Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-03-23
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90 Gsinesday evening. The slst inst,
about ca o'eloeb. We wete shocked TO
LEARN ~ the violent end of our venerable
fellow citizen. Capt DAsiEt sshhtts,
veteran land mark Of This. end 90 aciive
spirit Of the early tine. fot several
mouths past he, has expressed himself
weary Of life impatient ior the hour Of
djssnlu,ion and 20 this end made all his
preparations fof the event with GOODNESS
and precision. Fvt uis past week he he'd
been Outlined % his foum by sickness. but
wss not az seriously indisrgse1 as not 70
he able to move abont Here his iiehHs
visited him convetsed with him and en-
deavored 10 cheer aud Win hin away RON
the settled melancholy which enyeloreh
him a. cloud. 70 The remark oi one
If his friends on Sunday last, thst he al'-
rparsd better: his answer was-"l am ~"
bettsr-du not want to be better, aud shall
die soon he had frequently said. y
will not he . burlhen VS. my ffiends when
get tired Of lying. mean 10 kill my
self." lie kept his pistvlsih hs room and
at bis bed side-hv one dared 70 thwstt
the old man in any within Or caprice, and
% be wss the suhieet Of many. perfectly
sane ~ mind and consistent with lis
whole cuutse Of life ~ his present action,
his friends did not express desire the
mcst remote VS. interfere With This. about
ti- LOADED pistols at his bed un
"Wednesday evening he shaved aud dressed
himself fot the long SLEEP that knows no
waking the servant attending hin wns
absent from the tcum when the fatal
moment arrived. Placing himself in ot-
dei ht burial. The pistol IN . brief second
done the work. ile PLACED the mu7zle
immediately below tile eat. On the tight
side aud the hell ehtefed and lodged IN
his brain, producing almost instantaneous
death sufficient vitality was left him.
hswever. under The resolution of his own
iron nerves. 70 lay aside the pistol and
cr,ss his hands in death
what lesson Ia here, and what . sub
iect fot the mofalist A venerable old
. man. with silvefy locks, IN the very last
hours Of Tive wintsf day Of life, having
lived more than the three score aud ten iot
average manhood, Who whilst the hand
Of death is on him, grows impatient Tor
the summons 80 depart, with his own
hand NOT thpulcus with insanity, but
Arm aud resolved N the consciousness Of
reason. IN an evil moment snaps the
chord
let We he meteihl ~ our Judgment, and
with the mantle of charity. eovef the iaults
Of the deceased We knew him we'll. and
nsvei anew - isiiee s,5f.t s,itirstsi ~
good and evil The prominent feature Of
HE lfe-one that he saught to imptess his
friends with, was his libefality of opinion
aud Freedom Rom prejudice, This very
thought with which he seems 10 have
started in life, led him away from the OF
binary walks. aud narrowed his mind
down 60 the one idea which made him
miserable u shook him oflen with pes
Hion and caused him TO part with many of
his hest ffiends- IT made him fevefish IN
the day time aud haunted him by night.
Gaining strength with age. he settled into
the belief that he alone was right aud all
the balance uf mankind wrong. what a
etate Of mind for misery to feed on is
this-vhst condition of absolute servi
tude and imprisonment In the iron bands
Of prejudice How much better to decei W
ourselves into the belief that all jiscord Is
harmony not understood, and Ilca, along
the stream Of time in peace with our fel
lows. To carry this idea beyond the grave
our old friend had his tomb prepared years
ago, and on the stone written the lines
from Pope
"Slave 90 no sect
lie looked from nature,
Up 60 natures God"
Peace TO his ashes. This IN no time OF