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i m %mcmtex Cc&gcv, $2 PER ANNUM ^7;.-^'* IN ADVANCE il .Jamilg aaii ^nlitiral ihuispaptt?Ptnalti !a tjje Arts, jurncts, literatim, ifimtatinn, Agritultnrt, 3attrnal 3mprnnftufiit?, /nrrign auil Itarotit Jlrira, anil tj)t BInrktls. V 0 HI M B VI. LANCASTER, C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOV. 2-5, 1857 NUMBER 41. Mtd pottaj. A Hymn for the Sabbath I know tins life's a pilgrimage? A Journey to the skies? A |>?;?snge to that better land, Where pleasure never dies. Oh, then to find so so eet n place, Above yon starry dome, I go, for every day but brings "A day's march nearer home,*' The path 1 know is sometimes sin o'.h, And then again uneven ; I murmcr not, for 'lis the way That pilgrims go to heaven, I know there is a stream called death, 11M ' 1 1 " t? nrre waters oasn and l<>am, *Tis just before?but still 1 go? *'A day'* march nearer home." Ob, whnt relief it is to know The time cannot be long, Before mv smil shall be regaled Within the land of song. This cheering hope I cannot find Within the skeptic's tomb ; My Bible bids me onwaid go ? "A days march nearer home." For the Lat.' aster Ledger. Anson lIoTKt., W \DKbllOltO, N. C. Novei:.Ler -t li 1857. /Wr / ri/'id** A * - ... 1 e . . .1.1 i fin auaeilCO Ol SCV eral in uith* I once mure appear before 1 lie readeis of ilia Ledger a? a public scribbler. Von will ha\o sec!, from my new caption dial my whereabouts h again changed. It is said a ?ro ling stone never gathers much n oss, . ltd, that, 'two moves ate equal to a bum,' .f so, say yon, 'you are a gone sucker.' I'ut again,il is said, 'venturers make no reliant*,' and the CI in n rem irked, v? u know 'sometimes br.?k?*n one.? liowever, liol to make a long story out of a short matter, I will in -reiv it rn.Hik Hint < ur * gn is oul and vie are reg tlarly in. So much tor our introduction. Mr. Li tor ami fi ends, the ol>j ot of this coinnmiiicalion i? lo mforin uiu that 1 have change t my vocation an 1 const qucntiy irxpecif hiy request all corie>p"ii(Junta to eddrcs* mrt, hcrcaf ?*r, at NVa le. hum, N. C5., until laitler infoinn-d. On reading 'he foregoing not Heat on, tio (loul.t, mail; >f tny friends ivili he r.uli er c ur oiiK in learn something of the w In'a and w 11e>elores vf niv change, etc. \\Yil, in reply l<< those un iginarv inteirog ?'o lies, I wi.l -im.l'y slate man i- * , rou ' 'o wonder'? alt ha? ? 1.1 i . Hence, I will give what followed, hv way of gratifying my friends of 1. tncasi< r and elsewhere. The undersigned has associated himsef with the lie v. A. L. Slough, in a Landlord capacity ; and wall himstlf'nx an ..Jvculapian capacity. I n- K 11 ...t ' ' .? > ikmci la n uirgu illld lull) modioli* !>uil(l no, situated it) tho in<>?t pubic Hid bit"it).(.-is part of the loan, tit.J hard by ia the beautifully coii*tru< ti*d at.d inagnitlcent Courl House. I wiil remade r./iil herd that I shall have oor.isioti lo write, at n ine fubftequcnl time, more tip oit tho business iiou.sc* of ibis place, the uiost of which are near our place of h-IJ ing furib. Wo are prepared and preparing lo accommodate all who may favor u* with a call. Wo intend to take patticular pleasure and pairs in trviug to make every one* bulb great and small, comfortable that may thane? to, 01 otherwise give us a Call. It ia our purpose to feed well ami charge moderately, that is, commleiing the hard times, and as some say, " worse coming.". Although this is a time of ''sub pensions "wo do not intend to suspend as far as our dining department and culinary "fixins" are concerned. In our Bar-room we have not the old fashioned board, lo which men love to re- | sort in days of yore, but have instead thereof an extensive reading desk which we shall keep regularly furnished with some fifteen or twenty popular periodicals of a weekly, tri-weekly and daily chsrac ter. Our desk will be served with papers of different politics an! creeds, so that all who will, may be pleased. Our motto " Pro-bono publico." I have the data at har.d for several ' wniiiiuiiicoiiuu^ wuifW I veiliure lO MV would prove interesting to the readers of the Ijtdgtr, if properly Arrange'!, but at my cranium ia somewhat out of aorl?, , therefore, will promise something belter : anon* I promised something upon llie subject of railroad* when I iaal bad the pleasure of an interview with too, but am not at present fully posted upon this, now, much mooted subject. The Wilmington and Charlotte Kail Road ia located from the former to thit place, and weit of Rocking ham, the County Site of P'^hmond. The R?