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A.ipki?on, Enoree, Spartanburg. iMtrttfo |toetrtj. "A Day'* March Nearer Home." I know this life's a pilgrimage? A journey to the Rkics? A passage to that better land, Where pieaanre never dies. Oh, then to find so sweet a place, Above yon starry home, I go, for every day but brings M A day's inarch nearer home." The path I know is sometimes smooth, And then again uneven ; I murmur not, for 'tis the way That pilgrims go to heaven. I know there is a stream called dea'.h, Whose watere dash and foam, Tis just before?but still I go? ** A day's march uearer home." Oh. what relief it is to know,. j The time cannot be lonir. Before ray soul shall be regaled Within the land of song. This cheering hope I cannot find Within the skeptic's tome; My Bible bids me onward go? M A day's march nearer home." 51 grilling fkttrfr. [From Putnsm's Monthly Magazine.] THE FALL OF THE ALAMO. On the 23d day of February, 1830, General Santa Anna entered San Antonio de Bfc.xar, and took possession of the town without firing a gun. As he advanced to the Ai.Htno, tlie small gRrriaou of one hundred and thirty men, under the command of Wo. Barret Travis, retired on the opposite side ot' the river, determined there to offer such resistance to the progress of the tyrant as their energies and resources should permit, by a direct appeal to the Ood of battle Flushed with the conauest, so eaaily effected, of the town, the Mexican commander prepared for an immediate attack on the Alauio. iJo ordered breastworks to be thrown up on eve."y commanding point, and artillery to be plan.'ed wherever it could be most effective. One Jmtlery was completed on the right bank of i.he river by the 10th, and, without wailing for' others, the siege wan si onee commenced. It it s dark and gloomy morning, .devoted to a dark and unholy purpose. Ext.lting in the work of death upon which he is entering, SaoU Anna crosses the river in person and aatahliahea hia head quarters in a small stone building?yet standing?from which be may the more accurately perceive the progress of his designs, witliout exposing himself to "his enemies. The signal is given, and, before the sun has risen upon thoee hostile hosts, the roar of the Mexican battery awakens the echoes far and wide, .and rouses from their slumbers the yet un .conscious inhabitant*, lint tbe defenders of rthe Alamo have not, for a single moment, ilost sight of their wily and implacable foes ; itoey watch the studied direction of every 1 lL-'V - '-A tlvn raslrft lirr1> lK?o l!?. I -ten breath lea*, as if, even at that distance, 4hey could bear the command to fire; and when the walls of the citadei tremble under .the shock of the iron hail, and the fragments of the parapet are whirled aloft by the sudden impulse, they send hack a shout at defiance, mingled with a disobarge from their own suae, as distinctive, if not as deafening, as the thunder of their assailant*. Heine the smoke rolls away, the reverberations are Joel in the distance, while the shouts of the besieged still linger in the ears of Abe besiegers, the cannonade is resumed, and for seven hours, without pause or relaxation, fiercely continued on the walls of the Alamo. But tboee walls jielded no more than the spirits of their defenders.? The fins is readily relumed; and, though atones ?xe shivered sround them, theie ere, stout hearts and willing hands at any moment to repair every breach, ready sod to I restore from the interior whatever may1 I . a' A I have beea destroyed withotit. Earth ii thrown up *, every crack or fissure is closed as fast as created by eager efforts of those who will permit no evidence of success tc cheer the hopes of their euemies. The sun is almost sunk behind the weslern plains when there is a pause in the work of demoliiion. The firing of the besiegers ceases for the day, with tho Mexican thiist fot blood unsaliated.* Not a single drop has been shed within tho Alamo. Many ol Santa Anna's own men have bit the dust before the artillerists and liflemon of the fort; but thus fur they are unavenged. Darkness falls upon the besiegers and the besieged, The former raise new entrenchments to prosecute the assault; the latter establish a close watch for the night, and endeavor to seek that repose which shall renew their vigoi for the contest which they know will come to-morrow. I a iiv illuming oi xne vjoui dawns, and reI veals to the occupants of the fort the effect of the midnight labors of their enemies, in the establishment of two additional batteries within the Almeda of the Alamo. The bayonets of the infantry, which crossed the river during the night, glittering in the morning beams, and the plumes of the cavalry are seen waving on the