New-York tribune., 1841-11-03
From the Ne* Monthly for Oct
THE SUICIDES BURIAL.
sNARRATIvH OF AN ACTUAL ocCeRRkNch
fCoccluded.1 !

l.,-...,,, r,--.cr' Oae 1t these sturdy, power
f,l man walking up 10 hin. demanded with loud
imprccaion whe,h lee had any decency left, and
threatened Z ne did aot instantly return he would
force him % do 50 On this Hugtes retired few
oacas. sJb5ng audiby. He implorcd permission
20 follow the corpse. aRd protested nls pentence.
He decilied his sufer.gs, more especially since
The unhappy gitl's death, naI been dreadiul and
saii ,a, if allowed to follow her Ihc graye--the
only respect he could now ,how-he ihough hi
mind would be something easier Upon the IN
tercession Of Wesleyan preacher, ("hom now,
for the irs; time, perceived was with u. no far
1her obstruction was offered him, and he tell de-
jectedly among the crowd.
After this extraordinary scene the funeral, which
had taken advantage OF to hal! aud change bear
eIs, again advanced. walked onwa'd III silence,
bul my mind was busy. | conua.,"d in thought
the ,plendoc and friyoou, gayety Of tho scene !
mad 50 recently left, with the mourniul character
of thai i'll which wa, no~ nm actor.
At tLaI night, party bad seen a lady--one in
particular "a, The piano She young and
iosey. and sany Ike IA scraph Attention was
visible on every councnlucc; delight was present
10 every sui. Nerfi'hcr and mother were there
10 fee pride ia their daugher and the Joyous coun-
ienancc Of tie fair crt utmc, at the sony close
sh. loal.ed up 10 fond husband who ben, in de-
yoiion over ber, bore eloquent testimony that the
measure of her happiness was full. Here again
was one equally youthful equally fair, equally
.miable but alas not equally fortunate. Her
rurci.:- and such relatives as cared for her, long
since dead there was tut one being upon earth 10
whom she could look for proper syraPathy, and
tha,---her lover. To him she gave her affections
and coufded her husni.g hopes of welded bliss,
with tue prospective destiny of her life. Cruelty
deceived un3 deserted by him. what charms had
the world for her what recompense to offer for
her alniction! The reed upon which she had
ieant .nce broken. could she trust another The
vast crowd Of human beings around her knew not,
or were insensate to her msioruneS their present
interests, their prospects OF isture welfare en-
braced not hers She stood among them soli
tary unit unknown. uncured for. or wha; was
worse d.spsed. In this melancholy condition,
TO wonder change OF existence PROMISED to be
change for the better.
The soul despised and rejected in ts carnal
tenement, lis fond hopes of earthly happiness eX-
1inct for ever yearning for humaa sympathy but
snding it not, becomes weary of restraint and
beats fercely against its prson-5ars for escape.
There is conflict between inclination and those
prompting. of natural piety which wc term duty;
sometimes the mere body al>o ressts and reacts
on the mind, for the idea OF death is repuIsive,
and it would still live on: in either case reason Is
unseated the necessary pitch OF trenzy once Al
tained all scruples vanish. the dagger. ihs poison
bowl or some less classic, but still friendly
Of death ie soughl-a few sharp couyC-iye s.rug
giles, and all Is over. The painful compact be
tween them thu. d solved the tieshy covering
drops ipto the bosom Of IL parent muiief, and the
released spirit wings is "ay through the ta;hom
less depths of e,crni'y!
Ii was 3r from clear TO that the iGiy, al the
inquest on Mugaret Bourne, wcte jusuii.d III find
iog Tie cruel ve dict they had returned The Popu
lar Impression was, that the; were not 10 enable
1Ge 10 decide the matter tor myself looked through
the crowd for some one likely to throw light upon
;ii- subject. Nor was il long before CHANGED to
gligbt upon u person IN M estimation above all
others the best qualified for that purpose aud
though Up TO that hour had never spoken 10 him,
q residence oi many years in the same city made
known 10 each other, and, not TO urge the
soiemn duty were both engaged in. was
sufficient excuse for personal communication
His name wa- P,ice-" Mr.. Price, tonsor, den
tis,, and Phlebotomi t'-as he loved grandoquenl
y 20 style himself in other words he was barber
sursenu-;in ancient and once important profession,
now rapidly becoming extinct. He was garru-
Ions, ligtl,-hear,ed SOFT of gossip; and like the
generality of his craft the notorious retailer OF
local news and floating scandal of the neishbor-
hood. In al! matters OF paroclica business in the
election and inauguration of constablos, headbo-
raughs, watchmcn. and civic officers of like dignity
and standing, he took an active interest, and was
not unfrequcn,ly consulted when diticultcs requr-
ing the authority of historical prcccdcn, want
ing. Moreover he was kind of standing lurymau;
and it was his frequent boast that not an inquest
had been held in the parish for upwards of twenty
years bu, he had ofciated, and could still furnish
YOU with the leading details. 1t was for this last
peculiarly | selected him
Mr.. Price, said l. accostiug him. were
you at the inquest the Inflated girl we now
following ?"
well. and her father before her an honest man he
was too, and it would have been better for his
widow and child If his brother had been hsnest
also. lie"
. am acquainted with that story said |, in
'errupung him. . But Of the girl herself DO
You really think she was of sound mind when she
took the poison 2"
= Ot sound mind' No. was one Of the four
lnrymen wko held ont for verdict of Msaaiiy;
for who had known her from child and had
always net'ced how regular she was at church.
how duuiul to her mother, and after she lost her.
how prudent and good she continued could have
believcd-l WAS myself more likely to have com
rnitted suicide than she was
Then why didn't You find verdict of de-
ranscmcnt ?" inquired.
Because b, who is no more +, TO be.
Coroner than | am TO be Lord Cnief Justice op-
posed it, For my par;, took the liberty of re
ierring him TO the letter She had written 10 Jales
HUGHES and 10 the low way II WAS proved She had
been in for weeks; but he was obstinate, and it
was Of no use He had directed Us 10 bring it IL
telo de Sc. and nothing else would he have; and
that, because the druggist, wha he said was a re-
spectacle man, and who oyery one knows Is ms re
latiye, deposed 10 her having been quite sane a2d
collected when she bought the poison al his shop,
only TWO hours before it was discovered she hae