East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-06-10
Wonderful Discovery.

The following wonderful story is told
by the London correspondent of the Dub
lin Eteniig Nail:
This is the age Of discoveries, and one
of such sterling nature has Just been
made in an English county that it seems
out Of place in the region of sober fact,
and to belong purely to the atmosphere
of the three-volume novel. Here are the
oiroumstances--the names for the mo.
ment am not at liberty to Indicate
The Earl Or married not long ago,
and brought his bride home to one of
the old family mansions which members
of the English aristocracy regard with
an affection amounting almost TO vene-
ration. The lady, however, bOing moro
continental in her tastes, after a short
residence in the apartments appropria-
ted to her use, expressed wish to have
baudoir in the vicinity Of her bedroom.
The noble earl would gladly have COM
piled with the request, but, upon exam
ination, the rooms, as sometimes
happens in antique building were so
awkardly distributed that by no conceiv-
able plan of arrangement could the de.
sired boudoir be fitted in. Therefore il
became n ecessary to invoke professional
assistance, and an eminent architect was
summoned from London. He examined
the house narrowly, and said there seem
cd to be nothing for it to build, though
at the same time he could not resist the
impression that there must be another
undiscovered room somewhere in that
e q H.
laughed at the idea; the eldest servants
and retainers of the family were ques-
toned and declPred they never heard
even rumor of its existence.
The ordinary methods Of tapping, &C.,
were resorted to, but without effect
Still, the architect retained his convict
ion, and declared himself ready to stake
his professional reputation on the result
The earl at last consented to let the
walls be bored, and when the opening
had been made, not only was the room
found, but sight presented itself which
almost defeats attempts at description
The apartment was fitted up in the rich
est and most luxuriant style Of $50 years
ago. A quantity Of lady's apparel lay
about the room, jewels were scattered
On the dressing table, and, but for the
faded aspect which everything wore, the
chamber might have been tenanted half
an hour previously.
On approaching the bed the most curl
Gus sight of all was seen, and this it is
which affords the only clue to the mys.
terry. The couch held the skeleton Of
female, and on the floor, underneath the
bed, half in and half out, lay another
skeleton, that of man, presenting evi.
dent traces Of violence, and proving that,
before he expired in that position, he
must have received some dreadful injury.
The secret connected with this tale Of
blood has been well kept, for not merely
had all tradition Of the scene faded away,
but even the existence of the room itself
was forgotten. The survivors, probably
walled up the apartment. at the time,
and its contents remained Theoretically
sealed up till the present day, when, ao-
,ording to the best calculation, after the
spse of century and half daylight
las accidentally penetrated into this
chamber of horrors, which, to the sur
Prise Of all concerned, had been discov
red in one of the noblest mansions in
he county Of. rrl