The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-01-29

roes 1af more wcaried in mind and BODY than
wAs0I ~ down.nn
"au9De Il TO say" adds Prof. Miller,
ss0at - cane to the concluGiop that he was
aunerin9 fron m over worked mind disorder
ioE hss digoseave organs, enervasing his whole
frame, and threatening serious head aisc-
aon. We told him this, and enjoined abso-
.utc d'scontinuance of oil work bed at IL,
light supper, (hc had nil his life made that a
principal meal), thinning the hair of the
bead, warm sponging bath at bedtime, DC.
10 all our commands he readily promised
obedience. For fully an hour We talked TO.
gether of these and other subjects, and lef,
him with no apprehension Of impending evil,
and little doubling that short time OF rest
and regimen would restore him to his wonted
vigor."
Shortly afterwards, states The Witness,
the servant entered the dining room TO spread
the table
"She found Mr.. Miller in the room alone.
Another OF the paroxysms was on him. His
lace was such picture OF horror that she
shrnnk in terror from the sight. He flung
himself on the sofa, and buried his head, as
IL IN agony, upon the cushion. Again, how
ever, the vision fitted by, and left him in
perfect health. The evening was spent aui.
city with his family. During tea he employ
ed himself in reading aloud Cowper's Cast.
away, the Sonnet on Mary Unwin,' and one
Of his more playful pieces, for the special
pleasure Of his children. Having corrected
some proofs of the forthcoming volume, he
went up stairs to his study. At the appoint
ed hour be took the bath, but unfortunately
his natural and peculiar repugnance to phys
&c had induced him leave nntaken the medi-
cine tina, had been prescribed. He had re-
tired into his sleeping room-a small arart-
nient opening out Of his study, and which for
some time past, in consideration Of the deli
cate state of his wife's health, and the irreg-
uiarity OF his own hours of study, he occu-
pied alone at night and laid some time upon
the bed. The horrible trance, more horrible
than ever, must have returned. All that can
now be known of what followed 10 to be
gathered from the facts, that next morning
his body, half dressed, was found living life.
less on the floor, the feet upon the study rug,
the chest pierced with the bali Of pistol,
which Was found lying in bath which stood
close By. The bullet had perforated the left
lung, grazed the heart, cut TIN ough the pull
monary artery at its root, and lodged in the
RIB on the right side. Death must have been
instantaneous"
The terrible story Of Mr.. Mller's death
has created still deeper gloom in Endin-
burgh by the publication OF these sad par
ticuars. Bnt another sad tragedy In con-
nectlon with his fate had ut the time to be
disclosed. After the judicial and medical
inquiry on Friday, Prof. Miller took the pis.
tol took the pistol to the gunsmiih fro0
whom 1t had been purchased in July, 1855,
in order to ascertain how many shots had
been fred, and how many were still in the
chamber. In the masters absence, the fore
man, Thos. Leslie, an old and experienced
workman, received the pistol from Prof. Mil
Ter, and, unfortunately, instead Of taking OF
the chamber, he looked into the muxxle, hold
ing the hammer with his fingers, while he
turned the chamber round to count the
charges. The hammer slipped from his On.
gers, struck the cap, and the charge in the
barrel exploded. Prof. Miller, still standing
outside the counter, exclaimed, "That's a
narrow escaped" but unhappily it WAS not
so, for, as the smoke gradually cleared away
he saw the poor mans head gradually droop
and his body fall lifelessly to the floor. The
charge bad entered his right eye and pene-
trated the brain. Leslie was a steady, trust
worthy man and had been Is years in his
present. employment. He leaves q widow
and eight children.