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- - "We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of onr liberties, and If it Must fal, we will Perish amidst the RlIing." - FJIEI sgfe ela Oouit Xouse, . C-Spe br ,1Mio. 22 IEDGE]FIELD ADVERTISER. - BY W. F. DUtISOE, PROPRIETOR. NEW TERMS. Two DoLLAts and 'FTi CENTs, per alnun, -ifpaid inadvance L-$3 if- not paid within six months from the date of subscription, and S4 if not paid before the expiration of the year. All subscriptions will be continued, unless otherwise ordered before the expira tion of the year; but no paper will be discon tinued.until all arrearages are paidunless at the option- of the Publisher. Any person procuring five responsible Sub' scribersi.shall receive the paper for one year, -gratis. ADVERTsEWENTS conspicuously inserted at 75 cent; per square, (12 lines, or less,)for the rst insertion, and 374 for each tontinuance. Those published monthly. or quarterly, will be charged $1 per square. -Advertisements not having-the number of insert ons marked on them, willrbe continued until ordered out And charged.accordingly.: All communications, post paid ill be prompt ly and strictly attended to. Wholesale & Retail Grocers CORNER CENTRE AND MARKET STREETs, . . HAMBURG,S.C. H AVEsjusi received, and will continue to receive fresh supplies of the following Articles;, which they offer to their friends and the trade, at the lowest market prices: SUGARS. 30'bhds. consisting of St. Croix, Clairfield, Porto Rico and Miuscovada. ALso, Double Relined Loaf,Crushed and Powdered Sugars. COFFEES. 50 bags Old Government Java Coffee, 10 do. Angustura do. 125 choice Rio do. 1 Bale Mocho do. 15 bags Cuba. BAGGING. 100 pieces Heavy Dundee. 44 to 45 inch. 250 do. Kentucky,(heavy) 44- to 45 in. 50 do. Tow, 45 inch 125 do. Gunny, 24.per yard, 45 to 47 in. 100 do Georgia Corolina, 44 to 45 in. ROPE 300 coils Kentucky Rope 50 do Mandila, - do 50 do. Jute . do. MOLASShS 20 hhds. Trinidad Molasses S25 bbls. New'Orleans. do IRON 50,000 pounds fron, of all sizes. Also, a good assortment of Hoop and Band Iron, Gerianan Caster & Cast Steel. -BACON & 6ALT. 30,000 Prime Country Sides. 2,000 Sack.s Salt, 5 do Table Salt Doxes Table Salt. CHAIRS. 10 dozen I Maple Chairs 25 do Wiidsur do 10 do Cane Sear, 2 do Childrefis, do 2 do Boys,- do 2 do Offices, do 2 do Rocking, do 1 do Nurse. do BL ANKE TS. 2 bales 9.4 Blankets 3 do 10-4 do (weighing 7 lbs. to the pair) A good assortment of Bed Blankets from JO-4 to 12 4. NEGRO CLOTHS. 1,000 yds. Washington Jeans (heavy,) 1000 do. Coventry Plains. NAILS. 100 Kegs, (assorted Sizes) SHOT. 150 Bage, assorted Sizes POWDER. 30 Kegs IPF Dupont's Powder . 10 do Blasting do 20 do Eagle,Sporting, do -WHITE LE AD. 5000 lbs pure No. 1, N. Y. Union Mills White Lead. TE AS. 50 Boxes Teas. Consisting of' gun pow der, Hyson-and Imperial 6 Cases (attee'5, - 1 Chest Black Tea " - LiME. 200 Bbls. fresh Rock Lime. Also-Plaster Paris. - AL S Or Ginger, Pepper. Spice, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Indigo, Salipetre. Blue tstone. Copperas. ShoeThread, Snuti, Cotton & Wool Cards, Brass Bound Buckets, Painted Buckets, Tubs, Churns, Keelers. Willow Wagons and Cradles. Washboards, Cocoa Dippers, Clothes Pins, Brooms. Wonden Bo'wis, Wash Stands, Bellows. Rakes, Scytthe Sneeds, Coffee Mills,Soap,Talk.w & Sperm Candles, WagonBoxes, Measures, Saddle irons, Windorr Glass, Starch, Pistols, To. bacco, (zrindstoneu, Osnaburgs, T wine, Cas tings, Boots, Shoes, Wool Hats,RiceClothes Baskets, .Almonds, Bearskins, Mackerel, Mustard, Fifth Chains, Lamp Oil; a choice article of Chewing Tobacco; Vinegar, Bexes, C Cider, Baryel Covers, Cod Fish, Plough Mloulds, Sole Leather, Nankeens, Choco late, &c., &c. WANTED-10.000 lbs. BEES WAX, for Swhich cash will be p aid. - Hamburg, July 23. tf 25' * Notice. ISbhereby given that application will be .1made at the next sitting of the Legis. Jature to naake a public road, of the road eading from the five notch to Moore' road. July 9 3m 2 To Rent. (JNE or Two of the most desirable .Store Rooms in the village ot Edge field, suitable for'Dry Goods, Merchant Tailor, Grocery or Drug Stores. Posisession given immediately. M. FRAZIER. rly, !nfe - 27 EDGEFIELD BEAT COk FANY. ATTENTION! YOU will appear on yourcompany mustet ground on Friday the 5th Septembernext, for instruetion and drill,arme.d.and equipped:as the law directs. Air election will be held at the same time and -place, for Colonel of the -7th Regiment. to fill -the va cancy occasioned by the, resignation of Louis T. Wigfall. Lieuts. Covar and Bland will assist-in matiaging the election. All other orders are hereby countermanded. By order of Capt C. A. M EIGS, J..CoHn, Orcrly Serjeant. 