The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-01-07
DIED.


In Baltiaaere. on Tuesday ,5tl, inst. JOHN WON
BLE Hsa Of thu city. In the esth year Of his age
The friends and acquanfanees 81 the family ana
Of Mrs Bnhannsn are respecslully rsauessen q ~
9Th inst at II o'clock, without further Invitation
On Saturday the I'd inst at the rssdsncs Of her
nephew. John Q VIM. ESD Miss ELIZs v. iis
CINE aged - native o. new orI n mhn which
her banes.s and pious life WAS devoted to TOD ana
the necessities Of her fellow beings. whose sierings
abe ever sought to console and relieve. rs ~ CRATE
fully remembered By the writer of this humble fri-
butte to her meslcry.
In Hanover county. on the 18th u't from the et-
fcts Of violent ts iron nis Ss On .hs
DER, in the Gath year ofhis age. The circumstance
of this catastrophe were truly dstrt ssing and az
soIemnity But few moments previous our iainen
ted Mouroe. In high health. and full OF hope with
prospeetsb for ong ana n nappd With ali
the Joyous antcipations Of an early ana appolhtl
consurnmation of the most sacred ana tenaeIiy
the inspiration of these high hopes and THIS bright
prospective Of earthly b.s. he mounted ms hotse
about midpgnr 70 bgaSrn h nnbie poaa in spirit
Of glee. proposed a 'trot race When alter q ie"
rods of exuitant success and but sno.t distaueJ
ahead of his competitor the horse took fright, ana
threw him to the earth with great violence. nnc,-
ing a mortal hr B.. He fingered IN great agony y,
throughout the night and succeeding day, when M
spirit took its flight herald-d to Heaven by the
prayers OF devoted mother, and the iow-nuf nureu
plants of his ere yer 5ne Ssno
we'd Just i'm all his des lings; generous IN ms 0ispo
SION and gentefnanly in his department, MI az \.
arder had established for himself character tna'
commended the respect and esteem o. an Nh ~; en
loved the pleasure of his acquaintance; and nus un
timely death viii be- bemnaped by large c1rsis "
friends and relatives Bae en o, With h twoS grief
on the heart stricken mother, VINO nasinH ~ ~
them through sll the essnaies o. sow 10 the
grave another Of her sons, in the flush and rsh'e o.
4 A. fran
And life fickers out lik 2 a fading name,
Aud this sad catastrophe oni! came
A. the expected EMU Q, iensine .hsa, pnrm
We miSht MT mourn might not shed our tears
nd Ipothers' hearts might still their anxious fest-
Rut when it strikes down the young and gay
Vernal with the hopes of youths fright May
Tie sealed fountains OF our grisf give way,
And we mourn and marvel at the sad decree,
g. fraueit with soe-so full Of mystery
We feel that a bright bud. pearled with dew.
a Symbol sweet Of the pure and trpe.l ;. -
4 nd cast to the earth to withcr and decay,
" bile fiush'd a.yet with the morning ing ray.
Ere vet the bright bloom blossom Il there
Hath spread its blush to the IlooD-day glare,
A nd breathcd it's fragrance on the ba'my air
Such then, Is this feJting life OF ours,
SO like 10 the fate of the early cankerd flowers.
FOR THE GRAVE STONE.
Buh NE Rose Bud ertfp off By tie H1Tsis. eligr1rsd
thereon.
As falls the floweret by the Canker worm.
so fell Monroe: thy Young and manly rm
Oucnch'd In its lnanho0ds roseste flush,
BY the silent graves eternal hush.
To erlogzs the dead. az is often done beyond the
boundary lue Of truth. is TO pay their memories
hut the tribute of fasebood. But when one is ia
ken from midst whOse whole life presents almost
IA continued scene Of Christian actions. then 1t be-
comes to record with reverence, at least, of
the noble virtues which were his. lis for this pur-
pose til the name OF JAMES EDWARDS again
appears i'll Your print. The frost Of seventy years
had fallen around bis pathway and strapped decepi-
tude upon his aged form. Resides, this world aud
all its beauti. S were impenetrably dark to him. No
sunshine frightened his pathway or enabled
him to discern the loneliness Of external nature.
He blind blind to the paths and by ways of this
world but his eyes opened TO the paths of sal
walton. and it in them that he loved to walk
To su h man death had stinVs. 1t came az q
messenger of peace to "a wea pilgrim, and for him
to die was but TO step from earth TO Heaven.