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@i&it ; ~~ ji i " LIBERTY AND MY NATIVE SOIL." j VOLUME IV. ?,| .... NTJMIiEE 35. ABBEVILLE C. II., S. C., OCTOBER 27, 1847. *??SEBS??2S3E*SSS?* ""' a?rj? Published every Wednesday Morning bv CHARLES 11. ALLEN, KDITOK AND r IIOPKIETOR. 'I'lilS.lIS.?$1.50 if paid within throe months from the time of (subscribing, or J^S.OO if paid within six months, and J$ii.50 if not paid until the end of tlie year. No subscription received for less than six months, and no paper discontinued until nil arrearages are paid. Subscriptions will be continued unless notice he given otherwise, previous to the close of volume. IIj~? No paper will he sent out of the State unless payment is made in advance. ADVERTISEMENTS, inserted at 15 cts. per square of twelve lines for the first insertion, and 37 1-2 cts. for each continuance. Those not having the desired number of insertions marked upon them, will bo continued until ordered out and charged accordingly. QIT* Estrays Tolled, $>2.00, to be paid by the I\Ia-gist rate. HI?" For announcing a Candidate, $2.00, in advance. H OCT Tho Postage must bo paid upon all lottcrs and coiumuiiicutionB to secure attention. FULLY CONFIRMED. City of Moxico 111 our PofiscKsiou. "(JENS. PILLOW, QUITMAN AND SIIIVT ,T\Q ivnrTvnpn -....uuiyu I Ul.^WllU, COL. MCINTOSH, LIEUT. COI.S. MAIITIN* SCOTT, GRAHAM, TJAXTER AND DICKINSON KILLED. South Carolina Regiment nguin the Sufferers, Through tl^e kindness of Messrs. Walker & Bradford, of Hamburg, who forwarded us a copy of the jPicayune by express, one : day and a half in advance of our mail, we arc enabled to lay before our readers the late news from the army. Our gallant . army is in quiet possession of the city of Mexico, hut they have acquired possession 1 of it at a great sacrifice of life.; many of the ' most disiinninsluvl nfPipure /-?r ?!..? .^iuvvio v/i niu u 1 my iiuvu 4 poured their blood beneath the Aug of their \ country and perished in the arms of vim?rr. ? Our own Lcroic Keglment has again been 1 severely tried, and the looses they have sus- ' tained is a better comment upon their ac- j tions than can be made bywords. Major i t?hidden, who is said to be severely wound- < i d, is now the leader of our handful of he- ? rocs ; Butler and Die kin sou have given their last commands, and now sleep with the gallant dead, 'uvith their martial cloaks around them." Mr. Kendall sets down the loss of the Americans since leaving Puebla at 3,000 men. Gen. Scott entered the valley of Mexico wjtli not more than 10.000 men to capture a city containing a population of 200,000, and with a regular organised army of 25.000 men to defend it. Yet with all these odds the stars and stripes now proud/ Jy wave over the palace of the Moijtezumas. We have only given a list of the killed and wounded of the Palmetto Regiment, as our readers are more interested in this than in a long list of unfamiliar names. .-v Killed?Lieut. Col. Dickinson, Lieut. J. B. Moragne, Lieut. J. W. Cantey, 1st Sergt. 13. F. Mattison, W. B. Devlin, J. Norwood, Jno. Patrick; these are all of the Company that left this District. Wounded.?Mnj. Gladden, severely ; Capt. J. F. Marshall, slightly; Capt. Williams, slightly; Lieut. M. Clark, Adj't, l?i... t . t r? PUVC1CIJ j JU1UUI. JL>Ci|j J JLJlUUk. A . W. Selleck, severely ; ^jieuts. D. D. Backer ami J. W. Steen, severely ; L/ieut. A. JL Bannon, slightly ; Lieuts. Robertson, C. J. Kirkland, J. B. Davis, slightly; Private R. Watson, severely; Corpl. W. R. Rodgers, J. H. Sa^tons, J, Culvert, J. Davis, R. Junkin, C. L. McCowan, slightly , all of pur Company. / ~ City op Mexico, September 14,1847. Anotheuvictory,glorio^?i in it&Vesultsand which hasv thrownvaddi^ ustre upon | /.the American orms,'ba6' be?b achieved today by the army under General Scott? the proud capital of Mexico has falldn into <> ; the power of a mero handful of men coqioared with the immense odd? arrayed e'm,and,Santa Anna insteadof lie^ ha d ^ pn swl, i s j towards th<? different works which command the entrances to the city, and our men at once were in hot pursuit. I General Quitman supported hy General Smith's brigade, took the road hy the Chapultepec aqueduct towards the Belcn gate and the Cindadela ; Gen. Worth, supported )?y Gen. Cadwalladci's brigade, advanced by the San Cosine aqueduct towards the garita of that name. Both routs were cut up by ditches and defended by breast-works. barricades, and strong works of every description known to military Science; yet the