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THE "BANNER. * . ^ ABBEVILLE C. H., S, C.: Wednesday, Feb. 1G, 1818. O VII NEXT VOLUME. Tho Fifth Volume of the Banner will commence on tho first of March, at which time, we oxpcct to publish, in a series of articles, tho /Vdventures of one of tho Abbeville Volunteers in Mexico, together with a Sketch of tho Campaign. This will bo quite an interesting publication; and persona wlio hayo not yet Bubscribcd, would do well to do so soon, that they may sco tho whelo series. CASH SYSTEM. Persons subscribing or ordering the Ban ner, will please rememher we have adopted the cash system. As we before remarked, the expenses of the office are such as to require it. Terms $1.50, i|ivariably in advanc-R. Also, those indebted to us will please make immediate payment. JCi^Cotton was selling at from G 1-8 to 7 3-4 on the 12th instant in Charleston; and in Hamburg, on the same day, at 5 a 7 ccnts per pound. Affail's u.t Washington. The important questions now pending in Congress seem almost to be lost sight of in the all absnrliinrr nnrl -c UIIU till | IUI tun I UUC| Ol who shall be the next President ? Whilst we find the admirers of Mr. Clay warmly pressing his claims, the friends of Gen. Taylor are equally zealous in laying the ground work for his election. Of these two personages. we have but little doubt the Whigs will fix upon the latter as their choice, and with no bad- prospects too, of final success. That the hero of Buena Vista is popular, the demonstrations that are now being made in his favor throuohnni 0 the country attests the fact. Nor would wc be surprised should he receive the nomination, to find the " line policy" party, giving him the whole of their influence. The most prominent man among the Democrats for the Presidency, seems to be Jvlr. Cass. But who will receive the nomination, is difficult now to foresee. The issue will doubtless be made between those who are for the vigorous prosecution of thp war, ant} the entire conquest of Mexico; and those who are in ftvor of withdrawing the army, or the line policy. These at least are our impressions from the present aspect of things in the political world; and the following remarks of a Washington Correspondent of the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, a Whig paper, confirms us in our notions; " Much has been done and said of late here and elsewhere to bring about a distinct issue between the Administration and Whig 0 parties on the subject of the Mexican war. ?uo i unnif, are becoming prepared to unite upon the policy of a withdrawal to a line of defence and boundary, and to such a line as will give us Upper California. This is, in other words, the Calhoun plan. On the other hand, the Administration party?the whole Democratic party-r-go for conquest and annexation." Our Schools. We are gratified to learn, that the Male and Female Academies are, at this time, in a very flourishing condition. The former numbers about forty pupils, and the latter, fifty; an unusually large number, for this ... period of the year. The Principal of the former is Mr. Mo&se ; whose success duing the last year, added to the high recommendations, which he brought from the S, Carolina College, have justly secured for v?;nr. m ??- ?* * ...... mu oup^un ui an enugnienea community. We understand that some of his puc pits have entered the South Carolina College with great credit. Of Mr. Turner, the Principal of the Fe^ male Academy, we had-occasion to speak, : after bis examination lastJuly, We were v Jnot then awire, of what we have since learned; that in addition to 10 or 12 years,sperijt " in obtaining an education, under some of the ablest instructors in the State, Mr. Turner brings withTurn theexperienee of 15 years. ?? iue ease, witn wfcfch fee goveros a s^ool ; the familiarity, which her edribits, with the various branchW ; the progress of his pn pi la ; <jr^ib^wfefe^oridlasgification, which he M^e We would. not, sp?ak disparingly of biker sfmilai institutions, it is due to. (lie ' . ,':* > ' fs;' 1 *S " * '? '/ V '' ' '* & & )&' ?*?