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. - STEJUIS PF ADVERTISING. ' iTl E IREDELL EXPRESS, One Dollar a srquar forftbe firsi week, anl .Tw'eatr-five Cents, for every Vetk thereafter. rUBLTSliED WEEKLY, ; sixteen lines or. less win xuate ft equate.. JTcJaclipn9.iQade In Iavorof standing 'mat ' " ? ! t?r RsfolIoVai ""VI 4 -V !: - i. .B. '.DRAKE. BV W. P. DR.lj.KE. SON, al JGUGENE B. DRAKE 3 os. 6 MOfj -J 1 TXA. Oie square,-. r$0 . 1. $5J5(K $8,00 A Family Nw6papeir--IyoWd to politics, AracuttiaiM IReadiiigq, Editors and Proprietors, 'Twoequaro,. . ; 7,00-.: . 10,00 , .14.00- Vlieiidirectioni-Ars ii tgTen tow often! fERtfS OF tllE TAPER, Vol. II. Statesville, N. C, Friday, October 14,1859. No. i to insert n AdrertTseiapni, il iHibc publi3h- $2 a Year, I Advance. cd wjtil prdered out.- ; ' r ( - IrHf What's tae Use to be TThhappy. ghat's the u4e to be unhappy? Wliat'n theliise to fume arid fret? What's the uae, to look ibehinl you, Nursing up the vain regret? WJiat is life if clouded over Tith its Borrow dark and $i1d?. " , What If fortune doe3 look Pternly, ' IIatV6he njot .'sometimes smiled? Why, if you must taste the fitter, ' Wilt you rlin? the sweet. away ;? Fiphtihg ever kvith the crosses 1 2 j That, you rrieet from day to day? "jVVliv disquiet those around yftu. :.-'With compllaints you sTioulll suppress! Ve'ary those ivhom duty bidii you , Still to comfort and to bless? Look at yonder little insect j Sporting in the sun's brightj beam ; Listen now and : hear the music J Of yon laughing little stream. licxAi at natuie all around you, A pd above, where'er you fitay ! ' " Mirtp creation h ever, singing !j , j -irjippy I ! it seems to say. ' . . j s .What's the. tine to be unhappy? ii.'What's tlie use to fume and fret? Tick up courage, laugh at trifles, -.And you may be happy yet. lara a week at the farthest, and yet his wife and child actually suffered, at times, for want of clothing. Not that they were ragged, or even short of de cent wearing apparel, but there were many little things that would have re ally conduced to their comtort ana happiness which they- were obliged to do without ; and then", when the wife did obtain some trifling article ot dress, shawl drawn closely over her steroid-: pier might he have been tiimself, had j committed in the road a snort distance ers, sunns over the hre: ana as tne i tnose evenings uec.ui uucamuja uum una cpu., nuu. . own roof. ; " ' nave a isinc rucuucciiuu yi iiu- Oharlfts Ellerv was riot blind, and ! ins read of such: an event in theiiews- gentle Sarah cast her eyes towards him, he could not fail, to observe that they were red and swollen with weep ing. . "Why, Sarah, what are you up for at this time of night?" asked Charles in a sort of wondering, uneasy tone. of course he saw his errors. He was not lost to kindly feeling and domestic love, of course he resolved -to reform. When Mr. Ellery returned from his day's labor he found, his child quite ;1 papers. . The murdered man had a large sum of money upon him had he not?' 'Hush V exclaimed he, in long-jlrawn vrmsperea notes, vaicawpuiu nave been creditable to' the" first villain of a sterling melo-dratna. 'Hush. The same!' Whv, my dear' sir; the matter was "f omil.l not rn to bed till vou had ! sick, but vet not dangerously so. The cW o hard and ungracionsiy, ihat i he seat and extending her hand to her ! the apothecary's after some medicine, ; published in the newspapers at the shTwould rather have done without it. husband, "And be,ide,, our chHd i and after eating his supper he started t,me, I replied amused at his earnest There wis another thine that added , so sick. , 1 hope Lmcy will not nave on, ana uiougn uu '"" ''" ,Jl , ""Mr lr 1 u v"4 1ulkrJ tw - aiicio o . . .1 . i i 1.1 oMn;-.na neh of whom nrcr- rret 'i trie lever tnav is so uri aitut aiumm m vmiwh... , - . " i ea nim to iuin mciu, . c ua,u. -. - Hi5ccllnntong. - Tha three Dollar Bill. 