daring and. and impetuosity of our men overcame one defence after another, and by night-full avery work to the city's edge were carried. Gen. Quitman's command, after the route at Chapultepec, was first to encounter the enemy in force. Midway between the former nnd the BeLen gate, Santa Anna had constructed a strong work ; but this was at once vigorously assaulted by Gen. Quitman, and aided by a flank fire two of Duncan's guns, which Gen. Worth had ordered to approach as near as possible from the San Cosine road, the enemy was again routed and in full flight. They again made a stand at their strong fortifications at and near the Helen garita, opening a tremendous fire not only of round shot, grape and shell, but of musketry : yet boldIV .wl - -- ? uuiauutd, aiUlllldl JUKI curried the words, although a! groat loss, and then every point on this side the ci'y was in onr possession. In this onslaught two of our bravest ollicers were killed? Captain Drum-and Lieutenant Benjamin. Meanwhile Ceneral Worth was rapidly advancing upon San Cosme. At the English hnrying ground the enemy had constructed a strong work. It was defended hy inlantry for a short lime, hut could not resist the assault of our men?the affrighted O | Mexican soon fled to another line of works < nearer the city, and thus Gen. Worth was in posscsscssion of the entrance, to San Cos- j no. As his men advanced towards the ] ^arua, me enemy nno?>?.i .. hunw firp ~r{ \ nuslcclrv fit"11 ine *lou'se 1oPsj {>s well as j ,r gi-ar-, ^sinister and shell from ihcir bat- j erics, thus sweeping ihc street completely. A.t this juncture the old Monterey game, burrowing and digging through the nouses was adopted. On the right, as our men faced the enemy, the aqueduct afforded a partial shelter ; on the left, the houses gave some protection ; but many were still killed or wounded by the grape which swept every part, as well as by the shells which were continually bursting in every direction. About 3 o'clock the work of the pick axe and the crow-bar under the direction of Lieut. G. W. Smith, of the Sappers and miners, had fairly commenced, and every minute brought our men nearer the enemy's last stronghold. In the Meantime two i mountain howitzers were failly lifted to the top of one of the houses rtnd into the cupalo j of the church, from which thov onened :i plunging and'most effective fire, while one ( of Duncan's guns in charge of Lieut. Hunt, was run up under a galling fire to a deserted breastwork, and at once opened upon the garita. In this latter daring feat, four men out of eight were either killed or wounded, but still the piece was most*ef-" fcctivcly served. The work ol the Miners ' was still going on. Imone house which they had entered, by the pick-axe, a favorite aid of Santa Anna's was found. The great man who had just fled, but had left his triend and his supper! Jooth were well cared for?the lattei was devoured by our hungry officers ; the former after doing the honors of the table, was made a close prisoner. Just as dark was setting in, our men had dug and mined their way almost up to the very guns of the enemy, and now, after a short struggle, they were completely routed and driven with the loss of everything. The command of the city by the San Cosme route was attained. During the night, Gen. Quitman commeaced throwing up breastworks and erecting batteries", with the intention of opening a heavy cannonade upon the Guidade la with the first light this morning At 10 o'clock at night. Gen. Worth ordered Capt. Huger to bring up a 24-pounder arid a 10inch mortar to the garita or gate of San Cosnrif? nnrl hnvinnr nsr*.firtnin#?H thf> hfinrinrra and distance of the grand plaza and palace, , at once opened upon these points. The heavy shells were heard to explode in the very haart of the city. At a little after midnight Major Palacios, accompanied by two or three members of the municipal council of the city, arrived Gen. Worth's headquarters, and in great trepidation informed him that Santa Anna and his grand army had fled, and tfiat they .wished at once to surrender the capital! They were referred to* the comm?,nder-inchief,and immediately started fbrT&CMbaya; but iri tb^ i^eari' tiine the fifing upon the town ceased. * A /\'rtlrw?lr #]tia'mMntni?Y)tdn 9iVn<t mitVi ViU*"' tV\6 stars and stripes wc-ro. already flying. An immence crowd of blanketed lrperos the fjcum of the capital, were congregated in the plaza as the commander-in-chief entered it. They pressed upon our soldiers, and ryed them as