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|il^^^.S) '" n"M' ^ T"l i:' AN" "' Ml ST ' AS *M WWI Tin: DAY, Tll.'t CA.NUT SOT TIIKN UK K.W.KK TO AXY NU N. ' >? BY ROB T. A. THOMPSON. PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C.pTURDAY. NOVEMBER 7. *1857. vo. ' ? 1. . >01" IS NO. 17. ? (EL EOT (ED IPC IE. If G3V, "A Day's March Nearer Home." I know this lilo'* n jiilgrinnigc? A journey to the nkie.?? A i>n!i8!ige to ilint better IiiikI, Where pleasure never flies. Oil, tlicn to flti'l ho sweet n place, Above yon shiiry dome, 1 go, for every (Iny but bi iugs ' A (biy'M mnrcli nearer home.'' i no pain i Know is smncuines smoulli, And then again uneven: i fiMi-niur not, lor 'lis tlie way Tlinl pilgrims go to lieuven. 1 ' nw lliore > < : stream called death, NShosc waters dash ami loam, 'Tis just before?lint still 1 go? " A day's march nearer homo.'1 Oh, wliftt relief it is to know, The tiuio cannot bo long, Before my eonl shall he regaled Within the land of Bong. This chccringhope 1 cannot fm?l Within Ihe skeptic's tome: My Hi hie bids* mo onward g<<? "A day's inarch nearer home.'' A Thought. The rose (lint's wet with summer rain, Or lillcl with early dew, fthods richer perfume o'er again, And glows with lovelier hue. The pearly drops that lighf vfrithi? iis teaiy cnnncu rest, l'.nt fresher beauties for il win, lis fragrantcharms attuot. So hearts bowed tiown with weight and care Or crushed with bitter grief, S'iow clearer what their virtues arc, While waiting for relief; Each temler pang is sweet that springs From heart# by sorrow riven; If on its parting breath it bringn .Some dearer hope of Heaven. R^OELLANYFAIR Of the Wnlhalla Agricultural' Socictjr, licl?l .01 11m Kith mid 17th Oct. 18"i7. The Fair was hchl lit Mr. llolcoinho's 01 two consecutive days, Friday and Saturday -V. considerable number of articles were sen in on the lirst duy, chicj'y belonging to lb <4ass of embroidery ami domestic mimufm tore : and it would have been better, in mair respects, if this praetire had boon genorall; observed. We icel therefore, under espeeia obligation to tho.se who sent their articles 01 Thursday. Tlio attendance was much larger than w< would have anticipated, the weather bein; ralh'.'r unpropitious. At the usual hour, tho Society was ealloi to ordor. and nfter some business hud beei ntt?ndC(l to, tlio le.dics were uvitcd lo fnvo the Society with their presence in tlie Hull und (Ion. r. (hirvin, the orator of the da was introduced to the meeting. After th speaker had ended his very interesting dis course, wliich we intend to publish next weel the society nnaniniou: 1 v passed the iullowin resolutions. Jt'r.solrrH, That the thanks of the Soeiet' are due to (Jen. F. X. Ourvin. for the inter eating address delivered on the present oeea nion. ?*?/* /7 'Pliof ? i f Inn /iT tlirnn 1 .r? ? i pointed by the chair to solicit tho (icncral t give tho society a copy of his speech for puli lication. Hfxolvcil, 'L'liiit those resolutions, as wol as the. spooch l>o published in the papers c the district, and the l-'armer and Planter a Pendleton. Having altendfld to some other business tho Society adjourned to meet on Saturda; 11 o'clock, A. M. The next morning ushered in a very lovo ly day, and the attendance of both, visitor and members was very largo. A groat mini her of articles ?>>>'!cr tho rul.r:.' of manufar lures weronciu in, ami it uuorueu usnoMign .satisfaction to pcreoivo that tlio ladies take i loop interest in the Society, and render u moat valuable assistance and enconvagcmcn in promoting its objcct. The commit tuo report that from the man beautiful articles of lady's work exhibited f they have made their elections with the tit nu>st difficulty ; ami it is hoped, that in this as well us"in the othor ease?, thenward of th committee will moot with an indulgent con ^deration from all the parties interested.? There aro many who "'cheorfuUv bear te*ti mony to the neat execution, and superior fin ish ofevjre article exhibited. All tlic.se spec hnens bearing such ample evidence of tin skill. ingenuity and industry of tlieir sovera producers, our inabilitv to confer a preminn upon eac.li of the competitor.?, in sincerely rc '* grettod. Hence we deem it our duty to nam the articles and their producers in this rc port, oiks work, Miss Kvalinc Stovonfj pair of 8?