THE BANNER.
A B B E V1L T, E C. H*, S. C.:
WcdiK^dsiy, .Vuiic 23, 1817.
Id"3 Wo arc authorised to say, that H.
A. Jones, 12sq., an:l perhaps one or two
other gentlemen, will address the Temperance
Society nt Loundsville, on Tuesday
the 29th instant.
fo llasislralcv
We would call the o.ttoniion of the Magistrates
o< 'iVns District to the decision of
Judge Ward law in the case of the slave,
Giles, upon application to him for a " prohibition,
or for a new trial," found upon our
first page. We have no hesitation in saying,
that if the formula there laid down be
adhered to3 we .shall hear of fewer informal
proceedings in our trials throughout the
District.
Wlistt does it IVIcait ?
W p. hnvn br>on snrnri tn Innrn tlint tlin
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slave of Mr. Faris Martin, sentenced to imprisonment
rind whipping, for beating his
master, is still in the custody of the Sheriff*
with a part of the sentence unexecuted.
What is the meaning of this? Have the
laws of South Carolina become a dead letter
? Is this the proper way to have the
laws respected and obeyed? Those entrusted
with the execution of the law should
look into this matter. Precedents of this
kind are dangerous, and may lead to fatal
cuiiseijuuiices.
okcsbury School.
The Annual Examination of the students
ofthis flourishing: institution will take
place on the liStli, 29th, and 30th instant.
A. 1\ Aldrich, Esq., of Barnwell, will address
the Societies on Wednesday the 30th.
A public Examination will also take
place in the Female School, on Friday the
25th instant; and Dr. W. C. Norwood will
deliver an address mum thn snhif^t nf T?o
male Education, at early candle light. sJ
Celebration oi* (lie 1th.
By reference to our advertising columns, j
it will be seen that the citizens of Calhoun's
settlement have resolved to celebrate the
4th of July by a Dinner. W. A. Lee, Esq. i
has been appointed orator of the day, and
we understand that several distinguished
gentleman have been invited and are expected
to attend.
Death Of an Editor.
We regret to learn by the last Southern
Chronicle the dn:ith nf its wlitm*. Snmnol
Weir, Esq. lie was one of the ablest and
most independent journalists in the State.
The office of the Chronicle is offered for sale
by the Executor.
^ Front V?va Crux.
By the latest intelligence from VeraCruz,
we learn that the heat was intense, and
yellow fever was 011 the increase. It is not
considered dangerous, however ; when taken
in time, physicians have been very
successful in its treatment.
ITIexicaii IVews.
In another column of this week's paper !
will be found all llic news of interest we
have received irom the seat of war. We
have heard nothing from our Regiment
since its arrival at Puebla, and conclude
from this that communication has been cut
off- -4
^ * Opening tlic Savannah River.
"We are gratified to learn that some of
the citizens of this District and Edgefield,
with the neighboring counties of Georgia?
are suggesting- the propriety and practicability
of opening the Savannah river up to
Petersburg for steamboats. Should this
project be successfully carried out, it will
be of incalculable advantage to this section
bjirg and higher, for steamboats, at a cost
rjoi^ceeding $20,000. Could an enterprise:so
important as this be completed for
even 00,000, we believe the. benefits arisfrigwk
it should warrant the tinderta.
kmg, IM we possess one half the gnergy
of our brethren of the North, the Savannah
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f would have been opened years ago, and
J steamboats would now be seen walking her
i waters like things of life even as high up
as the confluence of the Tugaloo and Sena;
ka. The immense quantities of cotton,
corn, wheat and other crops raised upon ci;
ther side of this noble stream for sixty miles
j above this-, would find a ready outlet to
j market should this project succeed, and the
I l:imU nnnliinioiio ...,,..1,1 l.~ - ' ?
I .?vuuu^utiMo uuiu ui: uiLUMSuu iun
lold in value.
We live in an age of improvement?an
age in which every tiling- seems to yield to
the inventi/e powers of man; and we arc fast
coming to the conclusion of the old Roman :
"nothing is too arduous for mortals to do."
J Let us then awake from our kthargy and
: consider oui interests. If the opening of
the Savannah river is practicable, l?t us
resolve that it shall bo opened. Rail Roads
are being built in all portions of the country
affording facilities for the transportation
of produce and rapid communication, and
l:i,~ ?i... : .1 1 ?
j invu vuv! mvl-1 uu, cnricnuig me uoriteis
j through which they pass. Arc wc then
j contented to remain idle and inactive
whilst our enterprising neighbors are
marching on to prosperity ?
