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"WE WILL CLING TO THE PILLARS OF THE TEMPLE OF OUR LIBERTIES, AND IF IT UBT FAL '.SrED EFIELD, S C, JUL 2, 1859. SIMKINS, DURISOE &CO., Proprietors. E .--------------= From the Southern Baptist 66I Would not Live Always." JOB vI: 16. Oh! earth though seeming beautiful, How desert-like art thou; A wreath of thorns was all thou hadst, To crown thy Maker's brow. Thy children walk thy lonely paths, All weary and opprest; Only one boon thou grantest all An narrow coach of rest. How quiet in their deep, dark beds The dead all sleep to-night; They waken not to mourn and weep, Or dread a morrow's light. But here and there and everywhere, The living troubled go; Each bears about in his own heart, Burdens of grief and woe. . And should we live to thred-score years, In vanity and sin: From death and sorrow, and despair, What is there we can win? Naked into the world we came; And we shall naked go; Taking away with us alone, Lessons of sin and woe. Each day I linger here, I see, Some new, Pad phase in life; Some trusty friend forsaking me. Amidst the fiery strife.; Some gloomy and revolting view, Of my own weak, frail heart Something each day that makes me feel, More willing to depart. "I would not always live"-I loathe The bitter, restless strife; I know there is beyond the tomb, A nobler, better life A life within the courts of God, Where dwell the white robed throag Sitting beside the crystal stream Singing their sweet, glad song. Oh Father! I would gladly live Nearer and nezrr Thee Oft midst the weary, desert march, I yearn thy face to see. THE WIFE'S EXPERIMENT, "iMa, why don't you never dress up ?" asked little Nellie Thornton, as her mother finished brushing the child's hair, and tying her clean apron. There was a momentary surprise in Mrs. Thornton's face, but she answered carelessly, "Oh, no one cares how I look." "Don't Pa love to see you look pretty?" persisted the child. The mother did not reply, but involuntarily she glanced at her sfovenly attire, thi faded and worn calico dress and dingy apron, both bearing witness to an intimate acquaintance with the dish-pan and stove-the slip-shod shoes and soiled stocking-and she cuuld not kelp remembering how she ha-l that morn ing appeared with uncombed hair, and pre pared her husband's breakfast before he left home for the neighboring market-town. "Sure enough I" mused she, "how I do look I" And then memory pointed back a few years to a neatly and tastefully dressed maiden, sometimes busy in her father's house, again mingling with her young companions, but never untidy in her appearance-always frcsh and blooming; and this she knew, full well, was a picture of herself when Charles Thornton first won her young heart. Such was the bride he had taken to his pleasant home-how had mature life fulfilled the prophecy of youth?. She was still comely in features, graceful mn form,-but few would call her a handsome or accomplished woman ; for alas ! all other characteristics were overshadowed by this repulsive trait. Yet she lov-ed to see others neat; and her children did not seem to be long to her, so well kept and tidy did they always look. Asa house-keeper she excelled, and her husband was long in acknowledging to himself the unwelcome fact that he had married an incorrigible sloven. When, like too many other young wives, she began to grow negligent in regard to her dress, he rea'dily excused her in his own mind, and thought "she is not well," or, " she haa so much to do ;" and perceiving no abatement in his kind attentions, she naturally concluded he was perfectly satisfied. As her family af fairs increased, she became still more careless of her personal appearance, and contented herself with seeing that nothing was lacking which could contribute to the comfort of her husband and children, never supposing that so trival a matter as her own apparel could pos sibly affect their happiness. All this chain of circumstances, hitherto unthought of, passed before her, as the little prattler at her side re peated the query-" Don't Pa love to see you look pretty ?" " Yes, my child," she answered, and her resolve was taken-she would try an experi ment, and prove whether Mr. Thornton was indifferent to the subject or not. Giving Nellie a picture book with which to amuse herself, she went to her own room, mentally exclaiming, " at any rate, I'll never put on this rig again-not even' washing day.'r She proceeded to her clothes-press, and removed one dress after another-some were ragged, others faded, all out of style, and some unfit to wear--at length she found one which had long ago been laid asido as " too light to wear about the house." It was a nice French print, rose colored and white, and she remembered had once been a favorite with her husband. The old adage, " fashions come round in seven years," seemed true in this case -, for the dress was made in the then prevailing style. " This is just the thing," she thought and hastened to perform her toilet, saying to her self; "I mast alter my' dark gingham to wear mornings, and get it all ready before Charles comes home." Then she released her long, dark hair from its imprisonment in a most ungraceful twist, and carefully brushing its still glossy waves, she plaited it in the broad braids which Charles sedl so much to admire in the days of her girlhood. The unwonted task brought back many re mriniscences of'those long vanished years, and tears glistened in her eyes as she thought of the many changes time had wrought in those she loved, but she murmured, ".WVhat hath sad ness like the change in ourselves we find ?" in that hour she realized how an apparreiitly trivial fault had gained the mastery over her, and imperceptibly had placed a barrier be tween her and the one she loved niost on earth. True, he never chided her-never ap parently noticed her altered appearance -but she well knew he no longer urged her going into society, nor did he seem to care about receivighis friends at his own house, although he was a soc -l man, and had once felt proud t introduce a. -ng wife to his large circle of -acquaintan.. Nov-they seldom went together excepting to chtirch, and even dressing for that was generally too much of an effort for Mrs. 