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Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-05
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n REAT SHORT ROUTE TO THE NORTH,
VI EAST AND WEST VIA THE RICHMOND,
FREDERICKSBURG AND POTOMAC RAILROAD, CAR.
RYING THE UNITED STATES MAIL TWICE DAILY.
The only Railroad route issuing through tickets and
through baggage checks from Richmond the cities
North, East and West.
Trains this road as follows:
The bay Through Mail Train leaves Richmond daily
Sundays eXcepted) at A NJ, arriving in Washington
at $40 p NJ, connecting with the early afternoon
press trains for the North, East and West
The Night Through Mail Train leaves Richmond
daily at p NJ, arriving in Washington at A. NJ,
connecting with the early morning trains for the North
East and West
The Express and Freight train leaves Richmond
daily Sundays excepted at A. NJ, arriving in Wash
ington $40 p NJ, connecting with the 7:So =. NJ.
Train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad for New
York. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Harrisburg and the
West.
Fare by this train TO Washington only SO for first
class, and - for second class passengers.
The Accommodation Train brtween Richmond and
Milford leaves Richmond at 3:30P. NJ, arriving at Mil
ford at q p. NJ.
Through Tickets and Through Baggage Checks to
Alexandria, Washington, Baltimore Philadelphia,
New York, Boston and all the principal cities in the
West.
For further information and through tickets, apply
at the office of the company, corner Broad and Eighth
streets, Shockoe Hill.
]. b. GENTRY,
General Ticket Agent
SAMUEL RUTH, Superintendent. febl+t
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All letters in relation to the literary or business IN
terests OF the Journal will be addressed 70 Dr q =
GAILLARp, Box l9s, Richmond Va hoEII-u
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EMPLOYMENT OFFICE FOR FREEDMEN

Z MI Aip VI lOE FOh
IL We have opened an Office Fifth street, between
Broad and Grace, in Richmond for the purpose Of
curing EMPLOYMENT For FREEDMEN and furnish hing
may need.
Railroad contractors farmers, manufacturers and citi-
zens wanting Freedmen lsborers for any purpose,
can leave their names with us, and will secure the
hands wanted.
Freedmen desiring employment can have their names
registered in books kept in our office, and we will
euTe them places and attend the making OF contracts
fab7-dke2m GEORGE L. TAYLOR & Co.
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rVHE RICHMOND MEDICAL JOURNA

rTDHE RICHMOND MEDICAL JOURNAL,
RICHMOND, YIRGINIA.-This Journal will be
1bshed As Monthly Octavo Of So pages, the January
humber being issued early in December
A respectable number Of the best writers IN TINS
ro1ntry have promised their support IAN ostenatious
5i.nlsv OF names avoed and the Editors oner 20
nav LITERALLY for articles il is hoped that the original
aanartmen OF the Journal will be entitled to respect
and Conscience. ,.-o.t,
The pges OF the Journal will be devoted to Original
Articles Foreign and Domestic Correspondence ke-
trospee Of Medicine and Surgery during the ate War
an Eclectic Department which will be ehieiieatare 9i
the Journal Reports ofSOceties Associations hosp-
AIS and Clinical Lectures Reviews and Bibhographl-
cal Notices Medical News, Editorials, Miscellaneous
Matter, &c
without making special promises the Editors will
endeavor make this Journal acceptable to its sup
porters.
hsore the expiration ofthe third month after the date
~ subscription; II paid amer this period, Ten Dollars
aSvsrtisements will be inserted the most liberal
,rs and A. there are Medical Journals now pub
ibs5 In the Southern States, advertisers will enjoy
psculiar advantages. -, - NJ,
W s McCHESNEY, NJ. D., Staunton, Va.
Editors and Publishers.
An l,,ar IN relation to the literary or business in
terests OF the Journal Will be SddreSseu 70 :
GAILLARD, Box l99, Richmond VA
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P NE & co.

