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Twelve Days Later from Europe. ARRIVAL Or TIIU STEAMSHIP HIBERNIA. The Hibernia arrived at the wharf of East Boston ou the morning of the 3d insf. To the Editors of the Jour, of commerce : The Hibernia brings to the United States the Oregon treaty ratified by the British Government, under the seal of the new foreign minister, Lord Palmerston. This important document was signed by his Lordship and Mr. McLaneon the 17th, at the foreign ollice, and afterwards 1 .1 v i 1 r T *1 vuiivcyeu lur uespaicii Dy me nioernin. by his Kxcelloncy Mr. McLane, the Atnericun Minister lo Great Britain. In the House of Lords on the 17th of July, the Marquis of Lansdowne rose and said that it was his duty to lay before their Lordships and that House, the treaty which had just been concluded between Her Majesty and the Governmont nf t I Sitntfto m V* v««v w imvvi *14 to the Oregon Territory. He hud the satisfaction of informing their Lordships that ratifications had that day been exchanged. A similar motion was made in the House of Commons by Lord Palmerston, who appeared at the bar and stated that he had a paper to present by command of Her Majesty. The new ministry has got fairly to work, and the business of the country is again in a state of progression. All the members have been returned without opposition, except Mr. McAuley and Lord Debrington. 4 Y In every quarter a disposition exists to give the new appointments a fair trial; in consequence of the excitement now passed, the country needs repose, and with the exception of the Sugar duiies, there is no prominent question likely to embarrass the ministry or test their cannKll » The affairs of this session of Parliament will be wound up probably by the middle of August. The great movement to reimburse Mr. Cobden for the loss of health and money is progressing apacc. There seems every chance that the hundred thousand pounds fixed upon as the maximum of the amount to be given to him, will be raised. Efforts will be made to raise a splendid monument to Sir Robert Peel, by means of penny subscriptions through- out the British Empire, as an expression of the nation's gratitude. Parliament.The proceedings in the House of Parliament possesses considerable interest. Mr. Duncombe wished to hear from the noble Lord himself a distinct avowal of his views on the leading topics of the day. Lord John Russel declined this categorical analysis, but while doing so, said sufficient to point the moral of his future career as Minister, to the principles of Free Trade, to which he avowed his unswerving attacnment. Justice to Ireland, he would literally carry out, but with respect to the established church of that country, the Premier thought it imprudent to meddle in this early stage of the business. The same evening Lord John Russell declared that he would make his views respecting the sugar duties known on Monday. Commercial..The manufacturing districts are busy, and confidence prevails. Tbe season continues all that we could desire. The cotton market is firm, with good steady business, and prices have an up-1 ward tendency. The latest arrivals from the United States show that the last cron will not excecd two millions one hundred thousand bales, and that the prospects of the present year, owing to the lateness of the spring, are not particularly promising. MEXICO. Concerning Mexico, and our war with Mexico, the London papers are comparitively silent. The Times of the * 5th anticipates that Santa Anna will return to power there, and is of opinion that " the operation of a protracted, unhelthy war will not long gratify the American democracy, or be popular in the United States. At no distant period the Cabinet at Washington will be as eager to make peace in the midst of its anticipated triumphs, as the Cabinet of Mexico, under the pressure of defeat. We hope that both parties will seize the first decent pretext for putting an end to this wanton and absurd quarrel." After expressing doubts whether the Oregon Convention now so eagerly accepted by Lord Palmerston be more favorable to the rights of the British crown than that Convention formed by Lord Ashburton, which Lord P. so bitterly denounced, the Times says: " Therp is no one, we are confident, either in this kingdom or America, who will venture to compare the real nmount of the sacrifices made on either side with the result that has been obtained".and it chronicles with marked satisfaction the enthusiasm with which the adjustment was received in the United States .but not without some sneer at Mr. Polk, " compelled" as that paper has it, "to consume his own bluster".and all other " fifty-four forties".for it had caught the term. The same paper, the Times of the 14th July, publishes in full the message of the President to the Senate 16th June, covering the estimates of the War and Navy Department for the war. The great lion of the day had at last left England, Ibrahim Pacha. He took his departure in H. M. steamer Avenger, the 17th, from Portsmouth, the Egyptian flag flying at the mast head, and under salutes from all the batteries. He nroceeds dirnrt tn T.isVinn nnrl Alf>v- andria, having changed his original purpose of calling ofl* Cherburg. The