Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-10-23

Mill lane. DepUoru; anu uPo" WV "
the domestics of the family going to we" the Do
Jy. to their utter surprise and astonishment they
bsheld that of their la,nented young mistress
II appears that when the deceased left her nome
she wandered about Blackheath, proceeded 10
Deptford. went into the Fountain Tavern re-
ouesting bed for the night, stating her name 10
be GRAY, and that she lived in Gracechurch street.
The proprietor. from herrespectable appearance
mad, every accommodation for her, ana she
continued to reside in his house from the FRIDAY
! night till the following Monday, when she Pala
her bill and took leave. The moment she ieil
the Fountain she proceeded to the miserable iodS,
iny house kept by Hetherington and his Wiie' ana
engaged filthy bed (the bed on which She was
found for the night. When she made the en-
gasement, the deceased paid al tor her BED
After thus having arranged her iodgIn9s. she
went away. saving she would return at O'Clock.
Between and s. the deceased called al d che
mist and druggists in Depttord. TO whom sue
was known, and purchased an ounce and ha'i
of Iaudanam. The chemist did not kno" her
name, but her person was well known to hi'n'
and he knew her to be an habtua laudahuh "a
ker and opium eater. When he gave her me
Iaudanum, he said, % You take great deal "'
Iaudanum, Mss?'' She said, = Yes, an" ia
his presence swallowed near half an ounce with
the greatest unconcern, and then put the phia'
with the remainder in her pocket. and went away.
The unfortunate lady then returned to her
wretched abode. aud was shown TO her pallet
She merely laid down on the outside OF the bed,
and shortly afterwards she requested her landlady
to procure her half punt Of porter. The porter
was fetched, and the deceased emph"d the re-
naming ounce of iaudauum mo it, and drank 1t
nearly off, In few minutes after, such was the
powerful effect OF the drau2nt, she was seized
with siupor; her wretched companion, the Wo-
man with the two diving children, alarmed the
house. and Or. Green was sent for. lie tesorted
to the stomach pump, and all other remedies. but
the unfortunate lady expired IN a few minutes
after. in the arms Of the medical gentleman.-
Upon searching her pockets the phlal which con-
tanned the deadly draught, was found with pol
SOM labelled upon it, and l2s Cd. IN money
1t was proved by lady, friend OF the family
that the deceased was in the habit OF taking Iau-
danum in large quantities. and short time since,
while at watering plabc. she expended l0L IN
the purchase Of laudanum, which she consumed
in very short period. The witness also proved
that the deceased was of unsound mind at inter
walls. The Coroner regretted that lady OF high
connexions should die such miserable death,
and he thought the people of the lodging house
were very blameable for allowing lady OF the
appearance IS he deceased TO have bed IN their
house-The Jury agreed with the Coroner. and
Hetherineton and his wife were CALLED IN, and
received severe rcbuke from the Jury tor hav-
ing harbored lady in such an infectious howell.
Hetherington said that he not aware OF the la
dy's rank in life, or he certainly would not have
allowed her to enter his house. She asked II she
could have bed, and he said YES lie was sor-
nv that she should have died i'll his house. After
I,,,-y rnfu ned "A
verdict. "That the deceased poisoned herself,
being at that time in state OF mental deranSe-
ment.'' The unhappy lady was about SO years
of aye, and of great personal attalnments
-sses5e9e-
Mr.. Terpiank's .7diress-Thc Messts Car
Wills have published IN handsome pamphlet the
address delivered by Mr. Verplanck before the so
/ cietv of the Columbian College. We have selected
the character of JAY. from gallery of portrais,al
drawn with equal excellence ;because we have not
seen it extracted in other papers. This address
should be the UGde naec,tn1' of all true sons OF
Columbia College. The fame of the good and
great men, whose virtues and well won dlgnlues
It commentaries, is an immorta! treasury, in
which each one of them has a specific interest.
". Y. Com.
"The name of John Jay is gloriously associat
ed with that Of Alexander Hamilton, in the histo-
~ of our liberties and our laws. John Jay had
completed his academic education IN this college,
several years before the commencement of the
revolution; and the beginning of the contest be-
tween Great Britain and the colonies found him
already established in legal reputation. and.
Young as he still was. singuarly well fitted for
his country's most arduous services. by rare
union of the dignity and gravity Of mature age
with youthful energy and zeal. AT the age of
twenty eight, he drafted, and in effect himself
formed, the first constitution of the state of New
York, under which we lived for forty-fve years.
which still forms The basis of our present state
government, and from which other states have
since borrowed many of its most remarkable and
original provisions. At that age, as soon.as New
York threw off her colonial character, he was APP
pointed the first Chief Justice of the state
Then followed long, rapid, and splendid sue
cession of high trusts and weghty duties, the re-
suits of which are recorded in the mot interest
ing pages of our annals. twas the moral cour-
age of jay. al the Head of the Supreme Court of
his own state, that gave confidence and union
to the people of New York. 1t was from his