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Vol. MEV. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Monday, October 3, 1864. New Series.---No, 44. -— eee earner renon ee ss 0 WEEE IE PEST SER ne IY Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eee eee e eee eee eaa eeenate oe re ; ann ta 1S64. THE IME ORTATIONS LITERATURE. | House for great occasions, but the real en- | colonel !’ said the former speaker ; ‘ for my | of which he was the victim, but he was a dy | tirely hidden by coifee and pomegranate

NEW GOODS

LONDON HOUSE.

xy H. HASZARD

1 EGS to announce the ARRIVAL of hi SPRING and SUMMER STOCK ot

BRITISH DRY GOODS, Hardware, A&Ac., &c.,

Iu all tke varieties of thea LATEST STYLES in

fashion, and Material suitable for the season,

having been carefully selected and purchased on

favorable terms, will be sold

CHEAP FOR PROMPT PAYMENT.

Upper Queen Street, Charlottetown, May 30, [564.

BRrartpy nuepanT FLOUR DEPOT FoR Ixing’*s County! Depot at Georgetown, King’s County, Pr. E. Island,

FOR.THE BEST No. 1 and 2 CANADA FLOUR, warranted.

Also fer NEW YORK, GENESSEE FANCY BRANDS, DOUBLE EXTRA SUPERFINE, and all other crades of FLOUR.

A large assortment of

BOOTS and SHOES, now opening, and for sale Cheap. F. P. NORTON.

Georgetown, July 25, 1804. FOR SALE!

300 BBLS. No.1 Sapertine

CANADA FLOUR, 150 Bbls No 2 DO DO 10 Pons Museovade Molasses, Bags Liver) ool Salt, Boxes Tobacco, 10s, BKhls choice Biscuit, Cases Claret, ‘ Mentferrand.’ J. ROBERTS ECKART, Telegraph Bnilding, ie Braj

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June U7, 64 Water-street.

FOR SALE. VOR SALE, at the subseriber's W ars- moves, in CHARLOTTETOWN, 2000 Bushels Liverpool Salt 30 Sacks liatter salt 20 Tous f, } & { Iron 3 Tons Navy Oakum

JAMES C. POPE June 13 1864, tf

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TO EXCURSIONISTS. ROUND TRIP FOR #1:3. PFCKETS from CHARLOTTETOWN

t PICTOU, TRURO, HALIFAX, WIND |

SOR, ST. JOUN, SHEDIAC, SUMMERSIDE, and CHARLOTTETOWN, or vice versa, and GOOD for ONE MONTH from date of purchase, may be had of J.-S. CARVELL, Ageut. Charlottetown. June 17, 1864. tf

~ On Consignment.

a ARRIVE per Schr. Adino from HALIFAX— 15 Hbds. Bright Scar,

Oe 290 Punelreens Mol:.sees, 10 Chests Tea, 10 Bags Rice, 40 Bendles Oakum. For sale low.

Pr. W. HYNDMAN. August 29, 1864. oi

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IP TE SUBSCRIVER begs respectfully to inform the pubic that he will continue te

manufactare CLOUT, &e., at his establishment in Trvca. Wool will be received in Charlottetown by HM. J. Callbeck, Ageut, or at the Mill

“CH Clot received for Dyeing aud Dressing as heretofore.

CHARLES E. STANFIELD. May 23, 1864. tf

Advice to the Pfarimners P. E. Island.

S the season fur Harvest operations is

approaching, and aa the crops promise to be unusually abundant, te undersigned begs to re mind Farmers througout the Island thas be has just received an Invoice of hie Steck of

Manny's Celebrated and Wonderful Mowing and Roaping Machines,

whieh save immetize time, labor atid money to those wl ase them, «s is proved by the well es tabliehed fact that they will enable a Farmer to save his crops four or five weeks sooner, and at less than half the cést. than he could do the work by the old fashioned livok aud Seythe, now rapilly soing out of use, with the older and still more tse ess Flail. No enterprising or temperance Farmer should be without one of those wonderful Machines the cost is comparatively trifling, and uo man who is able to bear the cout shonld think of hiring one, as before it came to his turn to hire one of the Ma- chines that might be in his neighbourhood, he would, perhaps, lose tie chance of securing or sell- ing bis crop to advantage.

