Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, October 13, 1847, Image 2

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ihao nineteen bequests, which average i more than $20,000 each.-The available < funds of the College given fur specific pur- I poses, the interest of which only is used, exceed $600,000! The law department has funds exceeding $40,000, and the theological school more than $80,000. This opulence is the result of individual liberality of Massachusetts. Fron the Correspondenc of the Chars. Courier. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. la the absence of further intelligence frotn Mexico as to the proba'ility of a treaty of peace. the Government is certain ly maing every arrangement to concen trate an adequate force on General Scott's line of operations, for the vigorous, prose cution of the war. It is known, too that several of the Cabinet have declared, very openily, their belief 'that the war must inally become one of conquest. The Government is in possessitinof minutes of the two first conferences that took place between Mr. Trist and'the Mexican Coin missioners, and from them it does not appear that a treaty of peace will necessa rily be concluded. Again, it is the belief of the Cabinet, as I havb reason to know, that any treaty that may be made, will be entitled to very little confidence. The financial condition of the Govern. anent.is believed to b. in mercantile phrase easy; and it is now doubted whether another loan will be needed-for the ex penses of tle' war, if it continue, will hereafter be thrown iu a great measure upon) Mexico. The discussion of the question who shall be the next President, h.as commenced in the Northern and Eastern States. .3assa chusetts itas probably nominated Mr. Webster, but will-vote for the caudidate whom the Whig Natio!al Convention shall designate. New York may. possibly. again bring for'ward Mr. Van lluren. That .luestion will be, in a great measure, determined by the complexion anid proceedings of the State Cunventiun, assembled ut Syracuse, on Wednesday, the. 29th. There is a tsr ag Anti-Van Buren party in the Con velgion and in the State. The samne par. tiob'of the democracy . that dereated Mr. Wright, a9 Governor, and now opposes Mr Flagg, as Coinptroller, will discourage the noiniation, and resist the election of Mar. .tin-VanpBuren, I was present at the late Faif'ai Saratoga, aml heard very full and free discussions of this namtter by perions fra~i -ill parts of the Empire State, anid of everyshade of party politics. Silas Wright, ha'd he lived, would have carried thsidemocratic strength of the State with biin,asacandlidaie for the Presidency; but it is'not the opinioni that- Mr. Van Bureu can dbib October 2. 'Athe startling intelligence, from Mexico was received-bere by Telegraphic des patih. 'Itproducea here great excitement -'tbugh fond that, at. artmets,it was not lly credited. -doubts v&re4t p lled by'Iast fbi l Theb atte egotia entirely 0~eemed 4 j. Or11 4 tc rdo'i u n:Sat liis itge '.anI' Tf h reitsand. men have alreay ~birdrei-eio Vera 'Cruz fomf that purppse,. and. an -additional force, *will rseach that place in Novembier, The net thi'ug to be done;-;Nill be to 'organize, in..Mexico, a teriritorial govern- . ment of our own; or to set up and guaran-i tee some stable governmeut, with whichj we can make a peace. There is one thing more t'aat may lbe done, and has been warmly and repeatedly I u rged upon the administration, viz : to adopt a boundary line, and withdraw our< troops to that line. We have chastised < and humbled Mexico, and our national. honor does not require us to continue a war of butchaery upon her people. As Mex ico has refused to treat. upona reasona ble a terms, we can now without derogatina to I our dignity, take such territorial indemnity as we please, and act only on the defen-a sive. The administration, as I have reason toi believe, is not united in opiii~niona this subject. One only of the Cabinet is saidt to be in favor of taking a line, anad with- i drawing the troops. Mr. Walker is for conquering all Mexico. The majority are in favor of prosecuting the war, in 'hei hope that Mlexico will yet be forced to make a peace On our terms. .We shall soon know what course of policy will he a adopted. The Union already intimatig a that '.he Government will pursue the war i and render it more burdensome upon Mex ico that) heretofore. .T.be