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jno i.hiiler&co.,proprietors.J An Independent Journal: For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the South. (awn*.?mw, VOL. 8. YORKVILLE, 8. O., THTJESDAY, NOYEMBEB 19, 1857. INTO. jldcrtfi) '^flctrjr. IKGETKIOCS MEDLEY FROM THE POETS, j Themoou was *hiniug silver bright, All bloodless lay th' untrodden snow; " When freedom from her mountain height Exclaimed, "Now, don't be foolish, Joe!" ' Anjbpur passed on, the Turk awoke, A'buinble bee went thundering by, To'ffover in the sulphur stonke, Ami spread its pall upon the sky. His echoing axe the settler swung, He was a lad of high renown : And deep the pearly caves among. rGil?s Scroggins courted Molly Brown.~ Loud roars the wild, inconstant blast, ( . -,At?d cloudless sets the sun at even; When twilight dews are falliug fast, And rolls the thunder drum of heaven 1 Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour. By torch and trumpet fast arrayed: <* Beneath yon ivy-mantled! tower, The bull-frog croaks his serenade. Oh. my loveis like the red, red rose, He bought a ring with posy true : Sir Barney Bodkin broke his nose, And, Saxon, I am Rhoderick Dhu! Scraps of Ifotorp. -1 * From the Marion American. THE PALMETTOES IN MEXICO. BY ON^'OF THE TWO HUNDRED. '*new SERIES?SO. X. "Hav^ye sharpened your swords ? for the battle is nigh And the morn of the conflict is breaking " On the evening ofthe oth of March 184G, sixty ships had moored at the rendezvous, at Anton Lizardo, ten miles south of Vera Otuz. Gen. Scott had been delayed three weeks beyond his expectations, and for an ?. .U Vara Prnzans had exDect euurc Uiuutu WD . ~ ed our arrival every day. It was indispensable'to the health of the army, and to the success of any advance into the interior that Vera Cruz should be taken, by the 1st of May, and the - army advanced as far as seventy miles into the interior, where the "table lands" afford security from the yellow fever. Not a day was to be lost, and at once preparations were made for landing The weather was mild, and beautiful. Our \ ships were about twq miles from land. We could distinctly see the Mexicans at the lit- j tie rancho of. Anton Lizardo, aud see horse- j men riding along the beech. Before us 53 O | spread out a brilliant and picturesque pano- r ramie view of the interior. Just above the 11 beach rose a range of hills covered with, the dense ch&parrel; far beyond them stretched out a chequered ehampaigue, rising gradual- j ly to mountain peaks ; and beyond all a hnn- j dred miles distant rose the snow-capped peak i | of Orizaba, its frigid snow-fields glistening | in the bright rays of an unclouded sun. On j the south rose up the blue mountain caps oi' Yuoatan, which reflected the waves of the , blue pacific. Ten miles to the north rose the tall and glittering church-spires of Vera Cruz, its red walls, its frowning battlements, and its mountain sand-bills. A thousand yards out in the gulf, stood the grim castle j of San Juan de Ul'oa, guarding like a huge Cerberu3, the water-gate to the city. Just j out of reach of the guns of the castle our "blockading squadron was lying at auchor.? In the bay were a few merchant ships of " * r T? neutral nations, ana armea snips ui J. lauuvjj | England, Spain, and Belgium. The Gth of March was a ruild and lovely day. It was, I believe, the christian sabbath, and it was nature's sabbath too. The tropical sky was without a cloud; the gulf was still, and unruffed by a wave; there was all around a solemn stillness. Nature herself seemed awed and hushed at the contemplation of what man was about to do. On the 7th the expedition came very near being thwarted by an accident, which would i have left the army without a General officer. Gen. Scott assembled all his Generals, j Patterson, Pillow, Quitman, Worth,Shields, | and Cadwallg,der, on board a small steamer, j and made a trip of rcconnoisauce around the j city and castle. Venturing too rashly with- ' in range of the guns of the castle, a number j of shells were thrown at the little vessel, and , from the explosion of two of them, she nar- i rowly escaped destruction. A single shell might have sent ber to the bottom, and all ? t the Generals with her. Such a disaster! would have spread confusion and dismay [ through the army, and most probably have caused the expedition to be abandoned ; a ' disaster from which fortune rescued us. in spite of the indiscreet temerity cf our General. There uecd uut have beeu such an accompaniment on a reconnoisance; nor in fact was it necessary that Gen. Scott should perform such duty in person. The gallant little Steamer, came back to Anton Lizardo safe aud sound, with "all aboard," and was heartily cheered by the 1 army. On the 8th, the troops were put on board the naval vessels aod transports, and the 1 landiug would have been effected on that day, ' but was-postponed on account of an apprehended norther. Early on the morning of the Cttli the fleet of transports, under the armed escort of several of our naval vessels spread their canvass and bore up to the