though they were beings of another world. So much were they in the way, and with such eagerness did thny pressaround, that Geh. Scott was compelit. * ? icd 10 order our drogoons to clcar the plaza. They were told, however, not to injure or harm a man in (he man?they were all our friends! About five miniates after this, and when Gen. Worth was returning.lo his division near the Alatnetla, he was ffred upon from a house near the Convent of San Francisco. Some of the cowardly Polkas, who had fled the day previous without discharging their guns, now comincneed the assassin game of shooting at every one of our men they, saw*from windows, as well a.s from bchhid the parapets on tlie azoteas or tops of houses.in half an hour's time our good friends, the * - ?.if j in uiu neigiiDornooti ol the hospital of San Andres and the church ofSanta Clara, also commenced discharging muskets and throwing bottles and rocks from the azoteas. I have neglected to mention that just previous to this Col. Garland had been severely \y.ounded by a musket, fired by some miscreant from a window. For several hours this cowardly war upon our men continued, and during this time many were killed or wounded. It was in this Species of fighting that Lieut. Sidney 1 Smith received his death wound. The division of Gen. Twiggs in one part of the; citv, and Gen. Worth in rtnnthoi. ntnrn . ~..X/V..VI J 'VWIly AUUII actively engaged in putting down the insur- 1 rection. Orders were given to shoot every 1 man in all the houses from which the firing camo, while the guns of the different light \ batteries swept the streets in all directions. ' As the assassins were driven .frcWAuCF * " liousothcy Nvoiijj|ie?^f the" afternoon they 1 Iverc all forccd back to the barriers and su- : jurbs. Many persons have doubtless been } filled during the day, but this could not be j ivoided. And orders been given at the out- 1 ?et to blow up and demolish every house or f :hurch from which one man was fired upon, he disturbances would have been instantly 4 11_.i A ~ r*?? .i?. i .i - I JlK-ni'U. 21.* 11 13, I LI liol UlUi IUU U'^uti UK. rubble and their mischevious leaders have 1 received loday may deter them from iuture ; outrages. 1 On entering the palace Gen. Scoit at 1 Dace- named Gen. Quitman governor of ] Mexico?a most excellent appointment.? ! Some wag immediately proclaimed aloud in 1 the plaza as follows : Gen. John A. Quit- ' man, of Mississippi, has been appointed ' governor of Mexico, vice Gen. Jose Maria 1 Tome I, resigned?very suddenly It seem that the valiant Tornel ran off at an ' early hour, and his magnificent house has been converted into a hospital for our woun- : ded officers. ' Yours, &c. C4. W. K. City op Mexico, Sept. 17,1847. The capital is now quiet enough, and al- 1 though the inhabitants say but little they 1 are probably not altogether contented with their new masters. They say that the Lord and Santa Anna arc to blarne for all their misfortunes?their own lack of prowess and courage is not thought of. The say that Providence withheld the rains and gave the Yankees fair weather for their operations, while Santa Anna deserted from them in their extremity, and gave up the city without even making terms for them. The latter has gone no one knows whither.? Some contend that he is ou his way to the coast, with the intention of leaving the counf fir AtVt At*C> C-n II !>?"?* Kn KflCi rt ?/% *>.* i?j j ULIIUIO oa^y uiai iiac ^uuu luwuiua Q,ueretaro; white many think that lie is lurking about Guaxlaloupe or San Chrisobal within a few miles of this, yet with only a small force of cavalry at his command. His wife, who has been living all the while at the house of his particular friend Mackintosh, has gone out in the direction of San Christobal in search of him. Santa Anna just before he left grossly insulted Gen. Terres, who commanded at the Belen gate, for deserting his post. It is also said that he has quarrelled witfcr Lombard in i. These are old tricks of the tyrant?throwing the blame on others to cover his own shameless conduct. Lieut. Morris,of the 8th infantry, has died of the wound he received at the hard fought battle of E. Motino, and it is thought extremely doubtful whether Lieut. Ernst, of the 6th, wounded at the same time, can recover. I do not learn that any other officers are considered as in a dangerous situation. o. w. k. City of Mexico, Sept. 28. We have rumors without number from 'Poebla to-day. One is that Santa Anna has been killed in encounter with Colonel Child* ip the