3ft« prafiwtfr gntdllgmw, Published evert Wednesday bt U. G. SMITH * CO H. G. Smith TERMS—Two Hollars per annum, payable In all cases in advance. Tub Lancaster Daily Intelligencer Is published every evening, Sunday excepted, at $5 per Annum in advance. OFFlCE— Southwest corner or Centre Square, BETTER Til AN GOI.DI Better than gradeur, better lhan gold. Than rank aud 11tlcs u thousand told, Ih a healthy body, a mind ateuse, And .simple pleasure™ that always please; A heart that can feel lor a neighbors woe Aud .■•hare his Joy with a genial glow, With sympathies laige enough to enfold All metros brothers, is better lhan gold. Better than gold is a conscience clear, Though toiling for bread in a humble sphere, Doubly blest with content and health. Untried by the lust and cares of wealth ; Lowly living aud lofty thought Adorn and ennoble a poor man's cot, For mind aud morals, of Natures plufl, Are thegenuino tesi uf a gentlen uu. Better than gold is a sweot repcse Of the sons of toll when their labors close; Better than gold Is the poor mao's sleep, 1 And the balm that drops ou bis si umbers deep; Bring sleeping draughts to the downy bed Whore luxury pillows his aching head ; His simpler oplala luoor deems A shorter road to the land of dreain«. Better than gold Is a thinUlng inh.d, That In the realm of books can llnti A treasure surpassing Australian ore, Aud Jive with the great and good of yore, Tho sage’s loro and the poet’s lay.j Tire glorl sof empires past awn., The worlds great drama will thus enfold Aud yield a pleasure belter than gold. Bettor than gold Is a peaceful,home. ’Whore all the llrrslde churl) les come. The shrino of love and ihe heaven of life, Hallowed by i. ol: er, or sister, or wile. However huiublu t o homo rnav be, 4_>r tried with sorrow ny heaven’s decree, '1 he blessings that never were bought or sold, And centre there, are better than gold. A IMHODY-TKE LEGACY. Tho following linen were found among Ibo papers of tho lain iteilrnond Cunningham : When in death I shall calm recline, Oh, lake my soul to my saviour dear, Toll him 1 lived upon hope divine Oftlio brighter i.tie while I lingered hv- : Toll him 1 shed no tear oi sorrow, On leuvjugji world m» lick Jo and llglil, ilrtnn Angel's gladly luriuw 'i'o bear mo mi my ui rial night. Wlion tho last, of my )lie Is o’er K'iro O -11, Henceloilb cun ulumv iriends or Kuv.ini dale, Still m»iy there he a frh ndjy.door, Whore weary travelers h.ve toerMl. TUoucu If sumo you in hH home loiHuki-n, Hocelvo Its kind Hid 111 passing along, Then lot one though! of our Saviour avv o.en Hlswarmisi pra.se in prayer and song. K< ep this li.llli Wli cii Is iMttaf. ! flowing. Wll h hope <>l I lea v- u win-re 1 may i eh' E»’c*r, oil ! ever ll* halm heKloivli g, On hei.i'Ls our ■ uvimir hath l>l< „t ; Now like hum • wki ni di- voted lover’ My souls Unp'iller.l lor lls Illgli l; Oh. then dear Angel no longer hover. But Jly wllli mu to the re dins of light. 'ittiscdlancmui. A GHt>bT STORY tlie rtmntom of' Dcuilmmir iou< r. At six o’clock one line autumnal morning, Seymour ami i stood on the deck of a London steamer, which wus easing, and slopping, and turning astern, and going on, ut her endeavors to Juy lieraeli' alongside the quay ol’ a foreigu town, without smashing any of the smaller vessels which were in her way. “ Upon my word, this is delightful,’' said my friend. “ The voyage has been a pleasure trip instead of a bore. J have had a good night’s rest, and feel as fresh as a lark, instead of being jaded, and anxious to get to bed, as usual, ou arriving at the end of a long journey. And Lheii_ono always gets a disappoint ing impression of a town by riding into it from a station, which is always m the worst quarter; win runs, look there! Why, it’s more like a scene m a theatre tliau anything in real life. I declare 1 will never go abroad by short sea-pas sage and rail agaiu if i can hely,it. Seymour is a “ .MVeil.” Ho goes to his 1 1 air-dressers sever.il times a week, sends back coats and trousers which do not exactly lit him, habitually wearsgloves, has a valet (ami pronounces llief j drives usmall phaeton, drawn hy two steppers, who are apparently always endeavoring to strike their own noses with their fore-legs; and altogether it is surpris ing that lie cares to he seen with so humble au individual as myself; sur prising, that is, to certain of my ac quaintances, not to me, for I know the j man’s real character, and that, lie con- \ sillers a largo income as a piece of good | .fortune, but no absolute proof of merit | iu the possessor. | Still, 1 was nitluT asLonishi-d when hu proposed to uivompany im» in my holid-uy trip. “A golden pitcher like you would smash my clay sides in a week, if wo mailed together,” 1 demurred “Not a hit, my dear follow,'’ -aid he ; “I want to do il cheaply. 1 low much money are you going to take?'’ Well, I will put exuoity the same sum in my pocket, and when wo are drained, we will come home. Will that do? It would do exactly ; that is just my idea Of comfortable Uuvelling. But. 1 suspected that, with my friend’s tastes anil habits, our funds would last but a very short time. “For iustance,” said I, “I always travel by boat from London bridge, ami so get out aud home again for less than a siugle fare by any other route.” Hu acquiesced joyfully, and on our arrival expressed himself as above. Certainly the voyage had been very prosperous, the weather line and warm, thesea assmoolh us glass, the passenger.-, few and rather amusing. And the old town lookedashusaid, charming ; quite a fairy city—all cathedral palace, and grand square, without back-slums, dirt, vice or crime; lit to be photographed as a model for scit-poU towns. Our luggage was examined, landed, puton a truck, and wheeled oil* to the hotel llxed upon, wo following on foot at our leisure. “ Let us turn luto the Place, and have a nearer look at the cathedral,” proposed .Seymour. “Every scrap of tracery looks as shurp and clear, in this early morning air, as if it were under a micro scope. Halloa! what’s that?” “ That” was a hum and a tramping, distant at llrst, then louder and nearer. When we entered the Place, we found groups scattered about; fresh comers were perpetually arriving from all the large open space, aud presently the head of the large crowd, whose march we hud heard in the distance, debouched upou the scene. In the centre of the square, a scallop! had been erected, around which all these people were gathering. .Seymour, a good German scholar, made enquires. A muu supposed to be an Kuglishmau, had committed a horrible murder, at tended, by circumstances of revolting treachery, aud ingratitude, aud his head was to be cut olf in half an hour at furthest. Now, Icertaiuly should nothuvegone out of my way to see such a sight; but being there, a sort of fascination bound me to the spot. As for Seymour, he was glad of the opportunity of seeing any of the foreign customs; ami since he had served in the cavalry during a bloody Indian campaign, it was beyond the power of a headsman to spoil his break last, even if the fellow bungled. Some of these languid, line gentlemen you meet in Pall Mall, and think effeminate, haveiseen, and done, audsuffered thiugs which could not be read by many of their ctiiics without a shudder. There were immense numbers of peo ple'present, but no crowd, iu the En glish sense of the word; fortheopenspace was very extensive, and the stage on which the tragedy was to be performed visible from every part of it, so there was no reason why the spectators should jam themselves together; and as they were free from that propensity to push to the front which animates all ranks and both sexes of the British, there was plenty of elbow-room, and a sensitive lady might even have fainted without being trodden to death' iu consequence. “ You will have an opportunity to see with what force the blood is always pumping through our arteries,” sa‘id Seymour. “Barbarous? not a bit. Far more humane than hanging, I take it. Curious, though, that they have never introduced guillotine in this coun try ; perhaps because it is French.” “I see no block.” “ They do not use one. The .culprit sits in that chair, and the executioner snicks his head ofl* with his sword as you would a thistle with your cane. But here they come.” It was with a Bickening feeling that I watched the executioner, the priest, and the,murderer-step on to the scaffold. The last was a middle-aged man, of light, agile form, and delicate features, relieved by black hair and moustache! He was in his shirt, which was open at the neck and turned back, and his arms were bound. To the hardihood which supports many a miscreant in his last hour, and enables him to “die game,” he could lay no claim, for his face was blanched with terror, he trembled in every limb, and was evidently nearly fainting. The mental agony of the poor wretch .addedso much to the terror of the scene •that I could bear it no longer, and I was A. J. Stein man VOLUME 70 turning to go, when an exclamation from my companion stopped me. Bey» mour was habitually so quiet, indiffer ent, and almost sleepy in his tone, that anything like energetic speech from his mouth was perfectly startling. I had known him from a boy, and never re membered his being excited before. I had seen him resisting the overcharge of an abusive cabman in the midst of a Derby row, and in many other situa tions calculated to stir the temper and set the tongue wagging freely, but his voice had never been raised or hurried. “ My good man,” he drawled on the Derby occasion, “ if you do not get out of my way, and keep quiet, I must hit you;” and presently he did so, effect ually, but quite coolly. So that 1 had come to look upon him as a well-dressed red Indian or dandy stoic, and half doubted at the moment whether the cry of surprise could possi bly have come out of his mouth. One glance at his face assured