The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-27
SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER.
THE DEATH OF GEN. J. A. WALKER
OF VIRGINIA.

go Corrections-SOme Few Dots
about Dick Peters-Hazing at
west Point-The Last Battle of the
war Between the states-History
Put Right About Fort Tyler.
rrauch's Account of the Columbus
Battle.
pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla, Oct.
os-I will answer "old Rebels ques-
+ion about Roosevelt's uncles in my
uox+ letter. In my last letter
..Doeus military should have been
.,ogus military titles" of which the
oorntrv is full. Sam Davis
..neerless" spirit should have been
.fearless;" yet, in many respects, the
term peerless might be appropriate
A professional gentleman in
screven county, Georgia, sends me a
conv of Lieut.. Totten's famous book.
oThe Coming Crusade" to read, which
shall do, as the author belongs to a
most distinguished military family.
and is himself West Point graduate.
If anybody has preached an
ahIer or more eloquent sermon on the
death of President Mckinley than the
one delivered by our Bishop Warren
A Gambler at Frederictown, Mo,
have not seen it. Georgia has great
reason to be proud of this eminent
divine, who seems to measure up" to
any occasion and to all demands.
The latest and most popular military
song, when the Boys Go Marching
BY" words and music by c. w. Doty,
is published by Doty & Brill, No 43
West Twenty eighth street, New York.
The title page is beautiful and the
young Spanish-American volunteer Of
fcer in the center is neat and handsome
enough to belong to Savannah's
crack" corps.
Maj. Gen. Samuel G. French, C. s..
A, of Pensocalo, Fla, has given the
public his promised book 1.-TWO Wars
An Autobiography" 1t covers his
West Point cadetship, his services in
the United States Army in the Mexican
War and in the Confederate States
Army during the Civil War, as we'll
as his civil life experiences as a. cotton
planter in Mississippi, and an orange
grower in Florida. Other matters of
general interest are also treated, and
while the book does not rise to the dig
nifty of a history, having been written
largely for his children, it is a very
entertaining volume, and one that old
Confederates will find worth buying
and reading. 1t is published by the
Confederate Veteran monthly of Nash
vile, Tenn, at 81, which is a reasona,
BILE price for so handsome a book. Gen.
French was born in New Jersey, but on
resigning from the army in 1856 he be.
came a cotton planter in Mississippi,
where the Civil War found him, and
he espoused the Southern cause. After
some months of active service for the
state he was appointed a brigadier
general in the c. S. A
The death of Gen. J. A. Walker Of
Virginia removes one of the most active
and noted of the Republican Confeder-
ates. Next to Gen. Malone, he was
the most conspicuous, having been Il
member of Congress and Lieutenant
Governor. His place, however, will be
partially filled by a new convert, Gen.
T. L. Rosser, who aspires to Republi-
can congressional honors. The
Atlanta paper that lately published a
picture of the widow" of the late Gen.
Basil w. Duke of Kentucky will be
surprised to note that the General is
still alive and probably Kicking at
having his handsome wife called a
wilder He made one of the ad-
dresses of welcome to the Confederate
veterans in Louisville few days ago.
= Not many years past half the
Governors in the Soulful not more
were Confederate generals, but now the
tide semes to have turned in another
direction and editors are considered
worthy of gubernatorial honors. South
Carolina has insolvency and Alabama
bac 70
son and Georgia accepts Estill, the
world will be put on notice that news
paper men are worthy of being thus