Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-12-14
OBITUARY z.

DIED, IN the city OF New Orleans,
Mr. WILLIAM PoAGE, eldest sou of Mai.
William Poage, of this county, in the
I'D year of his age. Early in the past
summer the bloom of health was seen 10
fade irom his cheek, and the approach
oil that Tell destroyer of human life, con-
sumption, was too plainly visible. Ur-
ged by the counsel Of medical friends.
he started for the South in the early part
OF October; but the shalt had deadly
aim given tin November he fell the
victim Of his disease, with no other at
tentions to soo,he the closing hours of
life than those usually bestowed in
public hotel.
The deceased. by the amenity of bis
manners, and his cheerful disposition.
had already acquired the friendship of a
numerous circle of acquaintance; aud as
he ripened into manhood, there was de>
veioprd in his character those moral
qualities, and habits of application TO bu
siness which gave promise or extensive
usefulness 10 society. These hopes have
been sadly blasted, and surviving friends
are left 10 mourn an early and irrepara~
BILE loss. From the lights of Christian
revelation alone can the solution TO a
! providence at once so mysterious and at
flictive be obtained: Though he die vet
shall he i've again" Com.
The death of MIR. Peage has caused among
his friends the most sincere sorrow. The
circumstances, indeed, under mhich it &C.
CURED, are well calculated 10 excite our
liveleSi sympathy. lie had gone TO the
South with the hope that miIder climate
might stay the ravages of the disease which
was preying upon him.. But the hope, alas.
was vain. His disease was 6xed too firmly,
and he has sunk into an early grave. Like
the stricken deer, he had LETT his home, and
friends, and companions, but TO die Death
under the most favored circumstances, is
painful and affecting: but whea il strikes
down friend in land Of strangers, a.
way from our sympathies and kind alien,
iions. the blow falls far more heavily upon the
heart. There is consolation in the reflec-
lion that we have done all that was possible
10 smooth the pillow and cheer the spirit of q
departed irIcnd-but when he dies in distant
lands, how apt is bitter fancy TO conjurs
up the Thoughts of solitary suffering, and un.
uttered wishes, because there was no friend
~ ear to receive them. Alas, dear Poage
who knows but this may be true OF thee!
"No friends complaint, no kind domestic tea
Pleas Thy pale ghost, or grac'd thy mourn
full bier.
BY foreign hands Thy dying eyes we're clos'd
By foreign hands Thy decent limbs composed
BY foreign hands thy humble grave adorn'd
By strangers honor'd, and sly strangers
mourn'd."
Died, on Saturday last, in Woodstock
Mrs. MELvINA GILLocK, wife of Mr.
Samuel Gillock, and daughter of MI
Jacob Kice, of this place. The deeeas
ed had been wife not quite lively
$ months, and has been called to lie dow
IN the same grave with her first borl
e child. She was member of the Me
/ thodist Episcopal Church, and by he
amiable and correct department had wo
! the esteem and friendship Of all her &C
y quaintance.
o On Monday morning last, SAMUEL
t infant daughter Of Mr.. Henry Imboder
Of this place.
b On Tuesday morning, Miss MAD1sc
It MA CALVERT, after long and sever