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rJwsssvam'ajbs VOLUME I SOUTHERN NEWS. In Columbus county, N. C., it pro posed to cultivate jute fur market. On one ranch iin Texas a thousand laniHx were killed by cold weather, Malvern, Ark., has voted down the granting of liquor licenses in that place. The new code of Mimiasippi cost $12,- 500, 5,000 It is said that castor Ttcans ern be raised to perfection in Western Texas. William H. Vanderbilt has given $lO,- 000 to the University of North Carolina. It is said in Alabama tlu® Qscilj < i five years good crops have succeeded hard winters. The places of a thousand or more ne groes who have left the prairies of Ala- Imma tor Mississippi have been easily fil ***’ W *'<-«« < Inßouioyna ihr twain «nH fcwta’ MR r species of fibrous plants which can be made amenable to the requirements of commerce. During six days of Christmas, $3,780 worth of whisky wassold, the Rev. R. N Pratt says, in the town of Abbeville, 8. O. An eflprtis reported at Prattville, Ala., twn c-irjsirate limits, or 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 the year previous. The largest crop of sugar in Louisiana this season is thought to be that w>yirm' . Bellevue plantation in RL Mary parish, about 2,ooo,ooo‘pounds. Public schools in Tennessee in 1880 numbered 5,522, against 3,942 in 1875. In 3881) the teachers employed numbered 5,954, against 4,210 in 1875. lii Alabama a law has been passed giv ibj ctr a mt price is paid. The black lands o( Alabama are said to lie degenerating rapidly. The ridge lands of canbrake have washed away, and the bottoms need draining badly. depth of 2,500 feet or till water is reached satisfactory in quality ami quantity. Olives ams oil have been raised in South Carolina. Fine samples have just l>een furnished bv Mrs. Preston S .issMTh riwt Build cotton mills. Five million bales of unmanufactured cotton is worth to the South $22,1,000,000. Spun into yam I*e county, to be named in honor of fieri. R E. Lee, is proposed in North Carolina to lie formed out of parts of Johnston, Wake, Franklin ami Nash counties. 1 tions which the Legislature of North Carolina will have to face. A prohibi tory Hquor law association has been} started at Raleigh. The "•lately flic sale of intoMcating liquor*,] including malt liquor* and wines, outside of all incorporate! cities, towns ami vil-1 I age a. The remains of the father of Hon. I Jefferson , ciunty, Ga. It i* alleged that Mr. Davis T haa written to a gentleman of Wilkes county, offerings liberal reward for them. ! One of the most serious drawbacks to ' the prosperity of Reuth Florida is said >4 itwlygo, lauft,*. gMaiwioW ♦ 'the supplies is Di* tai Hie NerMr. I The remark might be extended toother] parts of the Routh. Kennedy, the South Texas cattle King, who recently sold out to an English mm ; I’»wy, had ora-erf rtx-jtaqg-t*rxnrta>in j. the State, having 180,000 acres of land under fence, upon which he fed 50,000 head of cattle and 10,00) ficad of horses Nagotiation* are in progress for the purchase of land in Eastern North Caro lina whereupon to settle a colony of i'wed to, who are expected to arrive at New York early in sprugi. A tion near the Pamlico river in Beaufort county. Th < Agricultural Department of South * arolina will probably send an agent to Germany to induce immigration. There and Gtorgia, thereby securing greater •dvantages with lew outlay. OTffiTa SJmfeer. I>ua»' ’■ ■ 5 .. a \ , J ‘ ■ iniete <w»- ~ ‘ Wl ’ 1 • at , 4 f It. e _ • •*’« ♦ • • ’ t . : _ • ~ _ I nited States Commissioner lx- Due has arranges! for leasing 200 acres o» land in IWI county. H. C., ataiut two | miles from Rummerviljc, for the purpose of establishing an experimental tea farm under