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MUMiN CAT IONSI r the .'dvertiser. . ilDATES FOR TE 'l F SOUTH CARO 'I)GEFIEg UICT. ePrmoAii r renew rof thestlate iCarolina, imu ic sub !ury. y say more to e Bank possessers ) how utterly iries to, thle p-or and the -actiee, whatever it may be in theOry. Vh' trth i. tat the only security the peipe of South Caroliin 1iave for the proper adininistration of so large ott - amount of their eionj, i- in the pereonal characters of the iinnvidutt O.icers and Directfrs of the Mother Bank and Bran cheqw; e see thT monitily and anually exhib isey make. and we have n1o) :1 tern-tt-e, hut to. take it for "Id0 tht? they arb nil correct. I am persna ar quiat ^6 ifew of these gent1 n. f have n on-to believe that any oue.o thetm ii ther tino an hottei man intd will do fisi-dwy fully. - In fact, iin comon with.ile rest of my Iellow eitizens. I know notlng about the privtie monag-mtient eof -V-: *.Ihe Bank. To impeach. it woold be t) ,peed my arrt)w ii-thebadrk. It is true -hat t:e President nail D.irectws of ih. Mother Bifnk are elected h the Lenisht ture annually. Btgcegrv body knows how thle election is condlucted. Tho mteibers have-verv little op'portnity -f knowiwe who they are choosin2. anl- Directors h:-e -beeni elected for matllsueces!ive years who ulilinately proved not only completiI insolvent, but uttery unpri:cip'ed, The post is for the niost part eagerly sought. and not unfrequently eniterred upon nae dy ien. It' i4 also true that sinc 18:39 'he President his mac to the L-aiilttare a private report of the liabiiiedirect a-id indirect, of the Oimkes and Directors of the Bank. But wih is it priavte ? Thee are powerful reasons for making it puble. Formeriv the investigating Commintiee re poried ihloji libili'jes. In 1821 thev were stated at' $363,000, and considered "We. They diminished from that time -wthey arnouncdL to $121.000. And li repoTi of thac-Year, the potyintte the oI*-. nry ~ e*~ ar'the greate i-par s d t n~ii~ b teea at ldih for ijeins .es siin ie -other cir tri the V 6 ~rm'Oolttm. iliikss of the Presidenr and Di r t 'rsf he Battk'and liranethes, hl * been reportetd this year to amount to ihe entormeouqstint of .$765.00ii!. I It-e-are two thirds of lie oeriginalI i)uni5 aepi. and over one sith ol the whole tsum in vested at the djiscretioni of ihe ih'nk. in the hands of its own Q~fice rs. I ho pe. I trust, I dho not wish tee ne und--.ratoeid as ex pressing atny dout,. t hat thlese loans~ a re as wreli secured as ainy of the Bank iloins, I certainly kn-tw nothing toe the ce.rair3. But the fact that stuch ai vt anuno of the peoples money is in the hands ofr the lhtok Oflicers for their owtt priv':tte tts, is enl culateud to awaken a just ami nte~oijos de sire to knew more of' the privato tmange. meat of thie latik. I said there we'rest rong reasons why these ii shiliti.: ofe thte Bink Officers shonl he made pubhlic. I go fit. thcr, I thitnk the liabuihties of i-verv mnet. ber of the Legislature to the IBa'k of I lie State shtouldl also, he laid buefoere cite pen. pie. The Batik, i: must hee remnemnbered, stands on a different fiouting fra~rg oth.-r .Banks. ltse fun-is beliong toe the pre le. They belong to the State Treamry. Thle Treasurers aire reqeired unuinally to pw lish every item of thteir recces arci p:ty. ments, and ini addictin, t Comp reelbIrr gives every year a list of the debators eof State, down to thiosei owineg even nie ce'its, ande embIraci ng efaultecrs in phIic ollice for the last half ecmiiory or mit-e. Whyi this pairt ical::ity ande wance ofeieni ey ini one brancht of ocur Treasury, wnere such small sums Oiru ecrened, and sucht profonmti reserve ini re-garh mi anc testitel. ion wvhichm holds the great hue k eel o'er reol lectedl treasure 1 It'debitors and! defauilter tee oiu,: m.tinn/ ?e~t t eo- r e it e atennlly paraeied beefore