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Advertisemne nits -not having the number of insertions marked 6n them, will b continued until oidered out and charged accordingly. Communipations, post paid, will be protnpt y and strictly attended to. a7 The following gentletmen are announced by their friends as candidates for the Office of Tax Collector. at the cnsning election: - Col. JOHN QUATTLEBUM, GEORGE J. SHEPPARD, EDMUND MORRIS. SIMPSON B, MAYS, Maj. S. C. SCOTT, LEV[ R. WiL40N. JAMES SPANN. The friends of Dr. JOHN LAKE, unnoaunce hip as a Candidate for a seat in the House of Reresentatives, at the'ensuing election. March 14 tr 8 The friends of Col. R B. BOUKNIGHT, announce him as a Candidate for a seat in the House of Representatives, at the ensu ing dlection, 7 - g. We are authorized to announce W. A. BIARRIS, Esqr., as a candidate for a seat in the House of resentatives, at the next elec. ; tion. ebruary9 If 3 thorised to announce B. as a candidate for a enpresetintives nonu as a . liee of Cleifo the Courf 'ieof i District, at the er ..-.Jainrrtiry 14f .50 Vew Store and .Vew Goods! CHARLES A. IiUEIGS, R ESPEITFULLY announces to his friends and the public generally. that ie has iited up the Store recently occupied by J. D. Tibbetts, where lie is now prepared to ex hibit, an entirety new and carefully selected Stock of Spring and Summer Goods embracing a general riasreneut of Foreigr and Domestic Dry Goods. Groceries. Crockery. Hardware, Hats. Cups. Bonnetts. Sthoes. Drugs and Medicires, Books and Stationary, &c. &C,. which ie will sell on liberal terms, and the usual credit, to respansible a nd putc. tual customers, and "very low for Cash." ,toC. A. M. hopes by a strict personal attontion to business, with a ~lcnowledge founded onl fir teen years experience, and a desire to please those wIo may favor im with a call, ti merit a share of that patronage which is in the power of a liberal and enlightened conumriity to bes. tow. I Edgefield C. H., March 8 tf 7 NEW GOODS. T HE sbscriber is now receiving a fresh supply of GROCE RIES CROCKE RY, H ARD * WVARE. SHOES, HATS, an4 DIAtY O O DS. Fine and commaton brown dUt;A RS, Loaf and clarified do Laguira and Rio COFFEE, Fine English CII Er;SE, Fresh RiCE ; irish POTATOES, Landretha's GARDEN SI-')S, RAISINS, arid ALMONDS.. Sperm and Tallow CANDL ES. L A MP OIL. * W~ith many othrer articles too tedious to men'~ tnon. which wilt be sold on thre most accommro dating terms. B. C. BRYA N. janunary 21 tf 52 ewc Boot and Shoe lYANUFACTORY. ~THERE Gentlemen's Boots and Shioes VIare imade ia a- most superiolr style of fit and workmanship. Gentlemen wanting cork-soled. double soled, water proof, walking, dress, patent leather. and a fine primp soled BOOTS, need burt leave their orders with the subscriber. WILLIAM M~cEVOY. march 1 tf 6 NVOTICE. RU ROFP, who hreltl conditionally an in LV.terest in the right of Edwetield District, to Hotchka' Reactioni Mill IAhleels, (Patent) has never;o/piplied with said condition. thero fore Ire iids no interest, and has no right te sell or m'a: e ainy contract for said - Wheerls. 4 Ve, the undersigned are the owners, of said right, and a iglit purchiasrd from any other, unless our agent, will not lie good. Mr. 3. T. WEDEEa, we authorise, withi full power to act as onr agent. COTHIRAN & MOORE. Mach1, 1847. tr 6 From the N. 0. Picayac, March 20. IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. ' SUSPENSIoN op H6)STILITIES. Since our la,t pubication the steam- t ship Massachusetts and the ship Dan, vers, Capt Grafton, have arrived from ( Vora Cruz with later and important in- b telligence. The Danvers brings the n latest dates, her advices being to Ihe 11 12th inst. from Vera Cruz. c As we were led to -anticipate by out B previous advices, the negotia tions of the Mexican Commissioner, with those up- a pointed by Gen. Butler, have termina ted-in an armistice. Gen. Worth and a Gen. Smith represrnted Gen. Butler in b the negotiations. We hwar a good deal d' of dissatisfaction expressed with the C terms of the Convention entered into, C but have no time to discuss them here. 3 Our readers may recollect that Gon. Lane left the city of Mexico on the 17th i of February on some secret expedition, r with the same command which accom- C panied him igainst Telitiacan and O1i- tc ztba. He retuned to Mexico on the .st e instant, after having enconntered and w dispersed the command of Father Ja- at rauta. The American Star gives the o particulars of the a!Tair: Gen. Lanr's Expedition.