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SfPPARD - kmaS -N-T - U iff UND;-ORRIS; p2PScI ,MAYS, KRRIS) 1~i E. - 1TOD writ be held. at the differ --tpats drElictionfor thDistrict;on. 6Wqc , in January next, -or Sheriff, ee~tofLjthe vacines which c nsp the expiratid orthi _.ShrifH, Jhn'Hill, Or i Mom a-..scots;:Clerk. la -. r on ,ihe day for voting. neg-wil.t t. Edgitield Court thWenesday following/:count the - T H O G.iBACON, Cl.rk. C~E6th 0dt1847. en 4 ,hn tenl * W - ) irc benappointed G. 9.annon; Amsgnee of the stoc tn radad o1tho.firm of G.iW. & W tengm rebvj ejiirei. pasyment fro tlkdidetor sind refil, who wish. to avoid - ~-MUNDY, Assigee. novmbet7 3m 43 7jAw JOTICE. p .iqnderign -jp wilpactice h , partner., dite Law andEquity riij Eld fdi StL THOM AS H, POPE, W -W. ADAMS. ectaer 2 3m 3D 1N.1TIC E. N'YPersn'nsitihiog FJANNO'S TUNED eannbatie'iiied ..t.o, t.y applying to M r. Asron,2CtriEdeield V. H.; by -letter r~St~ ROFV,whe'held conditionally an in 1VIterest in the rigbt of Edgefleld. Distract. Lto tth kiss' -Risatioe Mil Whfeels, (Patent) has cavrnt comiled, with said condition, thero f ore hnids'no-..iterest, -and has no right te ~ iw~nze njgcontract for sai'd Wheels. II e.rlderstgned are the owners. of said ,~dri prchsd.from any other, - r~ T.iia,.e'aulthorisei'h e :6er 0C t and our agent. ~z~jOTH RAN & MOORlf. a1 847- f 6 A L psn leidebted..to the estate of . Dr. 'i~4tts W. Burt, dee'd., are requested ~: S ij~m'4i~e aymouiti and those havinag IU~~pnit~ad estate, .are-requested to Lr~5 tet forpitymuent, properly attested. M.: M. BUR r, Adm'r.' ~ j 6 - if. 21 r.ie ce. ~ ~1L4~!se ndebted to~the old frnm of Pres - qilya~ra~ either by Note or Accenuat, *~areqaaamadt~ nut-ward aind settle up. - Waiebnphe Co hIng-the ssiness to a -E.:B. PRESLEY, -B. C.-BRYAN. Spp r7,4. tf 33 ~A. 1LW~wnhAidebted to the Estate of .L~.~~qr~' rteelicased, are hereby noait -~ed~~j~s asoluclynecessary to collect all ~~ th tie, anid that'those who diin~vfr-il~e'sued before return day.. Tigi~.ijihebnds of N. L. Griffin .or ~~ - Executo. EFOR NALEr zt~ s~tYE SEED of-best juality ~htholubscibers, -~~ 4 di. KiB. NN. ti - ; ! Ege eidu .zcademay. T ( 1 tuioirwill be re-opened the-first IS D iiJ i uary next.on the same tems as heon~to oe except tiat'a limited num ros' 'ipuil as are unable topay the tui fon'fe etIught gratuitously, or for- so mcal tey an pay; FPr dhe true cliatecter-of the School; ptrents %am reirred to thi Mothers .whh attended the S.nati n of their.so on the 9th inst. H..:K. McCLINTOK. P4&- -8uch arrgngements are in contempla. on it'" . -, ed i viliffeotuahy privent.the aT.u r sortin g to any place of dissipation. -H. K.- M. ~deI5 3t 47 Teacher Wanted. FEMALE TEACH ER is wanted to.take -.char e of a:.smaill School, at a moderate sala~ryto bein ou ' lt Monday in Janitiry nexto.. neede bu; such as can come well recominendri teachi all the .braitches of a thnrnzgli English duntion. . A letteraddressed to- elther ofl the subscel heis near Edgefield C4'urt House, will be at tended-to S. CHRISTIE, . L GOODWIN; J.TERRY. ec - .4t -47 jZetor'8 ISale B&LLB SOLD, on the first Mandiyin . 