{ title: 'Oneida sachem. volume (Oneida, N.Y.) 1854-1863, October 07, 1854, Page 1, Image 1', download_links: [ { link: 'http://www.loc.gov/rss/ndnp/ndnp.xml', label: 'application/rss+xml', meta: 'News about NYS Historic Newspapers - RSS Feed', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83031403/1854-10-07/ed-1/seq-1/png/', label: 'image/png', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83031403/1854-10-07/ed-1/seq-1.pdf', label: 'application/pdf', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83031403/1854-10-07/ed-1/seq-1/ocr.xml', label: 'application/xml', meta: '', }, { link: '/lccn/sn83031403/1854-10-07/ed-1/seq-1/ocr.txt', label: 'text/plain', meta: '', }, ] }
Image provided by: Oneida Public Library
JOHN CRAWFORD, ) Publisher and Proprietor. J* it ^rUhgti tn tin ^arjtjVarlritrnnj Hjp'ij, m.t.hl[m0^ri\^ptftx 5 \)t hairs 4jn rcaij.\ YOL. 1 OIEIM, MADISON COUNTY, K I.,. SATMMlf OCTOBER 7, 1854. THE ONEIDA SACHEM Will bepublishedcvery Saturday ntOncid»;(Uepot) MadUon Co., Ji.'Y. ' \ • •% .» \ JOHN C*RA.WFORD, PublisUe* £ Propiiotor.\ ' • I«A D. BllOWtf, Editor.. ' Office,—PIKESIX BLOCK, (3rd story,) Mill Street. %J \TEEMS: - To Village subscribers, served b y Cnrrier, 81.60 per year ;__iJllic«-biid Mail sub'scriUuis $1.!!5, payable in advance, or within three months. ~ If not paid within tbat time, 25 cents will be.invariably added. 1 »t«> *-««-A<lrcrttrtiiTr; One Squure, 3 WcclS, \ \ 3 Months, .< .. c \ • 1 Year, One-fourth column, 3 Montli9, - '< \ ~6 \ - \ \1 Ycnr, - One-half column, S Mouths, • » \ $1.00 . 3.00. 6.00 . 8.00. S.OO. • 8.00 . 16 00. 8.00 . \ r _ \ 1 Year, - R - . 25.00. Proft 'ssidflnl or Bjasiness Cards, per Year, 3.00; Legal Notices'at the Statute prices. ^Business prtttnrg. MOUSE'S TELEGRAPH. COXXEpTIXG with all the principal cities and towns in the UnitedStairs and the Canada*. Office at the Pout Office, Oneida. IEA D. BROWN, ^ATTOJIXJEY & CQUXSELLOR AT LA W— ONEIDA, M.VMSOK COL'.NTV, N. Y. . Collections, in all parts of the State will receive prompt attention. Office, Xo. 2 Phccnix Block—directly over Chapitis \ jewelry Store. 18tf SHOE CRAFT & SNOW, ATTORNEYS <£• COUNSELLORS AT LAW— . Oneida, Madijen—Go., X, Y. Office, in Empire Block, over Rivenbnrgh's Store. JOHN SN'OW., Com missioner of Deeds for Michigan and Wisconshc. -•£. W- J)0DGE. ATTORNEY and Counsellor at Law, Oneida Castle, X. Y- Dr. W. R. FITCH, • iSJZJJV (s permanent!// located at Uncida, rcspeet/iilTy tenders his- servient to the eittzetii of this place and vicinity. Office,and residence on Main street, tico doors south of the- Baptist Church. y\ ' J. G. ROSS, M. D-, BOTAXIC PIlYSfCIAX it SURGEON, Can- -astotitj X. Y Office at the Tobey Mouse. Having ^ieai enyaptyL-iiL-llie-ptacticc of i;i£<i/ciiie_orau-lib-|4ilUir-kuavv. years.She feels confidant of meriting and receiving a liberal shore oj public patronage Iff — J. E. 0STRANDER, ^^DENjjgj^S^ U.\ Kill A, Madison County, Office on Mamst., So. 1, Cue Block. All work\ warranted. JOHN SMITH, DEALER in Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Tur- pentijte. Ruriiing Fluid, Flour, Meal, Groceries. Provisions, <!•< , dc, 'Id dour East of. S. II. Good win's;. Oiuida. R. J^%TEWART, DEALER in Groceries, Provisions, Drugs and Med icines. One door cast of Goodwin's store, north side of MJ1 street. C0E & S0PER, DEALERS in Groceries. Provisions, Yankee No- tinns, Stationery, Trunks, Willow Wurr, Stone- Ware, Baskets, Fruit, Flour, l-rrd, d'c, d'c, at the Nuw VAIUUI v SKIKK,— Cue JJ/oek, Oneida, T. C THOMPSON & Co., DEA LERSIII Dry Goods. Groceries, Crockery, Hard ware, J'aints find Oils, Sash, Glass, Hals and Gaps, Pools and Shoes, <{•<•, ite. Mill Street, 'Id door cast ,of ilie Bridge, South side. TS..H. GOODWIN\ ~~ DEALER in Dry GondxrG-rocerics, Hardware, frock ery. Iron, Steel, Nails, die'. . Mill Street, Oneida. T. G. SEEIY, * ' -DE-l-L-J^R^-n-Drir-Goorl-tj-GraceriesrHartlira-rerGroele ery. Boots and Slims, Hals and Caps, Carpets, d'c. Xo. 3 Empire Block. CLARK & STEWART, _ DEALERS IX Dry Goods, Groceries, Hard ware, Crockery, Paints, Oils, d'c, at the \lirx HIVK,\-XO 2 Coc Block, Oneida, Jfadison Co., X. Y. J. A. BENNETT, MANUFACTURER of Tinf-Copper andSheet Iron Ware, ,and dealer in Stores andiron Ware generally Xo. 4. Empire Block, Oneida. J. D- J0NE3. Canastota,. pEALER in Readij Made Clothing, Cloths and Trimmings, Hals, Cups, Gloves, Shirts, Collars, Cravats, Ilnndkcrrhirfsr^nr.—Also garments-made to Order in the best style and most sttbstantial manner. ' 14—ly. CHAPIN * BECK, -SH- ver Ware, d'c. Also Books and Stationery. C2f\ Clucks, Watches, and Jewelry repaired on short notice. Xo. 2. Phicnix Block, Oneida. The Old Cottage Clocks _Br,_ClIARLES_SVVAM.. Oh, the old, old clock, of the-household (took, . ' Was the brightest thing and nfati'ft: . .