New York Clipper (Jan 1863)

IIP. NBW YORK, SATDfiDAY,, JANUAEY 11, 1863. .IFBIOB nx OBBTI. BAOHELOn'S IUI4« - - .<->■: tr.li I whAt'k qneer looking phce It ia I nieT&in rooh aU the d»yB of my life; ■*sJV«atriltobe«ettliig»wlfe. • ?Iv)rtrKil'^^l> aM blm knetdlitg hta dough.)' -' -TmUtfuiePrMa ha CDTiU tto without awi^^ po« [t «(>pld itkTor his palite yon know. wi dlilialotW.^ mlailng-ithe pigs iire deVo'iirlng It: lnihopM«nt?l!f twbtiokonfilBehlii; • iiuteinnUdw4jlhlnB-grInu^taB«o^^ {tundcrond ttu*, whBtajlpHoJip's.ln, • Vail diabes and mm, tnoh greaay commodltlts, Aiiios and pntloiklnaklterflie floor; - illi cnidboiiTd'8 a etorelvottaoof eomlOal'-oddltloM, Ibli^ that had never bean iielghb6fs )>nroie.' Htomcalbelng over, the'taUeiefiilttingio.-,:" ■ Dbhu lake care <tt yooieelvee If ypn-oait, m ■^ •''. . 3at hanger Tetiuaii,'then he's foaming andlNttlng to, ■ Och Hot hlln.^tone'fot a btato of a inan,I":. ., lite In the night tie goes to.bed ahlrerin',, • NeTeiabltUthebednudo ataU; . , Se ereeb* ilk* a tenraptft nnde^ the klrerln', Bid look to tho picture of Baolielor'8 HalL HE FUGILISISISS TBE FIBEMAK; NEW. AS il WAS. . , t BoxAHck or nu, ivt^ ahoro tsb viSicr,. w iui ' im EsrnaBLT roa xre hew tobk ourita, - Bt JAB. q.;*OPE. , . . OHAPTEB.Xni. aS^IHO BUBOLiAT—THB DAin BOB^fBT—TOD BWE LTtB '*0 OZ<. ' flOXE*'—BOS A' pnieOHXB—THl dBOT-^KILlFFOBD BiUfX'£KOU>' n HMO BiMa fob i.nrB—"88M''— diok toxweix A OAiit— bill naHiH's tnonr—ma iiihiiebv of escipb fbom th^ Birt^ IHD OHIS ^aKD" IN ZBX "aBOnL'a" AfPBKlUHBIbt. ' npon'Wrlgley nelng Uadame Orlsp, he bkdo her keep out of <Ufotd'e path, as ha waa bent on her destmotlon, and than Sa- luted for ttau old rendexToos with a ooiek>and-bnll atorytdSob ikoitonethlng«r another, broad of the main point, andwoond ipwIUiamlagWpg rfbl^Ul^togetMjtowW^toito -Hinted, and hna be known the trao state of. d'ain, Ben^g oareer WdluTO eaddeiily terminated. . Ohoklng down, his mortlflca- tloo, with the liopu of trapping Iter at some time or other, he bide Wrlgley prepare lilmaolf for the baidc tobbeiy.' "Wo comiucnco operatlona to-morrow, and If saocessfol, we og ,cnc1i tho bank In lour weeks, by hard labor," edd Bob. "Iracan helpUB to dig?" . . . , , 'Strtslnly," Bon replied; "an wont the bank coves look'mazed then khoT find tbat tho croBsmenhas been borrowlh*.their chink. <laml" and^Ben emacked his lips In anticipation of the rich plondor that loomcd'Qp in hlB vision. Ihe hank marked for the vlBlttUon of Bob, was pltoated In a alltilioet,ruDnlng'BAross Broadway, at the loiter part of the The modiU-o^nnuIi adopted by Bob to breaK.^to the eon- an, was thas:.- ■ . • ' Aiily Black vtBlted nn old carpet weaver, doing bxislness la a deep buomont .directly opposite the bank bnlldlnc^; and uBder lie plea that bo was a large frolt seller, offered the weaver a betTyamonntot money to aeU ont and vsoits the premises'in 'ktabvor. Thabalttook. Afewbarrela of apiplea, boxes of old Bruges and lemons, etc., wore piled In, for appearance sake, <noQg which were sDndry tools necessary for making a snbter. rueoaB passage nnder. Jho streut, to tho bottom of the:bank nulls. They cdmmoi^ccd tho .work of excavation on tho socond dtjrof'thelr oclnipatlon 6f tho basomont, removing the dirt in otiiiie boxes is'fast as It aec'amulAted. Vngley was noting 'in good faith with bis . pals In this well, .{luned robbery, but oBi-the day Jprecedlng the. night when the TUltwu to bo opened, as'ldea struck him that he could turn tlieilltlrto a pioatablo noconht, by revealing the whole'arrange-' WDkto Dbke, and thns bo rewarded, and risk no dioger of arrest. BUkeoommunlcatod-the Informatlou' to -Frank Oiorkaon, who 'ludrocelved tho appointment of Deputy Sheriff, and the UMhot «u an Interview of tJie throe men wlth ttae Prealdent and Dlrep- "tonoftheDank; iflerieveallng the .whole plot to the,I>lreetor8,-Mark said to taeProldont—"Yon'must understand that It Is no selflsU mo- 4Te Uut Induces us to aot agUnst' this man, Clifford. YTe are <otmerconary,but'deslVot6remove-from socle^aoontamlna- ' [, hateful to UB, and dangerons to the ijonuiianlty. -Itev. bikaa 08 if seTarediilth solaaon. The affeot wm itimilng for A moinent, 'and raUyfta himself, Uark exclaimed :— •■Bob Clifford, that snot would liave' coBSlgned'yoa to Instant; death, did I not Wish to see you banged." Until Bltke thns addressed him. Bob knew not his captors,, 'and uttering a fearful oath, defied them to retain him. , - A light-was proourod, and as tbe'President of the saved bank entered the basement from the burglars' snbterraneian "rood m riches'," )ie saw Clifford shackled at the-wrists by'a pair of 'bracelets.". - - ' a:.