The banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1844-1847, November 04, 1846, Image 2
THE BANNER.
"liberty and my native soil."
CHARLES H. ALLEN, Editor.
Abbeville C. 11, S. C.: ?
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 1, 184G.
^RATL~ROAD~ ME ETING
At Greenwood.
At a meeting of the citizens of this neighborhood,
held on Friday the 12th inst., '
recommended unanimously that a pub- i
lie meeting of the friends of the contemnlfltn/1
R ? 1 1 nAni^/M?IAW kn#??.rtr?w '
JIVU1I J.IUUU (.UIIIIVAIUI1 UCKVCfll >
Charleston and Greenville, S. C., should i
assemble at Greenwood, on Saturday the <
1 Mh of Noveviber nexty for a full, free, i
and mutual interchange of opinion in re- !
ference thereto. The citizens of this ]
and the adjoining Districts are respect- <
fully invited to attend. :
Oct 28 as
JjCr* Our editorials have been neces- '
sarily short for some time in conse- '
quence of the number of of advertisements
and iob work on hands.
- J I
Wc are requested to say that the ^
Rev. Paul A M. Williams, will preach |
in the Methodist Church at the usual |
hour on to-morrow
From l/ie Army.?We have received I
but little news from the seat of war that i
would interest our readers, there still i
seems to be conflicting statements with ]
regard to our killed and wounded in the '
recent engagement ai iMonterey. Why \
we have not as yet received intelligence |
of that action more in detail, is a mvsierv I
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to every one. In the official reports of I
Gen Taylor, we do not find that fullness 1
which characterised his reports of the !
battles of the 8th and 9th, in which was ]
set forth the exact number of killed and <
wounded, together with the prisoners <
AM/4 ll ito ?*?V Atrn^AO f oil !/ *%.) A nn nl >? I
iiuu liiiiiiui y oiuiuo \ji uit miiuo tapiuicu i
from the enemy. We are induced to i
believe from this fact, that our loss is <
greater than represented, a few days we J
trust will settle the mntter. 1
Of course nothing definite is known <
as to the plan of operation which will
be pursued by our army, although we '>
find many set forth by knowing ones in I
the orints of thfi tin v. Wo knnw thi? i
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however that the Mexicans may now <
gird their lions and put all their armour '
on for their will be no child's play for 1
the future, and the war will be pressed 1
vigorously. The crisis of this war has 1
just now arrived and each account we I
receive from that oiiartpr will hp 'nil nf :
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interest. By the latest dates from Mexi- a
co we learn that Santa Anna had left I
the city at the head of 4000 troops on i
his way to the scene of action in the <
North, and it is believed an army of
12000 Mexicans if not more, would soon 1
be concentrated in the neighbood of
Monterey. <
Com. Decatur.?The remains of Com. '
Decatur, have arrived at Philadelphia. ,
The Washington Union, speaking of
the removal of the remains from that
city, says that care was taken to avoid
all publicity, and no notice of the ceremony
was permitted to appear in the papers.
Few attended, of course, with the
exception of the Secretary of the Navy,
ana tne Heads ot the bureaus oi that department.
The lid of the inner coffin
was opened, and every lineament of the
fine face was gone. Nothing remained
but the skeleton, and a few fragments of
the dress.
Ta/mpico.?The Washington correspondent
of the New York Journal of
Commerce, writing under date of Oct.
26, says:?" 1 learn to-day that the Ex- 1
ecutive is anxiously expecting intelli.
gence from Tampico. Advices were
expected last night, but none were received.
One of the Secretaries remarked,
yesterday that we should certainly
hear in a day or two, ol the result of the
attack on Tampico, by Commodore Perry.
As 1 informed you, some time ago,
we ought to have intelligence of this at- i
tack between the 25th and the 30th of i
this month."
Me further adds, "the government has i
recently drawn heavily upon the Nor-1 i
them banks of deposUe. and, during the
last week, the amount of doposites in the i
hands of Corcoran & Riggs, of Washing- I
ton, lias been relieved about $150,000. (
(FOR TIH: cancer.)
^The utility of Rail Road's, and steam
as motive power for the purposes of rapid
travel, economical and quick transporta- ^
tion,are no longer problems to be solved.
