ili‘HIgHE

RALD,‘ WEDNESDAY, ~ JAN.

,15, 1868.

("r .3 . ~ . w h "'"M ‘ ”“ EVENING CHUII‘A. O‘m the fort-at prdtly straittiirig. Sizhs the wind an aoft and low. My-fi' mun-la. like iiounilit in dreaming, Song of bird: and watch flow; From the distant city pt‘lllttgt IIal‘kI the Evening Uilllllt‘i so sweet; Bots. in tairy ('ll‘dci wheeling. ' mquomqbcnt by tairv fool.

_.Wlien Out' day ofilfu is ending. Matting into III blow. gin-y; Time.0tcruity. soft blending.

’ ‘Tlaua may peace our twilight stray; Cliimi's from licavvn, rut‘t-ily so iii-ling. “'ith thpit' blissful protuiau corin‘. unpu'n bright mt-aat‘ngt-ro lurl‘t)untlllt:.

Earth and all its sorrow! dumb.

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Marathon twenty-five years ago. Ben. Ringbolt and I‘sbippad on board the North Sta'. on a three yttar'b whaling voyage. Bait. and I had been brought up tiova Illat'lllrl‘; and. the iii-iii time we went to meta. it WM iii the ship. and we navcr parted until pour Rm. went on that long vovugc wliicfifiwc have all Ntdaltu tint-tier or later. tllltl from which uoue harp ever CUInt‘ lint-k to «pin yiirtta about the wonders they have seen beyond. Bfllv and I Itad‘vttlwaya been like lirotlieru: ttui Qtarrcach of ma left a sweeiituart behind. that we llittl pmmisnl to marry no our return ; and. an every- thing it": did tvan'kao'tvtt to cat-hotlier. We used to talk oi Ilium between ourselves. uud picture their iov when we alsogiiti return. '

Pom- B-tlt l poor‘Mary! the parting that aviant the ship returned it WUIII' ta llL'ltttl o sorrow to one of them. .

_ well. the North Star sailed away: each day pitt . miles and mitt-a betwcett’un atttltlioae we left behiud ;

“ml in due time we had mdttdad the Horn. and nail-

od.aorayaoii.tlte went tibia of tho Cttlllllu'llla and at

ladwacttedoun tlahinggrtaiutls. 'I‘iio aeasou win well advanced; no we ttttd but little time for work; ajid almost before we knew it. the long bigliin and cold went upon its; no we bot'c itthy to Ala-kit. whom wet were. uvmu artitgly IIUU'H‘JI hit my 'Ittrig and dreary wintevlhat wad running over the Icoft'tu-l Know. liltcaahip with her nails all lol DUIUI‘G-C'Spfluklug

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"than we were pooped up for goo-I two months with

duly now autltiictr a tut-u on ninth: to pay a visitlo

the natives. 'I‘tto sun had scarcelv altowc his taco 3f ‘pll.‘lphd'otily a few ihmttciita when ‘itxtlid. It was alrtlifllll though it wiivtlight an day. for the city was all

.hhummitli great flaming awortla that I'ttecttied to

wave to and lro as you looked upon .llietn. ,You

Bari-ow it our life itaw artvthiag hall on grout] av

{hone fights wort; ‘wlwn‘titere tvere no fleocy'clouda.

anil‘t‘itcRaincoat-re flashing on the sti'ow tllttl iced

Tltuo' 'wut nothing that I oior arm which could

'eoittpilt-tt with it. I ‘

OIIIi day. or rritlirr night. some of the mutt-mt chirp: fouvboard and reporch liiat it hope. white. boar had been such making oli ovcr the ice toward:l tho. hills that We could are sparkling in the light aortic iotir‘ or live mitt-,3 away Every one. tram tht- ~C-a‘piiaiu tlthfiflfl the cook. was eager to go in pur- riuttvol‘the'aitimal. whit-Ii was described a5 beiug a m itHIOI' for III".

OI ctmrne. all could not go. and as an example to if...“ wit; mtiai ltu luti behind. the captain remained. and Iltt‘ lira! tttulc ltd the party 3 among whom. it no ch top-d, were Lit-it. “MI I‘. thanking our ntara that wi- lintl’kf‘ a ct'aut-o to Mlclt'lt our leg“ ashore. Wu secre'ttot long in latitigput on the trail by, natiieil ; mpd we wort-punt a mile from short: when Wp a-iw attai- mime proceeding along lit-hire Iltt some di-tant-c mhbad. making hitt way in uo hurry lthlflIi’. the "itilli.’ or rather Mills of ice that stretched throat-elves thip; the Ii-trtz-tn. The snow and in! wora‘so hard {hat it seemed as though we went travelling nu u ,iuarbht flinchtfltd that bear lt-it hardly trail enough 1." ma to discern where it had pasted along. ‘

[It Wait f‘pttl‘l for tit-I. tlimt to have free use 0i: our

4929; and with loud tIiiouta now and the". which v".