6t 27 H EAI) QARTERS, 7:T RF.., S. C. M.. July 23d, 1245. Orders No. N pursuenee of-orders from Brigadier General :Bradley, -an Election will -be hid on Friday the 5th -September next, for a Colonel to.commandthie 7th - Regiment. to fill the vacancy occasioned by the*.resignation of Col. L. T. .Wifall. Each Captain or- commissioned officer of a company in the 'Regirient, will put up at com pany rendezvous a notice ofsaidelection. and order to his assistance on the day of election, two of his subaltern officeas,' who shall open aid hold a poll at such company rendezvous. I from 11 A. M. to 3 o'clock, P. M., and one, or more of the managers at each muster ground will meet at the Old Wells on the day follow ing to count the votes, and trinsmnit a certifi. cate statement to the Brigadier Goneral. By order of SAMUEL POSEY, Lieutenant Col.. commanding7th Itegiment. J. D.- Mits, Adjutant. , - July 30, Q 27 Brouight to the Jaal OF this Dimrict. a Negro mnan wh6 says hisname is WILLIAM. and that he he tongs to James Millhouse of Barnwell Dis trict. S. C. Said Negro is about five feet six inches high, dark complexion, and be tween thirry-six and thirty-eight years of age. He has a scar on his forehead, and also one on his breast. The owner is regnie-ted to comeforward, prove propert5. pay charges and take him anvay, or he will he dealt with according to law. C. H. GOODMAN, Jailor. July 30 if 27 Brosught to the Jail OF this Dis-trict, a Negro man, who says his name is DANIEL, and that he lie lo"n*-o John Rockenbaker of Barnwell, S; '. Siid Negro'irilioifve'set 6f inches high. dark complexion.and betweeti 22 and 25 years of age. He has a scar over his left eye. The owner is requested to come forward, prove poperty. pay charges and take him away, or be will be dealt with according to law. C. H. GOOD.M AN,.Jailor. July 30, tf 27 Brought to 'he Jail. O F this District. a negro-mao who says his name is WASHINGTON, and that he belongs to Mr. I.emuel White, who he says lives near New-Market, Abbeville District,8 C, Said fellow is about fivo feet one or two inches high. and between 21 and 22 years of ago. and light complected; he has a scar on ins neck. The owner is reqnested to come forward, prove property. >ay charges and take him away, or lie will I: dealt with according to law - C. I. GOODMAN Jailor. Augustt27. tf 31 Bron.-ht to the Jail O F this Disttct. a negro man who says his name is ELI HU, and that he belongs to Mr. William Davis,of Effingham county, Ga., living within twenty-three miles of Savannah. Said fellow is about five high, !ight complex ion, and between 20 and 21 years of age. No scars or marks perceivable. He says his owner bonght him from a speculator. The owner is reqtwsted to~ come forward, prove property. pay charges and take him away, or he will he dealt with according to law. C. H. GOODMAN,-Jailor. August, 27 . tf 31 j'HE undersigned respectfully iniforms his friends, that he has resumed the Manufac tore of COTTON GINS, and flatters himself from his Iong ex perience in tbe business as ma ker ofthe celebrated Jons a Gitns, to receiye a share of their patronage. He deem it useless to accompany this notice with a long list of certificates of recommenda tion, as to the Capacity of his Gitns. when he cart assure the~m that out of near 1500 Gins made by himself not one have been condemned or returned. His Gitis are of' thie best mate rials atnd warratnted. Attach ed to the Saws is a Mote Cle'ane-r, and experience has pr ,yen it to be a valuable addition, us it keeps all the motes of anty size from passing thirough with the Cotton. 'lie Brush Whetel has also tin dergonec cont efmrable alterationi. Upon the' whole, his Gits need only to be teated to be highly appreciated. Planiters can be assured that no Gins will leave his Shop without the Saws and Ribs having been examined and set by himself alone, anid respectfully solicits a call from them before they purchase elsewhere., H. ODEN. 