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giltttiono.
An Episode of Travel
DEI
E=l
The little village inn at Staffel was like
the tower of Babel. Twenty-seven travel
ers, of eleven different nations, bad met
there for the purpose of seeing a sunrise
from the summit of Mount Rhigi; in the
Meanwhile they were dying of hunger, or
very near it. The landlord, not expecting
so many guests, had but a limited supply of
provisions. Every man was swearing in
his own tongue, making the most abomina
ble concert that can bo imagined. I was
the last corner, and my reception by the as
sembled company was by no means a flat
tering one. I was a new mouth in the
midst of a famished garrison. The garri
son became more complaisant, however,
when I drew froth my game-bag a superb
water fowl which I had shot on my way
thither. It was not much; Lot in a time of
famine everything is precious.
At this moment we heard, not f.,r off, the
sound of an Alpine horn. It was a compli
ment on the part of our host, who, for want
I f anything else, ga% eus a serenade. We
went out to listen to the famous ram des
vaelees which is said to make the exiled
Swiss die of homesickness. To us foreign
ers it seemed a monotonous melody; but, in
my case, it was not without the power of
exciting-emotion, for it awoke the formida
ble idea that these sounds, which can be
heard at a great distance, might guide an
addition veler to claim a share in our
scanty sup r. I communicated this appre
hension to my neighbor. He was a fat En
glishman, the broad expanse of whose coun
tenance was at this moment overspread with
profound melancholy. He reflected a mo
ment; then it appeared to him, undoubtedly,
that my fears wore well founded, for ho left
the company, and, taking the horn from the
surprised shepherd, ho brought it to the
landlord, saying:
"My friend, put this little instrument
away; it makes too much noise."
QM
"But, milord, it is the custom," remon
strated the host; "and travelers generally
like the music. *
"In times of plenty this may be; but not
in time of faminzt."
Ile returned to me.
"It is all right now," he said, compla
mtly. "I have made him put the horn
ay."
"I um nfnia, milord," I replied, "that it
is too iztte. I bee a dark object ICI the dis
tance, which has toe air of a nem-eurner."
It was even so. Tim dark object stepped
forward into, the mmillignt, arid we saw.•
plainly a tali young mail whose dress. and
appearance announced at once the travel
ing clerk of some commercial house at
Paris. Ile advanced gayly, swinAing his
mountain staff, and singing au opera air.
••Gaud day, gentlemen," ho began; then,
seeing the blank physiognomies of the com
pany, ho exclaimed, "Maio! what is the
matter!"
"The matter is, my dear countryman," I
replied, "that unless yuu possess the secret
of the multiplication of loaves and fishes, it
would have been better if you had remained
at your last stopping-place."
"Bahl bah! ball when there is enough
for three, there is enough for four."
"Yee, but when there is enough for four,
there is not enough for twenty-eight."
Nut at all disconcerted, he began to tell
us how he had- lost his way, and had the
prospect of spending the night out of doors,
when the sound of our Alpine horn had
guided him to the inn, and, turning to the
stout Englishman he said:
"I am indebted to you, my good sir, 'sup
pose, for this help."
.'You are mistaken, air; it was nut I," re
plied the Englishman, stiffly.
"Your pardon, air; I thought it was you
—your wind seems excellent."
"It may be; but I am not fund of music."
"You are wrong, sir;" and he was begin
ning a eulogy upun music, when supper was
announced.
The landlord bad done all that was possi
ble under tha circumstances. The soup
had acquired a volume proportionate to the
number of guests, at the expense of its con
sistency; and the fragments of meat were
lust in a forest of parsley. The clerk offered
his services as dispenser, aud, seating him
self in the middle of the table, he used the
spoon and the fork so accurately that each
one had enough to con vince him that neither
soup nor meat was good foritnything. The
second course consisted of eggs in a variety
of forms, the water-fowl and twenty small
birds. The clerk out the water-fowl into
eight pieces, eacb about the size of a
bird.
"Gentlemen and ladies," ho said, "each
person can have a piece of the water-fowl,
or a bird; bread at discretion."
