The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-03-31
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On Sunday, March 30. at 4 O'Clock. JAMEs KENNY.
~ and 1ss h s Sus
EVENING from the Charity Hospital without further notice.
On Sunday March 3d. at Y o'clock MI ~ Id Cn.R d
Liberty Hose FIRE { ,''''- -
VI His scqusutances and those Of tne Masonic
attend bis Funeral his sgrnsr OF Edward and
New York. on Thursday g March ~ Oh ap0p'eSy' mr.
NATHANIEL BUNCE, in his I'D year. ~
"An honest man is the noblest work oil GOD
In this city, o'clock p NJ On ~ % Shs .d Guam h
INST. Ms CLAEIssA d. GuNN' vile Oh d. JUL" " "'nn'
In the 4lst year of her age.
Mrs. Gum born in k1Os E. ss sne e w
cal scholar with mud highly cultivated or e tS a
hen ns s6a The and
aud the orphan lost Of their best and hnues ,e~
generally loved and respected" lLouis'he courier
The above obituary recalls to the mind OF the writer
doubtless many read an affecting Incident one OF
those occurring hum and shock OF men, convince US
that "The awful shadow of unseen power
Floats, though unseen, among u.s.
Just ve ago. and in the same month bridal parry con-
ug of the deceased newly married daughter
husband and youngest child arrived from Louisville on visit
their friends here.
The youngest child gentle minded spiritual looking creature
OF some nine summers and her taste Tor and proficiency
SO remarkable attract genera wonder anu
while her gentle winning made her irresistby
The boat had landed and the were proceeding across e
LeveeDe Anna coming last holding her sisters hand aud
ing her childish pee when drayman (who omnons and
fatal coincidence wrong boa without cry or
Of warning suddenly rolled of hoshead OF susnr-and IN
moment, the child l retaining her sisters hand) was borne
by its weight laydead sad sight, TO see that
father leave mother turning back that crowded mart
amid glare and confusion oop down and gather his beloved
child his like flower and bear her TO the boat
We believe nothing done with the dayma though Inc
excitement intense the time The bereaved family, Will
sad hearts and heads with the remains of their loved lost
went sorrowfuly homeward-
"And laid her in her little GRACE
IT was hard to lay her there,
When Spring putting forth its flowers
And every thing was lair"
Aud after time forgotten by those whose hearth nj
longer echoed the voice. sed forever in the grave
Years went by;
| The mother went her household ways;
| But oft she knet in prayer,
| And only asked Of Heaven its aid
| Her heavy load to bear"
But the had faeen rested there fading
growing dm till swallowed up in the glory that preceded til
darker shadow of the valley of DEATH" she soon
| pass through.
The two preceding her death she had suffered much he a
being confined bedl but in ALL and through ALL
emped the meekness and long suffering chrac esic Ii
Chris ian who knows that through much bnaon we must en
into the kingdom of Heaven" As the shadows of her life began
leugthen and the end nigh hand her soul seemed
rejoice in the blessed belief Of speedy Abundance into that bet
and there shall DEATH neither crying
neither shall there pain and thus in the quaint
| of Spencer,
| -" She ielle enforced TO die,
Ne died with dread and drudeing discomfort,
But as one toied with travel down doth lie,
| 30 lay she down. as If 10 sleep she went
| And closed her eyes with gu ct 'relessness,
The whites soft death away her spirit tent,
u And soul nssoylei from siufule heshinesse." A.