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At the ago of 1G years Ip emigrated to this country, arriving in N?w York in January, 1794. llo was apprenticed to a carpenter, but after , an experience of wine four or fire months nbatloned the trade, and obtained a situation j as clerk in Mr. John iSaiiey's Hardware store, iu Maiden iftne. In the year 1802 became to Ubarl iston, on liis way to visit his brother Will am, of Fairfield District, where he first sai the destined partner of his life, to whom he was married in the year 1800. In i o autumu of 1803, the stage being ful>, he walked with a friend from Columbia t: Charleston, arriving in advance of the st; ;c; and with that friend, J Mr. John Bones, Icom men ced business in ' King-street, at tl| corner of- Blackbirds' i Alleys His trada was mainly with the! wagoners, who soli their cotton and pur- i chased supplies. a was without any can- ! ital of consequence but had already established a character, id by it obtained credit sufficient for his isiness, which grew and prospered. From is time until his death I ho continued inactje business, having nev- j er failed, througli a that period of more j than half a ceutury o pay, in every in- i stance the full aino t of his commercial! and legal obligatioi 1 It is well known at he never adven- ! tured into any epc lations in the groat | staple of our produ 11 is settled policy; was to persue tlie p ? of patient, system- j atic labor. From le foot of the ladder he i ascended, climbinr/ep by step, slowly but ! surely; and the subess of his whole career | was not owing tofwy luck or fortune, but | must be atlribnll under providence, to the ! j quallities he possscd in remarkable degree,! > of economy, inteity, judgemnt, decison of j < character, punctuhty, and untiring indus- j ] try. I That eminent i reliant, that architect of !>is own fortune,') it bright example to our Jyputb of the suets; attending wdl directed en* has not passed Iti i..,? i (1 >.th wiciety ITite*roSTa pillar of strength; j our community a wise and public-spirited I citizen; obscure and slruggitig merit a head j to advise and a hand to help; and the dis- j tressed and needy a generous friend, whose j pity extended to .the most forlorn. It ennnot be denied that, when approach- | ed without due reenrd to his peculiar noints.; lie had, like other men of strong iudividual- I ity, a rough as well as a smooth side of i contact; but in this something must be al- I lowed to disadvantage and -defect of education; something to the various difficulties of I ? Belf-made men, who must meet the buffets of the rude world; something to the inwrought power of habit; and something to the imperfections of the best characters, which, like the weeds in a fruitful field, are forgotten andjbrgiven, when we look at the virtues that grow out of the same prolifo soil. He was a strong character, not always understood; prompt in action, but often slow to speak; thinking much, and bidding his time. Not forward to voluteer or obtrude his counsel- bllt trivinnr Ilia nnininn n-lian p D ? wr""w,i ",,VM 1 sought or when needed, in few words?clear, i ententious, comprchebsive. Underneath the blunt outside man, werS to be found a loving, human heart; sensibilities of unfathomed depth; a soul devising the mosL generous deeds, and capable of the sublimcst of nil virtues?justice and impartially. An occasional abruptness or sharpness of manner might be seen on a transient acquaintance; but it was for those who knew the man to appreciate him in the justice of his nature, in the unassuming simplicity of his eburcater, in the patience of his labor, in the duiet-.unoBtentatioiiRstr^.imKnr liU/.liariiv 5n i bis good will to man, and his submission to - s ft"# l - Let it be observed, that when success prowned bis labors he did not become en" * slaved by money; but their.an was at every stage pf bis progress superior to his acquisi iion, This free true snccess. The mere accumulation of large property is a failure of life's stod, unless with that incrdfte the individual alsojgrows into a larger manfulness of soul. jQUs success waa that bis property did not tortr ttfns, bat be was the owner of his property, ahdoould cheerfully part with itfor