He passed the dish to the Englishman,
who helped himself to two birds.
"Look here, milord," said the clerk, "if
every one act like you, there will not be half
enough for the guests."
The Englishman did not appear to under
stand him.
"Ab!" said the clerk, setting down the
dish and rolling np a pellet of bread about
the size of a filbert—"ab: you do not under
stand French, I see. Wait a minute, and I
will speak to you in your own language.—
You are a big glutton," he called out pres
ently, and threw the pellet of bread at the
"NO ENTERWNMENT IS SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING:"
COLUMBIA; PENNSYLVANIA; SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1861.
nose of the Englishman. The latex tioized a
bottle of wine and hurle3 it at the head of
The clerk, who, expecting this response,
caught it on its flight.
"Thanks, milord," be said, "I am more
hungry than thirsty, just now, and would
rather have had one of yourbirds than your
bottle. However, I will not refuse the toast
you offer." And he poured some drops of
wine into a glass already full. "To the
pleasure of meeting you in another- place
than this, where we shall be four in num
ber instead of twenty-eight, and whore lead
en bullets • shall take the place of wino
bottles."
"With the greatest pleasure," said the
Englishman, omptying his' glass to the lust
drop.
"Curve, come, gentlemen," said One of the
guests, "enough of this; we Itaie ladies
here."
Nothing further passed between them du
ring the meal. The clerk, whose name we
learned was M. Alcide Jollivet, was full of
g tyety; the Englishman evidently in a bad
humor. The latter left the table before the
rest of the guests, and ten minutes after
wards the landlord came to inform us that
he had only beds fur the ladies, and that
the Englishman had traitorously slipped into
one of them; so that it would be necessary
fur two of the ladies to sleep together. M.
Alcide Jollivet offered to empty a bucket of
ice-water upon the Englishman; bat the wife
and daughter of a German stopped him by
the assurance that they should prefer to
sleep.tog?ther.
The next day we were awoke at an early
hour by the Alpipe horn, and our toilettes
being soon finished, we were ready to de
part for the Rtagi-Kulin a quarter of an
hour before day.
There are views which no pen can des
cribe, no pencil represent. Such was this
from the summit 'of Rhigi. We can only
refer to those who have seen it, who will
unite in saying that there is no spectacle in
the world more magnificent than the rising
of the sun upon the panorama of which this
mountain is the centre; from which a single
glance can embrace three chains of moms
t.tins, fourteen lakes, seventeen cities, forty
villiages, and seventy glaciers, scattered
over a circuit of a hundred leagues.
"I should have been terribly vexed," said
Jollivet, striking me on the shoulder, "if I
had been killed, especially by an English
man, before having seen this."
At seven o'clock we all took the road „to
Lucerne.
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At Lur o'clock in the ithernuon my new
acquaintance, Alcide, entered the room, at
clic moment I was giving orders for a boat
and boatmen to take me to Hanstad.
"Hold on," said Jullivet, "you are not go
ing away now? You know that I have an
account to sottlo with the Englishman, and,
as you aro my countryman, I thought you
would ho nay second."
"Bahl" said I, "I hoped you had furgotten
that ridiculous quarrel."
"Much obliged for your good opinion. A
man thro vs bottles at my head without ever
saying 'Look out!' and you think I will let
it puss, as if nothing had happened! Oh!
yuu do not know AlcideJollivot !"
"Well, bit down, at least; and let us talk
about it."
"With all my heart; but wouldn't you like
a little glass of kirschwasser?"
"Yee. I hav3 some excellent. Wait a
moment."
"No, no; do not move. I see it; an I here
aro some gasses. Now preach; I listen."
"Well, then, my dear countryman, do you
think that the insult you have given or re
ceived is serious enough to make it neces
sary that you should kill a man, or be
killed?"
