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Vol. 5 No. 32.
EMPORIA, KANSAS, SATURDAY,MAY 24, 1862.
Whole No. 240.
rCBLISHKD ZVIRT SATUEDAY HOSKIXO,
Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas,
BY JACOB STOTLEB,
Edito axd P&ofeixtok.
At
flCctNeiDM Building, corner of Commercial street
and" Sixth avenue.
Ibm Two dollars per annum, in advance.
Clubs of ten, $17. Clubs of twenty, $30
All papers discontinued at the expiration of the
time for which they are subscribed.
D. A. PAINTER,
OnBRK Or COURT,
BRECKIVMDQK CO., KANSAS,
TILL PAT TAXES FOR NON-RESIDENTS.
XT P. O. Address Emporia. Kas.
C. F. OAKFIELD,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor
Has a copy of the
GOVERNMENT FIELD NOTES
Or Beickineidoi Copjttt.
RESIDENCE on his farm, adjoining Emporia
on the east. 149y
A. P. GANDY,
REGISTER OF DEEDS,
FOR CHASE COUNTT, KANSAS.
WILL ATTEND TO PAYING TAXES
for non-residents. Post Office address,
COTTONWOOD FALLS, Chasx Couktt, Kax-
219-31
P. B. PLUMB,
N OTA R Y PUBLIC,
EMPORIA, KANSAS.
JAMES MEANS,
Stone Mason, Bricklayer and Plasterer,
fS ready to take contracts for any work in his
line. BUILDING STONE and PLASTER
'VG HAIR for sale.
Emporia, Kansas, August 3, 1861 202
T- B. FLU1IB. H. G. PLANTS
PLUMB & PLANTZ,
1TTORNEYS AT LAW,
And Notaries Public,
EMPORIA, KANSAS.
XT Office under Masonic Hall, Commercial sc
R. M. RUGGLES,
Attorney at Law,
15.1y EMPORIA, KANSAS.
J. H. WATSON,
Attorney at Law,
EMPORIA. KANSAS.
WILLIAM T. GALLIHER,
Attorney at Hi aw ,
EMPORIA, KANSAS.
S. L. KENYON,
ittorney at Law and Notary Public,
Emporia, Breckinridge Co., K. T.
Will fitted promptly to all business entrusted to
Mi cure, in the Courts of the 2d Judicial District.
A!o, Clerk of the Probate Court, for Breckinridge
Adminiatmitinn TMtrtera Mrftfnllv drawn and the
iqui die legal advice given in the settlement of
iats. nio-iy
J. A. MOORE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
EMPORIA, KANSAS. I52m6
G. H. WALKER,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor,
BRECKINRIDGE CO., KANSAS.
Also County Surveyor.
ESI DEN CE on the Lawrence road, five miles
t Northeast of Emporia.
tT For the present, orders maybe left with
' U HUNT, at Emporia.
Harness, Saddlery,
VXD CARRIAGE TRIMMING
ESTABLISHMENT,
Li Commercial Street, (east tide) EMPORIA.
17" V. BUNDREM, a practical workman in
the above "branches of industry," would
fpectfully announce that he has opened a shop,
'"1 will manufacture to order and keep on hand
Harness, Saddles, Bridles, "Whips, and all other
nicies in his line, at satisfactory prices.
Particular attention paid to Repairing. 28
JOHN HAMMOND,
Carpenter and Joiner,
EMPORIA, KANSAS.
c
COFFINS, Pannel Doors, Window and Door
J frames, and other job work, done in the best
yle, on the shortest notice. may7-tf
A. G. WILHITE,
HOOT AND SHOEMAKER.
Shop No. 93 Exchange St.,
EMPORIA, KANSAS.
kpaiuxo of all kinds done on short notice,
'-i in the best style. - 184
EMPORIA HOUSE.
X. S. STORRS. Proprietor.
rHE traveling publie can be well eared for at
this House, on the most reasonable terras.
God Stabling connected with the House. 14
Probate Court Breckinridge
County.
Sular Terms Ou the first Monday of Jan-
April. July and October.
""Ttons having business with the Court in va
be waited upon at the office in Empo-
n the first Monday of each month.
ft NOTES SPICER.
emb?r 14. 1861.-tf Probate Judge.
blacksmithing.
maddockathomas
H
AVE rnend a new Blacksmith Shop on
"a &r j . ii . i 1: : -n
a Tin,, vf .
