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To Our Patrons.

1t will be perceived that the Banner
makes its appearance this week in some-
what a new style. We have enlarged it
some, which will enable us to lay before
our readers considerably more matter. No
alteration will be made in the terms, which
makes the paper decidedly the cheapest now
published in the State. Nothing but a H.
beral patronage will enable IFS to afford it at
the present terms; we trust, therefore, that
the District will sustain us. There are
hundreds yet throughout the country that
have not subscribed. Our ambition is to
swell the list of subscriber to one thousand.
Can it be done-it already exceeds seven
hundred?
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From the " o. Mercury.
LATER FROM MEXICO.

The bark ST.. Mary, from Havana. ar
rived last evening, bringing the news by
the British mail steamer from Vera Cruz.
The advices from Vera Cruz are to the
evening of the lst. February, and from the
city of Mexico to the Goth ult.
Santa Anna at last accounts was at San
Luis Potosi. His army is represented to
bel about $4,000 strong, but destitute of
clothing and food and with but little pro-
spect of relief, as the bill authorizing the
hypothecation Of church property in nego-
tiating loan of Sl5 1000, 900, or if necessa-
sum, was apparently of no avail, although
it had received the sanction of Santa Anna.
The whole body ofthe clergy had protested
against it, and a large portion of the lower
classes sided with the clergy, and such was
the general feeling in relation to the meas
ure that it had been found impossible to
borrow, and the impression appeared to be
that if seizure and sale of the property wero
resorted to, no purchasers could be found
1t is almost needless to add that the rumor
of Santa Anna's assassination in conse-
quence of opposition to this measure was
entirely unfounded. 1t has been proposed
in Congress, by several deputies to repeal
the law empowering Government to sell or
hypothecate the property not cultivated,
called in Mexico dead property, but these
propositions were not contenanced. The
Governor Of San Luis Potosi issued de-
cree on the 30th ult. providing for the rails
ing of loan in that State of $4,000 to
meet the immediate expenses of the army.
This sum the Governor is authorized either
to borrow, or seize by force, by the Congress
of the State.
No mention is made in the papers of the
capture of Chihuahua, by our troops, but
the report of battle in its vicinity is fully
confirmed. The following account of it is
copied from the Picayune:- -
:sOn the 25th of December Senor CuyIti
was at Ell Paso at the head of 48O regulars,
who, added to the Pasenos, or troops raised
near Ell Paso, exceeded 1000 in number
The Americans were at Dona Ana 400
strong. They advanced upon FL Paso.-
Cuylti prepared to fight them, but the eve
ming he was to set forth on his march was
seized with a. violent brain fever which
rendered him helpless. The command de-
volved upon Vidal, who possessed little
military skill, and expected to surround
and destroy the Americans like so many
rabbits. He pushed forward 500 cavalry
under Capt. Antonio Ponce: of which one
half were Tasenos. The Americans de-
manded a parley, which was denied, and
the fight Immediately commenced. Ponce
charged at the head of his cavalry, but in
vain, as hewas wounded in the first onset
Just then the Pasenos run, and threw such
disorder into the whole that all took to fight
leaving a howitzer in the hand of the Ameri-
cans but carrying off three other pieces.
Vidal returned with all speed to Carrzal,
forty leagues from Ell Paso On the 9th
the Americana teok gossssaia ys6
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at Iamplco, all IN goOd
health. Gen. Scott had not reached there,
but was constantly expected. The con-
templated attack upon Vera Cruz is no
longer secret, and seems as well known
by the Mexicans as our own army. It is
to take place by the first Of this month at
farthest, and to be made by sea and land al
the same time. The head of the land ope-
rations is to be the Island Of Lobos, sixty
five niles from Vera Cruz. This is the
destination Of the nine Regime nts and e e
this place is Gen. Wor,h's division 70 e be
transported. ss2sS
From Vera Craz BY advicea from
Vera Cruz aslate as the sfrstI Of brualrJy,
and 6Jom the city Of Mexico up 70 the 2e,h
81. January, ue learn that the runorsof
Santa Annals assassination il; unfonnded.
las late as the 2Slhl 81 January, he was still
Eat t San Louis Potosii s23 900 iDsnsal
was y about leaving # for lula as ths 81
IEthe main body IFS i itorcs & sMts M
repre- as being & & 1eai
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sober second thoughts of fanatics, if they
are capable of such, will enable them to see
the consequences and calamities that would
befall the adoption of such measures. 1t
would be the signal for dissolution of the
Union, for civil war and bloodshed.
