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THE BANNER.. ABBEVILLE C. H., S. C.: Wednesday, 0?'t. 27. 1817. Our . ? We understand that some of our subscribers expressed themselves dissatisfied that they did not rcceive one of o.ur?extras last week. We would state that we do not, neither is it tlie custom ^in any oflicc, to send extras when printed to every subscri ber. The object is to circulate news and for this purpose only a few are sen Ho each ofliec as common property.. It would not only consume loo much time, but be too expensive to send extras to every subscriber. 'JTCkj ili-aiul AUraction. On Saturday last, our citizens were thrown into ecstasies by an exhibition ?>t ground and lojly tumbling riding, negro songs, c$r. At an early nour in the morning, crowds were seen pouring in from all :ni<l ] I linn ?rli tliic fji. mous for patronising .'ieh shows, >ve do not remember to have ever seen .so large ;i turn out upon such an occasion. It is a little singular that iliere should he such a disposition manifested among all classes to visit these places when the exhibitions are the same thing over and over again, and when, also, it is encouraging a set of worthless characters who regard neither the Sabbath, religion or morals, ap.d scarcely the decen cies of life. Again, should they be encouraged at this particular time whet"; South Carolina, from the mountains to the sea is in mourning for her gallant dead who nobly i*-m their country's flag, and whose stiffens. ? moulderjn?. N beneath the Mexican s?^ ulJ?cy Uirow, away upon that circus should have been cor tributed to raise a fund to bring back our vc lunteers who have perished in defence o their country and in erecting over them i monument. Another thing that strikes us as Strang* is this, had the same notice been given tha Sit the churrh. whir*li wnc ?l-.~- - -< ' , ii'.^ailiun il SilUliU . throw from the circus, a missionar\r sermor would be preachcd to raise funds to senc the Bible to the perishing heathen, how many would have attended ? We venture the assertion that two dozen of the number: that came in from the country would nol have been there, and perhaps a less number of our villagers. O iempora ! O mores. These things should not exist in a land o: gospel privileges and among travellers tc eternity. More Troops. The Washington Union, of Wednesday, states that the war Department has determined to raise two new regiments forthwith?one from Tennessee and the othei from Michigan. There are ten more companies in East Tennesse who have offered theii services than could be accepted under the last requisition. As. these companies are still anxious to serve in the field, and were not willing to abandon the idea until the go 1 1C- II ? * - voimucin iu?i liiiciuy disposed ol the subject^ they will constitute one of the regiments which are now called for. Thus they will he better prepared to march to Mexico and take the field, than perhaps any other regiment that could he called out. The volunteers of Michigan have manifested the greatest eagerness to serve their country ; and the other regiment is, therefore, to be organized in that young and patriotic State. Who can doubt the military spirit of our people? or the capacity of the Pfivftrnmcnt V o -- ... to raise as many troops as they may demand fur the conquest of the Mexicans ? Santa Anna. * A letter in the New Orleans Patria of the 14th instant, dated Vera Cruz, October - lfct,abates, in substance that an aid-de-camp of Santa Anxa and a groom, who usually accompanies the latter, had been in that ci* ty where they arrived two days previously. The inference is, that Santa Anna himself lurking in the vicinity of the sea-coast, intending to embarlt in the English steamft*?i - - - i?*cuway, which was to sail for Havana the next day. The writer considers the fact that since the appearance of the aid-decamp, nothing more has been heard of Santa Anna's being at Puebla, as confirming the opinion that he is on the coast watching an opportunity to quit the country. v TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO CHANCELLOR HARPER. While the Court was iu session to day Mr. Perrin arose and announced the death | of Chancellor Harper, and requested that j the business of the Court should be suspen I tied, that the Bar might mark the event by 1 | an expression of sorrow and pay some tri bute of respect to his memory. Judge Richardson in a few appropriate ! and impressive remarks, expressed his high ! estimate of Chancellor Harper's character, | and then ordered the court to be adjourned, j Immediately after the adjournment a , meeting' of the Bar was organized by calj Iinjf Judge Richardson to the Chair and ap t pointing the Clerk, Mr. T. P. Spierir? Secre,tary. Mr. Perrin submitted the following pre| amble and Resolutions, whjch #6re unani! mousiy odopted by ihe meeting : : Whereas, it ha? pleased Almighly God to take from this world Chancellor William I M..t ? ? j 1 iur|iui, wiivi* |iuo.