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" '"Mi fancastcr ftfpr. $2 PER ANNUM SMCE* IN ADVANCE 3 /ainilg anil ^nlilirnl iinuspnprt?Pniatti !n tljt 3rls, scimrrs, lituoturt, ifiintalinu, 3gritattarr, 3attrnnl Smpmcnuruts, /orrigu ouil Suuirstit Xcms, nail tjjc 31!nrktts. VOLUME VI. LANCASTER, C. H.. SOUTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10. 1858. NUMBER 52. Select ^iictrij. 1 A Heart for Sale. BY A LADY. A noble heart both kind and hale? (Generous a'us. consider!) If not hooii sold at private sale, Shall go to the highest bidder: 'Tin Nature's boon, n precious shrine, That blessings will import ; A casket tilled with gilts divine, Aud not a thing of art. It ne'er has learnt to stifle j<h?. Nor has it been contrscted : Frir term* alone of him w ho buy*, Will be of course exacted. And I will frankly moke them known To every honest buyer. Tlu-y shall bo suck and such alone, As one can well desire. TloJ ptifvhsscr a man must Possessed of noble feelings. For with none else I'll e'er agree To have tho slightest dealings. Ilia mind above the vulgar crewr, Its upward flight must bend; A - s- - ? * 4 " ?o vice ano Ncaiulal too? To viiluous truth u friend. Ilk tips no oath niuit e'er pollute, Nor idle tale* obscene ; N?r must they court the cup's salute, Nor lake the "weed" between. For gold all tilings are daily sold lit every busy mart; But I will tie'ei exchange for gold. A true slid faithful heart. Nor for the wealth that tJod has been, In ages |Mst, bestowing; But for the breast that has within A heart of love o'erllowing, Night With the Spirits. nr Joiim H'toi (iiiAM. It was Mine tiiyw before Tom cou]<l (nosier up courage to address the |>li; n toni: but alien lie i*? hint, quite at Ins vile, stretch over and Himibt hiinsell to a huge quantity of the brandy, which lie swallowed in its burning Integrity from the l>ottl*?' W by, Sunders Ih<1,' saiu he, 'dulii'i 1 see thee buried to-day I' 'lturied, man! mayhap you did,'re|?'ied the appearance, with a chuckle.? What o' that f I'm here again, strong and hearty, aim I !' 'That you laj surely,' said Torn. *(ii' us your list. I'm woundily ghtd to see thee;' with that he gra-ped the hand of Sanders, and was pleased to fiml it was l d^t. i i.i i i? i * irm ur'U niiu uiwj HIRk HO l?IO IlolU of. All! Sander* lad,' ?ni?l Toin, aynipatliiain|(ly( you don't know with what nor row ! looked upon lite Mverente of our old ac<|'iMiniMiice*liip. You had found another friend?' *1 know w lint you mean, lliit fbl!ow,' interrupted the other, ?<-umg the bottle airuin; well, we won't in k about that. Here'it to lli? renewal of our pant f< elin^j for each .'liter. Won't you drink that, i r Won't I ! ay, if it was in pizon, Jrin niv, which I'm not sure but it ain't but In-re ^oe* any bow ?o Toll, emulated t||?? sample of the ylioxt, and refrealied liim elf with a lo?R ftwallow at tlie pure apir it.' An be laid down the bottle, lie beard notIter knock at (lie parlor-door. Who'a coming heiel'ftaid lie. *Mii, u * oi.lv iliHt roistering blade, Dick Ryder,' said I'm companion. Ryder ? what !' cnetl T<?m, in ill arm, "Dick Kvder! U'oss my soul, lie's been dead ihe?e tell ream. It can't lie be. 'Hit speculation whs cut short by the nbru|>t entrance, not only of bis old crony I)ick Ruler, but along with him came tumbling in J*tk Miller, ami half a dozen filter jolly dogs, who, in tha olden time, used to make ilie walls of Ins little rooiu treoib'e aid roar with their outrageous hilarity, 'This is really eery odd,' thought old Tom ; T can't make it out. 1 don't of a certainty Ituow whether I am alive or dead, and a ghost as well as themselves. A'l I do know is. that, hang me if I Jul n't ee them all under ground years ago.? Yal here ihey are, just as natural as life.' As it was, they weie now evidently full of life and jolitt, for lliey surrounded obi Torn, shaking bands with hitn, as though they bad oaly been as lar as the next .~.i I-J i?c vvwntj, HUM Hrm ^IWI \'9 }{t;i UHC*. You're I. Miking well, old bojr,' cried Ryder, slHppiug Intn on the hack; 'but Come, you're not going to treat us stingily now we're back ! Send out for another bottle or two.' Oil, lie If ? down, m lie's about it,' ?d ded Jack Miller; *?! d ren>?inl>er, I slick to gin, it's the wboieaoineat liquor?leastways, F si ways found it so.' Old Tom Ptoddart, alibotigh much confounded, did ss he was requested. He rung the l?ell; the bar niei*l entered, end without betraying the slightest agitation ? al the presence of so mail) ghostly customers, received her orders, and in due time eiecuted thetn. ^ And now the fun mounted, glass open glass, until it got to the topmost pilch of excitement. Jack