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. .. 6I .CE4 f r , 4 I l I ~Va i t ~d ~ ~ 'f EDGEFIELD, EBRUARY 16,15. DITIUoE d~CO., Ietff. 4'EDGEFIELII,$* E RU R 16189. .. ICE WEDDED. .AL. oonfusi'on, hufy and bustle in eean n of Philiy' Douglass. ran and thither onall imaginable e 6r t -Was still muW 'to be accompli I w1 o hours. The sun had red t a ht was fast gatheri * ey tie arouid the princely dwellin the and around the-lowly sheltering of, ght descended and the moon alik All. the bridal ye of Estell Dougk costly had been the gifts broug her within the last few hours es lay scattered about-bracelets d gs, broacles and hair ornam e, tie pearl-inlaid bureau, ufusion- no disorder; the fui gn-t, but every article was in k enameled dressing-csse dowto m a; all evinced a most perfct e. The bed wAa stro nip -stlf* AbrizziJk -superla ridery, forniniin of w' robe- the most elegant that purchase. - e midst of all this stood Estell Dou dove-eyed, fair4aired,' lovely and d Estell, robed in a dress of white out flounce or trimming of any kind, n blond looped back with orange e Parian brow, disclosing a face of venly beauty; so ineek in expression, ,spiritual. Neither diamond nor pearl e fair girlish form; no jewel, save the ess one, of a pure and virtuous heapt. - trange to tell, this child of fortune, with scortiof admirers, who looked upon her s a being little below the Angels, a Father who idolized, and Brothers who considered her light est wish a command, and were ever ready t6 do her bidding, petted and spoiled by every one and still she had been kept unspot ted from the world. But'stell possessed one treasure, and thisgorv erned every action of her life, and predominated over every motive of her being. It was the " pearl ef great 1 rice." She was indeed, a Christian-not only in outward form, but in heart as well ; a sincere follower of the Saviour. Many. a consistant professor of ren gion, and .kd instilled into the winds of her children, si an early age, 'those principles she had found so beneficial to herself, and considered so essential to their peace of mind. Under the - guidance of such a mother, Estell grew up to womanhood as perfectin mindas person ; beloved, respected and esteemed by all wh.o came within the circle of her acquaintance; and was now, at the ag of nineteen, more pure in her senli ments, more trusting in filial cbedience than many girls who have not entered their teens. On this, her bridal eve, she was as much a hild at heart, as she had been three yca:s pre us, when first solicited to become the wife of ce Stuart. But her parents considered to too young to think of marriage at - she being only sixteen and Clarence y. So Mr. Douglass tol them that, expiration of two years, they both of the same mind, he would Ithen e matter into consideration. Tlhe two pbation passed slowly away and a tion, Clarence again made application d ofEstell, and was told by herFather ould not withhold his consent, but t wa 4ther year before he'should t 'Them marry. Mrs..Douglass ly of her husband's opinion ; so fhere elp for it, and Clarence was obliged to ther year. But at length the year was d, the consent of Estell's parents gran dnow the day had at last arrived that ake her his for life, and bind him to cherish her, and her only, so long as sould live. larence Stuart had been left an orphan at ely age, consigned by his dying father to ~he care of a wealthy Uncle, who neglected the child thus left to his charge ; and having pro-. cared for him the situation of runner, or errand boy to a wholesale dry goods house, thought he had done his duty by his tlead brother's son, and never after took the troublaeto enq'uire after thme lad. But Clarence.,~ struggled hard to elevate himself in the social scale, and had suc * eeded. MHe was, at the opening of- my story, a wholesale dry goods merchant in the City of New York-wealthy an~d respected; and what is better still a member of society, settang an examle worthy ofidmitation. Added to these, a fine personal appearance and" gentlemanly manner, rendered him a suitable match for the \lovely anmd gift~d girl he was aboqt to wed. -They were indeed w eli suited to each other. Estell stood within her bridal chamber, her uoilet was completed-her tire wonanu dismissed -and there was still much of the child about. Ir as she ,urveyed the full length figure, so *4uply clad in drapery of purest gwhite ; she ~as indeed lovely as the dawn. "1 am sure i 'alIl be happy !" she murmured, " Very happy ; 4r Clarence is so good, so high-miniled andI no ~e. I hope I maay be worthy of-hdi, anid make jm as happy in return as he deserves to be." The door of her room softly oened and a )1endid looking lady entered. E-tell, miy jling," and the next moment shewas clasped ~oher muother's breast, tears gushgig from her ~es, murmuring, " Mother ! 