Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-09-28
\ Mrnonr :or DANIEL wADEzdoHNsoNs

T Lieut.. 7th Regt, s. C. v:,-born Sept. 7th 'ss;;
died 2Gth -August'G+ $50 81
Never have we been called upon TO chronicle
the death.o q braver!map or a nobter spirit tnan
his. whose name heads this sad and mournful
tribute. To descend to the grave, in serene apd
elassierepose; ripe with years and crowned with
honors; to be with ease, gathered not harshly
plucked for death mature" seems to agree with
the ecunemy of nature; and sweet philosophy
and pentle resignation fall like the dews OF
heaven upon the stricken. But sad indeed, when
the cruel stroke as in this case, falls. upon-one
who is in the very. spring. time OF tie, and the
very aush of manhood; with bright hope ana
promise gliding life'ssp path With tho prizes OF
noble ambits,n- Then, our very housenoid goas
seem broken our sympathies cry aloud from our
desolatc souls, and there comes no answer from
the busy, turbulent world around us. The bright
ness and the charm of life nre gone shadows fall,
around US; the veil Of grief shrouds US; the
soul withdraws itself; We brood over our loss
all around is dreamy and vague; all within dim,
as in 4 suns eclipse. Presently, the light OF
hope and promise breaks in upon us-thc Angel
of Peace comes. and rolls the stone from our
hearts, and whispers to us divine philosophy
of the future. Harsh, indeed, were It otherwise;
the abiding faith that We shall again hold con-
verse with our associate and comrade, with him
who was our friend and companion in dieary
camp, on the toi,some march, and on so many
b,oo:' -;.oiued fields, is strong within ns.
From the very commencement ofShostilities,
(sithout waiting for position, but intending to
win it.) to the day Of bis death, Lieut.. JOHNSON
was foremost among the gallant spirits in repel.-
ing the enemies of his home and native land.
When he fell, hc was acting A,jutant at the head
of his war-worn: and bdtile-hatterod comrades,
near Charle;town Virginia, and exclaimeu 10 his
Mau 7 rio M m
on"Lnoble sentiment of bold and unconqucra-
bio spirit! When told that he could not live long,
be, with cnlmness replied: al do not fear death,
have no preparations to make; lot all OF my
friends know my fate, and tell them fell at my
post This language should feften the deep
wall and assuuge tho great anguish of his alice
,tionate sisters and aged nsther. For this, they
should griere less over his heroic but untimely
fall.
phe subject Of this notice was possessed. Of all
those qualities that endcGr one to family nnd
friends. His nature was fervcnt, genial and
truthful. His intercourse with his friends was
open, manly, and undisgu;sed. He was the favor:
ito Of old and young. Possessed Of keen and
appreciative sntollect, peculiarly alive to tho
humorous, Of popular manners, his career, had
he been spared, might have eliminated In use
fulness to his country :.
AS soldier he was gallant and fearless AS
full of yalor rs of hihdness, rrincely in both,
he had endcared himself to his Regiment by his
uncxceptionahle conduct and manly bearing in
the Camp and the field; and he was nobly doirg
his duty by word and action, in tho engagement
which tcrmuatodsso fatally to himself. In nj!
tho relations Of life, his character was marked
and admirable.- Fidelity, bravery, and truthful
ness were prominent features of. his character,
in his intercourse with his friends and comrades.
Deem and ardent devotion and lore were the
oyerfowing sentiments of his heart, in his min
sacred duties of home life. Ills
friends, comrades, and family amid their grief
for his early and unt;inely loss. may find ctnso.
lation in tho hctoisu Of the soldiers death. Had
he n fault, let us drop tear upon its r,mcm-
y .H.W.A.