New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-09-10

fcn rendezvous al the donlcll oil her late employer
Without the remo,est design to snimadvert upon
any proceedings at the inquest or in the subsequent
investigation simply observe, that if they failed to
elicit any evidence of criminal conduct or connivance
as favoring homicide. 30 neither do they develop
any adequate indictments determining to suicide.
The judicial preliminarics were instituted rather to
exposc independent facts than for adiudicating upon
any hypothesis The case is therefore as yet s"o
Jpd,oe.
The condition Of the corpse, as derived from OH
cisl and other responsible sources. was as follows
The body lay supinc and extended upon a piece oil
oarpcting. nude, relaxed and unconstrained; the
lower extremetes in opposition the left arm in ap
oroxlmaion 20 the side and the right at an acute
angle with the body. The right hand re,aInedwith
feeble mot graspiDe closure penkniie the han
die of which was exterior To the thumb and between
its cheek and the fingers, with the point looking
outward The throat was encircled by three or
four coils Of broad band cut from the cbemise
and fixed by a knot in front though the pressure
this made was but moderately irm The mouth
mot the faucesD stuffed but not closely with
narrower strip OF the same material to the length oil
a ward or more and circumscrbng the chin was a
folded handkerchief fastened the vertex The fes
lures of the face were undistorted and composed.
The posfm0ftenn examination detected neither any
poisonous material in the stomach, nor any abnormal
condition any other orgaDa local faint alone excepted
proceed to comment upon these facts, sntaim hrst,
associaiedly after.
The testimony that sophia had inquired the day be-
fore whether IN the event OF her death Mrs H. would pro
vide for decent burial Is improbable IN double aspect
The determined ffo de gives out preintlma,ions
that might anticipate her design and besides such iDqui
~ should in all prudence have suggested preventive pre-
cautions.
The body was naked. And need ask any mere man
of the world and Of all any woman in high OF low
degree whether stemae even The most degraded among
the couricsans OF the pave could be hunted out who
could thus make a deliberate exposure of her eson =
Memorable instances To the contrary record
even in the annals Of the bloody Reign Of Terror
when virtue was a reprosch, and modesty crime.
The features were composed and the body lay in easy
relaxation And this after death succeeding upon the
eonvusye throes Of heayng chest and the contortons
of quivefng limbs Jack kctch would give the story
a very different version.
No advantage could from making several turns
around the neck, other than the more easy manlen-
snce of any compression already gained The coiling
mus, have been accomplished while the body was ele
waited whether the knot was tied then or alter But the
band no, tight aud am bold 10 say II could not
have drawn the requisite tension by the person
herself with ali her resoluteness. 1t is far from easy
speak ndvscdy) 10y direct pressure sustained for
some minutes with the thumb over the iafynx, 50 to
constringc the tube ohsruct respiration altogether
much more when such construction is in degree
neuraizcd by the elastic tissues circunjacent. noa
BILE Instance point is that of the two criminals recently
executed in a neghbOring State by the drop. with all
The advantage OF n noose-c0rd and the momentum ac
qurcd from the weight Of the body and fall OF some
twelve inches These persons did not cease TO breathe
one shou of eleven the other under seventeen minutes
Could any female with no impedmcnt in the way, sup
pose effect amount of traction equivalent to this
Even the prac,ised mues in the service of his Hghness
Of Consiantnope not 10 their brawny arms, but
rather to the urrela sing and unfailing bowstrng
The cramniag of the mouth IN such way could ac
compish nothing unless the throat were plugged also
As 10 the handkerchief however tense II could not sbso
uey contnc the lower Jaw nor TO any purpose II other
wise for long the nasal passages clear breath
ing would continue.
The knife for any real service, could scarcely have
been held "a awkward manner As for the s,abs,
the, were merely skin puncturcs.
will now consider these points in their aggregate.
