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Fro the N 0. Picayii|301i4ult. THE NEWS FROM MEX at The news by the New Or ns, which It Will he found in detail i ur columns to- tr day, is the most ous and .consistent -s that we have cived for:many we .is ' It is now longer doubtful tha.t eb. ai Scott' narch upon the capital will' le a d' uted with so inconsiderable determi- m nation-for Mexicans It is supposed w that he will be fisted, in force, at three w - several p between Puebla and Mexi- e7 '* . - co. - .ba anta Anna has succeeded in getting [j to the windward of his enemies. He has , - ' "' collected a'-force, formidable at least'in numbers, and it is said, contrived6'o have s, 'himself made t)ictatora-upon ahe condi- b tion that he will refusp to' make peace. I 'r- .Those generals'and di taries who were a opposed- to him, r were suspected of t< lukewarmness, -in 'his cause, ,have been a - impisoned sent to distant provinces in a exile. sway, it would seem, is es- b tablishd upon as firm a basis as the pow- c o get rid of his enemies without restraint e can furnish. C All accounts agree in stating that the a utmost activity prevails in the different armories and foundries in Mexico-that ej cannons are being cast with rapidity that shells, round shot and other missiles are turning out in abundance, and that men are collecting in large bodies to fill r up the rank and file of the army. The people it is said, have been aroused and Santa Anna employs the intervals between the composition of high-sounding procla- t mations in the more soldier- hke and seri- t ous business of preparing .substantial de fences of the seat of government. As a means of keeping in power, despite the i foreboding complexion of such returns of the votes of the States as have been re ceived, Congress, no doubt through his procurement, have passed a law to the effect that their successors shall meet on -:=" the 1st of January next, and the vole for President shalt be' counted on the 15th of that month. Whatever may be said of Santa Anna's conduct in battle, he has certainly a wonderful -knack of raising armies and recovering from apparently bopeless reverses. The complaints in the army of the tardiness in receiving reinforcements and necessary transportation are universal. Had these needful supplies of men and means been forwarded with- becoming despatch, it is conceded on all hands that Gen. Scott would ere this have taken possesitin of the Mexican capital without meeting serious resistance. Now it is doubtful when be will again make a for ward movement. The 16th inst. was the day appointed to advance from Puebla, but such were the preparations of the - ,enemy to receive him, that he was com pelled to delay his march until reinforce ments arrived. The guerrillas, too, are becoming bolder i in their attacks upon bodies of men moving along the road. Indications of obstinate resistance are rife from every quarter, nor t ..ean any presage of peace be drawn from i .any source unless there be comforts in the t adageR "the darkest hbur of the night is < Just before day." From the N. O. Delta, 1st inst. _ 7EN..SPOTT'S ADVANCES in: Scott's dsition'a very perilous and embarrassed one. We have passed tihroiigh severer crisis, yea e psserdar ier, ad scaedmore dangerous preci-. Apices, than those which lie in the path of " our army from Puebla to the city of Mex-C ico. When several of our papers, last winter were filled with the most gloomy forebodings, and the most utter despair, on account of Santa Anna's advance with a large army, against Gen, Taylor's little Spartan band, and our conquests on the Rio Grande were given up as lost, we held firmly and confidently to the hopet and belief that American courage, would e prove superior to the crisis.