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

Robert Lee lives on the old Lee estate
) in Westmoreland county, where he i.
moving along smoothly making enough
to supply his wants. General Fitz-
hugh Lee has farm on the PotO-
mac, that belonged to his aunt, Mrs.
Fitzhugh, and it is said is showing
considerable enterprise, though not
amassing money. He has saw
mill, l think, in connection with his
farm.
The House and the Senate have a
good many four generals, and think
with the exception of Generals Cock
rell and Vance, all of them find their
salary very important General
Vance was living very easily, and adj
ded to his fortunes by his late mar
riage Senator CockVell, who was Il
brave and dashing officer, built up a
lucrative practice in St. Louis before
he came to the Senate, and is well fix
ed Besides these there are in the
Senate, Major-General Matt. Ransom.
who is struggling to clear his proper
ty Of encumbrances that he was forced
TO put upon it to make it productive.
Brigadier- General John 7, Morgan,
Of Alabama. who depended upon his
law practice, which was larger in vol
ume than income, Licutenant-General
Hampton of South Carolina, who is
Il comparativ,lf poor man, though a
large landowner, Major-General But
Ter, his colleague, who lost all in the
war and has not recovered much;
Major-General Maxey, Of Texas, who
by the way has an Independent in
come from his practice, AMI owns
beautiful home in Paris Texas.
In the House there are many brig
adiers and few generals. Gen. Joe
Johnston leads in rank, though his
service in the House has not been bril-
liant. He has fine insurance bust
ness, ard his wife, a daughter of Judge
Mclean, had considerable property.
His book has not paid him much l
hear, being published under Il poor
contract. AIabama<has done we'll by
her generals, having in the House
Major General w. II. Forney, who
has little beyond his salary, and Brig
adler General c NJ. Shelly, who is
in about the same condition. Geor-
gia has Brigade -Ge leral Phil. Cook,
who has a good law practice in Amer
icus, Ga,. and who has had four ms
in th9 House. Brigadiel -Gcl G al
Dibrell, of Tennessee, is comfortably
fixed, and is reelected to the House
for his third term and Atkins and
Whitthorne, of the 5 me State, were
generals of State troops. Virginia
has Brigadier-General Bea'e who is
doing we'll outside of Congress, and
General Eppa Hunton. who retires at
the close Of the present Congress, per
fectly able to take care of himself
North Carolina has General Robert
Vance in the House, to balance Gen
cral Zeb i'll the Senate. Louisiana has
General Randall Gibson, who has been
elected to the next House, and to the
Senate also. He is a rich ma, hay:I g
had means of his own, and his wife
having had some property. Genera!
Chalmers is Representative OF the ia
NOUS shoe-string district Of Mississip
pi, and is moderately well off. This
finishes up the list of "rebel" generals
in the House and Senate, l think,
without omission.
There are a number IF Confederate
generals in the departments and in
various services in Washington. First
in the Importance of his work is Gen
eral Marcus j. Wright, who has
charge of the Confederate records,
and who was looking towards Il litera-
rv connection when he was offered this
place that would have brought him
fame and money. MJor-General c.
w. Field, who fought to the last day
in the morning with Lee, is door keep
er of the. House, having formerly had
an insurance business that gave him
a living, but not much more. Major
General L. l.. Lamar, who was Il
brave soldier, has some position about
the House, probably being i'll the doe
ul. ent room. Major-General Cadmus
NJ. Wilcox is with the Sergeant a:
arms of the Senate ard has little for
tune outside of his position, Major
General Sam Jones is in the Adju-
tant Generals office, where he has Il
good though not prominent place.
Major-General Harry Heth, who was
class-mate and great friend to Burr
side, has comfortable position in she
Treasury-and this closes the roll, l
believe. of the generals Of the South
crn armies about Washington, in any
capacity, unless General c. L. Ste
venson, who was formerly clerk Of
Congressional committee, still holds
his place.
| The cause of education has engag
ed the time and gives support to n
good many of the old leaders of thc