.w uraucaes.
Triii, Nor-tubr 23, 1561.
315
Sheriff's Sale.
Norval H. Kelley,
vs.
Wm. H. Mayberry,
Allen D. Graham,
E. B. Kirkendall,
Wesley Pearson.
BY virtue of an execution to me directed, and
issued out of the Court of the Fifth Judicial
District, in and for the county of Lyon, I will.
OW WxDWESDAT, THK 28TH DAT OF M AT, A. D. 1862,
between the hours of ten o'clock a. v. and four
o'clock p. m., of said day. offer for sale at public
auction, at the Court House door, in the town of
Krapona. Lyon county, Kansas, the following
described real estate, to wit: rne east nait ot tne
southwest quarter of section 33; also, the south
half of the west half of the southwest quarter
of section thirty-three (33) all of township num
ber nineteen (19). south of range number twelve
(12), east of the sixth principal meridian, situate
in the said county of Lyon and State of Kansas.
Levied upon as the property of Wesley Pearson,
and appraised at two hundred and forty dollars
(4240).
Dated at the Sheriff's Office, this 24th day of
April, A. V. 1S02.
JAMES B. COX,
Sheriff of Lyon county
By J. A. Fcllir, his Deputy .-$9.00 235-40
Strayed or Stolen, -
A SORREL MARE PONY, of middling
. size, bald face, four white feet (white from
the knees down), one glass eye, is seven years
old. Was first missed April 30th.
Any one returning said Pony to me at Emporia,
will be liberally rewarded.
233 WILLIAM OLAPP.
P. G. HUNT,
REGISTER OF DEEDS,
Emporia, Breckinridge Co., Kas.
TTTTILL attend to the payment of taxes fornon-
v T residents. Will furnish lilanks, and make
out and take acknowledgment of Deeds.
January 18, 1862. 223
Legal Notice
TS hereby given to all persons interested in the
I estate of B. T. CLARK, deceased, late of
Lyon county. State of Kansas, that, unless the
contrary be shown, on the first day of the next
July term ot tne rrooate court in and for said
county an order will be made for the sale of the
south half of the northeast quarter of section num
ber nine, township number nineteen, range num
ber ten, of the said estate.
238-40 $250 ELI L. DAVIS.
Black Warrior.
HPHE celebrated Jack. BLACK WARRIOR.
JL will stand for Mares, the ensuing seaon,
commencing this date and ending July 25th,
1862, at the stable of JOHN F. SLACK, four
miles southeast of Emporia, on the Cottonwood
river. Black Warrior is of the best Kentucky
stock. Young stock or produce taken at market
Erice, for service. An owner parting with a mare
efore foaling, or persons bringing mares and not
attending regular, forfeits the insurance money.
For further particulars, inquire of the undersigned.
JUU.N SLACK.
Emporia, May 3, 1862. 237
NEW BLACKSMITH SHOP.
JAMES W. BROWN has opened a Blacksmith
Shop near Plymouth, in this countv. where
he will be glad to see all persons wanting any
work done in his line of business. He flatters
himself, from long experience at his trade, that he
can pive sausiucuon w an. txive mm a trial.
237-88 JAMES W. BROWN.
PLOW FACTORY.
ISBELL fc WAIT
HAVE opened a shop in Emporia, on Sixth
avenue, nearly opposite the Hotel, for the
purpose of manufacturing PLOWS, HARROWS,
CULTIVATORS, and all kinds of Agricultural
Implements. They are now putting up fifty
Double Shovel Plows, and fifty Single Shovel,
for use this season.
They will REPAIR Wagons, Buggies, and all
kinds of Agricultural Implements, on short no
tice. Give us a call.
225-50 ISBELL & WAIT.
Chronic Cases Treated.
I WISH it to be understood by my patrons and
the community generally that 1 will pay par
ticular attention to the treatment of Chbonic Dis
eases of au kinds, Old Sores. Soax Eyes, and all
eruptions of the skin. Also, particular attention
paid to diseases of women and children.
I have bad many years experience in the treat
ment of these diseases at the West, accompanied
with universal success, and respectfully solicit the
patronage of the public.
145 J. F. NEWLON. M. D.
MME. DEMOREST'S
QUARTERLY MIRROR OF FASHIONS!
