The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-18
COL. CUTHBERT BULLITr.
The Octogenarian Relates His Expert
enoe in New Orleans.

The Octogenerien Relates His Expert
enoe in New Orleans.
From the NeV Orleans Times Democrat,
NEW YoRK, Oct. eminent among the
guests of the Hotel Imperial is Col. Cuth-
bert Bullitt. fine old Kentucky southerner
of the ants-bellum days. The colonel is at
the Hotel Imperial but why repeat what
everybody must know! For who that
keeps abreast Of the times is
Of Kentucky and Louisiana, after
many years or widowhood, and after
he had passed his 18th birthday,
married the richest woman in Kentucky,
the widow Of Gen. Ransom, and before that
OF the Hon. Kemp Goodloe, OF the famous
Goodloe familys And, further, who does
not know that, after wedding of true
ante-bellum splendor and hospitality. Col.
Bullitt and his bride came to New York for
their honeymoon.
In these fine October days the colonel Is
one OF the most agreeable figures to be seen
on upper Broadway, aud If you should
chance to meet him you would realize what
a fine old gentleman Of the fine old school
really is. There have been good many
gentlemen Of all sorts and conditions since
Adam ate the forbidden fruit out of sheer
gallantry, but never has the world known
inner race of gentlemen than those of the old
southern sohool-so courtly, so splendid, so
oevil-may-care, 30 gallant to woman, so
stsnch TO friends, so bitter to foes. OF
these gentlemen Col. Ruthbert Bullitt is a
type. IL has been said that he has
passed his S0th year, but no one
would think it, seeing mis- erect form,
his clear eyes, his firm step and his careful
toilet. The colonel is about feet inches
In his stocking feet. He has regular feat
ures, blue eyes, white hair. a white mus
tache and small white tuft pendant from
his lower lip. He always wears immacu-
iate shirts with the collars aud cuffs at
sacneo, Prince Albert GOAT with the top
button unbuttoned, gray trousers and boots
hsting his small feet tightly. He talks e
great deal In an open way and as he talks
waves his small hands. Age has not caused
tne best Kentucky whisky to lose its taste
Ior him, nor has he lost that delicate dis
elimination which enables a man to know
when mint julip is properly made, and If
with it, ~
SQUARE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
As all will remember, just before the COL
onel's marriage the United States govern
ment sent him word that some OF his ac-
eounts, sent in when he was collector of the
port OF New Orleans, just after the war,
mad been disallowed. The colonel was not
4little perturbed by this, as he had forgot
ten these accounts thirty years ago. and as
DIS own vouchers had long before been de-
sHoyed by fire. He consulted with his at
torney, who advised him not TO pay the
SoO0 or 5000 in question, as the government
was mistaken, but Col. Bullitt did not wish
MS honeymoon to be marred by a lawsuit,
and he paid the money. The matter got
INTO the papers and caused some little dis
cussion. whereupon the colonel came down
TO the Sun Office ON Saturday and wrote a
card, which was printed to-day. Mixed
with this report was the statement that the
colonel was an abolitionist. A sun reporter
went to see him to-day TO find out IL this
could possibly be true.
NEVER AN ABoLITIoNIsT.
by Cd, sir" said the colonel, .''Pm