'Thornon-ahe would stay at home " to keep ous,"fter ping her little ones tozac -.... ksi, askaand the neighbor5 soon hostess. Early in the forenoon, Mr. Mortoi took leave of his hospitable friends, bein; called away by pressing affairs of business. Mr. and Mrs. Thornton returned. to thei accustomed avocations, but it was with re newed energy, and a new sense of quiet hap piness, no less deeply felt because inexpressed A day or two afterwards Mr. Thornton invitai his wife to accompany him to town, saying h thought she might like to do some shopping and she, with no apparent surprize, but witl hearifelt pleasure, acceded to his proposal The following Sabbath the village gossips hai ample food to feast their hungry eyes (to b digested at the next sewing society,)- in th appearance of Mrs. Thornton at -church, cla in plaih but rich costume, an entire new oul fit, which they could not deny made her "lool ten years younger." This was the beginning of the reform, an( it was the dawning of a brighter day for th husband and wife of our story. True, '',t of such long standing are not conquereda w. -week or a month, and very often was Mrs Thornton tempted to yield to their long-tolers ted sway, but she fought valiantly agains their influence, and in time she vanquishe< them. An air of taste and elegance, befor unknown, now pervaded their dwelling, an( year-after year the links of affection whiel united them as a family grew brighter an< purer, ever radiating the holy light of a Chris tian home. But it was not until many years had passe( away, and our little Nellie, now a lorel: maiden, was about to resign her place as pe in her father's household and assume a nev dignity in another's home, that her mothe: imparted to her the story of her own earl] errors, and earnestly warned her to beware o: that insidiou foe to dom-estic happiness disregard of little things-and kissing hei daughter with maternal pride and fondness she thanked her for those simple, child-liki words vhich had changed the whole curren of her destiny-" Don't Pa like to see you lool pretty?" Consider me Smith. There is a very good story in the papers o: the day, which was played by old Dr. Cald well, formerly of the University of Norti Carolina. The old doctor was a small man, and lear but as hard and angular as the most irregulai of pine knots. He looked as if he might be tough, but he did not seem strong. Never theless he was among the knowing ones re puted to be as agile as a " cat," and in addi tion was by no means deficient in knowledge of the "noble science of self-defence." Be sides, he was as cool as a cucumber. Well, in the freshman class of a certain year was a burly beef mountaineer of eighteen or nine teen. This genius conceived a great contempt for old Bolus, physical-dimensions, and his soul was horrified that one so deficient in muscle should be so potential in his rule. Poor Jones-that's what we'll call-him had no idea of moral force. At any rate he was not inclined to knock under, and be controlled despotically by a man that he imagined he could tie and whip. He at length determined to give the gentleman a private thrashing, some night in the College Campus, pretend ing to mistake him for some fellow student, Shortly after, one dark and rainy night, Jones met the doctor crossing the Campus. Walking up to him abruptly. " Hellow Smith! you rascal-is this you'?' And with that he struck the old gentleman a blow on the side of the face that nearly felled him. Old Bolus said nothing but squared him self and at it they went. Jones' youth, weight and muscle, made him an " ugly cus tomer," but after a round or two, the doctor's science began to tell, and in a short time he had knocked his beefy antagonist down, and was astraddle of his chest with one hand on his throat, and the other dealing vigorow cuffs on the sido of his head. "Ah stop ! I beg pardon, doctor ! Caldwell -a mistake-for heaven's sake, doctor !' groaned Jones, who thought he was about to be eaten up, " I--really thought it was Smith !" The doctor replied with a word and a blou alternately, "It makes no difference-for all preseni purposes consider me Smith !" And, it is said, that old Bolus gave Jones such a pounding, then and there, as probabl) prevented his ever making another mistaki as to personal identity, at least on the College Campus. The Senator and the Dromios. The senior Mr. Gay, of the National Bote at Washington, bears quite a likeness to Gen Cass, and upon this the correspondent of thi New York Timestells the following story : A stranger, who supposed he knew min host very well, put up at the National som time ago. Since this house has become thi crack hotel at the Capitol, it is quite full a this time, and the new comer was necessari ly, for the first night, sent to the upper floo to sleep. Coming down stairs the next morn ing, a lhttle cross, he met Gen. Cass there who has a fine suite of rooms in the hall stepped up to him, and in language more for cible and tapid than elegant, said, "ill be d--d if ill stand it! You'v: put me at the top of the house. I must hav4 a room somewhere lower down." Gen Cass, interposing and nervously "Sir, you are mistaken in the person yoi are addressing. I am Gen. Cass, of Michi gan." Stranger, (confusedly,) "JBeg you pardon Gen. Cass-thought it was my old frient Gay. Beg a thousand pardons, sir. All i mistake, I assure you, air." The General passed out of the building but'soon returned, and as luck would have it the stranger met him full in the face again but in another position. This time he was sure he had mine host, for the Senator fron Michigan he knew had just gone out. S< the stranger stepped boldly up, slapped the General hartily and familiarly oa the shoul der, exclaiming: ".JBy heavens, Gay, I've got a rich sell t< relate. I met old Cass up stairs, just now thought it was pou, and began cursieg hin about may room. Ge,.. Cass, (with emphasis.) " Well, younj man, y'ou've met old Cass again I" Stranger sloped, and hasn't been hear< from since. Don'T You Do IT.-The man who fon< out all the philosphy contained in these few precepts, was a Solomon: When you are offered a great bargain, o the value of wvhich you know nothing, hu which you are to get at half-price, "beinj you"-ilon't you do it. When a young lady catches you alone, lay violent hands on you, expressing "kiss" ii every glance I---don't you do it. When a horse kicks you, and you feel strong disposition to kick the horse in retur: -don't you do it. Should you happen to catch yourself whist ling in a prining oflice, and the printers tel you to whistle louder-don't you do it. If on an odd occasion your wife should es claim to you, "Now tnmble over the eradl and break your neck, do l"-don't you do it. When you have any business to transac with a modern financier, and he asks you t o and dine- with him-don't you do it. A sixty-eight pound cannon bursted at th Navy Yark in Washington City on Thursda morning, by which two men were instantly kill a nd en othora severely wonnded. ceased expecting to meet her at public wor ship, or in their social gatherings-and so on, one by one, they neglected to call on her, un til very few of "the number continued - to ex change friendly civilities with her. She had wondered at this, had felt mortified and pained heretofore-now she clearly saw that it was her own fault, the veil was removed from her eyes, and the mistakeof her life was revealed in its true enormity. Sincerely did abe repent of her past error, calmly and seriously resolved on future and immediate amendment. Meanwhile her hands were not idle, and at length the metamorphosis was complete. The bright pink drapery- hung gracefully about her.form, imparting an unusual brilliancy to her complexion-her best wrought collar was fastened with a costly brooch, her husband's wedding gift, which had not seen the light.for many a day. Glancing once more at her mir ror, to be certain that her toilet needed no more finishing touches, she took her sewing and returned to the sitting room. Little Nellie had got wearied of her picture book, and was now playing with the kitten. As Mrs.