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4.' Mexicans reeds themselves upon the hopt 'of what they should do, they have give =hem circulation as facts, and very likel -one half of the community believe theti There can be little doubt or one thin; that Santa Anna is compassed about wit difliculties, and that although at present I1 4-rides upon the whirlwind and directs th storm," the obstinacy of Congress and tii jealousy and stubbornness of such men a Valencia hedge him in with a perfect tea of opposition. A long way the shresi de: and most far-seeing man among them, It may still he enabled to keep the uppe -hand and sustain himself in such a powe as a broken lown and fallen' Govertnet may afford any one. Tere is no suc thing as fureseeiag what such a man a Santa Anita can do-look at what 'he hr done since his terrible defeat at Cerro GOu do for example. No one but he would have dared i how his face at the capital after such reverse ; but with a miserable remnant c an army he boldly entered the city, an since, with an empty treasury and wit obstacles that seemed iusurmountable, h bas collected and appointed a numerou force, inspired the hopes of a people lie ha a thousand times deceived, and for th time hin: at least rides rough shod every thing. What the next fortnight may tur up it is impossible to foresee, and in suc a state of allairs it is idle to speculate. Contrary to all expectations, the trai which came up to day did riot bring an money, and hence the poor- providers f( the obstacles wants Of the army are worn lff than ever. As high as fifteen p er cent has been paid today for moey to defra the expenses of the short march from thi to Mexico, and some of the holders her are even chaffering for eighteen ! Suc are the straits to which our quartermaster and,commissaries, abandoned as they have been by the Government at home, are dri vet.- Nor is clothing brought nor any c the necessaries for the well-heing of th arm-ly, to say nothing of the comfort, an hence all has to be purchased at rate y ".\ ' which amount to ruinous extortion. I giv you facts which every man here knows comments may suggest themselves, I finish this letter in haste, and late a night. To-morrow morning Gen. 'wigg moves with his division, as I have alread; stated. Reports continue to come in tha large bodies of the enemy are moving i the neighborhood, and just now wo hea that 800 to 1000 guerrilleros who hav been dogging Gen. Pierce, were seen thi afternoon at El Pinal. The coming fort night will come to us burthened witi neaws, and whether it be of peace, or wa to 'the knife, I shall give you the intelli gence as early as possible. Yours, &c. G. \V. K. From the N. 0. Picayune,'Aug. 21. ARRIVAL OF THlE STEAMSHIP ALABAMA. 3 DAYS'LATER FROM VERA CRIIZ Return of General Paredes to Mexico. The steafth ship Alabama, Captai Windle, arri'ved this morning from Vera Cruz, having sailed thence on the 5th instant. Quite the most important news by thi arrival is the return of Gen. Paredes I< e Mexico- At last accounts he was in Paris He,reached Vera Cruz on the 14th inst. in the English royal mail steamer Teviot under an assumed name. The steame .4.,, . was telegrapited about 6 o'clock in th morning from the castle. .From the steam er herelf a private signal was thrown out but it was known only to English mer chants, that a distinguished personag was on board. Preparation was miado fo his immediate reception by his friends, tbu all was still as maiduight. The steame anchored and Doti hlartino, passeng'e from Havana, leapetd into the first boa lying alongside, latided on the mole, ani went to his friend, Pe pe Zatmorn,borrowei forty ounces, three horse.s, hiat, coat tum servatnt, and was past the- gates in hes thant thirty minutes, witha afast horse an< clear track. The mail frotm the steamer in the men ~,time came ont shore. A mong the letter were, some to the Coillector and other from Gen. Cambell.oar Consual at l lavam; discloing the fact that Gen. Mlariatno Pare des y Arrmlaya, ex.Presideti of Mlexico had taken passage on the steamer, amt directinig thetm to look out fur him. Thi information catne an hour too late; thi bird had flown. WVe gather these fact fromt one of our correspondents, atid belov we give a letter from another, withiou having time to ponder upont his specula tions as to tbe inifluence of the return u Paredes uipon the wvar. We are deeply pained to learn of th death of Colonel Wilson of the 12th Infan try, lie was represented to us by the lat at rival as convalescent, hut