Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-06-22
OBITUARY.

TEMPLE-Died in this city, on Monday
the sixteenth instant, at three o'clock in the
morning, after a protracted illness, LIsFON
NJ. TEMPLE. He, enduring several years of in
tense suffering, unassauged by the minister
ing hand Of angelic woman, and alleviated
with few comforts save those which fraternal
love could impart, has passed from Time, we
trust, 10 be rewarded with happiness in
Heaven.
Ahiletlon has again curtained darkly with
clouds Of sorrow the horizon Of his family cir
Gle, as the King of Terrors has gathered one by
one Of its members to his eharnel-house, until
there are scarcely any survivors. When the
tocsin sounded the alarm of the late civil war
he promptly volunteered, first in the South
ern Guards, and subsequently ini the 18TH
Tennessee regiment, to defend his country's
cause, and gallantIy sustained her flag through
its veal and woe, until the smoke and dust OF
the conflict subsided. He possessed many vir-
tues which are indelibly painted upon the
tablets Of memory. His generous nature and
noble impulses impelled him with alacrity to
favor others, often to the sacrifice Of
his own personal ease and .pecuniary
interest. These favors, Wien the sun
light of prosperity was obseured and
misfortunes thick as autumnal leaves were
showered upon him, met with but little
if any reciprocity. His weary journey
Reposing in the silent shades Of Elmwood,
while the many-yoleed sOngsters Of the forest
will chant their sweet melodies, the ever
greens wave their mournful adieus, and the
gentle zephyrs attune their seolean harps with
plaintive notes of a signing farewell over his
tomb, his spirit, we fondly hope, is basking
in the resplendent and unfsding rays of a per-
enniaI eIysium.
Vet * I'M hra r1an nf exrfrf
Yet fresh the memory Of that beauteous
stin they can forth my warm affections
Still in my heart retain their wOnted
d
DON MUNFORD--Whe we find character
istics in men Of the world. claiming our admir-
alton, we are apt to be niggardly in bestowing
it, since we suspect it may be but the SEM
blance ofvirtue with which experience teach
es them 10 conceal their real nature; but
when the pOssessor OF sueh graces is too young
for such crafty schooling, and they can be
traced TO no other source than innate nobility
of soul, let us rival each other in bestowing
praise. Now that the fair flower has fallen,
let not its sweetness be exhaIed without incul-
eating the lesson tn at it teaches.
In paying tributes to the memory Of DON
MUNFORD we do not merely our duty TO the |
dead, but honor to ourselves in claiming fell |
lowshlp with so noble being. Who that was
his friend has not thought more highly of our |
common nature from seeing its most exalted !
attributes personided in him?
The respect which his talent excited was |
sOfteued into love by an almost Quixotic fidel- |
ity to his friends and 10 his honor. So bright |
and sparkling was the surface of his mind |
that neither he nor others thought TO search !
in its depths for the gems beneath, so that few |
knew how great an intellect he had. Genius |
is like the incense which emitS its perfume |
only when subjected to the fire. Happiness |
lulls il TO sleep. So cOntented was he in the !
Consciousness of the love and admiration |
every one felt for him that he let the spacious |
garden of his mind NIL but with loses. As /
much as we appreciated him living, it seems |
that we never comprehended the beauty OF /
his life till now. We may talk face to face
with the angels and know them not from /
other men, but when they leave us and soar
to heaven we see their unfclded wings and |
worship their purity and truth.
1t is, Indeed hard to realize that life has LETT
what so lately was the abode of sparkling wit |
and generous sentiment. We d- plore him as |
the brave and chivalric gentleman, whose i
like we viii never see again.
"The blaze of wit,
The flash OF bright intelligence,
The beam of social eloquenee,
Sank with his sun"