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2 ‘ The Stonewall of the West.” “The historic name of Claiborne, so distinguished in the south and south west by an illustrious l : ne of soldiers and statesmen, was never more worth ily represented than by the subject of this sketch, Patrick Ronayne Cleburne —an Englishman by descent, an Irish man by the accident of birth and an American by adoption. He was born on St. Patrick’s day, March 17th, 1828, at Ballincollig in the county of Cork, of a family that held landed possessions in Ireland and America from the early part of the seventeenth century, and was lineally descended from Thomas, the last lord of the manor of Cleborne in the county of Westmoreland, the eldest brother of William Cleyborne, (the famous secretary of the “Old Dominion,” under Charles 1.,) whose descendants settled in Virginia, Louis iana, Mississippi and Tennessee, and became conspicuous in the military and political history of those states. Cleburne was designed for the med ical profession, but the study of physic proved so uncongenial to his tastes, that (on the death of his father, an eminent physician) he abandoned it, and entered the British army, where he learned those practical lessons which served him so well in his military career. On leaving the army, he applied himself to the study of the law, and at the outbreak of our civil war, was engaged in a lucrative practice at Helena, Arkansas. An ardent south erner, and in his devotion to the “green isle” more Irish than the Irish themselves, he offered his services to his adopted state, and raised the first regiment in Arkansas. Promotion quickly followed, and his brilliant military career under Bragg, Hardee and Hood, up to the eventful battle of Franklin, when he lost h's life in one of the most dashing charges of the war, is too familiar to require further com ment. He was declared by Hardee to be “the finest soldier of the south,” the Bayard of the army and “the Stone wall of the west”! The very soul of chivalry and honor, brave, manly and intrepid, he was among the first io recognize merit in others, and had a quick sympathy for all that was noble, courageous and unselfish in his men. Everywhere his military genius was acknowledged, his courage and daring were the admiration of both armies, while his purity of character, magnanimity, kindness to the sick ami generosity to his prisoners en deared him to the nation. In him, the south lost one of her greatest heroes, a true patriot and a devoted son. The following deserved tribute was paid to his memory by one of his greatest f iends and admirer ', the late General Robert E. Lee : “Cleburne on our side inherited the intrepidity of his race. On a field of battle he shone like a meteor on a clouded sky! As a dashing military leader he was unsurpassed, as a man he was all virtue, and a single vice does not stain him as a warrior. His generosity ind benevolence had no limits. The care which he took of the fortunes of his officers and men, from the greatest to the least, was incessant. His integrity was proverbial, and his modesty was an equally conspicuous trait of his character. “Meagher,on the Union side,though not Cleburue’s equal in military genius, rivaled him in bravery and in the affection of his soldiers. The gallant stand which his bold brigade made on the heights of Fredericksburg is well known. Never were men more brave! “Ireland always been prolific in statesmen, warriors and poets. She gave to the Confederate cause more than her share of genius and great ness. Many of her brave and gener ous sons fought gallantly for the south, but the battle was as unsuccess ful as their own. “Prominent among these noble spirits was Cleburne! His courage belonged to the age of chivalry. No man ever left a purer fame or a name more unsullied than did General Cle burne in all that constitutes high honor and spotless integrity of charac ter.” The severest trials and temptations never swerved his principles, and well did he deserve the following beautiful tribute to his memory, written by Miss Naomi Hayes, of Columbia, Tennessee: Fare thee well, departed chieftain! Erin’s land sends forth a wail, And, oh! my country sad laments thee, Passed so late thro’ death’s dark vale. Blow, ye breezes, softly o’er him ! Fan his brow with gentle breath, Disturb ye not the peaceful slumberer— Cleburne sleeps the sleep of death. Best thee, Cleburne! tears of sadness Flow from hearts thou’st nobly won; Memory ne’er will cease to cherish Deeds of glory thou hast done. —Abilene Gazette. The Confederate Press. How Southern Papers were Printed in War Times. Side by side with the reports of bat tles and the records of peace commis sions, congresses and legislatures, the blurred columns of the Confederate press were wont to teem with domestic recipes for cheap dishes, directions for raising and utilizing various vegetable products, instructions for making much of little in matters pertaining to every phase of household life. Hard by a list of dead and wounded would stand a recipe for tanning dog skins for gloves; while the paragraphs just suc ceeding the closing column of the de scription of a naval engagement off Hampton roads were directions for the use of boneset as a substitute for qui nine. The journals of that day were print ed usually upon the poorest paper, made of straw and cotton rags, and so brittle that the slightest touch muti lated it. The ink, like the paper, was of the cheapest and commonest, and left its impression, not only on the face of the sheet, but on the hands no less than on the mind of the reader. Few fonts of new type found their way into the Confederacy during the war, and at the end of four years the facilities for printing had come to a low ebb. It was no uncommon thing for pub lishers to issue half sheets in lieu of a complete paper, with scarcely an apol ogy to subscribers for the curtailment of their literary and news rations. It was generally understood that this happened only through stern necessity, and not from any disposition on the part of the newspaper men to give less than an equivalent for the subscription price. Sometimes the journal which on yes terday appeared in all the glory of a six column page was today cut down to a four column half sheet, or publication was suspended with the announcement that the stock of materials had been ex hausted, and that as soon as the office could be replenished publication would be resumed. Eagerly as the rough sheets were looked for and closely as they were read, a diminution of matter in them, or a failure to appear, caused only passing comment or dissatisfaction. Men’s minds were so filled with the thousand things that each day brought forth about them, there were so many