tree itorlI. a;d eel e..e., the veeneraited mnemtory oef .lloaltrie is to be sparedi, whiy is such a deep~l mcyste'ry ito le preservedI with reardi tee the udehmicrs ande defauobers of the -red treaesury. If it is Said1 ltat av whoese neames are t thul pubbshede arc or were PunBLIc OrFacEas. and thasi I the priciciples oet Reepecuican Governmtleit require that the motst rigid andii enditring public scrutiny must he mtaitieitd ini re gazrd to the mnaemnt of the Ste' fiends by the State Ollicers. then I say that the memblers of he Legislature and . the Officers and Directors tof the ink, are aktm ST~rr. OrFicEnS arid all the tmoney int 'he Bank, STATE rusose. The peopl'e I; .ve a right to knew, ande ouight to knoiw, nh en-i they concstitueo ihe-. tetficers the guaerdio oef their ereaseery, heow much e m w e:" nltapropriates ot ofl toe his own use Ther x 'iii then ie sol'e ojedne whaet eeconfide-r~c they miay i~prr place in Iteir staeents and vete's iin reference tn the Dnnik. I -do not iteni tio impeach the Los!:toreor ae Bitnk e'llie-re,olective. iy or'indtvid-:li. I have tol the shightes; greebnes for unev such imp~heachmnents. I know neothing of iin private tranlsacitions oef the Barek. I speak on general grounds and the recorded expo'rienice of mankind. We do not allow a man to teetifye in his ntoash in't H t~t ure an ted In.elfara'er may be. ,ie fraitljF humans nature, the une . cou4 le W e;s of self interest-are not to be I rusted. In tlis case I do not go so far as o say that the Bank Oficers are .not t i thteir own case, nor members of Iature, who re ijdelbted it) II for IIs pari C-U 1,that the pe -e amoutt P. cisely how m 'mbers are intcresle ar matters upo Op hI to be in 'rrmed.~and as iof ge tiel d District, .t inswer througcl vertiser" or "Jo )a -oIove e tion : Will ynn. ifelece1. vote for a Report of the liatilities of the Otficer. and Direc. tors- T ank- its BrnnehPs and of ih i is;: re t e I-also respectfully ask:the -Senntor. N. L, G attmis. 169;., to -ioformi hi- constitu ents na to his sentimnts.. inl regard to the question. - A~TTLE , Hard at hand was a hatt'le fougl', Ad trious imivictoPry wgni: M ost -cirang-eland yet most trute.-.-non We rememhered in oor last, that the Palmet to ttgtiment,, after the hnttie (if Contreras, was ptio minediately on the march in ptr-tuit of 'he enemy, who fle tiownid ew eliv. The divisions of Gen Pillow were ako in pursuit along the sa road. Never did -a brigh'er mornin J low so glon-ny. and drend' ti . Sun shotne in 'all tme id a y. delight ful .3119y morinu in ll chtarming mtelody i .1 arntdtI and the very corn. . 8,tw 1 riebh and laxurint Arowih, seeme I tpon the ',right. ;tophere tha . ed over tiem. i/heautleois harmony with til,,nlelightfutl scene, a ;low of cheerfulness Ihnl its-If upon the countenance ol every one. Light-.beat the henrts. atnd high the aspirntiounit,6of the jovuni crowd, as in f1nd ant ciI t mion, licy miarlhed on to wardia the ireat capti or the Southern Republic. Tie brilina icolumn, rendered moie pieritresque and im posin!, by-a grand dikplay of MJexican standards-tropihes of the.rerent hattle-horied on it qtuickened speed, in the hope of soon reaching the mong mtished fur City of promise. 'J'he iroudest hope of-all-.a '0h1 of the ha'lis fiM nezuma-was in. tragination soon Ito be realiz d. The s'iWes of the far famed city were already in view. The ttosi, from the city hIelI, could be - disdiin rTfafute I-ple"ven then i m-3o i1ne pr rha-1ps, they wouild linve if; cel ehrnte Iover the dAd bod1ies of their hutndred-s of their fello~w eithettns, and OVer the last expiring hopes of their ntiotnal independence! At ant early hnttr Gen. Scott made his appenrance--havitng riddent out thtat morn. ingeftromt Sntt Autgustin, uip to this timre,' hti' head quattrt ers Lantd actclatm qt ions oh toy arose frocm the djense maflsee, a'nd 'he weltu t r"oot nded with dentfmting Chleer., tio itke his positi't, at th.