was some months since by the we shall h d a about it when the na d by we left at o clock p m mr has been the of the of the american mate at in reference to which re are to set a by the by is a corruption of the word as used y the natives it has many among which is that � f an open quarrel to set a is to bring it to a issue either by talking or fighting the story of the murder is as follows a agreed to o down the coast with captain who paid him his wages in advance on receiving which the fellow jumped and escaped the captain then refused to pay the sums due to two members of the same tribe unless the first the money finding the threat insufficient he endeavoured to these two natives on board his vessel by promises of payment but meanwhile the mate going ashore with a his boat was detained by the natives the night but given up the next morning at the of the inhabitants the mate returned on board in a violent rage and sent a sailor to catch a on whom to take vengeance but the man caught a and was taken ashore as prisoner the mate and cook then went out in a boat and were attacked by a the men in which the cook and the mate naked threw him overboard they beat the poor fellow off as he attempted to seize hold of the and after him for some time at length him in the back captain having but man and two passengers left made sail and got away as fast as possible s � arrived at where we find the with six native prisoners on board who were taken at as being concerned in the murder of captain and his crew two years ago to accomplish their the was as a with only four or five men on de and these in scotch caps and red shirts so as d by b of to resemble the crew of a merchant the first c� m approached and prince stepped boldly up the side but started back into his boat the moment that he sa the guns and martial on deck the f the however jumped into the water and upset tiie making prisoners of the four natives whom it contained six or eight miles further along the coast the being sail another came off with two natives who were wise secured the begged to be allowed to kill le prisoners as they were of a hostile tribe � leaving the ship in one of our boats pulled by men we crossed the bar at the mouth of the aad i ten minutes afterwards were alongside of the half a dozen young natives and issued from a house to watch our landing but their curiosity was less and than would have been that of tiie number of new york boys at the landing of a foreign war s boat on our part we looked around us with the interest which e n common place objects possess for whose daily is nothing more varied the sea sky even the most ordinary shore scenery becomes after a week or two on two were plank in the shade of the large stone store of the colony ascending the hill we passed the of the herald where two workmen were the laws the publication of the newspaper had been suspended for nearly three months to enable them to accomplish work of more pressing importance proceeding onward we came to the governor s house and were received with that gentleman s usual courtesy the house is w furnished and arranged for a hot climate it is situated near ike highest point of the principal street and from its a view of most of the in town the fort is on the highest ground in the village one hundred feet above the sea it is of stone in shape d by and has a good deal the appearance of an american pound for cattle but is substantial and adequate for it� intended from this point the street in both directions fifty houses are in view first the opposite to which stand the neat dwellings of judge and doctor day further on you perceive the largest house in ite village erected by rev mr of the mission on the right is a one story brick house and two or three wooden ones a stone edifice intended for a court house and hall has recently been com the street itself is wide enough for a spacious pasture and affords abundance of luxuriant grass l which ma two or three well trodden foot paths apart from the village on the cape we discerned the light house the base of which is about two hundred feet above the sea we dined to day at the new hotel the dinner was cooked an fault at where good formerly in the service of our southern might be � i po ed to abound and not served up in proper style but there was abundance to eat and though the keeper of the house is a clergyman and a man ale porter wine and cherry brandy are to be had at fair prices three years ago a tavern was kept here in by a mr whose set forth that nothing was more to his feelings than to sell ardent spirits � but added � if gentlemen wiu have them the following is tiie price of course after such a mr the profits of his liquor trade with a quiet conscience he used to tell me that a little brandy was good for the suggestion but i fear that he made in his own person too large a demand upon its suggestive properties for his house is now and and he himself has carried his tender conscience to another settlement 