Union. no doubt. represenis the I tone of the administration itn the following< paragraph : "We must now change ahe character of 'lie war. We must talk less of' the exer. a civa of humanity, less of the olive-branch,1 and less of armristices. WVe must bear a dg~wt upon Mexico with all our force,and J wage a war that is tmore like a wanr, anti less like a peace. We must cause if to be I more felt by Mexict'..levy requismhotti upon her, and make it liar interest to sue. for peace. In a word, we must go on, and the enetgies of the country are to be exer- < ted to a greater degree than ever." - rom the Knoxvile Register, Se5pt. 29. GENERAL 1NTERNAL IMPitOVE MENT MBETING AT KNOXVlLr E. SATRDaAY Morning, Sept. 25. The Convention met pursuant to ad- I jourament-Judge Green in the. Chair. Col. James Gadsden3, .f South Carolina, read the Report of the Commiitte on Statistics. With these general views on railways, I their vast capatbilities in stiroulating atnd r facilitating trade anid travel, atnd on the c] powers of the loenmnotive in antnihilating space and restuvinag nll the operatiitn of 1 traide atnd iturercourse into comtatitone of a time, as well as of those greater advau- 0 tages to interior countries remtote from the t high wray of ntions, and tdeinied the ordina- ii ry and less perfect osiodes of transptlortrltion), o yur committee will proceed to presenat :na t a msore sutanry staiemnent the peculiar, n advantaiges of the enterprise now under 11 consideration, and which it is the object Jdi ofa: this Reor tosrongiv rccommand to si he early and united action or the citizen if Tennesse. The route is from Knoxville q the Hiwassee District, to Charlestor tnd Savannah on the Atlantic. The twc oads from these cities converging from the en coast, meet at Atlanta, and with , :ommon trunk from thence known at thi Nestern and Atlantic Railroad, which ii ow completed as fat as Dalton, (40k niles the A'lantic waters.) and is in pro ress to its terminus at Chattanooga, oi he Tennessee river. Connected wit1 hese enterprises there are other roads it )rogress. Thlie one corn nencing at Mont pmnery, of which 50 miles are completed s seeking a connection with the Westert nd Macon or the Georgia Road. Twi thers are in project, to connect Mont omerv with Mobile and Pensacola, ot he GuIl, and Vicksourg, on the Mississippi tad action on the third has been organized o bring Chattanooga and Neshville, (i he Cumberland, into -more intiurrte con ection. By the completion oTthe lliwas ee Railroad (the largest portion of whici iis already been graded.) Knoxville wil 3e brought, in the course of time and no very remotely, in railroad cotnnection witl he Atlantic, the Gulf of Aluxico, the Mis tissippi, and the capital of her State, ot he Cumberland. Instead, therefore, o he slow and fatiguing journey over th< Cumberland moutttains, consttming no ess than three days by stages, and five t< iix on horseback, the East Tennessei raveller may be conveyed to Nashville b3 he seemingly circuitous routo by . way o ;La:tanooian in from fifteen tot wenty hour! -to Moliile, Pensacola, Chatleston ant .avannah, he will he conveyed by stean a fromf twenty igist to thirty five hour -and to Vickshurg in fotiy-eight to fitl iours according to the speed which ibo ervice may justify-all being within thi <dinary performances of the improvec comotives. Indeed, there is no limit 1t he flights or that magical and wonderfu :outtrivance of ingenuity. when under thi ptansive inflbence ofsteam. In Englan< 0 and S0 miles, and even 100 miles pl tour, have been predicted as within its ca abilities to perform. Already, otn mnan) if the roads, are they running at 50 mile: alt hour, which woid bring. by the route: rojecied, Knoxvillo within six hours o qashville, and within ten hours of Char a6ton, Savannah, Mobile and Pensacola Nharlestou and Savannah are'the neares rts.ott the Atlantic to Knoxville-th< istance to the former by the soinei'hu iicuitous route. or the liwassee, (it being earer, on 'a straight line,) is in roun' umbers about 520 and to Savannah 50' niles. The port of Charleston is on th, rery borders of the ocean ; that of Savan ai, on the river of the saie naite. somt ;2 miles from its mouth. Two to thre4 tours' time brings a ship from sea to th4 vharves of Charleston, and the same pe iod speeds her on her voyage to a foreigt iestination. The harbor is capacious ant Nell protected from the violence