"Listen to me," said Joßivet, supping his
glass. "1 am a good-natured follow, I would
not harm a child. I am not quarrelsome.
llow should I be, since I don't know how to
fight. If this had happened with a French
man, I should have said: 'The affair con
cerns only ourselves. Between countrymen
such things can be arranged. But it is
different with an Englishman, you see. In
the first place, I never could endure English
men; they murdered my emperor. With an
Englishman it is quite another thing. Then
there were Germans present, and Russians,
and Poles, and Americans. too, for what I
know; and they would toll in all ,the four
quarters of the world that a Frenchman was
afraid of an Englishman. In France, now,
one might bear something from a country
man, and it would have been nobody's af
fair but our own; but abroad every one of
us represents France. If this had. happened
to you, you would have fought; or, if not, I
would have fought for you. See, now: at
Milan, last year, there was a commercial
clerk from Paris who wanted money. An
Italian let him have some, and ho gave hill
note. It was not paid when it was due.—
The next day I arrived in the city. I heard
them talking against the French. 'Hold on,
there?' I said, 'ho is one of my friends.—
Ha commissioned me to pay it. I am two
days too late. It is all my fault; it is not
his. I stopped to amuse myself at Turin.
It was very wrong. Give me the note, now;
I will pay it.' "
"And did your friend reimburse you, on
your return?" ,
"My friend? I do not know him. He was
of the Rue St. Martin, and I am of the Rue
St. Denis. He traveled - for a wine mer
chant; I for a silk merchant. It was five
hundred francs tho less iri my pocket; but
the name of France was unstained."
• "You are a bravo fellow,""l•said, extend
ing my hand to him.
"Yes, yes, yes; I hope so! I have no groat
wit, nor much education. I cannot make
dramas like you,—l know your name; you
see—but no one can beat me in arithmetic.
I know that two and two make four, and
that a bottle thrown at thu head is worth a
pibtol-ball."
"Well, I 'believe you aro right."
"Ahl now you begin to see; but it was
hard enough to get the truth out of yop,"
j'he singular mixture of vulgarity of ap
pearance and manner, and elevation of senti
ment, in this young man, interested
was a type Lot apt to be found in any
other country than France, and I had never
had the opportunity. before to study it ao
closely. Besides the general interest which
.he inspired, I felt something of the curiosity
of an anatomist. It is with the dramatic
author as with the physician; he sees every
thing on the side of his art, and while the
feelings aro touched, the mind analyzes.
I gave my promise to be M. Alcide's etc
ond in this emergency, with a lingering hope
that the matter might be accomatodafed,
nd went to call on the Englishman, whose
name I learned was Sir Robert Leslie.—
They told me at the hotel that ho was in the
garden; and I went hither. I found him
fi:ing at wafers, which were posted. against
t'te garden wall, at twenty-five paces dis
tant. As he did not hear my approach, I
htd time to satisfy myself that ho. could
hit the mark at that distance at every
shut.
"I am haply to find you so employed," I
'said at length, advancing toward him, "the
ittie a ffair that I have on hand will be more
easily settled."
"Yes; you have come about the bottle, I
suppose. Very well! very well! I expected
you."
"Then the negation will not be long."
"On the contrary, it will be very short.
Your friend wishes to fight. So do I. My
second will be at your hotel to-morrow
morning at seven."
"Adieu, then, till I shall have the honor
of seeing you again."
"G )od day. John, reload my pistol."
informea Alcido how I found the bar
onet employed. rie received the informa
tion with much indifference.
"You do not ask what sort of a shot he
is," I redarked.
"I shall know to-morrow."
"But about yourself: let us see how it
will be if we have no choice of weapons.—
Takethis pistol; it is loaded."
"What for? What do you want me to
do?"
"I want to see how noir you can hit."
"Do not trouble yourself about that.-- . .
When we fight I shall be close enough to
him to hit him."
The second of Sir R )bert came to see me
at the appointel hour. As the offence had
been reciprooal, the conditions of the com
bat, as I had sorrowfully foreseen, had to
be decided by lut. As to the place a small
idand in the gulf of Kussnach was propOsed
and accepted.
Alcide emp10.70.1 the interval between the
visit of th_ second and the combat io rook.
ing an elaborate toilette fur the occasico.—
When he at length presented himself before
me, he wwe a cart with bright metal but
tons, striped pantaloons. and a cravat of
black satin, surmounted by a white collar.
