A CHINESE MURDER. A murder of the most horrible nature was perpetrated at Soocbow, a few days a£;0) says a Shanghai paper. The affair us an insight into some of the cus toms prevalent among this strange peo pi C) and shows us what Chinese guides ire capable* of doing when they think ibeir rights and time-honored customs have been outraged. It appears that the gold-beaters of Soochow have it, among other old-established customs, that a mas ter gold beater can only engage one ap prentice at a time, and this is eyen lim ited to large shops only. Ah apprentice of this craft is bound for three years, and only after the expiration of this time can the master employ another one. The ob ject is to keep the number of craftsmen within certain bounds, and so id guard araiust a decrease of their present high wages., A master gold-beater and head of the guild lately ventured to break this estab lished custom by employing an appren tice before the time of the old apprentice bad expired. This roused the members of the craft, and they opposed. The master gold beater carried his case before the magistrate, who decided that, notwith standing the old custom, more than one apprentice could be employed, but advis ed, for the sake of peace, and in consider ation of the prejudice against it, that this should not be done too often. The work men of the craft were not satisfied with mis decision, and tried by all means in their power to make the head of the guild desist from taking a second apprentice. He. however, on the strength of the mag istrate’s decision, would have his own way, and, as he was threatened by the workmen, asked assistance from the Ya meo to protect him. The workmen at last invited him to come to their public hall to talk matters over. He went, accompanied by Yamen-runners to pro- tt-ct him Having arrived at the guild-hall, some 126 men were assembled there who, after bavicg pushed the Yamen runners out, Josed the doors. All efforts on the part of the Yamen people to gain an entrance were useless; they were told by the work [Lea inside that no one but the magis trate himself would ibe admitted. The Ytitnen runners bearing the cry of "Mur j( r!’’ by the master gold heater whom ■.hey bad accompanied to the hall, and be .cc unable to effect an entrance, ran to tte magistrate.- This officer at once hur ried to the ball and readily gained admit* tance But what must have been his as tonishment when he entered ! A horrible Right met him. A man naked and already dead was bound to a pillar, covered from head to font with wounds caused by the teeth of human beings. The magistrate at once bad the doors closed to prevent the culprits from escaping, and now call -uJs child of the doorkeeper of the haft, who Lad witnessed the horrible scene, to tell him how it happened, and to point .ut .the ringleaders. The child then, af ter pointing out the ringleaders, gave the following account: After the workmen had assembled in the hall and the master gold beater arrived, they first poshed out the Yamen runners, as already stated above. Having shut the door, they strip ped their-victim and bound him to a. pil lar He was now informed by the crowd 7-* * ’ that ibey determined to kill, him for breaking the customs'of the craft, and that each person there would bite him until dead. Any person refusing to join in this horrible scene would be killed in the same way. They now alt set upon, the an fortunate person bound to the pil lar, bitting him over his whole body till dead. When the magistrate arrived, these savages had just finished their devilish work, not having yet had time to wash the blood off their mouths. Four of the ringleaders were secured, and are now awaiting their tria 1 . Most Chinese think they will not be convicted for mnrder, as the Chinese laws do not provide any death punishment for biting a man to death. Two Letters from Horace Greeley, i(Fron the N. Y. Evening Mail.) We print below two letters written to a friend, years agp, by Horace Greeley, j and hitherto unpublished. They are both | of them characteristic—the first one open- 1 ing a view of the inner heart of one of i the most sensitive and yet most misun derstood of public men. The public has heec made familiar with the almost idol ai:y wherewith Mr. Greeley loved the two boys he lost long ago. Bat we have not met with any such tender and touch -IDg portrayal of the stricken father’s gnef as these tew lines furnish. The let ter was a voluntary tribute of sympathy sent by its writer to a recently afflicted hienj, whose little girl bad won Hr. Greeley’s heart a few months before, in the west, but the notice of whose death had just met his eyes in tpe Tribune. The reader will not fail to mark the really pa thetic tone of subdued sadness with which Mr, Greejley speaks of the little one who at six years) old was capable of so fully anderstanding” one Whom So few ever understood until he died. And we. have here only another evidence of the great journalist's craving for true sympathy, wh 'ch mb is case was a hunger of the M " ul whose gnawing shorted life bad made lls closing scenes so sad. Both nf these letters are good examples of Mr. Gree dy 8 faintness of expression : ‘ Nrw York, July 24,1837.