>ad ia all under contract anJ luring rap idly built. The contract* on our aide of Tee Dec will be l?l out in Due Weat, as I understand, and no doubt the work will , bo consummated in rather railroad time, as we are a fast people since wo awaked ; from our memorable sleep, j There is a good deal of altercation about this place in reference to where or , j which side said road should be located. It lias been,however, located on the North | side, distant about one and a fourth mile from the Court House, on which account ! there is considerable dissatisfaction on the I part of those living South, and a majority of the citizens ol Wadesboro*. A kind of 1 piotcslutiun meeting was held on lust Sat1 unlav, where some steps were taken 1 i which were intended to alfect the change j lesned l?y those who composed said meetj ing, to wit: To locale the road on the | South bide and nearer the Court House. j j There wore some resolutions drawn up on < the occasion for the consideration of the ; Directory. 1 am unable to say or predict ! what will bo the result. The Engineers : say the cost will he considerably less on the North side ?from fifty to seventy live thousand dollars. \ I hope all will be satisfied and bene- ! j fi'ted, ?s the intention of the road is for | ti.o got d of the commonwealth. The road w ill, no doubt be built and at ! a eons'-lernb'o co*?. and r<> tl??? j in ?y be considerable. or in oilier and inore r<j propriatc words, tho road mav be j :i payi.g one, bul the conveniences and fa , ? : 1 lies ir wili give to the people will vastly out weigh either expense of building, or profits .rising therefrom. Hut all this i left for farther considerationl I was pleaded to notice a communication from the pen of "Caston," a few weeks s lice, w ho is far better qualified to g vo in'ormH .ion and interest to the readers j of the L' J;/rr than myself upon the sub- \ j"ct of r lilroads. Lancaster is doubtless behind the times as far as miboads are concerned, ami it is ; high time she was up and doing. She has slept a longer sleep than ever old Uip diil. Now, your idea, relative to connecting with our road at Monroe, is worthy of serious considerrtion. You would have facilities and advantages from that point which you would not have from either j Winiisboro' or Camden, and the cost j would not he hut little over half 1 imagine. I am no engineer, I acknowledge, but somewhat acquainted with tojxx/raph>j. Men <<f inf..imation and finance say Wilmington i> as good or hotter provision or grocery msrkcl than Charleston, and why may il not l*c made almost, or quite a.* good :i c"lt>>ii market ? Ponder this mat j .tor and your interest well, and if your brethren below, or a crop will not meet you, just turn your attention and stops towards the < >!d North State, and you will find her ever ready to "dance to her partner." In considering this matter vottr attention should t ot only he directed to the cotton and grocery markets, South and lvisl, but turn your eyes and let your minds run out towards those minerals, j ores, etc, which arc inexhaustible, west warn on me roiiie ol the \\ iliiiingtoii it Charlotte Kail lioad. | To conclude, what ever else you may ! d<s do not forget the Alison Hotel, kept by A. L. Slough ami SON OK LANCASTER. I Nov. 4ill 1857. Orkoos.? The Constitutional Conven ! i lion of Oregon has completed its work | and adjourned. The Constitution adopted by the Convention is to be buhmilied to tlie people for approval or reject ion, the 1 day fixed lor voting being the second Mon | day of November (io day.) The question | of legalizing slavery is specially to be passed upon, with a chance, according to all appearances, for a pro-slavery majority. The Corstilution itseif, which is a > great curiosity in its way, is not unlikely to oe rejected. Some of the features of this instrument deserv* special mention. The Governor was at first to liave been made State Treasurer but as the duties of Superintendent of Schools were also assigned to that officer, a Treasurer was at last separately provided for. The ex pensea of the State ate limited to seventeen thousand dollars a year. The Legis! sure ia prohibited from chartering banks or any other corporations. The State government is not allowed to con tract a debt of more (ban $50,000. The j design of the Constitution seems to be ; in brief, to forestall legislation almost entirely, the Convention apparently having i a distrust of the capacity of the people to 1 manage for themselves,and decide doubts as to the probability that so wiso a body of law givers could ever agaiu be assembled.? Charletton Courier. KtLMtn.?We regret to learn that Mr. Show h coiuluctor on the freight train on | the South Carolina Kail li-iad killed on yeaterday by falling oil'a platform.? Both leg* were cut <?tf below the kneea. : 'Che accident occured near Fort Molte and j Mr. Shaw v?