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On thh tth inst, Mis- slasn .HU1GEi. aeed
- years. daughter Of James and Mary Hoshs.
Of this eouniyl
o. SATURDAY he l,h instant, AZ bis brother,
residencb IN Beffyville, Df. WkLrxs Mkanr
TnoNPsbH. The yoengesi son Of she lale Dr. Juh6
Thompson, beloved and lamenled " lIl uE0
/ knew hin.
/ Al MIddlsnay, 10 Ibis county, on Friday lhe
81 lnsi.| Mr. AMBROSE CRAMkas IN The. SCH year
1 Of bis afe.
TINS aslimable man was born on The 9lsh a.,
OF August, 1854. in Dsrnpatrick. in the co15iy
OF Dosu. Ireland. Ehste, under The fostering
care Of tdecli6oale parents. be received liber-
81 b7siiess edueatio1, and when he arrived al
the years Of manhood, comfortable pairimony.
and al piddle sse he vas prosperous and en-
lerprisiig merchant
He!was a man Of ardent and generous leeliees
in age. and his lavish generosity TO dependent
friends, gave ample testimony Of bis phnanthso-
I py ID youth. He was educated IN the Christian
Fahh. and for many years before his migrali1n
from The Emerald Isle, was . member OF The
Episcopal Church 81 England. and vas. there
fore, enlilled 10 the benediclion and protection
Of The EngiIsh Crown. But The oppression AID
Iotures under which his ill-fsted counslymen
were sufering. ercaning and dying, and his love
for uninterrupted liberty. induced him 10 quit
MS happy mansion, his native soil. TO seek and
realize ina. liberty which fancy described and
America promised.
% he day Of in The year 1900, when
American liberty had scarcely attained its 24sh
year Of Independence, be chartered vessel, as
sembled his Immediate family, placed them oE
board-'his noble heart beating with fond emotions
for h.s be.oved country ard kindred, he fanl.ered;
and while The toPssll was yet reeied 10 the yard.
he Kindly pIofeted 10 many Of his destitute coun-
lIymen free passage 70 The promised Land Of
Liberty.
He landed at Alexandria, 10 the District Of
Columbia, % the 20lh day Of September 1850,
where be provided for The completion Of The edn-
cation Of his children. which from other cream
stances IN his life, seemed 10 have been his only
PRIDE, his only ambition. From thence be came
10 this County where be resided for nearly forty
three years, bleSi with The confidence and esteem
Of his tnends and neighbors, with alI lbe com
forts Of lIe and IN The full eDoymen, OF the gle
rious Religion Of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Such was his faith ant love for that Religion,
that 10 the absence of the Episcopal Church 10
his Adopted peighb0rhoed. be and Tie aflecliop-
ale partner OF his life. attached themselves 10 the
Presbyterian ChnTch, and 10 the end of their
lives they were lis warm friends, and he for
many years, and at his death, was one Of It's el
cers. j. 4
his cheerful and happy manners never failel
10 attach the aged, and captivaie the young and
in The last hours Of his life. the writer Of this
meagFe tribute could bu: exclaim within, that
Il was 10y beyond expression 10 witness, in his
experience, SO bright ain illustration Of that sa-
cred truth, "The end ofithe upright is peace u
Il can hardly be said that he died with forth
tude, for 10 him Death had no terror He rather
welcomed death as the kind friend, whose bisi-
ness Il Gas 10 relieve him from The tolls Of this
life and TO remove him 10 the joyfultest Of the
life 10 come.
Recobciled, composed, retaining all his men
tai faculties 10 the last moments Of his life trust
ing 10 The merits and redemption of Cfucifed
Saviour, calmly resigned his immortal spiriI to
Him who gave H. Ks,
lin Bolivar, The 9Th ult. At the residence
Of MIR. " isliam SmalIWood, Mrs. MARcAREr
HEALEY, aged So.
Mis-. II. had for many years been lingering
under pulmonary disease, which filled her cupI
Of sfliciion indeed full; yet she drank il with
that pious resignation, which ever chsracleFizes
The faithful child Of God, and could kiss The
hand by which il was administered, thanking her
heavenly Father FOR the chsstisement She was
a Christian, not only professed. But PRACTICAL
one Tor her heart was IepleIe with the sove Of
God-she walked under sense Of His pIesence-
with Him from day 10 day ia prayer
and supple aJlon, aud made Ills service her ousi-
ness and delight
On The day previous 10 her death The writer
had shott interview with her, and il seemed
like holding converse with The dead SO sehsIbly
did her wasted figure, hollow cheek, and tfem1-
louS voice, contrast with The strong powers Of her
mind. There was a placid serenity upon her
countenance, which plainly told that no dark
clouds obscured the light, which disclosed 10 her
view that haven Of eternal felicity she was fast
approaching.
At the funeral The Rev. Mr.. Lipscomb made
some beautifully touching retnarl $, not TO acare-
less and uncoRceIned crowd nor TO those whose
hearts had been lac, aled by The snndering Of
consaneuineous ties, Il for The had 10 kindred re-
manning } hulto those WIN had kHown her long,
aniloved her much, and The strong bonds Of
Christian and social friendship which had been
severed, drew many Tears that day upon her cof-
I'm but these friends have one pleasing consaa
tion, when they reflect that the happy spifii is
now beyond the confines Of the Tomb, in Hea.
ven's chancefy, exclsIuning
.'The voyage Of hfe's at an end,
The mortal sfllciiJn is past;
The age that in Heaven spend,
Forever aud ever shall laSln ] B. r.