The New York Herald Newspaper, May 6, 1866, Page 2

3 NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MAY 6, 1866.—TRIPLE SHERT. sarround the sturgeon, who, with their young, follow | wages of laborers, except when at work for government, | zero during the winter months, The harbor rarely THE DE TH PENALTY, Lae) I hed made ee, pe and heartless Zouna bt dt 7 pene nea Se the stnalier Ash sboreviards, The most perfect silence is | are high. A nomial rent only has to be paid for | freezes, gave in the inner ana most shallow nooks ‘ntained uutil the signal is given by one of the oldest | nouse and land. Wood is plentiful, and the harbor | Tho great discomfort arises from the length of the to my resolve, and we falls—not Br mest experienced haulers, when all unite in raising » | abounds in fish end game; potawes, turnips and | winter season and the heavy. show storms. Snow bas parnone Gb aaeter, Ne Bae iinpiy’ to bathe Bibby, w bo wad opposed to 001 aost infernal din. The ish, frightened and not know- | other vegetables are easily raised; flour is obtained | been known to fall to the of five feet during a le and the water. we | with iter, I to state the which way to, turn, ane driven, inte ghtel Wat, | eet for tet eiicne Phe ae oe Ta | ee ee ‘nina f the battle a Y, of Le had oaime onde abode Ms, Derinm. De cousins cetscd | wall when Tous there to ss0 his Gouger, and when they are left by the receding tide. Sturgeon fat '' ASC O1 sugar and “4 a,” @ town is mem on it of the 4 Saclay erent luxury, and. is: proserved in long | is ablo, by one or two days’ labor, to supply his immo- | fought hore during the Critaean ten relics of which are Execution at Batavia, N. Y., of Levi Mayhew - eft always invited me to call again. It was the thoosy strips, to which the skin is attached, Salmon and white | diate wants for the rematnder of the week. The people | namerous. The object to be gained by an assault on this he insisted I had I aske him who said so, | of the doctor who testified that I struck Durham w! st abound in the larger rivers emptying into the sound. | seem to have no ambition to accumulate property or to | place cannot be easily seen’ The euack was mado by for the Murder of Theodore Dunham. aud ho said Mr. Ribby (Mra, Durham’s father), i | he had bis shirt on. I did not dogo. He was perf "The natives have two kinds of houses; one for winter | better their condition by the sacrifice of a moment's ease | troops landed from French and English vessels, ‘who ap- asked him if Ribby ever saw me have any crim!- ES ae os Se et and one for suininer use, The winter house is built par- | or indulgence. Wages here average about one anda | proached in the fullest confidence »* victory. ‘The Cos nal intimacy with her since her marriage, He said no, | must have | been caused — by going filly under ground, belug exearated to the depttt of two | half rouble per diem, which is high for Russia, sacks, though few im number, behaved most valiantly, but intimated that Thad. Ithen repeated that I never | 40 | His, clothing after I, bad cut him | with ge vot square, With a | ‘The bi 4 'niost entirely in the handsof foreign~ | and fnerit all the praise which ean bo bestowed uot | CONFESSION OF THE CULPRIT, | !222y tine criminal to do with Mra D. since hor mar- | ove of the stones don’t think that any of the wit: aiden? no windows except a | ors, v . Pierce, of the house of Boardman & | them. $0 little did they expect to hold the town * | riage, when he called me alying——. I, excitedly, esas seers Se et me — ly, but Square hole :n the oof, which, in bad wea | Co. Boston; Hunter, of the house of Burling & Co,, | that the government officials had already pre- picked up a stone and threw it, striking Durham back | were some point ee eet ae ther 1s covered with a piece rthin skin. Being | Cailfornia; I'duger, of Honolulu, and Fletcher, an Eng. | pared to leave, when hows, was received of ‘the of the oar, on the left mde of thehead, I was just, at | rogard to my Delhg geen on the bridge with urban = alsoontiantitiiy ccdverea wi i, it roserables a | lishman, who has’ resided heré for about thirty years, | departure of the enemy. ‘The greatest. slaughtor the water's edge at the tume, and Durham a few foot | the evening of the murder. | We were at fo time vi hte ap fo lpr ip entrance is usual- | These » receive yearly consignments of Ameri. | ocurred from a masked battery near the beach, inrear | mere PERITS OF ILLICIT LOVE, | ti", (2. Ho then throw & stone, hitting me inthe | one hundred rode ween Se nies i. ques Yy through « pas vay about fourteen feet im length, aud ean goods, which they sell mostly on | of tho town, and it is said tat but one officer alone i side and knocking me down, I then made up my mind to on Ap a ie flied « excavated to i level with the terior of the house. ‘The javs of small Russian merebants, who travel | escaped. On the site of this battery, or not far from it, that this 7As 6 good oppertanian (9 Solgh that fatal pro- | You have mareioed do. God knows tie I did. i tnuerend of this corridor ar hall, ‘80 to call it, is sepa- ves or send clerks through the peninsula collect- | are erected two erosses, in memory “of the. gallant doad mise, and with this determination I started threateningly Si yppatictrgp nth ira enh ee the rooms by a hanging bear or deer skin. fo oods are exchanged, ‘The prin- | of both parties. Shot and shell are scattered about here, towards him, driving him back into the water, at the | the public ought to know it too. Tam truly sorry was enticed to take away the life of a fellow being, and E ‘awled through the entranee one comes upon | cipal article the Siberian sable, of which | though on account of ccidents which same time picking up another stone and striking a scone whose filth is wmdescribable. ‘The centre | about five aro nonually exported. Large | have aoourred trem iene, numerous pociiene Nein | STRANGE CHAPTER IN CRIME. | hin in tha eyo” whh it He again rushed out | trust that my fate may bo a warning to all others’ not te of the interior is «) to the depth of twelve or | numbers otf lc furs are also collected, but few, | habitants have been prohibited from touching them. of the water. I caught up another stone, and | listen to the voice of the tempter. I have nothing more eissh , and serves a8 a fireplace, Around three | however, pay for exportation, At the point of the promontory separating the small as we clinched I struck Bim several times on to'eey, except. thas 1 wes brousht Np in se Renan eat oe aides of the rc ‘0 raised benches of earth, which During th year ir. Ptluger also exported to Hono- | harbor from the bay are the remains of a battery in the . | the head. He struggled unt'l wrenching himself | spectable manner. I lost my father birieen years gerve as tab! nd chairs, While the fourth side is | lulu come rrels of salmon, as an experiment. | defence of which a gallant brother of Priuce Makeontoff, away from mo he ran across to the north side of the | and since then I have been ving with my romibe the rovepiacle Yor the provisions, hides, oil, and all the | It is extremely doubtful, however,’ whether the tisheries | the present Governor of Sitka, fell. Though unsucess- | INTERESTING SCENE AT THE SCAFFOLD. J crock. 