0 Mother, must I kve you,-you who have been every thing to mhe for voamany years ? How SI~jI ever learn todo without your counsel?'" Ie Mother's ie' wa,"n nGd my child, and he will ide yop arght. Come, cheer up, my darling. Lhiva brought you the last gifti~ ever expect to present 'to Estell Douglassmj .ad with these ter's hand, bound in white morocco, -with gold dlsp,on which was inscribed, 'Estell Douglass, frqm ker Mother."' And with a fervent "God bless you," left the room. So they stood side by side-Estell bouglass, And Clarence Stuart. And the man of God pronounced them one, to be seperated no more till death should part them. The marriage had been quite private, only a very few friends be ing inited to witness the nuptial. Mr. Dou lass wished to have a large wedding to cele brate the marriage of his only daughter, but Estell would not agree to it ; and, as usual, she was allowed to have her owr way. The Father was loth to give up his child, and offered every inducement to Clarence, .to come and make his 4ome in Windham, (that being th.e name of the wnwhereMr. Douglass resided.) And Clarence promised that as soon as he could bring his business to a close, he would bring Estell home to reside near her parents. The happy couple left for New York City, looking forward to a long life of bliss in the so ciety of each other. What & mercy it is that there is a curtain drawn between -us and the future; for could that happy: trusting bride have known that.day -whatrould na ire e'er she sbfakl-tagain behold the hmor f er chldliwal she would have laid her head her Maher-$ breast and ptayed to die. I w true, that "sufficient for the day is the evil thereof." Sad and tearful was the parting ; for the only daughter, the light and sunshine of her parent's dwelling-the solace of their declining years was about to leave them. Deep was the grief on both sides; but youth is ever buoyant, and Estell's tears were soon dried. There- was so much to engage her attention. .They went on board the steamboat at Albany; the day.was delightful, and the prospect enchanting. Al most the entire day they remained on deck. Estell was delighted with all she saw-every thing was new to her. She had never been on the Hudson River before, and enjoyed the trip with a zest that delighted Clarence, who never grew tired of pointing out to her places of in terest, and Towns of note-the stupenduous Cat.,kills with their blue tops, and West Point with its many interesting associations. It was four o'clock in the evening when ,they reached New York, and Estell could scarcely comprehend that they had really been all day on the water, and was almost sorry when they drew near to the dusty and crowded pier at the foot of Chambers Street. In a few days they were pleasantly' settled in Astor Place, Seventh street; and the youig overflowing. Mr. Stuart's place of business was in Pearl Street, but his business hours were from ten, A 31, until three in the evening; so he always dined at home, and spent the evening in his wife's society. Every day appeared but to add to their happiness. Estell would won der at times if such happiness was intended fur mortals ?" 0 ! I am so happy," she would say to Clarence, " thit I am fearful it cannot last." Alas! that her prophecy ahould have been so soon fulfilled. Their happiness was indeed too perfect to be of long duration. They had now been married ten months. Mr. Stuart had nearly clued his business, and they anticipated -pending the first anniversary of their mafiage in Windham. Estell longed. to see her parents and tell them that now she had come to live with them to be parted from them no more. Yielding to their entreaty, M1r. Stu art had sold out in New York and would in future make his home in Windham. But it was not so to be. One evening he returned from the store feeling ratir.r unwell; the day following fever set in, and the ninth day he called his wife to the bed-side and told her that he must leave her. Uie had felt confident from the first of his illness that he should never re cover, and had delayed telling her as long as possible; but now ]'s hours were numbered, and he lad much to Alk ie iamplored her to be calm and listeni'himn. He spoke cheerfully, saying, "Estell, try and submit to the will of the Almighty, without murmuring. It is hard to leave you, but I have no fear of the 'dark valley.' Do not think of mec as being dead, on ly 'gone before.'" The parents of Eitell were sent foir inmmedi ately, but they came too late ! When they ar rived, Clarence Stuart-had already passed away ! And they laid him beneath the tall trees in G rednwood Cemsetary, to await the promised resurrect ion. . "Not dead but gone before," is the simple inscription on the plain marble slab that marks tbe spot where .seep the mortal remains of him I havo in 'tii' story name1 .Clarence Stuart. The widowed Estell returned with .her.pa rents to her childhooid lhomi, and entered again the chamber where one short y-ear before she had seen herself reflected from her mirror a bride. Ahi! what a change ! ln'.tead of bridal attire, widow's #5eed5 now draped the slender form ; and the -fair young face appeared even more fair, contrasted with her mourning garb. It was thus Estell Duglass was wedded and widowed in one short year. Two years passed anid still widow's weeds draped the slender girlish form, and the long veil was never thrown back from the sweet sad face, and sel dom seen exeplt at Church. I saw Estell quite frequently during her wid owhood, as there were a large family of my relatives residing in W'indh'am. Cousin Ellen Sanders and myself corresponided regularly, and as I never failed to inqjuire after the lovely young widow, I was kept duly informed of the events as they tranpired. Time, the great Physician, brought balm to thme wounded heart, and laid his linger healingly upion the crushed and broken epirit. By degrees Estell grew cheerful and appeared happy -in ,tesoiety of her parents. eimnes she~l.