\ IU. hands, though oli, bad it touch of gold. And its chime rang still the sweetest; 'Twos a monitor too, though its words wire few, Yet they lived through nations altered ; And its voice, still strong, warned old and young, When the voice of friendship' faltered I Tick, tick, it sajd , quick, quid; to bed— For ten Vvc given WITH'\;; •, — • . ~\l/p up—;and go—or else, you know. You'll never rise soon iu tltc morning. A friendly voice woa that old, old cluck, As it stood in the corner unillng, And blcss'd the time, with a merry thime, The wintry hours beguiling:— But a cross old voice was that tiesome clock As it called nt day bieak boldly, \ ', When the dn.wn looked .grey o'er the Inisly way, And- tbc. early nir blew coldly I Tick, tick, it said , quick, out\bT~b\ed;~ •— For live. I've given warning ; You'll never hn\e health, you'll never get wealTb, Unless you're up soon in the morning! Still hourly the found ^oos round and routAl, With a time that censes notuw: While tears arc shed I'm' the brighter days' fled\ j)_ _And the old friend''lost forever! Its heart bents, on—though hearts are gone That wanner beat and younger ; Itskands still move—t ho' bauds w e loved - Are clasped on earth no longer-! 'Tick, tick! it said—to the churchyard bed; The Grave hulh given warning— —l%-uprnnd -rJSfi _to_LL!e Angel skiuj, •witlrtliG-neigliboringTreutfy. Avlnrrp .scntefl rrrnny of his proceedings^ an liisult to their chi'-s. Things were jjuifig on in, tins wny, when one day Reginald,'\ who, during his absence, had. grown into a singularly handsome, gallant look ing fellow—exactly, as people said, the image of hii poor u'unt Isabel—si/ddeuiy returned.to his collage. Ko .sooner was his arrival known than all the \Sltl Inends of his family called'upun him. Their cordiality,, however, received little encourage- tiieiit;. for, notwithstanding Mf.Sljulej received tliem with every courtesy, his manners were so jpojd and reserved, that tike warm hearted petJple felt as if plunged into ice. How he had been_ spending his tiifie while abroad, or -where fie had been, ho did not deign tosayr'I'u volunteered nothing, except tliat-he came to England expressly lo pnrelmsa ihn ('nun, And enter a heavenly morning. REGINALD SHIRLEY; Oil. THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER. Many years ago a line'old property in shire, willun a few miles of my father's residence, ^passed, by the extravagance of 4ts owner, almost entirely from the fan.uly, iu-whoso hands it. had reimiiued snico the wars of the lioscs, into those of a ifiorose, avaricious man, with whom, and whose ancestors, there had been a feud for cen turies. Never butonco during all these years luul-there—lieeii-l-he-^itglTtcst-approaclrmadtrby either parly to a reconciliation ; and that exci-p lioli was when Sir Peirs Lynwood startled the whole country, and the Slulluys in particlnr, by asking the haiul of Isabel, their younge.il ami lavorite child, iu inarpnge v Where he bad seen her, and how wooed and won her love, no oiie ?_;,J.iut-^the-love .Mvas— lndlgnai.jly-and-i insultingly refu.-cd', 'and after a fewjulunl'hs' u\\ durance of the must cruel tyranny, IsahuUShiiley died. To the unipoakable rage and mortification of her famiU Sir Pens followed ln» beloted to the grave, Stood \over the vault,.and wheiijhe turned away, bent such a look of stern, concentrated hate upon the old man and his son, father and brother though ihey weie of Isabel, that the bystanders shin I deled, Something of a urvstery, a blight upon the poor dearjfirl'a name,, was whispered .about, but she had been greatly beloved aild pitied iu'the neighborhood, and the rumor soon died awaj. No one felt ^elined lo repeat./or keep alive a scandal respecting one whose, life had been so unhappy, and w hose end had been so tragic. Suine letters were said to puss after ihc-funeral, between Sir. Poirs and Colonel Shirley, Isabel's uTolher, but upon What subject never transpired. Tue latter had'becomo known in the country for a cruel and arbitrary land-lord; and was-conse- qiiently very uupoiniuTr among people who,\| under the reign of the Shiiieys t liad been treated with liberality and consideration,.and equally sTnvlren the coroner's warrant for the apprehension and reside thew, This, startling information, coming from a man who was known lo have been almost pen uiless ten \ears*'before, puzzled tho hearers sinmgely. Spoken by many, tho listners would have_ttui.ijg!it it a jest or a boast; but there was that in the calm, quiet tone of-ttoglu7ildVvt>.iee, which forbade the idoa that he said anything in<.re than ho ineaiit, or more than he ltad pow er to do; and, therefore, wonder stricken, and full of conjectures as cieryboily was, .theytj:el thoroughly, believed all they had been told fund •lhat, somehow or oilier^.