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Deo?.:iaB<?;ee?(t 'JO soi Jo V? 2s ?r deny Tour Wife and Children of one of the Greatest, most Elevating and tteflningof all the Sciences, 2|^^?3E^-B' IC. JJOONOMV SAYS GET THE BEBT OF EVERYTHING 1 Are the RECOGNIZED LE?D15P-9 OF THE WORLD for Musical ^??>? TheyeoktaU??etnofsj than dreaper Instruments, simply beeeuss more cars ana ?*h? material ls used In ?he?r manufacture. Only one to buy In a life-time- GET THE BEST. J. A. DANIEL?, < . ' i ? AGENT FOR LUDDEN a\ BATES. Jin 1, UM ?ft LETTER FROM GERMANY. RERUN, October 25, 1884. To (he Intelligencer ; Having recently enjoyed a visit to Switzerland, I bave concluded to write something of my ex perience in that interesting country, bop 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 Univer-ity of Leipzig, in company with three other American students, I took the train for Switzerland, via Nuremberg and Munich. These cities are extremely inleresliug. The .loyer of art finds very much to interest bim in Munich, which isa beau tiful city ; but at present, I w:U apeak rather of our excursions among the Alps, than of the attractions of tho cities which I visiteo. As it would be impossible for me to relate in detail tho many interest ing features of our tour, I have concluded to give ? 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 Doat .lo Constance. The scenery upon thiB lake ia lovely, bat not grand, and but for a view of the snow-clad 8enlie in the distance, one could hardly imagine himself to be ao near the giant mpuntaina of thc Alps. The Falla of the Rhino near SchafT hausen arc wild and grand. The volume of water ia very considerable, and thour.h the height of the three falls, which are not perpendicular, ia but about fifty or sixty feet, yet, the wild dashing of the green water, the rain-bows Snd the picturesque sur. oundings form' a very superior picture. From the Falls we went by rail to '?urioh. We ascended the Uetliberg, a mountain near Zurich, about 2,864 feet high (the heights of the mountains are ?Iwaya given above sea-level). From thia email mountain the view is very lovely, embracing, on the one side, the .itv add part of the lake of Zurich, which lie About 1,500 feet below the spectator. Towards the South rise the Rigi and Mt. Pilatus in the foreground and the great :hain of the Alps in the background. The Jura and the Vosgea Mts., and even he Black Forest may be seen. There is a railroad running to the top )f thia mountain from Zurich. The boat excursion from Zug to Arth a very charming. The Rigi, which risea ibruptly from the lake, ia constantly be ore us during the voyage, and as wo ap iroach Arth, the reddish, rocky pinna ces of the Mythen add their magnificence o the Boonery of thia charming little ak e. The Rigi (5,906 ft.) is justly considered me of the finest points of Switzerland. Situated between the lakes of Zng and Lucerne, above which ita nam mit towera 1,472 feet, it commanda a magnificent hfi ai tbe great t.m-.v. peaka of thc Ber lese Oberland and affordB a panorama, vhich, in point of lovelinesa, cao hardly >e excelled. A railroad runs to the Rigi-Kulm (tho taine of the highest peak of the motin ain). We were upon the Rigi on the ll tb ind 12lh of August, and found it very old, aa the wind came to us from the ;reat snow fields of the Berueso Alps, vhich are not very distant. It is the variety as well as the grandeur if the surrounding scenery which makes he view from the Rigi BO fine. We are tot high enough to look down upon the now-fielda of the Alps, but the snow sapped peaks of the highest, and most ntcresting o? the Bernese Oberland are dsible, and tower so high as to exclude he more distant view in tbeir direction. Dbe lake of Lucerne with the city of Alceme and the little village of Kue*a lacht (made famous by Schiller's "Wilt iel tn Tell") upou ita shores, is one of the irincipal attractions of the view ; but the everal other lakes which aro to be seen, Ltnoug tbem the lovely lake of Zug, ogetber with the Swiss villagea, present isewise many charma to the beholder. ?ar in the distance may be Been the Mack Forest, the Jura and the Vosges. The su nest ot? the evening of the 11th rsa very^'grapd, and, even when darkness tad Wiled thc dist o nt vi ow, und thc charm s