(b-t be seeni =t. a soemal g~.ut oftener b~y far in the aick chame ythe be /of death, giving confidnce t lying a'' consolation to the living1m o~ the suffer a"t faith to the i ADieving-and like !he diamond, shining br.gltest in the darkest and most gloomy place. Many were the offers of marriage recieved by the beautiful Estell. The most noble, gifted and wealthy of our lind sought an alliance with the young ;and lovely Mrs. Stuart. But her answer was to all alike ; "I am not insensible to the compliment you pay me, nor the honor you would confer, though I cannot accept your proposal. I.should be deceiving you and per. juring myself before. my Maker, for I have no heart to give in return for the one you offer me." * * *.* * * # "Dr. Allston is dying !" " Eustice Allston is 1 dying! His Physicians say-ie cannot possibly live more than twenty-four hours at the far therest."' Such were the exclamations that rang through the streets of Windham, spreading consternation through the quiet town. For very few knew of the Doctor's illness, and the few who knew of his being aick did, not auppose him dangerous. And now he was dying! not yet twenty-five years of age, and- about to pass away from..earti! Two years before, he had married a; lovely girl, little more than a child in yea, ikl almost ethereal in her frail loveli ies 'oo'pure h,tmany aid, and so it p One y flali passed-onp short, blissfu'lyear, since Suy Calbert, the lone, home less orphan, had become the happy, cherished wife of Eustice Allston. And now, bright blissful hopes were blossoming in that frail young bosom; hopes to be realized for a few short moments only. 1 is the old story, told ten hundred thousand times, still always new. Light feet tread xois lessly over the thickly carpeted floor, lights are shaded, drawers opened and closed carefully, quiet, blissful happiness pervades that chamber, for the crown of' motherhood has descended upon the fair, almost childish brow of Amy Allston. Eustice Allhton had been happy before; very very happy had he been for the last year-ever since he brought his lovely orphan bride home to his princely dwelling. But this new happi ness, so different fiom anything he had ever known before ; this feeble infaut life entrusted to his keeping. In the excess of his joy and gratitude he knealt and kissed the pallid cheek of the frail child tuother. . " Let us nane our baby for your sainted mother, Eustice. Let us call her Alice," and the voice of Amy Allston was low and feeble as she turned her head liaguidly toward her hus band. " Well, darling, we will call our little for ~J ~'t et'T"h5 1 n' ,, we now, and I must take all pusible care of t you; not only for my sake but for the sake of t our child as well." " Ou- child," what nut.,ic in those two words. What a world of joy, and hope, and happiness 1 they conveyed to the heart of Amy. The deli- t cate, blue-veined hands were cla'.ped in prayer, -prayer to the Almighty for a blessing upon the head of him who had called that fluttering C tinywee thing " one child." B ut, alas I young I other ; and joyous, happy father ! alas, for the I leser lire that ham ab-webed' the greater. I Watehful, tender eyer are there, but they do not see the death Ang-- flapping his murky wIngs above the maternal couch. Already the bright 1 golden .ringlets are damp with the dews of death. 1 The delicate blue-veined hands un~chl) nerve- 1 lesly ; thte azure eyes are turned heavenward,j a gasp, a slight t jemior, anid t he A ngel spirit of< Amy Allston has flown to nestle in the bosom of our Siviour ! "Father in heaven, make me submissive to thy will," was the-anguished prayer of -Eustice Allton. In his lone agony be strove to be both father andl mother to the little Alice. Often times did he walk th~ floor with her in his arms while the little wadimngvoice tolled out the hours of midnight. The little crib was placed baide his bed and the hired nurse slept in an adjoining chamber. He had no female relative to take charge of his treasure, and he could not trust her to the care of stranger hands, for she was the child of his dead Amy, and dear to him as the apple of his eye. And now, as the young bud was expanding, just as the lit tle pra~tler had commenced to call him " dear papa," and cling about his neck in her infaintive love, h~e must go hence ! There was agony in the thought. Not that.he feared to die, but what would become of his orphaned child. " Dr. Allston is dying, Sister, and wishes to see you," said Ihiram Douglass, theeldest broth er of Estell, as he entered the sitting room with an open note in his hand. " Wishes to see mne, Ihiram ?'' 