Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-06-15


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DEATH or GExEKAL JOHN C. RIzER
MisfOrtUnes come not singly, but in
bsttslioDs. Yesterdays APPEAL an
Dounced the sad tidings of The death of
Colonel Robertson TOpp, and this morn
ing We are cBlled Upen to chronicle the
death OF Gsneral John c. Fizsr, of the
finn CT Fizer, Estes & Co. General
Fizsr YVES & delegate to the recent Dem.
Ocratic State convention, and was IN
robust heslth until few days since.
when be was seized with vjoIent at.
tack Of fiux, which resulted 10 his death
yesterday evening. Up to the last
moment he was raiionS.i, and dIscoursed
with his relations aJ.d friends about his
worldly affairs with g coolness and
coursge indicative Of the man. He was
3 thorough gentleman, full Of chivalry,
coursg3 and generosity, and his desth
ls universally deplored through
cut the city. General Fizer was
about thirty-seven yeals OF age, wss
IaiEed in Mississippi, but when only
seventeen years Of sge he removed to
Memphis and connected himself with
the house Of Barnett Graham. Young
rs he was, he was fast making
a reI utstion as busines man
when the war broke out. He was
one Of the first to espouse the Confed-
e1ats cause, and fought bis way up from
a private to the position OF brigadier-
general. There ives not tfuer or brsver
man in the Confederate srmy snan John
G. Fizer. He wss.in many epesgements
during The war, and his dauutless cour.
age was universally known. At the
commencement Of the war he went out
as frst-Iieu'enant OF the Panola Guards.
company raised in Pamela county,
Mlsslssappi, by Captain Foot. When in
virginia he was appointed adjutant of
the Seventeenth Mississippi regiment OF
infantry, AID on the reorganization of
she army ofthe Potomac he wss elected
LeItenaDt-colonel OF the Seventeenth
Misslssippi, Danbsr Holder being elected
colonel, and our present city recorder,
Wm. l.. Duff, being elected msjor. Col
Onel Holder wss wounded and retired,
and was elected a member OF the Con-
federate congress from Mississippi. Col
onel tizeE wss elected colonel, and
Major Duff became lieutenant colonel Of
the regiment. At the battle of Gettys-
burg Colonel Fizar IVES desperately
wouEdsd, and was also wounded
at Knoxville, Tennessee, where
he lost his right arm, he at
that time belonging TO General Long
streets corps, which came from the
army Of Virginia TO reinforce the army
OF Tennessee. and which afterward en-
gagged in the bloody struggle ST Chicka- |
PIsugs. When Colonel Fizsr recovered |
from the effects Of his desperate wound,
he toUk charge Of brigade in South |
Carolina under Division Commander |
g snersl M'Lsws, where he remained |
uatil the close Of the war. President |
Davis had sent General Fizer his COM |
mission IS brigsdier general, but it never |
reached him, the war terminating in the |
mean time, and all communication be- |
ing cut Off between the seat of gov |
ernment and the South Carolina |
command. His nature was peculiar
Iy aggressive. He had driving energy |
which often made him appear overbear-
ing and dogmsticsl. To the casual oh. |
sewer, General F,zer's character some |
times seemed hsIsh and his nature |
cold and stif-willed, but he
was mere putty in the |
hands of those who had his confidence,
while his friendships were sincere and
inlmovable. He was stranger to dis |
stimulation, and detested hypocrisy 10
such an extent that even for the attain |
ment Of his ambitious aspirations, the |
word policy WIS unknown to bis vocab- |
ulary. Early in his brilliant military |
career he gave evidence OF sn aptitude |
for the field, and displayed 30 executive |
ability which made him sfterwsrd so
prominent among our southern heroes |
who went forth to battle for the lost |
cause. Emotions Of no ordinary nature |
must stir the heart Of every true soldier |
in recalling his chivalric deeds and un- |
exsmpIed heroism. Among the gallant |
sons of our noble State who rallied |
around thst never to be forgotten BAN
ner-the red, white and blue--the name |
aud fame Of General Fizer will go down |
to history in imperishsble honor and re-
nowD. He was a prosperous ner-
chant, engaged in large |
aud extensive business. He was |
punctilious in the observance of |
every prerequisite for mixing good |
citizen. He wps fearless, earnest man.
He never spoke with double tongue.
His friends and his foes always knew |
precisely what be was and what he |
meant. He wps sincere, truthful, just, |
and an honest man, and his death is |
deeply mOurped by the whole communi- |
ty. Gen raj FiZsr leaves q wife and |
several interesting children TO mourn |
his loss, and who have the sym psthies |
Of the public.
THE New York Evening Post said |
editOIislly last evening, that cit is Iu-