Orleans with his brother, Gen. Wm. Miller Owen, and Gen. Jas. Longstreet, under the firm name of Longstreet, Owen & Co., which continued until Longstreet published his own memorable letter. In 1870, Captain owen was inclined to join the Egyptian Army, and was offered the position of Colonel of Artillery. states: * * He procured credentials from Col. J. B. Walton, Chief of Artillery, his old command, which should gratify the ambitions of any man. Col. Walton At Drury's Bluff, he fought at fifty yards the Battery of Belcher, of the Federal Army, completely destroying it for further service. He captured Capt. Belcher and his guns, and Gen. Beauregard ordered that the guns be inscribed and presented to Capt. Owen as a mark of his appreciation. In concluding his testimonial, Col. Walton states: "During the whole war Capt Owen exhibited devotion to the cause, intelligence in his arm of the service, and administrative capacity rarely equaled." This paper, with the manuscript endorsements, in extended manner, by Gens. Long street, Beareguard, and Mr. Davis, was entrusted to the mails for inspection. Mr. Davis wrote upon the paper as follows: Memphis Tenn. 8 June 1870 From pirsonal and of official knowledge Edward Owen, an officet of Artillery in the army of the Confederate States of America, I willingly bear testimony his high character as a Gantteman Soldier. His cone correct and and a urbane demeanon, to his year. geal intelligence or unflinching fidelity, unflinching fidelity, conspicuous in the us in the field and not lefe so in the day of his country's disaster, command my affection and alikle esteem. I confidently чес ommend him to the fasonable consideration of any government to which may offer his services. Jefferson avis For ten years, Major Owen has held an important position in the city government of New York. Mayor Gilroy appointed him Commissioner of Accounts, which position gives him supervision over all the city departments, with power to examine all accounts and methods, etc. Confidential relations with the Mayor in his work are necessary. In a pleasant conference with Mayor Owen he mentioned this interesting bit of family history: His grandWm. Miller setfather, Judge, Parish, La., in tled in Rapides 1798. He was appointed in Janu ary, 1804, Commissioner of the United States to carry into execution the evacuation and surrender of the Post of Rapides, in concert with the officers of Spain. In 1805 he was appointed by Gov. Claiborn, of La., the first United States Judge of the County Court, of the county of Rapides. In 1814, he raised a company and went to New Orleans and participated in the battle of New Orleans, under Gen. Jackson. The Commissioner on the part of Spain to cede the Post of Rapides to the United States, was Dr. Menillon. Later, Judge Miller married his daughter. The Constitution of the New York Camp is an interesting document. Article 11 says: "Its object shall be to perpetuate the memories of our fallen comrades; to minister to the wants of the needy and worthy Confederate soldiers and sailors, and their widows and orphans, and to preserve and maintain the sentiment of fraternity that was born amid the pleasures, hardships, and dangers of the march, bivouac, and battlefield. Having long since buried the animosities engendered by the war, it is our de sire to extend to our late adversaries in arms the courtesies which characterize intercourse between soldiers, and dignify common citizenship." This extended sketch of Capt. Owen is concluded by the published action of a committee, Rev. W. W. Page, Col. A. G. Dickinson, and J. B. Wilkinson, Jr, which they begin as follows: "Comrade Edward Owen has, from the inception of the organization up to the present moment, been conspicuous for the intelligence, zeal, and fidelity with which he has labored for the welfare and success of the Camp. He has repeatedly declined honors which his grateful comrades desired to confer upon him." Col. A. G. Dickinson, Commander of the New York Camp of Confederate Veterans, in writing of the Houston Reunion states these important facts: The best services I gave my country during the war were given upon the soil of Texas, where I conferred benefits upon that State financially in the organization and working of the Cotton Bureau. I was the father of that Bureau, and under my management it was eminently successful, not only in replenishing the depleted treasury of our unfortunate Government, but in furnishing supplies to the State, and in affording facilities to the State Government to collect taxes in cotton, which up to that time had not been available, and to get in supplies, for which the State had greatly suffered. This gave the people the advantage of the market and the protection of my troops, and safe conduct through my lines to Mexico, where they found ready sale for their cotton at a fair price, and the opportunity also to purchase supplies. This was never thought of as a possibility until the Bureau had been established. This arrangement made with the Mexican authorities gave free transit to and from the sea port of Matamoras, where