- hei'l if the column. *i ree'e the ci'mphmt rentt with a benti" n i smtile andti gentle waiving~ of hH hat. .nnil seemed to look dowiin with jotyous 7ri'e utpon the' bravo soldiers, whoiu at "rent oIts h-al iu t defe-'ted the flower of he;~ Me~xica~nny. The coil;umn w n ' han'ted for thai hnur or som, int i p lhlirr sqre rtf aC little villagew, ;itutlic r'om4, pav'ed with hteavy s.tone pa's 'red thtrom;:h thi's squtarc int a 1lon2 grnlortl detclit~itl. .Sont thme dathin' coliomas of artilliery mt tile it's nppotear.e adlvancinig at the tip of it's epeed. I' shook the very fo-iton' mt if' tie a htole v.alaigo. The v'er'y enrth tremled'i; ndl long. tl'ep). rtodt terti blc wats t he rt-ir ohf thle dren.ieed guns, nt' they whitledi downt thte tremle slo'e. 1t wialike th tderlep, low lhhlli nt imf iinsfl rtttn her. It ca:rriedl terrotr 1t t he very soul atnd illedm the imartinatttim, iw ith iiver wheilm ing i'kn's if 2ratndeur amnd subhlimtity. The vmi'iidie c'mil not re'straio it's'lf. {t wais fo'r..-i tot .i ve vetti to the butn o~'f emtoe I litns. anid long,~ lot l. te'rrif'ic shounts rose htrin I he itwe si ickeni soldiers. afte r the. Artfierv. and~ airrivedi 1I o'clocek A. 31., att t he vil late of .\ y'oncan i. dli'sant frion the haftt d" field of Conttrera~s abo~ut six miles, tand a leatgme itr twot fromt te city. Thett;'m hemtt, d iscovered at a little dlier ance bhenid, a halt wais here orderedi wi'h It vtiew Elf re.orttoitering. Getneral Ting a it h hmis Divi'siion was~ sent firwvard Etn this ditty. andi wa's ordleredh to displace tie emeiny. 'f th.-y di-! tnot applea1r in tilt greatt numbers''. F~romt the nature of thle enemytv it wans i'imptussibli tio ;ineerain thn'ir s'renigth wiitht anty degree- of certinty. Oit ceimig, thlerefore,. itt sitght tof' a t'ortificat lntn, apparenitly of no greait mgnitutde, throwvn tip in front of an old Convientt (St. .lntge.) Gen. Tlwigg ordereid an atttack, it thtis ftrtiftiatt proved sa fn'trftul oh 'st.mcle to his arms. It was a tmost pow erful fortress. sttroly dieladed by a large numbter ofecmnnont, nnid hv immense ma,;sses of' infatmry. Gen. Piloi with a portion of hi force. was seti foerunri to joitn Gen. TIwiges. Sion a mtost t remnendtt'a fire was optented 0n boEth sidie. Thle very very h.-avent, shook withi tthe lerrifietup. rotar oIf artiliery antd small airms. It seetmei, indeed, as if ten tihou'sandi, thou sand troop's were en",nged iin mortral comn hat. Nor did it cease for three hours or more. A bout the same inomnentwitht the open ing oIfthe fire at the convent, Gen. W~orilh tppeatred aL thte- ete-dt Pont, or Bridge bead, ott ie lnhnks of the river Chmtruubus :0, at thejunc tien of the San A nhlnio road, Jptwhtich he .,-d- advaniced,; 'kili he Slin *ngei and Cotntreras' Road, tsp wih )jvt. ton. Fes alq .e a'nder -shed e -lavoc made . A ainstses, thus I pose bot ' d-dik, insignifi 1 und allto becoming .d. th his Brie n. Pier ri-is or the , ti .and A ents.. of new Regulars and tw. ted Rowitz.ers were ordered it Ai iskelves- hastily to the rear of eh '' fortifications h sde Usea River,ad te s was effectedl lIUg aliflg astif ~4oat from the lift 6M yco anc 1r. amtle or More. then vy filing to the -r 4t1roigh ani ex ttensive cornthet ltine t.o the Hacienda os Portaies. T lawilzers were ied, ont th o ihe Hacienda, were prolete v'w brick wall. The whole boly of ' ntry under the cottimand ofGen. Sh twas ordered to forim, as the itimei up by (a Oak movement ~~ ri h fi~le.io line of hattle, to th Ea in hf tha Ht-i lain. it front irge body of the e ' na gif some-three off6 .Ais n a long the road, leadittg from the .ad to the ctty 'r.