New York Clipper (May 1862)

a: 1: U(«r and ProprUtoi:./; t 1 ,• ;nu' I • ' ■■•i.v/r;v:i. NEW YORK/'SAT^ • ; ' ift piiM 'irf.iliA' dlMwnUinicd (toir, wp.thlc week'oeiDiDeiio* n«ir dn*,' dis a?"J>t(!l« ounoMnl^t of «hIoh 1< in/jni potM^alqii, ; ;rHE Ofe^t^:TOlJNG ;;M B IiOTTBKT OF UFE 19 & CBBAT OITT. THB BOAV OF JMTB, ■BT OIHOMAB'ilObBB. Tm'a take Uila world eakome wUe e««no, ■ .TttfoQgti whlfib, iti tna tml faaojrant boat, With akloa now rada and nowaanuus. TOgotber thon and Imast floitj RAhtSdlogoft. on eUhsT (liore, BriAt iwto where wsaboold Iot« «e a<»7; Bat Tlma pile* *wlA bla BtIos ear, And oa wa jpeod—away, away. Shoold obinisig winds and liJn ooma en Well ratoe oar awning'galnit tno ahowet— 811 olosor tUl the storm u gone, - •And nolUnir wait a aonuer hoar. And If that aannler boor abomd abuu. Well know Its brlgbtnesi cannot stay, AnO. hapny while 'Oa thine an^ mint, Oompuda not whan It bdea away. , Ihns riHob we iMtb, at last, Oial ton,' ' Down wUob llfo'a.ooRonta all moil |0:- iha dark, the brllUant, destined all . ' To sink Into (he void below;. ' Nor e'en that hoor eball want lis aharma. If aide by eldo atlll fond we keep, And oalinly In each otfaai'a arms ' Xogether llnlced, go down the etosp. c e 4-11-441 9f. OB, WBKEBI HIFUSBLT MB THB HXW Ttm OUTTSB, B7 JOHN OOqPIB TAIL. TO OUBi BiiAbBIRfl. ' k flret dn^ (his wMk,' la, to'kak'e an apokgy to oai teamen (UgoonUnnaiiMof oni new etbry, entitled "^Ij-M." It la iRon tbat Nn get tdpped np:.bnbwhea.wa find onisalTea d, ire know no better, policy than to own up lUr and aqnare, acikttowledge the tnitlL Bonie time befote thb pommeiio»>i i of onr present rolome, we \rere callad upon by John Oooper who aaked If we did not wlah a now and'original story to a (ho now TOlnlne wdth. .We. npIltA that If we conld get ithlng good, we ahoold.be glad to make the pmohaae. He d that he had In hla mlhd the gronndwork for aomethlng he know wonid Interest onr readers; and begaTon«anlnk> ot Uiepldt and Inoldenla with whloh hs designed b> form the| We aaked him it he conld haTO itioadytqrthatlmethe; Tolomo ebmmenoed. He aald be oonld.glTe im a good por-; of It, bni not aU. We taldUmtbatwe hadneToraaaepteil'. neomplete Vork, and (ha(we ahonld no(lIk«to inthlaln->' He stated (hat he waa .in great need, that he hftd bean tij^^ ^ ^^^^ji^i^^g^ ^ ^^^^Mptlon In. ■h^nULbe boL^etei btm^^mt, and i» onrtotlie aatia- n. Hewaatheanponoratcbea, and had, apparently, been gh a dlatrtaalng mnasar 'Blaootadltlon, and a dlspoaUton list the man, promptod ns to devla^ tcom ou nsnal oonrse, re agreed to ptuobass^iha stofy, then Incomplete; that being' iHt time ws bid prtt done anch a thing. He went home, 0 work; and in a little time brought na a conple ot ehapten, by tho time the Tolnme oommenoed, we had reoelTad Ibnr Ian u aS, and we bad adTonoed him what money he needed; it thfa. time, he lost a son, by death, ud the temalna were 1 to PiumaylTtnla for Interment:' thla waa the weiek preflona tiodnolng the new atoiyto onr teadeiii; - In loavlng wlth the as of the child for thaplaoe of Interment, he oalled upon na; ooasBre na that he wenld be back In' afeir days, and go oh I bis work, We beUeTed hbn, and < 'i-U4t"'waa wmiDonoed; inhoretumedihecalledto'seeifweba^gotatartedyet.. i ildon than areas In oar mind that h« meant to deceive na, on hinting this, he .iiaerted, most pointedly, that It iraaatl It and (hat the story, woold be'oompleled.as per engs^taient. iw days after thli-alMand waited upon as to aay that he had mot 7all,°and that ha aoted .very ^thngely^ saying that the Id woifld be destroyed in May; that (here waa so mie in doing thing more; (hat there waa bnt little time iollTO, etp., eto. raid the latter part o* April, we lebelTad the. following note^ oh explains ltaolf»— -i-. • , "Mrw You April ITt'tX . ^ Pnaiis (}Dnii—itar.A'r;—It.ls ImpoaalUe.to flnlahthe r. ThorewonldnotiKhlnk, be time tooampletelt Joan? at, of Mosaretb, the aon of the K9«t Hlgh.aod, laoomlng to le the world; and all who do not believe in him,, oannot be id, Xoa will realM anongh on the llist ohaplen to pay whkt have advanced moiiud may Oodbleaa yon. ;, .I,- . .JoBM Ooom Vilb , S,—Uiks the moat snltaUeapology for me that yon can," ^e hoped that ha iraa meiUy liiioiing nndar a temlpotary aber. on ot mind, canaed, vre weie cliatitable enougb to anppoae, by dc&tliof hiaohUd; 'wadetarmlnedtolockhim np, andjndgefbr saltea of