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FOREIGN NEWS. From the Boston Courier Extta Joi4 19. FIFTEEN DAYS LATER -FROAi EUROPE. r ARRIVAL oF THE BRtIANzIA. The steamer Britannia, Capt. Hewitt. from Liverpool. 4th inst., was telegraphed - this (Saturday) morning, half past four. --1flock, and arrived at the wharf at six. She had one hundred and three passen gers to Halifax. where she left twenty-one and took on board sixteen. Her commercial news is extremely Ea. vorable. Cotton had advanced slightly in price acd was in brisk demand. The sales were large, averaging six thousand hales per day, and the demand throughout the manufacturing districts continued, while the workmen were all employed, and additional hands sonhti from the seaboard apd the agricultural towns. Money was abundant, the share market very buoyant, and the determination of Pennsylvania to pay the interest of her debt had induced a better feeling in all American securities. Massachusetts bonds, as usual, taking the lead in quotations. Pennsylvania Fives were quoted at sixty seven. The . leading articles of West India produce were erill in favor and were ob raining improved prices. Cotfee, Sugar, Molasses and Spirits had advanced, and American provisions. The weather had on the whole been fa vorable to the crops. though there had been numerous changes ahd the character of the crops could not be settled within six weeks. The Great Western, from New York, 'arrived out on toe morning of the 27th ilt., bringing American papers to the 12th; and the Cambria, fron Boston. arrived also in the aftersioun of the same day, lbringine papers to the 16th, four -days later. The voyage of the Cambria is the shortest on record-ten days sixteen flours! including her passage into Halifax, to land her mails and passengers. The tiews of these arrivals reached London on ,the 26th. General Armstrong. the new American consul, arrived in Liverpool on the 27th ult. by .the Great Western. Unhappily. the American -consuls of this.port during the last dozen years have been so numer ous, and-their term of office so brier. -that .'just as they were becoming knotn and respected, . their official career has bceu cut short by a missive from horne. It is said that the Wesleyan Methodists -of Great Britain are about to diown any connexion with those of the United States who are plaveholders. The British government have decided that Cuba and Porto RicoSugar cannot he admitted on the sate terms as that from the United States and Veneztela. Colonel -Todd.-We have the pleasure of stating that the Anterican minister at St. Petersburactso deservedly popular in the Russian capital, has been appointed a member of the Imperial Agricultural So 'eiety; an honor never before conferred -upou a foreigner. IRELAND. T)be follow ing painful description of ihe sosial state of Ireland is in Wilter and Smith's summary : The social condition of Ireland is at the present moment -distressing-painful most deplorable. The physical de-'itu tion of the people impels thtem to crime. '1'he disputes ahoot land give rise to as sassina:ins. A few days back, a magic. -irate named Booth, in the county of Ca van, while retnrning from chturch in a gig with his children, was shot by a man. wvho escaped with impunity aftwr comn mnitting the murder. fTne n~ 'etch htardly atcelerated his movetrients whenr hia tie timt was noi more, and yet all attemtpts to arrest or trace him hav.e been fruitless. owing tto the str'ange and brutal propen sity of the Irish peasantry to screen great culprits from the consequences of their crimnes. The sympathy with crimniin.Ig has always been chacracteristic or the Irish peasant. and while it may lie vain to ac cont for such a tmorbid reeling, it is unde niable that its existence is the fruitful sourc of oufrage ad murder. The " wild jutstice of revenge "~ as it is termed, is carried in sonte of the rural districis of the sister country to a 'I gree of refine meat thtat wourd shiamre the Noithi Arter ican Indian. It is a singuftr ano'maly in tIre Irish :-haracr. that whilst the fpet pie are generous to a fault, and wilT share-.with at strangbr or a paup~er their last crest or potato, they are deadly in'lheir hatreti agaitnsi all whose donduct has a tendenvy to resirics them of a crom ot' deprive themit of a bean stalk. Strange inconsistency ! We are const antly horri fled by accounts of' fatal feuds between the nearest relatives, arising out oh the possession or disposseission of a few yards of soil. .9r. O'Connell- asserts that there are rt the present nmo-nenw lor mtilliotns and a half of paupers in his cnumary; i-f true, ant astourtdinig, and, as regards- the Bridish govern ment, a disgraceful con1)fession. With such combustible ,iaterials it is use less to expect permianent peace, or safety for life or property. A miilitary force has been sent imto'the disturbed dlistric'ts, but the chronic coinpraint of the country will not yield to merebhtood-letting. FRANCE. PARts, .Tune 30. Nothing has occurred of interest with respect either to Texas or to O.