Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-07-27

DIED, al The residence Of his Father, in
ALTERNATE county, on the 10Th inst, oi pull
monary consumption, DAVID NJ MA r.
TIN, Esq. (of The firm o. Martin & Kem-
per, in Port Republic,) in the 32l year OF
his age. Truly, indeed, is the death of MIR.
Martin loss 10 The society in which he lived
He enj pyed in high degree Gas he well de-
served3 the confidence and esteem of his &C
quainianCes. He was scrupulously honest
and upright in his deaings-strictly honora>
bic in his feelings aud iples-kind and
obliging in his temper, and modest and I'M
assuming IN his manners. lie was sincere
and cordial to his friends, courteous and re-
specifu in his department, TO all--he was
liberal and candid in his views, yet firm in
the maintenance of his opinions Mr. NJ
was not only exemplary in the discharge of
his moral and social duties, but The sincerity
of his profession of "the faith once delivered
TO the saints" was shown forth not only with
his lips, but in his liie,-and we trust has Sc
cured 10 HIM ''life everlasting through the
merits OF Jesus Christ our Lord and Sa-
viour. Cox.
Departed this life, on the 10Th inst. Mrs
SUSAN ARMSTRONG, wife Of Mr.. John c..
Armstrong, and eldest daughter Of MIR. A :
mos Crosby, al her residence near Jennings's
: Gap, Augusta county, in the 2Ist year other
/ q
and possessed 10 considerable degree those
| virtues and qualities that render The female
! character so interesting. She has left a
/ husband, parents, brothers and sisters, to-
gether with numerous conn Xions & friends
! TO lament her early demise.
| For one so young, so virluous and so ex-
emplary in her general department 10 be thus
early called from her relations and friends,
10 an eternal state Of being, is Incompetent
sible TO finite capacity Truly Sin the midst
| OF life we are in death.
But the friends OF the deceased should bear
in mind, that although they are incompetent
to scan the designs ofan all-wise Providence
in this truly affective instance of death; add
that although the aspirations of husband
parents and lends, for the recovery of the
wife, The child, The friend, have not been
granted yet that il may have been that
---''MeTcy in her lore refused;
Most gracious when she seemed the most to frown.'
[CoMMUNIcATED.
Departed this lille on the oath instant, after
long illness, Mrs. ELIzABETu TURK
consort Of Capt. James Turk, of this county
aged nearly fiIty-five years.
To eulogize the dead is not the object OF al
obituary notice-yel the best feelings OF al
who knew the deceased will justify the re
} mark that in the various relations OF lii
she was truly exemplary. "The law @
; kindness was in her heat - and was dispen
: sed continually 10 all around her-to her lam
= lily, her neighbors, her friends, The afflicted
| and the poor. Prudence, and wise Giscre
= ton marked her character, and were carrie
out in her counsels TO her family and other
! whom her influence reached. Afflicted 70
more than thirty years, she was meek, pa
: iient, resigned. The influence Of the Cos
e pei was so exhibited in her liic and death q
: 10 justify the hope that she is gone to he
q rest.
e Let her bereaved family and friends EN-
balm her virtues and her memory in the
hearts, ard profit by her example Cow