The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-04-26
JERRoLD,s DYING BEp.

JERRoLD's DYING BED.
10 the Life Of Dougias Jsrrold, BY his son. ws
have the following touching account Of the grea,
saiirist's last moments Ia this life:
Whom the doctor present suggested that he must
not despond-that be mig ht be we'll again-- those
blue eyes seemed 70 borrow last fash, aud to ex
kindncss and repelled II, for be hsd no fear Of
DEATH Then fstnting came upon him again,and
be CAPPED for air, motioning all from stJe window
.sIset me pass--les me psss!s hc almost whispered
down. Or. Wright had determined 10 remain with
his patient throughout the night. He vas easier
but sinking now-beyoud aii doubs. You could
hardly believe u, Ia the night. when his calm
all.
Ono child was away--in America; and he sent
hts blessing. Then 10 tho depth OF the uisht,
curing the Intervals Of applying bags OF hot salt
70 nis feet, he even talked Of his newspaper, and
nade me endeavor to carry it on 10 his name
Then he would lie back and murmer prayers: and
.nen, as the kind physician hnug over the bed,
as wouid cry again and sgain, "Dear doctori dear
doctor out It's no use." And then be would ask
the hour-for he had belief that he should die at
midnight. Midnight came, however. and the
gray oawn creps coolly into the sick room, and
s.n. . .ae suuerer lay begging for fresh air. We
cast the window open, but that was not enough;
we seized every fan that could be found and
waved them before him. "Why tease : dy,na
.retcn = ne said presently to the DOCTOR who was
!ns'sslpg upon giving him medicine. Then when
the breath got worse, and It appeared that In the
next minute be must be suffoca.ed, he cried,
"Christ Christi"
The sun mounted the heavens slowly upon some
most unhappy people that day. Wife and daugh.
ter had past the night, sittiEa sobbing in tha
dressing room, she open door Of which led to the
sufferers bed. He could not bear their tears but
az frequent Intervals asked for one, and then the
other, aud ciasped them to his heart. In the
morning his sister arrived from the country He
kissed her-then looked over his shoulder. He
could hardly speak above whisper now; but be
was seeking the second sister to whom he had al.
ways been tenderIy attached. She was not there.
With son on either side of him, with the kind
doctor still leaning over him, he seemed at per-
tect peace-resigned. Still we waved the fans
about him, giving him air; and still, 1T intervals
he talked family but most colectedly. Tue dawn
gre~ into q beautiful summer morning. At 10
O'Clock, the patient was cupped He could hard
ly move In the bed, and said again, "Wby torture
q dying creature 7" But the cupping took no ef.
feet, aud the doctor went away to return Ia a few
hours. We we're left alone with dying father.
Friends were hushed 10 the room down stairs
listening for faint word of hope. Daughters,
sister, wife, were sobbiDg in the dressing ROOM
For moment, to fetch something for the patient,
my brother lett me alone in the room. Ny arm
was about the dear sufferer, propping his pillow rs
he moved restlessiy.
at the opposite side of the bed, Cor a moment
without the face of the dear boy, VINO had watched
there night and day. His mouth moved, and
could read the deep emotion that possessed him.
He said again and again, "Yes, yes" aud locked
at me, and then at the opposite side of the bed.
bent down to listen, but he said no more.
Then, as 1 raised spoonful of ice water to his
lips, his eyes for the frst time wandered. My
brother returned and held him with me. We saw
the dreadful change. We called to the dear ones
In the next room, aud in wild agony they gather-
ed about the bed. For a moment again bis eyes
regained their light; he saw all about his death
bed; his head leaned against my breast; he looked
up and said, as Que hand fell into mine, and my
brother took the other, 'Tis as it should be-" In
moment, without struggle, peacefully as a
child falls asleep in its nurses arms, he fell into
his long rest, with smile on his face.
PROPHECY NEARLY FuLFILLED-A book was pub.
lished in Philadelphia in 1913, and written by p
N j. Elisha, which the Pttsburg Dispatch says
contains these words:
The time will come when people will travel In
stages moved by steam engines from enc city TO ano
ther almost as fast az birds fly fifteen or twenty
miles an hour. A carriage will set out frog Wash
ington in the morning. passengers will breakfast al
Baltimore, dine at Phliadeiphia, and sup at New
railway will be laid, go nearly level not in any
place to deviate more than two degrees from hori
ne .. wGoa III a11 aa pn a.
