New York Clipper (Apr 1862)

•.t..-i!:ir: V SATURDAT, APRIL 19, 1862. Toil. X«^Ho.._ l^RIOK FODB OBI m qkog attilng out of MttT Mtafr diop on'Bioadingr, lad'nf mtulfthAtlvuittawiti.: Ifafor ray Sobui— myprtttrdaaabi ifi-SS •11; T«»,*Tei7P«nny- lua ooaUoUd.to UTtppAiit emit add go In . nn, m slit ctn dnn In Blltalad lM««,Mlidppi«(tedl OltllTOTyiAlUTOkeplmellcoinalKi^ uu for mw ■ diTl—ona tkvor '4ot8— loan me t iota' rafflolopi tolnrUieHpiBt, for th» niqniMM 'tittt nam flash thionjli ib|! ^^•jf;tt^*to«%tiUtforiun»»jigd^^^ I " J??'' "wl^tttudarkejBinbnolt at, n Hun4*li«> lOT^Bpr iB»DUDy,.nlggw,lnok'a tlis bMt tvtM- UiP that,r»«; rdnu>»a um'^rmm IWto^SSU^S^?' now i. nir#^ d"th, tUi nmp ilLAlOB. CAT'S BHVBWOHI. |]^(WrH» TO f 9. t-BT BPA«IA(n* '■trail, Ib^ in roi> tha iuntabtuiai girl of - 0bm mm' lam tlut'HUihatttn laluid ekaboaat''': v •■Oltl o^net-oomo, Hal, that's-piling u on (oi>:ibUkt oains mjang—uere's a lot of hainfaoniB.maldapi in St^YoA, you now; and tTorr oUa mnat taki tha part bxhtoam.iroainira ialroM^Ukaatanainlglil' IfIhalaaalaiulMiile'aaron'saytFll •waar my Oelsattne la Bar twin alater, aad biuk mr Oplnlollib aar rfaaoaabla anuwat.. OlTa ii»an InUing ofPandbe, Hal, bo- Cgimw«'totMhgIaaB^''aaldTon701einenta, ••Pray b««lli.'' <' '■WeU,"exoIalined Harry, •'ahels tba onlrdaiuhterof.aaea' eapfala'a wldo#, who keepi a porter-honiso In Bude abeet" .' •ili'm Mt-.TgrT romantio on tfia'start, anjhoW/^iUl Tony, with ^iMRKlnwblobtlMotharB'Jolned. ; i ' - -.. :'. "WEo said It wiaa, boUy bort Are yon not awaTa.tM,iba btli^itait Jawels ato otuimas alscovered fa iha' darkaai mw*T. B&s hM a nock that Is as wblU u tha drlTtu snow." "" •■Ooon, HbL that'sglorlonatobaglnwUbj" - - • - : •■Xrosof adaopoerDllaa bloo." .. ' , •■"Thimdor.ddtfthoonHiatJ" ■'• ■ . '••A Cue as haadaema as erar patnttr hath Ima^lliM ill bis wlld> astdrafm, andaaoba rpnnd aad'lortlj form ih*t>*A'V*inik' WOaU 'gron^aaUaa If aha gazad npon the ehannlUBaU'" : <4M O&apel street irill go in Bonn' ■ • Huxikiuht an oU black esi wasV ^iSuaUiatlltaliblscalm, pUddfaee,- VtaamUto baTo5lD*n to. a fegealy P"^ 1 htt Uvs jsTO th« Botmdof a beavejuj ww. and poUahed, and bright. SftjSfc^laSlnghasinadomerepalslTeto.^^^ - ^SS:jSit^htolLm:m logs 'S»'^,^SSL^/^ Slt^i^ yott Will flnd In the month of ioatms»r ■=^^^•7 ■^rar?3ioe8.trttEowt,,and the,»lee^ Within. .'■■ ■ ■■ • • - .: • . ' I tob'^hwtot u»JB .m a obkat errr. BX JQHN ooofeb: yail. hAVifigtiteasi tdia of a deapetata Mrtfe.' '-reacape, bat he jrtomblea and tiSM, wiri*t(rasloap»,bnthejrtnmi>iesanoiu», >f:P.»w ffi WiSS'npon him. he feds thalr h ^i^Su <«i6lTes io mAt bniTely the moment of death. .• :> <'tlhol" a»ysthe oat,"IhaTooiilyairat, . v ^ >'* •WawToSoe had tny.eleak with it's stoeijUAss at fkl; " • At dsiy I bnde ahimbered onoohohes of •uki.^... At 5&t helped myiSf to theoholoestof milk; .'; •; Bnl'nftw I'm an ontoaat. and lonely I roam,. ■■ :C' .pfnMthit demon who sleeps, has robbedma of home, ■.• Ha«5bcastdf hlspr«nk^,andelylyr«Jolo^ ,. BBt hell not sleep a wink within sound of my-fotoo. i-ts-' Maw-tbt dsraar swtikaned, lossod wildly sbont,. I -ASLtiled to forget tba wild dlsoord wltbont; J'oflUI nga In hla^reast had taken snob root, . '. ' That ha walsomed the voice with a taste of bis boot . * h- ;m sthsr soon fbllowa, and.ihan the boot-Jask bnot baikWKil In taUng a similar traok: .'Che alippan with swUtneas of malloe now nee, AA4 Una m >boda In a nelghboriag tree. : ••Ohol" Bars the cat, "Pray do lire ypnr.hati ' ABd'lat afawnoTSls press olose after that. Ob J howl yonr longs b'oarae, snd hiss whUa yon may. rm ont of your reaob. and I-U jreU hero 'Ull day. To«Mmw yott work, yonr books yon mnat keep, Bat this night shall not flnd yop a bslanoa at sleep. Rait nlsul tetom, and eash night after that, l^aln^yoaavtralnfnmthswwttf theeat'.' . OHAITEB L . ' ' °. Tin Liic Tvmic or sbhoi obolxsa. oOriatn of'oat UAi^rama rings ap on the wfldeet, darkest, id stcnoleat night that added a spoke fethewheeloflimelnthe IssttnMithoithe4Ter-to-bo-remembaredyasrlB33. Thronghcnt flta UwJdnA day thesnow and sleet had fallen thlok and fkst: and Sow; ia theblaok tent of darknesa oretspread the firmament, the dt^the wind, like a ml^ty madman, bnrat all shackles ot ._tta!nt,and went raflng np 4n3 down theoold, deeertedstreets, now ahying sontUe doors llko automn laarea, aqcm In bnrglar fttuon aiuUg to a