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J©H« 0. Han, (Vns. <s, Stewart, Jamea War*
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...A 'Cs'oy R- («!KH1 &t4ai«h, C. C.
| r **a * Mill awi. I . i ilr*'t«. < a..,.
B-pler .
mariaget tee B-ate tfttnt We*tec d>* |„
TRADERS Utl.t,, UA.
*»i**> \oi, (»wsTr OTima.
fifotiawry—Bebart Stierifl"— ,loaa Hfttefce*.
i<roots*
Clerk--J. W. Beatea.
Co art Cal«t»a*r.
Ecfaol*-—S*«OHtl Moattays in March and
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vewhaf.
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vember.
THE
JESUP HOUSE,
Cara* Wroftf a»i Ckrirj Stsi,
JBSUP, G E()Ii< 11 a.
Jun«tioB MUnite and Quit, Maoou and B;uoi
mok Ea.ll Wi,
ilj 1 ” 1 "" ^ 5 * rf*h* ,lR f pnfcl,c '■
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Tli* SH-sHvo ist inU Hou-s# i$ os; -laraOKt *
Mddireauy h v «tn>» t« ; a* It t« »«, aajipiiMt
*, **s»r *u<) il,-xii..ajt, ou<J ,t Sit*., in *r^. . **,
*« t!f*lt« *a«*t. *v«r* eomfurt el * «rsi . u„ Hove...
x in« u.»t. ijimoi m -j« rtniur*
i a* Tab * nil tea iacling fotnraet tb«
**“<“♦* 8! ” 1 KKftf n*d*r te» h»m«d «*, runs, , ,,.±
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!.« Mtid from Ho’iil and
T. p. UTTUF!.£ir>.
SOUTHER* NEWS.
In Gulumbus county, N, C., it us p ro¬
B'-tewl to cultivate jute fur market.
<’>« one ranch in Texas a thousand
.
ia.M.le, were fcUied by cold weather.
Mai ver n. Ark has voted down the
graining of Uijuor licenses in that place,
f. he new code of Mississippi, cost $12,*
>.000 volumes at $2 W p volume.
It is raid that castor lieaaa caa b*e
rafo-d to perfection in Wtutcru Texas,
Tin* re».jiin« of the father of Hon.
Jefferem .Davis are buried in Wilkes,
county, Ga Jr F allege*! that Mr. Davis
has w fittoi to u gt-tnh inan of Wilkes
1 onuty. offering a liforal reward f >r them.
One of the moat .wrious drawbacks to
th<‘ jwjsperity of ?^uth Florida i- raid
to be the fact tout •«. large m port ora of
iise supplies is imported from the North,
The remark might be extended to other
parts of the Bonth;
Kf nuftdy, the South Texas eattlc King,
who recently raid.out to anFutglirfs. com
j any, had one of the largest ranebe- iu
toe Stole, having ISO,COO acres of i a *td
wader fence, upon which he fed 50,000
head of cattle and 10,000 he ld of horses.
Nagotiatiojis are in progress for the
purchase of land in Eastern Horth Caro
! »a '-rhereupon to settle a etoony of
Swedes, who are expected to arrive at
New York early in'the spring. A loca¬
te on near the Pamlico river in Beaufort
count?,...
n.s^tos-istoHtorfrf««,*
tvermany to induce immigration. There
is some talk of managing this agenev in
owmytion with those of North Carolina
and Georgia, thereby ^curing greater
advantages with lessourfoy.
By Us* new homestead am of Smith
< "arolina, a homestead in 1 nda, whether
exceed m value SI,930, with the yearly
products thereof, is exempt to the head
of every famdv residing in the State
fiem attachment Gevv „>• vde or & «» 5
’
mmm m final G pcocete issuing from any
court upon atvy judgment obtained- upon
any right of action arising subsequent to
the ratidcatinh of the.State e«mstii«ti<w
'
t, Ato, rer-rnal nr prop. ,r rt_, h-< to rt the e-xtewt , Ot
n i ■ *^exempt hi ihvhvtel* jI fiuiMif
.'residingifi >mj *
-the■■State.
■ie 'Ary-.-
Hr i'csui tenfold 4
VOL. V.
Tin: r anr or tmb riTt,
»T rc.UK m-vvi.r. o'rsit.lV,
A *rra». rich <-ity of iK«r«r'an<t stt-Je,
n-^S’oi With wwkuwv wd J!5£\a
suit, «4 .heschwmfanal
"™
i h? pv ttvw pmu’i «* thw opn.v:i< ?****
iK.tiriKtrsr:Xcgs:,'.;,.
Airf eon them in*> th« *i»l*naai ss*-*.-.
The The fmlnsws <it»rw! a. •* ft*.
|5S5«Jte.'Sf55Sf.V rich rare sneered, cud the strong men laughed;
mi lit «»s. «« uar-tgh t&ey added,
»»w»
And rhe toensuic. raid, " To rcmutcel times
W'> slut! semi i-ur name jn 1 our gremie* dewa."
Tiw cams true: fmt th« {aiswiis town
i !f*t a learn wb-n tli w.is u.hl
u \ml only W»i otie atmtummA mot*
mmm* ^ bmim
rl.au : - asr-u an.: !a tesiu-'n and w-h.'xsJ-niOft
They And had neeer l-oaet dvri-Ust, but pralaed iriatovt; .
they of the i«et the —-itenuer* town baa .Vfte l.-re.i.
