The New York Herald Newspaper, March 20, 1872, Page 7

"THN SWAMP ANGELS. Confirmation of Our Correspond- eut’s Capture by the Out- lawed Lowerys. THE FEARFUL RISK HE RUNS. Lessons from the Fate of Saunders, the Spy. HIS LAST LETTERS. How He Hoped to Capture the Entire Gang. Despatch from the Corre- spondent’s Wife. Among the Bandits, but Per- fectly Safe (?). The Chivalry Angry at Herald Enterprise. TOM LOWERY’S THREAT. “JUST AS SOON KILL HIM AS NOT.” The Last Heard of the Cor- respondent. “HES WITH TOM LOWERY.” Wirmrineron, N. C., March 19, 1872. Wilmington is full of conflicting rumors con- cerning the probable fate of the HERALD cor- respondent, who recently made his perilous venture into the dominions of the Lowerys, In connection with the Lowerys, so long the theme and terror of this section of Carolina, the Hzraxp is now the universal topic of mention in connection with THE PRODIGIOUS ENTERPRISE which it has displayed in arousing the nation to a sense of the disgraceful anomaly in the civilization of our country witnessed in the domination of these swamp outlaws. Your plucky correspondent, in the faith- ful effort to accomplish his perilous mis- sion, in the discharge of his duty to the Hert, is also the subject of much admiring comment, though not a few condemn the hardihood which carried him into the very den of the untamable and HITHERTO INVINOIBLE DESPERADOES, the Loweryg. Your correspondent, now in the hands of the bandits, on leaving the train alone at Eureka on Thursday, failing to find anybody bold enough to carry to the Lowerys his written expression of a desire to interview them, finally secured a negro pilot, who car- tied him into the heart of the Scuffletown set- tlement, where he met the outlaws. With characteristic Hzratp tact and enterprise your correspondent obtained THE CONFIDENCE OF THE OUTLAWS to a sufficient degree to obtain important in- formation as to the recent performances, present status and future purposes of the gang. It is tolerably certain that the Heratp mission to the hitherto impene- trable lair of the outlaws has developed interesting secrets of the ganz. It is believed In Wilmington, as one result of the HzRaLp mission to the outlaws’ realm, that the DEATH OF BOSS STRONG fs an ascertained fact, and that there is little ground to doubt that Henry Berry Lowery, the defiant Rob Roy of Carolina, has ter- minated his bad career in a violent death, or has left Robeson county with his recently acquired rich booty for some remote, and at present unknown, region. The outlaw leader has not been seen by anybody, unless by some of his confede- rates in crime, for more than three weeks. The belief in Wilmington is that the Hzratp correspondent has become apprised of the death of Boss Strong and of the DEATH OR HEGIRA of Henry Berry Lowery, and that he is now detained by the outlaws to prevent the inop- portune announcement to the country of their diminished strength and of the irreparable loss of the boldest and most cunning members of this organization. The appearance of the HERAcp corréspondent apparently in the com- panionship of the outlaws, but really under their RIGID AND SUSPICIOUS SURVEILLANCE on Sunday and Monday, has subjected him to silly suspicions on the part of the citizens of Robeson county of complicity with the Lowery gang, thus rendering his situation doubly perfious, since he is in the hands of cruel and suspicious outlaws, who dread his publication ‘of secrets, which they wish concealed, and is also menaced by the terrorized citizens whom the outlaws dominate. This feeling on the part of the citizens of Robeson is to be explained by their biassod resentment of the accounts given by another Herat corre- Spondent, who gave hig impartial view of the motives and impulses of a desperate gang of murderers, in whom the Robeson people SEE ONLY A CRURL scouRGR. To-day whea the train passed Moss Neck Steve Lowery and Andrew Strong were seen with their usual supply of all the arms neces- sary to walking arsenals, In response to ques tions concerning THE HERALD CORRESPONDENTS FATE and whereabouts, they gave the significant reply that he was ‘‘with Tom Lowery.” This outlaw is known to cherish the most deadly hatred for those whom he denominates ‘‘Yan- kees,” and the fact that the Hgratp corre- spondent had been left to the TENDER MEKCIES OF TOM LOWERY is interpreted as just