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THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENT limped, up without assistance, and ihe \V. Peebles ever gave a bright life for th* REMINISCENCES. . Doctor said? cause lie loved. 1865 and Thanksgiving Day, 1900. "Wlmt's the matter with you, Jett Strangely pathetic juxtaposition! Dates When Hood came into Decatur an# the Among my most treasured recollection- Jett pointed to where a minie ball Yinkers evacuated this part of the coun­ separated by the interval of more than a had penetrated bis hip, and .-aid he could are uiy days of school life at tlie home of generation, this day brought closely to­ try. Henderson Tisdalc Peebles and Will­ Dear Mrs. McCay, an English woman of feel it on the other side. Quickly the iam Peebles, aged 19 and 17 years, joined gether; the. past and the present; lamen­ doctor thrust a probe into the wound and olden type, positive, dignified and refined, tations and rejoicings; painful memories Roddy's command and shared the for­ who taught four generations in this place, as quickly drew it out and turning Jett tune of "Roddy's Bull Pups" until the and joyous thanksgiving all strangely around and sounding for the ball under few of whom were lacking in elementary linked together, each intensifying the bitter strife was ended, and they wore education. The house stood upon tlie hill the skin, he found it. With his knife he ordered to lay down their arms at Wheel­ other! c-ut an opening and thrusting in his linger above our famous spring. The water The Confederate monument, memorial er's Station, in Aprils 18G5 scenery and grassy yard, with its forest pulled out the ball and gave it to him. William S. Peebles died October 30, of heroic, sacrifice, patient endurance, in­ "Hire's your diploma, Jett," he said. trees, seemed to challenge the attractive domitable courage that fought as bravely 1873. and Henderson T. Peebles died Oc­ llower garden, which added much to the "Next." tober 3i», 1898. at Appomattox when hope was dead as al Jett limped away with a smite and had scene with its lovely decorations, making it nature's grand masterpiece. TTri- Manassas when hope was in its Hush: at iii- wounds dressed. When my broth 1- DR. JOHN R. SLAUGHTER. Appomattox when the exhausted remnant iiirlaw, Capt. Cooper, was brought up with brightened and trained the mind of each child within its range, speaking more po­ of a once glorious army, worn and weary, a stuttered leg. his knee pan crushed and Dr. John It. Slaughter was horn in tently to the soul than tongue or pen. starved and ragged, laid down their arms, his bones mangled, the doctor said: Elyton in 182.3. In early life he mani­ One day a stranger came up the path overpow orcd but not conquered, defeated "Fred, this leg must come off immedi­ fested that indomitable courage and and entered the school room, with Iii- by not. humiliated, as at Manassas when ately." and lie reached for his knife and ready sympathy that were the leading arms filled with hooks, and introduced every heart in the army and in the homes hi- saw. "Stop, doctor." exclaimed Fred, characteristics of both his private life and of the dear old .Southland throbbed high himself as Deter Piptey, thie great his­ "can't you save my leg?" "No, it is im­ war record. At the early age of 17 lie en­ with the expectation of speedy victory. torian and "Story Tifller." He invited possible." said be. "Jt must conic off, I listed with. Texas in her struggle for Clon us men, who laid down their lives in the school with him into the yard under teli you." "Doctor, is there a possible freedom. At the beginning of the civil defense of their God-given liberty, and the shade trees. Tender, patient and chance for me to save ibis leg?" "Per­ war lie went out with the famous Fourth whose brave struggles for their rights kind, lie brought us within his touch, haps," said the doctor, "one chance in a The alxive. js a picture of the liou • of Alabama Infantry as siugeon in. Capt. was equaled only by their patient ac »C0led to Mrs. McCalley. lit- remained whom we thought intangible, because of hundred; but I warn you now, that if it Mr. Thomas S. McC'alleyj > promi lit in the house from 1864 to 18G5. Tracy's company, and rendered efficient ceptancc of defeat! That the struggle service, following the fortunes of bis be­ his superior learning. When he told us was in vain only accentuates tlie necessi­ is not spcilily cut off you will be a dead citizen of Madison county. Ala. Ir. vas This sketch would be incomplete if it such beautiful stories, -o simplified as to man within two weeks." Capt. Cooper failed to give a short account of the no­ loved South through Tennessee. Kentucky ty of a monument. situated two miles from Hunt-vilb Hag reach the understanding of the young", we was full of nerve and faith. "Doctor, I ble sons who fought the battles of the ami Alabama. Thanksgiving Day! The very name surrounded by a lordly domain < SGu On his death, in Huntsville, Ala.,. March were amazed and delighted to learn that how suggestive of sunshine and gladness, will take the chance." ho said: and the ft.'onfederaey from the beginning to the this was Samuel Goodrich, author of our doctor said "Next." Fred was taken to acres in a high state of cultivation. Im­ close. Robert 'enlisted in the Fourth 17, 1894. lie left an example worthy of of prosperity and good cheer, all intensi­ emulation for his sterling qualities as a readers and histories, who had been fied this day by the association of a monu- j the hospital that night and died in two mediately in the rear was u nmgnif an Alabama Infantry in Augu-t. 1861. When teaching us so long, through bis work.-, weeks. " Poor Tom King's leg was broken, ilie war started lie was a cadet at the citizen and a gentleman and his valor as ment to the Confederate dead, with the grove of sixty-five acre- of forest a soldier. and that' beautiful love of "native land" Virginia Military Institute, and imme­ thanksgiving of a rejoicing people; the and while it was being splintered he was oaks, poplars, hickory-, elms, nipple nd, arose within our hearts and turned thjp.fr laughing and joking like a school boy. diately offered his services to the South. sunshine of today in striking contrast indeed, almost every tree in i « in • to THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE. to the music of his owr sweet soul, with the pall of darkness and gloom He lost mly sixty days from service, and He was ordered to Richmond, and ap­ history of the Revolutionary War ti? this region. The engraving-haw - l.rg( luted which we so painfully remember; the lived only to die at Cbiekamauga. pointed drill master of recruit-, with the ( riii- article i- written bv the only us with admiration of our forefather.-, gladness now smiling all over the land, Neither victories nor defeats arc to be house built in the colonial -tyle |»ir- rank of captain. »He resigned this and surviving member of the Confederate generous; brave and true, resisting the then so impossible in the desolate homes compared to the horrors of a battle. Dur­ cliitoiturc. with a Grecian cob mm enlisted as a private in hi- home regi­ ( ah tact. 1 tyranny of the British. George Wash­ and aching hearts of the widow and the ing the m:\cji days" fight across the Chiek- massive lonie columns, a typical S. . ment, and remained with it, fighting every I do- not promise to write about the ington, the synonym of right, and Bene­ battle the regiment was engaged iu. until fatherless, of whom a monument, though ahominy. hundreds of the dead were hast­ home, where luxury and con l o t a 1 'j war between the .States, but will submit dict Arnold, of wrong, will ever remain ily buried in narrow trenches, buried head he was wounded in the thigh at Gettys­ voicele-> and silent, yet speak.- eloquent­ cd. and cveiy one was widcom- some ob-ervatioHs about the condition in our thoughts a>s the positive and nega­ ly and eternally: the prosperity now seen to feet, a loot or so under the surface and burg. wa- taken prisoner, carried to Gov- and conduct of the Southern people aLcr tive figures of the eighteenth century. true .Southern hospitality.. The ; 'all around in luxuriant fields and abund­ trie earth heaped over them, for you eneir's Island, where he remained until the close of the war. The war of 1812. where I had an uncle [hi parole in 18G3. -He returned South, ant harvests, and beard in the music of mu-t know, my friends, that on a battle consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Met alley, rue armies of the Confederacy being who fought valiantly and was promoted while on his crutches, disabled from the busy hum of successful toil, accent­ field there are neither shrouds, nor graves, children and old Grandinothc: Ijim defeated and the Confederate government for liis bravery, again inspired my love i i»tr\ service, was appointed captain of uated by the memory of the unplowed nor coffins. nor mourners. Heavy rains In the early part of 180z, AVIIC being dissolved, our brute soldiers re­ for soldiers, true and tried, our protection H - to operate in North Alabama and laud, the motionless mill-wheel, the blight come on and softened that earth to mud. turned lo their wrecked and desolated everywhere. Andrew Jackson, the hero Mitchell occupied Hnntsville. tliej f: ateii the movements of the enemy, and and silence of deatli that reigned every­ and when a few days latei our wagons homes and entered on the struggle for of Tippecanoe, was my ideal man and began to suffer the hard-hips of tired at once on his duties. While where in that never-to-be forgotten past. had to cross that field the wheels sank the re-toration of their homes, and the soldier. 1 looked upon soldiers with the Mr. McCalley was arrested and th ii- engaged he came to his home and The l-oyal Psalmist tells us in his to the hubs when crossing the trendies -upport of their families. Civil govern­ greatest reverence, whether animate or into prison with a number of pnrm concealed in the house for several quaintly expressive language that "it be­ and -ometirae- a leg, and sometimes an citizens and sent across the Ten ment ami the ordinary tribunal.-, of jus­ inanimate. Tim dear old water pitcher cometh well the just to be thankful." and' arm, and sometimes a ghastly face was t- while the Federals occupied it. that stood upon our table surmounted by river and beyond the Federal line rb s enli-ted in the Fourth Alabama tice denied them, they were subject to ab­ surely in view of the past and the present thrown up in sight as if begging for mer­ cause of his Southern sympathic.- solute military control. Tire right of the well equipped soldiers was a volume in it well beeometh our dear .Southland cy. Oh! il was horrible. ifantrv at Fort Royal, Ya.. in Com­ itself, and the water tasted better and fence- surrounding the plantatio pany I. the same company with his broth­ writ of iiabea- corpus was suspended and this day to be thankful, raised as she has But Malvern Hill exhibited the most burned, crops destroyed, supplies o our citizen AVeg? liable to arrest by the the table looked so much prettier from been from the dust of defeat to the height awful carnage of any battle field I ever er Robert. He fought until the surren­ this wonderful association:. Tlie pictures kinds, horse-, sheep, cattle, hogs, m der al Appomattox, and was at Appo- military autho- fries without indictment of unexampled prosperity, and standing witnessed. The last battle of the seven in the United. States and English histories the poultry, were swept away, i luutlox and saw Gen. Lee immediately or information, or even an affidavit de­ as she does now abreast of the nations days w,.s fought there. It was not a were very interesting. To sec one from land used as a camping ground f< atiei ; he -uiTender. As soon as tlie terms scribing aii offense for which such arrests in wealth, resources and power. battle, for our soldiers had venturcd-too West Point in his grand unifoim and oral soldiers. The sons Robert L. j 1 the surrender were agreed on the were made, and subjected to trial by Jjot us take care that our thanksgiving far in pursuit of MtiClellnn and had got­ grander title made us look upon our poor S. and Thomas S„ enli-ted in the soldiers of the two armies, he snvs, began drumhead courts-martial. The white shall not be an empty, vainglorious ex­ ten within easy reach of their gunboats militia with derision. The Mexican war erate army, and the mother and mingle with eaeli other in the most people were disfranchised and the former ultation in the possession of blessings on the liver. Indeed, we did not know children were left exposed to the staves clothed with all the rights or cxii- filled us wtih horror at Santa Anna's which we did not obtain as we intended manner, chatting, exchanging atrocities. Many facts of this war, which that there were any gunboats armed with mercies of an invading army. In different kinds. He gave a. Yaai- zen-. The people of the South found to do by force of arms, "by our own pow­ such implements of death fqr.Geu. linger of 18G4 the family was reduced t/Q> j themsetaes utterly wrecked in -ettled the- bounds er. by the might of our own hand;." 'i fiier hi- tatter.o uiu hat for a -sustain life, and Mrs. Mi* w it hoi' t govcr mnen t let us realize them as God-given. ;i one aim a l.uuil-i • of the t on filing some corn for h s.dd.cra

I THE BRAVEST BATTLES dow curtain with a yellow border. The weJPe it in good, strong cloth that lasted OUR BELOVED ERE MURPHY, JR. skirt and waist was made of the" brown btpkr than any domestic we buy now. CHIETAIN AT REST. Dr. B. E. Scruggs That Ever Were Fought and the Wo­ and the sleeves of the border. "No. it We1,used walnut and hickory for a dye, was not pretty, but she wore it with anil >et it with alum, and they made "The Casket Has a Silver Plate. Upon men Who Fought Them. Office: Operalionse Building, aprons, and was glad to have a good berptifnland rich colors. "What did we Which Is the Simple Inscription, Attorney at Law (By Virginia Clementine Clay.) Huntsville, Ala. warm dress to keep her comfortable in do jfoui)#shoes? Made them ourselves. Jefferson Davis at Rest." The bravest battle that ever was fought! the winter. The hardest time we had I h slmes were worn then, and a pair Shall 1 tell you where or when? Full of grief-laden years, he lias passed to the Office Hours: 9 to II a.m. and 3 to 6 p.m. Huntsville, Ala. On the maps 01" the world you will find it not: was in getting shoes. Mr. Sehaudics Ales v < uld outlast several tops. Once , tomb; 'Twas fought by the mothers of men. would not touch a pair without a bjusln l ade me a pretty pair of shoes out of But see! as its portals unfold. of wheat, even if the material was fur­ >spun. 1 took the curtains of Immortality's lamp shines bright "mid the gloom, Nay, not wiin cannon or battle shot, 1 And the laurel beside it. bursts forth into bloom, With sword or nobler pen: nished. We had no wheat, and had to go a -addle. and cut the soles, ar.d made the I And Memory, as sentinel, watches his tomb, E. D. Burwell, M. D. E. L. PULLEY Nay, not with eloquent words of thought. without."' toys by some old ones, sewed them on And Peace breathes "At Rest" to his soul. From mouths of wonderful men. Mrs. Gus Mastin tells me that she hat. :.e tly. and turned them just like pump At rc-t from the battle-field's fearful array. a homespun dress of gray and black that so! s. I even put in the eyelets, and they Where be bled for the Union he loved; Residence, West Holmes St. But deep in a walled-up woman's heart— At dread Buena Vista and fierce Monterey, Attorney at Law Of woman that would not yield. was woven by a country woman, and i- Avt e neat and fitted me comfortably. Oh, His genius and prowess won for us the day. But bravely, silently bore her part— lookcd like a silk at a distance. It was ofcour-', we had a hard time, but man- And wreathed 'round his temples a chaplet of bay Lo! there is that "battlefield! woven in waves, like watered silk, and ad rigiit well to keep our servants and His slanderers ne'er have removed. Telephone 35. Huntsville, Ala. No marshalling troops, no bivouac song; trimmed in black, and "1 was as prou i At rest from the Cabinet's council of state, No bunner to gleam and wave; as if it had been silk. Our hats we! lore i< a sweet woman, whose gentian Where lie faithfully served through the strife But, oh! these battles they last so long— In the halls of the nation, where heated debate UP-TO-DATE DENTAL PARLORS. From babyhood to the grave! pretty, and we platted the straw and . m-v cheeks and ruby lips, sparkle, And partisan rancor ar.d sectional hate made them ourselves." :h -h. smile, with a contagious spirit of Drove the Southron to anns fi r the rights of his M. H. LANIER Yet. faithfully, still, as a bridge of stars, State. DR. J7 F. COYLE "1 never shall forget a dress I made f- . J.< .n humor and pleasure as she recalls She lights in her walled-up town— my little girl once,' said a merry, happy wni experiences and observations. No And Liberty, dearer than life. Fights 011 and on in the endless wars, When the cloudburst of battle o'orwhelmed our Then silent—unseen—goes down! hearted mother of a large family left in her I 1,,-ter memories shadow her story. She land. DENTIST Attorney at Law care. "Ma sent me some dimity curtains. ] . j trials, no responsibilities; she was With unfaltering devotion to right. 0 ye with banners and battle shot. with broad stripes, alternating in yellow a school girl belle. All the boys and girls Our Chieftain pledged all to our patriot band, And soldiers to shout and praise. And after defeat, in the dungeon enchained, 108 Washington St. : Huntsville. Huntsville, Ala. 1 tell you the kingliest victories fought and blocks of purple. Well, I made the u> ed Kate Coles. Her boy friends were He patiently suffered at Power's fell hand, Were fought in those silent ways. dress and was proud to have her little ] t,., young to enter the ranks as soldiers A victim to fate and to might. hide covered. When I carried the child I tie cariy years of the war. but battled 0 spotless woman in a world of shame. For our Southland he suffered, and so shall his With splendid and silent scorn. down to see tna, dressed up in her new fathfully for the prize of a smile from name T. E. Dryer, M. D. R E. SPAGINS Go buck in God as white as you came. frock, ma fairly shouted with laughter, hi.-. Below- is a part of the story she Embalmed in our memories live; The kingliest warrior born! : The penf-il of history shall blazon bis name. and said. 'Why. Mary, she looks ke t j ; ml. as she tells it, 1 would no! And his grave prove a Mecca at whose holy fane Joqquin Miller lias beautifully express­ little monkey! what did you use it that | 1,1 tme a soldier if lie had deserted for The sons of the South inspiration shall gain, Office: ed in the above poem a truth so palpable way for*' For the first time the extrenn- |;!f, feel in;: that her charms, so apparent And nations their homage shall give. Attorney at Law that it needs no corroboration from as —SALLIE JONES. Over Dr. Humphrey's ly ludicrous struck me. and 1 joined in m w. 11111-1 have been irresistible when Camden, Ala., December 12, 1899. feeble a pen as mine. There were domes- the laugh with keen enjoyment. I had a j jo/bus youth reigned in every feature, and Drugstore. 