his ion'UtlAiL.' Hit wlt»,.in '(he meantime, had been M na, and stotod that If iir. Tan conld 'be locked np for a few ■> tha doctor aald he wonld bei an right We scnght oat lost one, and ftnmd Um in a drinking nibbn. Hs waa aa'ia- than aa vre had ever known Uin tobe, and expressed .many do for the advice we gave him. He was not tnaonei nelthor be, then, nnder (he tnfla^oe of Uqttori.as lir as vre conld: ;o, Wetalked^wltbl^', and arged liln^i(o.go.liomo, and^t a man) aasatlng hlln that aa aoon as ws hod 'eyldonte that ma at wofk ataln, moneif would be given hlni: ,He abbok ds with ua, and'satJl'I'll go hom^ and yba ahaU have'ttiB Unuatlon of the story by the Mine it Is needed,." Wo olfena 0 Mth him to the ears, bnt Ita aolf ithtt .be Wcnid go In'a tfttle Ip, and that ho pMierred fergo alone, We gave him a t^a to hla thre, hnd left him, Impiessed with the belief that^ now tlje man wss hlmiplt again,! ha wonl'd taUil his part of the •omont. ,?e.epbae(iaaittIy:i)aUad.'ai:bai oiilco, and bar belief atrongthcnod (hit he waa at work on the atory. Xast week, wo tooMvod.Word that ik obnid >bt tnlsh It; and we 1 okihe to. tha eohcluslon thal.We had <tMn duped by a pe'racn mwa have fwqneiiUybefrtaldedi anl'trom whom ire ne#r Ivedallne.te jp^lUo^n M*adlln* pariUnihlaotm e tor, '•',•".•:.■,■. ,,; ■! ■"•'■ ! *.' '. '.,''' . ' ■ ' ' ' ' Ua plain aUtcmetat ef the beta oftha case la due ear readets; wo dan imt Mgiot thai jfor.onoe we'arb i^U)4"np«i to break abruptly, ^bat we, bann'd>" help- : Wbe aore;.we'o»nld ha^ ilcyed other wtlten to tako' np the thieM ot tta ktoir and plote It, bttt;an(^,la libtbnrditide oidoingbii«ln^'' We » evur.fauhd "Weatx.tp be the beat pollcj,"''ai4'ifi '^i^ tabot nndcT some llttia tneonvenlenoe and embtekaoMnt, er than deoeiyo~ on* .paUjbhf. ,'We sbiU .not pretend (b'kas it la tha oaoM Dt^.'Vall'a ••niiilady>'' 'or ■.•In'dls^osltlaiJ' do not wlah to <lo him uf imory. It la snOeleinl to say that « notiiiUtll ha %^tfa'm^kn. iirhlU ^e lla^ It. ^W*ttM,t» W.fmi-titS-.toU» keBorM.VnM.- 1'- » -r-: ■ f\ i: I ni:-nW:t.: : .1-: . ■ ra iDBIBBIOIIS. ASVXHTUBBB ' . . ' D A S HI I« li s CB10 irsS^f A TBBILLIMa 07 PA.BV. A'lTB^ FAROS' IiI^b;' '. .':' Bon putlonliulf'ln.fha Clttea of Kew Tork and BrMUjii^ . glvlsg a Tivld Fortrtltue of Beordt Intrlgnti In High L]f>, 'ud' of Hian'gbt Orglaif ta- 'Water ftTMt; And Slndied LoeaUdM.^ '. wBiriaa mbh^bu iob thb nw tobv oLtm. - ^ OHAPIEB L Pmgt BaninQta^—Tie UtAnovn Iddy—Jfyrierioiu iMe Adventure. Is .waa on a. beanUfol night, abgnt.the e.nffof Jannary, that Qeotge Harrington woe on his way home from the Academy of Hnstc: (The how waa'Iite, for he bad been refreshing hla inward man with a dish of those blvalrea so popular among l^pw Yorkers, bat as the evening; was clear and frosty and the moon shone out with ab^ghtnegswhiohalmcst'rlvallodthsBnn, he did not hurry hlmaelf—the opera "TroTStore," which he bad Joet heard, waa running in hla head, and aa he hammed :>he Anvil Ohorqs, hla mnsclee kept time tb the mntlc and pantbmlnilcally displayed an ande^ to render the chorus more .eStetiV4 by having a sobstltate for an anvil to tuunmer upon. His IntentionB were not long baulked, for Jnst as he was taming ttom Mth street into 6th Avenue, he auddnnly came upon a tmfio atmggllng In the arms of a big, roogh-looklng eoonndreL Harrington imn^edlalely rushed to the rescne and by a few weltdlrectod bloVni, soon laid the rascal oil his back. ElafiusewaathasexpoBodtothellghtand Harrington isoognlsed In him ono whom ho knew walL . «'Ah fUorgan, Is this yon."' "Tit, damn yon, Harrington, this la not the flrst time you've intarfbred with my game, but I'll be revenged." ' ' ' . Harrington dldnotpay any attenUoilto this ttiroat, as he'Waa tinsy In endeavoring to recover the half-Ialnttng form new lecunlng in hla arms, and the assailant alnnk away inuttering to Harrington waa not long in restoring her to complete oonseloos- ness, .but waa too gallant to pemlt her to proceed fniiher without his escort, she Intimating that her residence was in Brooklyn, and immediately hoUlng a carriage wbloh waa retonf. ingftom an operatic engagement, be handed her in, and on her invitation took his place beaido her. Be had as yet hardly aeen her Dioe, as sheworc a (hick, black veil, which had been only partially drawn aside in the aculBe, and her dress was very plain, almost approaching humbleness, bnt there was