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Watkinsville, Oconee Co. Georgia.
W. GK SULLIVAN,
BDITSB AND PROPRIETOR
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SOUTHERN NEWS.
In Columbus county, N. C., it is pro¬
posed to cultivate jute for market.
On one ranch in Texas a thousand
lambs were killed by cold weather.
Malvern, Ark., has voted down the
granting of liquor licenses in that place.
The new code of Mississippi cost $12,-
500, 5,000 volumes at $2 50 per volume.
It is said that castor beans can bae
raised to perfection in Western Texas.
William H. Vanderbilt has given $10,-
300 to the University of North Carolina.
The places of a thousand or more ne¬
groes who have left the prairies of Ala¬
bama for Mississippi have been easily
filled.
In Louisiana there are said to be 139
species of fibrous plants which can be
made amenable to the requirements of
commerce.
During six days of Christmas, $3,780
worth of whisky was sold, the Rev. R. N
Pratt siyrs, in the town of Abbeville,
S. C,
An effort is reported at Prattville, Ala.,
fto prohibit the sale of liquor within the
■corporate limits, or v raise the license to
$2,500.
From Jacksonville, Fla., the shipments
of lumber last year aggregated 41,719,255
feet, an increase of 7,740,317 over tbe
year previ aus.
The largest crop of sugar in Louisiana
this se ason is thought to be that made on
Belle.vue plantation in St. Mary parish,
abojit 2,000,000 pounds.
Public schools in Tennessee in 1880
Numbered 5,522, against 3,942 in 1875.
In 1880 the teachers employed numbered
•5,954, against 4,210 in 1875.
In Alabama a law has been passed giv¬
ing blacksmiths and woodworkers a lien
on vehicles repaired by them until the
price is paid.
The black lands 6f Alabama are said
to be degenerating rapidly. The ridge
lands of canbrake have washed away,
and the bottoms need draining badly.
The city of Galveston has contracted
for the sinking of an artesian well to tbe
depth of 2,500 feet or till water is reached
satisfactory in quality and quantity.
Olives and oil have been raised in
South Carolina. Fine samples have just
been furnished by Mrs. Preston 8.
Brooks, of Edgefield. The trees were
planted in 1853.
Build cotton mills. Five million bales
of unmanufactured cotton is worth to
the South $225,000,000. Spun into yarn
this cotton is worth to the South $450
000 , 000 .
Lee county, to be named in honor of
Gen. R. E. Lee, is proposed in North
Carolina to be formed out of parts of
Johnston, Wake, Franklin and Nash
counties.
The liquor traffic is one of the ques¬
tions which the Legislature of North
Carolina will have to face. A prohibi¬
tory liquor law association has been
started at Raleigh.
The South Carolina law prohibits ab¬
solutely the sale of intoxicating liquors,
including malt liquors and wines, outside
of all incorporated cities, towns and vil¬
lages.
The remains of the father of Hon.
Jefferson Saris are buried in Wilkes,
county, Ga. It is alleged that Mr. Davis
has written to a gentleman of Wilkes
county, offering a liberal reward for them.
One of the most serious drawbacks to
the prosperity of South Florida is said
to be the fact that so large a portion of
the supplies is imported from the North.
The remark might be extended to other
parts of the South.
Kennedy, the South Texas cattle King,
who recently sold out to an Engl’sh com
pany, had one of the largest ranches in
the State, having 180,000 acres of land
under fence, upon which he fed 50,000
head of cattle and 10,009 head of horses.
Nagotiations are in progress for the
purchase of land in Eastern North Caro¬
lina whereupon to settle a colony of
Swedes, who are expected to arrive at
New York early in the spring. A loca¬
tion near the Pamlico river in Beaufort
county.
Th 3 Agricultural Department of South
Carolina will probably send an agent to
Germany to induce immigration. There
is some talk of managing this agenev in
connection with those of North Carolina
and Georgia, thereby securing greater
advantages with less outlay.
By the new homestead act of South
Carolina, a homestead in 1 nds, whether
held in fee or any lesser estate, not to
exceed in value $1,090, with the yearly
products thereof, is exempt to the head
of every family residing in the State
from attachment, 1 levy or sale, on any
mesii* or final process issuing from any
court upon any judgmen' obtained upon
any right of action arising subsequent to
the ratification of the State constitution.
Also perutitttl property to the extent of
$58$ t« exempt to the head of any family
rosiduiif in tin* £tats.
The Watkinsville Advance.
VOLUME I.
THE FAVIE of the citt.
BT JOHN BOYLE O’REILLY.
A prat rich city of power and pride,
"streets fall of traders, and ships on the tide;
With itch men and workmen, and judges and
The shops preachers, full of
teacher skill, and the schools full of
a.
The sxvp’e were proud of their opulent town;
The rich men spent millions to bring it renown;
The strong men built and the tradesmen planned,
The shlpiuen sailed to every land;
The lawyers argued the teachers taught,
And a poor shy poet his verses brought
And east them into the splendid store.