city. It was a grand, gay, and animated scene The decks of all j the vessels were crowded with soldiers and | spectators,?eager to see every movement, and every moment expecting to hear the ! guus of the Castle, or a masked battery" on the beach open on us. We bore up bravely towards the castle, and the cannoniers stood by their guus with lighted fires, ready to 1 belch out their fury upon us. But haviug come within four miles of the castle, our ships suddenly changed their course, and ; anchored behind the little Island of Sacrifi- 1 cios, which was three miles from the city or castle. It was the best point for the landing, being just beyond reach of the enemy's guus. " The fleet anchored about a thousand yards from the beach. We certainly looked for some resistance to -our landing. It was ;in opportunity which a brave and vigilant enemy rould not have neglected. One of our steamers rau near the beach and fired her guus over the sandhills, to draw the fire of any battery that might be concealed on the hills; but no response came back; not a hostile soldier made his appearance. The houor of being the rst to land, was assigned to Worth's "brigade. At 4 o'clock in the cveuing, the surf boats, 07 ia number, each* whh a dozeu sailors for oarsmen, were filled with soldiers, and aligued for the descent upon the beach. Two steamers and five gun boats were placed so as to rake the beach with their gunsaud jo.cr the landing, if resistance should be made. At a given signal all pulled away merrily for the shore. This was the most anxious aud exciting moment of the entire siege. Every ship in the bay was crowded with spectators to witness this difficult and hazardous operation ; every soldier was ambitious to be the first to touch land, and in their impatience, they jumped out of the boats in water waist deep, and with a shout rushed to the shore. "The Star Spangled banner" was erected on the 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 before. In a few minutes the first range of sandhills was reached. It was now late in the eveniug. The sun was setting behind the far off Mountains, gilding their snow capped summits 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. "And the evening and the morning were the first day." On the next morning Patterson's division of volunteers was landed. This was the division to which the Palmettoes belonged.? We were landed in the same order as on the previous day In the eveuing we advanced about two miles from the beach, and rested that night near the Malibran hacienda, aud nn nlfl innnasterv. The Palmettoe9 were inarched up a narrow path surrounded by a dense chaparral. Here we were halted, and told that here we were to speud the night.. We had no tents and few blankets. The dews were like a shower of rain, and very unhcalthful. Without any protection from the dew or the noxious uight air, we were to lie down ou the bare ground, with only a blanket and .the sky for a covering, and a jartouch-box (as hard as a brickbat) for a aillow. We were forbidden to kindle a fire 'or fear of discovering our position to the Mexicans, from whom an attack was expectid during the night. For myself 1 had no more expectation of an attack that night than it i had been at home. I knew the history and character of the Mexicans too well to believe such a thing. And surround?d as we were by a chaparral more impenetrable than an army of a million rfien, I knew it was impossible to attack us. We stacked arms and 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 Indian rubber cloak We slept on my blauket and covered with his oloak, \vhich protected us from the dew. I never slept more soundly uutil about midnight, wlieu I felt an enormous pair of hands jerkiug 111c up, and a- stentorian pair of iungs thundering into my ears that the Mexicans were 'after' us. "Fall into line" shouted the officers. "Pshaw !" said I, "it's a false ularm?a Mexican rabbit could not get through this chaparral; and I have never read an instance in the military history of Mexico, of au attack at night since about the year 1814. They have a superstition against night attacks." It was a false alarm. The sentinel had seen something approach him, had hailed it, aud receiving uo reply tired at the the object, which was a cow! The alarm soon subsided, and we again laid down to sleep. Nothing occurred again to disturb tny slumber, or evcu the nerves of tny fat aud excitable bed-fellow. "Aud the evening and the uioruing were the second day." From Pearson's History of Fairfield. TIIE REVOLUTION. At the commencement of the war, the citizoiis of Fairfield were about equally divided in their politics. The European settlers said they had just airived in thecouutry?t)iut they had come iu on the King's bouuty? had obtained their laud by bis graut, and it was ungrateful 10 turn against his government " .Many of the'Virginians and Peuusylvauiuns turned their thoughts on peace. There were but few native Carolinians in the District. All, however, were indomitable Whigs. It was something strange after all that the sons of Green Eriu