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All.subicriptions will be con.tianned, :inless otherwise ordered hefore the expi.ra. tion of the year; b'ut no paper will be diqcon tinued- antil all art wrages are paid.Utle6s at & the option of the PubilsSr.. * Any personsIprocuriur 'ie responsible Sub . scribers, shall receive the paper for one year, gratis. - AgERTSZ ST~censpicu(,uslyiserted at.75. - r.qmr (12 line. or.less,)or the 'firsinsertion ,asd374 for each contintiatice. *ThOi uiiblished monthly. or quarterl).will bechtargq,$l per stuaie. \dverise1rten not having the nmher fitnsert ons marked on them, will-be continued until ordered ot and charged accordingly. Alloininunications..post paid 4l be prompt ly and strictly attended to. Notice. S hereby given that applicatioa will be made at the next sitt.ino of the -Legi,. lature to make a public road. of the road eadiug from the five notch:o Moors' road. S July 9 . 1 24 o~"The ,friends of EDMUND MORRIS. Esq. announce him as a candidate for the office of Tax Collector a-t the next election. Nov 6. if 41 Tjp'rhe friends of SAuisoN B. MAYS, announce hint as a candidate for the Office .of Tax Collector at the next election. Oct.30 tf 40 T-iThe friends of Naj. S. C. SCOTT, unnonnee him as a candidate for 'ux 0ollector at the eusuing election Nov 6. f 1 t The friends of Col. Joun QUATTL E BuM antiounce him as a caudidati for the office of Tax Collector, at the next elec tion. July 1 We are authorized to announce Al. GRAnmat. Esq.. as a candidate for Ordinary of E.geflield District, at the next election. Feb.7 . 2 We are authorized to announce GF-oIGE J.SUEPPARD as a caudidate for the oifice of Tax Collector, at the next election, Dec.25. if 48 South Carolina. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. Seaborn A. Jones. Declaration VS. in I-'orein Enoch Byne. Attachmnrt. T H Plainif' having this day filed his de claration in tmy ollice, and tfie defendant tavi-ng no wife or attorney. known to be within the State, on whom: a copy of the san., with a rule to plead, can be served: It is oidered. that the defendant plead to the said declaration, within a year and a day, or final and absolute udgemtent will 1,e given against hin. THOS. G. BA(CON, c. c. P. Clerk's Ofice. 17th March, 1845 ly 8 State of bolih I at uliua. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT 1N THE COMMON PLEAS. John B. Gorden Vs. Attachment. Jose-ph M. Perry. Alex. J. Lawtat Vs. Attachment. Joseph .1. Perry. T lIE Plaintiff's having this day filed their Deelarations in the ahnove stated cases in moy offi'er. I, is therefore, Or dered, that the Defetndant do appear and plead to the said Declairatiotns withitn a sear and a day frotm the date hereof, or in default thereof final and absolute judgmtenats wil be6 given end awarded against the. said Defetndant 'nt hoth the above stated cases. T'HOS G. BACON. c. c. r. Clerk's Office, 28th April, 184.5. A pril 3 14 ly State of South Carolina. EDGEIFIELD DISTRICT. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Benj. F. Landrum, bearer, Dectai ion vs. in Richard Allen. Attachment. F H E Plaiutiff's in the above stated case 1.having this dary filed his Dectaration in nmy Office atnd the Defendian:t hiaving no wife or attorney known to reside within the limtits af the State on whomt a copty of the sanme with a rule to plead can be served. It is therefote Ur dered, that he appears atnd plead t- the saee within ote year and a day front the date hereot, or fittal and absolute judgmnent will be an arded *against him. - THOMAS G. BACON, c. c..r. Clerk's OJffice 21st Nov. 1844 Nov.27 44 ly State of South Car'ohna. DGEEFIE LD DISTRJCT. iN THE COMMON PLEAS. Robert R H unter, Decdaration in P. H. .Rooney. Autachment. T HE Plaimtiff~ in the above stated case, khaving this day filed their Declarations n tdy Office, attd the Defenidatnt having nso wife or Attorney known to reside witnuia the mits of the State ott whotm a copy of the same witn a rule to plead catn be served; "It is therefore Ordered' That the Defetndant appear and plead to the sme within a year atnd aday fronm the date hereof or final antd absolute judgmtent will be awarded nagniost inm 't110M AS G BA CON, c. c. r. SClerk's Office, 22d Nov. 1844. MRISCELLANEUS. From the Mercury, 191h tnst. - The fOlowing communication coines to us fron a gentleman of iigh respec:a bility, anid a :Member of the .Legislature from Spertanbturg S'PARTA NBURG C. H. Aug. 9. 