- Thornton. entered she clapped her hands'in childish delight and exclaimed, " Oh, Ma, how pretty-pretty," and-running to her kissed her again and again, then drew her chair close to her side, and eagerly watched her as she. plied her needle, repairing the gingham dress. Just before it was completed Nellie's broth ers came from school, and pausing at the half opened door, Willie whispered to Charlie, "I guess we've got company, for mother's all aressed up." It was with mingled emotions of pleasure and pain that Mrs. Thornton observed her children were unusually docile and obedient, hastening to perform their accustomed duties without being even remi ded of them. Chil dren are natural and unaffected lovers of the beautiful, and their intuitive perceptions will not often suffer from comparison with the opinions of mature worldly wisdom. It was with a feeling of admiration that these children now looked upon their mother, and seemed to consider it a privilege to do something for her. It was, " let me get the kindlin"--" I will make the fire"-and " may I fill the tea kettle ?" instead of, as was sometimes the ease, " need I do itT? "I don't want to,"-" why can't Willie ?" Nellie was too small to render much assis tance, but she often turned from her frolic with her kitten, to look at her mother, and utter some childish remark expressive of joy and love. At last the clock struck the hour when Mr. Thornton was expected, and his wife proceed ed to lay the table with unusual care, and to place thereon several choice viands of which she knew he was particularly fond. Meanwhile let us form the acquaintance of the absent husband and father, whom we find in the neighboring town, just completing his day.s traffic. He is a fine looking middle aged man, with an unmistakable twinkle of kindly feeling in his eye, and the lines of good humor plainly traced about his mouth-we know at a glance that he is cheerful and in dulgent in his family, and are at once prepos sessed in his favor. As he is leaving the store, where he has made his last purchase for the day, he is ac costed in a familiar manner by a tall gentle man just entering the dour. He recognizes an old friend, and exclaims, " George Morton, is it you?" The greeting is mutually cordial; they were friends in boyhood and early youth, but since Mr. Morton had been practicing law in a distant city, they have seldom met, and this is no place to exchange their many questions and answers. Mr. Thornton's fine span of. horses and light "democrat" are standing near by, and it niceds but littler per snasion to induce Mr. Morton to accompany his friend to his home, which he had never vet visited. The conversation is lively and *pirited-they recall the feats of their school days, and the experiences of after life,- and conpare their present position in the world with the golden future of wvhich they used to dream. Mfr. Morton is a bachelor, and very fastidious in his tastes-as that class of in dividuals are prone to be. The recollection of this flashes on Mr. Thornton's mind as they drive along towards their destination. At once his zeal in the dialogue abates, and he becomes thoughtful and silent, and does not urge his team onward, but seems willing' to afford Mr. Morten an opportunity to admire the beautiful scenery on either hand-the hills and valleys clad in the fresh verdure of June, while the lofty mountain ranges look blue and dim in the distance. He cannot help won dering if they will find his wife in the same sorry predicament in which he left her that morning, and involuntarily shrinks from in troducing so slatternly a personage to his refined and cultivated friend. But it is now too late to retract his polite invitation-they are entering the old " home stead"-one field more and his fertile farm, with its well kept fences appears in view. Yonder is his neat white house surrounded with elms and maples. They drive through the large gateway, the man John comes from the barn to take out the horses, and Mr. Thornton hurries up the walk to the piazza, leaving his friend to his leisure-he must see his wife first, and if possible hurry her out of sight before their Visitor enters. He rushes into the sitting-room-words can not express his amazement-here sits the very image of his lovely bride, and a self-concious blush mantles her cheek as he stoops to kiss her with words of joyful surprise-" Why, Ellen !" He has time for no more, Mr. Morton has followed him, and he exlaims-" Ha-l Char ley, as lover like as ever-hasn't the honey moon set yet 7" and then he is duly presented to Mrs. Thornton. who, under the pleasing excitement of the occasion, appears to far better advantage than usual. Tea is soon upon the table, and the gentle men do ample justice to the tempting repast spread before them. A happy meal it is to Mr. Thornton, who gazes with admiring fond ness on his still beautiful wife. Supper over, Mr. Morton coaxes little Nellie to sit on his lap, but she soon glides down, and climbing her father's knee, whispers con fientially, " Don't mama look pretty 7" He kisses her, and answers. " Yes, my darling." The evening passes pleasantly and swiftly away, and many a half-forgotten smile of their lie-pilgrimae is recalled by some way-mark which still gleams bright' in the distance. They both feel younger and better for their interview, and determine never to be so like strangers again. Mr. Morton's soliloquy, as he retires to the cozy apartment appropriated to his use, is, "Well, this is a happy fam ihy! Whiat a lucky fellow Charlky is-such a handsome wife and chiltren-and she is so good a housekeeper, tool May be FIl settle down some day my self'-which pleasant idea that night mingled with his visions. The next morning Mr. Thornton watched his wife's movements with some anxiety-he could not bear to have her destroy the favora ble impression which he was certain she bad mtade on his friend's mind, and yet an irre sistible impulse forbade his offering any sug gstions or alluding in any way to the delicate suject so long unmentioned between them. But Mrs. Thornton needed no friendly advice. With true womanly tact, she perceived the advantage she had gainied, and was not at all inclined to relinquish it. The dark gingham dress, linien collar and snowy apron formed ani appropriate and becoming morning attire for a housekeeper ; and the table afforded the guest no occasion for altering his opinion in ..rengaka bkil-or affaihiity of his amiable A Good Exercise for Persons Liable to Consumption. Dr. L. Long, of Holyoke, Mass., recom e mends the practice of swinging by the hands - as a great benefit to persons of narrow and - weak chests. He says: I mean the suspending of'the body by the i hands, by means of a strong rope or chain fastened to a beam at one end and at the other a stick three feet long, covenient to f as with the hands. The rope should be astened to the centre of the stick which i should hang six or eight inches above the head. Let a person grasp this stick, with the hands two or three feet apart, and swing very mod erately at first-perhaps only bear the weight, if very weak-and gradualy increase as the muscles gain strength from the exercise, un til it may be used from three to five times daily. The connection of the arms with the body fr'.? the exception of the clavicle with - .ernum or breast bone) being a muscular attachment to the ribs, the effect of this ex ercise is to elevate the ribs and enlarge the chest; and, as nature allows no vacuum, the lungs expand to fill the cavity, increase the vol unfe of air-the natural purifier of the blood -thus preventing congestion or the de- osit of tuberculous matter. I have prescr'lx.. the above for all cases of hemorrhage of the lungs and threatened consumption for thirty five years, and have been able to increase the measure of the chest from two to four inches within a few months, and always with good results. But especially as a preventive 1 would recommend this exercise. Let those who love life cultivate a well formed, capa cious chest. The student, the merchant, the sedentary, the young of both sexes-aye, all should have a swing upon which to stretch themselves daily; and I am morally certain that if this were to be practised by the rising generation, in a dress allowing a free and full development of the body, thousands, yes, tens of thousands, would be saved from the rav ages of that opprobrium medicorum, consump tion. We think the above well worih .he consider ation of our readers. The e.wrcise recom mended could be as moderate or as severe as desired, and would be pleasanter to many than the laborious dumb bells, so often used. I 6 Mrs. Lofty and I. Mrs. Lofty keeps a carriage, So do I; She has dapple grays to draw it, None have I: With my blue-eyed laughing baby, Trundling by, I hide his face, lest she should see The cherub boy and envy me, Her fne husband has white fingers Mine has not; He could give his bride a palace Mine a cut; IHers comes home beneath tihe starlight Ne'er cUres he : Mine conies hoine in purple twilight, Kises mne, And prays that Ilu who turns lire's :uidl Will hold his loved ones in Ilis hauds. Mrs. Loftj has her jewels. So have I: She wears hers upon her 1,uson Inside r: She will leave hers at 1)uth's portal, BY and b1y; I shall bear my treasure with me,' When I die; For I have lave aml she hais golw1 She counts her wealth-uiuin can'c he l'id. She has those who love her-.station, Nwne have I ; But I have one true heart be.-ide me Ghuuil am I : I'd not change it f'or a kinugdlmw, YNo, nout I; Godl will weigh it ini his balance, By and by; And the difference detine 'Twixt Mrs. Lofty's wealth andl mine. Howv Sult Lovegood Dosed his Dbg. When I were a boy, my legs nut longer than Jo~hn Wentworth's, dad forchedl home a durned, wurthless, mangy, lhea-bitenm, grey old fox-boun', good for niuthini but t in swalku:r up what orter lined the howels uiv us brats. Well, I naturally tuk a distaste ton hitm, and lied a sort co' hankering arter hurtini' his feel ins, an' discuimfurtini ov himii every time dwiuls back were turned. TIhis sorler kept a big skeer allers afore his eyes, and a oridu yell ready to pour out, the fust mioshunu he seed me make. So lbe larut to swaller things as he run, and allers kept his lega well onde-r himaself, fur he didn't nlever- kinow how soon lie mought waint to use 'em~n in totin' his inifur nul carcuss be-yond the readi uvr : fin'i rock. He know'd the whiz of a reek in moshuin well, and he never stopped to see who luntg it. hut jist het. his head ily oipen to gin a howl rotom to cum,. aind sot his legs gwine the way his nose was a pintin'. Il'd shy roiundl everiy rock he seed ini the row'Ili forie luoukedu upon it as a calamity to enmir arleor him s:mn dlay. I tell you. Gregory, that rnnuin' ami the greatest invenshun on yearvthI, when umsed keerfuilly. Whar'd I a bin by this time, ef I hadn't relied on these 'ere legs ? ])ye see 'em ? Don't they 'mind you of' cumpusses made on purpose to divide a mile into quartersl Tfhevll do0. Well, one day 1 tuck a pig'a bladder, nigh onto the size of a duck'st aig, and filledl it wIth powder and corked it with a piece of spunk, rolled it up in a thini skulp of meat, andI sot the spunk afire, and flung it to him. Hec swalled it at a jerk, an then snot to getuin away for doin it. I heard a noise like bustini sum thin, and his tail lit a top ov my lhat. llis head were away down the hill, anud had tuck a death hold onter a root. Hius fore-legs were fifty feet up the road a mak'n runnin mushiuns, an his hind ones a stvadidil cv the lence. As to the dog hisself, as a duog, [ never seed him agmo. WVell, dad fling five or six hmundredl onde1r my shurt with the dricd akin of a bull's tail, and gin me the remainder next clay with a waggin whip what he borrowed frum a feller wile he wur a watering his horses; the wagoner got sorry fur me, andl hollered to me to turn my beggiin and sqjuallin into fust rate runnin, which I emejutly did, and the last lick missed me about teii feet. Hotw -ro Avomn rs D)Axcea 0o' IUiTrmc. -During thunder storms, persons in houses should sit~ or lie us far distant as possible from the chimney anid the most exposed parts of the walls. The middle of the room, if it is large, is the safest locality. Sailors on the sea should keep as far from the masts as pos sible, and farmers in the fields should never seek shelter under trees. Hlorizontal strokes of lightning sometimes take place, and sever Ial persons have been struck while sitting at an open window during thunder storms. Every win'dow of a room in which persons are sitting in such cases, should be closed ; a flash of thme fluid, whlich would pass through an open window into an apartment, will he conducted downm through the dloor and wall to the earth, if the window is shut. A man who had brntally assaulted his wife was brought before Justice Cole, of Albany, lately, and had a good deal to say about, "get ting justice." " Justice !" replied Cole, " you . can't get it here. This Court has no power to hang von? Correspondence of the New Y.,rk 'Timea. I'etnils of the Battle of Solferiuo. CASrmr an.i , Friday. .June 21. Francis Jo-cili hascomimatnde.1and lo.-t to day his first battle. I lisi army, coticentrased at leisure within .the last fortnight, was the most fotinidable in nuniber tf imodern tines. It was stationed at a point chosen by himself. whero he had the advantage (if a superior positirn, il yet he wn; beaten completely fron 1h.