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XXXII
MACON, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 18.58.
NO. 29.
fill: 1’ATAGONIAN BROTHERS
\Vr are riot related. His name is John Grif-
.mil I am William Waldur; and tre call
.'tirselvc* the Patagonian Brothers, because it
okc<l well in the bills and pleased the pub
f . We met by chance about six years since,
3 the race course at Doncaster, and so took a
rt of mutual liking, and went partners in a
H ,r through the midland counties. I knew
' .thing of his past life, nor he of mine, and I
. ,ver asked him a question on the subject. I
i particular to have this all clear from the
.•Muting; for I am a plain man telling a plain
rv. and I want no one to misunderstand
, nl of what I am about to relate.
iVe made a little money by our tour. It
, j; not much; but it was more than cither of
. had been able to earn before; so we agreed
\-tav together and try our fortune in London
T>’i 4 time we got an engagement at Astley’s
. r the winter, and, when the summer came,
.; nCl t a traveling circus, and roamed about us
before.
The circus wns a capital thing—a republic,
w t0 in which all were equals. We had
i manager, to whom we paid a fixed salary', and
rest went shares in tho profits. Thero
ten) times when we did not even clear our ex-
3 i,~i; there were towns where we made ten
j fifteen pounds a night; but the bad luck
„ fn t along with the good; on the whole, we
prospered.
: \\'e staved with the company two years and
italfin all. and played at every town between
York and London. During that time we bad
llU tI leisure to improve. We knew each
oUter’a weight and strength now to a hair, and
,. rf w bolder with experience; so that there
scarcely a new feat brought out anywhere
»hich we did not learn, even to the “ perche”
business, awl the trick of walking, head down
wards, on a marble ceiling. The fact is, that
wc were admirably matched, which, in our pro-
v.sion. is the most important point of all
Our height was the same, to the sixteenth of
aa inch, and we were not unlike in figure. If
lirimths possessed a little more muscular
imagtb, I was the more active, and that dif
ference was in our favor. I believe that, in
ot her respects, we suited each other equally
(til, and I know that, for the three years and
s half, which we had spent together (counting
from our first meeting at Doncaster down to
the time when we disolved partnership with
fie circus folks) we had never had an angry
word. Griffiths was a steady, saving, silent
iVilow enough, with little grey eyes, and heavy
black brows. I remember thinking, once or
price, that he was not quite the sort of person
1 would liko for an enemy; but that was in
r ; t rente to no act of his, and only a fancy of
sc own. For myself, I can live with any one
who is disposed to live with me, and love peace
jd good-will better than anything in the
world.
U’e had now grown so expert, that we re
solved to better ourselves and return to Lou-
on. which we did somewhere about the end
f February or the beginning of March, eigli-
: on huudred und fifty-five. We put up at a
..tile inn in the Bourough; and, before a
tvk was over, found ourselves engaged by
Mr. James Rice, of the Belvidere Tavern, at a
Jury of seven pounds a-week. Now, this
. a great advance upon all our previous gains;
oil the Tavern was by no means a bad place
: ;the founding of n theatrical reputation
Situated half-way between tho West end
mil the City, surrounded by a densely popu-
Ated neighborhood, and lying in the very path
the omnibuses, this establishment was one
a the most prosperous of its class. There was
i theatre, and a concert room, and a garden
there dancing, and smoking, and rifle-shoot
iag. and supper-eating was going on from eight
i twelve o’clock every night all through
he summer, which made the place a special
avorite with the working classes.
Here, then, wc were engaged (Griffiths and
ii. with a promise that our salary should be
rused if we proved attractive; and raised it
inon was, for we drew enormously. We brought
:t the perche and tho ceiling business; came
Awn in the midst of fireworks, from a platform
..’her than the roof of the theatre; and, in short,
did everything that ever yet was done in our
Ac—ay, and did it well too, though perhaps
it is not my place to say so. At all events,
the great colored posters were pasted up all
over the town; and our salary was increased
fifteen pounds a-week ; and the gentleman
vho writes about the plays in the Sunday
Anh, wns pleased to observe that there was
performance in London half so wonderful
is that of the Patagonian Brothers; for which
I tike this opportunity to thank him kindly.
We lodged (of course together) in a quiet
Kreet on a hill near Islington. The house
■2s kept by Mrs. Morrison, a respectable, in-
eutrious woman, whose husband had been a
-t fittcr at one of the theatres, and who was
Jp* left a widow with one only daughter just
- 2-teen years of age. She was very good
tai very pretty. She was christened Alice.
•it her mother called her Ally, and we soon
!e i into the same habit; for they were very
simple, friendly people, and we were soon as
fioJ friends us if we bad all been living to-
- tier in the same house for yetjrs.
f not a good hand at telling a story, as,
I owe my, y 0U j, ave f oun( j out by this time—
indeed, I never did sit down to write one
-t before—so I mav as well come to the point
once, and confess that I loved her. 1 also
•weied, before many months were over, that
!ae did not altogether dislike me; for a man’s
*2s *re twice as sharp when he is in love, and
’>2 re is no t a blush, or a glance, or a word.
