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FOREIGN N EWS. From the N. 0. Republican. August 7. MEXICo-DELARATION OF WAS. -Tbe schooner. Relamapago, which re cently arrived at the Balize from Vert -Cruz, came up to the city on Tuesday evening. Our previous accounts by this vessel were very limited, based as they -were upon verbal statements, and a shrt extract from one of the few letters which reached the.city in company with the des patches for the State Department. It was not until a late houryesterday that we re ceived the letter, an extract from which follows, containing the official comtnuni cations, a translation of which issubjoined. The letter is front a friend and correspon dent in Vera Cruz, and enclosed the com tmunications, which are from the Minister of War and Marine of Mexico. It appears by these, that the previous intimtions of the intention of Mexico to declare war against this country have assumed a posi tive and determinate shape. No siaiple act of non-intercourse, it appears, will give sufficient vent to the pent up indignation of our Mexican neighbors. Nothing shiort ofa war-a war of invasion too-that coutem plates among the. least of its triutnps time re.conquest of T. xas-will appease their beligerent feelings and heal their wounded ,bonor. Well. if it is to be, we must pre pare ourselves for the stiruggle. We hope by this time that our fleet is in the Gulf we know that our little army is at its post. The Water Witch. which may be looked for every day, will bring.us full partico lars. We have no reasons to believe that the despatches to the Department of State at Washington, brought by the Relampago, communicated tie fact of war having been declared by the Mexican Government. In a still closer view of a war with Alex ico, we take occasion to repeat what wve said the other day, as the course Ahich should be pur~sued in such an event. If we are to be embroiled in a conflict % iIt Mexico, we hope that the scale upon which the contest will be prosecuted by ne will bear some relation to the pow er and dig nity of this r.ation. Let the asserts .a of our. might as well as of our right he so complete, that among the other resuls of a brilliant campaign, no vestige of Eur" pean influence will remain in Mexico to tempt her into a repettion of the fatuity of going to war with us. The following is the letter and docu ment referred t Vera Crux, July 25, 1845. Dear Sir-I have only one moumen's time to hand you the enelosed, to which I refer you. We are moncttarily expected to receive the declara'ion of war against the United States, fron. Mlexico. Every one is making preparations to leave this place and move into the interior. The Water Witch will satil for your port on the 28th ot 29th inst. Yours, &c. OFFICE OF WAR AND MARINE.-SECTION OF OPERATioN.-(tacULAa. The United States have consummated the perfidy, against Mexico, by sanctioning the decree which .leclares the annexation of the department of Texas to that Repub: lie. The injustice of that usuIrpaoittn is apparent, and Me1xico cannot tolerate such a grave injury without making an effort to prove to the United States the possi bility of her ability to cause her rights to be respected. With this obij.et the Su preme Government have resolved uipon a declarrttiof war against that powes~s e ing that our forbearance, instead oI'teing received as a proof of our trtentdhltspo sition, has been interpreted into an ac kntowledged impossibility otn cm:r part to carry on a stuccessful war. Such an error ott the part oh the U. S. will be advantageous to Mexico. biecae suddenly abandoning its pacific. attitude, it will to-morrow commtuimCat. io Go--gre-s the dteclaratioa of war, aind exchetie pa triotism of its citizens to sustain the dig nity of the nation and the imiegraty of its territory, now treacherouisly atiacke'd, mi utter disregard of all gutarantees recognized in tthis enlightened age. You wil readily appreciate the impor. tance of this subject, and the necessity of preparing the troops tinder your comman~nd, to march towards any poinit whichi may require protection againtst tnese most un just aggressions I avt directed by the proviniticial President to injoin upont you. as a general-in-chief of your~ division, anid as a citizen of this Rep~ubltc, to tiold y ours 'self in readiness to repeal those who seek the ruin of Mexico. The govornmet is occupied in covering the ditfferenut points on the frontiers, arid itt colicting the ne cessary means, so that not hinig may be wanting to those whose gloty it will be to defend the sacred rig hts of their country. -I bave the honor to commurientte for your intelligence, and to direct your cou duct. God and Liberty.