'Charles, 4" said' Sarah Kllerly to er husband hs he was leaning back to her weight of sorrow. For a long time her husband had passed his even ings away from home, even remaining away till midnight, and often later, and that at such times he made fre quent uses of alcholic beverages ; but against this she never made any re monstrance, for he had never returned to his home in a state of intoxication, and she had no idea that what little he drank could make much difference in a pecuniary point of view. Yet Sarah Ellery .was not without her fears, and as night after .night passed and found her husband absent so late from his home, she could not but tremble for the future. ' ' That nitrht little Lucy returned from school wet and cold ; and with a mo ther's fond care. Mrs. ElWv changed her garments and placed her bv the warm fire, but a cold shiver seemed to have taken possession of the child, which no outward warmth could over come, and the mother, justly feared that, her daughter would be sick. -us. fV thprp's no danrrer. I unicss." re- thouffht save to return immediately to lus home ; ana tne Kina, graxeiui iuok of his wife, when he returned so speed ily, sent a thrill of pleasure to his soul, such, as he had not experienced for a long time. I A week passed away, and every evening had Charles spent at home, withhis wife- , He had read and con versed, and laughed and laughed and played with his, recovering child, and when Saturday night came he felt him self to be the happiest man alive. In vain was it that he was urged to join a rain the social circle of his bacchana lian companions, for his heart turn- turned Mr. Ellery, in a conciliatory tone. "Only a slight cold shell soon get over it." "But she's very sick ; and I'm re ally fearful that she is threatened with a fever. I have done everything "for her that I could, however, and perhaps she may get over it." Charles Ellery felt ill at ease. Not one word had his wife' said about his remaining so late away "from home, and as he began to realize how much she had suffered; in her loneliness.. Such little attentions as Mrs. Ellerv could hesfow upon her child wore free lv ndmiii'stcred. hut sometime "ere-the I cd m loathing away irom men revel ry, and he wondered how he coula ey v -ire-been so thoughtless as to have ven them the preference over his own E. , , 1 i iv . . i l i. a HIUU Ilf I rom tnc,brcM lao e, pan you ao. a tQ snpporrand nunai s j 11113 ii;uxii- ct me have thr r rr r ce as the events of the morning had pass- 7-1 t iL o to Uru v ed Irom Ins mma, tie was comparanv I rcedol arsSah? j A hy what 1 h an(T chcerful ; but1 still he do ypu want kvitlv it.' ;i,i , :f il0i ntWdno- that, his little Lt'UlVl 1IUI LiVlJJ (- - j- 1 'Why," rdtnrncd the wife, in a per !'iatvfc tone, while a shade of anxiety flitted across her face, "you know lrt le Lucy needs an outside jgarment of iome kind, fo: even yesterday she came fiomc from "sohool crying from the ef- iects of the cold, and to-day it will be older still..- Now Mrs. Robinson has i sack which she! had mailc for her little child, but a!s it is toi small she ko'uld like td sclt it, and she offers it f L i i n ti. c Lucyns comg to be sick, ana i mc fur thredollan. It just, fits UrkJ tn(f yUfc.t I r -i ",Cr -i t lonesome. You used to spe I'"??? !L eveninss wth your f." child was not so sprightly as usual, and that his wife was sad and thought ful. Then the thought came over him that this was the effect of the morn ing's scene, and he became moody and taciturn, and at length he took his hat tO TO OUt "Charles," said his wife,- in a kind, imploring manner, "couldn't you stay with me this evening? I'm afraid ins to be sick, and it is so really feel ena your ai-d--Mr.- I.llerlv, somewhat uneasily. I "Tint you Kvill let ine have the ino- inev, Charlesf?" . ' S " I "Xo, Sarasli, T could rTofc to-day." -"Thcn L cjannot get the sacji, re turned Mis. Ellery. in. a disappointed :tone : "tor when iMrs. nooinson sci:s it she wants the money to get another; iPybu could; accommodate me to-day, Charles." : ' !' " I 'I cannoti' Sarah ; so there's an end to it. ' I've been wanting a new pair of hoots, this; three weeks but I can't ; afford the money to. get them. You will. have td jfix Iucy up same way for the present,' and before long perhaps I can get heir, a sack." i " I - .1 .nnl't T liovn i c-irl mnmmn ? ' asked the cjhild, a little girl of six ypars of age. "Not now, Lucy. Ta the money,'! answered her mother, en- deaf orin to soothe the cliild in its ' disappointnuent. - . "Not to spare," said Mr. Ellery, in a sort of nervous, explanatory manner "O, I'll be back in good scafprt .'see TTcTf I'm just going out to liucy -will do Sarah what a gmn on enouffh. I guess "Then you will be home early, won'j rou bright-eyed hasn't got; "Yes," returned Mr. Ellery, "in a sort of hesitating, undecisive manner : and without further