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B.Y B. B MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1885. VOLUME XX.?NO. 28. ALWAYS GO TO HEADQUARTERS DRUGS, MEDICINES, PERFUMERY, Extracts, Patent Medicines, ?)YB: STUFFS, &o, . . - . ? -? ; ? ??..???)r.j-. itki? vi:; r:.;---' ,.i i '' >" ? ??LL liie of Paints, Varnishes, Combs, Brushes, Hair. Oils, Bay lium,. Toilet Articles, Perfumery, ''Face: Powders, Fine Toilet Soaps, Tooth Powders,-Tooth Brushes, La? dies' Hand Mirrors, Razors.' Staving i ? Setts, Trasses, Shoulder Braces, Sup? porters, <fec. Pure, High Toned Flavoring Extracts, Baking Powders and Soda, Pepper, Allspice, Ginger, and Finest Teas in Best Coal Oil Lamps and Lamp Goods, and every variety of choice Goods and necessary articles usually . .., kept in First Class Drug Storesand ;|. ?? used in fanjilies.. . gg^?TENT MEDLG^E^jairthe ^Standard and'B^^iaT^nnes kept in ?atbek.'. 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XTTE are now receiving the largest and most carefully-selected Stock of General Mer 7 V chandise which we have ever'purchased, and will make it to your interest to call and examine for yourselves. We have added to the lines usually kept by us many new and desirable ones, embracing? i..- -,'r-U.?^>J>A-..io..-.:isJ;?:.-'::' ??? ' .. ? . : '?"?' Ladies' Dress Goods, Flannels, Suitings, Shawls, &c, And the best CORSET on the market at 50c, worth $1.00. r ?Ibo, a JL LARGE LINE OF BEADY MADE CLOTHING, HATS, TRUNKS, UMBRELLAS, . BLANKETS,;8ADDLES and HARNESS. 1 Also, the Celebrated "NEW GLOBE' SHIRT?the king of all Shirt?. It needs t>nly to be worn to be appreciated. We are agent a for the Celebrated Mishawaka Sulky Plows, Cultivators and Hand Turning Plows. The "White Hickory" and "Hickman" one and two-horse WAGONS, every one of | which we guarantee! The attention of Ginnen ai\d Farmen is called to our? 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And as I have only a few Trunks, Valises and Hats on hand I am determined to close tbem out regardless of cost. Before buying I ask everybody to examine my stock. W. A. CHA1 "AN. Dec 25.1884_23 _ ly 3D ? IST T Deny Your Wife and Children of one of the Greatest, most Elevating and Refining of all the Sciences, MUSIC. ?JgCONOMY 8AY8 GET THE BEST OF EVERYTHING! Cbickering Pianos and Mason & Hamlin Organs Are the RECOGNIZED LEADERS OF THE WORLD for Musical Instruments. They cosi a little more than cheaper Instruments, simply because more care and better material is used in their manufacture Only one to buy in a life-time. GET THE BEST. J. A. DA^IEILS, AGENT FOR LUDDEN & BATES. Jan 1,18?5 25 LETTER FROM GERMANY. Berlin, October 25,1884. To the Intelligencer; Having recently enjoyed a viait to Switzerland, I have concluded to write something of my ex? perience in that interesting country, hop? ing that what I say may not prove devoid of interest to the reader. On the fifth day of August, last, at the close of the Summer Semester of. the University of Leipzig, iu company with three other American students, I took the train for Switzerland, via Nuremberg and Munich. These cities are extremely interesting. The plover of art finds very much to interest him in Munich, which is a beau? tiful city ; but at present, I will speak 'rather of our excursions among the Alps, than of the attractions of the cities which I visited. As it would be impossible for. me to relate in detail the many interest? ing features of our tour, I have concluded to. jive; a more detailed account of our ascent upon the Breithorn, one of the high snow-mountains;of the Alps, after mentioning some of the most interesting points of our excursion. From. Munich we went to Lindau, at the head of lake Constance, and took the boat to CoDstnuce. . The scenery upon this lake is lovely, but not grand, and but for ? view of the snow-clad Sentis in the distance, one could' hardly imagine himself to be bo near the giant mountains of the'Alps. The Falls of tbe Rhine near Schaff? hausen are wild and grand. The volume of water is very considerable, and though /the height of the three falls, which are not perpendicular, is but about fifty or sixty feet, yet, the wild dashing of the green water, the . rain:bows And ' the picturesque surroundings form' a very superior picture. From the Falls we went by rail to Z?rich. We ascended the Uetliberg, a mountain near Zurich, about 2,864 feet high (the heights of the mouutains are always given above sea-level). From this small mountain the view is verf lovely, embracing, on the one side, tbe city and part of tbe lake of Zurich, which lie about 1,500 feet below the spectator. Towards tbe South rise tbe Bigi and Mt. Pilatus in the foreground and