moaning whistle, stealing up'dark sUejs, tefdarifig.dieuiez atill the poor pariah homes of misery an< iirant \- ■ "'' ' . ' 'Twas not to be restrained, this eTll wind, when, Bampeon Uke, It felt new atreogUi arise to ehako tha pUlara ot the earthrbnt With the'breath of peatUenoe npon its mighty wings went roaring thMnghthe Narrows tar ont on the stormy main, tearing salla of abnl to titters in' its path, and otrewing leaser barks Uke chaff upon ra way, nnUl tha last tell spwk ot demon oholera was lost In ooean's awfnl depths, to sconrge the world no more. '" Tbe'casta 6t the dreadftd plsgno for many days bad been both taw and Cv^ between. The monater well might be contented with thi fkarltal havoo ha' had made, tor evaiT chnroh yard In the olty hiBdl>»to'OTer glutted with his proy. Borne streets wl^ere dwelt the't'oitetlng poor were decimated full aa much aa any ot old, Ediiddll^ town when visited by'a Uke plagne in 16M. But now the Mbit(g[k waaatayed, and New York Olty was recoTorlngtrom the jSiodk IM ten advent had made (tor winter had satin), when news w(nttis|[lng far and wide that Lemuel Foater, the rloh marohant BtqioBtUre, was atrlokon down. '.'Joto^'Smltb, or Bobert Jonea, of Obspd street, or Cross, not MM l]),tt^ilsaDdB wonld have noticed as good moa^ore thrown In to the B6onrgol bat when it came to Lemuel Foater, therioh mer. tiaaltl^Hnoeot Battery Place, ot oonrse itwaaa dllterentthlng, and '')na>"'beg4n to iblnh that their rejoicing had been fi» niaMtn, 'Itlid wear an anilons look again. Bnt tkte ordained ttut'-ihtflera'began in hovels desolate with mlserr and vice^ KbAnldi^fky hi* royal signet on a palace home at last; andUttle nokw thff demon whether his victim breathed his lastnpon a bed ofatiawbrdown. '- ttie knbckers of the stately mansion aU were mnffled does, and there ;itiMl ian'strown in the street Uitore the door to drown the Jar of ourlage wheels, if any wen abroad npon this stonpy nlghL Shedinilatkaiiitainsof the downy bed are gathered far apart to tlv« tbe-ajlng patient air, and the great Doctor Pafter Peps, wlUi B» gold sntoh In hand, stands anzTons by, and notes the slightest •haoBs that Bteala npon the sick man's face, TbegenUennrae is Mar 10 minister to any want the patient may re^Dlre, bnt wdl ueftdaheroilloe now is nearly past From time to time sho jnut taabUalttthea the aufforor's brow with camphoratod water, wJJMUue fleetingbieau,'and there are man^ anxlona frlenda uS;.!t?.''*'^<1 "oil 'I^emael Foster's ooueb, who brave the ■mUA Ur ot>ita who whUe a alngle spark of Ute remains oould S£iw^!^ U>«in the holts of any portt6n ot his giant Wtslth.'- \ ihf**''^"'.''8l» bwn a wUd and way- ^^SwKfiui^wliM J'A lio™ morning, and the HgSKS**22?i^ Many UmJ$ 'SkirSfa S^w^^'^»W»n*<'M, wild Md reoklossas «M;S'"tJfe*o^ Either whlskoy^Un «ath^ate«^SS5Mr Wjjve.ps'ajaart, n»I,"Vald alotrng manof the nart* „ ^ monrning,' Ad,' milbU yiMif bva basibeoi bewltoblng yonrwlts; Bowsoon uayybot friends hope to gaze open so bilahtaad glorlons a star .worn on, the breast'oflove'a gay chevalier, tha gallant HaiiyFosttrt'' , . "'Vlhf, boys, to teU the tratb, I'm doabUbl hew thS gaUe win go, She seema ImpreAnible to jeweby and slllis,' and ks yet I do not think that I have made the least Improsslbno^L her heart". •■Then why not glvAosaUaohanosrand 'l^tthe best man win? Ill sock a hondred with the landlord here, wuh equal show, that I wIU take the cake," aald Charlie Clements. ' •'•And I| and I, and V'sbouted'the others la a breath. ' ••As 1 am in tor it, I Won't-batkdows^thV Mt U good. Now flU.yonr glaaaeato ths brim, tad leave no hed-taps. ~ Here'ito tbe. anchantlng Barah Barrey, the handsomest malden'the Em- pire (Hty.can boast" -.iXbe health of the ronng girl was drank to the ronaa, irtio had wsgeced on triompblng over her virtas, wifii three cheers and'a tlger,>nd again ware .iho glasses replenished with- ho* wUskey- afinsaUjonnd.. - ••Are there any (krther orders, gentlemeB 1" inqnlred the smll' jpg landlord. ' . . . n '- •^Wbat say yon, boys," aald Tony denisills, "tor an hoar's Sap, Tenns Is disposed ot tar the amt beUA. snd'ihaU we lliri eiiapen, or chnok the dips at tha shrine otnntoT^ •'(dOD'tfixil Inclined tor a gamet»-tilgh<," «esiiondfii Harry, "otr teasjtia paid for by the honr, snd'thaie (a tnUe ton on the road thanbaeUng against Faro, even ihongh the nlghtlsacorsed darit.and stormy one. Oomt, light yonr smokers, 'and let's strike a be»llne for the Bowery.'