman, Henry Burns, John S Bailey, James Brown, Dr B D Cooper, Dr W N Cunningham, Cash, Jas Dilzell, DeSoto Democrat, $5, J B Dillon, J Douglas, W J Elam, C W Elam, W F Eraser, S B Foster, E N Foster, Dr J W Fair, Wm Goss, $5, H D Gibbons, John Glossill, S A Guy, R T Gibbs, L H Hanson, W P Hall, W T Haden, J E Hewett, John Huson, W B Hewitt, A M Hewitt, B F Jenkins, $5, W T Jackson, J B Lee, J T McClanahan, W H Mason, W E May, R R Murphy, W L Minter, E A Nabors, J M Nabors. E R Nabors, W T Pegins, E B Pickels, J W Parsons, A V Roach, C W Page, B B Powell, G Rives, Sallie Rascoe, E B Rogers, J H Rascoe, Q Roberts, P H Ricks, Dr A V Roberts, $2.50, J Reiley, Albert Rives, M Ricks, Jas A Rives, J C Rives, Capt W P Sample, $5, Dr S J Smart, C J Smoote, W E Singleton, Dr Stoakes, Dr W Sutherland, O H P Sample, E W Sutherland, G H Sutherland, Miss Belle Taylor, Sam Williams, W N Williams, B Willer, B N Wimple, T J Williams, J B Williams, Chas P Williams, J B Williams. Jr. Dr J F Walker, O V Wemple, J O Wemple, L B Wilcox, J L Williams, (T B Williams, Miss Belle Taylor.
Report from Col A W Hyatt, Treasurer for Louisiana, to Col W R Lyman, A A G, New Orleans:
1891.
June 22, John T. Block, La. Div. A. N. V.....$ 102 65
June 22, Wm. McLaughlin, Vet. C. S. C........ 54 00
July 1, J. Y. Gilmore, La. Div. A. N. V........ 55 00
July 1, J. B. Levert, Sugar and Rice Ex........ 100 50
July 1, J. B. Levert, Vet. C. S. C.................. 40 50
July 1, Jos. Demoruelle, C. H. St. Paul......... 22 00
July 8, Lawson L. Davis, C. H. St. Paul....... 43 00
July 9, Col. Wm. P. Johnston, Soldiers and
Sons of Soldiers of Avery's Salt Mines. 11 25
July 10, Gen. Geo. O. Watts, Jefferson Davis
Camp................................................... 25 00
July 10, Gen. Geo. O. Watts, Citizens and
Soldiers of Blue and Gray................... 64 00
July 16, Pilcher Bros. and W. H. Pilcher,
proceeds of Pilcher concert, July 10.... 66 00
July 17, Chas. D. Delercy, Army of Tenn. La.
Div. fund created................................. 102 50
July 22, A. W. Hyatt, A. of T. La. Div......... 75 00
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July 22, J. B. Levert, Vet. C. S. C................ $ 60 00
July 22, J. B. Levert, Sugar and Rice Ex...... 8 50
July 22, A. N. Block, La. Div. A. N. Va........ 9 05
July 22, Lawson L. Davis, C.H. St. P........... 10 00
July 22, Jos. Demoruelle, C. H. St. P........... 36 50
July 22, B. F. Eschelman, C. Wa. Art.......... 150 10
July 22, Alden McClellan, La. Div. Army of
Tenn.................................................... 72 00
Aug. 17, Octave Fontenot, La. Div. Army of
Tenn. at Opelousas...... ........................ 40 00
Sept. 10, Paul Conrad, C. H. St. Paul............ 221 50
Oct. 27, Oliver Normand, R. L. Gibson Camp
and Ladies of Evergreen....................... 75 45
1892.
Jan. 8, Judge F. A. Monroe, members Bar,
Bench and Officers C. D. Courts.......... 310 00
Jan. 15, R. McMillan, C. Wash. Art.............. 47 50
Feb. 10, John T. Block, Army of N. Va. La.
Div., collected by J. M. Wilson............ 22 00
April 13, J. Lyons, citizens of New Orleans... 33 00
Oct 11, Nicholson & Co., sundry collections
of N. O. Picayune.................................. 78 50
Oct. 11, Nicholson & Co., subscription of the
N. O. Picayune.................................... 100 00
Nov. 18, J. W. Fairfax, sundry collections of
Daily City Item.................... ....... ........ 50 50
Less disbursements to date as per vouchers on
file................................................... 17 75
$2,068 70
Oct. 10, remitted to J. S. Ellett,
treasurer, Richmond, Va.... $2,018 20
Nov. 22, remitted to J. S. Ellett,
treasurer, Richmond, Va.... 50 50 2,068 70
NEW ORLEANS Mrs. May Poitevant, $5.
MISSISSIPPI.
FAYETTE James Archer, F Braws, Thos Davenport, W L Faulk, H McGladery, T J Key, W W McAa, A K McNair, W K Penny, W L Stephen, J J Whitney.
HOLLY SPRINGS Jas T Fant.
OCEAN SPRINGS Mrs A A Staples.
ROCKNEY Geo Hickler.
VICKSBURG The Vicksburg C. V. Camp, through Col. D. A. Campbell, $409.55.
MISSOURI.
HARRISONVILLE Jeff Burford, seventy five dollars. H R Estes, $2.50.
NEW JERSEY.
HOBOKEN James Coltart, $5, Miss Virginia M Coltart, Harriet Monk, John Stansfield.
NEW MEXICO.
SILVER CITY C A Thompson.
NORTH CAROLINA.
ASHEVILLE Mrs E J Aston, Mrs H A Gudger, Mrs J A Hucler, $2 each, Mrs D Johnston, Mrs Theo D Johnston, Mrs B M Lee, C H Miller, Mrs M Penland, Miss Mary Penland, Mrs E L Rankin, R R Rawls, Henry Redwood, Miss Maggie Smith, Miss Anna Smith, Miss Louise Smith, Bessie Smith, Mann Smith. CHARLOTTE Through the Observer, $29.50.
JACKSON Emma W Burgwyn, J A Burgwyn, Geo P Burgwyn, J B McRae, R B Peebles.
SALISBURY Sent to Judge W L Calhoun, $15.25.
STATESVILLE Through J. P. Caldwell, four dollars.
WAYNESVILLE William Boggs, R H Dykers, G S Ferguson, J E Hall, Frank Hall, A J Reeves, Dr J H Way.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
CAMDEN H G Carrison, I C Clyburn, J G Hay, A D Kennedy, P T Nuepigue, W M Shannon, Springs, Heath & Co, J B Steedman, $5 each, Chronicle, I M Lemp, $3 each, B B Clarke, A A Moore, $2 each, G S Higgins, Cash.
The above were collections by Dr. John W. Corbett, and sent to the Charleston News and Courier. He reports about $110 raised at a concert given by the ladies and sent to the News and Courier.
TENNESSEE.
ADAMS STATION M L Johnston. ALAMO W H Biggs, J B Fleming, C A Goodbar, J B Humphreys, $2, P B Nance. W H Poindexter, T N Skelton, J D Wortham.
