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THE BANKER. ABBEVILLE C. H., S. C.: Wednesday, Jan. 2G, 1848. CASH SYSTEM. Persona subscribing or ordering the Ban ner, will please remember we have adopted the cash system. As we before remarked, the expenses of the office are such as to require it. Terms $1.50, invariably in advance. Also, those indebted to ug will please make immediate payment. relief" By reference to our advertising columns it will be seen that the Governor has appointed iWessrs. t. p. Spierin, r. h. Ward law ana Thos. Thomson, Commissioners for this District to relieve the widows and orphans of those Volunteers from this State, who have died or been killed in Mexico. If application is made to them, the wants of such as are in distressed circumstances will be supplied from the fund appropriated by the Legislature. meeting of Conference. The South Carolina Conference of the M. id. Church, South, closed its session in j Wilmington, N. C., on the 17th inst. The j meeting is said to have been a harmonious j and delightful one. Bishop Andrew presi* i ded upon the occasion. The amounts collected in the bounds of the Conference for Missionary purposes during the past year, is about fifteen thou sand dollars. The preacher8 appointed to tins circuit for the present year, are Rev. C. A. Crowell and Rev. S. H. Brown. 'v Rail Road Meeting at Cokesbury. We have not received the official report of the proceedings cf this meeting held on Satnrday last, but understand that a large number of the stnr.Ir hnl<l pre WPPD nroconf ? ~ Some ditersity of opinion existed as to the propriety ofcommencing the work forthwith, with the present amount of stock?being we are informed, about $600,000 ; but the best feeling prevailed, and it was unanimously resolved to pay up the first instalment.? And although the meeting adjourned without reconsidering con Aiding re ws,there was a determination for renewed effort to secure the COmDletion of a wnrk wliiph wniiM 1 ' ifWUlM VUU fer immense benefit upon our community, and the results of which upon our social, political,and agricultural interests can hardly be estimated. Funeral Obsequies. The funeral of Lt. John B. Moragne took place on Thursday last, attended by a very larce concourse of npnnlp. it w?? n column O , I J ? and interesting occasion. The remains, accompanied by the Abbeville Light Infantry, which the deceased once commanded, left the village the day previous, and proceeded as far as Mt. Carmel, where they stopped for the night A# an no??1fF U/v?iw ? ? * ? uu bailjr I1UU1 IUC UCAl IIIUIUIII^ IHJS little village presented quite a martial appearance?officers in full uniform, waiving plumes and the rattling of swords, were seen and heard on all sides. The procession under the command of Col. Talman, consisting of the Abbeville Light Infantry, Artillery, Cavalry, and citizens from all parts of the District, having been formed, moved at thn nnnninfpH einnol ?ifVn/?Vi ntno w>g??wa^ ?? V* uo the firing of the cannon at precisely 10 o'clock at the grave, to the residence of the Rev. W. EL Davis, where the remains were received and then marched in solemq,order to Willington, some four miles distant, the cannon ip tfye meantime firing every ten minates until the procession arrived. The most perfect order was observed throughout the entire procession, which was fully a half mile in length, also during the day. - Having arrived at the church, the remains were removed from the Hflnran and placed itt front of the church door, where to mourning friends, and the hundreds who crowded around, the Rev. D. McNeil Turner delivered an able sermon adapted to the occasion, in which he 6poke in exalted t&rras of the virtues and the gallantry of the (deceased, who had ottered himself up a willing victim upon the altar of his ooun. try."/ After the sermon, the corpse was removed to the place of burial, and whilst the Wellington Bund were playing a solemn tune, "Slowly and Badly We laid him down, From the field of hie fame fresh and gory ; We carvcd not a line, we raised not a stono, But loll him alone in his glory!" And filing "a farewell shot o'er the grave of our hero," we returned with heavy hearts, but with the consolation, that he sleeps beneath the soil of his native land. ANOTHER DEATH. We regret to learn by a letter received here recently from 3/exico, that another of the gallant spirits who left in the Abbeville Company has found a grave in Mexico, M. H. Wilson. He was ayoungman of noble principle, and commanded the respect and esteem of all who knew him. N>At Puebla he was discharged from disability, but his health being somewhat restored before the army left for the capital, he determined not to leave his comrades in arms and followed them