1 pursuca him with the stone in my hand, and | am twenty-three years of age and never was in & priaem. odds and ends which are comprised among the natives’ | here will ever pay, as those at Sitka already supply the | ful at the first attack, the allies returned during the fol- as oon as I reached the north sido he fell. I was deter- | before, I believe that is all I have to say that wor necessaries of life, ‘The house for summer use is usval- | market and can furnish any quantity of fish required | lowing year, and took possession with little or no resist- bee ke. Ke. mined to finish him, but upon reaching him I found him | Of any interest to you. iT for ly built o: drift wood, and differs only from the winter | at much less cost than it ean be done ‘here. Most of the | ance, dead or nearly so. I thon took him by the left foot and | Your reporter then withdrew, thanking the Sheri! House in having an elliptical opening—three or four win- s obtained here are sent to Europe—the American | — Upon the promontory referred to stands a neat monu- arm, and, lifling him clear off the ground, threw him | granting him such a protracted and unrestricted intew dows tustead of one, and no fireplace. market not paying well, Ermine,,which abound near here, | ment to the memory of La Perouse, the navigator; while From Our Special Reporter. into’ the’ creok. I immediately recrossed’ the creek, | View with this remarkable criminal. THK EXECUTION, On the morning of the execution the culprit arose an early hour and partook of a light breakfast, slept little during the night and had all the appearanos of aman who was suffering intens® mertal agony. The Rev. Mr. Keating, of Pembroke, who bas been a come stant attendant on the condemned since his sente: called upon Mayhew about nine o'clock and remaii closeted with him till noon. The prisoner manifested deep penitence, and repeatedly pronounced his scntencs a just one in every particular. He appeared very much dépressed in spirits though, and sobbed violently whem left alone. A number of newspaper editors from Re- chester, Syracuse and Buffalo visited him by permission ‘The storchouses or magazines, of which there are one | do not, he or more in each community, aré raised about ten feet | the indi from the ground, ag a protoction against dogs, wolves | of the 3 and mice, In these buitdings, when the natives are | varial St. Petersburg, being the enly fur worn about to leave their homes for fishing, &c.,are placed the | peculiarly by the Court. The skin of the black bear, goods of tho entire community, and it is said | which is plentiful, is seldom exported, but much used that robberies are almost unknown. In each | by all the inhabitants for various purpos villa; or communit is a public honse, called Very little money is in circulation at Petropanlovski, all by the natives a « built’ after tho fash- | that there is, in fact, being tliat sent here by the govern- i0n of the winter hous: yugh much larger (sometimes, | ment to its employes, and as these are frequently not it is said, being sixty feet square), and having rows of | paid for two or three years, there is very little seen, seats rising one above another as in an amphitheatre, | ‘The currency in use is paper, redeemable at Irkutsk and This is appropriated to the use of guests or travellers; | Nicoluefsk, which represents the silver rouble. The Serves asa council house and hall, in which are held all ne of the rouble fluctuates a groat deal, at the present er, pay. for collectin; and are only used by belonging to the oflicers hovseholds, T! which is occasionally tound here, a oe grounds of the house occupied by the Captain of Batavia, N. Y., May 4, 1866. rome mysals wih all say oe roomie eae demons © Post is another commemorative of Behring. urbam’s, and, picking up his » climi up the In the vicinity of the town are two or tiroo minor | _ The execution of Lovi Mayhew for the murder of Theo | hank on the south aide’ and went dircoily home. “Afver settlements, visits to which were made by various mem- | dore Durham at Indian Falls, Genesee county in the | going to bed that night I began to think of the terrible Bere, of the expedition, while at the distance of about | month of July last, under circumstances of tho most re- ne Dae had ongnaaitted. and whee 8 fearful sin 1 had irty vi “ ” rf swer for. But, alas, the act had beon commit Of Pecorie nt are situated the “Springs,” a favorite place | voiting nature, took placo to-day at the county jailim | and my hands were stained with mufder, ‘There was THE ANADYR RIVER FXPLORATION PARTY. this town. The affair created a great ecnsation in this | but one thing left to be done, and that was to hide and tt ben hynee Wright arrived at Pomogeniarss! from | and tho adjoining counties, and people flocked to Batavia Corectt Unies bane selec: liwd mm 9 ene: — he Gulf of Anadyr on the 20th of October, having stop- ure, if I should escape detection for ek, ped at several important points along the coast, At the | ma distance of thirty and forty miles to be present at } to pack up all I had, and taking Mrs. D. with me, to 20 Anydyr river they found the party under Lieutenant | the last act in this terrible tragedy. West, With these thoughts revolving in my mind, I fell MacRae, preparing for their winter journey. Everything ‘TUR MURDER aslaep. Arising earls naxt-moraing. 1: mens:down:to seemed very favorable for a successful prosecution of Stone’s store and paid him a small debt. I then went, 13 nnd religious ceremonies; is the general bath | time being only equal to about sixty cents, their work. From the mouth of the Anadyr the schoon- | °f Which Mayhew was convicted was without doubt one | ate breakfast, and commenced sawing wood for my | of the Sheriff; buthe did not seem disposed to converse house, and usually the sleeping ‘place of tue men and ae Americans here complain much about the decreaso | er Milton Badger sailed for San Francie, October 14, | Of the most cold-hearted and premeditated crimes that moter, when Mrs. aegis came atbag pad said ee va ony ae Ee ere 4 gracefully withe nyale Children, of business, and in the course of a year or two it is more | having as passenger Lientenant Jarod Norton, who bad | was ever enacte: : father wanted me to help bim through the harvest. teavil ‘All the natives aro extremely fond of the steam bath, | than probuble that not more than ove foreign house will | been eusased lu curvevs und reconnoissences of harbors, | Was cvcr cuacted in apy Christian community. The fact | tog hort would, and went along with her. On te way | _At-one o'clock the jury and tho members of the press wore admitted to the yard where the scaffold was erectod, ‘and in about fifteen minutes afterwards the crowd out. side—at least such of them as had tickets of admission— wore permitted to enter. The Sheriif then addressed the crowd, enjoining strict silence and perfect order while the execution was going on, and announced that the cule prit would be brought forth in a few minutes. ‘one of the most valuable of the introductions of the Rus- | be left here. The Russian-American Company formerly sians, A huge fire having been built in the centre of the | had adepot at this place, but abandoned ft Within the room, stoues are heated, upon which water is thrown, | last tive or six years. y raising a steam which is almost suffocating to unaccus- | ‘The peninsula of Kamschatka 1s immediately under tomed senses the charge of the Ispravnik (literally “ruler’”), who re- ‘The food of these people, like that of all northern races, | sides at Petropaulovski, and is the chief magistrate of the is more or less of a greasy nature. Their cooking is very | town, The Ispravnik reports to Gen, Kaseakaviteh, Gov- Having seen the MacRae party fairly established in com. | tbat the murdered man’s own wife was a party to the | she asked me if I had seen anything of Durham. I told fortable quarters, the steamer loft for Petropaulovski, Oc- | tragedy, and urged Mayhow to the commission of the | hor that Thad, when she asked me if I had done as she tober 15, deed in ‘order that her criminal intercourse with the | Teauested. I told her I bad, when she asked me where COURTESY AND HOSPITALITY OF THE RUSSIANS. ahteraniehitifen dleturbed, lent an interest to the | 2° W&®. I told hey that he lay below Indian From the timo of the arrival of Colonel Bulkley ight" go'on undisturbed, lent an interes! in the water. She said she ‘was heartily glad 0 up to the last moment of his stay the officers and | case beyond anything of the kind ever witnessed in this | it, and hoped he had gone where he never passengers of both vessels wera most cordially | part of the Stato, It appears that this intimacy | Culd return to trouble” or abuso her | any - ‘ aaron “ : “ “ies ‘At twenty-five minutes past one o'clock the proceso simple, but they er cat raw meat, except in extreme | ernor of the coast and provinces of Siberia, residing at | entertained. A constant succession of dinners, more, and seemed to feel rejoiced