The Twice-A-Week Courier-Journal, 1897-05-29

CHABTBB W BEAD was undoubt undoubtedly - edly undoubtedly thd moat Interesting personality brought forth by the naval opera operations - tions operations ef the atoll wa r Bvw tha gallant Cariiihg'e career was not more thrilling nor was there as much of exciting adven adventure - ture adventure in It- ' Bead waa born to toa'Btate of Hleato Hleato-aippi - aippi Hleato-aippi Hla people ware not endowed with any more of ttle world's goods than they could safety oarer around with them and tha pretensions of people who claimed to belong to the oldest families afforded young Bead constant anmsement At tha ago of aixtew ta was appointed an acting midshipman ta the navy of tha United Btataa Ha want to Annapolis whan after a moot Intonating competi competition - tion competition with a large claw of young gantte gantte-aun - aun gantte-aun gifted with average Intellects ta ana ana-wedad - wedad ana-wedad without much exertion to lastly graduating at tha foot of hla daa- It was during' this period of probation that he earned hla sobriquet iff "iavea" Reed - "Bhvw" being the only French word ha thoroughly mastered In-a fc struggle with that language He naed the word on all occasions as a substitute for tha 1 more fashionable hot leu At the outbreak of the civil war was a midshipman in tta frigate Pow Powhatan - hatan Powhatan than lying at the port of Vi Crux Mwloo Ha resigned and at a anils tad under tha Confederate flag at tha same time eonaecratlng hla whqta be being - ing being to tha osuae It represented Tta awa wee dramatically In wmwf At this time than was lying at How Or Orleans - leans Orleans two small steamer tta Gan Mlm Mlm-mon - mon Mlm-mon and tta Marquis da Katana They both had histories peter to tha mad of tha civil war Tha United States sloop-ofwar Saratoga had captured the pair ef them ta IM ta tha wateB ef tha Gulf ef Maixlno after a sharp flght ta which soma were kilted and wounded them because they would not show their oolors They allowed themslves to be at- beeanse they had ao eolora ta they belaoged to tha revolutionary General Mlramon - Both veil were seised hr federacy tto Mammon being ealled the McRae It waa on beard of hoc that "Tacony" Band performed his flret serv services - ices services in the Southern navy I served aa a midshipman In tola vessel end here It was that my Intimacy with WhftetEeshlp waa fltttng out aa a com com-lares - lares com-lares destroyer at Alston opposite Hew Orleans the energy iff Bwd sisoisd al almost - most almost superhuman Ha was tetsnsaly to sarnast la his daslro to emnmsnne the work of davastattao ter which tha ship waa Physically ha waa very nd ilmost 3BwotefeBd n ha poaaemsd a kind ef nervous atraagth when aroused by Ml ambition ar patriot patriot-tom - tom patriot-tom whichever it was that wtald have JustUted a lion tn taklng time for oration baton attaching him 1 - - absolutely fearless Hla voioa was soft and tow almost effeminate- In fysewa tat whan excited hie lunge eouM teaks It ant clear and atava tta very broad broad-of - of broad-of Famguri toitiona frigates m tha McRae was Anally mads ready to run the- blockade Bead aimed to be continually dancing on hat aoalai every night according to hla idea was a good night to maka tha attempt If tha moon shorn brightly ha avpreaaed tha opiates tost opportunities should ta mud -Ona day tha Fadaral Aset took possession of the head of tha pasaas of tha Mlsakalp Mlsakalp-pL - pL Mlsakalp-pL Wa were now lately bottled up Commodore Hollins seised s small ram called tha Minions which tad baan built by private partta on speculation Lieut Warier executive officer of the- McRae waa pw in onmmand ef tha mm which by the way hardly had auffielant power to stem the euroent ef the river With this mm tta MoHa eight guns tta tow-boat Ivy two gun and ton tug Tuaoerura two gun aooompanied by two Unship In tta darkneee of the Bight of tha lKn of October UH wa attacked tta Federal fleet consisting of - tha Richmond If guns tha Vtaeannnllguna the Pnhl ll