Stf" gj *SlJ,"*y*^Tf-^J?*^ iWt jn- j~-i rr"? "V sr **&? *w* ttV 2gr were fully revealed to the shuddering solemn. Quiet and subdued,they thought OFF* CAPE HOBK. heard from Mr. Gough moved my soul which he is obliged to live, and by the sailors. Suddenly the sails shivered and of eternity, which mystery they were like the spectacle of my own sweet boyi dally multiplying proofs ofthe crime and A. Hamlcal Incident. flapped. firmly convinced they would soon solve. 'playing drunk as papa does.'"Sev. Dr{ blunder, into which he allowed hiinself I do believe Mr. Pieraon that we are "Up with your helm! keep her full!" Every sail that was available,, had been Cugler, in The Evangelist. to be drawn by the solicitations of the* fated, and the ship laboring under a spell shouted the captain, as he turned toward set, but the ship was little less than five Russian war party, and the beguiling & as bad as that which is said to envelop x* the binnacle. hundred yards from the rocks, and the A SPANISH TRAGEDY. clamor of a faction among ourselves. the Flying Dutchman. Fourteen days "The wind has headed us off a p'int,sir," wind from the rebounding breakers falling We know not how*far there may have we have been off Cape Horn, and the last The Crime Which Will Recall theTropf responded the seaman, as he glanced heavily on the limp canvas, forced been a touch of tenderness in the relations man Jfarders near Paris. thirteen there has been no opportunity to from the compass to the weather-leech of the sharp vessel ahead twice her length. between Prince Sergius and the Czar catch a glimpse of sun. moon or stars. I the maintopsail. The sun rose clear from her watery Madrid, Spain, Dec. 10.All Ma Alexander, but the two were at all events would give half of all I am worth for an "Then God have mercy on us!" muttered depths, not a cloud was to be seen in the which talks about anything, that is* kinsmen by blood, and it may, perhaps/ faoui's clear weather." the captain, as he glanced quickly heavens, as a flood of glorious sunlight Madrid which frequents the barber-s by1 be that the natural feeling produced And Captain HardyJack Hardy, as to leeward. 'Tis a narrow chamce, and tinged the crests of the huge swells. and cafes, has been talking for the so4 this young man's death, may fie was best knowndescended into the any thing is preferable to being dashed to A light cat's-paw came dancing over week of a terrible crime recently pe?pe impress the mind of his majesty with cabin to pore over a large chart spread pieces on yon rocks. Mr. Pierson,'' and the glassy surface of the water from the trated in the mountains of the Maestrazgo the unspeakable misery caused by his* out on the centre table. He was not over he raised his yoice, "loose the mainsail eastward. Another and another followed: in Valencia, which is regarded with a enterprise in many a humble home, and thirty years of age, brave, capable and and reef it." the ship forged ahead, the light sails curious sort of pride by the quidnuncs of so far sway his already melancholy dls-* handsome, despite the bronzing his complexion The mate stared at his commander in filled, and in fifteen minutes the Sunbeam the Capital as being quite as complete hisJ position, that he may by ana bv open had received 'neath tropical suns. unalloyed amazement, and probably for was running with studding-sails set and frightful a thing in its way as the eyes a little to the true character of thiSj His fiank, open countenance wore an expiession the first time in his life hesitated to obey below and aloft. world-famous murders committed by vast crime, which is disguised under the which was reflected back the order of his superior. With a fervent "Thank God!" Jack Troppman ten years ago at Pantin.'near name of a pious and philanthropic un-' fi om the rough, weather-beaten visage "She will never bear it, sir," Hardy stepped below to commune in Pans. The Maestrazgo is a piimitiv|e region, dertaking. of the mate a man past the meridian of "She must, or carry the masts over private with his Creator. Cape Horn for and the little Village of Chert, in life. the side. Set the sail, sir, or I'll do it for him had lost all its terrors. the district of San Mateo, is one of the Shopping on the Sea. As for the shipthe Sunbeamshe you." most primitive spots. Near this village J4 v**"^ was a clipper, and as fine a craft as ever "I'll do it, sir, ifIt's the last act of my dwells, or rather dwelt, among other simple An Enterprising Correspondent. People after a long sea voyage are naturally sailed from the