New York Clipper (Mar 1863)

AMERICAN SPORTING AND-THEATRICAL JOURNAL. ItavMd FrDprittor./ NEW TOBK, SITUBDAT, 1[AB0H 14^ 1863. OB SIX CHBTSt- ASAH. p MumUUL LT DSDICIZSD TO HOB A. I. if., BY "NOBODt." How oold Mem wordi irhciii ipeiUog of tha h«ui, tnen tvtTj thonght li t«BM trttb fMUsg ittoim I Bat, til I irbtt BWMt emotion* ib»7 eall foitb ^en mlDgltd In t)i« limpid TtiM of Mng I ihoa who batt lant to peety « oham Ouut fe«l tlila feeble trlbntt to thf taektt, \nioaa btUht oTOttloiu, freuglit with Xidelea^ g«m, IilTe In ike raooidi of thy noble ftrt. ' Onea fetOi who em fonet the ndiiat fioe . nutpeepaioeioUr'ilttthtbeoliuteilsglutr, (Hinging for Tei7 fononeH round thy brow. Bo gnnd^ elutlc and lo wobdiooi fill I til when thylltlieiome form gUdea on tlie light, Tb7 fool with poTC dnmatio Are aglow, ^en gieami thine eye, from whoia aoft, Initioa* depth* IiOTe^i lioheet atretmi.of bright Imigulnga flow; •Hi ihes, entrsnead, o'eipowared by thy wlD, Te kneel'ln adoration at thy feet, Oonaolooa of naught to atithlj loasea allied— ' Bat thou art hear, with arary grace npleta. 4hu do we oft behold thee, Qaeen of Lore I ind when ftom thee, 'oetth worldly care'a aontioV Uem'ryrecalls—abut 'Uabnttheehadal— . - Thy kindly Ilea, whoM nnlle enthrall the sonL : THE TtlACK OF BLOOD; CRIME IN THE CITY AND WAR IN THE LAND A BOKAKCS OF RBW YORK LIFB, Iffloag the High and the £ow, ths Bloh and the Foor, tbe Qood and tht Bad. nam wmtm.r iob tbi mw loai ma/tM, Si HBOTOB TBIFOD, V. B. ^ OBIAPTEB XVI. UOTHEB SHOBT CBIPTIB IN \nU0H MTJOII IS DOITZ— TUM MAK- BUTKB Oir HIB ^iSoa—A OWEXSTVL BOVB —ABOUT TO DB- riBT—PBUtKIQIEliT 01 ETIIr—HB COUCS—BBIOBT Ot FOB ABID—aiailB IK TBI EZATBilS—AnB TSSI^Or A UUBDEB} II hu been lald thai Captain Freeman, in the endearor to titricate hlnvielf (torn the awkward dUeipma ha had bUen Into ihlle on board the Great Eutem, had prodaced hie card, which Sr ioma aooldent, on^ qplte nqknown to him, hid fallen on! of lihiDdi Asmatt^;itoodthM;lt vunotUkgly that, among itbnngtheb aiirri'uidlngbi'iiearhbo, more thanoiKperanS (Oold be anxloiis to gain posseselon of that card. That penon'e ouiewlll hare beenaurmlaed—Heniy Beoeon; andanreenoogh, ttvutheyonng aallor bUueltwtao picked up the piece ofpaetc- boud, which, at hla lelHure, he eiamlned. ' It giTe the name of Rteman, alio hie profeealon, and the plaoe of hla abode while mltlDg-depaitnre to other porta of the world, in NowTork. tkt loculty WIS Brooklyn—In a"aUenl, leUrad part, " as the j<mm Benaon bleeed tnrongh hlitoethas he aat In his own duabar, a few houn after he had left Howard^treali and as Oosghta of hate and Tengeanca diised through hlsheatedbrain. Itwu no wonder that the mind of Bsnry Benson shonldbe I fliu employed—no wonder eren that ha ahonldba serlonely ealeniplttlng (he mnrdor of the seaman. The determination to hne hlB blood had been arrived at era he (Benson) ateppad von the deck of the levlatban of the ooean he liad Tlallad, and fUle on bond of which te had been assailed by Freeman, That wmnlaatlon naver wsTered, Bo fir tnm that, Indeed, Benson mid* prepiraUona for the deed of vengeance, vf hloh vrerc alike loukiblc for their system and order, as they ware indloatlve eti pupoae not to be ehikon by anything earlUy. - Ihos, the moment he was advised or Freeman's restdonco, md knetf that It was in a "sUent and roUred part," where a UDlelde might be cleverly and safely committed, Henry, by the wp ofsgeuts, eet about the coUectton of a few fAots coimected ntt' Freeman's arrangements,, whloh were well oalcnlatsd to nit .his torn. He was, In oonsoqnenoo of those proceedings, Vinied that.the deportnra ot the Oltadel IMm the port of New loA bed been considerably expedited—that. In short, she ironld me on the second morning following the dsyot Freeman'iS udBenson'e meeting on board tha Great Eastern, and that It ni likely that the captain would leave his flmlly at Brooklyn, u a lat4 boor of (he evening preceding the weighing of the "Alone, I hofe." mnftered Henry, when ttU Intel- jWoe was brought to him; "alone, that I may make aolok and wwworkoflt," . ^snrohaaeof the suit of sailor's clothes is thns aoconntad w. ptignlied ln thorn, and with hla akin atalned by the as- "Wee ot Olios, who offlolated at his obieTi tollotta In one of the ting pff his "flia-irons." Al that moment, a blinding flash of lightning oame £rom the donds; It was followad Immediately by a heavy crash of thunder, and the down^ of rattling - haU. Henry Benson was cognizant of all