The Abbeville banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, August 06, 1857, Image 4
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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
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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
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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^; ' ?
*