Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-07

rsrlud GGiy rs a5Jvt C0Iftqu2uc@n, anu that |
# il commanded. 10 the crisis c! Gitc1rity, that
they bc lbIoan overheard, &c tad tbs t0Ii'
acc aud coer;P t. 80, ani e.! 60 80 alRny:. |
II | should "rte lis aEiiapt i; S4oId be that
his life was controlled By sersc OF duty. NO
man eyir struggled harder than ne did to make
bis coodlci, squarc With bis iudsGc6. ard
ccpsc;elce, lie WAS loyal lslcnt, and these
7no had his ircodshin krcH it. Aud, too, be
was an Gpen enemy. lie never proicssed moro
than he ie!t, and Eas Tree from Gissenuia!lc1'
ar1C: vas true MAG. | an sjrfy that more
ct The meu bcra 81 the b.r batttr q1ali"
lid than | am bavo rot spoken OF bis virtues
aoG worth. have been CONSTRUCTED to- :y so
mnoh b,c.u:e CT my fornsI relations With HIM.
Eimuni Burke, esq, Con mmonSealh's
Attorney for The c.u7,y said:
lL,y It Please tic Court: Il Ess truly hesn
sid ,has death is q momenttu; theme. Life,
with its struggles AID suf:TiaE:-hore5 and
Observation-Disclosures AID achievements
await sike-
"fhe be aIl AID the end aEl''
10 lie abrupt quslity # death He bEeatte5
bis breath upoa tbs bias; 1t E!s5,5 the cheek
OF beauty and wishcrs it Into dcc,y; whispers
ip.o the car, AID afft2httd geo:us vapishe5
into the sil,rce Of the night; souads lis dread
iui Do:c, aud impcrous ieccc: is Lul o!ed IL
,ha dust bef,re TIC mystery to whose so!u.i0I
it vaaIy aspirtd.
The occasion is fraught With sidIesj to tie
heart, deep and ursreakable eve TO the sebtl
tilitics aims: p,raIyScg uLteraCcG tt "oics Of
woe swelling upwards with tic troubled n)cc5
| Of the s5u which treak into bitter icara OF al
| guish aud st!i.clion.
A 1apid succession Of uotim.ly cver,s have
| in Turn assailed eai dcc!ma!cd the baT Ct Alex
a16ris.
The infcuous eicqucnc4 Ct C9i George
| Wi liam B:art is hearu 90 pio7c ca Garth, tut
ia 1iugi.y Gogu tie corridors OF tlnc, 10 Do
rc ,chocd ouly upon the dis!sn; shores Of eter
ui,y, The sturdy logic OF Duaoy ED tho Go
que, C, Of Gel. 9. l.. Stuart are 70 more. lee
polished rhetoric Of the accomplished LaEft1ca
| 3. TAYLOR rts!a scsilg upon the memory IS tic
sucbsau play ever the fountain, aat the .tl:ht'
" form Of the peerless Francis l.. SGl!h, 81,
with all tic crsces tt,2t adorned bis n%tcht'S
character. live ouy, but still GO l7c 10 TIC lW-
pe.i;bable example CT Q ooble he, whose ma
mnry shall survive tho marble that ccmncuo
rates it,
Il vas focdIy hoped that fer time, at Last
the haud CT the Destroyer would have ceased
its 7isi,a!ions, Cut i. was dtcr2cd otherwise,
ard tie last blow severed forever irou oul
conyralicuship. ind summorcG before aoothc'
and Eist,r irituaa him who Was iptg" cs
earth.
lis ftli5s that the c1urs, e Judicial pro
ceadinss should be arrested in Ills FORUM, a7c
that iurisp.udc1cc Should hero pause 20 d.
honor 70 the memory OF ona who btrucht tt
her aid 80 rluch that was grand, Lofty "Ld co'
rnbling, aud the power Of his iatellsc! and thG
purify or iIis oeul - her sarvcc, That nc should
sneak Ct him here IS he was, Tor 10 Lin thcs!
