The Nation. (Richmond, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, August 15, 1884 Page: 2 of 4
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rO PRESIDENT:
GROVER CLEVELAND,
OF NEW YORK.
'OK VlCC PBK8IDKNT;
THUS. A. HENDRICKS,
Or INDIANA.
Special Notice—Remember—
National Hotel, [Monday next,
stead of Dr. Fry's,
in-
Tlie Natío acknowledges the
receipt of invitation to the wedding
of Mr. Phil P. Pearson to MieaMary
EUaStanseh of Crolton, Alabama,
on the 20th inst.
. ■ ...
We call attention to tho announ-
cement of J.C.Mitchell as candidate
foi district judge. Mr Mitchell is too
«ell known as a lawyer to need com
mcut from us.
In a letter to O. M. Nation the
fallowing is put as a 'postscript;—
"I disoover that Col. Ben Morton
left Los Vagos eighteen months ago
at tiie earnest deal re of various
citizens.
riiMiu.
Dr. Weston has been very siok
during the week and if still very low
J. M. Moore and wife, Mrs. J. E,
Newell, T. M. lilakvlv and sou, and
J. D. Wheat went to Galvcstou Fri
day last.
S. M'inston and Miss. Lillie
Winston are paying a visit to Gulf
city.
Capt. Davis and wifo, Dr. Fry
and W. L. Jones and J. W. Da via
spent a few days in Galveston last
week.
M'Ml
For diarrhoea and.dyscntery
The best smoking tobacco is
'Littl Joker."
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At thejast meeting of the Tour-
nament Committees, jt was deoided
not to allowed negroes on the
ground, except servants. Persons
desiring to take their servants,
get a suitable badge by applying to
the Marshall*,
Cbops.—In our request for in for.
ttationon crops we do not gain
>,reports vary from a ^quarter of
Je to the acre to one-and-a-quar
_ Where crops have been well-
Wotked, they are generally report
' (The high-farm-ng men
i good c{ops.
exhibit at the world's
liW
«most
oomplete yet seen. Visitors during
pseember and Jany. will be enable
to visit plantations not far remove
frqm the world's exposition grounds
aod witness the manufacture of su-
W>
We would like to report the
Wordy tournament between the Re*
publican heroes, Judge Burkhait
and J. C. Mitchell. We do hope
that next time they speak of each
others virtues before their constit-
uents we* may have notice, and be
able to place their ideas of cach
others merits before our readers.
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In noticing the daily reportings
of Galveston and *Houston of arri-
val of new ootton,from other coun-
ties and failing to see any mention
made of Fort Bend, we feel that
an injustice hss been done our
an evidenee of tho
live husbandry of the county
we mention, with some feeling of
pride, that the firm of Bassett and
' shipped one bale as early as
end a few days later
made a shipment of 4 bales of new
eotton. The first bale was raised
by Horace Jackson, who resides
about a mile above town.
S. H. Flyn, Ancos ta, D.C., writes ;—
Myself and two sons were entirely cu-
red of chills and fevers last spring with
Professor Morse's Ague Magnates, and
I have never had an attack since. We
therefore cheerfully recommend them
to all who may be suffering from that
dreadful disease or malaria in any form
For Sale by Bassett and Bottomley
and G. H. Schley, Richmond.
(HIT CLUB
There was a very large crowd col-
lected, at Capt. Mitchell's Friday
evening Aug. 8 to witness the
play, ovor a hundred persons wore
seated in parlors and hall, while the
grounds were f'lied with eager, in-
terested spectators.
The drama as presented by our
juvenilo. histrionics was a grand
sucoess. To the well informed
reader, this will be a surprise, for
th e original work really amounts to
nothing at all. The success being
due alonne to the pretty costumes,
tasty stage arrangements and the
introduction of new -scenes and
characters. For this much credit is
due to the talented Miss Vanzandt
who caste the characters of troupe
she was ably assisted by Capt. and
Mrs. Mitchell Caste tof Characte r,
a p'ir
of her
Lai ago is made to #iii|>-
sweet wise emblematical
desolation and woo MUsSudie sings
very well and this was a charming
addition. The acting in the dagucr
scene wm particularly good when
she kneels and aings to Citstigl on
after saving 'liiiu from the rword
of Politian.
The concluding tableau* w« re nil
finely arrange, and very beautiful
Mrs, Hand by request of many
friends repeated the George Wash-
ington ghost story.