eastern hills to intercept the expected aid from that atiarter. The contest is renewed by a slight skirmish between a small party of Texans, sent in qnest of wood and water, and n Mexican detachment under General Sesma ; but this is a mere overture to the grand per formance of the day. The thunders of tin heavy ordnance, under the direction of Col onol Ampudia, are soon ronsed into acHon volley after volley is poured into the fort and answered only at rare intervals, by th( shouts of those within. There is no pause no cessation. Still llxo cannonade goes on : shells fly hissing through the air, and th? balls bury themselves within the ramparts: but night agnin comes on, and the Mexican General in vain looks for evidence of success. Baffled, but not discouraged, he ad vances his intrenchment, and prepares, will] the morning light, to resume his bloody task. The north wind sweeps over the prai ries, as it only sweeps in Texas, a stormy lullaby to the atortuv passions of those coil I tending nosis. 'J tie darkness is broken on ly by the feeble blaze of the few huts, fired by the Texans, which had furnished a cover to tho enemy. The flames curl upward with a sickly glare, and their fitful flashes throw a lurid light for a moment upon the slumbering army and expire. The reign ol darkness and of silence is now restored. The next day tho Mexicans appear inactive, though engaged in the construction oi additional batteries. There is but little firing on either side. Travis and his men, with spirits unsubdued and energies weakened, but not exhausted, are applying their contracted resources to the purpose ol defence. No pulso falters ; no heart throbs with diminished powers; no hand shrinks from tho labor the necessity imposes. All is confidence and determination, and in every breast there is a firm reliance, springing from the holiness of the cause and the certainty of its final triumph. Sunday follows, but brings no rest to those whom God had created in his own image, and who, in violation of his own commands, are thus yielding to their erring and unhallowed passions. Perhaps within the chapel of the Alamo, consecrated to the worship of the Almighty, nnd distinguished by tho emblem of suffering and of salvation which surmounts the dome, heads may be bowed in prayer to the God of battles for deliverance fiom their sanguinary foe ; but that foe takes no heed of Sabhatus. Exclusive followers as they profess themselves of the true church, they doom to destruction the very temple they have erected for ils worship ; nnd kissing the cross suspended from their nocks, and planted before every camp, tfcev print their guns upon the symbol for which they profess such an unbounded reverence. The fire of ttre Mexican artillery keeps company with the minutes as they roll on. Morning, mid-UAy, and evening are passed, yet there is no faltering among those who are defending the Thermopylae of Texan liberty. Another sun rises and seta, and yet another; still the indomitable hearts of Travis and his companions quail not before the untiring effort of their enemy. In spite of that enemy's vindictive vigilance, the hltie garrison receives from Gouzairo a reinforeement of thirty-three men?addi tional victims to the funeral pyre soon to be kinOled by Santa Anna on the surrounding bills, as a human hetacomb to Mexican vengeance. New batteries are erected by the besiegers. From every point around, the missiles of destruction concentrate upon the Alamo. The final hour must soon come. Provisions are not yet exhausted, but the ammunition cannot last many days longer. Water had been supplied solely by Mexican women, who, through showers of grape and musketry, had threaded her way to and fro between the river and the citadel, while her own blood baa marked the path. She bears within her the stern and lofty spirit of her illustrious ancestors, stretched upon the rocks of Cortes, and it is,not the fear of torture or death that can swerve her from her purpose. | ) to . 11 The siege has continued for ten days.? 11 The Mexican general has received large rei inforcements, and his army now numbers > thousands. He has beer, unceasing in his i efforts to batter down tho walls, but has, , tbus far, failed. Tho triumph is with Trav is ; but it is written in tbe heart of his ruth' i less foe that he must die, and when tbe cah oonade is suspeuded on the Oth of March, > a small breach has been effected, and Santa T Anna has determined, without a summons, ' to surrender, that the hour of assault has arrived. During ten days a blood-red flag has been streaming from the spire of the . church in San Antonio, proclaiming that no quarter is to be given to the champions of i the Alamo?that blood alone will appease : the vengeance