Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 7, 1872, Page 2

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TH.URSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1872. NEW YORK. Tke Metropolis as a Silent City. | Fifty Thousand Horses Epizootically Ailing ~-Six Hillions of Loss from the Distemper. The Tribe of Humorists Passing Away--« A Melancholy Vacancy to be Fiiled. BSuccessful Steck-Gambling - Once Famous Poet Dying. From Our Oun Correspondent.: ‘NeW YORE, Oct. 31, 1672, Great asis the inconvenierice entailed mpon our citizens by the equize epidemic, and detri- mental as it has proved pecunierily, everybody must admit that the distemper has added to the pleasantness of the city. EFFECT OF THE DISTEMPESR. You would hardly know the town now, so quiet is it, and so free are the business-streets from the ususl crowd of cars, carts, carriages, and vehicles of every description. Broadway has a etrangley unfamiliar look. All days seem like Sundsys; ? the merest tyro or timidest woman can cross the thoroughfare without trouble, or the aid of a policeman. South and West streets resemble the streets of Philadel- phia. The piers and docks are densely crowded ‘with produce and merchandise that cannot be removed for want of cartage. We see now how good a friend and Zaithful 2n ally of man is the generous quadruped upon which we usually bestow so little thought. It is estimated that fully 50,000 horses are, at present, disabled by the epizootic dicease ; and those that are in use bear an invalid appearence, from the blankets and flannels in which they are carefully wrapped. The poor ‘beasts nre taken such good care of that one would suppose they had suddenly been given the elec- tive franchise, and with the Old-Tammany priv- &ege of voting early and often. Ihave spoken of the incressed pleasantness of the town ; meaning that itis so quiet com- ‘pared toits wont, and 0 much easier for pedes- trians to get about. Living, esIdo, in Broad- way, I can hardlyaccustom myself to the change. I find myzelf pausing, every once in a while, to listen to the silence ; forgetting that we dwell in the midst of an epizooty. They who need zest for their nerves, and noiselessness for their ears, must be enjoying the true Sabbath. But those who relish the tumult and roar of the city in its normal state must find a great lack in ex- isting conditions. FINANCIALLY, the loss to the community by the epidemicis very great. Not only doail the large commer- cial and mercantile houses suffer, but the retail tradesmen, the theatre ang/ amueement mana- gers, and the vast class having anything to eell, euler likewige. All these are complaining of a erfect dearth’ of customers; and the play- ouses, concert and lecture halls, reveal a dis- reeable paucity of atterdance. it is reckoned that the entire commercial loss to the city, since the hippo-catarth began,—some ten daye 8go,— will not fall far short of $6,000,000. NEEDED, A HUMORIST. It muost have occurred to you that we are, just now, inwant of a popular humorist,—a Iman who makes himself and his audience miser- able by constantly etriving to be funny. Noth- ing is 8o dreary as a professional dxofl 3 mor is anything more tnfortunate for a poor fellow than to have the reputation of being a wit. He s always expected to say scmething ludicrous, and nobody ever imegines for & moment that he can be serions. He carries about the mem- ory of his fame, and feels the urgent needof uttering something to keep himself up to hie own standard. When he wishes to put off the mask of the mountebank, he is unsble to doso. His earnestness is mistaken for s covert joke, and his sincerity for delicate irony. To axgla.in his melancholy mood, he says his mother has just died; and the aunounce- ment is received with bursts of langhter. THE LINE OF OUR SUCCESSION of humorists has been for gome years unbroken. Before the war we had Mortimer Thompson “ Doesticks ), whose extravagances created a eal of merriment for & while, and furnished the material for = half-a-dozen volumes. He passed from public at- tention almost as abruptly =23 he had entered upon it, and many persons supposed him dead, when he was only doing regular work. He is now toiling at the oar of the journalistic galleys in & Northwestern town. Charles F. Browne (‘‘ Artemus Ward ™) wrote ‘himself into favor on the Cleveland Plaindealer, though he had not the slightest notion at the time that he was doomed to create a sencation. He ceme to New York; be grew famous; he lectured to audiences saturated with laughter ; his phrases pessed into the currency of talk; he went abroad ; he forced even the English to appre- ciate a joke without the aid of surgical instru- ments ; and there ho died, o carcless, clever, generous fellow to the last. Robert H. Newall (** Orpheus C. Ken‘“e’hlus- somed into conspicuousness daring the War by his clever satires, in a city weekly, on the Army of the Potomac, and the masterly inactivity of McClellan. Vhen the Rebellion ended, he de- voted himself to petry and serious labor, and 'was almost forgotten in consequence. Forsome time past engaged upon the World, he is rarely mentioned, because be has abandoned the once notorious **Mackerel Brigade.” D. R. Locke (*Petroleum V. Nasby"). mis- epelled himself into popularity by ridiculing e Bourbon Democrats, and the press bristled with his letters _from the ¢Cross Roads.” 1In these days, he is neglected. Even the personal paragraph col- ‘umn seldom mentions him, and he can afford to do without mention, since he has 2n annual in- comeof 30,000 or £40,000 from lecturing, and | his iterest in the Toledo Blade. B Samuel L. Clemens (** Mark Twain™) tickled the Californians amezingly; buthis first little book, containing *The Jumping Frog of Ca- Javerss” and other buflooneries, had a very small sale. He went abroad with the pious pilgrims of the “Queker City,” s corre- spondent of tho Alta Califorma, snd, on his observations of foreign 5 founded “ The Innocents Abroad.” “The volume Thas sold 120,000 copies, and fixed his fate as a humorist. His third book, * Roughing It,” has ‘been extremely popular, but shows an evident falling-off. Ho is nob likely again todo any- thing balf so good as ** The Innocents Abro: (tis unfair to expect a man to be constantly eating his_triumphe); but the reputation he L acquired will last him throughout life. He 58 now in Europe, seeking new material for still another insertion betweén covers. Bret Harte rovealed his deep fund of humor o the great mass by his *‘ Heathen Chinee,” though it is insignificant compared to much else he has done. Great things were expected of him when he came to tho Eest; but, weighed down by his_consciousncss of reputation, his vigorous intellect 2ppears to have been incapa- ‘ble of perfect exercisc. Ho may be collecting his forcesfor s grand mental aseault; or he may have won his brightest victory, and lostthe ©old cunning of attack. : 4 “Josh Billings,” whose nomeis Shaw, still grinds away on his cacographic, and succeeds in putting them off upon & large number of people as humor. Nobody _can say he has feiled, because ~ failure . presupposes exaltation at lenst in attempt. He s po worse now than he has been at any. time. Ho might continue his kind of writing for cen- turies without tho least variation. He declares tha ho tried to be funny in good English, and was pronounced sbore. Ho tries now to be fonny in bad English ; and, to my mind, be has improved in his capacity to bore. ur humorists are manifestly ! ON THE WANE. & vacant situztion, and the several mon scattered throughout the country, who think themselves born to awake Janghter, should all apply for the vacancy. Pos- gibly, some of them may secure it, and ‘then we can have a fresh supply of drearinesses, until the nll public discovers that it has been, for the lmm};adfl.\ time, cajoled. STOCK GAMBLING. It is said that Aldon B. Stoclrwell, Jay Gould, Henry N. Smith, Rufus Hatch, and threo or four others who bave been intimately connected with fhe *corner” in Pacific Mail, bave cleared, by their adroit manipulation of the stocks, from £1.000,000 to £1,500,000 each. The company is Falieved to bave sold all its own shates, with the expectation of buying them sagain when the There is market has run down. The belief in Wall street is, that Pacific Mail can be had in any quantity, at 75 or less, before Jan. 1. 