DYING SENSATIONS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 208, 25 January 1872, Page 7

DYING SENSATIONS.

A jParis correspondent of the "Eehi" writes: — A man, name unknown was discovered poisoned in one o\ the streets of the Champs E.lyseejpn Saturday night. On searching thl body at the dead-house, a paper found in the side pocket, on whi* he had carefully written, minute r aiinute, his " impressions " at the appWb of death. I subjoin a part of "Ais strange document : "Tenl'dock at night— l must finish. iWill get into a garden and end all injan unknown corner. Five minutes pbt ten : Here I am in the corner cqered up with my cloak. The air isbold and damp ; but what have Ito fa r from cold ? The gaslight just reachd me. Quarter past ten : Every tint is ready; I take my bottle of jjison. How strange! to think that tpse few drops will separate my soul fbm my body. Twenty minutes pasjfcen ; 'Tis done ! I have swallowed tfe liquid ! What is going on within dp ? I feel nothing but curiosity, le cafes below are gay ; I hear them.l Ah! Half past ten ; Fearful pain in my legs and back. My ideas arionfused. The world is disappearingbom me. My childhood appears befeb me, mother, father, all! Quart* to eleven : Sleep is overcoming A. The beginning of the end is alhand. My legs are dead. Whereb my soul? Will it wander from hbe to. globe through thousandi ofebturies? What matters? I came Vto the world without thinking ; I mutleave it the same. Eleven o'clock : KVhat do they say ? The cold has Bached my stomach. My head is hehr., 'I cannot see Oh ! 1 should kiiw ." There were a few words mo, but they could not be deciphered. 1