Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-07

have never known his equal.
We have thus dwelt upon these profess
sional and mental characteristics Of our
deed friend, because he deserved that
Ethev should be known. 1t was the pride
sof his life toso build upthe ArPEALnews-
manner. that it shsuld be known and relied
mon, far and wide, and it is but just to
his memory, that The agency he had in
Is success should have this public ae-
Acknowledgement. We shall miss his wise
s.couDsels, his sound suggestions his manly
band unquailing spirit-oh, SO sadly but
the impress he left upon this journalshaH
never, with Gods help, be efiaced o.
iabated, while in our keeping.
\ OF the man, simply, and the friend OF
IL quarter Of a century's proof, the heart
is too fun Of tears 10 trust its utterance.
IlOnly this, for the satisfaction Of distant
freade-s During a long and painful i'll
sness, with which he was Frustrated when
the APPEAL made its re-appearance-in
the midst Of the disappointed hopes and
frustrated expectations which this ina.
bility to participate, personally, in the
ambition Of a life, imposed-he sustained,
without murmuring, the afiiction laio
HUpon him, and preserved 10 the last the
sweetness ofdisposition whichmade those
who knew him well, love him. Three
weary months of suffering mixed nc
adulteration in the ge~ntleness Of hi,
kindly nature; and, looking the nev.
table in the face without fear, he dice
ike-what he was-a CHRISTIAN GIN
rLEMAN. His funeral yesterday, wasyery
largely attended by a @concourse Of the
Oldest and best citizens, by whom hi
loss is deplored with a depth Of SINGER
sorrow rarely ELECTED. It is We who re
main behind, not ne, to whom the blow
is heaviest and saddest }. Il. N.
We append the tributes paid his mem
9rv by our contemporaries Of the City.
Press
From he Daily Commercial
DEATH or Col. B. i. DILL.-CoL- Bl
ga. Dill, proprietor Of the Memphis
zAPPEAL, died at Forest Hill, on the
zNemphis and Charleston Railroad, yes
s-erdav afternoon at five o'clock, after q
long and painful illness, which he suf
cred with a remarkable patience ano
5fortitude. Ii is but a few short week,
the death Of the senior editor of the
APPEAL. Col. JOHN II. MCCLANAHAN
ssent q painful thrill 10 the hearts of hi>I
numerous and devoted friends. How
little did we suppose, when the affecting
Intelligence reached US, that il should sd
soon be our melancholy duty to record:
the death Of his sole associate, Col
DILL.
Col. Dill was q native OF Augusta
sea. He received his collegiate edu-!
=cation at the University Of Georgia. lie
studied the law and emigrated to thu
Tcitv Immediately after entering upon the
practice. Soon after his arrival in Mem
znhis he connected himself with the
5Memphis press, snd remained in that
connection for a year or two, when hel
semigrated To oxford Miss, where he
founded the "OxfOrd OrgIHEer.n mi
eighteen hundred and fifUy-four or hfty-l
i've he returned 10 Memphis and con
Injected himself with the APPEAL, with
(which he remained for more than ten
wears, including four years of extreme
toll and anxiety, during the late civil
war.
Col. DILL was a man of very decided
zviews Of duty and policy, Is q news
Paper conductor, and never faltered in a
-course which his Judgment taughthim %
be right. FiTmness, decision and mode
ration We're his leading characteristics.
His intellect was endued with clear per
sceptions. which led him Ia form c0nclu-
ssions that were more ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
1.-THE reverse. His friendships were warm.
- H-a-.HHn Ii - nran fzHnE HaaTaaI aTrHI
seldom better. OF late years he did not
often write for the press, but his c0unse
land advice were always clearly i'm
pressed upon the policy and principles oil
shis paper. In his last illness, while eE-
pressing a deep and sincere repentance
afor the shortcomings Of life, he declared
shis willingness 70 meet the summons OF
zhis Maker. He was ABOUT fifJy-twoI
wears Of age, and leaves a discOnsOlate
widow to mourn his loss. Peace to hi,
aashes.
