Washington telegraph., 1857-12-09
From the Saint Joseph (MO.) Gazette.
DIED.

l. ,b;s city. on the Sth inst, at the residence
8 ber father-in-law, Mr.. Robert S. Carter,
Ms ApE1ArpE CARTER, wife Of Mr.. Arthur
carter. in the 21st year of her age
Mrs Carter was o native Of Arkansas, a
- 81 Col A. J. Armstrong near Cam
den Of that State. She was united IN marriage
- nr Carter, her now bereaved husband
ON the 18th of Oct. last just three weeks and
tb,,,c DAYS before her death. How uncertain
ere our earthly joys! How soon blighted by
tho chilling winds of DEATH Death spreads
his withering. wintry arms, and beauty smiles
no more soon after her arrival in this city
which was on the 2nd inst, she was attacked
violently with Pneumonia. The kind attention
Of her Physician, the prayers and tears OF her
husband aud friends were alike unavaihng.-
Death had marked her for his victim. The
summons had come, and she must attend. In
SIX short days, and after very severe suffering,
the happy bride, and the beloved friend, was
still in the cold embrace of death, her voice was
hushcd in the silence of the grave.
1t the privilege Of the writer to visit her
\ short time before her departure lie found
her triumphing in the assurance Of her accept
ance with God and in the prospect of soon en-
tering upon her rest in heaven When asked as
to the foundation Of her hope she replied, ''All
my trust Is in Christ he only Is my refuge.
Death has no terrors to me" The sting
Is gone i soon shall be in heaven" Her
message to her loved friends at home was truly
affecting. To her deeply afflicted husband,
and each of the group Of weeping friends around
her, she spoke most tenderly and affectingly Of
her religious enjoyment, assuring them that
death was gain to her." and urging them to
..mect her in heaven" Oh may her dying
PRAYER be heard May that solemn scene be
sanctiied to the good Of those bereaved friends
and may they indeed meet her in that better
world.
How sad the intelligence TO be borne to the
loved ones of the distant home! How those
hearts will bleed over the beloved daughter, and
the atFcctionate sister.
How bitter the tears that shall minge in that
sad and broken circle, What pain, and an
cuish IL the reflection, that our beloved Ade-
laidc now sleeps in distant cemetery, far from
that native home, and those loved friends to
which she can return no more! May God in
mercy 20 with the sad message. May he give
them submission to this affective stroke Of his
providence May his grace comfort and sustain
them, and while they weep over the loss they
have sustained may it not be as those without
hope" She Is in better country Her
spirit doubtless rests in heaven
Such was the triumph she evineed in her last
hours that we cannot doubt for moment, that
she now ninglcs with the ''spirits OF the just
in heaven May her deeply afflicted husband
and many friends. be comi0rted in the assur-
ancc, that their s'loss Is her eternal gain. and
resolve through the grace Of God to meet her in
that bright world, where sin is not; and where
sickness, sorrow, pain and death, are felt and
feared no more. Z. h. MILLER
At the residence Of her father, DR.. y. D.
Smith. near this place, on the 2gth ult, Miss
RACHAEL SMITH.
We sincerely sympathize with the bereaved
parents of this estinable young lady. She was
II dutiful daughter aud an exemplary christian,
and when taking her departure to that city ut 81
lcncc which Is the resting place OF every weary
pilgrim the sod closed over noble and gener-
Gus spirit. Whilst living, she was universally
respected and beloved by those who knew her;
since dead, she is deeply regretted and mourn
Cd by all. Con-.
vt his residence. near MurireCshoro, Pike
county. on the ith inst. Mr.. RICE STEINGER.
Old aud respected citizen OF that county.