, 1865-02-02


Tie south of France, long sklrts haFe Eery
sensib1y been discarded. me as1TT A Is 1ucheo s
up oyer short tancJ petncoats: ne ..h' Suols'
tight fitting tdSQut, 1cio " Hi9e "AlstoA9u,
is of the same 1natcrial as tac skHt, gelesany
pretty English made gtay OF solne oarhIe 3.ai9
shade. The pettfcoat Is GnsuneIg .S,y " stssy
color either blue, RED OF lnac, envGneo t,, ~
email t1ounce, and oinan.ecu ~ - +""tn sUItS
trimmings or btaiu!1s1 e.tiona ;,.a,.,nt.. o ~
An English hat. folsn H"tticast vi e;5o ~.
the sane coler as ans prnrs"t., 90. .r.9l,r,, 9@n
co!oFet dcE.skln gloves, asa,,fa.a i
costE:pe Is picturesque ~ is!s o!sen'eu''
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Sad caso Of Suicide.
[From tho New York World JAN ss:1
ofsuiciic Tus brought to light in the Tam
1n:ny m Mnte1s I corner Of Frankfort and Nassau,
Ih} wiic' 4 flon' he peculiar circumstances sur.
rorutifng thc deccascd, renders 1t more than
us,laily interesting. The victim Of the oct Of
selCf]tstructiou was Mr. 81. ~. II. Meade, OF
photoeTs M toe phists. dong business at aas3 Broad.
WAY. Between and 10 o'clock on Thursday
nieht. q gentleman appeared at the Office Of
Tie lotel and registered his name as t'B. ".
Shanaeec, N. r" He applied for room for
the night, and as the c1e.k had seen him there
before, be did not hesltate to give him q room.
The stranger ordered drink to be sent to
was seen of him that night and ycstcF-
iay morning. as be did not make Ills appear
onye srrvHrt vas sent upto his room. but
-reccIrInr no renlics to his summons Tor ad-
mission The door which vns locked on the In
siic. Yas forced omen, and tic occupant found
lying On the bed quite life1ess. Four empty
nhinie. which had each contained small uptn.
titles Of laudanu1n. indicated the mode Of
death. 1he quantities contained In the
minis ,ran nhn11f fhrnn rnncpe. Each Of them
hai3 hcsn ,,urchasei 1T n ilifflrcnt place. and
Mere uag rSo nToperiv iabeIcd and marked noison.
Five letters "erc also ionna on inc l3olc'
four Of Them addressed to the wife, children,
nth to Mr. J, L, Graham, Of the Mettopoli-
Inn 1nsurance Company, These letters were
wa1tleI ~ PslSa. " 1Yse % papsd, pSa3s G1ins
tne 1o.oHlIS Aeaulu5 c,o 1ne :ncaot a,1stet
10. Ne4us ~; W. - n4oauMn Ivy
a nsasod wss ia6or;nS ,,manr naI 1r,"t mortal ex-
c;teInart These Letters. fhr contcnia If
Whlcl arc given below, led to the suppositlon
lint The deceased was Mr.. Il. ". 1t. Meade.
fhc nrnnrfetnr of the rnl1ery. which subsc.
n"antIv nrorea n i,e c6y1ect ~ Ike hoi]v i,c.
ins identified by hls lflends. Inc Pohce took
Charge Of the body, and Coroner Gamole Was
notified to hold an inquest. Deputy Coroner
sna @ 'ssSed " Df r. Tse Ss s:dp maac ona n 9
nearly three ounces Of iaudanum in TIC
The following Is o lu!l copy Of the letters
left by the deceased, and Which wcrc taken
possession Of by the Coroner:
LETTER TO HIS wIFs.
Ihe first letter opened Tas directed to 3lrs.
Il; u. NJ Meade, anu Its contents were as
follows:
NEW YoaK, January Is, 1856.
Ny DEAR WIFE: For al our disaerecmeatz l
hope you forgive me and this cowardiy md rash
act loved you dearly, but tho way t vas situs-
Iar;py MY Coz Siess saa, and ms ke you happy,
Pray for tho rcpose of my soul, and ny desr chii
dren also. an IN euch state Of mind hardly
Your afeeuonate husban9,
rbco,d or NJ, n,,neb,s aeai5 f,,M ~ 1ags nRsDE E.
her. Do not blame yon, e % So BE- happ5, @ ''u' '1'
LETTER 70 ma c1u1nrry
Tho c,,,,r,, 1.+ta- NJ, o5a,orros l.. ,,,
s,-a% ~ a 1sss;a W,aaa nm1 n1aeu esa - Mlsses
NEW Yonk, January Is.
Mr. DARLING Cu11pnEy. sAnAu avn Jr.s7r j.
Forever pray for thc repose Of vonr fat6er,s ami
T ThcFs w I hope to BE- 1t | peace C. ioreycs. @ 's uo'
Gh. for.lyu me for what 1 haye dime t,oa
knows how nv heart i,ss yca,ncd towarda Won
ad be al AK to e rgo1s and @
darIings, and bring flowers. God bess and con-.
fort You. Yo5r affcctionatc bnt UNHAPPY @ "''
F1THKR,
shonld like yonr pictures buried With me ALSO
the hair ehnin to be found in ny trunk, Ny watch
is for Sarah, and my homes seal for Jessie, which
,s III ms trunk.
LETTER TO MS p.r.fyn.
1a..- I'm ~ ~ xs4hhn'
~, me t9no ietteE #as addtesseed as follows !:
III. II. Meade, ESQ.,. Meade Bros, 11eG Broad
way" The contents wefc;
-N=w yosx, January Is.
nr.r F.1uEr-ne comforted. Wc hnye MI onr
fa11ts but see NO prnspcct for The f1ture. .rnst
rnnr friends in Phffsirtnhia ana Mr. Cirnha,n viii
scr vnu raEcn csra az II IN m nnWorfby and cow
aTaiy ri do bnt rnnnnt hefn Il and hone G0d
IA, fnrrl1.. M for IL
Ynnr nffrcitonptc eon. HEyaY.
psi rnn1d sns nnfh;nv t,is moru{np When
1eft' ''"~'A1"
'~' w., wa o,srrn
LETTER 10 HIS 'i9!hn
Tho fourth cr,istle WAS addressed TO Miss
| Meade. pud ran as follows:
Nrw Yong :1nnnarr q
rn,c c, =. 49, ~. t.or a, =. "a.,s' ,r.sG .S~., ~.
IT.. Maat to oe tala pekaa" @ " poo1 mosasF, 20
Huse sdts. ~ a a!onH a94"s .ne sns.om ~ s
4euts. uatu osSn Ia5c's ~ u psIul4as pgs1nou.
nasc tsea !nut-4ea!teu ana gensssous. nase a
n.1u1 ~. = .'s5nse nopo eoa Mla iotelfe ta!s
Etusi ee.. ., are not oal oMn 1espe1s. ~ so9
ugs1os ah ny otscs IN 9fesn"1od' 1 aH1 Gom,oa! al
Wno f Ga1e a. anont ne; nope 9aoa wll1 io1s''e me-
@u" eo"t 6 go .uas a; III aaee. ~ sis' AGuse4'
Mx ,ova ~ Ra;g "nd no,e f. ,ra VT