port of New York to San lite," and soon after the hardy crew were and. well-to-do families of the same eager for fresh fruit. A lady correspondent Francisco. A wiiter in the Boston Commercial heaving the tack down, while the sheet rank in lite, a family by the name of Bel, of the Advance, who was a The ship was lying to under a closereefed Bulletin tells of an interview held with was manned and hauled, flat aft. inhabiting a modest, substantial^ farmhouse, passenger on one of the Pacific mail main-topsail, main spencer and Archibald Forbes, the English war correspondent, The effect of the broad surface of canvas which has been for several generations steamships, informs us how her desire wa fore-staysail, and as the short day came who has added to his already upon the ship was tremendous. Her in the possession of the race, cultivating gratified while the vessel lay at anchor to a close the gale seemed to increase bnlliant reputation by the magnificent lee channels were buried in the foaming a good acreage of grain-land and five miles off the little Mexican coast tows from the southwest. Furious squalls of description which he gave of the recent surges, and she reminded her bold raising cattle. ofMazatlan. The natives came out in hail and sleet howled through the tall battle of Plevna. Mr. Forbes related commander of a fier steed under he The heads of the family were Joachim boats, bringing tempting supplies of the spars and taut rigging of the ship, which some of his exploits in the field of journalism, lash. Bel and his wife, aged about 60, and with produce of the country. at times keeled over to the icy blasts, until and at length was asked: The ship no longer rode over the seas, them lived their three sons, two grandsons, Here were huge clusters of bananas,' thelee-scuppers were submerged in the "And what do you consider your masterpiece but forced herself bodily through them, and a houss-servanta man. The plucked freshly from the tall palms which daik foam-streaked waters. of generalship?" dividing the masses of water which poured people of Maestrazgo are a pious folk, we could see quite plainly on the land,\ The whole expanse of the heavens was "My last exploit before leaving Eng- in a continual torrent aft to the and 4 in the morning set out to attend of most exquisite flavor pineapples, such covered by a black cloud, which, as the land," he replied. "I went down to break of the house. early mass at Chert in the good old-fashioned as can only be ripened under a warm darkness increased, appeared to sink Falmouth to meet the Warrior (ironclad), A favorable start had enabled the Sunbeam way, Joachim Bel riding on one mellow, tropical sun limes of pleasant lower and lower, until the gilded having on board the single survivor of to head well up, the breath of the horse wtth his wife, his two sons, Baptist acidity, suggestive of cool lemonade balls of the poles were obscured by whirling that wrecked vessel, whose crew were seamen came freer, but in the midst of and Joachim, following with the two little oranges, too large to hold comfortably in masses of scud driving before the funous adrift in a boat for eight days, and ate their hopes and fears the short wintry day grandsons nicely packed into a hamper youi hand, unless it be a large one, and, tempest. two of their comrades. Falmouth was came to a close, and the sombre shades of and swung at the side of Baptist's horse, cocoanuts, melons, and mangoes in abundance. The shivering watch, wrapped in monkey-jackets full ot correspondents so I put up in a night enveloped land and sea. All day and the servant, Andrew Nos, htrotting and oil-skins, gathered aft, house outside the town, and I engaged long not a mouthful of food had passed meeking in the rear on a mule. As the That is what the merchants o&ered us. crouching for shelter under the lee of the the only steam tug in the place. I waited the lips of the crew, from whom came no little troop were halted at a sharp turn Now how did we ly them? bulwarks, while the mate, bundled in his three days, and on the night of the word of complaint. It was impossible to in the mountain road a hoarse voice The distance between us was -aboutIhe long watch coat, walked the quartei-deck thiid in walks one of the correspondents. start a fire in the galley stove, and, in thundered out the familiar and formidable same that it would be if we bad been van sombre silence. Hello, Forbes,' says he, in astonishment fact, no one on ,board thought of hunger. cry of all Spanish robbeis on the standing at the upper