The Mowise and Kraring MACHINES were never fn greater demand in the United States than at present. The scarcity of manual laberin that couutry caused by the number of Farmers killed aud ssounded in the present War, renders such La- BOCR SAVING ix HINES more desirable than ever, and it will be almost impossible to secure a sufficient supply hereafter for the use of the agri ecultaraiiste of this Isiaud. Now is THE TIME TO excure Turx. The undersigned, knowing that they would be in great demand, ordered a consider- nble number of them for the use of the Farmers of this Island, but could nos yet more than half he re quired, which he is prepared to sell for Cash or ap- proved credit, for one or two years, if they are or- ‘dered before the 25th inst.

Phe foliowing Agents w ili act for the Sulbseriber jn selling those extraordimary and beautiful Ma- CHINES which are so wel) adapted for saving Jabour and money; and the Subscriber hopes that they will send their orders immediately and use their best exertions to promote their sale, andthere- by advance the best iuterests of the Colony, The Machines have sUsr 4gkivev in the Steamer * Comeence,” and one of them, together with some patent ploughs wilf be om exhibition at the Norra Americas Pores, where an office will be opened fog the sale of all such goods, during the

season RICHARD J. CLARKK, Of Orwell Cheap Store, Prom a Newdle to au Anehow

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July 11, 1864.

AGENTS:

W. EB. Dawsox and W. W. Inrvixa, Eaqrs, Charlottetown,

¥. P. Norrow and Tuomas Owen, Esqrs., Georgetown,

Mr. Tuomas As sean, Summer Hi!], Montague,

Mr. J. MeDowe str, Grand River Bridge.

Mr. J. T. Taeuove, Dandas, Lot 55,

Messrs. G. McKay & Son, New Lonvos,

J. A. McLean, Esq., St. Peter's Bay,

1. &. Har, Esq., Tignish,

J. W. How ras, Esq., and Mr. Jamas Bro perce, Cascumpec

NOTICE TO FARMERS,

NV ANNY’S CELEBRATED MOW- ING aad REAPING MACHINES, whieh eave immense labonr and money, have just arrived in the Steamer “Commerce”. The subscriber ex- pects that all agent« and others wanting them will send their orders forth with, as the supply is limit- ed. Farmers who desire to preserve the life and health of their voung bands, especially their fe- males, who are so severely worked by the old mode of cutting grain erops, aud who also desire to econo- mise their money, will do well to secure one of the above named MACI{INES as speedily on paraels:

RCHUARD J. CLARKE, Orwe!l! Cheap Store, froma Needle to an Anchor

July 11. 1864

Union Bank of P. E. Island. WILL take the Bills of the above Bank at the face, for Flour, and other merchandise,

at warket rates, ay) rereive them for accouuts.

THOMAS HANFORD, 3in Bt. John, N. B

July 11, 1864. Wanted, EM!’TY FLOUR BARRELS,

1000 full) oped aud provided with two beads, for which the highest ¢ish price will be paid by I. c. HALL, Peake’s Bnildinga.

Water-street, Ch town, Aug. 15, 1861.

FOR SPRING 1864 | ARE NOW COMPLETED AT PHE

BRITISH §=— WAREHOUSE,

WHERE YOU WILL FIND

An Extensive and General Supply of

BRITISH and FOREIGN

MERCHANDIZE, —— COMP RISING—— All the requisite Articles in

Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,

—— ineluding —— The leading novelties for the Season, Superior Lea, ° and othor GROCERIES, Gents’ General Outfits, HARDWARE and CUTLERY, Iron Bedsteads,

AND FURNISHING GOODS, Purchased on the Best Terms, and seleeted with the greatest care, and

Sold at the Lowest remunerating Prices. W. & A. BROWN.

_Ch'town, June 20, 1864.

BOOTS & SHOES. JUST RECEIVED, PER STEAMER FRANCONIA, 500 Pairs Ladies’, Gents’, Boys’, Misses’ and Children’s BOOTS and SHOES, IN GREAY VARIETY, whieh may be had vexr cH£ar from the subseriber.

Hf. HASZARD.

