Illinois State Chronicle (Newspaper) - December 4, 1856, Decatur, Illinois fOL 11 Stale ILLINOIS FOR THE WEEK ENDING THURSDAY DECEMBER 4 SO 47 b 11 HUM Jane to W found KLWOOD A KANE Of tut half column one tut than 30 linet 1 and not accompanying tbe In f in new brick baild ing on on Oglesby Wait ul at Law Saddle ad Harness Manufacturer iy On th South t h old the Biunt district fTj BAY STATE JUST a large of the of iho new C New lor in of any H THE LADIES ALABE variety of and Figured Black Dress Silks nod very rich patens French and Tnr A great variety of color I did not quite like the arrangement dc but could net resist Mrs for the Lord sake let me in chile th The upper room notwithstanding the lair's almos turn gray on my head fact of its being in the roof was amply Is that you Cassy high and largo enough for a healthful Yes what the ha double-bedded chamber Our beds stood left o mef replied the poor creature in parallel but sufficiently far apart with a dying voice their heads against the north or back wall and their towards the front gable lighted by the fan shaped window went down the stairs am opened the door at the foot and came tumbling up into the room after her f ULf III bU ill 1C t Mid As it wan very damp and chill and She was absolutely ashen grey with we were very much exhausted we did not i ror and her limbs shook so that she could linffer nnf Annl linger long over our final preparation but went speedily to bed Our grandmother and Alice seemed scarcely to have settled themselves under their blankets and given a scarcely jood night whia slid oa the land of dreams I could not first night in a BC uch a I I much alone an if the heavy s did you you hear all the and devils playing ninepins gether in our very house she gasped dropping into a chair an this was ait in i in Bom Hill weit Dr ALEX ROSE H Wood's Store cut side of lots P.M From the Nation Story IT MBS E E a McBRIDE M D PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON tut Main two doors m t Diaf lil O A Smith and Wogon Win Central with 4 approved of Carriages Alt promptly filled at As J B M McCLURE A TALE OF ALL EVE A jolly place twas said in days of old But Borne thing ails it the spot ia curst O'er all there hung s and a A sense of mystery the spirit daunted That Mid as plain is whisper in the ear is haunted Hoon You tired and out of spirits the nest bed were a thousand miles for farther still in spirit were they thought of the situation ol the house in of the real or reputed that had stained its of the terror attaching haunted place of the hard facts that eral families not less wise or brave than their neighbors had been en from the spot by supernatural bance as yet unexplained of the dence that this night wat ths ghostly Hollow then of the super- that spirita when they wish to to only one in have the er of catting all ethers into a sleep from which the haunted one cannot awake them and of isolating their victim from all the natural world even from the very As if to her question once more I the phantom ball rolled in detonating thai thunder thu pins fell with sound followed by a bellow shout of tri- umph Cassy fell oa her knees and devoutly Alice clung in terror to her grand- mother I felt that the time to piny the heroine fellow by their side The room was very dark and still solid blackness and dead silence It oppressed me like a mare At last when my senses grew fay straning my to the scenes eyes 1 could dimly beyond the my bed the of a circle ui ct circle Madeleine must have worked by Ae now to the I that they are perm aod hare taken rooms Wolf Hail 1 1 ta attend to relating to distal and tec tin man iu and their MI all warranted O F in ilain street De L Jlli er 13 tai at Decat ia the room C C Post and Counselor at Law iri he corner Cap O M Wood Co ia Plain aad Faacy Drv tain north side of DK VI iiii to the and sounty Ill will t to the j vn AsiU 1 attention to merit of in B nov OTtr D and ghoo WOOD ia ind David Pi Jacksonville i the birder than we How have you got I enquired Why we have arranged the bed clumbers and the is all We bare left the dining room and parlor and hall to he put to rights to-morrow But Hector has got the supper ready and set the tabie in the kitchen let us go in there it is warmer come Will As I before mentioned the kitchen laundry and servants rooms were n a building behind the dwelling ot joined to it but standing back to back it at a distance of three feet So c Imil to Bo of doors to cuter the litchon even now f comfort 1 experienced on entering that ozy room it was a stone room with a great in blazed a fine fire a wide high dresser upon which shonn tier upon lier rows of bright metal crockery wart in the middle thp