The Abbeville banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, November 10, 1847, Image 2
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VodiBosday, Nov. 10, IS 17.
AvvidciitWe
learn that a pair ofhorscs ran away
with a carriage belonging to I)k. J. 1J.
Barrktt of this District at Due West on
the 2nd inst,, breaking the carriage very
much, and seriously injuring one of the
horses. No persons were in the carriage at
the time.
of Stockholders.
On Friday the 10th inst., a meetingof the
VStock holders of the Greenville and Columbia
Rail Road takes place at Newberry, for the
purpose oflocating the road. The question
will soon be decided whether the road will
pass through Abbeville or not. Wc learn that
the Surveyors speelc highly of the route
through this district, and that the cost of construction
will amount to nothing like the estimates
that have been made. We have not
been abl-; to gather from the Commissioners
the precise amount subscribed m the district,
but have no doubt Abbeville will be able to
make a pretty strong showing upon that
n/>r?ncinn Wn oVn vr?rtr porlmu nl* nno
thing, should Abbeville be defeated in getting
the road to pass through the district,
the spirit that has been aroused here will not
lay dormant, but will tnove over the people
until a rail road will pass from one end of
the district to the other.
Tlic 1'aliiictto ltegiiuoiit.
The extract below i3 the only thing wo
have seen from our regiment sincje tho capture
of the city of Mexico. It appears that
the Palmetto regiment was in the front with
the party who stormed the garila at Chapultepec,
which account for their severe loss.
Our regiment has fiuflered quite enough in
this war, and it is our humble opinion that
snmn rr\n:iciliT? clinhld lip ?11 r*nforl tfl mlm.Vf
uw^v..u - I
them ; according to the extract below, only
eighty or ninety were able to on tor the city
of Mexico after the battles, sueh had been
tho reduction of the regiment. It cannot be
callcd a regiment now, and we presume
there are none of them who would be willing
to be incorporated with other regiments.
Government should discharge them, foi
their sufferings and losses have been grcatci
than any regiment that has gone to Mexico,
the celebrated first MississiDDi reiriment wot
excepted, and their gallantry, and thiei
bearing, has been and will ever be, the ad1
miration of the world.
We repeat it some thing must be done t<
relieve the remnant of Carolina's gallan
j?ons. It is true they have volunteered foi
the war, a most unfair requisition. Bu
suppose that the war continues, and it maj
for years yet, shall they be required to re
main in the service until the last man shal
perish, and the Palmetto' Regiment becomt
extinct ? Let these things be considered bj
CI 1!
ouuiu v^arotina.
" The South Carolina Regiment behavec
with distinguished gallantry at Cluirubusco
and again at the storming of Chapultepec
In the former they suffered terribly, losing
one-third of their number, and very severely
also in the latter, so that now, out of the
nine hundred men, who composed the Re
giment when it left Charleston, it can muster
but about eighty or ninety. I should
say, though, that sickness at Puebla had
reduced them more than half before we left
that city. S. Sumter was wounded at Churubusco,
but is rapidly regaining his health."
Relief to Ireland
By the report of the Committee ofreliel
to Ireland, made to the Hibernian Society in
Charleston, on the 2nd inst., we learn lhal
the following amounts have been received
and forwarded:? JS
Contributions in money, $19,912 58
In corn, flour, rice, &c., 1,403 6C
In clothing about, GOO 0C
on 1 o1n i c
g>?j,oiu JC
Treasury NotesThe
amount of Treasury notes outstand
ing on the 1st instant is officially stated tc
be SI5,207,439.31.
Jttessage to tbe Pope.
"VVe learn, says the New York Herald, thai
the Secretary of State has intrusted to an
eiiuuuiu cuizen 01 Pennsylvania, who ha?
lately set out on a tour of Europe, the pleu
sing office of assuring his Holiness. Pius
the Ninth, of the warm sympathy of oui
government and people in his present liberal
and well directed efforts for the ainclio
ration of Italy.
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oicarasliip Alabama. *
otoamship Alabama, Capt. Wiudle,
.irivcd at an curly hour this morning. The
news is but one day later than that brought
by the James L. Day.
