Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-04-22
From the Boston Atlas.


From the Boston Atlas.
"Wecp! for the word is spoken
Mourn! for the knel is knoilcd-
The muster chord is broken,
And the muster hand is cold.
Liule was 1t imagined, when the
above beautiful lines appeared IN The
ATLAS on Saturday morning, that their
lmpolt Was so prophelic--ihatt the mo-
nents were SO briei before we should be,
indeed, called 10 weep and 10 mourn.
Alas how torcibly nic W. again re-
minded OF the "unccrlainty Of human
lie, the emptiness of earthly glory"
We indeed weep for the "mas,cr chord"
that "is brokcn," and she master hand"
that sis cold"
RICHARD IlAUGuTON, the
Proprietor and Senior Editor OF this pa
per, is no more. lie died on Saturday
noon at half past twelve O'Clock, allel
brief illness OF less than two hours, IN
the forty y-second year of his age. How
sudden, and how unexpected has been
his departure, tho public will not fail to
have already inferred from the announce
ment which appeared in tho paper Of the
same morning, Of his intention to leave,
for Europe, IN the Acadia, whittier he
was Ia go as the bearer Of public de-
spatches from the Government. Every
preparation Tor his departure had been
made, when his earthly Journey was ar.
rested by the unsparing hand Of the
king OF Terrors. How forcibly does
the event bring back once more TO our
minds the solemn reflection of Burke,
"What shadows we are, what shadows
VIC pursue"
/ Less than fortnight since it was our
unweIcome and painful duty to an
nounce the sad tidings of the death Of
the illusirious man whose loss Nation
mourned. We all felt as if we had
each lost IA near and dear friend. 1t
was j. deed u g,ievous visitation, but vain
were unavalng regrets. Hardly had
we wiped the tear IRON our eyes before
we are again maue TO feel, by the in
scrulable wisdom of Providence, that
the life Of man els even as IL vapor that
appeartlh for a little while and then
vunishelh away" In the touching Ian
suage Of President Humphreys, "The
shock is so sudden, SO unexpected, tha,
our faculties are poraly zeJ. We are
| Ibcwildered. Our mouths arc shut. -
| The power OF thought and feeling is al
most suspended. We walt tine for re-
Election. We shrink into nothing. -
II There Is but one voice that we can hear,
| and that is the voice Of God. There il
! but ore arm that we can see lifted up,
| and that is Ills arm. The dust has re-
turned to the dust as it was, and the
spirit to God who gave it. "
/ The intelligence Of the death Of one
so well known to the public, spread with
almost incredible rnpldi,y, through the
city. A feeling Of sadness and sorrow
/ peryaded all ranks Of the community
! 1t extended even to party opponents =
tor political hostility shrInks from the
| precincts OF the grave. Deep is the
neutrality-suspicious. Is the grief which
this event has produced. The death OF
one so universally known and esteemed
is felt as IA public loss that may not be
easily made good.
/ OF the pas, life and public services
/ of the deceased wo have not now the
heart to speak. Nor is it nece ssary that
wc should. lis nets have been so wei
known and apprecinted-his public spirit
and enterprise have been so conspicuous,
and, for years, So cfiicient--his influence
has been so strongly felt throughout the
community, as not now TO need the fee
bic tribute Of our sad culogiun.
Il There are few indeed who would
leave SO large u number of warm per-
sonal friends 10 depore his early depar-
ure. 10 his private relations he endear-
ed himself to all who knew him, by his
nobleness and irankncss of character
his generosity and kindness OF heart.
! None knew him personally but to love
him. A warmer heart never beat in
human breast, nor did kinder spirit
ever ,uii,natc n human frame. But he
is gone. His many warm and dear
friends, who throngcd, WITH eager fond
ness, To bid him farewell for an earthly
H voyage, have bade him their last fare
we'll ON earth for his journey was 10
n that far distant county from whose
\ bourne no traveller reinrns. They have
/ lett 10 them now nlas ! only thr sad cou-
u soiu,,ob of the remembrance oi his many
H excriiencics and deep ns they may he
I wall Ills "ss, they must acknowledge,
in their hearts, that II is tho hand uf Him
v no gave who now takelh away, and
blessed be lis name.
\ "Ceose " .from mnnmhose breath is IN
his nosi,iis, for whertin. ishe 10 be aecOun.
Ted o."
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