BELLS STATION Wm B Bate, Capt. Dawson, B S McLemore, J C W Nunn, J H Thomas, D H Thomas.
BOLIVAR P W Austin, W T Anderson,C H Anderson, Ophelia P Bills, L M Carrington, W C Dorion, D E Durrett, R E Durrett, W W Farley, J L Foote, C S Ganden, H P Joyner, Kahn Bros., Austin Miller, T E Moore, A T McNeal, J J Neal, Jr. M N Perry, J C Savage, H W Tate, Julia M Upshaw, Hugh Williams, R H Wood. By oversight the amounts were not put to the Bolivar list that exceeded $1. The collection there is $123 not yet forwarded.
BROWNSVILLE Judge John Bond.
CAIRO W J Lambert.
CASTALIAN SPRINGS Geo Harsh.
CHATTANOOGA G Andrews, Jr., N G Atkins, Greed F Bates, W M Bearden, P F Craig, W R Crabtree, D W Clem, B L Goulding, $5 , J B Pound, W T Plumb, G H Snead, J F Shipp, T E VanValkenburg, L G Walker.
CLARKSVILLE Arthur H Munford, little Miss Buckner, five dollars.
COVINGTON R R Green fund, $54.35.
CROCKETT J T Stamps.
FAYETTEVILLE J P Buchanan, J L Buchanan, W H Calhoun, A J Carloss, N P Carter, James Cashion, W R Cashion, Andrew Cashion, W H Cashion, A Cashion, H B Douglass, H C Dwiggins, $5, J C Demer, A H Edmondson, S W Fleming, Hugh Francis, J C Goodrich, Theo Harris, Jr, E J Higgins, H K Holman, T C Little, R K Lo
MCKENZIE Through , $103.20.
McMINNVILLE J W Irwin.
MONROE Dr J M Shelton.
NASHVILLE Jos W Allen, Mrs J W Allen, B B Allen, Kate M Allen, Lieut Samuel M Allen, Mrs B B Alien, Walter Aiken, S T C Doak, A J Grigsby, W C Kelvington, 10, John J Vertrees, Rev W R L Smith
RED LICK Jos Kling.
SWEETWATER T T Hagar.
VICKSBURG Through Col. D. A. Campbell, $409.
WAVERLY H C Carter.
TEXAS.
Boz B F Forrester.
BROWNWOOD G H Adams, J L Harris, F W Henderson, C C Jones, J B Smith, E R Stanley, Ed T Smith.
COLEMAN J B Coleman, L E Collins, C L Coleman, Pilham Coleman, W C Dibrell, 5.
CORPUS CHRISTI M C Spann, collection, $177.75. FORT WORTH Through Mrs. B. B. Pollard, $101.70.
WAXAHACHIE A J Baxter, John P Cooper, E Chaska, Joe P Cooper, G H Cunningham, Miss Meta Cooper, $11, J A Darrow, Dr W E Farmer, B F Forrester, J A Gray, B H Lattimer, M W McMight, L H Peters, Wm Stiles, T F. Thompson, M B Templeton. , Mrs S R Coggin, $7.
VIRGINIA.
ABINGDON Virgie M Gildersleeve (now Mrs. Taylor).
BIRMINGHAM D Walker.
BRENNER BLUFF W H Holman
BYBEE R S White.
CHARLOTTESVILLE M Duke, George Perkins.
CULPEPPER D A Grundy.
PALMYRA M P Pettit, Pembroke Pettit, William Schlater, J O Shepard, G M Winn.
SCOTTSVILLE D W Anderson.
UNION MILLS Dr. Dudley R Boston.
WILMINGTON John W Adams.
SOME WHO HAVE HELPED THE FUND.
A good many halves and quarters come from Pratt Mines, Ala.
Miss Jennie Smith, of Blackshear, Ga., sends $4, with as many names.
M. B. Burgwin, Jackson, N. C., sends $4 with the names of four friends.
Bright little Miss Louise Beverly Sprague, of Mobile, sends nine names with $1 each.
James Rutherford, of Batesville, Ark., sends in twenty six names with $1 each.
Miss Mollie Cunningham, of Waxahatchie, Texas, sends three names with $1 each.
J. T. Cornell, of Cairo, Tenn., furnishes twentyeight names with $28 to the fund.
Maj. John J. Reeve, sends from. Henderson, Ky., ten names, including his own, with $10.
James Coltart, of Hoboken, N. J., sends a contribution of $5 with three other names of $1 each.
W. L. Stephens, Fayette, Miss., sends a batch of names, nearly all for $1 each. Money forwarded to Richmond.
Mrs. C. P. Morrow, of Chonteau, I. T., sends ten names with as many dollars, including V. Gray, who puts $2 to her list.
James W. Blackmore, of Gallatin, Tenn., thirteen names with as many dollars, which he " gathered up" among his friends.
A splendid list will be seen from B. F. Jenkins, President of the Davis Monument Association, Mansfield, La., which aggregates $107.
Miss Meta Cooper, of Waxahatchie, Texas, sends a neat little note with ten subscriptions to the Monument, of $1 each, except that of Joel Cooper, which is for $2.
Mrs. R. Y. Porter, of Greenville, Ala., on being applied to, felt discouraged with the prospect, but when a subscription book was sent her, she procured thirty names, with $30.
Maj. J. B. Briggs, of the John W. Caldwell Camp, Russellville, Ky., sends $28, including $5 for himself, and a similar amount for the gentleman in whose honor the camp is named.
Elsewhere reference is made to the Young Men's Democratic Club of Nashville, whose fund is the largest that has ever been secured by any one organization, and to other workers for the cause.
R. W. Downer sends $24 from the little old village of Fairview, Ky., where Jefferson Davis was born. If all the other places would do as well in proportion, the South would have a Memorial Temple second to none other on earth.
In the contribution of Joseph W. Allen, of Nashville, the list includes the name of his son, Lieut. Samuel M. Allen, C. S. A., killed by bushwhackers while on furlough at a friend's house near Memphis, Tenn., March, 1864.
In a remittance of fifteen dollars, January 2d, from Otis S. Tarver, of the Joe Finnegan Camp, Sanford, Florida, I notice contributions from three little darlings, three, four, and six years. The names are Linda C. Barnes, E. F. Barnes, and Hannah Myerson.
Dr. J. P. Cannon, of McKenzie, Tenn., writes of the fund: '' I see you ask for the names of contributors to the Monument Fund. I can not give the names of those who contributed the $103 from this place, as it was raised principally by Stonewall Jackson Bivouac in different ways, assisted by the citizens of the community."
W. P. Renwick, of Monroe, La., writes of the collection of $64, which has been forwarded to Richmond. He adds: "There is a prevailing notion that it is the duty of the Southern people to build a suitable memorial to the Confederacy through its President, Davis, and awell organized movement will surely succeed."
Eli Perkins, on being introduced to the agent of the Davis Monument Fund, made the generous offer to deliver a lecture for the benefit of the fund at any time and any place, and added, " Think of that man's integrity and what he did with the resources at hand. He was an American." This genial humorist and lecturer is a Union Veteran.