1845. To ihe- Editor ef the Mercury. A meeting of the Carmers of this Dis trict do Monday last, to take into consi'd eration tbe state of the 'provision crop, was most runerously attended. and frot tie authentic.inforitatin then derivod, our worst fers have. Ien confired. The. provision. crop will rail short fully tWo ihirds,- oan so far as we liad the tneans of obtaitning. information, the opinion %%as that the whole upper country is in about the same condition. -The surplus of the old crop- in Rutherford, Hender--in and Buncombe. N. C.,.is in a great degree ex hansted, by the demand from this State. Our pieople are afready sending their wdgons into Teblesseefo'r Corn. thereby ,necessarily enhancing' itd price to ruinous rates, and uterly plicitig it out of the power of the pooiedr laboring classes to ob tain bread.- Many of this class are al ready living by the ciharity which haos not yet qiite- ailed-hut which must fail if relief frotm some quarter is rnot afforded them. The monied resources of tie up per country are so near dried up that the capital is not amongst us to relieve our people. It is true they are emigr'ating in droves, yet charity cannot sustain the bail once. It will he impossible for your rea ders to realize the excitement now pre vailitig amongst all classes, or -to credit without plenary proof the lamentable condition of the farming interest. The crop that is now making is alnost exclu sively confined to the bottom lands-the Uplal in many iplaces is so toial a failure that litany are cuttintg nown their fields tt save the stalks for -fodder. There are hundred?isf acres that will not maue the seed plamtd. I know mten. who int or dinaiy titmes -are called "good liver<," that will not make as many perks as they usually make barrels tf Corn. - Men speak with fear and trembling of the prospect bel'ore them-and those who have Corti feel and know they will not long be he:ter off titan those who have none. Starving nieu never have been cont'rolled by reason or the law, and we have no ri'ght to hope thev ever will be. Wkith the well ascertained fact of the falure in the provision croo,. ad in view of the invitable consequences which a short time will develope-the tnen of pro perty, the tax paycr3, have come to the almost unainous conclusi'n ihai it is tihe duity of tihe Stite to interpose its shield oft protection against the tireatened en lamity, it, tavor of its sul'ering children. Spartanbutr has adopted the general pritt. eiple of -*relief to the people," timnd invi ted her co-sufferers to an'extression of tf opiniosn and a prompt co-operation in tle ieans of carrying out the principle. No details have been oflo'red. No idi %itdtal or sectional opiniloi set up for tihe government of others. We trusi it tthe parental feeling of' the State, as well as to its wislotr. Will site see her sous and datighters-the small fitrier<. fle botte and sinew of the State. drive i into exil-. or suffer them to starve ol her soil. Our people trust not. I have been reqnested by many respec. table gemilemen to brittg the matler itefore the public throuh the columns of tihe Mercury. I an well tware that on tihe first blush of this question of relief, matt will treat the idea with ridicule, as ci-i ierical, no tunecssary-inexpedien , of' doubt ful policy or even untconstitutioual but it' the country be ini 'he situation gen-. eraily suippotsed, 1 tipine the advoc'ates for teltef n il presetnt a much strotnger case of nrgent n*'cessity, and tundoubited expte diencey, t hani did the city of Chatrleston itn asking the fir- lont. If the cxpedliencsy of granting~ re'li'f be admtitted, I piresutne the pun~er of doinig so wviii not adtmit of a serious airgumient. At all eventa ithave done mty ditty in inviting public attenstiotn to this-to us, aill-a;bsosrbing subthject. The Crops.