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> ,:;;.,;aa" V - She Canraster feitger. &9 PER \ NNrT\f Tfirn .O tbe i?m*-lt? loom in ? ?nrvejr, \ 1 \V A V/ 1 17* - - IP*' X iJli ^Ai* ii U 1?1 IUk with tliv woinKor* of cacli iHiMtiii^ day. A X A 1WJ > iVlM^J j * ?1 iflinilg aflil ^nlitiral >JftUjpapxc?EcnnM tn tljr 3:!h, ?riratrs, liticatacr, ^tucation, flgriculturf, 3atrrual Smpninruirata, /orrigu onii Bouifaiic jQftua, anil t!;? 3GfcIarkets. VOLUME VII. LANCASTER, II.. SOUTII CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17. lSfifL vhudud . t .... ? $t\ni |^ndrtj. ! Judge GentlyO, there ha* many a tear been shed, And many a heart been broken ; For want ot a gentle handset forth, Or a word hi VMueaa spoken. Then, oh 1 with brotherly^jpard, Greet every sob of sorrow ; 80 from each tone of love hia heart, New hope*, new strength, shall bsrrow. INor turn?with eold and scornful eye From him who hath offended ; But let the harsh-os* ?f reproof tWilh kindlier tones be blended. The seeds of good are everywhere, And, in the guilties bosom, Kunn'd by th? quickening rays of love, Put forth their tender blosaorn. While many a aoul hath Wen To deed* ot evil hardened ? Who felt thut biitereal of grief*.? The finit offence unpardoned. Onntic Words. Gentle words, how aweet tl?ey -ound ! Joy they g?.e to all around; W >rd* of love, what peaee thev bring! liappiiiuM to everything. Gentle word* will reach the heart, TUIm of aorrow they impr.rt; Loving v* ordv arc ?v.eet to hear, w Joining heart* to ether* dear. Gentle word* then freely give, They wdl teach you how to live ; They to you are fieely give. -# ? Frovi the Morion American. The Palmetto Regiment. | ?V ON K or TMC TWO Hl NUItlD. NO. 13. It Wit-* four o'clock iu the evening ot tli* 2-1 d ?y of March, when the Ikjiu Ltrdiiient of the city of Vera Cruz ?u begun. For tItirt ** ?l ?y? ?? li;? I In'mr w?l palieutA creeling hat'erica, mid endurF '"U H gM''ad w" * '' v,< ?u "',l r<* turn. Now three baUarie were finished, wild to ill*-III add -d the "Momj IIto tleei ' tof fo.ir or ti? * little Vessel*. 1 lie oatte rie* u|i'Hih1 lu? Lull. Tim position o( the J'dint toes wk* about li v e unlet to the I north, near Vorgnra, but that t-.'uning I litd the good fortuiij to have gone m ll.e >a lit- ion bench for pi ivisinii*, find I was ne.?r the battel tea mid the licet T he l-orbardmeni i! a evening *hi the gran A nil-Hi, fuldiiueit, and tSo mot', lerr h e V scent '11ai I ever witness*!. The inceswant n ar of inore than w bundled cannon sluok the Very bills to their founds tion. Every gnu in the city wnd c astlw tlut cou J ba brought to bear whs woiked with activity. I'hc soft haze of iwuighi waa falling over the woo lie. T'hniiv-tndu J of itllu ao'. Jiars, mid sailor# and ape* ta A torn Ii ?1 collected on n.l the liwls ammo to behold '.he swelling scetm. As tli? ' shade *? ot roght ciote-. over iiie scene, aeem?-d but a signal for a hotter and he??-.? U.-. "Thcu shook Hie hills with thunder riveu, Ai:J Inutlei than the holt* of heaven, far halted the reu artillery." I ujon h liill i.oaf the Morquito fl< e:, Mini between it and our battetie*. 1 was not further thuu three or four htin draJ yards from tins litt'e fleet, and I could the movements of the ni- n and hear ihe worda of command. I saw large quantities of tails fail atouud thy little vessels, tut very ft. w of them stiu k. liut it was upou C'!r batteries that the heaviest uro w ?? concentrated. It seem -?d impossible that they could stand the .sboik, aud we trembled for thein. I stood upon the hills until midnight, a spectator of ill's awful struggle. The night was dsrk, and the darkness was only relieved by brief and lurid flashes of the artillery, as it winged on their *rraiid Iita messengers of destruction. but like the gleaming thunderbolt from the opake clou.I, they only madu the suo?.eedioc darkness more appalling. A lurid for a moment lit up ilia arena of suds, 1 but "Kif a nan could car, heh"*d ! The jaw* of darkness had devoured it up." We ooul l see the bomb* and maik their entire course, aa ihey described the r fiery circle* through the air, and finally having reached their destinstbn, exploded amid failing houaaa, crumbling walls, and the ahrieks of tba dying. Our men stood gallantly hy their guna, and never slackened their fiie for a momrut, The slar-spani;ted banner floated over their batteries, and if* honor wa? ic their k'-epbg. T'>*T lh? inspiration, and dcNoieJ thetn*. Ives to death. "And th? rocket'* red glare; the bomb* hunting In the air, Oave proof through the night, that our bag was sltU there." About midfi'.ght I lefttyi scene, and alept in tbe tent of the hospitable Capt. McGowan, a South Carortufaa. who waa a Q .artermaatrr of the army, lie never nag.nctcd opportunity to do an a?.l of kir?iine>? boa| .ta'ity or get erosity. And ] e!r ' that night ?