Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-04-30

a correspondent sends the following
remarkable story to the Dublin Evsnng
Aaig:
"This is the age Of discoveries, and one
Of such . startling 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
circumstances; the names for the mo-
ment | am not at liberty TO indicate -
The Earl of ---- married not long ago,
and brought his bride home to one Of the
old family mansions which members of
the English aristocraoy regard with an
affection amounting to veneratiOn. The
lady, however, being more continental in
her tastes, after a short residence in the
apartments appropriated to her use, ex
pressed wish to have boaloir in the
Vicinity of her bedroom. The noble earl
would gladly have complied with the re-
quest, but, upon examinations 1T was found
that the rooms, as sometimes happens, in
antique buildings. were so awkwardly
distributed that by no conceivable plan
of Encouragement could the desired b0u-
DIR be fitted in. Thereupon it became
necessary TO provoke professional assis-
tance, and an eminent architect was sum-
mOned from Lendon. He examined the
house narrowly, and said there seemed to
be nothing for it 20 build one, though at
the same time he could not resist the inn
preston that there must be another un-
discovered room somewhere in that wing
of the mansion. The noble earl laughed
at the idea; the oldest servants and re-
tainers of the family were questioned,
and declared that they had never heard
even rumOr Of its existence. The or
dinery methods of tapping, &C.. were re-
rOrted TO, but without effect. Still the
architect retained his conviction, and de-
clared himself ready TO stake his profess
sional reputation on the result.
"The earl at last consented to let the
walls be bored, and, when an opening
had been made, not only was the room
found, but a sight presented itself which
almost defeats attempts at description.
The apartment was fitted up in the rich
est and most luxurious style of $50 years
ago. A quantity of lady's apparel lay
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the dressing table, and, but for the faded
aspect which everything wore, the cham
Der might have been tenanted half an
hour previously. On approaching the
bed the most curious sight Of all was
seen, and this it is which affords the only
clue to the mystery
"The couch held the skeleton of wO-
man, and on the floor underneath the bed
half in and half out, lay another skele'
ton, that of a man, presenting evident
traces of violence, and proving that, be-
fore he expired in that position, he mus
have received some dreadful injury. TIL,
secret connected with this tale of blooC
has been well kept, for not merely had al
tradition of the scene faded away, bu
even the existence Of the room itself wa
forgotten. The survivors probably wall
ed up the apartment at the time, and it
contents remained Theoretically sealed u
till the present day, when, according t
the best calculations, after the lapse of
century and half daylight has accident
ally penetrated into this chamber of hor
rOrs"