And have taken the store No. lOd, Main street, next
below Mitchell Tyler, and will b. pleased to receive
colsgnments from their friends and the public
w. q. PAINE,
Inn nDlt. L A PAINE.
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DAGUERREAN GALLERIES.

JVOME AGAIN.-FOr seven months past
have had no business, having lost my gallery ana
nearly my all by the great hre on the Sd Of April
have The pleasure now to announce to my friends and
the public that have once more CALLER loeh's ~
on the corner of Ninth and Main streets, with ai e
on Main (through w. D. Cooke po,ireiv new
also on Ninth street am supplied with eniirey ne"
and the improved apparatus and stock anu tt W.
secured the services Of T. Jefferson Nlinn, " % ane
maEor bom," who has had over hi'ee" ''"'' 'NPo-
rence. .t.o ,,r -. .
As in the past in The future, Pro"'''' my P@""'
good aud satisfactory work. ,,s pho,.,h,
,s- i, Garner Main and Ninth streets
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SOLE LEATHER, &c.

I EATHER, -
II LEATHER,
OAK and HEMLOCK.
SOLE LEATHER,
French German and American CALF SKINS,
KIP SKINS,
Upper, Harness, Bride and Fair LEATHEhs Of all
kinds,
TANNERS OIL, TANNERS TOOLS, etc.
For sale at reasonable rates by
-. II. CIALKLEY CO.,
Hide and Leather Dealer.
mh3-1 Gary street, between llth and l2th.
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"a za lEI ;4:g;:;:
XIIRGINIA CENTRAL RAILROAD.

80 ~ ~ ..s.s:4
VIRGINIA CENTRAL RAILROAD.
The following regular trains will be run on this
road, on and after MONDAY, February 18th:
Mail train daily, except Sundays, between Rich
m0nd and SanntOn, leaving Richmond at 7.l5 A. NJ.
and Staunton at A. NJ Night Mail Train, between
Richmond and GorloEsvillc seven times week, leav
ing Richmond at 7.lj, p. NJ, and Gordonsvie at l23o,
\. NJ This train makes close connections with trains
on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad and avoid, the
delays at Gordonsvlle the former night schedule.
by this train pas, sngers for the Southwest will not be
delayed in lynchburg.
for the West, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
The Mail Train leaving Richmond connects with
trains on the ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD.
The Daily Mail Train with stage coaches at
Staunton for Lexington, Winchester, &c
The Train West of StauntOn connects with stage
coaches for Rockbridge Baths, ROckbridge Alum, Warm
Hot and Healing Springs and the White Snlphur and
Freight Train between Richmond and saunton
connects with freight trains the Orange and AleSan-
dria Railroad for Lynchburg and Alexandria.
Freight will be sent to any point on the Orange and
Alexandra Railroad without change of cars.
Goods purchased in Northern cities can be sent di-
and station this road where the Company
An Agent by cOnsgning them to stephen Hunter Gene
raj Freight Agent, Richmond. The charge for the
transit through Richmond, including wharfage dray-
age storage and commissions will not exceed ten cents
per loo pounds, and heavy articles will be much
less. Freighs will be collected at destination.
Through Tickets can be purchased at this office to
Lynchburg Bristol Knoxville, Chattanoogaand Dalton
Fare Lynchburg reduced to 81. Tickets to LeXing-
ton, Virginia Sll.
Freight office at Richmond closed at 3 J. NJ
H. d. WHITC0MB,
sepl2-tf General Superintendent.
OFFICE RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG Il. r Co.,
Richmond, January g. 1866.
ON AND AFTER TIE 7TH OFF, ~
~ JANUARY 1865, the Sunday Evening z2s- e
Passenger Trains will this road heretofore
leaving Manchester at 800 r. NJ. and leaving Pocahon-
tas at $40 p. NJ, arriving at Manchester at 7 p NJ
+. II. GILL,
jan4-n Engineer and Superintendent
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Lass Isg 5.
RICHMOND r AND DANVlLLERAlhRoAO' IAN
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.

