The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-03-31
VOL. VII.
AN OLD HERO GONE.
ssfENsJosEPtI e. JOHNSTON DIES sub
DENLY, IN WAsHiNToN.

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Cemmi,slonsr of Ra,,roads Until Re
moved by Harrison.
WAsHINGToN, March21. Gen. Joseph
u. Johnson died shortly after III O'Clock
tonight at his residence on Connecticut
Avenue. The General has beenI dfer-
ing for the pastthree weeks with 4af-
fection of the heart, aggravated / Sold
: caught soon after Sherman's funs at
New York. His physician has fen
trying to keep up his strength for me
days, but his advanced age has gSen
little hope for his recovery from the be-
ginning of his illness.
The General did not seem to silifer IN
the least and was conscious to the last.
at his bedside were x-Governor Nc
Lain, of Maryland, the Generals broth
er-in-law. and the nurse. The inine-
diate cause OF death was heart failure,
the result Of fatty degeneration of the
tracted some weeks ago, but more par
ticularly due to extreme oldlage. at
times for about two years, General john
ston has shown uumis stakable Signs OF q
general breaking down. His mind often,
became bewildered SO that he could not.
tell where he was or how he came
there. Some days after SberIhan's fun
eral the General one night got up out
q of the bed, while in state of profuse
perspiration, which greatly aggravated
the slight cold with which he was then
suffering. This brought on severe at
tack of his old heart trouble, which CON-
Pletely prostrated him, His physician,
DIR. Lincoln succeeded, hoy ever, with
much difficulty, In arresting the disease
for time, and for day or two prior to
q week ago yesterday he seemed to be
really improving. On that day, however,
!, he went down stairs without assistance,
as he had done before, but it proved too
much for his strength, and only with the
aid of Governor McLain could he again
reach his bed or even rise from the sofa
where he was sitting. From that time.
he continued to grow worse until about
o'clock this evening, when DR.. Lincoln
found him perfectly comfortable and
apparently little better. While his
friends and attendants knew that he
might pass away at any time, yet they
had had no warning that the end was
so near. Governor McLain entered the
room at q little after II o'clock, and as
he approached the Generals bedside, he
heard an almost inaudible sigh, and the
General was dead. General Johnsons
nearest living relative is sister, Mrs.
Mitchell, who lives in this city. The
funeral servicesMill he held in this city,
although the day has not been fixed up.
on. The interment Will be made at
Green Mount cemetery, Baltimore.
Gen. Johnston was the last, save Beau
regard, of the six full Generals of the
Confederacy. lie was born ut Cherry
Grove. Va, in 1907, and was graduated
from West Point in 1S9s{ in the same
class with General Robert Il. Lee. He
was appointed Second Lieutenant of the
Fourth Artillery, and first saw active
service in the field in 1882 in the Black
Hawk Indian expedition. ewas pro-
NOTED in 1886, and WAS an aide de -c;llap
on General Winfield SCOTS staff in the
Seminole war. He participated in all
the important battles connected with
General SCOTS campaign in Mexico,
from the taking of Vera Cruz to the
capture Of the city Of Mexico. He was
thrice brevetted for gallantry during
this war, andin 184S was mustered out Of
service as Lieutenant Colonel of volun-
teers only to be reinstated by Congress
with his original rank of Captain of
Typographical Engineers. He was
commissioned Quartermaster General
OF the United States Army in June,
1850, but resigned the following April
to enter the Confederate service in
which, as Major General of Volunteers,
:, he assisted General Lee in the work of
organizing, the men pouring into Rich
mond. Subsequently he was commits
stoned Brigadier General in the regular
Confederate service and was placed in
command at Harper's Ferry. He joined
forces with Beauregard and remained
In command OF the consolidated troops
until 1862. At the battle of Seven Pines
ne was wounded and incapitateq for
ho n<yf
service was as commander of tho army
OF Tennessee and lie employed the Win
ter OF 1868 lnreorganiZing his command,
which had become demOraliZed by the
defeat at Missionary Ridge. He was
relieved OF this command in July, 1861,
by order OF the authorities at Rich
mond General Hood succeeding him.
Early in 1865 General Lee again as
signed him to the command from which
he had been relieved and ordered him
10 drive back Sherman. General John
ston urged Lee to abandon Richmond,
join forces with him ami fight Sherman
De1ore Grant could come up, but Lee
replied that it was impossible for him
small General !e.t,pSQL declined q deci-
: sfve engagement and hung on Sherman's
Hanks, annoying the latter and impe-
ding his march from Atlanta towards
Rlchmond as much as possible. Lee
surrendered at Appomattox and john
Ston obtaining the consent of President
Jefferson Davis that the war should not
pc further prolonged entered into nego-
tatlons withSherman. The first agree
ment framed was disapproved by the
Federal Government, and on April rs
the second agreement was concluded.
General johnson, after the war, became
successfully president of railroad
company in Arkansas, of an express
company in Virginia and an insurar CO
agent In Georgia. He was elected to
Congress from the Richmond District
IN 1877, and next saw public life as
Commissioner of Railroads, which Of
flee re held under President Cleyeland's
administration. He had lived in this
city since he lost his Office under the
present administration. In person Gen
eral Johnston was a man OF slender
bdlld, OF not more than meGltm height
aud with kindly, pleasant lace. He
was unobtrusiye In manner aud inyari'
ply courteous to all pc o1s with whom
he was brought in contact.
Gen, Johnston's Funeral.
WAsHINagoN, March 24,-Funeral
services were held at IL o'clock Tues
day morningIovcr the remains Of the
late Confederate general, J6seph 10.
Johnston,~ at st. Joha's Episcopal
church. The services were OF the sim
i,lAaf ohn rSof - M a attanfpt nt dpcOrat-