113 Eusti$'t>t., Huntsville. tie patriots and warriors among the wo­ quantity of fine imported silk hose. a j tl* eoLur de rose of girlhood had not VIRGINIA CLAY CLOPTON men whose battles were as trying to part of my wedding trousseau, and, as the | ii,'?pem-d into the crimson How of war, Makes a Mcst Earnest Appeal in Be­ their weary, patient souls during the civil last, and hardest part of the war ap­ tlat unani to those of mariner years an war as ever a soldier, who wore the gray, proached, I cut them down for the chil­ w:t died to give them value, and three half of the Dead Soldiers. Dr. W. D. ALLEN W. B. BANKHEAD fought. Their cause was not lost—a glo­ dren, and they looked right cute with ingttUhcd heart and desolated home: My Countrymen—The evening of my rious victory won. All honor to our brave homespun dresses, petticoats made of "Oh. 1 don't remember that we had checkered life is fast approaching, the Attorney at Law women who needed "110 banner to gleam Mnckiraw blankets, brogan shoes and fine -eh a ha til time. 1 had a lovely time. shadows are growing darker, the sur.se! DENTIST i.nd wave; ' her field of duty was in her silk stockings and Quaker bonnets made ; • t>jr l-oy friends were too young to go to of Life's golden day is rap'dly depart­ Office in First National Bank, home, and her brave heart-throbs were of pasteboard and covered with any old 1 Y war. and they gave us as nice a time ing, leaving me only the night of eternal the tocsin of her soul! scraps of silk or colored goods wejcouhi ; -fcthev could. There was Sam Hind -, Roy Sleep, till the Blessed Morn shall break. Huntsville Alabama. Huntsville, Ala. No women ever lived who possessed a muster tip. Every little scrap of woolen j ill\ J,-imi< Watkins, Bet tie Hammond and ter, and closed by the final surrender of' for their country's weal than these wo­ all the scraps wore tied up with tli gar- jamio Inmmcnd. The hoys had a de- the immortal Lee and his band of heroes men who remained at home and reared, ments. and sometimes the ends of goo !* I ating .-r. -icty one night, and Willie Ers- at Appomattox. These four years, writ W. C.Wheeler, M.D. J. C. KING fed. clothed, taught, instilled principles would tc about a yard in length. Mother V®? asked uue to go and one of the other in blood upon our hearts and our country of right into the minds of the. children used these scraps for the ehiltiivr.' Tja^- .--.-.ed Mary Bradley. The subject cover a period, saered to every true South­ left in their care. clothes, and many a nice litt'c coat or fflpatei was, 'Was Brutus Justifiable ern soul. A period, in which the whol1 "Write something about the styles of shirt she has made for us out of scraps. i.t Slid I,itig- Caesar?' We had a good Attorney at Law war, and how the women who stayed at patriotic heart cf the South, fired with Office and Private Booms All the Confederates' clothe- had lo be i UjgSyat t lit*, society, which met at the the loftiest and most laudable a nbltir.n. home obtained the material of the gar­ made, with the lingers, too: no machine ' Hail. But as we were going ments."' is what the ladies of the I". D. responded, as one man, in defense of a Over Dr. Humphrey's Drugstore. Milligan Bldg., Huntsviile, Ala. sewing would he accepted. There were ionic, 1 to spend the night with Mary, cause, recognized as righteous, g'orious C. V. requested me to do for the monu­ •j walked home with Annie Pope, and. inspectors who examined every garment and just. The ideal soldiers, ti e imp r- ment paper, and- that is what I have en­ ike all hoys and girls, found that the with the greatest care and passed judg sonation of Southern chlvaliy and valor, deavored to do. by gathering up infor­ earest way home was the longest way mont en it. Tho • who did the sewing panoplied in iho dauntless hope and Burke & Smith mation here and there from those brave were paid in cloth for-their work, am onnd- Wh< n we reached the corner oi DR. F. L. ADAMS ability to win. Hsw to arm , cheerfully women who have worked with a will and were, glad tc get it. Father made o 1 it,-s. Todd's house a -entitle! said: 'Halt!' I ade adieu to all ho loved or. earth, s Ion won the battles of life at home during the shoes, and tuury a night has he sat up -'.'ell we heard the command with a fee!- Attorneys at Law war. Some became almost hysterical as until midnight sewing on -ho after ; g to terror, but halted. It was then to return a clod of insensate clay. Ti-c DENTIST they recalled the trial.-vtliey endured, oth­ working in the fields all day. I rente >> jli) o'clock, ami as we had no permit after brilliant rays of Hope which had illumin­ ers laugh and make others laugh at the ed our horizon faded one by one, and the Huntsville, Ala. her that my hrothei came home on a fur­ -;>i:e of our tears and protestations, absurd makeshifts they had for styles in lough once, and he had only one shirt 5sc- of good things to eat and calls coffin lid closed, after four years (f he­ Holding Block :: Huntsville. dress and bonnets. One lady, who, in spite to his lack, and that was ragged. M it lasted, and when those pretty comfort ab'e. ©nee Mr. Alien San- a:. \c never tried the experiment ing the sleep that knows n waking," tu 1 Dental Office: Attorney at Law i clothes were out we wore rags. Some of ford came to nic and to'.d me than all hi- n. Jennie Watkins gave a party tho last trumpet shall sound. the women would buy goods from the niegers had left him, and he had no. nd I m ver fluid is go .1 a time !n lite dfcades (to our nhr.me l»o it -spok­ Yankees, but I wouldn't. My dresses MilUgan Block. Southeast Corner Public Square. ] body to pick hi c >tt n. and told m :y '!ife. For reft < shmcnts she had nop- en i have passed, the sea-ons liars come i 1 Lait fnr lhe children, and mauiad? and genu while winged Peace tw: sir. tig't cap* ret-1 W-wffs or TfsifSar - vaayni*.-!... k#. ""1?;'" ; walnuts, Huiitsyilie, Alal^ami. if I would help him. fine jet sjmeuod'. £•', .gii . una wedaiiceu square uances. the cloth oi any woolen goods, and they were to help, too. W< II. T was < n!y about $ 'd Virginia Reel,' and the gitls danced Spring Las never failed to lay. inglv. pretty caps," too. Before the Yankees or 1 (i years old, but I took the job. and t > round dances together. It was not her velvet pall of mossy green up>;, each Jas. H. Ballentine came here my husband carried our clothes tnysiiare was a whole hal-. weighing fit!" e» siderod • respectable for girls to dance little narrow mound, 'neath wliiyji lie W. C. Darnall, M. D. ai d bedclothes across the river, in ease pounds. I was proud. 1 can tell you, and ' '.hi round dances with the boys, so wd the folded hands and pulseless hearts' of we would have to leave town, and the I brought the cotton to town and sold il gir d.uicrd the hop polka, sehottisc-he, the silent si.cpers. But. my friends, shall Rooms 9-10, Holding Bldg., Yankees took them. We were left with Attorney at Law for $ofiO to old Tosh. Beadle—one1 dollar mapurka and waltz. I just know that beneficent nature, alone, honor the glo­ but one blanket. I can't remember what a pound—in good Confederate mou y. I i L'i: - nm» never have half as good a time rious Dead who perished for us? Sla'l East'Side Square, we did to supply the deficiency, but 1 spent it before 1 left- town, in 'lu\ ;: i -. v, had then. Ladies used to send to we who yet live, professing to hold them Huntsville, Ala. know we would not buy anything from such as coffee, at $1 a pound, sugai at 50 jta-hvill for dry goods, whenever they Huntsville, Alabama. the Yankees." dear in our memories prove faithless ly cents a pound, a sack of salt weighing It", i .]< : he chance, and had the money. Moth- The ingenuity of the women was failing to give tangible expression to the ipounds for .$100, and a pair of !><> * * ught"-I ' "Mjme a~ pretty gray calico, which ...LAW OFFICES OF.. brought it to active play, and a marvelous love we bear? Shall we contentedly, myself for $10. and a hat for $10. paid si a yard for. I was delighted, energy as needlewomen developed. pass away, leave go to an unhom gener­ S. H. LOWRY was ibeut all I got for myself. I t i helped to make it myself. I scalloped "When our clothes began to give out ation the bottnden duty of buildin" r. mon­ Tancred Betts it was hard work getting that co e.isted it. in red cotton, the col- past patching or repairing, then we had ument to perpetuate the names and fame town, the roads were so bad. It t cuffs. and that calico was the to look about for more to cover our na­ of men who died for you and for me? Physician and Surgeon steers and a hor.se to haul it, and ot,s 1 had for a long time, and I Prank Esslinger kedness," said one lady. 'T remember that A thousand times "no, no." I answer to camp out all night. » greatest care of it. we had .some fine white blankets, and. ma for you. Let us, before forever too late, Bank Row. "Mother raised a few sheep, and ovs had a military company, Huntsville, Ala. had them dyed and made a nice suit of rear, of Parian marble, or enduring spun and wove the wool for clot! d the 'Huntsville Cadets." and the Huntsville, Ala. clothes for John, my brother. The great­ bronze, a tribute worthy their acceptance children had to pick the wool before it ir!- u-td to call them the 'Huntsville est trouble we had was getting shoes, i as expressive of their sacrifice. Let us was carded, and 1 hated to do it so hud h :ps." When the hoys decided to go to remember that John had a calf, and when hand down to suc-eecd'ng generations the ISHAM D. HOBBS that 1 would plow in the pouring rain.' K war, or their aged admitted them, the lie had it killed he took the hide out in indisputable fact that Southern so'elins J. L. Darwin, M. D. with the water following me in a stream t: - made them a beautiful Hag. and the country and a negro dressed it for .were not rebels, but patriots, meriting a in the furrows, just to keep from picking *!is. Told. Annie Pope, Jennie and Bett him. It was enough to make him a pair nation's most costly gift. wool." bimnu ml embroidered the stars on it. Attorney at Law of shoes, and the scraps left were enough riiysicinn and Surgeon Lace curtains were a valuable acquisi­ \ e 1 Mastin was the captain and Ben Pat- To this end 1 warmly appeal to vou, to make me a pair of slippers, and I made tion to toilet-, and many a party dress ersnn the color hearer. The day the pre- begging that we Daughters of the Confed­ 9 Bank Bow ::: Huntsville, Ala. them myself, using some old soles. I Offices in Holding Block, Public Square, was constructed of both lace and tnuslin cntation was to take place was one of ex- eracy, who have labored in our limited learned to make a lovely hat out of Rooms 10 and 12. Tel. l-'O. curtains and looped with natural flown- itement for us. The girls represented the sphere to accomplish this ta-.dy art cf straw, by platting it, and not only made and evergreens, and were very attractive reeding Southern States. Bettie Ham- justice to our beloved Dead, may have them for myself and other girls, but used and pretty. no'vl mane the presentation speech, and your hearty co-operaticn. Is th Ye one Brickell & Brickell to make them for the young men who The following is a poetic sentiment ex­ the b kid as pretty as a picture. Ben who can say us nay? F. E. Baldrige, M.D. visited us. We also made pretty hats and pressed by a Southern girl, and to the air atterson accepted in a graceful speech, M e .shall publish and prenns? lo issue bonpets out of shucks, and made flowers of "Dixie" makes a thrilling song. I have invl N. 1 Mastin spoke, It seems a long to the public on November 29—T a ks- out of shucks, too. ar.d made them prct- Attorneys at Law iitie - on. now. hut we were just as pa- giving day—a historical and men or al tily, and they were very becoming. Some­ no knowledge of the author of the senti­ riotic and as proud of 'The Chaps' a- we paper, commemorative of the djstingu''sh­ Hiysician aild Surgeon times the ladies from the country wou.d ment. l-ut in collecting material for my Huntsville, Ala. scrap book, when a school girl, wa- at­ •mild be. When the news reached town ed Living and Dead of cur own grend trim the hats in natural flowers, crape hat Fnink Gurlev was going to pass Southland, a valuable paper to transmit myrtle being a very popular flower, as it tracted by the spirit of it. and it found ] White Bldg. : Huntsville, Ala. lr.ouah town, the whole town turned out to Posterity, for whi-.h we ro'.iei yo t kept fresh longer and was such a pretty a place of honor among my scrap book S. 8. PLEASANTS | DOUGLASS TAYLOR |- see him and hi- company. Jennie San­ potent aid in subscriptions, advertis - color." valuables, c.s a clipping from an old war ders and Marv Russell made a wreath of incuts and private donat'on-. The mag­ One ladv. relating her experience, says newspaper, found among father's office exchanges. The girls" gowns arc m>v. lower-- ai|d as he rode down Commercial nificent "Aluert Memorial " to th • Prince Benton Hall. M. D. Pleasants & Taylor she well remembered one lady who-was more elaborate: the sentiment remains ow stop-.ijpd him at the corner of Frank- Consort of England was built bv sh llings. fond of wearing in her bonnet, in the in s* re t and threw the flowers over his spring time, fresh hyacinths; they looked unadorned: No peer of the realm bring allowed a Attorneys at Law oi-o'- n-ck. They seemed to think that larger sum, thereby giving each peasant riiysicinn and Surgeon so fresh and lovely when she first came Homespun Dress. \as the zenith of their patriotism. The in church, but, as the sermon progressed, the opportunity of proving h's love and OF. yes; I am a Southern girl, oldiets appreciated the attention, and 3 Bank Bow :: Huntsville, Ala. and the warm weather ditto, the-flowers loyalty te> his Queen—shall we be less Huntsville, Ala. I glory in the name. aeh felt himself a hero, as the sweet leva! to our precious Dead? had a very dejected appearance, and. And boa-t it with far greater pride mile of some girl was wafted his way." finally, ere the benediction, wilted and Than wealth »r glittering tame. VIRGINIA CLAY CLOPTON, I envy not the Northern girl, And so the story goes. Some rejoice President of Daughters cf Confederacy. dropped over her forehead. The final Her robes of hcautv rare, vet memories of "Hours of delight, with­ & death of these dowers was always a source Tho' pearl® bedeck her snowy neck out alloy."' while others in anguish mourn TRUE INCIDENTS OF THE CIVIL And diamonds grace her liair. IS, M, D. of amusement to the grown people and aeh joy or sorrow that's past, and with children who were in neighboring pews. WAR. Office: Southern Building CllTUS— jte poet wail— Attorneys at Law Bonnet and hat boxes of pasteboard were Hurrah, hurrah, for the Sunny South so dear, O niem'ry, why dost thou with ir.e dwell, On our retreat from Dalton, Ga... we and Loan Building. highly valued as the foundation for hats Three cheers for the homespun dress Why aiake my throbbing 1 cart t) swell, were passing hurriedly through a wheat and bonnets, and old silk dresses, or scraps That Southern ladies wear. Thou ringYt of happiness the knell. Huntsville ::: Alabama. Mournful on mv ear. field to gain the shelter of the woods on Huntsville ::::::: Alabama. of silk and velvet, were cherished as a My homespun dress is plain, I know. Hope ne'er again with me may scar. the other side. Roll Peebles, one of our treasure trove." My hat s palmetto, too. Never whisper to mc: "Grief is o'er," comrades, gave out and crouched down 1 have gleaned information from every­ But then it shows what Southern girls Pity, alone, the tear may store, behind a friendly stump. The Federa's, body I could, but the stories are very sim­ For Southern rights will do. Dropp'd upon my bier; We've sent our sweethearts lo the wars; coming in hot pursuit, opened a brisk lire JAS. H. BONE & GO. ilar; some are bitter, others cheerful, and But, dear girls, never mind, JAMES CAMP TURNER. across the field. Peebles, seeing us re­ Jrtiielte,U, still others are merry, in relating their Your soldier lad will not forget turn the fire, blazed away with his mus­ Physic.an. Surgeon anJ ttectro- experience. Miss Laura, whose retina al­ "The girl Le left behind." In our cemetery is a soldier's grave, a ket. Seeing the puff of smoke from this UNITED STATES ways receives bright impressions of life, Therapist—X-I^ay Wcrk a Specialty. Chorus— beautiful green mound without any tcw- solitary gun, a splendidly equipped Yan­ said: Office Hour®: Offices and Private Hospital, ering monument, but sintplv a wire teni kee lieutenant determined fo capture the 8 to 12 a.m. Corner CLAIMS ATTORNEY. "Oh. yes, I can tell you an incident. And, now, young inan, a word to you, and clinging to it the clematis, iri swe:t 2.to 4 p.m. Greene and East is Streets. Once during the war Mrs. Frank Mastin If you would win the fair, -. . i soldier. On lie came, "conquering and to Go to the fields where honor calls. fragrance breathing incense' to OIP rf conepier, bis magnificent steed prancing /Came out in a lovely dress that excited And win your lady there. (Old War Claims at Specialty.) Htintsville's truest men. James Camp and looking the very picture of a war- the admiration of all her lady friends. Remember that out brightest smiles Turner. Politeness, generosity and kind- You remember how grand she always Are for the true and brave, horse. Y\ hen in .a short distance of the And that our tears fall for the ones ttess were the chief accessories of life and stump Peebles raised his gun and killed looked, anyway. Well, she looked even Who fill a soldier's grave. iiliSili Office : : : he came out brave, gentle and polished, a grander and more aristocratic, it seemed the horse. The lieutenant dropped his No 115 Eustis Street, near ntleman to the letter, saber, left his pistols in the saddle and to me, than she ever did, with this beau­ Chorus— • • g e good die first, Postoffice and United States tiful dress on. Of course, everybody was Hurrah, hurrah, for the Sunny South so dear. ttu'j whose hearts are dry' as summer dust, was pitched through the air and lay Three cheers for the sword and plume to the socket." sprawling at the mercy of Peebles, who Office Hours: ) r 307 W.XV. Clinton St., anxious to know how she procured such That Southern soldiers wear. Court Buildings, Huntsville. J. ( . Turner's death was a loss to this pointed his empty gun and demanded his 12 to 1 p.m. Tel. 45. ] Huntsville, a treasure, and it finally got out that —Luiie Gay Whitfield. 