The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-29

convulsed by factions his fathers civil
friends appealed to him to accept the
nomination to the Mayoralty. Local
history recorded his failure to be elect
ed. The General disliked bubbles and
devious ways. He was always straight
forward.
Judge Beauregard said that when
his father went away to West Point
after his appointment as superintend-
ent of the Military Academy he was at
school in Alexandria, and was anxious
to go with him. However, he did not
join him until after the MATTE of Ma
nassas. OF course, the record of the
Generals appointment and movements
at Sumter and subsequently are known
to all readers of history. His son
formed a battery of artillery, in which
he was lieutenant, and afterward cap
tain, and served through the war; and
was attached to the Army of Tennes-
see during a great part of the time.
Henry Beauregard. the younger son,
was a cadet at the South Carolina Mil
itary Institute, and was stationed with
other cadets in the ruins of Fort Sum-
ter during the last year of the war.
He was too young ito participate in any
battles, but if the war had continued
long enough there would have been
three Beauregards among the Confed-
crate officers. He joined his father,
and surrendered with him at Green's
borough.
At the time that Gen. Beauregard
went to the war Judge Beauregard's
grandfather, grandmother, and sister
remained in this state on a plantation
In the parish of Plaquemines, known
as the old Magnolia plantation, where
the family then lived
In regard to the reason why
he was not with his father
during the war, Judge Beaure-
gard said that his father was op-
posed to nepotism, as 1t was after
ward called, and wanted to get his
son away; he believed that one. reason
for this was that his father would
not have liked to see him shot, and for
that reason the son formed a battery,
part of the men coming from Louisi-
ana. He was the first lieutenant, and
after the battle of Jackson, Miss, the
captain being wounded he became cap
tain, and afterward senior captain in
the battalion.
"My father was very hard toward
himself, and allowed himself very lit
tie pleasure. He was always at work."
said the judge. Il was with him dur
ing some of the phases of the war in
Virginia, at Charleston and at Corinth,
and during my stay at headquarters
the generals day and night was sell
dom interrupted by recreation. After
a part of the day on horseback visiting
the troops, issuing orders and rectify-
ing the lines, his return to headquar-
tiers was followed by immediate office
work. During the night, and to save
the trouble of a lighted candle, his
writing of notes in the dark was heard
and the following morning these notes
were referred to for the days work"
Judge Beauregard spoke of the sue
- e
Railroad bonds and the building up of
the old Carrollton Railroad which were
two Of the main tasks of the general
after the war. He resigned from the
jackson road because after McComb
got the stock he believed that the ar
rangement was detrimental to the in
terests OF the city. The Carrollton
roads stock was brought up from 81
a share to $50 during his fathers man.
agement.
Speaking Of his fathers connection
with the Louisiana State Lottery,
Judge Beauregard said that the fact
that the institution was authorized
by the organic law OF the state and the
duty TO be performed was chiefly ono
that would insure fairness, and he
would guarantee a superintendency of
absolute fairness, swayed his mind, the
commissionership was accepted, but a
dimmed reputation was sprung. "One
would have imagined" he said, that
his critics could have otherwise made
up his military record had they known
that in civil life he would have be-
come although acting under the law OF
the state, the commissioner OF the
Louisiana State Lottery.
Failure 60 Trap Butler.
after the war" said the son, "the
Generals taciturnity seemed 20 have
melted away; he would narrate. 10 the
hearers intense interest. the many con-
trolling circumstances OF the great
drama. Long after the war he would
tell. In tone and manner denoting great
grief, how the inexecutlon OF his or
ders at Drurys Blum by one OF HIS
trusted iieutenants caused the failure