-Reginald Sinrley pus sessed the means and intention of recovering the lost lauds of Ins raco. llow he would manage iti-jind-how-Sir Pens •would-aet7-remanied-to-be seen. , For some' time, however, public - curiosity seemed fated to. remain uusatisiied, for nothing more was. said or done by either partv, until it happened that, about seven or eight months after his return, one of 'iho»e good-natured friends who do more miselrref than all tho en emies in the world, repealed lo Mr. Sliir|oy an rnsulting expression which Sir Peirshad used upon being told of his intention tore-purchase the Court. The mischief-maker afterwards remembered how dark the young man's brow^oceaine, how inrlleTTiy~his e/es llaSlied\ and how omiuiously came; from between his clenched teeth, as he turned wrath fully away. An hour 'after this interview the great door bell at Shirley Court rang a sudden peal, which echoed through the silpnt m.ansioji imperatively; •Hiid -when-tho-starlled—luekeyranswereu—it—fie' found the heir of of its former jimslej ^landing on the threshold, sternly demanding an audiencu of Sir lYiru. • Scaicely allowing, time for the .'uniouiiceineiit of his name, Reginald strode haughtily past th,- servaiU who carried it, and entered unbidden the picxeuco of hm enemy. For yeais neither had looked upon tho other,' and now each sent back the gaze of his foe;\with an intensity of hatred that was only too visible lo the ^'lightened by stander. ' JSleriily and angrijy the man \was commanded td depari, and thenceforward the stormy inter view thai followed,was unwitnessed. The deep, clear lone.-, of Reginald's voice, however, were plainly heard, boih by a gardener who was. at work on the terrace, and a housemaid who lingered iu ihe'hall. The tones were threatening, although the words wero not distinguishable y and at .length the dining room door was thrown widely It was only known that a deep personal hate, j open, and the maid,- terrified into a corner, saw and thirsting for revenue, displaced lii llie bar onet's liiind this ancestral feud whtoh hail existtd \srrliTrrg -^Tnid-tirat-ttr-thw -niofifl -he-vventrabioadr Twenty years after, he leturued to England, and shrre, the possessor of Shirley Court; but how he had contrived tool/tain the transfer of all llie mortgages to himself, Jind thus get his enemy in Ins power, no one ever, knew ; it must have beta the climax of a life-long'system. With circumstances of great indignity ami Reginald leave the chi'.intier,' with Hashing eyes and crimsoned brow, and heard him say, l-feave -you—no\v- r; bul-ii—is-to-kuep-my-oalli. 1 have sworn llurt you shall k<ihp my father's l.aml no longer, and woe to our next meeting, if you thwart me then.\ This was in the evening—the cvc.ning, not tho twilii/ht, of a bright September d'ay. And shortly after Reginald's departure, Sir Pcirs Lynwood went out also, having..fust been seen closely by the death of the elder, the singular language and bloodstained dress of the younger^ all pointed/him out a-i the assassin Long be fore the jury met their Verdict was foreseen, and mistaken in .his identity, hq solemnly asserted. of Reginald Shirley was issued,•ivseeincd_ifu.t^ the expression of the general feeling. - r Little as the deceased had been rospectod, and unpopular as his tyrannical, conduct had been, every in.an felt outraged by' the felon a'ct which had sram him ; aitd at ihe-Siext assizes, laden wilh-tho ^coitfand indignation of the whole country, Reginald Shirley stood arraigned for llie murder of his enemy. repeating otrce mure^ in lbe_most positive and impressive langtiagn, his asservatjoii of never seeing tho deceased after the* tuns he left, the Irouse. v _3\ll tins 'Was sTiid\; temperately, but firmly and frankly; nroreas if it were spoken as a duty to himself, thtiii with any expectation f-f its being either elfeclual lor an acquittal, • or generall) believed by the court. —- Alterthe conclusion o( the defence, a jury \ I am glad .you are come ; but make hatU,!' am going fast—nuse me-up.\ * • \\Yes, but lake4his 'draught first,\ ^aid ft«7 surgeon ; \ you require it. Now, Mr. H^pydoU, you may proceed.\ _ \ \Yery v ^ITT -Thleli ^rTmrcTQ^mi^cr' of my sendmg-of-you thus unceremoniously-ic, that'\ou might receive the confession, and tak* thu deposition of this persons -He is perfectly 1 aware of his state. Mr. Grant?