The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1883-11-15

Ill tne summer OF 1000, ne was appoint
ed by Governor Pettus Major General
of the State troops and placed in COM
mand of most responsible position,
which he vIgilantly and efficiently guard
ed and defended,
In 1864, because of faithful and efficient
services rendered, President Davis be-
slowed upon him the wreath" of Con-
federate Broader, with large descre-
ton as to his movements for the defence
and protection of Mississippi, and soon
thereafter, i'll an engagement near Jack
son Miss. he received a serious wound,
and before he had fairly recovered from
it, in fight with Griersons command
near Egypt Station, on the 9th of Decem-
Der 1864, he was again wounded in the
left arm at the shoulder, which resulted in
amputation at that point, and this wound
closed Gen1 Ghoson's military career,
peace having beeu concluded before he
was agtia able for duty.
GenI Ghoson coolly and conscientious
ly counted the possible cost of secession
before entering upon it, and acted upon
Il conscientious conviction that he was
right i'll the part he took in preciptating
ii, AN: having conscientiously acted Il
part in bringing upon his sect ION the
terrible consequences of war. he $ con
scieutiousiy determined, (and acted upon
the determination that it was his duty,
at whatever sacrifice to himself, to do all
in his power to make it II success. He
did not go into il for the mere glitternp
show and empty honOrs of dress parade,
but for actual duty faithfully performed
He was no counterfeit! no sham! but
an honest direct brave man.
After the close of the war, in 1865, un-
solicited on his part, Gent Gholson was
elected II member of the Legislature from
this county, and by that body was elect
ed Speaker Of the House of Representa-
lives, which position he filed most credi-
tably, and satisfactorily. After the close
| of that session, he resumed the practice
! of the law, which he pursued assiduously
| up 10 the time of his last Illness, inter
| rupted alore by II service for one more
| term in the Legislature, TO which he was
| elected III 1877, during all which time he
enjoyed a reasonably fun and lucrative
| practice.
In all the different relations occupied
| by Geul Gholson, whether as citizen
attorney, Legislator, Judge or General,
he had the confidence of the people and
country; as an.enemy he was frank and
manly; as II friend he was true and con-
fdiDg; rs Il neighbor he was obIiging; rs
a husband he was kind tender and con-
siderate.
without offspring he bestowed the affec-
lions of Il father upon II number of his
relations, who became inmates of his
home, and were nurtured, supported aud
obeyad by him, as if his own; be it there
fore
RESOLVED, That the long and varied
public services of General Samuel j.
GhOlSon, marked as they were, by con-
victions of duty in his labors for the pub
lie welfare entitled him, i'll life, to pub
lie confidence, and his memory in death
to aitectionate remembrance.
, RESOLVED. That the members of this
Bar, and officers of Court extend to the
|, |
of the deceased their sincere coincidence
REvoLVBD. That the chairman be re
quested to present these proceedings tt
the Circuit and Chancery Courts of this
= county, and ask that they be made re-
cord of III said courts ,aud that Il copy
thereof be presented to til" widow of Tn,
Deceased, and that the newspapers o.
, this city be requested to publish.
The Hon Reuben DAVIS then made tn,
} following remarks:
Silence on my part would be condem
nation of the distinguished dead who's,
! known him from early childhood, anc
20 intimately; | knew him in the schoo
o. room; knew him on the Fairgrounds
| knew him in the cornlield; knew hin
e ON the verge of manhood when he qui
10 field laborand entered commercial duties
: | knew him when he entered Il lawyer
r office to make himself master of that pro
1 fession | knew him when he came Il
d the Bar, aud noticed his manner of com
e peting for the highest honor, and know h,
Il sustained himself well in those contes ;
+ | knew him as member of the Legisla
# ture of the State of Mississippi; | knew
ii him as Congressman from the same;
II knew him when he was promoted to tn
II Federal Court Bench; knew HIM as
d soldier and as commander of soldiers
e and must say that all these successes il
d life, write him down as more than ordi
= nary. Few men with the greatest ad
Il any grade of advantages win so man,
h laures. His opportunities were yer.
$. defective; his education was limited; hi
e success was the result of a brave heart
s. indomitable energy and a great fund o
II native intellect. As an orator he wa
If forcible and clear, impressive and con
a viuCing; he had no time for metaphysics
d he arrayed his facts and hurled ther
+ with the arm of Jupiter and demolish
j ed, as a trifle, the fabric Of his adversary
l. | do not think he was n student, he de
pended upon his native resources. II
accumulated fortune and put it, wit
his life. upon the issue of our civil wal
Il, He lost his arm and his fortune, an
died i'll poverty. Acquisatlve. yet he wa
liberal and generous; never, to m
T. knowledge, did he refuse favor whc
he an appeal was made to his generosity
II He is gOne-I shall soon follow, we ma
= meet. Peace to his ashes.
~, The following remarks were then mad
by G. j. Buchanan, Esq:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN beg to be permittc
ID TO offer my humble tribute, among OIL
81 ers, to the memory of our late distiI
s. gushed professional Brother. 1t has,
OF all periods of the world among enligh
v ened nations, been esteemed praisewortl
n as well as Statutory, for the living to hol
a or the worthy dead; certainly no occasC
IL has ever occurred in the annals OF OF