7 Va PRR Stealbaiiaae ; ae Be BP phe A Weekly “This is truce Liberty, when Freeborn Men, having to advise the Public, may speak free.*’---Euripides. Hournal olitics, Literature, and Alews. i ; - 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 2: is] 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 ee 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 wit 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 ot 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 isl Sina 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 8 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 branches off into various unexplored cavities, no better place of concealment can well be The probability, therefore, was rreatly in favour of the supposition that Tucker had taken refuge in the Admiral’s Cave, though how he had managed wo subsist place of refuge was not thought of in the first instance ; but it arose from the fact that when the troops were sent out in search of him, on the night of the murder, the party which proceeded to the extremity of St. George’s Island, which is separated from the ‘‘main’’ by a deep and rapid channel of the by the ferry-master that no one had crossed that evening; and ever since a guard bad been posted there, whose tempted to pass that way. Yet, if the asser- tion of Forbes could be relied on, the mur- 'derer had contrived to escape observation, ‘and place himself in comparative safety. Tu About twenty of the most active of our! men were told off for the duty, and, accom- | | panied by a constable, armed with a warrant | ‘fer the murderer's appreh@sion, and guided low closely. It was no easy matter to do so, |down the lane towards me, and on his near- | the footing being very slippery and uneafe, is a smart light-infantry man, send him ler approach I saw that he held a pistol in his owing to the constant pereslation of rain water through the porous soil,which dripped from the long stalactites that hung from the caverned roof. There was light, bowever, from the outer air for the first few yards of the rugged slope, and we reached a level said be, * but L'il bring him along before the |+ I have been looking for your——brother-in-| space without accident. It was necessar now to proceed with greater care, a dark abyss, which appeared anfathomable, yawn- ing before us. ‘To enforce caution, our guide displaced @ heavy stone, which, after a few bounds, plunged with an echoing roar into deep water beneath. Torehes were lit here, aud once more we advanced. I might dwell on the subterrancan wonders that met us as every step of our progress, but these were loss heeded than the object which brought us to the place. For nearly half an hour we moved on, constantly descending till we reached the margin of the water, which was salt, from its communication with the sea. [t proved a eort of gulf, and rose and fell with the tide. As yet, no sound had betrayed the presence of any one but ourselves; and having to all appearance reached the utmost limits of the caye, we began to question the utility of hunting further, when my servant, Joho Hurley, who had been allowed to join the party, and who, in his eagerness, had got considerably ahead, shouted out at the top of his voice: ‘I havehim! Comeon, boys! Here he is! Give up, you scoundrel!’ We raised our torcbes, and, locking in the direc: tion from which the voice proceeded, descried Hurley on lis knees grappling what appeared to be the crouching figure of a man. But this vision was only vouchsafed for a moment. The next thing we saw was my unlucky ser- vant rolling down the steep, and immediately afterwards a tremendous splash announced the factof his having tumbled into the water. We fished him out, dripping wet, and splut- tering, ‘1 thought [ got him,’ he said, * but just as I laid hold, my foot slipped. He's up there still! It’s mighty cowid he is!’ Both these remarks were true, for when our guide climbed to the place from which Iur- ley bad fallen, be discovered that what he had taken for the fugitive was nothing but a large stalagmite, closely resembling a bu- man being. When our laughter at the mis- take bad subsided, we asked if we could get any further in that direction, and being as- sured that there was no practicable path, we gave up the search, aad re-trod the windings of the roek till we reached the light of day, coming to the conclusion that if the murderer had made eny use of the cave, it was only for & temporary purpose — probably when he believed that pursuers were on his track. Reluctantly, therefore, after scouring the neighbouring woods, and extending our ex- amination for some distance, the men were called in, and we returned disappointed to the garrison. Whether stimulated by the offered reward, or moved by the desire to avenge bis own wrongs, or piqued at the doubte thrown on his statement—if a combination of all these motives did not operate with him — Isaac Forbes was determined to renew the seareh for Joel Tucker, and instead of going out to fish that evening, remained in his cottage till dark. He then —this was his subsequent statement—went quietly forth, and, climbing a large calabash-tree, sat watching among its branches, @ notion having entered his brain that Tucker haunted the spot. For some hours all was perfectly still, the mock- ing-bird had long ceased his imitative song, and the waning moon had just risen, when by her uncertain light the watcher discerned the figure of a man emerging from a thicket ata short distance. He carried a bundle in one hand, and making his way in a southerly direction, passed close to the calabash-tree. ad there been no light at all, the intensity of the mulatto’s gaze would have sufficed to distiugaish, in the person who approached, the man he was looking for. It was no other than Joel Tucker, ‘The idea of his true place of concealment tien flashed upon Forbes. On the south side of the ** main,’’ to seaward of a long spit of land where the breakers ter- minated, extended @ broad