Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-09-28
OBITUARY.
In Memory Of


In Memory Of
sRnr. MAI. R. JASPER DELPHI, who died, a,
Miner, Ca, on the lS,hof August, FROM wounds
+ received at The battle of Peach Tres Creek, on
tho 2ed of July, MEMBER Of the Goth Ga.
Regiment.
And thus another-another brave and noble
spirit, twining his laurels with hls memory, has
lain them down with his musi;et,--and sleeps
uu:e,ly, Another loved and cherished one has
left his dear ones and gooc through lhe inistoye
into the unseen country. Daily and hourly we
20 down to the shores vf the Euggish river, and,
with breaking hearts, watch tho cmbnrking Of
our loved ones for the mysterious land. SILL on
ward they gs, delaying pei,her for storm or
darkness, and this dear.y loved one-this noble
comra9e and gallant sOldier,~is. but, one among
the thousands Nho conposes. the saent band
that are marching across the river. But one, anu
vet il fastens arother's hear-strings to the oppo
site shorc; but ono, and yce TO the oefeaseu ores
i, is as If the world had peristcd; but ene,;-a
single tree amid SO many fellsa- aad VI the
iyy which ciuug areuad it is broken ,aad almost
iisless aud reels that lhp forrest has no. lodging
place like The or. it has lost SO, the stricken
heart wOuld not barter Tie past for all the tu-
ture and will sing even unto. death the lays
woven Of its memories hy the twin sister poets
{. F,nay ana Remembrance" Eat one, anu yet
his comrades weeping ocer his, grave iei1' that
nuu.--fno not eyen amid so many robie true
and bravo onss)-could fill his place; but one,
md Vet his friends feel that thereis void To h
rr, or n...e can ever fill in their hearts The
MN, tiors and priviIe life Of good inan arc iuu
sacred Tor public Ieru+al, ytt l can not refrain
/. ON paying this tribnte to his pure se:f-'acrlh-
cling patriotism. i huyc seen h home so like
~ ncs;.of beauty in its ccsiness aud finish, beaue
tilted by his hund for his cherished iaipil:, aud
almost glvrifcd by the spirit OF sweet content
which :esicd there: and Yet, with the priv eec
of staying at this home III his Gasp, he leiti'
| FAR the ncasre tent On the battlefield. lis ia
such spirit. as his the country. owes her deepest
| LIT sf northumberland to such rs his who vol
unt,rily gives up hume and It's many cpdsarmeh,:
for the c~uutry:s good tLst the teiin martyr may
Sc better applied.
seret. Msjpr DELPHI was true. type of ma
urr's noblemar, pure in' his ruorals, just and up
right in his dea ings with men, and unhaSginl
in his duty as soldier. His death vii! long bt
mourned. lie was brave to 4 fiu!t aud received
his death wound while arsns as comrades inil
tho thickest of the fight. Noble, generous ant
true. he has left his earthly hUinc, but leaves be
/ hind him the essed hope that nc is
"Wherc our bestsf,iends and kindred dwell
And ca, our Saviour rcigns.
A FRIGSp
IL MEMORY of lst Lieut.. JOHN C. 4. SHAW
Co. E, 10th S. C: Reg.. who aas. killed thu
25th Of July last, ut iao trenches in front o
Atlanta, by stray ball from the enemy
,itkct line. -
Thw.uhicct Of this memoir was among the frs
of Carulina's noble sous who, from u scmo 0
! duty, entered into the service of their country
/ lls was = member of one Of E1geGeid's first Com
pupies 10 Sulliyan's Island; vas ut the reduc
| tiu6 Of Fort Sumter; soon after the ia'i oi thn
/ Fort he rcturnedto the practice of his profession
that of n phys;ci.n; but, in Norsmber following
wien the enemy had landed upon our coast, h
again step ped f. rth into the arena of strife, ant
nobls loil.d, until the fatal ball pierced his brain
in huf of the cause which was nourcst his heart
Southern Independence.
/ Naturally efs 4 delicate constitution, he ap
p5aared unable TO undergo the hardship and eX
] posurc incident to IN active campaign, but VIII
an energy TINT knew no obstacle, he vas Away
present under;th most trying circumstances, t
cheer and to encourage the weak, ,>both by precep
/ and example; whether amid the dust OF ken'uck.
or in the che.rless bivouac, orsiu the moro recen
tryino retreat from Dalton, his cheerful voic
l co,,d always be heard infusng life apd-d-spell
ing dependency.
Lieut.. Snaw was not only a gentleman in tn
true sense Of the word, endearins himself to hi
cu,,,anions ty his many gnoa and noLle quail
t;es.of heart, But he was Christian :" in wor
ami deed lie had Teen member OF tho BAY
t;st Church for. a number Of years; how h
.aJorno,i Iis %, Profession let .h1se judgemho knc
!. 49, hsst a CoNRApg IN Arms.
ea- southern baptist please crpy.
DppAerrp this life, on the .12th of Sept. lSi
MADELINE HEkLoNG, consart Of Rev:
G. HIKLoyo, and daugtersof the late JOHN NJ
rcy. lsceass,l. She was jIstlfy ninc years an
SIN month, old 1T the tine .of her death.
! consistent. and acceptable mcnilcr of t
M.tho,iist Church sfor thirty-nino years. Ssi
WAS the subject of afiiictian for abou: ~ YEAR
Her disease being that Of thsiiver rendered h
, ~ Zines unabte 10 attend Church, especially f
: the list two years, which finally terminated
consumption. The deceased was very industr
ous. never idle always frusnlana saving. 81
ort.I remarked, though afflicted, she could rot
} huppy without employment. TWAS by thia,
4 connection with her husband fronthe beginnin
,hat they were enabled TO ob.ain competent
v ~ this wnrld's goods. Tho Tas tho mother
ban Children six Of Il EN- passed over Jord'
: tos.,r. her. 10 the paradise sf God. She lel.r
, 49,. o,,.,l husband AMI four children behind
.irn d" ,heir irrepsrnble inss, but they gr.ye D
kns those having no hope. she manilessea
e. l;nuness to die. and seemed 10 nave no oouot
/. her acceptance With God. Aer .Iunerhl !"
,,ssaach.d IL Rrv..MARK Rorp, ofsNcNTberry''
AZ b la,re caucourse Of relatives End trIen.
q, .fter ,shich her remains were deposited IN !
d family burial ground, there to rest qhni u
morn Of the resurrection. o. E D.