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YOL. 4. - ABBEVILLE C. H., S. C? MARCH 24, 1847. NO. 4.
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From the N. O. Picayune, March 3.
Very Late from Mexico.
Return of Alocha?His reception in Mexico ;
Passed Midshipman Rogers sejit to Perote;
arrival of Volunteers at Anton Lizardo ;
More of Santa Anna and his pla n*?later
from Chihuahua?further of the batile
of Brazito. $c. iSf-c.
By the arrival ot the U. S. revenue cotter
Forward, Capt. Nones, a large mail was
yesterday received from Anton Lizardo.
Our own letters come down to the 28th of
February, on which day a norther prevailed
which prevented the Forward leaving before
the 2d of March inst. The information
which follows, we dem e exclusively from
our letters and papers.
It appears that Scnor Atocha, whose arrival
at Vera Cruz, with despatches, we announced
yesterday, went over there on the
Forward from this city direct. He reached
there 011 the 9th ult., and proceeded immediately
to Mexico. He returned from the
capital 011 the 26th tilt., and repaired again
immediately 011 board the Forward, and is
now, we presume, on his way to Washington:
It is not supposed he has accomplished
much by his mission. The Mexicans
had persoual objections to him, and his reception
by the authorities of Vera Cruz,and
the people.and Goveiwment of Mexico, was
any thing but cordial. Some speculations
in regard to his mission will be found in the
copious and very interesting correspondence
hereafter subjoined.
vur ruuuurs v iu {cum wuii milium puin
that Passed Midshipman Rogers has been
ordered to Perote, and that he is now confined
in that gloomy prison.
We learn that the blockade of Vera Cruz
continues to bo violated with almost impunity,
This is attributed not more to the
want of vessels of the proper description,
than to die instructions by which the Commodore
enforces the law of blockade.
Two barks have arrived off* Vera Cruz
with, volunteers from the North, and gone
ijnto Anton Lizardo. One of them is the
sjL Cloud. We cannot at tins moment recollcct
from what port the St. Cloud sailed.
* At the latest accounts from Santa Anna
he Was at Matchuala, where lie arrived on
the 7th of February. Matehuala is a town
nearly north of San Luis and about onethird
of the way thence to Saltillo, according
to the maps before us. His army was
in'the utmost distress-?rodcado de miscrias?
the Government having provided no means
for undertaking such a march. "We have a
frightful picture of the state of the troops before
leaving San Luis. One of Santa Anita's
last acts before marching was to distribute
twelve days' pay for the month of Janu,ary.
This could not sustain them for more '
than a week, and the question was asked, J
**, What shall we do When in' front of the
iMetety ?" The troops are represented as
patient and loyal, but in citable state ofdis-;
In derision, they speak of gping
to solve the problem of "fighting without
bating."
same paper Which announces Santa
J^Hna'sarrival at Matehuaila, mentions that
jflimt?flPaylor is fortifying Saltillo, and has
with frim.6000 troops and sixteeupipcea of
artillery, /This shows again tlie accuracy
'orlne lnforniattbtf pdssessed by the MexitSiiis
df our iriovemehltf.' J: :!i
f '114 the papers before us, the latest accounts
we see from Vera. Cr^iz are to the l9th of
flteMW. % feiH ?dvic08
via Havana. Not a word is said of th6 eta.
cuation of that bity, nor indeed; of its:dei |
leftce. We hkv&4ibt seen' an allusion to the
movements of Gen*?oott, nor is a word said
# any threatened march upon the capital.
El Repvblicano is very much engrossed with
the discussion of the political affairs of the
country, and tnily they appear in the most
of money, although it has a Congress so
subvervient as to pass laws placing the revenues
of of the church at his command?and
the press is boldly preaching sedition and revolution,
and the chUrcVi threatening excomnanication.
In such circumstances as these
EL Republicano calls upon Gomez Farias at
once to resign. The article is written with
great force and eloquence, and his duty is
urged home upon the Vice President, with a
powerful appeal to his patriotism and magnanimity,
to yield at once, and thus ward off
the iminent danger of civil war.
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?? o no.v c me prucueuings 01 me Mexican
Congress for several days, but it would be
wearisome indeed to follow them. Scheme
after scheme is suggested for raising a revenue.
