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???Tl From the New York Express. s Seven Days Later from Europe, n ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN. h The steamer Great Western, Captain tl Matthews, was telegraphed off the Hook ti this morning, about half after 10 o'clock, v but the news did not reach us till half e past 1 o'clock. Commercial matters wear an improved aspect. Affairs are still sufficiently I bad; but, comparatively speaking, not ,Q so much as they were by the last arrival, r The Tariff' is suspended in mid-air, but, pending its fate, more advantage is il taken of the Treasury order for liberating goods from bond on payment of the l reduced duties. i Three months have nearly elapsed q since the Tariff was introduced, and the i measure still lingers in the House of The American provision trade has a partaken of the facilities which the trea- f sury order affords. Considerable sup- a plies of beef and provisions have been v released from bond under the low duties, 5 and are finding their way into general 1 consumption. a Discussions continue as to how the tariff will fare in the Lords. The opinions of some 300 members of that \ House aro ascertained, it is said, and I they are nearly balanced ; but tlie views u of some .00 more are oscillating. Upon C these the fate of the measure and of the ;i Government depends. I It is asserted, with a good deal of con- I fidcnce, by the advocates of the tariff, t that a majority of at least 23 will affirm L the bill, but that some amendments in t committee may endanger its existence, r In various parts of the country large s numbers of operatives have struck for t an advance of wages. The musters <and the men are thus at loggerheads, i Neither will give way, and the retail c. trade in many branches has been seri- i ously injured by the capital thus with- j drawn from the usual channels of circu- z lation. 1 While the walls of Parliament ring I with the distress of Ireland, and the fears I of a famine in that country are constant- 1 ly present to the eyes oi British states- i men, it is an undoubted (act that the ro- t ceipt of butter, beef, flour, and provi- t sions, the produce of the sister kingdom, 1 in the Thames and in the Mersey, are ] greater than at any former period. 1 Sir Robert Peel states that his Irish 1 bill will be taken up again on the re-as- ! sembling of Parliament, and pressed to i a first reading. < Prayers were to be offered up on the 1 12th inst., in all the Anglican Churches ! throughout Great Britain for the sue- ! cuss of their arms against the Sikhs, 1 and a form of prayer has been composed i by the Archbishop of Canterbury, ? thanking the Almighty for the recent ] victories on the Sutlej. I M. Guizot, it is said, has appl ied to 1 Lord Aberdeen proposing to have a con- t sul for each nation at Cracow, in order i to watch the proceedings of. the three ? rnntinontn 1 nnwnrc in ronror/1 *a ??tt? ^^ 1 |/w>T Vtuj III IV^UIU IV UIIJ UII" A croachmcnt on the liberties of that re- t public. Now, that the war in India is decided, the Oregon question begins to attract more attention, but the speeches of Mr. t Calhoun, Mr. Haywood, and others, 1 had convinced the British Public that our intentions were peaceable. The Polish insurrection is entirely crushed. The leaders were being imprisoned in all quarters. Potocki, one ^ of the leaders of the late revolt has been condemned to death, and executed at Siedlce. In Persia the colera is raging with dp.vnstntinrr ? ? ?* "& VMWV%# # # 4 Sir Henry Hardinge and Sir Hugh r Gough have been raised to the peerage, J as Viscount Hardinge and Baron 1 Gough. It having been charged that- the pro- ' tectionists had made an agreement with < Sir Robert Peel to support the Irish co- t ercion bill, if he would yield on the corn { law question, the Premier in the House i denied positively that any such agree- f ment had ever been thought of. t The Prince de Joinville has been ap- t pointed commander in chief of the Medi- ' terranean fleet. He has been making a 1 tour for insnection to several nnvnl sta tions, Toulon and others, and the papers speak of excellent effects produced by ' his rigid examinations. These are said 1 to have shown that close examination J was greatly needed. 1 There has been yet another Minister!- t al crisis in Spain, Narvaez having quar- j relied with two of his colleagues. ^ The recall of General O'Donnell s from the Government of Cuba is an- J nounced. General Honcali is appointed J to succeed him. \ South Africa.?Important intelli- r S^rence from the Cape of Good Hope had i oecn received?date February 10?that J an attack upon Graham's Town was vhed^tated by the Kafirs. The inhabi- < g - tants of the colony were in great con- c % I . ... f -V? --*/ f | -Sj | ternation, and the most alarming runors were current. At the latest date, however, no attack lad been made and it was believed that lie difficulties with the Kefirs were in a rain for arrangement. Yet treachery L'llH ?lln ?1?