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For tickets and general information apply to railroad ticket agents, or to M. B. Clio WELL, General Agent. Norfolk. Ya ; I F. MAYEK, Agent, 1212 Main Street, Richmond, Ya. H. 13. WALKER, J. J. BROWN, Traffic Alzr, Gen. Pass. Agt. NEW YORK, N. Y. LETTER FROM ROME. PROF. W. F. GILL WRITES INTERESTINGLY OF THE "ETERNAL CITY." Thlnjs Seen and Heard by a Vance County Man Abroad Impressions Made by One's First Visit to the Centre of Italian Art aud Culture Modern ideas Amid Ancient Ruins and Relics Foreign Railway Traia as Compared With Our Own Ameri can Palaces on Wheels. MvDkakMk. Manning: I" do not promise myself or you to write any- ng that is new on so old a subject as the "Kternal City, "yet the personal equation may lend an interest to the story for some of your readers. Were 1 to speak of the Home that has heen the object of most systematic study dnriusr ths summer davsthat are altojietlitrr too few, my letter would 2iow too ranidlv and when the end was reached the old question cuibono, would stare me in the face, since a very few dollars would add the stamp of authority fromn Baedeker or oilier companion-book of the thousands of Atnericans that arc continually making their piljjrimajje to this spot. 1 he register kept at the Catacombs of St. Calixtus shows more than half (he names to bclou; to American travel- ers. lbishot tru was undertaken with no desire to advance new theo ries on the location of this temple or that street, but on the corn rar it had the very ni oil est purpose of re-read - inj; my Catullus, Horace ir Virgil amid the remains of the city that knew them. Yet I have found time to see 1'onic of today as well as that of yesterday and it is of this city that I would make a few noles to-nio-ht. I count myself fortunate in having oeen loreeii to cross with an Italian steamship company, since from the moment 1 left the wharf I was in Ctiaiv anu oeiore i lanueu at iapies. in A 1.1 days later, I was an acclimatized Ul W Italian. The vovatre was uneventful in the extreme, yet the great pleasure of seeing Gibraltar for the first time, at the hour of sunset more than re paid me for the loss of the trip by the swifter boats of the Northern route. The coast hills of the two continents seemed to have vied with one another to furnish at this point a natural gateway to the universe. Little wonder that old legend gave the spot the name "Pillars of Hercu les." The exquisite sunset effect I shall not attempt to describe. At the close of the third day on the Mediterranean we landed in the beau tiful bay of Naples. Instead of alow lying coast city as I bad always pic tured this city, I found a natural amphitheatre of gigantic proportions lit from pit to gallery with electric lights. The laws of the harbor do not permit a landing after sunset, so we were compelled to make ourselves ;. 1 he sunlight robbed the waters of the bay of some beauty, but not so with the city. A day's driving to and fro in the city only made me impatient for the week I have promised myself at the close of the trip. trom Naples to Kome the road lies between two parallel ranges of the Apennines, with this summit and that crowned with a picturesque village. An Italian train standing in a station oring3 a smne to an ftuinn- . .i 1 can, accusiomeu 10 me vesuouie Pullman cars, for it looks much like a collection of the rockaway coaches of our grandfathers joined one to another and all to a saw-mill engine on wheels. But the smile fades as he realizes that, over a magnificent road bed without any crowding of pas sengers in me separate compart ments, he is being carried with a ed that equals that of the same grade of train in America. If there s a conductor, lie is not seen on ine trip, since there is no communication between carriages except irom tne outside. Four hours and a half brought my train from Naples to Rome, a distance or 165 or 170 miles. Rome. How different from any thing that I ever thought to see! A thoroughly modern railway station with every convenience lortne travel ing public. On the outside there stood a longer line of hotel omnibuses than was needed to accommodate the passengers, further still the ever present and vociferous cabby while hither and thither crossed electric cars, caring as little for the incoming of a train as auy Hue in America. Rut, greater wonder still, there is no sign of the Home of the times of C:esar aad Cicero. Everything in sight speaks of today. Is it for this that I have come thousands of miles, to see the same city that might be visited at anv time at the cost of a few hours' ride? No, Rome differs from all other cities at just this point. She unites the old with the new, builds upon ber past in a way that no other city can. Instead of hurry-ino- to the hotel, turn the corner and you stand face to face with a magnif icent ruin of the imperial city. The Baths of Diocletian after more than 1,500 years of turmoil still stand to furnish homes for various enter prises. One large section, Michael Angclo transformed into