>ok . Pro mium. W Miss Cathnrino Wooilin, embroidered col lur and bnndkorchiaf. Mrs. K. M. Koith. Tidy C'rochnt Mrs. (Jon'l. CJarvin, piooo of lL)ino?p m. " " " C'ovorlct, Mrs. "\ Stflbiing, 2 liiooOs of Joane*. Miss Murtlia 11. SttiMiiij*. Covorlot: Premiun Miss Martha II. Stribling, Wliito Counter pano. Mrs. J. E. Ilagood, WUitoCountorpancam Bed quilt. Mrs. Haumjracrdel, Kmbruidorod Collar. Mr*. M. 8. Jouos, Bod-quilt. Miss K. Balln^or, 1 pajrofSilk (Moves.? This lady raises every year a number of sill worms, spins and colours the silk, and keep It for side; Premium, Mrs. K.lizabeth Norto.j, Home-made Carpet V Mrs. Mary Stribling, two pieces of .loans. Margaret Cnpchoart, pair of W Hooks am 2 Coverlets. Mrs. John Sharp?, Coverlet. Mrs. 15. A. Henry3 Quilts; Premium fo Uisir.g Hon Quilt. ^ n i? /? jiiiah .ntirgnm meriui, t/miniorpitnc. M'isr 8. A. jUwlbettOP, <i<iilt. Mra, V. Hhnrpo, OoVorlat. S \ Mr*. Matilda Shurpo, colM C'ountorpano. r*\ Miss Hharpo, Cotton Hone. Kj* y^> Mrs. F. Slmrpo, Colored IIo*6. ]V Mr*. K. Norton, 2i>air whilo Hoao. M Miss K. McFnll, ivuitc If???o; Premium. Mrs. K. Norton, Wool Socks. Miss S. K. Miller. Colored Gloves. Miss Lncinda Foster, I piece of llomcBpun, silk and wool ; Premium. Mrs. Cen'l. Gar\in, piece <if Plaid liiiinev. Mrs. Naney Mapeo, I pair Silk Mittens. Mrs. llaum^acrdcl, Fiiiibroidered Collar; First Premium. Miss Uelieeea McFall,one Collar and Undcr-Klci'ves to match. . Miss llcbuceti McFall, 2 Collars; Second 1'reminm. Miss Itnclwl McKull/J worked Collars, | ' " u uroehet t.'ollars. : Miss Kliza lloleombe, 1 Tidy ('rochet; PrcI mill in. Mrs. J. (,'. lloid, 1 piece of Silk Flannel; Premium.* ! Mrs. Andrew Jenkins, I piece of Wool and i f'otton .l<?ans; Premium. Messrs. Hoickc and Walseman, a black I frock coat, put up in splendid style ; the yr<>rk is very neatly and carefully done. It is not j | often, if ever, that anything like it is found | outside of cities. We regret that the Discre- ' I tiouarv committee neglected to examine it. ! I The tirtu'e, we liclicve, is for sale, and our ' young beaux would do well to purchase it. I H. I'ishesser, Sonici'le Klnstujue. \n I article of Furniture. It is made of iron, and j may be used either as a sofa or bedstead.? I Peculiar about it, is the arrangement of the : springs under the seat, its lightness, ami the | I fact. that, it can be folded together within ko 1 ' small n complins as U> he carried to nnv place , ' with ease by one person. Cleanliness, com1 tort a ml convenience, would recommend it fur 1 j general use. Mr. 1\ has a patent for it, and j 1 is ready to exhibit hoth the model, and the j ' original, to any one that may feel inclined to | j avail himself of the invention ; Premium. | A Ouintnu, A Castle model out of paper j | nmr/tf. A useful ami ornamental article.? j I The watch-towers ramparts, ?<:e,, may bo used ' ! for repositories of mutches, wafers, inkstand, ! I eijiars, ,to. ; Premium. A. (iumtau, a sample of Candles made of Tallow purified in a manner not communicated to the Society, have an opportunity * of trying one of tliom, and would recommend them on the part of economy. Thcv are alii .so in other respects far superior to the common tallow candle. The committee pronounces them a line article, and offer the com ' j plimcnt of the Society. M iss Kliza llolconilie, Apple Jelly; a rich I ; and beautiful specimen. ! Mrs. E. Norton, llome-madc Hug: Premium Mr?. ?J. Ureincr, a sample of Home-made >' i Sti.r.o, iv,....;...., \ ' I'KOUI'I'K OF THE I>AtnV. ! I'roiluco were offered hy Mrs. Ci. Itradwell | 1 i Mrs. R. Snlilmnii, Mrs. I-,. Norton, Mrs. A. I Jenkins, Miss M. Capeheart. All the speciI mens wore considered of so excellent a quali= ; ty, tli.it the cmunitteo found great difficulty . in awarding to any particular lot superior ! excellence. Hut compelled by the rules ol' 1 | the Society to make a decision, they conelu1 tied to give the Premium to Mrs. K. Norton. I i i. c<i i : r ii i . JUM'jHI OIILMUr, IX OlH ITlIlIvIl (II I lUIIIC'IIKKK- ! 1 Choose; Premium. ' Col. .1. A. D'ivIo, a Pumpkin Vino, mens- | j_ tiring with its several brunches .'{48] foot. si-kcimkn's or sritrr xai>f. ok ciiinksk suuar CAN ft. Presentoil by ATuj. George, Seaborn, S. II. ^ .MoFall, ami L. Scott. Premium awarded to Mnj. t<. Soaborn'.s sample. 