-Mexico. July 16. '45. GARCIA CONDE. This circular to the authorities subordi niate to this office. *From the Bee-same date. Oongress- was still in session in the city of Mexico. Up to the 19th neither wvar nor non-intercourse between M exico and the United St ates had beeni declared. The Extraordinary Council, consisting of Ex. dovernors of the Departmenits, Ex Min isters, etc., whom the President had the right to convene and consurt with upon extraordinary occasiona, had- been' ordered to assemble. Before the Prebident would take tupon himself the responsibility of recommending or d'eclaring war upon the United States it was highly, probable that be would wvait until the assembling of this Cotucil, as in the event of that imeasure. being suggested by them, the Presidett wp.uld be relieved from any responsibility 'should it. as it undcoubtedly must, termi nate unfavorably toward that Govern tnent, - ARRWVAL OF TiHE. STEAM SHIlP . GREAT' BRITAIN. The .mameoth iron Steamer Great Britain, Capt. Hoskens, arrived at New York on Snday afternoon at half past three o'clock, in fourteen days atnd twenty - one hours, running timse, from Liver jiool, .having left that port on the '26ttb.-of Julty 25th and from Liverpool to the 26th ol July. The news though not exciting, has been fvorable. Cotton holds :as price, with large sales. andS there was a ge feral conviction that the lowest point bad been rearied, .en.1 henceforththae change woull be in favor of the salters. if any. Pro -visions, too, were firm. and there were some expectations of scarcity and an ad vance. In Parliament there have been two or three personal brushes. but no proceedings of interest. Mr. Ewart moved a repeal of the duties on -butter and cheese, which was resisted by Sir Robert Peel, and ae feated. A debate on New Zealand has been had, hnt lead to no certain result. A bill to enablr the Jen, s to hold certain offices will probably pass. CONFLAGRATION AT SMYRNA. The following details are taken from a private letter dated Smyrna. July 9. 1845. and p-:hlished in the Liverpoo.l Times: " Smyrna is again in misery and ruin; a Inrger and more awful conflagration than the last, commenced on the evening of the 3d instant. continued violently for twelve and fifteen hours, and upwards of two days in hurning. embers and siuefires; even up t, yesterday here and there mag azines and stone buildings wete burning --some from being two soon. when the heated air burst lin a flamge. It began in the centre of the town. and by a furi ous north wind (" hich abterwards changed) destroying every thing right and left. and for a circumference, I calculate, of at least a mile and a half. The town half side of Frank street is consumed, and then right away to ourexit out of town to Baiud ja. The English hospital was saved by a miracle, and thereby preserved that part of the town and the so called rue de'Rose. RISCELLAN EOfUS. From the N. 0. Republican, August 7 MEXICO-GREAT BRITAIN-THE UEITED S1ATri s-OUa NAVY. It is now reduced to a certainty that we are to have a brush with Mexico. The probability is. that England will be a party 11 oii. There as no apprehension in this country of such a contest. Whenever we go to war with England she will ie the first, proud and srubnort as she is. to sue for peace. She livers upon her commerce ; ande its nech returns, taxed in every possi ble shape, enable her to p-,y the interest on one thousand millions of dollars of pub. lie debt. Stop those returns, and she be conies bankrupt forthwith, and a war min istry would be hurled from office in one month after th- first instalment of itterest was left unpaid. Her agricultural resour ces, so far frot luruishing means to meet any such deficiency in the revenue, do not produce enough to stifle the cry of famine atttog herbhungry milltons. Her colonial interest. wthich was once so productive, has-dwindled under the curse of anti sla very experiments, until even Jamaica it. self is likely to become a -pauper and a public charge. Canada, Gibralter, Sierra Leone. and other colonies, annually drain the civil list ; and the largest proportion of the immense amounts exacted from our itiserajle bondsmen of india. is swallowed up by the iniatiable man of the East Ii dia company, and its legions of officers. England. ne repeal, subsists upon her vast comtmerce., She is the rommon car rier of niations. tied the returnis into hter treasurylare entmtus. A fiveyear's o ar nimh the United States, would cut this up, root antd branch. LHer merchant vessels sptot the octeana, and itt every sea our ntavy pivat. ers weoufd seek them, It is on the ocerin, that we would strike her. She mightt effect a lodlgment otn our seaboard. but every teffort to peneir--te into the itt rior nith the finest ar-- y -she could 'land, would prove d isastrouts, if not ahortive, fromz thie laciities we now possess ofcoat centratinCatiasses of'trotops, in an incredi hry shonrt period,. at aly required point' - Bitt. as ne hiavt retmark,-d, the niar will te a maraltme nar. and iioweve'r stcht n one woul :estuh. may be inferred fromt a review 4)f our early navatl operations Durinig the re'.olution our navy consisted at diff'eremt periods oh abatut twvenmy-ive vessels of every grade antd description las achievemtenlts, as~ ttuch ainy victoary non by the ar-my. led to ourt recoagnitionl by rance anad Holland. Early in J77%. small as it n as. the wide ocean was bun nished with its glory. TIhe first Lord .af the Britisht Adntortlly. in a report made to thae Houase oaf Lords, staled that the Amter icans h.,d captuaredl seven hundred and eighty three vess. lu, the loss of witich he etihntatedt at twelve and a half millions o f dollars. bitt this n as asceriaued subse quenly toa he naraer twenty millions! In a single cruize Patti Joites captured sixteen pries! Bielore the clo.ec of the war, one htundred and1 sev..my five figbting vess, Is, carryinag twenty five htund~ed guns and Amnerican colors! They dial not confine themselves to thte consts atnd harbors and narrow w~a ters, but traversed both the great oceans and the Indiain and Chitna seas. They scoured the Baltic, navigated the Btiish Channel, attd sacked castles anti towns on the 'fast-anchored-isle" itself. At the be ginning of the iw ar. two hundred British vessels were actively emnploayed in the Slave Trade. Betlbre its close the number had been reduced to) forty ! Atnd Bristol, then the maos; co~mmerciail city in England, was itterally broken up by the spoliations of near cruizers, and has never since re covered its prosperity. aIt wvou i be an easy taski from such data sealculate what our presen't navy, with our existinag resourcss ro) sustain it a'atd augmient it.. mibh .accom~prish. Enough be ono a doubt, to enalile us to destroy ihe credit, stop the lacauries, starve the opera ives, and break up the prosperity oaf the haughty power that claims to be "mistress of tbe seas." INew York Enterprise.-The New York Ceurier says: Havmng oceasion to pass through a portion- oh: the burtnt dietrict yesterday,-we were, we conifess, some whal surprised at the sight -of a new store which is finished as.far as the second sto ry,the buildigig wvhich stood on-the sat ite having been destroyed by fir.- on the 19tli of last month. Three weeks nol hin= elapsedr sinea the fie. ndr jtra will the streets blocked up with rubbish ofes ery conceivable kind, here was a new store going up asif by magi. Looking further. we counted nu leis than five other stores tn process of erection. ' Truly the New% York merebant, will merit the wide spread reputation for energy which they enjoy. . From the Washinwton Union. Atmospheric Railway. -This niew In vention has oct upied more. "f -he atten tion of the savars of the United King don ., ithin the past three months, that any other; yet, hitherto, we have been able to cull nothing to lay before the read ers of the Union," likely io present an idea of its mechanical c nsiruction. al though we have carefullk examined or exchange files with that view, W.- find the following report of late experiments with an atmospheric railway in the London Times of the 18th ult.; which, though obscure and unsatisfactory, is worth read ing; because. in America, not one ma to a ithusand nas.the least inkli 'of knowl edge respecting this invention, which some oh the scientific in Europe; unite in declaring destined to supeercede the use of the ordinary railway. Iilbroto's A tmospheric Rtiailway.