Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-06-23
DEATHS.

Died Thursday. the 18th June, N Midlothian, tls
residence Of A. 5. Woodbridge, Esq, OF Chesterfield
county, N The 18th year OF her age. Miss CaTHARINE
l. BURFO0T, daughter Of the late Thomas Bnff"o',
Esq. al Richmond. The symptoms attending seve,s
cold Iakrn while nj school. fist aroused the appreher
snns of her friends; hut her health seeming ittle tn.
paired for nearly fwelvrmsHih following, hopes we,
INDUCED fhat Winters residence in Southern cIlf..
woaa eradicate the seeds Of pulmonary disease. ac.
cordinRy, accompanied by her mother and sister, she
went 10 Savannah, Georgia. The anticipated benefit
however, was sought In vain. A rapid decline sue.
ceeded, which neither the physicians skill The
duous attentions If her nearest relatives avalet In
any degree 10 arrest Weak and naciated and wl,hs
distressing cough, she returned 10 Virginia In May and
after angnlshing just month, the subject Of anxious
solictudr TO her numerous relatives and yet more
merous friends her spirit look wing q, We humbly he.
licvt, To world here sickness and pain
II Is often said that consumption delights select :
victims from among the most attractive OF The iriae
sex; hut seldom, u ever has the remark been ss
ingy verified rs IN the fate of this yonn lab. 20 pune
and lovely she seemed that, before alarming d..
had been revealed, size regarded with mrlan
ChOly interest by several Of her friends, who expressed
the fear that being so free from every stain was drn
ed 10 brief soIourn EARTH To beauty Of form and lea.
ture almost famltless combined with exquisite grare q
motion and manners slnguarly gentle and engaging,
she united vigorous and well cultivated intellect re.
fined tastes elevated feelings pure and artless modes
~, conscientious principle always sensitive and vel
liant. and heat that appeared absolutely void OF gull.
or malice. Indeed perfect seemed her character,
that the searching glance of the sernes censor nus
have failed 10 discover bemish; md her nature might
have been deemed exempt from human failty, had Se
not been taught by Divine authority that the tant o.
sin extends 10 all our race. These are not words y
Idle panegyric-they express the opinion, long Sine
formed of one who knew her Intimately, ant who"
views Of propety demand the sevrrest TRUTH even M
eulogy on the dead. Her religious impressions CON
menced ~ early childhood, aud continued through i'
shed their sacred light around her path. The since
riy Of her faith ecinced BY the uniform p"pneN
Of her department, BY the conscientious discharge =
every religious duty, by her patient resignation ~ 'es
ftatf yl1nV,f Has
hour mingled The names OF others in her DYING prayer
Her afflicted relatives have been almost heaubfokeG y
tile blowj but their anguish IL s0othrd by the hop- OF
happy reunion IN that bright world In which she IS NOV
spirit light.
Died in the city of Philadelphia on the 3Ist May ~
A. r. WRIGHT, of Meckl-nbnrg county, In the 70
year of MS age. The subject of the present obtusf
whilst couversing laniilarly in his room AT the hris
where he had put mp, was very suddenly and pAet
pectedy seized with fit of Apopexy, which. in te~
minutes PM an end To his earthly career. Jhr o'dss
and mos, skilfu physicians were instantly summoned
Ia his sdr-but, alas ere they had reached ~ ~
the Fell DESTROYER had claimed It's victim ir. Nhst
IRON his youth until few years back spent ~ le ~
the mercantile business, for which me- was p-c1sfH
fitted, both by nature aud requirements, sincr nc W.
not only shrewd, calculating md energetic, hui hohs,.
OMEN and candid. After The death nf his iahr ~ -
ial affection induced him Ia wind up his business,
Boy dlon, and hive with his ihilrn ana aged H9inrf. =
short lime hGwrvrr, he was called upon 70 o1N =.
likewise yet from his attachment 10 the ap0t 81 w u
tiyIty hr resolved to live there the remainder 2, "
dats;-and such wa. congeniai with his ierns',
M II was also amidst his friends and kindred Dufs
the whole course Of his fe the deceased was achnos
lodged and believed, both by friend and by foe, 'op
perfectly lust and scrpulnusly honest His ln'rfoou
with the world social, political and business, wa. 80 =
such a nature win for lin circle oil ifiends w
were warm, strong and firm In their attachment. I ~.
badly no one In hrs native county has ever died anu ,e
behind him n larger circle OF purely dsh'eres
friends. lie was admired for his candor be'osea
his generosity, lluded for his honesty, ana coII" .
mi Of character and hlgll-tufrD
n gentleman. His kindred whom he has IrN, WV
they weep o'er the grave az their brother, ousntW
consoled by the honorable name which ~ has y
quea,hed them and which II is The lot oil ou' &c" ~
tails To win. -
10 Petersburg, Va, and Raleigh, y. C., pape''NN
Drsse rOpy.