^^ . "91?, hip. hanahi" Jingle, jingle, Jlngla. How th^ lend slong, sad shoot ont boisterons songs that nartle ancient watch- men a^ thair posts, who wonder who the denoe can tttret pleas- ore ont on each a dreary night as this, ■ • • • »■• -.• •• . The massive gold repeatet ot the sknHfal dooto^ Parker Peps denotes a qnartor to the hoar of ten, and he has eoadesoended t6 Inform.IhA monmeie by the sick man's cench that the, patlsat may (orvive nnlU the hoar of twelve. Thoogh the infiwinatlon baa been given by the great pbyalolan in a whloMred' breath; tba dying man has heard It, too; and with aloag&g, liaxiaaBUob, he gases 'round the rpom, as it in searoh of something hie Woold flqdt The doctor knows hlamtaniiuiwelL ' Tls Htny FoMer, W-lfbom half the olty has been aaanned in vain, to bring hittito htadying tkthar'sbeq. : . i- ' < V t<BradshawJs always sore," the doctor raurmnred to hlmsalt "Hal there was a knock at theftont door, Hdraa, •MOukU* WhO>»he«;!'..'. ■, , t .. .. • , . . - The nurse aiola sotUy from the chamber, and in a moment aa- nonnced to tha doctor in a whisper that U WM Kr. Blobard |bnd< ahaw who desired to aee blm.' ' ••IwinnotbeaaAcond absent," said, tl^ doctor to his patient inawhliper. "Thepeisonlhavekeattorwillflndoatyoarson within aa hour, if hehaa'notlett New-Tork." AsmlloiUtted over the.pale taatorea ot the dying, Jnan. and his white Ups scarce aodfliu mnimure d one word-Jmnr." A man appaienflr somcifilt^fars gr~agSwas waltiM in the biniielow. 'HebualoofccfllrnditeiirblacloaetreufMn&oe; iaf^ (uoh a piercing eye, it seemed to rea^ the one bewbsd with at a glanee. - Bis wdl-knlt ttame dlaplayad onosasl ^Mngth—' thsbestof reqnlaites tcranablepolueoffloar. 'I believe I have the honor to address -Doctot Mrker Papa.' The phrdaisn bowed. - "I reeeived jonr taotehitf an honr ago. Ifewhaiwayoanlbiof sernoey'*^ ' ~ .i^:^MtiariAttrmtlMaf^:tTi^ tlBif Foster hsa jMtdli la peace unless'be Iflesked his wtrsoit Monervwnld be na ohteol lathe esM—fl«s hundred ddlats if fhery^a was at ^ nisnslon la two.hours. '•Ton knew blia;Bradd>aw." ••Among a thousand; but I'd give • handsome snm to have another hour's start; say three." "Twill be too Ute—the cose Is desperate." '•\niat is the disease?" ••ObolertL" '•ru do my best" ssld the offloer; and shaking the phyalolan's band, he draw his far osp farther over tils eyes, turned np the collar of bis coat aad dashed ont into the howling stoim, A carriage waa atandlng near by Bowling Qreen, 'waiting fbr a oaU tnm some benighted traveller; bat the driver, in hopelees desperation ot (ettlng a onstomer on eaoh a night had wraj^ed himself In his rubber coat and gone to eleep on the box. "Hallo here, wake up I" a voice sounded m the sleeper's ear;' 'Drive me to number Beado street in eight mlnntes, and you wiU earn two and a half like winking." "No yon don't Dickey Biker," aald the one addressed, *<t«n»iB himself Uke a great water dog. "Toa can't come that ganmon overSUm Jim,HlsterBradshaw. I might m^e twoandahalf to-night bnt where would my Ueenae be In the momlngi" •■Ton forget when you cluised the Yankee tvrenty-flve dollara for toting him from the Philadelphia boat to the Olobe hold. Bat this Is sn alTalr Ot Ute and death, and perhaps. If yon are a good boy, you wlU earn as macb to-nlght in an honest way. I wUl ride on the box with yoa,. tor I ehsU have to look aU thairgreat thoroigkire of the east aide of. t)u,tawn had been oIoM 'tt sbearllSr honr than asna],and naB^or tbe'theatras' paid aopeases os the night when oholera took. Its^flight flcom the. olty- ■. • ■ • ■ ' • ■ • ■".■-':. . '• "Keep the centre ot the street' Jim, aad be., evefql bow you drive,' now, my boy, for every thing sboad seems aa dark u a. stafhofblackcsts. NloaJilghtforaslelgliing party on the rood, I don't think; we shall overhaul them on bare ground if the rain don'tholdap precious soon." ^ - - ' ••Ovarhaul wlMT Ulster Bradshaw,'* Inonlied'Jli^ JTba people I am after. Jim,. I' don't 'mlhd'giving yon a valaabia piece ot information. Its a gnat pity your edacatloa was-tnlled with; nowitls my private opinion you would have nudaan exeeUeot Ia*yeT." '•Wbyso?" said Jim, detrerontlally. .. 