"Go right book," I said, "and change
your Costume entirely."
"What fur? This is all bran new."
"Yes, you arc magnificent, I see; but the
stripes on your pantaloons, the buttons of
your coat, and the collar of yqur shirt, are
so many points to aim by. You must put
on a dark dress of a uniform tint; and as to
your caller, you must take it off altogether."
"But this will make us lute."
"Be quiet; wo shall bard time."
In five minutes he presented himself in
proper costume.
"Hero I am," he said, "just fit to direct
a funeral. I only want crape on my hat;
but we cannot stop fur that now. I would
not for the world that they should arrive
before us. But promise me one thing before
we start; that if the lot give us the right to
regulate the conditions of the combat, you
will accept mine."
I promised him, and we enteral the boat
which was to take us to the isle. We ar
rived a few minutes before our adversaries.
Sir Robert had expressly forbidden his sec
ond to make any concessions, and there was
nothing to be done but to cast lots. The
first lot decided for pistols, instead of swords;
the second for the Englishman's pistols,
which were familiar •to him, in place of
mine, which were equally unfamiliar to both
adversaries; the third gave us the regula
tions of the combat. I went to find Aleide.
"Well," I said, "you fight with pistols."
"Very well."
"Sir Robert has the right to choose the
pistols."
"It is all the samo to me."
"Now it is for you to porno the conditions
of the combat."
"Ab!" said Alcide, starting up, "DOW it
will be all right. I wish—do you bear? re
member you have promised—l wish that we
should march toward each other, with a pis
tol in each hand, and fire at will."
"But, my dear friend—"
"These are the conditions, I will not ac
cept any other."
I could say nothing. I was bound by my
I
promise., I repeated the conditiOns to my
i adversary's second, who went to find his
principal. After the interchange of some
words, ho returned, and said:
''Sir Robert accepts."
We began to load the pistols, when Al
i cid° took me by the arm:
"Let the other ono finish," be said, "I
want to speak to you?!
We stepped aside.
"I have no relation in the world; and, if
I die, there will be nobody to weep, unless
it is a poor girl, who Loves me with ail her
heart."
"Have you written to her?"
"Yes; hero is a letter. She lives in this
place: If lam killed you will give it to
hCr, if I urn wounded send for her to come
to me."
Ile gave me her address, and I returned
to our adversaries, who were now ready and
waiting fetus.
Ono of the most poignant sensations
which a man can experience is to see two
men, full of health and vigor, whO should
have both, long years to live, advancing to
ward each other, holding death ir. each
hand. In such circumstances, the part of
actor is, I believe, less painful than that of
spectator; and I am sure that the hearts
which in a moment might cease to heat were
less violently agitated than mine. I could
not turn my eyes from this young man, in
whom, two days ago, I saw only a jester of
rather bad taste, but in whom, at this mo
ment, I felt the deep interest of a friend.—
Ills hair was pushed back; his face had lost
the expression of trivial pleasantry which
was habitual to it; his black eyes, whose
beauty I remarked even then, were boldly
fired on his adversary; his half-opened lips
showed teeth firmly compressed against each
other; his step had loot its vulgar swagger;
he walked erect, his head high, and danger
had given him a dignity which I had not
suspected as possible in him. The distance
between them rapidly diminished. They
were at twenty paces when the Englishman
fired the first shot. Something like a cloud
passed over the face of his adversary, but
he continued to advance. At fifteen paces
the Englishman fired again, and stopped.—
Alcide made a movement as if about to
cacrmer, but still advanced. As he np
proached, his pale face assumed a terrible
expression. lie stopped a moment;• then,
as if not considering hitt:l3olf near enough,
he made a,other step forward. It was im
possible to endure this any longer.
"Alcide," I cried, "are you going to as
sassinate him? Fire in the air! Good hea
vens! Fire in the air!"
"It is very easy for you to advise this,"
said Alcide, opening his coat to show his
bloody vest; "you have not two bullets in
your body."