'tent. Opposite Sftoaal o Simm~on's Ware Hounse. N. B. REPA1RrwG done otn moderate terms. Augusta,Ga..July I *6:t 2~3 i50tice. A LL Persons indebted to the Estate of John D. Raiford, late of this District, are re quested to make immediate payment, and all having any demands against the maid Estate will hand them in, according to law, by the 25th of December tnext, at which time the suibscri ber desires to close up the Estate. ELIJA H WATSON. Adu'r. Apr il9m 11 We 're authorized to announce GaosGiE JSetrranD as a candidate for the office of Tax Collector, at the next election, Dec.95 t f 48 Plantation for Nale. y H E Subscriber offers t;or sale his valuable . Plantation, situated outStepiien's Greek in bgefield District, aid about 10 .niles above Hamburg. The-iract contains five hundred and filty acres, of as good. well timbered land as any-on the Creek and is well adapt ed' 1o Corn, Cotton and sinall grain. About two hundred and sixty acre3 are cleared and in cultivation. The situation is as healthy as any in the District and the water is excellent. A reusonable indul gence will -be given, with Note and ap proved security. Persons wishing to -pur chasecan call and examine for them selves. If not previously disposed of, the above Plantation will be sold on u ednesday the 3ra of September next, at my place of residence, on Stephens Creek. JOSEPH LLOYD. Allay 7 1m2ta. 15 Notice. OTICE is hereby giien that- application will be made to .the next Legslature of the Stase of South Carolina, for a renewall of the Charter granted by that body to Henry Shultz and Lewis Cooper, dated 17th December 1813, authorizing them to build a Till Bridge across the Savannalt River. frot' this State te the city-of Augusta. Staie of Georgia, at theit own labor and expense, with such a deduction of toll as the change of time and the improve ment of %he country will justify. HiNRY SIIULTZ. Hamburg, S. C., July 17 tf 27 Notice, T H $Eubscriber hereby gives public no tice, that lie intends petitioning the next session of the Legislrture of the State of Suth Carolina, to grant him an exclusive charter for a Ferry over .:aluda. River, near the Island Ford. at the jiuetion of the Districts of Edge field, Abbeville, Laurens and Niewberry. H also gir as notice. that lie intetids to olpposa the application of Mr. J.- W. Payne for- a charter at the same place. JAMES S. POPE. July 30 4tm 27 JNotgce. PU3LIC Notice is iereby given that appli caion wdll be made to the next Legisla ture, it declare Thomas Creek a public high way, and to prevent obstructions to the free navigation thereof. July 30 4tm. 27 CARRIAGE 1IAKING ,tiseubscribers-r. spectfuirty-infrnto their friends and the public generally. that they are cuirrying on the CARRIAGE MAKING BUSINESS, in all its branches, a- the old stand near Pottersviue, where they are fully prepared for doing all kinds of work in their line. with neatness and despaich, and at prices to suit the times. They feel thankful for past favors. and hope by constant assiduity and strict attention to busine-ss. to merit a liberal share of their patronage. C. M I 'CHELL, L. HILL. July 2 'tl 23 P. S. Wagon work and all kinds of Blacksmithing done at the customary pri ces. Al & H Positively -the Last Notice. A LL Persons having demn nds against the Estate of John Cheathami, Sen. deceas e , are requested to present them properly at tested within the time prescribed by law, and those who do not avail themselhes with this op. portunity will not be paid. GUTHERIDGE CHEATHAM, March 4 ly 5 Execxtor JVO TIC E. A LL Persons indebted to the Estate of C. D. Blackstone, late of the District, ate reqtiested to make payment by the 1st of De cenmber, and all having anty demands against the Estate will hand them in according to law, by the above time-at wvhichu timte the subscriber desires to close the estat TH98. B.REE8E, Executor .Agus 3m 28 SURGICAL IIVFIRRTARY. I shall be ready to receive Patients hy the lut of next month. (August.) The Infirmary is sitnated near the Georgia Rail Road Depot, and can accomtmodate from four to eight white, and from ten to twenty black patients. A good nurse will be in attetndance at all times. dn~y and night.. No charge uciU bec madc' for- board. nursing !irc., biut te~r surgical attendance and operations, the usanl fee will be required. Dumrinte the h'-cture muothls, viz: from No v'ember to Mairchi."feach year, patienits ainable to pay will he received. 