--And are we 0 flow to be frightened at such old women's a stories as those detailed, respecting the ardor and enthusiasm of a people whoh with a population of 200,000,are compelled n to send off hundreds of miles for naked P Indians. to fight their battles ?. And, l'or- r~ sooth, they are casting cannon and making ~ 'balls, they are throwing up entrenchments and digging ditches-but what of all that? These preparntions wvill give spice and e incentive to the valot- of our men. Mexi. ~ can prowess is no more to be dreaded in. E the defence of the Capital. that it was on the field of Buena Vista,and on the heightsC of Cerro Gordo. Indeed, the men who fought those battles, were of far betterd - niaterial than those which can be rallied ,rt in their effeminate Capital, Thfey fought C too, under the most favorable circumstan ces-in the one case with greatly superior numbers, and in the other with great ad- ' vantages of position. Bunt nowv they have ! defeuded a city which lies otn a level and * exposed plateau-a city embracing a large 9 6 area-and which couitd not he successfully defendod with less than two hundred can non. WVhere are'tho cannon ? We hoar ofmligof chumrch blsinto cannon, hu t o wre believe this is all Mexican gasconade. If the Church has mnade this sacrifice-int . Aexico a very set-ions otto-it is certainly t the first they have made for this war. But if the cannon are there, where are thes soldiers to man thein ? W~hcre are their -artillerist. Their experienced officers? ? -Thiej are nearly all exiled'from the Capi. n~ tal, or under . arrest. The patriotic andr honest Bravo htas beern sent northwa'rd; the *- chivalrous and able Alniobie is in prison; ; the cunning' and capable Amnpudia has been sent, nder guiard, to Chernavaca; Pinzoti is on parole; Lombardini is nur sinig his wounds and his ire against Santa Ti. Anna, at San Luis Potosi; Minon moves b. - 'within prison bounds; Valiencia lives in bhi - quiet at his hacienda, cultivating the arts ne of peace; Canalize satisfies his valor by lf - - ~ writing magnanimous and high-swvelling. - leiters ard orders.-Nearly all the promi- se rnent military men of Mexico have retired b or have, been driven from the service. tht They have lost all confidence in the gen eralship of Santa Atina. He wvas never eui co~nsidered'hby the professional roldiers of fro the eo.tratsy, as a very capable soldier ini cit -thie field. Hislaite op~erationis have given bet such stronge onirnmation to these opinions, wil that they openly and publicly declare their rav stemtori\ s mil y guslincaIions. educed to a few experienced officers, id a rabble my of militia and wil idians expects to prevent th n ance of Gen. Scott into the *CapJ ; and Mme of our own, people thinl, at' there -ground for apprehensio and fear on codit'of our army, in rching against city thus defended. ever were fears ore baseless. ott will leave Puebla ith 12,000 the best troops that ever ent fort o battle; he will have veterad. per' ced officers, complete and effective ery, abundant supplies, and, what is ore than all, he will have men "in whose )cabulary there is no such word as fail.'t The Mexicans will, no doubt, make a and before they yiel-. up their Capital, it it will be a weak one. Their dreaded 'LaLs, with their wild looks, long knives ad bows and arrows, will carry no terror the souls of our men. Their barbarous rms and warfare will prove of little avail gainst the big guns of our artillery, the ayonets of our infantry, and the resistless arges of our cavalry. Gen. Scott will ater their Capital with less difficulty than ortcz experienced three hundred years go, 'l E NIGHT AFTEtTIlE BATTLE OF BUENAVISTA. The night of the 23d of February last, as one of most intense anxiety to the articipators in the bloody fight of Buena iista. After twelve hours of obstinate ighting, with the final result yet unknown, othing but "water having passed te lips of hose gallant men fur the last twelve hours be flower oft heir respective corps dead ag rounded, and the certainty of a renelral; if the onslaught the next day, it is hard-t: magiie a period more calculated tp "try neu's souls" than that night. After the essation of the fight, came the lassitude uperinduced by the extraordinary excite nent of the day ; men fell exhausted, and ivouacked in line-"the weary to rest nd the wounded to die." The depression if physical energy was so great that teither hunger nor danger could incite hem ; that bloody field was at 8 o'clock as ilent as the grave. It can only bu sur nissed what were the feelings of that great old man," upon contemplating the esults of that day's work. No officer ought repose, and the camp fires, which n other-occasions had been the scene of est and merriment, were now still, and he deep anxiety depicted on the faces of he various groupes of ollicers, impressed you with a solemnity, a foreboding of ill hat