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Mark- ham. on the Eight Mills Plank Road. A large Stock of ervns and» SHINGLES kept constantly on hand.aud sold at the lowest I‘rices. Call and examine Stock before purchas- ing elsewhere. Post Office Addressâ€"Richmond Hill. February 2.7. 1:63. 221413' ‘GEO. L. GRAHAM, PROPRIETOR. I March 14, 1882. ALEX. SCOTT, Proprietor. “ Let Sound Reason weigh more us than. Popular Opinion? ., VOL V. N0. 40» HOTEL CARDS. WWW‘ .wvvvm wmwm . , «W WWW RICHMOND HILL HOTEL : RICH ARD N IGHOLLS, Proprietor. I LARGE IIALL is connected with this Hotel for Assemblies. Balls, Concerts, Meetings. 6m, . A STAGE- Ieaves this Hotel every morning for Toronto, at 7 a.m. : returning, leaves Toronto at half-past 3. y » I IL? Good Stabling and acareful Hustler in waiting. Richmond Hill, Nov. 7, 1861. O i45-iiy. White Hart 11111. E Suhscriberbegs to inform the Public RICHMOND HILL. H T that he has leased the above Hotel. where he willkeop constantly on hand a good supply of firstâ€"class Liquors, 62c. .As this house possesses every accommodation 'lra- vellers can desire, those who wish to stay where they can find every comfort are respectfully tit- 'ted to give him a call. v, CORNELIUS VAN NOSTRAND. Richmond Hill. Doc. 28, 1860. 108-1y YONGE STREET HOTEL, . AURORA. GOOD supply of Wines and Liquors A always on hand. Excellent Accommo- dation for V'I‘ravellers, Farmers, and others. Cigars of all brands. ' D. McLEOD, Proprietor. Aurora. June 6, 1859. 25-13. Iâ€"IOTEL, ' KING 81‘. EAST, REA It THE MARKET SQUARE, TORONTO. C.W. JOHN MILLS, Proprietor. Good Stabliug attached and attentive Hustlers always in attendance. r Toronto, November 1861. 107-tf Jamefi Massey” (Late of the King's Head. London, Eng.) No. 26 “Test Market Place; TORONTO. Every accommodation for Farmers and others attending Market Good Stabling. [13" Dinner front 12 to 2 o’clock. 167 financed-’5 Hotei. firmware Easiness, 111‘} Subscriber begs to infornr the Public that lie has leased the above Hotel, where Ito will keep constantly on hand a. good supply offirst-class Liquors, &c. This house possesses every accommodation Travellers can desire, those who wish to stay where they can find every comfort are respectfully invited to call. W. VVES’I‘PHAL. Corner ofChurch and Stanley Sis, Toronto, Sept. 6, 1861 145~ly 'l‘llE minim O w N BLACK HORSE HOTEL, Formerly kept by William Rolph, Cor. of Palace .3; George Sts. [msr or 'rni; unsung] Tononro. WILLIAM 00X, Proprietor, [Successor to Thomas Palmer]. Good Stabling attached. Trusty Hostlers always in attendance. Toronto, April 19, 1861. "Libs. stamens Fountain Restaurant! ‘ 69 KING Srmzur, EAST, Tonon'ro. 125-15’ Lunch every .12} from 11 till 2. [13" Soups. Games, Oysters, Lobsters, &c always on hand: . Dinners and Suppers for Private Parties got up iii the best style. 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N.B.â€"A careful ostler always in attendance Aurora Station, April 1861. 126-1y Carriage and Waggon MAKER, ' l &c. &c. &c. i Residenceâ€"Nearly opposite the Post Office, Richmond Hill 172-31 harlot. I. Tm-” W'riiiiféiiAr‘En. Like one who leaves the trampled Street For some cathedral, cool atid dim, Where he can hear the music beat The heart of prayer, that beats for him ; And sees the common light of day, 'l hrougli painted panes trausfigured, shine. And casts his human woes away, In presence of the Woe Divine: So 1, from life’s tormenting themes 'l‘urn where the silent chapel ’ios, Whose windows burn with vanished dreams, Whose altar-lights are memories. There, watched by pityiug clterubim, lu sacred bush 1 rest awhile, .Till solemn sounds of harp and hymn Begin to sweep the haunted aisle: A hymn that once but breathed compla'gut, And breathes but resignation now, Since God has heard the pleading saint, And laid Ills hand upon my brow. Restored and comforted, I go To grapple with my tasks again : Through silent worship taught to know The blessed peace that follows pain. WWW literature. kw- -_.