The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-05-08

ATTEMPTED SuIcipE or A LADy-MYsrsRrou
ArFAIr,-1he Springfield Mass Repsbiieaa, II
The 9th ,asa-a,; sass-A a.. lady Of
truip Of Thursday night last, and look quarters Al
Jennings City Hotel She was alone AMI strin-
ger, aud gave her name Hart She spers the
neat day at the hotel, and on Friday night gave
notice that she should leave in the morning, ani
insisted ON paying her bill then, though assured
that IL WAS entirely unnecessary, AS the cars dad
not leave ill "A late hour OF the morning. Pew
ou.y, she had visited the drug store of Is. n. Bi--
ant purchased Of one clerk AN ounce of iauda-
mum, and, subsequently, Of another, an ounce of
as, mic. The latter article was hesitatIns,ly sold
L. her, bui she assured the clerk that she w,nt-
ed II TO Mil rats with. On Saturday morning.,
lie porter Of the hotel, on going TO her door To
call her, heard signs of the distress; and the
women Of the house FASTENED To her room
They found her sick and vomiting, and exam
nation aid her confusion soon revealed that she
had taken both laudanum and arsenic, AN that
they operated as an over doee and threw them
selves from the stomach. She acknowledged her
intention tn kill herself and gave directions a. to
the Disposal Of her clothes and her burial
physician was sent Tor, who soon removed al
remaining immediate danger to her lille. The
lady - for such she evidently 10 by education
and HssociHiOB-etill remains at the hotel, and
is ~ comfortable stste, though ON Sunday she
gave cone signs of u wandering miud She
I0sItiy-Iy fribsrs To give any clue whereby nrT
i,sl LaBr or her friends NAV be IearBrd And -
tareful has she bern 10 remove every evidence at
to- sc circumstances, that all her garments, which
aIc numerous and OF an elegant and costly chirtc-
ter have had her name, originally IN rkrd on them,
cut NY SCISSORS. She destroyed two rings winch
sun Deed to have been engraved either with her
name that OF some OF her friends. Shr h,s
silver napkin ring, marked X. A. u. also. gold
thln,ble, marked X. +. TO X. A r. She s,cak, lt.l-
iau snd SAYS her mother Il alan aud her lthcr
lugiIsh There is very little bo,~ Of her recovery
ID SpiesrS that The did not retire To bed al all
Friday night, bot passed the time. previous TO taxi
the poison, IN writing, but her productions a
the pect she destroyed shc perceived
that LeI efforts upon her hie had been iurif ctaal.
Eryuud thcse grrrl facts, and the additional oae
thst sh. IL about - year, old, all Is p,nii mys
t'iy. Her evident claims TO the character Ut a I
~el-tfsd lady, the appearance OF wealth tRt I
wealthy tiende, which che exhibits; her disgust Of
the Won and her connections; aud her deteymari |
aud evidently long conceived desire tn -scap. I
hcn her friends aud go down to the grave, un- 4
kI.wn to thrn,-all tbese circumstances have /
g. mhred TO awaken deep intere-, AMI anxiety /
coucsinirg her among our citizens, tn whom the \
facts We have related have become kuown. Il u 4
to he hoped that she may Ne restored to her full /
rvss,n aud To her friends, " such che have ani /
slto that she will not be suffered To leave those /
" hem her mis lortuncs have drawn around her. 4
ui othsrs who present more sub>t tniial claims
To h,i regard and confidence, shall present them
selves