New York Clipper (Feb 1863)

AMERICAN SPORTING ARD .'THEATRICAL JOURNAL. NEW TOBK, SATUBDAT, FEBEUABT 7, 1868. 'U V 'y***"* JK—NO..M. .. ; T I. '|fbioh BIX oafrg. this U iLe dv be told me {oooiiie,to receive my'dae. hud-heorted TUlalii I '~ * « BUZZIN." '^isrras bxpbebslt vob tbs msw tobk oupfes, BT THOUPSON, WIH A. P. loy; ^JLi hnu* I tbe loat solenee I've found, BSlMiea and iriie men did peiplet and conionnd, . ^ or modern arU worth a dozen. The great Bolence of "Biudn," Onr admlratlan It does truly command, Xtiousb enshrined In the doat Ot awonlty's must, Its resuUSi now stupondous and grand;' . moitals and Ohrlatlans, we've a goodTright to grieve, ^tte "Old serpent" in Eden •'Buiz'd' onr good mother Eve. «.liiliM, the Artist, thli groat solenee em] !£: to frolt of their talent ond sklU they'' ' The Laivyer and M.D., With the Panon agree, ' ' is extolling Its merits 80 rare; ' *■' And even the "rough," Finds It handy enough, ' ' 'ffbcnhebeppenBtoBOona«tear;".' fMttit dlaordeily obarge la doolared to bo fQdge— I^Moeiomelnfloentlal filend Just "Buzzes" the Judge. kMdU* too, to obtain y6nr desires, . . Aim''eam06t]y those who've control of the "wires;" ' And your ora trampot blow,' ' Neither sefUy nor low, , . , , , ' Begardless whom It pleases or boUs ; lEi;d If you ehonld win, - TonPre entitled to grin. To think that yoa're "snug in your boots;" Udlliote "beats" that "buoli'd" at you.yonidareat tholr sole vldb, • jifteftoat in th» cold," while you^in the "polish." htoie, too, how mighty, how like mi^o Its spelt jltduk clonds of IndUTorence to dissolve and dispel— And ehonld yoa once gain the ear 0( the mtld yon bold dear, ' And "Buzz" of your troth and dfeotlon. Then you may "bet yonrUfe" Tou'll gain a good wlfo, If yon sIrlcUy obey the dlreotlon.- Itonniloobtlt? Only Just try It a "taaok,**/- .: IMite If on yon she will ever "go baok.. Todd jm prosper In business, then this plan puraae— >Bm''the public—'Us a secret only known to a few; This gentle hint must suiSoe, Do you advertise . • ' In some Journal of the week, or the day: And at the end of the year You will dud, never fear, ' That your receipts will exceed the outlay. (iMnmiblk result, don't try to shave or.to,oozen Wdibply employ the grand solenee ot <3uzzln. V IN THE CITY AND WAR IN THE LAND. A ROUAHOB OF SKW TORK LIFB, laosg the High and tli« low, the Blob and the Poor, the flood and the Bad. nnXDI MUBBISLT VOB TBX inW SOBK aUFPSB, BI HEOnOB TBIFOD, U. 8. A. OHAPTEB y. IhsuxH ottheOood Old BoHooir-rBbs and Hm imtbs uia PLACE—A» orrzB fsou a Oekbbohb Emploxsb ObaoE' nUT Seoldieo— 'loo Yodno 10 REimE— The fbettt Asusiu— Bbooslyh om a Stobmt DAT— An old wouan IHDBZn MUTrESIMOB— TBE FELLOWtalP ov Obime— A Dis- inOmniEKT—A Mthhip Q) tbu BiEBETt-FeIIALB Amoblb- TlOUlBoaUHES. ,. ^ . UttlderSarcle, of whom and his amiable spouse we have «m; till a utUe, olthougU bo had a new faahloned mansion, gm, la Xwonty-socoud street, hod an old &shloned counting lown tovn, In South street, opposite to, Brooklyn, une be had transacted business almost dally for the past thirty- ■'W'in, as prlnolpal, nuTto count the time he was a flxturein *mi> anaclty,during tharelgnof .hls bther. Thorewasa W,eez7 look about the place, .a look of; thorough bnalness as *°L pome dozen men wore employed there at regular salaries Htemol In that respect, as he was the oldest In years, being •I W. Davis. John was his baptismal appellation, but for his "<^t us record our bellof tUatbe.' was no relation to the {Jwrnlrt Davlg, who .for some months bygone has been I^ui(squiiitltT of fintastlo trleks before high heaven and the t«g«of itioao Doited Ststes. *naDavis was a good old soul; afalthfol aervaht to 'hla eni' ^Ji,aneeable to Els co-laborers; a widower, ond the fkther 6f ^utguer, Arabella, Who superlntendod hk housekeeping, and BOTtover, according to lier father's report, was - the very ^oriier motbor, doad about a dozen years—Ardbella being at tho. period wo' wrlto ot and presenting ^ ruddy ^HUop, a largo quantity of .auburn bur,-a comely, round ^''''l^ thebtuoat eyes wo ever saw. Atruo ohlldof nature ■ aiamua SavlB—a, gay, laughing, romping oreatnre, and •wa.ui excellent housekeeper. . r. ^ f ^W^er woe ono of those worthies now so soldam met with, temperate, and soolol over the homely glass " seleotolnde of aoqualnlanees—old men, SuaT"''!' '°,.^>i°m, whether nnder the Influence of the sami bun?! ^o'd been gradually promoted until the. offer hai - SrtSr?,'*-.'''"' (by "John Darole tho aeoond") to retire If he rjjra biafuu Bolory-an offer, h6wever, which being still ttSs.»