if the lakes and towns be?ow were gone, here was still much to interest. Aa the ntervening objecta faded from view the lark forma of the Berneae Oberland, rith their mantlea of anow, seemed to kaw much-nearer to us and presented a ?cry dismal/yet grand, appearance. Tbe ights, too, of the little' villagea beluw .od of the beautifully altuatcd city ol jucerne added much charm and variety o the pic tu rc Upon the following morning we rose arly to witness the sunrise. The guests n the hotels were waked and a company if about fifty were upon the summit tc ee the imposing spectacle. Some time ?fore the rising of the sun one of th? 5 tv i es blew a horn and sung the peculiai nelody of the "Kubreiben," or cow hcrd't Miladu, which seems to be. peculiar tc be Swiss. The "Kuhreiben" does nol lossess the fixed nsture of a song, soi he melody may be much varied. IT lete^lfs?r^tbsr?tl?r;?o^a??>in thi character ?f the tone, which ls through* wt the "head-voice," and the cbara?t? if the cadences. This melody Is quit celebrated and makes ft lasting i mc-rees'ioi tn the beam*, g ?- *4 I lesvefit & thr reader to^majgioe th repression inade .upon the beholder 8 he snowy peaks were crlmaoned by th lrat raya pf tho, risjog sun, os theater akesw^Utleyisjesap^ fMMt? .hedeejfcbsWwSWst h&^elled'&eti md the wide panorama, wRb jte varie, icenery wes fully revealed.' ft V ? . The ride by boat, from Lucerne j Flueelen is.ik^fpitf grand., f-tb' laka, called "Vierwaldstaedter Sec" t thc Germans, sad "Lae dee quatre cal tons" by the French, which mean? alike, I lake nf t ht four cantons (country district?), ? is called by us Lucerne. With its green j waters so deeply imbedded between the j towering mountains which surround, it is j incomparably the grandest of the Swi>s lakes. A monument to Schiller may be seen from the boat soon after leaving Brunnen and ontering the Southern arm of tho lake called the "Urner See." Tell's Chapel is ainu 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 us from visiting lako Como and other points in Italy. We traveled up the Great St. (Jot li ard railway from lake Lucerne to the mouth of tho great tunuel. TbeBconery along the line is indescriba bly grand, and the engineering skill dis played in carrying the road up the valley, aide by side with the Reusa in ita precipi toua course from the Gotthurd to lake Lucerne, ia marvelous. The reader bat doubtless read of the device of loop tunuels along this line. Tbis ia necessary in cabo of a high water fall, where the train must make a consid erable rise in a abort distance, in order lo regain the level of th* river. Here the tunnel is built in a circle at a very considerable grade, enabling tho train, by climbing under grouud, to reach tbe valley above, from,which we may, in many cases, view the entrance to tho tunnel below. In Italy, the trtin descends or ascenda 302 feet by moans of two auch apiral tunnels, one of the coils being directly over the other io the form of a winding staircase. The traveler feela of course that tbe car ia on a consid erable grade and describing a curve, but a? it is all a lunne), be baa little idea of the stupendoua skill, displayed in it? construction. After leaving the railroad at the Gotthard tunnel, we pursued our journey until we reached the lalee of Geneva, on the 30lh day of August, almost entirely m foot, with the exception of uiing the railroad in tho Rhone valley between Visp and Montreux. Wo went the Gottherd route by the 'Teufel's Bruecke" (devil's bridge), leav ng it at Andermatt, a village in the Eteuss valley just over the great tunnel, vhich here runs a thousand feet under ground. The tour over the Rhone glacier, where he Rhone has its source, ia very interest ng, very easy and not dangerous, though in occident might occur, and it is hard br us to realize that there are many deep ind dangerouschaama beneath tbeamnoth urfaco of ?now over which we pass, rh ia glacier shows very beautifully the enturo known as "glacier mills." The 'glacier mill" is a deep shaft, a few feet a circumference, penetrating the icy naas and acting an a conduit for the Tit le streams caused by the melting of the now and ice,conveying them from their ;hannels on tho surface to depths below, vhere they find an outlet. If a rock be brown into a