The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1855-07-12
ODXX ARY.

in the midst oflifs, we are in deasl. ~
Should make use Of this obituary exprss
sion % this oecassioa, it it were nj i
tits and common. Tmely are we = Il
midst Of DEATH. !" Everything in nature
outward and inward, is conspiring to xii
us-ths elements above, and the element
below-the Lightning in the storm elosd
and the deadly simeon Of the desert, - il
sweaps Ger the earth, in mid might pestil.
ence. The cir We bEeath-the water VI
drink; ~, the very red wine 10 ouz blood
vessels, runs to s.,daro, from heart to Or.
ter'es in constant effort to overcome and
kill 10. It may be very truely said; that
life itself, is the result Of struggle against
death. Never have we been more foscea.
bly, impressed with the truth Of this 70.
Election than Aow; when we come to
chronicle the sudden and unexpected de.
mise-.the unceremonious shutting Of
this mortal coil, " without previous notice,
Of our well knowr-respected fellow eiti.
zen. Mr. JOIN BArrrsrz MoroEr. The
particulars Of his death are already before
the public.-He went into well ON Tues.
day evenins-well; in the full enjoyment
Of usual health and spirits, and there alas
breathed his last.
His private merits ~ an individual, and
his public services, condemned into the
smallest compass would fll quarto VOL
ume, without marginal notes. Hh merits
a. . boot blaeker, chimney sweeper, q
well, or grave digger; were such - toim.
press his name indelibly upon the times.
10 the capacity If grave disgss, with
pick-axe and spade. . spade " be has
made comfortable resting places, for thou.
sands, not one Of whom, have ever dared
to "revisit the g)impees of the moon, +"
and complain Of his work; for il hath
ever been we'll done. Thrice hath be lost |
bis life from falling off OF chimnies, and |
come to. Now. fwould that |
We could say he died surrounded BY his |
friends, in the bosom Of his family he has
rome to his end, in the depth Of . well
ull o: noxious vapors. No wonder, his
riend Peter" was willing to risk BIZ
lie, in an effort to save such Patriarch
10 wonder the lower end Of town, was
haken into . fever Of anxiety when it
'eard that such valuable public servant,
vas graphing with the grim monster
death" in the bottom Of well-no WON
Ter his colored friends and brethren Get I'd.
he long night, singing psalms for the
uiet Of his soul-no wonder his shadow
Vas seen bearing tangeable pick-axe ON
he river bank, at mid-night-Do wonder
here was large and respectable concouse
white citizens, to join the mourning
lacks, in bearing the body Q: their fsl ow.
'rvant to the somber grave, which has
osed on all he mortal remains Of Poor ,
Id BAPrlcE.
The polish may wear off the last boots
ackened by his hand-the chimney may
It foul again-the empty bottle may n
oulder at his head, ard the defunct, plead o
silent eloquence for BArIcr;" but !:
ere is no man living to take his place, e
ID fill his shoes, with like credit. il
To make classic obituary, let u refer q
our J. Grigs's dictionary for some latin.
ct profecto deus, Qs, q's1 nos gerimus audit !:
Had we authority-could say !"
gratis mass, for the peace and quiet Of the
ssing black spirit, of our venerable old
end BAPTIs I. 49,