were mostly found ou the royal side. An apology may be made for thcui. The people from Antrim had formed themselves into a strong militia company under the lead of James Phillips? elected their officers, and had taken all pre- j liminary steps to render their services to the | colonial and revolutionary government.? While about passing resolutions to that effect, John Phillips, an Antrim man, arrived on the ground. lie was a person of groat au 1 nc.. I IIIUIUJ, illlU ill ilU UUUU'K) IU Hie iKirvno net- | sembled, perverted the whole into downright i toryism. In the course of the war many of the j Whigs established a character for heroism. , They had to perform a double duty, and they nobly performed it. The names of John ' Lyles, (he was a liner,) Thomas Woodward, , Aramanus Lyles, Hubert Hancock, John ' Pearson, Beujamin May, John Cook, Andrew ' Gray, John Gray, John Kineaid, Kdward j Martin, John Bell, George Perry, (with many others mentioned in this history) ought J to go down with honor aud <rratitude to pos-1 terity. Can we love too much the memory j of these good and true, if not great men?) They were great men, for they were patriots and warriors "without fear aud without reproach." Fairfield was a battle-field It was re marked that many of the Whigs established a fum (ur heroism of the highest order.? Sumter said : lieujamin May was the bravest man he ever knew. Among the Tories not one hero was to be found.. The Whigs and Tories met at Mobley's meeting-house, aud aftei the first crack of the rifle the Tories fled to n man. The same thing occurred at a Whig and Tory skirmish at Caldwell's place at Lee's Creek, and after one firing and the rout of the Tories was perfect, their leader, Col John Phillips, was fouud squatted in a briar patch and drawn out a prisoner. The Court of Appeals of South Carolina have tacitly affirmed that the "devil is entitled to his due." According to that potent decision, John Phillips is entitled to his due. He had an unaccountable influence over Cornwallis, aud in the beneliceut exercise of that influence he obtained pardon for all the Whigs condemned to death at the drumhead court, while his lordship occupied Winnsborough. During the stay of the British chieftain, he often sent for John Milling aud Watty Robertson, to converse with him about matters connected with his command. He said they were men of extraordinary sense, and, no doubt., often reminded him of victory, resulting in no advantage, and triumphs ending in hard kndeks and ultimate disaster. Cornwallis ordered the country people to be paid liberally for their produce, and molested no one in the enjoyment of civil rights.? With the due military ceremonies arid precautions, he admitted every one to his markee. Johuy Sarvice visited him. He was a crank old Irishman. "And who," said Cornwallis, "are you ?" "I am Johny Sarvice, at your service," "Well, what do you want?" "I want pay for a pa';ch of wheat eat up by the British Cavalry."? "Well, go," said Cornwallis, "to the Commissary, establish your claim, and get your money." Johny thought it appropriate to iudulge his irresistible propensity for crankn^co !>n/t hofnro hp lpfV, his nresence. he en ? -W.WW ? - I f ~ quired of Cornwallis, if he was any kin to the Wallis' down the road ? John Mills, of Chester, gained admission to the mnrkee. "And who, said Cornwallis, are you ?" "My Lord, replied Mills, do not you remember old John Mills, who kep t your father's race horse in Ireland " "0, is that you, John??give us a wag of your bone, and help yourself right freely to spirits and water." John drank, but failed to grace, his dram with a toast. . "And have you any business with me, my old friend?"- "Yes, your Lordship?I understand you havaJtiu view to hang a good many of you darn't Whigs, and 1 had it in mind to say to you that that was not the way to succeed with these people?besides nothing is more uncertain than the fate of battles, and your Lordship and your brave men may change places with the Whigs now condemned to die. My son John is one of the damndest Whigs in the colony, aud if your Lordship goes on to hang, and you should afterwards fall into John's hands, he would hang up your Lordship like a dog." Johny's speech had its possible effect, for nobody was hung, no property plundered or destroyed. It would not be worth while to speak of the spirited attack liyide by a part of Sumter's force on the British post at Rocky Mount,? Turnbull in command of that post, with British and Tories, made out to maintain his position with inconsiderable loss. The hope of the attack consisted in firing a stack of hay and communicating the flames to the Fort; but the unruly wind blew the wrong i A.? I:A \vuy .vuu now oueu iu me uu we iiuu mat we fail because the wind is perverse and intractable. Jas. Johnston, commonly known as Adjutant Johnston, w.as the Whig hero on this occasion, lie wore the blade which graced the side of his grand-father at the siege of Derry. After the defeat of the British at Blackstock, and it was iucontcstible iu its completeness, the wreck of the