The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-07-15
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OBITUARY..

trite and commoG Trtely are we in the
midst of death. Everything h nature,
ont ward and inward, is consplring 10 Kill
us---the elements above, and the elements
beIow--tbe lightning in The storm cloud
and The dead V simeon Of the desert, az it
sweaps DER the earth, IN midnight pestil
enc,5 The air we breaih--the water we
drjnlO ay, the very red wine III ON blood
vessels runs TO and fro. from heart to ar
tcries IN a constant effort to overcome and
kills. 1t cay be verGruely said that
J life Itself, is The result Off struggle asainst
death. Nevr have we been more forcea-
bly, impressed with the truth of this re-
Election than now; when we come TO
= chronicle the sudden and unexpected de-
mise-.Ahs nnceremonious 'shuflling of
his mortal coil, f." without previous notice,
Of our well acknowledgements fellow citl-
zen, Mr. Jous, BArr'srn MoNeer The
particulars Of his death are already before
the public. He went into a well on Tues
day eyenins-wcll; in the full enjoyment
of usual 4"alth and spirits, and there alas,
| bIeatheJ his last
His private merits as an individual and
| his public services, condemned into the
smallest compass would fill quar'oSSol-
ume without marginal notes His merits
as boot blacker, a chimney SWEEPER, a
well, or grave digger; were such as to irihi-
press his name indeliby upon the times.
In the capacity Of grave digger, with
"pick AXE and spade. a spade he has
made comfortable resting places, for thou
sands, not one Of whom, have ever dared
to revisit The glimpses of the moon, y
and complain of his work; for it hath
ever been well done Thrice hath he lost
his life from falling off OF chimnies, and
we could say he died surrounded by his
friends, in the bosom OF his family be has
come to his end, in the depth of well
full o. noxious vapors. No wonder, his
friend Peter,D was willing TO risk his
life, in an effort to save such a Patriarch
no wonder the lower end of town, was
shaken into fever OF anxiety when it
heard that such valuable public servant,
was graphing with the grim monster
death in the bottom of weIl--no won
der his coIored friends and brethren set up,
the long night, singing psalms for the
quiet of his souI--no wonder his shadow
was seen bearing tangeable pick axe on
the river bank, at mid nght---no wonder
there was large and rcspectable cohcourse
of White citizens, to join the mourning
blacks in bearing the body o. their iel ow.
servant to the somber grave, which has
closed on all The mortal remains of PooR
OH BarrIcE.
The polish may wear off the last boots
blackened by his hand-thc chimney may
get foul agar,--the empty bottle may
mpulder at his head, AID the dcfunct plead
in silent eloquence for "BATIcE ~ but
there is no man living to take his place,
and fill bis shoes, with like credit. i@*
TO make classic obituary, let rs refer
10 our J. Grigg's dictionary for some latin
"Estproiecto deus, On orr nos getipins andH
que ct vidct.' Had we authority-conId say
a gratis mass, for the peace and quiet Of the
passing black spirit, of our venerable old
iliend BATHS -
A NOBLE AcT.- On Tuesday week,
Harrison Peters, conductor on the Rea-
ding Railroad, saw BOY in the water
near the trace, about to drown. and
Notwithstanding the train was going,
it is said, at the rate of twenty miles,
an hoS, he leaped from The car into
the pond and rescued the youth.
Such an instance Of mind, coupled with
daring courage and intrepidity. is rare
indeed. @..a.. ,-
Advice from Spain states that our
Minister, Mr. Dodge, has reached that
country, aud was received with every,
mark Of respect in the cities through
which he passed to the capitol In
Burgos and Victoiia he was furnished
with a military escort, as well to do
him honor as to ensure him against
any molestation from the CalIist in
surgents.
Great excitement has been caused
in San Francisco, among large class