Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-12-16
length did so, fearins that my ratlsai might b
considered as significant of q lackof harmony.
uE TAXES TIE FTEIn AS SOIDJER


considered as significant of iackbf harmony.
HE TAKES THE FIELD AS A SOLDIER.
Mr.. Toombs was never satisfe3with his posi-
ton in the Cabinet, and resigned in September
Teo5s S asssRi ns
Gen. Lon street once said Of hims II have seen
nn IN ss ssn and AZ o aE sraxs,
while the attack upon the Confederate left and
sass gs5 d
streets right wing. defended BY Gen. Toombs
batteries Of Gen. jones. Tbis small fCrce, under
the immediate command of Gen. Toombs, re-
pulsed five different assaults made upon it by
greatly superior numbers
DEATH oE THE coNFEDERACY NFEDERACY : GEN.
T00MBS A FUGITIVE.
The Confederate government went to pieces in
inridge and Mr.. Reagan and others came to his
house. and Mr. Davis stopped at neighbor's
himself. Gen. Toombs. who was protected by the
terms of capit9iation, remained 81 his home in
der .or his arrest and the Federaio offcer who was
to execute it told an old eomrade. then an ex-
cOpiedera;e. He sent courier % Mr.; ,TOombs,
and when the soldiers came to make the arrest
his wife went to the front door. while the General
put out Of the back gate on his white mare. Gray
county, twenty miles north of Wsshineton; then
went over to Taliulah, whore he Remained sew
Nor Norton % detaesment a Of the rMsifth KentucEy e
Rsgiment of fcayalry and a regiment from Michi-
gan, were sent TO klhert county TO capture him.
1t soon became evident that he must either be
captured or leave the country. He bought
small vessel near Columbus, and had worked
his way dewn the Chattshoochie river when
the Federals captured his little 4hip. He then
went back to the mountains. and n KIT struck out
for Mobile, where he was sheltered by Miss
Evans: the authorsss of Beatdh; 81: Elmo, etc.
From Mobile he escaped to New Orleans. and
was taken to Havana by q British ship. From
thence he proceeded to France, and from thence
to England, where I Q was admitted to the bar
and practced for some time. He then returned
to Canada, and finally to his home.
IN THE LEGISLATURE AFTER THE WAR.
Gen. Toombs's only public service since the
war, beyond work on the hustings, was to take a
put aside the old constitution o 1867 and made a
new one. In that body Gen. Toombs was distin-
guished for a very determined fight on the rail-
roa monopolies. He advanced the money out of
his private pocket u pay the expenses of the con-
vention, and the State reimbursed him at a later
careful fnancier. Beneath all bis apparent
rscklessness there was a current of shrewd busi-
that led him to drive a sharp
trade and knit q bargain. He was quite wealthy,
his estate being valued at probably $4,000 His
income from his law practice had reached as high
preferment died with the Confederacy, and he
had no ambition to go back to the Senate and re-
trace his steps At the close of the war he could
have had anything within the gift of the people.
Since the death of rs. Toombs, three years ago,
he has united with the Methodist Church, of
which she was lifelong member. be never
took the ath OF allegiance under the provisions
lar distinction of being the only native born
white man in this country, except Jefferson
Davis, who was debarred from the rights and
privileges of citizenship.