, 1859-05-20

| years: Our host was IN Joyous spirits;
| proud to survey the splendid and noble
company cor which he bad gathered under
| elated in their elation. Joyous Was the dance
Joyous were oil faces that saw-up 10 mid
] night, very soon after which time supper was
announced; and that also, think, was the most
Joyous Of a!i the bnnquets l erer witnessed.
| in brilllancy; .eEen his melancholy relaxed. In
| fact, how could it be otherwise near to him
| sat Margaret Liebenheim-hanging upon his
! 1orda-more lustvous aud bewitching than ever
| had beield her. There she had been placed
| by the host; and everybody knew why. This IS
one Of the ]uxures attached to love; all men cede
their places with pleasure; women make way
| Even size herself knew, though not
obliged to know, why she was seated in that
ueighborhood; and took her place, It with
! rosy sufusion upon her cheeks, Jet with tulness
Of happiness at her heart: >.
Ihe guardsman pressed forward 10 clalm ai1ss
| I4iebenheinl's hand for the next dance; move
ment which she was quick to favor, By retreat
| ing behind one or two parties from person
who seemed coming towards her. The music
again began to pour its voluptuous tides
| through the bounding pulses Of the youthful
company; again the flying feet of the dancers
mounting spirit Of delight begun to fill the sails
Of the hurryinR night with steudy inspiration.
All went happily. Already had one dance fin
ishcd some were pacing up and down, leaning
on the arms of partners; some were reposlng
from their e1eftiops; when-o heavens what
u shrek! what gathering tumult
Every eye was bent towards the doors-eTeTy
eye strained forwards to dsco7erwhat was pass
ing. But there, erery moment, less and less
could be seen, for the gathering crowd more
and more intercepted the riew so much the
doubled upon shrieks Miss Liebenheim had
moved downwards to the crowd. From her su-
perior height she overlooked all the ladies at
The point where she stood In the centre stood
rustic girl, whose features had been falnll-
lar to her for some months: she hao re,
lived with her uncle, a tradesman. not
ten doors from Margarets own residence,
partly on tile terms Of knswomnn, partly ~
| servant on trial. At this moment ahe was
| exhausted With excitement, and the nature Of
the shock she had sustained. Mere panic
seemed to have mastered her; ana she vas sas
] leaning unconscious md weeping, upon the
| shoulder Of some gentleman, who was endea-
yoring to soothc her. i silence Of horror
| seemed to possess the company, most OF whom
/ were still unacquanted with the cause Of the
| alarming interruption. A few. however, VINO
they waited in vain foE fuller explanation,
uotE rushed tumultuously out of the ballroom
| to satisfy themselves on the spot. The dis
tance was not great; and within fire minutes
several persons returned hastily, and cried out
to the crowd of ladies' that all was true which
the Young girl had said. "What was true:'
| That her uacle Mr.. Weishaupts family had been
murdered; that not one member Of the family
| had been spared-namely, MIR. Weishuupt him
| self and his wife, neither Of them much above
| sixty, but both infirm beyond their years; two
| malden sisters Of Mr.. Weishaupt. from forty to
forty:si1 years of aye, und an elderly female Do
mestic.
| An incident happened during the recital Of
| these horrors, and of the details which follow
| ed, that furnished matter for conversation even
t in these hours when so thrilling an interest had
| possession Of all minds. Many ladies fainted;
/ amongst them Miss Liebenheim-and she would
| have. fallen 10 the ground but for Maxi
milan, who sprang forward and caught
| her in his arms. She WAS long of returning
to herself; und during the agony of his sus-
! pense. he stopped aud kissed her paltd lips.
IAat sight was more than could be borne by
one who stuod little behind the group. lie
rushed forward, with eyes .glaring like tigers
and lerelicd blow ut siaxiuilisn. 1t was poor
| maniacal Won uarrelstciu, who had been absent
in the forest for week. Many people stepped
forward and checked his arm, uplif1cd for re-
! pgtion Of this outrage. One or two had some
| spot; whilst us to Moxinian, 50 absorbed WAS
he that he had not 50 much as perceived the
uffrunt offered to himself. Margaret, on reyi-
wing, was confounded at finding herself so s,tu-
atcd amidst great crowd; and yet tue prldcs
complained that there was i look III love
exchanged between herself and Mnx,n1llan'
that ought not to have escaped her in
such situation. If they meant By such
situation, ONT 80 public, it must Le also recol-
lected tIlut it was situation uf excessive a5ita-
tion; but, if they allnde TO tile horrors Ut The
moment, no situation more naturally opens the
heart 10 affection aud confidlng love than the
record from scenes Of exquisite terror.
