The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-12
From the Brooklyn Daily Advertiser.
Mysterious Occurrence.

An occurrence of somewhat mysterious and
melancholy character, recently took place al a
hotel in New York city, the particulars of which
have come to the writes knowledge, and are az
follows:
Som ak weeks since, lady took rooms at
the hotel before alluded to she was Young and
beautiful, and from her manner and genteel ap
pearance, had evidently been used to refined So
cisty. She was without companions or attend
ants of any kind, and from the moment she en-.
tered the hotel, seemed to prefer the retirement
OF her own room-seeking the acquaintance of
no one, and taking her meals in her private apart
ment Daring the first few days of her resi-.
dence there, gentleman apparentlya stranger,
and of prepossessing appearance, ca He'd to see
her upon two separate occasions, and was nd
mtted to her room stree which time nothinu
has been seen or heard from him.
Matters went on this way for several davs.
when the lady complained to the waiter who nt
tended her of being very i'll, and requested him
t. procure her a physician, who when he came,
pronounced the disease to be fever and apue
and prescribed a .cordngy She. however, re-
fused to take any medicine VIII ,taver, and con
tinued to grow worse daily. Suff.rir o (as she
informed the waiter) from burning fever. she
ordered basin of ice water, with which, it an
pears, she bathed herself freely This treat.
ment, as might be expected, brought on nham,-
ton Of the lungs, from which she never recov-
ered but sank gradually into that "sleep that
kno rs no waking"
For several days previous to her death, she
was attended by a lady, a resident Of the same
hotel, Who learning the peculiar circumstances
OF the case, volunteered her services and con.
tinued almost day and night to watch by the
pillow OF the dying stranger, until she finally
closed her eyes in death. TO this lady the un
happy woman revealed the story of her life
| under promise never to divulge it, beyond
| that she was The daughter of Judge. a resi-
dent of Long land, N Y, and that her hus.
band was wealthy and held high official sn-
ton under the government at Washington.
She also stated that she had no wish to live
longer in this world, but preferred DEATH aud
continued to refuse the medicine offered her to
tfe last She had ample means in her possess
sion, and made all the necessary appropriations
| for her funeral expenses-reques ting that she
might be laid out in rich cashmere dress
which she ordered to be purchased for that pur
pose, and that her body might be deposit, d in
Greenwood Cemetary. 3l.
| few hours before her death, she took from
her finger several valuable rags wept over
them for moment, and then handed them to
| the lady who had evinced so much kindness to-
wards her, but that she had no further use for
them now, and begged their acceptance as
token of remembrance
After her death, an advertisement was in.
serted in several of the city papers, stating the
facts, in order tn It her friends might have an
opportunity to claim her remains. On the day
appointed for her flu eral, two gentlemen called
at the hotel and req uested to see the BODY
their request was complied with, and npon
viewing the features of the deceased, they burst
into tears, and acknowledged themseves-one
to be an uncle, and the other an only brother
whose feelings on the occasion can be better
imagined than described Her death has pro-
badly drawn veil over scene of seduction
and desertion, the particulars of which may
never be made public fse. III IN