The Spring number contains
Three Large & Splendid Fashion-Plates,
THREE FULL-SIZED PATTERNS,
Comprising the very lastest Paris styles of
SfccTf, Child's Apron, k tie ladies' new Spring Walking Coat,
Together with-nearly 100 .Engravings of all the
novelties for
Spring Bonnet, Cloaks, Trimmings, Chil
dren's Dresses, Etc.,
And valuable information to Milliners, Dress
Makers, Mothers, and Ladies generally, present
ing the largest and best Fashion Magazine in the
world. Published at 473 Broadway, and sold
everywhere at 25 Cta., or sent by mail poet free,
on receipt of the amount; yearly $1, with the fol
lowing valuable premium:
Each yearly subscriber will be entitled .'to the
selection of fifty cents' worth of plain patterns,
from the designs in the book, or from tne show
rooms, or they may be ordered and sent by mail
any time during the year, by paying the postage.
Splendid Inducement to Canvasser. Sorino No
now ready. 236
GILLISS HOUSE.
WEST LEVEE KANSAS CITY, MO.
SIX LINES OF STAGES leave this house dai
ly for all points in Kansas and Missouri.
Omnibusses and Hacks leave this house twice a
day for Wesrport and Wyandot.
165 HOPKINS ST A HH, rmiwofnn.
R. L. FRAZER,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
DEALER in Watches. Clocks. Fine Jewelry,
Silver and Plated Ware. Revolvers. Fancy
Goods, and Yankee Notions, Eldridge House
Lawrence, iuvnsas. 7
DR. J. F. MORRIS,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
rrEXDERS his professional services to the peo-
1 pie of Neosho Kapids, Urecxenndge county,
ansas. Office and residence in Neosho Rapids
156lf
OB PRINTING, ot every description, neatly
snd promptly executed, at the Nxwm Omci,
From the London "Once a Week."
MY ADVENTURE AT THE ASSIZES.
It is now about fifteen years since I was
compelled to attend the assizes at oar coun
ty town as a junior member of a highly
respectable legal firm. Knowing that there
would be several important causes, besides
our own, and two or three cases on the crim
inal side, which excited much public atten
tion, that thus the small county town would
be overwhelmed with visitors, I took the
precaution of writing the night before my
journey to secure beds for myself and
clerk at the principal inn, where I was, of
course, well known.
The next day I took my journey, arriv
ing at my destination early in the day. I
found, as I had expected, the town crowd
ed with people; and, on going into the hor
tel, the landlord informed me that he had
received my letter, but that to retain a bed
room for me in his house had been absolute
ly impossible, the hotel being filled to over
flowing by other persons who had bespoken
rooms before me. He had provided one
small bed-room in a respectable public
house, which would suit my clerk; but as
to myself, if I would confide my sleeping
arrangements to his care, he would ensure
me a handsome apartment and comfortable
bed-room out of the house, and would con
vey me there in one of his carriages.
Being somewhat particular in the matter
of sleeping accommodation, I thought it
desirable to inquire more particularly where
he proposed to send me; but as he was
much pressed for time, he could only brief
ly acquaint me, that the room intended for
my use was in a large, unoccupied house
standing rather on the outskirts of the
town, and that the owner had been a man
of fortune, which he had spent neither well
nor wisely, and had been in consequence
compelled to leave England.
rne mansion itseit, which had two or
three half-furnished rooms, had been placed
by the agent at the disposal of the land
lord of the hotel on this occasion for the
accommodation of such customers as he
might find himself unable to receive at his
own house. Ihere being no remedy, I was
compelled to submit lo this arrangement;
and in a few minutes, the attendance on
witnesses, consultations with counsel, and
the usual preparations for going into court,
put the matter entirely out ot my head.
My cause was the third on the list. The
nrst was understood to be a snort cause
which would soon be disposed of; the sec
ond was a case relating to a watercourse,
which everybody knows to be one of the
most tedious and lengthy cf all imaginable
cases; this, it was expected, would be ar
ranged out of court, in which event my
cause would be called on early in the course
of the day. Contrary, however, to expec
tation, neither of these probabilities occur
red, and although compelled to stay in court
all day, ray cause remained untried.
