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I NEWSPAPERS.
We are 1 to learn tint tho St. Louis News
is Increasing its circulation, and growing in
Jiiiblio favo rapidly as so excellent a journal
should. -It is said that John G. Treadway,
of Brunswbk, has bought the Jefferson City
-Metropolitan, and will here arter conduct it.
Kdirbuiou IUview. We luve received
the Edinburgh Review for July. This very
large quarterly is filled with useful and inter
esting mutter. The following extract from one
of its articles shows the practical working and
perfection of tho
POLICE SYSTElt t T.nrmn
We now nemo to tne Holford House burglary,
tr. Holford, having em to America. left )u
Mr.
, -.house, in R ut's P.irk. under the care of ser
vants. Ab.iuttwo o'clock in the morning of
the U;h r: Ociober, 1S50, the butler heard ?ome
person ait'eotinj an entrance iuto the din'uirr
I room. Hs wakened the other servants,' 1
"having armed themselves, they went out oft, l)
poile sides of tho house and suddenly a?fai '
the four robbers, one of whom was kh ckvA
down and secured, the other three escape
' Several shots had been fired; oiSV want
wmed wiiisront'jn spring bi onc' mid
1-cliarged it across a smaTftwih aone of the
rtWfcl'iB bav-
onct actually touched him. Traces of"TScl
swe found, and it was supposed'that he had
been mm tally wounded, and having run somu
way had been unable to go farther!, and had pro
bably been thrown I y his companions into the
Regent's canal. Tne f ict, however, was, that
in the darkness and confusion, the burglar had
tripped and fallen just as the trigger was pulled,
and had received no injury, except that his hand,
striking the end of the bayonet, had been slight
ly cut, as well as grazed by a couple of shot and
blackened by the powder, and the blood came
from one of the robbers, who had been severely
wounded in the head and neck by a random dis-
sharge of small shot. The third man was unhurt ;
and nothing was found on the premises but a
kwith some very small holes in it. The mode
it which the police detected and arrested these
thw men will illustrate our previous remarks,
u ,now tne wonting ol a system wtucti gleans
! formation over a wide area, and combines it
fr practical application.
Next morning the prisoner was brought up
fr examination: he gave his name as Win. Dy
m;' but among the criminal populatipn names
anssumed one day to bo discarded the next,
ail fcfTWrd no clue to the identity of the individ
ual! The first step taken was to place among
tfe crowd some keen observers to watch, not
tltca.se, but the sittetators. As the examina
tin proceeded, anil the feelings of the listeners
btanie excited by the dramatic way in which
tl tory unfolded itself, and their varying c
nlin were- more openly manifested, it was
noticed by the police that two woman were
watching the proceedings with an intensity of
anriety which betrayed a personal interest in
the issue. Slight as the chance was, it was not
neejecied, and they were immediately marked
or observation. After the examination, one of
these women went to a beer-shop, the other to
see Dyson in the House of Detention, where he
had been remanded. She soon rejoined her
companion, and both were tracked across the
river into Southwavk : there they separated ;
but from house to house the persevering detec
tives followed the trail of each until they reached
their respective homes. Local knowledge bcin
linw wanted, the Sou'hwark,or M, division wns
called into action. The woman who had gone to
the prison was recognised by them as the mis
tress of a housebreaker commonly known by
the soubriquet of 'the Doctor;' the other was
soon alter itscer! 'ine l to be living with, and the
active assistan' o! a notorious ruffian of the
name of J mes .M.dion. This of course direet
edsuspicion tf,va-K Malum, and now was felt
th power ga:r i by a systematic watch over
tht criminal population. All the prisons with
in the Metropolitan Police District are visited
bysn intelligent constable from every division:
beides which it is the custom w henever an of
ferer is arrested and taken to the police station,
tht he should be brought out of his cell and
plced in such a position that every man nf the
r- division, as he went on duty, had a good view
of him, so that in time their faces became per
fectly well known.
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f resort every night, audi1'" Pruit, and were satis hed thai Souihwark
lie thieves' houses ol resort every
reowrds in detail all those whom they find there.
SVheu it was circulated through the division that
one of the Holford House gang, probably 'the
DiKjtor, hid been arrested, and that Mahon was
euspected, one of the patrol recollected that ut
ten o'clock oa the night of the burglary, they
had found in a public house the Doctor,1 Mahon,
two other men, Mitchell and Robinson, and a
woman, all apparently in earnest consultation.
