St. Mary's gazette., 1864-03-03

aecut Jnhn Morgan. whose marriage he
had tried t. avert, and Of whch h. apoke
with much eorrnw He declared that
Morgan vas enervated by m.triunony, and
would never be the same man as he was
He said that in one of the celebrated tele-
graph tappings in Kentucky. Mergnn. th.
operator. aud himself were seated for
twelve hnurs on clay bank during a vio-
irs,t storm. but the interest was 50 intcnse
that the time passed like three hours.
MAJoE GENERAL PArRlcx CLEsURNs.
! va. entertained by Major General Pa
trick Clrhurne. who gave u,e his history
He is the son Of q doctor at or near Ballin.
eoIig. He ran away from home at seven
teen and enlisted IN Her Maj-sty's Forty
hrst regiment Of faot. in which he served
three ycars as private and corporal. Buy
ing bis discharge. he emigraied to Arkan-
sas At the outbreak of the war he Was
elected captain Of bis company. then colo
mel OF bis regiment. aud has since, By hi.
distinguished services in all the Western
Campaigns. been appointed to the command
"f diyis'on-tbe highest military rank
attained BY n foreigner in the Confederate
service. He told me he ascribed his sd-
va'rcemeat mainly to the useful lesson be
had learned in the ranks Of the British
army. He is now 35 years Of age. but hi.
hair having turned gray he looks older.
Generals Bragg and Hardee both spoke to
me in terms Of the highest praise. aud said
that he had risen entirely on bis own
merits"
Hon. j. p. BENJAMIN.
Tie is q stout dapper little man. evident.
IL Of Hebrew extraction aud Of uudosbted
talent. He il . Louisianisu, and was
Senator for that State in the old United
State CoEgress. aud believe he is aecuuns-
ed very clever lawyer and brilliau,
orator. He told me that he had filed the
onerous pos, Of Secretary Of War during
the frat seven months Of the Secession, and
| cnn easily believe that he found it no
sinecarc. We conversed fr L,ne time
about the origin. which he indignantly de.
MED was brought about. - the Yankees
assert. 10y the interested Vaccinations Of
individuals. lie declared that, fer the
last ten years, the Southern Statesmen had
openly declared iu C"ngress what would
take place; but the Northerners never
wauid believe they were in earnest, and had
often replied BY the tauat" THE South
was 80 bound to. aud dependent on the
North. that she couldn't .e kicked out ofthe
Unia."
He said that the Southern armies had al
way, been immeusel, outn numbered in all
their battles, aud that until recently Gen.
eral Lee could uev,r muster more than TO-.
OOU effective meu.
Ms Bel,jauiu told me that bis property
had lately been con6scated 10 Ne. Or
lcans, aud thai his two sisters had been
turned. neck aud crop. into the streets
there, wi'h ouly Que trunk, which they
had been forced to carry themselves. Eve
ry one Was afraid tu give them shelter. ex-
cept an English womaI, who protected
them until they could get out uf the CITY.
Talking Of the just admiration which
the English newspapers accorded tp Stone
wall jackson, he expressed. however, hi.
ast"ni.hment that they should have praised
SO highly his strategic skill in out-msneu.
vering Pope at Manassas. and Hooker at
ChancellOrsville. totally iguoring that ip
o'tt cases the movements we're planned
and ordered by Gen. Lee. for whom (Mr.
Bcnjamin said) Jackson had the most
kiidlikc reverence"
MIR. Beniamio complained of Mr.. Rss-
sell o: the T;nsss for holdi.g him I'd to
faase ~ ''gambler"-a story which be
understood Mr. Russell had learned from
Mr.. Charles Sumner At Washington. But
even supposing that this vas really the
case. Mr. l'enjawin was Of opinion that
such a revelation Of his private life was in
extrea,ely bad taste. after Mr.. Russell had
Par'aken Of his lMr. Bcnj.min's) hospi-
tsiity at Montgomery.