The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-11-09

''""u uc'i seiu ie' we gave Stimuli
taneous shout But she is dead, was the
appalling finish of his speech, as be emeg.
cd frotn tie mouth Of the vault.
The smith with the lifeIess body of Ma.
ry Lobensteiu swung over his shoulder, was
assisted up the stairs. The corpse ofthe 1t.
tie girl was placed on one oil the garden
settles, and with heavy hearts and gloomy
faces, We carried the melancholy burden
into the house. The mother had not recoy.
cred from The shock which the anticipation
other daughters death had given to her feel.
lngs; she was lying senseless upon the bed
where she had been placed BY the keeper :
wife. We LAID the body of her daughter IN
The adjoining room and directed the woman
to perform the last sad duties 10 the sense.
less clay while we awaited The parents re-
stotatIon. The magistrate returned to Lon.
don the smiths we're packing up their tools
preparatory 10 departure, and | was muslug
IN melancholy mood over the events Of
the day, when the lorblddIng face of the
keepers wife peeped IN al the halt opened
door, aad We we're beckoned from the room.
Please your homer, never seed dead
body look like that there corpse OF the little
glfl up stairs. I've seed muny corpses ~
my time, but there's something unnatural
ab Ut that here one, no, like dead BODY
ought 10 be.
That do you mean ~
why though her feet and hands are
cold her jaw amt dropped, and her eyes
amt open-and there's llmberness IN hel
limbs that don't like. really believe
she's only swooned."
l. and hurried % stairs, and the
smiths, With their basket OF tools dangling
at their backs, followed US INTO the ROOM
| auxlously searched for any pulsallon at
lnr heart and the wrists OF poor Mary, whose
appearance cerialnly corrubotated the NO.
mans surprise, bu, the total absence Of all
visible sigus Of life denied US The encourage
ment Of the flauerIng hope. One OF ,he
smiths took from his basket tool OF bright
hue tempered steel; he held II for a few
seconds against Mary's half closed mouth,
aud upon Withdrawing II said with loud
and energetic voice, she rs alive her breath
has damped the surlace OF the STEEL J"
he man VAS right. Proper remedies
we're applied 10 the daughter and 10 her pa
rent, aud J. had the qualification of
placing The lost Mary within her mothers
arms.
Mss Lobensteiu's explanation afforded
but little additional information. W hen she
as brough 10 the Farm BY the VILLAIN Mlls
aud HI. friend Bill, the ostIer, she was IN
formed that /, was 10 be the resldesce of her
lurdfe lie. She vas subjected TO the trea,
IBsnl ot a MANIAC, her questions renamed
unanswered, aud her suppIlcalIons tor per.
mission to send TO her mother we're an
swered With q sheer. About three nights
ago, She was ordered from her room, her
shoes were taken of that she might noise.
leSsly traverse the passages, aud she was
removed to the secret cell IN the garden,-
sume biscuits and jug of water was pa
ced beside her, aud she had renamed N
undIsIurbed solitude TIL the Justine, Of her
iavurlte dog led tu her discovery, shortly
after she had tainted from exhaustion and
terror, There is hlrle doubt bu, that the
I rutiians were alarmed at The watchlngs aud
/ appearance OF the interchangeable T.
1 and withdrew her to the seeuGest hiding
+ place. | had the curiosity, IN company
with some of the officers, TO descend INTO
/ the Secret Cell; /, had been dug out for
! the found ltlon Of an intended house; the
walls and partitions were solidly built, but
the bankruptcy Of the proprietor prevented
any further progress. When Farrell and
bus gang took possession of the place, it was
deemed easier TO cover the ralters of the
cellar with boards and earth, than to ill il
up--In time the existence OF theshole be.
came forgotten, save by those most inter
ested IN It's concealment. Farrell con,riv.
ed the mode OF entrance, through the glass
frame of the forcing bed, and when the ad
Jlcent green house was constructed, an ar.
lliclal tlue or vent was introduced to the
depths of the cell, and supplied ii with a
sutiiciency of air.
Mrs. Lobensteln refused to prosecute the
splnsler Bishop, the malgnancy of whose
temper preyed upon her own heart, and
speedily consigned her unlamented to the
grave. The true particulars of this strange
affair were never given 10 the public, al
though believe that lis occurrence manly
contributed to effect an alteration in the
English laws respecting private mad houses
and other receptacles for unatcs.
The maglstracy of the country knew that
they were TO blame IN permitting the eS's.
tence of such den as Farrell's farm, and