vicinity of that city; another woul4 maH? us believe that he has- been lairAn hritAnar* Jofenilinnf himcnlf L Thoaccounts say that Col. Childs was reinforced by Muj. Lallv, and that he itnincdiatcly entered the city, drove out the g*errilleros and surrounded the mill above named. What credit to place in these rumors I lenow not* but if SantaT Anna is really a prisoner, it has been intentionar-^-he has giveit^imself up. If he has been killed, it has becft what the Mexicans would term one casualidad. aVsheer accident, for no such intention ever entered his head. As a prisoner, Santa Anna knows perfectly well that lie can humbug Mr. Polk with ease, and all hjs frichds besides. Wo shall know the whole truth of the matter in the course of a few days. It is* said that the Mexican Congi^s is to assemble at Qunrelnro, on the 5th of October?next week?and that Pcna y Pc11.1 has gone out to be installed as the acting President. 1 have board Mexicans say that the body has many member^ who will deliberate manfully and seriirasly in favor of peace; but my opinion is, that a maiorilv oj Uicm -wUK talk of little save hoi\or ami ditcnes and glory, and last extremities and ruins, and of being buried under them, aiid kindred nonsense. Some of them maybe bribed, or hired, to espouse the peace side. We shall see. Gomez Farias is at Querelaro, but \vc do ( not hear what lie is doing, (ien. llerrerais ( also there, and if any leading man in Mex- , ico is in favor ot peace, he is the one. His ( inlluence, however, is coniincd almost en- l tirely to the moderados. Rejon, in his letters to Santa Anna, told y liim that if he would continue the war, he c would perish by hisside ; but they say, that { when the armistice was broken; he remained , o.,?.? ?> * u Mtuuiuimu unu lorgot an about lighting, v Valiant man is Manuel Cresccncis Rejon ! jut he has a prudent way of manifesting it n the hour of peril. - <-ny a tew days iinFe, without followers, and * has gone <] NTorth. perhaps towards Guadalayra, his old c ind favorite ground, to stir and influence Q he minds of the people against the Yan- t cces, and try his hand against them. He s, no doubt, one of the bravest and best [ generals Mexico has ever produced. f Mr. Wells, the'partner of Hart in the t A.rmy theatre, dietlv^ere a day or two since. Hie may be recollected in the United States, iot only as a pantomirnist, but as a dancer . ind actor of some distinction. Capt. Pern- f bcrion Waddell, of one of the new regi- s ments of infantry, is also dead. The ( wound of Gen. Shields, although painful, is improving. A musket ball struck him in he left arm at the storming of Chapultepec, * but binding a handkerchief round it he con- ' tinned with his men until every thing calm- ! 2d. Gen. Pillow has almost 'entirely recovered. Since commencing this I have 1 heard another rumor to the effect that Alvarez and the Congress oT Puebla have risen upon Santa Anna and put him to death. This can hardly be credited. Alwn rr?7 la rlnn The loss in tke different divisions in the ' storming of Chapultnpec and capture of the city on the 13th is as follows: In that of | Gen. Quitman about 300, in that of Gen. Twiggs 3G8, in that of Gen. Pillow 142, in that of Gen. Worth 138. Owing to his previous heavy loss the latter onty had about 1000 men engaged in the last battles. As I know it will be of great interest to their friends, before closing this letter I will state that the wounds of almost all the officers are doing well. I can speak positively of Col. Garland, Majors Wade, Waitc, Loring and Gladden, of Capts. Mason, Walker, Danley,- and of Lieuts. Foster, Shackelford, Selden and Lugenbeel, and I m Pntmn tlinm no V\ni 11 rr enrnn r\C ! V? r* mnct on. VI1V/III UO OUItlVy VI lliUdk ?sJV-> verely wounded. o. w. k. A Laconic Sermon.?Job, c. 1, v. 21, " Nacked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither." In discoursing from these words, I shall observe the three following things : First, man's ingress into the the world ; secondly, his progress through the world; and, thirdly, his egress out of the world. To return, first man's ingress into the world is naked and bare ; secondly, his progress through the world is trouble and care, and, thirdly, his egress out of the world is nobody knows i nn? l i~ :r _i_ 11 wucrc, iu uuucjuut'j 11 we uu wen licit, we shall bo well there; and I could tell you no-more were I to preach a whole year. Pine Knot. , A Scientific View of It.?Hastings, of the Albany Knickerbocker, must bo a queer fellow. He