At these words, he extendod his arms to
the Englishman's head, and, blesv ant his
brains.
"There," said ho, sinking down upon the.
ground, "I believo I have done it; and it is
all over with me, too. 1 believe my accounts
are all right; but, at any rate, I have killed
ono of those rascally Eugliahmen who tour.
dared my E.nparca!"
The N eat
BY LIEUT. CqL. 11. B. ,LUDIStiN
To those only who hare long railed in
Ireland can be known the horror inspired
by a "process server,"--the abhorrence with
which these poor men are lo up m by
every Patlander. In this quiet and lerly
country, the m in placel in "possession" of
your property by the fJrnealities of the raw
is not only considered al the mere to .1 of a
superior power, but is often, very often, well
treated. Nay, con:deny goes co for, that he
is frequently asked, daring his forced s
j sum, to join in all the meals and other
comforts which the house affords. Not au
in the sister country. The unh eppy men
tient in to do this unpleasant duty is nut
onIPII-treated and nbused,hutuften becomes
the victim of murderous ferocity.
One of the most remarkable illustr. tions
of this feeling occurred some thirty years
ago in the county of Clare, when a gentle
man of high standing, good estate, and old
fatally, was so irritated, that, on his house
being taken passion of, be actually got up
in the middle of the night, and set it on fire
thus periling the lives of the two poor offi
cials in charge; That which, however,
makes the cue still worse, was the attempt
to cast the blame on the "men in postesion;"
from which charge, however, they perfectly
cleared themselves, and Mr. was fully
committed for setting fire to his own house,
a strange occurrence;•but several cases of
thus destroying the security of creditors
basing lately occurred, Sir Robert Peel
deemed it necessary to make it a felony.—
Mr. was the first party indicted under
the new act, and would have undoubtedly
escaped, had he not (as we have said) en
deavored to destroy two innocent men, bas
ing his accusation nu his own personal ob
servation. This was thought so horrible
that the law was allowed to take its course,
and Mr.— was hanged in Ennis, as an
example to deter those who would savagely
avenge their own irregularities on the heads
of thosairbo had never injured them.
This striking fact, however, seemed to
have little effect on the blood thirsty nature
of the Irish peasantry; for in the journal I
was now reading there was a dreadful ac
°mat of a murder oommitttad (or rather
discovered the day before) on two keepers
near KLUmallock. The bodies of the unfor-
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innate men were found in a small river,
about a mile from the farm house they were
supposed to be in possession of; and steps
had been taken to make it appear as if they
had perished by accident; but this belief
was at once destroyed b; '7.i•zir skulls being
battered in, and their faces so disfigured
with blows, that it was a task of great diZ
culty to identify them.
The account given by the farmer's family
was very clear, and the testimony of each
member of the circle agreed so,consistently
that their eridenco was scarcely to be
doubted. It appeared, from their statement
that two men had taken up their residence
in an adjitining barn, and that one of the
daughters had carried them their frugal
supper the evening before. They then
seemed well primed with whisky, and might
be supposed to be in possession of still
larger supplies of this intoxicating bever
age. The general belief of the family was,
therefore, that the two pour fellows, baring
got drunk fell asleep, and, on wuanig,
walked across the fields, to bathe themselves
fur the purpose of washing away their de
bauch; but, unfortunately, not being quite
sober, they had fallen in just where the
stream was most rapid and deep, and thus
fell victims to their intemperance. The
wounds on their heads they supposed must
h Ire Loon caused by being dashed against
some rocks, past which they had been car
ried by the stream,
The story seemol to the local authorities
to be 'somewhat improbable; but, on strict
investigation, they found the footsteps of
two mon clearly imprinted in several places
between the door of the barn and the river,
where they again appeared upon the muddy
and slippery bank. The whole house was
examined over and over again; but no wea
pon, no instrument of death, or cause of
suspicion, could be discovered. Forty-eight
hours were fruitlessly employed by the local
magistrates, the chief constable, and the
coroner, in seeking fur some evidence; but
all in vain. As a last resource, they wrote
to Vokee, in Limerick.
