Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-07-07

Smicide-IHe Proclamation of the Mavo,--
Grand H0az-Weafher-Lan for fks
Departed Grsat-Eyitaph.
NRw YORK, July 5. 1855.
The sensation created by the shocking .uj.
cides of two lovers by taking prussic acid
together has subsided, and those who gave
vent to violent feelings because the father Of
the young man would lot permit the burial OF
the young woman's remains from his house,
feel somewhat ashamed for their conduct. as
lhe developments concerning the unknown
lemaie show the parent wss justified In act
ing a. he did. This mode Of ending the ills of
life, AMI taking fearful :" leap in the dark"
has become en- every day occurrence, and one
winch deserves the attention Of those who
nave desire 10 check the growing evils OF
society. No less than nine cases Of seIf-de-
struction have taken place in New York and
the city Of Brooklyn within a week.
The Mayors Proclamation TO the public and
instructions to the police department, ia regard
to the liquor law, has taken many by surprise
1t makes the law dead letter-as he informs
the policemen that native liquors only must be-
seized, and warns them 10 be careful not To
overstep their duty. 1t would be a difficult
matter even for an old topper TO say whether
his +" bitters' werc homemade or foreign
how much more dificalt for q man 10 decide
who is supposed 10 never taste it' After this,
his advice 70 the trsnsgressors Of the law is
much like that Of a person who. in a speech 10
4 riotous mon, told them that glass would
break, ami stones were plenty, but they must
not damage the property Of the individual
against whom they were .ncensed
a Southern newspaper got up grand item
OF news for it, readers, which proves 10 be a
grand hoax. The story is that a rich Southern
planter Is about To- be united 10 New York
lady. the nuptials to take place here al tho
Ill. II r.
ihdt they would require the whole building
for their accommodation, they leased the same
for the pace of four days, at a rent Of $4,000
per day. This is what the French would call
UR grand c0m0Td.
The weather i 80 hot that every person
seems 70 be boiling In their own sweat; busi-
ness so dull that a man can't even cut his
own creditors. Our biggest men are ready To
burst on account OF the extraordinary number
of brandy smashes among their retail custo-
mers. Maine Law, Strawberries, and mint
Juleps are the current topics. The juleps are
soon put down, strawberries are gradually
withdrawing from the cont ost, and Maine Law
is among the things that were. A.ine Law
was a hero-a greater hero than Horace Gree
ley Ia Chchy, or HulliEs, the immortal Achilles
OF Greytywn.
The Hon. Pierre Scale did not show more
genuine pluck in bis nevoE-tO-be-f1rgOt:en
sword encounter Of ar hour and a hall durs-
ti1H-when ivbody was hurt-with ;ac Span
Ish Don in y.n1i ,atiOG O. tle dissiml arity of
his Du!cina % somebody's grandaunt than
Maine Law did in struggling 10 live until the
Gay ci has birth; but. oh shade Of t.-c world
renowned QuixUtte, his valiant Squire Panza,
aud the spiritual iunkies that dance atton-
dance upon Andrew Jackson Davis and Judge
EainuLts, why is such yalor ever allowed TO
perish Spirit "a the great LsOnidas, vino
filed the pass OF Thermopy .se-so that nobody
else could pass Shade of the immortal Dogs
cf Venice. who married the AdriGtic: why iS
the LaHtiing o. Neal Dow thus allowed t. pass
away from u-? Why IL this child, that was
10 brius about a second regeneration OF NAL
kind, not allowed 70 perform its first miracle
changing all our wine into water, and our
marriGSe feasts into hydropathic gatherings,
Entities Of the departed great, and thy chosel
vessels On earth-she fslvs, and the foxes
through whom pass the waters Of thy spiritual
wisdom. and knowledge, take, at once, We be-
seech thee, into the seventh sphere of glory,
the spirit IF the gloriou. stepchild Of our Cow
ernor r, that was TO be, and isn't. Maine Law
l. dead. 1t was feared by its friends that
there could not be found q man bold enough
to execute it. when it became a law. But
in this they were mistaken. Mayor Wood
may the shade of the brave John Barley
corn hover about him--feeling that he had
been I" sent for that purpose, volunteered his
services, and, taking advantage Of favorable
moment. dragged it before his legal advisers.
Sentence wss Immediately pronounced upon il,
and, without allowing 1t to make its peace
with its maker, bid goodbye to its friends, or
bless its enemies, it was executed by being
suspended.
1t Is proposed by the di-consolate mourners
for it, untimely fate, 10 place upon one s.de "
ite tombstone this inscription:
a. Happy infant, early blest.
Rest, in peaceful slumbers rest;
Early rescued from the cares
Which increase with growing years"
And upon the other side this
" no gay delights could view,
no smiling pleasure knew;
Joyless sojourneT was 1,
Only born to weep and die.ii
Requtesczt tm pace. Amen.
TRcuHsRH