The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-08-25
Death of Capt. Harris Barksdale.

sad Is the duty we are called TO perl
form in announcing the death Of men,
Der Of our firm. At half-past II o'clock
P. NJ. on Monday the 22d of August,
HARRIS BARKsDALE, after long illnessI
(which he bore with courage, patience,
trust and hopefulness, yielded up hisI
J life to the God who gave it. Just!
1.-TWO years ago, he was seized with theI
disease, which, from that time forward!
never ceased its ravages in spite of the
abest medical skill and all the healingl
/ arts which human Ingenuity could EN-
5ploy, until it had done its fatal work. I
] He was born in Holmes county, Missis-
Esippi, but his parents removed to Yazoos
sCity when he was an infant A few
years of his childhood were spent there,
but he lived the remainder Of his life I'M
! this city, except during the four years
eOf his service in the Southern army
/ He had barely entered upon his six
steenth year, at the commencement of
Fthe war, when he joined the Burt Rifles
.of the 18th Mississippi a military or
'ganization composed in part of the pick !
sand flower Of our young chivalry, andi
which plunged at once intoits baptism of
fire on the bloody fields Of Virginia
Though Of tender years and delicateS
frame, he carried his knapsack as pri +
vate soldier in the ranks until after the {
promotion Of his uncle, Gen. William
i Of that officer. President Davis had1
previously appointed him cadet,
but his first lessons in the science of
war were learned in he hard school of
the private soldier. A member of theE
military family of Gen. Barksdale, he !
remained by his side and went where !
duty called him, until the battle of
gettysburg where Gen. b. received his I
death wound, and where he was severe
! Nv wounded. On his recovery he wasS
assigned to duty with Gen. Writ Adams,
/ at the request of that gallant officer,
land remained in the service until the i
curtain dropped forever upon the bloody
scene.
When the war closed he studied law ]
under the tutelage OF Gen. Thomas j. 1
Wharton and obtained license to prac-
ice the profession, but his inclinalions
4 land tastes all led him into the pursuit
f the harder and more laborious voca-
ton Of journalism, and in February,
sIS68. his connection with THE CLARION
newspaper commenced, and i was never5
discontinued until severed by the rude
lhaad of death. His labors on the papera
were varied, and such was his adaptable
ness that he was at home ia any depart
lment Of its business From the time
Of his connection with the paper until
disabled by disease, and eyen while it
2reyed upon his wasted body, he con
tributed toits editorial columns. 1t had
grown to be part Of his existence, 1t
was his hope and inspiration.
His mind was remarkably bright and
original. There was no subject which s
1T did notintuilively grasp, and his style
of treating It was original and brilliant.
But it was in the excitEment and tuT =
moil of tho fiercely contested struggle
that the scintilations of his mind were
brightest, as the flint gives forth its fire
when the conclusion is hardest.
As citizen he was public-spirited.
He devoted all the time he could spared
lio4 his business and family to institu-
lions dedicated to benevolence. AT an
early age he became n .cR, Der of the
Masonic fraternity Pearl Lodge No.
23-and all Odd Fellow, and was al
member of the Knights pf Honor He
took great interest in the fire depart
ment and joined Jackson Fire Company,
No. /, when ii was under the foreman
ship of the lamented Thomas Green, d
whose name will be cherished word inE
this community long after the present 4
generation shall have gone to their
fathers. Realizing tbs Hecessity OH
an organization Of colored tiremsn igE
the city, and the value ofsuch a compa-
ny, he assisted in organizing Hope No.
3, and served as its foreman until it had
attained degree Of discipline and eff
cheney that rendered his services IL thRt
no longer necessary. The com
Dany turned out in full force, with the
pthet benevolent orders, to pay the last
ribute to his mealoFy.
On the lst of May, 1878, he was join 8
ed in marriage at Dayton, Ohio. to Miss Il
Nary Craig, who, like himself, was born
u Holmes county, Mississippi, and Il
ghose parents had reHcyAd to DaytonE
some years before His welded life was 81
happy until olouded by the long illness II
which has had its fatal end, On the 2dE
# January, 1880, son who had been
,orn to them, after bright existence
# SEVEN months, died. The wife, whose IN
ender and unseaaitting nursing had
moothed his journey through the dark
ALLEY of the shadow of death, is left to-
mourn her loss.
He was born and reared and received j
lis early training in the Methodist Epis- ID
opal Church, South. For months be-
ore his death, his thoughts had been h
urned to religious subjects, and his con-
ersation evinced. that while hope of lifeH
-as strong within him, he experienced =
change cf heart, desire to be at peace d.
nth his God aud hive : religious life. !.
IA the morning of the 22d inst, Le had
,r the first time very profuse hemor7
!. -. aanr, his luncrs md be req Lied L.