The Abbeville banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, January 26, 1848, Image 2
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
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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
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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
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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 ? ? * ?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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