'Because you are each a prime hand at cross qrnestlona. By Jnpltv, that is the sound of sleigh bells, and I believe the Jig la nearly up. Ballo there," he added, as the partlea met .Thf adutatton was scaroely heard by the inmataa ot the alel^, for they were making the air ring with tha cboms of a bacbhsna- llan song. But ••Hulo yonrsdf" Wu the immediate reply tirom one of their nnmber. . ' . "Eold np, tor a moment" aald Bradshaw.: '"Ton are the ver^ young nun I wont to see on an afltli ot life and death. Eeepalant rein, Jim, while Idismount'aad explain;" and the oOcttiiommunleated toFoSterin a whisper the terrible aflUcUon Unpcodlng over him. AtRy Footer wss'sobered In «n Instant by the news the officer Imparled to him. "Qood Ood," he exclaimed aloud, "can It be Me that my tkther'ls dying, and I on-a'dmuenspreeT "VI WiU go with yoa on the instant" . :. ry's companions were too much astoqlshed.to nttereven an excuniatlon-ot sftrprlsftat' the tstmlnatton of Oi^Ir catonsaL She team of BUm Jim was tamed in sh oi^poslte dlteeUoo, and theystarted oft at their tastest gait-down the Third Avenue, nqrome the ol&oor took a aeat inside dong with him be had bettt so aanestly la eearchof for the last two hoots. Nota wirtB iWOs exchanged bv either of tha'partles on their midnight Jonmey, and .they roUed through the quiet streets at soon a foriods speed that when they reached Bowling Qreen the aides ot BUni^lnrs steeds were covered with lather, and the breath from thislr noatrlls eeemed Uke steam froni a boiling cauldron. It wanted ten minutes of twdve as Barry Foster enured the pater- nalttanslon. He'had arrived barely.ih timoto see his fkther breathe;'lils last DOotor Parker Peps hod never ceased for an ' ' -dorlng the searoh to administer words ot comfort and ~ le dying man, and Officer Bradshaw bad dona wondeis u to the emergency ot the cose, damb of death was on Lemuel Foster's brow, and its had set In ss his son, bMothless, pde and haggard, room.' He recognisedhia darling son, and nuering _ tones, "Barry,'' ten back a toipne. The demon .hadfinmd Us lost victim in the prinody moniilbnot a wed^jr Hew Tork millionaire, and Harry Foetef, prone to every vicc eraato that dastardly crime at wbloh devils laugh snd the holy sngels weep—the deatraction of innocence and vlrtoe, and Who that very sight had wagered to oscompUsh his pnrpcse with the moat beantlf[)l girl the Empire Olty.oonld boau--had fUlen heir to one mUUon two hundred ^onaand dollarsi . ' BatiyFostte was the tortanate possessor, aa the world surmises, ot the silver spoon, tbat with pmdenoe and care would have proved ot-.the greatest benefit to him in the battle of life; and we mast how fom tb'one who, bom in thp shadow ot poverty and want comes in for' the wooden ladle; and the reader wlU be able to solve in tha and wheUier it is better to bebomtatdor than rich. ♦ .. • • • • .■ • • ■ • , . At the period ot our stoiy there was one etieet in the eastern sldeof the dlty, stretching from the river to Orand street that, foralong period, had proved an ey»<iore to the moralists of the age.., The Book, OS it was coUed, wss, to say the lourt, asnotori' ona OS the Five Points; and, it'was found by the statistics of the poUcs eonrts, oould turn out an oqoal share ot ocanterfelten, borglars, aseiak thieves, and desperadoes of every grade and Uad. Wth the oueptlon ot an oocsslond grocer's, or dmggtsfs, the whole thmughtkre was lined with houses of, lU fame. There, lost and'iensnaUty held unbounded riot'and victims firom the joral distiiots, or sea-farlBg men vrere robbed of their hard«arn- ad gains with intponlty, and the maletkctora were seansdy.evar taonght td Justiee, tbr the whole vicinity se^ed like a. atfe re- trettlbreveivorime. It Was there that the notorious BtapPark- «r flnt.lntrodoced tha robbtng-game of thimble rig, be having re- ways at once. Thpi^," he added, as he monnted the ooooh box, "it s five minutes past ten. Too have got a fine pair of horses; now put'om through." Blim Jim, knowing that he was on the safiealde 'of thelaw, lashed his team, and they rattled up Broadway on a fall mh. "Bnrglaiy, or ahovlng qncer 1" aald JUi, Inlertogatlvely. ' "I tell yon what it is, Jim; that black nag ot yours Is a trump. What was the figure you pdd for him? Idon't tbJnkleversaw abetterone," ' . ••Too might postafeUow what lay yon are on, Ulster%iid- shaw; Iwon'tepUt" '•I don't intend yon shaU; dear James; (wis that a yonag mm sneaking along there?) I'U