-at lqast a fourt .. ile, ta. the vil One nf P.,rtales. P I with the road rni a ditch six or ei i wide and, four or s;x feet d water and er. hanked on o eheight of three or four (eet.c. tl tabatnk.,tent grew a helgo of a1g lant, through the imterveI o bheh - :enemy directed --ir fire. (iah. antk of Gxeneral el'linitci- h, as situated the r ied by Mexican .. l ne in rear of the -itatio -heavy body of ^ Cavalry, 00 .strog-4aid aJe abit, head . nta Anna~ him V F r 'inihree direcUorts, then, viz j the froit, the Bankaid the half rear, 'e enemy to the nutiber ofseven or eight ltousoatd, covered bybdhjecti of defence, fired a an the A-neriann. line. Between ihi lir nd the enefiytsworks not an ob stacle existed to the psspge of bullets. It wais a level plain alottknee-deep in mud and water. As the different Regiments'cam- up. they formed themselj4a. as stated into line Of battle, within deadly range of the enc mty's fire. So terrifiK and fatal was the lattor, a Regirent 1ld scarcely time to form, before it was fed to retire and cover itself. or' t Wreason, the.121h, 15th, and Neiv-.. Y i.tegiments soon s7Riuhttt 'helter hehtnifi- ii in tle en. clnsureor the ncie ~.< When the Pal metht -RegimentAg I;as in the rear on march, came tpt fort, every other ' mepi had Ompelled to retire hfie. w-Yorkers were fifty men killed apd, wounded. :Bi.tAhe Paldmetines, thou h stiding alone, march ed ..p. and formed tnto line of battle e handio.mnely asithy rever did on drill and then continuned- thseiartunrc'h by th.e front against the enemy w'l 43earceea wrave tt the litne. Thi.y wer soon halted, ho'wev er, andt ordered to d'pen tire. Rut seeirng the havoc made in tiemr ranks b'y the ene my. and that iit witnsustained by any other troops, the . eneral, after a few tminttes~, cotmmanid~tr:'the Regimrent to wi:hdrawr to the coVer of the Ilacietnda. T[his comnmand] was-teluctablly obeyed, but ceetd in gontd order. Not understand ing fully theL object of the order, two comn panties on thte left, failed'tolbey it prompt ly. Trho Lteutenaortin command of com-. tony D, suggested tihie gollant Captain of comnpny B. they shtould stand and light. With as mnuej gallantry as taco nieed covet, this hamnded Captain atnd his brave Subafrerns, called upon their tmen to minitatn the honor of their State [The brave fello ws nobtly .ubeyed the call; and these two cnmpgies kept their posi tiont and fottght some tomintets after thu rest hadl rotired. Near lay, stood the Major of the Regiment holly encouratging. itt all the ardor of 6-:rote vaior, to.deeds of darir.g ntnd bravery. It was not till the order for retiring had been twice reiterated, that the above nam~e l companies were induced to leave teir poitiott.['hey withdrew at length by the. fl-ink, ilowly and itt good ordecr, itnto te culoldhitti rear of the Hla ci enda.t It was now detersijned to change the platn of attack. Tip enemy mauking a move to out flank tand to surround the commaud, the Geutisl most htoldly resolv e'l to form a new litabto charge directly ntt the etnemty's centre. ust at this timne a momentary silence prevailed in ihe Pal metto) Regimtettt. Gyl. Butler at that in stant had tmado his tg-uptpearance in frot1 of the column, batdly eutmled. A leelingi of deept sympthy aniated every bosom. A gentle whisper ofCetion ran thtrought all ite ranijs. giv&~v ne feIt a strong desire to miuister to l9e comtfori; and mnany expressedl the wisbi'thast he shoulti be carried fromithe field,. But the atieuaig, of the Regiment wa timmediately calel to oither uthycts. Thy all*nt Shields. /.i saome reason or anothrietermined to.miajke the Palmtetto RegtAT ?"the base''of his new line. Riding rbtm the ot her Regi inenits wIt deeply ted feelings which made his very lo66 etrify the whole colum ha present iinself~ in Front of the Pa letto Rlegiap t amidst a tremtent i dlots hauil storm 9f is, andI exelkired "Gentleman' I every confidence in yoi4--tIhoW4 c?" Tie Lieu tenant, in Comim to ~mpany D,I stuntiy stepper -andIsaid, "hec would followu. hun he &' would lead I Almost simtulta.neo iahl hirn.' a gallant youth of the sarrae"ji ay wio stooud at. his eide, atnd whii nogj more, iilvtane ad, and ittered a Iti enliimentt. Butt it was glearly to be a eng thiat the wh/ole Regitmect wvere equiall illiug ail ready 1 o follow. JFhe bra~ n'd fivalrous Colt- i aet felt confident ofis, andj boldly ex :Iaimed to Gen. l8~* k"rery Sboutk t Carolinian hire, Qlu' 4Tllow o ( oduthI,' - .. mployed into-line, and 'ordered ito. advance y_ the front'against the enemy's centre. 