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- ^ ^ '* *? *j ' '. " ^ ^ *'* ^ '^ ' <' '^ ^ j, "TO THINK OWN SKIjF BB TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS TUB NIGHT THE J>AY, THOU CAN'S! NOT THEN BE FALSK TO ANY MAN." BY HOIUT. A. THOMPSON. PICKENS GOUllT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1857. VOL. IX. NO. 2. I '<?ftns*rt f&J**?t*?o*is.-.^=?v=.? ? U Ir'Ol&ll Ir&Y.. The, Voice of Nature. UY i. a. 1'KJmSIVA.I.. ^ A'voi6o is hcivrd in tho wli^d and waves, . In tho sound of tho evcf rolling seiv; 'Tin whispered nfaid tho gloom of graves. And it speaks from thu hilUtop loud ami free iL 'Ti4 murmuring in every breath of air,, Arid it paused not when the loaves are still, Where tho waters ft re falling it prattles thero, J And It whist Iks along tho heathery hill. Vpon the brown nml briery steep, Where the brambles stir ft ith t he rustling blvfl; j IV?n ... >..v DIVLUnuu.grjtxsy ucejv Where the cornl rustles, that. voicois b?:ard, For U is borne on tho c thinner's breete:? O'er sunny meadow and flowery plain; And then it steals to tho fftflnchtgtrceH, And is lost, in thoir shadowy gloom again. Hiii'lv! its \vande.ring cehocs wakfc, Tliey uif nn\t in the heart of the rifted rock ; Now they lie in the slumbering lako, N<?w arc at play with the bounding flock ; Not u withering loaf by tho wind is stirred, f Notn murmur *">Yes thvmigh the bending corn ilbit fur that summouing voice is heard, Like the loud, clear notes of the finding liorii. <), 'tis u voice that comcs from heaven, Homelike <t upiyit in light along; Now like a rush of a tempc*l.driven? Murtduring now in the charm of song, j Hear ye the voice ? Then conic away Fur from tho haunts of ruder men-? (,'orao whore tho letiyes and (bitntains play V.,., m?vW ' >- ' >1 |V |>V1< UU II1CM1 I History of the Palmetto Regiment. 1*Y ONE 0>" Tinf TIVO HCNPUKI). NO. HI. (The "main, object of thii? narrative if to pivo in minute aotnil tho separate and individual history of tho Pal mottoes. Hut this onnnot ho .given appreciably Without including muny other facts, necessary to explain and accompany it. Ih a dr.nna I (hero are subordinate a* well ns principal characters; there nro incidents ns woll as ej?io unity. Aiming; therefore, at both completeness and unity, it is noccfwary to ho completeness of the drama that much else shall ho given btwides the-character of ^ llandei. j i\n j\ proper introduction of tho PalmotW toes on tho field of hattlo. a preliminary J view of tho war, and tho cin-umstaneen prceodtng and attending their entrance, arc a noooH.snvy part, of tho history. The PalmettoesHhall ho introduocd whon I reaoh tho act and hcciio proper for their ii'troduction.y 1'i'he muu sank sorcnely hohind tho blue mountains of Mexico, on tho Dth of May, 1.S4G; hut nuniWli wlm !?!:? i ...... .? v. f,.VV.VW 11 I rising,' had fallen never to rise again. A veteran army of tf,0C'U Mexicans glittering in all "the pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war," who had thre?* days before) crowed the liio Uravo iu confident anticipation of victory, wore now cumbering the field of battle, aa the ghastly victims of war. groaning under the agony of wounds, or'seekirig in wild and disordered flight a refuge from our victorious arm v. Tho maidens of Mntam'oras hud prepared n ball and feast for the victory nnd flowers and garland* to wreathe the brows of Mexico's defenders. But the tido of war flowed not to thoir liking, or in fulfillment of their w expectations. Tho maiden who awaited tho coming of her gallant soldier-lover, heard in tho loi .d boom of cannon nearer as it came, tlint he was fallen and bleeding | on the battlo-field, or at. 1)o?t a disgraced i fugitive ashamed to meet lier. j Tt is said that Ampuc.ia, the' Mexican oommander, was tho first to fly, and put-1 ting spurs to that white horse which bore | hiiu bo swiftly from other fields of fight, he | plunged into tho turbid waters of tho lirnvo, encountering one clanger ahead to ogcapo from a greater'danger behind. His panicked troops followed in ohaotic flight, having but one flat to take them over t'119 river, they rushed madly into it, the dragoons trampling down the infantry, and th"Q infantry fighting among themselves, hun.. -l- 1 uivva nviu niruwu 1UIO 111? T1V8T ftU(I drowned. But Taylor's army was too fatigued to pursue them, and the^r might have cscApod by a flight lostf precipitate. But in justice to the M6xieans it must ho allowed thnt thoy fought heroically.