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MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.-On Sunday morning last,
the body of female was discovered floating
in the canal near McKinney's store house, in this
village, by one of the ockenders, Thomas De Witt,
who procured assistance and removed it from the
water. 1t proved to be the body of Elizabeth j..
Speed girl sged nineteen, late of Norwich, Chenango
county. An inquest held before Coroner Congdon,
at which the following facts were ELECTED Elizabeth
J. Speed came to Binghamton some FIVE or six weeks
previously remaining with some relatives who are
among our respectable citizens, until week ten
days since when she engaged herself to do
in the family of Mr.. A. c. Angel She proved a good
girl but very silent and sedate On Saturday eve.
ming she retired TO the room where she slept, with
another young woman who went TO bed and finally to
sleep leaving Elizabeth looking over her trunk. Moth
ing further is positively known of her until she was
found dead as related but 1t appears sufficiently evident
that, after her companion asleep, she changed her
Clothes arraying herself with much care put her
bonnet and shawl and left the house The trace of
her is on the west side of the canal on the dock by
Lewis store house, where her bonnet and shawl were
found carefully put together, and where she doubt.
less threw herself into the water whence buoyed by
her Clothes she foated down the canal some forty or
nifty rods, to the spot where she found Her dress
was pinned to her stockings she lay much upon the
surface and her clothing was unrued and entirely
saturated with water.


We have additional particulars connected with
this most melancholy occurrence, from a source we
deem reliable, which may throw some light upon tho
motives which influenced this unfortunate girl to the
terrible act of aelfdestruction was an
child. Her mother is living in this vicnity-her reputed
father is man OF some note in n neghboring county
she was brought up in respectable family in or near
smyrna and so far as we can learn, has always porne
good character For time she has been under en-
gagements OF marriage to young man in Chenango
county, who from time to time had adjourned over the
period Of their nuptas until she became satshed that
he intended to orsake her. This crcumstance she I'M
parted with much feeling to her sister few days since


and this il probably was which, casting blight upon
the future In addition to the blight OF the past induced
that morbid condition Of mind which led her to oahe
nd frn har NJ.