The Des Arc weekly citizen., 1861-09-25
Tributes of Respect.
HALL, WRITE RIVER LoDGE, No. 37. DEs ARC, Sept. 13, A. D., 1861.
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 At regular communication, this evening, the Worshipful Master announced to the Lodge the sad intelligence of the death of our worthy brother, Joseph c. Tarkinton, who departed this life on the 29th day of August, 1861, at Springfield, Missouri, from the effect of wounds received in the recent battle near that place, on the 10th of August last. When on motion, committee was appointed to draft resolutions expressing the sense of the Lodge in its sad bereavement. Who reported the fol- lowing; Official information having just been received of the untimely death of our worthy friend and brother, Joseph c. Tarkinton, from wounds received in the late battle near Spring. field, Missouri, while in the faithful discharge men, (that of doing battle in the cause of lib- erty,) we feel the afflicting dispensation with more than ordinary force. While we know It to be our duty to bear the loss of a brother with becoming humility, and bow submissive ly to the dispensation of an all-wse Provi- dence, yet this unexpected bereavement is the more appalling, from the fact that our brother is cut down in the prime of life, away from the comforts of home, deprived of the guar dian care of mother, sister, brother and friends, who mourn his loss, and whose poig nant grief would, to some extent, have been softened, could they have stood around his couch and smoothed his dying pillow? but alas, such is the fate of war, such brave hearts and such chivalrous spirits are doomed to meet a soldiers fate, and the doomed blood of every such innocent victim cries to heaven and re- minds us of that awful retribution that must sooner or later fall upon the heads of those who force upon us this unnecessary contest. There is to us consolation in tho fact that our brother had every attention that the sur- rounding circumstances could afford. That he fell upon the side of moral right and unerrlng justice, offering himself as a willing sacrifice upon the sacred altar of his country. There 1 fore,
 1 Resolved, That in the death of brother Jo- l seph c. Tarkinton, White River Lodge, No. l 327, has lost a worthy member, the Des Arc Rangers, the company to which he attached brave and efficient soldier, and the cause of l human liberty one of her sterling votaries. Resolved, That we deeply sympathise with l the afflicted family of our brother--we tender 1 them our heartfelt condolence. Resolved, That this Lodge will attend the funeral sermon of our brother, in body, and that Rev. Brother Cox be requested to pro- nounce the same on Sunday the 29th inst at tue Baptist Church, in Des Arc, and that the Lodge will assemble at 9 o'clock A. M of that day for the purpose.
 Resolved, That as token of respect to the memory of our brother the Lodge be clad in mourning, and that the members wear the badge of mourning for the space of thirty days.
 Resolved That these proceedings be pub- lished in the Des Arc Citizen, and that the members of our neighboring Lodges be invited to turn out with us.
 Resolved, That these proceedings be spread l upon the minutes of the Lodge, and that CO., py of the same be sens to the family of broth- CT Tarkinton.
 JNo. A. FRITH,
 T. B. KENT,
 R. c. McCAnLEY, Committee. c. T. OLDHAM,
 JNo. 5. WILLIAMS,
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