me of that, however; he was leaning forward aud gazing at the scaffold with parted lips aud straining eyes. “ Lend me your glass,’’Jiecried ; aud after looking through the binocular a minute : “ Yes, it is the man himself x no doubt about that. But there is one) thing Lwant to make out, and can’t/ Hero ; your eye 3 arc better than mine ; take the glass and examine his face ; it is turned this way now. Well, do you see any mark upon it ?” “ No. Yes, Ido ; there is a broad scar on his cheek.” “ Which check ” cried Seymour, grasping my arm so hard that he hurt me. “ The left,” I replied, “Then, by heavens, 1 have guessed right!” exclaimed Seymour, drawing a long breath. Atauother time, curiosity would have dictated a question, hut at tlmtmomenl the headsman begun to blind the eyes of his victim, and by astrunge revulsion of feeling, Leonid not now help watching him. ' Tho business was neatly done; one sweep of the large sword, and the plot ting brain was separated from the bad, cruel heart; the life-stream spurted up in one thick jet to the height of several feet, and ull was over. We walked to the hotel, which was close by; and after a bath and change, j I found that the scene I had witnessed had made less impression upon me than ,1 anticipated, ami 1 was quite readying a good breakfast. \. ■ When the meal was over, and we were | lolling in chairs in the pleasant court yard, I remarked on the singularity of Seymour’s landing on that particular morning in time to assist at the decap itation of un old acquaintance. “Yes,” lie replied, in his ordinary lone now, “most extraordinary thing that ever occured ; the beggar hud a try at my life once, ami I gavu him that sear. I was certain it could not be a ghost, because, if there were ghosts, I don’t, believe they can fire pi.-uols.” “ Was it in India ?” “ No; jn Yorkshire, or Lancashire; I’m not certain wliich. But I sec you wanL the whole story, so you shall have if, only don’t talk about it.” 11 hue August, some months ago, ivhen l' way in the cavalry, I gut two months’ leave of absence, and thought Ishould likesomeshootiug. .Not know* ing any one in iScotland tospange upon at that moment, I looked over the ad vertisements in Bell, and pitched upon one inserted by a Mr. Bamycn, who in timated that he was ready to provide 'hoard, lodging, ami grouse-shooting for a certain sum—rather a high one—but I was Hush of money at the time, and did not mind that—on one of the York shire moors. “ I wrote, agreeing to his terms, on the sole condition that thegame proved to be as plentiful as he represented ; and received directions how to lind Dead moor Tower by return of post. “ The nearest place of any importance was Halifax, and that was thirty miles oil’; so J slept there, ami started oil’early on the following morning in a gig, driven by the only man the people of the hotel could discover who hud the slightest idea whereabouts Deadmoor Jay. He got on very well while what they culled roads lasted ; but when we were well on the moors, ami had only tracks, which generally led toold quar ries, or places where turf had been dug, to follow, he was naturally rather puz zled. In fact, we only got on at all by asking our way at every opportunity, and as we rarely met any one to ask, our progress was torturous. Fortunately, the horse, though very deficient in speed, w;• s a wonderful stayer, and we did reacli the place we were looking for before sunset. “Tiie people who first called that tract of country Deadmoor, lmd a very fair idea of proper names, for a fitter place for a national cemetery L never saw. Of course, all moorlaud is wild aud desolate ; but it is generally broken up into steep hills; and a hill, some how, is always company, promising something new on the other side ; aud though the two sides sometimes prove to be very much alike, when you get to the top there is generally a good dis tal! t view from it; and at any rate you have the satisfaction of having got there. But Deadmoor was mostly table land, and tho undulations were too gradual to please the eye. Deudmoor Tower justsuited Deadmoor. By Jove! sir, it wus a leal tower, a regulur old fashioned roundabout place, with walls thick enough to make Armstrong’s moutli water; windows like loop-holes; aud a Hat leaden roof, with battlements round it. “The proprietor of this medieval place was a couple of centuries or so in advance of it, certainly ; butstill lie was very old-fashioned. Jlemetmo at the gate in the most courtly manner; in deed, I look him at first for a sort of heraldic butler, ami very nearly ad dressed him with : ‘What ho! seneschal.’ But, fortunately, he introduced himself as Mr. Bantyon before J hud time to say it. “ lie showed mo up to my room him self, was extremely anxious to mako m. comfortable, and apologized for every thing. “He was ojportly old gentleman, with gray hair, prominent eyes, and rather a weak, undecided expression of coun tenance, and lie was dressed like one of Seymour’s caricatures, in a short waist* ed coat—namely, cut very high in the collar—a tablecloth rolled round his neck for a tie, pantaloons and pumps. “ “When I was left alone, I inspected the room, the furniture of which would have set up a curiosity shop. It was panelled with oak ; and the heavy high bucked chairs, the table, the talf ward robe, were all of the same dark material. There was a queer mirror, composed of three pieces, set aslant at the fnrther end of the room, so as to reflect every thing in it in a distorted fashion ; and a pair of dueling swords were crossed over the high, carved chimney piece. But the bed, my dear fellow, the bed ! Why it filled half the rooqi, and must have been origiually intended for an entire family; the hangings were thick and heavy, and the top like that of a hearse. Just the bed to lie iu state in. “It was not altogether a cheerful apartment but I could hear the grouse crowing through the open window, aud that sound was lively enough to sub due auy amount of upholstering gloom. -.“lt was sufficiently up in history to know that my hostwas dressedjfor din ner, so I put on evenings things, and went down stairs. “ The table was laid in the hull, and as I had to pass through it to reach the drawing-room, I saw that the partv was to consist of three. Mr. Bautyen ?or a son? or another gun? “Neither. On opening the drawing room door, I was received by a charm ing girl of twenty or thirty—l never cau guess at the beardless dears’ ages while they have figures aud smooth eye corners—and Mr. Bantyen intima ted that he wa9 a widower, and that this young lady, his only child, kept house for him. t “ And very well she kept it too, a nice little dinner she gave us. A "capital manager she must have been, for every thing had to be fetched from a tremen dous distance, and a trifling slip of memory might have left the household without oil or Worcester sauce for a week. “ She was a little bit shy at first, but quite self-possessed, and evidently ruled the household, her father included. She was well educated; read thepapers and magazines, played the harp, sang, and was rather glad, I think, to have a civ ilized being to talk to. I have shot over moors in Scotland w “® : r ® the grouse was more plentiful, certainly; but Btill the sport was very J“‘ r » good en °hgh for my purpose. The old gentlemau went out with me every day, and shot very fairly, too, fflje Lancaster JlntcUuiciu'ci: “My host had procured me some partridge shooting at a few miles’ dis tance, so I stopped on, though the tower was not a very agreeable residence now. Dleteher was aii odious snob, aud Mr. Bantyen, instead of kicking him out of the house, was so weak as to let him bully him. “I soon saw that tho fellow was smit ten with bis pretty cousin, aud hated me worse than ever for flirting with her, which, of course, one was bound to do a little; and as she evidently dis liked aud feared him, and was glad to talk to me, in order to avoid him, I dare say there was a little apparent cause for ills jealousy. Besides which, the pres ence of a stranger no doubt interfered with his designs upon Mr. Bantyen’s purse. “My leave was drawing to a close, however, and as 1 intended to spend the last week of it in London, the time came for rue to quit Deadmoor; and ou the last night, an extraordinary thing hap pened—l saw the phautoru. “ It was a wet and chilly night, aud with that anxiety to make me comfort able which had actuated the Bantyens during ray stay, a fire had been lighted in my bedroom. The first fire of the season is always pleasant, aud I sat up later than usual to enjoy it. I wrote several letters, and then, wheeling my chair round to the hearth, I stirred up the coals, left the poker between tlie bars, lit a cigar, took up a book, and made myself happy. “ I was sitting with my back to that part of the room where the bed was, and consequently facing the queer old mir rer I told you of, which was set aslant at the other end. At aboutoneo’ciock, one of my candles began to splutter in its socket, and lookiug up in conse quence from my book, I saw reflected in the mirror the figurs of the Jesuit. [ have no more faith in spirits than a Sadducee,yetl was horribly frightened; so much so, that I was very nearly starting up. Fortunately, however, I kept my presence of mind, and ueitliej did that or stare at the glass, but put out the flickering candle, brought the other nearer to me, leaned back on my large arm-chair, aud had another sur reptitious look at the mirror over the top of my book. It was no fancy. There, close to the foot of the bed, not three yards behind me, stood the figure, in a slouching cavalier hat, aud wrapped in a riding-cloak, with buff-boots and spurs, a mask on his face, aud a pistol iu his hand. “Why the mask? I was reassured in a moment; it was a burglar acting the ghost, to frighten the household into non-resistance—nof the spiritual Father himself. Thepoker, which had been left between the bars of the grate, was now red-hot; I grasped the handle, aud began stirring the fire, at the same time whistling a tune. Then I drew a common chair toward me with my left foot, as if meditating putting my legs upon it, until I could get hold of the back with my left hand. “ These little preparations completed, I suddenly jumped up, and turned round, with the chair held before me as a shield, and the red-hot poker in my right haDd. “ Now, my ghostly friend,” said I, “just drop that pistol.” “Instead of complying with this rea sonable request, he cocked and levelled it at my head. “I instinctively raised my chair, and thrust the hot iron at him, touching him on the left cheek at the moment the pistol exploded. 