Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-12-02
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4 Ms.-.-Ou Tuesday last, an aged man,

4 Ms.-.-Ou Tuesday last, an aged man,
,bo,s appearance betokened the most abject
safe Of huraan wretchedness, vas brought to the
IoodOp hospital. When led to the ward and
,,ruDed, for the purpose Of being put TO bed, he
o5ser,ed the greatest caution In taking of his
.lOthns, if such parcel Of the most filthy rags
could be called, and expressed the utmost soii-
citation to have them placed under his pillow, q
rsuuest which, frum the beasty state Of the gar
uent., the nurse with some hest tation complied
With. Shortly after bis admission, he was visit.
| cd by Mr. Scott, one ct the surgeons OF the hos
pirsl; and that gentleman, after examining him,
and perseiying the serious nature of the injsrv,
at once decided as the only chance OF preserving
lie, that an operation should be Immediately per.
%med. The patient most willingly assented,
and at two o'clock in the afternoon Mr.. Scott
performed the operation IN the most skillful
manner but IRON the extreme age 81 the patient
S3 years,) and his emss ated state Of body,
AZ veil as his shattered constitution, I've gradu.
al, sunk and expired IN few hours after.
Just as the operator bad finished, and the
deceased finding himself much weaker, he ex-
pressed most anxious wish to see the clerk Of
he institution. and Oh his being brought to the
Sdside, he requested that that gentleman would
ct pen, ink, and paper and he wished him to
srite out his will. This was done, and on the
clerk second time approaching his bedside.
| he deceased drew from his mouth nine half So
IUeisns, which he must have had there during the
performance Of the operation, and handed them
Nhm, He then appeared very uneasy. and,
hOush the act must have given him considerable
na, raised himself to nearly an upright posi-
TOO in the bed. He then commenced search
trough the bed clothes, and, after some time.
Ssng a tenth half sovereign among them, and
'hsh, il appeared, had fallen from his mouth,
Re made dash with his hand at it, and caught it
nth the same avidity that a hawk would 3
sparrow. and handed il to the clerk. He then
called for knife. aud cut from his tattered aud
hhy garments 90 more half sovereigns, max.
Ing altogether SSH, and Acknowledgements for
hearty 400!. placed to his account 10 the Bank
Of England, and bond Of annuity TOR 76l. per
lntUw.
Awil, according to his d,cta,ion, was then
'nIten, 10 the first place, he bequeathed three
~srelsns to the nurse of the ward 10 which he
vas, and two servants Of the Institution who had
attended him; in the next he left a sovereign to
ne oeadle Of Bethnal green Who brought him to
ne hospital; in the next he directed that ESQ
should be expended on his funeral, and the re.
n'nder he left 10 his nephew, young man ma.
med Mathews, q gardener, residing at Cardiff,
Wales When told tina, ESQ was large sum
spend Tor funeral expenses, and that he could
s'sry deeently inferred for much less than all
ne amount, he replied, that he had made up his
n 1 That the SUN mentioned should be expended
sudns that he did not wish TO be buried as he
'ed-a vasabond.' He said that it was his first
'sa to have his body sent for iuterment to Lin
S~nSre, but to do the thing as he wished, he felt
S''aed that ESQ would be sufficient for the Pur-
pose and therefore he had determined on being
a'ned IN Whtechapsl church. When asked II
mere was any one whom he wished or would
ane'o follow him to the grave, be replied no;
1 Si' any one who wished might, aud If no one
W. VAS his wish that in lieu there should be
penny Of horses, SO that the ESQ might be expeu-
w The only part Of his history disclosed by
We deceased was that he had formerly been sal.
" mat his name was Samuel Draper, and Tor
~ services he enjoyed small pension OF R7 per
..aaa' The body Of the deceased still remains
S"e hospital, to await the arrival OF the nephew
Nv mas been written for by the governors, who
WI HIN to be present at his interment.
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