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. f VE*V * " '--7. A. * ' ,^BgM,g^ggggg^gggagBa!gg!jBSgMg^^^^L7-~t W"^aggB " " '" "'- - - '"' 11,1 11 " ~ 1 1 i I I ?! Ill ~i I 11. ...-T-Tr-T^-tri. -rr 1^ --TT-^TjtT-. r~?-firm fttf Canrastcr Cfiujev, I &9 PFR A N NT T T AT t..,,. ?H. s * . ~ 1 l tut AiNrvum _ _ uia ?i.i, ...o - ^Zi",f7?r. IN ADVANCE % /auiiljj aai ^alitical 3itiiiSjm|irr XltaaUi ia tljt Arts, Stirnrts, litttator^ it-i-Uiatmu, Ajrirulturr, 3attrual Smprourmruts, ,#nrrigu nni) floiurstir 32ruis, aui) t|)t 31Iarl;tls. VOLUME VI. LANCASTER, R. j'i., SOUTH CAROLINA. WEONRXIUV morninij ianitarv m n? Itliu't ! | The Old Man Dreams i BY OLIVEK WEKDEUiHOIiMEI. I Oli, for uitu hour of youthful joy ! iGi^ btck my twentieth spiing ! Td rather laugh a blight haired boy Than reign a gra> haired king ? ,OfF with the wrinkled spoils of age ! A way with the learning's crown ! Tear out life'* wisdom written page, And dash ilH trophies dow n J One moment let tny life blood stream From boyhood's fount of (lame \ I . Give mo mm giddy, reeling dreuin, Uf life id' love Hiid tame ! My listening angel heard the prnyer, I Ai d, calmly smiling, said : "If I but loueh thy silvered hair, Thy hasty wish hud sped." i | Bu' is there nothing in thy tmck To bid thee fondly atuy, While the swift reasons hurry but k j | To tiud ttie wished loi day !" ' Alt truest soul %f womankind! Without thee, w hat were life ? One bliss ? ejunot loave behind? I'll take?litv?preeious?wife ! I The angel look a sapphire pen, And wrote in r? nh??w dew : "The lliatl Would tie a ls>v .strain. Ana be u husband, loo!" "And :.s there nothing yet unsaid, Hefore the chunge appeals? I Remember. xil ilu-ir gifts haws lied Willi Inoso dissolving years!'' ^ Why, tea; for memory would recall My fond paternal joys ; 1 could not bear lo leave theto all ; I'll l?k??ni)?girl?and?boys! The smiling angel dropped his |>ett? "Why this will never do ; The titan would be a boy again, j And tea lather, too!" And so I laughed?my laughter woko The bourn-hold with its noise? And wrote my dream when morning broke To please the gray-haired boy a. M J I)N I (1IIT MUSINGS.!! A TALE OF SORROW. |, Come, let lis nit bV the ed^e of this i j>r?*ci|)i< e, and I will tell you of tlie friend I of my oil!?liiin \\ hose bones aro now I fthinibcring under that r.tde h Hap of stones- i ^Wlial a deep sun e*s chasm is here; bark! I a linger "k lias just Itiiiible*], but the M noise of its fail is !<>?t in tlie sullen roar of i that smoking tnrient, w hich rushes like a < feticmn of tire thiou^h the daiknes*. Ot ! I ten di.l my friend lean over this blink I listening to tlie wile! music of the waters, , g.?*ing an it lie saw beaten in the ab\s?. ^ I 111w soul wan gloomy. From his child i hood lie shunned die concourse of men for liis delight was to ci)inir,un? with the < dai k mikI j?iunt forma of nature. H?* I roamed through pathless woods, over mi i trodden mountains. The treeless cliff mimI j 1 darkened ocean v-'ere his pica-tiro; his I i inusic the watling winds of autumn, or ; the tierce blasts ot winter. A moulder li ing mi** grown lower, or blurted pine, < standing low on the heath, he would gaze Upon, mm if looking at the gliosis of the ! beautiful dead. His stern soul r? i .iced 11. j troubled joy, as in fancy lie coursed the i clouds with the rolling thunder, or slanted wiih the wild lightning on the bosom < of the storm. Vet was his soul generous^ hs heart tender?tender as the young | i plant in Hprilig, moist as the dews of the . morning. i He loved nnhodv, but soon tired of hu man teaching. Fame called into onward, i he grasped Iter, her gaudy colours full at the touch, and liis soul was withered.? i If- ' <V nnrir Iiwin u| v. nrnurs VIWI met, the lightning of aria- and lliundent of the hat>ltt filled liim willi raguig j'>\; | fit length he departed *ii-kened with | slaughter. He lied from (lie face of man and made hi? bed in the field*. 1 lie lien I vena w< re lit* curtail)*, (lie turf hi* pillow I lie dreamed of vanitie*. Now be pur | rued pViiMire, mid caught lier ; suddenly I lie 'ell (be coil of n fterpeni nbotu bun, it* | red f*ng wm ir. hi* benrt. Then be *aw \ glory on an en>>oence, be strove, lie toiled, I he clambered, be reached forlb bin baud I ?alio rolled away in vnjior lie wan < t dered in lonelitie**. . At twilight lie sat < bv the dead trunk of an oak. The wind , t whi?tled among it* |>nre branches It was I then I m* loin, I heard bi* complaint*. < "My *oul i* a* (be trunk of thia oak?joy I lew, leafle**. lifeless. Tlie world i? a wa*te. i Tha object* of mortal* are not mine. Na i tore once smiled ; it* charm* have gone. I t Nor wood, nor mountain, nor ocean'* I Kt wave, n<tr ilia rude c'iff. nor rocky pa**, 1 n' r ntn, moon, ataridelight ma any more,! < Oh ! when shall tbeae eve* close to what l no longer can please! Mortal* bed long ! I ett tlie time worn tower an<l crumbling mslle. Unseen their tottering walla l? ( VM rallen, ami the imisa li.??? i-t-*". ilt,l silence il-ove. So umy 1 CnVi, for Ktr*-i.