-egon. Mr. Ashbel Smish, enivoy of Texas, is or was in Paris some little tiene ago, hot thme precise nature o- result of his comimutui oatiotns with the government has not trans. pired. Some of the journals protest against Enagla~id intfluencing Mexico to employ all the means in her power to prevent the annexation of Texas to the United States, andt others epmhplain bit terly.ttial the Fretnch should have associa ted herself. on this question with England, to the abandonment of her ancient friend and alley, the United States. But the general impressiotr continues to be, that the great majority. of 'he Texan people are ini favor of the annexation, and 'fiat therefore it will take place beyond a doubt. Wearied by the toil anti torment of the list six months, the Chamber of Deputies se. throwmn over fur decision in the next session as many of the projets de loi on its orders as was possibly -o postpone, and among them that for establishing a regu lar steam com-nuication bet ween Fiance andibe Utnibed St ate. SW ITZ E-RL AND. -;cEwEVA, June 27. Sftzeraind is in a very agitated state, Dnd I think we shall btive have more troubles. The railicats have long design ed to break dut again, by any kind of re action, -and the Jesuits are deternined to keep the victory they have gained. It is painful to seu countrymen thus prepare to shed each other's blood. SWEDEN. STocKHOLM. June 25. The laws lately past are vet y unpalatable indeed to the aristocracy. Not only do they extend to the political privileges of the people. but one of thet provides that family successions shall be equally divi ded among all the children. and not go, as heretofore, almost exclusively to the eld est son. The effect of this will be. that in the course of time there will be no ar, istocracy, for it is'the law of primogeni ture alone that keeps up the uristocracy. IMISCELLA1EOIJS. THE NEW YORK FIRE. The papers yesterday, give further de. tails of the distressing fire which took place in New York on Saturday last. The'particulars are so much mixed up with those previously published, that we find it would be useless to take any one account, and therefore select from the pa pers, indiscriminately, sutch additional facts as will give our readers a general idea of the extent of the fire and destrac tion of property, and also such incidents and occurrences occurring during the con fiagration, as will be likely to attract at tentiori. It is stated that the explosion of the gas pipes at various points where the fire came in contact with them, sending forth vast masses of - living flame, was the cause of the fire spreadion so rapidly. The Mayor had requested Gen. San ford to order out a body of troops to pro tect the property of the citizens, whtch was promi.tly complied with, and with the aid of some U. S. troops, and a body of sailors and marines, did efficient ser vice in that resp- et. We have been favored with the follow ing extract of a private letter, giving some paticulars of the kind of property de' striyed': . "Now YORK, July 19.-We take the eartiest opportunity of inlurtming you that out city was this mrnitg visuted with one ol the aost disastrous fires experienced since the great confl'griation in 1535. A tuut 200 buitdinds in Che hu-iness part of the city, with their valuable contents have been conumed, and the loss of property is variously estimated. at from 5 to lt millions of dollars. A biutt 3000 tihds. and 1000 hoxes of Suaar, 10.000 hales of Cott,'n, 10.0110 bags of Coffee. 2. or 3 cargoes of l'ea. with large quantities of Wior. Dry Goods. &c., are said to have been destroyed. Ttits loss will fall very heavily on our Insdrance cnmpanies, and possibl'y ruin some. and cripple muost if not all of theim. The fire tt one tite threatened to sweep over the same grou. as the mettiorahle conflagration of 18335, but a fortunate caange of in td drove is tm anlotheir as d less valunble dirction, otheri iso the lose s nonid probably lhave' been five times greater thatn it is. We are happy to say that the coniflugrationi has been che ceked. SThe destruct ion of so miteh property must cause ani ad vanc- in prices of' art i les dlesiroy ed, at'd if somei we' anticiplate a ver matteriali advance in rates current or some- time past. "1Tiie awiful calbiity wvhich has jnst lie. fulletn our ciity hias sotsp.