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TiiISCELLAiEOU. From the Jeffersonian. VEAA CRUZ, July 3, 1845. Dear Sir:-An extra session of the Mexican Congress has been called by the President, to take int6 consideration the affairs of Texas and the nited States. The result of this will be beyond any man ner of doubt, a declaration of war. The (lay fixed for the meeting of the Congress was the 1st July, consequently by the I next mail from Mexico, we shall receive the news of its installation. . Nothing will be done'in.the way of a declaration of! war until the official news of the action, of the 4th of July Couvention-is received which news will be brought down imme diately by the British frigate Eurydice, it is supposed. Government makes no great bluster about a war, but at the same time is making active preparations secretly of a most energetic- nature, as I am assured by those who know what is Going on. The intention is to send thirty thousand men to Texas. and with this object orders have been given to General- Paredes, Commander in Chief of the 'aanton, sta tioned at Lagos; to march with all his troops to San Luis Potosi. The unmaber of these troops is said to be 5000 men. and by some 7000-cannot say certainly. The greatest activity is employed in the fortification of Vera Cruz, and the Castle of San Juan de Ulua. The fleet left this place on the 12th ul timo. destiny unkutown. and has not }et made its appearance, much to the anno) ance of American citizens, who feet gioue uneasy at the entire absence of all succor at atime when they are sure to nce.l it. Gen. Alnonte -is been very ' arlike sincelibs return, and preaches up -- tear to the knife and Yankee aunihibuon.'' It appears that he recommiends very strong ly the issue of letters of narque. nod has 'brought, it is said, fiow the United States, a copy of the documents whi:.h. were granted to privateers by our government during the n ar. You may rest assured of one thiit. that if the Annexation is consumted on the 4th of July. thatt war will be the result of it. and that imipediately. Some few shouts of Federation by the troops, but merely insijgnificant. The pieo pie are universalty in favor of Federation, ft t they do not w ant it in a revolutionary form. Yours truly, C. \. PERSEC UTION %.FA'lERICAN CITIZENS ALIEADY C0M 31ENGED IN .hiEXIt:O. 31.IZ.TLI. 23td April, 1845. On the 18th inst. voi iderable excite ment was caused in this place, oc. asioned by a body of artillerymen marcitng thro' thu principal streets, tontards the Customn House- On their arrival at that place, the officer in coin -atd received orders from the Collector of t.e Aduana Ter restre, to accompany one of the clerks oh the said ofhice wtith Sestigos and lay a fhrced embargo at :hu point of the eayi net on the property ol' t.;e only i t Amer ican Houses in the place. P arot & Co., _ptLMalt ialbott & Co., tosaiy a di miafid-'Tr tiies caused' by a T woT Eie State of Sinoloa. 1834, which law was annulled in 1837 by the taril of that year, and from that' late up to a felt dais previous to the date of this the Custoim Hlouse had never detmndedl from anyv house such fuiies. The house of Parroit & Co. of course was embargoed, tin pro~perty' o i lie ameout of 5-45.000 to satir-fy the clatii only a. meounting to about $4.000J alter wteicte the troops marcet to the accuse of Mlessrs. Mloit, Tafbott & Co., witie th e objeci of laeying-an emebargo on their propeerty, but Capt. Ilope of feer i. B. 31. frigaite Tlhalia, interfered, atn,1 perevented the em bajrgoes being laid, otne of the pariners eol the said firm being a British subject. Mr. Parrott, whoet for niany years has been ouer Consul at Mlazaihan, sotlered with much piatience the indigmety to his person, and as thie dipelomeatic relations hiet'.veenl the Utntited States and Mexicoe are suspended, fee has no resource mi seek' ing redress front the Mexican Governenet, and very properly called in the Frenech Conesul "to witness the proeceedings, which are illegal 'and unjust from the comemece ment, as no judge or competent authority in the place had passed sentenice, or judg tnetet in atny .shape or form on the pro. ceedings- Mir. Parrot has gone beefore the French Lonsuh and maiide out his protcesm, anid will submit ii to his goverenent, to b' sienl with itfher difliculties~ now pened *ing wat a Mlexico. There are at Matzatlan nearly ai dozen iimporting hoinses, anid notwithstan-dineg not a single demeand has been madfe by the Collector againest ihem for duties. teaving, as it appears. deter mined to take his eveuge out of the A