^th iiul joy of ii'.y soul have departed. O' jartli, eat ill, bete ;*.j, me ?lie ! Though my bones whiten in all the wiu>l> of lie ? '.'en, vet pleasant to me is ilio long dioani less sleep." lie tlirew liimself on the ground, and I spptoached liiin, I then knew Inm not, but inv heart, nitie.l him. I ?ov.k.? i ? - ? - r ,,,v words of comfort ; he raised his hr:ul and listened. His comilonnm-c was goodly. Hi* eve shone ?ts wish the reJ li^ltl of lire, teen far olf through the mists of ocean.? I'roiiiiled sadness overttpteml his I'aee, 11k * Lite stoiiit in liie datk forest. <? ir son's mingled into one, f>r our lit >nr'iits w.ie alike. He arose and wo j mrneyed to a Co tn^e Inn, and tlnre he saw tl? bngln browed Stella, and love awain in ht.s eve. They met |?? secret ; the r I ps to >| it.e passions of their s- n!s. The r nlfeeiiotis were initialed and hlended like the em bracing Imes of tho rain In.v. Their walks were often through the h<no wood, >r by the silont site.nil. Tins gloom of liistninl was past, for she w.u the light of I,., i , ii lie* I u Tliev wandered by Casmat's winding st ret in j tliev flood ?ln'ri' j?ras.s thrown Mi kn are ovrrhanoinp. lie was like lliu lull poplar kim-ii at Kettiin? tern on khiiiu liieh lii.!; proudly it which its loflv s'i n* il.il, anil still a?|iiri>H to heaven. See was tin* ilronit'iij* willow betnlii^ liter .!)? if'Hcy Witt! , tl,e j?etillecl yule iifiu I Is trail brsllt-'jes, trial willl illiW*li east jertuty would stem tlie b.a-t. All ! lit ,lu thought lie, as lit* e a?.,* I on litis 1'ilie y tree, bow soon lis frail branches slimi.ti tte.troililfii in tins', 111 > \v Me It leu tdiuultl wither lis beauly, l.ke llie lotie (lower be 'ore ilio burning breath of tlio desert. lie oa7.--d ; in 1,|^ i;a2e lier loveliness ^rew. Her tie.nl rested on lii? aboillder, liter moist, d.'tik ?)o was lilted to lus; their Mollis Mowed together ller snow \ ,.rin n:?* thrown IVIiiIy on iiis ne< k, 11 r |> ivfui li i^er* snorted with lis dark lo< !?', lloittitio in the hieez?, A rock stood not Ur tiisiHiit, in it wms u ittle recei* covered with dewy jjr.iss. A inarkiin^ siu-aiii issued from it c'. ft, !.< u I bloomed two wild Mowers, tenderly in ertwinmg their stalks. "Let me iiiiuk llieiii, for swe -l suolhng is the tl ???el <>| the rut k." She |iiu? k?'d?the (lower tell flOin In-r h.llld. .t btiliL slirwk ros.? on i,.. mr; she teli I deles* on In* breast. In hor ror lie ciuM'* Iter iight form, hut the beam j| Iter eve w as iimst.ehed. sallied Iter snowy tube, a v:j>cr was luikn.o in lier bosom. ] pursued the cliH>e in .? neighbouring forest, when the try til agony readied my ear. Hastily I rushed ! > whenee liie sound caioe. I have seen the belli lorin i>t a mother'* over her dead babe. Tlie keen wind* of winter seatlerod tier h.t.r, she hears, she ice's tliclll Hot. "I'll ? Haul |>lthg of the v> tr lioi*e passed h\ her, sinraises not Iter head. Her dishevc ed locks |>la\ over the coM features ot her infant, an uiifreouont tear tails nil her snow \ i-heek A pitying hand loiirhetl her shoulder, but l.er imaiisweiing *p ril bad letl (lie ti.vl lor in to seek tbu oh oat of iu-r babe. lie had placed h?T half reei?no. 1 against a grwuv steep. IJcr beamles* even were npen but ihw not, her head liitil fallen f.?rwhiiI on her bosom ; her breast, ?een wlien [lie wind parted the bright hair that hung Carelessly over her features, ?n< * iirht'y Itnllied with blood, Her light li;ig.fs were clenched around a stray ringlet |>l uing u?er ihe wound, a? ;f llso last thought wait, that tiie reptile Mil! hang :il l.er howin. And my grief arose for Sle Irt, for die whs my friend. Hut, alas! poor Wilhin, thy soul wa? [ roken in pi reef ! thy heart *'it crashed ! lie stood at h distance, his lifeless e\ e .Hell to heaven, his tinker pointed to the ovelv dead. A dagger gleamed in his 'land. Suddenly he dropped the we* i?on and ru?hed wheie she lay lie lain lis hunting pnlm on her forehead ; he >arted the shading ringlets and gazed sisifully on her ia<'?. A tear fell from lis eye. He knell beside her and kUsjd rer bloodless cheek. We moved not, wo ipake not ; our even wore fixed on her imp tonscoua loveliness. Tim lengthening ihadow* of tin* mountains caine over in, he mellow twilight Imrrieil around, the larknee* of midnight was abroad, and we cnelt At ill. Tim mountain dew* moisten i* unfelt, the distant noise of wind, nigh ng tn the clefts of the rocks is unheard, ut why tell of the agony that is spo?? heea, of the grief that freeze* (he soul I? We laki her in the grave; a rude heap ?f stones is her onlv memorial. Often hey say is her spirit seen like the faint lash of twilight lightning, glancing near . *? 