-tialed all hiusiness." ( F-rom the .E.rprers.1 Incidents.--The pelice of the city is put an active reqnisition taud a cordonu is placed at the head of the streets leatdin;: to the fire. It is curious to see how frantic antd ini cnsidet ate people are. We saws several personus thruon valuable -furitmrre out of a five story thou-e, atnd the itstatit it touched thei ground, it was dashed into a thousand alt,' u TIhe M~erchants ait the fotot of lBroad sI., al.n: Pearl, 'below Old Slip, somepr tins of Water, Fronit antI south streets, in the range of' the fire, are nuow movinig their goods. The hiustlo aind activity ofl the firemten andt hsthorers are so great it is imp1ossi-ble to get alontg. l'ue side walks. are piled several feet high int Wall st. South William street, foot of Broad. atid aill the streets leading to the cotnfla :rationi, are chidked up1 nt ith the popuhlace, and w ith carts, handi harrowss, &c. One two, aund three dollars are to p'ai I to cart meni for a single luad, atnd even at that it was diflcult to get a cart. T'he glass, which was necarly a gonrtet' of an inch thtick, itn the buiilding knaown ssmne former Bank of the Uttited States, was broken fby the e'xplosion. The harbor, for teno miles be-low the city, was covered witn floating fragmenats. several pieces of burm goods w ere pick ed tap on Staten Island Tlhe stench of the city was so great, caused by the buirninmg of spir'its, oil, and every cumnbustible matter, that it was of fensive to those ap.proachinig the city for many miles before they reacehed the duck. ' The city from the Bsay preseflted a vast sublime eight. Spectatore beheld it in ilent. It seemed as if all the city wvas in flames. 'rhe sheet of fire atnd stnoke ascended to theelouids. [(Fron the Courier & Enqumrd] About four o'clock, Crocker & War ren's store in Newv street, in which was stored a very large quantity of saltpetre, blew up wsithi one of the amost tremendous explosions ever heard or felt in the city. That building itself was 'of course scat teredl in l'ragments in an instant, and those near it were little better of. So awful was the shock that the thick plate glass in nearly all the buIldings in Wall street was broken in fragnments and- strewed ver the pavement,, in many instances the sustant ial in dow sashes themselves he. itg. b,.oken in. The ennenea!On in the or. fice wa. so severe tha the substantials stone walls of the bailding shook to their foundations, and we thought for one tmo- t ment :hat they ivere tumbling to their t base. The workuien in the composing .t rourt in the filth story found the stone on I which the form was making up rise sever- I al :nches from its resting place; the gas all went out instantly and during the darkness that followed, the scene Was. to I say tl-e least of it, an exciting one. The workmen employed in the Press and En- 1 gine rooms in the basement story fully be lieving that the entire building was about to c'me upon them in mass, flew with rap id sirides -into the street. Of course, however, the consternation soon subsided, audit wasi found afte- all, that the build ing had sustained no other injury than the loss of a few windows. .The ellects of 1 this terrible explosion were more or less felt almost entirely over the eastern part of the city. A gentleman at this moment mentions to us that many of the windows of his house in Montgomery street, tvere broken in pieces by the shock. Battery.-A wonderful scene was pre sented on the Battery From one end to the other it was turned into a vast empo rium of eliects, snatched from the Bames. Vast piles of cotton bales, chests of tea, household furniture, principally of a val uable kind, occupied every available inch of grouu. A few mniliary were placed here and there so as to form a cordon round the area, so that none of the prop erty could pass out by any of the numer ous gates, whilst the owners within - sat watching with anxious and care worn visages, the remains of their substance the sad r-ics of comifw'iablo homes. All the n alks which intersect the Battery were alive *ith carmen, plying tleir vo caition, in arrivihg and departing wvith chattels and merchandise. Bowling Green.