^ "'Wrlgley, yon have done ihlel" shouted Bob, ab he set Us eyes taviftely on the orosaman, ■ "Vhy dld'you'betrayds?." '^■Becsnsd I was not yonr friend. Ton mdde a tool of me, ahd abnaed me; bealdea, I am trying to beoome a nsefol member of "ro^ear^ublangnagsflrom Beo amazed ClUfo/ft sonlewhat, and hlsslnl the words through his setteetb,-hff aald, ".Yon1L *j8edlo»:thls." . - . r '► •■• ■ • Two poUae{nen ware called in^'whooonveyod Bob to the sta^ tien house; . oa entering the roolt, Uirk tew the bodr of Tod Swelior, who was klUsd ST one of the men s'et to watoh the bntglan. As they broke into the vault, by .dls^laiolng i hu^a stone at the bottom. Tod and Andy>orawled Into the receptacle for"fllthyrlnore," with the laittern, intending to pUA'the "01- be Joyfnl"-io.B.ob^ and as they essayed to tote off the first bag of gdldrmefwatcit opened the massive door, and popping off their pistols at rim- dom. Tod fill dead, pieioed brtwo bnlltts; Bob ritninra .tne fire, his Act tddng effect in the arm of one of the "suijrue party." IWhen Bob fled, Andy, true to his'charaotisr, dropped on his knees, b'Sging 'for meroy. kod hM life waa spared only to become a raSdent .of Blng-Biag'for twenty ye^ of tnoris, from wh(A lie 0901944 finding a-renigein aonle of the Southern States.^ly I V ' . Ths..*tt4ifcptto,rqbithe:0asheD Bank-itas'fUly ventilated in thqitio'i;i|ui .pwers, Blako, Clorksoir, and the- WoMied oross- mu iSooliM in for eulogistic notices. ■ ^yffo'rd stood trial for burglary in the •first degie'e, with at- tenml io l(lll, and was oonvlotBd,'the j'u^t sehtendng him to Btae ]^.on', irltb bard labor far tha teml eflilS'liiBtnrU life. Ten thousand dollars was the sum awarded to tbe three men for titfilr'services, and leaving'theni'toieiiisy th^ wages of hon- esti', we will seek Oliver Balton and his bereaved sister, Urs. Ollpbant. R-trarinowtwo monthsslncothe mortal remains of Ur. Oil- phant were consigned to their last resting place; and the once happy homo was draped In. all. the dark emblems of ralef and sorrow. 'Was it not for her inconsoUble grief and a orother's undying sympathy for. bar,-the 'absence Of 'William Kemon would np doubt have been Investigated with more EoaL In a house of mourning there Is but a little disposition to In.: tsrfere -wlttr the onter WDrld,-iintll 'the days of 'lamoitatlon ex- plref and 6bt of respect for the soifowing family, bnt'few troub- led lbs. OUphant or her brother. - ■ On (the-some day that Bob-Clifford rectiyeU'Ills sentence; Oliversollonreceived Information that.'th'e^Iottary ticket. No. aSOO, was tbe "winning cardVfor the full -etuilt, slxty-flve thou- sand dollars, of whloh.five per cent, would be deducted, and Ih^^ balance paid to him on demand at forty days. This wis.gdo^ news to Dalton, but heexptxited it, having possessed si sortjof. premonltlonlthatthe real owner "waa bom to good lutlc." Iti was now thb period to aoqnalnf UorMon of his birth and '.parentage; and for that purpose .do we find him vlsltlag the various naunts that ho frequented. In search of his long lost son. • »■ ■• • • * • »• Xbe'conrt room was crowded. A prisoner stands confronted by. a Jury ofihls oonntrymen, charged with the awful crime of murder. ' "Whatuyyon, fbreman oftha Jury? Is the prisoner before possession of a pqst midnight. '^'Uulese, we wotUd not scruple to receive any pecnnlary reward ue buk may consider appropriate to tho sernccs rendered, for « bt plain and frank- ih the fiiatter, our means are not twofold, MrUcidarlv thls mau-'s," alluding to Ben, "who, bymy bare and 'tolnoD, la (ning, to become an honest man.'*- w .President eipteasod himself agreeable to fUmlah a reward jvnpulble with the services done to the bonk, and salootlng -une or four of tho.Dlreetors to assist ih defeating the Intended ^■ud" upon the money vanlt, Blake and Frank, followad by Bon, "wd to perfect their plans elsewhere. I'M Bweller was IhMth OUfford'on the bank lay, and supplied ue meuiB that enabled: the' burglars .to work out their attack, on the ulgtat of the attemp t at burglary, Tod aaslstel ph;|[8- "Aow, Ben," said dlfford! addressing that (ndlvldAiil, tn a low, <woe, is bo oxnnitDod his pistols, "you keep a strict watoh while ''° Bono, Do cautious, and the awag wm enrloh us all." AUhuak, Bob, my,covey.. floes It square through U thorog^ My hoyoB'wont We be high BweUs though IV.' j^<uhl not Bo)oud,"f ut in Tod. who also held a pistol in his ...il^Owiay?" iilqulrbd^dy'llUok, who was In .Sf'y-,, Ollffordlookod ot his watoh. It was ] B^™"- l'OBRld, "lo'opontho.vault.'