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it diameter as to enable the boler and ma chinery to be suspended to, instead of resting on the axles, as at present; in which case the whole weight of the Lo comotive may '. brought lower on the track, than can a 'be accomplished with engines resting ou the ordinary four and a half and five fee:wheels. So that there may really he mnre security in a powerful Locomotive of this construction, runniig ut a speed of one hundred miles per hour, than in one of the Locomotives now in use at twenty and twenty-five miles per hour. -Now lot us suppose that a Locomotive, with power sutficient for the most rapid revolutions of Drivers of fifteen feet diam eter, and that thesd are made to perform live revolutions in a second, (which is equal to the performance of the John C. Calhoun on her trial trip,) and we have 45 feet by 60, equal to 13,500 feet per second, which again multiplied by 60, iakes 810,000 feet, on 153 miles in an hour. So enlarge in proportion, as the wheels have been to Steamers, and there is no estimating thq extent to which Rail Roadspeed may biearried. Dr. Lardner once seemingly demonstrated that the resistance of the air to the tnachine in mo tion would fix a limit, but his calculations on this point, like those which he made on Steanmers crossing the Atlantic,have proved fallacious in practice. So it would seil that we are in the midst of revolutionisone following atother in successio, until we have gone out of sight of all the old land marks in Mechan ics and Philosophysand it is to be hoped leaving all old n6tions in the mists of their own incredulity. LOCOMOTIV E. From ite NOW York Tribune, of the 10th inst' 5 DAYS LATEtFRiOM EUROPE. Arrival of the Washington, F There is very little change in the general condition of English affairs since the sail jug of the Caledonia. There have been some additiunal failures, but none of much imnmediate consequepice on this side of the water. t Among It5'm, however, are the Liverpoo! BankingCompany. Manchester Vak, (Scholes &-Co.,) and Newcastle Union Joint Stock Bank-all of moderate imporiance. The'last named had a capi tal of $700,000 and a circulation of $350 000. This stoppage, would cause distress in the Mining Districts. Still, it was hoped that the worst was over; and it will be seen that the Funds had slightly improved at the close, The Working Classes, however, have manifestly not felt the worst of it. Sus pension of work, reduction of wages, short time, and every symptom of hard times are now: their portion, and collisions be tween employers and their workmen are frequent. The gpproaching Winter is evidently destined 1o be the hardest that ibe people of :England have known for many years. On the 20th it was announced that the 6Liverpool Banking Co." had stopped payment. From the Iitmcr Sr Smith's European Tunes. Comencrciat Revie.-Since the publi cation of. our, paper-by the Caledonia, n completeioaralys& has seized almost every braio -of trade. The earnest application of t4e Liverpool Commercial Body for reltfow tbe 'Gaiieent has been met most earnest expresion of sm -path y.,W. u to-unsw-eIho0MenT~-fChter an'embers of the Administration seem either diisaora'le to all complaint, or totally une quallo the task of providing a remedy. Every day the .mtschtef is spreading, MUIsare stopped, thousands thrown out of einploy,~and the total absence of all dealing in trade render the sale of goods to any extent altogether imposible. In this state of things all reports must necessarily be of one unvarying tone of a most melancholy and desponding character. :The transactions in Cotton sioce our last publication have been very limited, and prices receded from id to &d; itideed, no improvements can lhe expected utntil the money market is less stringent, and the demand for manufactured goods increases. - From the' Britannia, Oct. 23. The Manufacturing Districts-T he progress of destitution is frightful in tho extreme. In Lancashire alone, it is comn puted that 50.000 work people, wvith their families, are deprived of employmetnt. In 3Manchester, durgj the last week, thte number of operattves wholly without em ploytment has indreasedl by 3,500. The report of Mondaj's Manchester market states "it was the drearist market -day ever experienced in Manchester, not a single sale having been reported." African Slav'Trade.