- Ex periments, on a model on a very large scale, on which a carriage, in which a lady or gentleman was whirled along at.a I prodigious rate of speed. were yesterday exhibited at the Adelaide Galls , in the Lower arcade. The experi s being preliminary to the opening he exhi bition of them to the public, w ich takes place tbis day. only a limited umber of persons connected with science and engi neering, and persons of rank, were ad. mitted: amongst the latter class were the Marquis of Douro, the Earl of Morning ton, Lord Rose. Ladies Westmeath, Stafford, Barton, &c. These three ladies all tested the efficiency of the system, by riding io the carriage, and beingaropelled or drawn along the rails at a very rapid rate, ascending or decending theogradients and enjoying the celerity of the transit. As the -mode of operation of thig inven lion is but imperfectly known ttthe pub lie, andi as it is likely to expi ery con siderable interest amongst a petsons connected with railway conveyance, it may be as well to extract from the des cription of its manner of working, des cribed by its very ingenious inventor, some account of its principal and its de tails: " A pipe or tube of sufficient di ameter being laid along in a-hollow he tween the rails of a railway, and being exhausted of air, and having spindles and pinions arr'anged (,s can only lie under stood correctly h- seeing the model itself,) at intervals throughout its length, the pis ton, with its track attached, in placed in this tube, at the farther end from :where the air has been. or is being, exhausted or wittidrawu, the piston rack being in gear with the pinions inside the tube; a rail way carriage having a carriage rack at tached to it, being placed on the rails this carriage rack being also in gear corres pondingly with the pinion on the upper part of the same spindles, outside the tube that is to say, the relativp position of each rack being the sane; je piston rack being precisely uuder tching and to end with tile c i 'a tile one rack cannot, therefore, move back wards or forwards without turning the spinrdles or pinions; these being also in eear with the other rack, ihat must moeve also, and in the same direction. If the vacuum, tihen, has such an efecce upon the pel',on. that it advanees, the rack upon the carriage will tbe effected by .and thro' the m.-diutm of the spindles and pinionis, and well adlvance.alsua, andic keep its rela tiVe stundOn ezucily with the othier, the rarks being lona enough to reach as des cribed, oi lc~tst t wo pairs eof piniions at one tieme; ehe eie.tt in advance is acted tupoen before the one aecting has ceased; and, tierefore, as iong- a. thre.power applied coninuess and the pistoti advances, the carrea.ge will do the same to ebe eud of the 'ube, neither acisiing beleore nor alter the other, butt together, as they canenot separate, nor cailrerne meove or stop nwith eut the ether,; thus would tho carriage be propelled, and others if attacited to it. As it is necessary aned imnporat chrat the atmeosphiere should be admitted as oearly behined the piston as possible the spindle and pistn may he lifted up by the ad vance of thie piston rack, or by the car riage rack, and rhe air will eater trough the space allowed bcy the lifting of the cenical or flat portion of the spindle or axis of the pinions. Thus wotrdd there always be a least two or more such pas me ge' open, a, the rack neay act upon a required nnumber of pinions. Alter the track has passed by, the spindies, by their own weight fall into their original placeA, aend thus meake an air tight tube readey leor the ncexi exhaustion; when. if an aeir pumifp be set to work at the other end, and rh: direction of the piston and rack changed, and ptlacedi again, as before, info proper gear, te carriage would return agnim in like manner." This descriptioin 'nust sullire for the present ; ii will at least have the elfect of retusing public attention to a very importaat, and, as far as the fimitedfoxperriments have shown, an effi enciouls inevenetion. That the atmospheric principle will ultimatsely, and perhaps at no very distant period. supercede the ctumbrous and dangerous use of locomo tive engines, seems