The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-02-12
From Chamber's Edinburgh Journal.l
Confessions of ma Attorney.
nrGAMY OR NO BIaAMY?

(Concthdea.)
received Undue course a letter from
hiW dated the day alter his arrival there
Twas anything but a satisfactory one
The date on the Etave-stone had been tru-
Il representedF and Mullins, who erected
q Was a higitly sapnftab!a nnn Flint had
siisa seen the grave digger, bu, could make
snpthsng of him.t There was no regular
rseisler Of deaths kept in words EXCEPT
minister who; hurled GosforJ, aud who liz.
edght that time III Dublin, had been dead
some time. This was dishcartening and
meianchply enough; and, as if to give our
unfortunate Glen the CUP de grace, Mr..
jackson junior marched into the Office
list after ! Lad read it, to say that, hav.
W my shren referred to lis by Lady Seyton
for. explanations with respect TO a state.
J, mcnt made by a Mr. Edward Chiffon to
the Honorable James Kingston, for whom
they, tho Messrs. Jackson, were now act
+, ing, by which it appeared that the said
~ Honorable James Kingston was, in fact,
/ true Earl Of, Seyton, he, Mr.. Jackson.
junior, would be happy to hear what | had
L 10 .saYuponS the subject. 1t needed but
this. Chiffon had, as I feared no would,
after finding we had been consulted, sold
hissecret, doubtless advantagcously, to the
s.fF3Sit-dt-idNs 4iclC was SlIltt however d
chance that something favorable might
turn up and as | had no notion Of throw
ing ,lut chance away, l carclcssly rcplied
that we had reason to believe Gibbons
story was n malicious fabrication, and that
We should of course throw ON them tho
s onus of judicial proof that Gosford was still
4 nlive when the late Earl's marriage was sol
etnnized. Finally, however, to please Mr..
q Jackson, who protested to DO very anxious,
for the lady's sake, to avoid unnecessary
tset!at,f md to arrange the Iffair IS quietly Az
possible, | agreed TO meet him al Lady
;Seyton's in four days from that time, and
i@hoar4the evidence upon which he relied
This could not at all events render our
opposition worse: and it was meanwhile
agreed that tho matter should DO kept M
laEas possible profoundly secret.
Three days passed without any further
tit!irgse from Mr.. Flint, and | %vehcmently
feared that his journey had proved a fruit
lcsstone, when, on the evening previous
to.,hc day appointed for the conference at
Seyton House, a hackney coach drove rar-
idly up to the Office door, and out popped
Mr.Flnt, followed by TWO strangers whom
he very w%atchfully escorted into the house.
'Mr. Patrick Mullins and Mr.. Pierce Cum
ninghnm,' said Flint, MS he shook hands
witt INC in a way which, in conjunction
viii the merry sparkle Of his eyes, and the
holsicrous tone of his voice, assured me
all was right. Mr.. Pierce Cunningham
VII sleep here tonight he atded; so
F3Goli.ns had better engage n bed out
Cunningham, an i'll looking lout OF a fell
low, muttered that he chose TO sleep at a
tavern
Not il I knew il, my fine fellow re-
joi'ed AIR. Flint. You ,nean we'll, I dare
say; but l cannot lose sight Of you for 81!
that. You either sleep here or at n station
house,
The man stared with surprise and alarm;
put knowing refusal or resistance to be
hopeless, su'.snly assented TO tho arrange
psnt, aud withdrew 10 the room appointed
toFE,liin,, yigilnntly guarded. For Mr..
Mullins We engaged a bed at a neighboring
tavern.
MIR. Flin,'s mission had been skiIfully
salAi successfully accomplished. He was
Convinced, by the sniIen confusion of man
ner manifested by Cunningham that some
vilianous agency had been at work. and he
again waited on Mullins the stone.cutter
WHO gave you the order for the grave
s!onc! he asked. Mr.. Mullins referred to
his book, and answered that lie received i,
by letter. Had he got that letter. Very
likely he replied, as he seldom destroyed
business papers Of any kind A search
was instituted, and finally this letter. said
Mr.. Flint, worth an carl's coronet tnrn
and dirty as it i, turned up. This ~inva:ua-
hlc document, which bore the London post.
date oil June %, 1892, ran as folkws:
atANGLEsEA HOTEL, HAyMARKEr, LON.
DON, June %, 1882.
M 'SiR-Please TO erect a plain tombstone
attic head Of Charles Gos!ord, Esquirc's
grave, who died a few months since at
Swor!s aged thlr,y-two years. THIS is all
.thai need be inscribed upon it. You are
referred 10 Mr.. Guinness Of Sackville
street. Dabi'n, Tor payment. Your obedI-
ent servant.
EDWARD Chiffon.
'Eou scc,' continued Flint, ',he fellow
had inadvertently lett out the date OF Cos
iorJ's death, merely stating it had occurred
a few months previously; and Mullins
concluded thar, in entering the order in
his d. y-book, he must have somehow or
other c%onfnunded he date of the letter with
lila; o! Gosford's dcceasc. Arinc with
this precious discovery, | again sought
Cunningham, and by hlnt IF promises and
threats, at last get the truth out OF the ras-
cal. Ii was this: Chiffon. who returned
TO this country from the Cape where he had
resided for three years previously, about
two months ago, having some business 10
settle IN Dublin, went over there, and one
day visited Swords. read the inscription on
Oh aries Gosford's grave-stonc. and immc-
dil,ety sought out the grave-digger, and
asked han ii he had any record OF hat gen
i.eman's burial. Cunningham sad he had,
ard produced his book, by which it appear
Cd; hat it took place December u, 1881.
.li.at cannot be-" remarked Chiffon, and
lie referred TO the head stone: Cunning
han, sad he had noticed tho mistake a few
days tier it was erected; but thinking it OF
no consequence, and never having, that he
knew OF. seen Mr.. Mullins since, he had
sad, and indeed thought, nothing about il.
To conclude the story-Chil,on ultimately,
by psement of ten pounds down. and liber-
afpyomtscs Tor the future, prevailed upon
the aravedigger TO lend himself to The in
famous device the sight OF the gravc-stonc