The sergeant of the patrol went at once to the
Ioue of Deteulion, and there in the prisoner
j)y.4 he recognized 'the Doctor.' During the
fallowing nights it was also ascertained tlu.t
Bon of the three suspected men appeared at
their usual haunts. It was clear, therefore, that
the firt P0,nt w" gained, the gang was known;
the range of inquiry was at once limited o three
known individuals, and the police now turned
their undivided attention to the discovery of
their places of concealment. Our readers will
recollect our explanation of the abundant hour
ces of information that may bo opened up by
judi-tous management: money being wanted, it
wu under the advice of the magistrate, sup
plied by friend of Mr. Holfor, and the whole
ol tie fioijthwark division being on the alert,
feelers were put forth in every direction. One
pjjn was successful. He was acquainted with
t woman wno nan formerly lived with Malum
butMbcendes,rled byf,m, and he sounded
her.
Whether ther h:ul heen a nu;rrel.
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planted wat stirring within her, or whether the
icwtru aione wn motive enotigri, sue consent
ed e give her assistance, and the bargain was
.truck. She could not, however, learn where
Mahon was conceal td, for his present compan
ion wat faithful to him. Hut it is the curse of
a criminal that friends and foet are alike dan
gerout, and the managed to find out that the oth
er woman washed hit clothet, und on the next
Saturday evening would tuke some to him,
nd tne. plan wat Imi accordingly. W nen
baturday night Chmo, the false friend,
followed at a safe distance by a 'detective,'
found some pretext for joining the other, and
the two women set out together, one carrying
the little bundle of clean clothes. They crossed
the river and nroceeded ranidl v bv narrow courts
nnd unfrequented, dimly lighted streets, in the
lirection of Shoredilch. So thick and dark was
the night that the detective Serjeant would have
been thrown out, hud not this contingency been
foreseen and guarded against. Under her din
pry, dirty dress ihc confederate had put on a
clean white petticoat, and at the sharp turns or
crossings the dark dress was raxed,
white signal shown to her follower.
nd the
In this
way the whole of London was traversed, and at
length they reached a public house in the Kings
land Road, Here they stopped, the woman with
the bundle went in, the other disappeared. The
scrjeant soon found a policeman on his bear,
and makin himself known, secured his services
and direceJ him to fetch two more. He (,Aen
jer4,-'"l U house, and there, in a large rom,
' ' 111 e i number of th leves wcro smoking ana
drinking, he saw the object of his pursuit. Mil
lion, silting beside the 'woman whose faithful
services had so Unwittingly betrayed him. For
tune seemed tit
sooned tn slintver 1m furors unon
the police officer, for a little farther he spied
uouinson. ionudrnt in ins ascendancy over
any number of criminals, he allow pi one police
man to show himself at the door 'and with the
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quiet, business like manner thV characterises
tfib-uletectivcs, he walked up to Mahon, and told
him 'huHs wanted.' The roobrr felt that his
hour was commas to resistance, notwithstand
ing the number? present, iv "no so much as
thought of it. Each in hi secret soul was re
lieved lo find that lie was not the person 'want
ed,' and was quite willing to sacrifice Mahon
for the benefit of ihecommunily present; besides,
for auvlhin? he knew, the whole division miirht
be behind the policeman at the door. At a sig.
nal from the serjeant, this man now came in,
his place, however, for the sake of appcarinccs,
being immediately taken by another. Mahon,
with perfect submission went to the bar, where
ie was searched and handcuffed; Robinson was
julso arrested, and both prisoners were removed
jto the station house.
j Som mnnrUnt evi jeco was annulled by a
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count of tho robber v.
He had been on Ins stand
not. very far from Holford House, when, about
'two in the morning of the 14th October, (the
hour at which the attempt had been made,) a
man ran up I9 him, and saying that his hand had j
been bitten by a dog, asked liim lo pump some
'water upon it, that he might wash away the
blood. Immediately afterwards, miolher man,
without a hut, and with blood pouring from his
ifaco and neck, ran up to the stand, culled the
cabman, and jumping hastily into the cub, was
I driven oil' towards the Strand. When the cab
'man was brought to the police office, he was
'confronted with Mahon, and recognized him us
the man who had washed his hand at the pump.