the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli, with a Carthusian convent adjoined which a nnw the Musco Nazionalc delle Terme Diocleziane. Another corner is now the church of San Bernado. Among other occupants of this most extensive of Roman baths with room for 8,000 bathers at one time, may be mentioned a hospital and a school for "iris, while a wood and coal dealer with a turn for the classic, baa en trenched himself under one of the arches. Thus it is that the Rome of todav has woven into the fabric of her "existence much of her past. Hence the charm of a visit here. The drive to the Albergo della Minerva takes us away from the broad streets and public squares of the modern to the region of the old town. Contrary to the American idea, the hotel representative meets us at the cab door and from that moment we are his guests. After a rest, our afternoon walk shows us to be in the famous Campus Martins, the training ground of those far famed legioneries. Straight ahead stands the Pantheon of Marcus Agrippa, now the church of Santa Maria della Rotunda. In spite of restoration it still looks much as one would expect from a building of that age. So it is we are reminded time and again, at one time by a building, at another by a monument, as for example the columu of Marcus Aure lius, again perhaps only by a name, that it is historic ground on which we stand. At this point the city pre serves its old self to a remarkable degree. Three narrow, crooked streets without sidewalks and almost without beginning or end must find their origin in the days when the overgrown city had thrust its market trade into this suburb which had hitherto known only the soldiers step. Today it is the center of the business life, if Rome may be said to have such a centre. The famous Corco of Hum bert the First crosses this district. This street is the favorite evening promenade of the city, and is crowded during the earlv hours from end to end with fashionable carriages, less pretentious cabs and even street omnibuses. Only the electric car is excluded. The pedestrian must tight his way through this confusion at the rUk of life or limb. If it happens to be the day for the music we will find the plaza Colonna crowded with music lovers. If fortune favors we may lind a seat at one of the numer ous cafes and enjoy wine, music and the throng all at once. In Italy r-very one drinks wine as Americans drink water, but there is not one fea ture of the American bar. The choice tables are on the sidewalk and not once have I met with the screened doors. During three weeks in Rome I have not seen one drunken person. Could Henderson say as much for her self? Can one lind iu this festive throng any characteristics of those sturdy Romans of whom Cato is to' be the immortal type? At a casual glance, no; yet if we but stop and think, I am sure we may. What is more true than that the Roman who cared for his social standing dared not engage in the mercantile business? Today there is only one firm in the city which has made a princely success in this work. The aristocrat of today has not outlived the prejudices of his fathers. Thu factory chimney is the least conspicuons object in Rome. Again I am sure that the bore, who was immortalized by the pen of Horace, is not yet dead, and the old system of clientage has borne fruit in church and State. And so instances might be multiplied. With all her nantbeon of erods, the old city never had more priests than today. They are present at every turn wearing the badges of their orders at all times, l know not which outnumbers, the sol dier or the priest. Between the two the people have all that they can a carry. Yet it must oe coniessea inai the burden appears an altogether wiHintr one. Perhaps the most characteristic feature of the city is its churches. It has been said that they are more numerous than the dwellings, and the statement is not difficult of belief to one who walks the streets. My guide enumerates more than forty dedicated to St. Mary alone and some where I have read 'that there were more than eighty. When those are added that br:ir the names of the dif ferent aints. the number increases at a wonderful r.ito. The enthusias tic student of Roman archeology owes a peculiar debt Id the church. since it is practically true that only those monuments have been re served which were in one way or another connected with religious uses. The Colosseum itself had al ready giren up two-thirds of its ma terial before Pope Benedict XIV, for bade further depredations. Of these churches of course the great basilica of St. Peter's easily leads in interest for visitors. In spite of all that has been said and written of it, few are prepared for its grandeur when ac tually seen. Yet, must confess that some of the plainer churches, as St. Pauls outside the walls, are equal ly as impressive to me. But the names of Bramante, Angelo and others have secured St. Peters from all fear of rivalry from any quarter and it was only a feverish dream that lead a vonnjrer state to hope that she mlaht offer a magnificent home to the Pope when he had been