-^Tn numbers thoy had three to one, and their p'ositionaadmirably selected gavo thOni , largely the advantage. Trie" battles were ^ won by the superior strategy of Taylor, and the superior efficiency of his rirmy. It V/i\u to tne i.ymg artillery'' always in the right place at the right timo, bombing out its missiles of destruction thick and fast, that) Hie army was mainly indebted for its victory. ' ' It was one battery of flying artillery undor Lt. O'Brien that saved Taylpr from annihilation at Buonna Vista. That was aH awful moment, and upon it hung victory or .defeat. Santa Anna had brought np hig fresh rerfcrvos, and poured battalion afwt4 baltalllon in sortfod dohimrfs upon Tsy- i centre. O'Brien poyred his iron hall tnto tho?.r ranks of 12,000 men, and opened, wide lanes through theiu, but closing up tho gap tb'>y oarne on Kfco a mountain aynlanohe. It sooioed that ail *as lost. OilIv finrt* ai1 IIoa -1- ' v. ... m'.ihiumi mwn, uu.empnng to vhcok 12.00P, who weve now in fifty yarcU of thom! And yot tboy quailed not iii' . that awful omia, but loading thoir guns almost to tho uoimle-witb grape, th?y ga*} a lajtfiro with torrlble'.effoct, and abandaijed, their gup* to tho enomy. Bragg> t * battery now roaolied the ground, nnd upon It ktfffg tbo fato o.f the day. hbot dowa ' tbc loading columns of the enemy, but on < they came, until only fifty yurds intervened i between them {uicl his buttery. Bragg, in despair, called to Taylor, who was near, for ? help, but Taylor bad uono to give. Ilia reply was, There is nobody here but Ma- > jor Bliss and myself. Stuud to your guns find give them h?I 1" Bragg obeyed the order, and " a little more grape" broke the bend of the Mexican column, ond it staggered, reeled and turned back iu flight. It is difficult to believe a fact so incrcdible, excepi.to soldiers. Had the Mexicans advanced fivo minutes longer, the victory would havo been theirs. Hud theso dovot-'d men faltered, the same result would h? > followed. I have made this disgression to illustrate by example the terrible dest ructivcncss of the flying artillery. I have witucsed it ou other fields. 'l'ho Mexicans novcr fought under the same circumstances with more determined courage. It was thoir ffvst battlo, and they were confident of victory. The Tampico battalion was the Palmetto Regimont of the Mexican army. Half of them fell upon the field, and it was only when every other corps had fled that they retired in sullen mood from the field. Their flag boa re.' tore thoir flag from its staff and wrapping it around him, sought to save it from falling as a trophy to the victors, but ho was ?hot down with th^t proud flag as his winding sheet. The Mexican army, scattered, routed and utterly demoralized (military sense) did not halt its shattered columns, until it had left many leagues between it end our army. Ampudia was degraded ' 7 the Mexican President, and a eoul t martial called to trv I -i:? --- ii- ? ? * 1 I...... ivi niiitnuwu, ;mu nan gQiioralsmp. i Of the first ho was inuiuoslionably guilty, for on many other battle fields, the flowing main nud tail of that white lior.so wan ii seen foremost in the tactical movement, known as "devil take tho hindmost." i (Jon. La Vega, tho Noy of Mcxioo, was i made a prisoner of war. Refusing to ac- < cept his parole, he was scut to the United i States. i Thus ended the hegiuningof the war.? < Two pitched battles, on an open field, had I heeu fought with numbers and advantage I of position on tho side of the Mcxicaris; but the eagles of victory perched upon the ] banner of the North Americans. '1 his was , Indeed " the beginning of the end," for on , every field from Jt'alo Alto to tho gates of j ; the cnpitol, against all odds in every battle, | ] anil in every tfkirmitdii North Amorican , valor carried its starry banner iu triumph. The hi?tory of the war i* not plumed by a \ Hiiiglo defeat. From mountain height, and , from embattled plain j from, caatlcd wall j and mooted gate, was victory snatched by the daring hand of the North Amorican. , From t'n Na?livillh l?nnncr, 9th inst. Qen. William Walker at Home. ( iMMKNsjK c:oxroi;nsF. at Tiifi c.vwTor,? f , T/NTIUJSlASTrO RECEPTION. In pursuance of a public call made by a 1 larfto Dtunbor of our leading citizens, Gen. ] Walker appeared at tlio Capitol last eve- i nine at f> o'clock for the purposo of a<ldressing his friends and the public. Tho "Shol- ( l>Y "Guards," under command of Capt. W. | li. Horn, eswortod tlio Gencral froin the n City Hotel to the Capitol, and his carriage ; [ wan followed by a vast concourse of people. , Tho wcathor being unpropitious, tho liall ] I of tl<> House of Representatives was open- } ?i - * : ?u, una ii w;im instantly niiod to ovorflow- { ing, every nook and corner being crowded, j i Gen. Walker addressed the ftudiencc ] I substantially ns follows: ( Tenne.vHjnns : In returning to my homo j after so long an absence, I mm not but feel & ft glow o/ pride in witnessing the interest t which I see manifested among you, not our f ly in my past career, but in tho hopes and > objects which 1 entertain and contemplate t in the futuro. It compensates mo tor many I n calumny published by my dheniies?-re- 1 pays ine for many a trial passed^ for many a hardship endured?to thus feel that my j aims and purposes arc appreciated by those , who knew mo in my boyhpod and youth." , [ Applause.} And if I oould not ha\? re-. < turued to you without a stain upon my name , or a blemish upon my honor, I. should not ^ stand here among you to-day. [Applause ] v Many of you fellow-citizens, knew me be- j fore I hod been tried by the difficulties of a t new earcer?many of you know me before v I had viehlftd tn tho t ? _ .vmm?iuu uu BHCIVII I from tno paths of privacy ft ml quietude?- f before I had mot treachery whore I should n have found fuith, and onmity whore 1 whpuld t have found friendship-?and if through all c the vicissitude# whteh I have paused, t hove <j been always enabled to walk with my Head f. erect nijd heart untainted by trial, it has , booh from the consciousness that I was a t Tonnossecan. f Applause.] And it is be- v ofiuso that I foci that T have, done my duty, not only to tho country of my adoption, but ji i i my nativo country, that I ??tand befoiv (1 you to-day with perfect,confidence, and ash s nothing but a fair and impartial c^annua- ( titln of tjjio facts as they have, transpired in r Ni?Mra|?ti?. a [t "hardly jiccotwwy that I should re- |j on pi tul Ate the e(r6Uywtanooh which led to t ih?* emigration of tho Americans to Nicara- r ?ua. JIoHt, if uot alf of you, aro faiuil'taf li with tllO origin, and to some patent. liiA i; progrwH or tl,o revolutk.n In U,?t o \ ."l all tiMfe. m wo* invited I, w,; w?l\f "jot ?t our Own ~j| totf..w?'ro ealW tfiitW by, the poopfe-- v called, if possible, to regenerate and cffoto a distracted covcrnuadht. Wo doomed it no crime, at least, if not promising in honors, to respond to this call. We felt that ; there were parallels in the history of our j own country which could bo pointed to in 1 vindication of our course. We went there conscious of tho rectitude of our purposes and the purity of our motives, and for two months wo pa&ied through privations and ; met dangers not often passed and often met. A lid Wi"? rllil tvi..-1.. ^? ' ~ .. v. ?.v, vino ov/ jii' iuii tui uur uwu country) though wo felt tl at wo wore striv- | iug for the cause of Arodneaand Amoricar* 1 institutions, but for the sako of those who had summoned us to their apsistanee, and ; for whom wc fought. They had naturalized us and uiudo us citizens of .Nicaragua ; ' they had tendered to us honors and had j given to us lands, and they called upon us to defend them. AVe should have been guilty of wanton disregard of duty to have refused. The party that called us to Nicaragua admitted the oxcelloucc of our conduct while there. They told us that the AmcrIn.'lfiU nn fli#* ? "?"