The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-08-10

of excellent quahcations; ono who bid lair 70 ct
prominent part the broad thcstrs Of life il atsr
years. But, alas! is too often tho case the brittle
thread Of life upon which ones existence hangs Is
were, was clipped. and his manly spirit was waited
10 try the realities of another world. Having had the
misfortune at early age to lose both Of his pa
rents the guardianship fer greater portsn Of his
life desoved upon the eldest sf the family who at al
times manifested the disposition which characterizes
the a6ectionate and loving sister. Being possessed
with al the necessary qualifications to render him
an agreeable companion az home, and likewise in the
tented field he won for himself the admiration sf all
with whom he had association. His afflicted family
will not only have cause to mourn the loss Of so kind
and afectionate BROTHER his friends an esmabs men,
Der, but our young Confederacy most gallant and
enduring soldier, for whose Independence he had been
struggling many long and tedious months. And may
the glad sound Of Liberty soon be proclaimed osr his
youthful but manly grave. APRIrSD.1
The death Of young children is mysterious pro.
whence. Why should an infant suffer aad die! A
custom among shepherds, WILL In palt, removetAs
mystery. As spring advances, vegetation gradually
ascends the mountains, and the shepherds remove
their iocks to rsshor pastures above When the as,
cent is steep aud difficult, the Aocks sometimes refuse
to be driven led, and the shepherd then snatchss
up lamb and carries it up the mountain. The mo-
thsf follows the lamb, and the whole aock fellows the
mother. In this wa3 the shepherd removes the Hock
to higher regions, pursr dir and richer pasturage.
May not the Great and Good Shepherd remove an
inas to heaven, that the distressed mother and ela-
lives may be induced 10 FOLLOW! wig.
These reflections have been suggested by the death
Of little JAMES EMMETT McMANNEN, only son
Of the late Col. w. Emmett McMannsn, who died
South LOWELL in this county on the 2lst Of July las,
aged about one year and eight months after seven
months II severe suffering. The mother Of little
Emmet has been afflicted and bereaved. In childhood
she lost her aher and mother her grandf ather and
grandmother. An Orphan she married early with fair
prospects Of earthly felicity; but in about three short
years hss youthsal husband. worn out by the first
Manassas battle, retired rem ,he army to seek relief
from disease, which he found only in DEATH and was
transferred to the army of the faithful above. Now
the beressed young mother has followed her only son
10 The grave, leaving her only one little daughter as
her solAcs and comfort on earth. But little Emmett
has gone 10 bis father. May father, mother, daughter
and son Arm an undivided family in heaven. G.
Died.; q his residence in this county, six miles
east Of RlIsborough, on the 10th Of July, ELIJAH
COUCH. in the 6ay-sixth year of his age. after a
sngeisg illness Of eleven weeks which he bore with
chrstisTpaiience and courage, retaining his mental
faculiisel 10 The hsi He professed religion at camp
meeting q Noun. Hebron in the fall Of 1912, and
joined The Methodist Episcopal Church South, and
lived consistent member till bis DEATH He has left
wfssnd nine children. and large circle of friends,
70 msssn his loss. He has gone 10 hisreward.