New York Clipper (Jul 1862)

m ' 11, Editor »Bd Proprt«t«»< ■J NEW TORE,'SATURDATi, JULY 12, 1862, i'HB :OIIUi WITH THE CALICO DBEBB. BT BOBEUT josseltn. ' A no for yonr appor ten glrb, WlthUielrTelTetB.uUnBaadlacM, . Tbelr diunonila, uid niUe>, md peuli, AsdtbelrmUUiierflgTirMmnd&eea; TJiey mar sbine at a partf or boD, -, Bmbluon'd'vlth balf Wf poeseui BntglreDBlnpliceorttiemaU ' ' . • . girl«ltlituecalicodoeu. "She llplompukpATtrldge.aa fall ■ As tnoae In tb« e(iU«8t Dloom; ' Her teeth irill «lth Ivory compare, - And her breath irith tfao doTer porfame, Her step li as free and aa light . . Astbebim's'whomUiehantets dopre^, , And her eye Is as soft and as bright, .. girl ^th the calico diess. ^ -Toor dasdlca and fopllngs may sneer At her mqdcet and simple attire, | Bot the chonns she permits ip appear . Would set a whole Iceberg on Are. She can dance, bnt she nerer sllows ' The hogging, the sqneeze and corses,. She Is saying all these for her sponse; Uy girl Willi the calico dress, She Is oheeifoL warm-beuted ahl true,, And kind to her tkther and mother,' She studios how mnoh she con do For heroweet little sister-end brother.' . If ynn wmt a companion for life. To comfort, enliven and bless,' She Is Jnst the right sort of a wife, My girl with the calico dreas.' ,' A mom IN A OAiinrG house. BT A tONSON DETECTIVE. A little more than a year after the period when adverse dream' ■Unoee—chiefly the result of my reckless folllea—compelled me to eater the ranks of the metropolitan police, as the sole means left me of procDrlng food and raiment, the attention of one of the prlndpal dileta of the force was attracted towards me by the Ingenuity and boldness which I was supposed to have maoi- feated In hlttina npon and unravellliu a bJae, which nltlmatdy l»l to the detection and punishment of on ortlstlsally contrived friul upon an eminent tradesman of the west end of London. The chief sent for me, oqd after a somewhat lengthened conver- laHon, not only eipressid admiration for myeotadaot In the portlcnler matter under dlsousalon, bat hinted tbat .he might ihortly need my sarrlcea In other matters requiring Intelligence tnd teaolaUon. "I think IJiave met yon before,"he remarked, with a meaning imUe, on JISTnlwflMi|fe;aift» jay gguplsd > dlOusnt .poel- name common enough In all r^nksof society, and I may, 70a know,"—here the odd smlls,deepened Into an Ironical eipress- lon—"he mistaken. At all events, thnteatlmoDT of B>e gentlo- man whoso reoommendaUoH obtained yonr admlssloiii to the force—I have looked Into the matter since I heard of your be- bailor In the late business—Is a suffloient guarantee that nothing more aerloue than Imprudence and follv can be laid to your diirge. I have neither the rlcbt nor Inclination to Inquire fur- Iher. Tormbrrow, In all prabablllty, I shall send for you." I came to the conduslon, as I walked homeward, that the chiefs Intimation of having previously met me in another Shere of life, was a random and unfounded one, as I seldom sited London in my prosperous days, and still more, rarely mingled In Its sodefy. My wife, however, to whom I, of course, related the eubstuice of the conversation, reminded me that we had omn been to Doncaster during the races, and suggested that heinlght posslUv have seen meuiere. This was a snfBdently probaole eiplanatlon of the hint, bnt whether the correct one or aof, I cannot dedde, as he never after alluded to the snbjeot, ind I bed not the slightest wish to renew It Three days elapsed before I received the expected summons. On waiting on nlm, agreeably startled to find that I was to be once more em- pnfed on a mission whloh the most sangnlne and experienced aetacUve officer wduld have fdt honored to undertake. "Here is a written desorlptlon of the persons of ihiii gang of blacklegs, swindlers, and forgets," oonduded the oommissloner, lummlng .ap his instrectlons. lit will , be Ton^ oljjeot to dis- cover their private haunts, and seoore tegd evidence of their DotorlouB practices.. We have been hitherto baffled, prlndpally, I think, through the too hasty leal of the officere employed; you muet ospeclolly avoid that error. They arepraoUoed scoundras, and It will require ooiuiderable patience, as well as aonmen, to unkennel and oring them to Justtoe. One of their more recent victims Is a young Sir. Uerton, son by a f6rmer marriage, of the Dowager Lady Evcrton. Her Ladysnlp baa tklled to extricate him from the tolls In which he la meshed. Tou will- call npon her at five o'dock this afternoon-In plain clothes, of oonrse— and obtolawbatever information on the aubjebt she may be able to afford. Remember to communloate dIreoUy with me—and any assiatonce you may require shall be promtruy rendered." With tbeso, and a few other minor direwlons, needless to' lecepltulatc, I was dismissed to a