- field by the French army. We were fortunate enough .to arrive on the ground in the early part of the fight, and during a portion of the time were .itationed (in a hill, at the very spot occupied the Em peror Napoleon during the first few hours of the day. From this point we could lake in with the eye the whole field, and ntwith standing the extent of the ground fought over, were able to comprehcdil the Cnscmble of the battle. The two armies bad been gradually ap proaching each other for several days, and it was generally understood, as well in the-w mny as in the country near the scene of the great conflict, that a field battle was innninent. The ,ny of the Emperor of Austria, which !.. gradually retreated from the fatal field of Magenta, halted, demoralized, at the Mitn cio. The Emperor, who had been collecting reinforcement--one might call it a new ar my-at Verona, advanced a weik ago with this foi-ce, and, joining with the army which had fallen back 'roi Magenta, moved to the encounter of the French, to seek revenge for the defeat of Gyulai. The French were only too well pleased to meet their en-imy thus, and the encounter on the plain of Castiglione was as if by umutual agreemient. The Emperor's lcad-quarters on the 23d were at Montechiaro. A part of the army, however, camped the saume niglt at Castig lione, and on the ~23d the whole army was encamped, a portion at the farther border of' the town of Castiglione, and 'the balance aloni; the road to Montechiaro. A body of four hundred and fifty Autrians had been captured on the 22d on the road to Catig lione, and the advanced posts of each army were constantly in the neighborhood of one another. . Castiglione, a compact town of perhaps two thousand Inhabitants, and almost two thou sand years old, is built upon a slight eleva tion, which is actually the. termination at that place of the Lombardian Alps. To the south and west of the town extenl.4 as far as the eye can reach, the level and highy-cuNti vated conntry.for which this part or Italy is so celebrated. To the east of the town t:.ere extends a series of hills, three or four hun dred feet high, in a cir&ular formi, preeCntting their concavity to the S'j'th, ad ter:minualing at a distance from t he iown of perhaip.i six miles. Around this tongue of hiil the plain extends to the north, where it terminates at the strongly-fortitkd town of Pe-ciera. On the night of 2hi the whole Austri:ui armyi moved up to the vicinity of Caztiglione, within a milc of the advancedlu c.onp of the French army. They came up o noisele1$ly . wasi oin towal the e hxtremity of the lung tonme of h.ls to which referred; ibeir right on t same range of hilis, Close 0]p to t.bie! tov. n of Ca iglion~e, and their left extein.: directly out across the phain to the sitih of the ter mination of tle tonge of hims. On ida'j hills there were two villages o(ecupied ly the Austrien::, and a high old tower' overlo kmty the plaini and the wihole country aroundi. The Austriani position was ini a crescent (as at Magenta.) about eight im!e ; long ; aud w~as exceedigly strVong in every point of1 vie', since the French were obliged to attack from the plain, in full viw aud in a concentrated form. During the first hours of the battle the French were twice driven back by the supe rio' numnbers and the inmpetuosity of' the Austi'ans. Blut thois retrogra,!e mIovemenit was not a repulse, and the gr ind lost w.as imedintely' regaiuned. it, was the Fi li-i m et of Zoniiaves( tat .ttuffered motst ait Iise touoment. A t 1 o'clock I saw t wo car't hn'ds of wounde'd muen if this llegimnent. as they aie ol' the lie]hl, ou Itheir wayt to t he bowldi tl at Cadiglieone, anid t hey t.idl mte tI at ati that momnt not a s.in..le comitioned olii eer of their Eegimenit wvas onl hii. tet. t'li brave Colonel, who haid beenLt priomo'ted I :iy three dayis bef'ore, ini place of their Gooim killed at'\lagemnta, hadl received threej wn,it' and in effect I saw Lint carried Itwm ih fi I Seon afterwi~ardts otn a litter, ' oered wi th lood and dlust, and app-trenitig -i.'ering dL'p' The two v'illages onl the line of hl;lk lI d by the Austianas offered the~ greatest re's Lance to the adva:nce of the French. I oe of these, 'Solferino, was taken and re-t aken tht're tnes 1)y Canro'bert's dlivision:. tind if is "aid that at this point the dead bodies tactually concealed the ground from view. Another village nearer to Castiglione, in which, strange to relate, both the men and the women of' the town firedl upon the l/r'ench., was totally hur'nt downi by Mitrshial Cami' brt'ji orders, whto was naturally idignant at such conducet, I had this dletail from differ at persons engaged in the battle; ist the burning took placc early on the day before wo arrived on the gr'ound, and we did niot, the'efore ,see this incident. The A us trians were gradually driven iback over thc plaint, antd fro:n theoir strong posiion: on tie hill-sides, till at 4I (o'clock they made their last obstinatestandl at the towni of E'~l ta, six miles east of Castiglione. Art hour's work dislodged them from this place, and then, at 5 o'clock, a violent rain-storm com ing up, attended with lightning and thunder, the retreat of the Austrians commenced. During this storm, which last ed nearly an hour, we took refuge in one of the division head-quartetrs of the town, and there assisted in dresing the wounde~d as they w~ere brought in. Thie storm, which was but a burst, antd which seemeid to have been sent expressly to cool the hot air and to lay the dlust, hard no sooner ceased thani thc thunder of th'e ar' tillery was again hear'd, bitt this time atround and to the nor'thl of thu p)oint of hti! in the direction of P'eschiera. 'rho battle had been renewed, or perhaps to us at the village, only drowned by the storm. We hastened to a higt ill half a mile east of the town, to a point near whei'e the Austrian right rested at daylight in the mnorinmg, and at the very place on which Napoleon had s'.ood during the first hours of the battle, and. from this point we couldI see distinctly what was going on. Away to the mnorthest, towards Peschier'a, which wats clearly in view", and appaently near the borders of' the lake of Gardat, the battle was raging with renewed fuiry. Thle Pied montese, iifty thousamndsti'ong, conmnand e l by the King,'who had stopped'( time night of the 231d in advamice of' Sontato, and who had conie to the field of action in thme rear of the Austrian muoriniig positioni, hal at tacked the Atustmrians in the flank as they re~ treated. We could see cachi discharge of the cannon as they vomited forth in rapid suc e...:- the.. da..eang missiles anad when we shader our ears behind tie, crown of ine hidl on which we stood, couli hear disinetly not only the diichrges of the cannon, but the sh:arp, rapid