floor an inviting table upon which smoked an abundant said Will with an appreciating glance at the bnard thus fortified we can meet the enemy Can you spend the night with us Will enquired Mrs Hawkings no must return mother doesn't know I'm replied the youth Accordingly after supper Will prepared to take his leave Before you go Will I wish you to tuke Hector and the lantern and gn over every foot of the and ail alung the walks to see that everything is safe said our grandmother course of course noble lady pior the seneschal and the luminary and I will reconnoitre the slate of thu I cations said Will aa ho buttoned xip only seemed a thinner and by my I could faintly hear the fall of the drizzling rain It was than first total silence and darkness for it kept on a I qui cf attention Presently was come and strove to exhibit snd courage Taks up candle Gassy and lead the way down we muat go and search the Mrs Hawkins Oh for the lord's sake don't ole honey don't be a temptin leave the atone and stay here and fasten the door I shall search the house and graunds said Mrs Hawkins in a peremptory take up the light and go after Oh I for de Lord's love ole nr to i M operations COat i By the time he had drawn on his gloves Hector at the door with the J R Company and pf Lands of a Is app tern and they forth I looked through an end window in up one shiu B P ASD JOHN DEALER MLY MAIN Door to Wolft ILLINOIS E S McCAUGHEY and if d town lota Ih land to HO I paid for HU I until at last it tlie Will entered gayly Well Hawkins I tered thr defences found excellent condit on The is the in inside is high und upon the uhu j not attempt to such damage to cuticle from the from the others nc with better pait of won All is the ind if you will send the warden to loi the after me I think he be impregnable for the once more received orders t attend the young master who bad good night and left the Meanwhile hud up th supper service and ta order So that when old re turned from his errand bearing the ke of the gate nothing remained for us but examine and tlie house offer this was over too The stealthy of the drizzling rain ceased Yet darker clouds must have lowered over the earth for thn faint of the fan light dow was no longer visible All was once more black darkness and intense silence and again I felt oppressed almost now would have been fall of the fine rain or the dim of the window I strained my senses in vnin no or so ed I felt th and the d settling like hc clods cf the ground upon my breast what was that I thought our worship und as we were ver tired we prepared to do at once Afte every room was visited and every door and window firmly secured w went to the dining room for and then let and Hector out and gave them the key to lock the door on the that they might be able to let selves in iu the morning to light ths without disturbing us After having thus dismissed them closed the door and heard it locked we turned to our mt do not consider these lower j rooms quite dry and girls so I buva had wo made up in the room which is large and ventilated Alice can sleep with me fa targe bed and yon Madeleine can ISM other said our eke way vp i voice cf some low wandering wind I the wind is rising but how like a lost spirit it My Lord it's not the wind What is it Great Heavens r 1 started in rt posture bathed in a my I could bare it no m out I Grandmother What's the thes What's the matter? thee Ch listen listen n 1 It was as plainly an the sound pi the lulling of a by of I turned on Mrs She and strung to he com i ten at hist around calmly tno and stepped out uf i dress herself Strike B light arc you going o or ths ises ef we mus go you go first you go first I I's such a sinner I is cried Cassy wringing her hands ia an agony of terror A ten strike Ho ho ho ho ho ho again sounded the revels Hooley St Bridget for us Hail full of grace Don't go ole honey Oh stay where you is in safety pleaded the old woman clasping her Nonsense hoid jour tongue Ossy If every there a woman plagued fith j ii set of cowardly it is myself Let go my skirts this moment Alice Be silent evory one of you and follow me as softly as said my grandmother in a low voice as she took up the candle mrl IPO the way downstairs We followed at this holding on to her mistress skirts ilice holding to and I bringing up the rear with carnal weapons in one hand spiritual ones in is to say with a big i tiler and prayer book A chill damp air met us at the foot of he The front huK was and bleak We tried the doors and them as secure as we had left with the ex- ception of the parlor door by which Cassy dad and which was on the Mrs Hawkins pulled it to and locked it Buying in a low voice that she wished while examining