■■ u * he does not contrivo to build some hope
So one day, when Griffiths was out, I
*vnt down stairs to the parlor, where she was
,:: “g by the window, sewing, and took a
c — r beside her.
■ " Aily, my dear,” said I, stopping her right
Mm from working, and taking it up in both
I ®>ac.Ally, my dear, I want to speak to
•Well, what if it was ?” said I, after a mo-
I meat. “You needn’t grip so hard. Catch
hold of the pole, will you ! and let go of my
farms,
He gave a short, hard laugh, but never stir
I red.
“I suppose we’re about two thousand feet
7; I'» 0 ‘ cr * ar,( d joined a sort of tap-roo m | and, if that’s all about it, I’ll go up to-night!” | quite quiet for some minutes, ne didn’t seem
f n ..i T aS . e P* D P ky a dozen or so of idle If I was to try from now till this day next tobearme; and no wonder, fortheclouds were
e ov.s, belonging to the theatre. Worse than , year, I never could describe the expression I gathering about us so thickly, that even the
tns, be scarcely exchanged a word with me that came over his face as I spoke those words, voices of the gentlemen up above grew muf-
trom morning till night, even when we were It seemed to turn all the currents of my blood, fled, and I could hardly see for a yard before
«*?<**• * •” e /'Tilled me about the room as I could not understand it then—but I under- me ia any direction. So I called to him again,
it 1 had been a thief. And sometimes, though I stood it well enough afterwards. and repeated the question
l am sure i never wronged him willingly in ray 1 Well, Air. Rice was mightly pleased to find He made no answer, but shifted his grasp
♦k ,00 . kin S»t me from nnder ns 60 willing, and a very few more words end- from my hand to my wrist, and then up to
those black brows of bis as if he hated me. . ed the matter. Mr. Stains and his famous I the middle of my arm, so raising himself by
.'lore tlu.n once I laid my hand upon his Wurtemburg balloon were to be engaged: fii- I degrees, till our faces came nearly on a level,
sleeve as ltewas hurrying away on Sundays, teen hundred additional colored lamps were to There he paused, and I felt his hot breath on
or turning off towards the club room at night, be hired; and Griffiths and I were to receive my cheek.
and said, “Griffiths, have you got anything twelve pounds a-piece for the evening, over I “William Waldus,” said he hoars ely, “wasn’t
against me . ”—or, “ Griffiths, won’t you come and above our general salary. to morrow to have been your wedding day 2
home to a friendly glass with me to-night 2” Poor Ally! In the midst of the excitement. Something in the tone of his voice in the ques-
]>ut he either shook me off without a word, or I bad forgotten her, and it was not till I was tion, in the dusk and dreadful solitude, struck
muttered some sulky denial that sounded more out of the thcatro and walking slowly home- me with horror. I tried to shake off his hands,
like a curse than a civil answer; so I got tired wards that I remembered she must be told. | but he held too fast for that,
of peace making at last, and let him go his own For my own part, I did not believe there was
Wa rili* ckt>080 k * 8 own company. the slightest danger; but I knew how her
1 lie summer was already far advanced, and fears would magnify everything, and the near-
our engagement at the Belvidere bad well nigh er I came towards Islington the more uncom-
ended, when I began to buy furniture, and fortable I felt. After all, I was such a coward
Ally to prepare her wedding things. Matters —for I always am a coward where women are
continued the same with John Griffiths ; but, concerned—that I could not tell her that day, .. ± ttUUUIi
when the day was fixed, I made up my mind nor even the next; and it was only on Sunday high,” says he, and it seemed to me that he had
to try bun once again, and invite him to the when we were sitting together after dinner, something between his teeth. “If either of us
church and the dinner. The circumstances that I found courage to speak of it. I had was to fall, he’d be a dead-man before he Jouch
ot that invitation are as clear in my memory | expected something of a scene ; but I had no I c( j the ground.’
as if tho whole affair had taken place this morn- idea that she would have taken on as she.did, j WO uld have given the world at that moment
and I declare that, even then, if the posters to be able to see his face; but what with my
it was on the twenty-ninth of July (I am had not been already out and myself bound in own head being downwards, and all his weight
particular about dates), and there had been a honor to act up to my engagement, I would hanging to my arms, I had no more power than
general call to rehearsal at one o’clock that have gone straight to Mr. Rice and declined an infant.
day. The weather was warm and hazy, and the business altogether. Poor little, soft heart- | “John !” I exclaimed, “what do you mean
I started early that I might not go in late or ed darling! it was a sore trial to her and to Catch hold of the pole, and let me do the same,
tired; for 1 knew that, what with the rehearsal me also, and I was an inconsiderate idol not jj y head’s on fire!”