of thi tleu ,and by adequate inilitaryy ork ro'I. M lile attacks. Ctadon-and-Savannah, are the-neares dtljcii& ports to the West India Islands e, bgraeotutifiers df ur -Wesiern )rtil~c I i-i tos " . that For or[ 1k ! Bw-MPiurkiLtve ;tcb ee SugarocSIi ttlrutsitnfidelicac ich weconsuine 'Suiperhdded to thiet valuable markets, incrlasing initmportance ay be named Gient Brituin, Germana d France. w~ho are now~ becoing .ai lependenit ott us f. otir breadstlfs ant tur cured meats as they have hit hert< teen for our Cut ton. Tho abrogationt o e Corn biys, and the liberal policy of tha ?eei antd Russell administrations, are re ~olutioiziug the channels of trade, ant speing to our Western country markee r their superabtundant producttoas, wici nay prove as enriching to her as has thte :ottoa trade hiihlerto resulted to the South n portion of the Untion. Carleslor Cotun Manufacturing Comn an ~.-Acrdintg to announcemnent, tha orer Stone of the buildintg for this Corn sany, w'as laid on Saturday afterinoon. a o'clock in presencee of a large number o itizes, stockholders and others. W r gratified to perceive the interest mant fested in this enter'prise by gentlemen o reahb, owners of real estate. who huvt to stock in the associatiun ; and we trus hat the day is not distanit, wher, the Cor mer Stne of a building- for Tetn to Fifteet L'hosand Spindles will lbe laid. ltndeet t learn that one of the Chtarleston Comn ay, holds aurherity to subscrsibe 'Twenty ive Thoustid Dolitars front a Northerr apitalist and manufacturer, wvhenever ttu. apit alists are ready to respond. Besidc! hose, we have a stake in this en terprise as stockholders, or owners of real estate e were pleased to see that a large num er of ladies were present to witness thei 'eremony, andi manifest their interest it his undertakitng.; Owing to severe in isposiion, the respected President of the ie Association, Jamtes Chapmnan, Esq. s untable to be present. At the appoint d hur, Henry Cobin', Esq.,. onte of tht )ircctrs, annto naced that thte ceremnony m'ould proceed. T1hae case cotntaiming ist of thte Stockholders-the Papers of mht ay-Gregg's Le-tters ont Domestic indus. ry-Ouinitof the United States-Cotter eed-a Ma'p of Charleston, anti varioum ter articles, waos deposited by him, aud he stone on which was thte followving in' criptitn, was Ilaid: Chareston Coluon Manufacturing Comnpany,. astrTrED APaill,.1847. President-JAMES C HAPMAN. Direcos.-J ames H. Taylor, Joseph irevs, H-enry Cobia, James 'PT. Wells John Da Caldwell, .Sec't. and Treas. Gen. Chs. T. James, Architect. After the Stone was laid, the acting 'resdent stated that by request of te Di ators Mr, Tayinr would address the au ice for a few motments. After the address was concluded, there as much grat ulat ions on the happy coim tecomentt of this important _husitiess in a city. Every one seemed delighted with eo advance already tmade ini the building. me beauty of location,~an I the anticipat ion mhe gortd effects which will lie produced the communtnity by its itifleence. We ere informiied that lie building swill lie 6 feet long. 50 wide, 3 stories high inuclt og attick, rt will cotntain over 3000 :~dts..n .1001 looms, and will be cana ble of turning out 2f00 ofdirth per week. fmploging h ded dr more operatives. Th'e miadliny 11:6b driyen by an engine of 70 horse- ptnver a1V,.of which is under notiract -ni -, process of completion; and it is ex pelA' that" the enterprising contractors ror .lhe building. Messrs. Sanders and H. ---- ulker, with their well known energy will have the work so advanced as to per i. ibe' recep tion of machiuery by the m Iie of"DCe cember. Success we sayasd prosperily i to the whole undertaking Chkarleston Courier. From the Paline'nn.r PUBLIC MEETING. A very large meeting of Yhe' tizens of i Richluand District was held in-the Court House of Columbia, on Monday ,October 4th, in order to take some sp4sble action in relation to the gallant beiavior of- the Palmetto Regiment, and the4etih of Col. Butler and -other rmmbers otkigr who fell in the battle of Mexico. I On motion of Dr. Sill, C. Hampton was called to the chair, witovvefiv. ad i dressed the meeting in regardto the pur pose for which they had asseify c. I On motion of Maj. StrakD. Stil and A. S. Johnston were appoin( d it Secre taries. On motion of B. F. TayloiTEsq. it was ordered that a committee be appointed to prepare a suitable Preamble and Resolu lions. The