3? ; * 1 rock of wild lloweis on the wiuding birwiiii Hut poor, unhappy Wiibus, a ain do- ! palled lioiu iliu society of men. 1 knew ot Ins liasiutrt. I, was ni^lit. Tlie spirit j of the storm was abroad, 111 e old o.?k of llie iiioiitilain, was uprooted ; swciliiijjj torr Mils ru-lied tlin.uijh barrow ch-umis, but the cia-lnii^ of thunder ";ven rocks lose above the *: .mo of the tempest. The wa1 .ierinj** of ibo bewildered traveler !* 1 bv ibis prec pico This is lb" i"'.. ?>? ?i. ' ni-jlit. I ho l>la*i, mured at a distance. aid t!io s'niu: was llilied. A loa^, loud, ; j teirlu! crv w in lie mi. I lifted my eves and tin' li^liin a/ ri-vi'iiVil a learlul t. Horror sti ikon, I multld ins lave m my i cloak aiu! Uislivd Iiuii imI v over tlie >li|-per\ r??<iii ? ; still I saw dial terl M'_;li', II'1 rtT? ??t 1 oil |Im? I'.ir I'lvak li'm, l/ii'.t Uilti ' III I lie Slnllll-li-ill, li!.? tlie >|? iii .'t dotruction. lie knelt I mi oihi knee, Willi oiit fool te-tino on ilio i od '!) .1 n fiigliilol qreeimce; Ins Imad was tin.-w n t?.ek iii ili'tiani'e, Ins features ' wero n-diviiei and writhing, liis liair , slivanicd in tlic win 1 ; Diiti li.ttiil wu> , i i I stretched o'H a* it tu se.ze i;.e 11}'?;j , iijiliiii.iiji, liis oilier iiplillol, ilnlcliiiij^ .? 1 i-r.-./.i'ii uhj;4**i, |mi.nte'I to 11is hoarded l><w i.oiii. '1 lie l'|*l:tniii^ ll i > 11 ft I fiercer, 'lie thunder rolle I deeper, the mountain , m ' ' !?, tliu rock* tunihtcU, a crn>li follow- . ; j eil iiinl h i' * 11 * I shriek whs intii-'l. -1 Willi 1 llit? I i-t. I viMituied to look i?e *in ;* 1 mm nf tl till*- in. e'l mi*?*1111 h June erove. j ( t title!i"i.?ii on ' I"1 >' ji; liery 11 igiiitsiii- i jot >luvei'"l rocks tin teil like uieteoisji lliioiij^it lu' kvon, c.oe li ol smoke cuned 1 | iiloiio tin* l.i*>\v t.f tliu jir*j*'ijHt'e, like i * I I ' l-.V 1 1 il'e.ill II) -.t it I > >111 tl.O Clil'J.'V Ciltl* V\ In li I I.I'll the sllll I i.tks till ill tVolli tin* east. I knew lint ti:v^Yend 11-t*I den tried.? : 1 I i Tii-niUlit'o 1 11hiric 1 l.ithor, and Mack i niiil dtsiii:>1 wa. iIn* scene. \Vi Inn ?;* ? ;! ' rot i .I- m d> * ; li it liio|| foielie.nl vw;t I luiiicl l<> lii-.tx.-n; It;.-* It,.lt i iIiikW'i (iv?r i I.ik In* i-l 11I ?!i-.jt|tf l a wlitiKc t l>ri^lilitc>s ?as xuv?Ti*?l xxuh l*!xunl. lt;s 1 loikt x*<*rt> curlt-fi l?v the li^lilni:t<.'. I>ui ( 1 Itin u tii* *'\> *x .1.- l-n^lit itit-l Itts < ht * k . rti* I* I v , a-> it ii i' if It ' 1 < 'iiii ifl it'- tit l.v i i Iti'l ! IV,' 1 itt'N.- J -\v (-twill's lt t.lt; lilt* ' I ImjIICK ut llllllttj'J.V \\ t.l>ll?. J. w. c. ' i LuhmM r, Jut.. 10, lf*."i8. The Earthquake at Naples. j Si II If HI i-III II III III lit ' :i Is lt| I IlIK ISltHStrO ' I'ln* li.ivc* I i*ii put 11>I > I hi ill** I ifiu'li * pai-VIit. At; t i.lixj liiKi hluifk ili?* mil tl?i Ian;* ll ! in ii. iiina ttuiiK in nllViiilil; tint | 1 , ! X\ .? lUHIIItrS nfliT !l (IIHell lll'TU foill fill I 1 ' -lii'i'U Irura* 1 tl fin tV' nt ilu'ir lion-ms into ' fXi rx Ktifi't or iijtit'i tji.uo lliov i'iui!il liinl*. * ill t -'inik ! ft." 1 morn ttiiti .j KtH-iinilsi; c : li.it ii x\.-ri< u ii. I it t. 11 i?r v from North to 1 ' Smith. l 'xo oiIut ki^IiI k'io, k> worn 1 f*..t on rii.ir-l .v?on * at 3, :!i<? other :ii ' 5 a in. No oroat < 1 11?:?oeeurie.l hi * N mi|. s, ai 11 l?ui.i! ii_'i an* stroll*; ; but 1 no limit.t tin.* Ifii11 an 1 tin' n 111 air will ' ea .?> in .til ol I lie "i.'k who ?i*r? l.iuii^lit : ' o it in tin* 'Iiolii r >\. i f~r iji^IiI, to (lii- : 1 .f ro!i|. In S..la 11 i !i m* Itfon mime ' | In Aiono half the houses have ' fallen iliinn. In I'.i.Iiila iin.ru than a ' liuiiilri'il houses have fai!*-n, mi.I ii.hiiv ' liven loil. In lV>!al tliH i|i> ts'.er ifc j^re it. 1 an.I an..ma the inai.y victima 'In* whole I of tin* hria-iii.* of Ilirt oemj irines. In ! I Au.etla, !Y run i ami (.'aooiolio the il. atlis ami iiii.nnli.iii of properly nr? vorv ' are it. !ii S ilein*? to mi e.hli.cs are relit in two, lwo e iiiielic- niel tlo* I ..rra< Ln m?* ' I >. re v n j ne.|. A >lv*|nitcli from the in * ll'lnlnli|e >.| If ali u* Ha has j .si reaih.'.l, ' iiatm>? tinit in I'l.le. /i the ea'tliuii-iki* 1 w?-? most severe, Hint lias ciiiimmI mueli .laiii a^e ; iimiiv I. iililiiijs liave fallen, ' bnrv inm a yieat many families. From H ri tlni telegram is in.