give yon a piece of advice; when ypn go a flahlngi don't tiT for flat fiah." "What then t" add Jim. '"Bob for .whdes. > Ahl hSn^wa ate—Bsade atreat ■Kcm, Jamea, keep steady for one moment while I bid the widow HaK vey the time of night I think it's mora than likely yoo win earn the twenty dollan that I spoke about" So saying, the officer dismounted ftom the oooch-box, and: entered the saloon that Earn Foster had depicted tohlsoom-' panlons as containing the vonoa of the Bmpira City, niet* were no guests on tne present oocaalon, and the widow, a fine-looking, portly woman, was about doaug her eatabliahment as Bradshaw entered. • , ■ ^ "Why, Dlck,".ahe exclaimed, ■■la it poasiblst I have not seen Sou iaa dog's age; (shaking hands with the oSloer Uke an old riond) what brought you here on Buoh a stormy night t" .r "Bomethlng ot the utmost Importanoe.' Un. Harvey. But I am wet to the skin; so mix me s not whlakay akin as ouiokly sk: possible, and while you are atirrlng the muddler I will explain.; Ton know voudg Horry Foatert" "Certainly," repUed the widow, as eha handed Bradshaw. his drink. ' ••HelaawUd. raklshsoitef ateUow,! takaltt" . '■. "True enough," addtho widow, "but youth qmstbave thne to' sow wild oats; beddes, he la 80 veiy rich." .• I Ah 11 have tom'e times thought—now dont tad offsaded Urt, - Earvoy—"• . "Not a bit) we an old friends." - . ' "That he was sweet on your hahdsome daughter Banh." - "Well, there Is many a true word spoken Ui Jest Blak,^and, thongh I may have a mother.'s fitelings about the matter, I think; my daoghior would not disgrace her pmltlonu'an^ man's witli. Why, it was only this aftenioon that 'Banr was hero and .oi^ged: her to takeadelghrido out on tiie road, and she would bare atoompanled' blm but the weatherwu so stormy; bnt yon are n6t going BO soon, Hr.BradshawT'.S,-. , ■ ■ "xm, fmuatbooir as the flv sold when he lit on'tUb mustard pot; boaineea Is lmporatlve:.bbt I wiU caU soon' again.' By Qeorgi, that la the beat Whlakay skin I have tasted In a month.' Good night, Uta. Harvey;" ••OoOdnlght," responded the'Widow, highly flatteied. Why of oourse ho is oh the rood; muttered i^e ofllcer to him- self, and may bo at the halt 'way boiisb engaged in fighting the tiger; I have got exactly obo hour and twenty-flvo minutes. ••Wake op, Jim. 'Vfby, damn me, I boUoveyou woold take a odm- fAriabla'nah to the tune ot a JoUy earthquake or soifak Uvoly gam'e otthats6rt Hera Itla rilnlng cats and dogs, and you anoring away Ukelhi) seven .'sloepore, Now Just charge mo yiinktkie, And let' me'd6%n at the half iray house, on the Barlem road in fiiteeh tnlnutcki andiUo^ me to add If there is any bachman in NewTotk that thinks he oan 140 down yonr team, I'U Just bet UmmypUehe'oah'tMmelt" '' Jim WssaU iSn qh tb^ Instsak. and fMIng that then waa ttb&l«h<^teMhedtiib%iM'A^ai.' ; . i: . Xhe ttem stui sonUna*d,and mostet th«rtlox«tt&al lln«a 'Hdnity D^fc Oorlisy, atlaxwards sent to Blng Sing for ^e, brought ont ^SAlt jlefndng.gune, which. W)ts.imiiroyed on afewyears.la- KK'y'luijmEic Jidr Af Washington Utikifi known - ka^Oabbe, BUSymaaaedtoonslderabla money by finding wdtatdmdwallate the heels Ot honest itedesMan& At th«« period we apeak oC the police ware bnt ladUTarently organised to protest an onsospeoting man IMm the wUes otshaipera whoI» In wdt at every groggeiy thereabouts, to pick up flail'to invest their money on pick ot the loop or awest oloUi, while a greasy pa«k of «ardB was ready, half or fOUalocked, torlnglnon thadapeataaodable game ot eeven np. Bach was the state of things among the mack and mire of walnut street where, often, a poor aaUor saw the hard- earned wagee ot a three yean' omlse go In atfauny hours; where, if he grumbled at his tote, he was befiten by the pimps without meroy, and kicked Into the street w pUed with drugged Uqnor until he forgot his misery, and when ne ratninod to abascious- ness would find himself fkr ont of the Narrows, on a voyage to China or the North sea, the landlord having eold him to bondage as much as if he was a liegih) slave, without tear ortSvorof the law. .