The banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1844-1847, August 19, 1846, Image 2
Six Days Later from Europe.
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STEAMSHIP O. WESTEItiV.
The steamship < J re at Western, <Japt.
Alatthews, arrived ;it New York <>n
Monday inoniintr, between (i and 7
o'clock, with dates from Liverpool t<? the
fJoth ult. inclusive. The 161 lowing sum
mary is ifude from Wilmer & Smith's
of the *2 Ith ult
The reported failure of the potato
crop in livimd has ajjain produced a
great demand f?>r Indian corn, Lirtre
quantities were sold in Liverpool on llie
*it !1 CI 141-11 f riilrMiti*M lit nvtiM It ?*_
still, however, the cheapest article of
food that can be purchased.
The national tribute to the lifted andtalented
Mr. (Jolvlen progresses most satisfactorily;
it now amounts to nearly
GOjUUO pounds. The house of M'-ssrs.
Brown, Shipley Co.. American merchants,
at Liverpool, heads the list by a
subscription of 5000 dollars.
The new iron steamship Sarah Sands,
but LI nig m Liverpool (<>r 1. apt. \V. C-.
Thompson, of New York, and intended
to run between New York, and Liverpool
was progressing rapidly, and it was
expected that she would be launched on
Saturday List, S h inst. She is K?.~>i)
tons burthen, and is spoken of as bein-jf
a magnificent vessel.
The overlan 1 mail arrived in l-'nr,r
land on the 20th, with dates from < 'alcutta
to the -1th June, and from t'anton
to the 2 1th May. There is no news of
special interests from that quarter of the
globe. A fearful incident had occurred
during a huricane at Loodtanah, on the
2(Jth of May. The barracks there were
blown down, and 84 men. women and
1 % /
children of her Majestie's 50th llegimcnt
had perished; 13") have bei-n
wounded, and four privates are missing.
The ship Bombay Castle, Capt. Frazer.
was totally destroyed by fire, on tbe
2Sth of May, oil* Sugar. The Calcutta
Englishman, of the 1st of June, states
that the 21st May had been fixed for the
surrender of Kangra. The place,.it is
said, will be given up unconditionally.
Lord William Russell, brother ol the
Duke of Bedford and 1 jord John Russell,
died at Genoa, on the IGtli ult., aged 57.
The approaching elections in France
excite an intense and constantly increasing
interest. All parties seem to have
coalesced in opposition to the government.
The polish emigrants have issu
cd an address to the electors of Franco,
in which they insist upon the obligation
of the French government to
demand the fulfilment of the stipulations
of the treaty of Viena, signed
in 1815, by all the powers of Europe.
In Spain the (Aueen's marriage was
the general topic of discussion, with the
claims of the different candidates for her
hand.
The tluecn has been pleased to approve
of Mr. .Tames Flora, as Consul at
Manchester for the United States of
America.
The ship Matilda arrived at Liverpool,
from Shanghae, had 40,000 Chinese
bricks on hoard. A nrnvions im
portation of 15,01)0 had taken placc a
lew days before.
The "learned blacksmith," Mr. Ellihu
Barritt, continues to excite much attention
in England. He has been lectu
ring successfully in Manchester.
PaRLIAMENTA 11Y THE SlJUAK DuTII'S.
?The government is now fairly involved
in the Meshes of the Sugar question.
Lord John Russell propounded
his measure on Monday last, arid the
discussion on its merits was to have
commenced in the House of Commons
last night, but in consequence of the
death of his brother it has been postI
V!~.~ 1 ??!._ .1.1 -ii
ituvii iviuuuiiy. i iiu uuoaie will
extend over several nights, and the result
cannot be known until the next
packet. The features of the scheme are
briefly these:?The colonial duty of
14s. is to continue as at present. The
existing duty on forcing free-labor sugar
is 23s 4d. It is to be reduced at once to
21s., and is to apply equally to all foreign
sugar, free as well as slave grown.
A scale of duties is to extend over five
years, dropping in the first year a shilling,
in the second eighteen pence, in
the third the same, in the fourth the
,i.. cr.i. *i- ? -* ?i >
ouuiu, in iuu iiuii iiiu suiau, ui mu enu
of which time all the distinction between
the colonial and foreign sugar is to cease.
