Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-03-19
Daily @'ir0inian.
Tho sickels aud Key Affair

| Tunes writes nv foliows;
| Last evening took tea with an old Italian gen.
tlcmnn whom met Mt Scklcs' prison. and who
though he has mingled but little in tho world
| possesses d most refined aud cultivated mind
| lie told mo Tint for thirty years he had bcen tho
intimate friend Of both Mr. and Mrs. Sickels'
family and his story Of those years was Mt the
! present moment interesting. when ~ many
frtons are floating about, that I Thought would
! give il to you in the simple. touching words in
| which he told il.
Mrs Bagioli, no told me, the mother Of Mrs.
Sickcls was born in tho ycnr 1919, ut Croton Falls,
Westchcstcr county. Her maiden nnme was
Cooke. At Tie ngc of fourteen shc came with her
family to Now York. and was shortly nttcr adopted
by tho woll-lnown Italian author and poet, Loren
IN da Pontc. Shc was bright aud somewhat
lcantiful girl aud very shortly after her adoption
was married to Antonio Bngiol, n composer and
professor ofmusic who was visitor Mt pa Pontc's
house. NJ. Bagio s nntivc of Italy. but has
resided in Your city for thirty years. nnd. by those
who know him, is snid to be much respected md
esteemed. Mrs. Bagioli bore to her hu,band nm
only child. Thcrcsc Bagioli, the unhappy wife
of Daniel +. Sickcls upon whom was lnvished her
parents undivided love. No expense was spared
o afford her nil those accomplishments which
form the hest accompaniment OF beauty She was
educated ut the best schools OF New York, and,
innlly, sent to the Manhnttapvillc Convent of tho
Sacred Heart Ia Pontc sson, Lorenzo TN Pontc,
.ir,, resided ut this time with his father, aud was
professor Of beiies letters. philosophy, mud liern-
lure in tho University OF Now York. With him,
IA with Dhgnld Stewart, in Scotland, ,verc placed
several young men for education. Of this number
were Mr. Eancs of this city. Mr.. B;geow. of the
Evening Post. and Mr. Sckcls. The l'ngolis also
resided in the same house. and continued to 1.-Two
there after tho death OF Professor Da Ponte. Liv
ing in the same house in which his wife was born
MIR. Sickcs snw her grow up from infancy 10
womanhool. Their association gradually ripen-
cd into love. lie pressed his suit upon her father.
who utoncc made serious objections to tho match,
not from dislike to Mr.. Sieklcs. but from the be-
lief that his daughter was too young for marriage,
had seen nothing of the world. and wasot mind
too Uniformed 10 read her own heart. Parental
opposition in this, ns in NJ mnny other sud, de-
plornblc cases. only resulted in u clnndestino mar
ringc, which was performed before Mayor King
sland, the Mayor of the City Of Now York. Tho
consequence Of this secret wed,liug soon made con
ccalmcnt impossible, and tho marriage, after tho
full confession required by the Roman Catholic
Church, was solemnlzed again. and received tho
seal Of ,el gious ratification from the hands of Dr.
Hughes. the Roman Catholic Archbishop, ut his
private residence.
Tho fruit of that Wedding was one fair child,
with II ince like mothers who, unconsciously, mt
this moment, suffers, perhaps, the decpe't injury
from her mothers surrender to sin. IL ~, to day.
precisely twelve months since that father and mo-
,hcr now deeply stricken. were making with
ailectonato zeal gnycs preparations FOR the chris
tcniug Of this child, for whom the President, Mr..
| buchanan. aud the charming Mrs Scnntor Slidell
| had voluntarily sought the sponsorship. IL in
| singular coincidence that this little girl Mrs
! Sicklcs aud Mr.. Sickles, himself were all threo
| only children, over whose miserable fate three
| living mothers now hang broken-henrted. Mr..
| Sickles conduct ns husband can bc best desert
bed, and tho charge against him best answered in
the public words of the father of his unfortunate
wife since tho tragedy "You have henpcd," he
writes. 'on my child affection, Kindness, dcrotion
generosity" You have been II good son. true
friend. and devoted, kind, loving husband and
father" Poor old man. rs seated often ofa SUM
, mcrs evening beneath tho vernnda Of Il house that
looks over the peasnut waters Of the Hudson he
watched his sweet little grandchild sport upon the
green, he could have little dreamed upon how sad
II pair its doors were To close before his days should
ripcn to their end Mr. Sicklcs, Senoir. has
signed it to his sons wife II residence long
she remains under the protection Of her father nor
will anything he left unproydcd for her which
can constitute comfortable home.
MURDER AND SUICIDE At HARTFORD CONN.,
christopher Colson, who for many years hns been
engaged NJ IL fish dealer in Hartford, Conn. cut
his wies throat Monday killing her instantly
lie had been divorced from his wife for the year
pn.t The Courant says:
Saturday night last he slept at the house of his
brother James H. Colson, baker, No. ST. South
Hudson street. The house is occupied by four
families. Mr.. Colson living on tho first floor in tho
north haf. Christopher sitting in Of tho
basement rooms, in conversation with Mr.. Bar
kcr, when his former wife. who has since the di-
yorcc taken her maiden name of Sarah Burns, come
in from her mothers Colson advanced to his
wife, and cndcayored to take hcr hand but shc
repulscd him with the remark "thnt her hand
now her own, and that she did not wish
to have anything to do with him. She then at-
tempted to leave the room, when he followed
her caught her by the dress behind and cut
her throat from the right ear to point just
, below the chin making two horrible gashes, sew
cring the carotid artery, and partially severlng
the lugulnr vein. lie manifested very little pas
sion or feeling of any kind, but remarked TINT he
"hoped she satisfied" threw his bloody wea-
pon--a large two-edged fish knife--under the tn
blc and proceeded cisurely to tho pantry, where
he commenced devouring some pies that were
stored there. The inmates of tho house were, OF
course, thrown into tho greatest CONSERVATION and
excitement by the terrible event that had just
transpired. Some attempt was made to arrest the
murderer, but he was much held in dread by
those present, who feared that he might be still
armed that he was allowed. after he had eaten
and drank what he wanted, to leave tho house un-
mocsted. From the hotel he walked in IL leisure
ly manner up Ferry street till he came nearly op-
positc the old Bartlett tavern whcoe he was ar
rested"
On Tuesday. while in prison, he took aquantty
Of opium, and died in few hours from the effects.
DEIrYING THE FEMALE SKx.--Rev. DR.. Alexander, in
his volume fSermons, uters the following SOL
cmn warning:
What horrid fraud Satan is practicng on the
Church in regard to the daughters of the covenant!
In ia ashionable circles s-dare name them Christians
the years where girhood merges into maturity are ire-
qnenty sold TO the adversary Inc eyoths american
woman is taught TO deem herself goddess lfthcre
be wealth if there be omplshments, if there be
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