we're familiar sctnrs-the depository OF lis ott
cal rc!iquasfies. The temple CT his hopes aId
houors, rounded upon Tie cnturipg pillars G
truth, justice and mercy.
| EACH Ma2rud,r Lowe was bcrn ca The 1871
day Of September, 1892, 10 the city OF Aiexan'
dria, Va, and cid at the same paea Gn III,
llth day OF Ju1o, 1872 aad vas consequently
in the 47th year OF bis agc. His abcssry Wc!;
of Maryacd OFFICIALLY, @ud Ct uneyecp;iJ0a5Iy
family, ami he was closely allied By lies Of ccn-
sausuioity with * Cav. Eaoch Lewis Lowe, o
Marslanj, aud LARGE AID respectable c}ADlN
ion 10 AexaOdIa.
Hi, halt brother, AhEsm L. L:nuhid, q Nor
folk. who proceeded hin ty several years tc
tic tomb, vas o1o oi Ito most accomplished
scholars iD the CoamoUTesi;h, WHOSE paei,ca
~~'he. hsva been esteemed and admired
men; anu cuujc. ~''I -nfi ne-
W
rally ui Il Wild ard wa ward tcmpsrI1Gent, tu. b.
vas reared under the stern rule of rateuta
dIsci2 Iinc that pre- Vailed ia his generation tha
made tue boy tbs Either 10 the IN a. al ii;;il
when as YET
''lu tho mora 49,: i:Gaii dew CT cutit
Contagious bias: ':Ien!s wtr, un0St ldlnl:ncns
lie capCI uadar the pan0r!y Of tI;r shioial
tX,mpc 0: tG :bur, AMI The W,tchlu ljvc OF {
mother, the vicious and coIrlnIiDg tcndcnci2!
to which unprotected youth Is too gcucray cx
posad. His cary irauiGg bOrc god ifrlt, lGl
he hoGorc1 bis iatE"r and mother, and loved
ycucTatCd and respected IhCEl ill death. Thl
Same core that in youth plated The h1Hars 81
aifcc!len la hla heart and encouraged tdo high
est Gcve!1ppient OF The better rsiufe in his
bosorn was rot uami1dtu! Of that supreme du,y
which commands Tic education CT the of
spring, and no rcociG;d Il. their f:&1ta liberal
eGu3aioa.
E.riv 10 If. La vas taught &. The Eps:orai
High School oil Flegnia, and @hca his rreua
ration there beo2ua complete nc catered tic
Gocrs ctown C9llegc, an academy renowned fer
the proficiency of rs classical teachings aud the
thoroushHes5 Of it5 discipline, and Inspired by
| tho iralauc:s It tho Roman Catholic Church
Here he Was taught SILT sGcfEc, and duty. AID
ro5er tie rigid CUR culum his ardent aud am
bilious na:uro acquired taste !cr classical
knoHlcdgg Wnich a:oompaniod rs ma.urer
years.
Hare ia the gorgeous revelations Of ilcaioj
could be seen crcwoiax O.sppcs pa!Gc,s fitted
! for tho councils and habitati9ns Ct the Gods.
The fatled Hgpccreue mcauac;i1g acd irricat
ing 81! the CENTURIES Ct human though! and SCI
! enc,. Plato with tic uoblesi iii, to MAJ, ua-
corqGerab!c ,eaS1u, lookas upward irto the
shining s:ars. cjua!isg the CONSULTATIONS and
deGuc:ag f;cu reasons iaE tie exis.arc, L
| the true Gad. Here. too, the epic melody of
Homer as lie wandered by the ssc:cd fouats re.
| counting the combals Of heroes who died ia the
cause Of l0vs aud hcuor, and the voice of the
Athenen orator soariug above The sound Of
tie surf beaten rock rtedss:ired from elemental
oorh'ct TO-
''Tnuadcr ever Gtctc,
To Macodcn AID Araxefxes blorr."
AID here, too. pcIcbance the mind Ct the
student rccsiocd the frss dsTniog light OF that
grander teaching tsr above human reason and
philosophy vouchsalcd 10 the thunder5 of 81
nj, confirmed 10 The oraclrs Of the Mouot