The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-24

iiS CiCSl VITA, hdllldIlQ, Fla, Jan.
eat is evident that printers will
never, as a class, get used to unusual
names / wrote that Gen. Lee married
Miss Custis, not Curtis, as printed. But
this is common error, as Gen. G. w.
Custis Lee is often called Curtis.
see that some natural born" fool
has been asking Col George b. Nc
Clellan if he is really d natural born"
citizen of the United States. Another
fool writer talks about Carl Schurz
pronounced Shirts-bloody shirts) as
a presidential candidate-a man born
in foreign country of foreign parent
age. and a military officer in that
country. 1t, is a pleasure to
read after Col. G. N. Saussy, even
when he jumps on me with both feet.
for he is always an instructive writer
His estimate of Gen. Longstreet is
very just and fair / do not think
Longstreet was censured for Joining
the Republicans, as other Confederate
generals and lesser officers did the
same thing without censure. But his
conduct at New Orleans was what put
MN under the ban for years, and the
Confederate veterans treated him ten
times worse than the Savannah u, d. c.
did.
L see that a Gross of Honor" is
awaiting r. p. Myers in Savannah.
l suppose he is my good friend DR. r.
r. Myers, now residing in far off Hon
olulu, H. l. If so, l hope the u. ID. c.
viii forward his Gross of Honor" TO
him by registered letter, for am
sure that he will wear it with all the
pride of a family that was famous dur
ing the Civil War for its heroic men
ana noble women. My heart
overtlows with gratitude to NV old
Confederate friends in Atlanta. for
they kindly bore me in mind during
the Gordon memorial services. Capt,
Til" Harrison sent me the button
ana also the ribbon mourning Badges.
while Capt r. L. Rodgers sent me
some fern leaves from Gen. Gordon's
new made grave. Eminent Commander
John d. Simmons, of the knights Tenn
plar' sent me copies of the large pic
ture of Gen. Gordon used in mourning
decorations. My wife and l attended
the funeral ceremonies of President
Mckinley in Buffalo, where L was one
of the Guard of Honor" and she
writes me from Atlanta that the
funeral ceremonies of Gen. Gordon were
almost as impressive and imposing.
Gordon and Mckinley both died with
hearts full of love for all their fellow
men in this now reunited nation. and
both went to their graves with all the
honors due such illustrious Characters.
Here is sample of how people ego
vile" in the matter of names: Iieut
Col; E. A. CalNins, U. S ", in an
article on THE Wisconsin Cavalry
Regiment" refers to 1.-The rebel Gen
Napoleon Bonaparte Forrest"-whose
name was Nathan Bedford Forrest.
A writer in the Birmingham
(Ala.) Age-Herald calls attention to
the mixing of "Sewanee in Tennes-
see, with Suwanee. in Florida" But
he is mistaken aboGN any "Suwanee"
IN Florida, as ii is Suwannee; but up
IN Georgia it is Suwanee. He is also
mistaken about the song, way Down
upon the Suwanee Ribber." 1t is not
sung, as he says, "Suwanee river" bur
IN the negro dialect, "S'wanee rib
per. In a recent letter I
spoke of Rev DR.. Cyrus Townsend
Brady's thrilling naval story. 'In
the Wasp's Nest"-founded on the adj
ventures of Capt. Blakeley and the pri-
Vateer Wasp. He has now started an
other serial story THE Grip OF Hon
or" for which the thrilling adventures
OF Capt. John Paul Jones, on the Con-
tinental ship Ranger, furnish the
groundwork. Rumor SAYS Rev. DR.
Brady turns out a story every morn
ing before breakfast. II is TO
be hoped that the Great Arbitration
Mass Meeting" recently held in WASH
ington, d. c., viii result in something
more than mere talk. 1t is so EASY To
advocate arbitration and disarma-
ment, and universal per-, but ii is
a far different and more difficult task
to enforce either doctrine to practical
results. All admit now that defensive
warfare is justiiable, therefore be
prepared to defend.
Messrs. A. c. McCurg & Co. the
Chicago publishers, have sent me a
copy of a handsome and valuable book.
THE Souls of Black Folk" by Prof.
w. E. B. Dubois of the Atlanta Uni
versity The book is quite interesting
and instructive, and in some parts To-
cal in its character. He says Georgia
is the center of 100000 negroes, and
that the negro problems seem TO be
central in that state. No other state.
he claims, can count a million negroes
among its citizens. Considerable space