Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-05

| pressed for the position given IN Major
aIlace, but retired in favor of that dis
| tlngulshed gentleman. The appointment
OF Col. Adams or Major Houston would
meet with general approval. but in this
section the latter gentleman has a host nj
warm friends who would hail his apDoint-
ment with great pleasure AS he is now
out OF the railroad business, and is a
thoroughly posted and experienced man.
he can fully meet the requirements of the
act creating the commission and defining
the qualifications of its members.
THE GRAVE OF MRS. HENTz.
Prof. j. p. Stelle, the agricultural edi-
tor of the Mobile, Ala, Re0iSter, has been
visiting Florida, and this is what he has
to say about the grave Of a well-known
Southern authOress:
In the cemetery just back OF the neat
little Episcopal Church. at Mariana
sleeps Caroline Lee Hentz. the gifted au-
thoress. A plain marble column, about
eignt teet high, with broken top upon
winch Is carved 4 wreath of roses. marks
the spot. Close to the north sideOf this
monument two unpainted wooden boards
stuck in the ground indicate the locality
ana length of grave, and on that same
SIDE is engraved in the square base of the
column, caroline Lee HentZ; Born June
lst, 1900; Died February 11th, 1866 On
the south side, where is a grave similarly
indicated, is inscribed, Nicholas Marcel
lus Hentz; Born July 25th, 1897: Died
November 4th, 1885, This was the hus-
band Of Caroline Lee HentZ"
The spot is surrounded by a plain
wooden paling, about twenty-five feet
square. Within the enclosure are three
other graves, of relatives, marked by plain
marble headstones. No special attention
saems to be paid to the place. Within
pnRlOGnFn
tree, also small Grape myrtle, a verv small
live oak, and two branching and neglected
cape Jessamines. A wild honeysuckle
has started, and is trying to climb over
the Grape myrtle.
ut is common for her biographers to
state that Mrs. Hentz died sat her home
in Marianna.' This is not entirely cor
rect, for she does not seem to have had a
home here. Some relatives were residing
near the place--her elder children, we be-
lleVe-and to these the old folks came in
1852, thinking the climate would favor the
father, who was an invalid. Three or
four of Mrs. HentZ's best books were
written at Mariana. She died of pneu-
mOnia."
FINAL PARAGRAPHS.
Savannah and Macon now have the
only really live military battalions in tn
State, that Of Augusta having weakened
and Atlanta's long ago went
TO pieces. Columbus is working in the
direction of battalion to include several
outside companies.
The Supreme Court of South Carolina
has just decided that a railroad company
is not responsible for cotton burned at its
depOts, unless the said cotton has been
duly delivered to the agent and his receipt
given for it. Shippers will do well to
make a note of this.
The report that Governor Stephens died
a poor man is not founded on fact. 1t is
true that he left only ST., ,OOO, but he was all
his life transmitting his wealth to heaven
in good deeds, and no man ever died richer
than he. With pure christian faith and
an unseltish purpose, he constantly laid
up treasures IN Heaven, and through all
eternity he will enjoy them.
Councilman Duning, of Atlanta, claims
to have brick taken from the house in
Philadelphia in which the Declaration of
Independence was signed. He ought to
send it to the young man at Jeflerson's
old mansion at ''MOnticello," who eX-
hiblts the gig-seat box in which Jefferson
carried the declaration to Philadelphia
The two frauds would go wei together.
Maitland, Florida. through the gener-
osity of Bishop Whipple, the Kindness
OF friends and the zeal of the rector. Rev.
{. W. Ward, now has beautiful
SIicNppdI 0uulCu. anu It2uidI CuIludN
services. No place IN the State has been
more successful in securing attractive
houses of worship and desirable
Christian population.
l am not as enthusiastic as some of our
citizens appear to be over the proposed
here of large sewing ma
chine factory. If Singer or Wheeler &
Wilson, or any big established concern
of wealth and character would put a
branch factory in Atlanta it would be a
great help to the city. l no not, however,
think we have the capital to build up
new enterprise of this kind.
Much of the boom in real estate has its
inspiration in the growth of manufacture
ing enterprises in the city and around !
the city limits. A great deal of land in
the suburbs is being purchased with a
view to hold it for sale in the future to
parties who are expected to come here
and start factories of various kinds. 1t
IS thought that cheap coal will soon
double our present manufacturing enter
DrISeS. Perhaps so. CHATHAM