Chair appointed thefolowing tiamed gentlemen as the committee: B G raylor, W F DeSaussre, Chan cellor Cald well, Col Good wytiA S John ston, James Boatiwright, A -Wilace' 'J A Crawford, John Cald well, Etenry Davis, Campbell R Bryce, Col Gregg, A k Tay lor, Jos A Black, J D Trade-vell. A P Vinson,Dr Sill, Col Auderson, R.O'Neale, .1 I Gracey, E M Fisher, I D Mordecai, T I H Wade. Dr Blauding, Dr- Gibbes, J V Lyles, B Riley, A G Sumner;-t-C Mor gan, J G Bowman. Joel 'Adains, Gen Hopkins, Gen Adamts, Joht English, J E Reese, Col Chappell, John Bates, John Scott. G Garner, Peter GalineyW Seay. W Donley, C Bookter,,T. Center, A -F Dubard, j D Frost, D D Fenley I Duo 7 can, J Douglas. The Committee, aftei consultation, re ported us follows: The people of RidlaiidZDisict have heard with deelp emotidra of the ti hard. fought battles and brilliant victones.of the American army near the capiial of Mexi I ico. They have watched with intensp interest the movements, of the- R-etiment from this State, co'nsisting of our friands, neighbors, and relrihins, antfare proud to 6nd that the confi-d.he wit- -whicb-we saw them depart, as the militafryrepresen tiives ofSouth Carolina;"has been justi fied by their conduct. Thetioltsm atd gaillantry of our' fellow.1citizens of that Regiment, we should never easeto cher ish in our memory. They 'liiteered to '.tht the battles oftheir co*tb r n a for fign and distant-land. -Wt .ude and. patie ce, they-have qndtr oin sick ness-and privation I mpaign. upgtfie city or lexieoa eW etier prisas eetuired n f Gesmral and whiathey onsm r $heir '.owngood fortune, place themn-in .the po siiion of greatest danger ~'Duubtless the troops of otir si.r Siaies under' simoilar .circumstances, wvouldl have behaved! as Iwell; but no troops whatever could have behaved better: Trhe lily of France, the rose of England, the sha'mrock of Ireland, Iand the .thistle of Sco~tlaiid, have been fhremost in the .conflicts of a thousand years; but. neither of thes~e embiems of the four most valiant tiations of the ol world, ever ledl ' to glory or the grave" more cou rageous hearts than those that throbbed beneath the Palmetto as it waved, for the first time utnfurled in battle, over the chivalry of South Carolina. rTheir comn mander- was one eminently, qualified to be the leadler of brave men, He and a por tion of his Reginment are buried on the fld of victory, in a foreign land. Let them not fail of that roward for which the pa. triot soldier desires to liye,'and is ready to die-.the admiration and graiiumde of their country. Therefore, J, Resolved,'Thai our warm approbation'andi most hearty thanks are tendered to the PalmettoRegiment,ror the uniform courage atnd good .cotnduct which they have exhihiited, while hearing the hahnier of the Siato in the sorvice of the Union, and especially for their heroic be haviotur in the bloody and triumphanit bat. t le of M exico. 2. -Rearleved, That while we rejoice in the glory of the Amterican artms, and1 in dulge a just pride in the shai-e which the soldiers of our owrr State have bornie in acquiring it.- we deeply (iiment the loss of the brave otticers and metn, who, by the doom of battle have fallen ii the cause of their country. 3. Resolved. That in P. *M. Butler the State has lost one of the most galtant and valued of her sons; w'hile the manner of his death has added oneo of its bi-ighest - pages to her history. - 4. .Resolved, That it becomnes South Carolimia to provide for ,the family of the leader of her soldiers; wiio has purchased renown for hier ai the east lif his life, by a national 'teelimiony worthg'of- her-self and that for this* purpose; s subscription be opened to raise a ftind, to-b'e' -invested for the widow and childreni- of: Pierce M. Butler; ahd that ,orender 'it: as .widely difused as the popular, feeling,. it be limited to the sum'of one dollar frpim each subscri ber. 5. R&solved, That a similar stibscriptioni be recotmmendcd to the other Districts of the State. 6. Resolved, That RichlandwDistrict wiii also provide for the:-families of her company ;who have. fallen iid battle, and another subscription, be opolied for this purpose. 