Charlottetown, Auguat 22, 1864 isl ouankaneieeae ;

Gas Cooking Range!! “PuE cost of cooking by the above has

been obtained by earefal experiment, and is as here stuted :—

12} lbs Bread, roasted in 42 miuutes, consumes 4 feet Gas, cost | cent 2 lbs Steak, broiled in 5

miuutes, consumes 3 foot Gas, cost } of L cent. 1 quart Water, boiled in 93 minutes, consumes 1 foot Gas, cost} of Leent 24 Lireakf ist Biscuit, baked in

12 whinutes, consumes | foot Gas, cost2 mills. For roasting Meat the cost is but I cent per hour. For boiling, frying or stewing, the coat is but 1 cent per hour. WM. MURPHY. Gas Works, September 19, 1st.

a ee Gas Stoves! Gas Stoves! (Pue above are highly reccommended for

Hotel Rooms, Offices, Bash Rooms, Boudvirs

Dressing Rooms, Nurseries and Conservatories } In severe cold weather, the temperature of an or

diuary sized apartment. can by this apparatus be |

raised to 70 dey Falireubeit ia about ten minutes The expense of keeping the room warm will de about one cent per hour.

We. MURPHY.

{'as Works, Sept 19, 1864. 4in N.}. Hoth the dtange and Stove eau be sven aithe Gas Works

Ex P. Y. Soap. Jp UST RECEIVED, a few boxes of the above superior SOAP, so highly approved of by families who have hitherto purchased and used it. N. RANKIN. August 8, 1864.

ides! Hides! Wides!

"PXUL highest market price will be paid fer OX and COW HIDES and CALF SKINS, at Dodd's Brick Store, Pownal Street

DODD & ROGERS. Sept. 19, 1864. Aro WAITER. VV ANTED, for the Steamer *‘ Princess of Wales,’ « smart, active LAD, to act as WAITER. Satisfactory Apply forthwith to

testimonials required.

F. W. HALES, Secretary. Steamboat Office, Water-st, Sept. 26, 1864.

** Greenubacks ~”’

MERICAN PAPER BOUGHT and SOLD by I. C. HALL, Water-street. Oharloitetown, Aug. 15, 1864

STOVES! STOVES!! SDPOYV Es. UST zeceived from ALBANY, NBW YORK, and BOSTON,, 600 STOVES, of all sizes and patterns, suitable for wood and coal; among which are the celebrated WATER-

LOO and NIAGARA for woed,; and BLACK DIAMOND, UNION, VULCAN Cook Stoves

for coal. ALSO: Parlor, Hall, Shop, and Box Stoves in great variety. Purchasers in want of good STOViss and STOVES to suit them, will save 10 per cent by ealling at Dodd's Brick Store. Pownal Street,

and purehasizg of

DODD & ROGERS, P. 8. Daily expeeted, a large variety of Grates of different patterns. D. & fh. Charlottetown, July 18, 1864.

To Shipbuilders.

Tue Subscriber HAS RECEIVED on CONSIGNMENT, from ARBROATH, Scot land. & large quantity of SAIL TWINE and CANVAS in assorted numbers frem 1 to 3, whieh i will be sold at sinall advance.

ALSO, ON HAND:

| pITCcH, IRON, PAINTS, PITCH OIL, SPIKES, PAINT OIL, Paraffine Varnish, NAILS, Do BRUSHES,

H. HASZARD. Upper Queen Street,

Charlottetown, May 30, 1864.

Stoves! Stoves! Yarmouth Improved. HE subseriber has JUST RECEIVED

a fall cargo of COOK STOVES, for wood er coal; also, Franklin, Box and Parlor Cook Steves. These celebrated and almost everlasting

Farmer's Cooking, Parlor and other Stoves,

which ‘‘ean't be beat'’ for strength, heat, comfort and economy, will be sold for Casu, or fourteen months’ eredit on approved paper.

The improvements wade in these Stoves are well worsly the inspection of intending purchasers.

—ALSO-- An assortment of Spare Stove Furniture on hand. H. J. P. TERLIZZICK.

Charlottetown, August 29, 1864. 4m wkly

STRAYED, ROM the Prewises of Mr. M. Hogan, Charlottetown, on TUESDAY night last, 20th instant, a BLACK MARE, of a small size, a few uray baire on one of her hind legs, some white hairs on her side, near the back, and a thick tail, | about thirteen years old. Any information respect- ing her whereabonts from apy person or persons, will be thankfally received by the Sabacriber, } MARTIN HOGAN, Maja Street. | Charlottetown, Sept. 24th, 1864. {-—-

Horses! Horses!

Horses!

ANTED, by the Subseriber,’ Bermudas, owe their chief social attraction be merely civil to a lady, so long as Lcom-' 9; my freedom was to return to F

on TWENTY good, “ey SNARE ; i 5 igh, to i | a ‘ free from blemish, 15 bands high, from far | the military sail official occupants ina ‘the

years of age, and suitable in appearance , Baddle and Carriage purposes, be paid.

