The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-02-24
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ITHE MARCH MAGAZINES.
HARPER'S,

| The March Harper 10 one OF the DoSt
numbers of that excellent magazine
that has been issued for long time
The articles and contributors are as
follows: Policemen of the Sea, by W.
+. G. Shanks; South Coast SauterIngs,
in England, by NJ. D, Conway; Brain
erd's Rock, by Charles Gates: The
Lands OF the Earthquake, by Eugene
Lawrence; A Child's wisdom, by Alice
Carey; My Enemy's Daughter, by JUS
tin Mccarthy; Our Presentation at
Court, by Don Piatt; About Heat, by
Robert Tones; Missing, by Edward
CrEpsey; Lost and Saved, by Charles
w. Elliott; The Weeping Willow, by
Carl. Spencer; Saints and Sinners, by
II. NJ. Alden; Johnny Right, by Alice
Cary; About Cousin Jemima, by Phoebe
i. Gibbons; Laban's Daughters, by
Mary Z. Coon; Shipwreck of the Gen.
eTdL Grant, by II. D. Jarvis; A Hunt
after Devils, by NJ. D. Conway; Love
ON Clutches, Rebecca S. Clarke; An
Outsider at an Otter Hunt, by Annie
Thomas; Ebbing, by Carl Spencer; Edi-
tors Easy Chair; Editors Book Table;
Editors Record OF Current Events; Edi-
tors Drawer.
1.-THE Policemen of tho Sea" has
seventeen illustrations. 1t is an article
treating of lighthouses, wrecking, and
similar subjects. The "Saupterings
in England" has eleven illustrations,
and there is an interesting sketch OF
Shelly, Mary Wollstonecraft, and
others. The Glands of the Earth
quake" treats of topic that attracked
much attention last year. Don Piatt
writes Of a Court Presentation, and
thus describes Louis Napoleon:
| l know of no shock more positively
disagreeable than ones first view OF
| Louis Napoleon on FOOT and near
| enough for accurate criticism. lie sits
tall, and in carriage or on horseback
| appears at his best. But on foot his
short, thin legs and long body make up
an awful figure, below the medium
| height; and one looks i'll vain at the re-
| treating forehead, weak chin, narrow,
dropping shoulders, and broad hips for
nny OF the well-known and distinctive
| marks OF tho Bonaparte family. One
| CaZed hopelessly into the dull, glazed
| ewes, that have an unpleasant reSem-
| blnpce to those of Il deceased mackerel,
| nj his red bottle-nose, and retreatinR
chin to find evidences of intellect and
| character, he was dressed on this &C.
casion in tight breaches, that showed to
| a disadvantage his short, slender legs'
while the close-ftting coat was so
clumsy that 1t suggested concealed ar
NOR, He strovc, evidently, to hide a
slight limp, the origin OF which nave
never heard explained
From a paper of fascinating interest
entitled missing" we take IL single
story of one of those dlsappearances
which so often puzzle and confound 80
clety:
One of the most remarkable of the
| many cases on record Is that OF E. X.
C-n, agent OF the Adams Express
| Company in an Eastern city, winch
made n great sensation at the time Of
| the occurrence lie was man OF fine
business capacity and regular habits,
| and enioyed the full confidence OF the
great corporation in whose employ he
had been for many years. In his DO
| nestle relations there was nothing
amiss, and he was thorough nome
man, lie was not addicted to dtssipa-
| ton of any kind, and was hence an en-
| tire stranger to the fastness OF these
| times, Rather unsocial in his nature,
he never picked up chance acqualntan-
cps TO lead him astrny, and he was
| narar known to get into difficulties.
| TIis pxnerfeuCes were all OF the emf
| nentIy respectable class; but he had
been sufficiently long in 4 position TO
know the guiles of the world, and be-
| ing n strong-minded, passionlesS man.
| there was no one better able to take
| care of himself unOer III pOsslOIc clE
Eridav. December 20, 1857, he left the
house OF q friend in Fifth Street, New
York, to go to the New Haven depot,
where he had made an appointment 10
meet Il friend who was TO accompany
him on his homeward journey. He
| wea watched from the house he had
| left until he turned into Third Avenue
! ont of Fifth Street. In making that
| turn he passed out OF human Hhowl-
edge. The friend at the depot waited
limpatieutly, and finally lost the tram.
| On was the most punctual OF
men, and the friend proceeded at once
| to ascertain the cause of this first lapse
| from his accustomed ways. That friend
ms never succeeded in the task as
| sumed with u belief that lew mo-
| ments would suffice for its accomplish
| ment.
AS soon as il became certain that he
had disappeared steps were taken TO
discover the cause. With the usual
human charity it was surmised ut once
that he WAS defaulter and had aD-
| seconded. His accounts was therefore
submitted TO u most rigid examination,
only 10 prove that he had been scrupu-
Ionsly honest and exact in all his mono
tary dealings. The Express Company
| began then to value the missing treas
ure. and offered reward OF 81 OOO for
| information of his whereabouts or fate.
This prospective prize naturally had
stimulating effect, and the search for
the missing one became active and eI-
haustive throughout the country, but
esnecially go in New York. The city
was thoroughly ransacked by expert
detectives as familiar with it as a
school boy with the ink-stains of his
desk, The cards issued by the Express
Company, bearing photograph OF the
lost agent and'a minute description OF
his person and clothing, were scattered
all over the Union and sent to the po-
lice authorities of England and the
Continent.
Probably no man was ever searched
for with more rapacity, and no search
was ever less productive. No clew to
the missing agent was ever obtained.
In the glare OF MONDAY, and in one OF
the most crowded thoroughfares OF q
great city, he had been resolved, as II
were, into an impalpGbility, and had
left not a trace of his existence any
where on earth. After time the search
for him tagged, and was finally aban'
doned few weeks since by the with
drawl of the reward by the Company
His case has been laid away In tne
memories of detectives as one OF thell
many queer experiences.
THE GALAXY.
The GALAXY, for March, leads of witt
new story by Charles Read, which is
the literary event of the season, "Pu
Yourself in his Place." This Is follow