Aa *r?eid?j?t of ttar W?r. B?* T. M. [On one Occasion during the war in Vir ?rinia, General Lee was lying asleep by the way-side, when an army of 15,000 men passed bj with hushed voices and foot? steps, lest they should disturb his slum? bers.] ? O'erconio with weariness and care? The war-wora veteran lay On ih*i gr?en turf of his native land, And slumbered by the way. ' , The breezo that sighed,across his brow, And smoothed its deepened lines, Fresh hom his own loved mountains bore The murmur of their pines,, . And the glad sound of waters; The blue, rejoicing streams, Whose sweet, familiar tones were bleut " With the musio of his dreams; They brought no sound of battle's din, Shrill fife or clarion, But only tendirest memories Of his own fair Arlington. While thus tin chieftain slumbered, Forgetful of his tare, Tue hollow tramp of thousands Came sounding thro' thc air; ' . With ringing spur and sabre, And trampling feet, they come Gay plume and rustling banner, And life, and trump, and drum; But soon the foremost column Sees where, beneath thc shade, In slumber, calm as childhood, Their wearied chief is laid; And down the Uno a murmur From lip to hp there ran, Until thc stilly whisper Had spread to rear and van; And o'er the host, a silence As deep and sudden fell, As tho' some mighty wizard ? Had hushed them with a spell; And every sound was muffled. And every soldier's tread Fell lightly'as a mother's Bouud lier baby's cradle-bed; And rank, and tile, 'and column, So softly on they swept; It seemed a ghostly army Had passed him as ho slept; But mightier than enchantment Was that whose, magic wove ' Thc spell that hushed their voices Deepest reverence and love. [AftirojK/litun Jlecord. ? -T Tlie Volunteer Counsel. A THRTTiTiTXjB STORY. John Taylor was licensed, when ? youth of twenty-two, to practice al the bar. He was poor, but wei educated, and possessed extraordinary genius. He married a beauty, whe afterwards deserted him for another. On the 9th of April, 1840, the Court House in Clarksville, Texas, was crowded to overflowing. Ai exciting case was about to be tried George Hopkins, a ?vealthy planter, had offered a gross insult to Marj Ellison, the young and beautiful wif< of his overseer. The husband threat * ened to chastise him for the outrage, when Hopkins went ta Ellison's house and shot him in his own door. Th< murderer was bailed to answer the . charge. This occurrence producec great excitement, and Hopkins, ir 'order to turn the- tide of populai indignation, had circulated reports against lier character, and she sued him for slander. Both suits wert pending-for murder and slander. The interest became deeper when il was known that Pike and Ashley, ol Arkansas, und S. S. Prentiss, of New Orleans, by enormous fees, had beer retained to defend Hopkins. Hopkins w as acquitt ed. Tl ie Tcxa; lawyers were overwhelmed by theil opponents. It was a fight of dwari against giant. ' The slander case was for the 9th and the throng of spectators grew ir numbers as well as excitement; publii opinion was setting in for Hopkins his money had procured witnesse; who served his powerful advocates When the slander case was called. Mary Ellison was left without an at torney-all had withdrawn. * "Have you no counsel V" inquiret Judge Mills, looking kindly at thc plaintiff. "No. sir: they have all deserted me and I am too poor to employ any any more," replied the beautiful Mai-; bursting into tears. "In such case, will not some chival rous member of the professioi volunteer?" said the Judge, glancinj around the bar. The thirty lawyers were silent. "I will, your honor," said a voie from the thickest part of the crowd behind the bar. . At the sound of that voice man; started-it was unhealthy, sweet ant mournful. The first sensation wa changed into laughter, when a taU gaunt, spectral figure elbowed his wa; throught the crowd, and placed him self within the bar. His clothe looked so shabby that tho ocurt hesi tated to let the case proceed througl his management. "Has your name been entered OJ the rolls of the State?" demanded th Judge. "lt is immaterial," answered th stranger, Iiis thin, bloodless lip curling up with a sneer. "Herc i my license from the highest tribuni of AmericdJi and he handed th Judge a broad parchment. The trie went on. ' He suffered the witnesses to tell then: own story, and he allowed the defence to lend off: Ashley spoke first, followed by Pike and Prentiss. The latter brought the house down in cheers, in which