ground for apprehension as to his safety. The conductor of the train that came down to-day is confident that the HERALD correspondent has accomplished all the objects of his daring enterprise, and, if al- lowed to escape from the clutches of the Lowerys, his revelations must prove the most interesting of all the startling developments which have yet been made concerning the desperate deeds of the Carolina outlaws. “But, said the conductor significantly, ‘the HeRavp man will be DAMNED LUCKY IF HE ESOAPES from the clutches of the gang.” As an important link in the Heratp history of the bloody deeds of the Lowery gang, I give the two last letters of the unfortunate detective Sanders, who was sent to Scuffletown on professional business regarding the Lowerys after their escape from the Wilmington Jail. The cruel death of Sanders at the hands of the outlaws when they discovered the real object of his presence in their dominions has been graphically delineated in all its details of unparalleled atrocity in previous chapters of the Heratp’s history of the Lowerys. After great trouble and search the HERALD is now enabled to give to the world, for the first time, the last written utterances of THE UNFORTUNATE SANDERS. LUMBERTON, June 3, 1870, Major J. W. SCHENCK:— RESPECTED SIR—This will be handed you to-day. My object in addressing you is this: Please not send Mote up again; he is not shrewd. I am pro- gressing nicely. I spent a day and night among them, saw several of the gang and learned tnat they areinthe Swamp. I lecture to them to-mor- row night. Inave succeeded in getting the good will of all the click (sfc) that { have met, It will be some days, and, perhaps, a couple of weeks, be- tore I can secure them, Iam in their midst, and THE LEAST HASTY OR FALSE STEP will capsize all and cost me my ife, You, sir, have, fear, no conception of the number of people im- plicated. There 1s a black policeman here, whom I am making a catspaw of, He ha; been brought up with them. When we are ready we can indict him. When he returns I'll use nim on your canvass if you need nim, Ishall GET THE FELLOWS BEFORE ELECTION. Please ascertain from the jailor, S. Ashe, what was the tenor of the letter he received from Moss Neck, as it was one of the gang who wrote it Please send me by return mail $20, which will be the last draft which I will make on you, as I shall commence teaching school in this place (Scuffletown) on Mon- day. I had a large attendance to my address last night in the black’s meeting house, and am bound to succeed, _ sd Yours, respectfully and faithfully, J.C. SAUNDERS, THE SPY’S LAST LETTER. SCUFFLETOWN, Le geen: County, N. C., } pt To J. W. SCHENCK, Esq.:— heir a RESPECTED Sir—I learned a few days ago that you had gone to New York, which I assigned as the reason for not hearing from you before. Iam yet working up the case, and I feel more confident than before of success; but asI sald before, it requires the greatest caution, as all here are connected. I could have gotten James Locklear and Stephen Lowery both since I have been here, but I WANT THE WHOLE GANG, if possible, and expect to get them. Applewhite comes to his house occasionally, He is lying in South Carolina, about twenty-five miles from here. In order to get my points 1am living among them and began a school yesterday. I TAKE A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY and go to certain houses, where I can always find some of the gang, from whom, in my way, | can learn something. Wheu I do make the descent I shall either get aid here or from you. We have a great many to arrest alter 1 get the jail birds, The former I can get at any time, I have an accumulation of evidence against @ number that have never been suspected of robvery and arson, Please sena me $20 to carry me through, which I will be able to re+ fund before election. Remaining, dear sir, yours truly, J. C. SAUNDERS, In connection with these, the last letters ever written by Saunders, it is impossible not to share the apprehensions which are so freely expressed that the fate of the HERALD corre- spondent may be similar to that of Saunders, since he is no less at the mercy of the outlaws than was Satnders, although his mission is pacific, and contemplates no interference with the gang save the publication of their well authenticated deeds of outlawry and murder. In addition to the letters