The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-20
NUMBER So.
Coy. Sharkev.


The Jacksonville correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial thus records las
impressions OF Gov. Shuksy.
have delayed thus long 10 record my
impressions OF Gov. Sharkey. in order
t TAT m It arrive { no LA ty ur ui just
cos clu>lolIs, tut aittI this lal sc ct time.
| am iuily prepared 10 say that Lave
seen no pubic man in Mississippi on
whom the Presidents caoic, might
more wisely have fallen. That he is
truly and thoroughly loyal, uo one, no,
even our Generals of LEe most ladlIa al
politics disputes and il iu,her tesu,,lu-
ny were needed, it is sufficient gwen by
che fact that Tie ov,rttIown and de
Gated secession poiItlcians ii the State
are hostile TO him, without concta.mt& !.
lE:-t he has been successful In fulfilling
has appointed j. SIX thus far, will be am.
ply ,.ttested by the facts that sinca July
IL he has collected, and now has on de.
tosit (the greater portion OF lt) S75, 600
ajax which in no case OF Importance has
oeen contested as illegal 10y the trx-pay-
ers-bas circulated and caused 10 be
aiken and subscribed, As 600 oaths of
amnesty and has thus enabled a Con-
ventlun, lacking only one OF fully rep
reSenting the entire State, TO be elected,
organized and adjourned n month IN adj
sance OF all the other inEurgent States.
he has not exerled himself especially TO
pr cure pardons for excepted rebels and
rom q close observation OF three weeks,
| can affirm that be takes no counsel
from, and finds no enjoyme in, the So
~Iety OF that class OF persons. He has,
On all important measures, consulted
With Major General OsteI haus, before
.nklng action and few persons in Jack
son can claim more kindly and cordial
relations than exist between these two
officers.
Governor SharkeJ was life long Wing
IN politics, and now stan Is with the party
calling Itself ConseI waive, III opposition
20 tne Constitutlonals. The CunselVa-
lves are the only rue Union men in the
State, tAvoring education for the freed
men, the right oil testify ing in the courIR,
out iLtlexIbly opposed 10 negro suffrage.
During the administration OF President
Fillmore, he was consu. 10 Havana, and in
1851 he was President OF the Nashville
convention, aud was largely influential III
securing tie adoption, 10y that body, OF
the compromise measures of Henry Clay,
instead Of the violent dlsunion PROPOSE
lions advocated by the secessionlsts OF
that time. For twenty seven years he
vas Chief Justice of the High Court of
Errors and Appeals (the highest court of
his Slate) having been elected to that
office his trsL t. run. He had four
years TO serve when he resigned, in 1850.
During that time he delivered numerous
decisions, which, by their clcarness and
ability, gained an European reputation.
Three or tour of them, especially the ono
adv, rse TO State Reputation, We re quo.rd
At length in the Court OF Queens bench,
IN London. During the rebellion he WAS
widely suspected and maligntd. Vim
Dorm, while in command here, cau.ed
him to be arrested but the Governor, in
an able pamphlet on martial law, lnau-
gurated against him such an opposition
as finally displaced him from otice.
Governor Sharkey was born August II,
1898, in East Tennessee, from winch he
removed, when four years of age, to this
State. In personal appearance ne is Dig
nitied, but entirely afflble and unaesuIn-
ing. His height is fully six feet, and -
1gure is sufficiently developed 10 avo.d
gauntness, without approaching unconeiJ
plethora. His face wears n kindly eA-
preston, and is eminently of contem-
plative aud judicial mould, rather than
executive. 1t bears the luddintss tf "a
vigolo Gus old age, ard ID somewhat Of
triangular cast being very broad in the
forehead, and taperIng al The chin /; hair
eIfsctly white.
The weak points of the Governors
character las a ruler, nota as a man, are
that he has too great kindness of heart,
and is disposed 10 confile too much III
the goodness and honesty of others. HIS
temperament is sanguine, even 10 OPP
tIm,sms.