Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-01-04

Leaves rave their time to fall,
And flowers to withcr ut the north-wind
breath.
And stars to srt:--but all,
| Thou hast all seasons for thine own, oh.
Deatl.'
DEPARTED this life. at his residence
near EliZabcthtou. Tenn. on Wednesday,
evening the 9th of Dec, 1871. Mr.. a. l."
IIILToN, in The j9th year of his age.
The death of this Iamentcd geutlenan.
has created Il feeling of profound regret.
i'm the community where his person was
so long and familiarity known. Nom"
knew him. WHO were not caPtivated by his
exceedingly quiet and tn~ob>trusirc de-
pertinent.
Filled with the modest. yet conscious
/ dignity q: virtue. and especially. with that
true upri.htnc>s OF soul. wlic.I cxllts
and atloriiS the huEI1n character, his mani
Hcrs were quiet and retiring; courteous,
yet rcscrvcd; mild. yet trann; beautiful
" combining the s-ntlr ariihiiitE OF Il
pc Iceful. with Tire opcu-hrlrtrd truthful
ness ola generous nature. Thus conSti-
| tuted. he sought delight, not so mitch i'll
the plaHdits of the crowd, as in the calm
happiness which flows from a conscious
ness of rcctitudc, and from the endcariiig
relations of dcXotrd friendship. No man
was more sincerely attached to his fricnds
no man friends were more sincerely at
tachcd to him. But. the bright SIN Of
! his existence has set. and his immortal
spirit has embarked on The great ocean of
! eternity, His home has been made desc
| late: the heart of affection has been
yrung with anguish: and they who clun2
around him in life. and now mourn him
iu-consolablv.i in death, must now strew
the green mystic and the bright flowers.
and shed the tear of unaffected regret
| over his lamentcd grave In the SIM
light Of faith, the tear may be exalted
The flowers may fade away; bat, the
beauty and and the fragrance of his viz
tues. Shall Finger forever i'll the dearly
cherished memories OF friendship anu
love.
Thc deceased. was rather remarkable
FOR a solid. wei balanced Understandings;
| great caudor. .airncsS and mOdcratioiI.-
Traits these. il less glarIng ani cohSP!cu-
ouS. they vet fully deserve the applica-
tion of a celebrated line from the poet
Gruv:-..Bcncath the good how far-d;n
far dbare the great O.
The virtues which most adorn the hui
man character, were quite redonliiiah
ALI i'm his actions; aud, i'll all the rrlatiotiS
of life. he possessed Il Sweetness OF tehi-
per. and atfability of mInner, which en-
drared him to all with whom he Intimate
" associated. In lis death, his Family
and friends have lost One, whose worth
was NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. place can never
be filled. But, "a the rose smells more
swcctlv. when it i pluck.d from the
branch. so may il be said, with regard 10
the subject of this notice, that by fond
remembrance, since Almighty God. has
rceu tit to take him to himself. that those
prc-cniiucnt virtues. which distinguished
him in Elr. still SIiihe more beautifully
bright. since he has quietly fallen.
stu the deep Stiffness of that ORGANIZES
state
OF sIc-t. that knows no waking Joys Il
giin!'
-. I.,,I tla ,alp1SIFf. of ali intimate
acuuaiiItancc with him whilst living aiiG
hIs bceu frequently compelled to cXtol
the elegant ~pcrtcctioilS, winch at All Times
seemed TO pcrvadc his nature and the cX-
altcd proprieties he invariably observer
i'm his general intercourse with his friends
and int And now.- since the
pale flag of death, waves riulnpha6tly
over him. who so recently co~Dstitutedt the
bright cynosure of an affectIonate iainIlH
and alarge circle OF friends, would SIau-
w throw n cluster-of Iarest nowcrs upon
his grave. whose delicious fragranc~ may
Kiss the lovely mOOIl-bcam, when tneS
fail gently down from the ccuican blue
ofiIGaveII. and illuminate with showers
of silvery brightness his lonely resting
place. where, doubtless. angels VIII mover
On tireIess p~infons, DER Ills sleeping dust.
until the loud trump of the Arch anger
shall revcrbcrate throughout the on,-
verse. to awaken he mlii-
ions of earth from their long u dreary
slumber. who have tough the Sood
tirht offaitli :" to put on their garments
ofheayeuly immortality, and join the in
Vulnerable ttrong, 'who have Washed|
their robes audmade them white III the
biood of the Lamb" During tho period
of nv aeqpnintance with him. nave OF
ten Watched With admiration. the KIN;
bition of those beautiful pertectons ana
amiable virtues which appeared 10 have
founda l~uxuriantsoil, III the sweet tenn
neramento of his gentle nature. anu now,
since his genial spiritllas taken IT'S ever
Iastin. flight from this snblunary sphere,
/ have been forced to the conclusion,
TINT I shall rarely meet \ gentleman, III
any of the varied walks of life, whose no.
his traits of character Will ever shine
forth with more proverblal splenuor:
Would. that the friend who writes this,
could. by any expression, or sympathetlc
enotion OF his, mitigate aught of the suif-
crings of hearts, lacerated by this ire
mendous shock, gladly would he alleviate
every pany In his utter he
can only point them to Him, whose sure
nromise il, TO be with them in trouble TO
Esn,nayt strength equal TO their trial. To
thaSa of the bereaved, who have not stat
cd that ~tIhe Lord is good" he would
,,ro,. tbe admouition given by the sad oc-
e,siou. to be ssalso ready, for in such an
hour as We think not, the son ofman conf
eth %
Ree;sfer for Carter County. by the popu-
lar voice of his fellow-eitizens, at the last
rep,ilnr election, and continued to dis
charge its duties. with all the care and
,IIirenec OF q faithful public servant. I'M
t;Ihe Mas arrested by the disease which
t~erminsted his earthly existence.
dfsciple of the celebrated genius, aud
oh OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Martin Luther
aAfef fife's fitful fever, he sleeps wellp
w. r.
Eiizabethton, Tennessee.