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SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER
Facts of Interest to War Veterans and Others.
Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla., Nov.
26.—Owing to the length of Bishop
Kelley’s Interesting letter, I am com
pelled to hold over several promised
items until next Sunday. I am sure,
however, that no old Confederate will
complain of this. * * * After so long
a time, my dear, suffering wife has
gained sufficient strength to be remov
ed on a stretcher in a Pullman car
from the railroad temporary wreck
hospital at Monroe, N. C., to the old
established hospital at Charlotte, where
she is slowly, and it is thought surely,
improving. This burden of sorrow and
a severe illness the past ten days have
seemingly clouded my '“Thanksgiving
Day,” but only seemingly, for I have
so much to be thankful for that these
troubles and 'afflictions should ba
counted as small matters. * • * The
Church Club of Jacksonville had a
banquet this week, and Bishop Weed
is reported to have explained the ab
sence of “Bishop Capers of South Car
olina” and “Bishop Beckwith of Ten
nessee." I hardly think that Bishop
Weed made any such blunder, as he
must know Bishop C. M. Beckwith of
Alabama and Bishop T. F. Oailor of
Tennessee better than to thus mix
them up.
Maj. Gen. W. D. Ballentine of Fer
nandina has announced his staff as
commander of the Florida Division, U.
0. V. Among the familiar names are
Col. Fred L. Robertson of Tallahassee,
as adjutant general and chief of staff;
Lieut. Col. D. E. Maxwell of Jackson
ville, as inspector general; Lieut. Col.
G. N. Saussy (P. O. Hawkinsville, Ga.),
as chief quartermaster; Lieut. Col.
Robert J. Magill of Jacksonville
(colonel of First Georgia Regulars in
the Confederate States army), as as
sistant adjutant general; Bishop Ed
win G. Weed of Jacksonville, chaplain
general, with rank of lieutenant
colonel; Lieut. Col. A. O. MacDonell of
Jacksonville, as assistant adjutant
general; Maj. J. K. Munnerlyn of Jack
sonville, as assistant chief quartermas-
t * l |. The entire staff, like Gov. North
en’s of Georgia, is too long to be
printed all at once. There are three
brigades in the Florida division, the
nrst at Pensacola, with Brig. Gen.
George Reese commanding; the second
at Jacksonville, with Brig. Gen. Fran
cis p. Fleming (ex-Governor) com-
Funding; the third at Orlando, with
Brig. Gen. William H. Jewell com
manding. The recent annual meeting
at Ooala was not largely attended,
m any camps having no representatives
Present. The same thing, however, can
said of the G. A. R„ many posts
oot being represented at the annual
encampment. In some cases this Is
"wing to old age and army wounds
or diseases, but In others honest pov
er>y is <a valid excuse. The veterans
annot afford the cost of railway
travel.
1 hers wers some errors in ths obit
uary nolle# of the venerable widow of
•on. William W. Mackull. C, B. A.,
in regard to her distinguished husband,
who died at Langley, Va.. Aug. It,
,**• ***<l It years. He was not a
' isaamste of oilmer and Law
j'n, their numbers at West Point be
or ini and Mb and MM. reap** lively.
.*i*i j, tien, J.ietny V. Gilmer and Brig.
>jmn - U. Lawton, twwevsr, wars
classmates, standing No. 4 and No. 13,
in the class of 1539. Brig. Gen. Wil
liam W. Mackall graduated No. 8 in
the class of 1837, and became a first
lieutenant of the First United States
Artillery in 1838. while Gen. Lawton
joined the regiment as a second lieu
tenant in 1839, and he and Lieut.
Mackall were on duty in the famous
bloodless Arootook War, on the Maine
frontier, in 1840, soon after which Lieut.
Lawton (on Dec. 31), resigned from
the army, but Lieut. Mackall remained
in the service. My father, who was
in the volunteer service with them in
that war, always spoke of them as su
perior young officers and accomplished
gentlemen. In the Civil War their
valuable services were confined, like
Gen. E. P. Alexander's, to staff duty
and such service as did not give them
the opportunity to reach the high rank
they deserved. Mackall was wounded
in the Indian War in Florida (1837-39),
and promoted for gallantry, and in the
Mexican War he was also wounded and
breveted captain and major. He re
signed in 1881, having declined the of
fered promotion to lieutenant colonel.
He was major and assistant adjutant
general of the Department of the Pa
cific, and considered one of the most
efficient and accomplished officers in
the service, especially as an assistant
adjutant general.
I have several times referred to the
exciting scenes in the careers of Capt.
James D* Bulloch, C. S. N., and Maj.
Caleb Huse, C. 8. A., special agents
of the Confederacy in Europe during
the Civil War, but there were other
daring officials in those days who
braved the dangers of blockade run
ning and crossed the ocean In the in
terest of the Confederate states. And
I am indebted to good Bishop Benj.