*a brought up to Columbia, hut expired ahortly after reaching here. Bouihtru LigkU 7 The Rajah's Daughter, A cloud of gorgeous light Hushed over the sky, spread upwards and abroad, and, for a moment, the rich colors of an Eastern sutuise pictured themselves upon the horizon like an arch of fretted gold and powdered gems, broken and irregular ? now standing out in abutments of tiery light, or sinking hack to the depths of the sky in whvi s of ci iinson, purple, and pale violets, then Hinging up turrets of amber, and soil rose color to the zenith, and, at last melting away in a sea of dieet gold, as the sun rose from behind the green trees of Hindustan. It was the hour of! worship; the dawn had scarcely broken 1 over the Ganges, when the snowy temples | and the picturesque mosque which stood bedded in the foliage, and crowned the ; rocks which shot over the stream, with their drapery and creeping vines, were fliltur Ai?o?? I'* p i mm e*ei) casement arid fairy lattice, were lavished forth showers of lotus blossoms, w ith glossv green leaves, and buds full of odor, the J'-amin's tribute J to the holy waters, till the river seemed bursting into blossom beneath the warm ( sunshine. While the crested waves were i trooping forward like crowds of bright winged spirits spurting and rejoicing together among the blossoms thus lavished upon thein, a builgtro or state barge, followed by a train of baggage boats, shot out from the shadow of a grove of Iranian , trees, and with its silken penants stream ing to the morning air, made its way up the stream. i. iv mm* a princely sight?that long, j blender boat?as it (lashed out into the broad sunshine?its gilden prow curving 1 gracefully up from the water in the foim of a | ('acock with burnished wings, jewelled cic>t and neck of scaly gold?the ! sides swelling gently out at the bows and sloping a way to the stern, till they met in two cihied horns ofexquisite woikmanship, the smaller ends twisted together j and forming the extreme point of the b<>at. The rose colored mouths curved gently outward, fiolii which a beard of tr uit, colored and carved t" perfect selii I bianco of nature, seemed bursting awav o\er the foaming waters as she cut her path gracefully through litem, leaving a long wreath of foam, curling and flashing in her track. In the broadest part of the deck stood a soial pavilion, its dome paved with mother of pearl and sluihle I without precious stones ; us pillars of duted ivory, i halt hidden by a licit drapery of orange and azure silk, fringed and festooned O the tretw. tk of ti e dome, with rone* of heavy silk, twisted and las/eiled with !>il ver. Within a pavilion, on a carpet glowing with the rich dyes of Persia, hall reclined hii elderly native, to bed in all the splen dor of an oriental prince, witli his eye half close I. and apparently dropping into a quiet slumber. The mouth piece of his , hookah la) idly between his thin lips, its jewelled length glittering against his vest, and then hurst away, coil alter coil, like a serpent writhing in a bed of flower*, till it ended in a bowl of burning opal stones, from which a wreath of perfumed smoke , stole languidly upward, and floated among the azure drapery like clouds moving in the depths of a summer sky. 1 )iroctly opposite, on a pile of orange colored cushions, lav a female, young and | beautiful as an houri. llcr robe of India muslin, starred and spotted with gold, was open in front, betraying a neck of perfect ' hcMUtV. Illld hilt hulf ) ful outline of her person ; her bright hair j was banded back from Iter forehead with h string <?f orient pearls, and fell over the silken cushions in a multitude ol long black braids, so long as almost to reach her feui while aim retained her reclining position. She had the full large eye of her fiery clime, long cut, and full of brightness, but shaded with heavy, silken lashes, which lent them a languishing ami almost sleepy softness. A smile was i continually melting over her full, red lips, | and the w hole expression of her face v as | one of mingled softness and energy. He- i hind her cushions stood a youth of slender, active form, w ith a high, finely mould i ed forehead, ami eyes kindling with the fire of a proud but restraining