7. Resolved, That an Extecutive Com mittee ofrtine bie appniited. lay ihe dhiair, to carry b'tt the'foregoingresolid ions. with authority to appoint auxiliary Committees, aid to enter~ into- correspondence wvith other Districts, with a view,. to similar action in them. .8d- Resolved, Thapt a cosmittee of three be appointed by tbe Chairman, to take suityble measures for b ringing, from Mexi ..o to Colunita theetaing d-r- Cot Bnt fer and fur erecting.a&< montiment over them-commemorate also or those who fell with h'un; and inh'nor of.the Palmet to Regiment. 9 Resolved, That-the -consummate gen eralship of the Commander-in Chief, sur passing even the splendor of his early career, Lhe ability of the officers, and the courage of th- whole army, have given new.lustre to the American name ; and we have entire coufidence, that in what ever position of danger or difficulty the vicissitudes of war may place thetm. nothing wil lie left undone that skill and valor can accomplish. The Report was seconded by the Hon. Jos. A, Black, and the meeting successive ly addrested, in feeling and eloquent terms by Gen. Adams, lion. F. H. ElImore, C. Bookter, Esq., and Hon. W. U. Pres-. ton. The Report was then unanimously adopted. The Ciair then named Gen. Adams, John Caldwell, E. J. Arthur, A. S. Johnsto.t, J. '. Goodwin. C. R. Bryce, and B. D. Boyd, as the Commitee under the 7th resoltition. And W. C. Preston. Dr. Sill, and W. F. DeSaussire, as: the Committee. under the 8th resolution. Mr. DeSaussure presented a letter frorm R. S. Pinckney, Esi.; comtmander of the sloop- of war Decatur, in regard to the re moval of the remains ofCol. Butler. which was referred to the Committee on the sub ject. On.motion of Col. Summer, it was order ed that -the Secretaries of this meeting transmit copies of these proceedings to the ainities to whom +hey relate. and to the officers, of the Palmetto Regiment-and that the papers of the State he requested to publish them. The meeting then adjourned. W. HAMPTON. Char'n. E. Sill, Secretaries. A. S. Johnston. From the New York Sun. MEXICO. We copy the following letter from the Sun, to which the translation was fur nished, the original being in Spanish; the writer is alleged to be a Spanish Mexican residing in the city of Mexico, and the letter was addressed to a Spanish house in the city. We see no reason to doubt either its auther.tiity or its general accuracy. And it is fearfully interrsting, not only as a vivid description of the combat, but as evidence of the desperate tenacity with which the Mexicans adhere to the defence of their country-just as 4nericans would do atnd be urged to do if their country was iuvaded. If this letter .tells the truth, the question may well be asked, "What has become of the 'peace party' in Mexicr, i which we have heard so mnuch ?" CITY OF MuXtCo, Sept. 19. Respected Friends: I have an opportu nity to send, by the courier who leaves to-ight, this letter, in whict I shall briefly attempt t6 describe to you the horrors we have just experienced. On the 7th in slant our commissioners'rejected the treaty propositions of the American Government, id.debided-on..resuming the warGen. BHerrera invitig aIurgingbthe clergy to. lie:Th' citie a tor the-uttostresistanci. Amera he-li frged San Ana w'ith breaking the'artmistice ahv forbidiug his comm issioners'to obtain fo'>d in the city, aid tltreatened, utnlesi reparation was made, to commenee hostilities and bom bard the city. Santa Anna replifd severely charging Scott wvitht breaking the armistice by sacking ottr villages, and expressed his perfect readiness to renew the war. Ott the 13th inst. the Americansmade a de monstration on Chtapultepec andi the tmill of El Roy. but ottr generatls were prepared' for them. Attticipatittg a breach of the armistice Santa Atnna for severaml days had caused to he conveyed, in every pos sile manner, so as not to excite suspicioia, arms, munitions and fuod tu the fortress at C hapultepec. Our citizens carried under their mantles and on mules a great qu-antity or pon dler, halls and provisions without being once discovered, so great was the feeling of so ctrity and conftilence among the Ameri cans. General Scott was not a little stur prise~d to find on attacking Chupultepec such obstinate resistance. Chapultepec, you know, is situated between Tacubaya and city, within canmon shot ot the formner and sotne three miles from the latter. I is a bold hill overlooking a vast ratnge of country. whtich enabled our soldiers to watch every ttiamieumvre oif the enemy. It also cotmtmnmds mhe- road frwn Tacubays. to the city, whlich runs cone by its base. and can only be asettletd tby a circuitous paved way, which,. after