The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-02-03

AIRY. AIeulendlC-O -Oenefai u. Ii. Hi
is President of the State Agriculture
College of Arkansas at Fayetteville
at a salary of s., 800. He has been
poor ever since the war, and lost much
time and money in publishing a peri
odical that was, however a crelitablc
and pure publication, and in teaching
school. Brigadier- General VI. p. Low
ry has charge of female school al
Salem, Miss, and is prospering finely
Lieutenant-General \. L. Stewart is
Chancellor of the University of Mis-
sissippi, where he gets good salary
and has fine position. Brigadier-
General Lilly is a Professor some
where, l think at Washington-Lee
University, aud this, l believe, closes
the list of generals who are engaged
in training the young men of the
South. And yet there is General j.
Argyle Smith, now Superintendent
of State Instruction tor NIississip-
pi.
There are very few of our old gem
rails who have accepted office from the
Federal Government. Lieutenant
General Longstreet is Minister to Tur-
key. Col. Mosby, who won the promi-
nence of Il general, is Consul to Hong
Kong. Major General Lafayette Nc
Laws, who was one Of the powers Of
the Army of Virginia, is Postmaster
ut Savannah. MajoE-General James
Fagan was United States Marshal of
Arkansas under Grant, but l believe
is out of service now. l do not know
of any others that hold political APP
pintments. | believe there are none
others. Oh, yes, there is General
Jack Wharton, ofLouisiana, who took
the marshalship of the New Orleans
District a few years ago.
The railroad business has captured
its quota of the generals and pays good
for light and gentcel work.
Major-GeneraI John c. Brown, of Ten
nessee, is First Vice President of the
Texas Pacific, with headquarters at
Marshall and u salary OF $4,000 a
year and expenses. He had m)uey
before he took this place, having hau
a practice of $500 to $4,000 from
soon after the war. Major-General
John 3. MarInaduke is Railroad COM
missioner of the State of Missouri on
4 salary of $1,000 u year, on which
he lives with dignity and ease. He is
a bachelor and will probably leave his
position with competency. He
-ands high in St. Louis. Major
General NJ. d. L. Rosscr, one of tie
most daring cavalrymen that ever
drew sabre, is chief engineer of the
Northern Pacific at big salary, and
has mac fortune in lands along the
line. He is bachelor, and divides
with Pierce Young the hOnors with
the fair sex. Lieutenant-Gcneral J.
B. Gorlon is counsel for the Louisville
and Nashville road at Il salary ofS14,-
900, and General L. p. Alexander.
the best artillerist of the army, is
practical manager of the same road
ut probably as large salary. Meth
er of the gentlemen are rich, but will
both probably save money from their
salary. General r. II. Ransom was
in charge of the freight agency of an
line. Major-General Z. G.
in Grenada Mississippi,
and is general counsel for the Missis-
sippi Central road at sa'ary of $10,.
900 per annum and is well off in the
worlds goods.
There are three of our generals who
have become chiefs of police. Brig
r. II. Anderson, Il
Iashing cavalry officer, Is chief of po-
lice in Savannah. Brigadier- Gene
raj ige Anderson, is chief Of police
in Atlanta, aad Brigadier-General w
w. Allen, is chiefof police in Mont
gomery, Alabama.
There is Il number who have turned
the sword into plough, and are lead
ing bucolic lives. Besides the Lees,
who have gone to farming, there is
Frank B. Cheathanr,
who has fine place in coffee county,
Tennessee, on which lie makes a good
living. General w. II. ("RedD
Jackson, who married daughter OF
General Harding, and has charge of
the famous Belle Meade farm, Il c
home Of Bonnie Scotland, Gre 1t Tom,
and Enquirer, and from which came
Bramble, Ben Hill and Luke Black
burn. He is rich and is up to his
kuecs i'll clover, literally and deserv-
edly. Major-Gener2l A Buford has
A fine stock farm flat is in itself worth
a fortune, being gem Of the blue
grass. He raises thoroughbreds, none
Of which are more thoroughbred than
himself Brigadier General Writ
Adams is getting rich on a Mississip
pi farm. General Joe Davis is farm-
near the famous Beauvoir place in
bat is in moderate cireum-
stances. Lieutenant General Joe