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ABBEVILLE C. H., S. C.:
Wednesday, Jan. 5, 1818.
ICj3* We are indebted to the Hon. A. 1*. j
Butler and the Hon. A. Burt for public i
Documents.
113" We return our thanks to A, G.
Summer, Esq. for a copy of the Rules of the
House of Representatives. The typographical
execution of this publication is highly
creditable to the office of the Carolinian,
in fact it is equal in neatness and clearness
of prjnt to any publication n>ide North or
South.
The 1'almetto Ucgiuieut.
The rumor which has h n.on rnrrnnl fnp I
some time past in the papers, that our regi.
mcnt had been discharged from service,
is incorrcet; Tho Charleston Courier
states that Gov. Johnson has received no
such infoimation, nor has had any correspondence
with the government leading to
such an inference.
Promotion in the Army.
Licuten:int-Co!oriel Bonharn of the 12th
Infantry, has been promoted to the (Colonelcy,
vacated by the death of Colonel Wilson,
to take lank from the 12th qf August last.
Hugh It. Rutledge of this State has also
been appointed Assistant Surgeon of the
A rmu f r* f ?* Irn VO >1 I- f^ C1 ? - -
iv nvau i an ?v 1117111 lilt? 1UII1 Ul OCpiCIIl I
bcr last.
Increa<iie of Uic Army.
The National Intelligencer of the '23 rd
ultimo states that in the Senate, on the day
previous,there was reported from the Military
Committee, a bill to add ten Regiments to
the present force of the Regular Army.?
This proujptijude on tfye part of the Committee
is com mead able ; for. if ji be necessary
to add this lorce, amounting nearly to that
of the whole army oftfye United States, as j
it stood two veara ago. to the fttistinrr Arm.r ?
w ? o "V J
it cannot not be done too soon.
From Mexico.
Tho latest dates received from Mexico
are up to the 14th of December. A train
under Command of General Twiggs left the
city on the 9th ult., for Vera Cruz, consequently
we may soon expect letters and
news from the army by it. General Patterson
and train had arrived at the capital.
The Mexican Congress had a quorum on
the 6th ult., but nothing of importance was
expected to result from its deliberations.
It 1Q Qnirl tlnot enm<? '?* '
?uwb guuiv? utoiLjn wus ciuenamed
by the Mexicans of sending a Commission
to Washington to solicit the appoint,
ment of Commissioners to meet at Havana
and arrange the terms of a treaty of peace.
This however is not much to be relied on,
and from all we can learn the prospects of
a speedy peace are as distant as ever.
Foreign News.
In another portion of this paper will be
found extracts of foreign news brought out
by the Hibernia which gives us dates up to
the 4th of December. The news is of but
little importance, cotton had declined a farthing.
Money matters were decidedly faverable,
large quanties of specie were arriving
and tVlA palimo?ort L..II
D O-W vuwillMtVU UI1IUUIII VJl UUI1"
ion in the Bank was ? 10.600,000 ; the reserve
of notes ?5,800,000. The minimum
rate of discount has been lowered to 6 per
cent.
The proceedings of most interest in both
Houses of Parliament since the opening of
the session, had been those connected with
the financial condition of the country.
The New York Express remarking
upon the news by this steamer says:?
"The news by the Hibernia will disappoint
manv who had fa
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accounts as to prices. There has been a
small decline in cotton and breadstuff*, but
this decline will have very little influence
on prices here, in the present condition of
our market. The stock of cotton here is
uncommonly low, and at the South the
planters are not sending their crops to market.
As to flnlir and rrrntrk ??? - :
? ?5IUI,,J vui icucipis
from the West are suspended for the present,
by the close of navigation. Both farmers
and planters received such high prices
last year, that they will be slow to bring in
t&eir supplies and accept of the present low
rates.
wThe present price of Indian corn in
England is sufficiently high to warrant large
shipments from this country ; but it so hap
pens that our stock of old corn is exhausted j 1
and the new crop is not old and dry onough 1
lo be shipped. In the course of two or three 1
months, when the article will be sufficiently
dry to be sent abroad, we shall have stock .
la-go enough to supply any moderate demand.
If the market in England should
continue at its last point, or fall even below,
it will be sufficiently high to keep up the
price above sixty cents. It should be borne
in mind that the prices of (lour, and all
kinds of grain, arc uncommonly high at
the present moment, and the farmer, if he i
can realize any thing approaching to pre- (
sent rates, will bo amply remunerated for i
his capital anil labor.
" [t does not appear by the accounts, that
there is any great disposition to ship goods.