About six o'clock, therefore, fatigued and
mentally weaned, I repaired to the hotel,
where, after a good dinner, and a consulta
tion with our leading counsel, I found a
comfortable fly ready to take me to my
quarters at about ten o'clock. It is scarce
ly needful to add that my mind was intense
ly occupied with the coming trial, the re
sult of which, from various circumstances,
was of more than ordinary importance to
our firm.
It struck me, however, that the fly was
longer than I had expected in conveying
me to my place of abode for the night, and
thia circumstance at length roused me from
my pre-occupation; and looking out of the
window, I perceived that I had left toe town
and was proceeding along a dark lane which
appeared to have diverged from the turnpike
road. In a few minutes the carriage stop
ped at a garden door, which was opened by
the driver, who then proceeded to let me
out of the fly, intimating that this was the
house where 1 was to s.eep, ana mat ne
had brought the key in his pocket.
On getting out of the fly with my small
portmanteau, which contained amongst oth
er things a considerable sum of money, I
found myself in front of a large old-fashioned
house standing at the head of a deso
late, neglected lawn. In a window on the
first floor a light was burning; that room,
the driver informed me, was my bedroom.
The house was locked, and he had instruc
tions to deliver the key into my hands, and
to assure me that I should find everything
very comfortable; and that in the morning
he would bring the fly for me at an early
hour to take me to my breakfast at the inn.
Bidding the man "good night," I went to
wards the mansion, key in hand, prepared
to forget all troubles in a sound night's rest.
The night was starlight there was no
moon and but for the little light which
glimmered in the window, the position of
the house and its character would have
been scarcely traceable from the distance at
which I entered by the garden gate. As I
advanced it became more defined, and the
overgrown wilderness in which it stood
gave it a decided character 01 aesoiauon.
Opening the door with my key, and again
carefully locking it inside, and securing it
with one or two rusty bolts, I went up
6tairs, the light from the small lamp fixed
against the wall of the staircase being my
only guide. As I ascended the staircase a
momentary feeling of solitude flashed across
me; but my mind was too much p re-occupied,
and my brain too weary to allow this
feeling to develop itself as it might have
done under otbei circumstances.
I found the room prepared for me very
comfortable, and everything about it was in
apple-pie order. I soon retired to bed, bnt
from some cause could not sleep, though I
was extremely tired. For au hour or two
I lay there in a state of nervousness that I
cannot describe. It was impossible to close
my eyes in slumber. Presently I thought
I hrd footsteps on the gravel wlk out
side. I rose, opened my door, and listened.
I was not mistaken, for soon I heard the
peculiar crunching sound of a center-bit
boring at one of the lower doors, A bur
glar was at work, and I knew very well that
my own effects were the object of his la
bors. ,
Mj first consideration was as to my
means of defense, and the time which would
be allowed me for completing them. I re
meirhered with some degree of comfort
that there were three heavy fastenings upon
the outer door, and although I knew too
well that each must yield in its turn to the
irresistible implement of the housebreaker,
I caSilated that some minutes must elapse
before he could succeed in gaining an en
trant. .Suddenly the crashing sound ceased;
and for a few seconds there was a dead si
lenceduring which my vivid imagination
represented to me as distinctly as if I had
been an actual spectator, the brawny arm
of the burglar stealthily introduced, and
the bolt in the process of being cautiously
withdrawn. For a moment I thought of
imitating a clever and successful expedient
said to have been resorted to by a person
similarly attacked, who quietly awaited the
introduction of the housebreaker's hand
through his kitchen window shutter, and
being provided with a powerful coid, in
which he had prepared a running noose,
slipped it dexterously over the hand, tight
ened it rapidly at the wrist, and fastened it
securely at the other end of the heavy
kitchen table, leaving his visitor outside to
enjoy the dawn and early morning air, while
he quietly returned to bed to finish secure
ly his night's repose. But a few moments'
reflection convinced me that my best means
of resistance were rather passive than ac
tive, and that I might more safely rely on
them. In the first place, I quickly ascer
tained that my room bad two powerful bolts
beside a heavy lock. I had contented my
self on going to bed with turning the key
in the lock, but I now endeavored to shoot
the upper and lower bolts; these I found
very much rusted, but with the aid of a
little Macassar oil I soon overcame their re
sistance. While I was thus employed the
work of the center-bit was again' resumed,
and every movement of the housebreaker
was again before me.
