The Abbeville banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, July 21, 1847, Image 2
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~
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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
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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
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....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.
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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
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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. <fcc.
Abbeville C. H., July 19, 1847.
TO "THE METHODISTS IN ABBEVILLE
DISTRICT.
A few years ago, my brethren, we had a
Bible Society in our own Church; but, believing
that it would be better for all christians
to act ton-ether in circulating "the Hoo
o
i ly puii|Hurus wiiiiuut *iuic ui cumiiicnij
I wo^iii^ro'ur energi6s"Wf,,uflfffl?.:4fiJ?ir,?l'n?^
American Bible Society. Our object in
this was, and still is, that the tribes of our
; Israel might all unite in giving the blessed
Book of Cod to enlighten the darkness of
Paganism and penetrate the deeper gloom
of Roman Catholicism, besides bringing to
"the knowledge of the truth" multitudes in
our own country.
I wish only to remind you of the past, for
the things to which I allude are within your
memory.
There is a Bible Society in this District,
and I have been xrreatlv nrinvprl tn Inn
u J D %v
that there are comparatively few Methodist
names connected with it. I am sure you
love and venerate the Bible?I am sure
you wish to give it to your fellow men ; but
one, and another, and another, have held
back for some cause or no cause, perhaps
each thinking that this matter could be attended
to without him or her, while no one
reflected how very, very few were "coming
up to the help of the Lord against the
mighty." Brethren, when the day of reward
comes on, will not each of you desire
to hear the Master say, "Well done?"
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w in 1101 uacn 01 you desire to wear i:a
crown of life ?" But you don't expect tho
reward without the labor?the end without
the means! Come, brethren, you have
not been reflecting. O do your part as
"witnesses that the Lord is God!"
My object is to exhort you to attend the
meeting of the AbbevHle District Bible Society,
which takes place on Wednesday 28th
instant. One Dollar a year iar the terms of
membership. For the sake of Christ?for
the love of soul&y come to the meeting, prepared
to become members of tho^Society;
and if vou cannot oenAfivnui- no mo
and your dollar, (or moi^^nd you shall
be entered as a member. (Smaller contributions,
of cojijso, will be acceptable from
those who can do no more, but one dollar or
more is ihe terms of membership.)
Brethren, come to the meeting, I entreat i
you, and hear for yourselves, and then de- <
cide. H. A. C. WALKER. i
AbbevillS C. H., July 19, 1847, t
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(FOR T11K ABBKVII.I.K BANNER.)
THE (JRKEN VILLE AND SOUTH
CAROLINA RAIL ROAD.
Mr. Editor : By the proceedings,?to be
published in this weeks Banner, your readers
will see, that at least some of our Citizens
are alive to the importance of the said
Road's passing through their soil. If it pass
through at ali.it will enter some where, near
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the Island Ford, on Saluda, pass up by, or
near Green wood, Cokesbury, and Mt. Hill,
and out, in the direction to Calhoun, Anderson
District.
Wo will not insult our people, by arguing
to show?as though they were ignorant
of, the incalculable advantages, which such
a Road will be to us, as well as to the people
of.Laurens?living on the Saluda side
of the District.
Not to mention the facility for travelling,
and lor carrying our produce to market,
and the ten thousand ways in which Rail
Roads benefit every section of country
through which they pass, it may be safely
anticipated from such a Road, that the real
estate, on both sides of the Road, to within
ten miles, will be increased in value 50 per
cent, and that, to within fifteen miles, 20
per cent.
It is supposed, however, that this Road, if
ever built, will not touch Abbeville soil.?
This may be so.?1 Jut yet it may not be so.
! And the facts and arguments in favor of
j the latter, preponderate, we think, over the
i former, supposition. What those facts and
arguments are, our limits would not permit
us, now, to state. They arc obvious
enough, however, to those who will reflect
upon the subject. All we propose to state,
now, is, this : That ice may secure l/us desira/i/e
result, by taking stock sufficient to buila
j the Road the. increased distance?which i,
only between 15 and 20 miles. Surely tlu
groat importance of the Koad to us, wii
justify any efforts that we can make to se
cure its passage through our District; and
if it should not pass through our District,
wc arc not required to pay a dollar of ou
subscription ; and if we have paid dowi
any upon our shares, which is only 81.00
forevery $20.00, the Act expressly provide;
that in that event, even this shall bo refund
ed to us. So that, in no event, can we b<
tijoibn, in iiiuiiui, in, v Hill ui;iei, 111 SiiyiNj
by subscription, what we. will give for th
Road.