spirit. Yet, though bis port was almost regal, and his bearing princely, lie was >r. the humble J costume of a Hindoo ilave. The band i which should have been fainiiiar with the . sabre hilt, was occupied in waving a fan ! of gorgeous feathers above the radioing ; princess. Occasionally, when the fair 1 girl would close her eves as if lulled to , sleep bv the musical dipping of the oars, j he would fix those expressive eyes upon her, as the devotee dwells upon the forin ' of his idol. The bold menial had dared i to look upon the loveliest maiden, and the ; loftiest princess in all Hi<> jostan, with , eyes of love. And she, the brightest star of her father's court, the alii,meed bride (d a prince as proud and as wealthy as her own haughty sire?had she forgotten her lofty caste to lavish her regard on the , person of a slave ? Those who had look- , ed upon (lie expression of those lofty eyes I -it umll'SKIg I'VnUHlII MIS passionate gHZ??, HS | llie Marry blossoms open to the an fix-runs might have read an answer which spoke much for the warm hearted woman, but little fur the dignity of legal birth. The old Ibtjah, as he reclined, apparently half asleep, marked the mingled glances of the youthful pair, and a wicked, ciaftv expression stole over his face; a light f.l-amed out front his half opened eyes, which told how dark And subtle were his secret thoughts?he lay like a serpent nursing its venom for a sudden sprtng. The day was becoming sultrv and the train of boat* made its way slowly up the shadowy siJe of the stream. The oars mcu bent wpartly over tbeir oars, lor the atmosphere, which slumbered about tliein, hail become oppressive with the perfume which rose in clouds from the oleander thickets, and the thousand budding vines that flung their garlands over the water, and chained 'he tree tops into one sea of blossoming vegetation. A short distance up the high bank curved inward, and a littie cove lay glittering in the sunlight, hedged in by a sloping hill, which was 1 covered with ric-h lierhu?o u...l ' - - ... \.i w r? IICU j by a tiiick grove, heavy with the ripe bananas, and other eastern fruits. On the 1 lower swell of the bank, two lofty palm j trte* shot up into the air. branching out at the toj) in a cloud of thick green fo J liage, impervious almost, to the hot sun shine, which fell broadly ou that side of the river. fhe old Kajah fixed his eyes on the stately palms, as the boat gradually near ed them ; while he gaae !, the glittering branches which had hitherto remained motionless, began to tremble, and wave to and fro. 'J tie leaves shivered ; a low rustling sound was heard, as if a current of wind had suddenly burst over them ; ; and then the head and half the body of ! a huge serpent shot up from the mass of leaves, swaved itself b:it>L uu.l f..nl. ii... sunshine fur ;i moment it ml then dnrteil bac k Willi the same rusti ng soun<l into its huge nest of leaves. The old 11 ijili's eyes kindled with a subtle itic; and he commanded his attendants to enter a hag gage boat, and proceed to the banana grove for a supply of fresh fruit. ' Moor the boat in the inlet beneath the two palms, and let Taje remain with her,' he commanded, pointing to the handsome slave w ho stood behind his daughter.? The slave made his salaam, and was j about to step into the boat, when the j princess called him ; 'Thou shall not re main idle,' she said with a smile; Met thy task l>e to gather some of those lilies which spring tip from that bed of while sand just within the cove, and scatter them over my cushions; should I be asleep when the host returns, their per lume will bring me pleasant dreams.' The slave belli hit ttirliiiii'.! Im ..I sprang into the boat. The princess half | ruse from her cushions and watched tlie paity an they drew towards tint shore.? The slave, Taje, moored ilio boat, and hi ought an armful of llto beautiful white lillios she had desired, and laid tliorn carefully in the prow, a hero he seated himself to wait for his companion*. Her eyes were fixed with a kind of dreamy abstractedness on lliecove, when site saw liie tups of the palm liees in cmninotion; the heavy leaves begun to shiver again, and the slender hranches crashed, as with the force of a hurricane. As she looked, that huge set pent began to coil itself like the stem of a great line, downwards a round the palm ; his nick glistening, Ins head thrust out a little from the trunk, and his hungry eyes fixed on the slave w ho had dropped asleep in the boat.? The princess sprang to her feet with a cry of horror, and then stood motionless,and white as death ; her fingers locked, and her pale lips moving but speechless. She yxua I ' - - ...... ciiiu > i > um, i>kii ner viuct) was choked in l?er throat. She saw the mon ster thrust his head far out from the trunk of the palm, and then the horrid glitter of his hack as he unfolded coil after coil and tiling half his length into the boat, gleamed before his distended eyes. With a cry that rang over the waters like the shriek of a maniac, she fell upon the deck and with her face buried in her hands, lay quivering in every limb, like a dying creature. 