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has benklliseid~an encounter' ith-Col. - Childs in beo icinity of that city, another C would. make us bidievehshe has been I 4 taken' prisoner, after defending himself for sometime at the- paper mill called La Con- I -stancia,' in the neigliborhood of Puebla. I The-accounts saythat Col. Childs was reinforced by Maj. Lally, and that be im mediately entered.the city, .drove out the guerrilleros and surrounded the mill atiove named. What credit to place in these C rumors I know not; but if Santa Anna is really a prisoner, it has-been intentional he has given himself up. If he has been what the.lexicans would term one casua- s lidad, a sheer accident, for no -such inten- c tion ever entered his head. r As a priso'ner, Santa Anna knows per foctly well that he can humbug Mr. Polk Iwith-ease, and all his friends besides. We shall know the whole truth of th6 matter r in the course of a day or two. s It is said that the Alexican Congress is t to 6ssemble at Queriaro, on the 5th of 0 October-next week-aud that Penn y I Pena has gone out to be installed as the t acting President. I have heard Mexicans d say that the body has many members who will deliberate nianfully and seriously in favor of peace; but my opinior is that a f majority of them will talk of little save honor and ditches'atj glory, and last ex. r tremeties and ruins, and of being buried under them, and kindred nonsense. Some ti of tb-m may be bribed, or hired, to es- e ouse the peace said- We sall see. f u GENERAL ARMY ORDERS. On the 17th of September Gen. Scott n republished his general orders, proclaiming . martial law in places occupied by our troops, with important additions. Frori e these orders we copy that portion by which 0 contributions are levied upon the capital, and the reasons therefor assigned. We f' are iratified to see, this rigorous measure put in furce d 14.. For tbe ease and safety of botht garties, in all cities and towns occupied by C the~ American army, a Mexican police shall be established and duly harmonized with the military police of the said forces. 15 This splendid capital-its churches I and religious worship; its convents and 81 monasteties; its inhabitants and pronerty, t are moreover, placed under the special n sre-guard of the faith and honor of the American army. 16 In consideration of the foregoing pro. e tection, a contribution of $150,000 itm- b posed on this capital, to be paid in four weekly instalments of thirty-seven thou sand five hundred dollars ($37,500) each, beginning on Monday next. the 20th inst., and termihating on- Monday, the 11th of October. tn 17 The Ayuntemiento, or corporate an. CO thority of the city, is specially charged with at collection and payment of the several in- to stalments. . o. tbi IS Of the-whole contribution toeho.paid je over- tilipi army,-tweityi i!ousmnd dollars S; utfbeappropriated- !to the purchase of s. extra comforts for the wounded and sick ci in hospital;niuiety thousand dollars ($90,. ag 000)o liepurdhase oFblankets and.shoes as for gestuitorai:istribtion among tho rank sli and: file- of the army, and forty thousand 1 - doll 4 0Q) reseied for othernecei: di 11no.. F iid Ed tho 18th rO ops- thi irin S~Titist por buly ~ ~ r~w&Id~posedsno interei( here, but S7 1~ipwate house shall be occupied tht )by an corps or oflcer, until all suitable co publibbildings within the above ranges les shall he-first fully occupied; and all offi cers attacbed to troops, shall be quartered h with, or near their troops-respectively. -h 8 No rent shall be paid by the'United of States for any building occupied by troops tht or officers, without a special direction from ac gea'eral head-quarters; nor shall any pri. co vate hiouse be occupied as quarters without ha the: free consent of the owner, or orders ca from general head-quarters. No deviation ain from'these injuntctions will be tolerated. TI 9-The collection of customs or duiies at rc the:several gates of the city, by the civil su -- athority of the same, will be continue'd as heretofore until modified by the civil In and military governor (Maj Gen Quit- M1 man,) accoi-ding to the viows of the gene- " ral-in-chtief. laut supplies helongitng to w4 the Quartermaster's and Commissary's or Department will at once be exempted from all duties. Gen Quitman's orders dated the 17th,F allow unarmed persons, in tho pursuit of their private affairs, to pass and repass the I city gates and outposts. but none withsfi -arms without special leave. HeI also pro hibits anms, ammiunition, tob-acco or pub- th lie property of any-kind to be takcn from " the city-.d The Rankc and File.