Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-17
SAVANNAH'S NEW BISHOP
THE VACANT SEE TO BE FILLED
BY BISHOP BECKER.

THE VACANT SEE TO BE FILLED
BY BISHOP BECKER.
dispatches from Archbishop CorrigAn
Confirm the UnOfficial Statement that
Bishop Cross Successor Has Been
AppOintSd-sketch of the New Bish-
ops Life.
The announcement in the NEWS yester-
day that Bishop Becker, OF Wilmington,
Del, is to be transferred TO the vacant see
OF Savannah, excited great deal of in
terest. Inquiry at the episcopal residence
elected nothing that would either tend TO
confirm or contradict the dispatcn. In
fact, Vicar General CaffertY stated that
he had received no information ana all he
knew about the appointment was what be
had read in the NEWS.
SO many rumors have been circulated
since the SEE became vacant that the an
no1ncement was received with some IN
certainty. Late last night the NEWS re-
ceived the following telegram from VIII
miDgtOn, Bishop Becker's home;
"Being asked about his reported trans
fer % the vacant see Of savannah, Bishop
Rocker said this morning that the trans
fer is highly probable, but as yet be has
received no official information thereat.
Such Information would come direct to
him from Rome"
Ii is inferred from Bishop Becker's Ian
guage that nc considers the report cor
rect. A private telegram from Arch
bishop Corrigan received last night in re-
-, to an inquiry, stated that he has re-
ed pQettiXe information that Bishop
1cker WIN ,atrnnslerEed to the Sayan-
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Rev. ThO4as A. Becker FslIf fe ftAS ).
aerred toN~Sayannah. Bishop Bed&erlI
In Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 90, 1882. He was
educated at Rome and was ordained in
the Holy City June 10, 1859 Soon after he
was sent &c Richmond. Va, and later to
Aiartinsburg. Thence he was transferred
to st. Peters Church, Baltimore. Ia his
early priesthood he was an assistant priest
Rt the Cathedral In Baltimore. This was
about twenty years ago. Some |
time afterwards he was made a
professor OF theology at Mt. st. Mary's |
College, Emmettsburg, Nd. At the second |
Plenary Council he was one of the Secre- |
laries, and he was also public secretary
at the last Plenary Council. For while !
he was assigned to the Richmond |
cathedral. Eighteen years ago next
month be was appointed 10 Wilmington,
and he was consecrated Bishop Aug. rs |
~ the same yea By Archbishop Spalding. |
1t was reported last summer that Bish- |
op Becker was 10 be transferred to Sa- |
vannah in the autumn. That report was
preceded by the announcement that Arch !
bishop Gibbons would be made a Cardi- |
nal. After lapse OF TX months the two
49, 81.
very " neF9,3 e., order In which they first |
,ests are ready hSne there seems TO be lit. |
"a elsewhere. If 1.-THE announcements are |
lrnment and good
here might be encolah was made vacant |
Ors to go ahead. Boy the elevation OF |
steadily le archbishOpric OF !
IA unknown race
he ruins Of WID wALDHAUER.
stephens and Otl =
ma puohc pun Old Commander OF the
, ~ SS as NJ sOrgia Hussars.
1royement sil Waldhauer, an ola resident
-srenif cfty9 ID 1, lis Sg residence on South
Broad street yesterday after an
illness OF about two nontns. me de-
ceased was So years OH. eHe was de-
scended from one Of the Salzbufer Iami- |
lies which were settled by Oglethorpe 80.
Ebenezer in the early days of the colony
OF Georgia. Capt. Waldhauer's ancestors
were farmers, and his early youth was
spent In the vigorous duties and pleasures
OF country life. hence his strength and
endurance and that knowledge and skill
in horsemanship which rendered him re-
msrkable even in the ranks of the South
ern cavalry.
After a few years at school he became
in the office of the Central Rail-
-1 COMPANY in this city, where his
ed intelligence and assiduity
nlgnI lily advanced him to a position OF
nau oA9noe. IA city reasons induced him
: 9uee1gg In this position and move co the
wv Nh, where he was living in 1861 when
toEe war began.
Before this time he had been a member
of the Georgia Hu isars, and when the
company volunteered in July, 1861, to 20
20 Virginia, they sen for him to become
their First Lieute ~ As Lieutenant,
and then Captain of the company, he
served during the war with conspicuous
gallantry.
In Gen. Longstreevs report of the battle
OF Seven Pines Lieut.. Waldhauer is COM
mended for the information obtained by
penetrating with a small detachment the
White OaS Swamp 70 rear OF the Federal
position.
In Fredes>sS Cry, during the Shsrps-
uliIk NN4AAt AAituts " Win
ono Off er and "a men, repulsed the at
tack Of a squadron Of cavalry, scattering
them and their supports after hand TO
hand fight. For hIs superb conduct upon
this occasion Gen. Wade hampton sent
him handsome pistol suitably inscribed.
At Gettysburg, in the midst OF a charge,
the gallant Captain was shot through the
wight arm, necessitating its amputation
Just below the shoulder Joint.
AS soon as he recovered from his wound
sufficiently to ride he rejOined his COM
pany In Virginia, served through another
active campaign, and ia the winter of
1864 was captured and sent to Fort Della
ware, where he remained during the rest
of the war. After the war he reer tered
the service OF the Central Railroad Com
pany. and was for a time chief of the for
warding department.
His funeral VIII take place from st.
Johns church at $3.50 O'Clock this after
noon, and will be attended by the Georgia
Hussars.
WILL THAT WAS NOT LOST.
A COiored Woman Prepares q Win for
80.