shaft, one may hear it fur omc moments, thundering on ils down vard course and Rhowing that their depth s co, /iderable. Some are estimated at iver a hundred feel in depth. In walk ng over this glacier one ia attracted by he deep fissures over the surface and the >eculiar green color which the walls of ce show. Sometime* iridescence in the cy caverns is seen. The moraine? here ire not so interesting as those of the Junior glacier, which brings down much nore debris-especially the central ooraine. In the Hasli valley are two very fine waterfalls. One ia called the "ll ande ck" fall and is formed by the Aars river, vhich is precipitated into a very narrow ibyas 250 feet below, and the Airlenbach which comet at a right angle to the A arc ind precipitates itself into the same abyas die waters of the two uniting about hal: way down. Aa the chasm is so narro? ind the volume of water so considerable the view ia much obscured by the riainf spray and' mists. The other fall ia tba >f. the Reichenbacb near Meiricgen There are two falla here which are quiti inndeome. On the way to Grindelwald, whei ippoatte tbe Wetterhorn, which rises verj >erpendicu1arly from the valley, we heart he Alpine horn and the magnifican sebio from the surrounding mountains. The Alpine horu ia about aix feet lon; ind is made from pieces of wood or bark lometimes held together by a stria] Josely wound around it, and sometime lound by metallic hoops at intervals o I to IO inches. It is small and straigh it first, being gradually enlarged to th nouth where it is bent and widened lik i trumpet, the mouth being several ?nelie n diameter. Nothing but the simples dr eau be played upon it, but the tone i >ne of the softest and sweetest quslitj ks the melody is blown the returning clio forms s "second" part to it. Tb ilear, faint notes, reflected from tb now-covered peaks above, come to ua a f from the very courts of Heaven, so! ind perfect, and grow even more en eh an ng- .as they are lost amid the far o ?eights. One of the moat charming village imong the Valaiaan Alps ia Grindelwah It baa fine hotels and many visitore sper. ?sri of tbe Summer here. It is also darting point for the excursions to tl Matterhorn, the Jungfrau, the Fi no tc-rna norn (tho highest of the Bernese Alps, the Scbreckhoro, and many other mom tains, glacier?, passes, etc., and is n Ear from the Lauterbrun nen th al sod tl 3tanbbach fall. ; grotto*totebeeu.dqgl?jotho.glade it the 0^scfolMtdyw(m^b{ Irnich o? onay go some distance into tho icy mai the, walls of which have a glacier-grei From Grindelwald, sra ases oded t Faulhp'ru (8,603 feet high) which COI msnds a nesr abd sip^nlQcent view the Bernete Oberland, a visit; of t Itigi and aUo a view of tho lakes Tb un' j Briens and Lucerne. Ibu view nf the inow-mountainajherelis far superior to that from tbe l?g?, but i?, perhaps, inferior in other rexpects. lu returning, tho traveler will be im pressed with picturesque view of Grindal? wald, and the charming valley with Ibo 1 many Swiss cottages scattered about on ibo green slopes which bu descends. From the Wengern Alp (Near Grindel wald) one hus a magnificent, near view ?f the Jungfrau and bas often the oppor tunity to seo an avalanche descending from the mountain, thundering ou its way to the valley. I presume that most lersona are disappointed in witnessing he avalanche?, which at such a distance ippeir very insignificant. It ls ?1 i iii cult br one to conceive that the apparently imall fragments of ico which seem to ;l:de slowly down the steep elope? of mow aro, in fact, masses of great weight ind velocity. However, when we watch heso fragments fall over tho precipices ind hear tho thundering reverberations, ve feel that they muat bo far greater than hey appear, and the stream of anow from he shattered masses, pouring Into the ralley, wina thereby a greater significance ban its slender appearance gives. > Here, I may remark that we are moro leeched in our estimates of distance? ind lieigbtH, and consequently of B?ZCB, ,moug tho Alps, than in any other espect. This is gonerally ascribed to he perfect transparency of the air, ou .ccouiit of which we judge everything to ie much nearer and consequently amaller bau it is. But it would seem that much a also due to the character of thc scenery >f ibo Alps. t The bare, steep walls of rock, rising bruptly several thousand feet into the ky, with few intervening objects, do not how their height so plainly as a moun ain covered with trees would show it. f the wall of rock ls 2,000 feet, tho nt rat a nd main distinguishing features become udiatinct, and an increase of four thou and feet scenia little more than tbnt of lu co thousand feet when viewed HO near, lut if trees grew upon the mountain, we .