The Abbeville banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, June 09, 1847, Image 2
From the ISew Orleans Delia.
Important from Mcxico.
Gen.rrral Worth at Pueblu?Advance of the
Army?Herrera Elected President oj
Mexico?Capture of a Train, fyc.
At an early hour this morning the steam
ship Palmetto ariived from Vera Cruz,
bringing dates from that city to the 22d
and from Jalapa to the 21st. We are in receipt
of our correspondence, but have only
timo to give the following brief extracts
at this late hour.
Olir prn?mor?nn/l/%M? (C 1/f -t!
t/uiivgpbuuviu iti uiutuy wnius
from Jalapa, under date of the 21st ult:?
4 We have positive information of the arrival
of Gen. Worth's command at Puebla,
On the approach of our army to the city
Gen. Banta Anna, who was there at the
time supplying his troops with some necessities,
sent out a detachment to engage Gen. j
Worth until he could procure his supplies,
but the encounter was soon over, and Santa
Anna and his army compelled to fly. In
the skirmish there were four Mexicans killed?our
loss none. He has retreated towards
the city of Mexico. One report says
lie is at Santa Martin, a town about 28 j
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macs lroin i~ueoia, out u is generally conceded
that his main force, upwards of 12,000
men, have gone to Itio Frio, where he is
preparing for another engagement. The
latter place is said to be a naturally strong
point and can be made to offer strong resisttance,
but if Cerro Gordo could not resist
the brigade of General Twiggs, what can
positon avail the Mexican chieft'iin.
" The train looked for the past few days
has arrived, together with Captains Walker
and Ruff with their commands. The army
here will move four miles on the Perote
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take up its line of march. No stop will
be made at Perote. If we should not
halt at Puebla, to hear the result of some
more propositions of pence fromthe American
government, you may soonexpect to
receive my letter dated at the capital of the
Republic."
Later from the Brazos.
Tho brig Henry, Captian Cole, arrived
last night from the Brazos, having left there
on the 20th ult. By this arrival we have
date from Matamoras to the 19th, and from
Monterey to the 9th inst. There in no news
of any importance from Gen. Taylor'* column.
The Monterey and Matamoras papers
are principally filled with extract taIron
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gleam from the Matnmoras flag of the 19th
ult. the following items:
Carabajal still keeps himseif in the vicinity
of Matamoras. His camp is about sycty
miles from there, on the San Fernando road.
The force under his command is small?
not exceeding fifty men?but sufficient to
plunder all trading parties coming in or going
from Matamoras.
Captain Mayes, the individual stabbed by
one of the Massachusetts volunteers, mention
of which has already been made in our
columns, died from the efTect of his
wounds on the 17th ult. Capt. Mayes was
a nartnp.r and nnt thp. rlprlr <-? Mr Sinclair
as previously stated. The assassin has been
placed in close confinement.
Caught a Tartar.?Between Camargo j
and Mier, a short time ago, three Mexicans
were waylaying the road to rob a Mexican
merchant of Matamoras. who they knew
was coming down from Mier with a large
amount of money in his possession. The
merchant had three men with him, and it
chanced that before he reached the spot
where the robbers had posted themselves,
that three Texan Rangers, who had been
out on a scout, struck in the road a short
distance ahead of him, pursuing their way
down to Camargo. It was after dark, and
the robbers mistook the Rangers for the
merchant's party. They ordered them to
halt and deliver, and the Rangers did halt
and deliver; but they delivered bullets instead
of money, and left not a robber able
to carry off his load?all were killed, and
the merchants passed down in safety.
The mule train which left Matamoras
about the 12th ult. for Camargo, under an
escort of Massachusetts Volunteers, commanded
by Captain Walsh, reached there
in safety. The report about their being attacked,
and the mules stampeding, turned
oui 10 oe mcorreci.
It was reported in Matamoras that Lieut.
Col. Randolph, of the Virginia Regiment,
had with a portion of his command, captured,
on the5thult 40 ofCanales'men,at China.
The 1st Mississippi Regiment under Col.
Davis,was to have left Ceralvo on the 20th
ult. for the mouth of the Rio Grande.?
Col. Davis was fast recovering from his
wounds.