almoest certain-. It, therefore, in the present satre of railwayv contveyance, is almotn a dut for all er sons te) make themselves acquainted with the merirs of various inventions oif this kink. A written description cannor our. fiee. event with diagrams, which caninot be given in a ,putalicjouirnaxt; nor are cte:, necessary, whten the w orliing and practi cal op--raionse of' the inivenitiotn can .b learneef and comprehenodedf by erannminil the model. The rrite adage. ' Seqiis- irritant anihnos demissa pei sores. Quaien qiR aunt oc-lis subjre'ta 6delibus,' is itere apphteabtle, and- the best interpre tation of it is to go and see what the models are doing at the Adelaide Galle ry." A large sugar refinery, to cost $50.000 is now in course of orectiesi at St. Louis be Ut3tttIger. EDGEFIELD C. H. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, -845. ' We will ding to the Pillars of tl.4 Temple of Our Liberties, and if it mus. fall, we will per ish amidst the Ruins." Tu ErGoFIELD MECHANIC'S WASH ingtonian 8ociety, will meet on Monday evening rext. The public generally are invited to a' tend. 97 The Bapt-st Church in this place have sat apart Friday next, to be observed as a day of Fasttng, Humiliation and Prayer in refer enee to the drought with which our country has been visited.Ahe low state of Religion, and preparatory to the protracted meeting to com mence on Saturday next Religious services may be expected at the usual hour.. We are indebted to Capt. Richard Ward, of this District. fur a 'present of some fine Peaches; also of some delicious Grapes. RatN.-On Wednesday last, a heavy rain fell in some sections of the District On Saturday a fine shower fell at this place. and in the neighborhood. The weather. however, has continued quite warm. MExico AND THE UNITED STATEs.-By ref erence to the foreign news, it will be seen, that Mexico still; threatens a declaratioin of war against the United States, and app,-ars to b' making active preparation for it A short time will probably'show, whether there is mere gas conade or sober earnest. In either event, we have nothing to fear. ,BOMAR MANURE. Ma. BAER. the Agent for vending Bo mar's Patent System. for making Manure, arrived in our Village ou Monday last: Farmers and Planters who wish to improve their old worn-out fields can now have an opportunity of testing the benefits of this new, but valuable ,nothod of euriching poor lands. Mr. Baer will remain a few days, and is willing for a small compensa tion, to assist any persons who may pur. chase Rights, to put up the first heap, after which any one who will but follow the printed directions, can make as much Manure as he may desire. Mr. B's. method is both simple and cheap. as those who have tried it are thoroughly satisfied with it Persons wishing any information as res pects the process of making the- Manure and purcl-.asiog the Rights. are requested so leave their names at our office. We have tried the Manure onrselves and can especially recomtmend i'. The following is one of the many cer tificaies with regard to the efficiency of the Mauure, which .Mr. B. has in posses ston. I have no hesitation in declaring my opinion, that a planter may mantufac'ture as much otf this mannre in a year. as he can hanl out in the nxt spring; that the labo~r and trouble of the metthod, when once fairly under way, is scarcely beyoad what is incident to making manure of any other kind; thiat the expenuse~airifinug, to comparison with the returns-of the out lay; and I heartily and honestly recom mend it to every farmer and planter, who wishes to increase the product of his fields, and render their it'nprovemtent perm arent* . Yours. &c. WM. BYNE. Burke county, Ga. May 23d, 1845i. - -THE MAILS. Ounr atte ntion has buen called to the followinig proposals put forth by the~ Post Ilaster Gene ral. for runninig the mails in Edgefield, and sonme other Districts. 3.168 From Attgnta, Ga.. by Haniburg, S. Carolhna. Edgefield C. H.. Duntonaville. Lotnet moire's store Winter tSeat, Frasziersville. A bbe ville C H., due West Ceerner. Craytonsville. Anmderson C H.. $teel's, Pendletutn. Double Braniches, an,t Pickentsville. to GreenvilleC H.-140 mtiles and back, onceea week. Leave Augusta evety Monday att 5 a m. ar: rive at Greenville U. H. neat Wednesday at 8 p.mn Leave Greeniville C H. every Thursday at 5 a. mn.. arrive at Augusta next Saturday byS p.