giin and tha Water Witch Bva gun Although the Richmond wus the one of the moot formidable war vsoolo afloa and despite the dteemponey between our If nuns mid tta fl of tha enemy the demon demonstration - stration demonstration was in eviry way aa auoeamful aa aould have been hoped for- Tta Fod Fod-ral - ral Fod-ral float was ehaaad out of tta river Stohini tha ante object of too attack Tta Richmond was rammed and ao- in injured - jured injured that eta hwd toaesk a dry dock tog Vincennes waa abandoned on the bar her runs thrown overboard and a fuse put to tar nowder megatons Her commander tent onboard tta flaguMtewIttitha Amor l- egg wrapped around hla body and m m-BOTtad - BOTtad m-BOTtad that "ha had loot all save honor" Ihad a good opportunity to eaa Road he lint time ha was under fln- The uround vu ttflhuiiliif rides with tta MoBa under wny In i min si nil of the smaller rifle gun on the poop daek I waa only trtein and avary small boy ter that aa Hoad as sailing master nad charge of thostou and spar Tha saBobtong furled ha tad nothing to d ao ta took ipepe ipepe-totton - totton ipepe-totton near my gu X nmambar that ha called my attention to the feet that Com Hollins who waa ling naan ua bad boon a midshipman In thsrrlgato President when tom was eeatumd by the British In the war of JO& HeelBo eonfldsd to my private ear that ha eould not undantsnd how the British ever set Bear enough to tha Pnoldont to aapt aapt-Sn - Sn aapt-Sn her if they fought at as tang range In 1W as they did In UU He then pro Beaded to chaff me saying i "my ns waa all right tat that! wua nottrylng to hit ths Ktemund that X was afraid It would make tta Taakaes mad if I spotted her paint" etc ote Ha boldly expressed tha opinion to our that If tta McBaa was plaeed at one-half the diutanoe we than wan from tha Richmond our six tblrty-two-poundan would do much bettor execution Quit Huger smiled and remarked that tha twenty-two nine-inch guns of the piAmmif would also be aamswhat more effective It was evident to every one exoapt Bead that the Richmond alone and aground eould have whipped off the Gulf of Mexico i ull of such craft as composed the Con Confederate - federate Confederate fleet' to say nothing of tha six man-of-war watting outside Tor ns But Bead fretted and abated and vowed that vm ought to have captured everything la it It was derided that tha not attempt to run the waa made flagship of the "dat ain't ao tad dad one Mn er dane dane-ln' - ln' dane-ln' but Mt an't de onliest Mn' en hit ain't de bee' kin' die Is what dey call team-boat danoin'" En wld dat ta hit ma alder do-heed wld Me fta' dee ae herd ee he oould link Wall sub whan ha Mt mo rotor da lsead dat maka mo laugh Ef dey If ono (Tug I got ter be proud on hit dea det dey ain't nuthln' i tat I ever try yit de kin hu't my heed nebber try I'un en brinks much but Ufa en bon'de an ax hanntee en etch day doe don' phene ma Mietah Charley rou got de ote Cunnla In you' roem roem-mncoT - mncoT roem-mncoT When I wua servin' up at de houee ter house hoy de ote Cunnte uee uee-ter - ter uee-ter call me la en make me git down on my hunkers befo" him en Sen he take a oak boa'd or a cypua shingle on split um over my heed dee tar maka de folkeee laugh an I laugh wld um ter hit nebber hu't me bit Hit ooma one day attar dem time dot X w tickin' mt tin beck eotton In do do glnhouae tootin' lint room Hit mighty dark Inter de lint jpoob on d i My cqprobromeoomjfloara