-Never did the o1 ranks of atny army in the world contain so bi so many gallant spirits as are numbered in -- - this small band of ours, which fought its gi way from San Atigustin to this city. Do- I1 ring that time many of the non-command- a ing oflicers and privates distinguished hi themselves to a great degree, and gave h assranlce.to, the world that when Amern icaus war, those of the lowest grades enter p into it with all the spirit of the highest in ti command. Recently, when an order wvasn read at the head of companies for so many s1 volunteers to step out of .the rank to un- tI dertake some perilous enterprise against a the enemy, scarce a man remained in the ' ranks, anud it was with the gteatest diffi- I culty the selection could be made, so eager n were. all, to participete in the adtenture. El 11ow-is it possible io wvhip such men, un-. lesthey are all killed ?, Their bearing in .r action has not only won the admiration J' and esteem of the commander-in-chief, but he is so infatuated wvith them that we ver.. 1 ly believe he would be pleased to hug to f --- his breast the entire army at ,one time. r1 -According to an act of Congress of Mtarch 3, those who have distinguished tlferselves hete will hnve a brevet grade o tank,'or be entitled to receive additional I paand hundreds of them will be named oi by their commanders for good con duciduring the last month. I So nobly have the rank and file perform e4f~sork given in charge, tbhat we wish I - ~ as possible for all of them to be noticed - u ;msuch amtanner-as would bring to them 'some ubistanatial reward from that Gov- I e-rnineat for whom they are performing sirch wonder's'in this country, Geifecotf. copied the act of Congress bove alluded to- into one of, his general rders, with remarkei most gratifying to is troops, and he extended indulgencies to ben of a trifling but pleasing kind, in isuing allowances of tobacco from the lexican qtock captured. From the N. 0. Picayune, Oct. 15. FURTHIER, MEXICAN 'NEWS. ,Again we devote almost the whole of ur papers to the details of the news from lekico. By a communlcation in the American ;tar, we perceive that Gen. Bravo and tall nere taken prisoners by a portion f the No-v-York Regiment in Gen. Quit ian's division. Circumstances prevonted eir being. delivered to Gon. Qnitman, nd they were taker. to Chapultepec hy Papt. Davis, aid to Gen. Quitinan. On Baching there, finding the general-in-chief ill at the castle, he reported to Gen. Scot t j iat lie had Gen. Bravo and staff prisoners f war. The General ordered Captain i lavis to bring the prisoners forward where I e was, when the general-in-chief ad- s ressed Gen. .Bravo as follows : I deeply regret meeting the valiant Gen. c ravo in misfortune. I have long and , vorably known him by fame. I trust I ro may soon be 'friends.-I honor and i .spect him as an enemy. Gen. Bravo expressing his thanks for t e courtesy extended to him by the gen ral-in-chief, the latter directed that the rmer be taken into the citadel ~and fur ished with as comfortable q.uarters as s te conveniences of the building would ad lit of. Captain Charles Naylor, of the 2d 'ensylvania Regiment, has been apppoint I superintendent of the National Palace a r Mexico, Capt. Robert Allen, A. Q. - [., has been appointed post quartermaster t >r the city of Mexico. I The Fashion brought over important t !sptches for the Government fron Mr. h 'rist. They had beon waiting at Vera % ruz since the 30th ult. a The New-Orleans arrived at Vera Cruz tj om Tampico on the 4th inst. The American Star says that at the test accounts the Mexican army was wly wending its way towards Quere- n ro. They numbered less than 3000 tnen, t ider the command of General Herrera. tl any in Mexico supposed Santa Anna a as endeavoring to reach the seaboard to ntark for a foreigh couutry, but we place tIle faitb in this. 