The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-09-06

ION n! all n0nsense! said he, ''yOu'U soon oa+
over this" And with like comforting assurancces
he sought to raise her from her depressed condi.
ton. In about ten minutes he went to the door
and said, "Come in here, one of you while 90 to
the gig" He soon came back, and the woman re
manned with him.
In little while the clown came up to the group
Of women outside the door, and leaning in all atti-
tudeS against the side and steps of the wagon.
''Wel has he come ?''
eyes, he has been in this quarter of an hour"
"What does he say?"
"'Oh! she'll do, he says, didn't he ?" said one
of them, turning to another for confirmation
He soon left, and his voice was heard sboutino
some old witticism of the ring as though there
were no such things as sick wives and doctors in the
world In few minutes more he came again unite
out of breath from last somersaut, the approba
tion of which was still heard. Seeing the door
partially open he entered and his face looked ioy-
Gus, as the wall of a child greeted him.
(Which is it? A boy?'
eyes" said Jenny.
The answer was unheard by him, for there
stretched out in death-was the mother. Contrary
to the doctors expectation, the accident and pre-
mature delivery had caused her death.
Yes! There she lay; the hollow suuken ewes
made unnaturally bright by the traces of rouge up
on her cheeks-the jaw fallen. Deathwas evident
ly there, and he saw it. She with whom he had
hoped to share all the cares and joys of life now
that the only difference they had ever had was re-
moved-she dead The man seemed stunned A
strange pair they looked; he in the motley and
paint of his calling; she-dead!
Bear up, Bill, said Jenny, approaching him
with the child; otis a boy Bill: and she wanted It
to be called after YOU"
The man seemed not to hear, but, walking up to
the bed, and taking one Of the dead hands in his
kissed it gently, as though his loss had Just been
realized, muttering, "Dead! deadr' and lay down,
his ace close to hers kissing the fast cooling lips
with frantic earnestness.
dead-dead?' still came between his
choking sobs. To him, the women, moving to and
fro in offices about the child were not: to him use
less was the doctors farewell. "Dead-dead-
dead! and the heavng chest and bursting balls
found relief in tears.
''There, don't take on So Bill" said one. irving
to raise him. "dont take on so hard Bill P'
She might well have spoken to the box on
which he hall sat, half leaned he hung over his
dead wife. They then tried to get to close the
staring eyes; but a look which appalled, them shook
their nerves too much to allow a second trial. A
noise outside now attracted them to the door
"Whats the matter ?"
E'Matter enough!' said harsh, grating voice
Heres Chapman so drunk he can't go in, and
BlPs skulkng because his wife's sick; there never
was fellow IN the ring worse treated than am"
one is dead, Whips, said one, pointing with
her thumb back to the wagon.
"Dead ~ said he.
eyes; and he's there, too
"Well, if that amt too bad" said he 'there's
the last scene before the quadrille, and no clown
it II ruin the circus. The second night too; her
last nights jump has filed the place-there amt
standing roOm-and they've been calling for her
all the evening. Dead" said he again, as though
u
thought it? What's to be done?"
Cant you make Chapman do?'
''No, he's fool any time to Bill, and now he's
drunk he's no use at all. What's to be done don't
know"
Here he was obliged to leave, for the uproar in
the circus was deafenng. "Clown! Clown!" was
the only cry they would make. In vain did whips
drive the horses faster and faster until the Corsi-
can Brothers" nearly in horizontal position
with their speed; nothing would appease the now
excited people
"Here, Bill" said Jenny, ''Whips wants you"
''Who wants me?" said the man.
"Here, Bill, do" said the voice at the door
Jenny gave the child to one of the women, took
him by the arm and led him to the door.
"Bill," said Whips, here's Chapman as drunk as
beast, and the people crying out for you like mad.
Can't YOU go?"
"Go' said he, pointing to the body, chow can l
go? No, | can't GO"
"Well, Bill, you must; it's only the second night
here's the queen away and no clown"
"Well, there's only the Indian warrior to go in"
said Bill
"WelI, know that, but what's the good of him
without somebody to give him his things? What's
the good of my giving him his club and bow or
the paddle either? No, Bill, you must go; it won't
do to send in any one else now, they'd pull the
place down"
Here another and louder cry reached them
''There nOw," said Whips, that's it: there's the
'Corscan Brothers has been a-going round this
quarter of an hour till they're sick of it, and the
grey II be 50 lame tomorrow she won't stir peg.