and fury of the Mexican mal ico. When the sun again goes down, the i flag is no longer seen, for tbe deed for which it was the sign has been accomplished. It is midnight; stars are smiling in the l Armament, and the renosn of Pnmrticn 11 hovering over the armed hosts and hills and plains which encircle the Alamo. The calm ) is so deep and solemn that the angel of i death seems to pause before the strife and ? carnage which are to follow. A low murmur rises upon the air, which gradually bei comes more and more distinct. Lights are glancing mysteriously in the distance, and . indicate some unusual movement. The be, sieging army is in motion?there is no ad* i vance by columns. The force of the Mexi icans is so great that the fort may be com | pletcly surrounded, leaving intervals only 5 for the fire of artillery. The place is gir died by a deep line of infantry, and these are hemmed in and encompassed bv anothei . of cavalry. If the first falter or shrink, they ? must be thrust forward to the assault by the , sabres and lances of their comrades. Sodi denly the batteries are in a blaze, and, from > their concentric positions, pour forth radii of ; fire from the circle of Santa Anna's veni geance, verging to a single centre. Amid the thunder thus created, their own shout hardly less terrible, and the martial blasts of i a hundred bugles, the Mexicans advance to r the Alaino. A sheet of flame from tho ri flea that uever failed, is the answer to the r charge. The infantry recoil and fall back upon the cavalry ; their ranks are broken and dieoiderod by the deadly fire of the beI sieged. The shouts from the fort are min ' gled with the groans of the wounded and I dying on the plain. They return to the at* 1 tack, but the leader, shower which they ' again encounter, fell them to the earth by ' platoons. Travis shows himself on the walls, cheering his cool. uudAumed followers ; around ' hiin are Crocket, Evans and Borham, roused to the lost struggle, for they know their doom is sealed, lu quick succession riHu after rifle is discharged, sending hundreds to their long account. The Mexicans aie again repulsed; they fall back dismayed ' and disheartened by the dead and dying 1 around them. The battalion of Tobucn, the i power of Santa Anna's army, is reduced from four hundred to twenty-three. Meu have ; become, for a moment, regardless of their officers, and are almost delirious from the 1 crisis of their fallen and expiring comrades, i yielding to the influence which no discipline can restrain and no etforts repress. But the breach now appears practicable; the disjointed forces, by the aid of threats and entreaties, are rallied, and once more return ' to the assault. The fire from the Alamo has, for some time, been growing slower and slower, liifies have dropped from many a vigorous hand, now cold in death, while others cling to their weapons even in the agonies of dissolution. Ammunition, too, has been failing; one by one the muz zles drop; and ere the lust rifle is loaded ?j J it. \i?i -* nuu uiocunigcu, IU? III tiAlCilllS gaill id6 Wall. tearfully conspicuous in that nwful moment, Travis receivt s a shot, staggers and falls.? He dies not unavenged. A Mexican officer rushes upon hiin, and is about to plunge his sabre into the bosom of the man, when, gathering his remaining energies, for a desperate etfort, lie bathes the sword, to which he still clings, in the blood of his enemy, and they die together. In the meantime, the conflict has become hand to hand, and has been raging hot and thick. The Mexicans have poured into the citadel like famished wolves, furious for their prey. Each man struggles with the energy of despair, dealing the death-stroke with ri fles, sabre*, Or whatever missiles may be within reach. The Texans are almost l?u ried beneath the numbers of their opponents. The carnage bus been so great that the slain are piled up in heaps. Death stares each survivor in the face* yet still he struggles od. Crockett has been conspicuous in the melee wherever the blows fell 1 ?t * nuuoAi arm lasiesi. lie nas lorcea his way over piles of the bodies of his enemies, and has reached the door of the chapel, llere be determines to make his lost stand. At tbe glance of bis eye be sees that the fate of the Alamo rests upon himself alone, and that fate nothing can avert. Travis has fallen; Evans is no more; Bowie expires on a bed of sickness, pierced 1 to the heart by a Mexican bayonet; Borbam fails directly before hiin, and be finds himself the only living warrior of the hundred I and sixty-three who bad been bis comrades, i Toi-baps at this moment the life blood creeps i to liis heart by a natural impulse ; but it is only for a moment. ' Thedesporation of his position sends it