.' . - •dl2.i , ' omply baVrols from the wall, a largo hole was i^f*2' "voaUng tho posaageway, dark and gloomy. Clifford ■<<en»r. m'?? "H'"' followed by Swelter and Black, leaving the •dSf^' "in tjio i-oar." As thei sound of their footsteps bSv.I^^>'a. "^"''on'ly opened tho door and idmlttod •^™^»'101otkson, \vliooarrle4 oaoU 0 pair of woU-loadtd re- r.^'S«j;o'"''.wbl8porereafiliie] «w. saidDen.-ln the Birao BlTBlL. '»ttt H I""'-<o,ib6 aperUjre. in.tho wall, tho glare of a dls- ■aon«.il>,'!™?^ '^''o"- "A« Boon as they onter the 'JMhokM^" "5? ^.^'^ ^"^*'"8 the rascias, armed '<« '■m»vS ~ , 'f.'>"ii"'' ™^ I"™"*? 'old Frank laomr;! . Tho flromon prepared n few ."darbies" and '■wSn V ' ?''">P0' """l "Ignllled btasolf roaqy fo.r aoUon. •Cd^'hrink'oul *''8nld fton 'to Fhauk. lenoi^i™ '■0 oova," replied Clorkaon; .and as he spoke, tho :tdntf ihi* W."' "onndod on their ears, with a hojlow eOho that 4i,|ffJ?i;. wblBpsrod Blake. "One of themlB flitohed euro, 'tut, ^v? °^^°rai'eholswero hoard eoUoIng through Uie ^as. clui!.. V . '^°'0" <lBloklJ fcBpondeil to by soveral mpre-i Tf™J.««»ots, • •• -ma Utlrrlod footsteps were heard approaching.--' J^uufford making his oscspo.. As he 'bouhaed Into tho bas. *B «ihi^'''"P»«*l>'* by nutllng aborfol Ip front of him, and Slr^.»?^*? 'hMhderMk'k •siSoko,, flutched or - • IW'd.l'oWly tofr«o'i[lifiiilf, but of taOvall. thatSli J '^^*°'"B0. Dob'B rovolvor contained 'svoko, fiutched on him. Sob f, - but- of bo Avail. Frank hod lliiii;'!.'5"'i"''^*''f>B0i Bob'B rovolvor contained two oUargos SobSS* fi""' "rpd' Onatniiibglng lo-«6lKl'ttrf*edJibb; dsTio SSiW <"r«!.UAn.l»»dlng.fc liankVbraist; he {rpUbd tho baS»n.?*.^l'''*"R " «Ught.oBy of palil, M»rk Blakli staggered btuiii .l^'^io ^o"' Iboball having hit his temple, more than weuin« tho skin, oorrylng away in lis flight a look of hair as yon guilty or not guilty!" ' "(fuflty;", /miiltyorwhat?" ..•Oulllyof tonrder." !tha Jndgo, in accordance with the verdict, pronounced the seatence of deiath upon the culprit,, and Sick Foxwell, the "Qhoul," was led fropi tho court to the tombs, there to suffer the extreme penalty of the law for the cold-blooded murder of Ur. OUpbant . That , evening, OUver Bolton, srirronnded ' b;< Hark Blake; IVank Olsrkson, Bon Wrlgley, BUI Hasty, Jim Sullivan, Urs. 011- phast, and Joliif Uoreton, were ossemblod together; listening to BUI Eenian,:u he related the follow^ffStoiyi--: >,.. " . . ..Commenoing-hlB narrative wUfbi ^e.fiiemen'B - Bli. ea t t n bt i W ■f«^om«^wWf:»'.5lS!SJ^^ Ing labor. "When I fetomedio myseven sanses,"hsooBtinued, "Ifound myself comfortably wrapped up ^ linen sheets,- in a bed,at the real- donco of Miaa Salome, How f (am^ there, was the first thought that entered my head; and It seemed like a phantasy or a dream, for the last thing I remembei;ied was sinking to the ground, with the needle teeth of the rats meeting their points in my llesh In a thousand places. Whon l tblnk of it, I shudder to the very core of my heart. MlBa^omewas ..tha flr^t to apeak to me, and assured me of the feollty of what I considered a dream. I dis- covered my body covered w^th slips of adhesive healing reme- dies, and'finding mo eager tb learn How I escaped from that hor- rid vault, sho referred me tp Ben, whom I wlU trouble to relate that portion of my adventure-" All eyes we^e directed at Wrlg- ley, who was dressed out llk4 a bona /Ue gentleman, tbat gave him every air of pollahed refinement. "After WllUam was dropped Into the vault, 1 remain^ chat- ting with Clifford a few n^oments on a matter of business, when I retired. . Entering the house adjoining Bob's plAce,- at the rear aide, I made my way, with a dark lantern' that I always carrlod about me, to. the cellar which communlcatisd with a coalhole under tho sidewalk. 'From this place I had a laVgo stone once removed, for my own convenience, that, communloaled with Clifford's vanity but-so high up OS not to bo' obsorvod when re- )laced. When I removed tbe stone for;the purpose of. calling Vllllam, I received ho answer, ond pntttng'tUe. light through,:! saw tbe poor fellow lying on tho pile o( awooplngs, covered with the-nits.. The light drove them off, and getting through myseK I raised him on my eboolder, and run him through tho opening In tbo wall, feet first, let him drop easily on the other side among the- coal, then'followed after. Bis olothos were torn in shreds, and saturated with blood. It did not take long for me to convey blm to the yard; where I left, hlu to go in search <of a coach, and finding one, fortunitely, at the first ipomer: I had bjm placed Into it and conveyed to Uiss Salome's.. Wbal happened after LUly and myself dlepatchod him to Blohmond, ho oan teU best himself." • "Why did'you wish to conceal his safety from hlsfrlends?" enquired Ballon. "It was tho expresB desire of Miss Salome," returned Ben; "for Clifford, Imaghilng-BUI dead, we woro going'to play upon his fears." » . 