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BINH8 A Free Religious Liberlj and Equal Righto to all man IN ADVANCE THURSDAY MAY 5 1870 hoofs id Cult gallop a shout was borne upon Frenzied by toy peril I the trail and we determined for the night at the foot of a grassy hi few yards from the edge of a gaping Whole No 124 fearful of situation rough bind my shirt I quickly my resolve tod frith movement unexpected I threw the band that clutched ray tress- away iron Angers that ted my throat and All this occurred within three seconds To leap through tbe crashing window ran to mount d ride with lightning towards the forest were feata of a moment After riding some three miles rousing the is by headlong I crashed over all obstructions at another irmonntable I dismounted and my ear to the ground to detect ndB of pursuit To my alarm the sound of the dull and rapid thud of hoofs vibrated through the earth Mine was now a fearful situation with a worn- out horse in trackless forest with no guide but the silent moon and with rapidly gaining upon me and weapon with me sayeoije loaded pistol I left personal own mo and for this purpose the roaring fire made in but I to bo thrown bound hand and foot into it Ho confessed also that he had initruoUd bis followers to enact the mock tragedy of the bo that one ride on in advance and apprise of my coming were the villains intentions He begged hard for life but without remore the settlers swung him into that bourne whence no traveller returns In wo returned to settle ment and in a ftw days under an exper ienced boWocdraairsgi3oceIreJwhed the discomfiture of Red Nick and his Port Philip and my duty chiefly consisted in keeping a watch ful eye upon the stevedores at work in the hold for they were terrible fellows for broaching cargo whenever they could get and the quant that a named was Id the vicinity of where I lay Its good for us the mate thinks its the lumpers as broaches cargo or wed never get a Bay Bill cant we smuggle off enough to last voyage home I heard him say I hallooed in a faint that sounded strangely unnatural myself Help Im jammed up in of glass Lets get out good would ever come of this way of do ing replied his companion I hallooed again louder and more dis tinctly For Gods sake dont leave me here to die I cried Thats the third mates voice for Bare said Whats be down here and help chap and gotten its best hes not a perhaps wont split Flinging cases and bales aside they ad vanced quickly toward me guided by my chasm from roar of a swollen the three of us threw of Morpheus Suddenly in the wee morning hours a rough shake awakened ine from my dreams towards the bank of the At Erst I saw nothing but closer scrutiny revealed the draggled condition of the ground and herbage about the chasms edge and a fur hat suspended from its side truth r the ined my eyes the abyss hut it all gloom save where straggling moos beams streamed their soft and weird ligli rocky sides I tried to a human of fardowu rushing ive the piercing shriek of ightowl betrayed living lonely forest Echoes above an we red wind a leaped upon my horse buried tbe rowels into his lac erated flanks sped on at my former pace But the animals strength was ind without warning he headlong to the grounda lifeless My pace had so gradually slackened that my pursuers had gained upon me greatly As a last resource I sprang be hind a huge oak and cocked my pistol horseman at full speed came irn and went headlong horse the dead body of my poor Bleed Seeing my chance I sprang at the a tremendous blow of my pistolbutt rendered dark shade of the dense foliage he would carry ine out of thedangen forest when the animal his furious career and back his haunches This unlookedfor an violent movement threw me high over tl beasts head whtre I lay at the foot of beers and many temptations Notwithstanding all my board offered them shouts and horses hearts we turned to of which tether told that tbe beast had got rode along frequented trail which my guide said led to This had been a most beautiful day and the south- gleamed through the oaks and cedars with oriental splendour A sad den turn brought us in view of logs from whose the wreaths that betrayed tb of man Racked by a hours ride we gladly dismounted and knocked To curled and shaggy while he conducted ted of of rudely made at the roaring fire and stalwart and Both provided with partially stunned Frantic with it the effects of animal turned and galloped back through the woods As the sound of bis hoofs died away I recovered and desper ately awaited the arrival of my pursuers On on on came the rapid clattering of hoofs until I perceived the full figure of man armed and mounted approaching iwiftly towards me He was evidently unaware of my mity for he came with unabated speed At ten paces discharged my pistol at breast With a cry of agony he reeled from his saddle to the ground and lay upon his face Prompted by humane feelings I stooped over him and in that face of deathly pallor I recognized Sutler the man who had gone over the cliff Horrorstricken I recoiled Glancing upturned and ghastly face I then mounted this my third re lay and galloped rapidly away In my weak and spent condition I must have fallen the victim of my pursuers if after a short but hard ride bad not perceived a a log cabins a little ahead sur rounded by a clearing I dismounted and knocked A grey- bearded settler kindly welcomed me and when I related my terrible adventure host pronounced my assailants to be other than Red Nicks band spread through the settlement and in the universal indignation a party armed and mounted to go in pursuit of the outlaws After an hours ride we came upon the Sutler who was at once member of Red Nicks band Without delay we rode on and soon dis covered the outlaw whom I had stunned with a blow of my pistol just recovering from his Insensibility He was promptly void of contents and I by tbe chief officer for brighter lookout This galled me much for I was confident tbe gang then at work redalors as I had seen several casks dragged empty from the places where they had been stowed and I knew that there depletion was owing other agency than the one attri buted At last I received a hint from cook that there wa3 always plenty of knocking about in the inference I naturally drei sailors had effected ingress to the hold by forcing a parage through the bulb id in the forepeak and made nightly upon the