Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1837-08-30
From the New Orleans Bulletin.

JAMES I'll. SHEPHERD, ESQ.,, the late
President Of the Union Bank of Louis.
lana, died in New Orleans on Thurs.
day, the eth Of July, in the forty.sixth
year of his age.
lie expired about half past 8 o'clock
IN the evening, from an illness whose
entire duration could not have exceed.
ed thirty minutes. Thus have we been
deprived of one of our most estimable
fellow. citizens, who has fallen sudden.
~ IN the midst of his days, and from
the meridian OF prosperity aud useful.
ness.
In the death of Mr.. Shepherd, his
relatives and friends have sustained a
severe and recoverable loss. No one
could have discharged the several du-
ties of private life, with greater fidelity
than he exempifed. In the social cir
Gle he was greatly beloved, and exhi.
bIted the model of an amiable, courte.
Gus, frank and affectionate department.
In the mercantile community of New
Orleans, our departed friend occupied
the highest standing, and has been for
many years its distinguished ornament.
During his long residence in this place,
he has uniformly maintained amid the
excltemenis, rivalries, and temptations
of an active business life, the reputa.
tlon OF being man of extraordinary
and incompatible integrity. He en-.
Joyed the entire confidence, admiration
and respect of those most intimately
acquainted with his character, and of
course were fully able to appreciate his
pre-emnent worth. When we say
that in the whole career of Mr.. Shop.
herd, during his abode in Louisiana.
there was visible an interesting exem.
pllhca,lon of all the social and friendly
offices that men owe to one another.
we bestow an encomium fully nerited,
and rs fiattcrlng as it is in the power
oil language to express. But he has
passed away, like dream or a sha.
dow. He is gathered to his fathers,
and his lips are closed in the silence Of
death.
The following statement of all that
is known concerning the circumstances
attending the death Of Mr.. Shepherd,
has been furnished by the only physi.
clans who had an opportunity of seeing
him, during his last moments
The very sudden death of the late
JAMES Ii. SHEPHERD, on the night Of
the 9th instant, under somewhat pscu.
liar circumstances, induces the under.
signed, the only physicians who had
the opportunity of seeing him during
his brief sutierlngs, to yield to the re-
quest of his intimate friends to state,
what in their opinion, they considered
the immediate cause of his decease,
and to detail the occurrences that pas.
sed under their observation, as well as
what they learned subsequently from
the most authentic sources in regard TO
the origin ofhis attack. The false and
contradictory reports in circulation with
regard to the cause and circumstances
attending the lamented Death of this
eminent individual, render this state.
ment alike due to his memory, to his
friends, and to the community.
On the 9th of July, 1887, about 20
minutes after 9 O'Clock, P. NJ, whilst
seated on my balcony, No. 10, Bour-
bon street, heard the cries of an in.
dividual in the direction of Canal ST..
who appeared TO be suffering from great
anguish of body. Upon directing my
attention to the source Of the sounds, |
discovered by the light OF the lamp
some person who staggered upon the
pavement, and with the aid OF domes.
tic, seated himself upon the doorstep
of the adjoining house. immediately
descended, and issuing from my resi-.
dence. heard the same person calling
for DIR. Davidson. Upon approaching
him, raised his head, and he announ.
ced himself as Mr.. James II. Shep.
herd. With the assistance OF two ser.
wants, transported him to my house,
and placed him in as comfortable a 20
sltlon as the rapid and impending symp.
toms of his malady would admit OF.
lie stated TO me, in reply to my ques.
ton, If he had been wounded or injured
in any manner that he was crossing
Bourbon street, (Which now, it has been
ascertained was Canal street,) and
when placing his foot upon the Ban.
quette, he experienced a very severe
oppression at the chest, accompanied
by proluse and constantly increasing
discharge OF frothy fluid from the mouth
and nose which was his condition
when | saw him. DIR. Davidson was
aroused in the space of five minutes,
and continued with me until his decease
which occurred in perhaps 80 mi
nutes from the time | heard his cries.
1t has been subsequently, ascertained
that Mr.. Shepherd was seized with this
attack, at distance much further than