-m. Proposals for service once in two creeks are invited. The contracts are to be executed before the 1st January nexet. According to the above schedule, it will be seen, that in all probability. we will be accom dated with a mucen lass number of mails than formerly at this place, aned several other PosL Offices not far distant. It is our opijnion. and also that of many others that we do not even now, -receive as manty mails at Edgefield C. H. as from our position we are justly entitled to. Of this, our citizen is have formerly coimplained, but no temedy has been applied. It seems- that we are threatened with a still further reduction in the number .of mails. (gainst this we most earnestly prot.'st and from a sense of duty, we feel bound to- earray ourselves in opposition to it. I. e thintk that the Post Master General is acting iii arfalse spirit of economy. in teducing the ntumber of mails in this section of edountry. The expenses of thte Department might, to somte extenit. b, dimtnshed, but the people for whose interest, ad enalightenmeiit . he ntsl are latried..would greatly euffer. We have always supposed, that the object for which the mails were transported throughout oar contry, was to transmtit intelligence as far and'as rap the Government. It is true, that the Govern mentshould not be burdened to support the Post Office Department..furthei than may be absolutely necessary, but the mails should be carried into as many section. as are convenient, and as often as the wants of the country re qires. even though the Departmentshould ex pend something more than it receives. This is too 1. lain a matter. however. upon which to argue. Under jud icions management, the-ex penditures will not probabljr exceed the in come, aid to e think that they will not. We suggest to the citizens of this place, t~o send on to the Post Master General a remon strance in the strongest terms, against any fur ther reduction in the number of mails received at this Post Office and others adjoi ing. We recommend to the citizens if this place to as-enble at an early day. in tire C House, and to do liberate upon such measures as may be proper .fot the occasion. Will the editors of papers published in Ab bevlle, Pendleton, and Greenville 'Districts, call the attention of their respective communi ties to the proposed change. in the transporta tioo of the mail, to which we have referred. These Districts are as much intefested in this matter as Edgefield,and a pe-titian or remon strance from them might greatly aid if produ. cing the desired effect, upon the mind of the Postnaster General. Extract ofa letter received by the Editor from a gentleman residing in Abbeville, dated AUousr 4. 1845. Dear Sir:-We have at last a refreshing shower. which has fallen to such an extent as to enable farmers to prepare and sow their tur nip patches. -As fir bringing out corn, that is entirely out of the question. Serious alarm be. gins to be entertained in- every quarter of the country for corn-im fhct for provisions of all kinds. I see no other alternative, but that the people must suffer, and thnt sevtrely. Corn I understand is selling at from I to $125 per bushel, what little is offered for sale. Farmers ate cutting down their corn with the view of saving their stock and all. for food, for their horses and cattle through the winter. Upon an average through this section of the country. corn will turn out about one bushel and a half or two bushels per acre, and riot more. Cotton will yield about two hundred pounds tipothold land. (and I really think it a large average,) and on fresh land something more. What the people ate to do for soirething to eat, is the question. Unless some provision is made, and that immediately, our beloved State must loose some-yes, many of her most valuable citiz,-na; so extensive has been the drought through the whole northern port of the State. that already many families, I understand, are packing up and moving off, leaving friends, plantationcrop and all for the benefit of those behind. It does seem to me that the Legislature should be called together, and pecuniary aid granted to the people, to enable them to go off in search for something to eat. One thing is very cer tain, if the suffering by the Charleston fire was sufficient cause