On the hand being examined, it was evident not
only that the wounds had not been occasioned
by the bite of a dog, and therefore his story to
'the cabman was false, but they corresponded to
jthe cut of the bayonet and the graze ol the shot
mid the dark blue stain of the gunpowder was
still there. The wounds, however, were heal
ing, and returning to the natural state; so that
these curious pieces of circumstantial evidence
'would have been lost, had there beer, much de
laj
nt Mahon s apprehension.
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It was of course surmised that the wounded
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of the trans, Mitchell, and his conduet rendered
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he heard a chaise coining utter liim ui
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irallop; he instantly called to the cabman to slop,
jumped out, and, though almost fainting from
loss of blood, attempted to run away. The
'liaise, however, passed on, and ho returned,
! but iii the extremity of his terror all considera
ions vi p.uuenec Ba . J "
thoiiL'ht of watch illness against pursuit, and lie
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wan J no enter the cub again, but got upon the
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'box. In the Strand, ho was put down, the
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'cabman, celling nnoiher lare, drove oil, and all
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tions of Tiiudence cave way belore the one i
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cabman, getting another lare, drove oil, and all
uumtr u.iL-c wu iu.Tw
I The police, however, thought that in these Washington, within ninety days after the coin
circum.iaiiccs a criminal trying to escape, and ! pU-t ion of the same. I do not understand that
. finding his strength lulling would most probably tlis prilv;sjon contemplates any interference by
uesire 10 ou in ivemou-uu. . v u -
iiiieut. but would stop short oi it ill order to baf
was me cover lie nan gaineu: 1111s tuiutmcu uuu
with the belief that Mitchell was the man, and
the M. division were again set 111 tnoi ion. This
time recourse was had to one oi those women
who, living by the vices of others, are pnhaps
tho most degraded und infamous ot Hie human
race. Fol a stipulated reward she engaged to
endeavor to ascertain Mitchell's hiding piace.
Her information was, however, neceuily ut
second bund, mid therefore impentct, besides
bein- tardy. Three limes did tne officers seuich
houses which wire indicated lo llicin, but with
out success, Mitchell having got away before
their anrival, und it seemed doubtful whether
there was not some double treachery going on
The next place named was a house m Littlo
Surrey Street, IJlat-kliurs s-oau; but as it wa
a private house, kept by persons apparently
supporting themselves by honest lujor, it was
necessary to proceeu wiui mum taui.u,..
polieeuiiin was lounu wno was u nun 1 ui '"" doubt the policy or such investment, and sug
nearest bukcr, and who learned from him that . ,1 0i,i,.ct and wish of all must be the
uu unusual quantity of bread had ol late been
supplied to the house; another poiujuiiuu
acquainted with the owner 01 inenuusu, uiiutuu-
irived on some pretext to get the door opened
The serjeant tJieu went in and usked who the
lodger was. While the parley wus going on,
the face of a woman, listening anxiously, up-
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house 011 the liiuht of the burglary. All
icsilalioii wus now over, und on going into the
bed-room, they "fouud Mitchell (,Uio i.uu uteu
wounded by the discharge of small shot) with
his head und neck em eloped in bandage and
bread poultices; he was in a miserable iuU, lur
hitherto he hud been afraid to get medical ussisl-
mice. The offii cis, having now fairly run their
game down, treated him with greal kindness; he
was carefully remove 1 10 the tiaiion-iiouse, -
erv comfort provided ior him, and a surgeon
piocured to dress hi wound. When taken to for only twenty miles along the road at a time; Miko musio of village bells, Bui it wut only 'omi,1iof vvU mid t'nut love wa a beuulifu.1 mad
the Dolice-ollice the hat with ihe thot holes wat .nd at the road procreate, subsequent couv-, ,f
1. Thi r.iin lioal heavily upon him. ucs, was ik1 far from the mark, l
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There Kill remained one man undiscovered,
jfor UobhiUii was set at liberty, the police hav
ing learned that, though he remained with the
gang tiU a late hour, he hud quilted them before
Ithey -went to Hollord House. Tho real effend-
or, Tvho had been the contriver of the whole, was
mt. I rvulUV aiicniCM avt htii j ivlvm-
ci'.,' but os he Imd no booty, was not marked,
'anil could not be identified, he was necessarily
discharged, for want of proof; the other three
were transported for life. The complete suc
cess of the police, shows the efficiency of the
(present system. No single officer could have
itraocd out all the actors in the business; it re
quired a systematic supervision of the criminal
population, and a special instrument for each
special purpose, as well as combined action over
a wide area,
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
To tlif. Extra Session of ihe LegUlature of Mis
souri, being the first session of the srventemth
General Jistr.inbly, evnvmed by proclamation
on the 30th August, 1852 :
Gentlemen, or the Senate and House or
Representatives: A just regard forlhepub-
lie interest has impressed unon me the necessity
iof a culled session of the General Assembly, for
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the transaction of legislative business
It is a source of congratulation, that the Rep
resentatives of the people have met under aus
pices so favorable to the public interests. It
will constitute a new era 111 the history of Mis
souri legist ilion, and I trust it may be made to
embellish the pages of its future history.
