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EDGLFIELD C. 11. WEDNEsDAY, NovEWI-ER 8. 1848. We are requested by the Committee to say, that a beautiful SWORD will be presented to Lieut. L. B. WEVER on Saturday next the Ilth inst. The citi zens of the District generally and the Ladies particulatly are invited to attend. ELECTION OF PI ESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. I -On Tuesday last, the election io- Presi dential electors took place throughout the Upited States. The election will decide the choice of Piesident for four vears, from the I 4th of March next. THE WEATHER.-For some days during the past week, the weather was very cold for the season. The thermometer was near ly as low as freezing point. Afterwards there was a fall of rain which was needed. After the rain subsided, the weathet be came quite cold, and continued so for some days. LIBERIA.-This country is situated as our readers generally know, in Africa. It ap pears that Mr. Roberts the President, has made in London, the most favorable impres, sion towards his government. In all proba bility the government of Liberia will soon be recognized by Englasd and France. INDIAN DEPREDATIONS IN TEXAS. From the Austin Democrat, we learn tha the Indians have been e Fitng great out r *sections of Texas. The set tlement on the Sandys, about twenty miles -west of Gongales, have been bioken up, sev eral persons have been killed, and a party of the whites and Indians have had a battle, which resulted in the defeat of the latter. Several citizens of Gongales county, have called on Governor Wood for military aid, to put down the ln,dians. Western Continent.-We perceive that ib o valuable paper which had been dis continued, has been recently revived. It is r- conducted. by Messrs. Garland & yuunisueo at the From the South Carolinian. OUR NEXT GOVERNOR-HION. F. WV. PIUKENS. Sia EDITOR :--Jn the recent nismbers -of the M~ercurr I have observed several articles in wyhich the writers, after a safe. delivery of their private opinions on the present anid soon to be condition of the country, arnd, after many lines of patriotic and disinterested advice to the urgenit ne cessity of securitng certain particular via. cues, qualities and requiries in him who, is to succeed his presentt Excellenev. qui ecly and kindly p)roceed~(, accordline to their different, fanictes, to tell us who is the mian. Whether these comnmunicationas have ben,. efitted the especial f:avoriaes of either wri ter or not, I am ignorant; hut that they have caused some inqtuiry with the masse's as to the pretensious of the different as pirants is certain. Some of the nominees we know by repti tation, (by which alone a Governor should desire to be elected.) and others tare on familiar even by name, except to the oldest inhabitant. But we live in te hackwtoods and do not know much! I have lately had occasion to be absent frtom home, and have made it a point to feel the general pulse in diff'erent quarters on this s'abject. Of the various nominations of the Gouber. natorial Chair, none has given so great satisfactie.r, to the people of the 2J Uon gressional District as that of the lion. F. WV. Pickens of Edgefield. The intelligence and urbanity of this gentleman. his personal wonrth and dis tioguishedl public services first in thte State Legislature; then as aid,de-camp to hnth Governors Hamilton acnd Hayne, which at the time, was a position of labor,. res ponsibility and contfidlenre; then. dutrinig an honoratble career of twelve years in our Natiotnal Cotuncils; again, at a suabseqluent pecriod,,in the State Senoc-invi'e an ad vantageous comparisout with the claims of any gentleman whose name has been con neetedl with the Governorship. Hlis abili ty itn the.Legislatur-e was acknowledged by being repeatedly elected at an early age to Congress, and his usefulness, while there, findls its commentary in the fact clhat his seat was never contested , atnd that he was offered. first by Presidlent Tyler, and then by Mr. Polk, the mission to the ttwo most splendid Courts of Europe-both of which were refused distinctly on the ground that he cotuld not conscientiously take benefit of the Federal Government so long as his State was dentied equal rights wiiah all her confederates. The pacriotic mnotives by which this gentlemian was actuated, in twice refusing the most flatterinie and valuable appoint ment within the gift of the President, car ry te proof of their gentuineness on the face of the