MELANCHOLY EVENT.
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Yesterday morning, Mr. George W. Ward.
nephew to the Editor of this paper. arrived in
the cars from Baltimore, bringing with him THE
CORPSE Of his late amable wife, which was
Immediately conveyed, by his friends. to the
residence Of her parents, Samuel and Matilda
Jackson, near the Great Falls of the Potomac.


Mr.. Ward was married TO the lady now de-
parted about nine months ago. in this city,
They removed TO Baltimore where they since
resided. a aa "H't


On Tuesday morning our dear young friend
left his home in fine spirits, and went 10 dis
tant part Of the city to attend TO his work. leav-
ing his lady in her usual health and cheerful
ness. During the forenoon she was attacked
very soon expired. Her husband, when he
returned TO his house, found that she on whom
so much Of his earthly happiness depended,
WAS NO MORE. She was dead, though it SEEM
ed to him almost impossible it could be so, for
she looked as one only sleeping sweetly. sa,


The deceased was about twenty yearsof age,
and was lady Of a most amiable and affection
ate dispcsilion--as one who was well acquain-
ted with her says--'a perfect child Of nature,'
kind, tender, and sympa,hizing companion.


How inscrutable are the ways Of God How
Auctuating, how evanescent life's sweetest en-
ioyments! How soon do the friends we
love disappear from our sight and how sud-
den, often, are the transitions from time to eter
nity! In the present painful event there are
circumstances calculated to draw tears from
the eyes even of strangers, and we doubt no,
that the community will deeply sympathize
with Mr.. Ward in this severe affliction.


II gives us pleasure to stale to our readers
that the deceased had been a professor Of reli.
gion, and we have reason 10 hope died in the
Lord; but the suddenness of her death pre-
cludes the possibility Of our giving the particu-
lars of her religious experience.


il In concluding our remarks upon this most
distressing occurrence, we may, with tender
ness and sincerity, say, we deeply feel for the
bereaved ones, and ardently pray that He who
is above all, and who is too wise to err, and
TOO good to be unkind, may afford them the
needed supply of grace to sustain them under
this trying dspensa,ion.