something in her langnago and manner which inclined Harrington to know some- thing more of her if he conld, and he resolved to accompany her. Snrlng thejonmeraho aald bnt little, and it was only when the vehicle slopped at a neat little cottage In one ofBrooklyn'a quietest streets that aho thanked him again forbis timely aid, and as he asalated her to abght, with a gentle 'pressure of the hand Invited him to enter the houae and partake of some retrsth- ment . . Harrington was . a man of tho world, and notfireo from that spirit of uventure wblon cbaiactsTlies yonth, partlcnlaily when' a pettlooat' Is ooneened—accordingly /dra was dlsmlsaed and he entered along with her, the door having been opened dlreofly the coach had stoppod. They were shown into a 'comfortable parlor, a bright Sreolozed In - the grate, and the heavy crimson odrtains and Innulant lounges -were most suggestive ot every- thing desirable on snch a oold 'q^ght; bnt now a somewhat sfaigDlarsceno (oak place. Seatlngheieelf on a eofk, and motion- ing him to take a place beside her,-she kept her veil still, over her tkce and then spoke aa fbllown: " "Oeorge Hanlngton,' for I know yon well. It.may appear slngnlar that I should thaa and at each a time Invite yonoere; " *" ^^"o pass what I badde- ,jaIni'lmi''UiI* Iskuw: alied, yet mo inegte'lBa I atineenr« "dSaSvS^' ..... aiihoyanoeandyanineUnnneoeasarytKniblSrfoflfevarldaBiro to{ ocmmunleate withyon, I aboU find moans: thetetore nnlosa yon; pfomiaemo all tbla, onr intorvlaw must be at an and now and' forevor.V . , - . . . • Harrington pledged himself, though not without consldorable' rolnotance,.tonertenns, and ehe then aald: i "I antloIpatedycuT manly nature would not reftue me this,' and now aslaliaidykncwyonr name,'I most give yoaonefbr! myself, but only one—call me Ada." . "Then Ada dearest; for so let me caU yon, ehan we not seal onr: oompaot by a kiss f and a* he said ao he sprang forward as If to raise the covering ttom .her £aao, bnt she sprang llghU^ op and stcetchlng cat her hand eidalmed— "NayToave a Utile patlenoe—allow me*'—and before be ooidd: detalnqer ebb darted lirom the room, leaving him to his medlta-i tlons, whtoh now be waa by blmsoU were aomewhat ontiooa.' Events had taken place ao suddenly that he had aa yet acaroely time to think; hla adventure was interceUng, but now be specu- lated as to the nature ot It audita results. It waa evident that his hoetesa vras young, but whether twantUOl or' otherwlae, rich' or t)Oor, or Indeed anything else about her, he conld not for the life of him Buess, so he foil back upon himself and. the remalna' ot tho AnvlIOhoms, and conld'not reflect without a snlile upon the manner In which be had hammered that aame ohorus mto the body of Uorgon whom he met nnder the oironmstanoes described in the beginning of this captor. The amlle gave 'way. for a second or two to a dork frown as he sold to himself hMf aloud "And that fellow has escaped from prlsov and will soon bei at bis old trloks again. I must put the police on the alert;" bis (OOgltatlona were intermpted by the opening oftbe door, but there only appeared the old woman whom be had only At«w«ny observed on entering the boose. Sbe was exoosslvdy clean and neat-looking, and waa evidently a fkvoted servant Oeoige watched herforaUttle aa ehe proceeded to covcrasmaUtalua for anpper, and it did not escbpe him that (hero was a elight nervousness about her. Bho oaslher eyes now and thon furtively at blm with an evident nneaainess which rendered his posltlcn only the more mysterious; her glances were not oxactly of disllkei bnt she ssemed verplexod. and went about her won as If she would rather not nave done it In hopes of drawing her into bonl versatlon he asked her what time if was. 