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ANNUAL ADDRESS TO VETERANS.
THE fund aggregating nearly $1,800 raised by the Young Men's Democratic Club, of Nashville, is the largest yet furnished by any single organization.
Col. John George Ryan sends from Chicago five dollar subscriptions, one of which was in the name of his brother, Gen. W. A. C. Ryan, of the United States Army, " who was one of those taken from the steamer Virginius, and murdered at Santiago del Cuba, Nov. 4, 1873," and another for their mother, deceased, who was an admirer of Southern chivalry..
J. L. Buford, of Birmingham, Ala., who was a member of the Clayton Guards, First Alabama Regiment, did this clever thing in connection with the Monument Fund, He subscribed $10 for himself and nine others. One of the contr
J. L. Buford, of Birmingham, Ala., who was a member of the Clayton Guards, First Alabama Regiment, did this clever thing in connection with the Monument Fund, He subscribed $10 for himself and nine others. One of the contribution books was sent him to insert their names, which he forwarded to his sister Miss Annie E. Buford, of Union Springs, Ala., and she secured twenty names, with $1 each.
J. W. Simmons, of Mexia, Tex., reports the following contributions for $1 each: W. H. Williams, C. L, Watson, J. W. Simmons, H. W. Gray, J. M. Rombo, Joe Wilder, H. A. Boyd, E. B. McCoy, Bennett Hunt and Mrs. D. A. Murphy, of Mexia, and Capt. T. B. Tyers, of Groesbeck, and adds: "I will send a large list after the concert." Preparations are being made for an entertainment there the 27th inst. for the promotion of the fund.
Gen. E. D. Hall, chairman of United Confederate Veterans Committee for North Carolina, furnishes the following :
WILMINGTON, N. C., January 19, 1893.
At a meeting of the committee (a quorum being present) appointed to raise funds for the State of North Carolina for the Jefferson Davis Monument, held at Raleigh, January 13th, it was agreed to name one suitable person in each congressional district, whose duty it shall be to recommend four persons, two males and two females, from each county in their district, for the purpose of assisting in raising North Carolina's share of the funds necessary to erect the said monument at Richmond, Va.
It was further ordered that a circular letter should be issued to the parties named by the chairman, Gen. Hall, containing instructions, and they are requested to answer as soon as possible, stating whether they will serve.
The persons named from the districts are as follows: First Hon. W. A. B. Branch, Washington, Second Hon. Matthew Manley, Newbern, ThirdCol. W. J. Green, Fayetteville, Fourth Gen. W. R. Cox, Raleigh, Fifth Gen. James D. Glenn, Greensboro, Sixth Col. H. C. Jones, Charlotte, SeventhCapt. J. G. Hall, Hickory, Eighth Col. W. H. H. Cowles, Wilkesboro, Ninth Gen. R. B. Vance Asheville."
In concluding his appeal, Gen. Hall says: "To the ladies and gentlemen of the committee, on you depends North Carolina's credit in this matter. Let all work faithfully.
To the ladies we mainly look for success. By entertainments of various kinds much can be accomplished. To the men, hard work, soliciting subscriptions, argument and persuasion.
As soon as a reasonable amount of funds is collected, remit the same to the chairman, E. D. Hall, Wilmington, N. C., by postoffice order or otherwise."
Gen. W. L. Cabell issues a circular, Dallas, Texas, February 2, 1893, as the Commander of the Trans Mississippi Department of United Confederate Veterans, in which he says: "It is with feelings of the greatest pleasure, as well as pride, that I can greet you at the end of another year and say that a kind Providence has extended its sheltering wings over our noble Association, and that it is growing stronger and stronger each year. Our old comrades are becoming more familiar with and more and more interested in the objects of our benevolent, social, and historical Association, and are increasing the number of Camps in every section. The death roll has not been as great as we might have expected. The dead have been properly cared for, and the living Confederate veterans who are incapacitated, by sickness or wounds, from making a living, have been provided for by the different States in this department. They have good houses, are amply provided with food, raiment, and shelter, where they can spend the evening of their lives in quiet and peace as the honored guests of the great States of Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, and the Territory. I therefore urge upon you, my old comrades, to press forward the good work, that you will organize and join at once the Association of United Confederate Veterans." . . . He urges a large attendance at Birmingham July 19 and 20, and adds: "A committee on transportation for this department has been formed, and will do all within their power to secure reduced rates on railroads leading to Birmingham. Local committees can communicate with this committee.
I would also call your attention to the fact that every Camp, not only in this department but in the department of the East, has been called upon to contribute to the erection of a monument to our great chieftain, Jefferson Davis. . . . Let us, then, put our shoulders to the wheel and see to it that this monument is erected at once, so that all those now living who followed the flag of the Lost Cause may be present at the unveiling of the monument to be erected in Richmond, Va.
Col. Wm. L. Thompson, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff to Trans Mississippi Department, United Confederate Veterans: " The CONFEDERATE VETERAN is before me, and I am greatly pleased with its contents, and wish you all success. Please send five copies for this department.
IN this issue of the CONFEDERATE VETERAN there is an article upon the manufacture of steel in the South, as set forth by a letter from Hon. Abram S. Hewett, of New York. It is an able paper, and treats of an industry which, if successful, will tend largely to enriching the land we love. Col. A. M. Shook, who begun at the bottom after getting out of his Confederate suit in 1865, and is a leading spirit in the business, reports prospects for the success which has been anticipated as good, although the inventions are not yet demonstrated to perfect satisfaction.
W. A. Gillespie, Greenwood, Miss.: "Your circular just received. I am glad to know that such a publication is in existence. Think I can raise a good club of subscribers. I inclose fifty cents for sample copy."
CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS.
The January edition of the CONFEDERATE VETERAN was so short of meeting the demand, and as a history of Confederate monuments, complete as possible, is determined upon, some of the following statistics is a repetition of what was published before.
The same is true in regard to those " who have worked for the monument." It is an honor list, and deserves the knowledge and the gratitude of all other patriots. The monument history will amaze the civilized world. With all the poverty and depression that followed the fatal results of the war, the hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars so expended, when computed, will be a dazzling record of patriotism and affection for the heroes who rushed into the jaws of death. Let every community see that what they have done to honor our dead be communicated for publication in the CONFEDERATE VETERAN. It will be a feature, ere long, to compile a list of memorials in different States and report tabulated statements in the aggregate.