mericatns ?lany respegiable citizens'seeing these .scandalotes proceedings, heavo used their initeence to conciliate matteis. It is pero per' to remark' that in the year 1834, thi-, State passedl a law imposing a duty otn f~reignl goods imported. of onee eighth part of the ineport duties to defray 'the ex peneses ref 'he State. T[his duty was paid up to 1S37, when ihe tariff of' that year took eflect, aned the Cetntral Systeme of Governonemt jwas establishied, the State Governments wtere abolished ; the G.'' Government abolished all the rihts of the States to make andl enfoerce laws. ht appears thai all the <f uties have long sinece bceen paid, agreeable toe the tatsill' of 1837. which was a general disposition of the Supreme Governmeent. April j24th.-The Prefecto of the Port abs addressed n letter to the Govertior of the State, complainiica in strumng terms a gainst the violenet and unejust proceedings against the Ameericans,.aned very properly pointedt out that they were the caprices of the Collector, and from the concou.rse of people who were presett it was sullicient to disturb the peace of the port and biring on the country a ." ar. A pril 25ih.-The embargo ott the-prop erty of the American Ceonsul has not been raised, notwiithstauding a meet ing had ta ken place to that elfect. The Consici is determeined to' resist the paymxent and stef fer his property to be 'sold. A military force wase again demanded foer laying the embargo on Momi, Talbote & Co's fproe-er t-y, but it was wisely refused. Overtures hav b...en.. mae to t he Cnsn. thnat-if he Would address a letter to twe Gefe de. 11a-n cieuda. tis property would he released, but 'he teas refused, arid is determined to let the matter take its course. Otner outrages sill follow. Yours in haste. P. Y. Z. Correspondence of the Albany Ev Jour. BALLTON 1'A.. Jul) 22, 1845 An aflair occurred yesterday. on the railroad between i'roy and Ballst:n, which alarmed most ot the passengers, and it is truly miraculous that it did not prove fatal to many of them. Atbout five miles frpm Ballston, and betneen Tray and Ballston, the forward' ear ran oil the track. This had the ei-ct of breaking a bar of the flat iron of the ro;la. alout eight feet long, and throwing it thre .h the front rdoor of the reer car with a lociry that would have proved fatal to any n horm it might have struck. It was sharp pointed, and made a hole through the front door like a bullet. ani went down the middle passage way nsiihonrr injuring any body. It grazed the shoulder of a gentleman silting on the front seat aside of Juige Willard of the Fourth Circuit, and cut .his coat -sleeve without doing him any other injury. Judge Vanderpool, of New York, and his family. occupied the seats next t.. Judge Willard and thegcrutleman n hose shoulder was grazed. and Darron ly escaped. The bar must have w'eighed from 60 to SO pounds, and sharp as it was at the point, would have instautly killed any body it might have hit in a mortal part. It is, indeed, to be lamented that flat bars were ever lid upon any of our r;il roads. Snoko heads and heavy sharp pointed bars of iron. flying with hullet speed. are not the mosi agreeable things -or passengers to encounter. Important from St. Domino.-We learn frum the ctrrespudett tf the aMer chlnts Exchange. by brig Almatia, ftim St. Domingo :ity July. 6th. tnat on the 16th Jurie the Liominican irnmy started frot Las Matas and stopped at Con rendardor. a Diomiicari post ; from thence ott the 17th at 6 o'clock A. M., they marched inl three strong columns, the first under the comirandol Geir F. Ailai-, to (ou off the enemy's retre.ct ; the second utider Lieut. F. Pitmrenter. and the thirt. heing Artillery with 2 held pieces, to at tac-k on the right. under Gen. Duverge. At S 'rlick ni the same itirning, the third coliimn halted in front of the enemny, formiing in corder of battle, arid civing timec for the first Cu inn to arrive ,Ind utr off the retreat of the enemy. At 10 o-clock the signal n:a: giv.ro anti the gen eral attrac-k comntrced. The tirtui e om menceid at three difTerenurt purmts at the same time. After a battle oh abou t w o hours. and a- well sustaiietd fire trou the eueny. tie Dominica.r ary inale a fu ri-.s -harattge. completely routing their ip penrent-, w ho .intldoor-d four .liiTerent porteints witich iuey had prevtioucsly occutr pie d. Up to i 1e 22d. the numbe-r ascer tted to ie killed errenruied to 1.5t, a ionga whort a-re r lelierern Four reen prisnrer- were t' kr-n, 7 ullice-rs, it -eurtgeon unt 6 ucu conunissiured ulliers and privates. -murrir 1ii tnTrrar ur w-re altsue -'z ed. Otn the Do.e.itican side. 2 were kill ed and S wounded; ard on the 19th the} were on the mtarch with orders to alt ek village ahur hall a day's jrirrey to the westwrd;c hut the erne-ry hadl fled. and the place was taken pose n of. Air r 'iriaul repourt oif G~enre .111 Diiverge-. fromt Las ( Sorhas. umiler (late of Juei 21h I. also -an;ter. thart the va.j guarrd ha~d tak-teervit jtlrace u were in undrrisputed psesioSitl tn lndht t her- wuas tiews thc.' Liet. F.