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WAR ST Death o?' General J am and Sta Atlanta Gainesville, Ga., .Ian. 2.-(/entrai Raines Longstreet, soldier, statesman ?md diplomat, died this afternoon at the homo of his .son-in-law, Mr. .1. sttsteu Whclchcl, this city at 5:45 o'clock. The direct cause of General Long street's.dca th was ueute pneumonia. General LongHtrcct was SI years of sere. At lin- time of his death In- was surrounded hy his wife, his pon in law and other members ol' the family. His tat?t moments were peaceful, though he hail Buffered intense par oxysms during the earlier part of the <iay. His death will ho sad iiew.s through out the Slate, thc South and the whole cowutry, as he was a character of national interest und numbered his friends by tho thousands. Hundreds of telegrams aro being received at his late home, expressing sympathy and condolence from Iiis ?countless admirers in tho Stale and .South. General ?1 ames Longstreet came to <i.his city just before Christmas to spend UiC season with his daughter and sim, Mr. F. li. Longstreet. Ile was ill only two days from acute pneu monia Ilia condition had been serious all through'the cay, though no ono knew his life was BO close to au end save his physician, Dr. T. I*. Maui, who -.?jcs ??th hint. Iii* wife and sons,.John and Haney, .-fl.n'* 'is daughter were with him. Uo Mated to Major J. II Hutt, a .comrade of the war, only a few days ago, that ho was never in better health. General Longstreet moved lo .Gainesville soou after the civil war and had been a citizen ever since. Ho invested in property and owned a con siderable amount. He was tho last lieutenant general of thc war except .Cordon. Ho was buried here by tho ?ide of his first wifo. General Longstreet was a railroad commissioner for thc Federal govern ment at thc timo of his death. Longstreet was known throughout tho army as "Old Fete," and he was also known as "Lee's old War Horse." Tho title wns given to him affection? ately by General Lee himself. It was just after the battle of Sharpsburg. When the battlo was over and Gen oral Longstreet started to General, lice's headquarters to make his report, he passed a house that had been set on fire and was still burning. Thc family wasiin great distress and Gsu cral Longstreet ??topped to do what ho could. It was some timo after tho other officers had reached headquar ters that Longstreet arrived. Gen eral Leo had grown uneasy and it had boen reported te him that Longstreet rad been wounded, but when Long re et arrived Leo threw his arms Mund him and said: 'Hero is my old war horse at last." )ogstrect was slow, but tho chargo # o? ^ corps has been compared io the *ealessncss 0f the avalanche. Ile w?Biuao of superb figure and a bovn ?sold HQ entered tho Confederate Afin) a brigadier geneial, and was *l*W-?cognized as one of the hard est B^TS that the war produced. Ile wai ^u0 8urrender at Appomat tox. - James*jjggtrcet wasborn in Edgo field diBti gouth Carolina, Janu ary SJ l?*Aut his family removed to Aiabam%ld no wa8 appointed to Weat Pointy that Stat(Jj and wag /graduated in,2( and assigned to tho tf?o?rth inf am Ho wa?} Qt jefferson barracks, Molk frQm 1842 fcQ lgu fie was io tb<Ltle8 of Pal(J AU0) Monterey, "V erl ftnd ?Q other CQ? gagemeuts IQ M,0> and for ganant .conduct was bl tcd 0aptain and juajor. He was . . wounded in tho storming of C., g tem. i?*7' li0 ;dhief commis captain1,. ?eobcioin?niMioned and^paymasu. i0 Jut' and major THe reslgccd Fri**:\. ' , _ army in 1861 to join A'et* htalcs and was at once appfff d.era??8' ?eneral, and won tiffi*1***1** first battlo of Bull Ru1 10 tbc prevented a largo force*T , troops from supporting T flank attack. owe11 8 Longstreet waa one of ""figures of the war, and manjrgroat ing stories aro told of hi"81" .v 4e6?rraination and bravery g.e, teemed to utterly disregard a10 At tho second battle of Bull 1 commanded the first corps ofe Army of Northern Virginia, ant e8rve? credit for a conspicuous pail that gvoat Confed?ralo victory, (Pi mad just been appointed to a comma ?et the Federal army, whioh be assn j, y Ad with a great flourish of trump? / ?nd bragadoeio, saying his hoadqui ORIES. i i os Longstreet, Soldier tesman. Journal. tors would ho in tho saddle. Long* street added something to his reputa tion for slowness in getting into this hal tlc, but thc result *rtcr ho got there is well known history. W hile the hattie was raging fiercely against .Jackson's corps on the left Longstreet had little to do. At a eritieal moment, when thc onslaught against Jackson wan at its height, Longstreet rode forward to thc front of his