task whloh, dlfBonlt 'and pos- ilbly ^rllous^sjk might pipvo,_I hailed as a delightful relief part questlon waa ahold aequalntaaoe oi mine, and one, moreover, whose faro'n I was extremely dedrons to return in kind, flashed wttb inbreMed'Oonvlotlon ooross my mind. This surmise i, of course, kept to myseV; and, after emphatloally. cautioning the ladies to keep our prooeedings' a profound secret from Mr. Merton, I toot my departure, amply provided with the resources, requisite for the oanTing- into elect the scheme I had- solved upon. I also arranged that/insteaa of waltlnA person- ally upon her ladyship,' which might eipite observation fnd suspicion, I .phould report my'progress by letter, through the! pou. • • ' . V . "If it should be hsl"-ibou'ght'I, as I emerged into the street. The mere euppositlon had sent the blood through my veins with furious violence. "If this Banford Is, as I suspect, that villain: Cordon, It will Indeed be a triumph—victory. Lady Brerton need not, in that case, seek to animate my zeal by promises of money recompense. A blighted .existence, a young and gentle wife by bis means cast down from ODUleace to spmd beggary, would stimulate the dullest craven thai ever crawled the earm' to energy and action. Pray Heaven -my suspicion)! iptif -fioy^ correot, and then, oh, my enemy, look well to yonrsSUL for the avenger is at your heels." . Bonford, I had been inslhieted, was usually present at the 'Italian opera durlng'-tte ballet; the box he lenerallT occupied was dedgnated in tor memoranda of the police, and I sow by the biUs that a very suocesstul piece was to be performed that evening, and was determined on being present. I entered the hooker at ten o'dooh, Joat af)er the coqunencemttit of the ballet, ondnooked around. TheUK.tt'whloiI was Instncted to see my^men was empty. The'momentary wsappointment was soon repaid, Five minutes hod not elapsed, when. Cardon, looking more iiiaoUnUx triumphant than ever, iptered arm-ln^im with a pale, arlstocratlo looking man, \rhom I had no dlffioalty, from his striking resemblahoe ioa portrdt In Udy Brertoh's dnwlng- room, in deddlng to be Hr. Merton.: . ^ My cCurse of action was at once dettTfettai«9 .vMn. Patising 'only to mostei'the qmoUon which the dgUt o( the glittering rep-: we In whose poisonous fblds I hod bMn involved and crushed,; inspired, I passed to the opposite dda'of.the honse,.and boldlyl entered the box. Cordon's bock'was'towards me^ and I tipped' him lightly on the shoulder. He turned 'quickly round, ondlf a' baaallsk'had confironted him, he could scajRD/have exhibited .greater surprise, lly aspect, neverthdea/i/JajlTttudloudy bland .Bn'4 c(>ncIIlatoi7, and'my outstretched hand 'seemed to l^viti 0 renewal of bur old friendship.- . ^ • '■.*■• "Waters I" he at lost stammered, feebly accepting my proifated grasp—"who would hove thought of meeting yon here I" "Not, you, certainly, since yon store at on old friend as if he were some trlghtfdl goblin about to owollow you. Beally." "Hush 11st us speai together In the lobby. An old Mend," he added. In reply to Ur. Morton's snrprlsed stare; "we will return in'on Instant." "Well,'what's oil this, Woten?" sdd Cordon, recoverini his wonted tang froid the moment we were done. I nnderstood yon hod retired from amongst us; were, in Cut—what shall I say?" "Bulned—done up I Nobody should know better than yon. -. "My good fellow, y'ou do not imagine " "I Imagine nothing, my detir Cardon.' I was very thoropghly done— done browib aa it Is written In a vulgar tongue. Butiori tunately my Und dd uncle —" . .1 "Faasgrove Is dead," Interrupted my old ocquointanbe, eogerty Jumping to a couduBlon, "and yon ore his heir. Icongratulue you, my dear fdlow. This Is indeed 0 Bharming reverse of q|r-' cumstances." * "Tea; but mind, I have given up ttie old gome. No more dov- II17 for me. I hove promised Emily never to touch a cord again." The cold, bard eye of the Incarnate fiend—he was little else-^ gleamed mockingly as these "good intentions" of a professional gamester fell upon his ear, but he replied: ■■'Very good, quite right, my boy. But come, let me introduce you to S&. Merton, 0 hli^bly connected personage, I assure vou.' Ttj the way, Wa^ ' he added, in a coressing, oonfldentUl tone, my name, for from ^e wcoty monotoay aniLduU routine of ordinary du^, hurried' home, and after dressing with great care—the best t i( mv wardrobe had been fortundely saved by Emily from the neck of my fortuno-.