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jno. l. miller & co., Proprietors. J An Independent Journal i For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the South. | lewis m. gbist, Pubiiiher. VOI,. 4. YORKVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1858. ~ r NO. Miscellaneous leading A VISIT TO THE SENATE. A Western correspondent has furnished the Philadelphia Press the following account of the persounel of the United States Senate : "The first seat on the left as you cuter is occupied by Senator Mason, of Virginia.? He is one of the blue bloods?one of the sanr/rc azula of the Old Dominion, a very incarnation of F. F. V.'ism. liight across, on the right, is the thin, tall person of Cameron, of Pennsylvania. Ho- is the anfipode of Mason. At a little distance from Cameron, in the same circle of seats, you see Seward, a short gentleman, with a prominent beak?a regular St. Anthony's nose. The redoubtable New Yorker is of a reddish, sandy complexion, which indicates a temperament generally associated with great physical and intellectual activity. Seward's voice seems to be altogether disproportioned to bis almost duuv fiuure. It seems to issue from the chest of a giant?so deep and sonorous is it. Next to Seward comes the bluff, witty, oleaginous, ioipurterbable Jack Hale, of New Hampshire, the "Yorick" of the Senate, who can put the floor and galleries in a roar whenever he chooses to do so. Obnoxious as his sentiments are to many Senators, he can at any time hold the floor on sufferance, when a single objecting voice would stop his mouth ?in such good humor does his wit put his audience. Beyond Jack are several other , Free Soilers, new to the Senate, and indeed to the country, who have not yet made their mark. How they will open up, I cannot prophecy. There is Chandler, from Michigan. He looks like a smart, well-to-do New England store-keeper orspeculator. He has not the aspects of a man of thought or education. Trumbull, of Illinois, may be a man of brains, for aught that the writer knows to the contrary, but he has a sneaking sort of a demeanor that I do not like. As the colleague of the 'Little Giant,' he makes a rather ill matched span. "Doolittle, of Wisconsin, talks like 'a Mcthody parson.' Below, on the same side, sits Senator Fessenden, of 3Iainc. lie is also one of the huuianitariau brethren. He I isevidentlv a man of resolution, ability and I culture. Ilis eountenaucc is rather rigid, severe and puritanish. Messrs. Collamer and Foot, of Vermont, sit just above him. They are grave and reverend signors, both, with an unmistakable New England air.? ! Below Fesseudcn sits young Senator Pugh, ; of Ohio, with a well bearded couutenauce; j his clear, open forehead, such an one as the ! physiologist holds iu high estimation. Great! energy and a vigorous, decisive character, evidently belongs to the able young Ohioan, who represents young America iu the grave body to which he belongs. The word Senate, as is well known, implies age in its members ; but capacity is an equivalent for it in Mr. Pugh's case. Right up amongst the magnates of freesoilism, its sages and expounders, sits Toombs, of Georgia, the most noticeable man iu the Senate. One would j hardly look for the distinguished Georgian j in such an environment. He can take care j of himself, however, in the midst of any ! number of foes. You feel sure of that as you contemplate his fine, massive countenance, visibly stamped with the zeal and superscription of mind and strong manhood. Near Toombs sits Senator Benjamin, of Louisiana?a short, muscular, compact personage, ) with as keen and logical an intellect as the i best of his compeers. There is no better lawyer in the Senate than Benjamin, as will be readily perceived by listening to him in ! the Supreme Court, where his services ate in i great acquisition. "On the same side, too, lower down, sits ' Senator Evans, of South Carolina, a grand-, fatherly, beuevolent looking old gentleman? i the very last personage who ):ou would sup-! pose to be the chosen representative of the land of nullification and fire-eating. Senator w I Crittenden, of Kentucky, also sits on this | side; his locks are liberally powdered with | the frosts of time; but, old as he is, and ! long associated with the Senatorial history of the country, he can cope in debate with j any antagonist, however strong. The veu- j erable Kentuckian is still full of the tire and I cim ; his features are open and strongly marked; his temperament is cholorie and easily aroused to a consuming ire. l'reston | King, of New Tork, is the opposite of Se- j ward, his colleague, in person; he never will lie awake from leanness; he sleeps soundly j o' nights, and is of a Daniel Lambertish | obesity; viewed a O n/o, he forms a spacious | parallelogram ; if he had a Dutch name, one might suppose him to be a liucal descendant j from Walter the Doubter, described by Diedrtch Knickerbocker. Senator Sumner, of i Massachusetts, belongs on this side of the Senate, but he is not present. His colleague, | Wilson, sits at the immediate left of Seward; Wilson is not a man to