THE BANNER.
ABBEVILLE C. H~S. C.:
Wednesday, July If, 1817.
Erratum.
In the first column on first page, 3d line
from the commencement of the lust paragraph,
of "Alcohol?Temperance," read
denominated instead of "demonstrated." I
To? Magistrates.
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U WUUiU IU1VC Ulld UCL'UMUU IU SLiJ IU 1110
Magistrates of this District, that our terms
for advertising an Estray Tolled, is TWO
DOLLARS. We make these remarks
because it is supposed the law fixes our
price at one dollar, just is it regulates the
fees of the Magistrate. The law does no
such thing, and we could charge five dollars
if we chose so to do. Two Do!'ars we believe
is the uniform charge in such cases of
all the papers in this State, and ours is oni._
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ly in coniormny wun mem.
Temperance Celebration.
The anniversary of the District Temperance
Society, was celebrated at this place
on the 8th inst., in fine order. Rev. W. R.
Hemphill and Rev. D. M. Turner, addressed
the meeting?we shall not attempt a
synopsis of their speeches, as we have not
the time or space. These addresses were
very able and among the finest we have
heard from these gentlemen. A full report
of the addresses, with the proceedings of the
day, has been prepared for the Temperance
Advocate, and we presume will appear in
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published the proceedings, bat their great
length forbid it as it would be to the exelusion
of other important matter. The
report, however, we will copy when published,
and show the mover of the resolution
to publish it, that we have "independence
enough" to do that.
After the addresses, the company of ladies
and gentlemen, numbering from three to
tour hundred, were invited to partake of a
well prepared dinner,spread in the front and j
passage of the Court House. The whole j
flirnil rrlmnf nt AM tirnll r\ v-ks-lt i /%# r\ J <> n J
aua.il UllUU^llUUl VVUB WUll LUUUUllUU, UIIU
all present seemed to enjoy the occasion
much.
Foreign News.
In this week's paper will be found extracts
of foreign news brought out by the
Caledonia. At the sailing ol the steamer,
the cotton market had become somewhat j
firm, and prices advanced fully l-8d. per lb. j
The prospects of the grain crops through- i
v^out all Europe are flattering. The potato
liStcrons in Ireland Innlr ivnll thnnrrh r^nm-io
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beginning to be circulated that the
blight was making its appearance. Large
quantities of corn had arrived at Cork in
the three weeks before the sailing of the
Caledonia, the amount of food received at
the Cove, was estimated at 9527 tons. Famine,
fever and murders, continue to form
the news from Ireland.
From Mexico.
The latest news we have received from
Mexico will be found in another portion of
this paper. It appears that Gen. Scott has
not yet left l'uebla, but will remain there
until the reinforcements arrive. At the latest
dates, the Mexicans were busy fortifying
the city of Mexico, determined to make
one more stand against the Americans.
Some thirty thousand troops had arrived at
?. 7 the capita], and a considerable number of
P-i >;y cannon had "been cast for the defence of the
my.. citySanta
Anna is certainly one of the most
BBggsm extraordinary men of the age. It appears
l?Pgi|^ that he has succeeded in removing and imnrisnninor
tliA .r?rinf?ir>? I nfflcoro nnnnaod /-?
his measures, and prevailed upon ihe Cor
i' v
?ires8 to postpone counting the votes given
for the Presidency until'January next, thus
ecuring to himself almost dictatorial powl&Ui
SO'
ro tha
SljS#g| less camp? .
Hral ensmv. but frorii% /flliMaaifei...
(COMMUNICATED.)
Anniversary of
ST. JOHN, THE BAPTIST.
At u regular meeting of members of Clin!
ton Lodue, No. 3. of Free Masons, rnn.
vencd in their Hall on the evening of the
10th instant, it was ordered that the proceedings
of the Anniversary of St. John,
the Baptist, which was celebrated on
Thursday, the 24th ultimo, be published in
the Abbeville Banner.
] This order was induced by feelings of respect
and esteem for the distinguished divine?whf
preached a most powerful, and
although not a Mason, an appropriate sermon
before the Lodge, and the citizens ge- I
nerally?as well as courtcsy to the orator i
who delivered the Masonic Address.
The morning was unpropitious; never-j
tneiess, a considerable number of the bro- !
therhood turned out, as we. 11 as other citizens,
who came to be spectators of the solemnities,
and to listen to the preaching of
the Rev. D. McNeill Turner, and the oration
delivered by II. A. Jones, Esq., a
member of the craft.
