Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-07-11

The Albany .Ailes mskes the subjoined
sensible and appropriate comments in re.
gard to tho funerals Of the two persons who
recently committed suicide in Brooklyn 1t
would seem that the collisions OF crowded
city teadto make people crazy. Whether
the matter belongs to comedy or tragedy
any little incident out of the common way
ia hike applying fire to prepared train, and
almost instan,aneously the whole crowded
city is in blaze OF excitement. In the
progress Of such exhibitions. reason appears
10 be completely dethroned, common sense
and very often common decency are alto
gelher ignored, and the ss'urnaha OF ieaiy
are celebrated with 9 wild abandonment
that, for the time being. appears to deprive
the wor.hippers OF the name and appearance
Of reasonable beings. Sometimes, as in
the present instance, these outrageous farces
assume the quiet and solemnity of reiig-
ous ceremony, and then the very absence
OF any noisy demonstrations renders more
apparent the absolute insanity OF the pro-
ceeding. Blu, we will quote what the At
las says upon the OCCASION
"The funeral of the young man was de-
serted by general consent Il was even
feared that public passion would wreak it.
selfin outrage upon the dead body. and It's
few sad mourners.
| On the other hand the dead girl was made
the subiec, OF singular ovation. A pubic
meeting of citizens decreed her funeral hon.
ora, OF the most pampous and sacred char
ac,er. Twenty five hundred persons gath
cred to the Episcopal Church. where she
was To be buried. A magnificent hearse.
drawn by two white horses, under the man.
asemen, of committee Of citizens, bore
| the coffin Of polished mahogony lined with
satin. Within the corpse lay clad in white
merino, her head encircled by wreath Of
white and red roses It lay before the al
tar: and the preacher preached sermon on
love and charity, and human infirmity, after
| which the corpse was buried in lot In the
cemetery bestowed upon it by an Elk May
or ofthe city. A msssive silver scroll on
the coffin bore the inscription-"Io TIL
UxHxowx, AGED -, DIED JUNE %, 1855"
The inscription alas was false. The CIR
was Known. Hesven forbid that We should
think with any feeling but of compassion
for such as she was: or should interpose be-
tween any depth Of degradation, or any ex-
cess of human sympathy it may call out
But the truth ia that this woman had led
for many years back venal and corrupt
/ life. The young man. deeply attached to
her. had gone to the far West to rid himself
ky absence ofhis passion. but had returned
drawn BY the strong attraction of his love;
and again seeing her, and seeing the life
| she led, resolved TO die.
Under the inspiration of his example she
/ too resolved to die: and the romantic imsg-
] ination of the public crowned this wicked
act of splf-murdar. as the heroic sacrifice ai
true sfFe ction: and with one ofthose caprices
which characterize spurious sentimental
ism, and distinguish il from true sentiment,
took one corpse TO its heart, that Of the in
stigator and corrupter, and Knocked at,
seorned and repulsed her dead victim.
The veilthat covered the two hearts can
only be lifted By Him who inspired them. =
But the thin disguise in which the sympa-
thetic public paraded its ostentatious char
tiles 10 penetrable by all eyes. Il was ell
false. False public spirit, false charity,
false divinity. false parade Of sympathy
with lost humanity, which, when analyzed.
was bot bitter manifestation Of irony
against humanity, pointing and barbing the
brutsli,y which lscerated atthe same mo-
men, family affection"