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jno. i. miller & co., Proprietors.| An Independent Joui'113.1'. For tlic Promotion ot the Political, Social, Agricultural and Loinnreicial lutcicsts of the South. jlewib m. grist, publisher. VOL.3. Y ORKVILLE, S. C.,THURSDAY, N O YEA! BEE 86, 1857. 2STO. 47. Original JMrg. For the Yorkville Enquirer. I?I OKA. nv -T. W001> DAVWS0X. The site whereon the heart awakes to life And beats its pulse reveille for the march Of after years, through all those after years, Can never cease to be a Mecca spot Whereto our willcss feet will pilgrim back. I sought it, lady, late and stood again I'pon my birth site; stood and mused alone Amid memorials of my earliest sins And doubts, and 'mid the monuments of hopes That dying left a Priam host of sons, Who dying each a countless progeny Bequeaths me yet,?nrnid the fragments rude Of shade tree, stone, arid step, and ivy tuft That now declines to clothe a skeleton? To decorate a desolation such That nought save Mem'ry's charity can veil The utter waste;?there mused, and felt the while The stealing back of spirits to my side, Perceived the rustling in the passing breeze, And knew by quicker pulsing heart and flush 0r soul that hallowed shades were nigh? Knew by the thrill and strange electric start That angel presences were closing round, * * * * * They came; communed; had not to learn that I Was changed, and was no more the sinless boy That shared those angels' mortal love?that I Had deeply learned those lessons dark which hearts By solitary suffering must be taught? They had not this to learn ; for, day by day, Through all their angel years, those eyes had bent. In tearful, watchful, deep suspense, upon The strange one's guideless path ; save when they turned Above in mute appeal to deprecate Some retribution from his reckless steps, Or ask for prayer for him. They came: communed; And, lady, thou wast there, and round thy brow A band of flame played like a memory Of love?a cold and phosphorescent flare? That quivered quick, then faded in the light Of more than mother's, more than mortal love. And, lndy, near thee stood a form thou knowst, A form where once my fancy dreamed there dwelt A spirit like mine own. Her, lady, thou Didst judge and Teket. trace upon the scroll? Thy judgment and thy wish. With thee a host Of hasty hopes came hurdling home to die : And silen'ly and quick, and like the flame That lit thy brow, they died. With her there I came? 'Twas all in memory?there came no host, But one intense and rapturous sovereigu Hope That seemed to rise, and glow, and modulate My being's music for an hour, for one Sole, maddening end?to<li<-But peace to these, And peace to her, and, lady, peace to thee. ? w * * * Thou wast not false tome; thou wast not false. Nor she ; rot false as are the plighted when They fail. But was it Fate, whose earthly name Our lips had breathed, dictated harsh and cold And fatal words to thee! They told, and tell The terms that echo in a mocking hiss Down being's path forever. Lonely years? Back, lady, to mine infant days?I passed, And sought to know thy spirit then ; and saw No sombre, settled skepticism of soul Nor chill paralysis of heart in thee. But thou hast suffered, and I murmur not That human trust thy heart was wont to give Is gone, though gone for me: I murmur not, Though in thy heart the only doubt arose, Till ail was past, and sceptered Enmity, Enthroned forever, smote a soul that lived In recent memory of less?just less? Than madness then. N? mists of dark despair linsc n or my sigru hi sum mv s .-mi As there I stood upon its orient verge ; But radiant in her royal pride arose The Genia of my soul, and from her throne Three mandates high imposed : the one to meet An angel parent's prayer, and one to be Yet worthy of Ione's love, and one To ask the world a name. And lastly peace To these; a peace to hrr thou once didst judge; And, lady, now a final peace to thee. . Wisxsbobo' S. C. Scraps of fiistorii. From the Marion American. THE PALMETTOES IN MEXICO. BY ONE OF THE TWO HUNDRED. SKW SERIES?NO. St. On the morning of the 11th of March, just after sunrise, Patterson's division proceeded forward, to extend the line of investment around Vera Cruz.* The first thing to be accomplished was a complete investment of the city, to cutoff supplies and reinforcements. The advance was very difficult on account of the deep sand and the thick chaparral. Pioneers with pickaxes were sent forward to open a way for us. As soon as our position was discovered, the batteries from the city and castle opened a heavy fire of shot and shells on us. They over-shot us, and their missiles went crackiugand hissing far beyond us. (Jen. Morales the Governor of the State and commaudant of ^ era Cruz came out with some cavalry and attacked us on the sand-hills. He kept up a hot skirmish for about an hour, chiefly with the Palmcttoes. The distaucc betweeu us and the Mexicans was generally about four hundred yards, though sometimes they came nearer. Their eseopctas shot