Ch'town, Sept..19, 1864.

J.C. BINNS

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joyment of society was mainly to be found part, I accept my fate.’ ‘You are right,

ing man, and the statement he made was a/ shrubs, and parasite plants of various kinds,

attested.

THE FALLING OF THE LEAVES. ha the pleasant abode of the mercantile com-| you young dog! Death by dancing, or

munity. Foremost of this class in St. | George's was a gentleman named F ‘ ‘the portal of whose house might well have | borne the inscription which I have seen in | one of the old Italian cities — Sienna, if |

That is brightening for the tomb, rewember rightly —where * Patet janua, cor Aud I know her strength is waning with the| Magis’ assures the guests that the heart | offers even a readier welcome than the un- |

The autumn days are here,

And the trees are brown and sere, And I hear the sighs of sadnyss that a girlish bosom heaves ; And I mark the hectic bloom,

falling of the leaves.

j}up the bill, he must run for it,

: his words were to the following ef- euch other vs v4 rv the — | fect: * Being engaged to dine at the mess of | court-martial shall be awarded. a light the Regiment, I dressed about half past nonsense of this kind the permitted five mi- five this afternoon, and shortly afterwards nutes—and another five to boot-— were con- | went out, meaning to waik gently up to the sumed ; but when it began to draw near a, barracks. [ had got as far as the lane which | quarter of an hour, the impatient colonel | turns on the left band towards Government. would wait no longer, ‘Play the Roast | House, ant oe a ret oy. when . a Nes ABLE, SR * Beg og Fa" Pe. . | some ons calling ou me by name to stop, Beef again,’ he said ; ‘if he ane ere }and looking round, | saw a man, in whom, i } 8

deposition which those who heard it formally the passion-lower and Virginian ereeper '

being the most luxuriant. Orange and Jemon trees, Jaden with fruit, were also scattered about, making the spot resemble a rich yet neglected garden; but its beauty had no charms for us at that moment, however much we might have been inclined t> linger and admire it at another. Foreing aside the pendent leaves of a broad banana, Forbes pointed to the entrance of the cave, and pick- ing his way amongst the rocky fragments,

It is hard for one so fair, Whe hath never known a care, Nor love that hath departed, nor friendship that deceives, To leave this world so brivht, For the gloomy shades of night, And to tread the shadowy valley ‘wid the falling of the leaves.

Hushed is the sound of mirth, As she shivers by the hearth, In the cool and frosty mornings, and the damp and chilly eves; As she shuddered at the knell Of the schoohnate loved so well-- For the young are falling round us like the falling of the leaves.

With the gentle art of love, I would lead ber taoughts above, And bid her trust the Saviour when her tender bosom grieves ; But still, with gasping breath, She shrinks from gloomy Death, While fast her tears are falling at the falling of the leaves.

O pray for her, kind hearts, That peace, ere she departs, May gently fall upon her, not Death alone bereaves. O well may we despair If the innocent and fair Fall with a troubled spirit, with the falling of the leaves.

CAUGHT AT

LAST.

It was my fortune, in the year eighteen hundred and , to be quartered with my regiment in the Bermudas, that pictures- qué group of coral formed islands, which, by the corruption of the name of Sir George Summers, the first governor of the colony, who was shipwrecked there, bas erroneously been called ** The Summer Isles.’’ In one respect, indeed, the name is not misapplied, for, so far as climate is concerned, eterna) summer reigns throughout the year, the coldest winds from the north, in January and February, ouly reduc ng the mercury in the thermometer to the level of “tempe- rate,” while, for the remaiuing ten months, the heat of the dog-star rages.

Seen, as I saw the islands first, they pre- sent an aspect of incomparable beauty, Navigation, as practised on board the old transports, Was not always a science of ex-