The experience of the civilized world,
has given the solution, wherever these
thoroughfares have been formed, the intelligence
of the people has had an upward
tendencv. tllft fnors nf in-rinr.'infn
J ' 'O |
superstition and prejudice, are by the
intercouse of man, with his fellow man, j
driven from the social slty. Rail Roads
ire the cords that will bind this L'nion of '
States together, stronger than all the
parchment in the worlJ in written documents.
We see with patriotic pleasure,
the bonds of intercourse traversing 1
in nil direction?, the broad extent of *
these trophies of man's capacity, lor self jj
government.
The streams of the portion of our 1
State lying above Augusta, and Coluin- "
bin, or in other words, in the slaty and 1
granitic region, which comincnces a J
few miles above Augusta, are unfitted
by nature for the purposes of navigation, ^
rocks and shoals are the predominant
features. A precarious sort of naviga- *
1 o 1. r? nn '
null IO IU1IUWUU l/iJ VJU VU IllltliJ ItVCi HU UU
miles above Augusta, ? v some of the
planter?,but ilisofnogenera! importance. j
This being the fact;the middle and upper
parts of the State, arc of necessity compel
led to seek in art a remedy for the de- *
fects of nature. A rail road from Aiken
!o Greenville, would in a great measure
remedy this defect. In twelve hours the
traveller could hear the noise of the c
restless ocean wave, and see. the cloud (
1 . * 1 I
jitjipi-u iiiuuiiictui, nearly dUU milt'S '
distant; the dormant energies of the T
man of llie mountains would arouse to
ictivity: the fruits of the mountain and
jlen, would team into the lap of Charie- 1
>ton; improvements of every kind
ivould be the result, and our general
;ountry bettered.
The whole world presents a scene of !
artificial productions, the result of inteligence.
Air, earth and water, are the
eady auxilaries of man's will?the fruit '
)f the orchard, the field and its rich har- 1
vest, the flower of the garden, with the 1
whole paraphenalia of artistic skill, by s
which man has surrounded himself in
his social capacity, are all the results of
his mental and physical energies. One t
achievements creates a necessity for i
mother; this is manifest in the rail road 1
from Charleston to Augusta ; we expe- \
ricnce its efffcts, and feel the necessity ^
;>f a like improvement. ,
To produce this improvement, needs
but the will and energies of the people. ^
The motto should be whatever has been
jj
done by others, can be done by us, and j
go at the matter, in a determinate right r
manner, and certain success will crown r
the result. Economy should be a ru- 1
ling principle, learning wisdom by the ^
experience of others j rigorously endea* j
voring to keep out all speculation; guar- f
ding every point of expenditure ; scru- a
tinizing sensibly every part, as if an in- 2
dividual concern ; remembering the old |
adage " that whatever is worth doing at
all, is worth doing well." S
We have heard several nlar?? mnnto/l c
f ?
for the production of the road, one of
which strikes us, as practicable and economical,
and we think worthy the consi- c
deration of the people; it is as fol- \
lows:? f
1st. That as a ballancing and compensating
principle, should be the rule <
of legislative action, it is due tn this mM. -
die region of country, that we should t
have more of the benefit of the geological
survey. The low country has natu- I
rally a geological advantage over the t
slaty and granitic region. The survey
has pointed this out clearly. f
Now as a ballancing of benefits, ihe
legislature should continue the survey
by the present incumbunt, who knows
the country better than any other man.
and who has working energies, and
mental qualifications united with a full
knowledge of engineering, equal to the
task of surveying a rout for a rail road
Irom Aiken to Greenville. Under the
continuance of the survey, this should
be made a duty as it would strictly
corne under the sensible meaning of the
language.
Chaileston and the Low country,
should unite in the legislature with the
up country as all will be partners in the
benefits.
2d. That the legislature grant a charier
for said rail road from Aiken to
Greenville.
3d. That the right of way, be clearly
ind distinctly obtained, and when ob
:ained, that the road be opened out and
cleared oftimber, under the act that regulates
the opening of all new roads, on a
principle, that all who work on the road
tvill reap its benefits.
