New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-11-11
MRS, HAMHToN's DEATH.

;ns announced the death Of Mrs. Alexander
Hamilton, in New York city, on the 9th inst
That venerable reliet of nobler days, and Of
q husband one Of the most admirable men that
ever served and adorned any country, had
reached the great age of ninety-si1, retaining
in an astonishing degree her faculties, and con-
yersing with the same ease that lent 50 peculiar
4 charm to her younger days. Unless our
memory is at fault, Mrs Hamilton completed
her ninety sixth year on the 10Th of August
SLIGHT Of figure, rather small in size, and
originally Of what seemed feeble organizes
!. ton, she get passed to her remarkable age with
an almost total exemption from disease, in spite
~ The severe misfortunes which overcast her
life in its very prime. Her admirable virtues
and sense. with the firm yet gentle courage
and cheerfulness which these bestowed, and q
piety as simple as it was mistaken, have no
doubt gone far to uphold, by the forces Of the
mind, the natural weakness Of her body.
She never was what is generally called brill
liant. For the women who shine or blaze with
that sort of light, seldom have the genuine one
Of their sex Its gentleness, its pure warmth,
its sweet reserve, its true womanly sense, which
rather perceives than reflects, and sees, at a
glance, all it is fit that woman, Natures most
delicate and ingenious work, should see. Though
Very pretty, yivacious and winning, Mrs. Ham
ilton WAS never dazzling. Neither her manners
though highbred, nor her conversation, though
spirited and full Of sense, were at all Of the
snowy order: she never said silly, she never
said a brilliant thing, in her life There was no
fash about her she shone only with the soft
beam which radiates from what, in @ woman.
not boys nor maturer co1combs lispingly adore
nor false sentimentalists dilate upon, but what
the heart and understanding Of all, however
shallow or corrupt, own. with not mere admira-
ton, but love and awe, every thing that is most
feminine: which is, we take it, a good deal bet
ter than angelic. For we must confess that, Sc
far as can be judged from the most commenda-
tory descriptions, We look upon one woman al
worth full forty angels
In short, she was just the wife for one of q
spirit 80 high, faculties 50 powerful, character
80 strenuous, and affections SO fond as those o.
Hamilton; and accordingly there could be nc
tenderer union than was theirs Not only did
her loving, serene and cheerful temper gladden.
whatever time he could snatch for brief intervals
of repose enjoyment, but her perfect discretion
made her the confdante and her admirable
sense the counsellor Of his affairs; in many o.
the weightiest Of which, he thought it wise to
have such q woman's opinion. She shared, Of
far as she could, his labors; and when she could
not, often sWeetened them by her presence. His
papers, in particular, she kept in order for him
the preservation of that large and, in every
sense of either the merely curious or the his
torically valuable, precious body Of the Hamil-
ton MSS, which our Government acquired by
purchase, in 1849, and of which selected por-
tons are now seeing the light in a Congressional
series Of some nine or ten volumes, edited by
Mr. John Hamilton; who had previously given
to the world more limited selection, with q
biography Of his father
Ii was only few months since that we had
occasion to refer to Mrs. Hamilton, her extreme
age, her wonderful activity and vitality, her
great usefulness and the universal attention
paid to her. Much of what we now say was
said then, and will bear to be said hereafter.
OF all the women Of America, no one was mere
thoroughly feminine, in the very best sense Of
the word, than the wife and widow of one of the
first men this country ever produced. After D
long life Of honor and usefulness, she has passed
away, mourned by all who knew her, and re-
GREETED BY the nation at large. OF all the long
list Of illustrious women who have shone al
Washington and there renewed bright age
long since ended, no one now remains Mrs
Madison, Mrs Adams, Mrs. Hamilton, are gone
Their many virtues live inter them, and viii
remain rich legacy to those who move in tn,
same spheres, as well as q worthy example t.
all the daughters Of our country.