treme accuracy, and the tub which contained the head-quarters of the regiment to which [ belonged made tie southern shore of the principal Bermudian island first, instead of beuring down upon it from the Opposite quarter, seeing that we had suiled from the uorth, our port of departure being Halifax, in Nova Seotia. It was about noon when we came in sight of a Jow range of cedar- covered hills, separated from the deep water on which we floated by a long ominous line of surf, and knew that we had reached the ‘still vext Bermooihes’— called by their first discoverers, the Spaniards, * Los Dia- bolos,’ aud believed by all mariners to be inhabited by devils and other evil spirits, until the true relation of * Kdward Strachey, Esq.’ (A: D. 1610,) swept away the tradi- tion, and ‘delivered the world from a foul and dangerous error.’ The wind being light, we coasted along this breaker-beaten shore, ke-ping the coral ree(s at a most res- peetful distance, and it was only as the day declined—a native pilot having meanwhile come on board—that we found ourselves abreast of an entrance to the great harbour, practicable only for small boats. As the transport could not reack the proper channe] till the following morning, a small party of us, impelled by the natural impatience of landsmen to get on shore, availed ourse'ves of the pitot’s boat, and left the ship that evening. he moon rose soon after we quitted the vessel, and was fast climbing the skies, when the boat shot beneath the steep cliff of a frontier island crowned by a ruiu- ous fort. Just then the breeze fell, and we lay becalmed, but ouly for a few moments, oars being quickly out tosupply the want of | sail. ‘The scene was one of extreme loveli- ness, and presented an effect almost theatri- cal, so sudden was the change within the rocky barrier. The dazzling moonlight fell ou spow-white walls of scattered cottages, balf buried in thickets of perfumed cedars ; the clear blue heavens were fretted with |

led round our track, and was dashed in| gleams of fire from the boatmen’s oars; and | our way lay amongst innumerable islets. | whose outline was marked by the graceful | foliage of the feathery palmetto, A mind, filled with poetical ideas, such as that of a’

knowledge of the world than usually belongs | to that age, might readily have faucied that | ia a fairy region like this no evil could pos- | sibly dwetl, but youthful impressions by | moonlight are not the safest to rely upon. |

For nearly a couple of hours we threaded | our course through this bay of islands till a) wider harbour opened before us, and lying | in acomplete amphitheatre of cedar-crowued |

bills, the glittering town of St. George's)

and, after answering the challenge of the! sentinel posted on the landing wharf, we.

perfect tranquility of the ploce. It was a

small square, surrounded on three sides by | lofty white buildings, each with its broad dark green balcony, aud shaded by rows of | that graceful tree called locally * The Pride; of India,’ a species of Fraxinus.whose leaves |

| We iuvoluatarily stopped before the largest | Of these houses, hoping that it was the hotel, |

closed entrance. This generous-minded man was everybody’s friend, less for the sake of his large hospitality than for the personal merits by which he was distinguished. He was of a frank and cheerful nature, by no means unlettered, though a very slight ac- quaintance with books went a long way in those islands, and was seldom of native growth; he had made many voyages ia the earlier part of his prosperous career, was shrewd and observant, his conversation abounded in curious anecdotes, and few whom [ have known deserved the epithet of ‘good fellow’ better than Henry I ; At the time of our arrival in Bermuda, F a tall, stout, handsome man, was some five- and.thirty years of age, and had been mar- ried about three, to one of those pale, deli- cate, dark-eyed Bermudian girls, whom Moore the poet bas rightly described as not absolutely bandsome, but having an affec- tionate Jangour in their look and manner which toterests even more than beauty. ‘Two children were already the fruit of this marriage, and there was the promise of a third at no very digtant date.

Such was # 's condition, and if ever

goin.’ He beckoned to me, however, as he led the way, and observed: * Your servant

down to burry up this laggard.’ John Hur- ley, the man the colonel spoke of, was a| quick, intelligent Irishman, and [ despatch- | ed him on his errand, ‘ Never fear, sir,” |

drum has done beating.’ We accordingly took our places at table. and began dinner, a seat being left like

