Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-06-24

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HE DEATH OF CHAS- DICKENS.
Further Parttcalars-Hts Last LET
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English pspers just received contain some
interesting particulars Of the closing scenes of
the life Of the great novelist which have not
been transmitted BY cable.
ms LAST LETTER.
Some question having been raised In this
country as 10 the Christianity OF Mr. Dickens. ne
following letter, written but a few hours before
his death, and Published in the London New,
VII be Of interest. IL wxs penned In reply 20
the letter OF friend who had called his stten-
ton 20 passage In the tenth chapter OF " Ed
win brood" which WAS calculated, An the
friends opinion, 10 give orense 20 Christians
The passage is not cited in the News. bat IL is
undoubtedly the foliowing, In reference TO Mr..
Crisparkle =" Into this herbaceous penitsn-
,iary, situated on an upper staircase landings
bunches Of dried leaves hung from rusty hooks
IN the ceilings and we're spread out upon
shelves, in company with portentous bottles
would the Reverend Septimus submissively be
long and nnresistingiy been led 70 the slaughter.
nobody but himself"
Mr.. Dickens letter, with reference to this
"GApe hILI-fLAcE, HIeHAN nv RocHEs-
TER, kkNT, Wednesday, the sth June, issO.-
Dear Sir: IL would be quite inconceivsble for
reader could possibly attach q Scrfptural refer
enee 70 passage In book Of mine, Reproducing
a much-abused social figure OF speech, i'm
pressed into all sorts Of service, on al sorts OF
inappropriate occasions, without the fainteSt
connection OF IL with its original source. \ am
truly shocked % nnd that any reader can make
writings TO express venerstion FOR the life and
lessons Of our Saviour; because I feel a. aud
because 1 rewrote that history for my children
every one OF whom knew IL from having 10 re-
tad hon ksafs. IA
almost a. soon A. they could speak. But have
never made proclamation Of this from the
Faithfully yours, CHARLES DIcKESs.v
TIE DEATH SCENE.
The London Lines says: During the whole
Of Wednesday Mr.. Dickens had m anife ted signs
of illness, saying that be felt dull, and that the
work on which he was engaged was burdensome
TO him. He came to the drner table AZ o clock.
and his sister-tn-lsw, Miss Hogsrth, observed
that his eyes were full OF tears. She did not like
10 mention .tais TO him, but watched AnNtOusly
until, alarmed by the expressions of his face
she proposed sending tor medical assistance. He
said No." but said IL with imperfect articula-
ton. The next moment he complained Of tooth
ache, put his hand TO the side of his head, and
desired that the window might be shut. IL was
shut Immediately, and Mis- Hogarth went %
him and took his arm, intending 20 lead him
from the room. After one or two steps ne sud
denly fell heavily on his left side, and remained
unconscious and speeches until his death whicl
came st 6.lo on THURSDAY, just twenty -fou-
eye was much dlated, that Of the left CONTRACTED.
the breathing stertorous, the limbs fiaccld until
hall an hour before death, when some conyul-
sion occurred. These symptoms point oonclu-
sively to the giving way of q blood vessel I'm the
brain, and 10 constant large hemorrhage, or In
other words, to what is called spoplexy.
Tn MoksT OF THESE RAILROAD ACCIDENTS"
The London Daily News says:-The day of
his death was, strange 20 say, the anniversary
OF the Staplehurst accident, In which, IL will be
remembered, he was In great peril, and from
n raSf fa
he received a physical shock from which he
never really recovered The friends i'm the
habit OF meeting Mr.; Dickens, privately recall
now the energy with which he depicted that
dreadful scene, and bew, the climax of his
story came, and It's dread interest grew he
would rise from the table ard literally act the
lent helping hand. Now that he is gone,
II is remembered, too, with absolute pain
that one OF the first surgeons Of the day, who
was present when this Staplehurst story was
told soon after Its occurrence, remarked that
1.-THE worst Of these railway accidents was the
difhculty Of determining the period at which
the system could be said 20 have survived the
shock, and that instances were on record of two
or three years having gone by before the life
sufferer knew that he was seriously hurt" But
the medical testimony as 20 the immediate
cause OF Mr. Dickens death IL definite and pre-
else. Apoplexy-an erusion Of blood on the
brain, the cause an oyerstrained system, and the
result one which was only STAYED of twelve
months ago, when he was induced 20 obey his
doctors injunctions and TO suspend his readings
in public-has carried him away at a compare
lively early age, and all that remains 20 his sor-
rowing friends is TO recall with affection the
many traits which made this great man so low
able.
Mr.. DICKENS AS A PEDESTRIAN.
writer in the Daily Telegraph, in referring
the person Of Charles Dickens thns Tr,,es ~
his habits Of pedestrianism :-sCh aries D,cs.ns ~
when IN town, was ubiquitous. He was 70 be
met, by those who knew him everywhere-and
VINO dld not know him ? Who had not heard
MIN, and who had not seen his Photograph in
the shop windows The omnibus conductor.
Knew him, the street boys knew him; and per
maps the locality where his recognition would
nave been least frequent-for all that he
wa a member OF the Atheneum Club
was Pan Mall. Elsewhere he would tnrD
up in the oldest places, and in the most i,cieml
ent OF weather. He seemed to prefer tue
lengthy thoroughfsres Of our exterior bouIe-
YARDS 10 narrow and intricate streets.
They offered, perhaps, a better opportunity for
iair and honest walking, and for the perform
ance OF that self-apPointed task of pedestrian
Ism, which, for so many years, he had under
taken, and which we'll nigh undeviatingly. and
wherever he was-in London, at home at Gads-
hill, In France, In Italy, or in America-he per
formed 70 its last rood and furlong. His appear
s,c IN walking ores in the streets during his
cehuie, being marked by strongly pronounced
colors and cut of the garments which had
s,I9es, , Sporting and somewhat of the
Snncsi guise. 10 those who did not know that
he was Charles Dickens he might have been
some prosperous sea captain home frem long
voyage, some western senator on A tour ip I'm.
rope. some country gentleman Of Devon or of
forkshire who now and then bred q colt or two.
and won cup, but never betted"
AS MAGNETIzRR.
correspondent of the New York Times states
mat Dickens was strongly averse TO spirituaIsm
put belleved IN and practiced mesmerism and
placed the little heroine of his unfinished story
under mesmeric influence, which would have
been one OF the most striking features of the
Mystery. "Mr. Dickens" !" adds the Correspond
ent, was not only powerful magnetizer, per
sonaIy renewing pain and curing disease, but
ne sometimes sent magnetized or mesmerized
paper TO persons who wrote requesting him 20
do so, and they declared that IL acted as strongly
and benetcially rs II he were present. This, OF
course, viii be attributed to Imagination, but
the power OF 50 operating upon peoples imagi-
nation a. to soothe their pains and cure their
diseases Is gift of considerable value
THE "BooFKR LADY,
Miss Hogarth, Mr.. Dickens sister-in-law has
ever since his separation from his wife been the
devoted care-taker and educator OF his children.
One Of his sons lie now IN offcer in the army;
another H AZ the university, His youngest
daughter 10 recognized by her pretty ways and
clever sIeeches a. the sfboofer lady" Of '-Our
Mutual riend."
TIE MYSTERY CNRAvKLLKD.
OF the ON Mystery OF Edwid brood" and the
hopeof its completion, the fact Is given that il