the great chain of the Alps in the background. The Jura and the Vosges Mts., and even the Black Forest may be seen. There is a railroad running to the top of this mountain from Zurich. The boat excursion from Zug to Arth is very charming. The Bigi, which rises abruptly from tbe lake, is constantly be- i fore us during the voyage, and as we ap? proach Arth, the reddish, rocky pinna? cles of the Mythen add their magnificence to the scenery of this charming little lake. The Bigi (5,906 ft.) is justly considered one of the finest points of Switzerland. Situated between the lakes of Zug and Lucerne, above which its summit towers 4,472 feet, it commands a magnificent view of tbe great snow peaks of the Ber? nese Oberland and affords a panorama, which, in point of loveliness, can hardly be excelled. A railroad runs to the Bigi-Kulm (the name of the highest peak of the moun? tain). We were upon the Bigi on the 11th and 12th of August, and found it very cold, as tbe wind came to us from the great snow fields of the Bernese Alps, which are not very distant. It is tbe variety as well as the grandeur of tbe surrounding scenery which makes the view from the Bigi so fine. We are not high enough to look down upon the snow-fields of tbe Alps, but the snow capped peaks of the highest, and most interesting of the Bernese Oberland are visible, and tower so high as to exclude the more distant view -in their direction. The lake of Lucerne with tbe city of Lucerne and tbe little village of Kuess nacht (made famous by Schiller's "WiU helm Tell") upon its shores, is one of the principal attractions of tbe view; but tbe several other lakes which are to be seen, among them the lovely lake of Zug, together with the Swiss villages, present likewise many charms to the beL<lder. Far in tbe distance may be seen the Black Forest, the Jura and the Yosges. The sunset on the evening of the 11th was very, grand, and even when darkness had veiled the distant view, and the charms of the lakes and towns beTow were gone, j there was still much to interest. As the intervening objects faded from view the dark forms of the Bernese Oberland, with their mantles of snow, seemed to draw much nearer to us and presented a very dismalryet grand appearauce. The lights, too, of the little villages below and of the beautifully situated city of Lucerne added much charm and variety to the picture. Upon the following morning we rose early to witness the sunrise. The guests ! in the hotels were waked and a company j of about fifty were upon tbe summit to j see the imposing spectacle. Some time j before tbe rising of the sun one of the Swiss blew a horn and sung the peculiar melody of the "Kuhreihen," or cow herd's melody, which seems tc be peculiar to the Swiw?. The "Kuhreihen" does not possess the fixed nature of a song, and the melody may be much varied. Its determinative character consists in the character of the tone, which is through? out the "head-voice," and the character of the cadences. This melody is quite celebrated and makes a lasting impression on the bearer. I leave it to the reader to imagine the impression made upon the beholder as the suowy peaks were crimsoned by the j first rays of the rising sun, as the lovely lake? and little villages appeared through the deep shadows that had veiled them, and the wide pauorama with its varied scenery wa* fully revealed. Tbe ride by boat from Lucerue to Flueelen is exceedingly graud. This lake, called "Vierwaldstaedter See" by the Germans, and "Lac des quatre can tons" by the French, which means alike, lake of the four cantons (country districts), is called by us Lucerne. With its green waters ao deeply imbedded between the towering mountains which surround, it is incomparably the graudeat of the Swi^s lakes. I A monument to Schiller may be seen from the boat soon after leaving Brunnen and entering the Southern arm of the j lake called the "Urner See." Tell's Chapel is also a point of interest further Southward on this arm of the lake. The fear of Cholera reduced the travel in Switzerland very greatly. The quar? antine laws prevented U9 from visiting lake Como and other points in Italy. We traveled up the Great St. Gothard railway from lake Lucerne to the mouth of the great tunnel. Thescenery alongthe line is indescriba? bly grand, and the engineering skill dis? played in carrying the road up the valley, side by side with the Beuss in its precipi? tous course from the Gotthard to lake Lucerne, is marvelous. The reader has doubtless real of the device of loop tunnels along this line. This is necessary in case of a high water? fall, where the train must make a consid? erable rise in a abort distance, in order to regain the level