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APRIL 2, I8»0. _OLD SERIES, VOL. 17, NO. 27.
£hr (Ptforii Democrat,
MILLETT & MULLEN
Timi -IW Altai and llftt pent* in adtanee;
ear drdlar and narnU-tw fral* ntdiin »i\ km-trlbe;
In. thdUm tt lh- rtm at the y er« T>. nkit b Itfit
rrrb nill hr added fcif etrrt y ar In nbii h j«atirei»»
M delated.
Apr i RTirk nrrii eitrd i*n U Inn**,
tbe pr» |*rn la* m» l*n*g aenirnl-ldr ha ant rrt»a
Vetoed lb- eawead fc» Ike adtertieemenl.
|y IViarol <••» all etminonoHi it be hi I" I*
• lee 'i.-rii the dale d lb*- bit! Mwerlitak.
fy % H. rank. No. *. » •«.«»• •«.. <«ter
tbe Ikrtlt l i ■ . > |t .1 \j»nt
».« freer'ting .td-cr i|H •.*•• tn.1 ».b erlinntente (.*
tbr rtlwt 1.1 IVaUar, Sen Yank, I’hi'Udetjbra. »r«J
lUhiaore.
Itonb nnd Job t*iinlinc
ntOMITU tvn M \Tt.Y ! XKCTTItP
' •
The An^el Watcher.
A .W> jhtee matched at IP nil. I; hi,
lire dnn; nrutbeiS ted.
|* a lit* I .nj ai(blt *be bad m>4 iV|k,
And ru»nt trait a ter ikrL
% t item like ad aa{tl c antis
Wbitb imm Ul h-r might trr.
•• Ji'errp. ilnl-«ete rbilI," tbr angtl paid,
•• Aad I n .11 nett b U iW"
karri iknideti '.Ve a t-eniiiA* ttU
fj»>n ike iLmgbtri** tare;
Tbr |n;. | inileJ, aad Innfbt d b-t rk<l,
llul (-till t-adr b -f |tlaee,
And. ob* *t fill 4 burnt k»*r,
Thuta | ilt i ig net urd dike,
Tbe a if I jwe,t bell nartel art re-.—
Tbe »lt> ala ref, belt illiw*.
t.ikr r»*« . f l.fht, the mrejei’t Irak*.
In irirm. In*1 cm In »«r ihtontt—
t.ikr ram >4 li.lll. ikr amrl’i hair
>rriir-.l iikr ihr »« • j»i '• »»•—
A roar-likr • km ton -u ikr tk*rk,
lh»a,Jin% ink* |ii ill—
A • .oethi »* in ikr a. <rP» lam,
ArmrJ titlrr th> (ill'
Tkr mortal ami imim*rtul rm h
Krdrrttaf, rail »r»r trra .
The ranks a iJ ikr •p«ntual,
\\ . ( a'« l-o r I. ' ■ |
Ok, ).*>»'vi h.tr. a Hat »Srre;tk Iikr ihia*'
Tnun ikr* lk ■•* |w*J*« au«e,
Wkirk. roll line ■ 4 • Tara-' o,
|H. w vufrkt Ima lk* •kH—*
Tkr Jama luokrd Ikr-ilk ike ntruirnl «vkl.
A a miry Jan* • f . Inna,
A I %*J.I*i vntt J ikr rm-nraj U J—
Tk- »,*ll ami *i' kly n»t.
•• M» Janskin' ail tk'»i ih«ir, try rhili’
O, hatlr th*r. Ur, rmr at;h.
That I mat *rr oner nut iky lure.
Ami Unt 'krr m I iV."
•• If | nrre rrtr kink 1 ■ lk'*,
r.Mfftar mr mm." th'rri'J.
** I»imI kmm • mi k 'an . I Innl I krr mul
WSn tm-al I •r.'inrU hi rkljr:
Vm brml ao-l ktr* iki ni ikr, '# I.pa,
\.rl t-r krr tp.nl flay ,**
Tk' ai«i' l kmril k I—ami S“f hail
1'ato.l |ttrifilly an ti*
A rmWWn lUtl'-nk U ilfam. abut tomml,
Tk." •lamir i fill alarm*!
>V wkn—tkr area k-t utalmi JraJ
U ilkin ikr a1 _»!’* aim —
J*1*' ij— hr ip. i(< nilk a ilj »tt.Wae«—
loti nothin; ih'rr
t*\*r^.| krr m ••S't't tnrrl .Vml fare—
ll-r > nn eoaiultite It art.
(Tram ikr ll.oor W»tl|
THE FLAG OF OUR UNION.
■ T ci>.mui r a >aai«.
•« \ a It; (at o»r It inrr ’"—Tk' aatrhaniJ rrca.l
Wko k ;t»« ik» K'j«Htr k'r Mat ■ i
*• t oil | nr ton I—Ji»i lr*l • * fa!:*’*
|. mil' ml prro-rtr* ut a naif at'
Tk* nor hi of Irk**—lk* am Hi nf lam!*—
f J^i ti:|i-t,| »*I Si It* * R ’4t fRI* •*
Tk' anion *4 h-artt—lk' nno.ii uf kunJt—
kit 1 ikr ria; af lk- 1‘awa <»r *«*r
Ami t art*
Tli rii; of mu l iiona tor rrer*
\T
Am* arm'I aith RlfJIma lW**i
N l all Ik' rank'* 4r»|*rla ami fa loom romUuni,
11,1. ikr (rinrf I » W(W «r tUnJet*
Tk* ant.hi .4 Uk-»—ih* mia »f LtnJt—
Tk* union .4 ?»t tlr* non* ran trtrr—
Tk- union >4 h'vt*—th» anion of kanJt—
Ami lk' Fla; nf ikr l*ui»n ft nrr
\ r 1 'I *
Tkr Hat of .,ur I o n for rrrr'
SJlf.'Htf'PflO *0 Af. >1.
