Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-26
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GETTYSBURG
We are under obligations TO Mr.. J. H.
HEATH for an interesting letter from Mr..
SAMUEL WEAVER, who resides near the
battlefield of Gettysburg, from which
we extract information of general inter
est. 1t appears that but few of the
graves are Marked Mr.. WEAVER finds
! the following from Tennessee: II. c. RI
SEN, Co. b, seventh; Lieut.. JAMES NJ.
MANLEY, Co. G, first; FIN. FRAZER, Co.
z, seventh NJ. J.. HAMMER, fourteenth
OF seventeenth; A. J.LovE; NJ JOHN
I sON, seventh; Capt. THOMAS SIMMONS,
fourteenth JAMES FIzER, Co. E, four
tenth; Scarf. J. NJ. WILLIAMS, Co. A,
fourth; J. MITCHELL, Co. D, first NJ. C.,
! Co. F, first or eleventh; H. H. BREAD
SHAW, seventh Capt. A. HILL, seventh.
Mr.. Weaver volunteers his services to
persons who wish 10 make inquiries, and
viii search for bodies, provided the in
formation necessary can be given. 1t is
necessary to know the Locations Of the
grave, and the character of the wound
and its location. The information re-
quired may be gathered from the cir
cumstances attending the discovery of
the body of Col. JONES, Of Georgia. The
letter of the inquirer stated that the Col
onel was buriedo on SNYDER's Farm, under
a cherry tree, some hundred and fifty
yards from the house, and that he was
wounded in the left side of the head.
| Mr. WEAVER searched SNYDER's Farm,
but could find no place answer
ing the description; but on an
adjoining farm he found two graves
under a cherry tree, about one hundred
and fifty yards from the house, in n Of
which he found a body wounded in the
manner described, which Mr.. WEAVER
has no doubt is that Of Col. JONES.
In addressing Mr.. SAMUEL WEAVER,
correspondents should be as explicit as
possible, so as to make the Identification
certain, and no time should be lost, as
warm weather will prevent the prosecu-
lion OF these interesting inquiries.
Bz- Gen. Hugh W. Mercer, the ac-
cused in the Savannah case, is an old
regular army officer, and his ancestors
were in the army from its existence.
His grandfather, Hugh Mercer, a Scotch
man, who was engaged at the famous
battle Of Culloden, emigrated to Vir-
zinia in seventeen hundred and sixty,
and was appointed a Brigadier of the
Colonial army on the fifth of June,
seventeen hundred and seventy-six. He
was MORALLY wounded on the second Of
Of January, seventeen hundred seventy
seven, in the "foggy" affair, which has
since been variously known as the battle
Of Princeton and Trenton. The son of
this General and father of the present
General was William Newton Mercer,
who was a regular army surgeon from
eighteen hundred and thirteen to eigh-
teen hundred and twenty-one. Huge ".
Mercer, the present head Of the family,
was born in Fredericksburg. He entered
West Point as a cadet from Virginia, in
eighteen hundred and t~wenty-four, and
graduated third in his class.
bJ"Ashland," so long the home of
Henry Clay, has been purchased by the
Trustees of the Kentucky University, at
a cost Of ninety thousand dollars. The
farm contains about three hundred and
twenty-five acres of the best land in the
blue grass region. The Lexington Oh
server says: 'The Kentucky Agricultu-
raj School, which is under the patronage
Of the State, as well as the other schools
Of the University, viii be established at
Ashland, and it is proposed to begin the
Improvements on a most extensive and
magnificent scale-one that Wilde credit
to u State, and serve as a monument
to Mr.. Clay. The greater portion of the
farm will be devoted to experimental
farming, as the best and most effectual
means Of securing to the students Of the
Agricultural School a thorough knowi-
edge Of practical farming"
B5 Rev. DR.. Prime, Of the New York
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