• In a bleak gamt of one of the .vUtsI tenements of tha outcast adghborhood we speak oi; an old and haggard woman, clod in mis- erable rogi^ crouches over a shred of fire that does not aerre to take the chlU olt of the miserable rootti. ' She occupies a broken chair, and that and a pine table, with a bundle of straw in a eo> nor ot the apartment ara tho only articles ot tumlture In view. Hogging henelt together, she ehlven with bold, and broons over the air of some old song, paosing ever and anan to listen If ihero Is a footstep on the stairs. TEe wind Is stlU high, and moans around the otitEy boUdlng ,Uke a human being in distress. At length she breaks off with an Impatient gesture, and mutton blt- ter&:— "Jt'a a cussed evil night for poor starving folks like me, but It it strikes him with flood or Are I shaU ted content Bo rolls In sold, whlU I am starving tbr a crnst; and-my l-eautifai daughter. Busy, too, hla child oa wen aa mine, he bast her andlnelc the winds; bat they say he woitahlpe his boy, and aU beoause a mouth- ing priest blessed nlsunlonwlthanother, my hated rlvd, when I was lUrer, younger, handsomer than ehe. Is there no plague ot storm and fire to reach him In his lofty pride? If not the world's a Ua, and cone It .evermore; and yet my handsome girl may prove Us equsl at the last I've hod the self-same dream throe nights, and people who ate wise soy dreams like that come true. Tbe'numben are Imptlntod on my brain Inhnesof UvlngflM, 4-U—44. Uavbe my.Sney yet wUl ride in her coach, lost td- len aa she la at ibis sod hour, and Us prond-pampeied son come to a beggar's lot Hd hd it is a merry thing to make the wont ofdevllalaugh-i-a sister sells heisolf about the streets to bay a orttst of bread; the brother—hal what's that; tho Wind? No; it's a step upbn thetatalr—not Susy's. In tho devU's name, come in,, who ever yon may be; you'll find there Is but Uttle here to beg, to borrow, or to etesL" A thiok-aet man, acme thirty yean ot age, and of a Wdl-knlt 'flrame,.and dark complexion, wqs the old hag's viaitoT,' Bis 'fita- to|«s wen not prepoesesslug, for bla noaa was flattened nearly to hlsfltce—aif aoddentof yean goneby—4>nt thue was oa air of honesty and candor about hia geneial bearing that madafUU amends for that misfortune. He had a hfaket with him, and on 'which the old woman cast a wisitu glanoe. . •■Lonely to-nlght good mother Paine?" he uttered In a cheeiy way, as he dopoaltad hla burden on the tabic. -•The wind has been kleUngnpathundeiliig spreo ont doon, and If Ton Reeder'a honest irord Is worth a damn, there wlU be hoUUo pay botbn to-: morrow oomes, out on the sea.-'-'I hare not seen aa rough a night JtSntt old Oousumptlon Jske broke Walloco'e nulctto by tunning, nineteen times upon tho double 00. That was tbe tliiie that the bbya'aUthoDghtaedeyofJadgmeiltludoome,sate." ' ■■; ' "Ky dream I my dream I "croaked dd mother Palhe. "Would; to Ood It was only, true." - . . ^ . *'What dieom, mammy?" Inqulted the vldtcr. '' •'Tan, you have been a goodnlend to me and mine, and lknowi im will nop my aocret; for throe nights running t have bad the same vldon. I thought I bonght a tfckctln the gleat lotteiy, andi Itdnwtheoapltdpneo." "Pobl stufi snd nonsenso, flumrny. It s my opinion that all the lotteiy aiid poUoy gamee are a big swindle to rob poor peijplei ;of 'their baxd canibigs. 'Why, I have known you, aummy, (though I don't mean to reproaoh you,) toboy poUin after poUoy. and to raise the moons to'do ao, you pawned everything yon had aboottheahanty. How, did yoneverwlnanythlngworthwhile.?" "Never, Tan," ehe moened|->ibnt then, yon see, my lack had notoomeyet" '. v .v "Why, when la it to come, mammy, if not now, when, by the Ibohaet ttilngs, yon'seem to needlt most?' It won't be much use to have Fuck after, you on dead and burled. Don't fbel pwt ont mammy, but I am afraid if my wife was to happen to.forgot SoaforA Weeli,w6 ahouldhaVe the JoUy old coroner hM^ and M newspapere (I'm glad 1 dbatknow how to road) would patch op a vercUoi about the dispensation of Providence, or some spch gammon; bnt you can res t asanrod, mammy, ws wlU never fbtgf t yttn a* long as wo have a root over oundvos." " . . :"Ita,"rsald tha' old womam eagerly, while her eyeaspaiUsd, "don't yon reooUect old Joe Caul, the wood sawyer (many's the loadha sawedfor-me In bettardays>| bewontheo4pltalona dieam not baU eo attong as mlne-a htoated.ttousahd aoUan/' ••WelL mtmtty,yoliandIUaven«t|oibMnkto oalcolatbhbw ntny da^edftNUVShlUlngs, and quartets it iobk to ttiak* np ■ pU^. BMldts, who knows but ifhatjie.waf ln^Ui**~ —*" Tan nmsed a moment to t^ ah^d~ 1^ «^ M^uSl^iSat^^^naeM