remark he left the house. i ' Now as Charles Ellery walked along away from home, he made up his mind he would return early he would look in at one or two places where his com panions were in the habit of congre gating, smoke a cigar, have a Tittle chat and then return. The first place he came to was an oyster saloon, kept by one of his old friends, and as he en tered, ho was greeted by a hearty wel come from all hands. "Come, boys," said one of the par ty, shortly after Charles had entered, '"'lets shake for the drinks." Charles Ellery might, have resisted a direct invitation to drink, for his ap- t v ' i fV!l.ot 1-1,1 1- T ,. -a nave mop e .u. Petite did not crave it ;.bnt the acrom- have several small aeoxs mai must uu r ; . ;1,aThe child was bitterjv disappointed, ingso social, that he could - not say rnd beincnklonger able tocontrol her no, and so be joined with the lest m tr flet iLtears. !Mrs.Elle- the sport. The :dice box was produc- eiooksaandtliou ;! ne repress ue icar u.up - tt1lo .fi; nne after, another of "There," hittered Charles Ellery, as he arose. from the table, and set his chair back with an energetic move- way. It's and when nicnt, "that s always the "i nothing butimoney, moneys; I haven't gat it, tjicre must be a cry- ; ing spell." - "Oh, yoii wrong me, Charles," ut tered Sarah, in an earnest one, as she gazed reproachfully upon1 her hus- 1 band's face.i "You know that for my self I am wijling to get along almost anyway cvph I stay away from church rather than tall unon you ftr clothing: " but! our child must go to sjchool, and for her sake have I asked this. It is ; the first timo I have asked you for mo ney for over a month." . Charles Ellery felt like making some f harsh reply ito his wife's remark, but he could not help seeing that she cm not deserve it, and in an unhappy, dis contented mpod he turned imd left the house. ..' - j j "After her husband had gone, Mrs. Ellery endeavored to soothe her child's feelings ; but it was with a heavy Heart that she saw her little daughter start for school, for she knew thjat her dress was -insufficient to protect her from the ut she fixed the little one wicather: bu up as" best s be could, and faintly hop ing that she. might not suffer, the mo ther saw her- child denari In vain was it that Mrs. Ellery tried to ban ish the unpleasant feelings that had taken possession of her mind, for long had she suffered in silence and alone ; and throughout the day she was sad and unhappv. , Charles Ellery was a good mechan ic, and 'he worked very steadily, and bispay amounted to ten dollars a week. His house rent was only one dollar find twentv-firie cents DCr week, h'i3 furniture was all paid for, and his pro- vision? did njot average oyer four dol- er- an the nartv were freed from the "treat" and at length; Charles Ellery was'de cided the Joser. Hot. brandy punches Tuor.nllod for. and Charle3 paid the bill fift v cents but that was nothing. 'twas mere sport and without a thought, save of pleasure, he threw a three dol lar hill nnon the bar. from which to have the expense of the eight "punch es" taken. The sport was so excite i n rr that, the dice-box was called for again, and though Charles- got clear of the bill, jt he drank with the res. and. then a third time was the game played, and a third time did Charle Ellerv drink. ; All hands were noAv ready for arahsc- ment. Unc thing alter another was proposed, until it was at length agreed r.1 ni -if 1 TT J to hayea cozy game ot nimaras. iiaa Charles been asked half an hour pre viously to have gone on such a night's entertainment, he might hare said "no:" but now with three glasses ot brandy-punch sending its fume up in to his brain, he most unnesitatmgiy said "yes," and so to the billiard room they went, and it was not until the city bell struck the hour ot .mvin'gnx that the party broke up. When Charles Ellerv left his jolly companions, he found that he had snent three dollars : but the fumes of pleasing liquor still niade him feel hap py, and he thought it a meroUrifle when compared withs the amount of social pleasure he hjacl received from it. With a light edsy step he started towards his home, but ere he had been i 1 T Till f 1 ' i memmg a iwnea. m r. r.iierv iouni u necessary to. go f:r the doctor. The first, grar streaks of morning were beg'nfiing to relieve the gloom of he eastern horizon, when the doctor entered where little