New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-08-29
WEALTHY EY-CONFEDERA
SOUTHERN LEADERS WHO HAVE RISEN
FROM POVERTY To WEALTH.

WAsuINGTON, Aug. 27.-Gencral Marcus j.
Wright, Chief OF tho Confederate Records Ohice' Is
preparing "A biographical WORK in which the fortunes o.
tue ex Confederate General, will be traced up 10 date
According 10 the information collected by him, srHe
number OF tue southern leaders, who found themselves
have carved out new fortunes or
themselves. OF them evea ransius smous tDe
Million .lres. General Mahoue, OF virginia, Is the
richest Of them. After tue surrender at APT omattox
he ownei a horse. some war trappnss. aud ais OOx
OF surveying which he had before tue VAR
useI as a engineer. 10 less than week after the
last gun dred he was employed by tue orange
aud Railroad at civil engineering Ho bought
stock the savings from his salary, SOLD oppor-
tuuey, invested In Virginia railroads. ana tn
few years retired from engineering lSe the position
OF president OF tne Dtavls road FROM thaI posi-
ton he grsiu.tei to presidency OF tue Norfolk aud
Tennessee road After years had passed he was tue
railroad prince Virginia HIS fortane Is crun ited Al
sl5.OOO.OO0, AMI no Is adding TO II dNIy ny snfe"'
Investments Senator Mahons is one OF tue fe" m'u
VINO have never lost IN any enterprise undertaken
Whatever he touches seems to tarn to gold
The two Senators from LOUISIANA, Gibson ana Eusts
rank next to Malone In wealth. GIBSON was CoufeI-
crate General and 80 we'd throughout the war AZ us
he nl hundred acres Oh Land that h'd not
TILED for four years. aud ne also hid mus1y Id"
Oce New Orleans which he had not entered since us
brigade Tered the held- WITH OoIro"ei Mone1
lie undertook planting, and at tho sane time began
practice OF his profession. Now s''ee
lar SO OF twenty years he ranks among the wealthies'
planters IN Louisiana tho head OF tue bar Ia New
Orleans, and 10 worth considerably more lu'n H"i'
million dollars. This will be Increased event''L5 10
million more his wife will 90 no INTO fortune a'
the death Of her mother. Mrs Montgomery. HIS
colleague Euss, after lighting under Johnston ul luo
close OF tile war turned his attention TO law aud sugar
and bet ween the two has eked out several hunufod
Thousand dollars. he Is regardei as the Snre"uo' ~
III tue New Orleans Sugar Exchange.
Nearly as wealthy General brown, OF leunoS'oe'
twice Governor O. that State since war and now
rec eiver OF tue iexas Pacific Railroad General bro"n
ike many OF his associates. took to OWL en1ineerHH
and railroad, When he laid down his arms After cou
sructng several small roads in Tennessee lie eatered
the OF the Texas Paclnc at salary ol 9-oV0o
year, and has nls headquarters at DaiIas as io''
of railroad ventures he Is worth very DeAiV
million. After tue surrender no was as pohnllesS as
General MauOue but ike MauOne he dd not ne uaeA at
complain His FIRST surveying JOB brought un eio
a week, but in y-sr thereafter no was leo' us
=, OOU salary ~ president of Tue NashHAlo losn-
general kosser Of tue Northern virginia Oassy, " 40
= noS uylug in retirement 81 CnsF0ttcsVne, LAS an
estate valued At 100000. lie made ali since tDo w.r
and r4roslng After surveying ior several JeA, ~
tue Western states he became counectoi Win Tue
Northern Pacin, Railroad an Was oIecle. ne
president eight years ago his estate Is .o'I
snd generally conceded 10 DO ue n1ess IL 80.
He has hobby wacn Is lalsAei al sIr1 t5 Az the
grape culture there when he settled al Onaios'os
vile, few years since, 10 plahte1 qOlte al 10
whey and always bO4sng of MS kDO"Ieu-e Va .o
vlue It turned out that MS knowledge vas lncou
pete The not neituer diu they ooa. az
-ercept still the old Oehoi~i Iuos
his sDby aud 10 Determined 10 make California vines
grow In Virginia he has lost many tnouss"us ~.
dollars venture, yet no cannot 10 SAID W 10
poor with 100000. . . r..,...a.
General Poxnac WHO served in the western tennessee
army Is worth not far iro million dc Is ths rlc0u
soldier inls country Al tue OutoreaA Vi ..o
war aud offered his sword u tue Coue ierato cause
Though be did not gain any special distinction ~ sue
field fought bravely Till 1868. rindS Inst
dc nay thereafter devoted his attention 20 GIN
engineering aimed distinction IN tue pioios
SION. Several sent by tue FroDou oonoLu
mcut expeditions Into africa ANU ilV,ou.
thas his daring equal 10 bis skill ne reoe.,ou
several decorations from the Government suu VIC.
was better STILL Sums large Government CONTRACTS ous
wnicb he extracted snug fortune. ne is So ~.
poyet Ia Govern work ana 10 said contonPaes
trip 10 this country see once more lis o'u CUM
panious in arms - -, ,o,o, .
General Trlmble, who lives In Baltimore, Iouuu q
fortune In liquor alter the Tue wnisAoy "-iou
bears his name found its way into popularity A. onoe
and has so far yielded the General more tndu usil
million. lie owns extensive dstllleres near pa
operations o..u.., fam,
General Wheeler. OF Alabama now Cohsress"a" LoS
the With District after gaining reputation Vi
tue most daring cavalry leaisr Ia the ooutu atol D.
b. stuart Stepped tue saddle INTO tue co'.
and from 10 verify Las 10 10 the "calhlose sn "
tue State. His estats valued a. noarly uiIuon'
oen-rAl Gordon, OF Georgia, As m@Ie ioituno 'rS'
tho war but Lost t recently through uJuiioous
tions. General Johnston, United states nalliosu
Con- mi ssOnef has snug fortune, ana ic" osne' =.
Confederate Generals arc worth hunuI OF shoN -
n,ore,-au made after laying down their arms
Jon.s-I understand that Brown has gone Into Dus-