Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-12-05

STA roN, whose deathsis sincerely no6rned by
bor5s ,5cIe ~ feIat al aeduaintances in this
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FTumth Daily Sqprier.2No E.s D.
DE9TH. or GEE. 7IloSERE Sta NToF;-TE ns severe
illness of Gen. Robett Stanton to which We anu
del in a brief paragraph penned on Thursday eve
ming, terminated the same night Ill his death.
Apart from the pangs which the event will cause
among his fsTnify and kindred. the me anehoiy M
telgence will be Tecelyedswith the deepest sou 4
row by d large circle of friends! In the iuh bloom
Of manhood, surrounded by all that world !
could give in wealth aud social P9saon 70 ilaSs
NE useiuL anu al
-JiSsiJ Sso to- stand forward prniasnily in
me councils OF lis State and country Death has
suddenly SEEMED m; as if ito show hhwlittle re-
spect that terrible tyrant has for persons and ia
few shot hodfs destroyed bright h6peslald brill
liant nrnspeets r ~ $50 a. "a
ifIs6 stanton ,yas in the 3ist year dfIiS aGe! "a
of fbs COUNTY, his boyhood youth spent
among lis lovely hills he finished his education at
the University in CapnonsbaIg,- Pennsylvania.
e. lege,, his Talents and popularity
q ,nnce T,nsitinifiu the politlcaE naftY 10
which he attached hinself; and he has the honor
only dernorat eyerelectedto theLeg
" Az ,ast ma stootI pro1nnent-
% bsfS the neonIe as candidate for Congresson+
- Lnnoys ana aifboneh his friends were NOT then
RI their wishes there Was lit
lie jobt but that ali no far distant day his claims
would have been fully acknowledged, by his re.
ali The bonoTs his this section could
EiIsSfnu2 - :. ~. -.
ssTsen stanton was seized with the epidemic on
SrT,,a nigbtiast From the first hour of his att
llaek ma snticipated fatal tefminaiiouS and made
I;S in view ar tbe rapid closing of his
as1,bl,; csTetr His bodywas borne 10 its final
ssti,,y nIaceli;v 4 friends and de-
nosite ma spot selected by himself for that pur-
poef, mon his own wide donIan at Windy Hill in
he conntv CSeen should be The turf that grows
@ a. ~ nneIy sTayei foreuduIing and everffesh
| ,a.,ll he his melnSry among all who knew him.
was ~ ''o 80 ~ Is - : !.
from tS |. al Il,
o. 80 "7s ~ 81
We are called on to discharge one of the most
melancholy duties Of our life. RogERr SRA ToN is
| no more! What world of sorrow is III these few
wortlst What endearing memories they recall
~ hat briatt homes they wiiher, what clustering as
/ sociai;ons Of ali things fond ana generous and
nanny! now alas, athered beneath ball ofglOOm!
4 Tie manly fomisstark and stiff beneath itsghIh-
cred folds the frank and friendly eye Is forever
closed the gallant generous and atlsctionate heart
jis5no longer beating and the VG6G that was wont
To soothe to cheer and TO thrill with its accents Of
hone and friendship rs 5tied forever, for It's last
| ones hive been uttered in the chamber of the
ldeatF z,ts-sg tf,1i s-zs 81 siEz = az do
4 ooh, weep forahin, for he is deae!'
And never alns, were human tears shed with
,;ncsrsr srgTov oygr human grave than over that
A In which he now reposes-rieveI over one who
combined in himself, IN more varied and eminent
l. "a n
4 domestic circle or to the friends that greet in
it Si al sociai lie The epidemic W hieh' has
least its dark shadows aroulid us aud above us so
Il long which has desolated so many homes and call
II Iii forth The voice of nouTning from lips that knew
nni5ing int accents Of ioy has GATHERED 10 The
tTSys non bose loss WILDE Hose leepIygfieSed
9r mora rygi1ely flt. and death, with cruel re-
. 6ne,nent Of his trueie mower has reserved one
81 ~ his noDlest victims foT the last! Hehas FIN
5vadef n home where were blended all the asso-
lc;o,;ons that nan make life noble honorable and
hannv. ,nIl from the circle of that stricken fire.
sd he. has selected the chief OF his house around
w6om wee eatteted lis f0ndes affections and lis
highest homes l--5t Il r,.rt-s Trs 1sl,t--l {
\ i5$f Stanton was, irl.the bloom of young and
vigorous lnanhootl Blest with family than which
none cuuld hive been more dear OF more devoted;
linked BY Ties of relationship to large circle OF
relatives " no regarded him with uncommon pride
land affection: surrounded by as large number Of
m, and devoted personal friends as was ever the
fortune of any: and in the bright morning of ca
reer which held out fair promise of being brilliant
and useful in IN degrees, his deaths
one of theraTe and startling which stifie, almost
beyond utterance, ths voice Of sorrow by his gave
nd almost Strike mute the Voice olworlds eulogy.
The ordinary expressions Of SnrTow seem ever follow
when uttered over him, and the praise which the
world bsstowsnpon its Doblestdeqd have bite mean
ing when they fall upon tneearot those Who knew
Ifiin best and loved him most. For the brief and
Z sd announcement. He Is dead! pieIces like an
icerbOt thrilling through their heartsit scenes as
a the sudden sextingnishnent of many lamps amid
gay and rejoicing lhfo1g -,
Ans, tae memory :. SssvspiS s6nsoisf Of The
bereayed, and happy beautifier Of tLsdead, will,
as years foil sadly and silently away with those
wholn he most tondiy CHERISHED, sweetLy sooLne the
pognancy Of present gI'eI Wile ~
moment OF remembrance Eecoll some eshlie eoso7
latlon from tne " .. "hI
able lie: ipeLsIapte vi tne I LI
has petshedj but our Lecco 1ecilon o. 1noSe hsn
attributes oil mind ana heal WIN ne s 50
generon3ly endowed, ieau us u PatnWayoI nope
through nus Iltnfe; yer remains % Sleti t
ne mas teTt oYef tnVss N hplI uiio, "ii"
loyed him on 1E eaEth. - e.
II Is not IN human power 10 auul:i'stT. G9Ms9
aton TO those WHO nave peel g gu
tlas atone 30 sau t S