*.fl"°8> ''o'">4 respeitfuUy declined- "No retire- "VlbL. i*' ^« time, and often repeated since or flfteon years-no 1" ' leaUned to be oonneoted with some of the prlnolpal {jj;^^oaraU)ry, and with someof Its stlrrhig events, honest IheithM^ Brought to' our noUoeat this particular stage, »wl?»i?J » °.** aooldenta whlhlj a howspapor llemlzer limkr^?: ^0 bring this more obviously before the reader, <«r, Si^S^"?. 'oruB to take atrip over to the "oonsolldatod" •«eah£ 1 'H.*"" '"o'"*0"*of whloh that looaUtywas the ^tain,^^" 0' Paptaln Freeman to the panel ^wThomaa street <«««4»i H?'', ^ftomoon. . The «ln, small and sharp, •ottitiM .r* ^'4 ^ fashion, and the wUdj blowing firom the <t^Iry„ J*"? "* Ponetrate to tho matw* of the few persons *Sl,b»t«E i,oj«> .uo matter what the weAther'taay be, Is never Oa ih. i" "HfloMtttlilBrooklyn, whlob. If a "city of ohurohos" *wiA;iSl".*"<'"»l°Jy deserving ot bUng baUed a "olty ot ^tnuiln''' ,on au(thaday as that we'hai^e toferred to. Out n£r?u:., Ttio Dtrcles (father and daughter, add female Wb'tir^ii'"'^ their abod4 In BrooUyn,,ln 'a i^altit,'snug . *^ tiitS^"''^ pleasant street, not very far, however: fret sittiU^VJ ^pleasant uolghborbood in whloh a number of i »hSi Ir'^*"'*"' doeorlpUen are to bo fouhd, and in soke H,j*^ woS»ve beeu told, the oooupanta UvA, rent trto. t!(iii»,^°P°t>(s are old ond young; and It was one of the b^: * woman beside) who, oh this bleak, wet da^, might' ''«»l»iri-^SS'*.''owly •plodding through the street In wWohlhS »u ij^Jed. Oh her way to the ugly dlatrlbtof whloh|She ' •SUU'i*"'**!aeaiBgly tnlserable looklilg old woman, yetj' •«dgn^,'*9tod, bont lnhei'b6dy,ikamed oahol'oheek«, weak ^ahmii, P>oei eomellmea pauklng and'ldokUig wlst^' '>}boJiit:<^°^i''>>>>!e>umleBli|>rwalk,ahdmoq)hllngtoherdell *»»S«Swu''*t»Wt iJrAaiSy^to^^ ioart hot utter word* ~w alaappoiatedi not at home, the hotueihntdff.'wheh The Look has made bhn Ineolent, for looky he'ls; thodgb he ought to be abject to me, who have a right to demand trlhnla bom nlm. If It Is only for the sake of long asao- elation. Tet,whatl have received within the past two yeara, has dwindled down ttoa the old rate shamefully. And to be fooled, too I taken over the water on euoh a day as this I and to come baok without one cent—the last I bad given to the fenr- man I But let him beware I A few words from these lips sdght : ret place the hemp oiound his nedc Poor vengeance that, . lowever, to think of , snoh a dayss this, when I am drenoheid with the rain, shiver through the cold, and am hnnny—oh, so hnngryl" " ' , ^ .-. The pace of this aged wayfarer became slower and mors nn- certain, and she was just tnmlog tho street In whloh .the Oavlses' bouse-was situated, whan a fresh gust of wind and an inoroased shower of rain, meeting her,.as It.were, forced her to the ground, where she continued some time, uncored for. . A fit, partly the result-of fright, and portly of weakness, h'eld'her mute and sUll. But heicondltlon bod a witness and asympa- thlsef—first. In the female "help" of honest John'Sa^; secondly, in his prel^ daughter, Arabella. "The pulr'body (Elalo Uacpheraon was a native of Scotland, and spoko with the genuine accent,) Is In a sad strait, with no one near to help her. But she mnnna lie here to dee, when we can bring her book to life wl'a wee warmth and food. UlsiAro-' bellal WssAraibellal" "What la It, Elsie ?" asked the daughter of Jobn Davis, tltp- ping: from the house. Bhe looked, bnt did not wait fbr a ira^ly, Whlsh oould only have conflnued her suspicions; substantlaong ill its place, the counsel: "Iist ns take her into the house, Elsie. There we oanproperly look to her." . Blessed and beantlfhl are women on ordinary occasions, bat pre-hmlnently so when employed in the labor of goodiaeas and charity. Angels they may well be called then, as they perform the task whlui angsu might descend from Heaven, to acccom-' pllah:upon earth. About t]{ree hours after these events, the weather hod changed from foul to fair.' Ho longer wet, the siieets were pleasant tb walk In; the wind had lulled, and a moon near the fbU w^ shin- ing down.'wlth a placid ray, upon the buildings. In ths. inter- val,'thsr'old woman had received shelter In the house of the Dsvlses, whence, w'armed, fed, and otherwise comforted, she h^.Vsen dlsmlesed to her own home. The aged clerk of South street had returned early enough to see the sufferer, whose strange speech (she had been extremely fluent while in her flt,) had elicited both the fears and-the Interest of Arabella and Elsie; • . ,'. 