* nnplete; 1 men-Is staling "The inhabit ints in ^jrent , 1 ini.iii.eii liaiti lie I." Vesuvius is now j" in >i.l uctiiilv, li'it lor a< me <|ev* previous * to the eafii <i lake ln? tire Ismio.1 Iroiii tin* ' I'l-l !( !*, \N II.!!: I ?T 'l>.< I! >,. 11:11 M ?n fMlpt? 1 iiic i?r I i\'? ?c f -.-l quite -rtn*. wild v??u 1 may well ? 'pjiOse liovv gratifying i* I lie Iii11 apiH? irance of our safeiv valvo. 11 Whatever >?< C'Hiiia voil m ?y rend of tlm * state of tins ri v at the tmmof tin* ?!iock? , ' it 111 f?ll ?iioit <>l ilio realitv, Women ' were seen earn ing ilieir children?men 1 helping Koine out tailo r or mother, or ' smile ? ek iD'OOii wrapt up in the first mv v ering HVnil.il'ie. Women screaming, tear- 1 wig ilicsr hair, praying an I calling on 1 tneir patron sai'it hi <1 the Madonna Im 1 niacin <le, all p ts?ing frantically in dense i_\ crowded s rc?*:s. Ilo- king,on hearing J of ?he>e iloHHli'h, nrilrrwl the public tunc '' tioiiHiiea not to spare anything in the ' shape of a??i?tanci\ Ilu Majesty dircc- v led the iiitemlaiit to proceed to the scene 1 of the catastrophe, ami authorized linn to a make ine of the communal and provincial ' fiiiitNjio id the siiff*r*TK. - ____ * 'Now, look li**re, Charlie. Jim moot he j an liniicti ? ij/\?hr, arid then Htfin lie ^ niout.nt- I>111 if I wan % chicken, and knovv'.l lie wa* nlmiit Ili?? yard, I loll you * what, turner, I'd riM>*t high, 1 would.' ' 'Murom i, mamma ! hero's n hair in the bread.' i . 'Hush, no it ain't, my child, it'? a corn c silk.1 Corn witk like thai 1 Who the mi** j n chief ever aoen nita on corn aiik, afore P a From lite Mama American. The Palmetto Regiment. HY OSK OK Til K TWO IH'N'IMU-.D. NO. X . " Have yo sharpened your sword* ! for tliu bailie in High Ami '.lit; ilium ol tin' conflict in breaking." Uu tlio evening ol tin* 5:li of March, 184G, mxiv sliip.n li.ul mooted at tlio lenli?7.ioil*. at AlilOII IvZalJo, tell '.IlllOS south of Vera Cruz. Con. Scott bail do ia i I mice week* buy Otlll his e.\ JiOClMtiuJlsi, aii'l |.>r an entire iiii>tiill tin- Yoia Cnizaiis hud oxpec.vd our arrival cverv ilav. It. was ind;-u.disable to tlie lie.illti ot die ar my, and to tin; success ot any advance itdo l u mleiior that. Vera Ciuz sliuti't! be la ken by tlie tir.-?l ol May, and tlie army ml v..need a.-> lar as seventy nnies into tli?; itiU'iiia, wln-iu tlie "latiiti lands atlurd tec..tils lroin ilie \eliuw liter. NotaUat v..is in i>e i>st, and al unco preparations w h: a.ado l<'r landing. 1 in-. weather was iiiild and beautiful. Dai sini's ? etc about two miics frotu laud. Me couid d.annuity see .Lc Mexicans at Ltu; i.lllo ran.lio of A I: ton L'Ztrdo, and >ec liurseiiieii tiding along tin; In;acli.? Indole us spread out a beautiful and pie tiueMi ie paiiotitiuic view ot tlie interior. Jusi allot u 111 o tieacli rose a range id lulls joteied witli me tlei.se chapparel; lar lieyulid tliciu spuad out a clienuered ;;oiipa:gll, ris lig gi.olually' to mountain iieal.s; and beyond ail a bundled miles i si ant ro-i tne snow rapped peak of Ontaba, its In-id snow ticds glistening in I.e. bright lavs ot an lliieloii led sun. On lo> south lo.-e up ll.e 11.lie mountain raps a V > *< m ui.ninil which renecieii tne wnvi'.i ?>I lie lime L'acillc. letilinlcs to tlie North ose i lie i.ill and III t?-r iiij^ church spiles >1 V i-r.t Cm/., us red whJs, i;s t'rovvnino allieniciils, and its mountain sand lulls. \ thousand yards nut in the gull", stood lie wi mi castle uf San Juan de Uiloa, ;iiai<lUi/ like a liu^e Cei lierus, the water ; a?e to the city. JiistoUi.yl reach ot the 1 'ulis ot tlie Castle our blockading Foliation w; s Unto at anchor. In tliehav was \ lew iin rcli ?ik shins ol neutral nations, md ai mod slii j-s ol 1' ran ;e, I'.n a and, Spain s lit I 1 -iw|iini. 1 lie ti.li ot Match was t in id and iuh'.j daw It was, I believe, tie el11ist ?n S inbuilt, and tt was nature's c>o. the tropical sky was without a .I'M I ; tlie j^nit wits slid, and unrutlled V a wave, llo re w.afuJl aloillld a sol. inn initios. Nature LcIm-II seellied awed mil hushed a: ilie eoniciiinlaliou of what n in w as about 10 do. >;i ilie 7v'? tiie expedition canio very | icar luw.u'fii i?v an accident, \\ Itiv It tonal have U II the ar.ny without a gen !i al \>liI *T. bin. Scott asseinl led all his (jenorals, 'a'iifi>uii, I'tilow, tjdliiiuii, W nitli, ' iliatnls, anil C*?t a a.-ail-r, on hoard a| inail steamer, i.it-1 niiiilu a trip oi reninmihaiice around iheiuv and cmlle. \ i?- '< I r n>{ loo ia>li; V \\ ill: hi iHlio? o( 1110 |;mis ; I ilo- riistli*, a iiiiinU-r ot shells wi-ic I lirown at tin* 'i'.'ii! vessel, and from tin- ! '\|ilo6ioii ot two .