-mild see them appearing smaller aud maller and finally almost disappearing, nd wo would estimate the height of the nountnin more accurately. When in irindelwald, at the very base, of the Vetlerhorn, we cannot realise that thia nountaiu towera nearly 9,000 feet above s ; but when viewed from Bern, with HO dany nnmllcr intervening mountaina in be foreground, the mountains of tbe lernese Oberland appear very gigantic. Tbe valley of Lauterbrunnen is very lagntficeut. It is in this valley that the Hie Btream of the Stuubbuch deaceods ver nine hundred feet perpen icularly. The name is from the German Staub," meaning oW, and "Bach," leaning brook. Il ia sn called becauao ie slender stream, descending amid ie sportive breezes of the valley, in riven into mi?t and blown about as ii ust, or falls as a beavy rain. However, ie writer can testify tbnt there is more Bach" than "Staub" about it, as be ?aliud under thc fall with an open mu rella and became thoroughly wet in a ?omeut. When viewed from a little dis unce, if thc wind IH blowing, the waten re at times completely lost to view 'here are other lillie falls along this val ?y resembling the Staubbacb, but not s< ne. At the head of the valley is tin me fall of the Schitiadribacb. Interlaken, so named from its podtioi iel ween the lakes of Thun and Briem s a place of much attraction on accoun f the beauty of surrounding scenery am he magnificent view of Ibo Jungfrau a he bead of Laulerbrunnenthal. Thor re a great many foreigners ?t Ictes leker vliich is a convenient starting point tb dsita to Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwal nd for many excursions. The reader will remember that lt is I hia part of the Alps that Lord Byro ays'the scene of bis great drama, "Mat red." The Jungfrau is the scene of th neeliug of the destinies, (in the ?econ let of tho drama) and of Manfred'? lou oliioquy, which is interrupted by ttl hepburd'a pipe, whereupon be aaj Hark ?-pipes in the liberal Air, 11 i'd with the sweet bella of the eau n lo ri ny hen ly ?out would drink those echoes." Here, let me remark that every travo r who paaaes the herds in the Alps wi ?e attracted by the lovely, sweet music < be clear ringing cow-bells, and thone ritb us "cow-bell" isa synonym of di ord, those who have once b< ard the awe nd varied chimes of the bells of an A lue herd and ibe shepherd's pipe wi xclaim with Byron, "My soul waul J drink thane echoes." Io thia connection, I may mention tb be ruined castle of Unspunuen is abo balf-hour's walk from Interlaken, i be Valley, and is aaid to be tho caatle Ian fred in the drama cited. We made an excursion by way of la! Irienz to tbe Giessbach falls near tl ike and upon the side opposite Brien ?beae handsome falls, a painting of art of which iain the gallery in Dn en, consist ol a series of seven cascadi rbich may all be viewed at once frc be hotel below. The total height of t alls is given at over eight hundred fe The blgbest fall is given st 190 fe ut lt seems to me there muat beau en omewhere, ss this fall doea not look ni t> high as Niagara, which ia but 104 fe ?ho view from below of all the falls cry picturesque. - When on the lake of Tbuor the i iroscb of a strong wind and rain reis be waves enough to give the host winging motion and covered the gre raters with foam, producing a fine p ore effect. In paasing over the Gemml pass to j Ibone valley we found fresh fallen sn D oar road. From the Gemini (the na fabe highest point) the view ls very g(; mb racing tbs little town of "Bad Leu, 1,000 feet below ia Ibo valley. Tba. etat is aloug a winding path, hewn a Ute mountain sids, beneath ovevha inp rocks, which look as if they' were going to fall into tho valley. The hot baths of Lcuk are very'colebrated. The water ixsuea from the ground with ateo* peraluro too groat for one to bear the