cracking of I he rifled Ius. keis if' the iifn:rv. The scene at this inoment was one I mg to be reimenberd. Ten imile nor i of t, and ion the eastern and weste-n shores of' the lake, the Alps reared their snow-covered tops above the eloils. The storm hal cleared away, and the sunset was never more beauti ful in this country of lovely skies. Nearer to us, on the sont h side of the lake, where the shore is nearly level, the battle was ra ging, and the niovements of the hatteries front point to poirt could be pcrceived. The rays of the settin; sun illuminating the snow clad tops of the mountains, rendered their sides dark and scnmbre, and threw a shade upon the water bcyond the continading arrmies winch brought these into strong relief. The Austriatns could be seen steadily receding; the batteries of artillery on both sides were con~iantly shifting from one little hillock to an' her, and as soon as placed in position a refg!ar rolling discharge could be heard and a line of lire seen like a conflagroiton. The scene was alike piicturesque and terrible. The Austrians cjntinued to recede towards the 3lincio at Peschiera, and it was reported in the French army that the bridge at that place had been cut:, some said by Garibaldi, some by the people, and that the Austrian retreat being thus cut off, they would be all surrounded. Others pretended that Garibaldi was on the other side of the lake awaiting the Austriani On their retreat; but all these statements way b.ve been nuere surnises. At 9 o'clock we left our look-out. to hunt up a corner in which to write you these details, and as we descende.d the ravine on the side of the town, we still heard, although we could no longer see, the discbarges of the guns, and knew that the work of death was going on. We are naturally anxious to learn the result of this closing scene in the long and bloody day's work. At Mantua, which could lie seen in the distance to the southeast, there was a great quantity of smoke, which gave rise to the supposition that th2 Prince Napoleon had ar rived from the Duchies ont that side, and1i had coramened the siege of that place. But this is problematical. Other patches of smoke were seen nearer, which induced the belief that the French were pursuiug the Austrianis in the direction of Mautua. We shall soon know the truth on the these iboints. This great battle: which will render Solfe rino and the 24th J ame memorable in bi.tory, lated fron 5 cloc.i in the motrnin g tillh 9 in the ivening-a lot;l of .is:teen hours; and it Itaay be that th.e prsuit is not yet suspend ed. ft was a bt.t le in whi.h Freach skill inI the art o( war o.:ce more proved superior to that Of Austria, her ancient eny,. and it woutld sCenm thaut bte ought now to be willing to nake peace. We wern maltle to arrive even atan approxi montioni of tie casualties of the day. All the "fIl cers who tuithct have l.ecn al .c to furnish us correct infiritnation continted in the Iuirsuit of in thPe lacVhrhe of ta .ndrroUnr.iing vilblaes and hinlets toward; lire-ia, ali of wicih have beei ;C:eI,:d yi] e 1 ur1% -m., -11r h.- it.al pudrpoae~. It is a bleshg icneI thar on sutChI occa..ions as ti the e.! m.r Fenwial le So well supplied with largo and elegant charches, for they Corm abairable hospitals, and serve as a resticn plhice for wounded men who mi;ct otheri:,e ii oai thi carts on lie highway for want ot shelter. Thne has pital andi chitrches iot Ca.m~iglione are reserved the the wotundedl othecers and( the mena on whomn caital operati-mna ate to be performiedl, especially for the atmputated. Thle miedical oflicers expjre.,sed surpcrise at the di-propor tion of' men whit were brought from the field with wounds of the armns and legs, and in etfect we observed this singuliarity amiong the wounded. Butt then it titlst be recollectedl that it is onlyw od 1te illfrnc taar i faal, ati that tht*.-e of the chest an ai gen eraby relinaint in the fieh I. Thie mn i'tfthorrile wounds to lo ok t. how ever, were' tuhose2 to t.ie face. Tw yIt uar..s'' of' t:e Fir.t Reg" inen: hal t he whol 'I ink';r jaw carried away, :tid yet e e h.-:vc t-ilorwt I valked htebimt Ii .e emuts of t ihIeir corarrdre. nua~re dang~ena,:--ly~ wo mide't ham t h.-sevs S. 'tae hird '' timiree- ch.-*e.1 froma blowa withi the b utt,. tif th.- mci i . - .1 her Lttal thmeir .I .-iiJat' u ltr uwr ihe acheesk :nvolum~a ri enor, timo.-, 'aiuca-.ion '' i imc I. is tihrt b~a.d piercedl nmeir t-s iahrugh an i i 'rr. The ('n .rLi bo stbsei hi .a-n in athei bon--t'. wvahi e hai! l.; a:,r~~' 'riage I.>r ..)ty te rig the '.jattale. S.* ernd iof t~i-~ilitit m 1n we'tl wound~ed neari the l'1m1.!roir, andI thIe 5tugean't to the. eei's a-. smdd met~ that the~ Empjeror had a blti' tic tihe top ofi tie shr'uldher, undler thle eptaulette. Several of' the otlicers of f lis ajesty's e-/al mai~Or were al,.) woundled, cad fromn all I canm ijenria the casualties amonig the ollicers on the French side were numerous. If anything~n were' waunting to prove' thart Iin the: wrlcd, as weli oiin m ield of battle as when wo-aunded. it wae saurey m~tanifested on this inmorabhle day. With thie exception of a few mienc wiho wera- ding as they were jothing ahding the dtrreets in the earts, and~ fromc whomia escapced the iinvolunctatry groans of tce idyintg hour, not a wotrd 4f comanttlt wats couieredl ; anud I scw oieliersi cand meni, on whomt thea blocod wasa oozintg 3rcom ghastly wiomdts, eanily e-mnking their pipes ats they prosed alonig oni their way in searchc of an aw.lndancue and a surgeon. Altogether it was a fearfucl ~ight, and excited the pity of the nmost hard hearted. The women who had remtarined in tbe town of Uastigli.>ne shed tears appa rently at thre utter hopelessness of rendermg asistance to such a numiber of brave and sut. fering men. Yet every house wars thrown open, and every hrandi wa. ready to aid in alleviating their ptains. For the most part they, asked but for winti or water, for the los~s or .tlood creates thairst, and thre fartigues of the iday must have been great fronm the length if Lthe battle and the extent of ground to fighat over. Matny of thne soldiers were narked] to the waist, their coatsr having been tormn to pieces in the bayonet and hand to band fights, and their shirts torn up to staunch their blood. All were covered with dust ahd had their clothes more or le:ss torn, both officers and men, anad ptresentedl even in the absence of blood-stained clothes, the most pitiable ap pearance. But all whit were not suffering had stamped upona their countenances that gniet, detercninted look which soldiers acquire in battle, and which is called in the French atmy tile "lprofessiiontal air." The rair of resignation, and the quiet, re spectful manner of thes3 brave fellows, ren dereid rte scene more tcuching, nmore symtpa thetic. A nroisy, bravadlo air would have .t riusily detracted from thre symipathay antd the horror oh the scetne. But all this, as the wontdecd men said, was nothing to the field of battle, only on the field of battle they thought neither of their own wounds, nor of es It.S r4 their dad comirades over whose Ibodies they were obliged to waarnit. 