for legislative interference, there can be no question as to the propriety of that course inrelation to this matter. So extensive and unparallelled has been the droughtin the upper part of the State. that the people are actually alarmed, and think there is no other alternative but to perish. ~In fact, many of them must suffer, for it has always been the case, that there was no timae but what a man could get provisions for work : arid there is a large class of people of this description'. What they are to do l am at a loss to conjecture. I would like, Mr. Editor, for you to furnish us with whtat iniformation you can get from your exchanges, in relation to the growing crops throughout the country. If a supply is not brought in'from somem soutrce, and that pretty soon, I venture to say tl~at in less than a mconth corn wilt tbring S2 per bushel in South Caro hia. Even now we can see and hear of run ners going all through the country for corn. Corn is the cry from. one days enad, to antother. The must be. Mr. Editor, a complete cessation oaf paying debts this year, or at least from the proceeds of the ptresent drop, as -it will take eve'ry cent a man can make, to supply bis plan tatin and Family with proviaions. I must come to) a clos.e as it is grotving late. Yours, very respectfully. An extract from a fetter of a gentleman in Lowaides Conlity, Alabama, to a genitleman in this place, dated MKCcr. xAug. 8. Dear dir: I returned from Mlarint oai yes :erday. Ouar prospects here are really hoomy. We have not had a rain s r.ce the 10th of June. The corn crop generally speaking will be an an enititre Failure, anal it is'behaeved will sell from two to three dollars per hashel by the 1st of January. Notwithstanding the very severe drouaght, we did hope the cotton crop would prove ana average one. The weed though small was bolled from top to bottom, but du ring-the last ten days every thinag from a bloom to a haalfgrowvn boll has been lost, and I feel ionfidegat now the crop will fall short fully onae half if tnot more of last year's. Shoutld it rain howvever with a few few days. and favored by a late fall. a new set of boils may be produced and matured. The Mexican vessel Refa aorefused to take the mails from Newv Orlens, pre pared for Me~xico and Sand wich Islands. The Budletin asks: "Is there really, an errbargo or declaration of war made, known by the Mexican Ciansul here to the commainder of the vessel, which pro hihits him from thte carriage of American mails ?"-Courier, 15th inst. Nil.w ORL3ANS. August 9. We tianslate for the benefit of otur rea dae the following noitice, (published in Spanish.) lay the Mexican Consul, and addressedl to his countrymen : M IxicaN CONsULA'rE, New~ Orleanos; Aougu-t 8th, 1845. -B, order oof ttis Excelleacy the Presi dent', Ii nform the Mexic-an oitizents resi dinag ini the U. States that His Excellency las determinied that this Conmsulate be closed, aid that Itreturn to Mexico taking with me its archives, in consequence of the state of oar relations wiih the United States. In complinice with this order, I will this day close my office. hnd will. sail to mor'tow for Vera Gruz, on board the Mexican schr. Itelamapago. F. DE. ARKAM UOIZ, Consul. .The Nor'olk Beacon says that the two companies of U' .6. troopa at Fortress Monroe have. been ordered to Texas im mediately. They are to be conveyed by the U. S. bleamier Col. Harney, now at Norftulk. -Courier, 16th inst. Troops for Texuas.--We understand that Gen. Worth, the commanding officer at. St Augustine, has received orders to send three companies of U. S. Troops from that post to New Orleans. The schr. Gen. Wortm was to leave Jacksonville im. mediately for S. Augustine for the pur puse of conveying them to their destina tion, she having been chartered. for that purpose.-lbid. Erksine College, Abbeville District. We are happy to Lean bat this institu tion continues t:$ flourish. aid that the unumber of students in' attendance this year is larger than any that have preceded it. The Professors are well qualified for the ata:ions they occupy-the Village of Due West Corner, (where the.College .is located) is perfectly healthy, and one of the most moral and orderly communities. containing the same number of inhibit ants, within our knowledge; and these we consider no small recommendatlons to parents who wish to send theirsons from home to be educated. The annual Commencement is on the 17th of Sept., upon which occasion A. C. Garlington. Esq., of Laurens, will de liver the Anniversar.y Address before the Literary Societies ~of the Institution. Mountaineer, 15th inst. Military.