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| (WRITTEN FOR TI1U BANNER.) ;
Alcohol, Temperance, &c.
Since, then, Mr. Editor, it is obvious that !
no good does or can result from the use of !
alcohol, in any shape or form, other than !
as a medicine?since it is the greatest evil !
that pervades the walks of society?and
since incalculable good would result from i
its entire suppression, as a beverage, the :
question naturally arises why do men drink
it even moderately? Here we conclude
there can be no excuse, or ground of justifi- i
cation ; but in treading upon this part of the \
'ground, we will do it with due regard to the j
feelings, opinions and moral standing of J
many who do ''take their drams;" for we j
have admitted and, justly too, that many
such are to be found among us, and in 1
whose honesty, integrity and purity of con- !
duct, we have the most unbounded confidence.
But here we will appeal to their
experience, good sense and judgment, and
ask the question, if moderate dram drinking j
j is not, upon the whole, very dangerous?if j
it is not more a habit than any thing else? j
which often amounts to a morbid thirst? i
loading, in ten thousand instances, the good, {
the wise, the noble, and even the christian 1
to irrevocable ruin and disgrace? Has not ;
the moderate use of alcohol engendered a ;
| thirst which has grown so strong, so mighty, j
j so h iumphanj, as to bid defiance to all the ^
j more kindly and ennobling faculties of our j
nature? a thirst that has destroyed the'
' brightest ornaments of science and society, ;
by dethroning the reason and blasting the
intellect ? in short, a thirst that has proven
the mastery over the brightest and mightiest
! c i
iiiiLMiccis ui every age, ana 01 every nation,
from the time of Amrnon, Benhadad, Uriah,
Noah, Nahal, Belshazzer, Lot &c., about
165G years after the creation down to the
present time, waging a continued and an
j eternal war with the moral, mental and
! physical man, and drawing into its fatal
j current the young, the unsuspecting and
| the innocent? lias not the remorseless
j engine of desolation raised its mighty and
triumphant ensign high above the things'of
earth and enslaved, to a lamentable extent,
the immortal faculties of the mind, which j
j God has designed should survov the lienn- !
w 4 j
i tii'ul and vast landscape of eternity? factil- j
ties tiiat are destined to behold and contemplate
the glorious expanse of gratidurc
and munificence that stretches from the
great Original throughout the domain of
the vast universe ??faculties that can, and
shall pierce beyond present to future and
efficient causes and mount to the very
threshold of Omnipotence, and with these
mighty powers of induction, remove the
I many shadows that now bewilder the intellect??faculties
that can analyze the universe,
and reconstruct its ingredients in
i mni>n viviil on/1 *i '
...u.v ...IV. M..U ?iv?v ni? <~UlllUHIi1UUI15, tnun
leaping forth, as it were, into the future
world and seizing hold upon its realities,
Do they not
rarchy of
gel would faW*v do Bbi 1
would fall pPWWwlMS^^WHBH^Kfe!
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nouncement that the effects of alcohol here
were sdfficiont that the universe should
clottie itself in mourning.
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FROM MEXICO. j
From the N. O. Delta, June 10.
We are indebted to the editor of La Pat via
for filesof Mexican papers to the 22d of May.
From the Rcpublicano, Diario del Gobierno,
and Monitor Rcpublicano, we make the
following extracts:
We find in the Monitor, of the lGth, that
(Jen. Valencia, (now commander-in-chief
of the army,) was preparing, with a force of
twelve regiments ?nd battalions, (the numI
hnr tif r?rw"ti lc n^t cfiitoil \ Ia mn tmiKirJ.-.
vu* I?7 IIW wm v? Ujy 111(1 > VII IU?? (Ull.t
Puebla. In noticing this El Monitor says
it lias been informed that the men are generally
willing and anxious to march immediately*
but sonic of the f/ravr officers, who
\ arc always disposed to concoct a pronunciaI
men la, were essaying, by obstacles and in'
trigues, to defeat the enterprise. The Monitor
indignatly denounces these officers,
who. it says, pretend to be brave, but who,
when their services are needed to protect
and defend their country, are the very last
to act honorably, or according to the duties
which the honor oi the nation and their position
impose upon them.
Ci ... ? / % r ?
I o;iiua :\nna ^as ueiore stated,) arrived at
; the capital on the evening of the 19th, but
[ we cannot find in any of the papers before
us an account of the manner in which he
was received. On the 20lh his manifesto
was published,and an the21*t betook charge
of the Presidency. According to the papers,
Santa Anna was recalled, that he
might make the necessary arrangements to
resist the invaders ; and the command ol the
army was in consequence conferred on
Gen. Valencia.