Egypt'-n seems to have left a very strong impressions behind. His courteous manner and inquiring mind rendered him very accessible. IRELAND. Repeal Association..Mr. O'Connell left London on the 5th inst., and ar rived in Dublin on Monday morning. He appeared at the meeting at Conciliation Hall in the afternoon, when there was a crowded attendance. Mr. N. Maher, M. P. was called to the chair. The Secretary was directed to write to the Reneal Wardens in thp. north nf Trp- land, deprecating any interference with the Orange Anniversaries. Mr. O'Connell, in the course of his address to the meeting, after describing the fall of the late ministry, and warmly eulogizing Sir Robert Peel, asked what course the people of Ireland ought to pursue under present circumstances? The wonderful success which had attended the persevering and uutiring exertions of the Anti-Corn-law League, ought to inspire them with new hopes and expectations that the object on which they were bent might not unreasonably be expected. The success of Cobden was the triumph of moral force, a principal which, he might say, was first acted upon by the people of Ireland. The Chartists, on the contrary, had adopted physical force, and what had become of them ? They were not in existence. The people of England were, therefore, bound in gratitude to assist the Irish people in obtaining measures of amelioration. It remained to be seen whether they would or not. But what ought they (tne Irish people) to do under existing circumstano .1__,. -_j - i-to r iic nau u piuu iu propose, ana 11 would rest with the people whether they would accept it or not. They (the people) might differ with him, but he would not differ with them. He came to Ireland for the purpose of telling them, first, that he intended, at the earliest possible moment in the next session of Parliament, to bring under the consideration of the Legislature the question of the Repeal of the Union ; secondly, he required the association to declare what acts they considered to be necessary for placing the people of the two countries on an equal footing in .r M i .i- 11 » jjuuii ui civji nguis j iniraiy; ne required their sentimerHs on a law to alter the relations between landlord and tenant; fourthly, he wished means to be taken for restoring the influence of the association throughout the country ; fifthly, he insisted on an immediate attention to the registry, particularly in such places as were likely soon to become vacant; and,sixthly, that the commitI tee on the association should fix upon such candidates to fill the vacancies as they considered proper. After speaking /"»f iVlQ nlfitfAn *V> rtOrtHMAA. .U.AU I. * v. viuvcu uicaauics vvinuu lie lias aiready stated he wants from Government, Mr. O'Cennell proceeded to state that he would take every measure of good that he could get for Ireland, but would not give up Repeal. After a warning against violence and an appeal for that confidence which he had earned by his past services, the Hon. gentleman moved that the documents which he had J -1 111 - - reau snouia nave tne approval ol the association. On Wednesday a banquet was given at Dundalk to Daniel O'Connell, Jun., Mr. D. O'Connell, Sen., was present. He recommended his son to the constituency as a Repealer, and stated that the only fault he had to find with Mr. Redington was that he was not a Repealer. ITALY. His Holiness the Pope is winning golden opinions from the people ol RnmP ti O/l incfant Ka vu »uv MVI 1IIUIUI11» UV |7»v*\.\yuuuu on foot through the streets.a condescension not practised since the days oi Ganganelli. RUSSIA. The redactions in the tariff have been made, and took effect on the 18th June. The ukase says that they have been made in order to give activity to foreign commerce and national industry. THE BANNER. " LIHERTY AND MY NATIVE SOU.." CHARLES Tl. TLlE N, Editor. Abbeville C. II., S. C.s WEDNESDAY, AUG. 12, 1846. U3" We unintentionally omitted in our last, to notice the examination ol the scholars at the Female Academy at this place, on the 30th ultimo. The exercises were highly satisfactory to all present, and were creditable to both teacher and pupil. Mr. Lesly has been so long favorably known as a teacher that any thing from us in commendation of him would be useless. It should be a source of gratification to our villagers that they have been enabled to procure the servi- ces ol Mr. L.esly in the Academy ; and we trust that nothing will be wanting upon their part to advance the interest of the School, and retain him permanently in his situation. Forrign. News..Extracts of which will be found in this week's paper, brought out by the steamer Hibernia. The news is not important, with the exception of the ratification of the Oregon Treaty. The cotton market was firm with an upward tendency. Temperance in Law ens..We learn from the last Laurensville Herald, that the friends of Temperance in that District are taking ground against the resolutions passed at the late Convention I...l.i * :i i . iitriLt ui jvikuii, wun. rcgara to changing the present license system and voting at elections. In a set of resolutions passed by the District Society on the 3d instant, they disapprove of the recommendations of the convention, and determine to