the jury joined. It was* now the stranger's turn.. He rises-before the bar, not behind it and so near the wondering jury that' he might- touch the foreman with his long bony finger. He proceeded, to tear to pieces the arguments of Ash? ley, which melted away at his touch like frost before1 a sunbeam; every one looked surprised. Anon* he came to the dazzling wit of the poet lawyer, Pike. Then the" curl of his hp grew sharper, his smooth face began to kindle, and Iiis eyes to open, dim and dreary no longer, but vivid as light? ning, red as lire-globes, and glaring as twin meteors. The whole soul was in the eye; the full heart streamed out of his face. Then without be? stowing au tulusicn to Prentiss, he turned short around on the perjured witnesses of Hopkins, tore their tes? timony into shreds, and hurled into their faces such terrible invectives that all trembled like aspens, and two of them fled from the-court house. Tho excitement of the crowd was be? coming tremendous. Their united souls seemed to hang upon the burn? ing tongue of the stranger; he in? spired them with the power of hi? malignant passions; he seemed to havo stolen- nature's long hidden secret of attraction. But his greatest triumph was to come. His eye began to glance at the. as? sassin Hopkins, as his lean taper fin? gers assumed the same direction. He hemmed the wretch with a Avail of strong evidence and impregnable ar? gument, cutting off all hope of escape j He dug beneath the murderer's feet ditches of dilemma, and held the slanderer up to* the scorn and con? tempt of the populace. ? Having thus girt him about with a circle of fire, he stripped himself to the work of massacre. Oh! then it was a vision both glo? rious and dreadful to behold the orator. His actions became as impe? tuous *as the motion.of an oak in a hurricane. His voice became a trum? pet filled with wild whirlpools, deaf .ening the ear with crashes of power, and yet mtermingled all the while with a sweet undersong of the softest .cadence. His forehead glowed like a heated furnace, his countenance was haggard, like that of a maniac, and eyer and anon he flung his long and bony arms on high* as if grasping after thunderbolts. He drew a picture of murder in such colors, that, in comparison, hell i itself might be considered beautiful; j he painted the slander so black that the sun seemed dark at noonday, I when shining on such an accursed ; monster, and then fixing both por ? traits on the sinking Hopkins, fast j ened them there forever. The agita? tion of the audience nearly amounted to madness. ; All at once the speaker descended i from the peril height. His voice wailed out for the murdered dead and living-the beautiful Mary more beau? tiful every moment as her tears flowed faster-till men wept and sobbed like children. He closed with a strange exhorta? tion to the jury, and through them to the bystanders; he advised the i>auel, after they should bring in a verdict for the plaintiff, not to offer violence to the defendant, however richly ho might deserve; in other words, '"not to lynch the villain, but leave his punishment with God.", This was the most artful trick of all, and the best calculated to insure vengeance. The jury returned a verdict of fifty thousand dollars; and the night af? terwards Hopkins was taken out of bed and beaten alniost to death. As the court adjourned the stranger said: "John Taylor will preach here this evening, at early candle light." ?. He did preach and the house was crowded T have listened to Clay, Webster and Calhoun-to Dwight, Bascom and Beecher-but . never heard anything in thc* form of sub? lime words even remotely approxi? mating to the eloquence of John Taylor-massive as a mountain, and wildly rusliing as a cataract of fire. New York Advertisements. To the Citizen* of Sout h Carolina. The termination ff a sanguinary contest, which for thc past fonr years has presented an impassable barrier to tiV social sr com mereial intercourse botwC' n the^wo great section? of our country, having at length happily cleared away all obstacles to a re? noval of thoso relations which formerly bound ns together in a fraternal union, I take th? earliest opportunity afforded rife by this auspicious event, to greet my South? ern friends, and to selicitfrom thora a re? newal of that extensive business connection which for a quarter of a century has beon uninterrupted, save by the great public oalanrrty to which I bare adVertod. L i? scaroely .necessary, on the threshold