Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-10

hosts then adjourned to the cabin, where
Mr.. W. S. Powell, Chairman, introduced
his Honor, Mayor Latrobe, who welcOm-
ed the Georgia Press Association in a
very pleasant speech. He was replied to
by the President of the association. A
number of able speeches were made, but
the general verdict was that our ministe-
rial brethren, the Rev. John W. Heidi, of
the West Point NetgS, and Rev. DR.. /. S.
Hopkins, of the Oxford journal, were the
orators of the occasion. On their return
to the wharf, the GeOrgians gave three
cheers and a tiger for their kind enter
tanners.
At a meeting Of the association held on
it's return from the excursion, an invita-
ton was received and accepted from the
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad to visit
Washington, and all but a half dozen of
the party left that evening to spend Sum
day at the national capital.
PREACHER AND EDITOR.
Those who remained in the city on Sun
day attended Mt. Vernon Methodist
Episcopal Church Northern where our
cOnfrere, Rev. DR.. /. S. Hopkins, Oficiated.
The old-fashioned Methodists of Georgia
would be astonished to see this magnif-
cent edifice, with its cathedral spire, and
its grand interior, supported by groined
arches. 1t was not in keeping with the
proverbial simplicity of the followers of
John Wesley. Listening to its liturgy,
hearing its chants, and looking at the
surroundings, one could readily imagine
that he was within the shadow Of the Es-
tablished Church. Mt. Vernon Church is
said to have a very wealthy congregation,
but there were only few present on
that Sunday. The minister said they had
gone to the springs and summer resorts to
escape the hot weather. In this they were
very like Christians further South.
President J. M. Hood and General Ticket
Agent B. II. Griswold, of the Western
Maryland Railroad, had arranged for the
press excursion to Pennsylvania on Mon
day, and the next day to take the party to
Pen-Mar and Blue Ridge Mountain House.
At 8 O'Clock a. m. the excursionists babe
goodbye to their Baltimore friends and
were soon on their way to Gettysburg.
ON THE ROAD TO GETTYSBURG.
We were met on the road by Messrs,
r. ii. Thomas, of the farmers Friend,
| fredericksburg; II. J. Stable, of the Get
! tysburg Compiler; ID. Il. wagner, OF the
! Shippensburg NetcS; Mr.. Stofer, and other
| gentlemen of the Pennsylvania Editorial
! Association. Arriving at Gettysburg,
| the party were escorted to the Eagle
| Hotel. There they were introduced to
number of ladies, representatives of the
better halves of the press OF the keystone
! DbdJGs IL was dUOub uOOtls anu Vic 4AACAA
necessary at that time was served
with the same regularity as others
! had been during the journey.
| 1t will be as well to mention here, if the
reader has not already discovered the fact,
! that there were no meals omitted. After
dinner the party were provided with con-
veyances and driven to the famous bat
tle-field. Driving through the town the
marks of the fierce struggle were still
plainly visible. Board fences looked
as though they had been used as the back
! boards of CreedmOOr target. A conicai
| shell still protruded from the brick wall
of one of the houses. There were marks
of the first days fight DULY y when the
''rebs" drove the ''yanks'' through the
| town and the latter took position on Gem
etery Hill.
THE BATTLEFIELD.
Col. W. d. HoltzwOrth, the guide of the
party, had thoroughlEstudied the battle
and the battle ground, and could point
out not only the location of every Federal
and Confederate corps during the three
days. fighting, but could give the names
of division, brigade, regimental and bat
terry commanders and the respective po-
sitions of their commands. Stand
ing on Cemetery Hill, or where
Pickets division made it's immortal
charge, or where LOngstreet so vainly en-
deavOred to make up by brave fighting
the forever lost opportunity, or where
Ewel's corps failed in its flank move
ment, Col. HoltZwOrth's words would
| all but bring back to the field the living
masses which battled together on those
! eventful days. The party went over the
field, from Cemetery Hill to 1'Little Round
| TOp.' The advantages of positions were
all in favor of the Union forces, and our
Pennsylvania hosts were proud of the
| heroism of the brave legiOns that charged
IL 4,
is stated that President Lincoln, on view
ing the ground over which the
COnfederates charged, said he was
! proud to claim as cOuntrymen
the men who charged up those hills. The
battlefelds of the three days cover an
area of twenty-five square miles. Nearly
all of what is now known as Cemetery
| Ridge, from the hill on the east of the
cemetery to ELittle Round Top, the posi-
tion occupied by the Union forces during
! the second and third days battles, has
! been purchased by the Gettysburg Battle
! field Association" and the survivors Of
| Union regiments that took part in the
| conflict are erecting tablets showing their
| positions during the battle. Each tablet
! gives the name of the regiment, its
! corps, division, brigade and command
er and the number Of men killed in the
| fight.
/ A@1L Ah4h4A2p VI IT'D 4NOANAA AM 1 liz
| SOUTH.
Our hosts, while giving the Confeder-
ates their full need of praise for their
bravery, always stated that the cOntending
! armies were about equal in numbers. The
| facts are Gen. Lee had $4,000 men and
| Gen. Meade $4,000. President Davis in
! his book gives the reason for the invasion
Of Pennsylvania, even with snch odds
against the South. The Federals had as
nlo6 n q Erp6nriRlva hIIro
bering $4,000 men, and were preparing
for another son to Richmond" This i'm
mense army had to be battled with,
and it was thought best to trans
fer the contest to Northern soil.
Lees army crossed the Potomac
and the Union army followed. The battle
at Gettysburg was unavoidable and had
to be fought. Had the Confederates trium-
pied it would probably have ended the
war; as it was, it was not victory for
the Union forces, except in its after re-
suits. The first days fight resulted in
the rout of part of Meade's army, and on
July and 3 Meade only held his position.
Lee retreated leisurely across the
Potomac, the enemy not daring to
attack him. The object of the
invasion was accomplished, but the Army
of Northern Virginia lost thousands Of
brave men whose places could not be
filled.
CARLISLE SCHOOL,
A railroad has been recently built from
the town of Gettysburg to "Little Round
Top" for the accommodation of visitors.
The cars which had brought the party
had been sent to the latter point, and
leaving our carriages and bidding adIeu
to our guide, we took this route back,
passing near Gettysburg, en- route for
Carlisle. Arriving at the latter place,
conveyances were ready to take
the party to the Indian school.
Carlisle barracks, though remote from
the scene of that conflict, was used dur
ing the Revolutionary war by the colo
nists as a recruiting station. The origi-
nal buildings ere built by the Hessians
captured by ashington at Trenton.
These bqildi were rebuilt in 1886, and
burned by - Confederate cavalry in
1868, After the war they were rebuilt
and used for military purposes until 1879
since which time they have been used as
an industrial school for Indian youths
and maidens.
INDIAN YOUTHS AND MAIDENS.
The idea of educating young Indians in
stead of fighting old ones had been dis
cussed since the days of the Pilgrims,
but did not take a practical form until
Capt. Pratt, who will be remembered by
many of the readers of the MORNING
NEWS as the officer in charge of the In
dion DrISOnnrc confined at ST AuO11ctinn