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Anong iii:; new associates he ssusta ^'nc	algh	character that
w.?;i:Lnguished him in the land of hi'-, n uc^ i-y c-.,\d mcrtcr.t?-> and retired .;r.	ull hir? habits, 'oyp. li?u o? wu\ 1 v-.?ercf;. itidxia try*c.ad i ^ealoun-,
irue, anti honest di jcharge of ail the awtioc o- a citizen, in the short time he lived among them, he gained their .?;nr-re confidence and esteem, heath, however, put an end to a life of vio'ue and usefulaess in a n:anner painful as it was originally unexpected.
dis il;i-?::s w:n ca-usod by the eirtractic] of a tooth, v/hich, ore-'iucing a diseasr: thn c the bus t medical and surgica as 5ist*vice was irad-euate to relieve, a-ter three "icnths of uni\mi ?.ec. agony brought Uis. to the gc:?ve; a perio ' of trial and suffering uuuk. subservient by hi;:, to the cause of relig-ion, and which he availed him"If with the greatest earnest-rtdss of	puroose	to impress	on the mine!.!; of :ho.-;a	who surr--unded him	on
the bed	of	-With the great	virtue of a reliance	on that Gad, vhooe.	sacred
word inf.vrr's .us "Lii.it in the midst of life -;e are in death?
A void ha;- been created by the death tv Mr* Sylvester in the circle in which he "oved, which will ioiig -remain u'tfi-lad, a:;d those who knew him bast car. best appreciate the loss of su^hys, man to any society, .In all the relations of life his character was without blenish; as hushanc, father, master, and fried, religions tindeiniess, justice, and liberality combined in him to form the perfect nioc-il o:? a Christian gentlerran.
liis bciv.vcd family h=ve the-:consol atio-:. of huowing that such a life ?r.d such. .ii 'i^rth endures the greit reward vV ich God has orcr.ised to all who love i-ad sivrve him. Let them., therefore, -lot grieve li e those who have no hope, but with Christian faith be. assured that he has co'r^.er.cec an eternity of happiness on God?s right hand, where death nor scrrov; never .a -re cm c.-m.e. "For wh. t was his: hope? Truly his hope was even in God." jvaieu,
*' ? I?.. A.. SYLVES'ilSWaBA* S:?. LOUIS, MI ? ISSIP^I
??r.Lisved in	the state of Alabama	in Oc > ober 1861.
Coiay>any 1-^3	Alabaraa, Volenteers.
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