The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-28

t 5, q satl,orshiP dIssusssd ff ssys
fs9r and tsTfrr a sty tbs aa ~
aid not write t tihts iines;s that. though
he promulgated them In his giment,
Been ny III ~ pry saRpG so
diei In a Georgia reg inient,
That this Superstition had q good
the four letters here subjoined: #
EDITOR The Sunny South:
was e the s rst e ths
regiment. Of which Thaddeus oliver
was a member. We we're old acquaint-
aances, and wore often together at the
M ts Mr. he war exhb. taH t5 ne IL
Original manuscript, just written. o.
qusstion,as e ITS authorship All Quiet
pleased to see that the Sunny South
awards the authorship to Mr.. oliver.
a,hi9,x Y. Intended long since to give the
sn tn rna sSnoT sad d Mi G sse
Business cares. No Kinder heart ever
beat pea, IN human breast than his. He
We Won qs N'na Np SRI sS9m GBhNe s.is 81 g. g.
"Clcburna, Tex, Oct. l6, 1885,"
"Rev un 'clsb = e Tex. Jan. 1855
ssh re pssf srno9rs e q A Psess tse
Potomac Tonight was shown to mo IN
one th ~ Ssa eaah9 Hot ehaf ReS
nond, Va. some time about the middle
Or last OF August. 1861. IT was q fowl
days aay , after heard q the seath e
ga, on July II. 1851. ana nd Th aad dn
read me his grand little poem In hissj
eao es pSce efed t 5He %as
my LIES labor lost and gone. en-
tered into an active practice OF medi.
cine trying to forget the past and
.of Tx sasS ne,s sa fs o IL q
puted authorship Of All Quiet Along
the Potomac Tonight until the IN
curry met my eye IN the Sunny South,
Thaddeus divers right, and wrote the
same to the Sunny south as duty to
the memory Of an honorable man
ons }, that :, vas KIND and gentle as !,
Of deceit or. dishonor. Your object Is
laudabls and deserves success. because
YOU are r' aEANpRzW Yo YDuS sgs'y Il. D..
With these two let us unite extracts
vtctton to Joel Chandler Harris:
rev. Hugh F. Oliver:
4 My Dear STA d e.ire to overlook
some old papers OF minis. among which
i I thought It possible I might find a
copy q All Quiet Along the Potomac
and repeated solicitations. by your
father in his own handwriting. are my
reasons for not having addressed you
Il knew Thsddeus Oliver well. pAr.
i haps more intimately than any other
member Of the Second Georgia ReE!-
ment outaide OF his own company We
we were both members. that convened
4 In N.lledgeville. in 1850. to send dels-
& gates to the National Democratic Con-
ssn,.1n then soon 70 a.'e bns NON y
returned to centreville, and one even.
Ing, while In conversation with you.
father on law and literary topics,
had %Ti,tea s ana pubiishe Cd 70 VI;
finished he said, Well, have jus!
!, written some lines. myself, which
: you Then, for the first time. heard
: All Quiet Along the Potomac To.
night I shall mover forget either the
occasion or the etreums,ance .,i T.;
until he came 70 the picture OF the
little trundle bed, VIII en- his voice trer,'
!, bled and his eyes filled with tears
Ths tf s 81 b bstu asop was ,reKa aoW
my own cheeks: and even TO this das
when ! recall the scene. now that ~
is dead and gone, feel agar. some
!, submit that the poem itself furnishes
: almost positive internal ev.denee O
having been written BY married man y
upon whom ,he sacred ch memories we 2
!, crowding as he wrote. such MAJ MAJ
E gi fs an and csreful culture, Vas tull:
i equal to such .,2P eSdSe IS ASHTON.
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