wi?e and benificent umb. or when taken from V?? i by (heityfofce of Providence; ""Jlfcjte*69 vrc''c raany ar>d fieavy nt Vario&s epoch*, in the' convuIhioiis of trade 'iw itf'lfce ruins of coofligration. After suds blow? of fortune, he was found al j Iris advice and example to persuo a career of J useful and honorable industry; in thejuriiciI ous and generous employment of Iris capital i for the establishment of others in advantageous business, ho exerted a wide and salutary influence, and was thus a benefactor to Iris country. It is well known that the present generation of young men of our j community take more correct views of a I life of energetic labor than those that pre- ^ ceded them, and it cannot be denied that : the life and career of this self-made man J contributed largely to this happy change- j 13y his example as well as words he spake. through his long life, and being dead he yet j speuketh. j Among the sterling qualities that gave ! him such success in life, we name prominent- ' Iv decision of cti.iniM?i- Tl.?? - ' ' ^ mo aiu-it ii> decision of character is reliance 011 our own judgement; and tlie second is that energy of will and enthusiasm of the passions which, when a wise plan is selected, iinme ' diatcly spring into active powers of exeru- ! lion. These were conspicuous elements of j his ohraeter. lie had conKdeiico in his own | judgment, and did his own thinking in all j practicwl affairs. No sooner was his plan ' determined than he commenced action. lie ! had been through life an early riser. Not. more certain was the sun to climb the Eastern sky than was this man to bo early at his post; his purpose standig out clear to his ; view, and the energy of his will and the en- | thusiasm of his nature driving him from I day to day onward, to deserve if not to at- i iu ii tuiiM.'ijiivia'c 01 mis con- ! ; centration of mind, punctuality was a kin- j < ilred virtue in his character worthy of uni- < ] versai imitation. To him may lie truly ap- I I plied the remark made by the celebrated i Lord Nelson, when he said he owed every- | f thing to being always a quarter of an hour 1 t before time. I i Another and a chief virtue in his char- i t aeter was integrity. The bafcis of the gi- j c [jantic operations of commerce are laid in j I confidence. A man in Europe stakes his j I properly, his faith, his name, with perfect I 1 reliance on the character of another man | \ whom he has never seen, thousands of miles ( Jistant in America. Parties at a distance j f knpw whether or not their correspondents j ( .aithful to their trust. All, therefore, ' 1 ivho knew the strict attention to details, and s lie system of rigid justice to the interest of ( tliauiit owners, on which this man conduc- ! I ed nil ltis affairs, arc at no !o.?s to know j i ivliv business flowed in upon liim ; and liis j t laroo was known far and near as an agent ' v n whom the largest conGJence might be '1 reposed. Integrity was as conspicuous in ( :iis character as decision and sound judg- J ment; and it was, doubtless, owing to the act that he, as an airent, was entrusted with ? o ? t :he property of others, that his far-sighted ? ind just mind laid itdownas an axiom that, i n his business, he must never speculate.? The temptation might bo very great, but it j * lever moved his firm resolve. "Justura et > j enacem propositi virum." i t Wero wc to select for imitation /lie most I < conspicuous moraal quality in his charnc- ' er, we would name the element intrinsic, j Beneath all the factitious distinctions of t .he world, through all sects and parties and i conditions, in whatever foim suffering and 1 sorrow may be found, and the electric chord of genuine Love finds its way. It , seeks no reward ; its language is ; "I am a t man." lie esteemed others not according 1 to outside show, but according to their real 1 worth. lie did nothing for effect, or mere ' appearance. He had no wish to be valued j for qualities he did not possess. Ho never t acted apart. " Esse non videri" was not formally chosen bv him as a motto. He ' rli.l It ?...? ? !