Some contemplate paper money to be
issued on the security of church property;
and others call for a reduction of salaries of
oivil'officers. But no measure appears to
serve the turn of Senor Farias. The capitalist
are alarmed and will not part with a
penny ; the church is enraged and is stiring
up the people to opposition ; and the Legislatures
of the different States openly protest
against any law touching ecclesiastical property.
A bill has been introduced for removing
the -seat of Government from the city of
Mexico to Celaya by the 15th March.
This is urged with the obvious view ot withdrawing
the Legislature from the control
of the city, and securing its perfect independence.
Senor Iriarte is still acting as Minister of
Finance, and Senor Jauregui has recently
been nominated Minister of Justice. We
see no official acts of Rejon or Canalizo, but
no announcement of their resignation of the
State or War Departments.
The proclaiming of Santa Anna ns Dietil
frit* fit M n 7a w **? ? I
n.vu. u.^ U>UUUUUI1 l?y VJCI1. iuur<(, nas IlOl
called forth from the Government any active
measures to repress such a movement,
and the press censures it for its indifference.
Although Santa Anna announces the capture
of Cnpt. Heady a?d his small company
of Kentuckiiins, we find no mention of the
murder of Lieut. Ritchie and the seizure of
his despatches. The despatches have not
formally been made public by him. The
papers speculate upon our plans, stating confidently
that we are to advance upon Vera
Cruz by land with 10,000 troope, while a
fleet of sixteen ships carrying 300 guns attacks
San Juan de Ulua. This, they say,
is the plan at Washington, where they
could not anticipated Santa Anna's march
upon Saltillo at the head of 30,000 men.
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* ma iM ircu uiey miiiK may oisconcert all
our schemes, and they already discover evidence
of this in Gen. Taylor's movements.
Military critics condemn Santa Anna's
plan of campaign. They say he was driven
from his original designs by the Outcry
of " apathy" made against him. They anticipate
that he will now drive every thing
before him, and defeat Gen. Taylor, but
complain that foe leaves the coast of Vera
Cruz unprotected, and can obtain no advantages
that will be decisive. He must necessarily
subsist his troops upon the poor inhabitants
of the country he traverses with
his-hordes, by which they will bccome exasperated.
But the great point insisted upon
IS flint finnl!) inni Vioo lnft *
..... miuu UUQ ICll U1C uuuinry
open for the march of the American troops
upon the capital, where they may dictate
peace before he can return from his distant
expedition.
El Soldada de la Patria defends General
Santa Anna from the charge of gambling
and passing his time in like unseemly sports.
It declares that the stories to this effect are
pure inventions of his enemies at the capi.
tal.
The latest advices we see trom Chihuahua
are to the 16th of January, a fortnight
later than our former accounts. The city
had not then 'been taken by our troops, nor
do toe tee any thing said of their advance
vpon it.. Four Mexican soldiers who were
in the action of December 26th had arrived
at Chihuahua and given their account of
(he fight.' ( It differs but little from the one
we; before published. They say the loss
of the Mexicans were less than twenty killed,
and that of the Americans fifty-two killed,
of tvhich number was a captain. They
protest that great cowerdice was shown by
a portion of their troops, and demand an of'
iici^l and full account of the action, that thebrave
may be rewarded, and cowards stig*
matized as they deserve. The citizens of
El Paso are charged with capitulating in
a shamdful manner, and the Americans are
said to have abused their nower as shame
fully. Theypnrsu^d some of the Mexicans
to San Iillceario, a small fort on the Rio del
Norte, a few miles Ibelovv El Paso, arid
there committed: depredations, carryings off
the arehievea" to El Paao.
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From the Netv Orleans Delia.
Taylor's Adrcss
To the American troops at the storming of
Monterey.
BT CAPTAIN a. W. PATTON, U. 8. A.
Como along, como ! vvith your eagles forov or!
Looso them and lift thom aloft in tho sky ;
Our sweethearts and wives though wo moot again
liover!
'Tis sweet, oh, 'tis sweet, for oho'b o.onntrv to
The column advaceB,
Tho wur-Chargor .prances,
Soo how he Chafes at tho roll of tho drum !