* 4 1- ? ?" ...V. ABiuuiuo ni-ii; 1/1 iu uiliy Iiopp, j not only of Nicaragua but of Central America. They bid us look boyoml the circuiuucribed .sphere in which we were then acting, to the momei.Lous interests involved in the future of that glorious but unhappily governed country. But we were content to do our duty?wc dwelt on no ambitious views of th.? future. Wo knew that we must conquer the onOmy there first. We dill (lilu n.wl ?-J *?; .uugum w uiv umi iKvieu ii iCIiraguaiiB peace, that had not boon known there bofore in thirty long years. We taught them tho. advantages of peace, and the benefits that would result to them and their posterity from ita cultivation and preservation. And for a time they heeded our lessons, and admitted their wisdom. But in time?and in a very short time, too, they forgot them?forgot the sufferings of war?they forgot the number of widows and orphans mourning throughout the land, and they wished for another war. Tho disease which had so long ravaged them leerucd to be chronic, and one which noth o.i -- f ** vuuiu iiuv. viiumiiiH came iroiu lionlurua to ask tho assistance of Nicaragua in lighting her battles and aid in retrieving her fallen fortunes. [Our limited space prevents us from following Gen. W. through the entire thread )f his narrative. From this point he proseeded to relate tho oircumstanpos attending tho application of Cabanas?how, he being then comniandcr of tho army, his ' unasked counsels were urged upon the ( President against tho policy of mixing in the strifes of other States?how the Presi- ' lent was guided by them, and not only re- ( fused the aid asked, but on tho advice of Walker, notes to the governments, of ! ill the States indicating a peace policy.? J This course was contrary to the policy of ( the Cabinet, and its adoption led to opposition and ultimately to an alliance made ivjth a view to the extermination of the A.merieans. War was declared by tho Al-1 ' lies against the American# and a deorcc published that all A tncrican soldiers Uiken ' in arms should bo shol. This war was forced upon the'Amori- ( jans. They had 110 alternative but to base- ' ( ,y skulk from a country to which they had oecn invited, by which they had beon uloptcd, nnd of which they were virtually citizens. How would you have us act ?<? liorc, inquired Qen. W. Wore wo to re<ign tho interest* given us in Nicaragua? to forget the history of our forefathers?to forget that we wcro sons of men who never , 'iad been slaves, and submit to the dictatiou , )f an arbitrary and despotic government ? j Vcvcr. Wo were to obey the mandate is- | ;Ucd?leave' tho soil Or dio. This was all | v...* 1 ? - -* 1 utc?v ii/i i no. iiH mun ot nonor, nny, 18 men regardlejw of nil other consideration^, ye were bound to bid them come on. And ,hcy did como?not in meagre numbers, | >ut in full battalions. Not from one State, ( jut from four. Gen. Walker said it was unnecessary for im to recapitulate the history of lhat war ] it least in tho ORily stages, ilis audience < vere familiar with it. Tlioy know wheth- , sr their countrymen proved themselves i vortliy in this contest of the stock from ? vhioh tlioy sprung. They knpw with what < 'alcr and obstinacy they contested every 1 poh of ground. Tho enemy soon found I hat thd oontcst in which they had engaged t vas very difforent from wljwt they had an- f icipnted. The bloody streets of Hlvas, the ( atal contest of Messaya, the ashes of Gran? i ida?soon taught them these mon were not j o bo driven. Then it was they began to \ jrow wise. They withdrew the bloody r lecrec of death-to the wounded 8oldier,and ell to persuasion. They prayed their enenics to leavo-they encouraged and promp- f cd desertion?