h19 died thi evenintg of the 12th inst. Hie was to hav commtrantdcd the traint whichi left Ver Cruz tin thte 7t h it. . lie ni as buried o the 13th inst. the followinig orders haovin bccn issued for the occasion: Orders No. 3.. IlEADQU~AR5is Vera Cruz, Allg. 12. -~~ it is atnnounced to this cotmmatnd th melantchiolly itelligentce of Col. Lewis I Wilson of the 12th Regiment U. S. Infau try, wvho died (in this date. The escort of his futteral will be comt tmanded by Lieutenatnt Colonel, couitmad itig. and consist of the 1st U, S. Infantr3 stationed in the city. The funeral wi take place at 5 o'clock, P. M., ou to-mot row, to which all the U. S. Navy. citizeu and strangers, are respectfully itivited at tend-. By order of Lieut. Col. ;.liles, W. L. CRITTENDEN, A. Adj. The comtpany of Captain Haile, of th 14lth infatitry, reached Vera Cruz on th 1:2th in'it., was immediately artmed an left the samte evening fcr the scene< actiotn. There had been no further arrivt from the traitt. wvhich was deemed a goo omnen. No, ftutther colurier lins arrnved Vera Cruza from Puebla. One cani * through orn the 12th inst., by the way4 Orizatba to at commertccial house. Hie le Puebla on thu 7th. [Ie reportedl that tI airmty comm tenced. its march that dai agreeably to antnouncemenit. We annuex the Altabama's report. Report of -the Steam Ship Alablama. Left Vera Crttz Sunday, 15th Auigus -r' Tmpico Ttuesday, 17th; arrived oIl' I Mississippi at 2. P. M., 20th; at New 0 leans at 2, A. M., 21st, Left at Tampic brigs, Mexican, Pety and.Eliza Fountaii discharging, uncertain when to sail.. Le s at S. W. Pass ship Franconia. 'ound up. n )uring the night of the 20th a passenger y on board, by the name of J. S. Townsend i. was missing, ard it was supposed had - jumped overboard.. Had left his state Ii room in a great haste in his night clothes o -so said by the gentleman in the same e state room. An inventory was taken im1 e mediately after he was missing, by the s captain, and all his effects taken in charge, II and will be deliverd to his brother or friends it at New Orleans, with further particulars. e Passengers.-Mrs. E. A. Evans and r son; G. M. Rason, Lieutenant U. S. Navy; r R. Le Roy Parker, Midshipman U. S. t Navy; Lewis 'aylor, James Elliott. G. G G. Payne, Hiram La See; J. S. Town. s send, lost overboard. s - - Correspondcnrecof the Picayune.] VERA CRUZ, Aug. II, 187. o It is with mortification and tegret that I a have to inform you that Gen. Paredes ,f passed through our city this morning in d disguise, and before it was ascertained that h such was the case, lie was far out of our e reach on his way to the city of Mexico, s lie arrived this morning on the royal s mail steamer Tevior, under un assumed e name, .and entirely unknown to the cap. Stain of the vessel. As soon as the vessel n came to anchor he immediately came to h the Mole in a pilot boat, and proceeded to the heart of the city to the residence of a a Mexican merchant. to whom he made y himself known, and obtained from him a r round jacket, a sumbrero and horses for e himself and servant and "bamosed the ranch" without ceremony. One hundred dollars reward was effered for his arrest as soon as information reached Col. Wilson s that lie was or had been in the city, and I every effort was made to arrest him, but , the "bird had flown" and given us a spe. I cimen of assurance and cunning that would . do credit to the father of Yankee tricks. f The Mexican merchant who assisted in s the escape is Pepe Zamora, and during I the search for Paredes his house was sur rounded. The olflicer entered and was assured by Sr. Zamora that Paredes was . not in the house. "llas he been here," was the question asked, '-Yes," replied Zamora, very coolly, "What did he want," asked the American. "lie introdu. ced himself to me as Gen. Paredes, and asked me to befriend him, and I tcld him that I would. He then asked me to let r him have a jacket, hat and horses, which [ furnished him immediately. and he has been gone from hear two hours. You are welcome to search, but I can assure you that you will not find him here and what I tell you is so. There are his cat and hat, which you can take along if you like." I forgot to mention that a letter was sent by the American Consul at Havana informing the authorities here that Gen. Paredes was on board, but it came to hand too late to do any good, There is hardly an American here but what felt that he could crawl through a gimlet hole when the astounding news that Paredes, the sworn enemy to Santa