The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-28
=. Fl. LEVY
BRO.

and remarked that it was "a strange
river that runs both ways" The 'low-
countryman," who had never seen any
other kind of river. replied. why,
you burned fool! Who ever saw river
that didn't run both ways? Don't you
know if the river always run the same
way it would soon run dry?"
This is a good companion story to
that of the two knights of old who ap-
preached a shield from opposite direc-
tons and fought over their differences
as to it's true color, each side being
painted a different shade. 1t is a COM
mon thing for two persons to view a
matter from entirely different stand
points, as in these two marked illustra-
tions.
The suggestion of the Morning News
that Henry Watterson, Sr., might now
cite the case of Nicholas Fish's down.
fall as evidence of the 400" being rot
ten, will hardly be accepted by Wat
terson, who has considerable glass"
in the house he lives in, to use a
metaphor. Nicholas Fish disgraced in
bis death the name of a noble patriot
and heroic soldier of the Revolution
airy periodical. Nicholas Fish. He
gave his son the name of his honored
father-Hamilton FishF-and that son,
as Sergt. Hamilton Fish, of the Rough
Riders, bravely fell in the famous
charge at San Juan Hill with his face
to the deadly enemy. And Columbia
University of New York city, where
he was educated, is to build a Memo
rial Gate" to commemorate his heroic
death and that of two other graduates.
But Henry Watterson, Sr., lust now
feeels the disgrace put upon his own
name by his son, Henry Watterson.
Jr., allowed to resign from the U. S.
A, in order to save himself from be-
ing scashiered and dismissed in dis
grace for duplicating his pay account
to meet his gambling debts.
/ read with deep and painful in
terest the account of the unwilling of
the Gen. Slocum statue at Gettysburg.
IN the Morning News. l hoped against
hope to be there and participate in the
ceremonies with the two military So
cieties with whom l am connected but
L am afraid l shall never meet again
with my old comrades in this world
L am now the sole survivor of a coun-
ell of war held at Gen. Meade's head
quarters on the battlefield Sunday aft
ernoon, July 5; alp the others-Meade.
Warren, Butterfield, Pleasonton, Dahl
Shcn AIdNe BoHe on before" to that
land of peace where the soldier finds
eternal rest from wars alarms. AS
was suffering from a wound given me
py F1tz Lees cavalry, l was sent on
to Frederick, Md, that night in an
ambulance. and laid along side of the
body of Gen. Farnsworth a gallant
cavalry commander, who had been kill
ed in battle. 1t was ride l shall new
er forget-never; and yet it seemed
then to be my only way to get to DR.
steiner at Frederick and have nv
wound properly dressed. MY last view
of the Gettysburg battlefield was a Dio-
ture of awful slaughter. On every side
hundreds of dead horses in all positions
could be seen, and the stencil from
dead carcasses was horrible. I have
long hoped to see that field since II
has been dedicated to the heroes who
fell there on both sides.
Some months ago 1 commended the
Morning News for Sitting down" on
careless or ignorant editors who are
so easily imposed upon by fac sinnils
copies. or reprints. of very old news
papers. In that case II was a reprint
OF the Ulster County. New York Ca
Hette OF Jan. 1900. about which we so
oIteh near as IAN old family relic {"
then stated that I had val,,a al.
collection OF fac SMILES OF such ola
newspapers, the most valuable bofng
The Boston Gazette and Countrs,
Joufnaf' OF March II, l770. and NOW
comes the Atlanta Journal with n no.
ice or a fac smile % the same pener
winch u refers % as one Of the mos,
remarkable relics 81 the early hfstor,
OF the United States" being a "ron,-
plete copy Now his "remarkabie
simply "a modern reprint 81
e 80 '@i,ts' an ofiginai copy Of which