Miller told all his stories ; Dick Itvtler ssng all his homing songs; ami, steeped lo the eery lipe in a ' glorious attnospheie i?f enjoyment, ol?l ! Vi>111 echoed every ?torv and chorused I every song, nil feeling uf ftwn or surprise | obliterated by the intense excitement of , the scene. Never, in the whole course of his exis- j , tcnce, had oUl Torn Stoddarl felt so supremely happy. All external interests [ and solicitude "ere shut <>ni : tIn* outer world, including home ilsclf?that home where she, without w hose tender ministry lion it could not Lear that blessed name, was even then trembling within Iter very ' heart front apprehension at It in unseenstotn<f<l absence?was tot got leu in llie madness ol the hour. And every now and then one or other i of the mail group would pledge the old I man in a fresh brimmer, while all shout ( ed, m discordant chorus, 'Llunah, lie's one of us I* Many and many an anecdote and re! tnomhrance of the past was brought up | each serving as food for increased mirth, 1 the most puerile ami foolish w hich seemj ed, as the afternoon waned, to awaken 1 fresh out hursts of merriment. There w as | no cessation to the continuous orgte ; tl was as '.bough tliev all had conspired to ; prevent Tom trout having an instant wherein he could separate his thoughts from the present on-rushing current ol revelry. The shadow* of itvll?..l.? ?>" ? I..? ... . - ? * b J gather siowlv over lite land, yet still tl?e ! j tvous laugh resounded through tlie itpttfrj early evening Approached, and deeper j shade, but louder Mini louder grew I lie 1 riotous din ; night, iilack Mini solemn, tell j j suddenly down like h shroud, ami jet it i : quelled not the fearful tumult?while, | stimulated tlietelO 1) tlie wild colupau j j iot.ship and the thought destroying iiitlu- i enoe of the fiery luiiior, old Tout's voice j | n.se high above the rest, and he heeded I not the flight ol lime or thu increasing ! 1 datkiivss, in the mad delirium of the n?o- , 1 merit. At length it occurred to him, that, as I there was a candle on the txhle, he might j i as well light it ; and after sundry iiteHeclI ual etioils to kindle a match, he at last , ; succeeded in doing so ; hut the laugh I | died away on Ins lips, mikI the blood re | | hounded from Ids very heart, when he i IndieU the abhorrent sight which the il 1 j Itiniinatioit revealed. Simultaneously | with the first fl isli of light, all symptoms 1 j of hilarity caused, mid was snctee<]?d by i a silence appalling from its very perfect I nets. Not a sound could old Tom hear, 1 i hut the healing ol his own heart, which 1 | thumped and thumped Against Ins ribs, i like the nintfi-d ticking ot it l-rgu clock, i Allll. oh. heaven ! the ioioiw roninMiooim _ - ? - - J -J * I I with whom lie had drunk ami revelled to | Much a pilch of insane enjoyment, staik and denuded ot their habiliments and their flesh, were nothing hut hideous, grilling skeleton*?all hut Sanders, whose yet more feaiful appearance was that of a re : cent corpse, a:ready green with approach ing decay, kitting holt upright in the chair | la-lore hint, and Clad in the gutb of the . grave! Old Tom, glued to the spot by the most I ove>powering terror, tried to cry out, hot | i in vain?for not the slightest approach i to an audible sound could he, by the most I violent exertion, force lus paralysed tongue to utter. Ami still thoso terrildo shapes nodded ! ' and gibbered at hint, occasionally griping I the glasses wall their b -ny fingers, am! i i ]>ouring the useless fluid ihiough their I o|>en jaws, from whence it would splash i upon their whitened ribs ami sink into Ihesamlerl floor beneath. Hul more aw fullv horrible yet it was lo see thai rigid | dead form immediately before Irs Ikc<-, 1 the glazed and ra) less eve tixed upon his , ! and the half open innuth settled into a stony. JrMd inspiring smile! Fascinated as it ware, by the Irighltul spectacle, lie 1 had not power to witlidtaw Ins gaze from the revolting object, Millionth intlsntsnn j | ously rendered sober l>v the horror of tho scene. Hod ell Ins faculties sharpened to j | their utmost acuieness of perception. And now. to his increased terror, the ! , shape opposite rose slowiyjfrom the chair, ; and, standing upright, glared more in- { ; tently on Inm with its sightless halls; the , rigid arms slowly moved into a menacing ' j position, and the thing commenced to ! ' make a circuit of the table. Our poor, half demented friend,old Tom, On witness \ ing this appallii'g'demonslratioii, with a deaperr.to plunge, ami shriek which startied the surrounrbng neighhorlioorl, dash ed himself through that little door, and fell down on the ground bevotid. where