the management of the United States Department of Agriculture. The owner, H. A. Middleton, of Charleston, grants a lease for twenty years for one dollar. At the end of the lease all per- - By the new homettead act of South Carolina, a homestead in I nds, whether held in fee or any lesser estate, not to vqlue SI.OOO, With the yearly iff> I’* latite rIMUK* exempt to the head of every family residing in the State ’from attachment, levy or sale, on any mesne or final process issuing from any court upon any judgment olitained upon any right of action arising subsequent to rfJeraMAsntexi DDwT*m<re/M»ptgrerit SSOO is exempt to the head of any faniffr residing in the State. Rata In India. A captain in the army, holding an ap pointment in the Bengal Staff Corps, was staying with his wife and yonng child in the same station. The father—a right be hardy and b-nrleas, (like himself. I should add) so the parents put their lit tle one in a room to steep by itself. But they soon noticed scratches and strange marks on the young child's hands, which, getting worse, made them call in a doc tor. Thta gentleman's advise was en couraging; ho said: “If you don't want voqr child to lose >u had I >etter keep him sway I from the rata, for they have lieen biting him." • Traveling at one time in an out-of the-way district, I had put up for the night at a "d ak bungalow," i. e., travel ers' rest house. I asked the native in charge whether any sahibs had bean there lately, and he said no, not for a long time. Before lying down to rest, I mi&ten: srnis on in the morning I found I should travel with much loss leather than I had the previotu day, for the rata hr I mad* a. complete wreck of the upper j rta of the Issite. I hadn't another pair -. th me or 1 should certainly have worn L.um, for my appearance was somewhat novel, as I Mwxajuug flJuP' truusexß at the time, were painfully mauneST in consrqHehee. An old painter in India, whose word I readily believe, assured ma that the zinc lining of some grain bins was eaten through and mended, ami eaten through, agaui'Several times by rata, and that the js'rformance was quite skillful, in that' the bins were built on bnck pillars, and But nevertheless they managed repeat edly in some way, and gnawed throughl the wotxl and then through the zino un-l til the grain fell out. ural sequence, fno place ncinjrnxcessirely unhealthy, I was frequently attacked by the constant companions of Lndiau jungle life, fever and ague. 'Die bun galow was a very rough building, ami had been put up in a great hurry, and every time the wind blew with any vio taji.AßK'wsaiaaa: it was put up. When laid up with fever, and unable to read, I use to watch the rata running about the lieama and rafters of the roof. Their performances would have put Blondin altogether to shams. W* If toy nntj l the ta gsAltatl diil&t WHaOf the roof, and then clapped my hands to startle them. But endeavoring to cause them to lose their balance was utterly futile. They always got out of sight in safety. I sometimes had something eatable loft on the table, and then watched the ma yiMyssi Mm ratsfc. carry it assay.-.. I '*« nW 4Rt i aM, because thev got impudent and courageous, and fre quently stole things intended for my own : consumption. Blue Monday, A rcoognizrvl institution in England is ami allowed. The work.ng Englishman I is wixlded to hvs lieer. He feels that it j is the great comfort, and one of the very few enjovmenta of his life. And n.g ! only is the chocolate room of any like [ (imtnysaw " slow," but there is ata>Ut kit al taphwte taat M«»»-«en in hand ami manage*! by his bet tors, like a cliild, which he not unnaturally reaents. Rightly or wrongly, he feds more’ ashamed at Ix-mg treated in this than he does of being drunk once a week—once, however, lieing hero a word, of wide signification. For in three caas< "the same drunk " often extends from Saturday night to Momlay, and not tr.