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Suicide.
--An Alabama soldier, named Geo. Sheridan, who had been under medical treatment in one of the hospitals on 4th street, south of Main, yesterday, while laboring under mental aberration, escaped from his attendants, and dressed only in his under clothes, made his way to the canal, at the Armory Bridge, jumped in, striking his head against a stone wall as he descended, and drowned himself.
He was pursued from the hospital, and when on the bridge was stopped by some one in front of , escaped from his attendants, and dressed only in his under clothes, made his way to the canal, at the Armory Bridge, jumped in, striking his head against a stone wall as he descended, and drowned himself.
He was pursued from the hospital, and when on the bridge was stopped by some one in front of him. But the pursuer could not overtake him, and when his way was impeded, he at once leaped over the balustrade, and succeeded in killing himself.
The body will be sent to Alabama for interment.
General Pearce.
--in noticing the arrival yesterday in this city of Brig. Gen. Pearce, of Arkansas, it was erroneously stated that he is a native of Alabama. Gen. Pearce is a native of Kentucky.
He graduated at West Point, and entered that famous regiment of the old service, the 7th infantry.
Taking arms with the South in the beginning of the present war, he was appointed to the command of a brigade of Arkansas troops, and in the famous battle near Springfield, Missouri, rendered invaluable services by his military science and individual dash and daring.
He is one of those intelligent regular officers who thoroughly understands volunteers, and has the rare tact of teaching volunteers how to fight skillfully and efficiently, without cramping the peculiar genius and temper of the volunteer, who can never be converted into a mere soldier.