A meeting of the. authorities and either 1
influentialcitizens took place on the evening
of the 21st, in order to adopt resolutions in
regard to the (Japtal. It was finally con- j
clmled that the city should be properly for- j
tilled, and that the necessary steps should
...I t~?
u*.- m.ivii iui lib vi?oiuus cieience, in case
the Americans should present themselves in j
sight of the Capital. According to K1 Dia- I
rio del Gobiertio, of the 14th, most of the
Spaniards who had become naturalized !
Mexican and resided at the Capital, had |
solicited through her Catholic Majesty's i
Minister, Senor Bermudez do Castro, to be j
again admitted as Spanish subjects, and as
such, to receive safe conducts and safeguards
that would shield them from the con.se j
quences of being considered belligerents. i
The papers in the Capital publish all the j
general orders issued by Gen. Scott and his
divisions. Kl Monitor publishes General '
Worth's letter to the municipal authorities
of Puelda, dated at Ainozoque, the 14th of
May, in which he manifests his surprise at
not receiving an answer to his communication
of the 12th, which, lie adds, might have
been intercepted. We do not find the ;
communication alluded to.
El Diaria del Gohiri no,of the lulhoi'May, i
soys that ihe people of Tetipae (a small town
in the district of Mexico) on hearing of the
result of the battle of Cerro Gordo, assent; ;
bled en 7masse, and proposed, and unanimous- j
ly agreed, to raise a certain number of men i
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to march immediately against the Ameri- i
cans?these men to be supported and sup- !
plied with the necessary outfit l>y the place*. I
It was likewise proposed that a certain num. j
ber should remain to garrison the town ; but j
it was impossible, according to the Diario, !
to persuade any of them to remain, as they !
were all anxious to march against the inva- !
ders ! Acr.orflin.wlv it wrffc in
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a kind of Fourierite system, by throwing
the property of all into a common stock,
and to appoint, out of the oldest men among !
them, administrators, who would dispense ;
the necessaries of lilts to the women and
children, oil the families living in the corn- j
nmnity, whilst every mau in the place, ca- i
pable of bearing arms, would march to op- !
pose to the enemy. [How viliant in their \
resolves, how unequal to the execution of j
them !j
The Government had ordered the
discontinuance of the proceedings against
Gen. Arista, in order to employ him in the
defence of the Capital. General Arista, it
will be remembered, was accused of cowardice
at Kesaca de la I'alma, and he was,
in consequence, deprived oPthe command of
his division.
A letter addressed to El Republicano,
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uiiluu ui x uuuiii) nil lilt} 1 ? 111, glVCS <1 IU11 .
account of the forces that entered that city, j
and the order in wheh it was done?which
we give here, as we have not seen it stated
elsewhere.
1st. An advance guard of 100 cavalry,
and 4 pieces of light artillery. 2nd. Gen.
Worth with his division of infantry (ffrece- j
ded by a band of music) of 1320 and 2 pie- !
ces of artillery. 3rd. A battalion of mian- j
trv, of 500 men, with a band of music, and J
followed by 2 pieces of artillery. 4th. One j
mortar and 2 24-pounders. 5th. A regi- j
merit ot Infantry, ol 640 men, with a band j
of music. 6th. A battalion of Infantry, of j
350 men, with mu?ic, and three wagons j
ea meir arms, and many
11 on the ground and went
confidant that they would
though more than 5,000
surrounded the Plaza.?
They remainod so until 3 o'clock, P. M.
when they occupied the Barracks and Convent#
of St. Domingo and St. Louif,
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I The same letter states that many of the j
! troops attended mass, as the Mexican them- 1
j selves would. Not a few of them deposited j
| alms in the almsboxes,placed in the churches.
! General Worth visited the Bishop on the
17th, and as the Bishop returned the visit on
the same day, the guards (Americans) posted
at the doors of the Palace, did him the same
honors as arc done to the American Generals
on similar occasions. This has had :
j great influence upon the class of people
! who seemed most enraged against the
1 heretics?"the old women."
j By a decree of the 21st of May, Santa J
Anna has revoked the one which we pub- ;
i lished a short time ago, in reference to the !
; liberty of the press, consequently the power
writing with the usual freedom, is otiecmore !
restored to the Mexican journalists.
; Santa Anna formed his Ministry on the j
; 20th, by which Senoi" B.iranda continued j
: acting- as Minister of Home and Foreign '
| Relations ; Gen. AI costa as Minister of
i War, and the Ministry of Finance, which j
I was offered first to iSenor Rosa, and next to
I Senor Rondero, was refused 1 ?y both.
