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wo tinled at hisi f n 11,7 or tihe Generatl'aes .i.l1iintOpri'dyi Officer V 11o S i'nise'imstel f acR Baca de l'Palma, was killed.. . Tihe battle.uf- the 23d -lasted frorm esat morn till about P4T.-.M. when'Santa An drcw o$'hiisoriyand retired to Agia fi ova, to await a' reinforcement. It-will be rernember.el that Sa-ntaAnnm de reservc, commanded by Gen. Vasqi had been delayed in its march, and has, I doubt, joined: him a few days after .the b, tic. Bat in the meantime his army is se. ving. and many of his men are desertin Cap. Prentiss' strong artillery omilial was not in the action, but hind leriCAltinte ey tojoin Gen. Tafor, with six eano two heiig 18-1)poiers. On the 7th Mnre ooe Otil O io regiielnts also left 310 terey to joii Gen. Taylor. If these ai Ca pt. Prentiss' artillery arrived in time, i the Gl'enl 's heavy loss will -be fully r paired, a1i66 he will be ready to iect-i0an A nina agaii. Gen. Taylor, at the last accounis, w still maiitaniiiing his position, undisturb by the enemy. An exchange of prisoners had talc place, and ' IOl ough anil lltaely's" pr mise to C-l. Marshall t,% get back Cassi M. Clay am his parlvI, byliaking Mexici prisoners enoutgh to exchange for them, I been fullY redeemed. Gen. Wool greatly distinguish1ed himisf in the action, ami lteofli , ers fought lil heroes. A fter the ba ttle,, General tavlor dema dled (if Sana Anina an uneomitionail st, render tit his whole army, which the l ter declitiel: but in return~, requtireci ofGe eral Taylor Iii surrentder immidiatelv. Ir mortal he tih(e reply of "Oh)16 Rougli n - leady," ns delivebred hy the gillarit Liet Crittenden-"G E N. lA Y LO It N EB ER SU RR EN DIF.Rs!" Santa Anna's Adinmant-nUreral wasen tured by. thei Amel'ricans, but was afte vnrds exchingred. Gen. Taylor occipied htis grotnd on i 24th and 25th wdit oppositionl. Col. Morgan, fr the Ohio ' Voluniteer with a small foirce, cot lis way* thr..u large bndies ofaritiml exiens, 0 aid arri cd tit Alart. A detaI chm it of 3 om piII es, uncihr command of Col. Geddiitgs, w: sent to his aid, aril the whole party at said to have arrived safei nt Monteri'r. A train of 100 lo ole ~wa%!ons (U, tj.) f their way in M on terey frno Can:urgo, tm -der an escort o.f 30 vlntil eers, w;is Caiptti ed bY it body or Mexican cavaulry a Fe miles beyond MAtrine. Three of the me made good -their escape-the rest wei taken prisiners. A young i'tily, the dlitgi ter of nll American citizen living in .lLex 'co, and return ing home from New Orlen) -where she has inin gvoing to school, ws ta-ken with this trin, her father having her killed by tli .&xi calns. She had esCIpe amt arrve at monterey i, fa-.urty. ,-,O her misrottunes hald excited the most liv( sympathy. The lady's lame is Miss Burn Col. Cirtis, of the Ohio Volunteev s, h started on his expedition ngainst Urre who was at Aldemas, a vilbage Mn Oih. So Juani river.ahout forty miles from Cama; go,. The Colonl hs a . ini e , force oe v1hn teers, composegi of the Ohio and Indiar. Regiments. at bat)tiont oif Virgini V.ihi teers, and Ca pll in llun tter's eimn uiy ofC I S. draons. Theli '1eicans1 haveC plo~ssein of Ce aivo, CNhin::, ,l ior, anid all tihe towns bi tween Cumuarg a amtiP ltieroy. Fr' om thle N. 0. Delt~a. \March 2.1. ZMPWORTAN~T PROMV V~i RA CRUZ. S UCCESSFL LAt N lUNG OF 0O FORC Es''! WATER AND Sil'PLIE- CUT OFF FRO. THlE ENIMY! Recin noisan71ce- Landing thet ..t merico Forces- Carrying Redoubts- Loss Capt. Alburts and .seLven Men-Jinnes - ment of Vera Cruz-R.ec of Mi, s/hipmrani Rogers-The ,lado, 4c. Bty the arrival. nt an early honr tlis mar ing if the. sehri. Port ia. Cept . 