1'f.a i) aiti.f.v corn', % Thomas M. Stribling, planted ISO grains j ami raise.I three bushels. J >r. T. I.. Lewis presented two cars ef corn ^rowing on his farm, on Martin's Creek,each . having 20 rows, and the twomakiug twenty | live hundred and twenty-two grains 01 corn. 1 The com-sced wan procured from .Maj. ). II. Jones of (It' irgia. t | II. 1\ \ crnor, Cornsludler; "Premium. ' ' Maj. (I. iSeuhorn, Thrashing Machine; v I IVemiun. i K. 1*. Yerner, Scythe and Cradle. Joseph Slielor, sample of Wheat, made 41] ; s : bushels, weighing 74 lbs per bushel on one I " I Ai 1 c ; I'renuum. I K. 1'. Vomer, sample of Wheat, very fine ' yielding .ill lm*hclM on ono Acre. ^ ),(). I.owis, presented a sample of Wheat j grown on his \S ayside farm, ridgo land on tin: Hi?ljxr? l'ailrnad, measured and weighed at Mr. Cappleman's Merchant Mill, Y nixty seven pounds to the bushel. >1.0 III. 8n initios of Flour, presented by Messru. 11. , '? A. Maxwell, K. Cnppelnian, both excellent 0 specimens. Tho committee says in regard | " to these gentlemen, wo think both deserve j ~ (ho patronage of the public. Col,.J.Norton,lloino-inado Saddle: Premium i Jobn Capeheait, Home-made Saddle. The | " makor dttsonos great cretlit for it, Rays the ; 1 Committee. IIORSKS. 1 J. 'I*. Johnson, an Iron Groy Hoi-hc Colt: l_ Premium. 0 .J. K. Jones, n Sorrel horse colt, a finelook~ ing nninuil. >\ . -Joiioh, a sorrel horse colt, also looking verv well. J. Schroder, a sorrel filly, will :??ake quito a Bcrs it-Mhle unimnl. Ij. II. Vomer, Brown filly; Premium. I/. II. Vomer, sorrol tllfy, a very decent specimen. I. Oapeheart, colt under 1 year; Premium T. M. Stribling, J. K. Jor.cs, 4 Mnj. Miller prcsontcd two fine eolts two * and four years old. J. Jenkins exhibited a stallion 3 yoars old ' a very fine looking animal. J. S. Dickson, a filly, "very fine stock. i..i... ?.._i _ p.m.. f/llllll V/!%lJUUUi%l U LI 11J Col. J. Norton prosontod n mare 22 yeai-B * old, of verv |>roportK03Hing appearance, an<l 4 uncommonly hno action for her ago, tho Col. 8 dosorvoH noil for tlio way he had taken care of lior, nay tho cominittoo. JACK", JKNNKTS, MTT.tS. John Mnxwoll, Sr., exhibited Slornm, fi ? black Jack, tlireo years old, tho 18th of .J ?y| lant, tho i-ixo of S. I hands high, mrcd by Span isli .Innlc inuinrlrul liv Mr. .SbnriWf ilftin n r blru'k jcnnott about H yoara of ftgo, got by imported Spanish .Jack, the proj*>rty of I*. K. l>uncnn. Tito .Inok va* (tmrrnHy widl apoktfn off In it lhf> romraittro consider him over agwto rcooivo tin* premium. Thomas llull a mule colt, 4 months old ;? rromnim. I<. II. Verne* a mulo colt, one yenr oM. I CoT. J. A. JV.'o exhibited ft pair of well matehnil mules, working well in harness.?-< Wohinl i>c\oral times the pleasure of ridint out with the Col. nivl as far us we observe? ami are able to jmlge, we pronouneo. thesi animals a very line ami valuable team, anil j?j referring to the diflerent reports we ftliil thai several of the committee agree with lis iw opinion. HAY. The committee on May having boon unablotc come to a decision of the question, the claim o! the competitors being equal, ami one of thfir muni testing a willingness to relinquish tiii chanec : t!ic Society directed the premium ttybt divided between Mr. M. I'ullwinklc, who ratted 2.2-VJ lbs. of hay on 1 acre, and Mr. P. Wald who obtained the same number of wagon loads, but did mil weigh the contents. The committee on Ityc reported that Mr. ^M Itullwinkle made 21 j bushels on one aero, ftjid that Mr. Bleinann's A peck sown produccdlP' bushels. It is still left with the Society lo'.CTi*. the amount of ll.o premium, the committee charged to prepare the list, having overlooked the article. The committee on Sheep awarded the premium for the best Ham to Mr. J. Schroder, -and for the best Kwe, to Mr. Verncr, (tlio report it in this instance very indefinite, and unsatisfactory. which of the gentlemen is alluded to?)thcj furthermore award to Mr. (?) Verncr a premium for the best Ram and Kwe-goat, and Ptnt( that thev examined Ivro slipon hn.irinir ovlrnor dinary line wool, otic belonging to Mr. C. Saidnmn, and the other to I.. II. Vomer. Owing to the state of the Benson, the rnport? on Cotton and Corn was postponed to the nexl meeting of the Society in January, 1858. L. II. Verner obtained the premittm for the bent milch cow, 1). liiemann for the be?t Hull I<. II. Verner for the host calf, and N. J. F. l'crry for the bent yoko of oxen. Tho committee on llog?, state that acvcra gentlemen to whom the premiums have not I cot awarded, hnvo ml hnrr?j of ?o aiirw?vini* r ' - n ""rr" character, tlint Mio committee somowmtt fnUoi in dcciiling between the different anij##^U>h?