'With a start ehe swered in a broad abort tone which at onoo displayed her Bootch origin— • . ■, .1 "It's post two], 0«d help us," and then glided from the Mom, In a very short time Ada entered, and Oeorge rnsbedtorwud to claimhlsiklss,:ba( oameto'a'atwid infrontof the splendid flgilre npon which his gazo now 'feU-^taU and handsome, she waa 'dressed witha 'serenoalmpllolty; but with such taste as set off hor penon to the greatest advqntage; a almplo dress almoei unadorned was, fastened up to the throat, but the tight and doocly 'fitting body displavsd. with fidelity tho oontour of A 'cent bnit, Bands of dark massive halt wcro passed dowik each OUbek, and her large black, eyes threw cat a lustre which dazslbd when looked into. Bho appeared 'about two or three and twenty. With a amUo aho hold out her hand, and Qoorge olasping her,In his arms planted aborning klsaon hor lips, Inafbw minntoe the'old woman appeared with the supper,and oe sh^ aittendedtheh) during that meal, little waa said. This Important matter itos aoon dlscnssod and - wine plooed' with fcnlt on tht table, but Just uravlons to the exit.of thf domestic, she half Oponod" another door which bad blthOrto remained sbnt dhd qnlokly loft the room. . And now left'to themaOlves ban we draw the curtain and tell an the tender words spoken.' The genonos wine soon piopars^ ^ way for feafta of loye. Thioqgh the half-opeuod door Oeorn'- ooiild distinguish that the 'adlaoent room waa flttod np as a bM cbabitrar, and lii tha drowsy god, aleep, 'threatened an attack o bothi Oeoige lad Adagently to tha oonch whlbh it oontalnedcfn theni • ,,; ■ , . , ' , The Buh' was two'-hours In the heavens wheh'dsorge ftnmd himself at the door of hla prinoely realdsnoe in Vlfth Avenna. ' Tht mUrSM 04i»-jNa tfopimiMd \i)wfft-Jim Mt . Water street. Maw York, la hbt by any Ineans tho oleaneatdr' lieat ventilated street in the'bommerolal metropolis ot thoNb World, BtteetOommlsaioneisand^anitaryOommlsslonoisbar long ago given It up aa a bad Job, and the inha);ltants themselvi do not trouble their heads about, mattera, whioh .thev dou none ot their bnslnesa. It is dooidsdly hot a street In which n town belles would delight to pr6mbnado,and a Fifth Avenue swr would find it diifienlt, with oU his cigars, porfumea, and poi ados, to ooneoal hla disgust at the Icoality. tint all men oro not alike, and here we find that people arowd and huddle together in poverty and dlit, fancying, no doubt, amona ihemaoTvM, that '.'the more the merrier," but forgetting the other halt ot the ad- Wi ''the ftirar .tha better (Die." The eondltton ot ita at- bul a typo pf Ua moiil condition, and here crimp — hom»,«nd'ttUtollMa( Mand bbOaat dyaAnOa a «• nMd iietr UMdaM KM ■:'■■.'<■■ . voij. x,-iTe; 5. " ■■■ \ tPBlOB VOVK CKktn.'' ^ night as (hat on.whlch the oooooenoea of (he pre;- (00k place, .there was ooUaoted in the rum-cellar a motley ttnif—to oall" the tiUob a cellar U no fig- ili,for'itwaB literally under erotitad, the bulvappa- being down bait a dozen stepa; and.lta onb Ught ' im two.amul windows of three panes of gUae lb side the door, and on a level With tho slde<' ir of this plabe was destitute of beaxdins-tho g all tho pnrpo oo e i on one side waa an old rlekr ,^ted by a oonplo of candles atuck In bottles. A luohes stuck ronod the .walls served as seats, and a ite and a few ooarSo obaoene and other, prints funltaTO ot the.aatabllsfiinent. From behind tl)a _^ogan and bis wlfo dispensed tbeir poisonous de- strongor and nioro fiery the fluid, tne more It Is BUI Hogan was.a pattern' of a landlord, hla transac- c/iah, of wbloh hla wife took good care; .In ponon,' Ive In the extremo: having lost an eye and had bis in a fight, his countenance , had a diabolical look stamped him as a rufllon fit for any /6bi however '0, from he^ bloated appearance, was a m^moto Soch was about ntty years old, and their monceis were so assimilated'(hoi It Was dllBonlt to toll wblb|i. spoke, unl^ you were iaidireot ednveisatlon with thorn. H'iras onrnntly reported thiMyfeMjiad dealt In deeds of murdor.- iiiud It was weU-knownAkfflK^<^i^*<' alolen goads and disposed of them rAdlly. 'IheJHHnly which now fulod the placo was one of a pAullor kind;'aen|iilar onstom of the day bad ceased, and now tm nlght'bMe. began to oolloct Those consisted main- ly of younf man apd Womon otfilem tonrteon to twen^—thieves its who lived and eqjbB their living when other p'eoplo t, it was (he rendMbUs of crime, whoro mostets d at a moment's noBoe secure aid for the work to be time. Tho glr^'jnostly sat on the knee of some d from the dlsordote^ slate of tholx bbbillments, - displayed thelt eborm^. It 'was plain tEat llMo res- . '.placed on tholr amorous sayings.. Windows and doors wero ,by, this tims.thorqugbly dosed np, so that the .vulgar gazeot thb)iassar-by couljl not penetrate inib ttie fealiLvo eoeno. One of tho yodng'women vras In the middle of a sens, when sud- denly a pecnllar kncokand whistle wen heard'M.the door, the landlord hastened to open It, and In staggered Uoiaen, or, as he ifos bettor known among his companions, "Downy Jlin." '■Holloa, Bill, give me a glotris of mm, I'm inifemal thirsty. 