At the hour of 10, the brethren met in j
their Hall, and by 12 M., the order of proces- !
sion was formed by brother T. P. Spierin, i
who acted as Marshall of the Day, when j
they were moved in slow time to the solemn !
music of the Greenwood Band, (at the head ;
of which is Capt. llackett,) along the streets !
of our peaceful village, into the Court j
House, where the sermon was delivered ; !
and after singing an ode prepared for the
occasion, the oration was pronounced,
which, for glowing language, impressive
immagery and honufclt truth, the writer of j
this never listened to its equ ?1. It is need- I
less to dwell on the merits of this truly ma- j
sonic address, as it will soon be published, j
and the public made acquainted with its .
stirring language and beautiful ideas.
The procession was again resumed, with j
banners borne aloft, on which was inscribed i
virtues, possessed and cultivated by all
" true awl accepted Masonsand was conducted
to the residence of brother James
Moore, where an elegant and substantial
dinner was prepared, of which the brethren,
as well as many ladies and gentlemen
partook ; and after doing ample justice to
the good things on the tables so bountifully
spread, the procession returned to the Masonic
Hall, to the tune of "the True and
Accepted Mason." After transacting some
business, the proceedings of the day were
closed ; and each one returned to his home,
well pleased with the manner in which the
birth day of the Free Mason's patron Saint
was celebrated by the brotherhood at old
Abbeville Court House.
YVlL/LilAiVl Mil,!.., sec'l'y. U. L?. I
I Abbeville O. H , 12th July, 1847.
A MEETING
Of the Village Temperance Society!! I i
Ox the 5th July, 1847.
This is even so, Mr. Editor; and I was
requested by the meeting to inform the publie
through the Banner of the fact. We
had, on the whole, an interesting meeting.
It was interesting, not only in its progress
?we had two or three speeches?but interesting
in its results?two names were adJ
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ucu iu iiitj jneuge. ine name 01 one was ]
John Davis, who is a volunteer fur two !
wars, one to fight the Mexicans and the j
the other to contend against a worse enemy ;
?king alcohol. He shall go with our :
prayers. We arc determined to awake up j
here from our slumbers?hold frequent :
meetings and have frequent speeches. Our
next meeting will be on next Saturday
night. I. BRANCH, Sec'ry,
(WRITTEN FOR THE BANNER.)
To Louise It , of Charleston.
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?%vinuiiiuci mco ?viiy aon, a uuuii
To thco already given ?
As well go tell th' unclouded sun,
Send brighter rays from heaven,
While down with noon-tide heat and powor,
He pours a flood so bright, *
That all things by the glorious shower,
Aro bathed in golden light.
As well tell rivers to the sea,
Their tribute waters pour ;
And seas, with their loud melody,
Swell ocean's thundering roar! '
While mem'rie8 linked, wind round my heart,
A bright chain still unbroken,?
^?o?tained, thie their firet appearance before thjrpublicf>
will doabtleM be highly interesting,^ well I
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FROM MEXICO.
From the N. U. Picayune, June 30$ 1847.
luiportaut from Vera Cruz.
The schooner Iona, Captain Stevens, arrived
yesterday morning from Vera Cruz,
and in a few hours afterwards the steamship,
New Orleans, Captain Auld, came in.?
The latter left Vera Cruz on the 25th inst.,
and brings us letters of the 25th and papers
A Oyttu
yj 1 nit;
. Our dates from the army of General Scott,
at Puebla, are to the 14th inst. The immediate
advance of our army upon the city
of Mexico had been postponed until the arrival
of reinforcements. The rumor which
lias been so generally circulated through
the city that he had arrived within twenty
miles of the city of Mexico, is without
foundation.
A rumor reached Vera Cruz on the night
of the 24th inst., that Gen. Cadwallader's
command had fallen in with a guerrilla party
a few miles beyond Jalapa, and by a
movement unperceived by the guerrilleros,
succeeded in surprising them and killing
about thirty of them, without losing a man.
Other letters have been received in town
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iw itno <iuau yji v-*uu. vauu auiiuci} which
represents it to have occurred near La Iloya,
about eleven miles beyond Jnlapa. The
surprise of the Mexicans was so complete,
and one letter says that fifty of them were
killed. Gen. Cadwallader suffered no loss,
all agree.