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amount of $3.50 ,ooo,,, has proven q

amount of $4,000, 900, has proven aSde3
letter-so priest,ridden are the people, yth3
the Government has notsbeen able tossS
one cents worth of property. The Office
of Finance and the Minister of ForeignA 3
fairs, being unable to carry out the stns
sures adopted by Congress, have handsaa
their designations fact it is rumoredstd
all the Ministers have resigned. M
The above is all the news Of any intel
we are able to gather from the seat ofW1
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ew Orleans, dates were received from al
razos Santiago to the 9th, from Matamo-
$ to the 5th, and Camargo to the lst Feb "
ary 81 y ssg s&s&es.
On the II or 18th of January, Lieut.. :
A.''';e Of the 4th Infantry, with ten dra-
goons, on hls~~~S-.,, G L:s,o to Victoria
bearing important dispatches from ue,. i =
Scott to Gen. Taylor, was taken by d
Mexican horseman, dragged full speed a
cross field, murdered, and his dispatches
carried off, These dispatches, it is said,
contain the whole plan of operations about
to be commenced. The ten dragons
reached Victoria in safety-Lleut. Richie
having been attacked and murdered whilst
absent with guard to procure forage for
the horses
Lieut.. Miller, of the ed Ohio Regiment,
about the lst of February, was also mur-
dered by the Mexicans at Chichironi, and
awfully mutilated. On the 23d of January
at Encarnacian,so some As miles from Saltillo,
Major Borland, of the Arkansas cavalry,
with fifty men, and Major Gains and Capt.
Cassius M. Clay, with thirty men, were
surprised and captured by Gen. Minion
with 500 Mexican cavalry, without firing
gun. The hatred of the Mexicans
against the volunteers is so inveterate, that
fears were entertained for the safety of
their persons
On the 25th of December, in the imme-
date vicinity of Ell Passo del Norte there
was an action between body of 400 Ame-
ricans and about 1000 Mexicsns, in which
the Americans were entirely successful.
The loss on either side was not known, or
not stated. The Americans took posses
sion Of FL Passo. It is rumored that a
body of American troops, being portion
OF Col. Kearney's command, had taken
chihuahua, after sanguinary conflict: but
the rumor is discredited by subsequent
dates.
The Mexicans in the neighborhood of
Camargo are firmly impressed with the be-
lief that the Americans are retreating from
Santa Anna-and great outrages are ex-
perienced from the Ranchero hordes of Ca
males. - - -
From Tampico.-By the schooner St.
Paul, the New Orleans papers have recei-
we'd advices from Tampico as late as the
9th, and by the brig Cayuga to the 18th
February
The ship Ondeaka, having on board four
companies of the Louisiana Volunteers un-
der the command of Col De Russey, was,
on the LIST February, wrecked on cape Roxo,
some thirty miles south of Tampico. The
crew and volunteers all got safe ashore:
but Gen. Coss, with about 1000 Mexican
troops, having ascertained their situation,
that they were almost without arms and
ammunition, having but one hundred guns
fit for use-marched upon them and de-
manded an unconditional surrender. Col.
De Russey obtained twenty-four hours to
consider it; and at niebs, fl s
-.