-Let tars have been received at di~e Navy Department hy tke U. S. brig Dolphin, which has just ar rived at New-Yqi-k, 2'2 ays from Porto Pray a (Cape de Verd island.) Lie'ttenaut Commanding Bell gives some account of his cruis<.. le liadl overhauled an Ameri can brig (the .~ W. Huntington) otn the night of the 31st Atugust owned in New York, from Rio Janciro, with the usual as sorted slave cargo on board, and lumber enough afor slave deck. Hie was informed also,'that the Ma'laga had precisely such a carg~o, except the lumbher. The A merican brig 'Senator,' boarded in March last, was ot frotm Rio with such a cargo and simi larly chtartered..gThe master of the J. WV. iluntington reports that she (the Senator) now lies scuttleil in Rio. Having safely landed 500 slaves at Cape Frio she pro ceeded into Rio under Brazillian colors, where her owners were suffered to strip her of all her furniture, and then the Gov ernment seized her as a no document ves sel-the American crew having left her at -Loarao, where the slaves were taken on board. -Iu these transactions (says Lieutenatt Commanding Bell) you perceive the mode sin which the American flag covers anid ~romnotes a trade which no other flag can, and the base uses to which it is applied by foreigners who'liave not the manliness to * vindicate the freedom of their own, "The Amet'ican factory at this place is the principal frding est ablishment under tbie American flag on the Southern coast; titere being branches of it, as at Ambizeitro ~ad Loango, owened by Messrs, IBoorhows H&fnut. Salem, Massachusetts, who are iaid to e dojinja fair busitiess in guns, tvory, copper and ebony; that house sends Mut fr mix to eight vessels annually. ,Froii ti satme source I understand annually come frieghted from Brazil b Brazillians to the south coast; some o them; as is well known, taking a returt cargo of slaves under Brazilian colors their American crews first leaving them But the most of them are believed the coas carrying white passengers only'" The Foreign News.-The intelligenct by the Caledonia, (says the Charlestoi Mercury ) it will be perceived, is of th< same unfavorable character as that receiv ed by the Cambria. The pressure in thi money market still existed, and houses o the highest commercial reputation conti ued to yield to its influence. Among others two of the Liverpool Banking Companie had suspended payment: the 'Royal Bank, an institution ofhigh character and exten sive business; and 'he "Liverpool Bank ing Company," whose means and liabili ties were much contracted. The "BanI of Liverpool," it is known, is a differen institution, of undoubted credit, and al most unlimited resources-its stockhold ers, all of whom are individually liable being among the wealthiest personages ir Great Britain or in Europe. Under the influence of the pressure, merchandise o1 every description has been ibrown upon th< market. and sales mado upon almost any terms, and this has occasioned a siill fur ther depression of prices. The existing difficulties are in a greal measure attributable to the conduct of the Railroad Companies in absorbing in theii extensive undertakings vast amounts here tofore devoted to the purposes of commerce and the notes of prcparation are sounding for a contest between the Railroad inter est and the Commercial and Manufactur ing interests, in which the former will un dubtedly have to succumb; and that thit is anticipated, is evident from the fact thal the market value of Railroad shares is ra pidly depreciating. We have stroug hopes, therefore, that the next steamer will bring us more cheering intelligence, and in the meantime will console ourselves with the approved adage, that when "matters reach the worst they must mend." The New York Express says: "Private letters, from the highest sources, from Lon don, speak with greater encouragement, Tho writer express a belief that the crisis had passed, and that the mercantile com munity h~ad seen the worst. The flout market was a littlo better in ljavre. " The news had but little influence in our market ; sales of 500 bales Cotton, at a little easier prices. The holders of flout and grain are a little firmer. Provisions are dull and lower." Attrocious Murder in France by the Count de Gomer.