The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-10
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1868, during the Confederate war. H
was a member of the Cherokee Artillcr,
Rome, Ca He wa buried in a garde
back of the State House, with a rock 70
a headstone, with his name on it, A. {
McCurry. My father intended having hi
remains brought home, but he died 500
after the war, so that the matter coul
not be attended to. l would be glad t
hear from some one who had seen ii
grave, so far away among ~strangosl
There are SO many unknown graves hero
/ have always felt deep sympathy 70
the mother or sister who does not kno,
where their loved ones lie. l would be 81
grateful for any information as to TIL
burial place Of my brother"
All who were killed on the firing lin
during the assault on Jackson, in July
1868, or who died in the hospitals, wer
buried in the City Cemetery. Their
were iifty-nine G~eorgians, whose name
and commands we have; but A. c. Nc
Curry does not appear In the list, no.
can any trace of his grave be found
There were 600 Confederates and 10 Fed
erals buried in the jackson cemetery
When we copied the names from tn,
h~eadboards, in September, 1864, 100 o.
the graves were unmarked and 70 of Tho
States or commands were not lettered oil
the boards. Twelve Southern States wer,
represented in this "bivouac of the dead
5. 8. Prentiss as q school Teacher.
Here is an advertisement copied by Bish
op Galloway from "The Ariel" published
in Natchez in 1928:
EDUCATION.
The subscriber has taken the Academy
at Second Creek (near the old court.
housed, where he will teach branches of O
good English or classical education. The
situation makes it extremely convenient
for those who might wish to send theil
children from town during the sickly sea,
son.
Terms of tuition per quarter:
For common English branches, $500.
For Latin, Greek, mathematics, etc.
$1,000.
References: Mr.. Alvary Fisk, DR.. An.
drew McCreary, DIR. Samuel Cartwright.
N. B.-Board in private families for a
limited number of pupils can be obtained
in the vicinity of the academy.
S. S. PRENTISS.
Natcnez, July 20, 1873.
Bishop Galloway, in handing us the
foregoing, on July 20, 1891, added these
words: Thus began the public career
of Americas most brilliant orator. The
young nan soon needed no references but
his W peerless genius to command not
only the patronage, but the homage of his
co~untrymen."
War Diaries.
Our esteemed friend, VIM. II. Hill, Esq,
OF Abbott, Clay county, in a recent letter,
says:
Il have "A diary that / kept daily from
April, 1861, to October, 1854, of the move
ments and battles of the Griffith Banks.
dale-Humphries brigade. l was quarter
master sergeant of the Thirteenth Missis-
sippi-Barksdale's old regiment. / will
take pleasure in loaning it to your His
torical Society at any time they may
wish to use it."
If our friend will send us this valuable
document We will make early and good
use OF it. We want all such records, and
will take special care of them. They are
indispensable to a complete account OF
Mississippi in the civil war, which it is
our ambition to complete and leave to the
State as a labor of love. But we want all
possible help in the way of personal Jour
mails and sketches of every phase Of army
life.
A Serious Charge.
Rev. Hugh Spencer Williams, Of Men,
phis, preached a sermon on sleeping
churches on the morning of October 90.
Among other very plain things, he said:
1T is a common thing to see church
members in Memphis going to the bar to
drink, and some of them gamble and bet
on horse races. God forgive them. Many
a young man has stumbled over such to
his destruction, has become a drunkard
or a gambler"
If there are any such church members
in Mississippi, we repeat for them the
prayer of DR.. Williams. But we fear that
the church member who will persistently
act in that way is past praying for, and
the church that won't expel him is ditto.
A business and telegraph college is to
be organized at Oxford. It ought to be
a success from the start.
The A. & '. New Schedule.
This schedule went into effect October
%. 1t means better connections at June
tional points:
No. l, Texas Limited-Leaves Meridian
2:45 am. Jackson, 5.34 am.
No. 3, Fast Express-Leaves Meridian
1888 am. Jackson. 2:40 pm.
No. 2, Texas Limited--Leaves Shreve.
port 3:l5 pm; Vicksburg, 0:l5 pm.
Jackson, 1925 pm.
No. a, Fast Express--Leaves Shreve.
port 6:20 am; Vicksburg, l pm; Jack.
son 2:40 pm.
Nos. l and 2 will stop at Newton, Hick'
DRY Forest, Morton, Brandon, Jackson
Bolton and Edwards.
On and after November ] the postoffc,
address of Oliver L. Mckay, Grand Mas
ter of Odd Fellows in Mississippi, will b,
Meridian instead of Aberdeen. Mr.. Me
Kay has been for many years the faithful
agent of the Mobile & Ohio railroad a
Aberdeen, and his transfer is a substan
tial recognition of his capacity for a NOR,
enlarged field of labor.