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Correspondence of tie Baltimore .An,erie
sSsI,ssagx WASHINGTON, FEB. IA
3 United Stat Senate

...:35ss llltcu zhSVndkOsfzssSf3
After the reception sof petitions and
nrts, the Civil and Diplomatis Z.
ton D... was taKelI .,ss s g "
A great number of MINOR amenda
reported from the COMMITTEES On FinS
were agreed to. sss
Mr.. Crittenden gave notice that lie 81
ask leave to morrow to bring in bib
the relief of Ireland. E
Mr.. Calhoun gave notice that on toE
row, at such time as the Senate shoJ
full, he would call up the resolutions
mitted by him on Friday.
Mr.. Webster said that he had h5tSM
signed addressing the Senate upon MssH
solutions until the three million bilt
disposed of; but as the debate on thu
was to be protracted so much beyond
time he had anticipated, he would cd
his resolutions tomorrow, so as to
them before the Senate at the same
with those OF the Senator from South
lima. S
The three million bill was then take S
when Mr.. Benton rose, 10 speak. TEe a,
dience was very brilliant one. Anon
the many, l observed Mr.. Rltchie, 18th
great excluded" in the Reporters CALLER,
He was in the ladies gallery YESTERDAY
and among the reporters to-day. Il
Mr.. Benton addressed himself at once J,
the Senator from South Carolina whom
charged with raising the question, an
somewhat peculiarly. as to the causes of th
war. $ets
Then he arraigned Mr.. CalhouRia
sons for not interposing to prev4
marching of the Army to the Rio
1t could not be in consequence of
gon question, as was alleged, for
known that the Senate held advers
ions to the Executive upon this. I'd =
Oregon
MI. B. reviewed the causes of ID
with Mexico-beginning with the
of 1919. There was, however, pdS
once here, as Mr.. Benton a second
addressed himself to the Senator
South Carolina.
He said Mr. Calhoun had assumed
a champion for the South, for the institss1l
of Slavery. For one he disavnwedfst
his championship urt his defence, ,SS
most particularly would he do SO
State Of South Carolina. That SeMx
had been recreant to the South, and hesi'
said to him confne yourself to yourS
bailiwick. The Senator, after uniting
self the Aboltionists, as he die, ,upoS
subject Of compromising this very que
of Slavery in excluding it from the Vd
of the Mississippi-tha Senator had pu5
everlasting answer upon his own resolut
introduced here few days since, by
own acts. Il: lase$ss @sse$$ss iTs3
Mr.. Calhoun was then charged
bringing on the war for Texas, by the n
in which he had begun the negotiat
made upon this subject. With motive
had nothing to do. 1t was to acts he rd
red, and by his acts he arraigned the Sd
tor from South Carolina. For himself
assumed to no championship and was
disposed to follow one under such lead
Mr.. Calhoun was then schargedlwith &
ing that which led to the Worlds Convl
kland, and in connection R
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Col De Russey was with them, and with
his military knowledge, they would, ifthey
had ammunition, no doubt be able TO make
resistance. A detachment Of artillery
sent to their assistance on the 9th, on a
steamer, no doubt reached them on tina,
day.. and on the evening of the 9TH, we
understood, the regiment of Tennessee
cavalry was sent to their aid or rescue Ibid
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af,other magnificent speech in the Senate,
;;iin support of set of resolutions introduced
byshimseE, upon the slavery question:
This speech gives;sds full Length view
nof the. position ofthe slave-holding States,
land Of the injustice and disgrace the friends
gpf Abolition would have us submit to by the
lpassage Of the Wilmot proviso. H$.is
Nigh time the: South should awake from the
,1lethargy which has so long bound her, and ID
1prepare to breast the coming storm. That
Mis- question is fast coming TO g crisis, no
!. nan who has watched the, aspect Of things
q |Hs2ra few months pas. can deny. i the
q xiimot proyiso IS adopted and !. becomes the
! l 81 the land, what viii be the position q
slge- olding stasss, and what are the in: ii.
.4dasmepts for such States, to shed their Ell
ibl spend their treasures sorthe &c, ],
Ifduiftio Of territery, fon whic their citi'
gzsnS Sare . Be xcluded Is q, no. !,
q Chat Hoy in the ni:lori
n thsi aIsl harnples
"a IA Al Il ;s aid fhat tfisfs
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FOREIGN News.