-I proceeded' to Lady Bverton's' mansion, [was marshaled totho drawing-room, where I firand her lady- lUp and her aanghter—a beautiful, iilr-lookliig girl^wdtlng ny arrivU, Lndy Evortbn appoared greatly surprised at my ipp^rance, dlfferina, as I dare say it'dtogelher dli), bom' her lUlmot Idea of a poilcoman, however attired or disguised; and It was net until ene had perused the note of which I'wais'the fearer, that her haughty and inoredulons stare became 'miUgated to a glance of condesoenlant dvlllty. ^ "fie aeated, Hr. Waters," sdd her ladyship, waving'jne to a Chair. The note informe me that you have been selec&d for the duty of endooTorlng to oitrloate my son Iran the peritons entan> glomonts In whloh he baa unhappily involved himself." , Ji,T^ 'Of'?—'o» 1 w dUy enough to feel somewhat noitioa ot the noble lady's honghtinssii of mannor—that I was esgaged In tho publlo service of extirpating a gang of swmdletB with whom hor son had Involved himself, And was thei« to pro- 2l'?iC2S'!5°J '*<"y51P »?y information shs might be possessed of, likely to forward so desirable a result, but fortundely, the «.'?,« flJJSfS - J2? '^'^ position, spite of my gentlemdi's JUIro, finahed vividly oCtoto my mind; a]id,inatefil of letting 2L?,-i *°2Sl°ir2!£ir"""""y' ^ '">*«^ 'rtth' deferential acqui- rfoU(iwtartaJMor^^'^'.'°* ' Merton, during the few months which had olopsod, had Uterdly faUen "amongst thieves." A pa^on fbr K bUng ssomcd to have, takta entiro poaseartS?of bis bStog; Md almpat everyday, aawdl:aanl«bCor Us hsggard"foverlBTl Jfo wna apontalplay.-Arunof ifl luck, acbolSISgto hta ow tars, . fiunlly and other reasons, whlcii I will hereafior explain to you,' is, for the present, Banford." ■•SanfbrdJ" '■Ves, do not forset Let us go in,' or the ballet will be over." I was introdnood in due time to Mr, .Merton, as on old and es- teemed friend, :whom he (Banford) had hot seen for 'many iponths. At the conduslon of the ballet, Sanford proposed that we should ad)oum to the European Coffee House, nearly oppo- site, and out we sallied. At the top of the stair-cose we lostled oninst the commissioner, who, like us, was leaving the notise.. 'He ;MwadjgnliatJ»; J||r. ^Mettoa-s' a^lora', snd^hia ey« wanf! VlerMbWjantUa^SBv-over our, 'Jpanjitt*';'' nbi'umul^itaaliQPE of reoognlBon escaped hlm."^ thong&rit poaafbb .lie. did n.ot^ not know me In ohooged'Oppard—but looUiut .lMKik,j>fter des- cending 'a few steps, I was quickly nndecdved, A sbofp. quick I ilance, expresdve Doth of enooniagement and snrprlsei wiot out rom under his eyebrows, and as qtilckly vanished. He did not know how little encouragement I needed for me to gain, the god we had in view. We coneumed two or three bottles of wine with great rsUsh. Banford, especially, was In exuberant spirits- brimming with brilliant wit ond Rolling badinage. He sow in me a freeh victim, and his eager spirit swelled by on Intuition In the victory which he doubted not to obtoln over my excellent in- tentions and wife-pledged virtue. About hdf-post twelve he pro- posed to odioum. Thu was eagerly assented to by Mr. Merton, who had for some time exhibited nnmlstakd>le signs of impa- tience and unreet,. ' Ton vrill accompany us. Waters 7" sdd Sanford, aa we rose to depart, ■There is, I suppose, no vow registered in the motrl- mould oiohives ogoinst looking on st 0 gome ployed by othen 7" Oh, no I but do not ask me to ploy."' Certainly not," and a deviUah sneer curled his lip. <Tour virtue shall suffer no temptation, be assured." We soon srrlved before the door of a quiet, respectkble-looklng house, in one of the streets leading to the Strand;.alow, peculiar knock, 0ven by Sanford, was promptly answered; then a pass-; word, which I did not oatbh, was whispered by him through the keyhole, and we passed' In. We proceeded up etaira to the first' floor, the shutters of which were carefully closed, so that noin- Umotionofwhat was going on could possibly reach the street The apartment was brilliantly lighted, a roulette table and dice and cards-were in fun aoUvily; wines ond Ilqnors of all varieties were profusely paraded. There was about holf-o-dozen present I soon discovered, beddes tht gang, ond that comprised deven or twelve well-dressed desperadoes, whose sinister aspOft in- duced a momentary qualm leet one or more of the pleasant party might suspect or recognise my vocatloni TUs, however, I re- flected was scarcely possible. My beat during the Short time I hod been in the force, was fhr dlstont from the nsud haunts of such gentry, and' I was otherwise unknown in London. StUI questioning glances vrere eagerly directed toward my introducer; and one big burly fellow, a (orolgner—the rascals were the scum of various countries—was nnploasantly Inqubaltlve. "J'm rt- tpondil"! heord Sanford say In answer to his iterated queries, ond he added something in a whisper whloh brought 0 sardonic smile to the fellow's lips, ond induced 0 totd change in tUa de- meanor toward mysdr. This was roasauriug; for uough pro- vided with pistols,'I shodd,, I felt, have lltUe chance with such utterly reckless fellows .as those by whom I was surrounded. Pl^r was proposed; ond though oi first I stoutly resisted,' I fdgned to tie overcome by irresiatlblQ temptatlaD, and sat down ^^^DWHlLOdnie swiftly on. Mr. Mertan's-mii)Tt8*8<)-n>9D?y was to WjHolfui'tbe morro?; ond on thotm)^^; ^ki^oufaud ,tbot the mSaaaaShaaB received by^de, weife to WHkhdeU over. Ur.'Mertpn,/fll«ted by.