'AO rlghtk here It la, somo of the right sort, yon know. But whoVa the nows 1 who's been a smashing yonxoonk?" "That dr^ George Harrington again. I was strolling about on the IbokODt, when I cornea across a woman aU by heneU, I thought I ifilght as weU have a pnno and a Uss, and Jnst aa I was getting 'em l>otb, np runs this chsp, and spllaa all; bntoursa blm, I'll be even with him yet" "Don't yerthltik yerhad better let that Uasted Mvo atone r He'a been in, yer road m6re than wonst, and now ha knows yer out agin, heU be on his gnord." walk.' hard< rastyiold 1 oompleteu oonntor ooOtlons; satronlted^ Uona^ hetroi;! nose smsil^ which at I block, 'for this I and.speoc! and 81 slept—in conld call done, at mole pal, which fri triction "Ko, h—n, I'U have his lU^ yet, if I swing for tt" "Bravj), Jlml Obit, Jim I'C and Such other efpMsslons broke ontin acboms ttom ^e onw round, abont; and iilm, who was anoldliand, throw down a fifty cent ^lece to treat, and in an un- der tone asked Eogah: "ISIkehenf" " <7es, and Burke, too." ' . "AD right; I want'am.'; ••Come t^lB wan then, yon khbw the road." The two lraol'ooniogba:d9eE almost Uddan in afurther oo^ ner of the room by the <<4> *»' m'i and found tlutualvea in a ^moll room, floored with plankSi and oontalnlDg a bed, ebost of drawers, kc,; this was Eogon and hla wife's room, bat no one waa in it Began now approached a dooi' in the room and oAenedlt It seemed to bb a mere press, flibd with lumber ot aU kinds, bnt on rapping at the back ot It in pebolUr mianner, an answer ot the same Und waa retnmed, and the whole preea, ebelyet and all, began to revolve till a passage wide enoagh for one man was discovered. Into this Jim now entered, and bid- ding Hogan good night, the revolver resumed its position.' Jim was now fiico to foao 'with his two friends, who welcomed him cordially. This place was about twelve tOet square. On one side wore fitted np half a doxen of berths such as are need on board ship; on the other aide wete some heavily Iron-bound and padlocked obosta. There woe a carpet, tables, chairs, and a plentiful snpifly to eat and drink; and better, met three men conld not have been.- Jim Uorgan was a man of about forty, larae and strongly bnllt, his tkce denoted much foroolty, while lust and omming wcro developed in his thick lips and lowering eyes. Iko-rwho by bis natue, It by nought else, yon could toU wds a Jew—waa smaU and sllmly made; 'with the natural shrewd- ness of bis race, he.devoted himself chle^ to bnslnees In which peisf nal exertion or .atrongth were not reqdlrod. Bazka was a 1 'O^lmA&sitrrsin^tbr'and a hdsMovwhicb cniina hla siM. nad'^nt (hnn^Mh Us Up^TSlsflimM UUlo'^lioiTl- M» oi^nunqnlyga ned "Blo oyBnito," from; the ought atood ^wt^S^l^iS^^^l^^^ot'g^'-^^^^Sli, biro himself to kill, and by inclination would r«)oibe In asooi'- der. These throe, the honse-breaker, plck-pocXet, and mnrder- er, were the hood-of an Immense band organized-tor the pur- pose ot depriving their fellow-man ot hla property, and ^oo nnto them who come into their nets. They convoieod for a time, and then went to sleep.' . > . And now oame the last scene In. this den ot iniquity fOr tho night On a given signal, which the company In the front room won knew, It 'wos hinted that Hogon and hla 'wlfo wished to re- tire. This signal woe made by Hogan asking, "Now, boys; do 7CU wont the butt dancol," An eager whispering then went on among them,'ttfe resul^of .which was, that ono of them advanced and laid about a couple of dollars which bad l>een collected, on th^cbnnter. Hogan-immediately handed out a quantity of Uqoor, and than ho and bis wife left ' Scanely wen they out ot Bight when ovary boy and girl In the . place stripped themaolyes stark nohod, and then began tn orgle oyer wbloh wo must draw a veil. BufBce it to say that the hau-dmnhen wretched soon ex- hausted themselves, and finally sunk In.