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/'flitl III Mttl- t /I ??< ? r.-itH. rALMKTTO ItKOlMKNT * ' IIV ONU or IIIK TWO III Mllll:!'. 1 I shall now inako a bilef review of I lie events thai followed lite bailies of the Stli mill Dili of May, on Taylor's lino of operation*, and pass on lo the change of the plan of tlio war, and the invasion of the ]iearl i>f Mexico, through the City of Vera Cruz. To this is my narrative properly confined, and the preceding chapters aro merely introductory to this subject. The President of tlio United Stales, by virtue of ]iia ofiii'n?(liimniniwliif.in./ Army ami Navy, Logan tliia war under the most auspicious circumstances. Ilo was supported l>y a wild popular cn(liusiasm in favor of llio war. Congress voted him ten millions of dollars, an I authorized him to call into service fifty thou- j sand mm. Two hundred thousand men iinmcdialely o Pie red themselves as volunteers. J Jul both the President and Taylor were ; puzzled as to the proper plan of action.? ! The invasion of Maxico was a work of great difliculty. Nearly a thousand miles, of which two hundred was nn arid dcterl, intervened between the liio Grand and the Capitol, and rendered a march from that point upon the Capitol impossible. The country was loo poor to supply the army, and it was impossible to transport over such a distance, provisions and munitions of war for 20,000 men. On the oilier line, was Vera Cruz, aiul its terrible ensile of which indeed little was known. It had been taken by the French in 1S20, l?y a mere accident, but it was known to bo of formidable strength, lint a fctill more terrible enemy than the castle stalked around Vera Cruz, at the bare mcnlion of whoso name, the boldest held his his breath, and the proudest hero turned pale. That enemy was the voniito, (yell w fever,) against whoso insidious approach, and destroying power, courage and skill were unavailing. An attack upon Vera Cruz was not even to be thought of. imiil ilii> i*aini*ii r.r o J - ul HIIIIVI, OIIU the termination of the voinito. Ami thus Mexico found a defence in her natural barriers, and aiid deserts, and her inhospitable climate, which the might ^ainly have Bought in the valor of her koiis. i?our months were spent in preparations for an invasion. The Mexicans spent this interval in collecting their routed army, adding reinforcements to it, and fortifying their towns. Taylor spent it in receiving and drilling his volunteers. In September he marched upon Monterey, which ho captured after a licrht of three davs. 1 f ? fnnl.- niwcntsinn <-.f Monclova, Camargo, Saltillo, Cerralvo, an J tbo oilier important towns without resistance. Tn November, IS 10, the administration determined upon nn invasion from another point. Tho war was becoming unpopular in the Northern States. There were clamors gainst it, and its expenditures in Congress. Another Presidential election was approaching, and it was as necessary for the purposes of party, as for tho national honor, that the war should bo prosecuted with vigor, and to a biiw'.'Uit and successful conclusion. Thus far the w*ir had lecn confined to tlio Mexican frontier, ?ls disasters bad been scarcely felt, and bad exasperated the Mexicans, instead of inclining them to peacc. There was but ono alternative. To retire from the country and give-up our conquests, wbicb would have been a na^onal.*?^1}!\? Seipio, to n^g^*fou carry < the war into -> (Mexipfc^^fVicn.,' Tlio latter alternative ^accepted. Tlio .City and centro of ' Mexico could hare boon npproached from twn imiiilu nl""1' 11 " ' " uuuuk, v<?umty uiatani: Tarnpico and -Vera Cruz. Eack was about 300 miles from the capital. The approach of each was through mountain pass?s, narrow defiles, and strong defensible and defended positions. Tampico could be easily taken, and in fact, was voluntarily abandoned by the Mexicans. But between Tampico and the Capitol, w?s San Louis Potosi, a cilv of formidable defences, and then the bead quarters of Santa Anna with an army of 20,000 men. On the oilier line, frowned the grim and dofiant castle of Ulloa, and the "heroic" city of Vera Cruz. Between these two points tho choice was to be made, and thtf" belief was en couraged by tho administration, that the San Louis route would be adopted. This was my belief, even as late as January lfrlY, when we embarked from Mobilo under sealed orders. It was the opiuion of Col. Butler also, who told us the day t>cforo embarking, that in eight days, onr bones would be bleaching on tlie soil of Mexico. It* was Aho general opiflion up tp4he timo i of embarkation, thai ^ott and Taylor would ( make a combined attack upon Loirts i'ulosi. Santa Anna find long boip^ferlify;. j ing San Louis, in anticipation of an adranra by Taylor. * | What determined the clioico of attack. } upon Vora (kuz, is a matior upbn which ^ history throws 110 light. The rpa3 through . l'utosi was less practicable and 41 desire to avoid Santa Anna's army may have been the determining causes. 