'owell, I whli left Sacrifieios as, the l15th int'ant, we a initelligenice from, the foarei4e< co-operuth angsinst V'era Cr uz. For iihe fac.ts ilh-toil, wve are In debut ol toi onr correspomsitlen ce a1 .converationtj~ls with pa:ssenge~irs. T1roops we 'V re~ lawled,1 ate 'r a PI reconni ance.o 6)1heII 7th, by Generals S'cout, 16 Ti<,with t heir Airls and)1 the~ Tourjii plical ccarpe, wvhieb 4aproached'l near 1hor e', Iitonds t he direction11 of the Cast1 the gunts from San .luan lie Uliui opei dire uponlf the1 pasrly, thr-owinig shll a roundli shot, bulttt without dhoitng anly dama1 to the reconniloiteringe. part y-the rauitel shi either pa'sing oiver ar falliinr short, and1( I hilrsting~ at ni conisiudieable el'lealln, deu sno h-irm. QO shll paissingr over libi stenl or Pet:-iun, (the veIsselj emloyed1v. ini the emumi~isancer.) an td nntiiher h)1rstinlg und1 -her how, wit hiout dluring her aily injur y. Tlhe re'onnOlu ice wats mnadeu wife tI 1Trnnsportsfland conII6voy wIere lyinig silT Aniton Lizarot' after their retun, anit I enat posse~ 11 . deay, Itranspoiirls nnl cI vony w ei gi ed ancho iir -u611 stood1( in thle souli ward of Sac, ilicies. I eanring inlLi twards rnlniland11, ith a~l fair brneose and in galhs style, wihen, they cam toa'16 anchor, the ci voys teking poisition int suich a manlner to protect thei dii emba~irkentI( olie t ro| the first (1000 being lauuhed at 2 O'elm) *P. M.. on the 9th1, an11 thle remauimuler I ' ig the day. TPie Iandiiig is sp)loen of 'persOns who were eye witnessies, as a sec ofmnagnihicence, rarely witnessed mnore~ th onIce'in) an*lifetime~l. 'lIho troo11) lainded mnounted to the cenct numhmer of lia, 00( t1 ,~~te the d Opit e~Intnd ir ptheir e ot e 6,r thOp ir i.. tions assigned-Po then tIport -c: 00,on acid siegi of'Vera Cuz. ly '$he stoamers Vzph and Spitfire, laying IaI ungler.Punta lHornos, opened oi the city u; ncross the point and in the Hrection of the Castle, with shill and ron6d sh1ot, hicvlii i's was returned by th Ca.stlie, but without ef Xz, feet. 10 General Worth's division: which, it is it- said. has been assigned to the operations on r- the left flank of the city; from the locility g. of the landing on the South'and unider PUn. iy ti de liornos, had necessarily to move in r- echello3n to tle rear, Alist the right, in or n, der to gaintI his iprhper position-in the exe i, ention of which it became necessary to at it- tack and take possessiion of tiwo riedoulits it thrown up-by the enemy, on onie of which te was a piec or artillery, and both filled - with inlfantry. TIle redouiibts were attack ta ed, charged and takei, a spirited resistance heing mnale by the enemy, who lost sever is al in killed, wounled nnd prisonicis-our loss some'seven killed and severai wound ed. Capt. Albutrtis, of tha 2d1 Inifantry, !in was killed by a round iihot, supposed to be 0i- 'roin the Castle; the ball severed his head us from his body, the same shiot tiff the arm (if in a drummer, (a hoy) anl wounding a pri. ns 'vte. Capt. Alburtis was a Virginin,in formerly conducted a newspaper in Fred. 4f ricksburg. Col. Dickinson was Wounded ie in the brenst by a. musket shot. The skirnishitig was however no check t t-the adva