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I - ' " ' " " I r i I ' i i m i i =ac=s=.. l. i - ., . CILi J Ik |JL J DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, THE ARTS, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, NEWS, POLITICS, &C., &C. TERMS TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,] "Let it bo InBtillod into tho Hearts of your Ohildron that the Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all your Rights." Juniu*. [PAYABLE IN ADVANCE VOLUME 6?NO. 44. ABBEVILLE C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 4, 1859. WHOLE NUMBER 204 JUL^i v>Al~/JLii>? AO UJt" AjtUJ MEXICAN CAMPAIGN, BT A MEMBER OK THE l'AI.METTO REGIMENT. Battle of the Cerro Gordo. Morning of the 21st.?Wc resumed our inn roll kt an early hour ; near the road we passed nn- ; other country sent of Gen. Santa Anna. The 1 building in in modern stylo and tnste combining comfort with oriental pplcndor. We met with no water at nil on this day'e march which though a short one, wns accompanied with nn unusual amount of fatigue and suffering thirst. At 4 p. m., our wearied column brought up at the Plan del Jiio. a large water course spanned by a nolde bridge. A number of filthv sheds and abdobc hovel# were crowded with ! the woundeil and dying of our army. They ! ;were as well mimed and attended to, as exist- I ing circumstances would a<lmit of; yet tliey ! were sadly in want of many little extra com- j forte, wh?ch it was impossible to procure for I thorn. If there is any human bciug on earth ' who is really deserving of i?><ire care and syru- , pathj* than another if i~ a poor wounded s<d dier ; I was agreeably surprised to find them eo cheerful. In brief interval* of pain, thoy loved to talk of their homes, ami the joys that awaited their unexpected return. From them I gleaned many interesting incidents touching the recent battle, and which 1 have largely drawn on, in the succeeding pages. In one corner lies a poor fellow of the llli (1 liitoig Regiment) whose valor records a saddening 1 nI Hip face, arms and shoulders burnt to black ness. having receiv<d the foremost in the assault, the full discharge of the enemy's guns. J Many were the stories which each one had to relate how they had toiled up the rugired mountains, side by side in braviig the tempest, of slid and cannon balls hurled upoii their de fensele<9 bosoms. Near the village church are 150 newly nia<'.> graves : Officers ami Privates regular anil volunteer soldiers are laiil side by ?idet ns tliey had fallen upon the battle field. On the ltith till..the American army with Gen Twiggs in the advance, became concentrated here, and after a brisk encounter, drove in all the enemy's out posts, which was immediately followed by a close reeotuioisanee of their pos- { ition. On the 17 th, a feint, was made against the enemy's left, which led to further and more perfect observation-* of their defences. In this affair some riilcincn and light t mops only were ! engaged. A native writer in alluding to it says "it ' is remarkable that our arms are alw.tys more successful when the Americans are only trying our strength." On the night of the 17th the army labored incessantly, the mountain side was leveled down; fathomless ravines were | crossed, ami deep gorges were filled Tip to allow a. passage for the trains. An eminence | which commanded the enemy's work on the < right was mounted with heavy ordinance. On the morning of the lfc'th, the huttle commenced, and fi>r three long hours, tin: longest. ' that time ever told, it was sustained on both * side? witli equal courage. On the right of the road was a steep mountain called "The Cerro ! 1 Gordo" or large hill; its summit was crowned with strong works constructed similar to a tow- ' pr. This nrmilioii it?nu Hfii-L-hd In* i-rti-InAo 1 ' nd inaccessible cl'fiV, nii<l supported 1 v re? ' serves of infantry. In tlic roar was I lie enc I my's camp. On the left was a series of precipitous heights, protect*:*) also by strong worksf 5 redoubt# and an overwhelming force ?>f infantry- j Thrown across the rood and collateral to the works was a field battery; supported by in fantry and 4000 cavalry held in reserve. The woods bad been cleaned away and fur two ( miles in front of these defences presented a broad level thoroughfare, along which our troops were compelled to cuminencc the attack. The enemy agreeably to their own oe- ii count numbered 15000 men. The American J. arm)- Amounted to 1'2,000, the greater part of 'j whom were raw volunteers. The attack was commenced on the right, designed ncainst the Cerro Gordo ; and Gen. Shields led the charge * ' against the field batter)'. On the left Gen. C Pillow's division of volunteers encountered a maeke'S.bntlery and were literalv cut to pieces, n TI,_ ?i - ii*. ?..? oa.