a very large ball, with great force. They came whizzing and singing about our heads like a nest of hornets. They have a tuost melancholy, and diabolical sound, as if they were preaching iU.. r,f ihftlr rlr.tiiiK ()nr Mi)sition llll' lUUtim | was a very trying one to the courage and discipline of raw volunteers in their first fight. Not only was the skirmish a hot one, but the guns of the city and castle were playing fiercely on our exposed ranks. Yet the Palinettoes stood the tire as coolly as veteran soldiers. The Mexicans began to retire and three companies of the Paluiettoes pur ?B?BBB?i IHIHW?Bin???Bwama sued them within less than a mile nt'the city. The {runs from the city threw .shot and shells at us with terrible l'ury. They i fell all around us, and exploded above us. ' Oue enormous cannon ball struck about three ! feet in front of the Abbeville company, and ! covered it with a cloud of sand. Nothing 1 saved u.s but the depth of the sand in which , the balls buried themselves. We continued i in pursuit of the retreating Mexicans, but they kept beyond range of our muskets. We tuok shelter behind some little sandhills. Col. Dickenson was with us, severely j wounded. The batteries from the city made the mist untiring efforts to drive us from our position. They seemed determined to batter down the sand hills that sheltered us. The r balls sometimes struck the tops of the hills and rolled over among us. Next they tried bombs and they bursted them all over us and around us. I saw a bombshell burst over our heads, and an iron arrow three feet - ? i - 1 .1 . J long tell trorn it, ana siuck in tne grouuu. Captain Secrest was wounded by a fragraeut of an exploded shell We were soon recalled, and we retired under another shower of shells from the city. Eight or ten Pulmettoes were wounded, among whom were Col. Dickenson and Capt. Secrest. It is really surprising that so little loss was suffered, for the air hurtled with deadly missiles. Some companies of the Palmettoes presented in their costume a ludicrous, and some a ferocious aspect. .\t Lobos all of them had bought from the sutler, coarse heavy shirts. Some wore blue striped cotton, and some flannel of bloody red color.? These shirts reached nearly to the knees, and worn over the pants, made a very showy frock coat. They looked so handsomely that they were adopted as a uniform, worn over the pants and fastened at the waist by a girdle and buckle. This fantastic costume highly amused the Mexicans. It was uow about noonday; the sun was intolerably hot, the lazy Mexicans had gone j back to the city, and we, heated and fatigued, I retired to the woods to find a cool shade.? ITL_ i- - -. ? ? vi 1 k ..r ,.o | 1 UC IIGtlC Wilis luluiclclulu uuu luui't ui ua vfciw out of water. Oue man faitHed under the effects of the heat and fatigue. We scattered in every direction hunting for water, but none was fouud. I had very imprudently giveu away about half my canteen of water as I weut into the fight. A Pennsylvanian i begged me for some water, and I gave him my cauteeu. lie drank it like a famished wolf, until an old soldier standing by, re-, proved him for taking the water from a hoy I who was going into battle aud would need it. The old soldier was right. 1 was green and generous, and foolishly gave away my water to a lazy fellow who was not in the fight, and might have gone for it. 1 did ueed that water badly before I got any more. After a search of some hours 1 discovered a little pool of water full of wiggletails, but it was no time to be squeamish and 1 drank it copiously. Late in the eveuing a Mexican rancho was found about a mile and a half distant, where theie was a well of water. From this we were amply supplied. The iguorant Mexicans had heard us described as barbarians, who would devour them and their property, and they had fled in terror to the woods, carrying with them their most valuable property. On the next day, however, the owners of the shanty were induced to return. We promised them protection, and left a guard at the shanty to protect them I aud the well. These were the first Mexicans we had seen. They were poor devils, i as all Mexican peasants are. They had a ! beautiful daughter, about eighteen who got a ; dozeu of us iu love with her. She was a j sweet, innocent ignoramus. Her figure was ' very graceful, aud her face was half-divine. An eye "Darkly, deeply, beautifully i/uoJr" : glowed with gentleness and sympathy, if not ; love. Her style of dress was suitable to the j tropical climate, where clothes are worn for I ornament, and not for warmth. Her dress ! was a gaudy barege, from the waist down ; j above it a iirien (I believe that is the i name) and bare arms, neck and bust. The i < /">/{/' was fastened with a gold button, and ' she had gold ear-rings and a number of lin1 ger rings. The uuly thing o"to about her was that she was barefooted, but as that was I the fashion, and her feet were small and pretj ty, that did not spoil the romance. She was the first scnon'ta 1 had seen; she was a : pretty ariton'hi ; I like pretty girls generally; and of course 1 visited her every day. There was some difficulty, however, in exchanging scutiiueuts. .She spoke nothing ! but Kspan(y)ol, and 1 could not exactly j speak Kspuuol. I was just from College, aud could speak Latin glibly, so I tried that Latin and Spanish are very similar, and it i was the best that could be done under the | circumstances. Long, long shall [ remem bcr The dark eyed senorita The in aid of Vera Cruz. Might came on, aud found us much faJ tigued by the labor of the day. Our condition was as uncomfortable as can be imag ined. In going into the tight that morning we had thrown oft' our blankets, and main had thrown oft their haversacks containing ; their victuals. .Many had nothing to eat, and all were without blankets. And thu.> t we were to spend the second night. Get tiug a soft chunk for a pillow, a few leaves j for a bed, and a bush for a covering we laid down, exhausted and hungry, to a soldier's rest. But we had achieved glory enough for one day. We had fought the first fighl of the couipaign; We had shed the tirsl blood of the defenders of Vera Cruz. Wc had faced that day a tire which only veterai soldiers could be expected to endure ; oui I * *' 1 1-...I JJl. VUlUIIC'i UUU I'.'.IIV/U CVIM vaj . the bluud of several of our men had crim soned the sandhills. It was the first blooci that flowed at Vera Cruz, aud the criuisoi curreut was nut staunched, uutil it ceased ti fluw inside the city of Mexico, it was the , first blood shed iu the campaign, and it was : i tin? last ulood shed in the campaign. The i 1'a!mottoes tired the first, and the last gun of 1 this campaign. With the honors of the day as the only compensation for our hard lot, we sank to sleep. "And the morning and the evening were the third day." The order of investment was this : Worth's brigade occupied the south side of the city, Patterson's division next, covering the rear and west side of the city; and Twigg's brigade occupied the north side, including the little village of Vergnra, about three miles from the city The distance from beach to beach was about seven miles, and the lines were extended so as to form a complete chain of investment, stopping all communication with the city. The line of investment was about three miles from the city, though our position was frequently nearer. Twigg's * * ? ? ... ii _r *.i.^ brigade was lanuea on uie evening ui me 10th, and they reached Vergara and closed the investment on the 13th. They had occasional slight skirmishing in their advance. Twiggs was just in time to capture a train of mules loaded with wine and provisions for the city. This was distributed among the army. They made no sorties, but shut themselves up in the city, trusting to their fortifled places for protection. In fact the garrison was too week to act except defensively. We had a splendid army of more than 12,000, while they had only G or 7,000, about 2,000 of whom were in the castle. The following is an enumeration of the army: ''Worth's 1st brigade of regulars consisted of Duncan's battery of horse artillery, the 2d and 3d regiments of artillery, the 4th, 5th, Gth and 8th regiments of infantry, with the addition of two independent coinpanics of volunteers. Twiggs' 2d brigade of regulars?Taylor's battery, the 1st and 4th regiments of artillery, the 1st, 2d, 3d and 7th regiments of infantry, and the regiment of mounted riflemen. Patterson's division of volunteers, composed of three brigades : Pillow's brigade?the 1st and 2d regiment from Tennessee, the 1st and 2d from Pennsylvania, and Steptoe's battery; Quitman's brigade?the Palmetto regiment, j one from Georgia and one from Alabama; I Shield's brigade?one regiment from New York, and two from Illinois. The cavalry, separately, consisted of detachments from the 1st and 2d regiments of dragoons, and one regiment from Tennessee." The Palmetto regiment had now 1,000.? The New York and Pennsylvania regiments were also new levies, and were full each containing about 800 men. The Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Illinois regiments had been nearly twelve months in service, and were greatly reduced by disease and death. They had passed the previous summer ou the llio Grande, and the deaths had told terribly on their ranks. These regiments averaged about 500 men. The whole army numbered from 12 to 13,000 men. About half of them were regulars, and of the volunteers, half of them had beeD nearly a year in service, and were perfectly disciplined. It was a glorious army, perfectly skilled in the highest science of war, disciplined, brave, and eager or battle. I doubt whether the world ever saw a liner little army, aud I doubt whether, with equal numbers, Bonaparte, Wellington, or Marlborough could have won a field from it. Pistcllaitcoits^caMng From the Carolina Times. SOUTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. JEssrs. Editors:?Iu furnishing the report which was received by the State Agricultural Society, and ordered to be printed