The question of internal improvement is one
upon which the minds of the people have been
efficiently engaged; and the result has demon
strated that public sentiment has given a proper
direction to the subject leaving nothing now to
be done but nromnt and derisive netion nn tbn
part ot their representatives, in order to secure
a proper development of our internal resources
and hidden wealth.
I assure the Legislature of my cordial coope
ration in everything which may have a tendency
to bring about tiiese desirable results.
The reasons which influence me in calling you
together at this time, were briefly alluded to in
my proclamation, and they refer to the subjects
ot legislation to which it is my design to call
your attention at the present session.
Deeply sensible of the great interest mani
fested to see tho works of internal improvement
progress, and lor the completion ot which a
most liberal grant of land has been made by the
General Government, I did not allow myself
to doubt the propriety of giving un early oppor- jry semi-annually, a tixed per centum on the
Utility for enacting such law as may bo neces- !f?ross proceeds, receipts or income derived from
sary, effectually and economically to improve and roilJ. to be ascertained and definitely fixed
apply the grant of lands thus made. iby tyw.
It remains now lor the General Assembly to The uncertainty as to the terms upon which
take such legislative action as will secure the contracts may be made with capitalists or coh
proper application of the funds or proeeeds ari- jlraclors, for making tli roads, renders it neces
sity I rom tho said of those lands, to the objects .sary that thrf law klinuld be so flamed n to pro
ami purposes intended by the grant, und at the-, vide against any contingency of this kind, and
same time to guard against the contingency of at the same time protect the interests of the
contracts with irresponsible individual or com- jSlale, and guard against the letting of contracts,
panies, by which the means for the construction by which these lands are to be disposed of in any
of the roads might be squandered, and a blight manner, which, by any possible contingency,
cast upon the just expectations of us all, for a jWould put in jeopardy the completion of the
speedy completion of these works of internal roads at the earliest practicable period,
improvement. I submit these matters with deference to your
The grant of hinds made to the State or Mis- enlightened consideration, confident that your
souri, to aid in the construction of the Pacific .deliberations will take such a direction as will
Railiuadund the Hannibal and St. Joseph rail- tend to promote the public interests in making
road, is of a character, before it can be made ;a wise disposition of the important subject to
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' he grant of these lands renders it certain
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i1,u't the roads will be made, and it only remains
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ito enact such laws for their disnosition. as will
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1, ler ll 1PI-M 1111 Inpmnnft tn nr, Ml tn I Itil ft nml run,.
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panics williHg to undertake them, and upon
terms which will insure the completion cf the
roads.
It is estimated that the lands granted amount
to near a million of acres to each road, and, it
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is believed, will go far towards their completion,
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;if properly and judiciously disposed ol.
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liy the. terms ot the act of Congress, making
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the grant ol these lands, a coiiy ot the location
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of the roads is required to be forwarded to the
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lf (he eJ to be forwarUt.d to lhc
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,tie legislature with the company in the location
of their respective roads; but only after their
location, to have the proper evidences of the
fact furnished as required. And the lands,
when sclec'.ed, ure, by the terms of the gr.iiit,
'made subject to the disposal of tho legislature,
and the proceeds to be applied exclusively lo
the purposes specified in the grant.
I ll is not my intention to press any opinion
upon the legislature, as to tho most appropriate
disposition to be made of the lands, but only to
make a few suggestions, appropriate to th sub
ject, and which I trusi will present no barrier
to a proper disposition of the question.
