Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-03

glish bar; General Chestnut, Mr.. Hun
ter and Others are farming, and Mr.
Davis is President of a well known IN
surance company Of Memphis, Ten
nessee.
: The list of Representatives of tn,
Thirty-sixth Congress still disqualified
includes James L. Pugh, David Clop
ton, George S. Houston, and JabeZ L
NJ. Curry, of Alabama; Albert Rust, o
Arkansas; Charles l.. Scott, formerly o
California, now residing In Alabama
George S. Hawkins, of Florida; MartiI
]. Crawford, /. ]. Gartren and jane
Jackson, of Georgia; l.. O. G. Lama
and o. r. Singleton, of Mississippi
VIM. N. H. Smith and Benton Craige
of North Carolina: John Mcqueen
VIM. POrcher Miles and NJ. l.. Bon
ham, of South Carolina; John H. Rea'
gan, of Texas; d. c. De Jarnette, Rogel
A. Pryor, Thomas S. BOcock, Shelter
f. Leake, Ex-Governor VIM. Smith, A
S. Edmundson, of Virginia, and Others
The exception of the T~hirty-seventh
Congress was made expressly to include
the case of General John e. Breckin-
ridge, of Kentucky, who left his seat a;
United States Senator, andsubsequently
became a Major-General in the COnfed-
crate army, and toward the close of the
struggle, Secretary Of War at Rich
mOnd.
The list of judicial officers disqualified
includes John A. Campbell, former
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court, now engaged in a lucrative law
practice at New Orleans; JamesD. Hall
burton, former United States Judge for
the Eastern District of Virginia; J. w.
Brockenbrough, and Others less conspic-
uOus. Whether former United States
marshals and district-attOrneys come
under this exception or not may be Il
matter of doubt. 1t would seem not;
but what Judge Bond or Judge Under
wood would decide in the case of a pO-
litical opponent the Lord only knows.
The chances are he would 90 to Albany.
Of the officers of the army and navy
who resigned and went South, some two
hundred and fifty in number, there are
probably not one-half left alive. Lee is
dead, and so are Albert Sidney Johnson,
Garnett, Lay, d. r. Jones, Whiting,
w. H. Stevens, Pegram, Stuart, Van
Dorm, O'Hara Magruder, Forrest, Tat
nall, and many more. Of the survivors
under disabilities, We have General Sam
uel Cooper, the Confederate Adjutant-
General at Richmond; Generals Joseph
+. Johnston, Beauregard, BraXtOn
Bragg, Sam Jones, Handee, PembertOn,
Hood, Stephen d. Lee, D. H. Hill, B.
:. Ewell, @. w. Gusts Lee, son to the
great General Robert Lee; FitZ Lee,
Dabney H. Maury, and Colonies L. B.
NoTthrOp, General at Rich
mOnd; R.. B. Lee, Larkin Smith, S. Q.
Myers, Confederate States Quartermas-
teT-General, and Others. OF the naval
men there are Commodore NJ. f. Maury,
distinguished for his scientific research
e, and for mapping out the lines for
ocean sailing vessels; Captain Brooke,
inventor of the favorite gun for the Con-
federacy, called after his own name, and,
prior to 1870, of the system of deep sea
s%Oundings; Captain Semmes, of the
Alabama, and a few others. None of
them are in political life or are DESTROYS
Of Office, and all probably are in private
pursuits.
Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, now
in Europe, is the only head of a depart
ment left alive, who aided the Confede-
racy. General Henry r. Jackson, of
Georgia, and General VIM. Preston,
both eminent in the military service Of
the COnfederacy, are most prominent
on the list of those who left diplomatic
positions abroad in order to enter the
Southern service.
The absurdity of retaining these ex-
ceptions is evident by a glance at those
who have been relieved by laws now in
force, or who, if living, would be re-
lieved. In the last category we find
William L. Yancey, who laid the basis
for the secession movement by the Sc
cession from the Charleston Convention
in April, 1860; R. Barnwell Rhett, Of
South Carolina, who for many years be-
fore the war favored disuniOn; and in
the list of those relieved, such extremists
as Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia;
Robert W. Barnwell, of South Carolina;
General Jubal A. Early, Lewis F.
Warne, and HenTyA Wise, Of Virginia.
The following members of Mr.. Davis
Cabinet, are no longer under disabilities
L. Pope Walker, of Alabama; James A.
Seldom, of Virginia; George Davis, of
North Carolina; @. A. Trenholm and
c. J. Nemminger, Of South Carolina;
and T. H. Watts, of Alabama, making |
a majority of those who served in such
capacities. Among the military men
relieved are General Gordon, of
Georgia; General Forrest, of Tennessee;
and Wade Hampton, of South Carolina.