1 1 suppose he escaped through a sliding panel or a trap-door; I know that I went over backwards, chair and all. The bullet had gone through the seat, and then grazed my temple, not doing any serious damage, but stun ning me fof a minute or so; so that when the household, alarmed by the re port of the pistol, arrived, they found me and the chair, lyiDg all of a heap, aud the poker burning a quiet hole in the floor. “Mr. Bantyen andhiß daughterwere excessively distressed; and the house with an antique Manton, which had flint locks * he could do nothing with a percussion gun. In the evening I played at piquet with him, or at chess with his daughter; and after a pretty heavy surfeit of balls and dinners, that little bit of domestic quietcameinmost acceptably. We Boon got very friendly together, and in a fortnight I was quite like one of the family, and Mr. Bantyen told mo all his private affairs. “ The family property had once been very good, but a succession of extrava gain possessors had mortgaged all that part upon which money could be raised, and the barren heath with its old tower was about all that was left. However, the old gentleman had not always been < quite somuchstraightened as he was at' [ present, but misfortune had befallen him during the last few years, the prin cipal bciug a scampish nephew of his dead wife's, who had got his unfortu nate uncle-in-law to be security for him iu some affair or another, and had then been guilty of a dishonest trick, which that unoffending relative had to pay. “You may well understand that I did not ask for auy details upon so unpleas* j ant a subject; so, whether this black j sheep had done anything which w r as ! absolutely felonious, I did not learn. | At any rate, it had cost Mr. Bantyen so ! dearly to get him out of the scrape, and then start him'off’ to America, where he was supposed to be ;at present, that he had determined to try and raise a little money by letting his shooting. “It was an evident relief to the old gentleman to tell me all this, for he was a hospitable soul, and felt uncomforta ble at taking my money. Sc, to relieve him, I told him anecdotes of rich men who let their shootings, and noblemen who sold their game. • “ September came, and the birds got wild, but I liked my quarter so well that i stopped on. “One evening, as weearne towards the tower, after a hard day’s walking, we met Miss Bantyen, who was in a state ofgreatagilution. “ ()', papa, .Raymond is here !” she cried. Raymond w’as the troublesome nephew who ought to have been on the other side of the Aliuntic. “ Boor Mr. Bantyen was very much perturbed by the news, and began apol ogizing to mu ; but I assured him, with . perfect truth, that I was fond of study ing different samples of ray fellow crea tures, and couuted several scamps amongst my intimate acquaintances. In truth, I have enjoyed the society of | ; many a man who, from his youth up, ; *has been a sourco of anxiety to his j . friends, but I never met a cooler card j i than this Raymond Fletcher. “ l did not much like the look of him; I missed the rolicking, reckless look of the genuine Mauris»itjc(. His expres sion was crafty, greeny, and malicious as well us impudent, and lie impressed one as being bad rather than mail “ Jle spoke of his unexpected appear ance as a good joke, and compared him self to a bad shilling. He did the honors ot the house, and attempted to patronize me. He tried likewise to impose upon me in the matter of the society he had mixed with, asking if I knew this man of the Blues, that man of the Jtitle Bri gade. At last lie mentioned one of my own reginn-nt, and then I had to shut him up. ‘‘ There must be some mistake, 1 ' said T. "I will not deny that you are the bosom friend of every man in jiositiou in every other corps in the service, if you say so, but none of the th know you, I am certain.” That cooled him a bit, and a miuute or two afterwards, I intercepted a look which told me that Ire honored me with his particular hatred. Nevertheless, ho rather courted me, and tried liis very best to make himselfagreeabie. “Have you seen the ghost ?” he asked me in the course of the evening. “ t luul thought something wanting in Deadmoor tower, and this question reminded me what it was. It ought to be haunted ; it was absurd that it should not be hannted ; and I at oucedemand ed her ghost of Miss Buntyen. Shetold me that there certainly was the usual spiritual legend connected with the old place. A Jesuit conspirator, priest and soldier, had been taken aud killed, af lera desperate resistance, in my bed room ; and witnesses, credible upon oilier matters, had declared that they had seen his spectre, enveloped in a cloak, pistol in hand in the fatal cham ber, and had been duly frightened into temporary insanity. “I suggested that the witness had taken too much liquor when they saw the ghost, and that after-illuoss might be delirium tremens. Mr. Bautyen smiled politely, and said it was possible; but though he considered that the Jesuit had been laid for several years, probably by getting out of purgatory, he evidently hud a latent suspicion that he really had haunted the place at one time. LANCASTER PA. WEDNESDAY MOUSING FEBRUARY 24 1-69 was searched, and a deal of fuss made— the most energetic member of the house hold being Raymond Fletcher, who did not indeed put in an appearance, but whose voice was heard at the front door intimating that he was going for the police. A 9 be would have agood fifteen mile ride through the rain and over a dark moor before there was a chance of his meeting with any member of the force, this readiness inspired with a sus picion which is now turned into a cer tainty. Raymond Fletcher lost his ; head this morning, au'd I burned the j left cheek of it that night with the j poker.” ( “ And did you leave Deadmoor Tower j on the following morning?” “Yes, indeed, I was glad enough to get away, I hate a fuss.” “ Ami what has become of the Bany tens?” “ I have not the remotest idea. We went abroad that winter, and I forgot all about them till this morning.” “1t was a queer adventure.” “Was it not? Well, I suppose we mustgoanddothe picture gallery. Shall we dine at the tablo d’hote to day ?” Chambers's Journal. The Organ Grinder. HV HESTER DAKVia It was only an organ griuder before the door—a grim, swarthy Italian, with an evil eye and cruel mouth ; and at his side a fair-haired creature whose fea tures looked blue and pinched with colth It was in a West Knd street, and be fore the door of an elegaut mansion. He swung the organ from his back, ami begau that exquisite little melodv, “ Rock me to Sleep, Mother.” A fair pale face looked down through , the closed bliud of one of the upper; windows, with eyes dimmed with con stant weeping. Hven now, great tears were swelling in their depths, and drop ping silently down on the sable dress, with its heavy folds of crape. She hud been stuudiug there, looking listlessly down into the street, seeing, without marking anything. She had followed the organ grinder’s passage across the street, saw him station himself before the door, and tlien had turned to some thing else with that vague wandering that comes with sorrow, ; I Tile plaintive notes, rose to her ear, i ami the quick up springing tears told | that they had found their way to the | heart. The fountain was touched, and the smarting woumi was made to bleed | afresh—aud a memory did it. A few j short weeks before she had stood in the i self-same spot, hearing the very air ; listening, not for the music's suke, but to please a goldeu haired prattler at her side who hud coaxed mamma to give the new boots, her special pride to the poor little girl with the cold shoes, whose little toes, showing redly through two great rents, lmd excited the warm hearted child’s compassion. The mother drew the little pleader to her heart, and telling her how useless would be the boots, gave her a warm worsted dress, and a pair of stout shoes; and to en courage her child's generous Impulses, left her to bestow them herself oil the poor little starveling shiveriug in the streets below. It was a beautiful sight, at which the angels mighthavesmiled; and the mother’s hearthad glowed with deeper pride, a deeper tenderness. “ Clasped to your heart in a loving em brace,”—the chorus rolled forth with thrilling power. .She forgot that it was but a street organ, whose music she would have turned from in disdain a I month before. The ikiusic seemed al* j most to speak to her, as the words j chased each other through her mind, j “ Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to ! sleep.” ;She had rocked her treasure, : clasped it to her heart for the last, lust j time; held it close till the white limbs grew cold and rigid beneath the touch of death; and even then her frenzied refused to release itself, and only when nature became exhausted, and she fell fainting to the floor, could they take the dead child from her arms. Days of dark delirium followed; and while her tongue called wildly upon them to leave her child, they put her darling from her sight—shut the little face, with its halo of golden hair, under