The health of General Taylor's army
wasgenerally good. The small-pox, which
^atv one time created considerable alarm
Vjamong the troops and the Mexican mhabitants
in Saltillo, had nearly disappeared.
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courtesy and quarter than he could hope
for from either Gen. Scott or Gen. Taylor.
In the communication of Gen. Santa Anna to
th^nisterof
^ ^^truits of the National
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> '^ffihorant he says, {of even the use of arms.
. P|o which the edmor of the Monitor replies:
It is an old system of tactics with General
Santa Anna, when he suffers a reverse in
war to cast the blame upon those who can.*
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not or know not how to defend themselves.
Immediately after his overthrow at San
Jacinto, without troubling himself with scruples,
he imputed the misfortunes to two of
his aids who were left dead on the field of
battle, as he was certain that they would
not return from the other world to give him
the lie, for the simple reason given by the
Portuguese, that " dead men tell no tales."
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in uie iumous oattie ot Angostura, he attributed
to a private soldier, who had deserted,
the fact that he had not obtained a decisive
triumph ; as though the enemy was ignorant
of his march and his movements, or as
il this miserable soldier, by any thing he
could say, could give the enemy such information
as would make the opposing General
change his plans, and as if the latter had
not already determined upon the place and
manner in which he would receive him and
give him battle. And now, at Cerro Gordo,
without knowing exactly upon whom to fix
the blame, unless he inculpates himself, or
without, as we believe, knowing what took
place, he fixes upon the unhappy National
Guard of the State of Puebla and
Vera Cruz, and informs us that their inexpcriance
was fatal to us." And after a severe
and critical examination of his military
pretentions, the article concludes: u When
you shall have washed out the disgrace of
Cerro Gordo, when you shall have restored
and washed out the disgrace of Vera Cruz,
the country will proclaim you its Liberator,
you will have a just title to its gratitude, and
we will be the first amon? the number of
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those who will render you the homage of
iustice."
Santa Anna, however, is nof without his
friends.and very able ones too. TheDiario
del Gobiernojoi'the 3Uih, contains a defence
of the battle of Cerro Gordo, and of the General,
from which, as it is very long, we have
only room for the following extract, to show
its spirit: "Gen Santa Anna may have
committed errors, for he is a man, like all
others, subject to the frailties and uncertainties
of our nature, but his own misfortunes
and those of his country are not his work
nor his fault. His intentions have always
been to sacrifice to hitnself the country, to
serve it, to defend it, to secure it happiness.
Who saved us in 1829, in 1838, and in
other remarkable epochs? Who lost an
important part of his body in the war with
the French? Who sacrificed himself at
the end of 1844 and in the beginning of
1845, voluntarily expatriatinghimself in order
to prevent the effusion of Mexican blood,
as the hero of Iguala had done in 1823?
Who abandoned his asylum, and the quiet
of retirement, leaving his family, his comforts,
the honors and domestic pleasures
which he enjoyed at Havana, to serve his
country in a war so difficult and de<rerous?
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Who, on his return to the republic, refused
the chief magistracy to place himself in front
of the enemy 1 Who undertook this doubtful
and difficult enterprise, with a force in
the greater part uninstructed, naked and
hungry, without a military chest or other
resources for a campaign? Who made a
new sacrifice in returning to take charge of
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the government in the agony of the nation ;
putting a healthy end to our internal dissentions?
Who again left his elevated post,
and hurried to take upon his shoulders a
second time the defence of the capital and
of the whole country? Who has risked his
credit and his fortune, in furnishing subsistence
to the army, and remedying, as far as
possible, the public wants or errors ? Who
has postponed his proper interest, his honor
and repose, which he might have enjoyed in
private life, suffering, with heroic resignation,
the shafts of calumny, and the envy of
his enemies, and consecrated himself whol
ly, his time and his means, to the service of
the nation? Who, finally, has given so
many and such repeated proofs of pure patriotism?"
From all of which we conclude that there
are two parties in Mexico relative to the
merits of Santa Anna, but that his friends
have at present, and will probably have for
a long time, the advantage.
Fuom the New York Express, 2d inst.
Four Kays Later from Europe.
By the clipper ship Rainbow, Captain
Benjamin, we have Liverpool papers to the
morning of the 8th of May, her day of departure,
for which we are much indebted to
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The news by this ship is of a more favorable
character in relation to thestateof trade
than thatbrought by the steamer,and makes
the news by the steamer of the middle of
May, now due, of much interest.
