Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-02-11
TIE EXILED REBELS.


account of the whereabouts Of prominent
exled rebels
In respect to the prominent e1iles, there
have been dispatches published, touching
their intonied movements, which had no
fouudat'on but guess work. Il has been,
for example, broadly stated that SlIdell,
Benjamin, Davis and Dudley Mann were
al. naking rea !or their return. IA con
sequenc. Of this amnestY. As for Mr.
avis, he Is much more llkly not 10 r.
turn, now that the an. nesty IS ~ be rcgar,
ed than It his case at Richmond had been
dismissed A. for the oth.- cxiles, /
have been posscs up to some extent touch
ing their means and future prospects, as
well as wlshes The most anxious on to
re,urn, probably, lis General Breckin-
ride, Kentucky. He has large fam
ily, and Is poor-has nothing at all, in
Tact, but his profession as lawyer, which
IS pt little Use IN making living abroad,
aud | know that on every account be has
been anxious for long lime to RETURN
Probably no man more candidly accepts
tae situation" ia every sense OF the word.
have been back long ago. but did not like
to encounter personal indlgnIty. Some
y. his leading friends have advised him to
return st once, but he Is . man of great
caution. aud is ust az likely as not to
wait until he can see how ths land lies,
and the temper of the incoming admins
trAton toward him. Oh James NJ Ma
son must he now over seventy. and at that
time Of life local attachments are unuslal-
ly strong He thinks, Ike all Nlrgiulans.
that the Old Dominion is the huest part
of the world, anu would prefer greatly TO
i've there to anywhere else. He had
moderate competency at tho close of the
war, arising from some property OF his
vie, and, though too old and lnhrm to
earn dollar by personal exertson, was
thus put above the necessity of labor. |
see it stated he 10 about to return to his
ed home ST Winchester. in The Va,loy of
Virginia II. will be able to -hud the
place, doubtless, and meet many. old
trieuds. but one thing he vii not see.
VIZ: his old homestead The Federal
oops con pletely destroyed it, leaving
not o"c stone upon another.
OId Jubal Early. maj general to L e
and Stonewall Jackson, he who stor,ned
Winchester III the campaign OF S63 AuI
burned part of Cham bersburg III retail
alton for the burning of Jackson. Miss,
and other places. went abroad at the close
of the war, and has remained by choice
h..v xta4 H.
accepted parole or not; think he did,
but most certainly he did not accept the
sttuation He is j proud. de6aut, un-
yielding man slow to take position.
aud very conscious of it when once taken.
lie was An orlgina! Uuiou man. and OBJ
stiuateIy resisted secession until Mr. Lin
coin 5 uroela n alton was issued, and then
he went for secession /; aud the Contede-
racy might have had an abler, bnt GER
tlluly no stouter soldier or more stead
fast adh reut He lived before the WAT
III the country south of the James River.
and | suppose might have managed to
save soIue little property from the wreck.
| should take ham TO be about the last
man III tue word 10 make a INT IN q for
clgu rand His brIel book on the Nir-
g.ula campaign Of 1864 is pronounced by
Lees staff. ana believe IL colsi1ercd 10y
Ice Alulseli us tIe only book OF any rta.
value Uu tho Con. edcrate side. IL IL Ger
t.uuly very terse aud per,picuous, but the
nature OF III. man is saowA by the fact
tuat nc gave tue copyright 10 help the
II, luo.4Il association. Oh Nlt5 ulA IL col
.clIn6 aau LA KING the graves ot the
) ulutrn eo.uIers s"u tell o. the battle
4. k.s 0i tnat Slute Sad h. Perhaps
| mint nave made sAnl.ethlus by sue
0. tuo wuIk bus | wAntcu ~ keep clear
OF Ill suspicion OF writing book Tor n.u-
ey Aud taus the proud. but manly
And siu1cre otd j ubal hangs out ou the
CanAus SIDE a. Tie frontier. occaslouIliy
wIlaug u Irtter sbvut tue var, 50 Ior e4
amplc. the other Jay, 10 prove that JACK
sou never p opposed the uIgnt attack. bowie
KNIFE ahu uAle arm aud ure4st pusIurss
-wnlen the Muse OF History-that "ly-
my bitch ss Is atkins Leigh called her
las attributed to aim. think old Ju-
p4i viii come back st bis leisure. when
the 1T takes him aud his money gives out
4 msu must have good deal OF meAn-
uess iu his nature. be he Radical, Demo-
crat OF Southern, not 70 sympath.z with
such , uaturc.
A. for JAKE Thompson, Of Mississippi,
who used to te Secretary Of the luterlJl
ru Ter BuchauaH-mony years before "a
Cou-re,s u.id economist. General
Agent OF the tvntederacy IN CanIda IL
1S64-he would have come back long ago
bpt for the miserable lie Holt and otau-
ION cot ND between ts.m about his being
accessory to l..ucolu's assassination he
) NJ .guger rch ss be was form ~ ,ut
is. believe. IL easy cireum>tAnc /
an sure tba, he would greatly prefer -
r, .lrl vutl Le can DO SO safely and 90
,o p.asg.n. gain he has 10 amoi,.-4,
and saws taat he snd men =. hls a-e
u.u,. .lge Nay to the younger meu 1,..
be : 81. Tar from being old aud :
,;i1 m~L =. vigorous. heat s. ne
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te,n taera u las Lo,ei y ,h t
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