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THE OBAVE’8 VOICES.
Busk as In dreams, and Io*t In anxious thought
My footsteps brought me to thia lonely spot.
To whom belonga the field? thia flowery bed?
“The deed." * v
Enter thou in, my aonl; why sbouldst thou feer ?
Nought but sweet buds end flowers ere blooming
hiKe
Whence comes the essence (or these sweet per
fumes?
•From tombs.” '
See here. O man t where ell thy pith's must end.
However varied be the way they*wend.
Listen 1 the dead leaves speatr, ay. hear they must
“To dust.”
Where sre t!?» careless heirts that on the earth
Tremhied m p»fn, , : . f i.; s u jnirth ?
Those in whose breasts the flame of hatred smoul-
“ Mouldered.”
Where are the mighty who taho life iyr slotiu ?
Who e'en to heaven’s heights wild wishes form ?
What croak the ravens on von moss-grown wall?
« Burled all."
Where are the dear ones in death’s cold sleep lying,
To whom love swore a memory undying ?
What wall yon cypress trees?—oh, hear’st thou not?
“ Forgot.”
To see where these once passed, did no eye crave?
May no wild longing pierce beysnd the grave ?
The fir trees shake their weird heads one by one;
“ None, none."
The evening wind amid the trees is sighing
Fettered in dreams, my saddened soul is lying,
The twilight falls, the red glow paleth fast—
‘•’ns past.”
JESSE POMEROY.
Details of HU Recent Cunning Attempt to Re-
cape from Jail•
Jesse Pomeroy is now more than ever
the sensation of Boston. The interest
which his autobiography caused, an
abstract of which has been published in
the Herald, has been intensified by an
almost successful attempt of the young
murderer to escape from the confines of
the Charles-street jail. It is scarcely
necessary to add, when the story of this
attempt is read, that the feelings of
sympathy which were active for the
young wretch have almost wholly dis
appeared, and it is almost certain that
he will suffer execution for the cifuel
butchery of young Horace Millen and
little Katie Curran. If he were an in
sane person, as waa claimed _ at his. trial,
the malady has developed itself into a
form heretofore unknown to the pro
fession who have made , insanity a
study. For a boy of his age he has
recently shown himself to be a genius
•in cunning,‘ and has, within a week,
made for himself a reputation for facul
ties that are rarely found in one of his
years, and which are proof positive that
he is not only in the lull possession of
his senses, but has an extraordinary
adaptability for conceiving bold and
desperate schemes and plans for de
feating justice, and the nerve to attempt
their exeontion. Believing that he is
to be executed, and that such an event
could only be thwarted by escape, he
has made one of the most remarkable
attempts at jail-breaking on record.
The circumstances are as follows : Pom
eroy lias for a long time been confined
in a cell which is on the second tier in
the south wing, the door and .window
■facing toward Charles river. It is about
midway between the r tunda and the
barber shop; the door and window can
be seen from the officers' desk. The
cell is a large one, sneh as is used for
the detention of debtors, mid contained
an iron bedstead, on which there was
the usual mattress and clothing com
mon to the others. It also contained
hard wood chairs, two buckets, a tin
washbasin and an iron spoon. The
other artioles of the room were books,
papers, and a few small artioles which
nad been presented to the oconpant.
the discovery.
It is the custom of the jail to have
the cells thoroughly eleaned out twice
a week. This work is done by prisoners
under sentence, and in the presence of
an officer. Yesterday morn ng, while
cleaning out Pomeroy’s cell, a piece of
white paper pasted to the front wall by
the top edge fell to the floor, when, lo
and behold, there was a large hole in
the wall, with three bricks removed and
thro* or four others in such a condition
as to os taacn out with a few minutes*
work. The disnlacea bricks were at
the right hand side of the barred win-
dow, on a level with the bottom. The
wall at this point is about two feet thick
and brioks were removed from the in
side. His mode of loosening the brick
was by several pieces of Btrong wire,
which were in the outer rim of his wash
bas ; n. He had somehow worked this
tire out, and had broken it in pieces of
various lengths, with which he dug in
the mortar, thus leaving the brioks free.