I ll is an undeniable proposition that these lands
do not belong to tho respective railroad compa
nies, but ure vested in the State of Missouri,
und to "be subject to the disposal of the legis-
;lture
j Tho policy of investing ihe proceeds of these
iuuj4 us ti0.t in the respective roads, and lo
,),;,, ex(t,llti u,e s(iltu to become a stockholder,
muv l)e BujFjroptu(i for your consideration. I
most cpt,L.jy completion of these important
;work ul internal improvement, that by no act
ot- ,.j,lsuti
lution, shall the State be made lo engage
11 them in any direct manner whatever, but that
the benefits, pecuniarily to be derived to the
Slate, shall be of un indirect character, such at
may result from a disposition of these lands lo
the respective companies, and upon such terms
us will hold out proper inducements to capital
;Bt. . ,.,,.. j romnletion of the road at
ists lo engige in Uie-roinpietion or ine roaiit at
tie ,.nl ie,i py-acticable period.
j!y ,ll(J (t.rm, tie jff.ini) fhe lands along
'iWcy mi,., 0f tile roaijt lna be disposed of
flrsl) ului .), fii!ll1cd1for this distance, steps
ura (o be taken for the tale of lauds for another
twenty miles further on the road, and to on,
UU tl it it completed.
1 jf tiie iuruj are therefoi told by the compa-
ipYl m order to nuso meant to pay tor tne worn
)lg if progre.ses, the sales must necessarily be
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anccs are to be made upon terms contemplated
by the grant
This view of the subject, it is believed, will
not prevent the enactment of a law which, bv its
terms, will authorize the road to be laid oil into
sections of twenty miles, and to allow contracts
to be made for each section at the same time, if
the proper interest of the road seem to require it.
Taking another view of the ubject, and to
which it is believed the law making the grant
presents no obstacle, I suggest that a provision
be made authorizing the company to hypothecate
these lands, if necessary, upon which to create a
loan by the issue of its bonds on such terms and
conditions at will enable the company to supply
the means lor the entire completion ol the road
prior to making any absolute sale of tho lands,
and to consummate which the company should be
authorized to secure the payment of any bonds
it may issue, by a deed of trust upon the lands,
taking care to recite in tho deed, or otherwise
secure the prior lien of the State, to which it
will be seen allusion is made in a subsequent
part of this communication.
The faith of the State should in nowise be
pledged for the redemption of the bonds, nor
should the State be connected in any manner
whatever with such a loan, further lliun to allow
the company full power to hypothecate the lands
lor the reuemption of any bonds it may issue.
If the lands are thus disposed of, then in or
der to prevent a monopoly of them, which may
prove detrimental to the best interests of the
country, the company should be required after
a given time and at slated periods, to offer these
lands for sale, and from time to time to do so,
until all are sold.
As counter security to the State, the company
to which any of these lands are conveyed,
should, simultaneously with the conveyance,
execute a deed of trust to the State upon the
tla"us mus conveyed, ana tne appurtenances 1:1
anywise appertaining to the same, in such man
ner as will fully and in every respect secure
and oblige the faithful performance of the com
pany in the application of the money and pro
perty arising from the sale of these lands, to the
constructing, completing and finishing the road,
in such manner and time, and upon such condi
tions as may be agreed upon ; a release of the
deed of trust, and a removal of the incumbran
ces thereby created, only to be executed upon a
full compliance with the contract or stipulations
contained in the deed.
In consideration of the grants, privileges and
immunities thus to be conferred, the company
snouiu ue required lo pay into the Mate ireasu
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UlllllblUlt Mb IIIV 1 Vllb RLilUll rttlil I 1 IV. H I A
ranee or my cordial co-operation in all your ef-
torts lo promote the public good.
AUSTIN A. KlMi.
Jetferson City, August 31st, 1852.
THE FATE 0? A DRUNKARD,
When the dim and misty light of a winttir's
morning penetrated into the narrow court, and
.struggled through the begrimed window of the
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wretch
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sleep,
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looked
floor w
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he rem
rcicneu ruum, ivuiuun ununc iiuui uin iicuvy
, and found lnmsell alone, llu rose and
d around him; the old ilork mattress on the
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!he relnembercd to h'e seen it last, anj there
was no sign of any one, save himself, having
occupied the room during the night. He had
inquired of the other lodgers and of the neigh
bors ; but his daughter had not been seen or
heard of. He rambled through the streets, and
scrutinized each wretched face, among the
crowds that thronged them, with anxious eyes
But his search wi.s fruitless, und he returned to
the garret, when night cume on, desolate und
weary.
For many days he occupied himself in the
same manner, but no traces of his daughter did
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u 1 ieci wiui, aim 110 worn 01 ner muineu 111s
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icurs. At last he pave un the pursuit at hone-
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less, unit Inmr thnncrht nt Ihn nrobahilitv of her
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Heaving him, and endeavoring to gain her bread
!in quiet elsewhere. She had left him ut last to
starve alone. He ground his teelh and cursed
her.