the collin lid, and laid the tiny form in its last resting place; and when she awoke to consciousness and a sense of her Joss, a little grave in the cemetery was all that remained of her idol. ! Memory flew swiftly over the interval between—the drear, aching void—the lonely night hours, when, waking from sleep with a fitful start, she again seem ed to hear the sweet, childish lips call ing “ Mother! ” only the next instant to turn with a hopeless sigh from the mockiug fancy. The organ took up the strain again, this time with an added plaint, and the hot tears fell faster. Why should He take her child, precious to her as her own life, aud leave such children as the one below, to be brought up in misery and vice? And she looked, through angry, rebellious tears, at the little fig ure standing so patiently at the side of tiie organ that reached above her head. “Suffer little children to come unto me.” The words forced themselves into tiie wild tumultof thought likea holy bene diction, aud the angry heart softened. Would tiie .Saviour turn from that for lorn little one for the garb of poverty that covered the ah linking form—cust her ofl'for the wretchedness in wisdom ordered? Perhaps some mother’s heart would ache over her loss, just as did her’s over the baby-foruLiiow cold in dust. The very thought,five picture of another mother's pain aud desolation, struck a tender chord thut made her look with newly-awakened Interest at the child. She noticed the delicate, clean-cut feature ho unusual iu children of her class, and the laugled, curly hair, creep ing from undertheolu hat, and hanging on her shoulders in little yellow rings, just like the bright locks she had so often twined above the brow of her own child—her lost Ida. There were the very shoes, only looking poorer now, that once pressed Lho little dead leet, now doing service iu many a weary tramp, many a weary hour of patient standing, as the old organ wen t through ts round of melody—the shoe Ida hail given to the “ orgau man’s little girl.” Why should she not continue the lesson of charity taught ou that remembered day—again extend a helping hand to that little waif on the sea of humanity ? She might make one heart happier in this life. Kick iu this woild’sguods, but poor in the content and peace of mind which make u.p the heart’3 bappiuess, she would stifle the yearnings of her mother-love in deeds of charity," and find forgetfulness in seeking to lighten the burden of others. One more look at the shrinking figure, aud Mrs. Clifford had decided. Crossing the room, she pulled the bell, and a moment after a broad, good humored Irish face appeared at the door. “ Jane, there is an orgau grinder be fore the door, aud with him a little child, who looks as though she were half frozen. Bring her up to my room; I wish to speak to her. Tell her I will only her a few minutes.” “ Yefc, ma’am!” And honest Jane closed/the door softly behind her with a murmured “Bless her kind heart! She ain’t took no notice of anything before since Ida died. It’s been asorry enough house since that day. And she heaved a heavy sigh as she passed down stairs. Mrs. Clifford watched the man motion the child toward the door, saw her leave liim and a moment after reappear; and then, by her earnest manner, and the quick passage of his eye over each win dow, knew that she was repeating Jane’s words. His approving nod told her success, and she again ascended the steps. It was singular, considering how de spondent she had felt but a few mo ments before, with how much interest she watched for the child’s coming. She soon made her appearance, shrink ing close to Jane’s side as she entered that elegant apartment, that seemed like some beautiful dream to the child, who had become used to bare walls and carpetless floors; and when Jane drew her into the room, she advanced with bated breath, and feet pressed gingerly on the rich carpet, as though fearful that the little torn shoes would crush the bright flowers beneath. “ Thank you, Jane, I shall not need you now ” And when the door had closed behind her, she drew the shy, shrinking figure to her, saying, gently, in that sweet voice habitual to her; “Do not be afraid, my child, but tell me your name." “Jessie, ma’am.” And the blue eyes ventured to raise themselves to the kind face above hers. “ That is a nice, pretty name, and is thatyohrfather with the organ, Jessie?” “ Oh, no Ema’am l’’ she answered quickly, and with emphasis, her lip trembliDg. “ He is some relative—your uncle, perhaps. Come Jessie, I want von to tell me all about yourself. I love little ; SBSrS&SF ““ sewHaor &sB*cs&3r# swas!susssas ‘lt wii tI, P llttlP w. t h Uaky . V °‘f ’ gIiD S “ob, emiing in a tempest of el a- the froek !nrt CU t r S Wh ° mor -’ Iu ever y lull of this “form was used m tin nfeHeave d n ss -, Mam “ a hoard the shoutiug of the rival Show, ““tied U th.i i ,ea ‘ ho3 f e f wdo “on. •• Mermaid !” cries oue exhibi vouffittie eiii y t why , ll; to ° k tor. wit b a derisive laugh, as he keeps ma'am ” And fhf U P fl runaia S commentary upon his ma am. And the ejes looked with rival's announcements "Well whe tearful sympathy in to here Thewords ain’t worth much, thom-h you but-her were simple but the mother’s love in by the pound, aid weigh her ii e “ ' VeUed UP St tb6 ° WD ' Vby d °“’‘lit the „ "Peri S a P Tje“sie. He knows what is M bu best." And with assumed cheerfulness with the P rbeuiuatiz a slttiu’ so long iu she asked, Where is your mother, her wet small clothes. Lei’s see what’s « l“f ,mw ” “ U “ e ab ° Ut J '° Ur ' uext ’ 0h! a Saodwidge Islander as “\r,T.w „„„„ . , I will eatrawmeat! And who wouldn’t'.”’ “ LfhS dloH P^‘ ) let 0 — fhia query he addressed to the crowd me just before she died, thatshewanted —"and be clad to net it these hard me to always be good. Ido try, bull times?" Thfsspeech ls reWarded bv a feel TOineUJtes that I wish I might die B hout of approbation from tiie crowd, her i 1 ? everything but with the majority of whom “meat at aud B sobbedTloSd h ' ‘ hef llandS aDy price” would form an appropriate i> wmq niMfui t n *p i , motto. “Gentlemen aud ladies !’’roars midnTho nlvf U , t le effort ? 10 anotller showman. "Ladies fust!" irf fni l i » .°? nt ‘ Uf:r lier from the crowd. "Ladies and gentle fe ~ w i. ™ ttttempt l ? S“On- men ! Walk up ! and see the bootiful We were very poor; and the day Maid of Cir Kasber, orig’nally the fa after mamma died, the organ man came vorite Sultanev of the vreat Sbam to me and asked me if I would like to S""„tarv She was rescufd from lrn go about with him and take the pen- captivation by a noble English gen uies He said he would give me my tleman, who brought her over to W t il^ JaB ', Cdidu t have any. tllls country, and atlerwards " where else to go ; and bo, after they put “Sold her to nav " t».uh 1 matnma away, I went with him. But i n the first showman, amid a shout 1 oi maau,ltiss o coldoiUulld a y;and 0 f laughter.” "What ’ave you got ‘‘ 8 n T e „7,"“ S V om n■ m . e r“! and i I t 0 Bho ' v a B iD ’ her ’” askß “bowman know b r°t!d lf he only number two, with Increased anger, miiid i d ? 0l t U b ? r , face "What! Everything in the world that’s p,l ,! ed S , in. „nfd * wlnd °"'; coorious and atrange.” Then, address ‘ ing the mob, who with great linparti witb'n! 11 A ! J ber kind heart filled alityapplauds bothspeakersalternately: rnk, ' ' s ' ““b o thought o the "Ladles and gentlemen, I will now) unkiiidness practiced toward that lone- introduce to your notice the celebrated !y and deienceless little one. Jim Panzee, or Wild Man o’ the Woo,ls. ,ii, > laa ' ultt K av ? fb's to me when she He will be brought afore you for a few ed. ft he wouldn, t sell it when we seconds loaded with chains, hecos’ of i f 1 ?. 1B ° d n )P never to bis uutameable fee-rocity, and then *"* ViTi 0 *! m i° r taken back to his cage, where all who hnu/ini bfpwing a littleJocket from her would witness his'auiusiug tricks, and bom "' V'? i ald /-Vf - M p- Clidord a subject him to a nearer inspection, can . ‘ A far ’ g i' rl9b ,w? looked ol,t doso by mountin' theladder, and payin’ hei from one side with the wavy hair their money.” There is a lull of exptc ai d blue eyes of Jessie, and in thecther tation, speedily followed by a burst „f y . aCe ’t W {, th cI T, CUt ' “PPlause, naan individual, liemetrically .I t-ratic leatures, and she could see sealed in a hairy envelope presents him then Irom whom thechild inherited her self upon the putforiu. Ilouudhis wai.