to the city, where he was again attacked with chronic diarrhoea, and died on the 13th ult. Foreign News. By the steamer Washington, we have news from Europe one day later which is of but little importance, and by the Cambria still later dates. The British Parliament had adjourned over for the holidays. The couon mai Kci nau aecunea wunin d-oa. 01 the lowest point ever known. The bank of England had increased its bullion to twelve and a quarter millions, and reducod its rates of interest to 5 per cent. Frcmoiit Trial. By the latest advices from Washington, we learn that this interminable trial is still going on. It has lasted already near three months, at a cost of nearly one hundred thousand dollars! We regard ibis ?? an outrage to the country, whilst the Govern^ ment is straining every nerve, and compelled to borrow money to carry on an expensive foreign war, two of the officers of the army, who should be with their respective commands, are engaged in a trial which could have been decided in three days, invnltrinnr nnai tlmf ufAn 1A frtnA 1 fl HOH ,v" ' ""6 " v-v,ov men for three months. Should this be so? 0^7" We are indebted to the Hon. John C. Calhoun for a copy of his speech, in pamphlet form, upon the Mexican war. ^ The Palmetto Regiment. It appears that there is no chance for the remnant of our rrallant Remm?nt tn rptnm O O " I home; but Government seems resolved that those who have escaped death in battle, shall find a grave in the land of the foe. By letters lately received from the army, we learn that many were still dying from the diseases of the country, and all were anxious to return home, and with this view as many as could, were procuring substitutes. The Regiment, with others, at the latest dates, had been ordered to San Angel, some eight miles from the city, in order to make room for the trooDS that had arrivo.d under Gen. B itlcr. They thought it rather a hardship to give up their quarters in the paiacc after having fought so nobly to gain them. The following letter from our immediate Representative will show what are the chances for the Regiment to get a discharge : Washington, Jan. 18, 1848. uearsir:?f requent mqunies, by letters from So?lh Carolina, having been made of me whether the gallant remnant of our noble regiment will receive their discharge from service in Mexico, now but little more than the inglorious duty of a mere garrison, which their glorious achievements in battle have so proudly earned: I beg to express, through your columns, that there is no immediate hope of such a gratifying event. The subject has been urged with all becoming earnestness upon the President. He admits he has the power to grant the discharge, but does not deem its exercise, at this time, compatible with the public interest. ARMISTEAD BURT. Editor of the Mercury 1 The Mails. We have noticed of late much complaint in our exchanges of the irregularity of the mails; and many of our subscribers complain to us also of not receiving the Banner at the proper time. We know not what to make of this so general complaint, or with whom the fault is. The following we have just received from one of our subscri bers at Winter Seat, Edgefield, and publish it that Post Masters along the route may correct if possible the irregularity: " I will only add, that last week's ' Banner,' came to our office on the first Saturday after it was issued;?but this week's by this mornings Stage, the latter is right, being the first Stage down after your publishing day-?the former wrong, as it came up in the mail from Augusta. But it is now, quite a common occurrence for^our papers to reach our office, from the wrong end of the line?as we most generally got our papers from Hamburg, Augusta, and Charleston by the stage passing down from Abbeville, u 1 suppose this uncertainty and irregularis of the mails, growing as it manifestly t . f l uoes, oui oi pure negieci, or incompeicucy on the part of said Post Masters will be pardonable and no cause of complaint ' when we get used to it.' " Tribute of Rcspcct to the Memory of M. II. Wilson, Esq. At u meeting of the Abbeville Bar, held on the 24th instant, B. Y. Martin was call ed to the chair, and W. A. Lee requested to act as Secretary. Mr. Perrin explained the object of the meeting. After alluding to the beautiful O ? features which formed the character of the deceased, his high moral worth, his firm adherence to principle, the suavity and courtesy of his manners, and his amiable deportment in every relation of life, he submitted the following Preamble and Resolutions which were unanimously adopted. Matthew Harvey Wilson, Esquire, ha ving died on the 13ill of December last in the City of Mexico?it becomes our sad privilege and duty, to render some testimonial