4w January next; .at Edgefield Court Hoqse. on a credit until 'the tiventy'fifth dAy ,of December next, two NEGRO FbLLOWS, (Masorand Chiarle's) ber6nZing to the estate ofW. B. Mays, d&'d.;. the purchasers t6'give _iote with two approved sureties. dS8 . B. & J. JT. MtAYS, Ez trs.' de .S -tf 46. NOTICE. LL Persoons indebted to te estate of .A the Rev. John .Landrumn, .dcd., are re quested to inake ininiediatepaymetit, and those ha6ibg demands.will piesent them properly At teted. - JOHN LANDRUMII, Ez'tr. dec8 4t- 46 !Noticep LL.those 'idebied'to the estati of Charity. Johnson, dee'd., are reijuested to make unediate pym'eti and diieliavIng' emands topresent them properly -attestid.. - B.~OU LDAN, SIMEON ATTAWAY - dunistators. $jy7~ IVrf" 24 Ran'awyo te nbe iber alfout, stti~ tl. ~ e~qna P1 r.. Wif ;b dr! 4r inP - I eistate of a:nes de dc'd. ie equested .: W li pq d thedhving demands to, preredt. tli Jasted . , OS. R. ANDERSON, Ad'mr. d4 46 IE TIBRIDGE BUILD $N'~Eaonimisioners of Roads, &c., of the' 4Le'r attalintti. Regimentv-will' let theWiitdanfooia Bridge across .Trkey Crees, on Ahe-oad leading frorn Ed.efield .C. H. to Abbeville C.-.-on riday the tith Jannary, ! -48 B. M. BLOCK E R, Sec'ry. dec 8 51 46' Notice. ,STRAYED ..or,.SToLEN, on the 2d inst., nlb MAE,.13j hands hi ghright tie oi-, blaizein tlie race, some-white abon tthe feetW Any 'peison tking.np said Mare, will please. direct ihir cornmmnaication to the sub acribei at:Woodville. Abbevalle. S. C. JAMES BUCHANAN. de 15 . -t . . 47 will offer fr sale to the .highest idr on SalsDa nezt. the fine thorough bred' - 6 funshigh, a' idh blood bay. 5 yearr old and sired by:Col: Hainptoi's~ imported Sove eiggt.ogtofr Col..Mananing's. imported Langar Misant~oli cond la Baronch ansd Hlarness. - .R.WARD. d 5t 47 ST AfT10660UFf CA ROLI NA Ud~EPELD. DJSMI1CT. O;.7iVF1EICOUiRT Of. ORDIN ARY. 5TYJU) H iLtti 'Es~q 'Ordinary of J.Edgeield Districtf }~Vhereat Eewis -lohesi l~atl a-ppilied to 'rs o.Leiuergdglilinistrano-. Oti all __a__the gpoils and chattels, righ'ts an redIts of 3iathia's.. Jones, late oftie Oifri~fifc~said, ieceased . ~ 'Fhe~irer'oe4Io cite amd ndmon. isiiladiiiirtlie'lidded' and cred bfenm) aYmiar aest'Ordian's 'Court fuis16e sari Disrnc;,~-tbe hoJd~b aftEd lielCouq&tsuse on the-3rd dayof -Ja'n uary-next, tca~boy a'Jsec if -any, -& th~ i dad nip raion-should -not bie g nte -,A~. 'Given'un&r iy band andiseal, th asthe 20th dlaY f Deer. in the. enrgour Lord ofi i de4ana bdd iadred. and f'orty: veS -lisvad iirendar(A mer: idgg ndepndlence. --,~ - JOHN HILLe .D Dec ..2t 48 -A p rdtsbied' to the estate o: Wiu. ~~Ms de'd,.aid ieqtdsted t~ -ake' pfmehst, ad tbasshavingraininis againatthe estte; are requ~sted. to preisernt- them-for gay. i#ntpr6jsii sitested~ .--. -- & zecistoru. T eotf '31 From the:1altimore S%. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY ~FWAR.C3 Sregar 1uture proceeings e. Secretary say . - .Our f6rtheriopernations must, ii ny. opinion-be coiduclad in" 0e ofjhe th ee folloiving modes: rake .add o an indemnity line, to recede.fiin il places and positions, now oepi d advance of it, ad dease from all-ag! gressive o-oierations -beyoa.l thn.li; second,' io overrun thi wol6e country, and hold all, the princ ip*e place ifi by. permanent giaisons;And, irds to, retain what we now posses, lines of conmuniction into tzhetI e and extendour