and the «ew piece, and the Terrific Descent, to have thought of her feelings in the first in- I ap 0 you see this ?’’ said he, catch mv arms
I should have enough to do before my day’s stance. But there was no help for it now; so a couple of inches higher up, and looking right
work was over. The consequence was that I I gave her the only consolation in my power j n t 0 my f ace . „j) 0 yoa see this 2”
arrived about twenty minutes too soon. The by solemnly promising that I would be the first n was a large, open clasp knife, and he was
gardens had a dreary look by day-light; but man tied to the trapeze. It was, of course, bolding it with his teeth. His breath seemed
they were pleasanter, anyhow, than the thea- the safest position, and when I had assured her t o hiss over the cold blade- “I bought it this
tre; so I loitered up and down among the smoky of this, she grew calmer. On all other points evening I hid it in my belt I waited till the
trees, and watched the waiters polishing the I kept my own counsel, as you may be certain; clouds cameround and there was no soul to see.
stains off the tables in the summer-houses, and and as to John Griffiths, I saw less of him than i Presently I shall cut you away from the bal
thought how shabby the fountains looked when I ever. He even took his meals in the city now, h oon . I took an oath that you should never
they were not playing, and what miserablegim- and during the seven days that elapsed be- j, ave her, and I mean to keep it!”
crack concerns were Stalactite Caves and the tween the twenty-ninth and the sixth, he never ' \ dimness came over my eyes, and every
Cosmoramic Grottoes, and all the other attrac- once came face to face with me, except upon thin" grew red. I felt that in another minute
tions which looked so fine by the light of color- the stage. j s ho tt id be insensible. He thought I was so
ed lamps and fireworks. I I had a hard matter to get away from home already, and.letting my arm free,made a apring
Well, just as I was sauntering on, turning when the afternoon of the sixth came round. at t he pole overhead,
these things over in my mind, whom should I My darling clung about me as if her heart 'pha* spring saved me. Our wrists were
see in one of the summer-houses but John would break, and although I did my best to jj 0un j together," and as he rose he drew me
Griffiths. He was lying forward upon the cheer her, I don’t mind confessing now that I a l on <T with him '; for I was so faint and giddy
table with his face resting upon his clasped I went out and cried a tear or two in the pas- t h at j cou i d make no effort for myself
hands, sound asleep. A empty ale-bottle and sage. „ T I saw him hold by the pole with his left hand;
glass stood close beside him, and his stick had “ Keep up your spirits, Ally dear, ’ says I, j him take ^ kni f e in llis rig ht; I felt
fallen near his chair. I could not be mistaken smiling and kissed her the last thing before I 1 - -
in him. though his face was hidden ; so I went I left the house. “ And don’t be spoiling your
up and touched him smartly on the shoulder, pretty eyes in that way. Remember I want
“A fine morning, John?” says I. “I thought you to look well, and that we are to be mar-
I was here early: but it seems that you were ried to morrow.”^!
before me, after all.” The multitude in the Belvidere Gardens was
He sprang to his feet at the sound of my something wonderful. There they were, men,
“Dark. Deeds” in India. I The Huntsville.
. . This new propeller, commanded by Capt
:V recent wnter S lves the following account HardiCi t0 the ..American Atlantic
of something that fell under his personal notice Screw Steamship Co.,”—a company organized
in India:
Our conversation was here interrupted by a
gardener, who presented the Rajah and myself,
respectfully with a nosegay ; and who volun
teered the information, that some workmen, in
digging the foundation for a vine-trellis, had
come upon an old house under the earth, and
in it bad been found several gold and silver
coins.
“Where 2” asked the Rajah
“There!” said the gardener, pointing in the
direction.
under the auspices of R. R. Cuyler, Esq., and
Brigham, Baldwin & Co., of this city, and II
B. Cromwell & Co., of New York—arrived
out on her first trip early yesterday morning.
She is a beautiful and substantial craft, as the
following description, taken from a New York
exchange, will abundantly show :
The Huntsville, intended for H. B. Crom
well’s Savannah line, was built at Jacob. A.
Westervelt’s yard, foot of Houston street, by
S. G Bogart, at a cost of $60,000, her engines
at the Morgan Iron Works, and she has prov-
pe blushed, and turned pale, and blushed
*ia, and I felt tho pulses iu her little soft
■i throbbing like the heart of a frightened
: - but she never answered a syllable.
"Ally, my dear,” said I, “I am aplain man
f thirty-two years of age. I don’t know
‘ '* to Hatter like s/imn folks.
(PHPtiatter like tome folks, and I have had
*7 little book learning to speak of. But,
2 dear, I love you ; and though I don’t pre-
i* that you are the first girl I ever fancied.
, C4 ° truly say you are the first I ever cared
0 ®ake my wife. So. if you’ll take me, such
m J am, l’U bo a true husband to you as long
m l live.”
