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Show sronv o? an ti-TiApH. F-oort after tii fall "f '''" Albert Sidney Johnston fci the buttle if Shiloh i.n.l the trnnsl"i'o' his remains to New Orleans, it lady lint in:,' the cemetery found pinned to ;t rough board that rested mi th" temporary tomb the following fol-lowing beautiful epitaph, It w,w writ.. t'ii in ii delicate hand v.-iili it pencil, and tli. ram lm.l nearly oMifo.'-.it'-.l the characters, lut she made it verbatim copv of tlif manuscript and si-iit it U one . of tiio Now Orlcum i;tT.s with tUo re- ft v. v . I ; -. - 1 l.I'N. A. S. .fiillNSTHV. rjiiost that, if i..:-.i! lo tho iiaino of fin . aulhor : iiotiM 1h jiiiMiyhcil. This was j.;l.olly iloit", aii.l th."i xinUNila linos went i tho roiiii.iii of tin: ji.-i'sh of this country ' anil l'hi:.:Iauil as it inodi'l of English coni-! coni-! poiilioti. liorii I'alm.'rst.in iroinmiici'.l it "a nioiloni cliissir, ( ic.-roriiiin iti its binaiiii ',"." 1'ublio. ctiriiwity tioin : nr.mw-1. tlm ant iiorshi) wan twcoil to : .Ji.lui Diiiiitry, a yoiina; nalivo of NVvv Di-li ;uis, no 1 a 1-011 of A i.-.vati. far Jjinii-try, Jjinii-try, who b. 1'. .10 th.-war oi-i tiiii.sl a !:s-liiiaai-ii.'.l I'o' iiioii in ii;-' M.ao il-jiart-in. to at V. iiin:'! . 11. yu!tr i'iniiiry, ' tinai;;ii oiafa 1 oy, V I i 1 .1 .hii!o!i'.s army at .h. iin-1 on i ilin,ir Now ( il l. ;if.-. is: a 1 1 ;'i:iVo of las .i.-a.l clsii'f- : t on v. rol. ti.o las s on 1 a" iia J i r-t j. -;i of l!,o na n,: i.f utal inoil"; iy .i ii'i.-.l t iioiu ; on tho I'oa.lboar 1 lis Ik" only li.buto lin-(.iiihl lin-(.iiihl oi'I.t. V'ia"i liio oa a:"n aroso I'litiO'tlltn' tia' f. ri.l of opilai.'l to iin . j !-, I ii n-oiitiu.'iit will"! to tho na iaory of t a" .; a, I i 'oaf- a- rat" ;,"'n:a';tl tin' roi 11 m 1 ; 1 " of oil ; an . m I'l.a ;va; Wli'l on., vou-.. ,i" al ',1 upon Pas, r.ii.i it is How ii.sri I1 J lijf.n tiio l.i' .a:'. I a.i' l at ' tint b:a..; of ta- ; iaiata. The lino may la- a;iji!i j rial, iy 1. eaioal on tak Mo- j inolial ilav: j tr. .vi:m'):v. l . .! l! a.sa.'i. i, 1 a !. t r,a r ao. a. I A1U n !-,.t:.. .' .11.1 asO'ti. I A Bi'tliTal i.(l.....i,;in.-l II..-' lit. .1.-1 "-'a- tl nl OS, (ill Mo A- .a. A. I'.. l.:..:ii', ,-.i I", .-a- .i a. .it .,a(l ; -ami A l;1'"' 1 ,.- 1 ai a a iiiaU al'acus Ara, a,",-,--.. ,Aa 1 a. oiii 1 a-a,iia m :.,. l.I!s li'o was 0110 i I- ., iiiiou uf IntaroKt to o .a', a And oven lliai ia. . on a wiiof.il S1.l1l.4lh, ' I'liil li-yiallll.sH miiui'i.llut III ll!.,'(n::.lry':IH",'d. I Not wholly una, 1 -a. mil vtati lit' whim bo lived; ' lint, in hia doal Ii, Iil-:.a oKtiirt asl auds fonU'sni'd J in 11 1 a ... . !o'.a lo;o-3. I ItoRoliito, m.aloraio. ohar of i-nvy. yet ut ' wainftiif ! In tliat flnrr iiiiiliilii.n hii li iimkits mi'iiifrcat j ami pnrt'. In li i lionm1 iaii'i-oirnaldo: 111 Ilia siniali'-i! - siailiiao. No country tar loul a i.a.-r sou -110 cause a ; 10. t.i. r i-li.-.-iaa-.n: j No pomilo a bidder (li U mar --no pi'iuclile a purer 11 ii.n Than l ii" lit ail siihller Who slt"-ps hart ; I'lio eallso for whleli he perished is lost The peiiph. fur whaia he f..nahl are erushed Tin- hopes in wlii. Ii he misled are shatlercd j Tlioilaicbi; loyi',1 t; u iios no ninri; thu charging : lili". Hut bin fame, ri.ii-aL'o.-.t 1.1 I lie keeping of that 1 iaie, whii ii, Ha'ipily, Li not so in. a h thu tomb of virtue aa its shrine. Hball, in tlte years 10 ei, )., fir modest worth 1 to nalite eliafc. Ill lienor, tma-, oer ia ;,at captain rests; I A hen aved 1 an- iiiu'irii hiin. i Three 1 ,1111 111., a.'. . a a I. - ,i,nid!y elnim bim; And hi- l aw :-aa'i ehei i.-h liini AlliOll'; those ein.i. ei" leri's, h". iiol.tita; their ei. a: . den. -a uliliii:;'.! tviiti hiaoie. Have lieen. in ail eaniiai. tares, trae to Ihoin-beli'.-s, lludr eomiliy aail their Cud. |