-and this was thft principal u renpon relied upon toriocomplish tlieir end. c Ilero Gen. W . said, I approach the sub- n Sot upon whieh you have more imtnedi- ? * V tesy askco mo to flqyress you/the cifeuro- J tances Attonding tho evacuation of Rivas. c Ion. Walkor proceeded to rolatc llto histo* * y of the warjrom tb? destruction ofQran- a Ua, at wliicl? timo bo r^jc?6nteethe ai- r ics as UishoartOvt and qiauourngod,. up (o I lie evacuation, which event* have been al- t' oady flnbalani'ally plaood huforo the pub- q io, Oep. Walker indloatod that at, the o imo of ohtering iuto negotiation* will* the e ontpiander of tlio Bt, Maty*, the euomy f< ad exhausted its resources, and but for the gi lUerferenc'a of Commander uhvU l?U, atmo - rouKl |)#ve btfctf^&torious, In profcif ofl <r * tills lio alluded to tho viiidiotivo spirit of tho Spanish Americans, which would liavo prompted thorn, with a prospect of success, to liavo expelled tbo enemy, rathor than to liavo entreated tho- intcrforenco of a thiid party to implore that enemy to retlro. Gen. \Y. was sovoro upon tho conduct of Davis, lie showed that tho capitulation bad been made upon tho most honorable terms on his own part, and that it was made, not with the Qnemy, but with tho Government ot' the United States?and then only in c6ns^quenco of an assurance niado by tho representative of that Government tliat is was his settled determination to take possession of tho only"vessel thon in possession of tbo Nicarnrynnn finvornm?n? Guii. W.tlker alluded to tb<J charges wlticli had boon made by his enemies of tyranny, cruelly and ignorance. As to his tyranny and ornely, ho would leave his vindication to others ; but ho wouid suggest the improbability of a thousand, or even five hundred American soldiers suffering themselves to bo led by a tvranioal and cruel commander. As lo his want of skill and capacity, when a fair and impartial history of the events of that war was written, he would leave it to those familiar wiih the higher rules of tho art to say whether ho had acted in accordance with ihom. It was easy for flippant critics?for those who know nothing of the art except by books and thoory?lo say they would havo acted thus and so in such emergencies. But ho looked elsewhere for a verdint imnn hi? iw>ta ? I to felt lit At ihn vocation o1' the soKlior was the highest known (o in'nn, and required an oxcrd^c of all tlio cardinal virtues. Ho did not profess to approach perfection, but at least claimed to have noted with common skill. Posterity would decide, and heawaited the verdict calmly, at least, if not hopefully. Gen. W. then proceeded to speak briefly of the future. Ho hoped?indeed ho knew, that his friends did not consider tho war as ended. The evacuation of Kivas was but j a truce?not a flnnl cessation of hostilities. Too much good blood had been shed upon that soil to permit it to romaitt under the control of the degenerate race who had lorded. o?-.ar it for centuries* That blood will rise. Those thousand lives have not uvarelytto bo avenged, but the object for which ihoy were lost must be, and I hope speedily, accomplished. Gen. W. alluded to the statement that had l>con made, tin ?, tho Americans had no friends tn Nicaragua, and gave it an unquftllfftd contradiction. Ho alluded to tho fact, before almost unheard of in Nicaragua, that many natives had flocked to his standard to tho last, and begged for arms to fight for thoir homes and families?that on iho occasion of tho ovacutiou many followod tho Americans to tho water todo, and implored them, if they could nottr.ko them Lo America, to not fail to rotur:i and help thorn to lift tho yoke of bondage from their l)CCk8. Gen. Walker concluded will) a feeling unci eloquent appeal for the moral Bijpport of his hearers in the ohjuot to which ho was devoted?addressing himself pat ticjularly Lo the ladies, who thronged the galleries Find the floor of the llall, to shower upon the cause their wealth of smiles, and wither with their frowns its onemies. Their sex was always the first to sympathies in a pood J OAllSO with flint. u'icrloni wliUI. !? 1.!?V.~? ! ; .....V,.. .o l.lg.lWI than (he wi.Mlom of the intellect?;a wisdom fresh from Ihc heart, unsullied hy contact with tho nctivo toils, trials of business? they were moro ready to appreciate?and more prompt to sympathize with the cause of right. If his friends would butgivo the moral atrongth which ho asked-their smiles in his success?