The Columbian fountain., 1846-10-15
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Itsdnctuations, and it, vast concerns p Coscper.

CLosIr6 ScGEE or 3gHE TRsGGDY.-C Cook.
lhe wreiched man who murdered his wife on
Sonday, died q The Hospi,al about 10 O'Clock
the same evening, in consequence OF the NOR
tal injuries he had inflicted upon himself dur
ing the fl Of demoniacal fury which prompted
The previous act. Though sensible OF his con
dition and aware that he could NOT live, he be-
tNyed no sign Of cantrllion for the deed ne had
committed. and actually expired with an oath
upon his lips at the paip his wounds caused by
contact with his shirt. which the nurse was al
the moment adjusting.
The coroner held an inquest upon the body
OF Cook, and had il removed Tor interment
The history Of his mans life presents some
interesting points. and gives lamentable proofs
how the human mind, though fited by educa
lion 10 adorn society, may Become brutalized
by unbridled passions and habits Of vice and
dissipation. Cook was the only son Of German
parents, who emigrated TO this country and
settled near Germantown, where he was born.
They died when he was quite small, and an
uncle, who possessed some wealth, adopted
the orphan, and bestowed an excellent educa-
ton upon him, which would have been but
the forerunner Of other benefits had his after
conduct been such as was desired By his ben
efactor. While growing mp he gave evidence
Of strong passions, which no punishment could
check. He was apprenticed to John w. Fra
lev, the baker, TO learn that trade, but before
he arrived at manhood, he was detected in a
pilfering transaction, and the choice being Civ
en- he preferred enlistingf on board a manofT
war TO going TO prisan. This cruise did not
reform his habits or disposition, and on his re-
turn he became addicted TO intemperance, and
added ia that manner to the brutality of his ma
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since, and instead Of bestowing upon him
PARTON Of his wealth, his course Of life was
rewarded by legacy OF $40 only He had oh
ing business, and at times worked at whichever
trade he could obtain employment, bat his ir-
regular habits were often the cause of his losing
situations, and he would then work along the
shore.
His marriage TO the wife he so cruelty mur-
dered was strongly opposed by her relatives,
and from that cause he had ever since borne a
bitter hatred TO them. An attack upon her sis
ter and threat 10 kill her, caused his impris-
onment, in default OF bail, by Alderman Crow
ell; but on the case coming before the Court,
the accused was permitted to 60 at large on his
own recognizance. His victim had been the
mother Of six children by him, only two Of
which number now survive. One OF his chill
dren died but few weeks since, and was bur
led by Lee, her partner by the last marriage.
Cook, was married the second time by an AL
derman Of the district Of Southwark, TO wo-
man by the name Of Riley, and fer the pur-
pose Of outraging the feelings Of his lawful
wife, he sent the certificate to her while she
was in New York. rk.-Ledger.
ExcrrEMENr.--D DEAD BoDY FoUED.-Aboul
six O'Clock on Monday morning the residents
of Ounce street, above Locust, were astound.
ed by the discovery Of a corpse lying in an al
ley leading to the rear Of the Franklin Medical
College, The body was partly concealed in a
sack. but the feet were uncovered, and the
gate being partly open, il was evident 10 those
who first discovered it that such a spectacle
would never have been permitted by the aathor-
tiles of the institution, and that il had been
placed there so that a discovery would cast
odium upon the college in The public mind.
II is new institution, and the classes of SUI
dents who design attending its lectures have
been scarcely made up, as the first introduc-
tory lecture was only delivered last evening. -
The Coroner was Immediately sent for and
jury summoned TO investigate the case. Upon
an examination Of The body, il was discovered
to be that Of man who had evidently been
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wasted away with lingering disease, probably
in our aims house or county prison. The body
was removed by the Coroner for interment.
The circumstance created quite an excite
ment in the vicinity ofthe college, and a throng
surrounded the building for several hours, bul
the design Of the plot being gradually perceiv- !
ed, the mass retired, perfectly satisfied with this
explanation. Ledger.
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WONDERFUL If TRUE There is now living
OF Harrington Quincy J, a young woman ma
med Comber, aged about twenty years,
daughter OF James Comber, stonemason, who
has not tasted morsel of solid food for the last
nine years.--In or about the year 1887 she had
sister who died, and the occupation Of her
mother required her absence daily from home,
LEAVING the present afflicted daughter in the
house with the corpse. II is conjectured that
this circumstance affected her mind, and
worked upon her nerves SO strongly that il in
duced her affliction. She in short time gra-
dually weakened and took to her bed, where
she was seized with locked jaw, and from that
time TO the present she has not opened her
mouth. The only sustenance which has been
taken into her stomach is fluid, which is pas
sed into her mouth with spoon, through
a small opening where tooth is missing
And although lying in this state for such a
length OF time, she has grown nearly six in
ches in length; she is quite. sensible, happy,
and resigned and appears 10 he often enua