'Special Correspondence uf La Patria.) q INT-ENDED FLIGHT OF SANTA ANNA. I VERA CRuz, OcI. 1, 1847. b Gentlemen- I wrote you yesterday, giv- i g you all the intelligence which had t me to hand relating to tbe later-events q the capital, and I no _ta-ke'up my pen w inform you _hat:-liive been assured, w several itdNuals, that they have st zn-atbdspokon to an Aid-do-Camp of at nta Anna, and also a groom who usually h companies the latter everywhere in this. th y, where they arrived two or three days fr . . Although it has been impossible to m :ertain anything thereon, it is confidently 0( ted thatp$anta Anna is now at the very bt mnent irr the vicinity of the coast, inten- yc ig to take 'pissage on'board 6f the En sb steamei Medway, which starts tomor-. bl v morning&for Havannah. . - indagla and since, bis Aid-deCamnp servantbase been here, nothing more y bena heard 'of him. If!I learn any so n~ more positive on this subject, I will th :mn;icate it to you instantly.-Chtar- ui (on Courier. -y ---- Ir The Captture of Mexico.-Our, paper .th s morning contains further parictulars .sti the interesting events connected with ' n taking of *lexico. Our artms have iievd, next to peace itself.. the grand mn isummation of this glorious war. T1hey -re ye taken possession of the renownued th itol of the e:Vemy, and planted the stnrs fo L stripes above the natiomal palace. fus us has been achieved brilliantly, glo asly, but at a severe sacrifice of life and G Tering. sil Besides the loss of the gallant Col. Mc- tr tosh and Major Levi Twiggs, of the w rines, nowv numbered with tho dead. al regrct to see in the list of severely fe mudedl, Captain Win. Henry WValker, the 6th infantry, another noblo son of ~orgia. He is a native of this city, and ht d won an honorable name for himself in til orida, where under the gallant veterau, . mn. Zachary Taylor, in the bloodiest bat- me of the Seminole war, he fell pierced -hiy w re wounds of suffering. ' p, Georgia has been nobly represented in p a bloody vale -of the Mexican capitol, n here such prodigies of valor have been 'i splayed, and she has purchased her share o th honors, at the price of as chivalrie ei ond, as atny State can boast. a We are p'ained to see how dreadful the q llant remnant of the gallat Pamretto 'Il egitent has suffered. That noble and n~ iicted State, has the warm sytnpathy ohf :r neighboring sister, Georgia, in this her ur of bereavement. There are incidents of n'rocity and of f ,rfldy marking the conduct of the enemy v the recenit bloody dramas enacted in and d ar the ciry of Mexico, which appeal a rongly for vengeance. We hope that 1 tese worse than barbarians will be made a example of in such a way as will be an c pressive lesson to them and to the world. 'his contry has shown that it can be mag ani'ous, merciful and generous wvhere: tese qualities can be appreciated. Let now show that it can be severe and ter ble when its fierce resentmetnt has been I tstly aroused. Tho cries of our helplesswoumnded men, arbarously massacreed in cold hlood, ap-i cal to otutraged humanity, anti call for teasures of severest retribution.-Augusta ~onstitutionaist 20ths inst. Mexican Affairs.-The following Circu sr from the Mexican Secretary of State, tthat to which we alluded a few days go,' and we publish it to day, thanking hat it would be read with interest. ' Most arcellent Sir :Since t he great vents which have happened (lay before esterlay, no other chotce has been left to. he Government, lint to evacuate the Cap tal, wvhich was done at early dawn to-day, vitht thie intintton of placing themselves iri aposition) to repel the invading enemy. 