-their tears ifi his disasters ; they would try to.go forwatd atid take any fate which the future dect'eed. ' After Gon. Walker ftfrfd ootWducfod", C;i'pt. Kayssoux, commander of the schooner Gran tda, and a gallant officer, was lotidl v fnllf.l "or. Ho responded merely by appoaring ipon the stand, and tendering a silent acknowledgment of the cotnplimenU lion. Andrew Ewing was then call out. He responded by merely stating that be >vas thero to aid and assist in giving a long ibsent friend, and a "Nashville citizen, wbo n othor climes,bad given character to the bate, a cbaneo t6 be heard in b'is native itate. From his early relations with Gen. W. be.felt it bis dufy to do this. He bad ,>eon beard. He (Mr. K.) bad no comment o make.and his audience expected too more rom bim. Yon ljavo heard nn able, pow* srful, clear and truthful exposition; Gen. iV. was now about to loavo. nml wr> iWhv lot see him again. Ho, for on?, would alvaya feel towards him a? n brother at)a a nan. A Coxjuoaj. Tiuati??At Zurioh in ormcr -times it war t'") custom, when a uarricd couple aj>pltc?l for a divorce on acoii?4 of incompatibility of temper, for the nag. <st rate to shut up the pair for a fortlight in an insolatod tower on tho lake.?'Jot only wero they condemned to a ommon room, but they wore supplied rith only ono bed, one ohair, one knife, net one fork.; so that their comfort deended entirely on mutual coinplaisanco.?f, after tho cxpirat?6t\ of tho fortnight, hoy persisted in tl\cir resolution, the trib no oraomi a ncrio\i? examination of tho obo, and, if poffciblft, tbe divoroo.' But in on oral tho qnnrrelfiome pair did not wait >r tho end of tho trial to whieh they wcro ubjQCtod to become rcconcUdu, imd ttouM (yjuast to bo roloapod. * tGpJiffnani'f Afemqgcf, ' 't ' 'ir * > ? mm A Lost Inheritance. The Paris correspondent of tho Now York Express writes thus : 1 have a story to relate to your readers this week, wlvien, though occupying more space tliau I usually devote to incidents, conveys ho excellent a moral,, tbat 1 liave yiaided to the temptation to give it iu full. Tho train from Paris to Lyons stopped at. the station of Joigny, a Wwn upon the route, and again weuton, after leaving a few pOHHOK^ein. The depot, for a moment | crowded with railroad agents and lookorsI on, was soon deserted bv all lmt, two indi. v'uluula, Oft.o of those was an old man, dressed in tlie garb of a well-to-do farmer; the other, a youth of five-nnd-twenty, who seemed to be waiting for some one to meet him. To this personage the old man fin idly addressed him. " May I presume, sir," said he, "to inquire if you are Clement M." Yes, my good man," replied the youth with a haughtiness of manner; aud 1 have no doubt you are Mr. Martin." "At your service, sir," returned tho other. " Well, Mr. Martin," continued (.Moment, " 1 beenn to imncino vou intended hi keep mo waiting. That would have not been the best maimer in which to have insinuated yourself into my good graces." The old man, instead of replying, let his head fall Upon his breast as if in deep affliction, and conducting the new-comer towards an old-fashioned carriage, to which a roughlooking horse was harnessed. "Jlore is your carriage, sir," said Martin. "If you will be good enough to get in I will havo the honor of conducting you to the Uennitago." " That my carriage !" cried Clement.? " Why I shall be taken for a traveling pedlar! " NotwitllPlnndilirr n<J tln>rrt cnnmnJ ? 0? ?W means of avoiding it, he took his Beat beside the old man, but not without expressions of disdain. In another moment tho man had seised the reins, nud the horse started on a clumsy trot. I5ut a few days before, Mr. Clement Ji.,' who now puts on so ninny grand airs, was a simple elerk in a crookery store in Paris, and possessed the reputation of being u quiet, unpretending little fellow. What, then, had brought about this sudden and radical transformation ? Ho had become, sinco tho previous day, a rich man; and it may j bo well understood that the possessor of an income nf ^0 00(1 fmn?a n ftnriu it ?!!