The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-14

Ting down the mountain side In his am
buance. He asked me what meant Gen.
EWelPs being ordered TO the valley. / told
| did not know lie then asked me where
Gen. Jackson was. ] again had to con-
TESS my Ignorance, and could only say
that ne had broken camp on a certaim
morning, going with his own division
southwest, no one seemed to know where,
and that Gen. Ewell occupied his camp
that night, and had been there ever
We'll" said Taylor, 9thls is strange
Nobody at Richmond knows anything
about It. But" he added, there Is one
old crazy fool long. Gen. Longstreet Is
coming up here to take command"
It was too late, however, to change
Mlroy far to the west of us. He prob-
ably never knew how near he came to-
missing his great fame In the valley. ana
that In that campaign he not only defeat
ed four federal commanders, but ''out-
tianked' two Of his own best generals and
the folks" back at Richmond.
jackson disturbed his immediate subor-
dinates by never telling them his plans,
nor consuming them. They had simply to-
follow him bindly He never explained
nor called a council OF war, nor asked ad-
Vice. Soon after Ewell Joined him IN the
valley ! remember riding with Gen. Iay~
Tor and coming upon Gen. Ewell. sTaglon
asked him what the movement meant.
In his curt, half-abstracted way Ewell re-
piled: Il don't know IL Gen. Jackson
were shot down / wouldn't Know a, thing
OF his plans" "WhatP' said Taylor, 'yots
second in command and don't knowi Ie
/ were second in command / would KNOW
you would, would your" smiled Ewell in
his odd way, holding his head to one side
like sap-sucker deepiilg around tree
''No, YOU wouldn't know any more than {
do s0w. You don't yet know the man.
But Ewell and Taylor found the.r
"crazy" reticent commander to have more
war sense than all Of them put together
SO they ever pinned their faith to hims
admired him and loved him.
have said that Taylor was often sick
and suffering intense bodily pain; yer
that battle or emergency with its re-
spOnsibility and danger would soothe his
pains, make his head clearer and his dis
position more. amiable. Not so with some
OF our generals, as Il was not with Bona
parte. Our great Gen. Lee was the vic
tim of an Indigestion. and II cost tho
south dear. 1t cost US the battle of Get
tygburg! The battle of Gettysburg Is u
singular exception 20 Gen. Lees battlesa
IL wasn't Gen. Lee" who fought It; 10
SHOULDN'T count against him. His nsuaE
skill Is wanting sat Gettysburg. There
must be a cause for It, He was sick and
not In possession of his usual equanimity
and fine mental powers. Those near him
al the time tell us this; and from some
Of them the story Of how II came about
has leaked out.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. cakes Of African in
ventiSh. Thin as a wafer and big nearly
as a cart-wheel; and when made of new
flour and served hot with fresh butter and
maple molasses and folded and folded.
layers thick, they are a feast for the gods.
But Gen. Lee, the best and tenderest OF
men, as well as the greatest, hadn't ir
In his heart to fare well-much as his
ample means would have allowed, when
his men were suffering for food; and if
one wanted poor dinner he had only TO
drop In on Gen. Lee at that hour He
lived but little better than his men. This
greatly disturbed his darby cook; and
when the army had advanced into Penn
syivanla, flowing with mix ana ncncy and
other good things edible, he sai1; Well.
Use gwine 20 git something good for Marso
Robert for once, Il he never gifts none no
mo" So, skirmishing around he got up
the necessary ingredients for the general
favorite cake The dark, in his pride as
chef and Jealous love for bis master, out
dld himself on that 3Oth of June. The
cakes were too tempting; the general ate
too plentlfully, was sick accordingly ana
Gettysburg was lost. The niger and the
napjack saved the union! Some time ago
II was craze" to find a national flower;
why not have a national cake? We sug-
gest that at Thanksgiving the fapJack
have equal honor with the pumpkin
picl