says in a late paper.? How any one can look at the human foot, composed of 144 bones?any quantity of elastic cartilage?a gill and a half of lubricating oil, and ten thousand other arrangements for first class kicking and still believe that it is a duty w receive an insult without making a man smell of leather, is one of those eccentricites connected wi th the human mind that we never could fathom. ' * 'V - . j . ~ * * . ' > ' GENTLE WORDS* A young rose in summer time Js beautiful to me, And glorious lite many stars That glimmer on the sea; But gentle words and loving hearts And hands to clasfPniy own, Are better Iftan the fairest flowers Or stars that ever shown. , The sun may warm the grass to life, The dew, the drooping flower, And eyes grow bright and watch the Of autumn's opening hour? [light But words that breathe of tenderness, And smiles we know are true, Arc warmer than Che summer tune, And brighter than the dew. It is not milrll thn. whrlfl r*nn nrii'O W..V jjl.v# With allots subtle art, And gold and gems" are not the tilings To satisfy the heart; But oh, if those who cluster round The altar and the hearth, Have gentle words and loving smiles, How beautiful is earth I National Thanksgiving.?A concurrent Thanksgiving throughout the Union, 3n the same day voluntarily set apart for hat purpose by the Executive of each State, Lvould be a thing of beautiful propriety and >f 110 ordinary interest. Such a concur~A ^ 1 - ? ' ? wm-v; wuuiu uu iiii u\uui 01 iirst impression >n onr country, and the glorious abundance vhich for the past year lias not only filled )ur own land, but has overflowed and pourid itself forth to supply the want and famine )f the old world, furnishes not only a reason )ut an occasion for some such ~:e*,aI and ixtraordinary manifestedthankfulness. JlPnifmai,, ^ Jwo States at least, sd thoan^T Missouri, have selec- f L'hanlvSgivitjg.'" as a day of -onvenient season ; but it is remarlcaDienit ~ \ ur calendar lor the evacuation of our erritory by the British troops. Let the pro>osal for a concentration upon that day go he rounds of the Press, and the peculiar itness of the thing will commend it to iniversal adoption. Re sults oi^, Rail-Roads.?-The corres)ondenl of ilifc St. Louis Revellie, writing "rom Boston, thus briefly but graphically sketches the results of her liberal outlay up>11 rail-roads: " Boston, though this present is a dull season for business, is a perfect whirl of life ind activity! Her wharves, her streets, her railroad lines, her temples of instruction, her balls of amusement, all ^re in quick, yet regulated action. The neighboring towns ?everyone vastly increased within the last few years, and some of them chartered cities?have completely girdled old Sliawmut. Looking from a height upon the dense gathering of humanity, and its pursuits beneath and around, the visiter, whatevef part of the States he may be from, feels a portion of the pride which he acknowledges every Bostonian has a right to enter tain. He need but accompany vviin nis eye the laden trains which from every direction come shrieking in to this common centre, to desire heartily that all the world might equally enjoy a spectacle so instructive, so ennobling !" Gen. Lafayette in Baltimore.?During the revolutionary war, Gen. Lafayette being in Baltimore, was invited to a ball. He went as requested, but instead of joining in the amusement, as miglit be expected of a vounc Frenchman of twenty-two, he ad dressed the ladies thus:?Ladies, you are very handsome ; you dance very prettily ; your ball is very fine ;?but my soldiers have no shirtsThe appeal was irresistible ; the ball ceased; the ladies went home and went to work, and the next day a large number of shirts were prepared by the fairest hands of Baltimore, for tho gallant defenders of their country. Election for. Representative to tiip ~ ^ - * ? ?n 1 Legislature.-?Un Monday ana i uesimy last the election to fill the vacancy in our District Delegation took place. Abraham Jones, Egq.,"\vas the only candidate. The votes will be counted out to-day. * Advertiser. A lovc-sick swain, by the name Neal, wrote thus to his sweet-heart: "My heart is gone?I can't tell KCfa, * But pure's the flame I feel l * To richer girls let others bow, To Mary Ann?I Neal." Consolation.?-A soldier who was wounded in battle, set up a terrible bellowing. An Irishman who laid somewhere near him, with both legs shot off, immediately sung out : " Bad luck to the like* of ye, do you think that .nobody else is kilt bat yourself?"