True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-02-18

VIOLENT DEArHs.-Ou, u' mere curioSi,y we clip
ped from days exchange paper all the accounts Of
deaths cnusrd in an unnatural way Hare they
quite ring.
A man named VIM. llarman, resid ng in jay town.
ship Clear cid comfy, put end his lie the be-
ginning last week, by shooting himsat He has left
wifi TO whom he had been married but short time.
The Sag Hnrbor T.. ~ Waterman of the Goth ul,
snvs-We arc informed that a young woman named
Harriet Edwards daughter of ilr. Samuel Edwards,
Of ST. Georges Manor, put end t" her existence, by
cut ing her throat h Sabbath evening last,
at the residence of her hrotner-inaw, Mr. Afr ID B.
Horton in the village of Parchocue. She contioued tn
breathe few minutes, but did not snc,k after commit
ting tn" fatal deed She is supposed to have beeu par
TALLY derangcd for some time. and t. have committed
thu decd while under the influence Of that mania. YER
dict of the CORNERS Jury accordingly.
the house Of Mr. De Graw No. Stone street. the
body of Mrs Rphcca Cole, wife of Mr.. J. Col, of AZ
Lumber street, who committed suicide Sunday after
noon, by taking Laudanun.
Mr.. G. A. Nerri"k residing Mt the corner of 4oth
and the bonmn dale Road. put an end to his life
Saturday by taking opium.
The N. Y. Post snys-On Saturday evening Coro,
ncrs inquest held tho body Of Joseph Osborn
aged 50, who bad fallen in the street and died nsanta
neousy. 1t appeared that his death mad been CAUSED
by the bursting of ahscess in the lungs, which hat
| produced Sll1fOCatlOn.
On the 81 shocking Incident took place at Ne. %
Fulton street, New York. which in short time
orted the whole city. The Il is 'arlng
house. kept by Frcnchnn@ by the name Of Bernard
native of Sy"rna, whose ia given Pietro d,
Puulo Qualmusc, who arrived in this country last sum
mer with letters of recommendation. seeking occupa
ton, had made love to a German servan, girl nance
Josephine. She rejected his suit. On Sunday morn
ing he her and rcns"ed his addresses will
great importantly, telling her that he had determined t,
kill her If she continued to reject him. She shreke,
for help, which he drew pistol and fred at her
them dra wing another blew out his own brains. tn,
ball fired at tho girl would have proved mmediateI,
mortal had it struck the planchec in her corset
thus diverted from its colsc. She WINS howevc
severely, and it is said, dangerously wounded. TIN
younE man expired Instantly.
The girl is said to be out Of danger.
Mr.. Jesse Mount was run over by loaded wing on
and Instantly killed, on Thursday last, Freehold
in Monmouth county, N. J. He was driving the team
and Tell under the wheels.
Ind named William II. Walde whose parent
resi- e between 39'h and 4oth streets, New York, wa
killed on "Wednesday by the fragment of rock which
was being blrsted al the Croton water works.
Benjamin Ogr Jr., of Ann Arundel county, Nd
con,ilted suicide, the 25,t nlt., hv firing bal
through his heart. He left wife and three children
An inquest was held by Samuel I.owerrc, Esq. coro
ncr for Queens county, the body Of man fnun
paper. found the body, it was supposed the decras
ell was shoemaker, named Elisha Aiken Of Chenille
! LII.
We have not half exhausted the suppy-but thin
we have enumerated enough to satisfy the norbi
appetite on such matters.