& .' X?: 5 it?' r-3*?r -. . * ' - gentlemen, who have charge of our schools to say, that they do not throw the burden of teaching on inexperienced assistants. They are both working tncn. The Rail Road. Upon the first page o! this week's paper will be found a letter from Maj. W. Eddins. addressed to Messrs Thomas, Gary and Connor, upon the rail road ; although not inten ? o ded for publication, the gentlemen receiving it, thought it worthy of being made pulic, and we most heartily agree with them. As a coincidence, and as an evidence of the wishes of a large portion of the stockholders, we would say. this letter was written prior to the meeting held at Cokesbury,or at this place, and when no suggestions had been made for grading the entire road, before the superstructure should be commenced at any point. We call the attention of our readers particularly to this letter. Hogaii & Tlioiiinson. Wo would call the attention of the merchants in this village, and throughout the District, to the advertisement of Hogan & Thompson in another part of our paper. They are wholesale dealers in BooliS and Stationery ; and having materially reduced the prices of these articles, merchants no doubt would do well to patronise them. Thev have also in nress. and will snnn be published, two interesting works : one a complete history of the War of 1812; the other a history of the Mexican War and its Warriors ; both illustrated with engravings of battles, places, and incidents connected with the narrative. Ftuicral of Scrgt- lUattisoii We regret that from indisposition, we were unable to attend the funeral of this nob 1ft vonnrr tnjin ivViir?li ?-? ? J Q .......J |'1"VV Ull Friday last. We understand that at least three thousand persons were present from this and the adjoining Districts, anxious to honor the dead who fell fighting the battles of his country, and whose name is identified with the heroes of the Mexican war. The address delivered upon the occasion is said to have been an exceedingly chaste and appropriate one. _Aaotlicr Rcvolutioner Gone- 1 Dp.nfirtfid this lifp nr? OTfk .?Jt "? il-? I ! WM ??*V Arf I ill Uli.J ai 111C residence of his daughter in Chambers co., Ala., Mr. Daniel Gill^gie, a soldier of the Revolution, in the 85ilF year of his age. The deceased was a native of Ireland, and eminigrated to this country some time before the commencement of hostilities. At the age of 15 he took up arms with the colonies against the mother country, and fought with that noble band of heroes through the war of the Revolution, achieving for llipir flocpnn/lnnJo 0 kv/a* Muowvuuuiibo muoi/ JLi U^I UC3 which they now enjoy. Alter peace was declared, he settled on Calhoun's Creek, in this District, where he resided until 1831, when he removed to Troup co., Ga., and again in '42 or '43 to Alabama, where he finished his earthly pilgrimage, leaving 9 children, 36 grand children, and 23 great grand chilJren, Fair JPlay. We would direct the attention of the public to the communication of Joshua R. Beall, one of the Abbeville volunteers,found on the first page of this paper, in regard to his conduct in Mexico, at the storming of Chapul tepee. We have heard much of this affair, and hesitate not in saying, if Mr. Beall exhibited the certificates which we now publish, when the Company investigated the charges made against him? that hp. h ns nn( hppn liictlir ^oolf V... I j?V.J, HHU ujf his comrades in arms. It is certainly hard enough for one to submit to the privations of a camp, and expose himself to danger in a thousand ways upon the field of battle; but how much more so is it, when he has done his duty gallantly, for false charges to be preferred against him, and that honor which he has [ alone fought for, to bo tarnished. We trust that the impartial verdict of his countrymen upon examination of tho evidence submitted will be an acquittal. From JSKexico. By the Picayune of the 7th inst, we are enabled to make the following synopsis of the news from Mexico, brought out by the McKim with dates from Vera Cruz to the 24th and City of Mexico to the 19th ult. The accounts of peace are as contradict ory as ever, ap otftcer writing from the City of .Mexico, under date of the 19th tilt*, says; ?,kThe Mexican Congress has not been able to iornivSk quorum and peace is just as far ojj^is evMi" Tlw Ye^ Cruz J^rrespoodent of the Pi cayunesays he h^ga^^?^terfri3p a high source, fcpOprtby the courier of the' English leganpn who left the city on the &F\ ?? */?< < . * * 18th ult., which statea that this general impression is entitled to no credit, and that he cannot sec that we are any nearer to peace than ever. It was, however, generally believed at the City of Mexico that peace had been concluded by Gen. Scott and Mr. Trist. The State of San Louis Potosi had issued a pronuncia mento against the Government and invited the other States opposed to a peace to send deputies to the City of San Louis Potosi. This seems to point out that at least there can be but very little hope of a permanent peace. The courier sent by Mr. Peoples with the President's Message for the American Star, was murdered near Vera Cruz on his return. He was taken into the bushes, stripped and shot by the guerrileros or robbers. An expedition under Col. McLelland, 5th ^ 1T-I - 1 " ? ii-iiu. vuiuiueers, composeu ot aoout auu Infantry and *200 mounted men, started on the 24th ult. to follow up the Orizaba road and try to cut off robbers who were represented