The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-03-02
No 29s
His answer was: eyes, [ must have


handle of trunk, a small bar of iron, g.ul-
blet, piece of wine, andseFeral screws. With
these and vial of laudanum, which be by
some means had obtained, he directedh Steps
for the last time, to Greenwood cemeterV AS
usual, he opened the tomb; unscrewed .he BID
from his daughters coffin. and scattered over
the decaying corpse, the flowers he ha5 gath
cred. He then sieashimselfb by screBiUg .he
trunk handle to the inner side Of the mm5's
wooden door, and closing the portal he walked
abou. the cemetery tn alter night fall, srean
ing strange dreams---tbe dreamsof Rds peTag
man about to plunge into athomless sE
When the cemetery gates were close A'
the last funeral train Of the day had ralugHeH
to the city, the solitary Yanderer sou&ht 1as
tomb where he had buried his daughtar and
in which be intended to seek retreat from lHs
cares and sorroWs Of thisallie. Nooyo vas
upon him save the eye Of God, as caInI Ig hc
proceeded to his fearful task With b faith
fuf screWdriyer he opened 4lai dearof etom9
and throwing. away The screws, flled up t5o
holes which they had occupied With aortar
He then tootSofE Bis coat, and rolled It ran'
a brick in ordef q make nill1sT for bea
Next, he must haye efepf nito tle toi
drawing the door atfsr hin. hythe wiz aiea
he had attached to u be proceeded s.e
it within. The bar oE FehvAich heslk vta
him when he left his bonaaiu the morn
placed across the framd 0f the do and
by means of the trunk Iknal hieh
tached to the doors inner SIDE 8suite
fastening was made throughthe ;lgene
wire above mentioned ThepreHninari
thus accomplished the suicide mn
stretched hmself-as be afterwards ii
by the side Of his Lizzie's coffin, aud.
his head on the pillow he had preyou
vided, he put the fatal vial TO his
drained it to the dregs.
And then, in darkness and in doubt
by strange memories and the stranger
of vague uncertainty--by strange hoo
stranger fears-he awaited as calmly
could, the coming of that change who Els
call DEATH ...r #r.g.ta
For a while his blood continued to ahgi5al
through his veins, as if he dreaded disso.uaIa0.
Then. fainter and fainter did It course through
the avenue of life. At length shadows appear
ed which assumed spectral forms. 1ae mar
row tomb spread out-away- iliimtab
space; and tben-the lamp expired!
Tbatnight the mother of little Lizzie aiaA
till a late hour the return of her husha0d GH&
as he came not she pondered the signif
his parting words till they became proah
his fate When morning dawned she Ne,
sad journey to the cemetery, and fol aua
found no trace of her husbands presence.
the exception of the two shrubs which he aa
planted the day before. As she was a5ou5l
leave the spot she noticed that the wood@
door of the tomb did not fit as closely as % ha
previously done, one corner of it beng
out by projecting piece Of brick. Iyaf
ther examination, She ascertained that
holes were filled with mortar, She teen
hold of the projecting portion of the do3l sl
4 drawing it outward as far as possible osaat
an opening through which portion a .he H
terror was rendered visible. To her tn i
closure was appalling. The dead fac 2i
husband appeared, like spectre, thr9sgl q
creyice, and she fell tainting to the earsh, l.s
! long she remained unconscious, she unab
to say. When at length, her senses reluures
/ she went TO the sexton, Mr.. Merritt, eaa
formed him of her discovery.
! Mr. Merritt having verified the story, as
| lated by Mrs. Rupert, sent for the cor-ger la
at the subsequent official investigation, al, 5
above stated facts were brought to ligbt
Verify, 'truth is stranger than fcaaa.
New 0rle ns A4ua
dicated in official documents, and tIeir raa
progress in material prosperity, are truly ws
derfu Many Of the southern State have
late been shown to possess. every element
power and wealth in agricultural an mal
resources. apd to be capable Of sarpoh
millions of inhabitants. Virginia, Me- ,,a
lima, Georgia, Mississippi, and other
the south, are soon to become empires of tns
! selves, teeming, as they are, with every
ment of prosperity and greatness. Iaa pnn
claimed lands of Mississippi would, a ii c ggs
ernor of that State remarks in his reeea. m
sage, produce as much cotton as is raw rails
on all the cotton growing States togetl Nai
Carolina, as it appears from the receHa a@'.t
tural address of senator Clln9man, is caa5
of supplying with the ''fruit of the g-s T.
millions who are to inherit and il aaat y
Atlantic slope, though California is DO an0
to take the lead in this brahch Of trotucH
But Georgia is undoubtedly at this d
of the most prosperous States of IT, .ge
and affords to her sister States OF tEg sol.H
model of activity and enterprise.
Her cotton crop of the present ycar e'
mated to be worth twenty five mill w
her crop of cereals is worth TWICE
;, Her mines of gold, copper,and iron @
with great profit. She has manult
cotton, woolen and paper, foundne= aa
mills, and marble yards, and thus tr.H+.@5
home a market for many perishabIe gEaa
The Georgia railroads produce an asera
seven per cent on the capital nvestC IN ..1
The State debt is trifing, and the Sal'tE
not quite one twelfth of one per cent. -e9
has ceased to be dependent upon tn north
coarse fabrics and utensils.
{ The moral t5 be drawn frora the csnaaloo
Georgia is well stated by the Ne ode"m
!, Picayune, as follows:
"The spread of the same policy Ebtc. 'aa
enabled Georgia to take the lead among ..-
southern States, has already begun to produce
5 elsewhere a most happy influence. tn avE.
quarter Of the south her example ar9r
i internal improvement is adopted. aa waga
, country, from the Potomac to the Rio Del G.rf,
? promises to be soon overspread wit peracE
, network of railroads The great 9s7k .Iret
r in progress will soon have lateral br aches .eE
2 ;meating every fertile valley.
Il s.Nor ran it any lo7rer be said tE t.E7 tt4