New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-14

thsn rstting np the anchor. On returning - snoF0
80 net he surg,oD, Who gave Ne bis esrd, win .
cordial initiation 10 visit the jphigess aner our
sfri,sI at the latter place The English frlgete
Eo,csvsn ras lying In tho harbor ocar the ipni-
genie.
After dinner n small party Of US vent ashore 10
srr,uley the REMAINING hour and half in galioP
into tl. country bat neither saddle bore nor car
,iAge va. to be- had 1t il the irst tar dsy sissr
o" rain f" ,ad the conycyancers, "and eseryoooy
ia riding out" Finally we found man VINO
oaerfd us the identical cartilage in which the AZ
miral had ridden that yery morning. for four oo'
Inrs; but on learning that We We're Yankees, and
did not consider the Admirals seat . peculiar
honor, be reduced hi. demand 70 three doliarsi
", had pair 0f mate bed grays and a rudy, red
vki.kered coach man, ard whfiod oat around the
II OF Of the citadel in gallant style good mscad-
,mi,ed road conducted US out Of the town, where
ve came al once upon hay and grain helds Tho
grass had Just been cut and the ar Was iuh oil us
fragrance Wheat ard barley were IN head, but
bsd no, ye, begun 10 ripeu. drive OF two miles,
partly through ihickets and patches OF mr. andArcn
trees brought US 20 the head OF the man arm oil
tho inner harbor which is completely land-locked:
Surrounded BY dark green hills, win not VeSsei
and but two or three houses IN SIGHT, II resenoieu
a lonely inland lake The sight OF the clear, green
waters dancing TO the shore tempted us " eNo
the Admirals carriage and take hasty bath Inc
bottom was cONcTeu Win
weed whose branching streamcrs oil purple ana
emerald r,scbed 10 my waist threatening 70 drag
me down. like Hylas, to the Nova ,cotian naiads
hut no water could be more delicousiy coid ana
ip,icoratipC By this time it WAS 6ocloeh, ana tno
cool shadows oil evening were creeping across 'uo
the G, oil landscape. Tho grsys trotted merrlly
hack along the shore road, and We reached tbePlc
to and the James Adger with steam up, and all on
board except the gentleman from truro.
~. ,xaiteJ half n hour Logger. Dut tue gtuttc-
man from Truro did not come, notwithstanding
an express he'd been sent eighteen mules INTO tao
country 10 meet him. Mr., Field then reiuctanuy
gave the order to leave. As the steamer gtaed
out of the dock the passengers gathered ON quo
quarterback and paddle-boxes gave three parting
cheers There we're q number OF persons on .no
nicr no received the salute with perfect equanii-
ity. We then gave them three times three, ana
succeeded in elictipg two in return. An Old
fisherman of the place prohted by our delay III
disuosiDq of two baskets Of "murrs eggs. these
are the eoos of a sea fowl on the coast oil Laura
dor. They are about the size OF turkeys egg'
pointed at one end, and OF pale blue color' curl
ously spotted and streaked with black. Inc nsher-
man informed us that :" the gentry eats en- anu
we had some of them boiled, but after testing tho
odor thereof, none of us had courage to break the
she'll. / kept one as a curiosity, greatly TO my
present embarrassment. | cannot have lt boiled,
for they crack in boiling; cannot pack II away,
for fear OF smashing it; i can neither carry u
about with me- nor leave 1t in my state room WIN
out great risk, and shall probably be troubled by
it until the last day OF the voyage when IL VIII Do
broken. ~,
While in Halifax we obtained pilot Tor New
fonpdlapd: n little, brown, wiry, wideawake fel-
low who had Gathered acknowledge IN many a
tough pOrth.easter. His own apparent seiEfei-
auce inspired confidence ia us, and we sailed ior tho
Land of Fogs with glow o; cheerful expectation.
IL was dusk before We emerged from the narDor,
but the long northern twilight fingered on the DOT
ders of the sky aud, as night deepened, the stars
sbone more brightly than they ever shone BEFORE to
our eyes. The planet Jupiter cast a long WAKE
upon the sea the Milky Way burned like lumn-
GUS cloud making pale the uster OF the nelghbor.
ing stars; while scarcely minute elapsed but
some meteor shot across the heavens, leaving q sill
very trail behind ii. There seemed not one Vault
only, but deeps beyond deeps of glory 0verspan-
ming each other, until the eye ceased to follow
them. The meteors, some far swift, and iaint'
some near aud dazzling, fell from the inner to tho
outer circles of the heavens, like telegraphlc mes
sages between the several spiritual spheres
MANY of our company remained on deck unui
nearly midnight notwithstanding the cold northern
wind Beaver Island Light, about sixty miles
from Halifax, was then in sight on our lett
All forenoon we have been running along the
dark Nova Scoian shores the sea, the sky, aud
the land were alike cherries and forbidding, and
the air so cold that we felt q chill through over
coats and thick shawls. The coast was low
and undulating, covered with fir forests which
looked black under the clouds and faced with rug.
ged ramparts of gray rock. A few fishing craft
were lowering outside the breakers, ready TO run
into any sheltered cove in the wind should in
crease 10 a gale, as it threatened. Toward noon
We made the light on Cape Canso, and shortly
afterward crossed the mouth of the Gut OF CansO,
which divides Nova Scotia from Cape Breton
Island The coast Of Cape Breton is from six to
eight hundred feet high, and presents bold front
to the sea- Its aspect is peculiarly desoate on an
overcast day, like the present We have again ap-
preached nearer the shore, which was northeast to
scatari Island, the extremity Of the eastern arm OF
Cape Breton. We have just passed Cape Pleasant,
and are not more than six miles from the old har-
Dor and town of Lousbourg so famous In our
Colonial history. The ruins OF the aacent French
Notifications still to be seen, but the trade Of
the town has long since been transferred TO Halifax
and Sydney, and it is now almost deserted Ii Is
the only spot in the northeast which is prominent
in our early history, and must still be very In
terestng old place. At one time this afternoon the
wind threatened 10 blow gale, and we had faint
hope Of putting into LouisbOurg barb0r for the
night but at sunset the sky began to clear and tho
wind moderated
III p. M-We are abreast Of Scatari Light,
and are entering the Gull OF st. Lawrence. Tho
shy Is clOudle-s in ,onceiyebly clear and radiant,
and an arch of white auroral Gre spans the north
eTn horizon. II is so brilliant as TO east glow
upon the water, and to make the segment OF sky
nolosed within il appear black by contrast. II
steadily brightens until the arch bre AXIS when tho
fragments gather into lustrous balls, or nuclei,
which send long streamers and dancing tongues Of
light almost 10 the zenith Then the whole pageant
des away, to be reborn in the air, and brighten 40
bel, re-. The rain Of meteors still continues, but