On and after TUESDAY, December l2h the PASSEN
GER TRAIN on this road will Is follows:
Leave Richmond daily, Sundays excepted 7:iO A. NJ.
Arrive at Danville, $40 Z. NJ.
Leave Danville daily, Sundays excepted, $50 A. NJ
Arrive in Richmond 1918 p. NJ.
Trains connect Burke Vile with trains the South
side Railroad for Lynchburg and at Danvle with the
trains the Piedmont Railroad for Greensboro Char
lOtte, &c. THOS. DODAMEAD, Superinte ndent.
decl2-tf
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O-PARTNERSHIP.-T undersigned, of
I the firm Of KENT PAINE II CO., have formed a
Co-partnership for the purpose of conducting a
GENERAL AUCTION AND COMMISSION BUSINESS,
rnhnr the m of
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-05
LUMBER, CEMENT, &c.

T IME, PLASTER, SALT, &c.
600 caska ROckland Lime
~ tons lump Plaster
81 tons city ground Plaster
~ barrels Cement
30 barrels calcined Plaster
On consignment, for sale by
LEE & PETTYJOHN,
ianI3t On the Dock
CEMENT.
" leo barrels CEMENT, for sale on arrival.
ebqt LEE i PETTlJuHN.
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COMMISSION MERCHANTS.

U1114bO44hN
y~>1>->se>--~~~-~e~
TOHN n. GORDON & son,
GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
And Dealers in
METALS GRINDSTONES, &c,
Fourteenth street, Exchange Hotel,
Offer for sale English Refined, Hammered and Swedes
Iron Horseshoe lron Norway Nail Rods Band, Hoop
and Sheet Iron Plough Iron, from to IL inch oval
and Hafround Iron, Horse Shoes; Iron AXles, II TO
q inch Cut Nails Tin Plate various sizes Block Tin
Bar Lead, Spelter, Sheet Zinc,
BLISTERED STEEL.
CAST, SHEAR and GERMAN STEEL,
Square, round and fiat.
CUBA SUGARS, in hogsheads aud barrels
REFINED SUGARS various grades
Kio IaguAyra and Old Government Java COFFEE
Gunpowder, Young HysOn and Oolong TEAS
Adamantine and Tallow CANDLES, Brown and Pale
SOAPS Prime CHEESE, Cider VINEGAR, Liverpool
SALT Nova Scotia GRlNDSTONES, for farming and ma
chinery purposes, &c, &c. mhII
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In a few days we will remove to our large and CON.
modious warehouse on Cary, between Thirteenth and
Virginia streets, .frw doors below the old Columbian
Hotel which will enable us to dispose of to advantage
PRODUCE of all kind, friends may send us.
InbJ-St L. II. DlBRELh co.
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no.PARTNERsHIP NOTICE.
undersigned have

NO-PARTNERSIIIP.- underSlgncd nave
" this day entered into a co-partnership under the
firm and style Of
BELL, SHEPHERD * CO.,
For the purpose Of conductihga
GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS
For the sale Of all Country Produce, Lumber Wool,
&C. and by strict attention to business, hope to merit
and receive liberal share of business from their friends
and the public generally.
Mr. CHARLES c. ELLETT, man Of long experience
as builder in this city, will give his personal attention
TO the sale of all On,ignments of Lumber.
Our office for the present, will be at the corner OF
Eighth street and the Basin.
ASHLEY J. BELL,
nov1+ ALBIN L. SHEPHERD.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-05

