The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-03-11
Artitles.
Gen Albert Sidney Johnston.


and incidents connected with the remoy-
al of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston's re-
mains to Texas:
Editor Ne,os In recent issue Of your
paper, it was stated that the bodies OF
Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston and General
Rousseau repoee side by side. However
gratifying to the sentimental mind would
be She picture OF the two Gencr, Is, hos
tile in life, but like brothers in the repose
of tho grave, the facts do not warrant the
statement. Their graves are far apart.
After the death oil General Johnston,
on the battlc field of Shiloh, his body was
conveyed to New Orleans, where it re-
ceved the honors accorded to Licuten-
ant Gcneral-lay in state several days in
tho City Hall, and was entombed in one
of the mausoea in the cemetery OF ST..
Louis. The whole city attended tho
sspulture, under the greatest oppression
of sorrow.
A glowing panogyric was penncd by a
soldier of Shiloh, inserted into glazed
frame, and being in front of the niche, in
to which the body had been walled. This
was copied into most Of the papers in the
Confcderacy, and vas deemed q just
tribute to the virtues and deeds OF the
illustrious hero.
In January, 1867, committee of the
Texas Legislature arrived in New Orleans
to obtain the remains Of General John
ston, and convey them to Texas, as their
fnal resting place. Aud this, because
General Johnston had been citizen OF
thatStatc. His bcrcavcd widow and chill
dren still reside there.
Thccommittce applied to Gen. Sheridan
the military commandant of tho depart
ment, for permission to remove the body
Ho gave reluctant and ungracious con.
sent, prohibiting any manifestations OF
public regard for the departed chieftain.
lie even intimated that any gathering OF
the people, moro than the immediate
friends, would be highly displcasing. Ac
cordngly only the friends otGeneral } ohm
ston were invited to attend.
So, on balmy sunshiny evening. an i'm.
mense multitude gathered in and around
tho walls of the ancient cemetery, Which
itself, is one Of the greatest curiosities Of
Now Orleans.
The tomb was unscaIed with solemn, re-
lipious rites. similar to those held at the
disintcrlacnt of the body Of the great Ma
pocon in st. Helena, ~. II. 1911.
The coffin, which five years before had
been SO carefully deposited, was found
crushed and torn to fragments. 1t was
llon recoIccled that the infamous vantal,
General Butler. had canscd the tomb to
be violated and the coffin torn to pieces,
under the suspicion that it might contain
treasure, arms Or ammunition.
The remains were gathered into q cas-
ket, but alas how few and meagro tho
remains of the great commander. A few
bones, 10 which adhered fragments Of
shriveed flesh, baked in its narrow house
by the odors Of a tropical sun. But there
was that large skull, that noble domo Of
thought, that had been tho abode OF that
mighty mind, which made him prc-emi
nent amor. renowned generals, us great
commander.
And this was all that remained of that
majestic form, which, on the morning OF
the 9th of April, 1862, led mighty host
is not mans abiding place!
1t was with some delay that the coffin
could be conveyed along tho intricate
paths that wind between the irregular
tombs of this strange old cemetery. At
length it was placed beneath the black pail
and nodding plumes ofa ponderous hearse,
drawn bv four white horses, led by
lvcried grooms.
By the sides of the hearse there walk
ed, as pal-bcarers, several distinguished
Confederate Generals. There was Beaure-
gard. trim and erect; and the 1.-the, tall
form OF Bragg and Buckner, with his ma
estic port and Longstreet, and Wheel
er, and Harry Hays, and Jeff. Thomp-
son. The only carriage in that long pro-
cession followed Immediately after the
hearsc, and conveyed Hood, too much
manned 10 be able to walk.
Behind came, first, long procession of
adios, the elite of tho city. For high po-
sition, intelligence and refined manners,
they could not be surpassed by an equal
number, upon earth. Albeit, accustomed
to ride in sumptuous carriages, they now
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trod unAinchingly the slum of the street,
because tIiey wore doing honor to the Ii
lustrous hero.
The procession moved on slowly and
sadly amidst the most awful stiffness and
socmnity.
"Not bell was tollcd, nor funeral note"
The occasion was too solemn and awful
for tears Indeed, in the minds of many,
the departed chicitain whose obscquies
were now celebrated for tho second time,
was deemed happy and fortunate, for he
had passed away in tho full tide ofvictory,
while VIC, tho survivors, were suffering the
ignominy inflicted by coarse and insolent
tynnt, who had learned how to insult
and opprcss free and noble people, from
the outrages of British tyranny inflicted