The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-06-27
NUMBER 26.

cellencies of the wife who had cheered the
long campaign Of the political soldier, grateful
recollections thickened on his mind, 'the life
blood began, to push its way into dull memo.
ries, and his eyes began to shine, and his whole
form 10 sway about gently and gratefully,
while the tone waxed louder, though not at all
vehement, but rather more and more pathetic
and affecting. Never shall our ears forget the
touching melody with which he pronounced
this closing period of a sorrowipg climax, " he
was my junior in years-ih nothing else;" and
then he rested in the gentle tide Of his words;
he turne his eyes on the empty chair--a mo.
ment Of silence intervened-lhen his accumu.
lated weight Of feeling gushed forth in one
brief, moving question, us he jestured toward
the chair-"When shall that great vacancy be
fledl" Forever shall those swelling words,
"that great vacancy" sound and resouud 10 our
ears. Their tone was the tone Of dirge, and
Of q panegyric, a prophecy, combined.
SUPPOSED MURDER OF Youao LADY BIZ
HER BErRorHED.-lt will be remembered that
some time during last spring an item went tbe
rounds ofthe papers, c6ronicliiig the sudden
death Of Miss Agnes Pharr, of Covington. Va,
stating that she was within o few days Of her
marriage to one Dr. Thompson, her fathers
physician. We learn from private source
that it is SO strongly suspected that her death
was caused by s,rychnine administered by DR., T..
that several public meetings of the citizens
have been held to consider the matter. The
circumstances seem to be these: Miss Pharf
had been indsposed for some weeks, and had
been taking medicine, from Dr.. Thompson.
On the morning of her DEATH, DR.. T. WROTE
her note, asking postpopement Of her mar;
riage,, and urging her to take the remainder Of
the pills he had left for her. Among these
pills there seems to have been one considera.
bly, larger than the other, and this was the
opIy one left, Miss -Pharr having refused to take
it. ~
Upon this last request she. took it, and In
fifteen minutes was corpse. Her death was
then pronounced similar to that produced by
strychnine, but there was no suspicion of fodi
play until the ladies engaged in dressing the
body discovered certain signs, which were
more than confirmed by the further discovery
of q box of ergot pills. When the suspicion
assumed public character, DR.. Thompson de-.
manded that the body should be disihterred
and examined by a committee of physicians
named by himself, but when the consent Of the
parents OF the unfortunate girl was obtained,
he refused to have any thing to do with it, ale.
gng as a,reason that he did not wishto wound
The feelings of the family. These are the facts
as they have been detailed to US by two gen.
tlemen of standing. Ii they be true there Is
certainly good ground for demanding an in.
yestigatiou If Dr.. Thompson be guilty, no
time should be lost In ridding the world oil such
a monster; if innocent, his character as a man
will be satisfied with nothing less than a full
free and triumphant acquittuI. The father of
Miss Pharr is Presby byterian Minister, and is
said to he one of the most upright aimable
unsusspicuous persons to be found anywhere.
Lynchburg (Va,) Republican.