'Peace !' thundered the old U <j.di, lifting her form from the deck and Hinging it on the cushion, 'Peace, ingrate ! Look up and witness his just punishment !' As if nothing could appease his thirst for vengeance, ho tore the hands from the shuddering creatures face, and again half lifting her from the pile of cushions for ced her to look upon the appalling scene The serpent had coiled itself around ita victim,w hile yet one part of its hiiire length whs twisted about llic palms. She gazed witli a dizzy brain on tbo mot lied folds as they writhed glistening and swelling eagerly around their struggling victim.? She saw the glossy n?ek flung upward with a curve that brought the head, with its tierce gloating eyes, and its forked tongue (juiveung like a fiery arrow from the open jaws over the crouching slave. A low smothered cry of of mortal agony arose irotii the boat?then a shoot nnd a rush of men from the grove. She saw the gleam of their hatches and pikes as they fell upon the monster. She saw the horrid folds that begirt ber lover relax, and then with a faint gasp she fell hack in her father's arms sick and entirely senseless. 'l>og !' cried the lier:e old man, seizing the rescued slave m? lie it.? -:.1.~ _ ? ? ~ hi?j omc of the barge, pale and haggard as a corpse, yet hearing the lilies which his mistress had ordered, in Ins arms. 'I>"g! crocodile! 'I'hou lias escaped the serpent, hut who shall save thee from the vengeance of a disgraced hither V The old man's scimitar flashed upward as he spoke. The slave drew his fine foiin proudly to its height, and fixed his stern, calm eyes full on ilia old Rsjah's. Tiarh old man, he said, 'what would you of met True I have won the love of your daughter ; hut il you seek vengeance for the wrong, claim it notofTaje, the slave, hut the prince Arungzebe, her affianced husband, for, by the holy stream which bears us, ( am that man.' The Rajah's eye quailed beneath that stern glance, and the scimitar fell to the deck with a ringing sound. The youth calmly put away the hand which the fierce old man bad fixed on his arm, and taking a sealed parchment from (he folds of his turban gave it to him. The Rajah look il with a shaking hand, glanced at the signature, and I lien opened his arms to receive his boh-in law. Tie youth lean. j ed for a moment on his bosom, and then ihey went into the pavilion together ? j When the princess awoke from her swoon \ her father was sitting on his carpet smo- 1 king his hooka at quietly as if nothing had Jiappened. The scent of freshly gathered lilies hung about her cushions, ami her rescued lover was bending over her. 'Oh ! I have had a terrible dream sbe I said, passing her slender hanu over her j eyes. Ah, but you are very palo, was it real ?' She started up and looked towards the cove. The palm trees stood lowering in | the sunshine. The hark h^rn ui <1 tl.or.. torn from limit trunks and* tlx; thick branches broken and dangling in the air, like rent banners streaming over a battle field ; tlm heavy grass was trampled and soiled with blood, and a huge boa constrictor lay stretched upon the white sand, mutilated and dead. Texts for the Times. Some one has hunted out the following texts appropriate to the present crisis.? Head them, and see how many more you ' can add to them; "What is a in ?n profited though he i i should gain the whole world and loose ! his own soul, or what shall ? man .riv.. b'"iu exchange fur his soul ?' I "Therefore take no thought, saying, what shall we eat? or, what shall we | drink? or whether*itli.il shall wo he clothed! (For after all these things do j the Gentiles sock.)l<>r your heavenly Father knoweth that yo have, need of all these things.?Hut seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall he added to yon." * Lay not up f? r yourselves treasure on j earth, where moth doth corrupt and thie- I ves hreak througli and steal, hut lay up : tor yourselves treasure in lleaven where j moth doth not corrupt, nor thieves hreak through and steal.' j 'Hut they that will he rich, fall into j temptation and a snare, and into many j foolish and hurtful lusts, which (lrow ti in en in destruction ami per. i on.' 