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"O to take a high sand hill which commanded the City, ana I assure you we did it handsomely, not one of our men faltered, all marched up to the line nobly, althougn we were exposed to both, the fire of the cavalry and of the artillery from the City. We could distinctly hear the balls whistle hv k our ears, and see the cannon balls tear up - J the earth within twenty feet of us. I thought I at least twenty balls passed within a foot of / my head; after eight or ten rounds, the enemy / retreated, and we were left in possession of ' the hill, Lieut. Col. Dickinson and two j privates of the Sumter company were . wounded, none dangerous. Capt. Albur- ! Tisand one private, (both of the regulars) i were killed by a cannon shot from the City, } in the same skirmish and on the same hill, j This, I believe is the only, damage done to I nilr ormo o> ??? ?l?U?../vU *K K ui mo UO JfCl, UllilUU^Il Itiuy IIUVC Of I'll firing bombs from both the City and Castle upon us every day. Even whilst I am writing, they are firing away, but we are now getting used to them,and do not much regard them. The cavalry which we encountered were armed with carbines and used them remarkably well, it is thought they shot fully as well as we did, but they do not use their aitillery so well, or certainly they would i lin DO Hnnn mnro ovoonlmn Our troops are now entirely around tho \ City from one beach to the other, and are ! now only awaiting the landing and placing of our heavy pieces of cannon, to commence the bombardment, in which work, we have been very much hindered by a severe norther which lasted for three days, and entire ly prevented the landing of cavalry or any thing else, but it has now blow . over, and the beach two mi'es below Vera Cruz presents about as busy a scene as East Bay in Charleston,! a nding from cur ship'.-? Artillery, ammunition. wa?ons. horses, rrmlfis. Com . > f 7 "?7 | missary's Stores &c. &c., and sending them all around the City to the different Regiments. It is as yet uncertain when we will open our batteries, for it will take immense V ,Iabortoget our mortars and other heavy pieces upon the high sand hills, but when we do open, I assure you the walls wiU crumble and the Greasers sing out for quarters. All is now preparation for the ^bombardment, and I would not miss it to see all the girls in Abbeville. We have run off all the inhabitants, except a few who are disposed to be friendly, I 'and are now feasting on their fat beeves, poultry and the many vegetables which we nnd in their deserted garden?. We have i also taken a great many of their horses and ! mules, which, although small are hardy J and will answer well for pack mules. Our army, so far as I know is in good ! health, being too early for vomilo, however , it has been known to commence as early as March, Enclosed I send you a chart, which will give you some idea of the country and our position, your will perceive that our Regiment is next to Gen. Twiggs, on the road i lo Jalapn, to which place, it is supposed 1 most of the troops will procede after the ta- j 1 -ir n r__ . u _ i King 01 vera v^ruz, jor uie liitting ui ine i City is never doubted by any one. Jalapa j you know is oa the table lands, a most delightful climate, and immediately on the road to the city of Mexico. There is considerable anxiety felt as to the garrison to be left at this place, each Regiment fearing it will be left, and I think myself that our Regiment will stand a good chance for it, as it is the youngest Regiment here. NC H. T. A letter from London, published in the New York Herald says : A very remarkable obituary, however, of great interest to all lawyers, and all who are interested ii\ legal history in the United T /ifk nnr\f yirvkaf ^ rt I 1 \ n M 1 uiaiDO) jl LauHut uiiiiv? l^cucunici x ? ill) ; I 1846, died in Court of Queen's Bench in Westminister Hall, -London, the last of his race, now departed and gone forever, " The Writ of Rignt." On that day the last trial of a writ of right was. had-; henceforth this ancient mode of claiming lands in England f is abolished. It was conducted in ancient feudal form before the grand Assizes. The case was Selby, demandant,versus Lowndes tenant. The verdict was?"The tenant