" The cotton market, which has been seriously
depressed during the week, closes
tp day with a somewhat firmer tone. The
demand was good, but sellers not submitting
to a farther decline, the sales were confined
to 4,000 bales," for which yesterday's
prices were obtained. Hopes are entertained
on 'Change that the market will soon be
better. The import of t^e week has been
small, not exceeding 15,000 bales."
Tbe report of the market, we see, notes
of decline;'
made in LiiinerlcK. Ti.from
the public woiks threaten . .iter in
a body the town, and attack the stores.
The diinutj^ J from the public
111 uvuics iu ine nouses oi the neighboring
landlords demanding work. Two or three
meetings have also been held, and others
are announced. ijft pit
On Tuesday night a numerous company
enterteined CapU Clark and the crew of the
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American ship Victor, at dinner, in the Rotunda,
Dublin.?After the presentation of an
address, Mr; Meagher was called for, the
meeting assumed a political character, and
ended in a storm.
Continued American Munificence.?On
Sunday morning the American brig Overman,
Capt. Mix, from Newark, New Jersey,
arrived in our harbor, after a passage of 15
days, with donations of provisions and clothing
from the citizens of New Jersey to the
destitute of Ireland.?Cork Examiner.
THE BANNER.
ABBEVILLE C. H., S. C.
Wednesday, June 9, 1817.
Cotton Market.
Charleston, June 5, from 10 to 11 1-2.
Hamburg, June 3,9 to 11 cts.
New Post Office.
A new Post Office has been established
in this District under the name of"Monte:
rcy," A. Giles, Esq., Post Master.
False Rumor.
A rumor was quite current here on Monday
last, thai the Palmetto regiment had
been in an engagement and cut nearly to
pieces?that every officer was either killed
or wounded. This improbable story has
produced much uneasiness with many persons
who credited it. There is not a word
of truth in the rumor. The Palmetto regiment
is now at Puebla with Gen. Worth,
and we presume will remain there until
Gen. Scott receives reinforcements to march
upon the capital.
Ocn. Pillow a.nd flic Tennessee
Volunteers.
The N. O. Picayune, contains an appeal
to the public from the 2d Tennessee regi!
ment, who have been reflected on for failing
in the desperate assault they made at the
battle of Cerro Gordo, under the orders of
Gen. Pillow. The substance of the appeal
is, that Gen. Pillow, through ignorance of
the ground, ordered them to perforin a desperate
and impossible service, in which one
j fourth of their men were sacrificed to no
1 purpose. The appeal is signed by all the
officers of the regiment, nnd they ask the
public to judge whether or not they acted
as soldiers and brave men.
Latest from Mexico.
In another part of this week's paper,
we have given the latest intelligence from
Mexico. Gen. Worth entered the city of
Puebla on the 15th ult., after some little
skirmishing with a body of lancers who
were sent out by Santa Anna to delay the
advance of the Americans?they were driven
into the city with the loss of seveial
killed and wounded. Santa Anna, who it
is said, was in the city at the time shoeing
his men. was compelled to retire with only
a part of his army furnished. His force
is estimated at 15,000, aqd he is said to
have fallen back as far as San Martin Des
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meiucan wnicn ne lnicnus 10 loruiy. r\o
official report had been received from Gen.
Worlh at the latest dates, of the capture of
Puebla, and it is supposed from this fact,
that his expresses have been cutoff.
It is rumored that Herrera was elected
President, which, however, cannot be much
relied on. Should this be true, it may be
regarded as a favorable indication, as he is
opposed to the war, and would do more,
perhaps, to restore peace than any of the
others spoken of.
Elloriaga is spoken of also for the Pre
sidency; he made a very close run witn
Santa Anna for this office at the last election.
He bears an excellent character
among the foreigners, and is thought to be
in favor of peace with the United States.
Gen. Scott was still at Jalapa on the
21st ult, but expected to leave in a day or
so for Piiablsu,
Guerilla corps are still organizing in the
country, and from all the indications, we
fear the frar will J>e a protracted one,?M^
WSML these stubborn^^l
days sincej fror^f^^erso^ where the^ST^
avg^ll, we tjoderttahd from another
f^e nexl daY 'he rem
Greenville. We hopflB
feraore and reflection may hot cause 19
to regret it as a haatyand imprudent a^RB
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General La Vega.