'Over twenty yean aio,.a murder in New Torl^lbe victim a woman; the trial of the supposed murderer, but his escape thrpugh one of those accidents which frequently Interrupt the course of Justice: these matters ^ have a faint recollection of, And BO, yon tell me, the miserable old woman whom yon be- friended, prated of tho Uke, when brought in here, out of the wet and the cold." . , In this disjointed manner did John Davis nesk when- advised by the females at homo of what had happened. As the reiader will suppose, the very mystery of the ol^k's'manner tended tb re-awaken the curloalbf of the girls, who questioned re-' specUng the precise nanus of the murder—In what house It was Mrpetrated—who wss thf victim, who the slayer-^what events lansplred fo prevent the law having Its own. But Davis csould not saUafy their quloelty, and dismissed the subject for one mere agreeable, by declaring that "It was a long time sgo, and though the deed made a considerable stir then, it wss' grad- ually forgotten in the nprlslng of new objects of Interest. Tet, SLnyhow,lt was a omel murder, and It might so happen'(fbr, as a mis, the vengeance of Ood seems to follow the bomldde) that the perpetrator might be discovered ere' he died. It was not likely, however, that the muttcrlngs of'the old woman; recently I one homo, could have the slightest relation to the murder, ; urther than 'the mutterings of any mentally diseased person who had heard of the' deed, with the thous^ds of New Yorkers living ' at the data of Its ocourrence." Bo went the tenor of the honest olerk's speech. .' But berhaps he would have thought differently^ had he heard the additional mutterings of the dlstreiised old woman, as, ap- preclatlhg the good done to her by Arabella and Elsie, she sot rooking herself before the embers of the Are in her own s^hahty, and contrasted'that good wHh the cruel disappolhtmentayet nnnlmedmanhad'bausedher. .'...'..' , Let ns clos<j', the ohapte> by'tho revealment of .one alroum- ■tance. That daV,tbe muttttdhg'old woman'hM'souiht/but fbundnot,tbe«UuBensonr^'- 'rV-> > ' . - ■ CHAPTBB VL . /^lUBAKOBS Nm^wavs to Bi. Hecibd jtr^i—Tot' PU6'iU4' ' '' Oon or THE'Pawn ffrEOI^'' PixiDfNO OF'A BOBBSBr-BudE 'UiiL ToEsoApa iHzCHmiMs'or TBz y^btiSt—'DMPixrvac 01 Oaptaik Fbeeuan—a Lad* Ikquibbd. ^b but Nor FoBTaooimia—EzKBT Bbxson AuvE-Sm Cusmaa this— OKTEEBOADIOEmoiXNOTXHANBWPBOVESaiOH. At the first blush, It may appear that Captain Freeman, on discovering Harry Benson as a panal .thief, had that Individual In what la called a "tight plaoe." In .this Impreaslon the sea- man himself was eonfiimed for a short time; but a little talk soon dbangod the currant of aSUre. 'Bo, my young friend, I have found yoa here,V oommenoed Freeman; "you whom I was forced to punish so often while at sea, and whom; moreovw, I f nee felt biellned to send to old Davy Jones, for something out of the common .Jn wickedness. After paying you off, on the termhoatton of our late, voyage, I thought I had turned, my baok on yon forever.. It seems, how* ever, that we are fated to meet again, and here we are.. Don't yon think you have got into a pret^ scrape?" . .. "No;" replied Hany.' "AscrajMl - How?" "Are yon be-fogged 1!' exclaimed Freeman. "Where do.I find yon, and how occupied?" •"I will answer these questions for . you,''replied yonnR Ben. son,' with pro'Tokihg coolnees, or stupidity it ^might, have seemed to bis late commander.. "In thofirsC'jilaae,lnapanel house; In the second, in the aot of—!' 'i... Bobbing'me," Interrupted the eeipian,,."and evidently In league with another orlmlnal—a.wcman—in a oonsplraey tc take my property from mv iiet%)n, if not to murder me. :,A drugged onp/a eliding panel, the approach ot a thief, and stand .where ;ron aro, Henry Bens'onI" the captain exclaimed, suddenly break* ] ng the.thrcad of his speech, shd .presenting a pistol, wblah he Bnatched from Uls breast pocket, at Benson's, head. >''Stand where yon are', or a bullet gees through yon."'