this, as vrell as the two men in the biT-rdom, The llgbtnlag, the thnnder, and the rain, were the aooompanlments of his landing ftom tha ferry boat; and thrloe-eoaed as he was la Infamy; ha could not help likening the elo-! mental phenomena to lhaaconslog volca of tiie Avenger of blood' : . OHAITEB ZVH. WAB Df THB ,LABD WBHiB TBXSB IS OBDIE DT TBS OUT—WBO ABB B OB TBB GOOD OADSB, VTHO >0B THE BAD—TBB AOOU- MBBT ABD ITa B B8DMB—eODPBK AFFHABAHOB Ot rBTBOIIVB vcquAJB—•xaaicoBDBB or bbbuuk—bxwabd bob tbb SIBOOVaBT OT TBB nSPITBATOB. ynxUt all that wa have related in this itory was transpiring vrithln .the lesser drolasof olty life, there was much more o:' moment passing before the eyes of tha people at large. 'The election of Abruom Lincoln to the PreaTdencyof the United States, had served as the slosal to a traitorous horde to foment a rebellion In a copntry vrhlcn had sohlavad ita Independence aflsr a (laptlsm of blood, and whoaa ehtlra unity had afforded the firlends af hnman llt>arty ondpiograss throughoat tha entire world a comfort and a hope.' As tlus is not a hutory of America, but simply a record of partlenlar plaoasof Hew Tork life;' we shau not enter Into tha detail of matters oat of onr sphere, or apart from the only objeota of onr labor; It la, however, In- onmbent on as to advert to thoie incldentola of-the great trea- ■on, vrlth which a few ot onr charaoteit were f« i>»y«i«t^. Tiratamoogtheae, alood Henry Benson, whose ajnpalhles .sided with the men wKeaa action wu manifest In the seoefsloa ;df South Carolina^ ShorUyfafler tha repudiation of its allegl- iuM bv that State, other States followed the pemloioos example, nntll the authorities of the Federal government were aronaed to eneigetio action, It is ilmost sapeinuons for us to spprlae the reader, that oU sorts of people in HewXork rtad.and talked abent the rebellion. It must bave been obvious to all people much about at that data, that so certain ta the good and ue In- telligent advocaledthe cause of the Dnlonlits, so certain did the Ignorant and base take sides with the "SeoaeheiB." It vroa no' wonder that the desperadoes of Now York should iluke hands with the traitors—no wonder that in the hannta of the Benaons "good lack" should be proplUated for "Jeff. Davis and hla merry men," or.that, in the contemplation of a tailurein "bnilneaa,f' tha alternative of work In the gonthem cohorts shonld be con^ templated. Vt have said that Henry Benson waa with the dIS' tnrbars of the Dnion—ln heart; the ttma might eomawheahe would be so in hand. The mention of these obounstsnees has reminded us that the couise of the rebels hod another sapporter from tha slnms of New JTork, In thi person dt Stephen Qlbs, Henry Benion'a lieu- tenant. At the aame time. It Is but Just and proper that we shonld intimate, that the "other Bide of &ie qneatlon'' was taken by another famlHar of the Benaons—by no less a paraonsge, in- deed, than the dark beinty. Miss Boss Olnah JnUonna. It was on the day fbllowlhg that on which Henry Benson hod been ov%r to Brooklyn, that Stephen Ollea lifted on the old haunt In Charch streai At an early hoar, ha had bad an Inter- view with his ohle( by whom he had been Infdrfned all about tha murder of. Freeman. This hiielllgence, startling is It wonld, have been to any other man, came eoally enough to QUes, or ra- ther as what he had expected would be dlvnlged to him. ms, his exclamation verliled:—''I thonght yon were going to do something imart, captain; and so yon took off the old loafer? Ha,ha,har' As we have said, he aftenraids vlilted the old rmdawui in Church street, where, when lie had talked poUtlca vrith aevenl of the frequenters who thoiaht the aune ss he did, he entered into a dif pntatlon with Mlas Bosa. •She WAS more than hli matoh at the talk, and If aught could be gleaned ftom her speech, vrould attonishhim, itftcame to anything else, A specimen of her lingo on the occailon may perhaps Interest the reader:— "All bosh, moasa Olleo. I know the 'tlo'lors ot de bnslnesa, as well as you do; and I oan say, de Souf onght to be bnmt, ebery man of dem who has taken up arms agamat Uncle Bun. Oor Amity I to tlnk dat, Jtst beciute we chose to leot masse Lincoln Souf Carolina shonld go on the ramptge: and oder Slates do de samel Bully for de Kbrf, x " ' ■™<ea used by thi gong, did Henry Benson go over to Brooklyn rj"* dnek of Ihs evening, and commence his watch for blood in "i^oborhood of Freeman's dwelling. bouio WIS ono of an laolsted row, between which and any eollactlon of honsos there was a wide gap of broken v^o. AcroBB thia, Freeman would have tojpass ere he could nieh the hlihway that led to Fulton street Itere were plen^ S^ff*^ whloh could hide Benson had any eyes bean. Aroad ■?