*vn them, but in the excuse of ilioir best :il,ilUv and judgement linve selected the following pre mmms lobe distributed to thoso entitled to their Mr. I). I). Vomer two premiums lor Ui? bosi boar and heaviest hog. Mr. K. 1'. Verner a pr? miuni for the brood how. They likewise oxiiruinod a very fine brood sow belonging to Mr Korber, who furthermore reports the raising ol two hogs, which when 12 months old the ou< weighed 227, tlie other 228 lbs. 12. P. Vernei also ex 11ibits 2 r>i<'? which at 10 weeks old wiecrl od, iho ono 17. and (lie other 357 lbs. They an remarkably fine an? 1 evidently show?| jq>od can anil at teution, ami a good breed. Mr. lIolooml>< showed a hog I months old, pronounced vet\ line. The committee arc unanimous in tlicit opinion tlint the age specified in tho lit-"( is twe young: in Tact anuinhcr of hogs wore excluded on account of their age which would have dan< credit to the Society. No report was made on the state of tho slioc and hoot makers, nor did tho cabinet maker* present any article for exhibition. Wilikewist miss the report on the root crops. As it is well known that the gonllcMtojily editor of the Farmer ami l'lanter. litis don<s signn scrvice lor mii> eausc in wiitcn una society is engaged, it ltd to show tlmt we aresensible of his merits, mid duly appreciate his exertions, Maj. (ieo. Seaborn was unanimously elected an honorary member of tho Society. And it was unau iinousdy resolved, thai we recommend to oui members nnd the public generally the Pavnici nnd Planter, its a periodical that for valuable and varied information on t he art of husbandry well deserves tlio attention nn<l patronage ol Agriculturalists. It was also resolved, tlmt the meetings of tin Society he held quarterly. and tlint previous no tiee bo given in the District papers. The next meeting will take place on the soc ond Tnursday in January IH.'iK, I'J o'clock, \. m The <lay passed oil" very pleasantly, and even body present seemed to he gratified. The Premiums are ready for distribution. C. F. IIanskmkr, Sco'ty. Sr. Loiis, Oct. '2(5.? l.nto dates fron Kansas, say tlial<?ov. Walker has issue* Ills proeLunation, and rejected iho r.vturt.r from the Oxford precinct, Johnson cWtmty <riving certificates of election to the Fret Slate candidates. The pro-slavery men art grontly oxeitcd. I'hom Kansas.?St. Lor is, Oct. 20.? A protest signed by several prominent eiti zens of Kansas was filed on the lfjth inst. against tbe fraudulent returns from Ox fore 1'reciuct, Johnston County; and in rcplj to it, altera personal examination, Messrs Walker and Stanton publish a proclama tion in the Herald of Freedom of the 20th in which they express a determination t< reject the entire vote of Oxford, and togivt certificates to the Free State candidates.? The proclamation produced intense excite mcnt among the extreme pro-slavery men and threats of vcngeance*igainst( ?ov. Walker and .Secretary Stanton were made. On the 10th instant, a protest was made against assembling the Constitutional ('on vention by a mass convention of the peoph at Jiccompton. A White Bi.AOKmnn.?-The (Cab) Ari/us reports the appoaranee, oi rathor tho domiciliation of n white black bird in that town. It says, among the ttocl of blackbirds tlmt etery morntng make tlmii rendezvous upon tho levee, gathering r?p tin waste grain, and sending forth their n'otci of doubtful melody, has recently boon ob PArVA/1 n iful unAW ro1n#A *1" .