lately thrust out of his temporal power in the city of Rome. I lind that in my haste my notes have grown much more rapidly than I dreamed, and I may as well stop at nne noint as another since I have made no pretense to a logical essay. With best wishes for you and the floi.n Leaf. I shall leave Kome in a dav or two for Athens. Yours sincerely, W. F. GILL. Rome, Hth July. 1902. The business man who doesn't ad vertise gets mere dust on his goods than he does in his pocket. YOUNG LADY'S LIFE SAVED At Panama, Columbia, by Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Dr. Charles H. Utter, a prominent phy? sician. ot Panama, Columbia, m a recent letter states: 'Last March 1 Had as a pa tient a voung lady sixteen years of age who hail a very bad attack of dysentery Everything I prescribed for her proved in effectual and she was growing woire every hour. Her parents were sure she would dip She had become so weak that she could not turn over in bed. What to do at this critical moment was a siuay lor me, but I thought of Chamberlain s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and as a last resort prescribed 1 it . The , most won- u .i. B rUrxr mnK of three days she was upon her feet and the end of one week was entirely well.' r or sale by m. jjorsey, urnsist. WHAT 'TWAS ABOUT. THE CASE OF MR. FITZSIMMONS AND MR. JEFFRIES. Causes That Led Up to the Recent Little Misunderstanding Between These Two Prominent Gentlemen Fully Explained This in Deference to Numerous Requests from "Old Subscribers," " Anxious Enquir ers," and "flany Citizens" to Know What the Row Was About Peace Reigns and All's Well. " w Baltimore San. The Sim has received a large num ber of letters inquiring what Mr. Robert Fitzsimmons and Mr. James J. Jeffries were fighting about in San Francisco on Friday evenin?. on inday There seems to be some misapprehen sion about the cause of the quarrel between the champion and the "noble old Roman," or the "grand old man." as Mr. Fitzsimmons is variously called by his ardent admirers. It seems that Mr. Jeffries publicly boasted that he was the greatest man in the world. This is the position which the "grand old man" himself assumed to occupy, and he did not hesitate to ay so. The claim so an gered Mr. Jeffries that he determined to resent it by biffins: the "errand old man" with one of his famous left hooks. The statement of this deter mination excited widespread interest and a number of persons gathered rb see the left hook jabbed. There was some diversity of opinion as to 1 whether the champion could put the "old Roman" to sleep, and a system was started among the speculators of putting a monetary valuation upon their opinions. The opinion that Mr. Jeffries could put the "grand bid man" to sleep was assessed at $10 while the contrary opinion was1 quoted at only $4. Contributions were made by the spectators and a fund was raised to be divided between the disputants to enable them to pay the doctor or the undertaker, as the case inirht be. This sum, it is said, assumed considerable proportions, and it is believed that something will be left over to support the two gen tlemen until they can start a lecture tour. The reason why the words of those who backed Mr. Jeffries were fiercer than the words of those who backed the "grand old man" was because of the highly honorable rec ord which the former gentleman has made in such contentions. He had fought Mr. G. Ruhlin to a draw in 20 rounds; he had fought Mr. J. Choynski to a draw in 20 rounds; he had put Mr. J. Goddard to sleep in four rounds; Mr. Peter Jackson, col ored, had gone down under one of his lefts, although he side-stepped with activity; Mr. Thomas Sharkey was also put to sleep in the twenti eth round; Mr. Armstrong, colored, bit the dust before him, and,, finally, the "grand old man" himself had gone down before the jabs and hooks and lefts of thisdistinguished fighter. It was not. unnatural, therefore, for the spectators who en erased in the mathematics of probabilities to con clude that what he had done he could do again. But Mr. Fitzsimmons himself has had a distinguished career and has been a Napoleon in this special line, and in his time has put many able bodied opponents to sleep and made others groggy, besides "tapping the claret" upon numerous occasions. In New Orleans in 1891 he bested Mr. John Dempsey in 13 rounds. In the following year in the same city he knocked out Mr. P. Maher in 12 rounds. In 1894 Mr. James Hall was a victim of his prowess, and in 1896 he encountered Mr. P. Maher a second time and a second time "did" him. Mr. Thomas Sharkey was next con quered, and finally, in a quiet spot in Mevada on Marcn i, ia, ine "oiu Roman" tried conclusions with the celebrated Mr. J. Corbett. This was a famous victory and it is history. Mr. Fitzsimmons is no less gifted in mind than in body. He had made a close study of human physiology and anatomy, and in the course of his re searches he discovered that there is a certain spot over the human stomach which responds promptly to treat- ment. This spot be denominates the "solar