— My Dear r Seeing in the Tribune the death of yiMr sweet child, whom I so weil remem impels me to write you a word. I “her no consolation, and I need not as- snre yon -ql my sympatby.But you and. your wife are still youg and hopeful; and though you will never forget this firstling of the flock, nor fail trt remember her with a pensive and chastened sadness, yet yon will live to realize, even in this state of being, bow wisely prescient and mer ciful is the chastisement which “smites but to heal.'* . Let me give yon, in this connection, a leaf from my experience. I bave had seven children, of whom five are gone: Of three sons none survive, and two of them were respectfully and 6 years of age when they were re claimed. i t need hot say how beautiful and good they were—the early called ate always thus: When the first of them died my youth ended. I thought I Ciu Id nev.- er be sorely stricken thent-e forth. Yet in dde time there ; came another, 1 hot so deli cate, so beautiful, so poetic ; yet soloy-. log, so tender, so devoted to' me that I. thought I had never been understood be fore. 1 cannot remember that, during his six years’ abode with us, he ever even wished to contravene my will, t I left him January.l4th for .that bard western tour, in brave spirits and good general health. At Galesburg, after leav ing yon, I had a letter dictated by him leaving him in excellent health. I heard, no more till I reached Scranton, Pa., on my way home, when a telegram reached me r f during my lecture, stating that he was’dangerously ill of croup. I hastened home next evening at 8. only to find him dead an hour before; after enduring a se vere operation and extreme sufferings. With him I buried my last earthly aspira tion. I have two little daughters, one eight years old,the other but four months, having been born since bis death, but they are very different from, and do not replace him. Did you not intend to see me this sea son ? Kind regards to Mrs . Yours, Horace Greeley. The following letter was in reply to a request that Mr. Greeley would say a word, editorially, in commendation of a projected silver mining company in which some of our foremost citizens were inter ested, but which, notwithstanding (for because of) these high auspices, did, in the end, vindicate Mr. Greeley’s good Judgment by turning out to be an inglo rious fizzle. New York, June 14. 1864.— My Dear Sir: I dare not say anything of any par ticular gold mine, because T some years since persuaded friends to invest in two or three that looked dazzling, but which proved delusive. I lost my own money, which I could spare ; but the less of my friends’ little boards made me sore and sad, and ! dare not say “Gold mine’’ ever since. Let us keep our money for the needs of the government fora little while, and then we can safely invest in gold mines. Yours, Horace Greelet The Pint Family Prayer. Howland Hill was once staying at a vil lage inn. Bed time came, and he said to the waiter who came out to say it was time the lights were out: "I have been waiting a long time, ex pected to be called to family prayer.” "Family prayer! We never have such things here.*’ "Indeed ! tell your master I cannot go to bed till we have prayer.” The waiter told bis master, who came and Said "Bir, t wish yon would go to.bed, I cannot go till I baye seen the lights all out, I am so kfraid of fife,” "So am I, but lihave been expecting to be summoned to family prayer.” “It cannot be done at an'lnn.” "Then get me my horses; I cannot sleep in a house where there ; s no family prayer.” - "I have no objection to have a prayer., but I don’t know how.” i . “Well, then, call jour people.” In a few minutes the family were upon ttaeir knees, and the landlord was called upon to pray. "Sir, I never prayed in my life; I don’t know how.” "Tbeu ask God to teach you.” "God teach ns bow to pray,” said the landlord. “That is prayer; go on.” "Pm sure I don’t know what to say now, sir.” "God has taught him to pray; thank him for it. Thank God Almighty for let' ling us pray to him. “I'd".” “Amen, amen !” said Mr. Hill, sndthen prayed himself. A chapel and a school were soon found ed in this village'as the result of this first prayer in the landlord’s family. “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek and yon shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you,” ‘ln everything by •prayer and supplication with thanksgiv ing, Ie* s yonr requests be made known un to God.’^SotwA Another clever gentleman has been deceived by hydrants. 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