Tlifi Alabama loft Vora Cruz on the20th
i iust, Tampico on the 22, and ltrazo.s San|
tiago on the 24th inst., where she lay in a
j gale 24 hours, without having- any coinmu
j nieation with the shore. Being sliort of
i coal, the Alabama run into Galveston on
! the morning of the 25 inst.
j The news from the City of Mexico,
j brought by the Alabama, is up to the 7tl>
| inst.
| Dr. Galven, a native of Havana, arrived
j in Vera Cruz on the evening of the 18th
inst., from the city of Mexico, having left
I the capital on the 7th inst., and on the 11th
I at 5 o'clock, r. m., he entered Guamunilu.
Dr. Galven furnislios the following intelligence
of the movements of Santa Anna,
and of affairs in the interior to the Genius ot
Liberty, from an extra of which of the 19th,
we quote :
Dr. Galven left the city of Mexico on the
7th of this month, and on the lltli at 5 o'clock
i'. m.,'Uie entered Guamantla. There
he learned that the force of (Jen. Lane had
entered shortly before, and so sudden and
unexpected was his arrvai that Santa Anna
had barely time to get way by another quarter
of the town. The Americans captured
two pieces of artillery belonging to the force
of Gen. Santa Anna, which the latter in his
hurry had not time to remove; and tool*
two nrisoners. Col Verra and the son of It
^ ~ " - o
urbido.
Santa Anna after leaving Guatnantla
which he did at the head of 1000 horse
I was reinforced by 1500 men of the com
I mand of Gen. Reyes, and both remained ii
j the neighborhood of Cuamantla, till Gen
I Lane's departure, after which this towr
I was taken possession of by Genls. Santt
Anna and lleyes, who, following up therea
. guard of the Americans, killed 70 men
principally inebriated stragglers, and tool
20 prisoners. The Mexicans had two pie
ccs of artillery with them, one brass ii
i '1 !?'? n4 l? a?? o 1 a r\( } lia
, pUUUUCi) UI1U lilt U (1KU4 a A Uj Ui llfV' OUU)<
: metal.
j Gen Rea sallied out of Pucbla at th<
! head of a pretty considerable force, am
was awaiting at the Pinal tha approach o
Gen. Lane, whose flanks and rear tin
Mexicans are reported to have been harras
sing. 15nt we know and we are confiden
that though the. Mexican should muster j
force four-fold the amount of that which it i
reported that they have, yet Gen. Lane
the Buena Vista hero, will extricate him
self with honor and with glory from thei
midst, and will form a junction with lii
General, unscathed by the ordeal of passim
( through the soldiers of Santa Anna an
Ilea.
The decree by which it was ordaine
' ? \f? T-^onn tf Pnnn chniil/l (nl/n /?V?ar/T
I LllUk .Til ( M. VytlU J X V-11C4. CUUU1U fci? H V? VIIUI^
j of the supreme power, in conjunction xvitl
! two assiociates, has been repealed, and Sar
. j ta Anna has again been called upon to as
I ume the reigns of government?if it can b
? j called one?and also the command of th
army.
Gen. Paredes is in Tulancingo, endea
. voring and with some success, it appear;
to establish his monarchical system. H
! has of late received some very importar
) converts to his political principles,
t Gen. Valentia is at his hacienda, passin
- away his time as agreeably as he ccn?U
brnnr nn 1 r\ (tin notinnnl oflfiire WT
^ iviii - iiu uui v iu iiiv aauiiviiut uiiuitci vv
suppose lie is only abiding his time.
r Gen. Bravo is in Mexico, quiet, and o
" parole.
1 The scmblance of the Mexican Govcn
j ment met according to appointmant at Q,ue
retaro, on the 5th, but there not being an}
ttyng like a quorum present, nothing wa
done.
I Peace is as far off as ever, the feelings <
, the people are said to be most strenuous!
. opposed to any compromise with the Nortl
Americans ; in fact the hostility which ej
ists against us in the interioj towns, citie
i and villages is reported to bo of the mos
- bitter kind.
The other leading men and generals hav
I gone lor the most part to Cuernavaca 1
I the terra caliente.
Gen. Scott has issued orders to the coir
manders oi" regiments to report any privat
1 soldiers who may have distinguished thenr
selves, so that they may be promoted i
pursuance of the act of Congress.
The so anxiously looked for Col. Jac
i Hays, the celebrated Texas Ranger, has a
; last arrived at Vera Cruz on 20th Octobei
i and wftR now ennnmnerl 3 miles from th
'' "city, with 500 men. He was to start u
with Gen. Patterson's train in a very fe\
| days.