The consequence i^, our spring importations
will be moderate, and the balance of trade
will not be very heavily against us.?
While the country as a whole, will benefit
from this diminution of the imports, the revenue
will suffer, and to that extent cripple
the resources of the Government in carrying
on the Mexican war."
Hy U Hij 1'CMlOIItl 1.
Affairs at Washington are assuming quite
an interesting aspect and the members all
seem eager to go into a discussion upon the
war question. The resolutions of Mr, Calhoun
came up for discission in the Senate
on the 20th ult., on motion of him to make
them the order of the day for the first Monday
in January which led to an animated debate.
Mr Allen asked leave to define his meaning?whether
lie intended to oppose any
f? i
u'wcciun vi iciruui y iwi iiiuciim uy.
Mr. Calhoun replied he inteded, first, to
establish the position that it was not the intention
of this Government to destroy the
nationality of Mexico, which, he feared,
would be the result; and,secondly, to place 1
himself properly before the country.
Mr. Dickcnson inquired whe.ther his (Mr.
D's) resolutions were to be included in the
motion. j
Mr. Calhoun replied in the negative.
Mr. Allen objected to speedy action.
Mr. Calhoun thought the question, as he
proposed it, should be promptly met. He
could not believe much division on it here
i
or eisownere.
Mr. Allen desired that the resolutions ;
should go to the committee on Foreign RelatioriS.
Mr. Calhoun explained. He did not intend
tc touch the question of possessing ter
ritory for indemnity; his resolutions contemplated
a specific purpose, merely expressing
an opinion as to the4 Nationality' of Mexico.
He hoped the resolutions would not be taken
out of his hands, until lie had an oppor- I
tunity ofheing fully heard, I
Mr. Cass declared that it would he unwise
to act according to the declaration of
the resolutions at this juncture. He knew
of no serious desire to annihilate Mexico.
Mr. Calhoun was glad to hear the declaration,
and hoped the Senator might be se- |
cure in his opinions. Men and money were I
Wfi n tr>rl o?t/l Ka 1- ~ ?. f? ?i?*
uuu tiVy UfcSlitU IU KIIUW 1UI Wliai
purpose.
Mr. Cass cared not to know how the war
commenced; he would vote means to prosecute
it to secure an honorable pe.ice.
No disposition was made of the resolu- ;
tions. |
In the House on Tuesday, Mr. Gid ling, j
of Ohio, the celebrated abolitionist, achieved
through the instrumentality of Mr. Winthrop,
the speaker, a decided victory over
the South. Mr. G. presented a petition for
the abolition of the Slave trade in the District
of Columbia. In conformity with the !
practice invariably observed since the repeal I
of the 21st rule, a motion was made to lay !
the petition on the table, on which the vote i
was ayes 97, noes 97. Mr. Winthrop then
voted in the negative, and the moii( n to lay
on the table was defeated.
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"^ABBEVILLE C. H , JAN. 3, 1847.
A meeting of the Physicians of the District
was held this day in the Court House,
in accordancc with the call made through
the Banner, for the purpose of appointing
delegates to attend the Medical Convention
to be held in Charleston on the 14th Feb- j
ruary. About twenty Physicians were in j
attendance. Dr. J. Reid was called to the j
Chair, and Dr. Isaac Branch was appointed
Secretary. The Chair explained the object
of the meeting, and was followed by Dr
Wardlaw, who read the Circular of the
Committee from Charl s'.on, explanatory of
the objects of the contemplated Convention
Dr. Wardlaw then moved that a committee
of five be appointed by the Chairman to
prepare business for the meeting, who appointed
the following: Drs. Wardlaw,
Dendy. Gihert, Davis and Hearst. This
Committee, through their Chairman, reported
the following Preamble and Resolutions,
which were unanimously ndonted :
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The Committee appointed to prepare a
preamble and resolutions for the action of
this meeting Leg leave to
REPORT:
That it should be a source of high satisfaction
to every medical man. who loves
lis profession, to witness the reccnt efforts
.vhichhave been made in the United States,
:o elevate and improve its standard.
The medical Conventions held in New
York and Philadelphia have generated a
spirit and given an impetus to the work
which we believe will do much towards effecting
the necessary reform. The American
Medical Association, if properly con
uucieu, win exert a strong and widely extended
influence throughout the country.
This inlluence is being already felt in the
action of \arious Medical Societies.?
Among others the Medical Society of South
Carolina have moved in the good work.
This Society has invited the Practitioners j
of Medicine in this State, to a Convention j
to be holden in Charleston on the I4lh of j
February next?" to unite with them in
carrying out the objects" which have been
detailed and porticularizcd in their printed
circular.