< V V >? m/o i? J v(U liiivin J I nilticult to retain tho modest deiuoauor of a poor clerk. On the provio'na da}', while dusting the crockery under his ohnrge, a letter had arrived for him by tho post, containing the startling intelligence that one of his unclos, of whom he had often heard of as an oeccntric and very wealthy old man, but whom he had never seen, had just died at chateau in Burgundy, leaving his nephew Clement, sole legatee of his estates, to tho exclusion of many other hpirs. Tho letter was from a notary of tho province, who de^red him to leave Paris immediately for .J oigny, the town near which his undo had resided, where he would he met by Martin, an old confidential servant of the defunct, and conducted from the railI road to the " Hovmitago," the name which | the deceased had given to his chatoau and I his estate, which constituted the main. AU most driven out of hifj sounes, by such an unexpected stroke of fortune, he hastened to obey the notary's directions and, upon his arrival at Joiguy, joined old Martin, no we have seen. On jolted the queor vehicle, in which our hdto had so contemptuously taken a place; until after a rido of so vera I miles, the occupants arrived at their destination. OTiutin oltorect tlio honors of (ho. Hermitage ;to the new, proprietor, called all the xerTants, and introduced them to their future master, and then eonductcd the luttor to his apurtments. "This was tho sleeping apartment of your uncle," sjaid Martin, ha they ontered a'yast npartmCut, furnished in old faghionod style. It was the rooin he died in ten days nero. lftit tho nophcw, iustead of evincing any emotion upon boing hIiowii the obamber of . his bonfcfacwr. threw upon nil around a look of scorn, and cried, " Upon my word, 1 can't nay I tbink much of the old boy's taste I 1 never saw anything so frightfully in nil xny life." Notwithstanding, sir," replied Martin, "it's tho beat thorc in here; nnd if you cannot content youjtjclf I do not really know vnere you will find other lodgings." "I livo hero! You don't iniagino I'm such a donkey, I hope. For uh young fellows, d'ye poo, Paris is tho old plnoo; so I shall sell this^ld rookery at onco, and bo off." . '' Sell the hermitage, your uncle's favorite plapo of residence,! linpoJjsible. And we pervauts, who hoped to end our days Under this roof?wliat will become of us?" " Wfr. Martiu," retailed tho young man, "let tn?i ha ve none of yowr complaints, I beg. Got mo b'ome dinner, ahd afterwards you will drH'e mo to my notary's." After having eaten a hearty meal, notwitjlfclorwlinrr lin ! ' " ..n I?v IVU1IU iliu MH'illM lllPipia tlio tvincfl Bour, tlio legatee, stll! aqcorapriuied by Martin, re-entered the old carriage, and the two again .started off. " If I fun not mistaken," observed Mr. j C'leraont, after an hour's rido, "wo pulsed < thin rtpot this morning, and fchut"?ft>int i ing to a building? **' is the railrotd depot. l>o we take the cars ?" * 1 u Yotf, ulone, will (Jo no," te.' pood luwd < companion, speaking very gravely J and iti a manner which crtueed the you UK uuin to tremble in spite of himself,. "1, fir, am yourunole, ami, happily, I aft) not dond.?> Having .heard good accounts of your conduct, 1 resolved to make you heir of nil that. I passes?; but, before doing so, I wished to know whether you wore really deserving of my generosity, and I -had recourse, to stratagem, which has thoroughly exposed .your true character to me. Good bye, Mr. Clement. Return to your shop, and roe1 ember that your arrogance and in gratitude linvoTost you that which will never again be placed within yOur rcafch." The old mau then gave hi? foolifh nephew a few hundred francs to indemnify him fur the expeuscs of his trip, ho took leave of him nt the door of the depot, and returned homo. The feelings of iho youth may readily he imagined, but as the yellowcovered udVcls nay, " they cannot be described." I think tliia true story is an apt illustration of the maxim : " Never halloo until you are out of the woods." Stuakok and Mki.anciioi.y Death.?On last Sunday week the daughter of fcjquirR Soudder, of Liberty townshin. whilo rend i?? a piece of poetry, entitled "Do they miss mo at home," was so much affected that slio fainted, ller. mother immediately sprang to lior assistance, and together with Mr. Souddor, her father, did all in their power to rcvivo her. It was fifteen minutes before she became fully sensible, ller mother had lost all hopes of her recovery again to life, and ran to tho door exclaiming she was very unwell, at tho samo time throwing up a quantity of froth and blood. M'r Scudder assisted his wife to a bed, and in less than one hour she was n corpse.? Sho >n perfect health previous to this, iler death.no doMot, was from the rupturo of a blood vessel, caused by tho sudden death, as sho thought, of her daughter.? Hamilton (Ohio) Tohtfraph, 25th ult. Malpractice.