As stated, there were threeor four bricks
beside those entirely out which were
nearly so, the plaster being dug out to
the ends. By bending the wire a little
he could work on the back side of the
bricks and thus loosen them. His other
instruments were the cover te a sardine
box, whiehgave him a sharp edge, and
his iron spoon, which was mnoh worn,
twilted and bent. One of the rounds
to his chair, very strong, had been
wrenohed pfi', ana this was held as a
lever to pry the brioks. Its strength, as
well as Pomeroy’s is shown by the fact
that one of the bricks was broken in two
pieces in the middle. The mortar and
refuse were carefully concealed in a pa
per, which was placed under his mat
tress, There was, however, a considers-
’' •. quantity, say a pint, on the floor of
his cell when the discovery was made.
The break was in such a position as not
to bo seen from the outside. The win
dow edge was covered with an atlas,
braced up by another book against the
bars. The hole on the inside was cov
ered by three sheets of white paper
pasted together, and fthe top sheet
pasted to the wall by soap. When the
workmen entered the cell to dean it,
Jesse stood with his back against the
break in a careless manner, and when
told to step aside the soap paste gave
way and, of oonrse, exposed his scheme.
PUT A FILE INTO A BANANA.
It may seem strange how Pomeroy
was allowed to get possession of the
instrument with which to out the iron
bars; but after he was removed from
the cell another remarkable discovery
was made. Among the things found by
the officers were two letteis from Pom-
eioy, one written to his mother and the
other to his brother. These letters
were quite lengthy, and described in
full his plan of escape, going so far into
details as to give diagrams of the section
of the prison in which he was confined
—the rotunda windows and everything
which was to be cut away for his escape.
In these letters he begs them for God’s
sake to bring him a file, and describes
the kind of one, as told about before,
indicating that he had talked or written
about it previously. He wanted them
to pat the file into a banana, as frnit
could be passed to a prisoner without
examination. He even goes so far as to
state that he would have plenty to eat
after escaping; that he should go to
Canada and become a citizen of that
country; that he should travel by
night; and that each a thing would be
much better than wasting away his life
in a prison, even if his sentenoe should
be commuted, as he had no hope it
would be after the vote in the exeentive
Council. He adjures both his mother
and brother not to divulge the plans he
has made even to each other, but begs
and implores them to get the files mid
bring them to the jail the next time
they come (which was yesterday). Mrs.
Pomeroy OAlled to see Jesse yesterday,
bat was not allowed _ in his presence
after wnat had transpired, nor has she
since been granted an interview.
REMOVED TO A STRONG CELL,
After the discovery yesterday Pom
eroy was searched and placed in one of
the strong cells in the lower t er of the
north wing, where he will temain for the
present. These cells are built of* large
granite blocks which no one conld eat
throagh in a year. When his scheme
was known he appeared defiant, but
soon settled into stulennessand indiffer
ence, and said bat little. In reply to a
question, Pomeroy said he‘had Been at
work in the break since Tuesday, the
13th inst., and expected to make his
escape last night.—AT. Y. Herald's Bos
ton Letter.
A Monster Turtle.—The fishing
smack, Sylvan Glen, Keeney, master,
has captured a monster animal resem
bling a turtle, off Montauk Point, and
brought it into this harbor. The ani
mal is 7 feet long and 2 feet through.
Unlike the ordinary turtle, this animal
has no feet, but large fins projecting
on either side, which measures 8 feet
, and 6 inches across. The head is un-
i questionably that of a turtle, but is
i crowded with teeth which are of an
elastic texture. The animal is incapa
ble of drawing in its head. Its neck is
about a foot long. The back is jet
black, and ridges run horizontally at
equal distances apart. Its shell is not
thick, and resembles gntta-pereha. It
is estimated that it weighed! from 800 to
1,000 pounds. Old sea captains,' who
have traversed the seas for life, shook
their heads and declared they had never
seen its like before. In the evening it
was put on exhibition at the Peqnot
House, and will soon be preserved for
the benefit of science.—New London
Telegram.