I he lay for tome tune, deprive*! ot conaciouanea*, Mod lo ell appearance hs de- j I fund m a it v of liia recent companion*. The cotuider Uo her maid, however, j vitil the nuoHlance of h pitcher of cold water, a vigoroua ahaking, and other *nn 1 liarv appliance*, had (lie Mtiefaction of teeing l'?e rutael brown color lee pen over I old Turn's cheek* once more. With a I pTod'.giout ai^h, he ejacted the n-orihund tenant who had taken premature potee** I eion of hit anatomy, and gazed, but with a half-fearful hark, upon the bright world | ' again. Where Are they V he aaked. in a tremi hling whiaie-r. 1 Are tl.ey atill there I' I and he ahuddered at he inquired. Are who there, Mr. Stoddart ? rlie ' aaked. with a aiinper that he quailed at. Who!" he continued, 'wrhy, the?the i aharpa, the apirita!' Why, deary me, what ia (tie man talk- 1 ing about T aeid the girl, with a merry Uugh. 'Where did vou meet aucb company, Mr. Stnddail !" In that parlor, Mary,' replied old Tom, gaaping for breath. Then they mnat he In there now, for Iheeu linen't even a ghoat left ainee you had that twnund ; I'll tee.' So eaying, | the opened tbe door and poaped boldly ) in. 'There's nothing there but an empty bottle ol brandy, Mr. Sloudarl, and a Intnl.ler.' ' One bottle t' inquired Tom, eagerly. 'U dy one.' j 'Thank you, tny dear?here's a sixpence for yon ; and?1 behove I'll go home.' What conclusion old 'loin entne to, upon giving the atlair his private consid eralion, 1 cannot sav ; but certain it is, that from that dav to this, he never could bo prevailed upon to touch a drop of b'andv. or ho mihiewd l.? ?.?? whatever, u? enter tin* lit:lo pnrior. A Thrilling Moment at Lucknow ] Tlio war in India has been attended wiili many scenes of thrilling interest, and there have, not been wanting pens to picture them with startling etlccl. The, follow 111 tr graphic description of ihe scene at the moment o! the arrival of the relief so loop, ho painfully awaited by the beleaguicd inmates of Lucknow, written by 1 a lady of the run-ued party, equals in dia- 1 inatie intensity the best descnptive pas siloes of Sir \v- alitr Scott : "1 >eath started us in the face. We were fully persuaded that in twenty four | hours ail would be over. The enginneers j bad said so, and ail knew the Worst. *| We won.an sirove to encourage each olli- i er, and in perform the li^lil duties wlocb bad heeii assigned to us, such as conveying oidcr? lo the balletits. and Minn!vmo ? . ' I I ^ f the men will* provision*, especially cup* u! c?ir.e,ivliicl? prt-pnrvil dm and night. I had gone oil I In try to make nnselt useful, in company w nli Jessie Mrown the w lie of a corporal ill in<> husband's regi ! 11iont 1'iHir Jessie li ul been in >t dime of i resiles* excitement nil through the siege, i and IihiJ 1.1lien away visibly within the last few data. A constant Uvtr coiistun ed lier, ami her mind wamleretl occasion ally, especially on tlial day, when the recollections of home seemed powerfully present to her. "At last, overcome with fatigue, she ! lav down on the ground, wrapped up in 1 her plaid. I set beside her, when, as she | said, 'her father should return front the 1 ploughing.' She at length fell into a pro fouO'l slumber, iro'.iunh'ssand apparentlv, breathless, her head resting on my lap.? 1 in) cell could no longer resist the. iiiclina lion to sleep, in spile of the cqulinual roar ol cannon. Suddenly I was aroused Itv a wild unearthly scream close to my ear; nit companion stood upright beanie nit*, her arms raised and her head bent lor*.tul in i l>e aiiiludeof list filing. A look of intense delight broke ou-r Iter countenance, she grasped my hand, drew me lowai(Is her, mid exclaimed : I).hum ' \e hear it ? duma ye hear it ? Av, I'm I 110 dromoui,' it's I lie slogan o' the Highlanders! We're saved, we're saved !'? ! 1 lien, flinging lierseil on her knees, she thanked God wuli passionate fervor. "1 tell utterly bewildered : m\ English ears heaid onlv llie roar of hi tile.i v, ami I ' thought my j?>or Jessie was slill raving, hut she tlailt-d to the batteries, and I heard her cry incessantly to the men, ' 'Coinage! Iiatk to the slogan?to the MaCgregor, the grandest of them all. | lleie's help at last.' To describe the ef j leCt ot these words upon the soldiers would ; he imposible. For a moment they ceased | tiling, and every soul listened in intense ; anxiety. Gradually, however, there arose j a murmur of hitter disappointment*, and the w ailing of the w omen, who had flocked | out, began anew .is the Colonel sliook Ins i head. Our dull low land eats heard nothing but lite r.tulu of llie musketry. "A few moments more of lite deathlike suspense, of this agonizing hope arid Jesme, who had again sunk on the ground { sprang t?? Iter feel and cried, in ? voice ho clear and piercing that il was heard along lite whole line ? 