baok with the foroe of an avalanche. His foes glare on bim with the fierceness of demons, and assault him with blows from muskets, lances and sabres.? The strength of a hundred men seem concentrated in his single arm, as he deals out death to his pitiless and unspaiiug assailants. Their bodies have grown into a rampart before him. Blackeucd with fire and smoke, besmeared with blooJ,and roused into a perfect plirenzy, he stands like some fabled god of antiquity, laughing to scorn the malice and power and fury of bis enemies. New fire flashes from his eyes and new vigor nerves his arm. On his assailants rush, but it is upon death, certain and immediate. They fall, but their pluces aro still supplied, and so quickly the dead seem to rise up before him like armed men from the teeth of Cadmus. At length a ball from an unseen rifle pierces him 111 the forehead ; he falls backward to the earth in streams of gore which curdle around hiui. No groan escnpes his lips?no cry of agony grntities tbe implacable rancor of his enemies. IT.5 dies, and the Alamo has fallen. Biferfllnttcnus HI tolling. A Noble Stand Taken. 44 Will Mr. Frank Hamilton please honor the company with a sentiment 1" said the fair bride to one of the guests at her nuptial feast, who was known to be a stern opponent of wine drinking She thought his gallantry would compel bun to respond anu ; drink to the health of the lovely bride and her guests. "With pleasure," said Frank, 6xing his eye upon the ehnrrntr, and holding it there, he said, 44 With true heart, I pledge you ; not in the fiery draught which guilt prepares for folly?which bileth like a serpent and stingoth like an adder?but in that beverage, pure, which cometh down from heaven to blosa and beautify?in bright, clear, sparkling water." The effect was electric, and the temptress quailed for a moment in her efforts to cause him to tasto the ruby wine, and thus open the way to its introduction at the festival. But recovering, she sajd : 44 Perhaps you can't reli>h wine?" 44 You are mistaken ; I do relish it; hull T 1)QVA coon OA 1 . ..?.V OU intuit U1H1 UUUSClJllCllceS re- I suiting from its use, tlmt on every occasion ] I try to say, what I now say?" Get thee behind me, Sat an." ' But just taste it?I'm sure it can do you no harm." 44 So have thought many." said Frank, 44 who are at this moment writhing under its cruelties?who are weeping while you are laughing over it?who are cursing while you are praising it." " It wou't kill you to taste it," continued the temptress. 14 So said its master," replied the noble young man, 44 on another occasion : 4 Thou shall not surely die.' Did he speak the truth then !" The temptress was foiled, and retired trom the contest. No wino was introduced that night. This scene actually occurred. O! for more such noble young ineu. What a reformation might they accomplish. [ffptril of the Age. The Lord and I Were There. A few years since, ill one of the towns of our old Puritan New England, there was established a 44 Morning Prayer Meeting," with particular refereuce to a revival of religion. For some timo the meeting was well sustained ; however, a few months luought a sad change, without witnessing any special interest among sinners on the most important of all subjects, that of the salvation of the soul, if professors had in any measure their hearts warmed by meeting together, sure we were that they were willing to re lapse again to selfish worldliness, for every Buvi-eeumg ween witnessed such a tailing ott and gradual declension, that no doubt it was given up in the minds of many, and entirely forgotten. Not so with 44 one steadfast follower of our Lord he continued to meet in that place of prayer, and like Jacob, wrestled with God, and it was indeed a Bethel to him, and ho might well say, " he mot God, face to face." One morning, returning from this consecrated spot, he was met by One of the brethren of the church, who said, 44 Where now, btolher,so early in the morning I" M From the prayer ineetiug," was the reply. " From the prayer meeting f I thought that was given up, long ago. Why, who was there, | do tell me, friend f" 44 Well, I'll tell you, brother, the Lord ( and I was there, and are there every morning, and most precious seasons we are enjoying ; we have sustained it for a long time, , and it has been well sustained, and has never been given up." The answer was so forcibly brought home to the conscience, that the next moruing found this brother at his post, and from that time other members of the church followed hie example, and in a few weeks that room . was filled to overflowing, and the most pow erful revival followed ever witnessed in that \ church, and also in adjoining towns. I Is it not safe always to