THE 1L1MKII. ABBEVILLE C. LI., iTcT: Wednesday, July 21, 1^17. ISoimiisir Maiiure. We would dircct the attention of our planters to the advertisement of Mr. Baer, found in this paper, who is an agent to sell tho fight and give instruction to make the Bommar Manure. It has been extensively tried in the lower country and found to succeed well. Edr* We have received the first number of a very neat paper called the Mountain Eagle published at Dalton Ga., by R. F. Wyattj formerly interested in the publication of the Anderson Gazette in this State. We wish thr ^gle success. Lar^c Cucumbers. We were presented, on yesterday, with two large cucumbers?one grown by Mr. Johnson Rumoy, weighing 3 lbs. 5 ozs., 12 inches in circumference, anil 15 in length ; the other, raised by a lady of this place, and weighing 4 lbs, 1G inches in length, and 12 in circumference. ^ ~~Tlie Kail ItoadT"^ A portion of our citizens seem at length aroused to the importance of a Rail Road passing through our district, and several meetings have been held recently to take into consideration this measure, and others are to be held soon. We arc gratified to see this spirit manifesting itself among the peo..i~ . ? t??;i ?i> jiiu 7 iui liiai ?! itau iiwau uuuii^ii the district would be of infinite importance and advantage to it, no one will deny who has for a moment considered the subject.? We are assured it is only for our citizens to move in this matter, and subscribe the requisite amount which can be done easily, and the Road will be secured to us. It is important that there should be n > delay, or the opportunity will be lost to us for ever. Should an indifference and apathy to this ^measure allow a Road to be constructed -\ve this from Greenville to Columbia, wc " ^,11 never be able to build one, or set overtho- , f. . , \ . -^cts of it. J jet us then awake up tn fc lirmnrf. * ? ^ i and spare no pains to sccurkit. ) n ? i?lC 24tli inst^t a mass meeting will c he,d at Greenwood ^ a(1 t mcasurcs tc 6CUr? ^oad, and a dinner will be given, o winch the public are ? Jng will be o^uislance have been invited v^-uTXvill address the assembly. From Mcxico. * We have received but little news from Mexico since our last, and communication has been so C( mpletely cut off, that it will be some time, perhaps, before we hear again. Our latest accounts state that Gen. Scott was at Puebla awaitimr reinforce ments. Gens. Pillow and Cadwallader had not arrived, but were daily expected, which would increase the army some four or five thousand. The latest dates from Vera Cruz are to the 3d instant. By this arrival, the Picayune is in receipt of files of papers from the city of Mexico, to the 27th inst. inclusive. It says that the Diario del Gobierno of the 26th ult., contains an important diplomatic correspondence. The first note is from the Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the Secretaries of Congress, referring to that body a communication from Mr. Buchanan, which announces Mr. Trist's aoDoint ? A ment. This letter was communicated to Santa Anna by or through the British Mi- | x nister at Mexico, Mr. Bankhead, who has | exerted himself to bring about a negotiation for peace between, the two nations. Mr. Buchanan's letter is dated April 15th. It acknowledges the 'receipt of the Mexican Minister's letter of the 22d February, declining to accede to our proposition to send commissioners to Jalapa, Havana, or other point before the blockade of the Mexican ports should be raised and the Mexican territory evacuated by our troops. Mr. Buchanan writes that the President holds such a condition absolutely inadmissible?neither jfc demanded by national honor nor sanctioned bythe practice of nations. He urges that P such a preliminary condition would render wars interminable, especially between conk tiguous nations, unless by the complete submission ot one of the belligerents. He remark? further, that tfye President will not "w>%* . mm ... make other overtures for the opening of negotiations, until he has reason to believe that such will be accepted by the Mexican Government; but, nevertheless, such is his clesire for peace, that the evils of the war shall not be prolonged one day later than the Mexican Government makes it absolutely necessary. Accordingly, to carry his determination into effect, he had sent in the quality of Commissioners, to the head quarters of the army in Mexico, First Clerk in the State Department, with full powers to conclude a definite treaty of peace with the United Mexican States. Mr. Trist is recommended as possessing the full confidence of the President, and worthy of that of the Mexican Government. Mr. Buchanan says in conclusion, that he j forbears from commenting upon the. closing