circumnstances. So spirited atn act of self-denial should meet with an acknowledgment from the State, whose wrogdy the Federal Gov crment were ttus so handsomely reluked, In these "'piping times" of money power, where the art and means of giving 'good dinners" have been used as cogent and af fective.arguments in Goyeruor making when lagn has become Solomon, and 'put money in' thy'purse,' wisdom, it is truly refreshing. Mr. Editor, to find: one mar who values political justice more that $18,000, and loves the reputatioi of Souti Carolina more than gold. The growing adulation in the State, to mere money, it alhorrent to my soul, and will in' time dry up the f'uniaiu heads of Carolina's hom-sty at home and its respectability abroad. Would to God-that South Carolina had one such man as he, who is the solitary glory of poor Alexico-"one bright particu lar star" one Guadrrloupe Victoria, in whom every virtue was concentrated but rmoney. Col Pickens is now a private citizen residing on his plantation. IHe is deeply aurl wholly identified with the agricutou. rad interests of the State. Though bear ing years suflicient to mature his under standing ndrid ipcn his judgment, he is yet tn the prine of manhood--active and en. ergetie. Intimately acquainted with fede ral politics and the "tricks of the trade" he would, during his administration, ever be no the wntch-tower of the State a faithful sentinel-known and appreciated at Wash ington, and itdeed throughout the Union, as the helmsman of the ship of State he would be fell. Though at the peril of being ch:srged with l.olitical heresy I con fess myself "crisis" incredulous, the politi ral prognostics are sueh, however, that I lrpe to see South Carolina, during the next two years, with her deck- clear and ready For tction, and with the tight kind uf a man holding the trumpet. Revolu. lionary blood will tell. I for one am wil ling to take it onl faith. Col Pic'tens has also rendered the State infinite service by his el'orts towards the nomination and election of Mr.'olk-thatn whom no President has been as true to the interests of the South since the days of Washington. t gentleman of courtly manners, fine understanding, ample fortun hosptit "a ....... l .,, cat a wise, dignified, hospita tile and eflicient Carolina Executive. Such, sir, are the opinions of MCDUFFIE. From the Charleston Mercury. OUR RAILROAD. We find the following remarl in tht Marietta lelicorn, the editor of which hat recently been on a visit to our city. The3 are worthy of the serious consideration of those having the interests of the city and the road in charge: "There are great -complaints here ir Charleston about the Augusta bridge anr the enormous tax of toll and drayage a that place, which they consider a gren drawback to their prosperity. It canno be denied that it. is a great obstacle in thei not complain of Augusta. The tup countr. may (reli co'mplain of hath' bitt spuch as it wotrdd l)e to our interest to have a con nexion we would opposed it till Charles totn does her duty atid lets the Road -come into the city, and thus save a double tax on?draymen wvhich thtey are now comphl, ed to pay. It is time the country should know how it is taxed and we are determn ined it shall. It is argued that it costs to inore to the country, or those shipping produce down, or goods up the Road than) if the tax was int duble. lBut we have tnot been able to perceive its force; rfor cer'ainly tte ligh. ier the tatx on drays the more cheaply thtey can allord to woirk. Atd so ltog as the "Neck" and Chatleston both reguire li, cernse fromt them. so long the up coun'ry will be tnxed to pay it, and henice its just cauce or comaplait We are firmly of the opinion th-3t it' fara freights. drayane and toll were all reduc ed .50 ter cent on the groat lines of Rail ro)ads the nei t income would be greatly ncrea"ed. IIund:eds & thousand of people who now stay at home would he imiuced to travel to te sea-bocat'd. Acqutaitances would Lie formed, newv inducenments created, a vast increase ofltrade would follow to the mutual advantage of all the parties cun eernted, coutntry, cities and Roads. It n.eeds but n lair experiment to test its tr'nth. And we hotpe another year will not be permitted to roll round withtout making it. The Cholera in New-York-Ft gives us i;reat pleasure to announce that a Tel agraphic comomunicatio,n from the Mayor >fthie city of New York, to the Mayor of his city, received last evecning, with a copy of which we have been politely fa. vored. announces that "the Chtolera is not in New-York at all-" Some alarm might andt perh ps does exist as to the approach rmf this disease. It might reach our own :ity. To guard against its ravages is but it matter tof prudence. We have only to remark that care and catttion in diet and habit wiill put it at defiatice, if coupled with prompt medical advise in case of at ack. Fear andi dread cause more vie. ims thtan disease.