whole city In a formant Tho bells were 'omen and children soon and wars rushing hither lees fright that tta rung tilled the el and thither ta "X would m u autekhr and expeditiously ae possible os I do not Oink It safe for them to he placed ta tha custody of the citlsens and white tha present ex ex-ol - ol ex-ol foment oootlnuee X feel obliged to mount to large a guard that ane-hau of my fores are on duty every night" Under data of Fort Wane Bouton Har Har-bpr - bpr Har-bpr Jnly m UM poor Bead writes to Mr Mallory Bacntary of tho Nai ' mood V: "Aa all of our dlatttbatad as rolloo to tta p tend I bag that you will lf poaalbie remit to Amletant PaymastorMlxan sufficient of money to puroheeo my mn a At tele epoch of Boed'a oaroor ha wae never mentioned by hie enemies without the word pirate bring need ae a prefix to Me name eo-ono ever asked which Baad after hearing tta iTpneilnn "Pinto" Bud i In tta summer of 1IM X happened to bo n o®ror of the geek ona day on tta C B B Patrick Henry than anchored at Dru Drury's - ry's Drury's Bluff on tta Jamas river below Rich Richmond - mond Richmond A csrtel oame up tta river and X waa roorivlng tha prisoners they ware a ad looking lot - wnen the ruggodest s moot unkempt-looking ef the ione-halrod onseoams unto m and asked who eom eom-mandedthe - mandedthe eom-mandedthe Patriok Henry X gently laid my hand o hie ahoulder and laid: "Oo forward my manl Go forward: I will at attend - tend attend to your wants in a moment" "Bn" replied the shabby man - "the 52 Jf I wUl apply for you and nm me wta goto forward!" It was "Taoony Road" hortly artoe' thla l was etattonod at a naval battery in front at Dutch gap Baad FKd me a visit ttar and one evening the Are he told mo of hla attempted fium Fort Warren in Bouton tar- H Mu my up end through an am used chimney in a casemate the e - al almost - most almost eostlng him tho sight of ono of hla arm AewmpMited by Alsxahder an-yf1- ttay found thsmarivee outeldo of tta fort Hearing tta "grand TCunda'' coming they erairied ante robbloh composed ehlefly of rid rollijoth ote On of tta guard stuck hlo tayouot Into this hee tho weapon pooftag through Reed's hi pinnlncMm fe-tta ground Another oridlar remarked: Tou will have to olaan your bayonet la dunnage Is wet" The withdrew hlo ereapon from Road's tag sloop whloh waa anchored near tha eto end wee ueod by tto Ottawa at tta ferrieon ee apteoouro boat Onoa aboard they - weighed tta annher and aet ealL Btattly After daylight they tell ta with the "Olouosotar flTOlng fleet" By midday thro ware being aurrounded by mfr wer aad steamers loaded down with eol eol-dter - dter eol-dter all bent on aatcMng ' - Yhe daspente pirate" Bead's wound wee ae petafrd that he j telddown ta tta bbttom of the boat end slept tha eloep of exhauetlon gome thing went wrong with the Jib sheet lot wishing to diatar ilnjK to diifaiih thought that ho oould go forward rd? tta troubte end get book to the helm be be-£oro - £oro be-£oro any eocktent orold happen but the boat was tco qulck for Me Sha flew up late the wind and "went about" with tha seonlt -that' eta "attracted attention from tho aimed vaesele who pounced upon - - when ho told me of hla Interview with roe of the officer who was an old acquaintance "What la your turn sir?" demanded tta officer "Brow" replied Bond "Brown I Well for your oak I am sorry tohoar that I thought you might bo my old frteed Rave Road and I wae going to treat yon ae an officer hut if you are roly 'Brown' I guoes you will have to ta put in double pro and ta confined In tta Bead looked at hta ta (ta aye for n a ment end then said: "Now tarn j wouldn't ploy mo ouch a -dirty trick aa that and me -badly wounded tool" rlsro tho poor follow Went until to - During the Mttar winter of IMt-i X had permanent engagement as pitcher iff balls into the Dutch Gap canaL Ona "Ben Butler" captained the competing team tha ' continuous never ealled on amount at i oondMro of tha ground or tho weathar Ona day Bead earns down to tha battery from Richmond ha waa i laefatarT had tiutad hi had ordered him supplied with everything he asked for He proposed to destroy nothing taa than huge double turroted monitor which wee thro euppoood to ta at anchor off City Point end to eooom eooom-plleh - plleh eooom-plleh this result Read had asked to ta supplied with e wagon four mute a torpedo and right man He had ooma to to look batter? he wae telling ms of Ms iiians a shall tore over our mo White Jill to And somebodfy He took what man to wanted embarked ta hlo wage and hut for tha merest con contretemps - tretemps contretemps he might have succeeded la Ms object He Jumped on board of an