- ! < ' : - ??i; m inj n <iui in ins lire, and < it may now be chosen for him by others,as . briefly expressing tlie mould of his manly nature, and the form of his intrinsic char- i acler. Unassuming, honest and. humble ' himself, he had for all pomp and ostentatious parade the most profound contempt; , and the stream of beneficences was not di- i rected to conciliate the rich and great, but it flowed where his kind heart prompted ? to the obscure and neglected, to the stran- ' ? i ger and the friendless, to the widow and the fatherless. It would be an omission not to noticet also, his fortitude under affliction. Tt is not yet five vears sinfu? l>i? R'?n Wiltlum died suddenly in New York, under tho most painful circumstances. In the expression of public sympathy, many said the sudden and cruel death of such a son will kill the aged father. When the heavy tidings came, it was like ths tornado bearing down on the old oak tree, or the earthquake moving beneath the solid rock; but the granite rock stood firm, and the old oak tree bending for the moment, (toon stood erect again, and defied the fury of the storm. ?Hi? heart bled, btat the solid fixed mind never quailed. Ha fullv ?nnrAnldf*^' *-J -~.v T<g OT uw kM^bot lie few net it wi? done, it wee inedible,' ft *ta p**t end'goblHferever.? \ H<f m* the bend of God ood bowed in sub* I of leaning upon others, lie, the aged but the | strong, stood the bulwark and support of : his family around him. His conduct in that dark hour illustrated his iron strength i of mind and his heroic trust in God. lie was eminently social in his feelings, ! enjoying with the greatest zest the coinpan I ionship of old, tried, and trusty friends, to j whom lie always opened his hand and his heart, whatever might be their station in life. Favors done to him were never forgotten, but always repaid, if opportunity j olio red, with interest. At the friendly fire- j side and the festive board, he presided an acknowledged chief. The old and the young alike owned the spoil of a suttl so briint*tiII of social glee and gladness. It would be a task to find in any circle his peer for the combination of those qualities of head and heart, that shone out in every tVature, and found vent in every expression, diffusing around him the good will and ! happiness of his genial nature. 1 l.ivimr 1 i??? ,1- ' ' - ? "? IU iiiu I'tiu | witli untiring usefulness; having raised a < huge family ill re^pee.tability ami honor, j ami left to litem am) to his c.< unliymeii a j brdliant example in all the affairs of prae.: - 1 i ;?l lite of a vii timus eneigiz-r, lie lias fallen j asleep. lie died after a brief illness of onl\ five days. lie \vh<i never lingered through life in performing his duly, was not kepi lingering on t!i?; bed of death. lie retained his facilities to the last, and died as he i had lived, a hearty and an earnest man. j His only desire for life was, that he ini<;hl i still lonjrer be useful to liis familv; bat lit- ! . . . . xnressi'd siibmisvinn to (?nl'? will on.i ;... I i>licit reliance on Ilis love and ineiev | lirough the great Redeemer. (iod sometimes shields tiie young lainhs ! Void the rude blasts of life and lakes llicin | arly home, but we have witnessed the more I umpiring example of virtue tried, of patience | inexhausted, of tho battle of life nubly won, | if submission to God's will exemplified, in a j ong life of laborous well doing, by one who | iad borne the heat and burden of the day. j lis life is his best eulogy. His last act mis a visit to some of the friends of his early lays; a visit and generous relief of the atherlcss and the widow in their affliction. ! , , .... . - i i jihi saw inni ins work was done and railed | iiin homo. Well done, good and faithful I ( ervuut! By the gr;ice ot* God, well done! ! Jo to thy rest and reap thy rich reward. ! 