-hls.repe«ted triumphs.at eeorte, ond prompted by Qie conspirators, hoped to redeem his losses bystoUigon thotg^e'hls 'reodyinoney against'ihtae lloblll- ilea. This was otflnt demurred to With mnotiapparefat earned ness'bv the winners, but .-Mr.: Merton,'. vroimly. seoonded by Sonfori, Insisting.upon the. concession, as he deemed it it was] tniMj agreed that ecarte should be tho gamel>y which he mlRht> hope to regain bis fortune and peace of mind ho hod so rash]y| aquandeted; the last time, shumd he bo successful—and was he no^yurpofenccesa?—he assured Banford, that he would never hoiidle cards or dice. He should have heard the mocUng merrl- m^t with which the gong heard Banfoid repeat this'resolution tounend his ^ys—when ne recovered back his wedtfi t The day so. eagerly longed for by Morton and the confederates —by the spoilers and their prey—arrived, and I awdted with fbverish anxiety the obndng on of night Italy the chief bon- sputtors, eight in number, were to be present aind no strangers: but myself—a privilege I owed to the moonshine Isgaoy. I nod Jurt received—was to be admitted to the crowning trlnip^hbf suc^tsafd fhkud. One only hint I had-Ventured td give Mr. Motrin, aniltbot under a-promise, "on hls. honor iw-a gentle- men" of inviolable secrecy. .This.Wos it^-f^ srllM, on oom- metelng play to-morroi^'nlghfihat the bonds ond obllgoUbna yoohoTe signed, tfaejewelsryou haveldst.'Mtha sumlnnotes or gold to make up an equd amount to' that on which yon moke the jiak. Is octudlr depoelted 01^ the table." ..He promised to InsM' (b the condition. It involved much more than I dreomed oftUeh. BI^ orrangements were ot length thoronghly.oo;nplete; ends few-pilnulea past twelve o'dock the whispered password ad- mitted me into ths house. An angry dteroation wos going on. BIr. Uerton wos insisting, as I hod advised, upon the exhibition of. osum eqad toithot which; he hod brought with blm—for, confident or winning, he was determlned'to recover.hls losses to- the last farthing; and dthough his bbnds, biUs, 'bbllgatl9ns, his sister's Jewels and genuine notes were prodttosd, there'was etin a heavy sun^4efident '■.'.::>'■'•.•:■ i- "Ab,.by the by," exclaimed Banford, ss I entered, IfWaters can lend yon the'som for on-hour or two—for a conddisrotlon," he. odded in 0 vhlsper,! ^'It wiU'soon be returned.'.' "No, thank you," onqi^iid^ioldly, "I never port with money till I hove last It''.' .'.',v.\.- ... A mellgiiant SQulepoaaedi'aver the sconndrd's features, bnt he made-no Blply^ .'Oftlmatdy.lt was decided that one of the fraternity should be dispatched in .search of thf required sum. Hewss gone about half an. hour, and returned with a bundle of notiM. Theywere,"as tlioped and expectediltSTgeries on fbrelgn banks. Ur. Uertonlooked atiand counted'tbem,ond'thepuyj coimeDced. As it went on^ eo vividly did the ecene recall tho' evtmng that had seded my om .'ra(^'..thatt I grew dizzy with eidtement and drained tumbler ofter tumbler of wiater to oilay thsifetered throbblog of my veins. The gamblers were'forto- nstely. too much absorbed to heed my agitation. Merton loaf codtlnuopaly—without jpanse or intarmlsalon. The stakes weirb dbubled^i-irebled—quadrupled I Hie brain wos on fire; and he played-ocnthor lost, with the recklessness of a madman I .I^EbrU'whit's' that 1" suddenly - exclaimed Banfbrd, from whose. Smnlo.'.ftstures the mask he had.eo loiig'worn, befbre Merton -liaa' Men' gradually slipping. "Vii you' hear a hoiae bdawT'! . ■.'. ' , My ear had caught the somidj and'I could better Interpret It than l^e. It ceased. . ' '^nch the signd bell, Adolphe," added Sanford. NOtoplythe ploy, bnt the very breathing 'of the vOlahu was snspesdedi'Ostheyllstenedfortbereply. Itcame. Theonswer- ing tinkle sounded,-once—twice—thiice. -'••AIlMghtl" shouted Banford. "Etoeeedl the fkrce is nearly playpdront" I hod Instmoted ths ofBcers that two of them, in ploln dothes, shonld present themsdves at . the fh>nt door, obtun admission by Means'of the password I hod given, and immedbtely seiitt snvgag the doorkeeper. :! hadt'dso: ooqndnted them with ttle proper answer to the elgnd bdi-7i^)ie« pulls at the bell-handle communicating with'the first flboi. ''The)r comrades'were then to be. admitted, and they 'wer'e-all'silently to second the stairs, and wdt on the londUigitin'snmmbned' by mtf to enter and seise the gamestere. - The boqk entrance to the liouse was olso sfoureb but unobtruHlvely watched.' One only, fear dlstifrbed:m'e. It was lest the abonndrela should take alarm In time to exttngnlsh