3 s It seems to be agreat question whether the stock has any renl value, and many persons aver that it will never declare - mnother dividend, unless on borrowed money. _ A SMALL BUT KEAT TURN was made in Brozd street, s day or two ago, by one Lombardi, = shrewd epeculator. He bought 1,600 ehares of Pacific Mail about a year since, with tho determination to hold it untilit went above par. Many of his scquaintances laughed g0 much 2t his hope of gain that ho offered to bet he would come out right, and they ac- cepted his offer to the extent of £50,000. When ho sold, he got 102, making o clear profit of 874,000, independent of the wagers he ‘won, SALMAGUNDL . Edmund Yates is sorely exercised,—and very justly too,—because the Oitizen, in this city, i8 printing a weak and trashy tale over his name, and will not discontinue, albeit he has frequent~ Iy remonstrated ageinst the outrage. The death of Horace Grecley's wife has been such a shock to him that he can teke no further interest in ihe campaign. For twenty years, she had been an invalid and a sufferer, and nothing but her strength of will had kept, her in being. Dion Boucicault complains that he is 8o popu- Iar hera that visitors czll on him in the morning ‘before breakfast, and borrow money of him to show their appreciation of his dramatic talent. _‘The severe censure pessed on Theophile Gan- tier's ‘“ Jlndemoiselle de Maupin,” in the obitu- aries of the novelist, the other day, has_caused, I understand, an unusual demand for that bril- liant but vicious romance. Augustin Daly's experiment with the Grand Opera House hes not yet proved a success; as be has lost, it is sud, $50,000 upon “Le Roi Carotte.” A private letter says that Charles Fenno Hoff- man, the once popular post and writer, is dying, in the Lunatic Asylum, where he has been con- fined for a number of years. CorsTOUN. THE NORTHWOOD, N. H., TRAGEDY. ©One of the Most Ficndish Crimes on Record--An ¢ld Ffan Outrages and Niurders Ilis Niecc-=The NMurderer Confesses Eis Crime, Northiood, N. H. (Nov, 2), Correspondence of the Boston Z " Journal, The usual quiet town of Northwood has been, recently, the scene of one of the most shocking and fiendish murders ever recorded in the crim- inal ennals of the country. The victim was Miss Georgiana Lovering, and her murderer was ¥ranklin B. Evans. Her home was sbout two miles from North- wood Centre village, and but & short distance from the Strafford town line.. The family con- sgisted of herself and her mother, & widow, Mr. Sylvester Day and wife, her gr:mds:u'sntu, and Adeline Withom, her cousin, aged sbout 18 years. The connection of the murderer with the family will be stated further along. The house is a small, weather-blackened cottage. A few rods in the rear is Bow Po. and across the road in front is rough pasture d. In'the im- mediate neighborhood there are ut few settle- ments, the nearest being Mr. wmuel Ham's, some forty 10ds distant. Beyond the pasture commences the extensive forest, vhere the mur- der was committed, and which sweeps away a distance of more than two miles. The victim was born in Northwood, and was in the 14th year of her age. Her father was a soldier in the Eighth New Hampshire Regiment in the rebellion war, réturning home from gervice sick, and dying soon afterward. The family had been located at their present placo two years. Their means are quite limited, congisting mainly of a Government pension and the income from the mother's lsbor. Georgiana was sn only child, and was the idol of her mother, the pride of her grandparents, snd the companion of her cousin. She was a bright, pretty, and affection- ate girl. Evans, the murderer, is a native of Stafford, 64 years old, and has_from youth led a roving and miserable life. He i3 of medium stature, rather slim of body, and is s little stooping. He has & long gray beard, and hair of the same shade. His features are sharp, hiaface thin, and his forehead of mediumheight. A strangerwould instantly notice his eyes, which are dark, pierc- ingly sharp, and have an. unmistakable sinister expression. In his dress and personal ap- pezrance he is tolerably neat. He has s eancti- monious look, is an easy talker, and a keen ob- server would recognize him as a cunning, shrowd, and unprincipled man, He has travelled much and lived in many places, including Manches- ter, Concord, Allentsown, Derry, and Cendia. He pretended to read medicine with Dr. Hanson, of Manchester, and, cailing himself 2 botanic physician, Le practiced as such more or less among ignorant people. Many who reed this will remember him as travelling with an elec- trical battery, which he pretended to use pro- fesgionally, and again a8 hauling & small vehicle containing.a magic lantern, with which he used to give picture exhibitions. Again, he drops all these occupations and goes about doing odd jobs of work, thus gaining a precarious living. Next we hear of him es & whining_beggar and & self- styled Second Advent preacher. Once he at- tended an adventist meeting in Boston, where, in the garb.of & hypocrite, he appesled success- fally to the sympathies of the audience, who raised him a good contribution. The next da; he spent most of it for a meerschaum pige, and, his religious friends hearing of it, would never have anything more to do with him. He often extended his travels into Canada, but wherever he went he was sure to get s bad nasme. The sudden and mysterious disappearance of a young twin child in Derry, many years 8g0, was also supposed to have been his work, but no fiusih\‘e proof of it was_ ever ob- tained. e has been married three times. Af- ter li ng with him some twenty years his first wife died. Of the children born in this union, one, a 80D, how lives_in Derry, while a. married daughter resides in Lewrence, Mass. His sec- ond wife separated herself from him. He was married again, but his last wife also left himand returned to Laconia. Since last June, Evans had made his bome st Mr, Day's, being the only brother left of the old lady, which, of course, made him a grand-uncle of the murdered girl. His relations with the different members of the family had generally been of & peaceable char- acter, and in truth no ono seemed to regard Evans as a dangerous charactor. Sinco lnst spring he has worked considerably by the dsy for various farmers in the vicinity. Evans had always pretended to think a great deal of Georgie. In return she manifested no fondness for him, althongh she ususlly obeyed his ordinary requests, and maturally looked up to him somewhat on account of his ago and re- lationship. It is stated that he once made im- proper advances to the young girl, who indig- nantly repelled them, andacquainted her mother with the circumstances, At that timo he appar- ently turned over anew_leaf, snd treated his niece with much consideration. The sequel proves'that he then commenced to lay his plans for the ruin of the girl. His first move was to set enares for birds in the woods above men-~ iioned. He afterward talked considerably about his traps, and explained how nicely he caught the handsome birds. This naturally awak- ened the girl's curiosity, and she asked that she might go with him and see them. At first he refused to take her with him, but after baving greatly wrought up his eagerndas to gee them, he finally took her with him one day: to the woods. She enjoyed the trip, and went a number of times afterward. At length she com- menced to tire of going there, and Evans then mstured the Pl)m for fiis fiendieh work. One week ago last Thuraday evening, the night be- fore the day of the murder, Evans told Georgie that he was going away to work the next morn- ing, and that she must look after the snares. She hesitated about complying with his request, but upon his urging she consented to it, but sai that she was tired of going to them. The next day, Friday, was one of the loveliest of the fall. Evans npsen.refl a8 usual when he took his breakfast, and then immediately went out, saying that he was going to his day’s work. Georgie was up bright and early. After hor meal ehe assisted in domestic dutics. It was then 9 o'clock, and she put on hor hat