1 Trim ih*» Nfw M • ithfjr M.i(4ii'r.|
EXPERIENCES OF A MEDICAL STUDENT.
OR TH E VICTIM,
S if"./ v< a** iiHvdf and a fellow-at u
dnd went to I>awli«h forth* summer month*
An im i h nt whieh wi need not relate, ami
whieh »v followed hv a tttvrte attack of the
plewrwy. eliaoitd me a pn*ooer to my room
f.ir M-ti-ral wiitk,*. Mi eom pan ion, w|p««e
rime fa't.1 la re, wa«a twun* man of hijjh
•pmt* and lively temper . and thoiiirh natur
allv kind and a!fe«w»onat**, craped. a* often a*
he rpuhl front the r -mint of a *.ek room.—
In one ol hi* w alk*, he chanetd to encounter
a ruoiig I.mIv, whom he fell in love with, a*
* i , » u « . auti
■ e dwelt o;*,n with a watmtn of • ntlm*ta*m
n*t a Itttle tantalum;* to one, like tnvuelf, who
could n«t t*h«M it. The lady, however,
vjuitte*! Hi»li*h verv suddenly, and left my
fro nd in ignorance of every other particular
• m i ■ Smith,
wd her rmnlettre tn London. So vague a
direction he, however, resolved to follow up.
We relumed to town sooner than we other
**:»>■ would hate done, m order that the lover
might e«Hmtten.*e hi* imptiric* My friend
was worthy of the romantic name he bore—
M»lville St t 'Ure—• name that was the de
light «#' all ht« bonding school cousin*, and
the test of all hi* acquaintances in thesrhool*.
lie w in the *o|e w>n of Th«>mas St. flare,
of flare Hall, and hanker, \„ _ Lurhurtl
•trert. An recentric man did tin* world ac
count huu. “Very odd,” remarked the heaih*
of tin* house* lor whole-sale bride*, “that the
ohl man should m».M upon hi* «n *1 inlying
med*em,- ami surgery. when every one know*
th*t he will inherit at leant ten ihotiaand a
year" •• Nothing to do with it.” waa the
argument of the fatlv'T ; “who ran HI what
ta to happen to funded, or even landed proper-1
tv in England f The empire of disease take*
in thi* world ; and in all its quarter*. tnedinl
knowledge nnr he made th” key to rv«mpe
h nee ami wealth.”
While quietly di*cu*e;n-; in mv own mind i
the various relative merits Setweeu two modes
of operation f.»r political aneurism, at nil
lodging! tit town, auine three we* «. after in)
return from the country lull* ami runs, (some
ungallantlv ndd, u| thick ankle* also.) my
stndi«* were broken in upon bv a me*,v*ngrr.
who demanded my immediate compliance with
terms of a note he held in hia hand. It run
thua —
•* let me pray vou to sot olT instantly with
the bearer m my ram a re hi your distressed
friend— M. Sr. run."
(hi reaching the house, tlie blind* were
down ami the shutter* closed • while the
mi.t!l<-d knock r be*|s*kc a note of onmions I
preparation, “llow are von.” T inquired, |
some'* bat Hies-ed hr seeing iuy friend tip, i
ami though wan hsdiing. hearing no mark* <J
severe illiiea*. “1 hope nothing haa happen- 1
id l"
“ Yes,” the deadliest arrow in fortune's i
quiver ha* U*en shot, ami found its mark.— I
kt thre* thi* morning, my lathrr’s valet call- i
ed Mt mo to sav hi« master was m eonvul- i
aiotk Suspecting it to be a return of npo- 1
picav. I despatched him otf for Aberrromhie,
and on reaching hi* room I found tat fear*
vrr.t* I. khcreromttic amtetl. lie opened <
the temporal artery, and hia sen** returned, I
whenmv unfortunate parent insisted on tn- I
forming m«* what arrangements he had made i
in mv favor, respectin( ihe pro|*rtr ; ami on <
nit suggesting that his books might pervious- «
Iv ropnre to be I is iked ov *r, hi* interrupted |
me by saving it was useless. “ You an? the i
son of a ruined nun.” I started. •• Yes,
sueh have I ts-eo for the last twentr tears' |
I ha*e secured to vou a tl..ni» u.d (stands to I
timsn v.»ur education, and that m all tkat cal
amity h.s left it in my power to bestow.”— t
For some momnts I was led to doubt hi« san
ity. ;
** What then euibe contained within thosi
two nUJv>tve chests, so e.irvl'ullt secured *" i
“ t tid parehmenl copies of mv Tnsrtgage*.
Your fort i me hi* onlv changed in a*p«et
before vou wrre in «*i»tcnee, the author of I
your ts-ing soi beggar' Mv credit alone i
is supported me. I h ivn with difficult) .
been able lo m*e»t in the binds foi your wants 1
the paltry sum I mentione*!. M iy vou \ o »- i
per Is’tier than your f.ither, and the bright- |
ness of your day wake up I'oT ds'kuevs of hl« j
closing scene tind's kktailg ■■ " Ills
li<*a«l sink <ni the pillow, and falling into a 1
eomaios • slate, he seipt for four hours, when I
Ins transition fr**at tune to eternity was as
gentle as il was unnoticed. i
" For my part, 1 nrrely remain here till 1
itie I. «t otfiei s are perform* >1. Vtl hi« affair* 1
will he committed to hi* solicitors, then th* 1
fortune ami residence which I l««>kcd forward 1
inmormg?* mvown must he left to others.”