reach of sweepin sand, which, constantly encroaching, ha added to the ruin of a small village originally half destroyed by fire and aband by its inhabitants. Singularly emough, the name of the place was Tucker’s-town, bat only a few blackened walls remained, sufficient, however, to afford shelter for aby one desi- rous of concealment, with an ulterior purpose, and what subsequently happened confirmed this opinion. Noiselessly leaving the tree, and treading like Caliban, so that the blind mole could not hear his foot fall, he followed whither Tucker was evidently bound. He tracked him to the deserted village, and saw him enter the ruins. Here, then, he housed himself; but it was not enough for Furbes to know this. ‘There was something else he wanted to ascertain, and he waited till day- break for the purpose. When the fret gleams of the morning light appeared, he moved from the underwood of sage-bush in which he had been lying, and climbed a hill that com- inanded the whole live of coast. is keen eyes cagerly swept the boriaun, but not a single sail was visible, and he felt satisfied that no vessel could appear in sight fur seve- ral hours at least. From the height where he stood the ruined village was visible, and looking towards it, he sew Joel Tucker steal out a few paces and stand with his back to the shore on the look out for some passing vessel. Ile had evidently selected this epot as af- fording him the best chance of escape from the Island. After guzing for about ten mi- nutes, the murderer slowly returned to his hidinz-place, and, having learnt all he wish- ed to know, Forbes hurried to Waizingham, got into his boat and made the best of bis way toSt.George’s tocommunicate the certain intelligence he pessessed of the whereabouts Joel Tucker hid. ‘The matter was now in the hands of the local magistrate, who em- ploying the civil force only, manned a larger boat than the fisherman’s and sent Forbes in it to guide the party. ‘Three or four hours had gone by since the mulatto left Tucker’s- | by Forbes, who knew the interior of the ca- | town, and in the interim the restless murder- It appeared, able amount of good-bumoured reviliog Was’ the civil as well as the military authority place where he procured fresh water tor all | from the subsequent depositions, that on the accouat of his descent from the family Of gs wel) as his regimental adjutant, I bad the hero of Walter Scott's last novel, * at | plenty of work to do, though much of it was | with other officers. I was of the number, together | A government boat was | resembie the mountain ash, and whose lilac -utiered at his expense, *‘ Weil.’ said the co-! over the Bermudas was temporarily delegat- | his domestic purposes, the party immediately | night the murder was committed, Tucker | flowers cluster like those of the laburnum. | lonel, whose sobriquet was Redgauntiet, on og to him; and being his military secretary set forth. took possession of # small boat which he found on the shore, belonging to the proprie- ordered for the service, in which we sailed | tor of an arrowroot plantation about a mile for Walsingham — the name of the locality | from St. George's and rowed across te the ‘but we were mistaken ; it was only the resi- | the risk of cooling the turtle soup, and mul! ‘dence of one of the leading merchants of St.| ling the claret, we will give him five | George's, its doors hospitably open, as those minutes more. The fellow is so fond of his of an inn, to all comers by daylight, but at pretcy wile that be can't bear to leave her, superfluous Oa this SSSAOS, greatly ‘where Forbes dwelt. As it was believed, moved to anger, by the tragical event which though not positively known, that there was bad occurred while the islands were under more than one issue from the cave, the ‘main,’ avoiding the ferry. This accounts for the fact of his not baving been seen there. the stolen boat, which was not missed, as it his control, and considering himself persora!- greater part of the wen were dispersed by | was not often used, Tucker concealed in a for which Cash will ‘that hour closed in the peaceful sleep that) | suppose. wrapped the whole towo. It was not long ‘afterwards that this quict spot presented a | very different appearance, Garrison towas, in smal! colonies like the to the free intercourse which prevail between {wealthier storekeepers. here was, at the iperiod | am speaking of, the Goyerament We mast put down all the mar-|}> responsible for the result, he dictated a ried ladies in the island!’ + Better invite jymber of impalsive orders, which I had to them, too, sir!’ said a pay young ensiZ0. | reduce to writing. This occupation detain- Ll tell you what,’ retorted the backelor oq me for several hours; but towards mid- colonel, ‘if any officer of mine ventures to) night L was released, and the first use [ made ; . . ’ 's mand the regiment, 1’l bring bim to a ge house to ascertain his condition. ‘neral court-martial, {tis an offence provid-/ 4 great change had taken place. Poor ed for in my copy of the Articles of War, | F — had recovered his consciousness, and aad the penalty is’ ' Death, 1 suppose, | had been able ty tell the story of the crime files throughout the wood at some distance | mangrove creek on the inner side of the epit around, with orders to close in at the sound of land already mentioned, and his personal of the bugle, and with the rest we proceeded | anxiety to eseape was so great, that he came on our search. Making our way through a at last to the resolve of putting out to sea close thicket of sage-bush and low dwarf in the hope of being picked up, when he cedar, we struck into a narrow, circuitous, would be able to tell his own story, and so- and scarcely perceptible path, which led to complish bis deliverance; and, but for the ‘the principal and only known entrance to discovery, made by the mulatto, he might the plase where we hoped to find the mur-, have succeeded. derer. 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