and shawl to go and look after the snares. Her grand- mother had noticed that she Iooked unusually sober that morning, and made & remark to that effect as she was leuvi:g the room. The girl then observed that she had promised her uncle to look after the enares, but that she should not do it again, for the woods were roufih and Ionely toher. Georgie then kisscd Mra, Day affection- ately, and tripping across the road soon disap- peared nmunE the rocks in the pasture. No per- son, except her murderer, is supposed to have seen her alive after that time. 1t is proved that Evans did not go away to any lace to work that morning. Soon after Georgio eft he was seen ona hill about a mile distant toward the village, and which commanded 8 view of the house and pasture. He %mhnb]y went there directly after leaving Mr. Day's in the morning, and concealed himself in order to observe when ¢he girl left her home, At balf- ast 9, which it will be borne in mind was alf an hour after the girl went out, and .which would bave given her time to have reached the woods, Evans was seen to come down the hill, cross the road and pasture, and go into the same _woods where the girl had gone. 7 Previously, when the girl went to look at snares, ehe was usually absent from half to three-querters of an honr. At 10 o'clock on the day of the murder, Mrs, Lovering wanted her to goon anerrand tothe village, and as she had then been from home an hour ehe looked for her apxiously, but with no suspicion that any harm had befallen hor. Soon afterward she ask- ed Mr. Day if he would go into the pasture and- call Georgie. He starfed at once, taking the path to the woods which his grenddavghter was i.;ccnutnmed to follow, but wss unable tofind er. ‘When Mr, Day arrived home Mrs, Lovering was somewhat alarmed, for she too had seen® nothing ‘of the girl. Then Mr. Day and the mother returned to the woods, and soon Mra. Lovering found on the ground the apron of her daughter. This aroused euspicion, and, an alarm being given, the immediate neighbora joined in a more thorough search. Early in tho afternoon James Pender, in crossing a brush- fence about half a milefrom the entrance, found a broken comb that was at once recognized as belonging to the absent girl. There was some hair in the comb, and not far distant a strong string was found, This discovery struck tho company with horror, for then there were in- deed evidenges thatthe girl had been loullf dealt with. Word was instantly sent to the vil- lage that Georgie Lovering was missing, and there wero fears that sho hiad been murdered. A chord of sympathy was struck in every heart, and more than a hundred persons went at onco to agsiat in the work. Soon, near the spot where the apron was found, there were discovered plain_evidences of o straggle, The esrth was stirred up and leaves were misplaced. Further along there were large and small tracks, as though one person bad dragged another_along. The conviction was now general that the girl had been murdered. After Evans went into the woods in the fore- noon he was not seen again until noon, when he stopped at E. C. Dow’s, some two miles from where the body of the girl was subsequently found. He remsined a few moments' at Mr. Dow's, and inquured the time of day. He then went a mile further to Rufus Robert’s, but mado no particolor errand thero. Then ho started toward home by the way of the * Narrows " vil- Iage, calling at Mr. Trickes’s store, whero ho purchaged some pork and butter. Next ko stopped at Mr. Witham's, From there ho went ‘home through some woods. None of the people with whom he conversed noticed_snything un- ususl in his appearance. On Friday ovening Mr. John G. Mead, a_morchant ot tho villugo, who usually transacted Mr. Lovering's pension business, wont_to tho house and Lud_acon- versation with Evans, and_questioned him con- cerning the missing girl. He emphatically asserted his innocenco, and did not show tho least trace of any anxiety. Mr. Mead was mnot convinced of the man’s_innoconce, aud he took the Erennm‘mn to havohim secrotly guurded until further action was taken. During Saturday ho made no attempt to escape. In the meantime a warrant was issued charging Evans with wilful murder. This was given into tho hands of Sheriff Henry A, Drew, of Strafford,who went to Mr. Day's on Saturnoy evening. Before serving the paper he talked with Evans concerning the ‘missing girl, and Evans donied any knowlodge of her whereabouts, and said that he was as inno- cent as an angel in Heaven, ‘This did not deter the officer from arresting him. Evans made no resistance, and was takon to the Sherifl’s houso in Btrafford. Subsequently ke was arraigned before Justice Ira B. Hoitt, and bound ovor to the Supremo Judicial Court. While being taken the second time to Sheriff Drew’s house Evans conversed freelg about the absorbing theme. He maintained that the girl was alive; asked why he should injure her, a littlo innocent fiirl, whom ho thought a great deal of. Although ho appeared in fine spirits, yet he begged the offi- cer earnestly for some strychnine. Beforo that, while at tho hotel at dinnér, ho_pnvately whis- pered to Miss Brown, the landlord's daughter, and besought ber to put some poison in Lis tea. Although no further evidences were found, yet the search was vigorously continued. The drenching storm that came on deterred no one. On Sunday the number of persons engaged was estimated at 250. Some three-quarters of a mile from where the path commences in the woods there is a most dismal swamp, through which brave men went time and again, although they often sank to their knees in the black mud. On Tuesdsy night the search was abandoned for o time, for reasons which will appear in the fol- lowing paragraph. On Tuesday afternoon the Sheriff. told Evans that, if the girl was alive and ho would tell whero she was, no harm should be done_him by the Selectmen or anybody else. Evans then said that the girl wes alive. Heo stated that heagreed with a man to help get her away. He had met the man some days before near Captain Bussill's in Strafford, and hed promised to tako her through the woods to & point whero the stranger would be waiting, between the hours of 9 und 11 on Fridsy. The man's mame was Webstor, of Kingston. Evans said he took the girl there as he biad promised, and had previously given her S11 to buy 'some clothes _with. Tho man was on hand and bad a valige with more clothing, and the girl went into the woods and changed her suit and the man drove away with her. Lvans told his story so plausibly that the officer thought it was best to try and prova it. The citizens had some confidenco in Evaus, at lenst enough to suspend for the time their gearch. The next morning Officer Drew took Evens and went to Kingston, andmade thorough search for the man Webster, but no such charac- ter could be found.: Then Evans thought possi- Dly the man might live in Kensington. On tho fcllowing day they went to Kensington, but with no_ better succees. As the next sub- terfuge, Evans concluded that it might have beea %Afldifl. afterall. At this point Mr, Drow's confidence in his trumped-up story, which in the firat place had been quite small, now completely o5zed out, and Friday evening he was once mora with his prisoner at Strafford. During his jour- ney Evans was generally in capital spirits, and really seemed to enjoy the trip. Friday night he ate a hearty supper, and in the evening talked glibly with s, Drew andsome neighbors who came in, ) After the fruitless trip to Kingston and Ken- sington, Sheriff Drow was more_convinced than ever that Evans knew whether the girl was alive or dead. Under this conviction he resolved to confront Evans, and solemnly put the question %o him concerning her whereabonts if living, and the digposition of her body’ if dead. Tast Fri- day night, the evening referred to in the preced- ing parngraph, after all the other members of the family had retired, Mr. Drew resolved to have his conversation with the prisoner. He commenced by asking Evans if he remembered the talk that he had with him concerning the oodness of the girl, and the evidonces that she £ been foully deaft with, by the finding of hor spron and her broken comb containing some of her hair. Evans apswered that he did. Drew