Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-02-11
ODTlT,I'U1Ey.

lci5 th9 death OF Vol. Samuel EasOn GO0d-
son. The sad event occurred, in the 18th
year OF his age, ON Monday the 3Ist ult.
about one o'clock. a. NJ. This announce.
ment viii carry pain aud sorrow to the hearts
OF many, many friends rnr and near.
Col. Good-On, although sn unpretendlsg,
was 40 ordinary min. Born ia then
sparsely populated portion Of the comtrs,
he was In his early days subjected TO man,
Of the piyatious and hardships of frontief
life. Possessed Of gigantic frame aud
herculean physical power aud endowed By
nature with strong and vigorous intellect
and iron will; and tutor, d, wthal, IN
school where lessons of uti ity alobe
were taught, be became, eminenlly, prac
Teal and leading man.
Do early life he directed MS attention to
the history. politics and prospects OF his
country. Reared in the J, lfcisunii u School
VI Dem cr,uy. he was constitutions and
lailliul adv cate aud propagation Of III,
doctrines Of that party. The net We perioa
Of hi long and eyeutfui life embraced III,
Golden ALe OF the Rel ublic lie was Tia,
90 temporary AID, In some worthy respects
the c,-,qual OF the great lights that gnv,
ius're to the political firmamCnt of thai
'lay. Although none will presume to clam
Ion him a irightnes, OF the FIRST magnitude,
yet he shone with brilliancy, steady and
peculiar not like the fiful cornscations Of
the political i9H's fituus, whose influence
Was baleful as hts splehdor was treacherous
and cvanescent. Dor many years 10 rep
resented the county OF Washing ON, Va. 10
the House OF Delegates. Aud well It is
known he was there peer among the peer
less. For. 'theie were giants in those
lays" Then the Legislature of the "Uid
Dominion" iods n Legislature indie d each
member worthy OF the Toga of Roman
senator in the days Of Irutus, While
member Of the ll5pse Of Delegates, Col
Goodson was able. active, eff ,ieit shd
untlrng IN the work set before him. Always
auimpt,d by lofty patriotism, anu burn
ing with zeal TO advance not only the
comaon interests Of Lis county, but tho
no or and Tory OF his countrym,n 1t was
Il en- mud there he put forth Ii herculean
power and cxerted ms unconquerab will
in seoul for us th It great work. the Va
& Tenn. Railroad. In that day il WAS con-
sidered stupendous undertaking; aud
many who bave lived to realize some of its
rich fruits, then thought lis comp elton i'm
p1s-i5'a Thousands aud tens of thousands
of the living owe him, and untold thousands
in the future, will owe him, grLutude for
his labor in behalf of that noile improv
ment. We see the m.ttiei steed with limbs
Of steel and sinews of refined bras aud soul
Of fire, impatient for the race NTH MS pre-
eious burtien Of human life and treasure
over his iron pathway. lie darts IRON our
/ view, aud the trembling earth quakes be
heath his tread We stand in aInnzemeut
at the sublimity of tho scene; aud when
! his Ia curling vapor have graceful
/ faded from our view, and tho last thunder
/ ings bis iron hoof have died away in the
distance, We turn listessly away aud little
rcck to whom whom we are inde )ted for
/ the glorious spectacle.
Au old fashioned virtue, now almost OBJ
50 etc, found its nd'iDe home in Col. Good
! sons bosom. IL "an H.SgsT man is the
1 noblest work OF God" theu we behold Ma
/ lures ch,f duulve in the suhject Of our me-
muir. Who culLi carl the lip of sc0rn at
an act OF iueonstaucy or unfai,hiuness win
z, more whitening effect than our depRr ed
friend Or. vino woald more readily tina n
he, admit TO a wrong h.msef. rather than
inhict IL upon anuLhcry Bat his hear
thrrbhsd with W impulse responsive to "a
20 n higher W than that Of NJ he hon ,sty,
Col. Goodson WAS en- phatcllly m,u OF
| honor. No man possusstd a more punCti
Gus sense Of that exilttd ua than he
The spear Of Cheya Ter never glitleied more
br ghtl, with thatl en- III did t.ie Escuteh-
con uf him whom We nov 50 deeply lament
And here, | do not mean that fdi lhirg
that would make ne mln imbIuc his hands
in HIS brothers blood hut that Lbivalry ~
whose device is engr we'd the glo'ious motto
Of the ESempiar, Ben. ALE .: "IhUe my
feline mni."