the lights, destroy thslbrigedi popeis, and possUdy escape by' ' g^e B e>B4 ge<mkn9W A jto me. and Ant aMMrtalnlng that my pistols ware .wlCbln aa«r. reach; fbr I knew I was {flaying o despenie gomCi I rose, stepped carelessly to the door, partially opened it and bent forward ss If listening to a repetition of tho'eound which bad so'slaimed the company. To my great delight the stairs and landing were filled with police officers, sliest and stem as death. I drew back and walked toward the table of which Mr. Merton was seoted. The lost stake, on enormous one, was being played for. Merton loet He sprang upon his f eetdeoth-pde, despairing, overwhelmed, and a hoarse execration surged from his clenched .teeth. Sanford and his ossooiates coolly roked tife plunder together, their features lighted up with fiendish glee. "Villain—traitor—miscreant I" sbrieked Merton, og if smitten with a sudden frenzy, and darting ot Bonfbrd's throot; "you, devil that von are, yon have undone and deetroyed met" "No douDt of it" calmly replied Bonford, ehaking off his victim's grasp, ■■and I think It has been very artlsticslly and effeotlvely. done, too. Sniveling, my fine fellow, will eoaroaly hdp you any." Hr. Merton. glared upon the tauntihg villwiin speechless agonyandrage. "Not quite so fast, Oardm, If you please," I exclaimed, at the same time taUng.up a.bundlo of forged notes. ■■It does not ap- pear to ms that Ilr. Uerton has played against equd etokes, for nnqnestloiiably this paper is not genuine. ■■DogI"-roared Buiford,"do you value your life so ohevt" and he rushed toward me ss if to seize the forged notes. I was as qdok as he, and the levded tube of a . pistol sharply arrested bis eager onslaught The entire party gathered near us, flamlna with eidtement Bonford looked bewuderedly from one to'another, apparentlyscarfdyconsdouaofwhat was passing around him. ■■Wretch, the papen I wlU hove," screomed Bonford,' recover- ing himselt "Seize him—stab him—strangle him I" , ■■Look to yourself, sootmdrd," I replied, with equal vdiemence. ^•Tour time has come I Offioen, enter and do your duty." In an instant the room was filled with people—and surprised, panie-atrioken, pordyzed by the suddeimess of the oatasoophe, the gong were oil secured without the sllahteatreaistanoe, though aost of them vrare armed, and' morohM off In custody. Three wSonfbrd, or Cordon, (bnt he hadoholf dozen aliases,) one of Bem—were transpiMied for life; the rest were sentenced to vorlous terms of imprisonment My task iraa effectually accom- plished. ' Uy superiors were pleased to express very warm cbmmenda- ;n of the manner In which I had acquitted mysdf; and theUrst lepin ths promotion, which ultimsMly led to my present posi- jin In another branch of the public servloe, vns soon afterwards, Terrgd upon me. UT. Merton^had hls.bondia, obligations,' ' . a> » .M.. to blind hazzard with imyforolgn friend for moderate stokes; I jftwels money, restored to him, ond wos tougbt wisdom by was gndoualy dlowed to win, ond In the end found mysUf ' — ■ '—■ ' ' richer In money by sbont ten pounds. . Mr.. Merton ,wss soon sb. boUot-but, In very truth, a run of doworLhTrSberylhad aS In againat him,and ho had not'only d™slMw i5^^Madv monev whloh ho had Inherited, nud^e ]iS?*S^ whS^S fooUat Indulgence of his lady molhor hadSpXd htaSia but hod invoTvod himaoU in Wda, biUs; and XroblSttons too(oartd amount Theprlndpdagent to ettSttog tfia SSfil vaa one Banford—a man of fashionable and dashlna 'mixrw »M the presiding spirit of the deepo'radoee whom ! Woa oom. aWonoJ to hunt out Strange to soy, Mr. Morton iSd the bUndeat roUanbe on- thla manta honori and even tibw^-4rickod OcapoUedaa hahad boon by him and bis gsng'-reUed on his Cbuniel and aaalstanoc for his escape fl-om the desperate potlUon U whloh he was Involvod; The Evertou estates sad passed in default ot male isaus,'to a distant relative of the loielordiso vwruln, obaoluto, irredoomoble, stared both th& wretched dupe ,ua his rdaUvos in the fhoe. Lady Everton's Jointure was nbt o Very largo onoi and her son had been permitted to squander "IHiu whloh should base been devoted to the dlsohorge 0? oUlms which were now preaelngharshlr against her. ' ' > ;i ^ i listened with the doepeal ihlorost to Lady Everton's sarrc, {V?