-For several weeks past, the upper Districts of this State .have been considerably enlivened by the '"tarching and countermnarching" of the Miliatia that "right arm of the nation's defence" in time of need.' On the 4th inst. an Encampment of the officers of the first Brigade commenced at Pickensville and continued five days. Governor Aiken and suite. Adjutant and Inspector General Cantey, Maj. Gen. Boeham, Brig. Gepi. Garvin, and their several Staffs, were in attendance throughout the week. The Review of Infantry took place on Friday, and was closed by spirited addresses from his Exellency and Gen..Bonhai. in which they expressed their gratifica tion at the performances of the troops. On Saturday the Regiment of Cavalry was reviewed, and we understand that this efficient and important branch of our military establishment appeared to good advantages eliciting high eneomiums from the reviewing officers which were express ed in addresses from Col. Tilman and Maj. Atkinson. On Tuesday last, the lower Regiment of lnfantty in this Ilistrict was reviewed at Toney's Old Field, by the Governor and Generals, and we learn that .the tr-oops did exceedingly well. The duties of the day were closed by a com plimen Lary address from Major W. B. Thomp son, one of the Major General's Aids do Camp. Yesterday the upper Regiment of this District was inspected at Bruton's. butwe had not heard from there when our paper went to press. This is the East 'Revieii in the Division; but we understand the Governer will attend the meeting of the 36lth Regiment at Timmrns' Ol.. Field, in Spar~anburg, ou Tuesday next,- which n ill close tate Military tour of the Corn mnder-in-Chief for the present season. --Mountinnecr, 15th inst. At an election held as Beaufort, S. C., on Monday, the 4th inst. for an Intendant anal gi Wardens, the following gentle mteni were elected: Intendan.-Dr. 3. F. Johnson. Wrardtns -Edgar Fripp, Dr. 3. A. Johnenui, 3. E. L. Fripp, E. J. Durban, J. W ebb, Hi. McKee.-Courier, 13ih inst. The Limestone Springs, Spartanburg, havo recently been purchased by some itt erary gentlemnen, who design to establish there a Female School of high order, on der the estpertntenriece of a well known clergy man, at present residing in .Charles ton.- Counier. Extraordinary Profits-- Best Factory Dividends yet.--We learn front Newber ryport Herald that the Essex Steam Mill Company in ilbat town, recently made a dividend oftforty two and a half pericent being the earnings of the factory during the year ! .Per contra, our farmers and plantei-s are, realizing t ram 2 to 4 tper cent. The bugging factory and ropewalk of Thomas H. Clay. Esq., near Lexington, K)., were consumed by fire last week. Southern Patriot, 16th inst. Annezation of Indian States.-T w6 or three months ago ae gave our readers an account of the progress of civilization among some of the princIpal tribes, and expressed our belief in the probable ad mission into the Union of one or niore tribes as a State, and that the Choctaws, under their wise Chief, Pitchlyn, have so far prtgressed in civilizatton awd knowl edge as to warrant an .application for ad mission or annexatiod, at the next session of Congrebs, in connexion with the Cher okees, or by themselves as a territory. A number of our cotemporaries in the .inte rior have stpoken favorably of-the tiove m,n.-Y. Y. Sun. Fzre-About 7 o'clock on Snnday evening last an alartm of Are wrs given, when it w as ascertained that the building occupied by L. McCandle~ss, Esq., as an academy. was on fire, and so far had ihe flames extended, that it was impossible to save the house or any portion of ks contents. Mr. McCandless has been on f,.rtunate, s but a short time since he had renteaved to tly- building, a valuable library. Bemng only occupied as a school room, atnd no lire having been there, for a month past, it Js hut natural toi suppose it was.the work of an incendiary. The house'being in an isolated situation, and the evening calm, the fire did no other daesage.-~. Camden Journal, 13th tn. Do on the bill ssonwould inttheU.