of regard for his worth, and in common with his many friends to mourn his loss. He was a young man of rare endowments. His character was a beauteous whole, in which tho high purpose and inflexible principles ofthe man were blended with the softnessand simplicity ofthechild. The kindness of his heart and the generosity of his dispo sition endeorod nun to a large circle of friends, whilst his rare moral worth, and the manly independence of his character, commanded their respect and esteem. .Amiable and courteous in his intercourse with his fellow men, with clear perceptions of right and wrong, he was firm and unyielding in his principle. As a friend he was warm and true?as a soldier brave and chivalrous?and as a lawyer, though he had just entered his profession, his many amiable qualities combined with a clear : i ? . i: jjucujiiiuii auu liuciiuui gaTc iiiuications of futuie usefulness nnd distinction. Resolved, That we deeply regard the loss of one so highly gifted as our deceased friend. Resolved, That we sympathize with the family of the deceased in their sad bereavement. Resolved, That it is a consolation to us to be assured that although our deceased friend died in a foreign land far from home and kindred,he was vet surrounded with allthe comforts and consolations, which friends in that trying hour could render Resolved, That the family of the deceased be furnished with a copy of these proceedings. On motion, Resolved,, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Banner. BY. MARTIN, Ch'n. W. A. Lee, Sec'ry. A Washington letter in the New York Courier says :? "I can inform you most positively that, notwithstanding all that is said by the press, n i * - i ? i v^uncrai ocon nas not yei ueen positively recalled from Mexico. His recall was determined upon, and will no doubt take place, but I should not be astonished if the report should reach Gen'l. Scott before the official document, so as to give him a fair chance of shaping his course accordingly. Were General Worth not implicated in the matter, then General Scott might be dithdrawn at once, but if active operations are contemplated in Mexico, and General Worth is hors de combat, then the President will have his doubts as regards the entrusting of the supreme command to a volunteer Pffcllftral. Pillnvv nml Dnnr?s?n nrft no HnnVit to be tried by a court martial. There has been a strong disposition on the part of certain members of the cabinet lo induce the President to entrust the supreme command of the army in Mexico to General Taylor; but, though the President has listened to the proposition, and is par. tially convinced of the necessity of such a measure, he has not yet brought his resolution to the sticking point, and there may be some two or three more meetings, before a definite conclution will be cotne to." The Philadelphia North American has the following information, transmitted by its Washington correspondent:? #t Washington, January 14, 1848. The President has this day ordered a Court of Inquiry for the purpose of investi. gating the charges against General Pillow and Colonel Duncan, which have been preferred by General Scott. After that investigation has terminated, the Court is fur ther directed to inquire into the charges preferred against General Scott by Ceneral Worth. The charges against General Worth, submitted by the commanding Genera], have been dismissed by the President. "The Court is directed to assemble at Perote, at as early a day as the members can convene. It is to consist of General f Towson, Pay-master-General, as president, | and Ceneral Cushiiig, and General Butler, of Louisiana. General Towson will start for Mexico on Monday. ''The election of General Towson is an anomaly in Court Martial, and will doubtless lead to difficulty. His office of Paymaster-General is a civil one, which may be conferred upon any individual in private life, and he holds no rank in the regular line of the armv. a 'in,,. r* ,1 JL UC wuiiJiiiaiiu vi int. ai aij m will necessarily devolve on General IJutler, of Kentucky, he being the officer next in rank to General Scott, whose presence will be required at the Court of Inquiry. uThs idea of recalling General Scott is abandoned for the present, but it may be renewed. "MUSTANG'S" LETTERS. City ok Mexico, Dec. 23, 13 17. Eds. Delta.?I can only write you a line by this conveyance, both for the want of space and time, before the courier leaves. All the new troops under General Buller that have arrived, are in good neaun generally. I wrote to you in my last that there could not be any movement to San Louis, Querela ro. etc. for some twenty weeks, which turns out to bo true. If the expedition does move, of which there is some doubt, it will be under the command of Maj. Gen. Butler and consist of about 4,000 troops. Col. Riley's brigade is now in Taculmya, three miles from the city?Gen. Cushing's at San Angel, seven miles from the city, and is formed out of the South Carolina, New York and Pennsylvania Volunteers. Tir ?