The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-03

her family, which makes it all the moro
interesting.
Other relies, books, histories, and pho
tcgraphs of the war, Gov. Joseph f..
Brown and his wife, and also of Gen. w.
D. Smith, have been received from Geor-
gia during the year.
In Edinburgh, Scotland, was secured a
secondhand copy of THE Log of the
Sumter and the Alabama" published in
London in 1865 Though compiled from
Admiral Semmes journal and diary, he
says in the preface of Service Afioat,"
that he writes the latter because the
former is not reliable or correct.
A short sketch has been added to the
memorial of Gen. Barlow, and 1t VIII
interest you to know that he was chair
man of the military committee Of the first
Confederate Congress, which met in
Montgomery, Ala, in 1861, and suggested
the grey uniform for the Confederate
army that has made it loved and IA
nous for all time.
A lady of Waynesboro gave to the room
two copies OF The History of Memorial
Day." published by the Memorial
association of Columbus, Go, which men,
orial association emerged in January,
1866, from the Soldiers Aid Society" this
last having existed from 1861 to January,
1866, when Miss Lizzie Rutherford (aHer-
wards Mrs. Ellis) proposed the change:
In December, 1864, when Gen. Sherman
had reached Savannah, having had no OPP
pOnents but women and children from
Atlanta to Savannah, he said to one of
the many women he exiled from the lat
ter city. 1.-THE women of Georgia are the
crustiest set 1 ever met. and If left TO
them, the war would go on for thirty
years" Thirty-fiye years have past and
through the influence of women the
Memorial Day" of the Confederacy,
which originated in Columbus, Ca, and
was first observed on April 25 1866 Is
not only kept throughout the South, but
the Federals about two years later, insti-
tuted their Decoration Day" Many will
remember the beautiful lines by Randall
one of our Southern poets, telling of the
storm that removed the flowers OF their
first decorations, at Arlington, from the
graves Of the Federals. and strewed them
upon the Confederate graves near by"
In her report for 1900 Miss Stiles says:
Tho room has received through its re-
gent during the past year one hundred
and twenty-seven dollars, and ninety
one cents and, happily, to-day has can
celled the last of it's Indebtedness to the
museum. In the early part Of the year
twenty-five hundred Confederate veter-
ans of Georgia gathered I'm Savannah, and
to them the gifted and tactful Regent IN
Georgia of this memorial hall, addressed
a letter Of greeting. and asked for 500,
that the Georgia room might aid in the
purchase of certain paintings for the mu-
scum. The Governor of the state was
present. and as the reading of the let
ter ended he turned TO his staff and said,
please sec that this Is attended to-" the
chivalrous reply came at once, your
aides have contributed the sum-" and
they inclosed to Mrs. Park $120; $40 Of
which were used for the Georgia room,
and $40 given for the paintings-two OF
these thirty-one pictures, are the torpedo
boat David" the first used in naval
warfare, and was built in Charleston. S.
c., and the submarine torpedo boat III
l.. Hundley," which destroyed the "Keo-
kuk," and was lost, with
all on board. Some interest
ing relics have been received. A
few newspapers, published during the
war, a palmetto basket and one made
of pine tags. The note book of a scout
OF the Army of Tennessee. The receipt
books Of the treasurer of 1.-THE Soldiers
Aid Society" Of Macon, Ga, showing its
work dring the war. A shoestring knitter
made I'm 1863, given by Charles Ellis, Ma
con. Ca. Mrs. Ellyson gave the roster
of Company G of the Jeff Davis Legion,
to be placed with the roster OF Company
A. and the record Of its colonel. j. Il.
Warng of Savannah. The roster. or pay
roll, OF Company b has been advertised
for. but as yet there has been no re-
Spouse.
The daughter of Gen. Gilmer sent The
records OF both armies OF tho war between
the states. published by the United States
government (more than a hundred vol
umes). More volumes Of the records Of the
navy, published by the United States gov
crnmcnt have also been received from time