>v? ? vm ? wv?.v.vn?i ouuii-niiivv i;iiu vi vim same spccies, who mingles in iho compnni of its ebony companions, apparently uncon scions of any distinction of color. Tlx bird innl(oh itfl home in the trersof Wcber'i garden, and when assembled with its com panions in council, presents a contrast o color that at once singles him out as a rare a vis, who scorns an embassador of Nature to deny the truth of the old adage, tha ".Birds of a feather flock together." Muasclmajj writers sperk of nn ignornn Arab, who boing askod how he know any thing about the existenco of a God, replied u Just as I know by tho tracks in the sand whether ft man or bo/ist has passed thorp so, when I surre? th? heftvens, nrtfi hi bright statu, and tfio earth, with rts ft rod it o t?oyt*. do I fool the existcnco and power o God." From the Marion (Ala.) American, i The Palmettocs in Mexico. WY ON K OF THK TWO HUNDRED. NV.W SICKIKS?SO. Tf'.N. 1 " Have yc sharpened your swords? for tlie battle is nigh Ami tho morn ofthc conflict is breaking.M On tlio evening of the 5lh of March 18 IG! , M\tv ships had moored at tho rendezvous, ( at Anton Lizardo, ten milts south of N ora : Cruz. (Jen. Scott had been delayed three ' weeks beyond his expectations, and fur an ' entire month tl.o Vera Cruzaus had ex' peeled our arrival everyday. It was indispensable to the health of the army, and I to the success of any advance itilo the interior (hat Vera Ciuz should he taken, by | the 1st of May, and the army advanced as I ! far as seventy miles into ihe interior, where | tho "table lands" afford security from the i j yellow t'over. Not a day was to ho Io?l, ( ' | and at oneo preparations were made for i 1 j landing. i lie weather was mild, ami beautiful. ! . Our ships wove about two miles from land, j We could distinctly see tho Mexicans at I the little rancho of Anton Li/.ardo, and see j horsemen riding along the hecyh. Before , us spread out a brilliant and picturesque j t panoramic view of the interior, .Jusl above j the beach rose a range of hills covered with ! ; the dense ehapparcl; far beyond them j stretched out a chequered champaign, ri- j I -...U gl.l.UKIMJ L.. UIUUUUIIII >.'? 1 vond all a hundred inilo.s di.stunt rose tlie i snow-capped peak of Orizaba, its frigid snow-fields glistening in the bright rays of I an unclouded sun. On the south rose up j i the blue mountain caps of Yucatan, which ' ! reflected the waves of the blue pacific. Ten 1 i miles to the north roso the tall and glitter- I \ ing church spires of Vera Cruz, its red | | walls, it.s frowning battlements, and its j \ mountain sand-hills. A thousand yards out ' J in the gulf, stood the grim castle of San j .Juan do IMloa, guarding like a huge Cer' j berus, the. Water gate to tliccitv. Just out v ! of reach of the guns of the castle our bloek! ading squadron was lying at anchor. In the. hay wore a few merchant ships of neui tral nations, and armed ships of French, ' j Knglaml, Sp:tin and Belgium. Thelithof * March was a mild and lovely day. It was, . hclicvc, the Christian Sabbath, and it was nature's sabbath, too The tropical j > | skv was without a cloud ; the gulf was still. ! 1 ! and utyutllcd by a wave; there was all I around a solemn stillness. Nature herself) i seemed awed and hushed at the contcmplaI | tiou of what man was about to do. On the 7th the expedition came verv ' j near being tlnvartcd by an accident, which would have left the army without a General , ! officer. j (Jen. Scott assembled all his Generals, ' Patterson, Pillow, Quitman, Worth, Shield* and Oadwalladcr, on board a small steamer, J.1 and made a trip of reeonnoisanec around ! the city and castle. Venturing too rashly ? within range of the guns of the castle, a number of shells were thrown at the little i vessel, ami trom tlio explosion ot two ol (110111, she narrowly escaped destruction. A single shell might have sent her to the bottom, and all the (Jcnerals with her.? ! j Such a disaster would have spread eonfu- ! j sioii and dismay through the army, and , ; most probably have caused the expedition | i to be abandoned ; a disaster from which . fortune rescued us, in spite ot tho indiscreet temerity of mu (fencral. .there need not . J have been swell an accompaniment on a . recoilnoisanee, nor in fact wan it necessary , that (Jen. Scott should perform swell duty . I in person. . i Tlic gallant little Strainer, crime back to i I Anton Lizardo safe and sound, with "all ! | aboard," and was heartily cheered by the i army. ()n the Sth, the troops were pnt on board j . the naval vessels and transports, and the ' landing would have been effected on that j , day, but was postponed on account of an i . | apprehended norther. . I Early on the morning of the Oth the licet 1 . 