hand in it. After drinking a glaaa of this warm water, which tastes strongly of lime, one doea not feel comfortable for some lime. The principal efficacy of the water is in cfTecliug the cure of cutane ous diseases. Tho treatment of the patients, soiuo'of whom aro required to remain in tho water several boura a day, is very curious. A abort journey by rail up tho Rhone valley, which presented, hero and there, a field of corn and the view of the lofty mountains on either sido of thc valley, waa quito charming, after our long walk. With the exception of a few "patches" of corn in Bavaria, this wns tho first I bad seen in a long time. Corn docs not mature in North Germany, but is some times planted for provender for cattle. A day's walk from Visp up the Nicolai vullcy brought us to Zermatt, n email villago at the hoad of the valley, and a atarting point for the excursions to the Matterhorn, Breithoru, and the many splendid mountain aud glacier expedi tion , iu thia neighborhood. The famous Theodulo pass leads from Zerraatt over the Theodule glacier to Chatillon in Italy. Tho environs of Zermatt aro grand. A fino view of tho Matterhorn and Breithorn ' aro enjoyed from the valley. The view from Qornor Grat, a moun tain (10,289 feet high, or 4,974 feet above Zermatt), not far from this village, is very magnificent. Tho Corner glacier lies far below, while Monto Rosa; tho Briethorn and the Matterhorn, with their vast Bnow-fields and glaciers, are In our i ul mediate vicinity and tower so high as to cloao a further view toward tho South. The view embraces -nany of the fino snow mountaina alon, . the Nicolai valley. Aa wo ascended tho Corner Grat we met a young matt whu bad hern injured by a fall upon the ice. Four men were bearing him upon a litter to the hotel below. On descending the Corner Grat, we came with a guide over the Corner gla cier, which presents much interest, both on account of its nizo aud the fact that it receives contributions of Btone from sev eral other glaciers, showing several cen trat moraines. Our course was not far from that of a gentleman and lady who fell with their guide into a fissure about a week before but were rescued. To,va rda the lower part of this gracier, the mountains draw closer together, forcing tbe stream of the glacier within narrower limita. Thia causea the glacier to break up into innumerable mounds and waves of ice, upon tho tops of many of which may be seen hnge stones which are being carried to the valley below The guide poiuted to a gre?t block of granite and said it had been brought down from Monte liesa. Tho glacier ia : id to move onward nbout 70 or 80 feet, a year, and is thus ?vcr bearing, on ita icy ahouldorn, the stones, wbicb the snows and ice of win ter quarry from the heights around. At one point, where the ico cornea river a steep ledge of rocka, it ia much broken and presenta something ' of the appearance of a waterfall. A little below appear the great wavea of ice. In passing over these, some of which are quite considerable, it was necessary to cul steps in the ice, but the tour ia not dangerous, or difficult. He who viewa the glacier only from a diatance, makes a great mist?lo and loses very much that is iotetestiug and instructive. J. 8. M., Ja. ?COSCL?DSD HKXT WEES.) Maltreating the Old Folks. You maltreat an aged parent.' You begrudge bim tho ruom in your house. You are Impatient of his whimsicalities and garrulity. It makeayou mad tu hear him tell tbe aame 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 ia going to stop. But God bas an account to. settle with you on that ' subject. After awhile your eye will he dim and your gait will baltana the sound of the grinding will be low, and you will tell the same story twice, and yout chil dren will wonder if yrra 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 cal) you the "old chap." Whet are' those rough words with which your children are accosting you ? They are the echo pf these very words you used in the ear of your o d father 40 years ago. What ls that you are trying to chew, but find it ii n mast ?cable, mid your ja WK nebo, and you surrender tho at lem pt? Perhaps it may be the grlatle which you gave to your father for his breakfast forty years ago. A gentleman brs?lug along the street saw a son dragging his father into the street by tbe bair of bia head. The Sentleman, outraged at thia brutal con uct, waa about to pun lah tho offender, when the old man arose and said : "Don't hurt him ; it's all right; forty yesrs ago this morning I dragged out my father by the hair of his beadr It is a circle. My father lived into tho eighties, and ha had a very wide experience, and he said thst maltreatment of parents was always punished In this world. Other sins may be adjourned to the next world, but the maltreatment of parents ls pun ished in this moT\?.