The tradesmen stared at his useless craft,
The rich men sneered, and the strong men laughed}
The preachers said it was worthless quite,
The school-men claimed it was theirs to write.
But the songs were spared, though they added
To the naught
That profit and praise the people sought,
was wafted at last from distant climes.
And the townsmen said, “ To remotest times
We shall send our name and our greatness down.”
The boast came true; but the famous town
Had a lesson to learn when all was told.
The nations that honored cared naught for its gold,
Its skill they exceeded a hundredfold;
It had only been one of a thousand more
Hod the songs of the poet been lost to its store,
Th#n the rich men and tradesmen and school-mea
said
They had never derided, but praised instead:
And they boast of the poet the town has tired.
— Hamer's Maaaain *
Under tlie Apple Blossoms.
BY MISS AMEI.IA THROPP.
Mabel n Vaughn . , was the daughter of , a
plain, respectable farmer residing in the
State workmg, of Pennsylvania He was a hard
honest man, but a poor man
a and gcr, always he m arrears in his payments,
at time I now write much m debt.
The old, two-story farm-house, with its
IS, ’in W „Xd ,SSI u’non
lawn lawn m iront front slowing sloping down down upon the the
fnOT garifen^inclosed ^-ith white-wuishwl^ml
and Xped an orchMd to the rinl t Tha
latter back broadTtream to meadow lands
through with^^ which a '^.vSlow flowed ami
banks bordered with
alder- a large buttonwood ^ tree shaded
SnribJ the back St yard wiU wide spreading tt
mer time festoons of woodbine and rosea
clustered over the rustte porch to front
From the latter was seen a broad ex
pause tbere of rolling country dotted here and
SritatS* stood with groves of trees On the right
a two-storv frame conntrv inn
whose gaily painted sign-board swung
lazily in the air; the white spires of the
far-off village were seen in the distance,
The scene was of a well-cultivated, conn
trv landsenno whinli in its r.psn*fn1 soli
tude was tempting P to the wornont fash
ionablepeople of the heated dusty cities
and in summer many thronged the rural
neighborhood.
Mabel was the eldest of nine children
and at the time I introduce her, tali in her
nineteenth year. She was fair
handsome with a slight symmetrical
figure 'fringed clear complexion large lili deep blue
eyes, will, tag W.c,
EirEHESS wsims
sunenor creature, rude surrounding entirely outpf The keeping
with her country
lads were quite m awe of the beautiful
girl, whom they called cold hearted and
proud. understand This her was refined, because they failed to
supenor nature,
She was not entirely satisfied with her
strcnge The lonring for soTethlng win b2te?
than had known She fond of
books and eascrlv gram.rd any chance
reading the^mofa matter which came in Sablmtha^ her wav
H was lovrf v
she sat 3e upon the tiee® grass Trit’h leaning Ther against
an old he? ahook
hand; snowy dress floating around
her like a cloud, whilst a large straw hat
was keeping -thetrees her calm blue eyes in
shade, were laden with bios
soms, whilst the hum of bees filled the
air as they ^lioney. were laying The in air their winter full
supply of was of
fragrance, and Mabel with a half list
less admiration viewed the scene, which
fair enough to kindle the eye of an
“Philip Adair was and the Mabel son of a neigh
boring farmer. He had been
brought up together, their families bemg
dark-complextened AiV youn^man ’ “ p. of U1 tW
Md-twenty s^mers His ather was a
VftZlLn^ustrinu^ g Za and^‘to
with his fine farm out of debt,
little” as he said, “laid up fora rainy
dav.” Philip, Ids eldest son, was the
pride of his parents and the admiration
of the neighborhood, on account of his
noble noDienature nature and ana mental mental aunerioritv superiority, He ne
had loved Mabel passionately from chfld
Z return 8 ave him her
S55S
.anc. a .uffleient ammuit for this s^hem*;,
out on olttlSte of the estate. U MrT^rZTt Mr. Adair was at tirst firct
reluctant, not knowing how ho could
manage without him; but, wishing to do in
jnstice to his noble son, and being yet
his vigorous prime, with two active
younger boys, he finally consented, say
ing to his wife:
“We will not oppose the boy, Mary,
for there is the making of a great man
in lnm, and we will never let him re
fond little mother. “If Philip continues
to tie as good as he is now, we will have
sufficient cause to be gratefnl.”
“Well, well, little woman, his father
will expect to see him become great, and
continue good; thc two make a beautiful
combination.”
As Mabel sat listlessly contemplating
.
noticed” noncert, thrcuvir ttmuigh the tne mewfow^ud'sUH^ meaaow, ana siooa
shadow ominously crossed kaZni^n here upon the tbe
R msntolte
w -in ?!r ..a i-* “ .-.in’> h. “‘“TlY
| hsat.aotna LT.il .T city * y man - 8a . i?. ahould .u^y.i -
i ' JJJ! 118,0 8W ‘. V • nfl »° b “• of mr tfBM '
WATKINSVILLE, GEORGIA, JANUARY *25, 1881.