window of as ordinary 1 Aft by the binnacle, peering at times 'you here?' highway, "Boca a tierra'" ("Down in two-storied bouse, and the boatman at the compass, dimly revealed by the "Ten minutes afterward came word "Sound the pumps there, carpenter,and (the dust'") They all looked up in consternation, on the ground, and there was- such 2 flickei mg 1 amp, stood Captain Hardy. No that the Warrior was sighted. My tug pass the word for the Stewart to light the and saw among the bushes a clamor ofvoices of risen and woman calling ihought of sleep entered his head. A at once put out, and we lay quietlv in binnacle." above the road the uncanny face of a distant their wares and the prices that it wa xemble anxiety, coupled with thoughts the harbor, burning no lights. Presently The captain's orders were at once obeyed kinsman of the family, on?e Gabriel quite deafening at first. o wife and children, filled his stout heart a dark mass loomed upon us and shouts the carpenter in a faltering voice reported Bel Beltian, a notorious scoundrel,about But when trade had fairly begunvitwa? as he peered incessantly to windward, or arose. three feet of water in the hold. 30 years old, known in the countryside as really quite easy and pieasant, and? ceitaiply strove to pierce the gloon which had "'Forbes! Forbes, I say! Come. Lno "El Pincho," or "the thorn in the side," "What is the matter with you, Chips? it was a novel wagt of doing shopping. -settled like a pall to leeward. shamming. We know you are there.' who had recently served out a term in the Your voice trembles like an old woman's. Suppose we wished some bananas' And so through the long, dreary night But I kept quite silent, and remembered prison of Tarragona and paid ahea?y fine Is it anything to be wondered at that a We looked about* until we find a man the watch was kept up, and with morning's with no little vexation that a second tor an assault with intent to kill, committed vessel makes water when she is forced in who has fine ripe ones, attract his attention, dawn a slight change was noted. tug had arrived in the harbor that morning. on one ot th* younger Bels. The this manner? Rig the pump, sir, and be as you would that of a horse-car The ship was lying to on the starboard At length the Warrior appeared fellow was armed with a revolver and a caieful what you are about, or you'll rue driver, amd call out, "B&nanas hene tack, making fair weather of it tor so We steered toward,her and aswe passed I dagger, and the unhappy farmers, being the day you ever signed articles with and he answers, in a queer Mexican fashv shaig) a \essel, when the murky obscurity sprang for her chains, and was dragged entirely defenseless, were forced to halt Jack Hardy," and the Captain's voice assumed 100, "Ba-naa-a, ves began to clear, and a glimmer of clear, in the ship's wake up to my waist in and dismount. a hard, stern tone, which had its "Ek mmh?" -sky was seen water. However I got on desk. I ran effect upon the subordinate. El Pkicho came down towards them, "fee bunsh fifteencents*- down to the steward and offered him five The important news was immediately The howling of the wind, and the neverceasing calling out that he meant to kill them all, "Tfou send them up." pounds to bring my man into cabin. He lepoited to Captain Hardy, who was dozing roar of the huge waves as they With a shot he brought* the old man to Then he ports his fruit in alight wicker did so, and locked the door. Them I offered in a chair by the companion-way. toppled on high, now mingled with the the grousd, and, rushing upon the others, basket, or route bag, to t% handle .of fifty pounds to the poor, lean specimen "With a bound he sprang up the steps at dismal clank of the pump, and the rush struck down the wife and servant in lapid which a long nope is attache^, andthrows of a shipwrecked sailor in exchange the same instant the cry of "Land Ho'" of hail as they pattered on deck. The successica with his long, sharp dagger. one ead of the rope to us. If we aie for his story. He began it, and scribbled echoed through the ship. running gear had been swept in confusion The two sons fled for theur lives, pursued skillfui enoug&v we may catel* it the first*: away. Four points off the weather bow the to leeward, and jammed by the water by the murderei. One- of them fell, time, but probably not, for t}te distance Ten minutes later came a violeirfJ rapping. loom of land was seen, which every moment washing to and fro 'neath the spare struck down by a pistol-aho^ the other, a is considerable,- and