-nuu.Mig cuiuiiius iicaucii i>y Harney ?j Shields, l'illow and a host of others, mingled with the fire, fiinoko, and carnage of battle, C rushed furiously to the charge. Simultaneous- '' ly the enemy's works were ossailed by these h daring men, who though in some instances they g were borne baek by thr terrific stream of ii death hurled against tliem, rallied again to the i* charge and bearing their unprotected bosoms k to the dire storm, once more nerved their arms a for a deadly struggle. The on*et was irresis- p tiki* tl? 1 * ?? ?- ' ? w?, 9 MIC CUCIHJ wcic IVIYVU iruill llicir posi? il tion at llie point of the bayonet, and down the teep declivities their crowded mn?es were hurled. Their own guns in th* m?>sn time turned s( against thorn, jand awful was the destruction j that ensued. That noble Regiment ofmouuteu , riflemen won in this days battle. never fading laurels. An important position was assigned them, aud.never did Kentucky rittes tell with ill better effect. Placed in ambiuh in a mountain w gorge supported by a single gun, lliey hur- ... Led detraction into the thickest ranks of the j ^fhyoy. A body of chonun men, the national i^oope of Mexico endeavored to dislodge them ^ from their position. Three time# did these vet- h' eran troops rally to the charge nnd cach w time were driven back, shattered And torn to p Augments, while the riflemen stood firm and |T] Jfejnmoved like the mountain rocks that flanked , 'their posit ion. The ravine was choked up with dead ?od dying of the national guards, the vflowerof the Mexican arm}-. Y The victory was complete; Col. Harney parMud them with the cavalry, aJmojrtj^the g?tes -jof Jalepa. The enemy lost everfjjjU?g; 6000 tii " rpHfcSfci,s laid down their arms, ami- upwards ^ of 4gp dead upon the field of battl?. Among it ifie niujr was i*en. Vasquoz and Lieut., Uolj,' j - teger. Santa Anna bar?)y escapeil with hit life,.fc?*fng Jeft*11 his...prlraU baggage and m chest filled with specie. X)ur .loss I b< v mounted to. 400 killed and wonnded ftrjga ^ M&erGea?r*l Shield# fell serertjljigroafidejl, *1- te ?J(AjAjrtiku nXHMftt of|yiolory. LieuU. Soott, . fWr?idaB, gol(ij#fh^?idr' Murphy of4ke 4ttrl]i' pais fegim^^^^ftyespectUety oft*** iwiiigi i. b?35 f0i 4krant*4 rf$?P%*Tiag diapotolMd Wi hands two ortlie enemy fell mortally wounded, the foremost in the charge. I.iuut. Van Dorn also with a heroism unparallelled, encountered and killed two of the enemy in a desperate ! conflict sword in hand. The 1st Artillery was ' | nearly annihilated having lost 50 men killed and wounded. ' It is now four days since the battle, nnd men I arc Ftill engaged in burying the dead and j bringing in the wounded. In proximity to the field of battle its a miserable village of Ranches crowded with the wounded of the Mexican army. In the absence of almost every comfort 1 they are carefully nursed and attended by their | wives. These angelic creatures it appeurs arc < totally different from all other females in t he | universe. Where ever I have been, I have in vi iably found woman the same kind and nffeetionatebeing, but these women are exceeding in kindness. The soft and sunny skies of ' their beftiitiful lonjt ~ I.--- - ?1 1 ..... ....m. cwui %.\r iitttC U **111 Kill 111 I* * efl'ect upon their sterner passions,?harmonizing nil their nuturnl affections. Agreeably to , n custom of tlieir own they follow their better halves, through the trying scenes of war or peace. They accompany their husbands on the distant march bearing in purl, his fatigues ami ' burthens. If lie is sickly or wounded, she is ever r by his side to administer to hi* wants, and as j j the ease may be to soothe his 'lying pillow with | i words of melting kindness. Mornint! of the *22d*?We made fires of the I shivered stocks of more than R00<) muskets taken ! * in the recent engagement, which were destroy- i ed, by Gen. tseott's order. Leaving the liver!, we ascended 1501) feet in the distance ofainilc, ; .. when we were landed among a scries of awful j nnd .sublime heights overlooking the Plan dvl ' /Ho, and here is the line Grpr.rnl ing by nature I 1 ilie burning sands of the Terra C'alienle. from ! t I... 7! rr? '"''I- 1 * ' - .... .. .... > IIOI. Clllllllie II'OIII Ilie s temperate regions ofJn li.pn.) (to HE CONTINUED.) PllEPARR FOR 1880.? Wo would nol lej alarmists under any circumstances, lull J would merely recommend all to prepare f?>?the great hereafter, if there he any truth in the following old French prophecv. which 1' we find in a rare old French work. The '' prophecy started in the mountain* of Old ii Uevennes, in France, and is received there s| with much credit. It is to the effect that when Easter Sunday falls on St. Mark's dav, ind C'oipus Uhristi on St. John's day. the !l lid of the world is at hand. The following . ' is tl.e old proverb in quaint French : r< t'uaml Georges Dieii crueifiera, k Que Marc le ressuseitern, Et que Saint .Teim le Portero, ? 