As these thoughts crossed his mind,
without speaking, he threw himself
upon the clover at her feet.
She started, whilst a flood of crimson
colored her face, and looked shyly toward
her eager, handsome suitor* exclaim¬
ing:
“Is that you, Phil? I have been ex¬
pecting He yon. ”
was silent; he had come with i
story to tell. Mabel guessed it before ho
had said a word.
“Something has happened,” she said,
gazing into his pale, sad faoe. “Do not
conceal it from me.”
“Do not be frightened, Mabel; father
and mother at last have given their con
sent to my going to the city of P-to
study forcing for a lawyer, that is all,” he said,
for a two nervous three laugh. “I shall be
gone or years, perhaps, aud
will leave much sooner than I expected
—to-morrow, iu fact. You will give me
a solemn promise to wait for me, darl¬
ing ? I will write often, and come home
once or twice a year to see you, and
when I finish, wo will marry and settle
down in the beautiful city of P-, and
I hope will have a long and happy life
together. You will wait for me?” he
ropieated, face. looking earnestly into her
“I will wait until I die Philip P ” she
replied, ’
“God bless you, darling,” he said
kissing her now pale cheeks, which again
became crimson-dyed J “You “all shall not not
re t u
As tw - H f ht b ucf to d intoniglit
Philip P 0 a giving Hlabel Ids am
^ night*% n kc d along g ang^\oMy^^ the wu ng fml riv r
fgan to^ Ms gliOmfr S Oie
, tar8 b L one” by one in
U t i leir az e settmg Their words were
lo ve for the other. At last they parted Y
jn gil on t] , . . <m „i v
river - Her cboeks "ere wet with the
tears that were beyond her control. Lit
tle thou K ht they of the possible severing
of a faith > the blighting of a love that
had grown with their growth, until it
had now ripened into perfection.
The uncertain future is presen/dutie. wisely con
cealed from us; only our
are plain.
Pllili P " ent to the cit y> and Mabel do
voted herself with her usual patience to
h«v home duties. She heard frequently
from Philip, and was contented and
»‘IW During the „
summer the old inn was
as usual filled with city boarders,
amongst whom one Mr. Percy Claire
w as making quite a sensation in the
‘*f»8 b b°rhood. Ho was a widower of
al)out forty-five. For the last three
years he had been traveling abroad. On
biK return, before settling down to city
Me, he had concluded to rusticate in this
quiet 1(i neighborhood for rest for himself
i^ a time for his two little sons,
*U WUS a meanB we 1 edu and ° 1 at9t prominent ’ .a'lpe™? position. “an.
8 e -‘ e 8 aut appearance and haughty
“aimers won for him the awe and ad mi
^
in g as she was returning from the vil
- whither she had been making few
a
purchases, Lntleman she met an elegant looking
leading by the hand a little
heard, From sh. the description sha had
at once recognized him as
M r. Chore. She felt embarrassed by Jpon the
^ of evident admiration he fixed
> er fa ce. The.next evening she heard a
knock °’.' tba f ™ at bal1 door - and
®P emu K 11 4 found - her astonishment,
‘ he gentleman there. He bowed low to
her introducing himself as Mr Claire,
a P. c ! lo S 1 “ n * for tba f"; Wg in vmdi
„ oTsell^
thatMr Ju. Vaughn Vnd liadsii bvTrit hlea £
his ft Sre i tocfe ^anv thc rllnri
IThe a ee trnthto to*
ulrt aTarm ^ T J fhT
d f ,,i to nnrchnsp whcr« Vio and
| ,f Z »
Iab( blu s h ed deeply Informed at remarks
of tbe stranger, and him that
..* VlQ was very , arry to be forced to
^ wled « 6 tbftt ^ ^P 0 '* 8 were cor
The truth was, Mr. Vaughn, enfbamssments, who was
al in pecuniary
ba f lat ° 1 -\ 1 .° S ‘ aud 118 »[■ Adab
(who was his friend m need) at last had
becom6 out 0 f patience with him, «w’. he
would either be forced to .all .r
tba P ro P«‘.T would be sold for him, as
tbere . " a> ! no w"7 r “ 81 “ g tb * lar <?*
amount due. Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn
Adalr "f* absent, trying to Py«'iade Mr.
cu ‘‘i e8 ’ bu ‘‘hi® o he was inexorable,
ci aua was delighted at the op
u
^ , Ito ieRve the old plac#r .
“Yes, sir; it is our home. We children
have all been born here, and we have the
starAX. ssr-nasn
th.’”™ kindjrovidence IlCn .W
M “isfortune, a
p^g & an d we are extricated from our
position.”