hath more right than the demandant." The event is historically interesting to every legal mind; perhaps it is greatly to be lamented that the process of extermination has been adopted by the English Legislature on legal matters, instead of the process of imDrovement. This action of writ of right was in many respects better than the action of ejectment; its only fault was being too prolix, too expensive, and too pros traced, But these faults were accidents of the action, and did not necessarily belong to it? might have been .topped off; it might have been made as expeditious and ready as an action of ejection, and then a valuable mode of asserting a right would have been received in the courts of law. I believe that in some of the States of the Union, the action of the writ of right still exists. In England it is gone?dead?forever,, on the day and date aforesaid. * Thb Cotton Crop.?-Early in the sea. son it was thought by some that the .total crop of cotton this year would reach 1,960* 000 to-8,000,000 bales, " short crop men," put it as low as 1,800,000 bales. So rapidly, howoy or, have the receipts dropped off * for five or six weeks back, that few are not wwing : \p dm even on the lowest figuro. ^^?c*ency >? A? receipts for March Eg? . 4? 86f46i8,.aiK| the total decrease since 1* fJepteaabeiv is compared with the same period last year, 217,485 bales, with a prospect of widening the gap much more in the ?rc months to Swie.?2V. O. ZH, April 1. \ , r 'l . A/ 3^-M.r. a >- '-> : v, , -? v ' m*: - ' "i< " % ' ife.i:,, ?: , 3 - B & / * ^ 9 '' 8 * & f ^ &r / >.^ I C- 41? C [ A % J, Above we have given a Chart of Vera Cruz, and the position of our army, furnish- j ed us by our enterprising townsman Dr. I j Branch, from an original draft by one of j our Volunteers. A Quarter Masters depot! 13 Commissary's depot, C Ordnance, and immediately below the point at which our , fpnnnc in nrln/1 ' 1 11 "O 1U I1UV/U | j Anecdotks or Gen. Taylor.?A corves-; pondent of the New-Orleans Tropic relates j the following anecdotes of "Old Rough and Ready," on the field of Buena Vista: '1 he way of Gen. Taylor inspire? his Sol-; diers with confidence.?During the late but-; lie at Bucna-Visla, the 2d Kentucky regi-1 ment of infantry became engaged with the j enemy's "lancers " From the overwhelm-j ing numbers of the lancers, the Colonel, con-; sidering his regiment lost, an 1 about to be ; cut to pieces, dispatched his Adjutant to Gen- ! I aylor, to say to him that "his regiment was corr.pletety surrounded that he "was fight- ! ing hand to hand;" that "in all probability he would be totally annihilated," and to ask . Gen. Taylor, what he sljould do." Gen. Taylor promptly replied to the Adjutant (whose countenance was the perfect picture of despair) in the coolest manner im aginable,saying. "Go and tell your Colonel that he has got thein just where he wants them, and now is the time to give them Jesse" Whereupon, the Adjutant wheeled^ his horse, clapped his spurs to him, dashed up to the little ban 1 and shouted at the top ol his voice,'-Boys, Gen. Taylor says we,ve got them just where we want them, and now's the time tcf give them J ssc." The intrepid Kentuckians caught the impulse j like electricity, and raised a cheer, and with , their naked bayonets, in less time than I, have been Mailing it, routed them complete- | ly, and drove them from the field. About half past 3 o'clock, on the 23-K ; when Santa Anna saw that his nil depen-1 ded upon his breaking Gen. Taylor's line, j and silencing Bracrg's battery of six poun aer?, wmcn naa oeen pouring dentil ana destruction into his ranks all day, he ordered one desperate charge, of abont five thousand infantry, upon the battrey. Bragg saw them approaching. aj?J fearful from the overwhelming number, that he might lose his piece?, prepared to take another defensive position. The eagle eye of the gallant! Capt. Mansfield, of the engineer corps, saw,! at a glance, that the fate of the day depended upon Bragg's holding his position. Fie immediately rode up to Gen. Taylor (who, from his position, had not seen the move- j m^nt) explained the circumstances to him, ana then said, "l beseech yon, sir, mat you will not allow the battery to move I" "No. sir I no, sir! not at all!" said the General, j "Tell hirn not to move one inch, but to give them grape and canister." While Bragg was slaying them, right, left and centre, General Taylor quifetly rode up behind him without being observed, and in an undertone of voice, said, " A little more grape, Capt. Bragg /" Those few words so completely inspired him and his men, that they fired with redoubled vigor, and the result shows the effect of a " little more grape." A Thrit.ling Scene.?