This, in brief, is an outline of the plan.
It is a bold and comprehensive plan?
bold, because it annihilates at once the
foolish and uncandid distinction between
slave and free-labov sugar?comprehensive,
because it includes every sugargrowing
country in its grasp. But al
ready there are breakers ahead. Lord
George Bentick has given notice of an
amendment condemnatory of the admission
of slave-grown sugar, and the
" Saints" anxious to assist the protectionists,
will make common cause against
the Minister. But that great power
which makes and unmakes Mtnisters of
State, will, in all probability, have ulti
i malely to ?io?.-i?lo the question?public
' opinion.
i Almisters, as the I louse of Commons
j is at present constituted, are in the ini- I
iiurity. They an.: supported by the most
1 num"i*ical!y powerful of the throe nar- i
' ti??r? which rule there : hut, separately, i
their supporters cannot command a ma- |
j jority. II the. amendment bo carried, I
the alicrnali ve. is to dissolve Parliament,
! and appeal to tin; country ; and the
| issue or such an appeal is involved in the ]
I womb of timo. I Jut symtoms arc
! abroad which indicate that the old hum- 1
| buy; about the exclusion ol slave-grown
I produce is worn out. A principle to be I
| good for anything ought to be general? i
j imiQflit. to extend to the exclusion of
1 morwvin o r%.l * *?*
| ........ . .Ill VVVIVM. IUI/IIM.1^ I l * ' J (IIIU Hit* 1
. meruu.s other articles which arc daily I
; bi.'iu'jf cousumod. :
l ?
I , (
Lnlest, from the Army- 1
I Edtlnriil (Joi'iTupoiub'/irr nf'lhc J*irai/imc. 1
CAM AIi< JO, July 17. 1
i To hreak lli" dull montonv of camp ,
| life we had another Indian alarm yester- j
I day morning. The alcalde came in
j invat haste and tr? pidation to the comj
mandin'if ollicer of the troops hern, that
| the Camanches were laying waste the
i ranches on the other side of the river ,
j ahovc the mouth of the San Juan, mur- (
j tiering the inhabitants and rarrvinsr off ,
I captive tin; children. McCulloch's j
| Hangers wore :it once detailed to cross
the Uio Grande. and wore all in the
s;k1iI1<; in almost no lime.
To my thinking, these Indian distur- ,
bances will be fruitful of much trouble. (
If Lam not much mistaken, at the great
treaty recently held by Gov. l>uttler
and Alaj. Lewis, high upon the liro/os
it was understood that the Indians were
not to be molested in any war ihey .
might be engaged in with -Mexico. It (
might not have been "so simulated in .
I 1 . ~
the bond," yet the commissioners in the \
then existing state of aflairs between the ,
United States and Mexico were not in a (
situation to say to the different tribes i
that they must war no more with a .
country that was then a common cne- t
my. That they might and did say to ,
them, that they were at liberty to wage (
hostilities conformably with the usages |
of civilized nations, there can be little
doubt, but that they told them not to approach
the Mexican frontier, would have
onen a piece ot absurdity, not to say stu- |
pidity, they were not the men to be ,
guilty of.
Following the final ratification of the
treaty, the provisions of which have not ,
yet been published, came Gen. Taylor's
success at Palo Alto and llesaca dc la
Palma and the talcing of Matamoras;
after which an entirely new face appears
to have been put upon the nature
of the operations this side of the liio
Grande. The conciliatory system had
not then been adopted, nor were the
people promised protection, nor had
proclamations appeared indirectly cal
ling" upon the inhabitants this side the
Sierra Mad re to throw off the oppressive ;
yoke of the Central Government.
In the mean time, some of the wild
tribes have organized their bands, and
are now carrying on destruction and
death upon the frontier. Itisthebounden
duty of the United States, as I look
upon the matter, to afford protection to
the inhabitants upon the oust bank of
the Itio Grande ; but to what extent the
Indians can be legitimately interfered
with on this side of the river is another
matter. The result of all this is now
r... i.~? >
luum-ii mi ucit; wiiii uiucii interest, anu
the adventures of MeCulloch's men
with tlic Indians shall be detailed to you
at the earliest opportunity. G. VV. K.