1,(1 ll II <1II IllOtlltl- llP> iv..l-n - S! As these. rather remarkable coincidences p [<iku place in A. I)., 188G, some of our -jgrowing up generation of young men will liavc a meatus of seeing whether the prophet " )f Cevennes spoke Irulhfullv or not. ' li, Oxeof the Lawvehs.?Governor S j jf South Carolina, was n splendid lawyer, j : *nd could talk a jury out of their seven sen- I 1,1 :es. 11ii was especially noted for liis success j n criminal cases, always clearing his client, j a? lie was once council for a man accused of , fii torse- Mealing. He made a long, elojuent and touching speech. Tiie jury re- j. ii'.-d, but returned in a few moments, and iroclained tlie man not guilty. P' An old acquaintance stepped up to the le >risoner and said : |y Jem, i lie danger is past ; and now, honor m night, didn't you steal tliat horse? To which lie replied. "Well, Toni, I've all along thought I took 1,1 liat horse, but since I've heard the Gover- lit lor's speech, I don't believe I did; gj CI A Deseuved Triijute.?It is encourag- de rig to krlow that tlie labors of Printers nnd ini Editors are occasionally duly appreciated, le; 'llO fnllnroin/* ??' 4 " *' " ' ...? iiuiii iiih repori ol the to Committee on the Printing, of the Lt-gisla- pii ure of Wisconsin, pays tliein a refreshing tli< omplimunt: tin We are not aware that Printers and news- tic aper proprietors are a class of so little use tu i> the interests- ns in Im oni!ii..J - --- 1 "* , ... , lu uu', nan mi ompensation for the labor and services aft liey perform. But your committee do |ni elieve that no class of inen perfoim more |jo ratuitous services for all general and local al| itercts, or are more actively and effectively ngaged in disseminating information, ma- . ing known the resources of the country, nd inciting to action the energies of our w' eople, than Printers, -proprietors, and Ed- im ors of newspapers. plj . Nc Mr. B. F. Butler, a lawyer of Boston, is |)( mewhat noted for his severity in examin- j.|n it witnesses. A correspondent of the s{a 'entury relates: wn " He was lately engaged in a legal ease, ^ which Professor Ilopsford, of Cambridge, . as one of the witnesses. When Butler ime to cross-examine'<him, he began in - , .v- cei is usual style of unceremonious ferocity.? he Judge mili^/interposee, and said per?ps Brother I3i?i)er didn't know who the |ijj( itness was; it was Professor Horsford? rofessor of Harved College; 4 Oh, yes!' mmbled Butler, as he leisurely Stroked his lin, 4 Professor Horsford ! Harvard Prossor ! Professor of Harvard Oollege 1? hal hung one of %em> tolher day t on ? 1 ;A lady 6 nt her servant (we will not menon where he was from) for a new velvet ^Hr' autilla which was at her dressmaker's.? 4; John," says she, u if it rain?, take a coach; ? had rather pay the hack hire than have 1 'jS^n^ntillf* wefcV When the man li&nded ir the, mant?|la it was rained, t^e paper ? u biifi^Vfired it beiogA^Orabod *<Ub ,va- qui r. " Why, John," she 9Md,' MI told you " take a cab . if .It r#in?d." ,l Ito J^jiid, ' yitt; J?t jm*w -JQV jrooU^'t' have fomt t 1 otroa'n a ridinM?*i<Je,> I got on (h? bo* T IV thndrfOnr.? ' Fp?y [KOR THE INIIKI'KNDKNT I'KEBS.J Mti. Editor :?It cannot have escaped the observation of the reflecting mind, that the expedients rife, not only in this, hut ulso in other countries, for the purpose of effecting moral reforms in social life, are ] multifarious, and, some of them, at least, sufficiently arrogant in their claims to con- ] dderation. These expedients have tlmir I Jay, and, in some instances seem, for n time o be productive of beneficient results, tlien finss away, and are consigned to " the tomb >f all Capulets." Like the transient meteor, liev attract, for a time, tlie gaze of the ndniriiiLT multitude, but quickly decline, and >ecome as though they had not been, liavng achieved, for human kind, no permalent good. We have, for years, been in the habit of nakitig observations on the practical results >f the 6chemes in question ; and while we ire very far from impugning the molives of he abetters of some of them, we have cached the conclusion, that they will all ulimately prove abortive, that mere human levices are inefficient for the achievement if the renovation of the moral world, and hat nothing short of a supernatnal agency, s adequate to such a consummation, or to he production of a radical, or permanent cformatiou on human clmractcr. Tl.? f II - 1 " " x i .! ??? my iroill one ot lelijl(?ns weeklies of tlie (lav. is so much in union with our own sentiments, touching (liis that w?? speak for ir t place in the olumns of tin- Independent