I see that you do not mention the monument erected at Georgetown, Ky., to the memory of the Confederate dead. These soldiers were buried in different parts of the county when Gen. Kirby Smith's army was in Kentucky in 1862. After the war their remains were gathered up and buried in a separate lot in our beautiful cemetery, and the ladies of the county raised money by one dollar contributions and erected a monument at a cost of one thousand dollars. You will observe that all but two of these soldiers were strangers in this county and State, only two being Kentuckians. I give the names inscribed upon the monument, thinking perhaps they may meet the eye of some one who knows not of their resting place: William Simons, Arkansas, W. Hall, Georgia, ,T. J. Hensly, Georgia, William Sutton, Georgia, Capt. John Black, Texas, William Tanehill, Texas, Bryan Fitzpatrick, Texas, W. T. Coppage, Kentucky, William Wood, South Carolina, Richard Dumford, Arkansas, Wallace Oxford, Texas, Archer Shrout, Texas, William Steele, Georgia, William T. Ford, North Carolina, Cardwell Jones, Georgia, Gunsaule, Kentucky, Unknown, W. G. Wooten, Hodgenville, Ky. These two last named were shot to death by order of Burbridge, the "unknown" refusing to give his name, saying that he did not wish his mother to know that he had died such a death. The monument is twenty feet high, shaft, eleven feet. On the base, in front, is the Confederate cross, with drooping banner and broken staff, emblems of war lie under the fold of the banner. On the shaft are raised cannons in bronze, securely inlaid and fastened to the granite. On each side of the monument are inscribed the names of the boys in gray who sleep in a circle at the base. At the bottom of the inscription in front are the words, " 1861 Confederate Soldier 1865." Wishing you success, both in your paper and the monument for Mr. Davis, I am yours truly, A. H. SINCLAIR.
Confederate Veteran February 1893.
GENEROUS ACT OF JAY GOULD.
It seems seasonable still and jutting to mention in the CONFEDERATE VETERAN a noble act of kindness to southern people by the late Mr. Jay Gould. Many harsh criticisms were published about him at the time of his death because he did precisely as most men do in distributing his property between his children. While in Washington soon after his death I wrote for the Post of his generosity while the yellow fever was so severe at Memphis. It seems to have been so forgotten that I copy the record as published at the time. An Associated Press message of September 4, 1879, said, "The Howard Association having battled for two months with the dread destroyer, finds every dollar in the treasury exhausted, with several hundred sick and convalescent to be provided for." That telegram was seen by Mr. Gould that day at his luxurious home far away from danger, and here is the result:
New York, September 5. To W. J. Smith, acting President Howard Association, Memphis, Tenn.: I send you by telegraph $5,000 to aid the Howard Association. I am certain the generous people throughout the country will contribute liberally to aid your stricken city. AT ANY RATE, KEEP ON AT YOUR NOBLE WORK AND I WILL FOOT THE BILL. What are your daily expenses? Answer.
JAY GOULD."
Mr. Smith, in reply, said, "The grand sentiment you express, to continue our noble work and you will foot the bill, has nerved us all, and strengthened our faith in the cause in which we are engaged. Our expenses are about $1,000 per day."
The above is published not in commendation of what the great financier did with his money, but as setting forth one of the boldest and most unstinted acts of charity on record. It is well to remember the good that men do.
DEATH OF A WIDELY KNOWN SOUTHERN WOMAN.
Mrs. Mary H. Robertson, who was greatly beloved by the multitude of Southern girls who attended Wards Seminary at Nashville, Tenn., all along after the war, will be saddened by her death. It occurred in January, after an illness of several months. She had gone to Atlanta, and was with her sister, Mrs. Preston Miller, when the end came. The funeral was preached in the First Presbyterian Church, Nashville, on a bitter cold day, to a large congregation. The discourse was by Rev. J. H. McNeilly, D. D. After reading from Psalm 71 he said: "We come to pay tribute of honor and of tears to the memory of a noble woman ' nobly planned,' whose life was one of the beneficent forces of this community." The minister ably portrayed her leading characteristics. She was a woman of brilliant intellect and of wide culture. She had great kindness of heart, her sympathies were quick and her affections warm. She was a person of the strongest purpose. She had exquisite tact, ever ever possessing that innate, subtle sense of propriety whereby she did the proper thing in the proper way and at the right time. She was acutely conscientious, and her life was a blessing to all who came in contact with her. Days after the funeral there was a large gathering of prominent people to do honor to her memory.
DEATH OF GEN. FORREST'S WIFE.
The lovely wife of Gen. N. Bedford Forrest died January 22d in Memphis, where she had resided many years. She was Miss Mary Ann Montgomery, and was married September 25, 1855. After the General's death she devoted herself to the rearing of three grandchildren, Mary, Bedford,and William, children of her only son, whose mother died when they were quite small. Mrs. Forrest was a cultured Christian lady, and was devoted to the cause in which her husband was not only a hero, but a wonderful man. He was as a whirlwind in combating the foe.
THE two first visitors to the VETERAN sanctum for the special purpose of subscribing were Tennesseans, each of whom gave his left arm to the Confederacy. Both were lost in the Johnston Sherman campaign in Georgia in 1864. One of them, Dr. W. J. McMurray, was shot many times in the war. He is not a pensioner, but has done much gratuitous service for the Tennessee Soldiers' Home and for the Tennessee Industrial School, a most worthy charity. The other, P. P. Pickard, made good crops plowing with his one arm for a time succeeding the war, and then he was promoted to the important office of Comptroller for the State. Afterward he declined to be an applicant for re election, and engaged in banking at his capital city. They went to school together after losing their arms.
IN calling attention to the full page advertisement of Messrs. Chas. Thurman & Co., who have " the largest clothing house in the South," the interesting fact is stated that when a movement was under way here at Nashville to raise money for the Davis Monument in Richmond) Gen. Thurman, a native Virginian, but an adopted Tennessean, bid along with prominent Confederates, one of whom was United States Senator Bate, for a souvenier spoon with Gen. Lee's face upon it, and he secured it for the handsome amount of sixty dollars, and gave his check for it.
MESSRS. WEST, JOHNSTON & Co., of Richmond, advertise Greg's United States History, etc., in the CONFEDERATE VETERAN. The Richmond committee on teachers and schools directed that eighteen copies of this history be purchased for each of the public schools of the city. The committee requested the superintendent to call attention of teachers to that history, in order that they might combat erroneous statements in other histories.
Of the first clubs from Camps, West Point, Va., sends 21, Huntington, W. Va., sends 12, and Belton, Texas sends 17. Jacksonville, Fla,, sends 100.
March. 1893
KU KLUX KLAN.
Although forgotten now, except at the sight of the frightful name, the "Ku Klux Klan" was one of the most extraordinary organizations in history. It went out of life as it came into it, shrouded in deepest mystery. Its members would not disclose its secrets, others could not. The story was published in the Gentury about ten years ago and it appeared at Nashville in book form in 1884. It is a small book, 116 pages, large print, at 50 cents. I have secured any wanted of the few hundred left, at 10 cents each. Subscribers to the CONFEDERATE VETERAN can have it for that. Postage 3 cents.
STORY FROM THE RANKS.
DR. H. W. MANSON, OF ROCKWALL, TEXAS, TELLS A THRILLING STORY.