Luoy Ellery lay. "You should have caliea me last evening, Mr. Ellery," said the physi cian, as he felt the child s pulse, and, examined her tongue. "Then I might have broken -up this fever, but it's too Tate now. The disease is firmly seat ed-" Then turning to Mrs. Ellery. he continued : 'fl'm afraid you have not been suffi ciently careful of your child. You say she attended school yesterday?" I ch, sir. - "Then her cold must have been very sudden," remarked the doctor, again turning to the, cliild. "However," he added iu a sort of explanatory man ner, "we must all learn experience. At such seasons as the. present, chil dren cannot be too warmly dressed when out of tloors." Sarah dared. not look up at her hus band, for she feared he might miscon- fltmc brr feclin c. Oh.ulfS dart! not look at his wife, for he feared to meet her tearful gnze. . ; "Mamma, said little Imcy, in a wPfllr lmkv voice after the doctor had gonf "my head aches very hard. O, if I had had that sack to wear ; I shouldn't have been sick, should I, mamma?" "Hush, my dear : perhaps when you get welh-papa will be able to gctyou one," said Mrs. Ellery, as she drew he bed clothes over the child, and smoothed her burning brow. Likea long reverberating thunder bolt fell these simple words upon the MVS Of Charles Ellerv. For the first time he began to see the course he was pursuing in its true light. "He h:rd never meant: to sin he nan never meant fo wrong a human being, and in his most excited moments of social frolic, he had never dreamed that harm was heinrr the iresujt. His breakfast was eaten in filencc, and promising that he would 'he at home to an early dmner, he wcrit to Irs work. "Good God?" said Charles Ellery, as he stepped out into the open air, "Is it is possible that I have so long been sowing the seeds of misery m my family ! Yesterday morning my good kind wife wanted three dollars to buy a sack for our child . I could not spare it ! thought so then: I did not -mean to tell a. lie. And yet last evening I spent full that sum for nothing, aye, worse than nothing, for. even now my head aches, and my whole system is out of tune from last night's scrape. TJnw mv clvld is S'ck for the want of three dollars. Then how have I de ceived and cheated myself. I ne-d now hoo's. and vet T have suffered rn their want, because I thought I could not afford it; and yet what J spent last night would have bought them, and the money would have been a source of lasting good ; but now I have made it a source of lasting evil !" In such meditation walked Charles Ellery to the shop. A thousand scenes of the past came back to his mind, and he saw a thousand pictures of the in gratitude to his wife, his child and himself. How many times had his wife wanted some little article of com fort that he had denied her, because he could not spare the money how many times had his child begged for some old toy,. which his scanty purse obliged him to refuse and how otten had he seen some trifling article of food, clothing or orn anient, which he would have been pleased to purchase, but he had not money enough; and. yet, on each of such occasions, he could dis tinctly remember having spent double .the sum which his family's comfort re quired for a mere nothing for a worse than'nothing ! Night after night had sweet home. "Sarah." said he, as he returned Hush! silence ! Do not mention the subject again in such loud tones. The very rocks have cars to hear such sounds as those.' 'Really, sir, you : 'Pardon me, sir, but I must insist on your silence for the present. If you are disposed to make your fortune, lis ten to me. 'I shall be happy to hear you, sir.' 'I have been watching you all day in the stage, and have come to the con clusion that you are a reliable man. Am T right, sir ?' ' " 'Well, I think I. am, sir,' I replied, smiling. ' 'Can I trust you with an important secret ?' . . 'You can.' . .'Will you give me your assistance ?' 'With pleasure.' Tyi TPt.iirn. then. I will give youhalf the proceeds of the enterprise. I have apatient wno lias cscapea iromt ine State Lunatic Asylum.'' J :u'r3 'i i As I nt on, "iay'coa-i.iW'"we laughed at me toitheir heart's conjintr One of them was the crazy dpctOT.'s keeper, and he infojmediine -thithe lanatic had told the stb'about.tji.e Murderer's Grave, at the. leist calcvf lation, to a. hundred different perlns, anoVall under the. seaf 'of Secfesy, , ' I felt cheap, as the reader may Sup pose, at the idea of having been 'sdldJ f bv an insane. mart. and I jdidBAtfh,ear the last of it till I had shaken Qff the last of my fellow-passengers..; Whe X am engaged in such an !Bnterpris4 a- gain the readers of this f paper shall have a full account of it. j . - .