4 EYes. Siste'r, lhe vishes -to see ynit. Why do you louk' so~ asto;,ished. D~on't you recollect Eustice ? " Yes, I recollect him per'feof y';,but. What can he posibly want to see mue about 1', "Well, to tell you thte truth, E.,tell, [ believe he wants you .o take charge of .his littl'e dagter." " I will go directly, Iliram. WdTal you aecom-' pany' me ? "~ Certainly I will.. But make haste or we may be too late." .-. In less than an hour Ihitaina andl Estell were tanding beside the bed of' Dr. AlIston. "hIow do you feel now, Eusqtice ?" enquired " I am sinking rapidly. I feel and know it." Then moving .his eyes fromt Hiram to Estell, he irmcontinued, " I have sent for you, Mrs. Stuart, to implore, as a dying request, that you will take my child and be as a mother to her. I have no relations with wvhomnI would be williig~ to leave her, and you are the only person on earth to whose care [ would entrust nmy moth-' erless Alice. I shall sooni pass from amnon - the lving, but, my child provided for, I can enter the " dark valley," without .regret, and say drit.ahi4art of hearts " Father thy will be dune, no mi Wt w~ rvaut depart ia Ipeace. I..s.he fRd menik-ing his eye. ca.d*01. ly, and theyiwho stood 'ideim thought that he had ceased to brth '. "Is he dead " Est-ll. ." 0, tell me that he still lives,--Iv to hiar me promise to be a mother, a true, fond, faitiful mother to his babe." "He is not dead, Mrs. Suart ;.only very much exausted," reblied Dr. )sborn, the atten ding-Physician. "Where is my child 'asled Eustice, with out opening his eyes. Estell took the littl Alic5 from the arms of Mrs. Malory, the nursJ, ani placed her upon the bed, beside her I her saying, " Here she is, Eustice. I have he and whilelife last. shall love and protect her hotigh she were indeed my own little one; a41believe me, I am not ungrateful for this t+4 of your confidence and esteem." "I have still anothe equest to make, Mrs. tuart, and I beg that you will listen to the proposition I am. about to offer; and I sin :erely trust you will .t efuse me the last re luest I ever expect,t ke. Much 'as I res pect and esteem you, cagnot bear the idea of laving my. child .to t e caire of ons who does ot.bear ny name. 0: 1 but that-allow your elf to be ;oined in wlok tp a dying man. u will not have -;'r -tie yoke long, for hours I knoikar A eredU I know I ani sking agreat self-sacr 't your bands, and if I iave wounded your feelngs pray forgive me, br to what lengths will not a dying parent go rhen the good of his cliM is at st'ake." "I will take your nsme and be indeed a nother to your child," answered Estell in a :lear firm voice as she tnrned to her brother, rho smiled faintly and bswed his approval. Theirs was a stran marriage. Etell knelt d clasped the cold dunp band with a shud ler as she contrasted this strange bridal, with he happy one of years pne bye, when she had ven her heart and hand to Clarence Stuart. ut that had been a -mrriage of choice, while his was one of duty. She felt that it could do ier no harm, this unioiWith the dying, and was villing to make any saiiflce of fee!ing, if by so loing, she could smpootl the death-bed of a fel w being. The soleumn cereumopy over, the certificate ras duly drawn up %Ed signed by Dr. Ooborn LUd Hiram Douglass. There was.no smile-no vord of gayety:no congratulation for the bride. ittle Alice was the uily joyous one; she laugh d, and ciowed, and elapped her bady hand, in 1 the joy of unconcious infancy, while her tung bright eyes %p;Ied from very gle. weary ,illw~aerema 6-11e still bhl he hand of Estell fir r within his own. " To hink,"hesaid "that i-..st die just uslife hasbe ome worth the havidg. -Hiram to your kind are I entrust those I leave behind ; and lastly call you all to witness that I wish my proper y to be equally divided between my wife and hild." How strangely it sounded to Estell to be alled " wife," by the dying man, and he coin aratively speaking to. a stranger. True, she had own him all her life, though they had never )een on terms of intimacy. But then she had 3ined a priceless jewel. Alice was hers-they ,vould bear the rame name; through life they would be all in all to each other. 0, Low she onged to go hone, that she might place her reasure in her mnoth'er' arms and weep) for very oy. This child, though not her own, would :all her mnother ; andl she felt that she had now nothing left to wish for. It was decided tLat she should r.eturn home aking Alice and her nurse with her. Hiram would remain with Eustice and send word of us condition every half hour. Dr. Osborn would mse rcmain through tbe night, and should any particular change take place, Estell was to be 'ent for. - And so they parted--the husband and wife f an hour-expding to meet no more on earth, for it never even occurred to the mind of Estell that " while there is life, there is always hope." So great was her haste to reach home that she almost flew. Mrs. Malory, who carried lice, could scarcely keep pace with her ; and n reaching home, she rushed into her mother's room exclaimning "Mother, see what I have got, Dr. Allston has given me his child, and she is to be mine,-my own-you know, mnother, we ar to bear the same