then asked him what etfect such conversation bad upon him. _ Ho foplied, * It went like s dog. er to my heart,” Then the Sheriff fastencd is eyes upon the prisoner and said: In the hoaring of no person but us two, and the Great Being above, I a2sk you this question: Is the body of the girl cold in death?"” The eves of the two men were fastened on each other. Neither made the slightest movement, and not & sound was heard excopt the measured tick of the clock and per- haps their own partially-suppressed broathing. For some seconds it scemed doubtful who would Telox first. But Evans, evidently bocoming un- nerved under the calm, searching gaze of the officer, suddenly turned pale, his hands trem- bled, and from his quivering lips came the words, ‘It is, Mr. Drow; I have done wrong.” With the same calmness ho bad maintained from the beginning, the Sheriff uid,E“ Go with me, and show me where she is.” Evans szid, *'I will.” Thus the officer got the mastery over the prisoner, and won the deep, bitter, and wicked Becrot from his heart. erless. He asked if the Selectmen would show him any protection. The officer told him they would do anything they had agreed to. In his confusion, Evans wes undoubtedly thinking of the promite the Selecimen had made to protect him in cage he would fine the girl slive, or prove that she had been taken away alive. Prepara- tions were now made to go and find the body. Mr., Drew went to his‘wife's bedroom %fivntely, il and told her that he was to leave with Evans on & most solemn duty, and he wished her to dress. herself, and go to Alonzo Tuttle’s, a near neigh- bor, and say that he desired him to get E. V. Parshley, and both go to Mr. Ham's, and wait thero in darkness, If they heard a call from tho swamp, they must promptly follow the sound.. It will be recollected that Mr. Ham was the nenrest ne]i\fl:bor to Mr. Day. It was then 11 p- m., and Mr. Drew lived some_three miles or more from the home of the murdered girl. The Sheriff and prisoner started at once witha team for the wood where the girl was last scen, and reached there about midnight. Then leav- ing tho carriage, the Sheriff took his lantern and told Evana to lead the way. They were soon in the forest, and a more dismal night's journey cannot easily be imagined. They passed the afiot where the apron was found, and got over the fence whero the broken comb was discov- ered, but not a word escaped the lips of either man. Then they entered the swamp, where stones, fallen trees, and treacherous bog-holes made locomotion very difficult. They often went into the mud and both of them fell saveral times. Suddenly Evans etofiped and seemed be- _wildered, said he had lost the trail and must go back to the fenco and start again. Conflcting thoughts then came into the Sherifl’s mind, but he did not waver for, a moment. Ho motioned with the lantern, and both went back over the -toilsome way to the brush fence. Evans looked ‘around carefnlly, and without uttering a word sagain started info the swamp. Once more they . were treading their way through tho difficalt moress. At length, wet and bruised, they Evans now seemed pow- | - that Kokomo was the nenrest available renched a bleaker sflat than they had heretofore seen. Itwasa hollow, filled with rocks, fallen trees and other debris. One very large tree bad fallen, and its roots were 8o imbedded in the soil thnzefi:ay toro -up the earth fora considerable space, i Cloge to the ground, under the shelving mass of fibres and €arth, Evans pointed his finger and said; “There.” The: Sheriff said, *What?” The prisoner angwered agai; Evans, half kneeling, stooped,. and. carefully Bereping away some leaves, disclosed something Thito and again_said, “here!” The Sheriff then laid his hand upon the object, and saw that it was the body of the poor murdered girl. ‘When the Sheriff touched the body tho pris- onor gaid, with ger{ect composure, ‘That's she.” Mr. Drew then pulled a pair of handcufls from his pocket, and eaid, ‘ Franlk, stand still.” Evans cried out, “Don’t put them on.” But it did not evail, and 10 2 moment -he was in irons. "rfhcn_ the prisoner foll on his knees, and esid: Mr! Drow, T have but one favor that I implore of you, which is that yon will shoot me dead on this spot.” Tho simple reply was, “You_will not bo harmed.” Then . Mr. Diow. ehouted ‘for assistanco, and. sftor he. had-called the third timo Tuttlo answered, and, “with- Parshley, re- ;}mrud 1o tho spot a8 soon as he conld get there. Lo former was left with Evans, while Mr. Drew and tho lnttor wont for tho authorities anda surgeon. It was somo two houra beforo the parbyre- turned, which consisted of tho two who went for assistanco, togothor with Georgo 1. Sherburne and Bzra Tasker, Lwo of tho Boloctmon, John G. Mead, Iuq,, n Juutico of ‘tho L'eaco, and Doctor Hauson. 'Lhen the {mrL all guthored round the romaing of tho murdored girl, It was a golomn seono, rondorod moro so, if {mnuiblo, by the woirdions of the rlncu, aud tho darlnows, through which flickored the,light of tho lantorn.” All un- covorad thelr huadnns the surgoon, undor the di- roetion of the authoritlon, Hlfi.ml tho hody from itw ronting plaoo. Tho face woro o calm and plonsnnt oxprounion, and showod only two very Blight abraslons, "The neck hore plainly tho prints of fingorn, showing that nho was undoubt~ cdly nteanglod. Tor drown and nldrts woro in s bunoh nrouml hor nock, md, drosdful an it mas adom, tho body win probisbly dragpoed throug! the swamp, ‘Then portlons” of “the clothin wore Tomoved Ly the nurgoon, and aspectecle onontad that slokened the ntoutest heart wash pl‘(\nl\lnl.. vary parnon turnad pale, and there wan nn'.nnlr{ aya in the aunpuny. loyans him- solf e o whriok G wugulel tha’ rangs out cloar and feightrul throngh the wild woods, Tt was found that tho inliman fend had not only stranglod hin vletim, but with some sharp {o- strumont hind horribly mutileted portions of the body. It wns u ghiantly noene, that those who saw will nover forgot, “Iho clothing was carefully replaced, and ex- ngg n vude litter, the party started trom p. Lt was inpakrible for them Lo make rapld progross out of the forent, sid it was balt- ot & whon thoy resched th hall over Mr. oad’s stor, whore the inquest was to be hold. The Shoriff and Lvuus remained near the house of Mr. Day. e prinoner was asked to point out shoro a portion of tho body had been concealed. Ho hositatod at first, but ns be looked into the dotormined fuco of the ofticor hie knew well the best course to pursus. Ho eaid Lo would ge to tho spot. Accompanied by Mr. Drew, he went dircctly to Sherburno's mill, perhaps u mile dis- tant, nnd, lifting 8 rock, tho missing remaing wero found. ‘This morning, 8 oxcitement © was intense. direction tho people came crowding to tho hall to learn the particulars of the terrible tragedy. The news went to sur- rounding towas, and all through to-day teams a8 well as pedostrinns have almost filled every avenue leading to the centre village. Many were the anathemas heaped upon the head of the murderer, and, fearing that there might be violence shown him, the officer took him quietly to his house in Strafford. B COLFAX---MORTON. the news spread, From _ every Correapondence (Nov. %) of the Cincinnati Commercial, Two words dropped by the wayside in Senator Morton's tour through Illinois made me curious to witness & Colfax demonstration. Ono wag that the Republicans of Northern Indisna had not become reconciled to Mr. Colfax's defeat at Philndelphin, and the other pointed to & possi- ble diversion in favor of that gentleman for the position of United States Senator. -In the lan- guago of my latter informant: There’s & good deal of & ground swell for Colfax in place of Morton in Northern Indiana, and it would pay tho Commercial to send you there.” He said he would write and tell you so0; but I imogine the Senatorial question, in 2l its’ bear- ings, is » little better defined from your point of | observation than it i8 neer by. The patient searcher aftor tangled webs of what is known a8 political imbroglios does not need to stray from the Cepital to find them. - The one in point is of peculiar interest. Borrowing an analogy from tho canine race—which _poor human nature so much resembles—the Senatorship is Morton's