By another letter, dated the 24th inst.,
fiom our Vera Cruz correspondent, we learn
that the train which went up under the
command of Gen. Pillow was attacked at
Calera, said to be nine miles beyond the
Puente Nacional. The guerrilleros were
dispersed with the loss of thirty men. Verbal
accounts say we had some eight or ten
wounded, but none killed.
The force under the command of Gen.
Pillow on the 18th, escorting a train of
about 125 wagons. The fotce amounted
to nearly 1800 men, and consisted of the
14th Infantry, and a portion of the 15th,
three companies of the Voltigeurs, a detachment
of the 3d Dragoons and six howitzers.
That such a train would meet with serious
resistance from guerrilla parties, was not
to be expected ; but we regret that our accounts
induce the belief that it sufTered excessively
in the first and second days' march
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on the second day is represented as having
been particularly severe, the time chosen
for it being during the heat of the day,
through heavy sand! and when eleven
miles were to be made without water. One
hundred and fifty men are said to have been
completely knocked up on this march ; six
or seven died upon the road, and the rest
were sent back and were arriving in Vera
Cruz in small parties at our last accounts.
Both our private advices and the papers of
V fllf llVtlMlfA 1 ? 1 O 4 f \ /I i r>+ U 1
V v^iu \ytu?< uii];uii; vuio liming Willi 111U
entirely to the change introduced by Gen.
Pillow of marching during the heat of the
day, instead of selecting early mornings or
the after part of the day for such service.
The course pursued by Captain Walker
towards these desperadoes who fell inlo his
hands is said to have been highly approved
by Gen. Scott. We have been asked if
General Cudwalladcr adopted Walker's
plan and shot those who fell inlo his hands,
but we are unable to answer.
The news by this arrival from the city of
Mexico is important. We have received
our accounts of it through an express despatched
by JVIr. Kendall from Puebla ex
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piussiy ior 1111s oixice. rus jeuer come
down to the 14th inst. Though \vc see it
noted in one of the Vera Cruz papers that
advices to the 14th had been received, yet it
gives none of the news; the sole statement
made relates to Gen. Scott's departure from
Puebla, and is erroneous. Other papers of
Vera Cruz give the news copied from the
press of this city as being the latest from the
interior of Mex'co.
The Arco-Iris of the 22d has letters from
the capital which appear to be late, though
the dates are not given. The purport of
them is. that the work of fortifying the environs
of the city is going on rapidly, and that
seventy pieces of artillery had arrived from
Acapulco and other points which they were
mounting as fast as possible. They mention
the arrival of Alvarez at the head of
8,000 men, and they set down the entire
force in the city as 20,000 armed militia
and 16,000 troops of the line These letters
further say that the clergy are talcing an
active part in the business ; that arms of all
kinds were pouring into the capital and
considerable sums of money.
To show ho w hazardous a thing is express
riding in Mexico at present, we annex
the following brief note from our correspondent
at Vera Cruz:?
Vera Cruz, June 24, 1847.
Your express man from Puebla arrived
safe here this evening, with the letters
which I o.nclosftd. aftp.r havinrr hnrn fivirA n
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prisoner of the guerrillas. ,
He wag first cnptared on tfie 19th near
Jalapa, and after beinjr detaine&about fwelver
jjrluaatelrWMiS another parhim
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sans. ancTIiacl to ^ull
get/ free- ipi WW* * . '< Before
entering upoir Mr. Kendall's Metier?,
wp njay remark that by the way of
3ri?aba a letter has been receive*! .here
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which announces that u Sania Anna has
been elected Dictator, provided he will not
make pfcace," and that he has 30,000 men
with him. It appears from what follows below
that Santa Anna has attained to all the
power of a Dictator by the arrest or removal
from command of such generals as are
opposed to him, and by the more adroit manoeuvre
of inducing Congress to postpone
the counting of the votes for President till
the 15th of January next I The 15th of
Jurm was the dav fixed bv law for that our
pose. By the postponement Santa Anna
prolongs his own power indefinitely, and for
the time being may be deemed Dictator in
fact, if not in name. He will plead in extenuation
of this perpetuation of his power
that it was hazardous to rislc a change of
Government at a moment when a foreign
foe threatened the capital, and there is force
in the idea.
