The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-18

aii tho pFiVations and hafdships incident.
 In the amy he was remarkable for u strict
 discharge of duty, . good disciplinarisn, highly esteemed by those who knew him
 for his gentlemanly department, and greatly
 beloved by those under his command: but he was a man fond of domestic enioyments,
 and the life of soldier had no charms for
 him t::sie f lS5 5, Iie tt tic,
 service, and shorty after engaged in the cul- 1 tivation of smaii farm, III Mason ceunty,
 Ky.--the labor performed chiefly with his
 his own hands. In 1877, he married the
 daughter of Capt. BaclSly, an amiable and accomplished lady, who died few years after. During lis residence in Kentucky,
 he was repeatedly elected representative
 from hls county to the Legislature h
 1924, he was appointed, by President Mon- roe, Receiver of Public Moneys for the
 Little Rock Land District, and in the month of October of that year he removed to this country and entered on the duties of his office. The manner in which he dis charged this trust will be long remembered by the citizens of Arkansas. Kind and ac- commodating towards those persons who had official business with him, his leisure hours were frequently spent in clerical la- Dor, assisting them in the preparation of their papers for the entry of lands, without charge; as public agent, ever watchfu and yigilant in detecting frauds against the Government. In the spring of 1881, at the urgent solicitation of some friends, he placed his name before the people as can- didate for Delegate 10 Congress, and al- though he came out at a late period, and only visited a few counties during the can yass, his popularity s4as such that he came within few hundred votes of succeeding against man of great popular strength. In the winter of 1881, being superseded by the appointment of Col. Yell, he retired to his plantation in Arkansas county, and ap- piled himself assiduously to the planting business, with every prospect of reaping the rich reward of his skill and industry. In the walks of private life there were but few men more generally esteemed. He was a man of the most strict integrity, industrious and perseyerlng in his pursuits, good neighbor, kind master, warm and confi- ding friend. At the lime of his decease he "ao et 0saidAuatCs WltIi0ut oI]POSltiOIs 10 re- present his county in the Convention. The death of so estimabie a man at any time would be felt with sensible regret, but at present 1t may be considered great loss, not only to the county in which he lived, but to the Territory at large; for 1t IS be lieyed that his wisdom, pure patriotism, and that discretion, for which he was so remark able through life, would have done more 10 allay the sectional feelings which unhappily exist in our country at the present time. than any other man in Arkansas had long considered him a favorite son, and the day was not distant when, had lie lived, he would have been called on to fill one ofthe first offices under the State. To his aged parents the news of his death will be a stroke of sore ailliction; and it may be some consolation 10 them, and his relatives at a distance, 10 know that during bis illness he received every attention that medical aid could give; and that an aflectionate brother and a few friends with deep solieitude watched over his pillow, performed the last offices, and shed the tear of sorrow over his grave.--G Communicated.
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