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30 and all the tired to “ir ap-mtered We re-31 their depart-to do tiat our ind na-eessarygh the*ice, our ineum-histomdistin • age of lars asu New71. He shed, in an Ap-eton.— isiness, fc to di-ousandsucces-re than is. He ,000 to le pur-his Ex-)ratoryof Merk, en-id De-Logie.’’Ltics 110 of 129 jspeets, which it. Heid. By3 satisfyirefullyinectedtin tainsthing, the tones of America,The Late Franklly C. Grey.—The suicide of Mr. Grey has been attributed to various causes by different newspapers, and in most, if not all, cases, to the wrong cause. It may not be material to the reputation of the deceased, or the feelings ot surviving friends, to correct these erroneous surmises, save in the case of a paragraph which originated in a Washington paper, and which has been copied into several other papers (our own among the rest), attributing his melancholy exit to the unhappiness arising from havingtoo claimants upon his attentions as a husband. It will be seen by what follows that such was not the fact.The first marriage of the deceased—who, we believe, was .a native of Virginia—took place many years ago. The match was an unhappy one, and the wife, who was then residing in Illinois, petitioned for a divorce. This the husband, who was at that time in California, did not oppose, and in default of his appearance, tlie Circuit Court of Sangamon county, [at its special term in November, 1851, dissolved the marriage, and decreed that “the said parties, and each of them, is freed ft ora the obligations thereof and furthermore that the woman should receive “the sum of $5,000, and that her receipts for the same shall be full and complete satisfaction for alimouy,gand in full of all other claims or demands whatsoever against said defendant on the part of said complainant, heretofore accrued or hereafter to accrue.” We have seen a certified copy of the decroe, sigued by Benjamin Talbott, clerk of the above named court, dated on tbe first day of Doceinqer, eighteenhundred and fifty'-one. Also the receipts of Mary Anna Gray for $5,000, in full for alimony as above, and an additional sum of $300;by which it would scorn that all the conditions of the decree had been fulfilled, and that both parties wero leit free to contract a second marriage.On the 26th March, 1853, Mr. Grey married at Washington, a young and accomplished lady, with (as we understand) a full knowledge on her part of his position in regard to the former marriage, and a conviction of his perfect freedom to form a new allance. For a short time previous to his death, he was subject to a depression of spirits, brought on by his having relinquished the pursuits of business, to which he had been long accustomed. Among other hallucinations which barrassed him one was that, on account of his weaith, everybody was trying to take advantage of him. He had also on several occasions expressed much regret lor the errors of his life, amounting at times to extreme remorse; aud to the agitation of mind thus produced, they who knew him best attribtue the temporary derangement which resulted so fatally. He had always manifested the greatest affection for his young wife, and all his letters to her wero profuse in expressions of confidence and regard.
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn, New York, US
Tue, Jul 26, 1853
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