St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-10

not from the old United States ar my
mentioned above. Gustavus ". Smith
is the ranking major general living, and
makes his home in New York city.
". ". Martin lives at NateheZ, and IS a
railroad president. l. L. LOmax makes
his home IN Virginia. but is in the war
records bureau in Washington. Frank
c. Armstrong, the best United States
Indian inspector the government ever
had, Tor he was born III the ChOctaw
Nation, is how assistant commissioner
Of Indian affairs. Hume lives IN
Memphis, Tenn. Churchill has been
governor of Arkansas. and lives at Little
Rock. COleuitt was governor or
Georgia. and is a United States senator
from that state. Dibrell for long
time was a member of congress from
Tennessee. Lyon, VINO commanded
one of the Forests divisions awhile,
resides at Eddyyille, KY. Maekall, who
was Drigadier general and chief OF
Gov. Bragg's staff. who lived over IN
Fairfax county, Virginia. not far from
Washington, for many years. died about
eighteen month ago. McGowan is
member of the supreme court OF South
Carolina. W. r. Miles is a cotton
planting magnate on the YaZoo river,
III Mississippi. Roger a. Pryor is
prosperous lawyer in New York. John
u. Walker, who was down in Central
America as secretary Of legation uDder
Dabney Maury. died last summer.
FAMOUS LEE FAMILY.
Holmes is in Mexico mining, and,
hear, making money. OF the three
Lees who were generals, Custis-who
was Mir. Davis chief of Stalls the
president of the Washington and Lee
In,
Fitzhue Lee, generally called "Runy."
who was a planter and member of
congress from the Eighth Virginia dis
trict, died three years ago. FitZhUgh
Lee. cousin OF the others. and a
famous cavalry officer, owns the -Ra-
Yens worth" estate, on the Potomac,
about fifty miles below Washington.
He has been governor of Virginia. and
is very liable TO be one of her United
States senators. Robert Lee. the gen
erals youngest son. who served In the
ranks OF the Rockbridge artillery
greater part of the war, lived until re-
Gently on the James river, where ne
owns handsome estate. He is more
like his great father in appearance
and manner than any OF the Lees. He
is now a resident Of Washington. i
have heard-though l do not know how
true it is-that il is IN contemplation by
the Lees to remove the dust OF their
grandfather (''Light Horse Harry Lee,n
as General Washington always called
himl, from Cumberland Island, Ca, anu
bury il by the side of Gen. Robert Lee.
If l had to select the man VINO should
represent. mentally and physically, the
highest type OF the Southern gentleman,
l should choose CuStIs Lee. He is
man srTikingly handsome and well
bred, with charming manners, and is
the only one of the Lees VINO is un-
married.
LoNGsTREET' HARD LINES.
Turning from the Lees to Gen. Long
street, the ranking Lieutenant general
Of the ConfederacY, the world will be
sorry TO know ne is getting on badly.
He lives at Gainesville, Ga, and his
house there was burned recently with
all that was III ii. Longstreet had the
confidence OF Gen. Lee to greater
degree than any of his officers, for,
barring Gettysburg, about which there
is wide diversity OF opinion, Long
street never made mistake. Gen.
Early, another of Lees corps command
ers, lives at Lynchburg, is in the
practice OF law, ana is we'll TO do. Of
Gordon l have spoken before. Every
body knows what Gen. Hampton, who
once commanded all the cavalry Of the
and that Mai. Gen. NJ. C. Butler was
| once his colleague in the United States
senate from South Carolina. OF the
officers in Gen. J0hnson's Army of the
| Tennessee, r. Il. and Patton Anderson
are dead. Gen. Bate is United States
senator from Tennessee, and W. II. or
Red" Jackson. one OF Forests division
commanders. is living near Nashville
on magnificent plantation. Gen.
| Wheeler, who commanded all of Gen.
| Johnston'S cavalry when he was only
| twenty-six years old, is a planter in
| North Alabama. was a member of the
| last and is q member of the present
| congress Gen. Lawton, one of the
| quartermasteT generals of the Confed-
eracy, Is eadiDg member of the
Savannah (Ga.} bar, and Gen. Gorgas,
the Confederate chief of ordnance,
| died in Alabama few years ago. BIS
son Is promising young surgeon il the
| United States army. Gen. CockreH.
| the ranking Confederate general from
Missouri, now living, Is the senior
United States senator from that state
z. c. Walthall. OF Mississippi, senior
| major general from that state. who was
seriously considered as the commander
! Of the Army OF the Tennessee In 1864 by
| Mr.. Davis and his cabinet, is a United
| States senator from Mississippi, and
| was, as long as he cared 10 De, the
| attorney Tor the Illinois Central South
| ern connecting lines, at salary of
/ $4,000 year. just after the war he
| was law partner OF Judge Lamar at
| Oxford.
PROMINENT WEST POINT MEN,
| Three West Point governors and .ex-
| Confederate generals rode at the head OF
| the troops from their respective states
| in the New York centennial parade
| They were FItZhugh Lee Of Virginia.
| Buckner, Of Kentucky, and Nichols OF
/ Louisiana. Nichols, who was terribly
! wounded. losing an arm and leg, WIS
] elected governor Tor the second time in
| 1857 Robert Lowry, who was a
| brigadier general IN the army of North
ern Virginia. has twice been governor
OF Mississippi. Sully Ross, who COM
/ manded q Texas brigade in Forrest q
/ corps, WAS governor OF the great state of
Texas three terms. Stephen d. Lee is
| at the head of the Mississippi agricnlt-
urai college at StarkYille, while Lieut..
| Gen a. 2. Stewart, once president or
the Z University Of Mississippi at Oxford.
is now in Washington in the war records
| bureau. Gen. Pagan lives in Arkansas.
| as does GOyan: and Louis Hebert Zone of
the best mathematicians that ever left
| West Point, who was colonel of the Sd
Louisiana infantry and brigadier gen.
eral in the Confederate army, lives up
! in his native Attakappas. in Louisiana
| ROSSer lives near GharlOtteS vile and is
| rich. B. II. Robertson, ths eourtly,
| gracious gentleman, resides in Wash
| ingtOn. George Stuart IS a resident of
! in Baltimore.as is also Bradley johnson.
| William B. Payne has residence here
| Washington and at Warrenton, Va, and
is the attorney for the Virginia Midland.
Thomas II. Logan. the youngest briga-
der general the Confederacy ever made.
being just tWenty-one when commits
stoned. Is at the head of the great
Richmond and .Wess Point Terminal
| system He lives IN New York.
/ William P. Roberts. Of North Carolina,