•• Courage, mv dear fellow,” said I, “there ^
is no -pic t««» great not to allow of the sun’s •
m* * iliventng it—neither is thit h ’-srt tn
.’virtricr which hoj*e mtf not inhabit
The funeral was over, the mansions of the
i .lie f relinquished, and St. CIlW himself
duly forgotten hr his friend*. Tim profo*.- 1
*mn, which he before looked upon a* option
4I to it* pursuit, 3* iiow to hi* nu’iin**
of ftmlrMt; ami in onVr t«*j»ur*«ir it with
gmtt r comfort to ourselves. wr took spacious
room*. which enabled usto ltte together, in
— street. Borough, in the neighborhood of
ourh"*pital. One morning, it *» Inpprinvl
that 1 hail something to detain in. at home,
and St. i'lare ptonribd bv hm* If to hi*
stnli * From the brilliant e.«mplrxk>ti and
handsome countenance of a former day, hi*
apj*\tra <*e had degenerated into the pale and
consumptive look ot <*nc about to follow the
fne*J for srbum hi* *aH|e lurry of »u was
worn.
*• (live tnc joV, Dudley’—jov. I *av. tor
lif< i* bright oi.ee more’” exclaimed St.
t'l.re. returning late in the evruing, while
hi* fire w.i* beaming saith pladne**.
I rejoice to hear it, ’said I. **\\ hat lia*
happened
St. Clare explained, lie had m.‘l hi* un
liiriioUi'n m.»tn*w uf Ihxlnlt. She had m
trodueed him l<* her father, With whom *h*
wa* walking, and whom he recognised a* a
Mr Sm.th, an eccentric and wealthy acquain
tance of hm deceased parent. Mr. Smith in
vited him to dinner the next day. To cut
short my atory, St. Clare soou received per
mi**.on t» pay his addruaaca to (he lady In*
had -• long *er. tly hoed . Mr. Smith,
w ho had originally been in trade, and was at
01.saving and generous, promised JL 16,000
t<»the young Couple, on the condition that St.
t larc would follow up kis profr**ioa The
marriage wa» to l»e concluded immediately af
trr St t 'Jxrr had paseed Uv Cdkfl ' * 8 .
.•eon*, w hieh he • \p rt«*vl to do in »i\ IMMtha.
" Dudley. I have an engagement to-day,
and shall not be at home ull the evening,
»aid St. Clare, returning frem the hospital
one morning , ** but a* we tnu»t dissect the
artrtie* of the ntek somewhat more minutely
before we go up for examination, I wi*h you
would p. t a subject. I am t©M you can hatt
one within two days by applying to this man,” ;
giving me the canl of an e*h tuner in the i
Borough
“ Very well,** I returned. «et*teg off.
** Which will you have, nr'” a*kcd the
tratru'cr in human clay, wlioee lineament* be- ;
«j»>kr ilfr tut il >1* ncr of human fading from
hm h*art—“a lailv or a jemmim*’'
•• W hichever you ran procure with least
trouble,” I replied. •* W Iwn can you bring
it to my lodging*
•* Thedar after to-morrow, tir.”
••flood ' What i» vour price !"
•* Why, str, the market s very high just
now, a» there’s a terrible rout about Uwwe
thing* , *o I must have twelve gumoa* ”
*• Well,Then, at eleven, the evening after
lOHBNOtt, I shall expert vow,”.
The night passed en, no St. Clare appear
ed—the next, still he came not—and eleven
on the following evening found him yet ab
sent. Surrounded w ith book*, hones, skulls
and other requisites for surgical studr, mid
night surprised me, when a gentle tap at the
Joor put »ny reveries to flight.”
*• Two nven in the street, sir, w ish to «t
you there."
•• Very well,” said 1, and recollecting the
apjointment, I descended, and found the cx
liutm r ami another.
•* We culled vou down, sir, to get the wrv
iian out of the wav ; because, you know,
these thing* don't do to gossip alsuit. Mull
*C take it up ataira,M
“ Yea, and 1 will follow behind. Make
u little noise as jiossihlc.”
•• No, sir, trust us for that—wrre preltv
sell used to this sort of work. Jrin, give
In1 signal”’ when the party addressed, ste|»
ung into tin* street. gave s low whistle on hu
mg»r«. attJ nomellirog n.ivaneeu who a nuu,
ustling noi*e, which proved to Imi a wheel*
•arrow containing a sack. The* had filled
ho gutter with straw, and over this driven
he harrow. In an instant two of them sciied
Is sack, and w ithoul making anjr more dis*
urbanco than if they had he«-n walking up
itairs, they carried it into my apartment, ami
he vehicle it was brought in was rapidly
v heeled otT.
It » usual for student* to carry on their di*
cctioiw solely in the theatre to which th« \
n long hut as the re are many annoyance*
tom the low and Course st loo often lulled
ip in these plact ». St l hvr- and imsclftud
letrruiined to clmoac a Imlging wliere we
■ould pursue this necessary, but revolting,
•art of the profession, in private. Within
ny bed-room wi»a dressing-closet, which,
i* it was well lighted, we devoted to tin*
•urpuae. Having earrimi in llieir huidenami
aid it down, they retunud to the sitting*
mmt, through which was the only communi*
•ation w ith the other.
*• Could’nt get ve a jemman, so we brought
e a lady tin* titne,'' said the man.
" \ ery well. I ho|n- the subject i» a recent
e. b> -ait* I may not Is- able to nuke une
»f the Usly for two or three day*.”