'Will jc no believe it noo! The s'ogatt lias ceased, indeed hut ' the Campbells are coinin ! IVyehearf. d'ye heat ! At that moment we seemed , to hear the voice 01 (iod in I he distance, when the bagpipes of the Highlanders brought us tidings of deliverance; f??r I now there was no longer any doubt of I lie 1 fact. That shrill, penetrating, ceaseless sottno, which rose above all other sounds J could come neither from the advance of the enemy, nor from t'-e works of the sappers. No, it was indeed the blast of the Scottish bagpipes now siiriil and harsh as threatening veiigence on the foe; then ! in softer tones, jjeeinnig to promise succor \ to their friends in used. Never, surety, was there such a scene ns that which fol . lowed. Not a heart in (lie Residency of j Lock now but bowed itself before God.? | All, by one simultaneous imputs, full upon their knees and nothing was beard but i ? i -i uursuni; ?<>n? aim 11? * nturmine<l noice < 1 prayer. Then all arose, and lliere rang oul from a thousand hps h great shout of jov, wiiiclt re?uuuded far ami wi?.e ami lent new vigor to that !?leK*ed hatrpipe.? j To our chrrr ul *(iod **v? the t^ueen !' they replied in the well known strain thai move* exerv Soot to tear*?'Should auid acquaintance l>? lorgot,' Ac. Afier that nothing else made any impreaaion on me I scatcely reineinlwre*! what followed.? Je*?io waa presented to the general on hit entrance inlo the fort, and Hi the ollioera banquet her healih waa drank by all pr**ent, while the piper* marched round , the table, playing once more the familiar i air of 'Auld lang syne.' ''Junius, I just come from He Court Horn*, where I made a abort apee-h." ' Made a speech Sambo I yer don't say o p **Y-e-a-s, y-e a a ; I made a spoech?a thorl speech?a t'ery short speech." ( "Why niggar, what did jon say P " Wall, dey called me up before de Court and 1 awid, Not gmlty/" From (he .Varum American. The Palmetto Kegiment.i 11*1 ONK Of TUB TWO ftrKDKKIr. , -9 I NO. 12. Il was tlie 15 til day of March, and { our lines were complete around Vera Cruz. A cordon of soldiers girt the citv Iroin shore to shore. Hut the heavy i work had just begun. Heavy artillery and ammunition weie to be landed and dragged up the sandhills, trenches were to l>e dug, and batteries erected. The cails and draught horses had riot arrived, and this heavy labor had to be perform cd by hrtltd. The solitary breach on which we hail landed became a mimic city. Several ihousiud saii'ois worked incessantly, landing provisions, army ( stores, cannon anil munitions of war.? The work was herculean, and the pro | gress of ill.) seige was alow A norther 1 interrupted the woik for two or three days. The bonis on the beach could not | return to their slops, and the sailors were lell idle upon shore. They made forays | upon all the country around, got drunk. I ami gutted several villagers. It was int? 1 possible to work at tlie trenches for the ! clouds of drifting aands hi tided the wor- . kers. All wo.k was suspended, and we laid idly at our quarters. The batteries t froin the city ami castle kept up an oeca ' sioi.al fire. Wo were all the time in j range ot their heavy guns, but lliey | could not discover our |h silion, behind I the sandhills. They tired wherever lliey | supposed us to be. Uul though their i shot alnl slielia n.ll 1 - ... n J .... ...... u?, ..V. injury whs done, it \\us h mirnce that so litt'e damage w:?s done by lli?in. Kverv spot in lour miles of the city whs visi ii'il witli a shower of missels. t)ne bomlt fell in the centre of our camp, a few yard# from Col. liutler'a tent. \V? soon became accustomed to llie Round of these unaselR, and grew indifferent to them. We were not ye? in a eon diiioti to return the tire, and the Mexi cans bad the game all to themselves.? The lime wore tediously aw?y. We went ' out in small parties scouring the country around, shooting beeves, catching don keys, pirating for provisions, and visiting the country girls. I got lost one day about three iniYs from canlp in a tangled and ?!e'i"c chajiiral. I-"*"'' rbuseil a drove ol beeves until I had lost my course, mid became lost m a chaparnl so thick that 1 could not stand in it. I was never before so peiplexed. I was hot and ex lot listed hy the chase, and almost faint nig. 1 was obliged to have water immediately. Mot 1 was utterly lost in the | interminable rnar.ec of a Mexican chapa { ml. 1 knew not which course to lake for camp. It was all a hazard, and if I look the wrong course I would fall