'jin*.
r-rr
rmlcr the Apple Blossoms,
My-i v,„ B to ™. ,to
Stot«'<l?Kn.jih“i..“ ; He*rm®» bari*
it svsj • luulfaicdebf
and the tinsel u*ml(
The old. 'v.d^fwuU^ 4«>1 with its
whib, wa tl« ruitie noreh »ft.ra
blinds, *b*M ujH.ii nri-emincncc. with a
tthvu i a front sloninir 0 down iipiia the
garden Winding Wloscd public, rood. with wWto-wasbed On the left, was a
tf&MKl tad.
an owlt mi to tho right The
Istiter slojw-d Imgfe to m.-ftdow lands.
through with which a broad stream flowed,
banka bredeted with willow and
abler: a large buttonwood tree shaded
the hack yard vith its wide spreading
brauelw*, whilst .in the woodliixm spring and. stun
mer tim»* featobufl of and re**
clustered over th« rustic porch in front.
From the latter was aeem a brutal W ex
pMum of wfiiug country dotb’-d and
there with groy,* of trees On the togbt off!
by the roadside, » little .liahmae'
stood a two-atory frame. country inn,
■whoao gallr ptiuled sfcadxwd swnng
laxQj far-oif pj flm air- the white spires'-of the
fbe village we.ro tfesn, in the dtomnsv
MtoDO m» of a vdl-eolttvatod, conn
tr^ wliicli if* its WornraVt pwc/a] Moli
Ride, wastempttog to the f 8 »h.
iohablopeoidoof and the heated, thronged dusty'cities, the
in aumoM# «Wi»v rural
•autilwthooA.
Mabel was the eMest of Biw cliiidren.
awl, at the tirno I intrcxlnce her, in Jk*
ninoteenth year. She was tall. f‘>M,
handsome, d<4 with a alight, evmmelnoai
figure, fringed complexion with long black deep lashos. bine
eyes,
well-shaped nose, and a mouth tempting
as a rosebud; her wanng uias^-x ot golden
.,:Uj !'.V.' i 'Bb« ,l !l»*n”u!!Sit.'""r “ ,;Th ■., -i-h’
.
S it ' I .W 15. ?,:', ,? h' 3 h t
S“S»S:" ... 1 t”
1- 3 ;"' "y 5-ared. U
understand J her reftued, enpewor J>*taie.
She SLJT was not entirely satisfied SS with her
bmSng" S w«?hmd Scr
than “she had known. She of
books, nud eagerly which gm=q»xt -aay in'l,er chance
reading the matter e,mo wav.
It was calm of a lovely Sabbath an
she snt upon the grass, leaning against
»'rey* h f ’y* *•
h.rliko'aflondt whillii i.udstrd- 'dt
was keeping her calm blue eves i»
shade. Tim trees were ladmt with l»h.s
re>m«. whilst the h»m of bee* filled the
air a* they were laving t i» thoir
supply A honey. Th m was fall of
fragrance, and MaVtcl, with a half list
less iulniiration, viewed the scene, which
s?* t*
rUil. Atoc -» to».4.-Wt.
boring former. He and Mafol had Ix en
brought np together, their families being
fast friends. Ho was a tall, handsome,
dark-oomplexionod young man of three
and-twenty of different summers. charaotei His fatlwr was s
man a from Mr.
with Vanghn—industrious his and managing,
fine farm out of debt, and “a
little’' as lie said, “laid up fora rainy
day.” Philip, kfa Oldest, son,' #»k the
pridc of hie parents and the admiration
of the neighborhood, on account of iris
noble nature and mental superiority. He
worked harden the farm, ami alibis
spare timo was devoted t«> tftu*. lie
had b>vod Mare i wi%h« >ateli .re* i ohil 1
hood, and she in return gave him hex
undivided heart
of Philip’s ambition was to go to the city
P---and study for a law ver aorilocate
there, making his way ui> to prom?nonce
if possible.. He had for Aome tireie l»e»
endeavoring to induce hi» father to ad
var.ee a sufficient amount far this si-heme
out of what in future would coma to him
out of the estate. Mr. Adair was at first
reluctant, not knowing how he could
e+£: m !£rjf s?ss
“We will not oppose Urn boy Mary
for there is the making ot a great man re”
j»bmi. and wo will never kt h.m
fon, s R,i hub-mJ^7’ nui" motiser. “If if Fkilip PhilinStinn coittuiuc# 1 ;!
^ m Wi I hava
*'WY^ r f L
W lib Uth<r
o^ntanue fe,xgl; the two make a beautiful
TS',. A -‘ w coutempl.tmg . .
^Pkdip through the Adair meadow, approached, and stood on
looking with uRenae love *ad admoatioa
ajam her Kwsly face. As he did s* hi*
.
*.*’** < * n ‘ aw, **J crossed her# npoa the
owtauned, , • “j 5 "to f. k renew im *&»*’ her eiigagcmeut, he mentally
whilst 'niong lam wna.rebiae of k.W
away my
-I BSI P, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY * 26 , 1881 .