-The Gazette des Tri bunaux, publishes the following lettei fron St. Oner of the 31st ult- :-Coun ustave de Gomer, who resides at the clia :eau of Wolphus, near Andres, committed in action which has caused great emno~n in the neighborhood. He was out shoot ing in his wood of La Montoire, when lit perceived a poor child in an oak tree. oc cupied in breaking offand collecting the branches of dead wood. He ivent to him, crying, 'White cap (the child had on a bonnet de colon.) a long time ago I promis ed to fire at you, and now I will do it ! The child wept, begged for pardon, and promised that he would ascend the tree ti more4, But without paying any attentior IlnW.brav')rs. the count wiuidrq%_V__W= sep in order to take a -bTier Atli, ancl pulled the trigger of his gun, as if he were simrly shooting at a head of game. The child fell riddled with shot, and bathed in blood. Some persons who were at wvork in the vicinity, attracted hy his cries, and the report of the gun,hatstened to give him the assistance whicht his state called for Tlhe judicial authorities, un being intformed of what had occurred, immrediautely took the matter up, and proceedings have beet directed agaiast the count."~ Stave Riot in New Jersey.-Thme Milita. ray catled out.-.W'e learn from the Phil adelphia News, th~tt the slave case al Mount Holly, N. J., in which three color ed persons, two men and a woman, wvere claimed as the property of n individutal iti ecil Cotunty, Maryland, was decided ori Wdesday.-Thec Court refused to touch he cotnstitutionality of the law, but gave the slaves a trial by jury. David Pu Brown defended the slaves ; Mr. Straton a lawyer in Moutnt Holly, was for the own The Court decided that the claim wa~ good, and the Court ordered the slaves t< be restored to their tmaster. The couri room wats filled without abottt 300 coloret and about 50 white persons. A scent immediately occurredl which wvould have nded serio'usly btut fur the timely precau tion of thme Court. The slaves mode a rush for the door, assisted by their friends, th< olored spectators. The other persons it the Court camne to the aidl of the officers o1 the law. SherimT Collins imnmediately brought up the military. who were ini rea diness, and ordered all the colored people who did not belong to the towno to leave i instantly. These prompt measures hat the desired eflect ; the slaves were lodget in jail to awvait the action of their owner and the mob speedily took the Shetril". advice. Tom Thumb .-The Charleston Mercu ry, of the 8th inst. s'ys : Badinage apart Tom Thumb is one of the wonders o creation-the smallest pocket edition o humanity that has ever issued from the wonder-vorking press of nat ure. lHe wal horn Jan. 4, 1832, and will he sixteen years od, on the same day of January next. A his birth he was considered a latrge baby and attained his present height at seve: months, since which he has no'. grown ai inch. He is exactly 28 inches higrh, anm weighs butftfteen pounds two ounces. He is the smallest dwarf that ever existuid, ho with none of the deformities common t< dwarfs, being handsome and well pro portioned, Hie is smaller thtan Sir Geof frey Hludson, w~ho was served up) in~ a pi for the amusement of royalty, and Majo Stevens thinks himnself a Gulliver in comt parisotn with him. His real name is Charle: S. Stratton, atnd, having been bomrn a Brigaport, Connecticut, he is a full blond ed Yankee. and not only the greatest Pig my, btut perhaps the most curious Yankel notion in the wvorld. lHe seems intelligent cheerful and happy-aud his colloqiuie and personations of characters and statue inicates strongly both the comic and thi miaie arts-enrd, with his dilayin c r jewellery and curiosities, the resents of f crowned heads, princes. and boles, consti i tute an attractive exhibition. We copy the following spri _.account of him from the New -YorR ourier 'y Enquirer. "lie is, beyond question, th greatest curiosity, in a small compass, 4. be seen on the face of the earth. H esi "agnitude in miniature, multum inparoo; et exactly an abridgement of human nal re, for the fellew's amplitude is undeniabie. but one of Nalure's indices, in which tiljprincipal r features of the race may he looked at with one glance, without turning opar intermi nable folios to see 'what n i'made of.' He is a sort of mental andophheal con centration, a chemical synthes* a which manhood had been boiled downj a son of Anak reduced to his lowest terdi, the cube root of all creation ? In soberdriousness, this little man is an amazemejt, and no one who has the opportunity, hould fail of seeing him; for, besides b.Ot, as we verily believe, the smallest s9eimen of humanity that ever before visi. the earth, he is an exceedingly pretty bo mmetri. cal in all his proportions, and atogether free from the deformities whi. generally disfigure such macuikins. In hort, he is a sight worth going a great W o see." Conditon of England.