'be.brave Dickinson places himselti -the eiitre of the. Regiment, waiing aloft the Legimental colors. . The advance is made. ne line moves forward firmly and steadi F; and now begins that deadly strife-that earful carnage, which swept away in ita ury more -than half of the Regiment. a d rhich is almost without a parallel in .the istory of modern warffare, Advancing lenost. alone, the whole fire of the enemy a concentrated upon this handful of men. t mows them down in front, upon the lank, and in :be rear. The onset is ter ific. All is excitement and fary. ,aIrescwt sonitus, armnortunque angruit 1orror. Virgil. The very elements seem to. be rent by he furious discharge of muskets and esco etes. The atmonsphere is literally filled witlX leaden hail. At every step, the storm :edoaubles in violence. It sweepA every hing herore it. it scatters destruction and 'eath in every rank. Olficers disappear ro their pusts as ifi by the power of mag ic, and the men fall by scores. S.oo the aecustomed voice of command ceases its irm and tnarly to.nes. The Colonel is no more. The next mument, the 'eautiful hanner of Company D. sinks it the grouind. The banner is at once replaced. In a in m.ent more the Reemitnetal Flag is seen to waver and fall. The manly and almost colossal formn that so nobly hnre it, has sunk to the graund. 11ut the Fagt soon regains it< place in front of the line by the h.ands.of a gallant Irishman-A private in Company 1-1. S.till the Regiment moves onward. Though deprived of the corn tuanding voices of its chialric Colonels. it does not faiter ira moment. It is more than decimated every twenty yards: but still it advances. Now, it is haited for a while and commanded to fire; then. 't. charge is ordered and again it mov'-s for. ward in the face of the enemy in good. or der and n ith great rapidity. ,oined by scattered troops from the other Regiment. this remnant of men, with fixed bavouets and with a furious warhioop, press manfully on against the foe. who began'to waver and give a wayin great con fusion. Tile rout is complete. The ene my vanish like smoke. The masses in the utmost disorder, hasten wny in every direction over the fields and plains, through swamis and thickets. Like the rebel hosts, driven over the plaius of Heaven, they flee, With ruin upon ruin, rout on rout, Con fusion worse connfunoided.-Mihon. When the Palne:to Regiment reached the village of Portales, Worth's command made its appearance at the tete du Pont. a fourth ofa mile distant, just commencing the pursui. The Infantry followed the enemy, till overtaken by Col. Harney with his command of Cavalry. They were then ordered back to the battle ground to look after the slain and the wounded. Thus ended this most terrific of battles: an engagement bloody. anl brilliant, and for qeVeral.reasnno, one of the rtaost-re.. markable recorded in the annals of -qur country, or in the history of modern. inqujality in arms, between the coin.tinding forces. The Afmerican force, according to) Gen. Scott's Oflicial Iepord naambered only G,740-while that of the- eriemy. 