to know “} cases, They do not gormandize as ’the Esquimaux are | Nicolaefsk, who is, intern, ‘subject to the orders of tho | balls and” parties ‘Kept all ineeseantly employed. | between Mrs. Durham and Mayhew existed prior | that ‘he was out of the way. We then arrived at her le ihe Troe the pelaanay ve oath mek gencanied to the said fo do, “In tho morning, when awakened, a cup of | Governor General of Fasterh Siberia, residing at Irkutsk, | Nothing could exceed the generous, warm-hearted hos- | to her marringe, and was kept up until within | father’s, she going into the house and I to tho fleld to | gaiiy Ih ee fener Me ot te er to his water « from one to two pounds of dried or | As may be easily seen, an Ispravnik, inclined tobe tyran- | pitality with which the members of the expedition were | a short time of the murder, The plot for | Work. Nothing more was said between us on the mat 5 heois almost, and wore the usual black cap. He pre» ceeded to the gallows with @ steady step, and evinced more nerve than most people gave him credit for. He had evidently summoned all his courage to meet his death like a man; and the effort, contrary te the sipectatons of every one one, proved quite sus- 1. ‘All being in readiness, the District Attorney read the death warrant and handed it to the Sherif for execution, ‘Then followed a fervent prayer on behalf of the com demned by the clergyman. - Sheriff Upton then addressed the prisoner, saying be hhad just ten minutes to live, and that if he bad any’ Sad to say then was the time. THE CULPRIT’S SPEECH. Mayngw—I wish to say to my fellow creatures that I am truly sorry that I stained my hands with the blood of a fellow creature, I hope that ‘e my fate and my doom may be a warning to all. Z|” think that my sentence is a just one, and that I ought te be executed. 1 wish toreay,to all FOUN ne a ‘our parents. They will give you nothing but Aavice! I dio in the faith of Jesua Christ, cn leave =” Poel hae you all good-bye hoping that we will meet J above. The Sheriff then told the culprit that he had five ro minutes more to live and could employ the time im speaking if he liked, but Mayhew made no reply, and by his silence intimated to the Sheriff that he was ready t @n die, ‘The rope was then adjusted to the neck of the um my Ss broiled fish is presented to each man by his | nical and extortionaie in a place so far removed from wife, daughter, or some woman belongmg to the | headquarters as this, has it fn his power to render the community. The mon usually eat in the “kajim,” | inhabitants very miserable. The present Ispravnik, M. the women and children in their respective houses. At | Malotfski, isa general favorite, and. doubtless deserv- evening, or when returned from fishing, hunting or | edly so, The police of the town, which is entirely un- their journeys, each receives the same as in the morn- | der his charge, is well regulated. Although most of the ing, though “occasionally there is added pemmican or | males are Cossacks, wild and rude, and inordinately fond cooked meat. Heads of salmon, and young dogs, fated | of “vodka,” yet disturbances are rare, and intoxicated for the purpose, are considered luxuries, and usually re- | persons geldom seon, served for fest occasions, a3 are also fish spawn and In postal facilities the Russians are wanting—only one “olkoosha,” a kind of bash made from reindeer or fish | mail being annually received and gent. In fact, there fai. The use of tea and sugar, introduced by the Russians, | has been but one received during the past two years. is common wherever these articles can be purchased. Su- | The people, however, keep pace with tho times iolera- gar is particularly esteemed a luxury. bly, through the medium of vessels which stop here ‘The natives of Norton Sound, frequently having ocea- | en rowe to and from the whaling and fishing grounds, or, sit different portions of Behring Sea, are much | arrive wth cargoes for the foreign merchants. During ilful than the southern tribes in the use of the | the past year some twenty vessels of all descriptions bidarra,’’ some of the latter being forty | have arrived and departed. fifty mgth, and furnished with masts. The | The recent discovery of extensive cod fisherios near the bidarka, , 18 the most commonly used. It is | southern coast of the Peninsula and in the Ochotsk has made, of seal or wolves’ skin, similar in shape and ap- | had the effect of bringing many vessels hither, and may pearance to the Esquimaux “kyak,” and managed with | havea favorable influence upon the commercial’ relations almost inconceivable dexterity and skill. of the port, though it is said that the government is not Sinee the occupation of this portion of the country by | anxious to maintain the town, as it produces little or no the I large numbers of the natives nave been | revenue, and 1s, in fact, a source of expense, baptized into the Greek Church, though still retaining The lower class of inhabitants are Cossacks, or half muny of their old superstitions. Their original religion | breeds (Russian and Kamschatdales), no real Kamschat- socms to have been akin to that prevailing among the | daies being found in this immediate vicinity, and appear to tribes of the interior, They had a general belief in good | bea very contented, happy and well cared for people. In or bad spirits, through whose influences they were made } general appearance they are thoroughly Russian, though either happy or miserable, as one or the other obtained } somctimes quite dark mm complexion, and are in every the ascendancy. Every passion bad its divinity, and | way superior to the same class of inhabitants im Sitka. cach individual was responsible for permitting the worse | They are usually neat in their dress, ard possess kindly passions vo attain control over him. and intelligent features, They are said to be honest in TLOVER BAY, their dealings, and the women appear virtuous. They The Golden Gate sailed from Fort St. Michael on Sep- | are simple in their habits, extremely hospita- tember 16 for Plover Bay. During the passage sound- | ble, but disinclined to labor except under tho ‘ings were frequently made, a record of which was kept | pressuro of immediate want Most of the delayed by head winds, Plover bay was not reached until | males are more or less in the employment the 25th of September, and the anchor was made the | of the government. The young men are brought up to nextday. The steamer Wright had reached the barbor | trade between the foreign and native merchants and the in advance and was found there, The entrance to this | natives of the interior, boing omployed as clerks or harbor 1s spacious, though distinguished by no particular | agents and sent out in the winter with goods, for which fandmarks. Proceeding towards Emma harbor, a saud | they obtain furs. spit abretobes nearly across'the bay. ‘There is, howover, | _ The officials and better class of society are said to bo plenty of water betwoon the end of this and the western | fair representatives of the Russians goncrally, Certainly shore, and once past this point, vessels are thoroughly | nowhere could be found people more courteous, kindly, sheltered from high winds and find good anchorage. [ or more thoroughly understanding the principles Nothing can exceed the barren and desolate appearance | genuine hospitality and the art of putting strangers en- of the country about this harbor. High peaks, covered | tirely at their ease. Their habits and modes of life are ‘with snow and entirely destitute of any vegetation, sur- | simple in the extreme, and their one aim seems to be round the harbor om each sido except towards tho cca. | the enjoyment of life. More thoroughly refined or moro As fur as the eye could see from the summut of one of } intelligent are rower bmg 4 with, and the pleasure these peaks, the country presented the same cragged ap- | was increased by tho surprise of falling into such society Boned beac * spravnik; Captain Sut- b i tor. I worked for siz. Ribby all that day, and was ar- sey alain’ of the Ports Adjatant. Muller Aidedes | the assassination of the victim was