We believe it is our duty to lend a helping
hand in this matter?therefore
llesulcct/, That the numbers and respectibility
of the Medical men of Abbeville
Lnsirici uctnuiius mai tney i>e represented
in the Convention to be holdcn in the city of
Charleston on the 14th ot February next,
and that twelve delegates be appointed to
attend this Convention.
Resolved, That we cordially approve the
proceedings of the medical Convention held
in Philadelphia in May last.
lie sol red, That however much oilier
causes may have contributed to the evils
complained of by the Medical Convention,
we regard the failure of medical colleges
to require a full conformity, even to the
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jnesi'iu iuw Miiuuarj, as uy Kir me mosi
prolific of all; and \vc fear that the rivalry
amongst them has been rather which
should turn out the gre.aJ.cst number, than
which should give to the community the
besl educated physicians.
lit solved, That the examination of the
degree of doctor of medicine should be
more extensive, more general and more
thorough ; and that no student should be
graduated without giving positive and satisfactory
evidence of a correct knowledge
j of his profession.
Resolred, That whilst we regard a high
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desirable iri those about eonimecing the
study of medicine, we would not, at this time
recommend the Medical Colleges to malce it
absolutely necessary to attaining the degree
of M. D.
Resolved, That the importance of clinical
instruction is so glaringly manifest, that no
student sho 2Id be permitted to graduate
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who has not had such instruction for at least
| twelve months under a regular practising
physician, and attended one course in some
public hosnita],
Rcsolvetl, That we believe the term of
pupilage should be lengthened, and that we
regard the extention of the term of Lectures
in the medical College from four to six
| months, as of the very greatest importance ;
I it is necessary both to increaseihu nuinhur
i of Lectures on some branches and to enable
the student properly to digest those which
he may have.
Resolved, That we will approve of, and
encourage, those institutions that early adopt,
and faithfully carry out the recommendations
of the above resolutions,
i Resolved, That we regard the formation
| of a State and District Medical Societies in
I Qnil I) Po r?/-x lino Aft 4
wwcAVkA wui v/iuju| ao i aiuuiiiiuu iu promoie
the objects aimed at, and to be useful to the
Profession and community generally.
| Resolved, That we approve the code of
medical ethics as adopted by the Medical
Convention in Philadelphia, but believe
that each local society may properly extend
or modify this code to suit its peculiar wants.
Resolved, That we should give our united
efforts to procure a general registration
of marriages, births and deaths.
Resolved, That we approve of the efforts
tV) ilt n ?rn knAit ^1 a 1... ?1~ ?. -f
?uk iiuiu ucuu iiiuuo ny nit: uoucgc OI
Pharmacy of the city of New York against
the importation of sophisticated pharmaceutical
and chemical preparations into this
country, and that we readily acquiesce in
the expediency of the contemplated call by
that body to other similar institutions, as
well as practitioners generally, for an application
to Congress for a law declaring that
all the pharmaceutical preparations and
chemicals which shall be found on a careful
examination to be spurious, shall be destroyed.
The Chair appointed the following delegates
under the first resolution, to attend
the Convention in Charleston: Messrs W.
C. Norwood, J J. Wardlaw, Isaac Branch,
J W Hearst, J A Giberl, H H Towne's, L
Yarbrough, J Davis, J W VV Marsha]), F
Branch, T J Mabrcy, & T. B Dendy. On
motion of! Branch the Chairman, J S Reid
was added to the Delegation.
On motion of Dr. Davis, these proceedings
were ordered to be published in the
"Abbeville Banner," and in the " Southern
Journal of Medicine & Pharmacy."
Adjourned to meet in the Court House on
Sale-day in March.
J. S. REID, Ch'n.
L Branch, Sec'ty ,
At Cincinnati on the 22d ult., 7000 hogs
were sold at $2,50 per hundred. About 25,000
have been packed in that city this season.
i
0^7" On Sunday, the 12th ult., it was so
dark in Cincinnats at 9 a. m. that faces could
not be recognized at a greater distance than
two yards.
Cater from Umropc.
From the N. Y. Herald, 2Gth ull.
Arrival of the Steamer Iliberuia.
TWO WEEKS LATER.
The steamship Hibernia, Capt. Ryric, arrived
at 3 o'clock yesterday morning- She
sailed from Liverpool on the 4th inst.
Annexed is the telegraphic view of the
news. It in important to the Commercial
community.
The British Parliament, for some days,
had been engt^el with the subject of trade
and the financial condition of the country.