ptjizeet.to Watbr, that his word waa iooedi a* 'hLTbbadi- B» had doner many gasenua aotlons in hla llfa, aad'ha iwelvad li dooneaow. ■ .. > : ••](ainmy,"haaald, "here Is the sua that rm- JtnbK-H wltbJtwhatyon plesae.but ifs my advice tl^t y^WlMyA tonot ood, and something thatwiU dress, you wana'abaSw foitible,jalher than spend it on a set ot aWionwIwJIt^lfil Bo exdted was mother Palhe, and overioyed, that aha Tan's hand, and would have taUeo* on her imeea to bleaa" hehejil'her upUkaatrae'man, with the nmaik, ••No. mammyi-no thanks.' ItaUeokneaandgoeelnaAaa'aUte .. There was another footstep heard upon the stain, aadthU the tice.ot theoold woman lighted np, ibr aha tecognlse&'Iha Of her protty daughter, Sosan. As aha entered, Tanbuolad vHnt sdt InUklng some articles ont of Uie baaket and pjadog tbeiqqj The mother, hobbled from the only chair to make room befcia the fast tadlng flre, for' the young gl^l was sUvarlng with oeU, and her dress—a thin ganze one—waswet'and draggledattlia bottom with the mlM'of the street 'i : : '1 - With a brief "How ore yon. Tan ?'f and a nod ot reoegnltloil to her mother, she sat down, and, with folded hands, gated Into wUtening.emben wlthoot uttering another word; She was toll and..floely fbrmad, and her features'would liam been of the moat. etortllng beauty bad not want and dlsaipatlMt set their iron elanettliere: Only seventeen, snd for thtee yeaia a wanderer on the pave—tbe mord elty.ot New tvik cth bouVH a thousand cases like to her's. T^-tbok his leave, and wl& another brief "Oobd night" she meditated on. The niathrt never cored to IntetTujc 'oer 'handsome Bussn in such moUfc At. length she raised bar head, and wltb a bitter Iangh,- a» claimed:— ■ "■■f '. "Mother, rvehaortf flews to-night" ' f'What news, my Busy, deary ?" "He to dead.'"^ " . ' ... "inio, darUbg?" ' ■ . ■ . .Uyta-T—tho msnyon told maXmost alwaya: hate—the sweet revrngsweUvedfor, as you sdd—and noFthefarco ls.'omr< sapnotemj^ lav down and die." . ' , . ;> . . ■ «'! ••ausy. darUng.''; cried the hag, as she seised hat daugUSRBy thaarm, "tha news Is asgood to me as if I owned the ticket that I dreaitod abbnt and oD a% numben hod oofib' out' X)nly fi^ night I enned him, both with fin and'flood. ' Hotr did ye?]^ about it Susy dear?" • ■ ^-i- 'Bradahaw, anhourago.was searching-through the Orib* A find a man who hodlwen eboving qaeer- Be came toCIaih'^ and I was dancing then'tin after one o'clock. Ton anawotehe knows our htoloty, ondhs add to me in a voice of tliiflriijilj)' 'Snsan, go home to-nlght' 'Why; Ur. Bradshaw?' I ihqniredj *l hove nbt been doing anything wrong.' And then he aatd-^4 know It Susan; bht Lamud Faker, the rich merehanl^ died an hourago, with cholera, and yon nest go home.'" ' . "Oniaehlffl. In this world and the neztl" said iho old'wmaaa;. bitterly. ', •. . --i.. "These are my mourning clothes,, mother," sdd tlMilri, clutching at her dress. "Balftal hal the daughter of a iaflllq» aire. .1 wonder hoif hlgh-,piv proud brother, who hu-atnr known me, win cairy Ushanaaty head now ? Bnt I am huogm glvemefood. Idldncttbdllkaeoriilngitto->ilght,,motlier;,ra. pay yoo aoothar time." ■ ' :' i-ii ' - '-. The daughter ate vortoloudy ot Uinpads breiudit'trin Eeedeiv but tha mother tasted not-for aSe oould 'imly (hmk'Ht hot tomar patMBwr aad'^^4^U-^4.'.'—ato ■ Mt'O urfuni w . -'■' ' A BrolSnDca J>oaHn-<^A Iraw dayi'mbsanusni^^^ meet at Hampton (Matt, the Herefordshire tbx honndithtviraff at St Oeonords, and alter b oapltd run ot from foortaen to twenty miles, the lost three obwUch offorded a splendid oooisa la tha open, killed their game in goUont style. Bnt beyond theordtakry- Intereatand eioltcmcntot the chase, the day'e aport had acau^ thing ot a truly ludioroua character about it, oriatng bnt of tha foUowIng clrcomstanoe:—Bcarcely had Beynafd bean pot afoot to the moalo ot the bounds, than on exceedingly tiovd "aportM^ character'.'madehla appearance In thenolassdlstlogulahedgalaf than that of a donkey, belonging to lb, Jones, of tbatplaoe. This animal made bis alnt into uie Add with a sort ot msgtcrf celerity thst thesnpeistltlons would liavo atones put down as Satanic, and poaslblv with some show of -reason, for the deru certainly eeemed to have taken ^aseaslon of Jack. Down'bo came, ean erect taU extended, and in the very height of «j«<titi(j> excitement dearing-hedges, ditches, and