The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-19

! stead about six miles above town, and wants
Mr.. era Sford 10 take the affair in hand az
| master OF ceremonies. He does not want 70
| be buried in the new-fangled free negro
style, but prefers the old union style, and
! wants the members Of the Tar at this place
and the officers Of court TO ate I'd bis burial
| in body and fire guns around his grave
and bury him with the honors Of musketry.
He requested the following persons to be
present with the firearms named: J. s.
| Dortch, blunderbuss; W. 4. Little, flint
and steel deer rife; b. F. Camp, black
smiths anvil; J. B. Parks, revolutionary
| musket; A. n. King. horse pistol; Sheriff
McCarter, swell-muzzled shotgun; ordi-
nary Mckenzie, Joe Brown pike. His re-
quest will no doubt be complied with, and
when the day of Lindsay's burial comes
there will be large crowd present TO pay
their respects to the old man. Lindsay Is
well known TO many Of our citizens, and
had nice property before the war. He
was always free, and never knew what IL
was to be slave"
a reporter Of the Athens Banner has
just written up the college museum. He
says: 1.-The first thing that attracted the
eye OF the reporter were the familiar bars
and stars Of the confederate war flag. The
next thing we examined was a war club
brought from the Sandwich Islands by a
missionary many years ago. It was made
OF ebony and was beautifully carved. We
then studied the history Of an idol that was
once worshipped by heather. 1t is beauti-
fully carved curiosity resembling some kind
OF sea fish. 1t was found on board the
Wanderer, which was the last vessel
that brought negroes to America, and
was once owned by Benz. Butler.
The vessel was sank during tine war at
Jekyl's Island. Then there was Sandw oh
Island paddle, beautifully carved of ebony
and very quaint 10 its appearance. Its hiss
tory is unknown. A negro idol Of Youba,
Central Africa, attracted our gaze, and we
looked surther into its mysterious history
Il was carved from an elephants tooth and
was beautifully polished. It's worshipper
was converted by Rev. T. J. Bower, and
presented him with this, his former god
Rev. Mr.. Bower brought It to America with
him and gave It to the college. There was
a cloth OF delicate colors that was an odd
piece Of goods, we thought, aud we saw
from a glance that IL was foreign TO the
styles Of this summers costumes Unfold
ing it we found that it was real nice piece
OF cloth of fine fabric and pretty
colors. There was a sweet odor about
it that spoke volumes of its his
tory, for it was extremely peculiar and
fragrant. We ascerteined that long years
ago, missionary had brought it from the
desolate sands of Central Africa 1t was
from the loom Of native of Youba, and
was at one time the property OF princess
over there, daughter OF the King Of Youba.
She grew to love the missionary, and on his
departure for America presented him with
this, portion of her richest gown, that ha
might think of her over here. Perhaps
one Of the most pleasing sights to us was q
Red Jackets war dress There was a queer
old volume bound in cowhide stored away
in the dust which we next examined. IL
was Siamese copy of the Old Testament,
and was odd IN every feature. Another
volume, which looked aged, was found to
be book containing the alterations pro-
posed by different states to the congress in
1857