5 to 6 a.m. ) ( Alabamr.. she had made it out of an old dimity bed­ Mrs. Albert Jones, in telling of her ex­ mmunitv, hut an eternal gain to his surrender. He brought him into our spread." perience. says we refugeed in Arkansas nmortal soul. midst and was greeted with the famous Miss Mary Ann says that her father (luring the war. We had all our ncgrc s rebel yell, which the fine-looking lieuten­ SHIELDS & CO., We write the best accident policj' in was provident and they did not suffer as with us, and were trying to get over the ant enjoyed apparently as much as we ..Dealers In All Kinds or.. much as others did. When the rumors line into Texas, but were stopped, ami ie world. The best and cheapest. If did. Peebles belonged to the same regi­ don't believe it, call and we will Or. Inzer B. Wyatt of war first reached here her father laid remained in Arkansas. We, in some way, ment I did. the Fourth Alabama Cavalry, Ch e sta n-Fed Fresli Meats in bolts of dry goods, calico, domestic, lin- succeeded in getting several convince you. BOYD & WELL MAN. commanded by Col. Russell, and in our DENTIST 5ausagcs and Hamburg Steaks a Specialty. seys and homespun. She remembers that wheels, and would pick the cotton out of regiment there was not a braver, better the last year of the war "Miss Maria" the field, and all of us learned to spin, Buy Coal, Coke and Wood. soldier than Bell Peebles. Holding Blk., East Side Square, SUlls 1 & 2 City 31;\rket. ; Phone 108—3 Sings. made Mamie a dress of a brown wool win­ and made the women slaves spin it and BOYD, WHITE & Co. W. A. PETTUS. Huntsville, Ala. TEE BATTLE CALL AND-THE mountainside" in Virginia, and nr. K a OUR FALLEN HEROES. Henry F. AFTERMATH. mossy path beneath the sighing pine ' A Never has enthusiasm kindled by the Soldier s Grave:" MADISON COUNTY COMPANIES. fire of patriotic feeling lacked its poet. The bramble wrested with the weed upon the Madison Rifles. From inspired Miram to the immortal lonely mound, J; -5? The following is a list of the offie?rs truve Greek, blazoning the deeds of the Ithican The simple head-board, rudely bu;;t. hud r1 "J to the ground; and privates: s in his "Sea-gilt isle," the Anglo-Saxon I raised it with a reverent hand from du-a John G. Coltart. captain; O. B. Gaston, • • minstrel's songs of Danish slaughter, words to clear, & Co. first lieutenant; William F. Maston, s?o- Shakespeare and Tennyson, poets have But time had blotted all but those, "A C 1 % The Alms & Doepke Co. w end lieutenant; William P. Mewman, been sensitive to the rapture of the strife Volunteer." third lieutenant; H. F. Christian, firs: and quick to respond to the beauty of a sergeant; John G. Logerman, second ser­ \V brave deed. Roll! Shenandoah! Proudly roll adown thy geant : A. R. Wiggs, third sergeant; F. T. Cincinnati, Ohio \1/ We Lead in All Fancy and The war songs and poems of the land glcn! .. . w Above thee lies the grave of one of Stom-w.,!1 -i 'oic- Hawkins, fourth sergeant: E. B. Rife, we love are not wanting in much that is son's men! first corporal; William A. Robinson, sec- beautiful and soul-stirring; it has been Unutterably sorrowful the fat. uf tlio-e Mixed Drinks, - nd corporal; J. M. Robinson, third cor- vt/ said that "they are unexcelled by the ou Johnson's Island, poral; John E. Spottswood, fourth cor- ...WHOLESALE DEALERS IN... war poetry of any people, ancient or mod­ Far off! alone! upon Lake Erie! We Make a Specialty of em." Familiar and endeared as they are I oral. \1/ Privates—D. M. Allen, J. Iv. Allison, J. to every true Southern heart and home, Where— my readers will scarcely need to refresh t. Anderson. W. T. Beard, J. P. Bradford, v»/ Fine Beer. T. T. Binford. J. H. Binford, A. J. Blim- their memories with the records of the The winds that bring to others j -y, E>PY GOODS, But mock me with their breath! loved and brave, and this sketch will he line, W. XV. Briekell, J. A. Burrow, Jr., w •I. W. Bovce, B. A. Buckner, B. E. Bailes, FinestWhisky, Brandy and merely a thread on white to string the and Camp Chase and other lamentable W. H. Bailes, Peter Binford, W. N. Bur­ pearls taken up at random from the rich places, where in more than on>- insta.ee vt/ nett, Thomas Bass, W. W. Cox, W. J. casket bequeathed to us. of the Southern prisoner of war: Wines Always on Hand. Let us teach our children to love them, Coyle. J. B. Christian. Samuel Couch. GAPPE-TS, vt/ to understand, respect and cherish them The Northern violet shall blow, John Coleman. James Corpit. Daniel Cole­ Above his humble grave. man, Thomas Duff, James Dilliard, D. E. The. as we do and to sing as did Barrick: But we have not the space to rec i(l Dana by, H. B. Dillard. Jackson Douth- Thn' othi-r lards Napoleon ami Wobiagton adorn, mere of these beautiful Southern poems itt. J. II. Echols. XV. C. Envin, James Ed- jviATTJPG,&c. $ Arre-Ra h«-i \vashihgtcn and later liutiis born; ward-*. Edward Fetting, Robert Freeman, B. li. Stief Yet Jolirstoti, Jackson, Prit-e and Ls.-e, tbragg, in memory of our martyrs and i no . n Buckner,' Morgan towers; heroes of the gray. Henry Ferguson, J. N. Gilliland, T. F. With Beauregard, and Hood, and Kc.ll, there is no Graham, Dickson Graham. William E. land like ours. On fame's eternal camping ground. 7 # Jewelry Co. Hallowell. A. Horton, XX*. XX . Humphrey, Their silent- tents are spread, When the crisis came and the South, Willie Haves, F. F. Hazelwood, J. B. —DEALERS IN— And glory guards with solemn round %€€«€€€€€€€€€€£• tin .lied with alarms of war, began to The bivouac of the dead. LausHlin, A. E. Lyon. XV. P. Mills. A. E. IDiamoncis, rally, Henry Timrod's "Cry to Arms' Mills, John MeCiusker, R. II. Malone, B. "W atclics. rang through the Carolinas: Among many pathetic legends is one in­ F. Mitchell. B. C. Michaux", B. C. Murrell. scribed on the back of a Confederate note <5" OT7\7'Ol2?37- G. XV. McClung, J. S. Morton. Henry Mill­ r Sterling Silver. Gold Head Canes. Umbrellas, Ho! woodmen cf the mountain-side! by Maj. Jones: er. John Mewman. R. A. P.-tty. XX7. S. °=GS3Egg Ho! dwellers in the vales; ^ Fine GUI v. . Cur Gln*s, Clocks. Fine Lamps, Patterson, Z. T. Paynes, E. Robertson, Leather Goods, Onvx Top Tables an l Cabinets. lie* ye who by the chafing tide Representing nothing on Gcd's earth now, ? Plated Ware, Art Pottery, Gold Pens. Pencils. Have roughened in the gales! A fid naught in tpe world below jit. Albert Russell, .John Rag'iand, Anderson Sole agents for Patek."Philippe & Co., Vuch- Leave barn and byre, leave kin and cot. As a pledge cf a nation that's dead - •"•. R'dtord, Charles Schlack, Lafayette •eron & Constanlin Watches. Lay by the bloodless spade; Keep it, dear friend, and show it; Repairing of Fine Watches and Jewelry a Let desk, and case, and counter rot. Show it to these who will lend an ear Si.-k, C, E. Smith, J. M. Stevenson, Y. P. specially. 404 Union St., Nashville, Tenn. And burn your bocks of trade. To a talc this trifle can'tell. Trotman, II. A. Tabc, C. A. Tot'td, G. L. Brick Of the liberty born of the patriot's dream, l * Taylor, X'iek Venable, A. J. XVithens, Jr., Hnyne echoed a keen and certain bu­ Of a storm-cradled nation that fell. R. XV. XX'hitman. It. J. XVatk'ns. G. W. gle note in his poem, "Charleston." What We are making a very superior quality of Brick. XX'caver. C. H. Ward, H. R. XX'hitman, J. a noble apostrophe to his beloved State: The achievements of our fallen hcrots are written not only in our hearts as J P. XX'hitman. D. C. Weaver, B. L. XX'ill- Our Prick are made *by an End-Cut Machine, which T. H.Wade A prophetess grand immortalized in ver. e, but recorded in iams. XX'illiani Weeden, James Wistry, enables them to stand a much greater crushing strain Cn the soil the first life-note of "Liberty" rang. heaven, A. M. XVells, John XX*. Young. Rcbcrt And the first stalwart blow of her gauntleted than Brick manufactured by any other process. We FtlRNTOE hand And on that mighty ledger Yarbiough, Yarbrough, Charles Ha'- lbuke the sleep of her land. Is writ Sam Davis' name. sey. A. J. Jordan, G. XX*. Kennird, R. A. are prepared to make prompt deliveries, and are quot­ ...AND... For honor's sake he would net make King, G. P. Logan. No wonder Hope's solemn "Oath of A compromise with shame. ing prices that will save you money. Our Brick are Huntsville Guards. Freedom" stirred not alone Virginia, but The great world lav before him, UNDERTAKING. For he was in Ins youth; Officers—E. J. Jones, captain; G. B. larger than any other manufactured in Huntsville— the South, with its intensity: With love of life young hearts are rife; But better lie loved truth. Mastin. first lieutenant; J. Camp Turn-r. another reason why they are cheaper for the builder. Both Departments Complete. Born free, we thus resolve to live. second lieutenant; XV". H. Taylor, third The Newest and Best. By l-eaten, we will he free! lieutenant; J. E. Fletcher,-, orderly ser­ By all the stars which burn on high— HP would not sell bis manhood By the green earth, the mighty sea; To purchase priceless hope, geant; XV. R. Rison, second sergsant; Liberal Terras to Customers. Office By Cod's unshaken majesty. Where kings cast down a name and crown Samuel H. Pleasants, third sergeant; J. Always Ooen. "Old Van Valkenburg We will be frae or die! He dignified a rope. C. XVcAver, fourth sergeant; XX". XV. Loft- ....HUNTSVILLE.... Corner," S. Side Square. Tel. 68. And Tiekncr says: Beautiful is this inimortalle from t wieh. first corporal. pen of Mrs. Ella XVhecler Wilcox, laid Privates—J. A. 15. Allison, G. M. Ad- We thought they slept, the sens who kept the hero's grave. co: k, Joseph P. Angcll, J. XX*. Baldridge, The names of noble sires. Brick and Construction Co. XV. F. Barbara, .1. H. Blackburn, A. J. ariaqua^ And slumbered while the darkness crept Mrs. Preston, the most famous < Around t ;eir vigil fires. Southern woman poets, writes thj Bcyd, James H. Brown, A. J. Bvrn, J. H. ..NATURAL.. But. aye. the "Golden Horseshoe" Knights "Dirge" for the brave Virginia leadei. Clutts. XX. J. Clarke, 11. C. Cameron, R. Telephone 130==2 Rings. HUNTSVILLE, ALA. Their Old Dominion keep. s Ashbv: T. Coles. J. T. Clutts, M. E. Craxton, A. Whose fots have found enchanted ground, "T7T But not a knight asleep! B. Cnitcker, XV. G, Cunningham, John T.. Bold as the lion's heart, W. 1. WELLMAN, Pres't. S. J. MAYHEW, Vice-Pres't. J. R. BOYD, Cashier. ...Mineral Water Daundcssly brave. Clark, J. XX". Campbell, H. S. M. Dale. S. From Tennessee came the inspiring Knightiy as k'night.icet XV. Downing; XV. C. Drake. P. N. Drake, strains of "Dixie" from the gallant Pike: liayard might crave; Cures Dyspepsia, Constipation, Sweet with all Sidney's grace, J. M. Drake. T. XV. Drake, T. M. Elliott, Liver, Kidney and All Stomach Southrons! hear your country call you! Tender as Hampden's lace— C. C. Elgin. C. C. Fariss. XVi'liam II. Fa - Up. lest worse than death befall you! WHO now shall till the space i.-••>. Thomas Fowler, James Freeman, J. The Void by his grave? Farmers*" To Arms! To Arms! To Arms in Dixie. C. Freeman, XX*. M. Gormlcy. II. Harden, TroubIes For Dixie land we'll take our stand, I - S. Morgan Stewart To live cr die for Dixie! Randall's eloquent pen eulogizes thus Orlando Halsey. R. A. Hick's. XV. B. Hill, our gallant Pelham: G. L. Laughinghouse, M. G. Lemley, H. B. Proprietor. Not only Maryland, but the entire Love. Montraville Lee. J. B. Loonev, J. Phone 10G-3 Kings. lluntsville, Ala. South, was thrilled by Randall's famous Hushed in the alabaster arms of death. M. Matkins. XV. A. Matkins, T. H. Matt- Merchants and immortal lyric: Our your.g Marc-ell us sleeps; Nobler than the child of Rome, berson, A. J. Mitchell. F. J. McRennerly, Curbing his chariot steeds; U. P. Moore, R. G. Moore, PeteT Mitch: The despot's heel is on thy shore, The knigutly scion of a Southern home The Burnam Grate.... Maryland! Dazzles the land with deeds. 1 ell, John McCoy. J. J. Naler. Thomas His touch is at thy temple door, Nab';, XX". H. O'Neal. Thomas M. Pat.-r- National Bank. Maryland! ion. J. J. Partbn, D. C. Peevey, XV. Pen­ Heats two rooms with one fire, and is Avenge the patriotic gore A clash of sabres 'mi!-..naird. -so -Aiai.iiatinr "• In Alabama's dells! 'V *rt~ its" use—in the incfeased comfort Mr. Heed, of the "Constitution," said: tcriensher, R. D. Tribb'e. D. A. T in!) r Capital, $100,000. and rental value of the building-—that "What Rouget De Lisle was to France, From valiant Latane and on until "ye la e. E. L. Thompson. M. B. Trotman, J. it is both cleanly and beautiful, and Randall was to the Confederacy. What are outnumbered, not outdone," there- tie B. Williams, J. T. Winter, Sandy XVh to, the 'Marseillaise' was when the entire J. L White, Cullen Wilson. E. M. Win­ that it saves half the fuel forever. befitting laurels, but I cannot omit me French nation was mad, 'My Maryland' little 16-year-old hero of eighteen batik-": ston. R. N. Hughes, XX". T. Hamer, 11. A. Huntsville, Apply to was, when the Southern people threw Hollenbergc. Joseph Jones, II. H. Kir'.:- Alabama. themselves into the tumultuous horror of Out cf the foc-al and foremost fire. land. F. P. Kennard. J. M. Lee, Thomas Out of the hospital walls as dire. | J^uubcrt, H. G. XVersham, H. C. Worthatu, A. L. RISON. civil war." "Let me make the songs of Smitten of grape-shot and gangrene. / w. R. RISON. ESTABLISHED 1866. Burnam Grate Co. a nation and I care not who makes its J. B. Wort ham. P. XVhitworth, G. I). XX" 1- JAWS." An old saying, but true. When He was tenderly cared for in the home kersoii, XV. L. XVillmore, R. J. Wilson. lluntsville. Ala. the "Gallant Little Irishman," Harry Me- of Ticknor, the poet, during months of The Ninth Alabama. .( arty, ang "The Bonnie B!u§ Flag" at fortune and— Officers—E. D. Yoacv, captain; Isaac the presentation of our colors at New Or­ Lanier, first lieutenant; C. C. Sale, second Weary weeks of the stick and crutch. ; W. R. RISON & CO leans. it immediately became the slogan And still a glint of the steel blue eye JL lieutenant; E. C. Spragins, third lieuten­ cf the Confederacy: Told of a spirit that wouldn't die. ant: Clifton Walker, ens;gn: M. MeCIung Words of gloom from the front one day; RoLinscn, orderly sergeant: P. 1J. Ham­ When our Northern br there attempt our rights Little Giffin was up and away. ' to mar. I will write if spared! There was news of fight. mond. second sergeant: James G. Coch­ But none i i Giffin; he did not wr.te! Bankers We'll hoist on high the "Bonnie Blue Flag" that ran. third sergeant; XV. T. Landman, boars' a single star. I sometimes fancy that wer_> I king PROGRESSIVE Of the princely Knights of the Golden Ring, fourth sergeant; William II. Binford, Huntsville, Ala. IIcw the single star grew in numbers, With the song of the minstrel in my ear, first corporal; I. J. Ford, second corpo al; And the tender legend that trembles here, James C. Brandon, third corporal; Will­ and the wonderful influence this song ex­ I'd g;ve the best on his bended knee, Receives deposits. Buy and sell MERCHANT erted on our boy- in gray, whether the The whitest soul of rnv chivalry, iam 1). Bradford, fourth corporal. Conduct a conservative banking war spirit was straining its leash or in For little Giffin of Tennessee! Privates- -E. 1J. Allen, Theo Aeklen, business in all its exchange 011 all points. Steel XVilliani R. Aeklen, G. G. Anderson, Ste­ times of depression and despair, is too Among the treasured gems, th? after­ departments. safety boxes free to customers. TAILORS. phen Anderson, George Arnold, XV. H. well known to describe. math of a glorious record especially dear Arudd, Joseph Adams, J. L. Allison, T. 13 Commercial Row, From Alabama comes an echo to these to Alabamians are those inspired by the J Alli.-on. R. R. Boswiek. John I). Bran­ lluntsville, Ala. martial strains; for instance to the call, genius and patriotism of "Father Ryan." Do i^ot Allow interest on Deposits. ch n. Peter Binford, J. L. Bradford, Field­ loathe to sheathe it, grandest of all in How tender and valiant withal this mes ing Bradford, XV. L. Browning, P. X. the Lost Cause: sage to those who waved, "The Bonnie Bnone, I. E. H. Bailey, XV. E. Brew te', Blue Flag" along the crest of a hundred Forth from its scabbard, pure and bright. J. J. Buffington, XX'illiana Caldwell, James Flashed the sword of Lev! battlefields: E. Clovdj S. Campbell, Charles F. Carter, Chilled "Cheer, boys, cheer." "Bentonville," Furl that banner! true, 'tis gory. Jolin Collins, John F. Dai win, Joseph XX". LEADERS "Stonewall Jackson's Way" and others But 'tis wreathed around with story, Duty.e. Thomas II. DouglaiS, C. 15. Don- And 'twill live in song and story, *.'/£ © Plows are records that will last as' long as South- egan, J. F. Davenjiort, XX'illiani Davidson, ...OF... Tho* its folds are in-the dust; .Oliver em chivalry. But. ah! many are the For its fame on brightest pages, B. Drayton, J. R. Eldridge, H. J. Ford, poems vibrant with pathos and sorrow, Penned by poets and by sages. Pf't«r I J. Fletcher, A. S. Fletcher, Ilufus Are the only Chilled Plows that have been on this LOW PRICES. Shall go r-oundir.g down the ages, tender requiems for the private as well as Furl its iolds tno' now we must. B. Franks, A. J. Ferrell, Joseph Frame, market continuously for the past twenty years. CLOAKS, SKIRTS, FURS, the gallant generals of a "Nation in its J. 15. Forester. 11. C. Goodwin, XX'illiani woe:" Judge Rcquier. Confederate States At­ U. Hartley, D. C\ Humphreys. John R. Recommended by all farmers. UNDERWEAR, torney for Alabama, adds, in his beautiful Hawkins, James A. Hobbs. Andrew J. There is only the sound of the lone sentry's tread. "Ashes of Glory:" As he t-amps from the rock to the fountain. Hall, Watkins Harris, T. B. Harris. C. M. Take none but those having Oliver's name and BLANKETS, FLANNELS, &c., And thinks of the two on the low trundle-bed No trumpet's note need harshly blare, Humphrey, Jesse XX*. Jordan. John T. Far away in the cot cn the mountain. No drum funereal roll, 11 inkle.-Robert. Knox. Jr.. John Kincad?, trade mark. His musket fails slack—his face dark and grim, Can he found at our store. No trailing sables drape the bier, J. K. K-jres, XX'illiani M. Lowe, Robert J. Grows gentle with memories tender * That frees a dauntless soul! As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep. Lowe, Harry Larrentrre. E. S. McClung, vJ« £ -Ji <£ I* & jt J* S & & J* J* And their mother, may heaven defend her! x5 XX'. A. dullins, f-amuel P. Matthews, Full­ Sleep in thine own historic might! er T. Martin, L. XX'. Moore, Stephen H. £ And lx- thy hW.oncd scroll. For latest designs in Hark! was it the night wind that rustled the Muiphv. H. C. Mavhew, C. J. Mastin. S. , H. McANELLY & BRO„ Agents. A warrit r's banner takes its flight • 'a leaves? To greet the warrior's soul. Millinery, Ribbons, Silks, Was it moonlight so wondrou-ly flashing? B. XIe( alley, David L. Moore, G. M. It looked like a rifle! "Ha! Mary, good-bye!" Ncely. X". A. Nuettles, C. A. Otey. James And so a- our gallant dead have horn Batten berg Patterns And the life-blood is ebbing and plashing! A. Pr. -ton. Thomas Patton, J. C. Rea- memorized in song, let us show our ap­ foria, G. J. Rhea. XX'illiani M. Roper, Jr.. and Braids, "After the Battle," Marie La Costs preciation of their deathless servide. We •A Henry B. Roper, XV F. Ragsdale, John F. takes us into the rude hospital, where— owe it to them, to our children, to future * Embroidery Silks, generation-, that— Steele, G. E. Stfgrr. E. B. Spene.'. John R. Huntsville Sofa Pillow Corel's Somcltody':- darling is still and ccld. Slaughter. L. II. Scruggs. L. XX*. Sbep- God knows best! He was somebody's love; X on marble minstrel's voiceless stone, i i herd. Jr . R. M. Sledge, A. B. Shelby, M. J. Somebody's heart enshrined hiin tnerc, In brtathless scngj shall tell, Sti cle I.. R. Sniither. J. H. Sir wart, E. G. ...Go To... S' mebrdy wafted his name above. Wheh many a vanished age hath flofrn. and <* Night and morn on the wings of prayer; Railway, Light The story how ye fell. Sanderson, XX". H. Scruggs, A. C. Tate, XX". MISS LIZZIE YOGEL'S Somebody wept when l.e marched away, L. Thompson, Daniel H. Turner, XX". S. V. Lookirg so handsome, lirav'c and grar.d! X11; S. LEILA l'EARN, L^H % ...MILLINERY BAZAAR... Somebody's kiss on- his orehrad lay! Turner. James J. X'enable, XVilliani XX'hite, JOHN ROLFE ELDRIDGE. }io. 1 Commercial Row. Somebody clung to his parting hand. ! G. XX'hite. R. D. XVilbuvn. A. C. XVeav- Power Company. .jt ^ s jt.< Reverently, with pathos undimmed by Another of the Fourth Infantrv. who ! ' — the "flight of years, we give the tribute of left here in exuberant spirits?pmts so anxious A WH0:LE FAMILY JOIN THE Your Patronage Solicited. a tear, as did Caroline Ball, the gifted to serve his county—he enlisted in 1861 ! ARMY. Southern writer, over "The Jacket of and was wounded in the first battle of Gray:" Manassas and died the next spring of j XX"hen we were at Kingston, Tenn., I D saw a man, his wife and twenty-six sons Boston Shoe Store s typhoid fever in Fredericksburg, V"a., I ,. . rrv * .1 . 