i passage of the last letter from the Mexican Minister, lest it should give to his present note a less conciliating character than lie desires for it. He recurs with pleasure to another passage in the same letter wherein is expressed the pain with which the Mexican Government has seen alteied the cordial friendship which it had cultivated with this republic, the continued advancement of which it had always admired, and whose institutions had served as a model of *ts own. Such seniimcnts, continues Mr. Buchanan, the President deeply feels; his strongest desires are that the United Mexican States, under such institutions as prevail with us, may protect and secure the liberty of their citizens, and maintain an elevated position among the nations of the earth. Such says the Picayune, is an outline of Mr. Buchanan's letter of 14th. We have not translated it, as the original will no doubt at once be made public. There is no indication in it of the basis upon which Mr. Trist is authorized to conclude a treaty.? This letter the Mexican Minister acknowledges on the 22nd of April, saying that the President had instructed him to reply that the whole subject matter of it had been expressly reserved by the Sovereign Congress of the nation for its own control, and that the letter would be at once transmitted to it for its action. Congress was at once convened to take the .matter into consideration, but up to the 20th of June no quorum had been procured. By a letter from a source entitled to great respect, the Picayune has learned that Gen. Scott gave the Mexicans till the 30th ult. to act upon the letter, when if nothing should he done, he would march in. WPl (RETORTED FOR THE ABBEVILLE BANNER.) X RAIL ROAD MEETING. At a meeting of the vicinitv ni.X-Turn i ??v {-cij.-wti the subject of bringing the Greenville and Columbia Rail Road through thid District, Gen. Jas. Gillam was called to the Chair, and J. N. Cochran, Esq., appointed Secretary. The meeting being organised, the Committee appointed at a previous meeting to confer with the citizens of Newberry on tins subject, was called on to report. The report being favorable to the Abbeville people accompanied with encouraging resolutions, passed at a meeting of the Stockholders of Newberry District?a great zeal and energy was thereby imparted to the members of this meeting. After the hearing of the report, the Rev. Dr. Thomas, chairman of the committee, addressed the meeting in explanation thereof with great warmth and conlidence in the success of the enterprise. He urged the I ? >' -C AIT ....j.uiuuiw m iVDoevmc moving at once | upon this subject. This meeting he believed to be fraught with greater consequences to the destiny of our people, than any that had been held in Abbeville for tho last half century. He was never more certain of any unknown fact, than that the Greenville and Columbia lload would be built. It rested entirely with the people themselves, whether or not they would have it through their District. Six hundred I thousand dollars was all the Company j wanted to obtain by private subscription, and that amount was already nearly reached. The balance would be demanded of the Legislature. The surplus money in the treasuries of the State and general government. wnnl/l J - ' " " j ?uM uiciwii ana distributed tafcRail Road enterprise, to the various rail road companies of the State : and the project could not, in reason, fail. Dr. Thomas concluded his interesting analysis of the subject, when Messrs. Gary, Smith, Jones, Calhoun, Conner, and" others, entered warmly into the subject, and addressed the meeting at length: When the following . resolutions were unanimously adopted: , Resolved, That we call mass meetings - ' *: v? -V.-' . < 1 'v..''* ~. V forthwith to procure the subscriptions ofN stock to the Greenville and Columbia Kail ! Road. Resolved, That these meetings be held respectively at New Salem, on Thursday the 22nd instant; at Greenwood, on Saturday 24th; Due West Corner, on Monday 20th, and Abbeville C H., on Wednesday 28lh. Resolved, That the Commissioners appointed by the Directors of the Greenville and Columbia lload are requested to at- i tend at these several places of meeting, to j obtain the subscription of stock. