Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-03-29

ems, who knew not that she was a Chris.
tian at all. None of Rogers family hsd
been slain, for bis wife and nine children
were present at his execution; bui Mrs.
EMoore's heart had been crushed with
in few days past, when she saw tbs hus-
band Of her bosom and four of her childfsn
reek,rg in their blood. Rogers was cheer.
ed as the flames gathered around him, by
the prayers and exhortation Of large mul.
titude Of friends but here in dense viii
derness, remote from the habitation Of cir-
ilized man Mrs. Moore stood amidst the az.
onies Of dissolving nature, with none tesus-
tain her except her OWN child, and wo-'
man who must have been SO overwhelmed
With grief a. TO be incapable of comforting
|her noble spirit. She might well hare said,
I"Oh, all ye who pass by this way. come
and see Ifthere be any sorrow like unto my
fsorrow."" But no such lamentatlon is heard
f-all is hope, reace, and eonsolation.-
There was one present ct the funeral Pile
who bore up her spirit as he did that ef
Rogers. and soon united her with the gloyi-
Gus host above. who feel no grief beeaase
they have no sin. sQ
j The surviving prisoners are still in bond.
Esge.. The next intelligence We hear is, that
Mary is sold to man named Stogwell, re-
siding on the Western end of Lake Erie
distant more than FIVE hundred miles from
the late residence of her father. How il
was possible for child of her age to en-
dure the fatigue Of such journey, / am at
a loss TO conjecture. So it is, however,
THAT her new master treated her cruelty
Here she remained until October, 1889,
when she was restored to liberty by the eff
forts of her brother who had been captured
two years before herself, and sent, it would
seem, by kind Heaven in advance to The
neighborhood of Detroit, whence he travel
led in pursuit of his sister. The first inter.
view Of Esau and Jacob, after their long
separation and estrangement, could not
have been so thrilling as when the two or
phans fell on each others bosom. They,
together with Martha Twins, returned in the
autumn to Augusta county, where Mary
was some years afterwards married to the
Rev. Samuel Brown, pastor of Providence
congreg gation. twelve miles beyond Stauu-
ton, and there her remains repose. She
was the mother Of five ministers Of the
Presbyterian church, who are now leading
their people in the path of righteousness a.
long which she travelled so faithfully du.
ring her chequered life. forgot to state
remarkable fact. On the day of the murder
at the house of her father, when her own
life was in the greatest peril, Mary caught
up her Testament and preserved it during
the whole period of her captivity, and pre-
sumo retained it during life.
never heard or read of an infdel, who.
in similar circumstances, would have borne
off any of his books, however much they
were admired, nor can the human mind
conceive what benefit it would have con-
ferred in passing through the trying events
of tins child's eventful life. The act was
the fruit of her early piety combined with
extraordinary self-possession. can ina.
CINE how. by the light Of the fire at night,
as she journeyed through the wilderness,
she read Of those first martyrs "who were
stoned and sawn asunder. and were slain.
with the sword; who wandered in deserts
and in mountains and in dens and in caves
of the earth," and with what intense anx-
Fiety she read of him and "saw his face, as
it had been the face of an angel" strongly
resembling the heavenly tranquility which
gilted the features of her sainied mother as
she sunk to rest. can see her at Stog.
wells during the dreary nights of winter.
feastIng on the divine promises where God
pledges his word that he will be "he father
Of the fatherless and the orphans stay ;"
that sin six and seven troubles" He would
not forsake her. Men of the world cast
your eyes on this sublime, moral scene {:
learn from this girl the value of piety in
those dark hours when human aid avails not
to stop the torrent Of grief, or trsquilize the
smitten heart.
We are now safe at the Woodward House
in Staunton, one of the best hotels in the
State, which might well be styled the Eu-
taw House of the Valley Of Virginia.
found no fault whatever with the establish
ment, except that the clerk, without be.
longing to the society Of Quakers, wore
hat with so large brim as to obscure some.
what the beauty Of bis countenance.
On Sabbath morning the sound of bells
echoed along the surrounding hills, and we
repaired to the Presbyterian church. The
minister is certainly man ofpowerful and
well-cultivated intellect, an original thinker.
profound, logical and persuasive, sustaining
his positions with masterly skill, shedding
light steadily on the subject as he adyanc.
es step by step, displaying much theolo-
gical learning clothed in classical language,
rivetting the attention by his simple, but
earnest manner, untainted by. sectarian Bit
teruess, but waking up the best feelings Of
the heart with most courteous and atirac.
tive department HIS subject was the Res
direction of the Body, and the impression
left on my mind is. that he surpassed any
other preacher that ever heard in the de-
velopment of that intricate topic. But
was panied to see that in the attitude of
prayer his arms hung down by his side.
1t was not so with the wise man al the
conservation of the temple; for in the pres
ence Of all the congregation of Israel he
spread forth his hands, and his venerable
sire had also said, 81 lift up my hands to-
wards thine holy oracle This was the
only fault in all the exercises Of the sane
tuary. Happy the flock that is fed by such
shepherd.
In the afternoon we attended divine wor-
ship at tho Lunatic Asylum, where perhaps
two hundred of the inmates, and number
of citizens were assembled. Several of the
unfortunates united their voices with tho
sweet notes of the organ, and all conducted
themselves with perfect decorum. After
service asked one OF the Superintendent.
by what process they had been trained TO
such fine order' He replied-moral sua-
sion. 1t seemed strange to me, that If de-
rnnreI nennle cnnld fhns ha I;ea:-l:.aI