into t ( the hands of the Mexicans and be butch- l eied. To make my w?) I was ol>lis^o<l ' j to yet down and crawl. My situation whs very perilous, and it required h great rlforl to Ue calm, upon which my life dc petided. Wlicn almost in despair, I reached a little liill, and taking a look around me I saw the sandiiil's behind the city. Then I knew my course and was safe. . On the 15th, Gen. Scott received information of Taylor's victory at Buena | Vista. The cheering news was announced in becoming terms to alt the regiments, ( at dress parade on the evening of the loth instant. Had they needed ?nv j stimulant to inspire hops, or sustain them ^ under hardships, the glorious victory of j ' Uncus Vista would have furnished it.? I It kindled in us a nohle emulation to | ( equal the v vlor of our brothers in arms. I ( \\ iilt soldiers nothing is so powerful as | Ill" force of example, nothing so inspiring as the pride of emulation. Ti e norther having abated, the land ing of ordnance and ordnance stores was continued. On the lath, the pottivons for the batteries were selected, and the work of erection began. They were erec- 1 ted on llie sandhills on the south sidi of 1 the city. The work was very laborious, J and was continued night and day. The 1 i batteries were protected by sand hags pded in tiers. For the protection of the 1 workers, trendies were dug. The work 1 ing parlies relieved each other st staled I intervals, and the laborious ar.d danger < ou? work went on without a moment's : cessation "from morn till dewy eve," and i fioin dewy eve till morn. It was a work < requiting energy, endurance and passive courage. The Mexicans kept up a lively practice upon the workers, The booming shot arm ll.lining shell, were their music by day, and their "pillar of lire" by night- Not a shot could lie retimed. Our day was not vet.? I Km patience and courage would yet have the;,- reward. After four day* of patient, 1 quiet endurance, and herculean labor, our baiieiit-a were completed. It was now the 22d day of March, and the 13lh day after our debarcation. Now we could return shot for shot. Now we were rea dy to "Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war.1* ! Hut wall Oie accustomed humanity of war tin) olive branch *?? Kr?t olfored, bo- . fore the sword, lien. Scott then sent to | the city the summons to auirender. 1 will give the copy of the summons and r. j.ly J Hkao Qi:ahtkks of the Army ot the U. 8. of America, Camp Washington, be I fore Vera Cruz, March 22, 1847, The undersigned, Major (General Scott, I General-iu Chief of the Armies of the United States of America, in addition to I the close blockade of the coast 'and port I of Vers Crux, previously established bv the srpiadi'on under Commodore Connor, j of lbs nary of ths as id hlalsa, having now fully invested the said city with an ! over whelming army ?o at to render it impos.nil?lo that its garrison should receive from without, succor or reinforcements of any kind ; and having caused to be es | lablislied batteries, competent to the speedy reduction of the said city, lie the undersigued, deems it due to the courte sies of war, in like cases, as well as to the rights of humanity, to summon his Excellency, the Governor and Com manderm-Chief of the city of Vera Cruz, to surrender the same to the arms of the United States of America at present before the place. The undersigned, anxious i to spare the beautiful city of Vera Cruz from the imminent hazard of demolition ? its gallHtit defenders from a useless effusion of blood, and itk peaceful inliabi- ' (ants?women and children inclusive? from the inevitable horrors of a triumphant assault, addresses this summons to the intelligence, the gallantry and palri- j , otism, no less than the humanity of his Excellency, the Governor and Cotnman- | der-in Chief of Vera Cruz. The under J ( signed is not accurately informed whether 1 both the city ol Vet* Cruz and iho cas tie of San Juan de Ulloa be under the command of bis Excellency, or whether each place has its own independent Com | inander ; but the undersigne'1. moved by 1 the considers ions adverted to above, may be willing to stipulate that, if the city ! should be garrisoned by a part of his troops, no missle shall be tired from with- | in the city, or from its bastions or walls, upon the castle, unless the castle should previously tire upon the city. t he undersigned has the honor to tender to his distinguished opponent, bis Excellency, the Governor and Commander in-Chief of Vera Cruz, the assurance of the high respect and consideration of the undersign- j { WIN FIELD SCOTT. ! 