oeraitios to portant places, as our means rn prospect of advantages shall iffcie? keeping a disposable force alwaysreadli within'approachable-limhits, to anno the enenj; to.seize supplies, enfofc' con tributions,. and frustrate his' fidrts to collertieans:-and assetmble trbops fr' the purpose of pirotrauing the war. "A full discuseson of the c6miarative mer its- of'thesemedies'Df condu'cing ouo military operalidris would extend this communication to an - unwdraitable' length; l shaill, therefore, confineiny remarks to a few. prominent considieta tions i elative to each. - With referen:e;to'a speedy -ede;; ith proper indeniity and security-J. the only objeitof the wIr-rhe find policy isregid'ed as objitidnble.. If our. .presept'.positioncannit comind accept.b ererms of pacifiation" rqin Mexicoeranig to an indeinni3 i e would. certainly fail to #roduce su, a fesult;.it woul'd eiken thIlnidceje ts' of the enemy t(o',t 6aned' to .Iostilitial,. Restored,by our1 niar'h'endfr to the pobsession of is capiaal and im. portant departments, and relievd from-f the pressure of-our r'asrnd froai' i ipprehnsiists of furthedionquest and. ann'oyaneevdrthilimits we" bigt ielet eo4bl2 be lft ith mea alnnTidi drVl thin .lio jnw ost'seI Michre~rn htihdos andapent -it ell t~ ,urselves,'voild,m my popt require' fofe is lii~ aliufps mAbi. :ain.wbzt we now coupy, and to cary. iur nipe rtionssiill fui ther inthe iiterior f the enesiny cottitry, and- make him bel the eilanities 'of wai in n 4way ,est :alculated to indizee him to seek for meae; 'But if in this' ai'imistakr-n, and he line'policy should enable us to re fuce the n6mber of our-- troops, still, it vil; not, as I conceive, therieby effect a'. eduction of our actual e'xpenditures for he war. "In conseq'ence of the inteiruption )f intercoursJ * betWeen 'the seaports.in ur'possession, and the contral paits of Mexico, fhe collections on imports have itherto beeu 'in'considerable. If the ine policy is adopted, this.intercotise ill "'continne 1o be interrupted, -and, ronsequently, -the recei ps of revenue From this source wsill be small. ." Under -the operation of the line poli ry, all expectation of lessening the. bur len of sustaining our troops, by deriving upplies and coniributions from thb enes my, would be disappoinied. Tha sup lies in the vicinity of .our,:pjosts svould be withdraiin frdo'ufinh, as soon, as iu desigd lo-sdise lind appyopriat6 them vas 'ascertained' orf suspected,. But, were it otherwie,'a~s dur 1i0sis would. b. renore froini theveAutli 'and resourdes of ba country, the amount which coul be obtajned would :b'e iniconsiderable. -So far fromnid~riving adv'ntage from the line policdy,-.by way of .o6aining as sistance fromn thie resources of themene. rnytwardsthe suppart of -our ~tropops, wesoldT piefid'conrer 'upon-'a portion'of the' ps6ple'of Mexicu a direct benefit, by ojieniing to'dtien at our posts a market,"-m which'W6i -shouldthecomne the'ptrihissirs~ bf'thieir r'duicts at~ ap exorbian.prici.'