was truly painful. All eyes were urned ever and anon to ,the tent of one ipon whom all their -hopes were placed, ut not a light, not a movement could be liacerned. ;The occasion made that single eat an object of intense solicitude. Some wondered if he was alone ; others would tave given their early wealth to have mnown the thoughts, the-hopes, the wishes he intentions of the old hero; but all was lark and silent as the tomb. Capt. L., if the Topographical Engineers, had visi ed the battle ground at night. He had riade some discoveiies he thought impor ant to be communicated immediately to ommander-in chief. On approaching the eneral's quarters, be overtook his servant rho had been attending to his master's avalry, and inquired if the "old man" vas alone and awake, "I spec he fast n , a TI reckon iou orn't see de old hos''fore 4 o'clock in he morning'. Listen, you hear him snore Lean out here." When -the captain made eport of this last reconlnoisance, joy and atisfaction were dif'used through the amp. They knew that all was safe. Gens. Taylor's Farm.-A Correspon eat of the New York Evening Post sag s: "Trwonty-five or thirty miles above latchez, a gentleman wsgood enough, Spoint out to us the principal estate of en. Taylor. It extends along the river ree or four nalles, and seems to consist of icellent land, and to be kept in good rder. The general's servants were fully live to the recently earned fame of their nster, for on passing a cluster' of their uts, a considerable detachment of them, ale and female, rushed out, at sight of ir blue coated recruits, and gave them a und of cheers. wthich boomted over the ater with fine effect,'" Gen. Taylor and the Indianians at Bu ta 'ista.-Srgeon Chamberlain, in a cent letter to the editor of the Stunday ews, relates the following'incident, as ustrative of the power and influence of en. Taylor- over the troops under his mnmand. During thu retreat of the In anians, Gen. T1aylor, riding up to tno ar of the retiring regiment thus address I them: "Men-Soldiers-1Fellow countrymen! ! fought for you and our country before in were born. I fought fori you wvhen u were boys. ,I have fought for you ace you wvere men. Now 1 want you to I ht a little while for- me. Will you do "H- uzza for old Zack ! Turn out ! To e djath for old Zack !" was shouted by ore han two hundred of the gallant feI ws, (for such they subsequently proved cmselves,) who immediately rallied uan r an officer, andI fought bravely during e rst of the engagement. We notice by a late number of the ttillo Picket Guard-that the "Hoosiors" tve there perfectly absolved of all blame( the general opinion prevailing in the e ny. it was not the want of bravery in , a en, but ill contrived directions for 3 ir retreat, which brotught utpon thema iterrible disasters in the face of which ~ y were ct first loth to rally. r C iliary Posts on the route to Oregon. 0 government has determined to osta sh to stations br military posts on tho f] Io to Oregon; the first to be located hi ir Green .Island, where the road to Ca- d rni encounters j'latta River; and the nd at or'near Fort Laramiie. The a talion raised in Missouri is to garrison g se posts. . i 7'he Telegrap.-The Charleston Mer- *l3 'y, of the 25th inst., snys-By a letter " n the colitractor to a gentlenian ini this ii ,, we learn that the posts are all erected a ween Raleigh and Fayetteville and -g I be all tip from the latter place o Che ~the 4th of July.-Con. *' .:c= N 0 P w 1 a e ER FROM TIQ ;ARMY OF d GEN, SCOT e The schooner Iona Capri Stevens, ar- d ived yesterday morningofrom Vera Cruz, i Lnd in a few hours aftervai'ds thesteam- s hip New Orleans, Capt. A't caie in. ['he latter left Vera Cru ' lion 25th I net., and brings us letters o tfha'25th, and I tapers of the 24th. On&4tOe red and 1 ifty-six discharged soldiers:i ahesmsters I :ame over on the 'New rl -"'' Our dates from thesarmo A Scott, it Puebla are to the 14iliT gTie im- f nediate advance of t1t ,r ipon The :ity of1Mexico has a p until he arrival of reinforcemente . ile rumor f which has, been so generaI- circulated broogh the city that he hdarived with- I n twenty-live miles of the' of-..Mexic6, Is ithout foundation A rumor reache ra ti'on the night of the 24th inst: that Gen, tCadwala ler's command had fallen in with a guer. rilla party a few miles beyoudJolapa, and by a movement uaperceivedVIfytheiuer-V1 rilleros, succeeded in surprising/'them and killing about thirty of them, without losilg a man. Other letters have been :received in sown as to this affair of Gen.