ncing colmtin , which passed r- stendily fo' rwarl to its position on the left it.a and rear of the city, where 'it halted and nt- comm!eel the work of entrenchment. n). The tised for the ptirpiise of sup il pliing the city with fresh water, havebeeni t. discoveredi and brooken up, completely cut - fing offihe supply from the tanks, which are Rituated some distance from the city. I- During the dvace upon the rear of the r- city, palssed midshilimian Rlogers, whof had11 iiot been sent from Vera Crt'iA, was botini nn i cart and orderel to be ciPnveyed., un der a guard, to the prison nt 1erote, but fortunately they were erountitered by iir hI roirces and Mr. Rogers was rescued amt is 1-inw nl board his ship. i- Tie city is now completely surround is by ur triips, cach dlivisioi iiving takeity -e anl allvantageoustt position, with enitrencK.i men ts, compleitely cutting ofla ll communi n Cation by sea or land, ndi, at the Snte i- tine, nrc* saife from the fire of the eastle. r- The positions of divisions were establish. 6v ed I3th, extending from Ponta de llornts, n on the right, to Ptimta dluia Catita, onl the - left, in one unbriken linei *anl active prep i-arations were film foot for the immeiute i- subju gation of this formidable place. g, So closely is Vera Cruz now besieged, s and so ittirely are every mieans of corn a ttoica tion eut off. all in a very ftw days, d thenewsimuch reach us that Iitth the cily -' icin.1 fitctle.pro 'trripied by otir victorimnis y troops. I. The general impression seems to be that d the city will stirrcader in the course often 1, days or tWO weeks. No doubt is express at ed.of the succiessftli termination of the en terprize. - The Portia was delayed from the 13th to a the 15th by the prevaiiience of a Norther, i. duriio which ic time the disehia rge io lieav y I. itridoanco wa<~ frequenitly hteard which *diiubitlees s proceeded ifrm th de Castle. r- The vessels belongini g to the squadnironi -emptloyedi in the service as counvoys, n-l fior the ciiveri ng lhe Iantdings of the troop Js biloitw Punita dle IIrllirns, are: FIn zshipI R.1 ritans; Frigiaies Pitomnie ii Ptrinerton: . lioips St. .\ ar' A Ihanty, amid .ohn A d amis; Stenmters Vi .ven atndi Spitfire; Gn-. boa,:ts R eeler, Petrel, BOnita, and Hell. The' Gunboabats carry mraeidinm 32's. Correspondenrce of thec L'har. Mercury. n IsL.ANn "F NAN A NToNto DPT. ELzAno.ft M .4EXIC:O, 9th Maia chi, 18S-17. .'All the Regimetnts I have seeni, wib ihe exception of oar ow n, nre comph-lstelv tuni . foirmedi; ami seeini! thne latter wihen ont pa radie, remii-nds. me i.l a certain city RIegi re mient as it it. existed nuot a hiundrmed y ar ,,sincetii n lit is toi sir HoI agamu iism bi~ eintg the ptredoinnt leaiiure. Imaiginas sinms .dl seven hutndiredl neni. comrrposing tenl com-ii il' put ies, enich compijany i wiih the e.xce pt iotn I of the Chainrleston amsI Richinoi, iiidorn*,l .I with red, blue. gireen, cheek. andI whlite it- shirt4 oveir their unmeniitiinabhle's; Kihinar. iil1 nochl caups, orm wihiite cititit skull lhsts, iii a- h il Grimes eini, proetectinig -their seaits be of knowtledlgi fritmi the peinga of the piti. hiss stotrml; whiile their liiwer extremitiis are e~annsed ini every varniet of boot, shaoi od sitoctikint ! Nichi, wiith an equal ile pteiibinee regai~ring the isuitwardi ami in. waa nanmi, will iurntisha yiu atn iden ithei he C'aroll ina Voliunteecr", fior wvhose use 1irenly iiIthoui~onnd