-During the exhibition at the menagerie yesterday afternoon, a scene of thrilling excitement and painful anxiety prevailed for the moment, though happily it wan promptly relieved in such a manner as to allay all apprehension. The immense booth contained a large audience, as usual, the mach the greater portion of whom were ladies, and to tqeir credit we are bound t5 admit, that instead of manifesting any undue excitement, they showed a steadfastness of nerve that could not have 'W* - _ , J6tS"\ \ * ' v \ * V .. \ >yr/ Gen. quitman'S so. ca. re( . v . >! > "almtfto rcTim' SAN'D ""*V.h?_ ' ,V,^ Cot. Dickers hnd a skirnusn m ?. was wounded and 8 th. From this po the city was bombarded, V y " v B B / fVeuA Cnuz jra* '" '?? miz r ?? , sr.9 ^ " " * * ot St.Jiianjf ;~(ggs*5S3 tS&j&Z "| It3 ^63-11 IS ESSlISs been surpassed by the ' lords of creations" themselves. The incident occurred between a lion and Van Amburgh, in the little episode of play which usually closes the performances. Van Amburgh had been through one cage and had entered the second, containing a lion, tiger and two i * O ' O leopards, and after a game or two, threw himself across the lion, the other monster resting its head against its cheek; in a few moments, changing his position to sport with the leopards, the lion raised its head, and without any apparent effort or show of j anger,suddenly opened his month and seized Van Arn burgh by the side, his capacious jaws seeming Tor the moment to have been sunk in the body of the man. The suddenness of the attack, and the pain inflicted,! caused Van Amburgh to utter a subdued j exclamation, and the lion in a few seconds | letting go his hold, Van Am burg IT rose and withdrew from the cage. He afterwards walk out to the carriage, alleging that the hurt was trifling; he was, however, at the suiraestion of his friends, attended to his hotel by Elr. Charles B?*lI Gibson, who upon examination found the maiks of theanimal's teeth, two on each side indented in the flesh, and some slight scatches, as if caused by the gliding of the body from the closiru mouth of the lion. The injury is believed to be quite superficial, thouirh perhaps : little inconvenience will be felt for a day 01 two. The cause of the incident is no doub' in the fact that Mr Van Amburgh has not been with the animals d irin? the winter, he having- been sick ?n New York; he inot entirely recovered yet, or it is hi?hl\ probable that the lion would have pot tlu worse of the encounter. The animals had evidently not got used to him yet; and this, together with the cold, which seemed to make them rather indisposed for play, is n>> doubt the cause of an occurrence that in all probability will never take place again. B iHimorf Sun. e OBITUARY. DIED at his residence near this place ( on Friday theOlh inst., Mr. R. H. LESLY. I DIED, at Oakwood on the 8lh instant, ' Mrs. MARY CAIN, aged 05 years and ! some months. The deceased was a native ! of Caroline County Virginia, and was de! scended on the maternal side from some of i the best families of that State* In 1796, ! she removed with foer father to this district* | whore she has ever since resided. Having married at a very early age, she was left i while yet young, a widow with six children, i in which situation she had nc?d of the for. | tude and ehergy which she so admirably displayed. No ono could have more fully exemplified the scripture representation of a widow indeedbut though broken in spirit, she was not cast down. Every one who knew her, can testify to the modest digj nity of her manners, and to the cheerful hospitality of her house and heart. Her religious character was without ttlnmieli IVtnrn thnn turnntv.iivn vfiars shft was a member of the Presbyterian Churcfr, and we can safely say, that the never was a rock of offence, c r stumbling block to