The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-04
Alexander CARLYLE.

In the last number OF Bl0ekeooAs MaS"ss.,' |
IL review Of the Memoirs Of ALEhAsD.A
CARLYLE, ofInveresk, which, We take II, nave
Just been publishsd--at least We never no@'o
Of them before. They embrace period OF
forty years and more, and are wfi''en In d oe'
lightful style, to Judge rom tue specimens
prrsen,ed by the reviewer. CARLYLE was |
, min,.,er of the Kirk Of Scotland. at q time |
when RopRRrsoH, ERsKrSB, JOHN HOME and
HUeH BLAIR were preaching, and he was in
innate with all Of them, "a well a. with DAVID
HUME, and others Of that period, who have be-
como famous. He was born at Preston Pans,
and was twenty. three yeaEp old when Gen.
Cor. was defeated there, BY the High landsrs.
under CHARLHs EDWARD, the young cheva-
lier. or Pretsnder, a. he was sometimes styled,
although his father was more properly 90
styled at that time. He saw the Highland
hos,, and gives q lively description Of them
and their leaders. His account Of CHARLES
EDWARD himself detracts somewhat from the
charm which his personal beauty and accom-
piishments are said to have invested him
with. According to his account, he was
good looking man, about i've feet ten lncnes
hign, with dark red hair and black eyes,
CARLYLE had been intimately acquainted all
his life with the famous Colonel GARDINER.
i
battle having been fought partly in his own
park This officer was man OF deep and
| feryent piety, as well as OF acknowledged
yaler. He was Colonel OF a regiment Of horse'
who had been stationed near the highlands,
and having come first in contact with the I'D
yapcing army of Highlanders, had Disgrace
fully fed at the first onset. They had been
rallied, and had joined CoPE's army At Dun
| hor fhou q
dastardly fight. Their brave commander
was slain vainly attempting to rally them
CARLYLE saw him at Duabar, day or two
before the battle of Preston. He says, "he,"
fGARpINBR) "looked pale and detected, which
| I attributed TO his bad health, and the fatigue
he had lately undergone. l began to ask him
If he was not now quite satisfied with the
iunctio. of the foot with the dragons, and
confident that they would give good account
of the rebels He answered dejectedly, that
| hs hoped il might be so, bat - and then
made a long pause. l said that, to be sure
they had made hasty retreat. "A foul flight.
said he, .SANDIE, and they have not recovered
from their panic; and I'll tell you in conf.
dence. l have not above ten men in my regi.
= | ment who am certain will follow me. Bu'
We must give them ba tile now, and Gods will
; | be done.''
From this extract i. seems that CARLYLE
WAS on terms OF extreme intimacy with GAR
DINER His father, indeed, was minister O.
the Kirk of Preston Pans where GARDINKI
resided. and the latter was constant visitor
| at his house We mention this fact because O
its particular bearing upon the credibility
I. | the miracle which is said to have happened III
connexion with GARDINER, and which ha
been recorded with great circumstantiality b!
: his biographer, DR.. DopDRIDaK. Most OF ou'
l readers are well acquainted, no doubt, VIII
| the narrative. 1t bears that GARDINER, II
his youth, was wild, thoughtless, dIssolute
and utterly careless on the subject OF religion
On one occasion, when about 70 perpetrate
henous SIM he was suddenly arrested by Wis
| ION of our Saviour on the cross in the midst o
blaze of supernatural light. The image,
, adds. upbraided him in loud voice for hi
sins. From that hour he became an alters
man, and was ever after noted for his zeal
GUS piety and his Christian life 1t seem
to be a great pity that this story is nc
| true, yet such appears to be the fact =
y CARLYLE says "GARDINRR was noted en-
q thusiast, q very weak, honest, brave man, VIII
a had once been q great rake, and was converted
r as he told my father, by reading book Gale
r sGurnalr. Christian armour tohieh his mosh'
u had put in his trunk many years bJore."-
I CARLYLE then narrates the story from tn
" lips of GARDINER himself. 1t is not repre-
q duced from the memoirs by the reviewer, bt
# be takes occasion to say that there is nothln
:. marvellous in it from beginning to end. CAL
o LYLE says CDR. DoDDRIDeE has marfed tn
" story, either through mistake or through
\ | desire to make GARDENERS confession mol
n supernatural; for he introduces some sort
Al meteor or blaze of light that alarmed the ne
n convert He adds 81 have heard him te
.. the story, at least three or four times, to al
ferent sorts of people I; for he was not shy
=. backward to speak on the subject, as mar
~ would nave BEEN" So, it seems, there is OF
a. miracle the less to be recorded hereafter. 1t
N not possible to suspect DoDDRIDaE of wifi
q. Misrepresentation. The probability is that
Il. was misled by his informant; but this exar
i. | ple is sufficient to warn religious write
nd against receiving, with too much readine'
accounts that partaks of the miraculous.
IL THR NEws.-The telegraph this morni
MT | A. N In taIIoouca that Forts Jackson a.