CAMAKGO, Mexico, July 23.
Affairs begin to look & little more
lively in this particular section The
steamer Bi<^ Hatchee came up last evening
with Major Staniford and the rest
of the 5th United States Infanty on
board, so that we have two regiments of
regulars, the 5th and ?'th, already quartered
here. To this force must be added
the section of Bragg's Artillery and
the two companies of Dean Rangers
under McCulloch and Gillespie, form
quite an army when all arc paraded.
A portion of the 8th United States Infantry,
is en route, and some of the Lou- :
isiana Volunteers ore said to be on the
way to Reynosa. To feed all this force,
everv steamer comes ln:id<>d dn-.vn with i
seen such an immense amount of sub- <
sistencft before, and probably did not I
think there was as much in tiie world, I
look on with perfect astonishment as i
they behold barrels rolling in all direc- I
lions, and one old woman innocently J
asked if all the Americans alive were t
coming to Cainargo ? t
i
J " ~ "w " " "
saltrneats, hard bread, coficc, sugar, and i
other articles, and Lieut. Britton, who
has been acting here as both Comrnissa- <
rv nnd Q.iinrU?rmrisfr?iv has hml lii? h*in<l?
full to find places to store everything I
since la crcuntc carried away so many
horses.* The Mexfcans who have never
In the mean time wo have intclli- |
jjeuoo from the interior which looks as |
though it might be in part authentic, although
it is (iillioult to placo reliance on
Mexican statements of any kind. As
In; story goes, thoy commenced fortifying
Monterey on the 20th of last month,
[Jim-',) and at the very latest date they j
liad ten heavy cannon in position ; and
lurtlier,-that the State ofNueva heon.of
which Monterey it the capital, has been
peremtorily called upon to furnish 7000
men for the army, but that not a soul
liad slopped forward to join ; still further,
in.n iiiiiu 1.1 ;i unci! 01 oUUU 111 tUO neigllIjoorhood
of I liiiaies, while, to stun up. it
is asserted tluit Parcdes has reached San
i ,011 is Potosi with ;i force of SOOO men,
an his way to Monterey. A part of
this intelligence is doubtless entitled to
some belief?another portion is entirely
ilestitute of foundation?and it is diflito
separate the true from the false. One
LhiiiLj may bo put down certain ; the inhabitants
of Nucva Leon have been called
upon to turn out and volunteer for
ihe common defence of the country, and
the inhabitants of Nueva I icon will not
move an inch in the matter. The. defeat
of the Mexican army opposite Mata
uiunn uiuku liuwn wiiiucvur spim mey
may have possessed, and under any cirstances,
I believe they prefer independence
and a separation from the Central
government, to clinging longer to its
Loitering fortunes. Nothing probably
restrains them from coming out openly
and declaring therr.solves, except fear?a
fear that possibly the Americans may
not be successful in the end, that in such
rase, Paredes or whoever might be in
power, would visit them with a heavy
hand.
The Mcx icans in this section are ccr- I
tainly placed in a most awkard situation,
nnd many of them know not how to act
:>r what to do. They have been threatened
with punishment most severe if
they show favor or render assistance to
the invading' army, and with these
threats hanging over them, along comes
Gen. Taylor promising thein protection,
und at the same time oflereing to pay
the highest price lor any subsistence :
they may be called upon to dispose of, '
r>r any assistance they may be able to I
furnish in the way of transportation?
far better treatment and better protection
than they have ever received from
their own government. To leave their
homes and fly to the interior, in obedience
to the mandates of Paredes, would
be to sacrifice almost every thing; to
remain and show favor to the Americans,
with the threats of future punishment
and confiscation of property staring
them in the face, places them jather
between hawk and buzzard, as the saying
is?in a dilemma from which they
una it diilicult to cxtricatc themselves.
Efforts are now being made by the United
States agents to procure transportation
for provisions and stores into the interior.
As soon as I can ascertain the
result I will write.