1 Now for the first time, was any vigor 1 manifested in pushing on tlio war. At V no time was tlio army larger than 20,000 'J men, when 50,000 wero authoiizcd by 0 Congress. Tho character of th 2 Mexicans I had been sadly mistaken. It was supposed that after a few defeats, they wouhf ask for '' pcacc. But accustomed to waf,1 inordi ualcly vain, and stoically stillborn, Jllxes^ n disasters iSnly mortified their Yftoily, and 0 whetted their thirst for r^rcngc. A 3An Luui.j paper boasted that there would be w - no Jjc ico, until Gull., Scott had kiissud the c; ' >c - [ ounla Anna, and (.Jen. T.*'yloi liad it Injun ?.-1iitiitvM 1 iii (lio of ? Tliis wrw? an expression, tlHMtgh, somewhat exaggerated, of I lie national sentiment.? It had become necessary to brenk their spirit by repeated tl*-lV.*atj*t lo humble their prido by driving them into their Capitol, ami tliiuiiloHiig at its gates a elcrn demand for peace. The season lia\ing an ived, when tlio fatal vomito was swept I?y the Northers from the Mexican coast, the new plan of tlio war was determined on, and (Jen. Scott was ordered lo Mexico. It was left lo Scott's discretion, whether lo attack Vera Cruz, and advance through it npon the City, or to capluro Tampico, and march upon San Louis. This discretion was allowed liim probably, to relieve the adininislralion from the responsibility of the hazardous enterprise, and throw tlio whole of it upon Scott. Sl-oII had furiiUhed tlio war department with liia estimates of men and muni'ions ncccss'iry for tlio rcihiulion of Vera Cruz, lie rc<|iiirod a laml force of 10,000 men, and 1,200 marines, aided by tlie navy in tlie gulf, as tlie smallest force with whieh an assult could bo undertaken with hopes of success, and he insisted on an army of from 12,000 to 15,000. To furnish this force, and to furnish Taylor with a .substitute for the regulars withdrawn from him, 1 the President called lor seven volunter rogi- 1 mouls for immediate service. Louisiana ' was called upon to furnish one, South Caro- ' Una, one, North Carolina, one, l'onnsylva- ' nia, two, and Now York, one. All these ' States responded promptly to the call, ex eept North Carolina, which was very tardy, 1 l?uL finally furnished :i regiment. 1 have now rcched tho proper act ami ' scene in the drama, for the introduction of ' the I\dmettocs and in the next and follow- ' ing chapters tiny* shall. ' Strut ainl fret thvir hour upon tho stage;" ' with to three-fourths of them, the sad late, ' "And llion he heard no more.'' I PURE Allt AND SLEEP. Dr. Arnott, in his Physicx, states that a canary bird suspended near the top of a ' curtained bedstead where persons arc 1 sleeping, will generally bo found dead in ' tho morning from the ctlecLs of carbonic ' acid gas, generated in respiration. He sot ' fourth litis as a fact, to show tlio necessity of breathing pure air in sleeping apaitinenls, ' and a sweeping argument against the old fashioned high curtained bedsteads. ? A healthy man respires about twenty : times in a minute, and inhales iu that peri- J od about seven hundred cubic inches of air; ' this lie exhales a-'ain in the form of carbon- 1 . I ic acid gas and water, which vitiates the atmosphere. Three and one half per cent. of carbonic acid i?as in the air renders it * unfit for the support of life; tl.is shows how necessary it is to provide a supply of pure air lor tlio support of respiration. There arc also ccrtain facts which g<> to J prove that more danger exists?that there is a greater pronenoss to disease?during sleep than in the waking state. In Turkey and Ilindostan, if a person falta asleep in the neighborhood of a poppy field over which the wind is blowing towards him, ho C 1 is liable to "sleep the sleep which knows 110 1 waking." 1 The peasant of Italy who falls asleep in ( the neighborhood of the Pontine marches 1 arc invariably smitten with fovcr. Evoii ' travelers wlio pass the night in the Cam- 1 pa ^ua du Home inevitably become more or * less afleJ.'^d with tho noxious air, while 1 those who pass" through without stopping, ' escape the marsh &ver. Those who have tKtseled in tronicni climates, and who ' bavo beeo attacked wfili ''bious fevers,* uniformly ascribe tlie causp of ti.y?'r sufferings to night'erptiSurein Uio open ^ An English traveler in Abyaainia ujfii 1 asserted that he could live iu health in tbatv^ sickly climate, by a proper flection of -v the situation where ho slept every night. a There is abundant evidence, it would appear, which goes to prove that by proper attention lo the place where, and the cir- ^ cumslances under which persons sleep, ^ many diseases may be avoided.?Scientific ? American. ^ Crinoline.?The Now York Day Book ^ has a very sensible editorial on lioops, from ^ which we adopt the following extract: i With a. certain Now York coteinporary, a we arc glad to see that the adoption of this () healthy and graceful article of dress is al- rj most universal, and V.'9 hopo to witness the ^ day when every American hnlv will con " ~ J 5 form to the custom. The women of the present gonerMion 11 have already reaped immonao advantages n from the general uso of the crinoline; and , knowing that fact, thoy have defied ridiculo ' and scorned newer fashions. Even tho Empross Eugenie, who unwittingly blessed hci r sex by making it the mode, haa vainly a/1tcmptpdvto introduce a fresher stylo. If t'lho ladies will stand by the light criuolino, a''nd still dfrpenso with eight out of tho Ven jlyhts tliey wcro worit'to wear, tho - .. .