The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-07-02
Death of Hon. Amos. z. Johnston.

; Death Of Hon. Amos. r Johnston.
A great man has fallen IN Israel. and
: Mississippi mourns the loss Of citizen
who long stood conspicuous among her
best, most useful and honored sons.
Amos r. Johnston died near Cincinnati
whittier he had previously gone for
medical treatment, and his remains
were conveyed To the calm repose OF
mother earth in the city Of jackson on
Saturday the 2Sth inst. He sleeps his
last sleep in the county and among the
people where he had spent forty odd
years Of his laborious aud useful life.
which had been prolonged sixty-seven
years. The incidents Of his career are
sketched in the following article from
the pen OF Hon. c. ". Harper, recent
ly published in his able journal. Each
well knew the other, and their lives
were interlinked by long and intimate
association and the strongest ties of
friendship. We would only mar the
details Of such a career so well portrayed
by dwelling upon them. For the
present we viii leave the lesson and
moral of his illustrious life to reach the
hearts of readers, without elaboration.
May the infexible patriot, the able
journalist and lawyer, the public
spirited citizen, the trusting and gene
rous friend, the tender and affectionate
husband and parent, rest in peace:
When We came TO RAYMOND in 1914 tnos
X. Johnston was by all odds the most popular
and influential man in the county as well as
one OF the best and most successful LAWYERS
not only Of Kinds county, but OF the STATE
He came TO Mississippi from Tennessee. his
native state, as early perhaps as 1929 or 30
He had graduated at a country priDtine, offioa !
and had, We think, for a brief period. pnbIisbl
ed a paper somewhere near where the town of
Paris now stands having as 4 partner the after :
wards Gen. ZoliIcofler, who was killed in the {
battle OF Mill Spring, in 1861.
johnston was quite young man when he
came to Mississippi. He settled first AT Gin I
Ton, tins county, which then the chief .
point OF attraction in all this part OF the State
the centre, indeed, OF fashion. fortune busi /
ness politics, DC. lie appeared at Clinton as a f
newspaper man, and at once entered the field
49, a. SA'N ttcNIlliGA Il prominent l.
IN lew years. however, Jackson began to a
grow and Clinton to decline, when Johnston re
moved 10 the former city. continuing his la
'ors rs an editor About the year 1889 he re-
moved from Jackson to Raymond. CONTINUING T
However, 10 edit, for some time 4 nof,,r ~
ackson, while he resided here. Thai hin, e
ouid be done satisfactorily in old times when \
he newspapers OF Mississippi were exclusive =
y devoted to ponderous political articles bur il L
ioHiq hardly work we'll now, when news items p
ma short local paragraphs the dishes that :,
he popular mind crave at the hands of the "
ewspaper. Johnston remained 4 citizen Of o.
raymond from about 1889 until July. 1866 Il
years when he returned to Jackson. where
{ has since resided cl
Judge Johnston was an original jackson u
IAN IN politics, and such were his politics !,
hen he settled at Clinton but he very soon lt
bandoned that party; and throughout all the =
Ranges and upheavels OF parties and politi-
ans from 1886 to 1873, he was a thorouoh W
olng, determined, Incorporating and most
lergetIc and influential leader of the old
hlg party. As early as $50 he was elected q,
the Legislature from Kinds COUNTY fbut %
rived but single term with Prentiss. ifuion. Nv
ompklns, &c., as colleagues. In SO or 80 he Il
as elected Clerk Of the Circuit Court Of Kinds III
Id with that event his connection with the XII
ess ceased, and he glided from journalism to -,
e bar, although he continued at intervals To ''i'
'Ite, as correspondent for several papers lee
G hlled the Office OF Clerk OF the Circuit Court -
r one or two terms, and in 1915 was elected W
obate Judge ofrhc county, continuing in the tw
me Tor, We believe, three terms. He was \ an
amber OF the State Convention of 1851 and '"
that heated canvass was one of the stranaS th
N IN the State the Union side He was
% member Of the State Convention OF 1865
ich repealed the Ordinance of Secession
was elected to the State Senate in 1873. by de
nds and Rankin, in the tidal wave that Ar
ept the carpet-baggers from power. He was -.
SITp n nj in nj h.
tlons, as he was in the race for fortune and sol
lracter. On but a single OCCASION ii we are cu,.,
mistaken, was he ever defeated before the 50
'ple, and that was when he was the candi- POI
e OF the Union Party for the Convention of vi
il which carried Mississippi out of the I'm -
and FASTENED the civil war and all it woes me
IN several occasions between 1880 and 1860
vas the wish OF the Wings to run judge
lnston for Congress, and on one occasion he
; the choice of the party for Governor OF our
95ateIbnt never would he consent to be oft
sldered a candidate for a State or Congress =,
nal nomination-though he always Iab0red latt
lousy, and expended his means most freely. sipl
advance the interests OF those nominated.
Judge Johnston was decidedly one of the mas
st enterprislng and public spirited citizens the
anv and evary enter,ris al H. ready Sta
cess, and was always ready to assist those
needed assistance. Earnest and defer \
led in everything he undertook he was Wa
er OF strength, and ever faithful ally and rive
nd. He served in the State Senate thir
he memorable sessions Of '76 and -. and burs
he satisfaction OF the Democrats and Con IT
atives, by whom he was elected: but on
'unt of bad health, resigned the place in ton
summer OF the last named year; and is now SOP,
Invalid, under medical treatment
ldge Johnston and the writer of these lines T.
: personal and political friends throughout
he period from lS44-35 years In every fna
ance when he was before the people for lon
ial position, he received our hearty sup ~"
/, and at any time the Kinds County Ga Gre
would freely and gladly have supported the
Tor Governor, for Congress for the United
IS Senate, or for any other position in pref tive
ce to any other living man. And it graf
us now to say, also, that the Kinds Coun g
azette, and its senior editor have never
a more devoted and valued friend--under ot'ch
circumstances and at all timcs-than ty,"
5 r. Johnston. We can say in addition. ~,
the people Of Raymond and thousands of D0i
I'D citizens of Kinds county may well re- few
the lost health of Amos r. Johnston. for don,
are thus deprived of the kind offices the ''01
d counsels, and the clear judgement, OF a n
man. And the State, too, we NAV add II
regret his nfirmity, for it loses as true as the
as patriotic, as uaselfsh, and as devoted IT
riot, as ever lived, IL
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