Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1848-03-23
Death of N. Pnrrlance ESa,

1t is with feelings of heartfelt regret that we
have to record the decease OF NATHANIEL PURvI-
AECE ESQ, attorney at law and formerly editor and
publisher of the Steubenville Herald. lie died re-
Gently in the prime Of life, at.the Broadway Hotel
Cincinnati. (As to the exact date OF his departure
we are not upprized) A lingering dsease-a spe-
ces of the dread stroyer, Consumption-had been
for many months prostrating his system but the
immediate cause of his death was severe and un-
manageable attack fDiarrhea, ,-engendered, doubt
less, through the agency OF the former disease
The deceased was native and resident Of Jeifer-
son county. At the time OF his fatal attack, he WAS
travelling in the hope of recruiting an emaciated
and broken down constitution but DEATH had mar
ked him for its victim. How often, too, does this
fatal enemy OF mortal existence display unbounded
sagacity in selecting the material with which to
satisfy its insatiate appetite "The sting OF the
destroyer rests upon the able and upon the go1d.''
The case before Us is one in point
Where one man was to be found equal to Mr..
PuRvIAEcE in mental or moral worth, an hundred
might have been cited as s.rikingly in eriJr. En-
dOwed by nature with powerful mental capacities
and with vigorous, manly and even DANGEROUS
zeal to know and aGvance the RIGHr, ami to EXCEL
in all his undertakings, the fact IN light well be sur.
mized that his progress was rapid and his attain
meats OF high order. But with all, his cJns;tu-
tional arrangement was unfortunately detective, -
defective in IrtiIular emnenty Calculated to eli
cit the feelings and sympathieS OF those who knew
him. lye, the virtue of his de.ect-.or it WAS q
virtue-was appreciated. His corporal functions
might have carried him to q good old age, had he
belonged to that class Of beings whose higher order
Of abilities, motives AMI feelings second to car
nal propensites and desres-Who are incapable oI
taking an active interest in the welfare and happ
ness OF mankind at large-whose contracted minds
find all easy limit to their researches, and who are
content with meagre pretentons-and whose ends
in Short are accomplished when mere ELF-lNTLR
EST is satisfied. Not so, the subject Of these re
marks. He was high-minded, generous heOre'
man, and was possessed Of the finest ieelings no
satisfied with ability, pecunary as we'll as physica
and mental, to enjoy an intelligent life here on tn
earth, he strove manfully, to his serious and tna
fatal disadvantage, for the common welfare of man
kind. Everything he entered into was taken To-
DEEPLY to hear t-and was allowed to prey with un
ceasing violence upon his mind, the rulnous effect
of which were very naturally communicated to hi
temporal organization. ZEAL-too much zeal-wa
his defect. Hence his untimely DEATH
He was about thirty years of age, and leaves
large number of relatives, and very numerous an
widely extended circle of acquaintances to mour
his decease,-among the latter of which classes tn
editor of this paper holds place. having know
him very we'll fora number Of years previous to hi
death. May he rest in peace