-Mr. nnett, of the New York Herald, in a re, t corres pondence, thus speaks of the dition of England "The aristociacy maintain, ,000 ser vants, 200,000 -horses, 500 " 100,000 grouse, and 500,000 game-of' kinds, all to minister to their pride a pleasure. These men, beasts, and birds e ume the food of idleness, which wougdfeed the starving Irish, and others of the lower class. Here is the dangerou condition that is increasing in magnitude ry year, and reaches a crisis whenever Jy of the crops fiail. 'in a population of 27.0040, which is nearly the number of the thre ingdoms, only about 800.000 are Ojecto hile 43, 000 persoos hold all thie lani .,the Em pire, including mountaiu f si, rocks, rivers, moors." Trial of Lieut. Col. Fr i ' t.-The Court .MArtial for the trial of* out. Col. Fromont met at Washiti-ton o'Tuesday last, and after organizing, adjourbed until next day. The National :Iaiiligencer contains full reports of ea y's pro ceedings, but we are compelio4lj- substi tute for them the following coi tse state ment of :he correspondent of ttieaitimore Sun: The ctarges against Lieu ol. Fre mont grow entirely out of the -onflicting jurisdiction betweer Comm od S tockton and General Kearny. Ljt. Co' Fremont was placed in such a p4itid that he tiust necessarily acknowled e author ity either of one or the oth mander, aud, if obeying one, incur chaige of insubordination from the V; h' de clined a decision of the qIue atid left it to the two commanders to a ie their difftrences without his aid'. For refusing obediencet toh orders of General K-ierny on an -pccasion which occurred at Los Augelors,~ii~.t' 1 4th of January, 1847, Lt. Col. Fs ont was charged by Gen. Kearnyij nsubordi inis aefence, t at it was no1n(umben upon him to decide the question of au thority betweent the two commanders ; and further offers to prove that Gen. Kearny's motives in this prosecution are malicious, as shown by General Kearny's conduct towards him for6 thonths and 21 days, and in a mzarch of 3,000 miles in California Lieut. Col. Fremont, having waived all objection to the publication of the testi mony, as it is taken from day to day, reporters atre permitted to take notes of the trial.-Er. Pa. Bishop Onderdonk.-The New York TPribune states that the Courier and En guirer made a serious error in its article respecting the Bishop, which we copied a day or two since, It seems that the Bish ops actually stood t welve to thirteen on the subject of restoring the Bishop to his func tiotns, andi~ that the House of Bishops re fused to adopt thme report of' the committee of live. The Tribune adds : "Otne thing, as our informant remarks, is certain : the General Convention has settled that the Diocese is not avacant, and Dr. Oudordonk is, by consequence, ths actual, though still suspended Bishop of New York.''" From the N. 0. Delta, 5th~ inst. The followvitng further particulars of thi death of Camp. WVahker, are furnished by a friend: The onga genment took phlace at H uatmant la, a short distance South of Puebla. The force of the Mexicans was reported at 0000 -the number of Americatns engaged is not known. Capt. WValker received a lance wound in the back, coming out at the upper pamrt of the stomach, and one log shot off; ho, however, killed his anta gonist, a celemratedl guerrilla chief, putting two hamlls itt htim from his revolver. All'airs in the city of Mexico were in a .quiet state. The following from the Ge ,nius of Liber:y, of the 25th ult., containms f the most important items we can gather f front the Verc Cruz papers: SFrom four French gentlemen who left ithe city of Mexico on the 13th, and Pue Sbla on the 10th of the present month, we ihave received intelligence of a very im ,portant nature, concerning the state of af ifairs in those quarters. SGett. Lane having arrived at Perote, I was theme joined by Capt. Wdker and his Scommand, both advanced together on the tPuebla road, till they reached the towtt of >Vreyes. At this place Capt. Walker, by -order atf the Commanding General took - up his litte of