-General Uine's conm.:nd returned to the city a yesterday, having made successful ex pedition ag inst the guet illeras. in this H execution lie has shown himself worthy b of the name we give him-Marion, is The day out thie command passed by ; the trail they iniended to to take several miles, and stopped at a hacienda as if tr with the view of passing the night there; m but no sooner had dark set in than they b saddled up, mounted their horses, and ta retraced their steps on the main road to tlg trail. in which, single file, they made as much haste as the hature of the of country would pet mit. About daylight ni they reached the mutintain of San An- m L-.- M_"=&c~ er and Lh halted at thi- hacienda of San Cristoval, p represented as being the most beautifil scene in the country. The next place was E Plapai, the authorities of which da came out, and with a large white flbg in ho nand tendered the command the hotspi- wi talities of the place. A few imomnts W passed, and again in the saddle and of' th for San Nicholas, were every thing to neded was speedily provid.-d.-At 7 of o'clock - that nigh they again started, tht and after travelling fourteen consecutive T hours reached' Tul~ancingo. Our rea- ro ders ivere apprised by a letter from the ,, co;Umand, published in the Stat. that tol Paredes had escaped from his house in tie that town, by a back way, f-w niomenits th before it was surrounded. The wife of de Gen. Paredes was very hospitable to the th1 General and his staff. sit It was early in the morning when they reached Tulancingo, and they re- rei mained all day. Started the ncxt mnrn- hii ing for the hacienda of Gaudalupe, wvhich m they teached in the afternoon, and fromt g wvhence they sailed fimtrth at 120'dlock, cn M., for Sequtaltaplan, and reached it atM sun-rise. Before arriving, however, t they wvere informed that 3000 Lancors th were there. By turn, thme Texans were y int the advance, pireceded by Lane and or Ha's, and wvhen they got oppposite the ha first house in the edge of the towvn, a q volley of escopeta balls came wvhistling tal from it. The doors were sootn opene~d St and the assailants killed. The next house or ciiiatel, it was the same thing, and Maj. Polk coming up, the town was at regularly assailed; the enemy firing from hu. every house. In some instances we arc Al told it camne to a hantd-to-hand frght. wi In a short time the enemy were driven tit from their positions, and somec of them Si collecting in a body outside the town, wi were pursued respectfully by Ltne atnd pc [Hays, and terribly cut up. th The loss in killed, on the side of the or enemy, is set down at 100 att the least. of WVe lost one man killed, andI four wvoun- pc ded. .Fifty prisoners wvere brought in fra the city yesterday., amotngst wvhoma were a Capt. Montano, and two lieutenants.'so Col Montano, the father of te captain; Si was killed; atSswas padre Matinez, the ho second and bosom friend of Jarauta. re Jarauta,- himself, it is believed, wvas S wounded, but lhe escaped, wvith five or fr six men.g Quiet was soon restored to the 'town after the fighting wvas over. c All the men in the command are high- os ly spoken of--the Texans, Riflemen tl and-Dragoons have proved themselves al wvorthy to follow such a leader. d A-few more expeditions like this and- 1% the guerrillar~ of' the country will be ti It is said that Gen. Pillow has beer ePstored to his command