\ he cobiintwd, addressincf the surgeon. As yoU may suppose, llie hen-ousnesa-of the crime, and the position of the accused and his the forrmfr. victim, attracted hundreds lo the .trial; and-Ute. v 'iPerf^ctLy,\ lie saijj with a sorrowful voice, court, as so&n as it was opened, was crowded^ V ery 'eye eagerly fixed upon the dock. - » At length, ouoor two le\g im|>orlaiit cases being disposed ot, Reginald Shirley was placed at the bar. He was very pale,_but his bearing was un- riiiniurd ; 111-a. epw—never-yairlcj—Iris—crrlor nev>ef •deepened, as the buzz which attended his a p pearanee (ttrtick upon his ear. Whatever he migla sutler, he had nerved himself to endure Till without flinching, or giving a sign. , Very different wvrertlnr-impressions made by his- m.miier upon llie minds of those who watched; many thought his cidm self-possessiori positive proof of initooctice; but others, myself among them, lookad\ upon it as evidence ot a lurd, mnligifant nature; calm, because its revenge ami haired were satisfied. In-a clear, sonorous, unfaltering voice, he pleaded \ not guilty,\ to the indiclinent; aud lhat done, the (rial proceeded. The evidence against him was very strong and complete 1 ; scarcely a link-was—wanting-; never, indeed, in my whole practice, have-I seen a case of circumstantial evidence so clear. ' FirBt. appeared tho footman who had admitted the accused into the presenco of Sir Peirs—he proved his visit; then the housemaid, -who had overheard them, his parting words of threat and .menace. The people at the cottage where he lived, deposed lo the landlord's return from Shirley in-n slateuf great excituuent; and that, after remaining alone in his room for a few min utes, he went out again, carrying his gun. They also testified to his coining ui about ten o'clock, without his gun, and with a shirt, the front and wristbands of which werp much stained' with some muttered words sounding liko a threat, > j~blcnxl. His manner upon this occasion was ileut aud abrupt, and he accounted for the tains upon his dress by saying that an acciden tal blow on Ins mouth, from the bough of a true against which ho had inadvertently come in contact iu the woott, hud caused it to bleed profusely; '— — This story, Winfrod Jqnes, who came next, corroborated; further declaring lhat sho had supplied Mr. Shirley herself with warm water lo bathe his mouth, and that ho left his blood saturated nockeL handkerchief with her. Of llie reason for his visit, at so strange an hour, aud why it was accomplished iu so extraordinary a manner, she\ said little, except that it was wholly unconnected with any matter now in question, having reference only lo Mr. Shirley's own fainilii.- In conclusion, the old woman uttered a solemn declaration of her belief in Reginald's; inno eeiiee. And then, for the first lijne, his color caiue.aud went, his daik eve brijjhtened, and \ Perfectly. I dare .hold out no hope.' man Legged 'that the keeper who had di-poacd to having seen the prisoner and deceased \to-1 \ No, I feel that I am dying; Uwrefore rOM gethcr, should be recalled, mid asked again it ,>no tune. I have a terrible tale to tell, vA he wero perfectly convinced ot'the identity of I wouhl-nol JJO bgftrrerit-is-fi n isb ed-r^ \ I am ready.\ \Then listen. My name is Peirs.Shirley, toB which left no doubt upon the nnuds'of any wholof the lateSirPeirsJLynvvood and Isabel ShirUy. heard him of the truth of his statement; '• if Ah ! Sir, you may start,\ said the man\ obsenr* they were the last <worf|s I had to speak pn earth, ing tho movement of astonishment whieh I and God was here to judge me) I could safely could not repress. \ \Mine is a fearful story, swear that Mr. Shirley was the mau I saw with but concealment-would bc-Jiselets, and you shall my masier-4hrtt night.\ j -ljear allibe truth now.\ TVffer7sucTT evidence as this, the conviction of! My mother died Jit my Lirth, and, by % the prisoner was certain ; and in a few minutes I favorite servant who she trusted'7'I was conveyed he left the bar, condemned^ die for tho murder j immediately ttf'Sir Peirs; who.^a*. had been uf Siu-JPeirs Lynwuod. jprevioiis.lv arranged, seiiiiiie, under tha_care_ It was Friday night when theMong '.rial closed j of a faithful person, to France, where I^wat' —and when it was over, J, and every one else,/ left the court. Thu prisoner was to be^ hanged on- Monday As might bo expected, little elso beside the lrial„of Riginald Shirley was talked of iu the town; at tho assize ball it was the on6 subject of conversation, and| wiih very few exceptions, every body applauded tho verdict, and looked upon tho condemned man as a cold blooded, infamous assassin, who thoroughly merited the fate which had overtaken him. 2fol a few ridiculed llie idea of-his-having tho means lo re purchase Shirley ; and, in their overflowing displeasure, 1 do believe they were ralher disappointed that theft had not been ad ded to the crune; and that they could not call him r*bber as well us murderer. His conduct, too, during, tho time of his con finement in jail, previous to the trial', had given great offence; it had been so proud, stern, ami] reserved ; aud now lhat he was condemned, his manner remained the saine. Well. Saturday and, part of-St'inday, possed ; and upon Sunday afternoon I went to spend two or three da\s with my brother, the rector of a brought up, until tho ago of fifteen, when I came to England, noil was placed at school in London. 