-v - . w ~r' lion vet to como will bo boatthior And atrof n?or, consumption and kindled diseases 1 of tho clicst will bo fowqr* lifotfvill bg lotig^ ,cr, uid naturo boater fitted for nlltho dut ies ivhich pertain, to tho wlfg, and tlio mot her n a civilftcd conjmuofty. . ** * u " * Gov. Marcy itf a Printing Office.?=0 ust wo wcoks before tho <l$fitli of CJov. Mai;1! cy, 10 was in the'Rochcstor Union ofBtos^ . and failed tlio press room of the c^nplisbcE.^ .eni /his was tho first time, ho sa^tbat ha, had ver socu a printir^ press at wori^^.^Tho Tnion observes: u When wo consider that liVhad, pfrttn is youtli up, been accustomed to w> ito for jo political press, and had alwajv boeh loro or less associated with tho fHco, this eircumatanco^ooma vor/?. jjngtilat A-lass Pa-lnafr! a? Ibo old bach, jlor said hen lie wanted to marry. Ha J . dnda .Uto line exclamation ijfter wairlqgf , but j|?clt [ awwfc .. 1 A VtPIT TO Al.fcXAftDKU YON HUMHOl.DT. K:i\ King, who visited Millie tililo ng<> the veteran of Science, Alexander Von Hum holili, Mills describes the personal appearance of tho venerably uhl gentleman. We are indebted lo a (Jornian friend for the translation : I ItimboMr.s figtiro is not large, l?nt is rather stout?his feet and hands arc small, and of beautiful form. IIis silver white hair surrounds (lie venerable head ; ho wears on the high, hn go forehead the marks of genius. J lis eyes are blue, and notwithstanding his advanced ngo, are full of expressions and life. His line formed lips reveal a particular smile, half sarcastic, half benovclent, full of spiritual supremacy. 1 While speaking lio sits bent forward, bis eyes cast to the ground ; from lime to limo ho lifts his head, friendly smiling, thus animating the listener. Conversing with him, you forget entirely that the celebrated man has passed already his 87th year, so juvenile, fresh and exciting are his words, flowing in wonderful change, mingling humor with instruction. 11o is in the truest seine, ;md fullest meaning of the word, tho best narrator, the clearest orator the world knows. An immense amount of knowledge is always at his control, and notwithstanding his great age, you cannot perccive the least failure in his memory. He probably has no equal. Fact", names, and figures never escape his memory, and lie remembers often with the same tenacity the smallest affairs as the greatest and most valuable facts. The principal feature of his whole being is a rare humanity for others, which also reaches solf-forgetfi1111 ess. It is only known .0 his most intimate friends, that Humboldt ,nnn<1< lli/? m??*n?tfrtc! r.f 1.1^ !?/?/???? ^1. ;hnrity, and in aiding the support of young nid aspiring students. Ilis private property is not very considerable, but lie receives join the King of Prussia a large salary or his position at tho court, and besides his, a corresponding sum is paid him l>y Uolle, the publisher of his w?. rlcs. Dy the inipleiiess of his wants this income would lot only be sufficient but would a'low him o lay up something ; but Humboldt thinks .0 make a better use of it by changing tho ato of some unfortunate young man. The iiillucncc which lie has with the \itig ho uses for the promotion of sciencc. I'licro is no person of talent, no juvenile genius, who is not noticed by him. Far iway from any envy and faint-hearted ealousy, he procures for meritorious scholirs not only the necessary respect, but also employment, oflicca, and honor of every wind. It may be interesting to learn how this ;reat naturalist spends his time. Humboldt ises at about half-past eigt o'clock ; at jreakfast he reads his letters, which he generally answers immediately. Tlicrc is icrhnps no letter writer so punctual as lie, hough very few persons have so lnrgo a !orre?pondcuco, to all parts of the world. \fter this ho dresses with the aid of his 'ulit de chambrc, to receive and announce risilors, or to make visits himself until 2 >'clock. At 3 o'clock he goes to the royal >;4acc, where ho generally dines, if he does iot invite himself to dine with somo family >f his acquaintance. lie remains mostly it Alexander Mendelssohn's, in whoso house ic lives. At ^o'clock in tlio evening, he isually returns to his home, lie then goes o the court or in eociely, from which he 'eturns at about midnight. Now is his oal and best time for working; in the pro round, nightly silence, Iio writes bis imnortal works, often in summer until tue jay sliincs through tlio windows. It is alivas 3 o'clock in tho morning, when' this uvenilo old man thinks of allowing a short rest to his almost ninety years old body, to mini a necessary power for tye. now day's Indeed-wtfthink Ihisftstrango stoiy,. nd stil/l -^yery word ofjtt*Tnio. IIuiflbQlal* J?s no fajuiJv a& t-* is nearest ^,hS t,lft a"J aughters of his oxc^1\hr0ih?' WiU!',SS >r whom ho has a to fraternal ?v ard. " You should >vo knowD, roy rother," says he, with an.,wWo njodesty, ho was always the most i./'lcnled us wo brothers." Humboldt is n..