-.i - tbp l.acst erenincr of the week, a lame arm, and therefore 1 am com "has Mrs. Robinson sold that , sack pelled to call in the aid of another, for I -w 1 11 . I I ' yet ?" "No, Charles." "Then here i9 five dollars," said Mr. Ellery, at the sanie time handing his wife a bill. "You can purchase the sack, and then you will have two dollars left, .which you can-use as you think proper." "But I'm afraid you cannot afford this, Charles," returned Sarah, look ing half wonderingly. and half inquis itively into her husband s face. 'Afford it," uttered Charles, gazing tenderly into his wife's kind features,.; "Oh mv dear wite, it my past neglect can be forgotten and forgiven, I will afford everything that can conduce to your happiness. Instead of paying mv money for useless, hurtlu! amuse-. ments, I will use it for the comfort of my dear family." '"Charles," ' cried the enraptured wife, "I have never blamed you." I found fault, but O, if you will make me happy bv your presence these long winter evenings, I shall be happy in deed." i'"And that company you shall have. Jh fact, T will be a husband and a f'ithcr," returned Charles, with a proud conscious look, and the next moment hp folded his wife to his bosom. She wept, but they were tears of joy that rlls over her cheeks, and she thank ed Heaven for the bliss of that mo rdent. 1 - ! The winter passed away, and the gentle breath of spring warmed the earth into life. .Charles Ellery had pbt a new carpet upon his floor to Ills wife he had given a silk dress and plenty of other clothing, and to his child he had given everythrng that her comfort and childish pleasure could re quire. His evenings had been spent at home, excepting on, puch occasions as his wife might bear him company, ahdin his heart he knew that he was happier and better than before. To niake his home happy, and to make h?mself a useful member of society,' v.iere now his highest aim ; and he firm It resolved never, never again to nr.s takc a false sociality for the true sphere of his moral jind social. nature." I cannot now handle a shovel 'A shovel ?' 'Hush! my dear sir. -Yonder is the murderer's grave,' said he, with a tra gic gesture, while his hands trembled and his eyes rolled with tue excite ment of the moment. 'Murderer's grave ?0 Why, I should think it would be his victim who need- The Murderer's Grave. f We arrived at Lebanon, New Hamp siirc, at about five o'clock in the eve ning, and were to remain there until ttie next morning. It was in the month of October, and we had two hours of d'jiylight in which to examine-the town ajid take a walk to the river, which is hprea dashingstream, and picturesque enough to have a place on canvas. ! We had come from Burlington about ed the grave. - 'Listen to me, sir, and you shall know all. He who was killed had ten thousand dollars upon him at the time. The money has never been recovered. I am going to dig it up to-night.' I confess that I was very much per plexed at this astounding piece of in formation. I was not disposed to be credulous, though, so far as my recol lection served me, the facts correspond ed with my companion s statement. , 'There were two muruererw, nuuuu- tinued. 'One of them did the bloody deed, and the other watched to Warn him of the approach of any traveler. But when the murderer had done the aet, and secured the money, the-natural baseness of his nature prompted him to retain the whole sum, instead of dividing-it with his companion in crime. Instead of joining him, there fore, as had been agreed upon, he stole into the woods and attempted to elude the eye of the other. 'In this, however, he was defeated by the suspicions ot his companion, who followed him to a secluded spot vender and there killed him. He Care-, fully, searched upon the body for the ill-gotten gain, but could not find it. Hiding a grave at the foot of a tall pine whose spire you see towering far above its fellow, he buried his compan ion in crime and fled. from the scene. In his "agitation he had neglected to search in a pocket the deceased had ilpon the inside of the waistcoat. There, sir, the money may still be found. 