^oach other's embraces,! and sought in uneasy slumbers, roppso ftom their, exertions. . i CHAPTEB nL, Tkt OimWiao MtO—TU Mmlumi—Julia DOantf—Aaen Ehuwri— Tkt Uttrdir-ThaSitMle. ■ I Situated in one of the most lmslnosa parta of Broadway Is a' house otnnasanming appearanoe: it looka like a private resl- deuoe, or peihapa, with the smaU lamp above the door, aa like a' boardlng-housa as anything,else. On one aide of it is a gun- sinlth'a shop; on the other, a fksblonablo restanront To the nninltiatod, its plain briek front pnsonta nothing Ot IntOrost; toj those aoquolnted with, and in thb babit of ftoquentlng It, It is perhaps the most Interesting spot on thb habllable .globe,:. It IB a! QambUng House—in mors approbate language, a HeD. But It la not every one who has admission intoIhls place; it requires on Introdnotian, and a pocket known- tb be weU lined wltn gold. Ita apartments are flited np with a degree of extrav- agance and splendor out-vielng what we read of European pal-i ooea and aasUes'; everything that can attract the oye or pleosq the fonoy; rare and ooslly pictures and statues, delineating prin4 olpolly tho beauUos of Venus and the graees; (^lavish display of plate; winos ot the rarest vintage; and aUtcbon not to bo tat- passed In Iti details, 'This is nb men pictnra of tho fknoy;' it is a daguorrootype of what octu^ exists. '' ! In tho principal chamber of this ealabllshmout tbero wer« asBombloa, on the some night already referred to, a soleo^ oom^ pany. It Included tho proprletori a well-known man abont town, two or throe of hla aids, and a sprinkling ot strengers, promi- nent among whom wcro (two—tha first i venorable-IooUng man of abont elxty, Srom bis dress, convenation, and appearanoe^ be was ovldonUy a Bcuthomor. The other was in strong, coni trssttohlm, a yonth of not mbro than ono and twenty. .Bc th'ol them played high, and wero pntoso in ° their dls^ilay of mbneyi Tbe,8ouluerner was moat successful, and by one at.those tmiU of fortuno which nrely (>ccur, ho won at every bond, and blf wallets—for he bad two—ono being insufflclent for his gold-^ were fiUod to overflowing. It was weU known by tho master of the house that ho had noarly tlOO.OOO in his psssosslon, being on his wAy to Europe; whero he hod made up bis mind tosoitlo, (ho political troablee ot his natlveSlate having nude It advIsAbU for nlm to seU his estate, and,* (o escape mln, hb was about to leave America. The young man had some tlmo slnco Inboritod ilfbrtune, which be hod spent in this house, and nowflUedi dinatlbnaa book-keeper and cashier in a wbolesalohoniit). Bo atlU obnUnnod to gamble, though whoro his supply ot money came ttom no ono seemed to ask, or care. He was always nnfois tonUe, never winning, always, losing, and generallv winding np by dtlnUnglo excess, and rebllfig homo under its influonoa On this ^particular nlgnt he loM about tl,800, was dosperete tp hla.'play, and finally left In w atate ot tionsy. Tho Bouthemer globes, and diowed hla eyas to wander .in dali^ over resplendent form, hla sans'os gradnally swam,with dolliina Tisaaare, and, tightly ekspod in each other'a arma, they s^ Intoaboavenly toanoeoteqsiaile bllsa, AU in the honseimS engaged In similar puisnlta, -Mb the MoepUon ot tbe ptmb etor. Bated with ploasnro to Os tnllcst extent,'hla prln'ofia aim was the ocqalromeot of gcldl tot It waa not his poUoy, iS snchmen.sstheSonthomer, topomlt ibem-io baeleaiMdai* tooeuddenly, ai he well kdew that neb a syatem wdolTtt det- rimental to his Intonsets; he prefemd to draw thsm gradaaQr Into hie not In theptcaont Instiiics^ his cupidity was axooaed to annnuBualdaRroo.' Kevcr in an'ite'experience bad saaba at prise oomo •within bis prasp, and he feared that before Ha M Urns to fleece him, tho bird might,ba flown. Brooding over this, be at lost made np his nilna7and' ditermlaed tolSiop a* nothing to attain his ond. ProeeedlnBtorsptionffAafi hs-hadlD his privaio room, and opening It, hbthen, by tteaat at aapiiMB rovoaladnseOTOt drawer; from thence he nlttdrowsavcralsmsff TWVjnd .^r ^nte Inaptctlon. ho sefeetad one vfhlcfarba deposited abont Ms person, and then sat- dotrh-te awaiit (S comlng.day, teltwoa now early mom, and alr^djitlie abnadt of urly workman were heard In the streets, BWcaKd MiW- ato bod-ho conld nut deep; the deed be wM about to-peiiar tapiwduded the.idea of nposo ontu It was acoagmpUaheSrnd .aj^pvonaji^patlenoa rondercd him restless ond'UlataaaaL^ Ite aald wasijartW to oontomplalo. bnt tho stake be vSatS^ w3 'high; .he doubted not that hisvlcUm had tUOSminUm aZ- aesalon, and he was not far from tho truth. ' ■ , '^■' At last day broke, and shortly afterwards. Julia mode' i appearance, appanntly much satisfied with her share ctH stranger's bonn^y, and weU she might, for