Vienna and Middleton Tate Johnson were married in Alabama in 1830. Vienna emigrated from her native State and settled in Texas in 1839. She was with her husband during the stirring and stormy times of the Republic, sharing his dangers and hardships with the cheerfulness and dignified composure that characterized her whole life. This Matron of the Republic, so much beloved for her numerous virtues, and amiable qualities, thus lived, and survived those early struggles, in days that tried men's souls, and formed one of the brightest examples of true patriotism. Gifted with the soundest judgement and clearest perception, she was enabled to be the companion and solace of her husband in those troublous times. Throughout life, she was distinguished for the same soundness of mind and discretion, that were the admiration of all who were thrown under her immediate influence. Richly endowed with rare qualities of the head, her heart shone with still rarer and nobler traits, -- amiable, generous, dignified quiet, unobtrusive, - she lived a life of spotless purity, and died without an enemy. None knew her but to love and respect her, and those who knew her best loved her most. To say that she was kind and hospitable to friends and neighbors, would convey a poor idea of the generous outpouring liberality of her heart to the public at large. The hundreds of strangers who have fed upon her bounty, in a strange land, will waft her praises to distant climes, and the prayers of those she thus befriended will ascend for many years, for her and hers. She was a true, devoted, but unostentatious christian, a member of the Presbyterian church, and distinguished as well for her charities as her many other virtues. We felt how much she was beloved, when we heard the sobs and cries of her neighbors and friends assembled around her grave, -- the tears of her family, friends and servants told the tale of her worth, and the irreparable loss they all suffered, for they seemed to feel that her place could not be filled. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. She was a most estimable lady, and a matron of the Republic, having been in Texas since 1839. There have been many references to Vienna's kindness and compassion for others. She entertained countless wagon loads of strangers passing through Johnson Station, entertaining them with good food and fun, providing the weary travelers a respite from the hard journey. Mrs. Vienna Johnson, wife of Col. MT Johnson, departed this life on Thursday evening last, the 10th instant, at her residence, after an illness of many months. She died of Consumption, that cruel, lingering disease that has carried off so many of the brightest, purest, and best of God's creatures. She died without a murmur or complaint, and surrendered with cheerfulness, her soul into the hands of her Maker, believing that He who gave it was its best Keeper.