The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1848-02-23

tltle "hlch was considered and p; g. scd at the
last session of Congress, but lost by drop.
ping in the lobby on the way to the President, i"
tor his signature, when he was in the Vice
Presidents room on the last night of the last
session. This opposition to bill which has
thus passed through all the forms of legisla.
ton, Is the exercise Of new sort of veto
power, not nap,ly styled "the drop-veto" by
Mr.. Rockwell. Certainly, ifthe opposition
succeed, (of which there is no prospect, I
!r'sume. .)it will prove drop game against
the suffering claimants.
From THE CArI1oL-1'hc Washington
| correspondent of the Charleston Courier,
under date Of February Id, says it is said
that the agent Of the Ro,hschIJs, Mr.. Bel
mont, has offered 10 take The sixteen million
loan, at the rate and Oil the terms proposed
in the bill before the House one-halfto TO be
paid in Mexico: and the other at Washing
ton.
1t is rot supposed that the Government
will find much difficulty IN obtaining the
loan, even at par and six per cents but. if
necessary, have no doubt the Wings of
the House will consent to make the rate Of
interest seven per cent. 1t accords with the
policy Of the high Tariff advocates to accu-
mulate debt which cannot be met in anv
way, without high Tariff on one hand, or
direct taxes (Which they know to be almost
impracticable) on the other. The wings
are moro dcsirous to press money upon the
administration than the latter is 10 apply
for it.
Is peace under the control Of the admin.
istration? That is a question every day
discussed here in and out of Congress. Mr..
Breeze contended, to-day, that the admins.
tration had exhausted all their efforts for
peace-that Mexico had offered no terms
which we could accept-no terms, in fact,
except those offered on the 9th September.
lie reviewed those terms, to show that this
Governm mt could not accept them.
There was but one way. he said, for
Government 10 put stop to the war, and
that was TO withdraw our forces. 10 do
this. would be unjust 10 those Mcxicans
who have favored our troops. Thousands
of them would be left TO the vengeance Of
| faction and fanaticisn at home. Having
destroyed one Government for Mexico, we
must make another. Besides, he would
not give for treaty now, the parchment on
which it was written. Our Government
could not make treaty, without providing
| that our troops should remain in Mexico 10
guaranty the treaty.
In fine, he said, nothing had lately oc-
CURED 10 alter this stale OF things; and in
his opinion, nothing was left for us but to
continue to occupy Mexico; and ifannex-
alton should follow, he could see no harm
init. lie adyocatedthe eypediency ofex:en-
ding our free institutions to people of all
colors and races. He hoped that, in time,
| they would be extended to the nations Of
Asia, and all parts of tile world. Democra-
tic invitations were as well adapted to one
| color as ano,her-and it was the hope and
aspiration Of Il large portion Of the Mexicans
that all our free institutions should be
spread over them. He had no doubt that
his children would live to see our institu-
tions spread over this continent-from one
end to the other.
HORRIBLE DEATH-We translate the
| following from French paper A bandit
ii consisting of eight persons, were recently
arrested during the night, in village near
Venice. AS ii was too late to transport
them elsewhere, they were put into dun
| geon, and the chiefof the band. notorious
for his cruelty, and the number of assassina-
tions, he had committed, was confined in
oil Oiu tO"tI WulCH Ndu OecH uniuuaDlteu
for some time. Towards midnight, the
sentinel, who was near this tower, having
heard at first oalhs, and afterwards groans,
reported this to the local authority Lisele
importance was attached to it and they
waited till morning to confirm the circum-
stance; but what was their astonishment
when, at the break of day they repairedto the
tower, and found the prisoner dead, and all
his limbs mangled. In order to discover
the cause, of so terrible death, they depos-'
tied in the same place several pieces Of
poisoned food. At the end Of two days
thirty-six serpents were found dead in the
same eplace.-Erchange