1 remained' there three years, and then,,siill believing, myself to bo an orphan, and that Sir Peirs Lynwood, whom I never saw, was' simply my guardian, I was articled to a lawyer, Neither the profession, nbr the restraint, how ever, suited me.. I formed idle and bad con- neetionf, got into deb I, and at last, at the age of twenty-one, owed so much lhat my creditor! shortly afterwards arrested and threw me into prison. Sir Peirs was-sent for by my master, and coming up to town, paid the money, and set mtj, free. Hpon this occasion 1 saw him for the first, lime ; and, from his manner, and the. singular language ho used, suspected the truih ,-inid that instead of being only Ins ward, I was his son.— The suspicion enraged me, and, in .violent and ,most unbecoming terms, I demanded from him whether my fears were justified. * \In equally passionate words, unb 'raiding rae for my extravagance, idleness, and excess, Shr Peirs Lynwood acknowledged the relationship; but concluded bv thrcntuiii\ to cast me off at seacoast village, about fivejand twenty inilus from [oneo and forever, unless I relinquished my evil the assize town It was a stormy evening, and towards mid night the -wind blew a hurricaiiie dead upon tdiorc. My brother and 1 had not met for many months, and were silling up talking over family concerns, when the sound of guns out at sea eaused-us-to-rush from the homef and hurry-to- the beach. I t was an awful night; and through the ill in haze we could feo a great ship beating with the waves, evidently dismasted, and in dis> iress. To send her help was impossible, no boat courses, and applied myself steadily' to my pro- fession.\ \This I refused to do. and, aftor.a shameful scene, we parted; Sir Peirs forbiding me ever again to apply to him for as«istance ,,-or even at tempt to see It mi; and I, insolent and boastful, taunting him with lris-sms-toward me, and-ex-*\ 4 lilting m my freedom. \ A fearful time of sin and riot followed this rupture; from bud 1 grew to worse, until at thirty years of age—and I am a little _more^— could have lived in such a sea ; and although, i 1 hail not one reputable friend,to profession, or wo olfered large sum-' of money lo volunteers, and the brave men around us were JIS anxious to Tender assistance as ourselves,-none dared ru»U upon the certain d'ealh which 'must have befallen aijy who ventured out. Still, although tuo well convinced of this, il_was maddening to hear the solemn appeal of the guns, and know, dial those who fired them were praying in agony for our help; to know th.it within 'so short a listauce hundreds of human boing -i were perish his chTTelTed li |H Jiarlod with a most beautiful Ll 'iit there we stood, strong, powerful, a shilling left. Well, about twelve months since, I fell in love with vc girl, who, if ever angels visit this miserable world, was one to rae; and she promised to marry m\e reprobate as I was, if I would do- as my father hud urged me tea years before—break\ off my guilty ways, and, g«'ing abroad, strive to establish a now character anil honorable iiame. Gladly 1 plodireil -myself to obey her wishw for in her society I-had learned to be ashamed of the life I.had lod-audlonged to .retrace it.— smile, which, horn the contrail wfih Ins previous I willing men, with ample ineans.-at hand to sue- j But to go abroad reputably required money, and ' ••---I • • •• • .... icor, and yet unable lo exert a single muscle.— |.l had none ; thorefore, after long debating with TT was horrible; but at length a cry was raised [myself I resolved to lyiply to Sir Peirs— with that the vessel had gone down, and, iu a few j whom I-had hai| no communication since -lhat .minutes, tossed on the boiling waves, wo dimly I interview which had ended so disastrously— to saw small objects which ho knew lo be human ! tell him my hopes and projects, and to iufplor* insult, Colonel Shirley and his only child, a very bv a servant to lake a roll of noies-from his dusk, handsome, fiery boy of eighteen wero ejected I and put them into his pocket. About three iirnlreTr-iTTmir: Tlrcnook rei'uire In a sinall^TTourslaW, a liotiscinaul, Tu~ aTfciHTanco upon gloom, found its way to -llie hearts ot all be holders. That smile, I recollect, maiUj me feel very un comfortable; for it awoke in my mind the first doubt I had ever entertained, or heard others eiiteibrin, of the prisoner's guilt; and told un- niistakeably lhat, however implicated in this terrible crime, Reginald Shirley was mother the hard nor tlie bad man he, had been thought. After Wiiniifred's testimony, came the last bodies, coming- towards us One, thrown by the sea