Butte record., 1854-07-29
TIE GUILTY PTfANrnnr

appeared originally III the London Keep
sake. and winch IS now embodied in al
TIE complete editions Of BIS works re-
Gently published, he assures his readers.
"as founded on fsct $ brb.ieved to
be the basis Of the Guilty paantou:
caa1ot lorbear eivipg yea aa IN
stance ola yaiity-farmed phautom. winch
fnaae considerable noise some twenty
years NO, Or more. I Ian, itiaE. .al-
erabis correct "a l;s daeis. t4.eeh [
nave iost the account % lhe .u4l J ~
F.s Aatcham->uch, ID an not u..s-a..-
ca vas he aame Of my hr5-wa- aey-
sefgetht IA o. gan. n. where hc gt.
hlghiy esteemed as ~.eH3v snd aecsl-
rate man, that he has permitted oppo7tu-
c'nbezze c9nsi .erab.e rsrt of th. mos
ney placed N his hands ior pav of sold
iers, bounty or recruits, lthen large
SUM and other charges which fell with
IN his dirty he was SUNNI ned 10 ia,n
his regiment, from town where he had
been IN a recruiting service and this
perhaps, under some shade of suspicion
Nalcham porccivet THAT 4 scovery was
Il band, aud would then have deserted.
had It not been for the presence Of
h;tle drummer lad, who was the only
one oil his party appointed To attend him
IN the desperation Of his CRIME he 1e-
solved 10 murder the poor boy, and
make lis escape. He meditatcd this
wickcdness the more readily, thar the
dmmme he thought. bad been pat as
SPY oa him. Tie perpetlatcd bis
cclme and changing his dress after the
deed vas done, made long walk across
the country to an inn on the Portsmouth
road, where matted and and went to bed.
desiring TO be called when the first
Portsmouth coach came. The waiter
called hm accordingly; but long after
remembered that when be sh ok the
guest by the shou'de his first words as
he awoka, we're My God, I did not
XII aim
Na,cham went TO the seaport by the
coach, aud instantly entered q an able
hodied landsnan or marine, | know not
which Ills soydety and attention to
duly gained him the same good opinion
Of the liicers 10 bis uew service which
he enjoyed ia tie aauy He vas afoat
for several yetis- and behaved ranar6-
ably well in some actions at length
the vassel came into Plymouth. VA
paid off, and some of the crew. among
uhom was Jarvis Natcham, were DIS
charged as beng too old for service
He and another seaman resolved f. walk
10 town, and took iA4 ro4le II Sails
bury.
II was when within Two or dlFee IN ie,
Of tins celebrated CITY, lhat lhev were
o9ertakeu by tempest SO sudden, and
accompanied with such vivid lightning
and thmdo- So dreadfaiIv loud, that the
obdurate conscience of the old sinner
/ began to be awakened lie expressed
more terror than seemed natural fer one
who was familiar with the war Of the
elements. and began % .ook and tilk SO
wildly. that his companion became aware
that something more ,han usual was the
uatter At length Matcham complain
Cd To bis usual companioa that the stones
rose from the road and few after him
be desired the man to walk on the other
SIDE Of the highway. to see if they would
follow him when be was alone. The
sailor complied, and Matcham COM
planned at the stones still few after
him. ba, did not pursue the other But
what Is worse, he added, coming up to
has companion, and whispering in a tose
OF misery and fear, "Who is taat little
drummer boy, and what business has
be to follow Us So clo,ely :"
Il can sce 80 one, answered the
seaman, infected By the superstition Of
! his associate.
s.Whatl not see that little boy with
the bloody pantaloors :" exclaimed the
secret murderer, 50 much to the terror
of bis comrado that he coniured him, If
he had anything on his mind 10 make
clear conscience, 50 far as his confess
/ ion could doit. The criminal fetched a
deep groan. and declared that he was
unable longer to endure the life which
be had led for years lie then con
fessed the murder Of the drummer, and
added, that, as a considerable reward
had been offered. he wished his eomrade
10 deliver him up to the magistrates of
Salisbury, as he would desire a shipmate
to profit by his fate, which he was now