1 iuL leave us not long, God of mercy, in ' his land of exile! Thou art gathering home : 0 thyself the good and the groat, and we 1 rould bo with them that we may bo with . L'liee. We also would "depart and be with Christ, which is far better." "Gome, Lord 1 esus, come quickly!" Important if True.?A recent number j if the Milwaukic True Democrat contaii.s | I 1 statement which is of value to the inedi- j :al profession. That pnper says: ( Sviiiia cifrlif innntlu :iirr? \lT . -0? b"' "'"""Hi I vlio kept ii music store oil Washington j < treet, ami his brother ol the well known < j .owe?II Mason, ascertained that he had a ; i :aneer on his face of the size of a pea. It was j ut out by Dr. Walcott, and the wound i martially healed. Subsequently it giew ' ijiain, and while he was in Cincinnati on ! , usinets, it attained the size of a hickory ! , nit. lie has remained there since Chris- i nas under treatment and has coine back i ?erfecily cured. The process is this: A piece of sticking plaster was put over ' lie cancer, with a circular piece cut out of ; lie centre a little larger than the cancer, so ! hat the cancer and small circular rim of ' icalthy skin next to it were exnosed. Tli?-n ! i plaster made of chloride of zinc, blood ! ooL and wheat flower was spread on a bit j >f muslin of the size of this circular open- | nor, and applied to the cancer for twen- j v-foiir hour*. On removing it the cancer will he found ! to he burned into, and appear of the color i md hardness of an old shoe Hole, and the | jircular rim outside of it will appear white ind parboiled, as if ?calded by a hot steam, j The wound is now diessed, and the outside 1 rim soon suppurates, and the cancer comes ' jut a hard lump, and the place heals jp. The plaster kills the cancer, so that it j doughs like dead flesh and never grows out | Hiram. 1 This remedy was discover! by Dr. Fell, of ' London, and ha* been used by liitn far six i or eight years with unfailing success, and not a case lias been known of the re appear- j nnce of the cancer where this remedy has been applied. It haft the sanction of the most eminent physicians and surgeons of London, but has not until recently been used in this country, and many of the faculty, with their proverbial opposition to innovations, look upon it with distrust. Much has been said about feats of strength, but it is an actual fact tbat, a few days ago, a man of but ordinary strength knocked down an elephant (to thejiighest bidder.) nn..i * - - !- * * * ii uni. h uino mosi uwud is a inenu to make bitn do what he is capable of doing. Emerson. - m ii,' m ? ^ Tbe i roprietor* of (be Boston museum have gi^en three buudred and fifty odd dollars to tbe Mount Vernon fund. "Oa i^^3ooi?s 1?A ^bfearfgpal thief oattfftd JiiHa Snjittr.'wRs arrested in Ciooinnti Iftfit weefc.aad under her hoops were 8 ol^V^l^Ipg INCIDENTS OF THE MEXICAN CAMPAIGN, UV A MEMBER OF TIIK PALMETTO REGIMENT. ! i The Alvarado Expedition. Immediately after tlie subjugation of Vera ! Cruz, Gen. Scott ami Commodore Conner, of the | United States Xnvr,oreunizvd two expeditions : I One against Jnhippn, 70 miles in the interior. | and the other against the litt.le seaport of Al- j j varado, 00 miles south-wc?=t. of Vera Cruz. Al- j i diniuii nau twice repulsed our Navy?as it was | said?but 1 cannot, believe llint our Nuvy was I in earnest when the attack was made, anil only designed to tost the st rength of the place. The object of the present expeditiou was to destroy the military defences of Alvarado, and to t ake possession of all and any government stores found in it. W'k wished for this inarch, for we were heat lily tired of sand hill life, and longed to be aw ly on some duty. We had heard a ifreat deal of Mexico, besides having read more of its lofty mountains ami elevated table lands, where reigned eternal spring. At the same j time, we painted to 0111'imaginations its fruit- I tul vales and groves of tropical fruits; its cooling fountains and hospitable hocbndtm with st >re homes of luxurious al>Uudancc. This expedition was the theme ?>f many a camp lire circle, and as we enlarged upon the pleasures and lieiielils - r # j ? ' ??c iruiu it, J all expressed equal confidence in tlio future. I' lint., o!>, what a fa ml denouement awaile.l nil of in. A wai^iti. drawn by five ; Htout mules, was provided to each company, r*iutrlv. Kihi|i sa<-ks, blankets <fcc., were transported 011 our lmeks. At 'J o'clock p. in., March >1 li. w?