The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1867-02-28
From the New Orleans Picayune.
THE REMOVAL OF GENERAL
JOHNSTON'S REMAINS.

At the hour of 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon the ST. Louis Cemetl:y WAS
the scene of an asscmblagc, such as
never before had been witnessed with:
il those ancient walls, which enclose
the mortal remains of so many who,
in their time, had been loved and re-
vcrcd by the population of LOUISIANA.
It Was the occasion of the disinter-
meat and removal of the remains Of
one who, though neither a native mol
a resident Of New Orleans, was per
haps dcarer than either native or res
ident, in the hearts Of its people
General Albert Sydney Johnston,
the hero chicftain of the Confederate
army, :the victor and victim of the
bloody field of Shiloh.
The State Of Texas had sent a coul-
lnittcc for hepurposc of superintcnd-
ing this duty, and yesterday was ap-
pointed for the cxhumation. 1t was
generally known throughout tile. city
that the disintcrmcnt and removal
were 10 take place yesterday at 3
clock, but no formal invitation had
been. issued to the public to attend the
ceremony.
Although the event was one which
,nnnalrd directly TO the ScnsibiliticS
and emotions Of the people Of New
Orleans, the ceremonies were COIL
Quoted without any Of the pagcntry
and pomp which usually character
izes such occasion. No blazonry of
military rank marked the simple pro
cessiolls which accompanied the re-
mains from the tomb to the steamer.
No note of martial music measured
the solemn tread Of the long line of
mournirs.
No stranger could have supposed
that thc plainly attircd rall-bcarcrs
who walked beside the hcarse %cre
Generals high in rank and in reputa-
tion-mcn who had led armies to bat
tie and to. victory; who had defended
cities and who had organized CAM
paigns.. Among them were several
! who had been the friends and ssso-
ciates of the deceased in the old army
Of the United States, and sQlnc whO
had been his in the recent WAL, who
had stood beside him OIL that fatal
but glorious day which deprived the
! Confedcracy of his services. There
was Bcaurcgar'l, the favoritc son OF
Louisiana, who Immediately succeed
ed him in command of the army, there
was Bragg, his energetic and indcfat-
igiblc chief of staff; there was Buck
ner, who so gallantly fulfilled tho
chieftsin's orders, by the heroic but
fluitless defence at Donelson:
1t ltisrcmartablc. toe, that among this
distinguished asscmblage, there were
three men, Bcaurcsard, Bragg and
Hood, vho had each in turn succeed
ell to the command Of the army upon
which the life and death Of its first
i. leader seemed to impress peculiar
character and a strange fatality-an
army, whose history was illustrated
by so many heroic deeds and so many
signal misfortuncs-an army which
seemed to have Inherited its heQrism
from his life, and its misfovtancs from !fE!o y!
LIS death.
Bcsi,lcs those just named, there
wcrc present amo3g the pall-bcarcrs,
General Richard Taylor, who achiev-
ed the splendid victories of Mansfield
and Pleasant Hill; General Harry
Il. Hays, who commanded the ia
nous louisiana Brigade in the az
my of Virginia: General james Long
street, whose name is memorable as a
commander Of corps i'll General
Lees army, and who won distinction
On so many battle-fclds, from Virgin
ia to Georgia, at Manassas and the
second Manassas, at Gaines Mill,
Frazcr's Farm, Chicamauga and at
! tic Wilderness ; General jeff. Thomp-
s,,n. so renowned for his partisan ex-
rloits; General r. L. Gibson, who
fought under the lamcntcd Johnston
at Shiloh, and who led his brigade
of Louisianians through all the bloody
battles in which the Army Of the West
was engaged; General Dabncy II.
Maury, whose gallant defcnces of
Mobile, added a tjnge of glory to the
closing of the war; Colonel George
Dcas, whose valuable services in tlc
Army of Virginia arc well known to
all, and Colonel p. NJ. Lucket, who
commanded with signal ability one of
the finest Texas regiments in the late
war.