Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-09-06
MISC-ELE-A,lN,]EOU q
IA Suicide with al Moral.

We mentioned few days ago, that respecta-
BILE young man, named John S. Davis had COM
mted suicide at Camden, N. ~ ion Saturday night
las, bytaking, laudanum and that twas reported
he had wife residing in Baltimore. 1T appears
he left letter in his room assigning The following
reasons for putting end to his existence 20 go
..Itwill be charged upon me'by paragraph mon7ii
gers, that mental alteration, caused by pecuTj
mary difficulties has led me TO the act whose
consequences are now visible. la'I Love- sdomes-@
tic afction,' or anybut the true cause, will be ass
snged. To refute all such charges and to set att
rest forever all speculatons on the subject write
these lines. f...s..,..,,, -. !i:..,ti-..,...
piness Like other men, have tried and ex-
hausted all the springs of action; ambition, and
friendship, and love, have all moved me in their
turn, but yet they have not brought happiness
stMine has, indeed, been a ,battle of life And
as have kept my post upon its field, have be-
held all that makes life happy pass forever away.
Projects of fame have fallen, friends have fallen
from my side, the love Of my youth has turned to
Serted and denied me, wealth has slipped from my
praspAall has proved but dreary blank. And
now at the end of the strife, stand alone upon
the plain, my dead hopes strewn around in mock
cry, and nothing in the future but despair ane q
death. tss'ss. 49, -. ~ ~ '.t' -
ssWhy it has been thus with me, whyI have never
enjoyed the happiness that other men have reyeied
in around me, stop not now to inquire Suihce
it that have not AS many another, many pei
u
meet death than to brave the scorning finger o the
world and to endure the cravings of his own bitter
thoughts, SO and from life Of care and trouble
and more sorrow thai, my proud nature can bear.
turn to the quiet and silence Of death. And what
after? Eternity dark, blank, mysterious and un-
fathomed eternity LIN single hour, l shall have
solved its mystery. ID ir5I siJ Do LEet .fa JEf
81 have worked out my destiny. My first plunge
into the calm, bright lake existence has been suc1y
ceeded by wave after wave of ciIcling life, each
wilder and more distant from the centre than his
ellow-till at last, all is merged in the CLASSY
ocean of undisturbed nonentity,,9FlO NN .il. a.
stI could have wished to die upon the helL or
with the deck beneath my foot-7the smoke and
flame of battle around me, and yictory's flag wa
wing above my head, but it is denied me. Eere9
ends my career on earth 'i4'z iifh 3tt 81 :.
nTo my employer, who has been my frmest
best, most seadfast friend, return my heartfelt
thanks for Kindness received. wild, turbulent
and passionate nature has been greatly subdued
by his jcountenance and advice, and if1 have not
profted by the latter, l have certainly 1eit truly
proud and grateful for the former. To those OF
my business connections who have, borne with the
frailities Of my nature and at the imper-
fection Of my mental culture, beg to tender my
thanks and good wishes II To q, those who WIN oe
life, have only to say that hive endeavored to
act honorably and Justly toward them ALTO
wrong no man-to do entirely unto others that
which / would have Others do unto me. have
set before me the words of the poet: H., m
sInOu Jewel, hcpuGdpUH'I " s1tFf{
Letme secure thee, bright and spotless now,
And this weak, care-worn body s dissolution
Will cheaply pay the purchase A'7..'
os1 have iaboredi for name willie as mountain
snow, dazzling and speckless; butthe failure OF
the hopes had built upon, has come upon me 700
shorld Eaye redeemed my honor as it now stands
pledged to themAas it is, they must only pity anu
| forgive, while they condemn me. =,
4 have but one relative to whom my death VIII
cause pans-Iny father. ne ikno@s en4usa ~ "
feel that weghty reasons must have Determined me
to commit this act; perhaps too, he can surmse
them Let this reflection console HIM tor the loss
Of his o,ly son; it is better to die thus than to 1--we
asdependent, shackled slave, 10 tnei capiices "
thosecYho neither understand moi care for lme, OF
to live among those whose protestadops oi regard
4 are as hollow as their own minds. -, ts,.,e ), .
4 any father has been very dear to me-ana al
though the accidents of fortune haye prevented my
demonstrating, by act, my affection, have always
4 reyered his image, and cherished IN my SOUL tne
/ recollections of boyhood.s happier days, when no
4 one stood betw cen the son of his love anu me-
But that lis now all passed. w May he be very
happy i. III ;hsss sso,,;T ,;nes s!,s,tm I ,contempo. mo-
\ rarv remarks was evidently man of education and
h Intelligence, in the worldly OF 1.-THE
term; butt alas it is no less evident that ne iackee
that kind of knowledge which alone enables ,;s Sun
II Had he been blessed with something of Christian
foTttude he never could have sunk into the cow
ard,ss graye-7grase of thel suicide fhe, Ml iot
ginning to end; and that spirit Of dependency
Which 1t conjures up in seasons of misfortune 10
Tighten its victims into eternity is pIom-
inent throughout. Hopper Patienee, M hesgna1on,
and Cohtentment, eaeeapons only the Chrlstlah
can command in like seasons o' nals fI5y9 saaiszr
r5A celebrated hangnan IN England, showns I'M
ibs saiiows alta ched to observed to the
bystanders that he had hung tweniyp on, ~
gnaIisi OF ii aoiiass 100 3ttIEIsqni1 szt5
SO. no, !blees, you. twenty sfyss people eonlaa
I | swing on that way co5iEoRTApLT.g g,sT iT..- ~,
n- An old maid was heard to exclaim, wi hiie sit.
t;nS1 W Mt her toilet the other day, 81 can bea
adsersitys and encountef harashipa, and withstan.