1 ■Then Clifford, at Sing Sing, is BtlU ignorant of Bill baying escaped. - ; 'Tes, certainly." , •Tben, we tnust visit the prison, and toko'William with us. Bob will think it's his ghost." All tho listeners o'nloyed a bngh nt such a prospect Kernan resumed his narrative, oommoDCing where 'Wrlsloy left off. "Ben informed me of the murder otUr. Ollpbant, and hinted to me that there existed a relatianship between Mrs, Ollpbant and myself, and, that I ought to'prooeed to Blohmond and cause tho arrest of tho murderer, thereby astonishing fHonOs as well as enon^les. Onowbat ground Den Judged I was related to. tho Ollphants,'! never learned." > . . , "I only thonght.so, from a romork that Bloke maao in my hearing." i .-.'-' '■ . \i 't "Taking tho early morning train at Jersey City through,to Richmond by way of Woshlnguin and Froderlckaburgb, I arrived at niohmond at toldnlght, and put up at tbo Aniorlcim Hotel, on Ualn Btrcot, The next morning I took a Walkr.throUgh Uain and Broad- straots. I met with no evidence of SldkFoxwell's prosenco in that city. Detumlng to the hotel, I loltetod around the doors for an hour or more, thinking tbat if he was in town, he would be sure to hang around the hotel. 'Woarlod with dls- appblutdiont, I <^ent down to Fourteenth -stroot, and dro; Intothe'Alhambra,'asortof a gambling and drinking saloon that had a private entrdnce on Ilain street and the first' man I met was Dick Fexwoll. I bad a strong desire to slay him oil tho epotandhad as jniUoh ks I could do to oontrolmytomper. Now, that I had evidence of,hJs being in Richmond, I strode up. to Capital Square, and vlmted old Joe Mayo, tho Mayor of tbo city, and informing him of tho nature of my errand, he placed a war- rant in the hondi of an olUoor, who accompanied mo back to the saloon whore I mot Dick, btit ho had gone. Tho olllccr was not long lu discovering that Dick aocompnnled a party that visited Brown's Island,' on tbo James River, dIrocUy opposite tho armory'at tho fqot of FUih stroot, near tho Tredegar Iron Works, to Bottle a disputo, in n'rlng tbat I uudorstood remained permr nontly fixed on tho island for snob and kindred purposes, 'Working around tho crowd, I espied Dick, and pointing him out to tho oflloor, he was Instantly arrosted. He protostod his inno- conoe—tbat ho wis not tbo man, otc-rbut it wouldn't go down; bo had to travel. Thi Islond Is roaohod by means of a flat boat, tbat has two uprights, fore and oft, with centre pulleys inserted at. the tops, in grooves, through which slid;a rope that was seourod to trees on either shore. To ferry across, this lino Ib haul- ed on, much-the sufib as tho ferry boat running to tho old North Carolina, atthe DrioidynNavy 7ard, 'Well, as weboardod tho flat- boat; to retard w(th our prliobbr, Blck'thtostehed Ul manner of . -;- - ft,' iy.t» * . *The ring was (tbont H feet square, but was ereoted in olroular form, and keptby a Frenobmon, who inhabited tho Island. He vengeoiuis on Us tnduoers, as he called his snemles, and as ha fialned'thi middle of the river, which was no more than two undrtd yards wide, and above navigation, in a Inoklaas moment the officer toned away bis head, when Dick, taking advantage of the opportunity, leaped overboard, as if t9 drown himself; but be omy stack in the mud at tho bottom, and notwithstanding the' Sravtty of all on board, not one could suppress bis laughter when liey sasr.wbat B ridicnlouB fiUlnreDlok made of It There he lood in two feet of water and one of mud, unable to extricate fJimiMlf, snd as bb discovered the plight he was in, he'Joined tn the merry chorus of laughter that his position invoked. Oonvey- ing'hlffi.i9 the Mayor's office, (}ovemor''Johnson telegraphed to tbejObremoFOf NewYork; a requisition was obtained, and -in thirty-four hours Dick was caged In Centre street" - "Well pleased with his narrative, Uie party broke up for the evening, (o meet next day to witness Madamd Cabet recolve her ^eiitenos, which was suspended by the efforts of counsel '•'■,'j OEAPTEB ST. 'WaiOLzi'^ LUT mi ' BBnaw with aaroiiE— Hzb narKBimf axiom ' Id'a;jll'MAI>AI(BClSBI—TESPBOOUBSSSANDTHBCOUBTZZip fH THK PklSON OZLL—A BLOODX AITAIB—DBAIH OF BaZOiA . — WBIOIiSI's BJJ> Ban—OOitCLUBIOM. Madame Cabet, after undergoing a long trial, was conivioted'of on attempt: at arson, and the Jnry having received a complete hlslotynir ttie woman, which acted against her, the Judge gave her a realdaBoeup the river for fifteen years, which old not pVsMe Lilly. Salome, who was eager for Madome'a death. Wafted upon by tba.two brothers, LOly, as a pretext of reeonoiUatloh -with her mother, promised to see her on a'certoln day, lind even proml>ed:Uark and Oliver Dallon toprepare to visit her relative. On the doy that Madame reoelved her sentence, Lilly sent for Wrlgley, and to blm she revealed her determlnatloirto execute lierthreat of vengeance upon Cabet - "But she is confined in her cell," said Ben. "Ohmtedl'.'niclaimed Salome, ahowing a potraord to Ben, "bnt th^ will notstand in the way of my dogger.'' . VBalo;ne," sold-Ben, "you should' forget past differences; Vkoame will be punished enough for her crimes, and her life Is not worth seeking. 