The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-11-08

offica in Sumter county, South caro-
limo where he was a lawyer ana JUS
tice of the peace. Who fired the Irst
shot at Fort Sumter will take It's place
in history, and who fired the last shot
Of fine war. and who was the young
est and who the oldest soldier; who en-
listed first and who enlisted last; and
who killed Gen. Mcpherson, Gen. POLK,
etc.
Only three men, so far as l know
have publicly expressed Willingness
to go to hell. The last one was Mark
Twain, ''who said he would leave
heaven and go to hell rather than 1--we
in heaven with Elijah Dowie or Mrs
Mary Baker G.. Eddy 1t was Gen.
Phil Sheridan who once declared that
if he owned hell and Texas he would
rent out Texas and live in hell. The
other fellow was in a revival meeting
where one of those domineering evan
gelists was holding forth. All who
wanted to go to heaven were requested
to stand up. Only one man remained
seated and the preacher remarked:
There seems to be one person in the
congregation who prefers to go
to hell" The person thus re-
ferred to arose and said: IF
choose to go to hell it is none
of your business" He was arraigned
in public court for disturbing public
worship" but the judge wisely decided
that the preacher had no right to thus
hold the young man up to ridicule, and
the case was dismissed. Mark Twain
may be able to keep away from
"Eliiah" and Mrs. Eddy in this world,
as he has gone to Europe, but in the
"other world" he will not be able to
select his own associates.
In the Morning News Of recent date,
in a copied item about the famous
Gen. Cambronne, 1T is stated that "he
was too sober to seek liveliness in
drink" Now, strange as it may seem,
this same CambrOnne was once the
worst drunkard in the French army.
Pierre de Cambronne a native of
Nantes, where he was born in 1870, be-
came a private soldier while he was
yet quite young, as he had a natural
love for the profession and was emf
nently fitted to make a fine soldier ex-
cept in one particular-he was a lover
of "strong drink" and became a drunk
ard. He soon won the position of cor
poral, and when sober was considered
one of the best and most trusted non
CONS" in the regiment But in one of
his drunken spells he struck a com
lniSSioned officer and was sentenced to
death. Cambronne was popular with
officers and men, despite his intemper-
ate habits, and his colonel interceded
for his pardon on the ground that in
all things he was good soldier, and
that the offense was committed while
he was irresponsible from Strong
drink" Grasping his old commander's S
hand, Cambronne put the bitter past
behind him forever in this solemn oath:
II promise, God being my witness. that
never, to my dying day, shall a drop of
VINE n,1e,, touc I my Ups Ups l. Cambronne,
this promise, rising step by step in
rank and influence until he became the
famous Gen. Cambronne of military
history l need not state what every
officer knows to be true, that it re-
quires the highest grade of moral cour
age for an officer on duty, sometimes
as well as at social functions, to re-
fuse a glass of wine. Yet Col. and
Gen. Cambronne resolutely did this.
And that is why the Morning News
item says: He was too sober to seek