line, hunting for a place in which lie could do his share. [Ic leached a pointa few rods in front ol' his line and could plainly HM; one ol' thc fiercest conflicts the world ha* ever known. Thc Federals were engaged in an almost hand to hand I conflict with .Jackson, and the Gght ing raged with inconceivable fury. Longstreet could sec 1'ope's men as they rushed in heavy masses against iii?; obstinate ranks of thc Confed erate:-! left. It was a grand display, he hays, of well organized attack, thoroughly concentrated and operating cleverly. Longstreet found a- hill that commanded a view of tho strug gle and from which cannon could he used. Ile quickly ordered up three batteries ol' li' guns, and they were prepared for what is ono of tho most dreaded things in war-an enfilading fire which would sweep through the Fedcru? ranks. In other words, he trained his guns down the Federal line. Longstreet says of this desper ate engagement: "In a moment, crash after crash of shot and shell was being poured iuto the thick ranks of the Federals. In ten minutes thc stubborn line began to waver and give back. For a mo ment the mass was chaos; then order returned and they reformed apparent ly lo rcnow tho attack. Again from thc crest of my littlo hill the firo of tho twelve guns eut them down. As thc cannons thundered, tho ranks broke, ouly to bo formed again with dogged determination. A third time tho batteries toro the Federals to pieces; and as they fell back under this terrible Gre, I sprung every thing to the chargo. My troops loap ed forward with exultant yells, and all alo og tho line we pushed forward. Back and sti, further hack we prfiHR ed them, until at 10 o'clock at night wo had the field. 1'opo was across Bull Run, and tho victorious Confed erates lay down on tho battlefield to sleep while all around were Btrown thousands of friend and foe, sleeping the laBt Bloop together." It was in this campaign that Gen eral Longstroct put Genera1. Bob Toombs under arrest. GeneralToombs was given to expressing his opinion pretty freely. Ile was hot-blooded and impatient, and ohafed at tho do lays of tho commanders iu their pre paration for battlo. BRIEF SKETCH OF LIFE OF .JAMES LONG STREET. James Longstreet, soldier. waB born in Kdgoficld district, South Carolina, Januarys, 1821. His family removed to Alabama in 1831, and ho was ap pointed from that State to the Wost Point Military aoademy, whore he was graduated in 1842, and assigned to the Fourth infantry. Ho was at Jeffer son barracks, Mobilo, in 1812 to 1844, on frontier duty at Natchitochcs, La., in 1844 45, in Texas, 1S45 4b', and in Mexico at thc battles of Palo Alto, Reseoa Do la Palma, Monterey, Yera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, San Antonio, Cherubusoo and Molino del Rey. For gallant conduct in tho two lat ter engagements he was brevetted cap tain and major, and had already boen made first lieutenant February 23, 1847. At the storming of Chopultc peo, September 8, 1847, he was severe ly wounded. He was chief commis sary of tho department of Toxas, 1849 51, was commissioned captain December, 1852, and major and pay* master in July, 1858. In 1861 he resigned to join tho Con federate army, of which ho was im mediately appointed brigadier general, and wen distinction in thc first battle of Bull Run, where bc provented a large force of Federal troops from sup porting McDowell's flank attaok. On May 5, 1862, he made a brave stand at Williamsburg, where ho waa attacked by Heintzleman, Hooker and Kearney, and held his ground sturdily until Hancock arrived to reinforce his opponents, when he was driven back. At the second battlo of Bull Run he commanded tho first corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, which carno so promptly to the relief of Jackson wheo he was hard pressed by 'Pope's army, and by a determined flank charge decided tho fortunes of the day. LONGSTREET AT GETTYSBURG. Ile led the right wing of the Army lof Northern Virginia at Gettysburg, lind tried to dissuade Leo from order* '%g the disastrous chargo on the third krry. When . Loo retreated to Vir irinia General Longstreet, with five ! i brigades, wai trati-ferrod to (lie Army I of Tennessee under Dragg and at Chickainauga held the left win? o? ibo Confederate forcea, [lo rejoined Lee early in lHo't, and was 80 pronii neot in the battle of the Wilderness that he was wounded by thc lire of bis own troops. He was in thc surrender at Appomattox, April 'J, lHii?. Throughout the --ruiy bc was famil iar!