'or these reasons, his Exacellency the Pre iident, ad interi, hia' ihoulki make kriow to.yr ' irv in order that yol-mighfay e Ron. CongreEz f the SNas .s Excellencyis fim"iy r'esolved a nilitary operationsgagi stidb iod that whatever advantage. Irom the war, he will ethe est gossible manner. " The Supreme Govem1ie a isting heroically in the - pace of six days, deternined -:e memy had gained suchf ositio eriouslyanuoyed thousaddio t f nhabitants of the'city &ici ik >rojectiles,) to remove their. rar 6id; 'a hortly I will have the honofr q iing four Excellency on whAtj A -sve ixed, not having done soyet,u e3 vere marching with..the rest MY, fad had not, as yet, deterinie * the upreme powers of the nation ijde. 'l 6 As soon as its residence-be' Iwill < nform you of every occurrene rikes t >lace, and for the present wil. t;u'ry- I elf to telling you that the Acnd rmy f n the day before yesterday, reak, I harged with all their forces-o ajlie ee, where after a resistlnce o ours, lie citadel was taken by thes a-ho mreediately marched to take.. asion f the fortifications interveni lween t his and the Sarita of Belensa oias, t )an Cosure y Cindadela. The Washington Union of th jst. C ays :-." We understand that War I )epartmont has determined i e-two r ow regiments forthith-one Ten- I lessee and the other from. an 1here are ten companies inE ene. ee who have offered 'their so sthan I ould be accepted under the .1 [quisi on. As these companies ares fuxtous 3 ) serve in the field, and were- ;illing . j abandon the idea un'til ih6 anmenr ' ad finally disposed of the ' ,'they < Ill constitute one of the regi which C re now called for. Thus theyj ,bet tr prepared to march to Mexi i take e field than, perhaps, any ot giment as could be called out. "The volunteers of 'Mlic have anifested the greatest eagern - serve eir country ; and thd other ent isr erefore, to be organized in:. iyoung nd patriotic State." Correspondence of the Ba li Sun. WAsuiT 13. I am glad to be able to st t at the arterly statement of the con o 'of the 'reasury, which will soona -, wIll. found ro be highly favour Id thei e Treasury will be found t ra bets r condition than at the e ihe last arter. The statement islde ay fIor the ant of some rdeurns; b'u1e a at it ill prove to be bigh gau. may afe, in this connection' hle I nount of the ejghteeq.; lhas .en paid inexceptin' e- ild d at this sum, added- to a ecetA am the reyenue,.will en Ibyern. ct to prosecute the ri' it, perha'ps, till -the 30th) 8 48r it till after the cordni' fa ,that I ar. . ' * The President yp.-Hpp ry Yee-* i, aid is still niuah e or o of his friend; who i, tsay t been prprdn me Northern papera have'asserted; for -i e reports of the heads pDpartments, . ton which it is to be foihe h ave not . it beeni mad e to him, af " frit ten. deed, manmy things may' .~~ nd within ? e next six weeks, gra myio'dify any in atemeuts or rocommnendat'ions that might tv be prepared.. Thme Alessage will, undoub~tedly, recomn end some decisive coursp.'of policy in I spect tot Alexico, and even in. that regard er is such scantiness of i'iformation be- a re the Cah'nmet that no distinct plan fur ttre operations can nmow be laid dowvn. I Troops enough have now? bien sent to e n. Scott, for the maintenance of his po- -1 ion, Some five thousand additiorral i >ops are on the way to Vera Cruz, and i ill arrive there next month,, and. besides ;t this, two inore regimentti were called it r the WVest a few days ago. 1 Webster and the South.-I-d his s peech F fore the Massachusetts Whiig Copven-|F m, Mr. Webster made usp of these re-| arkable words: "I have got seern oniet spetable fair minded man'of the South,,r ho objected to the North using all its : >wr to prevent the increap of the slaive I wwer. I have found no a so unreaso.It ible as to dispute our ,aght to this."' i 7 are at no loss to define thle meaning e this expression, "increast ofslave pow. t '," since from the context I the sentence r Id time topte's antecede !y and--subse-' uently discussed,we are b mid to believe i at Mir. Webster meant 1 to be syudny. ous with extetision of lave- territory. i ud we therefore, call the language remarkable"-becauso it a -uttered by a # ise and eminent State'sm -a politician C miliar with all the gi- t .movements f te countrv ; in the fa , f a theusand l emottrations' to the contary and is as- .1 rted in direct oppositii to-the cry of undreds of thousands. o~ voices int the outhi, protesting against si injustice and 1 ppression of the North ia; claiming to I old or exercise any sued powver. 