The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-01-06
SUICIDE OF A HYPocHoNDRIAc.

SUICIDE OF A HYPOCHONDRIAC.
Mr.. d. A. Sanger, who committed sui
eide in ST, Louis on the LIST ult., previous
to committing the act. wrote the following
address to his friends, which was found in
the drawer of his desk. 1t was wr:sten.in
the German language:
TO my Friends Many of you, although
not all, know that hypochondriac is a man
| plagued by fixed ideas, and that therefore
many man has freed himself of his suffer-
! ing by.suicide. Before ] have eonde&.aed
| self murderers for their act; but utter EaRa
become hypochondriac myself, and know
the sufferings of such an unfortunate being
pity the poor ones. In early youth, when
I was about sixteen years cid, { suffered
! from palpisations of the heart and rights,
| without dreaming; however, I slept rest
| lessly and but very little. This was tho
beginning of my sufferings then at onoe
q thought struck mo that was losing my
senses, and that they would tnko me to q
lunatic asylum: whether awake or asleep
thisthought pursuedme. Often was COM
PEELED to hold myself on my chair. whilst
reading, to keep me from sinking down
often was so downhearted that had tears
in my eyes, and sometimes | was very near
the act of putting an end to my life. All
reasoning was of no avail, and can only
credit my moral courage that / had not
committed suicide before this. Although
this one idea has been partly subdued, yet
anether-thatI am the most miserable of oil
human beings-has become so terrible to me
that can exist no longer. There are GER
tainly but few who in their acts have gono
TO work so painfully and conscientiously as
have; and by all reasoning do not find
the least of a guilt. | have always striven
after perfection, truth and virtue, and after
the model of the most virtuous men. have
never done any WRONG, but no reason aids
mo ] am suffering in such a measure that
am compelled to put an end to my exist
ence. But few happy hours Ihave had dur
ing my life therefore. it is better that
should part. Do not condemn me. my
friends, but pardon me if have done you
wrong or offended you. This is an eIpla-
nation of the step have taken.
a STUPENDoUs BRIDGE. The construc-
ton of the towers for the suspension bridge
over the Ohio at Cincinnati is progressing.
The towers are eighty-six by thirty-two
feet at the base, viii be two hundred and
thirty feet high, and one thousand and six
feet apart. The cables will be anchored
three hundred feet back on eac ch side of the
river, pass over the tops of the towers, and
thus be made to sustain the weight of the
bridge. The entire span, therefore, will be
sixteen hundred and six feet--a little short
of one-third Of mile. The elevation Of
the floor at the middle. above low-water
mark, will be one hundred ard twenty two
feet.
ARREST OF SUPPOSED ABoLITIONISTs.
Third Sergeant Thomas Price, Of the
Mounted Police, arrested in this city last
evening, in the vicinity of Drayton street,
an individual named James Marshall, who
was delivering an abolition speech. From
his appearance it was supposed that many
nhibitions of Southern red-eyc fred up his
Northern feelings, and he undertook the
responsibility of giving to few little mig
gers his opinions of Southern institutions.
They were amused at him. and when he
was arrested gave three hearty cheers at his
success in getting lodgings at the Polioo
Barracks. Another gentleman of the same
stripe was also arrested in the vicinity OF
the market and was locked up. They WIN
be quietly sent from the city to their North
ern homes, and should bo thankful each at
having escaped a coat of tar and feathers.
Savannah Georgian.
COOP H1r.-A Methodist divine on Sun
day, administered a most severe rcbuko
to a common custom in these days, reading
advertisements from tho pulpit. A paper
was handed to him, giving notice that "tho
Introductory lecture of tho annual course
would be delivered on Monday night" &c.,
at certain medical institution in this city.
Tho preacher said he had conscientious
scruples against cheating tho printer, by
making such announcements from the pull
pit; that he never heard such advertisements
read in church without reminding him Of
the old deacon in Alexandria. who, on .
certain occasion, exhorted in most earnest
aud vehement language the sinners in his
congregation to repent. or they would all
go to he'll as sure as thero was -four for sale
at Alexandria, and he was sure there was
-four there, for he had received just tho
day before fine assortment, which hs
would sell as cheap as any man in the city.
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A REBUFF.-The negro worshIppers, who
desire to mix up black and white indiscrim-
inately in the railroad cars and stages. have
mot with rebuff in the decision of tho jury
in the case of the negro preacher Penning-
ton. The Court, Judge SlossoD, charged
that the company had the right TO mako
such regulations as were to their interest.
and having designated particular cars for
the negroes, it was the province of the jnry
to decide whether this was.a proper regu-
lation; if so, it was the duty of tho negroes
fn occunv them and not 70 obtrudo them