On Saturday morning, 14th inst., at half-past 7 o’clock, Capt. Mark L. Moore, of the Bienville Guards, stationed on the peninsula in Virginia, departed this life at his residence in this city, in the 31st year of his ago. Capt. Moore contracted a complication of diseases while in service and exposed to camp life, from which he sought relief by furlough, and returned to his home. But the insiduous destroyer had marked his victim, and despite the most skillful medical attendance, and the unceasing watchfulness and attentions of a devoted wife and friends, he lingered for weeks uncomplainingly till death terminated his sufferings and gave the emaciated frame the last most still and solemn repose.
Capt. Moore was well and favorably known in this city, where he had resided for ever fifteen years. He had filled several positions in public, in all which he enjoyed the confidence and respect of his friends, He was a native of Columbia, Tennessee, and his brave and generous soul was characteristic and in unison with the chivalrous and gallant people of that noble State.
His funeral on Sunday evening was largely attended, and was escorted by his brother firemen, Jackson Fire Company No. 19, together with a number of the military, the typographical fraternity also manifested their remembrance of a former brother, and their Union, headed by Col. Gerard Stith, formed a part of the funeral cortege. Capt. Moore now reposes in Cyprus Grove Cemetery, while a bereaved wife and sorrowing children are left to lament a kind husband and indulgent father. May he sleep the calm sleep of peace and never wake but to a joyous morning.
New Orleans Daily Crescent, New Orleans, LA