Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-20

At meeting Of the 9Th regiment held
at the Court House Monday, the follow
ing proceedings were had:

| II COUNCIL.
At ten O'Clock In the morning ts the
enliyening stains Of martial music, the
members Of the 9Th Tennessee Regiment
present, were assembled in the Court
House for the transaction Of business
Lieut.. Col. T. p. Jones, President; and
the following officers were in their places
on the stand, Capt. A. B. Jones, Vice
President, Robert Gates, Secretary, W
II. BrutOn, Cor. Sec, and Dr. p B.
Hamilton, Treasurer. The minutes Of
the reunion on the 26th day of May 1875,
were read and approved. Also the min
utes and the programme adopted by the
preliminary meeting of the 18th of April,
were approved by the meeting.
TO THE CALL OF COMMITTEES,
the committee of constitution reported no
action, and were continued. Committee
on revision of muster roll, reported com
plets list from Company c. to Co. l., Co.
/ h. and Co. G. 1t was ordered that the
reports of the remaining committees be
handed the secretary at early a day as
possible, and when all in, for the officers
of the Regiment to prepare the same for
publication. 1t was explained that the
revised muster rolls should contain as far
as possible the names of all who belong
ed to the companies during the war, and
show those killed in battle, those died of
wounds and disease, those transferred
and promoted and all who now survive.
Eloquent letters were read from Col.
George Porter, of Brownsville, and Capt.
RObt. c. Williamson, of Memphis, and a
dispatch from Maj. Wilder, of Browns
vile, each one of which was heartily
cheered.
NEW BUSINESS.
Under the call for new business, reso-
luton was passed reconsidering the ac-
ton at the reunion on the 2Gth of May,
1875, on organization. Then the follow
ing committee was appointed to present
a report on organization embodying new
views of the Regiment:
DIR. Frank d. Hamilton, Judge Ii. W.
McCorry, Maj. J. I. Parham, James G.
Reid, John II. Freeman.
After due deliberation the committee
reported rs follows: 'sThat the name
fame and glory of the soldiers of the 9th
Tennessee Regiment, is an inheritance of
Madison county, and should be perpetu-
ated by permanent organization to be
known in all future time as the 9th Ten
nessee Regiment. That to carry ont this
object, the companies represented now
should elect captains, and the regiment
appoint captains for the absent companies,
whose duty shall be to recruit their COM
panies from good men up to twenty, after
which time all applications for member
ship shall be referred to the company, the
applicant may desire to join, majority
of which shall be necessary to election
When the companies have reached
membership Of twenty, they will proceed
to elect Lieutenants and non-commission-
Ell officers, aud the regiment be continu-
ed in Office until their successors are
elected. The report was adopted and an
election Of captain held with the follow
ing result:
Company H., A. b. Jones, captain; Co.
B., W. T. Parham, captain; Co. c., II. A.
Mays, captain; Co. h, w. L. Utley, cap
tain; Co. E., Jason w. Russell, captain;
Co. G., Joe. W. Seurlock, captain; Co.
L., Henry Sharp, captain; Co. D., J. b.
Wilder, captain; Co. l., John Mathews,
captain.
The captains present then assembled
and elected the following executive COM
mittee:
A. B. Jones, Chairman. DR.. Frank B.
Hamilton, Judge II. w. McCOrry, John
II. Freeman, Robert Gates. The duty of
the executive committee is to look gener-
ally after interests of the organization,
and especially the matter of purchasing
in Jackson Memorial Park, and erect
ing a marble monument in memory of
the dead soldiers of Madison county
After the ceremony of decoration, the
regiment reassembled in the Court House,
and passed resolutions of thanks to the
ladies, and to the citizens of Jackson gem
orally for their kind and generous CO.
operation. The ladies of the committee
on decoration, and their assistants, were
especially thanked for the noble and
beautiful manner in which they discharg-
ed their delicate and touching duties
After passing n resolution, resolving to
participate in body, in the celebration
of the 4th of July in this city, the regi-
ment broke ranks.
In the afternoon at an early hour, the
regiment accompanied by number of
other eX-Confederate soldiers, marched in
a body to the Cemetery. The ladies per-
formed their part nobly and strewd the
sweetest flowers upon the graves of the
heroes who fell fighting in a cause dearer
to them than life itself. The cenOtaph
was beautiful to behold and was a fitting
tribute to the memory of those gallant
warriors who sleep the sleep that knows
no waking. Perhaps the most attractive
feature which adorned the cenotaph was
two large and lovely crosses, contributed
by two ex-Federal captains whose SOL
dierly escutcheOn shone resplendently
upon the battle field, and whose nobility
and magnamity of soul are worthy Of the
highest commentator. The music fur
nished by the Silver Cornet Band was ex-
ceIlent, and was appreciated by all pres
ent. BY order of Col. Jones, the eomand-
ing officer, the regiment formed around
the cenotaph when Gen. A. w. Campbell |
delivered the following splendid memo
rial Grafton:
Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends and COM
nidsS.:
The custom of paying honOrs to the |
memory of those, who while living had /
deserved well of their country, either for 4
their eminent public services, or for their /
heroic deeds, has received the sanction of /
mankind i'm all ages, and of every reli- /
gion-whether the monotheism of the 4
prehistoric Aryan, the polythsism of the /
ancient Phgnecian, the metempsychOSiso of /
the great Gautama, or the divine rcvela-
ton of the christian. Some have mani 4
tested their veneratiOn by the erection of 4
piles of marble and of brass. /
Others by the celebration of rites and fes-
rivals, in which the hero is wOrshipped 4
as demigod. But we have erected no
chiseIed columns of antique art; no con-
suiar statues of an imperial republic, but 1
we come with our matrons and maidens,
and bring our annual tribute of beauti-
full flowers, and after believing them with |
our tears, place them lovingly and ca
ressingly upon the simple graves of our /
heroic dead. We have builded our affairs
in our hearts, and our memories raise up /
images, grander and more beautiful, than /
all the marbles of Carara; more lasting 1