^uooui^ ^uuiuo aim nucr ; loot unsurpassed, combined with courtesy, : charity, and all the social virtues ofouruaJ | ture,an an eminent degree, endeared himself to all who were associated with him and j for so many years having adorned and shed so much lustre upon the bench, we feel it out duty, to bear the fullest testimony, to ' the force and cditipr.cliensivcness of his mind j his great bearing arid spotless purity and intrwrvif nnd in ovnn'S-i o:ir orlef and sa?ir> -1" O pa thy at his lo ss. Unsolved, Tint in Chancellor Harper the State of South-Carolina, has lost one of her most worthy ami eminent citizens, one of purest, most useful, and distinguished of her I public Officers, and we regard his death, i not only as a public calamity, but an irrepa! rable loss both to the profession and the State. Resolved. That his Honor Judge Richardson be requested t.o order that the foregoing Preamble an 1 Resolutions be entered on the Journals of the Court. i On motion of Mr. Martin it. was Resolved> 5 that the secretary be directed to commuuii ' cate a copy of these Resolutions to the fami ! , b: of the deceased, and that the proceedings 1 j The meeting then adjbtrfneu. " ; J. S. IUCHARDSON, Ch'n. '* ' Tuos. P. Spierix, Secretary. ' When the business of Court was rcsum1 I od, Judge Richardson ordered the proceed! ings of the meeting to bo entered on the " I Journals of Court. 1 I Entered on Sessions and Common Pleas s j Journals. 1 i Abbeville C. H. ) T. P. Spierin, I j 20th Oct. 1847. $ Clerk of Court. r j ? s | Before the above meeting had adjourned 5 ! news arrived by express from Hamburg I containing the particulars of the last battles fought in Mexico, and that the South-Carolit j na Regiment again coverod itself with glof | ry. This news though glorious was min, glcd with sadness as we read in the list of the slain and wounded many names of our friends and neighbors from this District. Mr. Tillman kindly read to the crowd Mr. Kendall's letters giving all the particuj lars yet known. Mr. Perrin was then cali led to the chair and briefly evpressed himi self as to the melancholy tidings just heard. I B. Y. Martin then rose and in a few feei I : A?~AA 1 - mg nviua uuuic^si'u nitj meciing', a.nu moved for a committee of nine to report suitable resolutions for the occasion. The chair appointed Mr. Martin Chairman of the committee: The meetting then adjourned un1 til next day at 1 o'clock. | Thursday Oct. 21st. 1 o'clock. Thecomi mittee then reported the following rcsoluj tions:? Resolved, That the recent intelligence I from I VlP Coil t war ko o ? ?:?1 ...? .?... .?. ftino >.A^utu liiuui minus emotions of mingled pride and melancholy: ?we rejoice in the brilliant triumphs of our arms, we mourn the fall of our friends and countrymen. Resolved, That the thanks of the whole American people are due to the army of Gen. Scott, for the hardships it has patiently endured,-the deeds of daring and heroism it has perlormed, and the uninterrupted victories and triumphs it has achieved and the moderation and magnanimity displayed, since its landing under the battlements of San Juan dcUlloa, to its triumphal occupation of the Mexican Capital. Resolved, That the gallant bearing, veteran courage, and undismayed valour of the Palmetto Regiment has thrilled with grateful pride the heart of ev? ry South-Carolinian, whilst a whole people mourn the untimely fate of so many of its brave and gallant spirits. Resolved, That in the fall of Lieut. J B. Moragne; Sergt B. F. Mattjson ; W. B. Devlin; J. Norwood and Jno. Patrjclf, and the wounds of Capt. Marshall, Lieut. Selleck and some of the rank and file, we have the assurance that our own friends and neighbors now in the midst of the mortal strife courting danger at every point and meeting with daring intrepidity the shock o( J battle upon the field of glory and blood. * Resolved. That this war, which has been hitherto conducted 011 our part with unexampled moderation and forbearance, shou'ld now be prosecuted with all the power of the country, until the enemy shall be subdued, or the Mexican nation sue for peace. Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting 1 be tendered to Mr. G. Walker of Hamburg., for the generous public spirit which he ex- ! hibited in expressing to this place by a special messenger the news of yesterday. Messrs Thompson, Burt, Noble, Tillman, and Cochran addressed the meeting in short speeches highly appreciating the gallant conduct of our regiment, and passing well merited eulogiums upon its chivalrous conduct. Mr. Noble offered the following resolution to be annexed to those proposed by the committee, which was accepted : Resolved, That the deaths of Col. Butler and Lt. Col. Dickinson who gallantly fell at the head of the South-Carolina Regiment deserve the expression of our sincerest grief ' and pity, as well as the proud feeling we | experienced for their glorious death; and that I 1^"" ' ^ i?r IV! % 1 XW UUUI 171 UR" WUUIIU VI who so nobly sustained the conduct of Butj ler and Dickinson with our hearts full of j gratitude and sympathy, ' THOS. PERRIN. Ch'n. Tnos. P. Spierin, Secretary. Mr. Editor:?We "cannot resist paying a feeble tribute of respect to a young Gentlenian?a member of Captain Marshall's company, who has recently fallen in Mexico. We allude to 1st. sergeant, B. P. Mattisox. This young man possessed a i niirn nnd cnntli^sa <*hf?rni?fnr?