The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-06 00:00:00

111.

"Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 4, 1859.
"Dear and affectionate Sisters Clara and r,re this reaches you we will have ceased to exist.
'Dear wife as well as myself have become tired—
completely disomsted with this world. We there-
fore aaolit thes% means of ridding ourselves of our
enemies and our friends of a burthen.
" To Mr. Edward Scanlan my wife and self offer
our last thanks for his many acts of kindness, which
from tirae to time keptnlei.n the vain hope of one
day beirg able to surmount our difficulty,. instead
of whicl. I find my troubles daily increasing, and
uo prosrects of ever getting up again. We coolly,
deliberaiely, and without - any liquor aboard, we
resolve tc take that fearful step—...„tieide. Be it
distinctly understood, not because we cannot live,
nor through fear of any mortal enemy—simply be_
cause we prefer death to a dishonourable life. All
holiest means have been deprived me of gaining a
living by the infernal maliciousness and jealousy
of --, chrk to Suire, Eckstein, and Co., corner
of FoUrth tud Vine streets. Our sincere thanks are
also due to lir. --, of Selves'-building, and Mr.
—. Both of these gentlemen have proved them-
selves men in every sense of the word. I leave be-
hind me a few friends, but. Inany enemies—enemies
without just muse, whom. have never injured by
word, deed, or act, unleFs it was by being forced to
become a debtor. .-:1Iv fe.w creditors are the only
ones who will speak ill of me. .Another gentleman
I mint mention here in. the kindest ms nncr poz,sible
--111 r. formerly bookkeeper for George Lewis.
He came to my assistance on several occasions, un-
called and unsolicited. He is now fast among his
friends and:relatives. I would advise him to remain
there: I seek death because it is preferable to being
Subject to the. scorn and contempt that fallen great-
ness generally is. I flo not wish to appear vain
when 1 apply./ the weo..c. great to myself.. • T wish. it
simply to be understood in regard to the commercial
world, in which 1 once. • stood A No. 1. Again,
death at thislac;awat will. be sweet, because I will

be joined, on the road to that bourne from whence
no traveller returns, by my most affectionate and
good wife, Blanche. Oh, Blanche, may God for-
give us, as we forgive those who have offended us.
"Thos. EUGENE DE MARBAIS
and BLANCHE his wife."
Iv.

" Saturday, Aug. 13, 1859.
"My Blanche,—My own dear wife, good bye,
adieu—God bless you and protect Adele. I love
you both better than life. Employment has been
refused me, even for the pitiful sum sufficient to
sustain life from day to day.
" I have no friends. I feel I have lived too long.
May God curse the English hound, -- now
with Eckstein. Think of me in your happy mo-
ments —farewell, God bless you, you are better off
without me.

" Oh, Blanche! I love you, and you alone. I
have been true—true to you, and you alone. I die
hungry, but loving you truly and sincerely. Bye,
bye, mamma dear. Think of me occasionally. I
left you happy and contented."

At half-past two o'clock this morning the physi-
cians thought it possible that Blanche might re-
cover, but had no hopes that De Marbais would.

(From the Cincinnati Gazette of Aug. 18.)
THE MYSTERY CLEARING UP—CRITICAL CONDITION

OF DE MARBAIS AND lIIS WIFE.
We have very little to add to yesterday's ac-
com4 of the facts immediately connected with the
tragedy of Tuesday night.
We learn that officer Mainster on Monday night
saw De Marbais sitting on the steps of the assigna-
tion-house on Plum-street, crying. He was asked
what was the matter. He replied that his wife
was in there, and was in the habit of going there.
As he appeared to be in liquor, he was advised to
go home, and he went off, saying that if matters
didn't change before the week was over there'd be
a murder.

To gratify the numerous inquiries as to the his-
tory of De Marbais, we present the following ac-
count, which we believe to be perfectly reliable.
De Marbais' father was a Frenchman, his mother
an English or American woman. His parents were
married in this country, and he was born at Balti-
more. His father is dead, but his mother is now
living in New York, and was yesterday informed
by telcgraph.of the critical condition of her son and
of the tragic acts of which it was the result. He was-
a druggist by profession, and understood his bus-
ness well. About 18 months since he married his
wife Blanche, in New York. She was at the time
reputed to have been the mistress of a wealthy man
in California, who had supported her in luxury and
ease for two or three years. De Marbais was aware
of her reputation, we learn, when he married' her.
Some time after his marriage he went to Phila-
delphia, where he was placed on trial for forgery,
but was honourably acquitted.
Disgusted with Philadelphia, he returned t 3
New York with the intention of removing to the
West. In New York he meta person who pro-
mised to find' him a situation if he would settle in
Cincinnati. He accordingly came to Cincinnati
about a year ago, and was employed in Scanlan's
iinig store. Five or six months ago the person who
had found the situation forDe Marbais, being East,
learned that De Marbais had been tried there for
forgery, and upon his return he informed De Mar-
bais' employers that he should no longer consider
himelf responsible for De Marbais' conduct.
This remark eventuated in De Marbais' losing
his situation, and from that time dated his misfor-
tune. Unable to get employment or the means of
subsistence, he would have starved had not his wife
by her shame earned their bread. It is said that
De Marbais had a regular fisticuff fight with the
" drug clerk" in the street, and charged his misfor-
tunes upon him. And it is also said that this clerk
followed De Marbais with an unrelenting vindic-
tiveness that kept him effectually out of work.
Whether Blanche's beauty had anything to do with
this we can't say.
Read in the light which this account throws upon
them, De Marbais' letters are of a comparatively
easy interpretation. The following sentence evi-
dently refers to his trial for forgery—" So goes the
people of Cincinnati. If a man does wrong &nee,
not like the good Samaritan, help him up again.
No, they trample him down, down, and never give
him a chance to get a mouthful."
A good. deal of romantic talk was set in motion,
about this affair yesterday. It was said that he had
been exiled from France, &c.
Bat our account comes from a source which en-
titles it to full credit.

De Marbais and his wife lay at the hospital all
day yesterday without much change in their condi-
tion. They were kept asleep with morphine. To-
wards evening they grew worse, and at 11 o'clock
4here was but little hope of their recovery.