11 1 Can we ever forget when he joined the brave J. II. CANNON, Prop. 1 lhc th er and eVery b e3 band? where he had been removed. God raisedT^Y ' ? e l f f Boots, Shocj That r< -i- in defense of our dear Southern land, kind friends who did everything in their I ° c o c ©ooooco© the records of Eternity. Suppose the When he saw the war cloud- ari-ing P Trait and EDITORIAL STAFF. groat Immortal, who lies buried at Moun. between the North and the South he was 7t. | \ crnon beside the blue Potomac, but greatly troubled, and said he "would rath Mrs. Virginia Clay CI op ton Editor whose mausoleum is in the heart of every er die than see the Union dissolved." Bill, .aaiseape Mrs. C. N. \ au^lit Secretary and Treasurer freeman, had failed in his struggle for realizing that 5t was incv.table, hefmade Miss Sara I.owe business Manager the separation of the thirteen colonies up iiis mind v.- -srve hir- country to the -Miss Bessie Delp Business Manager e*jr from the mother country. Think you best ol hi-ability, even,to sacrifice his lite Advertising Committee. 'lintopplier Miss Kale M. McCalley, Cnairmaji. that one true American would on that if it became nect—ary. Being a luau of •llNTSVlUJi, Miss .lobnuie Matthews, Miss Mary Hntchens, account have relinquished his share in 110 haif measures,' he went into it with Dc ler in . . Miss Janet Erskine, Miss Mary Slaughter, the deathless heritage of English heroism his whole heart. The Dallas Imiifactn Co. FINE FRAHES Miss Carrie McCalley, Mrs. S.' II. DICKinson. and genius and glory—in filename of Ar­ When the Fourth Alabama Regin.-u: AND VIEWS. •pec litise—Iiiii-s—Kiiiarged Portraits in Pure Crayon -Mrs. it. \V. Walker, Mrs. M. M. Blount, thur and Coeur de Lion, ol Sulnty. .Marl­ was made up in Huntsville he \vask his In this new era of "No-North and No- "Nav, verily Nor do we. a - Sou'hcrn- plate in the litre a d fought as ore- of POSES, Mantactnrers ot Brown and Bleached Sheetinj South" oratory and fireworks, of "Reunit­ trs. as Confederates, simply because we the «o!diej-. The coloiu-l of the regimen', ed Country" panegyrics, and of "Blue-and- failed and you succeeded, propose to sur­ was mortally wounded in this battle and 86 to 108 Inches in Width. C.'ray" flowers and frateinization, it may render one jot or tiutle of our share and after the figiit was over Mr. Chadiek ha : be of interest to recall and repent the interest in the resplendent heritage'of him carried to a house in Warrendon and Trees, Euergreens! first claim, so far as known, ever put Ana ric 111 valor. American patriotism and tendcriy nursed liim for several wv.-ks. I !' anting tune is at hand. forward in behalf of the gallant "Roys in American glory! Whether you won. or when he died, bringing his bedv home to Ojr stock is complete. Gray," as equal sharers with the galiant we, Americans were the victors: and. in Huntsville ami having it buried with mil­ NEW I AJALOGUB FREE. Send for it. "Roys in Blue' is all the heroic and glo­ either event, I throw oil' my hat and itary honors. rious memories of our common republic. hurrah for American prowess. The time VtL Soon aflir Mr. Chadiek'- return lv wa- | Time flies and events tread 011 each has come when every American, regard­ presented with a token of appreciation Alabama Nursery Comp'y ©OOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOO OOOOOOoO others heels nowadays, as they never did less of section or party, whether he wore from the- citizens. During tile autunu or before. Although it seems an age, it is the blue or the gray, should feel bis the same year he was elected major of a Huntsville, Alabama. scarcely ten years since t he bold assertion bosom swell with honest, patriotic pride battalion, largely made up of North A 1 of Southern claims and rights was made. at the recital of deeds that lend new lus­ bamie.ns. which was in camp near llimts- Gen. William T. Sherman, who led the ter Jo American fame, 110 matter where or vile, and which afterward v.vir in o Federal armies that went "marching by whom wrought. We shouM" g'.ory winter quartos below Mobile. In tlia I). C. MOMROE through Georgia," had died. The North­ alike in the memories of Banker Hill and spring'they were ordered to CorintlN The Brandywine and Yorktown; of Palo Alto. -Dealer in the Latest- NEWMAN & SCHLOSS ern Grand Army of the Republic held a battle of Shiioh soon followed. Mr. Chad- great memorial meeting at Fargo, Dak-, Re-aca de la Paima and Buena Vista: of ick's command played a eonspicpou- part. Leaders in Nobby and Stylish on February 22, 1891—Washington's Bull RUIN Antietam, Gettysburg and Ap­ Almost at the beginning of the light near­ J* and birthday. There were thousands of the pomattox. We share alike the fame of ly all of his officers were killed or wound- Popula old "Roys in Blue" assembled. Col. S. G. Washington. Jefferson, Hancock and id. leaving great responsibility upon iii.n. M.igill, who, during the war commanded Adams: of Taylor and Scott: of Linc-Oni, His horse received a minie lial in hi; a regiment, and at one time a brigade, of Grant, Sherman and Sheridan, Lee. .Tack- shoulder and became so restless that lie Classic Music Iowa cavalry, and who is well and popu­ on. Johnston, Longstreet and Hill. Your had to dismount and lead his men on foot. Pianos, Organs, Talking Ma­ larly known in Jluntsvillc. presided over (lag is our Jlag. your country is our coun­ He also received a 111 11 e ball thro g!i chines and small instruments the vast assembly. Col. P. Danan, known try, and your God is our God. Your des­ the capes of his overcoat, which cut'his in Huntsville .and throughout the South, tiny and ours are one and inseparable. flannels, yet did not graze the .skin, lb- uf all kinds. entered the hall, the only Confederate Let us. then, lay asi.le all bitterness and was wonderfully preserved. The -ecoiui HUNTSVILLE, : : ALABAMA. prevent. He was instantly recognized Dickering, and work together as brethren night after the battle there were so many and a call went up for him—a call that TOT the highest good of the majestic New- killed and wounded that he had to stand would take no refusal. Do was escorted World that rightfully claims the allegi­ guard all night in a hard rain, which to the platform by Col. Charles A. Mor­ ance and the love of us all." brought on a se vere attack of rlieiunaii ni DEMENT BROS. ton, of Gen. Sherman's stall, whose wife A FALLEN HERO IN GRAY. so that when the army fell back to Tupe­ i- a Huntsville lady and who had in his lo he was laid up for several weeks. In C/'J pocket at .the time the last letter perhaps Robert Anderson "Met iellan, son of this battle Mr. Chadiek- in conjunction ever written by the General.- which was Thomas Joyce McCIellan and Mariha with Gen. Forrest—captured the Prentiss afterward read to the meeting. Col. Fleming Beatie, was born near Peters­ Brigade I Iowa). PfTJggists. Do nan was completely taken by surpr sc. burg. Tenn., December 24, 1843. He was Maj. Chadiek stood on a -tump ;;s they but on being introduced, made t Hi* at school in his native county when, iu filed past to the rear and remarked to Huntsville Hotel Block, Huntsville, Ala. speech, which was published over the 18112. an appeal for volunteers came from them: "You are a fine-looking set of Pure Drugs, Paints, Oils I bated States -and in many European pa­ the State of his adoption, to which he fellows." They returned: "Yes. and yO:t pers: promptly responded by cnli-ling in the and Glass. fight d—d well. He went with Bragg's THOS. W. SMITH. IAS. M. GREEN. "Fellow Soldiers and Countrymen—1 cavalry as private under Col. James C. army into Kentucky and was at the sur­ came to your great assembly this after­ Malone. His command served successive­ render of Mumfonl-viL'e. Hi- health con­ Dement Block, noon with 110 thought of Taking any part ly in the brigades of Gen. John T. Mor­ tinuing baa. he resigned his commission in your proceedings except that of a quiet gan and J. W. Wharton, fighting at Mur- and returned home soon after the second II7 f eiFerson St., Huntsville, Ala SHITH & GREEN looker-on. I have no extemporaneous freesboro. In May. 18G3. Col. Malone's evacuation of Huntsville by the Federals. battalion was consolidated with Thom­ ...MAKERS-OF THE... -pceeh in manuscript up my sleeve. 1 During this visit the battle of Murfree-- b. A. Timberlake. H. S. Nance. had no idea of being asked to say a word. pson's, and was known thereafter as. the boro occurred. His old regiment was in Rut, prepared or unprepared, when called Ninth Alabama Cavalry. The Ninth Ala­ the battle—he was deeply attached to his upon in such a cause and on such an oc­ bama Cavalry was iu the battle of Shel­ men ai.d suffered in miiul as to their late. casion, I would do violence to my own by ville with much loss, in the severe and The news by telegraph was im ager and Timiisriake & Nance feelings, violence to my -own American hloody campaign in Tennessee with Long- uncertain, so lie resolved to go in the manhood, if 1 did not-rise and, -at least, -tieet's corps, and in many conflicts in scene ot conflict. Arriving at Stevenson Slat", Tin and Iron assure you that my heart and soul are front of the main army. the lir.-t -igbt that met his eye was the" Roofers, Galvanized with you in every meeting, move and During the Dalton-Atlanta campaign dead body of ('apt. John Coleman, of measure that tends to lay a garland on the Ninth was continually at t he exposed Athens, one of hi- favorite officers-'. who I roil a 11 d Cop per Cor­ the tomb of one of your Immortals, or to point-, losing severely in a number of i:i- had bein killed in tin- battle. The body nices, Fi ilia Is, Metal jK:rpetuate. the glciioua memories of -tances. With other portions ,,1 Wheel­ wn.- v apprd in a shawl 011 which they er's cavalry, the Ninth Alabama Cavalry .Skylights, etc. your soldier days. had often sat tqgithcv in friendly conver­ followed Sherman eastward rod a rem "if 111a \ so« sation. The sight was a great grief to himESTIMATES ; GIVEN : PROMPTLY naul surrendered in North Carolina. wotri en. Upon hi- arrival Telephone II.

I ha t mm-combrUftnTT^v<, gbfllifteiliaFR€^,rTiutU&yil'.e *la. i into the lines and rotur ly depressed of the Union as a Con­ commission for him tvas in tin the bailie. Maj. Chadiek federate who fought against them. I sa­ hi- superior officers when the surrender renmin in Huntsville. a lute in you the representatives of the ended tin* struggle. liable at any time to incursions of tlx Huntsvil 1© gy. warrior legions that conquered the grand­ Steam Laundry CoL Malone. himself a very brave man. enemy. Therefore he sought a posi ion est army of modern ages—except your The Huntsville Buggy is guaranteed on all roads under any load. t-old me th^t "Bob ifcGlelhin was the where he might still serve his country Greene Street. All repairin; own. entrusted to onr care will receive prompt attention. most absolutely fearless soldier he had without being subject to field' duty— "1 am the only 'Confederate who ever 82F Rubber tires a specialty. ever known. No expedition wa- too dif­ which his health at this time would not ....Your Order Solicited.... spoke,-or was invited to speak, at a ban­ ficult or dangerous for him, and how he liermit him to nert >nn. He wa- soon of­ w. o. HARRIS, Prop. quet of the Society of the Array of the escaped death was a marvel.'' fered the position of chief of staff to the Tennessee, of which your graml old hero, His clothing and- horses attested the Governor of Alabama, with the rank of We are not Coiife d irate Vet- Teeumseh Sherman, whose memory you dangers through which he passed. 11c colonel. He operated chiefly between are here to honor, was president. At the loved the faded gray jacket and its glori Montgomery and North Alabama, south erails, font our older hi o: hers banquet, in Chicago in 1883 I responded ous memories. His last pictures were .">f the Tennessee river. Col. ( lmdick held were. We are the veterans to the toast, "Gin- Reunited Country.' It taken in a suit of gray, which with tin- this position until the close of the war. A.H.TURNER was, with a single exception— the one 011 soft -Southern hat. a gift from his friend LILS WIDOW. ..MANUFACTURER OF.. in the wholesale grocery Grant's return from his tour around the Hector D. Lane, he wore until the fata world—the grandest assemblage of fam­ Saturday. July 23. 1898. when lie was tak MAJ. JOHN G. DICKSON. i The Alabama Wagon. business in Huntsville. We ous soldiers in the history of the society. en ill at his office. Livery Hacks and Delivery Wacons Made t Sheridan. Hancock,- Logan. Gresham and He began the practice of law in ISliS Only a few survivors of the gallant Order. Repairing a Specialty. lead, others follow; others many others of our illustrious chieftains, pi Athens. Ala.: was married to Aurora company that eulisted under ('apt. John Huntsville, ::: Alabama. who have since 'spread tin ir silent tents Pryor February 7, 1872. who, with two S. Diek-on remain in our section. Most of duplicate, others counterfeit on Fame's eternal camping ground," were children—1Thomas Cowan and Memory them have joined the silent majority. then living. Of the -430 present -every Error—survive him. Comrade Ben Patteson being the sole our brands. City and coun­ name was historic—and Sherman pre­ He died at his home July 27, 1898. As he remnant in-our city, hut those few who sided. luj living the crowds who came to minis­ are left delight in praising the brave, con­ j, R, Landman & Co. try merchants' trade soli­ "T began my speech by .-aying that as ter .to their faithful friend made a scene scientious soldier, so considerate of his one who in the Confederacy had fought one couhl never forget and rarelv see-. men. At the beginning of the war John Wholesale Brokers cited. The pride of our busi­ four years trying to get out of the Union Great, strong men wept at the" sup S. Dickson was a successful hardware and Com mission Merchants ness is Pettus' Perfection at the Southern end, and who, as a citi­ pressed announcement that the end was merchant, and was rapidly acquiring a zen of Dakota, bad fought five years try­ near.. fortune. A loving wife and four children Willi Swift's 31eats. Flour—the finest made. ing to get into it at the Northern end. I "I!* !)ra.vcst are the tend croft: were the objects of hi- ienderest care. J lie loving iire the daring. ' certainly knew as much about the Union Surely life's enchanted cup now sparkled GO TO. as any of the men w ho fought For it . and DR. NICHOLAS DAVIS RICHARD­ to I he brim. About this time war cloud- felt myself qualified and entitled to -peak SON settled over our fair country, and believ­ R. E. and W. E. PETTUS. for it everywhere, at all times and under ing our cause just and right, he put aside S. O. Holmes all circumstances. Itorn • I! Lime.itone eountv. Ala- all that was near and dear to hiig, and "There an- special and potent reasons ha ma. He graduated in the Universitv offered his sword to hi- country. lie - why a Confederate should feel that he ot i ugmia in 1836 and returned to hi, organized Company 10. Thirty-fifth Ala­ has a right to share in all your celebra­ natave county and commenced the prac­ bama Infantry, With duty as his watch­ tice of his profession at MooresviJlc. j word, lie knew 110 fear and his superb 1 Furniture. tions and commemorations your con­ n vivial, triumphal and mounting cereino- U11? soutlir-rn portion of the. county. H • bravery soop won for him Hie rank of ni.ils. Think a moment. Bui for iis left Mooiesville and located in Ath:ns. major. S curing a furlough a f -w months where would yon have been? Who or In 1838 he njarried iliss Sarah K. li ne after hi- enlistment, he returned home to what would you have been? If there the daughter of Roswell fi. Hine.- At th • greet the baby hoy that had come in his LEBECK BROS. had been no Confederates, where would breaking out df the war Dr. Richardson absence to cheer the household, braving J. Klaus & Co. have been your battles, and w ho would joined the company raised in Limes ton • many dangers to see his loved .ones once >ashville, Tenn. have been your heroes? If there had county Iiy ('apt. James 11. Malone. and more. This visit home was the last I.EADIAG been no Confederates. Grant would prob­ wa- elreted lieutenant. He was appoint­ time he beheld his relatives', for 011 the bloody field of Franklin. Tenn.. he re­ MERCHAI\T\S ably have been, to tlie end of his days, a ed -urgcon of the Twenty-sixth Alabama First-Class Dry Goods Store. - "HAIL ORDERS fanner at Galena; Sherman, a eon «• Regiment, which was commanded bv Col. ceived five desperate wounds.-and the Huntsville, Ala. FILLED EROriPTLY. school teacher in Louisiana, and Phil John T. Coltart at the battle of Shiloli. -pirit immortal of Maj. Dickson was with Sheridan, at most, a major or lieutenant He was afterward promoted to the posi­ God. His remains are sleeping 1110 sleep colonel of cavalry at some rude frontier tion of surgeon of Gen. Der.n's Frigetl• »f that knows no waking beside his wife and •outpost. Alabama troops. Tie was at the batlle other loved ones." E.C.ORCAIN "But for us—the Confederates—you of Shiioh. Murfreesbnro. (Iiiekamauga, and the world would never have known Lookout Mountain, Atlanta and the Geor­ JAMES CLEMENS BRANDON. ESTABLISHED IX 1S85 what heroes you had. and the imperish­ gia campaign. At the close of the war There is another grave whi It for tea s nt,, GROCERIES able records of American patriotism and Dr. Richardson resinned the practice of courage ajtd devotion would never have his profession in Athens and earned for was filled with immortelles, wh r in lie the remains of the boy pntrio wheij -e.e- Country Produce & Feed. - been written in the fire and blood of onr himself a most enviable reputation. In rifieed his life to the Gonf. d racy. Yei \- four-years' war. But for 11-—the C it 1874 he lost his wife, and in 1878 he mar­ ..DEALER IN.. federates—Lincoln's emancipation proc­ ried Mrs. Anna Eliza Sledge, "at Hunts­ frail, hut strong in his eon . ietien of lamation would never have lieen written, ville. In 1S81 he* moved from Athens to right, lie firisted in the army, r ceinfl n LW. and all the millions of negroes would still Nashville, Tenn.. and soon rose to the wound at .Manassas and- was lmnigfct be -in slavery. But for us—the Confeder­ front rank of the profession to which lie home. As soon as he arrived lie wa* The Leader China, Glass, Tinware ates- there would have been 110 battle of was devoted heart and ,-oul. Dr. Rich­ taken prisoner, but unable to he remov­ Mana-sa.- or Shi]oh, Vickslmrg. Gettys­ ardson died at Nashville, Tenn.. in the ed. The soldiers stood around ar.d noi- burg. Cii'iekajnauga or The Wilderness: fall of 1894. honored and beloved by all ily clashed their swords, defying the of Everything Novelties, General Merchandise, &,c. you could Rave won no victories, gained who knew him. His eminence and abil­ solemnity of death. Inflexible in pi n ^1^ West Holmes St, no lanrelsyadded no splendors to New- ity ,-1- a physician was recognized by his ciple, this young hoy refused to take I! Good to Eat World history. great sin ess in the c'tv of Nashville. It oath of allegiance to the !a«t. His gi. ; "Half the glory-of every gloriotjs field iva* always .-aid of Dr. Richardson that vitality saved him and he rallied to si ow his heroism once more. Under Cv.pt r from Bull Run to Appomattox is ours, his gentle arid pleasing manners in the for fl could net have been without us; sickroom carried cheer and jov to his Gurley he went into Georgia and at Slab BROWN Zc PRICE. ereek he lay down his life of inestimable ami, till the tall Archangel sounds Time's trusting patients. He was (5 feet. 1 inch W. S. SMITH k GO. ...THE BEST OF... value. I have so often thought qi tln- a.-i great reveille, vour mighty heroes high and wa* a magnificent specimen of a ..GENERAL.. and ours will gt>, must go. hand in hand perfect physical development. briglit promises buried there. True to to fame. Grant will never he mentioned his God, himself and his native laid, he ^ Go to the H autuville Stoaxn Laun­ entered into that haven where the *w:ek- without a mention of Lee; Sherman will dry to have your shirt-waists laun­ Beef, Heal, Mutton, Pork, Lamb, Sausage cd cease from troubling and the wearv JVIusicDealers #wRobert Toombs, vor. ever gratefully aeknowl- .