(Nall this—beyond the paragraph•in the
newspaper—l heard nothing till the entrance
of the chief constable, who arrived, bearing
the invitation to my intelligent relative to
attend. -
"Well, Mac, as they wish it, I'll go; but
you may depend upon it, it is us the people
say. These fellows got drunk, and slipped
into the river. I'll order my carriage di
rectly, and you and my relative here can
drive over with me."
I began to make excuses.
'Oh, don't be getting out of it! If you'll
come along we'll touch at —, and I'll
show you the finest stud of horses in Ire
land. Come don't be fancying that there is
any danger this time! lam only goingover
to see my brother magistrates.. By the by,
I'd like to introduce you to some of them.
There's no case of harm to any one here, is
there, Mae?" turning to the police officer.
"None in the world, Major. Sure, if
there had been anything, we would. have
discovered it without troubling you."
"'You're z ight; but as they ask me, we'll
Just run over;" and in half an hour more,
we were en route.
I confess I vvas not comfortable. Vokes
was Car too jovial to please me, and he
laughed at the idea of this murder so loudly,
and pooh-poohed it so strongly, that I felt
ha was not sincere.
When within three miles of Katmailock,
he, as usual, got out of his carriage, and
in moulted on horseback, making myself and
his officer do the same. To my surprise, we
found Sergeant M'Grath and six mounted
policeman waiting for him with his saddle
horses. The chief constable seemed more
surprised than myself. If there really had
boon a murder, a large force ought to have
been called out. If the death arose from
accident, surely no policemen were requ i
s' te. The major, however, made no remark,
and we trotted across the country,. followed
at a distance by the constable and carriage.
I adhered to my old ruts of asking oo ques
tions.
Presently Ac 3 cline in sight , of the old
farm house where the murder had been
committed. It was surrounded by (at least)
5000 persons, many of whom seemed
strangely excited. I could . not but feel a
sensation of terror as I looked upon the law
less body. I believe my countenance must
have betokened my alarm, for my relative
gave me a reassuring smile. lie then di
rected his sub to join the policemen, with
directions to bring them round to the rear
of the building, and jumping off his horse
motioned me to do the same. I confess
. I
did so with reluctance, and when I handed
the bridle to the boy, who had undertaken
to hold the animal, I must needs admit I
would have willingly dissuaded Yokes from
entering the crowd, who, as be appronched,
gave three grow for him—a welcome they
poured forth with all the venom of their
souls, fur many amongst them had reason
to dread his power. The major took off his
bat with a smile, and laughingly thanked
them, then plunged into the midst of them.
Yokes bad only a riding whip with him,
and this instrument he did not hesitate to
use, when any one attempted to bar his pas
sage, or press Lxv closely on him. Unless I
am egregiously mistaken, I read murder
and vengeance iu the eyes of twiny. But a
secret and unconquerable dread of the chief
magistrate, who boldly looked them in the
face, seemed to restrain them.
At length we critcrod tho cattar,e, lu
which a canple of magistrates ani several
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policemen loitered. These functionaries as
sured Yokes that, after a most lengthened
and minute inquiry, they could objain no
clue to the perpetrators of the horrhldeed.
Theillajor next interrogated the fanctily—
a"more intelligent circle ;. sever iseiyr izt my
life. They gave their evidence clearly, and
one of the poor girls burst into tears as she
told her story. She it was_Wlio,.had,last
seen the poor fellows, now lying dead is the
adjoining burn. Yokes, after hearing their
account, told them he bhould doubtlessly re
quire their testimony at the approaching as.
sizes in Limerick; to this the whole family
consisting of the father, mother, a son,-and
two daughters, readily assented.
lie then inspected the bodies of the poor
men, and, when a brother magistrate point
ed oat to him the probability of its Saving
been a severe accident, the chief magistrate
seemed to assent.
