The Pascagoula Democrat Star

General Hooker.

The following, coming as it does, from our distinguished contemporary of the Holly Spring South, which is edited by one of the ablest writers in Mississippi, Col. F. A. Tyler, is indeed a compliment worthily bestowed:

Gen. Charles E. Hooker is one of the most ready debaters and most eloquent members of congress, and has been called 'the Cicero of the house.'

He was elected while absent beyond the Rocky mountains in discharge of his duty to the public, and with a vote approaching unanimity. He could not have bulldozed to any great extent.

And while thus absent the New Orleans Picayune says 'his wife, at her home in Jackson, Mississippi, was smitten by the yellow scourge. Like the brave woman that she is, she would not let the sad news be telegraphed to him, knowing that if her hour had come he could not possibly reach her in time to exchange the last adieus; and that if he came it must be at great peril to himself. So, while the dead were falling all around like leaves in autumn, she suffered in silence: and the husband - comforted by the thought that 'no news is good news' - continued his journey undisturbed, never dreaming of the danger at home. Thus deeds of battle are often eclipsed by the patient heroism of woman.'

Mrs. Hooker is the adopted daughter of Wm. L. Sharkey, than whom Mississippi has no greater or better man to boast.