The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-02-05
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Scrvius SulplciuS, endeayouring Ia
console Cicero for the loss Of his dauph-
ter, thus addresses nlm =. On my re
turn from Asia, having LEFT Egna on my
way 10 Magera, my eye rested on the
objects which surrounded me.-Magcia
was behind me; PirUus lay ON my rghl,
and Corinih on my left. How many
cities, once tlourishlng, are now laid lo-
vel with the dust. How, said to my
self, in the midst of these immense ru-
ms, can ii be conceived, that a man
should suffer hlmsclfto be overcome by
the loss of achildP These reflections,
however inst--howcvcr philosophical
lid nJi Console the father 81 lulhaB
because, there are sorrows over which
reason has no power, and tears which
time alone can dry.
During my career of life, | have fire.
quently seen my companions fall by my
side, --my brothers in arms-whose loss
/ have most deeply dcplorod but, IN
recalling 10 my mind those ideas Of
glory, that hereditary fame, which so
peculiarly endears the memories Of he
roes who have fallen in the field of hon
our, and re1ecting that nothing was left
for me, but an inGrm old are, a and Il
obscure grave, have frequently been
tempted to envy those whose names are
immortalized by their very deaths. Ey-
cry day takes from me some old friend
SOME companion, of an ace equally
advanced with my self regret them,
but without murmurng, In the words OF
Montague, their lamp oflile had burnt
10 the socket death is the immediate
consequence of protraeted old age.
But, when a young grl, just entering the
portals of lltc--tor whom heaven APP
pears to have in store a long series Of
happy years, on whom nature has law
lshed all her most precious gifts, and
whom birth and fortune have surround
ed with their most brilliant deiusion
WHOM a being such as this is torn from
the embraces OF her mother, the hopes
of her family, and the expectations Of
love, there ism this cruel decree ofiate,
kind oi snbverslon OF the general laws
of nature--an assomblare Of contradic-
tory circumstances, ideas and express
sons at which the senses sicken, and the
heart breaks. Such is the event TO
which / have alluded in the title Of this
article, and Of which, during this short
depression, have not LOST sight.
Robeftine de Rilarmontwas the daugh-
tor 81 brave naval uf,ovi, a vompun
ion in arms Of the gallant De Suhrcen,
who by twenty years OF glorious toll,
had acquired an undoubted right to en-
Joy, in the bosom OF his family, an am
pie patrimonial estate, 10 which he had
added little or nothing by his services.
lie still feekoned among his imperative
duties, that oil educating his son for the
service Of his country, and of bringing
up his daughter to become the reward
OF some young soldier, who, by her
name, his rank, and his merit should
show himself worthy OF such recon-
pense. | had known M. de Nilarmont
in the East Indies. Much younger than
me, his father had consigned him to my
care, as 10 that ola Mentor, and our re-
lationS Of friendship have never since
been interrupted. 1t IS TWO years since
| accompanied him to Rochelort, when
he went thitbcr to enter his son rs n
midshipman, on the quarter deck OF
yesselwhlch he had himself commended,
and at whose masthead the grandfather
If tho Notinu m IA h. AL thiffs YAM, d f,rp
bois,c1 the fac nCa yice-22J,oiroI I'M
rcauI,r decent ofoI,ry va. gnoI onan2
and arcordjnoly onr wanna / onn nc >
reward far = g3II,n, aCl,an has al,c,a1
received the 6eror,,;nn - rho hr,,o
Nademoi.ellc dc ViIar,nao,. had near
10 reached bor f,,oantb ,.ear rdnca.
ned v;tb tine tonJcro1, c3re un4nr tho
eve nftho nosl aCoctiona,e ~ na,bor.
,ic was already rcmarLed a. tho modei
of cynrv nerf.c,ion /, w,s tho Grs,