as well as Gen Voith, We are exceedingly teluctan a believe this. The steamer Edith arrived at Vert ,ruz on the 11th inst. Mr. Fraener, th: earer of despatches from the Govern tent, was a passenger on her. He left te.evening of that day for Mexico, es rtIed by Kerr's Louisiana Mounted Ten and some Dragoons. The G-eat Western likewise arrived Vera Cruz on the 11th inst. On the 29th Gen. Cadwallader arrived t Mexico froi) 'roilusco, accompanied y his staff-Capt. Deas and Lient. An orson-Major Wright. Capt. Steptoe, apt. Thompson, Dr. Cuyler, Lis, hapman, Caldvell and Stever, A. Q. [., the latter from Lemma. Feb. 24.-The Eco del Conercio s a letter, from Guadalupe, giving the sult of the elections recently neld. Sr. 4rt.ro was chosen Senator in opposition Gom-z Farias. Herrera was the ioice of the people for President. The riet says tie prevailing sentiment nong all intelligent people is in favor peace. n From the Star of Feb. 2Ati. Queretaro,-Advices from Queretaro 'e up to Suinday last, the 24th inst. here is nothing of political interest. errera continued ill, though a little 1trer than some days since. Congress slow in getting togethir, but the Mon, ir's corresponpent thinks that the chan s atethat a sufficient ntuibr for the insaction ofbusiness-whatever doubts ay have heretofore existwd--will soon in attendance. The elections had ken place in Jalisco. From the Sa- of Maardi 1. Interior.-We received our ustdal files papers fr jm the interior Stais last ghi, but. they are usually barren of Avs. The papers from Tampica to e 12th. renresenifeveryIhing ujsietng na y Pena. From the Star of Mairh 3. Queretaro.-The Monitor of yesfer y commences an article wiith the fol wing statement, viz:-"By the advices iich we have received from Qietetaro Slearn that three Deputies rusident in is capital, and who could not repait the seat of government through want mteanls, have brought the subject.to 3 knowledgo of the Minister- of the reasury, through a person in Quercta , The :liinister, in consequence, has' 'Iered that the first proceeds from the )>icco rent sltall be paid to the Depu A mentioned to dnable them to meet Air traveiling exoenses. It is also or red that this measurm be published for - benefit of all other Deputies similarly ni ated." The Monitor thinks the measure will nove iost of the obstacles which have herto stood in the way of an early 'eting of~ Congress. We hope it may we are gctting disgusted witht the urse wvhich the~ mucmbers elect or the exican Congress are puirsuing at this te. If they wvill not come together,is are no way to make thema do so ? Weo nt thtem to assemble either to --pprove reject the treatty. W~hy do thiey hang ck like buys, as it afradid to meet a estion of greater interest and inmoor~ ice to MeIixico thtati to the United utes ? Frum ihn: Star of IMv. 24. INew Mexzico.-The Orficial Rlegister, Durango, bring us dates from Chihua a to th--1st inst. It states that thte Iterican force whicht, ,in conjunction th the gatrison at El Paso, was des ed to operate upon the rest of the ate, is composed of a thousand mha, th six pieces of artillery and corres ntdmng ammunition. Thtis force, upon e arrival of Getn. Price at Santa Fe, the 6th December, in consequence nerv movements on the part of the ipulation of Newv Mexico, was turned amt the road and ordered to establish post at Socorro and Limitar, unless me new disposition shnuld be made ofit. x hundred tmen and six pieces oh artil ry remained in these two places.-the st of the force advancing as far as tnta Fe, with a yiewv of holding the untier points of A biqui and Las Ve, s5. The balance of the invading force mpriset 400 men, with six other piieces artillery at Santa Fe, 200 troops of eline with eight prices at Alburqueque ad 300 at Taos. Thus the whole expe' ition extends from the frontier o'f New lexico to. the town of El Paso-the en ra force consisting of 2500 men with 3 pinees of art ilhery I The Lenis at ett Santa Fe o the 6th of Deoe .