^ Cdwallader which represeets it to have'ocuirdd 'near La Hoya, about eleven miles-6ieyond Ja lapa. -Thu surprise of the Mexicans were so complete, as one letter says: that fifty of them were killed Gen. Cutiffered no loss, all agree. By another letter, dated the 21h inst. from our Vera Cruz corresgopdent, we learn that the train which went, up under 86 fand of Gen. Pillow, was attacked ikG aera, said to be nine miles beyond iF Puente Nacional. The guerrieros were dispersed with theloss othirty men. Verbal accounts say we had seie eight or ten wounded, but note killed.' This affair occurred on the 23d inst., and is first mentioned in a letter we give below dated the 24ih; but though we have ao further authentic .details- about the ac tion. We have conversed with gentle men who came passengers: onthe New Orleans. They entertain varTous opinions on t lie subject, but we are incj'ned to think that a skirmish did take pla i and that the Mexicans were regdily dispersed. The report is that.an account ot the whole affair vas received in town by the New Orleans, and will appear in ithe columns of some of our cotemporariei The force under the command of Gen. Pillow left Vera Cruz on thel8th escort ing a train -of about 125 wagons. The force amounted to nearly 1800 men, and consisted of the 14th lufantryfand a por tion of the 3d and 6th Infantry, six compa nies of the Voltigeurs, a detachment of the 3d Dragoons and six how' ra. That such a-train woujd meetN niertous re sistance from guerilla parti' as not to be expected, but we cegre t our ac counts induce the belief tl~&t it suffered excessively in the. first and ecitd days' march from the heat of the weather. The uarch on thu second day is igreeuted as having been particularlyi sever , the- time chosen for it being during the eat of the day, through heavy easid!audwhen eleven miles were to be nade!wi out water. One hundred and -fifly gis?'re said to have beencompletelykno up 'on this march; sfinseven ie 'the road, fast accounts. Both o.ur- ' i4te advices and the papers of Vera Cri impute this trifling-with life entirely t the change introduced ,by Gen. Pillo " of marching during th~heat of the day;fibstead o'f se. lecting early mornings or ,the after part of the day for such service.. There are a great miany guerrilla parties upon the road; a small-body of our troops left San Juan on the 21st hoping to-over take Gen. Pillow, but after proceeding two or three miles they encountered some gurrileros. These they charged upon' and dispersed, but they saw so many others on the road in small parties that it was thought prudent to relinquish the design of coming up 'with Geo. Pillow. As.this oficer is somewhat famous for exacting from his men long marches, it is wveil that no futrthier attempt was made to overtake him. We regret to learn by this arrival of the iath of Mr. TIhos. G. Banks; He died it Vera Cruz of .the somito. Mr, Banksi was connected, we believe with the Quar- I ermaster's department. Quits recentlyr te had rendered important servee in sur- I risintg and capitiring a party of Mexican ;uerillais near Vera Cruz, of vhich ac :ounts have been published, anc he wvas marticularly successful in defeading and I maing public property when the train ider Col. McIntosh was attacked. Hei vas very w idely known through the United stes, having beetn an extensive maile :ontractor on thme great route through Ala >ama and Georgia, and more recently with I large hoiel at Btiffalo. lHe was a man mf great energy of character and much indness of heart. His friends were atn- t nerous and will lament with us his un imely decease. - c The course pursued by Capt. Walker awards those desperadoes who fell into e is hands is said to .have been highly c proved by Gen. Scott. We have been sked if Gen. Cad walader adopted WVal er's plan atid shiot those who'foil into his I ands, but we are unable to answer. The Eagle says that an enterprise is oin I tot for running an express between Veran 3ruz and thme towns of Alvarado and T i-y b atapan. The execution of such a plan rouldl greatly faciliato the commerce of era Cruz. I Capt. Dttperu's comnpany