-Iblmage. - He is v. foolish mau who sayo, "It is just my luck," when some thing goes against him. Don't say, "1 wish I lived in a world where there is no sorrow an?! no disappointment.'- It would bo o pit iable world ; it would mean intellectual and moral death. No wisdom or skill can keep os from trouble ; for trouble ia universal, and whatever ls universal &oc$l Anderson Court House, on I N; th dsy of Jsnusry, 1885, after ?Mtg :j?l n hereof, to show cause, if any they why tho said administration I hot be granted. munder nay band this 12th day of ry. 1835. Tf.uiv? t? T. C. MOON,.J. P. 15,1835 27 a F01 Tlic Lost Resting Place or A Dlslln- I gutahed FAiully. MR Eunou: Visiting in tho eastern section of Edgcfield County, a feir weeks ' ago, I unexpectedly stumbled upon a . spot of moro than ordinary historic io- , terest. I refer to tho old homestead and, family burying plot of Major General William Butler, who In his youth had been a gallant soldier in the patriot army io the war of the Revolution. I regret that I know nothing of his ancestry and so littln of his personal history. I um told, however, that he did not marry till after the close of tho war, and that he moved to and settled on the spot indica ted, and there spent the remainder of his life. How and tv hero he acquired his title of General, is also a matter of con jecture. Most likely it was in the war of 1612. But while I, in common with the present goueration, know so little of him, it is safe to ?asume that he was a decided ly prominent man in bis day. T.To of his sons, Andrew Picken* and Pierce Mason, greatly distinguished themselves iu publie life, the former'as Judge of ono of the Judicial Circuit') of this Stato, sud alto as * ?member of the United States Senate. Here his greet Abilities gavo him high rank, and he it prominently mentioned by Alexander li. Stephens ie his history of tho Untcd States?'recently published. ile dic.il-sn li:ry; in his 6lst year, nod renta in the family graveyard. Pierce Mason was Wootenant Colonel of a mounted regiment from this Stete, which did service in tho Florida iw?? of 1836. He became -moro popular witti the men than tho .Colone),! end two old men living oear here SBy, that ho. waa tho idol of the men ; that . e. braver man never lived. Some yenni later he became <J oven; or of bis nativo State, and suhie-j quently while Governor of one of the Territories, by appointment of the Pres ident, he was called to the Colonelcy of the 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 be chosen to its command was a very high honor. Colonel Butler b?c?mo at onco the "commander and father" of the Pal mettos, 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 feld of OhnrubuBCo, within sight of the Mexican Capital. Said Gen. Shields ia bis official report: "The noble and gallant Colonel of the Palmet to Regiment, P. M. Butler, bad risen from bis 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 bis command when victory again awaited it. Although wounded himself and hav ing lost his horse-shot under bim, be still continued to press on, near the col ora of bis regiment, until the fatal ball terminated bis life. A gallant soldier in his youth, he bas won in his death upon tho 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 os follows to Hon. A. P. Butler, his brother, (dated Tacubaya, Mexico, Aug. 2G, 1847) : Sm: I trust a cordial intimacy and friendship ef lwe.:ty-five years with your late brother, the gallant Colonel Butler, will excuse the trespass of a stranger. Your brother fell most gloriously in tho great battle df the 20th, before the gate of Mexico, lu that bloody conflict no man gave higher evidence of valor and patriotism, or exhibited a brighter