dollars wire apjprioprintted by the Ntate Legislature1. I aim often asked Swhere is moniey hais gotne to, butt I moust e. wait for nn expjlaination from some folks er nearier the Ca pitail thain ourselvecs. Sergent Mluirpthy, of the Stumterville hie Comsipan,ied to-dlay, fromi iniflamnaitn of at lie htowels h, brou tghlt on by- the tinwhiliI. hie somel iness if t he I oodi whli ch we ar e comp ie . n. leid t eatt, in iorder to sustnininature. liere h- lftfme the hail e:Teets irsom noaft the rations hi have been i couniiitera cdIby g iving thle menii nt rice, hut even thait is not fuirtiniie tnow, nail it ennreatdilybe imnagitned whlait fillosws as fromt only pork artdi old lbeans, enten i al onte, ts, with the thiermomieter apptrouiniag 100! -k, But enitugh pour le present. r. Yonrs, DAN. by nra It'is a singtilar coinicidlenc~e that the same an dlirisn whItichI hais alttacked' thle pita(toesin a- oterlontieshs atttackedI thte cocoa in L rpR .7viv t i E a" I'A , LATO' ~II', BA'TTLE By tto arrival' ofthe.s.cli~inerEtnma Norton, from the Brazos, w'hich she ift on th 14th inst. -we learn vera'lly:-of.jn ee gagernent between Col. Curtis and Gen; Urren, at some pqint bqween Monterev and Camargo, in wiiich the later wes defea' ted and driven off, with . considertahlo loss, 1t aippears hat Gen. Urrea, with 0000 citv airy, was between Camargo and Montercy ii thi7th; and that Col. Curtis, with -the forces uneler his command, determined to fight him Air the purpose of re-establishiig ciommunications betWeen tire two places. Acordingly, he moarciei out. of Ciamargo, alid sooii nt e tin. with.Urrea, w;hen the conflict liegn. Thei'ht latied for sever. at hours, and Cot. Cutiris having been met by superior rnmIbers, Urreat rnanaged to surrouind him; and the Col. was on the point of surrentlering, ns, I'is retreat was cut ofT. when he was eneouraired bV the aid of Co louel Drake, who commenced a sharp fire upon the enemy's rear. As soon las the firing wits heard by Col. Cuirtis. ho miaile a desperate chtarge andI effTecint I a junction with Col. Drake, which enabled thIetm-r to gain a lcisive victry. Urrea retired lire cipitaely, al -the line of conmunicatiopns on the Rjo Grande is thus entirely re-open. cd. It is reported ihat General Taylor had reached Monterey, and was on tis way to Carnargi with a force sufficient to open the communications between the two points. [Frnrn the Jeffieroaninn.] LATER FROM SALTILLO We have a letter from Col. Jeff, Davis. rInted at Saltillo, March 8, which sepaks of his wittind (in the fAtl) as not being of a serious character, anld that he is dtoing wel1. Hle also states that the enemy hnd run beyond the reach of Gen. Taylor: dispirited inl dishenr tenied, inl a corripl ete 1ou. We nre imdelitl too Lt. Crittndedn ftor lhe i lett-r from Col. Davis. Lt. C. confirms the statement that the Mexicans were in fiull retreat fir Satn Lids Potmsi. 'Tho A mrer ica.ns-were in full possession oif uena Vis la aid Aiua Niuva. ie road between Camnargo and Monterey was tgain compar. ltively free from interruption. It was supposet thhat Urrea had re-crossed the imintains. Negoliations for Peare.-The corres. ponetunt of the New. York Journal of com mnrc'. writ ing from WNashington underdate of ithe 24th tit, states that Mr. IIAttoous, the financial friend ant banker (if S.msr.