*a sowudl) aa if at num. The roar of artillery waa but a lullaby to lb am us to eleap. Th.it night the bravo and accomplished Major Vituou was killed. A heavy shell I which penetrated the parapet struck him : dead, but, though it killed hiiu ins,an' I ly, there was no bruise on his person to | show what part of Iris body war struck. I beard of nuothur case almost similar.? ' A Palmetto was knocked over, turning ? ! somerset by a largo ball, . nd it left no I mark or brume upon him. Major Vinton j was an eminent scholar, and a christian, i Ue had determined to quit the army,and i become a preacher. Ilo had sent in his I esi^iiHt.on, I believe to take effect after the siege of Vera Cruz. On the ne*t morning, (the 28r\) the fire was renewed The litt'a fleet took a j sti.l nea?r position \j tl j city and castle, ami maintained il under a heavy fire uu til I at nine o'clock f?<?n. Sc-tt ordered it to j ho recalled. But the officers an I ruen ol I the uavy were determined to paiticipate I in the fight. They bud l?een long cha' hug at lb a inaction of the navy, and were | eager fur a part in the fray. At the ear; nest request of Commodore lYrry, 'ion. | Scut assigned a part of the batteries to j the navy to be commanded by naval of J'leers, and served by seamen. They also I tree ? d a naval battery leiond a thicket <f chaparral which co**?red it from view. | Another lai. 1 battery was'^egun near the rs lroad, called tiie "Malibian bat .*rv." j A guard of ala ut a hundred men of ! the Palmetto regimer was set.* on t ? ti.e i 23rd to guard the hiils west of 'he city, j I whs olio of tliij go rd. Wo approach* ! is] within about IT'JO yards of the city, | am] took position behind lite san i hi! ?. | S* ePconhl distinctly see ol jects in the j oi y. The li.igs ol several nation- floated ItVOF t lis* liniiKt'C **f tl.A ? . ??-v? ?> mn lunsuis rfprcieiti V"T thorn. Throughout thu cn.iro day liit fire vma incessant. A norther sprang ' up during the day, which de..?yed the , lauding of an. ounition, nd out batteries I idacltene I their fir*-, for want of Miniruni lion, bu tliia on If revived the Mexicans | to iciievved effort. They thought our 1 guns were si enced by tile>r fire. Tho Palmetto guard erew 'ired of tlir dullness of the scene, and n.ar.v of the J uuard atnuseu themselves by faying cards Who but a soldier would believe Itt thai 1 men ?oii!d f?1 down i?> JiOO yards of an I eueirv, during a hoi bombardment, w:ti. hot Hying over them, and spend the day in card playing} ln?tea ! of prcpar.ug Ito "shuffle oil ifiin mortal coil" they were only intent i n shuffling cards. Vet it is .1 ue aa ^ spcl, thai they did play j..>uor I during al! that day. It .* a strong ill"v , trillion of the call <usness s 1 reel:'esn *s p.tuluced by -1 soldier a life. *i i ..r .i >-> iii ii ? - r ?*- IM^KI ?M IIIC 4 Dl.iUI II'. cr I '? get. It ?m believed that thr Mexicans would make ? sortie '.but night upon t!io very point winch we were guarding. J tint ?t dark h Sine of sentinel* was j?o*lod on tha rand lulls. I think it v as fr? *n t?-n I till twelve that night that I walked inv wear) round* a* a sentinel. A not ..er fu Mowing, and cloud* of driilin ' sand filed tl.e air. It Minded t when I alien.t>: pal to face it, and drawing my bea?y coat 1 over my head, I turned my t?acl: to t^o *itml cloud and stood like a statue. 1 ' could ?e:ther see nor hear. A Mexican , might have cref t on tne and bayonetted ; me, before 1 had any intiiuation ol his I pi ence. j Mean while, the ba'teies of besiegers 1 and toe be>ieged kept tip their work.? I Tl.e "hemic" city had endured the Lornbtrdmenl for thirty hours, an I tSmugli | the Iihvoc was d j oadfu', it gSM* no jvi delicts of despair, or ainkii g courage. Midnight ended tny guar ! duty, anu another ;.iking my place, I sotigl re.age from the sand-cloud and slept till morn 'tig. Anu with ?his progress, an I tl ? *? I inn lent*, ended the second day of he honihaidinent, and the '23d day of ' March. | _ _ Convioted of Nc.ro Stealing. Ttie c. e of the bute Willii.ui San| ders, a frets in .n uf color, charged vs illi "inveighltng Meal ig and < arry ing a .vay," | three alavea, the prop rtv of M.. Judith Jones, but in the possession of l)r. Win. K. Hah, of ('lis District *'u tried on the ! 3d instant, and resulted in a verdict ol ; "guilty," accompanied by a recommend*' | turn to inercv. I ('be court w as organized at *2 o'clock i )'. M. by Hubert 51 awtliorn, Esq., preaid | l'ig Magistrate, J. II. Ition, Hnp, tonduc1 itsd t..e pmuecutmo, J- M. Hut laud and ] T. M. McCunti, K*?p, th* defence. It appeared from the etidence ".hat be , fe" Dm and one Jtaker, ano'.her free boy of color, (who has not as yet been trre1 te?.) clan leatinc'y m. ied the two girls Ki>:hel and Susan, on the plantation ol ; Dr. Il.dl, a abort time before their elope I inent?that defer ant and bake, had I perauaded their wive?