^Qiaf fom a real antique feeling of friendship , lis benevol$nco and zeal to servo others re, in our selfish, egotistic timcj), really ad- i uirablo, and almost without a parallel.?' 'h rough his many co'.'nectiols with tho rincipal persona '0'f nu coun^os, ho bo amc, iu iuc truest sense, iuq intellectual j odium of our presont Eurodjan culturo, nd of every scientific improwment. , ]>old travelers, inspirated fry him, ponorato new countries and <iscovor hinds which extend population andcivilizfttion.? Voung naturalists occupy til m selves under , liis influence with tho ridiles of creation rmd tho secret powor of i ituro ;-philOso- i phcrs, astronomers,- boWni s, chomists lay at his feet Uio discoveries, hicli. they owe , partly to his works. He ai mates tlieineeal ?liis praise is their spur ryl highest re? , ward, liisinst uclion alio i them ifltoatly 1 tho way winch they have > pursue, look at him as at a prm .?All rills and rivcra fmdi&cir source jut' ^~ea 6f ?,cicn<5d, ' wiiicli Includes tbo yvuol trca.suro of our ! present knowledge. never lived bcf^Q, arid' ( the bfeftutifnl drcaniof.lie, a cosrfiopo-'f' 1 itan literature and ft uaj real dUfotfoqk' 1 tho fullest truLb and tbo >si' beaUTjfub^pr- 1 knowfodgitffenls. - ! 1 To a German was reset 1 tho great dos- '' tiny to fonrijl tli'o uniftegj jfcpfcty^Hhd .spirit, and tho whole pcoj <pjj&^4pok with < pride *?ftd reverence || I jjmnco borniin .ifi ^ jUwA-i? i itf -?* \ that J OKUltN OF UHKAT MKN. f Snmo ?'f I lio gfo:\ledt moil th<? world hn? ever produced, oillict in nuciont or modern times, wore of humble and obscuro origin. * Ooluinbu", the discoverer of America, was I tho boh of a weaver, and a weaver himself. Homer, the great Greek poet, and tho f prince of uncicnl poets, was a beggar. * Demosthenes, tlio great Grecian orator, was < tho son of a culler. Oliver Cromwoll was I the son of a brewer, liutijamin Franklin , was a journeyman printer. Korgusson, tho ( Scoli'li Jisl.roiioinop km " l----' 1,1 * -y It OHVIIIIUIU. i'i'l- 1 iiiuikI Halley, nil eminent English astrono- I nier, was llio sou of a soap-boiler, at < Khorcditch. Hogarth, tho celebrated Eng- y glish painter, was put apprentice to an ' engraver of pewter pots. Virgil, tho groat ' Latin poet, win the son of a potter; ami ( Horace, of a shopkeeper. Shakcspear, the 1 greatest of English Dramatic poets, was the ( son a wool stapler; ami Milton, the greatest s of epic poets, was the sou of a lnoneyserivener. l'opo was the son of a merchant; ' and l>r. Samuel Johnson, of a bookseller, J at Litchfield. A ken side, the author of that ! clegent poem, llio " Pleasures of the Imagi- < nation," was the son of a butcher, at New 1 castle. Uobort Hums was a plowman of ' Ayrshire, Scotland; CJray, the English poet, the son of a money scrivener; and Henry ' lv !. #. Wl.il-. - 1 ... 1 -r ... . : ..w .< mi.., ui u mucuer 111 rsoumgliam 1 England. Ulooin field ami (iillbrd were 1 shoe-makers; ami Addison, (ioldsmith, OL- ' way, and Canning, were sons of clergymen. 1 The present Lord Lyiulliursl, the Lord 1 Chief J ustice of England, was the son of 1 the painter Copley, and an Aineiican by 1 birth. This list could be doubled, but it is ' unnecessary. These examples show that there is no state or condition of life, however, humble or obscure, from which talents ' and genius may not rise by individual exertion to cminenco and distinction. Particularly is this the case in our own countrv. wlicro there is no nobility, rxiul no privileges conferred by bulli, and where the road to the highest ofliccs and the proudest distinction is alike open to all. Gen. at jYl wbiirypnrt.?The repetition of I'M ward Everett's address on Washington, at Ncwbuiyport, Mass., on Moiulay evening, recalls to the Herald of that place, sonic interesting incidents connected with the visit of the _?>?