New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-08-10

bushes first beheld what seemed to be spark of
fire, the glitter of gem presently there broke out
another which rose in the air and thereupon whole
host of cleaning mote-sized cressets leaped up and
down and whirled over to the treetops, and twisted
in may dance through the boughs and gemmed
every leaf with all the most dazzling tints of red and
tnnaz and amethyst O, those beautiful fire flies
Yet almost suddenly they had come they vanished
or by some mute confederacy, did they but put out
their body lamps, to their lustre for some fu
ture occasion? Scarcely had they disappeared ere
real star shot out in the heavens; faint but no
longer dubious light, like the first errand of dawn,
stole over the sky and, by and by, could see that
the moon was about to show herself.
At that instant voices from the jungle struck apon
my ear, so near at hand that was on the point OF
hailing the owners, when presentment-men use
that word so vaguely "a sense OF caution came over
me, and l renamed silent, retiring behind the Pill
Jared archway just in time to conceal myself rom
the Corners They were two in the ordinary cos
tune of respectable Mahratta travellers, wearing
white garments and turbans, with swords STUCK IN
their belts and each his shield But their hands were
engaged in dragging, what to me appeared TO be
dead animal. Within few yards of me, but around
corner of the pagoda, to view which, iouna u ne
cessary to leave my recess and lean across ais .h
for the new moon actually up, saw that thelr
burden was no animal, but dead man. 1t was
large and heavy corpse, dressed in rich raiment for
could plainly distinguish the nlocaoea .fowsers, 'ae
eold.hemmed robes, the silver-mounted creese in
the Furnished belt And then one OF them spoke
in the common rekhta, or mixed dialect OF Hlndoos-
| tan at which rejoiced, for l understood neither
Persian nor Mahratta, nor Teogos, nor Tamnl Take
off the ,oon,al (bandkerchief) Kahoo; it has done
its duty once more it is the seventh time, and must
therefore be now discarded. Burn it we must, and
place it before the idol kalee. This fat unwieldy
hogs son must be disposed of. Now for his girdle
and turban."
saw them untwist long noose-like piece Of linen
from the corpses neck on which the bald head fell
loosely back. He had been strangled by thugs, and
the thugs were close to me! They Invested him Of
his girdle, which made blinking noise as it struck
the ground /" Do not rip it open, Kahoo,' said he,
I" not that he had a hundred ashrafes Of gold, and
four dozen of earrings and noserngs about his per-
son Look to his turban they are safer where they
aren They undid the windings of the turban from
which saw them take many jewels, which, with the
girdle, they slowed away among their garments |
raised my manton strange desire came over me to
kill those wretches but remembered that what
might kill vulture might but scratch man. Had
slain those murderers Of the murdered, would it still
have been murder? Be sure that it is Gods to pun
ish And when, many years thereafter, saw at
Guntoor in the Northern Division, no fewer than one
hundred and sixty convicted thugs working in chains
thought that it was very possible those two men
were among them Presently one OF the men withdrew
into some nook of the ruins the other dragged the
body nearer to the tank, and heard him tell his COM
rade to fetch the koladi, pickaxe could now no
longer see them but heard the stroke of the pick
axe, and knew they were digging grave and by
and by l also knew by the sound OF tramplng, that
they were pressing the earth compactly over their
| victim. cracking noise succeeded, and from the
bright reflection that shone all around guessed that
they had lit fire over the grave, their common prac
| tice.
| A complete silence that lasted for more than an
hour convinced me that they had either departed
had fallen asleep and was on the point OF stealing
from my hding-place, when loud voices in tile dis
lance beyond the tank reached me. heard the
shouting of men, and among the advancing voices,
there was one that familiar and most welcome to
me. "Sahb azeez Sahib kehan hue toom p
Master, dear master where art thou?n Yes, sure
enough, it was the voice OF my faithful sooIlman;
And then gliding cautiously from my retreat looked
for the Thugs. They were not visible but a large
fire lay snouldering near the lake. and some burnt
rags strewed before the hideous idol We're the
| Thugs sleeping in the temple? l knew not, neither
did care for now, flashing across the water per
ceived the glare of many torches, and with loud
voice hailed my servant. In few moments there
after he at my side, kissing my hands, and thank
ing Allah and the prophet that was found 1t may
be as well to say that, although information given
to the head Of Bassim well as to the proper
authorities in high places as to what had Witnessed
no discovery of the murderers was made, nor were
any traces Of them found in the ruined temple There
was buried body, and that was all.
MAKES HIS GOVERNOR TREAT.-The Springfield
(Mass Nonpare states that its editor actually over
heard the following conversation between Irish lad
ten years of age and his father
Boy" Pap! Pap!!"
Fafher-" What's wanted 2"
Boy" Can't you trate me to wee drap?H
Father-'' Yes, only where is IL"
Boy You know id well where it is?'
| Upon this both started for grog.shop.
| SYMPTOMS OF VAN1TY.-To offer barber $50 bill
in payment for a shave.
To ask a girl to marry you the first time she has
ever seen you.
On hearing it observed by the wirepullers of your
| political party that a strong candidate" must be
nominated for the next election, Immediately to offer
| yourself
To pay double the value for an article when you
know you get elsewhere for what it is worth.
| To extol the excellent way in which your father
brought up his children.
To hire thousand dollars at three per cent a
month"; and keep it on deposit at bank till payday
To say, with Pope Urban, Oh what prodigy of
sense is that man he thinks always just as do
To cram your bookcase with the works of Kant,
Hegel, Aristotle, Sir William Hamilton, and other
deep thinkers and read only Cobb's masterpieces
The Bandit Arbuzzi,'' and yellowcovered liter
AZURE generally
To be elected Corporal Of military company, and
Immediately go to studying Turenne and Vauban, OF
BECOME eloquent upon the horrors of war.
| |...
An inveterate coffee drinker, two days after his
| marriage, on visit to his parents was, as usual
handed cup of the delicious beverage, and aston
ished the table by expressing his preference for tea
Wondering what could have produced the sudden
antpiathy, his anxious mamma inquired the cause.
He replied: why, it kept me awake the last two
nights!'
Such an innocent reply set the table in roar
RowDY NoNENCLArURE.-The New York Express
classihes the rowdy nomenclature of three leading
cities thus:
Ne,c York-"Dead Rabbits" Bowery Boys
"Forty Thieves" "Skinners, ""Robin Hood Club,
Phiiadetphia.- Killers, ""Schuylk Annhilators
"Moyamensng Hounds, n'Northern Liberty Skivers,
and ''Peep-of-Day Boys"
Ba!tn0re-'Plug Uglies," Rough SKINS an,
Double Pumps
The Oldest Mennonite curiosity is, that woman
who never knows her own age knows to half al
hour that of all her female friends.
"Charlie, my boy, why do you stand there ?" sail
an over-anxlous mother to her son. at fashionabl
party. go in and enjoy yourself You look like
statue There's Miss j., she's splendid creatur
plump as partridge-shall introduce your
mo, thank ye. | saw the lady in bathing a
Nahant, last summer Excuse me.n
NUTS TO CRAcK.-A matter.oftact contemporary
one of those precise persons, who, Jean Paul says
would determine the course of zephyr by sea-con
pass, and the heart of girl by comic sections-want
an answer to the following question
"When sorrow has lost its traces, what has becom
of the rest of the harness."
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WHY should crinoiine be abolished