Exquisite music was furnished at
interval during tho evening by Miss
Kate Rugely, Miss Weston and
Capt. Pereson.
Dancing was then indulged in
into tho wee smal' hours.
It is proposed to got up a sories
of like entertainment and the funds
takeu in to be appropiated to fen-
cing, and beautifying our cemotary
iberal support should be given for
while benefiting our youug people
mentally and morally tho object is
also & noble one.
A UITHMfi CHILD** CMS,
Mv child, one year old, teething bo-
tan to suffer from derangement of the
wwela. I commenced giving it reme-
dies which had no good effect. I then
successively got prescriptions from six
different physicians. She continued to
crow worse, and I thought we must
oose her, I finally told Dr.
tlmt I had tried everything except
Bboadie's Cordial, ana would make
a last effort with that, aifd in four or
five days she was cured aud has been
well since. I consider the cure almost
miraculous, and my wife would not be
without Broadies' Cordial on any con
sideration. J. T. CHEARIS,
Selma, Ark.
I. L. Lyon, Prop. Sold by Bassett
& Bottomley, and Judge Schley.
Politian
Cas&iglione
Di Broglio
A Monk.
Baldazser
Lalage
Alessandra
Ja cinta
Mr. J. V.
Mr. J. V. Meek,
Mr. J. Mitchell
Mr, W. Andrus'
Mr. D. Ragsdall,
Mr. A. Pearson,
Miss, S. Hodges.
Miss, E. Whe ,t
Miss, E. Jamison
Meek's dramatic pow-
ers are well known to the readers of
tifff_NATt<VM Ilia mímmjm
Broadies' Cordial
For diarrhoea and dysentry
For
an dyseotry
is tho best Ltnoke
1 Chills and Fevers for more
, and nothing cured m<
r f. Morse's Ague Mag
I have never had even a sym-
rw seven months
A. F. DnvoBi.
™ D.C.
A Bottomley and
ft ond, f«xas.
of Fifty Years in
- of Victoria
and
of
House.
Castiglione. as presented by Mr
J. Mitohell was splendid, every
movement graceful and easy. He
waa perfect at home, in the part.
His costume [was beautiful, and
auitible to the gay cavaliers.
Mr. Willie Andrus. was very
fatherly in Jooks snd manner and
his aotion was very near perfect.
The venerable old Duke seemed
very proud of his lovely daughter.
Mr. Dan Ragsdall was as solemn
as a priest should be and gave good
adv.ee as though totbe manner born
his word found an echo in the heart
of many a youthful gentlemen as he
says refuge thouhast "sweet daugh
ter
Baldazzer—Mr. D. Pearson was
well up in his part and did remark-
ably well His costume was elegant
and extremely bee oming,
Mr. Tom'Tu.aer was one of the
characters introduced by the man-
ager. He waa simply immense amu-
sing, and an attractive addition.
Thia would have astonish the Au.
thor of the drama, edgapoe and
caused him to fexelaim.
"Ey the g ave, steia deco um of the
countenance he wore.
Tel- me what thy Lord'y name on
the Krlght'i Plutonian Shore?
For we can not help agreeing,
that no living human being. Eve,
yet was bleseed with see:ng such
nose on faoeef ore
Miss Eugenia Wheat's persona-
tion of Di Broglio's daughter waa
wondefully well done when talcing
into consideration t'was her first
apparanoe before the public and
her age, she is p.-atty has a sweet
voice atfd knew her role perfectly.
Miss. Eugenia Jamison also made
her debut !a character of Jaenita
pert maid but we notice blushes
flitting over her face as she reciev-
ed and returned the flying, kisses
thrown behind bet mistress baek,
The charming noso J graced this
scene also. Mus Jemiso n is gentle
obliging and good-natured yet she
aoted well, in this character so for-
eign to her natural self.
Miss Scdie Hodges (of Bellville)
aa Lalage was as near perfect as it
was possible for so yonng an ama-
tuer to rseoh. She is scaroe fifteen
veay pretty and queenly in presence
possessing rare talent her acting was
fine and would have done a much
older person much credit we aoted
many improvements in this part of
the play.