“Those are romantic events, replied
Mabel. “We read of them in novels,
but they seldom occur in real life. ”
“Reality, fiction, Miss and Vaughn, allow is stranger predict
than me to
that something will occur to prevent
That, sir, would be making ns all .11 too
quickly withdrew. Mr. Vaunhn was de
lighted with his diatingniahed guest,
who promised to call tb# next day to
look over tha farm. Ha cam# not only
then, but on many think suocaodmg her.elf, days
until Mabel oegsn to it was
not the farm. In which he was moat in
tereated. This caused her alarm, and
. she tried to avoid tha assiduous stranger,
j Bh f) had often rejoiced in her beauty tor
| pj . sske. She now turned from her
mirror with pam, regarding it as her
I greatoat a misfortune
^ w(mlJ not M hef
feruuce, but and kept overwhelming penitently her visiting with
1 the old farm, frightened
coatlv presents At last he
| her with an i offer, which she poritlvejy
Vkw, i»4
her parents, telling them that ho loved
their daughter, and if she could be in¬
duced to wed him, he would pay off the
entire indebtedness of the farm, a«d assist
them out of all embarrassments for the
tuture.
Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn were at thit
time very indignant at their con.i&red neighbor for
not assisting them, and Mr.
Claire’s “It will position be all as right, quite sir, a blessing. I sure,”
am
replied the delighted father. “Mable is
a noble girl. SUg -will love you as you
deserve, mid in turn you will find Lor as
good as sho is fair.”
After his departure they explained
their embarrassed situation to her, and
Claire’s begged that sho would accept Mr.
brilliant offer.
“I can notMabel cried with a wail
of despair. “It would kill me. You
know that I love Philip, andlhave made
him the most sacred promise. What
would he think of me? Oh, I should
make him so wretched, mid bo mvself so
Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn could not un
del-stand her folly in refusing so grand
which mi opportunity, would regarding it as a whim
be followed by a life-timo
regret. thought In urging it upon her they
their interest, they were not only advancing
but her own
Mr Claire saw the greatness of the
sacrifice, but he accepted it. He fulfilled
i ,is promise to her parents, and went
further, two eldest sending brothers at his to own college. expense Here- her
mained at t h e i un the entire winter, lest
he lni K ht . by some unfortunate accident,
los<! his treasure. Mabel was submissive,
Her brilliant marriage engagement neighborhood was
tbo «nvy of the entire
Alld " hen the farmers’ daughtoi-s saw
ber driving .U, out with Mr. Claire in .4, mag
** -ill.
little dreaming how often her smile had
an aching heart
The following spring, when all natnr*
was trees light and smiling, when the apple
were again in bloom, Mable was
sitting alone by one of the “front-room"
windows. In a few days she was to be
married. She sat listlessly looking over
the wide-spreading landscape, thinking *
of her ruined happiness
Adair Suddenly stood she was startled, for Philip
out upon the porch before
her. His looks were strangely altered—
so pale and stern Mabel iu an agony
of despair, looked up, and for a moment
faces. flxedly into each Other,
At last Mabel exclaimed:
know “Philip, why are you come? You
I have given yon up. ’
“Mabel I have come to hear from
your own lips that which none could
force me to believe. ‘Mine until death,
Philip,”’ said ho, bitterly. “I thank
my God that I am rid of one so un
worthy! Wiieu I left you, Mabel, I
went away with no thought but of you
and your happiness. Whilst I was labor
i n g f or this, you were plotting to wound
me in the eruelest way; you little know,
Mabel Vaughn, the mischief you have
“' W U “‘
&T7 T, , T
mounted his horse, and was soon gallop
“g Mabel along the bewildered highway
was at first. Arons
Ing herself, she followed as far aa the
wicket gate in time to see him disappear- hekf
mg in the dim distance. She out
her arms toward lnm, exclaiming,
“Philip!” with a bitter cry of pain. Then
she returned, and, seating herself upon
the steps of the porch, Ur buried her face
in her hands, whilst whole frame
shook with her agitated feelings. Thus
they through purted, life they who had vowod to go
together.
* *
Mabd AT 1 1’ s Joyless • 1 wedding was over.
«! his ie elegant b,ft "‘‘h establishment Mr. Clair to preside the over of
L-’ H< cold 8elfash in ojty
UT ’ ma 1« f
^h” b<!tw(!W1 worhl. n them . here and was Mated, no congeniality though sub
-
ZdeiSand ^denod
h tealo^ twcon siuplcten ™ h k’ Ting te r wit
without'.lorc, she hml
rf e d him and considering
IZition ‘Cw^ TnZnorhaTwZLmecte/'T lZraT towTd
Mabel felt kindly toward him when she
i,„^„_
JZ Philip matter’^TTZd Adair never richtlvunderstanil
in Y her d dunhri v
an a love her. of display Once Twice in after
years he saw she passed him
in her elegant carriage; both their eyes met;
Deither k considering them
selves injured. eclipse Philip was surprised to
gee the dark that had dimmed the
ra diant beauty never he thouoht had
* — • 1 ■"“»
has reaped what, she has sown, »aid he,
bitterly though his heart was full of
Pi*y- f he lips may utter severe re
t
te, »!» »«. .tUl
paler She lay in her coffin and wi«
beautiful even there. When she felt her
end approaching she beckoned to her
mother, saving:
" It may be a foolish request, mamma
dear, but bear with me, for mine I is a tired
and wounded it spirit. When am no
more, will be a pleasure for you dying to
know you have consented to my
rp '‘ ue " k Phiase have me buried in the
old orchard, under my favorite tree.