'Charge them that are rich in this world that they he not high tuinded, nor trust in uncertain lichee, hut in the living God, who givoth ns richly all things to enjoy ; that they do goo?', that they he rich in good works, rea<ly to distribute, willing to communicate ; laying tip in store for themslilves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lav hold on eter nal life,' 'Godliness with contentment is great gain. For wo brought nothing into this world, and it is certain w e can carry t.oih ing out. And having food and r liment let us he therewith content.' 'P ' - * * i rusi in mo Laird antl do good; so shall tliou dwell in tlie Ifcnd and verily llion sli ill be fed." " 1 have heeii young, and now am old, : yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, ! or his seed begging bread." " A little thai a righteous man hath, is j better than the wealth of many wicked." i "There is no want to them that fear Him. The voung lions do lack and sutler 5 hunger : hut they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing." " A f.iilhtul man shall abound with blessings; but he that makelh haste to be rich shall not be innocent." " He that is greedy of gain troubletb his house." Perilous Property. A negro fisherman in Norfolk, Va., : came one day to his master and sai I : 'M assa, I w ant to huy myself free I got tree hundred dollars, sir; 1 pay von dat I down and gib you de rest when ( make 'urn.' J 'Very wel', Tom,' said his master, 'you have been a faithful fellow, and I will j comply with voiir with.' The money w as accordingly paid, and incoate freedom of Tone commenced. A few uavs afterwards Tom went out J to fish in company wi?h a fellow servant, and there came npa Mow which capsized ; the fishing smack and drowned Tain's I companion. The next day Tom came to his master and said : 'Massa, I change my mind sir, I don't want to buy tnvself ar.y more sir, please pay me hack my money sir.' 'Why Tom,'said his master, 'you have already paid a large portion of your price, and by indnstrv, in your profitalile calling 1 you will soon earn and pay the residue, ' and you had better carry on your original ! intention.' 'No massa,' was Tom's economical rejoinder, 'I rudder hah my money back, nigger property too unsarlin, sir.' Anrcdotk.? A correspondent, "Ju nius," sends the following to the Kings tree Star*. The following rich one is said to have actually occur re-1 in the pretty little town of Fayelleville Arkansas: The (jood templars have there a thriving lodge of that Order, which has signs and passwords to insure admission only to the worthy, and prevent intrusion hy the unqualified. It so happened that on the evening of the date of our story, one of the brothers saw tit to call at the gro eery on his way to the Lodge, and pre' settling himself at the door, and giving , the word to the guardian was refused admission by that worthy who, it aeeins, smelt a rat. On being called upon to state his reason fot refusing to admit the brother, made the following retort: (hit "the brother was right in die passwords, but wrong in the wcath." From the Marion American. The Palmetto Regiment. _ I nv ONK OF TilK TWO HUNDRED. NO. HI. Tlie regiment of December accepted the field officers who had been elected by ! the regiment of June. They were Col. Pierce M. Butler, Lieut. Col. lames P. Dickenson, and Maj. A. II. Gladden.? The last is the only one who survived the I ( battles. I | Pierce M. Butler was elected Colonel | by acclamation, without his knowledge, j , and while he was in the wilderness of; the west. It was a tribute worthy of the ! ( man. While he was in the far West, among the Indians, on public service, ' ...I _ I ... ?. - r - * ?nun n itsauer ior me l'ai met toes was i to be chosen, although there were hundreds of men in South Carolina who I would liave led them into the very jaws i of death, all eyes were turned to him, and a message was sent to him to come home, and lead them. IJe was one of the most chivalrous men in the State?a ( soldier by nature and by profession. If , there was a man in South Carolina whom I would have followed with equal eonti ] deuce, it was (run .l:unn? .Innm r.1 field. Colonel Butler was near'v fifty years of i ape, slightly gray, hut which was more the result of disease and hardship than i of age. In figure he was tall and com- ' manding, more than six feet high, and of . I elegant soldiery