Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-01-12
DIED

On the 2ai Of December last FRANKLIN NICHE in thc
in var ~ hts age ne unexpected indulgence OF his death
ana the very snort time he had
world eon.prd strike ami relatives with the po
I'VE yet they have found
thai he len this life with tue dceProned impre. fully
up nh ear AMI vigorous mind plastic hand OF
The Revelation and in the high AMI bol hone ,,
he would meet with due reward for Kisgiom
which Is ready TO receive the righteous.
IT premature dissolution ard envtabe youth
IL eeepy amened because addition to Other reasons ne bi
10 oee apy conspicuous position in that profession
Preparing and Of IN. bgh
which his friends and knsmen Unanimously in
ehershinR u
.'Oh what is life with the Joys and smiles
That brighten Its opening hours,
With youths gay dreams and enchanting wiles
As fresh Sc the morning flowers;
Foil soon the glow Of the trusting heart
shall yield To the wasting blight
And hope. like rainbow hues depart
Away from our darling sight"
Departed this lie, on the fifth December the residence
4" Mr. Miller, Rowan County. N. c., JOHN f.. PIERCE.
~ the 25ih year Of his age IL has become so
70 euogze the dead, that the writer feels constrained TO
upon those who knew him best testify what he says
relative to him who has been called from hence and len
~ To mourn our repafabe loss Perfection found
resting place upon this sinful ea but the writer feels v
assured that with regard To all the relations of life both
moral and religious, amid oil the temptations Of this sinful
less reputation. 'T
Endowed with mind bod and decisive he was prompt
and energetic IN all his transactions with the world P
sessinR heart keeny alive all the tender cnsibi.s of
nature, lie wept over the baenness and drsoaon of the
Chrsan Church. and ab"uTed for the ameoraton Of the
condition OF 10 len humanity tie wis nob and grnern
~ his nature aud won the admiration and esteem of all
with whom he associated.
lie was born and raised in the county Of SposyIyani,
vs. ana sE short weeks have scarcely elapsed since he
buoyant with hope and radicnt with health shook the
ing hand OF relatives and friends whom no was endear
60 ~ at mo ues OF con'aneuniy and Of alice.
of TO seek his fortune among Death had
marked him Tor his prz and he fell beneath his pilcs.
sa ara 10 mourn that itinsbe should hav
been npped so early He fingered for II days vasesng
us were between time oternity-but At length rum
phanty Tell asleep IN the Him whom n, had put n,
~ the Scored ordinance Of BAPTISM ra years
ana whose golden preccps hsd been lamp to his feet
gudlng mem anRht amid oil tbs seductons Of the world
lie died Tar from honc relatives and friends and IN a
suarge lsnd-ihe kind hard Of his seco lse mother was
not hofe to Pies Mt the refreshing dnught his pschod
Dps and TO wipe the dumping from his cold brow
Ills gentle sud conddng we're not there to watch
over his troubled snmbofs, and imprint the parting III
upon he wan oheek-bu no who tompers the wind 10 the
shorn lamb wus thereho upon whose arm he leaned when
~ health stood by him when he came g. die and threw the
robe at bis protection around him as he passed the dak
valley OF deaih-and II the promises ihot Holy Book
which be mndo the Of his counsel be ttue n IL 10
be hofed landed him safely upon the shores Of mmof
".
The Enquirer and Religion. IIerpld. will please COPY
~ ms residence In the II Chesterfield on the
o'h December, T.. A. BocKErr Esa o the SSH ves, ~
ne aRe The suiefings IT this good man were Tor yo
ye's mos, intense and threatening Il hoped howev
e. halho had learned IN time. that ON ctons tb, ,y
might TOT The present, Rfevous vet 10 tboso ,b
we're sanethed by ihem, they worked DOT Tor more
oocding and eternal weight OF glory
A. husband, f,ther master and friend he v,.,o, 40.
passed, by any IN oil those uoprecndng qualities ,bs, Ger,
80 peculiar o. himself lie was Kind by nature, q, b.,
an'y devoted Ia return on their part let the sleepe.s
weniisomo nights, the soeitude the hear tsodn
panR' produced by his paroSysms Of PAIN say Tor them
what he was ~ husband and fiher Nolhng can s,v ~
'" " INC cae worn, and wasted frame Of her who u
e 70 Uesd me path Of life alone with The double repon
t'p,'es o. emily, who now look Ler Since the fai
" u ueen s'io oi msn' Thou shalt surely die. boz be-
:, snown' hs' NE and immorsliy have be.n brought to
hgh'' through The Gospel Jesus died. We who moan
temrmber, and be ye alec rosdy. It's the voice Of God
you enc osch one whe eyes fall upon these ne. The
iangusse IRON the grsve s Remcmber NJ
bkrniueky snd Illinois Psper' plsssc copy.