% AN NA. had been som days in that city,'and that lit wuas lied tio believe that a negotin lion waS goi tn t 'etwecen this countrv ind lMexico, ad on the eve of'nriumitia ition. for ia getiral peace. This. taken in connexio with the i delbraltion of the Gov ,rntir or i i' Mixica n ptrivinice. of whicb Saltillo is the capitl. aiitressed to Colo. !el %WAR.Nrin, acting us tie Americun Cov. -rnor at Saltillii, that American Commis.. iimners were then in the city of Mlexicn, p-rioptinitg to tlet government to coticlide I peCacle hetween the two countries-gives it air of pridbability lit the surmises that stonething' ofthe kind is on foot. Chlar Cour. AlURDri.--Wet have seen a lettter fronm Frn igiebtirg, unditer (1.1ie of the Ioth Ii It.~ , wh Iich states that a murtder hail been comil mait tc't in thtat Distriet on thte TrueschtyV p re it ius, tin the bodyi of air. Ben-jamain Plumi, u ni a ti of PoilandI, but ftir s'everal years z. re'sidentt oif this city. ile hail ftir some I man ths herni peingtii in thtat District, and| w'hilec on tic rioadi si lea,e posi ng htis wart's! rtir sale', wasih mut itredi by a negro fromn tate of the' adjioining pitantatiuons ; ito has been' i arrest ed. I~it T he bd y, of' M r. Ptlumn wa':s found abhutt fiouirteen miles acbove the eilIhigt' of' Oranguiciurg, n ith the skull bin. kent mt several places. MLRIDER OF DR. A BURT. A most aL'iriaat mu rider, we regret to le'aun, says thei Augusta Chronicle A Re tin el tiofi Sturditay, wast comm, t nittedi upjon Dr. A. flrav tif Edgevtield ,District, S. C., whott t'. treide sonie ten or 'ftftien mitlte aboive Iltambuirg, byi one of htis twn negruies, yes. ie'rdtaytn mtrning. rThe circumnttainces, as rehitttd toi us, tire thtesi': the IDr. tattemptedl to ct'it ise him u, fior w hi ch piurpose he hadl biriken tof'fii thi rnnch tf a peach't tree, wuitha wich h lie ittflitd Itia fe~w st ripes whlen tihe tnti se'ized- ain axe .antI abliitst iin'tanitty tkili'd him, nottwithistatitling the Dr. nit temtedi ti tscap te. Th'e im cri was arres ted aend ia in ctustmiv.-Col. S. Car'. SENT'ENCED) TO'( BE [lUNG. tin ai r. P~ ilum, wa~s triedi at Gri t lanbrg on "Satrh last, tami fitundi guilty, le was sen tent'edi to be hutn g ton Fridfay, the 9th of Ap~ril necxt. WVe stautedl Inst wee'k that two or tthree were concerned' ini the muirider of Mlr. P. This was atn error.-Pal. Ban ner. -\utvEMEN'Ts OF TitlE ist DENT It is satitd by~ the. Alerxatndri Gzet te- tht Mr. Potlk wtill visit Northb-Carinta in tite mionth ioC .June, toa attend a ctelebrationi of the' Uni. veirsity, btefocre whtich Mr. Secretary Mason has been inivited to decli ver an addtress. Misenttsvous M iot.-From circumrstan. ces sinico dtiscovecri il, says5 the Saltem daiz iette, it a pptears th at the~ recent fire in the honiste iii D. A. Neal, Esq., was unques. tionably I~ ticicasione by ctli tie actliin oIUf mnice up lon 'r ic.iton mtut ecs. Thiiese diange rotus. conveniiteces requires murb'h care to pre ren-~t their hccrnminrg "jnecniairies " S AITERVYLLK S. C, WEDNESDAY, APRiL 7, 1847. AGEN S- FOR THE BANNER. MpSsa. DcLon:i & Wnerr, Sumte'rville, S. C T. W. "Pzo s, Esact. Camden,S. C. REMOYA L. The office of "THE BA-NNER" is removed to the new building next 19 the eut- or ir. Juss -. VAOUGAn, on the ,.Stateburg Road. iAny business connected with the ofirce will ie attended to at the olico lately. occupied by Mr. JAaS D BLANDIXO. COMMUNICATIONS. Several communications have been re ceived, .vlwicl will be n tended to as soon as we are able. We ask of our