Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-06-04
MISCELLANY.
A Live Subject" "
4 rHRILIINd SCENE IN DEssEcrINo ROOM.


A THRILLING SCENE IN A DEssEcTINo ROOM
There are epochs in every medical mans
history, each of which comprises life
time of horror. Only three short weeks
ago 1 was one Of the gayest students of
medicine and surgery in the United States.
To-day well, let me not anticipate.
Two years have elapsed since was sent
from Mobile by my father, to study Medi-
cine at the North. listened to my first
course of Lectures in Philadelphia, and
there made the acquaintance of Professor
-, who is, probably the best demonstra-
tor in physiology, that ever taught the
young idea how to shoot, ALPHABETICALLY,
on this side Of the Atlantic, l was for
tunate enough to become particular
favorite of his, and was introduced by
him, with an especial flourish to one of the
cleverest surgeons in-I think, the world.
His name is -, l will call him the
Professor, however. He is one of those
individuals for whom you at once conceive
great dislike, or a wonderful partiality,
and it was the latter, l, at the first time
we met, felt for him. A
He was a strange being; at least he
seemed so to me upon our first meeting,
and forever afterwards. Oftentimes he
drank deeply, and, while under the in
fuence of drink, he would let fall curious
hints concerning "blighted hopes" the
rascality of kindred, and "the folly of
supposing any affection sprang from the
ties Of consanguinity" On one of those
communicative occasions, he told me
heartrending history of family experiences,
gathered, by peacemeal, from his con-
versations, the fact that one Of his own
blood had treated him most heartlessly,
and driven him, by fraud of the grossest
character, from his native place to this
country, penniless and iriendless.
fought to say en- passant, that his drink
ing bouts were conducted strictly upon the
gentlemanly plan, and were seldom or
never made known to the public, or even
to the majority of those who ranked among
his Immediate friends and furthermore,
/ should remark that he is we'll advanced
in years, although no doubt you know that
already.
''My evil spirit is upon me-" ne would
sometimes say to me, and then he would
illustrate, in his conduct and manner, the
most singular phases of hypochondria |
ever witnessed,
1t appears that he was born in the town
of C, Qmust be guarded, for am
now violating confdence,) and was un-
fortunate enough, considering the laws,
which give the elder brother everything,
to be ushered into the world after his
brother John, For this .frere he felt the
intensest affection To him he con6ded a
history of his hopes; to him he looked,
more than to his in6rm father, for advice;
to him he communicated a narrative of
The maiden of his choice was beneath him
in wealth and'station; but his brother ap-
proved of that choice, and he was content.
1t is necessary to my object, in penning
this narrative, only to. state that the elder
brother seduced the girl robbed by fraud
of the basest character. her honorable
lover of all his means, (also reducing the
old father to penury, by fOrgeries,) and
then decampcd, taking the girl along, to
.ktaly. A'tF A
"Did you ever take vengeance upon the
seducerP". / inquired, when he related
these facts to me-
al did not regard either of them as be-
ing worthy of my anger" he replied, Sand
never followed them an inch"
"Did you ever hear from them?" l
queried. -rr if@
"Yes-several times. The last news
got was to the effect that she had become
shameless and besotted, and was living in
condition of public infamy in Paris
OF course he had left her,
"And hep ....... .......
"Had become gambler some wrote to
me, thief (Here ho shuddesed.) Ger.
tain il WAS that he had squandered his i'll,
gotten means" ....... .-
This was all could gather of his early
aud domestic history. But to the point OF
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