>ang for him; and In tha ehadow of acme of these, apparently itL ik'^ ha placed himself; for though the sun hod long since ' lha 7^ was a young moon, whoie beams shone downnpon wiwrui, and against which, the Una of the youqg teaman ?r"*d a terrible malodlotlon. But by and by,'oIouds come "■•piag overhead, and at length hid the moon entirely from nSLtr'^Qoh to the delight of the wonld-be assassin, who, ta rr°sa thedirkneas wore a inrepreouisorof his victim's sp- i!y~a, drew a revolver, ftom his pocket; and examined the 'WStt with some onrlotlty. iniuin the house, for the head and support of which iO mnoh tShTaf '"^T'os, was proaented a scene that night, which might h,!J*'''<uded even a demon from his fell pnrpoae. Boitound- Stu f^t^d and the trther who was sbont to enoonntar tha C|" or the aea once more, was a vrife in the maturity of her wieaa,tud hdfadpxen children on whose oonntenanoea a ^^^^^ Vrife and ojUldreii, udbade themfirewoU, perhaps Haeup ^'jrhap? .•wpMln thooara of oijt. Frebmon.. ffi"!!?''Who oanguuutaeto~tbemanwho spends moatK >«S?."'?," «oa, a rotum lo the home he loves. ^'•Hiapa forever I" " Often daring that day, had the words Thavoyagoheirasln' S?>aM In the aireotlon whence a oheorlsg beam comes from a windows, htsMsrs attuned to catch the sUghtsat indl. ttJhnu 'battingdoor,c; anapproooUngfoctfalL Present- o(Vri!:i™*.'7oandthe'ear are gratUed. There is the noise £2^°'u>gdoor,kudthRtofaoomlng_<botlUl. trho Is it that ■^ttatpyofthanlghtr WhobutTfraomant J, •• • e. • ■ • e • lu i'J'J^hilt-pist eleven o'clock, when a oertatn nan iyteuj£.?~.'9'° bar-room In Baekman straet, Now Torkj who part- WhirTif the rain which had increased to a heavr shower ^^^^ the p^t thirty minutes, and partly to prooore reftesh- aM!l'™»tftiosd{hore. They drank, together, and tha one htaS .^,^*^> Ambng other ibUgs. adverted to the tkot( of Ui tS^^lva tnm BrooUynfandUa having heard while'on hla S-m!!!? 'I'* 'tnyi wUiAranded 'like the retort ot a pulOt U^SJS^on amnM,-kBd'>cularly'obaMTed that,hod9nbt '™»'>W, anzloot for tbeMun of the "ronttb," tikHmW-* soy; and bully for do memory of George 'Wovhlngton, Patrick Henry, Benjamin Franklin, and JohnB^ownl HabnotdaSoufhadenough-todatltfyitt' Dtdn't we letlt hab da Ilon'a ahareof de spoils for de first fifty yeaia of our history 7 Sid we nut do eberyting we could to keep up de connection between It and de Norf f And now dat de 'nevltable course of- affairs lislch dat decolored race must hab ita rlshla, what noneonoe for de Sonf to turn round, jind soy yon slurn'tl But we win, msssa Ollea; ob datbesnret" "Hush up, Kadame Darkle I" waa the retort of Giles, who had Just thrown offone gloss of liqnor, snd was preparlnfa for an- other. "What right had the North ever to find fault with the South for keeping Ita slaves, ot for working them, or even killing "lem 7' What were the d——d niggers made for. If it vras not to ibor for us, of the superior race? and what do they deserve when they can work no lonierT Why, to be killed, killed, killed I I wish I had thestrangUng otahnndAd otthem, aye, a thcosand I" "Uassa Giles," commenced Rosa Dinah JuUaims, with ce- marksbls gravl^, "Is yo.n a ccnsolous man T" "Umphr I don't know," was the sniwer, as Stephen tasted of his fresh oup, on the rellnqulshmint ot which, he oontlnaed : ,. "Perhapa I am. What then?" , "Why, den, as yon say so," vent on Dinah, the blackneaa of whose &oe seemed to be InoteasinB, vrhUe the whilenesa of her teeth became actually glittering—■■yon will not be olfendel UI tall you abmeting, wul you 1" . "Not I, my rose of the lower regions," protested Giles. '.'Out with It. What is It yon have to say 1" ' "Dls, massa Giles," responded the lady. "Tou neber go to Haaben," "Hal hal hal" roated Ollea. "That woald'be a good thing for ice If I waa in love with yon," as I ahoald be sure to meet you down below, Irltb tne other dirUea.'l ''SumUng elae, msesa ailes,"^ent on the lady, becoming more Intensified, and approaching the map she addressed, . "Well, out with that also." "Ton d—n Togno, massa QUes." "What?" Uias Boia Dinah Jnlleiiuia repeated the words, atUl nanowlng tho apace between her and the peiaon she aocosied. 