Press. J. fi. P. " CmusriANirv tub true Reformative sstitution.?Jesus Christ. by beginning dth tlie individual, renovating liis nature, urifvii g his heart, ami implanting in his osoin love to God and Man, and thnsmakig him religious as well :>s moral, has Imwn us the only true method of reform, nd the only true system of reformation ; nd all our modern attempts at reformation ) 8ar!h*t.v ivliii'li ,,:-j J ...v. iri-uil IIIIHIIIUU Willi ligion, have failed nr are failing, and the ey to the failure may l>e found in the fact f this non-alliance. Tlx'V rejected the I'stetn of Christ, and undertook to accomlish 1110 work with half the motive power, hey separated Christ's morality from his lifjion, destroyed his system, and underlie to reform men l?y morality without region. They tried to warn men l>v phos Iiorus instead of fire; to galvanize thorn iMiad of giving them life. The attempt is faiK-r], is failing again, and will as often made. They dig cisterns with inlile labor, hut they hold 110 water. Atmpted reformations of society will always il, unless allied with the religi.0113 piincie. Tt is time the Christian world had arne.d a lesson. Yon will not peimanentim prove -the morals of society hy the ere force of legal restraints, restraints of , ililie sentiment, or any restraints whatever, < iless you base your reform upon that re- 1 ft on a sentiment in mnn which nlono can vc vitality and force to morality. The iim li of Jesus Christ is the onlv indepennt and permanently succesful reformatory Mitution in the world. We are long time irning this lesson, but are surely coming it. Christianity laughs to scorn, and yet ties those friends?philanthopists who, sdaining her aid, attempt to mend the nrals of society by tinkering her instit 11 ns, who attempt to renovate the constilion of their patients, by application of ustard and cataplasms to his overcoat? er all their efforts, the disease lies unlched and biirrowing in the system. Ite;ion niust be, and is the vital element of true reform. That simple, elemental rdinal principle of the Christain system, r <c to God and Man, that divine charity C lieli ' ahideth ever." is worth more for ^ r jrality than all tho teachings of sages. ^ ilanthropists and reformers that ever lived, r > reformer can be found worthy to carry n ; Sandals after tho Reformer of the royal [' e of David. The Man of Gallilee still 1 r nds in unapproached pre-eminence in the (j rk of renovating society, and curing that h !>?$!& consumption which pervaded all ranks at IIi-? advent. And it i* a rea ukable fact that, at the end of eighteen ? ittirie<?, there is nowhere in society any g infest improvement in its moral condi- w n, except where Christianity has exerted ,( ' benign and heavenly influence. '' REV. R. DUNNING. C oi? i ? -* r? vyitjmoi jaw iook puce recently^ in a irt-roorfi, A wofnan was testifying in be- ft ( of her son. afi<J swore tliat Irt worked a farm ever since htj was born. rhe lawyer wbp examined her said? >tJ a#*ert that your son has worked 0? a 81 0 ?ver since he was born ?" 1 do." ' What did bq do fbe,first year ?H ,a Ho milked." The lawyer wn^o^aled. >T . & .** - se Hawi-you any Ihrtb-born bonnets 1" Ith' a very modfeat rtiiM of a shop-keeper. Any what!'1 1 pi [Any ninb}tf6T?_.bpnpjeU fH v , Any?youdoti't man ft l^cchom i" Ny? ^^Wougbt looity jc per re?tor*tk?fc y ' . fit 1 yoll Till-: INKKPKNPKNT I'KKSS.] The Contrast. Why art thou pail my only love j Do I not. h' ill adore thee, I swear tiy till the powers above, Tliou'rt hope and joy unto me ; Come put thy head upon my breast, I'll kiss nwnv thy tear*, < Ami gently sooth thee into rest, | J'rny banish all thy fear# ; ^ What, dear, lias caused the all this grief, And robbed thee of repose. Cannot I give thee some relief? ' l'lease unto me disclose.? ' She glided from mv knee and fell Ilnwn hard upon IIm floor, My breast with anguish keen did swell I could bear no more? , " Oh slimv ! she said, bow yon do tonne. No ! you cannot give me any case, 1 I've ate aijreat big bowl of pens, < Give me pome gin now if you please, i Ah toe 1 I am in ro much pain. I There's Hint horrid twich again, My misery is all within, Give me I s>ay a glass of gin." ' Tom drew from the bottle a long cork, 1 With a two pronged thing a fork, < Down went the gin'way went the pain, j And Lizzie was herself again. . A Sublime Peroration. I The closing passage of Prof. Miloliel's ' ledure on Tuesday evening, was delivered ' with tlirillinyr effort. After speaking of the ' unfathomable distances which no telescope 1 can penetrate, lying far Ix yond the system 1 in which the earth revolves, and yet tilled f with independent systems of worlds of infill- ! ite numbers, lie said : Lifdit traverses space at tin* rale of a mil- ' lion mile* a minute, vet