Whiehcvcr first in order the legation Of the neck
the plugging OF the mouth 1t matters not for either act
efectual would have prccudcd the execution oil the
other. But here comes in consideration fatal TO the
whole suppOsion II is very well known that the tor
urc from obstruccd SEPARATION las is obvious in vio
lent paroNysm OF asthma) is of all suerings the most OK
crucsiingto the overcoming of all setcommand in the
instructive efforts toward relief agony which man,
the undaunied. the most obstina,ey bent self
destruction. endure for two minutes There
fore IL is the condemned criminal cannot though his
own desire be trusted with his urpinoned thence
the common OF the suicide TO the dagger the knife
the poisoned bowl the inextricsbe cord or the
food The hand must do its office at stroke,
or IL falters. To presume suicide, then, is to pre-
suppose delibcraiion and perseverance com
pable only with ply steal mpossibiy, just as II sensa
ron had been cNtinguishcd while reason survived The
handkerchief was adjusted smooth and unwrlnklcd. rs
to be expected, would have been found either
holding upon the caturc II forcing the plugging
Bot no; 4 extended by the side the other lice
soping of and incosing knc-as IL the patient could
have gone work deliberately stab herself amid the
horid ornens of sranguaiion Even II the stabs were
sefinicted, made beforehand. they would have been
deeper: sitcr only the supposiiion of exhausted
strength when the hand would have remained the
wounds and the knife would likely have dropped to the
floor
On the suppcsition of homicide wherefore such
variety of appliances lneNperience always acts clumsiy
adroity and with simplicity Tact is no; to be looked
for In the recruit as in the veteran eamPsisner In
the barber phiehciOmst as in the dextcrous surgeon
The gr may unlikely have stripped herself ON gong
to bed (or the night srry and oppressve In which
che might easily If asleep have been sufocaed by
some mysterious hand and afterwards laid out on the
floor the neck handagcd the mouth plugged the hand
kcchef adjusted the fingers injected to Just bold
knife ia position after half dozen punctures had been
made, and abandoned, in the dead of night when
deep sleep ialeth upon men" suicide in such wise
would make novel section in the annals OF medical
Jurisprudence
The tragic event before suggests pregnant re-
Elections. Verify crime stalks rampant the land
Murders secret ass&ssinaons rsvshments, swell the
chronicles Of the day snd calculate how long
his personal happiness shall continue Incorporated 1
such Is the diagram, INSTRUMENTATION among the dssolue
and reckless which either the "laws delay its made
qoaey or else misguided public sympathy obiquely fos
ter one wei nigh ready 10 subscribe TO the doctrine Of
me rery southrons who when without law the
erectua administration OF iusiice are law unto them
come Ia include pistol exercises and foils
heci's aOr'a recfes "a cRrta, rd-the child
disciplined at home il honor 10 the laws and an ex.
ample To The world hut for all that she must while vet
inexperienced be shielded by argus on the right hand
sna ON ihe sttoo, or she will fail among thieves TO
certainty But for the girl uunstructed by the mother
1ncsun"ned BY the father the brother ,yhs launches
alone upon The orosd Of HE what other fortune can
be predicted than moral shipwrecki Her stcps take
hold ON sheo going down TO the chambers Of death -"
Fathers 'noher- oro'hers guardians Of orphans Have
you beloved daughter, cherished sister con6dine
ward save her from the fnAelstron. vortex Of
great city Better milestone hanged about her
neck sud she drowned IN the depths OF the ses
And IT, star oil your precsuilon. all your vigilance she
yet inveigied into the tolls OF hendsh prohrste
who swsegers abroad the boosted IMMUNITY Of wealth
md power there is yet behind vengeance that suffer.
eth not 10 i've in cold lead or In colder steel IN the in
fsction Of which were not sustained by the common
sense Of wrong committed and wrong righed then in
deed were life scarce longer worth the keeping.
S1e. : A. CALkiNS, NJ ID.
Extract Of n letter dated MACON, sept. 3
1.-THE severe drouth has in n measure destroyed
,ur cotton crops aud there IL no possibility Of more
han half of usual cotton crop snd that being fully
half open and the ground that the late heavy