1 of transports, under the, armed escort of | ! several of our naval vessels, spread their I canvas and bore up to the city. It was a grand, gay, and animated scene. The j decks of nil the vessels wero crowded >\'ifh . soldiers and spectators?eager to see every ? , movement, and every moment expecting to i hear the guns of the Castle, or a masked | | hattery on the heaoh open on us. We hore | 1 up bravely towards the castle, nnd the can-1 r i noniers stood by their guns with lighted j - ' 1., ft. ? , ? I j 11 nuj i/uivm w?v viiuu iiuj ujiwh u.-?. c i Brtt having como within four miles of t!i<y! r! castlo, our ships suddenly changed their 3 course, and anchored behind tho little J s Island of Haerilicious, which was three - miles from the city and eastle. It was s tho he?t point for the landing, being jttst i beyond reach of tho enemy's guns. Tho fleet anchored about a thousand 15 yards from the lioach. We certainly looked 3 for Boino resistance to our landing. It was " an opportunity which a bravo And vigilant i enemy would not havo neglected. One of ' our steamers ran near the beach and fired . *1,A co.wll.'.U^ .1tlw. | IJU1 IM vi IIIV nuMumu.-', Iir uiuu im; ! 1 j (ire of any battery that Might bo concealed on the hills, but 110 response camo back ; 1. not ft hostile soldier made his appearance. . j The honor of being the flint to land, was I assigned t<i Worth'n brigade. At 1 o'clock t j in the evening, the ntfrt' boaffl, (>7 in nffntt j ber, each with ft (fo*en sailors for oarsmen, ?! filled with soldiers. ami alighted for . the ctc#c<inl tfjxm ihe hr-ncrh, Two ntenmf era riful five jrun wore f>fneo<t .*o no fa rako the bench with their guns nml cover the lauding, if resistance should be made. .\t a given signal all pulled awav merrily for the shore. This was llio most anxious sivd exciting nioineiit of tho entire siege. Kvcry ship in the bay was crowded with spectators to witness this d illicit It and hazardous operation ; every soldier was ambitions to be the first to touch land, and in their impatience, they jumped out of the i ?...] ?.:*h ? uuuio in ?i ii i> i villi, iiiiu niui a iiii'.iu v rushed to thct<horc. ''The Star Spangled 1 burner" was cro.ct.cd on tin* beach, and three, thousand veterans gathered around it. And then from the land and from the. sea went up a shout of triumph, such as the valleys of Mexico had never echoed be fori'. In ft few minutes the first range of sandhills was reached. Jt was now late in the evening. The sun war setting behind the far off Mountains, gilding their snow capped summit* with its gorgeous light. It had witnessed a great feat of arms. Three thousand of the beleaguering army were before the walls of the doomed city. <t \.,.i ?i,? .,.,1 ii,? .?',... the fii^t day.'* On the next morning Patterson's division of volunteers was landed. This was tho division to which the l'alnicttoes belonged. We were landed in the same order as on the previous day. 1 n the evening we advanced about two miles from the beach, and rested that night near the Malibran hacienda, and an old monastcrv. The l'ahnettoes were inarched up a narrow path surrounded by a dense chaparral. Here we were halted, and told that here we wore to spend the night. Wc had no tents and few blankets. The dews were like a shower of rain, and very uubealthful. Without any protection from the dew or the noxious night air, wo were to lie down on the bare ground, with only a blanket and the sky for a covering, and a oartoueh box (as hard as a brickbat) for a pillow. We were for bidden to kindle a five for fear of discovering our position to the Mexicans, from whom mi attack was expecting during the night. For myself I had no more expectation of an attack that night than if I had been at homo. 1 knew the history and character of the Mexicans too well to believe such a thing. And surrounded as we were by a ehnpavrcl more impenetrable than an arinv of a million men, 1 knew it was impossible to attack us. We stacked anus ami laid down by them. I made a sleeping partner of an enormous 280 pound man on the following terms. I had a blanket and he had an India rubber cloak. We slept on my blanket and covered with his cloak, which protected us from the dew. I never slept more soundly until about