The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-04

learn ii in their earliest years The most
celebrated war poet of Germany was Karl
Iheodor korner. one OF the famous Ga
gers, or wild huntsmen." Just before the
battle of panneburg, he wrote the we'll
known song which begins:
''Darkly dawning, death enshrouded,
Breaks the great, the dreadful day"
and this and many of his other songs have
been sung by German soldiers during the
long years since his death.
The Marseillaise of the hungarians"
as II was called was written by Potof,
Hungarian poet who sent the song cali
Ell Forward TO kossuth who distribut-
ed II among the soldiers of the army. The
regiments sang IL as they advanced to bat
tie, and many victories were won. In a
conflict with the Cossacks, Petofi was slain
ana his body never recovered, and even
now many of the simple Hungarian peo-
pie oeheve that their poet is stil alive aud
VIII return 10 them with new inspiration
In our own country, while we have
nothing TO compare in grandeur with the
hymn OF France or The Watch on the
kline, We still have stirring patriotic
bymns and songs, many of which date
from the civil war. or the revolutionary
songs, Yankee Doodle" is the only one
which is universally remembered, and its
Duriesque character takes from its force
and influence. The battle hymns Of David
humphrey were well known and beloved
curing our struggle for independence, and
the poet himself was a soldier.
The Star-Spangled Banner" is still the
most popular song upon our fields, and
Is always a source of inspiration to orr
soldiers. II Is said that during the recent
lighting before Santiago, our infantry
charged braVely on, singing ''The Star
Spangled Banner" while under a heavy
fire from the Spanish guns. America. h"
written in 1882. and sung to the tune of
God Save the Queen" brings every true
American and Englishman to his feet and
me words which each sings are different
the melody and the feeling are the same.
John Browns Body" 1.-THE Starry
Flag, Marching Thro Georgia" Tramp
Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are Marching"
and 'We are Tenting Tonight on the
Old Camp Ground" are some of the best
known Northern songs of the civil war.
while from the South comes the famous
song called Dixie" written by Gen. Al
bert Pike, and published in 1861. The
music was composed by a member Of
Bryants minstrels. From the first lines.
Southrons hear your country call YOU"
to the last words of the refrain,
For Dxie's land Wen take our stand,
To live or die for Dxie!"
1t is full of love of country and willing
ness to serve.
Nothing of such real beauty was brought
forth by the civil war as the Battle
Hymn of the Republic" written by Julia
Ward Howe, II is not the simple tune
to which 1t is sung which thrills the heart,
but such words these
mine eyes have seen the glory of the
coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the
grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of
his terrible swift sword;
His truth is marching on"
Another beautiful song comes from the
South and runs as follows:
"All quiet along the Potomac tonight,
No sound save the rush of the river;
While soft falls the dew on the face Gf
the dead,
And the pickets off duty forever
To "Chickamauga,' a name familiar to
us now as the gathering place of our
regular and newly enlisted troops, a song
was written, which appeared in the Rich-
mond Sentinel, in the early part of the
civil war, while the old and spirited song
called rally Round the Flag" an in
heritance of the civil war has never lost
its power.