•• \* to the turn’ she lufl Is-, n burned, sir,
hat’s none to spvak of!’’ while a grin of
lark expression gathered round hi* mouth;
.nd though ignorant of it* meaning it made
in- recoil, frmu tin air of additional horror it
lung ow r feature* aln adv so revolting m 11
s»ioie I went into the closet to take a
;lanoe at the subject? f.- iring that they might
ittempt to deccve me. They had laid it on
lie uh'c, and a hum doth *w allied round w as
lie only covering I drew aside tin? Corner
iInch rnnrcahd the face, ami started, for
o ver till that instant, haJ I *• • u aught that
a:ne to near to tny ideal pielurc <*' frtiuh
liveliness, even though the last touche* had
it pllUt I I') Ir. 1 ■ lt>l «»l P Util A* til*
ight of lh<‘ candle fell on the shrouded figure
i lore me, it CoinjNised live sen swim.' that
icmbundt would have loved to paint, and
ou.tny frailer, to have look'd ou. Her hair
vas loose an t motionless, while its whole
.ngvh. which had strand over the neck ami
boulders, nestled in a t»»vwu white av snow,
»Iio««- purr, wart* tidro wen*now at rest for
ver' One thing struck me as singular—her
eh, d irk t'evs - still held w itlnii them a thin.
'! ght cotub. An uilhif tnvj atiencf from the
ner. 1 had left in the next loom drew me from
ny survey.
“Where did you get lliesubject, my men
I inquired, ax I put the money into the man’s
hand.
"t>h, we hadn’t it from a town church
ranl, s t. It came up from the country;
lnln’t it, Jim
•• Yes,” replied the man addressed, and
x.th moved quickly to depart, while I toturn
d to gaze on tin* beautious o'ljecl | had left,
m l which "ffordeil me a pleasure, so mixed
ip with all that was horrid, that I sincerely
W;e | it will never fill to my lot to have a
m-coimI experience of the same fii ling.
To nve she w as nothing, less than nothing ;
ind though, from long hahtl, l had almost
brought my- If to meet with tndiirerenre the
ib eels whch am found on th ■ dissecting ta
ile. I could mu gate on one so young, so fair,
without feeling the springs of pity dissolve
withm m», and tears, fj«t and many, fell on
lips 1 refrained not from kissing, notwith*
itandiug Mortality had set its *eal ujkiii them;
»» yet—
HcC.fr JrfJl'l ids me ling'TS
Util ikr|il lh> leirs wtirn ta-aut« lin[*u.
Her eyes were closed beneath the long
lash. * l lifted one lid . the orbbene uli wax
large and blue, but “soul was wanting lliere.”
So great was the impression h r Uauty made
ujxm tne, that, stepping into the next room, I
took mr materials, and iimrlc a denting of
I he placid and uncraetioia form so hushed
and still. I look upon it at this moment, and
fanev recall* the deep and utu'rounUblc rino
liom that slesok me as 1 made it. It must
have been an instinctive——. Uut to pro
ceed ; 1 saw but one figure in my sleep—the
lovely, hut unburied dead. I awoke—what
could it be that felt so moist and cold against
my face*—where was P Wliat light was
glimmering through the windows? It was
Uv hr* ak of day. Worn with fatigue, I had
fallen asleep over my drawing, while the can
dle lud burinsl out m the socket, and tnv head
was resting on the inanimate breast which
had been deprived loo s«»i»ii of existence to
know the pure joy of pillowing a fellow-heart
it loved. I arose, and retired to a sleepless
couch. In the evening, while over my mod
icum of coffee, in came St. Clare, llo ap
js ared haggard and wild, whilst every now
ami then Ins eye would gate on vacancy, and
closing seemed to shut out some unpleasant
thought that haunted him lit ideal reality.
“ Well, St. Clair, wliat has detained you?*'
" Ih-uth !** Mid he, solemnly. “The sole
remaining relative to whom Nature has giv
en anv elaim on my sfftvtion*. is no mor*.—
A mother sister, ami not a soul ,• left me
now U) earth to love, save Tandy and my
friend. I feel most unaccountably o|>pics*e,|
—a dread urns' of ill pervade* me; but lei
me hope that ill ia |»ast."
“ Well, think i>l it no mote," I replied,
and changed the conversation. M I have pro
cured a viikjert-ffmalr, beautiful and young ,
hut I fed more inclined to let it n>t and rot
annd»t its fellow clod* of clay, than bare so
lair ahowoin to the knife. It is well that the
living hold a pre-oecupaney of my heart, or
such a beauteous form of death——"
" This note has just been left for yon, sir,
from Mr. Smith, who requests an immediate
answer," said my servant entering I read
aloud its contents : —
•• Though unknown to you, save by name,
and the mention of another, I call upon you,
as th»* friend of one who was in? Uicnd, to
assist me m unravelling this horrid mystery.
On Tuesday, at two, my dearest F.ni.lv went
out, with (he lolennou rclornmti, nt lour.
Since that iiour I have bocu unablu'-Jo obtain
the slightest information respecting h v I
bw called in your al«s«nce for St. Clare
twice , hr was unexpectedly out. Surely I
have not mistsken him ' //r cannot have till* .1
up the measure of mankind's deceit, ami
abused the trust ri jswisl in hint' lat n*
prav you, for the love of heaven ' Is give me
the least clue that you are poMnurd of that
ma\ lr.nl j<> her discovery.
I know not wlul I lave written, but you
can understand its meaning.
Y<mr«, ike., Jons Smith."
Starting from Ins *■ at with the air of a
mvniae. St ( lare alwtrsetcdlv paii-d <m em|4r
air, as if to wait conviction. Too vx>n tt
came, and wimng a light, lie dashed towards
the closet where he knew the l**lv «is to be.
K*>r the first time a dark suspicion tU«hcd up.
on me, and taking theotln r candle I followed.
