The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-04
GARDINER HONORED
MADE HONORARY MEMBER OF
GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
HIS SERVICE TO GEORGIA.
IN DISCOVERING REMAINS OF GEN.
GREENE THUS REWARDED.

Picture for TeIfair Academy Has
Renched the city and Is Being Re-
moved From Wharves-WHI Not BE
Unpacked and Hung Until Next Fan
when Director Brandt Returns.
Minutes of the COunciI of safety
soon to De PubIished-Preface by
MIR. Otis AshmOre.
Col. Asa Bird Gardiner of New York,
chairman of the committee of the Rhode
Island Society of the Cincinnati, which
recently prosecuted to a successful con-
clusion the search for the remains of Maj
Gen. Nathaniel Greene, was last night
unanimously elected an honorary member
of the Georgia Historical Society.
This action was taken at the society's
June meeting. after the routine and formal
business of the society had been trans
acted. Col Gardeners name was placed
in nomination for honorary membership
by Mr.. william Harden, the nomination
was seconded by several of the society's
members. and he was elected by a unani-
nous vote.
In making the nomination Mr.. Harden
said that the members of the society were
as familiar as himself with the search
that had recently been made by the COM
uoittee. under Col. Gardeners direction
for the remains of Gen. Greene. 1t had
now been definitely determined that the
remains had actually been found, the
Identification being absolute and conclu-
sive Col Gardiner, furthermore, is pres
ident of the Rhode Gsland Society of the
Cincinnati and secretary of the general
society.
1t was reported to the society that the
great picture, 'Parabola, or The Bridge
OF Life" which Director Brandt purchas-
cd for the Telfair Academy of Arts and
Sciences at the Munich Exposition, had
arrived in Savannah and that it was be-
ing conveyed from the wharves of the
Ocean Steamship Company to the Acad-
envy building. The picture has come
packed in three boxes. the first contain
ing the painting proper, the second the
frame and the third the glass. The frame
and glass are massive and heavy and
great care is being exercised in trans
fering them TO the Academy
The picture will be stored during the
summer, and will not be mounted ana
hung until Director Brandt's return to
ter. A full description of this master
piece which was last season among the
artistic sensations of the continent of
Europe was given in Director Brandt's
last annual report to the society, which
was published in full in the Morning
News, when it was made last month
The other business that the society
transacted was not of particular moment.
1t had been expected, or rather 1t had
no hat a
be made of the progress of the publica-
tion of the proceedings of the Council of
Safety. of Georgia. The original manu-
scripts of these minutes are in the pos
session of the society. but they are very
old and their age is beginning 10 tell. 1t
has been realized for some time that if
their perpetuation was to be assured the
proceedings would have to be published.
and the Savannah chapter of Daughters
of the American Revolution last year I'M
dertook this patriotic work.
Within a comparatively short time now
the book will be ready for publication
and delivery to the society. All the print
ing has been done, the proofs have been
read and the binding is all that remains.
In few weeks. at most. the book will
be turned over TO the society.
The publcati ton has been supervised, on
behalf of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, by Mr.. Otis Ashmore and
MIR. William Harden. Mr. Harden has
added an index and other features to the
work and the preface, in itself an inter
esting bit of description of Revolutionary
incidents, is contributed by Mr.. Ashmore.
This preface, which gives a good idea of
what the book itself will contain, is as
follows:
The Georgia Historical Society has in
its possession several manuscript histori-
cal documents of great value. which for
he tar # bav
lshed. 1t is true that these papers have
been accessible to the historians of our
state, still much OF their worth has been
lost in their present form.
Recognizing the value of the informa-
zion contained in these papers, and the
good to be accomplished by their publica-
tion the Savannah Chapter of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution, with
generous and patriotic feeling entirely
worthy of that noble organization, has
undertaken at its own expense the publ
cation of the collection herein contained.
During that stormy period of Ameri-
can revolutionary history which interven-
ed between the announcement and over
throw of British authority in the prov
inces and the firm establishment of self
government by the newly organized states
condition of affairs arose that was
marked by the greatest solicitude and
danger Unwilling to submit longer to
British oppression. and conscious of the
desperate struggle that must ensue in
the resort to arms, the people Of the sew
eral provinces in turn called together
their wisest men TO take counsel for the
Tublic good. These organizations Were
generally known as Councils of Safety
They were composed Of the wisest and
most prudent men in the community, and
20 them were entrusted at times the en-
tire welfare OF the cause OF liberty
In Georgia the first Council OF Safety
was appointed at a meeting OF the princi-
pal friends of liberty held in Savannah
June %, l775 with William Even as presi-
dent. on July. 4, 1775. a Provisional Con-
gress, in which every parish and district
was represented. met at Savannah. in
Tondee's Long Room northwest corner
Broughton and Whitaker streets). and
elected Archibald Bulloch president, and
George Walton secretary This meeting
is aptly called by Col. c. c. Jones 'Geor-
gas first secession convention There
had, indeed been a former meeting OF
similar import, but only a few OF the dis
tricts and parishes were represented This
therefore. may truly be caned Georgia
first Provisional Congress.
This Congress delegated to the Council
Of Safety power 10 act for the people
when the Provincial Congress was not in
session. The proceedings OF this meeting
form the first part OF these collections.
The Council OF Safety continued TO dis