any other obetlil* that came In his way. In a perfectly morvoUous manner, or flail* Ing to dear anything knocked it down with the power ota baMww Ing-rom. Bo unexpected and eo droU s companion natilrally ^ dtod the greatest meiTlnent and more than one gantteman an. deavored to dlssnode him from pattlblpatlng ln)he aport hot j^k became more resolute, and would not be done. B^ipal^ tared with dirt and In a soapy state of perspiration, he etUl pet<. eevcred,.heeplng doss np with tho hounds, ond In many lhattn- ces render^.good service-to the ,JuvenUe sportsman by •tfiovr-. ing hiDi tho way" over or through the hedgoe, os tiio caaetnighk be, Thus ho continued crossing dltohee, brooka, and fbnoBS,-nn- tllthe tally-hol which ptecedod the death, was given, Iniba gallop across tbe three-nule open, it may be sdd that Jack, in his exhausted state, hod ecaroely a' frlr chance with his etniina friends, bota mora game animal novercropped a thistle, and sti^ gnlor to relate, his pluck was rewarded by a third illaoe at tha finish.. Aa the song says—"His JoysiWere in the chassi"' (or u soon as Beyiiard,was dlspatohed by the. hoonds. Jack etopped t» soe tho wlnd-op: and, alter blowing for awhlln. wheeled-abpni- with a sort of phllosophlo Indiiferifnca its to what would fWf% and after a flttcoilinUe bust slowly Jbgged home. - A QobeA Oaiis or Po^eb.— A toajorlty of oor, retden bave^M doubt heard ot draw poker, sttalght poker; freeze ont poker, Msa poker, twontr deck poker, and many other kinds of poker/Ma we veiy mucn doubt it- they ever heard ot fuaa pokat,; -Wdl; have. Not inany weeks since, the steamer Qm, or. Ftetor;-^ ' have forgotten which, not being able to get ibr awayfrom-beE landing at Bed Bluff, on the Bacianlento; Cal./aabhptea ontin the middle ot the stream, untU tbe wind should die doim. .'Ohe of the aOactaot the .iMAtahd a gentleman, a aobolar; a )fldga .^ finewhlaky, and a good Union man at that badtl lalMlel'bc^ quaiis, soma twelve or flftoen doian, on board, taUns taaoilN^ . low on a speculation.'' Finding that they .would. hardly keep >t» or elxdan, heprepoaod to some of the pasaeiiaera, tf he,*" teddenia of Talunna sad vlotnity,' that that abonld.gH'* game of draw, boy Ua birds, snd have a qoall anU. Nq ^ * add than dene. ^Ine of thamambenofthe Board of Qopi a lawyer, s doctor, and a sdeon-keeper, oomposed tha pattjh - flnt the gsnoe ran abog pnttyeven, tha>qaaU9i(sti0tb«taif heavy eaoogh to laJnro any man's pocket Butsstbanight.WMM later, thu betting became more exdtlng. Finally it caaoa to.the salooi^keeper's time to 'ded, and'Dbb.','dttiag'neit'th^MhE* went into qualU bUnd. Tho fceerdt wen duly ehuffledjmd'ileilt aa only the sdoon-keeper knows how to deal themi - 'On lUMng the bands, the member ot the iegti fraternity, finding apasTM fomlhhies, went In and saw the bund.' Ditto with Jlr. dupe ' who raised a par 6t leas.' Aa a mottoi^of beurs«,'klr.l keeper being an old-band at the busUess, and having thaadviat- age ot the deal, olsoooaie In with hto tour, and raised the hlNb#T* 2aaUs. The Doctor ihadeihlbbjlnd good, and saw Ssloon-katiier'a ve birds, Ditto'IAwyer, ditto Bupervlsor. ' The dHoaW;iBff'WM done, and each moa got the number of cords eallad: flgr.i. - AB : passed np to the dealer, who huwruv be had , the nrtr beal^ made a smsUbetof flvablrds... Doa caUea .hlnir'dmbDawyer- andBapeTyiaor. Downcametbahanas,and)uetaaw9expeeted, 'aad bdng a good orib player, Ur. Bdoon-Mibipelr raked Ih-^uk game on .two small pain ot fives. SoendedtheqpaUpokeciaaiK A Mioa Tadnxn,—A orodltor, w^om ho'^ anxlons.te sr motBhoridan oonung'ontofPaUuali; There was no poad" of Avoiding him, but he did not lose'Us presence of'i ."Tbat/aabpautlfDlmare.70uaMon,!'add6horidailM'- "Do-^i think sol". ••Tea, indoedl how do UgUy flallered, put her in hiU trot comeTi ahd Was Dtil of Bight in'a mdmsnt . ••Tea, Indoedl how does:she ttotl'! Tha.otedlMp' .i,. fv.-sheridaii boltod.rbilnd^^ - •'.,-/.f,/jf Don't Sn.Tt.—"Tha amagemante of nttun on i>dmM^^|[^ cololmed a.voung laaah^ during the late Ugh wind, .'Wjgwyi- -ind wUtb diaSirattgea our crinoline, filows dust In, w fflRj* ' the tricked ybong rten #ho wbold take advoatage Of,out on" tUnJ PUloaopUolyounglady,:thatl - \. - S^r^^ ' •■AM iVT.*^iiYMi'A ktmi?km': vMa spoken flr.ViiMhU a fefw 'days Itfo: dldiyou dlMtftiet'wllh tha* jlau abav Bg,'ilr.'''".'- ■" " . ." ^