-t uncommon delicacv ot countenance is a broad belt with enormous chains „v, T„1 and mamma's Pictures,” she attached, the ends of which are firmly it tl,nm,h d ,in ,uui grasped by two herculean strollers, who ii ™^ t a y . dack 'P d f. r bund. show such unmistakeable signs of an re3tore d it to its hiding place with ( xtreme trepidation, that the cll'ect upon !, „ l ? ta , rt ’-, aS the bav,ag I,lay Ti thespectators is tremendous. " There !” , i, br «' U^ b "I r P und of tunes, returned r SU y S tbe triumphant showman, " look to tstel m el °(i y . ut that! It’s a sight you don’tseeevery T- : lamafraldh Sr, lH da y-'’ Aa there is no denying this as er> ongrj. \uu seem so much like aertion, it is rewarded with a shout of UiTnv ” “ mma thatl forsot every ‘ applause. “Thisree markablecreetur,” v r , iii i , . . , , he contiuues, pointiug to the gentleman 1 ™; C J d[r ° rddl ! but looked in the hairy envelope, "is the famous -tint a moment in deep thought. jj m p allzee| or Mau Moukey, as lives Jessie, come to-morrow and brmg j n a f orea t of h'oax, one of which lie the organ-man, as you call him, with pulls up every morning fur a walkin’ dp, 11 h ,T- be he , re ab ° utthls stick. He has the strength of twenty lime without his organ. Iwant to see men, builds hlsseif a house of branches, you both Do not let him know what acd sit 9 on the roof day aud night has passed ( between us if youlean help to keep it from ’ blo A aw b ay it; and if he scolds you,give him this,” whicll ” how 9 hi 3 unco mmon sagai aiid s lie drew a sovereign from her purse. ity . He leads a grimgarious life in Idono tluuk he wUI refuse to come; tho moßt dissolute? places, an’ dies a but if he should, you must hud your way solitary death iu tLe buzzuii of his fam uere alone. The creature is supposed to be a i tv, ma am, I ahan t forget; man ju his wild state, but this is re jected by the public at large as uncom plimentary to humanity." “Can he tark,"asksa ‘gentleshepherd,' from the crowd. “>To," replies the showman, “ he expresses bis-self by signs, aud is intractable to all but his keepers." “ Takohis head oil', eomeof ye !" shouts one of the rival showman. “They’ve sewed the poor man up so tight that lie can’t breathe." “That’s a Jie!" cries, with a startling suddenness, the irascible and iudiguaut Chimpanzee, atthesame time springing to the end of the plat form, hestretenes over the rail, and deals the last speaker a thwack that rnduces him to display an agility and utter a howl that would not have disgraced the monarch of apes himself; but swift to the assistance of his leader comesone of his spangled warriors, and, bounding up on the rival platform, he belabors the man-monkey with the speaking trum pet he carries, till the unfortunate crea ture is as uncomfortable iu hishairshirt as anymonk;of the Thebaid. Not slow are other combatants to join the fray, aud rushing up the ladders comes the mob, roaring aud irresistible. The can vas paintings that adorn the booths are rent in shreds, a portion of theboarding is broken iu, and, as the number of the .rioters increase, the platformitselfbe gings to crack, and among the cries of the men, aud shrieks of the women, slowly to give way. The rush up is now changed to a rush down the ladder, but the pressure agaiust the rail iu front of the platform eueh moment increases till several places and precipitates nearly a dozen persons, the owner of t lie Chimpanzee among the number, to the ground. “ Stand away from him ; give him air!" “He’s dead!" “Nouhc beant—he be a nigh it tho’ !” “ Carry him to the Norfolk Arms!" A dozen hands now lift, gently lift, the old showman from the ground, he giving no indication of life either by word or sign. The sad procession then moves slowly through thecrowded fair, the mob, even where it is most thick, making ready way. The loud hubbub subsides for the moment Into something like silence as the body is borne along. Suddenly the lips of the before seemingly lifeless man part, und lie murmurs a word, but mur murs itso faintly that those around have to bend down close to catch his meaning. Itisbutone word—" Joe!" “That’s his son! He’s gone to see the great folk going into the Bail at the Assembly Booms." “ Fetch him. and bequick !" And with a little courtesy that showed how careful must have been her train ing at some time, she passed from the room, closely followed by Mrs. Clifford, wiio watched to see her down the stairs, and then re-entered her room and went to the window in time to see the dark frown of displeasure on the man’s face vanish in an avaricious smile as he clutched the money the child extended to him. Jessie’s parting glance up at her win dow was seen aud remembered even when Mrs. Clifford’s head had sought her pillow. iShe had a long talk with her husband that night, in which she made him acquainted with Jessie’s his tory, &ud her desire to adopt her. Never refusing her slightest wish, how could he deny her that which would weau her thoughts from the past?—and though a great pang went through his heart.at the thought of another occu pying the place of his lost Ida, he pressed a tender kiss on his wife’s forehead as lie gave his consent, and she never knew what it cost him. Many times next day she found her self wondering whether or not the man would come; and she worked herself into a perfect fever of excitement. She knew that the child was an advantage to him, for many would bestow a few pennies for her sake, who might other wise turn away ; and yet, might he not, by giviug her up, hope to reap a still greater advautoge. He knew that she had not been chary of her gifts thus far. Aud so she reasoned while she waited. Aud yet she was surprised when both he and his little companion made their appearance. Shenoticed the quick Hush of delight which over-spread the face of the child, and her heart warmed in stantly. Without any preface, she in troduced the subject, stating her wishes. He listened to her, and then began in a complaining, whining sort of a way to tell what an expense she had beeu to him, ami then directly contradicted himself wit li the statement that he could not get on without her. Mrs. Clifford stopped him instantly with the assur ance that he should not suffer; she would make the matter right ill that respect, and she named a sum for re signing her that made his eyes sparkle greedily, and instantly won his consent. There was but one tie that linked Jessie to the old life—a lock of hair and a few simple relics belonging to her mother; and when these were removed from the miserable little room that had been hers, aud a farewell visit paid to the spot where that mother’s life had gone out, the last link that bound the past with the present was broken ; and when Jessie took her place in her new home, it was as the adopted daughter of the wealthy Mrs. Clifford. An Anecdote of General McClellan The St. Louis Republican relates an anecdote of General McClellan, upon the authority of an officer of high rank, in the regular army, which reveals his character in its brightest aud purest colors. “ Our informant ” says the Re publican,“ was with General McClellan in his parlor at Washington one evening, when Pope was falling back upon the Capital pursued by the troops of Lee and Jackson. There came a ring at the bell, and the servant opened the door and announced the President of the United States and General Halleck. McClellan rose, received his visitors and conducted them into an adjoining apartment. They remained but a few moments qnd then departed. McClellan turned to a friend and said quietly : *S , I am in command of the army again.’ ‘Gen eral,’ replied the other, ‘I hopeyou have not accepted it withoub-proper guaran tees,” meaning pledges that there shoud be, no more executive interference in military operations. ‘Sir,’ was the re sponse, ‘when the President of the United States tells me with tears in his eyes that I am the only man who can take command of the army and save the country, it is no time to ask for guarantees!’ At daylight the next morning the General and aid-de-camp were in their saddles and off for the field.” Believe and Live. I desire to bow myself before the will and wisdom of God; but I find that, without a hold on Christ, there is no hold on God at all. I fear that I have not averted enough to the reception of the gospel as the great intiatory step of our return to God. Let us work as we may before, this, we may widen our distance, but certainly not shorten It; and till the tidings of great joy be sim ply taken in—not till credit is given to the plain word of the testimony—not till we believe the Word,nottill we are per suaded by the promise, and so embrace them—are we translated into the van tage-ground of reconciliation with God; this entrance into holiness.—Dr. Chal mers, In Florida the orange trees are sprouting out again, and are rapidly" recovering from the etiects of tne late freeze; but the lemon, lime, guava, and alligator pears show no signs of life. I From tLe London Era j The Fall of the Curtain. UY WATTS PHILLIPS. In a small room with a sloping roof, upon a truckle-bed covered with a tat tered patchwork counterpane, a true emblem of his chequered Jife, lies the oldshowman. The blankets and sheets have been removed by express order of the landlord. At the bed’s head stands the Chimpanzee, while on either side are grouped confusedly such members of the troupe as can be spared from the show to attend theiruufortunate leader. Suddenly the painful stillness of the room is broken by a wild cry, and, bursting through the circle around the bed, a boy throws his arms about the dying man, who, as though the sound had called back the retreating life, opens his glazing eyes, and gazes into the little face bent over him, then a Emile slowly brightens on the stroller’s lips, as with an effort lie places his arms about the child’s neck. “It’s‘.ltitle Joe!” he says, “my little Joe!” The boy answers by O'sob. “I’ve been, a-waitin’ for you, Joe,” Here the door is again thrown open, and into the room a little man in full eveoing dress, wearing upon his self-complncent and closely-shaven countenance an expres sion scarcely in accordance with its usually stereotyped amiability. This Is the doctor, whom half a .score of clamorous messengers had summoned from the County Ball at the Assembly- Rooms, opposite. “Well, and how are we now?” says the doctor, jerking out the words more from habit than any other feeling, as he approaches the bed side. “We’re purty well, thank’ee,” says the Champanzee, who took upon himself to reply for the company, “and much obleeged to ye for axing; but it’s my unfortinit mate as requires your intentions.” The doctor stares in some surprise, not a little mingled with alarm, for, as we have previously mentioned, the Wild Man in the Woods still retained his hairy costume. “ Get out of the way, boy,” says the doctor, as he stoops over the old stroller to make the neces sary examination, pushing little Joe aside as he does so. “Don’t send him away, sir,” pleads the Bhowman, faintly. “ We shall soon be parted far enough.” Is he your son 5 ?” asks the little brisk man, somewhat more mildly. “Yes, sir.” “Is there any hope?” “Hope?” repeated the doctor, in his sharp, quick tones. “ Why, no—yes—that is, there’s always hope while there’s life, you know. Internal hermorrhage; bad, very bad case.” Descending the stairs the doctor is followed down by the Chimpanzee, to whom he gives a note to deliver to Mr. Bplint, his assistant. “He'll come himself with the medicine, and stay here till the case Is over.” “Over!” “Well, under, if you like It better. Ha! ha!