OB 1M KEITH ION AT DALUS
By request we publish in this
issue a portion of tho proceedings
of the GreatRe-union at Dallas.and
the specch of our fellow-townsman,
Major W. L. Davidson, of which,
we leain trom the Dallas Herald,
much was lost through the rounds
of applause it elicited. Col. Smith
who had been expected to represent
Silbey's brigade (Tom Green's) and
Gen. W. P. Hardeman being absent
the brigade sent in a request that
Major W.' L. Davidson represent
them in & 'speech, he being called
from the stand, came forward, and
was introduced by Gen. Cabell in
the following words;—
Ladies and Oeuileiuau,
T take jrrrst plftirnr- in introdu-
cing to you Mai. W. L. Davidson,
a brave and fgallant officer of the
Tom Green brigade, 'who, when
mere boy, at the beginnning of the
war, enlisted under that gallant
officer, and through the long war
that followed was true to the cause.
Major Davidson responded as fol-
lows;—
Ladies and Gentlemen, Old Cora
rads, Fellow-citizens and fellow-
citizenesses.
I have not come before you to-day
with any set speech, for the reason
that it was cxpected that two more
worthy men would speak in behalf
of our brigade. First it was expect
ed that Peter Smith would address
you—but [he has been suddenly
called home by the sad intelligence
of the killing of his nepbew. It was
>ped by the brigade tl
General, W. P. Hardeman, that
grand old Roman familiarly known
throughout Texas as "old Gotch,"
who, like the soft hour of twilight,
is the link that binds the day and
night, bidding with one hand adieu
to closing day, and with the other
welcoming coming night, so Horde'
man stands, 'the link that clasps
together the heroes of San Jancin-
to, 'those brave and gallant men
who so heroically wrested Texas
from Mexican tyranny and oppres-
sion, and gave her with her broad
acres, her pretty valleys, and pietur
eque mountains to us, and through
years of toil, strife and suffering
made her what ahe is to-day, and
those brave Texans who strove so
hard and suffered so much to sustain
the honor Texas and to uphold tlie
confederate banner, as he was a sol
dier in both armies, a hero at San
Janciuto and two h iroes in the con-
federate band.
■ I told you I bad no set speech,snd
have not bad ten minutes to prepare
one, and my modesty, winch has
always been a great burden to me,
and is only equalled by my good
looks, is a great drawback to me in
making a bpeech, but as tho boys
(they were young boys then, but are
old boys
ed testament a* bat i-hed lit* ot!i«i
i "ll,'re l,e
Ko, but thank (..hI. that is not tl..-
test, a-'d 1 belitJ " ihe Oi«at Archi-
tect of the universe will lakf eaj.e-
cial care of the brave and true
soldiers of ibe !«• cause iu Hie noxt
wo!Id, at a, vr*U. I took ti.v chances
with theui ni *«"'• "'"I M,n
willing tosli-re Ui«¡r cham es in the
next. Our brigade now, iu the pe -
son of myself, offers you a grand
¿ample of the good-looking man,
and though we may not have been
better-fighting men than thoae other
brigadea whose representatives
have addreased you,we w#re a great
deal better looking.
Again my wardrobe is not what
it should be to appear before you,
my—linen, I believe that is what
you call it now—though that is not
what my mother called it—is al'ttle
dusty, but then I am rather partial
to dirty clothes, and I"! tell you
why: when we came baok to San An-
tonio from Ar "ona. we were tho
dirtiest set of men the world ever
saw; my father clasped me in his
arms and said, my boy 1 think more
of you in thoserags end tatters,than
I ever did when arrayed in broad-
cloth. Wcll,fellow-cit¡sens lloved
that man, he ngw fills e southern
i now) ask me to speak, and
es I nsver failed them in the hour
of trial and danger, I'll try not to
fail them now. Besides, when I
look round on the beauty assembled
here I feel inspired and determined
to make a speech J n spite of my
modesty.
I see by' the papers yesterday
that you have a great assemblage ot
ugly men. Well, from the same
souree, I find that yon were first ad
dressed by Gov. Ireland. Well, he
wsa a splendid sample of the lean
ugly man,J and I heard you
yesterday addressed by Dick Hub-
bard, He was a brilliant sample of
the fat ugly man, and Ofceneyworth
too, he addressed you
I don't know what* to
Cheney worth, If good looks is the
test for heaven he cant gat there,
and as Bob Ingersoll and the revis-
▼esterday.
become of
soldier's gratu.