'You are young and Innocent of any great crime, and'sAW, In an hour when aerw found friends would reJoloe in a Information, you, goaded by on overwhelming freak of passion, would plunge to a deed that vroman shpuld haver underttJte, j There, now, be wise; forbear in this premeditated aot; you see in me an example of resolution; from the life of an unscrupulous thief, I have become s Joy-to n^yself, glorying In ioy quohood, that conquered my vicious and eyil ways'" "Ben, I honor you and hope that your resolution to be honest msynevv fkilyou.: Tour fklthfolhessto. mecanud meto imI- mlre yon, but In thls matter you, as oil 'others, must reflect my wllL MadameCobet'dles.". ... ' - . "Be not a stove to this Idea of revenge—this inlatnaUon that Is leading yon^ Insanity." ■ , "No more, Ben; I am resolved." "When do you attempt the deed 7" , /Itmatters not—leave me and come to-morrow." , E^lngb^ cherry lips,- Ben- withdrew, and hastened do-wn to BlUiHaaty's in quest of Blake, who was waiting there for Morton, Dflton, Kerfian, and the others, .'{VBfloms la' determined to UIl Cabet," said Ben, "and the MOner we rush down to the Tombs to prevent It the better. jftwit to delay some time. It was an hour .before they started, occpmpanled by Olerkson, Sullivan and the two brothers. ' Lilly, wljen loft alone, immediately.' robed: herself, and Journeyed -down to -the Tombs, thinking that WrigUy- would firustrato ^er design Mr calUng at the prison before her. Bepreeenitlng herself as' a fMend to Madame Oabet, she was ushered tq'the condemned woman's ceD. "Why do you come here,-Salome7" inquired Uadame," islt to mock me7" "No," thundered LiHy, "but to taunt you. Madame Cabet, yon remepiber some years ago you sold my -virtue and mode me what I am. But a few days ago I heard pf my mother; do you tblnkleonld meet that mother the. degraded being you have made ma 7 My form, cormptaayonrown block heart, would be pollntlbn to her eyes." ;°i "She was no better than others, that ftaded more than one man, for shs ran away from her huabahd." "Liar.'.*;. "TO'u b-irb, get"—^. Before Cabet could finish the oentenoe, .LiUy's daiiioiiw^ burled ill her boaohL,. S^me turned to fly, tSi CaUfPrang ^.'Mrong,'muscular/woman, scsroely .ataBgered -^tn^toDiUHr, Wm*dM4ilng.th Uke'a demon', and*ruBli8Vat'JilOy,-who,had foigollea tbat the call door was, looked dn'-th'e'Outside, thrust the blood-reeUag weapon Into her side, and fSlTbaok with a curse on her lips; as the samoi Instant tbe door was flnng bpen, and . seeing Hark Blake slandlog before her, snrronndedDy'(he anxious faces of the brothers, a.sigh escaped Lilly, and she fell doad into the arms of Blake, who exclaimed, "How precious is a moment of time I" The two brothers wept, and Wrlgley turned away to hide the palnftil emotions that pervaded his bosom, while Olerkson entered the cell with tbe ktoper to raise the body of Cabet There needj but little to be added to our .story. Lilly was consigned to the City of the Dead, at Qreenwood, with a oeou. tiful marble'slab'erected to her memory. Her death ohanned Ben Wrlgley t j^bls old habits, but he never ceased to remember the glrlwhoselove and life would have kept Um in: the right path, and every spring time be visited , her grave and planted a rose as a toion of Ms undying esteem.' Down, down to the depthie of equaUldness and' crime did he.descend, mademore- torrlbls by dissipation, but never once did he forget to plant the rose during his unhallowed career. One fine spring morning, his body was found stretohsd over LIUy's grsvo,' and In bis hand a beautiful rose The poor fellow died a -victim to grief and intemperance.: Such is life. Mark Blake and Jim Sullivan, soon after LUly'B death, visited San Francisco and tho islands of the PaclBo. As to Jim's fate; tbe reader wlU recollect when his mind reverts to the transaotlons of tho Ban Francisco '71illahce Com- mittoe.' Bloke iBsUll living, and with money furnished him by Mr. Dolton, organized a joint stock company in the mining dis- trfobs of C^ornlo, and Is prospering. Jack-Uoreton and Wllllam Jlernan are residents of Boston, and