Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-11-28
OBITUARY NOTICES.

Lieut. Hs'sRr j. p. CLAKK eldest of Ger. Henry r.
for years resident sf Newbern Jni rseeniIy Of en-
ham, was instantly kii By tSe collision Of The cass or
last having just completed the s,s year of his age ieny
ing his dotnE parents bthsr and sister and nuneruuS
relatives and friends to mon his sad fate And though
80 young 10 year he had won distinction in BY his
heroic bravery and manly brpg soldier of the old
North Sise which entities hin honorable record in
At an early age he evnced spassion for military if.
and az he entered cadet tn military school Capt
and his comrades for diligence and roeency in hS
sus ana LOT exemplary morals gentess aud kindness Of
nM gave promise Of future distinction and useful
dets the G0dsboro Rifle and Neuse {dismounted
marched under command This father Chen Col Clark
State, until the amened Col e. Few could collect
sufficient force to occupy it. As as the State
ed and called for troops he attached himself 10 volunteer
company then forming 10 Newbern, aud was elected
Lieutenant in it. and rendered their services gossrn
nent and were assigned position in the I'd regiment
Troops On the bloody fields before Richmond he dis
played unusual gaantry and ability to clmuand for
so young and several occasions during those battles be
was alone IN command of his company and so won the
admirton and esteem of his copanions in arms that
they presented him with sword. Afterthe close of those
pair his greatly shattered health canse By the severity Of
the duties in camp and in the field which be had perform
ed Having recovered better health he on the eve Of
ed which deprived him of life. But death had sting
for him From childhood. he had seen his Christian pa
rents point to heaven aud lead the way and his life attest
ed his full appreciation of the value OF the religion they
nculca,ed, Although he has grne down to the tomb in
the early morning Of his days. yet his Wondering manly
go home, dear friends and shed no tears, .-s
i must lie here, till CHRIST appears ,-
And at his cunning, hope TO have
A joyful rising from the grave"
Died, in Alamance County n c.. on the ast inst Miss
Isabella CLESDrSSIS, aged 70 years. -...... q
Died. in Chapel Hill Thursday last AFTER illness of
five days, of pneumonia Mrs CARoLINE NJ WALkER Leei
Vt the late Carleton Walker in the 18th year of her age.
Alabama 10 spend the remainder of her days hsr
children IN North Carolina That remainder has been
brief indeed but it was n6undantly Illuminated by en-
dences Of preparation for either life deaIh God might
ordan She had been csmmunicant member Of Epis-
c"pu Church for about fft. v" years IT, she was 40
have good hope that she has now catered into that rert
promised to the people Of God Her mortal remains
were Yesterday deposited in the family burial place in Fay
Died. the nth OF September, 1882, from q shot
ce'cd through the head during the and bloody
snEagement which took place at sharPsburg lostrIt a.
ags He private in cnmpany K, raleigh Rifles, 18th
n. G. regiment. He the only sou Of his mother and
she widow. With the noble spirit of trre spar
tan matrOn she willingly consented that her only son. the
pride Of her old age and the staff Of her declining vtars
should firth with burning desire TO battle for South
indrpendence-or the protection of Southern hcmes
and Southern hresides. 49, 80
Dir Wait was youth Of generous impulses and Of tho
most noble behavior He had eminent degree that
rercrentia regard for the purity Of the female character,
which well known modern author has declared 10 be the
all who knew him. and especially to his comrades in
arms He has gone forever from the sight of loved
| earth where
| "No rude sound shall reach his ear,
| Armors clang. war.steed champng"
| He rcsis-his warfare over. TCoN.
B Register and Progress please copy.
Died. in Onslow County, the 2sth of October 1884, of
the typhoid fever MARY Ellen youngest daughter Of Isaac
Sanders aged years, 8 months and % days
Gentle reader hare stood by the dea:hbed Of
your dear and seen life flow gently its sleep
comes on or followed that dear one to its last resting
place. where the soemn and farewell words
ed earth to earth, ashes ia ashes dust to dust Heard
the heavy sod fall the lido Seen the nOurnu preeE
zion turn away and leave the little alone in lis
bed? If so you know how TO sympAhize with the ps-
rent that has buried his darling, the life and light of his
house As young she she knew that she going
TO die she told those that nursing her only few
days benre she died. that she WIS goi TO de- aud she
glad Of it; fur then she coud her maiher, (who
died when she infant and she would nerer b. sic
again On being asked how she knew she replied, the
| Lord had told her. .4. ..- 49,, .
Parvnt know that have not LOST your child she has
oily gone 10 wait with her mother until you come.
A.