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ANDGEORGIA J OTJRNAL & MESSENGER.
cl ISBT, REID & REESE, Proprietor
The Family Journal.—News—Politics—Literature—Agriculture—Domestic Affaire.
GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BLILDJKG
jSTABLISHED 1826.
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NiPOLEOS.
All Interview with the Fmpcror-Hia Mnl-
«*ty «lm hi* idexa or the MinMIon rad
Define* ‘•HI* Position”— His “Snnkrn
Eyes and l>etrc plt Condition idle Bosh."
From the New York aerald, of Friday, we
2 qq make the following extracts from a long account
sent that paper by a correspondent, of a recent
c.Virraph R °d Messenger, one year. $10 00
Sii Months H 00
One month 100
a»mi.Weekly Telegraph and Messenger, l |
..... 4 00
irunmotb Weekly Telegraph and Messen- . . . .. - „
*•*“ S6 columns, 1 yosr. 3 00 interview with the Emperor Napoleon:
sixmontbs iso unum'iappearance.
p.ribla always in advance, and paper stopped ! All that yon have already heard and read
jbea the money rnos ont. nnless renewed, i about Napoleon’s failing health, pallid complex-
iiEio juiEA.soKSia.sra with j. w. nuaKE k. ion, sunken eyes, and deorepit condition in gon-
a ■ co.’s publications. i eral, I found to be the veriest idle “bosh.”
Telegraph k Messenger and Farm . I The Emperor is a stout, portly gentleman, set-
tnd Home $1100 ting forth all the indications of the enjoyment
tr fe Mv Telegraph and Messenger and ; of robust health in his person. His hair shews
Farm and Home 4 00 , » Tory slight tinge of gray. He wears a fine
-mi Weekly Telegraph and Messenger I moustache and goatee. Hia face hasarnddy
„ jp.rm and Home '. 5 00 ' color. His eyas, though small, appear to be
«ndF«rm sed BH I _ m
ft*'hern Christian Advocate with Weekly 5 00 smiling with goodhumor and benevolence. Ho
Weekly. 4 00 has liveliness and grace in every motion. In-
P l.*. weesiy « w ( ««»«»»!!««»• mu graoo in flynj .
Tkis arrangement is where remittances are . 3eed, I may say that ha presents an exceedingly
. direct to the office of publication. handsome, pleasant exterior, which indicates an
hHqsuii , m. .. ... .
The consolidated Tolegraph and Messenger i age rather of forty.two than sixty.tiro years,
resents a large circulation, pervading Mid- ! This is perfectly true Of his appearance as it
4!e™Southern and Southwestern Georgia and ! impressed me during the interview. I saw
Eistern Alabama and Middle Florida. Adver- fetich A discrepancy between the picture of the
tisements at reasonable rates. In the Weekly
it one dollar per sqtiaro of three-quarters of
o inch, each publication. Remittances should
be made by express, or by mail in money or-
jera, or registered letters.
Peace aud War.
TWO AUTUMN LANDSCAPES,
liin yellow leaves are waving in the sun,
Tbin red reaves tromble on the garden wall!,
X cold dew bead# opou tho last pale rose.
That ere auotki r hour will tluko aud fall.
Siy ra-t mv window, beedfees of next fall,
P!i: th« liright-eolared wandering bntteiflie
Xbe stillness and the calm of Autumn time
Upon the changing misty woodland lies.
Aod on tho y o'bwing bough of the ash tree
The little robin with a ruddier breast
|;i§ rinsing now with lit-edlesB child's delight
Of Autumn's soothing hoars of ease and rest.
luce and Content, like children hand in hand,
Walk by the woodride through the rustling leaves;
Knnrr n’tnin diearning of tho golden age,
When joyous days but led to merrier eves.
Another scene, and in anotber land,
A mil n eky of boding thunder-cloud,
Us !.jvuds upon the long, leng poplar rows,
And gathers hilt by hill within its shrond.
Drier tit ;> vin-ysrl, tom in gaps with shot,
Duties a cottage, once so trim aud neat: . -
Bat uo-.v acmes tint shattered t-mouldering floor
There are the crimson prints of trampling feet.
A;.l by the riven wall that’s in a flame,
Tiicic liman old man, with Jiis long gray ba : r
|:(e;x<! in hui children’s blood. Twas well he died
Befotohe saw rod murder riot there.
Aad in the distance through the sloping vines.
Tbs bayonets glance, aud one qu'-k angry drum
Answers'* celling bugle: and a horse,
Sow rid.-ilese, flies fast from where the foemcn
came -
“III’* Well.**
The day i« ended. EVr I sink to sleep.
My weary sprit seeks repose in Three.
Father! forgive my tresspasses, and keep
Thia little life of mine.
With loving kindness, enrtain Thou my bed,
And cool n rert my burning pilgrim fee*.
Iky p trdon bo the pillar for my head,
bo shall my sleep be sweet.
At peaci with all tho world, dear Lord, and Thee,
No tears my soul’s unwavering faith can shake,
All’s well which ever bide for mo
The morning’s light may break.
Address of Ilou. Nelson Tift and
Caruimign Appointments.
To the Citizen* of the Second Congressional
District:—Again nominated for election to
Congress by the unanimous voice of a Conven
tion, at ono of the standard-bearers of the
Demacrrtic party, I would call your attention
to the importance of the election, which is to
bo held on tlfe 20:b, 21st and 22d of December,
for a member of Congress, members of the
Legislature and county officers.
Tbe present condition of tho country is bor
dering upon irretrievable disaster and min.
Emperor, as I had previously imagined from
spnrions reports what it might be, that it could
have almost caused me to doubt whether this
was really Napoleon the Third who was sittin
opposite and in a few yards’ distance of me, bau
I not been reassured by thesurroundingobjeots
near the writing desks, such ns a miniature
portrait of the Empress in a golden frame,
painted and engraved and set in diamonds, tho
monogram “L N.” on the boxes, and the seals
and rings whioh were either lying abont or worn
by His Majesty.
NAPOLEOKS DRESS.
Napoleon was dressed in a plain suit of citi
zen's clothing, wearing on his broa&t the ribbon
of the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor.
TUE CONVERSATION'.
Correspondent—I cannot conceal the fact,
yonr Msjanty, that the recent declaration of
the .republic in France has had the effect of
arousing tue sympathy of the American people,
who, perhaps, without, closely investigating the
fitness of tho nation for such a change, have
hailed the new form of government as a step
towaid improvement in political life.
