The Wilmingtonian., 1823-11-06
SUICIDE.

SUICIDE.
The following extract ofa letter from q
gentleman in Tennessee, gives an instance
lOf suicide as deliberate as it is unpara'I l
|lelled -
"Capt. Martin Lane. jun. on Monday
last, in the most deliberate manner put
period to his existence by shooting him
self through the head with bis rifle, in n
own yard, and in the presence of his FAM
y, they not being able to prevent the ho
rid deed. 1t seems that about o'ciottI
in the morning, he appeared. from some
cause or other, to be in state OF consld-
cradle excitement, and l believe the ad-
mitted opinion is, that he was under the
influence of spirits. Be that as it may,
he first made an attempt in the house with
ia pistol, which. having been loaded some
time, missed fire, and which his poor old
mother, who was laying very i'll, prevailed
IN him to give up to her. BY the united
entreaties of his mother, wife and sisters,
j the latter of whom had been called there
by the illness of her parent,) he seemed
for a few minutes to be somewhat tran
lquilized; but soon after, seizing his rifle,
he rushed out of doors swearing that he
would kill himself. He was followed about
,lfIteen yards from the door by his wife and
,,|sisters. where he stopped and threatened
> to shoot down the first one that approach
! led him. He sat down and pulled the shor
a|and stocking from his left foot; then get
ting up, he presented the muzzle OF the
: gun to his throat, and pulled the trigger
with his toe-the gun flashed-he then
' picked the flint and touchhole, primed the
ogun anew, and horrible to relate, shot him
! self through the head Never have
> known of so deliberate and unaccountabl'
Ian act. If it was the effect of intemper
J, ance, it certainly ought to be solemn
# warning to others.
O Sickness in Ohio.-1'he Columbus Ohi'
n Monitor of the lth instant, estimates tina
l. within the area of 100 miles square, hav
Sling Columbus for centre, including thu
!. greater part of II counties, and parts o
y several others, with a population OF $1,000
II persons, on the first and second weeks o
It 'tlSeptember, more than one half OF the Who'll
4 1lpopulation were in a greater or less de
d gree sick and that at some period durinI
o the months of July, August. and oepten
!. ber, more than four-ftths OF the whole po
r pulation have suffered either severe o
h slight indisposition
J., The most extravagant imagination Cal
/ hardly furnish picture of desolatio
n greater than the reality. In some places
\ daIparticularly on Darby plains, whole faml
!. lies have been lying helpless with sickness
!. Not one we'll enough to assist another t
n wet his feverish lips with water, and tn
: situation of such family has been som
- time unknown to their less afflicted neigh
# bours, who was deeply engaged in admi
/. nistering to his own sick family. Nume
d rous are the instances in which the fune
= raj has been attended by hardly suffi
8 cient number to dispose of the dead body
d|and we have even heard of case wher
i a corps has remained more than two days
8 without the knowledge of the death bein,
h communicated to any neighbor, as the ia
Emily of the deceased were unable to com
Il t|municate it, Frequently a patient coult
d receive no medical aid, so pressed wer'
It the physicians.
J, J, The fever of the preceding years has
e perhaps correctly been termed bilious
!. This year it is nearer typhus. 1t has ge
n nerally the remitting Or intermltting cha
{, e racter of the former years. Ii has proved
:. = more fatal in this immediate neighborhood
j. since the appearance of frost. though the
t. number of new cases are fewer, and thu
l sick list is much diminished by GONZALES
2 cence. The same local situations as for