The Portland daily press., 1897-02-15

AT 6nlS Juhcture Chalrman LeXOW an
nouncsd an adjournment until Monday.
JOE SHELBY DEAD.
Led the Famous Shelby Brigade in the
Rebellion.
| kansas City, Mo-, February 13.-Gen.
eigh. miles from Adrian, Mo-, ut t
o'clock this morning.
| The end came peacefully. The patient
had Leen unconscious since early Mon
day morning, and had been slowly dying
| since that time. At consultation of
physicians last night it was given cut
that death must come before morning,
and the family had been constant watch
ers at the bedside of the dying general
Gen. Joseph urville Shelby was born
in Lexington, KY, in 1921. A 10 years
of age he went with his parents 10 Mis-
souri,. Hemp was the great Missouri
staple in those days, and when his rar-
ents settled on farm young "Joe''
secured employment on ropewalk at,
Waverly. He ultimately became the
owner of the works and Of a big planta-
tlon In LaFayetts county, and "a a con-
sequence he became slave owner.
When the Kansas dispute came on
Mr.. Shelby naturally sympathized with
the pro-slavery element and the Border
troubles, which followed. Shelby was
leader In several of the raids into Kan
sas. When actual hostilities began he
was known among his neighbors as
Capt. Shelby. He raised a company of
Confederate cavalry and entered the field,
starting south to join Gen. Price. A
few weeks later Capt. Shelby was COM
missioned colonel of cavalry, and ordered
back to Missouri to recruit regiment.
Returning with his band of 100 men,
who had numerous skirmishes with Fed
eral bands, Col. Shelby quickly organized
a regiment, to which was joined the
organization known as "Shelby's Brig
ade" This brigade, under Gen. Shell
by saw much hard service in Missouri,
Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas.
| When the news of Lees surrender came
to the Confederate army in the West,
Gen. Shelby found himself at the head
Of well-equipped and thoroughly dis
oiplined body OF men, great many of
whom would not admit that their cause
| had been Lost.
Shelby, however, succeeded In o0nvinc-
ing his followers that further fighting
against the government would be USE
| less, and as an alternative, he proposed
a march to Mexico, there 20 espouse the
cause of Macmillan. Over thousand
men of his following readily Joined
him. At Corsicana an election was held
and Shelby was elected commander.
The column then moved on to Hous-
ton, and then to Austin, the capital OF
Texas, where the Confederate govern
ment had a sub-treasury in which was
stored $500, 900 In gold and silver. Gen.
Shelby's regiment arrived at Austin
barely in time to save this treasury
from maurauding band of guerillas
under Capt. Rabb, who had captured the
treasury building and started in to
loot.
| Shelby's men surrounded the place af-
ter shooting down number Of MAUI
RAIDERS, and drove them off. Gen. Shell
by's men guarded the treasure until the
following day. On the morning OF the
/ following, the mayor of Austin proposed
to Gen. Shelby that inasmuoh as his men
were the last organized body of the Con-
federacy In Texas, they should take this
Confederate money. Gen. Shelby posi-
lively refused, saying: II went into the
war with clean hands, and by Gods
blessing l will go out of the war with
clean hands.
From Austin Shelby's band marched to
San Antonio and to Eagla Pass, where
thoy crossed into Mexico and resumed
their march. When they reached the
city OF Mexico Macmillan had been
reigning for q year. Shelby offered to
take immediate service with his band
and to recruit an army Of 40, 600 Anne
ricans to supersede the native troops,
but Macmillan was suspicious and his
company was forced to disband. Many
of them settled in Mexico; others went
to the Pacific coast and shipped for
California, while others returned to
their former homes.
| Gen. Shelby became freight contrac-
tor in Mexico, but in 1867 he returned
| Tn his farm in Missouri, where he lived
retired life until 1898, when President
Cleveland appointed him United States
marshal for the western district OF
Missouri.