The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-05-23
FEfE GATE CIHN
MONDAY, MAY H.

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.1AAIzS sMsNDAY, MAI ii.
sumner ON Caste.
The managers of the Young Men 8
gfns Association Of Albany RECENTLY refused
admission to their lectures TO all persona
not of the most approved color; and'~eTe
recently sdstai6sd therein by reelection,
by means ofmost questionable voting and
.s counting They theme spHiea TO the
50 Hon Charles Sumner todeilvtr one of
their lectures, and were answered as fol-
lows:
rna.2 Senate chambss, ArNl Is, 1864.
SIR: You invite me to deliver an ad-
dress on Lafayette before the Young
Men Association of ALBANY. In view
q, ola recent incident IN @he history of
your Association, | am astonished at the
request.
who was no esasSas u ka bsaIis
sBss black @ldish 30 an sasdie n6e 10 Delicate
to sit beside a black citizen. I cannot
speak of Lafayette, who friend Of
.aA Sr universalliberty, under the Aaepices of q
Society which makes itself the champion
of caste and vulgar prejudice. -s1tsass
exr have the homer 20 beyssE, your obe-
dent servant, a CHAs. SUMNER
G. w. DAVIS, Esq, Cor. SEQ. do,
'Oaanse Il .A -.
Attempted Suicide by n 81. Louis
mrrchant--s shocking Freaks 'sfFa
sAs FNre So FrronfsBa NasrI sHrsisssas MY Al
saa' Awealtfy aid highly Respected msr-
chant Of st. Louis, who has been trading
Pa ea in cotton il this city darug the past sea-
son, while in his sleeping room at the
Gayoso House, on Thursday last, indulg-
ing in liquor with a number of friends
sa and acquaintances, was seized with Sc
we're attack Of mania potu, aud, very IN
expected to those around him, rushed
FROM his apartment through the hall and
d toward the stairs, as If in pursuit Of some
fancied wrong. His friends, being
alarmed at his conduct, Immediately fol-
@s lowed, bnt before they could overtaks
him be reached the head of the stairs,
(the second flight from the office, and,
vauiting the hanister, eaped down TO the
Fsr first hooruf the building 8 distance Of at
.s least thirty feet; when, toths va prise of
every witness of the shocking scene, he,
En- arose TO his feet again, apparently un-
hurt. rushed back TO his room, and threw
himself upon his bed. The dslirium with
which lie had been astac ksd nov seemed
to subside. and, to all appearances, passed
away. His every movement, after this
was closely watched by his friends, how
ever--thcugh no token of a relapse was
dscoveraofr in his conduct until toward
the evening of the same day. when he
sa1 produced pistol which was in his pos
session, and tired it from the door 81 his
chamber, as if intending to shoot at some
- person WHO was haunting his cI5uded
mind, and who had presented himself in
the ball opposite his room. A stilfcioser
Observance was kept OF hrs every action.
Tuesday night he.resired as usual and
slept soupdiy, arising yesterday morning
apparently recovered and in every way
ECO sane and well. Lis friends were no lon
ger fearful of a relapse, and vera less
watchfai. when. to Their aeonshm ent,
about breakfast time he deliberately drew
re kuits and attempted to cat his throat,
inacting deep if not dangerous wound,
81 before. .he sbiads was tsken1rems him
TIE Unfortunate gentleman is now con.
fined to his room in the Gayoso House.,
under the treatment Of Doctors Creighton
s-f and Bell, whose every, exerttopg viii be
a. made for his benefit As neuei of tie ar
teries or larger veins of the. neck were
severed By the blade Wifi which lie az
tempted te end hsiiife,it is thought by
his medical attendants that thereie d fair
prospect of his recovery The condition
OF his system aud the effects of the laap
IS may, howeter,s ~ connection with his
wound, prove fatal.
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