British troops engaged in that fight dropped down to Mrs. Danby's near Broad river. The poor old widow was forthwith ordered out of the dwelling with her children. She refused to go j force was threatened. She bid defiance to force "I will not say what I am ; but you say I nm-a British subject?and if so 1 have the right of a British subject uutil 1 am legally divested by the verdict of a jury. If you must have a shelter, go take the kitchen, and hiake the most of it." They took her at her word?and British oflicers, scented, clad and trimmed off with gold Ince and decorated with gold epaulettes, were glad to find an asylum in poor old Martha Danby's kitchen. Such is the indomitable resolution exerted iu - the right spirit and iu a good cause. Many of the British officers and British soldiers wounded at Blackstock's, died here. Among the rest and chiefcst in ; all that constituted the man and the hero, ; was Major Morny. He was connected with some of the highest names in old England, aud distinguished for scholarship, kiud lieartn fill pec nnd crollnntrv. The dav he Was re 0- J . ?v moved f'roin the kitchen to another world, the pewter on the shelf rattled with the excess 01 his convulsive agonies, and he cried out oftcu, "come on boys, we value none of them but Tom Sumter and Will Washington. Major Morny is particularly mentioned, because, strange to say, his Euglish friends were never apprized of his fate, and not thirty years ago inquiries were made after him. He sleeps on the hill top where he breathed his last, and the winds have long since whispered his requiem. Besides contributing many brave men to the regiment of Rangers, afterwards to Sumi ter and Marion, Fairfield sustained the great cause with a noble spirit in many other respects. After the drawu battle of Ilobkirk's Hill, which the British claimed nsa great victory, but which, by the by, they had no power to improve, Green passed over the Wateree at I Grave's Ford and encamped on the banks of Sawney's Creek. His vigilant adversary, Rawdon, crossed the Wateree at Camden, and marching np encamped on the South | aide of the stream. Thfrcreek was not large, but the banks were higK steep, and impracticable. Here the two armies met face to face, but both coDcludeckto retire without a battle. Rawdon dropped down towards the low country, and Green with his wretched force, almost naked, swarming with vermin, and scrawny with famine, took post at Mr. Reuben Harrison's. They needed everything. They tented under the blue arch of heaven, slackened nothing in resolve and purpose, but looked manfully forward to happier times and brighter days. Mr. Harrison had been with Sumter in his perils, his partinl success and bis deftats. He tnougnt like a soldier and felt like & man. He ordered his people to forward to the army breadstuffs, vegetables, fat cattle and sheep in plenty. Green remained at his bivouac for a whole week, living on the hospitality of Mr. Harrison. When about to leave, having no strong box, he tendered to Mr Harrison a certificate for the bountiful supplies he had furnished. "No," said Mr. Harrison, "we are engaged in the same great cause; you are welcome to all you have received ; your success will be my pay." In one of his marches through the uplands, Washington's corps of cavalry halted at Inglcman's Mill, on Wilkinson's, sometimes called Owen's Creek. His object most probably was to watch the motions of the British Colonel, Innis, who was posted,, at Schurrer's Ferry, afterwards called Strothers, now called Ruff's, orHugety's. Washington was wholly out of money and out of supplies. The Commissary, Mr. Hutchinson, was sent over to Phillip Pearson's, who lived near to ascertain the chance of procuring meat and bread for the men, and provender for the horses; and if these necessary articles could be had, to provide for transportation to the destitute camp. For one week Washington's men and horses were abundantly furnished' from Mr. Pearson's ? ? t. .? _ .1. _ iarm. mere are Dngnc stars iu me eap ui Fairfield, and ought not to be suffered to grow dim or escape the memory of a grateful posterity. The sons of Fairfield have done much military service. They fought at the field of Guilford, and on every hill-top, and in every valley in their own State. They fought for North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida. In the last British war, troops from Fairfield, at the tap of the drum, marched for the seaboard. In the Seminole war, they were off to the swamps omd everglades of Florida as quick as horses' heels could bear them; and in the Mexican war they distinguished, themselves at Vera Ortiz, Alvarado, Cerra Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco, Chepuhepec, and the gates of Mexico. JpstellwM ^String SEATS IN THE SENATE. A writer in the New Orleans Crescent, describing the United States Senate, makes the following allusions to two of South Carolina's departed sons, the memory of whose fair names will ever be dear to the papers of this State : "I come now to another seat that will be vacant at the next session of