: As tbev< thought* crossed hiu mind,
without spaakiag, ho threw himself
ufou the clover at 1nser feel
i She steurted, wlulak a food of crimson
colored her face, and looked shvlv toward
£*««'*’ hwko** suitor, exclaim
| : -Is that.you, Phil? I hare been ex
I'y’S*,,. ! CEMyr *— 1M »
°”
| i *-.d«B.‘.Uuug h/»« happened " she said,
ft«zfatg into Ids p.to, sad hce> “Do not
■ COUvVial it from n& ”
5 f tMm
and juotimr at .have givim tbeir eon*
wd toinv uUf*; ifmm to the «i¥of Ml,' <a
study for that is he said,
forcing a nervous iaturh “I shall Iwr
for two or three y-nrs, perhaps, and
i " ill leave much sooner than I expected
I to-morrow j.j fa«i Yon trill ^ «iv« *S? me
a solemn promise to wait for e
\n% ? 1 will write often, and corn a borne
oueoor twice a voar k) hco rm and
utom 1 finish, thelxsau^fni tvo'will tuarrv s*d set-tie
downin' dtrof'P-___and
I hope will have a long ‘and happy meV' Ufa
together. Tou will wait for bo
repeated, Lx;km% ’ earnestly into her
fv. ce “i.«
«« t «»,- a.
mi »»«
««*> >»p" <? *W« W»^l
rhe ljiglil tU ,: -■
! m »«%. tm» th.
f‘ taour r ' U1 settcag t<> P«mwer Iheir >. words by one lh
w 1 ® 6 w/re
[•"% bit the heart of each was filled with
io ^.tor thet^ier. At last tmy jiartel
i ‘. i Sll « s «‘'« } h * ^‘ks of the lonely
» wr - Her chf f ks ^re wet with _ the
sl , A her ,?* ,irc ‘ L Lit
~
«« tWht fhov of the poastWe sevenag
f had » B»tn. ttu.- _bUghtmg their of a low
grown, wton growth, uutu
hari u- .w ripened auto peetmUcm,
The nnwrtaiu tutor# is wisely ooa
«••aUM fwm im; only our present duties
* r \
L \ lt 'P ' ve '; f ^the tut-y, and Mabel ,, , do
r0U: f «ere> if witu her usual patience to
hor homo duties. Bho heard frequently
{rmn I and was con‘ .tod and
i)ft FTy
l>unn« the AtawafT the old inn waa
^ mv:il klmi mtb Ci? -V boarders,
whom one Mr. Percy Chore !
'«gW>OThood. waa making otiitg .iTe a sensation in tht>
was a widowar of
he U4*tj -&*&, tV>jt i»t# Isit tiirt^o
/eats had been traveling abroad. On
retoro, before settling down to city
<4 '> tM had- eonssludcd to rusticate in this
r }< cighm>rhix>d for rest for huusclf
'« a *Y* U .“ K 1 '“ y* *'*' ^ittm ».-m%
n ,-\ a „Y' u -° 8U R# er S an>
* JA 1 *»®** b' 0 mc nt * na au<i . ’ priMnineut . and position, liangnty
*PP««fftnce
S , * m f ” r 1 *•
t! ,“ W 1 »® f the
tlwhch.'irmYtohidnce'him to'miC'rv *? “ arid i
w „, ■ -V - ,, , h , s lb
- » ’nrai'i Mr Cl.
«■^ »; ^ SS^Suit ; > >x .!™
hr-, -barer a. laokitz
pqreluw-,. ,1 ,« km «n rinmt ttuf
f# .
>v Fi'dta the d-veription rwogniztA sho hr.d
heard, W she at once him “tho ns
Mr t Bhe
f?* U ( * <”%»' Ra admiration be fixed i„mn
£ next avenmg *us Ires,-d a
» ! t Y’ ihi ** >( : lT '™* -. f h r m ' A * n <* **
pV, w TT . /T**®
SSTSJl^IgS ,1 * f "SSf M . ■ Mr StoSS : U ? lT f’
! ]*',.!-• ff'iWAm, Ynti^it'Tn 11 'nl f 0 C •‘S?. *^ i “5
d ’ ^L$TT tl f u »» «ie repm-i, ,
t'u J.tt , , H { \ V th C *ffu* *£*
'M*°.}?$*}**r 'ArJ IninTfnA V ae •mnmers. U an4 , t . h ®
: j ‘ ! 'd T ft remarks
, to^xwa f , «»» r , to ; 1 !:
reports wer, or
rj. ‘ ' ’ wn . Ar , v ' au 8 hn » wbo 1 wa *
£iT , - >
t tv 1-Sf t 11’ a* M r
A r * {? "A ttwd » *V? , st ^ *
,al either be !
^' d forced to sell n new, or
H M) proper > wou.d be smd tor him, ns
rU° 7 ° f T\f T
lua,,Wit dn f Mr - . idr *- r \ au f^ n
t it. trying , to persuade Mr.
" “: l V lh em out ot t-ueir Oiffl
J IrY ”' r!a 1 ‘f rl xwabi.uJtift wviTdeltobtod ‘.TrC ow P '
X 1 dj v ■ f ! -^«Ung tin ir re.arri.
Tou wyn.d regret. W-s \augrm. lie
v * fho
“Yes, sir; it is our home. We ^ children
bav * al \ been ’ >on ' b ***’ f ld l^vc the
TOmt Pfoasant and tender associations
wuii > tfa ® dear old place. I
»hall bo very unhappy if wear# forced
to }?S'° Yon mfi lt * v not ^ forced f ,, to go. Often,
f*™ , .