4th. When the above is done, the
tvholc line should be laid off in contracts
lot exceeding one mile in length, to be
graded and furnished with the timbers
iccessary for the road ; the contrac ors
jeing bound to receive the one half of
lie amount due for their rrmlr:?rts in
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.lock of the company subject to the same
egulations as other stock holders. This
Wan we think will insure the grading
o o
jeing done quicker and better, at the
>uine time it will make a division of la
jor; keeping out speculation on a large
cale as well as calling for only oik?
talf the amount in money.
5th. The shares should be one hunhed
dollars, one tenth of which should
>e paiu at tne lime ol subscription or at
i time when sufficient stock was taken
o warrant the execution of the Road.
6th. An amount of capital might be
jorrowed sufficient for finishing the road
or a term of ten years, for the payment
if which eneh stockholder should pay ten
iollars annually on each share with a
jroportional of interest on the capital borowed,
thus in nine years the whole
imount would be paid.
7th. On failure at any time of paying
u? i .1 .1.- J I* .
iic uiiiiuui KiMtiiiuciiis nit3 ucunquini
stockholder shall forfeit his previous instalments.
8th. To complete the above plan the
noney borrowed should be due in nine
innual payments.
The above plan would come gradualy
and would not be seriously felt by
>ersons talcing stock, benefits received
night somewhat balance the cost of the
stock. ABBEVILLE.
FROM HAVANA.
Tho ~r r ~ ? t
* uv vuuuio ui jut* mtui'iuu received
hrough a friend a copy of the Diario dc
a Marina, of the 8th ult, brought over
jy a passenger who arrived here in
company with Com. Sloat. The Patria
ssued an extra during the day, from
vhich we derive the information which
Ae subjoin.
The Royal Mail steamer Thames arived
in Havana on the 7th ult., from
Vera Cruz, with forty passengers and
$174,000 in specie As we announced
yesterday, Gen. Paredes reached Havaia
by this arrival, though his name is
lot in the list of passengers in the Dia in
The dates from Vera Cruz received
>y the Diario are down to the 30th of
September?ten days later than our own
lies, but not so late by six days as the
ul vices brought by the Ewing. The
idvices are not very important, save as
hey reveal the movements of Santa Anla.
It was announced in Mexico on the
Mth of September that the first brigade
>f cavalry left the capital on the 23rd for
Monterey, and that Santa Anna would
eave on the 25th. It was further anlOtinp.Hd
that hp omnlnifo^ ViJo A.... I
? v?M|/?VJVU UIO IIIUI V lUUill
:red it to expedite this movement of troops,
vhich had been delayed for want of
unda.
The garrison of the capital would be
:omposed of such bodies of the National i
3uard as had been rnised, and it was
upposed the other brigades would leave i
tic city on the 25th. " '
It is said that Gen. Ampudia has rc- i
inquished the command of the Army of
he North. <
Gen. Arista arrived in the city of 1
Mexico on the 17th of September to meet ;
the charges preferred against him in
connection with the actions of the 8th <
and 9th of May.
According to a letter from Mazatlan,
an American frigate had arrived there
and captured the Mexican brig Malek
Adel, which was at anchor there dis- i
mantled.
Senor. Yanez, the commandant ofJa
lisco, marched on the 7th September for
Topic and San Bias with a body of
troops, for the defence of those towns in
case of an invasion.
r~\ xt ?
vjicu. iiuut-z irunie nas Deen appointed
Governor of the State of Tamaulipas.
On the. 20th of September a decree
was promulgated providing that a Council
of Government should be formed to
bu composed of thirteen individuals ; and
that in the absence of the Provisional
Executive head, the President of the
n _ ? i _ i i i ?
v^ouncn suouiii discharge the Executive
functions. This Council was to be in
sta I led on the 1st of October ult.
The Government was adopting1 the
necessary measures for providing funds
to meet the national exigences. Nothing
is said of a forced loan from the
church. On the 17th ult, the Minister
of Finance consulted with a committee
ol merchants and capitalists toadjust the
terms of a contribution and loan for the
use of the Government. A similar
meeting was held in Vera Cruz on the
23rd ult. In neither case are the results
of their deliberations announced.
