The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-22


Bishop McClosky suggests tho dis
continuance of procession on st. Pat
rick's day,
Stokes trial has been resumed. The
question now being upon the legality
Of the grand jury.
Death of Col. Granville c. TOrbett.
We find chronicled in the Union md
american, Of the 18th inst, the death OF
the above named gentleman, which &C.
Cured on Wednesday night, February
l4th, at his residence in Nashville. His
death, after a gradual decline Of several
months, though long expected, will sad
den the hearts of a large circle Of iriends
and acquaintance throughout the State.
The Union and american says Of HIM
Col. Torbett was q native OF Monroe
county, East Tennessee, born on the 18th
Of March, 1910, and was therefore nearly
sixty.two years of age, He commenced
life under disadyanta9eous cireumstan-
ces, but, by his native energy and appli-
cation, educated himself for the PROBES
sion of law, under the favor and i~nstruc-
ton Of the late Judge q. W. Rowles. In
1871 he was elected n representation to
the Legislature Of Tennessee from his
native county; and i'll 1913 and again in
1915 was elected to the State Senate
from that district. On the 22d NOyem-
Der, 1912, he married ~ daughter Of the
late Mathew Barrow, of this city, and i'll
1871 moved to Jackson, Tennessee. In
1852 he r,, induced to move to this
city and rf,ys."'e himself with l.. e..
JAS. .1au in ito publication OF what WAS
Tie, known ls .rc IA Aylle american.
which al u Inter dat, they consolidated
with the Nashville LniOa, and thus com
mcnccd the publication Of the present
LHion and Amerlcaa, through which we
now chronicle his death. In 1855, when
the then american party" held q bare
majority in the Legislature of this State,
he was taken up by the Democratic par
ty as the only one who could overcome
that majority, and, without solicitation,
was elected Treasurer of the State. HAY
ing severed lis connection with the
press, he was elected early in 1861, Pres
ident Of the Bank of Tennessee, which
position he held to the close of the war.
The troubles Of the war, ana the disas-
tiers incident to it, told heavily upon his
constitution. For more than n year past
he has been in declining health.
Col. TOrbett was of a plain but emf
nently practical order of mind. He sell
dom erred in his Judgment upon any
, subject to which he had given his atton-
ton. The result, If ever, failed of sue
cess in anything in which he engaged.
| He started in life u poor boy, and with
, but the ordinary education of the old
3, fashioned country school; and yet he
succeeded early in acquiring a PROBES,
, sion, in which he ranked well during the
= time he gave it his attention. Without
the gift Of oratory or the advantage o.
influential connection, he soon comman
ded public regard for his intelligence
} and unbounded confidence in his integri
5 ty. Without a speculative turn of minc
or disposition, he met with pecuniary
success in every branch Of business il
which he engaged.
l As n lawyer he had every promise o
success. AS a Legislator he was looked
= to as q sound and safe counsellor. A!
f an executive officer of the State, he com
manded the highest confidence. AS tn
$ President of a bank, the leading fnan
/ cial institution of the State, he counseleC
the most prudent policy; and passing
through II great civil war, protected thi
: important interest Of the State with
t fidelity that was never excelled, and witt
C n success greater than was the FORUM
l of most men in their private affairs. A
one of the managers Of q icading part
organ il his State, and as one of the al
e visers i'll all party movements, his goo,
Judgment inspired confidence in what
ever policy he approved. In all the re
S ~lations OF private life his opinions wsr
sought for and valued by those VIII
n know him best.
But, as favorably as we can speak G
Q him, and speak ~truthfully in these re
u spects, his greatest excellence lay in til
: moral and Sociai attributes of his nature
c From n long personal acquaintance, W
can say, withou! exaggeration, that W
: never knew n more honorable, homes
and just man. He sought no advantages
S He had no concealments. He was libera
in all his dealings. He was eminentl
t social and h~ospitable. He cherished en-
nifty toward none. He was kind an,
liberal toward all. He was an affoctionat
husband, an indulgent father, and
: most obliging friend. He was a SINGER
patriot Of the old school, with an abid
ing faith in tho intelligence and integri