of the river. Here the tunnel is built in a circle at a very considerable grade, enabling the train, by climbing under ground, to reach the valley above, from,which we may, in many cases, view the entrance to tbe tunnel below. In Italy, the train descends or ascends 302 feet by means of two such spiral tunnels, one of the coils being directly over the other in the form of a winding staircase. The traveler feels of course that the car is on a consid? erable grade and describing a curve, but as it is all a tunnel, be has little idea of the stupendous skill displayed in its construction. After leaving tbe railroad at the Gotthard tunnel, we pursued our journey until we reached the lake of Geneva, on tbe 30th day of August, almost entirely on foot, v,' i the exception of using the railroad in the Rhone valley between Visp and Montreux. We went the Gotthard route by the ?'Teufel's Bruecke"j(deviPs bridge), leav? ing it at Andermatt, a village in the Beuss valley just over the great tunnel, which here runs a thousand feet under ground. Tbe tour over the Bhone glacier, where the Bhone has its source, is very interest? ing, very easy and not dangerous, though ?? accident might occur, and it is hard for us to realize that there are many deep and dangerous chasms beneath the smooth surface of snow over which we pass. This glacier shows very beautifully the feature known as "glacier mills." The "glacier mill" is a deep shaft, a few feet in circumference, penetrating the icy mass and acting as a conduit for the lit? tle streams caused by the melting of the snow and ice, couveying them from their channels on the surface to depths below, where they find an outlet. If a rock be thrown into a shaft, one may hear it for some moments, thundering on its down? ward course and showing that their depth is considerable. Some are estimated at over a hundred feet in depth. In walk? ing over this glacier one is attracted by the deep fissures over the surface and the peculiar green color which the walls of ice show. Sometimes iridescence in tbe icy caverns is seen. The moraines here are not bo interesting as those of the Gorner glacier, which brings down much more debris?especially the central moraine. In the Hasli valley are two very fine waterfalls. One is called the "Handeck" fall and is formed by the Aare river, which is precipitated into a very narrow abyss 250 feet below, and the Aerlenbaoh, which comes at a right augle to the Aure and precipitates itself into the same abyss, the waters of tbe two uniting about half way down. As the chasm is so narrow and the volume of water so considerable, the view is much obscured by the rising spray and mists. The other fall is that of the Beichenbach near Meiringen. There are two falls here which are quite handsome. On the way to Grindelwald, when opposite the Wetterhorn, which rises very perpendicularly from the valley, we heard the Alpine horn and the magnificent echo from tbe surrounding mountains. The Alpine horn is about six feet long and is made from pieces of wood or bark, sometimes held together by a string closely wound around il, and sometimes bound by metallic hoops at intervals of 8 to 10 inches. It is small and straight at first, being gradually enlarged to the mouth where it is bent and widened like a trumpet, the mouth being several inches in diameter. Nothing but the simplest air can be played upon it, but the tone is one of the softest and sweetest quality. As the melody is blown the returning echo forms a "second" part to it. The clear, faint notes, reflected from the snow-covered peaks above, come to us as if from the very courts of Heaven, soft and perfeot, and grow even more enchant? ing as they are lost amid the far off heights. One of the most charming villagfs among the Valaisan Alps is Griudelwald. It has fine hotels and many visitors spend part of the Summer here. It is also a starting point for the excursions to the Wetterhorn, tbe Jungfrau, the Finsteraar horn (the highest of the Bernese Airs), tho Schreckhorn, and many other moun? tains, glaciers, passes, etc., and is not far from the Lauterbrunnenthal and tho j Staubbach fall. Grottos have been dug into the glaciers : of the Grindelwald, through which one ' may go some distance into the icy masB, the walls of which have a glacier-green color. From Grindelwald, we ascended the Faulhorn (8,803 feet high) which com? mands a near and magnificent view of ' the Bernese Oberland, a view of the Rigi and also a view of the lakes Thun' i Brienz and Lucerne. The view of the snow-mountains; herejs far superior to that from the Rigi, but is, perhaps, inferior in other respects. In returning, the traveler will be im? pressed with picturesque