The citizens of San Louis Potosi and
Mexico arn dpsirmntpd h? iho SncrotHMt
0 J
of War as the principal depots for the
extraordinary contingents which several
States have been ordered to furnish.
The only other point upon which the
Diario makes extracts of any interest, i
touches our invasion of Chihuahua.
The Government had been apprised of
the advance of our troops from Santa Fe
towards the Paso del Norte, and appeared
apprehensive that the object of the
movement was to advance upon Chihuahua
It had been informed even that
a body of American troops seven thousand
strong, was about to attack Presidio
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tit*i i>uriCj a military post on the Kio |
Grande, not half so "far from the city of
Chihuahua as the Presidio de Kio
Grande. As nothing whatever is said
in the papers we have seen of Gen.
Wool or his invasion, we suppose the
Mexicans to bo apprehensive that Gen.
Kearney would continue his march
down the Rio Grande to Presidio del Norte
and thence direct to their capital. But
this is of little consequence. Whatever
be the danger they dread, they are
prepareing to meet it, the Legislative
Assembly of Chihuahua having authorized
the Governor to negotiate a loan
o( five thousand dollars by pledging the
revenue of the tobacco monopoly. Furthermore,
the pay of the employes of the
Department are cut down thirty-three
per cent! Sr. Frias has been appointed
Governor of Chihuahua in place of
Irigoyen, whose health had failed him.
Thevesselsof war lyingat Sacrificios
on the 29th ult. were as follows:?The
English frigate Endymion and Alarm,
the sloop of war Electra, and brig of
war Daring ; the French brios of war
Merceure and Pylade, and baric La
Perouse ; and the Spanish frigate Maria
Christina, and brigof war Juenita.
Of the United States squadron, our
former advices are later than the present
ones.?N. O. Picayune.
From tJw Spectator, 5th September.
THE Q.UEHN OF SPAIN.
The Queen of Spain is half-married
?shr has been betrothed to her cousin, 1
Don Francisco de Assis. ft is rpnnrttrl
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that France consented to the marriage,
on condition that the Infanta Luisa
should be married to the Due de Montpensier:
but that part of the story wants
confirmation. As to the choice for the 1
queen, it is, perhaps, the least of the
evils that presented themselves. It does
not provoke opposition from any side;
which perhaps, could have been said of
no other candidate. It is not undejstood
*L
unii me young pair nave any penchant .
for each other ; on the other hand, it is
not understood that either of them has J
very tender feelings ; so that the union
may be well enough as royal marriages
go. Its political consequences are neg- ]
ativc; all its domestic consequences, j
probably, will never be known. Mean i
while, it has the merit of being strictly c
Spanish. c
The Madrid Gazette of the 29th of c
AI mil fit nllKlitho* ? rnirnl Aanm** U..
??. r-v..v..?? ? u^bicc) uy ?
which the queen makes known to the c
nation her determination to marry her c
cousin, the Infanta Don Francisco de I
Assi3 Maria ; and her Majesty convokes a
tne uortes lor the 14th of September. r
The Journal des D< bats sticks to the ^
report ot a second marriage ; and oppor- o
Umity supplies some particulars respect- o
ing the young couples:? b
"We are assured that the marriage tl
the Infanta Donna Louisa, sister to U
the queen, with the Duke de Montpeniier,
is decided.
" Queen Isabella was born at Madrid,
on the IOth of October, 1830. Her majesty
is, consequently, nearly sixteen
years of age.
" His royal highness, ?he Infanta Don
r rancisco de Assis, was born on the 13th
of May, 1822. He was twenty-four
years of age in the month of May last.
" The Dulce de Montpensier was
born at Neuillyonthe3lslof July, 1824.
His royal highness is, consequently, rather
more than twenty-two years of age.
lt Donna Maria Louisa Ferdinanda,
Infanta of Spain, was born on the 30th
of January, 1832. Her royal highness
is lourteen years and seven months of
age."
The Madrid correspondent of the
Morning Chronicle explains King Louis
Phillippe's anxiety for the second marriage
:?
' Should the queen have no heirs,
{and ninny believe that the stale of her
majesty's heal'It rendtrs a direct succession
exceedingly doubtful,) the Infanta Luisa
will become heiress to iho thrnn<?"