- .l- .1 1 ?v ill siutu is liu?vu, auu jiuni.1; oiutiv 10 ii|j, but I must admit that the market,among the outsiders, is rather fluctuating, and speculations has taken a wide range. On the 1st of January next is the day fixed for the meeting of the Mexican Congress, with llerrcra as President. Their proceedings will be of a highly important character, and full oi interest to the people of the United States. MUSTANG. The "Star announces the death, from the effects of a wound received at Chapultepec, of Samuel W. Brady, of Winchester, Va., Mr. B. was one oi the three that escaped the massacre of Maj, Dade and his company, in Florida, December, 1815. MUSTANG. City of Mexico, Dec. 27, 1840. Eds. Delta?Yesterday morning, a detachment, under the command of Col. Willi/\Xn fUlt I % f.l ( Clf ?1 Cin/lt lArt CI?, LWN^IMIll^ VI LI1U Jill llJldllllj, ci C^dlUli of Artillery tinder Lt. , and a company of Dragoons under Capt. Gaithur,started for Pachaca, a town situated near the mines or Real del Monte. The object of the expedition I understand to be to protect the proprietors in working the mines, and at the same time to collect the revenues arising therefrom. The prospects for negotiating a pcacc immediately increase daily, and in fact, we have every reason to believe the Mexicans will conclude it during the next month,if our Government will accede to the terms they offered during the armisticc. An entirely different opinion exists in the councils of the Mexican Government, and with a large majority of the people. My correspondent at Queretaro writes me, under date of the 20th inst., that about thirty of the new deputies had arrived, and that by the 5th or tenth ol January, there would not only be a quorum but nearly, if not the whole of the Congress present; that there is no opposition to the negotiation of a peace, except among the deputies from the States of San Louis dc Potosi and Jalisco. The New President, Herrera,is known to be in favor of immediate necotialions. The nresent Government has * succeeded in destroying the whole army,and has organized a new one, composed of the National Guard. This new army will enable the Government to keep down the old one, and also will be its support in any measures it determines upon. I informed you in a former letter, that there would be no movement from this place upon San Louis and Zacatecas orQ,ueretaro before the middle of January, and I now re peat it, although the city is full of rumors every day about the march of a large column upon those places. The puros or democratic party of this country are at present completely powerless; they have been defeated in their opposition to the present government under their former colors, and they are now attempting to rally under the flagof annexation, hoping by these tactics to tickle the ambition of the Americans, and thereby prevent any negotiations being entered into, until they can have time to recover their strength sufficient to overthrow the government, and then make a peace with themselves in power. I think our authorities arc a little too shrewd to listen to their humbugging to our owndisadvantage and with the exception of some very smart people, with a very little good sense, the tactics and politics of the different parties are tifA 11 n n^ovofftA/1 TW FTC!^ A TVT4~? fTOU MUUWi OlVA/Ui 1UUO 1 Correspondence of the Charleston News. WASHINGTON, JAN. 17, 1848. To-day, in the Senate, Mr. Mangum submitted a resolution calling upon the President for such correspondence as will develope the plan of future operations in the prevention of the war. Mr. Cass exnreased the hone that the Sen ator would not pres3 his resolution at this time. It would bo improper to make public ail the plans of the government, as they would be exposed to the enemy. Mr. Mangu m remarked, that the last or der of the General-in-Chief clearly evinced a design to seize and hold oil the important points in Mexico; and so long as the Executive kept from Congress a fair view ofhis designs, he (Mr Mangum) would feel compelled to vote against men and money to be placed at the discretion ot the President. The resolution after a few remarks from Mr. Allen, was laid aside. The Ten RwfTimerit hill was then taken up for consideration; when Mr. Butler expressed himself opposed to the President's mode of conducting the war. Me advocated the amendment previously offered by himself, for increasing the regU' lar army in a smaller ratio than that proposed liy the bill, which was intendedtosend