to be in large force on the main road to Puente Nacional. A small merchants' train started on the 2Hd but it was only a ruse de guerre to draw them on, and it was ordered back the nex' night. It was positively assorted that Gun. Lane was moving 011 Orizaba with about 500 cavalry. Subsequent accounts say that it has been taken and now is in possession of a body of our troops. The small pox had made its appearance at Vera Cruz. A line of Omnibuses was to be established at the city of Mexico, and the carriages had already arrived at Vera Cruz. ir>l J-L VB IVVi *V9t By the arrival ofthc steamer Sarah Sands news from Liverpool six days later has been received. This singular fact is slated of the intelligence by this steamer: that whilst there is an, increased demand for Cotton, and a disposition to sell, prices have declined l-8d. No other news of much importance. Southern CultivatorWe have received the January and February numbers of this valuable journal published in Augusta, Ga., by J. W. & W. S. Jones, and edited by Daniel Lee, M.D. This work ranks with the best agricultural publications of this country, and should be in the hands of every farmer. Each number is embellished with elegant engravings. Price, $1.00 per annum, invariably in advance. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. At a meeting of the Officers and Members of the Abbeville Light Infantry on Saturday the 12th instant, the following Preamble and Resolutions wrrs r#>nrl Viir .?- "J Captain J. N. Cochran, and unanimously adopted : Tho Abbeville Light Infantry is again called to mourn the loss of another of its estefemed members. The announcement of Matthew Hervy. Wilson's death, on the 13th of December, of a protracted illness, has reached us. Athough he did not meet his fate in the stormy hour of battle, yet he died the death of a patriot, clad in the arms -pl?- a-? tt ui ms country. nis many virtues were acknowledged by all who knew him ; his character for genuine integrity and true worth is highly appreciated by his associates, who lament his death not less as a citizens than a soldier. As a volunteer, actuated by the purest impulses of disinterested patriotism, none can deny as but a just tribute to the name of Hervy Wilson. As a citizen, the manly, dignified and courteous demeanor of his youth, promised a future usefulness of equal growth with his years. As an associate, his companionship was sought after and beloved bv n.11 ?? n momKor a< 7 J J ? V1 this body, we feel that his name shall not only be known upon the muster roll, but shall have a green place in the remembrance of the Company. Therefore, Resolved?That the intelligence of the death of M. H. Wilson has been heard by the members of the Abbeville Light Infantry with deep regret. Resolved?-That the momhfirja nf ?lia Company do truly sympathise with the afflicted friends of the deceased. Resolved?That these proceedings be published in the Abbeville Banner. 113s* At a regular monthly meeting of Clinton Lodge, No. 9, on Saturday last, the following Preamble and esolutions were . _ j. uiiauimDU9{j posseu; Whereas, intelligence has reached us of the death of pur worthy Brother and P*/. M.\, George J. Cannon, Esq., since our last meeting, who died on a visit to his friends in Newberry Api jshtn^ as, brother Canuoh was highly esteemed H.: ' ' ' -*?..** ir'-H'f 'IB*# ?ti M , % by us as a Mason, as well as an excellent and orderly citizen ; therefore, Resolved,, That in the death of Brother Cannon, Clinton Lodge, No. 3, has lost an exemplary member, and Abbeville District a useful citizen : that while we deeply dei i .!. r .M. piuic ma loss iu ourselves, 10 ins lamuy, and to his friends, we are not without hope that he has now become a "perfect ashlar" fitted for the Master's use, in that Building, t{lhe House not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens." Resolved, That we deeply sympathise with the family of the deceased, in this afflicting dispensation of Providence, and that in testimony thereof, a copy of these proceedings be forwarded to his mourning widow. Resolved, That a page of the Journal be set apart on which to inscribe the name of our Brother, and the date of his decease. Resolved. That these nrnreodinnr.* lu? nnh i" o i lished iu the Banner. William Hill, Sec'ry. C. L. Abbeville C. H., Feb. 12, 1S48. Wo make the following Extract of a letter from the Telegraph written by a member of the Richland Company, to a friend in Columbia, dated City of Mkxico, December 31, 1847. This evening I accompany Captain McGowan to San Angel, in compliance with an invitation from Major Dunovant. to attend a regimental rejoicing for the coming new year, and at this lime your old favorite song forces itself to me,?