--This formerly cool and refreshing spot was soon transforn-ed into a scorching and arid waste. The heat all around it was so great that noth ing but hardihood could approach it. Dense volumes of sinoke so obscured it that a distant view could not be had of the fountain, even from the iron railing. Now and again, as a gust of rarified air rushed past. a glice might be caught of the intutimitable firemen, battling with the rging element et the Atlantic Hotel. Broadu.iy, in W hitehall street, &c. In no guarter. prrhaps, was the destructive effects of the con:igraition more apparent tan at the Bowling Green, wherehut ye.terday, all was green. f'rcab, exhilirating and teautifu; but where note di is chan ged ito a dreary and repulsive desert. A party of U. S. troops arrived Bot tovernor's Island, and contributed. by teir effor ts, to repel the dlense crowdi which nas incommoding the firemen. T'he pta " adoined. was the flormation of hues of soldiers across the street, a rope eing pasted along from hand to hand to ill 'up the interstices between them, Int sis way, Brondway, from a point far I below the first of the burnt houses to Wall street, nas cleared w'ith despatch und little trouble. The rapidity which le lire cotmtuicatcd across this br -ad street was the subject tf frequent remark. and bhows ho1w_. sttt.mu1Il3.Jtne h.ant of rho weather during the last loirtoght must. have acted on the timbers of the different dwellings as they burned like so much tinder. \Ve could not, with any degree I of certainty. ascertain the names of the wi.ferers~ to this part of the city. Severali privaute house:, a erc cuople-tely cunsutmed and alho several large stores, extending from W .averly llouse to M arketfieldl strcet; ad, at the Vu est side, fromt M~oiris street to No. 15, weret several splendlid private esidetices, which were completely ruined. Tue New' York C2ommnercial of' Saitor 'ay :3 P. M. gives the follow tng particu lars: Arniong thme goods destroye1 by the fire I are 14.300 bales cotton, 2j,000J chiests tea, 300tatJ00 hinds., and 1500J boxes brown< sugar. 80000u9000 tiags cib-he. GilO pieces I crpeing; -2000JIJ hs. and 500J0a600U0 tibus. muolasses, 100) 000) lbus. fleece and pulled woot,'80i0 bales Smnyrna wo'mol. The dry good jobbers escaped almost entirely. but the domestic goods factors -tiferedt severely. anid several large storks of foreign manufactures were destiyed. 'he whole loss of- dry goods was perhaps t a millions and a half of dlollars. : Therc w~ere some stocks of silks and oilher drty goods destroyed. The total los- is perhaps five millions, or one quar ter of te amoutnt lost in~ the great fire tea years ago. The " hole quiantity o~f goods wa;s butt a small rraction of the etntire stock of the I ciy, and will not interfere at all niithi the I full stipply of all the demtanids of trade. The whole atmounm of insurance is four to four andI a half millions. The number of buildings burned up is about two hundred, making about t wo hundred and fifty -street utubaers, as ma ny of them had two fronts, -Many other buiirigs hav'e beeni more or leas scorched and damaged. <j - THE TARIFF. Mr. WValker, Secretary of the Treasury has, extra officially, but in terms greatly calculated to inspire fait h in his assurances,i announced that the Tariff must be redo-, ced t'o the Revenue standard. There can e no reason, why Mr. Polk shoiuld not = carry out this determination in good faith., t H-e has niothitig to gain by forhearance; somethIng to lose. by failing the south in I a matter of vital importance to its iter-i ests. 1t is now very certain that here after, tn President catn hope for re~election; adi the presetnt incuunhent has declared against canididacy for a second term. Ilis I policy, theref'ore, is clearly on the side ofc of fearlesaness'and honesty ; and the man ly course, with the great body of the par y biy which lie wias carried into power, I is that which protnises the best chance for I an- honorable and successful administra lion. I' he reduction of the Tariff" to the I revetue requisitions, and tbe economizingr of the wvants of Government, to the nar- I rowest estimates, are principles whiieb I mst grow, tmore an-d more, with every addition of .the democratic party. There is nothintg so certain, or at all events, as - that the manly policy, 0n the part of the! Executive, is the best and safest.-Pat riot. From the Praries.