Moreover, the princess is a very charming
young person, and is one of the
richest heiresses in Europe. Under the
will of her father, King Ferdinand VII.,
she is already in possession of a fortune
of sixteen millions of francs, (640,000/.
sterling,) secured in &uch a way as to
make payment certain. " Louis Phil
lippe is not only a wise king, but a prudent
father of a family. His eldest surviving
son, the Duke de Nemours, as
future regent, must, sooner or later.
comJfepon the country for a dotation ;
and then he is provided for. The Prmce
de Joinville has secured a large fortune
with his Brazilian princess; the Duke
d'Aumalcisin possession of the whole
fnrtunn nf ^ ^? -
ui me ^icai vjumul's - una now
the Duke dc Montpensier (?he only one
unprovided for) is saddled for a handsome
sum upon Spain."
The Morning Chronicle publishes, in
a second edition, some further gossip
which prevailed in Paris yesterday,
touching the marriages. These are the
points ; that the queen and her sister
will both be married on the same day,
the 10th of October, the queen's birthday,
lltnl t) ?- "
nmv mo i tuyicaisiii pariy nave puDlisncd
a declaration protesting against the
proposed alliance with the Duke de
Montpensier; that Mr. Bulwer was not
invited to the meeting of council at
which the queen's intention was announced,
and that lie has entered a pro.
test against the iVIontpcnsicr marriage^NOTILE
Of Election for Clerk and Sheriff.
The {State of South Carolina,
ABBEVILLE D1STKICT.
Notice is hereby ?riven to the Managers of
Elections for Abbeville District, in the
Slate alorosaid, that vacancies aro about
Jo occur in thi? offices of Clerk and Sheriff
for Abbeville District, by expiration of the
? ~r u 1 *
ctri us ui cauu J uuuKiii't'llL* |
In conformity, therefore, to the late Act
of the Geneiul Assembly of this State,
and by the authority of the same, I do
hereby specify the second Monday in
January next, as the day of Election, to
till or supply the vacancies winch will oc*
cur in the aforesaid Offices of Clerk and '
Sheiiff. The Managers of Elections for i
Abbeville District are therefore required
to attend at their respective Polls, on the >
d iy herein specified and appointed, and
open the polls, between the same hours,
and in other respects the aforesaid election
for Clerk and Sheriff, shall be conducted in
like manner, as is specifi d tor th?* election
of members of the legislature, for one
day only at each poll, as above specified. P
The managers shall meet at the Coiirt
House ol the District on the Wednesday W
flflPI* till* tinlPQ Opu ntt'l An tl%o* -t
day count out the same and declare the p *
eh ction of Clerk and Sheriff.
Given under my hand and S-wl of Office :
as Clerk of the Court of General
Sessions and Common Pl?-as for Abbeville
District, tins first Monday of* d
L S.November, in the yearol our Lord one ,
thousand eight hundred and forty-six i
and the seventy-first year of the In-? f
dependence of the United Stales of |
America. &
JOHN F LIVINGSTON, Clerk. k
Nov. 4th, 1846. 36 lit J;
PARTITION?IN ORDINARY.#
Fane Miller applicant, vs N J Davi^j|
Guard, ad litem:?Real Estate M.-,
Lewis J. Miller deceasid. Mfc
3y order ot David Lesly, Ordinary
Abbeville District, will be sold at Abbfl|
n'lle C. H., on the 1st Monday in Dw
sember next, or some succeeding saK
lay, the Real Estate of Lewis J MillB
leceasea, situate in ADDevme j^isiriK ,
ind consisting of two tracts of LatK
mc of which contains 150 acres, mcS
?r less, on Long Cane Creek, adjoiniiE
ands of Thomas Fulton and otheril
md the other tract contains 200 acr A
[lore or icss, aujuiiiiu^ iuiius 01 uuvb
Vardlaw and others, and iies on wateS
f Long Cane. Terms of sale, a credit $f
ne and two years, the purchaser to gite
ond and security, and a mortgage of
le premises if deemed necessary. Cq|t
) be paid in cash. fr
J. RAMEY, Sheriff. ;
October 23,1846. 35. ?t