/? ^nitrite to that city sixty-eight years ago next October. Ho went from Tpswich cssorlcd by the military, and a great number of public officers and private gentlemen. Upon his arrival at the boundary of the town, ho was received by the militia of the town, and the ai tilery, who fired a salute of 13 guns; and in the midst of the firing the music struck up, and a company of young men placed tneniselves beforo him and sang. Washington was so affected by this unexpected and interesting mode of welcomc, that he was moved to tears. ] lo passed the different classes of people, and the pro cession terminated with -J20 scholars, all with quills in their hands, headed by their i preceptors?having for a motto?"Wo are ' the free horn subjects of tho United ' States." lie was greeted by an address j written by John.Quincy Adams, who was , then a law student with Judge Parsons, to < which Washington replied. Tho day of reception closed with brilliant display of . fireworks, and other demonstrations of the i people's joy. Tho next day tho First i President started for Portsmouth, under tho ] sumo escort to the New Hampshire line, J with which ho was ushrcJ into town. Tliero are some of our oldest citizens, says tho Herald, who remember much of Wash- 1 ington'a visits. i The Five Points.?Tho following para- 1 graph from tho New York Express gives an idea of tho fearful accretion of vice and squalor in the field of labor occupied by tho. Fivfl TViinfa Afiucinn <( j>? Im duties recently, Mr. 1 .Pease found a dying woman in a foul npartment ia Cow Uay, occupied- also by eight other women and one man, iSJl'djunken and , debased and infamous in tho last extreme. In tho upper end of the samo pestilent court or closo were found, in fifteen rooms, twenty-three families, making an aggregate of one hundred and seventy-nine persons, or , twelve to a room! In fivo of tlieso fifteen , _'??. intoxicating liquors were kept for 1 roan.. ,. * i sale Iuui" ' privation, djscaso < , " .v !,*ucd through them all.? and indecency ro._ . ? , 1 vr . " ,..7i ? f'om theso rooms at- c l et seventeen children. ^ , tend the schools of tho liou-A?. ^ " "9'T)* In eleven other rooms wefo cigh...<*'n a,ni lies, and iu nearly lialf of theso room/* ai" ilont spirits were sold. In ono of tho garrets lived two negroes with elovanjabandonod-whito women. In Jwelvo other rooms J word*found tWonly-four families, consisting ? of ono hundred'and twenty-four persons.? j. Hero wero two blind women, two just past Iho perils of child-birth, and sofronty-ono _ wero children, oplyieight of whom attend 2U nny scliool/V. " . Fact, Ihutlicr than Fancy.?Tho following seems to bo tnio, th> moro tho disgraco ^ to human naturoi liovongo fs'longorliyod than .gratitude, Eridoreo Mr. Smithy nolo to keep hinvfrom biirstingjpn'd lie forgets ii)fnbout it in rtmon^h. "Pull Mr.;Smith'8 ao^, and h$ will t^erish a.ac^t desiro to ^ foro your.liousoVBSSwn for th^/epa'atadcr of luWlfo. Kovcttgoife'a paJiSioii;' G rati tit do appears o'njy to- l>e n sentiment. can ills&^^'afcit i^ only onoTgjpin in a' Mfflk-; l.rod who pos4cas?a 'slrontffepnougli to bo A1 I. sw&A Tho first timo jLljat Jcrro>0f met with Dib1 i n| tcr,h nvo Uaioni ^ot ofout "V* 1 ' . '* . . ,? < j.' - Mi MHIII I ?II ?< ? ? Hi ^1?I IN KLRUTIUC BIMHJK UN MOUNT WARIIINU TON. A rorrOHitoii'tiMil of liin ltd* ton lien semis 110 following story from Mount Washing* on, N. II., umlor dale of tlift 1 .*>111: Mr. /Alitor : Allow mo to record a sinpilar circumstnnee, or phenomena, tint vas noticed alionl f> o'clock last evouing, >11 the top of Moiint Washington. The hcrinomelcr was at CO d<-g., and tho sun vaa ohscurcd !>y heavy Mack ihtindor louds, which in various directions wore >onring their contents upon the heated earth jolow. 11 ore and there sunlight, in curious :untrast to the Mackncssof falling showers, vas lighting up tho distant hills and vales, vhile vivid Hashes of chain lightning, and hunder that made this mighty moniiment )f rocks to its centre shake, were passing in jiatchless panoramic grandeur heforo our jager gaze, as a duise black cloud came lowly moving up the mountain side.? I'liero was at the time but a very sligh wind from tho northward on tip-lop, and as the jiant mon.sler cloud camo with its gloomy shadow over all tho rocks around, eight of mr parly stood bareheaded upon the topnost rock, to observe tho change ere the rain canic. Scarcely had we all assembled cro one of iitr party clasped hold of her head, exclaiming?"Oh! howslraugv I feci! What ails my head?" At this, we looked at one another, and beheld the hair of the heads of nil our parly was slamling out in a most [?o.sitive state of repulsion, and ui)' Ihoughls immediately reverted to the time when upim a stool with glass legs, T hadsullercd an electric communication l'ur the amuscmenl i>f my schoolmates. 1 y my parsing a hand near llio head of one one of our party standing near, T found that the erect hairs standing out, immediately withdrew from the attempted touch. This we tried ly turns upon the diiloront members of our party, and we in turn rcmaiked a tingling peculiar feeling, like such as is excited by electric shocks, thrilling through our blood.? Wo account for this peculiar state of feeling by the supposition that tho thunder and lightning had produced a stale of electricity in the atmosphere opposite to that within ourselves?or in other words, that we were positively charged while the air was ncga- i Live. I A /Vr,nonWnm.?The Troy Whit; relate* the following incident: "It is generally known lliat (lie daughter <>f Oovrrnor Many tlio fourth of July in the family ol' an acquaintance in this cily. She formed one of a circle of friend*, including tallies and gentlemen, at the hoti*e (hiring the <lay. While all the others wore in cheerful spirits, il was observed in the forenoon, that Miss M. appeared to be (h'lirciactl in mind. So ohvioiiH was I hid lo her companions, that it was the nihject of pcmc remark, when she said uho was unaccoiuitalily impressed with the fear that a signal calami:y ha?l overtaken Home member of lior family, liarly in the afternoon the ncw-s of the death of Liovcrnor Marcy reached this city, and it was known lo gentlemen composing tlie party in at:... at .5- ' ... vii i.n.