1 1:4ve hearl no estimate of the number of the I.'-ad. We saw about three thon'and Ausaan prionenrs brought in. How many were t(en during the day could not be ascertaned. I tsaw o.ne crowid of 600. anot her of -150, -1n1l many smaller squads. 'The Austrian wonn-led were piled into the carts sometimes ,nls criminately with the French. The largest gang I saw were brought in by the Turcos. They were obliged to stop on account or the crowding at the point where I stood, tvad I thus had an occasion to take a good loo:- at them. A considerable proportion of t:tese were Lombards, a fact which a large :nd -av age-looking Turco of the escort evident ly did not know, for he explained to uits irn a:hng them, that they fired but once and then laid down their guns. Poor fellows, tbey wei no doubt glad to remain on their own suil, even as prisoners, and one only wonders a: the blind egotism of the Austrian ralers it- pla cing reliance upon men who have no lou- for them, and who are compelled to light *g inst their brethren and their own tiresides. rite Hlungarians also were in considerable-::m b.'rs, and some of these were large and tag nificent physical neu. But they wer. not quick enough nor 'powerful enough fu our Turcos and Zonaves, who, while rena> ring justice to the good-will and obstinacy with which they fought, merely talked of their inferiority as a matter of course and of tL-Ir own success as equally a sure thing. The Austrian uniform, while convent' tt to the wearer, is most ungainly and unso:lier like in appearance, con.isting of a du.st-c,.tored coat, dirty green pantaloons, and a cap uanost invisible fronm its size and color. The oaters we saw, were exceedingly handsome, g- aitle manly looking men, and were distingti;shed more particularly from the men by a Lright golden star on the front of a dark green cap. The officers walked in the middlo (f the gangs of prisoners, and although they re. mained silent, they did not look downei -t or humiliated. The men chatted with sueh of their escort as could talk German or It:dian. In and about Castiglione, there were 2 i,000 soldiers in charge of the enormous tra; of the army, while in the rear of the town :here rmained a reserve of 20,00i men, to sdlgort the army in case of disaster. Add to this 10,000 or 15.000 wounded men in Castiglione, and Several hundred thousand men scautered over the plain in conflict, and dead on the ground, and you have a scene encompassed in a space of eight miles' diameter, snch. per haps, as this land of great battle scenes r:ever saw before. Front the high peaked bluff from w..ieh we watched the last louri of the h.:ttle. all this scene could be takent in and cinpre healed at one glance. It was a great hatte. aud surely onght, Io .ial;de, once f1r :ail. the vast superiority of F'rench over A t i na amray. 'The Empror's head-quarters were i:-ved from the village of' Cast iglione to VolI:L. the muo.St distatnt Of the CaloAred vilbtres, 1 1; o'clock in the afternoon. The crossing of the Mincio) Will 1 (obll take phwC to.morrow. tor Volta is within a nwile or two ofthis river, al the Emperor will not now be likely to wImilals. The women1awl thle pr:s emI themwn ,2t wine ahnd ampr. r . .: th'eir wo Vds, whil. the mnenl of the town lol I' sol .!;'s. such :as wisi to re awhil on tl:a ir t, to descend,:14l ad1.1 rl'lli it ag it intil 'lir wa ons. If i lid not already :now the re-ult of tin- battle, I wonhl he remly to .-;T fruo1m thiei o jrnlenis inber of wounied s ,. (ier's at II:i~ ultnitt rlssing iLy --1-I_* that the Frencaih atrimy laud been liter'ally de sroyed. I ai qu jiite Sure, no mante whatI~i the lreiich o~lieial report mayti say, thtt miy pre-' cedlam:r'~ ~ilution of tile ini e iaiioi f a wo nkd'd is sniall. Mr. lRaymond, d1udgde Forsythi, of T'roi'. anal myself. were the 0:1ly strange'rs (with the ex ception ot' two English journialists.) whoan we kw:w to be stuch, on the grund duing~a the bat.. We have onal: becen able to pre.serve rr crsai'ii, whiiai ra t her aii eleganat aone fot this acontryv. ;tad a'aa hi'ers. by a p'assl.r'. :,s l:i~ae of Diop:aches w~hiich I wtas li'~r 'ate en'htoil a :in myl poc .ket. andl whielh wasv ivent to lme bay the Aimerican a .niantr in iaris, lot' (ti51patcha' for the Amellricau iini - .r.at '1Turin. .til ot her prliviato (-arria;J. S t v beln s;-i/.edl Iio em:verv weaitiald outmears baih to1rtia. Thi 1's. re lse. mba.-" aot ttiicid t y gaoes a lon:;' ny ' with tihe onier-imainag, r--s I iaet I hul. t -idi:d ai a plcit Fsw Y: *Iei'ade. Thry do ! nm~s ha'i.' ty e':e.Liint' it oadh no? ibenfr my~ pport I co! no: have Lrat inato or oi. taf ih.:' towina, whaich is unider i::ail law. 31.\ LAL)FI". crrespondent, datinig fronm Presciai,ou the 4th of Jtune, reports a ftet whieb lhas not hitherto transpired, concerning thae scienitiflie i pplianics if electricity3 to. war purposes. I t wouaild atp piaru thtat thea remarkable preacisioni anad unity of thet lFrendh (Vohttions5 were ttLecomupl$ihed by a lhlite novel sort' of flying aide.de-camp. Frm; each corps, onec ini a position, ii horse man rode oft tot the inext adiv'isin, unroltiang~ on hiis rapidl emnrso at lightt wire, which no tie was lost in atdapitig to a field apaau andu the proetas was repeauted aill aog the Frech~ line of' tw.elve miles. Henoce the maov'emeant of the whole armay ws knowni and regulatecd like cl'ck work, "l'romn early dawn to dewy eve,'' Ott that de cisive day~. TIhiis arrangemnt had been planned in Paris and a suipply of' gutta percha coveredl metal thread forward with secrecy and dis patch. It has dotne its wor'k, and the pate'nt may ntow be discloseid. Portable galvanism beats portable gas. It was already known to both armies that a special telegraphic corps operated in the real of' the allies, and laid wires as t'ast as an advanuce wi mnade'. M. f.air is the chief'entgineaer, and the lirst lFrench man that entered Novarn, wthle the Autstrias were scarce yet otut of' it, wats M. Ganthaier of that staif, who set aip hisa box and telegraphed the details of1 the retreating co~rps at the mto met they were outside the gates. Lonato, Montechiaro and Castiglione were in instant commuicationi with Brescia atnd Milan when evacuated by the foe on the 23d. A Fiat LE MAeIl i(IST.-Mrs. Bal, in a! speech before the Boston Woman's Rightsi Convetion, read a letter giving an account of I a yotng girl in Delaware, whose fath~or was a| m achiaist. She was very' desirouts of' learaug e' fathet's biusiness. In being allowed to ener the shop, she shtowed great ability', anal madu~e so rapiad advatnce as to entable her on tha occasion of her f'athe''s deth, not mtany ars af'ter, to take charge of the buisiness. 