of dragoons ti ave at last reCeived 'horses, and they araded through the streets of Vera Cruz If n the 23di inst. 5 A Mexican named Lara, a carpenter by b ade, ha,-s been found lyin'g dead-on the a or of his own house ii Vera Cruz, eing been stabbed. The author of thme g ced was notl known. A watchmanm said to be a Dutchman f amed Charles, has been, entraped by a S erila party just outside the walls 'end C ,urdered, afier having been cruelly wvhip- - ed. Hisi body was left in the roadwith an b cription aIlixed to it, "Whoever wishes p~ lay carry it off." The police of the city a re making an attempt to feret out the - lty party. The news by this arrival from the city Mexicp is imaportant, We have receiy- h i our accounts of it ihrough- an express espatchod. by Mr. Kendall from Puebla xpressly for this office. ills letters come own to. the 14th inst. Though we see t noted in one Vera Cruz paper that. ad ices had been received, yet it gives none f the news; the sole statement made re ates to Gen. Scott's departure from Pue Ila, and is erroneous. Other papers of era Cruz give the news copied fron the rees of this city as being the latest from he interior of Mexico. The Arco-Iris of the 22d has letters ron the capitol which appear to- be late, hough the dates are not given. The )urport of them is, that the work of forti ying the environs of the city is going on -apidly and that seventy pieces of artillery tad arrived from Acapulco and other ,oints, which. they were mounting as fast is possible. They mention the arrival of klvarez at. the head of 8000 met, and .hey set dowa the entire force in the city it 20,000 armed militia and 16,000 troops )f the line. Those letters further say that the clergy are taking an active part in the business; that arms of all kinds were pour ing into the capital and considerable sums )f money. All these topics are touched upon in Mr, Kendall's letters transmitted by express, and vety full details are given of the extent of the preparations to defend the city. To show how hazardous a thing is ex press riding ia Mexico at present, we annex the following brief note from our correspondent at Vera Cruz. VERA Cruz, June 24. Your express man from Puebla arrived safe here this evening with the letters which I enclose, after having been twice a prisoner of the guerrillas. He was first daptured on the 19th near Jalapa, and after being detained about twelve hours made his escape in the night, but unfortunately was captured by another party near Cerro Gordo. They detained him until yesterday morning, when they made an attack upon the train under Gen. Pillow, at Calera, nine miles beyond Puente Nacional. In the confu sion he again made his escape and reached here at 2 o'clock to-day, worn out with fatioge. He was arrested near Santa Fe this morning by Americans, and had to pullout his documents to get free.. We have the order for the express rider's ielease at Santa-Fe. He had some diffi culty in satisfying the wary officer that he was upon legitimate business. This is the second express which Mr. Kendall has sent through successfully upon this perillous route. Before entering upon Mr. Kendall's letters we may remark that by the way of Orizaba, a letter has been received here which antnounces-that "Santa Atnna has been elected Dictator, providej he will not make peace," and he has 30,000 men with him. It appears from what follows below that Santa Anna has attained to all the power of a Dictator by the arrest or removal from command of such generals as are opposed to him, and by the more niaroit maneuvre of inducing Congress to postpone the counting of the votes for President till the 15th of January next ! The 15th of June was the fixed by law for that purpose. By the postponement Santa Anna prolongs his own power in definitely, and for the time being may be dreemed Dietatorin fact, if not in name. ous to risk a change.of Govertnent at a moment when a foreign foe threatened the capital, and there is force in the idea. A private note from Mr. Kendall says that Mr. Trist was at Puebla. Nothing further had transpired in regard to his mission. "The Mexican papers," writes Mr. K.; "know as much about his tmission as wve do." - We grieve most sincerely, to learn that the American prisoners in Mexico have not obtained their release; on the contrary the report is that they are in more strict confinement than before. Ought not something speedily to be done with the Mxican prisoners in our power to bring Santa Anna to bis bearings on this puint ? Gen. .Taylor.