attract notice, whether miunt. or fwoif, in his chair or on his feet; he is a very ordinary speaker. Cros- j sing '.o the left side of the chamber, which is th j southern and north-western side, so | far as the members which occupy it arc concerned, a number of worthies rivet the eye at once. There is Hunter, of Virginia, a swarthy-faced, low-browed, and somewhat careless and ordinary in his style of dress; the phronologist might object to his forehead as altogether too low and straightened, but the physiognomist, the disciple of Lavater, would find in Hunter's face, complexion, eye, massive chin and mouth, evidences of great mental power, which iu fact he possesses.? There is nothing iu his manner or speech indicating the fire-eater. On the contrary, he seems to be a man of the soundest sense and logic. He would be a favorite in any deliberative body. He evidently enjoys fun, and his laugh indicates great good nature.? Seuator Slidell, of Louisiana, is of reverend years, with an abundance of whitened hair upon his 'frosty pow,' a high forehead, and florid, sanguiue complexion. Senator Davis, j ; of Mississippi, is a spare, hawk-faced perisonage, with a musical voice. He by no meaus answers to one's precuuceptions ot the 'Jeff Davis,' of the New York Herald. He is doubtless of a fiery and excitable temperament, but his ordinary bearing and address are subdued and unassuming. 'The figure of Senator Houston, of Texas, is familiar enough through portraits and fre| quent descriptions. His Indiau love of fiuj ger rings and ornaments, his flash vest, his military pants, his open jack-knife and whittling stick, at which he works away constantly while in his seat; his tall, erect port, altogether compose a sufficiently notable personage. He is fluent and impressive in de| bate, with something of the intonation of a 'Methody* parson. His Senatorial career j draws towards its close. Senator Douglass, : too, is a prominent figure on this side of the i o tt:- , j:...i :_:__ ?< ? ocuuic. IIJb 'perpeuuiuuiur piuuipiue ui a forehead,' as the New York Independent phrases it, hides as strong a brain as any in | the nation. The elder Booth would have made just such a debater as Douglass, if he had been a politician and Congressman.? Gwinn of California, is a substantial, tall, white-haired individual. His colleague, Broderiek, looks like a sturdy yeoman, full j of pluck and resolution. "Senator Bigler, of Pennsylvania, who is ! the mouth-piece of the Administration in the Senate, has a good countenance, but somewhat heavy and sluggish. He was unfortunate in icing put forward to cope with Douglass on the Kansas question. It was | Athelstane against Ivanhoe." ?? ?> ?? From the Olive Branch. DREAMS, OMSNS AND FIRST IMPRJSSIONS. That there are S)me dreams that partake of the character of varning, but few will be disposed to deny. \>w and then an inci dent out of the comtron way, gives the too credulous strong faith :n omens. No doubt God sees fit at times to impress us with a foreboding relative to ftfure ills, or a joyousness that foretells some jreat good in store. The action of the birdsaid to have flown three times iD the face of the brave Norwegian commander, who savel so many from the wreck of the Central Auerica, is one of those strange problems that to human intellect can solve. May it not bv, that, becoming distracted with the soundsof the dying, the little creature was directedby instinct to the living, in that perilous storn, and thus, its wings unborne on the winds o' the night, it lead to the rescue of some preious lives!! The old transniigrationists would ave held it as an indisputable evidence of he truth of their theory, that the souls of u.;n enter the bodies of beasts and birds, and fiat this little creature was a hapless relative <? some one among the perishing. Be that as it may, God's hand was ?i it, for he directs all things. ' God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform? He plants his footsteps on the sea, And rides upon the storm." The great men of olden times seemed to have many warnings in dreams. God spoke to them, moved and encouraged them in that way. But it was always in connection with some great event. There did not need then to be any dream books for interpretation, saying, "this means that thou wilt shortly hear from a friend." "Thou art to receive some money." "Thou art to go forth on a journey." It was a "thus saith the Lord," aud the sublime forms of angelic I>n!nr#c titirrltfr ormc nn f cf rot nil on arm VVIU?9 mi.. - v?