written by Saunders I HAVE PROCURED PHOTOGRAPHS of Steve Lowery, Tom Lowery and Hender- son Oxendine. The latter was hanged at Lumberton about twelve months since, full details of the execution being published in the Heratp at the time. These photographs will be forwarded to the Heratp office by next mail, I send the NOTE WRITTEN BY THE HERALD CORRESPOND- ENT atthe time of sending the telegram signed by Tom Lowery and Andrew Strong, dated March 16, in the possible event that a mourn- ful fate may overtake him. This note will be an interesting souvenir of the daring corre- spondent who sought at the risk of his life to contribute his hazardous part to the graphic Heratp history of the murderous careers of the Lowerys. An additional evidence of the thoroughly re- solved and courageous purpose of the HERALD correspondent is the fact that before leaving Wilmington he left his overcoat and other valuables with a clerk of the,hotel, and also left a letter directed to his wife, to be mailed to her in the event that nothing should be heard from him within TEN DAYS FROM THE DATE of his departure for the realm of the swamp desperadoes. The note of your correspondent is as follows :— THE CAPTURED CORRESPONDENT’S NOTE. ScurFLETOWN, N, C., March 15, 1872, To TELEGRAPH OPERATOR AT WILMINGTON :— Please send the following despatches imme- diately. Take pay for the last two out of money I left with you. Respectfully, The money mentioned in the note of your correspondent was designed to pay for send- ing two despatches, one to his wife and another to a clergyman in New Jersey. What the Chivalry Say of It—Talk of In- dicting the Captured Correspondent for Com- plicity, if He Escapes from the Lowerys— Hi» Position Among the Gang. Wirminatox, N. C., March 18, 1872. I can only glean the following :—Your cor- respondent is looked upon with coldness and suspicion by the people of Robeson, as any special correspondent of the Hzrarp will be after the free and independent letters of the first correspondent you sent to. the Robeson sregions. Your captured correspondent is re- ported to have appeared at Moss Neck Satur- day morning with the two outlaws, but not as a prisoner, He MOVED ABOUT ALONE AND FREELY. He entered one or two private houses masked and gave orders. He was ordered out. He appeared in full fellowship with Andrew Strong and Stephen Lowery. Tom Lowery will have nothing todo with him. Says no damned Yankee can come it over him again. They've FOOLED HIM TWICE, AND OAN’T DO IT ANY MORE, In reference to entering the houses Tom says :— “If you want me to, I'll knock him down, and don’t care a damn if I kill him.” He eats and sleeps with the outlaws, and no one about Moss Neck believes him to be a prisoner, There isstrong talk of having him arrested by the Sheriffas soon as he makes his appearance at large, on the charge of complicity with the gang of outlaws. He can escape easily if he desires to do s0, as good evidence tends to show not a word oth- erwise. Wash Lowery, Colored cousin germain to Henry Berry ditto, is here, Wash is a quiet and peaceful citizen and is said to have no connection whatever with the gang. He as- serts it as his opinion that Henry Berry is dead, but has no positive confirmation of the fact. A Despatch from the Captured Correspond- ent’s Wife to the Herald—A Prisoner With the Lowery Gang, but Periectly Safe (?) The following despatch has been received at the Heratp office from the wife of the cor- respondent who has been captured and held as a prisoner by the desperate Lowery gang of outlaws in Robeson county, North Caro- lina :— Lock HAVEN, Pa,, March 18, 1872, Irecetved a communication by telegraph from my husband yesterday. The telegram is dated North Carolina. He says he is considered as a prisoner | bythe Lowerys, with whom he is sojoWning in the swamps. No allusion is made of #io treatment he is receiving; he only states ne is “with the bandits, and perfectly safe.’ FRANCE. General Quiet and Peace on the Anniversary of the “Rising of the Reds’’—The Free Trade Principle Vindicated Against Thiers. TELEGRAM TO TRE NEW YORK HERALD. The precautions taken by the government for the Suppression of demonstrations to celebrate the first anniversary of the revolt of the Commune proved to be unnecessary. ‘The day passed off withou, any manifestation 1u this or other cities, and all was quiet, THE TARIFF DIFFICULTY AND FREE TRADE. ‘The Parliamentary report, by telegraph from Ver- sailles to-day, announces that the Assembly Budget Committee refuses to adopt President Thiers’ propo- _Sitton to tax textiles imported for use in manufac- ture. The question will soon be submitted to the decision of the Assembly in full session. SPAIN. The Collar Decoration of Columbus Given in Compliment to Belgium. TELECRAM TQ THE NEW YORK HERALS. Manip, March 19, 1872, His Majesty King Amaaeus has commissioned an officer to convey the collar of the Order of tne Golden Fieece to the Count of Flanders, ‘This par- ticular collar is the same one which Ferdinand and Isabella gave to Columbus when he was made a Knight of the Order. Sketch of the Count of Flanders. The royal personage to whom the insignia of the Order of the Golden Fieece has been forwardeq from Madrid is Prince Philip Eugene, Count of Flanders, brother of His Majesty Leopold the Second, King of the Belgians, The Count of Flan- ders is thirty-five years of age. He is relatea to the German Imperial House of Hohenzollern by his marriage with the Princess Maria Louise, daughter of Prince Charles, of the branch of Hohenzoliern- Sigmaringen. AUSTRIA. Workingmen in Riotous Demonstration at the Mines of Moravia—Military Action with Fatal Consequences, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW Y0AX HERALD. VIENNA, March 19, 1872. The workmen employed in the mines of the Rothschild’s at Wittkowitz, in Moravia, enraged at the non-payment of their wages, attacked the offices of the superintendent. Gaining an entrance, they burst open tne safe and appropriated its contents, They then demolished tue building. The soldiers were callea out, and fired on the rioters, Four were killed, fifty wounded and one hunared others arrested, Order has been restored, but the mines are guarded by the military. THE CROWN LOOKING AFTER THE CLERGY. fhe Lower House of the Reichsratu have made an appeal to the Crown to stringently apply the laws against “the abasement of the pulpit.” THE OONNECTIOUT CAMPAIGN, HaRtrorD, Conn., March 19, 1872, The democrats held their first campaign meeting in this city, to-night, Which was addressed by ex- Senator Doolittie, of Wisconsin, Senator Wilson, of Massacusetts, and General Hawley, of this city, addressed a republican meet ing at Windsor Locks this evenings | THE WAR IN MBXICO. Herald Special Report from Matamoros. Cortina’s March on Monterey---His Vic- tory Over the Revolutionists. A FIGHT WITH CATTLE THIEVES TELEERAWS TO THE NEW YORK HERALG The HeERatp correspondent in Matamoros has forwarded us the following special de- spatech:— f Matamoros, Mexico, March 19, i Via Brownsvitta, Texas, March 19, 1872. General Cortina, with his forces, has moved | toward Monterey, on the direct road to that city. He threatens an incursion into the State of Nuevo Leon. Colonel Mader, of Cortina’s | command, has defeated a party of revolution- ists, capturing eighty of their horses. CATTLE THIEVES CAUGHT. General Palacios, the Juarist commander in Matamoros, on hearing that Mexican thieves were crossing over cattle from Texas, sent a of against them. The troops caught the thieves in the act. The latter resisted and a fight ensued, in which two thieves were killed and eight captured. Twenty-three head of cattle were retaken, The balance were left on the American side by the mon, who acted as drovers, This is the first effort of the Mexican anthorities to stop the depre- out force cavalry NEW YORK HERALD. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET, NGLAND. Sir Charles Dilke’s Motion for Radical Re- trenchment in the Expense of Government. Exciting Scene in the House of Commons—How “the Money Goes’—Mr. Gladatone’s Sa- tire on the Economical Baronet. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Mareh 19, 1872, 4 remarkable scene occurred in the House of Commons to-night when Sir Charles W. Dilke’s resolution to investigate the expenses of the Crown came up. The Speaker cailed upon Sir Charles for the intro- duction of the motion of which he had already given notice, Viscount Bury rose toa question of privilege. He | sald as the Members of Parhament had taken the | oath of allegiance to Queen Victoria and her suc- | cessors, and as the member from Chelsea had | avowed openly that he was a republican, he wanted | to know If, with proper respect for the honor of the Commons, the member could be allowea to proceed | without repudiating — | Here Lord Bury was interrupted by cheers and | shouts, and there was much confusion on ail sides. | The Speaker, as soon as the House was brought | toorder, said he saw nothing inconsistent with the | dignity of the House in allowing the member from | Chelsea to proceed. It was no part of his (tne Speaker’s) duty to interfere. Sir Charles Dilke then rose to put his motion, amid great excitement and a storm of groans and cheers, Ip a firm and moderate tone of voice Sir Charles called attention to the civil list, and then moved for returns showing the duties of the auditor, to whom be makes his reports, copies of such reports for each Year since the accession of Victoria, warrants 18- sned by the Treasury, with specifications of the Classes in which savings arose and to which accounts those savings were transferred each year; also re- | turns showing the income and expenditures of the | Crown trom the Queen’s accession to the present | year; the amounts charged on the estimates for fees on installations, for robes, collars, badges, ) dations of the banditti who have so long in- fested the borders of Texas, More Details of General Trevino’s Defeat Near Zacatecas—The evolutionists Van- quished Near Camargo. MA?AMOROS, March 19, 1872. The particulars of General ‘revino’s defeat near Zacatecas proves more disastrous to the revolu- uonists than was at first reported, While the baile. was progressing 1,000 men _ revolted and joined Rocha, which created a panic, resulting in the route of the revolutionists and the capture of Trevino’s main command, with all his material of war. General Cortina attacked the revolutionists near Camargo and deleated them, capturing a great many prisoners, General Quiroga’s position In Camargo Is ren- ered precarious, Cortina having advanced toward Monterey. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. royal presents, the conveyance of distinguished | personages, {unerals of the royal family, expenses of the coronation, journeys of the Queen, | building and repairing palaces, court ceremonies, allowances to trumpeters, watermen, marshals and | Chamberlains and for the services of the rovai | yachts for ten years, and finally returns of the in- comes from the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall and Of the total amount paid the Prince of Wales. Sir Charles having succeeded in reading his mo- uon to the end, though frequently interrupted, pro- ceeded to support it in a set speech. Derisive laughter was heard in all parts of the House, in the | galleries as well as on the floor, during tts delivery, and tho confusion was at times so great that tne voice of the speaker was inaudiple, He opened by saying that possibly the motion he offered was unprecedented. It was time, therefore, that a precedent should be established, * He would discuss the questions of allegiance some other day. He denounced sinecures and useless offices like that of the Governor of Windsor Castle, and wanted to know on what principle of right the Prince Teck and Prince Arthur were al- lowed to occupy lodges in the public parks, ‘There was once some myatitication in spending British Press Opinion of Gladstone's Position | Toney for royal ractits, for his ate Majesty Wiltam Towards Secretary Fish’s Note, Public Anxiety and Probable Citizen Disappoint- | Were ment—The Question in Parliament—Glad- stone’s Pledge to Disracli—American Partnership After Secession. TELEGRAMS 10 THE NEW YORK HERALD Lonpon, March 19, 1872, The newspaper press of the city this morning, commenting on the statement made tothe House of Commons last night by Mr. Gladstone relative Yothe reply of the American government to Earl Granville’s note, generally express the opinion that the communtcation of the Premier will “create dis- appolntment and apprehension throughout the country.” The government is urged to bring the present diMiculty with America arising out of the claims for Indirect damages in the Alabama case to an ‘‘amic- able and honorable solution.” Parliamentary Consideration of England’s Relations to the United States—Lord Redes- dale’s Idea of the American Demand After Secession—Gladstone’s Reply to ‘nell. LoNnvon, March 19, 1872, In the House of Lords this evening Baron Redes- dale said he had no wish to embarrass the govern- ment; he thought