-t ilit'iu, she narrowly ' "imj-o.I dt s'ruction. A sinjjlu shell in^iit liavo hi-nt Jior to the t> xt u . and , i I the (ioio-rals Willi In r. Sncli a disasi*r vv.-u.d have spre i>1 confusion and dis ! oai tlii"ou>?li tin* arinv, and most prolia- I IV Iih\ i' calls, d ill.' expedition lo tic aliall i loiit-d ; a disaster iVoin allien foil unit res I iiit-l it*, in spite of the indiscreet leinerilv i if our (.ieiietal. I here need not have | ecu such mi ,i.v< tupoiimenl oil it recoil- i iui*ain-o ; urn hi i n't whs it uecus&aty 1 liit ti.*ii. Scott.sliou .l | I'liurin sucli dim ii peiftuti. The gallant little steamer, emtio buck 0 Alii >n L / >r-to s ite aiiil sound, with '.ill abo .id," mid w :i? hctirli!v cheered by ii?> m III v. On the 8th, tlii* 11oops were put on >ii.?rd the iiHVitl vi->m\i Hint trNloiiniii, iiui tlii* 1 hn?ln.would have i een effected ui lli.it dtiv, bill wn? postponed o'i nc j :<>uiit of hii apprehended mother. Marly on me in-lining of the U li, 'he j leet of truii?portk. Under the armed escort I >t aefer.il ot our naval vessels spread their Hiiv iss ami bore up to the city. It was j 1 grand, gHV, alid iiliiui ilcd scene. Tt>e leeks i>l a.) the vessel* were crowded with addicts .Hi11 spi-cta' > >r*, ? eager lo see evev inoveineiil, ami every moment expect I ng to heir the gum of the Castle, or a n akud battery on the beach op. n on us. | kY n I tore up bravely loWaids the castle, uul the ennnomers stood by llieir gun* villi lighted lire*, ready to belch out their j try upon u.s. iiui having come within Kill' lin e* of tbo castle, our ships sudden y changed their course, unit anchored Inn I l tie In lie Island of Skcriliciiw, ?litch was three nines trinn I lie cily and 1 astle. It u an ilm best point for the land tg, being ju>t beyond reach of the eue ! ny's gun*. The fleet anchored about a thousand ' aid* from tlie l?eacb. We Certainly : nuked for some resistance lo our Inn-ling l was an opportunity winch a hrave and ' igilant enemy would not have neglected. >ne of our steamer* ran near the beach Hid filed her guns over the sand hills, lo Iraw the fire ?.f any battery that might ?u concealed behind the hills ; Inn no r? ponse c.une hack ; not a hostile soldier nade Ins appearance. The honor of >eing the lii*: to land, was assigned to A onh's brigade. At four o'clock in the ivcbing, the mirf lioats, 67 in number, 1 ihc'i wiili h dozen aadors for oarsmen, j tillri 1 with soldiers, anil aligned for he descent upon the beach. Two steam rs an.I five pun l?onts were placed so ns o rake the beach with |l|cir gnus and over ihe liimJing, if resistance should he ii "]?' At a given signal ail polled away iit-rrtly for the shore. This was the most anions and exciting moment of tho en 'f AU niMt mill L'lLii i <w i lue/J . tiro Beige. it very snip in uu; bay whs crowded with spectators to witness tins difficult ami hazardous operation; every soldier wh? ambitious to l?e Urst to touch 1 iaml, and in their impatience, ti ey jump ! cd out of the boats in water waist deep, ami with a sbout rushed to the shore.? " The Star Spandk'd Banner" was erectI ed on the beach, and three thousand veterans gathered around it. And then from the land ami Irom the sea went up a shout of triumph, such as the valleys of Mexico ' had never echoed before. In a few minl utes the first range of sand hills was 1 reached, h was now late in the evening. The sun wr.s setting behind the far off Mountains, gilding their snow capped *n units with its gorgeous light. It bad witnessed a gieat lent of arms. Three thousand of the beieageruijj army were before the walls of the doomed city.? "Ami the evening and the morninj, were the tir?t day."' On the next morning Patterson's division of volunteers was landed. This was the division to w|)i<.:!i the Palmeitoes bo longed. Wo were landed in ilie sone order as the jirevious day. In the even injj. we ulvanced about two miles from tho beach, and rested that flight near the M.tlibran hacienda, rii<1 an old monastery. I lie Pahueltoes were marched op a tiar row path surrounded by a dense eliaparel. II. re we were baited, and t'-ld that here we were to spend the night. We bad no tents and few blankets. The dews i ... ... i.i... _ .i < < one it siiower 01 rani, ami very tin healthy. Without any protection from Hit- noxious ni^hl air, we were to lie down oil I lie bare ground, wiih on'v ft blanket ' and the >kv for a :overing, and a cartouch box (as hard as a brick) for a pillow.? \\ ? were forbidden to 'tinHe a lire for fear of discovering our position to the I ! Mexicans, from whom an attack wa.t .ex- j peeled during the night. For myself I i hud no more expectation of au attack j that night than if I had been at home. I j knew the history and character ? f the Mexicans too well to believe such a tiling, j And surrounded as we were by a ch.iparel more impenetrable than an aunv of a | million of men, I knew it was impossible to attai k us. \\ e stacked arm? and laid | down by their. 