-The message Gov. Vigil ias' its length mi want of interest: gster says, wi prevent its publ t., One of thell1 . One of ef"o D. Rafael Armi jo, presented to- thepojoct o a law, asking ati6n of Ne Meiico. tothe f Cites. This Wa opposed by seve eputtes on th ground that-the ni to th Supreme Govern aiher than to :h LegislatureO. n hem thought a as most of the nulsions i New Mexico had: rigin in the op position of the pe to orming a par of the United Sia ,ihe sense of the people should b en on thisimpor tant subject. The Legihture concurrence wit! these views dcc at every tow should apoi its ragents wit specil referec t estion T friends of annxa rried the day The Register iadds attus, probably annexation will, b teruined upon. Armijo also pre td another pijoc which has for is e entire remo val 6f the-interven i of. 169 church at iurials and mnia The project Feas ,,discusied, and'e the' gister adds, that !in a short titne the 'ople of N ect iex< do will entirely' wit ra froi tie pow er and ilifluence o' Mexican church. i'ronieIN. 0F P.* ica aslra, Ararc]a 23. NINE'DA-YS L R' F ROM THE CITY CO' EKICO. Arrival -of- LA cat. I-Vcsterti Punctual'to 'he"' a he royal tail stern packetGreig stern, Captain Chapmani, ari~rivttd h ipand at pa, M.e o n Whdi vmlpst.o rr a letters and papers from our espondents our dates fromrhe cit ~ zobigt h1th tag s.~~i y, later than our ~ ewstintesting uas died 4i 8' o'clock P 4 ron the 16t. His ..remains 'weieescorted to th. grapve*b the 1st J iiient of Artillery and a great many MTcers of the army aion hom wede Geni, Twiggs, the Lieut. Goveraior, ..apt. ffinder, and Dr. aright, surgeon of the general hos Scwintaira has applied to henel Twiggsethroill Ce l ghes, for per rission to pas . troagh Vera Cruz and oat of the country.A special express front JalapaL readlied . Vera' Cruiz the~ eveing of the 1#3,h inst. witht the appli cation, and as the general atonce granti ed the permission asked, is was suppos ed the i-president -vould arrive there in a day or two.r igsndents-tur A report is currti i ta the stemer as detained at Vera Cruz iedt ai p oci u n We 16ntih. His rumnsu whrtpe escodenoceh aohpsng ewti whom were~n wgs lthe fromthe cty fMne wie to Grenat Tvnig o thone CGi oist.H , ftt pier-t omissn sospas throgh ther srmz nd from aaaah' Vera Cruz bywicth rcie teoiersnoping the 1t.rinst witthapli cai onund asi the gisteter. atnc et ee that heriso hased is many sipos na ton eilarsidne thel rvelther in ado thewonst. corr'epodrt'is lettent int the cityithas thae starsetied intact f Meicoruz thom the were to cotne the rorcae Sna nn on d, and thimoth. si truthav aseer n hr Wd~e tefrmeo te ruor, beutc wthouputhtinst Thfiec MianAt ald entls courrias otiknow tthe oasner itiiwom Ve Chave Tfromte city nofhn Mexicof ate the cra Weerhnt ae Itr wmas at itap thn avnn ofthe 6ss itngs'they. do prvthe tonVeritru y which w'e recevted rn statempencfexgicen rueo. A'-sto the ofeicerstsccoainnyingctheatrainwwil up fon inera irstzlettr.It~ will be natons bnthe aiermy's nethe p-murchat tiorce o.. pa aimisttice.he gfodwill aloapa frm on fu E nspnen's letted tat toh on-er detaile 'o the gti'est soyst of inuryo lotio arve insth crito Mico ada taat thGereocomience' the Uioneed ainsto te15th.fvo of nh. Min ad ETishfn coiers Sarvo thereon te 12d~fro VeraCruz 't'er wa -otigiae4 oa hecp a the 14th-the latest paper from the cil if ty of Mexico. A revolution in the pow 1 erful State of Jalisco has long been ap I prehended. That departinent has long been a hot bed of revolutions. .Should this news prove well founded, it bodes f no good to - the cause of peace, but we r hope Satita Anna may be well out of the s country before the revolution reaches a ? crisis. In the North American of the 14th we find the following paragraph, which favors the idea that Santa Anna t will leave the country: Santa Anna and Paredes.