$337,119 02 therefore that mutual interest would • may hopefully look forward Total $357,129 02 Total Georgia, Feb. 21, 1861; R- M. T. Hunter, A dividend of 3 per cent was paid March 14. 1899 .$ 3,010 00 invite good will and kind offices. to success^ to peace, and to prosperity 3,000 <*» Virginia, July 30. 1861; Judah P. Ben­ A dividend of 3 percent was paid June 30, 1899 If, however, passion or the lust of ' A dividend of 3 per cent was paid December 30, 1899- 3 000 00 jamin, Louisiana. Feb. 7, 1862. DR. JOHN J. DEMENT. A dividend of 3 per cent was paid June 30. 1900 . 3.000 00 domination should cloud the judg- . 250,850 00 War Department—L. Pope W alker, ( •Toll si Jefferson Dement, born near Total dividends paid Since organization of ilie bank. meat or inflame the ambition of those Mississippi, Feb. 21, 18(51: Judah P. HtmGville, Ala., was the son of John De­ Steel safety boxes free to customers. The safest vault in the State. None Benjamin, Louisiana, Nov. 10, 1861: States, we must prepare to meet the ment. native of Sumner eounty. 1 cnn., of our officers or directors engage in speculative enterprises. We do strictly a James A. Seddon, Virginia, March 22, emergency and to maintain b}' the Una! aiit of i elia Williams Lowe, of Crab Or­ banking business. . , . B. 1S62; John C. Breckinridge, Kentucky, arbitrament of the sword, the position chard. Ky. His paternal grandfather, OFFICERS—W. H. Echols, President; A. S. Fletcher, Vice-President: O which we have "assumed among the na­ Cllarie- Dement, was an early pioneer of Patton, Cashier; J. R. Stevens, Jr.. Assistant.Cashier. Feb. 15, 1S65. Xcrtli Carolina, whose ancestors were DIRECTORS—A. S. Fletcher, R. E. Spragins, W. H. Echols. O. P. Patton, .1 R. Treasury Department—Charles G. tions of the earth. We have entered upon the career of independence, and Huguenot- from New Rochelle, France. Stevens, Daniel Coleman. V. R. Hall. Memminger, South Carolina. Feb. 21 His maternal grandfather, Jesse Lowe, 1861, and March 22, 1862; Jas. L. Tren- it must be inflexibly pursued. Through many years of controversy an=l great grandfather. William Sublet, holru. South Carolina, June 13. 1S64. loth of Virginia, together with Charles with our late associates, the Northern Navy Department—Stephen L. Mal- Dement and Lieutenant Cplonel Philip States, we have vainly endeavored to ; lory, Florida, March 4. 1861, and March T,< we. his ancestors from North Carolina, secure tranquility, and to obtain re­ wnc active in the war of the Revolution, 22. spect for the rights to which we were Attorney-General—Judah P. Benja­ serving throughout Jhe struggle. entitled. As a necessity, not a choice, oiiM ientiouslj- believing the Smith was min, Louisiana, Feb. 21, 1861: Thos. H. STEGALL LUMBER CO« we have resorted to the remedy of ju t in her demands iu 1861. Dr. Dement, Watts, Alabama, Sept. 10, 1861; George separation; and henceforth ou>"energies a :ri>ng State's rights Democrat and pa- Davis, North Carolina, Nov. 10, 1863. ....Manufacturers of all Kinds of.... must be directed to the conduct of our trot, residing at the time in North Ala- Postmaster-General—Henry J. Ellet. own affairs, and the perpetuity of the bo ua. responded promptly to his country's Mississippi, Feb. 21, 1865; John II. Rea­ co 1 He wis at pnee commissioned surgeon Confederacy which we have formed. If gan, Texas, March 6, 1861, 1862 and 1863. in the Confederate service, and assigned to a just perception of the mutual interest th> Twenty-seventh Alabama Regiment, PRESIDENT DAVIS' ADDRESS. shall permit us peaceabl}' to pursue our with which he served till the fall of Fort What the Confederate President Said in separate political career my most earn­ D< nelson, when he was sent ft prisoner LUMBER llis inaugural. est desire will have been fulfilled: but to Camp Chase, and. later, with the offi- We cvt the Lumber from the logs and manufacture it ourselves into The following is the full text of Pres­ if this be denied to us and the integrity s to Johnson's Island. SIDING, CEILING, FLOORING, MOLDINGS, Etc. In fact everything ident Davis' inaugural address as re­ of our territory and jurisdiction be Hearing of this, his warm personal fri nil, Judge P. M. Dox. of Huntsville, you need to build a house. Come and see us and be convinced that we ported in the Montgomery Advertiser assailed, it will but remain for us with firm resolve to appeal to arms and in­ Ala., wrote to his former classmate. Judge can save you time and money and everything you need in building or re­ of February 10, 1801: Bates, of Ohio, requesting him to befriend voke the blessings of Providence on a pair line. Gentlemen of the Congress of the Confed­ Dr. Dement. Although Judge Bates, with erate States of America: just cause. magnanimous generosity, urged him to Church Street and Southern Depot. Friends and Fellow-Citizens—Called As a consequence of our new coudi- j ae ,,pt the hospitality of his home, the to the difficult and responsible station tion, and with a view to meet antici- Jo tor declined, preferring to remain in 1 of chief executive of the provisional patcd wants, it will be necessary to prison while administering to the needs V*". ".*" t*" *r»5'v .&•" r»i"v •.*-/ .*1 government which you have instituted, provide for the speedy and efficient or- «f his sick and suffering comrades, aid 1 approach the discharge of the duties ganization of branches of the executive selfish at all times, it has often been iiui- which have been assigned to me with department, having special charge of of him, "he never lived a day for SOUTHERN INVESTMENTS A SPECIALTY an humble distrust of my abilities, but foreign intercourse finance, military ^ ^ he wn„ reica3cd from with a sustaining confidence in the wis­ affairs, and the postal service. , ^ jn ^ f((„owi wus as. X. F. Thompson, Pres. 1 F. J. Thompson, Treas. | J. Ernest Thompson, Sec. dom of those who are to guide and aid I or purposes of defense the Confed- L, ^ t) th{ Fortv.ninth Georgia Regi- me in the administration of public af­ erate States may under ordinary en- ,u Gordonsville, under Gen. Stone-' fairs and an abiding faith in the virtue cumstances rely mainly upon the mili- -wall Jackson, with"whom he remained till and patriotism of the people. ia; but it is deemed advisable under j tflM surrender at Appomattox, serving at Tliompson Liiiid&]iivestmeiit Co. Looking forward to the speedy estab­ the present condition of affairs that time as surgeon of Gen. Ed L. as regiment, HUNTSVILLE, ALA. lishment of a permanent government there should lie a well instructed and le wa- in every battle in which his bri- to take the place of this, and which, b}' disciplined army, more numerous than I would usually be required on a peace e participated. Tile war closing, Dr". its greater moral and physical power, t returned to Alabama, locating at will be better able to combat with the establishment. ille, where he has left a life-record many difficulties which arise from the 1 also suggest that for the protection which his family and friends may be Capital Secured. Corporations Organized DELICIOUS conflicting interests of separate nations, of our harbors and commerce on the juitly proml. There was 110 publie-spirit- 1 enter upon the duties of the office to high seas a nav}- adapted to those ob­ Icdl enterprise in which he did not take jects wilt be required. These necessi­ 11 active part. which I have been chosen with the hope ties have doubtless engaged the atten­ that the beginning of our career, as a Gov. Houston appointed him surgeon Land, Immigration and Industrial Agents tion of congress. W ith a constitution general of the State militia. He was REFRESHING Confederac}', may not be obstructed by differing only from that of our fathers for a time of both State and in so far as it is explanatory of their Correspondence Solicited. hostile opposition to our enjoyment of v .Medical Association: president of the separate existence and independ­ well known intent, freed from the sec­ at ail Soda _^ tional conflicts which have interfered oafd of trustees of H. F. College for ence which we have asserted, and with with the pursuit of the general welfare, two years; president of hoard of the blessing of Providence, intend to it is not unreasonable to expeet that ids of M. E. Church: president of If You Are Fountains .ffiL maintain. States from which we have recently >f health : vice president of Home Our present condition, achieved in u parted may seek to unite their for­ itective Fire Insurance ('onnany: a Dissatisfied A L 1 manner unprecedented in the history of tunes with ours'under the government nber of Ameiic", " - '- 1 • • Hon i'amiwwaBWiimni'.BBhiww which we have• instituted. For this i jn^mLer of the / service, "He hath th nations, illustrates the American idea With the ic .ime.mau constitution makes adequateuate ]pro- [ Ali^'ntion. and ve will give him a v»<-:.L'uru m that government rests upon the consent '..j. ;r„. p,.v zu* tw'(ffijVV'V.) ^'i.cVtLr.'V'.iTrnis-• - Spooi Siik of the governed, undtliat ii is the right the judgment and will of the people, a tecs of Yaiulerbilt University from its fa Seldsmith I Co. of the people to alter or abolish gov- reunion with the States from which we foundation, and of the board of trustees y ernmenfcs whenever they become de­ have separated is neither practicable of State Insane Asylum for many1 vcars. You Ai e ideal nor desirable. structive of the ends for which they To increase the power, develop the , G"Vl appointed him examiner urn Using Patent SEE were established. resources, and promote the happiness /d»'e the color bund law. He stood high mzm Kid. THAT THIS The declared purpose of the compact of the Confederacy, it is requisite that as a Mason, Knights l emplav, Knight of of union from which we have with­ there should be so much of homogteneity| Honor, Knights of Pythias ?nd United drawn was ''to establish justice, insure that the welfare of every portion shall tQu'.er of W orkingmen. M. HEMINWAY & SONS' domestic tranquility, provide for the be the aim of the whole. Where this He was married January 27. 1869, to ifci does not exist antagonisms are en- ! Miss Cor. ('. Binford. daughter of Dr. Sublime Quality" Spool Silk. common defense, promote the general gendered which must and should re­ Henry Binford, one of the leading physi­ welfare, and secure the blessings of sult in separation. cians of Alabama, whose father. Peter THE BEST SEWING SILK MADE. liberty to ourselves and posterity-;" and Actuated solely by the desire to pre- | Binford, and mother, G race Da moron Lee, Free from knots and imperfections. Will not rough up in the needle. when, in the judgment of the sover­ serve our own rights and promote our were of Virginia, and the latter a near Every spool will measure what it is marked. Ladies engaged in dress­ eign States now composiug this Con­ own welfare, the separation of the relative of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Confederate .States has been marked making will consult their own interests b}' asking for Heminway's Silk. federacy, it had been perverted from the His life of great usefulness closed most Dealers supplied from the mills of M. Heminway & Sons' Silk Company. by no aggression upon the others, and peacefully August 10. 1891. at Lithia purpose for which it was ordained, and followed by no domestic convulsion. Watertown and Waterbury. Conn. ceased to answer the ends for which it Our industrial pur 11 its have received Borings. Ga., whither he had gone seek­ ing health. He was a devout Christian, was established, a peaceful appeal no check; the cultivation of our fields Much lighter, fore; and even ai.ilall> ,orfor thirtv-oddtlurty-odd years a most consist-const- to the ballotbox declared that so has progressed as heretofore and more should we be involved in war, there : enk member of the M. E. Church, South. flexible than far as they were concerned, the would be no considerable! diminution in j His wife and live children surviv patent leather. government created by the com­ the production of the staples which pact should cease to exist. In this have constituted our exports, and in S)r. JphiJohn A. Wycth, of New York, re- Agents for Huntsville. thev merely asserted a right which the which the commercial world has an in- j fitly saiiil of him: "Dr. Dement was Declaration of Independence of 1776 terest Scarcely less than our own. a jnan of big brain as well as of big heart. This common interest of the pro­ had defined to be inalienable. Of the He was 0110 of the distinguished surgeons L To Sell ffne China is one thing.and to —Order Your— ducer and consumer can only be in­ of his da}-, and performed one. °f the six time and occasion for its exercise, they, ; terrupted by an exterior force which most famous hip-joint operations of the C sell it at moderate priGes is another- ^ as sovereigns, were the final judges, should obstruct its transmission to for- j civil war. His field of labor should have eign markets—a course of conduct 1 V- WE DO BOTH Our catalogue will help ^ each for itself. 11 the broadest."' The impartial and enlightened vet- which would be as unjust toward us, C Its tree, tour name & address please-„ as it would be detrimental to manufae- I As a friend lie was steadfast; nothing Fruits and Vegetables diet of mankind will vindicate the rec­ turing and commercial interests abroad. | lid alienate his great heart. Misfor­ titude of our conduct, and He who Should reason guide the action of the ! tune oni}' served to draw liim closer. . 50 5c52 West 22nd. .St. NewYork- I11 the home circle his character shone ...FROM... knows the hearts of men will judge of government from which we have sep- j 4 ^ A# AA A the sincerity with which we labored to united, a policy so detrimental to the j Kith in most beauty: tender, true and preserve the government of our fathers civilized world, the Northern Slates in- ffwthfnl, lie hound all to liirn "as with eluded, could not be dictated by even hooks of steel." F. Ankenbauer & Sons, in its spirit. The right solemnly pro­ the strongest desire to Inflict injury j EUGENE B. HENTZ. Cincinnati, Ohio. claimed at the birth of the States sub­ upon us: but if otherwise, a terrible I sequently admitted into the Union of responsibility will rest upon it, anil the ' (Eugene B. HcntzMvas bom in Towunda, CHARLES E. HUTCHENS, 17S*J, undeniably recognizes in the peo­ sufferings of millions will bear testi­ Pa.. September. 1838, and was killed iu ple the power to resume the authority mony to the folly and wickedness of the Confederate service at the battle of The our aggressors. In the meantime there I delegated for the purposes of govern­ tHe Wilderness, May 0. 1864. He wa- of will remain to 11s besides the ordinary —-•Contractor and Builder—— French parentage, and of a line of sol­ ment. Thus the sovereign States here means before suggested the well-known Dealer in Sash. Doors. Bliuds. Lvths. Shingles. Rough and Dressed Star Bakery's represented proceeded to form this Con­ resources for retaliation upon the com­ diers. Hi- father was an officer under Lumber, Fire Brick. Slate, Iron and Cabinet Mantels. Slier & Wil­ federacy. and it is by abuse of lan­ merce of an enemy. Napoleon; his grandfather was exiled for liams Paints, Lime. Sand. Hair. Etc. Masterpiece is its White Bread. Every­ guage that their act has been denom­ Experience in public stations of subor­ li jiving served as a member of the Na­ thing else is just as gnnd as can ne. but tional Convention in the French revolu­ inated a revolution. They formed a dinate grade to this which your kind­ we are especially strong on bread. -Our ness has conferred has taught me that i tion of 1793. Mr. Ilentz learned the Paints, Oils and Brushes Always on Hand bread is not like oilier baker's bread. new alliance, but within each State its Try it. care and toil and disappointment are ' printer's trade under Mr. Woodson, of ESTIMATES ON PAINTING FURNISHED. We also make Brain Bread; it is made government has remained, and the the price of official elevation. You will I the. Democrat. When Alabama seceded "f l'urina Health Flour, Gluten, Whole Wheat. Give it a trial. rights of person and property have not see many errors to forgive, many de- life joined Company F. Fourth Alabama been disturlfed. The agent through licieneies to tolerate, but 3011 shall not ! sjegnnent, of which he remained a mom- C. McGOUUH, Star Bakery, whom they communicated with foreign find in 111c either a want of zeal or her until his death in the service of the iidelit}' to the cause that is highest in nintry of his adoption. nations is changed: but this does not hope and of most enduring affection. AfcGEE'S West Holmes Street. necessarily interrupt their interna­ Your generosity has bestowed upon AY 1 write all kinds of bonds — and at tional relations. me an undeserved <1 istide tion— one tlpE I >west rates. Hovn & Wci.i MAN. Cash or Easy Payments. Sustained by the consciousness that which 1 neither sought nor desired. the transition from the former Union 1'pou the continuance of that senti­ ment, and upon your wisdom and pa­ 'Send your collars to the Hantsvillo HOTEL to the present Confederacy has not triotism, 1 rely to direct and support Steam Laundry. Wc guarantee sat­ proceeded from a disregard on our part isfaction. me in the performance of the d.ity re­ E. T. BAILES, Proprietor. of the just obligations, or any failure quired at my hands. to perforin any constitutional duty; We have changed the constituent moved by 110 interest or passion to in­ parts but not the system of our govern­ Buy your Dru^s from $2 per day ment. The constitution formed by our vade the rights of others; anxious to ( lias. C. Anderson. He fathers is that of these Confederate Centrally located. Modern in all its apartments. cultivate peace and commerce with all States, in their, exposition of it, and in soils Pure Drugs as Furniture, Shades, Rugs. Headquarters for commercial men. nations, if we may not hope to avoid the judicial construction it has received cheap as any one. Carpets. Oil Cloths, war, we may at least expect that pos­ wc have a light which reveals its true M. L. McGEE, Proprietor. Mattings. Linoleum. terity will acquit us of having need­ meaning. Paints, Garden Seeds Thus instructed as to the just inter­ lessly engaged in it. pretation of the instrument, and ever and Soda Water. The World's Best. Doubly justified b3- the absence of remembering that all offices are but wrong on our part, and by wanton ag­ trusts held for the people, and that del­ Trade Palace. gression on the part of others, there egates' powers are too strictly con­ E. Karthaus ^ Jeweler BURBANK SHOE CO. ! can be no cause to doubt that the strued, I will hope by due diligence in We carry the Largest As­ the performance of my duties, though sortment of Dress Hoods courage and patriotism of the people of I may disappoint your expectation, yet Opcrahouse Block, huntsville, Ala. | the Confederate States will be found to retain, when retiring, something of and Wraps in the city at For Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, ! equal to any- measures of defense which the good will and confidence which the Lowest Prices. . Up to Date Shoes honor and security may require. welcomes my entrance into office. Cut Glass, Etc. at Down to Date Prices. An agricultural people, whose chief It is joyous iu the midst of perilous Hernstein & Lowentha!. Call and see ns befor.e you buy. VINDICATION. equal inheritance in the blessings that e children say, it was the wrong side the founders of the republic droiaied \vw,. mouths; we realized that we had GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1900 It Was Not the Sword of Justice That secured by the Constitution toi'ours dv. s outwitted, and regretted that we Smote the South. and our posterity," there is but one 11:0- lied not sunk theiu in tfie ocean for the The Judges at the Paris Exposition tal hand that can lift them again to that rniaids to wear. On shore, we sought Justice is the word that is beginning to have awarded a proud eminence It is the hand of .Tu-- urse who had deserted Mrs. Davis crown Confederate history with a pure tice. car little baby Winnie, and she GOLD MEDAL and generous light which will grow Th? honorable effort to do justice. to a ting the desired shawl, it was re- brighter unto the perfect day. Lewis Lumber the sentiment that filled the graves over Co. I to anal mine returned to me. \\ lictli- There was no lust of power, cr thought which the "Daughters of the Confed r > 111 Washington with the cloak I of conquest, or desire for aggrandizement, acy" will erect a modest shaft, in Hums- ii"t know. Walter Baker & Co. or purpose of aggression, or dissatisfac­ ville, is to be another light in a firms.