the light from I lie nearest star requires ten years to reach the t earth, and Hersehel's telescope revealed stars , two thousand three hundred times further j distant. The great telescope of Lord lloss pursued these creations of Ciod still ibumor ' into space, ami having resolved the nebula: < of t!i*s Milky Way into stars, discovered j other systems of stars?beautiful diamond points glittering through the black dark- | Mrs* hevond. When lie beheld tbo amazing abyss when he saw these systems seat- s eivd profusely throughout space? when lie t reflected upon their immense distance, their i enormous magnitude, and tlie countless I ^ inillicus of worlds that belonged to them, it seemed to him as though the wild dream ^ of the german poet was more than realized. , "(?od called man in dreams into the vestibulls of heaven, 'come up hither and I will . show thee the glory of my house.' And to his angels who stood about his throne, he said, 'take hir> strip him .cf hi?. rohesof flesh; ' cleanse his affections; pal a new breath into v his nostrils ; but touch not his human hearts s ?the heart that fear and hopes and trem- ? hies. A. moment, and it was done, and the man stood ready for hi* unknown vovn<r<v - p?"" I U ruler tlio guidance of :i mighty angel, with 1 sound* ?if flying pinions, they sped away ' from tlx* battlements of heaven. Sometime d on the mighty angel's wings they fled through Sahara* of darkness, wildernesses of death, j At length, from a distance not counted sare in th? arithmatic. of heaven, light beained ^ upon them?a sleepy flame as seen through tl a hnzv c'oud. Tl.ov ?'l | _ ; - J..-.- x... nu ll LCIIIlMtt II speed to meet the light ; tlio light with les- j ser fcpeed came to meet them. In a mo- . ment the blazing of suns around them?a _ moment the wheeling of planets ; then eame K1 long eternities of twilight ; then again on N the right hand arid left appeared more con- w ilellations. At last the irian sank down, j( jrV'ng, 'Angel, I can go no farther; let me ie down in the grave, hide myself from the nfinitude of the universe, for end there is none.' 'End is there. none ? demanded the di mgel. And from .(ho glisttering stars that 1,1 dione around there came a choral shout, End there is none.f,demanded the nngel igain ; and is it tl^'that awes thy soul?? ,a [ answer, end there i? none to the universe ai )f God ! Lo, also, there is no begining."' bi The Rev. Daniel Waldo, late Chaplain o Congress, says. 'I am now an old man. have seen nearly a century. Do you want N o know how to prow old slowly ami hap- ai )ily? Lot me tell you. Always eat slowly (J< ?masticate well. Go to your food, to your est, to your occupations, smiling. Keep a Cooil nature and a soft temper everywhere. w *Jever give way to anger. Cultivate a good s,\ neinorv, mid to do this you must nlwav* ve >6 communicative: repeat what yo:i have Ht end ; talk about it. Dr. Johnson's great ueniorv was owing to his communicativeless. You, young men, who are just leavng college, let me advise 3'ou to choose a '? rofession in tvhic.h^rou can excrete your pr xlents the bust, nod dt the same time be ly: onest. ^ ? Hobert Burns once attended a festival as' iven-by his fellow-excisemen, in the course f viljffch the toast of William Pitt was p? ivao. All drank it Pave Burns, who tat jt ritfrjnverted glass. WTffen all hod drunk > tTi'e memory of Pitt, Burns arose and re- ^r< larked that he would give them,a greater t'11 ame than the one tbey bad toasted? ev< reorge Washington. nu A sailor dropped out of the rigging of eri ship of .war, Bor-a-JRfteen or sixteen feet, un nd fell plump upori'l^p head of tho first for lieutenant. ' (]fl "Confounded wretch t" paid (ho Liertten- ^ nt, gatheruufhimself up, "where did vou .:. >mefr6m11 v "An surof eamo from the north of Jrtk nd, yer botior * , g>5 Lore ia better.than a ?air of apectaolea, i make evervthinc fie?rY> errant wliinh ia ^ ??/ O O " eG through it; 1 u , : W, When you gb to drown yourself, always Of 1 ill ofjyoor clothes, tbnt they may fit your ] ^ rPS.W#^^"1 i. fell ?W ? ?urfW0 Cvlt^je aod bjrrd money. oat ?oc foT<MWtv fOB ? Life iu Washington. i We take from the New York Herald the , following description of the brilliant parly | recently given at the residence of Senator i DouglaB: i Mrs. Douglas1 ball on Thursday night < was quite an event in the fashionable circles i liere. Everything lhat money, taste, and | personal prcstiye could contribute to render i it attraettve, was observable in the result. I i may truly say that a more elegant or enjoy- < ible entertainment hns not been given in t Washington during the present, nor, indeed, inv former season. i Senator Douglas' mansion is situated in i Minnesota row, in a block of three six-story I resiliences, all of which are, from their