name." And then, suad denly recollecting herself, she said in an altered tone, " But mother, I had forgotten to tell y ou I am married to Dr. Allston." Mrs. Douglass had risen on the entrance of her child, and taking the lovely babe had almost smothered it with kisses. But upon the last exclamation of Eslell slhe dropped into a chair quite overeinne. $he could only say in a help lessly sort of' way "Estell, nmy poor child, what ail you'? Something dreadful must certainly have happened since you left home, to unsettle your mind in this manner, I wish your-father would. come, I feel very .uneasy about you.'' " There is no reason why you should feel un easy about me, amother, dearest. It is all just as I tell you; there has nothing happened . to me, only Dr. Allston did not wish to leave his child to one whea~did-.not bear his name; and you know it could do no. harm for me to marry him and he dyin. And just see what a little darling I have paned by it. Come to mamma, y own preelots one." And strange to say, Alice held up her little waxen armas, and in a moment was nestling in the bosom of her adop ted mother. " Well, amy child," said Mrs. Douglass, "I hope it is all for the best, but it certainly ap pears very strange to me that you should con sent to marry a nma on his death-bed. I have heard of ddath-bed repentance, but never before in my life have I heard of a death-bed bridal though I hope and trust you have done right The child is certainly a precious trust, and 1 hope the end mysanctify the means." Stil the old lady shiolk her head doubtfully, and drew a very Ion breath as shejimprinted a kisi u.on the bro her child . - . Hiram came -home at day break the ne morning, bringing the intelligence that Dr. All ston had rested better than he had for sever nights previous, thoggh it was the opinion < Dr. Osborn that he could not live through th day. He sent a message to Estell, through he brother, to assure her of his undying regart and begging that she would come and remai with him through the day. Mr. Douglass ha returned about midnight, having been fror home several days on business; and as he wm much fatigued, Mrs. Douglass did not tell hit what had occured. To tell the truth she di not know how to go about telling him at al But Hiram told him the next morning at breal< fast, and though the old gentleman was greati, astonished, he argued that it was the duty ( his daughter to go and assist in taking care < the man who was at all events her husban while he lived. And Estell went, expecting t see him breathe his last before night. But t the astonishment of all, instead of growin worse, he grew better, and at sunset the phys! cian gave it as his opinion that there was som slight hope of his recovery. The followin morning he was still improving, and one weel from the day of his marriage was pronounce out of danger. Long years have paied since the above re corded events occurred. Alica' At tn is no nearly grown, and five little curly heids, besid hers, have nestled in the bosom of her mor than mother, and still Alice i-s her idol. le treasure, she is want to call her, and man; times her own little ones grow jealous becaus "mamma is always petting sister Alice." An though not so bouyant as formerly, she is happ and content with her lot in life and has neve regretted her marriage with the man she b lieved at the time to be dying, and says she mos positively believe that at least one match wa made in heaven. Dr. Allston. is still in the prime of life, an the very picture of health and happiness. Call Estell his guardian Angel; talks of writing book for the benefit of posterity, and says th title of his book shall be " Twice Wedded." ~~chdd + SOFTLY INTO HEAVEN SHE FADED. bv XISS 3. C. IEU.EY. 6oftly into Ieaven ahe faded, As the star when muoru appenrs, While we stood in dilence round hr, Gazing at her through our teare. .. n ...1.m.i 1 A k d not n 1hIlow, A1I the vale was full of ligh t, And the left us, smiliug sweetly, Bidding us a last good night! Saying, as she kissed us fondly, " Do not drop for me one tear Jcsus, Jeuns, stands beside mC I am safe while he is neor!" She is gono and I am lingering In thi., weary world of our', learing on my heart the ashes Of affection's broken flowers; Ever lunging to be with her In that better home above, Where the heart rejoices ever In the deathless bonds of love. For a taoutont death divides us, llut when I have crossed its gluom, I shall then be reeting with her, Ever, ever mure at howe. From the Abbeville Danner. GEN, MCG06W.N BEFORE T7E18 P3IETTO Al SOCIATION. eMr. ED:Tont: We notice in the last issue I your paper, an article which originally appeal ed in the Edgelield Adverdiser, reviewing tU first Anniversary Address delivered before ti Palmetto Association, in May, 1867. 