>?viv.v?v? V...V. robes dazzling as the light, read the vision. Columbus was sent to "unchain the ocean" by a voice. He lay on a sick bed near the river lielein, exhausted and to human nppearaucc, fatally ill. Suddenly there was heard through the gloom a mysterious voice?"Hod will cause thy name to be wonderfully resounded through the earth, and give thee the keys of the gates of the ocean, which are closed with strong chains." Is it any wonder that such a mau as Columbus, should hear the voice of a spirit, sent by the Almighty to foretell his ultimate greatness ? llcsides such revolutions, the Messages sent by modern spirits look meanly insignificaut. As fur the omens that were once so frequently discussed, we hear but little of them now, even in the back woods. I^uch progress has science made, that the cotnpara; tively iguorant laugh at the prejudices that | once they admitted as facts true as gospel. The baying dog is no longet*an object of terror; the broken mirror blanches no cheek, even if somebody should happen to die in a I twelvemonth. We remember to have been terribly frightened once when trying on a black crape bonnet, somebody exclaimed? "Oh ! how could you ? Don't you know that you will lose some friend after that ?" i "Something is going to happen?I heard a pistol go off last night, right at the foot of | my bed," said an old grandame, not many years ago, and she was absolutely pale with "fear. Father laid down his knife and fork.? Ilis countenance expressed a ludicrous hor! ror. "Grandma, is it jtossift/o that something is going to happen ; out it be possible ? Pray, could you tell us when V* The laugh that followed unlocked granrhimn'e wrinkles Slip took to her bread and butter cheerfully, and the cere-look vanished. Hut mark the sequel. An hour after, iu come a three year older with eyes as big as saucers (figuratively.) ' 1 say, grandma, it's happened ! it's happened. A whole basket full of little mew kittens up stairs." We never heard the last of the pistols and the mew kitties. And yet?a friend of ours has lost four children, before the death of each, she dreamed precisely the same dream; the win| dows were shrouded in black and the lamp went out, nor could she relight it. It may be that the first time, the vision impressed her so powerfully, taken in connection with | the death of her children, that when they were successively visited with illness, the dream recurred, and in God's providence the little ones were removed. First impressions are sometimes quite frightful. Wo have read somewhere that, a lady was impressed that a certain stranger who had tried to win herregards, was a murderer; and, although she knew nothing of the man, yet it was subsequently proved that he had shed human blood. A celebrated preacher called upon a young lady, a member of his congregation, previously not well known to liirn, to get some kind of a written statement. As she welcomed him and chatted, he took no particular notice of her, but when she dipped the pen in ink and placed it on paper, he exclaimed to himself, as suddenly as if it were an inspiration. I shall love that woman.? I ' And so he did, and married her; and a happier couple never lived. Another. A clergyman, as a. modest, young girl, a stranger to him, came along up the aisle and presented herself as a candi( date for church membership, said, as he dej scended from the pulpit stairs, "that woman j is to be my wife;" and in less than three j mouths he stood with her before the altar, and they too were pronounced husband and wife. But we are taking up too much time; "short stories" is the order of the day. M. A. D. A HORSE TRADE. The Boston Evening Gazette is responsible for this one: When Topple was in the horse trade, he had his eyes constantly about him for a speculation, and one day in Vermont he fell i in with, among other specimens, a horse, whose principal points were the points of bone projecting through his skin?a long, lean, lank white animal that had got some way beyond his teens, whose qualities as a good horse were vouched for by a neighbor, who said he had knowed him for twenty-four years, and a kinder critter never led oxen in a piougn tnan tie: The horse was bought at a discount and shipped witli three others in a car for Boston, where he arrived safe, but scarcely sound. Topple thought it a hard investment, and felt somewhat anxious as to how he should get his money back again, concluding at last that he would undoubtedly make enough on the other three to cover the loss on this one, which he must, he conceived sustain. lie bad him stabled, and then the idea occurred to Topple that he would attempt a little facticious excellence for the poor beast and endeavor to put him oft' respectably. A horse of some celebrity had died just before and Topple borrowed a large cover that was wont to envelope the animal after running, and covered up his own llosinate therewith. Immediately afterwards appeared an advertisement in the Post and other papers that the famous trotter White Foot was on exhibition at Bailey's, arid would be sold on a certain day, inviting people to call and see him. The usual formula was gone through with, of 'sound,' 'kind,' 'stand without tying,' &c., concluding with the tatement that he had gone his mile in less tan three minutes. The advertisment bought many horse fanciers to the stable, whre White Foot stood in a bed of straw, covred by the robe that had been borrowed. T-ople thought that boldness was the best polic;, and called the attention of his visitors to the<act of the horse being so poor, venting thfcstateuient gratuitously that he had fairly ru? the flesh off" his bones, and it seemed pobable, as the flesh was not there. As the lay of sale arrived, Topple visited his racer a.regular periods, and with a lash | vigorously tjpiied, endeavored to excite in j him a dispos ion to appear vigorous on inj spection befo> the public, and succeeded i so far that befi-e the time arrived the sound ! of Topple's fet on the stable floor wrought ! the poor beast v, to a perfect frenzy. He I stamped and strugled in a manner extrava; gant enough to esiblish a large reputatiou I for mettle, and Tuple was satislied. 