- years since I read in a Northern HARDWOOD tion with existing conditions, that enter­ ment of historical splendors, that shin an account of this pleasing episode, the largest manufacturers of cocoa and ed into the motives of the Southpin peo­ cut of the darkness and make up f•>>*' ting to come from Lieut. Hudson chocolate in the world. This is the third ple when they formed the Southern Con­ award from a Paris Exposition. record of the only struggle that was ev 1 self, in which lie said: "Upon the re- LUMBER federation of States. They did net op­ made under the banners of great armies, ,-Mrs. Clay flew into a violent pas- pose the Federal Union, or the Con-tit'J- to prevent the intrusion of an inferior lost her temper, and in a towering BAKER'S tion or the laws, and did not shek to nice, into the' political rights and th • counseled resistance," etc. 1 take change them. They oppo?:d the confed­ consanguinity cf a superior race, ftbis opportunity, should this paper meet eration of Northern States whose com­ 1 his duty, with its sacrificial suffer n »s his eye. to inlorm the gentleman that I COCOAS AND CHOOOLATES pact was proclaimed in articles that were and honors *va3 reserved, alone, to tlie quickly found my lost temper, am in full approved by a sectional vote in a Presi­ people of the Southern States That i; possession of it. and would be glad to arc always uniform in qual­ dential election, and was as fixed in i:s cro.-.- blades with him again. Lewis Barrel Co.1 ity, absolutely pure, deli­ was imposed upon them by men of the purposes as if it had been adopted by the VIRGINIA CLAY CLOPTON. cious, and nutritious. The same blood and kindred is only an- decree of a constitutional convention in Iluntsville, Ala., Nov. 12, 1900. MANUFACTURERS OF- genuine goods bear our other illustration of the fact tbat a each of those States, declaring the aboli­ brother's hand has shed the blood of th" trade mark on every pack­ COL. EGBERT J. JONES. age, and are made only by tion of slavery, and the elevation of the victim, whose sufferings were neces ary negro race to political equality with the io the reformation of the oppress >r, SLACK 11,0 notes ot white race The contemplated result also whenever regeneration was demanded. v-ar first sour.de, 1 Wouglmut North Alabama, Egbert J. Walter Baker & Co. Ltd., included, necessarily, the removal of all The dominant power has trodden una*r ./oik s left a lucrative practice of law iu legal barriers to the social equality of the foot the Constitution of our fathers, and BARRELS. DORCHESTER MASS., Nnntsville to join in defense of his adopt­ races, and pledged the support of the the sacrificial offerings of the South will ' — ed homo. A company was being formed ESTABLISHED 1780. Northern confederations to its accom­ restore it, and our country will free itse f TRADC-MARK at tiio time and he burned with the de­ plishment of the evil that called the great armies , rive to do his share and be with them. The political party, placed by that elo - of the civil war into the fie d when the ] ^UWllMUllUiiiUUlUUllUiUUUUliUU^ lion in control of all the powors of the time is ripe. He was elected captain of Company 1", Fourth Alabama Infantry. That com­ Federal'government, assumed that it rep­ Justice will be again enthroned. It h- - pany,^ with other Slate companies, was resented the entire Union, and that oppo­ the sacrfdncas of this Anglo-Saxon cause sition to its declared policy war oppo-i- for which lie died, that enshrines and en­ organized into a regiment at Lynchburg, ..HUNTSVILLE.. J. i. Allan & Co, tion to the Union, the Const.tution and nobles the grave of the Confederate so'- ^ a., where Capt. E. J. Jones was elected th.e flag of the country dier. colonel. He was always brave and true Having the political power to force the If each soldier was a hrro, he could ] to his duties and was well known as a — Wholesale issue into this shape, that party declared not receive greater honors than all men ; strict disciplinarian in every respect. The that resistance to its decree was ant g bestow, even upon "the unknown dead' regiment afterward became part of a bri­ S^Grocers. onisin to the Union, the Constitution, tne of the Confederate army. It is not to the gade and was commanded by Gen. Bar­ Ice and CoaS Co. flag and the laws. heroism of the soldier, so much as to the i nard E. Bee. The Fourth Alabama was Keep fall line of Staple A false i.->r.e, thus favored by the pow­ love cf his cause, that a monument is to i always found in the front of battle and er and prest:gc of a dominant po itical be erected; yet, braver and more devout the thickest of the frav: and 110 higher MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Goods. party, inflicted upon the States that men never fell in battle. Justice do tribute coulal be paid its gallant officers stood for the rights of their people, the niands this tribute of our hearts, and it than that they were, in every way, wor­ opprobrium cf treason to the Co stltn- is responded to as our pledge to our kin- ' thy of the love and respect of their men. tion and the Union, and compelled them died that we, also, will work for the Although their carter was a short one, Your Orders Solicited. to resist aggression, under the imputa­ final consummation cf the great decree it is one of the noblest of the war record. tion of being the enemies of the Constitu­ that shall free the white race from the Col. Jones was in the habit of riding a tion and the laws br.n of negro domination, inflicted upon it,r biFr baJ which his men dubbed "Old Pure Distilled Spring Water Ice, .This false issue was accepted by the by the civil war, which is masqu ra I n Battalion"; in the car'y part of the first F. Soaith as the only reason of al.fi i:tg the under the scarcely less odious pretension engagement of the war, the battle of antagonism of the Northern people to of "equality and- fraternity." ; Manassas, "Old Battalion" was wounded. those who had changed the bond of JOHN T. MORGAN. After carefully examining liim, Co!. J011V3 Domestic and Steam Coal. Union into a confederation of opprcss on, stood by him during tlie remainder of the through abused power, and in defiance AN INCIDENT OE WAR TIMES. battle. He recovered from his wound STRUVE of the Constitution. ' In 1805, after the capitulation at Ap anal was afterward brought back to It was the Union, thus p?rverted, from pomattox, and the tender of the sword o Huntsville. Death's envious shaft found HUNTSVILLE, ALA. which the Southern Sfatfs withdrew, and our great chieftain. Robert E. Lee, to victim in Col. Jones during the first not from the Union as established in the Gen. U. S. Grant, a detachment of cav-l ttle of Manassas, where he received a We handle the finest Constitution. airy under command of Col. Pritchard, of nd which proved fatal; he, with other Beer made in the world The ordinances of secession were treat­ Michigan, incited by a proffered reward wounded, was carried off to Orange ed as the overt act that established the of $10(),UU0 in gold, intercepted and ar^| rthou.se, Ya . where he pea cfnl y p is.<- We handle only the best. Get our prices before buying alleged treason to the Constitution, and rested'Hon. Jefferson Davis, ex-President into tlu- hands of a loving Heavenly elsewhere. Our line of tine Liquors they mark the period of belligerency be­ of the Southern Confederacy, a wild ru­ ather. Telephone No. 6. tween the sections mor spread abroad to the effect that Mr. cannot be excelled. LOWE ADOLPHTJS DEMENT. War was not declared, hut, after a Davis attempted to escape in the diesa' br.ef period of hostilities, open public or disguise of a woman. The truth of th In 1SG1, when the notes of war sounded war was accepted by both sid-s. as a story was tluit Mr. Davis, in the natura tin ugh cur beloved Southland, her young MIXED DRINKS civil war between the two eonf derations terror of the surprised situation, and urg heroes—the very flower of chivalry—re­ of the States. ing her husband to seek his horse anc sponded with great promptness and en­ A SPECIALTY. This was the general attitude of the escape, hastily threw her water-proo: thusiasm. States, in all of which the home govern­ cloak over his shoulders, but too late foil Among them was Lowe Adolphus De- • ments retained their authority ovrr the him to effect the designed result. mcnt. the only surviving brother of Dr. j 2^ propK', as sovereign S.ates The war It is not now necessary to recount J- -L Dement, both of North Alabama. ceased and the States remain d, with 110 details of that tragic incident of the I ivtr • jje was at t]ie tjme pursuing his stud- (£& changes in their relations to the Federal War. but only to note the fact that tlio> ie- with much zeal at LaG range Military ^ W, J, Bennett & Go. govemmen, except such as related to the gallant Yankee colonel took possession• of, Collage. LaGrungc, -Via. vsP MAMMOTH negro race. Thus its purpose was made said cloak, and gave color to the story A regiment of student- being formed, clear. If other questions had been decid­ of the di-guise, though a good'y portion} ine, 1«G2. and commanded Lv the presi- j Slros of b and his cav- Richardson Bros. ed by tli - war. thev should have been li« ; ' ' ' nt, Maj. Robertson, knowii as the flair- aled to all thej Livery, Feed and Sale Stable. dealt with as th? negro question was, • y "h7 The sieht wr. gi- fifth Alabama, of Loving's Division, , .riANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS.. amendments of the Constitution. • went • n. Upon womanly fa- - t iggV army. Mr. Dement at. on.-e en- j 2 In" the e amendments, lerei'ore, fTi~ Vcr. I 11.A'„ .. I u a" in" etunpf-ny- "this Ti'gtrtTCm. j a.I 1° JBO revelation of the man. ...Wholesale Dealers in... purposes of the war were defined and the P U •• uninanded by his professor, Capt. Hunt. Cut inStaple SliGcSi l i0 result is solemnlysoiemn.y stated by theth? votes of I111,1 U1 U -'Lowing, on theuieaniaai arrival ofui theuh- Thoughlhougli hutbut 1GIG years of age, hplie was NASHVILLE, TENN. Tlom*, Feed, Congress and of two-thirds of the sove - ( b'dc" 'T'^ampton Roads, the vessel on -fix feet tall, of fine physique, and of mili- eign Stat s of the Union. which Mr. Davis and party had been tarv bearing. He started out as ensign, The Leading Shoe House in the South. Grain, Hay, Of the generations that fought and suf­ placed in Savannah for transportation. |mt" was soOn appointed drill master, and fered in that war, not one sou! was re­ my husband and myself being of the! detailed to drill troops at Decatur, Ala., I Our Shoes Fit Southern Feet and Pockets. and Produce. sponsible for the introduction of slaveiy number, was anchored in the Roads for unfler Gen. D. C. Humphrey. Here lie into the United States the final assignment 'of the prisoners ojw teat known as "Capt. Dement,", a most1 They found i" here, recognized and pro­ board to the .respective forts or prisons moral, efficient officer, respected and he- t. Mil!er,D.0.1 Miss Ina ftlayhugli, D. O. tected in a'l the States and Terr'.to: i s, determined upon for their incarceration loved by all. wlurc it existed, by expvrs- guarantees by the Federal authorities. | Shortly before lie entered battle at of the Constitution.: anal the purpose of My rtate room, so-called, a filthy ' Corinth.'Miss., 1 recall as the la ;t time I the Northern movement was t » abolish little soldier-stained hole, already thick- paw this young hero. His eye was kin-1 liiler&iaylmgli all property rights in s'aves, without lv populated by a colony of nocturnal de- I died with*hope of victory for hi- beloved compensation. predators, was between those of Mrs. Da- geoiintry. "Her cause is "so just," lie said, If. in the most strenuous morality, tli's vi- and her sister, Miss Howell. Emerg­ -lie can but win in this struggle for QSTEPPATHS result was-justified, it was manifest that ing from this den, the morning after our glits.' j it could not be r.e:oinplishrd without the husbands had been taken inside the grim Bright but brief was the career cf this shedding of the blood of many thousands walls of th? fort (all the others having soldier boy," who already had made kin- Robert Dyas, Pres't. W. L. Jones, Gen'l Mngr and Sec'y. of men, and as it required a four-fif hs been removed previously), I was surprised j died, college and country"justly proud of Sui'.e (1-7 ::::: Milligan Block vote of both houses of Congress and of at hearing Mrs. Davis bitterly weeping, ! him. A few months later h? succumbed BUILDING BRICK. two-thirds of the States, to change tl e and am glancing around I saw an officer,) to "camp fever" at Jackson, Miss., and, if my memory Pavement Brick, Foundation Brick. Cistern Itrick, Chimney Briek, Pressed Constitution, so as to strike out those servos 111c rightly, although most tenderly nursed at the Brick, Pure Mountain Sand, Crushed Limestone for Sidewalks and Itoads. Graduates Huntsville. Ala. 1 two soldier-, standinling on th? guards near j home and by the family of Mrs. Robinson, A. S. <>. Hours: »—12 provisions, and to abrogate th? decisions Kirksv'.lle.Mo. i her state 100111 •Z— 4 of the Supreme C urt expounding them^ it door, while she stood,r November, 1862, he passed serenely away : within it. sobbing. was. at least, just, that Congress should I far beyond "the tented field and clouds' have proposed such changes Anxiously inquiring the cause of her of battle," to peace and rest eternal. TE^THINA was first used by Dr. Charles Huntsville Brick Co, trouble, she replied: "Why, here is this Moffet, a graduate of JelTerson -Medical Col­ This was not done, nor was it attempt­ I11 tli«> home circle which his-beautiful J. man demanding my shawl off my sh'oul- lege. l'niladelplila. Pa., in his exlensive and suc­ ed, in Congress; but a "higher law" par­ life had so brightened the names of two j ders, it being, as lie asserts, a part of cessful Ireatmeni of children in Ceorgiain over­ ty resolved to abolish slavery, bv rial ing comrades—former classpiatea—had be­ Brick. coming tfie troubles incident to tcetfiiug and down the rights of the people of the the woman's apparel worn by my husband come sacredly enshrined—"Yancey New­ TfilptlllOTlfiS 1 Huntsville Yard, 23. t Sand Made by Crusliinc Pure) ; nt the time of his arrest." "You are not O. V ItpUUlU o ) North Huntsville Yard, ISO. / Sandstone from the Mountain ( hot summers. South, and, if that should be met by an man" and "Tom Peebles." Tkktiiixa (Tcethins Powders) counteracts effort to escape from their power, it I going to give it to him," I said, "it being True and trusted friends in life, faith­ tbecfiect of hot weather and keeps the digestive vein- only wrap, and you a mm ing moth- l p-Town Office, Room 8, Holding Block. would be demanded and resitted at an fully tliey stood by him to its closing. organs in a healthy condition, and lias saved : er r" When she responded) "What can I God bless them! the lives of thousands of children in the doctor's attempt to destroy the Constitution, ancl the Union it created do?" "Tear it into shreds aq fine as ver­ native Stale, where physicians prescribe and all micelli." said I indignantly, "and throw For good work 30 to t'ao Huutsvillo mothers give it. and it is criminal in mothers Justice will never approve that abuse it into Hampton Roads," whereupon up Stsam Laundry. of our section to allow their babes and little of power. . topped our "I'u-s in Boots." the irate E. T. BAILES. Proprietor. children to suffer and perhaps die when relief As to the que tion whether the moral­ little Lieut. Hudson, and, pointing his can be so easily obtaiue I by giving Tkkthixa! ity of tin national character required the Granol Union Tea Company. finger almost in my face, exclaimed, "You It costs only 25 i ts. at druggists, or mall, 25 cts. Constitution to be abandoned, i. was a The largest company of the kind in to C. •». MOFJFKTT. M.D., St. Louis, .Mo. dare counsel resistance, do you. inadam?" demand made by those who had encour­ America. This company import their ... Huntsville Hotel Bar... to which J answered, now thoroughly an­ aged slavery, so long as it was p.cfita le gry. and returning the compliment of the own Teas, Coffees and Spices; roast to them, had tolerated it. after d'sposing I finger-shaking in his face. "Yes, to the their own Coffees, grind their own of their slaves by sale to the Southern j shedding a f Yankee blood, and I would be­ Spices anal manufacture their own people, when it was necessary to the j W.L5J.L gin with you; this ileck should run red [Grand Union Baking Powder and Ex­ formation of tli? Union that th? South I with blood before I would give up" my should have express guarantees for its ' tracts, etc., all of which are guaranteed Finest line wines Fancy and mixed drinks DEALERS IN shawl, to bo exhibited at the .Smithson­ protection strictly pure and wholesome. ian, as is the cloak, both lying witnesses Justice never lifts its sword against an Tlicy are represented in Huntsville and liquors. our specialty. Proiluce,Staple and Fancy Groceries of the disguise story." Whether my alleged criminal, at the bidding of a con- ; anil vicinity by Messrs. T. W. Tuttle Now Selling Out at Cost. words cr my looks intimidated the man, federate in the crime. or a sense of shame rwept over liirn at and A. C. Rice, both hustlers in busi­ It was not the sword of .Ju-tice that thought of insulting and fighting helpless ness anal gentlemen in every sense. E. A- EVERETT, Prop. sma te the South. women. I know not; but, without a word .Give them your patronage and you will STEGALL'S Tlie Thirteenth, Fourteenth s:r.d F f- more, lie turned and left, strutting down never regret it. tecnth Amendments of th? Cor.stitutio 1 ESTABLISHED 1872. the guard, shaking his head, trailing his This company lias stores in nearly embody the full purpose and th? whole O. K. STABLES. sword and jingling his spurs as if in re­ every city of naite in the Middle States. result of th? aggression of the c impact Headquarters for treat from a field defeat. Southern headquarters. 110 Broughton of the Northern States, againu th? Con­ Though fearfully excited as. were Mrs, federacy of Southern States; and justice Lstreet, west. Savannah, Ga, .Main office. Fashionable Turnouts. Davis and myself, there was something s0sb,...... Water Sts.. New York City, O. K. STEQALL, Prop. to the property rights, the guara t ed ludicrous about the battle that we both °ar am Iluntsville Wholesale furserias. constitutional rights, the pol'tiea' rights, laughed through our train, .