The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-28

wants to remove the remains of Gov.
Troup to LaurenS county his adopted
home. And these cases, with hundreds
of others. confirm me in the belief that
cremation is the best method to pre-
serve sacred the dust" of our beloved
dead. The grave of the gallant Light
Horse Harry" (Henry) Lee, father of
Gen. Robert r. Lee, still remains at
Dungeness, on Cumberland Island,
Georgia, but years go the Legislature
of Virginia appointed a commission to
remove his body to Virginia for rein
terment. For some reason, however,
the removal was never made, and still
/ fear that the old hero and patriot
may yet be disturbed in his final rest
ing place" 1t will be remembered that
Tom Paine was first bu ed at New
Rochelle, N. Y, but William Goblet
removed his body to England for re-
burial in Westminster Abbey. This re-
burial was refused, and now it is hard
to tell where and in what country his
bones are bleaching. There is a legend
abroad that Paine's ghost still walks
the EARTH moaning, Where is my
grave? l have lost my gravel" Lord
Byron got off this severe epigram on
the removal:
I'm digging up your bones, Tom Paine,
Will Goblet has done well;
lou WISH MIN on edTIn again.
He'll visit you in hell"
have a very interesting letter from
my dear old friend and comrade, Col
(and ex-Congressman) William p.
Price of Dahlonega, Ga. l call him
''comrade" because we were both in the
fights at Blackburn's Ford and the
first Bull Run, although he was on
the other side," and at Bull Run shot
my horse from under me when / was
wounded and unable to walk. But
forgave him long ago, and we have
been the best of friends for nearly thir-
ty years. The letter is not marked
private, and being full of matters that
will interest the Morning News read
ers, l feel impelled to print it in part
II always look for" he writes,
land read your Sunday letters in the
Morning News. In a recent letter you
spoke of Commander Hodgson and Col.
Garlington-the first of the navy and
the last of the army. l had the honor,
while a member of the Forty-second
Congress to appoint both these officers
to the naval and military academies.
1 have been told by army officers that
but few young men have ever risen so
rapidly in their respective lines as these
two gallant officers. They entered the
academies when sectional feeling rose
high, at times, and both had personal
difficulties in consequence, but were al
ways sustained by their superior off,
GERS. 1 watch the upward and
onward career of these officers even
now with the greatest interest. If 1
did any harm to Uncle Sam in the
SOS. l have tried to make amends
since, by putting the best young men
/ could into his service, even to my
youngest and most beloved son, who
has followed the flag in China, and
been with his regiment twice in the
Philippines The son referred to by
Col Price is Fred S. l.. Price, who was
appointed a second lieutenant in the
Sixth United States Infantry July 8,
1898, as soon as he became of age, and
who is now a first lieutenant in the
Fourteenth Infantry, on duty at Ma
Mia. Col. Ernest A. Darlington is the
son of the late Gen. A. c. Darlington.
c. S. A.. of Atlanta, and won his first
rapid promotion, which created quite
a stir at the time. by giving up his
graduating leave of absence and join
ing his regiment on the frontier for inn
mediate service. Ten days later he
was promoted TO a first lieutenancy-
Seventh Cavalry-June 25 iS76. He is
now the@anking officer in the inspector
generals department, and will prob
ably be the first post-bellum Georgian
TO become a hrigadier general in the
regular army. Col Price may well feel
proud of Col. Darlington and Com
mander Hodgson, than whom Georgia
has no better officers in the service.
~ felt It IN my bones" that LhA