Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1859-04-20

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ana as these must be observed, a continu
GUS watch became necessary.
, fortunately the night was warm and
clondless, combining the temperature of
autumn with the translucent air of mid
winter Ihe moon, at the full, lit up the
streets and alleys of the city with the ef.
luigence almost of day. The throng of
pedestrians upon the street. and of visitors
10 me saloon until midnight, made il prac-
ucaoIe TO keep up his watch, without the
,Gar OF particular notice, alternately upon
the shaded sidewalk and in the corner of
the yoronda which he had occupied dur.
ing the day. At twelve o'clock. TO avoid
the challenge and observation of the no.
nee guard, he secreted himself in pile of
goods boxes, left over night on the street
10 be removed in the morning--a position
winch enabled him to see the brown hotel
Without being seen by the Waterman.
One by one the hours vanished from the
dlal-plate of time, their departure being
heralded by tireless, metallic tongues in
Delfry and steeple. The solitary watcher
slumbered not at his covert post but no
form gilded forth from the opposite hotel
tos flee, like the vagabond Cain. to some
lar OIL land, because the stain of his broth
er's blood was upon his hand. Could it
be that Orme had escaped by some rear
passage or hidden avenue, and thus evad-
ed the watch Of the Avenger?
| The day was beginning to dawn when a
man, with smooth face and short hair.
habited in fisherman's smock. coat and
coarse trousers, a large cap being drawn
down over the forehead and brow, emerc-
ed from the brown hotel and started. with
n quick step, in the direction of the boat
wharf OF The city. He had paid his reck-
oning. the night before, and announced
that he should leave very early in the
morning, on sail-boat for Point Clear,
fashionable resort of Mobiians and the
citizens Of New Orleans, during the SUM-
mer months. lie carried well-filed val
ise in his hand, and moved with the alert
step and absent air of man who was both
absorbed and in haste.
Having reached the wharf, Orme passed
along the levee, examining the names of
the vessels, and the handblls posted in |
front of many of them, announcing their |
destination and day Of departure. lie
paused, at length, in front of steamer |
which displayed flag on which he read |
these words:-For Galveston, this day, at |
nine o'clock" Looking up and down the
wharf, and seeingno one in sight not even
A. NJ, who had retired behind a |
pile of cotton bales as soon as Orme stop
ped, and was peeping at him through a
convenient crovice he went on board the
vessel. and soon disappeared behind the
bulky furniture of the boiler deck.
The sword of retribution was beginning
TO sharpen on the anvil, but the destined |
victim heard not the ring of the metal be-
meath the hammers of the avenging furies.
A. NJ, satisfied that Orme would not
leave the vessel. returned to the St. Charles
taking care, as he retired from the wharf,
to keep some object, as a screen, between
himself and the steamer. Having written
to his family, that the important business
referred to in his last letter from Mobile
required his presence in Galveston, and,
perhaps, elsewhere in Texas he directed
his baggage to be sent to the Galveston
steamer and immediately returned to the
wharf which, by this time, was beginning
to fill with the multitudinous concourse
that daily throngs its spacious surface.
The wharf, or, as it is more popularly
called, the levee of New Orleans, is, with
the exception of Broadway in New York,
the most magnificent thoroughfare of bu-
siness on the western continent. Stretch
ing for miles along the crescent margin of
the Mississippi River, and frequented by
the trading vessels of every commercial,
and of nearly every civilized and semi-civi-
lized nation on the globe, it is alike re-
1g,ll 10 . h., - -
affords for loading and unloading cargoes,
and for tho variety, Importance and value
Of the cargoes Themselves. The produc
tions of nearly half continent find their
exit to market through its avenues, and
over its surface spreads the tide Of that
refuent commerce which carries the ne,
cessaries, the comforts and the luxuries of
life, to an almost boundless interior. Dur>
ing the most active portion of the business
season this wharf is covered from morning
till night with vast multitude of people,
lraught animals, vehicles, productions and !
cargoes Of every description, both outward
and inward bound, all mingling, moving,
.lying and piled together, in a
maze OF apparently wondrous and ineXtri-
cable confusion, through which, however,
,un the guiding lines of an order that di-
'ects the whole without a jar, and confines
III the parts within the orbit of their pre-
icribed activity. A coug d all of this grand
panorama of commerce, obtained from any !
eligible point of observation, cannot fail
o impr sss the beholder with high esti-
nate OF the wealth, Importance. and bu-
incss operations of the Crescent City.
Through this rapidly gathering mass of
he men of the implements of commerce.
4. NJ wandered to ard fro, never
,oing far, however, in any direction, from !
he anchorage of the Galveston steamer, /,
Until its second and final signal bell was
ung, when he stepped on board, carefully
hading his features to avoid being seen /,
" Orme, who might, in the then excited
tate of his faculties, be able TO trace a re-
emblance between him and his father, /,
ghom he very closely favored in both
oym and feature. For reasons, also, too
byious to require specification, he regis
cred under pseudonym, and retired at
nee TO his room. Orme had not register |
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