New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-07-15
papsr. I alia another IRE at Dutton's

SAas enapleyment NY partner knew Duttol
M iSlIoTing morning i receiyeda note iron
Mrs Rivers sh s wished g aee me immsdiatel,
Min Buttons and f1nna, On arriving there, thu
George Halnhlin was Id custody, and undergo
inG IA cxamiIa tion, before two county magis
y tfAfes, On the charge of haying fred Mre put
4 tens premises. The chief evidence T1S, tina
Haulblin had been seen lurking about the plac
1uSt before the flames broke out, and that nea
4 Nv window where an incendiary might have en-
tered, were found portions Of several ucife
matches, Of q particular make, and correspond
ing 70 number found In Hamblin's bed room
10 this HAmbiin replied, that he had come t
TIE house BY MIR. Dnttoa j invitation, but foiint
npbSdy there. This however. was yehenientl,
denied by Mr. button. He had made no mp
psinttnent with Han1blin to meet him at his
BUTTON 81 house. How should he, purposing q
heslid W be In London at the time! With re
upset VI the luGffer matches, Hsanblin said HI
Ind purchased sthefn IF q inenaicant; and thai
l31tton saw him do 10. This also wAstle
MED was further proved that Hamblinl
when 51Sd drink, had often laid he would ruin
Daittt Tors he died Finslly, the magistrates
sh0a6 N I'll some hesitate decided TINT there
~ hardly sufficient evidence to warrant them
ifeomnitting The prisoner for trial, and he was
diAhArged, much to TIE rage and indignation
4 III M rInaecutor. II
s1 Ilisntiy Mrs. Rivers and I had q long
pFiyS bnfsrence She and the child hadagaiil
sisps Kls,..fyily sson shs nightof the fire;
/ MTs that he caanpt permit us 10 sleep
hsre 11protected BY hispresence.s = We bath ar-
riysd It the Aame conclusion, and at last agreed
n Sf0n what should he DONE, ATTEMPTED rather,
~ That without delay q.
Just before taking leave of Mr.. Dutton, who
i was IA On exceedingly excited state, 4 said
81 y ire bye Dutton, you have promised to dine
With re on some early day. Lett be next
Tuesday shall have one or two bachelor
friends, and We can sire you 4 ahaks down for'
NAT Tuesde ~ IL quickly. s At
sNJs haafs ali H6n. dime n Ea5
III III Not half -momant LATER Il
Good will be VIII Ne then shook
hands. aid parted y s$ZS #
The dinner would ithout interest
to ne, bad not a note fclsy arrived from
again that Al st Elsworthy's. This
prossia nh til III
luton. rode into town, was pnnc-
tpAl, 40, As always Of late, Anrried, excited
nerEosss not. ia fact, it appeSred to me, pre-
citsly Id his right mind The dinner passed off
"A dinners usually do, and the after proceedings
vent az very comfortably till about half. past
nine o'clock. when button, pertnrb in
creased perhaps BY the considerable quantity of
wine ne had swallowed, not drunk, became it
VA anI to everybody, almost uncontrolla-
bio: purp ossly 1t seemed sat down
age put his watch almost every minute,
and remarks addressed to him in the
widest manner. The decisive moment was. i
saW, arrived, and ut d gesture of mine, Els
worthy, who in my confidence, addressed
Dutton.
By The way, Datton, about Mrs. Rivers and
Annie. forgot to tell You Of it before. ! sss
The restless man WAS on his feet in an instant.
nnd glaring withfery eagerness. at the speaker.
as What what! Y he cried, with explosive
qnickness, - what about Annie Deafh and
fury speak, will you r
Don't alarm yourself. my good fellow It's
nothing Of consequence. You brought Annie
md her goyerness, about an hour before i
started, to sleep at our house 2 81
s Ies--yes, gnsped button, white as death, !,
and every fibre of his body shaking with terrible
dread 4 Yes--We we'll go on Thunder and
lightning out with it, will you In
& lUnfort unately, two female cousins arrived
soon after you went away, and was obliged TIC,
escort Annie and Mrs. Rivers home again.
a wild shrek yell Is perhaps the more ap-
pf0priate oppression burst from the conscience
and fear stricken man. Another instant and
ne had torn his watch from the fob. glanced at
~ II with dilated eyes, dashed it on the table,
and WAS rushing madly towards the door, vainly
Eithstood BY Elsworthy, who feared we had
gone too far. Issls Ts2s "
TIN 81 Gut Of the way - screamed the mailman
8 Let go, Or III dash you to atoms!'' Suiting
the action to the threat, he hurled my brother
inslaw against the wall with stunning force,
and rushed on, shouting incoherently-ss NV
horse There Is time yet! Tom Edwards, my
horse n .T'8 !. =
Tom Edwards was luckily at hand, and al |
though NIGHTLY surprised at the sudden uproar,
which be attributed to Mr.. Dutton being in
drink, mechanically assisted to saddle, bride
ana Drang out the roam mare and before |
Gould reach the stables, buttons foot was in the
stirrup, shouted ( STOP as loudly as Icould,
but the excited horsenan did not heed, perhaps
aot hear me; and away he went, at a tre1nell-+
1ous speed, hatless, and his long gray-tinted |
hair streaming in the wind 1t was absolutely
aecessary to follow, I therefore directed Els
Forthys horse, much swifter and more peace
~ animal than buttons, to be brought out
md as soon as got into the high country road,
/ too dashed along at a rate much too headlong
% be altogether pleasant. The evening was
,lenr md bright, and Inow and then CAUGHT q
Instant sight Of button, who was going at a fran
Az pace across the country, and putting his
l0rse 81 leaps that no man in his senses would
laye attempted. 1 kept the high road, and we
lad thus ridden about half an hour, perhaps,
Then bright flame about n mile distant, as the
ROW Ties, shot suddenly forth, strongly relieved
against mass Of dark wood just beyond it. /
Knew It to be buttons house,, even without the
'onfrmat ton given by the frenzied shoutwhich
" the same moment arose on my left hand, 1t
Fas from Dutton His horse had been staked.
n Rn effort to clear a high fence, as he was
aurfylng desperately along on foot. tried to i
make him hear me, or to reach. him, but found
could do neither; his own wild cries and i'm
preca tlons drowned my voice, and there we're
fences between the high road and
The fields across which he madly hasted,
The hamesaMn ra swift this time, and tlefed the
FORTS cf thu EAnts and husbandmen who had
,onle ~ the rescue, to stay, much less to queu
hem, Eagerly as rode, Dutton arrived be-
ore the blazing pile at nearly the same moment
y myself, and i zen as he fercely struggled with
;WoSOr three men, who stroye by main force to
prevent him from rushing into the flames, only
. meet Nth certain death, the roof and floor Of
hs building fell in with sudden crash, He
believed thar HI was over with the child; and
Igeih hurting forth the Wild despairing cry Il
lad twice befora hazard that evening, he fell
Town. % # smitten ny lightning, upon the hard
'rosty road ssEs n -
TWAS many days ere the unhappy, sinful man
his senses many weeks before he was
'estored to his accustomed health. Very eau
iously had the intelligence been communicated
o him that Annie had not met the terrible fate,
he image Of which had necessarily pursued him
trough his fevered dreams. He was adeeply
rateful, and u believe penitent and altogeth-
= chsnged man. .s s T.
He lurchasel, through my agency, n valuable f.