Washington telegraph., 1854-10-04

tNIilGCu uE MN. ne Ddu 10 NOTION tndi
there was anything supernatural in the oc-
currence that had taken place: but felt as
sured on the contrary, that it was the result
of a scheme of human ingenuity deeply
laid for some purpose, and regretted that he
had omitted the opportunity of fathoming
it Resolving. if the same thing should be
repeated whilst he remained in the house.
that he would be prepared to seize upon the
intruder and demand an explanation of the
attempt to seem q being from the world of
spirits, he waited anxiously for the return
Of midnight. 1t came, and with its arrival
the repetition of the apparition. The cap
tain true to his purpose, rushed to seize up
on the intruder, but the latter eluded his
grasp and vanished as before, into air
Still not to be alarmed, and only the
more convinced Of the correctness of his
first supposition, our hero prepared himself
with deeper determination for another and
final opportunity to discover the plot he be-
lieved to be at work.
At the usual hour, the ensuing night his
nocturnal visitor, returned. and this time
did not escape his clutch. His rude grasp,
however, was returned with interest, and he
felt himself drawn roughly and quickly
through trap-door in the wall Here, in
a dark closet, be was overpowered by his ad-
versary, and being harslly told to await his
end, was left alone greatly the worse for the
encounter. Several hours passed by, and
at lenth two persons entered his place of i'm
murement Too weak to resist he WAS
blindfolded by them, and led down the stair
case and into the apartment he had found
barred on the night of his arrival In
stlnctively he knew as he entered that he
was in the presence of q large assembly
His conductors took him forward short
distance, and enioining him, at the peril of
his life. to remain perfectly quiet, and make
no attempt to remove the bandage from his
eyes, they left him standing. A deep voice
then addressed him
''Eou are brave man. it said, land
your boldness in one sense deserves death,
but in another it is praiseworthy, and be-
cause of admiration of courage NAV save
your life. You are in the presence of a
company of counterfeiters who number fifty
men. Our faces are still unknown TO you,
but By your pertinacious fearlessness our Sc
cret has fallen into your hands. Swear not
to betray it, and you shall be spared the
fate you were brought into this chamber to
meet
The Captain, although he did not believe
in ghosts, and was not afraid of his fellow
man in a fair encounter, well-knew that he
had nothing to hope for unless he acquiesced.
Who could blame him, therefore that he
took the required oath
When the three days ordeal was expired,
he had won the pending bet, but he remain
ed mysteriously silent on the subject of his
experience in the haunted dwelling; conse-
quently, the mansion grew still further into
disrepute.
The tale is not ended. 1t was not endeG
1t was many years after the occurrences
that have been related, when the receipt Of
a letter containing gift of five thousand
dollars, and the information that gang of
counterfeitors had disbanded and dispersed,
absolved the principal actor in them from
bis VOW It then became known for the
first time that celebrated company of out
laws having fixed upon certain house near
New Orleans as a suitable place for rendez-
vous, had resorted to stratagem to render i,
so obnoxious as to be abandoned for years
to their purposes. ". 0. Delta.