- 1 1 ' vv.t|yVVHU ttllU lUC U1U1 III ilUU I1UI ntirely subsided. IRELAND. Scarcity.?The price of potatoes in Dublin has now risen to 9d. a stone for ^ood ones, and 6 3-4d. for very indiffeent ones. This is an advance of at least a hunIred per cent on the prices of last year. Emigration.?The tide of emigraion to America, from Ireland, has set n this year earlier than usual. The [tiays of Cork arc crowded to ineonvelience with passengers and their luggage. Already one vessel has sailed vith her lull compliment of passengers : md twenty-three others, with nearly bur thousand emigrants, are preparing it that port for sea. In addition to these, resscls arc taking in emigrants on the Shannon, Ban try, Slcibberecn, Kinsale, ifoughal, Dungarvon, Water ford, and ii .1,^ i *i. ? . ii nn_ iui^u jiuiia 1 un 11 u ntu vuusi. Some cxcitcmcnt was occasioned 'esterday by a minor, said to have been nought by the steamer Galveston, that l battle had been fought on the Rio jlrande. between the army of occupation, ind the forces under General Ampudia. t turned out, however, on inquiry, to >e only a rumor, set afloat in anticipaion of coming events. The present may ie regarded as the crisis of our difficulies with our petulant and pugnacious leighbors If Mexico will fight at all, he will fight now, when the army of he United States is occupying the eastern bank of the Del Norte, and the Ymorican flag is flying within gunshot >f Matamoras. The game of biuster md bravado can now be no longer emiloyed. Uncle Sam has very deliberitcly waken up the bullying Mexican, _ l i ^ /? ? *> * noitcu mm uerceiy in the luce ancl given liin tc understand that he may cither ight or shake hands, just as he pleases. Which of the alternatives will be chosen, einains to be seen, but we incline to he opinion that since matters have come o the pinch, the option of Mexico will ae pacific. A few days, however, will jut an end to all doubts. If a collision las not already taken place between the ;roops under General Taylor, and the garrison of Metamoros, llie question may be considered as settled, for some time to :oine, that there will be no war with Mexico. Throughout the whole progress of the controversy relative to the mnexation of Texas, even when the Mexican manifestoes were the most it li* * nuiiucuig ana ue hi cose, we nave ever mticipated and confidently predicted a icaccful termination of the quarrel, unessa collision should take place on the janks of the Rio Grande, and hostilities hereby commenced. When this danger therefore, shall have passed over, all ipprehensions may be dismissed of any lostile movement on the part of Mexico, o resent the acquisition of Texas. N. O. Bulletin. Final Action on the Oregon Question lis Congress.?Congress has at ength made a final disposition of the Dregon subject, and in a manner which, lext to having refrained from any acion at all, will receive, we doubt not, U - 1 1 - r.i uc general approoauon oi tne country. The two houses yesterday settled their lifferences in regard to the form of auhorizing notice, by adopting (with two inimportant changes in the phraseology, ecommended by the conferees) the Preimble and Resolution of the Senate, rhese changes consisted simply in subitituting the words "all proper measures" or " renewed efforts," and the word ' adjustment" for the word "settlement" These changes, if they affect the sense )f the resolution at all, strengthen rather han impair the force of the Senate's original proposition. Thus reported, the ecommendation of the conferees was igreed to by the Senate by a vote of 42 o 10 ; and by the House of Representaives by the very decisive vole of 142 to 16. The resolution has finally passed Doth Houses. Elihu Burritt, the " learned Blacksmith," intends making a ledestqian tour over England. He says:?" About the 1st of June ive propose, under certain condiions, to take steamer or packet or England. On our arrival we propose to take a private hickory staff and travel on, like Bunyan's pilgrim, "through the country, at? he rate of about ten miles a day." Acquittal of Polly Bodine.? rhe Newburg (N. Y.) Courier of he 18th ult, contains the result of he trial of Folly Bodine, on the ;harge of murder. The Jury renlered a verdict of Not Guilty. \ * ' ? THE BANNER.I " LIBERTY AND MY NATIVE SOIL." CHARLES H. ALLEN7Editor. Abbeville C. II., S. 13.: WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1846. Iljp A meeting of the citizens of this place is requested to take place at 4 o'clock this evening, in the Court House, to make arrangements for clearing out the branches near the village. gCj"1 We would direct the attention of the public, and particularly teachers, to the list of New Books received by Messrs. R. H. & W. A. Wardlaw, a catalogue of which will be found in another column of this paper. The elementary works, or those intended for beginners, are of decided merit, and well calculated to lead them on in the different departments of which they treat. I Messrs. vjrrigg & JliLLIOTT Will aC ccpt our thanks for a handsomely bound edition of the " Life of Rear-Admiral Paul Jones." Copies of this interestingwork can also be obtained at the store of the Messrs. Wardlaws in this place. Notice Resolutions.?The Mouse has at last concurred in the resolutions of the Senate giving the notice, and passed them by a vote of 142 to 46 ; and the Stenate by 42 to 10. The President has also signed them, and they were carried out in the steamer of the 1st instant. Foreign News.?In another part of this week's paper will be found extracts of news by the Great Western, which, although of no great importance, still is favorable. Cotton had advanced l-8d., and the market was firm. The Tariff bill is still