'I'a furies I what do yon mean>"Toolferated Qilea.get- "HeU'B .ting up, and almoat foaming at the month, "^uatwhat I say, massa Ollea," rctomed the lady.wllli ez- emplaiT coclnesa. "Listen to ma a bit Tou whltc.aie.Mack, but I don't mention defact tomortUy yon; oh, no: dat is no:; de way wid Rosa Dinah JaUuBa, Ton whits, me blac^' I lay.; Son Soufam, meNoifarii; dtt la alio to my advantage. ' Bioy a It, maasa Ollea; I hab eumling mere to aay. U you is leady to stand np tor your side, I Is ready to do de same ting for any side. What do yon tlnk ob dat maasa Giles?" •■Stand no for my aide? I ahoald rather think I ecold," ex- claimed Oflea, who, always valn-gloiious, was mostly so when' the liquor vres in his head. "I might be a cntaln under ^o- MoUB Jeff and Beauregard, with the bully boy, Henry Benson, for oblonal," \ •■ ' "Uassa GIlea," said UIss Boia Dinah JaUaana, looking more pattentons than ever. "Well, black devil," was the ungollant response of Stephen. "White iroah for you I" laid the lady, "andwhite ttaah a thoU' sand times. But I hab aometing else to aor. 7on call yonraelf aSoufem man, and say von are prcptrod to fight for deSout Berry well. Now, I am a Norfem lady, and am mtpared to fight for my section, Do yon nndorsland dst maasa CHIea ? Bo. now, oome on if you dare." There were not many witneseoa of this ecnveiaattcn, bat what there were seemed to relish It greatly. The amiable Boaa Dinah JuUanna talked fight and ihe meant fight Of that nobody could entertolii the olbhtost doubt And. the real fight was not very long In coming; for putting herself in aclentlia posItloB, and also Drlnglng her tOceln olose proximity with that.of Giles, she grinned malTdcuily at blm, thereby exhibiting her two rows, of iforles.- Not content with Sils, ahertitcrated herdeaiucla- tldn of "White trash." and added: ' "Dar, dit for all 6f you—Jeff Davis, Beauregard, Sbnry Ben- son, and Stephen Giles—dor I" Hr. Giles, like the uncle Ot the min Rosa had placed third on her list ot doflanoe, had nodelloateVraplea about laying his band upon a woman In uaUndness. Feitaaps both had a prefer- onee for on antagonist In pottleoaU; as affording them the chances of coming off the vloter. Be that as it may, OUIta used his hands to the beat advantage ho ootild on the present occa- sion, and when he found tliitUIss Boia bad the advantage ot him there, he was not forgetiul of hla legs. Heinwhllc, the other persone In the room, though with the aami political ten- dencies si Olles, formed Into.two parties forthenonoa—oaefor the Sooth, symboUied in tha person of Glios; the other, for the North, represented in tbat cf soso, The orles of "Qo it for old Abe and tne Union I" "FIro awtf for feff Davli and sooesslcnl" "Bit him hard, miyfiowerl" "Tie up the darkle in a knot and have done with her I" wete plentlfnl, and, wUh the oombit Iteolf, would have continued for acme time, hadjBot the sudden ip. pearonoe ot DetecUvo McQsaff diverted tfll mlnda ot the com- batante and spectaton. . . The oflloer, stUl dreased In oltlten's elothei, waa nave, snd while he was BpeaUag, looked fall In tho fttees ot the people about him, Addiesiing himself te tbo landlord, who waa Mm- plaeently lolling in an eaay chair behind the'bar, he observeIt'^- , "This Is a bad bnainess—the murder of a nun at Brooklyn lost night It Is to be hoped, ftor your sake, tliat none of you folks hive a finger in the pla. But not an inch pf ground will balefltmoovaredlnthe neceaaaryaeareh. .Bmpoweied bythe erstjpo eioh-$3,000fortbe4ipTehension ot thepiariterer. It' wonld be hard, indeed, it some of ss ihaip deteotivei ' did not bring tha sooDSdrel to Justice."' Then taming te Giles, he sdded:— . ■ ■ - '.'What I been in the wars 7 (Ollea had a bloody note, a olosed eyt, and severtl soratcbes and wounds on his f^cel. And yon, Boia—you have been atflatlcalb too, though beyond a utile iluitratlon ot manner, and a little flualiatlon otyonr dress, I see: nothlngoutoftheordlniry way with yon." ' "fnst BO, Uiasa McQnaff," responded Ulss Boia, with whom Ihe detsotlva was a apedal ISivorite. 'Tiae' only been^flghttna for de Union, an' I'se,won, aa all de Dnlonlste>w^wln In de end." ^ "Thne cheats for you. Rose," responded'ucQnoff, la he was departing. "Sound on the goose, I sse,'" and he Sung her twenty.five cant piece to drink his health with. "Tank yon," said she, as she vnlkad ni^Jestlaally to the bir, to order her drinks. Her first aha threw off In honor of the detective, tha second to "Old Abe," and others to Qaneral Scott and her "golden boy," Fremont OHAPXEB X7IIL HABBt BBBSOB Si WXSTOBIaT^ AQAIR-IMFBOBAJIIUaaBS OT HII BUKQ DDOOVZBHD'AS A mBCBBBB—WSS SBiPBB'S VBIBBI —A BOLD SIBOBB TO BB MASB BOB IIFIilllllBl IIIIIIIHII or oiLBS—A nax—"KT oal." 