-w. in. una mime up:o ociorc lb was communicated to her. "While Lhc gentlemen were in a room liy themselves, discus-sing the manner jf conveying to the daughter the sad intelligence, iuid before she could by any means liavo received Lite least intimation of the ''vent, she suddenly llircw her handkerchief over her face, ami evidently in deep ?rief, retired alone up slaira." A ncctlofc of ticorgc J'cuhwly.?Fifty years igo, at tho ago of 12, lie had occasion to pass .hrough Concord, N". II., 011 his way to Vermont, lie stopped all night at the old 'Stickiiey Hotel," ivlierc he paid his louring and breakfast by sawng wood! Such was the first beginning of [?eorge Peabody. A matter-of-fact father, on being asked if [lis daughter bad recovered from the whoopng cough, replied?" Vcs she's well of tho :our/h but tho hoop sticks to her liko tar 1" ~ W. C. Davis, Attorney at Law and Solictor in Addeviwjk.,^.^. Will QroirvH^Tftcud to all bunincss entrusted to his care. liu can bo found at the ollicc of the Abbeville Banner " July 12a 1G Straw Bonnets, A ND Misses Trimmed and Untrimmcd j Lcghom SInts, AT nilAMnrnc .1- MAi)?!if tine I March 20, 1857 46 if Dissolution. rpiIK Firm of WIEIt ?fe MILLER was litis JL day dissolved by muluul consent, llic liintrtlion of Uio partnership having expired. The litnic of the Finn will bo used in (lie closing up >f the business, by either one of lis. All persons indebted to us by Nolo or Account, ,vill pleaso como forward und pay up as soon as sonvenient, as it is very desirable that the busi icbs should be closed us early as possible. JOHN A. WIER, O. MuD. MILLER. August 23, 185C. 13 tf WANTEDIMMEDIATELY! XOO Wogrooa ! Pq3 which the IIKJI1EST CASH PRICES will .,>0 Pn'(^ persona desiring to sell lie or more wf'1' d(f well to uddrcss one of the ibseribers? _ W. SUBER, R. W. WHITE, Cokcsbury, & C. Greenwood, S. C. July 23, 1850. 14 A'-. " ' JAMES O. CALHOUjl?"; attorney at 31?avl'? AND SOLICITOR IN EQUITY, | AjsajsvijujewH;. a.., , 1T1LL attend ivomptly^lo all bnsincss cnj , IV trusted to his oaro. January 23 1857 40 Cm S. McGOWAN, ' attorney at Law, Office in Law R&nge, A Wtit Dobr. to Thomson# "ABBEVILLE C. H '* .Ton. 8, I8Q7. x 8,7. ? ' " PERMIT & ?0THRAH, ilokncys at Law*" mid Solicitor* fertility. ' Office, tftc VwJprinerhj oqupitd iY?fooOt> \V,Air & PERrtftf, . JAB. M. PBUBW, ; JA?. 8. Cotiioax. I V. . / .^rbo^^d Nowbcto'- ft OFFICE AT MEWBE&RY Cjg> Od.-M, W#.' 20 . < :'iv ffiljc 3Vbbculllc ttanncv, f fubltihcd Every Thurednjr Morning, hy ?>avie? ds ozijaws. r W. O. DAVIS. . ..Editor. T. B. ORBWS Publlnhor * H? T | j 11 ivr ? : ]l Two Doi.i.vrh per unniini, if paid in nilvnncc; Tw<> 1)oi.i.\r,H ami Fifty Ci:nth if nut jmi<l within fi t-ix month:', iunl Tiiiikk Doi.i.ap.h if nol paid before tho eiiil of the year. All nulnicriptioiiH not liniito<1 nl llio time of subscribing, will bo consiilcreil as indefinite, tin<1 will bo continued until n arrearages arc paid, or at the option of tlic Pro- 8< prietors. Order* from other States must innti i jt tibhf ho accompanicd with tho ,] RATES OF ADVERTISING. ?* Th<> Proprietors of tho Ahbovilln Hiinurr and fiiil'iini'lcHt /'rrxImvi- cslnlilislm/l <!..> ing rates of Advertising to lie charged in both papers: livery Advertisement inserted for n Ions time Hi an three months, will ho charged by the innertioii at One Dollar |i?-r Square (1:{ inch?the ' space of l'i solid lines or lews,) for (In- lirst inner- }' lion, ami Fifty Cents for eucli sul?.;o<|ueul in- .j scrtion. t^"TI?<; Commissioner's, Sheriff's, Clerk's ami Ordinary's Advertisements will lie inserted in / both papers, each charging half priee. " Sheriff's l.evicn, One Dollar each. J,*?" Announcing a Candidate, Five Dollars, r Advertising an list ray, Two Dollars, to hepaid 1 ?y the Magi I rale. ;; Advert isemcnts inserted for llirc month.% or | longer, at iho following rates: S 1 s<piaro months 5.<i() I stpiarc 15 mouths S.llu \ 1 Mjiiiire mouths .').0u \ 1 square 1'i months . ,y.?M) * "> fii 11 1 *1 1*1 I il 2 i> liliilillis I l.OU 1 n i3 t:'|Uuic.-; in->iilli; 18.1111 (l 2 s'i|ii:irc6 12 nmiillis 20.'J0 (| : 'pi:irc; months lU.uo >s : >111:1 1 si I I I J r - ?? in |ir<>|inrtion 1 <> (lie tln-y ocr:ii]?v, :il Oni JJoi/iir |??r lino r.|taco. v I'*"'' all . I'lwrli.