Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-26
Resolutions of Respect.

Death is always grievous. When ne lays
his hand upon the head of sge-when the
silver cord is broken even At threescore years
and ten, though the sunset De all aglow with
the departing glories of a life well spent, our
heads bow down, our hearts bleed, our tears
flow. When loved ones fall in the meridian
of life and the noontide of usefulness, when
life's ~fruition is at its highest and beat, then,
indeed, ii is more g~rievous to behold the
ripenipg fruit fall and the yellowing harvest
blasted. But what are these 10 the over
weeniDg sorrow that wrings our hearts when
death strikes down the young! The loving
emile, the indefinable touches OF affection,
the manly bearing, the generous impulse OF
youthful ambition, aud all of the hopes and
possibilities OF young NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., and
hog many more things, tender and loving,
strong and great, fall into ashes with HE
dust. Then 1t il we cry aloud in the help
leesusss of grief, and will not be comforted.
And then when the young mar has spent s
laborious twenty years of preparation and
fully equipped steps. with conscious strength
into the arena Of life all prepared fer the
| conflict and for assured victory, what words
| can tell our sorrow at the fall of such q one?
Il is for the death OF such a one we now do
mourn. Two days ago we were startled at
| the sad news of the death of Avery Meri-
wether, son of Maj. Minor Meriweiher add
| Elizabeth Avery Meriweiher. Avery Meri-
| wether wss born in Memphis on the 18Th day
| of July, 1857, and died on July %, 1888, at
Waukesha, Wis. He was, therefore, just
| past twenty-six years OF age. He graduated
| al the Memphis High School with the first
| honors of his clsss. He then went to
Frankfort, KY, to the military school, where
he also graduated with the highest honors of
his class. Since that he has acquired an &C
cura'e knowledge of German, reading, speak
| iug and writing It with fuency and correctness.
| He also was a good French scholar, and Ii ere
ia now in press a translation by him of Vol
taire's letters TO ~Boiingbroke, which is highly
spoken of. Alasl he will never see the book
upon which he bestowed such labori Two
years ago he studied law and began the prac.
tic of his profession at our bar. In October,
1881, he, With his brother Lee, enced
the publication of the Free Trader, stterwsrd
styled the Merivether Weekly, a weekly neRs.
paper Of very great promise, of fine literary
merit, and always full Of sensible articles
and useful information. Starting without 8
dollar, by unconquerahle pluck and iudomi.
table energy, when the paper was moved to
St. Louis, where Its publication was to hav,
been resumed on the 1st of next month, i
was out of debt, with all the paraphernalis
of a complete printing Office fully paid for anC
$500 in Its treasury. He read everything, of
ten residing the whole night through. Deeply
versed in history and politics, a student in al
departments OF knowledge, always at work
writing articles letters, stories, often setting
his own type, keeping mis- owl accounts, IN
dsfatigable, ~undagging, with alaudable am
bition yitalizing yet wearing away the ener
gies, what wonder that his slight frame ant
delicate constitution gave way. The burn
lug soul burst through the slender bars th a
Gagged 1t, and the tender and duiiful son, III,
loving brother, the confederate friend, leave
US in mourning aud in t-ars, and his famil,
overwhe med with The burden of their IRE
parable loss.
Resolved, rnat in the death of Aver,
Msriws,her thu bar of Memphis has lost
strong man full OF promise, the ueWspspe
world a vigorous writer, society an unoh
trusive gentleman, and his family ell that
loving son and brother could be.
Rescued, That these preamble and rsso
lu.ious be pressnLel TO the verinna cnrr-s-n
The city, with the request tn It they be en-
rolled upon tkeir minutes Us T. slight testi
mUUfEr or CUT e5TEem anI love.
Rso1red, That they be furnished 10 tn
newspapers Of the CITY, with a requ st 70
their publication.
ResoiUed, That the secretary OF his meet
ing furnish a copy of Them 10 the s%ffiicte
family, with assurances OF our profout
sympathy.
W. b. ROBINSON, Secretary.