'Hiat wa may Vantiirei^lt^'^ Mffitatid Tonng Benaon. "I'm sore, we may^" was. the. ooDfldait reapcsie of Noma you "Tf^e 'Ilata no moon now, 1ut« AaUcQuaff bad anticipated, the anthorlties, dvlc and stale, offered a revratd of fSOO each for the discovery of the murderer of Captain Freeman, and hla fimlly and the firm In whose em- ployment he bid died, $100 leepeotlvdy. The oonfidence of the detective, however, in respect to tha probability of bringing the crime home was rather premitnre. The beta stood thos:—Oip- toln Freeman had been itiiibk down by ihe hand ot some .un- known person, only a few yards ficom his house, while on his way thence to the Fulton. Ferry, Brooklyn alde^ A pistol bsB had entered his brain ikom behind, and he had fallen, already dead, to the ground. The body bad been found at an ear^r hou of the morning anoceedlng the. deed of blood, anil shortly afterward recognlxed. Later In the'day, an luqneat had been held,- but the information then rendered, amounted to little more than nothing at ill. No weapon had been left on the groond. . The weapon of the aasasiln might have been, at the coroner observed. In olmllar coses, ithodbeen, hevsld; when, even by so trlfllng> means, the eyes of JnsUce bid been di- rected to the path of the homicide, and the hand of IneUce hod been strengthened to. seize him. Unfbrtonately, thetewu no clae of the kind here. The perpetrator of the deed might iM discovered, or he might not. It was to be hopes be would. In tho Interval, Itwoofd be well for the asthorlUeu to exerdae their aionstonedvlgllanca. Then come the usual verdict and the nsnol report in the newspapers, and finally, the-bnrlol of the murdered man. AH this was sstlsfiwtory, so for os it went to Harry Benson; atthessmetlmelt afforded a capital Joke te the brutal Giles, who could not help, so Itseemed, from calling the perpetrator o "bully boy," end toking aome pride on account of the port be had himself acted In the bnaiiiess, by the pnrchise of the dis- guise, and the osslatonce rendered in the "moklng up" of hla ohleli As a matter of course, this murder ot Osptoln Freeman made a stir for a tew days, and man'y people wondered who the aasasaln eonid be—aome who, reverting to the night ot the deed's perpetration, rem«mbered-the gty young sailor who had oroaaed over from Brooklyn in. the ferry boat with them. But not one of these identified Mm vrlth the.crlme. Conld they have been enlightened on the aubjeot, what wonld have been their aatonlshmenti Henry Benson was fUlhfOl to his promise of calling on Urs. Lorrlmer. He met that lady at the appointed hour and place; also Uortlmer Jennings, and pledged bis word to both, to do wbst now tbit Frcemia wia removed, and his (Henry's) mind was principally engaged by thoughte of the lovely Celestlne, be felt no great deelre. to accompliah. In a previous obapter,the :roungerBenion Jiasbeen desoribedas eaddealycatehingatan i dea while pondering over the covetted poeseiulon of Bdlsa Draper. Tbat Idea wis the abduction of her person. But how 'toao- oompUsh that? There vraa the dlfflculty. However, tA meona might be fonnd by and by. At all events, the conalderation might be defbrred for a season. ' With regard to these means, it realty aeemed aii;thQUgh destiiy wiafavo;£ie^enar Benson, whiqh'be'conld not help coufeaslog, 'wlytn, on bla return to 'Westchester, he was Informed that Ulss Draper ffia cn a short visit at a honse no grest distance ftom btaoWB/' I'he owner of that house was a widow lady of the nuas otBoyt. Urs^ Hoyt bad an'only bhlld-^ daaghter, who UtmI with .ber. She had been • schoolmate of OeieaUna,'between vAom and herself a very warm friendship had ever since ex- iited. The mother woi an invalid, and seldom stltred so Cir u New York, but every alternate year, her daughter went there on a visit to Ulaa Draper, as did the latter return her visits In the Intervals. The present brlof aasoolatlon ot theyonng ladles under the aame roof, was charaoterlsed by a peoularinteteat In a few weeks, Oeleatlhe Draper waa to become the wife cf Edward Blsaokley, and Ulas Hoyt was to be her prlnolpol brides- maid. The Mrd ad oloaelo the hand ready to catch It," observed young Benson, when- spprlaed of the fact mentioned. "That Is iDoky, and I- irlll ooge It, sore enough^ and soon. But I must have the