Ho begged his bread from door to door. Ev
ery half-penny he could wring from the pity or
credulity of those to w hom he addressed himself,
was spent 111 the old wuv
his head ; the roof of a
A year passed over
that had sheltered him for many months. He
slept under archca und m brick-helds any
where where there Wus tome warmth or shelter,
from the cold and rain. Hut in the last stage of
poverty, disease und houseless waul, he was a
druukurd still.
At lust, one bitter night, he sunk down on a
doorstep, fuint and ill. The premature decay
of vice and profligacy hud worn him to the bone.
Hit checks were hollow and livid ; his eyet
were sunken und their sight was dun. I lis leg:
s
trembled bvneath his weight, und a cold shiver
ran through every limb.
And now the lonir-forirotten tcenet of a mis-
spent life crowded thick and fast upon him.
He thought ot the time he had a home, a hapt v,
cheerful home and of those who peopled it,
und flocked about him ihcn, until ihe formt of
his elder children seemed to rise up from the
Igrave, and ttund ubotit him to plain, to clear
and to distinct they were lhat he could touch
und feel them. Lookt that he had long forgot-
ien, were iixeu upon uuu 0i,oe more; voices,
long since hushe-' '. death, toundel in his ear
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and cold and hunger were gnawing nt his heart
agam
He rose and dragged his feeble limba few
paces further. The street was iilent and emp
ty the few passeri bv. at that late hour, hur
ried quickly on, and bis tremuloui roice wa
lost n the violence of the storm. The heavy
chill again struck through his frame, and hit
blood seemed to stagnate beneath it, He coiled
himself up in a projecting doorway, and tried to
leep.
But sleep had fled from his dull and glazed
eyes, llis mind wandered strangely, but he
was awake and conscious. The well-known
shout of drunken mirth sounded in his ear the
glass was at his lips the board was covered
Willi rich lood they were before lnm, lie could
see them all he had but to reach hii hand and
take them and thoueh the illusion was realitr
itself, he knew that he was aittine alone in the
deserted street, watching the rain drops as they
pattered on the stones ; and there were none to
care for or help him.
suddenly tie started Hp in the extremitj cf
terror. lie had heard his own voice shouting
in the night air; he knew not what or why.
Hark! A groan I Anotherl llis senses were
leaving liim half formed and incoherent words
burst from his lips ; and his hands sought to
tear and lacerate his flesh. He was going mad,
and he shrieked for help till his voice failed hira.
He raised his head and looked up the long
dismal street. He recollected that outcasts like
himself, condemned to wander day and night, in
those dreadful streets, had Sometimes gone dis
tracted with their loneliness. He remembered
to have heard many years before, that a home
less wretch had once been found in a solitary
corner, sharpening a rusty knife to plunge into
his own heart, preferring death to that endless,
weary wandering to and fro. In an instant his
resolve was taken; hit limbs received new lifci
he ran quickly from the spot, and paused not
tor Dream until lie reached the river side.
He crept softly down the tteen stone Stairs
that led from the commencement of Waterloo
bridge down to the water's level. . He crouched
into a corner, and held his breath, at the patrol
passed. Never did a prisoner s heart throb
with the hope of liberty and life half to eagerly
as did that ot the wretched man at the prospect
of death. The watch passed close to hira, but
he remained unobserved ; and after waiting ti'l
the sound of footsteps had died away in the dis
tance, he cautiously descended, and stood be
neath the gloomy arch that formt the landing
place from the river.
The tide was in, and the water flowed at his
feet. The rain had ceased, the wind was hilled.
and all was for the moment still and quiet to
quiet that the rippling of the water against the
barges that were moored there, wat distinctly
audible to his ears. The stream stole languidly
and sluggishly on. Strange and fantastic forms
rose to the surface and beckoned him to ap
proach; dark gleaming eyes peered from the
water, and seemed to mock his hesitation, while
hollow murmurs from behind urged him onward.
He retreated a few paces, took a short run, a
desperate leap, and plunged into the river.
Not five seconds had passed when he rose to
the water's surface; but what a change had taken
place in that short time in all hit thoughts and
feelings I Life, life, in any form ; poverty,
misery, starvation, anything but death. He
fought and struggled with the water that closed
over his head, and screamed in agonies of ter
ror. The curse of hit own tdu rang in his
ears. The shore but one foot of dry ground
he could almost touch the step. One hand't
breadth nearer, and he wat saved but the tide
bore him onward, under the dark arches of the
bridge, and he sank to the bottom.