The luce had lieen again covered, and Si.
flare, setting the light ujsin the table, stood
transited—"i*t a* we feel the pn '*urc of
some rnght-mare dream—without th« jmwer
of drawing lux rye* away, «>r by dashing
aside the veil, to end this suspense of agony,
in the certainty of despair.
Every muscle of his body shook, while
his pile lip couW only mutter-—" It must lie
so* It must lie so an J hrx finger pointing
to the shrouded corpse, silently hade tne to
disclose tin1 truth. Mule, ntotionh •» horror
pervaded me throughout; then, springing
from his tranee, he tore away the linen from
the feature* t concealed. One glance *of
feed True, the last twenty-four bouts had
robbed them of much that wa* lovely, hut
thev were east in a mould of snrli sweet rt
pre-non, that once *een «u to l«r remember
ed forever.
With indescribable wildness lie (lung him
self upon the body, and embracing the pallid
clav. seemed vainly trying to kiss it back to
life. I watched his countenance till it l«e
eainr so pale, there w as only one shade of
difference between the two. In an instant
from tlie strained glare of Ins filed glance,
his e\e„ n ansi, a no a lit levs, inanimate es
prt -ion of nonentity succeeded their former
tension, while with his hand still retaining
the hair of the deceased in his grasp, lie sunk
upon the ground.
Assistaitei' was called, and from a slate of
insensibility he |*u-sed into one of drpression.
Ml our efforts to disentangle the loeks he
had mi warmly loved from his linger- were in
vain ; the locks were, therefore, rut off from
the head. Through all the anguMi of his
soul he never sjsikc. The la*t wools to
which his lips ga*c utterance, were tin sc—
“ It must he so, it must U so, it must lie so.”
For hours he would stare at one object, and
hi* look was to me so full of horror and re
proach that 1 could not meet il Suddenly
he would turn to the hair, and fastening hi*
lip* upon it, murmur some inarticulate sound*
and weep with all ike bitterm** of infantine
sorrow.
The reader w ill remember it so chanced that
I never was introduced to tlie heroine of my
tale ; hut all my douht was now removed as
to the identity of the subject for dissection
with the unfortunate Emily Smith llow
she came by her death was a mystery that
nothing s< cmed likely to unravel.
Not the afiglitr-t marks of violence couhl
Ik- found uIhmiI In r |ierson. The arms were
certainly hi an unnatural position, being In lit
with the pajur upward, as if to support a
weight anil seemed to have been souiewhat
pre—. d, hut this might be afcount! d fnt by
the pvkme of the body. All beside* wor*
tin* appearance of quiescent d< ath.
Slie was open, d and not the slightest trace
| of {Miison presented itself. Immediati scateh
had Im-cii made fur the men They had n>
seonded, and all apparent mean* of inquiry
seemed hushed with the victim of science in
its grave.
Some years passed—St. Clare w»» dead—
the father of the unfortunate Kinily was no
more. Fortune had thriven with me, and be
ing independent of practice, I had ■» tth-d in
the west cud of London ami married the ob
ject of my choice. I was soon occupied w ith
the employments of my profession, and among
the rest that of surgeon to the-l)i»p< n
sarv.
Seven years after mv first commencement,
I had to attend a poor man who was attacked
with of the htairr. The vio
lence of the disease had been tuhduid, hut
sortie strange wanderings of delirium still
haunted hint. In a paroxysm of tin sort, In
one day exclaimed to me as I was feeling hi*
pulse—“ Cut it ofT' •hit It "fT' it «ays so;
off with ftI'aying no attention to this, I
replaced his arm within the coverlid, but
dashing it out hr seized nunc, and demanded
“ Hoes it not say if tliy right hand offend
th«e rut it oil’" “ Vet, my irau, but yours
(i» a useful mcruher—take my advice and keep
j it on f"
“I will nut; it haa offended me; aye
damned me to ctrrmfty. It it a murdcronr
right hand Hut I will not drag the reader
through the incoherent raving* uf guilty de
lirium ; tt suffices to say, that after some con*
. sidenblc pains I elicited the following inform
ation from him.
“ It's just ten years to-morrow aiiieo 1 was
discharged from lour months imprisonment
in the house of correction. 1 was then juM
twenty In tV»- same place I met a gang of
resurrection men ; and they said what a jolly
life they led, plenty of moiicy and all that,
when one of 'i*n told tin' rest he knew abet
ter way to got tbr rluno ipnckly than what
they did, and if so he as Imw they wouldn't
split he'd t< ll Yin. WYU, after making me
take an oath (1 tremble now to liniik of it.)
that I wouldn't tell, they let me into it. This
was to kidnap all tho greenhorn* that didn't
know llieir wav about town, and carry them
to a house the gang had in- allrv, near
Hlarkfnars, where they werclohcsuiluraird.
and sold to you doctors for rutting up. Well
it took a long tunc to Ik mg my tnmd to such
a thing, but they |*-isuaded me that wc were
all destined to go to heaven or hell, before we
were born, and dial our actions had nothing
to ib> with it. So I a;reed, when the time
same round, to inter the gang.
