He seemed to enjoy the shower of small coin that fell upon him from the hotels.  His first and only English words were “Moocha Moona.”

These fragments were gathered while visiting at Old Point Comfort recently.  They serve to show the true feeling of the whites for their brave black brother.

A.E.  MEYZEEK, in the Freeman.

Louisville, Ky.

BLACK SOLDIER BOYS.

The following is what the New York Mail and Express says respecting the good services being rendered by our black soldier boys: 

“All honors to the black troopers of the gallant Tenth!  No more striking example of bravery and coolness has been shown since the destruction of the Maine than by the colored veterans of the Tenth Cavalry during the attack upon Caney on Saturday.  By the side of the intrepid Rough Riders they followed their leader up the terrible hill from whose crest the desperate Spaniards poured down a deadly fire of shell and musketry.  They never faltered.  The tents in their ranks were filled as soon as made.  Firing as they marched, their aim was splendid, their coolness was superb, and their courage aroused the admiration of their comrades.  Their advance was greeted with wild cheers from the white regiment’s, and with an answering shout they pressed onward over the trenches they had taken close in the pursuit of the retreating enemy.  The war has not shown greater heroism.  The men whose own freedom was baptized with blood have proved themselves capable of giving up their lives that others may be free.  To-day is a glorious Fourth for all races ’of people in this great land.”

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THEY NEVER FALTERED.

The test of the Negro soldier has been applied and today the whole world stands amazed at the valor and distinctive bravery shown by the men, who, in the face of a most galling fire, rushed onward while shot and shell tore fearful gaps in their ranks.  These men, the Tenth Cavalry, did not stop to ask was it worth while for them to lay down their lives for the honor of a country that has silently allowed her citizens to be killed and maltreated in almost every conceivable way; they did not stop to ask would their death bring deliverance to their race from mob violence and lynching.  They saw their duty and did it!  The New York Journal catches inspiration from the wonderful courage of the Tenth Cavalry and writes these words: 

“The two most picturesque and most characteristically American commands in General Shafter’s army bore off the great honors of a day in which all won honor.”

“No man can read the story in to-day’s Journal of the ‘Rough Riders’ charge on the blockhouse at El Caney of Theodore Roosevelt’s mad daring in the face of what seemed certain death without having his pulses beat faster and some reflected light of the fire of battle gleam from his eyes.”