^-iiicnl;; in ifmitJc col- li nam, i'ifly j>cr LVnt. extra will lie u<l?led to (lie ii iiliovc ral>-.. e DAVIS ,t n:r,\v.s <> / 'or J! < ii >nr; n I.Ki: it WILSON, l' o r ] 'ft ? ,<. rpilH Proprietor* of i!i<; Ar.m-.vii.t.k ]?.\x\ek 1 wouM i f peetluliy inferm I In; pnldic lltul r they arc pr-pared lo exeeute all kinds of ,lol> ' Work Willi neatness anil disjKileli. Having incurred considerable expense for printing material.-1, tlioy have no lu-.--il.anry in Paying that, tln-y .. arc as well prepared, an<l can do as neat work j as any other establishment in Ihc up-country of . South Carolina. ' They will also keep on hand a complete assortment of TIT iAKTKS, u of wliieli we liavo now on hand tlio following Lint, to which wo shall continue U> add until we got a complete assortment: Sum. Pro.; I?'i. K.-i on Vittm I'm Sum. Pro.; Sub.'Writs; Suli. Tickcls in I>:\w ; Sub. Tiekels in Equity ; I*'i. J'a.: Ca. Sa; Ca. Sa. in Case ; Co|>y Writ in ("use ; Deeds of Conveyance ; D.ilaration on Nolo; Commission to Ex- ' amine Witnesses; Judgment l>y Confession in Assumpsit.; .lud?(. on Writ of Enquiry, Damages Assessed Ijy Clerk?Debt or A:*um|>sit, ludi;. by Confession ill Debt-, on Sii^le Hill ; Judgment 011 Writ of Enquiry, Damages Assessed by Jury ; Judgment in Assumpsit at Issue. l'l?a Willi- ^ drawn; l'osla; Judgment on I .".sue Tried. Verdiet for riainlilf; Mortgage for I'crsonul l'ropcrty; ' Alorlirago of Real Estate; Magistrates*Summons; u l)o. Executions; Do. Recognizance; Summons to a Defaulting Jurors. May 28, 1857 '' 25 WITNESSES; !! OR, THE FORGER CONVICTED. ? Olio Dollar a Year?Circulation over 100,000 Copies Weekly. "JOHN S. DYE is the autlior, wlio has bad "l 9W 10 years experience as n Hanker and Publisher, and Author of a scries of Lectures at the Broadway Tubernacle, when, for ten successive nights, over 60,000 people greeted him with ; rounds of applause, while he exhibited tho man- ^ ncr'mViinh-Counterfeiters execute Frauds, and the Surest and Shortest lAeuha tVi WUSvdijjj? J tlicnif The Rank Xoto Engravers all say tliat lie is I lie greatest Judge of Paper Money Living. ^ Greatest Discovery of the present century for Detecting Counterfeit Baiik Notes, Jj Describing every Genuine 1 Jill in existence, and . exhibiting, nt a gliinae, every Counterfeit in cir- , dilution 11 Arranged so admirably that rcforcuco is easy and Delect ion ilislunlniicous. . 03"" No index to examine! No pages to hunt up! ]?nt so simplified and arranged that the V lYiorciiani, 1 Junker aiul business Man can see ^ oil al it fflmicc. English, French nn*l Gcrnmau! Thus each may roail the siune in his own Nalivo Tongue. J foal Pcr/ccl Bank Nolc Lisl Published! ALSO, A LIST OF All Iho Private Bankers in America. A complete Summary of tlio Finance of Europo and America will be published in eacli edition, together with all llie Important NEWS OF T1IE DAY. Also, A Series of Tales, From an Old Manuscript found in tlio Entst. -It furnishes Iho most complete Hictory of OUICHNAL LIFE, dc8<n;ibiiig tlio moat perplexing positions in which the Ladies and Gentlemen of that country have heen bo oftou found. ThcHe -m Stories continue throughout Iho whole y.car, and ** will provo tho most entertaining ever offered to Iho rublic. , u-j ruuiiPiicu wcoKfy to BubtcriltrrK, only at $1 a,year. All Jcttcru must bo addroaieil (o m JOHN" H. jpYE, Broker,~ Publisfior and.Proprietor, "TO "Wall St., tyew ? York. ' . jsi, ' * ^ April HO, 1857 . 1 ' ly ^ bo? j I??MB 1 I.QP9 PAIR MEN'S &EST>. KIPBItOG^NS* lJi 1,000 pair.Moii'b 2?T qunliljWJroginB. UOOO pajrJVIcn'a 3d quaTlty Broflans. r,000,pal? Womon'fl?3Pegged Bootecar;/ .< Tw 1,000 jiair Women's Poggod^SdtjflaUly) Bootees.. ? 500 pairlJOy Vbeat KipJlrogans . , iOO i?ai?Jk>y'^ flfrftlgyBrogW'. . , . * < Wi idO paii'YpuWNrtiw&rtwv varfotftrqaatitros. X ' tb nniiiiiii'htffffrrfinrii; fn in $T.2b to ?2.50.- ,-r>00pfci#Jift3!e?'Sli^pcrsandTTos,ftii 60c.V?$l *50. ' 500pairit'p,c8*>lndObiltJren's'Shobs, 50o.lo'jK25. ?P' ^^fcOent^flp*CW?Boots. <"> . * V o CfoufGait&ji , {(W pair V^omgn's <3oal Bftotcea. ? r p.1 8,0(k) J>air Negro Brogajts. * .. - -?. / 1,000 Jjou8oSor?fuat^9^'oe?. . __ LI. 1- J/M ? + IVWUBOT OIKJC3 USUtUjy, ? - ' o b^rfoond ia a 3J?o Stove, Ctfl oud e^. * >J .Just rocoivod and /or solo by* % j~ PROF^0W4if3SlffiL7~ ?J G rcon,0X:atC'd i'cra5m,ent,y ^ i?y Mcdiqjuc, oin.r8 lib wirvlcea'to (hu"i>ublioC g ? W*II. liKyiS. r- no! May -iti, 1857 ,r? - *.* 'qjp * ill-; 0 hk*?tmmmmt MEW URDU STOKE! AT G-REBNWOOD. 1\ltR-undersigned, Druggist and Apothecary, . Iian just received u very complete Block of Drugs and Modicines, lectoil with Iho greatest care for this mark?t. lis ntock constat* of every variety usually found i C'ity Apolhcoary Shop*. llxli'iH'ts of nil tlio vcgctuMc preparations inn tin- host Choi) lists. 