. . i.i:, . , {'You had better be cooL. advised Harry, "and by alli means- refrain'from using yonr 'pbtoI-7-not ihat.Ii fear >Fonr.bullet/:bnt' bccauso the report might bring outalders.bere.. There is a poliae: station' oloss,by. andamore than ordlnuy. number orthcae. clYlit doFonders in.blue,known as officers,are pabolUng the street, on account) I suppose,'of ifas bad character. Bay, how would yon (kcbonnt ,for tbmgs. if, ^ter killing me, you were re- quired.to'explain the'why and the wherefore?"' <■ "I Would tell alt" returned the seaman; f'bow, while; pre. tending to sleep, ai^,the feigned drinking of a drug or poison,, a thief sought to'praotlce bis sleight ot hand on me. You are not so foollsb as to suppose the law would not hold me: galltless nnder.those clroumstances ?" . ; . . ..1. ' "Very good,'.'observed Benson with an lago-llke.coolnesar "butouer Items wouldoozeout, and be maaetbemostof In the newspapers-for instapce, that Oaptaln-Freeman, in the, employment.of an upright, moral establlshmont, and^o '.the husband of a pious,woman, and the father of children wall known by a pious bongregatlon, had visited—' . . "EnoughI,'.exclaimed Kreemon, putting up fall plstol,;and' evidently feeling the forco of Benson's argumanb "Yon may ;a; I will not'harm you;" tind he sat down, as though: ex- uaustcd. In a'obair., fUmphl very .goo4:0'y4u, I dare say; but something're< mains," said the yoonger man, taking a eeat opposite to tho sailor. "That Is not all, Oaptaln Freeman." ,. .-.u . ^ 'BIr ?" roiipondod the person addressed„l9oklng up, and evi- dently surprised by the continued proseneerof his annoyer. .1 "I nave a llttlb.bualness to settle with yon," went on Benson,- . and It Is beat that I should be brief. Enovrthen; In the fltai place, that this. Is my first oppoaranoe in the'oharaotei Lrepre- sent. As. you suppose, a plan bad t>eeh laid to rob you; and I, natptally.enongn onder the olroumstanoes, was 'anxious to oomp off with a gopdiy Iwoty.'whioh youi w^etolness snatohed from me. You j)OKiolve what I am driving at' I want money." "Mohey? ffrwhatT" ... . • .,-'- "To keep quiet about this affair—that's all.'.'. . . . .1 1 "Iniolont vTotchr'.ex^iJalmad Freeman, rising again from.hlB bhahr. "Money, for saving y<)u from the State's pnson I" - ■No," coolly rejoined Henry, "but for saving .yon ficom expo- sure." . , ; , , 1 . -.1. , • . . • ' "yrUo date expose mi ?" . ■.-:: • i ■ "Idare." .; .1 :-•>•: ; • "You?" .1 "Yes,I." .. .... . "Fool 1 why, at a word of mine—even at a motion ofmy hand, I coilld have you bound, conveyed to, the. Tombs,- triad lor a he- nidus offence, and probably so save the gallows ft lis proper brey,".'; , 1 -. - • ■., .--)'; :• v ■ Tneso wu;!^ came dlstlnotly from Freeman,!but theyacemed to have hobffeot upon the man to whom they were addressed. ■ Qiia^ le jtruq,' I lesponded ho. !'You might have me bound. '■Oh, I leave that for yonr generoalty to deolde," almost sneer- ed Ben^o. "Itlsnotfbr'metodlottte."- "I am not rich, as yen onght to know," said the oaptaln, "and want all the money I have Just now." '"I will nut be very liard op you," returned Henry, in the same tone as Cdforo. "Say, what have yotfitwut you? Beady reok- onings ki-e always the best." , FreonLU examined his pocket-book, and answered:— .'(T+oliiinareddoUata;'' "That wUl do," WIS the remark of the robber, as he held forth his bind to receive tho money.'. "It is'ralher a high prloe for snchi an altstr," said the seaman. "Butliuppose yon mait have it - Ther^l'.' and he counted out the ooaey to Henry, who, after 6xamln^g the bills carefoUy, rolled ll^oni op and depoaited them In Us pooket, with all tho noncbalance of an honeat man .on receiving (h^ prlqe ot .Ills hon- est labor. "Now, then, etme leave this den,'.'said Ffeeman, taUng his it, and preparing to, depart.. f<The place, breathes of pesti- lence, and he was approaoliljig'. the' door >h'en Bensop's' voice arreslodbha. ..> , , ■.„„ - „, , -, -, , .,- . "What more 7" asked Freeman.', "Bave yon not done with me yet? Ifuet, be quick.".' ,". .,1 "Don't be angry, Uaptalii,''r«Jolhed Benson In'hlB usual man- ner of coolness; "alll Intended was'to ask ybn to: take a drink, prior to your departure. Prime ,wlqe," and he indloaiad tlle'de- oanter out of which the young wonian In the haBdspme-olothoa hadj^oiued the fluid sh6. had prevloasly Bo^dt|^ her visitor to Avery coarae Oath'passed Freeman's lips; at this appr^rehUy wanton insult and provocation. The next, moment he quitted theapattment The sound of abell,'sliiiply.presasd on by the hand, brought an attendant to the prissf noe oiBbnsoD.'