ID REINS Il SON,
hs GROCERS, COMMISSION AND
FORWARDING MERCHANTS,
Also, Dealers in
WOOD, COAL, HORSE FEED AND BOAT SUPPLIES.
They respectfully solicit consgnments of Agricultu-
raj Products of all kinds, especially Of
TOBACCO AND WHEAT.
Strict attention to business and prompt returns OF
sales, they pledge to those who may favor them with
their patronage.
RE Office and Lumber-hOuso between Ninth and
Tenth streets, on Cary street and Basin.
RICHARD REINS,
au2o-tf LUTHER R. REINS.
p. b: suBlErr late of the firm of Powell & Sublett.
PETER A. Richmond, Va.
ID B. & p. A. SUBLETT,
COMM ISSION NERO ANTS,
Offer their services for the sale of
TOBACCO, WHEAT, CORN, FLOUR,
and all kinds Of
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Particular attention given the purchase of merchan
disc and orders promptly filled.
Office ON Thirteenth street, near Cary. oct2O---f
7 j. BINFORD Il son,
GROCERs AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Corner Thirteenth and Franklin streets,
RICHMOND, va,
Keep constantly on hand choice supply of
FAMILY GRuCERIS,
WINES, BRAYDIES,
which we are selling at wholesale and retail.
As Commission Merchants, We give particular atten-
tiOn to the sale of Tobacco Wheat, Corn and Country
Produce generally.
Prompt returns made. sepst
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The undersigned have formed connection for the
sale and purchase Of REAL ESTATE leasing LANDS,
hiring LABOR, Sc &C. in the counties Of Charlotte,
Iuuenbury Prince Edward, AppomattoX and Meeklen-
burg A list Of FARMS, Sc, for sale by US will be
remed application, TO any parties desiring to buy
OF lease in those counties. -
REFBRRNCRs.-Judge Hunter Marshall, Hon. william
Scott, william W Read William Green, Esqs., Char
lotte county Messrs Echols, Bell Catlet Stanton
J. Mellwaine Co, Petersburg; William B. Robins,
Robert Morton, and n. c. Read, Richmond; and Gle
ment Read, New York city
Address READ & SMITH,
j2nl9-d&eSm Charlotte county, Va.
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CO-PARTNERsHIP NOTICES.

PARTNERSHIP Prom this day JAS.
" A WRIGHT, OF buckingham county, Va, is Il
partner in NV business which will hereafter be con-
ducled under the style and firm Of Il. II. DlBRELL
CO.
March lst, 1866. Z. II. DlBREIL
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The Dry Tortugas.

The government transport Eliza Han
cox, from Galveston on the 22d ult.,
touching the Florida coast, brings to
Fortress Monroe several discharged priso-
ners and news of DIR. Mudd, Arnold,
Spangler and Col. Marmaduke.
DIR. Mudd, who at one time attempted
to escape, is still under close guard, and
compelled to clean out the bastions in
the classmates of the fort, and do some of
the most mental and degrading work re-
quired to be done. Never very robust,
be is now but little more than skeleton,
and his growing emanciation shows how
bitterly his spirit chafes under his i'm
prisonment. His constant prayer is for
death.
Arnold is employed as clerk of Capt.
Van Reade, post adjutant. He is an un-
commonly fine penman and accurate ac-
countant, and well-behaved and modest
and yielding in his demeanor. He grows
in usefulness aud popularity each day
A guard attends him to his meals, which
are the same as the other prisoners, and
at uight he is kept in close custody.
Spangler is at work in the quartemas-
ter's carpenter shop. Already he begins
to count the years, months and days re-
naming to complete his term of impris-
onment. He is robust and jolly-a
physical condition he attributes, however,
solely to his being innocent of any parti-
cipancy in the dreadful crime charged
against him.
Colonel Marmaduke, found guilty of
the noted conspiracy to free the prisoners
at Camp Douglas and burn Chicago has
charge of the post garden. In respect to
manual labor he has an easy time.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-04-20

THE CATTLE PLAaUE.-The weekly
report Of the English cattle plague still
shows gradual diminution in the
number of animals attacked. During the
week ending March 8, the number at
faced was 1910; for the week ending
March 10, 6,5lS; and for the week
ending March II, (the latest report),
6,26l. The total number Of ami
mails attacked since the plague began was
2O3,35O, of which 1884 died, 39,4S7
were killed, 1855 recovered, and the
result of IA 1878 cases is not reported.
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5tIlstellaneous*