adhere to the principles heretofore ad vanced upon the subject of legislation ; and at a meeting of the Laurensville T. A. Society on the 6th instant, in consideration of this movement, has seceded from the Statfi Tffimnprnnnp J .J We have been apprehensive that whilst this movement might meet with approbation in some quarters of our State, that it would be opposed in others. A sufficient change in public opinion has not yet been brought about for a measure of this kind ; and we are fearf 1 .» . i i 1 » « iui mat snouia tne question be agitated, it will result in injury to the temperance cause, and produce a degree of excitement throughout the length and breadth of the land that is to be deprecated. Let us yet awhile travel on in the good old path, and use alone the mild and irresistable weapons of argument and persuasion. The Veto Message..The bill ma king appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors and rivers, to the amount of one million three hundred and seventy-eight thousand four hundred and fifty dollars, has been vetoed t Vi o Procirlcnt Thi« Hnpnmpnt ia ra. -J - .V, plete with sound and forcible arguments, setting forth reasons why these appropriations should not be made; that at some of these harbors no entry of foreign goods is ever made, and no duties collected at them ; no exports of American nroducts bound for foreign countries ever cleared from them ;.consequently appropriations made for their improvement would benefit the particular neighborhoods alone in which they are situated, which would be unconstitutional and establishing a precedent which would lead to the squandering of the r public fund. Another equally strong rAfltnn 1« tViit *Vta Jm»! « » WMWWM bUU VCI11C111 Ui IUTOO objects are of no pressing necessity. that being engaged at this time in an expensive war with a foreign country, we should husband our treasures: especially so since Congress has authorised a loan, or the issue of treasury notes to defray the expenses of the war, if the exigencies of the Government should require it. Mr. Polk, by his consistant and straight forward course, is daily adding fresh honors to his name; and his adI ministrution is destined to be one of the brightest in the history of our country. His position in all the great measures which have been before him, proves him a patriot of the first stamp, and each step that he has taken in the discharge of his duties has been with an eye single to the good of the common country. With a man of his stern inflexibility of character, his discriminating sagacity and integrity at the helm of state, we may fear no danger, for our vessel will gallantly weather every storm and bear us on to prosperity. Affn.i.rn n.t. Wnth.irnTtnn. Wr nrp- same, before this, the labors of Congress have been brought to a close. This Congress is characterised by the passage of several vastly important measures.by the settlement of the Oregon question, which has so long been hung up in uncertainty and doubt.and by the passage of the Tariff Bill; to say nothinir of others of less note, each of these measures of themselves would have been sufficient to make the session memorable. The Warehousing Bill has also passed both Houses ; also the bill for the payment of the clams for French Spoliation prior to 1800.and now await the signature of the President to become laws. tt.umor lias readied here through the letter writers at Washington, that the Senate had been in secret session on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 4th and 5th instant, deliberating upon a message from the President, containing a proposition for the settlement of the Mexican war, and the purchase of California. As to the truth of this rumor, we can say nothing ; but the supine indifference ui me mexicans 10 me advance ol our army, and the absence of all preparation for defence upon their part, would seem to favor such a measure. The latest accounts from Mexico, state that a small force at Monterey was fortifying that town ; yet the forces nre so inconsiderable, the Americans would meet with but little difficulty in talcing the place; and the towns which have al- ready been taken offered no resistance whatever. So there may be truth in the rumor. A few days, however will decide the matter. Judge Greer, of Pittsburg, has been nominated as justice of the Supreme Court, and is thought the Senate will confirm the nomination. Mr. Buchanan has determined to remain in the^ State Department. Mr. Pickens, who is now in Washington, it is thought will be offered the London mission and that he will now accept. The friends of the Tariff are much dissatisfied in the North at the passage of the bill, and every mail that reaches us now, comes ladened with their waitings and lamentations, with predictions of a ruined country, of bankrupt thousands and misery unheard of. In Pennsylvania, feeling upon this question has been so high, and so exasperated are they at the vote of the Vice President that they have hung and burnt him in effigy in various parts of the State. At Harrisburg upon one of these effigies was placed the following inscription : " The political death of George M. Dallas.Let traitors beware of the death of a traitor.Peace to his ashes." editor's table. Southern