1 Division in the Methodist Church.?
j A writer in the Nashville Christian Advc
cate, in a letter addressed to Rev. Dr. El
liot, of Cincinnati, threatens, if the Genera
Conference of the Northern Methodis
' Church should refuse to divide the proper
ty with the Church South, that a suit ii
chancery may be the result. And shoul
t the Court require the North to settle wit
, IUU ouum UI1 nil; |#iuu ui ocpaiauun, nc ?ay
that it would oblige them to pay over to th
South at least $150,000, in annual instal
merits of $25,000 each. Should the Coui
disregard the plan of separation, and decid
upon the principles of general equity, it wil
require the Northeru Book Room to pa;
over at once a sum equal to $350,000 mor'
or less.
Correspondence of Hie Baltimore Sun.
WASHINGTON, NOV. 2, 1840.
The court martial ordered in the case of
Col Fremont, assembled to.day at the arsenal.
The reason given for changing the
place of meeting, from Fortress Monroe to
this City, is rather amusing. Col. Benton,
who is to sit as counsel for Col. Fremont,
declared his determination to summon as
wittnesses, the President and Secretaries
of the War and Navy Departments, and
; these gentlemen wisely judged that it was
more convenient to attend the court here
than at Old Point. It is quite necessary
too, for both parties to be at the trial, to
have frequent reference to the public offices
Jor documentary evidence.
The Court is to be open, for the most
part, but no notes are to be allowed to be
taUen of the proceedings and evidence for
publication. The trial will create intense
excitement. Important disclosures are
threatened on the part of the defence, that
will produce some personal feeling.
Interesting Incident.?A letter from
an officer in Mexico, to his family in New
York, giving a glowing account of the hard
fought battles and glorious victories in and
about the city of Mexico, includes the fob
' lowing soul stirring incident:
(.**#*? rcj0jcc jn (he glorious
laurels which the llifles have won. It is,
as all acknowledge, the fighting Regiment
of the Army. It entered Chapultepec simultaneously
with the storming party. It
was first in all the enemy's works from Chupultepec
to the Citadel. It was the first
' that entered the city and first planted its
' triumphant banner on the Palace of the
Montezumas. When hloody work was to be
done, 1 The Rifles' was the cry, and there
' they were. All speak of them in terms ol
' praise and admiration. Let me give you
but a single instance. Some of their officers
1 and men were standing together when
* Gen, Scott happened to ride by. Checking
his horse, he returned their salute, saying
1 with energy and emphasis, " Brave llifles i
' Veterans ! You hare been baptized in fin
1 and blood, and have come out steelHad
c you seen the unbidden tear stealing to tin
' eyes of those rough but gallant spirits whose
K I**. A airltn l\n/1 MAimi
ilutii id uuuw tiu luat, uuu u uu mm
3 yet, in their long trial, faltered or fallen back
while there flushing eyes and upright form.'
bespoke its truth, you would have felt will
;. me that such words as those wiped out lone
1 months of hardship and suffering."
Pahedks.?The London Morning Chro
1 nicle defends the British government frorr
1 the charge of participation in the smuggling
s ofParedes into Vera Cruz. Tho Londor
Correspondent ofthe National Intelligence
in commenting on the defence of the Chro
r o t m
| nicle, is exceedingly witty, and quite sever*
a j withal upon Mr. Polk. The President':
=> friends will readily forgive the severity fo
the sake of the wit that will be found it
. the following paragraph :?
The Chronicles reply to the compliment;
e of our government paper is somewhat deci
sivc. lne Uhromcie might, however, nav<
very well, as to " introducing so decisive ai
'* enemy" at Vera Cruz, quoted a very emi
e nent American example?that of cur inge
e nious Cabinet. The same British steame
had last year, just in like manner, brough
L* over Santa Anno. Perhaps the Captair
3' had been led, by the President's argument
e in his Annual Message, in favor of letting
,l in Generals for your enemy's force, to sup
pose that here was a fresh Presidential im
? portation. Santa Anna's credit was getting
l" rather low ; and the simple-hearted skippe
e mav have supposed it hicrh time that ou
Executive should be sending along a com
n mander for the Mexicans that had not beei
beaten quite so often. Or, lastlyj the poo
l* captain, with his head full of Mr. Polk'
5" strokes of policy, may have supposed thai
as the Mexicans were getting very short c
lS money as well as of generals. Senor Parede
was on his way from Washington to carr
}1 to Santa Anna the supply of Three Millions
y so discreetly and kindly provided by hi
l" brother President last spring.