One word about Canale's men. It is
said that many of those who have left
him are now cutting cord wood on the
river banks for the steamboats, and arc
making money by it. G. VV. K.
Correspondence of the N. Orleans Bee.
MATAMORAS, July 27.
Gentlemen:?The third Artillery has
left here for Camargo with their heavy
guns. Thcv went up by land. All
fIU /N l i i "
111u i c.\an v^uvairy will leave lor the
same place some day this week. Their
number is between 1500 and 1800. I
do not tliinlc that they will remain at
Oamargo any length of time, but move
on to Mier, about 25 miles above.
Three of the four Louisiana regiments
that were stationed above here have
passed down in boats and we are hourly
looking for the other. Gen. Taylor had |
signified his intention of receiving any
company of these volunteers that might
feel disposed to remain 1*2 months including
the time tkey have already
served.
One officer from Peyton's regiment
nrrii'pd Imrn from Kolnur o?-?.l
? .IVIB> ?t J uuu IUj?Ulli;U
that he had a muster roll of G8 men, but
i diil not learn whether they were remustered
in or not. A Company of
Texans were refused admission into the
service this morning, the General saying
he had enough men.
In and about Matamoras, with the exception
of the Texans, there are not 1200
tnen. Gen. Taylor gave up the command
of the town yesterday to Colonel
Clarice of the 6th Regiment, now in the
United States. It was proposed at first
to jrive it to Lieut. Col. Child*. Hut hn
I learn, prefers following the army.
During the last three days five steamers
have arrived here from Camargo,
but no word of news was brought of
he movement of the enemy. The river
s falling very fast, and the idea seems
.0 be to get up as much of the provisions
as possible before it got to low waer
mark. I think from the number of
roops concentrating there, that a much
larger number of bouts will be found j
necessary.
THE BANNER,
" I.lliKKTV AND MY NAT! VH SOU.."
C11 AH LES M. ALLE K\ Editor.
Abbeville C. II., S. C.:
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 10. 1816.
! We are indebted to the lion
I Wm Ali.en, of Ohio, for a copy of his
speech upon the Oregon question.
A poor unfortunate young man,
apparently idiotic, on yesterday, was
\V:l Mllcr i n <r nlifHit nm* <:t in o ir,?r.r
helpless situation. He calls himself
Reuiikn White, and says he is from
1'iekcns. We make these remarks
with the. hope that they may meet the
eye of his friends who should promptly
attend to him.
The prospects for a line corn
crop were never better in this District
than r.t present. The cotton is not so
good ; the extraordinary wet season has
caused it to grow too much to weed, and
it is thought the crop will be short with
us.
It is thought that Guaiiam. the
Whig candidate for Governor of North
Carolina, will be elected by a majority
little short of 15,000.
Two brevet appointments have
been conferred on tho gallant Capt
May by the President?that of Major
for former services in Florida, and Lieut.
Colonel for his brilliant charge upon the
guns of the enemy at the battle of Resaca
de la Palma.
We have been permitted to see
a letter addressed to a gentleman in this
District, from Pawne Fork, near Arkansas
river, and 300 miles from Fort Levenworth,
July 14th 184G. Although
not containing much in it of importance,
we are enabled to gather from it something
of Col. Kearney's movements towards
Santa Fe.
The writer states that he left Lcvcnworth
in command of 50 dragoons on
the 12th of June, and after a march of
twelve days, arrived at Pawnee Fork,
where he found Capt. Moore with his
squadron cncampcd, having been ena
bled to overtake the ammunition waggons.
Capt. Moore stopped the traders
as they arrived,much to their annoyance.
There were about 150 waggons
with some 200 men, bound for Santa
Fe for trading purposes. The force at
Pawnee Fork consisted of 3 companies
of dragoons, under Capts. Moore, Burgoine
and Lieut. Noble, making an aggregate
of ISO men ; Moore, as senior
othcer, commands the whole, lie was
lo have left on the 15th for Bent's Fort,
on the Arkansas, 200 miles distant from
Pawnee Fork, where he would await
Col. Kearney, who was expected there
with the main army. It was thought
they would have to do some fighting before
they took Santa Fe.
flCr* We have no recent news of importance
from the army since the capture
of Camargo. The troops were ascending
the river to that point as fast as
practicable. The line of march had not
been taken up for Monterey, though preparations
were making for it. It is still
thought our men will have a brush at
Monterey, as the Mexicans have been
very active in fortifying the town and
null in rr it in o ?i~?? ~C .i-f- T- '
jiuiiiiiig it <11 a siaic ui uuience. 11 is
said that nature and art have rendered
this point a pretty strong hold, and although
the forces there are few, we may
have some difficulty in taking the town.
