Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1846-04-04
From the Picayune, March 10.

From The Picayune, March 10.
lave sad news for you, my beloved
..n'||L-news that will make the hearts
I nv OF your readers beat heavily.
rs,s Crane, so long one Of the brightest
syNalnenls Of our naval service, died yes
laflzy by his own hand, whilst in at
ssa1 nee on tho Bureau of which he was
ihe obnductor, at the Navy Department.
III la gone as usual in the morning 10
atIsld to his arduous duties, and no one
obsskged anything peculiar in MS depo ri
nsal As am informed, he applied to
so1s2 of his clerks to know whether GER
iAis lelIers were ready for his signature,
&l1 IA receiving an answer in the mega
fiR0s De retired 10 his room, the door oil
Hl8h he locked after him. The hour OF
d|0Slpg the office approached, and as he
ibid nol again made his appearance, spec
H|6iipns began TO arise as to The cause oil
bill remaining SO long locked up. AT
18TH apprehension took the place OF
Sbeenation, and, fearful lest he nigh,
hasB been seized with sudden lines, as
hishsbit was very full, Com. Warrington
ordered his door TO be forced open.
What was the horror of those who en-
iafed on discovering the gallant officer
p8flectly dead, with his throat cut so
deeply that The instrument used must
hsVa come in contact with the vertebrB
of The neck! A letter was found address.
he'd 10 Com. Warrington, who, it will be
feAaembered, married his wIe's sister re-
auesting that he might be buried without
pomp or parade, and that on no account
should his body De carried home-as sup,
pOsed, to prevent Mrs. Crane from be.
holding 50 shocking a spectacle. The
eHent has as:onished every body, as the
diseased was remarkably joyous in his
temperament, and never failed to shed
light on the social Giro G by his good
hAmor and kind hearledness. | am in-
famed that for the last fortnight his
friend and near connexlon, Com. w.,
bad observed in his familiar intercourse
with him an unusual nervous irrltabllity
and impatlence at tritles, which struck
himthe more forcibiy on account of its
being at variance with his habits through
1iie. On learning the death OF this 'good
old Commodore" many manly heart
Will bleeI, and many tear be shed by
fGiends who, in contemplating. his varied
exceIences when living, will forgive the
amer i'll which he died. Had he re.
aimed among US, the ''strlpes and stars
BUD have had no more gallant cham
non. "The battle and the breeze would
lave been welcome to him alike in herald
ing his country's gIories DER the deep,
u defending her honor from the rude
lnuch of foreign aggression, Let US then
inreet al! but the nobIeness Of his nature
ma the galIantry that had added lustre
III the name of America, and hope that
He, who can alone see into the sources oil
human action and forgive human tra'lty,
wilI, when he calls "lte's crew together
NV ''his soul has gone aIolt."
have no disposition to write about
polnics, for, almost without knowing his
nerson. loved the character OF Crane
Sden,ified as it has been for years on
years with our navy's glory and ouI
sonntry's pride, The lower house is still
dabbing and laundering about in the
Harbor bill, and the Senate was to-day
gaken up with listening to Mr.. Niles or
What friend OF mine calls the O'Ragdn
0uestion. Mr.. Webster will take the
I|oor in day or two, perhaps to- morrow
ia then, need scarcely add, there will
be something we'll worth listening to
The child Of the Old Granite State,"-
he locomotive in breeches," as John
Bull calls him-carries aceight along
9TH him, that friends and. opponents &C
knowledge alike. He looks like yo"nE
akunder cloud when he sits in his place
his brow full Of thought and his 6 lance
IN of ire--and when he speaks, his
words are winged messengers that her
Ia forth master mind. Atlou. Ftp.