'forttul it illipmlslllle to attpprt’htt. we hurried on in

itnpv-d ttt got in: near enough to the heart!) Send ‘a

idiot after it before it began to climb ‘lie hills. where

pot-imp.- it had in den. or might hide from no holes. "Mitt brought to bay. But in itpitc at all our hurry ‘lt reaclivd tltb foot of tho t-liflb arid began to climb up ihujaggcd monies. while We wt-rc an for distant

Uial .u uhot eettt after it man be well directed to

‘ltava "tkt‘ll ttht-t't. cvet: ii the built-t had gone as far

Once or twin: the bear had turned tot‘vartla us. as vii scouting pursuit. and than had gone on again at ‘ ‘tlw name- pm aa' before. I. on now after climbing

“up a‘jiaggt-d clitf. in high as the mast-head. wherc 'firihrflil obtain a good look-out. it atoppctl and took

I‘llv'llltfil'tliu look at tin; and although Wt) cami-

liltirryitiii on. it aliowt-d lltlltflrll! to proceed. At Iant

tint mate. tlcterrtiirted to risk a idiot; and bringing :‘ his rillc ttl‘bcar.‘hc sent tltc bullct flying in the di- frptitiou of lltfi‘yll‘fltlfiit‘l’. who. ‘I'HNI'IIIK on ‘ltlt’i liiud . ingamud uttering a flame growl. ahowcd that ho itittl "rat-eivod the ball. Atolvout OI triumph broke lroai ‘ turf thrush. htr we felt intro that the hear was con “la ‘Xut- ptitvefi‘aod incapable of giving no it mitt-h .{jfmfirr chitno. But in this we taiou found we were. Amati-ken it tor Wiltmtllmr growl at an. it went on

'at no increased pace. and iii a law ttiotiteuttt it W“! ‘ ’hi'dultv‘n from our right amid the jagged mar-melt of ice. that arrive ucarcd tififootol tlic li'll,itcctitcd iin» y‘auuilda for It! to climb over. , ’ .._ Though the way woo atcrpand slippery. we found

‘tltat we t-otil’d retain a tnoiholtl Whth tho bear had

quite, though 3. Iran the atlvitttlitutt til tiatttt regard-

ing its clown Bob. was in the advance. i next. and

(lit! rartmtaha party atraugliou lit-.liiutl t. curl al‘tor ti tvltlfc' Kittfllttltlfitvtl harem-la tltot upot wherotho snow ' ‘tvalt mitt-lied by a criittaoti Mtcak. tilting no a trail fti‘ttflftltl not tpiatake'. 'l'ltttt tltc hear was tie- UQ.grl‘r.~ly;svputitl_cd.. tliq‘ro miuid be no dol'ibt ; and out

mt; ‘ltjt'tl by this iigu.‘ we gave another aliput and «ml-Ottawa“: v ,t’ _ .

: Icatt tall you that mJtard climbing. and more ‘ «momma. ttmrrtmotttr tip matte «vault-act with the :Iplehyateniiur ovary mow! ttgjiis roared wa‘ it

pititatlum. ' ‘ rj,wure'ao.rcppa;(o cling-to. and it

Wampum pharmunt‘ tun. damp-lth illicit“.

C,’lm~l"3l§pp¢d. aodtattltt oat boot: for Bsa’adttmd "at “tit”! apfld amino”! motto-havovgoor ' can mku wthr..svttt“tp- t

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l manta: and with another about after we had taken tor-oath. we pressed on. Bob. still in the advance and E I followed him close. keeping an eye out for danger. . A call from tho unite for mo. cans-d me to pan-e .uuiil botanic up; and Ben. oagcr to be the first. thlfllufllt alone. itttd before we again went forward ‘wc had lnstsigltt of him. I lnoraaticd my pace. att ldid also the mate ; but hardly had we take!) a

dozen ntcpti when the report of Reu’o pistol started . us. and the echoes rollsd among the clitht. followed

‘ut the «mo mnmlul by a terrible bowl of sonar?

