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" LIBERTY AND MY NATIVE SOIL." Sw VOLUME IV. ; NUMBER 29. JJP, ABBEVILLE C. H? S. C., SEPT. 15, 1847. j Vtililislifd every Wednesday Morning liv CHARLES H. ALLEN, KDITOK ANl) rilOI'HIF.TOR. ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS if paid within three months from the time of subscribing, or TWO DOLLARS if paid within six months, and TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS if not paid until the end of the year. No subscription received for less than six months; and no psiper discontinued until all arrearages are paid. Subscriptions will be continued unless notice be riven o otherwise, previous to the close of volume. No paper will he Bent out of tho State unless payment is made in advance. ADVERTISEMENTS, inserted at 7o cts. per square of twelve lines for tho first insertion ; and, 37 1-2 cts. for each continuance. Those not having tho desired number of insertions marked upon them, will he continued until ordered out and charged accordingly. EST HAYS, Tolled TWO DOLLARS, to bo paid >>y the Magistrate. For announcing a Candidate TWO DOLLARS, in advance. The Postage must bo paid upon all letters and communications to secure attention. { X) V nTPh f.'All TUP itinrvtt * n 1 vvr n WonM yiu believe it Mr. Eiiio:, las*, night all was calm and quirt; the angel of i-cacn seemed to hover over our city; hut this morning precisely at 0 o'clock, that angel unfurled her beautiful and shining wings and soared aloft to heaven, and all, in the twinkling of an eye, was envelloped in the noise, the bustle, and the clangor of \v;r, Naught was heard but the 'clash of resounding arms"?the roar of "bombs, guns, drumsaud batteries." It appears the young men of the school, great and small, forsaking academic groves, had suddenly become helmeted heroes and war-worn veterans. What an awful calamity is war ! how true the oi l proverb lpax potior bcllo.1 The fnct is not to be disguifccJ that a great military interest, is rapidly gmviugup amongst us?we arc getting to be decidedly a military people, like our imbecile neighbors miserable ene ny This interest, having no sympathy with industrial : a i puiaunn in 11^ uaiiuo a* icnuci ai iu, is lull? indeed to be dreaded, when we reflect upon t'.ie materials of strife within us, the rancho of p uty spirit, and the recklessness of fanaticism. This however, is an inseparable ap. psn lage to all wars. We hive to encounter the peril?the peril which has destroyed many a Stat.1, mo.-e powerful than ours. As the military interest in our country seen\3 in a flourishing couditirui, perhaps this com. munication m.iy interest some of your readers. This morning our town was thrown in ..u.. ? i .1: i i__. cv-oiiii-ifa uy u. ^iuiiu uisjnuy ui suiiury cvulutions and military manoeuvres. What wi'.h the proud waving of the Palmetto standard?the nodding of plumes?the marching and counter marching of the FenciO O b!es. dressed in white uniforms with red baits and flowing scarfs?the rumbling of O O dr ims, the braying of trumpets, and the, shrill whistle of fife3, together with a largi / o o concourse of citizens, and any quinti y of cnudren, dogs and ht.le negroes, we did have a ra, ce show, in lee 1. I3ut it was truly a sublime spectacle, for an u^-country village, was this military parade ot the Cokesbury Fencibles. About 9 o'clock a procession was formed in front of Dr. Gary's hotel, Capt Stokes acting as marsh tl of the day. Prof. F. W. Capers, of the State Military Academy at Charleston, was then escorted to the Institution Campus, where he delivered an address on tactics be/ore the Cadets of the school and a large audence of citizens.? He eutertiined the auJience for more than.an hour in a very sensible, approp.iits and manly address. After some display of military prallnntrv. in comnliment* to the la J 0 J f - I dies, he spoke of the importance of tactics, but more particularly of the squad drill.? ?, - Hp complimented the Fencibles as the only c&flopony ivhere he had seen the squad drill introduced, except in military schools. He then sp<e of the^necessity of implicit rereliance Qfld confidence in superior officers. Tactics he said might do much, but it must be combined with implicit reliance and a \ spirit of obed ence to orders. He illustrated ? ""This by instances from Napoleon's campaigns and our own eventful history. He v condemed the too oft mistaken character of | the soldier.?the fierce look?the swaggering gait?