-Trhe New Orleans Delta tays that a gentleman recetntly arrived rom Monterey, had an interview with Ge-nerat Taylor immediately bbfore lhe uft. The General told him it was not his ntention to advance otn San Lutis Potosi. ut that it was his fixed determinamion to esign his command on tno 1st of Septem er next. Thke Palmetto Regiment.-WeV were one d least, who took the ball at the first, mowled against the oflicers of the Palmet o Regiment, with the view of knocking lown, in the public opinion, these gallatt ;ertemen. 'We showed, then, that these ifinors could not be obtnoxious to mthe char es trotight agninst them, atnd bohdly chal engid a suspension of the public opiniott, ntil the Regimtent cottld officially be eard irom. TIhe report of the Regiment I as hee1 published in various papers, anid vill pro'e satisfac tory to every right mind dman i the State. We weie.att a loss to conceive the objec t f those caning Editnrs, atnd fault findinug orresp1ondelts, whto un dertook to arraign, ot only the 'ificers of the Regiment, buta he Executive~tself, on account of the ex enltures of thk appropriation'of twenty. husand dollbra made by the Legislaturl, ur the use of tth\Regiment. We may " ot yet have discolbred the true motive, e ut wie suspect tt, %d a most unworthy U no it is, if our suspttons reach the truth. e The little Warrior,"# Chester, as Trrea- b urer, was an ample inmnity against ex- a, ravagant expenditures the money. The sharleston Tailor who comp~lained so iuy that the uniforms fothe Regiment, ~ hould have been made in te city, at dou- i le cost, must digest his wvat of cabbage, J S s best he may, and the Edit.3 whio youlId ijure especially the cotmmlanOr of thme Re- ti< iment, may spit their venom t their own se ost, for upon them alone it il take ef- be et. The gallant Butler has to long and c( >O vell established a reputatiounr, South 5 'arolina, to bp affected by any asirant tot is office, or the poor luotes whp 'an be tt rought to act against it. We kniv the 'P ower of truth, and that out brave 0icers "t ro invulnerable to the shafts of elutny, st) -Spartan. Ce --- .to Henry Clay.-T his great statesmiu, aing.. recently inade a profesioa of r- Ci 1. t igloo, was on T iiday of i asd eklJUde lug 12d,) publicly boptised in a beautiful pool of tear his house, at Ashland. . The scene, nf xe are informed, was most sublime and mpressive. Like David, he may well ca my. 'It is good for me that I have been sificted.'-Nashville Whig. The Washington Union says that the a Postmaster General has wmade arrange ments by which he will be :enabled about the 1st of July to furnish the large offices in the Union with postage stamps. They may then be procured in any number by at persons desirous of pre-paying their cor- a respondence. To such they will doubt- i less prove a great convenience, as a letter Z with one of these stamps on it may be -s, deposited in the otice at any hour, day or 11 night, in the same manner as letters on tl which the postage'is not pro-paid.- ti h Specie for the War.-Thi Washington h Union estimates that the duties accrued tinder the Mexican tariff already exceed I halr a million in specie, and must rapidly P augment, being adequate to furnishing all d that may be required for the war in Mex- t ico, whilo those duties, if the war contin- c ues,-will supply large exports of specie to n the United States in payment of our im- y ports. The Union thinks it not impro- tl bable that the removal of prohibitions will augment our import of specie, is return for our expor:s, to twelve millions per annum. A rather large calculation, we would conclude. I, The New Government Steam Ship. The steamer United States, now building in New York, will number 3,OSI tons, exceeding the tonnage of the largest ship in the service of the United States, the r Pennsylvania, by 81 tons. The length of the spar deck of the United States will be.254 feet, whilst that of the Pennsylvania is 319 feet.-Notwithstanding her size, she is so modelled that, with all ber coal and stores on board, the luggage of the pas songers, and some 600 tons of cargo, it is calculated that her draft of water will be light enough to permit her to enter such ports as New Orleans, or Havre, between which she is to ply regularly. Large Exports.