Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-17

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roundings, but The virtues which be SO
nobly exempli6ed In his dailyswslk and
conversation among men rpop the marts OF
trade, or in the ordinary intercourse of life,
were only 10 be seen and known in their
truest beauty and intensity, within the lin
its OF that stricken household The same
high sense Of honor that governed his con-
duct elseo-' "rt, s'ic-e Il I, sIfent in the
GA. Lid ILcae a home. The magnanimi-
ty and unselfshGess of his impulses there
displayed their tenderest exhib tons. His
was the love of a husband that never
swerved, the love of father that never
breathed an Hnkindne&, of a man whose
record, ali i'm al, goes to the m0HrDers by
his coffin as legacy Of sweet memories,
and the synonym of all that is brightest and
best IN human nature.
s'Let no unworthy sounds of grief be heard,
No loud laments-Dot one nnseemly. word.
Let sober triumphs wait upon my bier.
No friend can l forgive who sheds tear.
For does he drOop in life's inspiring morn,
Or in old age is gathered like an ear of corn,
Full ripe he dies, on natures noblest plan,
Who lives to reason and who dies man." -
From the ST. Louis Republican, June H.
Perhaps no announcement could have
come 10 The public of St. Louis and Mis-
souri, more painful than that Msj. Henry
Ewing was no more. During the long and
severe illness Of khis gentleman, bis friends
bad chung to the apparently well-groUnded
hope that the worst might pass away speed
liz and that he might soon again take his
wonted place in our midst. But The hand
of disease had taken a hold upon him
which medical skin could not shake loose.
His constitution, never quite strong, and
his system, never robust, had been so un-
derminea and shattered by his intense APP
plication 10 the business of his newspaper
since the recent change, that there was no
recuperative power left to second the eff
forts of his physicians. He had indeed be-
come convalescent, 20 all appearance, when
suddenly that relapse, which is so much TO
be dreaded In cases like his, Sc; in ana
sealed his doom, lrl. nose --s.s
During the years that Maj. Ewing has
wrought among US re has won much d.s-
tinction, but more of regard and affection.
His WAS one Of those natures to which the
whole world seems kin; and he absolutely
bad no foe. There were more to say aught
OF him while living that was unkiud, and
there are none in all the great city whereof
he was such an active and valuable citizen,
who are not his mourners now. In his
business relations he was so situated that
his dealings we're with all-his patrons were
the whole public-aRd he was universally
respected and esteemed. In his social re-
latiops he was equally without reproach.
He leaves behind him the kindliest memory
in every heart.
He has been taken from our midst in the
pf hia Y,rpt,nisn ond thu ppihdory ~
manhood. Death has come into the busi--
est midst of our community ard plucked
away one of the brightest and best beloved
Of the workers. Maj. Ewing had just be-
gun to see in the near future the Tuition of
his hopes and The rewards Of his toll. Un-
der his wise management and propelled by
his iireless industry and bis excellent tao
his newspaper was on the high-rcsd to sue
cess, ana be was the undispuged architect
Of its fortunes aud with them his own.
Tnus, with the goal snd his ambition in
sight, be was stricken down in the midst of
his striving. Just as he could begin to
contemplate the honorable rest that is the
fTut IF manly toll, be was gathered to an
other rest that is never broken or disturbed.
From the ST. Louis Democrat, June IA.
1t is with an unfeignei regret, which Ian
gusge cannot well translate, that We record
the death Of Major Henry Ewing, principal
proprietor and general manager of the st.
Louis Times, which occurred last evening,
after a severe Ind protrscted illness. a
Nor is there in the case of our departed
friend the average of temptation to cali
hsttery to toe aid of truth to mako up an
horored memory. The unvarnished tale
Of tie young life that went out yesterday is
sufficient to make its subject hero in a bet
ter and higher field than heroes are eener-
ally made or beard Of, and he who
would add to the sum of
acknowledged virtues aud STAIN
merts would mar the picture quite as much
as he who would subtract from the general
concession.
We cannot speak of Major Ewing, from
personal knowledge, as a soldier; but there
are those who can, and we but re.echo the
sentiments Of comrades whose hardships
and dangers he shared, in saying that the
measures of bis praise cannot be filed too
full when lie is spoken of for the part lie
took in the great sectional war. lie chose
the side which the convictions Of education
and association had taught him to call the
right, and he had won his way TO honorable
distinction before be sheathed his sword in
honorable defeat.
But the most grateful memories of him
whose death we mourn viii be among those
who knew him neither as soldier or journ-
alist, but as friend, companion and iertle-
man. In these relations are, after
all, the vital ones of life-he knew neither
war nor politics, but only truth and honor.
He was one Of The uuest friends, one of the
most genial companions, and one of the
most honorable gentlemen t. has ever been
our privilege to meet, and it is because of
this that the circle of his mourners to-day
will be much larger than if, lacking those
high qualities, he had Won much higher
honor on the battle fields of the South, or
achieved greater distinction among toe
journalists Of the country, Henry Ewins
the solder and Henry Ewing the edito
will both be forgotten in the sweet and sim
pie memory Of Henry Ewing the man.