-till standing (Brooklyn Borough. Agents wanted. the social rights and th? racial rights of bewildered, net knowing, but fearing, the Pioneer SMurseries of We write all kinds of bonds — and at Huntsville. nnmnnlnrn WhnlcsalcandRetail Flour, the people of the South was absent from result of the encounter. Tlie shawl in M,: sef its fields of production. which is issued monthly to over 2600 Nurserymen throughout the Telephone 160—4 Rings—Long Distance. (thinking it clever) said, "Let's produce I STAPLE AND Erwin Block. Jefie.-son Street. It has demonstrated its fidelity to the both, and he may possibly take mine, not j . . FANCY United States, Canada and foreign countries." I'nion and to the honor of its flag, even GROCERIES yours, the coveted one, of which we can ! Gilbert Builtling Holmes St. when its service to the country is accept­ tell afterward," so both were folded reaaly ed as tribute, rather than as*the volun­ for presentation, when he returned, ac-' tary and patriotic contribution of sover­ companied by two soldiers, and, tossin<»! S. LYOi\IS Fatterson Institute of Osteopathy. WILLIAM BROCK eign and equal States. But it has not into Mrs. Davis" state room a com-j HEADQUARTERS been able to lift the burden of negro nton, coarse blanket shawl, demanded Washington, D. C., FO« YOUR Baltimore, Md., equality in social and political conditions her?, and, on our refusal to designate it. ^Merchant Tailor Washington Loan and Trust and it may vet sink under this racial he coolly, to our dismay, picked up both, Fidelity Building, Winter Clothing. degradation and deliberately marched off the ?hip. Complete Line of Fine Goods. Building. 4th Floor. Give Us a Call. Jefferson Street. If the South is ever restored to its We both laughed again, but this time,1 Vliite Bulltlin; Huntsville, Ala. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. CONFEDERATE TREASURY NOTES mond, Ya.; head of Gen. T. -T. Jackson in THE DEAD AND LIVING. G3d Alabama Infantrv; paroled May 10, lower right corner; Confederate Hag and 1865. GILBERT'S It took money to carry on the war. seal of the Confederacy at left. The following is a brief record of th John Simpson. Jr., enlisted April 22. Vans AGNEW & ALBRICH The Southern Confederacy started to In the above extract 1 have gleaned ttye dead and living Confederate heroes: 1801. 4th Alabama Regiment: killed in oppose the invading foes with an empty COUGH SYRUP. descriptions of some of the most interest­ W. H. MeLiiin, enlisted in 18(53, battle .July 21. 1801. treasury. So a "promise to pay'' had to ing notes. The Confederate soldiers in For All Throat and Lung Diseases, Veterinary pany A. Regimeut 11th. Alabama:parol William Simpson, enlisted 1801, 27th be resorted to. the Civil War is one of the most valua- i Ala bam Regiment; died June 3, 1807. CONSUMPTION, One of the first things to be done by ble additions to the Southerner's war his- j at Pond Spring, Ala.. May. 1S65. Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Influenza, Surgeons--*' the Treasury of the young nation was to Thomas J. Pettus, enlisted March, 1862, The following poem really needs no in- Whooping Coughs, Bronchitis, tory, and should be in every Southern Scientific Horseshoeing. All issue legal tender of some kind. . Home. Company 1), Regiment 35th, Alabama t rod net ion to a Southerner. It was first Asthma. Eta IMMEDIATE RELIEF is Guaranteed faulty gaits corrected by 1 lie making- cf Confederate bonds and If the amusing anecdotes of the use and • i itt> n on the back of a $50 bill, and res- I Infantry; died September 27. 1863. in All Cases. Shoeing. notes was a great task for the young cued from oblivion some years after by a the attempted use or passage of Confed­ •Tames II. Pettus, enli-ted March, 1802. OPES DAY AND NIGHT. Treasury; because, in the South, no en­ erate money could be gathered together j •h Southerner: Company D. Regiment 35th, Alabama In­ Telephone No. 77 —1 ItinST- gravers and nothing like a good bank in book form, what a mighty tome it ting nothing on God's earth now, Hospital W. Holmes Street, Opp. M.l!igan*«> paper could be found. So arrangements fantry: died June 8. 1802. njngnt in the earth below it. would make. Though there is a decided \s the pledge of a nation that's deed ar.il gene; TIic Live—Let Live Drugstore Grocery, were made to print some bonds in New tinge of sadness that "hangs "round il Dr. John Jefferson Dement, enlisted Keep it. dear friend, and show it. T. H. GILBERT, Prop. HUNTSVILLE, ALA. York. The work was gone about very still, for those who have personal expo-1 •""h'-'V. it to ihose who will lend an car . 1SG1. surgeon 27th Alabama; honor-j Corner Holmes and Gallatiu Sts., Huatsvile. carefully, and every means used to avoid Hence? to relate to the generations who To the tale this paper can tell, ably discharged at Gen. Lee's surrender; j Of liberty. born of the patriot's dream. detection. But the bonds were seized, are fast taking the place of those, there is died August 10, 1891. Of a -icrm-ciadlcd nation that fell. however, before they left New York. little but the halo of romance, and smiles A. A. BAKE!!. JAMES CON WAV. William King Aeklen, 4th Alabama These bonds were by the American Bank are the result of the knowledge gleaned. Tec proud to possess the precious ores, Regiment; killed in the battle of "Gaines j Vnd too much a stranger to borrow, Note Company, and when the Fed ra! In writing to a brave soldier and adjutant IVe issue today our "promise to pay," Mill.'" .June 27. 1802. A. M. BOOTH authorities found this out, through a lel!- general of the N. 11. Forrest Camp at And hope to redeem on the morrow. Capt. Lowe A. Dement, enlisted June. 1' . - r. .led by, and weeks became yea-.-:, ta:e employe, the Southern Confederacy Chattanooga, for information of the first Huntsville, Ala. 1801, Company B. Regiment 35th Ala- "':t -ar coffers were empty stiff,' had to rely upon its own resources. Confederate notes issued, the following i,.,. .»• . «'•»» to rare that toe treasury'd qi2a.ee ii bama: died November, 1802. ,, - , , . till. An engraver of cards and posters by was the reply I received: If a llar v aS xd in thc 11 eon R. M. Deioung, enlisted —, 1801, Com- \ —Manufacturers of and Dcalrrs in— the name of Hover, a German by nation­ "1 haven l the -lightest idea how or The Most pany B. Regiment 13th. South Carolina: Bu* that was ir. us was strong, indeed, j ality, lived in Richmond, and he, in con­ when the Confederate notes were made, nection with Mr. Ludwig, was employed but will endeavor to find out for you. I honorably discharged 1805; parol.-d 1805 man,.''"littlVcheekfteorceeuVSThi-W ..ALL KINDS OF.. Reliable Builder Col. William M. Lowe, captain Tracy? That dur suffering veterans earned, to issue the first notes, which were eight knov. I u-:ed .to squander a $50 bill when­ company, 4th Alabama Regiment; honor- w-. knw 't had hardly a value in geld, $100 bills. One of these bills would ever 1 got a chance to sneak ir.to Rich­ ,t:„. t>„. .ir • »• i ,, . i ».' -is gold the soldiers leceived it; And Dealer in all kinds of Build­ ab.v discharged from prison; died October - pay, Marble and Granite bring considerable now as a relic. mond on a good square meal at the u hl our feyes wjIh a prcmif t0 ing Materials in the County. A paper was smuggled through the Spottswood Hotel. We leys worked a ' "' MONUMENTS. lints from New York and given to Hover racket on the Spottswood on one ocea- \" 7,"" " ','C ".Wi1" * '*" - hot .-ur bovs thought little cf price cr pav, pail} A, Regiment 10. Alabama; paroled j • ! bills that Tvere overdue, and Ludwig. They had only old and -ion. Several of us eluded the pickets Ur near Montgomery in 1805. j We knew thai it brought us our tread today; one night and went into the theater. inferior stones for engraving purpos s. i . ... , .. "nej Cant William" Thomas Kin«r enlisted 'Twas the best cur poor country could d HEADSTONES and with them they made the' fi-st Treas­ observant mind in the partv discovered1-- 1 inomas wing, i.nnsti u - ury notes. I lie stones had been previ­ th: g| TABLETS ^^onfectionery ously used to engrave placards. The reseni CURBING.ETC notes were faulty and full of errors, and Spott Jtnas. The oldest business firm in Huntsville. and under any other circumstance would have latte Company I, Regiment 4. Alabama Infant-1 the only one who was doing business here be­ been thrown away, but some kind of legal not burdened with an overdose of the fore lsSl—in auie-helium days. ry; honorably discharged 1804. After­ SAMUEL RIDGELY CRUSE. tender had to be secured at once, an J law and gospel, nor even conscience, so We keep a complete ward commissioned captain of scouts! they were accepted. we conceived a plan of bilking the Spotts- Samuel Ridgelv Cruse enlisted in the while on crutches. When the Secretary read the proofs lie wood out of five good dinners, alT. ordend them printed, indorsing on the bought five of the theater line of Candies, Fruits. margin of the proof the following. ' When pat them in our inside pockets the money changers become fumi iar w.tli use the next day. When th Fanes/ Family Groceries. these incoming bills it will be as diffieu t and the gong sounded, there We handle only the very to pass a counterfeit as if they had been ual rush for the dining room. We scat- of the battery. At the siege cf Fruits of all Kinds. P engraved on steed—perhaps more so." tered among the crowd and every one of JSJf I !> , ) ' Apin .l. 1. «. .. Sp]ma hp was promoted to the raRk of ha ma enl nu, or The engravers used what was an o'd- us put off our little $5 theater ticket en J .V P "' V , , J - Mr. Willick. also of JfnntsviHe, ELUE SEAL BREAD a Specialty 4 best. H, SCHOLLE. fashioned press even in that day, and the the head waiter, without detection, and " A. aba ma Infantiv who died here a few yean- ago. and who C A cyntractcd m eam Ma bills were printed by hand, a v rv s'o.v each consumed $50 worth of good pro- ° I> >' -as regarded By his. superior officer- as J. 1. JONES. S. C. LEE. £oW ; in hia and tedious process. These rude, ur. vender and left hurriedly for the camp ^ j B en!isted March 10. 1802, ^ f' without the least twinge of conscience. couth bills found no buyers, but were ac­ company Kelly Troopers. Forrest's Reg °? "TV\ cepted in good faith by lov.il South:- a "After the surrender my 'buddie' and iJ ... ,.i' . ,.f ° '#ke thousands of other Confederate Hantsvifls Flour Mill hearts. They were pledges cf a brav; I. JBIES & GO. J. B. BOITD. fearless people, and bv that people were CONTRACTORS accepted as such. They were not worth Manufactures tlie PUREST and FIN­ much upon their face/but thou ands of and BUILDERS. EST FLOUR. Give us yonr order. We times as many died to make them worth­ guarantee our goods. less. Soon the country was flooded with Appomattox made cur horses across. The clink of coin ran . I, Regiment 4. Alabama Cavalry, Rus Confederate bills. The number circu­ lighting alike unnecessary and impossible. through his mind, and he pulled us over. OelOf SHE & 00 J. X. MAZZA lated depended on how fast the Treasury and Upon landing we each handed him a brand could issue them. Bills of small denom­ THE MOST new $5 Confederate note. 'Hold on.' lie ination soon went out of style, and noth­ Dispensing Druggists shouted, 'you promised to pay me in hard ing under $100 left the Treasure a P O P U L A R money.' We informed him that that was 1 hands, while $500 and $1,000 bi Is were about the haidest we had ever seen. And Opp. riaxwell House, Nashville. CONFECTIONER as numerous as $5 bids are today. Gf Brief record, hut none the less to be putting spurs to our horses, were soon out, Charleston (S. C.) prison May 1, 1805. valued because so brief. course, the price of everything w, nt up, C. S. MeCalley, enlisted September, j IN THE CITY. of sight." VIRGINIA C. CLAY. 9 Exchange Row Huntsville, Ala. and it was a mer? bag.it -de to pay $20'.i 1863, Company i, Regiment 4, Alabama ] Once, a long time ago, a lowly. Judean We Lead in Low Prices in peasant woman was thus memorialized by for a yard of flannel, or $300 for a p iun I Infantry; paroled April !), 1865. E5EERT J. JONES CAMP. CON­ one who could not be mi- taken in his of coffee, or $1,000 for a pair of boots, or W. H. Fan-is, enlisted 1861. Company j FEDERATE VETERANS. diagnosis of human character: "She hath $10,000 for a horse. E Regiment 4, Alabama Infantry: pa-j what she could." and Off Goods, Clothing,Shoes and these few. sim- T. A. THURSTON Worthless as were these "promise to rol You are cordially invited to ex­ -DEALER IN- . I his camp that has accomplishedd so Tf at Appomattox 180.,. -fh words haw comeome downdor to us along amine our stock and get prices. pay." they cost more than any tender, much good in our midst for years prouuJlv Lieut. D. C. arris, enlisted 1861 Com- , tlie as,rs. bnehallenged b' ever issued by a nation on earth. Th.-y nged by literary criti- Every day is BARGAIN DAY. Staple and Fancy Grocez'ies bears the name of one of Huntsv ill,-A pjy.1.' t; ri,fanlT- (i':m, as the most concisi Remember the place, were issued in integrity, d fended in concise and the most AND ALL KINDS OF COUNTRY PRODUCE. •• , I •• honored heroes. He left home as cap- SUS M!Uiarao complete biography that G. S. Houston, RoiIJyV e"rt, •**. vaxr and bathed m priceless blood. — tain of Coiupanv F. ,v th- "lorious,'iou.s : l L^dL: erL0!,.' ®'" \m ever could be written. 804 West Holnvs Street, Hunts villi-, Ala. U en vt,r we 1 The ('onfedi rale Soldier i:i i ire C.vil War. j Fourth Alabama l-ihratrv. For conspick- pany A. Regiment 11. Bentwell's C#v- , m triilv I nAt^V t• :^ ? Jhroug:, the Limine-- , f H-m Henry j ous -allantry he was rapidly promoted airy'; bonoraWy discharged April, iSte.iffi S££SJ ^ r'V** in THE FAIR, George P. Turner was first lieutenant What he eou'd " «•' \ 'lT i- d°ne «- IiynakyLjrn'sfcy Baffdlnn.Building. L. iiattMson, tlie d.s.inL'iiisl,-d K «- : to the rank of colonel. At the first bat- co I". S " = - »-J: We mil give Lim a recui-d Uashinston•'atdiingtou Street.btrcel. Huntsville. AlabtinAJabuma tufcky .vi^r„"f 1f woumV ^57PEARSON, leivJom-nnl. of UrtJS.sv lie. Ljffpr rad ltd I ed. am! his remains were brought home rvi M for ^oiue pages from a vol ,ab!i. work, and' "interred with military honors in our to the Confederate States; ordered to re- jnot toro'u' die'."' MERCHANT TAILOR ^The yprrfedcrate Soldi quiet city of the dead. ' The members pori to M.igiudcr nt Yorktov.n; appoint-;^ M. A c. War, which cCuitairr1 the exact pliol - of this grand band are: George P. Tur­ ••olonel in the provisional "_ ~"~ graphic 1 product; ,i of the original, army of the Confederacy; served with -LE;5- ARTHUR S, DANIEL Keeps a full line of French and English. ner. captain: Sflfnes Q. Dillard. first lieu­ ADER Goods. HUNTSVII.LE, ALA. without re or other alteration." tenant : J. IL Landman, second lieuten­ Magruder until after the seven dayf : ~ 77 .. LEADER in High-Grade Furniture oi (j cor ia and E of the Confederate Treasury notes. There ant; J. B. La ugh!in, third lieutenant; Al­ fight: ordered to report to Brag"- at-' J'"" ' g . and House Furnishings at -ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. are sixty-six notes reproduced in the fred Moore, fourth lieutenant; Ben Pat-1 rigmdu. Wheel,t: SeWClI on hi-sui'r „l-jJPC yii , «"» { a wor . 1 will give the description, given teson, adjutant; C. N. Yaught. quarter­ til close of the war; surrendered at De- ,nTfui in : ^""'pietmc won- E era e Sou are FRANK H. NEWMAN lt L blde S( uare Huntsville, Ala. on the margin, of some of them, as fol­ master: Joseph H. Sloss, major commis­ eatur, Ala., April, 1865. ! 1 " " ^"^ness, completeness, i ' l ' No. 2 Commercial Row, lows : sary; W. C. Wheeler, surgeon; J. F. CONFEDERATE TREASURY NOTES. F, Regiment 4th Alabama, Capt. Gastin'V ... aWend ! Johnston, dead: J. L. Ridley, dead; J, H. Without treachery; a soldier without Dealer in fine Dress Trimmings 1. $1,000. Written date April 20, 1801; Cavalry. Bryson, chaplain; H. B. Roper, lieutenant cruelty; a victor without oppression, and Montgomery. Ala., interest at 10 c ills treasurer; W. R. Chnnn, H. C. Speak, enlisted August, 1862. and fancy Notions. Slice?, Cloak's, sergeant; J. O. r- ... » • i vi.-iim without murmuring. He was" a HARRISON BIS. per day; head of John C. Calhoun in low­ Kelly, dead; Daniel Coleman, officer of CoruPany D« Regiment 4, Alabama Cav- Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealer iu tailor-made Suits. Dresses made public officer without vices; a private er left-hand corner; excessively raie; day; L. M. Orr. color sergeant; Charles ,y; en Prisoner at Columbus. Ga. to order 011 short notice. ; citizen without wrong; neighbor without China, Glass, Tin, Enameled Steel only five supposed to be in ixistence. MeCalley, vidct; Thomas Broecus. first at surrender at Macon, Ga. eproach; a Christian without hypocrisy, Ware, Tobacco, Cigars, Paper Dressmaking Department—See 2. $500. Written date. June 18, 1SG1: color guard; George T. Miller, second col- g^",enIl tcd l8(;2- Cc man without guile. He was a and Paper Bags. the handsome display of tailor- Montgomery, Ala.; interest at 5 cents per or guard; L. D. Aday. W. E. Aday W pan^ ' Alabama, Capt.'.Gastin s aes.ir without his ambition; Frederick : Huntsville, Ala. day; excessively rare, only tluee suppos­ J. Barron, J. H. Bryant, J. W. Battle Ag « ,, made Gowns. Frank II. Newman. T ."ithoul his tyranny; Napoleon without ed to be in existence. George Baugher, J. H. Burwell E 15 Car'' Lharles J- Moffett, enlisted at ('• II- selii-luiess, and Washington without 3. $100. Written date. May 16, 1S61 • ter, T. B. Connelly. C. Clark J \ Dou« IS" d«<> "n