-A distressitng account of the state of the crope in the WVestern cooun ties will be found in the letter of a corres potndent front the Warm Springs. We regret, in addition, to state, that from ev cry sectioni of tite State, simtilar accoutnts reach us. Th'iere will be at very short cotton crop tmade it. Georgia. atnd great suflering we apprehtentd from thse failure of the corti crop. E very thing that can be saved for the cattle shoultd be. Even those fartmers who make enough, should lie careful to save every fhing upion which cattle can live. The. cottitng year, to miany, will he almtost a year of fanmne Now is thte timne there fore to provide for the winter and spring. A generous disposititn will no duobi be manifested by the fortunate to the unfor tunaze. T'hose uponit whtose fiehsis s1.0 wers have fatllet,and who are blessed with ripe and golden harvests, ini their thatnkfultiess, should dispense their favor. with Itberali ty. 'To speculate uponi want and tmisery, will be a had return for the favors bestow ed by a kind Providence.-Georgia Jour nal, 191k inst. - Extract of a Leuer dated WARM GPRtiNGs, Merriia ether Co., ? August 1. 1845, $ Supposing that asme accotunts of' the erops tuay be interesting to the readers of the Journal. I take this occasion to say thtat I have never knmowti thems as bad as this year. From Milledgeville to this place. the droutght has operated most injuriously, both upon corn and cotton, and inteed ev ery thitng.else. Not-more than half a cror of corn wil-be m'adej and fron what I can gather in the counties of. Monroe Butts, Pike, 2ierriwether. and indeed it, all Ithis section.of Georgia, not one-thira o(a cotton crop.will be made. Many will not mohe one-firth of a crop-some not more than one-sixth, while none calculate upon-making more than half a crop of cut ton. Up jo the.. middle of June, the crops of cotton' were never better, but since then the drought has' caused- the 'squares, and in many -instances even' the leaves, to drop, aud even if there shouldbe a good season from this tine out, the in crease would not be much.. I have passed many fields of corn that did not look like a hushel to the acre could' be gathered while-he very best did not promise more than 20 or 25 to the acre, An intelligent gentleman-fron the Cherokee section ol Georgia, informs us that the late corn is now suflering much for rain-, and the pros pect of an orditary crop diminishing daily. I have seen gentlemen iroim the new settled part of Aiabamaj.atid their ecounts are ver) itte, il-au better than the above. About a hall crop of can is made-and farmers who have heretofore averaged 1000 to 1,200 pounds of cotton to the acre, do not calculate upon getting this year more than 300 to 4100, and (in the best lahds inure -than 5U0'Ibs. to' the acre. One cannot Put feel glooimy, while. viewing such a state of things, and that gloominess is only relieved upon the 'reflection that the ef fects of the drought upon the cotton may be the samne throughout the U. States, so that the price tumay be enhanced, and 'the farimer iay be etialded to got enough .to make UI) for the quantity thus lost. . MONTGo.V1ERY, (Ala.) Aug. 15. The Weather.- 'ne long spell of dry wedliher WiitCl'we have tuHa in this seC tiua wits brokn- in 6aturday lasL by a slight rain. On Sunday evening wo were again visited by a slight rain, which, however, became heavier as the cloud iravelled easitnard Tite rain was ac comipatied by very high wmid. Monday eveuitig again tae rain fell.and the wind rose iII the samte mnatner, and rain has falln here or within sight of the city ev cry evening sitnce. The quantity of rain that has fallen has mot 1een inuch, but it has been suflicieni to cause a very con fortable clidige iII the temperature of the air. The Wheat rop uj the West.-Thanks to Providence, the proslect t laine, as relates to is cu-intry, is yet very remote. The labors of the husbandman lhave been cron% Ied with lhe blessinigs af abundance. Die St. Louis New Era, of a late date, says:-" t'he niv wheat crop has justI coutiienced airriving fireely, and should thu upper stireams contitue even in their' present dillienli slage tor navigalion, ye may expevt to see tt the course of three or four weeks large quanities of wheat pourmg mnto the imariiei ; even at this early period 'her are ihousands of bush el4 o. the iew crop lying i the landings aluong te Illinois, upper Misissippi and Alitwiuri, waiting ipiment. All- the toats whte have reaeied tis port from Oove, fur iitee or ifour dass past, hive cotie down wth as much as they could pubbly get along oithi, and mao of tuen, parineularly those fron the Misouri a, linou, ineu to retuse inure wheat than nuuld ave loaded tint twte