'? R re ott '« r f? of 801519 ?***
M n ‘ wfort , nue a kind Prmudenoo inter-
1™^-, audwe , *.?* 9Xtnc9ted trom our
jsi,3fcr±f fc *3&^
Sat aonmtlrine wd i.lace'” * .wnr to P ’
vonr k-uvi™ th* old firing
us all too
Mp.” ^return f other f( parents, f Mated A . ,
quickly ■ withdrew. Mr. Vanafoa waa do
^-hred with Wa distinguished gnoat,
.T‘v ref* Wlt Y 7 f
itotB Mabel bo^an to think it w*. haraolf.
f Dt thafowu,«i which ho was moat ia
t created Tim can#*! her alarm, mid
|be tn<^ to avmd th* assidnon* in her beauty stranger. f«r
1 ml.pt sake. She now turned from her
l,lU ‘ ror Tith pain, regarding it aa her
gr^test misfortune.
sir. G.awa would not-_ sea Iter fodif
tercncc „i,t kept perewteidiy vutUng
f «e fhl ^proseui^. form, and over At ia«t whelming h* frl^kt^nod her with
Bor with an offer, whmb she po*itly*ay
deelfoed- expected vbtr, IJJSj tSJfl' '0
her parents, telling t,bear drat he loved
their daughter, and if ah» could be tn
dneed to wed him, he would pay off tps
sniire irulabtedaesa of the Arm, and assist
|: h f u ot,t of M embarrassments for the
l '™*nd
Mr,, Vaughn were at thi*
»e r y indignant at their neighbor for
fiot mmtmg tos, mil C0&4SCUHWI Mr,
-AXLaafcfc She 1 *».
! a noble girl. will love you aa you
® .tTZJfhtJk? aB ls ••ait. ** &l!d hCr “
,.ff i -' , l£ti5yS!.^K , . '. d ..ituauon to „tae*a lur, .MHt
2S8P# , tliat dw ' would accept Mr,
CI Tc^“^l£l
l C.Ui not .Mallei cried cried witlr with awafl awafl
f pnow f that I love ,‘* U 1 * hiiip, U ’* kl antll liave made
llim tl|,: most siwred promise. WUftt
m i, ' m “® ? ,Wi °*V ^ w 1 my*e\t ^
Mr . VfUighw eotfld not tm
* tolly iu refusing grand
«er so
1V,UC «•»' ?{>!«>«nnity, nl,J 1,0 regarding h it us a wlura
" ,v “ T In urging to upon T * her Bfe-tjme they
Gtf'ir «•<*<{«* hut hor advancing
&£
M^SwCSTi'S -InJJbS
1K| ,/ 1£»"'iiSVSS. n1,,r t 5 , r llSS'lSS ■■ . IV
,u ! “miugtmt r with Mr. C.-laire m xaftg- .
they sighed with envy,
»«<■ dreiwing bow often b«r suule had
an aelang heavt.
* If tlKut foBrnwug imd aukn wnug. whoa when the all nature apple
?* % “ P: bloom, Mabto
tr« ; s were again in was
stoupg a.ose by one ctf the “fmnt-wom
wuidows. In a tew days site w« to be
mmvud. She sat battossly looking oyer
d toe to wnto-s,.reading msdk.p.w, landwMp.% thinking
Ad.urstood ..tuklen.y shevras Martl^d, for Ihthp
out uroa the porch before
her. Fl.w took* were striuigely altered—
^ pale and fern Mab-.d, in an agony
of d.^iwir, bx»k«l np, and for a momeni
they gazed fixedly into each other's pale
tv* ■
1» Wt Mabel exebumed;
know1 “Philip, have why given are yon come? Ton
yon tip.”
"Matod I nay come to hear from
,Yo*ir own L|.k tnat. ^ moil© conIA
t-rce mo to believe. -Mine until ihmtli,
Philip,”' said lie, bitterly. *T thank
rov God that f am rid of one so «n
worthy ! When r left you, Mabel I
t away with no thonght but of you
»fid yeut iiapjaoefw. Whilst J was iahor
i :lg f„ r this. x„n wore plotting to w-onnd
j„ the cruohwt way. yon little know,
Malv-l Vaughn, the mischief you have
, loae . Farewell, and may a just CtoJ
deal with you as you have dealt with
,„«*>•
H-t™,-l qiliAlv, Irap.-d from Ou
«w «v« u»
wm Mlinlil tot Amm
i»« ta-rft follow..a r hr . to
wu*k«-t gate m time to see him disappear*
ing in tins dim distance. She held out
^ toward him. exclaiming,
“Phihp! ’ with a bittormnr of pain. Then
she returned and, seating hetodf upon hm
the f..cj» of the p>rel* buried her
1 in hands, whilst her whole frame
: I 1^* !}»•? >k P«te‘> «*»*y **r«*»t«l wrholaul faohngs vowrcnl to Tims go
-ree-.
.
i !°v**,, ' v ‘* Uin « *!»
She left with Mr. Clair 1 to preside over
los elegant est.d iwhmmit iu the city of
th * ..........• M ' orI<{ J ie P'«*» ¥> ooBgwmffity man of
-
i them, and Mabel, though.sab
missive, found her lifo a blank. As time
,.,3^^ on the gulf widened aud widened
asr“»„> gq h, £l «£&££
;
! liimself injured iu marrying one in to r
i fee jsjsition liberal and not having it appreciated %nd
was toward her fami] Y
Mabel felt prwpions kindlv toward him when sho
*aw them and nghtSyiLdcratand- happy.
Philip Adam, never
j n g the matter, accused her of duplicity
flU( | R j OV6 c j ^huilay. buSa Twice in after
vears he saw her. she passed him
in her elegant carriage: their eves met
either spoke, iiotu couisideriug them
B ,dvcs injured. Philip was surprised dimmed to
8 ™ th « ,lark «**>!-• «*« ha.1 the
«*dhuit fom.ty; never, he thought, had
he seen a human being so pale. “Sim
hw reaped what slm has sown, ., said ., he. .
bitterly, The though lus heart was full of
pity. wlidi-t lips may utter tortured severe heart re
proachas all love the while. poor, rale conceals
»
anguish, uud I Inhp, in spite ut lus bit
|f‘ r ' vo T'} s ’ wmW ‘* vo to 6a,e ier “
u-could.