bright sunny day. The birds sang
sweetly by tbe winding river, which
shone like a band of silver unrolled, the
liees hummed from flower to flower, the
only beneath iuanimate thing was the steeper
the coffin lid.
j>j,jlip Adair prospered wonderoualy his
and gratified th# ambition of parents
and friends thewSld, He l^caine a distinguished
mall m msde a brilliant mar
nai/c Dun.te and frieTd. was considered “ky by his loss
fellow. But
* though favored by many bluings, tW
WM always a solitary place in his heart
-* vmd which the world Oould not sat
ufv or fill. In society he wa* and gay and
chwful, kind and generous, the
! , gnef that was i.uried deep within hu
hiurt wa. known oulvloki* Maker.
SAD HISTORY OF THE CONFEDER¬
ATE UENERALN.
The Wen who ottered T> Thtir 1.1« cm
" ,, ‘ l On the At l«r of T<- elr
Country, and How They Accepted the
Arbitrament of (he Kword and Abi
d«i »»•
,. '\ T , h f l . “ 8tr W- and , “ . the main ... wbat
f * ld bl8tor y “ thut of U ) u generals { who
lpd the . confederate armies in the late
11 8 ! or v of Poverty and depn
lit here - and there
f vation, od h up by a gleam
V' k 7“ HU of P? vort L man
ful, v > and of deprivation met with tl the
-
fme courage that led these men to the
fr ?" t of tbeir legions.
lh f fatooftho “rebel brigadier’ at
thc clo8e of the " ar WBa enough to de
E 888 th ® “f 1 bou >; ant am ° n 8 thcm '
1 llc v lmd , P u j everything on the turn of
the - d d hadlo8t
, swo, “ b “«
ne f and , ttU hlld . .^ en "‘onheed in the
fdor ,lerce llcllt of war, of fame and they wlthout were an left, 7 re *°»P> in the
-
~ e x P e f, t ^ d , t0 8U PP ort a certa, " dl ^ ut >'
and 1 nothing to support 1 it on. There 1 was
! 10 sta nd, n K army into which they could
be rot,red . 1 Wltb adequate salary. There
wa8 1,0 "°pe bl r them m the thousands
lucrative cmices , that the republicans
distributed among the federal generals.
Their States were impoverished and were
u " able to support civil establishments
that would furnish offices out of which
anything could be hoped for. Of course
the privates of the confederate army
were deserving of all sympathy ; but it
8e f m9 to me that the generals had some
what , harder times. At any rate I am
that there is no old soldier that fol
'owed the stars and bars that will not
the read history with interest of these a old kindly leaders inquiry their into
and
families. I Mi™ th. nl1 .111 b„
entirely hardly accurate, Certainly nearly so
1 know where to begin, but
we take the living Lees with
which to open the hurried review. W. II.
>' • L«?> ‘ho oldest son of Robert E. Lee,
18 llv ln g at I’ r, 'f»t in Fairfax county
on his a farm . Mrs. tliat , belonged I ltzhugh. to the It estate of
place; aunt, is a fine
the General is an attentive and
able llvln g oT 0,11 oMt of it effi Lustis Ce Ia>e, thel the
™*t eon. succeeded his father as I’rcH,
dent of Washmgton-Lw University and
and his jn two sisters live J"' with “[ a h him. ^ chel £ Ho r ’
S' ing decided that the Arlington estate,
now used as a federal cemetery, »his bv
right of judgment law. The ease will has hardly been appealed
but the be reverse.
-and the place_ will bo appraised and
payment made for it. Roliert Lee lives
on the old Lee estate in Westmoreland
county, wnoothlv, where making he enough is moving supply along
to his
wants. General Fitzhugh Lee hiw a farm
on the 1 otomac, that belonged to his
a »mt, Mrs. Fitzhugh, and it is said is
lowing considerable enterprise, though
not amassing money. He has a saw mill,
I think, in connection with his farm.