over in lair weaiier. The wheat harvest has mdeed been a mnagniient one. From every quarter the cry is pleniy; on the aM issousIt, uplier Miss*iipt, and Illinois, tie avertge yield over the crop of' last % ear % il be lull 33 per cent. and in mauty sections of the country full 50 tier cent, add t) thtis the superior qahity of the grain, nincht atppears to tbe unitfornmly of niearly the sam, quality, anid theme mtust be a great surplus." Our governiment is gravely culpable for ts neglect to provtide the ntavy 3 ard, at ury, atnd appurtenances wated in an es taldiltiment of' the kiund. T1hze trigate Pu tomnac, the llaigship o1 the Gulf squadron, lhts returned to Itarbor with a danigerous leak, atid the correspondlent of uise hica Sutze says, thiat for the want of a dry dlock atL Petnsatola, she may be compjelled tt amake a voyage of twelve huntdred miles around to ihutfolk, in order to htave a few tdays work done on her bottotm. Sn much for tne penny- wise -and pounid'foolish e ctiinm that has niarked thte policy of our Congress.' -In this inistance probably there wvill tbe as much spent and lust, by sending the Potomnac aroun d to the mAtlan tic coast as whould suffice to build a' dry d ock.--N. 0. Bulletin. A Chinese in a Christian Church.-One of the band of Chinese who .are nlow -in our city :n connection with the Museum of curiosities wvhich is soon to be opened ltere, attendedh the Rlev. Mr. Young's chlurchi yesterday. He repaired there all uniattendedt. anid the sextin immaediately Swalked bht illu" the middle aisle of the churcht, and showed himt intto a conspicu ous seat. T1he-re lie sat in a Chtristian church-that pagatn oriential-affording, perhaps imore lood for the reflective minds of the comngregation ilhan aught that was heard in prayer or sermon, serving to ex cite new feelin'gs of thatnkfulness for that divinely achieved scheme of- Christianity wt hich w as' briiughit about for the final conaversion of Jew and Pagan. The Chii ntama.n seemted struck by the music in the church, but all else was apparently un niotied. lieappnnerd tn understnnd, however, that ho was in a consecrated place, and, we doubt not that, " after the way some call heresy," he worshipped in heart "the god of his fathers,", for the earliest Chinese annals show that the in habitants of the Celestial Empire, even bifQre Christ, must have possessed very true ideas of that -Universal Spirit which we recognize as the Deity.-Bost. Trams. A General Roto.-The Wilmington Re: publicau gives an account of quite a lu dicrous aflfiir that came off in ihat town on daturday list. It appears that the children Were quarr6lling, when the moth ers interfered, -and- thought proper wo suppose, just out of pure love fbr their offspring, in order to settle the matter, to take a turn at " fisticuffs." The stoutier -or tile more active of the two, threw the other down-andcommie'uced thumping her head against the pavement. When luck ily for tle IADIs (?) their husbands came to their reliel,:and whose sympathy for their loving partners was so strong that they too,3ust to manifest thiefr good sense, pitched into each other." -The neigh bors then interfered, and so the matter ended.-Old Dominion. A Good Descriptzon.-A New York paper -thus describes one of the rashiona ble- anibling establishments in that city: "The furniture- -is eplendid-the cooks scientific-the servants admirable-the n ines exquisito-the cow pany select-the roguety superb-the cheating unrivalled -the rascality unequalled." Military Intelligence.-The Emperor of Russia- has just made his grandson, a young prince of three months old, a colo nel of the Imperial Guard. Two cap taius have been appointed to assist the young officer-Mrs. Bibski to dress hisih, and Mrs. Tadkerwitz to nurse him. The regiment has adopted the uniform of the colonel,- viz: lbug petticoats, lace rap, and the national cockade. They look splendid in this uniform, though it rather impedes the movements on field days. The field officers of regiment ride in su perb go carts. A splendid service of sil ver pap boats has been prescuted by the colonel's imperial grandmother to the reg imental mess. When the colonel cuts his first tooth, ie i to be advanced to the iank of majorgeneral; when lie is % ean ed, he is to he made field Marshal. A ba~ rof barley sugar is preparing for his