bone, and he means to hold fast to it. He fought for it, tooth and nail, and if, in the strag- le, he outdistanced the first man on the State fiepnblicm ticket, and sccured the Legislature while General Browne got naught, he eays that was the fault of the temperance men, who voted for Hendricks. Now, while everybody admits Senator Morton made o good fight and is enti- tled to the prize, that in either event the elec- tion will fall to the lot of a Republican, there is very considerable jealousy of his position. Alen are but_children of larger growth, and are just 24 fond of tearing ‘down idols a3 they are of building them up. The higher, indeed, they lift a man up the more diversion there is in top- pling him over. For eléver_years Senator Mor- ton Ens been the raling spirit in Tndiana, if not apower inthe land, snd tho men who have made him are beginning to question his author- ity. *‘Anything to beat' Morton " has become the secret desire of many Republicans, as it is the battle-cry of the Libersl’ Democracy. “I am not 8o sure that'he has secured the State to Grant,” said a disaffected Republican; ‘he hopes’ to have sccared the Legislature to him- gelt.” I do not see why," said another, * Mr. Thompson should feel called onto yield his hopes to Mr. Morton.” *'They are all afraid of Morton,” replied & Democrat. 3 “Tg there no end to his power?” asked athird person. “We shall sce,” was the reply. ¢ Ho hasn't any more power than Jesse D. Bright once bad. Ho had his foot on the neck of the Democratio party. How has the mighty fallen ! “7Tom Brown threw awayhig chance todefeat Morton,” enaid a Demacrat, ““when he quoted Beripture sgainst us after the clection. General Harrison is another_Ltopublican that we would have pitted against Morton ; but he gave in his allegiance to on that occasion.” ““The first choice'of the Democracy,” said an- other Democrat, “is_Governor Baker; but I don't supposo he would come into the arrange- ment,"” “How about Colfax?” asked s third. “The Springfield Republican says that would bb polit- ical retribution.” - ‘“‘Hashe pluck? We want pluck,” replied the first Domocratio speaker. ‘‘However we may dislike Morton, there is no denyinF he has cour- age. He's game to the backbone.” ““We don’t want a partisan Senator. What difference does it make to a good citizen whether he is olected by Democrats or Republicans? He ropresents tho interests of both,” observed & gentleman that tales no part_in politics, bt is &u}-‘m careful to vote a straight-dut Republican cket. There Was enough in all that was said at this Charity Fair (where I heard tho talk) to meke me curious, as I anid before, and:looking over the list of appointments in the Journal, L suw oint to hear Mr. Colfax speak. Arrived at the depot, I saw Mr. Burnett, of the Republican State Cen- tral Committee, who informed me that Colonel Foster &“Wrfi:y Cheirman of said Gommittuez -wag on the train, also bound for the county-ses of Howard. We had almost reached Kokomo before I-had the pleasure of seeing him. He oxplained that he had not seen Mr. Colfax since the Philadelphia Con- .yention, —and was running up to shake hands with him. I explained that I desired to hear Mr. Colfax spesk, and we both watched onr opportunity to have & moment's private conver- -sation with him. ¥ do not know what passed between Colonel Foster and Mr. Colfax on the g!ntfl:rm, as they sat gide by side, while the and was playing, but at the Junction Deéiot, waiting for the train, I ased the Vice President 1;_“ e stood with regard to the Senatorial ques- ion, *“ 1 shall abide,” he answered promptly, “by glmd Republican ‘nomination in &2’3 A’ésam- ed.” B This reply admitted of so many construstions that T began ? ‘* Suppose there was s chance of the Democrats electing you by the gain of a half-dozen Republi- cans (Horrimen s 45id to.bo a man of wonderfal will), what would you do? " At this critical moment the cars steamed into the depot, Mr. Colfax was hurried into the’ Tear coach, and I was left unanswered. I have my own thoughts sbout the matter; but facts, not surmises, i8 what you bargain for in correspond- ence. We shall 520 what wo shall sce. Greeley, Grant, and Business Men, From the Cincinnati Commercicl, Nov.5. . There was one thing lacking in the nomina: tion of Greeley that his high pereonal qualitics **Fhere !”* Then" .such radical. views —his ability, courage, and honesty of character —have not been. able to supply. The business men of tho country have not been persuaded that Greeloy is a safosort of man. His activity, his power, his eccontricity, have beex o terror ‘| to'them. "Now, this is very absurd, and yet very serious. Grant’s utter want of information and poli on financial topics has, it appears, commende itsolf to conservatives. His original idea was that the gold in our minea was. of the nature of s public treasury in “ a strong box.” His next point was that high gold was good for tho move- ‘ment of Western produce: He has been content, howaver, a8 arule, to smoke, and to let Bout- well, the only membor of his Cabinot forced upon him by Con%ress, menage matters. Tho only case in.which he has .interfered with Bout- we!.{ was.when ha. wrote at'Corbin’s house the Black Friday letter—the letter placed inthe hands of Butterfield—hinting instructions to the Secrotary that wero agreeableto the conspir- ators o = Still, Greeley has been guilty of the torrible phrase thet, the way.io resume specie pay- ments- wes to resume, end o ‘man With is, in the apprehonsion. of & "paper money fimncisr, every much more ;mgerp_un -than o hump on s log. There has been a feeling, mountmi to an underatanding—that Grant would not be likely to be meddlesome in the monotary matters of the nation, but.would allow them to be re, ated and managed, s usual,” by Congress, under the advice and direction of tho consolidated ‘Bmk, Railrond, and Tariff Rings; and that’s the business man’s notion of safety. HORRIBLE ‘MURDER. A Fearful Crime in East Tennessee. From the Atlanta (Ga») Herald, Nov. 2. A short time since an account of the murder of Captain Thomas J. Boyd, of Sweetwater, East Tennessee, was published in some of the New York papers, and the facts, es they atated them, were derived from a sourca that was unreliable, on account of the a.ntucguniam of feeling existing 8t that time between Captain Boyd and the par- ties who furnished the statement. It was also alleged that there was a strong suspicion of the whol mttcrbein?lnbou, snd that the mur- dored man was still alive and at large. The version we give of the affair is from a party who heard the evidenco of the gentlemen whowercwith Captain Boyd when hewes murder- ed. From his statement it appears that Captain Boyd, soon atter the war, engagéd in the claim insiness with Colonel Cartor, of East Tennsssee, ns & clerk. After continuing with him unti he hecame familiar with the business, he then com- menced soliciting claims on hie individual re- eponaibility. His thorough scquaintance with the citi- zens, and his established reputation for hon- esty, secured him a large share of the claim businees, and he was prosecuting his busi- ness with a success that gave him con- siderable notoriety, and it was while endeavor= ing to sceure some evidence in regard to an im- ortant cese, that he fell into the hands of this . aud of robbere, who brutally murdered him and burned his body to prevent detection. The facts are s follows: Captain John T. Boyd, accompanied by E. P. Reggan, a Justice of the Peace, and a man named Hénsley, left Bweetwater on the morning of the 6th of Sep- tember for the purpese of going to Tillico Moun- tain, to take some teztimony in regard to some | claims that he had in his poseession for collection ainst the United Ststes Government. After visiting several parties in the country along “‘the route, they arrived ay Cepiain B.'s father’s house, where they spent the night. On the following moming (Friday) they re- sumed their journey, visiting several parties for the purpose of serving summons, and tekin; evidence to be used in cortain cases then pend- ing for collection. About 12 m., they arrived at the foot of the Tillico Mountain, ‘and stopped at tho bouse of a friend for dinner. _ After dinner, and resting for a short time, they bade adisu to