J^yS'Z ^1.7” tkilt STlI
fife late marriage Senator Cockrell
who was a l nrce and dashing officer
huU SJ£ t upa lucrativenracticein UwbSS ^ St Lotos
“ BeridTs^ there’are andiswe l
Mtoor^Gcn^l th(w in the
Matt Ransom who fS
Z tlWti ut
upon it to make it productive Bnga
dier-General John T. Morgan, of Ala
bama, who depended larger ujain in wdume his law than prao
tiee, which was in
income; Lieutenant-General Hampton,
„ f Carolina, who is a comparative
lv poor man, though a his large land owner;
Major-General all in Butler, and has colleague, recovered who
lost the war not
Im ,ch ; Major-General has Maxcy, independent of Texas, in¬
who l.y the way an
come from his practice, and owns a beau
tiful home in Raris, Texas.
,n l ' “ HbU8e tb(;re are man y hriga
<Hers, and a few heavier generals. Gen
oral Joe John8 °" lwi '* 8 in rank, though
J^^nV^Hc hL® I finTinsuranw £
ness, and bis wife, a daughter of Judge
had considerable property. His
! K,ok b “ P aid } ,m m,,ch ’ ' hear >
mg published done under well a poor contract.
Alabama has House-Major-General by her generals,
having in the
W H. Forney, who has little beyond his
8fda rthedley ^’ and who Brigadier-General atemt tlm C. eondi- M.
« in same
tion Georgia hasBngadier-General good law Phil
Cook, who has a practice in
Amencus. Oa^, and who has had four
term* m the House. Brigadier-General
av,. 235?
h ; H thi/d term-and Atkins and White
thorne, of the same State were generals
of 8tate tr(K , r „. Virginia has Brigadier
SS't’VmwIa'tl"'ll“i«' £^1 Z ftmate.’ 1 “i u”™
in the Ixmisiana
has " General tT Randall ffnext Gibson IIouseTand who has
to
the Senate also He is a rich man, hav
;,ig had means of his own, and his wife
having had some property. General
Palmers is Representative of Mississippi, of the fam and us is
ghoe-string district
moderately well off. 'This finishes up the
figt of “rebel” think, generals in omission. the House and
Senate, I without
generals.n^the Washington, departments and ,n var.ou
service in hirst in the im
portance of his work is General Marcu*
J. Wright, who has charge of the Con
j federate records, and who was looking
■ towards a literary connection when lie
was offered this place that would have
brought him fame and money. Major
General C. W. Field, who fought with to the
last day in the morning I-ec, is
door-keeper /an of the house, having tE.t former
ly had insure busincs gave
him a living hu not much more. Ms
jor-Genersl brave soldier, L. has L. some Umsr, position who about was a
the house, probably Major-General lieing in CadamuaM. the doom
inenlmom.
Wilcox is with the sergeant-aFarms
{ the Senate and has little fortune outside
NUMBER 47.
of his position. Major-General Sam
Jones is in the adjutant general's office,
whore he has a good though not a prom¬
inent place. Major-General Harry Heth,
who was a classmate and great friend of
Burnside, has a comfortable position in
the treasury—and this closes the roll I
believe of the generals of the Southern
armies about Washington in any capac¬
ity, unless formerly General C. I,. Stevenson, who
was clerk of a congressional
committee, still holds his place.
The cause of education bus engaged the
time and gives support to a good many
of the old le ders of the boys in gray.
General Oustis Lee is at Wanhington-I.ee
as before noted. General Kirby Smith
is South chancellor at iuwanee. of the Tennessee, university’ his of the
neces¬
sities making him greatly dependent on
his salary. Lieutenant-General D. II.
Hill is president of the State agricultural
college sulary of of Arkansas, $3,600. He at Fayetteville, lias been at
» poor
ever since the war, aud lost much time
and money in publishing a periodical
that was, however, a creditable and pure
publication, and in teaching school.
Brigadier-General female school M. P. Lowry has
ehargo of prosjiering a at Salem, Miss.,
and is finely. Lieutenant
General A. P. Stewart is chancellor of
the university of and Mississippi, where he
gets a good salary has a fine position.
Brigadier-General I think Lilly Wnshington-Lee is a profeasor
somewhere, and at
unive sity, who this, I believe, closes the
list of generals are engaged in train¬
ing the young men of the South. And
yet there iw General J. Argyle Smith,
for now Mississippi. superintendent of State instruction
There are very few of our old generals
who have accepted office from the federal
government. Lieutenant-General Long
street is minister to Turkey. Colonel
Mushy, who won the prominence of a
general, General is consul to Hong-Kong. Major
LaFayettc of McLaws, who was
one of the powers the Army of Vir¬
ginia, is mstmastcr at Savannah. Major
General marshal James Fagin was United States
of Arkansas under Grant, but I
believe is out of the service now. I do
not know of any others that hold politi¬
cal appointments, and believe there are
none others. Oh yes, there is General
Jack Wharton, of Ixniisiana, who took
trict the marshalship of thc New Orleans dis¬
a few years ago.
