The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-27
Two su,s ides In Phisdelphua.

We have TO chronicle says the Philade phis AMERICAN
two suicides OF melancholy character, the circum-
stances OF which possess painful interest The first is
that Of young woman Of beautiful person, and evident
~ rercctabe :tioDs, which contaminated on
Fridsy Dgbt. About nine O'Clock Friday evening,
Ne kames and McCalvcy, Custom House watchmen,
heard struggle in the water, in dock the Delaware,
just above Vine street, They found that tho noise
proceeded from drowning person; and after diff
cult .x-rtcn succeeded taking from the water the
bocy Of young iemalebut the vital spark extin
guided The body was conveyed to the undertaking es
enlistment of Barnet Cohen in Fifth street. below Lom
bard where, in the absence Of the Coroner Alderman
George Moore held inquest The jury rendered
cic Of suicide but the body not identified BY any
witnesses produced at the inquest The deceased appear
% 10 have been about ~ OF She rather
The medium height, robust and with most pre-
lossessip2 counteDaDce. She had dark brown har,
when rather long She dark, striped mousiin
de ine dress with und-rsesve- and all her eliot ling
OF peat elegant description There were
marks upon the clothing y which The person Of she un
about her we're hair bracelets her wrists,
mounted with jet. The shawl Of the young woman Was
found the mud within short distance 81 where the
body covered II is wcolen and stone colored,
with br, wn bcroer. Upon the whaef near by was a
rhiaI Which still contained small portion Of audannm,
m lie label et forth thai the article been obt~ned
htm he drrg store Of George X smith, No. lso North
The bonnet OF the deceased not recovered Those
Who IL the wnier unier tho impression that
act committed; and II Ia believed that the
peich,d youne woman let herself down into the dock,
eehbeasly wafed into the deep dark waters of the
Ir. tond, who made the post mortem sxatnina-
ten Ia of Sic ~ inion That the young had
led obsolete He, while her hands We're as soft and deli
este Il she had toied The occurrences that
dc ed young aud fair desperate, must have
tesn ,i and touching character, A tsrg. nu nber
fIsons called 10 view The body yesterday bat up to
late hour IN The evening IL had not been identified.
About ii O'Clock Sunday morning. the citizens In
The vicinity of iopar and Apple streets were 'hfoFn
into q state of excitement by a loud explosion which
,,tm the story front Of tho h,uss oc
tIi,d ly Acam Htin la ma err and dealer In findings
on she south sise 81 Poplar street below Fifth Upon
Jertons proceeding TO the room Mr. Rein himself
found IN the ag MES q death and in few seconds
eoxtued The body prssented shocking spectacle.
be deceased bad heavily loaded horse pistol placed
he Of II to his mouth and blew his face and head
ipost 81 pie :es
The veap n was shattered by the explosion; hand
was moch abged he breast wounded by the fragments
The pistol ard the shirt fire. Tie window glass
nd several articles in the apartment sere also much
farfgd. in the absence of the Cor oner Alderman Reed
Lee an inquest and verdict Of suicide WA rendered
Nv ,he ury IL appears that the deceased had not lived
bapily with bss Wife for time past He had tsiien
into Incorporate habts,an this led 10 the act u fel
obstruction He was doug good business. Some soV
| 10 gold was found IN the house.
| REVENUE MARINE OFFICERS ORpERED.-Second
Lieut. James n Dsher has been orcered 70 cuttef lou
| hin IN the Wilmington a. CO station, and deacheo
| from the Robert McClelsnc, on the Mobile staron
the I,bain and ordered TO the cutter Forward a. VIII
mireton. 81. ,..-..x.
secapd Iiest r. j. Kifam has been dotached from the
Forward and orcered TO the cutter HARRISON ~ oS~eso,
rirst lieut. John A. WEBSTER Jr., has been detached
nom lie cutter Caleb Cu,hing, At Portland, Me-, and
| ,roer,d to the Toward. =,
| Ttst Liant W j. Eoge,s has ben detached from the
| Fa,watf and orcered to the Cushing.
n,,Iu,or he pissed the Georgia legislature 70 In
s,,,ct M. Jusiay Como 81 to reppr, upon The pro
u'cy q pod9irg ~ rctesiips The usiry tss q m