'Perhaps,' whispered h to the auctioneer, 'we may get seventy dollrsfor him.' The horse was broght to the block, aud at sight of Topple he lanifcsted every sigu ! of spirit. His nostrils^ere distended, his | eye brightened, and ^ stepped rouud ! nervously, as though L Were impatient to have somebody buy him, hat he might be ! going, iuside of three uuutes, over the J road. 'IIow much am I ofleredfor the horse?' : said liaily; 'how much foiWhite Foot? i I .Shall I have a bid?' 'Seventy-live dollors,' said a-0ico. 'Seventy-five?thank you?seventy-live I ?shall I hear any more?' i ?Oue hundred,' another voice. , Twenty-live,' first bidder. ( 'Fifty,' second. | ( 1 4lio on, gentlemen, said I5ailej]ettiug j the bidding proceed, seeing the comp>ition; , ; 'any more than ouc hundred and fift.fora . horse that has been his uiile in less than firec ( minutes?' . 'One hundred and sixty/ another bidor< ( 'Sixty-five,' first bidder. 'Seventy/ a new voice, i 'Seventy-five/ first and second togethe < 'Any more than one hundred and seventy , five? All done at one?seventy?five??( Sold! Dr. Small, of Cape Cod, takes him at one hundred and seventy-five?' | 'The bid was mine/ said the second bidder, and 1 insist upon it.' The contestant was a man living in towu and the auctioneer thought that for prudential rcasous it would be better to let the beast go out of town, if ho had strength to get out, so he gravely decided that Dr. Small's bid was the oue he had heard, and to whom he had kuocked off the bargin. So anxious was the disappointed man to procure the horse that he offered the doctor fifteen dollars for his bargain, who informed hiui that he could not trade. The priee, he said, was not much to him ; he wanted a horse that would go quickly and as he had I got a good one he should hold ou to him. The money was paid over and the animal delivered to the purchaser, who procured wagon and harness and started for home, in the hope of reaching Cape Cod in about two hours. About that length of time after he left, a horse was heard moderately approaching the stable, and the face of old WhiteFoot was seen once more in the precinct. Well,' said the doctor, a? he got out of the wagon, 'I want to do now what I should have done before, ask about this horse.? Who knows anything about him? This advertisement says'?holding up a copy of the Post, and reading the description?'that he has been his mile inside of three minutes; now I should like to know when?' 'Not more than three weeks ago he did it,' replied Topple; ?I saw him myself.' 'Where, for goodness sake?' said the doctor. 'On the down grade of the Rutland Railroad, iu a freight car,' replied the imperturbable Topple. THE FIGHT IN THE HOUSE. We have already heard several versions of the 'fight' which occurred in the House of Representatives last night, but the following is the best authenticated account we have been able to gather. It appears that the House was continued in session until about 2 o'clock, by a series of parliamentary strategems to avoid a direct vote on the resolutions relative to referring the President's Message which accompanied the Lecomption Constitution. These strategies consisting in raising motions to adjourn, to excuse members from voting, to call the House, &c. Finally, Mr. Quitman, of Mississippi, attempted to introduce a resolution, which will be found in the report of the proceeding in another column. Of course, unanimous concent was necessary for its submission to the House, and no objection being made, the Speaker proceeded to put the resolution to vote. At this stage of the proceedings, Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, from a position on the opposite side of the House from where his seat is situated, and while passing down the aisle, objected to the resolution. 3Ir. Iveitt, of South Carolina, said to Mr. Grow, 'go on your own side of the House and object!' Mr. G. replied, 'I'll object where I please,'?and report says, headded, 'without being intimidated by any Southern negro driver.' But few words passed before these gentlemen were engaged in a pitched battle, but as to which of them commenced it we cannot say. In the attempt of their friends and j the officers of the House to separate them, Mr. .K was pushed down, but both the belligerents were carried from the scene of ac- , ] tion in a very short time, and before they had received any serious injuries. In the 1 meantime, however, a large number of Mr. ! Grow's friends, headed, it is said, by Mr. Potter, of Wisconsin, poured into the arena ^ immediately in front of the Speaker's stand. Here they were met by a nearly equal force of the opposition, and here occurred " The shock of the two contending hosts." A regular "free fight" raged a few minutes, but was finally broken up by the ' promp intervention of the officers of the I House and many of the more thoughtful and s conservative members. Nobody was hurt 1 to any extent worth noticing. < To say the best of the affair, it was dis- < graceful, but it will no doubt be greatly 1 magnified by letter-writers. From what we i can learn, not more than ten or twelve mem- ? bers were really engaged in it as belligerents, ] the others having crowded up for the pur- < pose of quelling the disturbance. Its prin- { cipal result is deep inortificatiou to the most 1 active participants. 