for information at their late meeting, a word by way of explanation may be proper. At our annual meeting in 1850, a resolu -i?u.. 11 On WAS auupiuu uy uic isjiuic j pointing seven as a committee to report as to the best means of promoting agricultural education iu South Carolina. The following report is the result of that appointment. As I was the first to submit a plan for an ! Agricultural College in our State, I think i i it proper to take this occasion to say, that it : has been my design from the commcnce! ment to let the existing literary institutions , of our State, stand upon their own merits and to keep the proposed Agricultural College separate, and distinct from all other . S institutions of learning, and let the propos; j ed college stand or fall upon Its own claims | to public favor. Nor is it my wish to con| ucet it iu any way with the State Agriculj tural Society. In asking the approbation of the incm: ! bersof our State Society to the plan of an . Agricultural College, it was my sole object j to secure the moral influence which the api probation of that Society might be justly ! considered to give to the undertaking. SAM'L. K. BLACK. ] Columbia, November, 1857. I . ?: j \ our committee appointed at the last an nual meeting of this Society to report as to - | the best nieaus of promoting the cause of . j Agricultural Education in South Carolina, i i submit the following . | IvKl'ORT. > 1 That in appointing your committee as to 1 | the best means of promoting Agricultural '' Education in this State, the Society admits ' I that Agricultural Education is right and - proper, and desirable. This lessens the t labor of your committee, and we come dis ! rectly to the question, how can this object, ' j be most certainly accomplished '( We bc i lievc the sure and short way to accomplish I the desired object is to establish an Agricul tural College. I In adopting this course we ouly follow in i the footsteps of the most enlightened com> ujuuities?not only in this country but in ? Europe. There are in Europe at this time j three hundred and fifty-two universities, . colleges, and schools, devoted exclusively to 1 the cause of agricultural education, and in j this country some ten or twelve, either in actual operation or secure in affecting their object. So far, therefore, from being iu advance of the age on this subject, we are really behind many of our sister States, some of them much younger than our own. In recommending the establishment of aD Agricultural College in preference to any other plan, we are influenced by the opiuion that education must come down to the masses, in order to secure and perpetuate its blessings to the great body of the people."? A few men thoroughly taught in all that appertains to a complete, scientific and practical agricultural education, disseminated in the different sections in our State, will stand as beacon lights amidst the general darkness around them, and will have a lasting and happy influence by their example and their ability to instruct their fellow citizens, in the diffcreut departments of their profession, and their every day pursuits in life; and at the same time, secure in the different portions of our State able and accomplished teachers to impart the blessings of a useful and practical education to a more numerous class of our fellow citizens. In order to accomplish the object proposed, we think it best that the farmers and planters should make an effort in the first place. The history of all applications to the Legislature to assist the'cause of agriculture, has proved a failure, if made in advance of individual effort. When our agricultural population, with spirit and success, have first moved on this subject, there can be no doubt that our Legislature will unite with them, particularly when it can be shown that every interest in our State will be greatly advanced. By an improved state of agriculture, the material wealth of our State j will be increased, and, a3 a direct consequence, our ability to pay; and an actual increase of taxes will amount to five times the sum which our Legislature will find it necessary to expend in the support of agricultural education. When the time comes for the friends of such a measure to make an application to the Legislature, these truths can be, and, no doubt, will be represented to the entire satisfaction of every man who will think and decide for himself. In the single State of Virginia, the real estate or lands have increased in value, from 1850 to 1850, 8100.000,000, and this vast I increase in the value of real estate has been mainly owing to the improving state of agriculture, together with the greater facilities of transportation to their markets. In order that the friends of agricultural education may have a ilcfinrd plan of an Agricultural College upon which they can rely before subscribing the amount they may be disposed to contribute, your Committee present the following as the best they can recop.)mend: 1st. We propose to raise, by subscription, a sura