| An xrpllt that ulIht before the
magistrates. but all was dark; although sus-
| pcion attached to negro named Aaron, who
lad occasionally been emploTed in men'al ser
| vices BY the fan,ily, and had been in the house
immediately before the E'usder The CIR
cumstances were such as to leave every
man in utter perplexity as to the pre-
sumption for and against him. His mode Of
| defending himself and his general department,
were marked by the coolest, nay, the most
snerring Indifference. Thu first thing he did,
IN being acquainted with the suspicious against
himself Was to laugh ferociausly, and to all up
pearancc most cordially aud unaGectedly. lle
I demanded whether puor man like allMseal
would have left so much wealth as lay scattered
abroad in that house-goid repeaters, ma>ss
plate, gold snutf boNes-untouched: That
argument certainly weighed much ia his favor
And yet again it was turned against him; for q
magistrate asked him how ht happened to know
already that nothing had been touched. True
it was, and fact which had puzzled
no less than it had awcd the magistrates,
that, upon their examination nf the pre-
misses, many rich articles of b!joHteriF, jew,
/ elry, and personal ornaments. Ind been tuund
living undcranyed. and apparently in their usual
situations; articles 50 portable that iu the yer;y
hastiest flight some mish have been carried oil.
In particular, there WAS crncitl1 OF gold en-
riclled with jewels So large and rare, that of IL
self it would hare constituted prize Of great
| magnitude. Yet this was left untouched, though
suspended in II little orat"ry that h:G bc"n
| 1nagniicentlv adorned BY the elder of the maid
| cn sisters There was an altar, inltselt i si'len
did object, furnished with every article Of th'
+ most costly material and Workmanship, for tilt
, | private celebration Of mass. This crucltlS. Il:
| well as everything clsu in the little closet
must hare been seen BY one at least .
!. the murderous party: for hitler had ou'
of the ladies' fled hither had ont
!, Of the murders pursued. She had ca>ped til,
! golden pillars which supported the altar-hatt
! turned perhaps her dying looks upon the cr1lc'
q fix; for there, with one arut still wreathru a}'nn
r the altariooi. though in her agony she had turn
;. ed round upon her face, did the elder sister lii
: when the magistrates trst broke open the STREET
door. Aud upon the beautiful patYHtf. or in
laid floor which ran round the rnons, were stl
, impressed the footsteps Of the murderer. These
it was hoped, might furnish clue to the dis
; | cp,ery Of one At least among the murdeFou
l. band. They were rather difficult to trace &C
n | curutey; those paris Of the traces which n
i upon thu black ftssslr being less distinct in til
# outline than the others upon the white or coloret
Most unquestionably, 81 far us this went, il fll'
!, | nished negative circumstance in farnr of Il,
r. negro, for the footsteps were very different
q. / outline from his. and smaller, for Aaron was
. man ofcoloSsal build. And US to his knowlcd:,
>, of the state in which the premises had bet
/ found, und his having so familiurly relied upo
ii the fact Of robbery having taken place as d
= argument On his OWN behalf, he eonseuded til:
r he had himself been amongst the crowd ths
* pushed into the house along with the nla.i
q trutes; that, from his previous ncqualntant
:, | with tile rooms and their ordinary condition,
I. glance Of the eye had been sufficient for him
10 ascertain the unds.urbcd condition Of all Il
IF valuable property most obvious to the grasp OF
s. robber; that in fact. he had seen enough for Il
N argument before he and the rest Of the mob Ii:
IT been elected by the magistrates; but. hnal!
that independently Of NIL this. he had heard bo
- tunultuous gatherings Of the people in II
=. street. arguing for tue mysteriousnr>s If II
X. bloody transaction upon that very circunlstan
ii Of much gold, silver, and jewels being LETT
II | hind untouched.
II In six weeks or less from the date Of this te
in r1tc event, the negro was set at liberty by
n majority Of voices amongst the magistrates.
s. that short interval other events h1d nccnrr
en MS less terrific snnd mysterious. In this hs
cc murder, though tue motive was dark and uni
IN ! telligblc, yet the agency WAS not SO; oralna
ed assassins apparently, and with ordinary meal
nr had uSsailcti u helpless and unprepared famll
II. had scpar ted item; attacked them sing
~ ia flight ffor in this first case ail but
;*. | the murdered persons appeared to have be
~ mixing for tile Street door; and in all this tt.