We grieve most sincerely to learn that
j the American prisoners in Mexico have not
obtained their release ; on the contrary, the
report is that they are in more strict confinement
than before. Ought not something
speedily to be done with the Mexican piisoners
in our power to bring Santa Anna to
his hearing on this point.
Puebla, Mexico, June 12.
The city is to-day lull of rumors and reports,
some of these of most startling nature
if the could be relied upon. The story is
that the Mexican army is to advance upon
mid surround this place entirely. Even
; thenamesoftheleaders?Valencia,Gubero,
! Lotnbaadini and Alverez?are given.
That Alverez has started with his command
! there is but little doubt, but the impression
l is that he has gone in the tear of Puebla?
somewhere in the neighborhood of Nopalui?n
m n *? A no mtn urit l\ t Ji r* li rvnn tUot
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may be enabled to cut oft' some of the wagon
trains known to be on their way up.
I The Mexicans are known to have seven or
eight thousand cavalry, and their true policy
would be to fight Gen. Scott in tho open
field ; but he who judges of the Mexicans
by ihe ordinary rules which govern mankind
will find himself mistaken nine times
out of ten ; so there is no knowing what
they will do.
Frenchman who left tho city of Mexico
yesterday, reports that he saw two thousand
i men busily at work upon the fortifications at
! El Penon. This is a hill of no irreat size
I or elevation, about nine miles this side of
i the city and on the direct road, with a lake
I immediately in the rear of it and at its base.
I Another Frenchman, and one who appears
i to be intelligent, snvs that the Mexicans in!
tend to make three or four stands?one between
thidcity and San Martin or Tlascala,
there they can use their cavalry, anotherthis
side of Guadalupe, and the last at Guadalupe
j'cclt. Atiiid such a. multiplicity ot re*
ports it is hard coming at the truth, and
perhaps the only way to ascertain the real
intention of the Mexicans at the capital is
to pay them a visit with the army.
Yours, &c. G. W. K.
Prnvnt 4 IVInv1 pa Thud H 1 Q/17
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From El Republican*) we learn that
Santa Anna has cither imprisoned or sent
out of the way Generals Ampudia, Almonte,
Bravo, Arista, and some say Rejon. Arista
has been ordered to Acapulco, and the editor
thinks most unjustly. Ampudia refused
to be banished to Guernavaca unless they
used force, and force was used. Report has
it that Bravo and Rejon were ordered off
because they refused to accept commands
in the arm offered them, alleging, it is
SJiirL thilt nil nttomnfs tn lhr? nrm-oca
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of the Americans must end in defeat. Such
views do not suit Santa Anna, who, like
every desperate gambler, still determines to
play on against every semblance of hope.
Almonte is in prison, and is charged with
! holdingcommunication with the Americans.
It is even asserted that he is accnsed of
holding a treasonable correspondence with
General Worth. I am informed that every
line which has passed between them was
a simple letter of compliment, written by
General Worth at Saltillo last fall, and to
which he has never oven received an answer.
Yours, &c. G. W. K.
Puebla, Mexico, June 7.
Every arrival from the city of Mexico
but confirms the Drevious renorts that the
war party is determined to defend the capital.
' One rumor has it that they have already
ninety cennon of different calibres;
but this is doubtless an exaggeration. A
Frenchman who arrived to-day says that
Chapuitepec, Mexicalsingo, Gaudalupe and
Penon Viejo are fortified, and that at the
different points they have sixty cannon.?
The General's in command at these places
are Ignacio Gutierrez, Gaona, Mariana,
Martinez and Grejrorio G. Palomino.?
.That they are not only casting cannon, but
shells and balls, and with great activity, is
certain. It is to be hoped that they may
run up all the bells in the city into cannon,
for their continual clatter is excessively annoying.
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When a movement is to be made upon
the city of Mexico , is uncertain,^butJLpp?.Sume
as soon as a sufficient tf umber of the
new recru its have - ar.ri ved. General Sdbtt
all his plans witfiihe fhost consummate
adroitness, and will make thjsmost qfahe
i force the Government has civet* him a
heavy stock of provisions has beftti |aitJ in
hare. Yours. &VVKfK.^
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Pubbla, Mexitfo, JjineS.