hung up in suspense. Parliament had been adjourned for the holidays, and consequently there was no uiocusjiuii u|iuu inu vjioguu uuesnon : and the Coin Law, it was said, would come up immediately after the meeting of Parliament. The speeches of Messrs. Calhoun and Haywood had just been received, and the happiest results may be calculated on from their circulation in England. gCf3 The first session of the General Conference of the Southern branch of the M. E. Church South, commenced on the 1st instant at Petersburg, Va. Execution of Dave.?Below, our rea1 ?n /? i " ? aers will nna an extract Irom the JLjaurpnsville Herald, giving an account of the last moments of Dave, which every body will do well to read and ponder. The facts there developed, though of common notoriety, are yet alarming, and well calculated to excite our fears, if for no other reason than because we are fatally indifferent in regard to such conduct. We pretend to be very much excited at the mention of abolitionism ; but if the conduct of those who are in 1 the habit of trafficking with, and especially selling liquor, to our slaves, were considered in its consequences,we would find it to be infinitely more injurious to us?and especially to an institution, in the preservation of which we are all equally interested?than any thing we have to fear from the abolitionists. In the one case, our very indifference carries within itself the elements of destruction ; in the other, our watchfulness will always be a sufficient arm of defonnn HTwU -M- ' ivuw, if jiu (.ma) as wiiu most oi me crimes which the darkness of midnight affords opportunities for perpetrating, it is much to be regretted that the process of law is rendered almost entirely insufficient, by the case, as well as by the countenance such characters receive from those who are above such conduct. As severe as is the penalty of the law upon white men for trading with negroes. it is not half ??va*a mnM Id ' ' ' """"b") ww,u i it bo even pushed to its legal results | through the misplaced mercy of their Excellencies, which seldom fails to be interposed in behalf of miscreants at the instance of citizen petitioners. - . :.t_ \ .1 -v _ ??G ugiue wiin our orouier 01 uie Herald, that we should have a Penitentiary expressly for such characters, in order that their watchful acquisitiveness may be turned to some account to the State Notes.?There was a large assemblage, supposed to be above two thousand persons, already scattered around the gallows, on the arrival of the troop with the convict. When Pave was led to the stand, there was a general rush among all, white and black, to reach the nearest point possible, from which thnv mirrht spf> nnri h<?nr nil flint wno J O J ? ? ? ? ""* f,uw done or said?So anxious were all to hear the words of confession, that it was with difficulty the guard of troopers could preserve order, and the proper space around the stand. After Dave was placed on the stand, but before the gallows was fastened at the top, he was asked who killed hia master? to which he replied, " I killed him myself. I killed him because I thought he would kill me?I will tell a lie on no man, I did it J myself. I gave the gun afterwards to Bogan's Lewis to be sold.?I threw the papers into the ' :ver that night." When nsked if any one harbored him in the , neighborhood of his late master, he mentioned two persons whose names we omit. When asked if any one knew he was going to kill his master, he re- I plied " no one but Silas and the girl knew of it?no white person knew of it ?when Smith, who took me told me first that Lee and Kirby had confessed, I told him that they told a lie on themselves. 1-never had attempted to kill him until Wednesday night before the murder?Lee had laid the plan to kill the old lady, and get her gold and silver, he said she had a stocking full of it?he named it to me, but I did not agree to go. ?He said he would black himself and go and take her money, and if she made any noise he would kill her. I got the powder from one of Mr. Bogan's boys? I do not know where I got the lead. harbored me some lime." ?Lee was to carry him to a free State, sell h'm on the way, and give him $5100 on his arrival in the free country. Dave then addressed his black friends, in a louu, firm admonishing voice, " you all see what I have come ?o, it is all from keeping company with low mean white people." He was then interrupted by being asked, if ihere were any such white men as he had iost spoken of in the neighborhood ? to which he replied, I expect there are several." " Name them ! name them ! /" shouted the crowd. 