Des Arc citizen., 1859-11-09
DEATH OF rx-Gov. J. c. Josrs =


 TAis distinguished gentleman died al his residence, near Memphis, al 1 o'clock on the afternoon of the 29th ul, The sad event. il is said. was no, unexpected, as his friends had watched at his bedside for several weeks, convinced that the final dissolution was no, far distant. The re- mains of the deceased were consigned 10 the tomb on Sunday the 30th. The
 Memphis papers state that the procession was one of the largest ever seen on a similar occasion. The religious services were conducted by the Right Rev. J H. Otey, of the Episcopal Church, who preached from the text !" For ell flesh Is as grass. and all he glory of man as rhe flower of grass" We clip from the Mem phis Appeal of the lst inst, the following sketch of the life of the deceased:
 JAMES CHAmBERLAyNE JoNEs was born the 7th of June. 1909. in Wilson county. Tennessee. in the vicinity of the Hermitage. and at the tune ot his death
 was in the 5lst year of his age. His father died Tn his infancy. aud the charge of the future Governor and Senator was committed to Col Ward, who will be re- membered as the opponent of Col. Can non fur gubernatoria honors m Tennessee. Under the guardianship of Col. Ward, James c. Jones was sent to school for the term of three Years, during which time he completed all the scholastic education he ever received. He was marrIed in the twentieth year of his age. In his thlrtielh year, in 1889, he was chosen member of the legislature of Tennessee, and the following year he was constituted one of the Harrison electors. In lS41 he was a successful candidate against James K. Polk for the governorship and was re- elected to lha, office Tn lSi3 He made the canvass ofthe State for Clay in lS44. and contributed his great talent and inhu- ence in like manner toward the election of Gen. Taylor in 1S4S Soon after the occurrence of the memorable events al- luded to above, he came to Memphis For a brief period he renounced politics, and labored in the cause of public and private improvements. His earliest soli- cilude in that direction was 10 insure a railroad connection between Nashville and Chattanooga, and his efforts toward the accomplishment of that enterprise are well remembered Soon after his arrival in Memphis he became earnest and de- termined in his advocacy of system of plankroads, and to him more than to any other friend of the work may be attributed the success of that s,upendous improve men,, the Memphis and Charleston Rail- road. IL is pleasing duty in this con nection to record a wish expressed by the deceased in his fatal illness, that he might be permitted to live long enough to realize consummation of the proposition to connect Memphis and St. Louis by rail In 1851 Gov. Jones was elected United States Senator by the Legislature of Ten nessee, which position he filled for term of six years. Hts social and political ca reer since he retired from the Senate, are familiar to the local reader. The closing period of his life was devoted to labors of love. and in the exercise of his kindly offices, he prosperity of Memphis and his native State seemed to be the leading incentive to action.
 The distinguished subject of this notice was confined to his room for period of five weeks preceding his death. His friends trace the origin of his fatal illness to an attack of cholera from which he suffered in lS49, in this city, and from the influence of which disease Il is thought he never fully recovered. He died calmly and without struggle, in the midst of his family, having only 10 regret the ab- sence of his eldest son, who IS at Centre College, al Danv'lle, Kentucky.
 Ex- Governor Jones was of the people They loved him for his honesty of pur- pose, and for he wondrous power of his wlll; they admired his great ability and his burning eloquence; and will cherish the memory of his greatness and his good ness. As the warm personal friend of Andrew Jackson, 1t IS gratifying 10 those of us who remember each with emotions akin to idclalry, to know that, through all the heated political contests in which those distinguished spirits mingled with rival interests, the deceased sustained tue most cordial relations of intimacy with the departed sage of the Hermitage. In the death of Gov Jones we trace the hand of public calamity, for in his demise the country has lost patriot and states man. the wise and the good worthy companion.