-We learn from our. exchanges that the exports of Flour from New-York since the 1st instant, are up wards of 253,000 barrels, or more than 10,000 ber day. The exports of Corn, Wheat and Barley, during the same time, were nearly a million bushels-about forty thousand bushels a day.- The Express says that this is an amount of export alto gether unprecedented. EDGEFIELD C. H. WEDNSDAY, JULY .14, 18'17.: place.-In consequence oTthe, maltiplicity of business during the last week, we omitted - to say any thing about the commemoration of our National Anniversary at this place. On the fourth, which was on Sunday, a respectable number oft the citizens of this place, and of the immediate yicinity, assembled in the Methodist Church, where after the usual religious cere monies, a sermon was preached by the venera ble Joseph ~Moore, long known as one of the pioneers of Methodism and religion, in North and Sotuth Carolina, and as a Divine of consid erable ability. The sermaon was highly appro priale to the occasion, atid a becoming solemnity marked the audience who were present. Trheo religions ceremonies were concluded, by ani earnest atnd fervent prayer by Mr. Ed. Penn, ad the congregation then retired. Threugh- a out our townt, decorum anmd goodorder prevail. ed on the -ith,. Atthoughm we tiavo no objection to exhibitions ef ajoyous character on this great day, when kept within propert bounds, we wouldl be pleased to see every succeeding anmi- e versary of our National Indepenidence, pass off C wit as much quiet and good order as the last.a Thme lct Rad Road Meeting.-At the recentr Rail Road .Meeting which assembled at this place, Col. F. WV. Pickenis, the Chairman. ini b the course of his renmarks, paid a high and well b nerited comtplimnent to the Honorable A. P. Butler, wvho hamd beetn selected as a spaeaker at n1 he Barbecue. These remarks came with a good ai ~rce fromn Col. Pickens, and received a hearty fa esponse from the audience present. W~e be-.r ievo that this meeting afforded the first occa- at ion for the pteople of Edgefleld to show their t gh regard for their old fellow citizen sinice his de etrn to political life. Judge B. evinced touch er motion at thle remarks of Col. P. referring to imself, and returned his sincere thanaks to him ab id to his fellow citizens. ra -- ha A Mexican Blanket.-Among other curiosi. pc es in the possession of Captain Brooks, 1y hich lhe kindly submitted to us for inspection, Osl e sawv a Mexican Blanuket. such as is worn or rol sed by the natives. The blanket is of varigat- tiC I colors.and is mnnch thicker than our ordinary mfl lankets. A hole is left in the centre, through al bich the wearer slips hisi head, atid it fitdis intt aceful folds around the person. It affordsni rite a warm covering int the winter, and is of petetrable to rain. The blatiket in the p~os-~ ssion of Captain B.,'ho info rmb tus, is an ordi- ye iry otne, but it appears to be quite a warm ar- ha tle, and doubtles., rendered him some good his rvice. A first rate Mexican blatnket is a very ing anitiful and substantial article of dress, and -thn sns several hundred dollars. Until we saw ts blanket above mentiotned, we had no idea, th tot at it was so becoming to te wearer. WVe re-wi ectfully suggest to the fashioners of dress inm r midst, to make up some garments after thispa he, and we believe that they will take well:pr rrtan we are, thiat if otto should be offered un us, we would take it. h ot Attentiont is. called to the advert!'sement oh .ptain Drooks, who is appointed as arernit- ins patriotisn Wil intmt 1 the Palmetto- Regirnt no Bich has been greatly redtce ro uses, and noiveqtieshlf j1 Rain -A considerabic qntiiy this place, and ir the vicinity.'n? ay, Thursday, and Friday. a IWhig Convention in Georgi. /hig Convention, which r.eceeI Milledgeville, nominated Gen i candidate for'next Govern:' Tbii - ominated Geni. Taylor fo'r Vi hey have done so they say, as tred of his identity with them ut in doing so, "they cheerfully o ie general and spontaneo uak&1 e Ainerican people." Whatgay ' d niorelf on the subject? In a letge iNew Orleans, be says-"That hie olii'" eve the office, unless it was u2rani1 arty politics or party