high up on the shore his aid to accomplish them. \Whether iny letter was le« humble and cou- besidu us, was seized upon by my brother and J trite than it shiHihl have been, 1 do hot know— myself, and carri-d lo his house. Tho«e we had [pohaps it was, for I am ill hand at suing for fi fed thcTo, excepting such ghesN, had »'got all ready to receive thetii; and wo found a huge fire and hot bhitikei-i, with all needful aids to eingirvti collage, which, with its orchard aud h tile /ami, was all that was left to lliein ; and there, in a Winifred Jones, the nurse, heard a few tap upon thu window of her sitting room; and, upon its collage and farm to a slraugef,\retained only two rooms, m which he-lived. He was seldom seen, except during the shooliirg season, whe'if and most important, tho evulenco of a \game keeper, who tesldiedto passing 1 Sir Peirs aud Mr. Shirley in' this Home Park, about stiiidown. Thej recovery, prepared tor immediate use angry tones of both their voices'caused him to 1 Quickly then we. laid the apparently dead puss lliein slowly, and-linger on Ins way ; for. body before the lit«», ami never shall 1 forget thej knowing the ill-blood that had always existed | sensation of astonishment, almost of terror, with tiutween nrnTTaiiiTTies, and tlies¥\members in! which \my eves felt upoTriho lifeless face. IT , , _ 4 might ensue, especially as he observed that Mr. few weeks, ihe miserable old man died, bequeath- [leing repeated, was desired b\ her superior toiShii'loy had his gun, aiid Sir Peirs his usual ing to Reginald such a debt of fearful veu-[ seo what w.ns the cause of it. \ Tlie moon was ' geance, to be paid toUieir prosperous enemy,'as vor$ bright, and upuh di •awing up the blind the would have lurrilied any less liery nature than gj r l disinicl1y_ recogrfizud Reginald Shirley, in his;,but which, judging from Ins manner and his usual shooting dress, standing outside.\ Uv words, was not likely to be mulcted in iho reck oning. Fioin the day of liis father's death, people saw _ ... very little of Reginald Shirley. He grew stem, J visit, the girl'did not kniJw, for sho vvas-j ter,and then to Mr. Shirley, I looked hard atl-i\ m.v good bjxtlJiurVelferis, winch, .soonur self dependent,, and reserved,' and letting' tlio|-,l t .sired To \leave the. room ; and had only timr/them both, and noticed that Mr. Shirley'had on [ inlgTirfinvTbueii expected, were successful; — • ' 1 ' -tn'observo that Mr. Shirley's manner was strange heavy slick. \1 could not bo mistaken,\ he said, in answer to a question from tho Judge, \ for they stood on a plain bit of the Pai -la, a good way off from the nurse's orders sho opened the low French | the trees, and tla-ro was nothing to shade lliein. window, aud in an instant the late visitor sprang j 'Hie path 1 was on went closo up-to where they passed,_oj _ vvh.at was'the reason of | were, and as I touched my hat, first,to my mas- What particular, he was fearful\ that some mischief was Reginald Slnrely, the conilemued munh-rer, 'Whom all tho vyoild believed to bo then lying in —j ul, wailing for execution the next inorluri'r'.. Iu a few words I communicated the fact to my brother, -who although infinitely shocked, •he did not relax Ins exertions to restore life ; and after a little-time, forgetting the man's guilt in Ins present extremity, and unwilling that he should die thus unprepared, I too joined earnestly than and.excited, and that, as he came forward iiuyr the lamplight, the bosom of \his shirt was spot- he fol!owe\itr\at tho warm-mviiauou of all the. l0 ,| with blood. Very early the next 'morning, neighboring gentry, Ins favorite sport over their 1 to the consternation of the household, the bod> lands It was-obseivable to every one liovv caie-: „f Sij- Peirs Lynwood, horribly di-lignrcd by a tally he av ouled ap|noacIii*iig thocourt, although 1 gunshot wound in the head, was found by the he was often seen by die people at a distance UijS of a tall quickset hedge of the deer park. gazing mournfully upon It; and, more than | l t had evidently been there many hours, perhaps oTico^or twice, wiis observed to shako TfK clpnched haLd menacingly at the house. At last, however, somelhiiig alter ihe 'fashion of fris eneiny,HegiiialdWent suddenly abroad, no one knew wliiihor„ Duringall that time of Mr. Shirley's neighbor hood to him, Sir Peirs had kept stale and revelry at the\ court, solely, as it seemed, to annoy, ami insult bun,-for no sooner was Reginald gone than the banquets and 'gaieties came lo au end, the establishment was materially reduce^, and the baronet became once more .the stern, cold,-f hard man, lie had formerly s^eeined ^ and his shooting dress. I Jiavo known the prisoner I then\ anxious to assist the villagers' in recovetitig all his lilb. I used to' bo r>aiue-tceper to his any other liodias that- iiiiglit'be\fliTO\vii on shore, f'a'tlier.