- Charleston Cousrier, Nov. 4. Funeral of the lion. D. H. Lewis. rte N. Y. Journal of Commerce of the 8thm nIt, thus notices the honots paid to the remains of the distitiguished 8:tatesmnan: The futneral obsequies of the late U. S. Senator Dixon HI. Lewis, were dnly per. formed yesterday afternootn. Shortly af ter i2 o'clock, the rvmains were removed from the Governor's Room, ia the City Hall, where they had been layiag in state, auring the (lay, to the head. of a large pro. cession of citizens aa d civil officers, which formed in the Park before the HaIl Af rer the procession bad 'moved through some of the principal.atreems, remains, ac c:ompanied by the friends and members of the Common Conneil. were tn-ken across the river to Greenwooy 4l etery for in ;tei-ment.3 Meanwlile.te ':flags Wbre displayed at half-mast fromthe d nshippin, atd public Sbuildings,aid afuneral darge was chim ed froin the sleepld - rI-rity Church. The occasion wsi so!emn and impressive. The.colin 'was of uncommo size, ol mahognuy, and with rbe% I4 and lead casing was said to weig' tasds of ninc hundred ,pounis. On a n iilver plate was the tollowthg incrip , n-, DIXON- H. L4IS. UNITrO S-iATEsvt TOR, From -Alaaa' Died in New York, Ocier'25;.184S. Aged 46 years, 2 mdi, G3_days. Bloody Tragedy in Araas.-. A dread - ful affray took place at,Ye.lville. Marion county, Ark.. on' the t in which three men were killed ri several wouid' ed. The Batesville Englo,1 the 17th uIt, furnishes the following a -ntof it: The town of Yellville. in rion county, was, on last Monday w the scene of one of the most -frightful ad disgraceful rencontres that we liavee'known. We would premise, that for m years the e has been waged, between ,rrutts and their friends on the one par nd the Ever etts and their friends on th other, a most deadly feud. The war _betebo the Mon tagues and Capulets did n i'egiti to equal it, if seems that a maonned Mooney, who belongs to the Everet ng; was bad ly beaten some threeor.fou weeks since; and that the Everetta anr soney got up kind of agreetnent among e'mselves, by which they and their ad rents formed themselves into a regulati gparty, and declared that the Kings, 8 ielt, Williams and Hampton Tuti must le' tltecnuntry. On Monday they all met~ ,Yellville. Hampton Tutt has.a store here, atd was prudent enough to keejp .of the way. He knew a that row would raised, and that they would, if possibll 'll.him. J. Turner, Esq., spoke ther at day. and after the speaking;-iahe twci rtes armed to the teeth, had some wgrd ad drew up in battle array-but the ma er was quiet ed, alit - ak to.ik; place.- To= .. .......... .. jeople had generally left for home;;) figbt comn menced. A man, by the":nargo'. of Wad kiis, of the Everett party, dlo$Wdiwn Jack King. At the same time' im. Everett fired at Sinclair, and miseil'him. Sin clair returned the. shot,.miittally wound ing Everett. King's brotber was shot at by Bartlett Everett the ball gra liis should er; le, in turn, shot Bart* gverett dead in his tracks: After Siin.9verett was shot,"he immediately pursued $inelair; but finding King, wiho had be ua shot in the begining of the fight, lie tu ed on him, and smashed his skull in as o.king man ner, and expired while iihe act King lived until moring. Wad. 4nwas'badly beaten. - lie was taken itp ustody.:but made his escape that ni Ih Ji is to be hoped that the people.of- Mtari, will unite in puttir.g down these deeds blood. We -- that the ma er is. ot at an .e.wTe Li,u lidat, IOU iiumL r- !r-mrstUet() is considerably short of la -year,and it it believed that- in- the:parts4f.tim and 1n diana tributary to Cic 'n aii less attmen tion hastbeen given to feedi.g than last sea son Tis is the ordinarys fct of an over abiundant uti successful 'Ison, hut how far prospects, wich hay existed for two or three mouths may e.bang the course of things, caninot now be ascertainedl. The Louisville Journaind Commerce says:-l' seems to be an adiiiiu,..1 fact that tie stock of ho,.s in tbe cou"atry is large, and iha:. their COni .ion (owing to an abundant corn crop) . til be very fine. We undersiand that large purchases were mtade last week in ihelby.