Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-08-03

IN
ncar petersburg, r. PICKENS VAUGHN, a
member of Co. A, I'D S. c. v, in tho eighteeth
year Of his age.
The youthful soldier, whose death we now
mournfully record, was native OF Edgehed
District, S. C. Though not of military age, his
enthusiasm in the sacred cause of his country,
and the noble impulses which fred hia soul, made
him Inpatient Of the tardy passage of time aud
prompted him to take up arms and join his coun-
trvmen in thS field. He cheerfully shared the
barasbirs and perils of his comrades until the
fatal morning which suddenly tcrminated career
rich with the promise of:uselulncss: Flo had just
discharged his piece when be EaS struck by d
holl fired by one Of the cncnyS sharpshoo: ers.
He survived only IN h.rr rn'i passed from TIE
.Ev;no host now doing battle for their country to
that " noble army of martyrs" who have seuled
with their blood their devotion to her interoEes
His fan is not singular. lie went up to the altar
yi,h numerous band OF horoes who hare offered
themselves viearous sacrifices for their country
70 redeem her from Oppression and ruin. But
cyery such death has its OWE separate significance,
mot only as il: illustrates the personal qualities
ahd involves the relations Of the individal who
falls, but rs it swelH the great argument for con-
,;nued cxertion in tho cause for which such men
Wild their lives and contributes to it fresh and
powerful presumption Of ultimate success. 1t is,
however, i sad necessity th4t the very attributes
which impart to such life its usefulness, and to
;ts extinction in such cause sacrifcal value,
render its loss one Of the most hear;-:enaing Ca
Io,nii;es that can befall s..yiving kindred and
rricnds: This is true Of tho youthful soldier
rnon whose grave wc lazy this humble chaplst Of
cvuro,s. His brave, aGectonate, genial diapos-
lion cpdeured him to his .companlons-in ARMS,
who now unafedly dcploro his loss; but tie
shadow most deeply rests orfthe hearthstone
over which q second time widowed mother eends
in discunsolate sorrow for son slain by the hand
of violence. Even this grief, horeyer, is not un-
"ssr,s;a hv tho reflection that life could not be
y;elded. In d cause more sacred, nor snminged
with tho sustaining hopes of the Gospel of Christ.
The Youthful patriot who closed his lie in the
d;scbarpe of duty to his country, did not die in
m. norlcct of those obligations which are pecu-
| liarly RELIGIOUS His sober reflections nal bean
rivoa to tie subject and his resolution taken TO
| deysto himself to the service ef MS upu anu
| Saviour. Aud now that ho sleeps IN dsatn' ren,
! lion and patriottRn. combine to halo" the turi
DTh;ch rests above his head. His sun went down
vhilc vet it was morning, but We may not say
that his fall was premature, LOT y
"Death cannot come
To him untlmely, who is fit to die.
b,pp. ON the 18th June, 1854, in the llosEital
.. Atlanta. Georgia, of Mcasels, ANDERSON
CREED, aged 81 yoars ard one month.
The subject of this notice was bnr9-ahu ralsea a
in ElreGeld District, S. G., ant Jo'neu Gaps
Wa,.s' W Company; ut Charleston, S. Co. in 1868
and dive went from there to Mississippi and thence
to a,1 GEN. Ss Johnston's Army in Ten1essee-nlways
Mt Mt his post and proluptin the discharge OF every
duty. c,,.,b Of Christ .at Mt
Pleasant in 1864, where he lived coAfl'.sn' ,
member until his denths He eases Tao.lns WI. !.
aid ons child, another sister ahu ~, W. ,hos,
nnnnrn their loss; but thcy mourn not US tnos'
mTG'a bG have no hope as he died in tho full triumph:
~nS W. faith Would to God that NIL the men Of the
country % | would emulate hi, example both IN Piet'
and patriotism.