~. Fabtheres. c-e.mmcierit of ( Iido allIe, hado ncr' eked notd coml e tetly roru ei ihe enremry iere--ostonl T'r<.nelle'r 22d in-t. Thunder Stonin -Ouir eiin anrd nei gh horhoodre was vis .-il deering the htsr night n ich onie ref the s'-vere-t *hundi'er shrus s wtich n e- have expiie-ice-d tier yeairs. it cormmienrced' a litle past ~3 o'cluck, tund cnttiued niihouiit .iii-rission Ii.r morrre hutart hour. during tire whtile ni *' ichr tie heaovetns were one ctiaitueed sihe-et ot flame; uhe thirne-- was very heauy, antd one clip. abiout 4 o'cleock see-tred to shike re a he city. Tire light ning struck in the nttic of a hotise in Fayette street. and passed rhrrorrgh f~ve other hoiuses doing only a trifling-damage exce~pt to tire last, from which the fluid escaiped,. tearing a way- part rf rice roeof and the end of the bioin-doinig considlerable injury. For tunacely tno pernsont was hurt. The Legisinature ,f Floridat, ele~ctedl on he 22d1 inst. Wmic. Marvmn. Circuit Judlge or South'i Florida; I. H-. Bronson. of East lFlirea ; ann Geo. S. Han l.ins, of West Floridalu. No ele-ct ion oif Judge was made .for 'Mliddlle Fleorida-the carndidartes wet eThtos. Batizell. arid S. 11. Butler. C omrspondenee eof Ihce Couniere N r.:w YrintK. Jury 24. 1845. The In-eq of tie .iurane Oties by tre recent fit e is rnow as.-crierta rint be within a few thouersands. enhter wsay, $5.00,000. Larrge iquanrtittes of gorods have been saved, more than w as expreted, and the calamity is already talked utbout ott Change as a mere tr.fle. 8.everal heavy horeses, scarcely bent by the fire, tave alreadly begun udiggirng for the founi dlation' (if new hnilrditngs, aind the whole of the brurnt district will he hgtir tip wicth Aladdi-like spreed-. Thiey gal/c- (and j hope in earnest) of widening arnd straight eniug several streets as they reburtild -a thing wich would tic of incalernlable ad. vantage to the city--hit I feair private in terest iil be strong eno~ugh tol defeast it The Insurance Offices will, it is now ascertained, pay all their losses, but 'he Aeri an MuI~tual, the M1erhiant's M',utri al, arid the Gritan, Mtanthattarn and Merchants' hav si pped deinig bus.iness. The Howard hcane $65.000 siplus purfits, whihl will leave aborur ewo thirds rif its capital irintoched. The city had S.55, 000 surplus, which nearly pacys its lasses. Tre Fireman's had $40 000 surplus saves two thirds uif its stinck. l'he JEtnia hiat $20,000 surpclus and the Equitable $24.000. Ait Bosron. on M.ondauy afternoon last, at 2 o'rock. the thermometer stood, in the Profes.'or -ironson knocked down, anu robbed- in Push-cile.- A lew eveninfe' since, w ile Professor Brunson w as ' alk ing through thr. streets of Nashrille, he was accOSted by a person whom he sup posed. from his familiar manner, to be a gentleman to homa he i.ad been inirodu ced a few evenings hefore. After some preliminary conversation, the gaol lena u proposed a talk, to which Mr. Bronson agreed. After walking for some distance through several streets, Mr. Brmison re ceived a blon irom the hands of the per son with whom he was walking, in the left temple. which felled him to the pave ment; but previous to falling, on turnling his head, observed anottier person a few steps in the rear. Althouuh stunned by the blow and powerless, he was conscious of something being drawn over his faes, ana soniethitg which lelt like tltknee of a person on the pit of his stomach. I'r. Bronsun had no furthet recollection ol what was done by the robbers. Between I I and 12 o'elork the watchinen were at trarted by his groans-he being still in a helple.s condition. They took him to a publir house, and found his head and face iuch swollen.. About 12, he came to hit senses, and he found he hail lost between Iwo and three thousand dollars, consistir4 principally of Tennessee bills, a portion of Kentucky, and a small portion of In dianna money. M1r. Bronson offers a re .ward of five hundred ilollars for the de ectioin of the villian or villians.-falli more Republican, 2514 inst. .Privileges of 'ostmasters.