-iiljentiy into Tuesday. Many tirw knowing their own pro pensity, absolutely refuse to work fjr any man more than four days a week. The social effect of this habit on t|» communitv may be imagined. Tfir. editor wrote "An evening wills AmfJUtk'jrjXiS'CK mightv rough, but the foreman said rt was the work of the "devil. Audit [ looked that way. , T. .re-’l —■ ,I'l '.;v n- * Devoted the Interests brCtolumhhgfbunty bwJ the State as ftoorgiß, HARLEjM. GEOjtorA.irUHBW»V JANtfjRY 25, 1881." Bad history of the i uafeber . .j Thr Wrn Who Ofl>rr<<l I'd Their l.ivee and I’rDpTrlj On the Altar aCT- etr | Wert Wy It. a st range, nud in the main, what * Vaff Mvtory is that of the gcaernla who l<wi Hi. -confederate' annien in the late itetefi.lt «s a story of poverty and dqgri vatiuue I* hi’ bare ana there by aglegp Id Mod but of poverty borne man fully, arid of deprivation met with the’ harm' murage thst led these men to the front dt’fhbw fi'gione.' ■ The fate of the "rebel brigadiej/ at thfYltaq <4 thr-warjUtae enough qo «ta prqA< the most Inufant among tlwwif, Thii liad. put «\wrthing on tUc turn of Hie sword and had lost. Property, busl jiqat ami uJJ hadJ*s'|i sacrificed in the ardey pt war. and tfjcy were left, in the fteree 1/JrfiVdr fame; without snv rew.uree mip|«rrt a<6«rMln dignity hWAiotMeir tatotefpertitoo. There nuksiidtaf amajrinto wkwh tteq be retire*! with adequate niarj. kMtei was no houafox them injhe pf luerstntebfWm’ tllat the ffptibliffna ihstyibtued Their were nnpeyerabed and were rtq support civV ehtabilshmf'ntq ftiHiikh-nfiteee dfitof which ►nylnlrtf* Mrtld be hoped for?. Ofcvmrte nhe private* of the confederate snny Itwere dr-wjjr wfj4bwy teyatfnr •worn* to mFre!:inii<*TtrnWal» hn.l AwMM fwhat harder lines. At anv rate I ante hru#v that there is no old soldier tliat foM lowed the stare and bare that will not read with interact a kindly inquiry late! the history of three old leaden aac tltaM families. I believe the annexed will be entirely accurate, certainly nearly to. I hardly know where to Begin, but ruppuM* we take the living Jx-es with which to quen the hurried lyvitoy W. H. on a farm that Wouged to the estate of his aunt, Mrs. Fitahugh. It is a fine place; the General ta an attentive aqd Mtis next soirrt ■itesxMiDi M> fatter dent of Washiag-Lee llnvreraity aad lives in Islington. He is s bachelor, and his two sisteip live with him. He has fine expectations, Judgr Hughes hav ing decided ,till' tjrr Ariuiktm teten. now used ax a * deral Cemjtery. is ri. ht of law. The case has been appealed, but the judgment will hardly be reversed —and die place will be sppraikrd aiyf ''ptewn ent made for ft. R<d><>rt Leqlh.'' on the old estate tn Westnite hmd! county, <lre he b' moving along! snuJbtßly, BMkieg enough toraipply hisi wants. General Fitzhugh lx*e has a farm ' on the Potomac, that-bei<>nga>l*tv h>. aunt, Mrs. Fitzhugh, Md kt is said. ia| showing considerable cTfterpri4* though me afteseiqg mrens o Fie lias n saw nidi, 1 with hit farm | • TlffTrouse rfh.inic Renata have a jpw»d I many of onr generals. <uul 1 pigik' wiUi the exception sit (J&uhKCuc k?< IL4®! Vance, all of them find their salary very important, lytyieral Vance was living, very easily ring added to hi* forturtn hv ’ his Ixtq/marrisge •vmh Cockrell, I who "Iwi brave dud (Mailing officer,d I built uiWlaerative pnu-tic- in St. Izmbii !» exme to Viobenat' ami is well 1 taxed " Sendee these there are tn the , Malt Ransom who, i < sUUpitajf V«Par his property of er.-' ' tqppAtoMv* wlta forced to nut* ipou it toll Jpeltepr.