and, Western Literary Messen- ger and Review: B. B. Minor, Editor, Richmond, Va..Terms, $5.00 per annum, in advance. We have received the August No. of this valuable publication, which will be found equal in interest with any pf its . fjl OU*>VWOV10* Gen. Taylor has received from the Mexican Government $1,200, to be appropriated to the sick and wounded Mexican soldiers in his camp. From the New Orleans Picayune. LATER FROM THE ARMY. The brig Empressario arrived at the Barracks this morning, seven days from Brazos Santiago, with Capt. [Gen ] Desha's company of Alabama Volunteers, who have been ordered to New Orleans to be mustered out of the service, according to instructions from the War Department. Six other companies from Alabama, all the Louisiana Volunteers and the St. Louis Legion, as six months men, are to be mustered out of ser*»n» by the same authority. Cols. Peyton and Featherston's Regiments are not recogniz by the Department as being in the service at all. When the Empressario left, most of the regular troops had gone to Camargo, where, it is probable, all are by this time. Unless Gen. Taylor has been detained on account of the withdrawal of so mamany volunteers from the army, to make new arrangements regarding the disposition of the remaining ones, he has Join. ed the regular army ere this at Camarg°- The Texan troops were about taking up their march for Mier. Several fine artillery companies had arrived from the seaboard before the Empressario left. Gju. Smith had proceeded with the 3d and 4th Regiments U. S. Infantry up to Camargo, commencing with his rank as Colonel in the army. It will be recollected that Gen. Smith has been appointe Colonel of the new Regiment of Mounted Riflemen, and it is upon his commission as such that he now acts. Gov. Henderson was lying dangerously ill at Matamoras at the latest dates .very little hope was, tf any, entertained of his recovery. No news had been received of the whereabouts of the Mexican army. Letters had been received at Matamoras from the City of Mexico, which stated that Paredes was to leave that city to join the army. The 29th ult. was the day assigned by those letters for his departure for the seat of war. Brigadier General was to be left in command at Matamoras, where a regiment of volunteers was to be stationed and the forts garrisoned by artillery. iVJore extensive hospitals had been ordered to be erected at Point Isabel, for the accommodation of a large number of sick. Ti:e Moon in Lord Rosse's Telescope.. Scoresby of Ireland, whose admirable discourses on Astronomy have been arranged after the examination of the stellar system through the magnificent instrument of Lord Rosse, remarks in a recent lecture, that with regard to the lunar orb, every object on the moon's surface is now distinctly to be seen : and. he had no doubt that un- der very favorable circumstances, it would be so with objects sixty feet in height. On its surface were craters of extinct volcanoes, rocks, and masses of stones almost innumerable. He had no doubt whatever that if such a building as he was then in were upon tho surface of the moon, it would be rendered distinctly visible by these instruments. But there were no signs of habitations such as ours.no vestiges of architectural remains to show that the moon is or ever was inhabited by a race of mortals similar to ourselves. It presented no appearance which could lead iko oainnnoi^nn »kn» U me ouppuouiuu iiiui u LUiiiaiucu any thing like the green fields and lovely verdure of this beautiful world of ours. There was no water visible.not a sea, or river, or even the measure of a reservoir for supplying town or factory.all seemed desolate. Hence would arise the reflection in the mind in the christian philosopher.why hud this devastation been? It might be furiher inquired. was it a lost world ? Had it suffered for its transgression ? Analogy might suggest the question, had it met the fate ___i t_ iJ J which scnpiure iuiu us was reserved for our world? It was obvious that all this was mysterious conjecture. Upon the subject of astronomy, a paragraph of interest in relation to the plan net Saturn and Brosen's second comet is given in a letter from Rome, dated June 1st, which states that the celebrated astronomer. Schwabe, from his own observations and the contemporaneous observations of the Roman astronomers, has been led to believe that a double period exists in the variable eccentricity of the globe Ssturn in respect to the ring, that is, the one of two and the other of 70 hours. The second comet of Brasen has slackened a little in its rapiditv. and is movinir for* ward towards the twins. The U. S. Tresurer's official statement shows by returns received to July 27, 1846, the whole amount of Government funds at that time in the public depositories, subject to draft, to have been $7,725,797, v»
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Twelve Days Later from Europe.ARRIVAL Or TIIU
STEAMSHIP HIBERNIA.The Hibernia arrived at the wharf of
East Boston ou the morning of the 3dinsf.To the Editors of the Jour, of commerce :The Hibernia brings to the United
States the Oregon treaty ratified by theBritish Government, under the seal ofthe new foreign minister, Lord Palmerston.
