Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-12-12
The Night Funeral 81 q Siays.

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The Night Funeral 81 aISiays. Y.
To tie Eaitor Of tAs ozar1estos
Mercury: DEAR SIR-The following
simple and beautiful story was writ
ten for, and originally published In
Morris and Willis Home journal
one Of the best and most attractive
Family Newspapers issued in the city
OF New York, or any where else. j
do not envy the feelings Of that per.
son, male or female, who can read
this authentic and touching narrative
without emotion. have seen moth.
ing from the Northern press more con,
genial to my own taste, and think il
ought to find its way into thecolumns
Of every journal printed On this side
Of Mason and Dixon's Line, with dst
credit to the excellent Weekly in
which, i was first given to thu public
Its publication in the Mercury will
confer q favor on yours, verx respect.
fully, "A SourIIERN WOMAN.
From Morris and WILLIS Home journal.
To he Editors eftAe Home Jour,
raj: MEssRs. Nouns & Willis: =
Travelling recently, on business, Il
the interior of Georgia. Ireashed Just
at sunset the mansion Of the proprie
tor. through whose estate Ifor the last
half hour Of my Journey, / had pur.
sued my way. My tired companion
.prickea his ears, and with q low whin
ny indicated his pleasure, 49, / turned
mp thei broad avenue leading to the
house. Calling to a black boy il
view, lbadeliin inquire Of His owner
If | could be accommodated With lolg
.ings fir the night. h.A :
My request broug Gilt the proprietor
himself to the door, and from thence
tothe gate, when, after scsutinizine
ganceIa t my person and equipments
he inquired my name, busislcss anc
destiniltion. / promptly Hspondet
tohis questions, and he. ingited mt
to alieht and enter the house, in tlle
true spirit Of Southern hospitality.
lleIwas apparently thirty years o
age, and evidently a man ofedacatior
and rslinement.l / soon observed al
air oi5gloomy abstraction about him
he said but little. and even that little
seemed the result of an effa5rt to OBJ
viate the seeming want Of efvility tt
a stranger. At supper the mistress
of the mansion appeared. arhdid tho
honors of the table, in her particular
department; she was exceedingly Ia
dy-like and beautiful, ~oniy ns, Sout1
.ern ardmen are, that is beyond com
parisop with those Of any other por,
ton Of this republic.I have ever seen
She retired Immediately after supper
and . servant handing some splendid
Habannas on a small silver tray, VIC
had just seated ourselves comfortabl,
before the enormous fire Of oak wood
when q. servant appeared al the enc
door near my host. hat in hand, and
uttered in subdued but distinct tones
the, to line, startling words +
"Master, de coffin hab Gomez \
Every we'll" was the reply, and the
servant disappeared. .53$.5..t
My host remarked my gaze Of in
quisitiye wonder, and replied to it:
!. II have been very sad" said he
''to- day. have had a greater mis-.
fortune than | have experienced since
my fathers death. i Host this morn;
ing the truest and most reliable friend
/ had in the world -one whom have
been accustomed to honor and respect
since my earliest recollection; he wa;
the playmate Of my fathers youth
andthe Mentor Of mines 4 faithful
servant, an honest man, and SINGERS
Christian. ] stood by his bedside
to-day, and, with his hands claspet
in lnine1 heard the last words he ut
tered. They were Master, meet mi
in heaven s 1l LII M
His voice faltered d moment, and
he continued after q pause with in
creased excitement:
s'His loss is a melancholy one K
me. III left my home, i said to him
John, see that all things are taker
care of" and knew thatmy wife ant
child, property and all, were as SAT-
as though they were Guarded BY /
hundred soldiers! Inever spoke .
harsh word to him in Envy fife, fol
he never merited it. / have hun
dred others, many Of them faithful ant
true, but his loss Is irreparable.n A
leone from 4 section Of the UnioI
where slavery does not exist, and
brought with me all the prejudice
which so generally prevail in the fire,
States jim regard 10 this ''instltution.'
! had already seen much TO- softer
these, but observation ofyears wouls
have failed TO givema 70 clear an in
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