1 After the termination of the affray, the 1 session was conducted with quiet and order t until adjournment.? Wash!ay ton S tar. The Hecext Fight in the House.?The i i following amusing account of the recent i disturbance in the House of llepresentatives, t is furnished b) a correspondent of the New 1 Fork Times: t When the blow was struck, a dozen c Southern men rushed towards the parties, f some doubtless to keep the peace, and others 1 to have a hand in the fight. Barksdale, of t Mississippi, McQueen, of South Carolina, t Craigc, of North Carolina, and Beubon j Davis were prominent iu the scrimmage.? j 1 cnnnifirtQllv c+nfna T rlnnht 1 r< f Ul UOUU1V U^/VVIUVUI mj UVUVVvJj UI1U A. UVUVV Vj not truly, that his only object was to separate c the contestants. He and other opponents h seized upon Grow at once, as Keitt was al- I ready horn <?u rombvt. To gentlemeu oo I t the other side of the hall, it looked very ; ( much as though the gentleman from Fenn-! a sylvania was about to be cut into mince- [ si meat, and the Anti-Lccompton men rushed j ti over in a body to the rescue. Foremost j o :amc Mr. Potter, of Wisconsin, a very; 1 ithetic, compact man, who bounded into the ! c :entre of the excited group, striking sight j tl ind left with tremendous vigor. Washburne ' b )f Illinois, and his brother, of Wisconsin, tv ilso were prominent, and for a minute or j b :wo it seemed as though we were to have a j it Kilkenny fight on a magnificent scale.? j ai Barksdalc had hold of Grow, when Potter j struck him a severe blow, supposing that he j ri ? t?a.I ?ii I n ,vas nurung mm, gcuueujuu. umnsuaic \j ;urning and supposing it was Elihu Wash- h purnc who struck him dropped Grow, and m ! ruck out at the gCDtleiuau from Illinois.? T t-dwallader Washburne perceiving the at- la t;k upon his brother, also made a dash at Mr. A ]*aisdale, and seized him by the hair, ap- aParitly for the purpose of drawing him ta 'inttjhanccry' and pummeliug him to great- fc er s^faction. Horrible to relate, Mr. w liark^jie's wig came off in Cadwalder's left hi hand?nj his right fist expanded itself y( with triien(]0U? f0rce against the unresist- al ing air. Xhis ludicrous incident unques: of tiouably cj much towards restoring good ol nature sU;eqUcntly,?and its effect was di heightened.^ a little by the fact that in tu the excitemit of the occasion Barksdale re- T stored his wi^r0ogside foremost. at There seen to have been very little in * method in the struggle, and it was hard to tell who was in for earnest, and who was trying to restore order. The Speaker yelled and rapped for order, without effect. The Sergeant-at-Arms stalked to the scene of battle, mace in hand hand, but his " American eagle " had no more effect than the Speaker's gavel. Owen Lovejoy and Lamar, of Mississippi, were pawing each other at onepoinr ?each probably trying to persuade the other to be still. Mr. Mott, the gray-haired Quaker representative from Ohio, was seen going here and there in the crowd. Davis, of Mississippi, got a severe but accidental blow from Mr. Grow, and various gentlemen Oliofnlnn^ elifvlif V. IMI *nrta cown tnL ali A O UO LCI I LI v LI 31I?UL UIUIJCO U li U PliaitUW. ?X Virginia representative, who thought 3Iont-1 gomery, of Pennsylvania, was about to 'pitch in,' laid his hand upon his arm to restrain him, and was peremptorily ordered to desist or be knocked down. Mr. Covode, of Pennsylvania, caught up a heavy stoneware spittoon, with which to 'brain' whoever might seem to deserve it, but fortunately did not succeed in getting far enough into the excited crowd to find an appropriate subject for his veugeance; and all over the Hall everybody was excited for the time. Fortunately, it did not last long, and no weapons were openly displayed. When order was restored, several gentlemen were found to present an excessively tumbled and disordered appearance, but there remained little else to recall the excitement. Gentlemen of opposite parties crossed over to each other to explain their pacific dispositions, and that they got into a fight where their only purpose was to prevent a fight. Mutual explanations, and a hearty laugh at the ludicrous points of the drama, were followed by quiet and a return to business. The Amende.?Mr. Keitt, by unanimous consent or tnc Mouse, made a personal explanation. He assumed all responsibility for the violation of the dignity and decorum of the House, on Saturday morning. He, he said, was