I now looked round me for some weapon
that might serve me in case of need, and
found a tolerably heavy poker, which sat
isfied me that I had something besides bolts
to rely on. My preparations for attack and
defense being now completed, I coolly await
ed the next 6tep of the housebreaker, feel
ing something like a tortoise in his 6hell, or
like Robinson Crusoe in his lonely citadel.
A slight lowering of the flame .of the can
dle from a current of air which rushed up
the staircase and beneath my door, showed
mo that the burglar bad effected his en
trance; in another moment his footstep was
on the broad staircase. He stepped with
the caution of one proceeding on tiptoe,
with the least possible noise, but having as
cended three or four steps, there was au
apparent halt. I knew perfectly well what
he was doing, and the measured creak of
the staircase thenceforward alone gave no
tice of his approach with shoeless feet. In
spite of my preparations, it is impossible
to deny that my heartbeat violently. I
relied, however, upon this, namely, that
the burglar being apparently alone, he would
hesitate to attack a man whom he found
awake and vigilant, and who for aught he
knew, might ba prepared with fire-arms, or
prove more than a match tor nimseu in
point of personal strength or courage; only
upon the supposition of finding me asleep
and unprepared could he have hoped to
succeed in his attack.
The footsteps now drew nearer, and could
be marked advancing along the passage.
They came at last to a halt by the door, and
despite of my internal assurance maumme
edi ite personal attack upon me was impos
sible, I found myself irresistibly grasping
my poker in unison wnn tne grasp wnicn
the burglar cautiously made upon the han
dle of my door. Finding, as he probably
had anticipated, that my door was locked,
he lost no time in commencing his opera
tions, with a view of introducing himself
into my apartment. The peculiar noise of
the center-bit re-commenced, and the bur
glar no doubt thouffht all was going on
prosperously for the execution of his nefa
rious project. 1, however, ieu tnaticouia
stand this no longer, and thought it high
time to let him know that I was awake and
on my guard. Rising from my seat, and
stepping heavily across tne noor, x snouiea
in a erruff voice. "Hallo, you scoundrel I do
you wish me to shoot you through the
head ? Be off; for by heaven ! if that hand
of yours makes its appearance inside my
door you shall carry away a bloody stump."
The immediate withdrawal of the center-bit
and the hurried retreat of the enemy satis
fied me of the success of my threat; and
having heard the house-door close, and the
footsteps retreating through the garden, I
betook myself to bed, and slept soundly
during the few hours still left me.
The hostler came to rouse me in the morn
ing, bringing a fly for my conveyance to the
inn. When he found the entrance door un
bolted, and the panels cut through in three
places, he expected, I believe, to find my
throat cut as a aisagreeaoie tequuer, uu
was infinitely surprised as well as relieved
to see me up and dressed, and in excellent
health and spirits. I told him briefly how
I had frustrated the burglar's attempt; and
as he appeared much interested in the nar
rative, I accompanied him to tne irontaoor,
where he examined with much attention the
marks of the center-bit with something of
the air of a connoisseur admiring a beauuful
picture or piece of sculpture.
"Ay, ay, said he at lengtc, as if speak
ing to nimseu, "tne man mat cut tnem
boles know'd how to handle the too,'
So strongly did this sentiment of admir
ation appear to operate on his mind, that at
the conclusion of our journey (during
which I observed that he was driving very
abstractedly, getting twice locked with
passing carts, and narrowly evading the
massacre of a whole drove of young pigs)
he informed me that he had invented two
lines of poetry on the occasion, which ran
as follows:
nWhoaomedever handled that there tool.
Nobody oughtn't to call he a fool."
He was evidently extremely proud of this
effusion, and much gratified at my assurance
that I considered it a very remarkable peice
of poetry.
The court opened at nine a. m., and pre
vious to its opening I had much to do.
Fresh witnesses on both sides had come up
during the night those on our side it was
necessary I should see before going into
court. I had an appointment with counsel
at eight. Altogether, my head and hands
were so full that I had no time to see my
landlord and narrate to him my adven
ture. Contrary to all expectation, the water
case could not be arranged, and was now
to be heard before mine; but as it might
still be settled at any moment, we were all,
attorneys and witnesses, compelled to re
main in court in case of such an event oc
curring, which indeed it did about midday,
and until, eight o'clock that evening was my
every thought absorbed in the conduct and
consideration of the cause in which I was
engaged, and which was now before the
court. At half-past eight the court rose,
leaving nearly half of my witnesses unex
amined, one result of which was that I should
be compelled to spend another night from
home.