Anna, to Americans and to peace, sad the only man who at the present situation of aflairs can partially restore the confidence of the Mexican people and inspire them once more with a hope to conquer their enemies, had passed, unknown and unmo lested, into and out of the gates of our city. r le will no doubt make every effort to reach Mexico before Gen. Scott. does. The consequenice will no doubt be the overthrow o'f Santa Anina, and must likely h-a will take in hands the reins of Governenit, crush all attempts at negotiationi, and head rthe army ini person against Gen. Scott, should ho think it expedient; butif not, fall back to some place beyond the city antd prepare himself for another anid perhaps better occasion. A t all evets lie is just Ithe tnan that the iAlexicans have been Iwainting ever since the battle of Cerro Goirdo, andti now i hat he is with iihem once more, there is tno telling~ what tmighty events may beo result of his return from exile. Zahalla, a Mexican, whom, it will lhe remetibered, stabbed three Americanis about two weeks ago, has been tried and cotndemned to twenty years solitary cont finemenit. Th'is grand scoundrel has comn mitteed no less thtan fotur murders, biesides danigerously wvotundinig others, and wheni the city wa;s surretidered he was turnetd over to the new authorities as a tiotorious scoundrel, and Mir. Hoaliziner was partially charged to see, that by no mneanis this mani sih'uld beset at liberty or allowed to es cape, but still bie let him lose, with a pack fof oilier cut throats to try their hands upon the Aimericatns, aind-many of them have gone andi joined the guerrillas. Last evening the retnainis of Col. L. D. Wilson were escorted to the grave by the 1st Infanttry, agd a large concourse of Americana atnd Mexican citizenis. ~The colfin was placed in a vatult in the cemete ry where it can be conveniently obtained b Iy his frienids. The U. S. sloop of war Saratogo is nn chored olTthe city where she iil remain for some time. P. S. A ug. 15.-Not even a rumor from above. 1 enclose a slip from the utn of Anahtuac office published yesterday, FROM TEXAS. -The Galveston touched at the city of .that nameit oan her passage ft om Vera Cruz. ,leaving there on the 17th inst. Our pa. I pers are to the 16th. ..The Austin Democrat informus 'us that a Mr. Cotton, who recently in comtpany a with Capt. G. K. Lewis, etncounitered atnd killed several Indians near Laretdo, has returned to [Hays's cump wvith instructions from Gen. Taylor to proceed to Mier, a report to Gen. Hopping, await for further a ordlers at that plac. It is also s'aid that i the Cenitral Governmtetnt of Mexico have f opened] negotiationis with Gent. Scott's I headquarters. In that event, it is ntt i probable a forward movement will be t made until the result of these negotiatins e shall be known. Large parties of Indlians f are roaming over the cotuntry between San rt Antodio antd the Rio Granade. e Mr. Cottont left Monteroy on the 24th y of Jily, he represents water as scarce ott the Laredo road. Small rubbinig parties inifesa the country . between the Rio Grande and Meeico. I; Capt. liaylor had been sent out against them ; captured several anid hung theta. -.'lie Democrat gives the followintg ac o counmt of the fight between Capt. Lewis , and Mr. Cotton on the one side' and somne r Linnn Indians: In Italy, in Turkey, in Switzerland, od in Holland, we may see changes ere mg-which will give a brighter aspect to i1 their social and political affairs. We o not predict the near approach of any tilleniun, but we are-encouraged to be eve from t hat is transpiring-on the globe tat the condition of the human race is in rogress of amelioration. We have thrown of these remarks in a that desultory style. but if they should be ecaiion of thouglit. in others, our pur tse will have been answered, "Vatch ien, what of the night ?" From the Charleston Mercury. Mr. EDIToR : Allow us to call the atien on of the people' of the Slave States, trough your columns, to the following ex 'acts from two valuable State Documents, tr the purpose of showing the -primary round of opposition to the introduction of to Wilmot Proviso before Congress. It ill appear from -these extracts to be the >mtnon voice of Georgia and South Car lina, -that Congress has no right even to iscuss the question, still less to pass upon tat subject, over which it has not the least trisdiction. So that, without even per tilting ourselves to discuss the merits of te proposition contained in the Wilmot roviso, however confident