cargo so I resolve sneak below after had closed at sunset and endeavour to catch some of the crew in flagrante delicto I told the matn the suspicions I and be considered my project good one so shortly after nightfall he lowered me down the after hatchway him self carefully reclosingit as of course if the men got a notion of what was in the wind my mission would be fruitless The night was cloudy and stormy oc casional squalls of wind and rain drown ing every sound on deck but in the spa cious lower hold all was still and dark and silent as the grave I groped my way for- I repeatedly hailed them At only one case stood between them and they rolled it away and grasped the beneath which I lay Are yon much hurt sir asked can scarcely tell I replied as they lifted me up Then I pointed in tbe di- ition of the skeleton Look there I d Mercy mercy cried the sailor poor fellow whoa himself away for the passage be added vhen the first agony of surprise had pass- id away I was sorely bruised but no were Tbe sailors assisted me along un it I got under the main hatchway then they went up on deck tin the and told the mate they thought some one was the hold He thinking I had made tore opened the hatch and I i dead than alive from the all the mate except part relating to the two sailors for I did to get them into trouble as they aided me and next day the unfortu nate stowaway brought up on deck- paper found in pocket of l Led his came and former and afterwards learned that the unhappy man had wished to join his sweet- ward for hands intil at last I found r ofmachin- which barred the passage from hatchway to the other on the star board side On the port side and small cases of wines were stowed i I could lift them I the top layer and crawling as I did so As a lamp would have betrayed my presence to the thieves I did carry one but I had a few matches vest pocket and I when I lost my way rinth of goods At last goodsized bale I had arrived at the self away in the pump well from whence no sound reach to the deck and so met the terrible fate I have recorded There was no more cargo broached at night aboard the ater Nymph that trip A Little claims of Witt Clinton pVfty feeling was strong and rampant Those who favoured the war measures of the admin istration had renominated President and the contest was duly opened In a thriving town of Oxford county in what was then the District of Maine from whence all the cargo had hardworking wellmeaning man been removed I faced about and began Jeri Philips who had heretofore lowering myself by my hands and feet to voted with the Federalists He knew as the kelson but a case I grasped gave way about politic and I was suddenly precipitated to the nBnman plank flooring the package falling upon down with which was considerable I tried but the effort was futile and the J- work for Mr Noble Republic Jerry he The furnished with a chairs and table stood another man who was heaping fuel unitionpouoh and diligently conceal ed theij faces by their huge sombreros Their reserved and silent mood which even the relation death did not disturb caused me to act cauti ously and I privately signalled my to do I had just fallen into a dote caused by fatigue when I felt my beneath table grasped as in a ice a heavy cloth thrown over my head a blow as from a sledgehammer mo stunned and wards the fire and awoka to the ruffian whom I bad felled a month before that on tbe pave menl of San Saban Hotel The mystery was thickening around me The outlaw was secured upon a horse and set out for the brigands cabin and when we arrived at cabin all was si- leur By the aid of a lantern the interior was scrutinized On the floor halfcov ered with the debris of chairs and tables the body of my guide whom I had shot when I burst from the murderer ds He of Red Nicks gang fling and a peculiar sickening odor hung upon it After fum bling in my pocket for a match I struck the last one I had against the iron band of the case Directly it ignited a sheet of white flame flitted around and in its pale light I saw a ghastly skeleton crouched in close to I lay I uttered a cry of horror for it was chimera I was really in the tomb of j who had once been mortal and the flame which bad illumed the dark cavity where I was had been caused by gases generated in the decaying body of unfortunate man who must have lured in a living sepulchre In a of terror I uttered wild screams for but only the echoes of my own void wered and no other sound broke thi the dread stillness save the hurrying of many feet as of rats flerj ige drops of sweat welled up and stood in dewy beads upon my brow I had just ijLiu the intense darkness if lured by fascination I glanced in tha direction of j the figure until my eyes stood features when I perceived beneath a tree and Red Nick astride on a bone under its lowest branch struck me instantly that these border- about to mete out punishment usual to offenders of tbe backwoods I tried to dissuade them but in vain Red Nick was exhorted to confess Softened by the fear of death he complied He had him and by strata gem ordered of their sockets I fancied I could long bony arm of the skeleton thrust forth to grasp me the fleshless fai settlers the hollow temples seemed clear to my sight and the white rows of teeth seemed this year Jerry nd Mr He old be explained how necessary Jerrys heart was fired to vote for Madison said dubiously ye Ive voted tother len they ask me what for Im for Jem Madison what rill support our Jerry nodded Nolle that for the only man who Navy and stop ihe villa Federal ked how he intended to For Jem Madison a promptly Jerry But Jerry I thought you patriot So I be Then how can yon vote for Madison Because replied Jerry with lofty enthusiasm hes the only man that will support knavery and stop the Jerry probably imagined as he turned away that the position was impregnable and hence his auditors had wondered and v i was but a and I could bear the the wind and not with the wind wind belter than none horrible phantasy strained nerves relaxed and I swooned How long I remained t tell but when my I a noise a a I lay returned I of ray of yellow light conduct i where ha would gleam through the interstices of loosely stowed packages on my rieui Then the sound of a mans voice fell upon my ear and by intonation of it I knew of and He who cannot abide the storm without flinching lies down by the wayside to be over looked or forgotten