THE KENNESAW GAZETTE. rumors in the air, and news flew so rap idly even without newspaper aid, as to cause them not too greatly to miss that which today has come to be one of the veriest necessities of American life —a daily journal full of all the doings of all the world. Sometimes even the coarse straw pa per failed the publishing fraternity when an edition was absolutely imper ative, yet in such emergency the inven tive talent never deserted them. It was considered a wonders ul journalistic feat on the part of its publishers for the Vicksburg Citizen, during the siege of that city, to make its appearance, when all other resources had failed, upon wall paper. Publishers of books and sheet music occupied a scarcely less helpless condi tion than the newspaper people. Their sole grounds of superiority consisted in the fact that the demands upon them were not so urgent. The girl who sang to her soldier lover the popular songs of that time, “Lorena,” “When This Cruel War is Over,” “The Standard Bearer,” or “Harp of theSouth,” which were all duly advertised “at the retail price of $1 per sheet; the trade supplied, however, at half off, with an additional discount where 100 of one piece are ordered,” did not experience that imme diate and insistent need of the song and its music which men and women alike felt for the newspaper that would tell them where the last batlie had been fought, which army had been victo rious, who had been promoted and who had fallen. The fateful column might contain evil or good report of some dear one, and its coming was full of interest and apprehension. Yet the sheet mu sic, printed like the newspapers, in the roughest style, upon the commonest pa per, with now and then a caricatured lithographic likeness of some Confed erate general on the title page, contin ued to be sold and sung, even though its price ran from SI to $2 per sheet. War songs and war music were the order of the day, and the soldiers in the camps and the small boys in ragged jackets shouted with an equal zest: The despot’s heel is on thy shore! or Farewell forever to the star spangled ban ner! from diminutive paper covered books of martial ballads. The little song books cost anywhere from two and a half to five Confederate dollars, and their contents, with a few notable excep tions, were as mediocre as the paper on which they were printed. The sentiment was there, nevertheless, and this was cared for by the singers more than the music or the lyrical or lit erary excellence of the songs. The missionary and religious publish ing houses never ceased theit praise worthy labor of printing tracts and pamphlets for distribution among the soldiers, but publications of a more ambitious or secular standard were very few, Now and then some advent urous firm in Rich mom! or Charleston or New Orleans would issue a badly printed edition of a new novel, repro duced from a copy smuggled in “through the lines” or brought by the blockade runners from Nassau, still, even “John Halifax, Gentlemen,” and “Les Miscrables,” which first appeared in the south in this way and this dress, lost much of their attrac tiveness in their Confederate garb of inferior ink, bad type and worse p iper. —A. C. Gordon in The Century. You can leave Kansas City one morning and reach Atlanta the even ing of the next day if your ticket read over the W. & A. The W. &A. don’t ask for the earth, but it gets it ail the game, Psalm cxix. This psalm containelh sundry prayers, praises, and professions of obedience. SCHIN. 161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. 162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. 163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. 161 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. 165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. 166 Lord, I have hoped for thy salva tion, and done thy commandments. 167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. 168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee. Interesting Bible Statistics. The books in the Old Testament, 39. The chapters in the Old Testament, 929. Verses in the Old Testament, 23,241. Letters in the Old Testament, 2,728,100. The books in the New Testament, 27. The chapters in the New Testament, 260. The verses in the New Testament, 7,059. Words in the New Testament, 181,253. Letters in the New Testament, 838,380. The Apocrypha has chapters, 183. The Apocrypha has verses, 7,081. The Apocrypha’ has words, 152,185. The middle chapter and shortest in the Bible is Psalm cxvii. The middle verse is the Sth of Psalm cxviii. The word “and” occurs in the Old Tes tament 35,513 times. The word “Jehovah” occurs 6,865 times. The word “and” occurs in the New Tes tament 10,604 times. The middle book of the Old Testament is proverbs. The middle chapter of the Old Testament is Job 29. The middle verse of the Old Testament is 2nd Chronicles, 22d chapter, 17th verse. The shortest verse of the Old Testament is Chronicles, Ist chapter, 25th verse. The longest verse in the Old Testament is Esther, Bth chapter, 9th verse. The middle book in the New Testament is 2nd Thessalonians. The middle chapters of the New Tes tament are Romans 13 and 14. The middle verse of the of the New Tes tament is Acts, 17th chapter, I’th verse. The shortest verse in the New Testament is John, 11th chapter, 35th verse. Verse 21, of chapter 7, of Ezra, has all the letters of the alphabet except “j.” ( hapter 19 of 2nd Kings and chapter 37 of Isaiah are alike. Talk about questions of the day, there is but one question and that is t e gospel. It can and will correct everything needing correction, All men at the head of great movements are Christian men. During the many years I was in the cabinet I was brought into association with sixty master-minds, and all but five of them were Christians. My only hope for the world is in bringing the human mind into contact with divine revela tions. — Gladstone. The Western & Atlantic Railroad has three through freight schedules per day from Atlanta to Chattanooga, and four t brought freight schedules per day from Chattanooga to Atlanta. Each of these trains has close connec tion at Chattanooga for the northwest, or with the roads bringing freight from the northwest. The Western & Atlantic freight de pot is within 250 yards of the Union Depot and Kimball House in Atlanta. Its sidetracks are immediately behind the wholesale provision and grocery houses of Atlanta. Its freight depot in Chattanooga is at the corner of Market and Plinth streets, only about 60 yards from the Union Passenger Depot. Its facilities for the prompt forwarding and handling of freight, therefore, are unrivalled by those of any other road entering Atlanta or Chattanooga. The W, & A. is perfectly reliable,