Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-09-04

gTealIy oppressed, as no ecquired know.
edge, Of discovering how much inferior
be was in knowledge to those around
him, and this led him 10 express the
wish that he could go back to the hole
IN which he had lways been confined.
From bis repeated statements, now that
he had learned TO speak, it appeared
that he had been, from his earliest re.
collections. confined 10 a narrow space,
his legs extended forward upon tho floor.
and his body upright; and here, with.
out light, and without the power Of loco.
motion, he had remained for years. The
date or period Of his confinement he
knew not, for in his dungeon there was
no sunllse or sunset to mark the lapse Of
time. When he awoke from sleep, he
found some bread and water a, his side
but who ministered 10 his wants, he
knew not; he never saw the face OF bis
attendant, who never spoke to him, ex.
cept in some unntelIigibIe jargon. In
his hole he had Two wooden horses, and
some rlbands, as toys,-and these afford.
ed him his only amusement. One day
had passed as another; he had no
dreams time run on, and life ebbed
and flowed, with dull and almos, un.
conscious movement. After time his
keeper gave him pencil, of which he
learned the use he was than partially
taught to walk, and shortly after, was
carried from his prison, letter put into
his hand, and he was left, as the beginn.
ing Of our story finds him, in the streets
Of Nuremberg.
The journals were now filled with oc.
counts OF this mysterious young man.
A suspicion was at last started that ho
was Of high birth, and that important
motives had led 10 the singular treat.
ment he had received. He was himself
haunted with the fear Of assassination
from the idea that the circumstances
which led 10 his incarceration, now that
his story was known, might tempt his
enemies to put period 10 his ile,-thus
seeking at once the removal OF hated
object, and security against detection.-
His fears were at last partially realized
while he was under the care and pro.
lection Of Professor Daumer, he was OF.
tackled and seriously wounded, by blow
upon the forehead.
After this event, Earl Stanhope, who
happened to be in that part Of Germany,
caused him 10 be removed 10 Anspach,
where he was placed under the care OF
an able schoolmaster. Here his fears
suhsided; but in December, 1888, a
stranger, wrapped in large, cloak,
accosted him, under the pretence Of
having an important, commune alton TO
make, and proposed meeting. Caspar
agreed. and they met in the palace.ga
den, alone. The stranger drew some
papers from beneath his cloak, and
while Casper was examining them. the
ruffian stabbed. him in the region Of the
heart. The wound did not prove i'm.
medialely fatal. He was able to return
home, and relate wl,a, had happened.
Messengers were sent in pursuit Of the
assassin, but in vain. Hauser fingered
three or four days,-lhat is, till the
seventeenth OF December, 1888, when
he died. On dissection, it appeared
that the knife had pierced to the heart,
making an incision in its outer cover.
ing, stomach. A reward Of five thous.
and forms was offered by Lord Stan.
hope, for the discovery Of the assassin.
but without effect-nor was the mystery
which involved Caspar's story ever fully
unrayelled.