(* boy nearly g o* i ) to escape with them to a free Stale ; whici. it seems,"they at hr*t agreed to do, but after* arda abandoned th > idea of making their way to * !re? State, and eouciud^tl Logo to Chailesion and remain tlieie which they did ; and the three aiavci and Handera were there arrested ant brouiriit in th!* iI?ca for fri-l 1 The Jury were out on the ca*e a!*>ul two hour*. Tii? defer lant, Randere, wm * titenoed to be hanped on Friday die Silb day o uext. We understand tbaf an appeal will h< I taken by defendant* counsel, and arguec befor* the preaidirg Judge at tlie nex Spring term of th* Court of General He* ion and Common Plea* for Fairfield Dia UicU t MF.ith. r,"f*aid i rc,jui*h l???y, "I bop* j^oti won't hut auy mm gunpowder te? 1 for mother." "Why tot r Because ererj J time the drink* it abe blow* u* up." 4,Sp<trtauburj, ihe Rome of the Par* yret'o otate " '1 e following 'xtract, which we make ; fritn a ? .tly and liU'noro'.i> letter of tho j K?v. Dr. C">sb, to ihe Sou'hem Christian I Ad? cnie, will j ro\?i h h 'itere*l'ng ami J aiii using to c r readers. Wo aro sorry j w-j liavo Out room for the whole .elter, and n. it m ike i old, to offer the reader a seat wi h the Doctor, upon his leaving L.iurensvillr for our "ciiy." I "Friday morning lawns. lK-re is the , . hacu which my colleagues, Br ?thei Kirk ) land atiu Dr. '''ay. >r, have sent lor us I , from bi|) irta..uur<rli. "t'.AI?i.iitor ' r? w "*? I and tho loads muddy enough from t!io | rt^^iu rai..s. A year nence we shall have aa eas:er undo of tmvel, for the legi- ?tun lias made a vers liberal sppropna j "ion for the completion of the railroad to Sp .rtanburg. which w ll greatly facilitate our intercommunication with the lower part of the State. Five o'clock, a id the clouds have lolued up iheii wintry wings; and as we p >s over a mil, what a vision ! of g'oiy ; tea l-ofon- us ! church spires, and col'ego towers, and majestic domes, a d s'Hieiy cupolas, anU vidua ot rural beauty, a 1 u. uisions of regal splendor, ] all envii tied w '.h groves of evergreen, i . I evuul which are s on the mountains of rtni di\ t ai . j >-pcr, leaning ngainlt the gob m l ?apphiru s1'}. A I hail, yeclas- j ! ho ual -1 !i iw much iik?* Oxford, Cam i hrioge, In ca- 'led lieideiherg, an 1 old | ' 'ciio.nsiic I 'ainix! There is Wotford Col j 'C ^ lh It- t Wo 1'filiiivim lo. nr? _ p ? ? v~1": 11ri?r me 'tin hi -f -S't.?aljourg. look.ng <!v,?vn ft tin it c<<inii(Hii<Jiii^' eminence like 'be Trunin ill aion i from the Piuci.iii | kiili. Yonder i? St. Joint's College, itlso i j wih is towers, tli >iih|| rather le.vi im , posing in fo. ii, an<l loss favorable in sittr ion ; a 'n it a ..anu.ome building and ri-airitliinj; inst ution. * And here is the F?* . inai College, our future Alunama; into anotnur \ Hliiitii, wau|iUfg,ilie pope; hko Muotliur San Mo.a Maggiore, wanting j the iCgi; tiHti ?l>o.i It; like another Sail Pi? tro in Mou.urio, ov rkoking Spartan- [ I burg as iiiat o?erk-oks Ibune troui llie i blow of tbe J iiicuiuin. 'I .vonjo- why nobody ln?s ever dis' covered llie rerembb.nce of these two cities .rtar.l?urCT and Kouie. Wuy, ' iim' dear r, 1|. .e are tbn Seven Hills, pe-liBj.t i ;u i r three more, with iln I'ro itifroi Ja sn?' I'll* f' '?i an?l ' .arrfin il Aiitoneiu, batimr an that is ollensive ami | aiiti ,-roli .h it. And yonder, at (lie oast ' ' ei"' of?' o ?. an, is > . huge rum, souk w hat ; goltiic, an M>I|I ;W bat iing lino ; w inch i | iiii .t b*' csll-d the Coliseum, wore it , round "Mi-.iijj ; or 11: s tomb "I Cei ilia ! M alia, wile it i fly enough ; or i!:e iboriiio' ot 1 tu 'h?iaii or Ci?rirn.,a, nid i I co t oiil., iei.L gro nd?at ai v rat?- ?( mm, r Mut .cl aesu'iea wiibul, but wanting ilie i-\ to compie'a llie ellect. A d ! | ln-rtt mm* the V ilia Uorgl.ese, Pan.phili . Pnia, though I CRi. tot *ay exactly .o whom tliuv belong. Ami the pyramid ' above lh? M> ihodisl Clutrirli is ju.U like I (lie iiiHU>?<'?Miin '*. Ch.ijv Ostius; only the ue is roiinil, and the oilier square; the j , one '? of ? G ?., ami 11.* | tl.-T uo.rbU.; tbc oik- s vi y I irgi and ilie other i?the. J I ?mail; in* on? is | .aced oil the earth. , .. id 'be other i mm in the sky; tl ugh , the .p< x the 'iirmer i* two or three I times as .ugh at thai >f the .atU:. And ' | t ivj steep ?e ol toe Ua.np Inghu, though it i I..?? i aher the an ient: ib* r a nitons, nor | t' e soaring al*'-u le, n.ir the i?ig hell to I ring ?h n the p.