‘ritrre and a human cry for aid. which was well~itigh ldrotvtiod by the roar of the beast. which accrued to *alirtke the very ice upon which we stood.

| For a moment that cry fastened me. as it ware..to lilie ice. without the power of motion: but the flpel. j was broken by the mate as he shouted :

" Forward men. and roacua your comrade or .avonge his death by the death of the monster. But ~ bc careful."

l The men did not need this to cause them to prosa :It'trWtIl'll It! fast it: possible. btit it had the ethict to gawakon me from the sort of trance into which I had i fallen when the cry had filled my cars: and with- a ‘lionntl I attract: forward. A few steps revealed to

me it night so terrible that for years afterwards it ' hatttttotl mo in my aleep. and even now I aometimoti Scorn to see it an plainly as ever. .

‘ The space befor'e me watt nearly clear oftho great

L . iice-bmiltlt-ra which were strewn so thickly behind tutti ‘lllltl the way to the foot of the ciill. that we wort“

znow (‘IINO upon. was descending. no much on. that forte naml to it could have alitl upon Iiin feet down pin the very bottom. Iiad it not been for n L’t‘t‘tt .t‘llll'lln that opt‘ttcd near the centre of the field. will which appeared to run along its whole length. \Vc lolllllll tell nothing of itr-i depth: but the dark line

tltat revealed it to its altviwod that it would be im-

iDOflillllB for its to cross it from Its width. Donbtlesa

it was it deep crevice tiiat had been opened by earth- quake or by some strange movement. in the great Riel-l til it'd. ‘

But. the sieht which from our blood was that which Wu behold on the edge of the chasm nearest

1 its—the Illl"e white monster we had been following y “up, "Imp... the“ m titrinui erect upou its haunt-hes with poor “on. lying: I only he i

clone to Iii: side. and the place about them stained with blood that had flowed from their wounds

For a moment neither the mate nor myncll could hardly think or stir. while tliti monster before its ut- tered a succession of' growls. tltat ttountlcd as deep and threatening at the coming of tho tempest among the. wilt-t of the ship. For a rimtnciit it would look upn't iti- victim. lying: lit-lpletta at its feet : and than it would glare upon us, uttering itg deep growls all (hit Wltllt‘. ,

The «poll that WM upon ttit began to wear away. and the mato slowly Iirotizlit hia pit't‘e to bear upon tbS‘mo‘tater. witnatttltlrtily dropt down on all Mart. and. although still uttering his growla. seem- ed about to t‘Otnm't'llf'e a meal upon poor Ben. who now by it motion of his hand cave tie to understand that he was alive. and aonaiblo oi' the danger lie was Ill.

" For Ileavrti'a sake take good aim. Mr. Jones." I said. an I saw the mate was about to fire. “ Ai'n itt it.-t head. but not too low. or you may hit. Ben."

There waaa loud report which prorated to shatter the icy craig about lltl. and. wind: the smoke cleared itwav. we. saw the bear standing there. apparently utiliarmotl. The ballot had gone wide of its mark. and another and fit-,rt-er growl than any Which Iiitd peccded it was the return we had from the boar. who appeared to be on the point of making name new move. which we thought must menu in our direc- tion. . -

" Parker. uivo me your gun." called the mate to the titan lit-hind him; and. as ho vouched out his hand to take it. the bear suddenly clasped poor Ben to hia firm". and ttprearing itself on its bind loge, took a few atcpn in our direction. Fpt‘fltl: liiglil into the. air. dirw-tly over the fearfttl.chasm wlicrc. tor a “mineral. both man and brute seemed suspended. and then came down an cinch to the other edge that they aoemeil to rust (or a moment upon uotltiug.

hold. and then. to our horror. both man and beast disappeared from sight. down in the fearful chasm.

party. as we ,witnetttlotl tho torriblc fate of our com- paniott. and we made our way down ua best we could to the edge of the charm and gazed Into its fearful 'Icpllhl. All was gloom. notional: that the tight» dart- int: across the airy could not penetrate. We called upon Baa. by nattic.altitnuuit we had nohopea of his being alive ; and the echoes answered us back. as if in mockery.

I can tell you tlieypwere ttitd beam that we carried hat-it to the nliip. “'c lclt poor Ben. in his tomb til ice; and when in the spring we sailed away. itscem- ted tut though we had left him there alive. and more than one tcat' wait idiot]. and backward look cast to Iiia memory. In after years. when in those parts. I kept well clear of tho iccdieltla of Marita.