Isges that they may pass each ether in dferen,
dife,tions, and travel by night as we'll day; AID
tably as they now do in steam stage boats Twenty
mil, per hour ia about thirtytwo feet per
the resistance Of the air will then be about one TO- te
square FOOT but the body Of the carriages viii b.
shaped like swift sw INNING fish, to pass easily
through the air. A steam engine that will consume
Carriage enc hundred and eighty miles In twelve
hours, with twenty or thirty passengers, and vii
Ss vita r Ws Ths
engines will drive boats ten or twelve miles pei
| hour. and there viii be many hundred steamboat
running on the Mississippi and other Western wa
ters. as prophesied thirty years ago By one who
could predict better than the Poet can now. Bu
the velocity 81 boats through g water can never p
because the resistance Of the water eight hundred
times the resistance of air.
THs BISHOP OF LONDON PREACHING IN An OMSI
BUS YARD "A remarkable gathering of the mer
connected with the "Favorite" omnibuses assem-.
bled on Sunday evening, Sd of April, in carriage
shed at the depot In Upper street, Islington The
largest building in the yard. specially prepared
| for the purpose, WAS crowded to excess by most
attentive auditory. During the past four years 9
| religious service has been conducted on every
Sunday morning, for the benefit of these men, by
| a Clergyman resident in the parish. At eighi
O'Clock on Sunday night the service commenced
with hymn, which was very heartily sung, then
followed the litany, read by the honorary chaplain
Another hymn having been sung, the bishop read
| In clear and emphatic manner, the 9th chapter
| of St. Johns Gospel, aud then preached tor bali
| an hour from the l4.h verse. The sermon wat
| admirably adapted to the occasion, and was lis
| tened to throughout with breathess attention.
SENSIBLE WAY OF CoxMIrrING sUIcrDs.-In New
York, on Wednesday evening last, an unknown
| man entered barber shop and attracted the ats
| tension of those present. by walking about in an
excited manner, and sighiDg deeply while awaiting
his turn to be shaved. At last of the personi
in the room asked him ifhs was in trouble, but he
made no reply. When b . turn came he sat down 10
4 aE~k t.Ak, hs~
| strappi0g his rasor, when his unknown customer
| suddenly cried out, II am not ut to liye!" ane
drowning single barreiied pistol from his pocket
| fired at his image in the mirror. shRttering the
| glass to a thousand fragments. Before the barber
recovered from bis Astonishment, his Improbable
patran ran off without waiting to wash his face.
| TRIBUTE TO "MARrYs"-The Roman Catholics
| of Covington, KY, recently sent to young Wall
who fogged 10 the Eliot street School, tor obey
ing tho teachings of his father and priest rathe
| than the rules of the school, magnificent siivel
goblet. Around the brim Is inscribed: 1--WE ar
| ready to die rather than trsnsgress the laws o
God received from our fathers. III. Maccabees, 9
VII, '. 81" Beneath is q cross, with the legend
SIN hoe sigpo vincssn Upon the body Of the COB
| let are these words: "Ths Cathedral school o
Covington, KY, to Thomas 1. Wall, as Tribute o
| Admiration for bis Fiisi Piety, Manly Forti
tude, and Heroic Faith Under Torture at the Elio
School, Boston, March 14tb, 1852"
| RELIGION AT HoHE.-Rsigion begins In the family
One of the holest sanctuaries on earth Is home Tn
| family altar IL more venerable than any altar in
church built with hands. The education of tn
soul Tor eternity begins BY the flreside The prin
| ciple of love which IL to be carried through tn
universe is first unfolded in the family. sis
them learn frst," says tho apostle "so show pies.
| at home.o
| RESTITUTION County Treasurer, had re
ceived from Bishop Cross, OF Alabama, the sum Q
| xo,,o. returned 10 the public funds by some on
who became years ago, wrongfuily possessed Q
them. The Bishop says it ID useless to attempt :
| discover the source from whence the money came
-HuatsviHe Ala Adsocate.
| FAST RAILROAD TIMs-Upon the route 20 Ne'
York via Providence, on Tuesday, the distanc
| from Providence to Groton, CT, sixty-two and
| half miles was made 10 one hour and thirty min