llson, late of said county, deceased._

We, the undersigned, coroner's jury, summoned in the foregoing
case to examine into the causes of the death of said Gillson,
do find that he came to his death at the hands of Bartholomew
Graham, usually called "Black Bart," on Wednesday, the 17th
May, 1871. And we further find said Graham guilty of murder in
the first degree, and recommend his immediate apprehension.

(Signed) JOHN QUILLAN,
PETER MCINTYRE,
ABEL GEORGE,
ALEX. SCRIBER,
WM. A. THOMPSON.
(Correct:)
THOS. J. ALWYN,
Coroner.

The above documents constitute the papers introduced before the
coroner. Should anything of further interest occur, I will keep
you fully advised.

POWHATTAN JONES.

* * * * *

Since the above was in type we have received from our esteemed San
Francisco correspondent the following letter:

SAN FRANCISCO, June 8, 1871.

MR. EDITOR: On entering my office this morning I found A bundle
of MSS. which had been thrown in at the transom over the door,
labeled, "The Summerfield MSS." Attached to them was an unsealed
note from one Bartholomew Graham, in these words:

DEAR SIR: These are yours: you have earned them. I commend
to your especial notice the one styled "_De Mundo Comburendo_."
At a future time you may hear again from

BARTHOLOMEW GRAHAM.

A casual glance at the papers convinces me that they are of great
literary value. Summerfield's fame never burned so brightly as it
does over this grave. Will you publish the MSS.?

[Decoration]

[Decoration]

XXVII.

_THE AVITOR._

Hurrah for the wings that never tire--
For the nerves that never quail;
For the heart that beats in a bosom of fire--
For the lungs whose cast-iron lobes respire
Where the eagle's breath would fail!

As the genii bore Aladdin away,
In search of his palace fair,
On his magical wings to the land of Cathay,
So here I will spread out my pinions to-day
On the cloud-borne billows of air.