The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-26
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At her fathcr's residence, In 6idney, Of
cholera infantum. Aug. ed, 1853, ALICE,
infant daughter OF Mica and Ann Nar
thews, aged year and days.
Sweet fiow.r Of spring thou art gone to the tomb
The bud thai WAS cherished was snascnes u "" p""
Thy spirit now miuglcs With angels above,
Thy raiment n sEowy, thy language Is love.
eweet angel Of Hcaycn' Oh why do we mourn,
Thy loss, though It's mighty, why wlsn thy returns
Like the II summer you've Pas SEQ 70 the grave,
No arm could detain thee, no power cauia save
We bow in srbmisaion 70 His holy word,
Tlv loss serves 10 bind VS. still closer 10 God;
The blow though severe still wen not dcpiore,
For soon we win meet thee when time Is no more.
Obituaries.
Amongst those who fell at Gettysburg there was
moi a better soldier than JAMES WEBB Of Rroo. SIS
battery With that spirit Of sefaacr lice which has
characterized many from bis beloved state, he left
his home IN Baltimore '' " Go and to die" in the
cause Of the South.
Modest and unassumibg, he never referred to the
motives which animated him TO hazard all for the
cause be loved but upon the battle field, when the
hail Of death Z, thckest, he stood Ike iilar OF
STEEL untremblng amidst the fercest Of the conflict
evidepcng to his comrades q determination 10 die
{. like brave man rather than to cover IN the
dust" in the presence Of the most deadly foe 10
strike for liberty at his own altar ana az MS OVID
ircside amidst the blaze OF enthusiasm hiiihg ae
voted land and encouraged by tue nope OF nav ing
his native hills and smiling valleys The land OF the
free and the homo OF the brave IS one OF those
principles lodged the breast OF man through nose
Influences he is animate in the darkest hour OF
trial But through the du medium Of growing in
Il ference mingled with the fears Oh the fimid,
catching the spirit Of sympathy for tue rght, eav-
ing home around whose haiowed precincts are
pressing the po,uting footsteps OF vandal hofdes,
whose very atmosphere is poisoned by breath that is
stencil in the ncstrils Of Jehovah, and separating
himself from self aggrandizers, dis2raced by mpa-
tieuce to SECURE honor and profit, and Offering nm
400 al
the ranks of the Southern army, evidences OF dc
votnn to our to which our most disinterestea
patriots could proudly point.
When, in answer to questions about the progress
of the battle he was told s' all is yet well he gave
expressions of gratitude TO God The words, sGod,
" mother ~ G. county," the last words upon
his lips. Fit wordsfor dying soldier, and his sur
viving companions are not without nope that ne
whose unseifish spirit prompted the wish that ne
might die when he fet that he could no longer be oil
service bis country nor Of comfort to his mother
mas been received TO that ''beiter country where
he awaits the arrival Of that spirit n whose COM
panionship heaven will bloom with richer and purer
joys. III Niko'NAN
Died very suddenly on the 10th inst. at Howard 2
Grove BRAVERY, in the 2lst year OF his age
Also, at the same place. and Of the same disease,
on the 18th, X E BURDEN, III the 15th year OF his
age
Both Of these young men left their homes m
Autargayi,e Ala, in the early part oi this uhoiy
war II fight for their beloved homes and country
and although they were in many q hard-iousht Dat.
tee and though they fought hard and bfayeiy, yet II
pleased Almighty God to protect them 10 every pat
tic ana to shield them from the hands of the enemy
Immediately after the battle OF Chanceiiorsvliie,
where the 9th Alabama suffered so severely, oil
which they were both members, they were sent u
the hospital in Richmond by their captain TO recruit
their health az il then in a decline butt alas
before their health had sufficiently recovered FOR
them to return to their regiment both OF these
worthy young men have met with an unsilnely
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friends has thrill through the hearts of all who
knew them for none knew them but TO love them.
Let all their friends take warning by their Sudden
departure from their midst and be made to feel that
in the very midst of life we are in death and
though their mothers and friends at home viii be
sorcy afflicted, gran. that they may be able to say
the Lord gave and the lord takrtli away ana
that the great Goo that rules the earth and skies may
take and keep them both TO Himself is the prayer of
their tSwoRTiii FRIEND
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