view of Grindel wald, and the charming valley with the many Swiss cottageB scattered about on the green slopes which he descends. From the "Wengern Alp (Near Grindel wald) one has a magnificent, near view of the Jungfrau and has often the oppor? tunity to see an avalanche descending from the mountain, thundering on its way to the valley. I presume that most persons are disappointed in witnessing the avalanches, which at such a distance appear very insignificant. It is difficult for one to conceive that the apparently small fragments of ice which seem to glide slowly down the steep slopes of snow are, in fact, masses of great weight and velocity. However, when we watch these fragments fall over the precipices and hear the thundering reverberations, we feel that they must be far greater than they appear, and the stream of snow from the shattered masses, pouring into the valley, wins thereby a greater significance than its slender appearance gives. * Here, I may remark that we are more deceived in our estimates of distances and heights, and consequently of sizes, among the Alps, than in any other respect. This is generally ascribed to ' the perfect transparency of the air, on account of which we judge everything to be much nearer and consequently smaller than it is. But it would seem that much is also due to the character of the scenery of the Alps. The bare, steep walls of rock, rising abruptly several thousand feet into the sky, with few intervening objects, do not show their height so plainly as a moun? tain covered with trees would show it. If the wall of rock is 2,000 feet, the strata and main distinguishing features become indistinct, and an increase of four thou? sand feet seems little more than that of three thousand feet when viewed so near. But if trees grew upon the mountain, we would see them appearing Hinaller and smaller and finally almost disappearing, and we would estimate the height of the mountain more accurately. When in Grindelwald, at the very base of the Wetterhorn, we cannot realize that this mountain towers nearly 9,000 feet above us; but when viewed from Bern, with so many smaller intervening mountains in the foreground, the mountains of the Bernese Oberland appear very gigantic. The valley of Lauterbrunnen is very magnificent. It is in this valley that the little stream of the Staubbuch descends over nine hundred feet perpen? dicularly. The name is from the German "Staub," meaning dust, and "Bach," meaning brook. It is so called^ because the slender stream, descending amid the sportive breezes of the valley, is driven into mist and blown about as if dust, or falls as a heavy rain. However, the writer can testify that there is more "Bach" than "Slaub" about it, as he walked under the fall with an open um? brella and became thoroughly wet in a moment. When viewed from a little dis? tance, if the wind is blowing, the waters are at times completely lost to view. There are other little falls along this val? ley resembling the Staubbacb, but not so fine. At the head of the valley is the fine fail of the Schiuadribacb. Interlaken, so named from its position between the lakes of Thun and Brienz, is a place of much attraction on account of the beauty of surrounding sceuery and the magnificent view of the Jungfrau at the head of Lauterbrunnenthal. There are a great many foreigners at Interlaken, which is a convenient starting point for visits to Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald and for many excursions. The reader will remember that it is in this part of the Alps that Lord Byron lays'the scene of his great drama, "Man? fred." The Jungfrau is the scene of the meetiug of the destinies, (in the second Act of the drama) and of Manfred's long soliloquy, which is interrupted by the shepherd's pipe, whereupon he says "Hark.'?pipes In the liberal air, Mix'd with the sweet bells of the sauntering herd; My soul would Jrlnlc those echoes." Here, let me remark that every travel? er who passes the herds in the Alps will be attracted by the lovely, sweet music of the clear ringing cow-bells, and though with us "cow-bell" is a synonym of dis? cord, those who have o;;ce h< ard the sweet and varied chimes of the bells of an Al? pine herd and the shepherd's pipe will exclaim with Byron,? "My soul would Jriuk those echoes.'' In this connection, I may mention that the ruined castle of Unspunuen is about a half-hour's walk from Interlaken, up the valley, and is said to be the castle of Manfred in the drama cited. We made an excursion by way of lake Brienz to the Giessbach falls near the lake and upon the side opposite Brienz. These handsome fulls, a painting, of a part of which is in the gallery in Dres? den, consist