In another part of this paper will be seen
extrdCts of Foreign Nn1us hrnnght ont by
the Cambria. Cotton has declined some
little, and also the prices of bread stuffs.
The ports have been opened for the admis-
sion Of grain duty free. Quantities of grain
were constantly. arriving at the ports, which
will supply in part the wants of the. poor.
OF Mr.. J. M. Clapp, late editor of the
Charleston Mercury, has assumed the edi-
torial management of the Southern Quar-
terly Review-Mr. Whitaker having re-
tired.
II Mr.. Tuomey, who has recently been
employed in the Geological Survey of this
State, has been appointed Professor of Geo
logy and Agricultural Chemistry in the Uni
versity pf Alabama. 7
nThe steamer Sarah Sands brought
out with her $500, ,ooo.in specie.
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ABBEVILLE G. H., S. C.
Wednesday, March 3, 1917.

Cotton Market.
Charleston Feb. 27th-from 9 to l l cts.
Hamburg, Feb. 26th-from 8 to 10 cts.
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HoM TAMpIco.-By the Frival last
eve4ng of the schooner st. Pjul, Talbot,
from Tampico, advices from fhat place to
the fternoon of the 3rdSultitao have been
recek ked. We regret to leath that the pre-
viou accounts of the safe arrival at Tampi-
co o. the fou, companies Of Louisiana Vol
un:@rs wrecked on the Ondiaka, prove
untrh be. They had not arrived at the time
the st. Paul left, and rumors of their cap
tureb by the body Of Mexican cavalry which
it was reported had surrounded them were
current. 1t is to bghoped, however, even
If the Mev; -. -. 1.,.Nwas as strong as is
tsplasen.ea ,s aaa. .nssHs,,i;eeed in keeping
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and and documents would busrs upon the
iect of which he was treathg. Itswa[
ttimated that Mr.. Calhounkd shownlh
self anything but asstatesh { ID d as 3
Christian Statesman, by his course YE
duct in regard to his negotiations: I M
were at leastyery unlike his actss talR
agreed 10. take The war from Texa4 1
Mexico, and had refused, as a Sen4tc
support the war thus assumed. " AlE@
II was said, could be made out fSn
documents, and upon this he relied. gE
was want of Christian Statesmanshll
misunderstanding in the course OF Oh
nator. He had indeed renewed the
among US by the introduction OF hlss 81
llutions. &
The design Of Mr.. Benton Wess
Ethat MIR. Calhoun, as Secretarysof
HAD pledged himself q Texass' & "a "a q
4 Army Of the y. S upon the ttOntle
1.-The. Nayyinto the Gulf te protect N
4 ;Eis,u caaa Mexico should ina aks nystlenS
S|:ttiion 81 asiinst her Spled gessN
sEfIle stfongast kiiud; and Wefe wAitx
HIM BeDton, as they HID 6esIIS IVA :
|fssausto tohs fois ttlitss HUI
ssflsyaf EsaIhosl1E ihs IL ssi
sEbriifir sotag l]Iiiis
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Mexican News.

By the arrival of the schooner Sea at
New Orleans, dates were received from
Brazos Santiago to the 9th, from Matamo-
ras to the 5th, and Camargo to the lst Feb
ruary sg ssS35ssse
On the IL or 18th of January, Lieut..
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nfThe steamer Sarah Sands brought
out with her 5000, 900 in specie. #
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iabrcaies against the administration of its country II is
calculated if not designed to cheer up the enemy and to
exhor him to blind perseverance in the war, under the
hope that we would steal out OF in disgrace, without
Of its objects being accomplished This declaration is
puf forthand should not be surprised to bazon
ed forth in the Dario of Mexico This Journal which
willing to stand by the administration SO long as
its editor had any hopes of getting amiitary commission
from the President is unmeasured in its wrath and
its denunclations II goes far to repeat that
they ready to abandon all their lofty petensons
hitherto urged with much clamor, and to grant peace
upon almost any terms Mexico be induced to accept.