14 o fVinr> Q ?T *-? ~ ~ ~ J I.AU kiiwu liiviniuii^u u 111 UUUlCIISj <1IIU 15 in Spartanburg, that he said were as mean as he was, and just as much deserved to be hung. One that he had mentioned being close at hand said, " Dave what negro have I traded with ?" " me for one" says Dave, " don't you know the night I bought some liquor of you !" This dialogue being ended, the rope was tied, and the hankerchief put on his head ; his countenance had been unchanged all the while?said he was willing to die?said he was very sorry he had killed his master?if it was to do over again he never would do it " The master is the best friend of the negro"?being then apprised that his moment was come?he said in a hasty, if not an altered voice, " my friends I do not want you to grieve after me, I am going home to heaven?beware again of mean white people, it is so many mean white people that make so many mean negroes, I am about to be swung ofT now, I. never expect to see you again in this world." The board was then thrown?the rope was tied remarkably short, so much so that his neck was not broken?he struggled more, and seemed to die har der. than any one I ever saw hung-, it was four minutes from the time he was knocked off till he was finally dead. He was swung off about one o'clock ; he was taken down in about 30 minutes. N. B.?He said he only staid with Lee two days?said he loaned his pis* tol sometime ago to Big Joe, to kill his master. Mexico.?Nothing of interest has been received from Mexico by the late mails. Affairs in that country remain as they were at former dates. The government seems determined to be ready to meet Santa Anna should he conclude to return. which it is thought he will do. PiDvnrs Via a nnKliaha^ n Ana?:C?>i^ ! _ MVIW |/MVII9UVU u IUUII11C31U 111 which he says he has not the power to declare war against the United States, but leaves this to Congress when they assemble. He has very considerably increased the detachment assigned to guard his residence, from which it appears he feels insecure in his chair, and is apprehensive of difficulties. ( Correspondence of the Barmer.) Savannah. April 5th. Friend Allen:?Could I interest you, or your readers, I should gladly respond to your request, and give you an occasional ?incident of travel." As you are an Editor of a journal, you have to cater to the appetites of a reading public; and as these appetites are exceedingly diversified, in my musings by the way, I may fail to please the fastidious, but may interest those in the humbler walks of life, for whose special benefit, it is probable I was sent into the world. I arrived in this City on the morning of the 22d, having left Abbeville on the morning ol the 21st. I passed from Augusta through Burke county by stage, and through Scriven by railroad. Burke county failed to interest me; but Scriven, that old and long abused Scriven, as if in holy revenge for past abuse, was casting upon us her floral sweets, from the time we touched her soil until we bade her adieu. Savannah is improving. Several city lots were sold this week, to be built upon, by the more wealthy, as private residences. It cannot lay claim to any buildings of modern style. The independent Presbyterian Church, would hflVP V?PP11 cnllpll Q n 10 n rl 1 rl fnritr naava j ? w|i>vuiv& ?j jr vuiij ago, and so it ought, if $145,000 its ori[ ginal cost, could make a building splendid. But now, it is strangely out of taste, having too much carved work. But the tasty part of creation, (I mean the ladies to be sure) have taken the church into hands, and having raised a subscription of near $10,000, intend removing the filigree ornamental work and fit it up in good taste. By the bye, would not the affairs of our General Government, be better managed by the ladies, at this time 1 They are far more polite than the gentlemen, and a small : a -f _-i:. - invusuuem ui puiueuess, ai mis ume, might save an ocean of blood shed. A most accomodating view of the city, and the river and cotton plantations, on both sides of the river, may be had from the circular windows of the steeple of the aforenamed church. The elevation you there obtain, at the expense of great fatigue, to the large muscles of the lowO ) O er extremities, is probably 140 feet above the basement. You are probably aware, that the spire of this church, is not exceeded, by more than three, in North America, viz: The new Cathedral at Montreal, Trinity church in New York, and perhaps a church in Providence Rhode Island. There is an excellent block of stores near the Market, built by Wm. Seabrook, in modern style, which truly ornaments the city. Several fine buildings, may be seen in the rear of the city, occupied as private dwellings. The amount of steam dow ? M er, in daily use in the city, and its vicini* ty, is truly astonishing, and it is applied to almost every purpose. I cannot undertake to tell you all. But the factory in which it is most wonderfully diversified, in the application of its power, is at a window blind factory, where almost every manupilatym necessary, to trans form the natural log, into perfect window blinds^ready to the painters hand, performed by steam. TKn irvAi?1fa* m Qowonnol* jl uv iiihi act 1u Muvauiiauj ivj i^uiic 1c* spectablc. The vegetable market is well supplied at this time. Suppress the increased accumulation of saliva, if you can, when 1 tell you of the sweet tender peas, and the blushing strawberries, and the thousand other delicacies which abound here. The fish market, and the beef market, are well supplied. I know^of no situation, so favorable for detecting trifling frauds, white lies, and the cunning of halfpenny trade, as a city market item. " What is the price of this string of fish V* asks a white woman, who is answered on turning away | " twenty-five cents." " What is the price of this string of fish?" (meaning the same string,) asks the next custodier, a negro woman. The fishmonger, with a hushing wink, and dropping the month almost to the ear of the negress, replies, " the price is twenty-five cents, but, as it t#AM ig . :n Ai.: _i A io jfuu, ji yuu win say iiwuing aooui 11,