- Wire inu>teivd und r the western walls of Vera Cruz. The line was formed with the lJrn^ouns. and sections of Arl illery in front, I followed by tlie Infantry, composed of the ( Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina Itcgi- t incuts. Three vessels of war, commanded bv Lieut. Hunter, of the Navy, co operated with | the land forces, under lirigadier (Jeneral Quit- j I man. Our route was along theCulf of Mexico j ' and so near that the surf defaced the foot prints ! I ,,f 1 " ... wuiiaiuilS. A 111'Mill was scorch- ! p iiifl hoi, ami iio water nearer than llic ocean I ^ appeared to our famished view. A row of and hills, almost denuded <>l vegetation, skirt- 1 ed t.liL- entire route, on our right. We cncounlercd numerous fragments of our wrecked ves- c >?els, and whole surf-boats?the shade of which | we were prune to seel; often before the word j , halt had linen given. I saw a private this af- ! U-rnoon purchase a drink of water from one of his immediate comrades, for which lie paid | " down one quid of prime tobacco. Siinili.r in j ^ stance* afterwards became liy no mean* rare, in in the succeeding f.-w day* of this eventful wild | [| croosc ehaiO. C?l. Butler, having been sei/.ed fj with violent illness, was eompe led to return, j j and Lieut. Col. Gladden assumed command of I the llcgimeiit. A twelve mile jaunt brought us 1 to tlie Af-uUloti, a beautiful fie?h water river, tl and the first, and only stream, we hud met with a in tlie country. The column filed up its hanks p until the right of its lino rented in the village of ( Madclon. It was now fpilic dark, nnd onethird of the IJrignde wa? in the roar, the most of ? whom hud given out from excessive fatigue ?n-l other causes'. Upon learning that we were <1 in the town of Madelon, home, associat ions be- a gall to revive, which forced upon our minds (l numberless dormant memories, Restaurants, hot I j [ ofTec, beef steak?, and ot her luxuries. A nearer approach pointed out the cupula Find spires w of u Gothic church. The faint outlines of i:s 1 gloomy architecture appeared in the star-light, v and around its massive walls was clustered a s forest of magnificent exotics, which drew t around it a uever-ciiding Sabbath. Immediately across the street was a Tieuda. These buil allies Ii'gciucr, cerium iy gave BOniC indications ' of it thrifty ami well organized community. ^ But we were not posted up on the Mexican 1 lo\v:i question. Tliey were exclusively under ( the control and patronage nl the Fathers ofthe Church, and all that the J'udrcx faded to extract from the poor natives on account of the Virgin (Jatulrloupc, wa9 sure to find its way in- P to the grocery, one of two indispensably nec- ^ essary establishments to a Mexican village, j The remainder of the houses, some forty iu all, constituted the village. We only found one of (1 its inhabitants at home?a pupernnuated old ^ man These village domtcils were n curiosity, from their rude and primitive structure. They * were built of small sticks, set perpendicular in J the ground, and thatched with ooar.se grans or i palm leaves. One room served for nil purpo j ses. By this time tho teams and stragglers had arrived in eninp, ami dry wood being abundant, we were soon nflcrwjud* discussing tlie events of the day, over a plentiful supply of ' hot coffee and dried crackers. In the mean- J time, we spread our blankets for a delicious ] night'* rest, and such a one as wearied soldiers, like ourselves, only knew how to appreciate. But ala?! this hoon was even denied us. The whole place whs nlivo with fleas and the at- 1 mospher* swarmed with sand flies and musque- 3 toes. They aosailed us, not by companies, but i by armies of myriads, armed with all the terri- | bio implements of insect warfare. All night | long I could hear the groans and imprecation! of their tortured victims. Now we turned this and that side to the fire, while w? beat about for some place of security. Hut at thisjuoo- I t itro t It a anamt* ?11 l? ? *- ? 11 I ' ?M? V'|?|*|J iiimoivicu nil ilioii/iCCD^liU VOir ing up an army of^Uns in reserve, they fell up- 1 on us with such irresistible fury that wo were j compelled to retreat in good earnest, and acknowledged ourselves whipped for once, at 1 leaft. Towards daylight. I fell into a sound j slumber only to be aroused , in a few momenta ' afterwards, by the rrivelU. Morn ing of U|?4U|t, we aro*e reluctantly at day dawn, and dispatching a hasty meal. we girded on our trappings for renewal of unforeseen trials, which, from ytaterdpy'e experience stillAtraited our further energi ja. Lieftt. Whitwell, of the Navy, bad already constructed _* l 1 ?!