'rho crit cisn is evidently by one who was a mnemnber the Palnetto Rtegimnent, and fruom its mnoderal and considerate tone, deserves our attentio1 We think it not unfortunate that the inciden of the Mexican Campaign should now and the be brought under friendly discussion, and thi kept in rememibrance. The Anniversary Ai dress referred to, which was evidently-prepart with the most scrupulous regard for truth, cot tains a brief account of Santa Anna's attem) upon Quitman's Brigade of Volunteers, betwer El Piual and Amnozoque, which this writ thiks " a little inacurate." The Address states that the Volunteers we on the point of encountering a surprise on th occasion, wh iich wa only prevented by the n cidental discovery of a drummer bdy, belongu to Worth's Division, which was lying in a vance of Quitmnan, at Amozoque ; whil.,t t writer referred to thinks that Gen. Quitmi was in no danger of a surprise, but had be informed by express, the night before, that t attack was contemplated, and had - made .1 dispositions accordingly. . It is not conceiv that the matter is at all important. N~osorpri actally took place, and no bad consequtene resulted. But we think the mouvemnent of Sarl Anna was entirely unexpected, Alet' the rot ef (erro Go~rdo -It wau not supposed that. t enemy *ould be able to make a stand thls el of the Capiltal, or at tinet the pas of Ri, Ft ic the Mountain rim of the i alley of Mteile and it reflects no discredit upon any one ift statements of the Address are, as we belie them to be, entirely true. It certainly was fault of the distinguished Generals Quitman al Worth, if neither of thema knew what wasi pas ing il the mind of the wily Mexican chi especially as they behaved so handsomely wb the alarm wasq given. The nmost gratifying pui of the whole atleir, was the gallant and spirit, preparation made in such a sudden emergenc This incident of the batfled surprise is mentic ed in the Address, evidently not for any purpc of disparagement, but only because it was interesting incident, and had scarcely beeni luded to by any of the histories of the Cal paign. These arc the reasons expressly assign But as the matter is questioned, it may est to state the evidence, which, to our minn at least, affords the proof conclusive that neiti Worth nor Quitnman kntew of the contemnplat attack, and that Quitman's ,Brigade was in f on the point of being surprised in a danger< defile by an overwhehn~ing force of Lanacers,.' der the command of Santa Anna himself. i think the condition in which. Quitman's lit command was found-consistmng as it did but two Regiments of Volunteers, number: less than twelve hundred effective men-rai the strongest presumptionl that he hadl no Ipectaion of the threatened attack. When I ancers were accidently discoveredisih t oGtbe roau, uesegmnus w-u n - . not fightiig order. The advance guard was small, and some distance ahead of the body of the command. The wagons--including a large if provision train-were stretched out over the a broken road for at least a mile. The rear r guard consisted of but a single company, and having been delayed at camp in disposing of a a:ck aan, was some distance in the, rear. We 2 happened to be with the rear guard when the I sound of the first cannon was heard, and we. re 2 member distinctly-so unexpected was the at tack-that we thought the firing was in honor of some new victory, the intelligence of which I had just arrived by express. It was our opinion I then, and it is still, that the condition of the command was such that they could not have withstood a dashing charge of three thousand Lancers. Mounted troops move rapidly and they might have swept' from front to rear f -lancing the. men in detail or in squads, before f it was possible to close up in battle array. To have been crushed under such circumstances would neither have been dishonorable to the 3 volunteers, nor very creditable to the pomp of a the Mexicans. Gen. Quitman himself says, that he was only informed of the threatened attack by a mes senger from Worth, after the firing had com menced, and the train was coming up at full gallop. See his Address before the Palmetto Association. But in addition to this, the statements of the Address are confirmed in every particular by the only history of the war which alludes, so far'as we know, to this incident. In Ripley's '"War with Mexico," second volume, page 108 ~in4-efounid-is ~ran ' ae "Affair at Amozoque," corresponding precsely ' with the statements of the Address. r JUSTICE. PAT'S EVASlVE ANSWER. 1 Patrick O'Neil, before he became joined in the "holy bonds of hemlock" with Bridget, was r in the service of Father Counloy. One day the priest expected a call from a Protestant minister, and he wished sone excuse t to get rid of him. So calling Patrick, he pro s ceeded to give some instructions. "Patrick," said he, "if thai minister cames here to-day I don't wbih to see him." 1 "Yis, yer riverence." S" Make some excuse and send him away." "What shall I tell him ?" "Tell him I am not at home." e "Would you have me tell a lie, yer river ence ?" " No, Patrick, but get rid of him some way give him/an evasive answer." "An evasive answer is it'? I will do it." "You understand me, Patrick 7" "Av coorse, yer riverence." The matter thus arranged Father Coonloy mi tired to his library, and Patrick went about his duties. About dusk in the afternoon the-priest came out of his room and found Patrick iu un usually good spirits. " Well Patrick, did the minister call to-day 7" "1 Yis, ir."l " And did you got rid of him ?" "I did, sir." - .LIbidh6-k if I was in?". " He did, sir." -. " And what did you say to him ?" " T gave him an evasive answer." " An evasive answer, Patrick I" " Yes yer riverence." "And what did you say to him '?" " He axed was ye in, and I towled him was his grandmother a monkey 7" TuE WAR INDIcATrONS iN EURoPE.