plexus" and in the fourteenth round in Nevada the "grand oia man biffed Mr. J. Corbett a iab on the solar plexus and knocked him silly When we consider this noble record it is easy to see that Mr. Fitzsimmons, although Mr. Jeffries had outargued him once, had some grounds for hop ing that, like Gad, although he had been overcome he would overcom e at the last. When we remember this contest it is difficult for the mere layman to understand why Mr Fitzsimmons did not pay more atten tion to Mr. Jeffries' solar plexus in stead of devoting his whole time and attention to his features. In the fifth round we are told that Jeff was not winded, but was bleedin? from the nose, left eye and right cheek. Fitz should have winded him. lapping his "claret" caused him to wear an iniured look, but did not impair his usefulness, for in the very nextroand . - . . he put two terrific left swings on the body and head. Up to the eighth and final round the "?rand old man" bad not suffered seriously. Jeff smiled through his blood and wounds, and iust here, as Uncle Remqs would say is where Fit "drapped his watermil lion." Instead of attending strictly to Mr. Jeffries' solar plexus he low ered his guard to engage in conversa tion. It was neither the time nor the place for conversation, and dear lv did he pav for this indiscretion For just as the gnard was lowered in order to give iree acuou to m .mu Jeffries seized the opportunity and aaicklv hooked bis left on tne jaw The "grand old man" went down on w bk d M Jefrries remained rh,mnion of the world. and the heavyweight champion at that at Notwithstanding the fact that up m th- t i m nf thi. fatal indiscretion the game had been Fitz's yet with' the game almost inconceivable nobility of character he proclaimed that the best man had won. He went further than this. He declared that even if he had won the victory he would have left the throne to Jeff. -We stand abashed in the presence of such self abnegation. The only really painful incident of this noble contest re mains "to be told. The mayor of San Francisco has promulgated the opinion that the fight was a fake. Wrhen Mr. Tony Weller told of his conviction that the little niggers in Africa was a humbug it did not cre ate a more painful impression. The Mayor, in effect, aays that these two men fought as men who beat the air, and that the noble Fitz permitted the noble Jeff to beat him in order that certain persons should win their bets. Can such things be? His Sight Threatened. w line picmcing last month my 11 year old bov was poisoned by some weed or plant, "'says W. II. Dibble, of Sioux City, la. "He rubbed the poison off his hands into his eyes and for awhile we were afraid lit would lose his sight. Finally a neighbor recommended DeWilt s Witch Hazel Salve. 1 he lirst application Helped mm aud in a few davs he was as well as ever." For ekin diseases, cute, burns, scald, wounds, insect bites, DevVitts Witch Hazel halve is a sure cure. Relieves Piles at once. IJaware of counterfeits. W. W. Parker. THE OLD-FASHIONED MOTHER. Fannie . McDonald in Sunny South. Yes, she was an old-fashioned mother, She was bent aud wrinkled and gray; She had borne with brave endurance The burden and heat of the day. Years ago she was fair and graceful, Iter laugh like music rang, And in the summer twilight Sweet lullabies she sang. As upon her mother-bosom Lav golden heads so small, While she dreamed that in the future Their love would repay her all. Tall and fair grew the daughters. With girlhood's winsome graee; But mother had somehow dropped behind And fallen out of the race. So long had she worked iu Silence At leDgth they'd forgotten quite, That in their hearts and the household She had either place or right. Ah! not 'till the hands are folded And the heart had ceased to beat, And God's deep rest had been given To the tired hands and feet, Did they think of her patient toiling, Did tbey speak the words of praise That might have lightened the labor If spoken in other days. Years passed on with their changes, They found that never another Could take the place of that lest one. The dear, old-fashioned mother. Ah, me! there are many mothers Who through long weary days Toil for her own unceasing With no word of love and praise. The words that would thrill with gladness ioo oiten are ten unsaid 'Till the rest of death has fallen On heavy heart and head. And at last they learn the lesson That on earth there is no other To fill the place of that truest friend; God give us but one mother. Just Look at Her. Whence came that sprightly step, fault less skin, rich, rosy complexion, smiling face? She looks good, feels good, llere s her secret. She uses Dr. King's New Life Pills. Result, all organs active, digestion Try them yourself. Only 25c. at M. Dor- sey s drug store. THE MENTOR OF THE PEOPLE. News and Observer. rhe usefulness of the newspaper is everywhere admitted. Its influence is felt and recognized as never before he fashion has changed. Not a great while ago it was fashionable for preachers to rail at the press; now it is courted. Uld time politicians. ike