-l ?i ? - buiibuiuvibi grvmug urcr mo rivw, oy mo* j inn togotiw two row?ofwuf bo?U, npoo wbUh th?*rmy iWily gained the oppociu thore. 16 following ?pr trail ttong :th? Gnlf ?fc*4 of y<*t4rday.>, Tb? iru Udiotu *nd ' ^ ^ iBBMi?imi?111?? mil i?i?Tmmrnmmamrt culty, transport tlieir loads over the heavy sand, and like ourselves, are suffering for water, which fact their constant neighing appears i to remind us of. From this p<>ii*t we made n iletour to the right to avoid tl>c convexity of j the Gulf. Our course now lay through n dense j chiippnrull, and over high hills of loose sand. Our heavy artillery wngona are drawn along with difficulty, and sometimes the wheels sink in a* ly to the axles. We procured a little water here, with which we moistened our mouths. The small quantity we started with this morn ing had long since lieeu exhausted. We re- [ luetantly emerged from tlio temporary shade [ afforded l>y the trees, that on cither side lin??d j our pathway, into an open prairie, spotted j with cattle and horses, in a wild state. In the j cool of the aflurnoon, we reached its highest j point, from which we had n magnificent view | of the ?ulf. mniesticallv rolling in It* . .. o ? ? ?- : the shore. j (TO BE CONTINUED.) A Torriblo Adveuluro with a Serpent, i Wo hail been playing all the evening at , whist. Our stake hail been gold inohur j points, and twenty on the rubber. Maxcy, j who was always lucky, had won five con- j seeutivc bumpers, which lent a self-sati.-fied smile to his countenance, and made us, the ' loosers, look anything but pleased, when he suddenly changed countenance, and hesitaled to plav. This the more surpiisedus since lie was ono who seldom pondered, beinor so ncrfvctlv master of tlm 1 , - - J -- ?- S"",v ,,v I kvmed long oonsiderali jn superfluous.? J 1 l'lay away, Maxey, what are you about?*' impatiently demanded Oliurtili ill, on? of the most impetuous youths that ever wore the inifonn of the body guard. "Hush," re-i spoiuU'il Maxi'V, in a tone which thrilleil : hrough us at llic* same lime turning deadly iale. "Arc you unwell?'' said another, : tlioul to start up, for lio believed our friend 1 tad suddenly been taken ill. " Sit quiet," | 1 joined the other, in a tone denoting exrcme fear or pain, ami he laid doown his ' aids, "If you value my life move not."? 1 What can he mean ?" has he taken leave ' it ids senses'" demanded Churchill, ap tearing to myself. " Don't start?Jon't novo, I tell you!" in a sort of whisper I an never forget. uttered Maxey. " If you 1 nake any sudden motion.I am a dead man.'' 1 Ve exchanged looks, lie continued?"Re- 1 lain quiet, and nil may yet be well. I 1 ave a cobra capclla round my leg." Our ' rst impulse was to draw back our chairs, ( >ut an appealing look from the victim inluced us to remain, although we were aware 1 liat, should the reptile transfer but ono fold> ' n<l attach himself to any other of the * artv, that individual might already be 4 ounted as a dead man, so fatal is tho bite f that dreaded monster. 1 Poor Maxc-y was dressed as many old resients still diess in India, natnelv. in liiwidme 4 n<] silk stockings; ho therefore the in ore i 1 lainly felt ever)' movement of the snake. * lis countenance assumed a livid hue : the 1 i-ords seeming to leave his mouth without ' l<at feature altering its position, so rigid 1 ras his looks, so fearful was he lest the ' lightest muscular movement should alarm ' he serpent, and hasten his fatal bile. We yere in agony little leas than his during the 1 cone. " lie is coiling round !" murmured _3 I Jaxey ; " I feel him cold?cold to my imh ; and now he tightens ! For the love 3 >f heaven call for some milk ! Let it he daced on the ground near me ; let some be 1 pilt on the floor." Churchill cautiously ' jave the order, and a servant slipped out of ' if tlie room. "Don't slir! Northcote, * on moved j'our head. By everything sac- 1 ed I conjure you do not do so again! It ' annot bo long ere my fate decided. I ' lave a wife ano two children in Europe; 1 ell them I died blessing them, that my last ( trarer whs for them; the snake is winding tself round my calf; I leave them all