'riuctiircN prepared from lliccrndo niatcnl, and warranted to ho of tlio strength luiu own in tlio United Stales I'liarninctepu. JL* Sl (Ollt direet from tlio lauufitclory, as cheap as they liuvo ever becu hi in this "place. A very nupciior article of Ilraiidjr, for udicinol jivrjinstK on ft/. l'iiio Old I'orte, Ma* oira, and Sherry U'iliCN, Scheidnni Schnapps, o., de. lie will keep constantly a fino Confcctioncrics, Tobacco and Segars. It would lie unnecessary to cnuinorntc all tho To /'/ii/xiriaiw, lie pledgee himself to 11 their orders with as good Medicines as can e obtained elsewhere ; and to his friends, ho ledges like satisfaction as to tho (!oods and mis. Call at the Store former/y occupied as ic IV tonic. J AS. i'l. RILEY, (ircciiwood, S. C.? Nov. I, IHtiO. iJO-tf ITTENTION, PLANTERS! Economy and Utility! I'M IK undi'riiaiiied having purchased the Right . of Warliclc'H PLOW, Patented April <1, I S.15, will s.-ll Plantation Uiglits, per 'low Si nr? i?u:u i ii. liv.-ri-ii at. llrcenwood Depot, or r? iil-nr.' i>r \V. I*. llill d.RO Villi Miiiill Scooter 0.00 Villi Turning Shovel, for from ?U.uO lo C.50 Tlii.s Plow, from ils rimplc structure, durability, li;:liltius:; of draught, ease of management, laplatiiMi l?i Ili<; dilli'rrlit Shares lised ill the nilivatioii of iho farm, ami consequent chcapij commending ii.-. ll- lo general use as a in in liiji' l'n I'm ! in/ /mi/ft nirnl wherever tried. HILL & ANDKIiWS. ( re> nwooil, S. <*., Oel. 0, 1S.">U. 25-ly Wo, llio niidcrdi/ncd, liTivini; examined nml ried (lie Warlick I'low, concur in the abovo omiiienilalioiic. .T A Si MS (' IIKSW KLL, Johnson salu, U. M. AVI I IT 13, SAM'L MUiOWAX, I.ACKIN URYHOLDS, KOU T W. LIT US, A. \vinviiAv \ i ; I 11. i \ - list ?1 I In: I'loujrh you soul mo n**l iitii iiuii-li plt-Msvil willi it. 1 think it tho i.-. i ri"ii ;ii I hawfvcr iirvil. It combines ccon my ar.il utility in a liii'li ilnrree. II. breaks up lie .-oil \v. II ami to a ironi! <lv|itli, with one inulo. am so wi'll |ileu > .| with it, lliatl want moro ,f i hem. * * * * * Very ro.-|>cfl fully yours, "TilOS. 0. I'KRRIN." LAND WARRANTST" \n Unlimited Nitmbor Wantod. IMIH umlcr.--ii;iio?l is still in the market for VVm-rnnl j - > i?.vo, nuucviir, ni/|>rc6nt arc much deprcssed; though lie will pledgo irii.scir to pay an much as can bo had for them n i any market. lioniillauees made at their liighkI market value, l>y Sight Drafts on New York r Charleston, for al! Warrants sent to me by tail. Address W. C. DAVIS, Abbeville C. II., S. C. Sept. r., 1 S."??. 20 tf A. :EC. MILLS, OWA, WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA LAXD OFFICE, AT DUBUGUE, IOWA. PAIlTIOHr.AU attention paid to the locating of Land Warrants for persons South, on ic finest selected Timber and Prairie Landed Varrnnts loaned to settlers on one year's time at u per coin. interest, charging ?1.25 per Aero ?r Warrant. Tux ok paid, Collections made and inniltcd fur in Si^lil Exchange. Money loaned l high rates of Interest, Investments made.?* 'noiirronf money bought, Ac. 11 V U. ft rs to \V.m. (!. Davis, Esq., Abbeville II., S. V. Sept. 3, 1S50. 20 tf UK STATE OF SOUTII CAROLINA, ' Ahhu'illc J/i*tr!cl ? lit the Common Picas. Amos ('lark, jr., ) Attoclimont. r.<. [- IVIeG owan & I'errin, James A. I.iddcll. ) TlfT'e Att'ys. "i\T I1EI1EAS, Ibe Plaintiffdid, on the thirtyVY lust day of October, 1S."?(5, lile his declnraon against the Defendant, who (as it is said) is bscitl from and without the limits of litis State, > nd bus neither wife nor attorney known within lie same, upon whom a copy of the said declaation might lie served. It is therefore oidercd, liat the said Defendant dn nnniMr nml Iio said declaration, 011 or before the first day of Jovcntbcr, which will be in the year of our Lord * '.ighteen Hundred and Fifty-Seven, otherwise fialand absolute Judgment will then be given and warded against him. 'j ..V - MATTHEW McPONALD, c. c. r. . ' Clerk's Olliee, Oct SO, 1850. 29 ly -* . r Tho State of'South Carolina.;. ? \bbevillc Xnsmcli? * ^ ^ffiK?' antes A. Liddell. ) ;y TMy' nrrilEREAS tho ftafotiff clia; tmiH^ghVf teonth day of Oetober*'<iightean fniiidred and; fty-six, file his declaration agftinSt^W^TDefoii^ ant, who, (it is said,) isabgent from and.without.-' v tc limits ol this State, and hus neitherrWife inor Ltorney known within the Bamq^-wptfn.tFhi&m a*-* . <* >j>y ol tho said declaration miglitTbis acrved? r5. L is therefore ordered, that tho paid Defondanf^* f j appear and plead to tho said decimation, on * r before the nineleonlh day of October ejght'eetf' imdri'd and lifty-seven, otherwise final and ab-.. . -> tittle judgment will then bo given and awarded - illllM/ llllll. ^ MATTHEW T\IcDONALD. c,;? ' 5 - Clerli's Ollico, Oct. 18, 1B5G 87 Iy w. : ^ rUSjT rcccivdln now bupply of IiADHJS*' DRF.SSS CO< >DS, \ , llONNE'lH RIRBONS, EMBROIDERIES, *' /. MANTILX,AS,.V.#^>" V-"' i* TKiMfaiMBfv* M, STRAUSSiV'^*?-. ' ^ J'-v AprilWlBW^ ? ?; Just 3?Lecoi\ro^ : j ? six dozen. ,, 2*mtap* ' iOC5P? SKI^^Kkf Wj. All Si KM ATI li nil 1W^3 yr.V&*i>A* SElly hTmopwihn \f^jj^^ '% .' '* ,; sri/r at tho cuauiir^ cIco*Joa*? ^ f i , - * i^'fiio frfcmfe of * i mov! liftn a.: a- Candidate foi-SL^fuljb^^jt* ^ . t ,w^; ' ? *