aldof GIlea. I will this day see that he speedily jolna me." The mfSan of Church street and Ite deleoUble neighborhood Boon received Intimation of bis oaptaln's desires; and he wis prompt in obeying them. Furnished with the means Ihmvthe pocket cf his employer, and under his direction; he phrobaseda suit of clothes whloh made him look a very different man to the man he had as yet looked. In fiasby habits, with a qnsnUty Of Jowelry about his person, he might have b(Mn token for a sno- ceaifbl gambler—a chirtoter Immeasurably superior to any be could honestly lay claim to, though not very reapecteble at that To return to two of the dwellers In the honse at Weitcheatex^ Old Cany and poor Jane. Both were looking better than they bad locked when they flnt came to the place, and the suddenly -Invoked sapriso of fba former on meeting the latter, had given way to on evident Intersat in the young women, and a Battled conviction tonohing bar, which -will be rendered manifest to the reader ere we come to the conclusion. The two women ware neceaaarlly much together, and very olten, when the work of the day was over,* Oanr would question Jane about her antecedents. A feeling of shame totbode the poor girl to tall aIl;'Bhc revealed snfiloleni, however, to convince xer companion tbat she had passed tbtouah scones of mliery and wickedness. There was a rsmarlc nucle by Qorry on one occasion, whloh bronght anrprlse to Jane. It waa when having gut a query tohecabonther mother, aha anddenlylnlermpted eraelfwitb thawardi^"Bnt why ahonldlaakt Iknowyon lost your mother while a mere baby."' "Uy poor motherl She waa murdered, they told ma." •Sim, of coarse; murdered, and by him." "By whom?" ■ • "Nay, oblld; bow ahoald I know? Bat we may all know one of these daya. Letniwalt" Sach was a portion of Ihe oonvatsaUon that tookplace between these two temalea Oonld It ba wondeied at that l( made an Im- presdlon on poor Jsne? ToTetnm to Henry Benson and Stephen onea. Tbe latter had been obedient to hls.ohlef a aniamons, snd waa in deep oon- •altaUonwllh bimonaptrticular night Their ihoughia and their epeeoh were upon Oeteitlne Draper, and themaana to be adopted to'bring hei within the power of the man who coveted the enjoyment of her marvdouk beauUea. Benson had grown to be impetuous In bla longings, as wlB be confessed when we say that he had spoken of tne seizure other person while aha was out walking tn^a of the plelssnt lanes in Westoheator, alone or vrithlflia Hoyt _ - ■If with the latter, yon (addreeslng Giles) eoold manage Ue ■lok woman'B glrl.(' * So oonnaelled Benson ... But so dldnot connsel. hla eompaaloa, toe man tirom whom It might have been expected advice so ektravigant might have coma, but whosa words, on the oocasloa In queaUon, pointed: to a more oanUods mode ot proceeding, -Btephen'a a^le ot ex- pressing himself waa dbaraoteiistto. ><'Oap,, I know you want the girl, and yo« aballvhave her; that I promise you, no matter tho meana reabtted to. Bat you'll ex- cnaemelf I aiynotothe aelaure buMneas. I think we could manage the affair better. Fltat,aboat the houaeot this Hts, Hoyt. Where la that)'' ' J.. ^. v . ' "No great dietanoe from hence; thete, atralght before you; look through tbat elde wln'dow." "All wblH, and ite malarial Ilke'thJa—" . "Wood;" intermpted Benson. "Therofore readily combustible. I -aee the whole thing, eip. It lies in a nutshell. We must fire thithonssi" . nie word! staggered Benson. He would have asked ihe why and ihe wherefore ot Btephen'a plans, bat haWM lntatrapUdln historn. ■This is myprogiamme, Oap.,"painied-thavUlaIncua Giles. » .. . ...-—w..——,,yj,aind I must ~«can eanra , BOtbeafrald to do It Oan ) will then drop a apark where It will teU.' - I.kncw — Y( ' ' and I thinly thaliooner wa Mt abont ltrifia better, time." . >-'■ ■■t;'.-y "Let die aee," mused Benson. wo?'^' j'Sot.a' Blngle slloeof one,"waii;thd :aloqu«nt rejoinder of 'Stephen. "Wall, then, to-morrow night at twelTa. We wBI go abont Iha bnainess then." ^ "We nndeiBland eaoh other, Oap..Isnpp(M»>-thatvreaHta act the parte of noble defenders in this afiUr—of gentlemA ready to lose ther own lives in the attempt .to reaona four vlrgliii and an old -widow from the llamea—that when tha- ladies .haxa been brought ihim the honse, and are ahlveilng thiongh Ugfat and the ocTd, we,^thelr aforesaid gallant def^ndeii,.