-ductive Bngti 1 liprGencnd >vha 1 Morpur of Ala-1 inpoa, triio .upon nis law'praci which WslarHefV relume than in 1 incomte T.la4tenant-General Hampton, 1 of .■>if I Lamina who || i comnaralive- Iv pool man, jhrugii a Ihrge laid owner; Major-General Butler, hlii collea/uc. Who last all In the war and Las not recovered muchf Major-General Maxey, of Texas, who b* th* way has an independent In come from his practice, aid owns a beau tiful home In raids, Texas. In t c House there sre many briga diers, kmf a few henvier, general*. Gen-1 ernl J"<i Johnson leadirin rank, though his service in the House ha* m>t Iwen! brilliant. Ike haiga'fiut insurance huw new. .uh hi- (ia lighter of J edge I M. Ix-an. had Considerable property. Fils’ book has not paid him much I hear, he-{ ing published under a poor contract. I Alabama has done well by her generals,! having in the House —Major-General i M if” To •tty. wrtntma little beynad ite] '-.Atir'f" tftid-f'rfwwdier rtevral O. md Rhedley who is in about the name condil ttOUk*< rorgta haaßngadiereGentral Pbi <TuW who h<ta ■ »<>d law pnu tier in Americus, Ga. ami who ha* had four taftur in the House. Brigadier-t >cncnJ IfibreTl, rtf Tennessee, is comfortanfv' fixed, and i* re-elected to the House for his third term- and Atkins ami White- 1 thornc. of bt<a Were rei/ratt of State tronjW vftginTa hak ITngxdfer- General Beale, who is doing well outside of tkuigrete and GmwTnl Eppa Hunton, who retires »t the dose of tlw preseat Qwigruw, perfectly able to take care of Iqniseir North Carolina, has General Ftiferf Vance fn the Bouse, bi balance flepeial Zeb in the Hrnate Iroiidima' has G*e«ral Rarwtall 4Hhw.ii. who h* lieen elected to the next House, and to the N ruG| |ld' JH«* a rich mag, li*v. ing ha<f mrtxfrt hretiwh, Wid hta Fffrt tfwnng had suMe property. Genend Chalmers is Representative at the fam u» shoe-string dieingv of Misvwspi and id moderately wvdl off Tht* fiaishre op the! bet rt lrei grri< ral» ip the iluuw and . ’ •■qtagte. F ydni, without omission ' I%erv are a nutriH*r of confederate! Jmeratain th* departments and in varfrmal service m Wa4iiwgt.*i Mr»t in the im-l re>r*aae> of his work tsivenemi Marrus) I.hex charge «4 the Uuo-| • fedralle records, and who was hxiking ! bc«ht him fame and money. Major- J Gotend C W. Field, who fought to the > teeed.iv in toe laorotng wjth lx», u doorekerper of the bouse, bavirw former- f ly had I au insurance bmdueot that gave , sniusllviak, hut.not much mfire. Ma- > ivr-Bctx’rel t I.' Iptmxr, who was • • vtavy woldler, has iw position about the nse, probably being in ties docu- . mrttfronm Major**memi OadamuaM. .•’WUlix ta with the xergcanvataariu* of . the ftw.tte aiel has UlUo fortune qutaide <if itg*' peaitkoD. Major-General Sum , Joob ta in tltoadjiMaal yeral a office, where he ha* a pood ditoiVlM • jwoaa intai |J4ei Major Heto. i whbiwas a rbtwinxto and gymn friend nt Buraride, Im* a coatfortable p<>*ition in the treasury—and thia closes the roll 1 bclteeof tin gvrwteq u( the IkmUiern arnijes «14uV Washington in any capare Geucral C-I- fitevenson, who wae, formerly clerk *hl a congressional CoMnittec, still holds his place. ptyse of edncaflnn hMengSfixi the (Mb and give* support to a good maay old le dera of the boys in gray. <Jp>aj <iimi- Ixvis at Washington-I xv jCTMhw.noted. < tancral Kirby Smith the tnuversity of the Biy 1 at buwsure, HDm making him grnallv depen'diffit on Lieutenant-General D H AKil J't< '•iiiciit of the State agricultural of 'Arkansa.