The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-29
9ashrille 9Glnion.
WM. ClMEROK { CO., Puhllsher..
FRIDAY, sEPTEMBER %, 1855.


As you enter the cemetery at Nfont-ome-
I ~, snd turn 20 the right. you VIII perceirs
a coionnade Of maple trees leadinF of to-
ward quiet glen. Beyond is grassy knoll
and leaving tnis % the lelt you approach a
pleasant legel Of ggoen sWard. Here , on
may Be ismpted % pause before plain slab
Of white marble Of tbs mast humble descrip-
ton. Il bears a single inscription, owl
liam I. lancey.7 His last words we're.
Sc Put me out Of sight" and it is said that he
was constantls muttering toward his lstter
end these hnes of Pope:
&c Let me live unseen unknown.
And ua'ameuted let ne dis.
Nor nlfund. nor nlonuInoni. nor stone
Tell where ne
His deata was qnict and painless. after
year Of acute mental aud physical suffering.
He was q rict ehurchman a man OF Quiet
mannsrs q handsome declaimer and fair
scholar, He was never wealthy, and it Is
understood that be left bis family without
an independence.
The time has come when he circ4n-tsn-
ces Of his last illness a1d death. with the
occasion which suddenly convuls.d frame
from perect health into g wreck and mere
sha1og, may be mentioned as an historical
fact William L. Yaneey came 10 his end
by violence. i was toward the close OF tbe
gress that ne broke from the counseis anf
influence OF Mr.. Davis, aud became, with
Mr.. Henry S. Foote, leader of the oppo-
silioB. Mr.. Ben Hill, Senator from Geor-
ga, had likewise chaugrd ms front, and was
remarkable for tue earnes ness and persist
ency with which he sustained the measures
Of sn administration 3 which his sliegiance
had been given but late in the dav. Mr..
Haneey, it Will be remembered had returned
from an unsuccessful mission to Europe and
was representing Alsba na In the Coniedsr-
ate senate.
The question OF a navy was under dis
cussion in secret session. The debate ranged
beyond the parliamentary limits, and
Messrs. Ysncy and Hill became animated
over the abstract doctrines Of state Rights
and the divinity Of slavery. High words
pa sed, aud finally the lie IVES given By Mr.
Hill Mr.. Yancy leaped forward, and a.
he aimed q blow at his adversary, was
caught IN the arms Of the latter and violent
ly thrown back over a desk. Mr.. Hill is!a
man Of wonderful muscular development
Mr.. Yaucy was never very heavy, though
1.-THE 1od active. In the fall his spine was
seriously injured and when the bsstauders
rushed upon the two and dragged the one
from the other, the great fre-,ater lay IN
ccnscous upon the floor, with a little trickla
Of blood oozing from his lips He was
carried to mis- hotel, Q vote oi secrecy was
passed, and the renc0uuter was hushcd up,
No one in Richmond except that body OF
men knew Of the circumstance fer six
months aiter. Meanwhile the victim did
not recover. He dropped from day to day.
He became listless, hopeless and vacant
He was transferred to his own home, where
his commissions ceased a few weeks before
his death, which was tranquil and calm.
He died without one hope Of the success
Of the southern Republic he had aspired 10
found and govern for which be mad la
bored day and night fer twenty-five years
% which he had sacrificed his people, the
Union Of the States, and the chosen mstitu-
ti0as Of the South, broken hearted msn-
"unwept, unh nored, and unsung."-Rc-
1u5iican BGnacr.