Again he rose and struggled for life. Pot one
instant for one brief instant the buildings on
the river's bank, the lights on the bridge under
which the current had borne him, the black
water and the fast flying cluuds, were distinctly
visible once more he sunk and ngnin he rose
bright flames of fire shot up from earth to
heaven, and reeled before hit eyes, whilst the
water thundered in hit eartt and tlunned him
with the furious roar.
A w eek afterwardt the body Was Washed
ashore some miles down the river, a swollen
und disfigured muss. Unrecognized and unpi-
tied, it was borne to the grave there it has long
since mouldered away. Ltickent.
THE SANDWICH ISLAND.
Some account of these islands will prove ac
ceptuble ut a time when the question of annex
all on is before the public. Referring to Cory
phecus Rorcham't " Life on the Ocoan Wave,"
we find, pp. lt3 164, the following accoutiti
"I lie Eandwicli Islands lie a lew nulet to the
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north of Jioston Harbor, and are principally re
'. . y..
inarKuuie lor uie growth or tea weeds
1 . .. . .
Clam
and oyster shells are found in abundance, scat
tered ulong the shore ; and on the high ground
in the interior, the celebrated chick-weed plant.
to prized by Canary birds, waves with prodigal
luxuriance, a ne nuuve inuuoiiunii 01 me lkiunus
are divided iuto three clusses, which ure called,
in the barbarous dialect, Rats, Sea Guilt and
Rabbits. These ishiiit! urn nf creut vutui aft
..depot where picnic parties very frcqueutlv
stop; and take their hume from the quantity of
sandwiches und mutton piet which are here
consumed. Valuable pebbles are found upon
the beach, and the gulf stream washes up a
number of cats and drowned pigs, together with
straw und beaver huts, supposed to have been
blown overboard from the heads of gentlemen
who had bricks therein, lhese islands wrrr
first visited Lv Mr. Hardinir. commoulv called
the 1 Father of the Fishermen 5 ' und it it very
desirable that they should never fall iuto the
hands of the Uritish power."
Mr. Rorekam theu proceeds in hit usual lucid
style, to give a view of the habits of the natives.
and we recommend hit work to tht attention of
ull who wish to be posted uu on a uuestion
which teem to be one of growing importance.
Carpet Bag.
tei aa4 rrovtadsr.
When younir men have nothing to live ur.mi
but love, they get married just at if huggipgHItd
tuning wcro Buoiuu.,e tor luuiion-cni; or a
if terms of udearment would supply ,e i)i.M at
Jmushe jajj, and f icuced maokarcl, Th phi-
'
THK HEW H0TT7X ?0WEtt.
The new ship, intended to tett thoroughly lh
celebrated Caloric Engine Invented by Capt,
Ericsson it now nearly finished. We finds
very complete description of the vetsel and the
new engine in the New York Tribune. It will
be one of the finest tpeciment of ship architec
ture ever constructed in this country. Should
thit grand experiment tucced, which it most
probable, the days of steam are numbered, and
explosions and burnings will be no more: the
important reduction in the Cost of power will
introduce the new engine everywhere, and we
shall toon record the arrival of the U. 8. Mail
Air Ship from Liverpool, etc., a familiarly as
we now note that of our tteamshipt and slem
boatt. ' -.-
JJEW BOOKS,
Manual of Sword Practice, illustrated with
ctth.
The Jew's-harp without a Master.
Grebo Made Easy, in Six Lesions, bv E. O,
Digg.U.G. -
A Collection of Choctaw Poemt, with Es
planatory notee in Chinete, by Sing-Sing Foo
Foo.
Prof. SJotchkclrxy's Pronouncing Diction
ary.
EsMy on Tediousness, pp. 2264, dedicated to
Congress, by a member.
Chatter for Chatterboxes, by ChalillVn ChaW
terton. Carpet Bast. ...
A Toast. At a Mason county celebration
of Independence Day, the following: tentimeht
wat proposed fey Lieut. John B. Herridon : -Dollar
News paper (Phi la).