The railroad business has captured its
quota of the generals and pays good sal¬
aries for light and genteel work. Major
General Jo president n O. Brown, of of Tennessee, is
first vice the Texas Pacific,
with headquarters at Marshall and a sal¬
ary of $10,000 a year and expenses. He
had money before he took this place,
having had a practice of $8,000 to $10,000
from soon after the war. Major-General
J hn B. Marmaduke is railroad commis¬
sioner of the State of Missouri on a salary
of $5,000 a year, on which he lives with
dignity probably and ease, lie his is position a bachelor and
will leave with a
competency. He stands high in Ht.
liOUis. of the Major-Geralen daring M. cavalrymen I). L. Rosser, that
one most
ever drew a sabre, is chief engineer of
the Northern Pacific at a big salary, and
has made a fortune in landi along the
line. He is a bachelor, and divides with
Pierce Young the honors with the fair
sex. Lieutenant-General John B. Gor¬
don is counsel for the Louisville and
Nashville road, at a Alexander salary of $14,000,
and General E. I’. the best
artillerist of the army, is practical mana¬
ger of the same Neither road of at the probably gentlemen as large
a salary. hut will both probably are
rich, General save money
from their salary. of It. If. Ran¬
som was in charge Southern the freight line. agency Major
of an important Walthall lives in Grenada,
General E. U.
Mississippi, and is general counsel for the
Mississippi Central road at a salary of
$lf,,000 per annum, and is well off iu the
world’s goods.
There are three of our generals who
have become chiefs of police. Brigadier
General R. II. chief Anderson, ofpoliee a (lashing cav¬
alry officer, is in Savannah.
Brigadier-General Tige Anderson, is
chief of iKiliceiu Atlanta, and Brigadier
General W. W. Allen, is chief of police
in Montgomery, Alabama.
Thcie is a nuinbe- who have turned
the Hword into a plough, and are h ading
bucolic lives Besides thc Lies, who
iave g. ne to farming, thoie who is Major
General Frank B. Cheatham, lias a
fine place in Coffee comity, Tenne skcc, on
which he (“Red”) makes a J good ckson, living. who married General
W. H. a
daughter of General Harding, and ban
charge of the famous Belle Meade farm,
the homeof Bonnie Scotland, Great Tom,
and Enquirer, and from which came
Bramble, lien Hill, and Luke Black-ham,
He is rich and is up to his knees in clo¬
ver, literallv ftuford and has deservedly. Major
Gem ral A. a fine stock farm
that in in itwlf worth a fortune, l.eing a
gem of the hlne-grann. He raises thor¬
oughbreds, none of which are more thor¬
oughbred 5 iban himself. Brig dier-Gen
t'l'H Wirt Adams is getting rich on a
Mississippi fa in. General Joe Davis is
farming near the famous Beauvoir p'ace
in Mississippi, but is in moderate circum
staiici-s. Lieutenant-General Joe Wheel
er, whose wife was rich, runs a farm,
does a large law practice, and owns a
store. He is rich and is becoming richer,
and goes to Pierce Congress Young next is session. farming Major
General in
Georgia, and Gen- ral L. J. Polk has a
fine stock farm in Murray coun y, Ten
nessee.
There are few of the gen rals who hold
flute offices. I may begin with (ieneral
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f, r ’ eenerai
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° f ' hth Zarv ifsur at $2 ^id year
^foZthe nlemented l“ilsteM it te
by a «*Ury of for tlu lxmmmna
Hta e lottery, of wtmti ht tommtt*
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The law of course has its votaries,
General Toombs.of Georgia, whois very
rich, practices law in a casual way, t^e
chiefly repr^nting the Htote ^ainat
railroads volunteering for tV State,
(,eh«ral A. R. Lawton and! H. R. Jack
win, both of whom arc well-to-do orac
tire law in Havann h, Georgia, and have
large income" in Major-General Nashville and Bau-has
| a good practice is look
Ing to the Senate. <Ieneral Alpheu*
Kflatft inscille
a wiklt paper, fuslishib at
Watk’nsville, Oconeb Co., Georgia.
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Raker, most eloquent of men, practiceR
good in Louisville, where he is coining into a
income—which General Basil Duke,
who is also iu Louiville, has already
built up for himself. Major-General
made Bradley Johnston, deal of who is said to have
a great money in Virginia
State bonds, is practicing in Baltimore
with a big income, where Brigadier-Gen¬
eral and in George good II. shape Stewart for is tine also located,
Major-General-W. Y. C. a Humes practice.
is prac¬
amassed ticing in Memphis, where and lie has already
General C. a competency, W. Gordon is in Brigadier- the
same
city doiug nearly as well. General
Ciingmnti, of and North doing Carolina, is also
practicing Insurance law has lost its popularity well.
with
the generals, although Major-General
B. H. Itobinson, now living in Washing¬
ton, has made a snug fortune out of it,
and is driving a pair of Bonnie Scotland
bays down the avenue—a gallant gentle¬
man and general favorite^ and blessed is
the mahogany under which his legs are.
crossed. Major-General D. H. Maury is
at insurance, and has done well, though
not so well as General Itobinson.
