Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-01-10
Death of S. w. Whiting. ESQ.

1t becomes our melancholy duty to record
the death of Bro. S. w. WHITING. Past Grand
Worthy Patriarch of the Order of the Sons
of Temperance. He expired at his residence
in this City, on the I'd inst, e~vincing in his
last and trying hour the calmness, composure
and confidence of the true Christian, when
death comes to summon him from the labors
of earth to the rewards ofheaven. Of a truth
1t can be said-"he lived the life of the right.
eous, and his last end was like his"
Bro. Whiting has long been intimately and
ardently identified with the cause of Temper
ance Reform, and was among the very first,
IN this State, to espouse the cause of the Sons
OF Temperance-and in his death the Order
may well mourn the loss of one of its ablest
and most influential members.
AS a citizen and business man, he had few
equals and the large number of our citizens
who attended his Funeral Obsequies, bore
testimony of their appreciation of his many
excellent qualities and of the heavy loss our
City has sustained by his death.
We subjoin the Resolutions of Respect
adopted by the two Divisions of this CITY,
also the proceedings of the Board of Commits.
sioners ofthe City, of which he was a member
At a I meeting of the Sons of Temperance, held on
the Cd inst, the following Preamble and Resolu-
D npna f56ss S sAAPt ~ temperance, of this City, have
learned with heart felt sorrow of the death of our
beloved Brother, Past Grand Worthy Patriarch,
SEYMOUR W.. WHITING and desiring, in paying
the last sad tribute to his memory to bear testimo-
nv to his many virtues and excellencies of charac-
ter, as a worthy, efficient and consistent member
Of our Order, as well in all the relations of life as
a useful citizen and upright christian gentleman
Therefore,
RESOLVED, That while we recognize in this afliet
ing and bereaying dispensation, the hand of Hin
twho is too wise to err and too good to be unkind,
and bow in humble submission to His Divine will
we must give expression to the poignant grief tina
af1icts US in the loss of our beloved Brother, VIII
was among the very first to rally to the embrace
and has always been an ardent and able defende
and advocate of, the benefcent principles of on
Order-feeling that, in the death Of Bro. Writing
the chain of our great Brotherhood has lost a lin
which can not easily be supplied.
Resolued, That we will attend the Funeral of GU
deceased brother this afternoon, clothed in tn
mourning badge Of the Order, and perform tn
Burial Ceremonies of the Fraternity, to which h
was ~devotedly attached and that we will wea
Grape on the left arm for thirty days.
Resolved, That a copy of these Resolutions /
forwarded to the bereaved family of our lamente
Brother, with an assurance of our heartfelt syn
pathy and coincidence with them in this hour
deep affection and tender them the devoted pr
lection and aid Of our Fraternity.
ResolUed, That the foregoing Resolutions be pu
lished in the Papers of this City.
RALEIGH, January Sd, 1855.
At a special meeting of the Board Of Comm
sioners, held this morning, the following PreaE
BILE and Resolutions were adopted, to wit:
WHEREAS, We have heard with unaffected SC
|, row of the demise of Seymour W. Whiting, Els
an efficient and valuable member of this Board
and desiring to bear a merited tribute to his me
ory Therefore,
Resolved, That while we bow N humble subm
sion to the wise DEGREES of an unerring ProVident
: we can but sincerely deplore the loss of one VIII
character and services when living we so higl
appreciated, as apublic functionary, and emerge
: public-spirited citizen, and an upright, henora
man-and whose loss to the community is a pub
calamity not easily repaired.
Resolved, That we tender to his bereaved a
" stricken household the coincidence and sympa
of the members of this Board and the commun
e we represent, and whom he has so long served
a Commissioner of the City.
Resolved, That we will attend his funeral oh
qniess this afternoon at 2
| Resolred, That a copy of these proceedi
signed by the Intendent of Police and Secretar.
this Board, be communicated to the family of
deceased; and also that copies be furnished
Is publication in our city papers.
n VIM. DALLAS HAYWOOD, Intendan
J.J. CHRIsToPHERS, Clerk.