The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-06-04

Scio,pE n PsisoS o. CLkR5YSAS
cHAssgp Wisa FossEsr We have made
ailasion To the arrest AMI Imprisonment at
London, Z. W., Of clergyman Of twenty
sevcu years standing, named M'CLrouY, ID
charge Il forgery The Free Press, Of
The list. THIS annoances bis sad suicide
On The lath instant. be was Icdged in the
Jail of this city and placed among the other
prisoners. II soon became evident u them
and 10 the TAILOR, that the mind Of the IN
hsppy man Sas wandering. He srcquentl,
s,atesi that Prince Albert would soon BE-
therc 10 let him ost. ard that the Prince
had written hun letter about hsp,isiIg his
child and again thai b. wss Seorye,
Prince Of Orange, AZ. These evident IN
dicstlons Of insanity induced tie authorities
to pui him in q cell by hiaxlf He vas
there from the 18th 10 the 10th inst. AMI
daring this period the same alteration Of
intellect was visible lie ate his meals with
apparent relish. and although bitterly com
planning Of incarceration, be did 90, indi-
cate By his manner in any way that he con.
tempia,ei sef destruction. On the evening
81 the 18th the jailor leit the unfortunate
man abont seyen clock for the aight aud
between six and seven the following morn
ing he vas discovered hanging by the neck
from the bars OF the window oi his cell. Ii
appears that the deceased ~ent very tlelibc-
rAieiy to work 10 accomplish his purpose.
A pocket handkerchief was tied around the
bar Of the window, in the form Of u ring
and to this he suspended himself with ano-
thcr handkerchief. To have strang!ed aim
self the deceased must have jumped from
the table as from the short distance fron
the hars 10 the floor of the cell, but Eve and
half feet Sufficient fall could not baye
been obtained TO produce strangulation.
After he hsd committed the act i, is xvi
drn, that the deceased might have saved
himse,i, for bis toes actually toached the
GROUND, and his elbows were bent with thn
hnUis backwards There can bc no doub,
that the deed was done snon after he was
lett op the previous evening, for t.,ere would
not have been sufficient light daring the night
10 arrange the handkerchieis, and the fact
Of tIs having h;s clothes on shows that The
deTsSod had not gone to bed. His body
was perfectly rigid and cold When discovered.
On the table tarncj down was book Of
Psalms, which he had evidently just b,'n
reading previous to bis suicide.
War Ml.Hr HAVE BKss.--The " Y.
Herald thus speeulaies npon the disaster
that might tav occurred to our planet Is
the comet had only come near enoughto give
il a sweap with its tail
II rs rather singiar. considering the mum
her ot ol,sarvatories We have IN this country.
that 20 little attention has been paid by any
II them To the subject II the comets ot shof,
period which have recently ylsitel Us ami
Of the one particularly OF long JerioD. W.,
lookeJ for with ninety degrees oi tail. Thi,
last, whether i strikes the earth or not.
would create i'solating hurricane even II
|; only passed near us The wind Of can
nop bail has teeu known to Kill man--
Wha, woald be the effect Of gale blowing
AT the rate Of 100000 miles an hour, on
eighty times faster than Telegraph mcssage
is transmitted, for that was the speed OF
the comet al isiJl We leave 81 be deter
m'noi by that class Of calcDlators who have
furnished the French and American prens
with protund estimates OF the airy nothing
mss Of these wandering osle
II Is certainly remarkable that in all the
sieculaiions tina, have htrn Published as yet
with but two eNcep,ions--one a kao,n2
Journal in Paris and another in New York
the fact tina, wind In motion is destructive
agent. has been wholly leii dbt Of view II
Is proved that comet ia withon. sensible
density. - Is air in is ordinary form and
in IL daily action npon US when no, in mo-
ton. But i IA very dangerous article
~ben 1t sweeps along at the rate Of one hun.
drrd miles nm hour, and when Il acts upon
vacuum Il is worth a power strong enongh
10 lih mountains.