Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-02-10
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'CoIumJia. Feb, 3. .lS47

FROM OUR CORRESPOND ENT. -4zs.
Columbia. Feb. 3, l847. r.
"The College is now in mourning for
the death Of young Middleton. He was
the son ofCol. Middleton, member Of the
House of Representatives, from George /,
town. Oh, what son! You will read ;
in our papers, the proceedings of the Fac
ulty and Students on the melancholy oc-.
casion. Do not regard thisin the light
Of mere form. Iknow, that nothing is /.
more common than to .exaggeraie the viz
tues of the dead, and lcannot as q, ,malS:s
Ter of criticism, find fault with it. for after !,
all, it is but the language ofnalure andlhe
affections. On thepresent.occasion. how
ever. far more could have been said, with
the most perfect truth ;but in The brief.
sketch of his character, it was thought
better 10 fall abort than to pursue it
too far. Minute and .scrupulous details,
have therefore been avoided, and in the
language of Wordswo ORTIZ, "the trunk and
main branches of The worth of the decea-
sed" have alone been represented. He
was such a.sunSas father wonld desire.
He had jusisentered upon bis nineteenth
year, and with talents aud capacities OF a
most uncommon order, was engaged in
the struggle Of youthful ambition, with an
energy and intensity .Iarely Witnessed
For one soSy6ung, ;his, atfainments were
extraordinary In all the departments: 5.
bis place was side by. side with the frst.
And as If nature had intended to make it
sure, that he was indeed favorite child.
she had added to temper kind, lively and
ingenious, the gifts of a commanding per-
son. and easy, and fascinating address,
1t was remarked throughout his illness,
that the pain of disease, The deliriDm of
fever could not overcome bis scrnpulous
regard Of duty and cheat him out of that
reward which he felt. was due to his 6del-
iy. In death, thus, as in life, he was
concerned only. to act welltbe part which
be conceived, Providence had assigned
him. '.Oh blessed are they who live and
die like these honored with such love, and
with such sorrow mourned.'
There are occasions, when our common
nature is sure TO declare itself-when one
common chord of sympathy vibrates
through every bosom. -
"What traveller who
Eow Tar so so e'er stranger does moi own
The band Of brotherhood, WIENER lie sees them
go
A mute procession, on the houseless road.''
But have done. have said more than
| intended. :,1
The College was never in more -four
ishing condition. You see by the Cata-
Iogue, that there are III students. | have
to add, that The largest number under Mr.
Barnwel's administration was 1863, .andl
think, the present number is the larges, in
the history Of the College,"
Resolutions of South Carolina College.
The following Resolutions were adopt
ed by the Faculty Of South Carolina Coll
lege, on the 1st Of February, l847,. with
reference to the death of Henry middle,.
lon, late member Of The Senior Class,-a
youth 10 whom his Maker had vouchafed
many precious mental gifts, and who bus.
banded them with conscientious zeal and
quickening love Of truth and knowledge:
whose purity of conduct, Underwriting full
filmeut of his duties, unassumiug simpli-,
city and kiudIiness OF feeling toward his
teachers and fellow students, most truly
endeared him 10 every member of this
body.
"Resolued, That the Faculty feel this
visitation as loss Of one of the fairest Or
naments Of their Institution, and thelex-
linction Of one of their brightest hopes.
RESOLVED, That they mos, deeply sym
pathize With the Parents whom thus Prov
idence has suddenly bereaved Of so justly
beloved son, and that The Secretary Of
the Faculty communicate copy OF these
resolutions TO the sorrowing parents as
token of their sympathy.
"Resolusd, That the Faculty wear tne
usual badge of mourning.-that the Col
lege exercises be suspended during inc
day. and that these resolutions be pub
lished in the papers Of this towa:
rs. c. College. lst Feb, ls47."
New Jersey U. 8. sencsor.-The Hon.
Jacob w. Miller has been reelected to
The Senate of the United States from the
Stale of New Jersey.