The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-09-18

hours or under the seyere,t , I'll ctions
of being able 10 Achieve Cccess IL civil
pursuits, and u secure Tor himself an
honorable competence or strong,
manly frame and heroc mould, ne Was
a, courteous Us any knight, ami rs soft
and gentle ia his manners and Is pure
a. a woman; beloved and respected by
sil who knew him, he lived and died
without the s.siG OF %, q breath OF Cal
umuy. ii vas q !siiaful, brave, hon
est man, and 8 true Cnr!s:isn gentle
IN
1he pnrtraiture OF the life and char
ae,er of Gen. Hood would be .mpe:-
iect without q reference to his d. mes
TIC life. In the year 1868 he was m ar
ried to the beautiful ana accomplished
Miss Anna Marie, daughter Of Afford
Herman, f o., distinguished lawyer
of New Orleans; aud their marriage
was Ulessed In eleven years with eleven
lovely children. What happy house,
hold a few weeks ago! A kind aud
afectionate husband and father, low
ing and devoted wife and mother, sur
rounded 10y their numerous children,
ia the iullness of the pjjymeDt If do
mestic felicity. Alas, how changed
On the twenty-fifIh Of August the
mother died of yellow fever. On the
thirtieth of the same month the spirit
OF the husband followed that of the
wife, let US hope and believe, TO the
brighter and better world, TO be joined
in day or two after by that of their
eldest daughter, Lydia. How changed,
how desOlate 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 tbelr irreparable
loss No words can describe this Ca
lamity to them, or adj q1ately express
our sorrow for these stncken orphans.
1t is said that shortly beforethe death
of Gen. Hood, in 4 message to Gen.
Gibson, of New Orleans, he bequestbed
his children to the care of his Old Tex
as brigade. With all the tenderness
of an anxious, dying fathers love,
knowing that he would not leave suffi-
cient means for the support and educa-
ton of his children, his keen solicitude
went out for them, and rested on his
Old ia a. VIC iiNi W uO hhN
served and suffered with him through
a bloody war; and who had so often
offered their lives with him for the
cause 30 dear t. them all. Man whose
fidelity and honor and courage he had
so often seen tried in the severest Or
deals men with whom he would have
trusted his own life and honor, were
the fi:test men to whom he could trust
the care of his children, dearest and
nearest t. him of all things on earth.
The most of these war-scsrred vtter-
ans now living are poor, but with the
knIghtly honor which belongs to such
men, the sacred trust will be discharged
with that fidelity which he anticipated
from his old com! les when he con-
fided it to them.
To have known Gen. Hood in his
lifetime wss to love and respect him.
To remember him in death is to esteem
his character and u 'venerate his Vir-
tues.
How sleep the brave, who sink to rest
BY all their country's wishes best
When spring, with dewy fingers cold.
Returns to deck their halloW'd mould,
She there sh I'll dress q sWeeter sod
Than Fancy's feet have ever trOd.
Bv fairy hands their knell is rurg,
By forms unseen their dire is sung;
There Honor comes, pilgrim gray,