Of a business re-union, I should repeat the warning so often giren to my friends-to beware of all those spurious and deleteri? ous conije ?und8 which, under the specious and falso titles' of Imported Winos, Bran? dies, Holland Gin, Liquors, have beem equally destructive to the health of our citizen? as prejudicial to the interests of the legitimate importer. Many years of my past life-have bee?" expended in an open, and candid attempt to expose these wholesale frauds; no time nor expense has been spared-to accomplish this salutary purpose, and to' place before my friends and the public generally, at the lowest possible market price, and in such quantities as might suit their convenience, a truly genuine imported article. Twenty-five years' business transactions with the largest and most respectable ex? porting houses in France and Great Britain have afforded mi unsurpassed facilities for supplying our home market with Wines, Liquors and Liquores of thc best and most approved brands in Europe, in addition to my own distillery in Holland for the manu? facture of the "Schiedam Schnapps." The latter, so long tosted and approved by the medical faculties of the United States, West Indies and South America as an invaluable. Therapeutic, a wholesome, pleasant and perfectly safe beverage in all ebmates and during all seasons, quickly excited the cupidity of thc home manufac? turers and venders of a spurious article Tinder the same name. I trust that I have, alter much toil and expenso, surrounded all my importations with safeguards and directions which, with ordinary circumspection, will insure their delivery, "as I receive them from Europe, to all my customers. I would, however, recommend, in all cases where it is possible, that orders be sent direct to my Depot, 22 Beaver street, New York, or that purchases be mado of my accredited agents. In addition to a large stock of Wines, Brandies, Arc, in wood, I have a consider? able supply of old tried foreign Wines, em? bracing vintages of many past years, bot? tled up before the commencement of the war, which I can especially recommend to all connoisseurs of these rare luxuries. In conclusion, I would specially call the attention of my Southern customers to the advantage to be derived by transmitting their orders without loss of time, or calling personally at the Depot, in order to insure tho fulfillment of their favors from the pre? sent large and well selected assortment. UDOLPHO WOLFE, Oct 3 laao 82 Beaver st., New York. [EsTAJH-ISHED IN 1818.] WM. SMITH BROWN & CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN . No. 53 Chambers St., N?o York: WM. SMITH BBOWTN will receive con? signments of COTTON for sale on commission, and make cash advancers on shipments. His arrangements arc such as to insure faithful attention to the interest of the consigner. Sept 17 imo WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS in PERFUMERY, PA? TENT MEDICINES, Arc. Orders, with remittances, promptly executed at lowest market prices. HARRAL, RISLEY & TOMPKINS, No. 141 Chambers and No. 1 Hudson sts., Sept 9 si 3 New York. JAMES H ARHAL, formerly of Cuarleston, S/C. H. W. RISLEY, formerly of Augusta, Ga. School Furniture. TEACHERS' DESKS and CHAIRS. Tables, Bank and Office Desks, Ac. Lecture Room and Sabbath School Settees. All kinds of School Material. ' ROBERT PATON, ' Sept 17 imo 2* Grove st.. Now York. LAWRENCE. BALDWIN & CO., BANKERS AND BROKERS, NO. 70 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. GOVEftttMENT $ECUMT!E$. AND' other STOCKS, BONDS, bought and sold on commission. DEWITT C. LAWRENCE, member N. Y. Stock Exchange. SIMEON BALDWIN," Jr.., member N. Y. Petroleum and Mining Board. CYRUS J. LAWRENCE. W M. A. HALSTED Sept 4 Gmo Musical Notice. f?Xgo&m WM. H. ORCHARD, Profes P>p?ilR ?' ^Ui"c> W'R instruct a j J ? I I ?limited number of Pupils on the PIANO and GUITAR. Ho also offers his services as Agent in Selecting, Buying or Selling Piano Fortes or other Musical Instruments. * Piano Fortes Tuned and Repaired in town or country. Applications made, or orders left at tho Bookstore of Messrs. " Townsend, & North, or at tho Store of F. B. Orchard &> Co., Plain street, near Nicker sou'? Hotel. i Oct 6* Charleston Advertisements. Wholesale fqfc? Cofolnoissior* ^jefccW-S, No. 4 KAYNE STREET, CJIAKLXSTCN, S. C. ALSO Dealers in Seamless Grain and Flour BAGS, and HoUingsworth & Whitney's Patent Machine PAPER BAGS. Oct ll 5_._. ZIMHE^MAlff DAVIS, (Late of the Firm of Adams, Frost