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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~