Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1853-08-31
A tribute to true Worth.

! WE copy from IL communication in q late number
Of the Carolinian the following handsome and feeling
tribute 10 the name Of ALIEN II. LYTTLE. We do
this the more readily, Edgefeld District was the
birth place Of this gallant but unfortunate young
man. This consideration however, aside, his exam.
pie is one of that noble and useful kind, ever calcu
lated to stimulate obscure merit into active e1eriion
and, as such, present it to the youths ufour Dis.
possible, 4 portion Of The glowing spirit which i'm
| pelled poor ALLEN LYTTLE.
The correspondent of the Carolinian writes Of him
as follows:
ALLEN H. LIrTLE.-MR. EDITOR: Prompted no
less by our feelings Than q Of duty, We would
pay earnest tribute to the memory Of one who has
lately passed away from the busy scenes of life. We
allude to Allen I'll. Lyttle, who was known as mem-
ber Of the famed Palmetto Regiment, and graduate
of the Citadel Academy. From an intercourse with
him of TWO years duration, and within the walls Of
the same institution, we may he permitted TO detail
his virtues, and TO speak confidently concerning his
character. An ambitions and perseverns student, an
open. hearted and faithful friend. he seemed what is
more important than aught else, n consistent and
law-abiding Christian Unassumng, he volunteered
recital of his adventures Governed by principles
| eminenty sound und good, lis conduct was une1cep-
tlonable and by hisunifurmly c0rrectdeportment, he
on thc confidence of Soseesors,
and friendship of his comrades. There was nothing
low or gruvelling about his heart head but his
thoughts and feelings We're raised upward; he had
learned alesson from the royal eagle as he scars
amid the mountain cliffs and builds his eyre there ~
When, then, we heard of his dealh, we knew that an
aspiring spirit had been e1tinguished, and that an
earnest, sincere, and hopeful heart had ceased to beat
Of The manner: in which he bore himself in that
struggle which conferred such ustre upon the Aneri.
arms, cannut speak from personal observation;
but from those capable of so speaking we have learn:
ed that it was emphaticay manly and soldier-like..
Though but sixteen years of age when the summons
TO the battlefield reached our State, he Immediately
offers his services as volunteer and is rejected on
account OF his youthfuness But he had determined
10 go, and finally overcoming all obstacles he joins the
regiment, performs his part from Vera Cruz to the
cily of Mexico, and at last returns 10 his native
State-but with one arm only the olher shot of by
acaunon ball. lay buried in the land of The enemy.
Mindful of his services, and impressed with his pa
iriU,c ardor and youthful vaIor, the State determines
to educate him-to polish the gem whose value and
brightness had been thus revealed He accordingly
receives an appointment as cadet and lfter fue years
Of intense study and constant application, graduates
with the highest honors OF his class, cxcelng chiefly
in the scientific and mathematical studies Of the
course. We next hear Of him at the head Of large
school, and engaged in the study of the law !; and,
lastly, we read the melancholy announcement Of his
DEATH ~
Such is an abstract ofhis brief but distinguished
career, and will deny that in it there is much
to admire and much TO initiate. Rendering himself
conspicuous both MS soldier and u student. he we'll
deserves the need of praise and honor and dying in
the bloom of manhood his fate is calculated excite
the synpathes of every feeling hear" II.