'itrsed, aend otieratedl upon by atny member of the Facuilty. free of expe~. f -PAUL F. EVE. .I1. D., Professor ofSurgery. in the Medical Colleg .fGeorgia. ge Augtista. July 30 3m* 27 State of South Carolina. BARN WELL DITRICT. ST ILLIAM J. NIXSON. who is now in-the custody ofti, .'heriff of Bairnwell Dis trict, by virtue of a Writ of r'apias ad Satis faciendum, at tbhe tnit of L. W. Baites, having petitioned the Honorable the Jtiues of the Court of Common Pleas. that lie may be ad mitted to the benefit of the Acts of the General Assembly, made for the relief of Insolvent Debtors. It is therefore ordered, that the said L. Wv. Bates, and all others to whom the said Pe titionier is in any wise indebted, be, and they are hereby summoned, and have untice to appear before the said Judges at the said Court. to be holdetn at Barnwell. oni the fourih Monday in Octobernext. to shew canse-, ifany they can. why the said Petitionier should not have the prayer of his petition gratited. Office of Comnmon Pleas, - Barnwell C. H.. l4th July.'45 ORASMUS D. ALLEN, e~. c. r. Jntly2' -sot 27. AiSCELLANIEOUS. TH& UNITED STATES A CON TINENT. Coming -events are said to cast their shadows .before. Is not this the case in relation to thie vast and almost indefinite expansion of our republic of confederated States, blended into one mighty nation for great and common purposes, and yet pre :serving - their: separate idemity in refer ence to local and domestic affairs? When we emerged from our colonial state. thio' a war of revolution, peril and suffering, into the triumphant condition ol national independ'ence, we numbered but Thirteen States with-a population o( but three millions,- and owned a territory encom passed by the stormy Atlantic on the East,.the-father of rivers on wne W est, the -great, Lakes.on the North. and a foreign power ..o the South, bordering on the MexicauiGulf and commanding the mouth of the Mississippi, the great outlet of our .Western coriunerce lu less tnan seven ty years witi iWhat giant strides hav we marched to strength and greatness! Our Northern '_d Eastern boundaries re itaining asabhey were, in the great out lines .simpredied by the hand of nature, the acquisitiif- of Louisiana and Florida, obtainedby peaceful negociation and pur cnase, has g n us the monthi of the Mis sassippi, and the secure natural bunudary of-the Gulfi f Mexico; and both man time. discovey and exploration by land audriver haveyielded us a title io transcend the tocky - Mountains and claia- the vast Pacific as our Western bounilary. Re cent _ngocia iton, too, has added to our al ready vast Oomaiu the fair and fertile plains o. Je30s. peopled with those who are bono of our bone and flesh of our flesn, our kindred and brethren in blood and iustitutions. The original number of our-.. sister repuulics-the glorious old i hirteeu-whicn blazed tn emblematic and starry eillgence ou our revolutionary banner; are:oIbre than doubled in number -our territory has . xpanded in yet larger ratio, unil laved by !%vo oceans, and as well by the great Southurn gull. as the vast inlandareas of the Noirn-and our population his s5.ollen, it sevenfold in crease, fromlhree to perhaps twenty one, millions! Uirresponding, too, has b, en our- gro rW Althe elepe 131 A quhile coloies of England now rank in the national scale with 'he mightiest pow ers of the earth, and will not shun a corn pariSOD with the mother country, from whirh they wrested their indepe..deice. Our population continues to increase in a scale of progression unexampled in the history of the~ past, and new States con tiutually crowd on the field and heighten the lustre of our star spangled hannet. Blessed, too, are we with a political con stitution, framed with such profmund Wis d11m and skill, that it seems capable of expansion, in well balanced rule, over at least all contiguous territory-being so ad - mirably construccted and exquisitely pois ed that, according to Mr. Jefferson, every new State added to our republican fani ly at once increases our national power and wields