New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-02

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chap "a 81 occupaon-certainiy no, for repose In all
~ L. ,hsrs /. no hotel of exN,ily comfortable IN
,,sr.ons 90 thew all were disposed about in private
a,,s,,nos-wbich wss the more pleasant no Doubt, 70
svsrvbcdy. The prioce, the Duke of Newsas lie,
General Bruce Al d Doctor Acand were taken in
at ,be resdencs of M. Spencer, who well as CAN'T
Re alsck was one Of the leading spirits of sxpedi
ton IL ia cosy little farm house, with everything
snug shout Il, d with rooms made NJ of quse angles,
spch az the low and tused roofs of country cottages
are art 70 produce. As as the Prime arrived he
was out, gun in hand dasbng through the siubble in
search of game but the evening was too far eaoeed
and The only winged object TO be discovered wa a
behaved VI which was the first sacrifice oroya sport
Nothing more in this way was done until the Monday
morning following.
The others of the party variousy distributed
Major Teesdale and Colonel Grey lodged with the VII
lace schoolmastsr and their first evening" game am
told was tilt at Euclid with the ins'iHator OF young
ideas. Lord Lyons, Captain Retaack, Mr. SPeucer'
q, n Mr. lie Dnc were bestowed at Colonel Morgan =.
Lord Hlnchingbrook and the Hon Mr.. Ehos, (St Ter
mains's SOM finding accommodations neatly exhaust
ed posseseed themselves of a sleeping-car, WHICH,
gu icbe 10 side track served them quite luxurousy
ss residence for four nights and fair part oil lhree
d,vs Tins all were well disposed, IN eAceheh'
tbopgb in some cases novel and uoaccostome1 quarters
On snoasv the visitors attended chorch in the VII
Iooo Daring the day a lively interview took place
10, oen the Prince and two Irish far n-la0orers VINO
came over in wagon from some remote District "
have COL versatonal push at his Highness, on Iner
on account At their solicitation the Prince stepped
ont and submitted himself Notwithstanding that
a vop,re the Prince of Wales how do you do, Sir T.
said the more eloquent party, az an entering Wedge Oh
discnsion After an answer which proved acceptable
the visitor continued used to be subject OF your
e." rno,ber's sir. and II would be glad for US If you
" wonld shake hands with me and my friends yonder'
This too gained satisfactory response. Then came
the binding link in the CT ain of discourse: Never
mind our clothes sir there's no church where
"x Qe come from. 20 we don't have good
cl,tbeso- both were in their shirt-seeves), after
which the foreign twain retired incontinently, as II
wisely determined not 10 eDdsnger the pungency OF
their final phrase by parting long drawn out With
one notable exception this was the only visit the
Prince received the townspeope thoughtful OF hls de-
sire for retirement avoiding the hghtest SEM
blance Of intrusion. The second was from pair of
ancient ladies' who on Monday drove over on buck
board do Won know what that is from another dis
taut point while the Prince out hunting. They
were mildly admonshed that as the royal visitor was
inst them some leagues off, it would be difficult 10
bring about the meeting they sought. Without par
tee of debate or apparent disappointment, they SIM
ply said, DWELL, then, s'pose we'd better g-hum,
and straghtway turned about toward hum not
visbly dissatisfied with the frutlessness Of their ex-
cursioD.
As early as g. O'Clock Monday morning, the royal
party wa. sstir and ready for action. subdivision
into smaller bands was the frt movement. One CON
sisted Of the Pince the Duke of Newcastle, Captain
Relallsck ard Mr.. Spencer. In the second, General
Bruce Major Teesdale, Colonel Grey and Mr.. lie Due
Joined together. Another was made up OF Lord
Hnchipgbrook, Mr. Eliot and Mr.. wilkins In each
Of these, one gentleman perfectly fam liar with the
country and the sport acted leader aud guide, MIR.
Spencer in one case Mr. lie Due in another, and Mr..
Wilkins IN the third. Light wagers were laid as to
the result Of the days operations each party predict
ing its own superior A station some miles
dtant from Dwight, and repete with prairie-birds,
was sreedIly reached. For several hours the game
was pursued with answering perseverance. AT noon
the Leading qusrette took shelter in little clump of
dwarf trees, or bru,hes unched for All hour, partly
upon melons plucked from the vines around them,
smoked for another and mapped for thrd-for during
the middle of the day the game cannot be probably
pursued. neral Bruces party, however, maintained
their sport with only the briest intermssOn. But at
the close of the day when, toward nghtfal all sought
the general rendezvous it found that the Prince
and the Duke had brought down more game than any
other two persoDs who took part heard the details,
but don't remember single one, for the ways of
sportsmen are ways of nscrutabe mystery TO me- and
the minute particulars, essential believe, to
rect narration of events have all escaped me- But it
is certain that the days sport was unusually succsssfu,
and that the Prince (which had not been expected
bageed more birds than any Of his competitors l
have recollection, too, Of burning series of re-
breaches eveed at the General and Bis associates for
permitting deer, which was started by them, to
escape unframed; but appeared, investigation,
that several shots discharged at the ANIMAL and
that deer bide ia invariably capable Of resisting the
influences of email shot general opioon experienced
change quite favorable 10 the General and the omis
sion 10 /" bag" was overlooked.
The evening of Monday was remarkable for the op'
porluIiy il gave the rangers Of vie wing one OF the
most startling sights which this region sfjrds-a
prairie fire. Slme three miles eastward Of Dwight,
the tall grass bad caught and the smoke which al sun
get was thick in the horizon, succeeded, as the
night advanced by vivid line of fame, with lurid
shoots that eaped wildly and swept yciousy in irreg-
ular winding mazes over the plain, until whole miles
were lighted up with he fierce blaze. How it dared
abruptly over of the thicker and dryer weed and
plunged through the Cf shrubbery, and seemed
to take weird shapes and fly the fields in mad,
hot dance ike the march of Internal legion! And
they told us this commonplace sort of prairie fire,
compared with what were sometimes seen st was
enough, we knew and it was fit"
On Tuesday morning another early hour found
the Princes party far away to the north Of