The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-08
SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER.
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consul to the City of Mexico by my
old friend of Portland, Me-, the Hon.
Nathan Clifford, formerly associate
justice of the United States Supreme
Court. l think ne is native of Maine,
but was a resident of Georgia when
he joined Col. Jackson's regiment. If
any of that regiment are still alive
they may remember Lieut.. Kellogg,
and will be glad to know that he is
hale and hearty and residing with his
son-in-law, Mr.. Milton Philbrook, at
Clinton Station, No. 318 East Eighth
street, Oakland Cal, honored and re-
spected by the people with whom he
has lived nearly all the time since the
Mexican War.
The Troy (Ala.) Messenger an
nounces the death in that city of John
Williford, ST., who was "a member of
Capt. Vnlipig's battery of Florida ar
tillery." The editor evidently took this
name by sound, as it should be Capt.
Villepigue, of a well known South Car
DINA family, to which Gen. John B.
Villepigue, a West Point Confederate
general belonged. The S. sill
yer certificates-or bills-are truly rep
resentative of the races of the United
States. A big Indian head is the CEN
trail ornament, and a negro signs the
bills as register and a white man as
treasurer, thus giving the three lead
ing races representation on our "hVes.
1 am indebted to Mrs. Henry
B. Whipple for one of the beautiful
flags donated to the school children of
San Juan, P. r., by the New York
Society of the Sons of the Revolution,
to be carried by them in the first pub
lie celebration of Washington's Birth
day in Porto Rico. Bishop Whipple
was one of the distinguished orators
of the day, and brought this flag home
with him as a valued souvenir of a
most patriotic and impressive celebra-
ton. Maj. Charles H. Whipple, u. S.
A., then on duty there, was one of
the general committee in charge. Gen.
George w. Davis, u. S. A, just APP
pointed Governor of the Panama canal
territory, was then military governor
of Porto Rico. The children of the
schools on this island are making
great progress and will prove patriotic
and valued citizens.
The venerable Mrs. Mary S. Lock
wood of Washington, D. c., one of the
three living founders of the D. A.
r., at it's recent meeting delivered
stirring historical address, in which
she referred to several heroic wom-
en- of the Revolution, and of one she
said: Emily Geiger, urging her horse
! through country infested with tories
and British soldiers, to carry the mes
sage from Gen. Greene to Sumter.
Detained and examined, she swallow
ed the tell-tale paper, and when al
lowed to proceed, delivered orally the
message, which Joined the forces OF
Greene and Sumter. and won the bat
tie. And in the device of it's state
seal, South Carolina honors the cour-
age of this young girl. 1 am re-
minded by this address of similar
| heroic maiden of Georgia, one who
piloted Gen. Forrest in his Alabama
raid after Gen. Streight Miss Emma
SAMSON was born at Social Circle, Ca,
but her parents moved to Etowah
county, Alabama, and when Gen. For
| rest came by their home with his cav
airy and wanted a man to guide him
to a ford. Emma insisted upon going
and was mounted beside Gen. For
rest and was his guide until he over
took the enemy and drew their fire.
Emma faced the shots bravely, but
escaped being wounded although her
dress was torn by bullets. The Legis-
lature of Alabama voted her a full
section of land and a gold medal. and
| in a resolution of thanks very proper
| ly stated that ga nations history is
not complete which does not record the
| names and deeds of its heroines with
| those of it's heroes" In the last Con-
stitutional convention of Alabama,
some two years ago, Gen. John w. A.
| Sanford. a Milledgeville. Ga, boy,
| (bearicg his honored fathers name), Dat
a citizen of Montgomery, Ala, since
1851, made an effort to adopt a seal
for the state on the order of that of
South Carolina. A device was to be
placed on it, representing Miss Emma
SAMSON guiding Gen. Forrest on his
dangerous mission. But the conven-
ton failed to adopt the proposed new
seal. Sidney Herbert.