and little did [ imagine that its application would prove litterally true. But ten mi- nutes had scareely elapsed, before John UJurley burst into the mess-room pale and breathless. ‘Please your honor,’ he exclaimed, ad- dressing me, ‘ Mr. F has been kilt!’ Every one started to his feet at this abrupt announcement; a hundred questions were asked in a moment, all resolving them- selves into the inquiry from the Colonel : ‘What on earth do you mean? Are you drunk, man? Speak out.’ ‘It’s not drunk IT am, Colonel! Nivera ce Late dinette peck dateniedd drop of liquor bas passed my lips since I omen Vee ee : - {took my mornin’, and if I were to speak as to be so. To complete this sketch of his loud asa gun [ could only say that Mr domestic relations, [ must add that his only B s ciate a Jy Gay air, sister was the wife of Dr. H » BSR GYS ‘How ¢ by whom ” asked a dozen voices on the staff then quartered at St. Georges, ‘s biaedatd M dit 7 aa ; : tela’ suttebsinenate Aah: iof ome bDiaggard Moodian, bad iuck to 6 mann ‘of Ligh eegmeet “eeamermte Wer OF it T'doa's keow bis wane,’ reareéd somewhat irascible disposition, the hot tem- Hart . F per of the Highlender often declaring itself = eh ee ee on very slight provocation. the Ocleosl The laissez-aller of colonial life is highly . nd : . oe Oy ‘ Not he, sir,’ replied Hurley. ‘ As soon favourable to the establishment of friendly : ; , NG cae eK as he did it he was off like the shot he'd feeling amongst the classes that mingle to- a acielicitteeeriiie a > i He 3 | just fired, leaving Mr. F kilt upon the gether on the terms of equality. ere an ground where he fell.” there the morgue of the English aristocrat . og leads some silly fellow to affect to look down} . ‘Mr. Avljutant,’ said the Colonel, addres- ; ; b but by th " ifiaesl { Li | way |Simg me no longer by name, but by the upon the storckeeper, but in a genera WAY | sosionati F int bhditing 10) aie ‘wiiahiiin ie oe Oe ieee es oad mney | Tous ion Gf my positron in the regimert, the case is completely reversed, and wild), t: rveant’ act ide d d enson—to speak of self-interest only—for} 83% ae eee ore tee er L a navel st part. the | ut patrols to scour the Island. No ammu- the storekeeper 1s; Jor the most part, the! + ion, mind! ‘The scoundrel anust be taken banker of the stranger in the colony, and if’ elias i* accommodation in cashing bills be required. Il oe i : Bina quitted the mess-room has to him must the application for money be} all = tbe we" Pee. : i ° j +USTO . C g referred. There was no one in Bermuda ‘ eg Mig sot a x pplng “ heaky Want motly {ae MY room for ao ipstan to buckle on my Who met 8D OIMCErs Wants more promprly | sword. 1 hurried to the orderly-room, sum an F 2 gave, perhaps. no higher] ; : ‘ : , j than I le gave, perhaps - higher moned the serscant-major, and gave him the premium than others, for bis dealings were | Colonel’s order briefly stating for what pur strictly commercial; but he never made a} poe a ile eran There etek diffivulty of advaneing ca-h on the simple ae 26s dein no Sie Sos ke 5 “ il word of the appheant, and the confidence he eolaniedred At onbs’” We ae” hats that displayed met wilh a corresponding return ;} ra ’ : ; i , ave cume, while a seore or two more, in their the banker became, in every ins‘ance, the fati <a od i : ' q.| fatigue dresses, set of like wildfire, eager friend of the persom whom he accommodated 5) 0) on ce Banlies i i assuredly, among the rest, he was mine Pre sae ra ie, ete a oe 4 ; ‘| L also followed rapidly to the town. We A young military officer has not much in| jearnt on the road that the report of Mr. his power to offer in requital for the kind- ty being killed was not absolutely true ; ness he receives at the hands of a civilian | he was, however, desperately wounded, hay- His opportunity is geverally confined to al | ing been shot in the groin, and had been invitation to the regimental mess, on what is} garried to bis own house. Thither we pro- : — » v ‘ » g a known in the army as “ Stranger day. j ceeded, and found a large crowd gathered > ‘ ‘i . on *% ° ? -* ° . f—— soon became a frequent guest with us, ‘in front of it—almost the entire population and at last it came to my turn to be his host lof the place-—-restless and clamorous, as We bad then been about three months in| eoloyred people under excitement always the is!and, and hearing that the messmav jaro, then, for the first time, heard the had sevured a fine turtle-—there had, more-| yame of the assassin, coupled with the con- over, been a gale of wind, bringing a quan'l- | firmation of Hurley’s news that he made his ty of go'den plover to the island, some of) escape. He proved to be one Joel Tucker, which were safe to figure in his bill of fare!the master of a small schooner, trading ae 7 ekj ; i } . ' ‘ ° —I[ sent a note to F—, asking him to dine | habitually between St. George’s and Nor- with me on the following ‘stranger day.” fy)k, jn Virginia. What was his motive [le accepted at once, not formally, but in jo-| for the crime he had committed nobody could cose terms, alluding to the extra attractions | tej| as p thing was known of his having of che forthcoming banquet, for he bad heard | eyoy been on bad terms with Mr. F of the turtle and plover, and expressing 4/ Quy the contrary, he had often been favored | playful regret that it was not the scason for | hy the latter with freights when others were | whale, assuring me, as was the fact, that! qisirous of having them on eqaal terms; amongst Bermudian dainties the flesh of the | and his last retura voyage was a consign- young mamme! held a prominent place. He! mont to Mr. F Who had been ‘heard concluded by saying that he was content to | to express himself to Tucker as quite satis- *. tf i sre ‘ ¢ , “2 - “rough it” on what he understood was the| ej with the result of the business transacted 22 ‘ar D tt at > " ~ : chosen fare of the British aldermen. L[}hetycen them. The man, however, did not showed his merry note to several of my bro-/| stand well im anybody’s estimation. Acts ther officers, and they all declared how glad | o¢ cruelty to his ‘ hands’ — all coloured ; , did? ciddin’ ° they were to find that i was coming to! men and boys—were related of him, and he vine again §0 s0On, | , was held to be of a surly, revengeful dis- The barracks at St. George's stand —un- | position ; but still the question rose, what less their site has been altered—~on the table- | pance of quarrel had he with Mr. F 2 land of height that completely commands the While thie information—snch as it was— town and harbour, at a distance from the | was being given, the victim of the assassin- former of little more than a quarter of @| ation was lying insensible, unable to give mile. Like the greater part of the build- | any account of ‘what ‘hed occurred. His . : > > 2 reen. ! . ° ings in Bermuda, though there 22e excep-) brother-in-law, Dr. H- —, was by his bed- tions—for instance, the storekeepers houses | side, where sat his poor forlorn young wife, in St. George’s square—the barracks cen- | now just on the point of being again a sist of only a ground floor, and make Up 1) |} mother. She had scarcely spoken beyond length for what they lack in height. The! the frst exclamation of horror aud dismay ; |