1 [tu.vnblstion.J, ! ( The undersigned, Commanding Gene- ' | ral of the free and sovereign State of Vera i < Cruz, hmi informed himself of (lie con- | < tents of the note which Msjor General I i Scott, General in-Chief of the force# of 1 i llie United Slates, as address* d to him || under the date of today, dointnding the ' \ surrender of this place, and caeii of Ul i I loa ; and, in answer, has to say, that the I | ahove named fortress, as weli as tin# place, depend on his authority ; and it , being his principal duty, in order to prove 1 worthy of the confidence placed iu him I hy the government of tlie nation, to de- i lend both points at a!l costs, to effect I which he counts upon the necessary ele- i inents, and will make it good to the last; j | ilierefure bis Excellency can commence < his operations of war in the manner in i which he may consider most advantage- J t ous. The undersigned has the honor to ' return to the General in Chief of the I f forces of the United S*ales the demonstra- ' i lions of esteem he may he pleased to I s honor him with. * j * JUAM MOltALES. |r God and lil?erty ! I To Major-General Scott, General-in-Chief 1 1 .^r ,?... t. -i 1 -i - i*. - - vri hit mrtca 01 mu l/lllie<l Diates SIIU- ! n ated iu sight of this place. d Vera Cruz, March 22, 1847. f The next summons came from our bat- n leries. On the same evening about 3 o' c ;lock, the signal wan given, and three n Dittetie* opened their thunders on the j lity. 1 be "Mosquito fleet," under Cap lain Tatnall, of the navy ran up under a t point of main land, and opened upon the | v :ity a tremendous tire from its heavy ! ? {una. These a ere very small vessels,but i t :arriud the heaviest metal, ami the havoc | ,, uf their tire was awful. These little vos i j els had terribly significant names, such , *s the "Spitfire," the "Vixen," the "llor- j net " It is railed the "Mosquito tleet" , as descriptive of iU annoying and blood ( letting qualities. ( Captain Joe I One of 'Doniphan's Men,' of St. Louis, f sends us this specimen of negro valor in * the Mexican \V ar t < *A number of the ofiicers of Doniphan's > regi.neut had selected their tavoriie ser- t van is, and they accompanied their man- > ters to the tented held. On the march > from hit Paso to Chihuahua the darkies, t filed with military ardor, determined to ' form a company of their own. Joe, a t servant of Lieut D ,of Major Clark's ? artillery, w*a elected captain, and about , < one liaif of the remaining volunteer* were appointed to till aome ofijce, and ' lliua were entitled U> a title. Joe inade ? hia appearance on parade in a cocked bat I featbeie, epaulet*, aabre, etc., all right.? ' lie was impatient for tbe foe. When it ? wa* reported that the enemy wu await < ing uh at Sacramento, Joe wa* exultant. < lie would allow the while folk* what he i and hi* men would do. 'lie would be ' whar the tight was, and ef Maaaa I) j i am?peeled Joe to hold hi* boas, Man* i L> wa* miatook, dare den !' 'The battle of Sacramauto wa* fought, j and the enemy routed completely, but Joe and hi* men had been wholly invmble. The day alter the battle Lieutenant L aaid to Captain Joe. 'Where'* your company, Joe ! I did'nl *e? anything of you and yonr men yea j terday, and 1 hear that you hid behind tbe wagon*.' 'Maaaa Lieutenant.' replied the creat fallen Captain Joe, T*e aorry to aay my men did lake to da wagina I I begged 'em and deplored 'em to come out like men, but day wouldn't! No, Salt ! dey tuck to de wagina, and 1 couldn't get 'em out.' Well,' aaid Lieutenant L?, 'why didn't you leave them f you might have been la tbe fight, anyhow.' 'Why, Mala*, to tell you de I rut,' aaid j Jo% *1 did come out iu de line at flr*t, ' and I stood dare for a while, l>ut when do balls begin to come so thicker and faster, t and mure of em, I tout do best ting dis j nigger could do was to git behind do waggins hisself !' 'Joe's company was disbanded the next day.' ??? 1 ? m m Ft out the Cotton Planter an 1 Soil. Transplanting Orchard and Fruit Trees. (Juab. A 1'kauouy?Dkaii Sin : The season for planting orchards of Iruil tiees is rapidly approaching, the following re- i marks on transplanting are the re*ult of long practice. The ground fur an orcli- ' ard should be deeolv and thoroui'hlv .snl. * ?