march ro Huamantla, by Sway of thte towns of San Francisco and eGuaptistla. On his arrival at Huamnantla, -a santguinary engagement ensued in the Sstreets, betweent thte force of Capt. Walker, tconsisting of two hundred and fifty ment, .ad that of te Mexicans numbering six - teen hundred. The results of which was the total expulsion of the enemy from thte ,town, and its occupation by' our valiant Slittle army, wxhich lost i~n the battle only Ssix men. But the gallant Walker after Sperforming prodigies of valor, and feats of f the most dunring chneara, fall in sine combat, pier6od by the spear of an enrag ed father, who goaded to actual frenzy, by the death of his son, whose rail beneath the arm of Capt. Walker lie had just wit nessed, rushed forward, heedless of all danger, to revenge his deati, and attack ing the Captain with almost irresistable wolenco, plunged his spear into his body, and slew him almost instantly. The Mexicans lost two hundred men and three pieces ofartillery, the latter were thrown into a gully adjoining the town by the victors; who, after the achievement of their object (the dispertion of the ene my) for which they were despatched to Huamantla, evacuated the place, and di rected their course towards Pinal, on the Puebla road, which they reached without any opposition, and there meeting with Gen. Lane, the combined American force continued its march upon Puebla. Into this city, in a state of insurrection it en terred in platoons, delivering at every step a constant and well directed fire of mus ketry, which ceased not till the enemy re treated, and order was restored in every quarter. Gen. Rea, of whom we heard so much lately, fled with 400 guerillas towards At lixico. Gen. Santa Anna was by last ac counts, at Telatucan de las Grandas having been deserted by all his followers with the exception of 200. Our correspondent writing at a later date than the 25th uIt., gives the follow ing account of the death of Captain Wal ker:-,' The death of Captain Walker is fully confirmed by a later arrival. It is stated that he was shot by a cannon ball from a masked battery, about tiwolve miles from the mpin road, at a point some six teen leagues from Puebla. The ball also killed Capt. Loyall, of the Georgia Mount ed Company, and eleven men are also re ported to have been killed in the same action." Corresrondent ofthe Courier. WAsHINoroN, Nov. 10, 1847. General Taylor, as I am told by one of his friends, will not, during his six months' absence from camp, visit WasIh. ington. nor attend any public meetings, nor, in any way, seek notoriety, but will employ himself exclusively in the manage ment of his private affairs, which have suffered from long neglec. All eyes are now turned upon Henry Clay ; it being well understood that lie is about to take and avow a position as to the Mexican war, and its objects and future conduct, not only for himself, but for the whole of that large body of the whig party; which prefer him as the next President. Mr. Clay is to speak and offer resolutions on this subject on the 131h of this month. It is uncertain what will be his course, but whatever it may be, it cannot fail to have much influence with the Whig party and with the country generally. Mr. Clay bas, no doubt, thought deeply on the subject. Some suppose that lie will declare in favor of the policy proposed by Mr. Calhoun and Gen. Taylor-the adoption of a defensive line ; and that he will, as to that line, iuggest the application of the principle of the Missouri Cotmpro mise-of which he was the author ; others, again say that he will declare against the acquisition of any Mexican territory by couuest, and, of course, get rid, in that manner, or 1tie trouticuumu piuvuau ge tion. There is no doubt that Mr. Clay is to be a prominent candidate for the next Pre sidettcy, atnd that at the Natiotnal WVhig Convention, lie will have a very good chance for niomination. Geni. Taylor. it is suggested tnay withdraw in favor of jir. Clay, and leave him the field, in case .Mr. Clay should have a fair chance of sticcess. On the other hand, if Mlr. Clay should biefound to be weak as a catndidate, he will bej dropped, atid a portion of the Whigs will go for a "nio territory" or a "Wiltmot Proviso" canid~ate, and another portion for the independent candidate, whether it be Gen. Taylor or Mr. Cal houn.i The Fremont trial become daily more and more interesting and important. It has cncelusively shown that the Govern ment in undertaking the conquest of Cal ifornia, did it with an intention of holding it permanently, and of makinig its posses sion the condition sine qua non, of any treaty of peace. It appears, too, that Lieut. Cot. Fre mont acted in open endtempt and diso bedietice of the orders of Gen. Kearny, and exercised the duties of civil and mil itary ruler of California in defiance of Geteral Kearny's odors and remonstran ces. These dissentions bear much re semblatnce to those that frequently occur red betwee'n the Spanish conquecrors of Mlexico atid Peru. Teachers for the Wkest.