"The JVewmtavtr. The Peasant' encyclope
dia, the villager t lyceum, the unmoneyed boy's
college, the hermit 't only counselor, the mer
chant's printed ledger, the lawyer's brief: in
type, the politician's Vade evctirn, the great
man s architect, the lady s most attractive parlor
ornament 5 in teacher ol ides shooting, th
preacher of the best practical sermons, the col
lector of interesting items, the lecturer en va
riety, the traveler round the globe, th doctor
of wholesome prescription!, and the governor
of the commonwealth of intellect ; the key of
the lock of character, the index-finger of publie
preference, the D'Orsay ot fashions, th expos
itor of public opinion, the Disraeli of literary
curiosities, and the Bulwer of novelists."
In Greene county, Va., a man by the name of
Garnet, while drinking from a brook, swallowed
a leech. After trying several remedies, a pow
erful emetic was administered, when the reptile
was thrown up alive. Althoueh relieved from
the leech the man died in a day or two after
ward, the account says, from the injuries which
it had inflicted J but, in our opinion, like many
other remedies, death resulted from the effect
or the powerful emetic. In all human proba
bility the gastric iuice of the ttomanh
have destroyed the warn Jn i hours, without
any injury whatever to the man. Dol. News,
Balking ef Horses,
We have alwavs looked unon the habit of
balking in horset at incurable. We have seen
it lately ttated that the Mexicans overcome this
propensity by the following kindly treatment;!
The driver approaches the head of the horse,
pats him gently on the neck and head, speaking
soothingly to him all the while) after a few min
utes, when the horse's sulky humor somewhat
subsides, the driver commences to blow verr
gently upon the horse's nostrils, which he con
tinues to do for a few minutes, then soothes and
pats n:a again, and repeat the blowing up the
nostrils, when, it is said the animal will b
fouud to have been subdued. This it the nlan.
also as stated by Catlin, that the buffalo calve
are tamed by the Indians; whether It will prove
successful in conquering this radical fault in th
horse, we know not it may, howerer. be
worth the trial. 1
80 far as our experience troes. kindness is nna
oE the best corrective! of bad habits, either in
man or beast; and it may be, that the gentle
treatment indicated above may be efficacious f
Baked Earn. '
Many persons boil hami. Th
better baked. Soak for an hour in clean water,
and wipe dry, and spread It all over with thin.
uour twiner, and lay in jrtleep dish, with sticks
under to keep it up. out of the gravy. hr.
ui.j uuo, ihc oLiiio sun anu oaiier eru id
upon the flesh tide, and set away to cool You
""a very ueiicious, but too rich for dys
peptics. ' '
T, In small quantities, is said i0 be SA ex
cellent medicine for hogs.
8mthin; Wanted fttlcgrafrt.
A substitute for boxwood, for woo-i enrravbs?
is much wanted. This wood i , '
costs $500 per ton. and it .11
Turkey and Italy; various. W.. J wood h,v
bee tried to ...perjede it, but one ne Jx
1 V. ....:..:.. . 1 1 .,
, . " aiu uijalHiea.
Hardness ,. not the on) y ,.,,, it Jwt u cJoi.
tu the grain, and fre, frora Wtth.
graver. Type metal, with .em ehge in th
form of tools, mav ..,-... :.. .." i
uiicuc irieu. nar. th . .- -
i .i 1 ; , rv'uo ,1, ma price 01
boxwood is getting higher evry year. . .. :. : '
.?hMITi" w"purpe. Incur next f.tu.
UI a ly LU Brru? " that 1
!Si n 1lat,a G,r' I-iy, Ki.h.
mond, Oarrollton, Brvn.wick, Kevtesville,
Glasgow, 1-ayette, Columbia, Fulton, liuiville.
, Louis
mere to connect wita cne to St.
. U'.'VOIld all liuntinn it i k- w,.t 1..
porUnt road in the Sute, will pay better, a4 k
demanded by higher consideration thx any
other road iu the State. Liberty Tribune,
Foh Listaia.-
The Colouiutioa Ilendd
ay, in consequence or tiumeroua application
for passag ta Liberia, it i intended to tend
three vensela thiiher ilinrtlv TK ..;t
from Bulti.oiore, on th 15lh September t New
vi, vjiooer j na Uaatimere, N or ember 1.
Th following may be set down as tht correct
vota belwetn lieutou and Caruther. All lb
returns are official, except Reynoldm and the
vol from tliut county we hat n, says lh Jvffer ,
son Inquirer, from lion. Jn. Lindsay, pivmber
of th Senut. It is, for bent on, ti3, CaiuUmr
U), ard Mofrr upwrvl of hundred, ilejitmv,
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