Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-05-12
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"a ufoihers sorrows cannot be felt but bya moer-non
can susss them Ye who have children only know he
VINO nave lost them, ho fear 10 lose only
"ieei her paRgs" Moore
we have, as often as we have passed the excava-
TONS near BAR Mount, fclt approximations for the
safety of those who were employed in loadino fbc
carts with sand and gravel beneath the procVitire
that threaten them with untmely buria and accdents
dt tia. kind have been frequently recorded that
hopes might be entertained ef some particular eau
Ton on the part of the laborers.
On Saturday morning, between seven and eigbt
O'CLOCK, we noticed among the many men usually as
sEmoied near one of these excavations, considerable
number OF women. AS this not customary, we
repaired tothe place, and learned that larpe ouan
tty Of earth had just fallen upon and crushed
Dfan-He was dug out, but the weight of the soil an2
want OF air, had extingushed life and he was laid
OUT upon little emnence, cold and senseess. among
crowd, with whom, a few minutes previous he was
Ringing in the business oflfe, and tightening toll BY
youthful gaiety, the repartee, and harmless Joke
One whose hands a. garb bespoke toll, leaned by the
side OF the body, and he spread over its face an
outer garment, he dropped tear upon the uncon-
sclous and clayey hand. s'Yhe said he twas onlv
loo good for this world & |, who could nodo as vel
may say, that when the bottle passed with the free
dom OF water, he was not the to take too much
Yon might have provoked him to anger, but not to n
lie" A general sigh responded to this testimony
of the lads sobriety and truth.
A female then kneeled beside the corpse, and re.
moved the cover from the faceshe pazed intensely
upon the married features, and at length with a sio6
drew down the covering and rose. "Ah poor fellow
sighed she, "how will his mother bear the losgy,-
This was chord that sure to vibrate in a vo-
mans heart-hgh or low--rich or poor The father
leads forth The child in health-shares perhaps in its
pass time or corects its faults-but does sickness
cou1el the boy is laid upon its mothers knees even
Until he des-long watching wearies not her afFec-
fioDs,aud the failure of one means Of relief but nsi-
gatesto the use of another. Surely them when life
goes out--when the eyes Of affection no more omen
and when the last repetition of mother" dies away
upon The lps--tbcn may grief be excused, and even
It's cianors prad for sympathybut we felt what was
Que 70 the afflicted parent, turning away from the
ontsfTetched body discovered female at dis
lance approaching the place, with cries and iesture~
that belong only to a mother.
We passed the woman at distance from the scene
oiheT sons DEATH towards which she was hastenjnp
oe had left her house the first intiuaton of her
bereavement aud regardless Of the notice which she
Digat attgact pursued her way distracted with grief
md conscious only Of her deprivation As she hasten
60 a'onS' heF mar stTeaTncd out upon the wind and
her voice was raised with piercing sirilJuess-no,y
calling on heaven for aid in her Suffering and now
Invokingth2 name Of her son. Il was in vain that