Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-03-28

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rIi, on, he changed his mind reeardin,
ais lodgings for the night, and ordered thu
cabman to drive direct to Georges pier head
where they halted intending to cross ovei
to Birkenhead and remain for the evening
at Coughs Hotel. The boats, dark though
it was, were still plying across, and one wal
at the point of starting. Quickly leaving
the cab, therefore, with porter bearing
their luggage, they descended the flight o.
steps loading toward the packet, and in 6
moment more are upon deck Here at least
Mr. Greasewell seems to breathe more freely
aud the fresh breeze blowing from the rivel
flaming his cheek and his brow, impartl
fresh hope to his now jaded mind. To Mary
the scene is all new; the clouds of sails anc
the forests of masts she never saw before
The packets darting in all directions, leaving
the foam-like ridges of snow behind them il
the starlight, seem to her instinct with life
and she inquiries whether the sea will be al
like that, and whether they will always be
within sight Of land
But when Greaeewell left the cab, and
With Mary descended to the boat, he saw NOT
and Lacked naA to yards thA other aah behind
him, OF else he would have seen emerging
from it, not Mrs Mac Snarl-though she
alone had entered it-but detective officer
whom he we'll knew, from Manchester, fol-
lowed by three or four policemen whom he
had taken up by the way. Hundreds OF
idlers also, who had seen them leave the cab
and expected in consequence scene of no
common interest, if acted on shore, crowded
towards the steps as they descended to the
boat But these spectators were disappoint-
cd. The moment of departure had arrived
the bell was ruDg and the packet obeying
the impulse Of the propelling power, shot
swiftly into the river, and was swallowed up
in the darkness. There was no light in the
cabin, and Mary was anxious to see what
she could Of the scene around her, and re
moined with Greasewell upon deck.
'How are you now, Mr.. GreaseWell %
said voice with which he was familiar, but
the owner Of which in the dark he did not re-
| cognise. ''You have not remained with John
Elvis at Sea Brow
1t was the voice, slightly changed, of Mrs
Mac Snarl, but now claimed by the Manches-
ter detective. Gressewell started to his feet.
shaking off the grasp Of Mary Pellat, who
clung to his arm, and recoiled backward to
the bulwarks of the vessel, followed by the
detective and the Liverpool police, and by
some score or two of passengers upon deck,
who now learnt the secret.
"Steady there, steady-keep from the
buiWarks )" shouted the skipper, as he found
/ the sleuder ataontuo, ,.nol 1v;+L A. -, -
livinc ballast to The one s;de of tie docL
Bnt the crowd haadad him not. bmt MT rpssainO
closely upon the officers and their prize. al.
loved them little more than hydraulic com
pass to secure him in.
'l5 IS in vain for you to think Of escaping.
Mr.. Grersewell," said Irwell, the detective |;
.'Y ou are my prisoner. Come, try the brace
lets. !"
1o1l ,tk k,I~~
exclaimed the desperate man, keepinc hack
the press with uncommon exertion. Il warn
you GIL 70 stand back or your blood be upon
your own heads p
And here, to the surprise of all, and the
Terror OF most, he, releasing himself after
heightened struggle, and when the crowd
mad allowed them greater room, drew pair
OF pistols from his pockets, and levelling them
at tne oIncers, again dared them to approach
inc oulWarks were but low, as the vessel
was out OF tiny build, and he rested against
1h' m win one simultaneous rush the fiji
GERS endeavored to secure him, and ducked
unusf TO grasp MS legs and throw him upon
INC oecK put whether the deck was slippe-
ry with the water or whether the passengers
had been throwing down orange peel, It is
NO. rscorueu, out the feet OF the officers
snpPo1 40 tney rusneu onward bent down,
W " "''lus niut' anu Sney lell forwards instead
VI securing nlni, "nlle ne, IN the desperation
SI Sue .lonene throwing out MA legs to kick
S3 OaoA ms assaliahts' lost MS balance, and
rolleu oacAwaru over tne oulWarks At the
ST. anu 'sS nc uescenoeo INTO the
s'oyss' ene s.lgger Oh one OF tne pistols IN his
na-'uS was vlolently JeIKed' ana sharp re-
poIS ..ns ovel .1e waters Wnlle the accom-
P"ny lug uasn' n'aAlng uarkness visible, threw
= snsssly anu IoIlo glare around the dis
~ sou .05sutSs VI Sno DookkeePer as ne sunk
'-Aoo ~, NV U'p."0 u "'s "a'ory grave.
Ihe attention drawn towards the tug by the
report OF tne pistol was general.
stop her man overheard " was loudly
echoed from the deck, and the engine was in
moment still
ou' aIliuse u, Sne darkness all search was in
van. Inc Dooy was never found, and pro-
papIy never VIII Oe unSil the sea gives up its
Sead' ana grayeyards dlsgorge their prey
Mary Pellat, horror-struck and and repent
anO, was IaAen back to Manchester but as
tnere was no proof that she had been prin-
opal OF even subordinate performer in
rooDlng hlcnards, she was set at liberty af-
Yer su1esole admonltion. She has since
become an altered woman.
Turn we now to Henry Richards, the cot
ton spinner The volume of his troubles was
immensely swollen with the strike of his mill
hands; and he could not avoid the conscious
Dcss that his affairs had reached crisis, and
that some one terrible stroke would open
them to the gossipping world, exposing him
to shame and contempt. What was the threat
made by Harrlett's brother He would 20
and find the functionary at Gretna Green
he would consult the register of marriages.
fud out the date Of the marriage with the
Injured Harriet, and return to Manchester.
armed with furies, and crush him with
public prosecution. Yes, the crisis was an
preaching. Evil upon evil came upon him,
ke wave upon wave of an irresistible ocean
aud ne felt how impossible it was to stand up
agsinst it all.
The detective officer Irwell entered the
ard and approached the counting hsuse.-
The demons of despair now seized upon him
az with an assumed appearance of fortitude |
he attempted to meet that functionary. But |
the time had not arrived as vet. and IrwejI |
cAly came to inform him of the death of |
q Qreasewell and the restoration of his prom |
crty, informing him at the same time, how |
l1kman had given the information respecting |
nc embezzlement, before his departure for |
London. Richards felt this more deeply than |
al MIS- other evils, and though he was now
certain of GreasewelPs delinquency in the |
matter of the workpeople's wages, he never
ould have immagined it possible for him SO
oeply to commit himself, and at the same
me make others participate in the crime.
But how dreadfully in his death" he |
id, ''has the poor fellow answered it. / |
ould never have appeared against him. He |
as an old servant of my fathers. But 1 |
lame you not, Irwell, for proceeding against
ina as you did without informing me of it.
lhe property itself is great, but how light |
n en- balanced with the value of an immor-
Al soul"
Richards was in solemn mood, and spoke
a that manner, and the detective left him,
antertainiDg the opinion that he was better