>t.c go is to Purgatory, ' n r the vast mock dial umbering twenty four hoars upon itacireje. And the..oiirl i , l.ouaa, p. rrliai. a, ::iigbt answer fur the | Sp.ida Palace, though it has not the* broad l'.ar'i without, nor the statue of | j 1'oiupey within, wilu the slain of Cuisar's ! blood u j at the lor*. And the circuit par* j I son age, in otic of the beautiful suburbs, * | j foi all tin world like the summer residence of iiis II .lliinss on the Quirim !: 1 though not quite ho extensive, anu want? ing t.iu two 11oi?cs by l'hidian and l'rax I i'iles. An<l yonder are the Sabine Moon tains and the A lb in 11.lis, ihougu their I summits M'fin covered with stalely trees, I j and there are no vine) rd or olive proven j i climbing their sides. And near the city j ' flows a stream which evidently ought to j , be the Tiber, though it ia neither very j wide, nor very deep, nor very swift, n- r ' very yellow, necau*1 it .? as yet i.ut a j young river, and like good wine will pro I , hahij iinj ove w h ?ge. 1 have seen no > j C itfcom h, perhaps hecaii the) are not | I yet ope ud, and no Via Ap,>ia, perhaps | beca. -e it is not yet ex av>?te<!, and no j p Forum 11 m num, perhaps l?e<'sui>e its ! site is i. >t at fill y determined ; arid no I Mamo in of Augustus or of Htdfltm, perhap- because tliey aro not vet ere,, ted, ' heir Ian ) ocu pants not y et being in a Co? iti- n to need them. 'On arriving here w?? found apart men s ' | ' ready for u?, and our ol I friei.d Dr. Try lor evid""tly intent on doing tbe agreca Lie to the e\unl of his ability; and tbe eo'dialily with which be bailed our ad* vent hihI tlio manner in which he faciiila te>. orr eeltl inent, and made us feel at ; bome, vo. , Mr. Editor wl.o know the , I China Ilero, can very easily imagine.? | By the wa), he has b' ill himself .? house eoi iguous to the College, a lit '? I sa iiu* pon ng in apj.earauce 'ban Windsor Cua? ' lie, or th. roya r? leuce Caserta. Doctor Taylor is admirably adapted to the | position which he occupies, aud ban gathered around him a net of brilliant satellites. Well ?na. ie<l arid well womanod to", wit! a k'nd ami careful steward, a ( licotgh ur.ee. ntm ant 'leul J ny^'eir d*?" p'.in-. ai b lif-d loca ( ? on, in the mid ' of an intelligent ?nd f i virtuous community, and enjoying the j < patronage of tbe South Carolina Confer-' ,v ' jfii # ence, Spartanburg Kern de College is manifesltv destined to a career ot unprecedented pro. oeri'v and glory. As an earnest of liie future, the second jenr of its existence Wujnd up with a hundred and tw-nty seven students. Send h.'her your daughters-, yo who wou'd make of ihcin Sapt .Of, D< Stiu \ Soinersv ille.;, or Han nali Mores! Wisdom is here, end 'starched Nvii nee" lo< ks out from these lofty cupolas, and the muses lote the shade of the blackjack and toe music of the wind among toe branches of the pine!" \u?-n;- T T5 ? n a^uiu^iuu irviu(, in r.ngtana. Mr. Cy >as Redding, ao iong associated witli tiie poet Campbell in the edi'orship of the New Mou illy, lias just published in London three volnmnesof Fifty Year's Reminiscences of Ootemparnrie3, from which we take tlie following: ' Washington Irving, now, I think, seventy four or seventy fivu years old, was in England. An acquaintance with the author of Knickerbocker and fsalinagundi could not but be agieeable. 1 forgot to w hom I was indebted for the introduction but ( used to meet him frequently, as well as li.o American Minister, Dr. McLaue. iheio v is ! . pie ant breakfast given at Campbell's one lurday, when I was present. Irving tu re thai, commonly serious and sed i'.e, gentlemanly and mild in manner, gave no idea, either in nerson or i ouversatioti, of ? writer of works of biiroor. 1 me'ii not the humor that is at present in fashion, consisting of a bad pun or snm light sentence with a point some limes blunt enough, or perhaps son.e ridiculous image, hit that real wit in which Sidney Smith excelled, and which runs through a whole \vork, pervading everv line. lie was somewhat taciturn. At evening pauies, or after uinner, when the v ine circulated freely, I never heard a t - ? j II.-HI . i m up*. lie WHS III I lie A il.tn < ' a1 times by some wbo looked a: a repub,ican as actcHtnre thai had e? me into lie world among ilie superfluities of martalilie . His sketches cf scenes remark,a. b v in English historv, his picture* of tiie manners of the old country, and not a ?i? trie censuie cast on the inad monarch who separated the English family forever, made him toierateu by the exclusively loyal, wi'.h s "who would tliink it!'