Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1849-06-13

il'mSeli lot having missed me DallleS I
the 9Th and Glib of May, assigned TO him
al Monterey the task of carrying tn
heights of SaltiIlo road. with one division
of The army, while with The other, tn
Commander-in in Chief advanced agains
the town from the Serralvo road. Thi
was in fact giving Worth an. ..independen
command-for. after once separating, i
was found impossible 10 keep up the
communication between the TWO divi
sions ofthe army.
Worth carried il succession the vari,
ons forts commanding The SalllIo road
-slormed the Bishops palace which
overlooked The town-and pushing for
ward through the suberbs, entered the
streets, throwing sho, and shells, and
carrying terror and dismay before him.
He was within a short distance of the
great square when the town capitulated
to Taylor, penetrating 10 the place from
the other side. For his exploits at
Monterey Worth was breveI,ed Major
General.
His next great exploit was o, Molino
de Ray, where he carried the almost i'm :
pregnible works Of the enemy, after a
most tremendous struggle, in which more
lives we're lost, in proportion to The num-
bers engaged, than in any action oftho
war.
Worth also fought with distinction a,
Cerro Gordo, at CIurubusco, and a, tbs
slorming of the gates Of Mexico.
He was, perhaps, after Taylor and
Scott. The most etficien'-certainly the
most popular Of the Generals in the war
with Mexico. :
The character Of Worth may be sketch
ed in few words. He was braye 10
fault, sufficiently good as fac,ician.
chivalrous, of popular Manners of i'm
posing presence, naughty, at times over
bearing, impetuous, warn hearted fast
friend. In many respects. he resembled
Decatur. La the battle, especially
where during courage was equircd, he
Mlf !fa ne snfH6sas, fHfSsis tai 81 Monterey s Rs
from his horse, placed his
plumed hat on The poin, Of his sword,
and waving it high over head, led them
TO storm the Bishops Castle. Such
tales recall the Paladians of old romance.
ODp.F FELLOWSHIP AS IT was AND AS 1T
Is.-The great difference that is seen be-
tween the Odd-Fellowship of To-day. and
thirty years ago, canuot bet strike all who
reflect upon il as most notable fact. The
manly and great dangers lhroush which
The Order has past during the last quarter
of century, The new features it has de-
ve1oped, the capabilities for good it has
revealed and is constantly revealing, are
proofs that it originated in proHidenial
design. The first Odd-Fellows were
blind instruments in The hands OF heaven;
the humble artisans who laid the founda-
lion of glorious temple, without knowing
its object or design.
Al first, Odd Fellowship presented as.
poets decidedly objectionable and immoral.
It relieved many Of the painful necessities
of life, il is true, but its moral influence
was entirely bad. Among the bylaws of
Lodges. of the first period we find the FOL
lowing: "l any of the members think pro.
per TO meet with the officers on Sunday
evening; they are at liberty to do 30. pro-
vided they pay for they own llquca, and
come iu a state of sOhrieiy."
Ia the bylaws Of another Lodge the
following appears: "One pint OF beer
shall be allowed to each brother on attend
Ing a committee Of this Lodge. Any
member sleeping. eating, swearing. singing
an indecent or political soug, or giving any
recitation, or betting wagers during Lodge
hours, shall be fined not less than one shiIl-
ing"
Now let one compare with the above,
The bylaws OF our Order as il is Today.
and see The immense progress it has made.
Even the most bitter opponents Of the
Order do not bring any charge OF i'm
morality against il, or expressany fear at all
on this ground. On the contrary, it is
acknowledged on all hands thai its influence
is conservative Of morality; that all lis rules
and obligations in this direction are as
strict as those Of the Church.
II is true there are bad men in the Order
and pity it is that ii is true. But fknavish
Judases cannot be kept ourof the sacred
pale Of the Holy Church. Vow can il be
expected that Odd-FelIowship, purely
secular institution. can he free of them ?
The Order now asserts. and positively
insists upon every virue, and denounces
in earnest and Indignant tones every vice,
while i, seeks to relieve temporal suffering
aud 10 meet many Of tho cruel perplexities
and Inconvenience oflife, it aims 10 make
men more moral, more Sfralernal, more
benevolent. and more upright. II is worthy
therefore, the good will and enppor, of all
good men. The humbleDess and obscuri-
,y of irs origin. nor the Objectionable al
tributes it at first exhibited, ,sb ould be re-
membercd to its prejudice. IItis enough
for US TO know that it has oatgrown them
all. and in this we see an evidence that a
divine and redeeming idea is. ensbrined
within ii, which will shine' more purely
and brightly, through all the future. or until