thoir friend, and commenced the toilsome ascent of the mountain. After reaching the summit, and resting their tired horses for a moment, and surveying the grand panorams that npreui out before them, they proceeded on their WAy BCross {he mountain. The mountains’ in this eection of .country are very broken, their surfaces dotted with high peaks or eminences, while occasionally an immenso gorge breaks off from the rond, and desoends almost precipitons- Iy to the base. These mountain gorges are thickly set with an almost ‘impenetrable growth of ivy and lsurel, with an occasionsl pine, strug- gling for & hold apon its side. Tho party having proceeded across the moun- tain, were descending the further slope when they arrived at Laursl Branch, a clear and beau- tifn! stream that breaks from the mountain side and flows on through s canopy of laurel and ivy, until it refiches the mountain’s base. Here the arty halted to let their horses drink, when sud- Ssnly sband of armed, disguised men, rose up from the thick undergrowth ' that flankod the road on either side, and demanded their sur- render. Seeing the ntter uselessness of mg at- tempt st resistance, they quietly submitted to their demand. Thu{ were then taken from their horses and securely bound with. cords, then blindfolded and placed upon their horses again, and carried some one and & half or two miles (a8 they supposed), when the party utopg]ed, ‘The bandages were then removed from their eyes, and they were dismounted. Reagan and Hens- ley were then more securely bound by & cord around their ankles, and were then left lnyipfi ngun the ground. Captain Boyd was carrie about nhfltx yards from the'spot to the brew of 2 steep hi ) or gorge, the partiesremarkingthat they had “/got the 0l fox at last,” and telling him that they were going to kill him. Upon his attempting to plead with them, they stopped him, telling him it *‘ wonld do no %garl, " as'they intended to kill him. Ope of the gwuty then drew s pistol and fired at Captain B. who was standing with his hands tied, powerless_to offer any opposition. A second shot was fired quickly after tho first, when he fell to the ground and rolled down the declivity out of sight of his friends, who were compelled to witness this ‘murder without the power to aid. Afterwards several other shots were heard which were sug- posed to have been fired into his bodg after he Tolled out of sight. The murderers then came back to Reagan and Hensley, who were cdmli awaiting their turn. They unbound them an carried them off some distance into one of those thickly shaded gorges, when they left them again securely bom:dG until after dark, when they re- turned. telling them that they had conclnded not to kill them, as they had ‘“‘got the man they anted.” Tho party then unbound them snd left them to their fate. They wandered among the moun- tain fastnesses all Dight, without food and with the knowledge of the horrible tragedy occupy- ing their minds. At last the dawning of day ‘brought with it the welcome light that guided them to & friendly path that led them down the mountain to a neighboring eettlement. When relating the story of the terrible tragedy, & num- ber of citizens collected to§achar and proceeded to the spot where the terrible scene was enact that hurried an innocent man into eternity, an plunged a family and friends into unutterable grief and sorToW. : Arriving upon the ground, they discovered s short diatinfa from the scene of the murder, the ‘burnt and charred body of the unfortunate man. The blood upon the rocks and some of the pa- ers of the decezsed, that were found & short istance from the scene of the murder, and the statement made by two of his friends was evi- dence sufficient that they had attempted to con- ceal their crime by burning the body of the un- fortunate man. . A Coroner’s jury was summon- ed to set upon the case and ascertain. the facts connected with the terrible affair. The United Btates officials, however, interfered, and pre- vented the jury from acting at the time, and wo have been unable éirice that time to ascertain the final result of. the investigations in the case. The opinions of the unprejudiced is that he +was murdered, not only for his money, but for the purpose of gratifying some feelings of per- sonal hatre e result of an antagonism of feeling during the late ‘war—Captain Boyd be- ing in the Rebel service. At any rate, the matter ia involved in a maze of mystery that time alone will solve, and the public will anxiously await such developments as will finally settlethe ques tion id dispute, relieve ‘the innoceat, and visit upon the guilty that punishment that their crime 80 richly deserves. Spealker Dlaine’s wwl:l‘x;” i From lhe Pittsburgh (Pa.) Commercial, 0ct. 16 Fver since the Maine election the New York Tribune hos oxhibited a spirit of malignant ran: cor toward Speaker Blaine,: --Ono of it8 constan! charges is that Speaker Blaine entered G 8 a_ “poor man” in 1863, and is mow 8 /(2 - nire.” As fo his being s millionaire, it 18 to be presumed the sssertion is merely one of those extravagant statements which belong to the Xfi;g erature of a heated campaign. But 28 tohis being a “ poor man in 1863,” overy one familiar with the coal trade_and tho value of coal prop- erties in our immediate vicinage on the Monon- ahela River, knows the sssortign tobe complete- [y ot varianes with the fact. Long before 1863, indeed, as far back s the Democratic Adminis- tration of : President Buchanan, it was well [ known that Mr. Blaine owned one of the finest cosl properties on ihe Monongsahela, which returned a much larger income than a Congres- sional salary, many yesrs before he was a can- didate for Congress. This fact the Alleghany County Registry of Deeds establishes in the most indisputable manner, and we refer to it simply to &ow ‘how wild and reckless the " 7rib-" . of Commercs, summarizes the legal une has grown to be in its chargea against con- apicuonsgnr:d influential Republicans, B It should be stated, moreover, that the busi- ness relations of Mr.. Blaine in. trade circles, whero ho is well known here, stands very high. Thoso who aro familiar with his attention to de- tails, his industry, his cnergy, his enterprise, and his integrity, find no causa for wonder in the fact that he has become, not & millionairs, but a men of independent fortunc, destined_probably, in the developmont and adyance of his propet- ty, Sliimatnly to attain tothe possession of large we! THE HOWLING DERVISHES. Interesting Account of Their Performe ances—Ifow They Work Miracles. Constantinopls (Sept. 30) Correspondence of the Spring- eld Republican. On tho opposite eido of tho Bosphorus, in Scutari, a city of about 200,000 inbabitants, is enacted once a week one of the most peculiar and interesting sights of the East. The room whore the dervishes howled was about. forty feet Bquare, with a loft onone side for visitors. As we entered we exhanged our shoes for slip- pers, which were all front—the heel end being omitted. By a skilfcl manegement of our feot, we succeeded in dragging them up the stairs lending . to the gallery. There were no cheirs to sit on, but their place was angplied by sheep-skins, with hair and fleece both left on, but stich accommodations the traveller in tho East must become accustomed to. In ome cor- mer were piled up the mattresses on which the dervishes sleep with a small pulpit keoping guard on their side. While the dervishes wero quietly enjoying their narghiles or water-pipes in the porch, one of the sasistants camein to prepare the floor for the ‘‘services.” After spreading sheep-gkins . over the floor, heput on one of the hats belonging to the doryishes, snd mounted the pulpit. Those hats, by the way, are & peculiar institution, They are mado of felt, about an inch thick, and aro shaped like a flower-pot, about eight inches high. The young neophyte, after ornfl_ngluma' elf to his Batisfaction, commenced mimicking the exer- cises which were_about to follow. He was sud- denly interrupted, however, by the entrance of the dervishes, about 80 in number, who took their stations facing toward Mecca. They commenced thejr prayers, silently at first, bowing and touching the floor with their foreheads at intervals. Suddenly they com- ‘menced