merchants from all parts of the world had been invited to buy our cotton, and bring to us, in return, all the articles needed in our country. The Government, the State, and the people, under the protection of the troops which I commanded, were as safe in shipping cotton to Mexico, and then to Europe, as if no war existed. For the Government I purchased army supplies of every kind, and the arrangement made with the planters and merchants turned out to be as advantageous to them as it did to the Government. Thoroughly patriotic, they willingly contributed to the wants of the Government one fifth of their cotton, and under these conditions they received permits which guaranteed protection to them in taking on to Mexico the remaining four fifths for their own account. They were also authorized to take back to their homes such supplies as they needed for their use and comfort. Fine prices were obtained for cotton; the traffic was immense, and it was conducted greatly to the prosperity of the State. These facts are historical. My plans were approved by Gen. Magruder, then commanding that department. But he doubtless feared for the results of so grand a project in the hands of so young a man. But the General believed in my energy and devotion, and he gave me every tacility at his command to form its consummation. I was Commander also of the sub-department, and had to combine the military and commercial enterprises. An immense cavalcade of wagons had to be guarded to and from the frontier of Mexico, and along the Rio Grande, when on the Mexican side of the river. I succeded in retaining the most friendly relations with our sister Republic, which I am glad to say were uninterrupted during our long war. This is a little scrap of history which may never have been written before, but if the records of my office have been preserved, my reports in connection with this matter, ought to.exist among the archives of the United States Government. * CAPT. CHARLES J. 1 Capt. Charles J. Mastin, who d March last was a native of Huntsv ever identified with that place and tors, the Mastins, on the patern the maternal side (of old time Re aided in organizing, building up, ar were among the early North Ala CAPT. CHARLES J. MAS around Huntsville a most charmi community, noted not more fo hospitality than for its refined elegance. His ancestry on both and efficient factors in developing and charming virtues, which place and people. Capt. Charles J. Mastin was known, and universally beloved. T notable feature of his life, and th distinctive, was his career as a Co This reputation, however, was ad life, by sterling integrity, with a hi brightened and charmed by a g thetic nature, and most delightf qualities. Captain Mastin, at the outbreak States, entered the Confederate A in the Fourth Regiment of Alabar quite a young man, and shared the iment, which was christened in th fire, at Bull Run. Early in the was appointed Lieutenant and ai Gen. John C. Breckenridge, and s with efficiency and credit through Misissippi in 1862, and subsequ honorable part with his chief in the notable battles of Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and Ringold Gap; and when a short time thereafter, while in winter quarters at Dalton, Gen. Breckinridge having been transferred to another command in Virginia, and Gen. Bate assigned to the command of the division, captain Mastin was promoted to a captaincy, and assigned to Gen. Wm. B. Bate as Ass. Adjutant of his Division. In this important position he served with the highest credit, taking part in all the battles fought in the North Georgia Campaign, and around Atlanta, until he was so severely wounded at Jonesboro as to render him incapable of further service. He merited and won the high commendation of his superior officers, and gained, as he deserved, honorable mention in their official reports. As a citizen, Captain Mastin was patriotic and public spirited, as a neighbor, he was kind and accommodating, with a heart full of warmth and sympathy, and a hand that was the emblem of charity. He loved his friends, and when needed he stood by them in a manly way. His honesty of purpose, and integrity of character, inspired respect, and his true manhood challenged admiration. His generous impulses, his plain, simple manners, and social habits, made him personally popular. But he is gone cut off in middlelife. "Thy scythe and glass, Ŏ Time, are not the emblems of thy gentler power." We drop a sprig of evergreen, emblematic of eternal life, upon the grave-mound that swells above the buried chivalry of our comrade and friend. By the direction of that great and good Commander, whose orders must be obeyed, and who doeth all things well, thou hast been detailed, "Charlie" for a better service, and sent in advance "into that beautiful land, the far away home of the soul." W. B. B. The Times-Democrat of New Orleans printed an interesting sketch of Captain Mastin, in which his career as a staff officer under Gen. Breckinridge was given. It was when Albert Sidney Johnston fell back, across the Tennessee, and Breckinridge made headquarters