Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-11-30
For tho Record.
He GONE /!

Thus it is said Of him who, only four OF
five months since, with proud and buoyan
hopes, lived and acted his part in the drama
of life among us and whom we were proud
to associate with as a young man of high
aspirations, noble attainments and superior
talents. How speedily the web of human
affairs is woven, and how quickly the re-
lentles9 hand Of death performs, with uner-
ring precision, his unwelcome task
We received to-day, with emotions which
we shall never forget, the sad and painful
intelligence Of the comparative early death
Of ALEXANDER NJ. XABRIsKIE, E,Q who
for some eighteen months prior to July last
had made this town the home Of his adoption
where he had, during his residence here,
made the practice of law his business
with creditah'e success, and by which he
create3 large circle OF acquaintances, who
were proud 10 esteem him n friend. Many
sad counteuunces eyin ed the general feeling
of regret on hearing of his decease and it
is not at all certain that his place now
vacated in our community by the mystic
rious workings of Divine Providence, Will
soon be so well filed again.
rs man he was mild, gentle, atfable and
generous to almost fault Courteous to al
with whom he had any intercourse. As o
lawyer, he was attentive, studiOus, and
rigidly candid and honest in all his practice
and advice, and being of far more than ordi-
nary talents and attainments, bid fair, by
his Upremitting application, to stand upon
~,
Could the prayers and efforts of kindred
and friends have availed against the ravages
of disease or the icy embrace of the "stern
monster" instead OF now lying q, marble
form, cold in the like embrace of death
he would still, by his presence, urbanity
and kindness, be render ing glad the hearts
of relatives and friends, and would still be
ascending with rapid flight, that eminence
of fame and usefulness, up which, with eager
haste, he had far assembled.
But death not unfrequently among the
young. selects for his victim the fairest
flower and the most rapidly maturing fruit
Death regards not the fond affection of
parents, the ties of Brotherhood, nor the
congeniality of friends, and therefore again
must the tears Of parents flow, the grief of
brothers and sisters be elected, and hopes
and pride Of friends be cut off.
On Sunday next his mortal remains will
receive the last tribute of respect which
earth can bestow, and find o final resting
place under the cold sod We trust his
spirit has passed to a nobler, resting place
on the bo~om of his God Peace be with his
soul, and loved and cherished be his memo
ry. His disease was thought by his friends
to be consumption, or perhaps only bron-
CHA! disease but we are far from disbe-
leving that his death was fastened by his
too close application to the study and prac-
tiee of his profession, and his eager anxiety
10 gain deserved reputation and emiaence
therein, second to none others engaged in
the same pursuit Believing this to be the
case, on hearing Of his death we were forci.
bly, reminded Of that prince of similes. made
use of by Byron In speaking Of Kirke White,
which runs as follows
Unhappy White while life was in its spring,
And thy young muse Just waved its JOYOUS wing.
The sponer and swept that soaring Tyre away.
Which else had sounded an immortal lay>
O what noble heart was here undone,
When Science self destroyed her tGyorte son =,
Yes she too much indUlged thy fond pursuit,
Size sow'd the seeds, bat death has reapd the fruit
Twas thine own genius gave the final blow
And Eelpd 70 plant the wouud that laid thee low
So the struck eagle. stretch'd upon the plain,
No more through rolling clouds 10 soar again,
Niewd his own feather the fatal dart,
Which wing d the shaft that quiverd in his heart:
Keen we're his pangs, hut keener far u feel
Tie nUrsed the pinion which impelled the steel
v bile tha >ame pumage that had warm d his nest
Drank the last lfe-dr5p f.oul his bleeding breast
AFRIEND.
Oroyile, Nov 90, lSl!.