-The Pa ris correspondent of the Globe, writing on the 14th ultimo, says: " Every symptom of war is apparent in the most varied quarters. The ball at the Tuilleries might pass for a revival of that famous assewnblee dansante at Brussels, so vIvidly set forth in " Childe larrold," forth from which the dan cers sped to encounter balls of other sort. Nothing but strategetic conversation was heard all night. The Emperor was in -pirits, and led " olf with Lady Cowley, while Austria's Envoy was nowhere. The percueiion cap factory is . working double tides as long as daylight lasts, no lanmp or gas being allowed on the premises. It will be rememnberesl that after the Oraini ex >f plosion on this day last year, Government had -taken into its own hands the fabrication of cap e sules all over France. All the old steamers that e conveyed the Roman expedition in 1849 with |such ease and despatch to the Italian coast, are >f being put in order for another convoy, and every e disposable ship carpenter at Brest or Cherbourg - is sent by rail to Tioulon. People at Marseilles a write on the 11th that, every preparation in the P Commissariat is hastened, and the business on s "Change has become exclusively of a military 1 kind, the transactions having -all reference to d supplies." >t Woon CLrr-rIsa AxD SPLITTING MAcHIN. n The Baltimore Patriot thus describes a machine for the above purpose, patented by George Page, of Washington: . e " We proceed, thercfore, to describe it as best it we can, and in doing so it is necessary to remark e- that the motive power is steani, and that the gimplements thus set in motion are a singularly Ssuspended saw and a peculiarly shaped axe. ie That is to say, that in appearance and arrange Lu ment the machine of M~r. Page is unique, and m differs very materially from eimilar inventions. :s But that which concerns the public most to tis know Is this, what is its capacity ? or what ean ad it do'?. -(Canit cut acoord of wood- in less time s than any other machine ? Yer ; and split it 8 much more handsomely. Wheni set at work in ta the wood, andl taking the logp just as they come, it wlill cut a cord of Woodl, aniy Iength deuired, ean ptit baufllly, iitide of five mnitei, ::s an rn tthat rate, f deditedI, the ctiire days fleft utt ofWood are sp~hlit tont'd, the fl.! S;' belIUg diiiih With liamenile fob~e on the princd e|ple of a pile driver. The slats, splits, finders, :or whatever else you may be pleased to call 10 j themi, are uniiforumly piled togcther by the samet id j agency, in such a way that the outside layer 5! protects the bulk from rain and snow and thus facilitates the seasoning process." a FaEE N Eoaous mN AaxAxs~ts.-A hilllias beei 1 -uduCiitnur.tegistaUre or Arkans wnuse y' object is to rid the State of free negroes. It pro vides,in substanice, that all free negroes now inthi State may become slaves, by choosing their owi mmasters or owni mistressed, who shall niever sel d them to third patis and that they shall not be nliable to seizure for the debti of their ma~sters o0 d. mnistresses thus chosen ; that, all free negree be found in the State after January 1,1860, shall be d indicted lby the Grand Jury of the respectim er counties, and may be covieted of a high misde ed 'meanor (in bein; so found in the State) and sex Lct tenced to the" jail anb p..nitentiary house" for u' year, amid if again found in the State six month n- afterwaaids, to be again arrested and sent to tI Veenitentiary for life. The Arkansas papers thial tle - he bill will pass... ng AU.AMA Poax.-Many of the planters 4 es' Alabama begin to raise their own perk. I x- Cherokee County, a lot of nine was killed, atfet e. days since, which averaged 410 pounds' esel ofTh ea f fat taken from one weighed 70 pound many of the Sioux indians Iih adopted the habits and customs ofeivilized white men, and become very respectable Indians. This gratifying changehas-been brought aboutthrough the efforts of the Indian agent. Those Indians who have thus given up their old habits havb been arranged into one band celled "the far. iners." They live in comfortable log and frame houses, and last year fourteen of them raised in the aggregate, three thousand and eighty-two bushels of potatoes, two thousLnd four hundred and twenty-seven bushels of 'corn, and one hun. dred tons of hay, besides numirous jarden veg etables raised by each .family.- The benocrat adds: "Since their adoption .of agriculture, these fArmers have been a constant theme of ridicule for the other Indians. They wete called the '- diggers," the -"wood-chopprs," the ":Paf breeds," and other names, all implying that they were no better than women. Yet, they bore up under it briiely, -and were firm.' It was neces sary, however, in order to bind them more firmly to the customs they had adopted, that a last saUl should be nuade upon their moral courage; in accordingly, at the suggestion of Major Brown it was proposed to them that they should h their hair cut off and adopt the whites' d toto. This was a dasher for them. They bear the white man's dresa and stand the, of the Indian, but this was; striking. di their own hereditary customs aiid belie was a disgrace and a sbaie I.'