Emperor Napoleon—I suppose that Ameri
cans would naturally sympathize with republi.
can institutions; but all conditions requisite to
a true republican 'form of government are ab
solutely wanting in France. Those who boldly
.grasped the reigns of power have already dis
covered their inability to establish such a gov
ernment. That for which they blamed me
most they have been compelled to do them
selves, aud in a form still more obnoxions. The
restraint imposed upon the press, for instance,
was the constant theme of the most violent at-
tacks on my government; but whtlo I made but
mi d -rate use of the law, while fines and punish
ment were rare and proceeded a mild system of
avertissemenis, they bavo suppressed a number
of journals because they did not chime in with
tbeir fantastic ideas of republican sentiments,
presupposing a vital interest of . a majority of
the people in what concerns tho country, and
a willingness to put their shoulder to the wheel,
which does not exist in France. I can iilnstrati-
to yon the niter political indifference which
pervades the masses by the the following inci
dent : One of the representatives in the De
partment of the Jura, aa officer of my army, a
friend to me personally, and a staunch imperi
alist, who was. at tho same time, wealthy, and
a citizen well known and highly esteemed m the
community, died. At an election called to fill
the vacancy another wealthy aud well known
citizen, M. Gre-vy, was chosen almost unani
mously, without even having been asked to
make known his political convictions. It was
afterward discovered, to the great astonishment
of his constituency, that he was politically the
antipode of hi3 predecessor, and of course a
strong antagonist of my government. The
good people never inquired what were his sen
timents, nor did they care. They had been
asked to vote for him, and did so. That he
should be an exponent, however, of their po
litical views, never occurred to them. How
could it, in the absence of real political intelli
gence ? The republic of America and the re
public of France are as different as white is
from black. Yonr country submits to the law.
Public sentiment and public spirit, based npon
genera! intelligence and morality, dictate the
control of society.
Are not yonr theatres in
The Radical party now in power has violated N , ow York and Boston allowed to perform such
the Constitution, subverted the rights of the ; plays as theydeem fit?
States, destroyed the. sacred guarantees of per- I Correspondent—Certaiply they arc.
riOnaUib-r y a'nd ike freedom of elections; has j Emperor Napoleon —Suppose they should
impoverished the people by heavy and unequal ! <*eat 4 >« P nbllc performances of impure and
tuition; squandered the public land and treas- j offensive pieces, what would be the conse-
am to enrich monopolies and partisan favo- j qoentee? The press would denounce them,
rites, aa.l have eslabhehad military despotism ! Nolmdy would go to see them. They would be
over peaceful communities and States to force ! condemned by the verdict of the public. But
them to tho accomplishment of their selfish, i« France, jast over the way, the greater the
corrupt and tyranDiori designs. No honest | departure from morality and decorumtho great-
citizen can speak or think of the notion and ' « will be the criwd flocking to delight in it,
present condition of our State Government ** ** °° eas F w° r lf to curb such an extravagant
without fcolitms of sorrow and indignation for “ d depraved spirit in a country so often, un-
Kbe p ,st, a od apprehension for the future. j Heppily, shaken by revolution. • It requires the
AVuh an unscrupulous Elocative and a Leg- j ener 87 to bn ' ld np anything, any form
iriilurd orsauizeJ by a corrupt “ring,” co- ! of State government. .
(pirating wuh a United States military conrt, ICorrespondent-Will yonr Majesty please en-
rseked with men who were not elected by the ' b g b t°“ the American peopie as to the immediate
people, their course have been marked oy bad
!»ws, cxtravngince, corruption, a disregard of
the Constitution, and of tbo rights and interests
of the people.
causes of tho catastrophe which dethroned your
government?
Emperor Napoleon—I can only liken it to an
earthquake, sir, produced by tho combined ac
tion of hidden influences in the elements, the
Two ye«smoi.pf««chxnlawoul4 bring rajn I exihUBCB of vhieh we are awar0 0 f, without be-
wd bankruptcy to a)i the great interests of tho * ®
State, and would do ^y r^ hope of securing -g able to trace their sudden operations My
constitutional l.bcrty in tho future. Our op- government has been almost too willing to listen
potionts are at work day and night in the “Loy- i £ **»a clamors of those who, Bomeumes bona
*1 Leagues” and “Republican Clubs," ordering fi J °. wtagmed f they know beat how to promote
»n«l controlling their oath-bonnd colored men as J 11 ® welfare of tb ®. co ““ ,r Y*. J.
their political slaves, Rending their emissaries l ? J* tomoval of the last existing e.ieci to the
over thacountry to propagSo falsehoods and . «ght of free assemblages of the people. As
icisrepreseiitations, and to incite enmity and soon aa I had done so tho privilege was abnsed
hatred between tbo white and colored people. , to an unlimited extent. Publio meetings no
Tho colored people should be convinced that! longer discussed political or social questions m
their civil atid political rigbta are secured to a co °f al, d dignified mamier, but at once be-
them in the same manner, and to the same ex- came tumultuous in the highestdegree, and dn-
tent as the rights or the white people, and that ring tho whole year ‘assassination, poisoning,
having a common interest in tho welfaro and “rebellion ’ and tho most abominable dootrines
property of the Stale, wo should work together wer0 openly preached to the masses and urged
and ofeot good men to office, and secure an hon- upon them as the best and only means of saving
cat and economical administration of the Gov- tSe ootmtry.
ernment. They need instruction as to their ' Correspondent—Indeed, finch a condition of
richta and interests, and they need protection affairs does not anger stability for a republican
against tbo tyranny and threats of violence fron government. Tho views of your Majesty, who
their Radical drivers. Let this be a part of our » such aa able judge, will deeply interest the
duty. People of Georgia 1 let ns make on effort American people. , .
worthy of the great cause for which wecontend. ■ E “P* ror Napolcon-I know them to be a
Let no personal sacrifice stand in the way of.our frauk-hcarted, generous natron, and I cannot
duty to save tbo State from tho evils which sar- they approve of tho slanderous aocusa-
.. -d us and threaten cur destruction. Every Rons now preferred against me. Have_ you
lain sh
should
epon candidates, or.^erwise. A single vole and c0Bjared ^*^^0 conceal'such illegal
^ r |llL a, n“ l“, laths offer our earnest pray- transactions ? I wish to statoemphatically.that
v t0 tb0 AImifih,y Bnlet of
If no? morideutially prevented, I will address an utter impossibility. Not asinglefranc i, 6i -
Ute p op!o°at tho following times and places, pended without severe checks on the part of tho
*ad I invite my opponent, Major Whitley, to adtnimstraiion.
taeot me and discuss the questions involved in
‘he election. ■ r , '
Cu hbert, Saturday, N >v. 12.
Oglethorpe, Monday, Nov. 14.
Camilla, Tuesday, Nov 15.
Ratnbridge, Wednesday, Nov. 16.
Georgetown, No:y. j,^ ... , -. ■. -
Newum, Tuesday, Nov. 22.