not loss than one hundred thousand dollars, in shares of one hundred dollars, to be invested or appropriated by a Board of Twelve Directors, or Trustees, elected by the stockholders, each share having one vote. One-third of the stock subscribed to be paid to the Trustees in thirty days after their election and the organization of the company; one-third twelve months after said organization, and the remaining onethird two years aftersaid organization. The funds so paid in to be deposited, by the said Trustees jointly, in the Bank of the State of South Carolina, and drawn out under such special regulations as shall be sane- J tioned and authorized by the said Trustees 2d. To purchase, at some place selected by the stockholders, each share having one vote as aforesaid, in a locality suited to the purpose, such a quantity of land as may be thought most advisable by the Trustees.? On this land, to erect college buildings and such other improvements as may be thought necessary, having regard to economy and the carrying out the object in view, and at the same time upon such a plan as will admit of a more extended scale of improvements, should the funds of the College justify and require it. 3d. Such a number of professors appointed by the Trustees as may be thought most advisable, under all the circumstances. 4th. The subjects upon which each of i the professors is to devote his time are to be designated by the said Trustees?the Trustees having in view a thorough scientific and practical agricultural education. 5th. The terms of admission, qualificaj tion, tuition, salaries, &c., to be regulated J by the Trustees. Gth. On the land upon which the col| lege buildings arc erected, will be a model or experimental farm under the care and management of a practical farmer and planter, conducted in such a way as to afford the pupils the -best means of witnessing the various experiments in agriculture, and at the same time uniting to the theory and science of agriculture, the details of practice. 7th. Each stockholder who shall subscribe and pay in ten shares, shall be en| titled to send one pupil free of any charge for tuition; and for every additianal ten shares one scholar on like condition. Respectfully submitted, SAML. R. BLACK, GEORGE SEABORN, S. V. CAIN, R. A. SPRINGS. Note.?The three additional members of this committee being absent, their names are not signed to the above report. An old bachelor, possessed of a fortune of S50,0(J0, meeting a friend one day, began to harangue him very learnedly upon the detestable sin of avarice, and gave the following instance of it: About three years ago," said he, "by a very odd instance, I fell into a well, and was absolutely within a very few minutes of perishing before I could prevail upon an unconscious dog of a laborer, who happened to be within hearing of my cj5? cries, to help me out for a shilling. The fellow was so rapacious as to insist upon having twenty-five cents for about a quarter of an hour, and I verily believe he would not have abated me a single farthing if he had not seen me at the last grasp; and I determined rather to die than submit to his extortion." MY LAST NIGHT IN LONDON. It was in the fall of IS?. that the shin - - ? / i to which I belonged, after a voyage of four months in the northern Atlantic hove in sight of the Sicily Islands, and we were anohored in the Downs having been short of provisions for some time back, we were obliged to stop and replenish. The next day, however, we were towed up the river, and entered the dock on the 8th of October. It was a grand sight for me for I had never been in London, and the city seemed like the world in comparison to my humble village in the South of Eugland. We were to be paid off on the morrow, and I determined as soon as I was set at liberty to take a stroll and see some of the sights about which I had often heard. At twelve next day all hands proceeded to the office in Lcsdcn Hall street, and received, severally, the amount due them. There was just ?10 coming to me. and I started to see how I could best make it conducive to my pleasure. I had been strolling around for come time, looking at the tower and other places of note, and finally walked into one of the parks, to see what I could of London fashions. I was leaning against a tree watching a party which attracted my attention,when I was suddenly accosted by a female, apparently about eighteen years of age neatly dressed, and with an expression which, although pleasing, looked somewhat sad. 'What is it that you wish my good lady ?' said I. She looked at me a moment and said, 'You arc a sailor, I supposed 'Yes.' 'How long have you been in London ?' 'I arrived yesterday.' 'Have you been here before V 'Never.' 