The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-05

From the Detroit Advertiser April
Death il still busy In high paces.o While the
remains Of the wife 81 an ex President the United States
still lie unbured becomes the painful duty Of the
to comm nicate the intelligence Of the demise Of MIS-
Elizabeth Cass the wife of Gen Lewis Cass u 5. senator
from this State who breathed her last in this city at
O'Clock on the evening Of March 81
Mrs Cass was a daughter of DR.. Joseph Spencer, oil
Connecticut who removed to Iansngburg New York, IN.
1855, at which place she was born September ~ iIoe
Five years she removed with her fami
y to Wood county Virginia where she resided nntii she
was married to Gen. Cas-, in 1906 After residence OF
about eight years in Muskngum county, ONO she came
to reside in Michigan then territory over which Gen
Cass had been appointed Governor in 1915 From that
make her residence Washington with her husband who
mao been appointed Secretary Of War Jackson
hse year isso she Gen 20 rars
Minister 70 France returning to this city, somewhat II
Mrs. Cass has lsbored or less under pulmonary
disease for the last twenty years during which time she
has been compelled to watch her health with care and
from time TO time to to a change OF climate and
air relief alienation Of her symptoms Ii only
been within the last five weeks however that apprehen
sons have been entertained by her friends Il her mme
date demise and they delayed long safety and pro
priety permitted to make Gen Cass who in attend
upon his duties at Washington fully Of her
critical situation.
The blow which is felt in her death falls with severe
weight upon Gen. Cass Notwithstanding his warning
which has been vouchsafe6 him and he seems as we
informed by the immediate friends OF the family almost
ready to sink under it, This is not surprising under the
circumstanl The warmes and most constant affection
has subsised between them from the day Of their
rage, unbroken by unknd thought word, or deed and
it is little thing to break such silver cord. through
every vcisstude of chansefu and egentfa life he has
always able to from the hostility OF FOES and
from the detection and treacery of Friends TO The
tusry OF his own hearth aud and unchangng love-
dial sympathy and unfeigned affection For The loss of
these blessings emlnence acquisition in life can
compensate Well may he feel in this hour that the cit
abel OF his happiness has been sormed, and that his
household gods lie shivercd around him.
Mrs Cass whose long life has been intrnssaly lovely
and pure holds sacred place in the nnost hearts OF
the older citizens of this place. for IL among them
that she made her home while she yet in the flo
OF her beauty, beauty far transcribed by her life,
which was constant scene Of charity, kindness and
purity Her chief delights in the performance
Of those acts which elevate and refine human nature
and which find their chosen among the suffering
and the sorrowng
Not less exemplary has been her walk in the domestic
with true mothers in the fear Of God in the per
ormance of those duties which ohasten the heart dsc
pine the character and TT FOR such portion Of happiness
vouchsaed in this world One two Of their children
have died in infancy, and one the namesake Of her
ther nhertor of her beauty and virtue sweet and
lovely girl of twenty three years. cut of by death in
1888 OF those surviving one the wife OF Ca plain A..
Garfield, of this city, another the wife of Hon. Henry
Ledyard of this citya daughter Miss Isabella Cass and
Hon. Lewis Cass, Jr., Charge at Rome, unmarried
The heartfelt sympathes CT this community with
the surviving husband and family of the deceased In this
their hour Of deep affection
The funeral viii take place from the house O. Captain
Garfield of Fort and First Streets Sunday after
noon at two o'clock.