J. Kelley of Savannah, who is, I think,
himself a Confederate Veteran, for
some interesting data of one of these
officials. “While In Ireland this year,"
writes the Bishop, “I met Jesuit Fath
er, Rev. Jno. Bannon, who, during
the war between the states, was chap
lain to a Missouri regiment which was
stationed at Vicksburg during the
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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 27. 1904.
siege. After the surrender of that
place, Father Bannon made his way
to Mobile and thence on to Richmond.
I remember distinctly meeting him that
year in Petersburg, Va., while he was
en route to Richmond. He offered his
services to Bishop McGill of Richmond,
and on the Sunday after his arrival he
preached at the late mass. Secretary
Mallory of the navy, who was a Cath
olic, being present, after mass, called
on Bishop McGill and invited him and
Father Bannon (whom he then met
and whose story he heard), to tea that
evening. Secretary Mallory had oc
casion to see President Davis that same
day, and told him of meeting Father
Bannon.”
The above paragraph explains how
Father Bannon, not of his own seeking,
became acquainted with President
Davis, who sent for him .and tender
ed him an official mission to Ireland.
“President Davis,” says Bishop Keiley,
“told Father Bannon that he wias In
formed that a large number of young
Irishmen were being induced to come
over and enter the Federal army, and
he asked Father Bannon if he would
not go to Ireland and fake means to
prevent this by representing in a prop
er light, the cause and issues of the
war between the states. Father Ban
non consented and having received an
order on the Treasury Department, for
$1,500 in gold, he procured the money,
and left for Wilmington, N. C., where
he was to (fail. After a delay of a
fortnight the steamer managed to elude
the blockading fleet, but was after
wards seen and pursued, and the cap
tain, in place of making for Nassau,
as intended, went up the coast and at
last reached Halifax, N. S. From
there Father Bannon went to Dublin,
Ireland, where he remained a year
and issued a little paper, which he
mailed to every parish priest in Ire
land, and which was the means of
stopping the exodus of young men to
the United States to enter the Federal
army. Father Bannon, who was at
that time a secular priest, became a
Jesuit and is living now at their church
on Gardner street, Dublin.”
Of Father Bannon’s personality and
loyalty to the South and her “Lost
Cause,” the Bishop thus writes:
“Father Bannon is a familiar figure on
the streets of Ireland's Capital city, and
everyone seems to know him. His
appearance would excite comment any
where, for he Is of a tall and com
manding appearance, easily measuring
a few inches over six feet. He is an
enthusiastic lover of his native land,
for he was born and educated In Ire
land, yet has lost none of his love
for the South and Its people. He has
been living in Ireland now for forty
odd years, as he never returned to
the states; but he loves to speak of
his war experience and can tell many
and Interesting stories of his career
as an army chaplain.” So much of
Bishop Kelley’s Interesting letter fills
a gap In Confederate history that may
prove useful for reference .to the his
torian, who shall in the future write
a full and unbiased history of the Con
federate War, as some prefer to call
it. The mission of Father Bannon was
at the time, a very important one,
and deserves historical mention.
Finally, there Is a personal para
graph in the Bishop’s letter that Is
worthy of reproduction here, as It
shows how representative men acci
dently cross each other’s pathway in
life. In running the blockade to Hali
fax, writes Bishop Keiley, this “Father
Bannon met on board the vessel a
boy, whq was a clerk to the captain,
and whose name was John B. Tabb.
Many years afterwards while telling
a part of his history to my nephew
on Broad street, in Richmond, the nar
rator, who is a dear friend of Father
Ban-non and myself, was suddenly ac
costed by a Catholic priest, “Do you
know Father John Bannon? Is he yet
alive? Where Is he?” This priest was
Father Tabb of St. Charles College, in
Maryland (whose reputation is a
graceful and facile writer of sonnets
Is world wide) and he told of meeting
Father Bannon in the blockade run
ner, and of his great curiosity at see
ing for the first time a Catholic priest.”
It is possible that this meeting of the
boy with the priest at that time may
have resulted finally In leading the
boy himself into the priesthood. There
Is a silent influence in our living that
plays an important part, many times,
for good or evil, in the lives of others.
Happy is the man whose silent Influ
ence bears only golden fruit in the
harvest of human endeavor.
