The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-28

South. Either such editors are them
selves badly deceived or wish to de-
ceiVe their readers about such reprints.
The Boston Gazette contains an ac-
count of the fight between the British
soldiers and some citizens on March
8, ITO, when Crispus Attacks, a North
Carolina malatto, was the first man
killed There are pictures in the Ga
zette of the collins in which the VIC
Tins We're buried.
1 see in the special issue of the San
dersville (Ga.) Herald that my highly
esteemed friend, Maj. Mark Newman,
the good ordinary" of Washington
county, has given a list of the COM
panles sent by that county to the Con-
federate armies 1t is a valuable COM
pilation, and If the ordinaries of other
counties in the state would follow his
worthy example it would help wonder
fully in putting Georgia on the same
line of patriotic purpose taken by
North Carolina. have just purchased.
Tor the insignificant sum of IS, the five
large, handsome, fully illustrated vol
umes issued by the "Old Tar Heel
State" in honor of her dead and liv-
ing Confederate heroes. The book
ought to sell at $3.50 a volume. but
| the state, through its librarian at Raj
eigh, generously sells them at the mere
cost of printing, Judge Walter Clark
and others having done the editing
without charge. Mrs. Robert Emory
Park of the D. A. R. has made an
earnest appeal to Georgians to have a
similar set of books prepared for Geor-
gia. May her appeal be needed.
Inc press is copying from Frank Les
lies Magazine an item about Austin
Dabney, Georgia negro who enlisted
during the Revolutionary War because
his owner would not 60 Considerable
romance is thrown about this negro.
after he came back from the war and
some editors rather doubt the whole
story Ihere must be some truth in
1t, for | find the name of Asten Dab
ney, supposed to be intended for Aus
tin Dabney, in the List of Soldiers of
the Line" Now if this negro was so
patriotic as to take his owners place
as a soldier of his country. he was
more patriotic than Brig. Gen. VIII
liam Whipple's imported African ne
gro The General was on his way from
his home in New Hampshire to near
boston, and he told his negro that in
case of battle he would be expected
to fight bravely for his country. ~
which the negro replied: "Sir. I have
no lnducement to fight; but if I had
my llberty, | would endeavor to de-
Ieno 1t to the last drop of my blood -
ana SO the General gave him his free
uom then and there. But brave and
patrlouc Austin Dabney of Georgia did
not get his freedom until the war was
over. Wi was
since writing the above l have saan
a short article about Dabney in ar
augusta Chronicle, from Mrs r NJ
Green of Wilkes county. IT saanos
however to be simply a repetition NJ
some statements to be found in Pa,
Dr; George Whites book, "Historicai
ooiiecuohs OF Georgia" where a naea
e aI,u d hdii t5s4-5S5) are devoted 10 a
aYrd Hndt glowing account of Dahnsv
oana iS war record and subseouent
career. tie is reported to havs 49,
granted land by the state ~ peen
county and a pension bv the T7s,iti
states and to have become q NAV 20
means and influence. althoupb Vi
SS So. he was a mulatto. ana cn,.
Inner, VINO gives the accounts Govt;
t nv whites Collections claino a
10 ~ ne was not slave. aIthoneh 80
80 Sli.iuereu' III is evident. ho-ea,,ew
siat when he enlisted IN the 49,. 80,
lIs supposed owners place he en,,,s IA
e!eu himself slave. If Gov fsu,,.s'i-
story Is true Dabney was a mos,
.' 80. Aaole character and unite nor,,ie-
S,,. m eminent white men Of consall
an,,hs ms lifetime. But / am tno,iIss
80 n4 the Governors story NE ~.
~ N"hey Hart Is rather 10 fo.,na. .
taken az history.
Sidney Herbert.