'Well, then, perhaps I can be of some assistance to you; suppose we take a cab and drive out to Vauxhall this evening ?' I hesitated for a moment, for I thought to myself, she no doubt thinks I have plenty of money, and wishes to obtain a share. But then again, I thought, it makes no difference; I'll spend anyhow, and consented. She called a cab, and in a short time we were in Vauxhall. I pulled out my purse to pay the driver, when she said : Never mind, sir, I have plenty; besides I invited you here, therefore I bear all the expense.' I was astonished, for I had never doubted that my money was the principle attraction, and I was puzzled to think what could be her object. After ordering refreshments, of which she ate and drank very little, but which she insisted on paying for, we strolled around the garden, listening to the music UDtil towards evening, when I remarked that it would be best to return. 'Yes, it will soon be dark, and we had better go ; but,' said she, 'you are a stranger in London, and it would be folly for you to look for a hotel to-night, and it would be ungenerous in me to allow you to. I live in street, and if you will accept a room in my house, you will be perfectly welcome, and my husband, who is very fond of company, will be glad to see you.' While hesitating she called a cab and half I fnreed me in. When he erot out. I found o myself'in a narrow street dimly lighted, and before a large brick house, with iron railing in front. She opened the door and asked tne to sit down a moment, and she went into a little room close by and returned almost immediately and said : 'Husband has retired ; I'll introduce you to him in the morning. Here is a light?take the room at the head of the 3tairs. Good night.' I went up stairs to the room she had pointed out, opened the door and went in It was furnished, you might say, richly. The bed stood in the further corner of the room with blue damask curtains in front. I undressed quickly, as I was somewhat tired by my adventure, walked to the bed and drew aside the curtains, and there lay a man weltering in his blood with his throat cut from ear to ear. I immediately dressed myself, with a pres. ence of mind which I have never been able to account for. I then tried the door which, to my horror, was locked. Looking around the room, my eyes fell upon the irons in the fire-place, I snatched up one, and with one stroke broke the lock and opened the door. Running down stairs I found the front door locked also. Having nothing to break the lock with, I darted into the first room I came to, and jumped from the window into the alley one side of the house, and had merely time to conceal myself, when I heard the people around crying murder, and saw *V*a nAt?TT TTTAmu n T OQmo TUlf.Vl fnllAtPPrl Kv IUC ?C*J nuuiau WUUJU n??"J w.iVM V? ~J several police, enter the house, thinking, I suppose of course she would find me. I left as soon as the crowd gathered around, and passed unnoticed. The next morning I was reading a paper and almost the first thing that attracted my attention was a notice of a bloody murder iD street, with a reward of ?50 for the apprehension of the murderer. It went further, and in the description of the supposed person, described me better than I could myself?even to the manner in which I wore my beard. The first barber shop received that gratis, and changing my clothing which was al?o minutely described, I went down to the docks, and a bark being a hand short, I shipped in her for New York, and have never since, and never wish to spend another night in London. HSF" How to take care of yourself in .he winter: Wear a great coat and long boots, carry an umbrella, and, whenever it rains, take a hackney coach for an overall 1 CUT BEHIND. When General O'Hara was Governor of i l Gibraltar, he was said to be perfectly crazy i on matters of military discipline. He went i so far as to have the shoes taken off his | mule on purpose that he might go night i rounds, and visit the guards in the most i silent manner, without being heard until he was close upon the sentinel. But to our I story: As had been the long established pracj ticc, O'Hara always attended the grand , ; mounting parade on the sands, at six or seven o'clock in the morning ; and he took so much notice of the officers of the several guards that he could generally, during the i remainder of the day, name them all. One day he was proceeding out of South Point in his carriage, when he passed an officer goin? into the town, and whom, at the in- ' stant, he remembered as having passed in 1 review before him that morning, as com- ' manding the south guard. Upon this, the 1 general immediately determined on satisfy- 1 ing himself as to the fact, and so convict him of the heinous military crime of quit- | ting his guard ; aud ordered the coachman to drive with speed to the south guard.? ! Away they went, at the rate of ten to eleven miles per hour, along the saluting 1 battery; and in a short time the horses, out ( of wind and covered with lather, reached ' the south guard, a mile or more from the ' place where the general had passed the bus- 1 pected officer. At the usual distance, the ' running sentinel called the guard to 'turn out,' which was obeyed with all the alertness 1 desirable; and the officer advancing, un* ' observed by the general, at a quick pace 1 from near the carriage, drew his sword; ' then, opening ranks, presented arms, and saluted in the best manner. At the sight J of this officer every doubt had been removed- ! 