"hat answer shemade, or whethershe spoke
>s more than I can undertake to tell, for
?? Weas were all confused, and I only remem-
l * ki »*ed her, and felt very happy, and
A *hen Mrs. Morrison came into the room,
j _,; oa ®d me with my arm clasped round my
» waist. I scarcely know when it was
lit Y lrs * uot ' c ®d change in John Griffiths;
• tint it was somewhere about this time, I
. > t °l'!r*bly certain. It is hard to put looks
“d to make account of trifles that,
kni of r wo m * ttera of feeling more than mat-
«a ® i ’ ot hers saw the change as wdl
h« f ’ ant * no ono hdp observing tiiat
t ’'*rh\ t ° *** more si * cnt an< * unsociable than
ilbl_ “ e *®P* *way from home as mnch as pos-
t „ T , * e spent all Sundays out, starting
(J Uje first thing after breakfast, and not
till closo upon midnight,
if * ]?.P at an end to our old friendly custom
•’aking home together after our night's
the cold steel pass between his wrist and mine
and then
And then,tho horror of the moment gave me
back my strength, and I clung to the frame
work just as the thong gave way.
We were separated now, and I was still se-
voice, as if be had been struck, and then turned I women, and children, thronging the balconies, I to-and the knife^ ^
impatiently away. . , th . e orchestra stairs, and every aval able inch * deadly , dead ly strife that followed!
’What did you wake me for 2” he said, sul- ofground; and there, in the m.dst of them, . t £’ think £ it . His only hope
len, X’ . . ~ . v roHed and swayed the Wurtembeg ^Hoou. now Jay iu the cursed weapon; and so/^cliug-
“Because I have news to tell you. \ou likely a sleepy, lolling giant. The ascent was . . w ;»u n a i,onri
know that the sixth of August will be our last fixed for six o’clock, that we might come down . , 10 4 *
night here. Well, mate, on the again by day-light; so I made haste to dress, dLJSSw. andlgrcw des-
seventb, please God, I’m going to he married, and then^ent to the green-room to see after To fce l his murderous clutch upon my
and ^you!” he interrupted, turni,igalivid & S0methln ^ 0f what I Throat, rtnd. Iu the silence of that Lidcousstru S
face upon me, and an eye that glared like a Mr. Rice was there, and three gentlemen
tiger’s. “ Curse you! How dare you come with him, namely, Colonel Steward, Captain
to me with that tale, you smooth faced hound2 Crawford, and Sydney Baird, Esquire. They
■to me, of all men living 2” were fine, handsome looking gentlemen, all
I was so little prepared for this burst of pas- | three—especially Sydney Baird, Esquire, who
gle, to hear the report of a campagne cork—
followed by a peal of careless laughter—over
head Oh, it was worse than death,a hun
dred times over! "
I cannot tell how long wc clung thus, each
sion, that I had nothing to say; and so he went I was, as I'have since been told, a play-writer. I b a yn Veen^Mv°a few seconds^but it seemed resemb,ei1 a wel1 preserved mummy.
«>* „ . , WI ., “ d ° n e°f the cleverest men of the day. 1 ^ hoar3 to ,ne. The question was simply
“ Why can’t you let me alone 2 \Y hat do was going to draw back when I saw them sit- , • ,
you tempt me for 2 I’ve kept my hands off of ting there witli their wine and cigars; but they p^ c h ntly d y 3 J !pe fluxed, his lips became
you till now ...” xvonldbave me in to take a glass of port, and d d whit / and b a Judder ran through every
He paused and bit his hp, and I saw that he shook hands with me all round as polite as pos- fibr(j of his bod H(J had turnpd ;d § ?
was trembling from head to foot. I am no sible, and treated me as handsome as any gen- Thcn a cry burst from him-a cry like noth-
coward—it a not hke.y that I should be a Pat- tlemen could. • j human. He made a false clutch at the
agonian Brother if I was but the sight of h s “Here’s healthandsuccess toyou.my brave ° d rcclcd ovcr . j caught him, just iu
hatred seemed to turn me, for the moraSht, fellow, ’ says Colonel Steward, “and a pleas- ^ b thc belt ronndhis wais £
quite sick and giddy. ant trip to us all! ’ and then I found that they 1 J
“ My God!” said I, leaning up against the were going up in the car with Mr. Staines,
table, “ what do you mean 2 Are you mad 2” | And now, what with their light cheerful
We hurried to the spot, and found that the I ed herself equal, in model, construction, and
workmen had gone; but sure enough, there rate of speed, to any craft of the kiud afloat,
were the walls of an apartment, formed of red Her outside planking aud ceiling are edge fast-
stone and white marble. ened with J inches bolts, copper fastened, and
“This quarter of Agra,” said thc Rajah to the whole tree nailed with locust. She is in-
me, “was formerly inhabited by persons of the closed in an iron basket of outside diagonal
highest rank. Where wc are now standing, stripping, the iron being 44 inches wide aud »
was, no doubt, once the site of a palace; and thick. Her length of keel is 190 feet, deck
these walls are those of the ty-khana—a vault over all 205 feet, breadth of beam 30 feet,
beneath the dwelling from which the light is depth of hold 19 feet, 850 tones register, but
excluded. In these dark places are usually I capable of over 900 tones. She has an inverted
perpetrated what you English call “dark direct propeller—engine 51 inch cylinder, and
deeds.” 42 inch stroke.—There are twenty-seven state
I expressed a desire to explore this newly I rooms %pd sixty-two berths, with deck berths
