AWFUL DEATH OF FELIX q.


MCCONNELL,

Late Member Of the House Of Representatives.
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We had but laid down our len, having
closed for the day our Thoughts Worth No
tice,o when an awful case presented itself as a
fit illustration of the thoughts we had been
pursuing, and which we promise still 10 pur.
sue. Look al il oh, we dealers in the accursed
article Look at il, ye Tavern Keepers, who
regard this business as lawful think Of the
awful condition Of a man thus brought under
the influence of the demon Alcohol Think ol
the representative Of free and happy people
brought under this influence, unlil The habit
became so controlling as TO make the peoples
Representative the servant OF this worst tyrant,
leading him to that dreadful selEmurder! -
Where is he2 Where is he2 his body lays a
lifeless. disgusting, self-murdered lump ofclay
once animated by the spirit OF a man -bu
where, oh where is the spirit! gone 10 give
an account at the bar Of God, who has to warn
us, declared "that no murderer hath eternal
life." Where is his wife where are her chill
dren! how distressed must her condition be
when this news reaches her ears He who
was once an amiable man, a kind husband, a
loving father, respected citizen, has, under
the influence of that worst monarch, taken
away his own life.


We most sincerely sympathise with the wi
dow-trust that the good Lord will take care
Of her and the dear children, while they re-
member with regret the end Of their father
Let them be warned, and learn in early life 10
imbbe habits Of sobriety and morality, and to
fear God and keep his commandments, one Of
which is "Look not thou upon:the wine when
il is red, when il giveth its color in the cup


!. at the last, it biteth like SER
pent, and stingeth like an adder" We warn
the people Of the United States to see to it.
that they do not any more send men to repre-
sent them who viii encourage the dealing in,
or using Of, the article as beverage. Let US
again warn them to instruct the Senators and
Representatives to drive it from the basement
Of the Capitol.


The following is the verdict of the Jury Of
Inquest: ~ $ @


That the deceased came TO his death by stabs
inflicted by himself with clasp knife in his
right side and neck, on the morning Of the 10Th
Of September, 1886, while he was at his lodg-
| ings, in number l3 Of the st. Charles Hotel,
in the city Of Washington; and the Jury be-
lieve,. from the evidence Of Or. T. Miller,
and other witnesses, that the dec eased was in
a state Of mental arrangement, or mania. a-potu
when he stabbed himself in the manner aiore-
said.