Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-22

Whereabouts and Occupations Of Lead.
ing Generals I'm the Late War.

The recent meeting of ex-confederate generals
at Montgomery, Ala, leads Washington corre-
spondent OF the Louisville Post 10 look up the
present whereabouts and occupations OF some
of the principal survivors among the leaders OF
the confederacy. OF the six full generals APP
pointed by the confederate congress, only two
survive-Joseph E. Johnston, now United states
commissioner Of railroads. and q. I. Beaure-
gard, adjutart general Of Louisiana, aud man.
ager OF the Louisiana lottery drawings.
OF the twenty lieutenant generals appointed
to the provisional army several are living
+. Kirby Smith is professor of mathematics
I'm the university of the south, I'm Tennessee.
James Longstreet is Keeping "a hotel down In
Georgia. ID. II. Hill OF North Carolina was till
recently president of the agricultural school of
chiefly as magazine writer. Richard Taylor,
son OF President Tayl or is engaged I'm building
a canal near New Orleans. Stephen Ii. Lee is
farmer. ana president of the state agricultural
college OF Mississippi. Jubal A. Early practices
law at Lynchburg, although his chief support
Is derived from his connection with lottery
OF the major generals, A. z. Stewart Is now
president OF the University of Mississippi ut
wealthy, and one of the largest planters in Ala
bama. John b. Gordon is millionaire rail-
road man. Gen. Loring, OF Florida. was engi-
he came to Nsw York s to work s Al the same pro
iession; h. r. Cheatham was recently APP
pointed postmaster OF Nashville, Tenn. Sam
erals office. Lafayette McLaws is postmaster
At savannah, Ga. 5. b. Buckner lives i'm
Louisville, Ny, where he owns great deal OF
real estate. ;. Is. French earns scanty sub
sistence by engineering In Georgia. g. l. Ste
venson is In Fredericksburg, Va. John III.
Forney, brother OF Congressman Forney, is in
an insane asylum at Selma. Ala. Abney III.
Mauray Is Washington agent of a New York lie
insurance company. John q. Walker Is also In
the insurance business; Isaac X. Trimble Is I'm
retirement in Baltimore on a fortune. Gen.
Heath Is employed by the government on some
southern rivers Cadmus Wilcox is writing a
history OF the Mexican war; Fitzhugh Lee Is
governor of Virginia; Extra Bill'' smith prac-
tees law at Warrenton, Va; Chas. w. Field,
once doOrkeeper of the House, is superintend.
emit of the Hot springs reservation; William b.
Bate Is governor of Tennessee; w. III. +. Lee is
q Fairfax county farmer; Z. ]. Polignac. who
crate cause, is back in Paris busted with rail-
road operations; VIM. Malone is in the Senate,
as Is z. q. Walthal. OF Mississippi; John . Mar
maduke is governor of Missouri; Pierce NJ. Ii.
Young is United States consul general at st.
Petersburg: NJ. c. Butler is a Senator OF the
United States; c. w. Gusts Lee is president OF
Washington and Lee university at Lexington,
Va
Only a few of the several hundred brigadier
generals can be mentioned. West Adams Is
postmaster at jackson, Miss. Frank Armstrong
Is now waiting the Senates confirmation TO be
Indian agent. John q. Brown was twice COVER.
nor of Tennessee. built the Texas Pacific rail-
road for Jay Gould, and is the latter's attorney
for all OF his roads west of the Mississippi as
well as receiver tor the Texas Pacific, with head.
quarters at Dallas. j. X. Chalmers represented
the "shoe-string" district in Mississippi in Con
gress until he was left last fall by party splits.
John B. Clark, of Missouri, is clerk of the U. ).
House of Representatives. +. NJ. Cockrell and
A. II. Colquitt are United states Senators. T. l..
Colston is In the surgeon generals Office. w. X.
Cox, OF North Carolina, is in the House. Y. Il.
de Bray is commissioner of the land office OF
Texas. Basil Duke edits the Southern BiUouoc
at Louisville, Ky. j. L. Morgan, of Alabama,
and s. Ii. MaXey, of Texas are United States
Senators. A. NJ. Scales is governor OF North
Carolina c. NJ. Shelley is third auditor OF the
Treasury. +. L. Thomas is in the land office OF
the Interior department. X. NJ. Vance is assist
ant commissioner OF patents.
Ahundred more brigadiers are scattered over
the country, most OF them engaged in civil en-.
cheering.