On the day we were lot loose there were
lour of us loitering near the roach stand m j
— street. A gentleman was walking up
and down lielbrr an inn, looking at In* watch
every now and iIm ii, and casting In* eyes
round to sec rf a coach was ruining which he
vcruird to r*|>ret. Presently he met some
nne who knowed 'uu, and I saw luni take t
letter and re id it, and then say to the oilier,'
1 I can't come this instant, Ucause I raped a
I'm ml lu half an hour, and un wait for lo r .
sut star, 1 fan write a note, ami put her off,’
n hni lie atrp|**d inside Uie inn, ami came out
in tin tniuutis, with a note in Ins hand. t>nr ,
»f ns had Ifm a servant in a rutting up house
in the liorough, and known! lulu afore ; step
|ung up. he a«kcd if he e*iu!<l carry tlie note
for him ’ The other was in a hurry, and said
ye*.’ giving him half a frown to take it m
lo the borough, and tlc*n got into the mark
and drove off. Instead of going with it, he
liad learnt to read, ami breaking llie note open,
found some one was eoiiung to ne-et the gen
tleman by half-|KUt two. * I II l» II yc what,
my bovs,‘ says he, • here's a fish eotne to our
in*, without looking lor it, so we'll have In r
first.’ Shortly after,upnuii-sthe euoeh with
.1 lad) in u . in* insrhiK wtt of our pig
li.nl got another coach h, longing to us for the
pur|MiM-, wh,eh was hi waiting; so the vil-,
lam tell* h r the gentleman had been obliged
In go somewhere rls', but lie was an old ser
vant, and if sue would get into his coach, lu ,
would drive h r to the house where the gm
llnnaii was waiting to receive her. She.
never suspecting, !*■*< irv, ami was driven »<T
to the slaughter bouse, as we called it. Shi
i ntend by a Iwck yard, and frightened by th
dark, dirty way, and lonely-look in* rooms,
and not serin: him she fipectcd, she attempt
ed to rut off. I Hit Ui.-n was of tm use and
taking her to a room for the purpose in tb
middle of lint house. where nomiecould In ar
g,. -« - • •• » w. » -r ,i„.
night. Well, 1 was uncommon struck with
lo r beautiful looks, and begged very hard to
let her go. the v slid it would not do, be
rause as how they would all he found out —
So die she must tie neat order they had fora
rvir|wc That very night fame an order and
lli' v swore 1 should have the k.lling of her,
for being »|>eoncy enough to heg lier life. 1
»w. •• 1 W .ujd I.*»l It , toll til'-v sard It I
didn’t they w ould *end tnr instead, and fright
ened at their threats I agreed.
In the rooin where she slept, was a hed
with a sliding top to Irt iUt ami smothur the
Im*rsoil who was lying Iwnfslb, while the
chain which let down was fasten'd in the
room aV»*e. I hey had given luT a small
lamp in older to look at her through a hole,
that they might ace what she **as about.—
alter lockiug the duor mwdr, (for they left
the key there to keep 'em easy, while it was
boiled on the twit,) ami looking lo ace there
was no one m tin room, nor any other door,
she knelt lit the bedside, said her prayer*,
•and then laid down in herrlolht». This was
at It'll—they \\ indicd her till twelve Sin*
was sleeping soundly, but crying loo, they
Mid, when they took n*e vrp into the room
above, anJ with a drawn knife at my throat
insisted oil my Idling go the chain which was
to smother her l« nealli. I did it. ’Mi, 1 did
,t—j,.ck !" starting up, '• don't you hear the
rustling of ll« H ither.’ a rtilWi cry ’ No,
all is i(Ui< t! •'In' is done tor—lake her and
aellhiT''’ and from tint he ftll into his old
raving manner once more.
The next day ht won again lucid, ami pull
ing foie his bosom an old purse, he mu!—"I
managed to gel these thing* without their
know ledge." It contained a ring with a
locket engraven " K. S.” and the silver
plate of a dog's collar with the name of "Km
ily" mi it. “That," ho remarked came
from a little .Spaniel which we sold.
I had made a fmrhed miniature from the
rough drawing taken en the first evi ning of
mv seeing Kinily Smith. This hail been act
in the lid of a snuff-Un, and anxious to see if
he would recognise it, I brought it in my
|H* k«'t. After looking an instant »t the eon
tents of the purse, 1 silently placed the snulT
box III Ills hand. His mind hut bandy took
time to comprehend and know the face, when,
flinging U fmm rum won a mini cry, in* spir
it took jta flight t»» final judgment—ami I
vowed fioin tint day s. renunciation of the
seal|-cl forever.
(.’amfobma Ticket*. A correspondent
of the N. Y. Tribune Bavt ; ** The follow
ing 1 deem of such importance as tn mk of
yon a ptomment invert ion for the benefit of
unfortunate person* who may spend all their
available ineana in teaching Panama, and
there, to their di*ma\ find they can go no
further, though they hold “ through tickuls"
of the established lines. Persona purehasing
ifcemi land ticket* cannot go through with
them. I aaw a man at the office of How
land A Aapinwell, who had paid a largr prr
miuin for a ticket Bold to another party, and
was told that ho would be stopped at Panama,
aa tho most rigid scrutiny w>* exercised to
sc* that none but the original pnrdia-crs go
through with them. Thu plan k>* been
adopted by Miwsm Howland K. Aspmucll,
to prevent mi|*witi»n and also for potiaig a
stop to t.ckul speculation*.
A YARN ON THE HALF DECK.
I)id you say you served your apprentice
ship hi the ArtlhuMl"
•* Yen ; I served my time m the A retku
•a."
" What age were you when you went to
seal”
•• I waa aixteen." .
" Put down sixteen, Hill."
The scene of the present dialogue waa the j
forecastle of a collier brig at anchor m the \
Thame* ; the apcakcra an old seamen, and |
three others scarcely arti'od at mobile age,
one of whom, behind llie old tnan acted as
clerk, with a piece of chalk on the. lid of hta
own chest. • *
'• Put down sixteen. Hill," whispered one,
and the number was put down.
*• Then Imw long were you in the Arctliu
■ ‘ '
“ I nerved five years," said thu old man ;
th.u I stopped by her othgr three. I was
eight years m her altogether. I liked the,
ship very well, felt Idol not like thv own
er."