-The St. Louis cveral wagons under an escort of Dra nos, returned to For( Leavenworth from he praries whither they had gone with he Dragoons, who are on an excursion to he mountains. They bring the news that a of the Orejon emigia-ts had been tilled by the Pawnees, and five horses tolen from the dragoons. The rains and ,onsequent high waters had retarded the irogress of both the emigrants and dra 'oons. Provisions were scarce. The vagons had proceeded about 250 miles vith the expedition. THE WEATHER. We have again been sultfring tinder ntolerable heats. On Tuesday last, the niercury 'id our thern:,meter. again as ended to 90", at 2 P. M1i., and, at the ame hour, on Friday and Saturday, was 4m--receding yesterday to 87", in con sequence of a copious and -refreshing ihower of rain; attended with some severe hunder and lightning. on Saturday even ng. This is'e believe, the hotiest suin r'er we have ever had, 'at least in our xperiehce. The thermometer first reach :o 90, on the 11th June reschirg 92, at t P. M. ascetdiigto '93 on Ilse 13th and l4th, and 'hi falling bilow 90 until the l5th. On the 17th it was again at 90, and so also ors the 21st, rising to 95 on the the 22d, and 98 on the 23. and not falling elow 90 until the 29th. Having survived he melting influencences of the hottest of ill hot Junes. our powrers of endurance ave ilso been severely tried by July. On the 7th, the thermometer vas again it 90, re aching 94 on the 9th. On the 15th, it rose again io the sane point. ;inking to 89 on the '16th, anti rising to 9? n the 17th. and 94 on the 18th and 19th, mnd cooling ci yesterday as above.stated. Notwithstanding these extreme heats, wee ire happy to say that our tiity was never itore blessed with extrime health-and here is every prospect of its continued njoyment.-Courier. The weather for the last wiek has been excessively warm, the Thermometer in he cool'5t part or our office, upon Toes lay at five o'clock, P. M.; stood at 101; m yesterday at 6 A. M. tt 82, and at 12 Ul. 95. The gardens in the neighbor uod are sullering fur rain, and the river s again becoming passable without the id of the Bridge--Ilambug Republican. Wheat Crop.-Now that the yield and juality of the present year's crop have teen pretty accurately ascertained, we nay say tLat the crop of Maryland and tf those parts of Pennsylvania and Vir. ,iia w ich are closely connected with he Baltimore market, is quite a full one is to quantity, and, generally speaking, it excellent quality.---Bait. American. The Drouirht and Heat.-.- The drought -ontinues, we undarstanl, in almost ev ry quarter of this District, nith unre axed intensity, accompauiel by excess ve heat. Tire air is scorr hing hot and arching dry. The most of the highland orn is in tassle, is firing at the bottom d rapidly approaching an irrecoverable ate. On the 21st and 22nd instant. the ncrmomc'er wna uv to 100 nd 102 de ;ries! - -Abbecilte Banner. Nearly every portion of our County has >een, the past week, blessed with bounti ul showers of rain. Though late in com og, these rains ni ill be otf immenacrse bend-. it to the cornt crops. Late corn may yet ield very well.-Chrarlotta Jefecrsonian Si 8t inst. Thec uniusual drotught from which we tve suiTered for mny motrhs. still con-* ittues int this vicinity, anrd thIe proaspet, or crops are datl) becom~iiu ng moe glotomy lhere arc some sections of the Distric t, rwever, where- floe showers have fallen luritng rthe past week, which hras consid rahly revived the ptrched and withreredi regetat iotn.- Mounlainecer, 25thI instant Crops-Tne seasomn crotinues dry, atnd tapes entertained( fr provisionts in pros. ncr of late raims, are- now given tip. loom rests tapotn the faces of the farmers. -SPartan. 2-3d instant. Thre Wfeather.-Thte late rains have done' ntch towaris bringing (tut our late corn; md althugh rmany will have corn to buy, te are inclined to believe htai thtere' will te enough made in this District to sntpply ie watnts of~ its inhabitants ; antd we are rlappy to learn brtt hew have the con cietce to ask mtore than 513 or 60 cents rer bushel, that beittg as much as we have lea-rd of~ beitta paid for the article in this narkt.-AbbrvUile Jannuer. 25th. instant. WVe have~ a continuance of dry weather. 'he rain, last week. revived the crops9 for few days. and in places where there fell succession of showers. the benefi t is st ill 'cry apparent. Hut upland corn gener ly is vecry unptromising, atnd cannot. on er any circumtsrtnces, yield over half an verage.-Pendletan Messenger,25thn inst. Abotut one 'c lock ye-st erday we had an larm of fire ina otur village. It broke ot the kitchen of M',r. Rh. T1. Wilon, which vith the well house was enitirely cornsu'ned, ut the calmn state of 'he atmnosphtere, and lie cxerttmns of our cit t.enas who assem led immuediaitely, ptevented anay further aa;ge, althou~gh the dwelling house of Ir. Wilson and some other buildings werre ain ni mi nent <langer.