The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1853-03-31

tide is clearly seen at worll-wc find law
OF nature, We seek Il cause and find il in the
skies. So is it with all history-but more
especially in Jewish records, old and new
there is dcs gn in them all-evcry circum-
stance is conncctcd-it is no chapter Of
accidents, but the development of great
and glorious plan.
Interesting Revolutionary "reminiscences.
A few days before the adjournment of
Congress, the telegraph announced to the
public the passage of II bill for the benefit of
Major Wisg, of South Carolina. Our read
crs, perhaps, like ourselves, knew nothing of
the circumstances upon which the claim was
based. If so, they will find themselves in
tcrested i'll the following extract from a COM
muncation which Northern lady, Miss
Anne {. Lynch, has furnished to the National
lntclligenccr. This :ady was i'll the House
ot Representatives., accompanied by Il mem
! tc" ct Congress from the North, when !.
motion was made to suspend the rules to
| take up a Senate bill for the relief Of Viii
liam IL. Wigg." She writes:
| must confess this mere motion, so much,
| presume, within the routine of the ord-
'' cNStiSHS vi tiC l1oUSc, "Oulu lOL UISc
| attracted my notice, but from the stir of ac-
tivity which it occasoncd, and the extraor-
dinary excitement among a Number of gen
ticmanly looking members, whom oLsery-
ell were moving with busy industry about
the House, obviousi y canvassing for votes to
sustain the motion.
asked my companion who these person
ages were who. seemed to manifest an inter
est SO intense and excitcd9 They are, said
he, the South Carolina delegation, among
the most intelligent, modest unpretcnding
and least asking delegation OH the floor.
They hre Representatives of State that
never appears here as a pretitioncr for the
| bounty of the Government Her PRAYER
usually is to lie let alone Among the ten
thousand private claimants, South Carolina
does not present in Il proportion more than
one in this number. There are not three
of her citizens occupying office at the seat
of Government, and her SONS seem to be
willing to rest at home on the rich harvest
OF renown which her statesmen have won,
from the time of the elder Rutledge, to the
more recent history of her Calhoun, Cheves,
Lowndes, McDufIie and Hayne.
Yes, replied, know something of the
history of this wrong headed yet noble State
which struck SO fatal blow to some Of the
manufacturing interests in my own section
OF the Union in its insane and quixotic crus-
a'lc in behalf OF free trade. Bat tell me
something of the merits of This case, which
seems to have engaged SO much of the ar
dent zeal of these gentlemen.
You must know then, he remarked, that
this is new and striking case, growing out
of the law Of hostage; the only one in the
revolutionary histoiy Of our country. Indeed
l doubt whether there is one bearing even
remote anolagy to it, for the sanction of
Which this cotld be quoted as precedent.
regret that l have not a copy of the report
made to the Senate by the Committee on
Revolutionary Claims to give you, which
contains narrative Of this deeply interes-
ting and pathetic episode in the revolution
ary history of the country. But, as have
CLEANED them from the report, and from
some of the members of the South Carolina
delegation, will give them to you as sue
cinctly as possible.
In 1880, when South Carolina was al
most overrun 10y the British and tories, and
the safety of Charleston was seriously men,
aced, Gov. Rutledge, who exercised as COM
mander-in-chicf dictatorial power, with a
wisdom and justice never surpassed, issued
his proclamation calling OH her citizens to
rally to the defence of their metropolis. At
this invocation thousands of her sons rushed
to the rescue. But, after a gallant resis.
tancef want and starvation compelled cap
itulation. Among the prisoners was the
grandfather Of the petitioner, who at various
times during the struggle had served with
gallantry and distinction in the cause of his
country, both in South Carolina and 1.-THE
siege of Savannah, in Georgia.
The prisoners were placed on the parol,
and under the article Of capitulation, whilst
they abstained from any infraction of ififs
terms, their property was to be exempted
from injury or confiscation. sa
About thisstinc the celebrated execution
Of Major Andfe took place, under the stern
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