Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-25
Ia Yellow Fever Contagious PA Burial
by Moonlight.

A gentleman from Portsmouth inform
| us, that among the first victims TO the ter
rible disease which is now affecting tina
town, was a young man of considerable,
promise, BY profession an accountant anc
bookkeeper. He was Of an exceedingly
amiable disposition, and by his many so.
cial qualities and urbanity ofmann-r, had
drawn around him large circle Of warm
and devoted friends. As soon ss it became
known that he was sick, three Of his com .
radss claimed the priv ege OF unit & their
kind offices and friendly attentions with
the tender care Of a young and devoted
wife. who but SIX months previous had
given him her hand aud heat. BY nigh,
and by day, during his bntt Illness oil less
than week, did these four keep vigiis
around his couch Distinguishing and pain.
AS the di e .se progress ,and hot hange for
the better became apparent, devoted and
I'll hful minister Of the GosI e, (,he Rev
Thomas HuMEs,) added his visits and at.
tentions 10 those Of the wife and friends,
ahd administered to the rapidly shaking
young man, those words Of sweet consola-
ton which only thu Scriptures can afford.
aud spake undo him OF the things which
pertain to everlasting life. During the
last stages Of the disease, and after that un-
errng precursor of the grim monster had
made It's appearance, uhe black vomit,)
the patient was frequently seized with
spasms, during Which the nausteus DIS
charge would flow from the y oulh, cover
ing those who waited at his bedside. The
Minister OIL God TO h, ar the Iespons TO
questions propounded, was comp lied TO
place his ear III close proximity to the pa
tents mouth his voice having become fee
Bile that lie could not af,lrulate above
whisper. The distressed ard heart strick-
EN- VIE embraced the disc, srd body OF her
husband. kissed again aud again bis burn
ing cheek. aud ba;hed his swalthy brow
with sca.ding tears. But the kind a,.en-
ton OF friends, tlse earnest prayers of the
man OF God, nor the tears OF the young
vile who had elung TO him with more
than heroic devotion, could not avert the
fatal blow. The terrible aud relentless
scourse had claimtd him as its victim, and
OF the afternoon Of Frida. the 9th Of
July, hi, >pi'i, departed to tie untIied re-
allies OF another World. after distressing
illness Of but four days duration. Strange
70 say, that after lapse OF three weeks
not one Of the five constant attendants at
The couch OF siekaess, have taken the
Fever, or experienced the slightest iGdis-
position.
AS Is the universal custom with all who
die Of the Yellow Fever, the in,erment Of
The body took place II the evening of the
same afternoon that the death occurred,
about s o'clock )and our Informant states,
was the most despl, solemn and impressive
scene he ever Witnessed. The full orbed
moon shohe with unwaDioned briliancy
and the marble Moaun,n and drtary
looking tcmb--stones 0: the cemetery, re-.
tlectng their dark shadows around the I'M
covered grove, invested the scene with al
most painful soiemnity. Added to this a
deathiy stiffness prevsiled, not a sound IN.
truding TO disturb the quiet repose Of the
dead; and as the minister Of God, in slow
and inourntul accents, offered up ie,vent
invocation to the Heavenly Father. that he
would sanctiiy the melancholy event TO
the goodof .he living. aud be husband
TO the disconsolate widow in the hour OF
deep bereavement, big tsars coursed down
na"! manly eheeh, no tuev stooo dtouhu
the portals OF the grave, and the pen,-up
grief OF every hea,, found relief in loud
and prolonged .obs. The prayer was
flushed, the last sad words Of the burial
service. "Dust TO dust, ashes to ashes"
were ar,i.ulated, WHEN the gave was filled
and without word spoken, the mouraiu
train left the last resting place Of the dead
repairing totheir respective homes with
heavy hearts. and deeply impressed, thai,
the saddest scene they ever witnessed was a
"bur 'ai by mooaGs ht.-Petersdurg En-.