The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-06-20
Address,


! Fsger. contracted at Hickman sehiie Uo!uR
teering has serrices 10 the sufferers during
the epi9cn1ic Of he suzansr or 1873 Writ
ten to Be dsLirered before the s ". hy.:
/ Medical Association by Dr. John II. Nor
ton. enc Of the committee appointed 10 pre-
/ pare memorial address 10 the dead HEX
man Physicians.
GEsTLEMEN.
/ A celebrated Roman orator, statesman
/ and WarrieT, when addressing a Roman
/ populaco over the dead body OF his Empe-
rcr and Commander, said that, "the evil
men DO live after them, the good is Of in
TERED with their bones" He said, $50
let II be with Caesari" But Caesars rir-
ttcs like those Of most great men, were so
many and so paramount, that there was
little indeed of that material to live after
him, and that trhich teds good instead of be
ing buried with his remains will forever
hereafter live TO his greatness, 10 his
honor aud 20 the pride ana admiration of
all mankind. We say, 80 let this be
with our noble and iamented Alexander"
As it is ever the case in all the grades
OF life, DEATH the profound exterminator
Of All things living and exiating is al
most sure TO claim fer its trembling VIC
Tins the brightest the bravest and the
best. II was especially the case, my
Friend! during the last and fatal epidem-
ic in the taking away Of those true and
untiinching Physicians who fell contend
ing IN the very front ranks, against the
rayages of Yellow Fever; and now after
all is over, when We come TO reflect upon
the lives Of those physicians who particu-
I larry lost their lives through purely Gisi7-
tsrestlG efforts aud unfeiZneJ human en- -
deavors 20 save the lives OF other people,
those special physicians who went with
cut being called, leaving sweet and hap
py families, bright and beautiful homes.
20 90 into destructive aod raging pes
thence, where no mans life was IS safe
as in the thickcst Of the fighting foe 10
truly care for and relieve the suffering
fellow men. say, when we come 10 con
slider the deeds and services of those
physicians who travelled to Hickman,
Memphis and Grenada for that cole aud
only purpose, the heart Of man is sure
TO drop the most sacred tear OF admiring
aud loving sympathy that ever sweliei
the bosom Of human mOurners.
DR.. J. VI Alexander was one Of those
noblest Of noble men His Gnjah.e AMI
liberal minded character, his refined aud
educated instincts, his genial warm and
impuIsive nature, his brave and sscrihc
ing disposition, ani his large and ever
oyerao wing soul full 70 the brim with
love for ais fellow man. Al those ele-
giant aud doubly refined good qualities
both as = citizen and physician. ever act
ing with that freedom. fraukncss and
simplicity so natural 10 the true and
perfect man, made Dr. Alexander no or
dinary man. Indeed Dr.. Alexander WAS
clearly above the average medium Of ply
sicians. He Was physician whom every
body loved, every body trusted ana every
body appealed 10 from the common aud
uncommon trials Of life, and whose geHer
oCs and maEnGuIuOus heart ever beat in
an enj0avor TO please mankind 10 relieve
human suffering and 10 serve all who
called upon hin during his long and
somewhat checkered life. \ life which
was reslly cultured alike abouuding with
sore vicissitudcs, and AZ the same time
intermiSe1 with many hours Of deep
drawn pleasures and happiness in the
midst o. his fright and deli lighffal "a miiy
and among his numerous social friends
For such e man. IN the course of human
cveut8, 10 was almost cssr atIai that he
should DC possessed Of a few personal en-
emies. they could he in ali probability
d0ubtedly was blessed with q multitude
of the truest friends. Frien Is a. home IN
the scope o' his practice, and even ont
side the run Of his patrons, friends IN
California, where he lived 10 dix the pre-
ci0us gold. friends in Florida where he
fo.iowed the lndian brave, friends in
Mexico where he followed with the de-
scendants OF the Aztecs, friends IN the
grand old Rebel Army, true aud faithful
like himself in fact every where his facile
and c0ngenial nature come in contact
with his fellow meu. he their affection
and became, blessed with many
friends. For truly DR.. Alexander was.a
pure and good hearted man firm friend
a good nei hb0r, an obliging and courte-
Gus brother in medicine. fast aud lasting
in his friendship, dignided bnt iovial
and aHabIe in his associations, liberal
impulsiVe and brave, Numbering
among has warm friends such
men as Gen Frank Cheatham. Gen. john
b. Hood, Isham q. Harris and Gen. Bed.
ford Forest, and other men Of like stamp
with whom he served during our slate
uupleasantness, when mems souls were
tried and tested each others nerves
The subject Of our brief sketch was
born in the aristocratic and time houored
land, the very name Of which will ever
remind us Of that beautiful ani roval
virgin queen OF our nother-iand. and
from which has sprung that happy and
illustrious stock sometimes so facetiously
termed the T. Z. VS. he being one Of tho
sous Of that class of ancestry lie came
to Fulton County, KY, in comparatively
an early day, already educated i n the FIRST
class literary school OF Virginia, and
graduated in the Jefferson Medical school
of Philadelphia. he had for upwards of
30 years controlled and labored IN large
and lucrative practice, excepting when
his brave, generous impulsiye aud active
disposition, had led him away among the
foremost squGdrons either TO the golden
plains Of California, or upon the old sand
fields Of Florida or Mexico or else upou
tue bloody battle ground of our own beau
tiful Southern cline. Indeed Dr.. Alex
andcr was truly an active leading. high
spirited nan. Well might HIS medical as
s0ciates, and fellow soldicrs with dear
! memory repeat in the beautiful stvle Of
Daniel Voorhees,, "who hss gDokeu as
Alexander spoke whose song has winged
q iOftier flight or sung nObler strain
! than Alexander? What pLysician whose
tongue has touched q tendereT chord. or
hose knife has been guided so full Of
beauty and of majesty as that of Alexau-
der? The old maxim slightly altered
of ''lrst in peace, irst in war, and first
/ iusthe heart Of his fellow associates, ap-
/ plies we'll indeed 70 this magnificent aEd
! clever physician, nothing in mis- nnture
/ was too good for his friends or fellow
men. As | have heretofore expressed
myself, he was generous and self-5ac rife
! ing TO fault
| Once upon time, during cur late ma
/ tionel conflict between the States, while
our lamented friend was an active and
! busy surgeon upon the bloody and mur-
derous battle-mountains of Chickamauga,
when unexpectedly to every beholder, in
the twinkling of An eye, two of our cour-
ageous and gallant crack regiments had
hanked around and double quicked up
face 10 face, and began poring CALLING
frn int0 the fallInP rapEa of each otler
| DR.. Alexander. noble and self sacrificing,
regardless of consequences, threw him
self at one bound out amid and between,
fronting both assaiiing combstants,
dashing his old faded gray cap high into
the air. yelling and gesticulating with
mighty efforts among the whistling oi
balls and roaring of musketrY. Cease!