If it fails to cure go to your merchant AND GET YOUR MONEY BACK. We will refund to him. Price 50 cts. VAN VLEET-MANSFIELD DRUG CO., Sole Proprietors, MEMPHIS. T^NN. THE DIARY OF A CONFEDERATE march again, and said we were going r'fljht ation that I am a citizen of Arkansas ac­ SOLDIER. into the tight: heard a good deal of t ng- cidentally present in Huntsville. The Closing Out Sale Sonie of the incidents of the civil war "'"g about the fight of the 17th. th<0 t)h H. ( . LAY. Carpet Specials. are extremely touching. We have before wu miles and bivouacked in the wosds. pose of reviving bitter memories of the MISS C. E. MASON'S ville. Ala., who was killed at Bull Rnu. I u1km"*' *»>ie bread and meat soon reacted old "war times," but rtiorclv as a matter School for Girls. which was taken from lib pocket by ai ,!"!> a,u' wo walked right into it yke of local lii-loiy-. Half-Wool Ingrains Crowning one of the most beauti­ member of the New York Sev ntv-tirsl starved hounds eat. now an 1 then got ...... 35c a yard Huntsville ful heights of the Hudson with a Regiment. His name was <;. T. Antler- a jit tie, .and -lept well at night; JUDGE RICHARD W. WALKER. 30-tnile view of the river. The son. ar.! we learn from his posthumous "1' a '"He after sunrise, on the 2 -;t, n, I i>tle represents an ideal union record that on the 29th of April, with foiled y meat and ate it with some )ld •fudge Richard Wilde Walker, sou • f All-Wool Ingrains of sehool and home. Perfect in his lit. Il.i r Stephen, he "left lmme with «niekers full of bugs: expecting order- to Hon. John W. Walker, and grandson of 45c a yard ,uare CVP, Clothing equipment, thorough in method, a company of volunteers.'* He describes » Y moment; will get then Col. LeRoy Rope, one of the early s?t- affording all the advantages of the parting with home and family and think, for it is Sunday: we will figS . I tlers of Huntsville, was horn in this city close, proximity to the academies suppose, before another week. friends, and admits that he "hated to February 16. 1823. He graduated at Heavy Tapestry Brussels. of Art and Science of New York This closed the diary, and a few Injurs leave most awfully." but justifies himself Princeton at the age of 18 years, and was 35c a yard Company... City, and yet environed by the later the writer lay a corpse upon 'the by slating that his country was in dan­ the youngest valedictorian that the fam­ tno.st beneficial influences. Every battlefield. requisite conducive to healthful ger. He mentions all that transpired j ous .,1,1 college ever had up to that time. GEORGE ANDERSON, j Fine Tapestry Brussels... comfort, and to the highest at- next day at Datton, Ga., and tells us thai He rose rapidly to the front rank of his Tho attention of the people of Hunts­ Company I, Fourth AlabauiL taininents of true womanhood, is the regiment to which his company was ! profession, and when, in 1858, lie was ap­ 50c a vard ville and Madison County is respect­ 11: ilized to the best advantage at attached elected E. J. Jones, of Hunts- j fully called to the CLOSING OUT INTERESTING WAR INCIDENT- pointed by Gov. Moore Associate Judge The Castle. The curriculum is ville, colonel, and E. M. Law lieutenant ' of Hie Supreme. Court of Alabama he was SALE OF THIS STOCK OF GOODS; broad and comprehensive; the colonel. May.5 he "woke up in Jones- the youngest man who had ever occupied The Huntsville Clothing Company An incident of the war between i he have kept one of the largest and best method of instruction is based on borough, Tenn., about sunrise; saw lots that high position. Satisfied with the the most approved ideas of mod­ , . , ... . , States is well set forth in the following stocks of Clothing in North Alabama, of beautiful women received a bouquet which was found among tliola- laurels won in the practice of the law, ern education; the results are at­ and the purchasers, Messrs. Brown from a very mee girl with a soul-st.rnng MO alley. deceased ud A. CAMPBELL. tested by prominent patrons in o{ ThoInas s and undisturbed by the gnawings of po­ & Adler, are determined to close same '>• inscription to ,t. 1 his incident remind- m interesting reading to somf of litical ambition, he was quietly pursuing out by December 31, 1900. all sections of the United States. ed him of home and his sister Pauline.1 „* .... * . ° ; " , his way through life when the fall of The Clothing buyer's opportunity is If you would like to kuow bow The concerning whom he has much to sav. j .ol° 1 f ^ , the .Castle looks inside and out, who are its Sumter shook the country to its center at hand. He can now buy Clothing Mav S he "wrote home for the seventh f who >,gned the pa her. students, how they live, and what they and ushered in the great civil war. When at his own price, and good Clothing, sludy, an illustrated book of descrip­ ates or eighth time, and was mustered into! " f Jhe tune of the ocupaJicV a provisional government was organiz d too—nothing is reserved in this sale. tion will be sent upon request. Write f 1I t V,1,e b v the J dp| al l,0o J< for Circular E. the service of the Confederate States." i ? . ""] f - ''' ' l - M lie M IS elected member of Congress and Take advantage of this opportunity MJssC. E. riASON. LL.il., Now the realitv of his situation opened I ° ~ ... .. served in that capacity while Congress and make your selection while the Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y. to him. He "felt homesick." he sav-. "be Huntsville, Ala.. May 4. 1862 stock is yet unbroken. e und rsi n met. in Montgomery. He sti 1 held, his cause he could not hear from hom'e." At , ® g «' citizens of No th position as Associate Judge until ISC.'J, length lie ha- two letters "from home." ] A al,aU!;K hereby solemnly pledge cur- when he was summoned by the spontane­ He has passed through Lvnchburg. and that 30 ,ong as «»"' State north of JERRY ous and unanimous call of his country­ in due time reaches Harper s Ferry. Here ,,u' lennessee i> m possession of the at my men from the Supreme bench to fill the JESSE FRENCH is his u: count of his first Sabbath at the °J th® United States, we will not only vacancy in the Senate occasioned by the Ferry: j ahstain from any act of hostility, but resignation of Hon. Clement C. Clay. Jr., "Sumliiv. >.;;av 19—What a cold day for wil1 'lo utmost to persuade othen- to who had accepted a position in the Cabi­ Leading Piano and Organ Co. the 19.h of May: cvciyhody is acting as do the same. Wc disapprove and alitor net. of President Davis. Without his •• if it were Monday, all living guns, cook- all unauthorized and illegal war: and we MURPHY ..MANUFACTURERS OF., consent, and indeed without his knowl­ j|a|jnmd| believe that citizens who fire upon jail- ing, playing cards, etc.: had a dress pa­ edge of his nomination. Judge Wa'ker way trains, attack the guards of bridges, Starr, Jesse French rade. Col. Jackson inspecting us. He is suddenly found himself a Senator at a destroy the telegraph lines, and fire from a large, fat old fellow; looks very much time when only tried men and true, hon­ and Richmond Pianos. like ail old Virginia farmer. Returned concealment upon pickets, deserve on.! •Saloon est men and loyal, were needed at. the should receive the punishment of dqith. to camp, prepared and ate a scanty din­ helm of state. Rare instance, if not BROKER ner. Had Episcopal service, and then We even disapprove all guerrilla wajiarc DEALERS IN wholly without precedent in the annals a good old-fashioned sermon from our j as calculated to embitter feelings alrcaSy ALL THE LEADING of political preferment, when a high and Pastor Chadiek. Oh. how I loved to too much excited, as destructive of the responsible office for the attainment of Best Equipped Bar lbten to Mm. Wrote a letter home; had best interest of the communities in w lich which men strain and struggle, and spend Handles All Character oi another dress parade in the evening; rain- such war is waged; and as in no degree Pianos and Organs fortunes and the heat years of their life, ed all night." , calculated to bring to a close the great should be offered to a man for his ac­ Stocks. . in Alabama. Write for Free Catalogue. This is not a had fellow. All through; contest now existing between the North ceptance: ami stranger still thatRiehaid his diary we find evidences of goodness, and South, to settle which a legitimate W. Walker was that day the only man On another occasion we find that he has war alone should be waged. in the Confederacy who was surprised t "finished the last chapter of the Act-." j - That call could not be resisted, and be ..Pianos for Rent.. and that he lias done little else than "read . . above was presented by Oen. laid aside the judicial ermine that in his the Testament." Mitchell to certain citizens for tlieii- , ig- Our goods are THE keeping had been sullied by neither spot Kent of Piano May 21 he "received two letters from nature, to which they returned the fol- . nor slain, and took his seat in the Con­ sister Caroline." and replied to tlieni next 'owing reply: Applied on Purchase. federate Senate where until the end he day. We have a full view of this lad. I _ Huntsville, Ala.. May 4. 1SC2. BEST. gave to his country all that he had of for he record- of himself now and then '° Brigadier General -Mitchell. United ability and learning and legal knowledge that he "feels very bad and unwell." He j States Army. Commanding Division sa and loyalty. was greatly edified with Rev. Mr. Chad-1 General—\\ e, the undersigned citizens my At the close of the war he removed his M.McN, Grant, Mgr. ick's discourse Sunday, 27tli, whose text "t Huntsville. were arrested on the,; 2d When you need anything family from his former home, in Flor­ was. '"Remember now thy Creator in the instant, to appear before Gen. Mitchell at ence. to this city, resumed the practice 2028-30 Second Avenue, days of tin youth." The duties of the Hie courthouse. From that time to the in the pure Whisky line. of the law and was immediately again at Wedding Presents •amp now called him forth, and lu> tells us present we have been in confinement, To- Birmingham, Ala. the head of the Alabama bar: and when Wines or Mixed Drinks he "don't like to drill on Sunday a bit." I day by your order, Bishop Lay and' two Huntsville, Ala. in 1874. he was called to appear bef re His brother Stephen is attacked with of our number delegated by "us, viz: Will- call on that Higher Court, from which there is what .proved to be a fever . iam McDowell and G, L. MaStin. were no appeal, he was the only one who was SOUTHERN •'May 29—1 woke up and found it rain- summoned before you. A free conference calm and quiet and undisturbed, testing ing; Stephen has fever; cold day; drilled I was held between yourself and the-ajgen- in death the spiritual meaning and sooth­ Watches and Clocks one hour, aud i am now waiting lor my tlemen. in which you stated that VOII had ing power of those familiar lines which JOHN WHIN breakfast; Stephen took the measles to- j no charge against any of the parties tan- ...Repaired By... in life lie had loved to read and quote, Produce Co day; I moved him to a private house and dor arrest. "°r~ • whose beauty had never failed to touch East Side Square. stayed with him at night; ate my ;up ; In concluding this interview you de- a responsive chord in his poetic soul: 1). Vorenberg, MUST. per with Mrs. Jordan; I intend to eat clared your purpose to send us a written "Sustained and soothed there all the time that she stays, if possi- communication. This document is now By an unfaltering -trust, approach thy grave THE . hie. Two companies of Virginians or-; before u>. Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch Murray & White ..WHOLESALE.. dcrcd olT this evening for a light some j The undersigned are citizens, thevjdo About him. ind lies dowu to pleasant dreams." where. | not belong to any military organiza'i ion. WILSON BIBB RISON. JEWELERS We have him afterward in various I they have never engag: d in unautijpiFtcd Huntsville, Ala. mood-. He is uimseil SICK 6ccasibuaVi.>, or iliegaT war, tliey have ... . R'TI,?' fear.' iiii the mists liave cleared away." fair aud but v«lmt with liters from home and the guards of bridges, fireuman. lAvav "prospect of a tight." and the recovery of, trains, destroyed telegrap al of the Irjd bright on the roll of famous heroes will >»e found the name of Wilson B. Rison. ..SPECIALTIES.. Stephen, lie becomes more cheerful. j from concealment upon re vessel on June 19—Received a box of cake and! Thus conscious of inr had been thh^! As a youth of 19 lie enlisted in Company Any Book Published FOR NEGROES. a pistol from home, with more letters : : past and in view of y. insportation, jm ofS F. Capt. Egbert Jones. Fourth Alabama ...FROM... NORMAL, ALA. Eggs and Poultry Infantry, May, 1861, and was elected sec­ glad to get them at any time. ;,nv allegation against "C of. the jfuFv The regiment is withdrawn from Har disclaim the responsibilitv of Is for Uni« ond sergeant. In the first battle of Man­ Is Prepared on Short Notice Complete Line of Groceries. peris Ferry. What follows will help to to jj,p punishment of death a'nv or~0TiV assas. when all line officers were either show at what tune the reinforcements countrymen, for acts, the method. inoHj killed or wounded. "Wilsie" commanded to Furnish: reached Maiuts- as Junction. ives and circumstance--of which are ut-1 his company till the close of the fight. Murray & While L. 1>. Phone 83. Huntsville, Ala. Sunday, July (-W o were ordered to fprl unknmvi, to us For this and other conspicuous deeds of Huntsville, Ala. Trained. Nurses, Cooks, fall back to dui* old position near Win­ daring he was made lieutenant. Serving W1LLIAM M OON: Seamstresses, Laundresses, chester; some of the men thought it was | his term of enlistment, he returned home, WILLIAM ACKLEN. a retreat, and began to grumble; the gen- _ but the Rubicon had been crossed, the Blacksmiths, Carpenters, A. J. WITHERS. eral ordered a note to he read to his beardless youth was now a soldier brave, Printers, Painters, GEORGE P. BEIRNE J. B. command', in explanation of his conduct: and bis blood ran like fire in his veins: so W. H. MOORE. Shoemakers, wc started in an awful hot day; I fell he joined the Fourth Alabama Cavalry, S. CRUISE. out of the ranks, went off the road some; with Capt. Oliver Gaston, under Col. Rus­ Foundry, Sawmill J. G. WILSON. distaiice. and got a splendid dinner from; sell. and eluised the fortunes of war with TURNER THOMAS S. M l 'ALLEY and Machine Shop Men, ail old lady and two young ones—splendid Gen. N. B. Forrest: At the battle of Laughlin G. L. MAST IN". Gardeners, Farmers and milk, lmtter and bread—and 1 did ample ! Parker's Cross Roads. Tenn., he was S. M. HARRISS. justice to it: site upbraided us for leaving wounded in the lung by a prisoner be Farm Hands, Dairy- THOMAS FEARN. her to the merer of the Yankees; I strag- had captured, December 24. 1862. A & Son' Men and Laborers. friendly farmer took Wilsie to his house 7.haiL-ted, and- went offr»fv totn wbed without planation that I am a citizen of Arkansas and gave him the best care and atteiu accidentally present in Huntsville. J ..ADDRESS.. supper. lion then obtainable. A comrade. Will­ REAL ESTATE July 10—Received a letter from home, W. C. £ v. iam Hill, watched with womanly tender­ W. H. COUNCIL!*, Prill., all well; have struck our tents and are! ness his last moments, and January 12, Furnishing To the foregoing the following reply Normal, Ala. INSURANCE lying around here waiting for orders; was made: 1863. the young soldier breathed his last. don't know what it means; a huge colum- Headquarters Third Division. His aged mother. Mrs. Martha Rison. and biad came up a few moments since to bej his brother. William R. ltison. will ever Camp Taylor. placed upon this hill: that looks as if we; cherish his memory. Sweet be his sleep Your Parents Bought Huntsville, Ala., May 4. R®2. Undertakers RENTALS were going to fight here; the militia and in our cemetery, "till the roll is called Gents—I have your communication of Xmas Presents From.... pmoncrs are engageaengaged in rorowmgthrowing up At vour request I -ent x'ou a ""up >yonder." Laughlin Building 109 Eustis St. : Huntsville. Ala. breastworks and planting cannon tor the • considenition. You 'neith- MRS. ROBERT F. DICKSON. defen-e of this place: the Yankees are '' . . • ...... Clinton Street iig Agents Massachusetts Mutual advancing and seem determined to make p a<,cf * ,or 3Ufest !,n-v turn, HOWARD WEEDEN. an effort to drive us out from here, but 1 If the- form drawn by me is such that you Huntsvillej Ala. liife Insurance Company. Hnntrville proudly claims the honor ot HOWE think they will fail: tliev outnumber us. cannot subscribe to it. modify or tecon- being the birthplace of Howard Wecden, ean't outfight us; received orders to struct to suit your own views, and send Why Shouldn't You? artist and poet. In her beautiful old strike tents this evening, which we did. ,me eo™m"n'Ca.t.,°" .-"3 J. W. Blake II. C. Blake be made satisfactory to yourselves. Y'ou home this gentle woman lives as quietly but a rain coming up. we pitched them as if she had not started that wave of again for shelter: expected all day for are at liberty to decline this, thoi gh I Forty Years We've Led— understand you to express a willingness pathetic melody which has spread, in enemy to advance upon us. ever widening circles! iipniortaliizing the This'Time Fartherest Ahead! to state your views to lite on the subject July 11—Struck tents again this morn­ negro "in the old likeness that we know." of the illegal warfare which lias been ing at daylight, I suppose, to deceive the To the artist whose touch has revived the J.W. Blake&Bro waged upon mv troops in North Alabama. enemy as to our force, etc.; drilled two fading picture of "mammy" the Southern Come and See the Stock! HARDWARE Verv respect full v. your obedient servant. and a half hours on battalion drill. heart will pay tribute as long as memory 6. M. MITCHELL. 10 Commercial Row STOVES, CRATES Sunday, July 14—Read twenty psalms: , la-ts. helped draw provisions; cleaned up my Brigadier General Commanding. pistol, loaded it and looked over a new. To S. Cruise, Esq., and Others, SCANTY FARE. F. A. HOWE, JR. IMPLEMENTS, paper: have now just completed writing To which the following reply was re­ When we were "skecdaddLng" fiotn a letter home: I wonder why "Chadiek'' Rerryville we had no chance to forage Practical Jeweler, Optician, ETC. did not preach. turned: Huntsville. Ala.. May 5, 1862. and our quartermaster went ahead to see Music Dealer. Very Low Prices to Reduce Our July 18—Received orders to strike tents what ho could get. After tramping many and cook two days' provisions prepara­ To Brigadier General Mitchell. Command­ Large Stock. ing General. United States Army: a weary mile we were ordered to march 5 East Side Square, Huntsville. tory for a march: this was done and we on each side of some barrels of peas (mis­ Plumbers General—Your second communication lav around until evening before receivin erable. stale cowpeas). and each man to orders: received litem at last and went of yesterday is now before u>. In reply take one handful. We ate those old through Winchester; stopped in town un- XVo beg leave to declare that we deein our Gas and Steam Pipe Fitters whippoorwill peas raw and that was all W. T. Hntchens | A. J. Mnrdock til late, and bid farewell. 1 suppose for The ^vt est and confinement, being partie i con- the rations we had for thirty-six hours. last time, to Winchester, about 5 o'clock; ' t'essedlv not obnoxious to the mi'itary Steam Heaters L E. OVERTON, •Six KELLOGG 'uw- as a violation of the usages of civil- If you wish your dress dyed a beau­ marched nearly all night: slept about two! 'zed war and °f "K' pledges formerly giv- tiful color patronize the Huntsville Engine Fittings ..Wholesale Dealer in.. liours; found ourselves on the road at pii in the arniv orders published and eir- Steam Lanndry. Huntsville, Ala. daylight. the 19th. weary, indeed: rested culated by the Federal authorities. I n- E. T. BAILES. Proprietor. nwhile and then marched to lite Slienan- dcr these circumstances and as lit? the doah; rested there about five hours, wad- terms of the proclamation) "Ream-able pRACTICAL ed the stream and pitched out again to citizens arc not to be molested in th ii ROLLER Flour, Feed, Produce the relief of Beauregard, who they said persons or property," we arc at liberty D. MEINiDEL PLUMBERS was pressed hv Overwhelming odds; ar-j to say that we are not willing to express Fertilizers «t Specialty. lived at Piedmont Station about one opinions touching matters in whityi we The Leading Milliner. hour after dark, completely worn out; I are. not implicated. r^hampion Gas, Steam and Water Pipe went to sleep, hut was aroused by a rain WILLIAM M' DONNE LL. East Side Square. Phone 226. in a few minutes; crept under a shelter WILLIAM ACKLEN. Huntsville, Ala. Fitters. of wheat, hut got wet, having left my A. J. WITHERS, : FLOUR coat in the wagon; dried myself, pro­ GEORGE P. BEIRNE cured a shawl from Uncle Washington, W. H. MOORE. Sewer Pipe and Fire Brick J. P. and slept until after midnight; was j S. CRUISE, Mrs. JULIA K. WISE Finest on Earth roused by orders to "fall in;" did so, and ; J. G. WILSON. a Specialty. DEALERS IN crowded on board the cars for Manassas.; THOMAS S. M'CALLFfY, Bath Tubs, Water Basins, Windmills. where we arrived about 10 o'clock a.m. G. L. MA ST IN. ART ...Sold By... Sinks, Inspirators and Injectors. Resi­ of the 20th: rested awhile, bought some I S. M. HARRISS, Fcrsiga asi He Grocsries. dences and Greenhouses Fitted Up for butter and prepared to eat. having done! THOMAS FEARN". McCiec Hotel Block- Tel. 171. MILLINER Heating by Steam and Hot Water. without for two days; received orders to, 1 subscribe the above with the e plan- j No. II, West of Bison's Bank, Huntsville, Ala. J. P. KING GRO. CO.