Moreau, ’Fharsday, Nor. 21. _ 1
I will make appointments in other counties aa
es 1 can determlne Wh6 v^fovTurr nd wonid say certainly that no'blame or reproach
. . can attao j li nnder any circumstances, to a chief
' gestgis&’agg
10 drink a quart of Cincinnati whisky npon a recr i m i nat i on s aro considered, in America, nn-
*g«r. Thero was just a pint and three-quartcxs worthy tho notice of respec- able people.
of the whisky left for the funeral.- Courier- Emperor Napoleon—I have some property in
'hur^nl I vbich was left to me by my father. My
- wife has a private dowry and her jewelry. AVith
The Chicago Post says ‘’Senator Yales is dis- tbe8e exoeidions we have nothing.
This fact is. well known to
every intelligent person in Franoe. I could
hardly attempt to contradict all these vile oal-
nmnio?, though I have denied a few of them.
In order to shew that by far tho largest part of
my own civil list has been expended by me for
the benefit of the publio institutions of the
oountry you may have seen Ihe statement which
was published by mv orderand signed Monsieur
Thelin, my treasurer. It contradicts the un
founded assertion <jt a certain M. Pol.
Correspondent—I have, yonr Majesty, and
Weed with billions fever at Jacksonville.” This
means that Yates is now in Jacksonville
* drinka fi Idler.—Ibid.
Correspondent—YourMajestjr having broached
the topio, will you please say how it is about the
story that you have 23,000,000 francs’ worth of
property in Broadway, New York ?
Emperor Napoleon—I have no property there
of any kind or description. The story is un
founded—as unfounded as aro all the rest.
Correspondent—The accusations with which
tho press is teeming aro not confined to this
point. Treason is charged, and strange to say,
French soldiers, prisoners in Germany, niter
the same words. Their answer to the questions
asked them is, *•JSfoug sommes trahif”
Emperor Napoleon—Poor men! It is their
mistaken pride and ambition. They are natu
rally loth to acknowledge or oven believe that
they have been conquered.
Correspondent—But, your Majesty, you your
self are reported to have said on one occasion,
of a reverse on the field of battle, “«7e cuts
trahi j''
Emperor Napoleon—I did not. It is a mere
invention, like so many others. What I may
have said, and what many members of the gov
ernment said, was, probably, “We have de
ceived ourselves as to the strength of our own
army as well as that of the Prussians.” As for
ntyseli basing my opinion upon personal convic
tion, I have often cautioned my Ministers up
on erronoons estimates. I well recollect how
often Marshal Niel pointed to drawers in his
desk, and told me, with confident mien, that
the army was completely organized and <
ed
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and ready for every operation. It was no le
the case with Marshal Lebcenf. It was proba
bly no fault of their hearts, bnt of their heads,
that thoy would not listen to me when I told
them that wo could not compete with Prussia’
military establishment; that our effective
strength, As compared to hers, was insufficient
This was the deception, the fault of whioh must
be shared more or less by all of ns, and which
bus led to tho most disastrous results. We were
to have had ready for service, at a moment’s
notice 200,000 reserves. When they were need
ed, however, not more than ono-half the num
ber wore at hapd, and these only after a delay
of weeks. Thus the Prussians got “ahead” of
us, as yon would say. Notwithstanding all this
tee bravery of our troops obliged them to u-e
double numbers of men, etc., to gain easy via
toru s. What is the feeling in Berlin?
Corre'pondeHt—Peace is the general desire
of tbe people, l’eaco by all means.
Emperor Napoleon—France, too, needs peace.
But the conditions proposed by Connt Bismarck
are too exacting, extreme, sir. What govern
ment in France could accept them, and at the
same time maintain itself against the outraged
people ? France cannot enduro so deep a hu
miliation."
Correspondent—As to tho sentiment in Ber
lin, the people have been so worked upon by
theoffi'idl press that it may bo regarded as au
impossibility for even Bismarck to lower his
demand for territorial annexation on the larg
est scale.- - 7; ’ .vf" . ■ i
Emperor (with deop emotion)—Franca cannot
bear this!
Correspondent—Considering that your Maj
eBty may ba recalled to the throne and Franco
may yet become prosperous, though losing a
portion of her territory, why should yonr Maj
esty commit yourself on a question of this char
acter ?
Emperor Napoleon (musingly)—You may he
right.
At thia moment the Emperor, who had been
all cheerfalness previously, sighed for tho first
time.
Correspondent—Will your Majesty have the
goodness to explain why the provisional govern
ment so obstinately refuses to hold an election
for representatives in tho Constituent Assem
bly?
Emperor—In my opinion, becauso it is afraid
of the reds. ■
Correspondent—Should they not have jast as
much reason to apprebond that a large number
of Bonapartists would be relumed ?
Emperor—I do not think so. Tho discordant
elements of socialism, communism and anarchy
have spread terror throughout tho country and
gotten the upper hand, and it is very difficult to
contend with snch utopian and seductive in
fluences.
Correspondent—I am pleased to see evidences
of your Majesty’s bodily health and strength.
But does yonr Majesty feel mentally strong:
enough to resume the reigns of government in
ci.-e aiTtirs should take a favorablo turn aud
jou be reca'led?
Emperor—When I consider the uncertainty
lurking on the road to such an aim—when I
consider the vast impediments to bo removed,
I really feel but little ambition. I would rather
be independent—wonld rather be as £ am now,
a prisoner, and never step again on Frenoli
soil.
THE SUCCESSION.
Correspondent—But with, regard to yonr
Majesty’s interest as a fatherj you must be nat
urally desirous of bequeathing your throne to
your promising son, and thus upholding tho dy.
nasty?
Emperor Napoleon (agsin agitated)—No, not
even tor him could 1 wish it. I love him too
much to desire for him chances of finch dread
uncertainty. If these cannot bo avoided ho
wonld bo far happier in private life, without
the overwhelming responsibilities attaching to
6«ch a nation—aud that too in France, n coun
try whioh can never forget a humiliation.
Prussia onght not tn be too severe. She ought
to recollect tbat 1 allowed her to fi^ht the Aus
trian war. But I could have prevented it. The
history of tho siiuatiou previous to 18CC aud
since, also that of the occurrences before and
after Sediii, an exposition of which I bavo or
dered to bo written and published, willfully ex-
X>lain the relative merits of the two powers.
THE ABMISTZCE QUESTION.
Emperor—Please do so. How abont au ar
mistice of twenty-five days? Have you beard
of it ?
Correspondent—Tt is not officially confirmed.
I presume your Majesty is better informed on
such important matters than anybody e'se.
Emperor (fervently)—May the news prove
true.
THE emperor’s OOBDIALTTY.
