New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-15

rnost tso o'clock and he was beginning to cal
culate the chances Of o total escape from the /
visits that had been making night hideous, when /
his computations were set aside by the sullen |
echo that rang along the old rambling passages,
ms of the banging of q heavy door in one of the !
the vaulted chambers far below him Thesound
died away again, leaving behind it palpable |
silence, which even the intruding bat failed to
interrupt; minutes seemed to lengthen them
selves out interIninaby, as he held his breath to
listen for the hated clank that should announce
the approach of the fearful foot. Once he fam
cied he heard subdued rattle; but on listening
longer and with the closest and most painful at
tention, he could distinguish nothing. He threw
himself back on the bed, and stretched cut his
weary limbs, as if just relieved from an ineum-
bent weight, when all at once, the chain, as if it
had been stealthily held up before, was dropped
with a startling clang at his very door.
The suddenness Of the sound made his frame
quiver, and he sat upright to await the result
He laid his hand mechanically upon his sword,
which was unsheathed on the table beside him,
and fixed his eyes upon the door. It moved
slightly with a doleful creaking, then was sts-
| tionary it moved again. opening slowly and
cautiously wider and wider, until at last, it dis
closed to his astonished gaze, a tall, gaunt fe-
male figure, wrapped about closely with pale,
! gray garment. For an instant, it stood irrese-
lutte, as if undetermined whether or not to enter;
when, advancing one bare foot, it stepped over
the Threshold, drawing after, as it did so, the
frightful ankle chain, and paused in the centre
of the apartment, with the swathed face turned
towards the bed. My father tried in vain to-
speak or move he could do neither: he seemed
to have lost the control of every faculty, as if
laid under the influence of some horrid spell.
The chain stirred again-the figure advanced
it was in arms length Of him-he could see;
the CLEAN Of an eye beneath the enyelopingi
mantle; it drew nearer nearer still--stood for
an instant leaning against the bedside, and
then. deliberately, sat down upon the out
stretched knee!
At this point, all consciousness forseok him,
and the first thing he became aware Of was the
bright morning struggling in through the ivied
4 window-slit. His instant impulse was to get
away from the haunted place without delay
but what was his horror and astonishment on at
tempting to leap from the bed, to find the knee
which had sustained the burden of the night,
stiffened beyond the possibility of bending it.
From that day to the day of his death, he walked
with halting step. myself can testify to the
fact Of his lameness, as far back as my memory
. can go. With some difficulty, he managed to
reach his horse, which had been picketed not for
| off. and he was not long in gaining the Baron's
r lresidence, and relating without any reservation
his surprising story, to the circle Of eager lis
teners that gathered around him. \
e One of the most mysterious parts Of it. how,
ever, still remains to be told. The following
o day the party of young men, my father among
n them, went to the castle accompanied by work
/, men, who were prepared with the proper imple
o ments for making an investigation. They as
4 cended to the tower which was pointed out a
t the spot whence the knocking was supposed t
r have proceeded they examined it minutely
n and discovered, by pounding on the wall with
IF heavy mallet, indications of hollow within
It On searching more strictly, one slab of ston
was noticed as differing materially from the rest
n and it was determined to remove it. ThiSwa
IS accordingly done; and what was the amazemen
r of all present, to find enclosed in q niche be
+ hind 1.-THE perfect skeleton of a child
le There was never any further elucidation {
n these mysterious circumstances That my ia
10 ther was lame, had, as l have told you, til
Ie evidence of my own eyes; that he was SO froI
is that fearful night, have his testimony and ths
e. of his friends and that he held for many a yea
p the title to the old castle-writngs have see
re in his possession went to prove.
of So, my dear listeners, I have done what
Of promised to do--simply related to you the fac
as myself received them, leaving you to accou
nd for them as best you may
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tv SxsKlsa AND OBTAINING JusEicE-A singular instal
no Of the inperccon Of all human institutions, and
ticuty of the very great uncertainty of the law
be brought to the notice of the Grand Jury of the Court
Quarter Sessions Of Philadelphia Friday the Sd in
W. and is thus narrated by the Ledger
ok poor srFah' giri naa 10 pay her oo'
- at place where she hAa been todging, Whiie out
situation ana the iahaaay not only turned her away
detained her eushes lor tne sum que Ihe giri appi
to an Alderman 1or process 70 ooah nei ana
lis dfsndant hail far her to
charge at court ana tne grl was eoaulea 20 Ja's q
1oiiess not being abe 70 give ior net
us ut court 10 testiy having iost her properly ~ tns
June she now iost her h1efty py ashins ior luscc.
remained in Jail until the meeting OF the COURT VIII
he presenting before the Grand Jury and at
the above facts that body very raised 8
scrption OF severa! dollars iof ner naa her n
custody ana sent her OH 70 redeem ner
ing her TO report to them the result OF her appcaon
lat her landiady. Inc Alderman TO whom sne appneo
DOR justice must have peculiar notions OF that artlce
OIL strange VIEWS VI 'i'e G nA.ule u e-..lee.
RARE CuRrosITIEs.-Purser Ramsey OF the United Sta
lily Navv has recently brought from Brazil number of
Isl ,st hd aoss.. fnr 10 5iss vh;ch in their mate
h;a eiegane heuo ofesses iot a"iee' "A''en, "a M ~
and fabric may justly claim place among tne curlosi
Inc of the ape MANY Of them are made of the scales
-, hoa. re 1.h IN Tho forr, of iovers beautifnllv
om anu D " , .i -, - ~ ~ - ,..,s -. ~. -
ich nm ef the feathers of birds Of the most brilliant plum
lite ryainr tbe hues of the frfamed birds Of parad
Several Of the ornaments represent delicate little bird
th the most natural postures while others are made OF
breasts of humming birds, surrounded by leaves mad
parrots feathers forming gorgeous flowers of vareg
hues of the most beautiful description These ornam
BILE were made by the of OF the converts OF Br
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o,u1 A SsrER OF CAARITY IN PARls-The following il
laid a nnd sister Of Charity was seated In chai
tor Of the hotel Of the late Marshal Sou Rue de Pun
mid site bv the bedside of Count Jules de Mornay
80 she was layishing every imaginable attention. The