It was the 2d day of April, 1865. I was acting Sergeant Major in Capt. Dale's Battalion of Sharpshooters, near Petersburg, Va. I had sat up nearly all the night before playing chess with a red headed. Captain of the First Tennessee. A little before day, firing was heard on the picket line, and the sharpshooters under Dale, Harris and Beaumont were ordered to the front. After going to the place where the picket line should have been, it was found that the enemy had broken it and that also, by a flank movement, they had broken the main line between our position on that line and Petersburg. There was nothing left for us to do but to make our way back to the breastworks and rejoin the brigade (Archer's) as quickly and as safely as possible. It was no very easy thing to do under the circumstances, as any body of men coming from the direction in which the soldiers thought the enemy were, would surely be fired on without stopping to ask any questions. But each minute was worth a million of dollars. If we remained a little longer the whole command would be surrounded and captured. Besides, our brigade needed our help. The writer was ordered to double quick to the main line, take the chances of being shot by our own men, pass rapidly down on top of the breastworks, causing our men to hold their fire until Capt. Day could oblique his shapshooters into the main line or he breastworks.
After a hard run and escaping a number of bullets sent to meet us by the men in the works, the line was gained, and the sharpshooters were safely over the works, with but few wounded. We were not a moment two soon. The enemy had broken through and was reaching out in the rear, but when they struck our part of the line the old brigade, with a yell and a charge, retook some of the works in a regular devils' picnic.
While engaged in this movement, a tall, angular Federal, standing on the works more exposed to the fire than anyone, brought his gun to bear on my face at a point blank range of less than forty steps. A dodge behind a corner of a rude log hut built for winter quarters saved my life, for at that moment the bark spattered in my face as the ball grazed the log. With a prayer for the soul of the bravest Yankee I ever saw my trusty Sharpe's rifle was aimed at the tall man's breast, and at the crack of the gun he fell from. the earth works.
About this time Capt. Arch Norris ordered me to rally the sharpshooters and try to check the column on our left. At the rally call a handfull of seven responded seven men that would try anything and they charged that column. Some were killed and others wounded. At the first volley I tumbled to the ground with a broken leg. I had hardly touched the ground when John Harlin, of Wilson county, Tenn., Jim Hearn, Coles, and another man, name forgotten, had me on a stretcher and were trying their best to get me to the rear. By this time the line was broken and the enemy had it all their own way.
They soon sent their bullets so thick around and into the litter bearing party that the men were forced to leave me to my fate. Another minute found me in the hands of the advance skirmishers, and they proceeded to relieve me of my watch and money, but a big, red faced, thick set Major made his way to me, and, after a friendly grasp of the hand, he had my valuables returned and four of his men detailed to take me back to the field hospital, and by no means to leave me until I was safely in charge of a certain surgeon, a Mason and the Major's friend. On the way back Jesse Cage, of Nashville, was picked up, with his leg broken, and placed in the same ambulance. About 4 o'clock that evening, as the wounded men lay on a bed of straw in a large hospital tent, Cage was carried out under the trees and, as the tent flap was thrown back, I could see him under the influence of chloroform while the surgeons took his leg off. He was soon brought back to his straw bed, and with a shudder I heard the litter bearers say, ''Your time next." I was placed on the table, chloroform was administered and, when I awoke from slumber, my dancing days were over and I was a hopeless cripple for life.
Two days after the above I saw the man I had fired at on the breastworks walk into the tent, but, to my astonishment, he was shot in the back part of his jaw. Calling him to my bed, I found that he was the same man, and his wounds were explained by himself thus: "I shot at a feller at the corner of a cabin, and missed him, when he shot me in the breast here," pulling open his shirt, "the ball hitting in front on the collarbone and knocking me off the works. Some of our own cowardly fellows shot me in the jaw after I got up." I explained that I was the "feller that drew. a bead" on him, an I explained that the want of force in the ball was due to the inferior cartridges used.
These two soldiers ended their war here. The one that walked waited on the one that couldn't walk, and they two who had shot at each other would have risked their lives each in the other's defense. I cannot now remember this brave man's name. He belonged to a Pennsylvania regiment. The acquaintance lasted only three days, but that was long enough for God to teach two erring mortals that brave men bore no malice, and, as they grasped each other's hand for a final separation, they each breathed a sigh of thankfulness that " I didn't kill you."
Reader, please pardon the apparent egotism. We can only write what came under our immediate observation, The death and wounding of great men, the victory and defeat of armies, have been and will be told by a thousand pens, but there are none to tell these little incidents except the actors themselves.
(Lampassas, Tex., Leader.)
Confederate Veteran March 1893.
BUILD THE DAVIS MONUMENT.
THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE TO UNITE IN THE WORTHY UNDERTAKING.
The committee appointed by Gen. J. B. Gordon, of Georgia, Commander of the United Confederate Veterans, of one from each State, met in Richmond) Sept. 17, by direction of its chairman, Gen. W. L. Cabell, of Texas, to consider the location, cost of construction, plans, etc., for the Davis Memorial. The Richmond Association participated in the proceedings.
The general purposes were set forth by the chairman in a series of resolutions. They were that " as Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy, and has been selected by Mrs. Jefferson Davis as the burial place of her husband, it is regarded the most appropriate place for the erection of a monument to his memory. The United Confederate Veterans will co operate with the Davis Monument Association of Richmond and the Southern Press Association in its efforts to erect the same." Also that State organizations be formed, and "that the chairman appoint for each Southern State and for the Indian and Oklahoma Territories a subcommittee of five members, each of which shall have within its territory the entire control and supervision of all matters pertaining to this sacred object, including the collection of funds by popular subscription, and shall have authority to name a suitable and responsible person as treasurer, to receive the same and forward quarterly to the treasurer of the Richmond Association."
Gen. Cabell has made the following appointments, selecting from Veteran Associations:
VIRGINIA Gen Thomas A Brander, Chairman, Hon J Taylor Ellyson. Col Peyton Wise, Hon George L Christian, Richmond, Maj W T Sutherlin, Danville.
TENNESSEE S A Cunningham, Chairman, Nashville, Col C W Frazer, Memphis, Gen J F Shipp, Chattanooga, Gen Frank A Moses, Knoxvllle.
INDIAN TERRITORY Gen N P Guy, Chairman, McAlester, Gen John L Galt, Hon B W Carter, Ardmore, Col R B Coleman, McAlester, Gen D M Haley, Krebs.
ARKANSAS Gen Ben T Duval, Chairman, Fort Smith, Senator Jas Berry, Bentonville, Col Jordan E Cravens, Clarksville, Maj A S Cabell. Fort Smith, Gen Anderson Gordon, Morrillton.
KENTUCKY Gen John Boyd, Chairman, Lexington, Gen Bazil Duke, Louisville, Hon W C P Breckinridge, Lexington, Gen W F Perry, Bowling Green, Ex Gov S B Buckner, Louisville
GEORGIA Gen P M B Young, Chairman, Cartersville, Gen W L Calhoun, Atlanta, Capt A P Roberts, Dalton , Dr J William Jones, Gen Clemant A Evans, Atlanta.
ALABAMA Gen J T Holtzelaw, Chairman, Montgomery , Gen F S Ferguson, Birmingham, Capt George H Cole, Eutaw, Gen Joseph Wheeler, Wheeler, Joseph F Johnston, Birmingham.
FLORIDA Gen J J Dickison, Chairman, Ocala, Col Fred L Robertson. Brooksville, Gov F P Fleming Jacksonville, Gen George Reese, Pensacola, Gen S C French, Orlando.