. These dinsiderations; without bringing into vie ojhers 'hve led ne to hook'to one-of the othier modes ~of-operation I have mentioned, as pre ferble to that ~fofcenpinindenii ty line. ,'In ~vegard to theecoisd-.m'ode sug gested-that "of. ocapving"'the' whole countary-'the wide lextent (fi territory emraced in the' Mexican rspiblie tlie. anyipoi-ta: tp'ints to bi grisnea nd tieelong lines'fcui~ndnicatilmf to" be kept open, presnt diefis ordinary magnitudeit our occupanecy ' to be of such :a chacter-as' to'superselle the t~exican anthority, arid riqbir&: ha. eaporary establishmnent af civil joyerpn-. ment .Ine'arryingilhis planf'iutoeffect,. it would not be'reasolinb1to I tiom thefa6orale di poitin o ea~ Ara iti q of. Ktheti erwsdrd dispe'deivi fro 1~ ur posts'dmust phrer.rc ~ s66 dfsji~r5.erilir'b an a j! ginent. a4ra' 4iI#ea.~b wptiempied.' qnitei Qsnljendi6 ;fuur iff X~tht number an.i Ihei a n*' -lalSd slo nc et.qu 4 ej.91nd01 t @ liletGDSU e tco u heny a oat rasing, de h .uIN.1s'ein .~4edL in .I and cmta a "B4. on no t r an Wit. Areaty' si-._ 144n.paso ,ont. e,* 6 quiVJ,:ons, tendingt f'o- an. polms, more ' ~ cmitnesmasi aiad fe'e ro most. a s nth e s' n 9'tie it laiide zoo ta10acfed-b9 'yixtei ng itS ! eissure' , I aseqt~i$ 'qs oars Cib~F nd~hfm luy'iye i - -car-e1 169eStl dCe r . d by p cce - d t Rpo -o - e nd w6 hosilI In . stian ma 'toihe pafrte us.e cl'mtesi tv-r,.thi. must .e intade t eirepece loose" d rns t i . e iltr e ma' phresen1a uea&pint; to1op'n ae into lny-' tahetroopan ieit e -pe ,n9 g sbje lct s o our n tr e it '.is q prh miigt i ave nsegne rodtefie aog-. pLl oii t iiir tail the' "6'met ptrisecui- o the e r upn tis pl. d SS t ro to ste lma numeravlncera po toops th- *k1 Aould ft o.equiT6 th drurpsefirn n~ th6nersgtstini~ttyean to naine-ri propsibt-ssba to -oe_~risme tenofd-hit ]jch-ptinrint si. reulaproice oa he regins . roper tosyon I er ont .p aei the s urvi eo ci ooee , souyd I4djtins abcine P Gol M'iij s i~"~ idnecis9 ea The Balut o m.sie ouccis the r c. m tal wy o.7atp n fo l i loing end-,cttc t tips.B tn ihge apfer a-usJd-caiiiews noft athe. uste and thiad so bdsie teace, nipal admditin ome tros esehtdir o annion..t csob resitti m tttnedof gis c ag tsrefriaggnrite agios- i orikethe Menehdt1myainave Way hersn a goodneabh .pond~oer sve mue do the po indc orth pei Inaos thenms try, antd t ever minsect tooi to oi o hs rich noteing distr~i' produce g ind thbec comane laed niheafui-thor s prknctn fwb the e pthits n' B fncy1be and;~ aksaerj Iapf toops ihat' k. ome.s~aggesrtios ata-ii ian e toncopor th~ ,d('bi~sfentij ouoal regi enls - year sol-efr a h the lwar;..atanda r~io; andato i~tsagi. fier ulot'gJI~toLf tl e eries of ai c Taolunterst oi td~uaaidt b as cessr..Ladra tiopet Goldqpr afuek~is Minaue det. gl Ii - e"a epd~r it -n s yi i ble:in eveiy point ofaien. Bat 'suppo ,si'ie mine s of New:Mexico to beids nit s.-he Ooliticon or speculator' uld imagii theini, hat :possibW account- wou'ih'ey -b- o us tlitposes-; osor chal effsofid weal;foitie eoiti, >mWit e kow:ile speierI wedih of:the oal pitsof even clay pits; and gradt pits. Itiis:- ine fo'tibue- of the Spaniards toig povertyiina ntionalI miser out of their iine t i is ours. t0 yloigh und digsiljer ouf'of the s.oil. W1iat areall the metals'of Mexicd to Ott'on of.tbe'tUiited Sta'es; considering both merely 'as products rot. ex portation? A single years surplus of our.Corn iandWhieat estimaed a't twenty'-eight millionsof bushefsiexpbrted to feed 'the iltaafing, people f jrop'e, isdf ighier alue'tilanI all the; -gald'and silver>; that can be iraised in ali Mexico;- Our:dbac cos of more accont -than her gold; and the very rice jaised in'our Vilest swamps, oay, the ashes o our ceared forest land, brings us more wealth' than can be ex tractdd from all the. 