-We - ne just seen a letter from the oiflice of alit- Posq master '(eneral, under date of J ly 12 sass the N. Y. Tribune, from which wt make the following extract : 'W hen sabsc'ribers ra'use to take paaiph lets or newspapers from the office, Post rasters are iamw%. as heretofore, reqairet to notil editor:. &c., and may frank let ters containing such notice.' Fire --An alarm of fire was given yeg terday, ault I a'ilock, which was caus eli by tue roof of a house at the corner o Bioundanry and Alexandria streets takint fire. The engines were protmpaly on the .pi.t and .uceeletd in extingui.,hing . fatales, after the roof n as hur..t all. The l-uliig ha'longed to Iha.estate Buln, and w-s occupiel by g.ronw. - 4 a crocery store The house wn. wai a -ured i the Charleston Trust C-om, aitice. It is suppaosed that 'tie ia' n eimmanauniaated frann a pipe or +a*'3tI Courier. July 30. The Hon. Jlo Pope hled at his re de-e an \\'thahi'gtna coianty (K).) Sanrday week His deatli ias sut'e heini caused h a stroke' of ?aralsts Louisville Journal. New Colton.-A bale off Co.it t ats received yesterd ty on 'tie itail Itial coni-igned ,u Messrs. It & H. Calde" a by .\lr. Y Layles, f" ('olutimbia. No men nun is ,11ieta a ht-re it was gron n. It ,,ia i anaedilieti. atter arrival a a 10 cent- ya. Ib --Mercury Disaster.-E trnert froa tahe Long 1301l ate bae- ia~-.n'ti4-, -.-=- ..U_ shall atrrv ead ;ainrdaa morning from WeI mingtn: July 2G aiaaut 50 miale< south a Cap' Fear. ai l'. 20 A M . ada' it sao on aur larboa i insx, close on1 ard, -teer ir athwart our hancae. son ti aonne a clariig hiat lby puainig tile beh"a aai" stame~tri lane waiy ,.r the oitter. laut nil ie hell a) so ip andi hea k the elavi e, wv ici wv as done jil ,itaitel , anid, the ..tam ler' m ti-nt shet striack the vessel, wtihi parove' toa be ihe setir Lrie. Capt. Wlsaan, lii Captin ad all thet cre'ji tt ump. on1) tar the Vta'aderhilIt. \\ a. lhen learn'ted friat Cap2 li. \\ . t hat the' maltt andl pa;issenger were left on bard lie 'chutaier, raan dona~ I o Lr, lautid slii. n~ .s mtakinag tno n aiea Thle Ca;pt- andl cre" re-iurant i tao iihen vt sal 'oulad noit ;isCerilinthe iac .iiailt eaf ii jir% n hich a lie l '.r raeceived. TI:- .Vant driht -eceivedI no mani erial iaiury, hav iig onl y her ii ern slight Ii int'jii ed. Th'l g:l wats clear. anad th,. inai fromn ;lae . as. Theii steam r h.id her hias ny hat' a nl aft und symatks were' issing froi tiin smotke stork. Ctapt. \\ iti.,tn stieed thai e wa's staeerintg N E - anud nnah dul norith. 'lTae steamer was steeritag a. .v C harleston Couria-', 28th, inustanh The Slave Trade.-in a tuao' disciaus itt tea British Ilause aof Comnaiirs ian iii tpic1i, soa fruit fil lif adebaite, a Mr IlI ot o lelgeuihat the s. stamt adoptad lay he Gia vermtent andl paureed with a fantiiicis-r that promoted her intetrference with that o all otherr niatins, fair ithe suppression of the Se Trade, htad re-ulted ml niathinag ho us increase tanad aggrsvatioan. Anntrn; oter assertionts whliich he mtiade, nas 11 sw'epitg one atgainst the coantry, as~ stil impiriig largely if AfIriemnns. Ouar Saiutha ertn tates, lie boldly conatjectunrad, in Idefi ance, as he admits, fl aill evtalenice-namli ially-were filledl witha aiawly capturea negloes. Thali~ thaere wias no slavet. i thiesa' State, who adid tia spe-ak tue Enl g hish ~'l was n i'iconclusiive tat his undier iaing,andc satistiedl tant he was 'ight anl tha- gaooda citIzensotf i he Uanited Si'ate ll rong, he wenit ahead, ina a style itha aold htave done1 honior to athle ini Pe'ius ii Davy Crockett. lI is, we take fair gramhi d. aaite in vaini thai we assert, aid at' peal to all wchi) live within or travel thra our cotnry- that it is the rarest thinig ii he worlad, tnon-a days, to meet a nativy orti A frican. We, at least, whoui kuuat s iamehing oft he whl. Soulth, have niat has the fort unte, faor many years. to enctounte oe whom wve might riot -have seena ill ii outry for onec faaurih of a centUry. Heaven 'know s, we ini Caralitna, have ni motive . for any new impoartations. WV a that tn tlie strenernas friends oif the apptreitiee system ir. Britain & elhew here ' tey dia w'antrive it in somae tmanneir, aet negrotes for the WVe-t Itiaian and othe British plattations-Great lBritain, for thi oiject, pilayii the game of the great se eagle, tanud paouncing doni n, ftor ther fire) poi those who .have had the toil and data ger of the first thelt.-I'ariOt. We understand thai the Rev, Nathanie Macnt Crawford, of WVashinugton1 Ga. has aeepted the unanimtoaus invitattion in .th. m:..... Bapti, Chuarc h nand Congregat Lion of this city, to become their Pastor, aio hill et-er upon his pasioral dulies the1 ensuing tall. Mr. C. i"i one of the sou8 of the late ihtn. 1 illiam II Cran lord. and is said to be a ripe schollar and an el oqent divitv.