Base is the spirit which prompts the measure,
inclined to hope it may prove successful The country
needs peace, if it is only to be bought by such
unworthy and degrading traffic the administration is
prepared to drive"
Base isthe spirit, must say, that such Ian
suage as this in the midst Of foreign war
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This Convention adjourned on Wednesday last, after a
session of three days The final proceedings of which we
lay before our readers The principles which pro-
muged, and some OF the results consequent on their
adoption are embraced in the series OF resolutions or
declarations passed by the convention, which are under
stood to have emanaed from the pen OF Mr.. John {.
Spencer, a gentleman Of Acknowledged ability, but
whose political principles have not always been OF the
strictest school of the constitution. We scarcely know
why one of the delegates should have claimed for these
resolutions the merit of being strict or limited IN their
scope and application They claim jurisdiction not only
the lakes but navigabe rvers; that Is, OF
all rivers which are susceptible OF being navsaed by the
removal OF distractions, and by the construction OF locks
and canalsnavigabe rivers only in the west but OF
course, in all sections Of the country. We know not
why this rule may embrace all the rivers the Union,
and why the broad principle OF commerce among
the States" (Which Mr. Madison did interpret in this
sense) may not by parity OF argument, extend also 10
canals and to roads. But do enter into
this subject at this moment We have subscribed
to this doctrine in past times Far be Il from 10 deny
the great and noble West single right single bene-
FL which the constitution awards TO the east, the
north or to the south For one, are willing to meie oul
to her the same measure which have hitherto melted
out to Virginia herself.
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evening the advance guard came in s;ah, of the fort cam
have a more commanding poson constrnc,ed
On BLUM, taking in line OF the river mile and half
fort they mounted three long ss ,ses beavv
ded-pieces, and 2apound carronade as the Scor
pon aud Spithre came around the bond of the river thew
opened them from the fort with grape and round shot
The two little steamers steadily along paying more
Intention steering clear of the shoals ta OF the shot
Inc scorpion coming up FIRST opened her fire she got
abreast, the Spitre joining in; the grape fairly rnined
ening aud Capt Biseow thinking The senced put on
steam aa passed on up to the CITY, when the fire reopened
again driving them from their guns The Scorpion at this
time landing party Of men to take possession Of the town.
ed in the rear prepared Timber up their Reld-peces
when Lieut. Porter landed with force from the Spirs
bered UP for moving off He then spiked the guns and
spe and Scorpion acquitted themselves most cred,aby
These Were the only vessels the shoalness of the
eooa aos BY the 81
a whss shot s ad
Laylors cames the Etna and Scourge subsequently,
brought over the bar We now formed into line and with
iags flying marched into the city the of 'Oh git
along John" On reaching the public plaza. the men
and 9 &c, Were Chartered in the public buildings
the government house. Every Mexican had left the city
o oa am 0 IN e Of ss civil Or military could
ring which time not outrage committed by
Jolly assemble ' oe,hes in squads hum.
ded IN ,ne plaza and sing their sea songs Such music
never been heard Iubasco. Iic ladies' al
ways assembled in the balcony Of the Spanish consuls
house regularly every evening, and left until the last
note was sounded There few concerts in the world
equal in my opinion, to the music of hundred sailors
voices The guns all put board of the steamers.
and the forts and magazine RACED the ground On tho
10Th we left Tabasco; Captain Van Bruht left governor.
The tna Spitre and Scourge remained 10 hold
of the place. Bruno is st in the woods, in command of
400 men, and WILL doubt, annoy the vessels from the
river banks And now that have the end of my
journey, will ask questions Is it fault tina, these yell
rascals would not stand and fght9 Is il fault that
fault that Bruno, with two thousand men, would not stand
my fault that the President Secretary dscrim
nation enough to discover my merits, and promote me
Yours, &c.