'min6s'of New Mex c4Let the' Tdeaiiines keep their ngrvy gods,", and-the- Mexicans theit r ldminei Let us preseive our fer Lilefields and our aiis of civilisationi. The soiland the'seanre our mines, and minis which ourt industry will always ind mrexhpustible.-Journal-of Mining zia Mannfactures. i Consolation to tiiAtAe-.-Des pond ot, ye venerable ones, When 'gour rfthlyfabdynacl's,tripp d oftheirglo t'ortr and finally .fal tindef - il' vigo yerOnce ona.ti'mmer ght, t flowers were Ilistening,.-in the 96.46- oonlight each one ado ind wihf iverypeatis burr-t te nornhg. ap joached -ihey beiae dull; thenpeai is stihie~r:.b'riltany, forhe-oan ed d', and niught but' cold n~ th nioe fr on end~ 1lwes fIo ttie'v ig again' ibbut insead t-eaifd u Pf~lizorn g linm ea, ilcdo n &Slgewdrbii j -aaj, - -A niht rr a r .i tdnde7rtofa ona hem, a ce dif~,orfdaid~ uciion h ill lighten the loadf I Ihumli - hat they must*necesinrily feel as nachi s possible. This retiremeit of heart i I the most prominent cheracteristic of a igh and noble spirit. It is ihe-. only mark of a'gentletari that i. wholy une aivocal.' When .we see a person very. Hinty at the tabli-,.and vet capable of lsulting the unfjrjunahe, or ridiculing s istress, we' always think of the ass-in 1 lion's skin. A Fatkhr's Care for his' Son. eattif'ul and becoming in the eyes of e ie pattrna l God is the unwearied .at, r, chmencs of the parent to his child ! s las'! hoi# little does the unthinking >irit ofyouth know of the extent of its c voiedness.. Thore sits the froward, etful and indolent. -Tlie care that eeps perpetual witch .over his moral - ad physical safeye mienames unjust striiction. The foresight that *denies a self many a conifot tto provide-for his -l turn wan ts', lie denounos as . a sordid a ~arice. 'He turns fro'm his father's face a coldnessorn inoger. Boy ! boy !-the oud upui'rhai toil-worn brow hiasbeen c aced tiiere by anx ety, not for self, but p r an iniliatieni, pe. vish sone, .whose Ilow he would gladly .strew wth toset, q ough thorhs should thick'nX around his vn/E-'ven at the monment wvhea -his its is raised to inflict. ch'aitiisemention ft y folly, tholi ihouridst band, and bless y janent. Tht' heiarfloatI 'sctie' hand a' rects thy 'errprs;- and. not for. iswould he use the ro I of.-reprnoof 'a d he not per ceive the, neeesitya of c ushinig his own .feelingi to saive thee. m thyself.-Yout/h aCabinet. Afectin'g ineidents ihn following t iruacts tare from a letter written by apniin'Merrill, of Baiava,e to his bio o er. Captain M'erill ws an all the. n ales. Sc'annot fo--bear notjicia two touchJ n incidents thit fell under my own-ob's I rvaition. .Among t).e brAve1and good in have this'dayv fallen was my -frend tI arwell, of the..5th Infantry. He fell' fa riy in the actiojn from a wound in the e . .On theslight repulse of our troops wvas inhumanly murdered by the e. ta y's'Jnnce'i His faithfuo g a bean-' - ulpointer ladaccoaart .him there,- I also wias