The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-13

H. Johnston. Mrs. H. H. Bruen has
loaned the gold garter buckle of Mrs.
Smallwood, mother of Gov. Small
wood, first governor of Maryland, and
Mr.. Bruen, among numerous other in
teresting objects, the silver snuffbox
owned by Gen. Knox, one of Gen.
Washington's staff. A badge of a
charter member of the Rhode Island
Society of the Cincinnati, with the blue
and white ribbon fastened to it by
Lafayette, is loaned by Mrs. Thomas
j. Charlton, Sr. Mrs. c. A. L. Cum
ningham has loaned a cameo pin made
in France during the Civil War, and
bearing the flag of the Confederacy,
which was brought through the block
ade by Mr.. Charles Lamar.
Another specimen of rare old jewelry
is a gold necklace, set with four large
pink topazes, probably half an inch
square, and a smaller one at the
clasp, with a pendant cross of four
topazes, brought originally from Scot
land and loaned by Miss Cosens. A
very beautiful article loaned by Miss
Cosens, is a solid silver candelabra,
wonderfully designed with elaborate
carving and the figure of a shepherd
watching his flock at the base, present
Gu III 1901 ny lIG managers VI Tic 3D.
vannah Hospital to Richard d. Ar
mold, M. D., as a testimonial for long
and faithful service. This remarkable
piece of massive silver work, unlike
anything of modern manufacture, is
said to have cost $1,000.
Some relics of the battle of Manila,
saved by Lieut.. Casey Morgan, u. S.
NJ, who fought in the engagement,
and many interesting souvenirs of his
travels in foreign lands, are loaned to
the exhibit by Mrs. Morgan and oc-
cupy a small cabinet at one corner of
the main room. Among these articles
are a fragment of the whaleboat of
the Raleigh, splintered off by a Span
ish shell and picked up on deck after
the battle; the chevron of a Spanish
soldier; a pennant from the captured
Spanish transport, Manila; an insurg-
ent cockade designed by Aguinaldo;
a cartridge case from the Spanish
cruiser Reina Christina: a Satsuma
figure of the Buddha, from Siam; a
drinking cup from Kamtchatka; two
lamps from a Buddhist temple in Bur-
NAH, and two Russian teaspoons of
the early eighteenth century. An
other interesting relic in this cabinet,
loaned by Mrs. Morgan, is the knee
buckles worn by John Berrien, chief
Justice of the province of New Jersey
An article of quite different character
and of interest for other reasons is a
"crazy quilt" of silk, made by Mrs.
l. A. Dugas of Augusta at the age
of SO, and loaned to the exhibit by
Mrs. Morgan. A silver candlestick of
Col. Washingtons is loaned by Mrs.
Octavus Cohen.
Among the papers, nothing attracted
more general attention and study than
the original document of the consti-
tuition of the Confederate States OF
America, loaned by Mr.. DeRenne. Be
ing thirty feet long. only a portion of
it is exposed, that bearing the clos
ing words of the constitution and the
signatures of the signers, arranged ac-
cording to the seven states, South Car
DINA, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana and Texas. 1t is
dated March Il, 1861 Another docu-
nent of similar interest, loaned by Mr.,
Salinas is the original article of the
secession of South Carolina, written
in manuscript and setting forth the
reasons for the withdrawal of South
Carolina from it's union with the other
states.
To enumerate the many valuable
papers, in addition to those already
mentioned in the Morning News, would
be almost impossible. Among them are
the original of a grant of land made
by George III to John Gordon, his
heirs and assigns, of 422 acres on the
south point of Daufuskie, on Oct IL,
1870. with the great seal of the King
still affixed to it. This is owned by
Mr.. H. M. Stoddard. A 1867 edition
of Shakespeare is loaned by Mrs. Tut
wiler, and there are three Bibles print
ed before the King James version, one
of 1907 mentioned yesterday, loaned by
Miss Madge Reid; a "Breeches Bible, "
printed in London, 1903 loaned by Mrs.
Robert Ellington, and so called be-
cause of the verse, Genesis, iii, Z, land
they sowed figge tree leaves together
and made themselves breeches;" and
one of 1903, the property of DR.. j..
w. Mallet, professor of chemistry at
the University of Virginia, and fell
low of the Royal Society of England.
This is loaned by DIR. Mallet's daugh-
ter, Mrs. Edward S. Elliott. Mr.. Z.
S. Elliott has loaned an autograph let
ter from Washington to his great
great grandfather, Capt. John Nc
Queen
There is an autograph letter from
Count Pulaski to DR.. James Lyman,
thanking him for a bottle of bitters
and expressing his personal friendship
for the great surgeon, and also the
bullet that killed Pulaski, which was
extracted by DR.. LYMAN and is now
wrapped in a piece of the yellow bro
caded silk waistcoat worn by Pulaski.
Accompanying it is an autograph let
ter from DR.. Lyman, written in 1879.
All of these interesting memoirs are
loaned by Mrs. C. A. L. Cunningham.
Through the courtesy of Mrs. Charles
Cromwell, who was originally from
Liberty county, but has lived in various
parts of the world and has been to
Mexico a number of times, the club has
d complete exhibit Of Mexican curios,
loaned by her. Many of these articles
were bought in 1.-THE Thieves Market"
There is a pin that dates from the
Moorish occupation of Spain, a terra
Gotta vase from the Borda Jardin, the
summer home of Macmillan, an ivory
toy, twirled on Good Friday and which
by its loud and fearful noise is called
"The Breaking of Judas Bones" some
Mexican feather pictures, and many
other similar curios In this cabinet,
are also some beautiful beadwork and
basketry loaned by Mrs H. M. Stod-
dard.