Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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N'j4 A ' n up. hcewow merfit de nilb. re",rnt thporahon, i 14 7lt it tho, eitie thg eiw t me mer. .less Idans and e themhelved' A letter redived from Manztn 'oi the aciftoPi-presenting the coist there as unhealthy,.sand the, uncejtainty, of ves sols to Califorhii ,'hs 'caused that expe dition to;be abaidoned, and many who had enrolled themselves for that country have tranifdrred ther names to the Yu. catati list. Information as to the full ob ject of the expedition, the charaicter of the countryg&o will be readily" Imarted b the undersigned, at the Star office. The,exclteient drpated by. the appear ane i' the above card was almost equal to the war fever in New Orle'ans in May, 1840, and the Star office has' been thronged ,all day with the anxious inquir. era. It is.to serve the, cause of huimani. ty, and that is a sufficient indu'cenent for our brave dountrymen. Pena y Pena has been chosen Presi dent of the Supreme Court of Justice, receiving the y6te of every State except that of San Luis, and Senor Sierra was elected Vice President. Gen. Lane, the Marion of the army, arrived here yesterday, looking quite well. The Star says that his arrival will keep Padre Jarauta in the back ground. c. c. From the Amirican Star of May 27. GEN. LANE.--This officer, our Marion, arrived yesterday from Vera Cruz, escorted by Lieut. Waters and a com mand of Louisiana Volunteers. The General' looks well, andlas"usual has lost no time on the road. It was said, a: few days ago, that Paredes would send Jarauta to bring our commissioners to talk with him; but the simple fuct that Gen. Lane has returned will keep the Padre well in the bapk ground. The Monitor says: "It is said that Congress will suspend its sessions on Sat. urday, and reopen them in Mexico in Ju. ly. We shall see if it is so." - The dilligence from Queretaro, which came in on Friday, was robbed .near San Juan del Rio. It had four passen. gers. Tranquillity was entirely restored in San Louis at the last dates. T~a END OF THE W.At.-The arrival f the Volunteers and Regulars.-T he nion contains a lengthy general order from the War Department, giving instruc. tions as to the mode of wvithdrawving the troops from Mexico, now that the wvar is at an end. As to the volunteers, the or der says: The Massachusetts regiment will be sent direct to Boston; the New York and New Jersey regiments to Fort Hamilton, Newv York harbor; the Pennsylvania re giments, one to Philadelphia and one to Pittsburg; the. Maryland and District of Columbia Regiment to Fort McHenry; the Virginia and North Carolina Regi ments to Fort Monroe; and the South Car. olina regiment to Fort Moultrie, 'respec tively, where they will be paid and regu larly mustered out ofiservice by the com manding or other officers assigned to that duty. - The 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th regiments of Infantry wvill be concentrated at or in the vicinity of Pass Christian, under the orders of tbrevet Major General Twiggs. The three companies of the 1ist, and seven compamies of the 2d dragoons, now with the main army, the mounted rifle re giment, and the 0th, 7th, and 8th regi ments of infant ry, will assemble at Jeff. erson barracks, under Brigadier General Kearney, who for the present is assigned to the command of that post, to wvhioh he will repair as soon as the troops are with. drawvn from Mexico. These instructions wiA not interfere with the special instructions of May 17tly to Ma'. Gen'l-Butler, and of June 7th to Bvt. Maj. General Wool, In'regard to re inforcements of one regiment of'- infantry and four companies of dragoons (old es tablishment), to be sent to California, and one company of dragoons to New.Mexi. co. The eight companies of artillery re maining with the "army of occupation" will, according to previous instructions, take post, for the present, on the left bank of the Rio Grande.. Lt. Col. Belton is to give the necessary orders to the mustering and discharging officers at Fort Mc[-enry. In relation to the regular army, the following directions The new rgimnents, wvith tents and camp Aquipage, will follow the volunteer troops, and without unnecessary delay embark direct (when practicable) for the dlesigna ted places of rendezvous, where, on the arrival of all the companies of any regi ment, it will be duly mustored and inapec. ted, and the enlisted men paid and dis charged.. FR EDE RICK, JUNE 0, 1848. 'Gen. Pillow's Chiarges against General *Sco..