turning a certain agle, is expond to the full range of the gums. As. the Atmericans ascetnded the hill, at perfect smorgn oft mttsket halls andI grape shot drove thetm back withy heavy loss. They recovered antd advanced againm lbt were repulsed. Our Iroops fought with desperate valor, worthty the character of Mexicans. Thte etnemy also fnnght bravely; his tmco seemed like so many devils, wvhotm it was itntpossible to defeat without aihtila - ton. f-He made a third and last chtarge w~ith fresh furce atid heavy guns;, and ottr gallant troops havingf exhausted thteir grape shot were forced yery unwilling to retreat: and yieltd up the fortress, of which the enemy took possessinn. Our soldiers re treated toward the city, hut were uttfortu nately cut off by a detachment of the ene my's cavalry, andm about 1000) made priso ners, but were soon released ags the enetmy had no men to guard them, The enemy then opened his balteries Ott the mill el Ry (King's tmill) close upon Chapultepec, wich, afler obstinate fighting and great loss to the Atmericans, we were obliged to abandon. The two actions continued over nine hours, and were, the severest, conside ring the enemy's large force, that have beenfought. Our loss in killed antd wtoun ded was not more than 300, wvhile the enemy lost over 400, or at least such was the report of deserters from the American camp who came to us in the evening. Seeing that the city wottld inevitably be attacked, General Santa Anna, dttring the actiots, caused1 a numblerof trenches to he cut across the-road leading to the city, which were flooded with water. Ott the morning of the 14th before daylightt the enemy, with a'part of his force, co-nmen cdl his march nnpno t he city. Onr soldiere. posted belind the arches of the aqueducts and:several breastwprks which lhid been. hastily thrown up, annoyed hinii soaevere ly, together with the trenches. ;hich' he had to bridgecover, that- he did no( arrive at the gates 'until-laitein the afternoon. Ilere he halted and aiempted 'o bombard the city, which he. did during the.rest of tie day and the day folluwing, doing imi mense damaae. it some cases whole blocks were destroyed and a great number of men, women and children were killed and wounded. The picture was awful. One deafening roar filled our ears, one cloud ofsmoke met our eyes, now and then mixed with flameq, and amid it all we could hear the shrieks of the wounded and dying. But the city bravely resisted the hundreds of flying shells. It hurled back defiatice to the blood-thirsiy Yankee, and convinced him - that his hombs c'ould not reduce the Mexican capital. The enemy then changed his plan. and dete-rmined to enter the city, where -we were prepared. to meet him. having barri caded the streets with sand bags andpro. vided on tihe house tops and at the windows all who could bear arms or hurl - missiles, stones, hricks &c., otg the heads of the en emy. Before Gen. Scott had fairly passed the gates, lie found the difficulty of his position-. A perfect toi-rent of balls and stones rained upon his troops. Many were killed and. mnore wounded.:. Still ie kept advancing until he gained the entrance of two streets leading. direct to the plaza. Finding that he could not oppose himself to our soldiers. who were all posted out of sight. and that he was losing his men ra pidly, Gen. Scott took possession of the convent ol San Isidor, which ex'tends back to the centre of a block, and at -once set his sappers and mi iers to cutting away directly throutgh the blocks of buildings. In some instances, whole -houses were below up to facilitate his progress ; but after several hours be. again emerged into the street, and inally regained the Pla za with great loss. On entering, the Pla za a heavy fire was opened upon him from the Palace and Cathedral, which- were filled and covered with our patriotic troops. Fnding himself thus assaulted, the enenv drew out his force in the Plaza and opened a cannonade on the Palace and Cathedral, firing over one hundretI shots, ivhich did immense damage to the. buildings and caused .a severe loss of kil,.ed and wounded. Seeing further resistance. uselebs, our soldiers ceased frinig, and on the 16th of September (sad dry !) the eneny was in possession of the Mxican capital. Though we inflicted havoek and death upon the Yinkees, we suffered great ly oursolves. Many were killed by the blowing up of houses, many by the born bardment, but more .hy the conftsion which prevai led in the city,.and altogether we cannot count our killed, wouuded, and missing, since the actions commenced yesterdlay, at less than 4000, among whom aro many women anti children. The enemy confesses a loss of over one ;housand; it is pn doubt much greater. What .a calamity ! But Mexico will yet have vengence. God will avenge us for our suflerings. .Alas ! that I should write thisiileti7'er vithin sight of a pioud enery. whid has succeedid -by .his ferocity in 1a00ljn our 'npiin .and our .