The Feliciana Democrat., 1855-11-17

DIED, at Clinton, In, on Tuesday, November IA
1855 at IL o'clock. z. NJ, Of yellow fever, W.
MOORE, aged 20 years. sheriff elect Of the Parish =
East Feliciana. ..
Again. the inevitable decree Of death has po,.
forth; its solemn and fearful emphasis has bess
heard in our midst and when Its deep and shroudea
echo had passed away, our loved WILLIS was M
more. For days, many and fond hearts watched
with deep and painful anxiety that terrible and N
sstlcss torrent of human destiny, Us II gradual,
swept from our circle that young. and manly form
Deep and poignant was the anguish We felt, Y ~
heavy aud dread sentence smote our ears ashes \
ashes, dust to dust" Before the immutsble dosu
youth with It's ardent hopes, tender and afectiosa.
ties with Its pure and holy ambition all wrsa
cd from the busy circles Of lifc--and wrapped d
the eternal stiffness Of the grave lie had just sieH
ped upon the threshold of active antpractical M,
the fancies Of bis youth were just rpening into u.
solid and permanent realities of an honorable "a
noble manhood the future had just ripcncd q,
to him its broad expanse, peopled with those ele.
vatcd purposes which constitute the great sources
of character and of social influence. Life to N,
sprghtly and noble intellect had just put On oil N
halcyon hues-when the fell destroyer came-sad
our noble boywa gonc .an 8 yan5a1fA
Although fresh from the heat Of bitter and e,.
cited contests successful candidate for the shesi1
ality of our Parish honored to the highest degree
wi h the confidence Of the old and young--in cons
ding this important trust to his youthful hands
there is not q heart in our Parish, which did NO,
chccrfuly accord to him the high position which
his own young and noble enterprise and energy hM
won. Ardent in his aspirations active in his efcrt
open, manly and generous in all that he said sud
did he gained his Victory without making single
enemy or losing single friend. lie came into oaics
ATTENDED by the confidence and affection OF all who
knew him. without respect to political attachment.
He brought with him the promise Of high character
as public ofccr--and IL he had lived-the once 70
which he was elected, would have been vacated and
filled for many years, before his equal would have
been found In social life, VIC who knew him best.
loved him most. His heart was in the right place
and his hand was always open to the claims Of
friendship and the more imperative demands which
the circumstances Of life make upon noble and
generous heart; sickness and distress found him /
patient nurse generous benefactor. Self denying
in the highest degree from his earliest youth, be d.
ways exhibited warm and uncalculating interest in
the wishes and wants of those around him-and there
are many, In whose eyes the tears of sorrow will
gather as they review the simple and
G memorials Of his life. He carried his character II
C his face-open, decided, manly. He was earnest,
. warm, and true. in his friendships OF his enmities
we cannot speak, for if he ever had an enemy, The
writer never knew 1t. To the circle Of his friends
and ofall who ever knew him. his smile was as genial
as an April snnbeam-his grasp the index of warn
/ and generous heart, which, without concealment or
guile put forth, the exuberance of its rich and gene
rous emotions. These things will be fondy and cas.
nesty cherished by us who mourn him, and we csn
say of him. as the poet says: ssW tts5.h
1" You may break, you may ruin the vase If you wil
But the scent Of the roses will cling round II STILL"
j the beloved embodiment of these social virtues
D may be taken from us-the vase of manly beduy
may he broken--but like "thc scent of the rosen the
remembrance Of his excellence and WORTH will Nm
- ger around the places which now honor him ~
7; more forever" hog 1#e.aI .HA ~
s. To the brother--the ssters--wc cannot speak
e earth has no consolation for such bereavement
). We can only mingle our sorrows with theirs, and
tender them the sympathy of those hearts whcl
his affection has deeply distressed p