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s From the South Carolinian.
st FLYING ARTILLERY.
This formidable arm of modern warfar
e has achieved so*much glory for our armies
n that we find many persons desirous to kno\
whomtioduced it into the American servicc
l* We believe its adoption was owing to tin
e energy of Mr. Poinsett, and it will be see
l" that another honorable citizen of our Slat
n gave it his attention and support long sincc
We copy from a late number of the Nasi:
villc Banner, the following, which is ricl
lt in interesting historical reminiscences :
r> u In the Banner of the 27th, I notice ai
e account of the introduction of flying artiller
P as an arm in the mililarv eftrvicn of th<* T'
v States. The statements there made are n
doubt true; but it is equally true that the lat
Gen. W. R. Davie, then of Halifax N* C.
~ called the attention of our Government t
i- the subject early in 1801, on his return fror
[- France, where he had been Minister,
j , The residence of Gen. Davie, in Parii
W was the Hotel rfs.s Oiscane?its front look in j
;t on the ' Champ de Mars'?where the troop
that fought the famous battle of Mareng
n were daily trained (at least the raw recruit
d say 20,000) under the direction of Napoleoi
L ~nsJ u:_ e. L.i- f?i i? - ?
u a.iiu uia lavuurno inarsuais, inciuamg Lian
s nes, Duroc, &c. &o. The drills and re
e Views were in the immediate vicinity, am
1- in front of Gen. Davie's hotel. His tast
I led him to notice attentively the tactics am
e training of -the troops, and their splendii
II dU^ces induced him to place a high estinmti
y on the value of the French system of artil
e lery.
Cicn. Kosciusko in the war of our rerc
i
. WWllI ??? IMiWH*! 'I ? I MM ? 1
Iution was an officer of Pulaski's Legion
then forming a part of the army of General
Lincoln Col Davie was attached to the
same command. In 1800, Kosciusko was
an exile, and then resided in the vicinity of
Paris, and on the arrival of the general at
the French capital called to see him?when
old recollections renewed those feelings
which the remembrance of peril and suffering
ean aJone produce.
Gen. Davie expressed his admiration of
the French artillery, Kosciusko offered to
draw up for him a treatises, on flying artillery.
This he did; and when finished, sent it
with a letter; that letter was among the
papers of the general at his residence in
Chester S. C., where he died in 1820, and
is probably in possession of his son, F. W.
Davie, at this time.
Gen. Davie gave a copy of this treatise
on artillery to the administration of Mr. Jcf
lerson, ana uuoui uie same nine u copy iu
General, then Capt. Macomb, nnd at the
time stationed at Rocky Mount, S. C.
Flying Artillery was introduced into the
French service while Napoleon was yet a
subaltern ; but on his attaining power he
justly estimated its value and greatly increased
that arm of the service. Some of your
readers may not recollect that Pulaski was
a Polish nobleman, who, failing in a coinI
petition for the throne, became an exile,
came to this country early iu the revolution,
obtained a commission from Congress and
#lio Mnnilmrii rirmu Ttvn vnll n or
JUIKV^U IUW UUUMW... J. J 0
Pates, both of noble birth, Zelinski ant
Kosciusko followed his fortunes?Zelinski
died iri the hospital in Charleston, where
! Gen. Davie was at the time confined from a
wound received at the battle ofStono, which
afforded him the melancholy satisfaction o
sharing in the last sad duties to one dear tc
" him from his noble qualities and long suf
faring. Kosciusko returned to Poland, anc
t became the general of his countrymen in
an unsuccessful attempt to throw off lh<
yoke of Russia. lie subsequently return
ed to France, and long indulged the hop<
' \ that Poland would be free by the aid o
> ! France. In this he was disappointed, a:
[ | he died ftot long after the allies took Paris
? Pulaski fell in a charge of his Legion a
? the siege of Savannah ; his thigh was shat
f tered, if I rowember aright, by a grape shot
? He died a. few days after.
j Excuse, sir, the garrulity of age, if yoi
! arc wearied at the length of this article, o
r ! find difficulty in reading my hieroglyphics
Estabt.ishkknt of a Romish EIierar.