This important document was signedby his Lordship and Mr. McLaneon the17th, at the foreign ollice, and afterwards
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vuiivcyeu lur uespaicii Dy me nioernin.
by his Kxcelloncy Mr. McLane, theAtnericun Minister lo Great Britain.
In the House of Lords on the 17th ofJuly, the Marquis of Lansdowne roseand said that it was his duty to lay beforetheir Lordships and that House, thetreaty which had just been concludedbetween Her Majesty and the Governmontnf t I Sitntfto m
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to the Oregon Territory. He hud thesatisfaction of informing their Lordshipsthat ratifications had that day been exchanged.A similar motion was made in the
House of Commons by Lord Palmerston,who appeared at the bar and statedthat he had a paper to present by commandof Her Majesty.The new ministry has got fairly to
work, and the business of the country isagain in a state of progression.
All the members have been returnedwithout opposition, except Mr. McAuleyand Lord Debrington.
4 Y In every quarter a disposition exists togive the new appointments a fair trial;in consequence of the excitement now
passed, the country needs repose, andwith the exception of the Sugar duiies,there is no prominent question likely toembarrass the ministry or test their cannKll»
The affairs of this session of Parliamentwill be wound up probably by themiddle of August.The great movement to reimburse Mr.
Cobden for the loss of health and moneyis progressing apacc. There seems everychance that the hundred thousandpounds fixed upon as the maximum ofthe amount to be given to him, will beraised.
Efforts will be made to raise a splendidmonument to Sir Robert Peel, bymeans of penny subscriptions through-out the British Empire, as an expressionof the nation's gratitude.Parliament.The proceedings in
the House of Parliament possesses considerableinterest.Mr. Duncombe wished to hear from
the noble Lord himself a distinct avowalof his views on the leading topics ofthe day.
Lord John Russel declined this categoricalanalysis, but while doing so, saidsufficient to point the moral of his futurecareer as Minister, to the principlesof Free Trade, to which he avowed hisunswerving attacnment.
Justice to Ireland, he would literallycarry out, but with respect to the establishedchurch of that country, the Premierthought it imprudent to meddle inthis early stage of the business.The same evening Lord John Russell
declared that he would make his viewsrespecting the sugar duties known on
Monday.Commercial..The manufacturingdistricts are busy, and confidence prevails.Tbe season continues all that
we could desire.The cotton market is firm, with good
steady business, and prices have an up-1ward tendency.The latest arrivals from the United
States show that the last cron will notexcecd two millions one hundred thousandbales, and that the prospects of thepresent year, owing to the lateness ofthe spring, are not particularly promising.
MEXICO.Concerning Mexico, and our war
with Mexico, the London papers are
comparitively silent. The Times of the* 5th anticipates that Santa Anna willreturn to power there, and is of opinionthat " the operation of a protracted, unhelthywar will not long gratify theAmerican democracy, or be popular inthe United States. At no distant periodthe Cabinet at Washington will be as
eager to make peace in the midst of itsanticipated triumphs, as the Cabinet ofMexico, under the pressure of defeat.We hope that both parties will seize
the first decent pretext for putting anend to this wanton and absurd quarrel."
After expressing doubts whether theOregon Convention now so eagerly acceptedby Lord Palmerston be more favorableto the rights of the Britishcrown than that Convention formed byLord Ashburton, which Lord P. so bitterlydenounced, the Times says:" Therp is no one, we are confident, eitherin this kingdom or America, who will
venture to compare the real nmount ofthe sacrifices made on either side withthe result that has been obtained".andit chronicles with marked satisfactionthe enthusiasm with which the adjustmentwas received in the United States.but not without some sneer at Mr.Polk, " compelled" as that paper has it,"to consume his own bluster".and allother " fifty-four forties".for it hadcaught the term.The same paper, the Times of the
14th July, publishes in full the messageof the President to the Senate 16th June,covering the estimates of the War andNavy Department for the war.The great lion of the day had at last
left England, Ibrahim Pacha. He tookhis departure in H. M. steamer Avenger,the 17th, from Portsmouth, theEgyptian flag flying at the mast head,and under salutes from all the batteries.He nroceeds dirnrt tn T.isVinn nnrl Alf>v-andria, having changed his original purposeof calling ofl* Cherburg. TheEgypt'-n seems to have left a verystrong impressions behind. His courteousmanner and inquiring mind renderedhim very accessible.