I feel, feliovJ-citzens, that it is
good to be here. By coining we
see the grand strides that our
State is making ! i progress and
improvements. It enables us to
grasp the hand of friendship and
renew the ties that bound us to-
gether, and more tamn all,.that it
euablos us to keep fresh in our
minds the memory of our heroic
dead, who gave the:r lives in a
cauSe they deemed just and
holy. In the mountains of
New Mexico, all along the plains
of Arizona, in the valley of the Rio
Grande, and scattered all aloujf
from there to the muddy Mississippi
are little mouuds that cover the
remains of heroes who onco stood
beside us, marched with us, fought
with us, and díe<í to uphold our our
cause and sustain our honor, forms
that we loved_.when living, whose
loss we deplore, aud whose memory
we revere. Our Sutton, Green and
Riley, and Lockridge, Iiagney and
Shropshire and a host of others are
sleeping tlieir long eternal sleep in
those little mounds—
'•On fame's eu-rual camping ground,
Their s;lent tents are «spread
But íuem'i j guards with silent round
The bivouack of the dead."
And fellow soldiers while we to-
day drop the sympathetic tear to
their memory, let us resolve anew
to so act, that when we too shall be
called upon to cross the dark and
turbid stream oí death, that we
may be able to say to theui that not
one jot or title ef "'® Southern hon-
or intrusted to <dir keep:-ig has ever
suffered in our Miids—and receive
from theni.the4Mp)nUiui^vwe|l dono
thou good andmXhful servant."
And now, asfto the acts of the
Sibley Brigade.) Wc claim that no
men tried harder or suite red
more in trying to uphold
the honor ot' Texas and the
cause of the Confederacy. YV e wei o
first organized by Gen. Sibley, and
afterwards commanded by Góii orals
Green and Hardeman.
We were first marched to Ari-
zona and Xevv Me::ico, where we
were confronted by fivo times our
numbers, yet • every battle fought
there the Southern army held tnc
battle-field and scored a victory,
and tliat Southern army was com-
posed alone of Tom Green's Bre-
ado. We were defeated there and
driven out, not by humau hands but
by starvation. Then came the
dreary inarch through arid plains of
a half starved and ncaiiy naked
army-in w:nter, without blankets,
and clothed in rags and tatters; yet
no mumr.ring there. They had gone
no, ib to uphold ¡the houor of Texas
and the Confederate tlag; they
could starve or freeze, but could
not aiford that one jot or title of
the honor ot grand old Texas shoulc.
suffer in their hands- Then came
the loi:g, weary march of bareheaded
men in rags and barefooted in
summers's heat, through aird plains
marching sometimes two days and
nights without water,men fallingand
dying by the wayside, yet no
thought of surrender over crossed
their mind.
Could you have seen thai com-
mand ill that retreat tlir ougli those
rugged mountains, and along tho
'jouiney of death' tlnhngh those
bleak and arid plains, pinched with
hunger and parched with thirst,
stumbling, falling, dying by the
roadside, could you hear the d;ing:
message ho sent home, you would
have some idea bow those men suf
fered. Aye! there falls a boy,-water,
water, tiiero is no water—loavo mo
here comrades, let me die, I pan go
no further, save yourselves if joa
can, and if you get to Texas tell my
dear mother-comrades-tell her that
her boy was true and never flinchec
in the hour of danger. There goes
anothcr-I can go no furthor-but pass
on-tell my father that 1 was faith-
ful to the last. Aye could you have
seen tlioso starving men, as they
packed up that mountain side our
artillery, when horses could no
longer draw it,you might have some
idea of their mettle
We went luto that campaign with
thirty seven huudrod men, we came
out with less than eleven huudred-
aud we lost twice as many from
hlinger, thirst and exposure as we
lost in battle. Then came the cam-
paign of Ijouissna, with which you
are all familiar. I have onlv thia
much to say, that iu all our battles
with tho Federals, we were neve
met with less than twice and some-
timos with ten times our numbers
and that old brigtde, with Green
it head was always tlft first to'meet
au i ti e lust to leave the enemy. As
to wlii-tlmr they woro cavalry,infan-
try, artillery or marines, I could
never find out, some timos they call
.hcniselves Tom Green's oavalry,
«ometiines foot cavalry, somotiincs
horse marines. I have seen thom
litf-lit inir on foot, on horse back, and
on the water—and I have seen them
charge and capture gun-boats, and
they always seemed to know what
they woro doing.