rather that an expression of opin- jon on the part of this House would be useful; he therefore gave notice that ne should introduce a resolution declaring that “it is the common interest of all nations to decide whether, when beiligerents have been reconciled and become one nation, they can demand as such nation, from a neutral State, in- daemnity for damages done one of the belliger- | For the motio1 ents.” IV, was a satlor King; now we maintained four. vessels of this description for what reason? The abandonment of the antiquated Palace of St. James was recommended long ago; yet thousands spent chereon = annually. He ad- mitted that he had made the charge that the Queen patd no income tax. This he had since learned was not truce, He therefore retracted the charge, and acknowiedged that he had been misinformed, Heconcluded by asserting that the Civil list showed an increase of £10,000, and that the , taxpayers believed tuat a large portion of the money was wasted. Mr. Auberon Herbert, member for Nottingham seconded the motion. The House had all the time been noisy and tumul- tuous. Mr. Giadstone rose when order was resumed, and the members became attentive, Mr. Gladstone contradicted positively the statement vhat the civil list had increased, and corrected Sir Charles sharply on other points. One who assumed to instruct the pupiic, he said, must at least be accurate. He de- nounced as mischievous the speech made by the | member at Newcastle, and hinted that the success of his motion would be equal to the success of that speech. In conclusion Mr, Gladstone urged the House on | every ground to reject the motion. Mr. Auberon Herbert endeavored to speak, but | his voice was drowned with groans and cries of “Oh, divide.” ‘The speaker insisted on the preservation of order, when all the conservatives and many liberals lett the Honse, Mr. Herbert attempted to continue his speech. He declared he preferred a republic over a monarchy. Here interruptions commenced again. ‘Three attempts were made to count out the House, Lord George Hamilton called attention to the dcmonstrations of persons in the visitors’ and re- | porters’ galleries in violation of the rales. The gal- | leries were cleared, but were soon afterwards re- opened. After several attempts to adjourn and various dilatory motions the House divided, with the fol- lowing result:— 2) 74 cheers and laughter. | Against ‘The result was greeted Lord Redesdale added that it this resolution was | gig viceroy O¥ INDIA AND HI3 CITIZEN FRIENDS, carried he should move an address to the Crown, His Excellency the Right Hon. Thomas George praying that an international congress be called by | Baring, Lord Northbrook, successor to the late Earl Great Britain for the settlement of this question, The Earl of Derby gave notice that he should as! the government what course it intended to pursue with regard to the Treaty of Washington. in the House of Commons mr. Disraeli! gave notice that he should bring to the consideration of the House the state of the relations with the United States. Mr. Horsman reminded the House that he h: already notified the government of his intention to question it; and he begged for a reply now. Was Mr, Gladstone prepared to give the Paritament assurance that, in case fresh negotiations were en- tered upon with the American government, no pro- posals would be finality accepted until they had re- ceived the sanction of Parliament? Mr. Gladstone said he was sorry that he was un- able to answer the question to-night, He had had no opportunity to give the subject the consideration it demanded, or even to consult with his colleagues, Mr. Horsman intimated that he should repeat the question to-morrow. RUSSIA. The Empress Maria Invalided by Illness. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. St. PETERSBURG, March 19, 1872, Her Imperial Majesty the Empress of Russia, wife of the Czar and mother of the Grand Duke Alexis, is nvalided by sickness. The Empress is in tha forty-eighth year of her age, SEBASTOPOL RESTORED. An imperial Russian decree reopens Sabastopol as a commercial and military harbor with fortifica- ons restored, INDIANS ON THE WAR PATH, Fort LAnamiz, W. T., March 19, 1872, Levi Powell, @ stock driver, Who was wintering on the north fork of the Laramie, was shot and scalped by Indians on the Sth inst ‘The body nas just been found and brought into this post. Ten horses were stolen from Powell's camp on the 6th Inst. Indians here say it was done by tie Northern Sioux and Uncpapas, but tt is believed here to have been done by a patty composed of Sioux from Red Cloud’s camp—Cheyennes and Arrapanoes—that have beensegn Lu ("st vary of the country. Mayo in the Viceroyship of India, will be en- | Kk tertained at a farewell banquet at Portsmouth pre- vious to his deparrure for Bombay on the 25th inst, His Lordship 1s a favorite with the people of the | naval boroughs, having represented Falmouth in Parliament from the year 1857 to 1866, A CROWN GIFT VACANCY, Sir Travers Twiss has resigned his office as Queen’s aa | Advocate General. THE LAW OF CoPYRrGHT. A meeting was heidin London this evening to take the preliminary steps for the organization of a ; alarm. ; the mystery. 7 PAMILY. THE POISONED FAMIL The Maryland Mystery Stilt Unsolved. Description of the Scene When the Dying Mrs, Arnold and Her Speechless Children Were Discovered—Eighteen Hours Struggling Against Death—The Daughter's State- ment—Calling for ‘Pa’? — An- other Theory Put Forward. BURKITTSVILLE, Md., March 19, 1872. I lett Frederick City this morning at an earty. | hour, and my road to ms place lay through @ beautiful, exceedingly fertile country, tiled with the evidences uf thrift and careful, intelligent hus- bandry. A drive of some three hours found me en- tering this little country village, which lies right at the foot of the South Mountain, and has bat asingle street, upon either side of which are ranged the neat’ and commodious residences of some four hundred thrifcy Maryland farmers; mea whe have farms near by, and have just created this little village so as to be neighborly, The place seemed ‘ deserted and everything about seemed to take & gloomy aspect, although the day was as bright and beautiful as May. I had driven almost through the town before the gentleman who had come over from Frederick with me pointed out the place where ‘We Were to stop, which was a neat frame house, sit- ting hard out upon the street, surrounded with an ample yard aud plenty of large trees for shade in summer, I drew up infront of 1 and everything seemed as still as death around it; the wind scarcely sighed a whisper through the leafless branches of the tree to which I tied my horse, A gentle rap at the door by the gentleman who came over with me brought a respoase from the inside, and he being well known we were invited in, and a moment alter stood within the abode of the stricken Arnold family—or which | telegraphed you last night— with the evidence of that shocking tragedy before us, THE ROOM OF DEATH. There lay the mother, shrouded for the grave, alreauy the victim of poison she had consumed, while in the room above wore the five children, two of wnom are still strugghog between iife and deat with the same secret joe that eat out their motner’s life. There, too, Was the sorrow-stricken husband, bowed and almost heart-bruken by the terrible | Scourge that had so mysteriously come upon him, and Kind neigavors and relations, all weeping at the | awful calamiy that had so suddenly stolen in upon this once happy family. ‘rhe scene was one that beggars description; no tongue couid tell or pen, write its awful solemnity. Alter afew moments in this house of mournimg I went out upon the street to flnd some one whose heart was not break- ing with sorrow to tell me something of what had foe | pape Ifound a gentleman who was present at the house immeiltately alter the discovery of the dying family was made, and he said:— ican never be able to tell you the scene that was presented when Lentered the house. It was the Most sorrow!ul sight Lever saw in a room, THE MOLHER STRUGGLING WITH DEATH. Upon the first floor we (ound the mother lying in the very last agonies of the deatn-struggle, aud clinging to her was a little child, scarcely able to tal when Well, and now utterly speeculess, who @p- peared dangerously ill, Out in the kitchen the eld- est child, # girl of some twelve years of age, was found, almost speechiess, holding tn her arms @ lit- tie infant, and both extibiting signs of dan- gerous illness, In an upper room were found tne two boys, aged nine and eleven years, respectively, apparently past all recovery, speechiess and unable to recognize any one about them. And to add to the solemnity of the scene