uneuspoettag tho ground Federal tug at night fitted hla toroedo to ' started down tha river for tat unfortunately ha mat two schooners loaded with hay Mot ho lag willing to leave thorn behind him to set fln to them and tho game wae up Ha destroyed the tug and started bade for tta Confederate line - When Lee had ennendand and tta and of tho Confederacy had com tta United Btataa Government still had to maka ar arrangements - rangements arrangements with "Taoony" Road Ho fitted out tha powerful tug-boat William H Web than lying In thaxaeoo river with a torpedo put a lot of cotton on board earns flying down tho Missis Mississippi - sippi Mississippi and success fully ran tha gauntlet at the whole gulf squadron anchored off Now Orleans taking tha broadside at each ves vessel - sel vessel lathe Hast as ta named by Ha tried to use hlo torpedo but it broke tease and became entangled ta ono of tho wheels of Me own boat - Disentangling hlmeelf from thta danger ha mads a dash tor tha gulf of Mexico hoping to roach Havana with hla eotton but before ha arrived at the forts of tha Mlesieelppl ha waa encountered by tha sloop-of-war Richmond They were old acquaintances Road having tad repeated axparionoao under tta flro of har broad broad-eld - eld broad-eld end ss eta new turned It up stream to bar hie passage Bead run the Webb ashore set fln to her and made Ma ae ae-dM - dM ae-dM Into tho manbefl He will need no mroumontes long as the pages devoted to hie teats ta wer re remain - main remain In the naval war reoorda and am kept In tha archives of tho United Btataa Government - "Saves r COL J 1L MORGAN nlggabta block" X gl' Mm anuddsr but Uni Dan ha groen under bln breff baad teidWx eboppta "Dla nlggah te eholy block-face steer he hornin' me Den I gl' him a double but blkn blaml ''Gorramlghty" ees be "die nlggsh's heed te eholy totterin' ram!" Attar whiter I feel det be giftin' weaker en bo Ineotba mighty hahid "Nlggah" oee be "My name amt nlggah' en 'I "Mlatah Lovely Smith' see he "X dee wanted you ter to know dat of you te willin' ter quit den I la" "Nob auk" oee L "nab oub ef you want me tor quit das you got tar ta wlUlnar dan I la" En wld dat I Jump ctean up often do deck en gl' him bang det made Me bnaf bone crack Den he groen awful an apeak mighty Wk CB 10We "Mietah Lovely BmUb"'eee ha "I la wllllner tar quit dan yen tel"

KNOCKED OFF THEIR rumnnee ALONG THB DECK ?2"r-Foundad comrade Wo must put wto-oould get hto baud on- a bucket ' The fire was finally extinguished tote that long night of AgrilH w AA MMa ! Admiral Farngut allowed Bead to uo W to New OffteSnrlth hlT ISmtR MMtaa-went down off that dty Jest as the last man' was taken out iff her tta ttetedarat- flag still fluttering ai her Xtead escaped from Hew Orioea and we taxt hear of him to oomoBend of 'gg1- baTat Part Hudson whsrw ho yes another lively sat-to wifli Admiral ? "teagut and also haa tta pleasure of Jtodjtntegunls tta xrlgate the seena aa a on board of that nondoaeript ' the Arkansas and fought to lronolad fn totloB and then eta treated Ad Ad-a - a Ad-a renowned wooden fri fri-In - In fri-In daeci " B Bead said that so 1 ships around the Arkam not neoaesary to aim the fired as lUg swt - f nd the praises of v taws Just eaptured and with a otamon proosed to Hampton Abut a gun-boat ar staamor ryhs X would be to poaoaeakm re papers and ae the crew sot be large enongh to excite eus eus-pMothers - pMothers eus-pMothers can be ao doubt of my pausing avaUivetU tbasnernye vessel if it was found lmpos lmpos-elhte - elhte lmpos-elhte to hoard a run-boat or merchant It would ta pouelbte to Are tto hipping at Brittaor " J PT°PmT to aeoado to my n n-I - I n-I heg that yon will allow mo to taka iic- - J - n of tta flma with m "IjH't ta roared from this ship as Ms haalth te bad and you oould rotate and you oould anotbar engineer at Peruambueo Vmie psotfully your obedient nervunt " ' aw read deoond Lieutenant C a Navy MKfltt gave him the brig and a how ittear aadTwlshad him Godspeed Itaod shaped htaeourue ter tta New eland oorot having