The editor of a great Southern dally
newspaper who says "Boston’s back
bay element Is now frying to explain
how a plain, everyday business man,
like Douglas, Who has no ancestors,
and who belongs to no exclusive Bea
con Hill clifbs, was ever permitted to
butt into the executive chair,” is cer
tainly Ignorant of Massachusetts po
litical history. No state in the Union
gives the poor and humble citizen a
better ch'ance to rise In the world to
a level with the “Back bay” element
or the Beacon Hill Club men. Years
ago. “a plain, everyday business man,”
a dry goods merchant, named Henry
Joseph Gardner, was swept Into the
office of Governor by a remarkable
know-nothing (win something) land
slide similar to the one that has just
swept Mr. Douglas into that high of
fice. The latter, however, was once a
poor shoemaker, and so was Henry
Wilson, a poor boy from New Hamp
shire; so poor In parentage. In fact,
that he had to drop his family name
of Jeremiah Jones Oolbaith and adopt
that of Henry Wilson. And yet this
humblest of cobblers, not shoe manu
facturer, like Douglas, was a repre
sentative in 4he Massasffiusetts Legis
lature, a senator and president of the
Senate, and in 1855 became a United
States senator. He warn three times
returned to the Senate and then was
elected Vice President on Grant's
ticket In 1F72, hut died In 1*75. So
much for cobblers and shoemakers and
’'everyday buslnees men," Take Maj.
Gen. Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, V. H,
V., the poor “ItolAln boy” of the
Waltham. Maas., factory. He was also
sent to the Legislature and to Con
gress and was Speaker of the House
In 18*8-8 **4, the v*er following was
electad Governor of his native stats.
After the war b# held high positions,
at one time that of congressman, dy
ing In 1894. With all her grand Revo
lutionary and “Pilgrim Fathers” pride,
and her "Hub of the Universe” repu
tation, the poor man of humble birth
and lowly occupation In Massachusetts
has as easy a road to travel to public
preferment as can toe found In any
part of our glorious republic. The
election of Douglas is no “wonder,"
as some people think, tout simply the
“Old Bay state’s’’ tribute to honest
labor and good citizenship.
A Savannah reader of these letters
writes me to know If I can tell him
“anything of a Williams that was Gov
ernor or acting Governor of Maine at
one time." Well. I guess I can. and
as this is Thanksgiving weak, what
I tell may be interesting: Maine be
came separated from Massachusetts,
and was made a state In 1820. and
since that time she has had thirty
eight governors, and being a native
who is proud of his grand old “Pine
Tree State,” the assertion is confi
dently made that they will rank well
with the same number of successive
governors of any other state. Now,
strange as it may seem to this in
quirer, Gov. Joseph H. Williams was
the only one of the thirty-eight govern
ors who did not issue a Thanksgiving
proclamation. Hannibal Hamlin, in
1857, resigned to enter the United
States Senate, and was succeeded by
Williams, but before resigning he had
issued the Thanksgiving proclamation,
so this duty did not fail to his short
term of service. Gov. Williams had
the honor, however, of serving between
Hannibal Hamlin and Lot M. Morrell,
both United States senators, and the
former. Vice President under Lincoln.
Ah! what old and pleasant memories
come over me in my old age when
I think of the governors of Maine
whom I knew personally, and many of
whom were my dear friends. Maj.
Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain and Con
gressman Nelson Dlngley were my
schoolmates; Edward Kent was my
father’s friend and the pride of my
boyhood days; Dr. John Hubbard, Al
bion K. Paris, John M. Dana, William
G. Crosby, Selden Conner, and Abner
Coburn I knew personally: Samuel
Cony, Sidney Perham and Frederick
Roble were my dear friends. Of all
these only Chamberlain, Perham and
Roble—the latter two now over four
score years old —are still living. Nine
of the thirty-eight, however, are In
life, the oldest being Dr. Alonzo Gar
celon. Massachusetts has had twenty
two governors since 1851, and only six
are now alive; George S. But well, aged
88, is the oldest survivor. Of Georgia
governors I have known Johnson (H.
V.); Brown, Jenkins, Smith, Johnson
(James); Conley, Colquitt, Stephens,
Boynton, Gordon and Atkinson, all
dead; and Gen. Ruger (military gov
ernor); Bullock, McDaniel, Northen and
Candler, all living, although Bullock is
a confirmed Invalid. Governors, as a
rule, are not a long-lived race. No
war Governor of the South Is alive to
day, and of all th Northern war gov
ernors. only Sprague of Rhode Island
and Waodbury of Vermont, I think, are
alive to-day.
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IS THE SYSTEM FAULTY?
IN WHAT RESPECT?
Editor Morning News: Quoting from
the general presentments of our re
cent grand Jury, in reference to the
tax collector’s office:
“The grand Jury Is of the opinion
that the system of bookkeeping In that
office Is to some extent faulty.”
Is the system faulty ? If so, In what
particular?