each room to keep all all the rest locked thut there might be be no escape for any one con- in the Douse First we went into the hand room opening from the hall It twas curc vacant blend We locked the and out the key we looked into the left hand was in the same con- dition We made it fast in the same man ner Then we opened and entered the lor This was the bleakest large square lofty totally bare cold damp said Mrs Hawkins locking around tho and ed tho lin hf shoRted the y in very room with in the very air we the four walls around and w MS Mii cried Cussy dropping irp oh clinging to me our -i all around the room n but hare wuiJs snd bare at in silence for and then int j the to assist us in Uo and ind us we hud demoniac noise nnd The box nearly dropped from my lands but I struck the light The den flush awoke Alice just as another son roll of the bail and fill of tlir pins ind peal of demon laughter sounded owly around us Heaven and I what is it th he exclaimed starting up What do ycu think ills A I My Lord my is oms of ths murderer and ng over again their lust game the irl in an agony of terror at this a distinct nit was heard it little at the Alice I my breath The knocking repeated Who is there said Mrs Hawkins oing to the head of the stain No bet tbe repeated and tl voice the to id arns p with which we had we doing so once the of the ball the scattering of the pins and the hollow Lughter all echoing tround end were iii rooms dcr grandmother Cassy a stuck of hnd on ail the to help her Mrs Hawkins ordered Alice to let go and to get up anil me to move on She A great general was our grandmother we knew it We left the locking the door us We dodged the alley the candle froin tha and around 0 the kitchia and called Hector from above The clu imrl soon came toddling down tbe narrow stairs Hector have you heard those inquired Hawkins The Lord between us and eril j tern I I've What do you suppose it is is A dubious solemn shake of the head was the old man's only reply Can't you speak How do you account for these noises Come j no mysteries answer if you can what are they Dead people Groaned the old man with a skudder Pooh 1 exclaimed Mrs Hawkins But I could sec that even she was paler than usual Come Hector There is one in the house that is certain And ho one can get into it while we are gone because it is locked op Now fasten up the kitchen go and search grounds and unkennel any interlopers that may be lurking there We came put and secured the kitchen door aud began our tour of the garden As we left the door our watch dog rah At to join us This circumstance while t greatly assisted us in our search very much increased tae perplexity of our minds Had the dog heard the noises hat had disturbed us and if so why had IB not given the on the weie dogs insensible to superna- sights and sounds We could not ell but we were glad to have fluffing and trotting along before us con- dent that if there were a human being lurking anywhere in the garden he would smell him out So we went up one grass grown walk and another between rows of gooseberry bushes all damp and dripping with mist and through alleys of dwarf plum trees and all along the hedges of evergreen inside the brick wall and past the iron gate which was still ed as it been left and then in the stable coach house hen house and smoke house each of which we found curely leaked nnd when opened damp musty and vacant and so wo looked over every foot of the ground and into every finding all safe and leaving all safe and at last without having dis- covered anything we arrived again at the door We all entered locked the door after us clambered over the piles of furniture and passed on into the parlor The parlor as 1 have said was as yet damy and cold Yet there we paused for a little while to take breath There is nothing concealed in the den and nothing in the house that is de- These strange tions must admit of a natural explanation but I confess myself at a loss to explain said Mrs Oh ole fess its de honey it's de Memorize how nobody was ever able to lib in dis cussed house pleaded Gassy Oh yes grandmother do let's set up here all night to-night and move out early entreated Ally What do you say en- quired my grandmother I brave it So do I my replied Mrs kins for de love de Lord don't ole don't Miss Maddy don't It's temptin o leave da fernal ole place to de as has de bes right to prayed Gassy We'll see said onr er but all seems quiet new we go to bed and investigate further Yes ole honey I knows all is quiet just now Ha ha ha ha ha ha ho ho ho ho ho ho bust a peal of demoniac ter resounding through and through the room arid close into our ears The Lord between us and ed Gassy dropping the candle