Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-11-20
Melancholy Suicide.

ics'etoay morning between tho houra
of and 9 o'clock. Littlebcrry Carringtou,
Esq, one the Aldermen OF this city, com
ini'ted suicide by hanging himself in an
building appnricnant to his residence
on Richmond Hill. The circums,anccs
attending this melancholy event, are briefly
these, as detailed to u.s. About s o'clock
Yesterday morning Mr.. Darlington arose
IA his usual hgihh--drcsscd himself and
descended TO the sitting room. rs the iami-
y supposed. such being his usual habit =
Breakfast beng announced about quarter
past 8, messenger was despatched for.
the purpose Of suinmoning him, Nol,6pd-
ing HIM in the siiting-room. search wasjn-
stituted IN various other apartments Of tho
dwcllng-house, but with no better sue.
cess. His absence created considerable
uneasness in the family. because of its un-
usualness; after thoroughly searching tho
premises. WIN. j. Clarke, Esq. a near
neighbour, was summoned. TO whom tho
singular absence of Mr.. C. was communi-
Gated. Mr.. Clarke endeavourcd to allay
all unpleasant apprehensions- by cheering
y assuring the family that he supposed Mr..
G. had been suddenly called or by some
pressing emergency. and that he would
speedily return. Dceming il his duty,
however, to institute rigid. search, he set
about II: and, horrible 10 relate, in an out
house, used for storing odds and ends, 10
discovered the body Of Mr.. Darlington,
suspended from the joist by cord, which
he had tcd IN moose around his neck
When discovered, say about 0 o'clock,
life was totally extinct Mr.. Clarke gavo
the alarm, and instantly severed the fatal
cord, but alas! no human effort could avail
to restore the vital spark -,
Daring the morning. Coroner Wicker
held an inquisilon over The body, when tho
jury unanimously gave j, as their opinion
that Mr. Carrington Committed suicide BY
hanging himself III fit of mental abcrra.
ton.
On searching the deceased, letter, ad-
dressed 10 "l,. Tate Wicker. G. Of r."
was found upon his person. which read
thus:
"When you find my body. | request il
10 be buried in the clothes you may find
on me. viz: socks, drawers and shirts.---
Please have plain coilin--not to cost mora
than So, ir one can be had at that price,
IL you will place me where the gravc-dis.
turbers cannot get at me. will take il as a
favour. My keys, and other things found
in my pockets, please leave in with Van-
Lew q Taylor. Farewell! DO not curse
my memory. "Your friend. 4gHr
III. CARRlNGTON."
Say the work Of a madman."
On the bock of this popcr. besides tho
superscription. the following quotation
from Mark Antonys speech over the dead
body Of Caesar, appears, written in fair,
legible chrogrnphy- No0'rl 1af
The evil that men do lives after fhcm, ~
The good is oft inferred with their bones"f
All the circumstances, connected with
this melancholy suicide, lead to the con-
clnsion that It was prcmcdiraicd; but MS 10
the Immediate causes which led to the rash
act, VIC know nothing. Mr.. Carrington
was one of our oldest and most respectable
citizens, having for many years been an
nnally selected by the people of Jefferson
Ward 10 represent them on tho bench Of
the Hastings Court.--R. Times.