capa- ] piousness, well adapted to these fashionable ! receptions. In the present instance tlic i iroportions, which no douht the architect , ;onceived would ho equal lo any of the exTencics of the most extended hospitality, | iverc found harely sufficient to meet the , laitns which the r.ocial position of the host Mid hostess entailed upon them. There jould not have been far short of a thousand ' persons present, including all that are most listinguished in official, diplomatic, political, md social circles of the capital.?You can i "orm some idea of the eagerness manifested o be present at this entertainment, from he fact, that up to 11 o'clock the street was ;o blocked up with carriages, that guests . irriving were compelled to descend from heir vehicles at tlie distance of several docks from the mansion. Emerging from my vehicle at some dismice from tlie house, and picking mv wnv o J ' jingerlv through the muddy pathway, I at ? ast found myself in the entrance-hall, car- \ ied forcibly along by a living stream. On ntering the reception rooms, tlio scene was >?*ifectlv dazzling. Innumerable lights i liirused their radiance over the bril'iiant toi- ] eltes and sparkling coiffures of Ine ladies, ' ind brought into full effect the charms of J lie wearers. T'.,o variety of nationalities , ^-presented-, invested the scene with addi- j i iutial ii'.'iercst, making up altogether such a Js (tup d'cil as is only to be witnessed in a ( vVashington assembly. I Mrs. Douglas received her guests seated, | is she was laboring under the effects of in- < Imposition.?Slie was dressel simply in 1 vliite tude, with a trimming of violets, and ' vore hut few ornaments. Iler husband j tood beside her, and presented to her the ;uesis wi'o pressed lor ward in crowds to be ntroduced to her. Amongst the ladies in lie parlor when I entered were the followng: Mrs. Cntts, mother of Mrs. Douglas, j ressed in purple, white nnd gold colors; Irs. Iloover, wife of the ex-Marshall of the )istrict, dressed in corn-colored silk; Miss t Sadger, of Philadelphia, one of the belles of lie evening, nttirad in while tulle, white I owers, roses and lilies of the valley; Mrs-, ivons, of Westchester countv, New York, * * II ressed in blue silk, covered with a profuon of recherche lace; Mrs. Sickles, of ew York, dressed in while silk, covered itb tulle, and trimmed with innumerable s, iops of white ribbon and natural flowers; a [iss Morgan, a Kentucky belle, dressed in Ine tprleton ; Miss Penniman, of New York, ressed in white silk, covered with rich g lack lace; Mrs. Bishop, of Connecticut^ p ressed in a rich white silk, trimmed very "< istefully; Mrs. Conrad, of Philadelphia, o id Mrs. Bass, do., dressed in white emroidered muslin, trimmed with purple; ^ liss. Howard, of Baltimore, an interesting ^ Jung lady, dressed in white; Mrs. Lott, of ew York dressed in salmon-colored moire itiqiie, with a rich head dress and bouquet n( 3 corsage of crimson and gold flowers ; nt is$Bridge, of New York, dressed inn g, hite tarleton, with flounces of blue of the jppe material, and a head-dree* bf blue velt ribbons; Mit>s Bayard, daughter of Sen- '? or Bayard, simply dressed in white, with M nk trimmings. Lady NapieKwas expected, but wa9 un- be rtunatelv prevented by illness from being m< enent?Lord Napier had another lady oh b arm, whose appearance attracted generadmiratioh, but whose,name I could not srr ceriairi. , Sn On the 3ame floor, directly back of OjS ,m rlor, ia the dancing rctyrii, a spacious and 'Uf gant nparjjpent; -The crowd here was so eat that itf was witli the utmqgt rJifRc-ulfy |QV iL the dancers could find room for their jt j olutions. The walls ore decorated With a n. lo rnber of ptaintings, which are said to be tjlfi it class in their character, brit of course der the circtfrrfttanees it was impossible 1 any one to examine them. Not being *nj ai)t ncing man, I soon made my Escape from *el > b^at and crush and proceeded to the no rary, Amongst the company aseer$bled got found the ?Ion. John Letcher of Vjr- - , liaflhe Cotjnt de Sartigtt*, Senator \tfafd j . "Texavtoe HjJ0* Alexander Stephens of orgU, Piston Xfag, Roger A., Prypr, tV. "?V BUbop of Connecticut, Pteroaater.FQvr- ,tx ^jMpbard Connolly and Mr. BtKMrfwdrtk; Ha he Awwty Office. 1 * - pe< Sere I wu gf*d to reafain-^-^tiie^ aritft ' ? iper mm*&hotfnce3j wlferi another rush cor, I ;?ra toofe plaoe, toHhe great damage of fa ?pa, ?iljc^dritoe?,.i?nd I sew, aud^e di*iltturv of tbeir ?dwataroos#imMU' Tim Hands and wines provided were, however, i>f a character to speedy efl'aco the recollecLion of those little accidents and {rood hu- " V mor and enjoyment nt otic.e resumed their 0 influence at tlie spi-clacle of supper-tables, |] groaning under every variety of delicacy, b Considering the immense number of persons r present, it ropiircd the greatest management to satisfy all, and it is to the credit of ? lie caterers to whom the arrangements were j o intrusted, that none went away diseonten. j ' t'U. J s This ball has been pronounced by every 1 >!