winch im- mediately out and left us in ness While peal on peal sounded the laughter around Gassy fell on her knees aud began Mary pray for us St pray for us all ye hooly vargins and widders pray for us Ions women St Peter pray for us St Pawl pray for us all hooly and pray for us poor for dc sake Miss Ally honey tell me de mime o that hooly Saint as met a ghose riding on Balaam's aea nnd known how it fee's It was Saul or Samuel or the witch of Kader I forgat said knowledge of the Holy Writ er very was frightened out of her St Saul St Samuel St der pray for us as met a ghost yourself and knows how it And still while Gassy prayed her fran tic poor old Hector told his beads and Alice trembled and to inc the demou laughter resounded unci us We were in total darkness that I had not seen Mrs kins withdraw herself from the group nor suspected her absence until we heard her firm cheery voice outside near the door saving anyone think C here Hector Gome hetc children Wo all went expecting some ment Mrs Hawkins telegraphed to us to be silent and to step lightly She turned the angle of the hound walked up blind alley between the back of the house and the back kitchen when she had got about midway th j walk she stopped and pointed to the rank weeds and bushes that grew closely under of the what do you think of eht aid in n low voice j We looked und at first ing but on n clover inspection wo a very faint light low down among the bushes We looked up at Mrs for After the fell and she said I slipped out with the tion of again and this time alone And in darkness I carge np thu blind alley and looking ed that glimmer of light And now I am convinced that the reveller are below thine la that old used cellar that we were made tD believe was nearly full of aad to be drained Don't be children Uke it concluded Jin Hawkins stooping down to put aside the weeds and bushes lust at this moment another ing roll of the ball and clattering fall the pins and peal of re- sounded from below Too late young gentlemen Your fun is all over Your up are discovered Come said kms who down upon her knees pulled away the bushes turned up the old brok en and mouldy cellar door and ed the scene below A rudely fitted up bowling alley the further end of the room and some eight or ten youths BO Linger ed m rolling balla but on the contrary standing in attitudes of detected culpability Mn Hawkins And up they came from the rotten and mouldering steps and the rery first who put his impudent head up through the door into the open air was Will exclaimed Alice reproach fully r Will questioned Mrs kins in scandalized astonishment No the ghost of ed the youth in a sepulchral voice Now indeed indeed I only ing the liberty of friends m rny kind Aunt cellar Quite right you know Only don't tell father lather Mn Hawkins in a stern voice There was nq need to dismiss in- truders climbing up the di- lapidated step as fast as they come und shaking away averted head toying to conceal their faces which Mr Hawkins did not insist upon When they were all us into the house The account he gave wag briefly ihi and several other on of very tnet pint with other games had out old and furniture left old disused collar for They hnd played there re night with no other in ten amusing themselves and game concealed witl thought of enacting a til to their astonishment th learned that thoso revels wel for ghostly orgies and had house its unenviable a joke much too man nature and especially man nature not carry o thing their concealment The cellar was reputed to be full water and was long disused and cellar window except that hidden on that they had turned into a door was nailed up Besides the front of the cellar was really two feet deU in er and when there was any of they had a means of it m to overflow the back that their fixtures were all covered months they had played the d of nine pins and of a ghostly Need I nay Will was a lengthy lecture I han believe did him a vast deal he is now the staid father of a and pastor of a church Mrs was for the next nine days the th for having so the ghosts And we m perfect in the fine old tjue to which we possessed the at I of rental and of f WAk AtA v 444 is tal vote At the election the total vote was a little short of and the average majorities for the Rol publican State Ticket the vote the majority was a trifle smaller Yet upon that Half who was beaten about one thousand the newspaper to Washington to announce his on and Senator er be I to Washington of the he per cent of the whole vote 7 soo ay The report of the of thi Of the m U will off at th Mm time wuh the copies the Tha Of Ae Ports of the Western cities will copies of this report to tho It that in V SPA PER 1