'Wer now not wvhot were the~ asociations of dr. Webster during his a e visit tot'ier ouh ; but certain are w4 fhat wyhatever hey were ; if they were with Southern earins amnd Southern t gsoes; he could 'vo- heatrd the uttera e of no such 4 reasonable - seatiment 's. thins. Therei n ot "a respectable( fai' mindedl man . if the South" who doas act utterly, amid II eremptorily deny the ~f of the North o exercise any stubh powerbeyond its own a mediate territorie.s, rihio d not pro- a ests against the claimfg'~ysuch powem s unconistitional, andl procaim its exercs 4 s fraught with the mnoqL aiisastrous con '] equences that visat a- dist ieted country b r. WVebster.must not its way under' s ake to become the ixphat of the views c f the Souithi. The Soi 11tl speak ande ict for itself.-Southe R t. 3w Low Country ofS a rotinaa.-Fea -egions itn theo worl stlus thins part of Suth Carolinta in damyfortiltty, itad atural adlvantages. aIh.ft Enrcpean ieafarers described it witb -rapture, and ayihed -upon it the extravagent encomi ins nw bestowed on California, er.the 006:lan6 of Mexico. It was a region of lowers, and magnificent forest trees, une ualled in-the colder climate from which heycami. The live oak here attains its ,oblest proportions; the magnolia rises in lumn of sixty or seventy feet,-surmount dl with Tops of large glossy leaves, and no'w white blossoms; the pitch pine rea biesdinensions that fit it to be the -mast ifsome great admira%' the hickory, gum, vhite oak, grow to majestic size; over hem, the luxuriant native grape spreads a ich mantle of green, or the long pendant, ray moss hangs a more sombre drapery rom their limbs. It is a land of abun lance, No part of the world more easily upplies to moiate indu;try the necessa ies or the luxuries of lire, Oysters are icked up by the hand on the banks of the reeks at low !ides; erabsare gathered in heir channels..in a similar manner by the asket full; shrimps are innumerable; scale ish abound in the rivers; the woods and ields are stocked with game; the climate 3 delightful; the productions of agriculture -sea-island cotton, rice, the sweet potatou -are among the most valuable in the vorld; the sugar cane grows luxuriantly; he orange, with little trouble, thrives and ears abundantly; the olive can be culti ated wiihout difficulty; the fi- and pom granite are comnton in its gardens. No ountry can possess greater facilities for n easy access to ,market than this. Its iumerous winding streams give a landing lace to every plantation for boats or ves els, There the planters, in the -midst of heir slaves, a quiet, contented, and happy eople, enjoy a lire of agreeable occupation nd pleasant amusements-fortunate, be ond most men, if they appreciate their nequalled advantage. and if, instead of ndlulging in vague dreams of a better ountry, they content,with improving their wn,-Sou thern Quarterly for July. Fatal Acciden--Vc are informed by passengor who came down on the Geor is Railroad. on Friday evening, that Mr, sriffin, of Columbia counity, accidentafly hot himselfon Wednesday night last,about I o'clock. at Social Circle. He had a Daded pistol in his hand. which was dis harged by accident, the ball penetratittg he thigh. and inflicting a wound which ermittated his life oil the following day, rhe corpse was brought down as far as hompson, on Thursday. We could not ascertain the first name 4he deceased, but from the description, ear- that it is Mr. Richard Griffin, of Co umbia county. If so. the community has ost a valuable citizen and most estimable nan.-Augusta Con. Thm South Carolina College.