-Courier. New Fossil Anintal.-We have, in pamphlet formn. a discription of the teeth of a new fossil animal, found io the green sand of South Carolina. The article is Irom the pen of Dr. Robert A% . 3ibbes, to Columbia, Sotth Carolina. and origi. nally appeared among the proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, before which body it was read in June last. ''ie discripton is of a strictly scienutfic charac ter, and tonld inlicate the autit,r's per lect famttili.arity with his 'subject. Dr. Gibbes, is an acute and indtis'rious worker. and deserves the ditinctions which gave been conferred upon him by the learned s'cieties el Copiehhagen, W ashotgtonl,&c., whose diplomas he etjt', s.. The lossil re mains, of which this essay treat;--nae iust anot 'tutt to say--are illustrated by satislactosy drawings.-Patlriot. Gorresp'undence of the Charleston Patrwtt. U R-.r.: VILLE C. l.., .July 19, 1d45. Greenville has been dull during the past week. The amount of travelling through the place, seems to have diminished. Very .few from the country are a'i present in the village, and those who do come here, art thos who do come here, are soon attract ed to'Buncomt' e,' to the 'Waln priangs' -the 'Chick Springs.' twelve miles frot the village, 'Glenn Springs,' etc. ''hese numerous watering places which have sprung up no doubt. injuring Greenville to a considerable extent. The price o board too in the village, tas formerly been so highs. that travellers have been cieterred from remaining any lime, but this is no longer the case, the hotels have fixed their teri-- incredibly low, and in private hou ses board may be had as cheap as at any in the Unmeu Slates. We do not know w here our coutry friends could spend a pl aisan.er and cheaper summer than at Greenville. The weather has been very hot here to be sure, and still continues, but thn h t heather can re endured here better than it other places. There is v. ry little fruit lils season, le apples are ttitilerent, anei we have scarcely seen a single i.each. whole. orchards, which hate formerly ,eided abumtiantly. now lay naste. The Iarter, are bringig in very good water nitinsl, from the country. Dr. Vill.atn 1i Joltns'n of the Baptist Unurch, has lee telhvetug a course ell iiectures here ot Church Govertanent. hIe' t. a vtgoro'.s thinker, and a close reasoner. .IThe lectores " ere very fine, and were' well attended. The good ulhl Doctor, altnuug;n lie tilh'ers sorwhat in minor ptints rom ts brethren of the samie faih, is agreed it hhe on the one point, that pielary and t.iscopacy must be exploded. 'the last alvices from Mexico. we t (m cider, stile-, the quest isit as to the cuti tinuance of peice with tiat country. l'Ie dates (rot tsr capitl nere to .the 2b't ultimo, and although the nniexatttlu of l'exas. and ite itendei march ot Air ; ,u Lu.i..2,t .the .inn ".i the fi e del Norte was Itsown a neek before, yet % bear no talk of w ar. or tmovementi miti ratio i'elligereot intetitoits. It .a .pit. iti, as to Ile atie III public sentittent, .oatv be ftrtmed liomi 'he co'liets of th ine lspaperts 'i elie coun ttry. 'lTexas anid .ii nix atl'Ml lias eel at'd to njrtynble this- uti it f ',l te naitto. I'le atihljict is lttrgoitteti. andt rio e'vei rulerrdl tt a, a mtatter i'f sullicientt iia errest lii jut ntif distcJssiot. II htsis a uhittissittlt to i' Itviivhtle et'. rat of tevetits, wit hi a ttegre'e taf t'*ttl ittll'itf eitr ailiti iesttignano, " hiten n~ as litmth) 1t n'* exere o a natiton so prneti t'' bira ido anad gast'on aiit as tie Al'exit'anie. No dloubi. the excitemneit pre.vttlbig ini thai toutitry ont the eve ot thle l'reatit tin I elect uit, htas cotbtei-d in somet. mte'asure to, the reunit. lin the he-at ul party strife. thlie tricks if elteconneei-rinlg, antd the trtiC ts iii fat'tit tie ptubbet ittitd is t inuch ubsortitd 1 in let~i'isur e fotr t hi conitp ibuin~ 'it remtite' int'eri-st,, cnnieel wsith titertinttttl rei isons. l'ht tue preset gttvernei is nott ini ettied to watr nA iti tiht Utited dtales, is a act . ell ascertained. Thie- only Iter hias beeni thtan thi' r. tizy ol ant tinrtnut and furittus p--tulace-, mighttt tocce the sdip tiron il helligiret puhe'y, to) wh ich the .lextrani Eixer'uvt were secretly ave-rae. It is apiprehendedl that the irienids oh' San tn Atnna, andI itt-- tpplits n titpartiy tene'r ally. might use th ws ar quieshitn a pi litical capital itt I le pendtmg electittnee'r ing catmpiaign, anid thleb iy dr'ive the ad ministrtiitt pairty in!,' imtipruidens tIetmont stratins tof hostility tin th-- Umtttd Stlales. tr ie sake if rma;intantting thi epoptularn I sc~eihdanc. All dantger I rttmn his quasr tar :as now ev'ideniily paissedi an ay. The questtin is hetie-lotrttio -adjoturned ttt Unit gress, -an ex tra se-ssion of whitch 'as lie' ii cae. tottake inlto c..nisidlerattoon. amnig other unpoa~rtant mtatters, lie relat tos ni ilt the Untisel Stares. 