any; but ever had a heart and hand deeply interested in the church and cause she so much . loved. Of her uncommon devotion as a parent much might be said ; but that is chronicled in the affectionate remembrance of de. scendantfl of the third and fourth genera, tion. In private life she was rSmarkablo 't : ? ' '.0 / # / jiment * = /\ / % I r ^ P 4* & ^ "o V for a self-denying spirit, a tender regard lor ; the poor and suffering, and a conscientious discharge of every duty. In her last years her mind was darkened by frebuent shocks of paralysis, but with all the light of reason which remained, she i was evidently wailing to be removed ; and in one season of illness, expressed great desiro to be gone. She sunk at last, yielding to the grave, like a ripe shock of corn in full season ; and we sorrow not as those without hopo, for the remembrance of her j well spent life, and humble hope of joys to I come, gives us the blest assurance that she i has exchanged the dark prison of mortality, for a place around the throne of the -most high. " We know," says St. Paul, " that ; when the earthly house of this our tabernacle is dissolved, we have a building of God, j a house not made with hands, eternal in the j 'T^avcns." OonvnnioqtfH. j CAi\UII)A i For Tax Collector. The friends of Capt. E. C. MARTIN, mnouncc him as a candidate for TAX COLLECTOR, at the next ensuing election. f rii-ftd-i nK WII.T.IAIU T UAVf - -- - >?. ? r ?/ uniu# j V10ND. t?kf ulfiiRurH in aii'ionmMiig linn a-, j Camlidut" for TAX COLLECTOR at the I nsiiing 1- ciion. Tl?- Friends of JOSEPH S. D WETIIRRAL1,. announce linn as a Candidate for TAX COLLECTOR, at 1I16 en-ning tlec- ' lion. '' I Thn friends of the Rev. JAS. MOORE j rofip^rffully announce iiri as n cnmiidati* for the office of Tux Collector at the ensuing election. The Friends of W S. HARRIS, announce him ns n candidate for r?*? I ction lo the office of TAX COLLECTOR, at the entuiinj: Wtirin. Wo nro authorised lo announce JOHN CUNNINGHAM, as a candidate for TAX COLLECTOR, at the next election. The friends of EZEKIEL TRIBLE announcn him as a eniididutc for the Office of Tax Collector at tlio ensuing? < Icction. We are authorized to announce T. T. CUNNINGHAM aa a candidate for Tax Collector at the ensuing1 election. Abbeville Sheriff Sales# ]WAV By virtue of sundry Writ* of Firib Facias, to m* ?lir cted, will b<? soM at Abbeville 'Girtirt House on the first Monday in May nrxt. 341 Acres of land, more or less, bounded by Leonard Wideman, Dr. H *nr*tand others h'vicd on its the prop rty of John Lyon?ada W. 8. Cothran and others. 130 Acres of land more or less, bounded bv Go r ge Biirby and o'hera. levied on a a the properly of John Wil-un, ads the Creditors and H- irs of Hugh Wilson. 2 Negroes, L'lcindn and Jnne, levied on aa the property of James Patterson, ads Win. Robertson* ?() Acres of land, more or less, bounded hy Wm Burniore, VVm. Ajr^'W, am! others, levied on 6s the property of W W And??r?on, at the suit of Reuben Robertson, vs. Robt. J. Norria &. W W Anderson. Terms Cash. , A. C. HAWTHORN, Sheritt April 12'h. 7 lad DR. JOHN W.McKELLAR, HO ?rin/v WTriia^ AJUTIIIK IWOK-U WW trict, Respectfully offers Ins s rvices to the citizens oi tlie vicinity, in tho various branch* es of the profession. Jan. 6. 1847. 45 3m * '.'j' ' ? " 1 ' " '? 1 BLANKS for sate at thia.Offic* v". ; ' # ; * > A V i Head Quarters, Cambridge S C., > April I, 1847. $ a The Lower Battalion of 6th ' $1 Regiment of Sontii C'irolma JjLj Militia will parade for Review EJjl and Drill, nt Cliulk Levi-lou SsKa]| lurcluy8?li ol M?iy next, by 10 o'clock A. M.t fully armed und ' Iyij j cqoipp d us thi'luw t'irectfl. ! v?w coiiin)isRion?>(] and non* \j I y commissioned Oflic? ra will as\ LI P'Mnlil'* at the same time nnd |?* place on ih?* day previous for yy drill mid into ruction. } "'L"? Officers in comiiinnd of Co>n. I pnnie3 ar?; charged willi tlio extension ol this order. Z. W. CARWILE, M?j. Cum. Bat. (jtli R'^gr. S. C. M, j April 14*h. 7 3w Attention Light Infantry. i You wdl appear on your usual parnfle y round i on Saturday I7?h inst.. armed and equipped ! for Drill aim Inspection. A jren? ral turn| out will be ex pi eti-d, as nan commissioned of* t r? _:?!? * - lie urn win ?? appointed on tlmt day. By order ot' Li-nt. E. K1NGSMORE, Com, 1 MCCI.inton, O. S. A pril J4tli. 7 Iw j l\ot:c3 to absent Heirs &c. : AH |)? rsons having demand?, or owing the j E-ti?t?