? When my friend Andiews was in Tacu " n.an, where an gEng'ishnian hail never l ... WWII, .t.w A." glisii li i] tails?a notion once inculcated by tbe Spanish /MiJr's, to make the Protestants disliked, a fiery son of ex elusive loyalty once looked upon a republican lie did not give liitn a tail, indeed, but though' him a Jacobin?a being much worse than a limn nuturar with such an appt tidnge. "Ir\;*ig t-'ld me that he was much : leased with opain, wleie ho wroie bis la.iiot the Alh oi.ura. lie he 1 found the coiniuun people and. peasantry a well disp< sed, single-minded race. He had lived, he saio, some months in ilie A1 j most in the secretary's fHce ! Ii bounded : I | Mtid rolled away till it lodged under some i lady's crinoline, while the poor gentleman ' | looked rs ruuch mortified and astonished I l as if he had accident !y tired h bomb shell < in the parlor. The incident was too lu- ] dicrous for gravity, and even the grave and dignified secretary was forced into a j broad smile, which expanded into a griin all around the parlor. Some wag scrrin- 11 ' hied to g.-t the apple, and restored it to I the discomfited gentleman, who then, in* coutnently took himself otV.- Washing ton | Later to the Buxton Poat. A Laaoa Cav* ^xflodicd.?A friend : in Ohio country writes us an account of i j the partial exploration of a remarkable cave in that county. Reports made by 1 I some l>o>s. who had ventured into the cave, known as Spring Cave near Point I I Pleasant on Green r?ver, prompted the writer, and several other genllmen. to ' make an exploration of it. An entrance j i to the cave was effected through a narrow , j passage, about thirty feet long, which i opened into an egg shaped room, seme i : thirty feet long, and fifteen high. The Xplortion party visited, through various i passages, five other rooms, in one of which > was a small set-off, as if made by man, i and on it were three |books and several letters, none of which the gentlemen i could make out. They also found in this ' , room silvery looking metal, that had been , ) run into lumps. It is the intention of the gentlemen engaged in this exploration to | , make a more thorough examination of this cave. Our correspondent thinks it \ will prove to be a* extensive a cave as j the Mammoth.? LouiavilU A'y, Jowrnul. ' hambra, with only an o.d woman for an attendant, an 1 Could hoar witness to many virtue* in the humbler ciat-M-s which could i. ?t ho said to l>eloi>ir to their superiors. I have an idea that he < mposed his literary works witli ex ee ngesre and great si wiies*. He has since rtiired to a villa on the sboret of the Hudson, to that State, 'where neace and quiet love to dwell,' so uesir. ole u age, that kind of 'retreat from care' which Goldsmith la I; onted uever could he h "?may he con linue >ng to enjoy it. The las. time I saw Irving, if I recollect rightly, was re markable fur the presence in the party of Mrs. Siddoits ; Cnmphell and Lockhart, too, were of the number. What havoc loath has made since ! While Irving, soothing thn descent of existence with the best of omf flers, his books, leads the life of a philosopher. He has seen enou gh of the vorld t? know i*,a value, a thing se'doni known until we learn, loo law?, the dear price of the liine we ha\e wasted in pursuing its frivolities, and over-estimating its worthlesness. Irving cannot hut be happy to ha?e escaped from the intrigues of stale affiirs, nnd the class of those wl ?sc polished manners only add a grace to the unseemliness of convenience. There was uothing striking in the physiognomy of Irving ; It was reflective in expression. His stature was about the middle height ; be was sallow of coinp.cxion, with oark eyes, while his countenance :mpro sad the observer rather with amiability than intellectual pow er. America may well be pioud ol him, as she justly i t of her Dry ant and Chan ning, amidst the crowd ol upstarts whom ciiptduy stamps vith a surreptitious renown on both sides of the Atlantic." Rkma.<kai)lk oki's or Human Lador.?Nineveh war l'imilevl ng, 8 wide and 60 miles round, with a wall 100 feet high, and thick enough for tbree chariots abreast. I'abvlon was 50 mile* within tire walls, which were 76 feet thick and SCOjhrt I ?b, with 100 braien gates.? The temple ef Diana, at F'diesu*. was 4'JO tee'to the snpportof the room. It was a hundred y ears in builbii g. The largi at af the p\ ran.ids ia 481 feel high, And 053 on the sides; its base covers 11 acres. The n'one* are about 30 feet in length, and the layers are 208. It employ ed 330,000 men in building. Thf labyrinth in Egypt contains 300 chambers and 12 halls. Thetes..i Egypt, present! ruins 27 miles round, and luO gate*.? Carthage was 23 miles round. Allien! wm 2j noles round, and contained 359 000 ci 'lent and 400,000 slaves Th? ismnle of I>elp:..>? *,.? so rith in do..a lion , lh.>t u was p.jndered of $500,000 and Nero earned away from it 200 slat utes. The walls of Rome wtro 13 mile* ' round. i A Fighting Preacher. I W!ien our revolutionary war lint broke j out, and Congress called upon the ??sve rh 1 ota'.ss to furnish regular regiir?.uu i for the Continent!