beeome oomrinoed frum Information received on board iff a priattet the Fnrtrom Monroe - eould qet be carried out succeosfull eaptured burned and boarded merchant veeeele wlthln a few day nfne- and chan red hla flag frum the brig Clarl woe tojtta bark Taeony frum which ha received his boot-known sobriquet and burning tha Tfcoony ho eruioad la the And-now eomraenoed A reign iff tenor npon the New England eoaaL caused by Bead in a Ashing aeboonar tta like of which wen never before known in naval warfare I gather from tta naval war roeorda tta names of flfty-ona voorol ranging ta also from the huge M-gun fri frigate - gate frigate Babine to the yaoht Amoriea (the lattsr being more than twice the tofinase of the Archer) all sent In eearch of Road with positive orders to capture him and dw troy bio vuptL Geo Wool la command of the defenses of NewTorir and Gov Morgan of tha asms Stats aided by the Mayor of tha pity of New Tork frantically called on the Government to send Ironclads to protect them the Roanoke being the largest afloat was the moat often named ln tta Beadrunnroder the runs of FortFrobte ta Portland harbor- and cut out the rev revenue - enue revenue cutter Cuehlng mounting two gun Five steamers loeded with troops pursued him- After expanding the last shot ha could And on tha cutter ta set her afire and taking to tha boats su tendered him himself - self himself his etew and tha miasrsbta rage they twfl In Xjleut Collins 17th Infantry U B A ta command iff the troops on board tha nr nr-aot - aot nr-aot City to whom Read surrendered ex- hii ' "" " tP rendered In so official report of the affair Ins R they rt of ho says: oat aa 11 possible to distinguish the rebels from tta prisoners In their hand They wer eordlngly all received as prisoner" eordlngbr all received as jprlso This Read la the same Baad whom Far Far-rmgut - rmgut Far-rmgut allowed to pass through hie whole squadron and take hll wounded to New Orleans with his flag flying alter tta bat battle - tle battle But Meads differed from Farngut ta his method X wonder ft ta thought fa favorably - vorably favorably of him? After Road la safely ta priro MaJ An Andrews - drews Andrews commanding as Fort Front reports to tha Adjutant OsaaqM U B A at New Tork as follows: "Mai - You can form but a faint a of the excitement now existing among tho cltlxena of Portland end vicinity Ru Rumor - mor Rumor follows rumor-ln tepid succession end Just before daylight this Burning some one from tha vicinity of tha post went to tha eity with a fresh rumor which eat tho hK mo ta de year lunno who ten hit" ees' I "but I gwlna ter fln' out" Wld dat I Jump straight up Inter da er as quire! my lego on out fancy pigeon wing n by de me I lit X hab Star bod Watch taff on hard wid one hand grappta' each ono er bio ataouMer Mietah Charley when I git my ban's Arm fix outer man's ehouldera on I don' hear who ho 1 ba'ln Daddy Jack dat man my meat ya auh my meat doo ee oho aa ef X hab Mm salted down In do meat-bouse en hlo bids dirlu' on do tens Deo as ron ee I got good bol' or Btabbord Watch's shoulder I begin ter rar up offer my htme lege en ter but de life out'n bin Alter dat time Btabbord Watch dee rainin' do blows rotor my hood on ftee but I doo kep on laugh in' "Det ve'y line tickle my lef jeer some mo'" ees I "a when you get tired er de M year den you kin try de right Bkeeters la bed roun' yem" ees I "scratch do toper my head good" Wkl ' "Die "crotch do toper my heed dot X bear him mutttq teg