wdoied. During-the actron Ib eamp sepaaated from ~his masrer' tri had subside4 bte nobleefor ofs rwimnly as io lifC~was discovered d meie u aiid..ven lcking his accI if obn s azhsilpior ~ whois re 0 ss a'niwn'pain' a etsought as 'il generous naster i otIis1~ri and~l tieeri-O This ctgg~t Again, 4ft Wthe 6 over I sie farntry whotca'' iid to for her-Thusbaitd A~~~~ desparrshe r vo~ii~ er toiqir i rr hi Informaationsli iit ut had fallenithedlon e fri6n bdytin bd xshi.ant - hi nd Kneelingo a s eavoreda tofraisej zbt -Jindi and a.mentations trl n remain on thefild(afi ert he-enem) uii:is lifie M PI rarriedlff whih shef3.g deest grief ch rs 'if: ib man. lip "STO TIAT HORSEP A regular joker-of ouriyt one enjoys a bit of.fin heartiy as a6niodj else--fodmd hiinself, runch to his a Ishment id.ather a .tight lac - olthr day . A-country merchant4 it est ablished where he-is located on street; not a mile from Thir ad ing his horse to the'.osjao - gpt a bill -of -a t of goods 9hehadpus a - chased Orfri"' ndwho'is i en to absenced nmind bad c (o up to thergion of the C and conclading -heid owner had stoedk, to purchase a bill of goodsihe mount the horse and rde away, presuing %d - voulde bback longlbief'ais -h w ,, wonid havegoasiontN b : us-h-bastk9 Be haid sgbiJf~ projgrsseaa dozerde hen-thiount be b 9' liill iI tran - a , ' orea ans ng, likie bannesin ad By the thne he roached ?iitE at #~~ he borsI and rider *ere el nsfagpo he Malt Hou"e.4ed finding thosIde '-alk obstr ucted by too many peogle,1i~ - lashaed-into' the'middle of the sires and martly accelerated irspaca. -Whenh:(jc 'ext caught sijii'of his n'ag, lie 'g~Ild ut ."Stop that horsef Stop 'itat horse !~' eeing there wais somnething wrong, seo ral jouined he chae and-not many mno sents elapsed before some twenty per ous-e in full tilt after the fugitive. Thellaiterwas centering along veyo uietly, when he heard the shouts of b & ursuerst " Stop the horse i-Stop the thie f . he's' crazy !---Stop him! '-9 V The gentlem'ani.who had borrowed the nimal stopped the anifi nd tunell yu this- tim t he ,as: sorroin.db4 4 bouit a huiidred pdons, wih not og f whiom he was acqurintadh - . - "Come down offithat lorde" said'1 e -- ountryman, puffing and igwing. Jaii orpoise. be - - Doi't behin a hurry," said th s ili A tie coolly, " what s.thema 'r{"~ ~ " Mater enongl. I want my.hoas - " Well theidre no -ccasi-for ssto bato the jstore ! d-S e ot h " You dt fnol-* ne-ki n ~e'tlem~en,-".-said the owner ofie beast N asyz--they told 'me so, li'e's star IndT - Crazy !-putd-- djaI assgE -r - it of the *iiy, or Tl ide over yood. Hi uiculdn't li-a hith'reat ~intoee~ ' r for by this, lime- hree or foiut jhSr ws had hold of the lyidle. ' "You see -geiitlemen -he' safa* s a arch liar-ake hirm-ff" m'u not ciiuv afaly Pm intenly. -r-' ad-jute meaeg'etholdof you.and Ishow you"; .---~~> As he jumpeld from the horse, wo oet --- ree ghl hdInfahimn and hejae hln~ i,whilinThe coitrymnerchajinat I hi s nag andro:!e off-in trianing - labundant mercy we drai~b~uj. in. The crazy mnn we. een conaiit wn'Main itreiruegintesfe C okwglike on eIhoshaen lefo os Cra 1wyfuelgi~he nart t-in. somebodv 'C.-~~- - Be ~iit et noidw-er'--de rse einn athat merable di t especiipermission iernee..-Cmcsnatsa ar