-'rg fiii'(ellvdith hiswine'rif 'anuon. Butttis it ts-we are prostraigd,'uo.hum bled... We may bhe lhreed to ajilence, . but thefirst moment that presents us a chance will be devoted to terrible revenge.. . San-. ta Anna has gone with his getierals: and~ all the troops he could draw of to Guad alottpe. He is said to be wounded severely. We have lost heroic officers and brave men in these two udays. I cannot. foresee what is to cotne. Thousands are gath ering upon the hills and around the city, determined to etut off all supplies and starve the enemy who has so atudaciously entered it. Gen. Scott may yet find that Mexico is not vanquiahed, ile may find our lakes bursting their barriers, atnd filling this beautiful valley, to atnihitate the inlamous A mericans. We scarcely hope, yet do not quite despair. Our brave generals may recover what is-iost, and Mexico, witht her ten millions of people, arise to sweep the invader from the land he has desecrated. Be sure that whatever we do in the wvay.of submission is only for the moment. No Mexican n ill respect. beyond the houtr that forces him to it. any bond dictated by the sword of an eniemy. My heart is. too full of grief and indlignation to write more. 3DGEF1ELD C. 11 WVEDNEsDAY, OCToaER. 13, 18-1'. El~ctiba for Representative to the Legislature. -Ont Monday and Tiuesday last, .the election to fill the vacancy in outr District Delegationi took place. A BRASM JoNFs. Esqr., was thme only candidate. The votes will be counted out to. day. -Election for Govrerntor of Georgia.-Colonel Towntes, has beett elected Governor of the State of Georgia, by' over 1000 majority, over General D). L. Clinch, the'Whig canididate. Dry Weaher.'-Since otur last thedry weather continues, and it has been warm for several days.. The senhon is qute favorable for gather ing the crogis. The Court of Common Pleas.-One week of the Court has tertmitnated. Mitch btnsiness of itportance was trarnsacted. The tmost import ant casa which was'iried wvas that of the Stato. vs. Arthur J. rntd [nfred Padget, for murder. This case excited considerable interest, and oc cpied two days. A large number of wittnis sos vere exitmnined. 'Messrs. Wardlawv, Bans kett, Carroll., and Yaneny. appeared for the Plaintiff, anid the Solicitor Col. I. D. Edwards, and M'r. 1N. L. Grilliu, for the State. The, case was verf -elaborately argned, and resitted ;,, ,the .~,,,itao rib,..r J. .ad..t an..d', iiith convictionof Lifred Padget, ol'~Manslaugchte. On Saturday last, li honor Judge O'Neal sen innced Pa'diet to twelve months itnprisonment and ifine' of thiee hundred dollars. Oi:-Siitanrdaiy last Judge O'Neal senti l George H-. Eans, who had been co iedof Iorge Stealing, to tYvelve.,Pmrh '' .Ment, anid to receive. on the first day f-n term, fifty lashes on his bare back. - )Jeavyfailures in Europe.-From late foreign papers. we learn that several failures ,toothe amount of manay millions have takegp.plgi commercial housesin Lnodon,:Venice. Genoal and Paris. Theso fitilbrei will dobti1every seriously affect many commercial houses. aid we fear that they had s ing a decline in the pice of coitmn. This-' dline however; we bpe TwilLrnt hepi'ra Z Temperance : Meeting4 -Op 'boi 4th inst, the Mechanics Washintpiia m er ance Society of this place, assembipd(iule. Court House. A cosiderable.number o sons, including members and citizenis ,4 place and of the Districtwere presentA ef*ri of the fair sex also honored the oeeaiqionji 7 their presence. Tlie President of'il made som1e good remarks, and hi by the Hon. Judge O'Neal. The iddrO this gentleman was in his usbal elicitbus .t ner, 'ind was delivered " it much inina " 'and doubtless pioduced a happy efe well received by the numerousand re l audience present. His Hoimor set.fith' leir upontie'license system."verjd lefly&d ci. ly., Re stated thet Cbnnmissioneruofiod sm Town Councils, to -which. bodies ihe.legi lature had entrnsted the- power or graIftMi6 censes for the retailingof it''deit spirikt', I right of granting or icitlding lidfit fi self to or from any person, no nmitter *hat ecity lie might offer for keeping an orde r preserving inviolate the law. These ipie of men could not. be rompde4 to grant - censes to persons who -offered the mooef.reqqgz ed by law and the necessary security. l matter had been tried befdre the-.Cou Ififf-lie country and was settled.' fie stated dieporis of law on the subject, which we.