. "WhereUshe7"£e Inaulred of the nsw.comer.' His words were ambiguous enough, but really alluded to tho perscp who had been the entertainer of Freeman. : -"She loft the house a short time slnoe," replied the 'woman. , "Indcedl- That Is stranBe," .excIalmedEeni7. - "Bat never mh)d. There, that will do,'^ and the. femalo made her exit from the room. ',' Left to hiniseU; Voim^ Betaeon. commenced the. discussion of the rich vjonds before him. all. the' while planning a scheme whereby he.won)d defraud the brganlzstldn to whldh he belonged of half the booty he bad'acqulred. -Anr man aave himself woiuld have beenforttmstei'he argued, in getliog off froip snoh a bnsl- ness with a iirce body. It bad bien bli own olrcumstsncis thst hod enabled him to make the'imMe h'elisd. "WhiirneedLthat hjs ■associates should know of them; - It woald be well if only a huu- ,diedwaretobe derivedCrom.the' nl^fs.work,marxed, as the robber bitended to ftaow It had been, by his late employer's re- cognition of his features. - How eveii that' hundred dollars bad been acquired^ it was also Harry's intention to explaln- lnbU' own way—by the forging of an extraordlnaiy'stoty, tending to ezhlblthlm as the most eonsummate of schemers. - , - - -By this and other indications; It'wlll be perceived thai Henry Benson was on the high road to:eieellencem his new profession. .^:S|E OOHTQimD.,'t-'-. : . OAUBLINPi B'T; TBIiBlOBAPH, : IMPOB'il^NT DISOLOSDBES. ., liie Cook gambling afiUr, prevlgusly noticed in the Cotfeb, has led tb some Imporlafit disclosures Jn the, sflUrs ot the fn- temlty. Ths Cfddafid Orald says that—"Conllsk, one of the men concerned In.'fieealng' the pkymSster/Cbok, was a fMiuent vlsltorJo this olty, andeoOQpled rooms in the third story of the Parsons block, .on Superior.street He. had contracted debts here, and yesterday an attachment'wea issded against the prop' erty in hb rooms. 'Sheriff Lewis snd Deputy Sheriff Whlthey went to ,eerve the att^hment, and in the course of thslr re- searches 'made sbihe. rich discoveries. The roopis occupied by Oonlisk on the third flobr; consist of a sitting room^ where gam- bling was done, and a bM room. The sitting room was furnished in toe uunal manner, and itad a tare table near the 'windows, and a draw pbker'table'In the .centre' of the room, with ohahta. placed toeaohi bewails and celling'of the room are prepared with paper of a alar patt«m; Directly over these rooms are two small rooms nlaooccupied by Conlisk, but not fbmlshed.'. A pdrUoh of the,floci1ng has been removed in the ropm immediately brer the gambUug room, and, a'smbll hole bored through'^e Cffling of uie rooip bdow, above each of';thJ tables. As the holes cblne di- rectly ' Jl'obeh the centre ot a etat pattern In the paper; thw are' scarcelTdlsttiigaiabablbftQmtielow. ,Baob bUefii-eDplaced'as- t».VF''* af>Wbn'Tci>;TylDg'Wiii6yo tb iti'to Wbk«li!octly Iritb'tho hand of the player seated in the uhaU* below. An ingonlods teie- ipjilo signal-machine wils discovered communjoatuig between M hbles&i the robni above, abd the chair of .the gambler'.in the ^m below. A wire, having a handle.near the hole, passed along between the flooring of the room sbove, and ths ceiling-of the room below, to the comer of the gambling room and Bed room. It enters the bed room and passes down In the comer, being concealed by a stilp of board nailed up and papered over. It then passes under the floor of the gambling room to the table, where a small piece of the flooring has been out away close'by ,the table leg, where the left foot ot the gambler would be placed whllat flaying. There it terminates in a spring and hammer, ooBCfahd by the carpet The method of working this Invention for robbing by mabblnery seeme to have been as follows:—The victim to be operated upon finds two' chairs drawn up to the ta- ble. In one or these the gambling thief seats hlmsau at once, placfaig his fbot over the telegraph hammer. The victim is obliged to take the other, which la placed In the proper. poalUon for playing. The gambler'e accomplice In, the room atrave, Btreuhes Umself npon A mattress, with his eye at the peep hole, and one hand graaphig the telegraph-hammer. Tho hole is so plaoed that he oan bok directly down into the band of his vic- tim. As soon'ss he sees the cards .he'telegraphs their .dosorip; Uon, according tb an arranged cone of elgnals, by pulling the handle, when thehainmer strikes the desired number of raps oh the sole of the gambler's bobt, or slipper, the sound being muf- fled.by the carpet Of course, it la easy to see that the man who sits down to play w|th such a gambler , is robbed as sOrely, com- pletely, and systsmaUcally, as if he .had been bound band and foot, and delivered over to a hlghwayman: and of the two rob- bers, the-hlghwayman would bo the more decent man. These rooms bave oeen occupied at various times by Conllsk, Major Barker', and other gamblers, residents and non-residents of this city. Some'hlghly respectable citizens that we could name have visited thoae rooms, and bavo -undoubtedly 'feugbt the tiger,' without a shadow ofa ohanoe agshiBt It^ teeth and daws, There are other rooms' in thb olty used for gambling purposes, whleh are^ftequented by some