IMI who was all attention, put down a:i
eight below the sixIitii.
“ Hut you would be a vming fellow then;.
I should think you would wrt he long out of
a ship'"
“ I got a ship directly and sailed for North
America. Well, a-s it happened, we wi re
water-logged as we wen on ntir p.rwage
home ; all hands t.•<>k the rigging, where we
were three d.irs without a bite <>f anything,
or as much as a drink. On the fourth day
gut hold of a dead bird of emne hind tbs' was
rt< iting kte it. feather-* and all. tAell,
all hand' dinil hut iun»e|f, and the only way I
could keep mv-lf aliv* i*i« hy lurking ill*
jiiuw out of the Top**'. I knocked about
upon the rippmp for a month. At lid 1 won
picked up by an American vr-vcl, and taken
to America. The Americana u» I m< aery
well ; no I traded arm-ng the American port*
for a long time."
•• |low long do youNuppoao you w»To in
America altogether ’"
•• | W3' away ten yearn from Irannp,
home."
*• Didn’t voti po into the Greenland trade
'ftcr that*”
•• No ; it not till vunc time after. I
mi mi hoaffd nf a man of « >r tiefore I wx*
in the Greenland trnd>- 8om*dmw »n oilier;
the pte'egang got aernt (fine; a good run
we had ; I wt rumble un mv feet then , if I
*
midden. I hr|i* »r they n*T. r w. aid hi'O ta*
k> n tii": hut t.ik • me tber did VA r'I. I w**
in hi' mnj •-rnre «• •?> n »*vr». ind I
liaeit tr.c'ernee »rrr well ; hut one day the
eapiain ami I li *1 a fi w word*, aril *vid I to
mv -If, ’The •xrnerwr part e.-mpacy th*
I'tier, old fellow. * I knew they would l«
ill r me. mi I p..t myi If Mowed into a hop*
he id of sngar> and vnl aboard if aim rehant
tnan and gof clear »*1T that way."
Hill, whs was listening in silence, put
do* h tut board a man of war wvcn years.
" Then did you get home all riglit
•• Yen ; and then I went to flreenland —
Mv eves ' v hat s;«irt we had there the first
ten v irs wr w. n in the trade ' I was them
that y ar when there wasn't a whale to !«
m . n, and wo loaded the ship with s* als. A
wears' job we had; the tee was short and
liainmorkr, and th** • *als is shy as foies —
S ntrh' w we alw a vs found oM iTtW'tfi ||ov«s
who’d been fuddled may l>e th*« niglit liefon1,
that forgot the way irrm the water. When
the brutes make a dive, they are out of sight
in a minute. ”
"Howlong were you m the flreenland
trade t"
" I w as nineteen years altogether Then
I fancied I would like to lie in a warm* r cli
mate ; so I got into an Hast India man, tn«l
Haded to the Hast for a long time ”■
" How long do you suppo*.’ *”
" Almut thirteen years At !i*t the ship
was taken by flie pirates, and the most of the
crew hail to walk the plank; only three of
us eonsenting to be pirates with the rest. 1
never liked a pirate’* life ; s*v one dty when
we wen* ashore on a large island watehing, 1
took leg bail ami tan away. I'd been with
them three rears, whieh was ipiito enough.
Well 1 got armin’ the natives <d the phee,
who wen* mighty kunl in their way ; and as
I w as a brisk young f< How, I wasn't long in
| finding a wife ninong them ; so I livr I th re
just like a savage for sixteen years, for tin re
was no chatter of getting away*, and it was
just as well to make myself happy. H it at
last an Iviglisli ship put in for water, and lie*
longing came over me to go hack to my native
land ; so I wruggled myself on board just as
she was ready for sea, anil glad 1 was that my
wile didn't follow tee.”
•• Did you pet home all right and t.ght?”
“ All tight and tight both V
“ Then I atgiK).-: you would not ho up at
any t;m<- at homo *”
•• I didn’t 110 up at all. When I pm home
I found inv hi *h<r had goitO to America; n«>
not limp would »erve roc hut I would go to
•eck linn, M I had not aeon hint tor a latiir
nine. f>o [ got a ship, and off I went; but I
| never raw him from that day to thit, although
I wandered through America for five y< are
hc-king him. I turned tired of wandering,
and got into a little nwl Hading between
Prince Edward's Inland and the mainland ;
and I traded in her for ten long yean—ten
long year* I can aaaurc you.”
“ llavn't you been a long tunc in the coal
trade!”
" I waa thirty year* in the coal trado be
fore I went tn China.”
“ How did you like the China trade*”
“I liked it r*ry well. I waa only in it
about five year*. After that I got into the
Baltic trade I waa •even year* in it; but I
tired of it, «o I got a ship and wuiloff !o (tin
West Indira, whew I waa put ashore aick,
and lay in the hospital three year* When I
did get belter, I waa abetter nun than ever,
ao I atarted negro-driver in a plantation,
whom I whipped the |>oor fellows on for nino
years, till at last the old fit rauio ou uo, and
I would bn off to sej again.”
" Was ilia! 1m fiitn you w ere the Captain of
liie old tUinkrr V*
" Ves, that was just before I g. 4 to bo caje
tain of the Clinker.”
" Were'n't you a long time Cnjitam of the
Clinker*"
" 1 waa Captain of the Clinker for niurv
teen years. 1 was Captain of lier till at*
was lost on the Gudfleet aand; it waa murk
as we could do to auve our lives that time.”
•* What idiip waa it you ],*l {p Uio .‘'win
ter*” ■
” Tliat waa tho J*efitly. I wa» alongtima
both mate and master I f
mate and eight years maat< r.”