IRELAND.Repeal Association..Mr. O'Connellleft London on the 5th inst., and ar
rived in Dublin on Monday morning.He appeared at the meeting at ConciliationHall in the afternoon, when therewas a crowded attendance. Mr. N.Maher, M. P. was called to the chair.The Secretary was directed to write tothe Reneal Wardens in thp. north nf Trp-land, deprecating any interference withthe Orange Anniversaries. Mr. O'Connell,in the course of his address to themeeting, after describing the fall of thelate ministry, and warmly eulogizingSir Robert Peel, asked what course thepeople of Ireland ought to pursue underpresent circumstances? The wonderfulsuccess which had attended the perseveringand uutiring exertions of theAnti-Corn-law League, ought to inspirethem with new hopes and expectationsthat the object on which they were bentmight not unreasonably be expected.The success of Cobden was the triumphof moral force, a principal which,
he might say, was first acted upon bythe people of Ireland. The Chartists,on the contrary, had adopted physicalforce, and what had become of them ?They were not in existence. The peopleof England were, therefore, boundin gratitude to assist the Irish people inobtaining measures of amelioration. Itremained to be seen whether they wouldor not. But what ought they (tne Irishpeople) to do under existing circumstano.1__,. -_j -
i-to r iic nau u piuu iu propose, ana 11would rest with the people whether theywould accept it or not. They (the people)might differ with him, but he wouldnot differ with them.He came to Ireland for the purpose of
telling them, first, that he intended, atthe earliest possible moment in the nextsession of Parliament, to bring underthe consideration of the Legislature thequestion of the Repeal of the Union ;secondly, he required the association todeclare what acts they considered to benecessary for placing the people of thetwo countries on an equal footing in
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jjuuii ui civji nguis j iniraiy; ne requiredtheir sentimerHs on a law to alterthe relations between landlord andtenant; fourthly, he wished means tobe taken for restoring the influence ofthe association throughout the country ;fifthly, he insisted on an immediate attentionto the registry, particularly insuch places as were likely soon to becomevacant; and,sixthly, that the commitItee on the association should fix uponsuch candidates to fill the vacancies asthey considered proper. After speaking/"»f iVlQ nlfitfAn *V> rtOrtHMAA. .U.AU I. *v. viuvcu uicaauics vvinuu lie lias aireadystated he wants from Government,Mr. O'Cennell proceeded to state thathe would take every measure of goodthat he could get for Ireland, but wouldnot give up Repeal. After a warningagainst violence and an appeal for thatconfidence which he had earned by hispast services, the Hon. gentleman movedthat the documents which he had
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reau snouia nave tne approval ol the association.On Wednesday a banquet was given
at Dundalk to Daniel O'Connell, Jun.,Mr. D. O'Connell, Sen., was present.He recommended his son to the constituencyas a Repealer, and stated that theonly fault he had to find with Mr. Redingtonwas that he was not a Repealer.
ITALY.His Holiness the Pope is winning
golden opinions from the people olRnmP ti O/l incfant Ka
vu »uv MVI 1IIUIUI11» UV |7»v*\.\yuuuuon foot through the streets.a condescensionnot practised since the days oiGanganelli.
RUSSIA.The redactions in the tariff have been
made, and took effect on the 18th June.The ukase says that they have beenmade in order to give activity to foreigncommerce and national industry.
THE BANNER." LIHERTY AND MY NATIVE SOU.."CHARLES Tl.TLlEN, Editor.
Abbeville C. II., S. C.s
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 12, 1846.
U3" We unintentionally omitted inour last, to notice the examination ol thescholars at the Female Academy at thisplace, on the 30th ultimo. The exerciseswere highly satisfactory to all present,and were creditable to both teacherand pupil. Mr. Lesly has been so longfavorably known as a teacher that anything from us in commendation of himwould be useless. It should be a sourceof gratification to our villagers that theyhave been enabled to procure the servi-ces ol Mr. L.esly in the Academy ; andwe trust that nothing will be wantingupon their part to advance the interestof the School, and retain him permanentlyin his situation.
Forrign. News..Extracts of whichwill be found in this week's paper,brought out by the steamer Hibernia.The news is not important, with the exceptionof the ratification of the OregonTreaty. The cotton market was firmwith an upward tendency.