1Tti rjet ailtine. gives satisfactory a-suriance of the- contitinance ofl peacte There la scar'eIy a poissibilit% that an~ assembely ttf enlightened Mexi cans, such as imembtler, ith 'onigress miiy Its stupiptosedi tot be. c'an conicludre itt their deut ihrauuts oni a rmeasitre so prep''s trius indl imsatie as a derclarattu oif war with itie Untite-d dtates. 'Thiat suc(h is the p reva ihliig oiuiont ameatng the Mlexican is lieemtselves. is anilhirtently dea'monistrat ed lby the laet that four Meuxican vessels are noiw tn titr port, recently arrivedl here. Surely Mixican priiperty notuhi titt thu te htagardedI in our tidcst unless the're wias a conv~ictioin of the cuotinuance of fr'iend ly relatiuons.-Y. 0. BuLletin. July 25. A Revolution in Small Things -Stme week.. since, we suggeted ihait the era of the new postige-law would he a gteto. timte t.dispenise withI the Santishi levys titd ips, and snbatittite itur American hetter' cotie age. In Cincinnati this revtidttiotn has eeun, in a gooid degree, acciiplished Iee the matrket house that areat arbiater nl such mauers, levys atndhfips tire iinly iken atd receivedl as ditmes anmd half ditmes. Silver. it is true, is a legail tender, hui it is not a legal tender as foreign coinage It mrust he taken hy reight. lIt thaut case there nonutid be nothing gainedl ; hnr neor rly all this old Spaa'ist cttiin is deficienit it ...i:h, by amaring an nel ipning. American coinage is the best t the world; because it is decimal. It corres ponds with or comtnercial. arithmetic. One great advantage is, Ihai it has no fractions of units. There are 100, 50, ,2.5, 10, 5 and 1. With these any whole number can be made. and the. prices of articles ought to he made to correspond, so that all the transactions of business would he regulated by the units of a deci mal. I, is not -possible to carry simplicity in tte transactions of money further than this. Beides, how ihfiuitely absurd do these foreige coins appear in their travels through the Uanted States! Take the 6 1 4 cent piece. In Connecticut it is a four pence halfpenny. In New York it is a sarpence. In i'ensylvania it is afippen nybit. In the West and South it is a pic ayune. All these characters of the same piece of mone) are regulated by a. foreign ab st'arlion, viz: the British pound- sterling! A people should never carry about in their pockets the evidence of their contin tied vassalage. In the great exchange ol -the worki, money is and should be taken. as in the time of Abraham, by weight because this is a language of uoney n hich can be understood by all nations. But in the small affairs of daily subsistence it should be taken by the National coinage. -that which every man, woman and child in the nation knows,-especially when that coinage in so beautiful and so Convenient as that of our own loved coon try. There is the Eagle. emblem of the noble, free and brave! There is Liberty. aptly and fitly represented as a Woman, dear to every heart ! Send them firtih. that every one who looks upon the coin shall he reminded of Freedom, Courage and Virtue!-Cincinnati Chronicle. EDGEFIELD C. H. WEDNESDAY, AUGUsT 6, 1845. We frill clin to the Pillars of the Temple a Our Liberties and if it must fall,.ee will pet ish amaidst the Ruins." THE.EnGKFI~fD MECttANIC'S %VASH intonian Society, will meet on Monda; ,.vening r.ext. The public genera!ly are invited to at te~nd' CAMP MEETING. We nn regn. sted to say. that a Camp Mec ing for the Edgefield ('irruit. will he held it Iltannt Vernn Unmp Gronnd conmmeneing a Thirsday the. 7th of Aniant. at which.time thi third Qnnritetly Conference for the year 184i and the- Anniversary of the Misioniary Socet ofthe Ed--efield ('irctit will he held.. The Mir sionry Sermon % ill b preached on Sunday Rain.