lie WAS in social life peculiarly happg---
Endow wit Mers1 ihi temp raneni
anil all the gwial ntture aud cunrteou'
bentn,g II gentleman OF the on Scboo
he was The p ince OF bJn Uirp,tS. Not o
the stamp Of the merry roiSirrs whose mid
night orgies resounded through the pre-
cincts Il East Cheap. T. For, those who
knew htG best eau tie tliy. his strict ten
perance' Bnt where kiiii feelings glover
aud innocent pass times made the tc, ion
hours steal delightfully."- away, hre th'
conta gious laugh, the love bramiug eye nm,
the never ending flow of good BAN II on
friend 80 happily possessed rejected the
I ,lismtnc iIiiuuLce over his boon conf pau
ions with more exhileraung eject thtn a
the Race nnalian Fcasis celebrated at ,h'
. as Head
With u lit eral hmd he dispensed gen
ervui charity J. seemed 10 fail. like 'h
dews OF heaven, ON the just aud unjus
alike. BsnevVlenc5 was ruling 'rait II
hts character; AMI when, ia oar dali.
:. walks we met his noble aud manly form
with that free hearted genial smile o
recognition halowng his face. we all leit on
witnered souls revived WITH u refreshing
shower.
Through his long cireer he never address
I ed himself seriously to the work Of secur
ing IN abiding place in tho "inan'iOus o
res :" act his last days. Yet, he was no
in the odto,ls sense OF the word wicke
man Far, very far frem IL. IT'S true b
. would 70 uetimes utter an circulate y ex
ciamation when n proposing occasion call
I ell for Il. But no man had n higher o
more sincere respect Tor true piety aad un
compromising virtue, than he, for who's
acmory we have fe,bly attempted 10 wenv
a a garland Though always Of lively au
cheerful deposition, he was al pr per time
+ aud places hlled wnh feelings OF bccomn
e awe nnd veneration Indeed, many. of IA
traits that 80 highly ndorR the lives Of tn
u followers Of the meek and lowly Jesus
e we're indelibly stamped upon his own chnl
acter. Who observed, free from all prid
AID ostentation "A moro unaffected humh
o W. W did more to visit the tatherles
= aud tn widow Ia their All ctou, and {
keep himself unspotted from the world
II VIZ more ready 10 Forgive an injury
= Who would more viii ugly put chaI1iael
construction upon the conduct and mO'ivs
of his fellow.nAi! Who more free frol
hypocrisy thin Samuel Goodson2 WI
more like cand that knew 10 guile, weul
% ak oa uiequiyocaiy tho honest sent
J. nen,s OF hls hyarf, Although an unbelie'
). er ia the S.ipturat sense Of ,he word, II
poison of Ihhdelity id not pelvade b
ID mimi He read his khv.. lie b 'iieve
> nnd trembl II lie read n not tiresnniel
through n constrained sense " duty b.
he read il brcause he admired aud aPpr
a ciatel iis many. literary beanue-i bu
I" more than ait, he read'it neeAnsc il nffOr
% cd the only food that .epud sut'sJy the n
mortal soul lie knew. he fell that it "
y 50 far superior To ali human prodnelinas
stoichousf of practical WISDOM aud trnt
hat il must be the hand writing tf Coo
4, "a, A . 3D.. til n a ,,,Iv NJ .,,n< sCr,e,