readers the observanconf our reitiest in regard to conimunications. CO'fTON. The price of this article in the Charles? tnn Maiket for the week ending P'iday., 2nd inst.. varied from 10 to 12 1.4 cefits a pouti. . - OUR ARTICLE ON THC HUGUENOTS. The Article orr eThc. [Iug'uenelas" was written witi reference to the"early settle ment of the Hugtienots in South Carolina. TilE HUGUENOTS. The improvement of man has been effec ted by a succession of Revoltiions. Some have been mil anod licaciable, tli result of caeuses working for a Iiong series of iges; otherq have bursi forth on the "iivorld's trembling nit lde," sudden and power fl. Such was the Refirmaition of Lu ther. Its great principle-its nblilean tas civil anl religious lherty. History records the struggles of the contest, rousing 11) all the energirs of I':urope. Foremost'.in this (Ira. mn.stand forth ehe Protestants of-France. a Spartan band in the great army of Ile. forumers. Sympathy for their suiffTerings, reverence for the'ir piety, -idmi:iration of their fortitude nnd pirseveratce, a nd( grati. tude to Gmd for the preserva'ion of t rem nnat of this ailleted peoile. i fect us,.when we think of the religions:des-potismn which, for ages, wirred agninst their aqtils. 'The llugu->nits were a People peculiar to France, Separated from their brethreni ofSwitzerland by theu vait moltntaiiln-brri*. ers of natuire, renioved from intercoutse with the English by a great extent of land I and Water, they formed a colmmun i ty n-1 Irnig themselves, leagued together fAr the I mittuial defeice of their contry an( relig. ton. A nimted by these hi h - anted noble I principles, they faltered not.in the hour oif datiger--when ticcefsity called then to the ficlil,. they shrunk nt from the sword of persecution--when the fires oflioinish hi. otry k indled ariptiand iheni; Ifi'ey. bore their nartyrdoi with that utifltichino constit;. cV so( clnrntetistic of their faith, and of theiir cens. Thehive of religious Jibertv.y arisinge from the cii iction :;f dlt, hz'. , in all prast time, given an tinda -edI:e(*pirit to its votaries. WVitness thne zeal nf the early Christian Church! Witness the firm ness of our Pilgrim fathecrs! Witness the persecutions oif the 11 ugents! Mosst piromhinent in thie history of this peopile, 'is the t raghedy ~nf Sainct ikm rthole.. mnet. The Protestant.j of that timoi' were consideredC~ too~ formt iabIe ni pa r ty to lie n1nty lon11ge r tole rateed. , a CatIo con tinun3(lly -en in the Ruoman $en~nte, 'el.enda (st Onrthi ng~O," so did( the men' in power eof chat timme untc ensitn lyi sihout, "Le I thne Hlwut enits lie dlestroyved."' And, at Ilnth, their dlesir. was well atigh anecom:plished. The tni ghlt oif St. Bartho(lemewL~ gIluts the all-devour ing thirst of their enemies. Dulring that~ te'rrilic. slaughter, the cry' for merev w- as drowned ini the relenitless shout of "'Death to the Huueotliis,"' nidl the light. of dacy but added new horrors to the scene. Th' streets of P'aris flo" ''-d with -the lilond oft her miurdered citize. ..;~nnd freom that city. the mnassacre msprendl thtrougih nall the -prm v'inces, burinin~g dentth andm desolantion to every part eof the land. TihouasandIs of use fland pteaceable citizens we-re struck dowin lby thle dl emn oif dis tuctionfl i and . one Iii ted cry forrvenigetined on stuch meonstrotis in just ice arose to th'e thirr.ne of God, andl will. yet~ have h esilenecedl by the woes