Congress?that of the gifted, and gallant and chivalrous Butler. No Senator on the floor will be so sadly missed. Alike by his fellow Senators and the public generally, his loss will be mourned with deep and tender sorrow- To those who have been accustomed to see the Seuatc when he was a member, it will be difficult to realize that it is the same body without him. " A stranger, on entering the Senate, would be at once attracted by Judge Butler's appearance. His loDg, full suit of hair, white as enow, and hanging carelessly down his neck, gave him the appearance of an older man than hs really was. His quick, nervous, impulsive manner, his uniform restlessness, and his frequent short speeches on the various subjects before the Senate, made him a man of mark at once. During the most of the time- that he was in the Senate, Judge Butler was Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary. The duties of this Committee were very laborious, particularly in the cases of contested election. No such case was ever presented to the Senate, that he did not move the appointment of a special?committee, so as to lelieve the Judiciary Committee of the task ?and, in every instance, his colleagues on the Committee, recorded and sustained the motion. But the Senate invariably refused. The Judiciary Committee, it was the proper body to investigate such questions, inasmuch as they always involved points of constitutional aud legislative law. On one occasion, Jude Butler declared, that his committee had been instrumental in turning out three or four members of the Senate, and that it gave him pain to be compelled to do it.. A strong conservative in his feelings, any irregularity in an election, was, with him, prima facia proof of illegality. I "'1 11_ J! . . J .11 A* \v nat more especially aireciea uucquuu to him in the last Congress, was the chastisement of Suiuner by Brooks. It will be I recollected, that, at the time of Sumner's ; speech, the Judge was absent from the Sen| ate, at his home in South Carolina. Had 1 he been present, Suinner would no more j have dared to use the language he did, than ! jump from the dome of the Capitol. After | the chastisement that Brooks inflieted upon : him, it was supposed that the Judge would still further resent the indignity. But Sumner, in the meantime, was confined to his lodgings, and the old Judge was content only, at the earnest solicitation of his friends, to reply through the same channel, and in the same way that the offence had been committed?a speech in the Senate. This speech was the most elaborate one he ever made. It occupied a part of two days in its delivery. With a large pile of books, and other documents, on his desk before him, and with his privato Seeretary at his side, something unusual iu the Senate, to hunt up his authorities and proofs, he com menced his speech. Severe and crushing, as it was, he yet preserved the dignity of parliamentary courtesy. At times, indeed, it was difficult for him to restrain some burst of fierce indignation and of wild passion.? The old leaven was in him, and it seemed that it wouM come out?but he managed to keep within the bounds of propriety, and to hack Sumner unmercifully with the weaponp of logic and invective, without violating either the rules of the Senate, or the proprieties of debate. If there was ever an evense for sunh a violation, then was the time. On both days, the Senate was crowded to suffocation. lie was a fortunate individual who could get even a place to stand. The ladies were out in full force?as well on account of the Judge's great popularity and extensive acquaintance amongthem, as froin the fact that they appear, in all dimes, to applaud manliness and despise poltroonery. Judge Butler fully approved of the course of Brooks. And, yet, 1 have no doubt it was the source of sincere regret to both of them, to the day of their deaths, that the necessity of such a thing should even have occurred. Not on their own account, but because of the uproar it created in theNorth, and the use which vile politicians made of it Jorthe advancement of the Black llepulican cause. For weeks after the occrrence. Brooks received soorcs of anonymous letters/V abusing and insulting him in the most outrageous terms, threatening him with assassination, telling him his life was not secure even in his own lodgings, or at the capitol," and otherwise seeking to annoy and terrify him. The miserable miscreants who employed these, mean instruments of revenge, 1:1.1 - 1 .1 1 1 f ; iiLLie nuew im-j uiiurui'iui ui tuu tuau. When Brooks died, it was agonizing to witness the grief of. Judge Butler. He hung over his lifeless form as if hecouM willingly have gone to the grave with it.? He loved. Brooks as is he had been his own son, (and who was there that knew Brooks at all that did not love him ?) After that, Judge Butler was the same man no more.? Often have I met him on the Avenue late at night, walking silently along, absorbed in his own thoughts, and seemingly unconscious of where he was going, or what he was doing. His speeches, during the latter