imiaartigflfmrestiand thedevoted sub jects of tie Einperor say lie nill make as good a field marshall as a certain eminent and royal warior who nlow enjoys the same tank in this cOntry, and wto was seen, at a late review, reading the orders off a pa'per o' his saddle, and asking his aids de Carnp, " What was to be done next!" -Punch. SILVER MINES IN NoaRm CAROLtIA.' Prior to 1833, but liatle silver ore had beea obtained from mines in the U. States. Indeed it was not known to exist in this cotntry in it.s native stale ; hut is mostly contained itl the argentiferous lead ores. fromitihich it was soneimes extracted. Indeed it i-i generally extracied fram lead ores; the annual prioluce in Great lIriiati frotm these ores, is ,bout 10.000 lbs. valued at some 14 orf$15,000. It seems, however, fripoi an .article in the last number of Hunt's Merchauis' Maxazine. that the Washington Mining Company. incorpo rated by the Assemtbly of North Carolina in 1839, have been operating at the mines discovered a short time previois in David son couny, with considerable success. The Washington mmtte, it seems, is sit uated about eighty miles from Raleigh. the capital of the State, andI the present temnsof the great c'hain of railrond from the North. Fromt D~~eember. 1843, silver had beetn extracted-fromt the ore to the value of $20,000, and of gold 87.253. TIhis amnunit. of ore has produced fromt about'160.000 lbs. of lead, maaking an av ernae produce of over 240 ounices of ailver to the ton, 4,000 lbs. of lead. From the commtlendeament of the mnining olperatiotns up~ to Novetmber 1st, 1842, a period of 27 mothtlts, the actual product wvas 2051 pigs of argentiferouis lead, Sielding silver anid gold to t he amnunli of $13,283, this beig the net value after deducting the charges of the United States Mint for separating thle gold frotm the silver, and alloy requi site to reduce it to the standard coinage Promt the l8th October, 1942, to the 1st October, 1844. thle produce of the Wash ington mines has been $40,379. as follows: Amount of silver received, $20,902 70 " Lead "' 3.588 27 " Scorie, ' 2.550 76 '" Silver in part 1,478 65 " Lead, '' " 630 18 " Litharge, " 74 01) "Metal and Scoria in transmnission, 1.152 21 $40,379 47 In 1842. 13. C. Taylor, Esq., of Phila dl phia, made a report of these mines, (which is embodied in the article itt H unt's .agazine,) in wyhich it is stated that a- the forty feet level, thc yield of the ore when dressed was about 50 per cent. of lead; and from 20 to 120 ounces of silver to the on of lead. The valu6 of the silver varied from $1 80 to $280 per ounce , its price. being enhanced by the large proportion of gold found in combination with it at its depth. At the sty feet level, the ore ine'reased in richness, but was irregular inits-value. At its best and' most remarkahlo points, it 'eldd as much as56,000 onnres to the uin. Such pnint were. however., few and small, forming exceptions to'th.e. pi-eail ing richness of the lode. The general av erage is stated- to be 126 ounces of silver. to the ton of metal. Here the sulphuret of lead, or galena, was first met with, in. small quaniities; but the bulk of the ore continued similar to to the 4Q feet level, being a carbonate of lead,- with the excep tion of the'proportion of gold, which grad ually diminished. but was recovered again at the 100 feet level. Arriving at the hundred feet level, the galena prodominated; but, in other res-. pects,.the tiiine presented the dame aspect as at the 60 feet; increading in regularity. . At the one hitundred and sixty- feet level., the vein is nearly all sulphuret, as regards the lead, and the area is enlarged. It was estimated that this argentiferous ore, lo cally termed "the black ore," produced on an average from.. $87 50., to $100 per ton, in equal proportions as to 'the value Of t e lead and the silver, after deducting the expenses of smelting. . It was here,. that some masses of -extraordinary rich blue: galena were met with, worth at the rate of $ 1,0000 per ton. -~FO REIGN. NEWS. Froin the Charleston Courier. 20ih iustant. LATE NEWS FROM TEXAS. We are much indebted.to the kind friend' in Mobile, who mailed to us from. that place the following extra fromtihe office of the s New Orleans Tropic, giving us very late 9 intelligence from Mexico and Texas. . Ti opic Extra. . NEw ORLEANS. Friday Boruing, August 14. 