\ 11 went back to-tho beech. This closed the case for the prosecution : and I 1 bad been there about two .hours, when a then the prisoner—in those days prisoners wore' servant from the not allowed coudsol—commenced his defence.—! running, came It was short, but manly and candid. With a burst of eloquent indignation, he repudiated tho charge- brought against linn, solemnly declaring ail night, tor the clothes were saturated with | thai, from tno hour of parting trom Wir i'eira in dew ,-ami Iho baronet's watch, the spring of | his own house, to the present, he had never seen which hafl somehow Keen bnJken, had stopped' 1 '\\' : \' \\' ~ 1 back there instantly, \ and Mr. Warden, ton,\ vois; but Sir l'eirs uusvyered it in so cold and' insulting a strain, that I cist his epistle into the lire winch burned beside ir.e, and set to work to try a'n'd r.n*u' mean* to nlarry Jessie, and go to C.tnnh. But. as I might have foreseen, every effort' failed; aud th.-n Jessi e entreated me-to give her up, and go abroad alone. This, of \coiiise do* and,\in\UeSpaiF, TTrrobi— again to my father, humbling myself lo the very dust fer my sweet'Jessie's sake, informing him that I. would bo at a certain spot in Sliirley Park, -iit six o'clock upon the following evening, where .1 entreateJ him, by tho memory of my mother, to meet me. - \ I went, but learning at the village that th« laws against po.\chjng and trespass were strictly enforced upon the Shirley estates, and fearing that my dress might'attract attention if.I wae seenjiy IhV keepers, I changed my clothes in s deer liovel Tn the park fur a <uit of keeper's gar ments which' I found there ; and shouldering a gun which was thero also, I went out-satisfied. if 1 was observed that I should be mistaken for I keeper,, and suffered, to pass unchallenged.— was com- • inrj towards mo tliroiijrh llie WOIKI . I Went to a'reclory, almost' exhausted, with 1 When\I- reached the appointed place no one ' up to me, .-nid bade me hurry 1 there, but at length I descried Sir Perrs a Ire Kaidirenthlcsslyj \ liiu.-t go as well; where! meet I and cprtainiy nono but a man who is hc.S-vvhero shall I find .him I\ o| was mad hun«flf, or Wished to make me so. \ Here 1 said,.as the gentleman named one of the most active magistrates of the district, came up ; \ hnre he is. But what is the matter ' \ I don't know ; hut master's in a terrible Way ; so go, sir—go direcily !\ _JJ|ps urged, and remembering in who«e com pany 1. had left my brother, 1 ran (in quickly, accompanied Ly Mr. Warden, who undoubtedly wondered, knowing nothing,' whether 1 had taken leave of my \sense.*. As' we reacheil the house, a post chaise dashed past us, and standing at the rcitory door, watch ing eagerly for our coming, was my brother. \Thaii God, you are here!\ ho said, seizing Mrv-Wurden's arm, \Como with mo—do. not ivo'uld~havu son! what he did, or trea severely. « _ I \ For a while I boro it patiently, but at last j human nature would endure no more, and I r*- p.lied. I forgo t all duty, all prudence ; and l rage gave back for every shameful word and ' iHUiit .another.as bitter and evil. , \At length he raised his stick to strike .me an.!, in a moment, never heeding what I did, or what it was I lifted, I interposed the gun I held, j to- ward olF the impending blow, which fell up on the trigger, struck it back, and In an instant, to my unspeakable horror, I sawtrty-fadier dead at-my feet. To fly was the impulse of the mo- ilien\and.alter aseertainln ^ilmt hfa wm iiwl—d extinct, and that noljiing could be done, I cast down tho fatal weapon, turned back to the hovel where I had left m y own clothes, changed laosa I wotajor them, and crossiug the country in all haste reached — ; , where 1 got on a £oodoa Z. R^ILES, DEALER in Watches, Clocks. Jewelry. Silver- Ware, Fauci/ Goods, d'c. — one door East of - -the BaXtri/. anil opposite the Phccnix Block; on Mill Street. t35\ Watches and Clocks repaired and war ranted. * ' at seven o'cloik, thus indicating precisely the him. That .the last interview '.was stormy and painful, he frankly acknowledged; s nee, not E. T. DEAN, FASHTOXABLETAILOR. Will attend promptly to all biD-iness orders in his line. Cutting done on short notice, and warranted to fitAvr.LL if properly '\'\made. Strop- oit~Mill st^afenrdoars -eatt-of -S. II. ^-G^olliain^loi^^viie-sidi^Mp^lairs.. •.—, ^_ I-ougJit to'have said before-this-^iatirwlierrl -enedHseriVHntSj -scarcely-knowing what\tOHltvsenf4^ iUa '- ,1Qlu: -^ i 0 - J,a ' 1 dune.