the aggressor, and he alone ? He expressed his profound regret for the occurrence. Personal collisions, especially in a legislative body, were reprehensible, if possible. He could not say whether or not a blow was directed at hiui. He was uot conscious of having received one. He wished to make to the House whatever reparation he could, by I this expression of his regret for what had occurred. Mr. Grow said that he had been taught in his youth that fights among men were disgraceful. His mature judgment had approved the teaching. Yet the right of selfdefence was dear to him. On Saturday morning, for the first time [ in his life, he was engaged in a personal encounter. He expressed his regret at its occurrence, and tendered his apology to the House. The House then (at twenty minutes be- a fore three) adjourned. g From the Mobile Mercury. ANECDOTES OF GEN. JACKSON- ] In one of the Indian campaigns, which s aot recollected or material to our story, whilst c the army was on its march, still in Tennes- a see, on its way to the scene of war in Ala- J oama. a drafted company was daily expected a to overtake the main body of troops. This I company at length reached the rear of the c .rain. Information of their approach was ti immediately carried to the front, where t Jackson was at the time. As the messenger a aassed from rear to front, the fact that this d L ~:?i?t i?: lc. JULUJJUIJJ >VU5 YYlllJUliL dlllldj IJd? UJ^ 1CIL kllCII ?uns ut houie, was made known along the t tvhole line. It was known to the entire army n jefore it reached Jackson's ears. Curiosity t vas on tiptoe to know how theerascible com- b uander would act under such circumstances, s V storm was anticipated. Soon the General k vas observed making his way rapidly to the o ear, and to the surprise of all parties, seernngly in a rather smiling mood. Finally he t; uet the company. He saluted them. They n ooked for a volley of curses and an immeliate dismission home?the very thing they d lesired. Not so, however. Old Hickory h )ulled off his hat, and with the politest and tl owest bow, expressed his gratification at heir arrival, and especially at the fact that u hey had no guns. The very men he wanted, ai ust as he desired them?without arms.? d forming theni for rapid motion, at double it [uick step, under his own lead, they marched w m till a baggage wagon was reached, then lalted and each man furnished with an axe. forward march, again, was the word. As ^ hey passed along the line of march, the tr leneral's object was seen, and laughter, loud fc nd uproarious, with many a hearty cheer a aluted them as they made their rapid way d the front. There these axemen were at oj nee initiated into their campaign duties.? n( 'hey cleared the roads, they bridged the it reeks or carried the wagons, piece by piece, ea be baggage, ammunition, &c., over on their si; acks, when bridges were impassible. They pi rere ever in a post of danger, bearing the fn urdens of the campaign. Sharing none of in s honors?the laughing stock of the whole nc rmy. kr Another.?Old Hickory crossed the "War- ev or river, at the close of a campaign, at ca arthage, in Tuscaloosa county. There he wi alted and rested for the recruit and refresh- ri( lent of the sick aud wounded for a few days, tu he citizens of Tuscaloosa, then a smallvil- le: ge, got up a public dinner to the General. st< . deputation of militia officers, armed cap- po pie, went to Carthage to extend the invi- an ition to Jackson. They found him busy, on up iot, near the main road, dismounted and pu ith well set phrase, their spokesman invited wi im to the dinner. "For how many have cii >u made provision," asked Jackson?"for soi 1 my men?" "No, only for yourself and mi Seers." "By the , then," replied the thi d hero, "I Dor officer of mine will eat a to nner not provided for all our boys!" Then Fi irning on his heel abruptly, he left them. pr< he poor militia men were sadly discomfited far id mortified at this rebuff. But worse was th< store for them. A Quartermaster, or his art assistant, had laid hands on every horse of the delegation, and claimed them for the public service. Furious, they appealed to the General. lie declined interfering : could make no distinctions. Other men's horses . were taken, why not theirs?was surprised at their want of patriotism, not willing to give up their horses for the transportation of the sick and wounded soldiers ! The case was hopeless?the weather warm?the military trappings, coat, sword, boots, &c., all unsuited for a long march in the hot and dusty weather. No conveyances, however, could be had. The Generals, Colonels, Majors and Captains of the Tuscaloosa militia, walked to Tuscaloosa. "And that's the reason," naively added my informant, "why Tuskaloosa, I own, always voted against the old General." I believe these anecdotes to be true. They have never been published. The authorii!