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Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 6 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1861., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], The career of a "Fast" young man. (search)
The career of a "Fast" young man. --Humphrey Davis has been convicted, at St. Louis, of the murder of Robert Clifford, and sentenced to 15 years confinement in the Missouri State prison. Thus closes the career of a young man whose advantages were such that, had he made proper use of them, to-day he would have been a valued member of society, and a source of pride and usefulness to this family relations. But from extreme youth he displayed a seemingly unconquerable penchant for the many alluring vices of our larger cities. He early became a professional gambler, and what is modernly called a "fast young man." About eight years ago he went to New Orleans, and married a beautiful and wealthy young lady of that city. He soon became possessed of her fortune, and continued a career of gambling and dissipation which, in a short time, left both him and his wife almost in a state of poverty. Heart-broken and friendless, the unfortunate partner of his misery died in New York city som