__.._v _ .___ . CRIME AND DETECTION. It was a cold, still night, in the autumn of 1857, and the country residence of Squire Covcrn lay, dark and silent, with its manyl gables, towers, and wings, unlit by the yet curiseii moon. No appear- once of life or movement could be seen without, yet within there was a dread and mysterious drama enacting. The squire had had his supper early, read the evening papers just brought up from the city by the lust train. played a couple of games Of chess with his daughter. and, after drinking his customary glass of hot brandy and sugar, had gone to bed. i The night waned, with its Ioal Of crime and horror. The squirc’s daughter, and the servants, who were the only occupants Of the house, besides himself, slept well. It seemed that the head of the household was unusually somnolent, too, for the mold knocked three times at his dooriu the morning, without receiving an answer. The titan-servant then tried it, but with no better result. Mary Covcrn grow fearful that her father was illâ€"he had been troubled with heart disease, and might have died .in the night, even â€" and so she ordered the door to be opened by force. It was locked on the inside, but a few heavy blows broke the fastening, and the cham- ber was entered. The old gentleman was gone; but the body that had been hisâ€"â€" the handsome, vigorous tenement of kindly clay, that ltis soul had occu- pied for nearly sixty yearsâ€"rc- mainod. It lay upon the bed, covered with blood, cold and stark, in a strained position, with a long- bladed two-edged dirk. driven nearly to the hilt, in the region of the heart. The handle was loosely clasped by the fingers of the right hand, as it death had relaxed their grip; and those who Wore present, exclaimed, with one voice, one word : ‘ Suicide 1’ Mary Covern Was to have been married, in a few weeks, to a, neighbor’s sonâ€"a young lawyer, whose eXcellent nature was only equalled by Itis strange acumen-â€" an almost clairvoyant slirewdness-â€"- that bade fair to render him one Of the brightest lights of the American bar. In this hour Of overwhelming sorrow, she sent for her lever at once, as the fittest person to confide in, for sympathy and advice-tlic proper one to take the place of that father whose life had been so sud- denly let out by violence. The young man came instantly, and found the whole house in the Wildestconfusmn. He learned the sad news from Mary, who told him, half in subs and half in broken words; and Offering her such tem~ porary comfort as he could, as- cended to the chamber of death. He examined the position of eVerything, Willi ii scrutinizing eye, and especially that Of the body.â€" After a long time spent in the in- vestigation. he passed about the room, once more, and lastly looked well to the door and its lock. It had been locked, as I said before, Oil the inside, and the key left in its place. The young man removed : RICHMOND HILL, FRIDAY. I home with me as long as you like. the top of the handle, and my the key. put it in his pocket, and prOceeded ' to search for letters or papers that might indicate the cause; of the suicide. None suchwe‘rc' found anywhere. '1 ' 'r ' That evening {I received a note from him, as, follows :‘â€"- K ’ ' ' ' V ' Tv'usnAr. Fumnn‘ G.â€"Squii'e Coveru has died Very suddenly, and I want somebody-to- confer“ with about it. There is a mystery to un-‘ ravol: and I will be ‘greatly indebted to you. if you can spare a few days to help me. Come up to-tnorrow morning, and make your As ever yours, ,') r Asner. Iliad Often visited the Ashbys of their pleasant home on the Hudson; and, of course, knew Mary Cn- VBI‘D and Iier father tolerably well. Having nothing especial to'do just then, ‘I was glad to assist young Ashby, who had been a go'od friend to me in many ways. ‘ ' ‘Accordingly', I took an early train ~ up the river; and in twohourswas iii close conference with the young man. ' ' ' What earthly motive could there have been for the suicide 1’ I asked, when 1 had learned the circum-l stances. ' ‘ None, except sudden insanitydo wliiclt'Mr. Covcrn was by no means predisposcd‘.’ ‘ He left no papers to show the canse l’ ‘ ‘ No. ltim‘self.’ ‘ Why- should he do it then ’1’ ‘I don’t think he did it I’ ' ‘ What? What do you mean 3’ ‘ He was murdered !’ ‘ NO l’ t ‘I think so.’ 9 This announcement with a new horror. ‘ Can you imagineby whom?’ ‘Not yet; but. please God, I'll, I don’t tlti-‘ukilte knew it filled J me- know before long.’ 'Docs Miss Mary agree with you 9’ ' ‘ She knows nothing of my sup- position. It is unnecessary to shock her any further-until we have some- thing definite to communicate tot her.’ ' _ ‘ What do you base your belief on ’I’ ‘ Well, in the first place, a Wan of motive for self-destruction ; next, the posttion Of the right hand in holding the dagger. ' _ See here,‘ said be taking up a‘paper-knife that lay on the table; ‘ ifl were going to stab myself, I would naturally hold the weapon \Vllll'my them on little finger toward the hilt, thus. New” in Mr. Covern’s case, the dirk was held so, with the thumb towardthe] hilt, just as one ‘would hold a table-' knife. A hard blow could not be struck in that manner; and Ibo blow must have been forcible, for it. penetrated very deep. Depend upon it, George, there was another band had ltold of that dagger when! the stub was given.’ ‘It does seem so, indeed.’ ‘Yes; and then, again, the agony of death would have been likely to tighten the grasp,‘whilc I Observed that the fingers were very slightly bent around the handle Of the knife, as if they had been placed there after they had begun to still‘cu.’ ' Bpt the door was locked, you told me. ‘ Yes, and the key was on the in- . ins! drink? 11 is long, you see, and went'him too sleepy to undress. and be clear through the lock ;- so that this may have “How” himself 0“ the See bed, unable to keep his eyes cpeu. here, on the endâ€"don’t that look The murderer could then have on- the mark of a strgng pair of 1.6er and (10116 the crime, without side, cud protruded on the Outside. pinccrs.’ ‘I docs.’ ‘ That was how the door was un- locked and locked again. It works very easily 1 find and I myself DJ locked it and unlocked it with a'gctting Kimmy nervous-“~35 IS my small pair of tweezers, to try it.’ ‘ You are curiously acuteâ€"but then, so was the assassin, whoever he is. I ' ‘ch, he has done it cunningly; but I have a feeling that 1 shall mark him soou.’ ‘ Have you any further evidence? ‘ch; the room has been robbed as near as I can judge. The squire’s account books which I examined privately, yesterday. show that he drew twelve hundred and fifty dol- lars from the Bank of Commerce, day before yesterday, when he Was in the city. ’ He was going to pur‘ chase another horse and a light boggy, I believe ; but'lie didnot do so that dav, and] cannot find the money auywhcrc.’ ‘ Now, we want to find ‘out who knew that he had this money in the house.’ ‘ And that‘itvill not be so easy.’ squire’s papers, leaving his whole with his clothes out ‘ Who slept in the house 1’ “Mary, the three women-serv- ants. ‘cook, housede and chamberâ€" ‘tn‘a’id', and the inan'ThO‘riia’s.’ ‘ \Nltat is lief. ‘ quiet, smart sort of fellow.“ ral man. scrvaut.‘ cruel. deed; but Ashby saw the question in my face, and answered it withoutvm-y having asked it iii . words. ‘ I should hardly suspect him, though I shall certainly keep an eye open liim.’ ’ A coroner’s inquest was held, and the ,sapieut jury, decided that the deceased came to his death by a stab front a dagger in his own hands.