. They hesitated, demuired, and all butrt but finally came up inanfuljypn W; orde;l... Sixteen came.. a Dm tiiar, er the' couragement was,genlfem;pbo& and superintendent,' to stand firm customs, both by word and deed. . presented with two new suits of cloth out, a yoke of oxen, a cow,- and An presents. They were told that theU would protect them, and that they ter do all they could to encourage, a'lopt the same mode of life." -'4** HIGH PRICED NEGnOES, AND CoTTox.-The influx of negroes Into. and sugar producing States the pres has been enormous. The Mobile mates the number as high as 50,000. same time, the prices at which the al held are unprecodentedly high. Coupling facts together, and accepting the theory tha prices of negroes are graduated by, the price of cotton, the Register is led to speculate as to the probable effect of this condition of things upon the business and financial interests oft thei South. As the present atuount of home slave labor is sufficient to till the lands now open and under cultivation, this large influx-of labor will require. that new lands should be opened and cultivated, thereby largely ineresing the crops. The ques tion then ari-es, will the demand be equal to the supply-the price of cotton ruling as at present ? If not, (the .Reister argues,) prices must decline, and with consequences by no means flattering. "If the neroes have been purchased on time," says the Register, "and we aa is - such is the casp with alarge p M a decline of a few cents in cotton duce a re-action that must necessarily sen embarrass the planting interest that have chased on these terms. It is too much the torn for planters to anticipate their crops in dol lars and cents, and shape their liabilities acord ingly. -The demand for laborers is good, but we do not think it justifies the exorbitant and high rates which prevail, although the Soutli Was never more solvent than now." "To what point we are drifting, for weal or fir woe, is a problem to be solved by the future. ------4e% --- SOUTH CAROLIA COLLEGE-. W. DAV1DSoN, Esq., contributing editor-and lately active edi tor-of the Winnsboro' (S. C.) Regreater, and noR associate of the Carolina High School in Cul bis, writes to the Register: "Dr. La Borde, ot' the South Caroli is preparing a history of that institut we understand, nearly ready for the' L. is eminenitly fitted for that labor-' any man we kuow. His long conne College gives him a personal kn great part of its history. He is thes sor now. The appendix will contai catalogue of the alumni. Every alu interested in the work. We bes predict for it- a very wide. cireul be, we presume, a biographical College. W~e hopetohave the oc a note on its appearance soon." AN UNJUSTv TAx.--The Go United States, in the nineteeth tinues to make an Englishman ever he solicits a patent for an Ins country-all other foreigners only for the same privilegeu. This, inth of all liberal men, is an indecent di -..a di.grace to our statute book to be wiped out at once. If th. gumption in the Congr-essional Pate, tee, this disgrace would not be toler month. We despair of -any changea there is no one to lobby it through,t there is little or no chanceof its succes. tific American.. . BAn PEwPa.--The &ien e~ American re* commends as a substitute for a hot whisky punch of a cold night, the following: Put three or four lumps of sugar, with bl teaspoonful of cayenne peppr, in-atwusbleu', fil up with hot water ; when the sugr i. de, ulved,' drink. -lt is not unly pleasant to, t e l tate, but wanntstesWholev btod7 sore eff. Wear tia cithe tubh theme.slfes of cold nights with red peppe~" 'This Wtives a glow equal t4 the " warmth of several blankets. Wuns EASTR Coxn.-lI will be interestI to learn that Easster, which will be onthe2t of April this year, last fell'on that dad'1 9 . and will not fall 6n the ane dat. gn 211 Sincethe introuction f*ai years 1639, 1707 and 17P1. The 'iod la which Easter can fall, reaches from .2dot March, earliest date, to the 25th of April,.latest date, leaving thirty-five different day's for .the celebration of this festival. In this centuff Easter will fall only once, 1886, on the latest date, the 25th of April. . TIJR I.LIN'G ScENS IN.A Cuuaciie-At the Made*. leine, inr Paris, on Christmas eve, thie welkasowR Adde Bautaiat preached in the-eveniing, and a~he is one of the most eloquent pulpit oralo*., as-well as one of the most learned theol.gians of Franoeg a very large congregation assembled to hear hi~n. Ascending the puljit,, he gave forth no text, but after a pause cried in a sonorous voie *" A Saviour is born unto us I" He then reeae fthe cry, and then said:" "My brethren, d I ou not receive that glad tidings with an Haele. h ja?" Thereuponthe whole congregation stood pi jandcried " alelujah " After whichhe pro.