And now fellow-oitizsns, a word
n.« to the private soldier. Canby
sniil if ho had 5000 such men as
charged his battory at Valverdo ho
could whip the world—we had 'great
and good officers,but they had great
men to command—I have heard talk
of officers leading a charge, bu t I
rather expect there was a daring
private somewhere a little in the
load. I know our officers were will-
ing to lead, but I tell you our pri-
vates boat any men the world ever
saw for straggliug into the lead in
a charge. I know that Lockridgc
and Shropshire were ainpng the
foremost at Valvorde, and perhaps
the first, but I know further that
Georgo Litllo with our flag,and Sam
Henderson, and John Campbejl, and
Harvey McLeary and Dick were
right along there too. I tell you
that the Southern private soldier
was a whale,to whose courage, fide-
ity and heroism tho English lan-
guage is inadequate to do justioe.
His bed was mother earth,his cover
was the star oanaponied heavens,
and his pillow was his gun stook
and cartridge box.
I am glad, too, to meet so many
old Union Soldiers. Talk about the
feeling between old soldiers, I tell
you there never was any personal
animosity.
The Southern soldier and the
Northern soldiers recognized the
fact that each was brave and tr oe
to their colors. Why, I was a pri-
vate for a long time and did a heap
of guard duty; and I tell you wo
use to call to each other, trade cof-
-eo for tobacco, talk togothor-no
nmity there—and then when or-
ders come.you heard one side or the
ther call out, "Get to your hole,
johnny, wo are going to shoot;"
nd they always waitod till Johnny
ot to his hole. But where the two
mies stand in battle array,
?r.endship was forgotten and e ch
"ldier thought then ho uphold the
°nor of the flag they were follow-
each tried to do it. The
WHEAT'S
Livery Feed & Sale Stable
ITo'w Open for Business
g>
Northern and Southern sold ersdid
> en, and do now—like the wearers
'f the white rose and the red rose
oon tl e Saxon aid Normans in En-
gland—reognize the fact that, each
was groat, brave and true to his
color. Why, the greatest disgraco
that could fall upon a brave man
is to put him against o coward But,
Scott expresses it, when he meet
brave man of a brave aroiy, then
10
"Fe :1s tlirit fc.'ern joy that wariloi3 feel
Of foouias worthy o" their strel."
And I tell you Union soldiers that
should the necessity ever arise,
should war come upou us, you will
find the southern troops in general
and the Texas trrops in particular,
right in front in defence of our com
men flag. |I'm not going to tell you
I'll be there-not that I'm too old,
for when I heard Gen. Waul talk
yesterday of being a youth—I came
to the conclusion tbat I was a very
young baby, and then after I heard
Gov. Lubbock, who it is said that
C. Columbus said when ho discover
this country *'I lubbock was hero."
now how long he has been here no
one knows,—bnt wheu I heard him
yesterday talking of not being old,
concluded that I was not yet born
Therefore I cannot say that I'll ba
too old, but I do say that I have had
enough of war and strife, and now
wai t peace, prosperity, and friend-
ship.
I have been requested by com-
rades to pay a short tributo to Gen.
E. It. Canby, a Union General, ant
I feel that the greatest tribute I cin
pay is to tell whht ho did. VVell
when we met him wo were in
starving coudition. In the retreat
many of the men would give out
and fall by tho wayside to die
General Canby had wagons filled
up and eent on our trail with wa-
ter and provision, collected our dy
ing men,-doctered and fed them up
and sent them back to us fat and
greasy and ready to fight him a—
ga'n. And his wifo and daughter
went to our hospitals and nursed
our sick and dying soldiers. And
I tell vou right hero, that every
member of that old brigade would
vote to day to mnko her and her
daughter Presedcnt of the United
States.
And now I liavolieard a good dea
said about our southern women, anc.
I must follow suit. Now,to tell you
tho truth, woman is an institution,
in tho language of Bill Arp, or some
ono olso which I endorso "She's a
good egg." Could you havo seen
them as I did, as the firing ceased
como upon the field of carnage,
soothe the suffering, bid tho dying
a last farewell on this side and eter
nal happiness on the other shore,
you will appreciate them as Iy aix
feel that they wore tho sign boarc
to stoar man aright£on earth, an<
ln,nd him ou the right side in tho
great hearafter. Women is the
noblest of God's creation, and the
ladies gof Texas are the sweetest
noblest,prettiest and best of all Gods
creation.
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