Temperance in Lawens..We learnfrom the last Laurensville Herald, thatthe friends of Temperance in that Districtare taking ground against the resolutionspassed at the late ConventionI...l.i * :i i .iitriLt ui jvikuii, wun. rcgara to changingthe present license system and voting atelections. In a set of resolutions passedby the District Society on the 3d instant,they disapprove of the recommendationsof the convention, and determine to adhereto the principles heretofore advancedupon the subject of legislation ; and ata meeting of the Laurensville T. A. Societyon the 6th instant, in considerationof this movement, has seceded from theStatfi Tffimnprnnnp
J .JWe have been apprehensive that
whilst this movement might meet withapprobation in some quarters of our
State, that it would be opposed in others.A sufficient change in public opinion
has not yet been brought about for a
measure of this kind ; and we are fearf1 .» . i i 1 » «
iui mat snouia tne question be agitated,it will result in injury to the temperancecause, and produce a degree of excitementthroughout the length and breadthof the land that is to be deprecated.Let us yet awhile travel on in the goodold path, and use alone the mild and irresistableweapons of argument and persuasion.
The Veto Message..The bill ma
king appropriations for the improvementof certain harbors and rivers, to theamount of one million three hundredand seventy-eight thousand four hundredand fifty dollars, has been vetoed
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plete with sound and forcible arguments,setting forth reasons why these appropriationsshould not be made; that atsome of these harbors no entry of foreigngoods is ever made, and no duties collectedat them ; no exports of Americannroducts bound for foreign countriesever cleared from them ;.consequentlyappropriations made for their improvementwould benefit the particularneighborhoods alone in which they are
situated, which would be unconstitutionaland establishing a precedent whichwould lead to the squandering of the
r public fund. Another equally strongrAfltnn 1« tViit *Vta Jm»! « »WMWWM bUU VCI11C111 Ui IUTOO
objects are of no pressing necessity.that being engaged at this time in an
expensive war with a foreign country,we should husband our treasures: especiallyso since Congress has authorised
a loan, or the issue of treasury notes to
defray the expenses of the war, if theexigencies of the Government shouldrequire it.
Mr. Polk, by his consistant andstraight forward course, is daily addingfresh honors to his name; and his adIministrution is destined to be one of thebrightest in the history of our country.His position in all the great measures
which have been before him, proves hima patriot of the first stamp, and eachstep that he has taken in the dischargeof his duties has been with an eye singleto the good of the common country.With a man of his stern inflexibility ofcharacter, his discriminating sagacityand integrity at the helm of state, wemay fear no danger, for our vessel willgallantly weather every storm and bearus on to prosperity.
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same, before this, the labors of Congresshave been brought to a close. ThisCongress is characterised by the passageof several vastly important measures.bythe settlement of the Oregonquestion, which has so long been hungup in uncertainty and doubt.and bythe passage of the Tariff Bill; to saynothinir of others of less note, each ofthese measures of themselves wouldhave been sufficient to make the sessionmemorable. The Warehousing Billhas also passed both Houses ; also thebill for the payment of the clams forFrench Spoliation prior to 1800.andnow await the signature of the Presidentto become laws.
tt.umor lias readied here through theletter writers at Washington, that theSenate had been in secret session on
Tuesday and Wednesday, the 4th and5th instant, deliberating upon a messagefrom the President, containing a propositionfor the settlement of the Mexicanwar, and the purchase of California.As to the truth of this rumor, we can
say nothing ; but the supine indifferenceui me mexicans 10 me advance ol our
army, and the absence of all preparationfor defence upon their part, would seemto favor such a measure. The latestaccounts from Mexico, state that a
small force at Monterey was fortifyingthat town ; yet the forces nre so inconsiderable,the Americans would meetwith but little difficulty in talcing theplace; and the towns which have al-ready been taken offered no resistancewhatever. So there may be truth inthe rumor. A few days, however willdecide the matter.
Judge Greer, of Pittsburg, has beennominated as justice of the SupremeCourt, and is thought the Senate willconfirm the nomination. Mr. Buchananhas determined to remain in the^State Department. Mr. Pickens, whois now in Washington, it is thought willbe offered the London mission and thathe will now accept.