-Pendte. Messenger, 5thn instant. Cure for Summecr Complaint. -T he aimore Stun furttishes the foll'awiing as a erain remedy for that dangeronas dis ase among children. krtonin as the Sum ner Complaitnt. The remedy is si naple d )rarmless, and we commend it to pa ets and others for trial: "hPut three fottrrhs of a tea spoonful of owdered rhubarb, anti one tea spootnful f magnesia into a tea cup and pour it ill of boiling water ; let it srtnd till it is ool anad thetn pour thte ligtnid off, to which mdd two tea spoonfuls of good brandy ad sweentn well with loaf sugar; give a bild of frotm one to three years oldl a tea poonful five or six times a day. For otd, take a double han'ful of flour, tie it ip in a elo'h and boil it three hours; whien old, take ol thle outer covering of paste rd grate the white substance in a suff rint qantnity tn thirckan withi milk, boil it a minute or two, stir it up with a stick of cinnamon find sweeten it. Both the mied icitte and food 'are quite palatable, aud together rarely fail of a perfect cure. Crops and Seasons.-Our correspon dents, from every direction, make men lion of the great drouth that has prevail ed. Ic some sections they had lately been visited with refreshing showers. which re vived the prospect s,'men hat. In oither sections the crops were so much injured that it was thought no showers could re vive them. Some neighborhoods near this are still suffering from the want of rain. though for eight or ten miles above our village the crops of corn and cotton are as promising as they well can be. Let those whose crops are cut short how submissively before the Almighty. Let those, whose fields he has loaded with an abunndant harvest, forget not to render thanks to Mitn who givetjh the early and the latter rain.-Christian Index July 25. Dbe _____t ___r EDGdFIELD C. 11. 6V.DN1~SDAY, JULY 30, 1845. G A~tbu .?." 1rVF fr j.e aill cling to the Pillars of the Tenlc of Our Liberties. and if it must fall, ce will per ish amidst the Ruins." Tu EnG:FIELD I ECIIANIC'S WASIJ ingtonian Society, will meet on Monday evening rtext. The publie generally arc invited to at tend. - ' CAMP MEETING. We are regnested to say. that a Camp Mhet ing for the Edgefield Circuit, will be held at M onut Vernon Camp Ground, cotmmneniing on Thursday the 7th of. Augu-t, at which time the third QuartetIly Conference for the yehr 1845. and the Anniversary of the Missionary Society of the Edgefield Circuit will he held. The Mis sionary Setion %till b preached ot Sunday. Annexation of Texas.-By reference to an other column, it will be seen, that the peeple' of Texas ha'te decided in favor of Ainexatiot to our country.. It now taly remains for the gov ernment of the U sned Staues. to cous'mulnUate this great measure, by receiving Texas into our Union. In the meantime, Texas will be undet the protection of our Government, which ha .lrenoy tatken steps to gna rd her from lier enemies. Mammoth Bcct.-W e have been presented b) Mr. Daniel Aiatey, of this place, with a very large Beat, which grew in his garden. It % ighed 6rimiunds,being 19 inches fn circum ference. The Court of ioumnon Pleas, fot this Dis trict, adjourned on Saturday last, alter a session of two weeks. During. the last two days. .ludge IUntler presided. Several cases of im portiance were dceided. Alcchanics Wasuhintornian Society.-Outr readers will r-memiber, that on euery Mondaiy evening. thie Washingtoinian Society or this platce will assemble in the Court flouse. The mneetin-.s of this Society. have recently. been mtarked by considierable intcre'st. Seve-ral i~n pressive addrestses have been delivered biy gentlemen whlo are members, and also bay oth ers. Among the recent s~peakers, were the Rteverenid Messrs. MlcConquordale, Kelly and Mood. It is parobauble, that at every succeed ing meeting. one or inore addresses wiltlihe de livered. The friends of Temiperance anid the cotmtunity generally are invited to attend. Rain and Destruction lby Lighting.