—ahem! Very bad accident, very.” “ I know’d there was no hope,” groaned the Wild Man, “ when I seed him down and half ; the fair a-tumbling a top of him.” !“Scarcely fair play, that! Ha! ha! i ahem! —but do, no, thank you, my good i fellow, for the mau, after much awk j ward manoeuvring, was striving to j thrust a few shillings into the doctor’s i hand. “ Keep your money—quite un : professional to refuse a fee, but | quite right under the circumstances.” And after re-adjusting his toilette, the little doctor skipped merrily j across the road, as though those | terrible words, sickness and death, had j ceased to have a meaning in our lan j guage. The showman had dropped oft’ into a sleep, or rather lethargy, for he j was evidently sinking fast, and as quiet I had beeu strictly enjoined by the I doctor, the (careful Chimpanzee gave ! the sobbiug boy a rough admonition with his foot; this being unattended to, lie took him by the collar and led him to the window, telling him “ to give over if he couldn’t do it softly.” “ You ain't no feeliug to go takin’ on in that fashion! It’stimeeuoughtomake a row at the funeral, for then you can’t wake nobody with your bulla halloo.” “Let me stay here!” sarid the boy, in a tone of mingled entreaty and riereeness. “He shan’t hear me. See, I can do this when I'm going to cry too loud.” Ami he bit liis lips till the ftesh grew* white and then crimson beneath his sharp teeth. “You’re a good little chap,” said the man, with more kindness than he had yet displayed, “and when the old 'un’s gone,” he jerked his thuirO backwards in the direction of tbe bed, “ you shan’t want a friend so long as I’m to the fore. Ou’y keep quiet, au’ call uie when lie wukes; I’m going to take a whitf of ’bacca outside tbe door; I feel quite faiut-llko for wan tof it Besides, should be rouse up all of a auddent au’see me iu this queer toggery, he might take me for somebody else, which is a reminder us noueof us requires atsich momenta.” : With this ambiguous speech tbe (’him | pan zee, after taking from the showman’s pocket (whose outer-clothing had been I carelessly Hung upon acliair) a pipe and 1 tobacco-pouch, quitted the room. Little Joe had turned away towards the win dow, and remained with his forehead pressed against the glass, down which iiis tears were silently dropping. Be neath him was the roar and tumult of tlie crowded street, the Hashing of car riage-lamps, and the glimmer of passing wheels. Opposite to him were the As sembly Rooms, brilliantly lighted, anil through the windows of which he coQld see the dancers—beautiful women aud elegant men—moving in whatappeared to him to be au endless maze, an inex tricabJe confusion. Streams of life, llowing gracefully as waler, weaving and interweaving, gliding apart, only to meetngaiu in some yet more exqui site combination of grace and motion; the whole governed by the breadth of the music that came to him iu gushes. At last astrauge fear came over the boy; he listened eagerly for some sound—the prolonged silence farmed him. He crept away from the window, and on tip-toe approached the bed; he looked eagerly into the white and ghastly face i that, to liis disordered fancy, seemed I almost luminous a*mid the darkness I around, for the doctor had so placed the | cundle that its rays no longer fell upon : the bed. He bent down and watcned ! for u tremor in the eyelids, a movement of the lips, a stir in the shadows about the mouth. He listened for a breath — not one came; aud the dew of fear j hung in beads on his forehead, aud lay i cold ou his cheek. He sprang erect, , , ami was about to scieam to his ; ! father to utter one word, but one, to 1 give assurance of life, when the breath [again passed through the parted lips, ! the breast of the wounded mau heaved, and respiration went on slowly as be -1 fore. The poor child listened for a mo -1 ment, then, from very thankfulness, covered his face with his trembling hands aud wept aloud. At this moment the door of the room opened, and sev eral members of the troupe entered; while, as if in mockery of the sad scene, a burst of lively music rose up from the street. With a suddenness that made those around the bed recoil, the old showman shook oft' his lethargy, and started up as again the music rose like a wave, and broke with a crash against the winnow. “Play ’em out! Play ’em out!” cried the old mau, in a loud and joyous voice. “If it hasn’t been a tip- top performance it’s been a honest one, aud they’ve had their money’s worth! They’ve had their money’s worth ! He fell back, and the red stream of life came bublicg to his lips; authe same time the music ceased ami nothing was heard but tbe tram pling of many feet. “Jt's all over !” he murmured, “All over, Joe! Ring down thecurtain !” And when the clash and the clamor of the music sounded again, the curtain had descended betweeu the poor old showman and his late audi ence for ever TrlclilniMN—Two Denthu In Now York CUy—Eight Cnera from One lloiiho. ()u the 21st of last .Innuarj- there was ad mitted into the New York Hospital a U»*r tnan sailor who gave his name as John Wnbka, and who was suffering from what appeared to bo typhoid foyer, ullhough, as the case progressed, certain symptoms were developed which were very puzzling to the physicians. On Wednesday last it began to be suspected that the disease was trichi nosis instead of fever, and the attending physician gave orders to have a smull piece of inusde removed from the patient's shoul der, and examined microscopically. Tin* next morning, however, the man was so low that it was not deemed advisable to make the incision, and on the eveningofthe same day he died. On Friday, an|examinalion of the la >dy was made. No traces of the lensions characteristic of typhoid lever were detect ed, but tbo muscular tissuo was found lo be full of Trick,no: spiraled. It was 100 laio to ascertain where he came from, his “per mit ” from tlie Custom House (on winch a sailor is always admitted this hospital) giv ing, of course, no due us lo his place of residence. On {Saturday another Herman sailor, named Robert Campbell, whs ad mitted, and Ins symptoms pointed clearly to typhoid’fever, for which by was accord ingly regularly treated. Last Sunday eve ning In* complained of severe pain in tin* Imck, and there was found to be consider abi-tenderness in all the muscular part** of his body. He was then ones' jotted hs to whether bo had ever been in Hie habit of eating raw meat, and replied that in the boarding house at No. ;> Carlisle ntrt-*.t, where he hud been snipping, they were given uncooked sausage two or three times a week, and raw ham on Sundays, of both of which be had partaken, By ihe per mis-ion of the patient, an incision was made in his shoulder, nnd a piece ■ of muscle was removed, examined micro-, scopienlly, and found to be full 'of tric/u • >ur. He was then asked whether any one ! else in this boarding house had been sick, and replied that the landlord, the landlord's wife, me bar-keeper, the “ runner,” and three other sailors beside himself had all been ill. It was also ascertained from this man, that the landlord, landlady, aud bar keeper were still at No. o Carlisle.street, that two of the boarders had been brought to the New York Hospital about a fortnight be fore. while the third was taken to the Brook- Ivn Hospital on Thursday last. Hesaid that h-could not give the names of these men, but ■ believed he could recognize them, and on being shown the body of Wobka, lying in the dead house, at once, identified u as the corpse of one of his fellow-boarders. Yes terday afternoon a visit was made to the < 'arlisle-st. house, which seems to be one of the hot of its class, and the correctness of Campbell’s s’atements was definitely con firmed. Tbo landlord, landlady, and bar keeper were but lightly attacked, and all three soon recovered and are now entirely well. The runner, named Peter Nelsou, n«xt fell sick, ami was tuken to the New York Hospital about the time Wobka was taken there. A day or two later, another boarder, John llasmorson, was admitted to the same hospital, and on Thursday last, Bliil auotber, a man named Hamann, was taken to the Brooklyn Hospital. On ex amining the records for the past month, it was found that Nelson was admitted on Jan. 10, suffering apparently from typhoid fever, accompanied, however, by certain puzzling symplons, and that lie died 1J days after his admission ; no one suspecting that he was a victim to trichinosis. The patient Kasmerson, who was also supposed to have been suffering from typhoid fever, is so far convalescent as to be able to walk about the ward. On closer examination, last evening, the history of bis case was found to point so clearly to trichinosis as to justify an incision, to which the patient readily consented; and a microscopic exam ination revealed tho fact that his muscles were thickly studded with trichina q which he will doubtless carry lo tho day of his death. It appears from* the above statement that there have been in this city at least eight cases of this disease during tho last month, all traceable to the same source. Three of these were readily oured,'*one of the patienis is convalescent, one(Cumpbell) will probably recover, and two (Wobka, the sailor, and Wilson, the “runner,”) have died, while nothing has been learned of the condition of tho man at the Brooklyn Hos pital; NUMBER 8 Harder or Kx-NcnAfor McConnell—Par ticulars of the Crime—Verdict of the Coroner’s Jury. The Hon. Murray McConnell was assasi nated on Tuesday, in his own otllce, at his residence in Jacksonville, Illinois, at 