>(.* ns one of tlio most brilliaht ever given in this city.?lint few persons of any claim J a to distinction here, wore absent, and tliese . ' principally from illness or otther unavoida- j ' L?Ig causes. Of the foreigners the great > number of Cubians present was tbe subject ? jf general observation. a Congress lias agreed to pay Georgia tbe u balance due that Slate for services against t the Cheeks and Semiuoles. | Fifty Doi.uks a Day.?Tlie Fredricks- | burg Recorder says that members of Con- j gress will get this session "fifty dollars per J ilay" for every dayemplved, exclusive of c mileage. It is an interesting question, bow n many of thcin could earn a fifth of it at any other business ? We might go further, and I nsk with the Fredericksburg News, whether f I hey do earn it? They contracted with v their consituent", says tiiat paper, to work r, Tor eight dolla**. a dav, and then voted them- n 'elves more than six times that amount.? ?' Let some member of Congress adopt the ti Richmond Einjnirer's sutr<r<-stion, atxl im- n mortalize himself by introducing a resolution ! n providing for the cutting down of (lie pres- j lit pay of memberrs to fifteen hundred dol- ? lars per annum. Even then they would re- . eive twenty-five dollars per day, which is tnough, in all conscicnce, considering the t Treasury is empty. g ' ? ? . a IIow to make Monkv.?"Let the busi- s less of everybody else alone, and attend to J ;our own ; don't huy what you don't want; ( ise every hour to advantage, and study to c nake leisure hours useful; think twice J>c- t ore you throw away a shilling?remember j| ron will have another to make for it; find a recreation over your own business ; buy low; ,, sell fair, and take care of the profits: look f, >ver your books regularly, and if you find <. in error, trace it out ; should a stroke of mis- | "uitini'j come over your trade, retrench, work j s larder, but never fiy the track; confront j i lifiiculiics with unceasing perseverance, and I <5 lu*y will disappear at last: thoutrh von I - .lionlil fail in tile struggle, you will be lion- c >red, but shrink from tlio lii.sk, and you will > to despised." ^ 0 When is a fidi like a bird 1 When it V 'takes a fly." p si Why is an egg like a horse? Because 0 t is not usable till broken. Famii.y Bath fou tiie Winter.?Get- ^ ing into daily "hot water" with your wife, w A pipe, like a quack medicine, is nothing ? ill its puffed. 'l What is tlie difference between .1 blind w V( inn and n sailor in prison? One cannot ^ e to go, and tlie oilier cannot go to sea. t)( "I've risen from the bar to tlie bench,' j ]? lid a lawyer, 011 quitting the profession, ..1 ?..I.V ? iiu laking up suoe-makmg. sj An editor down east tiiinks children's cs aines are becoming popular with older ersons now-n-days, as lie has seen recently ^ ieveral full grown in'on chasing hoops in . ur streets." 7 ? Mr. Tiior, e<litor of tlio Slates, J3 said to 3 writing a history of the Pierce Adminisation. * ? . ? ni In Dayton Ohio, a favorite acfrcss anjunced her benefit, ai?d promised to give a 3W li.it to the gentleman who brings the 861 eatest number of ladies. A poor Irishman offered an old saifcepah j r pale. His children gathered around in, and inquired why he parted with it.? h, nfy honies,' answered lie, 'I won Id not, 'S after parting with it but for a litft?J to oney to buy something to put in it. ' 'fou charge a dollar for killing a calf you tutty rascal,' Said a planter to ah old ne- 3?' No?no, mnssa,' replied the gentle* in from Africa, 'charge fifty cents for kil- 1 n calf, and fifty c*-nts for the knovt-how.' roa ?-?^ (ha Punch says: 'To find out wbom a cbild |a(j; es, make it a present, and notice to whom s eager to *how that present exultiDgly. ^ find^oot who a woman hates, do exactly l^a i same thing.' * v *an * ? sotr Mother, I've got ?uch a bad headache, yen I ?ore throat, too.' Hafre yon, rivpdear? It, you shall havdjgpme medicine. 'Its ^ matter,' retortedJ^neahrcrrd urchin : Tvfc ^u eat, Ml they,don't hurt me. '""I : .? cool tVtien a lacy man iffs "I'll do it #bk me," you may take it for granted be'! ,. er do it at all. ' \ ' /*.' ,1 'ff* '*iw J1. .. 8T*1 TWUHTMIVJi HUNDRBD A tsiQ. 5?