The Columbia daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-07-18
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Tuesday Morning, July Is, 1868.
Richard Yeadon.

- The Charleston correspondent OF, the
New York Herald contains, amidst much
spersonal matter, the following paragraph:
as "Mr. Gregg .informe me that Richard
Yeadon, Esq. the celebrated laudator of
!. the lamented Everett, and author of a
reward of $4,000 for Buffers head. is
living in abject poverty at Aiken, s. c. He
hos taken the oath, and has rcpe,tcd Of the
act which he says scas the most foolish of
Ais lfe--dome IN a moment Of dela1sio,.."
Where the grammar of a. writer is so
loose, we need not concern ourselves too
closely about the value of his facts. The
reader will see' from this paragraph that
Mr.. Yeadon has reached the climax of
insanity. He has scarcely taken the oath,
before he repents of the act. which, he
says, "xas the most foolish OF his life
done in q moment of delusion."- If the
United States Provost Marshal attaches
any Importance to this statement, he will
probably proceed to the instant arrest of
the deluded man, so quickly repentant Of
his delusion. 1t is just possible however,
that the correspondent of the Herald
meant to tell US that Yeadon repented Of
the extravagant offer which he made of
$4,000 for the head of Butler. If But
'ers heart were to accompany the head,
the bargain would prove fatal to the pur.
chaser. Decidedly, Yeadon was insane
when he made the absurd publication;
and, as all his friends know. he has done
thousand such absurd things in and out
of print. under the influence of insanity.
Such was his mad apostrophe to Edward
Everett; such his purchase of million of
stocks one morning, when he had to bor-
row the money to pay for them; ana such
have been-but why enumeratea All Mr..
Yeadon's friends-and he has many, and
deserves, in spite of all his eccentrcities,
to have many-have been for ten years
made conscious by his extravagan ces-
that he labored under mental maladv of
the most remarkable kind; aud they
waived all exceptions to his conduct, and
tolerated frequent rudeness, and bore pa
tiently with incorporate assault, in consi-
deration of this malady. The people of
the whole city-nay. State-were more or
less fully aware of this malady, which,
after enduring in one form, Of ertuse and
enthusiasm almost amounting to madness,
suddenly. in the twink Of an eye, changed
to its opposite, and become sullen, apa-
thetic melancholy. in which condition
his nearest friends would not have been
at all surprised at his suicide. Batting the
painful and sometimes offensive exhibi-
tions of his malady, in its extreme effects,
MIR. Yeadon has always been esteemed as
a pure. good. kind d-hearted mau-doing
generous Offices for numerous friends and
relatives. aud literally dispensing his
wealth, at once. in all charitable objects
of merit, and in all social enterprises
which promised benefit to his city. His
hallucinations, however extravagant, were
usually harmless. and though frequently
painfully annoying to his very best friends,
were yet forgiven by those who were least
so-as proof Of an erring condition OF
brain, or blood, or both. In his caImer
moments, Mr.. Yeadon is sensible Of his
disease and of its dangers. and, after con.
sulting with ssme of the best physicians
in this country in regard to it, be. at their
advice. visited Europe. that he might OBJ
tain the diagnosis of the great physicians
of Europe.
We are very sorry to see it stated, on
such good authority as that of Mr. Gregg,
that Mr.. Yeadon has lost his fortune. We
can hardly persuade ourselves that the
report can be true OF the abject poverty
of his condition. We take for granted
that, in his case, as in that of most of the
wealthy lowlanders and midlanders of
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