Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-10-28

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Consequence ofa VISION sarn,ns hin - da 50.
NOR thai he commenced hrs last, IN Imitation oI
I our sa,inr ~ III. wilderness. II dor, not
Annear ihai he had -, any definite time for hi.
fat nor very di.linepy siynef h. motive Tor
/ fasfng nj AL Indesd, II = fnore than pro
hsbIe, thai III. grrai motive, ~ The fnt in
| stance wBs thai be feH no inclination to rat
and thai sher all hssire for food had left
| him he bsesme oa.lnesd that there was
| more merit In abstinence than in eating
fowsrls the close oil his life. he told his sister
| he had not r.erfien ed the least hunger except
on tie second day ofhis fssi. For the kfst sir
~eeks he wet regularly TO the will. ia tie
| mDraing mud washed his bead and face, mud
foak n bowl fall al Waier with him into fh-
house With tn. be n,si occasionally 10 wash
~. monh--he also u,s1 u fat drink III. parent.
think. I'm, the quantity Of wafer he took IA -
| hOnrs, did not esc,eh III IL eaualed.1 a
nfnt When he hai fasted about a.erk his
parents beeaned ala rmed, and sent for me,Iesi
| aid.
! The I'll, sician. fearing thai death would
| spee.iily ensne II M hing WE'RE danP ad used
lis friends TO insist on hi. taking food, end, il
necessary. 10 make use Of compel nv mras.
urea, 10 induce him 10 comply with their wish
IS Attempts were accordingly made 10 force
| him ~ take noirishmeDi, and about table
spoonful Of ~eier gfoel was IN consequence.
.9alIowsd. Blu IL W. fi1nd in vain To slrug
| sle with him. a.nriihsr fear NOR enirray would
avail. From tla time until h.. dissolution, he
was allowed II follow his inclination without
control or CONSTANT On one occasion m went
Ihrer DAYS without takinP even water hnf this
ras probably more Than he .onl5 persist in, as
on The 18th morning he was observed To 70
10 The well aud ~ drink copIously and gruedi-
~.
On the. III day ofbs fat. he replied 10 the
rspostnl atoms Of his friends, that he had not
Tell so well nor 80 strong, in two years rs at
thai moneai aod consequently denied Inc NJ.
ccs. ty Of taking faod For The iir.t .it werk.
he walked out every gay. aud sometimes
spent great part Of The Tia, in the woods Ills
walk was STEADY aud firm, and his friends
.ven remarked tbat bis siep had unusual ens-
f,ciiy. re shaved hnself untl about n week
bei1fs his death. aud was able 10 ST up In bed
10 The lust day.
His m NAL laeultie did nst SEEN 10 become
impaired as hi, general stren.t1 declined but
on the contrary, his mind WAS calm aad coilec.
ted 10 the end His voice, As might have been
expected towards the last became feeble aud
low but conlinned, nevertheless. distinct. To-
wards the close OF his life he did not 20 iafo
tho fields nor during the last week even To the
well bal still he WAS able tn sci up and 20
about hi, room. Dur ny lhs first three weels
oil his abstinence, he fell away very fast, bnt
afterwards hr did not seefn 10 waste 81 sznsl.
bly,. Hi, color wa, blus. and towards the last,
baeklsh Ills skin WAS cold. and he conplainrd
Of chlllinea iIs general Appearance was 40
CHASTITY that children we're frightened al the
sighl al MN. Ofihis lie seemed himself n b.
aware ! Tor u was not uncommon 10 ops~rge
him covering his taEe wien strangers were pas-
sing by
Professor Wdonshby visited him few days
b. fore he died He found his skin very cold,
The respiratinn feeble aud slow bur otherwise
natural bur The efllusia from the BREATH and
errhnps the SKIN, were extremely Offensive
During IN. gre tier psu Of the latter week OF
his lie. the parents say. lhat there was con
siderable discharge ot n ioul. reddish matter.
from the lun1s. 10 this, perhaps, the Offensive
s,aeli referred to, mty be chiefly attributed.
The polse was regular, hut slow aud feeble. and
whni struck Professor Willongbby ms mos, re
variable, wns, the dnninlshed size oil the radi-
al artery. Owing 10 the emaciaiion, il could
be- very distinctly telt.--lt seemed 10 be as
smnll as a stoot thread. aud much Gimer than
natural lhr artery had contracted 10 accom-
,nodste itself 10 The diminishing quantity o'
blood il had to convey, and its greater hard
ness may be attributed psrtl, te this cohirac
ton, and partly TO the absorption of some of is
elements, and the almost fetal suspension Of
nutrition.
Alvine evscualinns were rare. His mother
thinks he passed sasefm weeks without nn, -
hut the secretons ofutine seemed more regular.
The soiding oi tins 81 erhnon nas OF the lasi
acts OF his life.
After lapse offlty-three days, OF nssrly
eight weeks, MIXTURE became exhausted. and his
apifH hed. His hopes continued bright 10 the
last, aud he departed Tins lite IN The inll tSpec-
tntion Of glorious immortality. And 1t is
not unreasonable 10 suppose, from his unblem.
ished life aud arden, pIety, While IN the
| possession of hia faculties. however errone-
Gus some of his later opinions n,ay be considered
that IN his last hope he mas mol b.en dlsappoinI-
/ ed
The body was examined by DR. Johnson
thu ia, after death. The viscers did not ex hb-
II any very striking mark of disease The
stomach wasrot con fscted as might have
been eYpected---1nt was losse and Happy. The
gal bladder was defended with dark. muddy
looking bile. The mesrntsry. stomach and
/ lntPsunes, were excessively thin and transpe-
rent, and there was no fat ia the omentum
II looked somewhat ike the nchnoit mem
brsne Of abe bran AT he time OF his death Mr.
Kelsey wa, 81 years of age,
5urh are the principal facts have been
able to gather respecting tho case OF mis- ex-
celient young man. may however observe, in
CONCLUSION. that from consideration of all the
circumstances si the case, from the known
honesty of all paties paftcularly mentioned, and
! the concufrns testimony OF trend, and neis h-
horS, there is not thr smslleS reason 10 susppct.
that, in this case. the least deception mas been
Attempted, either by the unfortunate ind yid-
uai hnself, or by any ese connected vi h
him.
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