'J3y Jove, it is he himself !' thought the ! general, as he he ordered him to turn in the 1 guard, and beckoned him to come up to the { cariiage. 'Pray, sir,' impatiently inquired O'llara, 'did I not see you but a very few minutes ago walking very deliberately into town near 1 Smith Port?' * 'Me, sir!' exclaimed the officer, pretend- ' ing the greatest simplicity, and extreme sur- 1 prise at the question. <1 am guard here, * sir.' 1 'Well, well, I know that; you need not have supplied me with that valuable piece { of information. Did I not, sir, I ask you 1 again, did I not see you going into town as 1 I came out by South Point!' his excellency said, raising his voice, and his face redden- 1 ing with anger at the offender's attempt to ' conceal the fact by his evasive reply. The officer, after a moment, in no way \ disconcerted, or showing any symptom of 1 timidity, looked the general full in the face, 1 and then, with great politeness, said : 'Will your excellency have the goodness ] to state to me whether that question is put ' to me by his Excellency, General O'Hara, ' Governor of Gibraltar, or from yourself in ; the capacity of a private gentleman ?' The off-hand manner in which this ques- * tion was put to O'Hara struck the right chord ; and, after a few minutes' hesitation, j he replied, with a smile on his countenance: 'Well, sir, as a private individual I wish 1 to obtain the information.' 'Then, sir, I freely confess that you did I meet me at the South Point.' 'Well, sir, that is honest. Now, sir, I 1 want to know how you could get here on < foot as quickly as I did in my carriage, and 1 that, too, without any discoverable fatigue ?' Sir, I shall conceal nothing from you in the private capaoity you have selected. On ( meeting you I strongly sespected that you . ma onrl Tx;Vion mn Qfnrmos? fVio par. ttliV, UiS, J"- J riage to speak to your coachman, I guessed . your motive; so, feeling that if my conjecl ture were correct, I had no means of arriving at my guard at the same time as your- ' self, I got up behind yonr carriage, the only ( means left me of securing that object.' By Jove, sir!' exclaimed O'Hara, * I . like your candor, and still more, the dexteri- ' ty and readiness you have displayed in ex- . tricating yourself frorar a position of the greatest danger, without which you would ^ undoubtedly have lost your commission. I admire a man who, when he gets into a ! scrape, can jump out of it at once. You must dine with me, sir, to-morrow,' giving him a most hearty shake of the hand.? But, take care! You must never leave your guard again, or, by Jove, I'll break you !'?Tribune. How They Manage Fires in Germany.?A letter from the Baths of Ems, Germany, to the New York Journal of Commerce, says: It afforded a few of us no small amuse- ( ment, a day or two since, to witness the activity of the Germans when they'get "waked , up." The occasion was a fire that took place in a small village or hamlet, some four ' or five miles from here. It seems the farce commenced where the fire was raging. The great man of the place must first be assured 1 that the building was really in danger; i. e., it must be well on fire, before he would make out a written request for assistance. This | important document being prepared, a mes- , sender was duly despatched to the authority of Ems, who, after having thoroughly considered the matter, made out another lengthy paper, which is sent to the august commander of the fire engine. This personage mounts his mules, and after much ado, collects some twenty laborers to man his machine. After all have arrived, several are sent thither to procure beasts to drag the engine. This is no small matter; but, at last, some four or five rattle-boned horses are on the ground, and after considerable delay, are fastened and ready for a start. Now the spectators surely expeoted them to start off for the scene of action?bat bo such thing ?one gets down and lights his pipe, (for nothing can be done here withoat smoking) one order more is foand necessary, &o., &c., and thus another hoar slips by. By this time erne would suppose that all the villages in the Duchy would have had time to buro up. Not so, however, think our doughty German friends; with many a crack and a grunt (they never halloo there) they are off at the rate of a couple of miles to the hour. Of course, they have nothing to do when they arrive at the scene of the late fire. To make amends, however, they spend some hours in speculating upon its origin, how high and how far it burned, how it looked, . &c., with as much earnestness and fear depicted upon their countenances as though it were now burning. The above are literal facts, and show something of the way things are done here. ABOUT MISEBS. Died at Paris, literally of want, the wellknown banker, Ostervald. A few days prior to bis death, he resisted the importunities of his attendant to purchase some meat for the purpose of making a little 90up for him.? True, I should like the soup,' he said, 'but [ have no appetite for the meat; vrhat is to become of that'( it will be a sad waste.'