"From the N. O. Picayune, 14th iast.
From Gcu. Scott's Army.
: AKKIVAL OF TUB STKAMSIU1? TBLKCRAPII. j
Jalyiw, Mexico, May 22, 1847.
j There is nothing new of importance to !
i communicate, although after my hurried !
1 postscript to the letter [ wrote yesterday ad- i
| ditional particulars in relation to General |
; Worth's movements were received.
It seems that the affair with Santa Anna's
lancers took place at Amosoque, a small |
place about three leagues this side ol Purbla. j
The number of the enemy was variously \
estimated at from 1500 to 2,000. They i
charged up within cannon range with great j
apparent resolution, so much so that a regu- j
lar movement was mnrln to r?vnivi? ilinm i
1ml the three first discharges of our artillery
set them all scampering off as fast as their
animals would carry them, leaving ten me.n
! and seven horses dead on the field. What
a pity wc have not cavalry force sufficient
to attach a command to each division of the
army. Col. Harney has been compelled to
remain here with the. 2nd Dragoons up to
this lime, to give the horses rest; had he j
been at Amosoque with only 500 men a j
great many of the 2,000 Mexicans would j
not have answered to their next roll call. j
The better classes at Pucbla appear to !
be well enough disposed towards the Ame- j
ricans, although they perhaps do not alio- j
gether like the idea that a force of 3,000
men should enter a city of near 100,000
soul* and without resistance. The lower
orders?the ladroncs and lepa rocs with
which Puebla abounds?are evidently but
ill-disposed towards u?. One ofCJencral I
Worth's men has already been assassinated, j
but fortunately the murderers were imine- |
diateiy arrested. On t'lie. Alcalde's telling j
(ieneral Worth that according to their laws, j
a year and a half would elapse before the j
case of the assassins could be, settled in the j
courts of Puelda, he. was informed that an j
American tribunal would render them full i
justice in a day and a halt! The miscre- j
ants are now where they will never commit i
another murder.
It is said that supplies of all kinds can be j
readily obtained at Puelda. The wheat j
crop has just ripened and is most abundant, j 1
The news now is thai the Mexicans have j 1
abandoned the idea of fortifying at the Rio j >
Frio, but iniend constructing a line of works j I
at 1C1 Penel, a position about rfine miles ; I
this side of the city of Mexico. Perhaps I 1
thejT only intend this as a show of resistance,
for the sake of saving their credit; j
again, they may hope to raise men enough j'
to give a regular battle to the Americans. ; '
They can collect nothing, however, but an | '
undisciplined rabble, and these our regulars '(
can disperse like chaff! The more they j 1
hav#to contend with of this class the hotter, I(
the quicker a panic can be created among j(
them. j'
Santa Anna, after the dispersion of his I 1
cavalry, did not stop even at San Martin or I?
Rio Frio, but kept on with all speed to the j 1
city of Mexico. Ou? knowledge of the stato \
of affairs at the capital, since Santa Anna's j
arrival, is limited, but it was currently re- j{
ported at Puebla on Wednesday last that |(
on the previous day the two parties?Polkas j
and the P-wos?were fighting like cats and
dogs. Some new revolution has without j
uouDi Droke out, but the leaders at present
are unknown. 1
General Scott's Inst proclamation has 1
been generally circulated at Puebla, and it
is said with most excellent effect. No less i
than three editions ol" it had been printed, |!
and still the inhabitant are calling for more. j1
The demand for it alone would show that its ;
ofleets have been salutary. The number- 1
less horde of military drones, and all the !
employers and hangers on of the Govern
ment, are doubtless doing all they can to 1
put down its circulation and deaden its in- \
fluence upon the masses, but they cannot j j
keep it out of the middle'and better class of !
citizens, the laborious and thinking artisans, ' '
nor prevent them from perusing and ponde- j
rilio- linnr? ila n t..
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fri a: letter I sent you yesterday by the
diligencifc I believe thai Instated that Gen. 1
Valencia was coming out wi&l4*000 men I
to meet the Americans/ "fjheTeportis, that
of this number 4,000 are Pihtos; or Indians
ofthfe South, under General AlvajNto^^|^ 1
aie called Pintos from tho fac?riH|Mfi|g|
they come to manhood their faccsaj^H^^Hp
cause or other which I have
plained, become spotted^?ye 11
They are of little account as
probable that Valencia's men,
number given him by rumor,
but raw recruits. If they-atop
at oqqe they will not do it. a second
There is much speculation in the army
as to what is to be the lesult?as to what is
to be the winding up of all this war with
Mexico. I can see no other result than the
subjugatfon of the country entirely,?or at
least in bringing it under the protection of
the United States. As a nation Mexico is
blotted out of the list?the candle of her
independence is burnt down to the socket.
