The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

him some more brandy" When the
clock struck eight Mr.. Webster
reused up and pointed to it and whis-
pered: II still live-more brandy"
The last two words are left out of
the biography and may not have
been said. Nevertheless this version
has paralyzed much of my sentiment,
and all L can do is to leave it in
doubt. l remember that it was said
of Mr.. Webster that he was overload
of his brandy toddies. Brandy was a
gentleman's drink, whisky was for
the common people and rum was for
egg-nog and for the Yankees to ship
to Africa to buy niggers with. Even
in my young days the gentlemen
drank brandy-peach, or apple, or
cognac. l was kept on the side
boards and was always offered to Wis.,
itors. When / was about IA years old
John MCPHERSON Berrien came to our
little town of Lawrenceville to at
tend court. He was considered a
very great He was our United
States senator, and had been attor-
ney general of the United States I'M
der Jackson. After L had swept out
the store l walked down to the hotel
to get a glimpse of him. He had
just gotten up and came out on the
piazza in his shirt sleeves to take a
wash. After that the landlord brought
him out a bottle of brandy and some
sugar and the great man took a lib
era toddy. 1t was a revelation to
me to see how suddenly a great man
could come down to the level of COM
mon people. But then it must be
remembered that Mr.. Berrien was
from Savannah.
Now here is another letter in which
l take particular interest, and COM
mend TO the veterans of Georgia. For
years 1 nave lamented that we have
no record roll of our confederate SOL
diers. I alluded to this not long ago
in one of my letters, and it has pro-
voked an old friend to write to me
upon The subject and give me en-
couragement. The letter is from Hon.
Walter Clark, associate justice of the
supreme court of North Carolina, and
who was recently nominated to be
chief justice. He had recently finished
the history of the North Carolina
regiments, in five volumes, having
been chosen for this work by the Con-
federate Veterans association. These
volumes are not a roster, but a his
tory of the acts and deeds of every
regiment (S4 in number). Twenty
years ago hat grand old state pub
lished a roster, in four volumes,
wherein is recorded the name of
every officer and private, and what
became of them. North Carolina was
the banner state of the confederacy,
and continues to be. With a voting
population of $4,000, it sent about
125, 900 troops to the front, and Al 900
of these were killed or died in serv-
ice. Judge Clark has promised to
send ice the five volumes just pub
lished, and also to procure a copy of
the roster, so that we may see how
it is done, and if the few veterans
who are members of the next legisla-
ture will get together in nee and
make a demand for recognition, we
can SUill uO d SICdG uCdl IL piCSClF-
ing the names of those who are en-
titled TO a place in the hall of fame
and in the memory of generations to
come. l see that Capt. Krouss has
of his own motion undertaken to
make IL roster of the First regiment
of Georgia volunteers. That is right.
Better late than never. Young man,
whoever you are, was your father a
soldier in the confederate army? If
so, how can you prove it? Where is
the record? If I were to die to-day,
not a child of mine could prove my
service. What is the matter with
Georgia? Is there no Walter Clark
among our people? Is Tip Harrison
dead? Let us begin this work be-
tore the year closes, for every year
diminishes the sources of informa-
ton. Unpensioned soldiers are pass
ing away. Time cuts down all-both
great and small-except a pensioned
soldier. They do not die, but multi
ply as fast as Shey grow older.-Bill
Arp, in Atlanta Constitution.