The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-22
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f On Wednesday evening last, at halfpast
} eight CLOCK, Col. W. NJ. Hall died nc his
residence one and a half miles northeast of
Carthage. He hsd for many weeks suffered
intensely with heart disease, and it was pitt
full TO witness the heroic struggle Of the
selEcOntaned, selfreliant man to repress
all indications of the physical agony he
! endured. Death was to him indeed relief
from suffering.
Col. Hall was son Of John Hail. a noted
lawyer and was born in Gallatin, Tenues-
see, in July, 1907. Early in manhood he
resided in Lebanon, in that State, where he
conducted a successful mercantile business
That he was enterprising and publie-spirited
then, as afterward, is attestcd by block
of handsome buildings he erected in
Lebanon, and which is still standing. He
also did business for a time in Nashville,
and accumulated a handsome property. He
became a surety upon the official bond Of q
friend in office. The unworthy officer be-
came defaulter to a large amount and 2ed
the country. Col. Hall made good the de-
! fcit, but it shattered his own fortune; and
he came to Mississippi, then young State,
with purpose to regain, as far as might be,
part of the riches he had lost This oc-
CURED some time in the fourth decade Of
the present century, but We cannot fix the
exact date of his coming He was interest
ed in the settlement of various questions
arising out of the cessiou of ofterrtory to the
government by the Choctaws, aud in the
| transaction of This business he became Ssso-
ciated with many men whose names are IL
lustrious in connection with the history of
Mississippi. With his brother-in-law, Col.
Forester, he undertook the transfer Of the
Choctaws to the Indian Territory, and was
actively engaged for seven years in aiding
their removal. For some reason the gener-
al government filled to pay for these SER
vices (though at this late day there is some
prospect that it will be done) and Col. For
ester dying Col. Hall came back to
Eeake, secured land on Cobb's Greek and
settled down to farming, at which pursuit
he amassed a fine property, most of which,
however, was swept away by the result of p
the civil war During this period of his
life he was twice called upon to serve the
people in the Legislature, which he did
faithfully and acceptably, having been
elected as a Democrat when the Wings were
largely in the majority in Leake.
At the breaking out of the late war
Col. Hall, though 80 years old, volun-
teered and went into service as the
Captain of Company G, 9th Mississippi
Infantry, and led his command at the
battle of Shiloh Shortly after that bat
tie he secured furloueh to attend to
business Of urgent import During his
absence the re-enlistment and re-organZa-
tion of his command occurred, and he was
reelected Captain. But he was prevented
by circumstances from rejoning his COM
mand, and the Governor rendered him COM
mand of the Minute Men, or militia OF tho
county, with the rank ofColonel, which he
accepted.
For the past twelve years Col. Hall has
devoted himself to experimental farming,
bringing his theories and knowledge Of chem
stry to bear in practical agricultural oper-
ltions. He was a successful farmer, and his
work of renovating a worn out place and
bringing it to state of the highest fertility
of it model farm-was a lesson
% others that will at some day be, if il has
rot already been, productive Of good Nc
ults.
Physically, Col Hall was a man Of iron
and he was n strong man in
mental and moral sense. He received
rood education and as he was quick to APP
,rehend, eager to learn, possessed literary
astes and a memory remarkable for its re-
entiveness, his mind was a storehouse of
7aried, useful and interesting information.
lie was a ready and elegant writer, but pos
essed no inclination TO write for the public
PRINTS. His genial manner and social dis
DOsltlOn rendered hlm valuable ana wei
ome guest in any household or social
His good sense and sound judg-
nent, his upright character and known
,robity, his love of right and justice and
,rpmpt and outspoken condemnation Of all
hat was wrong or little or mean won for
i'm the confidence and esteem Of all who
new him, and during his long career he
id or said nothing to shake the confidence
hat was repOsed in him.
When the young men of to-day shall
ave become white-haire1 grandfathers, and
hall tell the little children upon their
nees Of the men who figured in the earlier
istory of Leake county, they will speak Of
Y. NJ. Hall as one who, like the Chevalier
'ayard was without fear and without re-
rnach