T™ T hcr i h ® 8t,U
pater She lay m her coffin f
^tiful ey«i there Wfon she felt her
ajarts:r“sa ks
more ' lt " 5l1 btt '* P 1 **® 91 ?® fur >?’V to
know , yon have coosented to my dying
3RS So^ iJluZc^Sfl'
when in
bio , im thov t. ur i.-a her there. It was a
bright »^ sunnv bv'the day The birds sane
U v winding river, which
"h«ne like'a baud of silver unrolled, the
l«£*SKfffinSf
Phiito gnLfiJ Adair tLAmbitton nroapered wonderouslv hL
of parent
frien ,j 8 H« lieoame adistingniahed
juan fo t-ho world, mtuk a brilliant mar
Hag*, and was considered bv his less
fortunate friends a lucky fellow. But
though favored military by mauv hkasingH, there
was avoid always which a world place in his heart
the could not sat
i»f v 1>T fiU . In society be was gav and
ehe«dfiii, liicd ami generous, and th«*
grtef tlmt waa buried deep within his
heart was known ouiy to his Maker.
S VI) H1STOKV 0* THK < OM’EDHR
.ITE GK'Ett.tlS.
Th,' Wen WHO OS< r«l Tlw fr l.ms
»ml Crttpsrly On Hie AIIhi of T elr
< #nntr) . ami How S'btj At*ee|>t»Ml rite
trlillr.mii-til of the Swurd «»»«! AM-
1»> 11.
What a strange, and in the main, what
a sad history is that of the generate who
fed tin* confederate armies m the late
war. it tea story of poverty and depri¬
vation, lit up hew? «m there by a gleam
of good luck—-butof poverty borne man¬
fully, iisd of deprivation met with the
•wune courage that led these men to tire
front of their legions,
The fate of the “ rebel brigadier" at
the dose of the war w»s enough to de¬
press the most houyant- Among them.
They the had put everything on the turn of
sword and had lost. Property, busi¬
ness and all had been sacrificed in the
ardor of war. and they were left, in t he
fierce tight »f fame, without any resource
and —expected nothing to support a it certain There dignity
to support, on. was
no standing retired army adequate into which they could
be with salary. There
was no hope for them in the thousand;*
of lucrative offices that the republicans
distributed among the federal generals.
Their unable States wete impoverished establishments and were
to support civil
that would furnish offices out of which
anything could lie hoped for. Of course
the privates of the confederate army
were deserving that, of all generate sympathy; had hut it
sectus to me the some¬
what harder times.. At anv rate lam
sure that there is no old soldier that fol¬
lowed the stars and bars that will not
read history with interest of these, a old Madly-inquire leaders and their into
the
families. I belie?e the annexed will be
entirely hardly accurate, know certainly nearly so.
I where to begin, but
suppose we take the living Jvees with
which to open tin hurried review. W. ft.
F. Lie, the oldest son of Robert F„ I.ee,
is living at present in Fairfax county,
on a form that belonged to the estate of
place his aunt, the Mr-*. Fitzliugh. i« attentive It is a and fine
; General an
swecessfu] farmer, and be gets a comfort¬
able living out of it. Cufttis Lee, the
next son, su«-'-eeded his father as i’resi
daut of IVaalriugton-Lee University and
and live.- his in Rxington. sisters live He with is a him. bachelor,
two He
has fine expectations, Judge Arlington Hughes hav¬
ing decided that the estate.
now ns*'*! as a federal cemetery, is his by
right the of judgment law. The ease will has hardly been appealed, reversed
hut he
and the place will he appraised and
payment made for it. Robert lye- live*
on the old Lee estate in Westmoreland
count where he is moving along
smoot hlv making iltdtugli enough to supply a'fitrm his
wants. General J*e l»a«
on the Potomac, that belonged to his
tuiftt, Mrs. Fiuhugh, and it is said is
showing considerable enterprise, though
not: amaasing meney. He has a saw mill,
i think, in connection with his farm,
The House and the Senate have a g<*»d
manv of mfr generals, and 1 think with
the exception of Generate Lock re; I and
I'aiOT, all of them find tbeir salary verv
importJinL General Van * was living
very easily "marriage, and added to s fortune bv
his who late and Senator Cockrell,
was a brave dashing officer,
built up a lucrative' practice in St. Louis
Uifore he eame to the Senate, and is well
fixed. Besides these there are in the
Senate. straggling Major-Genera! bis Matt Ransom who
is to clear property of en
eund.ranees that lie was forced to nut
up*>n it to make it productive liriga
fiier-Geueral John T. Morgan, of Ala
hatna, tiee. which wlm depended larger upon in v*>Ionic hrn law prae
was than in
income; Lie u ten a i j t-G e nergl Hampton,
<>f *r< ut h Carolina, who is a coDSparative
lv iKsrr man, though a large land owner;
lust Major-General all in the Butler, and his has cpileague, who
war not reooverrsl
nineli; M Hiif-i «< >i*-r;il Maxev. of Texas-,
who h-v from the his war practice, ha* an and independent beau- in
come owns a
tifui home in Paris. Texas.