-iinflinrhinir j I "" f - - - o integrity and undoubted pi?ty. He was an ornament to society and an honor to his parents. ^ To err is human," buHve believe j that this excellent young jnan had as few j faults as man can have. When hi: j country called for volunteers, he was ! amoi)? the first to rcsnond. He left a koine . * j where he might have lived in affluence? j gave up the society of doting parents and j admiring friends?forsook all to obey his country's call. He went, and his blood ha! , been poured out on the plains of Mexico ! where his remains arc now reposing and in our opinion when Gabriel's trumj ' have fallen'ute.V'Sj"?1 ?f with a better evidence of a well spem than B. F. Mattison. To his father anc his mother we ofler all of the consolation w< t can?our heart felt sympathies. B. Abbeville C. H. P. S,?Is it not practicable, Mr Editor to remove the sleeping dust of those from our District, who have fallen, privates, as | urn 11 no *+ 11 - L. ? 1 J trutA UU VilAUUlO UI1 1 1 U 111 111U UtiiOVCU Moragne to the humble Starkey, home foi interment, where a suitable tuoiiuinen could be erected to their memory ? W< are sure a sufficient fund could be gotten up by voluntary contributions to effect this B. The Foreign News.?Each successiv< arrival from Europe brings an accession oi disastrous commercial intelligenca, in which all interest in political event is absorbed. I Failure after failure in Grfint Rrimin nt tests the intensity and generality of the iner cantile distress, which is also unparalleled foi its duration. Their is of course much anxiety to ascertain the probable extent of the re-action on this side ot the Atlantic. There is one circumstance that will tend to palliate, if it does not prevent, the severity of the pressure in the United States. A large amount of the earlier purchases of grain in our markets were on American account, on which the losses were not large, if any, while those made at the later stages of the speculation were on English account, on which the sacrifices have been enormous. Yet it is difficult to determine when, in the constantly increasing circle of bankruntov. houses ot ancient standing, which had no agency in the Corn speculation, have fallen from their high eminence, where the revulsion will be arrested, and the limit of insol. vency reached. If British and Continental houses remarkab.e foi the general prudence of their dealings, could not escape the effects of the storm, having only remote connexions with those which have been overthrown, how is it possible that American establishments with English connexions can elude the consequences of their prostration. In this respect the copimercial world is like nnR mmmnnivnallK m ? ? w.,? wwtaoMVM *f ill mu liucrcsid of a common destiny bind them together in an extended chain, however imperceptible the links to common observation. It will be perceived that the bank of England has again put up the rate of interest, which is a sign that an apprehension exists on the part of that institution that the trouble is not approximating to it* Jimit. Under these circumstances it is matter of surprise that the government ofEngland, if not directly in the shape of relief to the mercantile interest, but mediately through some change or modification of the bank charter, does not remove the fetters by which its free movements are hampered, and its ability to assist that interest precluded. Char. Eve. News. There an eruption of Mount Vp$u vius, on the 2nd of August, *">' V ' From the N. Y. Com. Aloerliscr, 19/A inst. I Fifteen Days Later front EUROPE. Arrival of the Steam Ship Cambria. The Steam Ship Cambria, Capt. Judkins, [ arrived this morning at Boston. The Cam bria did not leave Liverpool until tlie ftth inst.., consequently she made the passage in less than fourteen days. The belief entertained at the departure of the last steamer, that the upward tendency then indicated in this market would be maintained, has by the terrific occurrences of the last fortnight been wholly dispelled. From a number of causes, the most starring of which is the unparalleled derangement of the Money market, the price of breadstufls has gradually, but steadily rpimnrrdflpfl thfi nulv article which h:is ~ ? "fc> * 7 ' . preserved its firmness being Indian Corn. A slackened demand has of course materially contributed to this result, but this cause must be regarded as merely temporary. At the London Com Exchange, yesterday, the arrivals of Knglish grain were small, owing to which and