10 o’clock on the morning of the IHh iust. The boldness of the deed was only equaled by its barbarity. A slung-shot or some simi lar instrument was used, though no traces of it beyond its marks upon the person of the deceased could bo found. There were several fearful fractures of the skull upon the temporal and occipital bones. Great force had evidently been used in indicting the wounds. The General was in his usual health, and was preparing to take the 11 o’clock tram for Springfield. A few minutes before hi> assassination he had been at his front gate observing Tom Thumb's chariot ami ponie*. No persons were seen either to enter or leave his premises, and the whole affair is shrouded m mystery. His wife and a ser vant girl were in auother part of the house, wheu, hearing a noise, as of th a slam ming of a door, they went to ascertain the cause, and lourni him lying on his luce upon the iloor. It was supposed that he had fallen in an attack of uppoplexv, as he hud felt some indications ot this disease a few days previously. The servant gill ran in haste to the First National Rank for his son Maj. George McDonnell, the Cashier of that institution, ami informed him that his father had Jallen again, as lit* did a couple of weeks ago. The Major hastening to his father found him bleeding at the mouth, nose ami eyes, but on theex citemeut of the occasion did not observe I he wounds on his head. In a few moments after Major McConnell arrived the General died, having been totally unconscious and unable to speak since the assault was made upon him, no clue could he discovered "1 the murderer. Gen. McConnell was one of the oiliest citizens of central Illinois, mid had perhaps taken a more active pml in its political history than any otlu r 1 i ving man. Ho wtas a man of decided ability, ready wit and considerable scientific and htcinry at tainments. lie was a successful lawyer, having been the associateof Raker, Lincoln, Lamborton, Douglas, and others of like character. He was u puriicipuni in the Rlack Hawk war, and shortly alter was elected'Representative in the Legislature. ’roni to lstJS lie was a memner of ihc Senate of Illinois. Coder Muchatmn lu> helii tho olUco of Fifth Atuliinr <>r the Treasury. Probably ( »<*n. McConnell ivhh better acquainted with tin* early htMurv ■»! Illinois than any man who mu-ivedcd bun, having entered the Stale a** early as 1 I It is much to Ue regretted that bo has m i prepared a book on the early Hculeinent ut tho West, which he had been requested to do. He had amassed a fortune approach ing a million of dollars, aside trom his claims to S-I.uOO.fH'O worth of property in Chicago. He had declared that hu would make his will this Winter, as lie was 7- years of age, and did not expect to live much longer, but whether he bad done so at the time of his death ts unknown. He had intimated, on several occasions, that ie would dispose of his property in a dif ieront manner from what people would suppose. His daughters, of whom ho had two—ono being the widow of the late Sen ator McDougail, and the other the wile of’ his brother, John McDougail—both reside in New York. They were his favorite children; and, as between the sons, ho had manifested a decided prelereuce for Georg.*. Ilis claim to the Chicago property lie had already made over to his daughters. The person of the deceased had not been robbed; his watch and money were there; but a note lately due, and known to have been unpaid, was found to be missing, and its payer, Mr. A. Robinson, was known to have been in bis room that morning. A warrant was immediately issued tor Rob inson’s arrest. He was seen to go into tin* house, within five minutes of the time tin* crime must have been committed, by two persons—one, the milkman who identities him, and by another person. Tim book of interest-tables was opened to the page of the denomination of his note. The’penciJ mark was at the point on tiro .column of figures corresponding with the note. A scrap of puper, with figures made by <ien. McConnell, corresponding to calculations with that interest-column and that note, was found on the table. Robinson has lived some time in Chicago, was clerk in the Mansion House, and has lately kept a grocery store. He has hereto fore borno u good character.— Chicago Tri bune. The Chicago Tunes gives the following ml ditional particulars: Circumstances, well known in this city have excited a theory of the murder that, while it seems almostincredihle, will prob ably not be suffered to pass without inves tigation. (Jenerut McConnell had brought a number of suits inchancery (one of them in the name of Mrs. Senator McDougall. his daughter) to recover a very valuable trad of real estate on the north side of the Chicago river, now occupied by the most valuable buildiDgs in the sixteenth ward, (ion. Mr Connell entered the laud and paid lor it, at ail early day, but in some way was defeated by subsequent claimants from obtaining the title aud possession. He believed his claim to bo good, and always declared hi-, purpose to proseeuto it in the courts. He commenced suits, and during the* last three or four years he had devoted himself to thoir prosecution. On the morning of the murder Hen Mc- Connell was about to start for Springfield, on his way to Chicago, to give his testimony and tbut of. tho iucts ho had succeeded in discovering uffeoting bis right to recover. The facts within his knowledge alone are supposed to have been of vital importance, and tho suspicion has suddenly arisen that nothing but his death could have prevented his recovery of some of the most valuable real estuto in this city. Chicago, Feb. 12.— I Tim Coroner's Jury find that Win. A. Robinson is gulltv of the murder of tbo Hon. Mr. McConnell, at Jacksonville. Robinson was seen, by sev eral persons, entering the house of M r. Mr Connell, on tho morning of the murder. TUo Nnllrotfc Amendment In (tie Senate. Washiniitun, Feb, 17. Another sceneofconfusion, amounting to an almost Inextricable parliamentary mud - dlo, took place in tho Senate this afternoon in discussion upon the proper nmdi* of dis posing of the suffrage constitutional amend ment, which bad come back Irom t lie House on refusal of that body to concur m the Senate amendments. Over three hours were spent in determining the effect of theSenme receding Irom its amendments, nearly om* halfoft lie Sena tors arguing that such action would have the effect of passing the joint resolution as it came from the House origi nally, the other bah ho djng that the p.ts sugw of a motion to recede left the suff rage amendment open for amendment nr adop tion or rejection. It became evident that tin* Republican Senators were about equally divided upon tho House proposition which waseunstrued to prohibit, by implication at Joust, colored citizens from holding officu. On this ground the {Southern Senators appeared to be a unit in opposition to the resolution, they de manding that the measure should he so worded as lo give negroes tho same rights and privileges as art* accorded to them in "onth Carolina, Louisiana, etc. On this subject quite a heated conversa tion was indulged in between Senator Stewart and the Southern Senators in one corner of the Seriate Hliainher whilst the various votes were taken. Mr. Stewart bad undertaken to engineer tin* Suffrage Reso lution through in a jiffy today, and had counted upon the co operation of Southern Senators. The Senate, having sub-equent ly receded from its amendments, and refused ty adopt the House resolution, left tho whole subject again open to begin >lc novo. This was just what Senators Sumuorand Wilson desired, and thereupon they simultaneously, with a dozen oilier Senators, jumped to the Moor, clamoring for recognition by the ebuir. Stewart pushed down closetntbe President’s chair and succeeded in getting in a motion lo take up the sulFruge ainendmentadopted by tbo Senate Judiciary Committee, winch gives the colored citizen the right »o bold office. Tins resolution was expected to have tlx* support of the Southern Senators, and lhat therefore it would pass instantly; but, to the consternation of the excited Stewart, up sprung Senator Howard, one of the most radicul of Radical Senators, and announced his determination to oppose and discuss the resolution. Senator Nve also said he would oppose the meusure. It was now (3 o'clock, and the Senators very generally took ad vantage of the opportunity, while Senator Howard was making his speech, to get luncheon. In their private conference the friends of the pending resolution expressed great/ear that after all the suffrage amendment would tail to get sulely through both Houses at this session. There are some who would insist upon a provision that the amendment be submitted only to the State Legislatures hereafter to bo elected, but this proposition would be discussed and by consuming time, defeut the whole measure. Hydrophobia—Deaths in Brooklyn nnd Elsewhere—Twenty Bfntl Ilojf* Hilled In Queens County In n 91ontli. Charles Sadlam, residing in Marcy ave nue, near Myrtle, died yesterday morning from the effects of hydrophobia. It ap pears be was bitten about a month since by a little dog belonging to him. Tho injury was a slight one, and was soon forgotten, but it seems bis blood had become impreg nated with the poison, for on Sunday ho was taken ill with the symptoms of that terrible disease, and grew rapidly worse until yesterday, when death relieved him of his sufferings. He leaves a wife and four children, one of whom was also bitten by the animal. Fears are entertained lest the child may also bo seized with this dia euse. Coroner Jones will hold an inquest over the body. Some three monthasince Mr. Distlekamp, and two children of a Mr. Kromenacker. residing at Foster’s Meadow; L. 1., were bitten by a rabid dog. Their wounds were promptly cauterized, and the proper reme dies administered by a physician, with a BATE OF ADVERT IMHO. BUSINESS ADVERTiHxaoncrs, fix a year per quare of ten lines; Sti per year for e»cb ad ditional squaro. Real Estate Advertising, lOcents'n line for the first, and 5 conls for each subsequent In sertion. General Advertising 7 cents a lino for the first, and 4 cents for each tmiaequonl Inser tion. Special Notices inserted lu Local Column 16 cents per line. Special Notices preceding marriages and deaths, 10 cents per line for first Insertion and 6 cents for every subsequent insertion; LKOAL ANDjDTHKB NOTICES— Execators’ notices.. ... Administrators’ notices,... Assignees’ notices,. Auditors’ notices, Other " Notices, ’ten linos, or less, „ three times ...... 