Although a servant had previously knocked at
the door aud deposited on the table a tray with
a batch of nowly-arrived mail matter, the Em
peror had pushed it aside and continued his
remarks without interruption; nor did he show
the least sign of fatigue. Indeed, he seemed
inclined to protract tho conversation, which bad
already lasted nearly an hour and a half by the
clock on the mantlepieoe. He spoke at first in
English, but, after some incidental allusion,
changed his language to German, both being as
familiar to the Emperor as his mother tongue.
Of-tho gentlemanly tournure, engaging manner
and .sprightliness of Napoleon, 1 will say no
more. Contrary to all reports,' be appears
youthful and vigorous. As I begged leave to
bid good-bye. be rose from bis chair and cor
dially shook hands with me, as if parting from
an old acquaintance.
Ax Old Indian Fiohteb.—An old Indian
fighter, hunter, trapper and plainsman, named
John Frobisher, passed through the city yester
day en route to his homo in Georgu, from
which he has been absent for twenty-seven
He is now fifty-three years oil, is us
ed on a direct line with the body, as all Indians
do; hasn't a gray strand in either beard or hair,
which are very thick and flowing; swears like a
trooper; drinks when he feels like it; chews and
smokes in contradistinction to the tradition ,1
Tire Relief Law.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger:—Having
noticed a correspondence in your paper between
“Farmer” and so-calltd “Equity,” I have been
sickened and disgusted at tbe teims ‘‘Equity
and “Justice,” as applied therein, etc. Say
nothing of law, is it justice or equity to bor
row money, live fine aud extravagant on it, and
to refuse to pay it back, or even half the amount
borrowed? Is it “equity” or “justice” to buy
a man’s property on time arid keep or sell that
property and not pay for it when able! Is it
equity or justice to be a reckless tinder and
spendthrift, and owe money justly contracted
for, and not pay it to a poor, laboring and pru
dent man who has economized all the. time, and
often with a family, wife and children to suf
fer thereby ? Is it equity or justice for a man
to floar lavishly through iife on a borrowed or
fictitious capital worth nothing at any time if
his debts were paid ? To take homestead, bank
rupt plea, and other kindred.pleas, to steal the
remainder by a so-celled relief law?—when those
whom he owes aro honorable poor men, left to
live sparingly by hard work, white the onensiDg
his money sails on pinions of ease and comfort,
rich by the loss of the poor man. Is it equity,
justice or law for a to-called Legislature to pass
what they call lawa in a way of homestead, re
lief and stay laws, and everything else, to pre
vent an honest man from Collecting his notes
and then pretend to say .that if the tax has not
been paid on said notes that the State has been
robbed ? To which we agree that the State ifi
robbed, and hkewiso U>e people, and by that
Legislature. Now who has sat that example of
robbery—the creditors or the Legislature ? The
United States repudiated debts for negroes, we
will all admit, aud for Confederate notes, and
somebody repudiated Governor Brown’s debts
for war tools. Now tho question might be asked,
wbat olas3 of men were first for war and first for
peace, with or without 'honor? "Who were
first for repudiation, first for relief, without
honor ? I answer, largely of the same class of
legislators, and relief men, and demagogues,
and bankrupts who, with the great plea of char
ity, steal from one and give to another under a
guise of law and equity. Now, every lawyer
with whom I have consulted on that subject
says that it is clearly illegal and unconstitu
tional. They further state that four out of every
five lawyers in the State of Georgia decide in
the same way. N
In concluding upon that subject, would it be
justice, would it be legal, or would it be equity
to enact laws now to operate upon and efftet
contracts that were in existence and in compli
ance with the laws of ten years-ago, and that
for the benefit of the imprudent dealer, while
ali parties under the law were authorized to in
vest for, themselves fairly. Who are the men
so far reprobated to honor or self-respect who
will advocate such principles for law, for tho
constitution, for equity or justice? If auj’,
where has original purity fled, or shamo or the
Christian religion departed ? " , - ' . .
A Bluxdebkb."
Sweep, « Sew.
[From Autumn Dreams—by C/dquita. {,'.
pistol and broke the hammer, which remained J onrred In the houie. Old White’s alarm
«n kia . ik.i AL. LL. J .• v I .. . . t. . _
Sweep, sweep, sweep, o’er a cold, pale face, O Sea—
O’er a closed red month with its sobbing and song.
With its kiaaea of passion, lips dumb with wrong—
O’er a blind, strangled Hope, sweep, O Set.
Too late the poor sensuous soul fell, O Sea,
While leaping with all the “mild twee to era of love,
The earth’s slime and bitterness. Light from above
Glimmered not o’er the wicked ohe, O Sea.
Sweep, sweep, sweep, o’er golden bilious of hair
O’er whitest 01 bosoms—o’er fairest of flesh— •
O’er gleaming and glittering goms from the mesh
That Dishonor hath wovefor the-fair.
Break, break, break, o’er this fallen one, O Sea
The warm, sheltering - wing under which it onoe
• • crept . — ;i.wi —u>—
Feels no more the heart-throbs—in sweet faith
i slept, - - -• . - .
And awakes now to sorrow snd thee. .
Fold, fold, fold, to tUy bosom cold, 6 get,'
This sad mateleas heart, that has dared leave the
pain
That beat bock tbe sin, yet fell once again—
Aye, fold, fold o’er the frail one, O Sea.
Break, break, break, O thou surging billow, o’er
A baffled joung life—’er a sad. socgloss soul.
0 black, hungry sea—O blinding waves, roll
O’er this passion and pain overmore.
— ~w~ —‘
straight as an arrow; walks with the feet plant- «tnuodncrthemiuto7he“pn^siMseivicrforthe
Foreign Items. ;>.•>w.«r~;U st-\h
Nearly all the French women at Versailles,
now in Prussian hands, .wear mourning, in
token of their patriotic feeling, and scarcely
deign to look at a Prussian. Even the children
are taught to fly from all .contact, with the In
vaders.
An English lady lately made her appearance
at the barracks in Berlin where the French pris
oners aro confined, for tbe purpose of distribu
ting among the wounded gnttu perch a mattress
es filled with water; which wers very gratefully
received. Thero aro in Prussia 110,000 French
prisoners.
I The quantity of unmanufactured tobacco im
ported into England last year wa3 about fifty-
three million pounds, of whioh three-fifths were
from the United States, The remainder, for tbe
most part, was from the Hanse Towns, Holland,
Turkey and Cuba. The supply from this conn
try increases, while that from other countries
is falling off.
The Strasbnrg garrison, 17,000 strong, in
cluding several thousand Zouaves and Tnrcos,
are now prisoners in Ristadt, in the Grand
Duchy of Baden, not far from the Rhine. Al
most all the staff officers were liberated on pa
role, but the subordinates preferred to share
the oaptivity of their men.
