Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1850-12-28

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NJ DEAR Ssa-For TIE information Of the
nzazoss t.5z2iz & BE lais M. EDWARD B. RICE.
of tas e5y. gfa-asrly Ct the firm Of Bradley &
Rice, Car Nsnufaes1rers9 and also for the purpose
Of correcting auy ereaeoas reports that may have
found pablicy relative 10 the ime. place. and cir
cumstances Of his decease, take pleasure IN fur
nishng at your request, the following brief state
ment Of facts.
Early IN the month Of August last. Mr.. Rice be-
gan to suffer from severe attack of the dysentery
so peculiar and fatal ia the climate Of California.
He was then at a camp which he and | occupied
together upon the North Y uba, somewhat higher up
than the mass Of immigration had extended. Dur
lag he months q August. Septea,ber and October,
aia a---ai rs ueaSrss co9l=Izsley
own care. and that Of such medical attendants as
was able to procure ia that remote section Of the
country. The progress Of his disease vas varied.
sometimes promising speedy restoration to health,
and al others assuming more serious and hopeless
aspect. bat in the general result leaving the sufferer
more and more epfeebied, and finally precludng all
hope Of bis recovery, and retaTa to the States. All
that gold could secure to contribute to his ease and
comfort, and arrest the mal1dy which was proving
upon his life, was most carefully and serupulously
obtained, with te hope that be would soon be able
70 be carried upon mule or litter to the lower val
lies, and thence to his home and friends, bat he who
rules all desiiaes had ordered that il should be 9th
erwise.
At length il became apparent, during the last
week Of his sickness, that deaih would soon accom-
Pllsh It's work. bat even then. as during all his long
and patient suiieripgs. Mr.. Rice maintained a re-
fnarkable degree of cheerfnluess and resignation.
yet nearly to the last nduIgng ardent hopes ofagain
meeting his relations and friends, of whom he daily
A3tu Alc UTMOST tenderness and affection
On the I'd of November, Inflammation of The bowels
commenced and terminated fatally at an early hour
on the following morning. A short time previous 10
rs death. be became suddenly unconcious OF sur
'oanding objects and lost entirely the power of ar
lealation, and soon, without any apparent struggle
OF pain. ne ceased to breathe. His spirit had calm
y and peacefully taken its departure from earth
siy first step to invite those in the neishbor-
hood who had known and visited Mr.. Rice during
his proiracsd illness, to assist me in the last sad rites
Of duty and friendship With my own hands and
with the aid Of another individual dug suitable
grave while another was sent to procure a coffin.
Al sunset the usual time for burials having elapsed
sc bore The remains Of friend TO their last rest
ing place. After the coffin had been lowered ip,o
the earth, and while stood, little company az
Ten persons looking inio that distant ard lonely grave
and contemplating the transfer Of earth to earth. and
dust to dust, one of oar number at my request. read
portion Of the Episcopal Burial Service, after WHICH
Ne sang an appropriate hymn. The grave us then
fed, and we returned in sadness and silence to IN,
respective camps.
Very respectfully yours.
Julius l.. CLARKE.
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