Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-09-12

they frequenied The window ut his ,rI ,or,v
dungeon 10 provoke him aud Is itness The ex.
hibition OF his rage.
10 this solitary and miserable abode, &C
cordinS 10 his own representations his suffer
ed every thing which humsnity can bear
and that too without break ing down The en- .
erg'es ot his mind, destroy ing his mem cry
or ob!i'erating the feelings of kindness and
Sympathy from his heart. He irequeat!y
stated, that for many winters be did not feel
he infiuence of fire and hat for many niy hi.
and sometimes three or fur in sncce s.ion, he
walked The whole night 10 keep hmseifirom
freezing.
lie used 10 say. that in summer he suffer
ed hardly less from the damp and ,iliated al.
cnospbere his cell, and The herd of vermin
that infested his room and bunk of straw
which prevented his sleep and kept him in
busy employ night and day During
his long confinement he was rarely or never
shaved, washed. or had change Of apparel
n year or two before he came 10 ,le hos,
pital, he formed an attachment TO cat which
Sionally visited his cell he fed and car
essed 1t so successfully that lie won lis conf.
dence and il became The constant compan ion
ui his solitude this cal attended him 10 the
hospital, and always received lis meal of The
dainty bus OF his food before he would par
take himself.
W "e" NC IaHe ~ we uospitdl lie was CONS
foriahly dressed, shaved, and made clean -
he was introduced into his nea, little room
with a comfortable bed which he ever after
kept in the neatest manner possible.
His appearance and conduct were truly
s,range-at first he seemed like a " lid man
who mad known nothing of associates or The
comforts at civilized life he had neither sa!
al table 10 take his meals, nor used KIN #.
and fork for the twenty eight wears Of his
imprisonment-he soon, however, learned
the use OF these implements and ever after
took his meals at The table With his associ.
ates in quie, and regular manner
Since he came 10 the hospital, he has bee
allowed many induigenoes, has been permit
led 10 walk upon the ground and about The
vi!lage-to look after and Iced the poultry
which became quite favorie employ ment
lie uniformly attended chapel on the sab
bath, carrying his chair for seat, on the
bottom Of which he had written with chalk
"fRuE GoD, OWNER"
To the officers Of The hospital aud 10 s.ran
gers who visited him, and inquired after his
welfare, his first reply "True God"-
this being acquiesced in, he would con verse
raiionsliy, and in;eliigib IDLY, and show ed an
extraordinary knowledge and memory of
persons, families, and events which occurred
previous to his insanity and even while he
was 10 prison. II his claims 10 be the "True
Cod were questioned. he would become
greatly excited and violent, and would have
no communication With any one " no did not
atknom ledge his dignity and power
lie often alluded 10 the homicide, called
bis vile "the mother" and exp,essed an H.
pihion that she was in heaven lie often
spoke OF her by The familiar tile, "girl,'' or
my girl, and said "she is in heaven, W here
! shall soon meet her. He retained The
kindesl feelings towards her, and said they
"ived in love" and never differed
lie frequently spoke OF the confusion of
his mind on the day of the homicide, and
said that "men acted strangely and appear .
ell to he devils" Atlhe m0Ir ent OF The ia aI
act, when his wife offered him something 20
drink IN punch bowl, " hich they both ias.
ed, she appeared 10 him every strange" and
| all wes in a moment "hurly burly."
"A S evidences OF his tender regard for his
vile, and the iondness with which he cher
lshed her memory, he preserved, through all
ms exci'emen's and impri5onmeui, some re
lies OF her, OF no intrinsic va lue, which he
KEPT about his person, day and night.
For many years previous 10 his fatal ILL.,
ness, lie had paroXysms of asthma, which
prevented his lying IN bed many nights in
succession His fatal disease commenced
with inflammation OF The lungs, in be month
OF February last, which terminsted IN drop
sy OF The chest ard OF The system
In the early part OF his sic kness he was pa /
iient and bore his suffering in silence and !
with fufiiludc. On one occasion when ibis !
was mentioned 20 him, he replied "'rhe True !
God must not c"mpIau" More recently /!
he tell that wicked mea and devil con
SpIred 10 atfiict him, and he would occasions
ally exhibit irritation and i'll nature. Du.
rIng his pFu!rrcted and painful illness, how
ever, he followed the ptescT iptiop5 OF his ,
Physician as we'll as most men, and EXHIBIT !
ed great foi!i'ude and resolutions
For the last number OF " eeks he frequent. /
" called Tor his ''cbario,s aud horses that
he might go " here he came from, which he
said was ".Ieaveu." While lie continued
he adhered strongly 10 his long cherished
impressions, aud the last words he uttered
10 his physician no inquired after bis health
and feelings, were "Tfue Cod