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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 ?
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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??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
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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.
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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
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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
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