ENGLAND'S NEW RIVAL.
Rapid Development of Cotton Manufacture in
India.
The manufacture of cotton is rapidly
inoreaiing in British India, and as con
siderable profits are realized, the ten
dency is toward continued investments
and the extension of this great indus
try. It is now manifest that Manches
ter has lost its former control of the
eastern markets. In the single presi
dency of Bombay there axe twenty-five
cotton mills in full operation, working
600,0fK> spindles and 7,000 looms, The
spindles produce about 130,000 pounds
of cotton thread a day, of which about
50,800 jn<uu«i) ate used to produce
cloth. These mills are chiefly in the
Bombay Island, where a new spinning
mill, just opened by a wealthy Hindoo,
and working 25,000 spindles, makes a
total of seventeen working mills. Up
oountry there are several others—one at
Surat, two at Broach, two at Ahmeda-
bad, one at Jnlgaum, one in the* native
etate of Bhownugger, and one at Ma
dras. Extensions are also rapidly going
forward. Eight extensions are in oonrse
of construction at Bombay, chiefly on
share oapital, and these will provide at
least for the working of 40,000 more
spindles and 1,345 looms. The machine
ry is always of the very^newest and most
approved construction, and no efforts
are spared on the part of the Indian
producers to enable their goods to com-
S eta - uccessfully with the choicest pro-
uotsof foreign manufacture— United
States Economist,
Beautiful Villas Up the Hudson Beg
ging for Purchasers.
Within the past season a well-known
estate on the Upper Hudson, beautifully
situated and carefully laid out, wbioh
cost the owner $100,000, was sold for
less than the mortgage upon it, or for
$30,000. As the traveler sails up the
Hudson from Newburg he will within a
short distance see three flue properties,
one of wbioh belonged to a British
embassador,, another to one of our
foreign ministers, and the other to an
equally prominent person, all of which
are in the market, unsalable and unrent-
able—one, indeed, being turned into a
brick-yard. Passing still farther up
the stately river, the traveler will be
pointed to other splendid properties
belonging to old manorial estates—
some whose titles came from the British
crown, and pthers whose deeds were
signed by the Indian chiefs—now utterly
worthless as sources of profit, the ex
penses of keeping them np exceeding
any rent possible for them, and they
themselves not finding a buyer at the
prices of the mortgages upon them
These places, too, it should be re
marked, are among the finest in the
northern states, with handsome lawns
and gardens, old trees and parks, and
superb views of river and mountain.
The houses themselves are perhaps
old, but not unoomfortable, and they
are easy of access by boat and railroad.
The same state of things prevails far
ther from th4 river. There is one place
in Dutchess connty which is said to
have cost $25,000, and whioh could not
be rented, and probably not sold, for a
third of its value.
In the ulterior of the state there are
nnmerons other estates in the same
plight,—N. Y. 'limes.
basis, dividing the amount left for
clothes, the young husband and wife
have each jnst seventy-five cents every
month to purchase clothing with. They
must be more economies! there, or
clothing is much cheaper, or they wear
less than we, for certainly no young
couple could drees on $150 a month.
A Mutilated Stamp.
Daring the latter days of the session
of congress an old gentleman visited
Washington to arrange some matters in
relation to a patent. One day ariulu
visiting the eapitul, he made the ac
quaintance of one of the employes, who
showed him much attention and de
voted several hours to conducting him
through that* stupendous edifice and
directing his attenton to all its various
beauties and attractions. The old gen
tleman was completely captivated by
the young man, and formed for him the
highest attachment. Congress ad
journed, and the young man returned to
Ids home in Ohio; bat the old man re
mained in the city a few dayB and then
visited Baltimore. While there he was
taken ill and immediately hastened book
to Washington. Growing worse, he
resolved to make his will, and having
none but very distant and unknown
relatives, he determined to bestow his
wealth upon the young man for whom
he had formed so great an attachment.