The present Incumbent respectfully
submits that a suggestion looking to
on Improved method might have been,
and should have been, coupled with
the complaint of a "possibly faulty sys
tem.” Be it remembered that business
men of well known and undoubted
ability do not always agree as to the
best method for conducting a specific
line of business. Expert accountants
disagree In applying systems. An at
tempt to adopt in this office methods
which should meet the entire approval
of each committee from the successive
bodies ot grand Jurors (four per an
num) would at once create a state of
chaos Inexplicable.
On this “faulty system” see present
ments published in Morning News Feb.
28, 1902, to say: “We are gratified to
report a much Improved system in this
officer under the present collector.”
Under date of June 20, 1902, the Con
troller General writes as follows: “I
thank you and your chief clerk for
the perfect manner in which the ac
counts have been kept and reports
made to this office."
The following from a published
statement of Capt. Tip Harrison, chief
clerk to Controller General W. A.
Wright, Atlanta, under date May 28,
1902: ’
“The most perfect report from any
county In the state sent by the tax
collector to the Controller General’s
offioe has Just been received from
Chatham. The report covers every
Imaginable class of Information In re
gard to the taxes of Chatham county,
each Item being reduced to the thou
sandth part of a cent.”
May 27, 1903, the Controller writes:
“Your final statement has been com
pared with the books In this office and
found absolutely correct. I certainly
appreciate your fine work as collector,
and thank you In behalf of the state.”
Again, the Controller, under date
May 30, 1901, writes:
"I again extend you and your able
assistants the thanks of this office for
your fine business methods, which
make the work of the tax department
easy and pleasant.”
Such changes as have been thought
advisable, after careful study and
practical application, covering a period
of three years and eight months, have
been adopted in this office. The pres
ent Incumbent is not so egotistical as
to think his system of aocounts has at
tained perfection. He, therefore, in
vites criticism and suggestions, which,
with a view to substantial results, may
offer a better than the present "sys
tem,” Aa failure, after a cursory ex
amination, to thoroughly understand one
or many entries In a system of book
keeping differing entirely from general
commercial forms, should not be deem
ed sufficient ground for condemning as
“possibly faulty” a system pronounced
by those In authority and In position
to know, to be the very beet at hand,
if not the best in the state.
Thomas F. Thomson,
T. C., C. C.
OBJECTIONS TO
KINDERGARTEN.
By a Klndergartner.
"llow can kindergarten do Children
any good when they so soon forget
what has been learned Can the child
In the grammar school recite kinder
garten verses?”
Perhaps not. The answer to this oft
heard question depends largely upon
the circumstances In Individual eases,
but so important does the point be
come when viewed In the light of larg
er aims that In order to emphasize
these larger aims we are wining to
focus our attention here upon the neg
ative side.
If kindergartens were for the purpose
of instilling Into the child-mind cer
tain bits of Information, as such the
kindergarten might well be discour
aged by the given state of affairs.
This, however, is not the cnee. The
purpose of kindergarten Is develop
ment of the physical, mental and moral
life, In the most simple, natural way;
the three are constantly intermingled,
although some play emphasizes one,
some another.
Between the ages of 3 and 6 certain
muscles and nerves begin to come Into
play, and the klndergartner knowing
that If unused at the time they will
never be fully developed, introduce#
play that will give them a chance to
strengthen.
So with the mental life. The forma
tive stale af the kindergarten
child makes it a well known
fact that habits acquired then
are more lastin than those
gained at any other period, conse
quently the klndergartner eo organises
her work that the child must neces
sarily form good mental habits. One
of her objects Is to guide him to a
habit of logical thinking. She aorom
pltshes her purpose by sequence In her
plays. Of course, the child knows
nothing of such endeavors. All he
sees is a certain song to-day and a
similar one to-morrow, but the adult
Intellect can easily recognize in such
advance the beginning of sound logic.
The two songs may soon toe forgot
ten, tout the growth has taken place
nevertheless.
And, again. In the moral sphere.
The klndergartner has discovered a
tendency to selfishness. A story dis
playing some act of generosity is at
tractively told. Immediately following
some little one places a chair for an
other, a second offers a bite of his ap
ple. Remembering the story Is of
slight Importancs If the spirit of K has
reached the little hearts.
And are these habits and desires
easily forgotten? Ask the aoge who
taught us ‘Aa the twig is bent so grow#
the tree," or the ohurchman who said,
"Give ms the child until he Is seven
and I care not who has him after
that," or ths old man hy your own
flresida who still puts away hla clothes,
or wipes his shoes in a particular way,
for no othsr reason than ”because
mother taught ms thus.”
—Don Carlos, King ot Portugal, has
Ilfs Insurance amounting to about
000.000 In AmsrVwn money. Hte ma
jesty Is continually at war with bis
weight, whisk, hr dint of a vlgwreim
outdoor Ilfs, he has reduced treat aver
tm pounds to abuut 2th
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