Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-01
FOB TIE ALEX. GAZETTE.
Esr;l. zsnn(fnl Lee Glb.en.

HUts LIE ALA, NhL.l1b.
tsrn. zsnndal Lee Glb.en.
/; ct1s TIC roll Of notable men who have
raced ;hc aonsl. cl' the southern States ono Is
a.:1c: ~ tic rrad5uinancc Of Virginia pstro.
~ 5iit5 % t;ie list. Truly has the O!d Domibioo
proved hrr;s;i tie mother CT States and states
:uaa-o! soldiers aGG men famous 10 every walk
! cfht: Those flm!iar with the traditions and
ais.cgI CT Ni!siaia vii! recoguz, in the family
ualnc tia! tcads this a;!ice one which repre-.
scots respected Ef2iaia ancestry cf nearly
iwo huaGr:d years. and 10 who he's followed
| l,i!1cG:iy no pttlcs esent5 Ct the pass two
! y:ar7 which baV9 restored TO Louisiana and
! : AN Us!oiira their legitimate governments,
vii recall the Gc'lTo and useful participation 10
Ih2I righteous work CT Randall Ice Gibson, the
able and popular representative 10 Congress
/ from Neg Oiicans.
Tbs New York World of late date publish
ri 81 Interesting and graphic sketch OF Gen.
Gicsar. wlittcn b. Els !ri.nd and kinsuau,
Gy;. William Frestoc Johnston. The writer
il,Ytct has spsca oDiy 70 glance ct he malo
poIa;& IN this biography g. IL, which has
Gcsa cm;ncsly that Ct q gentleman and patriot
and ii i, maa ia whom are most worthllY united
the merits aud virtues ct Revolutionary sires.
sad ,2nC52 cwn brilliant career as Soldier IN
TIE gar iotween North and South has in it the
Fac Fl :vor CT the days OF the Cavaliers.
"Anoug he hlLklng benches Of the LET,
wits Gol Johnson, lis the seat Of Geo. Ran
al hsa Gibson, Cno Of tho members from New
Or4aas. hs he etsnCs amoug hi5 peers, tall,
.rlier, a.I with a s.rikiug!y handsome face
ppd head Of :bc Saxco type, the observer first
notes c iia. that mingled air Of we'll bred cour,
!2=y a2G thoughtful reserve which marks the
no;ou 81 iLa man ot tho sIlon With the man OF
j,o r,05nt-rhc had OF The world aud the
sa!G!.r" Blu. thGre is somethlcg about Gen.
Gita Ill s.wscs handsomely dressed, the gen.
tiencsa ana uIotfs!y Ct his BEARING, his p0lse,
a1d 4 ,r;a!1 finish aud retioement--haif G hua.
trcli s:tcnt indila.icu5 Ct the Through gentle
Diat;" .iia5 leads The locker o. 10 wonder at his
s':@:eace III Congress-, where, alas! men of bis
sIauD ia1 o.lna arc the exception to the rule.
Bat ho@eVtr UNUSUAL il may be TO lied men
c. Her. GibsOn's elegant culture 10 The House
| 81 E:rrrsautallEcs, MS CONSTITUENTS have four
tiI!as in succession ciCced hin to be their rep
= sentative j. Congress-. FIRST 10 1872, then 10
1874 .22iu 10 iS7G, AID lastly in 1878. BY bis
ceuYity 10 ,,rlug ios their interts 2, his pru
IcGc2 il a1u1cl AID debate, bis weigh. 10 tho
2al:nc.aii3s- CT the party. his high personal
chat.cl.r, aui. above all, bcceus, Of Lis fore
,s2, pos::iag ia tbs !as; mo0,hs Of Graul's I'D.
.4.ais;Ta'iou, and The frs. CT Hayes's. ia the
slc:gs. iUl ciE3;. rJ8ic 10 restore Louisisua to
her ivrracr hco0rabr position among the States
Of the Uojoo, Geo. Git5oo dcstrVedly has Won
tao psu Its o: OIL Louislaniars, snd. indeed, OF
patriots and levers Of iug,i,o everywhere.
