The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-10

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GOVERNOR ROBERT LOWRY,
who was unanimously nominated by
the Democratic State Convention OF
Mississippi. on 10th ult., for anoth-
er term Of four years, was born In
Chesterfield District, 5. c., but was
less than three years of age when
his father moved to Tishomingo
county, and afterwards to Raleigh,
Mississippi. While Robert was yet
a lad his uncle, Judge James Low
ry, a resident of Raleigh, Smith
county, requested his brother, Col.
Robert Lowry, TO let his son live
with him. Robert went to Smith
county, entered the store Of his IN
Gle as Il salesman and collector, bat
at the age Of seventeen, commenced
business on his own account At
this period Of his lite, while consid
cred little wild. he was sober and
generous to fault, characteristics
that have ever since distinguished
him. AT tho age OF twenty, he mar
ried Miss Marie Miller Gammage, a
beautiful daughter Of the late Is. V.
Gammage, of Jasper county.
In politics he was a Wing, and
cast his first vote for that party.
At the outbreak of the war, Rob.
ert Lowry enlisted as a private, hut
on the Organization Of the Sixth
Mississippi Regiment, he was elect
ed Major, with his lifelong friend,
j. j. Thornton, as Colonel. At the
battle Of Shiloh, Col. Thornton and
Maj, Lowry were both wounded, and
the regiment suffered greater loss
of men than any Other command on
, either side. The 9Th regiment was
in Gen. Pat Clcburne's brigade, aud
we extract the following from his re-
port of the battle "The 9Th Miss ;,
and 23d Tenn, regiments charged
through the encampmeht on the en-
envy; the line was necessarily
broken by the standing tents. I'm
der the terrible fire much confusion
followed. The 23d Tenn, was raj
lied about 100 yards in rear. Again
and again the 9th Miss, unaided,
charged the enemy's line aud it was
only when the regiment had lost 300
officers and men, killed and wound
ed, out Of an aggregate of 425, that
it yielded and retreated in disorder
over its own dead and dying. Col.
Thornton and Maj. Lowry, the field
officers, were both wounded. 1t
would be useless to enlarge on the
courage and devotion of the 9th Mis-
sissippi. The facts, as recorded,
speak louder than any words of
mine"
After the re- collection of Col. Thorn
ton, and before he had recovered
from his wounds, he retired from
the army, and was succeeded by
Maj. Lowry, who continued to com
mand the regiment until he was pro
noted to Brigadier-General His
service was in the army of the Ten
nessee, and constitutes part of the
history of The country.
Immediately after the war Gen.
Lowry resumed the practice of the
law, in which he was interrupted by
the outbreak Ut hostilities, and con-
tinued to do large and lucrative !
practice before and after his sec0nd J
election as Senator from Rankin ana I;
Smith. Alter one session in the Sen
ate, lie resigned, and again re-
sumea iue successful practice Of the |
law. IL was during this session Of |
the Legislature that Gen. Lowry was !
appointed by the late Governor
Humphries, with Col. Giles NJ. Hill
Yer as his colleague, commissioners
to visit President Johnson in the in.
tercst OF a pardon Tor eX-President
Davis. Gen. Lowry, as is well known
would not accept the reasons assign.
ed for the further detention of Mr..
Davis, but insisted, with power and
eloquence, on his release, which was
ultimate Y effected.
In the meanwhile, Gen. Lowry
had become identified with every ef- |
tort to redeem and disenthrall Mis-
sissippi, and in every canvass his
voice was heard all over the State
against the rule OF the carpet bag,
ger.
In 1877, he was prominently men
toned Tor Governor and lead the
race, and was only beaten by com
bination of all the weaker candi-
daLes.
In 1881, he was not candidate,
but was finally nominated as a COM
promise between other aspirants
His administrator has been able,
wise, conservative and satisfactory,
indeed to such degree that he is
now renominated for four years 6y
maj orlty and under circumstances
in the annals of MIssis.
sippi. The Governor is emphatical-
ly man of the people, and this &C.