CRUEL Tmfnuiaxr or TllE txsaxizi

4 [From the Nt-w York Com. AdvertimrJ

The rcct-nt exposure of tho scents of that Illinoio latntttt- Asylum proves that Mr. Charles Rt-atlo‘a del- vription of the horrors of innilbniiiieu wait in no it-rtpt-ct cxttggrl'taltttl. Aspevial t-ottiitiitn-e ut‘ the Illinois Le- ;ulatumiuakra timin- atnaainu revelationa ot‘ the hand. tiratuit-nt of' the bottoms of the State lttttmo Asylum. at Jat-ksiatville. 'l'lto mort horrible condition of affairs tit‘t‘thllt‘tl in that institution. The really excellent laws formed for its itiatiitucnwnt and thc protectiott of the hrlpletio illl‘lillt“ wrre openly violate-d. I’ct‘aotttt were rcrcivt-tl for Ii't'fltflleltl Without iltc formality of it jury. lt'cnrdiuu to thy- Stttto laws. and omen Worn ltcpt ittt-ro cilati'ary to law and iteceulty. Tito inmates. avmaglttk with: 330 ltt number.ltnlf malt-s and littll t’a- .ua'ca. were whjuct. to tho ulatoat irrropottaihla care of main tltll‘ly main and female atti-tiilantu. llow [ht-lat at. it-mlitnta al-asctl tin-tr trout and innit-rod the most bor- tiblo crurlitao ppon tho helplcu patients lllllltl‘ thcit .~onti‘ul, iv ratvraltttl In tho raport of the iaventlgutbrtt r-orttmtttrr. with atlry official prrcisiou that exuttrn a ilcflwt' lotvrt-at tital the “more butth wrought tlct-t-i'ip- tutti ni tit-vellum. Rll fit: attatitlauta worn out culpri- ida. Some ot theta were humane pvratma. but it auti- .«iettt "outlier went guilty of ci'ucltie- that an rt-pulatve to humanity. I

w. «it only specify a few of the charges imported by tho Com-mitten... 'I’ho terrible putllollllll'ub of the -' cold-v, bath" was-inflicted ttpuit the hunt dolicalc t't-iualo “than, about of whom died ttutlvr and-In con miticltce til'tito built-tacit. ’l‘ltu patient: wort. placed in a bath trio-thirds full of water, with bands and fact ttttd. amt sometimesjith the straight-jacket on. Their- timid: would then be tvpi-aiedly pluitgvd under water. and knit tba-a‘ti till aigtta of atraiipnlationaplmarmt stimuli-u the [ttatiatllll wore tied uptm their bitch. and until wtatar-thtfttpou tltvirlawes and mottttia. One men. to: endeaVoriag to escape. wu. Ito doufl'cd‘and his Ma shackled. autl lit-pt l'or lhrro oiotitlia perftictly without in a '«L‘flkt.” . This "crib" wot a sort of' open will». It as mail. of plank. about Ill". Itth oldie

it a coil in of. Inelttto apart. like a cage-woo two levt Eb. oi: as! lvtt‘, and too and a bait“ loot wide. be patient. wold on. be to taupe-tilt»: in this "crib "- ttpoa lib Adieu-mm» woroolso pt toasts M rjlrloltoalt'or lt-aaor oloovudistt , ‘ mam.

. taunts bars: heart aha it .tor taunt tagalutar . puny-mo to ma ‘be bars ' vxn‘onked «town, and loft for ‘ bamboo: . “ad. taraaapayonaera {or silty fa] hi» the

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The bear next made a frantic eiiort to secure a foot-j

A cry of horror broke from the lipa of all tltll"

men. it waa one of the rules of the Asylum that po- tlenfl abould itot liu down to rest during the day-time. Some of the weak. idiotic f‘ctnalc inmates wot-ti cou- nitkttll)‘ vial-trim: tlm extraordinary order, and than drew down ponlaliment upon thematilvcl. But many of the cam had not cvon this excuao. to pool-h tin-tit. Wilt-l gaunt-ally arbitrary. in accordance with the brutal whims of' the attendants.

It Is fair to intuition that the lawn of Illinois are moat enlightened and humane. and that the State in not liable to lri'urloutI reflections on account of those cxpoaurca. Tin blame in to be dlvided bittireett the Superintendent, Dr. McFarland. and the trttvtaies. alien laxity parrniitrd then abuse: to continua unre- drussnd for no long a time. Then again. titero is an in- evitable tendency in human nature to abuse ittt printer. and trample upon the th-l‘riiceleu. Of course. means are in program to remedy tiicoc ubnttsl. but the ex more: that. itavo baan manic prove that this laws for t 9 pro- tection of tho inaino minim constant watcbt'ulntiu and superviaiou by the humane. .

