The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-09-06
NO. so.

said president Of said bank ill the expira.
ton OF ninety days. 20 be subject at such
time 10 the order Of either one OF the Two
parties whose signatures are hereto affixed.
[Sgnedl w. MARTIN ToLBEEr,
CHARLES NEw-oS Husr.
"Dcne before me a, my Office. 10 The city
OF Bombay. this The els, day Of March. il
The year OF our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty.seven.
lSignecl SAMUEL REBoLIET.
Notary Public.
The Two duplicates Of the above agree.
ment were drawn off. signed, aud one deiy-
cred 70 each Of the captains. the original
being held By the magistrate. The cost.
having been paid ETC., we proceeded 70 4
reireshment saloon. and, after partaking OF
a sumpiuous repast al The expense Of Captain
rolbert. our party dispersed to arrange ths
|preliminaries OF The bet, making an sp.
pointmenl at the Royal Exchange at three
o'clock P. NJ.
Captain Parker. Colonel Furguson and
myself were on the ground promptly at tho
appointed hour, and found To.bert already
there. Hunt arrived abou, fifteen minutes
later, and thence we proceeded 10 the bank
OF bombay. where the two captains deposited
Bank OF England notes 10 the amount Of
t2,OOO each. and received bank cer,ii-
Gates therefor, payable at ninety days'
sight, with The understanding expressed IN
writing that The whole amount shouia Do
paid TO either party, on the presentation "
10Th receipts.
a lew days after this the papers aDnoun-
ced that the ship "BIrd Of the O:esn,s Toll
bert, master, had sailed. for Colombo. Cey.
Ion. Meeting Captain Parker the same
evening, ! inquired II Capisio Hunt had
gone. Eyes" he replied, .hs went as pss.
senger 10 the Bird of the Oceso," and left
HE ifsl mate ID charge Of The .Loyar IN
n.s return. He told me that he would b.
back 10 sbout elk weeks. and appeared quito
jueilant over his big bet; slid he fell con.
hdent OF winning, % hs believed Toibeu
was only blower and IVES determined N
bluff him; That be still felt cure Booth was
not alive, and when he found out here The
bosx' was. ne would expose il. I told Par
ser was fearful Hun, would lose The mo.
ney; that Il did not seen, reasonable th.t
Iolbers would recklessly bet 80 large cum
'n an uncertainty, aud that be mus, re,nrm-
Der he won In Calcutta.
Nothing was heard Of lhc shin far s.von
weeks. when IL was announced oy telegraph
hat the "Bird OF the Ocean, had arrived u
hsdrss % The following day Captain Par.
ger received telegram 10 these words:
II have lost! The man. Booth, i actual.
y alive. IshouId have been al Bombsy era
he; but we have encountered heavy wealth.
=. Shall be there soon.
CHARLES Nswros UUsr."
Neither Of the parties can reach here for
ONE days 70 come. When they do arrive
here viii be considerable excitement In
heir immediate circles Of scquaintsacss %
east Thus, II seems. has Captain w. Mar.
10 Tolbert won another large sum Of mo.
ey upon this mysterious Of sli she mys,e.
ies u the niaeleenih century. leaving no
oubt In the mind OF any thinking person
at. Wilkes Booth il alive. Ihsye given
ou the full details 81 this strange affair SO
y as know aud will write you again a.
BON as Captain. Hunt returns. II I gain any
irther psrticulars az to how he Lost The va.
er.
stisl remain your sincere friend.
Signcdj WILLIAM A. Frazier, Z. RS.
HTDaniel Webster Wa mighty near
ehr' when be remarked Of the press. email
the sum required % paronixs the news
aper; amply rewarded is ,s patron. care
o. how humble aud unprelending the "a.
tie which he takes. II IL next to impossi-
e to fiIl !, without putting into Il some
ing that is worth the subscription price,
0~-A John Bull. oonversing with an In.
an. asked him II be knew ths, the sun new
sets on the Queens ,c.ainiCns.