Evening star., 1863-05-09
THE EVENING STAR.
THE HARBEg,s aHoSr.

> Eeattman travelling IN ore Of the Eastern
s:.tss, soIne years ego, called at tavern, and
-. a-sied entertanA.ent for be nixh. The
aadiard il formea him that 1t Was out OF MS
rS-sE 10 ACCOMMODATE him, az his nous, gas
already fuIi. lie persisted as hiyasels and
is-ss were exhausted With travelling. After
Z asa solicitation, the landlord conseused 10 his
sscppirg, provided he would siaay, in a certain
ecca .hat had not been occupied fsr lon:
r-se IN consequences Of the belle. that It vas
LAB ated by the ghost OF q barber, vino WAS
sscoEHd 10 mage been murdered in that room
l@Ge yrars before.
."SaTg weu,"taid the man. "I'm not afraid
A'.er haying reirs.hed himssik he inquired
g fae iasgt9orc how anG in what manner the
YocnA IN which he wss tc lodge ~a- haunted
ies landlord replied that shortly after they
ssuseS t. rest an unknown voice was heard
rss,lsAn a trembling ana prolonged accent
~is, sou want 10 be shaysdF 20 sss
- Sieii,i' replied the man, "if he comes he
Eay shave ul..''
H. then see ueste TO he shown 10 the apart
II mt, in going TO which he was conducted
h1eNeh large nom where were seated
srsa, umeer Of persons At q gambling table
fe.ing curiosity which almost every one
Possesses, after having heard ghost STORIES, he
cerr.uily searched every corner OF his room,
tEt could discover nothing hut the usual fur.
EitErp of the apartment. He then lay down,
and Ii few minutes IMAGINED he heard q
fcice saying:
"Bo you U-a-n.t 10 be s-A.d-c-e-df'
he arose from his led aud searched every
he sgatn Went 10 bed, but NO sooner had he~
began 10 compose himself TO sleep, than the
question was rppeaIed. He again arose and
Went to the window, from which quarter the
sorG6 apresred To proceed. and stood silent.
Alter Il few moments Of suspense, he again
hrsrc the sound distinctly, and con WINGED that
1t " as from without, he opened ths window,
when the question was repeated Ill in his
EAR, which startled him not little Upon a
minute examination, however, he 6hseryed
that the limb Of large oak tree. which stood
u. II. .Hncxy aHfa aH thA hn
uat every breath OF wind, to lively imagin-
aton, made noise resembling the interroga-
HcE:
"I.o Won w-a-r.t to he shayedps
Having satisfied himself that the ghost was
no.hing more nor less than the limb of q tree
coming in contact with the house, he again
went 10 bed and attempted to get asleep, but
was shnoysd by psals Of laughter or volleys
o. on; he and curses from the room where the
gam bisrs we're assembled, and concluding to
iuTn the ghost s;oly to his own advantage, he
him, lock the wash. basin in his hand, and
thicWiEg tcW.i ever his arm, went to the
Eoem Of The gamblers, and throwing the door
wide open, slaked ia, asking, in 8 tremulous
veice-
"Io you W amt TO be s.h-a-v-e.d!'
Terrified al the sudden appearance of the
ghost, tfe gambler. "er. thrown into The great
est confusion. and tumbled pell -mell over each
other. and down Stairs, in their hurried at
tempt> TO escape.
Our ghost beat a hurried retreat to his room
gamblers or my seriaus noises. In the morn.
irg he found the utmost excitement and alarm
prevailing III The Eous. on account of the ap-
pearance OF the ghost, and in ans Wer TO an en-
qniry OF the landlords, replied that the ghost
had not troubled him, and departed entirely
nnsus pected, after quietly eallng his breakfast
Fro NJ WESTERN NIRGINIA,-The Wheeling
Intel! gen.eI vi Wednesday, May 9th, says:
The news from the Interior last night, indi.
Gates that he II fels are srill at Weston, and
about 7,Gtl strong. 1t is known at last that
Jones and imbo have joined teams 1t is also
asceIiaIEed ti.aL tbs re is another re oel column
not great way of, under Gen. Wilder, num-
btrinr about ittt, and towering in the vicinity
Of SunmeTSiie, alorg the New river. This
latter tGFcs Is acting III conjunction with Jtn-
kins aUd threatens Charleston.
1t is presumed that ihe movements of both
of these tolnmns VI i'll b. controlled by the news
from the RalraL anrock.
IN. K. Ferry. clerk IN the auditors de-
parin eIt of thr r. L %. Railroad, and Thos
B. Ii. Cole, OF Baltimore, have been arrested for
dis oy atty ard paced under confinement.
~ young man named Dunn, arrested in
conre ciion with ths assault upon DIR. Augusta,
iColCTsd,) in Balnmore few days age, was
stnt 10 Fort McHenry.
E The people Of England pay s500,U 0,Go0
tax. Pr anEum.
S-I Iusf;n :. Morrill,, of Vermont, declines a
re-slfc1iCn 10 Congress.
- iictr Hugo, il is said, is engaged on a
rev work 10 BE call s.gi."
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