'aniotunted to 3fl.000, and. from the adtnis qion of Mlexican Ollieers, to 30.000, which is ntearly in the proportion of five to one. Beside, the enemy possenedm imn,nense qid vantages in the unilwarks they had pre pared. Entretnched in the strongest forti cationas. which our Engineers ackn..I2, tot be construtctedl on tho moist -cietntific prtnciplee,to be admirably exertitedl, it was in their powver to deal out, with compara-. tive impunty, dlestructinnt to our advancing troops,nprotected as they were by objects of defence. In addition to these thtings. the enemy enjoyed vast superiority in point of arms. They had more than t wenty pieces of cannon, atnd manty of heavy calibrc. On the contrary, the Americans, were alinost entirely without this strong arm of attuck. They were enabled to plantt but one or two small batteries, dluring the action 'vhich wvere anon silenced with groat loss of life, by the heave fire of the enemy. With such eminent advantages on the part of the Alexicans in all the materiel or wvar. ealculated to give success, it is trulv astonishmng that the victory should hav'e fallen to the Atmerican arms. Nothing but the most skilful mnanmatvering, thme ttnost ttndaunted courage and prodigies of valor. could have procuiredl such a re-sult. That the hattle was moat hotly contestedl, fully appears from the numb er of killed andi wvotunded on b~th sides. In the A merican Army tnearly 1.000 fell ini the action. In the Palmetto Regiment alone, the killed and wou~tnd--d amou)mf~e I to otne huandred atnd thirty seven. The ene ny's loss was het weetn threo and four thoeasagjd, be~itte a large numbiler of p)risoners. It tyotidt, intdeed, be hflicult to conceive of a battle more dreadfully terrific tan this. lIn the langtnage of a clever w riter. '-at every oimt our troops were obliged to march tap to the enttretnchtnents without the least protection, wshile the Mexicans were com pletely sheltered. Rouand shot. grape nnl cannister, and musket balls literally hailed a~tnid our ranaks. All the thutnders of heca. yen could hardly have exceeded the tre mendotus roar of artillery atnd small artms, wvhile the combatants were olien comlelte ly hidden front each other by the smoke that grew thick nod made the day dark mo dark that the fbshes of the pieces looked red, as if in the night. Por three hours his dreadful storm of thunmder atnd huil otntiniuedI; for three hours, the bloody strire 'vas waged ,with itncreasinag vmolence.'' IA RLBOROUGIl. No Banks in Alabama.-'Yesterday says the Alabama Journal of gnd itnst.) he Legislature voted don tvaprotpositionsi rty description of banks in thi< Stte -and will, it is thooght. vote down the esoltutions prohbibiting the circulatijo of he bills of other States--thus shoin igthat heir hostility is niot really 10 pizper floney ut to Alabama enterprise, capital andt in. tastry, Such is the action of the Legistatutre in State where .they have but one bank. dthe-Bank of mobile) antd. where the cur ency . is. composed of some half dozeni I EDGEFIELD C. H. WEDNESDAY, MAnRCi 22, 1848. We call attention to a Communication sign ed "A Voter." which will be seen in to day's paper. Wit ho'pe all who are or m-iy become Candidates for a seat in our Legislature, will respond to the questinn, as the source from which it eminated deserves notice. We were pleased. to see in our Village, dur ing the last week. Lient Win. C. Moragne. or the "Old 'IG Boys." This was the first visit which Lient M. had paid us, since his returti from Mexico. His ltelth seems to have im proved. though he has not filly recovered. le haq returned to his father.'s re.sidenc.e, Bor dean.x, Abbeville.. Dafguerreolypist.-Mr. Valentine, from New Orleans. D.anerreotypist. is now in onr Vil. lage. The very marked attention which his almost m igical art has received from tne ptnblic is all evidence of its great merit and hauty It a neiw and uneqtaled means of preerving the lineanients of those who. nre e.steemid 411 loved. or retaining theperfect lileness of mem Sers of' fnilies or friend-, wha are Apparated 51r. Valentine will he 'ound at the Hotel o M essrs. Glover & Burt. where specimens o his pictures can also be seen. We have hat an oppiirtunity of examining some of them and they seem to bp well executed, His terms ai moderate. FIRE.