Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-07-04

and irregular: MS SKIN NOT dnQ 0ry; MS nte more
frequent and severe; with considerable restless
ness, yawning and stretching. His eyes had now
become quite red, bis voice hoarse, his tongue
much swollen, Of reddish or leaden color, and
his mouth filled with thick ropy slime. Med.
cine continued, but no salvation produced:
strong injection of active medicines given with.
out effect. About7 O'Clock copious passage Of
urine which was highly coIored: he swallowed
his medicine in the form Of bOluy, the sight Of
diet or drink very offensive to him and the DOW.
er of deglutition nearly failed. About 9 O'Clock
he became somewhat delirious, talked Of his crop
and other domestic concerns, and frequently smii
led and laughed; his pulse became so irregular
that they could not be counted, but must have
beat from $50 TO l60 in minute. Strong con-
vulsive fits succeeded each other: he became deaf
and blind, foamed at the mouth, CRASHED his teeth
and was 50 restless that It required force to keen
him on the bed, until the morning of the Goth,
when he expired about eight O'clock
Signed6y the attending Physicians
| Tie circumstances attending the death of this
amiab!e young man. are lamentable indeed. He
was IN the bloom of youth, with naturally vi
gorous constitution; of an amiabIe disposition,
possessing How of spirits, which buoyed him
above, aud made him regardless of most of the
little vexations, incident to every one, and which
rendered him pleasing and agreeable compa-
mon, and cndeared him to all who knew him;
possessing habits Of the strictest sobriety, and
interchangeable in all his pursuits in life. Asa
Son, he was always willing to obey the commands
OF his bereayed parents; and as a brother, kind
and affectionate. lie has gone in the morning Of
life, to premature grave. He has closed his
earthly career. as 1t were in its very commence.
ment. lie has been taken by an all wise Proyi.
dence, from the midst of his afectionate relatives
and companions, to the untried scenes of ano.
Their world. He has been thus cut of; as If to
afford, to his young associates, a striking exam
pie OF the uncertainty Of the fairest prospects.
and the instability Of the most substantial earth.
ly enjoyments:
"Yet he sleeps yes, sleeps in the land Of his birth.
And calmly he rests beneath the cold earth,
Yet his memory's ensh:incd in each friendly heart.
Yes, cherished SO fondly that it never will part"
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Horrible Murder. An inquest as held YES.
terday afternoon upon the body of Sophia Ran.
som, who died abut two O'Clock Yesterday, upon
the corner of Grand aud Suffolk streets, under
the following circumstances:
1t appeared in evidence before the Coroner,s
jury that the deceased and her husband had not
lived together Tor considerable period, owing
to his dissolute habits. He, however, was &C.
customed to visit her at the house of her mother.
Jemima Abbott, with whom she resided, and YES.
terday between one and two O'Clock, meeting
his little son, lad about nine years of age near
the house, he requested him to step in and tell
his mother that he wanted to see her. The boy
complied with the request, and his mother de.
scehded the stairs into the entry, holding her
babe about eight months old in her arms, to ascer
tain what he wished Of her. While thew were
conversing together, he was heard by sister of
the deceased to laugh very heartily; and in a
lew minutes distressing scream was heard from
the deceased, which alarmed the whole family.
Mrs. Abbott ran instantly down stairs, where
she found her daughter holding her apron to her
neck. and blood streaming from it profusely.-
She exclaimed that her husband had killed her:
and cntreating her to take care of her children,
died in about FIVE minutes The husband hasten.
ed out OF the front door, leaving his hat and jack
knife lying on the Hoor. As be left the house
he was observed by Mr.. w. Raynor, who saw
him shut the door violently. The knife was nick.
ed up by MIR. r. who saw fresh blood on the
blade. The husband ran down Suffolk to the
corner OF Hester street, where the attention of
Alderman Palmer was attracted towards him
from the circumstance of his being without hat.
and his stopping and looking back.
The Alderman suspecting something to be the
matter, continued looking at him, when he start,
Ell and ran up Hester street, towards the Bow.
cry. In the course Of few minutes another
man passed hastily in the same direction, from
whom the Alderman learning what had occurred,
joined in the pursuit. After several fruitless
enquiries they were informed by boy that he
saw person enter new building towards Diyi.
sion street, without any hat on, and on following
The direction they discovered and secured him.
lie pretended at the time to be deranyed. The
mother and sister of the deceased, testified. that
they had often heard her say that she was afraid
to to be alone with him, fearing he would kill her
Their little son stated that his mother told him
hat his father had threatened to take her life.
Upon an examination of the body of the decess.
ID by the Jury, it appeared that she had been
stabbed quite through the neck with sharp knife
,,att'ng the jngufar vein. They retuned a YER.
l'et accordingly.
The husband was brought before Justice
1oWndes, by whom he was committed n RID.
sell' lie has highly respectable connections.
'no were overwhelmed with agony on the re-.
elpt OF the ntelligence -h,,r n