Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-11-10
lBy Requesf.1
On THE DEATH OF Mas. SARAH ELLIOT,

WHO departed this Ie at tie City of Washington, on
the 22d day Of September, 1881.
She is gone! -yhe chilling horrors Of tho grave
have received her mortal remains. She that but yes
terday filled the hearts of fond family with delight,
and the tenderest affection, is no more,
So soon, so sudden, and so awful! Affections deep
y rooted planted under the enchanting smiles of
Hope, that dwet with rapture her existence, are
troubled convulsed torn from their seat BY this
unforeseen, this frghtfal blow! But " Thy viii be
donei"
Addison, his death bed, sent for his son, for the
purpose Of letting him see with what calnness and Sc
renity Christian could die. The sublime tranquility
of Her spirit. also. looked calmly, and with Christian
for,itude the menacing aspect Of DEATH which now
" lies on her. like an unsinely frost upon the sweet
est flower of all the field"
What is this cold, damp. chilling frost Of Death
this Brighter of all the tender endesrments IF human
fei-ft is the law Of the Almighty and of nature:
is the principle Of the universe, asserting its empire
with unrelen,ing sway
"Ah! how dark
Deaths long extended realms and rueful wastes!
Where naught but Silence regns, and Nght-daik
Night,
Dark as was Chaos. ere the infant Sun
Had tried his beams athwsrt the gloom profound"
II is as natural TO die to be born-to lie, then, is
the order of Providence. That reflection brings with
il consolation Philosophy teaches US not to regime at
what is inevitable Religion admonishes not to al
ragn the dispensations of Providence. Griefs indeed
bu, selfish Indulgence. She that is taken away
poses in heavenly bliss, beyond this worlds limit, on
the bosom Of her God, Her husband. her children,
her relatives, stricken and wounded the separations
weep and bempau Yet why should heir tears floal
Let regard her moral and useful existence, brief
as it the bright vision of an Angel permitted,
for an hour, to visit them to hsilow. TO eonsecrate
their thoughts by her pous Instruction and her bright
example, and TO leave to her and to society the
model Of a vir,uaus and accomplished woman with
such being, to breathe domestic comfort, in ele-
ment Of fine ideas aud vrtous sepsations, the very
summit Of rational human EMO, ments 1t is the lot Of
but few to attain ,h,t height of FELICITY; but he who
does when deprived of it, feels, with bitter anguish
the sad and sorrowful reverse.
1t takes long time early and assilous parental A..
tenton, TO form accomplished wonan--the most
Careful tuition, anil, above ALL good company For.
when iormrd, and the delightful task Gov petsd
how sdmirsbi, Intelligence of mind, intellectual en-,
| joymen,s, dignity. amiabity, and thousand
less graces, which render life agreeable ana the do
nestle hearth earthly se--throwing, in foe
fascination around the whole circle Of the enjoyma ns
! If life. 1t is boon of ,leaven which few possess
The fond husband who enjoys such treasure may be
traly accounted happy-rich in rare felicity OF
bliss. he ~ho loses It, and loses in an instant has it
'nstcle from him by the hand of Eea,h n an unlock
| dior moment and behods
g. The ra,es deform his lovely Spring; +.
His roses faded-his lilies tod-
| The worm riot on her danask chcek''-
NAV well be desoa,e, foriorn and miserable! II is,
We believe, irue moral courage and religious faith alone
that can sustain the shock-hat teach husband TO
view his wife's death bed of sickness. where all hi.
hopes garner up, with resignation au, compo.
sure, and witness the approach of that awful dissolu
hon which closes the on earth. and opens the
prospect of eternity.
| {" Still shall thy grave with ris. h..wers be drest;
| And the green turf lie lightly on tn, breast;
There Shall the Morn her earliest tears hestcw--
There the first blossoms of the year shall blow;
While Angels, with their silver wings o'ersha,ie
| Tn ground, more sacred by thy relics msd -
- Jsss:fts
'NoTE.-hrs F. s fine education was n,endcd by
her parents for her own Intellectual enjoyment out
their death she devoted her talents Tor time, to the
instruction of young ladies; eighty pupils. from the
Tost rcsp;c ALE fanihes, formed her school ,bert
'isiiatin i.angdon ChTves, henry Csy and other dis
nnguished genti'm %. were among those who en!rust
ed their aughtr to her tuition But the invasion Of
the British, who established their head quarters IN
adjoining building, the CsFitoi hill, the of
the ablnd ,nment Of this und IT king However 81
WAYS lndefaugsbe in intellectual discipline, she rem
dered her hnsbsnd important assistance in the columns
| of the Washington G,zette from s. TO 1926. The
successive TRANSACTIONS, from the Paris papers which
appeared in the & zctte, always from her pen
The sketches IF the trial of Sir Robert Wilson for the
rescue Of Lavsllctte the sngs Of the Institute of
France the invasion Of span in 1928, by the French
and series of matter useful to the American reader,
contracting the current events, among her French
Transitions These artc es were copied into many of
he newspapers of the dar. Recently she had just
completed the examination IF the French part of
extensive work on Diplomacy. All these lsbors she
performed matter Of intellectual recreation, rather
than Of literary toll
DP4HrN IN NOPRDf