I uuw hoped all Iva.; over; but my relative
again turned into the 1101.180. After exam-
Min; again and again the rooms upstairs,
he returned to the spacious kitchen. Iles
about a dozen persons were as.eembled.—
The room itself bore a look of comfort --
There was a good clock. The crockery cal
saucepans were clean, and ranged along the
wall. A goose sat hatching her eggs beside
!he lire place. A largo house dog, appar
ently well fed, slept before the hearth. Is
was one of the cleanest Irish kitchens - I ever
MEI
Vukos suddenly called to a policeman:
"Putt that goose out of ber nest. That's
right. Take out the eggs. Ahl What is
the nest made of?"
"Some linen, major," replied the consta
ble.
••Let us see it, Maloney," and the next
moment the man held up a large linen sheet
- saturated with blood. It was now dry; but
there was no mistaking it.
Seize the whole family. Handcuff them,
and off with them to Limerick. You may
take my carriage if you like it. McGrath,
jump up stairs, and in the little room 'on
the right you will find two hockey sticks.—
Take care how you handle them, for there
is blood and clotted brains that must not be
rubbed off of them; and now, Mr. Martin I
think we have you," said he turning.to the
farmer. ‘.• No words! off with him."
"But, Major," interrupted one ..of the
local,magistrates, "Martin is a tenant• .1
mine, and a highly respeetatile. - man.
Be
sides, he is—" •••
"A murderer!"
"You are mistaken—lli bail him—"
"Faqh, my dear friend, you can't - and,
what's more, you giant. Ifrzn• wrong, Vll
take the blame. Egad, Harry,' I hero
them," said he, turning to me. "We'llohl
off before the people outside are isviarie of
it," and out we went. The people, however
seeing us without escort or 'prisoneri, Le-
Hayed that Voke's mission had failed, them .
No time however, was to be lost, and even
before we wore well out of eight of then,
their frantic cries showed that they had
learned our acts. •
On the subsequent triul, one of the sisters
having turned approver (or 119 we call it,
King's evidence,) deolared that the 1 . 14 not
only seen, but assisted in the murder.--
Drugged henvily with whiskey, the unsus
pecting men had knew fast ,ssleep, when the
eon and two daughters stole in with hockey
sticks (produced in court,) and battered out
their brains. They then tied their bodies
in a large sheet, and the father ano sockets:-
tied them to a spot at least a mileAlown-the
river, where they threw them in. A, fait.t
picture of this girl, who now withent shrink
ing described the assassination. and by her
proved evidence gave her whole family t.
the scaff,ll, I have elsewhere sketabel
before.
About 8:Z weeks after the above 1081/0 io
tile farm house, I was ordered out with my
troop al an execution party (a military duty
only, I believe, exorcised in Iraland.;)
was compelled, much against my. own u. ill
to see 01l Martin, his wrifevlis• daughter,
and his son, hanged over the gsteway.of the
new prison in Limerick.
Ta; Dorton or THIS Sz.i.- 7 0or investiga
tions go to show that the roaringvsevee and
the mightiest billows of the oceari, e repcie.
not upon bard or troubled beds, but upon
cushions of still water; that everywhere at
the bottom of the deep sea the solid ribs of
the earth aro protected as with n gsrmant,
from the abrading action ?f its mirreute;
that the cradle of its restless waves is lined
by a stratum of water, at rest; or souttarly
at rest, that it can neither wear nor move
the lightest bit of drift Cl:stance lodges there -
The uniform appearance of these microsczp
is shells, and the almost total absence
among them of any sediment from the sea.
or foreign matter, suggest most foroibly the
idea of perfect repose at the bottom of the
sea. Some of the OpCO/1120111/ are as pure
and as free from sea sand as the fresh fallen
snow-flake is from the dust of the earth.—
Indeed, these soundings almost prove that
the Bea, like the snow-cloud with, its flakes
in a calm, is always letting fall upon its bed
showers of these miuute stvellpaod we may
readily imagine that the wrecks which strew
its bottom are, in the process of age., bidden
under this nem ceVering, presenting the
rounded appearance Which is seen over the
body of the traveler who bar perished, in the
snowstorm.
The ocean, eapeoially within and tear the
tropics, swarms with lifo. Thu, tornaina
myriads of nriv,ing thinga arE conveyed
by currents, ini acatteterl titri lodged in
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