discovered apartment of former days ; but the for thirty persons. The boiler measures six-
Rajah told me it was then too late, as the work- teen feet in length, height and width, and has
men had gone; but he promised me that if 11 been subjected to hydrostatic pressure of for-
would come to him at daylight, on on the fol- ty-seven pounds to the square inch, the max-
lowing morning, he would have great pleasure imum working power being thirty-five. A
in gratifying my curiosity. safety valve 9 inches in diameter, two supply
On the following moining, having spent a pipes jof 44 in. in diameter, and means to keep
,-ery dream}* night, I was carried in my palan- the water at all times up to four inches over the
quin to the Jatnee Bagh. Such was the name flues, with force pumps, guages. fire pumps,
of Jooteesperod’s garden house,in which Lallah buckets, 5 boats, 4 of which arc life boats, 100
Singh then resided. The Maharajah was dress- life preservers in the form of cork jackets, the
ing. I was confronted by a Seik with an vessel being very staunch and sea worthy, with
enormous beard whose hair was a yard long, ample means of escape from the main to the
aud tied up in a peculiar knot on the top of his upper deck in case of accident. Mr. Cromwell,
head, and who politely inquired if I would take I being a Quaker, went in for the plain, at the
coffee. Ere long the Rajah made his appear- j same time not forgetting substantial comforts
ance, and we went together to the newly dis- and pleasing effect to the eye in thc arrangc-
covered ty-khana, which was now guarded, ment of the Saloon. The main cabin has at
since gold and silver had been found there, itsjentranceabeautifuloilpaintingofWashin^
The workmen, some twenty in number, came ton, cet in the wall between two French plate
and commenced their labor; that of clearing pier glasses. A crimson velvet sofa is under-
away the earth in all directions, in order to get j neath,a.ndothersofas and crimson stuffed chairs
to the bottom of the apartment in the ty-khana. with cane settees are arranged about. Stained
This was accomplished in about two hours, and glass windows light the cabin from a dome
we then stood upon astone floor in in the cen-1 thetop. Bell &Crooker were the joiners. The
tre of a room about sixteen feet square. In I wood work is oak and satinwood with plain
several of the niches were little lamps, such as pilasters, a new style; there are seven length
are burnt on the tombs of Moslems, and a of state room berths, and the steerage will ac
hookah and pair of marble chairs were found I comodate 75 persons. This vessel is higher
in this subterraneous apartment; of which thc the ceiling of the state rooms than any other
sky was now the roof. Whilst examining the I out of the port. There is a lower after cabin,
walls, I observed that upon one side, there was I showing great capacity and uncommon depth
a ledge about six feet high from the floor, (and of wood at the ports.
carried up there from) about a foot in width. Capt. Hardie takes the place on the Hunts
The ledge, which was of brick and plaster, re- villeof Capt. P. Crocker,formerly of theclippe;
sembled a huge mantel-piece, and was contin- Ship Mary Robinson, now of this Co’s screw
uedfrom one end of the apartment to the other, steamer Montgomery, recently launched. The
Iasked the Rajah the reason of such a structure American Atlantic Screw Steamship Co. is i
in the apartment. He replied that he did not Georgia corporation not very long since organ
know, nor coaid any of the workmen account ized under the auspices of R. R. Cuyler and
for it; one of them, however, took a pick-axe Brigham, Baldwin & Co., of Savannah, and H
and dug out a portion, when, to my surprise B. Cromwell & Co., of New York. The plans
and horror, I discovered that in this a human of the engines, as well as the general details of
being had been bricked up. The skin was still the ship, were from designs of John Baird,
upon the bones, which were covered with a Esq., an Engineer of great experience in
costly dress of white muslin, spangled all over screw steamers, who is endeavoring to prove
with gold; around the neck was a string of to the community, that in all desirable respects
pearls; on the wrists aiulankles were gold bang- the screw is the equal if not the superior of
les, and on the feet were a pair of slippers, em- side-wheel steamers for ocean navigation. The
broidered all over with silver wire or thread; I ship is expected to make uniform time on the
such slippers as only Mahommedan women of I coast in all weather.
rank or wealth can afford to wear. The body
ly. The An Indian Wedding,
features were very distinct, and were those of | The Nebraska City News of the 3dult._con
He made no
me, and then walked away ^
how it was; but from that moment I knew all. citement, and the hum of voices from the crowd
It was written, somehow in his face. outside, I was in first rate spirits, and as im-
“ Oh, Ally dear!” I said to myself, with a patient to be off, as aracer atthe starting point
groan, and sat down on the nearest bench; I Presently one of the gentlemen looked at his
believe that, at that moment, I scarcely knew watch.
where I was, or what I was doing. “What arc we waiting for 2” said he. It is
I did not see him again till we met on the ten minutes past six already.”