- And it was wlien on -S i r-Peu s-tool^pc*sessi on-of^ h i rel^^ IXSUKANCir AGENCY, ^072 SOUXD AXD RELIABLE COMMANIES, AT No. 2 1'iiiKXix BLOCK,-DNKIPA. ' Tlie subscriber is Agent for the Granite Insurance Company, of Xew York City, and several other good Companies, amTcilfeffiecl' iusitraWrTayatnK'tbss-tnx1l$Te;Gwlttt , m Stock or 'Mutual plan, at the option of the applicant IHA t). Brtow>, Insurance Agent. servants were dismissed, cxeept one, an elderly woman, who had been nurse to Isabel Sliirley, and afterwards to Reginald. Truly and faith fully this woman, Winifred Jones, had loved both her \\J^\\^ 1 j\^^ 1 \ ^ Jl^iftiUtmi! J&T I remember,\ says Lord Bidden, \ Mr. Justice Gould tryjng a case at York, and when he had proceeded for about two hours, herobser- her memory, treated the guardian oftier infancy with so much indulgence and gentleness. Fot* Isalxil's sake she forgave Sir P.eirs' wrongs to Reginald, whom she loved in spite of, and not because, qf- his connections with a family whose hour at which the murder had been committed, i content.with relusing Iris proposal to re-purrhase In- the ditch, with only one barrel '/(srWyfo 1 j his paternal lauiis^ai any price, in tho most lay a fowling piece; upon its stock was a silver shield, bearing tfie Shirley arms. Tho pot'kets of tiro deceased were untouched, plainly showing that some very dilferent motive to plunder had caused the deed. Ii) a few hours tho terriblo news had spread liko wild fire all over'the coijiity. The fright- innumerable,\ so that before nightfall; ho-ts of unnecessary people, from all quarters gathered together at the Court. suiting term,s, Sir PoiM sulTorcd himself, iii the heat of passion, to make certain assertions re lative to a, deceased rnemlajr of tho Sliirley family, which ex-asperated his visitor almost lo madness. It was to obtain\a contradiction to theso assertions that he had sought, his old nurse, the depositoTy of the family* secrets, at the un who had idolized her and.who, in reverence fenlbusiness;. but at last Sir Peir's conh'do'ntial Fqr spme time, of course, the visitors did nothing but get into each other's way—talk wOiiUer, 1 aud impede tiurthiug'iu ihir^diafw ll!3_ .tfayL-to'.-her, whiln phingmg^onLrecldiasly- tlirough the wood nearest .to the houser. sq ab- were sotbed iu anxiety, wrath and indignation, as to : be unconscious where he was\going that hornet with tho accident that had own blood. deluged him. in his solicitor arrived, and tho confusion was speedny reduced to order. The supernumerary attend ants were dismissed, the coroner and Ins jury .summoned,-and the events''of the last.tweul^-- fnur hours' laid\ before them, ~ —.The parting' words of 'which' so much 'Jind been made, were spoken in answer'to Sir Peir's reiterated and tauuling refusal to sell Shirley, anil were uttered 4n tho. rago of the rnomeut,| without any deeper meaning than to assure tho baronet of his vusitor's'unalterable determination in snmpprt ,iu his.aim looso a moment!\ Anil turning back into the house, he led, us quickly to the room' whore 1 Jiad left him -with Reginald Shirely. . W[iat- i had expected to see I do not know : 4>uWwji7U-1 did neu, w .iiK .Mr.. Shirfey 'lvirufrqipoft= the very spot upon which I had- helped i\> place him, and the village surgeon kneeling by bis. side. Ilis eyes were ope.n, and» he was evidently sensible, and aware of all that was passing but nvor !ii<; rnnnrpnaiinn .was that, fearful gray shade Immediately upon arriving in town I wroU a far'well letter to/Jessie ; blood stained as J was I could not endure to meet her; and.therefore simply tel'irurher that circumstance* had oc curred whiclt ^tust part us forever, I bade bar forget me and \ me and b« nappy.' \Wfiat would nappenat Shirley wb^P F**i body was discovered I dared not think; Mt what did happen never entered my »Mpy^r^ • I'never dreamed, that any ©oa would suttsrl«r :' inv silenciTand tharafore I maibtaioad it ved,' II«re areoniy eleven jurym'en in the box : where is tho twelfth?' 'Please you rhy lord, J said one of tho clevtti, he has gone away on some other business,. buFlIas left his verdict with me. treatment of Iter darling had- caused her to _ detest the «holo~i'ace alruost^as mucJr-asnhe\[TTa5 _ propa'red.—i baronet did. Well, for ten years Winifred and Sir \Peirs\ lived in almost solitary graDdeur_at?the Court. For-lho' result ofnhe- investigation vrvry one rarprepared.^CoTnblrrtn^itFirio circumstan ces, the ancient feud between the Slnrleys and\ .Lynwoods, the deep personal hate of the present chiefs, the recent stormy'interview, followed so Hostile gun, which lie had left\ with bothj piarrels Joadedgfin-a keeper's hut in the Home Park, catne where' it was\ found, be could not tell; and that the man who bad aworn to hav ing teen him in the'-park with' Sir Peirs, was which never lingers long upon the -face of the living, and which warned us that death was'at hand, Upon our-entrance an expression of in-- Uose /reJief, add satisfaction otosaed' his iiattures, and, in a faint voice, he v «*id : v • t