GsH. Gibson Giraer has been 40 eEc!ptlon-
ally EU,.u3 oGc. lie Was bCrn at Spring Hill,
N:aluasy,thc !cs,dcnco OF his maternal grand-
i..hrr. Co., tIa;hati"l Hart, 10 lha year 1882
II 1879 ho catered ais College, aad 10 1853
b. WIS graduated fioln that iostltu,ior, ait,r
course in whi,h be not oDiy had done honor 10
h;losaG So s.ud2nt, bat had acquired no small
;rccu5G.i3n ~ en- crater. La 1865 be gradua.ed
81 . layer il New Oieans, sud fer three years
thereafter Lc travelled iu Europe study irg and
adding 20 bis knowledge CT men end life ia for
,;s 10 l2Eds. E:lurnog to ibis country no &C.
s9t.d h:iosoIi u sugar planting on bis p!anta
:iQ1 il LJuisao2. lie was thus engaged when
TIC var Gsgan. Bsiag States rights demo-
c7,', be g,s carlS 10 the E=ld-frst IS rrl7ate
s5idl5r oI the Contederacy. Passing through
tic g.a1o lf captain Of tho First Louisiana
( L;i,,iery, be was 5000 elected Colonel OF the
| Thir cca,il L?ui:i,na Regiment, aud at the
! ,s.tlr OF Shiloh he oo!nmaaded with coospicu
/ cas- cge!i. 10 himself the brigade Of which that
regiment forucd part. 10 oil the campaigns
| Ct ,hc Western Confederate armies ho d:s;n
rGiShcd h:oscif By bis skill, courage and 10
! Is, iag devotion 10 duty, receiving on all coca
s!"n; The coaGieocc and pfa;s, OF his superior
! otuoa5s. Toward the clos, Of the war he par
! t.ca!ar'y biorxht hilnseif a,o rotioo By his gal
! lass GeI:Dce # his poSi'inu near Spanish I r.
| iu Tho Delg hhcrbond OK Motils, when besieged
%. tS3 weeks by Geo. Csbb5's entire srnv.
af;er tee wer ho began the prac'i,e If his
! - a Lin lin
! a ,rouI,rcue p, stlou at the bar 10 that city aud
m.t with parked success, besides gathering
! i 9out hila hess Of atiachsd friends.
| As / have before remarked, Gen. Gibson
cJmeE OF aoceatry associated With the earlier
c3!9uis days CT Vlryinia. His first Virginis
u.c.,icI Vas John Gibson, woo, With sister
! saa sovcr- brothers, cmigrstcd from Eoglsud
! il 100 AID s=lt!cd 10 MlddIesaIc uoty, 10 this
S;aJc. 4. TIC Gu, break CT tho Revolutionary
var zee G1d Geo. Gioson's grandfather Randall
q .bsoo "a Il .ded Of the neil hboraood OF Sandy
! BAT, va he Great fcdee river. 10 South Caro-
| lea, aud s.suoch patriot and participant 10
| The struggle iCr undergraduates. Attsr the War
| be Iu0o7ed to whst Was called 10 those days
| 't5e West" aud s:ttIed ia Warren county,
| Mississippi, where be became 40 opuea plant
e!, AID married Harriet Mckinley. daughter
| 81 John M:kiolsy sod Mary Counelly, both Ct
| 7Dpm werc b0rn 10 Ireland. Joho hlcklo!ey
9as III cfiiesr 10 the.Virsioia lico 10 the K-yo.
IL ion, aoi 10 17S2 he met bis death while
s.rsl"s in CrawlCri's expedition agaiost tbe
lod,sus, !oo!ss Gi5soo, the son OF Randall and |
i! f:;ser Of Gen. Gibson, settled 10 Terrebonne
pa5;,h Ia, aud became successful! planter
anA IL GidcriisI ci;izeo. He IVES close personal
and pciitie, tri=n;! Of Heury Clay. aud married
I.;u,i.n. Hare, the 5suybter OF Vi. Nsthsalel
a art. e Sur!us Hill, Wo5dtor. county, Ken |
.cc.g. Tai- lady vas cousin Of Mrs. Heory |
Gag, aad f The late Senator Thomss Hart
:leatoa, Of Missouri. Tobias Gibson vas con |
..,oJ =, ,,,-,;.,o o- bIood NTH the Rreckin.