New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-14

trade ;" Eyes" he replied, 1t is az times very
warm, particularly when there Is great many
spectators" "SPgcrREs > exclaimed the
hostess. "what kind o trade is yours that ye
haze 10 do WI SPscTREs Preserve US what
are We ," Mr Anderson informed her that he
had not the slightest doubt, although she had
never seen HIM before, that she must have heard
of him. for he was ] very NOTORIOUS cHARAc-
TER. and known By the name of the "Grea,
Wizard Of the North " " Then yere the
Devil and for the love @ guidness gang out o
INV house | wad no lodge ye for yea night under
my roof. no, not for the warI. Oh for the
love O. heaven, gang ava. declare smell
birthstone, and lka drap O. my bluld Is rinnlng
could Leave my house, or III sklrl and tax your
deylsh-lOOklng umbrella along WI you The
name on the umbrella had raised the lady, super
stitious fears and as Mr. Anderson expected eve
~ moment the coach TO pass the door, he was
about to make his exit when the lady said" Stop,
dinna leave aught belanging 10 ye WI me,-take
y're siler wi ye, and never let me see yre face
again" The hostess then putting her hand into
her pocket, for the purpose OF taking out the
four half-crowns, screamed, and said, " The
half-crowns were dancing tullochgoram IN her
pocket" However, she mustered courage 10
get her hand into her pocket, and as quickly
drew 1t out, exclaimlng-''that the hali-crowns
were sticking to her fingers, and burning them ~
Throwing the hali-crowns on the floor, she
screamed and tainted As she fell, she unfor-
tunately struck stool that stood IN her way,
and slightly lacerated her cheek. The blood
flowed from the wound her screams alarmed
the whole neighborhood, and IN few minutes
the house was filed by men, women, and chill
dren. John said one of the women who en-.
tered. "steok TO the door, and dlnna leet the
vagabOne escape ; for he's murdered the pnlT
body" In a moment Mr Anderson was held
between parenthesls of his countrymen. At
that moment the coach passed the door on Its
way to Elgln. crowd having collected about
the house, the horses were pulled up. and the
guard was told that a murder had Just been
committed. The door was fast. He looked
through the window, and recognized Mr. Ander-
SON. The guard SAID II was lmposSlDle,-thai
the gentleman standing between the two men
could not be the murderer, for he ken'd that
gentleman very well hen or no ken, the wO-
mans dead. and he's the murderer. was the re-
plv." lis it possible ln said the guard; "weel,
never could haze thought IT. Oh, the villain
But III be ah and carry the news to Eigin. -
Of went the coach Remonstrance was IN vain.
Mr Anderson, finding that he was IN very
awkward position, demanded that he might on
the instant be taken before Magistrate q" We
Gamma TAX We" saws one. for our Magistrate
lives sax or seven miles from tow, and | doubt
it's over late but We'll send for the Constable
and the Jailor Willie Tamson, run down TO
the town end, and tell Mullen Thompson and
minutes those functlOnarles arrived, and with
them Peter Grant, the town drummer Mr. An
Gcrson was accused of robbery and murder and
the circumStdItlal evidence of his guilt beng
against hlm-for instance, the old Lady lay on
the ground. to all appearance dead, the blood
flowing from the wound she had received on the
face when she fell over the stool; the four half
crowns strewed on the floor, bearlngtho semblance
of rObbery-was sufficient to cause the authon-
ties to place Mr. Anderson IN durance vie and
he was accordingly locked up IN Fores Jail
The lailor and constable, after making all safe,
returned to the house OF the supposed murdered
woman, TO know If life was extinct. When they
entered she was recovering, and exclaimed, "Oh,
that terrible Wizard Is he ava ?" The WIZ
and ~ exclaimed the constable and Jallor IN sur
prise was il the Wizard frae Elgin On the
ID Fit was him, he's al, for naethlng can
keep him fast" :" of went the constable and
allor to the lall and, opening the outer door,
they approachedthe cell, and knocking, inquired,
Are ye there ~ Yes" replied Anderson, "
am here" The constable SAID, Are We the WIZ
ard o the North ~ 81 am answered the prls.
oner "Od, maun, we haze heard o you, and
yrc strange tricks. Moo We haze an excellent op-
portunity of displaying your magic powers-JaSt
come through hc kev-hoieT Mr.. Anderson made
no reply tor his position did not admit OF testing,
and they left HIM TO his medtatlonS. All he
thought of was his audience at Elgln. There
the coach had arrived, and the guard wentup to
the Assembly Rooms, and told the audience
which was a very crowded one, " That they
might conlurc for themselves that night, ior
there would be no Wizard, as he was Where ne
would nae get out WI a his maglc-he was saio
in Forcs lail for numbering an aud woman.
Horror ran through the hearts OF the crowded
assembly. Had they come 10 support mur-
dererl All demanded that their money might
be returned, and the doorkeeper did not escape
thelr vengeance. The morning came, and IN
Elein there was nothing heard of but tins most
airocious murder In lores there was quite an
other scene The old lady had recovered, but
Nj Anderson va, led 30 the Court handcufed
as a common ielon. lie was placed ia the dock,
and the Old lady IN the witness box, where she
rccited the whole OF the above tale. as far aS 10
related 10 herself The worthy magistrate az
once saw the nature of the whole affair, and
could not help smiling lie saidit was mos, un-
fortunate for Mr.. Anderson, as far as II egarded
his affairs in Elgin, toTlt doubtless a serious
loss to him. As Tor FOTeS, he did not think 50
he considered the incident, spread abroad aS II
was would tell admirably for an advertisement.
The news OF this most extraordinary affair
reached Elgin as soon A. Mr. 4, and many one
had good laugh in his sleeve at the Wizard
4" bang DOM fo5 osc' ~
This illustration of superstition did not de-
crease the popularity of Mr Anderson IN Elgn.
he received qtad pro gao for the money returned
on the night Of the murder" He had 10 pro-
long his stay for a number of nights longer than
he INTENDED. ana he reaped a GOLDEN HARVEST
lEngl>h Paper.