stage, about an hour afterwards, to go through And so it was. Ten minutes past the hour,
our scene in the rehearsal. It was a grand and Griffiths had not yet been seen or heard
Easter piece, with a great deal of firing, and 0 f. Weil. Mr. Rice grew very uneasy, and thc
real water, and a living camel in the last act; crowd, very noisy, and so twenty minutes more
and Griffiths and I were Mozambique slaves, went by. Then we made up our minds to go
performing before tbe Rajah in the Hall of Can- without him, and Mr. Rice made alittle speech
delabras. Excepting that it cost a great deal and explained it to the people; and then there
of money, that is all I ever knew about the plot; was a cheer, and a great bustle; and the gen-
It’s all over with me,” he groan between
his set teeth. “It’s all—over with me! Take
Then his head fell heavily
answer; but looked straight at ways and pleasant talking, and what with the I > 0U u rev j U if f i! i” i . at : leu ne
n walked away. I don’t know glass of wine that I had taken, and the ex- hack, and be hung, a dead weight on my
and, upon my word, I don’t believe that any
body else know much more. By this time “
had, of coarse, recovered my usual composure:
but I could see that Griffiths bad been drink
ing, for his face was flushed and his balance
unsteady. When the rehearsal was over, Mr.
Rice called us into his private room and brought
out a decanter of sherry, with which I must
say, he was always as liberal as any gentleman
could be. , ■
“ Patagonians,” says be, for be bad a won
derfully merry way with him, and always call
ed us by that name, “ I suppose you would
make no objection to a little matter of extra
work and extra pay on the sixth—just to end
tbe season with something stunning—hey 2”
“No, no, sir, not we,” ieplied Griffiths, in a
sort of hearty manner that wasn't natural to
him. “ We’cr ready for anything. Is it the
flying business you spoke about the other day!”
“ Better than that,” said the manager, fil
ling up the glasses. “ It’s a new French feat
that has never yet been done in this country,
and they call it the trapeze. Patagonians,
your health!”
So we drank his in return, and Mr. Rice ex
plained all about it. It was to be an exhibi
tion of posturing and a balloon ascent all in
one. At some distance below the car was to
be secured a triangular wooden framework
which framework was called the trapeze.—
From the lower pole, or base of this triangle,
one of us was to be suspended, with a ligature
of strong leather attached to bis ancle, in epe
of accidents. Just as the balloon was ruing
.and this man ascending bead downwards, tbe
other was to catch him by the bands and go up
also, having, if be preferred it. some band or
other to bind him to his companion. In this
joosition we were then to go through our custo
mary performances, continuing them so long
us thc balloon remained in sight.
“ All this,” said Mr. Rice, “ sounds much
more dangerous than it really is. The motion
of a balloon through the air is so steady and
imperceptible that but for tbe knowledge of
being above'the housetops, you will perform
almost as comfortably as in the gardens. Be
sides, I am speaking to brave men who know
their business, and are not to be dashed by a
Irifle—bey, Patagonians!”
Griffiths brought his hand down heavily up
on the table, and made the glasses ring again.
“I’m ready, sir," said lie, with an oath.
I’m ready to do it alone, if auy t man here is
afraid to go with me !’’
lie looked at me as he said this, with a sort
of mocking laugh that brought tbe blood up
into ray face. .. T
“ If you mean that for me, John, said i,
quickly, “ Pm no more afraid than yourself;
tlemen took their seats in the car; and a ham
per full of champagne and cold chicken was
put in with them; and I was made fast by one
leg to the base of the trapeze; and Mr Staines
was just about to get in himself and give tbe
signal to cut loose, when who should we see
forcing his way through the crowd but Grif
fiths.
Of coursetbere was another cheer at this,and
a delay of eight or ten minutes more while he
was dressing. At last be came, and it was
just a quarter to seven o’clock. He looked
very sullen when he found that he was to be
the undermost; but there was no time to change
anything now, even if I had been willing; so
his left wrist and my right were bound togeth
er by a leathern strap, the signal was given,
the band struck up, the crowd applauded like
mad, and the balloon rose straight and steady
above tbe beads of tbe people.
Down sank the trees and the fountains, and
the pavement of upturned faces. Down sank
thc roof of the theatre, and fainter grew the
sound of life hurrahing and tbe music. Tbe
sensation was so strange that, for the first mo
ment, I was forced to close my eyes, and felt
as if I must fall and be dashed to pieces. But
that soon passed away, and by the time we
had risen to about three hundred feet I was as
comfortable as if I had been born aud bred in
the air with my head downwards
Presently we began ourperformances. Grif
fiths was as cool as possible—I never saw him
cooler—and wc went through every conceiva
ble attitude; now swinging by our bauds, now
by our feet, now throwing summersaults one
orer the other. And during the whole of this
time the streets and squares seemed to sink
away to the right, and the noises from the liv
ing world died on the air—and, as I turned
and slung, changing my position with every
minute. I caught strange flitting glimpses of
the sunset and the city, tbe sky and the river,
the gentlemen leaning over the car and the tiny
passengers swarming down below like ants on
an ant-hill.