of a series of seven cascades, which may all be viewed at once from the hotel below. The total height of the falls is given at over eight hundred feet. The highest fall is given at 190 feet, but it seems to me there must beau error somewhere, as this fall does not look near so high as Niagara, which is but lG4feet. The view from btlow of all the falls is very picturesque. When on the lake of Thun, the ap- ! proach of a strong wind and rain raised ! tha waveB enough to give the boat a swinging motion and covered the green waters with foam, producing a Sue pic? ture effect. In passing over the Gemrni pass to the j Rhone valley we found fresh fallen snowJ in our road. From the Gemmi (the namfl of the highest point) the view is very g<^H embracing the little town of "Bad LtuH 3,001) feet below in the valley. The H scent is along a winding path, bewn^H in the mountain side, beneath oyerha^H i ing rocks, which look as if they' were I gqing to fall into the valley. The hot baths of Leuk are veryVelebrated. The water issues from the grouud with a tem? perature too great for one to bear the hand in it. After drinking a glass of this warm water, which tastes strongly of lime, one does not feel comfortable for some time. The principal efficacy of the water is in efTectiug the cure of cutane? ous diseases. The treatment of the patients, some'of whom are required to remain in the water several hours a day, is very curious. A short journey by rail up the Rhone valley, which presented, here and there, a field of corn and the view of the lofty mountains on either side of the valley, was quite charming, after our long walk. With the exception of a few "patches" of corn in Bavaria, this was the first I had seen in a long time. Corn does not mature in North Germany, but is some? times planted for proveuder for cattle. A day's walk from Visp tip the Nicolai valley brought us to Zermatt, a small village at the head of the valley, and a starting point for the excursions to the Matterhorn, Breithorn, and tbe many splendid mountain and glacier expedi? tions in this neighborhood. The famous Theodule pass leads from Zermatt over the Theodule glacier to Chatillon in Italy. The environs of | Zermatt are grand. A fine view of the Matterhorn and Breithorh are enjoyed from the valley. The view from Gorner Grat, a moun? tain (10,289 feet high, or 4,974 feet above Zermatt), not far from this village, is very magnificent. The Gorner glacier lies far below, while Monte Bosa, the Bricthorn and the Matterhorn, with their vast snow-fields and glaciers, are in our immediate vicinity and tower so high as to close a further view toward the South. The view embraces many of the fine snow mountains along l;he Nicolai valley. As we ascended the Gorner Grat we met a young man who had been injured by a fall upon the ice. Four men were bearing him upon a litter to the hotel below. On descending the Gorner Grat, we came with a guide over the Gorner gla? cier, which presents much interest, both on account of its size and the fact that it receives contributions of stone from sev? eral other glaciers, shov/ing several cen? tral moraines. Our course was not Jar from that of a gentleman and lady who fell with their guide into a fissure about a week before but were rescued. Towards the lower part of this glacier, the mountains draw closer together, forcing the stream of the glacier within narrower limits. This causes tbe glacier to break up into innumerable mounds and waves of ice, upon the tops of many of which may be seen huge stones which are being carried to the valley below. The guide pointed to a great block of granite and said it had been brought down from Monte Bosa. The glacier is said to move onward about 70 or 80 feet, a year, and is thus ever bearing, on its iqy shoulders, the stones, which the snows aud ice of win? ter quarry from the heights around. At one point, where the ice comes over a steep ledge of rocks, it is much broken and presents something of the appearance of a waterfall. A little below appear the gretit waves of ice. In passing over these, some of which are quite considerable, it was necessary to cut steps in the ice, but the tour is not dangerous, or difficult. He who views the glacier only from a distance, makes a great mistake and loses very much that is interesting and instructive. J. S. M., Jr. (concluded next week.) Maltreating the Old Folks. You maltreat an aged parent. You begrudge bim the room in your house. You are impatient of his whimsicalities and garruliry. It makes you mad to hear him tell tbe same story twice. You give him food he cannot masticate. You wish he were away. You wonder if he is going to live forever. He will be