'This is a most extraordinary story, Mr. Montague. May I inquire how you obtained these particulars ?' ... 'Hush!' replied he, prolonging 'the final aspirate, in imitation of Mr. For rest. 'You shall know. The survivor of. the two murders, tormented by re morse, worn out by carrying the dread-; ful weight of that fearful secret, be came insane, crazy, mad and was committed to the insane asylum. I was his physician. In one of hisjuorc lucid intervals he imparted to mc tins terri ble secret.' It was certainly a very remarkable story, yet there was-nothing improba ble about it, and I confess that the idea of putting the large sura of money he had mentioned in my pocket was ratn Deer Hunt in Puslmch. .. '. For the last few weeks- thereifvga been considerable talk inthia neighbor hood of a Deer Hunt, to take plaeiSjin t ! i ii i ! ' i i..:.-- - rusuncu. au preliminaries uemg ar ranged, and Saturday last beingSfe lected as the day, the parity, compris- ingsome halt-ozen enthusiastic sports men, with four first-class dogs, might have been seen about daylightwend ing their way-td. the scene of action. The day broke damp and dull, anrl'the rain (which had fallen hcayily thrcgh out the night) still pattere'd. dowrl 'oc casionally, damping eyery.thing.except the spirits of the hunters. The swjimp which the deer were supposed to haunt lies about four miles from f Gal fcnd within one mile of the nw fatuous PuslincliLake. ; ! ) v'f: i Arriving at the spot, arrangemants' were at once nkde by which eery well-used 'run' cjould be watched, and as some of the party were armed -with t 1 ' 1 1 Vil double-barreuect: guns, 4oaueu. ,wun buck-shot, the most difiicult 'passes . . i . ,i i ii' Avere allotted to tnem, wmie inose wau had possession of trusty rifles guarded the more open partg of the swanip,--Among those who placed their trtif t in a good handful c-f. buckshot was your correspondent, and I soon reached the station allotted .--tor me, being 6nhe edge ot a dense thicket ot small tajiia rack trees, and mv companions gradu ally disappeared inthe heart 6.the swamps . ' '! If you have ever partaken of. the excitement of a hunt with hound's, I know you must often .have refhared the stillness the almost awful Sttill- ness that reigns m swamps e uw one orr whose edge T now stood. :vrpr a few moments after rriy compapibns left me, their cburse could be traced ... i -. . 'i ;t by the crackling ot the aeaa iwigs oe- neath their feet ; hut gradually all tfeese sounds were hushed, and nothing fras heard save the occasional whoopfthe hunter to' encourage the; dogs.-yBut at length even this died ; away, Ch.d. a solemn silence surrounded me. I have said before that the mor'njng was' wet, and, although lt'had noy ptoppect rain ing, the heavy mist was rising ln cjiiuds from the swamp, hangirig the-irecs. with a drapery of glistening drop's. Oqcasionally a rush like ia strayf-1rijj would pass over iny hea'd-brllcipg the stillness only to mike it ajspear more utter than ever, after it hadriass ed and a flock of . pigeons woulsail heedlessly by. But listen Afaf the swampr-so .jar, maeea, tnat u is impossible rightly to dtinguish'-.the sound soraetlnng breakfj the aiposx oppressive silence thai causes- the heart to beat with quickermotidnland-! sends the b'.oort ; coursing tnrouj my veins with lightning speed. I jifped to my. feet, and stretchedlout myfead in my anxiety to catc the . dant sound. iAgain it struckpon injlear, and the deep, prolonged tone told-.mc truly that" the scient was struck. jArix- iously 1 hstenedl to the music, ox enc hounds, to learn the direction'takn by the deer, and soon I could tell hv' the clearness of th e cry that th.ey hadjtfeach ed mv way Grasping my.gun wfth a firm hand, I course, and ;innst KaVei lodged in some) vital part, for after runairig a few, yards' ft fell quite dead. Ajfter admiring it for a sufficient time attd of Course re lnqying -all 'superflubitt matte r, J'of our party departed with the game to. the hns-e of a fafmeij close at handi and wc . -set'out to endxayor to obtaa another run.' -'.vW, V " .. Wesuccee,3ed irx oif endeavors - to start another deer, . aM althbugh". wa failed to secure it, had a mos magnifi cent chase. Twice thegame ran rouna by The SportsTaan'stRcstfj onj tbo road to Hespeler, anq frqm pence td the shores of Puslineh Lake taking the water each time, and escaping at last by that means. 