If lcfl tr? horsnlf wmil/1 .? ?"-'l
? V..V ?fvM?u III U IO >V UiUII HIS)
from her utter inability to govern heself, bo
torn and divided by intestine commotions.
No protection 'whatever could b<? given
either lite or property, there are no men in
the country who could make headway
against the torentof abuses that would at
olice creep into every department, there is
no money or means with which to establish
a new and stable government. What then
is she to do ? This is a question for wise
heads to answer. Too utterly helpless to
be left to herself, I repeat that the better plan
would bo to come at once u nderour protection.
Let some honest and well-meaning man?
there may be a few of them left?let some
one of them bo chosen or selected as Presidcn?,
and give him the assistance of a few
thousand men to keep down revolutions,
and a\VR thfi llinnri v llOlfli* nf tn?>r.li?o
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have so long preyed upon the country. If
they raised a #rilu or proumiciamcnlo, put
them down by the bayonet?pronunciamentos
would soon become unfashionable
if the precious blood of those who started
thein was brought into jeopardy. Give but
one of their revolutions a tragic turn?
they have been costly farces heretofore?and
the people would soon become sick of them.
/ These remarks have been hastily thrown
together, but they may possibly be as good
as any speculation that can be offered. He
who thinks that a lasting and beneficial
peace can be made with Mexico, or believes
that the American troops an) soon to bo
withdrawn, is some one who has not been
over th j country?he starts in his belief
from false premise?, and judge? a race of
people by the ordinary rules which govern
human nature, while it is a notorious fact
that they have long since thrown all ordinary
rules at defiance. The Chinese, when
they painted hideous faces upon their walls
to frighten olF the English invaders, where
not a whit behind these people when they
get up their tremendous proclamations, and
flatter theihselvc into tin* belief that what
they say in them is all true,?that they
real 1 v are a oreat neonlo. :md ?n i-nn.
tend with those whom they profess to despise.
Yours, &c. G. W. K.
From Cicu. Taylor's Army.
Col. Donaphin, with si portion of his
command, passed down the Rio Grande on
the 5th inst.
Capt. (Jarlands company of Hangers ha.-*
been dismissed at Matamoras, some difficulty
about mustering them into the service having
occurred. *
'l'bc volunteers are returning from Gen.
Taylor with great rapidity. Ere this he is
left without any of the -volunteers who
iou<mi miner nun at tne oattic ol ISuena
Vista.
A short time since a party of about one
hundred Camanehes, in all the panolpy of
ivar, came suddenly acro.ss a small party of
volunteers, who were chopping wood in the
neighbourhood of Parr as. Instead of a
fight as was naturally expected, the Indians
^ave tokens of peace, and stated that tho
:jame they wauled were Mexicans, They
partially escorted the volunteers into
town, to whom they seemed greatly attached.
A letter from S iltillo, dated May 21st, to
lie Picayune, says that two Mexican officers
from S.in Luis charged with despatches
"or Gen. Taylor hiicl arrived at Gen. Wool's
samp. They professed to l>e ignorant of
;heir contents, but to believe that they had
:ome from the city of Mexico, and containid
the intelligence that an annisticc had
jecn granted,and that negotiations for peace
ivere under discussion between (Jen. Scott
uid .Santa Anna. Tho despatches were
immediately sent off to Gen. T. by Lieut.
Fran Ulin.
On his return it was discovered that the
lespatches was a communication from the
Liovernor ot San Liuis IJolosi, announcing
that lie. heard of the intended approach of
the Army, and begged to inquire whether it
was the intention of the commanding generaj
to conduct the war according to the usage
of civ ilized nations, or according totho
manner adopted by the C'amanches.
There is no doubt that we shall march
upon ?San Luis at a very early period, as
soon as a sufficient number of troops arrivo
from below, and from San Luis lo Ike ciiy of
Mexico. A communication received from
[Jen. Scott by Gen. Taylor, a few days
since, give a brief account of the battle near
lolnn.. A
>ui?jjutuiiiA<io vii.il. i nj iul lu IIIIIVU ui OIICCi
M' as early as possible from San Luis,
where he expected ihe latter would-reach
him, to the city of Mexico. So that Gen.
Taylor will not, probably remain any timo
[it San Luis, unless he receives orders there,
but, leaving a garrison for the place, will
proceed, with the residue of his command,
to the city of Mexico. The command will,
probably, never retrace its steps this Wayt
as there will <be no occasion for it.
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