-Nctwivhstandling the .Noew York Globe and other papers, I have the beat .atthority for stating -that Gen Pillow has "referred cha eslagainst Gen-Septt; and 'moregge ,&jtthsecpigeashave .been refried .ernmertto the Court ofEnqily;tid wa aitting: .hore. 2The *harges conuIat .wholly of documentary* So~tt Wnntwqi RA&NCIS I. A 8s, EDITOR. (1Z.Dny businesS connected ith the Ba#ne' will be attend ed to by ' Editor at his oit-6 in the -eary the1 Cwasr Housie AGENTS:FORt THE BANNER. Messrs. W ITE, & CO. Sumteiville, S. C. ,T.'W. PEGUES, Esq., Camdenis. C. COTTON. The price of cotton in the Charleston nfar kdt-still is low, with little prospect of much improvegpent. 'The quotations are from 4 7.8 to %5.8. RETURN OF OUR-VOLONTEERS. Now, ihat'the Mexican warhas been con cluded by the ratification of the treaty of peace, the return of the Sumter volunteers is confidently.expected in a short time. - Of the original company, a little more than a fourth remain, including those, both officers and pri vatee, who have returned. before the conclu. sion of the war. Such hai been the terrible efibct of the late war on that gallant band who went from among uis, vhether arising from disease or the deadly' combat. Preparations are commencing throughout the state to receive, with all the honors due to them, the volunteers, who form a remnant of the Palmetto Regiment,-of those who have upheld the honor of South Carolina and prov ed that the citizen soldiery of the state can be relied on in the hvur of necessity and da?. ger. The volunteers from Sumter, in com mon we doubt not with those from other sec tions of the state, sacrificed much to attend the call of their country. Should they return in July, as is expected, they will have been absent almost twenty months. Let them not be without an honored greeting. We believe our citizens need no spur for the occasion. Yet they may need reminding that measures must be taken in proper time. We call the attention of the public to the notice in our pa per of to day, by which a meeting of the citi zens of the district will be .held on -the first Monday in July to adopt measures and ap point committees in regard to the return of the volunteers. Let our citizens be ready to hail them with appropriate honors, and prove their -appreciation of the gallantry and bravery of the Sumter volunteers, as a part of the Pal metto Regiment and the army of Mexico. COTTON BLOSSOM. We were shown, on the 18th inst., a cots ton blossom, plucked on the previoue day, which, we are informed, is the earliest yet seen by many persons, and believed to be the earliest in the district for this season. It came from the plantation of Dr. James L Haynsworth. DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS. Democratic meetings are now held over various parts of the Union, confirming the nominations of Gens. Cass and Butler for the Presidency and Vice Presidency. Some of the southern states seen aloor and Uncertain how to act. Their deter mination must soon be made; for but little time remains for thait and action also. We think they will finally receive the votes of Southern democrats, who will find it sa fer to support principles, even if they dislike men, than to give support to the measures and principles of opponents. The democrats must find safety in union, and nothing be'side will secure them. PERIODICA LS. We have received the June number of the Southern Literary Me~ssen~ger, a periodical, which, from the instructive nature of many of its articles, does credit to the south and deserves patronage. We have also received the June No. of the American Agriculturist, which is now the leading agricultural wvork in this country. WILRIINGTON AND 1DIANCIIESTER RAIL ROAD. At a meeting of the stockholders, of Sumter District, in the Wilmington and Manchester Rail Road, held at the Court House on the 19th instant, Mr. Matthewv P. Maycs wvas called to the chair, and Montgomery Moses Esq., req uested to act as secretary. The object of the meeting having been statd On motion of Maj. WVm. HTay'~sworth, Resolved, That it is the opinion of the stockholders p resent, that the Company should imme diat ely commence the wvork, perfeot the surveys, locate the road, and put it under contract, as fur as clenring, grading and providing timber; and that the contracts should he made on the eon dition, that -(bulank)- of the amnount thereof he taken in stock; present subscribers, who may become centracters, being permitted to include In that propar tion the amount of their subscri ptions. ThatIti-stockholders in this DIstrict are i tisted to attend the ConventIon on Thuraday n1,. the 22nd inst.- and any, IP bteilis lil Oilge gr thsproposedrl iosdee hems feasIb. 