Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-04-14

---ior AZ one peifhd We heo We hspllihess VI
knowing her WILL /
Mrs. Ma,tin was niece ofihe late celebrated
Edmund pendleien. Il by those who knew both.
was said to bear strong per,onst likeness 10 |
him. The re.ei snee. however, with which abe
vas universally considered, WAS the result oil
no such advepiiiious cause. hui OF life Of she |
most holy and expansive pieiy, love and be-
nevolrpce, which. II II has been eqnalled W the
mid lusire and steadiness vi IT. virtue, could
never have been eIeelled--for II was impossi
bic 10 conceive greater perfection, without Oh.
Esctlng the imagination 20 immortal abaies
All the escellence OF which human naiute IS
susceptible, we solemnly believe was found
united 10 this most exemplary lady; Pieiy,
which Tor 90 years, never slnnhered or grew
cold--reslG na,ion, which eonsi dering all dir
pensaiions 10 come from God. bowed IN meek
HUMILITY to all--paienee. which never failed
or murmurtd, but cbetrluily and ,fiumphan ly
boir every evil Of human or OF divine 'nhie-
! observation-disclosures, which new TO meet
sacrifices, and which, when the surrender was
demanded by duty, never paused 10 estimate
lie value, ar TO calculate fhe consequence
benevoteuce, which III It's aide eipanse, pray
I'd Tor ami was ready ~ serve the whole hu-
man race These virtues were set of by maj"
ne's the mosi gentle, Mud Aod onos'enia'iou,-
ly digo ihtd. and their reality enforced ny
10 &C OF earnest sweetness, which carried con.
sio'ion nj he tra'h aud sincerliy OF It's posses-
sor, /" e beat OfoveIy auditor. Hcr do
course Owed with n modest Aseuey, delight
's' I" hear, eol less for It's supple graces. than
tnr persuasive admoniIions aud pathetic en-.
hDrialtons, which we're its usual themes, but
h,.h shr never obtruded, Her every thought
seemed aonnrct-d With Heaven and the good
vi her race, ma while IN the assurance of iaiih,
she like ST. Pau never doubted, but thai
~hea her race WAS ron, there was tar more
! csueeding aud eternal weight OF glory 4 serv-
| ed ior ne yet her sublime ,ontemplatons we're
| dragged TO earth by her tender regrets Tor
thuse around her whom ,he 70 .sldered al Gu
| mi y with religion.
| Whot impression this array Of qualities made
| on ths minds ofine COMMUNITY whtre she
dself. cannot easily be imagined in is toree
and sni'nstop. A whole population loved ner
with fliai eff o,,on. All conc eded 10 her puri.
" aod escsl'5nce, lar exceeding the ordinary
! standard Of humanity, and perhaps OF all ~ho
| knew her, not QUE believed thai another beng
SO worthy OF veneralion, nyed Ga The earth.
| The town where she lived is 'he metropolis Oi
! MStod'st inhutnct, aud unqaestionably the
bnrumg and shining light OF her pul, CHRIS.
| tnn lite and character Tor space oil thirty
yesrs, was great contributing eause to tue
VIDE and RAPID sp,eah OF tia, den inioaiion il
that part OF Vugiom. II ~ 10 less honorable
! otiat church 10 have furnished such nm exam-
| lie, than 10 h'r memoty, that by her virtues
SIZE conquered rjudIoe, aud enlarged its
! dock May her tp,'it oi tolerance suryiv,
and continue to animate the eolpclls VI her
! Gnu, h
! Blessing aud blessed, Ms. Marin expired
on the 25,n OF Marcb, Spreading oil tue famous
ard efcrlleh Beneze,, some wliter says" he
had rather be Anthony Brnezei IN his grave.
| then L orge Washington IN all his giory."
! s2ae who knew Elizabeth NattiD, aud deem
| Ia there 10 n day oi accounting u come, bnt
Nouia lay down tho hoprs and honors oil hfs 81
| toke her place ia tue grave.
| u 'bis hanble trbuSe 10 the memory Of uo-
| surpassed worth be olens,ys 10 the self const.
iuted eenso's OF The t,nir, we cry thar mercy
u II be deemed eatfavagani, perhaps the inult
Is ~ the standard oil seli-Tlshieoasness aud sell
! conplecency, 10y which il Is aaiudged. That
| those Tho knew her will not think ao, but will
| ~ cIh,m " you have not tod halip-we are
well assured We will however tHke the h T.
ard OF The ihundeis oil our new Vatican. ~ the
| hope OF dong some good by holding up the
character OF TINS admirable Indy. as mirrot
| III WHICH huni'y. tne kfi OF chtiatinu y,tturs
aud ehhrily, her lnsepa,abie Companion, may
! bu studied
! III The Legislature Of Loui,ianh has des-
! patched Wm =, {. Claiborne, Esq. 10 france
With an Address coograluaung the French
people on the rcstoIation Of thclr liberty We
hepe M. Claiborne may not Gud his journey n
useless QUE.
u The sssachusetts and Connecticut
general elections are usl over, Gnt have ter
minated 10 favor Of the National Republican
par,y--in the formeI State by an overwhelming
,najoriy--in The latter. by a majority not yet
asceItained
" Winter lingering" 81. Since Friday last,
we have bren visited with quite cold and siot
my spell Of weather. We have had rain snow
ice and frost aud as a necessary consequence,
the fruit, except perhaps lew apples. 10 all
destroyed.
~ We have received the lst No. OF" The
Philadelphia Saturday Courier the lnrgesi
pap.r we have yet seen. Its contents are dl-
vefsifed and very interestIng--princip pal v of
that character called Light Reading. al
though not elclusiyely so We have nor room
for the Prospectus to-day but in compliance
with request TO that tGsci, VIC shall hereafter !
publish it,
u We nre authorized TO announce WILL
LIAM DANIEL. Jr. Esq. asa candidate 10
represent Campbell county IN the next House
Of Delegates,
IL We are compelled 10 divide MIR. Bur |
CESS Speech, in order to make room for
the foreign news. and other urtieios oi imne- |
diate intsiest.
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