I It is expected that measures of a salutary
i character would be introduced.
The state of Ireland is truly frightful.?
| The land reeks with assassinations, from
omt end to the other. Government has proposed
a coercion bill of a very mild and moderate
character.
In Switzerland, the civil war has been
virtually terminated, by the surrender of
Lucern to the troops of the federalists. The
Sunderhond is descried and thus the hopes
of the Jesuits arc fully prostrated.
The ufluirs of Ita'y arc iu a lair way for
adjustment Tho Pope has opened the new
Council of State of the Vatirian. and his
speech elicited unmixed approbation.
The Royal Bank of Liverpool, the .stoppage
of which caused so much excitement
at the time, has resumed business under favorable
circumstances.
The Asiatic cholera is stated to have advanced
to the Prussian frontier.
The Prcxse of Paris, states that the United
States' government has purchased tho Islands
of Lyra from Greece, and will at once
payoff the mortgage due. [This is Greek
i to us.?Herald.]
The War in* Switzerland.?The war
111 Switzerland is at ati end We have received
letters from Lausanne of the 20th
ult., which states that on the previous day
the Canton of Vulais had capitulated, and
that on the morning of the 23th the federal
troops entered the territory nod took possession
of the Canton without opposition. The
Canton of Uri has also Capitulate !, so that
the was is everywhere put down, and the
Sunderbond is at an end.
The note of the Prussian Government to
the Diet, lias created a sensation in Berne,
and fears were entertained that it might lead
to further complications. The Journal des
Debats appears to fear (or io hope) that the
consequence ofit will be the immediate occupation
of Neufchatel by the federal army.
We have no such apprehensions.
The Diet has throughout the whole
war shown a decided wish not to jiush matters
further than absolutelv necessary,
and it is not, therefore likely that it will allow
itself to fall into the error of invading
Neufchatel, at the very time when the European
Powers have their united mediation.
We connot, however, help saying that the
note of the Prussian government is to be regretted.
It is calculated to exasperate the
i people ol Switzerland, and cannot by any
possibility lead to any good.
Affairs of Italy.?The movement in
Italy has spread to the Island ofSardina.
rl'he last letters from Leghorn state that
order had been re-estublished. The arming
of Tuscany was being forwarded with great
zeal.
IRELAND.
We regret to state that crimes and outrages
continue undiminished in Ireland,?
incsiaicoi i ipperaiy, Ulare, Wft3trneath.
King's County, Roscommon and Limerick
is most deplorable. The offences perpetrated
in these six counties bring a sad stain
upon the history of Ireland, and render it
absolutely necessary, for the preservation of
the peace of the remaining parts of the country,
that a rigour beyond the present laws
should be exercised by the Government, for
the protection of life and property. The details
which daily reach us from ill-fated Ireland
are almost all written in the same un
varying iatai cnarncters ol blood. The pressure
of want amongst the people, serious as
it undoubtedly is, appenrs secondary in intensity
to the insane desire of destroying human
life. The lives of the best benefactors
of the people seem m>re peculiarly devoted
to sacrafice. A deputation of thirty-two Irish
members, headed by Mr. H. Grattan,
waited upon Lord John llusselt, on the 25th
ult., on the subject of Irish Affairs. Tho
deputation submitted 357 resolution 011 Irish
affairs to his lordship, and alluded with satisfaction
to the fact of the Government having
already adopted four of the recommendations
suggested, viz :?An improvement
-f il- 1 _ *
ui uie jaw Dctween landlord and tenant; the
establishment of food depots; increased facihties
for the transfer of incumbered estates
; and the disposition to afford the people
an opportunity of reclaiming waste lands in
preference to the emigration scheme. The
deputation, however, chiefly insisted upon
its being the first duty of the Government to
provide food for the starving people Lord
John Russell intimated that the Government
i ?
| naa already made arrangements for the establishment
of food depots, and that it was
hoped that in a great degree, if not entirely,
the Poor Law would answer the expectations
which had been formed ol it, so that
farther aid from the people of England
would be rendered unnecessary.
Con espondence of the Charleston Eve. Neics.
WASHINGTON, DEC. 2G, 1847.
Soldier's Warrants?The Pe7ision Ojflice?
The Secretary of the Treasury?General
Taylor?A new Candidate Jor the Victim
residency, ?5-c.