THB LIGHT GUNfl OFTHB M'REA AMD BENT -hoot flotilla and was to be uaat-np river to assist to the defense of Iw No 10 and Maw Madrid Mo now Moasw tar anentlvo officer One night when all of the oflleem ex except - cept except Read and myself were ashore shaking off their ohlllX waa walking tha nUt' watch white Baad waa asteap in hla bunk Buddanly I hoard loud talking on tha berth dock which t that unsaamly hour wua -contrary to the rules governing tha died- pllno iff tha ship I want to tha hatchway and gsvh tha order "Stlenoe fore and aftK "Oh go to tta circus I" soma ona shouted hook I oould not bcUova my ears Again X commanded "Sitanoet" and again an Im ting up tha hatob- Whlsky was avktanUy at work! aft and called Bead He rushed forward half-iflotliod aa ho wa carrying hla sword la hla hand On arriving at tta forward hatch he Issued ever it and In hla gentlest tones soldi "Me hasp sUanoa" At this there was an outburst of laugh tor from over DM throat With a roar which sounded ao if It had emanated from some furious wild boast Need made a diva down tta hatehe way: tto next instant hla sword oould ho hoard musically ringing as it cama ln ooa ooa-taet - taet ooa-taet with tta toads iff tta mutineer ac accompanied - companied accompanied by yell eursoo anf for many Suddenly a stream sound up tto after hatchway by tta Infuriated Bead -who was fairly enraged "Aloft! Every mother's eon of your I " ' end wondend If the mote heard him cry irtng mutinoi They want aloft taring mutinoue throng would obey - sd enough tat did not seem disposed to go shove the tap Higher! Higher!" oommsndad Bead "TV shoot tta test off of evsry one of you whe does not step higher!" a For the net of the Bight Baad and 1 tehod our sauoy gamecocks white r roosted in tta rigging: -That was the and tha nsarsst approach to mutiny W overtook pteoo on tta McRae white d Bead was- "first luff" On one occasion be wanted to attempt to carry a-battery by boarding It but hie superiors would not listen to mm In lose than a- year from this tlm if C W Bead had propoesd to the authorities to board Fnrtiuse Monroe from a paper cano tha whole roeouwos ef the Confederacy would have base plaoed at his dfopooel to produce- the canoe It was during tha noses go ef Admiral Fanagof fleet by the forte below How Ortmne that Baad first estahHetad his right to he regarded ae a taro Huger tha gallant Commander of the (olta was twice wounded in the action Whan the nseond shot struck him dm SPito his protestations Road had him sent lelow to receive medical attention Huger hegxil Bead to flght hla ship under water as no tad always Intended doing so him him-If - If him-If hla Ufa had boon spared Bead jlaad and the MeXtee was the teat construction either afloat or ashore from which the Confederate flag -was shown During tto action the ship was -riddled with shot shall grape shot and can la ter At ono turn two vessels of the class of tta Hartford and Brooklyn won engaged on either quarter while the frigate Mis Mississippi - sissippi Mississippi pounded her with U-lnoh guns from "rhT'ilght guns of tha McRae were mocked off their eairlegeo end sent roll rolling - ing rolling along tta deck scrunching the f and wounded who lay there helpless While these horrors were being enacted on dock tta ship was on Are-Below a shall having exploded in the sell root which was next to the imwdof msgasln and only nrosrmtod thorofrons by e thin bulkhead For a moment tta -eooruen of tha man who wore fish ting tta Are failed them bat they won itatantty reassured when they leard the beseeching voice of Read saying: "Come on ma you will follow me won't you? Think of too helpless Captain and "TACONT" BEAD IN COMMAND mighty low X das hab tar hustle kasa dey free etan's a runnln' en nobody toot tootin' - in' tootin' eottro but dee ma I pick up a big load on start back wld hlb on do run 1 hah my hoed took down an run right equar Inter ono er dam beams kerb 11m '1 Dat hit tne so hard hit knock mo oVar right onjar piy back De ote Cunnte out Inter da stab' room In front en be open da doo an bolter In "What dat da matter In dart" Bn I opon' "I bit ono ar dem crocs behma wld my bead" En bo low dot I mils' abut my head mighty bad ter de gin ho use tremmte on rock like do yeth shako dons got hit "Ns oub" ess I "hit nebber hu't my head bit but hit moo' broke my neck" Den de ole Cunnte laugh on laugh low dot ve'y good But hit doo do natabul troof my hood wiison hutad a bit but bit seam ter mo dat my neck dona draw Mean down twin my shouldan mien dad Btabbord Watch bit me X dw ebook my heed n lmmb an I ne JJrtjwB etfiTtallg rou'