/ known as "( '. Pete," and was considered the hardes', fighter in the Confederate service. Ile abonad tho unbounded confidence of hi& troops, who were devoted to bim, und the whole army felt thrilled with renewed ardor in thc presence of the foe when it became known down the Hoe that "Old Pete" was up. General Longstreet took up his reai dence in New Orleans after the war and established thc commercial house of Longstreet, Owens i\c Co. Ile was appointed surveyor of the port of New Orleans by President Grant, und was afterward supervisor of internal re venue in Louisiana and postmaster at New Orleans. In 18S?) be was sent as Knited States minister to Turkey by Presiden' Hayes, and under Gar lic ld he was United States marshal for the district of Georgia. President McKinley made bim couiuiissioncr of railroads. GEN. JOHN MORGAN'S ESCAPE. Confed?rale Commander Hud No Out side Assistance. Col. H. C. Morgan and his accomp lished wife, of Lexington, Ky., the former a brother of Cen. John II. Morgun, the famous Confederate cav alry raider general during the wur of the rebellion, visited the peuitentiary on Monduy morning, says the Colum bus Dispatch. Ccu. Morgan and Col. Morgan were prisoners of war in tho penitentiary ufter having been captur ed in Ohio during his celebrated raid. Cul. and Mrs. Morgan were accom panied by Parker Dicksou, who WUB a United States district attorney in Cincinnati. Col. Morgan has not been at tho prison sfnee ho was transferred dur iug war times, but ho was thero when tho celebrated escere won made by Geu. Morgan on November 23, 1863. He war? interested in everything about thc prison, especially that part occu pied by himself and tho other Con federate prisoners. Every important incident in connection with the es cape was indelibly engraved on his memory and he talked most interest ingly about thc events of that tiuie. During his conversation he set ai rest a number of questions that have been raised time aud again. Thc Dispatch representative asked him how thc prisoners ascertained that there was a large air duct through whioh they escaped, under thc coll blocky, and he replied: "I ascertained that from a oonviot who was working *>bout the oell blook. After that had been learned wc were more than anxious to loam how the walls on tho outsido were located and that information was obtained acci dentally. One of the convicts had bceu sent to thc department to replaoc a number of broken window glasses. Ho brought with him u long plank which was placed from tho cell block to tho window. ? walked oui on thc plank and made a survey of th< outside. After that work was oom menccd on tho tunnel." *'A great many people in Ohi( have always believod that Wardct Marion had something to do with tba escape. Is thero anything in ?hst be lief?" "Not the slightest in the world The fact that ca effort was to bo inadi to escape was not known to all of ou ? ?ii.5! Bj 1_._ $3000 rW> The above will cheerfully be paid ia lawful money of the United States, by the undersigned, proprietors of Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, if they cannot show the origina! signature of the individual volunteering the testi* tnonial below, and nlso of every testimo nial among the thousands which they are constantly publishing attesting the superior curative properties of their aev? eral medicines, and thiiB proving th? genuineness nnd reliability of all til? multitude'of testimonials volunteered bj grateful people, in their behalf. WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL AS SOCIATION, Proprietors, Buffalo, N. Y. THE REASON.-There is. no medi dne equal to Doctor Pierce's Golder Medical Discovery, for purifying th? blood. It carries off the poisons whici contaminate the life fluid. It Increase! the activity of the blood-making glandi and gives the body an increasea suppl} of pure, body-building blood. It bundi np the body with sound, healthy flesl instead, of flabby fat, promotes the ap petite, feeds the ne'?ea, and so give to weak nervous people vitality am vigor. ?This i.i to certify tba! I have used Dr. Pierce' Golden Medical Discovery and thiaki h's tb rndcat medicine in the arc-rid," write? Un M. Young, of Weir, West Va. ?1 tool down sick six months ago and called in oo physician and he gave me medicine bot I grei worse. Ue said X had dyspepsia in it? won form. I decided to try your medicine and beca to improve. X used five bottles, two of th ! Golden Medical Discovery ! and three of 1 Vt vorite Prescription,* nad now I am doing m own housework. A number of my Indy mend also ore using* Dr. Pierce's medicine and thc recommend it highly. - May God bless ku prosper you in your grand work." To gain knowledge of your own bod --in sickness and health-send for tb People's Common Sense Medical Ac viser. A book of IOOS pages. Sen ax cents in stamps for paper-coverec or, 31 stamps for cloth'> bound copj Address Dr. R. V. Pierce,' Mai Street, Buffalo, N. Y. . . - -'V .:"?:*?5lv.v-\ . ' ' ? i?H to .