the unusually large attendance of purchasers, the demand was somewhat active at an advance of from one to two shillings per quarter upon the previous Monday's quotations*. Notwithstanding the large supplies again brought forward, an avefage amount of business was done and the maiket closed firmly. The prices of Cotton since our last advices have, it will be observed, seriously receded. A circumstance indisputably resulting from the aggravated condition of the money maricei ana ine consequent impossibility, save in the rarest instances, of obtaining accommodation, the universal panic which has seized upon m-inufacturers and th? total extinction of every thing like speculative effort. In the lower quality particularly the decline is more severely felt and operations since the arrival of the Caledo , nia have been of the most limited character, The sales for the week ending the firsi were about 21,000 bales, of which 800 on!) ' i were on speculation and 2,000 for export, 5 i On Saturdav the 2d. the sales were aboul . 3.000, and yesterday 4,000 were disposed of, all to ponsumers, speculation being entirely suspended, and the demand being dispro portioned to the supply. ' Commercial and Financial.?The fear 5 fill condition of mercantile and monetary , affairs recorded in our last summary, anc then rapidly culminating to a point of dis tress and derangement rarely reached bv the organs of commercial vision, h;is withir 5 the last fortnight become vividly developec > in all its disastrous reality. One after an .h?c ?.??? -- uuon failure, eacl j one vibrating throughout ever,.- uvenue n 4 trade und involving in its glGomy const quenoes those who but for their unfortunati connexion with the defaulter, could have withstood the shock of the commercia . storm. Of the numerous causes to which thii dreary stute of things is assignable, the most palpable appears to be the misreguln tion of the money power?a system origina ting with the Bank of England, and eager !y imitated by all other money lenders whereby gold has become too dear to buy and accommodation a phantom ' The reflex of a system so fatal to ?ht prosperity of trade has been deeply fcl alike by the merchant and the manuf'actu rer, and the attestations of its consequencej * can be found in harrowing abundance ir ' the crippled counting house and thedesertec i laLiui y General Intelligence.?Parliameni will be convened on the 14th instant, bul r not for the despatch of business. The Aslatic Cholera is making fcar. > ful ravages in Russia, and in consequence >* of its appearance in Warsaw, the Emperoi had deferred his visit to Poland, a circum. stance not regretted by the people of thai i country. i Switzerland.?Active preparations are making in Switzerland for suppressing the i Sonderbund by force of arms; a sanguinary civil war is apprehended from the resolution of the latter to resist the Diet. Two PflntnnQ nlnnp nro nrnnarnd V~...W..W Ml vy J7 V/|/U ft VU U 111! "SVjVJV/VJ men to take the field. The news from Italy presents no new feature ; the Pope is firm and the Austrians do not seem inclined to provoke hostilities. The uffairs of Spain are still very unsettled. Catalonia continues to be disturbed by Carlist bands and the entire line of the Pyrenees is in a state of blockade. Palmetto Regiment.?Truly this regiment may be called the devoted. It will be recollected that in the battles of the 18th ow,l iaiu a .1--: l i unu Ai7i.il ui August, inuir \vnoie neia lorce was about 275 men?so thinned down had they been by sickness and death. In those battles they had nearly the half killed and wounded?leaving about 140 unharmed and fit for duty. It is true that many of those slightly wounded may have resumed their places in the ranks, and on the other hand some may have since become discharged by sickness and other contingencies. Say that their field strength in the battles at the taking of the city of Mexico ranged from 140 to 200 ; it could hardly have exceeded the latter number. Now Mr. Kendall's report of their loss (which is doubtless correct,) makes it 16 killed and 83 wound ed?an aggregate of 99 out of 200 at the outside. No better showing than this, in the way of fighting, has been made by any regiment during the war. Add to this that of their three field officers, ttvo having been killed) and the other severely wbanded. Two adjutants have also been severely wounded in succession.?Evening News. From the Charleston Courier. Interesting Letter.?The following extract of a letter from an officer of the army, engaged in the recent terrific encounters that have taken place before and in the City of Mexico, is of absorbing interest, inasmuch as it gives us the ioteJligence of the Qft (ptif n ( n mimKor n i mi r nrollnnt amnio in WUIV? J vr. M ?/V? V** VV?