1 m nle a sleeping partI tier of an enormous l2SO pound in .11 011 | : the following teiiiis. 1 had a blanket and ' lie had an India rubber cloak. We slept 1 oil nn blanket and covered wuli his cloak. which protected us from tiie dew. 1 I inner slept ntore soundly until about I midnight, when I felt an enormous nan I o| hand- jerking me up, and a stentorian , pair of lungs thundering into tnv ens I that I lie Mexicans were 'after' us. "Fall into line" shouted the officers. 'I'aliaw !' sai'l I, 'it's a false alarm ? a Mexican rabbil coiil.{ not get through tins cliapar el , ?nd I have never read an instance in the Miii'srv history of Mexico, of an attack at niixht since alioul 1814 Thev have a superstition against niglu attacks.' I it was a falsa nlariii. The sentinel I a<t seen something approaching him, ha I I haded it, ami receiving no reply ffied at I tlio ol j . ct, which was a cow. The alarm ! soon subsided anil we agtin laid down to sleep. Nothing occurred again to disturb j inv sluinher, or even the nerves of my fat and excitable bed fellow. "An 1 the evening and the morning were the second j day." Just Saved Himself. A pious old gentleman, one of the salt of the-earth sort, went out into the field to catch a mare that was wont to bear him to tow u. lie moved on the most ap- ] pioved mode. He shook a measure of I corn at her, to delude her into the belief thai she was glad to get it ; bill she wa* ! nut to l>e deceived by any such specious j act. She would come nigh, and llien 1 do-di oil again, until the good man was fretted very badly. At fast, lie got her in a corner among some briars, and made a dasli at Iter,?lien she bounded over the wail, and left him sprawling among the bushes Mis Christian fortitude gave j wav at this, and gathering himself, he I cried, 'Oh liell*?. The ejaculation had passed his lips before be thought; but, | immediately enncious of its wickedness, lie said?'lelojab,' ami translated the pro fane word into a note of triumph. Boston Kocnim/ Gage lie. Susp.ciofa Cmauactkr Ariiksted.?A man calling his name A I'errv or A. I'er ry Ferguson, hailing from North Carolina, and having in his possession two negroes, alleged to he stolen, was, on yesterday, arrested by lire chief of police, ?/ohn Horded, and assistant policeman, lloht lien- I kins. Ferguson undertook to escape, leav- j nig the negroes (alman and wsntsn) behind, who were secured. The officers then pursued Ferguson, ami after consid entitle exertion, overtook and arrested hiin about 8 iniies above Columbia.? Caroli na Tinwt. A widow said one day to her daughter, 'Wlren you are of my age, you will be dreaming of a husband.' 'Yes,mama,' replied the thoughtless little hussy, 'for the second time.' The unfortunate youth who was drown- | ed a few days ago in a flood of lender recollection*,' was slowly recovering, but : yesterday he fell from the sublime to the ridiculous, and whs fatally injured. -? ^ i An Irishman, near Host on, becoming ' greatly alarmed, recently, at the severity of the thunder and lightning, fell suddenly ii|?on his knees, and exclaimed ; "O, Lord, forgive us, and stop this.' No professional mao lives ao much - frcut hand to uioglh as a dentist. > A Yankee Story. The funny columns in the English paj pcrs derive more of their 'stun for smiles' ir ?m journals in this country, than from an\ ^"lier source. We find in one of ' them this ludicrous anecdote of the ' be| witched clock." About half past eleven o'clock on Sun day night, a human leg, enveloped in blue broad cloth, tni^hl have been s<-?o. ! entering Deacon Cephas I'arberryV kitch! en window. 'I'lle leg was followed, fina'| Iv, bv tlio entire person of a live ^ ankee, j attired in his Kundy go to meetin' clothes. It was, in short, Joe May weed, who thus bin gloriously w on bis w ay iuto the Jjea , 1 con's kitchen, "Wonder how much tho old Deacon j in ado by orderin' nie not to darken Ins I door again ?" soliloquized ibe young gen tlciiiHii. J'romited 111111 J wouldn't, but didn't say iiellnii' about winders. \\ in dels is as good as doors, ef there ain't no | nails to tear you your ifowseis onto.? ; Wonder if Sallv'll come down, The eriiI ter promised nie. I'm affeered to move about here, 'cause I might break mv 1 I I shins over something or other and w ake i | the old fo'ks. Cold enough to freeze a I'olish liear here. O, hero comes Sally.' I Tho heaiitoous maid descended with a 1.1 - * " pieasuui Mime, n tallow candle, and a l?