Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-04-25

ui,l be meeting Of the order of Rebe
ma ,..a,suipp a: Odd Fellows Hall, member
k"h' III, IN the city will please take notice.
I'VE learn that workman al TIT
Ae.'D1 .ror of TIE d. & o. Railroad, in Centre
naen,.s vas struck in the face yesterday by {
bes''"s 's,,l which glided from beneath chis"l
..s,,v destroying one Of his eyes.
r.,nr,,r. FrGmr took place near the stons
Centre Wheeling on Sunday night, be.
7Il'E' ,.r,v of hands on the railroad and nun
Ns. .r Wheeling men. Several faces and head.
pr, .,,,y smashed, blood flowed freely, and al
Pe'e :, VAS most dsgracefal affair.
nr,p.-A man Who has been seen about
n, several days in an Intoxicated condition,
,,,oIy fell on the wharf and expired yesterday
/ ,..t 70 o'clock. Nothing was revealed before
r.,,,,.r,s Jury TO indicate his name or abode.
80 oppareutly about 50 years Of age, six feel
,i,h light complexion and sandy hair. lie
,..sssJ like steamboat deck hand, and oil
~, arm was tattooed the letters NJ. J. b. and
"a and an anchor. One OF the jurors state
!. deceased lau tolu MN 'i"I Ho "dS !" on u
~. and had br1thrrs who were ship builders
Wv York.
rs Argus has been told that his name was Will
:. Bisseli, that he Las brother-in- law named
"A Ramsey in Buffalo, N. ", and that he
,.ssa deck hand on the steamer Manchester,
= ,,b arrived few days ago from Nashville.
,S,p SroRY.-There is something in the very
lit of suicide al which tie mimi instinctively
i ,,Is-frorn wi ich we turn away with shudder
,s,n thing we are forbidden 10 think upon
rbep the deed stnres us fully in the face we
cancelled 10 look at it lmly that, for the sake
irsice, We may speak of it camdidIy. We have
On familiar with many cases of suicide, and
,,, me, with number of persons who have at
s..D,ed il, but were prevented by some accident
!, Puyidenlial interference from accomplishing
ban au full purpose; and we have never contem-
laid such cases without receiving impressions
!, tir,, can never lie ellaced from our mind, q
,,ithsni obtaining, by the exeIciSe OF a natural
,topsh il may be al idle curiosity, revelations
yLich. repeated, would set The most thoughtless
u thinking, "harrOw up the souls'' of the most
locll, and send their CHERISHED philosophy down
,e wind i'll search OF more wonders which they
ad newell dreamed OF. But let such things pass:
ley 5Iong 10 auother tribunal than ours, and il IS
Of for us 10 bare them 10 the public gaze. We have
ny 10 H. Iform, in 4 very usual and plain manner,
simple act Of justice.
The facts of the attempted suicide of Mr..
IAKLEs FlcKEIsox are substantially as we relet-
&. 4, I =. Iap
lrned some details, which, as public report i'll re-
I'd 10 the affair, is much at fault, may subserve
: cause Of iuitice in the case of WORTHY though
fortunate person.
Mr. FickeSon is German who has been i'll
IS country about two years anu q half. We have
;quently met him during his residence III this
y. and have noticed that he was a man of I'M
sssiJle nature, kind and aniable dispostion.-
S manners were those of gentleman accustomed
genteeI society, aud we understand that in his ma
r place he was much respected and beloved. He
& an excellent German scholar, though but i'm
riectly acquitted " tn the manners and customs
this country. He possessed fine musical talents.
j often delighted us with his performances
IsTi1uS 70 leaving his native lind, he was be
oihed 10 Il German girl, but difference in lheir
iIg0us iaitli-she being Catholic-he Luthe-
n-SaS intcrposed an obstacle 10 their union,
d pOycd an insutmountable one, as neither was
.poyed 10 renouEce their religion. lie lett his
ne and kindred, but was cheered in his solitary
!age across the Atlantic with the prospect OF
;e.ing his sister and brother when he arrived in
5 country. When he arrived at Pittsburgh he
and that his sister had been dead and buried for
se weeks. With sad heart he wendell his
y 10 a town in Ohio in search of his BROTHER
ere he found his brother Frustrated by sickness,
.snous with fever and unable 10 recognise him.
This was too much for nature already morbidly
nsitive aud grooming under recent dlsappolnt'
:lts, and his mind became temporarily deranged;
lton The recovery of his brother, the care OF his
ends, the attractions of new scenery and the
IrieS of society, restored him 10 consciousness
Id apparr MT enjoyment. Since that time he has
en- engaged mostly in the study Of The English
nguage and music. in which he had made re-
arkabIe progress, though subject frequently to fits
mOOdineSs and melancholy, if not alteration Of
md. 1t was only those, however, who were very
Innate with him who could ever detect these
sIings. as he generally appeared in company re-
ltkaLe for his cheeriulness, scciability and
i4leSS. Recently his brother, who keeps mu-
store in this city. desired him 10 learn to repair
':scal instruments, kind Of work for which he
i!hequent applications. lie made some efforts
10 so, but in short time became disconnected
AunlaPpy, and complaining that his troubles
we more than he could bear, left the eStab-
&uent lie boarded for several weeks on the
A'nd with Professor Weber, during which time
Bother seldom saw him. A few days before he
-enPted to commit suicide, he came 10 the store,
I'd he would go 10 Pittsburgh, that he should
ooabiy never more be seen &c., but as lie had
''tt inmaied the slightest disposition TO suicide,
brother had no thought that he would make
sh en- attempt, and did not watch HIM as closely
he might otherwise have done. On last Mon
night he did not 90 10 bed. making prepRra
ms apparently 10 leave i'll the morning boat, blu;
'"def'ng around the room and going out and re-
ming III all abscracted and excited manner. He
aginec that his friends had deserted hiln-that