War, with all its terrible necessities, is not
wholly destructive of the rules of honor and the
courtesies of civil life. A packet of letters ad
dressed to officers and men of the Prussian army
having fallen into tho hands of the French, they
were sent to M. Creinionx, by whom they were
forwarded, unopened, to Count Bismarck for
Tho island of Jersey, iti tbo British channel,
has become quite a rendezvous for Bonspai tists
and deposed functionaries of France. Among
tho recent fugitives is Drouyn do L’huys, who
carried with him five ponderous chests, pre
sumed to be of great value, and which have
been deposited in bank. The property of M.
de L’buys on the Seine et-Marno and his-resi-
dence in tho city of Paris were destroyed by tho
mob. Never before, it is said, has Jersey seen
so much gold p.nd silver. Tho banks have al
ready remitted to London seven .millions of
francs in French geld, deposited with them by
about thirty of these dismissed imperial func
tionaries, who have it st their countrj but saved
It is an exploit certainly of which there is no
parallel in the history of war, that an invading
army, in a bos’.itlo country, has constructed aud
set in motion a railroad from twenty-five to
thirty miles in Lngth. • -When the fortress of
Metz interrupted railway communication from
Saarbruck to Strasbnrg and. Paris, General
Moltke directed tho construction of a line from
Metz to connect the Metz and Saarbruck with
the Metz and Paris lino. Upwards of 8,000
miners from theSarrbrnck collieries werq set to
work amidst tbe thunder of camion, and in
spite of the very difficult country which it inter,
scctcd, the railroad wr.s completed and opened
for transit within four weeks, i ' .■ >
In Newbury, in England, which is. in the cen
tre of an extensive agricultural district, it is
the custom to hold nn annual fair for hiring
sorvatits, male and female, for the year ensuing
Men and women desirous of “hiring ont,”
flock to the fair in great numbers; and farmers
and others, anxious to. hire, are in full attend
ance to mako their selection from among tho
bo->t looking, or best recommended, or in other
respects moat promising candidates for employ
ment. Garters and shepherds, and dairy and
chambermaids, and housekeepers and cooks,
have a fair opportmti y to display their pers m-
al recommendations on tke-e occasions, and
the employers oujoy an equal chanee of study
ing physiognomy and human nature from ex
ternal appearances, and of-testing thoir powers
of discernment and judgment of character from
first sight.
We have heretofore nlludcd to the employ
ment of traction steam engines for military pur
poses in the transportation of heavy gnus snd
other war material. Experiments made in Edin-
barg and in Eagland, upon common roads, were
so successful as to induce Gen. You Moltke to
purpose of'conveying heavy guns, ammunition,
stores, forage, etc., from place to plaoo, where
railroads were broken up, or were in the hinds
of the enemy, or otherwise unavailable. Ho
,.,. . t , ua 2i'’ 0 ?j employed engines which had been constructed
goodold man who inhabits some eastern Utopia; purposes, in England, and in:
lias had a bmise full of Indian wivts and a ter, 0 ------ ■
aerelotof children; lives dov in Arizona; thinks
Andrew Jackson the ne pins nltra of the Amer
ican race; has been wounded seven times—three
times by arrows and four times by bullets; is
poor and has a ranch; believes in solitude and
reticence, and will return as soon aa he “sees
where they have buried tbe old man and wo
man," meaning his father and mother. Saoh is
Mr. Mr. John Frobisher, ss ho appeared to our
reporter yesterday afternoon at the North Mis
souri' railroad depot, waiting for the train to
start, aud the observed of ail observers. He
was clad in a complete suit of fiiuged buckskin,
wore mocassins, aud had a red sash about his
waist.—Kansas City Times.
Persons wishing to purohase a flue plantation
will find one advertised by Mr, W. H. Weems
this, is issue of our psper.
rospocc to which, therefore, tbe samples as to
the violation of the neu’rality laws wore more
easily overcome in tbe sale of them. An engine
of 20-horse power took strain of twelve wagons,
heavily loaded with provisions, a distance of
thirty miles, over a road where the gradients in
soma places were one in eight, performing the
journey iu eighteen hours. Military as well aa
railroad men were struck with the importance
of this n-if and simple feitare of army trans
portation. -■rm'toblo;*
“So there’s another rupture at Mount Vocif
erous," sa’d Mrs. Partington, as she put down
her paper and put up her specs; “the paper
tells us about the burning lather running down
the mountain, but it don’t tell how it got on
ntr j, :.... . ~. . j .
3UBOER Will, OITT.
An Innocent Man Haag-Jostlea Fifty
Years After Date—A Story of Grime.
From the Courier Journal, 10<A 1
It Ls said “murder will out,” and few, com
putatively, are those who esoape, in this world
even, the just punishment for their crime. Yet
some do, and, worse still, there are many cases
where the innocent have suffered for the mis
deeds of those who were guilty. We have a oase
in point that ought to have publicity, as it comes
from a source of high respeotability. It recalls
the story of a murder committed fifty-three
years ago, and whiofa, at the time, created a
profound sensation in the “Green Biver coun
try,” as follows MMBItfpl
In the year 1817, Dr. John K- Sanderson was
murdered in that part of Barren county which
is now Metcalfo county, Ky., and Jno. 0. Ham
ilton, a wealthy citizen residing in the neighbor
hood where the body of the murdered man was
found, was arrested, tried, end convicted for the
murder. The evidence against Hamilton was
wholly circumstantial, and so remarkable in its
character as to produce, not only in the minds of
the jury but of the whole population in that sec
tion, a clear conviction of the guilt of the ao
eased. It appeared upon the trial that Hamil
ton was a trader, driving stock and occasionally
oirryiDg slaves to Mississippi to sell - ' ’
The family was aristoCratio, one of the sisters
having married General CirroH/of Tennessee,
and the other Colonel Anderson, of the same
State, and there existed, as was alleged, strong
feelings of envy figoinst the family. • It appear
ed from the evidence that Hamilton had just
returned from a successful trip to Mississippi,
in company with-Dr. Sanderson, who was a
wealthy planter residing near NatcVz. He
came to Kentuckyfor the purpose of purchasing
slaves to work ’on his plantation, and brought
with him a large amount of money, and of which
fact Hamilton was apprised. They came through
a wild and sparsely Settled portion of the “In
dian Territory,” aud Dr. Sanderson'was-very
sick during the greater part of the journey. On
their arrival in Barren oonnty they went to the
residence of Hamilton’s father, where Dr. San-
derso:i3 remained for several weeks, and until
he recovered his health.