trust God and rely upon his promises, believing he will aecom- , plish nil his pleasure in his own good lime? , Lkakn to Work.?Whence come our < greatest men ? Not generally from our l " first honor graduates of the schools, nor I from the field of regular military training; but generally from among the laboring class- < es, where necessity has taught them lessons of industry and economy. It is singular ' that the world almost always looks in the wrong direction for the uprising mighty men to meet the exigencies of the times.? While they look to the top of the mountaiu, 1 expecting to see some pampered son of wealth rise in a full blaze of glory, tbey are suddenly surprised by hearing the shouts of the multitude in the vale below, pouring fourth their plaudits upon some original genius, who lises superior to his origin, and mocks at the petty obstructions in bis pathway. Whenever circumstances require that some giant iutellecl should rise to meet some peculiar emergency of the times, i where an iron will and an unflinching nerve alone can be trusted, it is from the worthier men of the world that suclt characters are taken. Your nice young fop, skilled in sporting a gold-headed cane, or in giving a moustache the right curl, is never the man for an important work. The childreu ot your fashionable women are milk sop heroes, are never lit for stations where responsible nnd important duties are to be performed. Why, then, should a young man be afraid or ashamed to work ? Why should not every man look with coulcrnpt upon idle loungers in society ? The true secret of all greatness lies in the combination of an honest heart with an industrious hand.? Clinton Independent. CJiye IIim a Trade.?If education is the great buckler and shield of humau liberty, well developer! industry iR equally the buckler and shield of individual independence. As an unfailing resource through life, give your son, equal with a good education, a good, honest trade. Better any trade than uone; there is ample field for the adoption of every inclination in this respect. Learned professions, and speculative employments may (ail a man, but an honest handicraft trade, seldom or never?if its possessor choose to exercise it. Let hint feel, too, thai honest labor crafts are honorable and noble. The men of trades?the real creators of whatever is most essential to the necessities and welfare of mankind?cannot bo dis pensed with ; they, above all others, in whatever repute they may he held by their fastidious fellows, must work at lite oar ot human progress or all is lost. But few brown-handed trade-wotkers think of this, or appreciate llie real position and power llioy compass. Give voiir son a trade, no matter what fortune he may have or may seem likely to inherit. Give him a trade and an education?at any rate a trade. With this he can always battle with temporal want, can always be independent.?tfjririt of the Aye. Oonfwki*ck in Onk'h Ski.f.?When a crisis befalls you, and the emergency requires moral courage and noblo manhood to meet it, be equal to the requirements of the moments, and rise superior to the obstacles in your path. The universal testimony of men whose experience exactly coincides with yours, furnishes tho consoling reflection that diflieul'ies may be ended by uppositson. There is no blessing equal to the possession of a stout heart. The magnitude of the danger needs nothing moie than a greater effort than ever at your bands. If you prove recreant in tho hour of trial, you are the worst of recreants and deserve no compassion. Be not dismayed nor unmanned ' when you should be bold and daring, un- 1 flinching nnd resolute. The cloud whose threatening murmurs you hear with fear un/1 i'lrou/1 in nior* o??r>t .?>??!? l.l ? ? ..? J 41 - ??%. ? v.^4 in mill uit-?r?ni?, timi II1C i frown, whose sternness now makes yon 11 shudder and tremble, will eie long bo succeeded by a smile of bewitching swcetnCfS 1 and benignity. Then bo strong and man- 1 ly, oppose equal forces to open difficulties, ( keep a slitf upper lip and llust in Provi- 1 deuce. 