$ mbofcft close* a note to Dr.Lieber,dato? Ej? member 12, 1868. as follow " "< Tatt %ia&/ywk' ofd?liftrrt^ ^itb <9*0 J Southern Periodical Literature. The South possesses many periodicals tliat i point of literary merit, the ability witU fliich they are con lucted, and in typo* raphicrfl excellence, compare favorably witH lioseof the North. Wc will mention first} ecauso it is deserving of it, not only on acnunt of its nge, hut because of its literar^ )lli>nnn tlto ^nnlliofh' T .iffaro**?r Xfnioan. ;er," published in Richmond, Virginia, and dited by Jolin 11. Thomas., Esq., a writer 'f acknowledged merit. For twenty-fouryears as the messenger faithfully reflected ttltt outhern mind, and presented its readers villi truthful reviews and criticisms ; adraiablo historical and biograpical sketches ; haining novels, tales and pooms; reliable ccounts of trvels, and valuable papers oii he army, navy, and other national subjects: 'oets and writers ?>f well-known abilites ara nlistcd as its contributors. Then there is ILiibu'I's Magazine," published at Charlestori; louth. Carolina, a monthly organ of literature nd criticism, which, especially, gives utternee to the opinions; and arguments of th# dueated mind of the south, and at the same ime promotes the progress of rfsound order of iteraturo. What "Blackwood" is to Scotand, is"Russel" to tho South? free froni >arty shackles or individual prejudices: t resembles "1'lackwbod," too, in its choice if subjects, and in its typographical appearing. Simms, the novelist, is one 6f 1U iblest. contributors, and tne February nun^>er contains an interesting chapter from hit uithcoming work, "The Cassiquo of Kiiivah." The number further contains an adnirablc article on David I tartly Coleridge; nd a well-writton review of Lord Dufferin'ri Vatnli Voyage." Of "The Lotus," the ow monthly, published in Memphis, Tenn.*j nd edited by. Annie Chambers Ketchurtf? i lady whose occasional contributions td he Home Journal .have tna^lq her nainG md charming poems,familiar to our rendor? ?we have before spoken. ^Ye can only dd, that while it is truly American in sehiments, il seeks the advancement pure of Eo[lisli lit r ure and the cultivation of theartrt nd sciences in accordance with the best tandards and most refined schools. uDe Sow's lieview," published monthly in New )rleans and Washington city, is a well onducted journal, and contairi?,- perhaps lie fullest and most reliable ac.counts.of thd lulustrial resources of the. Southern Statesj riy where to be found: it has been in eistenr.e for twelve years, and its new voluma r>r January is in an enlarged form. It ia dited by J. I). 13. Do Bow. Wecanbar*y allude by name to some other of th# outhern periodicals, leaving i? to aiiothef iine, and article, for a fuller account of thelf penalities. An important and influential me among them is "The Quarterly,Review >f the Methodist Church-South.1' Another* The Home Circle," possessed of tniicH lit1 rary merit, published at Nashville, Terinetee. "The South Countryman," an agricuiural, industrial and educational mngazintf, ublished in Mariett.1, Georgia; is fiill ot ound information; and well-written artioltf* n the above named topics. There js tiie Virg inia University Magazine," the"]lamp1 en Shincy Magazine." tlio North Caroina Miiversiiy Magazine," and various othoSfj 'hose names, we eanfiot now recall j all of hicli show as in if eh talent and literary abil y as can be found iri t!ie same class of mga-ines in the north. , A well-conducted eckly is the Baltimore Family Journal, de* 5t?'d to literature, news, romance," acibnceld art, which commenced its life with the jw yeah It is, we believe, the only liteiry weekly journal published soiltli of iiiladelpbia. Mrs. Partington has bought a horse to >irituous that ho always goes off in a da* inter; A great ninny of the "/tying" rdmors of e day would bo more appropriately deS* nated by leaving out tbo f: ; If you wish to offer yotir hand to a lady* loose your, opportunity. The best time to it is when sho is getting ou'tof dn ombns. The cdrrfent coin of life is plain; sound ise. We drive a more substantial riving trado with that thafi with aught * m t m v* Mr?. Partington thinks ttiHi old Mothef ean is no belter than she ought to b?, at e she would not rtllow the Atlantic cablO lay in ber bosom ! Hie oldest piece of furniture is the osbIlication table.- It was constricted mora n two thousand years ago, aud is yet as >d as ribvr. * ' tV'~* *fe [t is an ofcf saying that Time waits for 00 n?but tbe fair s'O* would have us beltevn t he te gallant enough to wait for tiki ie?. : ^ +T * > ?Aft Exchange pap?r sajjl t the girls of some portions of ftentujtjfr ia are so hard up for hasbnndaihat tU|r totimes take tip with printers /or'ftfcfcttrf iah the Ladies'-qtfutmfk* ivory girt who intends to riage ITi^uld'go through a coun|^^f kery. Unfortunately, fuw wives. !,to dftS* anything but themfe!& i? y ^ i ?|| I .I|- ; "if ual l Frenchman, tolictirig relief, 41 rely, to hi* fair'hearer : "Ma'qM&tt sr beg, but dat I hare top ral jfeall tum^drt i* growing *Sly i irftaMHbat efe* eaffb ubaa /