Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-08-22
SlNGULAR-lF TRUE
county, Pa, I
Aug. s, 1888.

Mr.. Fro,hing CHAM We rejoice to learn
that there is a reduction Of one. from the
catalogue OF crimes in our country. which
II falls to our lot 10 record. II will be re.
collected that this young gentleman, who
was member Of the On,i Ia Institute
disappeared suddenly from his boarding
house, in Utica, last April. and that an i'm
preston very generally prevailed that he
had been murdered. The evidences of the
fact OF murder we always deemed TO be
inclusive. Il committee Of investigation,
however, was raised, two mulatto fellows
were arrested, and one Of them implicated
a tavern keeper; but all of them were uIli
mately discharged. Although the excite
ment was not SO great as that which pre-
vailed on recent occasion IN the east, yet
Il was sufficiently powerful TO peryert the
faculty OF judgment, and give TO doubtful
circumstances an undue weight and bear
ing. 1t now appears, by the following let
ter, addressed 10y the young man 10 his
parents, that his departure was owing TO
mental alienation, and that on the 9Th of
May, he was safe in England
NJ + Commercial.
Atlantic Ocean, 10Th May, 1898.
About 500 miles f. Of New foundland Banks. {
aiy dear PGrentS,-
What can you have thought of my
sudden disappearance? Many coniec-
lures must have passed through your
minds, all ending where they commenc-
ed, in dark and anxious uncertainty.
But the God of heaven has been nv
protector through unknown dangers:
and now on the unfathomed ocean. in
health and safety, | hasten to explain
the perpleXing mystery.
While at the institute, having moth.
ing else to do, and wishing to get "a
head, | applied myself very closely to
study, particularly the Latin gram
mar leaving off only when absolutely
necessary. You recollect | arrived
during vacation, before the regular
course of labor had commenced. and
thinking | should have plenty of it in
a few days, contented myself with taxi
ing very little exercise. The effects
of this close application from sunrise
TIL nine in the evening, soon perceiv.
ed, and several times was sensible that
my thoughts for moment or two were
rather wandering. Yet | did not feel
at all anxious or discouraged, reason.
ing with myself that so sudden chance
OF pursuit must necessarily cause me
at first to feel rather unwelI, and after
few days my mind would recover its
wonted tone. After the 9Th or 9th of
April, the little momentary alterations
became more frequent, and how | spent
much Of the time intervening between
that date and the 8th, am wholly nm.
able t. say. Some things which | did
recolloct distinctly, and others only
as we recall the vagaries of a dream.
But after the 8th every thing is rant in
shadows, clouds and dark.
ness rest upon it, and have vague.
dIm recollection, of feeling somewhat
as II standing near a mountain when
volcano burst from its side. To escape
me hery deluge | travelled by sea and |
land-but onward it seemed to move.
and ever to rear itself a wall of living |
Ilre. Only one thing | can recollect |
clearly Finding myself in a strange |
street near large stone building, en-. |