SOUTH CAROLINA Gen Ellison Capers, Chairman, Gen Wade Hampton, Columbia, Gen John Bratton, Winnsboro, Gen Stanley S Crittenden, Greenville, Capt B H Teague, Aiken.
NORTH CAROLINA Gen B D Hall, Chairman, Wilmington , Gen R F Hoke, Raleigh, Hon Rufus Barringer, Charlotte, Hon Matt W Ransom, Graysburg, M O Sherrill, Newton.
MISSISSIPPI Gen Stephen D Lee, Chairman. Starkville, Gov J M Stone, Ex Gov Robert Lowery, Jackson, Col C C Flowerree,Vicksburg, Lieut Fred J V LeCand, Natchez.
DIVISION OF THE NORTHWEST Gen J C Underwood, Chairman, Col Samuel Baker, Maj F H Southmayd, Maj Jere S White, Col R Lee France, Chicago.
I.OUISIANA Gen John Glynn, Chairman, Gen J A Chalaron, Gen L Jastremski, Brig Gen Charles A Harris, Lol W R Lyman, New Orleans.
MISSOURI Gen Charles C Rainwater, Chairman, St Louis, Capt Jos W Mercer, Kansas City, Capt Henry Gaiber, Col Darwin Marmaduke, Col W P Barlow, St Louis.
MARYLAND Gen George H Stewart, Chairman, Baltimore. Gen Stewart to appoint four associates.
OKLAHOMA TERRITORY Gen Samuel T Leavy, Chairman, Norman. Gen Leavy to appoint four associates.
There has been lack of active co operation on the part of some of the foregoing committees. Gen. W. H. Jackson, Chairman for Tennessee, being unable to serve, S. A. Cunningham was put in his place. Gen. John Boyd, the Kentucky Chairman, although full of zeal, has been unable to serve. The same is true of Gen. Rainwater, of Missouri, and Gen. Capers, of South Carolina.
Gens. Dickison, of Florida, Hall, of North Carolina, and Lee, of Mississippi, have been zealous from the start, and will doubtless make good showings in their report. Texas is not in the above list, but the "Lone Star" is sure to shine brightly in the exhibit.
BROWNSVILLE (HAYWOOD COUNTY'S CONTRIBUTION)
The undersigned committee collected amounts from the following named persons, to be applied toward the erection of the proposed monument in honor of the late Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America. It was deposited in the Haywood County Bank, to the credit of Green & Taylor, editors of the States Democrat, agents for the fund : Dr A R Haywood, Glasgow Haywood, Miss Carrie Tipping, Miss Anebel Moore, Miss Cora Sevier, J. E. Gause, Mrs R H Anderson, W A Roberts, Henry J Livingston, Jr., Miss Genevieve Livingston, Mrs Laura A Livingston, Miss Lucy C Livingston, Miss Nettie Jordon Livingston, Rev W L Dabney, J E Carter, Prof T W Crowder, E E Walker, Isaac H Read, B M Bradford, T A Tripp, Read Haywood, J B Phillips, Sr., J B Phillips, Jr., Miss Lillian Phillips, Miss Edna Phillips, Cheps Bedford, L H Borum, W H Haywood, Dr J G Haywood, Jr., Robt Haywood, Miss Sallie C Gray, W R Holbrook, Miss Mary S Livingston, Rosa Gibson Livingston, Miss Helen Somervell Livingston, Howell T Livingston, Henry Lee Livingston, Miss Rosa V Gibson, Miss Mattie Dabney, Capt R S Russell, Maj L A Thomas, Dr J S Patton, John P McLeod, Mann Wills, W E Capell, Emil Tamm, G H Moorer, Dr J G Haywood, Sr., John R Green, Ursula Green, Mattie C Green, Susan K Green, J D Green, all gave $1 each, Maj W K Bennett, deceased, T J Moses, deceased, $1.50 each, Prof E S Tichenor, John W Herring, J W E Moore, W W Rutledge, A F Yancey, $2 each, T W King, Major J A Wilder, P B Anderson, Rev John Williams, Capt A D Bright, $2 50 each , W L Anthony, $3 , P R Winston, Lawrence W Livingston, deceased, Maj W J Somervell, deceased, John C Duckworth. J A Brewer, Dr John R Allen, Frank P Bond, Mrs Ella McLeskey, R H Anderson, Col Thomas Smith, Chancellor H J Livingston, Mrs H J Livingston, Capt Alexander Duckworth, C A Moorer, W T Bullefin, Col Benj J Lea, Samuel Killebrew, $5 each, Haywood County Bank, $11.70. Total, $186.10. The excess over list as printed comes through smaller subscriptions than $1.
The committee adopted the following: That the above named amount be kept in the Haywood County Bank until there is a permanent organization formed for the purpose of having the Jefferson Davis Monument erected. That any person desiring to contribute to the fund leave their contributions with the Haywood County Bank, which contributions will be promptly reported by the committee. All of which is respectfully submitted.
W. A. DARNEY, Chairman.
R. H. ANDERSON, Secretary.
J. W. E. MOORE,
ALEX. DUCKWORTH, Com.
March 19, 1890.
BROWNSVILLE, TENN., Feb. 17, 1893.
Editor of CONFEDERATE VETERAN : Dear Sir The undersigned committee has this day remitted to John S. Ellett, Treasurer of the Jefferson Davis Monument Association, Richmond, Va., the sum of $186.10, being the amount contributed by our citizens as shown by the inclosed copy of the report of the committee, that
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is, $174.40 and $11.70 contributed by said bank. We send you the report, with the names of the contributors, that you may copy the same. We would have made this remittance sooner, but had much trouble in finding the report of the committee, and wanted to send along the names with the contribution, Green & Taylor, editors of the States Democrat, began the subscription, and at their suggestion a meeting was held here in February, 1890, at which most of the fund was subscribed. The meeting was presided over by Col. Thomas Smith, and was a large and representative gathering of the people of the county. Respectfully, Alex. Duckworth, J. W. E, Moore, John R. Green, R. H. Anderson, Secretary.
Col. D. A. Campbell, Vicksburg, Miss.: Your correction in February's CONFEDERATE VETERAN changing our contribution to the Davis Monument Fund from Tennessee to Mississippi is appreciated. You know it was from here this great and grand man began his military and political life, and we cherish the wannest affection for his memory. Kindly make a further correction, so all the honors may fall where they justly and deservedly belong. The amount does not come from my Camp, but from our people, and was raised by three genuine Confederate women, one of them a wife and two of them daughters of rebel soldiers. These patriotic ladies are Mrs. James Welch, Mrs. Thomas Preston, and Mrs. Horace Marshall. The honor and praise is all theirs. These, with other noble women of our town, have in hand and almost paid for a $1,500 Confederate Monument, ready to be placed among the dead boys as soon as warmer and more settled weather comes. The capital figure is a veritable Confederate soldier, and comes from Italy. We like your paper, and will forward practical evidence as soon as we get together.