. cnv in England.?It is said that Dr. Wise
i man is now 011 his return to this country
r after a lengthened sojourn at Rome, bring
1 iug instructions and authority from th
r Holy See for remodelling the ecclesiastica
. arrangements of his communion in England
3 Rome has hitherto possessed in Englam
s nothing more than a missionary establish
_1 _1 I * 1 ^ * * I _
r mem, piaceci unuer inu super-inienuence c
, " Vicars Apostolic," who are nominally th
bishops of sees now in pcirtibus itifulelium
5 and do not assume the titles of the diocesse
. in which they exercise authority. Th
3 present order of things is now to cease
>i Catholicism having, in the opinion of it
- rulers, attained a sufficient extension ii
. England to warrant the re-establishment c
r the hierarchy, with all its ramifications c
t ecclesiastical government?deans, chapters
i archdeacons, ecclesiastical courts, &c., a
it existed prior to the Kelormation, and a
r present exists in Roman Catholic Ireland
- There will be, it is said, two archbishop:
i- for the two provinces of Canterbury an
t York, with eight bishops subordinate.?
r These new Roman bishops will not, how
r ever, assume the titles of the sees at preser
i- occupied by the bishops of the Establishe
i Church, but will take their designation
r from other places not heretofore Episcopa
g Iy dignified?as Birmingham, Nottinghail
j Derby, Liverpool, and other populous cer
>f tres of Roman Catholic influence. Di
s Wiseman himself, it is said, will succee
y under a new title?that of Bishop of VVes
3, minster?to the administration of the affair
s of the London district, in tbo room of Dj
Griffiths, Bishop of Olena, lately deceasei
Salisbury (English) Herald.
American Bible Society.?At th
e monthly meet of the Managers of this Si
j, ciety, held in New York on the Tth ultim*
v as we learn from the Commercial Advert
>. ser, the Treasurer reported the income <
c the past month to have been $16,167, an
11 the expenditures $18,228; the nuinb<
e of Bibles -and Testaments issued havin
i. been 74,320.- Twenty-two new societie
i. were admitted as auxiliaries, all located ii
i the Southern Western- States. The Con
mercial states that a letter was read from
a young Norwegian in the West, saying tin
y more than 20,000 of his countrymen wet
f. now living in North Illinois and Wisconsii
o and that 2,000 more are to join them th
n cominc snrinrr. Hr said that nn mnra thn
,, one in four of iheso countrymen were <ii
o possession of the Bible, and implored tli
n Board to publish one for their use in th
Danish tongue. The Board ordered stere
otyped plates to bo cast for a Danish Bibl<
*
8 India.?The sum of thirty lacs of rupeei
0 or 300,000/, is to be expended yearly fc
s the next for years in completing the Qange
n Canal.-'.'-This work'.will open one of th
i- finest and most fertile rations of (nrlin t
~ European intercpurae and immigration.
e Abolitionist National Convention:?
j The Abolitionists, in National Con vontion a
B Buffalo, X^^York, have nominated lohi
[. P. Hate, oHveW Hamshire, as their eandi
date for Pifesident, and Leicester King, o
? Ohio, for Vice President.
'jk' ?**
tfw mmi w> ai wn 11 m *-?v
From the South Carolinian.
Biographical Sketch of
COLONEL PIERCE MASON BUTLER.
The desire lo know every thing which
relate to the past career of this gallant hero,
who fell so gloriously leading his cherished
Palmetto's to victory before the walls of
LVJexico, is a leeling wort ny 01 ms name.
We feel it a duty we owe to his memory,
to publish the following biographical Sketch,
the facts ol which, we have derived, from
the most authentic and reliable sources.
There was such a rare combination of circumstances
in his conduct and death?circumstances
and events calculated to excite
the pride of every South Carolinian, that
we leel the general curiosity to know all
about his family and previous life, should
be gratified.
He was the son of the late General Win.
LJutler, ol lMlgeiicld, ?. C., a distinguished
officer of the lit*volution, arid lor many
years a member of.the Congress of the U.
States. The ancestors ot General Butler,
came originally from Ireland, and settled in
Pennsylvania. Thence the branch of the
family, Iroin which (Jenerul Butler, descended,
removed to Loudoun County, in Virginia.
The father ol General Butler, Capt.
