The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-11-30

shone cas- perfect sun OF low" hen
eucb n man dies Il l. but meet and proper
that plain PEOPLE like ourselves should ask
the privilege OF shedding ut least Tear III
token Of our heartfelt sorrow that ne mas
loft ms. While such Il the fact, we can re.
iojce that the noble example oil ms useiui
and well-spe1t life Is not lost, but, on inc
contrary. will he a light to guide many
manly youth in the way he shou'd
walk. As a journalist Mr.. Cowar,
din's course was such as to command
the respect Of all liberal-minded men a.
citizen his whole life showed that he was
patriot: as a gentleman Qrom what we nave
been able TO learn) he had about nun 'nose
elements which made him exceedingly IN
teresting. Possessing these qualities, VINO
can doubt that in the home circle he was
loved with that devotion which noble,
GOOD man should be? Living up ~ he ana
10 the golden rule Of "doing unto DINERS
rs he would have them to do to him." VINO
can doubt that he has entered into rest
we pray that so long as what Is pure, true
and justis loved, his memory may be deeply
cherished by his countrymcn. NJ.
DEATH OF JAMES \. CowARDIN.-The
veteran founder Of the Richmond UiSpdfct
passed away at =. VI. last Tuesday, No
yember 2lst, at the mature age OF seventy
one.
For six or seven years he had been phys
ically a shattered man. but with vigorous
and brilliant intellectual powers he still
pursued his editorial business, more. how
ever. rs an amateur than rs regular
writer, until some timc.last year, when he
was seriously stricken with paralysis. He
-, D. 4. Int
age took his stand at a printers case.
Once ONLY he served term IN The House
OF Delegates. at all other times h. held
was the prnting-0ilice and The cditorlal-
room.
Mr.. Cowardin belonged 70 family dis
tinguishcd for popularity, ylgor OF Thought
and force OF character. He became very
ripe man in journalism, and his mind be-
came enriched by contact ard friction with
al the varied phases OF honorable struggle
in lie. A. writer he was lcrscly dcSrrlp-
tive and chastely ornate. Iii, articles were
cmbellished by countless touches that
caused the reader TO feel and to see The
author rs his own companion in the word.
There was IN carncstncss that carried
conviction, and ii may be and ought to be
said that there was enough OF passion
in his intellectually 10 INK unto Ms ilGhcI
line OF thought the less cultivated but
more mpuIsiyc reader. He lived TO labor,
and while he labored to live he had the
happy compensation OF earning for many
yeas a very handsome income, which he
never lost even in the "scrc and yellow
leaf OF life. The DispQtch was well man
aged in its business department, for which
he always asserted he had neither fOndnc>S
nor aptncss. But It made money. Few men
had warmer friends, and few deserved
them more. lie was companionablc man,
and his cOmpanonShip was genuine. No
man doubted his sincerity. While he was
man OF strong political feelings. he made
and retained friendships which political
yariances could not sever. HIS name and
his work are linked with The brightest
pages Of Richmond's annals. and in war.
pcstilcncc, and famine. Iii, virtues never
ceased to he conspicuous. ~ such, there
will be many who will mourn that in the
mysterious and unavoidable lot OF man. 10y
which he comes forth o. a flower, bears his
fruit. and then decays, his days could not
have been longer on The cath; and the
writer Of these line, j. one i them.-BriS-
fol Ac,cS, H. Z. f0r'F)