It wai shown that after bis health was re
stored, the two left the house in company, Ham
ilton; who acted as was said, as guide to ascer
tain the point where the road forked, and one
of which led to a neighboring county, where a
sale of negroes was to take pl&oe at public auc
tion, and which Sanderson wanted, to attend.
The forks of the road were nine miles from
where Hamilton’s father- lived. The two were
seen together at various points on the road, be
fore they reached the point named. The last
place they were seen together was three quar
ters of a mile from the forks of the road. A
short time afterwards Hamilton returned alone,
and tbo night following the horse of Sanderson
came np riderless to the house of Hamilton’s
father. Sanderson was never again seen alive.
Several days elapsed, audsuspicions were aroused
that he had been foully dealt with.
The neighborhood en mass made search' for
his body. It was fonnd on the road in the di
rection to the point where the negro sale was
to have taken place, covered np with brush and
briars. His hat was discovered in a hollow
stump, and under a log near by! was found a
brass horse pistol with the hammer broken. In
the head of the-murdered man was found a
number of shot and a piece of the hammer of
tbe pistol whioh fitted exaoQy. Under the lin
ing of the hat there was a list of thirty-three
one hundred dollar Mississippi bills, tbe num
ber thereof and to whom payable,
■When Hamilton was arrested the bills cor
responding with the list were fonnd in his pos
session. It was shown that he had-borrowed
the pistol from Colonel Gorin, of Glasgow,
Barren county, and that the shot in the head of
Dr. Sanderson, corresponded in size with shot
purchased a few days previous by Hamilton in
Glasgow.' ' | -1 n fctooW*‘ j
It was also proved on trial that Hamilton’s
sherry-vallies or overhauls were concealed, in
his fatlior’s barn, and there was blood upon
them. Tboy were folly identified by .bis sister.
This was the evidence introduced by the State.
Hamilton alleged in his defense that he and
Sanderson were and had been for years intimate
mends; that they had traveled together throngb
a wild country, and that, If'he had had sinister
designs, nothing more than a little neglect of
Sanderson during his sickness wonld have in
sured his death, and ihit he could have thus se
cured thomoney. Ho said that Mississippi money
was at a discount in Kentucky, and Kentucky
money at disoonnt in Mississippi; that' be (Ham
ilton ; was about to return to Mississippi, where
he could use the money of that State, while Dr.
8. wanted the Kentucky money to buy negroes;
and that, for mutual accommodation and profit,
they made an exchange of money. And he .fur
ther proved that he borrowed $1,000 of the bank
in Glasgow to make up the sum required for the
exchange. AA to the pistol, he said he borrowed
it from Col. Gorin to lend to Dr.- Sanderson,
who wanted it for his personal protection, and
that iu parting with him at the forks of the road
he had given it to him. ■ He alleged that his ne
gro servant had stolen his sherry-vallies, gone
to a darce, whero he got into a fight, and con- dead - and buried.
in his head; that they robbed him and con
cealed hia body and fled.
They afterwards heard that Hamilton was
hung for tbeir crime, but the facts had never
been made known until that time. Tiffs man’s
comrade bad met bis death by the hangman for
another murder, but died without discloeinj:
hia connection with the foul deed, and it restec i
with him sione to reveal the true story. Mr.
Rousseau, from whom we derive this statement,
informs us thst he was authorised by GoL Gib
son to make known thesei facta, thst they might
reach Hamilton’s relatives, if any were living,
snd thus wipe out from tbe dead and the living
the stain which rested on them. We print thia
article for thia purpose, as well as to show that
“truth is stranger than fiction. Courier-Jour-
nal
ceaUft them in the barn, until be (the negro)
could have an opportunity to o’ean the blood
from them. His statements were not corrobo
rated and he was convioeed and huog.
Tbe celebrated-John Rowan was his chief
counsel, and defended tbo unfortunate man
with hia aocustomed ability, but the evidence
was so strong that he felt he pvenentod a hope
less einse. Indeed, Judge Rowan subsequent
ly declared that, with one exception, he never
had a case possessing as few points for a suc
cessful defense. •I-ooedl.
Solomon P. Sharpe, whose tragic fate a few
years later sent a thrill of horror thronghont
tho State, proscouted Hamilton, and being thor
oughly convinced of his guilt, showed him no
mercy. Hamilton’s family alone believed him
the victim of circumstances, a- d the accused
died protesting hie innocence.
Now for the sequel. In- tbe year 1869 Horn
Richard H Rousseau, of Kenlaoky, then Min
ister to Central America, was visited at Teguci
galpa, Honduras, by Col. Gibson, a rich plan
ter, who then resided near Vicksburg, Hiss.,
whioh is still bis home; and who to’d him that
some thirty or thirty five years ago a man was
executed for murder in tbe eastern part of Mis
sissippi, and that while nnder tbe gallows bo
beard him confess thst he and a comrade, both
fugitives from justice, were bid at the head of
the ravine, where the body of Sanderson was
found. They saw him as he approached; dashed
out and seized and dragged him from his horns;
that he endeavored to Use his pistol, which
they wrenched from his baud, and shot him in
(he head; that theyjl^en struck hiftj-with tbe
A REAR. VAMPIRE.
The Story of a Man Who BangntUed
the Blood of Ills Fellow Boarders.
Some months ago No. —3, Twenty-fourth
street, was leased to Mrs. "Wylde Hunter, and
rapidly converted, by joint enterprise in furni
ture and advertising, into a boarding house.
Mrs. Hunter was an English woman, the widow
of a surgeon in the Royal Horee Artillery, who
had been quartered in Canada, and who died in
moderate circumstances in the New Dominion
a few months before his buxom relict assumed
the responsibility attached to keeping a board
ing horse. She being of a stout heart as well
as of a stout figure, set boldly to work to fill her
bedrooms and to divide the expenses of living
comfortably in thia great city among her board
ers. Nine adults entrusted their digestive or
gans to the tender treatment of her cook, over
whom she herself exercised a rigid personal
sway. Those who first were attracted by ad
vertisement and recommendation were
A MOTLEY PASTY.
There were a Mrs. and Miss 8ykes, Michigan
people, with tall, angular shapes, and “more
like sisters than mother and daughter.” There
was a Mrs. Allen, of tbe Equitable Life Insu
rance Company, who was said to bo the best
agent and the best amateur actor in his queer
business. There were two brothers Hermann.
English Jews, who were both employed in
wholesale chemical warehouse in William street.
There were a Mrs. and Mr. White, the male
White being'a fat, florid stockbroker, abjectly
enslaved by his lack wife. Thero was a doctor
attached to the police force, whose name is
withheld, and there was a singular-looking
bookseller’s clerk Darned Long.
