American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-04-27
[FIom the Literary Emporium. !
THE DEVOTED.
BY THE REV. A. A. LIPscoMB.


SlVho that possesses the least acquaintance
h the philosophy of the female heart, is ig-
rant of the fact, that it is peculiarly calcu-
led to struggle with the reverses of Fortune?
ho does not know that there belong to wo-
ms nature fortItude which trials serve only
draw forth: fortitude, which neither dsap-
zintment nor distress can destroy? Unnotced
Us quality may be, amid the glare of earthly
psperity; but IN the time Of tribuation, when
ck darkness settles upon the pathway
zen the present and the future are alike des-
lutte of consolation, then, like some solitary
r, that filings its radiance upon the surround
q gloom, it shows to an admirlng world, that
#selt-supporting principle enters into the con-
tuition of the softer sex. Adversely may
Their the heart of man-it may dim his lus-
pus eye and pale his roseate cheek; but in
oman, it meets with disposition that resists
1 the proportion that it is oppressed-a dispo-
ion that counteracts every impression ofsor-
W, and, like a shield, blunts every arrow of
ief. Let female virtue and innocence be
st into the furnace of misfortune and they
Ill come out the brghter-the eye of their
pe unobscured, and the strength of their vic
rious spirits unbroken. What is their motto?
Cast down, but not destroyed" What is their
nblem2 The bush of Horeb surrounded by the
smes, but not consumed
Meeting sometime since with a sketch,
hch may illustrate the above remarks, we
I'VE concluded, dear reader, to furnish it for
bur pleasure and profit.
Where the frowning battlements of Fort
Washington look down upon the Potomac,
lere lived, many years ago, family of wealth
nd influence. Compelled to leave their own
nd, on account of its unsettled state, they had
Fossed the wide Atlantic to find peaceful
nctuary in the newly settled wilds OF Anne
ca. Their situation here fully equaled the
Expectations which they had formed, and tho
Pey often yearned for their sea-girded isle
hough removal from it had produced in their
psoms a vacancy that no other place could
htirey fill, yet, the tranquility Of this, the
buntry of their adoption, compensated them
pr the sacrifice they had made Delivered
om all the troubles which had agitated the
nd of their nativity-happy in themselves
nd in their acquaintance, this interesting and
killed family lived in the most pleasant man
pr. But how uncertain are all human calcu-
tons! How easily may the foundation of our
y be swept away from us! When the Revo-
ition had commenced-when the united for
es of the lovers of freedom focked to the en-
httled plain, Mr.. W. attached himself TO our
Fmy. HIS patriotic feeling had accompanied
i'm in his emigration. Liberty was the idol
his hearts warmest devotion, and hence it
not strange that he espoused the cause of
he injured coonists, and pledged his word,
is honor, and his all, to support rebellion.
,ommending his dear family TO the care of
row idence, MIR w left his charming home
md Joined the Southern division of the army.
he had ever manifested uncommon bravery
nd dscenment.
Deeply imbued with the spirit of freedom,
lie exerted all his talents and contributed his
Undivided energy to the deliverance of Ameri-
IA, until he fell, covered with glory, upon the
eld of contest. Could courage-mag
md patriotism have averted the blow, he would
ave been saved, but alas! for himself and re-
htives, he feIl--fel with the banner of our ma
ion waving over his head and the enemies right
n his front. Though his remains have not
mingled with his observation-disclosures the
hammock grows not over his loWly bed, he
hall not be forgotten. Historians shall record
- bis love OF freedom and poets sing of his vir-
tues, while his name shall be handed down to
Posterlty, with glory and courage for its bright
associates
Shall we undertake to describe the distress
bf the family who lost in MIR. w. an invaluable
blessing? 1t would be useless, for whose con-
Eeptions are so vivid-whose pen is so ready,
IS to poultray the feeling which such an event
occasions?
Who, but those that have experienced it, can
Form adequate views of that sorrow which is
produced, when the parent tree, around whose
runk the ivy twined, and upon whose boughs
he tendrils leaned, is cut down! An husbands
heath! A fathers dissolution! What is it but
| he destruction ofthe fondest hopes-the crush
Ing OF the most ardent wshes-the overthrow
Bf one of life's 6rmest and most certain sup
PORTS! The peculiar character Of MIR. WIS