obligations.' ated Camp near Monterey, Mayd James W. Taylor,.Esqr., editoroI innati Signal, he says, " in no e lit myself to be the candidate o ield myself to party schemes."n So uts iat the old geeral is not yet commttt arty, but is very popular with both' Democratic Convention of G ieorgia Democrati.Convention ih r assembled at Milledgeville;-, nom ;eorge W. Towns, for next Governor: NEWS BY THE .GALEDONTA We extract the following items = opean news from the Charleston; Vetos, of the 9th inst. - - We have copied this evening from ner and Smith's Liverpool Tjmes ,harles Wilmer's Liverpool .Mail 6 9th uIt., such detailed accolitsa leem important or i.nteresting., The British Parliament 'vasexpee to adjourn on the 10th of July. Another accident on the Noith:esPieea Railway had destroyed seven valui' lives. - The armed intervention of tbeBgi Government in the affairs of Prtutfiu excited warm debates in the British ou' f Commons and the French Chaaib Deputies. The Duke of Wellingti'a - Sir Robert Peel sustaining the 'R Ministry, while M. Guizot justifi t torven Lion. - All attempts to reconcile tie differences between the Queen of Spain and,h -Ib' band had failed. - The Giai9 crops throughout every. -' of Europe are most encouraging.. - A line of Steamships between E and.America.-A private letterftiis 4 has the: following, in referene a steam-navigation :-" Acipve.in -gta are. going on between the-Governmeno and the Heroult and Lehandel c p h ; for the transatlabtic- steamers main lines of steamers are. iiaV First, from Bordeaux to Ne 'a ping at Havana, with iwrageb a Second, . from Maeillsyto Caribee,,islands, with"ij Rico, Hayti, anud;Sgtin Pent. Iir,- a. linetoLisbo n nd Madeira..co with thd lHavre line toI Ireland -In Ireland aprr r outradictory reports respectgoj: t ~rops, the aniiaintfa iarvegt are cheering. Mi~i *ully rife and mralignant, blut genr lowoward tendency of piosiisan e.~ tmple stores now poring into ihi's~iEon ry, vith the prevalent fine, dry, braciiigva, her, will, it is hoped, profle ia1 neans to check thie iogress of tiidetrudc -~ iveepidemic. Emigration preco'eiiy itensively-during the last two miointh. mue hundred and twenty thogsaid''pinus 0 eft the shores of these kingdoms','chi y - rish, and remarks the Belfnsij Na hrn AWhig, "the extent of the exodos"s uly to be limited by the meas of get ng way." BosTOar, July 5,' 87 Effect ofthe Foreign Newos.-T he ne a y Ahe British steamer is considlerecdid dIly favorable in all points of vieiv. ~ ise in foreign money market,.andth romisung appearance of the crops.sr gainst the reshipment of specie, and -war mut the belief that we nfay be able to~ sin in this country a large portot,.o .. te whole of the twenty-fivelllions o~ allion, which we have" receivdf~Yy road within the past six pnonths.4 'The last New York. papesra epree oney as being abundantly..eayahe id six per cent. on husiness no e, -~ ur and a half on the higher class f ies. There was no second bo:dseso the New Ytrk stock exchangeod rday; but private letters stateita~ , all street sales o' stocks advanedcoa~. rably, in the afternoon, with mnore h-4T than sellers. ' ~ Montey still continues to be uopoftby undant in all the A tlantic cities, an~ tes of discouut are now lower thanthe~ ye been for a long time.past. 'The de " sites in the Boston Banks are ipme's -" large, and daijy on the increase. I imnated that the July dividends.orgraiL 2 id, factory, wharf,.and other corpora .. ns, recently paid in this city, amnount to: >re than -a million of dollars,.biut with. this surfeit and~repletion in :ftoney smat there appears to be no .overtradio, I none of the wild and inordinateZ sec tirin which is usually incident to ato. affairs like the present. Railroad stocks are stfill in faort Itment, and those wvhich yield .retiai f yearly dividends,' readily coudinaa s ,h premiums. The non-dividenad'iay'1 stocks are coaunratively owhat have been within a year or ttvo:,l~~ iarticularly the case with the~aa4a Long Island and Norwich andWrea raili-oads. - The Long island conji JI I probably, in a short tinie, redu >ilities by increasing its. sharess:-for4~ (mient of its bonds, atnd the-value cfik~ 4 perty will undoubtedly be impo~~4 ler the energetic direction of the ne~ rd oftnanagers.'4t~~4 L'he transactions in bank factoyjs trance stocks are very iuhi h~