Washington telegraph., 1852-04-14
Mysterious Occurrence.

The brooklyn advertiser says tina, an
occurrence Of somewhat mysterious aud
melancholy character recently tosk piaac At
hotel in New York city, tue particular ul
which have come to the writer knowledge
and are as follows
Some six weeks since. lady took rooms
at the hotel before alluded to, she was young
aud beautiful, aid, from her manner aud
gcntcel appearance, had evidently been
used Ia refined ssciety. She was without
companions or attendants Of any kind. aud.
frum the moment she entered the hotel.
seemed ip prefer the retirement If her own
ropm seeking the acquaintance Of no one.
and taking her meals in her private apart.
ment During the irt few days af her res
idence there. gentleman. apparently a
stranger, and Of progressing appearance
called 10 see her upon two separate occa.
sions, aud was admitted 10 her room, since
which time nothing has been seen or heard
from him.
Matters went on this way for several days
Nhcn the lady complained to the waiter who
attended her Of being very i'll, aud request.
ed him to procure her physician, who
when he came, pronounced the disease
to be fever aud aguc and prescribed accord.
ingly. She, however, refused to take any
medicine whatever, aud continued to grow
worse daily, Suffering, as she informed
the writer, from burning fever, she or.
dnrcd basin oi ice.Watcr. with which she
bathed herself freely This treatment rs
might be expected, brought on inflammation
of the lung. fryn which she never recover.
ed but sunk gradually into that sleep
which knows no waking
For several days previous to her death
she was attended by a lady, resident Of
the ame hotel, who learning the peculiar
circumstance. uf the case. volunteered her
services, aud continued almost day aud
night to watch by the pillow Of the dying
stranger until she finally ciJ~i her eye, IN
death. To this lady the unhappy woman
revealed the story Ol her lie under "a.
cred promise not to iiyulgc It, beyond that
she was the daughter Of Judge a resident
Of Long Island, ~ Y, aud that her hu-.
band was wealthy and held high official
station under the government at Washing.
ton. She also stated that she had no wish
to live longer in this world, but preferred
death, and continued to refuse any medi-
cine offered her to the last She had am.
pie means in her possession, aud made all
the necessary appropriations for her funeral
expenses-rcquested that she might be laid
out in a rich cashmere dress which she order.
ed TO be purchased for that purpose, and that
her body might be deposited in Greenwood
Cemetery
A few hours before her death she took
from her fingers several valuable rings,
wept over them for moment, and then han
ded them to the lady who had evinced 50
much kindness towards hor-remarking that
they were inexpressibly dear to her, but that
she had no further use for them now, and
begged their acceptance as a token of re.
membrancc
After her death an advertisement was in
serted in several of the papers, stating the
facts, in order that her friends might have
an opportunity to claim her remains On
the day appointed for her funeral, two gem
tlemen called at the hotel and requested to
see the body; their request was complied
with, and, upon viewing the features Of the
deceased they burst into tears aud aclm0wl.
edged themselves one to be her uncle and
the other to be her only brother whose feel.
ings on the occasion can better be imagined
than described.
Her death has probably drawn veil
over scene of seduction and desertion, the
particulars Of which may never be made
public.