the late Senator Harris, of Jen nessee, bad no use tor newspapers and had a positive aversion to news paper reporters. They were trained n days before the interview gave the politicians the chance to guage pub ic opinion and when the masses got their political opinions from orators instead of newspapers. The latest tribute to the newspa per is by Archbishop Ireland. In a recent address before the Educational Association he said: If I were to choose where, outside the class room, for the general wel fare of humanity, I should have de votion to truth prevail, 1 should name the newspaper, ihe newspaper is to today pre-eminently the mentor of the people. It is read by all; it is believed by nearly all. Its influence s paramount; its resposibility is tre . mendous. Its province is to narrate facts to give the truth, nothing but the truth, all the truth; to allow both parties to a controversy to be heard; never to paliate or distort; never to omit when that which is omitted may be of relevancv in the formation of public opinion; never to publish the doubtful as certain, the mere gossip as well ascertained news; never, above all else, to put before readers error and falsehood. Journalism that is honest and honorable is one of the Nation's most precious inheri tances; that which places notoriety and pelf above truth and virtue, and adopts as its tactics the stunning sensation rather than tne caim state ment of facts, is one of the Nation's direct calamities. Numerous in America is the ioumalism which is honest and honorable; here and there is found that which worships above all else notoriety and pelf. There is here a duty of conscience and patriot ism for Americans. May they ever be mindful of that duty." What most people want is something mil.! and trfntl.- wlipn in need of a. nhrsic. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets fill the bill to a dot. They are easy to take and pleasant in effect. For sale by M. Dorsey, druggist. In his harmony speech at Nantas ket. Mr. Brran savs there can be no compromise. We have heard no overwhelming clamor for a compro raise. The people want straight Democracy this time, without any admixture of Populism or other isms. Columbus Lnquirer-aun. ITCHING.- oozing, scaling Salt I Rheum is cured by Hood's Sarsa- narilla. the frreat. uneaualled remedy for every kind of SKIN DISEASE.1 oI the last- warm nd l0DS LEE'S SECRETARY COL CHARLES MARSHALL AND THE CON FEDERATE COMMANDER. Some Military Incidents of an Amus ing and Interesting Character Re lated by Gen. Bradley T. Johnson A Story of Turkey and Rice Pranks the Young Officers Some Times Played on the "Old Man" Circum stances Under Which the Farewell Address of Gen. Lee Was Written. Ealtimore Sun. In an article in the June number of the Maryland Law Review on the military career of the late Col. Chas. Marshall, of this city, Geo. Bradley T. Johnson relates many amusing: and interesting incidents connected with Colonel Marshall's service as military secretary to General Robt. E. Lee." The post of military secre tary to the Commander-in-Chief, savs General Johnson, is the most confi dential place on the general staff.and after Colonel Marshall's selection by General Lee all the orders and reports that went out from headquarters emanated from the pen and, as to the reports, from the brain of Charles Marshall. He wrote the report of the seven days1 battle around Richmond, June 27th to July 4tb, 1862, after an exhaustive study and compilation of the reports of corps, division and brigade commanders and many re ports of colonels of regiments and captains of batteries and of maps of operations furnished by the topo graphical engineer. Such work as this requires the strongest analytical intellect, together with the power of generalization and of bringing results together in graphic description, and the reports of the Army of Northern Virginia show these qualities in their highest de velopments. AH this was done, of course, under the rigid supervision of General Lee, whose taste required the most con densed style. When Marshall would submit the draft of a report or order to the Gen eral for criticism or correction the Old Man" would sav: "Strike out some of the adjectives, Colonel; save some for the next time," and out would go every word that could be spared, adjective or substantive, par ticiple or pronoun. Headquarters was ruled by a grave decorum that never relaxed. The Old Man" never for a moment forgot himself. When he rode, he rode two horses' length in front, and the staff follow ed; and the boys' life was not entirely a happy one. lhey got even some times, though. I've been at headquarters when I found everyone in the sulks. The Old man had been sitting on some of them and they all resented it. Their great means of revenge was to keep his own letters from him. Taylor or Marshall would sift out the papers which flood an army headquarters and select some half a dozen and go to the General's tent and lay them on the General's table with the remark: General these require vour atten tion."" The General would look long ingly