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Death not q painful prOceSs.-It has been observed, that many commit suicide from the notion that death, from natural causes, is attended with considerable agony. This is the generally received notion, but is m erro. neous one. Those who have often witnessed the act of dy ing, allow that it is not a painful process. ln some delicate and irritable per sons, a kind of struggle is sometimes excited. when respiration becomes difficult but more frequently tho dying obviously suffer no,h- ing, and express no uncasincss. Those who die of chronic diseases, the graduation is slow and distinct. COnsumptive patients are sometimes in dying state for several days |; they appear at such times to suffer little, but To languish for complete dissolution; nay, we have known them express great uneaSi- ness when they have been recalled from the commencement of finsensibility, by the cries of their friends, or the efforts of the attendant to alleviate pain. In observing persons in this situation, we have always been impress sed with an idea, that the approach of natu- ral death produces sensation similar to that of falling asleep. The disturbance of resPi- ration. is the only apparent source of uneasi- ness to the dying; and sensibility seems to be mpaired just tn proportion 10 the decrease ot that function. Besides, both the imprcS- sions of present objects and those recalled by memory, are influenced by the extreme debility of the patient, whose wish is abSO- lute rest. We could never see the close Of life under these circumstances without recol. lecting these beautiful lines of Spencer:

 Sleep after toil. port after stormy seas,

 Peace after war, death after life doth greatly pC ase