1 Greatness can only be achieved by those who are tried. The condition of that 1 achievement is confidence in one's self. Uk Earnrst.?The grand secret of all 1 worldly success, which some men call will, I 1 would rather call earnestness. If I were 1 asked, from my experience in life, to say what attribute most impressed the mind of others, or most commanded fortune, I should 1 say, " earnestness." The earnest roan wins 1 for himself, and earnestness and truth go to- ' gether.?Buhotr. j Chrap Lrvijro.?In Paris a man may dine for twopence. In the neighborhood of the Marche des Innocence, there is a certain enterprising Madaina Robert, who dailyfeeds some six thousand workmen, in tho open air, yet sheltered from the weather.? Her daily bill of fare is cabbage soup, a slice ..f bouilli, (beef,) a piece of bread, and a glass of wine. ' TN UMJBJUKsIl* ???????????? Boss ok Tkmpkrancs.?The fourth qnar- & tcrly session of the Grand Division of the Suns of Temperance of South Carolina was lield in this city on Wednesday and TbursJay last. We iearn that the meeting was characterized by great unanimity of feeling ftj$ and sentiineut. The leports from the vari- % jus divisions wore generally cheering, aud t the warfare in which the " Sous '* had eu- ** ' listed was vigorously going on. * I The following are the olliccrs elect for lh?^ * ensuing year : Bro. Donald R. Barton, G. W. P., Branch* ville. Bro. J. Cordero, G. W. A., Columbia. Bro. Geo. S. Bower, G. T., Columbia. . Bro. B. D. Townscnd, G. Scribe, Bennetts- ' v rille. Bro. J. C. Griffin, G. C., Williamston. Bro. J. W. Rich wood, G. Sentinel, Conway boro. Bro. Rev.?Thomas, G. Chaplain, Bennettsville. Bro. Ilenry Summer, P. G. W. P., New berry. The first quarterly meeting for next year will be held at Wiunsboro. in .I?nnn-?> l . ... -? J , ? second at Chernw, in April; tbe third at WilliatnxLon, in July, and the fuurih at Columbia, in November.? Southern Light. Thk editor of the Auburn American, (j-. Stanley Smith,) in speaking of the claim that Bray in an, of Chicago, was a monomaniac, so far as regaids the theft of articles of small value, says: "We knew a lady in Albany, who was independent, so far as her pecuniary resources were concerned, who was amiable in character, connected with a highly respectable family, and moved in the best circles in society ; yet she was an inveterate and notorious pilferer of all sorts of articles thai she did not need, and generally could not use. She could not enter a store or shop of any kihd. or seen a meat stall, without stealing something before she left> Merchants knew her well, and always watched lier narrow y. Some accused her openly in their stores of theft. She nlways delivered up the stolen property promptly, and was obliged to pay 'hush money.' Somo took advantage of her in this way?giving ample opportunity to her to 6teal, obtain their goods from her, ahd then bleed her purse. Others, aware of her propensity, contented themselves with watching her closely, noting the value of the articles pilfered, and sending her a bill of their cost.?These bills she always paid promptly. She was liberal and benevolent, and gave away hundreds of the articles stolen." Lines Wkitten on the Back of a OnB Dollar Bill.?The following lines wo have been permitted to copy from the back of a one dollar bill iti the possession of a gentleman of this city. They are peculiarly appropriate to the times, nnd will, no doubt) awake a sympathetic feeling in many who may read thein : And thou must go, my beautiful, To pay remorseless dun? Must pass forever from my hand, My cherished only 1. Thou wert as good as X or V, For thou wert all I had, And now, to lose thee in tin's way, Confound it?'tis too bad. The rich have stores of larger bills) And double eagles too ; But they can't feel the love I felt, My cherished rag. for you. But, go away?I cannot smile? For, really, 'lis too bad, To think I am, when thou art gone, Decidedly dead broke. Greeusboio', July 22d, 1855. A Word of Advice to Youno Men.?1 The Ohio Farmer, iir some sensible remarks an womeu's rights, has the following pararrrnnti b *t" ' We would beg to suggest another right which we think u woman is entitled to, and that is, to have something else beside fiattery and nonsense talked to her. We would venture to remaik to our young men, that a sensible young lady is at least as sensible as a fool of a young man ; perhaps, in some eases, even more so. Don't think yourself disagreeable, if your face is not always spoiled with a smirk, a moustache or a simper. The laughing hyena is not the beat -ideal of f?verv young lady. Take our advice, and venture to talk good sense; in good grain mar, and with a natural voice and countenance, to the first young lady you meet; it is her right to be addressed in this way^ and it is your right and duty to do it. i ?i ?? JrsT Uetributiow.?At Dover, lnstweek> inc poiairunciiitrgvu wun placing Obstructions upon the Boston and Maine Railroad on tho tlh of March last, the Jury being unable to Agree upon the cane at the last term of the Supreme Judicial Court, have at this term been found guilty and sentenced to the State prison for life. A Higher I'oamoN.?The New York Express notices, under tho head of4* muscular appointments," the appointment of Tho* ium I Iyer, the prize tighter, as Superintendant of Lands and I'laces, quite a lucrative office under the corporation of that city.