itthoftea becomesos was becoming more distinct, while to watch '^attempt spais lashed along the water-stays. lad of 17, succeeded in reaching his home eTciting1 qiiite 'Let us in, Forbes,' said the wellknown off the lee beam stretched the ice-bound The glass had began to rise, and alleady and rousiEg the brother who had been purchasers to get their goods** voice. coast of Cape Horn the gale betrayed symptoms of dying left there. The two, snatebing up the One young lady of our party neaily "But I only wrote the harder At ^st The dark face of Jack Hardy giew a out. Still not an officer or man left only weapens at hand, a shepherd's hook fell overboard'v#he itriaoncreaching for'the rope. an officer appealed and insisted on my shade paler as his eyes ranged trom point secured vx gently his post. At ten o'clock the vessel was and a razor^rushed out to aueet the assassin, But when coming on deck. There I found the captain to point taking in certain landmarks which judged to be abreast of the islands, and whom they almost immediately draw up the bagr or basket^ take out the in a towering passion. too accurately confirmed the dangerous as the gale lulled, the roaring of breakers encountered*and with whom they had a fruit and put in the money, andl toss it 'What the deuce doyou mean sir, &y predicament of the Sunbeam, a presentiment dashing against the rocks boomed through desperate coatest. The yoangest Bel was down intj' the Boat quite caref Jlly, lest' boarding my ship like that?' he demanded. of which haa haunted the young the air. shot, though not fatally, but? his brother, the money should'be lost. commander's breast. At midnight the Wind sank suddenly having succeeded in striking down El 3fow ws may like t& get~some of the "I offered him my credentials and ex The ship was nearly landlocked, on a away, and the sound of the breakers became Pincho with the shepherd's hook, with a curious naoklaoes-which tbe'Wpmep have cuses, and finally we were all put on lee shore, attended with horrors well calculated clearer, Peiilous as had been the second blow dispatched hha as he was to sell. 13 so, we shall do well to wait untill board the tug, including the shipwrecked to demoralize the bravest seaman. the situation of the ship throughout the trying to rise The two brothers pressed it is nearly time for the steamer to mariner. The land on the weather bow proved to day, it was rendered infinitely more so on to the scene-'of the attack, wherein the lea-?e, as prices diminish rapidly in propor&omto The correspondents at first wanted to to be the island of Diego Ramirez that by the dead calm. sad gray lighU of the early monoing, a the time for making salas.- fight me, ftut I sqmared wp to them with on the weather quarter St. Idlefonso hideous spectacle awaited them. The There was not a breath of air. The one arm, still clinging to* my prize with rocks and that on the lee beam was the elder Bel was stone dead. Me had fallen ship had become unmanageable, driving Inauguration of OKwrermnr Mnutn off Wls- the other. Having landed, I hurried coast oi Cape Horn. forward on his bands and knees) and the broadside to the rocks, where the heavy him to the stationy and there met my MADPSOW, Wies, Jan. 7.The inaugural But two alternatives remained by which marderer had s&uck him twioe wild) his southwest swell was breaking with a clerk who had beer* sent to reserve a railway cereraoHiee tewtav andiaaeetin^ of the lagisla- the lives of all on board could be saved, dagger after shooting him. force only equalled by the appalling carriage-. He was white with rage ture'^ednesc^y'hftft-dTawB together--a large together with ship and cargo. One was Their mother* was lying desperately noise of the reverberating surges- as they and mortification. Whable to speak he numl%rof prominent goultcisnB and others to run between Diego Ramirez and the womded at a short distaiios fcom the culminated in clouds of foam and vapor led the way to my reserved compartment. of thi*-Sfcate, andithe ct$is- ovprflowingrwith oast, the other to make sail and endeavor husband. The bodies of the eldei son about the iron-bound shore. Outside it was locked at both doors. Inside militrty-andriben A-train of ten coaches to bear off shore in the teeth of the gale, and the servant bad been relied by the Every moment the ship was forced it Contained four correspondents, arrived here at', no'onj, bearing the State which had abated somewhat in violence. assassin down a ravine" at the*- roadside. nearer and nearer to her doom. The cables comfortably easconsed