-said it was not requisite that he occassional!y walk up a take a drink. Prof. Capers is on his return from a visit to the upf er) Districts for his health. I understand lie has an indefinite furlough?that his pay goes on in his absence. Sept 4th 1847. % A SPECTATOR. FROM MEXICO. From the N. O. Picayune, 3d mst. The Mexicans Defeated t>y Ceil. Scott in two fi>i*tiBi<*t Catties. CITY OF MEXICO AT OUR MERCY. The Ni'.tcs nf G'Ui.. S'olCs Advance Confirmed? The Position of HI Peaoti Turned? Gen. Valencia Defeated?Gen. Santa Anna Defeated?A Suspension of Hostilities Solicited and Granted?Congress Summoned awl Negotiations In be Resumed? Safety of Mij. L illy's Train?Shooting of Lieut. Henderson ami Party, fyc., c?c. The steamship Fashion, Capt. O'Bra ly, arrived yesterday evening from Vera Cruz, by the way of Tampieo. She left Vera Cruz on the 27th of August, and Tampieo on the 20th. The news by this arrival is the most important we have received in many months from Mexico. Our army has not only advanced to the city of Mexico, but it has hud two engagements with the enemy undei the : walls of the city and defeated them./The Mexicans have been brought to supplicate a suspension of arms, and Gen. Scott has , granted it. The Mexican Congress has u j i ... ._ i. ? ,:.i _ cuinuucu iu iuuu uuu iuiinuui liuuij Mr. T rist's propositions. j The news was received in Vera Cruz on the evening of the 2Gih ult., by an express courier from Oriz.iba, who brought down the following letter to Mr. Diinoud, ; the collector at Vera Cruz, to whose cour- ( tesy we are indebted for the use of the letter, , which we proceed to give: ; Orizaba, August 25, 1847. i My Dkar Friknd?The Mexican mail, j which has just c<itne in, brings the follow- : ing intelligence, which I copy from the J Dia rio Official del Gobierno. .Being of so : great importance i send you tins express couricr, who will be with you to-morrow ( about 12 o'clock. On the 20th two brigades commanded by Generals Valencia and Santa Anna went out. to attack the Ameiicans near Los Ha- I fos de San Angel. Valencia's division has j been completely defeated, and Santa Anna, i after the lir.st rencontre, full back also it) i disorder to the city. I They immediately after this nsk?'d for a < suspension ot hostilities, and oil .'red lo hear i the propositions of peace from Mr. Trist. The next day the Minister of Foreign Relations, invited the Congress, through the i newspapers, to meet for that purpose. < These are the great facts which no doubt will bring after them peace. Yours, truly. F. M. Dimoxd, Esq. Another express arrived in Vera Cruz on the 20:h. with letters containing the same news in su'>s ance, and the fol'ovying translaiiou of the announcement of it in the Di irio Official del Gobicrno: On the 20th of August, Scott's troops who intended marching on Pinon, turned it and 1 arrived near Tacnbaya. As soon as the news was known at Mexico Valencia's di vision went out to attack the Americans at Los Llanos dn Sa/i Angel, and was completely routed. Next came Santa Anna, with another division, which shared the same fate after some fighting. The Mexicans retreated to the capital in groat disorder, and such was the panic created by their de- 1 feat that the Minister of Foreign Relations immediately convoked the Congress to take into consideration Mr. Trist's proposition. A suspension of arms was demanded by the HI : j| U_,l U .?.1 rill meMCtius uiiu iictu uccn giiiuiuu. 1 nc Americans are around Mexico, but had not 1 entered the city on the 21st. > Such are the meagre details which we have of these important events. No couriers from General Scott's army direct have been able to get through, so far as we can learn. But from the foregoing statements it is manifest that General Scott holds the city of Mexico at his command. That Gen. Scott did not choose to enter the city is manifest. He was doubtless deterred from entering it by a desire to save the pride of the Mexicans when upon the eve oi important negotiations, it is now supposed that the extraordinary courier which left Vera Cruz for Mexico on the 12th ult. a day in advance of the regular English courier, was the bearer of instructions to the British Minister to offer again his mediation ; and we think we may safely say that he was instructed to do so if possible before General Scott entered the capital. Wc believe the instructions were positive, and no doubt they were obeyed. Having absolute confidence in this representation of the acts of the English Government, we think it reasonable to suppose that Gen. Scott was influenced by a knowledge of this media. Hon to trust once again to the efforts of Mr. Trist to negotiate a peace, and so spared the Mexicans the humiliation of the armed occupation of their capital. His characteristic humanity may also be presumed to have strongly influenced him to save Mexico from the violence of a hostile occupation. We may recur to this point and to the prospects of peace which some may now en tertain. We have given none of the rumors current in V(?r:i <'ni7 :n ir? ilm f.?ll nf ... > - - ? - U ?