The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-02-13

nc place ofresidence, near the city ofShrevee-
DEP ~ - an accidental gun shot wound, on the 9Th
port ~ LIl-oy SMITH, Esq, aged about 88 years
1s it,l. torn from the mountain side Ply the fuae
AZ tDs 80 blast SO has fallen whose proud apr-
s0rm L-5Ie9 before the storncloud ofneor tatered
tneTet duty He died victim OF violence, yet at
i1srSs Of friend Could It have been N fng pt'le
t5e h'nI il have been on the CORY heiu Wileie zoe
t are uuConquered nature yields tp the might
nee' force our mourning might be less oet ~ me
81 intercourse and the interchange Of h4end-
midst ars the shaft was thrown, which terminated
t5syseuce OF one MuosG II ''4'''iP Voc
me tsSnrice Of honest worth. 80 =
a le horn in the county OF Sumner, IN the SIate OF
~ With no heritage but genus, ~ early age
1eDnessss', ,ark high, and with ambition which ad-
he seI W lid not sink or poverty tame he climbed the
reF:g md bv round. In boyhoods days. when all
sddei tnged with the verdure of poesv, the writer
eahl N lin when the gladstone glee OF b2ylsh sport
frst kngr l ronntenance with its roseae hue--when
nanue forbade dull care intrusion, the manly part
nr In the grapple with the rough breakers, which
'A .scrnt up the sleeps OF knowledge, 10 tateTlng
9a' .,s his but as the bold Mariner VINO braves the
grS3p ~ban dashed to angry violence he braved the
msd ~ Jontrode them ALL Not medocrity, but excel
gaTe HI was his ambition. Time came when he must
st on the worlds broad plain, trendiess and alone
49, Nav not alone, but with soul as great as ever
5yIs5 bnman breast-with ambition towering but
s5bie with an energy which nothing but that foe to
PDl@b hog Welded could subdue he went forth In
suor Iord he launched his barque in the Nntried
@ Ri WITH steady hand he guided safely along
~ storms threatened but he still rode on, till az the
no If Ills death he had attained an eminenqe MS law
w. rbcb might well satisfy the ambition Of most men
INK lin ii was but the entrance upon ths race the
IN (which was far ahead With bis was linked the
tinv of bright and beautiful being left bat the
nor consolation Of cherishing his memory; tender, lit
h flock gathering al his knees, berett IN infancy OF
s paternal care which would have made thelr hearts
INA May that God who tempers the wind 10 the shorn
nb' be husband and father to them. He sleeps We'll
attribute have to lend but that poor one--a friendly
- but the heart has monument erected to his memo
hill cr,pabip this tenement OF dust
h,bad his faults and foes. The sefmade gre always
tpd bv eccentricities The ambitious have their Toes
II, oes be left behind III the to fame ontsuppng
G1 paed but friends he left warm true AMI trusty as
swas himself In his auimosities btterin his friend
Aims warm as the summer sun--he lived gentleman
nj died On honest man At this long distauee, pay
Nh tribute to his memory from no other consideration
sn friendship formed in boYhood's days cemened BY
~, Of kindness in manhood, and cherished mutually
nh undated ardor to that hapless moment which sped
5e unucky messenger which sealed his earthly doom
Nav he rest IN peace. ".
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