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VOLUME VII. LANCASTER, II.. SOUTII CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17. lSfifL vhudud .
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! 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.
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