-*-An action for malpractico was recently tried before one of tho Now York courts in which the defendant'f? counsel urged tlio objection "that an error of judgment is not malpractice." Tho oourt held tiiia point to be good law when applied to a man skilled in anatomy, surgery, or physics, but not in the cnto in aetion?-tho defendant knowing nothing of those departments, and therefore having no judgment, iu the matter. The court ruled that an error in judgment of a man skilled in a particular calling is not malpractice, unless it is a gross error; but error in judgment of a man unskilled in that scionco (if such a thing can be) is malpractice. In other words, a person attempting to practice, in physio or surgery, without first having obtained ft knowlodgo of suoh science, is liable for all the damage that is tho result of his practice.?-States. IJEATH OK i'ROK. MITOIIKl.t, 'L 110 Asllville Spectator announces the melancholy intelligence of tho doath of Prof. Mitchell, of tho University, of North Carolina. Tho following conveys the facts of tho accident which deprived tho Stnto of his valuable services: " About, two weeks ago, this gentleman arrived hero on bis way to the Black Monn tains, with a view of making further exnlo rations of that region of country. It is with pain that we have now to nnoounoo his dentb. Ho left tho Mountain Home on this side of tho mountains with tbo intention of crossing them tnCanoy River, without a guide. It was ascertained that bo had never readied Caney River settlement, and supposing that ho was lost, numbers of persons started in senVoh of bim. His body was found in tbo Cat-tail fork of Canev ?1 ? r> 1- i. A, VI V U | VIII Yt^UUIIIJf) JIIJUUl U O UIVCK. It seems that |io was walking on 1 ho edgo of a prcQvpice, when his feot slipped, ho caught at a branch of laurel, but it broke, and ho full into alone* unending eternity. Ilo fell forty feet. Of him it ia needless to say anything?his reputation is the reputation of our University and tho Slate. To his exertions the prosperty of the former is as much due ns any other man. lie died a martyr lo science and ftciontificknowlodge." Kx-Phksidknt Van Binns.?Tho now very aged but' vet scarcely venerable Van Buren was at Mr. Marcy's funeral, with his old blight, healthy look, and smiling an ever-?-not solemn even in tho presonco of death, for solemnity scoins impossible for liis cver-liflppy face, Ifc does <?ot slrow over sixty, and his hair is no whiter than il lias been for twenty-live yents. Ho waikO'1 ;r. vigor from tlio capilol, after tlic ceromonies wore over, to take the cats at tbo river for liis home in Kinderlioolc. To-day Ito looks voungor even than ox-President Pierco, vfith whom, side by aide, ho entered tbo Assembly chamber.-A. Y. Eirprct*. Poist Bi,akk Comim.jmen'is.? Spanish .~1. .-I!.- ? unucio mu V?IJ- jlUIIK'. All JMlgllKllllian * was once nocosted on n lonely road by a rufllan. Sir," s>.id be, u you have my ront on ; may I trouble you for It ?" The JOnglitdtniati drew n pistol and told llio fellow lie waft mistaken. w Sir," paid llie robber, 411 perceivo tlint I am. Will you do mo llio honor 1o communicate your name, ibat I may remember it in my prayer* I" The gentlest tas^iuoMcr wc over knew is a blaoktuaith. who any? cvory evening to Ut- A:-.- ?. AI ? ? mo I'miKjuucvtt, i omc, nnjfl, ict r icnva :>ff work nt?d go to en wing wood!" Ua muftt boa brother of tho former flown crtrt, who, one n when ha wub building a aew, houeo, m^l titry to gfct hi? hired bely nit to yhy dig cellar t?y roooallghK * mJmL. . Jar j|