Then thc gentlemen grew tired of leaning
over, and began to talk~and laugh, and busy
themselves over their hamper. Then the Sur
rey hills drew nearer, and the city sank away
to’the right, farther aud farther. Then there
were nothing but green fields with lines of rail
way crossing them here and there; and pre
sently it grew quite damp auJ misty, and we
ceased to see anything, except through breaks
and openings in the clouds.
Come John,” says 1, “our share of this
buoiuess is done. Don’t you think we might
as well be getting in the car 2”
He was hanging below just then, holdingon
by my two hands, and had been hanging so
I did take my revenge; but it was hard
werk, and I was already half exhausted. How
I contrived to hold him up, to unbind my foot
and to crawl, so laden, up the ropes, is more
than I can tell; but my presence of mind nev
er failed me for an instant, and I suppose the
excitement gave me a sort of false strength
while it lasted. At all events I did it, though
I now only remember climbing over the bask
et-work, and seeing the faces of the gentlemen
all turned upon me as I sank to the bottom of
the car, scarcely more alive than the burthen
in my arms
He is a penitent man, now,—an Australian
settler, and as I am told, well to do in those
parts
This is my story.and I have no more to t eII.
Dr. Juilson’s Burmese Testament.
The story of the preservation of this precious
work, related by Mrs. Judson, might adorn
the pages of romance It was taken to Ava in
manuscript; and when Mr. Judson was thrown
into prison, was secretly sewed up by his wife
in a cushion, too hard and unsightly to tempt
the cupidity of even his jailors, and used by
him as a pillow. When, at thc close of seven
months, he and his fellow-sufferers were so
rudely thrust into the inner prison, tbe old pii
low fell to the share of one of the keepers, but
finding it probably too hard for his use, he
threw it back, and it came once more into its
owner’s hands. It was again lost when he was
driven to Oung-pen-la; and, being stripped
by one of the attendants of the mat which was
tied around it, the roll of hard cotton was again
flung back into the prison. Here it was found
by Moung-Ing, who took it home as a memori
al of his teachers, without suspecting its price
less contents. Several months after, the man
uscript, which now makes a part of the Bur
mese Bible, was found within, uninjured.
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_ woman whoso age could not, at the time of tains a long account of the marriage of a Paw-
her death, have exceeded eighteen or nineteen nee Chief to a blood royal squaw of the Otoe
years. The head was partially covered with tribe—The bridegroom was named Whitewa-
the white dress. Long black hair was still j ter, and the bride Wah-mush-pe-shiga. IVe
clinging to the scalp, and was parted across the extract the following:
forehead and carried behind the ears. It was The Chieftain’s daughter was elegantly dress
tbe most horribleacd ghastlyfigure that lever I ed in a red flannel shirt with deep blue calico
beheld. border, a check apron, a summer killed buffalo
The workmen appeared to take this discove- r °be »nd a white felt hat. Her jewels were
ry as a matter of course; or rather to regard it I magnificent. From either auricular depended
only with reference to the gold and silver or- I bright ornaments of brass, tin and copper,
naments upon the skeleton, and it was with! We must not omit to mention that Miss
The Monster Itlortar.
Lately the monster mortar, compounded of
wrought and cast iron, in separate pieces tight
ly hooped together, was tried at Woolwich for
the second time, and with a result that may be
pronounced successful; for, although at the
fifth round the middle ring partially gave
way, and thus interrupted the practice, the
ability to project a shell weighing about a ton
and a half, and capable of bolding no less tbau
300 lbs. of gun-powder, was fully demonstrat
ed. Considering that the monster shell is no
less than a yard in diameter, and that a sort
of axiom had hitherto passed current amongst
military engineers that shells of thirteen inches
were the jery largest which mortars could be
constructed to throw, the achievement will be
appreciated by even non-military men.—Liver
pool Timet.
Printers’ Toast—The Press—it ex-press
es truth—re-presses error—im-presses knowl
edge, and oppresses none. Woman the fairest
work iu creation—the edition being extensive,
let no man be without a copy. Babies, min
iature editions of humanity, issued periodical
ly, and displayed in small caps.
great difficulty that I could prevent their strip-1 Wah-mush-pe-sbinga also wore a “red petti
ping it forthwith, as for the Rajah, he simply coat,” embroidered according to a design of her
smiled, and coolly remarked: ° wa ' with porcupine quills,representing a des
“A case of jealousy. Her husband was jeal- perate dog fight. Her entire wardrobe andjew
ous of her, and thought her guilty, and pun- e,r y could not have cost less than six thousand
ished her thus,—bricked her up alive in this I dollars in Fontenelle money. The bridegroom
wall, with no room to move about, only stand- I was attired in all the magnificence which his
ing room. Perhaps she deserved it,—perhaps I rank and wealth demanded. He wore astand-
she was plotting against his life; perhaps she in S sIlirt collar, a medal of President Piercein
was innocent. Who can say 2 Hindoos as well j blue straight-collared soldier coat with brass
as Mahommedans punish their wives in that
way. “
“You mean that they used to do so in former
times, previous to British rule in India. But
a thing could not occur in our time.”