in the four corners. officere-eldct a-uaftmr militaryfcompftni'eein It was impossible to remain hove to, as a The wind had risen and wa&howling dismally and anchors were entirely useless, They had waited when the rest commandibf CW Hi M^ Bfe^jamm, of Mi]*au (few hours would have found the vessel on through the forests. As soon as tor there was no bottom to be had' at one went aboard the tug, and had etimbed in kee. 4te immense crowdrwas at the depot to *he rocks. the story could be conveyed to the authorities hundred and sixty fathoms the boats through the windows receivTtthe ne^ officers- A processions was Jack Hardy was not long in making up a picket ofthe Guardia Civil,, the were of no service for towing, on account "And that washow the'-other papers were formedtl with the new and old State his mind as to the best course to pursue. efficient rural poiice of Spaiaj went oat. of the furious swell, and all hands-uealized able to give the sailors- yarn next morn- officer^ committee of arrangements A glance at the chart revealed countless The elder son andithe servant*were Jbund that in less than twenty minutes-the ng?" asked I. and *4Bes Sn camsges, military and -sunken roe"ks and ledges in the channel, still alive, and l&e latter, 3** is thought good ship Sunbeam would be ground into Yes. He told it to us- as we rode from citizensronfoot, "whiehiTnarohed to'the state with which he was totally unacquainted. may recover. The two little grandchildren pieces as minute as toothpicks. The Falmouth to Exter. There we aM left the house, the Governor's Suards, Capt, Stick, He would only attempt that as a last alternative. were carned*ilong way*offi the seamen gazed at one another aghast, as train and telegraphed our naratives to acting as a guardiof(honorl The proceas^m frightened horse,.but were eventuaUy re death, clothed with countless terrors, liondon." made EM very h*ad|ome and. ehowy, appearance. covered safe and sound. Of' course the Send all hands aft,Mr. Pierson. Rouse stared them in the face. Suddenly the Hereupon the distinguished writer arose The streets aS-ound the capitol' ja whole neighborhood is in a great commotion, out the watch below. Splice the main carpenter started forward. were crowded with people-. After mardsin# and took his leave. but some-oonsolationiseemflNto be brace set the close-reefed foretopsail and There is one chance left, lads. Follow to the state houtetthe mmtecy formed a coidonarcsuad n- found in the facMbat the shepherd's staff dreefed foresail." me, and lend a hand to launoai the theeast6teps~of the capitol, the That's the Way Upa B* of young Bel should, have made it unnecessary The ^steward astily served out the long-boat!" newly* elected officers -were- escorted to the to putethe cumbrous machinerj grog, which was eagerly swallowed by A friend gave me lately the!experience "The long-boat! the long-boat!!* was senate shamberj-where Gav Smith and other of Spanish justice in motioaifor the- chas- the sailors, who fully realized the nature of a skillful professional man im about repeated from the pallid lips of the poor Stat? dj&ers were* swotrairtto office by Chief tisement of the aaurderer. of the struggle they were about to engage the following words: "My eairly prac- fellows, who were ready to grasp at a Justices Ryan, oi th'e scnT'eme' court Go h on. tice," said the doctor, "-was- successful, straw to save their lives. Fear had deprived Smith made short address of thanks A tremendous sea was running, which and I soon attained an enviable position. them of their cooler judgment. A Sadi Incident! of the .Sasteiq* War. for tha great Honor coafsrred, and plei&ing set the Ship still nearer to the lee shore I married a lovely girl twochilcfte were But in a voice of thunder John Hardy arrested lor hicelf,and3a8oeiatea the administration with every heave. Under the press of born to us, and my domestic happiness Tho^ Londom Tilegrapfo saysV 'An incident'has their movements. of the afiairs oMhe State-to. the best of their you. canvas which it was imperative to carry, bid1 was complete. But I was-invited often befallen the wished acd) cruel Stand fast, lads, and do as I ability Ex-jGteTv to mak* rthe Sunbeam was all but buried in the to social parties where wine was freely war now raging* which mayvhelr1brin Carpenter,, come out of that boat."" an addresson&aving tha executive chaiij but "-foaming stifgeS. circulated, and I scon became a slave to homfr-to those chiefly responsible- for its "Not I. Tis- each man for Bimself OWinf^tOfaba^cold'couMiiiot del'ver it, but