-A destructive fire broke out in ' Co. lumbia on the 13th inst., on the wes' side a Richardson street, and several houses vere con sumed. In a short tivne however, its progres was nrrested. The loss is estimated at abpti $10.000. On the 17th inst., a fire broke ont in Uharles ton. and burned the store and dwelling of Mi Win Butler. The family had barely time I escape. By the exertions of the fireman, th progress or the flames was, speedily checked. Adjournment of Court.-'The Court n Common Pleas adjourned on Saturda; last. Several cases of importaiee wver disposed of, but a oume g gg pdstpoqed. - Cok1 reath the weath cold. thu r atification ..ag, twteen the United. the Senate. We ~ity Mexico will acee it. Thie dmin tin and all those~ members of bioth paitis who have labhored to bring - about a pear on hontoratble terms.. deserve the thanks< the country. VoLU.Teens.-Muchi has been saidh pri and con upon sthe employment of' Volun teers in the Mexican wvar. Many ant among these men of' the highest authority such as Col. JefeLrsons Davig, think, thu upon the whole. these kind of' troops are not so 4ffective as regular soliliers. Cour nee of' the highest kind is indleed allower them, but they are not thought to lie si well calculated to endure patiently, all thc hardships of the soldier's life as the regu. lars. Admsittirng this to be trite, we douab exceedingly, the policy or 'he wisdom, it a Government coisstituted like ours,of dis. pcnsing altogether, or~ in n considerable dtegree, with the services of the citizen soltdu'ry. to which class Voluanteers belong, Shall we have itn otur armies for defence of inivasiorn, nothing but hiredi myrmsidons, many of thetn foreigners, and n)ot even citi. zents, who care nothing f'or the honor ol the country, or the cause for which they light? WVhat reliance can we place tuponi sneht soldiierv ? Catn we he as-sured, thtat they will not desert their col n's and fir higher psay, or from other ca uses, turn their arms against the country which bas e :z. ployed them? Do they feel for thse inter est and the hitnor of a counmtry like Volun tears, who have homes aid families, and will they fight with the same spirit? This is certainly doubtful. Getn. Ripley. wvho is the highest mihtma ry authotrity, says, that ijth any thing like equtal ntumbe'rs, American Volutnteers have never been defeated in any war in w~hich we have been engaged, and never could be, whlilst our present institutiong exist. The history of' one country wtill establish this beyondi all doubt. Bitt it is useless to onlarge upon shis. We admi: that the sufl'erings. the hardships which the Voluttteers have endured, isn this wvar, save been exceeingly great, and the mo~r stality has been fearful. But mouch of' this soulhd not he avnidad by the emplttyment if any kind of' troops in a elimate of' ech sx'remnes as Mexico. We know, that iho tacrifices made by our Voltunteers have >een very great, andl for these they should >e wvell rewarded, bttt still we wrould rather Lee a greater proportion of' this kindi of' oree employed in our armies, than sf' the ,,bul, .oldier, f',P ttcs easnsabo.e stated.- Our institutiona %otid be en dladdred amdperhaps detroyed by enlist ing.bantJ of hireliip. aiy of whom have n'o coun'ry. and would flh' onl any side thin would pay th-m best. After so-ne,% reliection. we must say, that we have co-ne to the these conclusions though with- re% luctance. Fakher Miat/m.-This dis'inguished advocatc of Tenperance. in Ireland, it is said, will shortly visit the U.-States. A Whale caplured.