A Haux'ruo J an. m CIIICA00.—-TIII Chicago Times says that mysterioua uoirtcu bava been recently heard in the jail of that tity by the officials and pri- none". and mate of the latter profess to have new appalling nights. The noise generally aattuniea the charactor of unearthly wailt. such as no veuiriloqnist could make. and appears to come from the vault of a water closet. Two of thoxttordo any they heard the words “ 0 door !" thrice repeated in tones of feartul ' agony. apparently booting from the vault. The past. The superstition is rife among the priaouera that the. jail is haunted by tho apirit of a murderer named Fleming. who was executed nearly two years ago. One of them. a coloured man. named William Jones. sayii that he awoke one night in liiti cell and saw the figure of a man hanging with a atrap around hitt neck to the grating which open! into the venti- lator from the ceiling. He says that tho fright over- camo him to such an extent that lie fainted. Witliiu the past two weeks the deputy aliorifi'a who have been on watch. have on aeveral nights been called to the coils of prisoners whom they found in parox- ysms of fear and horror, asserting that r. spirit had appeared to them.

George Hughes and George Phillips. who have occupied cell No. 28 for the last four wccktt. stated 1 that every night since their confinement. except twii. i they have heard the noises apokrn of. though they ‘ have seen timltirtg. They describe the points ittt isomotltintr awful. 'I‘hcy seemed to be the cries of acute being iii the moat dreadful tlinfrv-sfl. The four iotnatua of coil No. 32 Filtlllllnltrtlllhly itwolta on Mnudav tiiirltt. conscious of something terrible. but what they knew not. As thev bat l'p in bed. cat-h too much frightened to utter a Word. they felt a cold. rII‘hIHL’ wind sweep through the cell. chilling Pnull to hit very bones. At the same instant this cell d H)!“ (the inucr ("tor of wood) shook tttitl rattled. seeming to swing violently open and aliitt again. Then all was still. Tho four men out bolt upright. listening for ocvcrttl moments. But they heard no more. Every night since they have heard tlio peculiar moaning notiad which has been noticed by every iu- mate of the jail.

Tint Ratbwav BiLL.-—-'l‘lte Government Bill for l the construction of the ltitorcolttuial Railway. con- tain-t. among others. provision» that it tthall run from

' llivcr tltl Loop to cuniirt-t with the line from lIali-S

- fax. at or near 'l‘rttro

I ; that it shall be of the 5 ft.

6 in. gauge; that its construction and management EHIlltll be ti-idter the charm: of four Commissioners. to t be appointed by the Governor. and to hold otlico duo ‘ ring pleasure. and that they shall have full power to toxplorc. attrvcy atid llx the site of the railway be- :tween the points named. to purchan land. to give lt'ontracta for its construction (contracts amounting !to 810.000 or upwards. requiring to be sanctioned [by the. Governor in Council :) that a Chief Engi- fnccr shall bo appointed by the Governor to have the 3 general soprriutciidaot-e—tiudcr the instructions that

he may receive frtun the Cotiiiniaaioiiera—oi the

works. and by whom all works mtiat hr certified to | before payment br- tiuttle to any contractor; that no member of Parliament shall hold any olilco of emol much! under tlte Commissioners. or be a contract- sor or party to any contract for the conittriirtion of lauy part of the railway ; and that the salary of the Commissioners and of the Chief Eiiuiucer. shall in the first instance. be fixed by the Governor in Cotto- cil. subject to tit-t reviaion and confirmation til i’ar- liament at its first aeaaion tlicreaitcr.-—[Moutreal Trade Review.

An amusing incident occurred yentcrday in the Dublin head police office. A boy hauled Cttnvill. an apprentice to a chimney-sweeper. watt charng with having attempted to commit a felonious assault on his master’s daughter. The charge was proved. and he waa sentenced to be ituprir-oued for fourteen days and kept to hard labor. While awaiting the orrivalof' the policeman who was to bring him to gaol. he was placed in a room til the baaomeutatory ot' the cottrt. which was used an a lock-up. and there lch in company with other priaouets. it was suppos- ed‘in sale custody. Srarcely. however. had the key been turned in the door. when. turning to account liia professional skill. he plunged into the chimney. aaceutled the line with amusing agility, and getting across the root tleitcentlod another chimney and made good his eacape. His fellow prisoners intend iu envious admiration and bore without a murmur tlic mttrkelv ahowcr which came down upon them during his flight. The expression of diuappointmeut in the face of' the conatablo in charge when he found that his vigilance had been baffled. would have formed an interesting aubject for on artivt.