The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-21
GEN. LEES POPULARITY
A BIG CROWD WILL FOLLOW HIM
TO THE CUBAN CAPITAL.
some Women who Have Been a
blessing to the Army-A Colonel
Who Is True SoIdicr-Other Mat
tiers of General Interest.


the war, so far as the blockade Of Cuban
and other Spanish ports IS concerned. has
gwen new impetus to The lumber trade
mere which of late years has reached I'M
mense proportions This win be crafty
ing to saw mill men everywhere. Recent
iy made trip from Orlando TO Atlanta,
via the Plant System, to Triton, thence
over the Georgia Southern and Florida to
Macon, and from there over the Central
of Georgia. The whole distance 1 saw but
one saw mill, big or little idle All along
the line the mills were busy, and at many
points large shipments were being made
At Triton the immense Tiff mills, destroy
ed by fire, are being rebuilt in greatly i'm
prove style.
Col Elijah L. Higdon of the First Ala
bama Regiment has won high praise for
The admirable discipline and fine soldierly
appearance of his command. This fact is
due largely to his early and steady train
ing In the National Guard of Georgia years
ago. AT the encampment in Rome. when
the Chatham Artillery and other Savan-
nah companies were present, young Hig-
don won his first honors as an officer in
the then noted Atlanta Grays Battalion,
OF which Lieut.. Col ". l. Hayward was
commander. After his removal to Birm-
ingham this meritorious young soldier
Identified himself with the National Guard
OF that state, and to-day he stands in the
i front rank of the best regimental COM
manders in the volunteer service. The Sc
cret is an open one. When he first enter
o. ho CT 10 "a
did so fully determined to be faithful in
! every duty and discharge fully every OBJ
! ngatlon imposed upon him. From the
hrst MS record has been clean and his
! promotion steady and sure, a deserved re-
ward for his years of faithful service.
In a recent letter 1 alluded to the grand
work done by Mrs. Gen.
| w. w. Gordon at Miami
and Mrs. Col. Moulton in jackson
vile, for convalescent soldiers Mrs.
! Moulton, whose husband Is commander of
| the Second Illinois Regiment, has since
enlarged her sphere of usefulness, through
| GOV. Tanners donation of a large tent,
ana now she gives the feeble, recovering
soldier boys a delightful place in which
TO reeuperate-a regular Soldiers rest"
Mrs. Dodge of the Windsor Hotel a gen
! erous-hearted army nurse in the civil war
mas carpeted the wooden floor of the tent
and helped to make 1t home-like and at
| tractiVe. All recuperating soldiers of the
! entire Seventh Corps are welcomed to this
refreshing retreat. AS Gen. Lees corps
| WILL IN part at least, remain here some
two months longer, this new movement
| by Mrs. Moulton will prove a great bless
ing TO the Sick soldiers of the camps
inns noble woman has proved herself
Veritable Florence Nightingale" to the
seventh Corps from her first arrival here
The New York Mail and Express refers
to Gen. Lees "humor," quoting his tele-
gram TO the war department at Washing
| ton IN response to official notification Of
peace negotiations, that he would order
| the Seventh Corps to cease firing" The
fact IS, there is not a general in the serv-
| ice that is fuller of good humor than
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, or who knows better
now ana when to use it, The most COM
| panionabIe of men, he is always sur
rounded by a delighted crowd of listen
ers whenever he seats himself in the ro-
tunda or on the veranda of the Windsor
Hotel. With the ladies he is an especial
1aVorlte, and they are charmed with his
easy, frank manners. There is seldom a
lack OF humor In his conversation 1 well
remember one evening on the hotel We
randa, at the Tampa Bay Hotel we were
sitting, surrounded by a bevy of lovely
rehned Cuban ladies and their male es-
corts. one of the brightest of the party
said to Gen. Lee, president Mckinley. he
DO just as you say" The general
stamped his foot and sternly replied:
No, mo- The next moment. when
some one suggested he had stamped on
the foot of the young lady on his left
ne laughlhgiy replied: 80, no! She don't
nave to so into the middle of the street
to turn a corner" The young lady was
Cuban and not from Chicago.
II is already evident that the advent
OF Gen. Lee into Havana will be followed
ey a big stream of returning Cubans,
opanlards and Americans, returning to re-
store their business enterprises or re-es-
tablish their deserted homes Behind his
crowd Will go small army of adyen-
turers, prospectors and investors to seek
their fortunes on that redeemed island
Many impatient ones are now at Kew
west, Tampa and Jacksonville ready to
start at an hours notice. The customs
receipts of the sport Of Havana win he
| enormous for months to come Santiago
mas already drawn a large crowd of new
settlers, but it is not alone the large
cites that are TO be chosen for invest
ments. All over the island there are
/ sugar, tobacco and fruit-growing lands
that can be bought cheap and made very
profitable in a short time Tampa viii
lose big slice of her population as soon
as Cuba as fairly opened to immigra ton.
Inc Morning News a few days ago pub
Hshed an interesting article, by George
u. Walsh. entitled "The Three-NIillion
book as it is called, with probably half
a hundred more volumes to come. 1 note
the fact to assure the people who have
been fortunate enough to secure this prize
that they make great mistake in throw
| ing the volumes aside as they come to
| hand on the plea that they are dry" Off
cial records. The fact is, there is no live
ner reading matter anywhere than can
| be found in these volumes. Teddy
Rooseveit's miscalled round robin" amt
in it, with a hundred or more spicy doc
uments published in them. The last vol
ume issued is fun of sharp correspondence
between war governors and President
Davis. Distinguished generals, In pre-
vious volumes, have aired their dirty
linen" Some of the private" correspond
ence Is of the most sarcastic kind. In
fact, there is hardly a volume that can
be called dry" reading.
Sidney Herbert.
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