New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-30
DEATH OF A ROWING ENGLISHMAM

From The Ciuetrn0n Commercial July rs
We Yesterday noticed the fatal accident on the track
of the Little Miami Railroad, by which stranger
named Charles Butcher lost his life
Upon his person were found sundry papers, one OF
which was a subscription book for the F" New Amer-
can Encyclopedia" almost every page Oh when s
covered with pencil memoranda of persons likely to
give employment, drafts Of letters, incidents, &c.
There was also the commencement OF an antobogfa-
pby prepared for sae with the desgn of raising funds
fufhcient TO enable him TO return home.
"TBK LIFE OF CHARLES BuTcHER FoRngsLY CORPORAL IN
TIE 10TH ROYAL RRGixKST OF HussAM"
IL was born In town of Ipswich Suffolk on gals day
ts cen England and France; on June U.s. 1914" :,
His fathers name was John Butcher, and his eldest
brother follows bis fathers business dealing 10 SKINS
and manufacturing hats at the parental store in Ipswich
His second brother is William Butcher, esq, merchant
or broker, at GalesbuTg, Illinois.
81 educated at the Old Grammar school founded oy CAR
dns Wolsey since pulled down. and what little smserng OF
Latin i've got was acquired there The motto In future with
must be- CysmC IN, n.~ ~ s%Sri.% d p'"'a '''
The above extracts are taken from Chapter ]. The
narrative terminates with the fret few lines OF Chap.
ter H., which ia headed: soldering, Bookseng Til
Marriage
" Then beware Of all FuDrken asse',
And never by beauty be led
For the girl that all others suTpasses
Is the that work for her breado
His books are filed with memoranda of minute
events. There are the names Of many citizens to whom
he had applied for aid together with their responses
Each hall dime is regiousy credited to the Donor snd
the insults Of those who abused him are as btnluuy
recorded. One lady is credited with two slices OF
bread, and prominent citizen called me a thief|
A letter addressed to Dear Sister," begs her to
send bin 1900, as charity, if I'm Dead TO the In
stitution or Hospital where stranger they took me
in although Germans and Roman Catholics" He was
at this time an inmate of the St. Mary's Hospital on
Linn street.
AT the time of the accident he was in search of en-
poyment upon the railroad, hoping TO reach New
York, and to get passage from thence to England.
The last entry in his diary concludes thus; Now
half past six" This was about fifty minutes before
the accident. Under the date of June q he records
very interesting conversation between himself and a
priest at the Hospital about some verses OF Addlson o.
which seem TO have produced marked impression on
his mind and concludes the narrative with this allus-
ion to his DEATH "a singular conference.-the died at
AZ, and am in my fth year.
There is much interesting matter among these papers,
but we have space for only the following draft OF Pc
tition which seems he intended 10 present TO Lord
ReDfrew: ,ooo
MAY please your Royal ghness to assist English.
man. who had honor of serving under your gea uncle
KIM William ~ Of most usrou memory In the Oth Royal
regiment Of Hussar Prince Of Wales Own My fathers
brother was captain the 1t Light Dragons now called lh
ROYAL Hussa your fathers own regiment My cousin Ar
thur his son. alive your Roy Highness might know a. was
told been in Her Msjesys service some years Col Phil
ups 0eHe'e 'O0'' NH ''''' "ChARLEs BUTCHER"