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shipwreck of their lives, and went down to early graves, before their prime, in consequence of the unbridled in-dulgence of their appetites for stimulants -- I will tell of this though, in the right place -- I was up at the Major's often-; both professionally and socially -- and Jesse & Will visited me often --

There was another person who was frequently at the Major's,- who spent much time there-; & of whom I saw much for many years-; this was William Mitchell-; a nephew of Dr. Booth's-, & of Maj. Coe's second wife (who was a sister of Dr. Booth's), he was a wretched inebriate-; a man of fine natural gifts-; very intelligent & well educated, a lawyer of ability; a fluent speaker, very dignified & gentlemanly al-ways in his deportment-; but an irreclaimable drunkard; not only addicted to whisky, but to opiates-; as was also Jesse Coe -- Mitchell got on terrible sprees-; would come off & get straight & gentlemanly & dignified-; but sure to spree again by & bye --

The first night of my settlement at my new home at Ochesee, I had two calls before day light-; one was to visit a daughter of old Mrs. Samson; the chief granny of all the neighborhood -- an old one eyed woman, whom I met in the sick room very often after that -- The other call was to visit a Miss McLaughlin -- sister to two young men, John & Arch -- McL., who came from near Quincy, & were trying their fortune at raising cotton bales on a rich place they had in the river bottom a few miles below Ochesee -- I had to cross a miserable, boggy slough in getting there -- Miss