The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-12-22
From the SOuth Cay0Iiu;ou

.'A' at I'o"' letter written by an officer
in the Rcsnlar service. to Il gentleman Of
this State, which will be read with great
interest
There were many instances Of personal
valor and hrf"sin Displayed in these bloody
Battles, and among your acqnaintanccs |
! must mention the name Of - lred Smkins.
member of the Edgetl, I'd Company.
tic has acted nobly throughout and has
won the praise Of the Regiment On the
evening before the battle of Chapultepec.
while the enemy's batteries and ours were
at pretty hot work, an order was issued that
stormlng party, to consist of two hundred
and fifty men, should be formed. 1t was
thought that the fight would be desperate.
and that death would be the fate of those
who were ahead. When the South Caro-
INA Regiment was called on to furnish its
men, (Which was seven,) there seemed to
nc some slight commotion in the ranks
But 1t was only momentary; for almost
Immediately ElJred Sinkins stepped for.
ward, followed by r. Watson ofthe Able.
vile Company, declaring that they were
really to go wherever they were told. The
remaining i've were not long in following
their example.
The next morning the firing of our bat
teries ceased which was the signal for the
storming party 10 advance. Their march
was directed to the battery at the base of
the hill, and the intervening ground was
PLAIN covered with small bushes, the tops
OF which being cut off, the protection afford
ed was very slight. They advanced over
this plain Tor considerable distance, amid
the lire of cannon and musketry, without
discharging a single gun AS thew drew
nearer, the hire became so extremely severe.
ana SO many were shot down, that the
slightest possible wavering began to be per-
ccptlble. Il was at this time that Tie com.
niander ordered u charge, and, tuning to
the South Caroinians, said" come on mn
i,afm'tto doys. 1t IS on you 1 depeuM."
With these words, the charge became gene
raj and then it was that all the Palmet,os
iell except Simkns. He was in the thick.
est of'the fight and among the first to scale
the walls. When | reached the Castle, he
was about the first man l saw. He had Il
bottle OF liquor in one hand, which he said
he had taken from Mexican soldier
land that he was now in search of Dick
Watson TO give him "A drink" Watson had
been wounded in the charge AS soon as
he had toInd Dick and give him the Iio,ror.
ne hurried off TO Join the Regiment which
was then on its march towards the Gari,a
During the whole Of the last fight he was
ava where there was the greatest danger,
ami Captain DcssauSure informed me that
a'tcr the entire Regiment had retired from
WITHIN the Garita, he remained behind at
tempting to tic up the wounds of Blocker
ana others belonging to his company. He
mas since teen promoted from the ranks.'
A Washington letter in the phIadoIphia
Inquirer says:-The President does not
recommend, in lis Message, the establish
fnent OF 4 mission to Rome, but learned
,naf 1t Will hereafter be proposed. MIR.
"ickIffe has been recalled from Turin.
and thus, some five Charges are to he AN.
pointed. MIR. Trist will, it is supposed. have
either Rome, Naples or Turin MIR. Wad.
dell, OF New York, is, learn. verv s,rono
~ recommended for one of the yacanc,es
~ CONDITION OF TIE FREE BLACKS IN fuE
NORTHERN ClTIEs.--The Phliadelphia
bulletin makes the following statement
Durng the month of November the Coro.
neF m held "A inquests and % views, in all
oo' and being an average ofover two dav
Most of these were in the wretched hoveIs
OF Moyamensing, occupied by the degraded
blacks who have died of disease generated
by their squalid mode of Iife-from the
want of medical attention and proper nour.
lshment, and from intemperance, exposure,
and neglect.
This is the condition of comfort and han.
Plness to which the fanatical phila nthropists
OF the North would elevate the Blacks of
the Southern Statesl
A Curious socrErY.-A Society in Gin
cinnati, called the "Last Man," held its
anniversary meeting in that CITY on
Wednesday, the 18th ult. 1t was orea.
missed sixteen years ago, and but four of its
members now survive, which rempent met.
No new members were taken in after orea.
nization, and the Society continues annual.
IV To meet 0S Ionr ne ona s,,.n:..