- Bepoatedly duriogthe oonne of It, aa she aocldentally al- inkli tolhe manner and appoaranee of Banford, who hod been {Ponced by Mr. Merton tolils mother and sister, a snapldon, *dch the polios papen hod awakened, that the gentlemon In Borbed in the chances of dice, and lost large sums, for whloh, when the money he had brought with him was- exhauated;'he gave written acknowlodgoments'. The'cheating practiced on him was really andaclotis, and any one but a tyro must have repeat-, odly detected it Ho, however, appeared not to entertain the dlghtest suspldon of the "fdr .play" of. his opponents, gnldhig himself by the advice of his triilild and counsellor, who did not himself play, 'The amUble 'assemblage .broke up. about, six o'dock in the morning, each person rbtlring singly oy the back way, receiving, os he departed, 0 new pass-word for the next evening.' ' , . A few hbun afterwords I wdted on the commissioner to re^ T^orl the state' of offdn. He was delighted with the fbrtuhate dHriit I had mode, but atriotly enjoined potlescb and eoutlon. It would hove been oaey, aa I was in posseselon of tho password^ to' hkve surprisod' the confederacy in tho act of gaming that very evening; Dutthiswould have bhly aocompUahod a port bf the object olmedat Several of the fratemlty-^Sanford amongst the number—were snvectod Of .utterlna forged notes, and It was essentid to watch. norrbwly foAlogu'evidence, and restore, if goBslble, the^ property and securities of. which Mr. Merton had NotLln/ of espocld importonoe occurred for eeven or eight days. Qamlng went en as ds{iU every evening, and Ur, Morten become, of bourse, more and more-Involved; even his sister's Jewels, which he had surreptitioujly obtdned—to such o depth of degradation will thla vloe plunge menetherwlae honorable hod been,stakod, and loet and he was; by the advice of BanfOrd, to condude a heavy mortgage on his eatato, Is order not only to dowoff his enormous ■■debts of honor,^' but toacqulre freap means of ■■winning bobk"-that ifnui fatum ot all gamblere—his tremondbus losses I' A new prelimlnaty ■■dodge" was, I ob- served, now brought Intoaotlon, Mr. Uerton esteemed himself a knowing hand at ecarte. It was produced, imi he was per-j mltted to win every game, mueh to the apparent annoyance and dlabomfitnro of the loeora. As this WW precisely the snore into which I had'myself fallen, I, of course; the more roadlbr detected It; and fdt certain that the grand coup was meditated I In the meantime I had not beeU Idle. Sanford waa confidentially In- formed that I was only.wdUng in London to receive between tbUr.as'd five thousand pounds—part of trnde Passmbre's legacy -jand thon Intended to Immediately hasten bock to coimr York- store. " Xo have seen the tUIoIu's ores as I aocldentally, as It won, my errandand InteaUonl They. fUrlyaadied with - I. » - .. I,with jsiTlblo experience never again to uiter.a gamlsg^iouse.. 3 Neither he nor his lady mother were ungratefiu for the servlcb 1-''.f-^ BanibrdI .Bonfotdl yon.'were, wl{h all ronr cunning, it 0 kabd-bllnd Idiot to bdieve the mon yon had wronged oni rulned.oauld so aadly Ibrget the debt he owed yfu. ;^had been fortunate enough to render them. "A NIOGBR SERIUtON." Hhols Natbav, sdd to be a pious an^ zcdous contraband in "old Vlrglnny," recently delivered the following sermon to the presence of 0 large assemblage of soldlen, and other "disgusting ,Bbaren:". : ■ UyBetubed Frena: Tou must beorwldme to-doy; I'ze luder jde poihfiil neoesaity ob bein somewhat puasonoL A darkey, :!longtog' to deae regions here hob been a cuttln up quite stren. 'nnsly, and de Lod nab sent mohere dis day to take him down n >6g' 0^ two. He bto gwlne and gwtoe about 'mong de Inneraent anlbs'ob dls flook, uies Wolf to sheep's olodin, seekto who he ^ust :devbweT sumbody. '7ou' all knows dat mimy yearA ogo I tctun.to.dls place, an wid de Lod'a hdp I gadered' to great dum- oers ob'dese wandering sheeps toto de'Lod's lole and do method/ churoh. Sence my clo massy and"missus dun died I hob been: sold out ob do faniUy. It hsb not been my privilege to vldt yon ,olBn sesco, and to my dnosce dese BopUs and cSiindttes como to, an- hab bin leadto i^y ob deaepresbns iimersent sheeps toto'de water, sayto, "'copt yer be mened yor cannot be sobed." ' Now my deer flrens, die am all a grand mirilnke, for de words mens an uenhum am not iridlh de leds ob do old Uble. But .our Baptls frenz 'nuOto da sqe it on ebty loef ob de eikred pages, but Jist OS sure as ye are bom da ato't dar nohow, and de boss firbof ob it ahi de fao dat da am tryto to njade a new bible to git t lit' ■. ' ' .'.''.- jUy terdls day am to'de boiA of RsvolnUoss, an it read, "For de oroteTlay ob de roth is come, and whe shall be able to stoul" 'Now, to de fus place present!^, ire will make some marks pen deNew, Divoralon. Die was bout do time ob de 'ante effbrt ob our Baptls.ficenz to git up a new tranalatlon obdehlble; and to de fus place next my hdnbbcd tTenz, de awful question, do ariseiwlllde Baptls be able to Stan 7 MyLodI Oodbreasyou, my frenz, da won't fordar'll bono padUn In dat day—on de Bapttseontgootall'csptbypadltol Da cry day on nite. Bouse a Wishful eye; no poaseaslon fur yer dok. Ah, vtrWehldat doy com^ oU .de wotsr craft will be Oat on.de aand bars. ' JM hearans win .eaaa away wld a gnat noise.. Deeorih vrin mdi wld fsMAl heat De 'Hlo Uber vrlU bOa like ■ pot. and be^ dfled up, an an do ood mtoes win smoke lOa Atar kuL "Ah, my honeys,I'mdto I hear da poor Baptls brytofbr de rooks an do BMuitalna Am away, and eSiy rook bored hot Ah,myLodl an no water for ov^'Up brednns; no wate^; (' ' ^^e'nex question Stan? Oodbresiyo^^jliyqBliteikedl d^e. Lod bress yentitth#B.da wU (etian frenz am gwll(e tbihebbta to iht place, nfr ftene. tat f^mf io'WMarl ■ •'■ ". ' wffl'de'Hei^ls bs .obii^, Jhea!