Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1854-06-14
DEATH OF nov. !. r. ssoDeRAss.

DEATH OF HON. =, r. sNoDGRAss.
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HUE 49, =.
gress from the iith distr'cs' " irgsDia'
died very suddenly, on the 9th inst at his
residence X Parkersburg. aIr. Supdgrass
-. . native Of this county where be leaves
wa :
many seia''ses auo ifiehas.
Upon the announcement OF bis death ~ tue
House Of Representatives, on Friday last
z Mr. Faulkner then rose aud addressed the
Io,s. :. follows.
NJ Sneaker as..ha rsouest Of some Of INV.
.a,,a.anas md Min H. concurrence of all 81
ttsr, rice a. siiscbargs NE melancholy Of
Sea a. anaonaneino ta1ss;s House the death Of
Hon JOHN FRYATr SropeaAss. late 4 Rem
rssentative in Congress- from the eleventh
district Of Virginia Tbis painful and unex
oeeted eyea occurred IN Parkeysburc. %
Monday. the 9th dav Of tho present mouth Il
il said while engaged in the trial Of an iunor-
tant cause id court. The deceased LEFT this
city ON the evening of tho Both Of May. to
paw brief visit 10 his family ard to attend
some of the couits of his district. He babe
us adieu on that day to all human eyes. GER
taiuly to mine, in a better condition of bodi-
" health than be had at any time enjoyed
since be FIRST assumed to discharge his duties
in this hall. This was subject OF remark
and conara tulation both BY himself and friends
on that day. And yet, in the brief space Of
one week, we were shocked by the intelligence
that be too had contributed another trophy TO
the renorseless triumphs Of the grave.
s. This, Mr.. Speake. is the fifth ctasion
since the commencement Of the present ses-
sion of Congress thai some surviving member
of this body bias been called upon to perform
that duty which 1 have risen to discharge to
my departed friend. King, Anterior, Camp
bell. Mublenberg aud Snodgrass have all ia
the brief period If few mouths passed from
the frctful scenes Of public life, leaving moth
ing behind them bat tie memory of their vir-
tuous deeds. The North and the South, the
East and the Nest. have each in their turn
been called upon to contribute victim to the
common destroyer of our race. and to miuple
their griefs at the fall Of some lofty column
that graced this temple Of representative
freedom. Sir, We have in all this much 10
admonish us Of the vanity and emptiness Of
all human hontrs and of ali. earthly aspira.
tons, much I'd briag with IMPRESSIVE force 70
our minds whit shadows we are. aud what
shadows we pursue" and to chasten opr
thoughts 70. a higher. purer. and more nor.
mauent Inheritance ii , eeions beyona tho
grave.
Mr.. Snodgrass was native of the county
Of Berkeley, and State of Virginia born with.
in two miles Of the place of nv own birth and
present residence. He was one Of an exten-
siye family residing in that norton Of V;ro;p;,
"a family whose ancestors were amonn Tho
early settlers Of that pieturesoua and nro.
ductiye valley. and some &C whose aeacanS
ants still occupy their ancestral homes m !.
gagged in the ou;et and ennobl;no npr.,;.s 80
agricultural life. He was born On The "a
dav of March. 1904 and was Tim. IN .ba
6ftv. first year Of his ace A. the ner;od of his
death N MS
Nv acnp.;,,anc. v;,b tba aoo..s.a 80.
maocea a. an sarly nar;oa 80 ~, ,;ea ;u.a
a;ateIv etc, no ,a,rrn Cow .ailo.. H.
nad ,San fn;.hoa L. oo,~.a 80
s.ndv under H. ,u;d,rce ana ;,s..ra.;an :,
Gen Rova an sns;nsn,lr s,aoosss, i 800. ~
Of ths V;rg;n;a har .nd ha la aou. nue,
tho nract;es &c h;s ,rosass;o, LOU 'J I"m""
The ebeerfu,ssss .a pis 80 10 ;s.s...
at that period Of b;s If beiors d;ss.ss bad
prematurelv fnrrovod b;s ohaaL ~ sassonaS
the exnress;on 80 III CO. ' - -. sauusaeo
raj fayorite with al c,.ssss 81 n0,.on ELL eJe
tha arsnr ana anth, sasse. " Pe'Icn WINS
ioated h;mself - ,ha ,aho.s s s W. %ua ~ avu
aided by anv;ons o;ra,a S
SOON cavo b;m ooru ~. =. 'ana a:.;a sa ~
nract;cs Of tho somr,a H. sn pVh he ~
fess;on il h;s ns,;ro -, i ps1 Co. "S pr;
ve.rs vhon oaa.ra v .vo ~ .o: Ase " %
es Of his f;soSs he removed to pa,Is r va
a nrosnero,,s sI Town II Wss.s,a v;ra;n;. .;.,
ates op tho Ohio ,;vsr who're he cen.;n,sd -
res;aa - W. .So o n.r,oa Az" e ~. Se..h '' "
In HE not PI los..;on in Western VIRGINIA
he y,n;dlv ssb;svsd for himself an hono,sble
nrofsas;o1.I fama IN those d.vs and rrs.
srue !. : - 's or.,t artsrt a. snv ,he l;sa
Of q .;rcn;. - con.t n,sett;oner !, that norton
Of y;rs;r;a when Il fall business vas one Of