its power. Before li was aware of it I was sufferings a sharper sense* of their guilt. Sea after sea broke over the ship as she and God for us all now," was the aeply of handedihe same to the representatives f'the a drunkard. My noble wife nevwtaunted Prinae Sergiua, of Leuchtenber^. says a day in the trough, deluging her with the manv as- he coolly cut the lashing: press, Gov Budingtsn thanks the people him aadi-e-x me with a bitter word, never ceased to telegram fromUrne Srudeni^has been ^water from the forecastle aft to the binmacle, which secured the boat. upon1 for pasthononvbestowirft pray for my reformations. We became killed in one of the recent reconaoissances where two of the best seamen had "Once-more,I say, obey my orders. pressaSfpleasure at again being a private citizen wretchedly poor, so- that my family was madfe* by tho* army off the caarowitch. been lashed to the wheel. Occasionally You wottfcl be dashed to pieces irn a- mo- o^the State. AfteatHespeccheBWerscomplet^thenQ^officers pinched for daily Bread. The prince was-attache*, like his- brother ithe sharp bows of the clipper would deascend jaMnglthearm ofttheir ment." her*. Eugene, to ifce lanceas of the Russian with terrible force, plunging madly board1 "One beautiful Sabbath my wife went "As well in, this as on predocessoBk.were, escorted ,to their savwal^' Guovd, and riding out? along the- X*m a jintb the'seas,threatening to tear herself to church, and left me iying on at lounge, "ll Come oay lads-."^ ttUu d^FnrtnTente TmMsh bullfet struck imin forehead, asundei as she struggled on. sleeping off my pnevioua nighfsdebauch. And he waved his hand to the crew, TSbs-afteanoon at f*nr frcloctt the several instantly kilfihg him. I was aroused by hearing something fall *The entire ship's company was on deck, who were already wavering. military companies Radian inspection audi re- heavily on the noon. I opened* my eyes clinging to life lines which had beenrove Fertile last time, I order yotn out of Ihe prince thus slain in tho- dower of VH9*on Maan street^,under command fi Col and saw my little*boyysixyeaiaeld, tumbling ore ana aft. The c&ptain had taken up that boat. Solong as two plar&s of this his* lifefor he was only twenty-eight H. :\fc Bejamin of Milwaukee^ Gov. Smith. upon the carpet. Hisolder brother fourth1 is position aft by the wheel, while the ship stick together, and I have life, I will yeats-of agowas, we believe,the aad'stafT'inBpectingttie eRffereint contpanies,. said to him: "W get up and fall again, maty, with their respective watches, be obeyed.^ soaion the Grand Duchess Mane, eldestdaughter ,\jtoamapa-a weeptable appearance At 'ghat's the way japa does- let's play we stood leady to execute any orders that And I repeat, life is sweefctf of fbe lata- Emperor Nicholas, se^olocktW and Mrs. Sqjiith, with the jure drunk!' I watched the child as he glit emanate from the quarter-deck. 69ILussiavbeing, therefore,, a nephew jto Wjbb the weedscame a, shaap. tjjraekf of otUer State officers and their ladies,v received personated my beastly movements in a gradually the ship closed in with the T$te present czarr a renlver the man threw up his- anas, and it is obvious that their fnfends inthesenatechamber,"Miichth&& wy that would have done credit to an lard, and the sight was truly a terrible grassed cooTTriaively at the anv and fellheafflbng ibepnB*9tifully. aai tastefully ideco^atodi for actor. I arose-and left the house, groaning i When the vessel was in the trough into the heaving 3welk. disappeaiing |Fiet?J $ the Russian rater and his household in agony and remorse. 1 walked off of tie sea, nothing could be distinguished amid the |tubble and eddies with a great deal mote fcrco than the miles intothe-eoantrythiifciag over my 4 b\ a waste ef waters "but when borne astara. deaths of innmaerable soldiers and ordiofficers. ahominabte sio^and the example I was aloltVu the summit of some enormous Switzerland has passed a lal "Toyoni stations, lads, and stand by paohibit- tnary We'do not say this un- waveX then the high, beetling rocks jag children) aader the age foir Bay ofdms!" */as the stern orders setting befoaemy children, 1 solemnly I charitably for it is not to he doubted feorteen with iymntains of ice, over which the from, being employed in wnfch fell from tijo lips of resolved thairwitti God'shalplwouidquifc [that long ago the very soul of Alexander mi tara ^eas Vexe breaking masthead, high, afturth*fiss*of next Hay. nmnder^flnft andildtaV K laefcua I ever llhaathauk sickened by the carnage, amidi -i~-*^-*g*^