formed on tho night | rested the same niglt.”” Inconclusion, Mayhew says he Catmp'to Governor Kushevaroif, and others, among whom | of the th of July last, Mayhew promising Mrs. Durham | bas endeavored to xive a true and gore! account of the wore tho American and Germah merchants, whose eforts | shat he would comply with her wish and perpetrate the | TUFCTand the motive that prompted him to comm to "seroaghiy cpeacae tia tone, "of the expe- | Murder on the first favorable opportunity. Mrs. Dur- | perpetrated the crime had it not beon for Mrs Durham, dition and anxious to afford it every facility in their | ham’s plan, as communicated to her paramour, was as | nd that it was throngh her and for her that tis hands dstermioed to sie the very’ last of them, ‘oame to the | Ming in Tonawanda creck, and to watch bis opportunity | for his fearful crime and be prepared to meet his Maker, och, erected a tent and insisted upon a farewell lunch. } and there drown him, If he could not succeed in drown- | | ANOTHER RFFORT TO ROAYE, | 2s ince the trial and convis f \- ing ite he ye to kill ie eee way vege! 7 ais duct until within the last week or. tan days has been, un- i way,” to use her exprossion, ‘for she was of living | exceptionable. He generally employed his time in reading, i pcrnaaniy igplieny Fae Cue aaa nee ORE with him any longer.”” On the 14th of July the long | and writing lottors to his mother and sisters, the Shoriff 1N LONDON. 2 . looked.for opportunity occurred. Mayhew and Durham fay the ea ph tage pied sonny soa gl (From the London Star, April 7.] wore bathing in the above-mentioned creek, near Indian | engaged in writing more than usual, but ao attention cyrus Field mote than fo anp'ather man orto any body | alls whon the anaasin knocked his wiotim down with | ei Balsa Ne, Seatrogs Siti ne would poste lelter of men. With him it is not merely an idea, a specuia- | Stone, and then deliberately beat his brains ont with the | ror him.’ The Sheriff, knowing that he had written more tion, a great commercial undertaking. If it Had been he | same weapon, After robbing the murdered man of | than ono lettor, asked him if he did not want the otiers Be eee wy pronai ipa Hagen ot o thirty. | Mis boots and some other articles, Mayhew throw posted a ey, Piepeiorede ee Aptis sixth time on this business alone, and before tcaving | the body into the creek, then dressed himself and | any othor than ‘the letter in the possession of the London he entertained his friends—those eepecially who | coolly walked off'as though nothing had happened. That | Sheriff. This at once aroused the offivial’s curiosity, Bana tel att the Palace otal ebaebea geen work—a 8 | night he had an intorview with Mrs. Durham, in which aire ret al aoc have Mr. Field’s own word for it, thaten no previous | he related to her all the particulars of the occurrence, | were found in Mayhew’s satchel informing his sister and occasion had so many men eminent in telegraphic sci- | when she oxpressed herself satisfied, and in the most | Mrs, Durham of his intention to escape either that very oa diego Ds gts orgie ore ta sicrtainly | heartloss manner remarked that sho was rejolced to learn Raho ae cmae ate Glesaas oe cepa of course presided; and a more genial chairman never | that he had gone where he never could return to abuse | Upton always removed the manacles from his limbs and occupied such a position, ar delivered a sories of mors | or trouble her any more. gave him the freedom of tho prison. It was his inten- pithy, appropriate and eloquent spesches. "To his right ‘TUB ARREST. tion he said to knock the Sheriti’s brains out when he Stintster, who uy bis presence os thisoeeesion gave an, | THO arrest of the murderer was effected the following | came in to pis tia mieien onat ak ae ae see other proof of his desire to promote that cause of inter. | day. Suspicion was at once directed towards bimon | and was determined to get loose or die in the attempt. —— ood will (ratah geal a Lob raid of | account of his having been seen in company withthe | He could not bear the idea of being publicly see On Mr, Field’e left sat the Earl of Caithness, who | deceased in the immediate neighborhood of the spot | xgouted in a town where ho was so, well known, represented not only the House of Lords but the scien- | where the body of the murdered man was found. The | was bound tocscape if possible. In the letter to Mra, ose power t Stetinsantaned a Fg ts officers found him at the house of Mra Durham's Darke he, saya in caso of ie eocape that ibe wil rnam fe ra ae, Bo return for her in one year, and tl ey wou! then the President of the Grand Trunk Ratlroad, delivered | ‘ther, where he had engaged to work s0 as quietly leave for She ees ee ales eeeie tc Mer a speech, admirable not more for its ability] to be near the object of his guilty affection. jurbam’s child, of which he is the reputed father, and ene oe the eee ae a Pa M7 Upon the person of the prisoner was found a looked forw ard to ‘he time when he could rect ‘both . | mother and child in his arms. These letters showing an States. ‘The House of Commons was also represented by | likeness of Mrs. Durham anda pair of boots, which be- | Motuor Gnd chid im lus Arms. | these letters showy fa Mr. Samuel Gurney, M. P., a or of the Atlantic | longed to the murdered man. In the possession of the | fhe Sherif thought it prudent ever after that to place » Telegraph Company, by Mr, Daniel Gooch, ebairman of | prisoner was also founda batch of letters, eighteen in } constant watch upon the movements of the condemned. he Great Ship Compeny, anda Metin of the Zelegraph | BUMber, written by Mrs. Durham, which showed that INTENTION TO OOMMET SUICIDE. wi two or three days, from: some Maintenance and Construction company, nod by Sir | she was on terms of criminal intimacy with Mayhew, | jot Dil ir ti peionnee: the Sheri got pepe oration Charles T. Bright, who was the engineer of tho 1857-8 | porn bofore and after marriage, and that an arrangement | the worst came to the worst and ne was no wot The Atlantic Telegraph. fortunate man, the sheriff pronounced the awfel sentence, “ Mayhew, your time has come,” the latches was sprung, the weight fell and the body of the culpeit was jerked violently into the air, Fora fow dually hia Fa the unfortunate man struggled hard, but gradually spasms became lighter, and at six minutes they ed altogether. Mayhew might have died spe had been more skilfully adjusted, podape; ide from this, the arrangements of the sacriff were cellent in every respect. The body, at the request of the culprit, was conveyed to the cemetery at Pembroke, there to be laid by the side of his father and sister. News Items. Under the civil rights law, ina recent case {n Ame Arundel county, Md., a negro was placed on tho witness stand—a new thing in that State, Chief Justice Chase will on no account: Hold a term ef the Supreme Court in Virginia as long as martial low Ui seamed writ of habeas corpus-is not se stored. - In the caso of Mrs. Brassficld, whose husband was re cently assassinated in Utah, and who bad, it will be re membered, applied to tho court for the castod; : q pearance. H-rds of reindeer were seen in tho valleys | in this out of the way , 80 far removed from ail 4 : soaking the short berbacn under the #now. Si op | “using influences. Tee timmarits tie pvantes ee een ae ee olny ahd the hazy wetesepre, |. was on foot between the guilty couple to leave the coun- Bea ie eens ot —— be a then in charge OC Rae ee ideo ectton dea by ig ied a pe On tho eet epeerass cantons diate rine neatly sented by Mr, W. G. Romaine, by Captain Richards ‘and | try and go West, In one of these letters Mrs. Durham | jt was ed that ‘there should be a wcond search of G granted the ay saying :— @pit proviously roferred to is a settlement of about thirty intod and scrupulously clean, The style of furniture | BY Captain Hamilton, who is a director of the Anglo- | speaks of a child she has by Mayhew, end entreats | the cell on Tucsday night to see if the prisoner had any | a judicial oWtZAge, bls, in no counter Tudians, In genoenl appearsitoa these people resemble | Is German rather than English or American. Houses | American Telegraph Company, the Dp tale during the him, for the sake of the little one, to fly with her to some | concealed weapons oF po.son. The sarc resulted in | settled jurisprudence ° ’ “ whose auspices tho now finding fine awis in the prisoner’: it book and fi prideney veer pooh Sotetaiog out "neanty uel ood mitking to clits ly a equal toitperstore is all the Goch ate cece country where they could live at peace, without being | in hist pautaloons pocker, He war’ unable to sive any appointment Ety guardian byte P Co from Lunting-and ashing and the cbarity of the-whaling | apartments, "A piano 1s. found in almost every house of ena crete redhat Be a Bar | exposed to the interference of her husband. satisfactory wcoount for the Possension of the weapons, | these childron from their mother.” aud trading vessels which now and then repair hither. | the better class, and all seem passionately fond of musi THE ESCAPE FROM PRISON RECAPTURR, ped es apa sbeahed when, ert made the | The Nashville Unimmof the Ist of May says:—"T.e have Many of tho people speak English. “Noroum,” the chief | while several of each family are more or less proficien, | Atlantic. For moro reasons than one the first place eh es discovery. Since then there has beea a watchman with | hoard it stated that the radicals of Teanesese are man among them, speaks it quite well, having spent | as performers. They aro also passionately fond of cards— Bom timo ‘upon a whaler. Though no dofiuite know. | whist, Boston and preference being theif favorite games, lodge could be obtained ‘rom them, there is every reason | one or more parties of which will usually be found m to believe that they beion: to the Ichontoi tribe. Their | session in the evenfug. Gambling 1s not one of their, huts or tents are constructed of skin, either of reindeer | vices, though they invariably play for a nominal stake— or se—usually the lattes, The interior is subdivided by | usually one-tenth kopok. hangiwg skins into severai smaller compartments, used | It is by no means inirequent to see a party of Indies as sievyping rooms. They contain a curions medicy of | and gentlemen gravely playing at forfeits or hunt the should be givon to Mr. Brassey, tho civil engineer, who In the month of October last Mayhew and two | the culprit night and day, rendering any attempt at iva director of the Telograph Construction and Mainte- | rotiow risonors, watching their opportunity when | escape or suicide a matter of impossibility. nance Company, and has been one of the most munit- | the “yale wag temporarily absent, wreuched THE DAY BEFORE, THE BXBCUTION cent supportes of the enterprise. Tt is not too ‘much to | bar trom one of tho inner doors of the prison and made | was spent by the prisoner in‘ receiving his aflirm that if Mr. Field bad not visited England last | thoir arrangements to gscape. Their plan was to knock | sisters. Tho interview between t was an af. Christmas, but litle if any progress would have been | {he jailer down when he came in to give them thelr sup- | fectionato one in avery rospect, and elicited the made thus carly with the new attempt. He imparted | her, and then make a bolt for it through this iron door- | sympathy of all who witnessed it. 'A clergyman, also, = cad ge of his own enthusiasm to Mr. | way that they had proviously tampered with. The trick } called during the day and ministered to tho spiritual izing secret societies, the members of which themselves, under the sanctity of an oath, to be true the party,” Correspondence of the Chicago Times, from Wisconsin, gives the following account of the freshet in that State:—Tho Wisconsin river is than ever before within the knowledge of man. At the haces f nd at’ gentleman, with a promptitude the © | wi t! Sf 4 . | head of Little Del's the high water mark placed there SL ae tk Cr, i and i oll dna, | Fa, lie clang among America| actin Cua a" "tw "reenrea i | o's tu ech a eo out Ee waren man, | Tan of hs concn ay Pome tes ig E"9, | by Cnt Mnpery SMe eat te Gra hee share the houses With their owners. Kron their frequent | ergo, ing. themselves with the most’ simple, means, | tho future history of the enterprise, offered to be | the lucky ones, and aided by the darkness of the night | might be forgiven. After his interview with tho clorgy. | Of 1840, which was said by the Indians to have newer {niorcourse with whalers aud traders they havo seen | Upon rising in. the “morning they take sunpiy a | He of ton to find all beater any entvomy Sad tide BN found no dificuity in pursuing his way unmolested: | man the prisoner asked tho Sherif, asa particular favor, | bad its ate, nin the Sadines thee ees only the worst side of civilization, and are by no means | cup or two of tea, eating nothing until about | Which meant, in monoy sesh ogtirese ‘elaid It is not our purpose to follow the criminal én all his | that he would destroy the letters referring to his intend: | NOW over two fect under water. This mark, forty feet above low water, has ever been a leading @Be Ject of curiosity and doubt to raftsmen until when its authenticity is fully established. for sixty thonsand pounds. Professor Thompson, LL.D., | travels; suffice it to say that he fled to Canada and re. | ed cacape. He had given up all hope of life, he said, who was originally a director of the Atlantic Telegraph | tained there a, month oF #0, sud. then came back | and asked forgiveness of the Sheriff for all tho trouble Company, undertook the goncral management of tho | 14 the stato of New York. Sheriff Upton, hear- | he had caused him since he had been placed under his #0 proposse-sing in manners or appearance asthe natives | twelve M., when they partake of a hearty meal. about St. Michael. During the stay here of the expedi- | At about cight P. M., if en famille, occurs the ton it was visited by » y, while lunch occurs at any oral canoo loads of natives from | principal meal. of tho di ’ , 4 : i jectrical arrangements in the variovs attempts made in tf : Resa Cohan ithaate teeters th ‘1 | flood, which is still bright in. the memory ef pots farther up the bay, as wellas by a party under Pour of the night most convenient, Should friends call | © ing that tho fugitive was working under ap | charge. Sheri pton ingly forgave him, an , charge of “knoe,” froin Indian Point. Ali of these | or eompany be entertained a supper upon a grand sealo | 1857, and Sortie Bid alg dn the laying of cable, | gegumed name on a farm near Brockport, vroceeded | promised to destroy tho letters, which were committed | tio ploncer settlers, waa regarded with superstitions awe thither in search of him, and managed to efféct his ar- | to the flames in a few minutes afterwards, much to the Fest at a moment when Mahew thought there was not an | gratification of their author, officer within ten miles of the place. The fugitive was INTERVIEW WITH OUR REPORTER, completely surprised, and bad pair of handcuffs on his | _ Through the courtesy of Sherif Upton your reporter wrists before he fully realized his position. | He was con- | was afforded a leugthy interview with the ¢ondemned on 4 ducted in safety to his old quarters at Batavia, where he | the evel prior to the execution. Mayhew was quite ting ‘one memorable message £0 soon lost its vitality, was | remained incareerated wp (0 the time of the exevition, | calm nnd vell-posseesed, and scomed rather lad than fective bofore jt wen s sea, mn _ pal de- THe TRIAL. otherwise at the interview. When informed that if he no Shey ote eae a a om agh-e A : 1860 The trial, which took plac the Court of Oyer and | bad anything to say to the public the present was an ex- e celete sendelete "tt ot iT after pickine np | Terminer in March last, attracted general attention. | cellent opportunity, his fuce brighteaed, and he re- Possible to resuscitate te Gable, and after picking UP | qhe evidence against the ‘prisoner was purely circum. | marked that he hada good deal to say. '«I have a bad sel portions way abcolutely wnimpated. Agnia imiaos | stantial, itis true; but to the minds of the jnry it was | headache to-night,” he