singing in concert as loud as they could yell, going through the same motions as before, cnding by repesting in concert a bundred appel- Iations of the Deity. Nextcame the howl prop- er. Arow was formed of about 25 persons, in- cluding some soldiers and common people, who were sllowed the privilege of sharing in the fearful excitement which ie subsequent exer- cises produced. While half o dozen dervishes were sirging the great hymn in bonor of the prophet, the chorus re&:ented in concert la-i-lah- al-lah-lah, which is said to be their profession of faith. They commenced slowly at first, bending their bodies now forward, then sideways, then backward with esch syllable. the time quickens, they bend faster and faster, running_the syllables _together until only the wild, hoarse howl of d-lgh is heard. Faster and faster they bend and hoarser grow the howls. Although a cold day, the perspiration pours down their faces, while the attendants remove all their outer clothing ut little white caps on their heads. As the begins to stamp, nothing can be heard et each inclination but deep, sspirated grunts, something like those of a startled pig. It was actunlly painful to watch their faces, such ghastly countenances, such frenzied looks in their eyes, though one fat darkey presented even a comical appearance by his frantic attempts to Xcep up with the rest. . Suddenly all stop at the word of the sheik. Clonks are thrown over the exhausted worship- erareeking with perspiration. Oneof them wWas too far gone to have any control of himself, and kept bending back snd forth until his head ‘was held by a companion. Sometimes they run knives through the fleshy parts of their bodies in the height of the orgies. The atmosphere of the room was almost unendurzble, but for the sake of seeing the sight throngh wo waited a lit- tle longer. bottle of water was next passed around, and_all, commencing with the sheik or chief dervieh, breathed into it. It was then quickly corked up, and thereafter used 2s a spe- cific for all the ills to which flesh is heir. Once more the singing commences ;_the howlers bend and hovl, though less energeticelly than before; garments are thrown off, ond the last, and in somerespects, most interesting scene takes place. The sheik is a worker of muracles. After em- bracing and kissing his followers, he attends to the healing of the sick. A baby about a year and a half old is brought to him. After locking intently at the child » moment, he gave it to an attendant, who stretched the pale little thing face downward upon the foor. To our horror, the great lubber of & sheik stood for some time with’ his whole weight on the sick baby, fitat on its shonlders, then on its hips, and then on its legs, at the same time repeating a prayer. What seemed most marvellous to us was, that the in- {ant did not utter a sound, nor did any of the other ladies and small children who were after- ward treated in the same way. Next, s number of sick of moro advanced years were stretched out, side by side, and the sheik walked back and forth upon them, ending by breathing over them with his boly breath, which, after the preceding exercises, was believed to have remarkable heal- ing properties. By working upon the imagina- tion they have made some wonderful cures, es- pecially of nervous diseases. Some Englishmen &ven, while of courso not believing in their pos- sessing any miraculous power, have been suc- cegsfully treated by them. . ) By this time we were glad to drag onr slippers down the stairs once more, and ride away. Wa had seen & new, and certainly very energelic form of worship, and one of the lons of the ghca; but an bour snd s half’s sitting on the loor, and tho odors of the place, and the" dis- gusting character of the exercises, were enough to make us glad to regain the crooked, narrow streets of an Oriental city. INDIAN WIVES. Important Case Involving a Large Fortune—J¥s an Indian Trader’s Tems porary Union With a Squaw a Legal Marriage ? ) Some months ago Mrs. Troost,of Kansas City, died, leaving a gront deal of property to be de- voted to public uses. Amoag other bequests, there were made in her will provisions for the erection of & grand opera-house, & church and seminary, and a park, and for other purposes. . The following, from the Kaneas City Journal uestions 4 will have to be settled by the Supreme Court, which will determine the ' rights of heirs who may be the issue of virtual mar- ringes not recognized by law : o "Y'he cage ip which the Indian children of the late Wm. Gilliss have asked that this will be set aside in their favor was decided at Warrensburg, Saturday Iast, in the Cirenit Court of -that county, before Judge McGeaughey, before whom it was taken from this county on .n change of venue. Mr. Gillies, oneof the first settlers of this city, at hia death its most wealthy citizon, died & baghelor, as supposed by everybody, and left his property to bis nicco, Mrs. Troest, who, dying Tecontly, loft the estate mainly to public uses, which fact gives it a wider interest to our citi= 2zens. g Mr. Gilliss, in the early part of his life, in fact, much of it, Was an Toian trader, and, Tike ‘many more such, had what they called Indian Wives, whom they selected or wedded, as the case might be, according to the Indien custom, by whom he bad Indian children bom to him. These Indian children set up their claims ns the legal beirs of William _Gilliss, and by them suit was brought to set aside the will. The case was tried before & jury. = The case turned upon the question ss to whother the Indian customs, in such mitters, constituted such a marriage as the laws of the country could take cogmizance of, and enforco a8 legal and binding in all respects. In this respect the case becomes one of great intereft to this portion of the country, as_dis- souri, Arkaneas, Texas, Towa, Minnesota, Mich- igan, Wieconein, Kansas, Nebraska, 2nd all the Torritories have parallel cases without number. It may become the case on which this question Tor all tho Western country swill turn. The jury decided in favor of the Indian heirs, and the will is thus st aside. Of course it will be appealed, and we will have the opinion of the higher Courts before the matter is finally deter- mined. Locally, it interests all our citizens, as the new opera house, the church, the seminary, and the park, bave all to wait the slow processes of the law bofore they can, if ever, be realized. The decision also affects the condition of very valuzble property which has come into the pos- gossion of the estato since the death of Mlr. Gil- igs. and shei A Desperate Venture. . From the Washington Star. We wogered » smell sum with a friend once that he could not get out of the Fifth Avenue Hotel withont being forced to fee the waiter. He was s plucky fellow. He had behaved hand- somely under fire in the field, and passed with credit from under all sorts of social the battle of life., We watched him closely. He marched from™his Toom. valise in band, and be~ tteries in | gan his descent of the grand stairway, “meg totake advantago of the clovator. Ho_pass eervants eyeing him as if he wasa sneak-thief,. 