stature and carriage, lie j had an eye which an eagle might have j i eiiV ed. In every aspect he was every ! inch a man, and as he walked before his | regiment, in the attitude of command, or j with his clarion voice addressed the:, in his frequent and fervid appeals to their pride and chivalry, he impressed every ' beholder with an admiration approach- ! mg veneration. "A noble spirit calm and high That cannot fear, that will not bow, Was written in his manly eye And on his manly brow." I am no man-worshipper, yet I have seen men who gave tile faith in human | perfectibility. Col. Butler was oue?oi them. I studied him closely, and while his character displayed eveiy virtue, it . was unblemished by a single fault or in firmilv. What virtue Jul he.lack ? lie j was as brave as a lion, and as tender and j compassionate as a woman, lie was just, generous ami magnanimous. As a remarkable instance of his mercv and magnanimity I will give an example.? George Grtflin, my mcsmate, a gallant and hiilliant young man, hut hasty and passionate, disobeyed an order of Col. Butler, and reprimanded by him, Griflin retorted very sharply, insulting Col. Hut ler in the presence of his regiment. I i saw the flash of Butler's e\e, the flush of liis cheek, and the quiver of his coin ! pressed lip, and 1 trembled for the fate ul my imprudent friend. Hut the gather ing storm passed from the features of Butler, ami a benignant smile followed. It was but a momentary struggle between pride and disc pline, against the sweetness and mildness of bis nature, lie came up to Griliin, and excused bint with a mild < and paternal remonstrance Fronj any j other man but Butler, the imprudence of I griliin, who was a private in the ranks, I would have cost him his life, or the ex- | Lreme rigor of military law. Butler was C.....L- .......I.. - > - ........ ...... ..11.111 >, ingenuous aim canuiu as a child. "True to iiis word, in every thought sincere ile knew no wish, but what the world might ; hear.'' lie was unselfish, and self sacrificing, j patient, uncomplaining and modest. The j ' affections end relations between him and | his men, were on Ins part kind, solicitous, ' and paternal, and on their part affectionate, tinal and obedient. They were proud of Hutler, and he was proud of them. He was a sad, and profoundly melancholy man. The hot sirocco had passed over, and blasted the green pastures of his youth, and but one impulse, one seu| tiine.it, one pleasure remained, and that ' was duty. 1 le was deeply abstracted and thoughtful. With his head bowed as if ' with suffering, snd his good sword ling ged under his arm, I have seen h:in walk j for hours sad, solitary and abstracted, in ! self communion. 1 slept by his side on i the last night before he died, when only r.nn i.f -?? 1 - i n . ~ ~ ^ I.iicmciinj vy l^.UUU Mexicans, who only waded the coining of | the morning to plunge down t:t on us.? j At the dawn of day he was up, surveying >he field of death. 1 was up wi.h him, and he talked to me in a tone of unusual sadness, lie felt that his hour was ahout to come. The presentiment was fulfilled, and the sun set that evening, blushing ' uuon a field stained with the blood of five thousand men, and among them was Butler, and with him nearly one half of his I'almettnes. Jam s P. Dickenson was Lieut Colonel. He was a man of sinking and imposing appearance?tall, powerful, anj of per ect figure. Ho was a good oflieer and severe disciplinarian. He was almost in sanely proud, vain, and ambitious. I never saw a man whose heart so panted after glory and fame as hi*. He was per teeny insensible to tear and courted dan ger. as a lover woes hit briie. lie had been married only a few monllta to a lady of surpassing beauty and charm*, but he gave up hit young bride for bin ambition. He had resolved to "do or die,"?to come back covered with elory, or to die at the cannon'* mouth, lie would have charged hi* regiment upon ten thontand men. While woundeJ and almoat dying he went on a litter, ten or twelve miles, with a guard only of a dozen men, when the enemy was on both tides of Itiin, and 1 ho seemed to take pleasure in the dan ger of the adventure. The battle was coming on and lie was then commander of the Palmetloes, but he was fast dying of his wound, and his soul was in agony ?not at dying, for he dreaded not death, hut because he could not die on the field of battle. I was one of his escort on this adventure, and I parted with him I confess with little regret, for though he was a hero, I had no Httachment for him.? I never saw him xguiu. lie died fivo days afterwards, on the 13th of September, 1857, while the thunder of the last battle was pealing grateful music to his dying vear. A II t>?