-/ ? soiluJ, and if convenient, tl.o manure or compost applied broad cast and iucorpo rated with the toil during the process.? l itis is a tedious business, and is seldom done effectually unless under the immediate supervision of the person most in Lerested, but when weil done, is a relia l?le foundation lor future aucress. Before planting, first square your land and drive a line ol stakes as a hase of operations : plant the first tree on this line, tiflccii iroin this (which is a good d stance lor poaches and dwarf pears,) plant another tree, and so continue uulil the lirsi row is < full ; then return to the base and com ! nience the second row by planting the i tirst tree of the second row seven and a ball feet froin llie base line ol stakes? the third row on the line again ? and so ; on throughout, or quinqunk ; it is also ; desirable to keep each variety as compact as possible?it is better sometimes that j one variety should occupy one end ol two > rows fur convenience of gathering. But, Lo return to the planting : The holes must be dug large enough to admit of the roots being extended laterally w ithout ! crowding, and no' deeper than w hen I growing in the nursery, for the ground * will settle somewhat, and planting so 1 Jeep as to bury more than an inch of ' [lie collar, or part of the stem whence ' .iiv ixmm* lire etuiueu, t* a pievaUMU ami i ? fatal error. The Uee being placed in * [.roper position, dig from the sides of thu i iiole the full depth of tho spade. well ' J pulverize the mould, ?nd c?refully till up ' nil spaces between the roots to ensure a 1 1 close contict between the soil and roots. I This is hcsi done woh the fingers of tho | gardner, when sufHelent soil has been dug | from the sioes of the hole to plant the tree. What whs taken from the hole iir i ! the first instance, may now bo thrown ' ' [rack and finished, leaving a basin like 1 1 ;avity around each tree?the diameter of ' 1 which should not be less than six feet? 1 o be mulched as the spring advance?.? j t his plan of planting the trie with mould rom the aide of the hole, ensures the s ground being broken up for a larger t pare than is usual around ea.-li tree, and | eems to convey to the minds of the ope ! a atives that the planting of a tree is a : ittle different matter from setting a post. j lis always more profitable to plant young ' lid moderately vigorous trees from a j lursery, than to plant large specimens I rom any source. Vet tho desire for iin j nediate effect is so great and will long | onlinue, that a few hints on this subject, nay not bo amiss lor ornamental pur | >oses. Large trees may be tiansplauted with | ?nly tolerable success directly from the j roods, if cure is i.twi " > I- ' * ?y 3 fii^t wide at such distance from the | rec as will leave a mass of roots uiunjur j id, proportionate to the size of the plant ' >y digging this trench sufficiently deep, j lie tree cau be undermined and the soil i rom among the roots carefully coaxed ) )Ul palling with tho hack of (lie spade j >n the upper surface of thu ball of earih i 1 einlering it thereby portable. The main i 1 ionsideration is to gel as much root as j 1 rossible, not large, but small fibres, or ' eeders, and to protect these from brni>e n>d the action of the atmosphere, from he commencement of digging. This ' natter cannot ho loo earnestly insisted ipon in this climate?perhaps the reason shy this idea has uol been more pronii ; ent in books written on the subject is, I hat the authors live in climates where it ilways rait s or threatens to do so. In his sunny climate, the roots of the tree ire not more out of their element when iXpored, than a fish out of water. The tree being freed from the soil by iclual and clean cutting of the roots, nevir making use of the top as leverage, and ireaking the tree from the eaith?the text thing is to reduce the top. I'll is thould be done by always cutting back to s leader or bud that will preserve the original of the tree or even improve upon it?two thirds of the top should he cut away, many of the luuim clean to the stem?when removed to the plate of planting, carefully examine the ball of roots, remove all extraneous matter?that is, roots of other trees and shrubs that are intermixed in the mass, and if left would interfere with the proper planting of the trees?inns much as thev would prevent close contact with the roil hii?1 the roots proper. Again : 'Hie mulila- i led root* should he re rut, with n sharp knife back to sound wood, a clean wound, nature will at OHce go to work to callous , over, and froiu this callous new roots will directlj issue. If from the size of the ball and intricacy of the roots it is found im possible to fill up all vacancies with soil then water should be used '.o assist in filling up these cavities?but the surface should he left with a friable soil, and the tree well secured with stakes, otherwise j the working of the tree with wind would i destroy contact with the soil and so be fatal to success. (1FO. Ktl>l>. Rraaet Co., A is., Sept. 1851. Domestic Recipt's. ^ To Mark (JuFt'fcK.? There are various receipts for j?r? i aritig and refining coffee. The following i? the best that lias ever come under our view, and is available iti all places, l'rocure jour coffee fresh roasted, and not two blown,in tbe proportion of a (jyarter of a pound f.