Having some misgivings as to passing
the night again within the lonely house, I
repaired at once to the hotel, and calling the
landlord, related to him my adventure of the
previous night, and expressed my unwil 1
ingness to spend the night again in the same
quarters. He had heard the story from the
hostler, and appeared much excited about it.
In conclusion, he asked me to venture there
again, accompanied by himself and the su
perintendent of the county police, who was
at that time staying at his hotel, who had
heard the story, and thought he had a clue
to the offender. To this I readily agreed,
and in ten minutes the landlord, superin
tendent and myself, with a variety of crea
ture comforts supplied from the hotel, were
on our way towards th solitary habita
tion. As we nassed through the streets of the
town, the superintendent caught sight of a
policeman, to whom be beckoned, and who,
after a few words with his superior, which
I did not hear, was admitted to fill the va
cancv in our carriage. Arrived at the
house, and the carriage dismissed, the su
perintendent, in company with myself and
B 45, who, by the way, struck me as hav
ing an appearance of great stupidity, pro
ceeded to reconnoiter the premises on the
ground floor. We found that the hostler
had very judiciously employed a carpenter
to repair in a rough way the damaged door.
The landlord, who was well acquainted
with the premises, made the shrewd observa
tion that the attempt must have been made
by some one pretty conversant with the in
terior of the house: otherwise, instead of
effecting an entrance by the front door, he
would have tried it at the back, which was
of much less substantial materials, and was
more privately situated the fact being that
from long disuse the bolts of the back door
were so completely rusted in as to be ini
movable. All was quiet within the dwell
in er. and havinsr made all secure below
stairs, we ascended to my bedroom, where
we intended to make a night of it.
It was chilly we lighted a fire; the con
tent3 of the basket supplied by the landlord
afforded, as we found, most luxurious means
of gastronomic enjoyment, to say nothing of
various lons-necked bottles, which were
apparently much enjoyed by the policemen,
who proved to be great adepts at drawing
corks. Our occupation in this way having
at length come to an end, discourse began
to flag; we eat round the fire in silence, a
single remark from time to time proving
that some of us were awake. As for me,
in consequence of my previous night's dis
turbance and the day's fatigue, I could
scarcely keep my eyes open. Hour after
hour of the night thus passeJ, and it was
evident that we had all given up the idea of
the attack upon me being renewed. The
candles had burnt out, but the policeman's
lantern gave us sufficient light, added to
the light glimmering in the grate.
Suddenly, and indeed in the midst of a
good story cf his own with which he was
endeavoring to keep us awake, the police
man stopped, like a hound who has struck
a scent, and dropping on his knees, listened
with his ear to the ground tor a seconds.
The superintendent watched him in silence;
I did the same; and it was now that It struck
me how strangely I had erred m applying
in my own mind the epithet of stupidity to
this man, as he suddenly flashed into his
own element, the personification of keenness
and intelligence.
"1 11 tell you what, sir," 6aid the police
man, rising from the ground, "our man 0 m
this room, or sot far off; I can hear his
breathing, and if I don't mistake, he hasai
dog with him."
Drawing a pi6tol from an inner pocket, the
superintendent very quietly, examined :
cap, which he look off, and replace' '.ne'
which he fished up from his w-? Qne
et. The landlord, who - ,tioat nock-
powerful man, ahv resolute and
weapon, while rf drew forth a similar
night's re availed mayself of my l8
tut 01 - -ource, ite coker. thre a nana
no- - ood on the fire to create a blaze aQd
,tr, wide awake, awaited with much cun-
' si ty, and anety, what would ollow. The
policeman's bludgeon completed our de
fences. It must here be observed that the room
was papered with a representation of leaves
and flowers in a strongly marked pattern.
Taking the lantern in his hand, the police
man proceeded to make a close examination '
of the wall, which by the application of his
knuckles he immediately ascertained to be
hollow.
"We have a closet behind this, and must
find the door," said he.
A rigid inspection shortly enable us to
do this, although it was concealed with great
ingenuity, neither lock nor handle appear
ing; and the pattern of leaves and flowers ,
being so disposed as to preclude the idea of
any opening existing. Aided by a knife
from the supper-table the superintendent
threw open the dooiof the closet, which as
far as we could perceive was untenanted.