Tho foe is before us,
Tho star flag streams o'or ub,
Ho! onward, boys, forward, boys?como ulong,
como!
Como along, como ! once again to tho battle !
Though ficrcc is tho strife, yet unwon is the day;
Our bravest and best, mid tho war-tempcs't rattlo,
Lio pale in tho pass of tho rough Monterey ;
With bosoms all bleeding,
The trumpet unheeding, [dumb;
They slumbor?they hear not?their voices arc
By the stifT form unshrouded,
By tho bright oyo now clouded, [como!
Cry, onward, boys, forward, boys?como along,
Como along, como ! yet onco more to the rally!
Dazzle tho Don with tho eagle and shield ;
Ho may gather his thousands from mountain and
valley;
But wo'll die to a man ero wo ever will yield.
By tho tongues that approvo us,
By tho bosoms that lovo us,
By Jho heart's that uo'or quail mid the death bullets'
hum,
By our cause over-glorious,
Our flag twice victorious?
On! onward, boys, forward, boys?comb along,
como!
Camp, near Tampico, Feb'y, 1847.
Escape of Captain llenrie from the Mexicans.
In our last we published at aceount of the
capture of Major Gaines, and Borland with
about seventy men under their command, by
Gen. Minon, the Mexican General, with a
large force. The capture was made at the
haciendo Encarnacion, sixty miles from Saltillo,
on the San Luis road. Among the officers
captured was Capt. Daniel Drake
Henrie. a Texan, formnrlv n Mif?r nriennor
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The hatred borne him by the Mexicans and
their frequent consultations with their eyes
upon him after his capture induced him to
suspect that they intended to use foul play
with him. He accordingly determined to
make his escape. The following thrilling
narrative of the achievement we fiud in the
N. Orleans Picayune.?South. Chrrniclc.
By some accident, during the evening he
found himself on Major Gaines' Mare, one
of the best blooded nags in Kentucky, and
the Major's pistols still remaining in the
holsters. The prisoners bad become considerably
scattered near sunset, and Capt.
Henrie set himself busily to work to make
them keep close together. To do this he
rode back, within ten files of the rear of the
line, when, discovering a small interval in
the line of the Mexican guard, lie suddenly
put spurs to the mare and darted through the
lines. The guard immediately wheeled
in pursuit, but their ponies were no match
for a Kentucky blood horse, and before a
gun could be tfairly levelled at him he had
darted out of rfcach. lie "had three ranchos
to pass. As he passed these he found that
the Mexicans in pursuit gave notice to the rancheros,
who followed him with fresh horses;
still he outstripped them all. After passing
the last rancho he had palled up his mare,
to rest her, when a single Mexican came
up, supposing him to be unarmed. He waited
until he came within thirty steps, when,
cocking the Maior's oistol. ho firp.H. nr?H
Mexican tolled off. In a short time another
came near; he likewise permitted him to approach
still nearer, when he wheeled and
shot him down. He loaded his pistol, and
after going some distance another started
up from behind some bushed near the road,
aud rode at him ; he shot at him, with what
success he could not tell, but he was not
pursued by that Mexican any further.
When he came near Encarnacion he found
the camp had been alarmed, as he supposes
by some one who had passed him when he
had left the road. Diverging from this
straight course, he crossed seveial roads and
evaded -it number of parties who were in
pursuit of him. At last he came to a plain
where there was no place to hide. The
moon was shining, and he could see a largenumber
of men in pursuit. ' Putting spurrs
to his now jaded mare, he made for a mountain
valley, and following it to the east, he
at length eluded his pursuers. He travelled
up the valley forty miles, as he supposed,
hoping to find an outlet towards PaJomos;
but in this he was disappointed. He was
unable to find water for himself or his famished
mare, and the next morning after his
escape the noble animal expired, mote from
the want of> water than from fatigue.
Capt. Hcnrie now had to take it oa foot.
He wandered about all day, trying to find;*
path across the mountain*. In we evening
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| whom he had to avoid. On the 28th he
killed a rat with a club, part of which he ate,
and put the balancc in his pocket for another
meal.