the more securely our national Union-as, to use his own idea, in case of domestic dissension there will only be the greater number of sound States to face the disaffected ones. Who then can set boundi to out territorial expansion, short of the continent on which our des. tiny is cast-what earthly power shall say to us "so far shalt thou go and no far. ther," within that ample areta! Coming events cast their shadows before! Louisi ana is ours, Florida is ours, Texas is ours, the Oregon must be ours, inunidated, in the course of nature, by the advanicing. tide of our population. lilexico threatens a war, which will piovoke, if not invite her annexation-Canada will in due sea son fall like ripe fruit into our lap-aus all the rest will then follow of course, till the Isthmus of Darien form our eqluinoc tial and the Arctic Sea our polar bounda ry. Cotmiog events cast their. shadows before! Time was when our republic. although far short of her nw colossal proportions, was deemed already too vast and unwieldy for One government-when it waS thought the far west would atu rally and necessarily flake off an form and independent empire-or when at le-asethe national capitol must tower on the Mis souri instead ol the Potomta, to prevent our overgrown republic from brieaking in to tragmnents- All such fears and apecu* latious are now as a tale that is told, as a legend of 'lie past. The disc'overy and appheaiion of thet uses of steam-the im ven'mion o1 the steamboat, the railwvay and locomotive-to say nothing of 'atmos pheric pressure and elect rnmagnetic pow er, pregnlami with *mighty isques-and above all thie inivention f the mnagnetic telegraph. dble to flash-intelligence with lie speed of lightning,1from ocean to ocean and pole to isthmus-literally annihilating distance, and brmngmtg .very part of our vast Fepublic practically into juxia posi tion-seem to be the appointed means anid applianced in the hands of a wonder working Providence, to effect, th,- expan sion of our repubie, ntil the whole 4:on tinent of North America shiall rejoice in our free intstitution, and form~ one vast and enlightened nation-destined perhaps to plt miightty atnd a blessed part in that millennial consummration, devoamly to be wishe.d. when unmversal shall tie the reign of peace on earth and good will towards men.-Courier, 2Sik~ inst. Nonn are so deaf as those who will not ba. Frorn the St. Augustine News, 8th inst INDIAN LOSSES. It will be gratifying to many of our readers to learn that the first Assembly of the State of Florida, after due delibera tion as to the proper mode of securing to such of our citizens, who are sufferers by the Indian var, passed a preamble and resolutions, which we publish herewith, for the information of all concerned, *ith the hope that something will speedily be done to relieve the distresses of that class of our citizens. To the Honorable the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the United State in Congress assembled : - The Senate and House of Representa tives, of ttie State of Florida. convened at their first session, under the new organ ization of the Territory as an indepen dent member of the Union. regard it as one of the earliest and most important of he duties dev-11ved on them, to call the attention of Congress to the losses sustain i-d by the inhabitants of the country, dlu ring the late cruel and desolating Semi nole war. and to their just claims for in demnification from the Government for hese losses, which accrued ibrough the neglect of the federal authority, (seasona bly warned, though it was of approaching nvils, and earnestly petitionsd on the sub ect,) to afford them at the contimence nent of the Inditn hostilities, that ade juate protection, which as dependents on ts guardianship and care, they had been ed to look for. and had the.right to espect The Legislature of Florida, therefore, aving adopted and unanimously passed :he following Preamble and Resolotions, n relation to this subject, nerewith sub nit them to your honorable body, and -espectfully and earnestly request your at ention to, and favorable consideration of he same. Whereas, the Government of the tJ. 3iates, having, in pursuance to a general olicy, long since adopted, of concentra ing the Indians under its control; and lot