*y<i4ft^'t do rSHi?"'? win^tK'J^^ah dePrt by'de'bavllljui'OD de-, 0UMtl AnindatdardoUrtaeabOvdebunln^oil Ite up oii de wings obltith. an not truat-db oats aa paddld;fijt da aU bum up. Oh 1 my honeys,-1 know da Baptls (karkeyB aajr de MeDerdls am like de grasshonper-'-da'Jmnp so high dalnnn clean ober hebbeni Ood bress yer, hon6y, da neber rest &I da Jump back, an Jump to agin. J>a say'de 'Baptls like de'grnb- vrorm-<'slow but anre." My Lod, hbnlee, ybn put ds graV worm to de'Hlo riber, how fur yer tinkdatrabfit HySLod, spose Us ^t to db bottom, de fish cotch him.- AU, my Bi^itis frenz, you BO fond ob de water, de debit ootoh you im yon glto to de land ob de eberbeUn blees. Oh, my honles, de wait:aln ob all de Baptls is, dat d& got tired ob de ole Uble;d•:(fl«ftmltr blble, de dear hretted bible dat by on da etan. 1 VjIMi ah ds gwlne tomakeanewone -wide conowl thrOit;'■(>;kdiA:daflMt olaan toglory. Why, Ood brosa yon, Baptia, dcnttr^Uow d«t If .ypn adds anything to dot good book, Ood miilteiyttilwUtto plage, buUfrogs^ oiide vetydpelos. ..U you iaHiioata^ltta^ from dot boo^ he takes yer name dean out ob'hshbaai'l i^'Oa ole book it read, <Ttodeid baptise you wid ifUatcWtti'JT come,one orter me. Whose shoes I am not worthy to tmtjk '.Bia'n baptise you wld de Holy Ohoet and wld fin." Ah deyi«uh,'(o ' make it read. ■'lihdeed merse var to watar—hnt »■« .>»«Tl " meree yer to tho-Holy Ohoet and to Sre." Uy Lod, ^ who eber hear ob 'raytiody beto menod in fire, three Hebrewsera 'chlldsil), who wns cast toter de buriito '] fnmlss by'de edlo.of 'XIng Nebushadneezer. I moss now o_. my discuss; bnt .'fore Ijsels down, let me ax yon, my honUfJt stlok to de ole bible fbrebbr: Amen.' ■"" A .LIVB f TASKBEl VI LONboiT. A live Tankee from the'Sreen Uonntainscf Vertnbnt^tedL the city of London, 'inille'passlngthioughoneof the'prinalpaL thoronghfkres of trade and travel, bis onenUon was atiddealr aireatedby some beantlflil speolmens of writing paper, eipossil. fbrsdeataahopwlndbw.' Seeing the propiletbrbl.the.estab- liahment.atandlng at the dbbr, tne Yankee btvilly toqnIiedDC him "what he did with themnioe blts of paper?". ' : , "We keep .them t».tle:np gape aead In,'.' add. the cooknej, sutp- pishly.ii...'.;.,.,..,.': „ .,:....:. ■r - . "Oh, ye du, da ye?" sdd Jonathan, whlldlo looked »• though be were.toventing.a trick wit)i whlab hetotai)ded,to.pay,bfr,t£a toiperttoent cockner.to.hls owit coto. .'-FassUig down the'ntei|t . a few Maps, onr indlgiuiir.Tankee'aajir onofher merbhAnviim was-not only oh wwgii«iinitit but A gentleman also.' •1 say, mister, oon jon tell me'what that fellerduffte lllvla* whot keeps them ere nloe'blis o' pojMr at the -wtoder?" ' ' ''> . .,'<Tes 'dr; hs is a email dealer to paper, and a sort of eerlBe,- He writes letters for those persons who desire bis ssslstoDce.^ I reckon he Is a very small daoler, ond that he is a phailsesir well asa scribe. < Do yon think he'd write a letter for me If liVOT him'for it?" ... . ■ - OeHdnly he wm, ond Jump at the chance. Shot I0 his pis' cipd occupation." ... . . ....... ... , ..... . The'Tonkee thrust his band«'(I might odd anns)'um°U» pockets olniost np tohls e^MWs/for be fdt-thestM 'tr'fie wsspish words uttered by the paper dealer, and matfiliktt the shop where he hod been so rudely treoted. ' .'.—.;>.', ; ' "18ay,.mister, they say as how.yon sell paper and Writs Mtm for folks what con't write. 'What will you tax . to iRlte»Mtie tomyalsterBaBy?" - .• • ■•I shall chArge yon five ablllings," replied the EngUaliimqb soflentog his tone as that government doea stoce It baa beard cC oiurgieat victorias. "Will ye write Jest what I tdl ye, and spell the Words xIbU^'h- wedo.toVermont!"toqniifldtheTonkeeL- -...-i, ■ .'i V "To be sun I vriU. I nnderstond my bnstoess i "Well, I don't oore If ye da; I guess yon may write tof "Dear dster Sally. -Hevye^mthat down ?''.-- "Yes." . ■ : ■ ■■Bived to London last weiek. Hev ye got that down'tqd'qielt right?" • ■ " ■•lee—go on." ' . ■ !^.' . ' "Thought I'd go toto the codntry and take a .ride.' Oot'Oot downright?"...- - r ■ "Tea, yee-i^obn; don't detato me so." "I uy'yon five - <>Te«,^ea-^but iveflilllitiga, don'tL by-and-by'?^' vnfi need not ^eioto me so." know.wlUti 'lb be<ur».Iban.f . , ■Wol, I don't care If ybn du.