Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-05-07
DEATH or A VALUABLE CITIZEN.

4 DEATH OF Al VALUABLE CITIZEN.
1t becomes our melancholy duty this week
to announce the death Of HARRIsos WAITE.
Esq. CLERK oftae County Court Of Berkeley
County. Werefer the readers attention to The
very appropriate and feeling Obituary Notice
Of the deceased in this weeks paper--ccniFlb
uted TO our columns BY the pen Of one who
knew him well in ali Of the relations Of Pub
lie Officer, husband, father, friend and
christian This tribute IS uuihfully descriptive
of his life, character and actions, and will find
a response Of deep felt sympathy and sorrow
in the breasts ofthe people Of Berkeley County,
10 whom he was intimately and universally
known, and among whom he sustained
character and an influence rarely equalled.
We desire not IN oGr remarks to visit The
home Of the desolate hearted
1 For the happy band that were gathered there,
Al single stroke were parted )"
that has already been done in another column
by one whose divine Office enables him to APP
ply the balm Of consolation to the bereaved
heart and to point the disconsolate to
! where every heart re Joins is kindred heart,
/ There IN long embrace, that n1ne may part.
1 Fnlhlment meets desire, and that fair shore
| Beholds its dweliers happy evernore."
Be it our duty as a public journalist to an
nounce the loss Of the communicates his
death has created void in our midst which
cannot easily be supplied. Mr.. WAITE was
an exceedingly active man-busily engrossed
almost at all times in the cares Of business, yet
he found time TO bestow upon ''the troubles
and perplexities" Of others, aud to counsel and
advise, without money or without price,
many who needed assistance and direction,
and who looked to and conlided in him as one
whom they knew would not deceive them
To the poor he was indeed friend-his hand,
his heart and his purse, were ever ready to
help them in time Of need. To all, indeed
'though having inhrmlties to which flesh is
herr he was true, honest and faithful. As
far as we knew him, we always thought that
/ he ''sought the right" and when convinced
of it, he clung to it with all that frmness and
determination so strikingly illustrative Of his
character. AS public officer, which relation
he has so long sustained 10 this community,
he was efficient, energetic, accurate and trust
worthy-rcndering we believe entire satisiac-
ton to the Court, the Bar. and the people In a
word he was a most valuable citizen, and one
whose memory will not soon fade away from
/ the minds and the hearts of the people.
The funeral Of the deceased was numerous
/ ly attended. and the general gloom depicted
upon the countenance of all present told that
beloved and valued citizen had been struck
down in the prime of life, and in The meridian
of his intellect and usefulness.
| Mr.. WAITE was also member the Fra
ternty lf' .4ncient, Free and accepted .NGsons,"
which body attended him 10 his grave and bu-
red him with Masonic Honors. The annex
ed proceedings Of "EqUALIrY LoDGE," Of
which he was a member, show the regard and
esteem in which he was held by his brethren.
EQUALITY LODGE, NO. 1856.
| At a Special Meeting of Equality Lodge,
/ No. 1856, of s. Free and Accepted Masous,"
held on Saturday last, May %, A. l.. 5S46,
/ the following resolutions were read and unan-
/ imously adopted
/ Res0lced, That the members Of this Lodge
and the visiting Brethern present receive the
painful intelligence of the death of our well be-
loved Brother, Past Master Hanson WAITE.
with feelings Of profound regret, and that they
cherish the confident hope that while all that
was mortal Of him mingles with the dust from
whence il came, his soul viii bloom in eternal
spring
Resolced, That they offer their deep and sol
emn sympathy to the bereaved widow and or
phans of our deceased Brother, and affection
ately commend them to the protecting care of
/ Him vino rules all things in wisdom
! Resolued, That as a mark of respect to the
memory ofour deceased Brother, the members
OF this Lodge aud the visiting Brethren will
wear Grape on the left arm for thirty days.
/ ReSoired, That the Secretary do communi-
cate a copy of these resolutions to the family
of the deceased, and do publish them in the
papers OF this town.
ALIEN. NEWCOMER, ". NJ
w. II. HAYDEN, SecE.
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