- )nt Wednesday evening Inst, we weri fivored with n gnnd shower of rain, at thi ,lace arind in the vicinity. On Sntniday even ing there was also a fine shower. which erentl: eeite I the atmiosphiere. and re'vive.d thie erot contintnedh for e'veral hoiurs.nw? extended iv, a e'nnciderabile trstet of e''nmtry in. Edu'efleld andi the ndjtiininu District. We have nn had4 so enord a se'ason for mioths past. The earliest ne'contit of the Antnexatinn a Texae. which, we received. was enntninedl in al article ofr tho Hambiure Republican, whicl wae trtnsmri'ed to ne on Sntnrdtay night. th, ?fth tilt. WVA herehv tender onr thanks to th, editor otfthrat papler, for varions extras, whiel be bn- sent ns. Th e~ Te mtnerance Convention, enmposed n Snrietie's rlthott thre State. willinssembl at P.-tndletnt. fin ednesday after the se'con Mondar in Anianst. which will he the 13ih da f the month The deleegatee appointed frori this pilace, are Dr. C. !. G'nod int. Dr. WV E .inhnson. N. L. Griflin, and Mir. Clarke of Ed Cnarir Election -On thip 10ith ofJutly. Manjo .J C- Smvfay wan elected Colonteleifthe Seconm Retiment of I ravalry. composed of comnariel from the Districts of Attheville and Edgefleld. We shomld have stated in our last, that w. h.d received a copy of the ' Mittues of c1i Twenty fourth Ar'mversary of thte Ga rgil Bepit Convenition, held lit Forsythe. Mfonro cenuty. Go., May 16th, l7th and 19th, 1845. This is a document of imtportance to the Bap tist dentotinitation, more especially tei Baptist residing itn Georgini. Attionig other thiings, th inttor contain the -'Report of the Board Trustees of theMercer University," the Cot stitutiont of the Baptist Convenution 'of'thie Stat of Georgia. as altered anud amentdeed, and th "Finiancial Report.' Persons desirous nif fooli ing~ over the Ilinmaes, may have an opiportunit; 4of doinig so, at thia office. PULIC MIEETING IN SPA RTANBURG A public meeting oif the penple of Sptartati hurg. was cnlled on Moatday last, to advise a to the beust tmode of relief, f'rotm the distreu which -threatens the contritry from the effectc the piresent drptnght. It will lbe seen, frotm a article which we copy from the Spartar thtat great sutff'erins is tiow felt ini the nppe Districts. on account of' the scarcity of corri Tfh.-editot ofthiat papuer is apprehetnsive. thei vety depilorable cotisequenuces may result something is tnt done to mitigate tihe distress te people'! '-He stugge'sta a call of the L~egisu ire. It is much to be desited. that those wh are attffering should be patietit, and endeave if potssible. to preserve a sacred regard for th rights oh' property. Mluch aletetation of distres .cn yet he obtainted, Iby economy and pirudent on the part of the poor, anid jndicious libe ality ott the p-irt of the rich. That such nmt bin the case, we sittcerely hope.. We cannt believe tthat the poor will be compielled fro .........on, to take from the well-filled granari Ut of the rich, in the upper Districts of our Stale. That such a condition of things miy never occur, should be the prayer of every good man and lover of his country. We believe, that those who have any thing to spate. will in some degree,-relieve the distress of their poorer neighbors. when their wants are made known to them. In the meantime, prtblic meetings should be calledin every neighborhood, where distress most prevails, committees of inquiry and relief app'uinited. and all lawful means adopted, to remove suffering. ADDRESS OF DR. FISK. A short time since, we received a copy of a pamphlet entitled, "Our Country, its Danger, and Destiny. An address. delivered befoire the Cadets of the Norwich University, at the annual commencement, August 20, 1840, by Theopilus Fisk. This address has been recently published at.the office of the "United States Journal," of which Dr. Fisk is one of the edi. tors. In this address the author puts forth with great boldness and earnestness, his peculiar opinions on the subject of education. and some other matters of grave importance. However objectionable these opinions may be to a large class of the community. itcannot be.denied that Dr. F. supports them in a forcible and eloquenit style. The pamphlet is worthy of careful pe.. a usal- We have only room for the following extracts: - --Bear in mind another inpirtant fact you are to be 'the artificers of your own destiny; it depends upon yourselves who titer you shall be shining lights in the great temple of Freedom, or whether-the glory within shall be hidden.in-darkness; it depends upon you to say whether your, course shall be upward and onward, or downward and backward. You can alone build a name of renown on virtuous deeds; the path of truth and justice alone conducts to the spot where antition's weed is won, all other wreaths that bind the brow, save those of truth and right, must turn to bit ter weeds. To expect to obtain )he prize you seek by any other road, would