James Butler, settled in Edgefield District,
in this State, where he resided at the commencement
of the war of the Revolution,
in which he, together with all his 30119, who
I were over fourteen years old, bore an active
part from the commencement, until
I : near its close, when he was killed with his
j second son, at Turner's Station. He was
' coniineu in prison ana on board the prison
1 ship for eighteen months, during all which
1 time, the most urgent importunities were
f used, and the most flattering offers made to
> induce him to abondon the cause of his
country. With the sufferings of the heroic
I men. confined in that prison ship, all arc
1 familiar. General Wm. Butler, his eldest
- son, entered the army of the Revolution, as
Lieu tenant,at the age of 18, and at its close,
5 when not more, than 21, he was a Captain,
f Immediately after the close of the war,
s General Pickens, resigned his commission
as Brigadier General, and upon his warm
t recommendation General, then Captain
- nutter, was elected 111 Ins place, by the
Legislature of the State. He was soon after
elected Major General, which commisJ
sion he held, until he died, in 1?21?and as
r such commanded the people during the
' last war, attached to the defence of Charleston*
In the language of the General Or
der of the Governor, annoucing his death,
u full of years and high m the affections of
r> his countrymen." The venerated, and
universally venerated mother of Colonel
c Butler, who is still alive, at the advanced ago
I of eighty-three years, is the daughter of
' Captain Frank Moore, of Virginia, who
d was a Lieutenant of a Company at Bradi
dock's defeat. Colonel Butler, was thus a
f patriot and a hero, by inheritance. Nobly
c has he vindicated his title to both characters,
/ and added new lustre to a name always dis'
s tingushed for patriotism and valor. Coloe
nel Butler was born in Edgefield District,
- on the 11th of April, 1798. After receiving
s a good English Education, ho,was sent with
ft his brother, Senator Butler, to the school
'f of ine celebrated Doctor Waddel. Ho
?f abandoned his purpose of a regular classi5,
cal education, and in the fall of 1819, en'
s tered the army of the United States as a
it Lieutenant, and remained in the regular
i ?:i u . _*
? service uiiiu hc icoiyucu ins appointment
>, as Captain in 1828. Hc was then elected
d Cashier, and afterwards President of the
- Branch of the Bank of the ?^pie, at Columr
bia. On the breaking out^of the Florida
it war, a Regiment of Volumcers was raised
d in South Carolina, of which Colonel But3
ler was elected Lieutenant-Colonel. In
1- that campaign, he gave such striking evidence
of all high and generous qualities,
?- that without the slightest agency of his own,
" ho was elected Governor of the State, by
d the Unanimous vote of the Legislature.?
t- Shortly after the expiration of his Guberna's
torial term, the office of Agent of the Cher.
rokee Indians, was tendered him by President
Tyler, which he accepted. At the
period of bis agency the Cherokee people
were unfortunately divided into three face
tions, of the most embittered character. So
>- high was the conduct, and so pure and disy,
interested all the purposes of the Agent, that
i- on tho election of Mr. Polk, to the Presiden3t*
cy, the leading men of all three of these
d parties earnestly requested that Colonel
sr Butler might be retained in office. But it
g was not done. He was afterwards employ.
'8 ed by the Government, to make a Treaty with
n the Camanche, and other Indian tribes of
i- Texas, in which he entirely succeeded. It
a may with truth be said, that filling as he
it has done, so many offices, civil and military,
e the duties of no one oF them has ever been
i, more faithfully amicably discharged.?
e Whilst ho was absent negotiating the treaty
n with the Camanche Indians, a call was
n made upon the State, for a Regiment for
e the Mexican way. Colonel Butler was
o called to the command of it, by the almost
)- unanimous vote of the Regiment. He was
- at tho tirno prostrated on a sick bed, the
victim of a complication of diseases, amongst
3, them an acute neuralgic a flection. It was
>r not in his nature to refuse the call, although'
is there are very few men who would not, unq.
der the circumstances have done so. For
0 several Months before he left home for Mexico,
he was unable lo walk, and scarcely so,
when he took thfe command of the Regiment.
- From that period, his life and actions are
1 .known to all, and will forever fill a glorious
page in the history of his country.
* !' Ko waa so generally known, that it
i would be superfluous to say more; but We
f 'hope we may be pardoned, for- saying, that
we have rarely known a man mora highly
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