remarked, ‘and cannot collect ho was entrusted. by the Atautie Telegraph, Com conclusive, judging from their verdict, which was ren- | my thoughts aa I 'would wish; bat I will do the best I Sa thelt opezations, Profesor Thompson being wenciated | Uberaton. | Judge Grover sentenced the prisoner to | what he would say, and after musing in silence two or clr him fo the performance of hia responaitie mensa, | death, and then it wag, forthe frst time, that Mayhow | three minutes remarked :— . Professor Whentstone isan electrical veteran, whose wort | Showed any signs of emotion. Throughout the irial | | ‘'some people think that because Tam not crying all earned celebrity no one will venture to dis] nite, ‘Amon ho manifested complete indifference to all that wag | the while 1 don’t feel bad, but it is not so, God the other guests may be mentioned Captain Andercone | Pessing on around him; but when the Court pronounced | knows I feel bad enough. Str, this is my first offence, sf ti y Bi ptain Andersop, | the awful sentence, that be be executed on the 4th of | and I feel the weight of it terribly. the gallant commander of the Great Eastern, who com: DRTER that’ ines with the urbanity and manners of a gentleman an May, he was completely unmanned and wept like a Reronr I understand you have been in the Hives brought with them veo son and many kinds of | crowns the evening, the lateness of the hour at which it es ot t They a is sorved depending upon the enjoyment of the evening plo, but could not understa and the quality of the gnests. All are extremely fond of as it neither traded nor canght | dancing, the manner of which does not diff¢r materially wad in bargaining, and anxious to | from the American. The favorite dance is the “A ible the habits and language of | murka,”:a Cossack quadrille, seemingly interminable, lhe, Nenison brought for sale was not | Afvor watching ite progress for two hours and finding secd until atter the eale wa eted. Then this work | that the prologue of the dance has hardly been com- cus done by the women, who carefully cleaned the | pleted, one may be excused for not waiting to the end. fuside, preserving the Liood and entrails for their own | A description is impossible, Official dinners and party use, suppers are almost equally interminable. With the ox- ‘The’ Honontlu brig Victoria was in the harbor when | ception that fish usually precedes soup the courses fol- the otpedeon arr She bad visited this harbor | low each other much after the American and English anuw diy for the last ten or Ofveen years for trading pur- | fasiton. Light wines and ale or porter are drank at poses. Ivory, wairus teeth, whaicbone and oil, sable | table, Champagne, of which they are extravagantly and for skins are the principal articles purchased, in | fond, crowns the feast, Angelica and Calitornia wines for knives, powder, shot and cheap whiskey. | in general are much used. On all occasions when friends 6 is not as large as 'i was @ ew years since, | are present a lunch table, with smoked and dried fish, Ait valuable meat, breud, cheese and several kinds of liquor, is con- atives here the dog is used for purposes | stantly spread, and invitations to indulke in “petnalsit ation and tr This is generally the | cupla,” or “tifteen drops,” constantly follow each other. his galvanometer would speak through it. Mr. Varley, tho present chief of the electrical department, is also con: sulting electrician of the Electric and International and of the Atlantic Telegraph Companies. At Valontia, in 1658, he discovered that the cable which, after transmit- rivers. To-day we have a more gigantic flood. It as though some ocean fountain had broken from its basin, and was rushing with a maddened fury for eternal destruction. The low lands are inundated, appear like an extensive chain of lakes. and habitations have been swept away and destroyed tho flood, and many lives lost. The loss to prop probably exceed one million dollars, but as yet it is igge Possible to form any correct estimate, owing to the come plete interruption of communication. Thia morning @e Dell bridge fell with a tremendous crash, and in a few moments was lost to view in the boiling, seething Several persons crossing bad barely reached the when it gave way, and it wus with the greatest dit they escaped with their lives, A number of ladies were standing on the rocks below the west end of the and only escaped being crushed to death by the timbors by the greatest miracie,”” A convention of the sportsmen of New York State ts t@ by the Indians, and to this day is consecrated ap waters sent down to crown the Wisconsin, the case among al! the people inhabiting the coast—reiundeer As a gentlorewinder of the approaching supper each child. Now that the trial was over, and that his doom } army? be held at Palmyra on the 29th instant, ised in the interior quest is served with a cop of “bouillon” about an hour | exnsive Rnowledge of nautical-sclonea, and more espe- | was xed, “Mayhew lost all courage, aud thinking | _ Mavimw—Yes, sir, Twas a private intheOne Hundred | The Sait Lake (Utah) Telegraph of April has the ‘The natives were. busy preparing for their long winter, | previous to it, ‘Tea isconstantly prepared and drank at | “lily a lengthened experience of Atlantic navigation, might ease his conscience a litle h» made a full con- | and Fourth New York Volunteers, and sorved twenty- | jowing : “Thirty-six yoars ago yesterday, the chureb, commences carly in Cctober, when the bay 18 | all hours of the day in great quantities. Upon entering | een aeee rent rae en ne ed ts wile ep | fession of his guilt, tmplieating Mrs. Durham in the mur. | two months. Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was organized in frozen over. Their winter houses, whic any house, no matter what may be the social position of oe, - Inia i th North coe 1 1859, sae feat "P | der, and saying that if it had not been for her repeated Rrrorrrn—Is there saything you would like to com- | bite, Seneca county, Stato of New York. Elder Geo, building, ave similar in construction to those | the occupants, the stranger is almost immediately pro- | the cable, laid in the Nort Des tn teed, and Ho tesiifled | promptings the affair would never have happened, maunicate now for the Smith kindly furnishes us the following names—the sim ried ag in use azvund Norton Sound. | sented with a gies of this most delicious boverace, ‘Tho | 0 the ease and certainty with which the captain and en- ‘THE CONPEESION Mayuew—Well, I hav persons that constituted the first organization: Oliver notables who visited the par “samavat’” in which it is prepared isa brass urn, the | giner found the locality and got hold of the cable, with | was made by the condemned on tho let of last month, | only think of it;'I always bore a good character unul T | Cowdery, Josoph Smith, Hyrum Smith, Potor Wh who had served as an intexgretor to Moore | lower part of which is simply a charcoal furnace, while | DOING Dut thy st & Rental ang O chronometer to | He stated that on the night of the 4th of July last, while | fell in with this married woman, and she led me into this | Jr. Samuel H. Smith, ‘and David Whitmer. ‘Some ab during hes Stay here with the Plover. H® is a shrewd, | the upper part contains which is constantly kept | S'ide them on the trac! ocean. He therefore spoke, | a¢ Mr, Durham's father's house, Mrs, Durham told him | scrape.