part of his life, were somewhat disconnected and incoherent, from the lack of preparation; but the fire of his genius blazed forth in all of them. Sometimes he would seem to be struggling for an idea, and the hearer would be expecting a failure, when he would suddenly break out in some forcible and brilliant declamation, or some apt and appropriate bistprical allusion. No better classical scholar graced the Senate-*?and no one whose mind was more liberally stored with the lore of the past. i But he and Brooks, both now slee?is"beneath the soil of that South Carolina which they so tenderly loved. With each, the love of their Stnte was a passion. No blot upon her escutcheon would either of them allow. The one, young and full of promise ?the other, old and full of wisdom, have been cut down by the inevitable messenger. If, in any future time, South Carolina should ' *? i nuniDer tne equai 01 enuer uujuug uci ouuu, let her cherish hjm as becomes one of the proudest and most gallant States of the Confederacy 1 " THAT'S JUTS MY LUCK." How often do we hear this exolamation from one who has met with a catastrophe from inattention and neglect. Many a poor fellow, whose plans may bavebeenwell laid, but who has not used proper circumspection throughout the enterprise in which he is engaged, becomes sadly disappointed at his failure, and curses the luck which has befallen him.- But this will be generally found a shallow philosophy. We do not mean to assert that events do not take place which no human circumspection could forsee, and no human wisdom could guard against; but we do assert that the disasters of life are tnainly attributable to ignorance and carelessness, and are not attributable to luck or chance, at all. Many persons there are, who seem to be struggling with adverse circumstances during the whole of their lives, and finally go to their graves the embodiment of inoessaDt bad luck. This bad luck, however, when analyzed, is onlyawantof energy, economy, and foresight. Any other person than the soi distant unluoky one sees how and why he does not succeed. He observes a man in a good and growing business, negleoting that business to indulge in reoresition and amusements, while his customers are going to other aod more attentive traders. Business thus falls away, and the trader continues his devotion to amusements to compensate for the feverishness which the decay of his business produces. He finally fails, and thus talks ahoot his --bad luck. Bad luck, forsooth! just as if his course could have resulted otnerwise. The young man who has secured a good situation, is drawn away from his master's interest by the allurements of pleasure, and thus become careless and inattentive. His master remonstrates with him, but all to no purpose. At length he is discharged without a recommendation by which he can procure another place, and whines about his bad luck. There was no luck in the matter. He had but reaped the proper reward for his negligence and inattention.. Those who go into crowds on festive days, with well-filled pocket books, which ever and anon they are exposing, find during their perambulations that some one has relieved them of their money. They curse their luok when they should curse their stupidity.? They simply threw out a bait to the pickpocket, and it was taken. The young neglect their studies, and when they attempt to enter upon the duties of active life they find themselves inoompetent to i their performance. They talk of their bad i luck, but all their difficulties arc traceable t to misspent time in their youth. I On the other hand, under the false im- c pression that a child is gifted with more than t ordinary capacity, a fond but foolish parant c will cause that child's mind to be stimulated t at the expense of bis or her bodily health, t and when prostrated by disease, that parent t talks of the bad luck that he has in rearing \ his child. The bad luck in this case, was t simply a lack of common sense on the part 1 of the parent. !! A merchant, not satisfied with the regular \ gains of a legitimate business, enters the i stock market, or becomes a shaver of notes. < The sharp ones take hold of him, and load ' him down with decaying stocks, or foist up- i on him inferior promissory notes, and after ( a while he finds that, not only the profits of ] his newly adopted business are gone, but e that he has -consumed more or less of his regular capital in trade. He, too, talks of ? bad lnok, bat his misfortune is simply that e he forgets to mind his own business; s A lawyer, who had a pretty good supply t of paying clients, becomes* dissatisfied with t the monotony of his practice, and concludes i | that he might as well employ his leisure t time in the arena of politics. He joins what i he deems a growing party, and when he imagines they are about to succeed, thinks he has attained the end of his ambition and is 1 sure of his reward. The party does not ' gain the ascendency, and instead of obtain- j inga political position, the lawyer finds that 1 he has lost the majority of his clients ? 