1 4 . uf' I need scarcely tell of tho . disap-. tpolntment .of bnewhose guns snapped . . thrice at tae game, wuue siauqiug iur in easy shooting distance, nor the anx iety of another whcii ho discovered j: , that the deer at which he was about t shoot was none other than.- pp$ of the trusty dogs. These khings lire moVc' easily imagined than describe!. Tours: truly, , ' v - i; -BcckShox.;0 .--Canadian Sporting ' Chronicle Si-ff: . Aurora Barealis. j 3 The most magnificent Aurora Bore al is ever seen in this Jcountry since its occupation bv Americans, wai ohscrv- ed in this city lasc evening, ayou maij past nine ociuc&iiu ionjt,, nn. more or less brilliancy, until j)ast two o'clock. The corrusiations were bril liant in the ektreine partaking of al most every hue in the rainbcJw... , The; ground color waa rich carmine arid ov erspread the sky frbm W. If , W.' to East by North, takirjg in elevphpointa of the. compass. From the ninh, col umns of light of varibus and tich dyes would stream almost to the zenitn-, xna shades being purplej green, jblue and silver . The whole sky appeared to un dulate something like a fieldj of grain, in a high wind ; the traters ot the Bay; f reflected the ' brilliar t hues of the Au-. rora, and tile flashesjwere so iwiftthat they darted from tlie horizon to the zenith before the motion could be de- tected by the eye, ind thenj ranged" thenielves into, resplendent poiumns. Nothing could exceed .the grandeur -and beauty of the sight; the effect was; almost bewildering, land was'witnessed : with( mingled feelings of awepmil dc . Uo-Kt hv thousands. I A few ccntlemen. including- several k-eportersj for the, press, climbed to tli4 top of Teegranh ) Hill, where they enjoyed one of the f most gorgeous of conceivable sights. The rays flashed in jail directions like pencilof electric light,, vanishing and rq-ap'pearing in wanjton sportTenoss. The phenomenon jof the Aurora Bq rcalis has never beeji solved, although it has been, the subject of research of. eminent men of all 4ges sincel the days of Aristotle, who gilves the j&rst ac count, of its appearance. Professor . Olrastead considers jthat the nebulous matter, Jike that wlwch furnishes ma-y terial for meteoric showers, o'r the zo diacal light arid is jknown td'exist in. the planetary spaces, ia probably the cause of these displays. Ha regards the light as emitted jby the friction of the earth, plunging with its atnkosphere through this vapor, the velocity being Sufficient, despite th$ rarity o( the ma terials, to develop the luminosity, tie gPT temperament among them. I had been struck by the peculiar demeanor of a gentleman who had joined us at Mont pelicr. He seemed to be what would piss in any circle as an eccentric man, though he said very little during 'the iourney, appearing to be completely apsorbed in his own meditation. I After an early supper at the hotel, Illiohted mv cigar and walked to the rver. It was the kind of scenery in j which, above all others, I took delight. The dashing, foaming torrent charmed roe, and I sat upon a rock till the dark ness admonished me to return, watch ing the fanciful forms which the water took, as it curled over and around the rocks. ' As I arose to depart I discovered, to my surprise, thai I was not alone. Near the rock upon which I had been seated, stood the eccentric gentleman from Montpeher, regarding me with deep interest. 'I bee vour pardon, if I interrupt you,' said'he, politely, as I arosetode-part. 'No interruption, sir,' I replied. 'I was only enjoying the fine scenery of without a sort of misgiving that he' much of happiness bestowed upon his j this vicinity.! was not doing exactly what ne ought wife ; how much money might he have 'It is beautiful, added he, coldly. todo. He found his wife with a thickj saved,, and above all, how mucli hap--were you aware tnat a muruer i ' ir.-.. -lit t:.. -4-T 'that tha vnpor -.Is metallic, ptobably 'ferrugin ous, a supposition w aich U based from the fact that the aerolites which jfall to earth are stones of iron, and also that byr the intense heat generated by the., dydro-oxygen blow oipei; the, metal is volatilized mtojapor ot extreme ran ty. : But ;tbeseare all suppositions., " basbd though they , may. he upon very; plausible theories. - The causes x)f the Aurora Borealis arc unknown) we otly; see:their.magnjficent display ;ere. are, however, som important acts connected with these phenomena. - It has been observed by the opera-- egraph, that very . i ! rt i J Jtr. t... V.. . n ' ... .ii.i j:i!,i-. . siriffaiar euecis are pruuutun uj iu. raising ot my piece in u. k . v e t(jei vrtic. Dtt-, loaiaeri . -r r. . . 