gone very soon. His steps are shorter and shorter. He is going to stop. But God has an account to settle with you on that subject. After awhile your eye will be dim and your gait will halt and the sound of the grinding will be low, and you will tell the same story twice, and your chil? dren will wonder if you are going to live forever, and wonder if you will never be taken away. They called you "father" once; now they call you "old man." If | you live a few years longer they will call you the "old chap." What are those rough words with which your children are accosting you ? They are the echo of these very words you used in the ear of j your old father 40 years ago. What is that you are trying to chew, but find it unmt'isticable, and your jaws ache, and you surrender the attempt? Perhaps it may be the gristle which you gave to your father for his breakfast forty years ago. A gentleman passing along the street saw a son dragging his father into the street by the hair of his head. The gentleman, outraged at this brutal con? duct, was about to punish the offender, when tbe old man arose and said: "Don't hurt him ; it's all right; forty years ago this morning I draeged out my father by the hair of his heaH !" It is a circle. My father lived into the eighties, and ho had a very wide experience, and he said that maltreatment of parents was j always punished in this world. Other] sins may be adjourned to the uext world, but the maltreatment of parent? is pun? ished in this world.? Talmage. ? He is a foolish raau wLosays, "It is just my luck," when something goes against him. Don't say, "I wish I lived in a world where there is no sorrow and no disappointment." It would be a pit? iable world; it would mean intellectual and moral death. No wisdom or skill can keep us from trouble; for trouble is universal aud whatever is universal under the The Last Resting Place of a Distin? guished Family. Mil Editok : Visiting in the eastern section of Edgefield County, a few weeks ago, I unexpectedly stumbled upon a spot of more than ordinary historic ia- j terest. I refer to the old homestead and family burying plot of Major General William Butler, who in his youth had been a gallant soldier in the patriot army in the war of the Revolution. I regret that I know nothing of his ancestry and so little of bis personal history. I am told, however, that he did not marry till after the close of tbe war, and that he moved to and settled on tbe spot indica? ted, and there spent the remainder of his life. How and where he acquired his title of General, is also a matter of con? jecture. Most likely it was in the war of 1812. But while I, in common with the present generation, know so little of him, it is safe to assume that he was a decided? ly prominent man in his day. TffO of his sons, Andrew Pickens and Pierce Mason, greatly distinguished themselves in public life, the former as Judge of one of the Judicial Circuits of this State, and also as a member of the United States Senate. Here his great abilities gave him high rank, and he is prominently mentioned by Alexander H. Stephens in his history of the Unted States, recently published. He died.|n 1857 in his 61st year, and rests in the family graveyard. Pierce Mason was Lieutenant-Colonel of a mounted regiment from this State, ?which did service in the Florida war of 1836. He became more popular with tbe men than tbe Colonel, and two old men living near here say. that he was the idol of the men; that a braver man never lived. Some years later he became Governor of his native State, and subse? quently while Governor of one of the Territories, by appointment of the Pres? ident, he was called to tbe Colonelcy of tbe Palmetto Regiment, which had been raised for service in the war with Mexico. That regiment was recruited from the flower of Carolina chivalry, and to bo chosen to its command was a very high honor. Colonel Butler becamo at once the "commander and father" of the Pal mettoes, sharing their privations and glo? rious achievements from the moment they entered service till the day of his fall, which occurred on the evening of August 20, 1847, as he led his gallant and devoted followers to victory on the bloody field of Churubusco, within sight of the Mexican Capital. Said Gen. Shields in his official report: "The noble and gallant Colonel of the Palmet? to Regiment, P. M. Butler, had risen from his sick-bed to share the hardships of the field and the dangers of the com? bat with bis devoted regiment. He sur? vived the conflict of the morning to lead his command when victory again awaited it. Although wounded himself and hav? ing lost his horse?shot under him, he still continued to press on, near the