%?_- * v* IUV/ Kill UI mOAIW) They are evidently founded on imperfect rumors of the real stale of facts Th?> rumors circulated here that Santa Anna and Valencia were taken prisoners we believe are totally unfounded. In regard to the train under Maj. Lally, the intelligence is favorable. We are inlorm from a very respectable source that lie is known to have passed Perote and been on his way in safety to Puebla. He made some delay in Jalupa. Our readers may be interested in what is said of the movements of the train prior to its leaving Jala pa in the Sun of Anahuac. The Boletin of Jalupa says that the train, after having been attacked at Cerro Gordo, retired to Plan, at the sometime the guerrillas also retired. On the following day the train commenced marching for Jalapa, and on Thursday evening had not yet entered that place. On the 19th it was reported at Jalana that tlift <rnprrill:is \v<iii Id nlt:?r*ls - r ^ " " our troops near tint place, and ail the evening the road lor near a half a mile was covered with men, women & childred, whom curiosity had attracted there. This give rise to firing of cannon and musketry from our troops, and the citizens succeeded in reaching their homes without receiving any injury. The guerillas are said to have numbered iwu. i ne lire commenced at hall-past b D'clock and lasted but a short time. At night tranquility prevailed in the city, and i party of mounted men from the train entered the ciiy and passed through the principal streetj ut the same time guerillas were seen near by. The Bolctin says that the loss on the side of the guerillas was small. At 11 o'clock on the 19th, Maj. Lally inquired of the alcadc whether the citizens of Jala pa woulJ commit hostilities against the Americans if they entered, or not. To which the alcadc answered, that the population was unarmed ; but that a number of Ljuerilias being in the neighborhood he L'ou IJ not take the responsibility of their actions. 0;i the morning of the 20th the train of wagons and the troops entered the city. The Boletinsays that the wagons are filled with siek and wounded. Yesterday the 24ih, it was rumored in Vera Cruz that Father Jarauta had attacked the train a short distance the other side of Jalapa, but that he had been driven back by our troops, with loss on both sides. In addition to the foregoing we have been . favored with the two notes following, the first of which is a translation from the Spanish : Jaj.apa. Aug. 20, 1847. The American army, after much suffering on the road, has been airain attacked at W ? -- - c~? Dos Rioa by TOD guerillas, and badly enough treated. Even before the entrance into Jalapu there was some firing. Last nigh?, at 0 o'clock, the Americans entered ihe city firing anil retreated one minus,? He was lassoed by one of the guerrillas This morning they sent a flag of truce to the Ayunta Nuinla, (City Council) to ascertain whether they should enter as friends or foes but without awaiting an answer they began and continued up to M., when all got in. There are 7G wagotnVnd 895 mon. among whom are 317 woutiffed and sick. Maj. Lally is side?the horses ;ir; worn out?for winch treason it is supposed they will remain here some time. It is siid that Father Jarauta will attack them to-night? but nothing positive. The other note is as follows : Jalapa, Aug. 23, 1847. Maj. Lally with his command is still here, and will probably remain here soma time. The guerillas have all disappeared from this neighborhood, but to where they have gone I am unable to say. Abrirto, the guerrilla chief, died in Jalappa a few days since, C - -1 * i* suine say 01 a wound received in one oi tne attacks on Major Lally's command, and others by fever. We do not entertain any doubt that the train, as mentioned above, had passed Perote and gone on in safety to Puebla. Intelligence reached Col. Wilson on the morning of the 27th ult., that Lieut. David Henderson,of Capt. Fairchild's company of dragoons, and his party who were sent out by Capt. Wells on the 15th of August to np pfise Maj.Lally of the approach of reinforcements, #cre all shot by the guerrillas. There is little or no doftbt of the correctness of this sad intelligence. Lieut Henderson was a resident of New-Orlerns, and but recently embarked as a volunteer in his country's service. He was a printer by profession, a ? man of courage and enterprise, and his fate will be sincerely lamented by his numerous friends. It is now very generally believed that Capt. Besancon's company went up with the train under Major Ijally. The following letter gives some facts that \ye have not before