at the home of Mastin's father in Huntsville, Ala., that he became interested in the youth and selected him as a member of his staff. His first heroic service with him was at Shiloh. Just after the battle of Murfreesboro, when absorbed in the events, he pointed to Mastin and said: "That young man, standing there, is the most fearless man I ever saw." When Gen. Breckinridge was ordered to go to the State Department at Richmond, and had his staff about him to say goodbye, he took the sword that Gen. Streight surrendered to Forrest, who had presented it to Breckinridge, and, handing it to Capt. Mastin, said: "Charles, my son, I place this sword in your keeping. I know you will never dishonor it." Capt. Mastin was under Gen. W. B. Bate until shot through the knee-joint at Jonesboro, and he drew that sword many times, but never dishonored it. Please designate in writing about anything advertised in these pages that you saw it in the VETERAN. It will be of benefit to you and to us. GEN. SHELBY-MISSOURI DELEGATION. Gen. J. O. Shelby, recently appointed by Gen. Gordon as Commander of the U. C. V., in Missouri, is a Tennessean by birth, and a grandson of Gov. Shelby, one of the heroes of King's Mountain. He was reared in Lexington, Ky., and moved to Lafayette, county, Mo., just prior to the opening of the war. He raised, armed, and equipped a company, and was a participant in the first battles of Missouri; Carthage, Oak Hill, Lexington, and Pea Ridge, and went to Corinth after the battle of Shiloh. His ac tivity and address attracted attention from his superior officers, and he was commissioned to raise a Regiment in Missouri. Taking with him his old company, he went to the Missouri river and came back to Arkansas with a full regiment, killing and capturing enough to arm and equip his command. From this on, his career was remarkable, and he was to Arkansas and Missouri what Stuart was to Virginia, Forrest, to Tennessee, and Morgan, to Kentucky. He was badly wounded at Helena, commanded a Division on the Price raid in Missouri, and saved that army on its retreat to Texas. At the surrender in Shreveport of the Trans-Mississippi Department, he with 800 of his men, withdrew and went to Mexico as exiles, and sold his battery of six guns to Diaz. He took with him to Mexico, Gov. Isham G. Harris, of Tennessee; Gov. Allen, of Louisiana, and other officers. He subsequently returned to Missouri and lived on a farm in Bates county until appointed by President Cleveland as United States' Marshall for the Western District of Missouri. He had refused other offices, although having them urged upon him often. Col. H. A. Newman is his Chief of Staff and A.G. That Tired Feeling So common at this season, is a serious HOOD'S Which makes rich, healthy blood, and Makes the Weak Strong Be sure to get Hood's and only Hood's. $1; six for $5. Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. Hood's Pills cure nausea and biliousness. DO YOUR NEIGHBOR A FAVOR. When you go to buy postoffice order or check for your VETERAN, won't you please tell a neighbor or a friend that you are having the expense and care of writing anyhow, and that it won't cost any more to put in another dollar for him or for her? Think how easily the multitude in this way could give the VETERAN such strength that it might be valiant in the praise of the thousands, who gave life itself for conscience, sake, and the thousands yet living who crave above everything of earth, that these truths be established. WALTER BA The Larg COCOAS On th HI Indu Unlike lies or c used in Their delicious BREAKE pure and soluble, and costs SOLD BY GROCE WALTER BAKER & CO Marcus B. Tony In my Wildernes your April number. that between the 5 4.000 of Gen. Gran should read 40,000, about 8,000. Gen. defensive during week's engagement paratively small. STUDENTS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA E. F. Turner, from J. H. Blaylock, Mt. I from Huntsville, Ala Auld, Greenwood, S They made inquiri Jenning's College fo before coming, and Edelen's Transfe EVERYTHING MO Special Attention Gi Packing Furniture, Pic for Shipment, and Movi RESIDENCE:-420 S. FRO OFFICE:-MANLOVE & C "Establis B. G. V MANUFAC Boilers, Breeching, S Tanks, Fire Fro Machine Bla Front St., Near Steamboa Mentionthe VETERAN. Odil Want shipments o for best brands of Case Fillers and service. M g STUDENTS FROM TEXAS, ARKANSAS SOUTH CAROLINA AND ALABAMA,EN TER JENNING'S BUSINESS COL LEGE, NASHVILLE. E. F. Turner, from Panhandle. Ter J. H. Blaylock, Mt. Nebo, Ark.; C. Rand from Huntsville, Ala., and Olin and Fre Auld, Greenwood, S. C., have entered Jenning's College for a business course They made inquiries of business met before coming, and then decided on this school. Edelen's Transfer & Storage C EVERYTHING MOVED and STORED. "Established 1857." B. G. WOOD. MANUFACTURER OF Boilers, Breeching, Smokestacks, Water Machine Blacksmithing. Front St., Near Steamboat Wharf, Nashville, Ten Mention the VETERAN. Odil & Co. Want shipments of Eggs, and orders onds of Egg Cases, Egg Prompt RAN Confederate Veteran. 388 888300 A Splendid Oppo 8888888888 |