-We are iappy to learn, from Columbia, that this avorite literary institution of our State, ontinues to prosper, in an unexampled legree, under the Presidency of the ac oimplished and gifted President. Up to riday last, about 65 new admissions had ken place-upvards of 40 in the Fresh nan class rising Sopomore. The Senior 3as,' it is said, will have to board out in he. ioivn, from the instfficiency of the oll ge t accomodate the.Students!Ez; a Ichas beendaid hydrov telf throughl the systenm bepre a retnedy ap'plied. Blut'it Mir. louaat, the cel brated veterinary surgeon, is right, hydro hbia, if taken in time, is not particularly ~angerious. H~erecommends the fllowintg node of treatment, to be commenced as ootn as possible after the injury has been eceived: Cauterize the wound thoroughly with tnar caustic. Let this, sharpened to the int, be applied thoroughtly to every recess nd siliuosity uf the wound, wvhere the sth or saliva of the animal could possibly ave penetrated. This will from an es har, hard,: dry, and insoluble, a comn ound of the anitmal fibre and thte caustic, iwhich the virus is wsrapped up, and from hih it cannot be separated. In a short me this dlead mattter sloughs away, and e virus is carried off with it. Previous >applying the caustic, it wvill often be ecessary to etnlarge the wound, '.hat every art may be fairly got at, and after the rt eschar has sloughed of, it will be ad isable to apply thte caustic a second time Sdestroy anty part that may not have seived the full in fluence oif the first ope iion, or that may possibly have been toculated more by it. This carefully arnd toughtfully done, the patient may feel rfetly safe. Titis poison wvill have been ntirely removed, and no dantger can re m. Mr. Youatt htimself has beetn speatedly bitten by rabid dogs and othter eterinary surgeons also, but after pursuing te course above recommended, they have sIt entirely secure, a confidence justified y the event, as 'well as by experimnets ied on- inferior animtals. This advtce, ivan not by quacks but by practitioners f skill and experience, atnd founded, it ril be acknowledged, on reasonable rounds, is worthy to be noted and reinem ered. A Wsashiagton loiter itn the Netv York lerald states that all the eighteen million aan is paid in except $4,000,000, which, ddetd to $2,000,000 in the treasury, wvill ive M r. Walker SG,000,000 .for tte cut - et expenses to Deember, in adition to urrent recepts, Good A dvlce.-An Exchange paper, the ditor of whicht has had some experience i the world, says, Never neglect to road the Adverlising )epartmetnt of a newspaper, if yon tvould tow what it concertns every oine to knotw, rhero to lay ant yotur motney to tho~ best dvatage. Competition is at its height, nd those who have any thinig worth buty ior good bargaitns, always advertise. ~hey know it is the sure way to do a risk and a profitablo business-atnd by aling quickly, they' are enabled to sell heaply. Keep the run of tiin advertise ients., Sometimes the price of a whole ear's subscription is saved by lcoking losely over theo advertisements. Dreadfud Accident.-The Nashville p-. er britng us accouts of a'terrible ex plo ton at that place on the 12th tnst. The Magazine, cntaiuing seven hunidred kegs of powder, was struck by lightning, and blew up with'a tremendous explosion, des troying nearly a hundred housss, and leaving scarcely a tenement in the city uninjured. Four persons were iiitiintly killed, a large number wouuded, and sev cral are missing. EDGEFIELD C. 11. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1817. Tic IWcather.--An unusual drought prevailed for some weeks during the month of October. The weather was quite warn for the season, and the farmers were highly favored in gather ing their crops. The South Carolina Regiment.--It will be s'een, from accounts which we publish to day, and which we spread before our readers in an extra during the last week. that the Palmetto Regiment has sustained a heavy loss in killed and wounded, in the recent actions near the city of Mexico. The total number of killed amounted to 37, and the total'nnmber of woun. ded to 86. Among these gallant men, will be found several connected with the best families in our State. Edgefield. Abbeville, Richland, and other districts, will deeply mourn the loss bf some of their noblest and most promising youth. To the fathers, the mothers and near relations and friends of tho3e who have fallen in their country's cause, what can we say? fleep and poignant must beyoursorrow for the death of those yon have loved, and who will return to you no more, but you are nut without conso lation. South Carolina will ever cherish their memories, with all the