seen, though news promptly reached here of the insurrection in Yucatan. From I he Hamburg Republican. (nv rkqukst.) HAMBURG AND ITS FOUNDER. We have tor some time past had it in contemplation to write a short biographical sketch of the life of Henry Shultz, Esquire, the founder of Hamburg, and at the same time to give a condensed history of the town. We have been encouraged in our design, by observing that the town and the extraordinary man to whom it is indebted for existence, begins to attract that degree of noti'-e abroad, which shews the estimation in which both are held by the disin leresieu stranger. vv e notice a writer, under date of the 19th of August, who seems to be a traveller, makes an interesting communication to the ,l Montgomery, (Ala.) Metropolitan" in which the following flattering notice is taken of Hamburg : tl Hamburg, the rival of Augusta, was founded by Henry Shultz, whose name is familiar to all, as being connectcd \vith nullifying movements, and with thdgreat Bridge case. I had the pleasure of an introduction to him. He is a remarkable man,about seventy years of age,straight as a youth, with tread and carriage of a military man. I visited the hill where, during the South Carolina excitement, he planted his cannon; it is quite a little "Cerro Gordo." Mr. S. was the projector and r ri 1 - ? iuuuuui ui niiinuurtr, aim ne is quite proua of his pet. The place contains about two thousand inhabitants. The streets are broad and the houses and stores are well built; the trade here is large?as many as 73,000 bales of cotton have been received in a year. "We have continual rains. The corn crops are the finest I ever saw, and unless there is a demand for exportation, will be very low. The cotton looks bad, and the prospect now is " a short crop and high It is now rather more than a quarter of a century since the foundation ol our town was laid, by that enterprising and remarkable man, Henry Shultz, Esq. We think, therelore, that the time has arrived that something should be written, by which those who coine after us may learn to whom our State is indebted for the trade and commerce of Hamburg. For some time we were at a loss how to procure the materials for this undertaking, fearing that the public mind was so much taken up by the pride and pomp of glorious war, that our h 11 nihil* nfilirts tvnnlii fiml hilt fniv r<v?rl eis. But on cnliirig on Mr. Shuliz. and fiiaO i I king known our design, lie at once dispelled our fears. We find in this, as in every thing el?e that he has undertaken, a display of that remarkable ?forethought, which has long distinguished him. He has preserved all the facts and memorials necessary to a correct history of the origin and progress of the town. A short examination ol his re cords and collections of statistical facts, con vinced us that it would be but little labor to arrange and condense the matter he has collected, so as to make an interesting narrative for our readers. We propose, therefore, to take up the subject in a regular series of articles, commencing first with a short sketch of the life of Henry Shultz,Etq, from the time of his landing in the United States in 1806, when he entered on a pole boat, on the Savannah River, as a common hand, at ten dollars per month. Tracing him through the various vicisitudes of fortune, until we arrive at the time when his gigantic mind conceived the plan of building the town of Hamburg. From that time the history of the town becomes the history of the man?so that we will have to draw no fancy sketch, but simply to record the unexampled energy of the one, and the unparalleled growth and prosperity of the other. Such of our readers as fee' an interest in this matter, can by keeping a file of our paper, preserve for future reference, a history that cannot fail of benefiting the vnnth nf nnr pmiinlru TIippo io norhono riA J v?? ?/MI vvuilll Ji A IIV< V II. |/U| Iiv case in modem times, and we are sure no character in our country, whose personal efforts have achieved so much under such discouraging circumstances and such lim. ited means. A foreigner in our land, unable to speak our language, without money and unaided by friend?, he had nothing to urge him on but the native energy of his m in/4 V a a II iUama /I im/lltlftAO iiiiiiu, a uiy niiiiuoi ail iiicdd uliiiuuiiico^ me behold around us the monuments of his superior genius. A genius and monuments that have not failed to attract the notice of many of the distinguished men of our country, from New York to Louisiana. This we intend to show in the course of our m sketch, by extracts from various journals, published iti different parts of the country, within the last few years. From the Hamburg Republican. (by