Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-12-22
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Deaih Is ataall iDes "a 4 gloom sub ject'
ior cotIsmpl lation. and few ofs1std dssile TO
ssengToss;o thong his wilb him epsngi9e:
ia spassiDg consid deration 70 the melancholy
ssrefleclion 81 hichShe so naturally engenders,:
Z Yet there are moments, when passing:
s;thfos siils's fiJul scsle, we, are compiled to
4 see or;know Of his ravases among those
Ewe; hoped would live long and happy II
lis when the joyous, sbuoyant spirit :is, sud.
fdeuly cut off The young, glad heart,
which SO la,ely beatsWith hope and3jpy,jis
s 5,slilled,-the eye,Swhich beamed with life,
intelligence andsaniInation,is dimmed,an
5 the frnil tenement, which contained the
living, active principIe,l has been carried
10 the cold aud sien, grave,---when The
! beanteous bud which gave forth promise
Of still more beauteous flower. has sud-
denly experienced a Iblighting frost, aud
glies@ithered and decayed, that we feel The
acuieuess of The panS. caused 'bysihat fell
/ SdesFoyeroft mans happineas,--ihe fatal
sSblaster Of his anticipated pleasure. OheE,
Swhen;we have pictured to ourselves scenes
offuture happiness, and hours Of domestic
felicity, how brief has 5een The enchant-
nen;, for even while ,reyeIIing in the v-
Z sionary illusion, death has aimed lhe fatal
shaft, and llesone mostloved, has been the
.fmosr suddenly y:hurried from This to another
;sstagesof existence,-whie grasping al
phantom,th realiryhas eluded us, and we
are leiito mourn, with bitter feeling, the
sad aud dsheavy Disappointment. Such was
The case with lfs subjec Of this nolice-.
RoEERT HENDERSON CoRLEY-anolher
sacrifice AT the allaIof pauiotisn.-anoh
Ger yietim sacrifced:for his counlry's glory.
she. died on lie 2nd September last, from
thc:ede ofwoundsreceivcd atIhe battle
sof Ghnrubusco. Mr.. Corey was a5son Of
;Tihes Rev ROBBERY Curley, AMI was born in
: Ed.e!ieli, August 3d, 1923. He resided,
: f,,rseveral years,in Columbia, whers he
! Ifrvel his apr renliceship in The office Of
Mr.$sl. Z. Morgan. He volunteered with
sthe itichland Company in December last,
ID ity the faiisues and hardships or sol
Z dier's life, aud though no, of robust con.
stituiiou, he never urged an excuse to
avoid 9he. discharge oithe obligations which
Sdevoiyed upon,him, but was ever found
3 foremost wherednty required bis attention.
: Alihe selge offVera Cruz, he was i'll, and
5 had he lelrso disposed could have avoided
{ the dangers lotwhich he was in common
3 with the Others exposed. But no, it was
mol in. his nature to shrink, and he was
found in the ranks with his musket, when
/ scarce able to sland. "A braver spiri. never
went fortlrlo halllo lfor: his country, nor
4 .ever;bolder stood upsas a mark for the foe.
andlhoush private in the ranks, his
smemory none the less deserves to he cher
ished by.a proud State. Justice will be
4 aoHe! !himJogelher with those who have
isfallengwith him. He experienced the full
s etIerts Of the Trying march to Alyarado,-
8 was Sick at Jalapa and at Pnebla, yet
when the orders were gwen for marching
s:on The Capital she Was among the irst
.ssyboE stood fortb, boldly determined that
( whsIeeyert rthe Pallnetlosaa;; was carried,
{ sgfie would follow, or perishiilI the struggle.
1; He has tnoblY fulfilled his determination.
3 His spirit has gone 10 thai God who gave
ir,his body5lies neaEthaEci where ho had