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IpalnoJ NJ feadiag IN tho last llalon llouR'


direcaie, 90 account of the nelanchol


death ol Mf gAseeL l., Lgwis, n neliy,


Of that place, IN The prime Of HE and II


tho midsl of usc6lnoss, Mf, Lewis was
lately, editor ol tho fazoo Democrat, and
conducted II With much yigor aud ability


llo was said 10 bo n most promising


young man, and babe fair to fise 10 omI
ncnco 10 his profession, For somo time
previous TO his death ho had been suffer
iug rom mental arrangement, al fn1oo
City A relative, thinking that a change
Of scenery and air, and a visit 10 the
scenes Of his youth would prove bench
cia, conveyed him to Baton Rouge
where, shortly before his death, most Ia
vorablo symptoms, inspiring his friends
with hope and his family with JOY, de-
veloped themselves.


On the night Of tho aith uIt, Mr' La
unknown to his friends, left his bed at
about one o'clock, and, attracted, nc doubt,
by the light on the steamer Rainbow,
then lying u, the landing, went on board,
and walked of the larboard bow into the
river. rope was thrown him by some
of the crew TO seize hold OF, but he de-
cIined accepting the profFered assistance
saying that he would sooner trust to log
TO which he swan, some distance in the
river. He foated down on the log with
the stream, until, probably, he was taken
with a cramp, from the coIdness Of the
water, and was drowned. His body was
recovered a short distance below Baton
Rouge, and properly iaterred. He has
left widow and four children to mourn
their affecting bereavement May He,
who tempers the winds TO the shorn
amb," be their consolation in this their
hour of sorrow and mourning.