of oyr boat ottlsehs, who would dread to see tUelr names published, and whostinames. If published. Would' startle and shook their friends and the publlo. Are there no 'tolographs'in those rooms ?" ' juhn' , jiTBdBiii'a ... COmOAIi METHOD OF. DOINa OQOD, Ambsg the Involuntary appearances at one'of the pplloe oourts in:..BbStoa one morning last:week, was an' old hammer of a thiefi'ott-convioted'and calloas^nsoieneed,but who seems'to bave grown more and morb' stupid every year ot his orlmlnal career, though he thinks what no doesn't know-'Isn't worth kaqwlng. He was complained of bnder the namb of John Jabber, fbr steaUng a quantity of silver' from' the landlady of a boaidlngrhouss at the North End. -■ The larceny was proved, and dlrectlySxed: on him. Thtie seemed no obanoe for a defence, but Jobber had one whloh he supposed would have the effect of a'bomb-shell thrown Into the Court !Your Honor," Bald he,."you mistake my motives, entirely; :JJ^«#y;t«it m ra say, bbt my tongue would yet be free; and manv ate the ':whb.would gladly .take my Items for publleatioa In the daily ITS.]; Aji\d yfbat an excitement would the.detaUs cause I) Oap<' * Freeman, tho .trusted aorvantotBleakley&,<lo,tme^ -,,be head.ot a rellglousfamlly,foundln a panelhouae |,s^^s^tanhpur'afto^|mldnlghll',': - ' ■ .'.^" -Twail^iit.AiraUnieKandiPMed the loom'auleUy. t*toj»lngin the oentw/he looked into BMisoa's The gentleman says I'm a old thief; I was a thlot once, but now -reformed; I'm devoted now to aldlh'my fellow cretnres; I'm:: I'm tryln'to see If I can't mako np Ibr the wlckedneas I was onosti guilty .on. Now. it came to -my knowledge, through the meona ofa excellent eervant which I won't - go Into details, that this worthy boardin'mistress hsd a large amount of silver ware- -rVftbibij purbhased by her late lamentod haaband when tbey was 111 .better olroamstances. There was about a hundred sliver spoons; 'Now,* sajs I to my8s1f,''Jaak, here's a opportunity for Sou.^ dn good; never mind what -the world says, pltbh In,' bw {tbat- air voloe was. the voice eroonsolence, ainward^lnon- itor; w)doli I've got one as well as others «r my fellow oietiirs. I.tbeinwent tuwork tuiinterpret themonltlon aright"^Arter long and prayerful oonaideraUon; I came tu a conblualon. I'aee that jit ,was almost time for the Atoesaor-to oome round,' I knowed this woman 'was hard up, and it would oome rough fur tn pay the enormous guvmont tax on.thatatk silver.- So I made np.mys^lBd thati would avail-myself er theknowledge I had aoqnlrsd-when. I was an expert burglar, to go ah' take tbat air sllvar^ oat er the woman's house an' keep It till arter tho 'Bessor had.been'rauAd, an' then I would tetnm it to her anohomously, soae not' to be bored by her thanks, which, to truly generous people, like I, air very peiplexln','.' ... , "Ob, dstti" groined the bereft Uhdlady, here Interrupting bim, :"lf'.Lroeuld oidy 'glt the s|lvsr back, I should be wlllln^ thls.i^ should be let bif, so fir's I'm cohoemed.'' NoWftheieisnodonbt tfuta mbmebt boror^''Jabber,wou]d have beea^lad tohave purchased his freedoih afthb prICepf the stolen allvar; bnt be -took, ooumgo from theiromaa'^ileclara- tlonj and, as the court said notbing, ho evidently began to think his fabrioalf on was passlng'current fox Iruthr so he made a new and'verrbQld atroke^- ,"Uy.&ear madam, I regret to. say it Is unpossible for me to oompijiwj&l your propodUon. The tsctts, while I waa'on my warnoinesriui that silver, after, bouDVolently relieving yon of it,' there was a itaan about seven foot toll, he cOhio -up to me on the. street, an' sez bo to mo, 'Damn you; take thaM and then, hSistrsblETiUe'over the'held-with a'waUenger; in^'pbund- ed"iilqi llU:<'l didn't-kklbV'hoibln', an'-1-'fail-right' Bom, landislald there aenaelessfor houts,<and-When-Ibame(SWths rilnrimidon! But I (M thatlamrespenalhlefu'lt.an'U I'm let off 'F shaU makil Itf my prlnolptf porpose U Ufa to ssm money enough to roplscelhemapcnns; all'I Bhall duU lust as soon sal ever git jBoney'ehough."' ' The landlady, wbiostfatrecUona seemed to>e ooncaMtaisdoii theaeaame spoons'; uattAl 'HlsfBono^ la''her ilmpUbltyto.dla.' charge the mani and give him a chanoe fb'r'the^stolen property; but His Honor, v'th more.experleffeb^ta^'tJittitnal 0^ ' didn't see It, and Jnhn Jubbbr was sent to the Honse otOorrao^ Uon for six monUui, at the explrlitlon of whloh itntenOo ho wflL be examined on sevural more complaints.' BpctMJabbett' A OAUtFORRIA. STOIl1|f.~ ■i -t • In the northern iMirt of this State (OaUromia) laa stMiamoalled Yuba Biyer. AorOss: (t-Bomo enterprising ilndlvtAU>bttilt a bridge: and on.tbi) lianka somebody elso built tlMerte.