The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-11-20
COMMUNICATION.

/ DIED, in the county of Wesmoreland. ON So.
!nrda!. the Sd day Of November, Mrs MARY,
I fAhkB m the 53l year of her age. .
, In private station. h bes,~spent life, and
! ue practice OF every rtue, can secure for he
dead but short respite from oblivion The
sconrge of the human race. and tb, destrova. IF
mi'lons, is made immortal even bv his crimes
whist nuihbte merit passes from the world. and
! Is iotBotten Those who survive, either profit
/ oy tieir example, or instructed by the hst6ry
u tieW ives, Tor .he tide OF time rolls them on
INTO the ocean cftcrgetfulness and too soon the ir
names and their virtues sink together
| WIN this melancholy truth, resting ui,on his
''hos t'le W tier docs not dare to hope that the.
deceased will u:se, with other than the common,
lot Her example fright as it was, and her Efo
poteSE as has hsen, must soon cease to instruct
- 10 allure Afiectionate regret cannot alter
Tins destiny. but 1t can dwell for moment on her
virtues, and it can weave an humble though nor
lastiHg wreath for her brow
The understanding of this admirable woman.
'ke that or most females, in this country, had
oeen carelesSiy cultivated but the na;iYe strength
and vlgor ct her faculties, almost cured tbs d.
iScts OF her education. I. strong mind is pre-
wee, by being tried IL the school If adoer-i.f &c
iiuinpnng over its .siis--ifa M n "a -l,.,ss r,l
! ing is eVinced by distinguish ~ ns.ly Tie rue
isth OF duty, and steadily A-s 34. T. ~, e ;i..y
tie various relations of iif, rs, .f ,ro3riet,, ~
aecorum-then here are few who nave biebeo
CLAIMS 10 these distinctions
| NO human being ever posseSseG, a warmer %
more generous heart. If Heaven regards with
t'e sane appreciation ths mte of those. who have,
tile to give, and the thousands that wealthy cba
r''y DeS'o"s, her name Is new registered amone,
angeis-for bensooieare alone would he her ,,sss,
port 20 happiness
AS a ne'ghbor, none could be more kind ana
attentve--aS wife, none more f.itbfi, md afIac-
eohete---~and, as moiher-who can tell of he,,
tehuer sohcitudes T; her uncess,ng watctlfiilness
ner never ehding anxieties about her offspt-ng
III. one VINO has lived under and .rii th..- a.n
ehCS Even IN the last moments OF her lie. n ,
uhciouded mind, which disease bad not we Y M,
CO. nor the well EGown approach af d attn ter. ,
fhed-employed itself in endeavcrinq to secure,
ana render permanent their future hapun,ess.
i ne writer will not say that sine 40 lett 81. 49,.
"ierons acqus ntance to laanenr her lass-n.t,,,e,
'""S acqR iiHtdHce never ntox-n--But he can tr,I,
say, that N the narrow circle where she mo, ed.
She has left space that none else can occuDv Re
IN The records of her family, an aching void,
that none else fill
DIED, very suddenly, in this CITY on
Friday night last, Capt. JOHN HEI'H-.
he entered very young into the Revolutions.
ry army, where he continued till the close ne
she War-he held afterwards commissions
In the army of the u She was an honest
and true hearted gentleman, a warm friend
his heart was of most generous mould
Those who knew him, loved him and recover
his Loss Ike belonged to the Society Of
Clncinnatti-and was buried with the honore
OF war large and respectable Procession
attended MS corpse TO the grave.