â€" Ashby might liavi: changed this verâ€" dict, perhaps, by telling his suspici- ons and their grounds ; but he chose to learn more, without letting the .murderer know that anybody ima- gined the death to have been other than afelo do so. ' Both he and I kept a strict lookâ€" out upon the neighbors, and, in a short time, discovered that a worth- less, drunken fellowâ€"ii tavern hanger on, who had been caught in several: small delinquenciesâ€"«was tolerany flush Of money. We kept a careful watch overall his move- ments; and, after a week of detec- tive ser’vicefound that he had stolen a quantity of copper sheathing from a ship-yard, and sold it in the: city. We had been upon a false scent. 1n the meanwhile, however, We. had not neglected matters nearer home. Ashby had been all over the murdered man’s house, stealthily, and examined every room in it, un- known, to every one-save myself; and we had consulted together on every circumstance, no matter ltow trifling, that might give us the Iaintestcluc to the mystery. A will had been found among the property to his only child, Mary, and other papers and accounts proved conclusively that he had been cut Off in the midst of many projects and plans, without a moâ€" ment’s forethought or warning.â€" Tlie idea of suicide became pal- pably absurd to us, who knew all these facts. ‘IIOW isit,’ Iaskcd Ashby, durâ€" ing one Of our secret sessions, ‘tbut there was no struggle, or outcrvl Why did Mr. Coveru lie down He mustltave been stabbed where he layâ€"from the looksof the bed. There was 'no blood anywhere else.’ ‘It might have been done with chloroform;~but I don’t see why he should have been lying down dressed at his usual bed-time, nor can I find any trace of chloroform about the house.’ ' By Jove! I just remember some« thing! I have an ideal’ ‘ What is it 'I’ ‘ There was a goblet on the par- lor mautel,with the remains of some brandy and sugar in it, when I first arrived here, and I rccollectsmell- ing of it. It smelt like spirits, and like opium also! In the confusion ._..______.___.____â€"_._ __.._I.â€". l He is Coachman, groom and gene Self; , ,1 rated to osk,.cven, if it were possible thathemiglit have done the ,was'a mystery to all. had not bought it recently, to anv of the event, the glass stood there, I suppose, for two or three daysâ€"~â€" Could not somebody have put laud- ‘anum in the Old gentleman’s oven- Thal miglit have made a cry or a movement from his victiml’ I "That was it, unquestionably, and now I have the whole story I’ ‘ What do you mean I: I asked, unfortunate habit, when excited by an great expectation. ‘Simply this: the morningafter the murder, I examined the faces of all who came into the room, and noticed that Thomas, the servant, had cut himself while shaving (you know what a scrupulous, heat sort Of fellow he is,) and had a little bit Of paper stuck over the cut. Myl attention was called to it by its bright blue color. Very good, so for. That afternoon, while looking about. I picked tip a vial, with a blue liibel, in the back yard. It was marked " Laudanum,’ and I’ll bet a thousand dollars that one corner Of it is torn off! I’ll go and get it. Th6 vial, being brought, was a' small one, Willi a bright blue label, which had peeled ofl around the edges, and one corner of it was gone! ‘ Thomas, then, had the bottle in TERMS $1 50m Advance his room that moi-hing, and threw it out ofthe window afterward into the yard,’ 'said Ashby. ‘ Who mixed the brandy sugar?" Mr. Covpcru always did it him- Dut Thomas often brought up the goblet and sugar, and hot wa- tei.’ :, , ‘ Then Thomas is, a murderer I’ ‘1 fear it is so.’ It would be the most natural thing in the world for it man who had cut his chin, while shaving, to and tear Olfthc corner Of the first bit of 3 paper his eye rested on, to stick on the wound; but very few would consider it an important actionâ€"~ Yet, upon just such ll‘lflCS as these, our lives and happiness often liuno'. Having fixed the crime so securelv on this servant, all that remained was to Obtain evidence that would satisfy the minds of a Grand Jury. We, ourselves, knew well enough that Thomas was the man who killed Mr. Covcrn; but we 'could ttot find that anybody know of his owning the dagger, or indeed, Ofltis ever having had such a weapon iii his possession. The dagger, in fact, M r. Covcru person's knowledge, nor had Mary ever seen it before. Where it came from, or who it belonged to, were questions that had yet to be answered. And again, although we watched Thomas with the utmost care, we could find no indications- Of his havâ€" ing: more than his usual amount Of money. we took the liberty, par- donable, under the circumstances, of searching his room and trunk, but found no such sum as twelve hun- dred and fifty dollars. It was plain that we must resort to strategv to make the man confess. His plan had been so deftly laid,tliat even Ashby could not fix legal proofs upon ltim. ‘If we could find out that he had an accomplice,’ said Ashby, ‘ it would be plain sailing at once. All we would have to dO’ would be to go to one witlt the story that the other had confessed, and the real truth would most probably come out. As it is. I don’t know what we can do, except to wait.’ ‘I wish to heaven that the old ghost-stories were true, and that Mr."Covcrn°s ghost might come and inform us how to proceed.’ ‘Good! I am obliged to you? 1â€"» Yeti have given me an idea.’ ‘1 am glad of it. What is it I’ ‘ Never mind now. I'll let you know before I act upon it.’ Ashby audl had taken a room in Mr. Covcrn’s house, in Obedicuce to Mary Covern’s wish, for the poor girl was lonely now. She passed must Of her time With the Ashby’s, who lived within a stone's throw,but when her betrothed and I came back from «the city at night. she re- turned homeâ€"â€"and we spent many a pleasant evening together, in the cozy, WCIl‘fUl‘lllSllCtl parlor of her home. On the night after the above con: versatiou, I sought our chamber alone, as Ashby had gone m1t,saying he had an errand in the village, and would be back in about an hour. I sat down before the fire,in ourroom, and lighting a cigar, began to sum up all the Cll'CUIIIJldIiCCS Of the of- tair that had SO deeply interested us of late. It was an exciting subject, and lgrcw nervous Willi thinking about It. It was a cold,bleak night without; the wind rattled the window sashes, and howled mournfully by,beariug a few scattered snow-flakes that rust~ led fitfully against the glass. It seemed dreary and comfortless. 1 board strange noises, such as haunt all wooden houses, and I found, ere long, that the striking 01 the clock down stairs made me statt as ifI had been struck myself. It sounded twelve, and as the lost ring, muffled by walls and doors, met my car. I heard a soft step in the entry outside, and a light, scarcely distinguishable tap atitlie door.’ I thought it must be Mary, and hastened to see what she wanted. There was no one at the door. Ircgained my seat, blaming my too vivid imagination; but choc more the rapping come, this time too distinct for more fancy. ‘Come in, if you are human,’ said I. ‘ The door slowly opened, and a tall, straight figure entered, all in while, holding in its hand the dog- get‘ with which Mr. Govern had been stabbed, meâ€"‘w.’ ‘mtlv see a supernatural power in the Thomas to confession I’- " Z - “Capital 1’ said I; my dearréli» low, you couldn’t have hit onaarbiet- tcr plan ;. and I- assure you,'yodv‘do Ioolbuncommonly spiritual, in: that: rig . . V "COme with me, then, in' your stocking feet ; .I want you. for-awn? ness; You muststay just outside gftlie d'o'or, While? Iwg’o‘ in, and wake ltim-up.-’ - In' turn minutes" time, Thomas was aWaken'ed by a cold, clammy’ hand, moistened with ice-watertrfor» the 'purposc,-,passed over his-~fuce.