retired from publlo life, settled in peace and plenty, with wives and reBp6nnbllltioB, but'Mr. Daltbn and bis sinter, Mrs. Ollpbant are bbth dead, their bones: resting In Mount Auburn, iiiar Cambridge. Bob Clifford served the State but a few years. When 'death put an end to oU worldly imprisonment, and he died, puEzled to the lost as'to how Bill Eenon escaped death from the rate, as tbe story never was revealed fojiim. . . ' One day, when tbe First Begiment of Fire Zouaves were quar- tered at Cloud's Mills, in .the vicinity of Alexandria, ITa., the fol- lowing colloquy took place between a subordinate officer and theUto Colonel Famnam, who was snc<!ossor. In command of the Zoo-zoos to the gallant ElUwortb, tho first martyr of the rebellion. - " 1 "Lieutenant, some of those rebel rscsala tbat take the oath, aro the first to be caught firing on our plokete." . "Yes, and ttid color-sergeant who brought In four orebels, twice over, saicl tills j&oming he'd bring in no more' alive." As the officer spoko, the color-sergeant ' appeared before the colonol, bearing the dead body of a robel soldier, and throwing it at tho oonoDandant's feet exelalmod: "Give him tboroatb, Faraham." Turning over the body, the sergeant started back in surprise; he recognized the fkoei.. Looking at the two officers, he.BmUodand said: "Tho last time I had a quarrel -with thla .'ere feller, I told him if I'd ever catoh him fighting against our folks in New Yo^k, I'd kill him sure, and I've kopt-,my!irord, though I didn't know It was Andy Black that wai drawing a beadon nonny-Hprrlgan, when I popped him off." Theserr geant was Frank Olerkson, who was a bosom friend of Ells. worth's. The Begiment is now disbanded,. ond Frank "aUU Uyesr'%' Our story is told. TOE Eia>. KT HOKET' niSBT. "A PLAIN, DNTABNISHEP STOBY." ! I relata on incident of thirty yaaia ago. I-waaapoorasiar.c rogue and vagabond,ocoording toon old tow,but on honest man, and a true OhrlaUan in the light of Btew, in I paid tnf way, strove to do my .duty, loJured no one, and gave my mite to ' theetarving. The ProfaBslon did not flourish thenu itdoaa now; the leaders were well paid, but the pocv, plodding pl^et ^ras often put toextranity suofaas the ootois of modem dan would never dream dt There ware times when I found it a dlflU oult matter to exist My oolory, when engaged, was smoll, and I never bad a benefit, only with two or threa of my feOov players ha^gwhatls termed a ticket nlght-t]iatwas.selIlBi OS many tteketo aa we oould, reoeiving half the m'oney,'while tba manager retained the other half. I was ptoylng at two theatres under one manager in a inMi«a,e county; business did hot par to keep them open every night so we ptoyed on alternate av^ nings, three times a week. We .hod a tolerable seasoF o<» oonple of months, and were obout dosing. I was going to liiaTa # tioket night all to myself for the first time at the establlolinian for the Droma at Ueogreton, for I coloutoted upon the tondlsrt of the'lnn where I todged doing me a good torn by dispoBins oC my tickete omong his customers, whoweretaot'afew.. Itwaii' near Christmas ttme. The -weather woo fine, cold, dry. anA oheerfnl, a( I took my seat inside the ooooh Which conveyed M from one scene of my tobors to the other. Frequently I hod'th* inside of the old ooooh to myself, somettmes it was full. Mi.: upon thto'ooooslon I fdundo lodrwas to be my componba^ 31^ was plsoeontn. than being oUmedurlng'my Journey; avA more agreeable than a crowded vehicle. Thi distance was but' ' twenty stiles, but the crazy old vehicle limbered alo^ Ml;': slowly, and the time, would sometimes seem rather dreary. This .Journey seemed more promising, for.my:seUtary eooH .; panlon was soolable oad ogreeoble, ond u weprogresaed, I haft ' ample time to make her acquaintance- She appealed about il:^ or ' eight and twenty, pleasing and intoiestlng, uongh not exaolif- handsome,IfthattarmtsappUedtoaabowyandBtarlllngappaa>> ' anoe. She was attired tn a simple manner, wearing a.grey cloth, pelisse, 0 btook beaver bonqet, and secreting her -jiuids IB tha prettlestUttle muff I ever beheld. .'When ope had noticed hsir It seemed the ihbst natural thing in the world to look upon, bar again, OBdwh'en-once she hod noken, there wfs tbat melody ia her voice, and heart in her words, which mode one feel a dstlis to heor her spook again. It was evident that she was not » sort of woman to be met with every day, and my Journey pronw- Isedto be the most agreeable port-of my life I nod yetencono* tered. 