“It does not occur so often as it did; but it
does occur, sometimes, even in these days.
buttons and an elegant pair of Spanish spars,
while his stalwart loins were admirably cloth,
ed in an ancient coffee sack. Altogether
the appearance of both the bride and the
groom was appropriate to their high sphere in
life
The most sumptuous feast awaited the
How do you know what happens in the estab-1 guests at the residence of the bride’s father,
lishment of a wealthy native 2 Lotus look a lit- It was spread in a camp kettle and suspended
tie further into the wall. It strikes me that we over the fire that burned in the centre of that
shall find some more of them.” princely lodge. It consisted of young dog
Orders were given accordingly to the work- meat, very tender.blue corn, and old dog meat,
sen to remove, with great care, the whole of the beaver tails and mule steak,fish and sugar,
ledge, in short, to pull away its entire face. makingMtogether oneofthemostpalatableand
This was done; and how shall I describe the nourishing compounds that ever graced a roy-
awful spectacle then presented 2 In that wall al ““P kettle. The horn-spoons of occidental
there were no less than five bodies—four be- | luxury seldom conveyed to tho educated pal-
sides that already alluded to. One of the num
ber was a young man, who from his dress and
the jewels on his finger-bones, must have been
a person of high rank ; perhaps the lover of
one or both, of the young women, for he had
been bricked up between two of them. The
others were evidently those of confidential ser
vants; old women, for they had gray hair.
They possibly had been cognizant, or suppos
ed to be cognizant, of whatever offence the
others had been deemed guilty.
The suu was now shining brightly on those
ghastly remains, covered with garments em
broidered in gold and silver. The air had a
speedy effect on them, and, one by one, they
fell; each forming a heap of bones, hair.shivel-
led skin, dust, jewels, and finery. The lat
ter were now gathered up, placed in a small
basket, and sent to the Lallah. The value,
possibly was upwards of a thousand peunds.
How many years had passed since that horri
ble sentence had been put into execution. Not
less than cue hundred and seventy, or perhaps
two hundred.
A classic southern editor says if the Naiads
were constantly bathing, he presumes, from
their name, the Dryads were the ones who
brought the towels.
Making Tax Returns by Proxy.
The Hou. Peterson Thweatt, Comptroller
General, has written the following letter in re
gard to tax returns:
I have been asked, if, under thc present
Tax Act, one person can swear for and give in
the property, &c., of another person 2 My
reply is, that as the law now stands, I do not
think any one can legally swear for another
unless he was bona fide, and in.fact an Agent
on the 1st of April, or unless he is in fact an
Agent, or controls the property at the time of
giving it in. That is to say, I do not think
the law allows persons to give in by proxy. A
Tax Payer, however, can go before some prop
er person, authorized to administer an oath,
aud he can make out his schedule and take the
tax oath, and when he does this and send you
the schedule aud oath together, you can enter
the same, just as if he gave in to you ia person.
But I don’t think the lav/ authorizes any jther
mode of giving in by proxy. Very respect
fully, Your obedient servant,
Peterson Thweat, Comp. Ger.’l.
ate viands more tempting and delicious. As
for drinks, corn whisky, made of red pepper,
tobacco plugs and rain water, together with
molasses-sweetened coffee made up the list.
Among the distinguished persons present,
wc did not fail to notice the six Mesdames Pe-
tanasharo, tho wives of that eminent “Injin”
who is now at Washington visiting James Bu
chanan on ofBcial business.—Also Mr. White-
cow, of the Omaha principality, Mr. Big-Sol
dier, Esquire Wildcat, and the Hon. Short-
tailed Elk.
A friend who knows Bishop well, tells us
that the following complimentary notice of his
late brilliant speech in the House of Represen
tatives is not undeserved. The Washington
Correspondent of the Richmond Whig says :
He was followed by Mr. Bishop of Connecti
cut. in a speech which was allowed by al! to
be the most telling, perhaps, in either House,
that has been delivered this session. It was
full of admirable wit, cogent argument and
passages of fine eloquence. That single speech
Las made him a national reputation. I heard
a member say that it was worth ten years of
ordinary Congressional life. At its conclusion
the whole Democratic side of the House rose
up to congratulate him, and followed him to
the door, for he was compelled to leave, having
just learned by telegraph of the extreme ill
ness of his child. Under the disadvantage oi
this distressing intelligence, his speech must
be considered wonderful.
Bishop is quite a young man, a railroad con
tractor, inherited a large fortune, i ncreased it
by marriage, and is supposed to be worth tuily
a million of dollars. He has had some prac
tice on the stump, but not being a brilliant man
in conversation, and this being his first effort
in Congress, his speech took even his most inti
mate friends by supprisc. I need hardly add
that be took the part of the Administration,
nor that he did ample justice to the constitu
tional rights q£the South. If all the people
of the North were imbued with his good seuse,
we should have peace, and permanent peace.
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