with any view to the interest, or at he instauce of the people of Florida, un lertaken the removal of the Serniole and ither tribes of Indians, asiociated with hem from the Territory. first by treaty mnd then by military furce. so tvholly, in ompttent, as to involve both itself and the onhabiants of the county in protracted :ostilitiee with these Indians, which re 1i-t -.ieloss of umeruts lives and e es ruc ton e o'n61A prope y of the unfortunate people, in ravor of vthose rights, an appeal is here made - an ippeal wbih, where the will is united to he power ot doing justice, as we believe t will be on the present occasion, cannot we preferred in vain. Be it therefore Resolced. That the Ged ral Governmnent. as the guardian and 7rotector of the Territories. aud as the cause, however unwitttngly, of the losses iustniued by the inhabitants of Florida, luriug the late Indian war, is bound by !vsry consideration of justice and tight, o take the necessary measures to ascer ain the am.'unt of these losses, and to 11ake provision for their reimbursement utd liquidation, at as early a period as his can be conveniently done. Resolved, That the readiest mode of fl'ecting this just and equitable object, Would be the passage of a law by Con 1ress for the appointment of a board of -omtnissiouers to set in Florida; to take estimony in relation to the losses incurred; o ascertain the nature and extent of the tame. and report upon the subject i 4uch manner and at such time at Congress may direct. Resolved. That in the Opinion of this Legislature, the atmount of the losses will probably fall far s1,'art of the estimates hitherto mact utn the subject, and would be covered 'oy a sum quite in the power of the Government to pay without incon venijenee to the national treasury. Resolved-, That there is reason to be lieve that death and other causes have al ready removed beyond the hope of me covery, much of the prof which at an early period existed in ample abundance to estnblrsh the nature and amount of in dividual losses in the late war, and that the only method by which the losses can be secuired against a further deprivation of .the chance of authenticating their claims, is to be looked for irr the per petua tion of such restimony in support of them as is still spored and wvithin the reach of the claimrants; and to .-fcr this desirable and all impuortaut end, as well as to pro tect the Government against spurious and fraudulent demands. 'the spe.edy appoint memt of a .Bkard of Comnmissioners, such as if he-rein suggested, is. indlispensahl) atnd .-specially ne-cessary. Resolved, That our.Senators and Rep resentati'es in Congress be, and h.ereby are reqoested and enjoined iio lay this rep resentation before the bodies to which they respectively belong, and to urge the stub ject upon their efficient and favoring no tice. with their uttmost ability, and all the zeal its importance demands. From th~e Courier. 20th inst. NA T U ALIZ ATION. The laws for naturalizitng citizens ought to be collected and condensed into one, and not scat tered, as they now are, over the legislative annals of forty years. To find out how long a foreigner must reside in the Utnited States, and what eeremonies he must perform befure he can be enrolled as a citizen. ie not only nuprob lem to the foreigner himself, but a mnyste ry undeveloped to many a lawyer- and Court tbrou-"sot1 the country. Inst8a--d.,in. o.;...ur ffre,..ners be I ing admitted.to the rights. of American citizenship, who have failed to comply with'the requisitions of the law, and fre quently without the imputation- of blam either upon the- petitioners or the Courts which so admit them Indeed, when we consider how many of these requisitions appear (or lurk), in strange and irrelevant statutes, our won der is great that either labor or Bcident should ever have exposed these secret en actments to the eye of the curious. The law, in general. requires a residence of five years in the United States, 'and a public notice two years previous to. hi, application, before an alien can be admit ted a citizen. But the law also requires this residence of five years to be continu ous, insomuch that an accidental visit to a foieigu country will'iYtierrupt the period of probation. and he who has so afrayed, must begin again, and spin ouf the thread of five years. so that it shall have no flaw. This provision of the law, forbidding a threigner who is qualifying himself for admission to citizenship to leave the terri tory within five years next preceding his application, is not to be found among the Naturalination Laws.' but under an act of Congress passed for " the Regulatio: ot Seamen." An Irish Clergyman, who has beer living in Charleston eight years, .but utn. fortunately visited Canada last summer, was lately applying for the rights of citi zenship.