Arkansas intelligencer., 1847-06-12

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Died, the 9Th Nav on the Arkansas river. As
miles below Little Rock. GEORGE Thomas ALLsH Clerk
of the Steamer New Hampshire, in the 10Th wear of
his age.
The above brief notice of the "passinr a,vov,, or
one OF our fellow creatures from midst into an
othcr world, may fall needless upon the eyes
10 "Hom he was stranger, but there d many here
ana more IN other climcs, whose wandering eyes will
instantly he arrested, aud the breath suspended while
IL - PerHsrd;-and there is quiet hearth in fair
ulStant land, to which he was The sunsh inc: now
tHTn"n INTO deep gloom and shade-On whose ocru-
pants this simple notice will fall with a benumlning
weight. And long-long after the tida Of hnman life.
arrested but for moment by his death. shall have
rolled on again as if no gt had happcned!ong after
his melancholy death snail have ceased 10 occupv the
thoughts Of those who waihrd Iic's dusty road with
hI"l, and his name be recalled with a start only
AT long h'rrva--I"ng after his grave shall have been
graSsrd over with time, and his olnl, Iaossed over
with the rank vnc shall these letters be rchearscd
with deep sorowng his voice ring in the ears OF those
gathered around that lonely hearth, he
chcerod hy hun, and his form glide in among them as
when last seen III lie prd" of his youlh he bIdc
farewell! his departure for tins distant land from
whence he never was TO return.
There Is something imeXpressby sad in IL" !crth Of
thus young man, and the circumstances that ave been
r"a'ed attending It. lie vonur--and 50 iuII
OF promise. lie had comparatively hut recently
come among US as ''strangcr in strange land -
yet ''m strange eyes he had made hun not a Stranger
ana his an'ahIiy and correct department had en-.
Grard hun to large circle Of r ends in all the towns
On IN" fEcr 10 whom the arrival Of the va al.
Those who were on board at the tiruc saw tina, ~,
intervening winch u>hrrcd in That dreadful mnurnln,,
" was "N>l III 'Ae carly Plrt Of the evening prcpnrmL
ms papers, and arranging his bus ness for Little Rock
"h'h P!Ir" would have been reached by next day:
dI2rr winch hr wrote hurnr and convcrs.j " rtn tjs
"'"''l" "I 'hr hapPn's S. he anticipated wn"n would
see them again at .hc close The ,.lsun In,u al
Ii'F request lie sung some with the tiuItnr ac-
c"mpum"d on the Flute, hy the uui,rruu,r,. amt
C'rN' VT K i. turrIF>. vino was ais, lost TN i
.''I "'"' IN l"' "'r"inS-tbe very airs sung were
sad, almost prophrtc-thc silent stars lookc, down
and those dark, old woods echoed to the notes of
'H"EtlrrS song Of home, apd 'we parted in silence
We parted by night
GA rh" bank Of that lonely river"
Ihr LISt &"n-S hc Sun9--IItlc GId he think in tbe
rnInymrul Ul mgh health that
'iI'- heart though sroutand brave,
still like mutird dunn was brltmc
Fuu,rI mlr.H"- L. the grave"
Ihrt I.s wuu.d be h'~ htr.v,N-tlaf ere the NOR.
rows dawn ii" "oId be usher .aip Il world Of mll-l,
hVmuI.D by i,n1ruiv cho,rstrr~.
i.a body was iouud hundred yards from the seem.
OF Tie 'AppsIOn, dense forest, partially Grr>-rd
unnJurrt, not Il umb broken. scare Iv Il Scratch
lying calm and serene, his ps LIGHTLY pIrtc precisely
"a IL" sam" careless a'1tuar OF ~.rp, llrh he nlI
nrrns'ru but Il few MINUTES h,urc by ms brother, a.
' pissed "~ room togo on dcr"; perfectly natural
anal VrHc, U Mas i- attitude THAT vas dill .tIt T.,
c"nro'" he WIS dead. Bu' a!u~, his >prt had taken
u 2"i' n'a".ht "nu' his creams were Of the >raut
"'nr h" Wis never more to ,cr. Tia" bed u: s}.pt
upon .s op"" o"-l ON t!l. branches o! Agt tree,
and all round wrrr scattered his it,r~, mauu~rr. pts.
. """A-, and lournI he had kept daily s.urc : II
"rIlr up IN W,lnc&aayr i,c 1M--hv H,Dc ami
h1 "t nature, winch he had written IN Als !r.rral
"ai II" had had anrn IN Nc.v OrI ans tor ms mutucr)
II" ""s earned ~ his bfuther, to ttr Rock aud bI.
rrd Ia Mount Holly Cemetery. Inc body Of Mr.
lIrlLES was found IN the river, and buried near ne,
"rrrAart was afterwards dsinlcrrcL and removed by
( Captain Allen, and buried near his brnthcr
The sppt selected for thur last rrp,r Is said 10 be
beautiful, flowers fling Their frrgrl lr" over ami u-4s
suE a3out lhrr rrlvrs-thc w...s hrrl.h .rrr,,y .y
and ia' s!nrnnr uugrrs I!lc-l tI'rr: lr ON the
-.r-' .nl Of IT,. lr'uuI i ",'I.",~r lu., %. nc
city, IN who's" ~r'.p." EnI~.- .l4Iy uf l.r- .,.
Pro,r were spent, and tine r.rr, vI ~. bunk.
nave ST" ".i r".'"H oi - II. > % s..l nIa.lu,
is ~''1'rS say '''.'r "d." .'Hrrr,s:l A. p.-t..'
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nu''. 'H1' a- IS t.p,y
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