at the pockets of the young men bulging out with papers and say wist fully: "Are these the only ones for me, Colonel?" "These are all, air," and off they would frisk to enjoy how they had got ahead of him. One dav I was over there and Mar shall had just got a jug of applejack and we were lying in the straw in his tent with a tin cup between us dis cussing mathematics. Alarsnall bad been professor of mathematics at some Western college and I had taken a good position in mathematics at Princeton, and we were so intent on the applejack and the question under discussion that we did not hear a tap on the tent pole At length the uy was drawn back and the General's head was pushed in. "Excuse me, gentlemen, for in terrupting this interesting discussion. but I could not attract your attention, so I am obliged to intrude." Of course everyone jumped to bis feet. and says Marshall: "He were en gaged in a very interesting mathema- tical question, sir." "Yes," said the General, ""the unknown quantity, J snnnnse " with a fiance at the iu? and tin cup. Tableau' When Meade crossed the Kappa- hannock at Mine Run in the fall of 1863 Hampton was covering that line with the cavalry and General Lee rode down to see what was going on and whether it was a real movement or only a reconnoissance. As thev rode the cavalry staff, ever alert to make themselves comfortable were sent off to locate headquarters for the night. After satisfying them selves that Meade was going back the two generals rode together until at a point a courier stationed in the road turned them off to a tine house in the distance. Arrived there they found Major Rawlins Lowndes, of Hampton's staff, in possession, with a fine fire in the only room and good stables for the horses. After warming themselves it was roufh, raw weather (Jen. Hampton said: "General, where are your bead- auarters?" Said Lee: "Indeed, I on't know. These were my head quarters last night and this morning when 1 leit nere, oui mese young gentlemen are so comfortable that it wonia De a pity 10 unmru tueui. i course, great protestation and excuse on Hampton's part. "We'll move at once." There was only one habitable room, with two beds, and it was ulti mately arranged that the two gen erals should have the two beds and each keep a staff officer and that the rest should shift for themselves. So General Lee kept Marshall and Gen eral Hampton kept Lowndes, and the cavalrymen gave Marshall a fair share of the carpet before the fire and put him on the outside, next the door, so he bad to be getting up all night to receive reports that were constantly I coming in. Lowndes alept the sleep Next morning they had for break fast blockade bacon, musty and rusty and rank and poor pone. Some neighbor had sent to General Lee a small tin bucket with some slices of breast of turkey and best bis cuits. General Lee, presiding with his usual dignity, helped to breakfast. "General, what snail I have the pleasure of helping you to turkey or bacon?" "Bacon, said Hampton", and so on down to Lowndes. "Tur key," says Lowndes. So Lowndes ate the turkey and the rest struggled along on the bacon. After breakfast General Lee went back and Hampton rode back to the lines. "Major Lowndes," says he, "don't you think that was very impudent in yon eatm ing "1 up all General Lee's breakfast?" don't think so at all," says Lowndes. "That old man is always putting on too much style for me, and it does him good to be taken down occasion ally." General" Lee, however, had a good memory for men and things. In the winter of 1864-'65. before Petersburg, he returned from an ear ly ride aloug the lines to get break fast with Hampton. The breakfast consisted of a large tray of rice, boil ed Carolina fashion, where eash grain is distinct and dry, sorghum coffee, i. e., coffee made from the seeds of tne sorghum plant, and baked sweet potatoes. Says Hampton: "General, shall I help'you to some of this rice?" "Thank you," said General Lee, "and if it is as convenient to you I'd like to be helped before that dish gets to Major Lowndes." After the war was over aud things had settled down Lowndes, who was a great rico planter on the coast of South Carolina, sent General Lee, the president of Washington and Lee Col lege, Lexington, Va., two tierces of rice. So Lowndes had a good memory too. After General Lee's conference with General Grant at Appomattox and the terms of surrender had been arranged the first thing General Lee did after reaching his tent, continues General Johnston, was to direct Mar shall to prepare a farewell order to the army. The Confederate camp was immediately deluged by Federal officers coming in to see old friends and acquaintances, many of them kin. The visitors brought commis sary supplies long unknown to the Confederate stomach fine cognac brandy, old Bourbon whiskey, loaf sugar, etc. and with the intercnange of experiences and the news from mutual friends at home a staff officer, even if he was the military secretary, had no time to write sentimental fare well orders. 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