Piney Woods planter and Amite union literary reflector., 1838-11-03
OBITUARY..
Death speeds his shaft and wounds our peace,

DlED--At his residence, in this county,
on Wednesday the Gath uIt., WILLIAM
BURRIS, Esq, aged AZ years $ montes.
F5r The Planter.
Far be it from ua 70 disgust the living
and insult the memory of the dead, by
lavishing(as is usually in obituaries, ,)high-
toned and unmeritel panegyric upon the
subject Of this communication. No, il ev-
er we speak in accei.s of UNMARRIED truth,
it must be in this melancholy hour when
sad desoIation sits "o'or hearts divided and
DER hopes destroyed" 'Tis only when
the grief stricken heart seizes upon sim
ple but eternal truth, that it can find rest
from its troubled emotions. And while we
attempt to.paY this last tribute to de-
parted FRIEND, well might we, IN the
language Of tho poet, invoke some angel
to guide our pencil while we draw the pic
ture of a good man, which naught but an
gel can exceed.
Mr.. DIrr,s was native of Darlington
District, South Carolina, whence he emil
grated to this country, at the early age Of
Is, where he resided until summoned by
the cold hanc of Death from the scenes Of
this transitory life, to act (as we hope } on
noblcr and more exalted theatre. Tho
pinched in early life by penury's chill
blast, by his sterling integrity, unflinch-
ing honesty and unwearied industry, he
surmounted every obstacle in his path, and
rose supo ior to all the ills of adversely
affording in his character, beautiful IL
luatration of the maxim, that ''an honest
mans the noblcst work of God, ,"--and in
the abundance of this worlds goods that he
reared around him for the maintenance
and comfort of his family, that merit rare
ly goes unrewarded AS a neighbor he
was kind aud obliging, unwilling to re-
proach others as he was himself to be re-
preached. Where envy or hatred would
extenuate naught, it dare not set down
aughtin malice against him, but suffered
him TO 90 down to his grave without at
tempting to throw even the dark shadow
of suspicion upon his character. His hos
ptabe mansion, from whose door want al
ways went smiling, was alike the retreat
of the rich and the poor, and long will those
of his neighborhood, upon whom fortune
has frowncd, with sigh from the heart,
and tear in the eye, bear grateful attes-
taton to the repeated acts Of bis generos-
ity and beneyolence. But while with
pleasure we call to mind the remembrance
of his virtues, the melancholy thought
that he will no more appear in the land of
the living, unbidden rushes upon us with
dread reality. 0! that the tear which fol-
lows might blot it out forever!
He has left large family and numerous
relatives and friends to mourn with una
vailing regret, their great and irreparable
loss. Long will his grave be bedewed
with the tears of her who now sorrows in
pale and sickly melancholy DER the re-
membrance of him whose presence was to-
her the prop and soul of her existence.-
Bitter are the tears that seven hapless Or
phans shed for the kindest and tondest of
fathers, but more severely yet will they
feel the loss Of him who was the faithful
guiding star of their youthful hopes and
aspirations. Poignant, too, is the grief
We feel for FRIEND, but we mourn not
as those that have no hope, we shall draw
abun1ant consolation from the contem-
plation Of his virtues, while cruel fate
compcls us, unwillingly, to number him
among athe lost to sight, to memory dear."I
hA G0I n**S.
Afaie County, Oct 81, 1888.
At his residence, in this county, on the
9th ult,, REASON ROBINSON.