--The N ation at Education society, of which Ex-Gov ertior Slade, the niotorious Abolitionist, is Genieral Agent, has just soot out from lartford a company of thirtny-five young ladies, as teachiemrs for the WVest. They have for some time pas' been passing through a course of preparatory trainitng in thamt city, where they were gratuitously boarded in several benevolent families. Fromt Lhe Mountaineer. Mr. Editor :-I n a recotit number of the Mlountaineer I remarked a short article headed "Oil for Figs." Permit me to add to the remarks of the writer some of the results of my own experience. Some years since, in Charlestotn, I was informed that the ripening of Figs could be ac celerated by a very simple process, and detertmitned to test it by experimet, Early in the Summer I took a cup con tainitig a little olive oil and a ball ol pack thread, and going to the Fig trees in ouir garden, selected two Figs adjacent andI the same size ; I applied a drop of oil to the circle at the apex or top of one, marked it by a loop of thread around the stem, and left the other untouched. itn this manner I treated 20 or rmore, and was gratified to find them fully ripened, and more delicious, ten days before the others left to the process of nature. The experimnent was varied in some by sub stituting a small portion of court-plaster over thte cercle, itistead of the nil. It is necessary that tha Figs shouldl have attained their size at which they remain stationary before ripening, in order to Fig thus troated will shrivel and fall. As the season of frost is at hand, the institu tion of the above experiment may save and bring to maturity many Figs which would otherwise be destroyed by cold. L. From the Evening News. Balance of Power Party.-The next session of Congress, which is already nigh at hand, is looked to with great interest. It will exhibit a curious state or parties such we belive as has never before existed since the lrmation of our government. The Executive is Democratic; the House of Iepresentaives will be in possessiou of the Whigs, while the Democrats are nu merically in a majority in the Senate. But greater complexity is given to this already complicated state of things by the fact,that there is a section of the Democratic Sena tors that holds itself aloof from the admin istration and occupies an independent p')sition between the two parties, reserving to itself the right to approve or condemn, as it may see fit, whatever may proceed from either. This constitutes what has been called the balance of power party. Although small in number this party has occupied, and still occupies a position of great power. It settled the Oregon ques. tion peaceably and to the satisfaction of the country. The war and the other mo mentous issues connected evith it, will soon claim its attention. The develop ments of the next session will be unsur passed, in interest and importance, by any in the history of our country, Meanwhile we may congratulate our selves that there are still in the councils of the nation men who prefer their country to their party, and into whose hands some thing more than more accident seems to have thrown a control over the destinies of the Republic. The Richmond Whig has the following remarks on this subject under the caption of "Mr. Calhoun and his friends." We have heretofore had occasion to remark that apon the attitude which may be assumed during the next session ofCou gress. by Mr. Calhoun and his friends, and by Mr. Benton, will materially depend the future mode of prosecuting the war, as well as its probable duration. Cocstitu ing a majority in one branch, the Whigs. even if they shouldi unanimously concur as to the line of policy which ought to be pursued in the existing crisis of public