-, at Egyritwille, at Di djM)’ 13,500. Tie has Been poor Mvel since the war, and lost much time land money in publishing a periixiical I that wa*, however, a creditable and pure MnHication. and in teaching school. M. P. Ixiwry has of 11 female klko! at Salem, Mixa, and is prospering finely. Lieutenant- Gerteral A. P. Rtewart j» chancellor of the university of Mississippi, where he ■ntsaguyd *ata»y and-hax a tuiiippMUqiß •ngm>i*r-G< ttetal is, a tnjrooqr xoagiA here, 1 think nt Washington-liee unfi« sity. and th: , I believe, closes the liaKrf generals who are engaged in train inAhe young men of the Routh. And >C®hvre is Geniral J. Arg? l Y ted"Upermtendentj of Suite inslhirrtiou fcr - -aippi. "•here are very few of our old generals V*o4.. e accepted office from the federal I ■H I .merit. laeutenant-Gcneral Ling sp-ev m>> tel>i"te 4o -Turkey. Golonel ; tetey. who wren th* ptOuiinence of a is consul to Hong-Kong. Major i Werwral LaFayettc Mcl.awx, who wa* |bnea4 the powers of the Army of Vir- Iginin. is postmaster at Savannah. Major i General .lame'' F«gt” w “ United btai< * ! marshal of Arkansas under Grant, but 1 believe is out of the service now? I drt I not know' of any other* that hold politi ,jcal appointments, and believe there an- J none others 01 yes, there is General List k-WiaatoiA, of Ixniiniana, who t<x>k 4)r inandmlrtiii' of the New Orleans dis trict a few JtantaAf' ** I The raJlrußl buaiusss iia* capttmd ite ! qupta of the generals aii.F pays good sifl sne- 'tor SfißiiHdpt’Utte work. Major , Gencrar .10 nt'. of Tennessee, is jjirst vice president of the Texas Pacific, ! with Ix-adquattart at Mar-hall aud n wto 1 ary of ♦ 10,000 a year and expense*. He kind money befart- bo -topk thi* place, jhaving had apracUieuf t.*, MW to gj 0,000 .from soon after the war. Major-General J.l hn JI. Marmaduke i* rtllmnd Mmmls ' sinner of the State of M tasouri on a salary [<>f $.5,000 n year, <m which he Ores with I dignity and (*•*■ He is a iiaebelor and • will prhbably leave his ixwitiou with a I competency. He stands high in Ku 1 ixiuis. Major-Geralen M. D. L Ibwser, one of Uic most daring eavalrymrti that .ever drew a sabre, is chief engineer of the Northern Pacific at a big salary,-arid I has made a fortune in lands along the I line. He i*« bachelor, and divide* with Pierce Young the lainors with the-fair sox Lieutenant-General John 11. Cor don ta counsel for the Ix.uisvillc and Nashville r<»d, at a salary of $14,000, I and General E. P. Alexander, the l»e«t ' artillerist of.the srsiy, is practical mana ger of the swim- road at probably a* targe I a salary. Neither of th* gentlemen are I rich, but will both proliably save money IfpMU their salary. General R. H Ran laoni was In charge of the freight.agency lof an4wrt*>rtant Routhern lino. Major- I General E. C. Walthall live* in Grenada, ■ Mia-issippi. and i* general counsel for the Miviwippi Central road at a salary of : slf,oo ' per annum, and is well off in ths 1 w&dd * I TJrrie are three of odY {. nereis Vho , have become chiefs of police. Bnjpidier- Genetsl R. H. Andoraoa.a dashiQg cav alry officer, is chief ofpolice io Raeaa ns). RrigS'lier-General Tig'- Ahdcrenn, is ' chief of police ui Atlanta, and Brigadier - General W. W. Alien. Fw chief of police i in Montgomery, Alabama. There i« a irimlv who hove turned ths *anrd •!.:'>oTFatffh, ami are kmdiitg bucolic YD'-Z ’ H*.