The banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1844-1847, 1846-07-08

sooer, INDUSTRIOUS people, and yet the
land is desert. You think that this is
caused by our Incidence. Not so. 1t
has been brought about entirely by bad
government. There is no protection for
property. TO be reputed rich is but TO
De marked as the prey of some official.
We DO not accumulate, because we can
not enjoy the fruits Of our labor. And
every revolution, by giving us swarms
OF new officers, but increase our distress.
Every department of power is grossly
corrupt And all we want to be great
nation is a just and stable government"
He added much more to the same effect.
and these sentiments accord so perfectly
with those which haye frequently
heard expressed by Others, that I have
no doubt that the continuance Of the
present humane policy of our govern
ment of respecting and protecting pri.
vate property, will result in the esta-
blishment of Northern Republic under
the protection of the United States.
Iregret to say that the measles have
broken out in our Camp, and DR.. Arson,
our Surgeon, declares in his report that it
has assumed an epidemic form. AT pre-
sent we have had no deaths, but some
very critical cases. The dysentery is
likewise very bad with many. By the
same boat which will probably bring
this, several of our Regiment go forward
probably to find an early grave
at home: the others, as nurses. Most of
them being intelligent gentlemen, YOU
will no doubt be able 10 CLEAN from
them some interesting Camp chit,chat
TOM.
P. 81 have just learned that DR..
Norris. OF Capt. Fountains company,
Andrew Jackson Regiment, died yester-
day. He was formerly editor of the
" WoodvilIe (Miss.) Republican," and
more recently of the " Bayou Sara (La.)
Ledger" DIR N. was a man of fine
abilities, and was at one time promi-
nent member of the Mississippi LegisIa-
ture. could not learn of what disease
he died. r.
A MEXICAN SOLDIERS BuR1AL.-A
correspondent of the Ficayune, thus
sketches funeral, he witnessed at Ma
tamoras.
The Mexicans gave us sample yes
terday of the n. nner in which they
bury their dead soldiers. 1t must, in
justice to them, however, be remembered
in captured city, where they are not
allowed to use their arms. The dead
man was brought out of hospital. in
long wooden box covered with coarse
black muslin. -Four men acted rs bear
ers, leach smoking cigarette. They
were preceded. some ten yards, by a
bandO dhsisting Of horn clarionet.
flute and fife. Close behind the corpse
followed little boy, with a brand of
fire aud his pockets crammed full Of
" India crackers" These he pulled out
one after another, and touched them off
on his chunk of fire. Next followed a
crowd of women, smoking cigars. The
bearers stopped several times. changed
their burden to a fresh shoulder and
lighted their cigars"
CASTLE OF SAN JUAN DE ULLoA.-
The first object that strikes the eye in
approaching Vera Cruz by water, is the
Castle of San Juan de Clloa, with the
spires and domes of the churches peer
ing up in the distance behind it 1t
stands alone upon small rocky island,
on one side Of the main entrance to the
harbor, and only about half a mile from
the wall of the city, and consequently
has complete command of the port. The
entrance off the other side is so barred
with broken ree's and lodges, that it can
only be used by small craft in favorable
weather.
The castle IS circular and strongly
built, and heavily mounted. Its princi-
pal strength, however, is IN its position,
inaccessible except by water, and its
guns pointing every way, leaving no
side open to the attack of an enemy.
The form of the city of Vera Cruz is
semi.circular, fronting the sea. 1t is
situated on an arid plain, surrounded by
sand hills, and is. badly supplied with