9 o'clok. Arrival of the IVatcr Witch. VERY LATE FROM VERA CRUi. No Declaration of Wdr-10,000 Mexican Troops on their March to Texas. IMORTANT CORREsrONDENCE.. r We hasten to lay hofore the -reader? of the Tropic the latest news from Mexico. P The Water Witch, Capt. Trennis, left Vera Cruz on the 5th inst., and arried here between 6 and 7 o'clock this morn- -i ing. It seetns that after all the gescona ding despatches of Ithe Mexican Minister. a declaration of War is now very doubit l. Our prompt and intelligent correspon. dent tells the whole story. Vera Cruz, 41h Aug., 1845. Dear Sirs-i last had the pleasure. per 'Relampago, Wich faft here on the,23d ult.; no arrivals has since taken plate from your port. . . ' .. Th' election of a new President com ienced on the Ist instant, for which there are four candidates-say. Gen. Herrera President ad interim. Gen: Almonte', ex Mexican Miniser at Washington. Gomoz i Farias, and one other whose came has i escaped my tmemory ; the 'residency, I however, appears lo lay between the two a former, one of whomi it is supposed will be .! the successful candidate. , . t Almonte has oni-red his services to the v Government in the approaching cnmpaign I against Texas, but I rather think it is tore 1' a "ruse de guerre" to ielp him to the Pres- e idene%, than aty great desire he has got to have. a Iirash with the Texiaas-or as I ougl:t rather to say now, the U. States. Hi. B. M. brig of war Persian. arrived. n hore (in the 27th uIt., in seven lays from q Galveston..brinaing the news of the an nexation of Texas being confirmed by the President. Jnes-aud also that a lod3 of k United States troops, say about 4000 meu, %ere expected at Galveston, in the course of a few days. It appears now that our Governtment is in no horry -to declare war against the U. States, utr at any rate, it seems to be the " general opitnin'that she wilt merely at.-a tempt to re-conquor Texas evi'ihout tmaking any declaration of wvar. Of epurse, the d tews by the Persian caused a great ex e ettement throug'hout the country. The Ministry has presented an act to the two ~ Chamtbers for their deliberation. - lxi. To declare war against the U. S. ~ 2d. 'Authnriztng them to raise a foreign or national loaabto theamountof fifteen millions of dollars, which they consider re quisite to carry on-a war and re conquer C Texas. Thb proposals are now inder disetnssien in the Chambers, and if they get the "Par gent" there is no doubt they wilt make thea attempt to again get possessiotn, though i' is doubtful whether they declare war against the U. States, or ncot..r Of course you have hea'rd ere thuis, of the Revolution at Tobasco, in favor of' Federalism, which tins in duceil govern ment to declaire aaid.port closed to foreign as well as native shipping, but is' rather puzzled. to- find out how they will keep out thb~rmer, as they hav'e not got a sin gle stea-mer that' thay'c'aii get ready in less than eighteetder twetnty dayd, all-the etn gineers being 'still, as I may say, loafihg on shore and' waiti-ug for their pay, of t which, for sonae months past, they bave I received but a niere' trifle. The Tarif ' question is stid under dis, ~ cussion, or rather been referred-to, a cotm. mittee, hut if they procrastinate as they . generally do; God knows when we shall t get sight of the long ex'piected docy ment and in the meantime the counatry will loose a great deal, as merchants do .not like to ship with so tiiuch uncertainty. I have nothing furt her .of interest, to in form you of at presenl,arid big,to subscribe. myself,-gentlement,very respectfully yours. Aug' 5~. The WVater Witch not satltng 4 yesterday, I open to say that we have no c news fro'm the American Sqnadron, but it is tiauht hero that it will soon appear. c ia is said thgt the troops no*!q the-road to. Texd4 amount- to 10,000 STILL LATBR FR.OM.TEXaf. The- cutter Woodbury Ca Foper which-left Aransas on the'k1, at dGal veston-6u the10th, has just arrived - Major Douelson camef passenget In the Woodburv. Tiship Victdrimad Suvili were to 1eav Arausas -on the 8th. . ThS United States steamer'iarniitj had arrived 'arAaransas in a lealigicon.. dition-so bad that the pumps 'wee going continually to keep her afloat. We have received- he Glvestoniegi of iheieveniug of -the Stih The slop.of war'St. Mary larived at "Galveston-the 7th from Corpus Christi. .There are 100. troops at St. Joseph's Island whereihef are ,binfortabl. situated "Their ulIterior festinatioiiseeftis not to have. been fully determined upon.