golden stars of unusual size; the sea spark-| officers’ quarters, seperated from those of) hut no persuasion could induce her to leave | ove just mentioned is the finest; and, as it '

the men, occupy the southern extremity of

the parade ground, where the hill slightly slopes towards the harbour, and this inclina- lextent of the sufférec’s injury. The wound, | tion of the soil is remedied by a higher) which could not be probed, was evidently a| foundation, to preserve the level of the long | very dangerous one, and from its outward | verandah which stretches along the entire) aypearance, and the state of Mr. F

the post she occupied, even while the sur- | 'gical examination was made to ascertain the

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our great place of redezvous, whatever the | plain that the pistol had been fired close to | oceasion ; whether a ship of war were re-| his body. Laternal hemorrhage was feared, | ported in sight, the signal espied on Tele-| and this apprehension was shared with Dr. graph-bill announcing the arrival of the | yy by the rest of the surgeons of the mail-packet from Halifax, the fact of a garrison, who all, as the news whale having been seen ‘*‘ blowing” in the | them, in

of the event |

reached were attendance. It}

offing, or the daily advent of the dinner- | would have answered no purpose, under the |sea, were assure

. » oo ae > ° hour. On the ene when F eS \cireumstance, for me to have intruded into | expected “friend,” the usual muster bad) tho sick-room ; indeed, all but the medical

Beef of Old Eagland—the military dinner-! cons, I returned to the barracks to report bell—but there was a pause before entering| what [ knew to the Colonel.

body?’ was the general question. answer Wrom “Gues Wan Cnn wee that) mation L was oaly able to give. He was not ‘Cee friend’ had not _ yet arrived. ‘only the commandant of the garrison, but, ‘Who is be? was the next inquiry; 80d jn the absence of Sir H T . the

when the delinquent was named a consider | (;overnor, not yet arrived from England, pin better than most people, it being the er bad taken his resolution.

o

though it was almest dusk, I at once recog- | began the descent, whispering to us to fol-

Banquo’s, unfilled. It was my own simile,

| imagined.

for so many days was a question not easy to y q of 1 } , iWAai % rare al ae} ° 7 i ; young man of two-and-twenty, with no more! fiont of the building. The verandah was /clothes, which were much burnt, it was| answer. It may be asked why so obvious a

ak | 2s 28 -| : ; it was to examine every one who at- taken place, all the other guests were a8-| men were strictly excluded ; having, there- | 2uty re.

came in sight. This was our destination, | sembled, the drummer had beaten the Roast) fore distributed my party with full instruc- |

Redgauntlet | stepped on shore, admiring the beauty and) the mess-room. ‘ Are we waiting for any-| was man of very impetuous character, and search the great cave was therefore resolved

The | chafed exceedingly at the imperfect infor | 0D.

