The true Democrat., 1857-06-02
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WHEREAS, it has pleased the Au-wiso Archi- tect ui the iverss to ram We from our midst our very v,r.ly b.rtA,r B.VJAuII l.. CHAND- LAE, w. NJ. oi D,rdtuelIe L,l.e No. 32 X. r. N., who drplrtel ta.s life at his r,,.l2pce in DArlaraIIe ArI., on tAa 2I.l iAy of M ty, A. D. l351 a,nl ab)u- tnr.v-oua ynlrs. And where's br yhi, traIv oaI li,pan,lti,n, gloom, sorrow, ah.i distress, pery Aies every heNt-the fountain of grief is upcIosej, and the tear of aiit lctlon seems courslu5 its NAV down the fur roWaI am. way worn cheek oi the aLsl, a, wel, ms tnn young, tesutyiny but too fore olv the irroplrahe loss We have sustained, anI cvil-nc.nr in some degree the worth and es- tlmlte IiacoI bv a bereayel anl sorrow,ug com. mInity ap'n th. loyri hu~a,u l, flth r, brother anI freui. AI} whereas hjs If, Nts chlrar- terlal by Loojness ot heart, uoheuc,s of soul and Jhn most ajucare and d.,uterested trienl- sn'P, auouuilng in love- charity, b,uevolence and generosity, anl o,arlpwuL with the milk of hnmtn N'nIUe!S friendly, soc tbc and agreeable. As T MlSOn, one of her brightest ornaments, into which fraternity Ne was initiat- cd about two years since; and from his prof cieucv and the confidence repoSel in him by the members of the orler he was at the last eec ton unanimously chosen w. M of the Lodge. to whom he had endearcd himself by the most sacred ties
 ro his heart-broken wife as we'll as his children (two sweet little girS) and his only sister, whose very existence seemed ceutered in him and to whom he was deeply and ard Ant- ly attached, dark drearv and desoate will be the home which to them a short me since was full of joy, comfort and treasu C; yea in the language of the idol of his heart, while weeping over his grave--"Oh will | never in the evening twilight meet and welcome home tl.,t. yls,,.. |
 he will not come, the loved one Is gone forever" Yes His sat is vacant, his voic, is stlled in death, but his memory is cuschrinel upon their heutS and those of his uumarou, and sorrow ing friends.
 And whereas he was q molel and example worthy of our imitation as a christian, hus- blnd father, brother and !ricuI; m my, very many Wtti mourn his loss, will miss his manly form, hlS kini and endearn1 attentions, and the bel ot a1iictlon him, who so often has with noble dlslntercstcd and humane feelin ys of heart almini terel to cool the fcvered brow and plr'he! t"G -ur. And whereas this order deeply t-eS. amt is Ii,.v sensible of the in scruttbt d -rra ef divine provid .nce Fin the melancholy bereavement Be 1t therefore
 R1s3'nel, That jn the death of brother Ben i1ni,l i. Chandler, this lodge has lo.t one of itS brightest, uobi,5t and most h1uore mem b2ra the community lu which he live d much valued and respected citizen, and hs family the guiding star and meridian glory of their happiness.
 H~so'Uel, That this lodge tender to the dis consulate wife of our deceased brother, to his ch:l tren lnl hl- sorrow!ng anl at,l cici sister, their sincere sympathy and cO.doence in this truly n )'t hart r3alins calamity, and con- mend them to linn who has promised to be a husband to the widow and a father to the or phan.
 Res01Uel, That as a testimony of our regret and sorrow for the death of our brother, the members of this lodge wear the usual badge of mourning for the space of thirty days.
 Resoluet, That copies of the preamble and these resolutions be furnished by the secretary of this lodge to the wife and sister of the de- ceased brother, and that copies also of the same be furnished the editors respectively of the Ar kansas State Gazette and Democrat and True Democrat, Little Rock, Ark, with a request that they publish the same.
 JOHN A. JACOWAY, }
 E. Y. ROBINSON, Com.
 GEO. WILLIAMS.
 A true copy from the minutes of the Lodge.
 GEO. WILLIAMS, Sec'y.
 DardaneNe Lolge No. 32, 4. T. IT.
 Nay 18th, 1857.