The weekly Butte record., 1862-10-11

and discovered a trail OF blood, We followed
on for half mile, and found the rufian lying
dead, face downward. biz hands firmly clinched
upon some bushes. Que OF the sons recognized
him as suspected murderer, who had a couple
Of years before lef. tba; par; Of the country.
He was buried with htte ceremony. I Was
warmly thanked for the part bad played TO
save the family; but from no other did the
words sound 50 sweet 10 ne aS from the lips of
the beautiful maiden.
The family pressed me to stay with them
for while, and stayed long enough to lose
my heart and win another. Strange as it ap-
pears in looking back to il, the event Of that
villain leapiag into the road before me, chang
ed my whole fortune and sometimes, when
gaze fondly upon ny lovely wife. am tempted
to bless the dark aud wicked design that proy-
dentially led me to 50 much happiness
\ RABBIT on 4 BATHS FIELD-Ax lxol-
DENT OF THE FIGHr AT MELvEEx HuL.-A
full grown rabbit had hid itself away in the
copse Of fence, which separated two fields
near the centre. and most exposed portion of
the battle ground. Rabbits are wont 10 spend
the day almost motonless, and in seeming
dreamy meditation. This one could have but
little rabbits think when choosing
lis place Of retrea: at early dawn that ere it
was eveniide there would be such an unwonted
and ruthless disturbance, During all the pre-
paratlon for battle made around in It's lair
throughout the forenoon, it nevertheless re-
nained quiet. Early, however, 10 the after
noon, when the rage Of battle had fairly begun.
and shot and shell were falling thick and fast
IN all directions q she'll chanced to burst so
near the rabbits hiding place. that he eidently
considered it unsafe TO tarry longer. So
frightened almost to death. ont he sprang INTO
the open field, and ran hither and thither with
the vain hope Of finding a safe retreat
Whichever way it ran, cannons were thunder
ing out their smoke and fire. regiments of men
were advancing or changing position, horses
gaoping here and there, shells bursting, and
solid shot tearing up the ground. Sometimes
it woald squat down, and lie perfectly still,
when some new and sudden danger would
again start it into motion. Once more it wo'd
stop and raise itself as high as possible on IFS
hind legs, and look all round for some place of
possible retreat
At length that part of the field seemed open
which lay in the direction opposite from where
the battle ragged most fercely Thither it &C
cordingly ran with all its remaining speed. Tn
observed by it. however, regiment was in
that direction, held in reserve, and. like Wei
iinston at Waterloo, was lying fat on the
ground, in order to escape the flying bullets.
Ere the rabbit seemed aware it had jumped
into the midst Of these men. 1t could 90 no
further. Int presently nestled down beside
soldier, and tried to hide itself under his arm.
As the man spread the skirt OF his coat over
tie trembling fugitive, in order to insure it all
the protection in his power to bestow, be 10
doabt feelingly remembered how much himself
then needed some higher protection, under the
shadow of whose arm might be hidden his own
defenseless head from the fast multiplying mis-
sies of death scattered in all directions
II was not long, however, before the rcgi-
ment was ordered up aud forward From the
protection and safety granted, the timid crea-
ture had evidently acquired confidence in man
as the boys are wont to say. " had been
tanned" As the regiment moved forward to
the front Of the battle, it hoped along tame
seemingly. as kitten, close to the feet of the
soldier who had bestowed the needed protec-
ton. Wherever the regiment went during all
the remaining part of that bloody day and
terrible battle, the rabbit kept close beside its
new friend. When night came on, and the
rage of battle had ceased it fually, unmolested
aud qnietly hoped away, in order to find
some one of its old and familiar haunts.
Az EXCITEMENT ABOUT WENDELL Phil
LIPs-AN ABoLlTIoxIsr PUT TO THE TEST AND
Found WANTING About half past . O'Clock
yesterday a crowd was gathered about the Of
fee Of the Evening Post, and great excitement
prevailed. One Of our reporters, in passing
by, stopped 10 ascertain the cause of it, when
he found a fine. strapping, intelligent, earnest
Irishman in discussion with an athletic aboli-
zionist. both under thirty years Of age. The
abolitiouist was upholding Wendell Phillips
and the Irisbman was denouncing him, and
the crowd becoming excited seemed TO be dis
posed to lynch the abotionist. At length the
Irishman put bim in a corner, and said l am
the father of five chidren-you probably have
none. VIII you come along with me now and
enlist for the war. if you dare? The white
Hvered abolitionist shuffied and shirked and at
last backed out amid the jeers and SCOTS of the
crowd New York Herald.
MEDICAL AND MoRAL.-The rumor that
ScarIatina bad broken out in Gen Hunters
army has b-en traced TO the fact that the dis