| gtlllUIIV Q|/M HO.J I IE whoso fate the feelings of many of our citizens are most deepjy involved. It will be seen that Major Gladden and Lit. Robertson are mentioned as unhurt.? The published accounts stale that both were wounded, which we think was probably the case, but the letter brings us to the gratifying conclusion that their wouuds were slight, and that they have both recovered. The writer of the letter would have known if either had been severely injured, while the nature of his duties were of such an arrlnnnc r:iplpr nc tn PomL?r it unrir nrnliu I bio that a slight wound might not have come under his observation. ' City of Mkxico, Sept. 26, 1847. <? Sincc last writing-, we have had some very hard fighting. We lost many men on the 13th, when we took Chapultepec, and on the enterance into the Oity. On the 8th, in my regiment ?the 7th infantry ?we hud had more than one hundred and twenty men and nine officers wounded, besides the killed, which was proportionately large. You no doubt see detailed accounts of the different battles in all the papers, so I will not take time to describe them. Ifyou see anv of the Blandinp. or Desaussure, or Stanley, or Gladden family, you cau say that they are unhurt. I know how anxious the families of these citizen soldiers must be, and how great a satisfaction it will prove to them to hear of the safety oftheir relations. Lieut. Robertson is also unhurt. Few opportunities occur of writing to the United States, and it is by a special favor I get this icnt to assure you of my personal safety. " On the 8th inst., Assistant Surgeon Roberts was severely wounded, and Dr. Simmons, of South-Carolina, struck in the neck by a spent ball. The latter has recoverL ed." r Posthumous Wqkks of Dr. Chalmers. ?We are gratified to see by our London H,xenunges that the literary remains ottne late Dr. Chalmers are of inestimable value. | Among his manuscripts,says the Observer, is a commentary on the Scriptures, as far as Jeiemiah. The Commentary we understand, differs in its plan from the Com-* j merilaries of Poole, Henry, Scott, and Clark, and is written in a manner which is sure to render it popular among all classes' of Ev 1 angelical Christian Among the manuscripts fully written out, and in a fit state l?r puijiiuttvion, ?xro nlso the series of lectures W'hirh ho. ns PlVifi>ccnr nPltiuinii., ?u? ??w vtv/CkJV/t U1 Bit 11115 5 University of Edinburgh, addressed to the students, whose theological education was committed to his care. These lectures are 5 understood to be singularly original and J brilliant. There has likewise been found " among the corresnondece which Dr. Cha^ mers carried on with nearly all the distin' guished men of the present century, a num* ber of letters of a deeply interesting nature, > sufficient to make, with a memoir of himself, four large octavo volumes. The whofe 3 of the Rev. gentleman's manuscripts have 1 been bought by Mr. Thomas Constable, brother-in-law of Mr. Cowan, the new memi ber for Edinburgh, and son of Mr. Consia' ble, the friend of Sir Walter Scottt and pu' blisher of all his works. Mr. Constable has given the enormous sum of ?10.000 for t Dr. Chalmers' nanuscripts?a sum, we het lieve, much greater than was ever before given for ihe posthumous works of an au. thor. The largest amount ever given, un> der similar circumstances, was .?4,000, which Mr. Murray gave to the sons of Mr. . Wilberforce for his " Life and Correspond l dence." the Pendleton Messenger. THE RAIL ROAD A meeting of the Stockhelders in th? Greenville Kail Road is to be held at Ne\vberry C. H. on the 19th of November when it is probable the route will be decided.? It is important that all who have subscribed should appoint proxies to represent them, or they can have no voice in the selection. We adhere to the opinion heretofore expressed, that if Columbia is fixed on as the lower terminus, ^ie road will not touch either Abbeville or Anderson Districts if built at all. It would be too circuitous and expensive. But if Aiken or Hamburg should be substituted, the road will pass entirely through Edgefield and Abbeville, and if taken to the Pickens line, or within a few miles of it before diverging to Greenville, almost entirely through Anderson also. The nrnxies frnm this nart of thfi pniintrv would surely do well to consider the ad' vantages of this route. We think it extremely doubtful whether the amount subscribed, with the conflicting opinions, will 6ecure the road under the charter, and we are clearly of the opinion, that the wisest course would be to amend, or rather blend the two charters of the Greenville and Edgefield companies, at the next session. If this cannot be effected, our best policy (on the west of Saluda,) will be to join the latter with all our meg,7is} in extending the road. A writer in a late number of the Charleston Mercury, urges, very forcibly, the advantages ofnhe route west of Saluda. He gives the statistics which appeared in our paper of week before last, shewing the vast superiority in production of the westeiXover theeastern districts, bordering on that river; and makes the foUo wing judicious observations f : ,