Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-04-28
OBITU RY.

Departed this life, on tho morning of the 18th
inst. at her residence in the county of Bedford,
Mrs. MARIA LOUISA SLAUGHTER, consor of Mr.,
James e. Slaughter, in the 33rd year of her age,
leaving husband and four children. She was
the daughter of Charles J.. Cobbs. Esq, a for
mcr resident of the county, but now residing
near Valparaiso, in the State Of Indiana.
When n great man resigns his sceptre TO the
hand of Death culogy il exhausted, monuments
tower to the Heavens, commemorative of his deeds
md services, nnd his grave il watered with a
nations tears. But woman, whose sphere is
moro retiring md crcumscribcd, however com
manding her virtues and tuent-"woman, the
last at the crucliixlon and the first at the
r"ctlon," from the conventional forms and nsages
of society. is denied such manifestations Of public
sorrow and gratitude; and y ct no man that ever
nudo his mark on the page of his country's his
terry, but was indebted tn his mother. 1t is not
the design of dis imperfect tribute to indulge in
flowers of rhetoric the time and occasion for
hdit, ns also the absence of such disposition ON
the part o the writer out simply tn bear willing
testimony to merit of high order; aud yet, To
say that Mrs Slaughter WA, an uf'vctonate wife,
mother, relative, friend, n,i.hbnf md indnigcnt
mistress amiahle IN all the relation, af hfc,
whilst strictly true. it would seen that Justice,
nevertheless, would lee anrtqnii"d. She Wa Il
Indy IN the fullest aud most liberal Acccptntiuu
ut the term n mud of fine natural rndowmrnts,
polished hv II liberal education. The analytical
powers Of her mind gave evidence not on Y ut
Judgment, but genius. As n manager ot doncs.
Tic concerns no woman, Of her ngr, excellcd her.
knowledge seemed spontaneous, and energy
ono of her most prominent attributes succeeds
crowned every effort. Fortunately located in
one of the most Intelligent and wealthy mel gh-
hurhoods OF her native county, surpassed by none
in Virginia blessed with every abundance that
could make "A home comfortable and happy re-
gnrded by her neighbors one of the kindest
among them; who ever visited her
house, left with my other feeling than that of
admiration and gratitude for the most liberal
hospitality aud kind attentions received. Beloved
10y all that knew her, it was but natural that her
relatives and nrighbors should vie with each
other IN Kindness in her last illness. The heart
that ever felt and the hand that was always
stretched forth IN the great abundance of its
bpnevolence, either 10 succour or pour out
the balm of consolation To the needy or disconso.
late, felt its own sweet reward in the reciprocity
so cheeriully shown on the part of her friends.
IT medical skill, sincere sympathy and all of
those better feelings which enuoblo our nature.
could have awaited, She would now be in our midst<
but the decree was otherwise. To the last,
she retained the full exercise OF all her mental
faculties. Aware, for months past, of her physi-
cal condition, she prepared for the summons
with full and firm reliance on the Saviour
She exhorted all around to meet her where part
ing is never known. No one who saw her in the
hour of triumph, could doubt for moment the
authenticity and divinity of the Christian re-
ligion,
But few weeks since, her mother was con-
signed to the tomb, leaving testimony that she
was exchanging earth for bliss. The sainted
spirits of the mother and daughter now mingle
in that world where space and rivers never roll,
nor mountains intervene.
May He who ''tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb guide and direct the pathway of the dear
little children; and may all initiate her vir-
tues and cherish her memory in our fondest re-
collections. ANXIOUS.