|'4*« rto- L>cs, who nave g> ne to farming, there ix Major- Genend Frank B. Cheariiam, iyho ha* a fine ptace io Coffee county, Tennews <, on which he maxre a good living. General W IT ("Tied 'j'J ckaon, who married a daughter of <General Harding, and has ' flharge-of, th* famous Holb- Meade firm, th* kortteof Ronnk'SwoUand, Great Tom, and f-jaqulrer. and from wkub came Bramble, Ben Hill, and Luke Blackl-am He is nch and is up to bis knee* in clo ver 4 ,'literailv and deservedly. Major (iemral A. Buford ha* a fine stock farm 1 that «s mstate wnsto a-Jortum-, iemga • gem of Un- Mue-grre* He raise* te.or lOugiil’red*, noqeof whigh are more tbor- ..ughFr**l than htyiself. * Hrifc dlef-Gen- C-rai THrt Adsiro h> getting rwh on a Miwwtpp: fs M. TlewerakVoe llnvin is 1 fnriuung Sen* tile famous Baanvorr temr I in Mmsasippi, but rein moderate ciruum | stanum.. Lieusnnant-Geueral Joe Wheel-' er, Jhone 4ffr was rieh, runs a farm, low a large taw practice, and own* a (tore Ho is rich and is becoming richer, tuff goes toOsayni non tension. Major (General Pieros Young ta fanning in Georgia; and Gen rai L. J. Polk has a Bne stock farm in Murray coun y, Ten nesnns. There are few of ths pen rale who hold AtHpo office* I may begin with General A. If. Oolquitt, who ta governor of Geor gia at $3,000 a year and who is quite Mag, although he has valuable laud*. General Beauregard is adjutant general of .he State of Louisiana at $2,600 a year —which salary ta supplanted it is said by a salary of $5,000 for the inntaixns Rta e lottary, of which he is ctmnateioner. The law of oouree has ite votaries. General loombs, of Georgia, who ta very rich, practice* law iu a casual way, chiefly representing the State against the railroad*, volunteering for the State. General A. R. Lawton and H. R. Jack •on, both of whom are well-to-do, ptac tic* law tn Ravann hr Georgia, and have large incomes. Major-General Bate han a good practice iq Nashville and ta look ing to the Senate. General Alpbeus Baker, most eloquent of men, practices |n Louisville, where he is coming into a gvaal income —which General Basil Duke, fbo i* ata' in Ixduisvllle ha* alretey uilt tro for himself. Major-General Bradley Johnston, who i* said to have made a great dual of money in Virginia State Ixmds, is practicing in Baltimore with a big income, where Hrigadier-Gen ergl George H. Stewart fs also located, and iu good aliatM- for 11 fine practice. Major-General W. Y. C. Human is prac ticing in Memphis, where he ha* already ainasae 1 a competency, »nd Brigadier- General C. W. Gordon is In the same citv doing nearly a» well. General dingman, of North Carolina, is also liracQcwg law and doing well. Instwanviia* lost ite popularity with the generals, although Msjor-iri-nersl B. H. RobuiSon, now living in Wanhine ton, lias made a snug fortune out of It, and is driving n pair of Bonnie Rootland hays down the avenue--* gallant gout le mon knd general favorite, and blessed is the mahogany under which his leg* nro crooned. Major-General D. 11. Maury is at fmmrnnee, and has don* well, though •lotso well m General Robinson. Os miscellaneous pursuit* there is a variety. General Jubal Early i* living at Lynchburg, a Bourbon bachelor, in tolerable circtiinstances. It Is said that he draw* $5,0(8)a year from the Louisi ung'Juttery ax commisKioner of special drawing*. Major-General Mahonr is con sidered rich, Itaving made money in rail road honda and stocks, it ix said, and is m.w Senator elect from Virginia. Lieu tenant-General J. Pemberton isliving quietly and in uixir health in Philadel phia, where be has a rich brother. He is himself in moderate circumstances. He has writ en a Ixxik on Vicksburg’s defarug and surrender, but I do not know whether or not he will publish it. Major < leneral R. B. Buckner ha» had a varied experience. Hta wife owned large treet* of uuimprovod real estate in Chlcagn, which wax confiscated, but afterward* recovered. It wax then mortgaged and built up and fn tire panic wax*a<-riflced for it* mortgage money, leaving General iiuckis 1 p xtr. Hu ta now living in Lou- Imvill* Brigadier-General Zack Den*, of Alabama, went Into Wall street and made about $200,000, with which he re tired. and is now living in oom-. Bri a dier-Gwral P. D. koddv, the bravn and chivnlric