These were everyday people, such as one can
find by the dozen in any boarding-house block
in the city, and yet amoog them was enacted
such a tragedy ns would have made them ail
notable had not one -man’s wife saved them
from implication in a nameless horror.
The. first four weeks of
MRS. HUNTER’S EXPERIMENT
passed away very satisfactorily. All her hoarders
expressed themselves well pleased with her pro
visions for their comfort, and from the chorus
of commendation not even were the angular
Sykes duo nor the silent Jews to be excepted
They all agreed that Mrs. Hunter’s arrangements
were in every respect admirable.
So matters went smoothly on for four weeks,
and then the first obstruction occurred to mar
the evi-n enrrent of life in the household. One
of the Hermanns came down to breakfast pale,
anxious and exhausted. He said little, being of
taciturn disposition, but his singularly blood
less face and his evident depression excited cu
riosity and sympathy at the table. In the even
ing some of them pressed him for an explana
tion. He merely told them that dreams of a
singular character had disturbed his rest, and
that a want of slcop was responsible for his
condition. The next morning he did not ap
pear at breakfast, and his brother anxiously
procured a doctor. The physician examined
the young man-and pronounced the case one of
singular-interest. He attributed the syncope
to u defective circulation and recommended the
patient to attempt a change of air. So, in a
dying state, he left Mrs. Hunter’s hospitable
bouse with his alarmed brother.
THE SUDDEN DEPARTURE
under such circumstances of one of their nnm
ber seriously affected the other boarders. It is
true that young Hermann, not naturally of asocia-
ble character, had neverbeen particularly inti-
mate with the other inmates of the house, but
the spectacle of such vapid and inexplioafae dis
ease conld not fail to shock and tlarm those who
knew him, even thongh the mut&l acquaintance
weie brief and deficient in cordiality. The case
excited the especial commiseration of the ladies,
and thoy were loud in their expressions of Bym
pathy.
Shortly after ihe departure of the Hermanns,
Mr. Allen, the jovial, good-tempered insurance
agent, was seized with the same mysterious
symptoms. His ruddy face became blanched.
His full jolly cheeks were flabby and nnwholse
some m color. The skin was wrinkled on bis
throat His strong wrists grew shaky and irres
olute. Never was snch a singular and such a
sudden lapse from perfect health and strength
as this. Four days went by, and tbe good-tem
pered, stoutly-built man became a querulous
invalid-' ‘ Ha became so listless and so easily
tired that the world had no charm for him. He
ceased to pnsh himself and his business as he
bad beforo the strange disorder overtook him.
He grew old and weak in a few hours. At the
end of tho week he wns so fooble and so irrita
ble and so utterly unlike the easy, burly, big-
hearted man he was on his first entrance into
the house, that everybody became frightened
for themselves. Their alarm, however, was
qnieted by tho same doctor who attended young
Hermann, and who pronounced the case a curi
ous coincidence with that of his former patient,
all the symptoms being identical, though far
more aggravated. On the Monday, poor Allen,
who had been growingmomonfar/ly weaker, and
who had not been left alontf for a moment dur
ing Saturday and Sunday, with n feetile smiL
of tho old comio sort, and a whispered insnr-
anca jef-.t upon his bloodless lips, rolled overand
died. His death wt 8
A FEARFUL SHOCK
to the whole household. Everybody liked the
blithe, happy-sonled man who seemed alike
ignorant of sorrow and sickness. His langh had
been cheery and so frequent, and bis manner
so warm and so genial, that while he lay mute
aiild motionless In his.coffin up stairs, tbe home
was hushed by sincere grief snd depression,
they buried tbe poor fellow amid unquench
able surprise and conjecture, and then tried to
forget the quick connection between the eick-
ne-ts of nermann and tho death of Allen.
Everything went on much the same, jast as it
will go on when the best and brightest of us ere
The waters closed over the
head of the swimmer who had gone down, and
the river of the living rolled along its won ed
course. Allen had been dead five or six weeks,
and the singularity of his case was fading out
of memory, when all interest in it w ifi suddenly
revived by the appearance of Mr. White at the
breakfast table with
THE FIRST INCIPIENT SYMPTOMS I
of the mysterious disease which had been work
ing suoh injury in the Hunter household. His
fnt, sleek sides shook with alarm as be contem
plated following involuntarily the lamented
Alien on the same dull pathway to the grave,
Pale, trembling, nervous, he lacked now power
to answer bis wifo’e shatp inquiries as to the
camia of his illness, an omission on his part in
dicating the most serious aberration of the mind
and strength. The re-appea ranee of tbe mys
terious complaint among them seriously alarmed
the other boarders. The angn’ar Michiganders,
convulsed with affright, pocked.up all tbeir bag
gage and mads off to Detroit, leaving three
broken combs, two empty Florida-water bottles,
two copies of Godey’s Lady s Magazine, sn old
tooth-brush,-and on unpaid board biff behind
them. In one respeot, at least, the strange
sickness did them a good turn. Mrs. Hunter
became seriously alarmed for the credit of tbe
bouse, thus deprived of most of its inmates
The Whites, good, economical people, confided
their ease to the young polics doctor in such a
maimer that they relieved themselves from the
obligation of fees, and obtained his mqdical ad
vice in a crafty conversational way. He, top
bis part, being generally at police heodqturten,
knew but little of the matters which hadoc-
For
course considerably exaggerated the facts,
this exaggeration the young doctor
MADE AMPLE ALLOWANCE. . ' ■
But he saw there was « mystery, and he deter- ’ • ;d* j
mined to fathom it. He did everything in bW t * . ^
power to relieve the sufferer, but to no purpose f -*
and at last, by order of his lady wife, the now ’ *
emaciated stook broker paid his board bill and *
left the house, so fatally conspicuous in the
medical topography of the country.
There wore left then in the silent end memo
ry-haunted house no other boarders <b.T» the —
young police surgeon and
t'HE BOOKSELLER'S CLERK, LONS.
_ This Dong was a singular-looking creature.
Of moderate bight, he waa tbin and angular
everywhere save in his abdomen. Thia pro
truded like a round, bloated bag, in ft dropstosl
manner. His hands wers long and ivory whits.
Tbe nails were bitten, and a ragged growth cd
reddish hair, something like rosty toots, grew
on hia fingers. His face was perpetually livid,
while his eyes were doll and oorpse-like. Hh
hair waa of a dingy brick-red, his eyebrows Al
most colorless, and bis eye-lashes totally ab
sent. He stooped and never looked boldly into
any one’s face. His lips, of A dull purple tint
and ragged-edged, protruded considerably. His
voioe was hoarse and husky. He seldom spoke.
He never sat out of his own room except at
meal times. He never smoked. He never
part in the amusements, such as they were, of
the parlor. He kept boldly to himself, and Ms
appearance was so repulsive that no one ever
attempted to establish an intimacy with him.