- She wouldn't go, 'and SO '^ UclieS her, and Uoked her, and Ucked her, and licked her, abd llckctf her—" ... I "Well,goo"n." ■ . ,'i "And Ucked her, and llOked her, and licked her— ■■What is the nse of saying It over eo many Umes I" ' '' VNoneofyerbustoeu. IpsyyouflveehilllngB—ondllbkedher, and llbked her, ond lloked her, and licked her, and Uoked her, and licked her, and UOked her, and lloked her, and— ■■This page is fuU of and Ucked hers." '■Tnru over then; andUbkedher,'andliekedher,'andUAeAhsr, ' andUoked her, and Ucked her. She wouldn't go then; ao I got OM and Ucked her, andUbked her, and kicked her; asd kkked bar, and kicked her, and Uoked her, and Uoked. her, and Uoked har, and Ubked her, and Uoked her, and— ° '' ■Tooannottotandlngtosaythotoa monytlmMsam'aitd Oldiedher.'" . ' "None of yer bustoess. I pay you five. shillings, yon kanr, I Ucked -her, and Ubked her, and Ubked her, an4 UeUdlia^ and kicked her, and Ubked her. She wouldn't go IheAl'MI sharpened the endof mywhip-hondls, and pticied her, ,Md pricked her, and prioked her, and pricked her, and pricked ber, ai\d pribked her—" ' "I don't see any sense In on this." ■■Never mind; Ipoy yon for what you do. IUoked'har,na kicked her, and prioked her, and Ucked her, and. Uokedtaff, and prioked her. and Ucked her, and kicked her. She wou^t go then. Bo I got to and told her " (hen the Yaikto Uadt • obirmplng noise vrithhlsUpe and tongue, which bldsdsflanoe to orthography.) . "IaannotepeUthat"sddtheQigllshmai. ' .. : ^' •■O, ye can't span thatj ha? 'Wd then ye needn't write AAT moreforme. If yeoon'tspdlthot.": ■ .:;-..r,:>-i "Need not write any more,"'sdd the cockney, wlih .a uokpC aetonidiment ' . . • » . • "No more," sold the Tankee, perfectly composed,' ' "Not s word to does with?" . .:'>'k:;.- ■■Naijr a word.": - . ■ 1 1 "Ton wUl nay me for'what I have written f" ' . ' ',. ■■Notared: Tou didn't writedown aU I told yon tn." ■.>' ■•Wdl air, what am I to do with aU thla paper that I hna spoiled?" " . , . ■ j: ■■ifeg> {t lo'Ke up gope ieob <!!.■' . TRB . DABK DAT. . The dark day was on the 19th' of Uoy, 1780. Whore I reUd^ at that time, the dorkneas at 11 o'dock vras so great that* bUK die was Ugbted and placed on the table; the foirts went to ibOrt; the sheep .aU huddled around to a cdnle, with tbdr headi ln> word. Thegross, to look at It tbnugh the wtoddw, seemed cCa yeUbW greeui the same as to look throngh smoked glass ipaB groengrass. 1, , .. ■, I well remember that the gentleman bf the bouse read the fol- Ibwtog Sbripture by a bondle tb his numbrous fanilly ■■The sun ebaU be tamed :totb darkness, and ttie moon Into blood, befwe that great and notable day of the Lord's oomlngv' The darkness was so great In the night time that it was aiaid IT one Dr. BlaoUngton, who naldod near the northeast part of Be- hoboth,'who hod oobaslbu to beoutomosg sick patiaolslhat night thot he could liot sec bis white pocket nandkenhlefldaoed before his eyhs. Tho darkness was' so thick that It could be nK. The- year 1T60 was celebrated for lis many northern oiSM% thoy covered the whole horizon over; tboy wonld flash Uke ught- ntog, and fiU the air with the smeU of sulphur.' The lights wen so red, that the flashes "would bring warmth asalnst the fkce. .^r The great snow'fdlwas In December, ITTv, or J^nary, lisp. It snowed seven durs; the snow was estimated t« be fbur feel on the lovd, and the drifts from dgbt to ten feel high. The snow came moist and coane, and it was so cold that It congeded very herd. The people travcUed over stone waUs with their teams. It is sdd tO'bb a tkct that for thirty days the snow did hot indt from the .eaves on the sunny dde. The-banks wore so high that sheep were bnriod up In thom, and thoTe,nmained forfcny days, trntllthey were found by Iholr air holes, and dog ont (Ure. This year the whole of tho Narragknsett Bay was frozen ovnr so thick and hard, that the late Honorable . John-Brown passed from Providence on the river of Ice, to Newport and boot, aod I beUovc aome wont on skating'parties the whole rang*, mn- WllUam VdonUne sleighed Wood from Fan Blvvrb -Nswtaiy^ port, on the ice, through Bristol Forry. The pooplo of Newport burnt,their fUmltnntoksej selves fKnn freezing. The British army hod left.the ' Rhodebtdand in November, 1779, and-strqipod ths pec tboir vduaUes. In a manner the yean of 1779 ana 11 the hardest wintereknewn for a century last pa8t_^' ,__ The weather was so severe to the wtoter of .l!8a thatiom' people wsre ltDzon to death. A man went fhnn AtUbbocr' with A load ef hoopa to BCstbn, was UW^toa etbhn, and returning hbme, was (Maen'to death,.e«DUg ton Hebk. His 01 team vras rtoseo death, and .waa lug en their fejt, as thei a now yft*. deei> oaooga « o What mod reason-aaa M glvsa ftrd«tIahh«Wiif children for onstomera? . . . . _ . ..^ AHfwn.-B«iao»e ihe inort lhalf n'f*' IT to "KftinJiny^ > to knp'tajliMH^ ft.theia^^^^W.. le ■BtW^^^^^m ' and IW *^^^^