The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-02-21
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This announcement, 80 appaIihg III its
suddenness, will carry proiouhuest griei
to countless homes throughout ,ne whole
Commonwealth. No man IN tue STATE had
larger circle OF devoted 1richus, gentle
and. simple alike, and no man was ever
worthier the devotion they gave him
nay, not only In Virginia, but throughout
the whole southern country, the men who
four wears shared with him the rough
delights. the tolls, the dangers oil neld OF
battle. and march and biyouac, who can
never forget his brilliant talk around the
campfire and his superb daring amid the
dust and sweat OF battlc--thesc men, yctc-
rams OF that army with his name must he
forever associated, will, we know, mourn
him as only brave men mourn each DINER.
So mexpected has this blow fallen, so
bcwildcrine f. the shock, that we cannot
realize as vet the loss Of one so near ana
dear 10 Us. thus struck down in all The
vigor Of his manhood, in all the picnltude
OF his usefulness.
Difficult would il be under any circum-
stances to speak temporarily OF a character
so finely tempered rs was his by stern and
gentle virtues. OF him II might in very
truth he said. as Mdme. Huber said of
Lord Dacre. that he was so noble and
simple that each virtue seemed in him an
instinct"
Among his intimatcs at the University
were Thomas II. Price, now Professor III
the University. Colonel Archer Anderson.
william Porcher Du Bose, OF ;. e., (ail
Masters OF his year, and Others who have
made their mark in the world. Long after
college enthusiasm and the rashness oil
youthful judgment might he supposed to
have been sohercd by coming years, we
have heard these men repeatedly declare
that they believed there was no intellectual
feat beyond Chamberlayne's extraordinary
powers.
Possessed OF marvellous memory" for
getting nothing save injuries widely
read. in science and in the literature OF many
tongues, he preserved beyond any man that
we have ever known the lost art OF CONVEX
sation. With strong convictions and GEN
erous scOrn OF all that was base or mean. by
turns witty. sarcastic, humorous, abound
ing i'm anccdote, in apt Illustration. in fc-
licitous quotation from I'LL that was best in
literature, gifted with frightened obScr-
walton that was minute without being mar
row, he had to or mind no peera talker.
Men from abroad. who had seen men and
cities. and who had mingled in the best
society OF great intellectual centres, stared
at meeting in the provinces man whose
enchanting talk would have made him IL
nous in London or Paris.
Courteous and cOnSidcratc 10 all about
him, winning by the charm OF his manner
and the inbred kindness OF his heart the
goodwill OF every man under him. from
the humbleSt apprentice to his associates
on the editorial stall, he has lett behind
him among the old employees OF this paper
a name that will long be cherished with
deepest affection and respect.
But Richmond, the place OF his birth
and the happy home OF his bOyhOod and
young manhood, was ever the spot to which
he turned with longing eyes. and after Il
somewhat brief tenure Of the editorial
chair OF the Norfolk TirGinian he eslall-
lished in the capital the State newspaper.
OF the notable success OF that venture it
would be idle for lis TO speak here.
OF all that he was Is son, brother. hIls-
band. father, what need TO those who knew
him that a single word be said! Not here
shall we seek to pierce the sweet and gra-
cious sanctities OF that once happy home,
nor rend the veil from aEgIlishcd faces TO
pay panegyric which his generous soul
would disdain.
Nor Of our own grief care we TO speak.
There are feelings too deep and holy for
any trick of speech. Ii from the happier
land the dead look down, and with finer
I;,r;Ua bn inYnn-t thptphts nf fhOsp
who linger here, we may rest content.
He will know the measure OF our sorrow
for 30 dear a head:
cui Pudbr ct Iustltiac Soror.
IncOrrupta fidcs. nudaque Ncritas
QuanGo ullum inycnlet parcm!