It was with no n gordly hand ho paid for bis pleasures. Ho hod not. howvitr' yet risen, and thegsmblor hastened to pay hie respects.'f irithhlm some brandy and Iced sods water, which ho would not be i)nacc(n)tabla to the stranaer, whClndt, nothing loth to partake ot something. The proprietor out the brAndy blMself, and filling It «p with soda, han'dell'if'to' the Bouthemer, who applied it eagerly to hla lips, and draafct He hod hardly got liaU throngb when something peculiar eesineS to strike him; and raising his eyes to those of Us ontortatiiar he behold snoh a dcmonlao smile of triumphant eatlslhctian ea his countononce that be ozcl^med "Uonsterl" and dashed -the goblet to tho ground; bnt It woe too late—the poison had d^ Itswork, andhefell bacXonthebcdacorpee. Hastily secnxtata the valuables of the dead man, Allen Howard left the room.'lebC- log the door behind him, and returned to bis own ohoinbei^ murdenr. That day ho Intimated to Julia that her rich lava had taken his deportnre, leaving her an additional t60 to boy a rins. Atnlght, when aU was quiet, ho filled bis victim's pockatF 'with.lead, after dressing lilm, and threw the body (ntoafrvU water lank lif the tntk yard, which had been long disused. ' ' But waa this his only mnrder that momlngf Tfae'dalh contained tteaoeOnnt'ot a young man having oommln _ _ oide, by blowing his brains out with a plstot and it was disM^ ered that his books and cash worolualflod and. abort toUM extent, of S6000; but though Howard, bad pocketed all 'Sria yonth'a fortune, and his master's money,-It affccted Aitoinots iB did not draw tha trigger ofrtbe pistol—no, not he. - On bis «wm. head be it He ended the lives ot these two inen, both vlottaa to the enticing aUnremenIs of the gaming tablo. They are MS acUtsrylnstanoes.of this Idnd. How many moiders and snIoldM conld oo'tHaced'to this abuToe Is almbst'pait IielleL OpediiUaelt . Eaoh gentleman;waa introduced to a-woraaoevl- aantty.Bolactod for borbfauW.of porsonand tcoompllahnicnts; ,bbt (nongb'thore wete many uoro, none could equal thb mojos- '•loli^eaenoe of JulIkBelanoy, to whom the flontheraor had-boon *aagiied as a partner. Hor mental aoqnlremonts wets not i whit behind the graoes'Other figure, her sparkling wit an^ MottHaUon gave a aest to the entertainment, which mn^t hifve Mkbn mOre than moriol man to resist 'and. it was not long <Miha Bouthemer gavjs hliaadlf np entirely to the dellalonad^- Joymentofthb hour. When, tberefora, by ono glance, hla fair one intimated her IntonUcn to rotiro, and, by another, gave'bim .an invitation to kcoompany her, he eworlyleft tho room, anf »og»lhe(f they entorodaroom whlotLl&rioi- ■ • ^ .'■J . CHAPTKBlt. :'. . '.■■'■■ 7 IHfcttct tfStet-Tht esapad anuict—Tht m t p i itf wm TM fn^ mtafiJIfht—Anarmtanimeaft, AJKEwda^ aflcDrtbeaboveoeenrTenoes, and (Ub anevvMca the gfound and In the air, a storm had come on wblbli tlneakneC tobeaMVanone. The snow feU In large flakes, and as now aaS then a gust of wind went keenly by, It drove them hither' thither, and they chased eocbothor into aUklnds of nooks nd . bomen, proper and Improper, down the collar ot year cOat, nav np your sleovoB, .again finding refuge beneat)i aome VridelyegB, ponded bdinoraU and playing pranks which no deoontor Tessti^ able snow would ever dream of; Indeod, It was so nnnleaaanC that tho gnarSlans ot the.publlo peace would genmlly oe found keeping watob and ward In a mm hole, when They thought fhelt eervioes might be teqolred some tine, In preference to the tff$^ occupation of awing Into respect rafrsctoiy smin boys and tBJf* wbmen; or of stamping tbedr feet and clapping their hands at mo comers of the streets to keep themselves warm. No mojl appeoa to be more aeiioualy allvo to. what is roqulalto tor hla oomlait. than a policeman, and perhaps no man Is hotter snpplled wltb'iai- Bouicosin time of need than no Is; for belt bot or coi^ mttf, drbfc or money he may wont, hla beat provides ILoU. On Ibi^partlBM^' lar day, headqouton were paticuIorl^Uveiy. Bound aolaaliif ...L,_-_..^ TefefaT flralnaMmf'OrMMo' pw s hwen^ wen not absolutely oompdled^ fi>oa (he storm, tau)Stof.wl todnlgod In algaBi,°and.firbm'fbe'ioIllWwUcIlprvralled, lOtih sear^to be havings high time ^eneral^. \.' ..'.7? 