From the Montreal CANADA Gazette.
The Causes of the Failure of the South
Now that the American war is fully
numbered among the things of the past,
we may calmly look upon some of the
causes why the South failed to obtain its
independence, aud came to be crushed by
the enormously superior numbers brought
into the field against it. And this we are
enabled to do fom documents compiled
at the Confederate War Office, and tacitly
approved by the Federal Secretary of
State, under whose sanction, it is alleged,
they have been published. Several years
will probably clapse before an exhaustive
history OF the war is written but we are
now able to see very clearly the causes that
led to failure. 1t is not necessary to do
more than look at a return giving the en-
tire "available force" of the Contederates
at the time when Atlanta was threatened
and Sherman was preparing to march to
the Atlantic-when Lee was exerting all
his great influence and the overtasked
means Of the South to stem the repeated
onslaughts of Grants armies, and the
South had lost nearly every port whence
supplies and materials could be import
ed. This, we need scarcely remind the
reader, was in January of last year. The
situation was then desperate in the ex-
treme. Glass prejudices had been almost
set aside under the pressure of necessity,
and men who wrongfully believed, but
still with infatuation believed, that sla-
very was of divine institution, were con-
sdering whether they should arm the
blacks, and ultimately give them their
liberty, SO as to secure and perpetuate
their own. Their whole force at that
time consisted of about $4,000 "sva,la-
bic" men, distributed over territory &C.
cessible from every direction. The odds
at every point Of the compass were in
compatible with success and now that
we know them, it is by no means sur
surprising that once Sherman had broken
throug at Atlanta, the whole fabric should
have fallen to the ground so suddenly
In the East, Lee, early in February, long
before the attacks on Bermuda Hundreds
and petersburg had weakened his force,
had only $4,000 men in his lines, many
of whom were stationed at Lynchburg and
the outlets of the Shenandoah valley
about 5000 acting as a corps of observa-
ton on the line between Richmond and
North Carolina in one direction and Rich
nond and the Shenandoah in the other.
Sickness and casualties" were also at
work and the army daily decreasing
Grant on the other hand had drawn an
entire corps from the West, and had re-
organized and recruited Burnside's Black
corps. In addition to this he was receiv
ing daily accessions of strength from the
North, and when the final scenes were
drawing to their conclusion, had no less
than 100000 men to oppose the 42,O0U
with whom Lee finally surrendered
Bragg and Hoke in North Carolina were
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1866-04-20

HUMBUa. derivation of the word
"humbug' has long puzzled the curious.
We ore indebted to the "Editor's Table,
of the January number of the Old Guord
for the following explanation of its origin
"Humbug" is a corruption of Hamburg
and originated during the great war on
the continent of Europe, when 80 many
false reports and lying bulletins were fab
ricated at Hamburg, that at last, when
any one wished to signify his disbelief Of
report, he would say you got that from
Hamburg or that is Hamburg and this
was finally corrupted to hunsbug, and be-
came common expression for cheat or
an imposter. g.
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From The Philadelphia Age.
Shocking Murders in Philadelphia.