-?y nothing about outsiders r >o:ng made acquaiutcd with uur plan?, t We had rio u?t; for Warden Marion, i md that fact ought to Bet at rest any report that he even winked at the es- i sape." i "How did you manage to work about disposing o? the dirt from tho tun nel?" "The most of it was stored baok of where we worked, hut (some of it was brought up and thrown ia a large stove that was used for heating tho cell block. We measured off for each cell to ascertain just where we were coming out. Thc first hole down to thc tunnel waa made from Capt. Har lin's aud the second from my cell, which waa No. 21. Just outside of tho wall a lot of coal had been Htorcd and that proved a great hardship to us. It was finally overcome, how ever, and then we were ready for the wall." "How was that overcome?" inquir ed the reporter. "Wc had secured a long poker and that had been bent HO as to catch on the top of the wall." "It haB been reported here that Gen. Morgan had in his clothes five $!.?00 bills when he made his escape. hi there any truth in that report?" "Not the slightest. All ho had was about $20, and that had been gathered up from our own men. There may have been a few dollars trore, but it was not a great deal, oeven men were in the escaping party." "Was there a great amount of fuss made after thc escape was discover ed?" "It was turmoil. I tell you. I had changed cells with my brother John, and one of the first places they visit ed was thc cell used by John. I was there, of course, and was walking about. They called out that the gen eral was there, and seemed happy tc find that to be the case. Finally the cell was opened and I walked out. They were more than astonished when I showed up. Wo all expected to b< punished, but nothing of that kind followed. After that wo were trans ferred to tho west cell block, but notu ing out of tho ordinary occurred whih we were looked in that part of th? prison." "How long were you confined in thi penitentiary?" "Eight mouths. After that w? were transferred to Fort Delaware am from there to Morris Island, where w were under fire from the Confederat guns. That action was taken as a re taliatory measure." "To whom do you give tho orodi for your final diaon^'e?" :;To Gen. Benjamin F. l?utler. II was met by one of our men and toi that we were confined in the Obi penitentiary instead of a militar prison, and ho at once said that w must bo transferred. He want to Sec etary of War Stanton und all ulong j hu linc ia ti ti 1 hid demands were car- j ied out." Col. Morgan told about bow the nen made rings and other trinkets for lale and in that manucr managed to secure a little money to purchaso deli cacies. His wif j was greatly interested in everything about the prison, but the story of the escape, she said, was old to ber for she had heard the in cidents talked over a number of times by the men who participated. War den Hershey escorted them through tho prison and made the visit as pleae^nt as possible, finally sending them to the Neil House iu his car riage. Col. Morgan and Mrs. Morgan call ed upon Gov. Nash at tho executive office Monday morning, before visiting the penitentiary. They were accom panied by Parker Dickson. They spent a short time only in the Gover nor's office, aod when they left Mr. Dickson bore a letter of introduction to Warden Hershey, asking him to show them special attention. Mr. Morgan's name was not mentioned in the letter, he dehiriug to go through the prit?on "incog." He was captured with his brother in Columbiaua county, July 20,1803. On tho night of November 27, 1803, as the Confederate prisoners returned from supper, ll. C. and John Morgan changed cells. The tunnel they had dug opened into H. C. Morgan's cell. The. Confederate general aud a num ber of his colleagues went out that night. CURES CAT4UBH. "Hyoiuui Icie 2T?OM? Wonderful turc Ever IMaeoveretl," tiny H Kvaus K1 Ina ir ni a ey. Do not try to cure catarrh by tak ing drugs into thc stomach; it canuot be cured in that manner. Tho only way in which this too common dis ease can bc cured is through a direct application that will kill the bacilli of catarrh and prevent their growth. Hyoinei is the only known method of treatment that accomplishes this, lt is the simplest, most pleasant, and the only absolute cure for catarrh that has ever been discovered. 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