The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-21


No voices in saeCtion's tones
/ Upon my ears nc~ fall;
| Alone tread the path Of hfe-
| am the last Of al.
would not have proud marble pied
Above my grassy bed,
One simple stone to mark The spot
AID one 70 weep me dead
The body Of Miss Cochran placed beard the
And conveyed to her friends.
The pubic mind 1. nstura Is ANXIOUS to know the
causes Of fueh procs<dDgs Was it disappointed
lover Was It shame for past sctsp Or Il fear Of
BRINGING di.gIace upon themselves and frsndss
tlrg suInisng evil dsd class in community, stimuli
and feel warranted IN saying that suoh surmises Ill
fake. disappointed love the cause. and the only
not late ept but in the cs.s Of one Of them
wearing and preyig upon the mind for some fourteen
months s 50 that .noss lightly her gs. wa: sshsd IL
TO Cyrus , Bddeford Me-. has been found aud tells
| its osn story -
DOW for the las. time sttemp. TO scriobs you
few lines and ere sbe.s few lines reach you shan b
you again with letter for shall not No. this is tho
isst You win receive this 9TH anger, perhaps but,
me for troubling
Biddsford low happy ard COMMENTED hope you arc.
A. for myself am Dot happy. but in fe~ m9ments
Tat am cold n dssth and .hal one day meet you in
another word So farewell, Cyrus; go and bs happy,
- w. '''''1 - '' cArHARINE COTTON
Miss Cotton left SIS 80 10 money. She also left short
letter fer her father and her sister bidding them
sdieu and stating that shs should Dot be alive whom
they received tie These letters contained SIS
Fer bod, deoayed 50 fast that it became necessary TO
She Mt the io0ow,ns poetry; and postscript which
| gsss clue 70 her state Of mind
0Cyrus. dear Cyrus,
II sas fer lovirg you
/ That makes me 70 unhappy,
For you have proved 70 ne untrue.
How many times you have promised
That would
But hov little dio think
That should ruined b.
know you have tried to ruin ms-
Ana, perhaps " never , shall mss. again,
Until the judgment day
have stTsyeo far from ftisaAs and homs,
You fox to forget,
But sou are ever present,
And you think Of yst.
Now you and l parted,
Perhaps Fever in this world TO meet,
Remember there Is meeting:
Il viii be At the Judgment Seat.
Pray think how you have wrsngsd me,
And rem ember what you have said,
And may il net escape your mild
When on your dying bed
And when bod o., they are laid,
Beneath the cold, caM c'oi,
Our spi, Its sill return unto
inst AID holy God
Ard then TO be judged
BY the God that rules on high;
The judgments fast approaching
The Judge, he win not lie.
CYRrs:-several ooths have Ella psed since ssw you
even sss1 s1is aT ss
white you are enjoying yourself in the g.y world
member that you nave been the DESTROYER hap
ne you should you would found 10 me devoted
friend What IL passed cannot be recalled am
fer !, ON those that or ce PRICED "a friends.
Miss Gotten intimate friend of . Miss Davis
with hom sire has conversed freely these matters
for or two pa. and with Shon n, she was moss Of
In charge, aver ng that she should drown herself Mas
psvs did believe that she in earnest till sAs
her jump into the fa.a stream.
From the Manchester Mirror. Aug III
STATEMENT OF MISS DAVIS.
.EveYythiDg thro~ing light upon the last hours Of
contributed 70 heir melancholy fats LAST Sund&Y
lug, read by this community with great avidity
foundation in fact calculated IN part to inure the
feelings Of the friends Of the two unfortunate females
rhoss sudden deliberate self possessed act OF taxing
their lives bas csused such sensation in midst
We proceed & lay before readers statement made
BY Miss Davis 10 US IN the presence Of tso Other ladies'
ore OF whom also \ room mate Of Miss C1tten aud
Miss Cochran all th.e1 OF whom Jaw them whcn they
| committed the fatal detd.
Miss Davis fret b. came acquainted With Mise Cotton
two years sgo at Biddeford Me- whore they both
a. WORK in the mills She became intimate with her
sooD after their qua'ntanos commenced, yoaog
In Bddeford began 60 chow Miss Cotton many attentions
/ and 10 time became her ackno ~lsdged lover An
esgsuept tcet place ard the time set for their
prepsIstions for the marriage got ready aud returned
to Bdcefod week before The das sppoated for tue
hup'ih ceremony wnen sh0 WAS IN 0emed oy nee ver
that he bad changed his mind and oouc iudsi not to
mary This event took place year last Juoe. Msa
Gotten stay ed 1T Bddeford lev weeks longer but after
she WA abandoned BY ore upon ~hon al hcr affections
placed, 1t her ike deserted ne. and she
left and vent TO L vol where she stayed few weeks
and vent TO Lawrence. She stayed at TIA place but
sh mt time snd to Manchester Bar here Is at ell
other places where che lived since hs silver cord Of
her existence broken could think OF nothiog
but orrov clouds and thics da kDess continually
i ahont her.
che vent 70 L. pn hoping that change Of occupation
Inf En- Rat cd
affection caustd the deception Of hover al nost ct tn,
Dilcsl b0ur cauDot be healed By Idly
y osering The miId by trsvel About seven ~eess
ths returned 10 nstctetsr un8be 90 be contaosed
shee spd Thor for The fet ime bee acquainted ~th
Miss Cochran, Posseuro II kindred feelings upon ne
| suhJ'ct they sofD became quite intimate
NILE cocnfan "a early lite hec strongly ataohsd 70
. Sour nan with st ON she echo l. They hAve
sst gar Oh they keJt up regular and sfscuonste cor
| lefppctro~ b@fstupg IL her mind the telef that he
| SAT Der kver and you'd bf her huah.rd IN NAV be
bat lie consceto them ueelJ letters q friendship and
| bad TO icea 81 ever marrying her
Last March be pIofe 20 saving that che rsed not
write "a him again till she mother letter from
him She do write al Letters, from sb,cb no re
sp cane; and from he moment that fn copvic
tnr flashed ubot her mind tsat she abandoned
| lie bss beep desoate Hope deferred maksth the
heart sed and oresry dreAmy aod Aloot uure~ have
BEEN the hours that conviction 6shcd uooo her
mind Her fsatt bitter than those sbed for
the coed sbd yet mot oonsol,ng. As abe read do
not -rffe again" che seemed ore oil conroousses
o. who Ihs vac and vhere she ves and the msauing Of
| what she bad rsaA reminding 81 little Mari Lee
Iput ny basd upsa my head
/ 10 thfsk what L. could mean
Ikasv I ssvse hsd Msn dssA,
40 ooua 70 hfS AeAA