It is for this purpose?to ascertain whn
our people will give towards securing thi
desirable result, that the mass meetings
advertised in this week's Banner, arc called
And our citizens, one, and all, who take
any interest in this magnificent enterprisi
?an enterprise which, if it succeed, pro""'f?
more crood to our District, than anv
ever licretolore set on mot, who prefer Rail
Roa^ speed in travelling, and carrying
their produce to market, to a four-horse-wa
gon-loaded-with-eight-bales-of-cotton-along
our icinlcr roar/s-speed, are respectfully
and urgently invited to attend all said meetings.?Speakers,
from a distance have heprv
invited, and are expected to be with us.?
So that we have the promise, at least the ex
pectation, of much of what the old Greek
prayed for?Light, upon this great subjectr
SALUDA.
The Heirs of Koskiusco.?Washington
letters announce that the Hon. Beverly
Johnson and Major Tochman filed a petition
last week in the Orphan's Court of the District,
praying that further proceedings be taken
upon the former petition which Maj. T.
filed in that Court in January last and that
Col. George Bom ford administrator dc bonis
?iowofKoakiusco's estate, be ordered to show
cause why he should no distribute the lunds
of the estate amongst the next of kin of Gen.
Koskiusco. The prayer was granted, and
the parties have to appear on the 20th of
August next. The estate amounts to about
or over $50,000, of which five or siv thnn
sand are in stock, the residue is in cash.?
Estkosand Zollowskis, the g^and chidren
of two sisters of Gen Koskiusco, are the Only
distributees.
From Tampico.?Captain Farrell, of
the schr. Sarah, arrived yesterday from
Tampico, whidh she left on the 27th ultimo,
reports that news was received at Tampico
the night before his sailing, that C. M. Clay,
Borland and Gaines, and other American
prisoners, had been released and ordered to
Tampico with a very laige esscort, and
when within 150 miles of Tampico, were
met by Urrea, who detained them as prisoners,
and ordered out all the men he could
raise for the purpose of attacking Tampico.
Three companies of the 11th Regiment of
Infantry, which had been waiting at Tampico
bar for transportation to Vera Cruz,
had been ordered to Tampico, fearing an
attack, and every man had been put under
arms.?N. O. Delta, 7th inst,
mi -
xne Canadian papers aro clamorously
inxioue for some systematic and effective
liscipliixe of their Militia, as a measure of
lecessary preparation for the possible coningency
of a, war with the United States.
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FROM MEXICO.
Correspondence of the N. O. Picayune.
Vera Cruz, June 28, 1847.
On Saturday last about 800 horses and
mules escaped from the pen through either
the carelessness of the man in charge, or,
as some suppose, it may have been done
intentionally, and although a considerable
mounted force has been sent to try and recover
them, they returned last night without
success. There is no doubt but that the
guerrillas had a hand in it and aa soon as
the horsesand mules reached the point where
they were prepared to receive them, they
hurried them out of the reach of the
party sent to rccover them. The misfortune
will be severely felt by the Quartermaster's
Denartment here, as those hnrsps nml miilos
were intended particularly for the transportation
of the baggage and provision of the
troops which are daily ajriving, and who
may be detained for the want of them.
There may be a sufficient number left to
despatch the troops now here, who will
I duobtless leave the latter part of this week,
j The stock keeper has been confined in
; the castle of San Juan de Ullua and the
affair will undergo a legal investigation.
This makes, at a small calculation, about ,
1,000 horses and mules which have been
lost and stolen within about a month, and I
have heard it set down by men who ought
to know all about it at as high as 1,500
Junk 30.?The vomito is rather on the
decrease, which, I think, is partially owing
to the want of subjects in the city. The
troops that have arrived are encamped three
miles distant and few cases of yellow fever
occur there, but those who are brought in
with other complaints frequently turned
into the vomito. Yours truly.
Puebla, Mexico, June 20, 18*17.
> 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.
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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
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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