midnight, when I felt an enormous pair of hands jerking me up, and a stentorian pair of lungs thundering into my ears that the Mexicans were "after" us. " Kail into line," shouted the officers. "Pshaw!" said I, "its a utlsi* alarm?a Mexican rabbit could not get tlirousili this ehaparrel; and I have never read an instance in the military history of .Mexico, of an attack at night since about the year IS 11. They have a superstition airainst night attacks. It was a false alarm. The sentinel had seen something approachiug him, had hailed it, and receiving no reply, lired at the object, which was a cow ! The alarm soon subsided, and we again laid down (o sloop. Nothing occurred again to disturb my sluml^r ,>. tho nerves of my fnt and excitable bedfellow. " And the evening ami tlio moruiug wore tho second d:iy." Newspaper Enterprise. One of (lie most remarkable instances of newspaper enterprise, that has ever come under our observation, is to be seen in the issue of the London 'I'l'mcfor Thursday, Sili October, tho day after the National Fast, appointed for humiliation, at the unparalleled disasters in India. More than twenty-five solid columns of that journal are occupied with reports of the religious services, held in the various churches of tho Metropolis, on the solemn occasion.? Sketches of otic hundred and eighteen sermons are given, among which the longer ones are devoted to the most celebrated divines, such as the llev. Dr. Cuinmings, the Hev. Dr. Cruly, author of " Salathiel," Mr. Trench Dean, of Westminister, so well known in this country for his volumes on " Words," " Proverbs," &c., Mr. Lyddelf, the celebrated Pu'seyite, Mr. Spurgeon, and others. The last named gentleman, not being able to find an edifice in I/ondon large enough to hold the immense multitude that was anxious to hear him, hud a pulpit ereefed in the transept of the Crystal Pulaoe at Sydenham, where he. held OQ *v(t 1 *\At*OAll Ll luM'll'IfvU t It A ItlAL-l iw11ii vvj i |" i iimj'o mi/ iiiv'.^v numerous auditory that was ever assembled to listen to one man, sinoo the day* of IVtor, the Hofmit. It will be seen, from what WO have stated, that the Timr* most have secured for the "Day of Humiliation," the services of not less than 11S reporters, specialty charged with the duty of making nn ?Kuf 1*0r%> aP f!wt Vk'i vk 1 # 111>\ v enrniAiid i?\ .... .........vv ... ,,...1.^ . which they hearkened respectively, but boHides this extraordinary enterprise, the paper furnishes the texts preached fvoni, at forty-eight other chapel* and lnccting-V.ouses, together with the amount contributed at each to tho Indian Hclief Fund. Such HItfsfrafton of encrirv in iourualism. wo be licvo, has never bofore bocn witnessed. t Petersburg Ksprcta. Xoxrc nre so fomi of secrets n* llio-o wlio do not mean to ko?'p thom, Illicit persons covet serrMs n? the spendthrift core's money?for the j>nrpoj> of pircuhitioD, mi ii? ?!? ? r >im WW,?wn? Insolvency. The strong peculiarities of character and conduct which distinguish the American people have no parallel among any jtlier civilized oontuitinitv/ One of these leading propensities is insolvency. It may fall strangely on the ears of those who have never looked into the question, to he told that oi all tin* marriages which take place in Massachusetts, four sevenths are Irish. Yet the fact is not less true than strange.? The Irish there would seem to be the only class of which the childish extravagance of the a^c has not taken so complete possession as to render them unable to indulge in the luxury of marriage. The statistics of commercial life develop kindred facts of , an equally astounding character. If Mas 1 sacluisctts presents a remarkable condition of thing*, so far as marriage is concerned, ' her history is equally curious in relation tof ' !?.* ..n aM uir ouwi-mi ui hit uivriMiiiup commumn . Before this array, tlio "solid men of Boston" become but a collection of phnntouiH. Not more tluin tliree in n hundred of (ho mcr! chants and traders of that city became inde' pendent. <!en. Dearborn, who for twentv years was Collector of that port, and who ' had ample opportunities for observing the , vicissitudes of trade, declared, in a publie addres? before the 1 legislature, that anion.'