The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-02-16
AN OID.FAsHIONED GHOST STORY

THE GHOST REVEALS A MURDER.
late number of the Kendall (England) Mercury
tells this story:
"Tbere is q cottage at the upper end of Kitty
Gibson's yard, which is occupied by man named
Joseph Allinson. One of the inmates, young wo-
man named Marian Allan, sister of Mrs. Allinson,
who has been bedridden and nearly blind for some
time past, is the "medium'' through which the
strange story now in circulation has been set afoat.
1t appears that on Monday evening last, whilst
some five or six men and women sitting by
the tireside down stairs, all at once they were
alarmed by some heavy sounds, as if some one was
knocking violently in room upstairs; this noise
continued for some time-knO k-knock-knock-
louder and louder-so much so that the conclusion
shook the house as if it twere about to be brought
down altogether-on person stating that the chair
in which he was sitting was fairly lifted up. On
their proceeding to her apartment the young woman
gave forth this curious revelation: An apparition
had visited her (Which she was permitted to be.
hold for time, and then her eyesight left her as
before), the figure of man dressed in black, of
grim and rough aspect. She describes something
breathed in her face-that the lighted candle in
the room burned dim, and finally, either went out
of its own accord or was extinguished by some un-
seen hand, when the figure appeared as stated
On acquiring sufficient utterance, she inquired of
the ghost, in the name of the Holy Trinity why she
was troubled with his presence On the third
time of asking, the spectre spoke in thick, husky,
hollow voice, telling her, whilst pointing in the
direction below to follow him to the cellar of the
house, where; removing the hagStone on the
hearth, something would be found buried, which
it the special purpose of his visit to reveal
On stating this, the form of the unearthy vsitant
vanished like dim shadow. Slowly and silently
the parties the house went to the locality in the
cellar pointed out by the man in black-dug up the
hearth flag, and found a quantity OF bones buried
little below the surface. A quantity of hops, in
good preservation, were found scattered here and
there over the soil. These bones (human they are
said to be by accounted competent judges in
such matters) have been examined by of peo-
pie. Their state of decay leads to the suppostion
that long, long time has elapsed since they were
put beneath the ground"
DISTRESSING NEWS FROM KANSAS-THE
SUFFERING STILL ON THE INCREASE.
ATcHIsoN, Feb. IA messenger from Hunter
county, distant about 200 miles from here, arrived
last night with heartrending tales of the suffering
for want of food and clothing in the extreme south
western part of the State. He reports the winter
as being the most severe yet experienced in south
ern Kansas. Snow has fallen to the depth of Is
inches level. The cold is intense, and stock OF
all descriptions is dying off with fearful rapidty.
Most of the inhabitants reduced to buffalo meats
alone, and not a team is able to make the journey
through the snow. The messenger walked &c miles
before finding track after leaving the settlement,
and 20 miles before reaching Emporia, where he
took stage and came on here. The mails on the
route had not been carried through for three weeks
Owing to the great depth of the snow, and the in
tense cold, horses and cattle are dying along the
route. Goods were abandoned in the middle of the
prairies. The teams had died or given out or the
limbs of the drivers had become frozen, and they
had seek refuge at the nearest settlement to
their lives. One will lose both of his legs, and
another both of his hands. The Usage Indians had
attacked party of the settlers, who were bunting
wolves for their skins. The Indians killed two Of
the settlers; one they burned and beheaded, the
other they scaped. The messenger makes the mos
urgent appeals for teams and ample supplies to be
Immediately forwarded, which will be done without
DELAY, as the relief committee determined tha
as long as their hold out that shall die
for lack of food. Urgent appeals are made from
the extreme northwestern settlements for aid to bt
sent them, as they report that their teams are il
such condition that it is impossible for them t
make the trip. man sent in from the Blue los
one Of his horses from weakness on the road, ant
the other was unable to go. Teams loaded will
supplies were Immediately dispatched by the com
mttee, as the man reported many families with only
a scanty supply of buffalo meat left. God only
knows what the end will be if the reports brough
in from the outside settlements true. Relic
must be speedily sent at 1t is terrible to wit
ness the distressing cases of suffering which ar
constantly brought to light.
PROGRESS OF THE COMMERCIAL REvULsIoN.-Fail
ures in the Month of January.-The effects whicl
our political troubles producing upon trade
and commerce are becoming every day more mani
fest; and there is perhaps no better indication o
the growth of this great calamity than the increas
ing failures of commercial houses everywhere. W
have been furnished with table of the failure
which occurred during the month of January in tn
different States, which we subiOin:
NUMBER OF FAILURES IN THE UNITED STATES IN JANUl