The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-13
DANIEL WEBSTER'S VIEWS.
Continued from Eighth Page)

the broadening influence on the minds OF
men the ocean has. and from this he pitch
ed into Byron's ode to the ocean, and
closing with the lines:
Thou glorious mirror where the AL
mightys form
Glasses itself In tempests' -
He was about to finish, but he says he
thought that even with all this enough
had not been said In extolling the slones
OF Savannah and the coast region Of Geor-
sia, so he determined to express himself
as infinitely preferring to be the littlest
thing Imaginable in this section than the
greatest of beings elsewhere. and all of
a sudden the thought flashed In his mind
of the Insignificant little "1ddlers' that
crawl like water spiders on the beach. He
said on the impulse: Mr.. Chairman,
had rather be a fiddler on the coast OF
Georgia"-and here the antithess dawned
with the thought of a harpist, and he flu
ished the sentence"-than harpist in the
kingdom of heaven There was imme-
diately great shout of laughter and ap-
plause, and the speech ended there be-
cause order could not be restored and
Judge Falligant was the hero of the hour"
why cannot something be done to re-
move so many thriftless poor people from
the streets of Savannah" is a question
frequently heard.
1t seems that on Saturdays the streets
abound with them on every corner many
with their organs and other musical in
struments, the blind with their tin cups,
and many who hobble along and enter all
places of business to beg pennies, nickels
and dimes.
In this connection it is interesting 10
know that something will probably be
done by the grand jury to relieve the sit
uation. 1t is rumored that several charges
of vagrancy have already been made out
in many of these cases.
Many prominent citizens of Savannah
have gone to Athens to attend the uni
versity commencement this week. Among
them are Mayor Meldrim, who will deliver
the address of welcome on the occasion
of laying the cornerstone of the new
science hall, to be built on the campus;
Hon. Fleming G. duBignon. who will de-
liver the speech in awarding the medals;
Hon. Pope Barrow, Hon. Samuel Adams
and others.
In the old days of the university COM
mencements it was a great occasion in
Georgia annually. when young men were
to leave the states cherished college, and
despite the rude methods of transporta-
ton, crowds of distinguished Georglans
would gather at Athens from all quarters
of the state. The lions of craftsmanship
were there.
There seems to be a much desired and
needful revival of interest in the COM
mencement exercises at the university.
There never was a Drawer soldier than
was the late Col Frank Huger, son of
Gen. Ben Huger, whose death was re-
ported from Roanoke yesterday" remark
ed Mr.. ]. l.. Beck, commercial agent of
the Georgia and Alabama railroad, yester-
day, who formerly lived in Roanoke.
His career in the confederate army
shines with many chivalrous deeds. He
is the man who took a gun off the field
of battle all by himself at Spottsylvania
He was commander of Huger's battalion,
which comprised some of the most gal
liant batteries in the army of Virginia,
Parkers battery. in particularly famous,
in that 1t was called the boy battery he,
ing made up almost entirely of lads. Col.
Huger was captured at Sailors creek not
long before the surrender while making
a desperate stand against Gen. Custer.
He was taken In charge by Gen. Custer,
who had been a classmate with him at
V est Point before the war"
Col. Huger had a number of relatives in
Savannah.