The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-10-12

! for members of the Goth Congress. Arr.
ing ON, Nessrs. Little and Barn., ~
been re elected from the BaltinGre 5''
tnet--the Only one we have heard from
hentucby.-in THE district recent, >.
presented by J johnson. decd. there =,
several candidtt"s--all of whom ~.
ftyof ofthe present administration. l.,
district iately repre- enled by X. p. IT,
ry deed there are five candidates. tbr..
ol whom are friendly to the adnioi.,,.
ton, and two 10 Gen Jackson.
To CoTespoadeats.-'' G." in our peyt
=" Eropus" /, to9 imperfect to snnes,
We think the author would do be,ter -
confne himselfto prose.
Regarding the death of The lale TnoY,,
MARSHALL. of Winchester, az n5bi,'
loss, and Feeling from personal a,ga.,ot,
ance with him While living the profo nd.
est respect for his mrmory, aud hin.
deeply affected by the melancholy lid,6,o
of the utter fextinction, 10 the cnur.a
Of few days, Of his interesting family
can IN no manner more appropriate than
the republication of the following lust and
pathetic notice, demonstrate how sinre,n
Iy sympathIze with his Winchesip,
friends in their grief for The melancholy
dlspeDsatiun, winch has, 10 truth, made
eh SIN in then selisHtfuI society, winch
cannat be easily flied:
From The WtacheSter paper
Thomas Marshall esq. who so lately
adorned society b, his talents and Lis
virtues, is now the tenant Of tn grave
On the night OF the goth of the present
month, he hrtathed his last, IN the 30lb
yedr of his age. Although this feeble nj.
butte oil respect Cannot penetrate his clay.
cold mansion. yet irilneatlnn nf lis cha.
racter may al least benefit the living by
the example of The dead. Thus al his
uspianfs., So early bIghted, be coas
summarized IN the world Of spirits, aud
voice Gon the tomb proclaim the lowell.
ness OF his 'lrlue.
vi the deceased it may be truly sad
thai tn Sc o kne" him best esteemed
hIm most. A. an adgocate aud lurl.t he
vas remarkable for logical anaIy SIS ,nd
siguut al thought aud riocutiDn which sci.
dom admitted. and generally di,dalnrd,
the advrutlllpls embeilish 4ents If fancy,
Though inferior to SINE in that Quirkness
of perception whIra bears the siniIitudr Of
Intuition, yet he was surpassed by none of
ln- competitors IN that acutenes- of dIsrrl-
mlnaiion & nwearied research, winch ne.
yer fail to dls,odgr sophistry from IFS stlon.
s'st patt'f nente, ana surmouDt every OBJ.
slacle 10 the progress of Intellectual Undue.
accomplish withl's rs 1 I'd, =: :, his nni
ward march To the head of his profession
was gradual but certain ard Irresistible.
As an accomplished scholar few were
hi, equals To enreh the treasures of his
mind, antiquity contributed lis choicest
gifts, and modern literature its brightest
gems. With mind above ostentatIun and
superior tn the affeetaion Of ptdanlrY, II
was reserved for the private circle OF his
immediate friends fully To witness aud APP
precatc his classical attainmenls, ihe ele-
WALTON of his sentiments, aud the corosca-
tlons of his wit, reined in thr cruchlr Of
taste, and sublmsted by the fire of 8 Mus
Had he been more a slave tn the breath
of popular applause, his temporal ad,aher.
meat might have been more rapid, bat ndI
more SUR for although the Establishments
of self-love may captiSate the gddy null
tltode, yet virtue and intellect must even
tually triumph over every difficulty, and
on these alnne was he willing to rest hl5ge'
pulation and hi prospects.
In all the eudearing relations Of domes-
tic life my departed friend stood unliyaI'
led. Language fails to do justice 10 hs
merits as IA husband, brother, father
and sou. The great aud good man
shines most at home, and of the lampnlfd
Marshall it may be said thai he was no
wherr greater and happier than in his own
house, surrounded by his relatives and
frIends and no where did he equally con-
tribute to the happiness of all around hmi
for there they SAW him rs he was, uo'
shackied by the restraints of the woD ID, lie
polite scholar, the honorable gentleman
the generous friend, the amiable eatIon,
the agreeable companion.
W mere now is the chan pion of trnih,
where the friend Of genius, who charmed
Us with "a now of SENSE" heightened lilo
tone ct oar moral perceptions, and teas!ta
our souls with the banquet of reason -
Where now is the wife of his bosom, pa'"
as the lily and beautiful as the lustrr nj the
morning? Where the infant pltdse ="
their mutual love, the sweet image Of iae2
vlrtues2 Alas! all are fed snsat@la
death has done his worst. No wldohf"
wife remains to embalm the M mary I"
her beloved husband N tears such as All
gels weep. No intact daughter is now lf''
to chant requiem oser the graves ol be'
parents, and in, oke their guardian sPaas
TO sympathize IN the loneliness of theF or
phan.
But worth like this can never die. a
ready hasit emerged from the tomb NJ
Iayed in the vesture OF Immortality
Those who were lately joined in death ar
now united in eternity. Our loss 10 me-"
is gain. While, therefore, we contempa,''s,
the monrnful desolation of their earihI5
mansion, now the abode OF silence & dea'D
let US, by emulating their vii tues, and run
n'ng with patience the race o. mortah my
prepare to join them in ga house not ma11
with hands, eternal in the heavens"