•* lluw long ta it a.nee the Peggy waa
lost»"
*• l/*t me Ur , it will fourteen year*
this nr at month , just fourteen eioetly."
** Then you rmwt U a good old fellow
now *"
” Av ; I’m a g»>««d a; . now, you ma» de
pend on*l,”
" See what age he ia there,IJITt. will you*”
Hill, who had been Itataniiig n the bock
ground, and Ukmg notes on lh» lid of hit
rhest, proceeded to read off the following
VT< »(to «*a iu ik« ArtihuM. 1C year* <Xi.
In lli* Arvthu**, (4 war*,
tn Am*ri**, 10 ••
On (»k»hI nun r.f war, 7 ••
In fir**nl.ir*l trail*, 19 M
In Kt.t In.!r» trail*, 13 M
Atifcing tli* piralr*, 3 M
•Anmng tli* •*»*!»•, 10 **
Tra**ll*il in Aru*rM-n, 3 "
Ti i M '' Prim |..i»*r j‘» NWn.1, 1# "
I 99
In th* <"lim» tr»lf, & "
In lit* H iltir trail*, 7 •*
In th* lli»|iiul, 3 “
Nejt.i ilnaer, 9 "
4'iptam . ( it* f'lillk**, 19 "
In ill* IVjrjr, 13 *•
bine* the r*((jr m* lo*t, 14 "
Total, 3"0 yu*.
" Thru you’ll l< tno humirfl *mt * i
y*ars olil !” nut Hill with a ctiurkle.
" Hn\o I" «nul ’!*• •«»; ** thrr*'» not a mao
hit* Into tit th* flivt *»’ Journal
Tut Hr- <.rr ssr* Titc IIkim.-" Doyen
take n-viro tint Gon ha* eivrn me a *• I arid
hodv, just as pond fur all the purpose* r>f think
ing, eating, drinking. and t.akikp it* plrvurs
i# he In* mu ; and thee r<m mi? rememK-r
Him* and I.iUTus, a* we p«* Then agtia
I |« * ft* » r»untfv «iwl h#r#, 1 1+ \?r r'|
vt c*jiiilitr : tm rmi mutt kntm, that h*tg
rtrn i beggar's tie? ms? h-ok a gen!*man in
th-- fie w th a* much in Hfrranr* u he would
i brother You an l I ) a** th» samee nil -a
master. Ife equally fr»*. 1 *e e-( n It m*'. .
are both travelling the asm* jotrrnev, 1-oar.d
)-• the «ime plaee, ae I hn'.h have to die and
he butted in the end "
“ Hut," oh«-r»ed the naiker interrupting
lorn, " do you pretcH there it no difference
between a beggar and a banker
*• N-4 in the le nt," rejoined thr other, si >ua
the utm--'t r- i-ime*, •• not in i!ie lent, te t-i
■ *ee:itiala. V -I i s* tgger *n-l drink »i»r, in
company of your -wn rhoo*mg , I »trigger
im-1 drink h<*er, winch I like bett,: than your
-ir.; my. You m.ke thnusan-b a day, {-r
h:ip* 1 make a ahilhng if you are contended
I am . wo're e.jiully happy at night. You
dr •«* in new cloth-**. I am ju«t a* comfortable
in old on *, and hire no trouble in keeping
them from eoihng If I hare !<-$* friendship
to l--» •. an-l if I do not m ik-* a* p■ >• 1 a figur
in tkie world. I mike a* great shadow* <yi tlx
pavement; I am aa great u r«u H sides my
worJ for it, I hare f * r enemies, m *<*t w.i!i
fewer hws s ; earrv .aa light a heart, ami Sing
.is merry a aonj aa the beet of you."
•• Bat th a* • Bank r, who had all
along been trying to ge*. m a wind, ” .e the
contempt of the world nothing * ’*
** The envy of th world i* as had a* it*
eontemjt , you hive. perhaps, the one, and I
a aharo of the other VS e are matched there
too. And hi *,ih , the world deal* in tbit mat
ter equally unjnvtlv with us both. Yon and
I live by our wiu, msies-iof living by our in
dustry . an-l the only difference between u* in
tin* particular, worth naming, is. that itco*ta
hocii ty m -re to maintain you than it does tun.
I content with a little, want a.grevt d d.—
Neither i«f us raise pram or potatoes, or
wt ave cloth, or utanufaciuro anything usi ful;
we thfrofore add nothing to Ihn common
stock; we arc only consumers; an-l if the
world judged with strict iiupartiality, them
fore, it seem* to mo 1 should I*’ pronouneol
the cleverest fellow.”
SiCXsts*.—In sieknras the soul begun to
dress herself for immortality. First slu- un
ties the strings of vanity that mado hfl upper
garments elenre to the world, and sit uneasy,
>he puts rf the light and f»nt s' rol<e of lust
and wanton appetite. N. vt to this, tho
soul, hy the help of sickness, knueks off the
letters of pride and vainer complacencies.—
Thm she draws the curtains, ami atop* thu
light from coming in, and tal-t the pictures
down, those fantastic imug< * of rlfltw, and
gray rrmrmbermnre* of vain opinion and pop
ular noises. Tl* spirit stoop* into aobristics
of hunihle thoughts, and fwls corruption chid
ing the forwardness of fancy, allaying tho
vapor of conceit and factious opinions. Next
to these, as the sotil is still undressing, she
lake* off the roughness of her great and littlo
angers and animosities, and rocoivea the oil of
merries and smooth forgiveness, fair interpre
tations and gentle answers, designs of recon
ciliation and Christian atonement, in their
place*.—Jeremy Taylor,