The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-14

Tiff, the original, at Albany. l feel
quite sure that Col. Estill will yet
prove that "FIe that Maketh a. Good
Newspaper, is greater than He that
Ruleth a State" Except our dear old
friend, Col. Chas. c. Jones. know of
no one whose pen has done better SER
vice-though more extensive-in writ
ing reliable historical and biographical
sketches of Georgia. Put in a scrap
book-the valuable up to date sketches
form an admirable supplement to the
old histories of White, Stevens and
others.
There seems to be no end of care
less writing, and to this is due the
great mass of stuff that passes as his
torical or biographical. The ST. Pc
tersburg, Fla, Sun, in its notice of the
death of Gen, ]. j. Dickson, says "he
rose from the rank of captain in the
Second Florida Cavalry to a general
ship in the Confederate service, and
was commended by Stonewall Jackson
for gallantry and bravery" Gen. Dick
ison went into the service and came
out as a captain, although recon-
mended for promotion to the rank of
major. - - Gen. Torrance refers
to Col. Jeff M. Faulkner of Montgom-
cry as District Attorney of Alabama"
which is not true. He Is counsel for
for that district, but holds no state Of
fee 1 am surprised to see that
Mai T. o. Chestnay of Macon in the
last Confederate Veteran, revives the
old and long ago, as well as oft refuted
claim that the South first had Memo
rial Day" and the North had Decor
alton Day." There is not pen-scratch
of evidence anywhere to prove this
claim. The South first had Decora-
nav he hod toll
Day, as l have several times proven in
these letters from reliable and official
Southern records.
In discussing Gen. R. A. Ayers en-
thusiastic Endorsement of President
Roosevelt for a second term, a Georgia
editor says cit was Roosevelt who pro-
posed and actually wrote the famous
Round Robin attack upon Secretary
Alger." Now, the fact is, as this edi-
tor should know, there was no Round
Robin in the case. 1t was a clear,
bold, manly protest and appeal, for
which each officer who signed it held
himself responsible. Col. Roosevelt
adopted no Round Robin scheme to
avoid the head and 'front.' of that
famous protest, incorrectly announced
10 the world as a Round Robin"
when, in fact, it was perfectly Square"
ms good name unjustly. 4 = 1t seems
mat the military spirit is all pervading
II mas now got into the Daily Picture
Puzzle" of our newspapers, and we
nave puzzle of Gen. Wayne at Rocky
Polnt, another of Pulaski dying at Sa-
Fannah, also others of Gen. Hugh Mer-
GER Cen. Greene and Gen. Herkinner.
But some of them are very misleading
from historical point of view, as I
Know q T oil fn criU
me matter proper attention. Puzzles
ought to be truthful if they are in
tended to be instructive.
1t hardly seems possible that man
can be humorous or funny in the
midst of a scene of sadness and woe;
and yet we old soldiers can recall
many such singular cases during our
service in the Civil War. One of the
most striking was that of Gen. C. c.
howard, the pious Havilack of the
mon army, and dashing, reckless
zen Phil Kearney. Howard's right
@IIA was shot off at the battle of Fair
OaKs and as he lay in box car, rack
eu with pain, waiting to be carried to
ue Washington hospital, Gen. Kear-
Hey came up and said: Howard, old
Doy' I'm sorry for you, sorry with all
my heart; but I've just thought of
SI9,m,ething that will benefit us both.
men you get to Washington buy
PAR OF gloves; send me the right-hand
one and keep the left for yourself, I
"u divide the cost with you, and
nereafter we can live more economi-
any by this arrangement" And
men ne turned away from the car
~ sad to the bystanders, That's bet
II tor him than praying, and then
tio"ard can beat me praying, any
Wy. Brave Phil Kearney was kill
later on in the Civil War, lost his
Wy arm In the Mexican war. OF late
sars have known Union veterans
nave their gloves and shoes with
oniederate veterans who lost a COM
f'Alon hand or foot.
see that the newspapers are pub
ing series of syndicate letters
I'm Myles O'Hara," and IL calls up
f,iAofies ~ my gallant and genial old
Hp. Gen. chas. G. Halpine, u. s.
~, whose humorous eplstles signed
t'"gh Rieliey." We're so popular dur
me Ciyil War. Although a staunch
anoerat Of New York city he was
friendly 10 President Lincoln and
promotion, Justly won. was favor
1t Jealous Republican officers. IN