he as futile as to build a home for safety in the halls of the trembling avalanche. The perishing autumn leaf, that quivers upon the shaken bough, retains its hold by as strong a tenure, as does he who clings to the treachorous tonds of folly's delusive hope, to win a meed of fame. The prize you seek can alone he gained by unremit tng toil, like the Huna. w hich is ever mpon a tireless wing. never perching for a norient's rear, until it die,; from morn f lng's early bramns to the stifled hum of . midn'ght, nwhen iralfic has laid down to rest and the chariot wheels of vanity alone rattle through the deserted streets-when riot leaves the face of man to swagger in its dens of shame-your unflaugitig hours -oust only cease for food and recreation. Ahove all things else, save tae paths of vico' avoid the slough of idolence, that false mi rage, which leads so many to waste their lives, like a desert funtain, in the sun and .and. They alone can witi, who toif. All c4ontentment, peace, health, depend upon mitiring industry. Theiler. with a drowsy fillet over his eyes. who eatq, drinks, sleeps, vegetates and riots. iore resenmbles an oys ter than a man ; he is as utterly worthless, for all the purposes of hunat life, as a dried ' mummy of Egypt. Mian was made for labor aud activity ; if he deviates from the mandates of nature, the penalty falls upon his head with mne. ring exactness. The mnitteri, s entail--d upon moan by idleness a d sloth. as a elI ntigh innumneratble; they are the contstanit comtpanio .s of vice anti r hilly ; they are the very rank. r of the smul, rmuininga thme health. t.lighting 'lie buds of intiocence and ho as well asben mhe batte o'f t-,eful knowledge. The soaul was miot mtade to duelI in the fetters of in Sdolencme* tihe s'.mggi-,h minad momst be aroused, the liagtidr merve strung with energy, if' wse have coffetrs to fill. or cells itn the mnem ory te store. Tlhe wily mnagician, .sloth, -,ith his witheritng spells, mutst he driven front tur botrders ; the at emp's makirg in this counitry to foster a leismire class of' drtowsy drones, is as dangerous to. liberty as it is tdestr'ictive mif virue. Stmilar at ftempts hanve beeni made in other days, and the end has been destrmirotve of all the ho liher hopmes of nman. "Thme priest hood of' Euypt wtt~aitsch a class, anml a hat were its achiiev tments 1 It tmade the entire land the prpe'rty ofsbteano'arch, amid reduced the wh, e Ic ation to serdmi; he locked up k uiwledige in hierogl, pies. keeping all. science as a pecuihar property, arid using ii chiefly to play tricks helbre the eyes of rt he petople. so as t'o deceive their senses, Iand hind thema in a state of miental sibser vienice ; by mi-s mnystietnil in ld the people itot te grossest lorma of idolatry, and miade them a more degraded pmpulaiidn Ithan perhapms the worltd has ever seen ; and at last, this leisure class, and the-product . ives classes tmio, over wshorn it ruled, passed. at ay. leaving, a fit emblem of the magnif cence on its claims, and the littleness of sants ofs he discovery to be made, thou :and ofic years afterwsards, by great dili Eythail eishirinedl the bomnes of a cow in the centre ofea pyramnid. * "Energy of chanracter is the true philoso. Bphi-r's stonue-it is the tinly alchymy that Icati turn drmss to goldi. It pemples the temple of fame wsith living wvorshippers ; chtauties gross hiumatnity, fiorm a brother homod mif brutes. to reasoninig men What else made a philopher of 'lie Boston jtiur nevmatn ptritnter, the eltiquenttorattr of the Grecian stammerer, t he inmmortal poet of the Eniglish pmoachter? To whlat else do Sall the deatbless tnmes, that hold high pla ces upotn the pillairs omf fame, owe their un jdying renown? nLife lies liefore you-an impervious veil mhatngs before the future. Stajmding, as ryou do, eager to commenete the race of dart ing deeds, strmng wsith hope., arid youth, atnd undouibting faith, ii ' ere almost cruel even to whisper bitter words of ivaraing and of fear ; to talk of doubt, atnd to speak fof disappoint ment, of the wmrld's ceres and - crimes, in this hey-day of your fond anti ocipatitons, were, perhaps, to be thotught un rkind. I will not cloud the presetnt hour, b y dwellintg upon damk days of trial and human wotes ; let. tbe soul hte girded up to meet the worst, come when and *how it may. Guard the febet from sin's unsen. I -decoy, and you may brave all else deside. YWhether or not your names may be re fl cordled in the chronicles of your country's tglory, you have it in yout pmiver to inter I weavo your dhestiny with that of unborn;