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Abbeville Banner. JAS. (JILIjAM, Ch'n. J. N. Cochran, Sec'ry. Tho following gentlemen were appointed j Committees of Preparation for said meet- ! ings : New Salem.?Messrs. Wm. Kddins, ( Holland, T. J. Dyson, It. C. GilI lam, H. II. Hill, S. V. Cain, .Tas. Gil I lam, ! Greenwood,?Messrs. E. R. Calhoun, T. B. McBryde, R. R. Tarrant, Wm. Blake, Thos. Crews, Milton Coleman. Due West.?Messrs. Jas. Lindscy, E. I Agnew. Samuel Donald, J. W. Agncw, j Robert Sharp. D. O. Hawthorn. | Abbeville C. H.?Messrs. H. A. Jones, J. N. Cochran, T. C. Perrin, Tas. S. Wil; son, Johnson Ramey, It II. Wardlaw. Committee to Invite Speakers.?Rev. Jas. Chiles, Rev. Dr. F. G. Thotnas, Dr. T. ItGary, Dr. P. W. Conner, Dr. John Logan, Gen. James Gillam. ??.. FRIENDS OF THE BIBLE IN ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. Surely you will attend the meeting of the Bible Society ol your District, to be held ; at this place, on Wednesday, 28th inst. Come, that you may hear lor yourselves; and come prepared to aid in the worlc of circulating the Bible. Let Abbeville District set an example to the rest of the State on this subject. But j 1UU1V1U UO1 ? Mlliuo.l J VJ1I11/ (l|l II V*merously and strongly, you will be outdone in the conflict. O let all the tribes of our Israel, and every man, woman and child in each tribe, come up nobly in this hallowed cause, and "do what they can !" If any cannot come, they can send their contributions, and offer their prayers. H. A. C. WALKER, Ag't. Within the last two days some twelve or fifteen prisoners, Mexicans who have been confined for different periods from one to ten or more years, have been liberated by General Scott. ^ Our latest papers from the capital are to s the 22nd inst.; from Atlixco we have El ? Nacional of the 2Gth. Santa Anna is stii. I 1/inrr linMltr fit tl?A IlKrtrhr r\f nhooo onrl I j s v.ij ?*? "iw 4t Wi tjf W i fclAVs |/1 UOC5 UI1U hence we are unable, through the papers, to come at the true state of affairs at the city I of Mexico. . , The only article I have seen in any of r the Mexican journals, relating particularly to the action of Congress on the question of 1 peace, is the following in El Monitor Repu1 blicano of the 22d inst. The editor says :? 3 " A cornmuniealion has been addressed . to our Government from General Scott, at , Puebla, in which the arrival there of a commissioner from the United States, fully em3 powered for the adjustment of a peace, is p- announced ; but it has been sent to the Congress for that body to deliberate on so imt portant an affair. We think that a sufficient number of deputies will not assemble; s and should this be the case, the absentees > > will appear in our columns, in order that !. ! thepub!iobeing with them . ' mnv npvrr rphirrt tlio.m ;innin " Yours, G. W. K. c Puebla, Mexico, June 30, 1847. All ?hp nnw i?* of Deace, immediate ! peace, with the great Mexican nation.? r Santa Anna himself, although he will be very far from starting the ball, will donbtless help to Iceep it in motion when it is once under way. His very salvation de, pends upon it. He knows that he will be defeated and loose all if he makes another stand; by making cat-paws of some of the members of Congress, and getting them to look with an eye of favor upon propositions " for peace, he thinks that he may be able to second their movements if evervtliin.fr looks J O favorable, and finally himself reap all the benefits that may grow out of it. Three days since and hardly a man in General Scott's army thought that there was a hope of coming to terms with the enemy; now, the tune has changed, and many of the officers are even talking of the chances of avoiding and escaping the vomito on their way home. With all the cry of peace, I am not one of those who think that our affairs with Mexico are yet settled.? A great deal depends upon circumstances. Yours, G. W. K. From the N. O. Delia. EXPLOITS OF CAPT. WALKER. Letter from one of Captain Walker's troop? His exploits with the Guemllas?The terror of his n.n.imf " rvwffw / ssoj/o^vo uj 'jjtMQCy iyc. We have received another interesting Iettei from D. J. L., of Baltimore county, to his brother, which will be found to contain matter of considerable interest: . , Pekotb, (Mexico,) June 9, 1847. Dear Brother?We have quite lately been engaged in several very dangerous scouts?at least they might be so if these cowardly dogs were not so easily frightened at the taiismanic name of Walker?a few only of which I have time to relate, as I am writing by candle-light, very much fatigued and sleepy from the loss of thr*** nirrh??> rest, and the train is now here on its way to Jalapa, and is the only chance I may have for ^ome'time. We attack towns with 5,000 inhabitants. On Wednesday last we went on a scout of this kind to a town called Rinconada, there were but si*ty of us-^we charged into it at a run, and yau never in your life saw such v. ?, o^aujpcring among tne cowards. This I dace was twenty miles from Perate. We eft there at 1$ o'clock, to beat up a swfcmp where some mule drivers been murde*; red. Before we arrived at the place we />.> met with three or four Mexicans, and with them Qne of the men who was with the