The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-08-25
For the Enquirer.
OBFTUARY NUYICES.

TO then, Gy tue very feeling aad q6eeting pens-
Rere there not sufficient proofs 6jore eyes IF
;ss s s, ag. tA .Gs sies. Re-:
Gre &c mould 81 foana an these GGecfionate an
sc.ptions TO she niesrory efstDo yoang men, both
snatehsd a-eay in the boom Of iife, from, .Aeiy
coaatry ffase Wscn she anoss requires iheir
seyoces.
DIED--A. woodbury-Forest in Madison County
the ult. William p. madison, son OF Gen.
w. Madison OF this state, and nephew OF tie Pr.s-
dent OF abe u. S.
s The eye that will not ~oep another's sorrow,
Should boast no gentler brig Illness than the glare
That retlens in the ey e-ball OF The " olf.'--
tender anguish steals upon the that is won,
tcinourn the sad relques Of friend that i,
fondly cherished. When the object which We loved
is gone forever, the dropping soul of the wretehed
Survivor sinking in despair, LOOKS around for some
pityiag spirit whose willing sy mpahies may alleyi-
ate the pangs which fate has caused by tearing
away the fondest pledges Of connubal happiness.
When this pi,yn. spirit is found aud felt, ut least
one ray OF sunshine has cleaned upon the snlsercr,
to gid the otherwise cherries OF his poor,
forlorn AMI destitute condition Every then who
leuds his little OF sunshine disp els port ion of
the gloom OF sorrow. while he feels the eievaiing
hope that when he himself shall he visited by the
evils and miseries of this lie, he also find con-
soiatory refuge in the condaescent bosom of a
friend.
These objections, the offspring of friendship and
of social sympathy, have induced me to announce to
the world. The melancholy tidngs of the death OF
r5G " " .'kfDIS0 ", nephew of the President
pf tue =. States, aud eldest of Cen W.}G M
OLSON OF Madison county The death of this
young man would at any tins be iamentcd by all
those who have mad the pleasure OF his acquaint
but m,,ch-much indeedis it 10 be lanc chat
should Sc deprived of his services at a time like
the present when they are so much wanted.-This
young man, for several years past, has acted as an
= officer in naval life, under the commsn of Com
Rodgers; duriag which time, every day brous ht
him fresh accessions of esteem and affection from
ms v.iiant Cornmodore. But at length, disease
blow r its operations, yet seldom failing to consume
taught his friends how much soal and worth and con-
sequence could be cntwined in fcebl. frame For
many months pact, lie sufficiently evinced, that the
maritime life not the proper FOR his 'deci--
ming constitution partialty is pleasing to the
object on which it is conferred and this probably
induced him to remain with the Commodore longer
than prudence would advise, and longer than he o.
therwise would have done. 1t has only been few
months, since the persuasions of his friends and the
thrcats of speedy dissolution unless he abandoned
che rigors of naval life, carried him home to his ia
Tiers amily 1t was there that disease invaded the
vitas otis victim, Knocked the idle efforts of meii-
cal interference & carried its booty in triumph to
the grave.
What phantom is ambitious hone! moor. Aee,ir,
transient dream How like the shadow that receives
its dimensions from the altitude of the sun Just as
the season srrived for the blossoms Spring to III
pen into WORTH 10 the frost has fallen, and all is
mil!dew Until now, no time has ishered to his
view single feid oil glory in which he might have
gathered tae blossoms of renown. Nothing but sea-
sedge, perriwnkles and the monsters of the deem
Coated around his huk-nothiagto rouse the noble
arior of his aoul.--But now that the storm hss
torn and driven the laurel1 from distant shore aud
made them quote his ample grasp, Jealous death
nerves ms arm before he could gather laurel TO
flourish on his grave.
What though he went, before the trump of fame
could give nis name to the world at large From
what OF estimation he really had attained, generous
anticipation must induce to believe that his repn
tation would have Frightened he advanced in years
The case and freedom of his manners, civil yet in
senuous cautious, yet independent, the affect.
ons even ofthe cold and phlegmatio Ant from the
wei-known soundness OF his ,norals mis- integrity OF
character, his keen and sensitive ideas of honor,
may rest assured, that tho his body is more his
soul has risen above the ruins of its fragile cage and
has gone unsu liiea with sin to Heaven.
This 10 t.e third fair flower from the sane stalk
that has recently cankered in the bad. But they
shall terminate they shall live and flourish in
eternal bloom, where death shall no dare lay
his paisying hand upon their tender frames-& now
while pay the last tribute due to friendship,
to You, oni Parents have laiely been stran-
gers the visitations # misfortune offer the
aud tender angnage Of Zimmerman when he com-
mends the pious re sgnstoa of the phiosophic
Mendelsohra. &c w nhout tiny tranquil wisdom, O
my beloved Msnle.sohn, without thy resi- snaton
TO the vih o. Heaven, can ever reach that ell
evSted grandeur OF character, Tan never attain to
that dignlhed endurance oioar slifermgs,
YER possess that store Of forttude which places
human hsppiness beyond the reach ofmisery, and
out of the power of fate, Thy great example
polrs consolation into the heart and umsnity
should behold with grateful JOY the superiority
which resignation affords to Us, even under the
rest Of physical mslortunes.'
Sontething of a pulmonary dte6tion 9uhich
has been eng uIGrly fataf in his fathers family
10 the Editor IF The Enquirer.
SIn--Rareiy has it been your Office to record an
event severely affective, than the death OF Ma
jor Thomas L. Preston, announced in our paper of
the 18th inst. The loss Of good man, however liz
n1itei or obscure the sphere in wcl he has moved,
every lover of virtue and social happiness win lament
but when the stroke of death at once sewers the
tenderest ties Of domestic endearmeut, disapponts
the pleasing expectations of numerous trends, aud
tears from partial and beloved country the earnests
offuture services and we'll merited renown the SYM
pethes Of all must be enlisted for all are involved in
tile bereavement. These piivatoas, the untimely
fate or this excellent man has produced for to his
country, TO his family and to extensive acquain-
lance, he has sustained and graced the most sacred
and important relations. Three weeks since, when
beheld him. may call il, in all the triumph of
health in all the dignity of manliness; how ycry re-
mote every anticipation ut this melancholy tran
sti1n Then all admiration OF ms Gne com
nIanding hgure or affection for the playful hIarity,
tha, charmed in his conversation, s. the ingenious be.
ncvolence that besmed from his countenance aud dis
taglsbed his every thought and act. BY these ami
he qualities peculiarly his own, tho Major T..
may, perhaps by his associates be most fondly recall
led, they likewise will remember and admire those
higher attributes which made up and finished his cha
rscter aud which gave the faires promise of future
cminence They viii with generous warmth attest
that strong and discriminating intellect, which SCI
dom failed in It's scrutiny of men and things; tIat
deliberate AVID intrepid determination which nothing
AoiA shake or divert; that devotion TO justice and
bhisfthfophy which, pgbhc functonary, Iiyct-
s.y