Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-05-31


knew was of brick, and after taking me
along passage way which could not have
been less than fifty feet in length, and
down flight of stairs into what was evident
ly an underground basement, stopped be-
side vault, and removed the handkerchief
from my eyes.
"Here is the vault-open it," said she,
springiDg the door of dark lantern, and
throwing beam of light upon the lock.
seized bunch of skeleton keys, and
after few trials, which the lady seemed to
watch with the most painful anxiety,
sprang the bolt. The door swung upon It's
hinges, and my companion telling me not
to close it, as it was selflocking, sprang
into the vault I did not follow. I heard
the murmur of low voices within, and
the next moment the lady reappeared,
and leaning upon her arm a man, with
face so pale and haggard that 1 started
at the sight. How he must have suf'
fered during the three long days of lis
confinement
"Remain here" she said, handing me
the lantern 81 will be back in moment" ."
The two slowly asoended the stairs, aud
l heard them enter room Immediately a.
bove where 1 was standing. In less than a
minute the lady returned.
"Shall l close it, madam 2" said | plac-
ing my hand upon the door of the vault.
"No mol" she exclaimed, hastily se!zing
my arm; ssit awaits another occupant !"
"Madam, you certainly do not intend
to"
care you ready?" she interrupted, i'm
patiently, holding the handkerchief to my
eyes. The thought flashed across my
mind that she intended to push me into the
vault, and bury me andmy secret together.
She seemed to read the suspicion and con-
tinued: "Do not be alarmed. You are not
the manp'
I could not mistake the truth Of the fear.
full meaning of the remark, and shud-
dered as bent my head to the handker'
chief. My eyes we're as carefully banda
ged as before, and I was led to the cab, and
thence driven home by more circuitous
route, if possible, than the one by which
we came. Arriving in front of the house,
the handkerchief was removed, and stepp.
ed from the vehicle A purse of five hun.
dred dollars was placed in my hand, and
in a moment the cab and it's mysterious
occupant had turned the corner and we're
out of sight.
1 entered the shop, and the purse Of gold
was the only evidence could summon in
my bewilderment that all had just done
and witnessed was not dream.
A month after that I saw the lady and
the gentleman taken from the vault walking
Ieisurely along Montgomery street, do
not know, but l believe the sleeping huS
band awoke within the vault, and his bones
are there to-day. The wife is still resi-.
dent of San Francisco
JACOBS LADDER-WHAT IT EMBLEM.
ATIsED If the reports we hear be true,
there are some of the earlier pupils of Grand
Lecturer Drew, (whose work the Grand
Lodge of New York declares to be stan
dard } who still in alluding to Jacobs Lad
der in the Lecture, speak of it as ascending
to Heaven. Such ignorance is inexcusable;
and persons so trausgressing ought to be
sent to night school, instead of being per.
mitted to expose their incapacity. If such
persons are possessed Of any mind, they
should remember that "the crowniug of the
Lodge is the celestial hemisphere" and all
Free and Accepted Masons hope to arrive
at the dominions of bliss by the allegorical
assistance of Jacobs Ladder, one part of
which rested on the earth, and the other
extended to Heaven, on which the angels
were ascending and descending: those as
cending carried the obligations of gratitude
to the Throne of Grace; those descending
dispensed the mercies of Providence to the
whole creation.
The ladder, symbolical of the nature of
man, his body earthly, but his soul Heaven
ly and divine, was shown to Jacob in Wis
ion, to remind him that he could never at
tain its summit but by strict adherence to
the laws and commands of the Almighty
which would not only prove source of
earthly blessing, but enable him to return
to his Fathers House in peace and plenty !;
which, in process Of time, was fully verified.
In an emblematical sense, this Ladder may
be considered as resting on the Book of the
Law; for by paying implicit confidence to
the doctrines contained in that sacred vol.
ume, we are convinced by promises incon
more solid than the earth, more
permanent than the Heaven, that, by a
steadfast faith in we'll doing, a continual
hope, and heart replete with charity and
benevoence, we shall finally attain the sum-
NIT of that Ladder, metaphorically speak.
ing, the dominions of bliss, and mansions
OF pure delight.
MAJOR GENERAL JOHN A. MCCLER-
NAND ON THE SITUATIoN.-Gen. Nc.
Clernand wrote a letter to recent johnson
meeting at Macon, Missouri, in the course
of which he said:
Glancing at the Presidents reconstruc.
tion policy, what remains to be said of it !!
He has officially and formally announced
the termination of the rebellion, and the
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