(Written for tta Gen longbtrbbt Utw in Galnoevill Uttla Atlanta a i tl actively of the mountain South that to rotor It ai I did on Saturday afternoon after sixteen hours In Pull Pullman - man Pullman ear to to enter another world The oquaro swarmed with negroes on toot and on mutebeck with mountain mountaineer - eer mountaineer In primitive certs drown by balls end driven by rope line Behind the wngunn bays were wrestUbg surround surrounded - ed surrounded by toughing baddies at their follow On tho sidewalks sad wane lank end forlorn moved aimlessly about carry carrying - ing carrying babies lu their nerveless arm and on all this tangle of human kind home kind cart cattle were tha stains of tho orongo-eotend loam of the Bout I stood before ft and reread ta It the etoriso of Joel Chandler Harris and Ms frilow-noveltets of tha Bout Tbs types were 11 there the poor wMt the' white-bearded old Bqdlro the negroee of the list noee end' thick llpe end of all ehadae of eoior and In tho midst of them serene nnafrald might bo soon GEN JAMES (From His dainty high-bred girt pteklng her toteurriy way It made It poeelhle for me to resiles ae never be before - fore before the ante-bellum life ofthe State of Georgl for It te only In an occasional hnr-movliig town ilka this that one oaa see distinct eurvlvale of all the oleeoee of tho old-tliho South My Inquiries for tho General brought out tho grateful feet that hie townsmen held him In high regard I wee aeeured that he wae very fine old gentleman ne man recalled with pleasure that strike Atlanta Exposition Gan Longmtroet rods a bona at tho head of tho proceeolon aad that tha paopla choc rod to saahim poe erect aad aol aol-dtoriy - dtoriy aol-dtoriy "Ho 11 vac on a farm Jutt oa tha edge at town" my Informant said and taking hlo direction I angled away along "the straight rood" toward tha suburb It wae November end little darkles were raking end burning leave and the erne 11 waa wonderfully line and pungent I looked for a targe oid-faehloned Southern tan with pillars and wida mil tta bourn wae aa ordi ordinary - nary ordinary etory-and-o-belf tarmhoue such aa a Northern eaqieiiter might build A board nailed to a troa offered wine for ate at a very low prio and X saw aa extensive vineyard across the road A lean termer-like person told mo that Gen Xangetroet wae In hie vineyard end there I came npon him edeoore la hand busily pruning hie vine He te w-blg old man etooplnc a llttte now and slew of gelt Ho wears long white whiskers out away from tho chin Hie hair ta white ae woot but hie skin te ruddy ee though steep end good digestion were till ble to command We talked fay a time about hie garden nd vineyard "I got out every after afternoon" - noon" afternoon" ho said "and work about I And tha sun and air do ma good" good"-One - One good"-One of hie arme is a llttte disabled and he is quite deaf In one ear He eould not beer very well In the open air nd at hie suggestion wa returned to tho "I live with my tenant He le a vet veteran - eran veteran of the Northern anny" ha said at the door and tbarewas a slight smite about hlo aye The houee was small and plainly fur furnished - nished furnished and out of it tha General retains but a single email' room In which ho steeps ana smokos and write As wo eat together and talked iff tho or and of the great Union commander hie old com ratio at West Point I be became - came became aware that I was In tho pretence at vary Mmarkabte personality not merely n groat eoldler according to tho estimate of Grant and others competent to Judge but also a thinker of unusual originality and a brav hlgtl-mlnded citleen Ho waolgrtat enough and mag magnanimous - nanimous magnanimous enough to utter tha finest eo eo-loglum - loglum eo-loglum of Gen Grant ever spoken by a Southerner and one excelled In Its real comprehension of tho man and eoldler by tew from any llpe whatever I rater to the address at Boston last summer He talked of Grant with affeotlon and with clear-sighted knowledge of hie whole career "He wee a highly hon honorable - orable honorable man aa well aa a great mn A men singularly free front vulgarity and