0.y: .A few conskjer(an i regard to. this nrprise may-bei pete They", th t: 6 b ra rj I 41 d ndli'essarl do, convenient andpnractcable;. at it Is rea sonably' and GI oriy-oedmteirove a good Investent; .that no rival roast an possibly be built within manyyea'rs and if such road shoud eventually bcb'uilt, it will necessarily be throtidh such a part of the country, thatit cnandeak n: bsr ness and not much trvpelfro iad; that the cost or this road Will Ioedcompara tively much less ithntat: ofmar other roads; and hot t ehns r dall b. built, by the people ofNori andi South crolina, if they are'determhined to' n it. The eis Sucient noney in the coun try to effect this purpose a d it Will. b. produced by some 'who are now'Auke ivearm,when they see the oc her are in earnsesta about' the matter . b and nothing p n prove th n ,i ote Crtaroln, ly tha the -commencemnt omoit. id. The trvelling publici ill have some con- t fidence that the enterprse. will be.acicom-' plished, when .they see the actual :boegin ning of th ivork It is the opirtion of many that the number and rnens of the stockholders will increase when-the work commences and as it goes on. Many of our Sumter stockholders are eager that the road be forthwith begun, and with good *reason. They remember' thatna thing begun is half done. Sufficient coti1 sideration has been given' to' the' subject by many minds, and to them it appears th w -.must, sooner or later, be begun. co lete and succvcd. Matters are f. vorable, as much so as they will probably be at the end of'another year. Why then any longer delay the comm!efeenent of the road? 'For the Binner. SUMTERVILLE, JUNE 19, 1848 Mr. Editor: In answer to the questions over the signature of "Many Voters" in your paper or April 12th, I reply: 1st. I am in favor of increasing the juris diction of the Ordinary in both real and per-. serial property to five thousand dollars-and to double that amount.. The policy com mends itself tos.us on the score of economy: and the duty can be quite as well performed as at present by the Court of Equity. 2nd. 1 am in favor of increasing the juris diction of Magistrates to fifty dollars,.'provi-,1 ded constables be required to give security on their official bond in anmount proportioned to the incre tse: andtlat sufficient time be allowved after judgment is obtained before execution is levied, so as to prevent sacrifice of property at seasons of the year when it is difficult to obtain money: and also, that due publicity be observed in advertising and sell- 1 ing. Without these conditions, I should be opposed to the increase. 3d. Although the benevolent designf of the Free School system has been in great part an acknowledged failure; yet, I believe the fault is not 8o much in the amount- appropriated, as in its administration, and I ,shoids be un wvilling to vote an increase in our taxes (al. ready sufficiently hurthensome) until the-de-~. feet in the working of the system is remedied. A It is immaterial from wvhat source the money is raised, it will be directly or indirectly an increase of the taxes. I think it wvould be good policy to abolish the oflice of Superin- I tendent of Public Works, and in place of it establish that of Superintendent of' Free Schools, wvhose duty it should be to supervise this whole matter, arid report annually to the I Legislature. -4th. I am in favor of the Brigade Encamp ment system. I voted in the Legislature against abolishing it. I regard it under efli cient management a good school for our mili tary officers, and it is of the utmost conse- - quence that wve have well drilled officers, for' without, we cannot expect properly trained soldiers. Our peculiar position in the Con. federacy makes it necessary that we cherish and cultivate a spirit of military emulation, ' so that whilst we are nmerically weak, weI may be physically and morally strong. The. way to avoid aggression is to be prepared to receive it, and our safe reliance is in the strong arm of a well disciplined citizen sol diery. If however another laystem is. propo sod better calculated to effbet the. object 'In view, i. e., to prepare meni for the activel' ties of the Field' and keep alive the flanmei"f military enthusiasm,!I will cheerfully advo cate it. '' Yours, respectfully, - 3B.*WITHE~dPeOON Amoonwe~r.