8 This, also, is called bad luck. 1 Such instances might be repeated, ad ji- J nitum, and tbey only show how very little j bad luck there really is in the world. Events, 1 generally, are but the sequence of material * cause. Those who with prudence and ener- 1 gy lay out their plans are very seldom disap- 1 pointed in the general result. We do not mean ' that they are not subject to delays and dia- c appointments, for that is the lot of every- j thing human. But, in the long run^proper 1 means directed to proper ends ardndmost certain of producing goo*1 luck for those ( who use them. The talk about bad luck e>Tects young people very seriously. When 'Jiey become negligent, and things go wrong, instead of looking at the errors which tbey have com- 3 mitted, and refonning vigorously, they be- ( gin by grumbling at their bad lack, and * whinning for the sympathies of those around 8 them. But such sympathies should never c be bestowed. They only confirm those who * receive them in their indolence and indis- 1 cretions, and make them the sport of bad < luck forever afterwards. -Let those who have had bad luck hitherto determine that bad I luck shall not attend them hereafter, and t that very determination will scare the phan- c torn away.?Boston Herald. 1 - v GEN. JACKSON'S DUEL. 1 Some time ago I saw in your paper a state- e ment about the duel between Gen. Jackson a and Dickinson, fougbt before the year eighteen hundred, which account was erroneous in several particulars. Desirous of correct- ~ ing these errors, I furnish you an account * of that duel told to me by Gen. Jackson's 1 biographer and intimate friend, Gen. John f H. Eaton. He and I were once traveling together, and I inquired of him how he ob- I tained such accurate information about Gen. 11 Jackson, for that many circumstances con- b tained in his book I knew.myself to be trae.- b He said he frequently visited Gen. Jackson, & and they used to sit up4ate talking over * former events, and on his retiring to his he'd I room, he committed to paper what the General had related concerning himself. The h following is Gen. Jackson's own account of ^ the duel, told to Gen. Eaton, who related ? the same to us: . . b Jackson settled at Nashville between the & years 1790 and 1800, and began the prac- A tice of law. Dickinson .was already ..there, ft following the same profession. He was a n great duellist, having killed several in,duels, 1 and almost certain to kill on the first fire.?? A His mode of firing was very uncommon.? b Instead of raising his pistol from Ms side * to fire at the word;- he would bring it down * from above until he got it to the-proper level, si and then fire. All of the merchants in w Nashville had Diokioson retained in their I> behalf. and*he being the only one there until ol (Jen. Jaekson came, no reflress could be ob- tl tained by the opposite side. But Gen. ? Jackson refused to be retained by those ol merchants, to the exclusion of all other parties. The consequence was, he issued sixty writs to the first terra of the Court at ~ Nashville. " He issued writs against the merchants, 'e who, until then, had gone scott free. This b irritated them, and being desirous of getting 61 Gen. Jackson out of the way, incited Dick- 01 inson to provoke a duel. He began by act- ?; ing on trials offensive to the General. n He remonstrated with Dickinson, and b plainly informed him that he would- net sub- e: mit to such disrespeotful treatment. ^ Dickinson persisted, and Gen. Jackson ^ challenged him. The time and place for 8< ' ?J .L- tl the combat were hxed upon, ana me news spread for miles around. There were at k least two hundred people on the ground, and bets were made as if it were a horse race. " Dickinson himself bet that he would kill 01 Jackson on the first fire. Dickinson fired 84 first, and his ball hit Gen. Jackson on the b right pap and peeled his breast. He had a * callous lump there until the day of his death. a As soon as the smoke of jDickinson's pistol D blew away, and he saw Gen. Jaokson still " standing, he exolaimed : "Haven't I killed k the damned rascal ?" Gen. Jackson told b Gen. Eaton that until then he meant to give a him his life, but on hearing these words he b raised his pistol, fired, and killed Dickinson D instantly.?-Afew York Daily New*. a A Shower of Manna,?Do not be incredulous, reader, when we inform yon that on Monday last, at the foot of Clear Lake, a in this county, a shower of sugar candy, fell, tl covering a large toot of country. It coy- | ired everything?leivesof trees,roeks,a W he earth's surface $ike. When discovered >y the inhabitants the next morning, a pafcl ?f it was of the consistency of syru^Mrd he rest as perfectly crysteltted as the candy >f the shops. Its taste is precisely timififr o that of unflavored candy. Mr: J. Hair, he Clear Lake expressman, saw it wfcfledo he ground, and collected a box as sampiei, vhich he brought 10 us. There is :no mihake about the matter,'as the public may earn for themselves, byoalliog at our offioe. rbe specimens before us are geDentiy irreg* llarly crystal ired, rounded