Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-01-23
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On Wednesday evening, the / llh inst, al
the residence ot her father, john McCue, Esq
on the Long Meadows, Augusta County. Miss
EvALrNE McCUE, III the 20!h year Of her age.
.''she dled1yel death could scarcely chill
Her smiling beauties though she lay
With cold extended limbs, for still
Her face looked larer than the day.
Those eyes once eloquent with bliss,
Were closed soft shutting aewers.
o. few could bear sight like this,
Yet such a sight was ours.o
On the last day OF the departed yea, fatal
disease marked her as victim, and helaklel the
rapid approach Of the day and The hour when
her freed spirit, under the dispensalion OF an All
Wise Providence, was to be emancpated from
the letiers that bound it 10 this cold world ol
change and yicisstude and pass 10 that far and
infinite home whose untold wonders mortal eye
may not discover She is gone in the morning
OF lile-the gltd PLAY oil the pulses, he sweet
sensations OF existence, " hich eHce animated
! that elastic form, ale hnshed in chilling and
my slelious repose. Waha hear; full Of feeling,
and mind bright with promise but few days
since in the full vigor ii health, mingling In
our pleasures, and sharing in our pursuits, and
now-gcne gone forever! Around the ener-
gles OF that opening MUD and all the sweet vi
slons OF that young hearts fancy, the hand of
the Most HIGH has drawn the sable drapery of
the tomb. No more shall we meet her in the
domestic and the social circle. and exchange the
friendly greeting. No more shall the home and
the scenes OF her childhood and youth brighten
at erapproach. The realities oi life are DONE
and she rests with that Being W hose attributes
| are Mercy, Love and Justice. Let This solemn
warning sink deep into our hearts. Such is the
uncertainty of HE, and such is the end THAT
awaits sooner or later each one OF The friends.
| on mani and Shp has lptt LattuJ
In The deepest anguish Of our hearts, we boy
with awe and submission, 10 the Ugh mandate
oil that mysterious God hose fiat from the
very foundation Of the world has stamped the
things OF earth, may the very stars Of Heaven,
with decay.
| Raiey does il fall TO the lot CT The friend
whose mourniul 2tisIl ii is TO record briei
memorial Of the loved ones, whom "remorse~
less Time, fierce spirit oil the glass and schyihe,'
cuts down, 10 dwell on such theme as is pre-
seated the life and character Of oul dear depart
ed friend. Fulogy is moi only pardonable, but
il is commendabe, whes its object truly mer-
lis the encemlums the most partial Friendship
can dictate. By those Who knew her, rs well
as she was known 10 he writer, noueh, that he
eau say will be esteemed ialsome pAesyfc,
but rather a dim outline sketch of traits and
qualities, TO BIZ filed ont 10 perfect picture Of
ner character by The bright eoiors " hch
their OWN fond hearts Will supply from the
sacred memorials o affection aud friendship.
l. Lovely aud attractive in person, graceful
aud dignifed i'll her manners aud OF easy and
quiet nlen even from childhood, she attracted
attention, made hosts oil friends amongst her ac.
quar- t,nees wherever she.weHt, and bound them
10 hel by indissoluble!ies Ii she ever caused
a moments pain Ia any one, whether in the
quiet associations OIL homa-er when amongst
/ hnr sshonl,pa log /, At
society, upon whose threshold she had but
fairly entered, it was wltnai intei.t to wound,
aud with consciousness OF harm. She
gave bright promise OF assuming high and
useful position in Society Her mind was
sing ulafly calm, serons and reflective, and she
had cultivated most ardent taste for solid
! mental Improvement, 10 the exclusion OF all
indulgence IN the empty, tIifling trlvoiiies,
aiis, but TOO common with many OF her age and
sex. The standard authors oil Our language,
living and dead, tho Historians, the Poels The
Essaysls, whose Writings together with those
OF lew OF the most eminent in the fields OF
Romance, have given us an impeiishable lite
nature, were ever more priced companions, aud
! oiloner sotghl by her, than the society Of the
lhoughllcss, glddy crowds who constitute
large proportion Of the world around u.s.
Modest, retiring and sensitive, she was at all
| times extremely cautious to leld 10 Others
becoming respect, aud thus lew beyond the
circle OF her more immediate friends had the
means of correctly esiinaitns the extent to
which she had by diilsenI study carried her men
ia improvement.
| Her suflernes, Intense as they were, through
briel illness, never caused IA mnrnur to es-
cape her lips, but with inimi,abe patience she
submitted 10 everyifresctip,on her physicians
| felt It duty, always painful one, TO admits
ter. The hope OF the Christian was hers, and
seithout tbs, how aaonzng the death bed
scene? To the minister who feelinaly admin
stered TO her the cousolationS oil religion, she
expressed her aequiesceuee, in The will OF her
| Heavenly Father, in removing her just in the
bloom and flush OF youth, 10 that bright world,
her sainted spirt is now enjoying ri know
there Is no hope except in the Lod jesus" was
one OF her responses to question asked her by
her minister Her breathing out oil lite was
peacetul-no distortion oil feature. but with a
conntenance that sometimes seemed TO reflect
/ the glory of the unseen World she took leave Of
earth. Lovely as in life, She was yet more
beautiful when arayed in the habialnen,s Of
the tomb, and as the rays OF the setting sun
beamed alhwart that lovely face, wearing the
smile that lit il up in lie, it hardly required a
stretch of imagination to believe her a seraph
from the spirit-world. The long funeral tram
of sorrowing friends evidenced by their agonlzed
feelings that one of the strongest ties that bound
them to earth was severed.
s.Yet why should death be linked with fear
A single breath, low-drawn sigh,
Can break the lies that bind us here,
And wait the spirit to the sky
Such was her end, calm release,
No clihsing to this mortal cod;
She closed her eyes, and siood in peace
Before smiling God"
On the LIST inst, in this place, AT the residence
of his son, Mr.. CHARLES Day, in the soth yeai
Of his age.
10 Charlottesville papers will please copy
/ On Wednesday, The 1llh inst. IN thl'
county, Mr.. DANIEL Hill, aged abon, 81
years.
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