Robert Young, Eatonton, Ga.: "I have sent $64.85, contributed by the people of Putnam county, Ga. (this county), to the the Davis Monument Fund. The same was collected in June, 1891, and has lain in bank ever since until the 25th of January, when I sent it to our State Treasurer of the Fund, Col. W. L. Calhoun. The following is the list of names of those who contributed $1 or more: A O Mosely,$5, E B Ezell, $2.50, Alf Davis, C M Davis, $2 each, Robert Young, W M Regan, T G Greene, Irby T Kirkpatrick, B W Hunt, R B Nisbet, D B Nisbet, N S Reid, W F Senkins, E M Brown, Jos S Turner, C D Leonard, J M Robertson, J G Collinsworth, W L. Turner, E H Reese, L C Slade, H A Jenkins, Mr and Mrs T A Scales, Thomas G Lawson, B W Adams, $1 each. The balance was in smaller contributions."
Miss Jeannie R. Crommelin, Montgomery, Ala.: "Last summer I sent you $143.85 for the Jefferson Davis Monument in Richmond, Va., explaining in the letter that the amount was the proceeds of an entertainment given by the Ladies' Memorial Association. This Association is building a monument here on Capitol Hill to the Confederate dead of Alabama, which will cost $45,000, and none of that money can be diverted from the purpose for which it was raised, therefore a special effort was made to raise the $143.85 with the above result."
J. W. Simmons, who served in the Twenty seventh Mississippi Regiment, but now at Mexia, Tex.: " It appears to me that $250,000 is a very small amount for the monument, considering the cause and that it is the last opportunity that the people of the South will ever have to act in concert to show their united devotion to the cause and leader they loved so well."
Dr. H. W. Manson, Rockwell, Tex.: "At a called meeting of Rockwell Camp, Confederate Volunteers, Saturday, Jan. 21, I was appointed a committee of one to raise, in small sums from each old soldier only, the sum of $10, and send it to you for the Davis Monument."
Capt. J. T. Wilson, Camp Mildred Lee, Sherman, Tex,: "I notice that the remains of Mr. Davis are to be taken to Richmond for burial May 30. It seems to me that it would be more appropriate to wait until the monument is completed and have it unveiled and Mr. Davis buried during a reunion of the United Confederate Volunteers."
Judge W. H. Jewell, Commander of Camp 54. United Confederate Volunteers, Orlando, Fla. : "I am in receipt of the second number of the CONFEDERATE VETERAN, and find it full of good things. I send you a list of subscribers and will send more.
I regret to see that in the list of contributions to the Davis Fund Orlando is still left out and we must continue to lie under the reproach of indifference to this worthy and sacred cause, although we have sent to Capt. John Weber, Charleston, $100 for this cause. Can't you give us the credit we are entitled to ?
J. W. Simmons. Mexia, Tex.: " Inclosed you will programme and newspaper clippings of a Confederate concert we had here for the benefit of the Jefferson Davis Monument Fund, which netted $97.40, and will be remitted through the Trans Mississippi Department.
Col. W. A. Smoot, Commander R. E. Lee Camp, Alexandria, Va.: " The committee of our Camp turned in to me today $38.25, which I send to John S. Ellett, Treasurer, Richmond, Va., to be placed to the credit of the Jefferson Davis Monument Fund. We will have more later. This has been a hard winter on our Camp."
Dr. W. M. Yandell, El Paso, Tex.: "Cook, of Belton, strikes the key note to success in the monument affair. Money was subscribed here for the fund, but nobody on hand or any knows anything about the amount thing about the status of the fund. Let us have an explanation in full in the VETERAN, and I shall then see that El Paso is given a chance to put up again."
In the remittance of $110 for the Monument from Capt. W. G. Loyd, of Lewisburg, $85 is from the people of that town and Marshall county and $25 is from the Dibrell Bivouac.
BOLIVAR The list of contributors to the Davis Monument at Bolivar, Tenn., has not heretofore been published according to the rule of naming all amounts in excess of $1. Here is a fine record: James Fentress, $20, Austin Miller, W. C. Dorion, R. H. Wood, W. W. Farley, J. C Savage, T. E. Moore, Kahn Bros. and A. T. McNeal, $10 each, P. W. Austin and W. T. Anderson, $5 each, D. E. Durrett, $2.50.
Dr. B. G. Slaughter, Winchester, Tenn., remits, as proceeds from a young ladies' concert, Jan. 25, 1890, $26, for Joe G. Estill, now at Yale College, $2.50, and A. D. Corder, Sewanee, $1.
Gloucester, Va., has a very pretty monument erected by private subscription to her fallen heroes. I write for and send you pamphlet of same.
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A DELIGHTFUL ENTERTAINMENT IN TEXAS.
A benefit for the Davis Monument Fund, given recently at Mexia, Tex., under the management of Col. J. W. Simmons and S. H. Kelly, was a success in every particular.
The overture by Misses Laura Rogers and Jassie Gibbs on the piano, assisted by Messrs. T. C. Becker and R. Sanders with violins, was a rare treat.
The rendition of " Tenting To night on the Old Camp Ground," by the quartette composed of J. M. Long and wife, Miss Ora Waller and F. L. Sheeks, was excellent.
Mr. Hugh Everett gave a declamation entitled "The Poet Priest," a strikingly appropriate selection. There is no personage that adds more dignity and elegance to the Southland than does Father Ryan.
HOW THE SOUTHERN WOMAN WAS TRAINED.
To understand the so called " New South," it is necessary to comprehend the actual duty of her mothers and the social relations which brought forth a race of people honorable, kindly, faithful and recklessly brave, yet adaptable in the highest degree.
These positive virtues are not generally associated with adaptability to new conditions, yet the Southern people in their bitter experience of defeat have given evidence of this power in its full significance.
The men and women of our country had, during the slave holding period, fulfilled so many varying and incongruous duties to their slaves that they were in a measure fitted for any labor. The first lesson that a little Southern girl learned, in preparation of her duties as mistress of a plantation, was her association, usually developing into a warm friendship, with the maid of her own age, who was generally given by the mother of the negro to " be some service to little missie," a sort of counterpart to the " body servant " whom the recent dialect stories have made so familiar to our non slaveholding neighbors. Although the peculiar relations of things made this intimacy less close between master and man, the love which began in their early youth ripened generally into a hearty affection which usually was lifelong, beginning, as it did, with their childish games in the negro quarter.
THE NEGRO QUARTER.
It is doubtful if there was ever a terre defendus so attractive to a child as this same "quarter," a collection of small dwellings built on each side of a street, and inhabited by children of a larger growth who were prodigal of stories flavored by the faith of the raconteur. There were friendly yellow dogs, chickens, ruffled, muffled and duck legged, which answered to names, with callow broods racing after them, and wonderful hens' nests full of eggs in unfrequented corners, fires in the open air with fat sweet potatoes roasting in their ashes, doll baby gardens planted and torn up at once by a multitude of little coffee colored playmates who scampered about "little missus" in a frenzy of delight.
Mistress and maiden confided everything to each other, and their mutual affection stood the mistress in good stead in her after life and enabled her often to penetrate the interesting but bewildering tangle of "tergiversations" which the plantation negro calls his thoughts. Experience taught her the habit of their minds, and opened to her the genuine dialect of a thousand idioms which she would afterward have to use in instructing her slaves. It also initiated her into the African standards of right and wrong, by which she gauged the depth of the offender's culpability.