- . The- Falmouth.wai Jaily expected ii the Gulf Speakin of qexican elecdons. which took placeon ihe Isf inst.. the News says : -3Theresull of the cmrtestforhe es deucy-of Mexico, betwveerfilerreieri som'ez. F-trina. which 'nas to tiake pace o the Ist instani,'wilI be looked -for, -wish onsiderable interosi. Hsfjrera fisidrto iein favor of centralism, and Farios"aas he full confidenceuof the liberjypr;.-' e dvocates the restoration ofI(ie Constitu ion -f.1824. It is said hiv.prospeits.of: uecs's are far the miost favorable. Pos ibly his -electio:, may give foi.Me ico a seri'od of comparative reposefromt h-ip iression and anaehy of a successron of ivil revolutions." - Moiuments to Revolutionary Pabtiots. -The Columbia (S. C.) Chroniele says: lhe ciiizens of Lancaster Distiter.:In his Sta ie, held a mneeting. at. Lancaster . H.. on the 2nd uli., and passed-a: se ies of resolutions proposing to eroct a uitabfi inunument at Buford's-battle * round in that Distric, .to -the memorybof hose gallant, strangers, who undertho ammanaud of Col., Buford. of Virginia, -lt their homes and families fbr the pur-. ose af ai'ding andsh5istg us in our rev lutionary utrugugle for independencei and vho fell in that battle, aS a testimony--of heir regard. Als tA0,o erect a similar one t lJanging Rock -battle gro..ud,. to'the. iteniory of the patriois iho fell -in.:that cion. .,A Committee of olie huindri an-f 3 as - appointed by tire Chairman of the. neetig. ta Ine .slyled the -- Monrmental >imaittee." to receive su'scriptious.and airy otit the lesias.of the meeting. Pearl Water far the-Face.-Put half a onil of Synnish nil sc-ap. scraped very ite, itto half a gallon of boiling water;' kir it well, and lei itrand till cold; Add quart. of rectified spirit of wine and half n ounce of oil of roSemary; stir agains is liquid should he kept in glass phials .l st..pped, anti will be found .o -be -au xcelletA codmetiic. forl removing freckles om the-face, and for improving the a mtplexion. 'A Frenchman having heard- a gentle iaf- maire uie of -the expression."it strikes ie forcibly," s'nd'not being very. well ac-. uninted with the parlance of.John Bull, iortly afterwards introduced the same xpreiidn.. thus in: conversation :.-I do nock me very hard dat dis is de reason,". :c. Fir" Indians fited.-We learn from, ie. Ensiern Clarion, ttant five Indians -ere killed in Neshoba, during the week udinag 12th July. (Jge of-them had killed so ofC his ac'omrades in afight. Thie mar erer w-gsicond-emtied- in death, but allow d to shoot himself, which hre freely did. Lauother Indiani killed his man by a blow imed with a-biltut of wood. The ag ressor in- this instance -*was also put to eath,. makinit altogether five deaths. 'hese uoccurrences .are very rare among lie Indians in our Siote, and we suspect rant .intemperance has been one of the eases of the unfortunate disaster. Movements, of the Britisk.-We learn rom good authority that the British-have * stesam war ship of the largest size laId p at Penetengaishine, abt 200-miles rom: Mackiniack, with a full crew in at rndance, ready to sail her at any mno rient. They have had but one company here until tecenatly. They now have two ull regiments of H ighland Dragoons and ave enlarged ai~td fortified more strongly he :barracks att tisa ptacC. Until .laaely, the British have been- in. de habit of paying our .Itdians annuities. mut our goveranent- protested against it. tid broke it up. Thbiaina have here. >fore lived on Drumnmond's island. Amer. :an 'territory. JBnt now..they have near f all moved to .Manitouline. lslands,-ther ropertf..of Great Britain,. where they, re fed, clothed, and provided with arms y'British offiicers.. - On..bh. Manitouline .Islands there are ow from three to four thousand Indian tarrtors. - Upoan these facts at this time, theresean o tbut one opinion .formed as Jo the.-ulti. ,ato, designa of Gi-eat Britain.-Chicago )emocrat, 7th inst. ; A slave girl of WV. H., Hodgsorn,'of' leorgi'a, was brought hefore.Judge Dew ry, of Northampton, Mass., oc the 17th. tIt, on a writ of Habeus Corpus. She de~ ided to stay with her master.