at one end amd rregular in form at the other, as if broken ?ff from some surface to which thnyjdhawwl fhey are from ODe-fourth to five-eights of no qcd id leogm, some pare wmie, aau oincic >f a delicate pink hoe. Their general apjearance is that of very small stalagmilie^ inch as wc have often seen in caves./. A similar shower occurred.at Salt Lake, lome years sinpe. Naturalists pretend te sxplain such phenomena bysayingtbat raeh laccharine showers are of insertorigin} but .heir explanations seem even more improb ible than the fact itself?the latter being veil attested, and the former a mere theory o excuse ignorance of Nature's wondrous vorkings.?Napa Republican. ~ * <##>! Thaddeus KosKrusKO.?During the Anerican struggle for independence, Washngton was greatly cmbarrased by ibV'ir- x ival of foreign offices who-' expected hothng less than one of the highest posts in the ^ tray, and frequently, when acceptedyW )roved unworthy of the stations.assign^ to hem. Experience of this kind led^Mpfc ngton to be exceedingly eantaous in ng foreign officers into the service. his period, Koakiusko presented himself to iVashington, fortified by a letter fromFfank in. The first interview betweeirtbe gabant and generous Pole and the equally go* irons Washington, is thus described in the hird volume of Washington Irving'* Washngton, just issued from the press: "Whatdo yoq seek here?" inquired the Jommander-in-Chief. "To fight for American independence." "What can you do ?" ' ~ 4 "Try me." Washington was pleased with the cnxt ret comprehensive reply) and with' his ibivalrous air and spirit, at once received lim into his family as an aid-de camp. His lubseqnent noble and gallant career as: all >fficer in the American service, is well cnown,' id has inseparablyjoined his name rithtHat, noble straggle" to which1 ire owe >ar present exalted rank as a nation. " ^ For a number of years a suit has been in progress in the courts of'the District of Colour>ia, prosecuted by his collateral heirs, toreover the property left by him at his decSaflfr n this country, which uow amounts to^op^ rard8 of fifty thousand dollars. We "brieve that a final deoision has beeh. rendered establishing the relationship of thti olaimpnitp nd the validity of their claim. ( ***** ?? Remarkable Instance or Herotsj^. ?The Rev. Mr. Scudder, of India,in ,a etter to the Christian Intelligence*, givef he following instrnce of heroism, called orth by the Indian mutinies*! , 4.. Let Amerioaus never be ashamed that Englishmen are their forefathers. {Inglsii# 3 a noble country. Her sonsare'Woes as^ er daughters are heroines. This rebellioa as brought out deeds that deserve to; be asociate<Kwith those, valorous actions;wbio^ re, with throbbing poises road iq history, n one place a lady and her husband .fled in heir carriage.^ He stood upright, jolt tl ? reins^ She lashed the horses Trough a band of. mutineers, while he, ool aim, shot dead one who seized the horse*' eads, and another who climbed upon the ^ arriage behind to cut him down. On ^ ed, till again they found tbemseiv6HMK* >es, and a roge stretched acroaa'the 'toad mde further progress appear impomSi?~> 'rue to' herself, she dashed the hones at ill speed against the rope, and asthtijft & earing down, stombled, she, by rein* and hip, raised them, while her hfobtnd'j eapons again freed them from those whp icceeded in leaping upon them. He i? ouoded, bat both escaped -with their liree. a another place a young lady, the daughter f an officer, shot seven mutineere'Dmon ley killed her. A captain, pressed by his jpoys, with his good sword slew twenty-six F them nefore he fell! . w-'- - ?aw?? ' ' '-c Thx Indian's Rxply to aChallxngx. -The Indian has more sober sense than tile hite man. When the white man is chalsnged by a reckless and desperate enemy, e thinks it is more honorable to shoot his nemy through the heart than decline the imbat; and so fearful is he of the charge f cowardice, that he will take the field, sk his own life, stain his honor with the Iood of a once loved fried, when a candid rpression of his feelings would have healed le branch, and restored him in the confi? ence of his friend. The duellist may j>oeMS some physical bravery, bid) he laokrf le moral courage of the Indian, who, when e was challenged, replied : "I have two objections to this duel.affiur; ie one is lest I should hurt you, and the thcr is lest you should hurt me, I do not te&ny good that it would do me to put a uilet through your body; I could not make ny use of you when dead; but I could of rabbit or turkey. As to myself, I think it lore sensible to avoid than to put myself in lie way of harmj I am under great appre* ension that you might hit me. That being ha nana T tJiinV if. mnra aiivioahla fn afawaf distance. If you want to try your pistols, ike some object, a tree, or anything about ly size, and if yon hitthafc, send me word ltd I shall acknowledge that if I bed been bere yon might hit ma" ? agi ? - a m* Ye who are eating apple dumplings nd molasses of wealth, should net foiget bose who are sacking the honing bones of orerty.