Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, March 22, 1848, Image 2
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