Desiring his presenoe, and having his
address, he wrote a few lines, giving
information of his health and request
ing a visit from him without delay, as
he had a gratifying surprise in store tot
him.
The letter was inclosed and stamped
with a postage stamp, the only one he
had, whioh was slightly torn in sepa
rating it from the pocket-book, to which
it unfortunately adhered. An acquaint
ance and daily visitor was employed to
mail the letter, who oalled the attention
of the old gentleman to the rigid ad
herence of the postal department to its
own rules in relation to mutilated
stamps; but he would not listen to the
suggestion, saying the stamp was genu
ine, had not been nsed, and was good as
ever, and be would not waste its valne.
The stamp was accordingly used, and
the letter duly mailed.
Now comes the sequel. The letter
was detained here for postage, solely on
account of the trifling mutilation re
ferred to, and the party to whom it was
addressed was, in about four days,
notified of the detention, whibh notice
was received six days from the date of
the mailing of the letter with the torn
stamp. The following day the young
man left his home, deeming the with
held letter of no oonsequence, without
even carrying the postoffice notice or
paying any attention to it. Ten days
subsequently he arrived at Washington,
and then recurred to his memory the
detained letter, and he wrote home for
the postoffice notification. On its ar
rival he procured the letter, and in much
excitement of mind hastened to the
hotel of the old gentleman. Alas 1
when he arrived he learned that bis in
tended benefaotor had been dead four
days, and the old gentleman, not hear
ing from or receiving the wished-for
visit, had first felt hurt, then slighted,
and finally indignant, and in that frame
of mind had made a will in favor of a
poor old lady in his native state who had
01106 done bin an act of kindness#
This was told him by the lawyer who
prepared the will, and was the party
that mailed the letter. The old gen-
tJeman’s wealth*amounted to $53,000.-
Wilmington {Del) Commercial.
Japan vs America.
A Japanese student who for some time
past has been educating himself in the
United States, in conversation expressed
great surprise that “ so many Americana
no marry.” He desired to learn the
cause of the army of bachelors, and
wished to know if ft was “ too much ex
penses to get married here.” When
told that that probably waa one reason
srhy many of bur young men remained
in the state of single blessedness he
seemed greatly astonished, and said:
“ So diflrrent in my oountry.” When
asked how much it cost to get married
there he rervlfc* • •• Net one ***** ; * necessity. ^ '** ?***
no minister‘to pay. Her parents, my
parents talk, then we talk, make cere
mony—mamd.” A lady present then
asked him how much it cost a young
couple to live In Japan, all were con
siderably amused by the answer: “ Five
dollar a month.” “ Oonld they hve well
on that?” she asked. “Oh, yes, fish,
rice, tea—much better than m America;
all time plenty, dost three dollar half
a month for eat—rest clothes.’ It was
suggested that if married life was so
cheap every one there was er ought to
be married. ‘‘Almost all married—
rh, poor, little,fineall married.”
the Japanese statement as a
A Rat Plague.—Strange news cornea
from the Hill Districts of Burmah.
English authorities—commissioners and
chaplains qf Rangoon and others—have
sent out a pitiful appeal for help. Ten
thousand villagers are starving. It is
not drought, as in Bengal, protracted
cold and untimely rains, as in Asia
Minor, nor grasshoppers, aa in Kansas,
that has broaght so manypeople to dire
> («rate. An ares of six
tare miles has been ovornm
with these* “ British vermin.” which
have spared nothing in their widespread
devastation, The appeal declares that
the people ate entirely destitute; their
accumulations have been exhausted, and
they have no oocupation’but husbandry
to depend on for daily food. With rats
so nnmeroas as to eat up everything,
nothing short of aid from without can
keep the people alive. Aa nothing is
said about subsisting on the enemy, it
toto be presumed that the up oountry
Burmese are, like the lately afflicted
~ confirmed vegetarnma, and