<>\ | of luciler match"*. Alter receiving a I rapturous greeting flm made ii rousing j ! tire in tlie cooking-stove, and the happy 1 couple sat down to enjoy the sweet inter ! ! change of vows and hopes, lint tlie course of true love ran iiola whit smooth- j er in oiil liarbetry's kitchen than it does I elsewhere, and Joe, who was just making , I up his mind to tteat himself to take a 1 kiss, w as startled by the voice of the l)ea- j con, her father, shouting from his chain her door : Sally ! what are you cutting up in the middle of the night for ?' 'Tell him it's most morning,' whispered Joe. 'I can't led a fib,' said Sallv. 'I'll make it a truth, then,' said Joe,and running to the huge old fashioned clock that stood tti the corner, he set it at live. Look at the cjock, ntid tell nm what time it ts,' cried the eld gentleman I 'It'* five hv the cluck,'said Sal; and I eorr<>hersting her words, the clock struck | five. I 'I'll** lovers sat 1o\vn acraiti and resutn fil their conversation. Suddenly the stair case began to creak, 'Goodly gracious ! ( its tat Ik r,' exclaimed Sally. | 'The Deacon, by thunder!'cried Joe..? 'llide rue, Sally !' Where can I hide you?' cried the dis- J traded girl. 'O, I know,' said he, 'I'll squeeze into the clock case.' And without urothcr ! work, lie concealed himself in the case and closed the door. The De??eoti was dressed, and seating himself by the cooking stove, pulled out Ins |?i|?e, lighted it, and began deliberate- ! ly to smoke. 'Five o'clock, eh ?' said he. 'Well, ] shall have time to smoke three or four pipes, ami then I'll go and feed the crit- j ters.' 'Hadn't you better feed the critters fust?' suggested the dutiful Sally. 'No; smokin' clears mv head, and \va kens me up,' replied the Deacon, who seemed not a win', disposed to hurry his unjovment. liut r-r r-r-whiz-ding! ding?ding? went the clock. 'Tormented lightning!' cried the Deacon, starting up and dropping his pipe on the stove ; 'wlint'n nirih's that I' 'It.'# only tlie clock striking live,' replied Sally, treniulous'iy. Wlnz ding ! ding! ding! went the old clock furiously. 'l'ovver of creation !' cried the Deacon. 'Strikin'five ! it's struck mnrw itiu.i I..... dred times already.' 'Deacon barberry !' cried the deacon's better half, who bad hastily robed her self, and now came plunging down the ! staircase in the uiljesl state of alarm, ' what in the universe is the matter with the clock ?' Mioodness only knows,' replied the old man, it's been a hundred years in the family, and it never carried on so afore.1 : Wliiz I ding! ding ! whiz z z went lac 1 clock again. 'It'll burst itself?' cried the old Ih.1v, j shedding a llood of tears,'and there won't 1 be notion' left of ii 'It's bewitched !' said the Deacon, who i j retained a leaven of good oid New Kng land superstition in his nature. 'Any i I how,' said he, after a pause, advancing ] | resolutely towards the clock,'I'll soo w hat | is going on in it.' | 'Oh, don't ciied his daughter, seizing | one of his coat tails, while Ins wite clung I to the other. 'Don't!'chorused both '.lie women together. 'Let go my raimnent !' shouted the ; Deacon ; 'I ain't afeared of the powers < of darkness.' i But the women wouldn't let go; so I . I i? -i: iue ircacun siippeu oih 01 in* coal, an.I while from the sudden sensation of resistance, they tell heavily upon the floor, lie pitched forward and seized the nub of lite I clock. But no human power could open it, foi Joe wh? holding it from the inside with a death grip, j The old Deacon hegan to \>e d read full v frightened. He gave one more lug, when an unearthly veil a* of a fiend in distress, hurst from the inside, then the clock cane j pitched head foremost at ilie Deacon, fell headlong on the floor, em ashed its face and wrecked its fair propoillon*. The ' current of air extinguished the candle ? j the Deacon, 'he old lady, ami Sally fled , up stairs, and Joe Mac weed, extricating i j himself from the clock, effected his escape j in the tame war in which he entered * ? i' . ** ?f V* * * i\ t ;V1 D h U dU. The next day a!! Appielou was alive i with the story of liow Deacon Uarherry's flock had I eeu bewitched, and although many believed Ins \cs>iv?u, \el some, and especially Joe May weed, affected to discreoit tho whole atl'iir, and hinted *hat the Deacon had been try ing the experiment of tasi'iiv; frozen cider, and that tho vagaries of the clock casj existed only ill a distempered imagination ilowc\er. the nueidict being taken off, Joe was allowed to resume his coin ting, and won the assent of the old people to Ins union with Sally, by repairing the old clock ull it went as well as ever. Domestic Receipts. Ulcu'k koh Making soai*.?Tiic following recipe for making soap is by a lady who look the 1'ietniums tor a very -oneiior article a' the late I^air of the Virginia Siaie Agricultural Society. XV o Itillik it will be luiind good. 11 .tve read) hickory b-r ,siror.g uhonjli to bear an fg\z,sh<jwi)ti/ the size of a dime above the surface ol the ley. 