East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-04-15

Melbourne. He had Just emerged from
long line Of forest, aud had reached the
rising ground, from which wide view
stretches over plain and sea The city
lay within few miles; and, as the sun
| was not yet down, the traveller would
have light enough 10 get there easily be-
fore dark. So he thought to himself, as
he stopped near police station to light
his pipe, aud then resumed has journey at
the same pace as before.
Two troopers, one of them appeared To
be an officer, were lounging before the
door as he passed, and babe him " good
evening"
Evening" replied the man.
"Let us look at what You have got in
your cart, my man." said the officer.
"Wbat's your gameg" was the reply.
"There's nothing in the cart but my
traps. Look il you like" And he seated
himself on log and smoked his pipe,
while the policemen turned over the con
tents of the cart. fl
1t contained articles Of bush furniture,
cooking utensils, two or three casks, and
other articles Of a similar kind. In one
corner, tied up with rope, was an opos-
sum rug; which the officer unrolled and
spread out on the ground The man on
the log then took the pipe out OF his
mouth. The rug was large one, with
defect in the make, which was very unu-
sual: it contained one wild cat-slSn.
"What do you want with that?" said
the owner of the cart, grufily.
as this your rug?' ~ sisa
"Why, of course it is. Whose elsc:'
elbow did you come by it?" -
"How did come by it ?' he repeated
with laugh. "Why, ] bought it
They're cheap enough, aren't theyP"
avery true" replied the officer, and ho
rolled it up again and replaced it in the
cart. Then going up to the man, he
said: 'You killed man on Friday night
near the Goulburn. You cut him on the
head with tomahawk when he was
asleep. You took that rug from him,
and forty ounces Of gold, which you have
got now in your pocket"
At this speech the man dropped the
pipe out of his mouth and sat for a mo-
ment stupifed; then suddenly started MP
and put his hand to his belt, in which he
carried a revolver. The officer, who saw
the motion, was beforehand with him,
and catching him by the throat, threw
"Joc, tic his hands," the officer said to
his man.
The prisoner having been secured, he
was searched, and a quantity Of gold was
found upon him, amongst which was
bag containing exactly forty ounces. He
was then placed in confinement, and sub
sequently taken back to the Diggings.
As soon as Gardner's state of health
would permit, he was confronted with
the prisoner, and Immediately recognized
him as the keeper of the tent where Long
Ned and himself had stopped on tho
afternoon Of the murder, and where ho
had no doubt they had been "hocussed."
When the prisoner was brought TO
trial in Melbourne, it was proved that he
was a man Of notorious bad character,
and there was great reason to fear that
poor Ned had not been his only victim.
With respect to the crime for which he
was arraigned, other facts came out which
removed all donbt of his guilt, and he
was condemned and executed.
As to Gardner, never saw him after
he recovered from his illness; but before
he left the diggings, he informed me
that he should go to Tasmania, to a
little farm that hc possessed there, l
wished him good luck, and returned with
considerable satisfaction to the society of
the mice. ~ ir.8i 1n