It's no use Bill, you must 60"
81 can't, Whips; it'll be no use if do"
ooh, yes, you will; you must go, or I'll have to
throw up the agreement, and you know you've
Oyer-drawed your money this last two weeks"
''Well, know it" said the man, evidently irres-
olute at this threat.
''Wen, then, go Unfit only five minutes Here,
take drink of this, it will give YOU heart
The man took the prolfered flask and drank
deeply.
"Well," said Whips, you'll go, Bill, won't
you?"
ooh, yes, Pll go" said the man; 90 on
They left the wagon, and the repeated rounds of
applause showed that the public was satisfied The
clown was never more witty, never more agile
Somersauit after sOmersaut, leap after leap was
taken with reckIessneSs that nothing could equal;
again and again the encores of the glile and the
braves of the vulgar, spurred his cxertions-
At last it ended, and the quadriIle came on.
The clown left the ring, with the plaudits ringing
IN his ears, and came TO the wagon to lind-alas
What?
At the conclusion of the quadriIe those in the
wagon heard cry.
"What is it?" said the man. now in his old
position, close to the body with her han locked
in his. and his eyes fixed on her face. "What's
that?"
They're calling for her, said j Jenny, pointing to
the form in the bed
There was a u, and then a long thunder of
clapping hands and stamping feet rose and died
away.
whats that last ?" asking the woman holding
the child Of person entering.
''Oh they called for the queen, and old Whips
made speech, and said she was rather unwell and
could not appear, but would most likely be better
tomorrow, when she would again perform her
celebrated feat of leaping through the hoop to the
ground"
',We!l my dears," said the doctor, at the supper
table, to his children, chow did you like ?"
ooh we didn't see the queen, father"
"No?"
''No, not all; the man in the ring said she was
not well, but would be there to morrow, and the
clown was so good father, in the scene with the
savage"
''Was he, my dear? Do you know why you
didn't see the-queen ?"
e'WelI, thcn I'll tell YOU Because she was
dead. That clown was her husband. 1 left him
kissing her dead lips and dare say he's there now
It's strange world this Such a sight as that
never saw before, and hope never to see again"
MUTTNY on BOARD BALrIaoRE VEssEL.-The
Philadelphia North American, of yesterday, says:
The Baltimore ship Sir John Franklin arrived in
port on Saturday. The ships commanded by Cap
tain Calf, who states that after leaving Liverpool
and when off Holyhead, and after the pilot left the
ship, four Of the became mu;inOus, and re-
fused to do duty. Captain Gait procured his pis-
tolls and ordered the men to 60 TO work, but, he
says they still persisted in their refusal and of
them struck him. The captain then fired and
wounded the ringleader in the hi. The other
three men then went to their duty, and the wound
ed man was put in irons On arriving at New Cas-
tie telegraphic dispatch sent to the city, and
a United States Marshal met the ship at Gloucester
on Saturday afternoon, took the entire into
custody, and brought them to the city, where they
placed in the custody of the Marshal. Subse-
quently, the sailor who had been shot obtained
warrant for the arrest of Gait. Gait was, there
fore, taken into custody and held to ball. bail being
furnished by the consignecs of the ship. The sail
ors' statement is very different from that of the
captain, as they complain of persistent and unnat-
ura cruelties inflicted upon them during the whole
voyage, and seem to have adopted the conclusion
from what has been told them, that Philadelphia is
market for Justice for the sailor. 1t remains to
be seen when the is heard this morning, before
a United States Commissioner, what will be done IN
the matter.
DEMOCRATIC NoMINATIoNs.-At meeting of the
Democratic Convention in Carroll county, on the
Sd instant, the following gentlemen were selected
as candidates
Register of Wills, Joseph NJ. Parke; Senator,
Robert Dade; House of Delegates, DR.. Bernard
Mills Edwin NJ. Shipley, William Reese; Orphans
Court, George w. Manro, Daniel 5. Herring, Jonas
Ecker; County Commissioners, Henry Leister, Hy.
s. Davis, David W Houck; School Commissioners,
John White, VIM. Ii. Maus, Lewis LamOtte; Sher-
if, William Segafoos; States Attorney, Edwin o.
Brien.
A citizen of Galveston who has visited several of
the Northern and Eastern counties, says: The cot
ton crop of Northern and Eastern Texas is likely
to prove very short one This is owing to the
dr0uth, which continued from the I'd of May to a
week or two since, during which time there was no
general rain but only few partial showers, which
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