The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1867-04-04
REF,I1E Eek OF

Esq. formerly of the MadisoDian. the
author of A Rebel Clerks War Dia-
rys' died in the city Of Burlington,
New Jersey. x-Senator Wall, Of th at
city, wrote an obituary notice of the
deceased, AT the conclusion Of which he
said:
No one acquainted with the subject
of this rapid. imperfect sketch, but must
have been struck with the almost fem.
mine gentleness and tenderness display
ed by him in social intercourse. The
last -four Years of trial, deprivatior and
sorrow, had whi,ened his locks and
bowed his form, while relentless dis
ease had wastedshim almost TO a shad-
ow.; but all this had failed To touch the
high soul Of courtesy enshrined within
that feeble frame. He possessed con
siderable wit and humor, but as was
said of Selwyn by contemporary, so
with our friend: =. \. -. =.
Twas social wit, which never kindling strife,
Blazed in the small, sweet courtesies Of life
Those little sapphires round the diamond
shone, :. - 80 :.-..S
Lending soft lustre to the richer stone. -,
o. Z" For him death had no. terrors. He
had SO lived as. not to fear the approach
OF mans last enemy. His was not a
wasted life, neither was it damaged nv
misdirectien. II was wisely adjusted
and well spent and they who sorro W
for his departure, sorrow not as those
without hope, but as believing that their
loss was his immortal gain. Will all
his gendeness and tenderness, he was
possessed Of rare courage, and ever
spoke Of his death, which he knew and
felt TO be near, with great calmness, re
GREETING; rs he said not for himself for
he longed to be Mt rest, but for,that lit
tie home circle he was TO leave behind
him exposed 10 the wodd's rude buffe,s.' ,
In the midst of family, who had gen.
:erousl ) welcomed him to their circle and
where he was watched over and tended
with. a care and deep >solicitude that
could nothaye been exceeded, if he had
been of their OWE blood and lineage.
he quietly fell asleep. A life was re.
sumed by Heaven, which had been
spent for every end for which it was
given. What could the longest life
have added more2'"
= This excited the loyal wrath of one
of The prominent malignants in the city.
Mr.. Johpathan Roberts. who, under the
signature of R., came out in the local
paper in the following bitter attack up.
on the memory of the dead:
Mr.. EDIToR: Your correspondent,
W. in the elogium he wrote on ;he
death Of John b. Jones, who died in
tais city on the 4th instant, uses this
language For him death had no ter.
rors. : He had so lived rs not 10 fear the
approach of mau's last enemy His was
not a wasted life. neither was it dam.
aged by mi>direction. 1t was wisely
adjusted and well SPENT This declar,
alton Of sentiment Is the. conclusion at
which W. q, arrives in an article in
which he demonstrates that the best
years Of The life iof his subject were de-
voted wilhSIna, ked ability 10 the work
Of aiding 10 overthrow the. government
and destroy tue naiion; aud whose ex
traordiUary merit il was TO have i'm
mediaIely connected himself with the
Confederate Government in tue capaci
ty Of confidential clerk of the War De.
partntent.' and to have been engaged in
that laudnble occupation from. the birth
hour TO the hast death struggle of the
ConfeGeracy E'-. ,
In the fsce.of this damning and
traiiorous record, W. unblushir gly
parades his sympathy Herewith, and
through the columns of patriotic pa.
per outrages the forbearance Of a patIi
olic community. BE assured, wv, ,
that treason has not yet become either
a. Christian or moral virtue, but it is a
fragrant crime. Such is the belief Of
every true patriot, and no man Of com
mon sense can believe otherwise. And
ye, W.Sdeclare. his belief tha: for a
citizen to go over 10 thecenemy and to
seek to destroy by bloody warfare the
government tina. has from birth nnrtur>
ed and protected him, and, This, too,
without even plausible excuse for his
treason, is so TO live as not to fear the
approach Of mans last enemy-that a
life engaged in such work is not wasted
or misdifected-that il is wisely adjust
ed and we'll spent What a nockery
of truth ! What shameless siullifica.
toni What hopeless folly! /
ar"
To this mean, malignant attack, Mr.
W all replies under his own signature,
aud Addressing ibe author by his full
name. The letter will speak 70. itself. !:
.. JONATHAN ROBERTS, ESQ, OF the
CITY, OF BURLINGTON. .u