(I mean .) I'll be merry, merry here, While you be merry, merry there; For who can tell where we shall dwell And be merry another year. At this time it is currently reported and generally believed, that on or about the 10th of next month a move will be made upon Zacatecus and San Luis Potosi, and the papers of this place say that we may expect more and grand Fandangoesbut as fighting is the smallest part of a soldier's life, I do not mind them ; for alihough we are in fact an orphan Regiment, and the ir nf nnr ?n?t!.n?s ??.. ui iiuniuvio iwu^ jusuiy nic in saying we are nearly an cxtinct family here, yet I hazard nothing in asserting, that with Lieut-Col. Gladden at our head, we are still equal to any tmergency that may happen; at any rate, under his guidance we have still maintained our former standing and dignity. The regret with me in having to move is, that should the Regiment go one way and Captain Mcdowan in another, in tlmt I must minin tl>?? . J ? - .. ? V? -VjV... V..V. Regiment, ana I cannot,although willing to take my chances with the Regiment, but regret leaving one so brave, kind, and generous. For my part, I believe the generous are always brave,?to illustrate which saying, I will relate some little incidents that came under my observation. Captain McGowan imagining that he had not had a fair showing with his own Regiment in the Churubusco affair, although in the danger of the chances of battle, (for he was at that time on duty with General Twiggs's Divifiinn \ Knt Ipnrnfr ?? va. .wui.i" miul iur. iiuvii wr.tK iu /# o ^ have another showing after the armistice was broken, he requested permission of Captain Irvin, Assistant-Quarter-MasterGeneral, to join General Quitman, which request was granted. He was all through the Chapultepec affair. After the taking of Chapultepec, and we were on the march, I might say run, for the garita, and at a lime when the road was raked with every description of ball from round shot to grape and canister, he received an order from the General to forward a "nine-pounder," which was very much needed in consequence of not having the proper kind of amunition for the guns that were on the spot. In accordance with the order, he hastily returned to ihe foot of Chap iltepec Hill, where the gun required, was, and finding inert; some reireuung Mexican soldiers, he drew his sword and with a dignity and authority that he can command, forced them to draw one of their own guns nearly to the gate of the City to be trailed on their own countrymen. I. will however indulge the hope he and the Regiment may lake the same direction, as 1 know he has all that nativity of feeling ihat bind men to their particular State. Washington, February 3, 1848. The Court Martial in the case of LieutenantColonel Fremont have punished him, but only in a very limited extent. Lieutenantpnlono 1 i? 1-1? ? w.vuui jl ikuiviu 10 uiiLjucsnuiiuuiy u meri. torious officers; and the Court did not, in . all probability, find him guilty of mutiny, but merely of disobedience of orders; but of this I am not certain. The question now is, will the President remit the sentence without convening a Cabinet Council? This may be doubtful, at all events I feel certain that the sentence of the Court will be remitted bv the elemenev of the Exer.n # w -J ~' tive. Colonel Benton has moved for the appointment of a committee to investigate the claims of the unsettled accounts in California. He is, of course, the Chairman, with power to audit himself, each and every thing. This will give Colonel Benton aa opportunity of bringing, in another 'shape, , that testimony before tho nnV?li??_ ???*?. ? j ?"7 " "Q suppressed by order- of the Court, in the Court 'Martial* & It-will be the appendix to the history of California, piomised us on thef , occasion of the trial.?Baltimore Sun. * " > The Mormon Templb.-?The Rock River Conference of the- Methodist Episcopal Church, at their, last session, appointed A comwittee td wu?ure into , the expediency of purchasing the Morton TeroplejU Nau;j Voo, for literary purposes, p: <?* <mu? . \ ' *. <63 v'*, jjfe , i Correspondence of the Cou rier. 1/ WASHINGTON, FEB.G. ? It is now certain that both the whig and W democratic parties are to hold party Con- ^ ventions, and nominate parly candidates.? n the whig friends of Gen. Taylor in Congress have been outnumbered and trammelled by pre-organization of their party. They, ne- $ < vertheless,have not altered their opinions? . % that Gen. Tavlor will faithfullv rpm-Asnnt t I every valuable principle of the parly, and ^ can, moreover, be elected. The will still m' continue to urge in favor of Gen. Taylor, the B great argument of availability. Ik Some of the Southren Calhoun men are M quite pleased at the present state of things & ?that is, the prospect of a regular democra- H tic Convention. They