Of miscellaneous pursuits there is a
variety. General .Tubal Early te living
at Lynchburg, a Bourbon bachelor, in
tolerable circumstances. It is said that
he draws $5,000 a year from the Louisi¬
ana lottery as commissioner of special
drawings. sidered rich, Major-General having made Mahone is con¬
money in rail¬
road bonds and stocks, from it is said, and is
now Senator elect Virginia. Lieu¬
tenant-General J. C. Pemberton isliving
quietly and in poor health in Philadel
pbia, where he has a rich brother. Ho
is himself in moderate circumstances.
He has written a hook on Vicksburg’s
defense and surrender, hut I do not know
whether or not he will publish it. Major
General 8. B. Buckner has had a varied
experience. His wife owned large tracts
of which unimproved confiscated, real estate but in afterwards Chicago,
was
recovered. up—and It in was the then panic mortgaged sacrificed and
built was
for its mortgage money, leaving General Lou¬
Buckner poor. He is now living in
isville. Brigadier-General Zack Deas,
of Alabama, went into Wall street and
made about $200,000, with which he re¬
tired, and is now living in ease. Bri a
cliivalric dier-General cavalryman, P. D. Roddy, also the made brave and for¬
a
tune ill Wall street, hut lost over $100,
000 in a few d >ys, and went to London,
where he is now living as financial moderate agent
of some hanking Brigadier-General firm, in J. cir¬
cumstances. W.
Fraser, who surrendered Cumberland
Gap is in New York, in the brokerage
business, doinr well. Brigadier-General
Thomas Jourdan is editor of the Mining
Record, Major-General on Broadway—a I/iring, prosjierous who pa¬
per. served
four years in the Egyptian army, is 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 General a A. “pony” W. Rey¬ ex¬
press in Texas,
nolds, who went ts Egypt with Coring,
is still there—though Benton Smith out of lost service. his
General Tom
mind, and was, the last time I heard of
him, in an insane asylum in Tennessee.
It is a melancholy died fact that killed, nearly died ev¬
ery general who or was
in poverty brought about by his devo¬
tion. Raphael and Paul Remriies both
married died poor, but a daughter Wright, of the former
and Luke E. lawyer. G a ncral promising Zolli
coffer prosperous left nothing family of five
to a
daughters, hut they married have all married,
save one, and have well. Gen¬
eral Pillow’s death caused the sale of his
house and library which, however, his
friends rclsiught by subscription. assassinated, Gen¬
eral T. C. Hinainan, who was
left nothing at all, hut the people of
Helena loved and friends. respected General him. Dick This
Tiylor family has died many and his daughters
poor; two
are living with his sister at Warrcnton.
His book did “Stonewall” not pavanythingof Jackson account. left his
General
wife and daughter without means, but
his name has raised friends for them, one
of whom Mr. Wade Bolton, of Memphis,
I think, left them $5,000 in his family, will.
(ieneral Polk left nothing to his
but his son, Dr. Polk, lias an immense
practice and General distinguished character in
New York. Bushrod Johnson
left only one son, who is doing well, and
eral Forrest, who left but little, left it
with a thrifty and pros]>erouH son, who
makes all thatis needed. General Ewell’s
wife had about J100,000 worth which of prop¬
erty in St. Louis, I think, was
saved from confiscation by days a friend. of her
Mrs. Ewell diet! within three
husband. General Bragg died without
property and his wife lives with her sister
in New Oi lcans. The history of General
Hood’s children is part of the history of
the country. General D. H. Cooper died
in poverty, and his wife lives with her
daughter in Texas, I believe. Major
General W. H. C. Whiting, Wilmington of Fort
Fisher fame, who died in
prison in '04, left nothing, and General
L. M. Walker, who was killed in a duel
with Marmaduke, left but little to his
wife, who now lives in Charlottesville.
General Cobb—oh, what a cavalier was
there!—left to his family but little of
the fortune that his generous heart dis¬
pensed so bountifully in the piping times
of peace.
Trul y it is sad history 1 The story of
men who gave their lives to their coun¬
try, and left nothing to their wives but
<t poverty that made life a struggle.
Bravei soldiers never battle—higher-minded drew sword—purer
men never went to
men never went to death. Had the issue
of their the honor conflict and their to which lives been they different, pledged
a pleasanter record could have been writ¬
ten. As it is, the love, and sympathy of
a their whole people and will their envelop daughters—and their widow*,
sons, their
their names and deeds shall be part
and parcel of the glory of HU the yj South. Q tt
In the Atlanta Constitution.
with a straw,” A Western editor ex¬
pressed hi* delight st having W nearly hives, been be¬
called ‘•honey" by the girl
cause site saluted him aa Old Beeawss at
Umiu inti tmUMu.