ofcomt tng ages. TIhis dreadfuil inusteince of thie barbhaiismn of religi ous hig(3iry~excites the indhignatione (if tihn wmo Id. :A t that ilmie it was culogized, by many of the tnations oif Euro pe, 11s a glo riou s trtiump--thle coiul loodeudlI murdler (if iihous51 ads, a gltoriouas trium iiph-the tiumpi~h of religion! . Butt let its turtn fronm stuch a scene, and contemplate the onignanimity (If lienry, so woirthiily styled thet Great. This Prine'e, ascending the throele at a time whlen faettieln hadl torn h'1kingdedm for mhore. than a cen tury, liad exhausted its resources, atnd im poiverishedl his people, wiho had wvronegs teo revenge aned crimes to1 puneish, neobh' buried liemii all inl (oblivion, and1( thle woelrld'saw the prolof an exalted miide in the Edict of Nan tes. Whlat a conitrast with the condluct oIf the guilty andl execratted (Chur!es, wvho, a cetnturv before, hoc-ked calmly on the mur der oif his stubjectsl This celebrated Edict placed the rights of the Hu tguenots on a bn sic, which theq most flngrant violatti oIf justice could alone oveirthrtowt atnd lt was toi be hoped that no future Monarch of Franuce would have the r-uhness to annul it. Antd ye't, nomt onC c'enturty hadl -passed befoire its reventtioni filled the whiole land al ith the blood of her slaughterced citize. The Edict of Nantes gave to1 lhe Prot.,stants no' Fenr-e n triinne nnd senp...,e ...~n Pt held ,no t " On GnofonK M, on a1 'inglie.rregn Jdid~h y gona4s exercised thelr A -of 'conscienge was e the death of r of pece, From ti tm t eH i at tigo inriguithe-td'1 d h, a ures 'taken for (her riverthry T hi'llng cliiduqf bur t upon them frp n lis' their rightA, their stene as peI", swtept away. Por the ttesthalf persecution' flbyved pejTedutI/ s itu y, the revocation orate d Nantes, by deprising tieljsig'e' h 'itgIt sectirities of ife, and iberty-bv anjibi1 tin g their pstence as subjects, Feng -ij 1t tei emigration of this pooie. T of itteustriolus citizens left faier na tive France, t-, srek in foretg'n il iufi h liberly denied them in their outi. i their predecoqsors, the P.ilgrirrs, bade tbiiefe native lainad good-iighl.-.and1 lay do* rest 'on tie. shoresof.New England,'idt the Iaingueiio'i, driV'in across tihe ocean by persecuting fanaticisrbi 'at idfr find a retj.pliice ian thie sihores ofE Ca*6g. lilia. The hiand (o 'wELpome wis lrid 1t to them-Athey were bailelids broil1rs 'A nil noble sons of'Ciarolin have theye issjtp thernselves Bra vii'fthe pierils o f .'" K wa rf~are, thby3 pluroged into thtwidgs piotneers of the south, tle* str'n it-3d the infant colory or Caroalina by thei re ligion- and Iy their arms. Blut to us, the- Settlement of the-iln e niots, tholugh not folliowed, by con seqieei res of such import, as those succeeilig landing (f the Pilgrims, was ati n'iedi;th the niost inportant riaeults 'iAj.wAdit Mon of a lJarge hotly of men, viIt 061 finiti Otis, nured to peril and wYar, bi te rb iali' mar tyrs of religitus libperty, troilheilP coimed by any people ; andipeculiarlj itji tunate was it for a small colonsy, prese on every side by-a ssirage ene3n, alibjg poorly assisted Iy 'ile ithi er conditry.: 'lheij.singuirlyliastir anti cheerfnhu ripet of midd enat'eyd them to endure'llie~hil ships necessarijy attendaint on a seLtlenMOh in a country, new,sturrtitin&lei by ete'en0' a nd e xpose d to 'in alpost tropi.-l sun'. 