-The Monitor states that that a is a rumer a, float that Santa Anna and Paredes had made up their minds to issue a joint pronunciamento in San Luis, but this, he adds, cannot be so, as too cats could i not live in the same bag; and that a person woriny of credit has seen a letter from Santa anna to a filend desiring hit to place money fo- him in the island. of Jamaica The Forth:amercan ol 10th inst. has accounts ofa revolution in Guatemala. If that paper be accurately informed, Gen.Carrera has bein depos-d frot the presidential chair, and the Vice Presi. dent is acting in his place, and endeav ing to put down the insurrection. From Mhe Charleston Mercury. BUSINESS OF CLIARLES iON, It gives us great pleasure to state that merchants of our city are driving an unusually heavy business, and that the transactions this spring will far exceed in magnitude those of any previous season. Our hotels are thronge'd with merchants and traders from the interior, and front the induceinents held out to them they are purchasing quite liberally. The stocks of goods on hand are unusully large, selected with the greatest care, and with peculiar reference to our mar *ket, conprising every variety of quality and style, so that there is not the strdifnicult .,in makng uany - A isiness community are reapug the d of their activity arid enterprise. .,,s evident that tho merchants of the inerios are beg'inning to appreciate the great advantages of Charleston, not only for laying in their stocks of goods, but the fraciliiy it affords for frequently replenishing themn. Connected as it is by railroads and steanborts with so large portion of the Sau and Southwest nrders, to any extend can be promptly filled tand rapidly despatched to their destination, avaiding the dangers, de Iys and addition-l expensa of a trip to the Northern cities. These advan tages are rapidly making thomselves fe-tl, and as they becom. more widely known, will greatly augvalint the num ber of our custoners Our Riilroad also partakes of the general activity, and is bringing down large ruantiti"s of produce from the interior of our own State, and the rich valleys of Georgia, and Tennessee, carrying back in return hevy freiahts of dry goods, groceries, hardware 4yc. sonme of which i~s destined for towns in the State of Missisippi. But laruze as this trade is at present, who can set limits to its exten', whe~n our conmu nicatiouns by Rtaiload are pe'rfecte I to the valleys of the Consi, the Tennessee and the Cumaberland ! A new world as it were,will be opented to the entoriirise and aictivity'of out buisness cohimunity aind they cannot too soon be takinig the prelimtinary steps in prepai ing th.em selves for the new relation they will bear to the people of the contiguous States, and for deriving all the legiti mate advantages of it. For this purpisi it is necessary that they should be bet tor acquainted wvithi the businaess advan, tages of Charleston and with its business men. The first can be accomplised by a mot e liberal system of advertising in the newsp~apers that circnlate atmong item; the second can oinly be effected by p~ersonal intercourse. And we would venture to suitgest to such of our citi zens as are in the habit of leaving our city during the summer months for hmealth or recreation, that business and pleaif sure cattld be combined in an eminent degree by a visit tothe mountainotus~re gions of Georgia, Alabama, and Ten nessed. - No section of the Union can boast of a healthier climate or of scene ry more interesting and picturesque, while the m-iny unpleasentuess to which the peoplo of the South are so frequent ly subjected while travelling tvith their faaflilies in the non-slaveholding -States would be avoided. The people of the South would thus bicome better acquain ted with each-other, and relations estabs lished which widuld be mutually advisn tageous.- The money'spent by our cit izens would then ho spent among frie ids and neighbors, and like bread cast upon the %vaters would be returned to tiem. Caution to laters.