we may he of to strength and justice of our side of the rgument, its very introduction is the mat :r upon which we should direct the con entrated opposition of the whole South. The first extract is taken from the Re ort of the Special Committee of the Sea to of this State, on Mr. Ramsay's Reso itions, adopted by both branches of the ,egislature on the 10th December, 1S27. "As to that part of the duty of the Coin tittee which solicits an inquiry whether congress can extend its legislation to the eans of meliorating the condition of the -ee, colored, or slave population of the I. tales, sour Committee have no hesitation saying that this is a subject on which tre can be no reasoning between South ,arolina and any other. Government. It t a question altogether of FElELING. Ihould Congress claim a power to discuss nd to take any vote upon any question annected with the domestic slavery of the outhern States, (excepting it be to devise to moans of prohibiting the slave trade, te only power which it. has by the terms f the Constitution,) it is not for your Com ittee to prescribe what course ought to e adopted to counteract the evil and dan erous tendency of public discussions of is nature. The minds of your citizens re already made up, that if such discus ons appertain as a matter of right to Con ress, it will be neither more nor less than to commencement of a system, by which to peculiur policy of South Carolina, up: n which are predicated her resources and or prosperity, will be shaken to its very )tndations. Your Committee forbear to well on this subject : it is a subject on hich no citizen of South Carolina needs struction. One common feeling inspires s all with a firm dete. mination not to sub it to a species of legislation which would ght up such fires of intestine commotion t our borders, as .ultimately to consume ur country." - -oi nit-i,- from tho -Repnrt adopted by te Legislature of the State of Georgia, on to Resolutions of South Carolina and hin, on the 10th December, 1828. 'Int relation to the right of Congress to iterfero either directly or indirectly with to subject of slavery, as so recogntised by to laws of this State, your Committee em it improper and unnecessary to~enter to a discussion. "This State ntever can, and never will, ifar comprotnit her interests otn a subject f such dleept and vital concern to her self reservation as to su/'er this question to be rought info discussion. Notn interferenuce n this subject was the sine qua non otn the art of the Slaveholding States informinig to Union and enting itnto the F'ederail 'opact. As the Southerit States would ion, so they must now or herafter, consid r any attemtpt to itnterfere with this delicate ubject ant aggression ; havitng a tendency >produc revolt atnd insurrection of the tost hideouts character." Thero is a mtost comnfortable assurances erived fr-om these papers, .to wit :that eorgia anid South Carolina, utnited bty ature int local antd physical position, are eermitned never to bto separuted in their ioral, social, and political tights and relings in reference to this must vital ujeoct. SPECTATORS. Murder of Alrxander George,- A cor uspondent of the New Orleanis Southiernter ives the following accotunt of the assassin tiott of Mr. Alexander George, at Grand ;oquille island, on the 9 0t inst., by one of is slaves. Mr. George was proprietor of t island. The negro, says the letter, nteretd the house about 4 o'clock, and at tcked hisi sleepinig master wiuth a kntife, nde of the tipper par of a grass blade. [a itnflicted sotme sixtecen wotuds tupon the reast, back, and armts of htis victim, but r. George had the physical power to rise ti his feet, wrest the weapon from the egro, and stab him .severely itt the side. ~he ntoise of the scuflie atnd the shonts of r. George, brought to the house his other laves and a white man in htis employ,who lept not far oiT. They fouttd Mr. George taggeritig about the flotor, wellering with lod, atid with the fatal blade itt his handls, le exclaimed, "here is thte knife with htich Jum htas killed tme." He was placed n thte bed, and itnmediately called for aper to write his will. WVith wvondcrful oral power anid tenaciky of purpose, the ,ood gushing from his breast at every re piration, he wrote his will, ini a few words, .nd appointed his executors, but had, not bo tower to sign his name. The last ord that he wrote was "Ireland," attd the ott literally dragged on thte paper, and ropped from his :lyintg hand. Heb wrote tin a large blank hoo1k, and thte paper