18 he was. His first skirmish came off in the bhall opposite the dining and our friend proved the victor. The last fight was trying. Directly facing it_is that hesvy battery of = clerks™ ‘whose dismond shirt fronts, shiny hair, stunning clothes, and elevated manners so oppress poor humanity. We eaw our friend draw a deep breath and begin the deseent. He took the fire of lofty contempt {rom the clerk battery, and turning to the left encountered a heavy reserve of whisk brooms. This charzzd on him in platoon ; while one de- tachment attacked his baggage another asseulted bim on donic and rear with whisk brooms. He fouglt through gallantly. He had meerly reached the entrance when 3 huge African bore dovn upon his right and the two passed out struzgling for the valise. Victory hung doubt- {ful, when, unfortunately for our gallant friend, two ladies of his acquaintance, who happened to be passing, paused to bid_him m-swafi. This was fatal.” He relinquished his valise, bowed to his friends, was thrast into a hack, and meekly paid the African—a counterfeit fitty-cent frac- tional currency that he held in resorve in case the worse came to the worat. ROMANTIC. &4 Condemned DNurderer Changes Clothes with Mlis Wife and Ese capes. Hendersonyille, N. C. (Oct. 25), Corre ndense 56 Fors ogarg, “Eeenoe o the Over 5,000 people were assembled Hers to-day for the gurpose of witnessing the execution of MMartin Baynard, one of the murderers of Silas Weston and his three children, but they were doomed to be wofully disappointed. It will be remembered that two criminals have already been oxecuted for this crime. Martin Boynard was also to have enffered the extremo penalty ‘of the law when the other two were hanged, but he was respited from time to time, to bé used 28 & wit- ness against the elder Baynard and another, who were pizo implicated in this terrible murder, nn- der o statuteof this State that provides thata condemned folon can testify as a witness against other parties to the erime. ~ All the preparations were made, the scaffold was in readiness and the crowd had been arriving from all quarters for several days to witness the tragedy. During hig imprisonment the wife of the condemned man was faithful, constant, and devoted is her attendance upon him. A daydid not pesa that she was notin his cell for geveral hours, and, at the last moment, with & heroism worthy of a more noble cause, she saved him from an ignominious death upon the scaf- fold. The night that was to have been the last of Daynard’s eerthly existence had arrived, and upon the earnest, tearful and eorrowful treat of his wife, the jailor compassionately allowe. the few remaining hours of his life with him in the cell. Morning broke clear and bright, and already the assembled multitude were astir, eagerly awaiting the arrival of tha hour when the executioner and the ecaffold would do their terrible work. About 6 o'clock a- 0. the woman came to the jail-door to be let out, with ber bonnet drawn down over her face and a handkerchief pressed over her mo: throogh which her beart-broken sobs burst as the jailer gissed her through the outer door of the prison. She walked slowly off with a feeble gait, bowed figure, and wailing pitifully, giving vent to her ‘great grief, and was soon 103t o the sight of the ia.pmg guards and morbidly curious spectators. Dregkfast time came at 8 o'clock, and the conti- dent and compassionate jailer, witha meal—the last the doomed man was to baye eaten—com- prised entirely of tempting delicacies, repaired ht.o the cell. (;J.‘he bars were rex]:’z:x'd nzad 2:& eavy iron door Was swung c, and the g:get entered, when a sight that made im ghake like an aspen leaf mét his astonished gaze. In the forther end of the cell, instead of the condemned man, erouched up in acorner, was & woman inhernight-clothes. Mo plaes and dishes with the breakfass fell from the jeiler's hends to the floor, and were brokenin fragments. - He tried -to speak, but could find no words for utterance, and, as he stood in_ actual despair, the crouching figure arose and, in the tones of & women who. thinks she has done & preiseworthy action, eaid,. “‘ Well, 2s Martin is gone, I reckon I had better eat -the Dreckfast,” and ehe forthwith began_ picking 1 tho sczttered portions of the meal. Baynard escaped in his wife's clothes, and was doubtless by this time far beyond the reach of the county, officers. The- Sheriff, as 8oon £ apprised of the circumstances, set out in pursuit of the criminal with & posse, but in vain ; for, after scouring the country for miles, ey retnrned withont their prisoner. The as- sembled crowd gave expression to their chagrin in various ways, none the least of which was an anxious desire on their psrt to_see the woman banged in the place of her husband, and, in- deed; many of them Were firm in the impression that such wonld be the case. Having cometo see “ 2 hangin'” they were not particular as to +who the victim was, whether guilty or innocent, 28 long as their morbid curiosity was gratified. It is belieyed now that Baj will pever ba recaptured. VENETIAN GLASS. Rcvival of an Ancient Art. Some of those flashing, glowing, sparkling crestions of cut-glass remind me that & paper on Venice would be imperfect without an allu- sion to her enamel mosaics and modern cut-glass: factories at Murano. The first fugitives who fled to the islands of the seagirt city, and who made salt from its la- gunes, brought the “art of glass” with them. An art which could be carried on the “tips of fingers,” and which depended on fancy, dexter- ity, and o little sand, could be easily ttnna‘port— ed; much moro easlly, alss! than the delioate fabric which they rear can bear moving. In 1090 thero are records of the skill of the Venetiansin this delicate art. 5 In 1291 the factories and furnuces increasedso rapidly that they were banished to Murano, 2o island and suburb of the city. The republican aristoerats dearly loved the achievements of the glass-blowers, end gave them peculiar privi- leges. The Council of Ten visited them offi- cially day and night, but frested theém with favor 80 long &3 they ataid at home. A Muranesewho taoght his art to foreigners, however, Was terri- Dbly punished. If he escap>d with it to forei lands, he was followed ané put to death. The duughters of the foremen were permitted to wed with the patrician sons of Venice, and the DMuraneso were allowed to follow first after the dogo when he went ont to wed the Adriatic. n the eleventh and twalfth centuries, the Byzantine artista taught the secret of enamel to Venice. Ths mosaic work became a8 fa- mous as the blown glags: But this industry de- cayed with ali else Venotian through the seven= tecnth and eighteenth centuries. Abont 1836, it began to revive, and to the well- known artistio lawyer, Dr.-Salviati, who may well bo trenslated saver of this beautiful art, does Venice owe the restorstion of one of her ancient glories. Pictures are co})ied by these skilful workers in this imperishable material, to the utmost perfection. The Queen of England has given them large orders for the Wolsey Chapel at Windsor, which they bave filled with exquisite success, and for the mausolenm at Frogmore. They are now repairing the splendid mosaics of Mark’s, some of which are almost in Tuing. The next undertaking.is. to be the “ Apocalypse,” which was the grand work of the mosgiciats of the fifteenth century, from car- toons of Titian, Tintoretto, and Paul Veronese. For this work the Venetian Govarnment pays them 20,000 francs anpually for the mere labor, and gives_them fourteen years to do the work. Of those figures which are finished, the perfec~ tion, is such that the finest jldga, *looking up- ward, cannot detect the modera from thé ancient. ‘The establishment boasts af this moment an artist by the name of Podio, who is remarkable for his copies of portraits.. His Marco Polo, Co- Iunbus, and Willizm of Wytehzm are surpass- ingly fine; and even the martyred President of ony ovn time, Abrabam Lincoln, has been por- triyed, in all his Singular sspect and angularity, by thid grout copyist. : % ‘Selvinti Las given much of his genius to the Teyival of blown F“E’ and now every well-for- nished divner table can boas: some proof of his cultivated skill. The anthorities in antique glass maintain that Salviati can to-dsy give youall the wonders, 2nd all the besuties, of the once lost éigct of glass” of the sixieenth century. He carj giveyou, 2t his famous thop in the corner of the squite of St. Mark's chandcliers, which bear flowers in natural tints, growing from their pen- dant branches; goblets of ruby and opal, vases of ‘sapohire and turquoise, finger-bowls with roots ¢f water-] ts trailing through their sea= arden ¥aves ; dessert plates with opaque mother- Stipecr! cenres, fringed with fransparent ruf- flea of| rose-color ; lily-shaped vasas, ice-frosted flggons, mirrors framed in mrhflgea de- cantefs, end_long-stemmed, flowerlike glasses, with jewelled serpents climbing to the brim. Tlese workers in glass' kave given & word to the language. Whyis jiasco & ynonym for fail- ure! LDecause, e“afi:ii to make a goblet, the \wo:kman sometimes fails, and burying his long tubo again in the glowing furnace, he petulantly says 4Jiasco,” makes, not s goblet, but & tlask. B ‘Baldwin snnounces that the Ssult Ste! (h;f:rei:ncofinal will be closed for the season ab nom, Dec. L. e