'I'l' same spirit, which madie iena . ikefer e01V to sinvery, systninei therh'inihe ong jii' ariduieuas striggle of .the Reivlutisj.4 Shi.ailder p shoulder w it tileir- brethren ill thi It Id, ti1 y niet the .nvaiig inafa ,ad the " plains of*'C: rolima." becanie the,aldtar eln wrhich tihe acriise'their blo1ni iede, fenicei tor their eniniman 'contitr. 'Vher the " lack 11ud sinaaIking ruins." ol-di'sniae"' titn ctveri l the Innl, the sne OitAisineps' which tipliel .i .1r iqthiers in the' 'oil' World, 1siniti their deseendiat 'n'.thif iew. The iami of floarry, of fluger, Ai, 1atarian are iuphed wfiti Ldi runs, of lutle(i'ge, of inchkey,'afl ( 'Sumter-names deiar 'o ,vet- AfV the ivatchwords f liberty. S ti1ia'1iif by theexamrple of these,8Sait Cafffa p ell the .noble dat ring and heric noiilge' hiar aipliated 'people- , Thouiiands of their desendanto os nt tis time hail'A ,nriewee tgig land of their htirth the-land af their fore fat hers' ad toption-the yinhumar their 4ti crators- the amndi;f cit II anti relig~i~uigJj. hetrty. hiny its stsatalurd., rearedlfa the iisi fou::datioin of v'iriae, et 'r isc e 6'ro'~niif litans oaf the sons 'of freerien, int'llh time shiall be no men! - w As wev re'siew thiesm' sernes, we ntt r e'frain f rom nyk ing, w hat-hal te Mugdis nt donate, that they should Lhsts tiep ' "At tihe mnercy'oi a n-yiste'ry of tjr'ranny?' W' bit wecre their crimeis, that they aoutd be decpriv'ed of all civti- existene..Adjgt they' ulsatuld be hutntedl do-wn a lake ikil lie~Ig -that. their blotod shouald stream undi tie sword?:' They worshiheped God ned'tfhg to the dictates of their cnia ce. al'hts was thleir crime-this their" asbierninatina. Tlhis iloomenic thtem to the sword, t'i '76 stike, anid to exile T') at they" weie a. pweaenhricpople, order)3y IltuitiiObs,'ti4 '.e ll-istpsed, isie acniawledgedl by 'the RI zmishl haistoriaans. Thef wa ~ ere artis~d to revoltat 'shen thme iron yptke ofoppess6nga becaug te'n reviaus toi b' hh-'hen higottry 6 ent (I t he dist' 1 yint -3 t i'gm'ly. whlen life a'iim libaerty were cruzslietl by 'g~ pr~si in The eIni grazian forniei ig. ny3 nations uwith numnbejs.e useful iauabjes; and Fr~nce now defi orje4 the tnje yel ~nl. cy, wvthi hanuisls d her 'cihens, efw>piela ted~ one fouirtha tofheer kingdom, rttlned Jer coammerce, aund. for mnany years placedli ler smdeltr martial law. To'i ier,',he restilt,of suchb,piiiicy has henr disastrous in thes ex treme'- the de'spotit paersecutiatins .c estu ries having ended t'n thes driniulcata , trophie oaf the French Rev.o~ltienn: ' 'The niinetenth centiry hars bro'ughtt the Iit~ltngueote that tole'ratioan, whihh pierumi ted the~m to rebuiid, thecir ponceful temiples, anmd to worshaip Goad ins their toin waty. The conflicts of ce'n:tirie's, hipvs tiaugha t both partlhes the naecesstity ofC mattha~ t(when'ranee;. anad "the relittien of reasenn ad that rehagi..n of anthitrity, have learried thast they ctan exist in thae stime euidry withoutrutntinuial wars'and fightings The severe bhtaw wvhich the Rornish Chutifh re ceived, at. thet time of thre Revoaltation, in thae confiscatiorn of its property, and en-the plreventima of ecclesiasticeh' interfer.ers with the allaire of State, and thewisq pelley of the new government, wvhieh grant 'ro bigiotus liberty to the subject, conspk' to root taut from .Frane'e a -mosIf'taleadre& of discord, destriuctive of-the welingof any people. ' T he influence of the' f'eformedfprinct. ries has delivered the homan. mIndz'ompe