The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-07
A Tribute
TO THE MEMORY OF
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Who died at Rock Island, Ill, Feb.14. 1870.
Afectionateiy Dedicated TO Maggie.
BY CARRIE BELL SINCLAIR.

Who does not sorrow when good man
dies Such is the requiem my own heart
signs as it offers this last tribute OF respect
to the memory of the departed. And the
REQ uiem will be echoed back BY many sor-
rowing heart where the death of this truly
rood and generous man has left void.
/. is a painful and yet pleasing duty to
honor the memory of those who were dear
to us in life, and to keep their memories
. sacred. To place the holy offering of flowers
and tears on the sod above them, ana "AAe
beautiful their last resting place
And truly no filter offering couio we
las, tribute of love for him. To
him the Good and Beautiful was ever an
object of his tender love and care and his
soul poured its devoti On at the shrine of,he
beautiful 10 Nature, and Him whose Hand
created it! And, amid the silent shades of
that lovely "City of the Dead"-beautiful
"Chippiauuock' stand many lasting mon
uments to his memory, in the sweet shrubs,
ievergreens and flowers his own hand planted
there These sweet flowers. over the count
less graves of the pale sleepers there, will
now sigh their requiem over his own = and
the "roses that bloomed to welcome him
there" will droop and die in the home from
which he has gone.
3 Death always leaves su aching void in
loving hearts, and it is sad to know that a
q light has gone out forever in his home-a
ov from the hearts that now mourn him
And in severing these earthly ties, not only
has the band of love been broken in kindred
! hearts, but all who knew him will feel the
vacancy his death has made. Fer not only
will he be missed at the family hearth, bu'
is other hearts, too. will feel the loss of one
e who was the dear friend and companion OF
many happy hour. And the shining circle
of Friendship has been narrowed, too, with
d the love links that have been broken. These
memories, with the fondest recollectons,
will be cherished of him whose virtues have
left in our hearts an imperishable epitsph
Not only will loving ones miss him at home,
as Husband Father! Brother but in him
the poor have lost friend, whose heart was
d. ever open to their wants, and whose hand
!. was ever ready to help the needy. And
!, vet, Sc silently did he work in his Master
a VINEYARD, in scattering the seed of rich
A. blessings abroad that it may Justly be said
of him: THE right hand kne,o not THAT Ii,
n. other did" And now that he has gone tt
L. reap the reward of his labor, it may be tina
u. he has left DO other record of his many kline
H. and generous acts save the gratitude oil
n those who were the recipients of his charity
D. Nor can there be g nobler tribute to hi.
n worth than the silent gratitude of thei
5, hearts, nor proader eulogy offered to hi
rs memory than in the simple lines
None knew him but to love him
None named him but to praise :"
Well might it be said of him, when tn
n coffin lid WAS closed over all that remained
TO of him, and the loved form crossed for III
Mt last time the portals of his elrthly home q
y, they bore him to the rest of the cold auc
BY silent tomb Though dead, yet -peaketh !
His life was without reprosch, and In bI
- death he has left behind him the memor
l. of q lust and true man. Honest In all hi
4, deallngs-sincere in all mis- frie ships
I'd devoted in all his attachments TO home an
is kindred ties-he has left the record OF a pur
lie, and to his children bequesthed tn
: proud legacy of ''Name unsuItied By
stain =" 1t has been said of him by on
who knew him in the most intimate associa
tioDs Of life, that his principles we're pure
ID his politics, Right. He was silent worker
yet always progressing, and when nee
came for speaking. he was found on the sid
" OF Truth and Justice
Born in that land of brave, warm Rad tru
hearts, and where the birthright Of ever
IN son OF Erin is love for Ireland and devotion
E to her religion, he was the noblest typ
- Of the true lrishman possessed of all th
noble and generous traits peculiar to irls
10 hearts. The wrongs and expressions of hi
own Emerald Isle had taught him to feel 70
u the onged and oppressed of every land an
to MAINTAIN the cause OF Justice IN III
country Of his adoption. He wss brave. an
OF always the defender of Right when it We
K. oppressed. In his youth be served in th
Florida war - dared TO 60 with the Ever
glades, and loaded the Hammocks of Flor
ID da. His captain was the gallant Genera
g. G. Rains, who fell at Murfresboro, Tenn
- fighting on ths Confederate side.
In his domestic life he was tender an
loving, and displayed great taste for tn
Fe beautiful, and strong passion for flower
h This may be seen in the beautiful cemeter
n of ''Chippisunock," where the tall cedar an
the blushing rose keep their sentinel wsic
over the silent sleepers in that City Of III
. Dead A nd there Gre homes Of the living, toe
where fair flowers sigh their requiem 70
'r him, and where the tall evergreen stands q
at q monument to him whose hand placed
at there. To him sweet flowers always SCENE
to speak in language the heart aion
could understand and he looked upon ther
or as the silent ministering angels of God, an
A. cherished those of his special care with
, love almost like that q father feels for b
40 children Som alter his marriage he live
II. Lid
beautiful grounds and to his exquisi,
taste the thousands of visitors to "Ba
'r' NUNS are indebted for the fairy-lik
ot grounds of lovely "Iranistan." But ths
do lovely spot, and he whose hand had fash
toned it, are now no more. For the silvs
fountain plays no longer at the entrance
"Iranistan"-and the silver cord of his Iii
has been severed Yet there are othe
y monuments to his memory that no destro,
as ing hand can snap away, or the rude touc
to of Time decay And this is the record
h the many virtues that have written his ep
-. taph in loving hearts
~ But now he has gone TO that bourne fro
he whence no traveller returns, and We cann'
We snatch him from the grasp OF the spoier
hand. Fond ones gathered around him as Il
lamp of Life shed its last Pickering ray, an
ne they knew that the light Of q happy hous
=. hold would soon be dsrkened forever An
even as the messenger of Death hovere
ISL there, waiting to bear theirlov one away. d
te' they pray that Azrael would spare him. b
ls the Heavenly Father had sent the summon
81 and be to whom it came was ready to ODE
The grim messenger had no terror for hir
Is save that death would part him from tho,
- around whom clustered the fondest affection
81, Yet the thought of meeting them again, at
,; their resignation to Gods will, plucked ii
last thorn from his dying pillow. Althoue
ne his sufferinps lasted but few short day
We still they we're very great, and he bore the
with christian fortitude. And all throug
his sickness the parted lips might be hear