1 .• -r _ , r . l£ra
\_.» „d ‘ ' '
,i: iJsiisr.nsraSs • -
rr f ,
S|S?’aJ 1 1 1 ” j£ toitoTw?,^ *1 »»«»»«* »>««- &7
and ,1 bis i wifca * daughter of.Iudge
M'-Loan, had considerable property. His
\™ k h wW ?™ he4 t J* undftr ,d l" w mu(h ’ * ht ' ar > } *
J n f, P “ » I K)or
Alalmma . has done , well bv u f r prmvxafo
V ‘ir K m 416 J * 1 >UMe—-Af h jo r-f»enr r«l
w 1 i? Forney, who has lit tle beyond his
^<1 Bngadmr-Gcmral O. M.
ribediev who w m about theywime. coudi
Bon. book, Georgia vvfao hasRngadier-tieireral »xsl Phil
has » law in
Ainenrus, < fo, four
tenus ta the House. Brigadier--ienem!
bbbrell, of lenwsree, 1* comfortably
hxcl. and is re-elected t« the House for
his th ini term—and Atkins and White
tbome, of the same State were generals
of g tate troops. Virginia ha* Brigadier
o en( . m i Beale, who is doing well outside
„f Congrew, and General Eppa Huoton,
w j 10 retires at the close of the present
Congrew, himself. perfectly North Carolina able to take -'an- of
has General
Bobert Vance in the House, to balance
General Zeb in the Senate. Louisiana
)m , Genera , Randall Gibson, who has
f ; 1 ^
-
shoe string district of Mississippi, # n d is
moderately well off. This finish#* up the
^ ^ 1 * h ink, without !“ omfouon. %?'””* “ d
There an :> number of .-onfede rat
generals in in Washington. the departments First and m th- variou
*rvire in im
portam,. of hts workr» General Marc,
towards a literan connection when he
was offered this place that would have
brought him fame and money. Major
General W. Field, mho fought U, the
day in the morning with Lee, is
donr-ltwper had insurance of the house, busmen having that former
ly living, an but gave,
him a not much more. Ma
jor-General L. L. Lamar, who was :i
brave •-,idler, tee* -oirw position
the house, pr. Mujor-Gvn^ral -baWy Wing in i.'ndain(u*M. the doom
mentroom.
'Mb -v i- with the •coreur-r-at-arm.
. the Senate and has little fortune outeiff.
NO. 22 .
of his position. Major-General Ham
.fomas is in the adjutant general's office,
where he has :» good though not a preun
iuent.place. who claastuate Major-General Harry Hetb,
waa a and great, friend of
Burnside, has a comfortable position in
the treasury-rand this dom* the roll I
believe of the genera!* of the Southern
armies afoot Washington. inanycHjiac
itv, unless General O. L. Stevenson, who
eomraittre,*tiH was formerly clerk of a place.’ congressional
bold*his
The cause of education has engaged the
time and gives support to a good many
V,f the old !c tiers of the 'Vasl'nnpton-lie U.vs in gray.
General Cuatia Ice is at
as before noted. General Kirbv .<mith
is chancellor of the univeraity of
South at Sow a nee. Tennessee, bis neces
titles making him ^mUlv dem^ndoiit <v »
his salary. Lieutenant-General I). H
Hill is president of the. Btate agricultural
college of Arkansas, at Fayetteville, been at
<• salary ot $3,300, He has poor
ever since the war, and lost intich time
and that money however, in publishing •creditable a {wriodicftl and
was, pure
publication, and in teaching school.
Brigadier-t knieral M. P. hotly MW, has
charge of a female school at Baiein.
and is prospering tinvlv. Lieutenant
General A. V. Stewart is chancellor of
the university good of Mississippi, has where he
gets Brigadier-General a salary and » fine position,
f think Lilly Washington-Lee is a professor
.somewhere, at
naive «ty. and this, I N'iieve, closes the
list of generate who are engaged ia train¬ And
ing the young is General men of J. rhe Argyle Sunh Smith,
yet there
now superintendent of State instruction
for Mississippi.
There are very few of out old generals
who have accepted office from th** federal
government. Lieutt muit-< ieneral lamg
street is minister to Turkey. Goionel
general. Mosby, who won the prominence of a
I- consul io Hong Kong. Major
General the LaFayette Me Laws, who was
one of powers of the Army of Vir¬
ginia, is postmaster at Havannah. Major
General James Fagiu was United States
-marshal of Arkansas under Grant, but I 1
believe is out of the service now. I do
not know of any others that hold politi¬
cal appointme»t$ and believe there are
none others. Oh yes, there is General.
Jack Wharton, of Liuisiuna, who took
the mitrehatehip of the New tirleans dis¬
trict a few years ago.
The railroad business has captured its
quota of the generals and and work. pays good -al¬
aries for light genteel Major
General Jo n C. Brown, of Tennessee, is
first with vice headquarter* president of Marshal! the Texas and Pacific,
at a sal¬
ary of $10,000 a year and expense*. He
hud money before he took this plane,
having hail a practice-of f 8,0(K»t.-o $10,000
J from hn soon P>. Marmaduke after the war. is railroad Major-General
eornrnis
siruw.r of the Ntate of Missouri on a salary
<>( $5,000 a year, on wldch he lives with
dignity and «we. He. is a bachelor and
will probably have his position with a
competency. He stands high in St.
ijoujs. the Major-Geralcn daring M. cavalrymen 1>. L. Rosser,
one of most that
overdrew a sabre, is chief engineer of
tire Northern Paeific at a big salary, and
has made a fortune in tend* along the
! *ne. He is a bachelor, r.ud divides with
Fierce Young the honor* with the fair
M ' x * Lieutenant-General John B.Gor
don is counsel for the Ixtuiaville and
Nashville road, at a salary of $14,000,
and General K. P. Alexander, the best
artillerist of the army, is practical mana
ger of the same road at probably as large
a salary. Neither of the. gentlemen are
rich, b«t_will both probably* save money
front their «alary. General 1 *. H. Ratt*
* l,in was in charge of the freight ageuey
«f an imiKimnt. Southern line. Major
I Ieneral r,. C. U aithafl lives in < I rcimda,
Mississippi, Mississippi Central and is general road counsel fur the of
$H.J** and isivell at a off salary in the
1 * per annum,
world’s good*.