col? ors of bis regiment, until tbe fatal ball terminated his life. A gallant soldier in his youth, be has woo in his death upon the field of battle, fame for himself and his regiment and added another name to the roll of Carolina's departed heroes." With reference to the fall of Colonel Butler, Gen. Worth wrote as follows to Hon. A. P. Butler, his brother, (dated Tacubaya, Mexico, Aug. 26,1847): Sir: I trust a cordial intimacy and friendship of twenty-five years with your late brother, the gallant Colonel Butler, will excuse the trespass of a stranger. Your brother fell most gloriously in the great battle Of the 20th, before the gate of Mexico. In that bloody conflict no man gave higher evidence of valor and patriotism, or exhibited a brighter ex? ample. ' He fell when it wa5 God's will precisely as be would have Jecired to die. His body rests here, his memory, in the hearts of his countrymen, bis spirit, bright and pure as his blade, with his God. "The enclosed letter written the day before the battle, I did not receive until the day after through the bands of Dick? inson, and it is not because of the kind things said by a friend's partiality, but because it is probably the last letter he penned that I send it to you; begging that at some future day, it may be returned to me to be preserved and cher? ished. The gallant Palmettoes who showed themselves worthy of their State and country, lost nearly one-half. This victory will carry joy and sorrow into half the families of South Carolina. Col. Dickinson is getting on well, and will, it is hoped, save his Teg. 'An arnf istice is concluded, and commissioners meet to-morrow to treat of peace. God speed them.'" Following is the letter of Colonel But? ler alluded to by Gen. Worth : "San Augusts, Aug. 19,1847. "Dear General: We are here in tribula? tion ; I can but hope, however, it is but temporary. It is ordered that this divis? ion remain as protection to tbe train. There is gloom on us all; while I am one who believes there, will be fighting enough for all. The moral effect is withering. The regiment, though weak in numbers, is up to the full point, and I trust South Carolina may have a place in the picture. We have been watching you and your division, for the last two days with fraternal affection, but the en? tire voice of the army where I have been or heard, is unbounded considerence in 'Worth' 'so mote it be.' But I have strayed from the principal point or pur? pose of my ncte, which is to say our friend, Colonel Dickinson, more impatient and not so long a soldier as myself, desires a place nearer the flashing of the guns; and with good taste wishes to get near you. If you can make him useful he will feel much gratified. 1 atn aware you are surrounded by a talented staff, but a little more of a good thing will render it not the less complete or effectu? al." After the lapse of some months Colo? nel Butler's body was brought from Mex? ico and interred in the family burying ground "near the place of his birth and home of his early affections." At the time of his death he was in the 49th year of his age. His grave is sunken so kbf.t the boxed tomb placed over it, has Rillen to pieces. Tbe slab contains an [elaborate inscription. The burying ground contains some twenty graves, all of which are marked by plain marble. I The spot is enclosed by what was originally a deep ditch with the dirt thrown on the inside. Over the whole is a growth of old field pines, some of which are a foot thick. Along the enclosure is a mass of vines and bambooes. Gen. Butler's only daughter, Emmala Elizabeth, who married Waddy Thomp? son, himself once a Representative of South Carolina in Congress, and also at one time Minister for tbe United States Government at the Mexican Capital, is also buried here, having died at 49 years of age. Another grave is that of "Colonel Thos. Pickeris Butler, who died in Rich? mond, Va., on the 21st of February, 1862, in the 40th year of his age" in the ser? vice of the Confederacy. Another slab is there inscribed : "Here is deposited the body of George Butler, Attorney at Law, who died Sept. 19,1821, in the 35th year of his age." The grave of Mrs. Behethland Foot Butler, the wife of Gen. Wm. Butler, is also here. Sbe lived to the ripe age'of 87'years, eying in 1853. Judging from the epitaph,' she was a most exemplary woman and there is no or-asion^ to doubt it. The family residence stood about sev? enty-five yards from the graveyard, but in the course of time was torn dowu and re-built a mile distant, where it may1 b? seen to-day an exact representation of its former self, having been reconstructed of tbe same material^and^upon the same plan. It n neither peculiar in