-willI notIan tice. The speaker in his discourse, mentionid sevoral thini of considerable iitreisSaind brought forward powerful arguments - .tain his positions He told someezoellelan ea. dotes, which wie.i-rie the- -worse -bk bpug told before to a portion of tihe audlAp re.. '6 the bensefit of nmuch of"ouir readers as.erit present, we will repet., though m.in-i.erg - perfect mainer, two of iis anecdotes. "li thei! Hoosier Stale, in the Westernoi etunu"tere. - lived a couple in alittle cabin, whichwAs e-ect. ed'in a portion of the country where thiulias were dense, and- where- bear aboinidd. T con ple were one diiy sitting i ljni.ii Abd) their little infant was in 'thead li 'door. A huge hear c:mne il d','d 0 'child, resolved to make a good-meal ofi a sprnng inowards it. and thb filier *bhew'aT a poor dr:unkei, timid iv 'eifed itpn the joist to s:ve himself.' e;0olid, 'feeling and. self-s.ctificingeibowhI r acterize her sex kica'hi eti ' a~ be 6.ar and *lie itient. 0 t. husbandsecurely pi out frequently to the-'nobe Noman4" Lay on Betsey ! lhiy on, give if'td hiui wife with. out renderinigher any iassistanic. Oisth'e'ne' day some of thme neighh.'iirs paissing by, iheis band said tothem, " did you hneafthe great! bear fight, I amid Betsey had yesterhay:. They answered'"no." ". Why," said he, a ~g yesterday tried td eat up ourl'ttle one, &.I '&r Betsey settled him. We fought him arid killed 'nim." This. was false, as his wife was the sole conqueror of tlie bear. This anecdoteriwsjn tended to show, that drunkards are vain glori. ous, atid assume 'to' themselves the ceedit o many acts wlm ich they are incapiabef per fornming. We will repeat one more anaciloe, hut we do not remember in what mandem 'the Jdge. brought it imm or what it was inded to ml lustrate. Inm Virainia. there-dwelt'sinpid w.0d a mnan. wh o wvas very kind in waiting upn (he sick, to whom she did misch bedefit. -Oue of' her neighmbors said to her oi a certain odasiobs. " Goody. wvhat makes yonjso a ttane o ~il the sick." " Oh,'' said shme, "the pejlild iire very kind to nie, an:i I wan't to do ~onethng for themn." "~ Well s-ays he,.I will uv .a medicinme to admninister, whicha wvilmake. yout fortnme." Hie went to a pile of cedar'posts ih-it werte lying, before his, 'duor. and esdwidig off a portion of them, 'matde them int6 a.10 powdier. He wr'pped this-in severdl pges and gave it to time old w~oman. "When any body is .sick," says lie," gise imne ):Udl i powders, well niixed with nhses an at will cure him.'' Goody tookc~he po drsi. z a. d ministered time medicine to her patmonts. She 'was eminendly successin.l?'. Heri famea Nkil} fuml p hysicia.n, mip read far and widsk' Tteina9 who gave liar the powder, went out one uig~h' a fishing and canghta flne mess. He retur'ned amid mnade a hearty supper orthenu. "OrI'& oftliea ' bonesstuck in.hisithroat. lie oul h nora lief, and thought that ho would die. '"emndfor Goody," said his wife. "What ! thart oldffool,'" said lie, "she can do nothing. AlIIfer re'disir is noihing but powder of. cedar poest.ywhich1I gave her. However, lie yielded to thiieip.or tulnities of his wvife,anid sent for the old'doctress, She caime and miixing up the powiderI withs'i molasses in a spoon, offer ed it .to~hbsaying to him, " if it does you non gopd,.jtiedo you no harm." The prescription and thnsolemn visaga of the old woman,'. apeird ioii so ludicrous,- that he burst ou to a oud fit of laughter:. This was.soleag j Ti. 1ent that the bone in his throat became aoemnd, fell out. He then recovered. ~)'~i0tim fame of Goody was then sp? d 'vi h 6up. try.- .'* Our limits will not permit as to noticean thing more ini the auldress ofth: w hope at some fumture~ time. agatnt ii 5e~ tt pleasure of hearing him. .,* Deathe-nf James GardaMB Tate Augusta ((Ga.) papere-of 'thesth fl&aknt, announce .the death- of'~addi nrdaEr, REn._ (father of thi/Edtar6ih$ciotisitu..