nized Joel Tucker. He was running fast)

hand, and seemed to be greatly excited. | ‘What is the matter, Tucker ?’ [ asked, | ‘What are you dving with that pistol !’.| ‘What 1 want to do with it,’ be answered | ‘Til tell you.’ Then he added, with an oath: |

law. He wasn’t at home, but I'll shoot him wherever I find him!’ ‘You must be mad, Tucker,’ I said. * What barm has he done | you ?* * Mad!’ he repeated ; ‘ maybe I am; ' ; but mad or not, I'll have his blood! Harm?) flarm enough to make me take his life.’ | Knowing the violence of the man’s character, | I tried to calmhim. ‘ Come, come, Tucker,’

I said, ‘ something has put you out, and, in| your mistaken anger, i are laying the | blame on my brother-in-law. Why, he’s as good a friend to you as I am, or as any one in the island.” *‘ Mistaken,’ he replied ; * no) I'm not such a fool as that. As if I didn’t

know who it was last week before I got bome

that drove my pigs out of his indian corn,

and nearly cut one of ’em in two with his

cursed hoe. A pretty friend he is—and you,

perbaps, are just such another.’ * Never

mind me,’ I said; * let us talk about€l ‘

Surely you don’t bear malice for such a

thing as that, and so long, too? He was in

a passion, I dare say, and never meant to} hurt the animal—only wanted to drive it

away, and struck it accidental'y.’ * l won’s strike him accidentally,’ was Tucker's reply.

‘ 1'il blow his brains out whenever I meet im.’ *IT must prevent that,’ said I. ‘I

knuw you don’t mean what you say: but you must give me your pistol.’ * Where is it ?? he asked. * Tell me where the is hiding?’ ‘I don’t know,’ I replied ; ‘and,’ Ladded ‘I certainly wouid not tell you if I did’ ‘* You wouldn’t!’ exclaimed Tucker, coming close up tome. * No, 1 would not,’ 1 answered firmly. ‘ Then take that!” he cried; and standing about a yard off,

levelled his weapon and fired. 1] remember nothing more.

Life was ebbing fast when I was admitted to F—— s room, where he had originally been placed, and, as the surgeons supposed, | Was sinking from internal bleeding. He had. | however, recollection enough left to know me, and strength enough left to press my hand and say ‘* Good-bye.’’ A few minutes after, all was over on earth with one of the kindest men that ever breathed, It was a sad nigit for that house, and for all who kaew the fate that had befallen its owner. Mrs. gr , seized with violent convulsions, was removed to her own room, which she did not leaye for some months, her form wasted, her health shattered, with only her two orphans to comfort her, the child being still-born, of which she was confined a few hours alter ber husband’s death. A single night bad wrought all this woe—-a single night, and no cause for the murder that made it woful! The man who felt the blow most was, naturally, Dr. ul ; he showed its effect in the care he took of poor F——’s widow, to whom he became more than a brother.

For all reasons, fur justice sake, for that of friendship, pity,and, it must be owned, the desire of vengeance, no exertion was spared by any of us in the endeavour to apprehend the murderer. ‘There was no necessity for the circulation of hand-biils, the tragedy be- ing in everybody’s mouth from one end of the island to the other, but a notice, offering a large reward, and fuliy describing the person of Joel Tucker, for the in‘ormation of those to whom it was not known, appeared in the Bermuda Gazette—but neither this notifica- tion, nor the unsuccessful search, were pro- ductive of any immediate result. Every morning, for six successive days, rumours were spread that Tucker had been taken ; the long verandah was the scene of perpetual consultation, where, when the reports were fuund to be groundless, devices were suggest- | ed for effecting the murderer's capture. At! last, information eame, on which, we | thought, reliance might be placed. It was| stated by a malatto, named isaac Forbes, a | fisherman who lived in a lonely cottage on that part of the ‘main’— as the largest is land is called, which partly encireles King’s Harbour, the waters were crossed on the evening of our arrival in Bermuda—that, re- turning home late at night, he had seen a fi- gure stealing through a thicket in the neigh- bourhood of the Adwiral’s Cave, whom he thoroughly believed was Joel Tucker. He had reason enough for knowing him, having once sailed in his vessel, and suffered severely from the cruelty with which Tucker was in the habit of treating his crew.

Amongst the natural curiosities of Bermu- da, the most remarkable are the numerous caves which undermine the islands in 80 many places. Many of them penetrate to great distances, and all are of extraordinary beauty ; the profusion, size, aud wondrous forms of the stalactites far exceeding what is generally met with elsewhere, Of these, the