fondneiss of a mother's love, and will ever point'to them, as among the nobleat and most devoted of her sons. 07 At a public meeting of the citizens of this District, held on the first Monday in Septem her, a resolution was adopted to aid in estabhsh ing, at Washington, a Newspaper, as the orgarr of the Southern States, in repelling the aggres sions of the Abolitionists on their rights, and we are requested to say, that subscription lists are in the hands of our Senator and Repre sentatives in the Legislature, who will receive the contributions of those who are willing to aid in this way in sustaining our own peculiar interest against the danger which so imume diately threatens us. ,The subject will also be brouglit before a public meeting of our citizens on next Sale Day. It is confidently expected that every one will come prepared to do his duty in this matter. TO THE PEOPLE OF EDGEPIELD DIS TRICT. It is no.wn toypu,thatyour own noble and valued llo vcitizia ColPtM I r00 fell.s gluriosl iohe balofh nearlustre to tre tate, . m UtLm is ntti district his ioidalo and chadaren Aod'it.is known too, that public moetings have bekn4g cently held in other district. of the State, to adopt mneasures for providmng for' the fauuily of Col. Butler, itn such way as will evince on the part of South Carolina hter high appreciation of the services of hi'm who so nobly sacrificed his own lire to promo~te her glory and renown. Circulars~have been forwarded to some of our citizens heie, from other districts, intviting mthe :o-operation of Edgefield in thistmovement, ac* :ompanied by stubscription lists. It is proposed :n order to give every one an opportunity of :ontribnting, that the subscriptions he li mited .o the sum of one dollar to each subscriber E~dgefiold has not been indifferent to the dis :hinrgeol this duty, and has beeni restrained 'rota a general movement on the subject, only 'roim considerations of delicacy, which every moe will understand. Yieldiing to other districts he credit of originating the measnre, we have 1n tears that she will not in the result discharge he pectuliar obligations resting umpon her. W0e are reqnested to invite the citizens of the listrict generally and the coinunissionted officer's feachi Regiment, to meet at this place ont next 3ale Day, to take the neeressary 'measures of :0-operation with onr fellow citizens in other arts of thte State. We publish thte circular al nde-I to, with a view of placiug in some sort .he plan of operations before our readers. CIRCUL AR. CozLmBa, Oct.~1847 Dear Sir.-Col. P'. M. Butler having ieen killed in the battle of Mexico, it be :omes the duty of the people of South Carolina to propvidle for the family of the eader of her soldiers who has purchased -enown for her at the cost of his own life. P~or tis purpose, and int order that every :itizen niny have it in his power to par icipate, it is proposed to raise the neces m~ry auto by a subscription of one dolar to achl name. At a meeting of the people of Richi and, (the proceedings of which were givent last week,) the undersigned were appointed a Committee of this Districe, and to corres pond wvith the olher Districts. This being ai matter in which the whtole .State ts mqually concertted, we respectfully propose o-yon to take sutch mteasutres of co-poer iont in your District as my he dleenied most suitable.-We e'nclose a number of mubscription lists, which Can hte distributed through thme' Colonels of .Regiments, to cachi Beat Company. or used in any other nodle that may be fixed upon. Whatever sum is obtained is to be placedi n the hands of trustees, to ho properly invested. For this putrpose yor are de mired to send a delagate to represent your District in a getteral Ctommitt ee, to ~ meet in Columbia, on the first Wedrtesdy of the next session of the Legislature;.' En1h Icelegamo wvill, of course, brittg the funds ror his District.. - The subscription is to be not more than one dollar to each name, but atty one who as lposed gie the unmisnf l Also. dann received. rlh-ogs liberally 0llere a i lisse of nhames f tehsu, will forward those y - attend to.their puliento. We are veryres C.. BOPK'l -... W. G11B A. S. JOHfi JOhIN CALw. E. J. ARTHlJ C. R. BRYCE,4 ~ .D. DOYD, Executive Committee for RiclanV Nete Paper in Columbia.