The most horrible and atrocious murder
ever perpetrated in this city was enacted
on Saturday last, in the Twenty-sixth
Ward, the facts of which only came to
light yesterday. About four o'clock yes
terday afternoon dispatch was received
at the Central Police telegraph Office,
conveying the news that man and .
woman were found dead in barn in Jones'
lane, in the extreme lower end of the city.
The coroner, detective officers and others
at once repaired to the barn in question,
where horrible sight met their eyes
The facts are as follows:
On Jones Lane, about half mile from.
the Point House Road, Twenty. sixth
Ward, resided family by the name of
Deering, consisting Of husband, wife and
four children, the youngest aged fourteen
months. Mr.. Deering was drover and
grazier. He was large and stalwart
man, and an freshman by birth. On his
premises he had large stock of cattle,
and his barn was we'll stacked with hay.
For several days past none of the family
have been seen, and yesterday an attache
on tho adjoining property went over to
their residence, but found nobody there.
, He then went into the barn and found q
leg protruding from under the hay, which
led him to believe somo one was asleep
He moved the hay away and there dis
covered Mr.. Deering lying with his head
battered in with an axe and his throat cut.
Close by him lay his niece, murdered in
the same way; she was dressed in fine
clothes. The sight of the two bodies
almost set the man crazy, and he ran to
the nearest station house and communion
ted the murder. a'@' ~"
Whom the Coroner arrived on the spot
thorough search was made, and imme-
diately under where the two bodies were
discovered, and covered with more hay,
lay Mrs. Deering and her four children,
the Oldest aged twelve years. They were
all murdered in the same way, except
that one of the boys had his arm terribly
lacerated, as though be had been struck
on the arm. The sight was heart.rend-
ing, and the officers, who have been used
to such sights, were made to turn away
Never was such butchery enacted in this
country. The stencil arising from the
body of Mr.. Deering was sickening.--
This, of course, led the officers to believe
that the murder had been committed
number Of days before the discovery
The house was then visited and everything
found upside down. The bureau draw
ers, beds, &c., were ransacked. A bon
net and tippet, apparently belonging to
the niece, were found in one of the upper
rooms. The appearance Of the house at
once showed that robbery had been COM
mitted, and that the murder resulted from
it.
Mr.. Deering had employed on his place
German and an apprentice boy about
sixteen years of age. They could not be
found and tho supposition is that they
were the perpetrators Of this atrocious
and diabolical tragedy.
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GREAT SALT DIsoovERY.-A noun
tain of salt has been discovered on an
Island in st. Mary's parish, Louisiana.
1t was discovered in 1868, and was work.
ed by the Confederates for three months
prior to the occupation by our troops,
and it is estimated that, with rude ma
chinery they took out in that short time
10000, 900 pounds. The quality Of the
article is very superior, being 99-lOOths
pure salt. The deposit seems to be in
exhaustible. ,-,. ...,-rr ,...
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A COOP OH SToRY.-Three boys went

A Coop On SToRY.-Three boys went
bathing in one of the streams near Oil
Greek, and when they came oat they were
so greasy that they couldn't stay in their
clothes. AS fast as they slipped them on
they would slip off again; and one of the
lads in needless moment narrowly es-
capped slipping out Of his skin. On reach
ing home, their parents being exceedingly
frugal, wrung them on. and extracted
about fifteen gallons Of pure oil from the
three boys. - iar
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4oet1ta4>
E U TIL A N A S Y &.

Come gently, Death, when, at the close of Life,
Worn with the march and weary of the strife,
draw my latest breath;
Like some kind friend, who, with noiseless
And silent voice. draws nigh unto my bed,
So come thou gently, Death.
Oh, let me close my eyes like one who sleeps,
While O er my sense thy dreamless slumber creeps,
And let me softly lie
With calmly folded hands upon my breast,
Like one who after labor takes his rest,
So let me gently die.
Oh, may my end like that of some sweet day,
When the red sunset pales and fades away,
Be tranquil, calm and still;
And may feeling of serene repose
With gentle radiance soften Life's sad close,
And peace my bosom fill.
May kindly faces gather round my bed,
The cherished friends with whom my heart is
wed;
And gently, softly fall
Deaths twilight shadow; may l, listening, hear
Like silver harp-strings, sounding sweet and
clear
Angelic voices call.
Whether it be when summer skies are fair,
And summer birds make music in the air.
Oh, gently time my breath
Or in the win ter when the chilly snow
Wraps, like shroud, the cold dead earth below,
Oh, gentle be my deaths
Come, like the change which paints the autumn
leaf
And let the parting hour on earth be brief,
The last beneath the skies
Come gently, Death, when my Life's race is run,
When the yictor's fdeess wreath have won,
And close my weary eyes