A deep, dark, hollow space, however, exist
ed on both sides of the door, in the interior
of the wall; and we felt that it was in one
of these that we roust now look for the ob
ject of our search. The superintendent was
much excited; and disregarding a warning
from B 45, stepped boldly within the door,
lifting the lantern high above his head, so
as to enable him to gaze into the dark interior.
At the same moment, a ehot was discharg
ed from the recess, and the superintendent
fell heavily to the ground. I was nearest to
him, and rushed to his succor: he was bleed
ing copiously from a wound in the thigh,
and my efforts and attention were so absorb
ed in dragging him beyond the reach of his
assailant, and afterwards in endeavouring to
staunch the blood by binding my handker
chief tightly round the limb, that I was un
able to take any further part in endeavoring
to capture the figure who now emerged from
the closet, followed by a large white bull
dog. -This dog was shot at once by our brave
landlord. The man, a powerful built and
truculent-looking fellow, made directly for
the door, fighting his way among his ene
mies with great vigor and determination.
At length B 45, with a blow from his
bludgeon, laid him prostrate. He was then
secured and handcuffed, and subsequently
marched off to the county jail. On search
him, a discharged pistol and a large clasp
knife were found on his person, and he was
recognized as a criminal of a most ferocious
charcter, who had been transported many
years before for complicity in a heavy bur
glary, accompanied with arson and attended
with circumstances of great cruelty and
atrocity. He was known to have escaped,
and suspected to be in the neighborhood,
where he had relatives and connections; and
as he had in his boyhood lived as groom iu
the very house where we captured him, we
were at once satisfied as to the means by
which he obtained so minute an acquain
tance with the premises. A reward had been
offered by Government for his apprehension.
It was eventually discovered that he had for
some time been lurking concealed in one of
the cellars of this house, where he had been
supplied at night with the necessaries of life
by his friends, and that he had been locked
out of his lair on my arrival; and he was
doubtless the perpetrator of many mysteri
ous robberies, which from time to time had
been lately committed in the vicinity. He
would probably have both robbed murder
ed me on the previous night, had I been
sound asleep, instead of recollecting, prov
identially, as I must always consider it, the
school-boy story of John Armstrong, and
his invitation to the diabolical entertain
ment. The wounded superintendent happily re
covered, and received from Government the
reward promised for the apprehension of the
felon. And as we frequently meet in the
course of our professional avocations, we
seldom fail to felicitate each other on the
fortunate termination of our short acquaint
ance with the burglar, from whom I bad been
thus twice strangely and providentially rescued.
During a skirmish at Yorktown, two sol
diers, one from Maine, the other from
Georgia, posted themselves each behind a
tree, and indulged in sundry shots, without
effect on either side, at the same time keep
ing up a live chat. Finally, that getting a
little tedious, Georgia calls out to Maine
"Give me a show," meaning step out and
give an opportunity to hit. Maine, in re
sponse, pokes out his head a few inches, and
Georgia cracks away and misses. "Too
high," says Maine. "Now give me show."
Georgia pokes out his head, and Maine bla
zes away. "Too low,' sings Georgia. So
the two alternated several times, without
hitting. Finally, Maine sends a ball so as
ro graze the tree; with in an inch or two of
the ear of Georgia. "Cease firing," shouts
Georgia. "Cease it is," responded Maine.
"Look here," says one "we "have carried
on this business long enough for one day.
fepose we adjourn for rations? "Agreed,
says the other. And so the two marched
away in different directions, one whistling
Good News fob Consumptives. If there
is any truth in the following statement,
clipped from the New York Evening Post,
consumption may be made a less M'
scourge of humanity thar, it m .
past times: "Recent d'.v ' b;Va
the French physV ' ..eiopmenU made by
very power- -wan. Dr. Cuner, reveal a
able .-a new remedy, ana a remara.-
astration of the cardinal principle 01
meopatby. The plant" called ' sundew.
(drcsera rotundtjoiuz, ) wuiuck
in the lungs of a cat, and cause other phthis-
cal symptoms 01 jympnano . , j 7 'j
the most marisea uegree, n Buium.
freely for a short period. At the same
time regular doses cf from . four to.
twenty drops of the alcoboho tincture of
the same plant wiU infallibly cure tubercles
in a human patient, if begun in the earlier
aUfies of Dulmonary consumption.