The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-12
Gerrtt Smith md His Haliucina tiOns-'
How He WINS Brought to tho AsyIam.

How He was Brought to tho A.yIam.
UrioA, Nov ii 1869.
The Hon. Gerrit Smith, member Of Congress-, has
been confused Ia the Lunatc Asylum here since Monday
last His mind is considerably dsordercd, but his condi
ton Is not hoDecssy bad has been represented and
his physicians hope that the regimen and to which
he subjected the absence Of excitement will eieot
q radical cure
was ouly by sraagem that his friends succeeded In
getting him here He has been since the arrest Of
Brown and his Harpers Ferry followers haunted with the
idea that be culpaby responsible for all tho lives
that have been and will be SACRIFICED and much hAvo
tina reflection and tho fear Of being called TO
the bar Of justice preyed upon him, that his mind
cxrmA from tendency 70 DO unhingod gave way, and
reason deserted III throne.
For some days before the absolute necessity Of re-
strcve measures became apparent to his friends aud
relatives, no manifested most anxiety aaSc
pate the reQuslon which he expected would DO made
uIon him. and 70 proceed 70 Virginia and surrender hiu
self into the hands OF the authorities. When was re-
solved place him under restraint this anxiety OF his was
taken advantage o. Hts friends pretended 70 chino
with his notion and when he set Cor Utica he was
under tho impression that be his way Richmond
hsrlest0wn.
am assursd that although he sympathixed with and
sustained John Brown In Kansas he way implicated
vtdual. HIS position inmate Of tho asylum here is,
therefore, solely attributable 70 that peculiar constituencies
Of mind no ID known TO have possessed and which has
given way startled from It's seat by the shock consequent
on the sad events which have followed tho mad course Of
this samc Brown.
That Gerr Smiths ia OF decided unacy is cer.
tain. Still, his friends consider far from hopeless
THE INSANITY or GERRIr SMITH.
From tho Albany Argus, Nov III
rhn H~--.
shortly after the affair Harpers Ferry told us that he
was Dsat enOt merely excited by fear and agitaod By
emotions which his completely the affair might produce
bur entaily deraneed Hseye wild and his appear
ance hARgard, and hts motions 6pasmodic uncertain
but unctusp e,y r. stlces
He fear Of being arrested and carried
To Vgnisand suspected hs friends Of an Intention 10
oetay htm into tho bands Of justice When tbs cruel
eiecuoneemg hoax vas circulated that Gov. Wise had
Issued reQuieit,on upon Gov Morgan for him as fugi
tive from Justice he 10 have anuc that
his friends other hope than send him asy
lum
We make extract from private letter upon this sub
ject which gives particulars Of this sad end Of we'll
meant but misdirect-d career fatal In its consequences
alike 10 him. and 70 all whom no involved in his fanati
csms-
INCA, Nov. 8, 1859
6errit Smith brought lnm yesterday and
If quite deranged, Intellectually well morally ana he
Is also N bic ply scay He refused 10 tako anodyne
alleging that they only wanted 10 put him sleep for the
pun pose OF boxing him up and taking him TO Virginia.
When informed that he must take voluntarily or by
cmp"isiob he opened the door aud unto tho
ba dip otestl'' lie then took it, deem his madness
sign OF the times He Is victim to the excitement
which he helped to make general and which various
d. grees is pervadiog all the free States Is much
akin to tho excitement against witches that prevailed
Salem aud other parts OF New England and tho time will
cme when descendants will look back as we look
back tho ooings in Salem sure but that the
HaIper's Ferry outbreak will intensity the excitement