New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-20
THE SUICIDE or HUGH MILLER


most mott, m examination Of the body Of Hugh
Miller az made at bis house 10 Portooello, on frd4y
by Prof Miller and other MEDICAL genlenel' lno
follow ing IL the conclusion TO which oeY nave ne:
of death found 30 be pistol stOt through me
m tide chest snd this satisfied ~.' nheIe ~
his own hand From the diseased oaS " We
aoub, that the set W" suicide und ne GP1s' 81
The following few lines TO bis wife found written on
folio sheet lying on the table beside his corpse gives
psr u evidence Of the awful intensity OF the disease
DEAREST LYDIA: Ny brsin burn, must pave walked ana
thought snd Fsh. Of the Lord Jesas Cars have mercy
mon mn, Dearest Lyds dear shidc en- farewell Ny tram
BUNS "'ne ''o"''"'" s''" ~ HUGd MILLER.
"For some months pat" states The URness Of
Saturday bis Ovetssked intellect had given evidence
az dsorce He became the prey Of fase exagger tted
alarms He tsncied-if inoeed II wa fancy-.LE
OCCASIONALLY and for bret inter walls hs faculties qllte
failed hun, that bis miod broke dosn. lie was en-
pss I'D al this time with treatise on the Testimony OF
he Rocks upon which be was ting out al hts
tuepetb working at his tepmOst pitch OF intensity.
That volume will in a few weeks b" IN the hands oil
many OF our readers, and while hey peru-e II VIVA inc
ssddened ORC ssun that the intellect ana genius OF
tie author poured out their latest treasures The con-
positon they will search through It IN VAN Tor the
slightest evidence Of feebleness or decaYng power.
Rather kt anticipate the general yerJlet cnat VIII 20
m onounced upou il az one OF the aoest OF al hts WAX
Ies But be wrought at il too eagerly. Hours at;er
Midnight the light seen 70 gil nIner through tue
window Of that room which, within the came eVenuai
week was 10 witness the close OF the NoJDo ana tho
elose Of the writer's life. This oveTHOfking ~ the
brain BEG an TO tell upon bis mental health lie hal
always been somewbst mood1y appreheoslY OF being
attacked by fOofpsds, and had CARED loaded
fir, arms about his persoD. LatteLy, havihS oc'
cs,ion sometimes 10 return 10 Porootll0 from
FciLbuyph al unreasonable hour, he Nal :dr
piehed himself with revolver. lot rO"i 20 al ms
od fsss as attacks upon BIZ peron, taefew AIDED
Gil exciting Overmsft.Iiog Impression '1'f hOuse
az esp. cslly that museum the trit O 20 much care
which ives contained a separets outer building, we're
tIaOsed 10 the asfaUlt Of tuTgars he foa1 al me
re, EFT stories Of houie r bbebs. lie believed that
one plight lately actual attempt to break IN upon
his uft nm bad been made. Visions OF tcseto Iesve
L en- prowling about bic premises h,uDted nm by gay
and by hight. The revolver shich lsy nightly nesr
him was Lot enough; broad-bleOed dagger "as Eept
besice it, while behind bun, al LIS bedhe"i, Gay
more stood ready at hard. week or % $50 ne"
and more aggravated feature Of cerebral dIsoruer
abe wed itself IN sudden ard singular sensations IN MS
head They came on OILY after heightened Intervals.
They did DO. last long bot were intensely yl)eGt iae
tui,le idea that his brain was deeply and hope Isl
6besst6, that bis mind vas on The verge OF run t2ox
told Of bin and stood out before his eye IN a. .lAt
sUaiI magnitude in which such an ina iGad1n a.
biz alone could picture II.
10 10 Monday last il appears 10 he'd spoken . no
ODE Of ihese mental paroIisGs. Ga hon1ay LIE caiea
Oh Dr. BalifOur in Poitobelio. On my arkmg, ssye
Or BsltoLr in IA communication 10 TIE WHEess VII 81
wa. ~ matter with him, he rep ei; by Dieh i'
| CIV ing way. cannot put tao thoughts OseVet to-
day. have had cTeao'ui pgL, OF II. csnn't i"0-
| another sueh wss impressed With tie ldes tnat my
| museum .as attacked by Iobbcrs and TIA hsd 60,
| up put on my clothes, snd gone out W.T. = ioooel
p,io 10 shoc. them. Immediately after thai bee 49,
| uncopscious How long thu, continued cannot say
| but When awoke ia the morning vas trembling 81
| oy,r AID cutie cenfufed in ny brain. 80 tho
| ,ou, hly convinced wee that must have oeen o.
tbrough The night that e1aTn 81 my trouser' 70 :e'
II ,b.y were wet or covered with mad, boz could nos
| Dobe." - r.,
| The re1t day a consultation was held between DR.
Bsf Or and Professor Miller, the resuir Of which IN
| 10 ter bUs communicates
I'VE examined bic chest ana foasi hat unusually
| vel; but ,oon We Uncovered tia; i, was head sJm2
tous that MADE him uneasy he akEosisdsed havln'
hen night ae night up III ysry late a toe n1,hh9
sm king hard aud contiIuou ly a. liz new 3''A
'nbich' wfh much Satisfaction, be sA1, nav
fI ni-btd this day He was sen.lbe That h7 neal u
! ,uf.red In eo1seau4pce a. eytisoced II two ways
frat, occasionally be felt - Il W, roe Re1lafa ~
.es .u9deby passsd III oush a-d 'broazh BIS OF AN
| rh.1au Wa ptense al no Lest.Eily iolc sed b
niu,ion sb6 eiddir.s, sd .b9 sosse g oenS vsr
| J,u,A pusb,s Z, s:a4d or EslE. lie thoIgh; t1st
Grid al :, ca cousL,ss mgsI hSvs iSE1ssd this
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