I I losses. I can almost fancy I feel his breath. I'o die in so oh a manner." The milk was 1 >rought and carefully put down ; a few 1 lrops were sprinkled on the floor, and the ( iflfrighted servants drew back. Again I Maxcy spoke: "INo, no, it has no effect; ? in the contrary, lie has clasped himself lighter?he has uncurled his upper fold ! I I lure not look down, but I ain sure ho is ibout to draw back and give the bite of ' jeath with more fatal precision. Receive me, O Lord, and pardon me I My last liour has come. Again he pauses. I die firm ; hilt this is past endurance. Ah, no; be has undone another fold, and loosens himself. Can he be going to some one Ms**' We involuntarily started. " For the love of heaven stir not?I am a dead man : but bear wii.h m? Tin still . I iUU^CIIO J lie idhboiit to dart. Move but beware. Churchill, he fall# off tlgit way. Oh ! this agony i? loo hard to befcr. Another pressure, and I aiadoad. No, he relaxes." At that roomei^oor Mrixey ventured t<J look down. T',ft srilike hid unwound himself ; the. |a*t coll had fallen, and the reptile whs making for the milk." MI am saved ?saved!'' and Maxey bounded from his chair and fell senseleu into . the arms of one of his servants. In another inetant we were all dispersed, the snako was killed,, andour poor frie^p carried mot* dead than alive to his room.- < W#t!T Ybat aeena 14a* ?ator/fcrg*t; it .dwells on *iirr?eWofV ttiN, atrengtliened bf *lio fat*'' ?TilftfrtbttW W*? ?ttrearly. &*' Aadvo** rtikjf /*&*m 1 -5'7"Wv C4* -> ? -" rPv V; ; * . Si/* :. ,?V '.* * 1^'. '; _ . '-'A - . MB?OM3??31?B??? War and Love. DT lUCIIABIl rCIiNESS. AVnr and love wont forth t<> War ami love in nil tli**ir iniultt ; War with force, ntui love witli vik-s, War ill frowns, but love in smili-9. I or around llio worM to arms ; | I.uvo for ponce displayed her charms ; War o'er nil in ruin ?wt ;?t. Lore beheld the scene niul wept. War in flames lore's votaries bound, I.ovo as (juiok her martyr# crown'd, | War prepared the bitter cop. Love in pity drunk it tip. t War threw up bin bolts 'gainst heaven, j Love entreated?wiii'j forgiven; War ungrateful ragos utill, Lovo o'er bimlciiiwl l...nu :n 1 %Vnr to <1 rend collision cime, i Love stood trenched in acath'css flbine; j War liail sward*, but love lutd Jai ls: War struck licnJs, but love struck he:ir:?. j Wiir struck high, but lor<> stooped low, j War felt love's celestial blow; AVur hnil wotuds. but love ha 1 nont?, War expired, mid love Int.] ivon. A Brido In tlio Wrong Bed. We havo llio Cincinnati Enquirer ns : voucher for tbo following. A newly mar- j ricd pair put up at the Spencer House? i ?1 - uiey went 011 shopping?returned?the j bride lind lift some things?slio quietly slipped out leaving her spouse asleep?found I her lost articles?returned?mistook Main] lor Broadway?got into the Mansion instead ! of the Spencer?it looked a little strange? ;isked boy if she was in the Spencer?boy aid yes, not fully uneerslanding her?she old him to lead her to 48?she partly dis obed and got into bed?expected her husjand momentarily?fell asleep?the occu>ant of A8, Madison, an Indiana merchant, uturned from the theatre?n littlo tight? piietly went to room?to bed?to sleepThe account proceeds: How long tho two reposed there aide by iido, with only a foot of space between hem, all unconscious of each other's presmce, is not exactly known, but probably, ibout an hour, when a tremendous noise was heard in tho apartment, from which umalu screams issued wildly, piercing, anil senselessly. The hotel was in an uproar; proprietors,1* :lerks, waiters, porters and guests, dressed md half dressed, were at the door of "forty- ! sight" in a few minutes, blocking up the , ntrance, and asking each other eagerly. What is tho matter?" "For God's sak? ell us what is the trouble?" Tho cause of this outcry may bo imngin ;d.?Tho bride had awakened about mid t light, and putting her hands over her bus >ainj, it tell upon the lixliauiaii'o face, auu lie soft, warm touch aroused liim at one*. ' Io did not understand it exactly, though h? lid not dislike it, and in a moment mor drs. It. Said: "My dearest husband, wher lave you been all tbis while ?'