__ r i t i j ues irom wnorn i naa mem are every way reliable. The late , of Selma, Dallas county, gave me the first in 1838. He was a quartermaster in Jackson's army?himself an enthusiastic admirer of the old hero, politically, at that time a supporter of Judge White. He represented himself as an eye witness of the scene. The second I have from D. E.,.near Havana, in Greene county, Ala. He is still living. Relieves Jackson to have been the greatest man, save Washington, who ever lived. At the time of the occurrence he resided near Carthage. He saw and heard as I have written substantially. K. A Thrilling Incident.?Returning from a visit to New Orleans we were fortunate enough to secure passage in a line steamer, with but few passengers. Among the ladies, one especially interested us.? She was a widow of a wealthy planter, and was returning with only one child to her father's house. Her devotion to the child was very touching, and the eyes of her black nurse would fill with tears as she besought her mistress 'not to love that boy too much or the Lord would take him away from lier.' We passed through the canal of Louisville, and stopped for a few moments at the wharf, when the nurse, wishing to see the 1 jity, walked out on the guard, at the back 1 )f the boat, where, by a sudden effort, the * ;hild SDran?r from her arms in'e the terrible :urrent that sweeps toward the falls and dis- 1 ippeared immediately. The confusion ' vhich ensued attracted the attention of a ' gentleman who was sitting in the fore part 1 >f the boat quietly reading. Rising, hastily * le asked for some article the child had worn. ' rhe nurse handed him a tiny apron she had ? orn off in her efforts to retain the babe in ler arms. Turning to a splendid Newfound- 1 and dog that was eagerly watching his ' lountenance, he pointed first to the apron, md then to the spot where the child had ( ;one under. In an instant the noble dog leaped into j ho rushing water, and also disappeared.? j ly this time the excitement was intense, and i ome persons on shore, supposing that the log was lost as well as the child, procured . boat and started off to search for the body. ^ rust at this moment the dog was seen far ^ way with something in his mouth. Bravely ^ le struggled with the waves, but it was vident his strength was failing fast, and t aore than one breast gave a sigh of relief as ? he boat reached him, and that it was still j live. They were brought on board?the log and the child. Giving a single glance to satisfy herself { hat the child was really living, the young ? nother rushed forward, and sinking beside he dog threw her arm around his neck, and jj iurst into tears. Not many could view the ^ ight unmoved, and, as she caressed and j. issed his shaggy head, she looked up to his wner and said : 'Oh sir, I must have this dog ! I am rich jke all I have?everything?but give me ^ Dy child's preserver.' The gentleman smiled, and patting his og's head said, 'I am very glad, madam, he as been of service to you, but nothing in t he world could induce me to part with him.' ^ The dog looked as though he perfectly . nderstood what they were talkinj* about, nd giving his sides a shako, laid himself * own at his master's feet with an expression tj ) his large eyes that said plainer than ords, 'No, nothing shall part us!' Southern Slavery as seen by a orthern Lady.?The following is an exact from a letter, written by a young lady irmerly of this country, now in Georgia, to j> friend here : In regard to the subject of slavery, in my a linion, those who are the loudest in dejuncing the institution, know the least of m Personal observation has removed my irly prejudice, and I really think that the aves in this region of country, are the hap cc est creatures that live; such delightful f1 olics as they have, packing cotton, shuckg corn, &c., can hardly be imagined by " irthern fanatics. There is a freedom un- jj1 iown to the laboring classes in Europe, or en in free America, for they are free from re re, and solicitous for nothing. Furnished th the necessaries, and many of the luxu- 1 ;s of life, what cause have they for solicide. Their personal appearance is much j is repulsive than I had anticipated. In- . ;ad of the tattered rags with which I sup- J sed they were clad, they are comfortably d suitably clad for labor, and at church, ion the attendance of which they are very . nctual, their dresa will compare favorably qj th that of northern people in moderate ^ cumstances, and the female servants are Qa netimes more finely dressed than their ^ stress. " When infirm from any cause, ere are two powerful principles that insures them sympathy, and the kindest attention : Yc rst, the law requires that servants be well bo Dvided for under all circumstances, in in- de: icy, old age, sickness or in health; second i relative position of master and servant ?a guarantee. To me.it is no wonder that to. mv prejudice has so soon subsided?the truth is, the thiDg has been misrepresented. Me* thinks when the facts are fully understood, political demagogues will be obliged to seek some other subject with which to influence the public mind, and array one section of this glorious inheritance against the other. Burlington (IV.) ftmtincl. A Dreadful Worm.?Who has not heared of the rattlesnake or copperhead ?? An unexpected sight of either of these repitles will