The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-15
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The Late Pryor NJ. Grant

I.g I,. Pryor NJ. Grant was man Of
...4 mark. lhlt his death deserves more
tUaua r1.iug notice. lie WIS born in
Christian county. Kentucky, on the 4th Of
March. 1915. and died in Holmes county,
Mississippi, ,in the 10th year Of his age, leay-
lugieAiuI him reputation as unsallied, as
.u honorable and upright life could make
o. lie removed to Columbus, Miss, III
1854 and bis splendid personal qualities,
TALENT and requirements, won high pO-
.itlou iyf him al the bar Of that city, which
eaa distinguished for it, eminence and
HilIN lu hi7 very early manhood he
.aa b,l.laded &C. Iuu for the Office Of
Sheriff oi Lgwndes. At that day, az at
pfceut The county officers were nOminat-
sd Dog their respective parties and this
election occurred when the Democratic and
WHv parties were iu the hey-day Of their
.fr,ugtE The lines were closely drawn,
and Mr Grant alone, Of his Wing col
league Wus elected. He was what was
loWu iu that day 10 CLAY Wing" and
followed with q zeal which never Tagged
the fortune, of the renowned Harry of the
West DO was while in the discharge Of
HdIulies Of this office, that s. $. Prentiss
.lgtrl, -oIictttd him 10 be his associate on
che Cgugrt iouol ticket Mississippi was
entitled 10 two Presentatlves, whom she
elected from the State ut large. Young
Grant wa4 not ambitious Of political hon
grs, and would have preferred the more lu-
cf1liye position when he held, even if he
bad attained the age prescribed by the
Constitution Tor service in Congress. While
be was still Sheriff Of Lowndes, he con-
tributed largely to the election OF Hon.
john Henderson 10 the United States Sen
alc, and that gentleman, in spirit OF re-
gipr1cai kindness, secured tOT him the
office ol United States Marshal OF the
State, which he declined. Mr.. Grant was
retiring aud modest in his intercourse with
bis fellOwmeu. His sensibilities were the
most refined, but in his gentle bosom, he
had the courage of a NeInean lion. lie
Uas incapable OF giving an insult; or oil
brookiug an indignity. For some cause, not
necessary TO relate, lac became about this
period Of his life, involved III a personal
difficulty with the late Samuel +. Butter
WORTH II resulted in duel, in which his
antagonist was wounded. 1t was conduct
ed upon the highest plane Of knightly
courage and propriety, but was neverthe-
less the occasion Of most exaggerated com
mcut by the New England newspaper ed
itors, whose gross misrepresentation were
publicly corrected by the late Hon. A. G..
Brown, between whom and the deceased a
warm personal friendship existed.
Except the Office Of Sheriff, Mr.. Grant
never filled a public position, and some
years after retiring from it, he went to re-
side on his plantation in Coahoma county,
TO which hegave his close attention. While
thus engaged the Judges Of the High Court
0i Errors and Appeals rendered him the
CIerkship of the Court, but he declined it.
The war wrecked him financially, but
As brave spirit did not suCcumb. He
readily undertook whatever his hand found
90 do; but his life was too far spent to re-
cover the fortune he had lost. Disease at
last bowed the manly form, and wasted the
stalwlrt frame which encased his generous
soul. To know hiIu was to respect and
love him. No man ever had a higher sense
Of honor or was more acutely sensible ol
the Vruprieties OF life; and nothing could
tempt him from the path OF truth and rec
utudc. His posterity should be proudeI
OF such a record than ii he had beer
crowned with the highest honors which his
country affords. His department among
bis lellOwmen was gentle, and even his
voice was low and sweetly toned" as .
womaus. When the hour Of death came
as II must come to all, his heroism rose su
perIor 10 the tortures Of the flesh, and his
soul iled TO its account, pure aud stainless
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