'We were soon so friendly and ohatty tbat the first fiv* miles paased in no time. When we stopped to change horses, Z hod tiuB pleasure of handing her relt«8hmettt and on renewins our Journey, she produced a smaU aketoh-book, Ond dretrfka outlines of some of the fine old trees whioh we passed 'onth* road. 13ils, with the slmpllolty of her attire, induced me U) t*.- lleve she waa a govemeas,and the idea was confirmed wVenZ-- found that her destinatipn was to the gantry of Meagretoa.- This invested her-with an additional interest in my mind, (or, ' though a governess was considered a very superior personage iB' those days :to her position at the preosnt time, yet l slwai* • thought her osHlng a trying one, and felt great sympathy MB : her condition. I was at this time neorly forh'years, of age,lni>' I was tall, dork, ond tolerably handBodis—ul have sinoe besa told. I believe my manner was slightly prepossessing, and nr conversotion sprinkled -with Intelligence. Men are quite a* . anxious about their oppearihoe and style.ss women, if they dlft- but know It, or would candidly own to It; and'Iam sure thot T felt extreme^ oulous to shine ont to the best a'dvantoge duilBlf that ld»<t-le<< Journey to Meogreton. The distonpo hod never before seemed so short; I had nothUk-. arto obsBTved such flne-trees by the wayside as were now ( KiBy sketched by the Boft-f^ved l)and8 opposite to me. Tbaywta*-' not kid or sOk doves, but simple Ude cotton—I bellsvs thst the.tonh—ao'.I Mt asent^ she was a govemeas. I had never la ' my life befoira felt such an eomestdeaire -to become "Be^edU^'-' the Married :llan," but then I fad not UU now met with a Beair ; rice. I knoi^ not how It was tbat I told her of my calling 80 es»> dld^, that i ascertained so readily frdm her tbat her hand. anC - heart were free; but she admired the profession to whichlba* . longed—she did not turn adeafeartomysUltor fhiwh down mg,. admlraUoii. I mnat have been very presumptuous or veiT dasr perate,-for ere we reached -tliat happy Journey's end, I bad heU one of those tovonder Lisle-gloved hands within my own;.I bsdt sought to win a wife whom, it seemed presnUptnous to hope-to aroropriato.ondlbadgaUiedaparUBlaasenttoaoonalderatlsUn ' mywilt 'When wo alighted at our deBtlnaUon,Itblnkl'waB flis: .. .happiest man in Iba.-wfltldl. AsIasslBted her from tha ooaelv-E found an elderly female damestloawaltlogheraiTlvaI,witbwban she speedily deported, leaving me with the assurance'that S should Bhoiily hear from her,'and in a bewildered buf JoyoB* sUtoofmlnd. When I reached my lodBingl and tried by ti0tn tion to calm my aglteUon, I began to think I. had .been very l», prudent and precipitate. Here was I, a poor player, almost.dik >endlng on my forthcoming, tioket night to defray my bill at My nh, trying to lnr»lnto matrimony a poor governess. Uy b ettsy . natnre revolted from the cruelty of this step, and I tried to rescAta: to release her from her promise, ond to subdue my love. I das' felt bumllUled when I thought of my beggorly ticket night, oaS'.' how objeot a being those distributed colored bllto would lendee. me in her sight - But I was not allowed too much leisure for ra- .. flection. My duties called me tothe bomllke edifice wbieh waa coDed the theatre, and to reheorse the heavy business, wfalcb, oa leading man, fell to my obore.- -Uy londlord's exertions fklled la extend tbe sole of my tickete beyond a few dozen, and my tl«kst nightpromlsedtobeonythlngbutabumper. Meanwhile a week elapsed, andliklledtosee or hear anything ofmyhoped-forbilde. Christmas arrived, and Ite eve found me iwith rheovy heart This was my ticket-night and my Udkete were neorly oU on Bay bonds, while my heart pined to heor tKm thot. cbormlng govar- . neas, when suddenly, os I wos'neglectlng my solltory cap o fta^- my landlord burst into my room and abmpUy demonded eTOT . ticket I could produce, teUlntf taie there wos o rustic below ssnt, to purchase all ipy tiokete. -Here wos on unexpected pitronoga.' Strange things occur 4urlog A pUyer's pilgrimage; so I was nrt- so much surprised as mine host But I was very much elated, and took n^ way to the pkyhonse with a lighter heart IhebD of fore for my tiekdt-nlAhtwos The Iron.Chest, ond a portUm of 'Volentlne |pd Orson', Whlchwos to.beour Ohristmospleoe.. L -.1 ;t iifcT I', I derived.^ hondsomo profit by ite use, as eveir Tom, -Dlik, and Barry woMld .roiHiir. thither., and. settle Uieir differences'within ,the\olriilo,'thobftymoht being nMde:in'palTonlaUig tho bar. -The autborSnttiducd four different mills on the around, two of them being by Now York boys,' whose namos It Is not necessary to mention heroin, orowded for my tioket-nlght I waa dismay 'had been in this, Aid my thonghte eagerly t Rovemeu. At first I wss surprised, bul reconnoitred through the bole in the enrtaln. The bam I woa dismayed; some Und hMia ' riytnmed upon my pow- , , but.how I. enacted 8Sr Edward Mortliner I never knew, for in the oilly spot that oouV be honored bv .the title of box, I bebdd my InamoraU seated to. company witb a few of the gentry of MeagretoD.'