none of the family were able to utter an intelligent sentence in relation to their condition, and the bed that hung about the terrible tragedy aaded a thousand fold to the sorrow that came 80 suddenly upon us. While we were stand- ing horrified at the scene Mrs. Arnold died, thus adding to the sorrowful sight a hundred fold and cutting off all hope of the discovery of any facts that would tend to solve the awful mystery. ‘The inedical assistance that was summoned at once turned thetr whole attention to the children after the mother’s death, and everything that could be done for them was done, “How long do you think they had been affected before found?” said I. “lhey were discovered,” sald he, “Sunday after- noon, and it 1s believed that they had been suffere ing at least eighteen hours; but it is all conjectare. No one knows anything about it, and [am afraid the mystery will never be suived.”” A WELL-T0-D0, HAPPY FAMILY, “The family were well-to-do, [ belteve,” saia I, “Oh, yes. Mr. Arnold was one of our best cit zens, and his family was a charming household; ‘they had means and lived very happily. Mra, Arnold was an estimable lady and much beloved.’* «What is the theory of the poisoning among the. physicians,” 1 asked. * r “They cannot tell, sir. Some think it was Ly from matter used to color the tea which they drank, while others believe ic was fumes trom 4 large vase | puraing coal gtove in the house, but no one Knows | parti About that.» id anything about THE ELDEST DAUGHTER'S STATEMENT. She says that just after supper on Satui even- ing ma began to feel sick, and immediately after all of them felt sick and became stupifiea. They did not suffer much pain, but were insen- sible and could not speak or raise an She then related with childjike simplicity the story of the long weary hours that the motherand her children were struggling alone with the secret foe that sought their lives, Sne could not give any satisfactory account of the origin of the sickness, and could onty tell how they longed for ‘‘pa’’ when | the drst, pangs of the polson came upon them, and how they ail gathered around “ma” for sheiter when she was Worse than all the rest. The simple story of the little girl was bred a dl affecting, but unsatisfactory in relation to the poisoning, NO CLUE TO THK ORIGIN OF THE POISON, Taking this case, with its surroundings and mouroful drapings, in bas no counterpart In the an- nals of mysterious occurrences In this country, and from a close and patient investigation of all the facts attatable I am forced to say that there 1s no Jact yet adduced that throws the leust light apom the painful occurrence. There 1s somet so strange and unnatural in the thought that a whole family living in the very midst of @ country town of several hundred inhabitants should be accidentally poisoned so badly that no of distress could be given to the next door n bor, and more, that for eighteen or twenty hours they should remain alone struggling with Death, without a irtendly call from some of their relatives: or associates that lived within a stone's throw. Bur I find no shadow of suspicion resting upon any erson or persons, and no whisper that it mignt have been aught besides the work of mere accident. WERE THEY POISONED FROM THE STOVE ? The first theory that was advanced in relation to the poisoning by tea seems to be somewhat shaken by the statement that the two boys did not drink of the tea, and yet are, and have been, worse than any of the rest of the chilaren, The general theory + now advanced 1s that the gas from the stove was the poison taken; but what the true facts in the case are will probably never be known, as Mrs. Arnoid was this afternoon buried without a post- mortem examination or chemical anaysis belong made. ‘The two boys, who are yet unconscious and may not survive, may, when they are able to speak, throw some light upon the mysterious and sorrowful occurrence, but until shen nothing can de said that will tend to clear fne greatest excitement prevail through all this country, heightened by the terrible’ uncertainty that shrouds the sorrowful event, and the bereaved husband and father, who was away from home wheo thia sudden and crushing be- Yreavement came upon him, has the sympathy of all who know of the sad occurrence that draped ins household in mourning. 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