The friends of the Tariff are
much dissatisfied in the North at thepassage of the bill, and every mail thatreaches us now, comes ladened withtheir waitings and lamentations, withpredictions of a ruined country, of bankruptthousands and misery unheard of.In Pennsylvania, feeling upon thisquestion has been so high, and so exasperatedare they at the vote of the VicePresident that they have hung and burnthim in effigy in various parts of theState. At Harrisburg upon one of theseeffigies was placed the following inscription: " The political death of GeorgeM. Dallas.Let traitors beware of thedeath of a traitor.Peace to his ashes."
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Gen. Taylor has received fromthe Mexican Government $1,200,to be appropriated to the sick andwounded Mexican soldiers in hiscamp.
From the New Orleans Picayune.LATER FROM THE ARMY.The brig Empressario arrived at theBarracks this morning, seven days fromBrazos Santiago, with Capt. [Gen ] Desha'scompany of Alabama Volunteers,who have been ordered to New Orleans
to be mustered out of the service, accordingto instructions from the War Department.Six other companies fromAlabama, all the Louisiana Volunteersand the St. Louis Legion, as six monthsmen, are to be mustered out of ser*»n»
by the same authority. Cols. Peytonand Featherston's Regiments are not recognizedby the Department as beingin the service at all.When the Empressario left, most of
the regular troops had gone to Camargo,where, it is probable, all are by this time.Unless Gen. Taylor has been detainedon account of the withdrawal of so mamanyvolunteers from the army, to makenew arrangements regarding the dispositionof the remaining ones, he has Join.ed the regular army ere this at Camarg°-The Texan troops were about taking
up their march for Mier.Several fine artillery companies had
arrived from the seaboard before theEmpressario left.Gju. Smith had proceeded with the
3d and 4th Regiments U. S. Infantryup to Camargo, commencing with hisrank as Colonel in the army. It will berecollected that Gen. Smith has been appointedColonel of the new Regimentof Mounted Riflemen, and it is upon hiscommission as such that he now acts.
Gov. Henderson was lying dangerouslyill at Matamoras at the latest dates.very little hope was, tf any, entertainedof his recovery.No news had been received of the
whereabouts of the Mexican army.Letters had been received at Matamorasfrom the City of Mexico, which statedthat Paredes was to leave that cityto join the army. The 29th ult. was theday assigned by those letters for his departurefor the seat of war.
Brigadier General was to be left incommand at Matamoras, where a regimentof volunteers was to be stationedand the forts garrisoned by artillery.
iVJore extensive hospitals had been orderedto be erected at Point Isabel, forthe accommodation of a large numberof sick.
Ti:e Moon in Lord Rosse's Telescope..Dr.Scoresby of Ireland, whoseadmirable discourses on Astronomyhave been arranged after the examinationof the stellar system through themagnificent instrument of Lord Rosse,remarks in a recent lecture, that withregard to the lunar orb, every object onthe moon's surface is now distinctly tobe seen : and. he had no doubt that un-der very favorable circumstances, itwould be so with objects sixty feet inheight. On its surface were craters ofextinct volcanoes, rocks, and masses ofstones almost innumerable. He hadno doubt whatever that if such a buildingas he was then in were upon thosurface of the moon, it would be rendereddistinctly visible by these instruments.But there were no signs ofhabitations such as ours.no vestiges ofarchitectural remains to show that themoon is or ever was inhabited by a raceof mortals similar to ourselves. It presentedno appearance which could lead
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thing like the green fields and lovelyverdure of this beautiful world of ours.There was no water visible.not a sea,or river, or even the measure of a reservoirfor supplying town or factory.allseemed desolate. Hence would arise thereflection in the mind in the christianphilosopher.why hud this devastationbeen? It might be furiher inquired.was it a lost world ? Had it suffered forits transgression ? Analogy might suggestthe question, had it met the fate___i t_ iJ Jwhich scnpiure iuiu us was reservedfor our world? It was obvious that allthis was mysterious conjecture. Uponthe subject of astronomy, a paragraph ofinterest in relation to the plannet Saturnand Brosen's second comet is given in aletter from Rome, dated June 1st, whichstates that the celebrated astronomer.Schwabe, from his own observations andthe contemporaneous observations ofthe Roman astronomers, has been led tobelieve that a double period exists in thevariable eccentricity of the globe Ssturnin respect to the ring, that is, the one oftwo and the other of 70 hours. The secondcomet of Brasen has slackened alittle in its rapiditv. and is movinir for*ward towards the twins.
The U. S. Tresurer's officialstatement shows by returns receivedto July 27, 1846, the wholeamount of Government funds atthat time in the public depositories,subject to draft, to have been$7,725,797,
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