-We htave~ the first number of the -"Daily , published by Me.rs. Sill & Stu bia, South Carblina. This paperiiis, - ed tri-weekly. The daily'ispublisht,6014 per annum, and the:trifweeklt thire This journal is devoted to the inteiii culture, Commerce, Intea'rn 716v Manuractures, and the. interests , generally. Judging from the numb us, we think, that it will prove to useful journal. In the first rumberhI be found much matter highly isporta man of business, as well asfe meze, new. 07T According to a paragraph in tene ing journal. fifty-seven years -a since the seat orgovernmeniof South- Ca was removed to .Colnmbiinnd o and seventy-seven years since the inhabitants settled in this State. Opening of the. Giraid Colle . staled, that on the first day of Dece College will be delivered bythe Bualdia mittee to the Directors, who will- immadha proceed to carry out the objects of rft G will, :~ Mr. Girard, who left such.a mihlie .quest, aino unting to many mill nuid h cation of poor orjhians, hasbee' dea or 10 years, we believe. Fromiifat die present,. the orphana" PIuJlep whom he provided so liberall ha no beneSt from the legacy that lbe e Those who had his property in c'harl'ye menced building a magnificentpali% has cost many millions, and this thei College or Institution of I.earning., It-I rally believed, that money was- nevu-e . applied, or that the true objecroftilh ofthe donor, was eve' farthYdep i A plain structure, it is thought'wo ll swered equally well, :and the poo - would long ago. have reaped - he intended to bestow upoittiei mi sure has been cstby same'personsu Girard, b ecause he did ihotiliiffoi m ake tids prindcel"'d r on t We thiriki,th 6B - tach to those persons his liberalityn of de 1 ia ' e owe - The College i ui Already isbout. sevent'srica" beetn admitted, and~the Feela yet to be formed. This etiass theiV sion flumbcred jabou t twentjfJ. no doubt that we wvill have ur~npu~ logue, in January,' at-least~.:-200. i c'ourse, is exclusive of the preid n class, which will leave us'--in-DN Wha-t is to be done? *New Collesg be built, and new Iustructions~ or-4 ad dit ional Instructors provided. O.i~ the Sophomore now cootains 78 mei and a Professor cannot possibly eat more than six or seven at one .i-ee "' "' This fact needs no commentary. iI most happy to say that we -can a' ~ - noble a body of young men-as'a Iound any wvheere. We have umwi walls about 220, and it is a- mostns . hong spectacre to~ look- upon. Her' rieh and the poor assemble from all ~~ ters, and are bound together-in .the fraternal union. It is most beautfj see,that there are no false distiidero that-the poor youth from the harmbr 'e of' society, is ai once admitted toni~ tion of perfect .equality . ith ~ world calls the most aristocratice.BM way, it is well to insist upon tits4 College is very often reproachedav tended for the rich alone. So far from being true, that- every iclasis a large proportion of poore'yountin Tphe truth is, that education issce to come within the means of :h have but little; while the enuril wcho -have real merit are ampy"' for by the numerous charit'e mog TPuitin is but $50. per session, andb 82 50 cents per week. Let me allude to some ofrthe ti for the poor-those who neid h6F' there is the provisions mpde b lature for the education ofra youhf Orphan Ihouse in Charleston tg Manniiig Scholarship-the Bellma his board, for his services-the'Fa perinission of the Trustees,-bdai in the Commons Hall-the- twof5 connectedl with the College, thenE - dian and Clariosophie, alwaysg beneficiares-many young men4 ported by individual Societies, ed~ the Faculty of the College it share i the good work. lin addition the Otlices of Libk'arian and Tias 'lhe College, for the last seve~lj hecen given to needy gradu~ts to prosecute their studibsiy e Profession. These Ofll - - of some $500 each, atCl - is well fear these facili to boe is a false opinion o ie he ~ The prospects of Th Gjs most encouragitng.Ou filled the expectations Ehsa has proved himself tc~ reputation has gained iis GJeorgia, Alaba~a, F1orihi