1cr younger sisters and brothers have learned the trade fromn her, and she is now a prosper ois machitnist; keeping the btusiness of her fter, anal teachinig her yotinger aiid depen - dent brothers, and presenting a living wvitness to the wisdom of allowing a girl perfect free Another Source o weattin. The utilization of almost worthless sub stanes is one of the grand results of the in ventions of the present day. The man of ugenius comes, and, seizing upon' sone ioJlated fact, elaboratet in his wind the prin ciples of a wonderful machine, and after it has been wrought out in wood and iron, so as to perform the labor for which it was de signed, refuse substances are suddenly trand muted into almost inexiaustible treasures of wealth. While the labori of the Northern inventor have aimed to substitute machinery for men, those of the Southern mnachinist add new value to the raw products of its field.-. We doubt whether any invention promises a greater harvest to the country than that which gives a commercial value to cottoa seed. A few years since cotton seed was al uost etfirely valueless. Except when used as a fertilize, .it was suffered to go to waste. Although known to contain a large propor tion of oil, the difficulty of extracting it and preparin'z it for use prevented any counsidera bie results from the eflibrts made to conver t it into a product of* valte. A machine has, Ittowever, lately been invetted, which perfect ly hulls the seed, leaving the kernel whole and enabling it to be earsorted without injury frot fermentation or otter chemical changes. This has suddenly placed cotton seed among the most valuable proaucts of the cotton field, and aided new and unexpected profits to cuttonl culture. A demand has sprung up in Englatd, France and Begnum for hulled cotton seed, which Ca',mot with present means be supplied. This article comnmands the money in oni markets upon the bill of lading as readily as cotton itself. In Europe, it is used in the mnanufac ture of the liner oils, being more profitable for this purpose than lard oil or the extract front rape seed, or any other of the oil-bear ing products. A new field of enterprise and profit is thus opened to the cotton planters who have easy intercourse with our markets. Nor will it be long before the new machinery will be dometicated in the interior of the country, andthe resources of the South will be agata improved by this great invention as they were by that more important one which bas immortalized the name of Whitney.-N. 0. Picayune. - fBlondln, Loaded. On Saturday night, at a little after eleven, subsequent to the play, the curtain rose at the Metropolitan, and exhilited M. Blondin standing onl the lower part of mite rope which led from the back part of the- e!nge of the Metropolin nity to he rosf &f the theatre in the third tier, mt elevationi e.tf f:fty fret., at an angle of 1.1 degrees, with 0:.1. Luma Smith soudly and firmly perched upoin hisshoulders. M. lultndin bad his heaviest lml.iee pole, and coumm:Csd his perilous walk without the slightest liesitation, trwading lirtly and co'ni dently ot the rope, :is though he had no extra wilt to h(1ear. lie walked somewhat slow(-r thnu his wont, but zained the third tior amid diih cheers and - .. , were had appat remItly lure iw,.. The re:t, wonIde ful as it wai. was perfectly performe. and it is mor. extraorlinary from t.he fart that, while M. Tonitain weighs but one huldrel awf thiriv poumds. the weight of the man earrie'd was a hundretdl : xty-fire. W\\e thi.k this a greater periformitAe than rossing the chatsum of the Nin~arav.-lUnffalo leubicau, 12th. Tfm-: Occ..-Messrs. 0. Jennings Wisie and and P. HI. Avlett, accompanied by their res pective frietids, Col. .i. L. Davis antd William Old, Jr., met yesterd.y miornintg, in North Carolina. a short distance tfrom Datnvile. After the usual preliminaaries, the combatants took their positions, thirty feet apart, and at, the giving of' the word, Mr. Aylett ited, his bll passing witin about ain inchl of the shouldr of~ his atntagoni:,t. Mr. Wise then rised his pistol and iired in the :air. The frinds of the latter then at]ranceed and inquir td whethe.r Mr. Aylett nnmd his friends demoan ded atnother shot, to which a negative reply was givent. An etfort was ten madne for ani amdjstmient of the ditliculty, upun trms lhon orable to both parties, lbut Mr. Wise deecined making any arrangemtntt utmtd he had ar. op portnitr to consunt other fmo:ds m~ this city. lThev ali retuarnal to Richmmnd int the Danvi.le trai aitt G- e'clocnk vestterday r;ter:soon. A la-.nmorof the'pe:rson'al frie ads of each of thte getthk-m.. not thema :a the depet, wih warm. eongratltionms up-.a tl:...i s-.e return. TnLE i.m s.: ot- So1.FMttot.--Ahout ten ti., we'. a *'' \Iilnci:, anti running nearly l.ardeii with it, t, , .maler str<-am, the Chiese, and it -.- in the ..;.,ee betweent tl.ese two rivers tb:,! '! btm. w'ts fought. Among the manty .i towns . i- ..ad in this area is Solfer'inat. a di'nge of*>mo- t welve hundred inhbitantsa. hithlerwechi~et~y toted as being tme noit where tite Austt-ilns were' defeated by (In:t Frenchl in 17, pirior to the aiege of Mana. As thme hardest fighting of the lato battlc took place at this point, so the name of Solferino htas beconme indelluly assciated with the cotntliet.-N. Y. Evening Post4 Tfmt: S9Anzsr SmtnT-The attention of' ~hteors is invited to the followintg. " wail' f~om Salisbury : " There are sonme sights im this world-a e'ity sacked amnd burned--a London in the midst of~a plague-a ship hurning at sei--a family pining in starvation ajarof honey smashed on the pavement, but the saddest sight to us of all is an old bachelor stolidly walking towards his end, his great duties un done, htis shirt butt'.ns off, his stockings out at the toes, and reobo'. to leave his money to. Were we such a nman, the mild, reproving ee of a wido'. or m~aidenu lady would drive 's macI. But there is still hope. Uglier and older nent than anyt oefour friends .have mar ried bea.utiful wives, who trained them admirably, and spent theii- money elegantly." Oxi: or Mutmox's Mex.-At thme Fourth of Jtly celebration in Ironiton. Missouri, Capt. ,John Hall, one of Marion's men, was present. He is a native of North Carolina, and will be 99 ears of age. on the 21st of September nex. H~e supports himself by making brooms and baskets, and has never received a pension, though he fought gallantly during the Revo lutionary war, and distinguished himself at the battle of (Guilfora Coutrt House, N. C., March 15, 1781, where he was lieutenant of a comopany. Dox'r Bova..-- What are you writing there nty boy? Asked a fond parent the other day, of his hiopeftul son. a shaver of ten " Mv comnpothithion, thir," " What is the subject ?" "lInterathional law, thir,"' replied the youthful Gretiuis. " But really I shall be unable to concentrat my ideas and give them relaton, if I am consthantly iuterrupthod in thata manner by irrelevant inquiries."'