ex ample: * He ?ft wliea it was dwi*? will precisely as bo ?csld havo desired to die. His body rests hero, his momory, in tbe hearts of his countrymen, hit spirit, bright and pure os his blade, with his God. "Tho enclosed letter written the dav before the battle* I did not receive until the day after through the bands of Dick inson, sud it is not. because of the kiad things said by n friend's partiality, bul because it is probably the last letter he penned that I send it to yon; begging that at sonto future day, lt may bc returned to me to be preserved and cher ished,' Tho gallant Palmeltoes whe showed themselves worthy of their Stat? ead country, lost neatly one-ha^f. Tbli victory, will carry joy and sorrow i aU half the families of South. Carolina Col, Dickinson is getting W well, adc wilt, it is boped, save bis leg. 'An arc* Intico ts concluded, and commissioner* meet tomorrow to treat of peace. Got speed them.'" Following is the letter of Colonel But ter alluded to by Gen. Worth : "SAN AUGUSTIN,'Aug. 19,1847. "Dear Genera! : We are berri Ita tribu?a tlon ; I can' but hope, however, It is but temporary. It is ordered that this di vii ion remain .as ? protection to tbe train There is gloom on us alt ; while I aa ono who believes there -Mill btrfightim enough for alii 'The moral \ effect : li withering.. Tbe regiment, though weal ia numbers, is up to the full point, and ] trust South Carolina may hive a place ii the picture. We have been watch inj you and your division, for the last tw< days with frateraal affection, but tbs ea tire voice of the army where I have beet Of beard, is unbounded e?nsiderence ii ?Worth* 'so mote it bo/ But I ha* strayed from the principal point or pm pose, of ray note, which rirto say ou friend, Colonel Dickiuson,more impution jtod not so long , ?V soldier as royeel desires a place nearer tba flashing of th guns rand with good taste wisbco to gi noarjroa. . If you can make him useni he will feel much gratified. 1 nm ?war Sou are surrounded by a talented etsi at a little more of a good thing wit reader it not the lesa complete or efreett al.'* v > tfa ? I ! . - ? ? After the lapse of some months Colt ucl Butler's body was brought from Mei loo- and interred In tbe family buryttaj groand "near the place of his birth an hotttw of bb? early Affection*.'' At ti time of his death hs was in tho 494 year of bis age. His grave is suoken i toot the boxed tomb placed over Jt, hi Jollen to places. Tbe slab contains-1 Elaborate inscription. Tho horyii ground contains *c?n> twenty graves, s nt which are marked, by oWla marble. The spot Sa enclosed by what wi arig.na.ly a deep ditch with tba dirk thrown on the inside. Over, the wbolo is a growth of old field pipe*, some of which are ? foot thick. Along the enclosure is a mass of vines and bambooes. (len. Huller's only daughter, Emmala KHz 'beth, who married Waddy Thouin. ?on, himself once a Representative of South Carolina in Congrcfs, and also at me timo Minister for the United 8tates Government at the Mexican Capital, is tlso buried here, having died at 49 years >f age. Another grave is that of "Colonel rhos. Pickeil? lintier, who died io Bich? nomi, Va., on tho 21st of February, 1862, In the 40th year of his age" in tho ser rice of tho Confederacy. Another slab is there inr-cribed : "Hore is deposited the body of George Butler, fVttorney at Law, who died Sept. 19,1821, II the 85lli year of bia age." " Tho graVe of Mrs. Behelblaml Foot Butler, thc wife of Gen. Wm. Butfef) is ilso hore. She lived to the ripe' age; ?bf ft'yeara, dying in 1893. Judging from .he epitaph, 'she was a most exemplary ..oman and there is no oensiot^ to doubt The family residence stood ?hout cov ?n ly -iivo yards from the , graveyard,1 but n the course of time waa torn down'and o-built o. mlle1 distant, where il m ny bo cen to-day an exaet representation ot Ito brmer ??lf, having'been reconstructed >f the same materi?l?nud,upoh the eatne dan. It ia neither peculiar in design tor ct all costly. In order to guard igain&t time's changea whereby the spot night pa?s into' comparative oblivion at ' east, the aiirvivbra of tho iamily offered o give the Methodist Episcopal Church, kurth, a few aerea of ground, including ho graveyard snd former alte of the IwelllrJg, and.five