The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-11-23
Death of Gen. Robert Stanton.


cease Of one who was all that is good aud hon.
orable; as deeply as We feel that friend,
who was indeed friend, has been taken from
earth and as sincerely as we would SYM
pathize with those from whom has been taken
the one loved and loving we cannot better
give expression to our feelings, than does the
following from the Natchez Free Trasler =
We are called on TO discharge one Of the
most melancholy duties Of our life. Robert
Stanton is no more What world of sorrow
Is in these few words What endearing mem.
orics they recall, what bright hopes they With.
eri ) what clustering associations of all things
fonds aud generous aud happy, now, alas I.
gathered beneath pail Of gloom, The man
" form IS stark aud stiff beneath ITS gathered
folds the frank aud friendly eve is forever
closed the gallant, generous and aifectionate
heart is no longer beating, and the voice that
was won't 10 sOOthe, 10 cheer aud 10 thri with
It's accents Of sympathy, Of hope, and friend
ship, is stilled forever, for It's last tones have
been uttered in the chamber of the dead
"oh, weep for him. for he is deadr'
"And never, alas were human tears shed
with sinoerer sorrow over human grave than
over that in which he now repOses-never
over one who combined in himself, in a more
varied and eminent degree, al the qualities
which cndear one to the domestic circle or to
the friends that greet Us in the walks Of social
life. The epidemic which has cast its dark
shadows around US aud above us SO long
which has descated so many homes and called
forth the voice Of mourning from lips that
knew before nothing but accents Of Joy, has
gathered TO the grave none whose loss will
be more deeply grieved or more widely felt /;
and death, with cruel refinement Of his trag-
ic power, has reserved one Of his noblest vic
Tins for the last He has invaded a home
where blended all the associations that can
make life noble honorable aud happy; and
from the circle Of that stricken freside, he
has selected the chief Of his house around
whom were gathered its fondest affections and
its highest hopes.
Gen, Stanton was in the bloom Of young
and vigorous manhood Blest with family
than which none could have been more dear
or more devoted linked by ties of relation
ship to a large circle Of relatives who regarded
him with uneommOn;pride aud affection sur
rounded by as large a number Of warm aud
devoted personal friends as was ever the for
tune Of any and in the bright morning Of a
career which held out fair promise Of being
brilliant and useful in an extraordinary de-
gree, his death is one Of the rare and startling
which stiAe, almost beyond utterance, the
voice Of sorrow by his grave and almost strike
mute the voice Of worlds eulogy.
"The ordinary expressions OF sorrow seem
even hollow when uttered over him. and the
praises which the world bestows upon its no.
blest have little meaning when they fall upon
the ears Of those who knew him best and loved
him most. For the brief aud sad announce
ment, lie Is dead pierces like an ice-bolt
thrilling through their hearts--it seems as the
sudden extinguishment Of many lamps amid
a gay and rejoicing throng
ALAS the memory of his virtues is all that
IS left us now; and Time, the heavenly con-
soler of the bereaved and happy beautider Of
the dead. will. as years roll sadly and silently
away with those whom he most fondly cher
ishcd, sweetly soothe the piOgnancy OF pres
ent grief, while it will, in each moment of
remembrance, recall some gentle consolation
from the memories of his brief and honorable
life. All that is perishable Of the departed
has perished; but our recollection OF those
high attributes Of mind and heart with which
he was 50 generously endowed, leads Us IN a
pathway Of hope through his future, yet re-
mains to cheer the gloom be has left over
those whom he loved and who loved him on
earth.
"It is not in human power TO administer
consolation TO those who have been 50 terribly
bereaved: Heaven and Time alone have heal
ing in so sad an hour but under their sooth-
ing influences even the most poignant anguish
which the human heart can suffer will pass
away, and its traces only will remain IN some
secret chamber Of the heart, consecrated to
him, where no intrusive thought may enter,
and remain, too, to remind us every day that
we live, that the noblcst and best beloved
must die.
The poignant pangs Of anguish will be
sooihed, aud smiles may often, in after years,
illumine the sad faces that are now bedewed
with tears but the recollection Of his talents
and virtues will long keep his memory green
in our hearts and the memories OF bis iiie
gathering around his name, will remain to
bless and 10 cheer, like the clustering flowers
of the early spring which will ever, on their
annual return, vie with each other in associ-
ating embIems Of beauty around his grave ("
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JUDrcIAL LoNGEvITY.-We have had but
two Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court Of
the United States in over fifty years. John
Marshal held the Office from January 1901.
tilI his death in 1885; aud Roger B. fancy,
his successor, is still on the Bench. Upon
the adoption ofthe Federal Constitution John
jay, ofNew York, was apPolnteda Cn'eI y. Igos g1s-
tiee and held the Office from lIo9 tli ii95'
when I he was appointed Minister to England,
.Tobn 5u Rutledre, Of South Carolina, nominated
as his successor, was rejected by the Senate ;
William " M Cushing Of Massachusetts,, declined
the rendered appointment; and Oliver ,Eae EIls-
worth, of Connecticut, succeeded IN ilys' ~.
when selected as Minister to France; gonn
T~ss Iav ,vss them again appointed but declined,
- I,dge Marshal left the State Depart