Ssaturated with blood. No one who sees his fearful testament will doubt its authen iciy, or ever forget its appalling appear tce. He hadl just time to beqneath his tr~operty to his sisters in the countty of erry, lrel-nd, whent he expired. lit the aea timte, the murderer escaped :btut 0 was tracked to ihe water by his blood, where it wvas founid that he had taketn a 'oat. Thte neighbors 'made search, and 1 was arrested in the afterntoort, itn a rarsh near Fort Pike, almost exhausted otthe oss of..n binnl. lin onfensad that, 1The.Tdians.attacked adpt d Mr. Cotton at a water hole . e -a the other side of the Friodif e It secreted in a chapparal whe a Texians came near the spot,. lired- first at thet perhaps " of n times, wounded Lewis and ch ot- |I ton diischarged one barrel ofh'is - n t and killed an Indian, Lewis kiJ er p with his rifle, Cotton shot are badly, while he was i. the a at him-he thinks he wound.' - r4 tally. H ethendrew his bolste ed, i and would have fired aga Wis n advised him not to do so, u' Uld make sure of his man, tellinui> i the same time that he was' wo The Indian were Lipans, twelve - in ti number. ' They retreated p ly; ii setting up a most mournful hen ti they saw their comrades fall. dian ft who fired at Lewis was so neaf .% hat a the wadding set his' clothe o" His- t] wound is in the hip. Cotton assist v him in mounting and dismon -from c his horse about every ten mile there o to Laredo, whin he left him , ceding d through a country swarming Nieves tl and robbers. He hardly reste dment ji till he reached Gen. Taylor's b iarters a and delivered the express. is in l Laredo, his wound is doing -~ I The Democrat states that any tl of rangers commanded by Cap ison, a from Shelby county, has lef n" for t, their new station, at the old= illage c on the Brassos river, thirty m ye the falls, and seven ofTorrey'sTra ouse, p The Democrat says: That point has also beef de t tasted by I Col, Illays, as the subs. uen slion of I Col. Ross' company, which' its old camping place on the San Ga everal n days since, and ere this, is a "village in the performance of i;s ap d -duty. n The ci:y is now entirely twit protec- fi ion, further than that alftrde is own E citizen: and those residing in i Tmedi- ii ate neighborhood. 4 From the Charleston Ev s. "WA rctaHav, winA or TH HT ?" It is the duty of every Am a occa- a sionally, at least, to cast his around c him an i see what is going on 4his great t world of ours. There are'. mh1signs of t the times which should not brdisregared, it and we should be wary how .h fancied a security, we suffer our seniesi 'be lulled n into atyathy or indifference, ashothe state b of things, which encompass ti $.The sur g face of our foreign affairs may.Shleifor the tl most part smooth and uriruilfi dbut-be- a death, there may be causes a c 'rkiCalcu- s ated to unheave & wreck otf dlitical ark g of safety. In our own couniry i Mexican i var has for some time past e' essed gen- t. eral attention. All eyes.ha , 'efturned a towards that theatre of life, from the h present aspect of things-in at quarter, f will continue to be so att'rsicet' -long d period to come. - v The agitation of the non ahion sla- ii very question, has begun alr its work. u Il feeling is engendering,tne paiare daily n utiered, and many cireun ids have li iomined, which bode noN t oiur fair il Republic; - a The receogramarkso em -- from his place in the Bris' ParfiamentK t have tended to excite in return bitir corn t ent in every part of the i'Un.'t The C ress has spoken and still speaks in tones which commnantd attention~ boi'like thie il ~votm when trodden on, it bis turned upon t te reviler and now stings, where before t t somught to conciliate and'disartm. di There is in tIs view, thed, much food i for the reflection of every American. 'here are journals in the United States s hat have not been wornt, to retaliate upon n English presses, for all the abuse and cal- p imo)y which they heaped upon us, but b which have felt so constrained 'by a sense o f dut y, and by just and honorable feeling F is to launch the thunderbiolts of newly iakened pride andI resentment against the ( >Osiiiti assumed, by the would-be organs f British seutimenit and opinion. a In takitig a survey of tihe natiotns wvhiich s ccupy the most prominent positions on he carth's chess board, our attention is 1 first tnturally dlirected to England. Speak ng the samne language governed biy many c f her haws, counnectedl by numerouts social ( alfinities, England will ever be to us the ii rent