-â€"r I‘ll: r'tised himself up in bed,~ and; found his “bed-lamp“ lit,‘ arid the? ghost standing by his side,'witli'oue‘ pole hand out-stretched, holding. the: fatal dagger- even his heart. Did you cverlhncy- you'r'self‘a' great criminal, dear reader? Did} you ever realize within year-self the: continual suspicionâ€"«the fear than you» would be discovered? Can: you imagine the shuddering horror" _of'it liittt,‘t|irOWn' oulby‘ac‘cidettt'or‘ in just, that your crime was-knovvn-‘I' Think what intense and untiriugr appearance Of unconsciousness must- _be eternally kept upâ€"rliow the mask. must be worn for evet'â€".--Itow every 'muscle of the face, every wcrd of conversation, every gesture and .ltltotiglit, must be guarded anduconw trolled; and you have the" feelings of one who has sinned dceply,.iiud whose fellOW-meu wiiitto award; the penalty that the law. has oppos- ed to crime. "17:0 such a man, eter- nal vigilance is indeed the price of. liberty. So when Thomas was aroused from the sound slumber of fancied security, to be confronted by what .his illiterate mind could not but bc~ licvc to be the spirit of John Cow vern, all his sellis'possessiotr was wrecked at once. All his long weeks of actingâ€"his, assumed innocence, and sorrow for his master’s ‘ suicide.’â€"itll his blindw ed fears, and lulled alarmsâ€"ill his hopes of getting off, after time had dulled the edge of sensibilityâ€"all his visions of future prosperity, ‘wrougltt from the poor twelve bum Adred and fifty dol‘ia’rs of olden dress, that had cost John (40mm his life here, and Thode VVNd' his sould hereafterâ€"all this was swept away, "an-relied into thin air on the instant, by the presence and touch of a young man wrapped in cabcet, with a wet hand! Had he known that anybody 61154 posted him, even in the remotest wayâ€"â€"Oi' even that anybody cus- pected the suicide to have been a murderâ€"he might have gtteusedithat this'was more masquerading. But no person had breathed a word of doubt that Mr. Coverir had died by his own band; and Thomas could apparition that awoke him. Standing just at the crock of the door, icould see the whole scene: distinctly. Thomas was at first paralysedâ€"e lie Was seized with a fit of bombs ling, and made strangle gurgling . noises in 1118 throat, as if the organs of speech refused tlieiroflice. Then, its Ashby, majestically glided to the other side of the mom, and waived his hand as if to ask the poor wretclt l to lollow him, he crept shudderineg from the bed, and kneeling down upon the floor, prayed with clasped hands for itiercy and forgiveness. Ashby, in hollow tones bade him confess in prayer, and ask for lor- givcucss above, for on earth he would find his deserved punishment. it was a dangerous experiment for- ltim to speak aloud, for many per- sons would ltave recognised his votcc, disgtiiScd as it was; but Thomas was too thoroughly frighten- ed for this; and as Ashby lltld dc- sircd, be mixed prayer and confes- sion together, and told the whole dark story. '.’ He told how he" ital been ordered to go after the new horse and wag. got“), and how Mr. Covert: had incit- tioued his having the money With lllm-â€"-ltOVV temptation crept into Ins mind at that moment, and he listcn~ ed to ltdâ€"how he laid all his plans that day, and resolved to make the death appear like self-riturdcrâ€"how he sharpened the dagger on his razor-strap, prefcrri‘uy;r to use that weapon because no one knew Ito had itâ€"liow he mingled laudanum With the sugar Of his masters even. ing (ll‘lnli-vâ€"‘liOVV he stole into the chamber barefoot, after all had rcw‘ tired, turning the key with a pair of piuclters from the outside. enter- ed, and found his victim lying dreso sed upon the bed in a heavy stupor â€"--how he gave the fearful blow, only one, and quickly, but with force and precisionâ€"rhow lie secured the money, which he had tO search for seVeral minutes, but found at lastiin a secretary draWCl'~-~l10W.lle-I'CIUEElv ed, locking the door as he had? urw