- onCoy n19 will probably adjourn on or about t- 1 t July. .A'.1emt Resolutioni tthit efbi hi been adopted in-the Housa , and wiQtugM consideration in the Senate. -' '* 4a 3.1.1 D tq erL%2M4piER D. a 06. .JhR. On o e 13e'Comdithier i -OP I motion 6bV Get4 B*d. W.eler. roh&i Brdi haf tl 0 whih! vas unanimo. .WdM .d On inotio. f infa;irigleta Resora, Thatftheceretary be deusted o irforn-the Committee of Aratngemhets cif heirppontment, which On motiob ct Dr.J.E Byrd. Ruoh i That :th proceedings of this neeun epblseli ~eBite a. ter and hr a UOn-n1otin of Col. RL- B. Boylstorn Resolud Tiit the thathks~ th di ing redue and hereby tenderedtthe Ch irman nd'sec-etary, forthe. courtes ad ibility vith vhh they have dischaedtheir' 4u tes. he- ad"ourne.;~.s i$~~? Jonf A. DBBzhnE - R'VE.,MEDAL FOW HI ETTOS. We have been ,perimitted Smme a eautiful specimen Su.vil MEDAX, got- hp t the request of HistExcellency the Gov nor, by our patriotic fellow. citizqul Mr. Vur.:Iar GLAZE,-in accordancewith a rea. >lution of the Legislature, at Ats tast session; o-be presented to the Member. of the Pal. netto -Regiment, who have eryod in the dexican war. We append a desciti of the, medald Obrere-'A PalIetto, In bol4Lrelief, and distant view'6f-the lapding orhe Amer an Army at jera Craiz; Jn vhich thi, Umerican fleot,:the: City,apd astlo of St fuan, with the surf boats, burthened with the roops, approaching the iand--.th- vaktio nountan of Orizaba towerlngigl athi Iistance ncircled ,by a.. motto o 3tate, and the names of Bugrau sei56 Rers.--The memnorabie batde d 7era Irus, Contrer1atubueid. Chap.i altepec and Gatescf Mexico, encircling.an american ate, wi:h thi ational Motto -E PuHribus Unum-and this. inscription: The State of. South-Carql idR. - To A. B. Mentlir of te aet o Reginment, as a testninoial of6 p~. *ation of his goddcondnetina 'te ca ri ad di gallant bear-ing in' the battle flds of kiexico,-1847. The medal is about twoIinches an diame.. er, and weighs about aix otinces., Aogeth~ er a very beauitifu a apropiae neetto TArton's NOst4Amrro i Bo r~e-The Qon of the..Whig pres there d not sqoem o justify M. Alen's' rumarks In the con. rention, to te ef'ect that Massacthuseta vill not sfupp the nomination' and t~tthe Whig party in the. state vill nqb gyi.u y the action of. the donvention Th'tlas tois tho Taylor flag..conspicuously.;.the advertiser gives in sits' adhesion, and 'the Courier and the Whiig-say nothing of repu. liation, although the-nomination, is far from eing palatable to those journals. '. WILMINGTON; JUNS THE Puts TRE~s.-We find that the de.. ruction of the pine tees extendr 'pontzy a the whole extent of the6'pinse giona that he short leaf ping iufalsaa victim to th@ dis ase. .E a The death of the pines is believed toMbe Laused by a small black bug' that fed on he sap. They traVal round the trebeneath hie bark and consequiently~ idod? stops the cir ulation of th~e' sap, 'and, death: immdlg' mines. This accounts for the sudden drying ap of the trees, after. iridications' ofrdisease ppear at the tsop. ;; In fruit and other 'trees sulphur~ has been pplied with suc'ess, in the. deitiuictioni of vorms and bugs' Oak',treei havehen pro erved hi this way; so have Loudst, &c. <" It is wvell worth a'trial. Bore 'a hole from bree to fdoir idiches deep inathe trunk' of the ree, with an auiger euficiently large to make hole that will admit thie. 'comion roll of arimnstone. *Put in a piece. ebonto '~b nng, and ping thshole ithaa aapip 11il It tight.' ''h:a paceas hai' alwafha the lesired'oflbet, whdrever it hau' been tred to ther tre anidwe feel confident it will an wer 'In the present ease.'' Brimstone is not more than 2 1-2'3 8eents er lb.-'we believe,- at wholesale. .One Dol-' ar's worth of the article wolid serve fot four ir five lhundred trees.-Commecial. Iloanro MURtDER &?4D BUTcuERY.- e ivd in the Richrmond Chronicle the followmng articulars of a horrid murder which' as ommritted in Madison'county, Ohio, at albat. alion musteir on Tuesdtay.' A man mamed 3rnaes got into a quarrel withranother man; tir. Isaac Agee attempted to settle the. difR. ulty betwe'en therea and makce peace. K.Sha irel; Byrn eabrother of the one engaged in die ea k'haan~d deattars te ta vitl pcifddhat caused li. at~ i bu t und upilh b,'ioh'fon1T hl e'doub ul If 4 .reder~ bird man aeroes theoba'cko the hn~ ourth aca'ast bilomen, ,beel" t*~h htineWEn e 4 pdprip bhrta w-= en N. 4. Perib yWe ssveddu yoireowyo~iw 4_1 son Billhc fp dab -Nan in he babtlib10d all atei te~aw~t ther ti'l bestdw at'pleaisu deitr #eivd'thefsane in s gou bstow Uifpt of era di b ITomperauceu ni the hart. re in 0 t hau wtohe ohC in the b f spirit in the wblI~uttf' ChkActer is inI~d alezi to wealth. ~ ~ , phse fr'obm th4e6edc. pie. PIt has bee. thorou ep - - -I be- et t mpterestl the irigrii-e safd virfzo(tho ODi A The ~rp~fp ~jh the_ uliaoti bedthpo'wertr~ She ret the mnns aJ~A -Ther~ gloriously wejlii e To mmnutayagd 4 aMopreang fred~Ath~ -Apdjrparao rnd couu lno rt~ u i Dr. WIS~A~L 80~ of this xueiicineudjp anyb in a gu misehM~i theyfeac$ t t calcu1ated '''4 it wo PLBhE~O~1O tains ni hing 6fhli least in9i6ius 4n~~~& cherry ~lb4 prepaired. A.J *'Nonegin MAR )O thi byjthe 1vLBi Sumtert culy r -t4 YolunteeeV 1'' * .' : 4'au~emo4 L ki a ni