hundred dollars, pro? " dded tho Church would give a specified bra for the purpose of erecting a hand? orne and substantial church to mark the ipot for coming time. ; The Church accepted'thu offer tmd for nore than a quarter of a century "But* er" Church has stood upon the exact pot where for so many years Blood the ?ld Butler mansion. The Church , was lonslructed of strictly heart pine lumber, md is in a perfect state of preservation. Tho Bullers wero a'remarkable family. D. Tbwntille', S. C. Jan. 8, 1885V - Life. o Life is but a moment, a brief reflex rom tho great ocean of eternity. Take teed bow you make use of it, and from be (treat conaequeocea involved in its hort duration learn tho importance of ittht things. Queen Elizabeth once said to a courtl* ir: "Those succeed best io this world ?bp pasa over it quickly, for it is but ft >og ; if we atop we alnk." Truly, this laying deaervea to bo oft quoted, and ) i ton cr practiced. Life ia short,' and vblle we have it we should make the nost of it, as by our conduct in this rcrltl will be awarded oar position in ho next. We have no time for idleness* ; vo must be quick and decisive. The nan who thinks and executes rapidly lucceed* beat in life, for though be may tccaaionally make mistakes, of more or ess importance, they aro more than, iounterbalanced by the benefits arising 'rom bia successes. It is such s> man vho makes A mark in-the world. For here sre moments when hesitation is vorae than folly-when it is a crime. "Air tu no conies but seldom, and when she Iocs come she is often unexpected. It is mr duty to be always on the watch and eise all opportunities which God or mag nay put within our. reach. An active ifs is one of happiness. Our en?rgico tro wrapped up tn bur undertakings,to lio exclusion' of secret Vorr?w? ; every uccess is so much additional pleasures ; ivery 'failure ? an incentive to further indeavore. Act! act ! I that is tho grand ecret of success is life; Bk?\d thinkers md decisive doers ere scarce all tho rorld over ; not from a ines of suitsbie naterial, but because tbe Inclination for ictive life is wanting in a vast number of nen. Lot ono trust in himself, let bim ixeri his capabilities to their fullest ex? ont, and, sooner or later, success will Heritably smile upon him. There is no uch thing as failure to a man with a uirposo which he ls determined to Stlo essfully accomplish. Let tis.have ft turb?se sod let ne accomplish it. Tho ?od which will follow will not bo con* in ed to individuals Alone, but will extend ?aud benefit all society. . .;' Life is A strange myBtery. We cad bo ure of nothing ?ave death, and the antic? pp lion of it causes ua more alarm and olicltude* than all tho other ill J and alamities of life. This fear bf the tro tte to nature is childish In the extreme,. )esth islnevitabie, and as we must resign lursclves to the inevitable, why not do so rith a good grace, instead of with an gnoblefeart Indeed, we should rather releome than fear death, for lt is the xchsnging of a precarious present for a sppy arid eternal life. We havo causo o bless oar lot in belonging l? 'th? jfires* at, and to bless the past, Tor the' Scrip? urea have ahown BO terrible a picture of he pact ago J of tho world that we cannot ut congratulate ourselves in riot belong;* og_to them. . . To conclude, Homer saya : "Like the .sves'of tbs trees, Drat spreading, and hen decay lug, co aro thc g?n?rations of iori al men.'" A Most Embarrassing Question. Mr. Wilberforce is not a bad man in ila woy, but ho waa sorely put out the thor morning at breakfast. He bsd snt s neighbor most of his psrlor chairs, nd when fae entered tho room he found mt one of these useful articles of dome J le economy left. H? i m mediately cal led hts daughter, nd turning Angrily to her, demanded : a i "Yon: entertained' Augustus Smyth or tw? hours last o venir in thia room." "I did, pa," confessed '.ho malden, with blush. ' And whore did he ait?" '.'Oaths.* eh*.r.u "And where did you sit t" 3>:?A "No prevarication. Where did you itt" fl-oh gracious 1 I-I sst on tho coal m Wilberforce says h<?> doubts tho tatsfuent; but where could thc poor ;lrl have &nt.~Evin3vitIe Argus, _' * _. w A great head : "You have"rn"'gnjpt 1 on your shoulders,'/ said Mr. ; ip Ws tolde off forty tears. \*l