make even the lords of creation recoil. But there is a spceiesof worm found in various parts of this State, which conveys a poison, of a nature so deadly, that, when compared with it, the venom of the rattlesnake is harmless. To guard our readers against the foe to human kind, is the object of tbe communication. This worm varies much in size. It is frequently an inch through ; but as it is rarely seen, except when coiled, its length can hardly be conjectured. It is of a dead lead color, and generally lives near a spring or a small stream of water, and bites tbe unfortunate peeple who are in the habit of going there to drink. The brute creation it mo'ests not. They avoid it with the same instinct that teaches the animals of Peru to shun the deadly Cova. Several of these reptiles have long infested our settlements, to the misery and destruction of many of our citizens. I have therefore had frequent opportunities of being the melancholy spectator of the effects produced by the subtle poison which this worm infuses. The symtoms of the bite are terrible.? The eyes of the patient become red and fiery, his tounge swells to an immoderate size, and obstructs his utterance, and delirium of the most horrid character quickly follows. Sometimes, in his madness, he attempts the destruction of his dearest friends. If the sufferer has a familv. his weening wife ? / r o and helpless infant are not unfrequently the objects of his frantic fury In a word^ he exhibits to the life all the detestable# passions that rankle in the bosom of a savage; I and such is the spell in which his senses are bound, that no sooner is the unhappy patient recovered from the paroxysm of insanity, 'M occasioned by one bite, than he seeks out his destroyer, for the sole purpose of being bitken again. I have seen a good old father, his locks as white as snow, his step slow and trembling, beg in vain of his only son to quit the lurking place of theworra. My heart bled ivhen he turned away, for I knew the hope fondly cherished, that his son would be to iim the staff of his declining years, had supported him through many a sorrow.? I'ouths of America! would you know the lame of this reptile ? It is the worm of 'hr ill. Burr and Hamilton Duel.?"The luel between Burr and Hamilton was fought it 7 o'clock in the morning, and immediatey afterwards, Burr returned to his own louse, on Richmond Hill, (now corner of Varick and Charleston streets.) <On the morning of the duel, it chanced hat one of Burr's cousins arrived in town 'rom Connecticut, and made his way, about 1 o'clock, to Richmond Hill. Alexis, the actotum of the establishmeut, obeyed his lummons at the door, and showed him into he library, where he found Colonel Burr, done, and engaged in his usual avocations. 3urr received his young relative cordially, ind, in every respect, as usual. Neither nanner nor his conversation was there any ividence of excitement or concern, nor anyhing whatever to attract the notice of his ;uest. Except the master of the house, not i soul on Richmond Hill yet knew aught of bat morning's work; nor, indeed, coald it >e said, in any sense of the word, that the naster himself knew what he had done. <In a few minutes, breakfast waaannouncd, and the two gentlemen went to the lining-room and breakfasted together. The onversation was still quite in the ordinary train, Burr inquired after friends in the ountry, and the youth giving the informaion sought. After breakfast, the guest >ade his host good morning, and strolled off oward the city, which he reached about 10 'clock. As he walked down Broadway, he mcied he observed in passing by that somebing extraordinary had occurred or was xpected. Near Wall street, an acquaintnce rushed up to him, breathless*, and said: <Col. Burr has killed Gen. Hamilton in a uel this morning.' 'Why, no he hasn't;' replied the young entleman, with the utmost positiveness, <1 ave just come from there and taken breakist with him.' 'But,' replied the other, <1 have this moent seen the news on the bulletin.' 'The cousin reflected for a moment on the >solute serenity of Burr's manner, and mi'uding that he would certainly have eu. >ned so interesting an occurrence if it id taken place, wasstill utterly incredulous, id, denouncing the report as false, went on s was. Before turning into Wall street, i found the whole city astir, and soon had ason to suspect that the bulletin not un ue. So completely could Burr command s features and control bis feelings.' Hymenial Nomenclature.?The folding marriage notice was banded to the Lexgton Gazette for publication, by a gentleman 10 stakes bis veracity that names as given 3 the bona fide names of the parties: 'Married, on Thursday last, January 14th, Rev. W. T. Sutton, Mr. Dillie DeMarquis lbert Motier De La Fayette O'Bryan and iss Annie Ardelia Amanda Almelia RosanMalvina Jane Fittz-EUen Newbell?both Bath county, Virginia." 167* A Dutchman thus describes the New >rkers: "Fine people," says he, <dey go aut der sthreets all day, sheating each odr, and dey call that piziness." Col. B. F. Perry, has retired from the edi* il chair of the Greenuille Patriot.