affairs, could of course impart no legal force to their recommendation; while it is equally obvious that a suggestion coming from them would be regarded with more distrust b.y the great body of the friends of the Administruioh than if it were made by one of the leading tmembers of their own party. On the Oregon ques tion, both Mr, Calhoun and Mr. Benton ex hibited a commendable independence of party a3sociations and influences, and of fected thereby what the Whigs, without their co-operation, would have in vain attempted,-its satisfactory and peaceable adjustment. The state of the Mexican question appeals with eqttal force to their patriotism; and we trust that they will respond to it with not less firmness, and with like suspicious results. 1077 Bales Cotton Destsye.-The Greensboro (Ala.) Beacon, of the 30th ult., eontains the particulars of the destruction Xr E'..*hnr WWarior River, in which was stored 1077 bales cotton belonging to a -number of planters in Green county. It was thought to be the work of an incendiary, as tao fire was used in the warehouse during the day. Baptist Churchtes, India.-At Calcutt a and ether places in North India, there are twenty chutrches. Members in communin, 1207; preachers, 61. These statistics in clude both European and Hindos. Most of the members are natives. and many of the preachers. The members received in 1S46, by profession, were 219. R~aror Strops.-A correspondent of the Sciemific Amierican says he has triedl, withl great sattsfactton to himnself the fol lowing improvement on his razor st rop : H e uses, on two of the four sides, blacklead, and on the other two sides, a powder, tnade by rubbing two Turkey stones against each other, which produces a beautiful powder, defying in quality any, anid all of the powders, used otn strops, and requiring only to be renewed once in a year. Precept vs. Practice.-A vote was re cently taken in Cotnnecticut on a proposed atmendment of the State Constitution pro posing to give the colored men the elective frenichise, or to carry out in practice their favorite theory of the natural equiality of the Negro antd the White. The result of the vame wvas, foir the amendment. 5616; agaitnst it, 19,495; majority 13,879. More than htalf the voters of the State staid away form the polls on this occasion. Good Sp~ort.-Weo would remind the lovers of good sport of the fact thtat the Races over thte Chterokee Pond Course, near this place, will come off' on W~ednes day the 17th inst. Both the proprietor and Ctlb have taken great pains in tnaking such improvements and general arrange ments for visitors, as cantnot fail to please those who have occasion to visit the place. The purses for each day will be liberal, and the sport no doubt farsuperior to any thtat has ever occurred otn this course. Tflere are already several stables on the ground, with crack niags and experienced jockies, and a niumber of others expected. The arrangements being extensive, all sorts of fun may be expected, the facilities for reachinig the place by either the Char leston or Georgia Railroads, presents great inducements to the sport-loviug portion of our fellow-citizens in the neightboring St ates. WVe look for a tremendous crowd. WVe are informed that there wtll be a.fine exthiiti of young stook, and that several younig horses net yet known to fame, will be on the ground, to contend~ for immor tality.-Hamburg Republican. Medical C'olege of Georgia.-We are much gratified at the increasing prosperity of the Medical Institution of our city. Its annual course of lectures was opened on Monday last, by an introtductory address highly creditable to Professor Means, its eloquent attthor. The Collcge hlalls wee ,thrnngnd by ladies and gentlemcn of the city, as well as by an. tbnasdally large number of Studouts. The Medical College of Georgia is one of the most im portant and useful inst itutions of our State s nor is it less so to our beloved city, to which it is happily located. We, there., fore, feel proud of its success.-A4uguald Conl. ot antusier.e E DGEFIELD C. 11. \VEDNESDAY. NovEMbiEa 17, 1817. U The following named gentlemen are Candidates for the Offices to be filled at the Election to be held on the first Monday.inian' unry next FOR CLEuaR-THOS. G. BACON, FOR SHZIFF-SIMEON CHRISTIE, WESLEY BODIE. Foa OnDisai.-JOHN HILL W. G. COLEMAN. 