out armed jailors, deprived of the inspiring stimulant of victory and honor. The President was, no doubt, honest in the declaration that is was not intended to overthrow the Mexican government; yet such w< uld 1 bo the result. He had reason to believe that the President had some of the best men in the country to counsel with him, and he would do well to act upon their advice. Mr l^nf riiirimtrrk/l # 11 r% nminao 1?wl (a ll\o i u vi v ?? uu iiiu utuaco >w uicu iuu iuu war, to show that the President designed, in ordering our troops to Corpus Christi, to settle the question of boundary, and not because he apprehended an attack from tho Mexicans. Mr. Jefferson Davis interrupted the Senator, and said that Gen. Taylor met the Mexican forces actually upon an invusive march, and warned their General that a persistanco would compel him to attempt a repulsion, and that the campaign was thus opened. Mr. Butler replied, and in the course of his remarks expressed himself in favor of sending Commissioners to treat as to boundary. He was anxious. He wished to know how much territory the President desired for indemnity. /j Mr. Turner submitted a joiut resolution for the annexation of New Mexico and California. ?t was not acted on. A very large number of resolutions of inquiry were presented?one asking how ! much of Mexico the President intended to retain, and whether the Mexicans were to be represented in Congress. The title to the Pea Patch was, on Saturday, decided by the referee, the Hon. John Seargeant, to belong to the United States, and so this long mooted question is at rest. I lir an nrt /if Pnnrrrnco tlio PrPCKl^nf nf tfio Unitt'd Slates and the other executive officers. appointed the arbitrator; and his decision was given on Saturday, as already stated. From the Palmetto Stale Banner. Funeral Honors to Colonel P. M. Butler and Lieutenant-Colonel J. P. Dickinson. We detain the Press for the purpose of giving a brief and hurried description of the solemn and imposing ceremonies which tool* place to day, in honor to the remains of the lamented BUTLER and DICKINSON. At 10 o'clock, a. m. the Military, J consisting o( the Richmond Volunteer Kiflo Company, Governor's Guards, Columbia Troop of Cavalry, Fork Troop of Cavalry, College Cadets, and the following Companies from Charleston, viz: La Fayette Artillery, German Artillery, Moultrie Guards, German Riflemen, United German Fusiliers, Charleston Riflemen, German Fusiliers, Union Light Infantry, and Northern Volunteers, formed in front of the Court House, under the command of Brigar dier-General Cruikslmnks and Adjutant and Inspector General Cantey, acting as Marshal of the Day. From thence, they marched to the State Arsenal, where the bodies were received, and a Procession formed, the Military in front, followed by the Rev. Clergy, the remains of Colonel Builer, attended by twelve Pall Bearers, and followed by his Horse, led by a servant, ?the Relatives of Colonel Butler, and the returned Members of the Palmetto Regiment,?the Committee from Edgefield, consisting of Captain R. Ward, Lieutenant J. J. Mays, Messrs. J. L. Doby, E. C. Simkins, and T. H. Johnson,?the Body of Lieut.Col. Dickinson, attended also by twelve Pall Bearers, and followed by his Horse, | led by a servant?the relatives of Colonel Dickinson and other returned Members of tKo Pnlmaltn Rorrimant the Hnuprnftr finrl Suite, accompanied by the Hon. Wm. C. Preslon?the Free Masons, and Odd Fellows, Faculty of the South Carolina College, and Students?Professors of the Arsenal Academy?Intendent and Wardens of the Town?Citizens on foot and Citizens in carriges. The Procession must have been over half a mile in length, and presented a most grand, imposing, and solemn spectacle.? From the Arsenal, it proceeded to Main street to the State House, where {he funeral oration wasdelived by the Hon. Wm. C. Preston. vve will not attempt even a sketch of this most touching nnd brilliant oration. Suffice it to say, under the powerful and ' impressive eloquence of the eulogist,.rendered doubly so by the solemn and sublime circumstances by which we were surround* ed, every heart was bowed down, every eye was dimmed by a tear. The speaker,' in the course of his oration, spoke of the deceased and their comrades in arms, in going forth to the Mexican war, as being the im* personification, the very transfiguration, of the virtue, the courage, the intellect-?-ih^ deedoflhe very heart of South Carolina. He also paid a most eloquent tribute to the character and genius of General Scott, the prudent, cautious, collected, and skilful leader, weighed down by the cares and re* sponsibilities of his position, who only omoe, forgot his usual calm and thoughtful demeanor, when, at the dreadful battle df z