think that an independent nomination will be made, in the South and West, of Gen. Taylor ; and that ^ if not elected by the people, he may defeat ^ any popular election, and be chosen by the jfc House of Representatives. There can be no doubt that Mr. Clay's % visit to this city, and his evident health and ^ spirits, and his decided opposition to the war, m have all had influence in remitting upon \ nun tue torce ot the yet powerful whig party. The New 1 ork whigs have had much influence in producing this state of things, and they think that, availing themselves of tlie existing feud between the hunkers and barnburners, they may obtain the vote oflhe State for Mr. Clay. They could not, they think, obtain it lor Gen. Taylor. The project of a direct tax is dead ; ditto, of a duty on tea and coffee ; ditto, of Mr. Walker's proposed new batch of Treasury Notes. The whigs have determined to hold me administration to their system oflow duties, Sub Treasury, and pure gold and silver currency?in order to test its adaption to the large expenditures of the war. The most important developement that we have had, ot late, in respect to the policy of the administration, is that they are ready to make a treaty with President Herrern, on the same terms heretofore proposed, through i Mr. T list; but that there is no evidence J before the Executive that Herrara's Govern- I mi'.nt will accept such terms. It would bo t well for both coutiies if Mexico would now accept thejterms and still,better in view of tho permanence of peace between the two coun' tries, if the Sierre Mad re should be the boundary line, instead of the Rio Grande. Correspondence of the N. Y. Jo w. of Com. Constantino? December 15, 1847. Recognitic of pltotesstantism by tiie Sultan.?The annual festival of the Turks, called "Courban Beiram," or "Feast of Sacrifices," was made memorable this year by the issue of an Imperial Order, constitu ting the Protestant subjects of the Empire into a separate an J independent community, like that of the Americans, Greeks, and Latins. We believe that it was the most precious sacrifice offered on the occasion. It is customary with the Government tore* serve measures for these festivals, either for the sake of honoring the festival with the publication of them, or in case there should be an opposing party, that their clamors might be. drowned in the gaity and idleness of the holidays. I send you an early conv of this document from which it will appear that so far as the imperial will can secure it, the position of Protestants in the Turkish empire is as well based as that of any of the other communities. This is the first time since the Reformation, that Protestant subjects of the empire have been recognized as existing as a distinct body. All those whom it immediately regards, have been brought to a knowledge of the truth by American missionaries and in civil respects this is the reward of the patient endurance of a few hundreds of persons against persecutions frrwm l^oir ?! ? ?? I ? - >IVIaa .uuu Ul UCIJ SlIMIlill IU 11115 _ have been forwarded at the same time to the Pashas of Erzroom, Trebizond, Da* mascus, Aleppo, and Nieomedia, in all which Pashalicks there are Protestants, requiring them to obey it to the letter. Interesting Developments in tiie United States Senate.?Tho Washington Union has an article under this head, referring to what was said by Mr. Sevier, r* vuv uuuiiiiiuu ui me uuunniuee on foreign Relations, in the Senate on Friday in reply to the positions of Whig Senators on the subject of the war, especially to the reasons (the subjugation &c., of Mexico) assigned by Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, for refusing supplies to the army. Premising that it is that portion of Mr. Sevier's speech touching upon the objects for which the war is prosecuted, which is the most striking and important, the Union says: "He declared that the President was must anxious 10 make a treaty ol peace with Mexico, that he wished for pothing but a fair and adequate indemnity; that he never went for the whole of Mexico, that he disclaimed it; and that he wished to preserve, as he had declared in his Message, the na- , tionality of Mexico. Mr. Sevier also de- ] clared that the President wished, indeed, ] 4 security for the future,1 and that he would be satisfied with making peace With such a stable government as had existed under I Pa redes and that he would make a treaty with such a government as the present, with Anaya as the President, and with the J Congress of Queretaro. ,-^There were other' interesting f revelations brought out in the course..gf Mr. Sevier's speech, or upon the. questions of Mr. Foote addressed to Mr.BeU. Wwnly to AllAMA* ivliink A r?OT> ?^: )'] *>. " ; ' V '.' ':.> ' ' ./; . ; 1