Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-06-01

the home and resort OF radical friends OF
Temperance and kindred reforms both in
city and country. II was under her roof,
sometimes threatened with mobs, that con-
sultalion of friends Of the ensaved from dit
fereit States matured the preliminary meas
ures for forming the American Ant-Slsvery
Society in 1888. And il was from her house
that large portion of the Eastern delega-
ton to the first National Anti>Savery Con-
yention started for Philadelphia, in Deem
Der, to complete their organization. In her
boarding house it was that Mr.. Greeley, now
of The .NstC YORK Tribune, then young
man and new adventurer in the City, be-
came first deeply interested in the Anti
Slavery cause, az he was ailerward accus-
toned to mention. After this Mrs. N. went
TO Ireland and Travelled on foot, from caO-
in 10 cabin, through the country, just be-
fore aud during the famine. Her letters and
appeals to the people Of America, through
Mr.. Greeley, Mr.. i.eavitt and other editors,
were instrumental in procuring large sup
plies Of food from this country, some of
which she received and distributed with her
own hands.
10 Ireland she became reyered as the A
merican Mrs. Fry, the idol Of the peasantry,
the admiration Of the wealthy, the almoner
of the philanthropic, the wonder Of all. o.
Conne and Father Matthew were among
her warm friends. From Ireland she passed
over to England, and thence to the Contin-
ent. At the Worlds Peace Convention at
Frankfort she assisted, with Elihu Durritt
and others, 10 represent the philanthropists
! in America.
She spent some time in Paris. Returning
TO Great Britain she scrutinized Society i'll
England and Scotland made many friends
acquired rare information and accomplished
| great good. 10 London, where she was kind
| " received by all classes, she found wide
| field for the exercise of her peculiar gift tc
personal labor, convcrsing with rich and
poor on the highest topics of interest to ra-
tional and immortal beings.
After an absence of about eight years she
returned home about three years ago. Some
years previous to her going to Europe she
had visited the West Indies and the South
crn States for her health, where she gained
much information respecting Slavery.
She wrote several pamphlets on various
subjects. Among her published volumes are
her Memoirs of the Rev. ]. X. Mellow
all" y" Ireland's Welcome to the Stranger
d" Lights and Shades of Ireland" and "Loosc
Papers" or incidents of travel in France
England and elsewhere. Whoever would
become truly acquainted with the Irish ant
with Ireland, must possess themselves o
the writings Of Mrs. Nicholson. Her Loos'
Papers" are a rich magazine Of miscellane
Gus sketches of scenery, character and BIO
graphical anecdote She bad commenced
writing her own memoirs. How far she pro
ceeded we are unable TO say. II is much "a
be hoped that her attempts in that direction
will not have been wholly lost. She has lief
other valuable manuscripts, chiefly of a reli
gious character, which we trust will be pub
lished. AS writer she possessed rare tai
ents, and though she unfoded rich vein o
thought, peculiarly her own, was remarkable
for neatness and ndturalness ofstyle, chas
tened Imagination and correct taste.
She was pre~eminently a Christian phi
lan,hropist and Christian reformer. Aboun
ding IN good works, she was hearty belley
err IN the primitive Protestant doctrine o
i" Justification by faith" Her dying mott
and testimony, like that of John Howard
was: M hope is in Christ" When SOM
one at her bedside sought to comfort her will
the quotation of /" Blessed are the dead" &c
" fot .her works do follow them" she return
ed an ans,vor diselairning oil dependence Of
the merit of her good works. She rested II
= Christ as her Savior.
Early in the winter she was visited with
r return of an old spinal complaint, which cor
fined and weakened her On getting bett,
she went out on some business and probab
. walked too far. She was attacked soon al
ter with a bleeding at the lungs. This, toe
by medical assistance was checked. Blu
both these attacks reduced her strength an
she declined rapidly. She suffered mucl
pain, but bore it with great patience. Sh
, had long been Injured to do the will Of he
Heavenly Father. She now learned tn
harder lesson of sweet and passive submis
r sion to that will. When clergymen was a
bout to pray with her she said: " Pray no
for any alienation of my pain, but only &c
, grace TO endure il"
; She was attended by kind friends. lie
funeral was held at the reformed Dutc
: Church in Erie street, Jersey City, who's
: pastor, the Rev. Mr.. Strong, had been muc
! with her in her last sickness, and on this sa
, occasion read selections Of appropriate ScriI
! lures, and gave an interesting account OF he
last hours. He was followed by Willial
Goodcll in some statements of her gener'
! character and abors. The remains wer
I followed by her friends TO the Greenwoo
8 Cemetery, where they were inferred in tn
grounds of her friend, J. +. Sanger, Esq.
: By unusual diligence, self-denial, benevc
I ence and frugality she has been enabled t
accomplish great good, but has left little be
hind her but the rich legacy of her Chrsiia
, example and valuable writings. "Preclou
! in The sight of the Lord is the death of hi
saints."-.E Y. Tribune