The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-30

matter. The police took the matter up
vigorously; and, thanks to q large re-
ward offered by the owners, one Of the
gang turned Queens evidence; and in
the course of three or four days the
whole gang was safely lodged in the
Victoria jail. They were brought up
before the magistrate, and remanded
uptil you are able to appear against
them.'
sBut I asked: What time did Capt.
Wilkes arrive on board the Wild Dav-
rellp It was some time after ten O'Clock
of that am sure.' e a
Yes he replied: I believe it was
jnst half-past ten when he pulled along
side, for five bells were struck from all
the other ships lying alongside of him
but not from his own, which st the time
he noticed as very singular. As he ap-
preached the ship he saw two boats
coming from the direction of her, but
at the time he took no. notice of them;
but there is no doubt, he thinks, that
these very boats contained the gang. ,
:" But did they succeed in obtaining
any OF the treasurer I again asked.
80 No; not cent of it, thanks to
Chubb. They had tried to pick the
lock; and when they found that they
could not succeed in that, they tried
gunpowder, but with the same result.
The two English seamen were found
tied in their hunks, and quite drunk.
They acknowledged that the steward
had given them three bottles of brandy
early in the evening as a present; and
they made good use of it, for they were
hah-drunk the next morning. The rest
OF the crew were too much afraid of
their own necks to offer any resistance
or give the alarm. The Wild Dayrell
sailed couple of days afterwards, but
with a fresh crew. And SO ended
Charley account.
"About week after this converse
ton, /" continued the narrator, 81 ap-
peafed at the police court, and swore to
every one OF the gang, eight in number.
They were sent for trial to the High
Court, and were all found guilty Of mn-
tiny and conspiracy; and sentenced,
four OF them to penal, servitude for life,
two for fourteen years, and the remain
ing two for seven years each.
" Amongst my letters from home
was not long in noticing one ID the
handwriting Of my mother this, singu-
lar though it may appear, kept until
the last, and toyed and played with it
for 9 minute or two before opened il.
In that letter, gentlemen, occurs the fol-
lowing passages y What were YOU do
ing, dear John, on the night of the 6th
OF March, at about ten clock, from that
TO hal-past? Twill tell you my reason
for asking. I had been very poorly
during the whole Of the day; so much
so, that, after cup Of tea, about six
O'Clock, ] retired for the night. I fen
asleep very soon, but it was disturbed
sleep, and1 awoke two or three times.
At about eight o'clock Jane brought me
q cup OF cocoa, and very soon after
wards I again fell asleep, and did not
wake until about half-past ten, whenI
awoke with . fright. / dreamed that I
had seen you walking along some
strange street, and following you were
three or four Chinamen. All at once
they rushed towards you, at which you s,u
ran. but they ran faster than you did,
and were rapidly gaining on you, when
you at once made for the river, which
was some hundred yards distant. You
had gone about halfway whens you
slipped and fell down; immediately the
Cinnamon were upon you, and one /
saw with q long knife ready to- strike
you; b9t with that ! awoke with q
screani.s
"Now, gentlemen, wish to draw
your attention to the fact that the 8th
Of March, as mentioned in my mothers
letter, was the same day that the Wild
Dayrel affair happened, and also that
The time from ten o'clocktt0 half.paet1
was the exact time that we were placed,
in the most imminent peril by the
smashing in Of the doorlpauel.I You
can call it what you like singular
or any thing else you
please; bat tia fact remains thst, wkile]
On the very day and hour I was placed
IN great danger Of my life, my mother,
[outeen thousand miles away, in DEAR
Did England, had . dream ia which n
figured conspicuously; aud although
the incidents lof tho dream did moi c2-l
sctly tally with the actuAl facts Of the
:aSe, yet they were 90 near the truth,
;hati ! think you win bear NJ out, pen-
lemsn, when ] stste that it:Has I most
extraordinary and remarkable dream. .
-Englisb Adgosiss.
Mr.. DozE, Of Milwaukee, awoke the
'sher day to find that his wife had run
way with . sewing machine s.feller. ,,
At first Mr.. Doze thought he was dream
ng, but when he discovered that she
lad really gone, he could mot help feel
ng sympathy for the sewing machine
Igent. -