- I told him that he mnust wait fnur years more, as he had violated an acf of Congress.- "What act ?" 'replied ie, in astonishment. -The Seaman's Act;" I returned. ' 0 no." said he, with a quizical look. "tell it to the marines, the clergy won't belave ye. You would'nt adopt mne as a sailor, would ye?"? I had to -assure him, however, that it was no joke, that tho clause referredfto iti the Seanran'd Act was general, obligatory upon all foreigners, and without even ben eut of clergy. %hether the term of five years - resi denca is long enouhh or nor,. I will not now discuss But enough has been said to show that these laws require revision ; and that when Congress legislates upon par ticular classes of men, it ought at least to apprize them of' the fact by giving to iti laws a proper caption and address. .A CITIZEN. Another case of Mesmerism.-The N. Haveo44erald- publishes a. -commuica - tion which describes'the painless extrac tion of a tooth from a lady who had beer put into a mesmeric sleep. Iere is the story r "After Miss Perry had undergone her test upon clairvoyance, &c., Mrs. - a lady well known to many of our citizens, iook the chair, and in the coarse of twen ty minutes was put to sleep by Mr. St. Luke. Whereupon, Mr. Wm. *G. Man son, the well known Dentist in this city, commenced the operation of lancing the gums, after which the instrument was ap plied with considerable force, but to no purpose, the tooth being a mere stump, imbeded in the gum. Lance after lance. and tug after tug, was administered to the tune or time of twenty-seven minutes,. ere the stubborn tenant was extracted ! Yes, Messrs. Editors, twenty-seveu min utes elapsed before the operation was completed-during which time the lady neither twinged, groaned, sighed, or moved a Tiustle! much to the sutprise of an as tooshed and gratified audience. This is a fact, and injustice to the sciece and all concernud, I relate this, leaving to others who witnessed the same, to say or make what comments they may <eem fit." The editor of ;he Herald adds to this statement: " We have no doubt of the truth of' id ~ above, and from our first view of experi meots tis mesmerism, we have trot had a douht that sensibility could be suspended in the way described." "P. 8.-Since putting the above in type, we have received a statement from Messrs. Win. Storer and Elihu Mix,'(a committee on the part of the audience) . a ho corroborate in every particulsr all that is that is stated tiy W. G. Also, a certifieate from Dr. Munson to th'e same effeet. These are all gentlemen well knowa'in' New Haven as -men of character and - standing. Prom Santa Fe and Chiaudiua.-T he steamer Amaranth arrived- at Sr. Louis on the 13th inst. from Independence with' Edw.JI. Glasgow, Mr. Roussi, and several other Santa Fe' and Chihuahua traders; they arrived at Independence on the 9th mnst. in the remarkably short time of 26. days from Santa Fe and 46 from,. Chihua hua; their company cotnsisted of forty men and ten wagons. Mr. Glasgow hroughr in $25,000. in specie, and Mr. Roussi $U5-,000. They bring no niews of importance from the Mexican country. Patrnot, August, 25. Sudden Death.--We understand that Capt. Reuawn James, of this District, died very suddenly on Saturday lass. Hewas a Delegate to the. Tyger. River Baptist. Association,-at that time in'session~eigh teen miles above this place, was atte'nding to his duties as one ofa-Commit tee, alpa rently in perfect health, when he fell back upona seat, andin Jess'than five muinutes he was a corpse ! It is supposed theocautso of his death was soine disease of thie hear;. -Mountaneet Beautiful is the love, and sweet the kiss ofja sister-but whten you hav'nt a sister handly, try your consin--tisn,t a grata,ln warse.