The Litchfield County post., 1827-11-22

handkerchief; he then gave spring and leap
ed into the wafer. Assistance was speedily
afforded by the persons who had witnessed the
circumstance, at distance, but it was too
late when the wretched man was taken out
he was quite dead. Nopapers were found on
his person. The body was yesterday recOg-
Missed as being that of an English gentleman,
who had been seen to lose large sums at the
Paais Royal.
French merchant from the South of
France, had recently arrived in Paris, and it
was his first visit To the metropolis he came
hlther for the purpose ofmakng large claim
on some property; he recovered it, and re-
Ceived the value in cash he intended TO de-
part Immediately for Marseies, hut previous
ly he wished to see One of the gaming houses:
he went to No. 9, staked some money, with
i'll luck returned, and ultimately lost every
frame in his possession He now wandered =,
bout in Paris and coming to one Of the bridg-
es he threw himself from the parapet into the
Seine and was drowned.
This morning, at 5 O'Clock, as one Of the
! gardeners of the chateau of St. Cloud. was
proceeding to his work. and passing at a very
short distance from the Lantern of Demos
themes. nearly in the centre of the park, at the
top of the hill, he heard the groans ola person
who seemed to be in pain. He approached
and saw young man lying opposite the door
OF the column, and weltering is gore. A pen
knife was by his,side, with which the unfor-
[ tunate youth had perpetrated the deed, by
stabbing himself in various parts of the body.
He expired in two hol r; afterwards. The fol-
lowing letter was found ia his pocket -
~ am travelling clerk belonging to the
firm of ****. | enjoyed the confidence fmy
masters, and during four years that I have
been in their service. never did dishonest
act except one and for that am about to Suf-
fer death. have had many thousand francs
in my possession. for which | regularly ac-
counted to my mployers.-UnfortuDat
was sent to Paris,and became acquainted with
person who took me to Frescati's. There
lost ney,---honour, -every thing III
cannot survire!'
The last sad example shows, that encour-
| aged as this baneful passion is, even the low
est classes are not exempt from its deadly in
fiuence. A wagner had been sent from Di-
jon to Paris, in charge of some hogsheads Of
wine. He had to receive several hundred
francs for the expenses Of the journey; these
he risked at No. 8, and lost them. On his
return to his inn, near Bercie, he went inta
the bed room of cOmrade who was in pos
| session of brace of pistols, seised one of
| them, and in the presence of his friendcom
mitted self destruction by shooting him
self through the heart. This happened the
day before yesterday .--Er ueo disco omnes.
Intemperance.-In this town, few days ago
a sort of man, in beastly state of intOxica-
ton, attempted to destroy the life of his child
by hanging it to a tree. AS good luck would
have it Sir Richard had so far unstrung his
nerves, as to render him Incapable Of compile
ing his design. A neighbor who had witness
ed the transaction, came up, rescued the child
and gave the brutal father, decent switching.
The father shortly after made an attempt to
hang himself But the neighbor again pre-
vented him; at the same time telling him that
if he would wait till he got sober, he might
hang himself if he pleased, for aught he car
ed.-This same drunkard we are informed,
has repeatedly abused his wife, by striking,
choking, sc. Would not cooling visit to
one of the little cells of the new stone edfice
for Il few weeks, be of service to him The
query is put to magistrates.-Dover RepubL-
can.
EFFECTS OF FRIGHT.
We are indebted to the Boston Spectator
for thesextracts below. The writer observes.
"the following circumstance know to be a
fact. 1t was wrote by a lady of undoubted
veracty, who was on the spot when the af-
fair occurred. and may serve as a warning to
those who are fond of comedy, which too Of
ten turns out tragedy"
In the town Of Hampton, in Mddlesex,
Eng spot celebrated on account Of the state
ly palace erected there by the magnificent
Cardinal Wolsey, was kept some years since,
a young ladies' boarding school. A Miss
Courtenay. the only child of immensely veal
thy parents, ID the county of Hampshire. was
one of the scholars. To prevent her suffer
ing through life. from the morbid cowardice
to which. from nature and education, the sof-
ter sex are much prone, her parents and tea
chers had taken unwearied pains not only to
brace her mind against the terrors of ilnagin-
alton. but of those terrifying realities that
flesh is heir to. They succeeded aeffectually,
little dreaming, poor weak sighted mortals as
we are, that this very requirement would one
day prove fatal to her.
Matilda COurtenay was about sixteen, ami
able, accomplished, and as lovely in her per-
son as the tabled Houri. Her disposition was
gay as that of lark-all buoyancy and life.
1t was not long ere the young ladies in the
school discovered this trait of fearlessness in
her character, for Matilda had been so praised
by her doting parents for its possession, that
she lost no opportunity of displaying it on
every possible occasion. Many were the tricks