1 4 1.1 ..'. 1 cagenv waicnca cTvry Ukt in the roSVof 1)e ip;M rTlCt or every nlnlirlif Th pm were but five nassen- ,f"- . ... 1 . el:. : :. It ,i;.l nnt ncfiW tnmfi and-about the nsuai variety 01 cr uimi, " just then that the sum wouiu oc ncwucr his nor mine. He led me to the spot where the murderer was buried;-and produced a shovel which hf had con cealed near the sopt. :! fDi,'. said my companion, in a hoarse I huskv whisper, 'and our tortune is 7 - , made. T took the shovel : and throw mv coat, commenced my labor liberal friend stood by, and encouraged me with the hope of soon turning up 1 the corpse of the murderer. 1 had thrown up the earth to the aeptn or wo feet, when I began to have my doubts whether we had found the right Spot. 'Dig,' said my companion, 'dig on ly one foot more, and the prize is ours.' I renewed my labors with fresh zeal; but I had thrown out but a fewshovel- fctorrai the atmospheric AT. nfiO.Olt 4" V ("i IT "l TT1 O- . . . . , .1 . .;:.&iit.!.lftff thunder i;.t.i to hv thchunter-i-tM at elettricity .passes from the ; WO. to r,w . . J .1 r ,1 1 rhpmieallx prepared naner. emittmca. length it seemed as 11 tue nooie eanie r- i 1 . , v -ft in amomerit boundout beforfee. tS Bat no ? that last cry told me jrftlnly -v f "".vt . ";;t "" "T- f; ... 1 1 : iJj long upon, the wires..hut will some-. that tne uecr -nau . ucaueu wu,v , .rt - j. trt t-.ofrt-1 discharges itself, iut' the electricity r produced by the Aurora passes along the. wires m a conuniuous stream, wnu- swamp, and that.he had turned .tra verse his steps in hope of tlirowhig his pursuers off. But it is all in vaih and although now rapiuiy wiueuiusr , - 1 v u o ."7 r J., , . , , ., - 1 n-ot any sudden discharire. hut DrodUC-. distance between myseu anu innj vne ; r 7- - --.jKfm l.'r tA fhoA . t, J'V. Uw ,&ihA. mg results -precisely similar to. those . A . V. 1 lrtnfr on the wav. his sten ffrew beavi-' he spent awav from home, wasting his er, for he happened to remember that ' money, his health, and- his strength, he had promised his wife that he would, while his poor wife was lonesome and be at home in a good season, and when i sad at home. How mach of useful he entered his dwelling, it was not reading he might have gamea , now corresponaentoaco morcpu ., r , . . podit re pole of the to await the next turn round. . .. a? a9 D., ne ,f wn' .i ' ky 1 batten, while the megatire current . I had not long to vait. Soon the 0QegVbleachmgeSect.: Preceding . ame u.stani sounu agam u the'appearance of t ;ar, and once more it was-eyidenj that ear, and once more it was evident that i , f. . thfl Wa the deer was coming my iav.-ld-i . n radaallv bec-ime 'stroncer and and nearer came, the g'.ime darker so as to burn through aereral thickness of: it. The effect then diflap- 0 Aurora faint' lv it approached, and again I hejdmy- gun with a firmer grasp4loudercal-. ed the music lrom the cogs nearer . firtAn Jfiri Kv the denlv'the echoes of , the lorett wete Again all was :$tjl .the tlie. loresii were . , -M .F '-Hifirfal krrent of the bat- fuls before I heard voices near u?, and awakened ly the intensely sharprrackj terie3. Durinz the Aurora some of the presently three men rushedowh-up-t of a rule. Agam ail wa ;!lc I most brHliant dispWys are observed : ' ' . .. .. x-J:- , ai'JUlT tUC w f v-, - -r-" dog3 wnen a loud iiauootrucs; upon. io-flvM predict itsi anpear- ie ear, ana a cneer auuyuuy "c with' certainty trom the precea- - . mmm I - V 1 t On us. All is Jost !' cried my companion. ! dr one of the new comers, -and you; are success'of the shot. Hastening. to the nr. Kf'tl1fnt idea into ohera i spot I found most of my cemphiens i- . 0 J '. - i alreadv assembled around ithe hody of 'What do vou mean hv that?' I de- J a fine spike buck. The ball frm the ne38ed, particalarly the Utter. It is s emgti- manded in phenomena. Thd auroral displays ofApril 22, 1830, aid 6f January 25, 1837, were the most nlliant ever wit rifle Why, simply that Mr. Montague is shoul had entered beneath itifl front j iar foct that Aurora nelrJom fT11' ders, whijx it had,brokei;in its thrcV-.-r.c'.V- r,-xUa. 'X. effects ;-.f J "A - ;-- 1