1,50 view, if possible, to prevent hydrophobia, with apparently gnnd results. On l-'ruliiv hist, however, while the youngest child of Mr. Kromenucker was tuking u drink of water it was seized with hvdiophohia, and died in great agony on Snturdnv night. ti was reported that Mr. Distleknmp and me other child had been taken with tin* disease. Such was not the case at lasi accounts, al though ereat apprehen*-! -in were fail i,- r their safety. A mud nog was shot in -Jamaica, L. 1., yesterday, but not until lie had bitten a hov and several dogs. During the past month some twenty mm! dogs have been killed in fi'ieens County. Timothy McCarthy, a saloon keeper in r.uiersnn, N. J., who was bitten by a mad dog on New dear’s dnv, was seized with paroxysms of hydrophobia on Miuduv. and alierternblesutferingdied. —X. Y. Tnhunr. Mate Items. Petroleum is increasing in price in the nil regions. ’ltebuilding ol'lho hotel at t 'arhslo Spring-, is strongly urged by the Carlisle J 'ohm!' - ■. ’i'he borough and township elections take place in Schuylkill county on next Frulav. Janies It. K oily, late Spoil Uer of i he 11 ni> c ot itepresen tal i ves, lias purcliased an intei est m the Washington /iVpor.cr. A correspondent of the Milford limit,i urges Hon. Kichard Vims as the next Democrutie candidate for iJovernor. The existing eivi! war in Culm is the ex cuse given by dealers for an ad vunee ot from one to two cents per pound for sugar. The Lehigh Valley railroad is to ho reiaal with steel rails the whole distance, from Huston to Mauch Chunk- Dr l.rnest SclnUari, u medical man of Bethlehem, came to his death on last Fn day night l*v Jailing down a cellar wav. A countryman was knocked down on 1' 111 h A venue, l‘i 11 'burg.ou Sat urday mot n - ing last, and relieved •!' a watch anil £1 to. A Slate Agricultural Convention will 11 li et al Harrisburg on the 17lh of March. l.» winch all cotuiiy Agricultural societies arc rcjin 'ted to at ml delegates, ‘'scar I’ndrrhill, of Mount Hope, Chester eounly, commuted suicide, reeentlv, by cutting his throat, lie hud been insane lor some months. A lad residing with limuge Uhey, at Mil 1 sintioi., Camhrtn county. (’ell down tlead !l ■ ether iimmirig, i mined Intel v aftei If spr. ~g out of lioil. t>n llmr.sihiv Leu a man 101 l from the 11« si le Uiii kat Diamond minos, near Serao loti, a dl-taiico of forty leet to the ground, ami was noi killed, hut preltv serioiish hurt. W lUh' John Aminov, conductor ni a 'n ight t rain on Urn Cumberland Valles Kaiifoml, was engaged in coupling ihe curs U Miippensbutg, lie lust a i huni I> ami fore it'ger. 'l'he ot In r e\ ening a minister in Pitts mrg verv innocently dropped his serumn uto the post ulllee and carried tiro letter 1) the chinch. CoiiseijUencc senium <ut uther short. An unfortunate and l-.is.-ly i„.tni\ed V'-ung woman, named Amanda Matthews, of Indiana township, Allegheny cminti, committed sti.cide on last l-'rulay’A fmnnum by taking poison. A young farmer, named Andrew Bake,, living near Lru* city, has hung himself be- cause u young Welsh woman reiused to marry him. He was tin* owner of seventy- live acres ol land, and was in verv e milm i A son o| C rial i (’on ley, iit J uniat a tow n ship, Bedford County, while on his way in school a short time ago, slipped ami fell' on the ice, and received severe injuries in th,. head, Irom which death ensued within I hnti rs. -John Corley, uge.l;,7 years, while walking along Dry ridge, Juniata township, Bed for.] county, on the 7th tnst., slipped ami fell g.'.o le>-t down the hillside, sustaining such se vere internal Injuries as resulted in death to days afterward?. James M’ Laughlin, a stone mason, was found in an iuseusihlo comlition, on tic morning of tiie Sth nisi,, m Connellsvill.-, and died a few minutes alter boing discov ered. It was tin* general impressi-m Ilia l lie had been murdered. M rs. M, Adams, of Lewis town, under tool, to get rid other share of rats bv sprinkling eheeso mixed with arsenic on 'tin* lloor, in which -he very Hourly lost her little girl aged about eight years, who also ate of this prepared rat poison. 'l’he county Cotmnis-inneiM of Bucks county oiler a reward of jttuo f,.r evidence that will lead to the detection nfthe assassin t lmt attempted the assassination of Samuel Temples, of Yardley viilo, on the night ol tho listh of January la-t. Mr. C. J. Cameron, a resident ot Ceorge town, Beaver county., has been 1110,1,.,. sineo .Monday night of la*-! w eek. lie was last seen at the opera lions,. that night, ami le!l to go towboat 011 the river, Iml no traces of him have .since I dis covered. “ An old I icniocrut,” m i]„. Williamsport ,Stan<lur<! of Tuesday las!, earnestly urges the nomination of J [on. John W. Maynard, ol that pluce, an ihe lieinocratlc candidal/* lor Judge of the .Supremo Court, mat l)n- suggestion is warmly seconded' by || M editor. ' John Hilbert met with a very shocking death on lie* 71 li inst., near siovi-r'-town, \ oi k '’miniy. He bad pitched a lot of hh v 1,11111 the mow to (be barn llnor, then threw ilie fork, and sliding down aflcr It, running the handle into Ids pervm, causing sucli v* - injury as to result in death. On krubiylast, four children of Rhilip h eyser, of < ’onsholiocton, Montgomery county, aged three, live, seven and teii years, partook ol .some carbolic acid which bad been Kept in the house lor a sore moot h wash, Irom the effecls of which two oi il.em died. Tho oilier two were, with much dif ficulty, saved. Americas Bender died a lew days sine.-, -.i ids residence in Carroll township, Cambria county, In the n"* th vear of his age. |{e was one ol throe who settled in that neighbor hood as early as Isu7, a native of < .orirmri v, but camu lo this country iri I7V), where he learned a trade. He published a sketch of his life a year or so ago, in which lie gave an accurate doscripiioti of Washington, Whose 1 u Merit I lie attended. Lust Thursday, while a prominent mem ber ol lue Pittsburg bar was addressing u jury, a singular looking dog. uith meg spindle iigs, a lank body, and a small rourid head in which were set a pair of sharp eyes walked inside liie bar and took up his por tion in front of tho j ur.y, before which the lawyer was so eloquently pleading. The attorney was so deeply engaged in staling his cas.. that he* did not notice lie* apr.ear ance of the animal, and could not ima|.'ine what it was lhat caused an occasional smile to break over the countenances of even tie* most sober jurymen. Tin* dog appeared deeply interested in the scene, and looked from lie* attorney to the jury, anil tie) jury to the judge, ns though he underpin id the enso perfectly, until at la-t the lawyer in making some stunning proposition, ’which in* wished to impress clearly upon the minds of tho jury, brought down 0r,., of j, ls c|inch-d lists towards the Hour. and acci dentally dealt tho dog a fierce blow fin the h“Md. Tin* animal did not like this style of argument, and with a growl rmido n iungo lor the pantaloons of [tie lawyer. Tim at torney on tin* opposite side peireiving ins advantage, silly gave the dog a Inti.- en couragement, and the services of two or three tipstaves were rendered necessary to remove tim demonstrative animal from the court room. cum Items, The present Protestant popululiou o France is estimated at 1,2n0 Uuo. Texas has raised a large castor-oil crop this year. Tim Moravian mission in Hreenland is IJ'i years old. Alexander H. Stephens, it is now said, is about to commence the practice of Lhe law in Augusta, < la. The I'. S. Senate, yesterday, ralitU-d several Indian,treaties, and eonlirnmd a lew nominations not of general interest. Hen. Sanborn of Minnesota ogres that guns be distributed to tho.lndiaus, because bullets arc l«r less dangerous than their arrows. A new French book on female beauty says the American women are the most beautiful in the world. Next to them coma the Russian women. There is a house in the town of < Jreenhmd New Hampshire, the bricks for which were brought from England in P»:;s, It is still in good repair. Brick Pomeroy states in ids J)i-morrat that lm pays taxes on more than $2.70, UOO, and that ho lias math* every dollar ol it by a bold, lirrn, persistent devotion to princi ple. Black bass, from Virginia, have just made thoir appearaut.’cin the Boston mar ket for tho first lime. 'They aro simihtr to perch, and sell rapidly at from 12 to 17 cents per pound. Tho Sennto Foreign Commilleo luui a Ion« diacuMion on tho Ahifumui Cinima Treaty, yesterday morning, alrti are under >Mood to be unanimously opposed to its ratification. The Ledger is responsible for this :J Tho latest reason given for forcing a “ metropolitan police” upou Philadelphia, is to provide a political asylum for ex members of the Legislature, who must have office. The other day, in private company aaya an English puper, a medical gentleman umused bis friends by lighting candles with his breath as fast as they put them out A cigar, which was very nearly out, being presented to him, he breathed upon it, and it flared up into a flame. He subsequently let out his secret, which was tbat a short time before he had been inhaling oxygon
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