? rke poor wretch died possessed of ?125,000 sterling. Daniel Dancer's miserly propensities were ndulged to such a degree, that on one oc;asion, when, at the urgent solicitation of a Friend, he ventured to give a shilling to a Jew for an old hat?"better as new"?to the astonishment of his friend, the next day be actually retailed it for eighteen pence.? He performed his ablutions at a neighboring pool, drying himself in the sun, to save the sxtravagant indulgence of a towel; yet this poor mendicant had property to the extent af upwards of ?3000 per annum. Another deplorable case might be cited, that of Thomas Pitt, of Warwickshire. It is reported that, some weekr prior to the 3ickness which terminated his despicable jareer, he went to several undertakers in juest of a cheap coffin. He left behind him ?2475 in the public funds. Another instance is that of the notorious Thomas Cook. On his physician intimating the possibility of his not existing more than ive or six days, ho protested against the lseless expense of sending him medicine, ind charged the doctor never to show his 'ace to him again. His property was estinatcd at about ?130,000. A miser, of the name of Foscue, who had imassed enormous wealth by the most sordid parsimony and discreditable extortion, applied his ingenuity to discover some effectual ivay of hiding his gold. With great care rod secrecy he dug a deep cave in his cellar; to this receptacle for his treasure he descended by a ladder, and to the trap door he attached a spring lock, so that, on shutting it, it would fasten of itself. By-andby the miser disappeared; inquiries were made, the house was searched, woods were explored, and the ponds were dragged, but no Foscue could they find. Some time passed sn; the house in which he had lived was sold, and workmen were busily employed in 1 ^ r ii - us repair, in ine progress of their work they met with the door of the secret cave, with the key in the lock outside. They irew back the door and descended with a light. The first object upon the lamp refleeted was the ghastly body of Foecue, and icattered around him were heavy bags of gold and ponderous chests of untold treasures ; a candlestick lay beside him on the floor. The worshipper of Mammon had gone into his cave to pay his devoirs to his golden god, and became a sacrifice to his demotion.?Salad for the Social Novel Marriage Ceremony.?Rev'd Charles Brooks in his interesting history of Medford, gives the particulars of a novel marriage ceremony performed in that town in 1789, by Thomas Brooks, Esq., who acquir;d great popularity as one of the "Marrying \ Justices" of the period. One day while ri- ? ling on horseback to Woburn, he discover;d six young persons?three male and three m female riding on horseback towards him.? ? Be guessed their errand; and they guessed that the cocked hat, bush wig and silver buckles approaching them must belong to the squire. Both parties stopped. The bridegroom announced his wishes, and the squire replied thus: "My young friends, we are here in the midst of this lofty forest upon an unfrequented road, with God's clear sky over us, and his green earth under us. We shall not be disturbed; I propose to sol jmnize your marriage here; what say you 7" They gladly consented. He told them not to dismount, but to arrange themselves in due irder, the gentlemen on one side and the ladies on the other. This being done, he pla:ed his horse so as to be directly in front of the bride and bridegroom. Then taking off bis hat he began his prayer; and report says that he was "gifted in prayer/' and that, on this occasion, "he prayed like an angel."? The introductory service concluded, the plight of vows was made, the union declared md the benediction pronounced; and then the whole party journeyed back together, rejoicing in the poetry appended to/he great jvent.?Boston Transcript. Dignity.?Marcel was a dancing master, the first posture master ef his day. He used to say that none but the English possessed dignity enough to dance well. He was so wrapt up in the sublimity of his art, that he ivould not pardon the least inelegance of poe* ture. In his latter days he was in very rej -> 1- ? ? iuwu vubuiuoMuvcgj ?uu aeyereiy muictett rith goat. A young lady, one of his pupils, ?ot her father to obtain him a pension from he king, and she was deputed to present it x> him. She ran up to his chair, her eyes iparkling with joy, and put it into his hand. Be immediately threw it from him, and laid: "Go and take it up, miss, and present t to me as I taught you." She burst into ;ears, and obeyed. "I consent to take it iow, and thank you; but your elbow was lot quite rounded enough."?London Newt. 10. Gen. Lane said at Indianapolis, in his ; ipeech after dinner, that he was "foo/uU fat itterance."