-After cx perietcog consideratble sutlfeing fronm drought, we were vi~ltted on Saturday night last, with a hieavy shower of rain in this vilcinity. We are informed, that on the satme niuht the hartn anad stables of Mr. N. Ramemy, a few mnites from I his p!ace, were strnck by lightning, and en ti rely consmaned. A (qnanutity of cornt antd or was burned, :and several head of hogs destroyed. '['le loss of Mdr. Ramey is conisidertable. A short timne sinice, the dwelling house of Daniel llolland. Esq.., residing in four miles of this place, was struck by lighatning, and con sidera bly injured. H is family was mutch shorcked. by the electric discharge, but fortunately none were hurt. A short time since, a Cotton Screw of M r. Julius Day, of this District, was struck by light tning, and etntirely consuimed. MILITARY ENCAMPMENT. We were present at the encuapmtent of oflcess of A bbeville and Edgetield, which was reently held at Shinburg, in this District. The parade grond. n~ hichi is abont 18 miles distant from this phitce, is spaciotus anud generally level, and appeairs to he well adapted for the putrpose' All the tents except that of t' e Adjnutant Gene ral were pitched on the eastern side of the campj, under a beautiful grove of trees, which afforded a most deligtina shade. At a distice especially, in the morning and afterntoon they presented quite a picturesqute appearance. The tmaiquees of the supaerior oficerstowerinug above all added greatlyto the effect. 'The dischnarge of cannoon at the dawn of day and att suanset, and thesounud of martial- mutsic at differenat periods of the daiy, as the compatnies miarchest inito the field, gave sus a vivid imptessiuin of the art of wvar. We ivere present at several drills, and also at a mock battle, which was cotudneted in gallanat style. Ii is buat justice to say, that the men gave proof of the proficiency which they had made. tinder the efficient training of the Adjunant andl Itnspector General, and the Ma jor Genteral On Friday. the 18~th inastant, the troops were reviewed by his Excellency Gov ernor Aiken,. who expressed is high satisfac . tia,, ..,eirt oficiencv atud martial appear. ance. .n Sitturday, there was a reuc77 of Cavalry. and the display which they made, was of a very imposing character. They also engaged in a shan battle-, and front t::e vigor of their charge would doubtless, have done cort siderable exet ution, had an enemy been pres. ct. His Excellency..through his aid Colonel Carew, returned them his tI:ariks, and compli' neted them in hanlsotne style. Good order and decorum prevailed throughont the period of the encampment, and but -i-th occurred to mar the pleasure of the occasion. FOR TIE ADVEfTIsER. To the Editor of the Advertiser : CAMP &cDUFFIE.. Mr. Editor :-Perhaps a brief account of the late hIlilitary Encampment, near Liberty Hill, in this District, may not be uninteresting tosome' of your readers. 'hould you think the follow. ngobscr.vations'worthy of a place in the cul. - umna of the Advertiser, you will please give them an insertion. The Camp was organized on Monday the 14th instant. and the tents- pitched about one o'clock. Major General Bonhamn took comn nmatid of the Camp, and Brigadier General. Bradley of the Infantry, and Brigadier Gene ral Guyton of the Cavalry. Each were assign. ed thi:ir respective-commands. The number of officers present, was as large as could have been expected, and all appeared cheerful and ready to perform the several dtt ties assigned them. *As a testimony of regard, General llonlmam named the Camp after his predecessor in office. Gen. McDufle. This wris a fortunate selection, ari met ithe app'ro bation of all present. Very little transpired on the first day worthy of particular notice, beyond the orditaty routine of-cami'p dirty. On Tuesday nt half past twelve o'clock, P. M., a salute of 28 guns Was fired in hondr of the annexation of Tekus to the Federal lraion: At dress parade on the evenihg of the eine day, (which took place each day at 6 o'clock, P. M.. and at whicth time all orders for the stucceedig day were read,) General Borihah annonnced - the debease of Major John Hunier Creswell, one of his Aid de-camps, (who had been de. tained at home on account of ill'health;) and di. rectdd that at dress parade on the followindday, & throtgliout the encumpiment, all comnqisson, ed officers in thle camp wenr crape on .the. lf arm, and the hilt of lIe swuioand the non-com uisiotted officers ounthe left arm, att testirionf of respect. in memory of the dicea@d.' J trust that it will not he thought out of place here td retiark, that tho-e iho attended the oe'natrii ment of ld42. at which Maj. Creswell was.pres ent, were. pectlinry iutpressed with his gentle marly find officer-tike manners, and can heartily sympathise with the filetds and relatives of one tho ha hul6e cfliled fronm the priie oh'life to his final account. May he.rest in place. On ''ut sday night, sone little disorder was occasion d in and. about the camp by sundry mischievnus perisons. who manifested a' desire to pass the sentinels. The greater part of them. however. through the vigilance