He was almost singular enough in bis behavior
to be. deemed mad. He was fall of strange
trick*. One day Mrs. Hunter, in carving, cut
ber finger. At pnee he spraDg from his 1
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savagely seized the bleeding - member and
thrust it into his mouth, slobbering his face
over with blood. Then suddenly leaping to tho
door he made his escape. Mrs Hunter took it
as a tribute of uncouth affection and smiled,''
afterwards, when, she told the story.
Ho loved raw meat. Ho would stop in front
of butchers’shops and watch with watering
mouth the dismemberment of oattle and sheep,
buying now and then a bleeding handful of. fi
bre, which he used to chew with avidity. Ho
was always cutting his fingers, and it was no
ticed that whenever he did so, he would lap up
the blood that flowed from his wound with rav
enous delight. These and s dozen such instan
ces of depravity made those who know him -
cordially loathe and detect him. ;*
Theyoung doctor, full of. hygienic theories,
tried hard, but tried vainly, to. connect tho
sickness so prevalent , in tho house with imperc
feet drainage or some other raison d'ttre of
half the maladies in the world. AU el tempt*
of tbe kind failed. He could not reconcile tbo
spmptoms with miasmatic influences, and be
gave up in despair tho solution of the prcblem
with any theory of this sort for a primary*as
sart phon. • • . -.- -"C. it
But he was ,t .
DOOMBD TO PENETRATE TUE MYSTERY.
One fine evening there had been an interest
ing autopsy on a case of complicated ' disease.
1 he doctor had boen present and bad taken an
active sharp iu the post-mortem researches in
cidental to snoh an event. A young surgeon
from Blackwell’s Island' had ; also “assisted” at
the dissection. The hour at which the medical
conclave adjourned was so late that the Black
well’s Iriaml doctor was compelled to accept an
offer on the part of our friend, of Twenty-
fourth street, to shaTe hia room for the rest of
the night. The visitor gladly complied wirh hia
friend’s invitation, and at shout midnight the
two physicians retired, carefully bolting their
door. Exhausted by thtir scientific labors,
they soon fell asleep. The young police doctor
woke at about two o’clock in the morning, and
feeling the heat verv keenly, opened his dear
and went in search of some ice-water. He fan
cied he heard footsteps noiselessly straying .
about tbe houEe, but doubting the possibility .<3
any felonious intrusion on tbe premises, he
reselntely determined that the sound was pure
ly imaginary. When he re-enterpd his apart
ment he confronted : ‘
A SPECTACLE OF QHAETLY HORROR.
His fnend waa lying fast asleep, with the
moonlight steeping his pale face in its. silver
flood of radiance. The siuuiberer’s eyes were
closed. His chest heaved with the flow of life.
Hib lips were parted in an unconscious gmi)^
and the lines of care and work were smoothed,
as if by magic, out of hia wan, young face.—
Crouched on the man’s body, his eyes bright with,
an nnnatural brilliancy, was the live corpse,
Lo-jg. His white hands were buried up to the
wrists in tbe pillows. He had nothing bnt his
shirt to coverhjg nakedness, end his long, at-
tenuatid legs made him fearfnlly like a huge
white spider. His throat swelled and collapsed,
#s he steadily sacked away at a spot under the
sleeper's ear. A low pnrring sound mingled
with the lapping of his victim’s blood. HI*
' mdish eyes glared into the other’s white facet
His baggy stomach wagged from side to side
in ecstacy. His sleek white back and breast
shone in the moonlight, and his red hair bris
tled np with angry erectness. As he eucked
the other grew whiter and weaker. Lovely vis- .
ions seemed -to take tbe placo of his life’s
Mood. As the monster drank in the precious
fluid, tho smrie that hovered about bis -lips
grew softer and sweeter. It was just tha oppo
site with the murderer. Tbe drdnjrbt of blood
seemed to intoxicate bim. He swelled with ti.
It flashed red and fieiyoutof hisevea. It crim
soned his ghastly face. It thickened his tbin
fingers and made his arms round and rosy. The.
rnonsi er grew less hideous and more devilish
with every drop:
Onr.friend could stand the awfnl scene no
longer. With a jell of rage and with a convic
tion that the evil genins of tbe bonne stood at
last revealed, be sprang npon tbe vampire. The
demon, yelling like a hyena, and mad with.the
frenzy of blood, seized bim with hia teeth. The
fight was desperate. The vampire tore his ad
versary's aim and growled like a savage beat*
as he crank from fresh veins. The surgeon felt
in his coat pocket for some instrument. He
found a small lancet and with it he stabbed the
monster in tbe shoulder. The blood sported out
and sploshed over the third participant in
awfai tradegy, who still slept the sleep of ex
haustion. With a ghoulish yell, tbe vampin
tried to fasten bis hot, pouting lips on tbe wound
from whieh his own trie blood was flowing. Tbe
combat was desperately brief. One last hopeless
effort of the doctor drove the vampire's head
against the door-post, and he felled stunned.
Sinking on the bed, the doctor called for aid.
Two gentlemen slinking borne from a night’s
dissipation, beard the «ry and came to his assis- -
tance. A terribly .,-a ''mrrzaor:->!.*‘ Vwv
TRAGIC SPECTACLE
greeted their eyes. The young surgeon from
Blackwell’s Island was lying white and corpee-
likeonthe bed. Huge gouts and blotches of
blood foaled the linen and disordered his
blanched face. Tbo police doctor, in a dead
faint, lay haif on and half eff the bed, with
abundant hemorrhage from his wounds, fin
the floor, breathing stentoronsly, and quite in
sensible, was the vampire, Long. Tbe latter
was immediately secured, and the two doctors
were attended by members of their own pro
fession. They soon ie covered.
The incident of this night proved conclusively
enough tbe connection between the mysterious
ailment of Mrs. Hunter’s boarders end tbe hU-
eons creature Long. The fearful being was re
moved to tbe City Lunatic Asylum, but killed
himself soon after bis reception,by rolling {fin
tongue backward down his throat, (bus extrih-
din« air from tbe larynx. This he did on being
refused a diet of bjuod. -r
The names only in the above thrilling and
awiul story h tve been changed. The inedeefe
ate, without exception, true. The police sex-
geon, whose strangely opportune discovery
settled the facte about Allen’s death- and Her
mann’s illness, was married only .A .few 1
ago. He can easily be found ahid toon
Mrs Hunter is now cne of the inatirohst
conventual school of Notre Dome in Montreal.
The rest of the party are sesttesedHimApwag
the eity. - ■. z-. J.. >
Tbe question, therefore, not porittg
mott imperatively necessary, bjtf
is, “Have you a Vampire qa the 1
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