" LIBERTY AND MY NATIVE SOIL."
Sw VOLUME IV. ; NUMBER 29.
JJP, ABBEVILLE C. H? S. C., SEPT. 15, 1847. j
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{ 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
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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
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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&lte 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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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?
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