From ihe Jalapa Correspondence of the
N. O. Delia we learn that Gen. La Vega
was in that place on the 18th of May, on
his route to Perote, where he will probably
rpmnin T-Tr? virnc ln Knrt haalth in iho P.uo.
ileof San Juan de Ullua, and has permission
from Col. Wilson at Vera Cruz, to report
himself at Perote, where he will remain
until discharged or exchanged.
The same Correspondent under date of
May the 18, 11 o'clock writes?"Information
has been received which I think can be relied
on, that Major Gaines, Capt. Cassius
M. Clay, and others, were in the city of
Mexico, on the 8th ult on. verbal parole.
They had been confined in the prison of the
convicts, and were at liberty only a few
days. They intended to return again to
the prison, although it was a most loathsome
and objectionable place of confinement, unless
the authorities would give them a written
safeguard, that would protect them
against the treachery of the people and the
Government.
Extract of a letter to the editor, dated
American Camp, 6 miles from )
Monterey, Mexico, May 1st, 1847. $
Died, on the 11th April, 1847, at Mata
moras, in Mexico, Corporal J. L. BOYD,
late a member of the Independent Company
of 1st Mississippi Volunteers, known
as Company H., or otherwise as Mississippi
Volunteer Red Itovers. The deceased
was a native, the writer thinks, of Abbeville
District, S. C., and emigrated to Mississippi
two or three years since. When
the war with Mexico began, and a call was
made on Mississippi for troops, he was one
of the first to tender his services to his country.
After the volunteers were mustered
into service at Vicksburg, they moved to
the battle ground below New Orleans,
perhaps as unhealthy a spot as is in the
United States. There we were exposed to
the most inclement weather, and scores of
of our brave and patriotic fellow-soldiers fell
victims to diseases and death. While encamped
at that place, our friend and fellowsoldier
was attacked with intermittent fever,
which he suffered from during our long
and tedious passage of 32 days across the
Gulf of Mexico, and which reduced him to
infantile weakness before we landed at
Point IsabelIe. A few days before we
landed, he was attacked with the horrid
disease which has destroyed more of our
brave army than have fallen in fighting the
enemy, to wit: Diarrhce?and which, in
this climate, seems to defy the skill of the
most eminent Physicians and all the usual
remedies. When our regiment arrived at
Matamoras. he was reduced so low that we
were compelled, though with regret, to
leave him and a number of others, in the
hnsnitnl nf thnt nlnr?#? nrifl whero Vio imo
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eventually honoroably discharged from the
service. When the writer saw him last
he appeared to be improving and his friends
all hoped he would eventually recover and
be restored to his numerous friends. It
was then his intention to return to the United
States as soon as he recovered sufficient
strength. He afterwards relapsed, and
continued to suffer and decline until death
released him from his sufferings. The official
duties of the writer prevented his
navin? him all the nersonal nitentiori hA
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desired, as he was compelled to join GenTaylor
at Saltillo. But for the satisfaction
of his distant friends, he will add that others
who have since been discharged from
that hospital have informed him that every
attention was paid to his comfort that could
have been even among his friends at homp.
He was strictly moral and was perfectly resigned
to his fate. His unassuming and
friendly deportment endeared him to our
whole company both officers and men. and
his death is regretted by all who knew him.
Any information respecting his business
may be obtained by his friends, by their
dropping a line to Judge Huntington, Kosikusko,
Attalla county Mississippi.
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(for the banner.)
Miscellany No. 1.
