Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-05-09

accounted for-of so highly respectable a
gentleman as Mr.. Edward Moore, late of
this town, is in itself a remarkable fact
But i, is not so remarkable as that so
strange an occ rrence in broad daylight, in
the most populous Of our cities, shoull
have, beyond the immediate circle of the
genilemans friends, excited bu, liule if
any interest. Advertisements are univer-
sally disseminated, not only through the
public prints, bu, by means Of handblls
considerable reward is offered /; the dom-
nani passIn of the 20 ice, their cupidity, is
aroused, and y,t we hear Of few eflorts
being made for the recovery of the lost and
missing, beyond those insugaied by certain
benevolent or interested individuals.
How singular Can il be possible that
any man is suffered to vanish, as il were,
from the earth without at least awakening
The public curiosity or sympathy! /.
would seem so. Beyond paragraph, gen.
orally copied, announcing the disappear
ance, we Lave noted no remarks or com
menis on MIR. Moores erH it has almost
been passed over, so far as the press is
concerned, sub Sihntio. Ard what deduc-
lon is to be drawn from this Is il that
The community of great metropolis arc
Indifferent to the sudden extinction of
human life by violence or acc dent No;
Notwithstanding the small value which is
Sc, in New York on persons compared with
that, with which property is regarded,
such is not the reason for lack Of interest
in this case. Ii is because no one out of
Newport, except those who knew and es-
tecmed Mr.. Moore, believe that his disap-
pearance is attributable to his death. To
suppose that an inofensive and quiet gen.
tleman of dienifed deporlmen, and courte-
Gus address could be murdered withou.
cause, is too gross an absurdity. lie neith-
er had nor was suspee ted to have money.
To suppose Iha, he was accidentally killed,
by fall, for example, into the water in op-
en- day anywhere about the city, is an hy-
po,hesis of equal absurdi'y. 1t is at least
TO the minds of Indifferent observers :; for it
is next to impossible that he could have Sc
ia len without either being noticed at the
time or being discovered afterwards.
What then is the common and vulgar be
lief That Mr.. Moore voluntarily wen:
away. To us, who knew his character,
such supposilon is even more absurd than
any conjectrre, that could be hazarded., A
person he was, eminent for veracity, for
strict prob:ty, for honor, for delcacy, as
well as for grea, learning and the thorough
breeding of a gentleman. Besides life lay
before him like br cht and chez ful land
scape, or, to use the ordinary phrase, hip
prospects were excellent. Good fortune is
not thing To be run away from.
Where then is Mr.. Moore Killed.
We think not. Dead by his own act or
by accident! We ll.ink not. Gone away
voluntarily No, We are sure not. Will
he be discovered VIII he re'urn .
These are questions we cannot answer
Wha, then is our conjecture We have
no conjecture We can fern none. We
know not " hat to believe, though we know
what not TO believe. 1t is a profound and
curious mys 'ery-one, which may never be
sO'vcd ; but which is more wonderful ihan
any to be found in the pages of fiction. Our
marve is that it has excited so lille interes.
abroad. We can account for the lack o:
lnteres, only in the way we have mention
ed. But we Suggest to our coiemporaries,
especial of the New York press, that this
affair should no, be suffered to die out but
that, for the srarCcncss Of tie occurrence,
il for no higher reason. the fact should be
reiterated that, almost at mid day, a per-
SON OF age, sense and discretion vanished
az if in.o the fosom of the earth, leaving
no trace behind.