design nor at all costly. In order to guard against time's changes whereby the spot might pass into comparative oblivion at least, the survivors of the family offered to give the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, a few acres of ground, including the graveyard and former site of the dwelling, and.five hundred dollars, pro? vided the Church would give a specified sum for the purpose of erecting a hand? some and substantial church to mark the spot for coming time. The Church accepted the offer $nd for more than a quarter of a century "But? ler" Church has stood upon the exact spot where lor so many years stood the old Butler mansion. The Church was constructed 3f strictly heart pine lumber, and is in a perfect state of preservation. The Butlers were a remarkable family. D. Townville, &'. C. Jan. 8, 1885. Life. Life is but a moment, a brief reflex from the great ocean of eternity. Take beed how you make use of it, and from the great consequences involved in its short duration learn the importance of little things. Queen Elizabeth once said to a courti? er : "Those succeed best iu this world who pass over it quickly, for it is but a bog ; if we stop we sink." Truly, this saying deserves to be oft quoted, and oftener practiced. Life is short, and while we have it we should make tbe ! most of it, as by our conduct in this world will te awarded our position in the next. We have no time for idlenesss; we must be quick and decisive. The man who thinks and executes rapidly succeeds best in life, for though he may occasionally make mistakes, of more or less importance, they are more than counterbalanced by tbe benefits arising from his successes. It is such a man who makes u mark in tbe world. For there are moments when hesitation is worse than lolly?when it is a crime. Fortune comes but seldom, and when sbe does come sbn is often unexpected. It is our duty to be always on the watch and seize all opportunities which God or man may put within our reach. An active life is one of happiness. Our energies are wrapped up in our undertakings to the exclusion of secret sorrows; every success is so couch additional pleasures; every failure an incentive to further endeavors. Act! act!! that is the grand secret of success in life. Bapid thinkers and decisive doers are scarce all the world over; not from a lack of suitable material, but because the inclination for active life is wanting in a vast number of men. Let one trust in himself, let him exert his capabilities to their fullest ex? tent, and, sooner or later, success will inevitably smile upon him. There is no such thing ati failure to a man with a purpose which he is determined to suc? cessfully accomplish. Let us have a purpose and let us accomplish it. The good which will follow will not be con? fined to individuals alone, but will extend to and benefit nil society. Life is a strange mystery. We can be sure of nothing save death, and the antic? ipation of it causes us more alarm and solicitudes than all the other ills and calamities of life. This fear of the trib? ute to nature is. childish in the extreme. Death is inevitable, and as we must resign ourselves to the inevitable, why not do so with a good grace, instead of with an ignoble fear? Indeed, we should rather welcome than fear death, for it is the exchanging of a precarious present for a happy and eternal life. We have cause to bless our lot in belonging to the pres? ent, and to bles3 tbe past, for the Scrip? tures have shown so terrible a picture of the past ago3 of the worlJ that we cannot but congratulate ourselves in not belong? ing to them. To conclude, Homer says: "Like the leaves of the trees, first spreading, and then decaying, no are the generations of mortal men." A Most Embarrassing Question. Mr. Wilberforce is not a bad man in his way, but he was sorely put out the other morning at breakfast. He had lent a neighbor most of his parlor chairs, and when he entered the room he found but one of these useful articles of domes? tic economy left. He immediately called his daughter, and turning angrily to her, demanded: "You entertained Augustus Smyth for two hours la-it eveniug in this room ?" "I did, pa," confessed the maiden, with a blush. "And where did he sit?" "On that chair." "And where did you sit ?'' "No prevarieuion. Where did you sit?" "I?oh gracious! I?I Kat on the coal hod, pa." Mr. Wilberforce says he doubts the statement; but where could the poor girl have sat.?EvinwiUe Argus, ? A great bead : "You have a great head on your .shoulder.-," said Mr. Mulchey, to his bride of forty years. 'I have, have I, Mi?ter Mulchey." Yis yon have, Mrs. Mulchey." "So I have, and b'o has a tact> Mister Blalcne'y."