1 here are three of our generals who
have become chiefs of police. Brigadier
(ieneral R. H. Anderson, a dashing cav
airy officer, is chief of police in riavannah.
Brigadier-General chief *if police in Atlanta, Ttge and Anderson, Brigadier- in
General W. W. Allen, is chief of jadioe
in Montgomery, Alabama.
There i» a man be who have turned
the bucolic sword lives into a Be-ides plough, the and Leu, are Lading
who
.iave grate to forming, there is Major
General Frank B. Cheatham, who bias a
fine ■h place he in Coffee good county, living. Tennessee, On
o h:< ft. makes a General
W. (‘‘Red” ) J ekson, who married a
daughter of General Harding, and has
charge of the famous Belle Meade farm,
the home <4 Bomric Scotland, Great Tom,
and Enquirer, and from which came
Bramble, Ben Hill, and Luke Blackl-am.
He i« rich and is up to his knees in clo¬
ver, literally and deservedly. Major
Gem ral A. Buford has a fine stock farm
that is in itself worth a fortune, l dug a
gem of rhe blue-grass. He raises thor¬
oughbreds, none of which are more thor¬
oughbred rul tImn himself. is Brig dier-Gcn
v Wirt Adams getting rich on a
Mississippi fa m. General Joe Davis is
farming near the famous Beauvoir p m*
in Mississippi, Lieutenant-General but is in moderate Joe circum¬ Wheel
stances.
cr, whore wife was rich, runs a farm,
does a large Saw practice, and owns a
store. He is rich and is becoming richer,
and goes toCongres* nextremion. Major
General Fierce Young is farming in
Georgia, And Gen ra! L. J. Polk has a
fine stock farm in Murray cons y, Ten*
IK-S.WS-.
There are few of the gen ral* who General hold
State office*. Colquitt, 1 may who is begin with of Geor¬
A. H. governor
gia at 08,000 a year and who is quite
General p*>or, although Beauregard he bn* is adjutant valuable lands. Bern!
ire
of i he State of IxuiiMan* at02,500 a year
•—which tt.gaforvof salary in So,W)0 supplemented for th- L-.iii-uinu it is said
bv
~ra e lottery, of which 1m is commfo
j i ***» The law of has its votaries.
course
; General Toombs, of Georgia, who w very
\ rich, practices law in a casual wav,
j chiefly railroads, representing volenteering the State for against the State tfie
; Gcucra! it. Lawb.ir and H, H. Jack
’ A.
! of whom are well-to-do. prac
tire law m Savum Major h, Georgia, ral a.ad ffap.' have ha»
Ittrp# incomes Gt iu
» k’o*«! praetb-e the Senate. In N.-edn-Ulc General aud Ahdtena i<« look
i ing to
Baker, foiu-o most eloquent of men, practices
good in die, where he i* coming into a
income—which General Ifo-il I>ukr,
built who i* a5»o for fa himself. botrivillc, Major-General ha* Already
Bradley up Jubnrton,
"hois said ui have
made a great deal of money in Yi'i&intu
•‘■Hale with bonds, big income, is practicing whew in BaRlimra
a Hr irad ier-G c n -
era! George II. Stewart is' also- located,
and in good shape for a fine practice,
Major-General W, V. Cl Hume* is prac¬
ticing in Memphia, where l»e has already
amtwcl a competency, am! Brigadier
General ©. W. Gordon is iu the msm<
city OUngnmn,'of doing nearly North aw well. < b-iiera!
practicing law and doing Carolina, well. k aim
Insurance has lost ilspopuforitv with
the generals, although Major-General
B. H. Robinson, now living in Washing¬
ton, has made a snug fortune out of it,
and is driving a pair of lSonaie Scotland
bays down the avenue a gallant gentle¬
man and general favorite, and blessed is
the mahogany under which hi- legs are
crossed. Major-General I>. 11. Maury is
at insurance, and has done well, though
not so well as < ieuertd Robinson,
* if iniacdlanenus pursuits there j*» a
variety. Lynchburg,-a General Bourbon .Tubal Early bachelor, is living
at in
drcnmstances It is said that
^. "“‘“L* ra * 9 ’* ,,j51 11 - from the of Loumi- special
2“ 9 w«wiite»oiter
d .™ wl W' Mmor^encral Mahnna u COB
r ‘« h > hwwg made, money m rail
rt,!tl 1 M>,K ' an-1 stoc-s, it is said, and is
f tenant* ,w Sector k«uif elect J, from C. i embrrDmkliving \ irgima. Lieu
d^dJy md in ixs,r health m FhUadel
" 'f, re IH f a rs ''' brother. He
,K h,nwdf ,M . «’«cnmal;me < s.