There, too, she learned the potentiality of sarcasm in dealing with a race so alive to a sense of the ludicrous
that an appeal to its risibles will often answer the purpose better than punishment.
An instance of this kind is given of a Southern woman who cured her negro marketman of bringing the family a turkey dally for dinner because he had speculated in them and they were cheaper than other meat. She invited him to "stand on the gallery and gobble a little." This ludicrous performance deterred him from a repetition of his offense when more serious remonstrance had proved fruitless.
HOW SHE ABSORBED HOUSEWIFERY.
The little girls were present at all the milkings, churnings, and even the grinding of meal on the place, and so became familiar with the minutiae of these industries.
When the young mistress was married the superintendence of these duties devolved upon her the curing of the meat, which was to form the staple food of the white and black family throughout the year, the recipes for which were handed down from mother to daughter for generations. As there were no markets, chickens and turkeys and ducks and geese must be reared in plenty, butter must be churned, a good vegetable garden sedulously cultivated, the fruit trees and berry vines persuaded to bear fruit after their kind, to overlook the weaving room, where the cotton cloths as well as woolen used to be made, was also her duty, and in all these things our grandmothers and mothers were as proficient as the chatelaines of the Middle Ages. Much of these arts the Southern child absorbed without special instruction. Also a part of her education was the cutting and sewing of all kinds of garments, the cooking and serving of all sorts of dainties, and the intelligent care of the sick.
WELL READ PLANTATION WOMEN.
This practical education went hand in hand with the elementary and theoretical one under governesses, or in the little schools composed of the children of the neighboring places.
Whether this method of mixing the actual with the ideal was peculiarly beneficial to their minds, or that the loneliness of their lives drove them into more serious studies, it is remarkable how many well read women there were on these river places whose familiarity with the classics was close enough to be loving, and whose skill in the tinkling music of their day was of no mean proficiency.
So well was their capacity and attainments recognized that the distinguished American historian of this century, Mr. Bancroft, declined a wager with a Southern lady about a literary question, saying: "I have been told to beware of the plantation woman she reads so many books she will prove me in the wrong."
As the Southern woman developed into maturity, dividing her time between her studies and observation of the busy life around her, she read in the daily practice of her elders the constantly repeated lesson of her duty to her sable dependents.
On the plantation it was not a question of cottage visiting, such as is common in English and New England country life. It was the actual care of an irresponsible family, large and often refractory enough to dampen the zeal of the most philanthropic.
There were clothes to be made for the babies and little children, and as well for the " orphans," the shiftless bachelors and motherless boys and girls who would not sew if they could. Then the seamstresses who were to do this work were to be trained from the manner of holding a needle and scissors through all the various kinds of stitches to be taken up to dressmaking.
There were waiters, waitresses and dairy maids to instruct and cooks to superintend. Also there must be many of these skilled servants, because, without exception, they all had families, and if one of these should be taken ill another servant must be taken out of the field to supply the parent's place in the house, so that the child might be properly attended and the mother's heart at ease.
The fallacy that those darky servants grew like blackberries on the briers belongs to that land of Cockagne where roasted pigeons fell from the sky. Certainly these self producing prodigies did not exist for our mothers. It will be only after a long and careful course of training, with mutual forbearance and patience, that the free negro will make as accomplished a servant as our slaves were.
TRUTH ABOUT WHIPPINGS AND SELLINGS.
The extreme penalty of whipping was reserved for such offenses as stealing and other crimes. As the negroes could not be "discharged without a character," the mistress was not armed with the terror always in the hands of the modern housewife, but she had to make the best of her husband's negroes as she found them, trusting to her own powers as educator to form of the young ones such servants as she would like to have about her.
To sell one of the negroes "born on the place" was an evidence of the direst poverty of the master or of the most heinous conduct on the part of the slave.
Such peccadilloes as insubordination, untidiness or stupidity formed no reason to the mind of either mistress or maid in the "Old South" for a dissolution of their mutual relation, nor could a tormented mistress find relief by giving a useless servant her freedom.
There is an authentic story of one who tried, during a visit to the North, to thus rid herself of a drunken maid whose taste for Madeira had tempted her to run up a score on her mistress' account at the neighboring 'drinking shop. When the mistress remonstrated the negro answered her that being a " quality darky " she could hardly be expected to get drunk on whisky "like poor white trash,"and that as far as her "free papers" were concerned she would have none of them. There was no use talking, she was "master's nigger," and he would have to support her as long as she lived. There was no recourse but to submit, and the maid continued to follow her own sweet will until her freedom was forced upon her by the war. This was no singular or isolated case.
WITTICISMS OF CHILDREN.
Aside from the leading topics in this journal, indicated by its name, a department will be created for the bright and funny sayings of children. Request is now made for such contributions. Mr, Otis S. Tarver, of Sanford, Fla., sends this note:
The Hon. I. W. Newman, C. V., was presented last Sunday morning with a fine baby girl. His other daughter, a four year old, on seeing the little stranger, says, ' Mama, less call her Winnie Davis.' You see the name will last, and let us build the monument all together, and build it soon. OTIS S. TARVER.
CONFEDERATE DEAD AT MANASSAS.
Mrs. Alice Trueheart Buck, Washington, D. C. : " The battle field of Manassas is five miles or more in extent, and the dead were consequently much scattered. Many graves have been entirely lost sight of. The people in that section have been poor since the war, and it has been with great difficulty that anything has been rescued or preserved The ladies raised a small fund for a monument, but not until the State of Virginia donated $1,000 was one built. It is within the village of Manassas, and in sight from the railroad.
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The monument is paid for, but the grounds are unimproved and very desolate in appearance. Just before the monument was built) several years ago, at which time all the Confederate dead were gathered and placed under it in one grave, the writer and her husband visited the old burying ground and copied from the much worn wooden boards and headstones the following names: S. D. Jones, Co. I, South Carolina Regiment, W. Corbin, South Carolina Regiment, Lieut. D. W. Pitts, Fourth Alabama Volunteers , S. J. Matthews, J. D. Robbins, Fourth Alabama Regiment, W. Cambra, Co.E, Hampton's Legion, Sergt. L. C. Gatch, Fourth Alabama Regiment, L. Roby, Adams, W. J. Brown, Co. I, First Mississippi Regiment, W. D. Dennis, Co. E, Ninth Mississippi Regiment, J. E. Butts, R. Stevens, Second Mississippi Regiment, F. Broome, W. T. Foy, killed July 21, 1861 , W. T. E. Ralls, Eighth Louisiana Volunteers, died Aug. 16, 1861, and has a marble slab erected by the Masons, L. A. Bliss, J. B. Moouse or Monroe, G. G. Martin, Eighth Georgia Regiment, W. H. Evers, W. A. Lacosia, Ninth South Carolina Regiment, G. A. Derrick, First Texas Regiment, marble slab at his grave by Masons. There were many marked "Unknown." There is nothing sadder than an unknown soldier's grave, except the living who are un honored.
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