Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-08-09

DeoeA I'D Unslnl - E1gns 4. -
The elsrgynan. Dr.. snodgrass, who attended
tho author Of s. The Raves = a his last sickness,
gives the follooing account Of il:
On a chilly and vet November evening, re-
ccived note stating that man answering to the
name Of Edgar Ala Poe, who claimed to know
me, was II drinkint saloon Ia Lombard street,
Baltimore, in = stat Of deep intoxication and
great destitution. REPAIRED Immediately to the
the bar-room Of the house, instantly recognised
the face of ono whom had often seen and knew
we'll, although it wore an aspect Of vacant stu
pidity that made me shuddsr. The intellectual
lash Of his eye had vanished, or rather had been
quenched in the bowl, but the broad, capacious
forehead Of the author Of 8 The Raven," as you
have appropriately designated him, was still
there, with width in the region of ideality,
such as few men have ever possessed. But per-
maps would not have 30 readily recognized him,
had not been notified by his apparel. His hat
-or rather the hat Of somebody else, for he had
evidently been robbed of his clothing, or cheated
in an exchange-was cheap palm leaf one,
without band and soiled his coat of common
est alpaca, and evidently second hand; and his
pants of gray mixed cashmere, dingy and badly
fitting. He wore neither vest or neck-cloth, if 1
remember right, while bis shirt was sadly crum-
pied and soiled. He was 20 utterly supplied with
liquor that thought it best not to seek recogni.
ton or conversation, especially as he was sur
rounded by crowd of drinking men, actuated
BY idle curiosity rather than sympathy. Iimme-
diately ordered q room for him where he could
be comfortable until got word to bic relatives
for there were several in Baltimore.
Just at that moment one or two of the persons
referred to, getting information of the case, ar
rived at the spot. They declined to take private
care of him, assigning as q reason, that he had
n md fss1 m
casions when drunk, and advised that he be sent
to hospital. He was accordingly placed in a
coach and conveyed to the Washington College
Hospital, and put under the care of the compe-
tent and attentive resident physician of that in
| stitution. So insensible was he, that we had to
carry him to the carriage as if corpse. The
muscles of articulation seemed paralyzed to
| speechlessness, and mere incoherent muttcrings
were all that were heard. ts-a
He died in the hospital after some three or four
days, during which time he enjoyed only occa-
| sional ana ftful seasons of consciousness. His
disease, as will have been anticipated, was ma
| mia a pofu-a disease whose finale is always fear
full in its maniacal manifestations. In one Of
his more lucid moments, when asked by the ply
stefan whether he would like to see his friends,
he exclaimed: :" Friends NV best friend would
brains, and thus relieve me of my agony.
! These were among his last words.
| Now for the manner Of his burial
The remains Of the author of ss The Raven
do not &c lie Wondering in corner Of the Pot
ter's Field, at BALTIMORE The truth, as re-
marked, is bad enough, and discreditable enough
to his relatives not to say the city, where he died
He was inferred in an old Presbyterian buryins
ground in Green street, which has not been much
used for many years. On portion of it u
church has since been erected, but not over hi:
grave. In the removal of the dead, which viii
sooner or later take place, i: is quite probable
the bones of ss Poor Poe'' will be collected
among the remains of the friendless and the un.
known, and removed beyond recognition, fol-
nothing but couple of pine boards were placed
at his grave in lieu of grave stones.