Grant on Mo part admired and loved him for hlo owe weU-ao for hlo close rotation to hlo Uf Go Xemgetrsot waa a Mnaman of the Dents and wad peasant at Gnat's marriage - wn Indeed "beet man" They were together at West Point Jef Jefferson - ferson Jefferson Barrack in '4 in Ltxilalana in 'V and then for throe years in Mexico end they met once in St Xante after Gnat bad rielgned from the army They met next at Appomattox After -tho flret formalities waro over Grant topped- Up to Longetreet and hooMng ' hie arm In hla and ealllng Mm by hlo old West Point nickname said In a voice ' lilted with omotiro: "Pet lot's doo It wo can't return to tho happy old days by playing a game of brag' "Graat Ood!" oxolalmod Oon' Long Long-streot - streot Long-streot beneath Ms breath "why win men flght who ought to bo brothers?" What oould a Mg liberal minded hon honorable - orable honorable man like Tongufroiit do but Join haade with hie magnanimous conqueror end 11 fo-long friend end eay: "Bern Pll do my pert to neonetruot our ton and dismembered nation" This ho has im ' Ho left tho wer S ' C" LONGBTBBBT Photograph) teeetothefutura He fought and fought herd but when'the lighting wag done he wae done fighting He steadily uxv hold even measure which ta hie Judg Judgment - ment Judgment would restore tho union and peons end harmony sooneoL no Bettor what Me critics might eay ' It dose not appearln Oa longitreefs talk that he holds any bltterneee to toward - ward toward Ms detractor Ho talked ilka a philosopher a gentleman and a lover ef ' tho whole Americ Ho made a powerful Impression upon ma all It waq a shock to And so great a figure living in each cramped oondltlon It made ins understood that I was in -tha landof the oonquared Hlo boom woo burned ooma yearn ago during hto ataeno and all Me book papers and ee were destroyed Hie wife le and hie eons and daughters flve 'latent from him therefore he site alone ta hie little room and smokos hln J pipe and dreams of the epla days ef the war i lie haa no peneten m tho vtotcriouo Generate hav though ha aetytas wound In bin throat which makes epeefc epeefc-ing - ing epeefc-ing difficult X eould not think of a men iff hlo roak In tho Northern army loft so utterly aao old Ohio me who sat the first flag on tho redoubt back at tho Bishop's palaoe at Monterey fifty years ago who oow Grant win ble promotion at MOUno del Ray who wua present at Me mairtag who entered tee Bo army Juotln tha flillnmo of hto i mairtag 'who entered tee Southern ay Juetln tha flillnmo of hto powers d who won hie way by teape aad fovmite to a foremost pteoe la the battte- llne of 'K end to a poritkm eaoond to nous In atriottem when t over la now pruning vines oa afternoons ta a llttte Georgia hfltald Hlo Ilf like Granf to opto In Its contrast I wonder If the Biat docs not 13 indi a drtM& to him Ae he took my hand to eay good-aigfcC (t was almost dark and ho loomed above me with a hulking stoop ta hto eaaorive -frum and hln eyes peerad down at m ed and iianatratlng but hlo broad tee 1 wae taecrotebly placid My quart king had jntt him ter task In the peel that wae evldrtit Ae I trod my onutteue way heck along -the winding street toward the vUlegX eld to myself: "I hove seen the ghost of the Confederacy X have touehaS hands with Its greatest living repmoen tatlv" Te mast Go Ixmgetreet to see hta white hair to took Into hta retroapeo- ' tlvo eye and watah Ms stow movement tto hesitating movements of an old man ta to be made emotionally aware that tho mighty struggle of thlrty-thiea years ago ta pairing Into the land of dieam ' la tan yean it win have scarcely ring! living' leader Its atari to duet Its gran- 1 Re heroes ere soon to be a HAMLIN GARLiAND Hie Nataral Xteroeouto ' "Our rector had day" "What waa It?" "Ha left iuat five got homo from ochooL" Another Useless Expo "Father what is a spring overcoat?" "Wall tt Is an ovorooatt tat a maa him In tta spring under the delusion that ta ' may foil'