On the night of the 28th he reached the
road, and'followcd it until an hour afler sunrise,
when he discovered a party of horsemen
approaching. Not knowing whether
they were friends or enemies, he concealed
himself until they came near, when lie discovered
they were a picket guard of Arkansas
troops. He gave one shout and gave
UD?"-nature was r?*tinnafpf1 H?o
which had been strung up to the highest degree
of tension, became unstrung, and he
was almost hopeless. They put him on a
horse, and took him to Agua Neuva, where
Capt. Pike Commanded an outpost.
Capt. Pike informed me that when Hcnrie
came in lie was the most miserable.looking
being he ever saw. His shoes were
worn out, his pantaloons cut in rags, his
head was bare, and his hair and beard were
matted ; his hands, feet and legs were filled
with thorns from the prickly pear, and his
skin was parched and withered with privation,
exposure and exertion. He had tasted
no water for four days, and seemed almost
famised for Want of it. The soldiers gathered
round him, and all that was in their
wallets was at his service, and as they had
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iwuiuij uau ii ntw uuuu <11 cunning, i^apt.
H. was soon newly fitted out. After resting
a while and getting some food, he was able
to ride to this place. He says tiiat during
the pursuit there were more than one hun- J
dred shots fired at him, one of which passed
through his hair.
The Pope's Sermon.
The present Pope, by his liberality of
sentiment, and the great reforms he has introduced.
has greatly endeared himself to
his subjects, and by this affaible deportment,
has made himself extremely popular with
tourists,in their visits to the u Eternal City."
The Correspondent of the Boston Atlas,
has furnished that paper with a "translation
of a sermon recently preached by the Pontiff,
which is curious from its rarity, as being
the first sermon preached in public by
the Pope, for three hundred years. The
Correspondent says :?
The most important news which 1 have
to communicate is that the Pope has preached
to the people- the first time that a Pontiff
has address an assembly for three hundred
years. It was on the 13th, at the Church
of St. Andre Delia Valte, where a numerous
congregation had assembled to hear
Father Ventura. Just as he concluded his
first station, the Pope entered. Father
Ventura stopped, as is the custom, and asked
him ifhe should proceed. "No," repl e 1
to Pope; "give me the insigna, and I will
finish the discourse " So, puttirfg on the
proper vestment, mounted ihe platform,
and spoke thus : ?
" I cannot, without a lively emotion, my
well-buloved children, reflect on the testimonies
of love which you came to offer me
on the first day of the.year. Mv heart thanks
r.l 1 ? * -1 "i - p
you lor yuur guuu wisnes. ana reiemng? as
I oCighi-, to the honor of God ail that you
have done for me, his unworthy vicar, I
have lo invite you to bless the name of
Christ in these words?Sit nomen domini
bencdiclum. You have all answered me
with the accent of faith-, frotfi now and until
eternity?ex hoc nunc et usque in seculum !
L come to remind you of these solemn engagements,
for I know that there are in this
city, the centre of Catholicism, men who
profane the ho4y nameof Gocf by blasphemy
All you who are here receive from me this
mission ; publish aloud in all places that
of these men I can have no hope. They
throw stones in the face of heaven, only to
fall back upon and crush their own'heads.
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ii is mo ucupcai measure ui mgrmiiuae 10
blasphemethe name of our common Father^
who gives us life and wilh . it all the good
things which we enjoy. Tell such of my
children as offend Him by such outrages,
to be no longer guilty of such scandal in
this holy city.
" I wish also to speak of the precepts for
youth. A great many mothers have expressed
to me the pains they have suffered
from seeing the demon of impurity exercising
his ravages among our youths.' The
Lord tells us himself, in his holy gospel,
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vuut 11 ao ujf. piajfco anu mauug) (K OfUrlZOfUS
etjejunio, that we chain this desolating demon,
who gQet,h about ravaging theearih,
not only poisoning.the sources of Jife^Jn
individual?, in families, and in society at
large, but, above all, consummating the ruin
of of imitortal souls. Having given'you
thffie two warnings, it remains lor me to
pray God to blrfss you all. Lord* respite
<le calo, turn towards us thy animating ooun-t
tenance. Visit this vineyard which
but planted with thy nght-^Ma 1
i&am quam ptanpvoti dexter atu*. It isihiri*,
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that nrm of iron which weighs so heavily
upon it. Visit it and purify the hearts of
its children. Pour into the bosoms of the
rising generation those dearest attributes of
youth, modesty and docility. Extinguish
those destructive animosities which divide
mankind and arm them one against another.