The final result, however, is not to be
dreaded.
llClr* Congress adjourned on the 10th
inslant, and the closing sccne is said to
have been quite disorderly. Many of
the bills introduced, were lost for want
of time to act upon them; among them
was the bill from the House providing
two millions of dollars for settling the
TVTn vt/?n n 1 *1 1
i uuunuiiry, which we tnink met
with the fate it deserved ; the Post Route
bill, providing for mail routes in Texas,
and the bill to carry into effect the Chorokee
Treaty. The Smithsonian institute
bill was taken up near the close and
passed in the form it left the House, and
was signed by the President.
editor's table.
1L / i.oCs Monthly Magazine: Edwin
Heriot, Editor: Charleston S. C.?
Price, 81 50 per annum.
The June No. of this interesting publication
is before us with its usual variety.
In the present number is a beauti
l'uI engraving called iheWater Party."
Effhct op the New*.?The
New York correspondent of the
Philadelphia Lodger says :
"I understand that the private
correspondence of our merchants,
l>y the Great Western, is equally
as unfavorable, in a business
point of view, as those furnished
by the public papers. It is the
general expectation here, however,
t )l J* t" t lio nno
v.... uiibAjiuvtnu ui;pi CSMUII Ut
the English markets and funds, of
which the Great Western brought
accounts, and which are mainly
attributed to the sugar agitation,
will he of hut temporary duration;
and that the steamship of the 4th
will bring a decision of the sugar
difficulty, and news of revived
business."
Gev. Gaines?His Defence concluded.?The
correspondent of the
Norfork Beacon writing from Old
Point Comfort, unde date of the
11th inst. gives in f . the defence
of Gen, Gaines, occupying some
four columns. The lollowing is
the conclusion of t.hfi p.nrrpsnnn.
dent's letter:
" The defence being concluded,
the Court adjourned until 0 o'clock
this morning, at which hour having
again assembled, its decision was
submitted in writing ; to be forwarded
to the proper Department,
and then adjourned sine die. What
the decision was I am at no loss to
conjecture. But as it is mere conjecture?
1 will not give it utterance,
and must content myself to
advise vou and vour readers to a
wait its promulgation by the War
Department?which will transpire
in a very lew days."
Desertions from tiif. Army.?
The Police Gazette of last week
contains a list and description of
fifty five desertei s from the United
States Army within a few days.
Permaxcncv of Btjks. How
Ccireful are the sacred writers never
to leave out this essential attribute,
in any of their descriptions !
If it be life, it is 4i eternal" life. If
it ho salvation, it is "everlasting"
salvation. It it be a kingdom, it
is a kingdom that " cannot be shaken."
If it be a crown, it is a
crown of " glory, that fadeth not
aw a}'."
A distinguished clergyman, a
few weeks since, being requested
in one of our churches to open the
sorvic.ns with nrnvpp Knf nni Ke>_
ving been invited to preach, declined
saying th/it " if his friend
was going to do rhe mowing he
mighf. whet his own scythe !"
'* Wonder what's de reason dis
saw mill won't go now?" asked a
country negro who had'nt seen
much of the world, addressing his
most '* high larn," village friend.
" Dat snsumstance arcrufBes ea.
sy enough nigga,' replied Congo,
de reason is, because dare am not
sufficient number of water."
A Kingly IJinner i.m Nature's
Palace.?Cyrus King of Persia,
was asked to dine with one of his
friends, and on being asked to
name the place, and the viands
with which he would have his tah)f.
SnrPMfl Vio ponliorl ? Prohom
? ?V ivpuvui * ? V|#UI? u
the banquet at the side of the niver,
and let the only dish be a loaf of
bread." ^