77^«;.jHkec',''i)ried oiie,-"ls thar&aoal|ontOo«tiy^*'a IromBlngBIng? TeUnsanabbnt it" .' ■ ■' . >-'^-->' ipetromBlngBIngf rrae'e yon lire," replied the worthy thus addressed, "and a devlllah smart Job It was.. You. see be bolted abont dark ao(M the lee, and when half-way, feU Into a holo and waa lost algfak«4L Everybody supposed he was drowned, though hia body oonUn^- be found; and f don't wonder at (hat,, when HarringVm coma and tolls ua he met him aUve and weU a few nlgbte ago np town. I wouldn't wonder but he'a up to some game at HaninRtcnA again; you know It was tUrongh him ho'got ten years for tua It^ Job, and he often swora he'd have bis -life for it There'* ona thing SOTO; he oonldnH t>e prowling abont then fbr any gooO.^ 'But I wonder he missed the chance he had then.'^- ■ • ''■ 'IfhT, it's plain enough; he. maiA be pretty bard np tortta needfu, and seeing a single woman in a lonely place,. thoiH^ ha nlghtsoaroap allttlo without mnoh bother, and his^waa naa^r ' BaccssalU, too, when Hanlngton spoiled liiB spoil 'Beniius : have been stunned, eomewhht; and on his i«botsi7.'retrsaib4i;aa come oorilagoa wen at hand, and it might not be Bafa'fbr hlmrH Ungar.V ' • '•> . "' '■•■•'^ "Have yon been down at Bonn's r'. . . .... ..-.. i^ -- <Yea, and have got a man aet on thorn notrsha^ it^a no gll, %e1s too aauUc'us,'at present By-the-bya; that Began ia a prefdoafs scoundrel; therors mora in blm and In hla plans tlian whatwa ' know of; but he bests the devil blmsdt rdg^veahnndr^4|f^ latstoflndonttheseoTOtootthatman'aden."' ■' ' "(Jueas ypn wotild. A damned .sight of 'moQsratnddbbdkds out oMt, one way or other." -> .--.^-jt , •Why, what the heU do yon mean; yoadon'tmeantolntl^ta ■Oh) of oounenot; don't flare up abdnt It, a Joke, friends, >ou know;'btlt laying aD jokea asidajronaae those memal nowspapers aro infernally thln^Unmed.'and tdnd to bay vre might catch a good, many inore,ie^ea tha do, wero it not detrlmoiital to our. pookots. That article l%.'lMt' Bnnday'aBnmritorwaa Arippor." .. J,:-''! J').''i M'.. : . "''<rbey'dbettermlndthelrownbd8ln6a8,otsomeol tbeat.^ . tors win got marked some day." . , , ..1...- -; At this stage of the proceedings a sergeant entered wilnaeaa handbllle, of wbloh tne'tallowing la a oopya-. -.rr-Z' , ,'fWOOBEWAHD. ..' • .'t.t; rrhe above reward will bo paid for ^informatloa.u tO'tha . whereabouts ot Wm. Davis Norton, ,wbo rebently caime tNm Charleston to New York, on hla wat to Bunpa. 'Ho'lsdioat sixty yeors.of ago, ishlto hair,, florid complexion, and fiv&Vest - ton inches in helight - He dlsappcand about three days before tho sailing of the Foraia on hor last voyage: but as be did not leave in hor, though his berthwassecured, nor in sny ^Wl hare since saUedTlt is sapposad he has been fonUy dfdt irilk. Ho had a very lorgo sum of money ta hlspbssossion, wblobfie Intended to ctiango lnt<), gcld end take with him;-but as^Uda tronsaoticn cannot be trioed, it Is supposed that It must brta: follen tato the hands of bUier parties. AnylnformaUoiijtg .](a. . eont to tho OhlefofPollco, New York." ...^.u. i., v-o, "Now," said tho sergeant, "hero s a Job foraomataf yoQMK. ' and one that will pay weU too. . I may mention, in ^addltioajto. vrtiat Is contained In this bill, that he was last ^n at the sujmar tablbof tho MetropoUtan Hotel last Monday night,and thati^ heleahewaadroaaed 111 a blabk overcoat, ooat and pants, hhiak aaUn waistcoat andUe; he had alsaavalnalde gold Wat* ".?^o"!l'^^dlS,5ffi<i>"Mi.Biinb^^ HoUbo alucky boy who foftota out flio afflJr. • Ii'for otto, ffiUl. go In ond take i^chance," and ho rtnt oh his bat and atartodOBt And now ranSlo flrotJoUa, anTlSo Vomalndor, hnrrlodog to mi^z^ot JSSagratlon. It was In^papWn "Jn**. ta,di ttaOr bad tho flames'burst Uirongh the root An^ totortfc crowd was ooUeeted .in- that narrow thoropghltac, todittratBaa toe It WM moult for tho nion to handle Uieir niaditaos tor^ outside pressure. At lost a trt<x*udMToi,!ai ibevtiam bt water won effoetnolly dolnBlbelr work, 'rton rtdd^ Jw^ mttbroke into tha circle wringlng.hcr handB,andoryin«jj!fc. •'^!^irm,.b^»-mybMm._™ tt turaS outUW li the hnit> of rfettinglior o™4'^«"<S2 tuSi had boon loft behind In an upper '"f 7 •.JrJr_X<«r>trftnkv atreamUig out of the windows, and it I()OMa. Skb 2S for«>7^»» •««"'p' to '"""^s'lS H.""i.?J™c5-i i-iiS >niABir these flWSmen; and more thotfeaa. 8.'ereT?*b"Svo 6eS5 »»' ^^i^SS^ stpppod. forward to Uierer-- -"^."—i-rf liSr,Vronoo5i<*od.lnlo. thtnM almost cUokod by 1 K»«feS^"rid7^^^^ .Sfe'fl^.«^o«wi'^®?r S«.S'rrwf,±'»f '. , '