-1 keptto thai # buBlnees of the scene as calmly as I could till the end of the puK \ in which I was 'gratuitously aaslsted by the cheering plaudits tC - my msUo ouditory. When it ended, and my labors ceased ca>: the mlnrio stage, I hastened to sAk a few words with osr manager in private. To my disnioy I learned from him that my goor governess wss the Squire's -widow, and the I«dy ofUcope* ■ m Manor, and she it wa who bod so genercnsly purchased lU. my tiokete and .filled th$ Bam Thesire to overflowing. Yet another surprise awaited me, in the form of a cordial and ano Uonato letter, inclosing ndtee to the tone of fifty pounds, and » peremptory invtteUon to transfer nuBelf and our UtUe company (0 Meogreton Manor the next day, topoaa a Uerrie ObristDos: ond this epIsUe wss signed IbbelMesgreton. iryUsbell JW. WIfal I sank down, overcome with': sglUtlon as I rood fm letter, ond considered ite generosity. I resolved to be mopiaBI-, JADBER AND STADDBR. A prison: DULOaXIE. jASBSB—Woll,J3tobbor;howdo you find yourself this morning 7 ' Staddbb— Right as o trivot, thank,your revorenoo. /I'voTead all the trao and the im twok, and I feel like a haltered man. JasbBb— Blessed Hdlngsl Now tcll'mo, if yo^ obtain your liberty, may a' confiding Oovemmont'roly on your word as a man of honor tbat you will henceforth lead on honest life ? . STAiouut—It nbay, your rovercnce; if I don't,'miiyTnovor bo believed again, and I wish 1 may—, ^ ^ ■ ' ^ . Jabdkb- There, there, no swearing; bntyon know, my friend, that you have boon' transported for life threo times already, and— -„ Btabbbb (iKtplnp)—1 know that,, your rovorence, but I never .tS had a proper ohopllng to telk to mo ttU now, worse luck 1 . . ,™S jABBsn-WeU, well, don't cry so, and we'll see what can be done for you; I must see Sir Qoorge Oroy 6n the subject. 8TAnnBn(»i)lWiiff)-HowU81rQeorgoOrey,-eir7 . ' jABnBB-HolBoulteweU,8tobbor, and I'm snra^thot ho wm be rteasod when IteU him you were kind onongh to Inquire after '^Ti^im-Thankoo. fljr; ond ploaso tell hlk; as Aproof that I iSfriStUbJ'Suj'glvo Z a eltaaUqn in Us offlo? in Downing stroot, 10 .jlADDEB. you.. .. . STAD1IBB7-N0, pBAk;Vm thoinlhd; ow,.» "An?;'SL?YoS ihaU°hwo theni, aood>yeimy friend. ■ iiSST-oSod «y7/i?i ircfcveh MeisVur HT^nnm-Wanea atoid Ihe cell andiingt)— BiADnEn (<if^^ „, dolly pals, foke away Nil) my dolly pals, fake away 1" (Setnt otua.) on'Cbiislmas Day, and passed as merry a holiday as the nearcra,, man could desire, and itwas very strange/bnt myjflj anOaa ■ would not accept her release. y>,o were moniod pre OhriSRUa time Was post and became one of thehapplest iouples lnll»i. world. I quitted tbe stage when I became the master ^f Maagr»> • ton Manor. We are old folka now, but as sure aaOhristmaa comes , round, we chat about the Old Coach Journey and my Tioket Nightl - ' ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ TiiB LioK Taheb-— During the exhibition of o menagerie re-. cently In Liverpool, occurred en instanse of pluck on the port of 0 temor of beoals whIoh is wcU wortby of mention. -A-ffian.wu passing near the cage of Hons, from Whloh'one shutter had beaa • removed for purposes Of ventilation, when a llontos seized JB» unfortunate feUow by the arm, and began to drag hlta towaidhjf laws; his shrieks, which threw all tbe ondlenca into tenor, oou- ed the ohiof performer wlUi tho beosteto hU,^d, .aad.By<aw Keatest exertions he wos rescued, tiiough with on arm "J J»a™;.j j Ithatomputetion.wosneceaaary. ;rhe UOntamor at enoow- derod the cage to be wheeled into the circus—the <o«amn^^J^ denedos tiiSrwore bytiieslghf and taatoof blopd-jnd^W^ entered the den, ohaatislng the^Mng llohoss, and S'S.'^iSK his usual routine of pertormanees, ihns re-as»nriDg an ww,-*™- totois, and oompletiog his dominion over tbe M*"**. .:.;' A'BO0KndUokB.-irow^<jbbur«din Ou'^Jf^tmS'' Xheotto, Paris, one evening losfroopth.^' . Jl. cf nmeUn*.' tour of a quick: turn, bod to wade. «h»??JuVAj "noti^' fc Some men pretend they .don't like ■certainlodyoftheiMBllotriboTwU^^g^^ l^lendld afli Who got ontafidedin .tHe mystsridSjM""™ ™ jin.ondei- •driss.- ^mie tody ttlmodfleiW ?!S.°^toewrtthoTTtlecoml- cloimea, 'Atleost, sir, yon need not'«jYoi?M!(m ySSrl^* ' Hon of awkwardness. yon,«iS",,U .nttorwodSig ontaw» •Madam. Impossible,' i»pUb<1 ""l^L^J?!. deep; 'the people might ioncy I knew yoni : -I t-.T : •:i,i-.. : .-. ■/■ .'-■•« .-■i.-i,, /r.i ■ •c • ■i'';.:^t;-'^ m ,,.!-. -'iC-.ir^a'i