point of atiraction. And what pilit- di cal move, on her part, is first presented to t' iew ? The repeal of the corn laws. After f epeated ellorts, on ther part of the masses, a o achieve that object, the victory has beetn Won, andl rejoicings till the land. But the work of reforna will not stop'here. Eqlual epresentation will in ime he' established, r and measture1, htarmony wvith republican g isages gradually enacted. There will be struggle on the part of the aritocracy, ton arrest the progress of free principles; and I hey may occasinnally be successful, hut their labors will be in v ain-dsd overthbrov we and defeat must be their portion. But, Great Britain is not slumbering at tbis time. Shte is makitng prodigious stridles I in the wvay otf 'onquest and'annexation, 1; owards a partial supremacy over the world. In India, in Chine, in Australa itndeed, in every spot tinder the sun wherer she can Ilant her subjects-the flag of the Briton has been unfurled. True it has beetn bathed in the blood of the innocent and utnof'ending; hut what of 'that? The lust of dominion is stronger ilhan thai ofa justice or right, and though its gratifica- I tion be furoished at the sacrifice of nation- I al character, fame aid honor, statestnetn, 's high in rank and vast in powep, nod ap-c provingly. France is not without her aims of polit- a ical aggrandizement, though ythus rar her I schemes have not beear ciowned with a a success commensurate wvith hier efforts. Spaini is swayed both by English and French interests, and scareey possesses1 any thinig like niationali ty. Germany, in matters of freetrade, mul iplication of railroads, in science, in lite- - rature, gives evidence thai'aichange isi about to pass over the spiritiof her destiny, a Her people are hardy anid irdistrious, and they have experieuced-mental culture. Russia undter the able .though absolute sway of her Emperor Nicholahs, is fast in creasing in strength at home~and power abroad. Her loans to Greateritain have I given her importance in-th eyes of all,. and on this circumstaaice alone, many have predicted results, whielriifaccom- 1 plised, would bring her intaocolltsion with that power itn the East. ' ' >wing to the severily of his master, he had long meditated his murder, and that no one Else was privy to the act. He has been 1 tent to Covington tojail. no1 ...... -- Ist .4,. ai uxvu" ili ter ret pe ara EDGEFIELD C. H.. Yu WEDYJxSDAY, SEPTE'MBER 1, 181. bet -__for TEMPERAsCe Noric.-A Meeting of the tor Mechanics Washingtonian Society, will be re) held on Monday evening, 6th September. on It is expected that Rev. A. McCaine will ad. aft Dress tl meeting. the The public generally, and the ladies especial the ly, are invited to attend. an di( 0 T We have been requested by a number 17( )f our most respectable citizens to announce, cot ,hat a Public Meeting of the citizens of Edge- mc feld District will be held, at the Court House, ly )n next Sale Day, at 12 o'clock, to take into to i :onsideration the proper measures, to be adop. aid ted, by the State of South Carolina, for the de- th< rence of our rights and property, against the ott recent movements in Congress,asmanifested in cd he "Wfilmot Proviso." The subject is of vital alt nterest tothe Southern States; and we rejoice its o se that these States are about to meet this wi uestion in a way that will cause their rights to hoi e respected. We earnestly entreat our fellow 'Ih itizenes of this District to attend the proposed fre neeting, on next Sale Day. The subject is-of vie ebsorbing interest and dem:inds the prompt and ha imted action of the people. wt -----be The Rail Road.-We understand that some nol ars are entertained, as to the success of this far ;terprize; it is true, that the subscriptions of an tock are not so promptly made as some of us wa :ould desire, anil as we were induced to expect. ter But enough stock has been taken to secure the pre :harter, and the Company will be organized stri his month. Several causes have contributed hit o abate the zeal, and in some degree to suspend lo he exec tions of the friends of the road ; amongst fre hose causes, are first,a misunderstanding as to eat he terms of the junction with the Charleston bo road at Aiken, and second, the elfort on the part me if the friends of the Columbia and Greenville off [toad to change the original route contemplat- fro rd for that road, by running it across the Sate ia at the Island ford, and carrying it through Abbeville and Andersan Districts, to Greeu tile. As to the first, there