*! line, Peter Munlenburg, a pa-tor in the Tenih Legion,moun- j ! te<] his pulpit one tine morning, told his | congregation he was going to the wars, i I and exhorted as many of them as could : I raise tne pluck to follow his example.? , | His words took like wild fire?a regiment | was sooti raised?and l'eler himself was i | appointed Colonel. Never was there a I i j belter choice. Peter fought eVen better | I than he prayed. LI is regiment was eve 1 : rywhere, where hard knocks were going i on?at Trenloti at Princeton, at Brandy- ; wine, at Herman to w n, at Monmouth, at j \ orktown, and Peter was always at the beau of his regiment. So prominent was he upon such occasions, that with [ some of his admirer* he obtained the i j name of Devil Pete, while by the army ; | generally, he was known as the "Fight l i ing Parson." Ilis skill seems to have i I beeu equai to his gallantry, for in a short j < time lie became a General, and was one | Amnhhf ?hn tn/w* ! ??1? 1" * 1 ' ..fe ...? ...vrai, ui?.iiy eeicuineu 01 ( I Washington's ollicers. lie was aslriking ( I example of tbe fact, lliat a mao makes < I none the worse soidier for serving his I 'Jreator with fidelity. f Gen. llavelock seems to have been a 1 tnan of very much the same building of | Gen. Mulilenburg. lie was one of the : ] genuine, old school CromweSlian breed? I a real "tear tbe Lord and keep your pow- ; der dry" generation. lie preached to his men?he prayed with them?and even i baptized them. On one occasion be, was i court martialed for this offence. Au in | ! quirj into the state of liis regiment pio- i , ved so satisfactory, that the Governor ( j General said he wished he would btptize the whole army. Now, the exploits of y this man and his little force are marvel I lous. lie has shown all the qualities of t I a great officer?oue worthy to take his ; 'J I place by the side of Wellington and y | Marlborough. They have shown all the I j qualities of the best and bravest soldiers, j 1 1 They fought six battles in six days, eacb I j | time against odds of ten to one. and i - victorious every li.no. Tliey marched through a sw^inp of foes, fighting at ti every step, in ttie btiruing climate of In- f dia, at the rate of tifleeu or laeenty miles I a day. They entered the city they were * ^ sent to relieve^and were immediately aur- I i rounded, and shut in by twenty times t ] 1 bald on'VoV montRV'li^- dJlunldd'. t,ie-v ! 1 1 O 3 J I ous every day, and living upon a few i ounces of rice, without any of the usual , t supplies of European soldieas. At last i c ' thcv w< re relieved, and the old parson r [ uad the glory an 1 satisfaction of having | t j by Lis indomitable bravery, pei.-ovcraiice ji j and skill, saved the lives of hundreds of his countrymen ! \Vo cannot think of; t these things?of the oh! man's simplicity, j f h;s modesty, and his great exp'oits. with- { | out fee'iug a disposith n to throw up our j hats, and shout ioud and long fir the r brave old "Baptist Preacher." n I The exploits of llavelock and his men j t I dissipate the idea long entertained in Eng ! n ( land, and openly avowed by a former ; I ministry, that the more profligate the ai a j my, the better the soldiers. It is our firm belief that honesty, morality and, ?. j above all, religion, are essential to man in I (. | perfo ma nee of earthly duty, even the , I duty of a soldie-, and hereafter,if we ever j > | hear a man d'spute this point, we shall i J j point to fighting llavelock, and his glo- v j rious regiment of true blue Baptists, in : ( ; support of our opinion. Depend upon it ! ] i a soldier does not tight the worse for com I ' mending bis soul to bis Maker if he fall. | ?Htchnumd Whig. r A Fcnkt Incident.?1 cannot help telling you a little incident of Secretary j ' Toucey's reception. One of the guests, a | ? i gentlemen, having a lady on bis arm, i j look from the table a large, fine apple { i probably for the I?tile ones at borne, and | I ins c>>at sleevs being large, he secreted it ] in the sleeve of bis right arm. Unfortunately be forgot the circumstance just at 1 the very moment be should not, for in making his retiring bow be gave a flour- I isb of hie arin and pitched the apple al- i Fiom Ibe Ncwbony Sun. i Minutes M. ?. Church. A copv of the Minutes ol tlio Seven- i tieth Annual Session of the S. G. Conference of the M. E. Church South, held in Charlotte, N. C., November 25tb, '57 lias beeu laid on our table by the liev. T. Itaysor. Fioiri it we gather the following items: 1 11 Preachers wvere ailmittej on trial, 7 remain on trial ; 1 re-admitted, 15 1 teacons were ordained, and 6 Elders. Su permimeraries, 6 ; Superannuated or worn out Preachers, 11. One was expelled, Kev. J. J. Fleming. None have urawn from connection. Only one minister bad died ? Kev C. S, Walker.? ' The number of local Elders throughout the State was 72 ; local Deacons, 78 ; Licentiates, 81. Whites ?n full cotttiec- ! tion, 81,624. Whites on probation, 4.203. Colored in full connection, 38,213. Colored on probation, 6,371. Increase n white members, 420 ; increase in colorid, 1,473. The amount necessary for the support )f superannuated preachers, and the wtd , >ws and orphans of preacher?, is put i lown at ?7,715. Amount contributed i or missions, $24,135,28. For tracts and 5unc.ay School hooks, 2.004.41. For lhe llib!? Society, $424,00. From a report of the Commitie on I Education, included in the Minutes, v.e : earn that W otlord College completed the j 3d year of its operations in July last.? j The number of students during the past i pear was 90. This College lias a perm a j sent fund of $65,000. The spring term i Degins on the third Wednesday of Janua- I y, and the 2d Wednesday of July is j commencement day. Cokeshnry College.?During the past J tea*- this College had 80 stu lents. Carolina Female College.?This iustiution is located in Anson county, X. C. , The number of pupils during the past I ear, 58. Spartanburg Female College.?Th.s I ustitulion has enjoyed another ye.tr / ; : irosperily. The average number of pit- j tils it as been one hundred. Columbia Female (\illenre?Tt.i? ?,li. I ice in now in course of erection. It is , ocaled in the city of Columbia. Davenport Peinale College.?This intiluiion tbe S. C. Conference took under te patronage during tbe present session, j t is situated iu tbe beautiful village of j jenoir, Caldwell conntt, N. C. nenta (bat tbe M. E. Church wiihni tbe Mjundsof tbe S. C. Conference is moving j >n to occupy a position worthy of Iter ! neans and responsibilities in the impo - , ant work of mental training under teii- | ;ious control. During tbe session, tbe liishop preset. . ed the resolution of the Al Im na Con ! 1 er< nee <?f tbe M. K. Church South, to be , 1 eld in Nashville in M >v, ^858, to ex- ! 1 >uug front the General Uules the foil w ing ; ( tile to w:t: "The buying ml selling ol | I nen, women and children with an ii.len J! ion to enslave them." The aves and ' mes were called for, and upon the ro'l I 1 eing called. 115 voieil m tb: dliriuative j i >iid none in the negative. The tollowiny delenates, we see, weie ' lected to represent tbe Sculh Carolina j ' Conference in the General Conference o j! neet at Nasbvi.le, May, 1858: \V M iVightman, NY. A G tmewell, A. M. Siiipp ' I. A. C. Walker, R. J. Roy.I, W. A. Mc. swain, A. Sally J. \V. Kelly, Jan. s Stacy, Charles Rett*. Reserves. W. P. Monson, J. C. Parsons. Rishoy* ot the M. K. Church, South; Joshua Sotile, 1). L)., resides Nashville, j leiim, Jas. O. Andrews, 1?. 1>., Sanifort, | Ala., Roht. Paine, 1). L>., Aberdeen, Miss., 1 iieo. F. Pierce, D. D., Culvert<>n, (Ja., hbn Early, D. D., Lyncliburgh, Va, II. 11. Kavanaugh, 1> !>., Veraailes, Ivy. "Pick up the Stobe." A correspondent writing from Wash- j ngton, Pa., says :? "Like most other small town?, we have I here a 'cullered church,' where n grest I many amusing things are said, exiii'era { ling to the spirits of a few who occasion 1 ally virit our 'Hayti' meetinghouses.? I 'Hayti* is the name given to that part of I die town where 'pussons of color' reside. One winter evening, when th? 'cullered' j preacher was in the midst of his sermon, ! making a most violent if not a most el<> j quenl appeal to his hearers, one of the I sieve legs fell out, and, as a natural con- I sequence, the red hot stove tipped over at I an angle alarmingly suggestive of fire.? j The audience, of course, commenced crow ding out of the door like sheep. Rut die preacher was equal to the occasion. Ad dressing one of ins prominent members 1 ll,> /? '/>/! Alll UO VIICU * 114 b 'Pick up ?le stobe, brudder Holah !? t pick up de stobe t De Lor* won't let in burn you! Only hab failli !' l\?or brother Ilolah had unfortunately too mu'h faith, and immediately seized 1 it, all glowing as it was; but no sooner ' had his lingers come in contact with the , fervent iron, than he dropped it again, ' and dancing around on one foot blowing his skinless lingers, he explained with all I the energy which he could throw julo his voice? 'De h?11 he won't! Deh?II he won't! Many persons utter an offensive witticism in reply to a friend, for no better reason than the boy gave for knocking bis father down?4,He stood so fair I couldn't help it" m ?