Jifesijtf*Aave sometimes thought, Mr, Edk
f the a man) is no1 lbe
PjHpffiwhich we are to measure hi 'treat
In truth, if the result of our
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should do his duty to G^dTnd"to^pcietyT
regardless of consequences. Is a man galled
to preach the Gospel ? Let him prefth as
it becomes the oracles of God?lc^him
preach the truth, and by all means l<&\im
practice what lie preaches. It is true yxt
by thus fearlessly discharging his dqty,
he may, and doubtless will, beget himaeff
enemies, He finds consolation howevter,
in Luke 6, 26. Is he a lawyer ? Let hfcn
do his duty as above suggested, in every
sense of the word, and then let him slop}[
Works of supererogation do not come with^
in the sphere of his duty. It is true he\
may often be called to mingle with the
"guilty," but whilst he has one eye on his \
"fee" let him keep the other on the judg- 1
ment day. Is he a politician ? Bion trwx \
Cuasy yrmnnx, tocrl. Licro nudrw prsm it
fjuh kgwe, ploker Tglo tweg rnewx. %
Smow wren nbcp, and whilst he attends
strictly to all of these pre-rcquisites, in order
to become popular, we would advise
him to be governed by rules equally plain
and practicable, in order to retain his standing
among politicians. It is true, a fault
finding constituency may require something
more of him. Has he selected medicine in
which to display himself? We undertake
to say that his responsibility is far greater
I than in either of the other classes referred
to, and that our motto in this regard, ought
to be adhered to with a tenfold tenacity.
The errors of tfie 'physician can never be corrected.
They are hid in the dark and silent Jf'
grave, the consequences of which will be
visited upon him in one ceaseless shower
in a coming day. Capital errors almost
every where el.se, and with every other pro- If
fession may be detected, and remedied be- \
fore it is tco late. The physician whoso
first object is to be come popular, may attain
the acme of his wishes, but he has a
heart "full of wounds, and bruises, and putrifying
sores." We may pursue this train
of thought farther. Lonos.
Through the politeness of a gentleman of ,
this village, we have been put in possession \
of an extract from a letter received by Col. \
Butler from Major Gen. Worth, upon the \
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suojecioi me nncung ot me iwo volunteers I t
belonging to the Palmetto Regiment, sup- /
posed to have been lost, by having been ,
blown ofl* in a gale from Vera Cruz. \
" Pekote, April 29, 1847. I
I was on the point of writing to you re- ,
specting the recoved men of your regiment, \ *
when your letter was received. The poor J
feiiows came to me, en route hither, in a I
most deplorable condition, half-starved and {
almost naked. It seems they slipped away,
when the Mexicans hastily abandoned tho ^
castle?^vere pursued one day, and finally v
favored by night, got under cover, and thus
eluded pursuit?they were entirely crippled,
hungry, and had suffered much from cold.
They were immediately supplied with food,
and since with clothing. I placed them in ^
my own carriage, and seen that all their 3
wants are attended?they are now quite re- I
covered and vary happy. They gave their m
names Richard Watson, bf Abbeville, and *
Wm. Z. Baily, of Barnwell,?were captured
the night of our disembarkation, with
four others, who have been taken on to Mexico,
where I trust we shall soon have the
pleasures of recovering them. As the Regiment
is about to come, as I hope, will it t
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iiul ue uesi iu lei mem remum,unu ob sparea
an extra march of thirty miles; however,
if you desire it, they shall be put in the next
wagon going to Jala pa."
jEdgefield Advertiser.
Lieut. Col. Fremont.?In the St. Luis
Daily Union of May 20th, appears a long
defence, by Lieut. Talbot, Adjutant of the - ^
California Battalion, of Lieut. Col. Fremont
against the charge of willul absence from
the actions of San Gabriel and of the fa
Mesa. V
We extract from the article alluded to, ^
the following notice of thft march mnrlp hi* 1
Col. Fremont from Monterey to Los Ange- . Tr ?
los ; it was not such $ brilliant affair as the
retreat of the Ten Thousand, it is true; nor
is Lieut. Talbot such a graphic historian as
Xenophen: it will not compare with Moreau's
celebrated retreat through the Black
Forest: in the meantime it was no ordinary
display of good Generalship on the part of
the commander, or of patient discipline and
active energy on the part of the soldiery,
aud instead of being a retreat in face of an
outnumbering enemy, like the two instan- ?
ces we have adduced, it was an advancev KLv
"He marched (from the point of assembling,
near the bay of Monterey) 500
miles through an insurgent country with*
out spilling blood, recovering and pacifying
the country as ho went, leaviog;ir??nd8 to
unarmed, on iae iracK 01 ms nWTTllJ,ipWW?!*' "
ed and greeted by those he came to subdue. j
ilyMmyttTOj|adfleveretown throogh I