_: ? xjunuuvu >' rto me iu ajur. x rev I* ous to his election he was little known and not distinguished, lie had the good fortune however to have won the favor of a lady of distinction and influence,and mainly by her interests and efforts in his favor he was elected. lie had been a militia officer fer some time, and he was the best tactician and drill officer in the regiment. And in fact as a tactician he had no superior in the army even among the oldest regular officers. He was an admirable officer and a good man. He was stont short,and aldernianic in person, lively, humorous, and pleasant in disnosi. I - - - ? 1 lion, of good lieart, and lender emotious. lie was also a very brave aud chivalrous in an. For the perfect drill and discipline of the Palmettoea, and for much of their spirit and pood conduct, they and the Slate were indebted to him. Butler and Dickenson having been killed at ChuruImsco, the command devolved upon him, and he commanded the Palmettoes at Chepuliepee and lielen. lie led them pailar.tly, and was severely wounded at Helen. Ho commanded the regiment until the close of the war. He is the only surviror of the field officers. He is now a citizen of New Orleans, and a Commission Merchant in that city. To Keei' Tiiies Tight on Wiikkia? I wish to communicate to the public a method by which tires on wheel carriages may he kept tight. 1 ironed a wagon, some years ago, for my own use. and before putting on thetirss, I filled the felloes with linseed oil ; and the tires have worn out and were never loose. I ironed a buggy for my own use, seven years ago and the tires are now as tight as when put on. My method of filling the felloes with oil is as follows: I use a long cast iron oil heater, made for the purpose; tho oil is brought to a boiling heat,the wheel is placed on a stick, so as to hang in the oil, each felloe one hour, for a common sizeed felloe. The timber should bo dry, as green limber will not reoeive oil. Care should be taken that the oil be made no hotter than a boiling heat, in order that tho timber be not burnt. Timber filled with oil is not suspectible of water, and the timber is much more durable. I was amused, some time ago, when I told a blacksmith how to keep tires tight on wheels, by his telling me, it was a prontablo business to tighten tires,and the wagon maker will say, it is profitable to him to make and repair wheels?hut, what will the farmer, who sunnorta th# nilioalai?i?l.? , , . (jU? and smith, say ??Cor. South Plant. Anti-Pem'ltimatk Puns.?Why is a chicken pie like a gunsmith's store ? Because it containes fowl in-pieces. What i? tlie temperament of lle-diy persons ?? Limb-fat ic, of course. Why should a man who is struggling in these tight times wiih financial tiiflicullies, hold his head mote erect than ever ? Because he is very much straitened. Well, Mr. Snow, does yer still pay distresses to Miss Mon.ingglory ?' 'No, I dusn'l?I's left her.' Wot fur, Mr. Snow.' 'Kase w hen I axed her to decept my neari an nan, sue sed ebe would rather be 'sensed.' What did ye do V '01* jest like an ignoramus nigga dat I was, 1 'reused her.' . Safkty is Wool?A negro preacher recently in Virginia, referring, in a desul; tory an<l characteristic discourse; to tbo day of judgment, said, with great earn* ostness and fervor: "liredren and sistern !?in dat day de lord shall diwide de sheep from de goats; I and hrese do lord, he knows which wears I de wool P Wl.Ut lii U ilttnill* 9 A iKinrtr ? * rk""1" .. ..... .. .. *? vuiu^ in |/nui<|4 loons, will) h body and two Arms; a bead w ithout brains, and a cigar stuck in a hole before ; tig) t boots; a cane; a scented, white handkerchief ; a standing collar ; brooches, and a showy ring on bis little linger. Can't Afford It.?It has been thought I that people are degenerating, because they don't live as long as in the days wf Methuselah. Hut the fact is provisions are so high that nobody can afford to live very long, at the current prices. A farmer was asked why he did not subscribe for a newspaper. 'because,* said he, 'when my father died he left me a good many and I have not read ihetn through yet." 'Julius, what part oh d? ceremonies do de ladiea roost admire when Hey go to church ?' 'Well, Poinpey, I can't tell dat. What is it ?' "Why, oh course, it's de him* r T can't do it,* 'never did anything,* 'I will try.' haa worked wonders; and 'I will do it,' has performed miracles,