07 We cheerfully publish the communida tion of " Hard Labor," and regret that it was received too late for our last number. We think that the people of this district. and espe cially the Stockholders in our Rail Road m pany, have cause for serious complaini, that the people of Abbeville and Anderson.have.set at down as certain, that we do not desire a Rail Road from this place to the mountains, notwith. standing the solemn assurances of our Compa ny, given in resolutions adopted and publised some tine ago. The people of this place and of this dstrict,do desire that the Road should be extended on'ihe west of the Sal uda to the mountains. It isan sisted that they must evince their sincerty by taking stock in the Greenville and Colunbia Company, and go into the Conventionat New berry next week. and control the location ofthe road on this side of the river, orsuspendit tillthe charter can be amended, if its provisions-are in the way. By the charter, the road must pass Necberry Vilag,-passing that point, can ibe contended that Edgefield would be materially concerned. As to subscribing stock, with the view of snspending the location and amendiag the chiarter as to the lower terminus, it is a new suggestion, and comes too late to be acted up. on. We learn that our Company pi-opose to send delegates to Newberry, and we doubt not but that they will be able to place Edgefeld in her tre position. 0T A private letter from an officer at siMxi co, to a member of his family in our villge. mentions the following items ofintelligence: Whitfield B. Brooks, ofour village,. lately appointed a Lieutenant'in the 12th Rgistne has died of the wound he received at Clitru busco. He was a young gentlem of " intelligence, of gallant spirit, and of'ao manner, and greatly regarded by mani ly beloved, fe'eIsthis blow the meare be from having cherished the hope of his rcvyy. William B. Blocker, Llewellyn Goode, Tar ner Crookor, and -- Lyles, of the Edgeflald Company, were all killed by the same balr, on the 13th uilt. Major Gladden is recovering from lisi wo~unds. Colonel Bonhiam, with his command, was left in charge of the provisions and munitions of war, and in defence of the town of Mexcooe, and conseq uently did not participate in the bat tles before the city of Mexico. Warm Wathr.-We have never known a warmier spell of weather, for the season. than we experienced during the early part of No vember. On the 8th which was a bright clear day, the thermometer, in the shade, stood-at 74 degrees. On thme 9thm, which was some what obscured by clouds, and in the morning was rainy, the thcrmomeeer stood in the shade, at - 76.. The Legislature of South Carolina.-T his bo dy will assemble on the fourth Monday in No vember. General Taylor.-This gallant officer has been permitted to loave Mexico for six mouths, in order to attend to his private affair.. He _ wishes to reach New Orleans by the 1st of Do cenmber. A hearty welcome awaits him in the United States. Major Polk.-This gentleman is the brother of President Polk, and is now serving as a vo lunteer in Mexico. HeI is represented as a worthy man. A short time since, he was on the poinit of setting out from Vera Cruz for the city of Mexico. or for the interior. George R. Gliddon.-T his gentleman, who was formerly United States Consul at Cairo, ia Egypt, is now delivering a course of IActures on Egyptian Archatology, ini Charleston. Mr. Gliddon's former Lectures on Egyptian Anti qnities, have attriacted thousands in all the larg. er cities in the Northern States. His -lectures are of the miost interesting and instructive char, acter, thiriwing light upon the history of tito most ancient Egyptian Kings. General Cuslhing of Massahusea.-An-ofi cer of the South Carolina Regiment, in a letter which we have seen, speaks highly of this gen tleman. He certainly deserves great praise. His own State was violently opposed toth war against Mexico, bit General Cushing, -;l the tiskc of his popularity, equipped a regimen$ in a great degree at his own expense, gly ing up the pursuits of literature, in whipli:he took much delight, and all the n-.anifold qo'mit~ of~ tis home, and wenit as a colonel toithe war~ in Mexico. General Caishing was, rot; long since, Minister to China. For soeine. be wits a conspicuous member of Caongress, and - lie has long been known to theliterary world. We do not believe, that any ma~n has mads greeter sacrifices than hitse9lf, in volunteitg~ for the present wnr. -. -