Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-02-01
DEATHS.

DEATHS.
Died, on Sunday the 18th inst, a, The resid.
Of Mrs. Mary Mcou, in Essex county, Va u
b. NJ. MIcoU, wife CT Albert Mcou, ESQ in
40th year.
This lady professed faith in Chris, scye
years agd, and The sincerity and genuirene>s
that profession were manifested by her Chris
walk. Meckncss, humility and uniform ca.
iulness marked her course; and submission
God in his proridential dispensations was Ii
acleristic oil her. She had been called 10 siye
several OF her children, and though one Of
most devoted mothers, she acquiesced in c.
dealings with her. She would watch OYER til
with tenderness and care whilst they lived.
when they were taken, she was ready 10 re-
them into the hands olhim from whom She
received them, as unto merciiul father r.
bodies lie now side By side-and their spirl>
swelling the tide isong that is ever rising from
throng that surround The throne Of God-sayl
"Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty which v
and is, and is 10 come"
Those who have associated with her kn
best her social virtues and how SIZE fulfilled
duties OF lile-as her worth was seen in tic
discharge OF those duties, SO il lives in the inea
ry OF friends who mourn that Row, il is only u
longer seen in the recollection OF the past
Died, Of Nervous Fever, in Amherst oous
on Wednesday morning the 25lh ult., MIS-. ".
LAvlNIA TwYMAN, conson ofDr. lycrson l. II
man, in the 9Th year Of her age.
Though resignation TO the will of Hcayea
urged upon Us as Christian duty, yet W .
il impossible 10 consign TO their last re>s
place those united and eEdeared TO US BIZ The
derest and hottest ties, without cxperien..
the deepest and Most poisnan, sorrow
requires something more than human philoso,
10 uphold US in affections like those which b.
beialen the relatives and friends Of the >ute:
this notice. Overwhelmed with sriei from a /.
seriousness Other irrepalable loss, they cen Z,
Tor relief and consolation unly in Him "iha; ;.
pers the wind 10 the shorn lamb Tiey /.
expect comfort and support alone in thai rcg
which their dear, departed friend so brghg
Illustrated in her life and conduct and viii,
lriImphanly sustained her in The mporlar; d
trying hour OF death.
The writer OF this feels very sensibly lis a.l
lity 10 do justice 10 the merits ofthe beloved iit
whose untimely death he mos, deeply def'ui
He has no talent nj description He canno rcle
however, from paying his humble tribute 10
modest worth, her social and mental alliac. 4
her noble and shining qualities Of heart 4
was a woman OF whom it might in truth be !
TO know her was TO love her." With mir1 \
gorous and cultivated; heart as generous a.
erilcless as ever beat in human bosom she i
admirably fitted Tor society and for useiune~f
In her own family, she was everything tia! |
stiiules the faithful and aiiectionate wife, The
and devoted mother, the kind and indnlstul !
ucss. This fact is most emphaticaly All
pressively told by the agonizin. tears Il {,
surviving member Of her household. i}m ag
not upon The social and moral virtues whit
possessed in so eminent degree that Sic
her hopes of happiness in The eterna! wof
which, We doubt mol, she is now enjoying lie
sed reality. Believing that, in common VII
whole human family she was sinful Is NJ.
and that nothing but Inc all-aonias
OF Jesus Christ could cleanse her from III I'm.
ness, and prepare her for Heaven she,
than three years since, sought His iaro: n
soon realized the precious truth OF His prock
"They that seek ne early shall md .,
Thenceforlh, until the day Of her death. ste =.
christian in The true acceptalion o. The .eF
Though consistent and devoted member
Methodist Episcopal church, she vas i.e
the Sectarian bigo,ry and intolerance comm
too many Of The proiessed followers Of chE =
the present day. She possessed liberal - IL
tina, charity required ofus in The Book Q. H. "
On The 18th Of December, Mrs Twynao
stricken down with the disease, Of which ii,
In August last, she lost her inian, son AZ
November, she was called upon 10 mono p
death OF her only remaining child, an I'M.
and lovely girl, aged about , years. FIR \
deep distress Of mind, caused BY these Il -
dispcn>;lions, she was Just heginnin. Il ~
when il pleased an all-w;se, though in.cr
Providence, 10 call her from The scenes arcatd
OF earth, TO unite with her dear lille g!...-;.
happier cline. Daring her lines, ,he W,
collected, ana resigned. Conscious Of : III
spent life, she could look beyond The gratt III
undouhting confidence of blisslul mmt' 6
Several times she remarked TO attending
that she was quite happy; and on the nss
eediug her death, she earnestly cn.rca,el !. ~
band 10 meet her in Heaven. Her ga "a
easy and sweet smile was visible ". III
counlenance aler her spirit had taken /, r.
flight. Let her hereaycd husband. (Sho
brief space Of four months, has iolloWei L.
grave his entire family,) and The tleri,
deceased generally, console Themselves u1-'
heavy affection:
There is voice which sorrow hear,
| When heavies, weighs LIES CALLING e.
'ris Heaven that whispers, dry tbs iea' Z
The pure in heart shall meet again.
DIED, on SUNDAY, the 9Th inst, o. F.
CorpLAND OF Petersburg, in The llh ie, ~
age, in company with his mother, Mr. y
Dorsey, he was attacked with nllammaa~
| ~ mfr k,r NJ
awoke in spasms, and died in few hiinus 81
suffocaton. IA
Upon receiving the painful intellise1i1' III
death of MIR. George r. Couplani VINO
member of the Petersburg Classical .
during the past year, his fellow S.Gdens
ed Messrs. VIM f. Drummond, ThoIS,I.
wilson, Robert D. Mcllwaine and W.T.
wood Committee TO draft resolutions
of their esteem, attachment and grief. ~
The following resolutions were sll,-
unanimously apopted: ~?
Whereas, il has pleased an over-It,Ij
dence To remove by death our friend az ~,
low-student, Mr.. George r. Couplanc.
lst, Resolredi That We receive the l. -..
tidings Of his death with unfcignec SUI.
that we tender 10 the relatives and iiieu.
deceased, our sympathies in their beFes,rt
81, Resolred, That meeting Of bis e.
be held in the Institute al - O'clock % ~
and that Clergymen OF the Town "
attend, and deliver addresses suitable Il
ancholy occasion. ..,, Y
Sd, Rcsolred, That in testimony o. ~. y
attachment TO him, and oil the high re-:
terrain for his many virtues, his el.'.r
and his literary and scientific attain I'm
wear the usual badge OF mourning le ,., -
Al, Peso!red, That The committee "" M
ofcondolence 10 his bereaved mothef'' - e
in itacopy ofthese resolutions. ~. pes Y
5d, Re0lred, That the Editors OF .hs ..ss IA a
Intelligencer and Republican be leFu' IT
sert the above in their papers.