The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-20

That was surely q strange present for a lover.
out she could excuse II in him In these deeene.
rate days, and she quietly put it on one aide.
removed revealed glass jar. A jar What
could that contain to require such extraordi-
nary oautionl She could think of no suitable
weoulng present that required such jar, and
M neI wonder was increased, But hold there
was was slip OF white paper pinned TO the top,
anu something written thereon IN a neat female
oSsu; oSoTc0ms Ses her read, and sickening sensation
box, and had barely time 20 pIace III an the
table, before she fell fainting on the floor.
me noise occasloned by the fall attracted the
nor.io nSSeHoion OF some ladies living in the same
Poruon OF tDe building, who, on entering the
room, found Mrs. James in deep swoon. They
attempted TO revive her, but before this was
accomplished they also observed the contents
OF % theI the Jar and were hardly able to take care
VI themselves. But, in the course of time. Mrs
yaHes revived, and tie ladies, after regainiog
lnelr composure to some extent attempted q
iaT bUs Ustal M examination of the contents the
J', jar put the oolect was 80 shocking that theV
could scarcely believe their own senses Th,s
extraordinary distuTber OF female compoSurr
was the TBtttS OF male child about seven
mohtnS OLD, preserved in alcohol and ON the
SIP OF paper were these words, written in A neat
female band:- " ""~~
Il am in search of P. Clark. win nv future
stepmotber tell me where ! can find him ~
The feelings of Mrs. James can be imagined
WREN 1t is stated that this "P. Olarku is her
afiianced husband After a lengthy considera
ton of the subject, as to what they should do
with the strange and unnatural object the lad eS
concluded to notify the Coroner, who subse-
quently took the contents of the jar in his
charge.
The matter is undergoing a careful invest;-
CATION by the authorities, but as yet the perpe-
traitor OF this disgusting and terrible outrage
has not been discovered. Many are the conjec-
lures as to the cause that impelled this inhu.
man action, and by some the hypothesis is ad-
Vanced that "P. Clark" has caused the ruin Of
N 0nN
an abortion, and hearing of his intended mar
rage, took this novel mode of conveying 20
nus Intended the fact that some other person
had prior claims to his hand and Affection
Inls, however, seems too monstrous TO be
tnought OF Tor moment, that q mother could
make such an exhibition of her own offspring
Another fact may throw some light on the sub-
Ject. day or two since paragraph in the
Times mentioned that the Coroner had beennoti.
tied OF the presence of dead body in room No.
SO Morrison building, ana the notification asked
MN 10 remove 1t as soon as BILE. He mme-
dlately proceeded TO the room indicated-tbat
OF Mrs. James-but failed to discover the corpse.
The same parties who gave this information are
evidently at the bottom of the affair Just re-
lated.
But where the toetuS was procured is stiII a
mystery. Mrs. James herself offers vet another
solution OF the mystery, but all is as vet mere
surmlses. The purpose was evidently to sever
the engagement between Mr.. Clark and Mrs
James, but the design will certainly be frus-
trated, as the latter has every confidence in the
virtue and fidelity of her lover. The Coroner
who still has the body in charge, will hold an
inquest to-day, when some additional light msY
be thrown on the mysterious affair.