cavalryman, also made a for tune in Wall *trcct, but lost over SIOO,- 000 in a few d ys. and went to Ixtndon, where he is now living a* financial agent of s-imo banking firm, in moderate cir cumstance*. Brigadier-General J. W. Fraser, who surrendered Cumlierland Gap i* in New York, in the brokerage business, doin' well. Brigadier General Thomas Jourdan ta editor of the .Mining Record, on Broadway -a prsperou* pa ner. Major-General Ixiring, who served lour year* in the Egyptian army, ta now engineer for a mining company in New Mexico, and is taking chances of a big fortune. General Frank Armstrong has made a fortune by running a "pony" ex press in Texas, and General A. W. Rey nolds, who went t* Egypt with Ixiring, is still there—though out of service. (k-neral Tom Benton Rmith lost hi* mind, and was, the last time I heard of him, in an insane asylum in Tennessee. It ta a melancholy fact that nearly ev ery general who died or wa* killed, died in poverty brought about by hta devo tion. Raphael and Paul Hcmmes both died poor, but a daughter of the former married Luk* E Wright, a promising and prosperous lawyer. G neral Zzilll coffer left nothing to a family of five daughters, but they have all married, mve one, and have married well. Gen eral Pillow’s death caused th* sale of his house and library which, however, his friend* ralvught by subscription. Gen cralT.C. Hindman, who waxiowareinated, left nothing at all, but th* people of Helena loved and respected him. This family has many friends General Dick T*ylor died poor, and his two daughter* arc living with hi* sister at Warrenton Hisbook did not pay anythingof account General “Rtonewall" Jackson left his wife and daughter without means, but his name has raised friends for them, one of whom Mr. Wade Bolton, of Memphis, 1 think, left them $5,000 in his will. General Polk left nothing to hie family, but hi* arm, Dr. Polk, has an immen'e practice and distinguished character in New York. General Bushrod Johnson left only one non. who i» ooing well, and eral Forrest, who left but little, left it .with a thrifty and nnwpemu* son, Who make* all thalta needed. General Ewell s wife had about SIOO,OOO worth of prop erty in Rt. Ixmis, j think, which wax ▼ swlssew, I IM A»¥ABC«- ' NUMBER 6. saved from confiscation by a friend Mrs. Ewell died within three days of her husband. General Bragg died wilhont property and bis wife lives with her stater t in New Orleans. The hiatory of Gereral Hood's children ta part of tnc hfatorv of the country. General V. H (Joaperdied in poverty, and bis wife Uvea with her daughter in Texas, I believe. Major- General W H O, Whiting, of »on Fisher fame, who died in Wilmington prison in 'O4. left nothing, and General 1. M Walker, who was killed in a duel i with Marmadukg. left but little t<> bis wife, who now live* in Charlottaville. General Oobb—oh, what a cavalier was there! —left to bis family but little of t the fortune that his generous heart dis pensed so bountifully in the piping time* of jxvu-e. Truly it is sad hiatory ! The story of men who gave tbeir live* to their eoun- ! try, and left nothuqr to their wives bat s poverty that made life a struggle. Bmver soldiers never drew sword—purer men never went to battle—whi er-minded nil u never went to death. Had the issue , of the conflict ta which they pledget their honor and their lives been different, a pleasanter record could have been writ ten. As it is, the love and sympathy of a whole people will aovoiou thtar widows, their sons, aod their daughters—and their names and their deed* niinll be part and parcel of the glorv of tho Routh. ‘‘H. W, G." In the Atlanta Constitution. HUMORS OF THE DAT. Tmt Tonker's Qatflto calls the min fit ter’s foe ‘-the tax on matchaa " We can . match that, the shoemaker » foe ta the tax on men's soles. A r.trrt.x girl reproached with diao l»*dM-ncr and breaking the command ments, said, "Mamma, those command ments break awful easy. ’’ Whin a man offers to read your far tone oat of the grounds of a coffee cup, sot that man down for a cup and sor oerer RurUngton Hawkeye. Tho average ago of a hog is only fif teen years. This always consoles us when wa see a man spread himself over soar seats id a milway car. Tna tint ume a white man sees an Eugltah railway ooach,'ho thinks he baa atntck a traveling American jihotograph car on rails.—JftefftojTton /TawAey*. Not everybody will be abb, to see the Nantoh girls, Init everybody can get a pretty good idea erf their dauo* by put ting two hometa down the housemaid'» back. Rotton Pent. A max in Caton, Steuben County, N. Y., has raised a oabbagu arouml the head of which thirteen smaller heads were clustered. Rri'hangr'. Probably tho i-abbsgs was on the table. A raw days after going to a wake, Bridget asked her mistress for her money. "Are you going to leave?' "Iso, ms'am, I'm g«ta{ msrry Hi" corpse' huslxuid. Hu told me I ii'tu the life of the wake!" biff teadkjrd t<» Thatu, "Tourrwil I mutt ratoe, I tn V) pUTMI r plßrfawl for tt» pelf.” “ KdU* my real!" ropiim •* Yovr bonor*s main fnad, rar I never can rabe it my cell." It u now uud that the inventor of tho Brush eleotno light roed-md his first Liat from brushing a black cat's back the wrong way. This should teach us mA to despise the small and apparently uso leas things ta nature. "I sat, dem," cried two disputing darkies, appealing for decision to a sable umpire, "which is right—directly or dexactJy T” The sablo monarch reflected for a moment, and then, with a look of wisdom said, "I can't tell perzactly.’’ Tononaxiss ta a very small man, in deed; but he said he nover minded it at all until his three boys grew up to be tall, strapping yonng fellows, and his wife began to cut down thair old clothes and cut tliem over to fit him. And then he said he did get mad. " Bow <an I kwt Inrr—M my ilockF" Ssl<l Icß.r Mu U. tUiuwi, -■ By amklas *• M <»■•,'' quota Teas| "Bo wlratao 1 pmmlM A Mtupbr prorosi ntftr n> kaova W tel uh) W«ll now, •'pud o' Tou pul (tel yasdlnc w» u. altep, -TvlU swte • tellor-dotln >’«•*•*'« SooMte. Oxa night Uncle Harvey, keeper of a poor house down ta Maine, was waked bv the groans of one of the old men. **What is the matter?” Ije asked. *Tm dying. Unde Harvey," said the old man. "Tm dying; go and get me a doughnut, I mnst have suthin to pass away the toe. ' E’rmxa emblems are not always ap preciated. The neighbors of a poor fel low who died erected a tombstone to his memory, and had placed above it the conventions! white dove. The widow linked at it through her teen and said: "It was very thoughtful to put it there. John was very fond of gunning, aod it is an especiallv suitable emblem.' Asother Mew Plant. A cunous plant lias lieen discovered in Wisconsin, which produces a kind of cottou and flax from tho same stalk. An exchange says: It has already been woven into fabrics, and, as any article that will make as gooff cloth as can be made from this plant will make good paper, it has been called the paper ptant. It can be (dented m the spnng and cut ta the fall and winter. Ft btaachea itaelf white as it stands, and it will • leld tiiroe or four Umis to the acre From a single root that was transplanted last rpnng grew twenty large stocks, with three hundred and sixty-five pods n'litainmg the oottou, at leant sixty seeds iu rech From this root were ob tained seven onmv-« of pure cotton, aod over a pound of flax. It is a very heavy plant, and grows from six to seven feel high.