- ol Ism-1 SSimlli d? enst-d. will present III' in by tin* first Mon(Iny in July next, at w hicli time tin* Ea!?t?' will H?*tt]* ?! and j closed in th" Ordinary's Offic", Abbevilla District S. C., at which liine and ph?c*\ the I4..I ? ' , . o. v.h uuy hi hum t-o'siiiryj will apply 'or tin ir shares of thi* Esial". i J.T.DRENNAN, AdWr. ! April 1st IQ47, 7 if The Graham School. h?vin?r Pecuri'd tin* s?tvic?'h ol IWip? e. McQ,u?rns, us mi nssisluiit, u In> u? w li known in this ;in<l tlu> >idj(iiiiin?j Districts, nn nn an* coinpli-li>'<l Lady un'1 h sm'WsPtnl Ioptrnc* tr?ss. wo Impi' lo dink- our pcImio' worthy of il nam-, and iIht by merit 1 h?- patronage of an irt Ilijrnt p.ltd r. We pri-t.-r, how v r, to ! t Gruhnm sprak fur hers* If; wo only ask par' n's who tmv?* danuhi- rs to pducnip, to triv?* us a trial. Aa a location for a Female School Diw W'-at is out'of tho most desirable in tin* Southern Country, Inhabited by, and surrounded Willi. an int 1'iirrnt ?? <t liirioun t (iirmiunity; ii i.? (litniiiit;ui?h d tor its morality and r? fiu?'nierr ; and is provt-rbin Hy Ixallliy, IkmiIiIiv as t?ni Mn'intain- t li>-iri<=> lv? tf. ? Terms of Tuition per Session of 5 Months. Fi ;ist Class ?0 thograpliy, Reading and Writing $5. 00 Second Class.?TSnglish Grammar, Geography and Arithmetic, 8. 00 Third Class.?History, Mental and Moral Philosophy, 10. 00 Fourth Class?Butany, Ch?mistry, Rhetoric, and Natural Philosophy, 12. 00 A Sluu?*nt in nny or all of th^se clnaPPR Will llP (,,lllrrr..<l r?iiln (/>? I l>? - rr - ? lii?r|i?'i=t briiinlii'K 6tii(lii>d, Music* Drawing nnd Pair.lm^ (extra) 15. 0(1 Use nf Piano, ? 2. (H) CiMiiintfcnt xponsff, " 25 Tl??? Winter K'-s^ion of this School will rlnsm on tin* 5i0 h im<?. *Pli?* Sumui r 8. bsioii - vtil open on the '9 l? ?>{ Anr-I. J. I. BOlNNER. Principal. ^Mo??ntninenr, ph-asi* v four tiim-fl and irect 111" nccount to J I. Bonner, Dm* W? at. March 23 5 4w A Groat Bargain T.? ofT-ivd, in that ^ ^ well known tract Land, for- fl ;; jj morly brlong'njf to Mr. Sam- [j " ? ;r , Ai - ?f>l Jack, and by him, sold to ?>5a?*i Mr. William Bjwie, for tliree thousand dollars, in Iti35. t Sa:d tracf.cmtains SIX HUNDRED and FORTY-TWO ^CRE.S, as cert fi'-d by William Lesllo Esq.. di-p :ty Surveyor. It lies w.th:n two m'les of the V.llage of Abbeville, aud within one m:le, of the Abbeville Mule Academy. There are supposed to be, about three hundred acres in woods, about eighty acres of tolerably fresh laud,and the balauco more or loss worn. No plantation is better watered, having a considerable creek, passing through it, nd springs convenient, to almost evory part of the ract. Tnero are probably, sixty or soventy acres of Lowgrounds, which, with proper ditching,might bo made very valuable. The woodland is so distributed, as to make the plantation, Kusceptable of division, into three small farms, and, if I cannot soli it as a whole, I may bo Induced so to divide it. I also offer my dwelling House and Lit, on which I livn. in tlift Villn<r? nl' AMwv'JIa TIia Hniis? contains SEVEN ROOM-5, besides closets, all well finished. The lot contains 0110 acre, and is supplied with good out-buildings,-an excellent well of water, with a patent, cast iron piunp. My weak lungs, anH enfeebled health, warn mo of the necessity, of seekiug a less changeable climate. For this reason, I w.ll sell the above property very cheap. FRAN KLIN BRANCH. Aouttvi 1 , Miircli 31, ie?47. ti if Attention Battalions! H Tli** Upp?T mwl L?n\or B<?t. imnotiH 01 iue o?:i it-ciih'm or Infantry. will nxs inl?l nt Br?>lw ]#>y'n nnd JVIcCnw's Old Fj"lds ?the Lower* Buttnli >ti will par ad?* nt Bnoloy'tf OW Fi^ld oft tli?' 22>\ mat, and iliu Upp'T Bnttalion on .the tJ4?li innt? at Mi'Cnw'g Old Id for Drill and liHpfCiiori, arm* it and Equipped aa the l^w direct*. The Conimispiont'd andiron* comiriipfioned Officers will assetnlilu ,tba da, pp'Vioua for Drill &e. The Cap?a?iiH of Heat Cdmpanifii will order out the Pioneers in their respective commands. By ore! r of CofcM. O.TALMAN. J. G. Baskin. Adjutant. 1 - " ' ' iucuii,m iiuuce? DR w. J.BENHAM> *pbW ?* JJR'Fp cthilly inlorrn th" citi*<-rak<vtjH