and pr-nnptitude of the gnard and patrol, fantd a eight's lodlging in thee guard house, and were much tnre annoyed by the guard -than tho gtuard was by teem. In censequenc: of telis disttrhance, the anjor General directed the 130th sedtion of the Militia law te be read for the iniormatton of all courerued, which had a salutary effect. W eunesday the. 1Gth was a day which will Tung he reme'mbered by the present dTif.ers of the' 7th Regiment, .,s that on which .lteircom manditg oti er, who h.is drilled them for the last set enl 3 ears. alzce ti:eut an afie c.ionate fate well, having on that day resiged his conmris' sion as Colonel. To the ofBicers of the -6th Itegiment I must say that it will be a difficult matter to fill the plupe.ul .your latergloptel. 1-f-:as raised the Re-intett frorn a disorderly state of existence to a position not titeior ti that of any Regiment ins the Urignde, and 1opei4 his successor will depend the iaintenence of this position. To Col. Wigitll 1 will say. that the ''Bloudg Seen.'.e " will ever bear his servi ~ ces ten remen-nbince, aned shoueld the timne ever ceemte wh~en lie tmay feel htituself called ciponi to raise his arm in d.:l'ence of Iis cotuntry,hle witl receive a henrt' welcomte and an implortanet goast in t he --Bloody .Scccnthl." I lunve undedrstocod that Cal. Cheatham of the 9th ItLeganetnt, alan resigned his comicnissiOn uit or abon t thee samtimlite, wbeich will be inot onlyc' a great lees, to ti~e 9Jth Rtegimenat but to thie hUrm?ade. OnThuVtcrsdayi very little wacs don~e, except the uesial dris in the' school of tire cottipainy anid the liatta ufn. Ott -'rid:ty thte whole Camp. Inifantry .and Cacvalry, w ere revi. wed cet l'oet by his Excel lency Goevernor Aiken, .llajeer Gene'ral Boiheamn commai~ndeig. 'Th s w"as an imapositng display, at it we ny jetdge fromt thce remaitrks aof the Gocvertner, ntIier thet; pame, was one, wiiich all'or'ded him nt-6l g iantific ito. 'The numb iter at sptectaetera tiponi this tccatsien was immucese, atmeong n hmnit wvere' innny of' thes fnir dauegh te'rs 01 Edgelicel and Ahheville w ho4 presence -'dede br'iltinneey te the sceee. Gov. Arkenx's speech w as shoert. buet ehwqine-utt, anid his Excel lenicy lees nnle~ the imipression up~on all who hatve formed htis nee'qu:titanice, not imnly by his spieechtes butt bcy his easy .and n inaning mannters, whmnIt h will long Ice' remnemberedl. At aboutit e. tc'luck one 2nettrday morninir an alarmo was indricated Iby firing'ihe cannton and bentintg t1cheong r'olt. Every cosrmany wasim mnediately aund almotst instanttly ftaiumed, in order of battle ate uelRieimental patrrde ground, ex I hiitig tin ativeity ancd a pcromtituttde, whlchr would leave dine credit to the regular army, and wlhch met the decided appioval of the~ ahujeor General. A t sunrise thte Ii e was. formed again, whien the arms aind accotntremnents were delivered utp and stacked~ande at 6 o'clock thte tents were strtuck, anid the Camcp icsmissed The striking ot'the taris isonce oflthe prettiest scenes durinig the etncamnpmenet. W hiile the drums are beatinig the tent pines aire all loosened,. atid at the tap of the drum every tenit falls toc the ground, thtus preseting the spectacle of'between sixty and seventytecets fallineg tic thte gi onnd in the twinik hing ccl ant eye. v Thins ended the Military Erancmpwent of the Seconde Brigadle of lufnlitr, anid Secotid Re gitmenit oh' Cavalry, where niot~nithstandintg the wventhier was very waerm, good health, good chcer.anid good order prevailed. The-Secotni Regiment of'Cavalry was reviewed by Governor Aiken on Saturday, hut as the writer of this was ntet prese'nt lie can give net accounit ref is. Long wrill the Enicampument of' 1P45 be re mtemtbered, aned by noene with a greater degree of' pleasure than bty one of' the SEV'EgTU REGzxM'r. FEx-acardinary M1oraliy.-It will he secet by thme inspector's recurni.- that the nulier ocf dleathcs Inst neck was fearfully large-ro less thtan 474. As wiis to be supiposed, the inicrease isc hy diseases inci denit to extremie -hnt weathe'Eighty died if' cholera inufantum, fifly five of ap-' oplexy, fifty tno~ of convulsintus and sixty seveni of local inflamnmatiocns. The detaths by coerssumptiion wrere forty ive; Icy dr~p~ sy in the henl, tn etity, anid by udyssenter-y focurteen.-N. Y'. C~or. Ado. A Case fosr Comrpain.-A Wenshing ton correspondlent ofi dice. New York Er press, says :he. Presidenit, is. very .much wrn udotnn wrich butsiness, and itnformed tme yestenrday, that his hialth is such thaet lie shaill lie obliged to retire for a wile