The Osceola times., 1884-02-09

which commands Puget Sound he held
it against an English squadron, and il
has never been lost. Pickett commanded
a division at Gettysburg under Long
street. His assault of the third day was
the greatest charge of that fight. We
drove them back, but Pickett came near
er winning that fight than 1t is pleasant
to think of, Yes. he is dead.
LIST OF THE LIVING.
"Of those who are alive. Beauregard
and Jubal Early are managers of Louisi-
ana lottery. They get $4,000 each, and
so great is the feeling still existing in
the south over their generals, that one
OF the lottery managers told me the other
day that their names were worth to the
company more than their salaries. Both
of them were West Pointers and artillery
officers, but Beauregard never was a
soldier. He is dapper Creole gentle
man, and the Lodisianians swear by him
Early fought well. Longstreet comes
TO Washington occasionally. He is
United States marshal in Georgia, but
his magnificent physique is showing the
effect of his wounds. In Mexico he and
Grant were lieutenauts in the same
regiment. After the war Grant induced
him to join the Republican party. He
has been under a ban in the south ever
since, but never without the consolation
of a good office. | only remember one
other prominent rebel who is a Repub-
lican. McLaws was reconstructed, and
is postmaster at Savannah. Lee used TO
say of McLaws's division that it was al
ways ready for fight. A good many
of them have drifted into politics on the
other side. Joseph Wheeler, weight 207
pounds, and the best cavalry officer next
to Stuart in rebeldom, is member of con-
gress from Alabama.
an c. Butler and Wade Hampton
represent South Carolina in the senate.
Butler lost his right leg at Brandy sta
ton in 1868, when Wade Ilampton's son
was killed. Hampton was one of the
richest men in the State. He raised
armed and equipped, at his own expense,
the Hampton Legion and a regiment of
cavalry and artillery; Malone came to
the front in the last campaign about
Richmond and is 4 Senator; Senator
Morgan of Alabama, rose from the ranks
to be a brigadier general in fact, Of the
ten Congressman from that State nine
were in the rebel army; so with all hut
one Of the Arkansas delegation Senators
Cockrell, Maxey and Ransom were major
generals One of the doorkeepers of the
Senate Is Cadmus Wilcox, one of the
best of the major generals of Lees second
corps.
THE LEE FAMILY.
Gen. Lees son, William H.. succeeded
his father as President of the Washing.
ton and Lee University in Virginia. His
nephew, Fitzhugh, lives on one of the
family estates at West Point, which Nc
Clellan made his base depot, before the
famous change of base to Harrison's
Landing. Both of them are rich, for the
family estates are among the best in Nir-
ginia. For Arlington, last winter, Con-
grcss voted them Slj0,000, although it
was confscated while Lee was in arms
against the flag. Another son, G. w.
Custis Lee, lives in Virginia. All of these
young men were cavalry officers in the
army of Virginia.
hill AND BUCKNER.
"D. H. Hill lives somewhere in Vir-
ginia, but no one seems to know where.
BucSner, who was man enough to stay
in Fort Donelson and surrender with
his men, is in Kentucky. Last wear he
came near being nominated for Governor
over Proctor Knott. His wife Inherited
a large estate in Chicago. At West Point
he and Rosecrans were close friends.
During the whole war the latter man
aged his friends property and returned
it to him afterwards