* Shortly a: married, a year or more a y as he was entitled to do, with the utmost confidence thes» had been baptized previously, but were all bap» she intelligent and honest appearing native, and celebrated | boiling, and into which tea is put as occasion re- . that she was sick aud tired of her husband, and that she |, before the murder, she wanted mo to poison Durham, ask- | {zed ou the day of oreanieation. inte penn yp teh ~J e t the abthty of Captain Anderson and Commander Moriarty 7 mpore Ki reba kee ona fruicif cose into tie bay inthe spring abd autumn | Suet that the tea. is, never. bolted, is woo, common | ¥ Place the Great Raatern ight over the cable, ‘On this | Me'way, which he consented to do. ‘Mayhew then west | Faculd octdo ft, She was at me for about a month at | , The tral trip of the Pionocr, the frst steam, whaler nage: ren easciseben. ; Among us, is of superior quatity and steaming hot. Black | Point Captain Andorson hirnself spoke with a feeling of | Onworciate ow and in what manner Mrs, Durham wanted | that time,fout I was determined not toxratity her wish, | ¢¥eF built in this country, was made at New Londom, Ok, Whiie here the expedition learned from the com- | teats invariably used, aud is itnported from China over | ®solute certainty; while Mr. Varley stated that the in- | the murder to be committed. “I was to get Durham to | Rerorier—This confeesion that you have made, is it | 0D the 27th ult. ‘cr of the brig Vicvori of the departure of the ple | land, . White sigur alone ts used by the Russians, brown | dePendent observations of the daily and hourly position | go in swimming at Indian Falls" he ursued, ‘and as he | corrett in tho main or do you wish to add anything | An Illinois ndgo has decided that a woman ate clenandead, aud obiased a list Of all the vessols | sugar being entirely unknown even among the poorer | of the ship which were made by the commander of the | {uty nou swimewell, towatch my opportunity and drown | to? maintain a suit for damages against her husband for Jeetruyed by her. é clnrses Great Eastorn and his galisat colleague agreed to within | or kin him in some way—she did not caro, butto get him | — Mavmew—It is correct in almost every particular. ting her into an insane agylum under the prevenoe MOVEWSNTS OF THY STEAMER WrIGHT, Ail classes of people are great smokers, and as the Ia. | 4 fraction ofa milo, and Thal it was & mistake (oO TnDO8e | ont of the Way a6 she was thoroughly tired of hit, I | At this juncture the counsel for the prisoner entered | sue 18 insane. Since leaving Fort t, Michael the steamer Wright had | dies are generally partial to their delicate papoiros, or | that the absence of the buoys would create the slightest ised to do as she requested and said I would murder | the prison and asked him how hefelt. The Daily Wisemsin of May 1, published at Milweee Nisitod Webring Stra, making soundings and examin | e:gurctton, their presence is no bar to the enjoyment of | “Cr adam paid that they owed it to the gentle. | him the first opportunity I had. The following Mouday, || Maybew replied that he felt prepared to die, but that | oo, contains the following:—~We are informed that our ations of Port in ntly Harbor, aud other places, | the gentlemen. Pipes are rarely ured, except among the v e cent! neighbors across the lake at New Haven, about twelve men who bad so liberally subscribed to tell thom ir they the 10th of July, when I went over to her father’s, she | he dreaded the form. He dreaded the way in which he al with reverence to I had Ue slightest doubt of eucowss; aid that they woe ‘ed me if I was going todo aa T agreed, [told her I | was to die, that was all. Yi A bie, arriving in | lower classes. The Russian gentleman, ignorant of tl miles below Grand Holland, have had a tar and feathers she found | pleasures of coloring a meerschaum, confines himself to would if I could. @ arrangement was that Mrs, Dur- Counsei—Well, Lam glad to hear you say that you | ing affuir. It that a Mra. Beebe, residi aken on board | Manila eigar or cheroot, comtalt 8 great weg, cake wean the deme tnprerared | Tae and I were to go West as soon as T had put Durham |, are propared to die. You must not attach so much Im- | has been living a disreputable lite in the absenc. hae’ preter, © ior the Gulf of | A knowledge of the English language te ing ra. pon Tac tan sommes, bat amie wae y out of the way, I then left Mr. Durham with the full | portance to the form of death; there are many more | jiustand. A short time avo, just the me her husbamd Anadyt vn ihe 27th of September. pidly seong aa pe Nearly if not Kad Cae Sich R might be poasiblo to suggest. He fear tonwetion of fading Darbar to foe him,’? ih ta tas bay n't know; the form is the only | "turned, it leaked out that she had endeavored to AULOVaRE, officers met with » or more wuages: le ew then goes on to se’ after search! for. v1 pane ; irl ir “ing two days at Plover | Russian, and of all foreign languaces Buglish seems to be | Marked that last year every one of the four grapphings + a rm of Me, | thing I dread, : Git feusud’ “the ‘mesgubere. went to too kneon, provi mnife ‘vietim for se" he found him on the fai totem ‘Of the atlantle Neouk tte uaa roy ‘of un. | John C. Vincent, ie tubeions where he was engaged in -You ought to feel easier now that your time girl ‘used. The neighbors went to the — on usual certainty. cutting wheat, "Mayhew applied for work, and ‘was on- | of imprisonment is so soon to expire, You will not have while two hold her husband the rest stripped Mrs. and tarred and feathered her, when she was ordered @® os Septouiber for Petropaulovskt, | the most popular. All classes are constant and devout arnyins on the Lith f Gelober, The dest view of the | in their attendance upon the church. Several priests, past © Kamech ka « far from uninteresting, The | with their families, reside here and mingle freely in so- gaged to cut some wheat wit! slept in the | manv more hours of suffering. th © parti ‘before ores: are bold ius, which, at that time, were atl | ciety. init, Warley gave an tnteresting devertption ofthe great | Sto vod with Durham,” resumed Mayhew, ‘and the next | Maruxw-—t feel that way. 1 know that the sentence is | {ice''who diacharged them’ “? Tvusht afore ® Jame covered H suort herbeee, while in the distance tower flere, as elsewhere on the Asiatic coast, the dog is oO an oe ee ‘by the. introduction” of Ing | morning wo got upand went to work. I thought over my | a just one, and has fallen on the right man. [ft is better ‘Add Ev: 4 ete Ind, wee Chigged peoks, ‘covered, sublime, The entrance to | used for all purposes of draught and transportation, rein- fl oo 4 instrument, nd reset gal Fro- [nae for taking hia life, and was determined to do it; | that it should be so than that an innocent man should Py the sith ult. a coun, at os tho Larvor of Petropauiowski similar, in general ap- | deer being only found in numbers farther in the inte- | 1m While enlarging uj tt Senedd preuecee an hs it when I got at work tl my heart began to fail ave bebe fined eine Or narge of mi The , pearance, to thatof San Frar ante. about the same | rior, They saw here the finest specimens of Kamschat- J Ln) re committed eight or nine years ago. was made on complaint of a woman named Titter, says she had an illegitimate child by Evans, which strangled after its tirth, He Intely married a lady of Evansville, whereupon Mrs, Titter had arrested. ‘ The Now Orleans Creacent of the 20th says:—A rate duel was fought on Wed: Jy ¢- of the city, between an ex-Confederate and a f¢ officer. weapons were pistols, and at tho first fre widen. ye shores are covered wth low timber and | dale dogs, and during a short snow storm formed an g@bort herbage, Sovoral very n bien haped | idea of the pleasures and dangers of sledging.. The focks are scattered along the shores on either side, On | dogs are about as Le as a medium sized Newfoundland be northern side of the entrance ts a lighthouse, whieh | di hing from fifty ae with shaggy halt fF draughting pur- 4s iltuminated, however, ouly when a vessel is seen ap. intelligent and docile. ara ui rand in “narta,” will draw @Proaching from the sea. poses from seven to thirteen dogs ng inward, the harbor expands into a mag. | pairs Such a team, attached to Pilicont bay, well sheltered and capable of affording sat m five hundred to seven hundred pounds, and travel and convenient anchorage for an almost unlimited num. | for months at the rate of from fifty to sixty versts daily, Der of vesseis, Within the larger bay, and separated | For government and express purposes teams often consist from it by a profontory about three-fourths of a mile in | of twenty or twenty: di and will not unfrequentl; fength, is a smaller and more secure harbor, at the head | travel one hundred versts a day. The endurance, pave’ of which stands the own. strength and activity of these animals can hardly bo appre- The general appearance of the town is that of a place | ciated by those who have never seen them. y Ad fed fast going to decay. The b ‘ngs of logs, having gen- | entirely upon fish, one ortwo dried salmon ber being etally thatched roofs, are scattered and straggling in | the allowance, which is given to them atnight. In driv- Hocation and old and weether-beaten in appearance. | ing, the only guide is the voice of the driver, who relies Those occupied by officers of the government and by | upon the sagacity and intelligence of his leading dog. @he foreigners, having parnted roofs, and clap-boarded | Remarkable stories are told of their Foam 4 in finding toamster often ffer. mentioned ifican' of the and the more I thought of it and looked upon m: Covwen—I am lad to hear you yourself in Poanlory ons x tol Lames tee vd ak wiehin, ‘and saw the man working with and Deheving = this way. I oon you would not wun your sentence Ponmantly done between Now York abd San Francicos | 0 be his friend—who had never intentionally wronged | to be postponed, even if it was possible. the interest on the money for the timo that is no mo, or even laid a straw in my way—I changed my | | Mavuxw—No, I have no wish to have it postponed. ied by the mail steamer’ would be saved; and the bust | miSd, And determined to banish from my bosom'| My desire ia to have the matter burried up as quick aa po accruing from this gource alone would aes the terrible and wicked intent that dwelled | possible. a a Coe re eee AxeT? | there. The more thought of it the more I was de- | . The counsel again expressed his satisfaction at finding Mr Field, in to the toast of his health, termined to out my last resolv’, but, alas, that in- | his poor client in such # happy frame of mind, and then which was rectly proposed by Lord Caithness, and | Suman fend inthe shape of a woman kept urging me | took his leave. drunk with ‘all the honors,” delivered an clejuent | o@.in the dark and damning deed that had been planned, Rerontax—Have any efforts been made to obtain a tribute to the high motiver-'far above the mereieery | and her last and fatal “Will yon keep your of your sentence? considerations suggested by the phrase, ;‘/ijthy lucra”’. promise?’ kept ringing in i ears, Still I was finally but not by my request. It was got 0 hich bad fpfivemeod the ten who hel poured ont tho | Teolved never to strike the fatal blow. Thus were my law to gratify my mother. 1 woul “ in civilizing and Christian effort te cate the feelings during the last three days I was occupied in fer death than perpetual imprisonment, and ray no ning an rime cmate nite the | cutting wheau. Wo got through on Friday, the Lath of | took no interest in the petition they ‘got up. 1 doa't ‘with almost inspired fereor his conviction that | July, and after supper Mr. Vincent paid us off.”” May. | think the petition ever reached the Governor, the attempt would solve the great provi nd | Dew then on to say that Durham and he started Reronter—In reference to your treatment since you enable Tagan aod ‘Amerion to talk Vogetber withio on pom a Neice tae ee ee of Mrs, | have bean in baw hee i been? aa irham's ul jeter in ¢ following way:— LAview—1 Sherif 8 been eee ate “The pleture was taken for me in. 1863 And haa alwe ans beh town th@ three more duels were to bave been yesterday afternoon and three more this morning. ‘Tho commissioners elected by the General Assombly treat with West Virginia on whe, sutject of reunion, always | tive, and | owe him man; idea, Sometimes painted, look much more neat. The | and keeping the road, the safety of foal Saeidaaitieieaaies eniiddios so beon in my possession unt July 3, 1 when Mra. Reror: it preliminary meeting in Richmond on the Soptlation of. the town’ is about three hundred, the | depending spon thia,’ Well trained dogs command a pood | | A Macmricexs Davor iso be erecied at Chicago ty the | Durham caine to my. mother’ ana found it FRESE 19 be married to Mex Dyrhamy bet -~ ‘gest proportion being in the omployment of the govern- | price, from tifty to one hundred roubles being paid for ® | Michigan Southern and Northern Indianaand Rock Island | on fie table and carried it off. The ne! rham ; what was your reason for not The 10th gout, which, im fact, may be said to support the place, ‘ead: Railroad Companies .near the river, on the south side, | 487, Tsaw her and wantod it back again, but she refused | Marusw—Well, my folks were opposed a ; bap chy thine | good er. Re business and population are constantly decreasing, Gamo is plentiful, and fish abound in the brooks and ie development of the Amoor river country, end the | harbor. lack bears are numerous, and sometimes, fino climate and business facilities thore found, present | driven by hunger, aj h the town’ Wolves are fro: Bltractions forall classes, who remove thither as fast as | quently met with, they are not considered dan- oasible, The Russian government, at prosdnt very | gerous. fal, does all in its power to attract settlers and busl- | During the summer and autumn the town must be ‘Bese to its newly acquired territory. Yearly a govern. | quite pleasant. The sides of the litte hills any ra Voasel is gupt to Petropaulovski and other potuts in | which it nestles aré dotted with trees and covered wil morgly togiveit up, I eaw no more of it until that fatal Friday 1 bave regretted ita thousand times sigee that It will occupy an entire block, oF perhaps be nearly two |’ when, an we were walking along the road, Durbam sake her, for that would have spared me blocks in length, and when completed will be the finest | me if'l would not like to seo a picture of his wife. T told troutte; Thad knows, ber 1 the world. It is to be so arranged that the arriving | him I would, and upon at at it 1 saw it was the | pany with’ her before I it to the war. trains will come in on one side, amd those departing leave | game picture that Mrs. Durham had taken from my mo- Rerortrn—How long ‘Mrs. Durbam been from the other side of the depot. The depot will be of | ther's house on the Sd of July, After looking at it a | when she roq stone, with marble facings, and be ontirely fireproof. | mor it T shat it up and put itin my pocket. Durbam Large towers, similar to those of the Tilinols Central de- | then handed me a letter which he had received from his pee wills erected on the front aud rear of said depot, | wife, and asked me to read it for him, which I did. and when completed will resemblo a castle or mag- | When I offered to return it he told me to put it in my nificent palace more than the depots of the present day, ket until they got home, as he bad no place for it. it was in this way that both the picture and the graves of our soldiers, and let all white in the ‘with devout hearta and liberal hands. BL gy on Sette 3 rs ‘aud conveys settlers to the Amoor river at | bright green herbage, The scenery about the town Is mencamneae oF the rebellion. : r Ominal price. In addition to these facilities, | grand and picturesque, Directly in rear of {:, or rather t f, HO matter what may be his grade, marrying | to the northward, tower three large snow-capped peaks, 4 \ole or Russian eabject, is at once rel from whose suromit smoke constantly rives, though } m service ib the arm; , furnished transporta- | there has been no eruption since 1887. Before the town | Trem Cexevs ov Pants, Ky., has been recently taken, | letter cam intg my possession. on we got ‘John Philli n ani ‘a house tad tan oy the Amoor with oaly Biretehies the Tnaguificent ie which Taare of | with the following pg a 3.200— far a5 * fe al tas | = Duran far Le! "Tae, ae tere for Poh ‘acame a would baer probably be oom’ be ‘Qe cond that he shal! remain thore for five years. snowy mountains are in an interminable mans, 100. e ol ‘& hogro —_ Pe aa him 1 moaeha wo had f° ja v8. ‘will ‘be comp a ; 4 H cone ton total, ‘There, as mest of subsist- | Nor is the tomperaturo here severo—the thermomevr | by the name of Lydia, whose t ig 101 yoars, any tio} about fifteen dey freeaii dest is of James Bur, but he me 60 I é