-ibiir' houses.-The inhabitants called the place Yuba'Sanuiifr bars were Insta^itly ereoted, ahd the "town" InbreaESlzapl About noon one cool day, a traveler and a ebjoamor in tiia paH<edthbflonrishlnglaoaIlty,andseeing along-leggedspebunoa of humanity in a rod shirt smoking before ono of tae'bai«.'th]ia, - addressed him:. :. ' f:. . • ', ' "Koltol" ''* ' ' "' ' . "Hellol" replied tiie eUit, with vigor, removing hla pipe f^m.' -. his mdhth.' .-'-''. I -•fWhat placets this?," demanded the traveler, whosenania ' ^ vraa Thompson. '-' -i ■•-:■-'«'» The answer ot the shirt was anexpeoted I ' -i i -'-'-r :'!ruba Damp' • ' - • ' •;! -',: <:! 'Thhre waa about fifty yards between them, and the wind wM''' blowing'- ■'VSi. Thoupson thought hd hhd been'mUtaken.'' .i< ^ M ■'■>' yWha^ did yoa savT" he asked. - - - -' 'rtVlir "Yu)9Dam,"-ni>Ued the stranger, ohesTfUlIy. '.■• .ir,':t "What place is thlsf"'.roated Mr. Thompson.. i.-^j. "YXi-ba Dam I" uM..-tt« shirt. In. a allghUy elevated tone ot ■ • voice.; ,' '>,..., - . , - . ' o "Iibbkee.hant",TMlpd the, imte Thompeon,. "I asked you . .' r politely What place this was; why in thuQder don't you answer f'*' / The stranger .baoanie excited, ^e rose and replied with tha voloe of an 80-pbunde'*i'"'' ■ ■ "Yu-bs-daml Doybaheaithat?" Inn minute ThonipCKmVUanflng iHth the'wrath ofthe'rlgbteinuL JumpedNoff his horse and advanced on the stranger'wllhan ' '" eoresslaniibtto benllstakefl. ThYshift'ardse and assumed a postniaof offenoeanldefenee. ' ' ' ' .. . --r ,V Arrived within a yardAfhlm,.Thompsan.said: "Iaakyoa.far : the last time, what place is this?" . . ; Futtlnghls^haDdstolUrmoathi'hispppoaenVroarodi , > "Ytf-ba-daml'? ^' ■;: '. , Thenoztmlndteth^.wereatlt FlrsLThoinpsbn waa4dan t thenjth'e' shirt; And tten it trab a dog a^t-tlu^,iB,^QthWeI• do^rn. T^ey rolled about, kloklng op, a tr;mondons duft Hiay squirmM around so en'braeUcally, that you'd have thojuhtther' ' hod ,a dozen legs Instead of four. It looked like a 'pSae-flgh6 '" "■ between two puglllstlo'Centlpedes. Finally, they, both rollsdotr ^ the bank and Into the'river. The water tooled them, "nier went dews liogother,'bat oame npseparateiandputllat fbvtlia' shore.. BbUi reached Jt about the same time, and Thompaon-" 'X soia^blednp the bank, mounted his warlike stesd,'ahd inidA '"I tracks, Isavlngblafoegooglng the-mndoutof oneof hls eyea. Hovlnglef tbeb'UBlneaaportion'of.tlie towp- ' the dorbe'rwhere'tho 'thrba bars were ' ' flier ■ • ■ - '' ■ was neof hls eyea. j>a'-. . ..... , .^-thatla.losaJRr ,r le oorber where tho three bars were kept—he atnu)(a hcrnae u , le suburbs, before whloh s' little girl of obbirf ta'oi twes ot-M» ■ ■, asplaylng. • = " ;: ">." -'.;" ''.'.-*^'if - 'i :■ "Whatplace to this.'Slssy?" he baked. ■ ■ ■> ' -'' ' , ■ The little girl, frightened at the drowned-rat'ilgnre whieb tha "'' stradgar cot, atreubdlt for fiie'honae,r:Eavlng-reaahed Oia'- ->> door; ehe stopped—turned, and squealed—"Ob-bee-dam |" . -r ' "oeod Hoavenel"- said Thompson, digging his heels betweaa' l his horse's ribs—"flood Heavens I let me get ont ot this horrid ' - phue, where not bhiy the men but the very babes and anoUlnsa '' Bwearatlnoffehatva'traveleTBr' . '; . - , . ..i A-SPOaTIiro JTAORABS.,, ., Now none of our readers need 'get rlled'at this' title )md thhilc' 'we, are toti personal, tot although We'hava -seen mbie than one blpeil to which it might apply, we relbr this-time-to the raa^' genuine, anymore fortunate animal, inasmtioh as'he Isafouc logged cHlter.' "Oncedponbtlm'e,','nct 10Dg'slnoe,andafi^r days subsequently to the lawn meet at Hampton Court, Eng.. the Ilerefcrdshrre fo^-hdtmds threw t(ff'at,Bt Leonards, and'- 'allbr a capital rim of.itrom fparteefl to twenty htUes, the Ibat ' Uuteb.ef jvhtb)) KOiTTd^spIeUdia-course In-'the 'lieU, liUlbd tUefi ■■ (cailis iu RaUii'Aiityln^inf t. tieyond tb^ oKdloavy'lhtorat and e»^ olt^ment octlie ohaS6i'tlie'dsy^ mtt tnA 'UmahaK'i S T t waa ' ladlpbds 'lOisraoter abont It ai;lfuig put of tlieiWlo'i^iog olnaniT. stance:—Soaiuly.had Bernard bsen'.put afpot .to ihe.mniloaf the ,'houndB,'tsan an exdeedlngly novU '^'sporting chara(tt«to". ' made his appearance in -the no less dlitlngnlshed gtilse than that of a donkey; belobging to Mr. Jones, of tbat plaoe. Ihla ' animal made his entree Into, the field irith a sort of magleal' celerity, that the superstitious would havs at once pat npaa , Satanic, and possibly with some show of reason, fbr the devil seemed to have token possession of Jack. Down be came, vrllh -,- his eaisoreot tall extended, and (n the height of assinlneekoit^ - menti oleaiingbedges, dltohes, or any other obstbble that oama in his way. In a penbotly marvelous manner, or tallinig to disac- ' anything, knooked It down with the power ofa battenng-rani. So unexpected and so droU a pompanion natni^lly exolted. Iba greatest liierrlment, and more than one gentleman andeavoied tb d(ssaade him from paitioipating in the fpprt, bnt Jaokb^ -, came more resolute and wnnld not be done. Besiiattered'witb dlrtiahdlna soapy state of penpiraUon, hs stllf persevere^ ', keeping up.with the hbnnds, and in muiy Instanoes' rendering ' good serviee to the Juvenile sportsman by "showing htm tha - way" over or through the hedge, of. the case might be. -, Thus ha • contlnubd ercssbigdltobea, brooks, and fiincea,tutU the tally-ho I ;( whloh preceded the death was given'.' In the gallop Aorbss'tha' ihroe-mliefleld.'itmaybesaldthatJaokilnhls'exhauBted state.'- hadscarcely a ikir chance with his equine friends, but a niara' - game onhnal never oropped a thlatle, and, singular to.x.eIaie, hla pluck was rewarded by a thlrdplsooat theflnlsli." As 'tho song' ' says; "His .Joys were in the chase," for as eoon-as-Beynard^vna ' dispatched by the hounds, Jack elbpped to, see the wind- up 1 uid - after bldwlng'fer a wbDe, wheelhl about with a sortof phllo- sophlo indltforenOe-aaito what would follow, and after a'flttaea '- mUabarst,Joggedhome. '.- i-- .- '3 , OLD .ABB.TAKBS'BIB TOD. . ' / For, oeoaalonal sallios ot genuhie original wU, gtva ua s - country'noeery, wlnfer evenings, and rainy days, and the bar.., -. rooms of'eountiy hotels. As an inalancb, take thq folloTlnff^,, whloh ocourred in a bor-roomnot'long since, < ThereVns qulia ' a collection, and our friend 8., who is ademocrat, and Uend IL; whols a repnbllban, had been eamostly but pleasantly dlsousshig politics; and as a lull too^ place In tho conversation, B. ^ke up asfoDows:— • _ ' "U., how many publlo men are there who aro'-tvally Um^- ' peraneemen?"- „ .. - . '..i.- .'.-i . "Ob, I don't khowi" replied U, , |< "Well," aald B., "I don't know of but one that loah speakpo«» Idvaiyof en onr aids, and that Is General Oass;^' -. ' ' ■ "Well," said U., promptly, "there Is President Uneohi, on onr s^d^ oertahi."' , • - ; ,, "Ouesa not" said S.; Inoredoleusly. "OuBss yes," repU6d Uii warmly. "But you don't-nretend to aay that President Lincoln la a lant^^ : peranbeman?"asl[ed B. - ,- "Yes, I do," answered U.; "and can maintain the atatemant** . "Well, now, I teU yon that Abrabapi Lincoln to as fond of fala, . tod as anyman living," replied 8., eameslly,< "and I ban prove - Ittoyou.'*. ., - .. • . ■ ■■ ■■ •'-.•-.-'' ■ . "W<dl,Ite11yonthatheton't"reslledM-,whQbegantogot«^r olted; "that ha Is aa pure and atriota temperance man as thffs.,, to in the country." — ' ' ' .. . ' ' ' ■ ■ •'! contend," replied 8., with provokUgicoolness, "that Abrar-' ham -Lincoln to so fond of hto tod that, it.toi tho last thing ha,... thinks of wUen hegoos to'bed;and the'&fstwhen.heawatealn.., the-moming." '' • n — . '.'' ' "It's a confounded locofoco llel" e^blahned U,;sprlnglniB iary^ htofect-. • ■ " .. '< '"Hold-en, friend U.," said B.; "what was Lincoln's 'wUa'a fiame before she was married?" • •..; '' ■' - "Toi$D,' Bt ToinnbkBl" exclaimed M„ Jumping more than |k - foot from the floor; "boys; let's sdjoum to tbe other room." ' ' ' BoMETHiiio ABOUT CKuiB BiMM.—1th w long beeh known that , thepioploof "UUle Detoware",woro called "Ulne Hen'a OUok- '-' ena,'' but could not toll why. Bev. Dr. Combo, of Philadelphia, a native of Detoware, fumlshea the oxpUnstlon as-followst '^-ii.') the olden time, Ihcrovras In that State a breed ot ^ghtlng oooUf , , . noted for there pluok and en'dnranoo, Tbey never know WBw-, ... they were whipped, but would fight on as long as there w^ feather left The only account of tho orlgm of thls.brcM^'j;- - (hat they originally sprang from a bluo hcD. in the revojoB,^ .. ,1 ary war, Delaware furnished a roglmsnt of soldlcra, wa™*/?^ numerous marches and battloa became dtotlngulshedfor tent bravery. Onthl* account they camo to bodalladtae « Heb'a ClilcKens," Tho name thns beoomlog an Jionw»^ ^ ^ waa aflerwards oajpnied .by the people of the Stal^I. About in a cold a living, town such Hii* Broirr.i^A anfltter whUo o"»?^J5'^f*2?tttM whiter night exclalmod:-''0f aUtt^"^ 2f BJSnl tho worat a man.oonld follow, 'J*',''fcfii ihnights as t hto, and getting iayj w'""^' "oi'lhatladaUshtfalI"eriadUttMI*""**"'W^y' ™*" j<0 1'that la deUghtfttl I" etled llttu go and tell mamma I" atoik.