I There are defects in the administration
of the affairs of the Pension Office which
require a speedy correction. The discharged
soldier him3elf can take the necessary
oath, which the laws enjoin, before
any magistrate living in his neighborhood
and llion receive his land warrant or scrip,
for services rendered to his country. It is
! different, however, with a surviving relative,
; a mother, or a wife, of the soldier who has
! fallen in battle. She has not the privilege
| of making an oath before a magistrate, but
I must swear in a court having probate juj
risdiction ! Such a court may be from two
to fifty miles from her residence; and no
: matter how decrepid, or poor, she must enj
counter the fatigue of travel, and sustain exI
pense, to comply with the requisition ; else,
; she is precluded from the land bounty or
i scrip, which the sacrifice of the son's or the
| husband's bounty secured to her 1 Memi
be is of congress have hundreds of cases in
; which women took oaths before magistrates,
1 but the Commissioners says that they will
| not be allowed. The Secretary of War
! listened to an appeal the other day, but did
: nothing in the premises.. The Commis.
, siouer maintained that the distinction (of
| which a.l who are in favor of equal justice
should complaiN,) has been in existence
! tlii'ty years, and is, therefore, the usage 1
I Mr. Al'C lIa, the stcond Auditor of the
j Treasury, in whose bureau there are now
I at least three thousand unadjusted claims
j for balance due properly lost, &c., requires
! a compliance with no such arbitrary rule,
i 11 c proceeds upon the principle that an
i oath, hi (ore a magistrate, is sufficient to
J establish truth. A law will shortly be cn
acted by Congress which will compel the
| Commissioners to pursue a different course.
I The Secretary ol the Tieasury is still
confined to his room. Notwithstanding
iuen* is an acting Secretary," so called,
; and ilie assistance of Mr. Buchanan, (tho
j Secretary of State,) Mr. Walker receives
; anil open a all the letters received through
; the mails, and sends to the Department only
j those which do not require particular attention.
Weak as he is, he labors incessantly.
' Neither wife nor doctor can dissuade him
; from toi'. With him finance is a passion,
i If he should die within a year from this
| time, it will be said of him thai "he spoke
j of exchanges and balances ol trade in his
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j his recommendations would be consilium*j
ted."
j I liave been informed that a demonstration
j will shortly be made at Annapolis, Mary|
land, by members of the Legislature, in fa!
vor of General Taylor for the Presidency.
A gentleman who has the reputation of being
in the confidence of the underworked,
expresses the opinion that the Hon. Simon
Cameron, of Pennsylvania, will probably
be placed on the ticket as the candidate for
the Vice-Presidency Mr. Cameron w.ss
among the first who named General Taylor
for the higher office, and endorsed hi? Democracy.
It will not be long, however, before
we know whether the General will bo
taken up, or thrown aside, by polititions.
Capita i..
Kjorresponce oj I lie J\ew (J/leans l'icxyune,
VEKA CRUZ, DEC. 9, 1847.
Nearly two years residence in this country
has given ine considerable insight into
the Mexican character, and the more 1 see
fr. m day to day the more confirmed am I
in the opinion that we have not yet seen
the worst of this war, and that it will not
only require a long time, but a large ariny
to secure to the United States this unfortu.
natc country. I say secure it to us, because
I have become convinced that it will ever
remain under the subjection of the great
Republic of the North, or form a portion
of it.
Up to this day we must all admit that no
serious effort has been made by Mexico to
drive the invaders from her shores?none
worthy of so powerful a nation. I say serious
efforts, because 110 effort has yet been
made by the mass of the people, and I can
give no other reasons for this than that our
gallant army has been so insignificant and
they at all times so sanguine ol victory, that
they have thought it unnecessary to como
I into the field. Again, from the day she so
| cured her independence civil discords have
i ruled supreme, and split them up into so
j many parties, one in deadly hatred against
| the American exists with all parties, and
i the question which now remains to bo
i solved is?can this unite them.
i The greater the extent of territory oc?
cupied by the Americans the more restricted
will be the influence and power of Mexican
tyrants and aspirants; and though the
Mexicans, who have been taught to believo
that there is not a crime on record which
an American soldier will hesitate to commit,
may gain confidence in us and become
convinced that the AiriP.rij*!in;! am n.??
they have been represented to be; still that
bitter hatred to the name of Americans will
not be in the least diminished. It will increase
and fix itself upon the minds ofthe a
people with thrice its former strength. An
evidence of this may be seen almost daily
in Veia Cruz. Mexicans who formerly
were the most conspicuous and the first to ^ ^
take part in all civil broils, now take no in*
terest in any thing else except what mav
tend to a general union of Mexicans against
the United States and protect the country
agatflatiiivtfcdv'invasion.
f e?r mm a* elher boundary for the U.
States than the Pacific Ocean, and although *