-Mggf ? Willis says that the reason he don'l like to drink water in because it has tan ted so strong of sinners since the deluge. li u ^11 u u 11 i. From the Farmer and Planter. Report of John T- McFee on the Yield of his Co: a Crop '1 lie undersigned bens leave to report to the Agricultural Society of So. Ca., a crop of fifty acres of corn, grown on bottom land on LilMe Sandy Kiver in Chester District. The variety of corn planted is what is known with ns as the Waller corn, and lias been cultivated by the Messrs. Walker, living within three miles ol Chester Court House for over forty years. The first 5 acres measured yielded on an average 78 bushels per acre.? Twenty-nine acres,including the five measured, bixly-oue-hubhcls per acre; and the fifty acies, including the above measured fifty bushels per acre or two thousand five Hundred b ushels in all. There were hut three acres of the above manured ?n<l it..j? tvas with cottoii seed, the cotton tseeil wa? put on the corn when first planted. I Leg aiso to report two acres bottom 'and oil the same river : one acre measured one hnudred and five bushels, the other acre ninety live bushels, making two hundred hushels in ail, no manure used; planted with the same kind of corn as the abov e. The lands was broken with long narrow gr dis?d stance between rows in best land, three feet ; in land net so rich, three feet six inches; all planted in drill, and when brought to stand, a ho ill 18 inches apart. Commenced planting 20th March when the corn was tolerably weilup, run around with narrow grabs close and very leep, followed in a few davs and chopped out ; in 10 or twelve da\s, returned and with straight shovel edged first furrow with large straight shovel in the middle; * in fifteen data put four furrows to a row\ following with hoes and brought to a stand ; in about two weeks, broke out middies, and laid bv about the last pf i il UlltS* Mv whole crop, 130 acres, averaged' "4 3 4 bushels io ilie acre. The crop was iot cultivated with the expectation of rei orting it to the Soeety, or I should have been n. >re particular in the exact days it was wmkcd. There is one, bushel of tlio kind of corn I plant, ami 3f eats on uxhioiliou. Respectful!v \?<>urs. Jons T. MCFRE, Sworn to before tides J. Patterson, Mag. ? To 1't.ASTBUS ? Manluino?As "Christmas comes but once a year," ?u do plant fit wnfflrunrtii: \Vh. -yiy.pt', wituth.d'uurr nection with the coining crop. Tiiecarelul and timely preparation of the lands, the liberal use of the best pay ing manures, with a good stand, ccnstituie more than lia'f tie* battle. lie who neglects these |.rccautn?ns, and trusts to the seasons to J<> his work, is far behind the age in agricultu*". and p'ede-tined to disappoint inefit. Not h og, or course can compensate ror ilio want ot attention to the t'.llh of mnils, hilt there are mentis of giving them itreiigth through manureseasily ohtaine<l tin.1 apphe 1 v itlioiit trouble, and no inu-tun-nt pay> the planter better than the lUrihase of such. Kettlewell's Com|?oun>ls, anmngU other*, have achieved a ugh reputation, are cheap, and can b? nought on a ciedit of four months- The ?!e here last year was live litni(lre<l tons. Wo understand it is now going oft iu urg? aaantities to the same persona, and w->uld suggest to all our country friends, whether they could not help themselves by invesing advanlagecusly. To Salkuavih Ivvrs.us.? At a late convention ot dentists it was asserted that the main, if not the sole cause of the great increase of defective teeth, was the use of saleratus and cieatn of tartar in the man* ufacturs <>f bread; and Dr. Hakcr fullv agreed with the tacts ottered in proof, adding the results of aome experiments made hv himself, lie soaked sound tooth in a si luiion of saleratus, and they were destroyed in fourieeu days. We have tho opinion of men whose talents, time and Z* a I are given Lo dentistry, that saleratus H id of l*rl!?r in l;rnu?l ura o cause of i uin to teeth. Now, will those who ki.ow this fact go oti eating nil that comes in their wnv, without inquiring what it is made of? iV. Presbyterian. A short time since, highwayman undertook to rob Major Jones in a piencaof woods over in J<i*<-y. He asked Jones for his pocket book. Jones refused to yield. Highway man then to<>k Jones by the neck, and undertook to "choke him down." Jones made tight, and kept it up half an hour. At the exp;ration of that time, Jones caved, and the highway man commerced rifling his pockets. The contents amounted to eighteen cents. Ts that all tou've got!' 'Every cent.' 'What made yon fight so long ?' 'Didn't want to he exposed. Had enough to have only eighteen cents; but a great (lea! woise to have the world know it.' Rath k a a Sai.it Lakh.?There is a lako two hundred mile* l?ng? between I Corpus Christ) aii<l llrazos Saniiago, ho . otIt <hnl a skitf cannot proceed but about forty miles from the littler place, because of large solidified ca'iea extending clear across the passage?>0 says a wriier in , tie PlHtpjeiniiif Sentinel, who baa visited it. The shiiic writer adds that on the side ; of the main 'and, crystallfced salt is to bo seen piled up in blocks, one up on unoih1 er, and si/mii g in the tun like glaciers. Picayune. - t t.y_ ,