is no ground for TI tny objection, the terms of junction will be as a lavorable as our Company has any right to ask. As to the second, we confidently believe it will ar .ease to exist in a very short time. We learn that Laurens has been brought up to the pose fir ion or near it, which this movement was de Signed to effect, and that Abbeville has not subr si< scribed as mnch as was expected, and as was ecessary to secure the change in the route. We believe our fiends in Abbeville, Anderson, be Pickens, Grdenville, and Buncombe, N. C., would greatly prefer to unite in the extontion of our road to some point in Anderson, fromn ki which a branch cotuld be made to Greenville' k and another to thme Savannah river, about the junction of its main tributary streams ; the last , branch would secure to Charleston the trade of th four or five flourishing counties inr Georgia, cri and the otne to Greenville would sutit her peo- gr pie and the people of the adjoining counties in en Nrth Carolhna murch batter. This road can n< be made at aen expense, less, at least, by one- nj third, tihan the Newberry route, and we are wvell cil satisied, that wvhen the subject is duly consid ered, that the route by this place, through Ab- de eville arnd into Anderson. and then branching di, as suggested, will be ultinnmtely adopted as the us best possible course for the road. We are sa- wi tied that Charleston greatly prefers this route, TI and we think we express the feelings of our o own citizens when we say, that here, there bi will be no objectione to untiting with our friends wi above in-extending this road,- and making it i common stock, fromn Aikern or Hia~inbuirg to the se mountains. Notice has already been given of that application will be made to the Legislature thi to amend our charter, to extend the road as we in have indicated. We do not wvish to offend our le friends in Newvberry, andi invite thenm to run the road fronm Columbia to their village, or con strct a branch from our road. We' propose that some concerted action be St takene on this subject by the districts and coun. a ties named. WVhat say the Banner, Gazette ne and .\onntaineer ? We look to the intelligent "P distric;ts above us to give this matter the proper se dirction. ns WVe think a Genteral Convention of Delegates br should assemble at an early day at some central point. II At an Election hitdby the Palmetto Fire Jo Engine Company, on Saturday last, the fol-el loing gentlenren were elected officers for the be ensuing year-w C. H Goodmani, President. W. E. Legg, Vice President. C. WV. Presley, Sec'y. and Treasurer. w John Navy, 1st Engineer, r John Maloy, 2d do, -tr WV. WV. Gondman, 1st Director, . m Nathaniel Ramney, 2d do. Ed. Taylor, 3d do. E. T. Davis, 4th do. C. L. Refo, and Thios. Mulligan. Axemnen. R We are rejoiced to hear, (says the Coleumbi- thi South Carolinian,) ,by a letter received from in Glenn Springs, since our last paper was issued al that Chancellor HlAcRER has rallied in health, and is now better thtan he has beeni for a long t time past. This intelligence is really gratify. ing, as his inmeroius friends lhave nad reasontg lately to dread a speedy and fatal termination ofhis disease. * -a Millions inthie Treasuy.-It is estimated that at the amonnt of specie in the New York acid thm Boston Sub-Treasuries is not less than $,,,500 cc a 00. - - T i'vroRtAr. C0aRESP0DEN ? Aucousa, (Goo ,) August 27th, would have written to yon- earlieri es of travel had been properly"arci nd them to you-now, thongh'theyatotmU me things not new to your readersa i t they will he found to 'posse's"'ofici. tat to eititle them to a place in ydi:rfcollml. left Ath~ens on the 6rthi,.in a car orud dtet f letion, for Union Point. Mnreeu led to stand on the plitorim, and-sit o itop lie baggage car. The ecurs e t a pleasant, and the compaay seem te' xcellent humor. We remained unii 'clock at Union Point. Many of usyse ong the number, were compelled;: nkces say, to watch all night for the wanto Is. As this is the second time I have ben 4 led to sit up all night, I am getting accu v . led to it. Setting out from Union Point, ched the Stone Mountain at about 8 o'cloct the seventh, in the morning. Jmt tiely. ,r breakfast, a -party of us set oit to asctn inountain. From the hotel where I.stopped " distance to the summit, is about oue m I a quarter. We ascended without mualc iculy. On the top there is a tower ibout1i, er . feet high. We ascended this as far as Wei ild, and looked from the windows at theu$C;,i untain. The prospect