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‘ It is our painful duty to announce the death of Seaborn Jones, Esq. Attorney at Law, of this place, who died on Monday evening last, after a few days illness, iti the , | 37th year of his age.The conspicuous station which Mr. Jones ha9 for many years held in the several courts in this state, his numerous connections, and vefy diffusive engagements iu . ' professional business, will cause this affiie-I ting dispensation to be very extensively felt . j and lamented. He Was a native of North* , ] Carolina, but came when very young with , his parents to this state, ant! in Savannah prepared himself for that profession in which he obtained so honorable a pre-eminence His character for persevering fidelity and inflexible integrity, naturally led him Into very extensive impioyment, and procured for him universal esteem and‘respect. All who knevV hint had confidence in liiifi ; Rohe who imjiloyed hint ever had cause to Complain of his inattention to their interests, “or his duty To business he was at all times assidiously and pcrseveringly devoted, nor would this at atiy time be sacrificed to the pursuit of pleasure* or selfish indulgences ; his pleasure was indeed Ills busi-ness, and in his attention to it, he set an cx-; ample of industry and ceaseless application , | well worthy of imitation. 'With his friends | he was easy, candid, social, prompt and sin*■ ] cere ; above duplicity himself, and not apt ( ! to 9uspect it in others, thohe for whom he| professed a regard, were sure to find in him• an nndeviating friend. His numerous cli-■ | ents in all parts of the country, well know i how faithfully he attended to any business. 1 committed to his charge, and those with I whom he w’as obliged, in the course of pro* . fessional agency, to be urgently solicitous I for the performance of engagements, were j compelled to venerate that zeal which seem-; ed to animadvert upon their own reinissness; j but as far as the primary calls of duly per-. j mittcd, a friendly indulgence was by him ! extended to those who were deemed proper objects of it. The uniformity anil up-rightness of his character commanded the respect of those, who had but little opportunity of becoming acquainted with the maBy excellent qualities of the mind and virtues of the heart, which Were mare strikingly developed, to his intimate and confidential . | friends.J In early life Mr. .Tones left his private pursuits, to lend his individual aid to hisi country, in prosecuting the w ar of the Revolution, and in this service he was led to Charleston, and with the fall of that place he, and many other brave men were made pris-i oners. After the close of the war, his att'en-I tion was almost exclusively directed to his private concerns', but his talents attracted ' such notice, that he was several time'fi elee-J ted a. member of the state legislature, and ; iu 1789, he was chosen speaker of the house j of Representatives. But as he was more ' known, his business multiplied and became j more important, and ha voluntarily lliere-• fore declined public imployments that he might devote his undivided attention to private aod professional engagements. His voluntary choice prevented his advancement to a scat on the bench of the superior court, a station he was some years since solicited to accept. As a politician he was a republican of the true Washington school, an un-deviating advocate of that practical system which promoted the prosperity and hnppi-| ness of his country. As amaii he was friend-j ly, dignified, strictly honest and* morally i correct. As a husband and parent he was ! kind, attentive, indulgent and affectionate. As a master lie was mild, benevolent and just. As a Christian, lie had no doubt experienced the regenerating influence of the divine spirit, and was therefore enabled to contemplate the period of dissolution With composure and satisfaction ; and as he hud lived for another world as well as for this, he was prepared for a station in either, according as the divine will should direct his destination. Hd was a short time since e!oc-ted an Elder of the Presbyterian church in this place, and in that congregation of worshippers, this dispensation will be truly felt, and sincerely deplored. To the bereaved partner of his bosom, this IrfSs will be irreparable. To the (vlt;»d who has taken him must shf look for support, under a trial which admits not of consolation from th. world. To three children who are now deprived of an only parent, and to an extensive eircle of connections, this breach will be a serious and long felt calamity. To th'-com.uidity at large, the death of such a m u as Mr. Joires is always a loss, in our littl*-society, his place will not readily be supplied
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Augusta, Georgia, US
Thu, Jul 27, 1815
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