Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-06-26

MRS. SEWARD.
The followipg tribute 70 the lats Mr..
SEWARD pppears in the New York Tsms,,
md n from The psn Of THuRLow WEED IL
IA pEATHoF nna.wILLiAr n. SEWARD.
The public mind Va In measure, and ths
YmiIy Of Mr. seward fully, prepared for the
bereavement u becomes paihfd duty %
'ahnouhcey Mrs. Seward had been sinking
from the moment that her intense anxiety for
the sAfety Of her husband and son was re-
lieved. Up 10 the time that hopo, In both
cases, cnms, shown wonderfully sustninod
Il seemed that, inhrm and feeble As she had
been for years, while those she loved 70 de-
Yolodly Hec In danger, disease had No power
over The wifo and mother. But when the
strain was OF, her Overtaxcd power, mental
and physical, gave way, n u
Mrs. Seward haa been sufferer many
year., bearing her illness, somstimes with
cheorfulneas- always with Christian rosignA-
tioh--and ever diligent and watchful in the
discharge 0f every duty, especially IN the
mental and moral training Of her children,
In which hor groat happiness consisted. As
wife and mother sho WA slninentiy a coun4
sellor and tsaeher. Her rule was supreme
bat u wns supremacy in which wisdom and
affection wero so happily blended that all re.
Joieed 10 recognize her sceptre. tt1 4 "a
!, Mrs. Seward was tho daughter of the late
Jndge Elijah Miller, Of Auburn. Sho was
gifted in person and manners, and 10 these
attractions uas added thorough education.
For the first twelve or hfteen years Of her
nurried life she Was the charm Of the euI-
tisated and refined associations in which sho
moved but nearly t1enty years ago her
health failed, and since that period she has
Withdrawn from sOciety, devoting herself 20
her family aud the few friends whom she had
early learned 70 value. -a.----- p =
!, The attempted Assassination Of the seere-
tary and AssiStant Secretary, Il Is hardly ne
eessary 10 say, has vhatevor their fato NAV
be, oansed this death. Those only who know.
Rs We know, not only how deyotedly she
loved them, bat how worthy they arc OF suoh
affection, eau Judge Of the intensity Of her
snxiety and suFsSing- The day but one after
that hendish attempt by which both lives
wPrc suspended by thread, she said To the
writer, 1t seems as " had two hearts, ono
throbbing for Henry and the other for Fred
srick.' boo ~ - l...r n
Mrs Seward was, In tho highest sense, t.so
companion, counsellor, aud iriend 70 whom
her husband turned and upon whom he re.
lied on all occasions. Between them thcre
was perfect trust. They shared each Others
hopes and fears, joys and sorrows. Thor
household was one Of uniform and unds-
turbod peaco and purity. asg .. .-..
Mrs. Seward leaves three sons and one
daughter, all most tenderly attached TO her.
lIcr death is tho first In that family or hor
own family, Mrs. Worden, an only sister. sur.
wives.
The following hpprcciRtive notice, by Hor-
ACC Greeley, is from tho ", y. Tribune.
nEArH oT MRS. SEWARD
The death at Washington yesterday Of Mrs.
Fftnces Adclino Seward, wife Of the lion.
William II. Seward, will be widely and sin.
cerely mourned a. more than = family he.
hVe'nopt, Mrs. Seward, horn FRANCES Nil.
lcl, daughter Of Judge Elijah Miller, one q
the honored pioneers Of central New York,
had attained the age Of hfly-nino, and had
nlled for thirty years an exalted position
without once exciting gn enmity or alternating
n friend, and without ever meeting ono who
hal either the power or the wish 70 spoak IN
Of her. intellectually gifted and cultivated
far beyond the average not merely Of her sex
but Of her time, she gave much heod aud
thought 10 public affairs without neglecting
or sighting any Of the duties Of . beloved,
exemplary wife and mother; and every pulsa.
tidn of her heart boat strongly for Justice,
humanity and freedom TO all. .a - r.....
An invalid and sufferer for several years
past, she had necessarily withdrawn IN great
measure from society, solaced by the admir-
ing love Of devoted family and walking
chesrfully heayenvRrd in the light Of on uh-
sha allowed Christian NTH, She has remained
for the most part Mt home during the last
fouT years, but hnsteued to Washington on
the frI tidings of tho murderous assault on
hor husband and son, and the oYertRxing Of
her impaired physical strength by that try.
ing journey probably shortened her earthly
career, All her children three sons and
dNughtor) survive hor. IIor mortal remains
will doubtless rest In the cemetery 0f Auburn,
the city Of her birth, which, though not
always her residence, was always her home.