* "Husband," echoed the merchant, bagiQ ling to see like Lord Tinsel, that ho hn I 'made a small mistake here.;" "I am n.<- ' oiJy's husband. I reckon, my dear madam, ou're in the wrong bed." In the wrong bed?horror of horror* bought the bride. What would her liege ord?what would the curious world 1 ' \nd Mrs. Ii. screamed terribly aud spra".; ' Vom the couch juntas her companion c:-. lie samo. Ho was fully as much alarme-' is she, and entreated her lo givo hini time md lie would leave the apartment, althomr!. t was the one he had engaged?he'd >ath to that. Scream, scream, scream, was the only icily to this kind proposition. "My God, madam, don't yell so ! yoi'"! Yake the house. Be reasonable ; I HWt n. i'h only a mistake. Have some thougi-.l i )f the consequences. I don't want to hti : , r*ou, I swear I don't. You'll got me shot, md yourself?well, I won't say what." Just at this jnnoturo, the throng out sic? t presented itself at the door, and ^held Mr?. j R. cowering in one corner, exereising h?r ' lungs macnifieeiitly, with a sheet wrappc ' >ver her form and head, and the Indianir n the middle of the room enveloped in ;overlct,and ejaculating: "My God, inadKn*. Jon't r Tlie junior proprietor. Dr. Caliill, sav there mtist he some mistake, and reqoestirt'r iho others to retire, called the merchant opt, wi?nt with him into another room. amiifliiKlearneil the whole story. The sent one of the ladies of the lioffif' jjHBK'l II., and theentirn affair was exphihieftyttdp ly to her relief, though she was over JjHg ed with confusion at a circmnstam/inB^ mierht have ruined her reputation foWfc*?\ Under the escort of the Doctor conveyed to the H8pertcer,M where tht |?khand was found ywein j the oorri.lora'wW* frafttio mein? ar.d half crazed with the grief hi> we iny?i?rioiiR ?n*nppei?riinc? of tun wifV, 1 whom ,be believed haft'been spirited ft way I by ? vflliM/or ihurdered for her jji'WeU in J this ^iaferni?l city," tfhere, a*lie expressed it, 'Hbey tfbuld Ictll a mrin fbr ft dollar any ' Urn e.w A* soon ft* he beheld hta *pjjjtiMK be caugbt her to bosom and wept iisi a And. tie wa? melted with'"hiipp?n<SJ??i at her discovery and recovery,?nd told her that be oo6ure& the city far tatrllimode df jtff *b^Uif8 in $o, . * X ' . ?? - I : , is "fityiifrfr? i Homo* in South America* In ? > country, out of the Innd of thd Arabs, is tlie horse so much an article o( both luxury and convenience ns in thin, says a correspondent writing- from Buenos Ayres. Living or dead, he adds to hii owner's comforts and guius. Large liords of nituoj and colts roam over '.huso broad pampas", wild, but old and branded. The stallion usually attending them is leader and defender. Lie allows au one to wander away; nor will he allow tho leader of another drove to come among his constituents, lor either frendship or theftWhen litis is attempted, a light ensues be; l ween the two in sight of both herds, which giizo in silence upon tho champions, unti\ one or the other is driven away in disgraceful dcl'cat. When a colt of three or four years old ia needed for work, the lasso soon brings hitn to a halt; a rude bridle is put on, by towing a thong around tho lower jaw; the feet at o tied together, and a rude suddle fastened on him; when the foot fastenings are removed, a rider U on hid back, and with seveial other horsemeu the adventurous rider dies over the camp. The restiveness of the young animal exhausts him much sooner Lliall tin; \v?*ll triiiin..! ~ .......vv, ?4V*OW 4*MM H low hours of ruuuing, foaming nnd plunging, will make him gentle tor ihc time. the ca*e is a hard one, wilder will go on each side, with each a lasso fastened to the uiouih, when with such gauges alongside, and whips behind, ho cannot fail to go. The liisl saddling occurs at the door of thu lurni house, aud there again he is tied, ou his reiuri ', aud a week's service like this, only intermitted l>y hitching at the resting pust, with a little grass to cat, will rnako him quite peaceable. The training of horses is exceedingly se wie wiiKiiicr uicy are trained lor lUe saddle or li:ti ness. It is on object to totally break the spirit of the horse, and in doing so du- ^ ::v re n??it?ed ?mrl rnnnv even killed. Uq- y <l?r i'-v v; Mis tuc ijo. jtM?ro h . , ; kr.< f.tii :bo Wrtiv J tuft ^ J ^ Y>'ii -