FROM the Avalanche
DEATH OF BENJAMIN F. DILL, ESQ
Gas we go 10 press the sad
snrws q the death Of our rel
sspected cotemporary Of the Memphis
aAPPEAL, is brought to our ear. Mr. DILL
WAS a native of Georgia, and, we should
Judge, about fifty years Of age. ~ an
searly period Of his life he embarked iuI
sthe stormy sea Of editorial life, and for
smany years edited a Democratic news
paper in Oxford, Miss. He afterwards
smOved TO Memphis and became
associated with the Memphis AP-
peal, Of which paper ne was all
zthe time Of his death sole proprietor
Hinder the auspices of his management
sand that OF his late associates, that
$500. -L.,e--.1 .v, Twa.rrlza rrhfrI waH=aHi
III to certain s6Ccess, a condition OF fOr-i
tune it continued to preserve. Upon the
fall Of Memphis it was moved asthe Con-.
Hfederate lines recedcd and continued toI
Echange its locality Is the advance Of the.
senemy rendered il necessary. lnall these.
eperilOus moments Of It's existence Mr.
fDML reverently followed its fortunes,
and was found at his post directing its
Influence to the promotion Of the besti
Interests Of the C0nfederacy and 20 it'll
success in the deadly struggle in which,
it was engaged. He could not bel
said % have been a marked or
sprominent writer; but he possessed.
lin an eminent degree that combination,
sOf qualities that make up a successful.
newspaper man. Erst while i was our
occasion 90 differ with him sometimes 20,
IAN extent that reached the character OF.
bitterness; but 10 is a qualification 10 feel
sthat every thing OF that kind in in-i
~4tercOurse was long since buried and that.
he died our friend. Mr.. Dill was a mani
tof generous emotions, His friendship.
Twas enduring whist his eHmity was I'll
but q ~mOmentary nature which perishedi
with the occasion that provoked its exer-L
5cise. To his grief stricken widow WEI
tender our heartfelt sympathy in this
zher hour OF trial and tEibulatiOh. Hsaees
10 his ashes. May his spirit wing its;
Flight above
Fngia the Evening Ledger,
4 DEATH or 3. +. DILL.-The morning.
papers announced that the long illness of.
MT. DILLterminated yesterday in his dis
solution. The ABEEAI, that went intos
mourning in the first issue Of It's ~resusci-l
for MCCLANAHAN, this mOrningf
.comes 10 Us in similar garb for the lasis
Survivor. We who write these lines haves
reason 60 make the decaase of BENJANTNf
II. Dill the occasion OF deep n renec-s
tive sorrow. Many years ago, when thes
.ardor Of youth was Of difficult restraiut.A
he was q poor editor in n small :
Village, and we in another. Differing ins
sOme passages occurred thats
not pleasant at the time, butF
by him soon forgotten. We becames
friends, and up 10 his death that Hiepd-s
ship was never for one moment inter-s
We sincerely mourn with thoses
to whom he was allied either by affection
or friendship, and If be possessed = fault, Z
they shall be net more disposed Than OGr-s
self % draw over il the veil OF oblivion. (
He was a good man, whether the wOrid
ii or not. Beginning life poor, his
great cH0fgy ultimately brought HING
wealth; yet change OF circumstance
wrought no change Ia his manners, MOI
IMPAIRED the kindness Of his disposition. e
Returning 10 Memphis at the close Ois
tie war, from tbs celebrated fight whichE
the APPEAL made through the States Oh
he South, his first duty was 20 bury bis
friend and partner, JOHN r.
dCCLANAHAS, the aeTt was - re-eatao-a
.ish the APPEAL in its place Of orlglha-
ton. Bgt before the first number went
70 press, he was himself stricken down
with q disease which terminated yester-
day in his death. We are not now dis
posed 70 mOralizc on an event 80 melan-
ch0ly. We can only offer our sympathy
those whom he loved and cherished
and who did not fail 10 return it with the
fullest measure. 81
From the Argus
DEATH or Col. DILL-FCNERAL SAr-
-RDAY MORSISS.-We are deeuIv@
20 announce that BENJAMIN F.E
DILL, Of the Memphis ArPEAL,died ye~-M
.erday afternoon at > O'Clock, at the rc~i-E