He has written a IxHik on Vicksburg’s
defense and surrender, but 1 do not know
whether or not he will publish it. Major
General 8. B. Buckner has had a varied
experience. Iiis w ife owned large tract*
of unimproved real estate in Chi cago,
which was confiscated, but afterward*
recovered. It was then mortgaged and
built up -and in the panic was sacrifice! I
for its mortgage money, leaving General
Buckner jMHir. He is now living in Ik>u
isville. Brigadier-General /uck Lefts,
of Alabama, went, into Wall street and
made about $200,000, li with which he re¬
tired. and is now ving in bare. Bri a
dier-Gencral P, I). Roddy, the brave and
chivalric cavalrymgn, also made « for¬
tune in Wall street, but lost over $100,
000 in a few r] ys, and went to London,
of where he banking- is now living firm, as in financial moderate agent cir¬
some
cumstances. Brigadier-General surrendered Guroforiand ,1. W,
Frarer, who
Gap is in New York, in the brokerage
business, doin ' well. Brigadier-General
Thomas Jotmbtn is editor of the Mining
Record, on Broadway- a pmaperous served par
wr. four Major-General the Egyptian L>ririg, who is
years in army, now
engineer for a mining company in New
Mexico, and is taking chances of a big
fortune. General Frank Armstrong has
made a fortune and by running (feneral a “]«*uy” W. Rey¬ ex¬
press in who Texas, A. Luring,
nolds, still there—'though went t» Egypt with of servfee.
is out
General Tom Benton Smith lost hi-*
mind, and was, the last, time I beard of
him, in an insane asylum in Tenfiesaoe.
It is a melancholy fact that nearly ev¬
ery general who died or was killed, died
in {wverty brought about by his devo*
titin. Raphael and Paul Oemiatm l>oth
died |K>or, but a daughter of thu former
married Luke IV Wright. ;i neral pronlifting Zoilt
and prosoerous lawyer. < I
eofler left nothing but they to have a family all married, of five
daughters,
wive one, ;u»d have married well. Gen¬
eral Pillow’s death caused the sale of his
house and library which, however, his
friends rebotight by subscription assassiiiaud, Gen¬
eral T.C. Hindman, ail. who was
left nothing at but the people of
Helcra loved and resja-t-ted him. Thin
family has many friends. Gen* ral Hick
Tsvlor died jsmr; and iiis two daughters
are living with his sister at \V#rrenton.
If isbook did not pay anything of aecpuilt.
General “StonewaH” Jackson left hi**
wife and daughter without means, hut
his name has raised friends for them, one
of whom Mr. Wade Bolton, of Memphis,
I think, left them $.'>,000 in his will.
General Polk left nothing to his family,
but his foil. Dr, Polk, hits an immen c
practice and distinguished character in
New York. General Budirod Johnson
left only one son, w ho is doing well, and
oral Forrest, who left but little, left it.
with a thrifty and (led. prosperous smi ll, who
makes all thatisno (.ieneral L ’.well's
wife bad about $100,000 worth of prop¬
erty in St. Lap is, j think, which was
saved from eimfiscation by a friend.
Mrs. Ewell died within three days ofltet
hushaud. General Bragg died without
property and his wife lives with her sister
in New Orlcam*. The history of ( iete.ra!
Hood’s children is part of Uu‘ history of
the country, (ieneral I». II. (Viop-rdied with
in poverty, and his wife lives bet
dauehter in Texas, I folieve. Maior
Geueral W. H. C. Whiting, of Fort
Fteher fame, who died in Wilmington
prison 1 in '*>4. left nothing, and General
M. Walker who was killed in a duel
with Marmaduke. left hut little to his
wife, who now live- in Charlottesville,
General Cobh—oh, what a cavalier was
there!—left to hi* family but little of
the fortune that hi- generous heart dis¬
pensed so bountifully in the piping rimes
of peace.
Truly it is sad history 1 The story of
men who gave their lives to their coun¬
try, and left nothing to their wives but
A poverty that made life a struggh
Braver soldiers never drew sword purer
men never went to battle-— higher-m mded
wM-ft never went to death. Had the issue
of their the honor conflict and their to which lives te they different, pledged
en
a pleasanter record could have teen writ¬
ten. As it is, the love and sympathy of
a whole people will envelop their \* Plows,
their sons, and their daughter*--and shall be part
their names and their deeds
and parcel of the glory of the South.
“B. W. G."’
In the Atlanta Constitution.
Thread from 4Vo«d.
Tim manufacture of thread from wo<xl
for crochet- and sewing purpose* has, it
is said, been started in Sweden, The
manufacture has arrived at »u«h a state
of perfoetiou that it earn urtklnce, at a
much lower price, thread of aft fine
yuaiity a* Clark’s, and has from this cir
cnmstaaoe been called thread “ ft la
Clark.” ft t» wound in hails by which, ma¬
chinery, eitiicr by hand or steam,
with Hie labeling, take* one minute twelve
seconds, and the fobs uro packed in up fox. iu
cardlxiArd boxes, generally nil parts ten of Sweden ft
Plenty of orders from
have come in, but as the works are not
yet is proper order there them ha« id). hardly ’Die
been piixluction time gives to complete fair promise of
aucoum,
and it in expected b> fo very important
for home consumption. — Ooitn&ifk
AmerUmt. ............................
Sim® grown-up people ate very easily
satisfied. “Flcmscd with a rattle, tickled
with i* straw.” A Western editor ex
called pf.- o.-il “honey” Iiis delight by at the havingueftrty girl he lovre, been be¬
cause she saluted him a,-. Old Beeswax at
tU# 1## tftfotiaif.