«lll renart tnem to accept shelter here, and accompany them.totha'sam^ notwlthitindliig their bluibea and. bed-gowns. I than laugh ta aee theoaraationot the widow. Hal hal hal" : , ^ "^^1^" Beilsan, smiling at the readlnett anil trlM- rtoall^ofhls aid. "Bo should It bo, And now fbr aao&er, tie of wine, for I see that we are out" and he touohed tha beO.; It was answered by Cirnr, to whom tha neoesaair ordarwM SIven, and who departed straightway te execute It or ^1t A 0 BO, - SB it waa Jane who brought the -wine, and aet AMmn Benaon and OUes. Bhe and the burly mfflan reoogniked' M-*- other in a moment; it wu with widely different fMUngSi Udi ever. On her port it was fear, dlillte and appr^i^onri his, a newly, awakened admiration. Poor Jane hnrriad from fl.. room without uttaiing a word, but not beforaGBeshadMUaA oglyleeronher. .-j . "Luck for me, Csp., as wall tator you,"hesald.ponrtag oat tha wine.' "Xhal'a a aloe girl, and I mean to have her." . - -1° lo SB ooaijjuai). THB CODIBDXAir DT A TIGHT PIiAOib . r, . A OAPrUL OOOD STOBT. ' > OldFanenI . Wahaveaaaneedote totellof Blm thatllnSi^ with his peouliar indlvidaslity so strongly, as to enforce tU identity upon all who have-known blm; and for thfise who Biva not encountered the historian, this aketch may aerve as aa in- traduction. The excellent aotot known in tha South and: 'Watt for . aome years aa "Old Farren," ao fkr ftom being-by any meana advanced in years, was barely a matnred Jnvellliah «< "'Jf?'..'"'^ 'aa>ukalils..altet«ti(iii, of. feailare and peraoB which he succeeded in making upon the atage', wia invariably a sabjeet of snrprlaa among those who made hla nearer acqnIdnV ansa.. ... Some years age, when,- attar hla eloae as atage Btanager of ihi Bowery, he .first appeared In- the Scnth, a neOesstty.odsuTted which compelled him to acoompany Power from New Orisana to Natchez, aaa material anpportin most of the favorito pleoeain which thepopnlar (andnow lamented) Irlah comedian paribmi' ed. Farren nod not then entar^ the connubial predncis wlijoli - he aftetiraxda passed, andBbh&7 anecdotea of the time, chiming In consonancy with this preientirrltlng, would seem to lend ao^ thoil^ to the oplnloii that he was not exactly tha youthfol Indi- vidual likely to be oeJeoted as a model in the way of well-resn« lated and prudent hablto. - ■ • Convlvlallty, and ill-luck or treachery at play,-Iaft.Umwlt]i tMckatetoIetonlya day.or two after his Nstehei angogemant olosed, and he only discovered that he was "altnated aa he was," when halt-way ba^ to Neir Orleane, and tha harsh olomor of a Farren, in aoBie ccnftislbn', mode his way to one ot tin derka and oonftsaed his predicament - - "Sir," eald he, I was poeitlvely not aware that my fOnds vreiA' exhansteduntaithmst my hands Inmy-pocketa.when the bell rang. lam Ur. Farren, ot.the Camp Sfireet'TBeatre,and tv quest only leave to land indcall akthe box offioe, .whenIwi]l atonceaettleformypasstge.'.'- > - The secotad plerk scanned the Indlvldnal before hlin, heiltatadi looked BoaplcIonB, and then made the story known to ihe fim clerk. Farren -went through a second exainlndUon and oibal^ qnestionln;;. fiharpers and ahntUsg follows of kU-gradea 'and Undaswarmed n^a tberiverst that tlffi^''ahd OaptaiukwiMa iconetantly Imposed upon. -'' The first clerk thonght be hod delected > aoonndr«l,.a&d in- stantly sent for the captain. Poor Farren wis quite neif and nretnin thfi aonthem country, pnd be had heard ot nnfortimato devils|Httiitrat.aahore.In swampi.aO that he' beginia anlligB nnder daolaed ayipptomi of irepldaUoa; which, wiu the stupt- dons olsrka; waa a sure Indleitlon of guOK" ' " ... Tlie oaptein came, and at once pronounced the fellow an' lia« poster, nylng that Farren; ot ihe Camp Street-nieatre,-waa a man seventy years old I The first dark oeccnded.the sssertioac deolailng that he had seen "Old Farren" play, every night the boat boa been in port slnca the aeison ccmmehbiaa,' and tha actor waa a man old enough to be grandfather to the yoang Al- low who wu attempting each on imposition. ' - -- 'Tou're s faoL su', oa weD as a knave," said tha oaptala, ge/ti ting exaaperoted, "and yon sever-could have seea Farren In your life, or you would not have tried anoh an imposture, I.teH you what, my youth, you are too green a cnatomsr to oomalt overns with qultoao shallowa itoryl" , Farren forgotthepeiBonal Insult in the tianlicendont compli- ment paldto his abtina, ind, In the uneonaelonsneaa (t haUtail |00d breeding, he made the captein a low bow. This the salon- shed commander conld nndentand in no other way than as a mockery and an inanit and inalantly ordering