<r three persons. Let it be Moclia, and grind it just before using ; put it into a basin, and break into it an egg, york while shell and all ; mix it up wiili a spoon to the consistence of moitar; place it with warm?not boiling ? water ?rt tli? coffee pot ; let it boil up and break three times, then stand a few minutes, ami it will ho as clear as amber, aud the egg will give it a rich taste. iiow to Menu China.?From an Engli h almanac we, a long time since, cut a recipe for mending china, aud the opportunity baviug occurred for trjd'g, we found it admirable, tiie fracture beiug scarcely visible after the article was rep.iicd. It is thus made: Take a vart; illiik solution of gum amino in water and stir it into piaster ol Paris until the niixture becomes a viseious p iste. Apply it with a brush to llie fractured edges aa-l stick tlietn together. In tiiree days the article cannot again be broken in tha satne place. The whiteness of the cement renders it doubly valuable. Ckmknt ton JoiSTiNu Stoxe.? A cement which gradually indurates to a stonv consistence, made by mixing 20 parts of clean river sand, 2 of Inhrage and one ot ipnck lime, into a thin putty with Itusecd oil. 1 lie quick lime may be replaced with litlirage. When the cement is applied to mend broken pieces of stone, as steps of stairs, it acquires after some time a stony hardness. A similar composition has been used to etmf nmr brick walls under the name of mastic. A'ayaulu ix Satan's Kingdom.? A ?eu ioliar Lull on one o! the recently sutpeuied leiiuessee batiks, "payable lu bell," mil uttered to scleral brokers, but lelused il any price, although other bills ou tbo unite batik were Unug taken al a small iiseouiil. Tne propper tilling in bad lobabU been accidentally omitted at the line ot issue, and lite biuuk supplied as ndicaU'll above by some wag. i be refusal ot the brokers to ,;*ke ttie b ll w as because ot the unposrintuty o" collecting it. Al Inst the hol-ler, in despair, approached a group of three money-shavers who bud their beads together oter some speculation, and exclaimed, with well feigned earnestness, "Gentlemen, tins bill s payable in hell, truly ; hut if vou can't ollect it, tbo Devil, oniv knows who :nu i" 111 tllO liearun' of an Irish fust. f. a*. O * v*""*w ,v* itu 1L Mini batteiy, a council, wbne cross ixuiuuimg olio nl tins witnesses, asked 11it> what lliev had at the lii sl place they topped at 1 'ir'our glasses of ale.' ' V\ liat lu-xt ?' 'Two glasses ol whiskey.' What next f' 'One g;as* of brandy.' ' \\ iiat next V 4A A b-gar posted himself at the Chan* cry (Jouil, and kept saying, 'A penny, lease, sir j Ouly one penny, sir, before on go in !' 4And why, my uiau !' inquired an old loutitry gentleman. 4]iecause, sir, the ehancca are, you will iOt have one alien \ou come out,' was lie beggai & reply. A negro passing under a sc.dlold where mine repairs were going #on, a brick fall Iroui above ?u Ins iieatl, and was broken ii two by the tall. b*m?u very coolly raised ins load and exclaimed, 4lio!io, you while man up dar, it votl don't waii'l your bricks broke just keep 'em oil' my mad 1' ? ? ?1? ? u\ pour lriatiman onereU an old saucepan lor sale. I i is children gathered mound Unn, and imputed wuy l?e parUxl w 11L1 it. Alt, my homes,' answered he, '1 would not he alter parting with it hill for a little money to buy something to put iu iu' Col. W. is n lino looking man, ain't he f said a Iriend of ours the oilier day. Yes, replied another; 1 was lakeu for hun one tune. You I why you are as ugly as sin. iN o odds about (Hat.? 1 endorsed his note, and was taken for hiui by the fehoritl. "Biddy," said the landlady of a hoarding house to a new recruit in the kitchen, "Old )uu hake the hi cad we had tor diunet, or holi u t" Biddy, anxious to appear an Jan in the nolne art ol fjokery replied, " An' to be suie, iinsthres, 1 did both." Never look at the girls. Oh ! no, they can I Oeai to be looked ul; lliey regard It as nil instdl. i bey wear llieir line Icalllera, lui and Irabu, merely lo gratify llieir maiuM s, lUal'a all. Mr. Smith, )uu haid yon boarded at lite Columbian Unlet tax moullis; did you fowl )cur lall ? ? 'No, air; but it amounted lo ibo baiuo tbiiig?the landlord fooled ONk' IVav, Mr. l'rofeaaor, what ia a paresthesis I Madam, it in simply a circumlocutory cycle of oratorical senorisity, c^ri circumscribing 1.0 aloin of ideality, k*t i|t ' a verbal prolan my.?Thank you, miff. ' ? 4! ( v 1 . ? ? ' ) e*a,1 v. > if * > Ol/.tje 11 >mi