'J o tliiee pounds ol clean fat, after being melted, add two gallon* of the lev and a bit of lime the size of a walnut ; boil it fast and ?iir tiviiuciitly. When it lias boiled an hour sin mi two gallons more of tbe lev ; and comirue to stir it often, and ><|wa\s one wa\ ; After it lias boiled lor several hours, take out a spoonful and cool it on plate; il it does not jelly add a veiv little water ; il this cmi-e it to jellv, add water to that in the kettle,?stir very tpiicklv w!nl** iIim ??;cr is poured in, nil you preceive that it ropes on the sink or heroines hc tv v. \\ lien t his is the case, you have what is called jelly soap, (or soft soap l?y sonic) To make it hard, stir one ipiart ol sail into the kettle, end lot it boil leu outiutes longer ; set it bv to cool. Next day cut ilie soap out () the keltlo and clarify ii by nu lling it over, adding water enough bandy to cover it; lot it just come to a boil, and set it away.? W lien pelloctiy cool and linn, turn it out of the oven, scrape 6IV ally ol llie residuum diet may adhere to the cake of soap, cut u in pieces and place it on boards to bar* den. To make this soap fit for toilet purposes, it is only necessary to cut it into thin shavings, place it in a very nice tin pan, add a uit.e water, scaicely enough to cover the shaving* ; set it on some embers and stir and biat it with a nice spoon till it becomes a smooth jelly; while in this state, if you wish to color it, dertJve Chinese Vermillion in a little water, and stir .1 ... i.it ...... .. .. . i - i -? i i * .. ..< mi i .1 gi-? i iic uc?irr<i tint*; 1HK0 H <>tl ihe fin-, and ad<I oil of lavender, ber ramot, sa?safrits, ?>r any other essential oil, the scent of which you like; and win e it is somewhat liqniJ, pour it into lllOllida. I'o Make a Cheese.?Take a piece of rennet 0 inches long and 3 wide, soak it hi a pint ami a Inlf of water 8 hours, ad* In g a talilespoiiiiful o! salt. '1 lull take o gallons ot ini k heated 05"?strain llie I r? |> trillion of rennet into the milk, stirring it hnskU ad the chile?let it stand 30 hi 40 luimttes till it coagulates tbei; Ineak ilie ui i? into nieces with a knife or spoon, after which the whey will rise.? Then gently press it with your lunula n to a small mas?, pour the whey of! and set it by to cool in a ba-in till morning.? Then pick oi criunbie the curd into pieces t lie size of grains of corn, salt it to your Ntste, lay a cloth in the cheese hoop, put thu curd in, nicely folding the clotti over tin, I,,I, 1,11! I i 111 r .1 liol .. .I-...IU ....... miio, ilioii tin* ohee?e curd every 0 hours, increasing the pi i-ssuro each litue. Keep it in press 4 8 hours. Atpi.k Di m clings.?An old schoolniHte, Mrs. K. M Clunker, sends .is, from M:liigan the following : Mu well logelh* er one well beaten egg, one pint of good buttermilk, one teiispoonful of salt, and one of balcralu*, with flour enough to UHike a st.If batter. Into well buttered tea cups ?irop bait a table spoinful of ttie batter, and sot into each cup an apple pared, quartered and cored, with tbo quarters put together again. Now co\c: me apples with batter, and set the tea cups in a steamer over boiling water.? Cook one hour. This appears to be a good recipe, and wo shall have it tried. Am. Agriculturist. lieClI B KORTHK M A NlTKACTUlt OF MUu? cadink W ink.? i" one gallon ol Muschiline juic.% add three pound* of goodaugar. w L-t u remain open nil done fermenting, iiifii strain and cork light. It mil bo toady tor use in a mouth or two. A Detroit paper mention* the arrest of a woman in that city, "with nothing or. her per*ou hut a 'eve letter ami a daguerreoty pe." Rather a "poetical'' and "ptcinresti'ie" coanimo. Doctor, looking learned and speaking slow: "Well, manner, what tooth do yon want extracted I It is a molar or an incisor ?" Jack, short and sharp: "It is in the upper tier, on the laboard side.? Hear a hand, and swab, for it is nipping my jaw like a lobster. Old gentleman (alFeciionHtcly.^-j?My son, why do you chow that filthy tobacco ? Ifccious youth (stifly.)?To get tho juice out of it, dad ! It may seem strange, but it is a lact that men generally are much more afraid of women than women are of men ; and fearing to "break the iccM?* a fruitful cause of old bncheloriara. ffg f* ? '