out the boat faa exolalmed, with a finahed ooiuteniaoe andolendied fist "By —> young genUeman, yon go aabpret" ' ' And oahore the pennyleas actor would undoubtedly have bees' thrust bad not the criUod emergenor dlcteted to him, atlenrth, a ready method of proving Ms IdenUqr. Asanmlng suddenly nW style and manner as an old man apon the atage, ha agaln aaaert- ' ed that he waa really and truly, "Old Farren," urging the laatuK anco with gesture, feature, end peculiar intenitten, that hurlacT oonvicUon. like a thtinderbolt at the heada of the caplahi oWL hisderksl Ot oonrse; the matteir resulted at once in a hearty and general langh, the captain, who was somewhat ot a humorist daolaring that he.wonld in fatnre bdlsve 11 .quite possible for a man to be his oim grandfather! for Farren carried the oldest head npoiti _ the youngest shoulders he'eversaw.inhte life I . . / aomathins orthMS hon^ea, painted white, to look to be stene or muUe at a dI•tanc^ but whlcb will enmUe like tinder when •el on fire. There will be on alarm, of eonrae, to which we oan reiDond bv rushing -Into the houae and eitrioatJsa tha flva VTOnSn ttereTp«Sent-old Molher Hoyt her daughter, your OeleaUnK Md the two "helps." If it wia Hot for tho suspicion of^SSliUythat nllghtattendon thetosaof Ufe.1 dibniaToto forihaba^ngef aUtharenules saveybn* ffaL It >a«at>>n;; nasaThowevar to avoid atlspldonas Mato^M waoan, WewUl aStfanamtlia (smbUDtaT.Say.Oap.Vviut do yM tUnkof nr plant" A Comoua MiBBOB.—Among the cariosities Exhibited at tha laat Parts Exposition,' was a huge concave mirror, the instrainent ot a Btettllng speolea of optlctf miglo. On standing cjogo to the mirror, andlooklne Into It, Itpresente nothing but a magnificent- ly monstrous dissection of yonr own physiognomy. Onretlilng a little, say a ooup^.of feet it gives yonr own tut and flgnre in troa proportion, bat reversed, tbehead downwards. Uostof the . spectetors, Ignorant of inytlUng else, observe these two effect^ and pass on. But retire still farther. Standing at the dlstaacBi of five or six feet firom the mirror, and behold, you see yoaiael4 not a reflection—It does not strike yon ss a reflection-out TOUf. veritable self, standing In the middle port between you ond'the minor- The effect to. appalling, from the idea it Suggeste of. aomething'Supenatnral; so stertUng, in fkottbat men of the; atrongaat nerves vrlll shrink involantsrlly at tha flnt view. If; you' rolia a banc to.thmit at yonr other adt, you will ui it pisa olean- through the body and appear on the other side, the flgnre' thmsting It yoa the sime Instant The irttet who succeeded ln> fkahlonlng a mirror ot thta desorlplton bronght it to one ot tha nrenoh Ungs—if we recclleol light It was Louis XT-placed hla' Hal aety on the right spot and bade him draw his sword and Ihmst' at the figure he saw. Tha king did ao; but Beeing the point of a, Bword directed at his ovm 'breast threw down his weapon and tan away. Tho praottoil Joke coet the Inventor the Ung'a'pat- . ronage and favor; hla HaJeaty being afterwards so sahamed of Us own ccwardlse ihat he conld never again look at the mirror - oritoowner. OonoLA TAX.B ov BOBXBo,—Some years ago, a young travelet was wandering in the Jungle, armed vrtth a samplpan, or blow- - vlve, and a sword. He came te the banks ot a pebbly stiesm, anil being a hot day. he thonght he would have a bathe. Ha filaoe'd his arms and olothcs at the foot of a lre& and then went ■ Dto ihe water. After i time, being suffldenlly retreehed, ha, waa xetnming to dress, when bo peroelved an enormous femde ■ bnran«-ontang standing between blm and tha tree. She ad-1 vonoed towarda him, aa he alood paralysed by surprise, Md , aeltlns him by the aima, tompeUsd him to follow bar to a , branohlDgtraaand ollmbupit When he reached her restjag-- place oonslsUng of bongha and branohea woven into a oomfor- v able nest aha made him enter. Ibereheromalnedaomemontni^.r Jealously wstohcd by hla Bttange companion, fed b/h««J».. hulte ud the cabbogeof the pdm.and rarely petmltteJtotJJJ Ihe eairth with hU feet but compelled to move from trjrte^e. nils Ufc continued some time,, tUl the femde onnrajjoj*"*.; bwomlngless watohfU, jperrbltted the Marat meV."*S?'iilS - SJ^ hlmsdfof Ittodlp downthe tree snd «»ii»giStS : where he formerly left hto weapons. She, •^Wiji'nKXy , escape, followed, only to be pierced, as she ayprooeneoauB,. , , a poisoned arrow. mart undarblsann.■Nice pew sia&Mg;Ty«^^ IdeoIineSlbe matoh,- *»]'W^,J!vrhS/tSM», ttOimSi^