before us was high beautiful and sublime.. .We were enabled eea tract of country and mountains ata~ou erable distance. We saw the ;Keneus Look out, the Lost mountain, andsome era. The Stone Mountain is principal) tposed of an immense pile of graniteand most bare. Few trees grow upon it, or o sides. You may ascend it-on certain sid thout great fatigue. In ascending it filomth el, the first pleasant etopping place is at' d alf way house," w..,re you can procure re. hments, and enjoy a good seat and'a . w ofthe mountain. From this point, aroad been cut out of the side of the mounta: ere it is generally very precipitous and wou exceedin gly-dangerous to. walk, were yo .well protected by a Strong railing. Atth ' thest part of the road, you look -down-frot awful precipice about 1000 feet high as I s informed to the base below. The viewwas't rific. SeveraFof ius drew rocks down. t cipice,atnd could hear the rumbling as they ick the bottom, From this place.,tote hest part of it the mountain is .about 500,o 10 feet more. From its summit, or rathe m the tower, the eye takes in a view offo-' B clothed in dir richest foilage, of farms em t omedineautiful ales,of distatn vill , fd untains, all preseiting a highly p't - et. On the second day I .ade a shotvl m the hotel to view the base. This v'i of grandeur :and magnificence ,a ttator is lost in, adniiration atth,. e e Stone Mount ain is situated in a health' a beautiful sectio n of country, and.isdaily coming more and, more a place of resort.toc1J., i tourist and the' invald. The ditg herh ' m rather warm, but the nights are pleassat ay water is cool, and there is near the hotels a e Chalybeate Spring. - The country around affords abundant prov" i ns, aid the'hotels furnish excellent,accom-=. idations. A great Agricultural Conven is held here on the 11th inst. AWe nin r of persons from different sectio s of the untry were in attendance.. Some fine -blood horses and cattle were exhibited. Various ids of Domestic Manafat~is,such as home tins, fancy work by ladies, were also exhibit .Some ofthe natural productions of theearth,. re also shown. Premiums were awarded best specimens of manufactures. TheAg. Itural Society held its meeting in la ave, at the foot of the mountain, agiaa'geL ncouirse of people were present. There a Sregular address, but there were diseussid'~s son various matters brought b4gore the So After my first visit to the mountain, I was so lighted, that I ascended it with partieseflarie1 a and gentlemen. again and again, SomeofeL4~ went down on the sides, as far as we could h safety, to look at a ome interesting'poins.'T tere are on the Stone"%ountain evident traes' a fortification, supposed to have beenliid De Soto, to repel the attacks of the'Iqdiaus, ten theSpaniards had possession in theSouth;~ will here state, that the mountain -isiabonl en mniles round, and that it covers an fourteen hundred acres. The v illiige-.;near Smountsin, has not long been built, andi a- fiourishin.1 condition. It affords naaby rel and beautiful sites for building. ThcAnnezation of Cuba.-T he Norko ihaHaaadates to the 15th inst. It t :-"The excitement in regard to the an rattoon of Cnba was still increasing, andwau~~ reading over the island. Delegatem will$ it on a little previous to the meeting of die rt Congress. The next vessel will probalij~ r.g us more accurate accounts.'' ~l towa.-The three vacancies in-the Iowa' gislature, according to a correspondent ofthe~~' urnal of Commerce, have been filled'by the J~ tion of one WVhist an t twot Demorats-a"' roro, So it is still doubtful which 'party ~' I have the United States Senators. . Tratelling.-A Philadelphia paper estimatesj; Snumber of persons belonging to- that cit~: o have been or are now absent on pleasured p at 40,000, and supposes the amount mey expended by them at-least half a million dollars. For th~e Adverliser.. n In as much as the completion oF.Otlt silroad mnty not be effected by the ntgl 'ngthi of one or a few individuals qb e united eff'orts of 'many iogetherId ylf at liberty to contribute my ustit * I times, and in every way, whe~ bere an opportuntity is affordedmeWt is consideration, I beg leave to at~h w common place thoughti', upon th oat euterprize, which is. now beingap ed by the citizens of Edgefield ig)strd It is conceded,.that the benefits0 6 e crue to a country directly and inc tu Ily fromn Railroads, are: as subs., at Ias easily appropriated togenaera~1i, se of any other invention anato h very in science, either ancjent o~ he benefits of science, are iaXm