The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-25

DEATH OF DIR. JOHN rococK HOLMES, MEMBER or
THE CoLLKGE or SURGEONS OF LONDON.
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DEATH OF DIR. JOHN PococK HOLMES, xKMBKR or
THE CoLLxGK or SURG oss OF LONDON.
From tho Evansville, Ind. Journal, April l91
week ago Saturday the steamer Union brought
from Green river an apparently and afflicted man,
cancer, and the other by sympathy, swollen and
affected as TO be sighuees one leg was paray zcd and
tricndloss No one knew whence he came nor whittier
he bound except from the desire he expressed 10 DO
taken TO Memphis. AS the Union going no further
down the he taken from the aud placed
the wharf boat, the deck OF which lay unatend
ed and uDcaed Tor from Saturday evening till sunday af
urnccn, shcn bis COZ. ion became known 10 Dr. A c.
Halcck who visited him and found him 10 a mos afflicted
ooBdiuon-belpess bind suffering with pain and mind
wandering in deirium The doctor by niorcession with
old "Aun Hannah the black nurse, induced her 10 give
up her only bed and take him and attend upon him
BE baibed, clean clothes procured for him and
bis cancer dressed He refused medicine, appeared 10
have perfect professional knowledge of nature OF his
disease ard CONDITION, said there medicine that
could help BIN, ard thai be only wanted and quiet
lie renamed With his faithful uurse who unremit-
ting her attentions cay and night by him. and visit
daly by Doctors Haock and Casselberry, who minis.
tered 10 bis necessities The progress OF his disesss
rapid and be sunk fact effects and on Thursday
ngbt be expired, aote in the house u the good negro
woman who had gwen him shelter ~fh no friend or
Gerry 70 so0te his sput in I've last mortal agony.
he wa respc stAoy buried by the So1s OF temperance
ia the Oak Hin Cemetery.
On examining bis effects after his death papers vere
found which proved him TO haze been Doctor Ohn Pocock
Holmes, nber q the college OF Surgeons OF London.
Among them was al original certloAie OF Sir Astlty
Copper, tesuyng % - qualhcsiors surgeon, with
numerous sslmonals from other EN- neni surgeons OF
hF ability ana fahuness A. member OF their profos
sion appeared FROM other gns papers, that he had
been previous 20 1871 years surgeon In the en-
ploy q the Hudson bay Company various posts
this continent In s2T he prsctciug surgeon In
Iondon, heldtg Intercourse with the mos, eminent men
1Dg the papers he appears 10 have preserved 18th
care h card OF invitation from Inc to,d usvo, and
Nayoress u lonaon 10 dine s the house on tho
18th % May the year omitted Bat the papers vh ca ho
seems 10 Rave deemed the mos. precious are package
Of leers from Capt Parry, the great Arctic explorer,
with w0om BIO seems " have enjoyed free and cordial
intimacy. II appears that the deceased had rendered
some useful service as chemist and from kn,xcdsc he
bad gained IN the Hudson Bay Companys service 10 the
manufacture Of pommican Zoe the exploring expedoo
FOR which Capt Parry gives him much prse and the Ad
mraly vote him an acknowledgment OF f1bO. Capt.
Parry invites him in free aud familiar terms {, call a, his
house IN Toncoo, and al aucter time 10 visit aim ON board
the Hecs at the Moro before sailing The notes and let
ters Of toe celebrated explorer Interesting and vsus
bic a. autographs.
Among his eneots, found since bis death, wore ,-o
large and beautiful gold medss ssardcd 10 D)ctor John
Posock Holm ~ medical ocetes for his valuable n
Of obse'rcsl and surgical instruments There
arc aso large nu@oer or letterr from eminent pro
iessorsl ueo-irou the nobility sne medical aud scen.
tic sOoces akbOv iods ing the receipt Of Doctor John
2. Holmes very valuable and able treatise on consump
ton ard asthma There two cards OF Invitation 10
Doctor p Ilo mes ana lady 10 dine Guild Hall on hs
occasion when Queen Victoria honortd tho Mayor snd
Common Council with her presence
There are letters from eminent and highly respectable
gentlemen in Iennost ee aud Mssiss pp whose frendsh
sDd intimacy be has enjoyed and whose esteem for him
s expressed in their correspondence in very aaterng
terms. lie appears al one time have resided noar
Nstbvle, IN Tennessee and from other papers We arc
ien 10 hulpuse ne s been res iag recently with the
munny OF shakers at West Cnon, not far r,on Bywuz
Green Kentucky Whether he had lust wthdra wn from
them when he arrived here or why he should have lett
them N tbe .i.cied and helpless condition IN Which he
~as found, IL not explained by his papers nor did be
give those Who took Of him any expansion before
bic death neither dt he give them anv c,o1n, o him
SELF nor Tell Of the strange vicssudes by which he IN
bis old sse bad been cast smCrg Strangers homC,ss
sud frsndess wanderer. IN bis last rn6ueaa he spoke
o. sister, bul gave DO clue 10 Der name or fcsid
Before he ucsib ic committed his funds which he hal
Kept corcesled aoou, hs psop amounting 10 about $3.50
70 w. Halock but left Instructions 10 regard " the
dkpoeal of them. He ether effects were Of little
value HIS estate will be duly ADMINISTERED upou, and
after The expenses arc pad the balance will be sent to
his iIience ne ess evdcntly q o. correct hshiis
md great intelligence BY Ebht mtqiorti0os ne vho Lat