-D. E. New. comb of Frankfort Parish La. writing to the N, O.;Delta, says: A circumstance occurred at my ylantation a few days ago, which may be of some importance to the cotton p!anter, I had a large quantity of cotton seed to aciumulate at my gin, which I had removed my hau, ling it on my corn ground. When we got in about the centre of the pile we found it on fire, and had burnt the seed to a perfect coal, sonie two yards square. Had it not been so much smotheted by the quintity of the seed on top, I have no doubt but it would have broke out and consumed my gin, We often hear of gin-houses being burnt, during the cotton pickin'g season, which is nlvays attributed to some incendiary. There is no doubt now in niy mind that most of the gins that are burnt from unknousn cd.ses, proceed from spontaneous~ com, bustion as above stated. Location of Bounty Lands.-:-By this decision of the Secretary of the Treasury, a bounty land warrant issued under the act of 11th February, 18472 may be located by the soldier himself,. on any of the public lands (except those reserved from market'for special purpo ses) to which he may establish a-pro e'mption in his own right; but an assig nee cannot use hii warrant forsuch pur- ' pose-an assignee, however, may locate a warrant upon his own improvement, provided the land is subject to privatq entry. This may be of importance to some of our readers. Deaths ofitbrise Spencer -and H.' Wheaton.We are sorr to have to ap nounce, this morning the deaths1oftwo 9 Pmimnenti e iaadde1d to hi) 'otf ., iV.4ted.. "Mr .Weaton.(systhf N.Y. Conm mercial Advertiser,) returned, not Very_. long ago, from a dip!on'atic residence - of many years in Eur.ople, his last post $"7 of duty having been the capital of Prus, iia. Soon after his arrival he was in vited to deliver a dou'rse of lectures on international law, before the law-school of Cambridge Unijersity, and the time was approaching when the course was o begin; but his preparations were stay-. Ad by illness, ar.d now they are cut short by death. It is to be hoped, however,. hat they were neatly comoleted. The ectures will form a valuable legacy to is countrymen. Thedeath of Chief Justice Spencer s not unexpected. He has achieved it eng term oh eminent and useful service, - ind goes down to the grave in a ripe >ld age, respected and honored, like his ormer associate on the bnch, the late, 3hancellor. Kent. Thu late hour at vhich we received this intelligence, pre :ludes further remuirks to-day." The Charleston le rciisy, of the 22nd mlt. says: "WVe had the pleasure yes erdlay of examining a Seal Press, manu 'actured by Mr. WVerner, of Sta te-street, vhmose skill and Ingenuity in all thmat re ates to his art is so wvell known to our. :itizens.- . Tlie press is made entirely of yirought iron, and seems admirably cal :ulated for its purposes, combining great >ower with case of appulying it, and also. Sremiaikabhy neat piece of tiotkmar hip, It gives us pleasure to witness the laily increasink evidence of the appre-, :iation of thme ability of :our artisans and nechanics by those who have hereto 'nro been in the habit of sending abroad 'or what could be egnally as wf*Il pro-r :ured at homer, It is in vain to talk of uilding up ouir city, without wve encour ige our own mechanics and working :lass. The Seed of the Tea* Plant.-An enterprising and public spirited citizen; of our community, has just received rrom Canton, via New York; from an, Em~vbassy to that country,. six varieties of the Seed of thme Tea Plant, together wsith directions for its culture. The' seed resembles in some measure the ; - small sized ground artichoke; a sample ~ ol-one of the varieties msy'be seen at this' otlike.-Chars. Courier. Long :?Tse,-A paisley manufacturer. in Boston, having got by some accident' a severe Cut nCross the nOse, and having no court-plasfer at hand, stuck -on' hisg unfortunate probosis, one of hils gun' tickets, on which wats' the usaal intimw tion, "Warranted 350 yards long." -