The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-07-19

teep,h year OK her age.-She was TIE youageit .
daughter of the truly au,iale and refpeetabe =
= Mrs. Jane Ca,y. and grand daughter of the Le- I.
snevoent and venerable Col. Spsi(on Ili,es CAV,
= OF that place. We have ieen letter from VII !,
hamburg. By which it appears, tina, death has )
snot often fruck more cruel blow than in the fall
: OF this inteTeaing and rromiing young lady. :.
Eaf,na efa ieftc, fJoq E5iiiars,Susg, Of late =
Z 1nfy SO, 1905. \
That fweet young creature Jane Cary, is no
more; her iprit left this morning | an, in ;
love with human nature, for rhe manner in which :
her death has affected tire town. You w;,pee
led, and recollect that while here you remark
ed the io'icsnaes every where produced by her
Nindiipod;on. You obierved the anxious enquiries
, which were made at every door, of every pafipe
svifitor OF her fck bed Seldom, if ever, has
there been an example Of an intereG 70 deep and -
Sio exteniive, excited by 10 young perfon; fell
dom indeed, if ever, has there been perron TO
young, who 70 well deferved that deep and ex- :
teniive intereH. From the univerla iorrow pro- ,
duced here by her death, you would fuppoie s
that The had been intimately known, indeed that
HE mad been an Inmate in every family in the
stown +; for every family, from TIE old-n to the
-:young-it OF its members eenis TO feel her death
as domeitc lois; indeed fhe could not but be y
Hknown, and being known, beloved by all who e."
over faw her, To fee her was a fuficient intro
Sducton, for her countenance was a full, and per 2
eject exhibition OF her character. Scarcely ever
shave iieen ole in which the foft and winning
virtues OF her fcx were 70 itrknsIy and 70 truly =
d-Pitied; fcareely ever have ieen in anv one
10 exqu;iite and touching an union of beauty, =.
iwcetneis. modefy, intelligence, and fenbiii,v. 4
"u nave frequently o5ierved me gazing ntenfe-
Sly on her face, feveral wears ago. when ihe was r
Syet very young girl. You did net ten compre-E
ghend all the luxury which felt in peroiing the !
features oi this lovely child. You fayy indeed e.
enough IN her beauty tn account to YOU Tor NV 2
earnest contemplation OF her. for even then there
S,was fomething in the movement ef her fine dark
.eyes IN their brilliant finile or affecting
on !; there was fomething in the cadence of her .
voice, and in rhe varying turns of her copn-e. >
nance 10 natural 10 aftets 70 feeling, 70 heaven p
Siy, that you faw nothing to wonder at in ms, ad =
niration and rapture. But you did not under !.
" itand the whole icope OF my thoughts and FEEL, I.
g lngs. looked forward to the bloom and eYnar- :
lion OF this fweet rofebud. and iaw in her the
s exact counterpart of an Object which had haer 5
Eout too dear to my own Ee .rt-Enouch of n,y-Sa
Slels. 80 = --'' =
= Alas Ills fweet role-bud was not defined to-
eattain that bloom and expanfon ,yhicl, we have
~ both 10 often and 70 fondly anteipated She an.
approached indeed near enough to maturity TO con- p
,-vinoe us OF the figure which fhe wou,d Lave =
made If Heaven could have fpare6 her I Ii,t, :
longer 10 the earth. She was rapiJlv sco,;r;p9
.every accomplishment of mind and manners 8
Eicience and the fashionable languages were area =
uy eontI outing TO her amuiement and DECORATE -
EoE, and the morning of her genius was advanc- 9
Cling, radiant aud aufpicious the p;ano FORE I'D
aa!ready learned to obey the touch of her fi,esr
Fand nngling lis tones with thofe of her fnf, and
sfne'ooous voice, to tell the hearer all tbe fye.t
vand delicate fymnathies which were xi,r,,;,o ~
within her gentle bofom. She would cert,inIv 9
:. nave oeena beauty of the heheR order Her y
form 10 light and ETHEREAL, her ftep 70 fpr;ehtly
and YET 10 harmonious thar one could no, Ee,, h.. =
Smove without being reminded of Fenelou's bean. :
gtrui description Of the dance of Calvnfo'. :
~nympils But The would not have been one of =
Hthoie merely materia! beasties who depend for
i their effe9 on form s, figure It twas the foul
(Which lat on her face, which Leamed E ON her
eyes and touched every feature with thought and
1teei,ng-it was this, which feparated and dii}in- y
Eguhneu rms iweet girl from the crowd Yout
faw in her the fra glance, YOU heard IN ,ba g
. hrit found of her voice, (what me vasnerfeeI, >
Ignorant OF herielf that her mind like her be,,. =
Hty was OF the highefl order, and tba, her b,r. y
was TOO gentle, too tender and too pure for this y
Sword Such was the lovely girl who has been s
SthiS morning removed from this fcene Of tb;nos :
and eicorted by her fiiter Seraphs, to her na,;ye
SHeaven. ~
r | cannot deieribe to you the eHea which
ywas produced this evening BY the upexoeaeJ 2
appearance OF her coffin in the nree.. Il wa,
eknown that The had died this Inornir,D bu, ,b.
.town was not apPrized Of the neceiiity of co,,-
uniting her Immediately TO rle earth and a.
lore were not prepared for the fhock which thew 3
now received. dare FAY her death was the G,h. &
. lect oil general conversation rs il was Of general
Sregret, at the moment when her funeral nroc.c =
8 Hon commenced. know it was the fubiea of
$deeP and affecting converlation in the company
Gin which was fitting, and what paged in ,b,
Tinay give you fone idea Of what was pafipg in :
@every other circle here for as far as my eves
rcouid reach the effect was invariably the fame :.
eve were juit fsying that the town had Ion 2
S one Of its fairef ornaments-one of its BRIGHT 4
z, cit jewels, when coffin was announced-Swe y
role up, went to the front doors and windows }
and had barely time to afcertain that il was the =
corpie OF this lamented girl borne on the fbould- ;
sers OF iour young gentlemen, and followed by s
= her weeping relatives, when the fame norr1er, .
eevery ore invountarily recoiled from the sfIa
9ing 1peefacle, and every one was in tears. Men a
Aare too often belied. There was among us one y
rgentieman who has been 1andered as having No "a
veEhbili;y, no devotion except to the God of 9air
zUnjutt and cruel afperGon I never law a man =
smore tincerely and deeply Affected ; it was Ceye-
raj moments before he could fpeak at all When :
he did, he laid with voice Of foen1n emphaG, =
while the tears yet food in his eyes" Rely up- :
on the death Of this fweet girl has made =
-" blank in our Iociety, which cannot Ioon he filed =
S"up' This was the language Of nature and =
struth let me add that it was the general Cent;
TT'edt of Williamsburg Yes; although removed Z
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