4 The result of the election for Pfe&Mptfl
of this so called Republic iaLUQtk^y^rg^or
will it be until Januaj^.^<&ngrwte ihagpassed
a decree to the effect that
day of the coming year the new
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shall be installed, and that on tho 15th of <
the same month the votes for the President
shall be counted. 'This may be some new
trick of Santa Anna's getting up, as until
that time he can have every thing his own
way. The rufusal of the present Congress
to accept his resignation as President interino,
gives him unlimited sway, and he will
not be slow to exercise all the powers of a
dictator. That there will be gritos and
I pronunciamcnto* against him before Jannary
is as certain as that the intervening months
will come and go ; but he may be cat
enough to fall upon his feet?[qu. foot?!?
with every new revolution. An anarchist
himself, his every element is anarchy, and
the only peaceful moments he probably
spends are amidst the confusion.
Yours., G. W. K.
P. S.?I have just learned that a delegate
from each State in the Republic has
i been appointed, all to hold a meeting at
i some given point, for the purpose of taking
i measures to establish a peace with the U.
States. This I give as one of the rumors
afloat, but cannot ascertain that it is entitled
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I to the least creditor importance.
From the N. O. Picayune, 1st inst.
! Later from Gen. Taylor1* Army.
The steamship James L. Day, Captain
Wood arrived last evening from Brazoa
: Santiago, whence she sailed on the 28th
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! ult.
i By this arrival we have our correspon1
dence to the 16th June from Monterey, but
j the news is of no great importance. Noi
thing has occurred to change the disposition
' of General Taylor's forces in any material
point, and there is no hope of an advance upon
San Luis.
Captain Bankhead, commanding a com
nanv in the Virginia regiment, arrived at
Monterey on the the 14th ultimo from China.
He reported that after the departure
of the main body of the battalion for
Monterey he despatched a Mexican for Camargo
with a communication for Colonel
I Belknap. A few days after he learned that
the messenger had been captured by a body
! of armed Mexicans, near Passo Zaeata and
sentenced to be shot.
News had reached Monterey from China,
of the death of Lieut. Mahan, who was shot
in the recent duel with Lieut. MumfoTd?
; both of the Virginia regiment.
j Three companies of Texas Rangers had
' recently come in to Monterey after having
been out scouring the roads in the direction
1 of Camargo. They failed to fall in with
; Urrea or any of his men, although rumor
| frequently had him in the neighborhood in
j force. Our correspondent thinks he is still " ?
i the other side of the mountains.
I The rangers captured one or two " robI
hers," and it is said, shot one of them. Up
on Iheir retain they weic at once ordered
up to Saltillo. I
The Mexicans are said to be organizing j
small guerrilla parties, and the roads are
somewhat beset with robbers, but we do not j
j learn of any harm done by them. ;
A train from below arrived at Monterey
j on the 15th, escorted by several companies
j of the North Carolina regiment. ?
The health of the troops at Monterey was
( improving, and only one man had recently
j died. He was attached to the Virginia reg1
iment. !
i The Mexicans are beginning to return I
| to their residences in Monterey in considei
rable numbers. '
A man named James Mays, a Virginian ;
i by birth, but a long resident of Texas, was [
| shot recently by the guard, while attemptjing
to escape the guard house* A Texan
j Ranger had also been shot on the plaza by
| a fellow soldier, and died. Notwithstanding
these untoward events, Monterey is now
much more quiet than it had been. The t
troops are under severe dicipline and preserve
admirable order.
The Massachusetts regiment had not
reached Montery at last accounts, but a
j rumor had been received that it was ordered
to Vera Cruz. The rumor was probably
unfounded, but it would excite no surprise i
were it true.
At the moment of writing this, we are
i in possession of our correspondence by the
i James L. Day, but have no papers from
! Matamoras.
Gratifying Compliment.?A correspondent
of the Raleigh Register, writing from
Puebla Mexico, thus notices the Palmetto 4
Regiment:
"There are two Volunteer Regiments
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dliillUUKU licit:, UIIUCl UUI11IIAUUU VI iYJIlJUi
Gen. dui'man?the 1st New York and *
the South Carolina. The former, I regret
to record, have been guilty of some gross
behaviour to the citizens, but they have
received promp and severet punish
meni oy sentences irom uourts lviariiav*
the latter Regiment, on the contrary, have t.
been a pattern of good behavio^tfnd</
rum; indeed officers and men have '
manded theiwri versa! respe^ofall.
speaks well and creditably for the Heroesof
your sister State.
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