-A very large^Whale measuring about 41 feet in length, an near 2S feet in circumaference, was caught in the shoal water, at Kenwah,1sland, near* Charlestion, on the 9tn inst. Already 200 gallons of Oil have beenobtained frow; him, and it is thnought lie will yield con siderable more. We believe this is the~ first Whale which has been taken neai the, harbor of Cha-leston. The Model American Saturday Com, rier. -This is a very large And beauifu paper, published by Andrew MeMakin..of the Saturday Courier, at the lo'v price og $2 per year. The old Courier of -Phia lelphin is well known to many of opp readers. The Charleston Courier, of the 16th inst says: That Maj Graham, passed through, that city the day previous. on his way. from Washinglon to New" Orleans, and that it was understood he was the boas of the (atified Treaty of Peace with Met. Kteo. TI 'he sane paper of the 17th inst. says:- 1 A despatch from Baliondre-dated yester day, sad received at our offee last evenlit after 9 o'clock. gives us the information; -fr. Sevier had been confirmed Mini. tor to Mexico. So says the despatch. #. f S. is doubtless specially authorized to co clude the Treaty which. has been rati6 ' with that country by the Senate of theaJ nited States and the President, audis dopubtlesi clothed with 'lenary powy should fort her negotiatibn bereqisite.'F "The same deipatel:states that th SNew- York Cotton Mariet was firm.' . For the AdvertiW r FUNERAL HINURS. The remains of the late Sergeant Wizr L!A BUTLa BofKER1' which hadbUS anxiously. expected rdr e1* last few -pek arrive'd 'n. Ake o ,.half staf', aqd the Churefi'eils of the dtir feretnt dleiominations.: sending forth their~ .'uneral notes, while L. meets were full ipect ators, all seeming fuly.conscious,that. another brava andc gallapt youth was pass. iinon to his flanal 'restingL place. Bt. little more than .a year sinve, this, yqnug "oldier hadl exchanged relations. friei~sg and the comforts of hitme, for the toils and& hardships of the tented field, wvith bright hopes anol high anticipat ions of ture nse-1 fttlness, but in a moment, "in the twink-' , lig of ant eye," he had been ent dow'n, and atll earthly hopes weore gone forever. Bunt he died as the soldier prefers to dlie, npnn the field of battile, a~t hi1 pOMs, niobly sustaining his country's fl.tg, and thie na-: tion honr. The processin ayent on. with the re malinls as far as Pottersville, and many. continued ont to the residence of Maj."B. Ml.Bloicker. Taesday the 14th had been set apart, by the Comttnttee of Arrangements,. for the performnance of the last fune t rites, u'ver aU ll tt was mo.rtal, of theyod~. and gallant illorker. . The ceremonies took place at the reui~ denc'e of Maj. B. M. Blocker, atnd n: an early hour the citizens and military comn mnenced assemblinug. It has geldq'm been onur*lot to witnuss sue: anotrpopring of em tes the cuty h h n h yountg, male and female, aill seeminig anx. ions to throw in their mite in this "last sad office of man to mann." The procession was formed at 12 o'clock, aM. podr thirection of Col. John Hill, asitdby Maij. R P. flrnnsou, of the 9th Rleginijent, otn the part nf the military, and by Capt. R. Ward, W. P. Hutlqr and 'D. 4. Strother, Egqrs., on the pert of the citj.l zenus. A fter the reception of the ceofajans the tprocession moved to the graye, in (th. followinag order, viz: Military, (Left in fronn. ) consisting of - Capt. A. [?. Iludge's Company,> " W. Quattlebum's ." John1 Hill's "' - ".1. A. Talbert's Ca'-airy. W. WV. Adams, Esq. Eulogist. ' The Rev. Clergy. FPall Bcarers. Pall D. Smtiley. - - i bl. Brunson, D lr. S. Bruntson, .9 T ut O. Alen- e . T. Boyd, V. White, ! lW. Zimmerna a Mourners. Citizens. A Stand had been ereCted near the feat the Orator of the Day, anid upi arrival of the procession, the mislitary drawn tip in elo'ae column of dliiton, mediately ini front of the stand, the citit occunying the right and left--seats hat'* been preparedl for tho ladies tn thy ce .- W. Adams, Esq., (the Ettlogis im ncncan. then. ........d de st