Visit it, O Lord ; and in thy visitation warn
the watchmen of Israel to set good examples,
unuj m nunmemseives witn divine prudence
and strength, to be vigilant in guarding
the interest of the people entrusted to
their care. Deign, O my God! to hear
my prayer, and shed over the whole world
thy mo&t desirable benedictions."
This discourse has produced a greateffect
here, and well-wishers to Italy see, in the
Pope's liberal views, beUer things for this
3ong oppressed land. The bigoted influence
of Jesuit-ruled Austria, enforced with
an iron hand, has been paramount for more
than thirty year, throughout the peninsula,
without tolerating ihp lunct
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I have now hopes that IHngland wiJi send a
minister here., {she has had none since the
days of bluff Harry,) to uphold the Pontiff
in his measures of reform, aa the French
minister. Prince Metternich grumbles,but
dares not find fault.
Gaming.?Of all the evils that make desolate
the social hearth-stone, perhaps there
is not one more deadly, if we except intemperance,
than, that of gaming. Youngman!
whose " life's young dreams," tell of
happy days yet to come?you, who, gazing
upon the ocean of future lile, 14 see plensure
glittering in the sunbeam of hope, and dancing
upon the waves of expectation," whose
glowing imagination points -outto you golI
den shores of bliss, which are already yours
by anticipation?beware?beware, I do beseech
ye. of that tremendous whirpooll
Beware-?lest in the voyage of human life,
reason shnirlH ftnJt tlio -1 ,J
- UW>I>, uuu yyju auuuiu
be lost, irrecoverably lost, among the quicksands
of iniquity.
Look at the pale victim of this insatiable
destroyer of human happiness?his haggard
cheek and beam less eye?what language
do they speak 1 With mule and
awful eloquence they tell of blighted famo
and fortune?of hopes withered and crushed?that
fame, fortune, find honor, isai! a
fearful wreck! Hear his fcoMdw laugh,
which tells you thut he is ruinfd-r-ruined,
and undone! Mis b-ain is all on fire?his
glaring eye-balls seem reem ready to burst
their sockets, as the awful reality rushes
upon his affrighted soul. The deep pangs
of mental agony gives a fearful lustre to
his rolling eye?his desperate mirth?his
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wim cunvaisive joy?tensor black despair
wrung from a withered heart.
Look we back for a moment upon his
early youth. The morning of his days was
bright and glorious. The gayest of all the
gay, and the happiest of the happy, he set
out upon the pathway of rejoicing in purity
and hopp, love and being lov.id. But
alas! although his morning sun rose without
clouds, yet, ere it reaches its meridian,
it is eclipsed. In an evil hour, a pander, a
('e non,must drag him into a lazy mabyrinth,
from whence there is no escape. He mufet
drown his love of virtue in the intoxicatingbowl.
Soon the wreaths of vice, which"
had been treacherously thrown around him.
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is uuruenea 10 auamant.
Now what is his situation t Cain-like,
upon his brow is stamped the burning mark
of shame?and the cold hand pf scorn is
pointing: a withered finger at his blighted
reputation. Could he speak, he woulcl
tell you that he has reached the lowest point
of jiving degradation and wo. And could
he anticipate bis end, he would tell you that
self-murder would shortly crown his wprlc
of guilt, and despair's last work be done.
That the father who hung over his cradle,
weaving bright visions of the future;r?re&t~ ' J
ness of bis boy, would shortly feel ai dr^d? . .
iui satisfaction as h? gazfesuponhis coffin
" that iho moiher, immutable arid^verla*ting
as is her love for her backsliding, fchljldren-?she
who h&s so often lulled frtmtd
repose, and joyed 10. watch his walti^g-*^
even she will not murmur that a sleep, igat
come upon him, put of which fee wUlwafc?no
more on earth?even the inothfy.iN'ilV
not repine, that the grave is mrtde.^^^ibi
receive him ; for u there the wickeip^sa /
from troubling, rfnd the w??iry Hre:^t^4?t;,>
Young man I again