. ! every hundred of the merchant* and traders oj mat cny, not more than throe ever nri qui rod an independence. 'I'll i?* conclusion was not arrived at without great distrust; but an experienced merchant, who wan eon i suited, fully admitted its truth. A Boston antiquarian in the year 1800 took a memo i random of every person on I^'ox Whavl, and in 1X40 only fivo in or\i> hundred rej mained. All but throe had either failed or died insolvent. The I'nion Hank ooui ; menccd husiuew in 1708, there being then only one other bank. The Union was overrun with business, the elerks b"ing obliged to work till midnight, and even on Sunday.'. A reeent examination of one thousand arj counts opened with the bank at starting, I showed that only six remained. All the others had either faile 1 or died insolvent 1 louses whose paper had passed without ! question, the very parties who had constiI tuted the solid men, liad all gone down in that time. Another person had occasion to look through the Prohate Oflicc, where the. ! estate of every man who dies is registered. ! He was astonished to lind that more than ! ninety per cent, of all the estates there seti tied were insolvent. Of the Directors of the Bank of Massachusetts, over n third were found, upon cxv.min&tionf, to lntve failled. 111 the Direction of the Union Hank. _ i tlie proportion was even larger. It would | thus appear that even a class so generally ! presumed to have at command f<wii!?Srto j accessible to mure u?jm>t<it^rs, aro not e.\1 etnpt from visitations of .1 calamity which ! in tliis country seems to be hopelessly chronic. The proportion of capital affords no j apparent guarantee against ruin. A) stnin; in;4 from business by those who arc able t< live without it. may be considered the only safety, liut, if wisdom come by cspericnco, i and if those who fail acquire any of thefor1 nier 111 oonsermoni-r* f In .q<-> ni ? I- t ? > "v vuumat comparatively happy who fail while young, , that they may have time, in after life, to I amend the errors and repair tho'damages of' ' their early ventures on the opcan of.tradn i 11 ?a.i*not to be inferred iroin iTiis disastrous exhibition that commercial niisl'or| tune has been peculiar to the people of JWl ton. The same examination eLsewhero I would he found to expose the same re ults as inseparable from the uniform imprudence with whieh business is conducted in ihis country. The Hnnknipt LartoflS-ll din | vimipu .-Twmv- t.llliyilim- UIWUSHIIU TIU'I), ! who retnrned in their petitions the names I of more than a million of creditors. Their debts were admitted to be 8440,1)55i,tiln, hut they probably amounted to a round half billion* To pay this enormous indebtedness they returned only ?18,087,807 of assets. 11 ow much more was ennee :!cd, if. I is impossible to conjecture with any nceurni ev. In Pennsylvania and all Smith of that I S'tate, tl.C records show that rttri one cent on the dollar was ever realized from the assets surrendered. In Illinois they yield ed (> 2-!? cents to the 8100, in Michigan and r \ f - ?? i - > ?? 111 Kinu <ii u corn ??acn :<> mo ?nm, wniie I Massachusetts produced but 4 ecnta, and Coiiiieeticutt (J-10 *rf n renf to the ?100.? Kentucky yielded the highest, being S?? cents. No commentary on the mode of do' in<r business practiced in this country can 1 be more imjncsKivc than the array of such ' facts 8.S thc*c.?Xni; Vnrk Ti ibunr, | T>r vvf.s.?-Nor manure Is so well worth saving in October and Novenil/cr as tho now tailing leaves of (ho season. According to Pay no. they contain nearly thro.', times ns much nitrogen an ordinary barn yard manure ; and every gardener who has strewn and covered them in his trennhe* lato in the fall or in December, must hav? noticed the neit season how black and mobfc i the soH is that adheres to tho thrifty young boots ho pulls. No vegetable substance yields its wootlv fibre and becomes polnbl. rjuickcr thnu leaves, nnd from this vow j o.niwo tlioy nro soon dried tip, scattered to j the winds and wasted, if not now gathered 1 and trenehed in, or composted, before tlit* i advent of severe winter. " Wnicni, my dear voting Iftdy, do vol tl.iuk .tlio merriest jOnco in I ho woild !'f "That immediately ahoro t!?e ?'.fnos|>hex? wliicli surrounds (lie earth, I should think/ berausH I am told lltnl there oil M$es low tbeir arrantv/' w ?