requkst.) CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH. It will be porceived by the annexed article from the Savannah Georgian, that a | strong feeling of rivalry exists between the | two cities, whose names stand at the head [ of these remarks. We desire to call the ( attention of th it portion of onr fellow-citizens residing in those Districts, about equal distance froin Hamburg' and Columbia, to the fact of this rival feeling between our own seaport and that of Georgia, and to impress on them tlvi advantages they possess as planters in being able to avail themselves^, of these markets. We are not disposed to say aught against Columbia as a market, or to disparngi her in the. estimation of the public as a place of trade?but occupying the position we do, we feel bound to point out to our readers the. advantages thnv hnvt> in # - 0 -- J ? bringing their produce to this market and seeking their s ip;:!of merchandise here. When they arrive in Hamburg they are by the side of Augusta, and between these two places are kopt up a continual strife for the trade. Augusta remembers well when all that now centres in Hamburg belonged to her. She feels and smarts under the reflection that she has in a great measure lost this valuable trade, by want of .foresight. Her merchants, acting under this feeling, are always on the alert to induce the planters of our State to cross the river. For this purpose they offer the very highest prices for produce that can be paid, and frequently even more than the seaport or European markets will justify. They also offer merchandise at small profits, as an additional motive for our planters to cross over. What is the natural consequence? Our merchants feeling- proud of their position, with ample means and some advantages in facili. ties, will not permit the trade to leave them,, an 1-8 or 1-4 of a cent on Cotton is regarded as a small matter when compared with the loss of a good customer, so that they bid up on produce, and then rather than lose the trade in goods put articles down to o morn nnminn 1 nrnfif rntlior tViov* a I 1a?*? M, *..^.1 anu?. U141 planters fo leave them. But should it so happen that when a pianter finds himself here with Cotton or Flour and cannot make sale to his satisfaction, he has two markets open to him?Charleston by way of Railroad and River; Savannah by the River. Freights on the Railroad are always kept down to tho lowest possible point, on account of the River competition. On the River the competition between Boat companies and the Railroad together keeps freight extremely low, frequently not over zo cents per oate lor cotton. unarieston and Savannah are contending for the ascendancy in the up-country, and will offer greater inducements for the shipment of produce than can or will be offered at any point where no such rivally exists. Will not our planting friends have an dye to these facts, and avail themselves of the advantages thus presented to them. We feel secure in our positon, our natural advantages being such that our trade must and will increase as the planters of the country be come aware of the benefits tliat must result to them from the various rival interests that nature has caused to rise up, as if for the peculiar interest of Hamburg and itspatrons. Morning Devotion.?The morning is the time for devotion, not only from it relation to the past night, but considered as the introduction of a new day To a thinking mind, how natural at this hour are such re flections as the following:?I am now to enter on a new period of life, to start afresh in my course. I am to return to that world where I have gone a 3'ray; to receive impressions which may nevbr be effaced \ to strengthen a character which fits me for heaven or hell. I am this dav to meet teniD tations which havo often subdued.me; 1 am to be entrusted again with opportunities of usefulness, which I havo often neglected. I am to influence the minds of others, to help in moulding their characters, and in deciding the happiness of their present and future life. How uncertain is this day! What unseen dangers are beforo me! It may be may be my last day! It will cer. tainly bring me nearer to death and judgment t Now, when entering upon a period of life so important, yet so uncertain, how fit and natural is it, before we take the first step, to seek the favor of that Being on whom the lot of every day depends, to com *? ? all Aiir inlArnat hitt A Imiirhtv unit UTIfiA Ill II HM vu? ua?v?vo? tiltf '*??g v """ providence, to seek his blessing on our la. bors and his succor in temptation, and to consecrate to his service the day which ho rises upon us.?Charming. They now make pens which no ink will corrode, of flint gla?t? . '* ' ** 1'r ' t