The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-21

OF his equals before the law. IHeS5 ", HiOHE
with millions of his countrymen, believed u
he raenaeed and endangered by the policy and
purposes of a sectional, dominant and Iicen
tiois majority And subsequent events
known to you all, have SHOWN that blls , DeIis
was well founded. He was no mere soldisr o.
fortune; his course was not ghssu oy ser9 II
the cause Of civil liberty-not on tne sue ~
power. but in defense OF the weak-and Wleid-
ed 1t as q true patriot and rs one ol Gns
grandest heroes OF the great war; 10 Wh'ch
armies were marshaled whose tread shooR
the continent, and whose terrible conflicts ar
rested the attention OF the civilized W!fld.
Though man OF military education ana
life, aftsr tbs close OF the war his civic ana
social virtues were as admirable as his hili,
tary career had been fn war he aceepteu,
the necessary results of the war, manned ana
in poverty, and without profession as ne
was, with a cheerful, manly fortitude, and at
once applied himself diligently and earnestly
to commercial and other pursuits 10 earn an
independent livelihood by honorable means.
He never despaired in the darkest hours or
under the severest affections OF being able 10
achieve success In civil pursuits, and TO g.
cure for himself an honorable competence. vi
strong, manly frame and heroic mould, ne
was as courteous as any knight, ana as sOft
and gentle in his manners and as pure as
woman; beloved and respected by all who
krew him, and lived and died without the
stain OF one breath Of ealumny. He WAS
faithful brave, honest man, and true chris
tian gentleman..
The portraiture OF the life and character of
Gen. Hood would be imperfect without ref
erence to his domestic life. In the year 1868
he was married to the beautiful and accom-
pIished Miss Anna Maria. daughter OF Alfred
Hennen, Esq, distinguished lawyer OF New
Orleans, and their marriage was blessed In
eleven years with eleven lovely children.
What happy household a. few weeks ago
A kind and affectionate husband and father !;
q loving and devoted wife and mother, sur
rounded by their numerous children, in the
fuIiness OF the enjoyment OF dome este felicity.
Alas, how changed On the tWenty-tiftn vi
August the mother died OF yellow fever; on
the thirtieth Of the same month the spirit OF
tbs husband followed that OF the wife, let us
hope and believe, to the brighter and better
world, to be joined o day or two after by that
OF their eldest daughter Lydia How changed,
how desoIate, that household, recently united
and happy! Father, mother, and eldest sister,
now resting In the silent city of the dead.
and ten ORPHAN children left to mourn their
irreparable lossi No words can describe this
calamity to them, or adequately express our
sorrow for these stricken orphans.
It is said that shortly before the death OF
Gen. Hood, in q message to Gen. Gibson, Of
New Orleans, he bequeathed his children TO
the care OF his old Texas brigade. With all
the tenderness of an anxious dying fathers
love, knowing that he would not leave means
sufficient for the support and education Of his
children, his keen SOl1cituds weHt out for them
and rested on his old comrades In arms; the
men who had served and suffered with him
through d bloody war, and who had so often
offered their lives with him for the cause SO
dear to them all. Men, whose fidelity and
honor and courage he had 80 often seen tried
in the severe8t grdeals, men with whom he
would have trusted his own life and honor,
were the fittest men to whom he could
trust the care OF his children, dearest and
nearest to him OF all things on earth. The
most OF these war-searred veterans now
living are poor but with the kriightiy honor
which belongs to such men, the sacred trust
will be discharged with that fidelity which hs
anticipated from his old comrades when he
contided it to them.
To have known Gen. Hood In lifetime was
To love and respect him. To remember him
In death is to esteem his character and to
venerate his virtues.
How sleep the brave, who sink 10 rest
by all heir eauntry's " shes bl9at!
When spring. with dewy fingers cold.
Returns to deck their holleWd mould.
She there shall dres, west er sod
Than Faney's fest have ever trod.
By fairy bauds their kntll Is rung,
b forms unseen their dirge j. sung,
There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray.
To bless hs turf that wraps their clay;
And Freedom shall awhile repair,
To dwell. h weeping hermit, here
At the conclusion Of the impressive cere-
meny and the banedictien, reeeding from the
ehancel the choir sang
paradise o paradise,
Who do h not crave for rest?