-county for this markect, at $2 5 gross. - Purchases for the Cini:maiiti market ranged landiana. and ma ken lairgely at $25 a $2j gross. The prices we regard under the present aspect of the foreignt news, as veiny full. Some or our most experienced pockets have not yet en tered the market. regarding price4 too high for prudent investment From the note of preparation it is ptrobably that a larger numtier will lie packed here the present season than there wvas last season. Tue St. Louis New Era, of the 28th ult., says:-Weo learn by 'lie ilinois pa pers that pork packers at Beardsiowvn a paying two dollars and fifty cents per huni dIred for pork, and from private advices we areo assured they have gone up two dol lars and seventy-five cents. At Almon, large conitractsha~ve been made at both the a ove rates, and from the feverish excite metnt that already prevails among opera tori in this article of provisions. we look for disastrous results- among them before the season closes, nuless, more prudenCe than heretofore is manifested. Correspondence ofthei N. Y. Jour. of Commerce. PaRts. Oct. 8, 1848. The public mind in Etngland as wvell as in France is bco.ming very much alarmed on the near approach of thast terrible scourge-the cholera. As long as the cholera was confnued to the Eadt-to Rus,. siat or even still .nearer we read the ac counts of its ravageu,.of the sad misery of decimated families. and it wvas presently forgotten, we heard that in twelve months or less it would.sweep over mis and fill our houses with mourning, but with man's usual hope we persuaded ourselves it would never come near us, and -n~e moved on in our busy career-the cholera was forgot ten. To..day, however. we hear it is near our own door, and all-the poor and-the rich-the statesman plotting revolutioni and the cobbler patching the* thiie n orn brogue, stop their avocations, and essay to find some mode which will secure themt from the fatal attack. Tihe cholera is cm phatically, the :disease of the poor. Ii nearly always spares those in rich ciretnm stances, and persons iho cat good and wholesome food-who live ternporat ely preserve a calm frame of mind, free from dread of the disease, are in general qunite safe. But the person who picks up here a bit for his breakfast, and there another bit for his inner, both morsels not unfrequent ly'6f more than dubtfulclihracter, stands in jimmiuent danger. The governments of both these countries have taken and are taking every precaution t- abate the pes. tilence as much as they can. It appears in a milder form, and is much better nn derstood now than;formerly, and: medical n,en do not apprehend as mnch mischief from it as they did in 1831. S:ill it is yet comparatively unknown.,.and excites an undefined fear in the hearts of all. M.RTIn DCRALDt.-Respecting this once disttnguish.d citizen of Louisiana, whose death waslately announced,"No ta Bena." in his last letter to the Con cordia (La.) Intelligencet, furnis'es the fo!lowing interesting but painful particu, lars: e'Amtng the recent deaths here, I nouce one that scarcely atracted a pas sing remark, vet he was a man who, twenty years ago, stond at the head of society-Martin Duralde. Burn of an influential and affluent family in Attaka, pas, extensively connected, augme-.ning his hereditary fortune by successful i ' vestments, married to a daughter of the lon. Henry Clay, who was then at the zenith of his popularity and power, Mr. Duralde was, on all sides, courted, con suIted and caressed. But reverses over took him ; city propterty rapidly ran down ; his wife died; his friends dimin ished with his fortune ; and at the com mencement of the Mexican war, this man, onct" so rich, so popular, and so honored, found himsrlf obliged, for sub sistence, to follow our march with a few packages of merchandise. Hle recently embarked on a trading schooner, at Tampico, to return hiome. The deadly fever of that coast swept off every one of the crew but a small boy, and when the vessel, after beating about in the gulf, finally made the bar of the river with a signal of distress, the Captain was found dead on a pallet, and the un fortuntte Dtralde by his side in the last agonies, and no medicine, no water, scarcely a ration of food on board. What an illustration of the vanity and vicissitudes of life! The1 Weatlcr.-The Laurensville Her ald, of the 3d inst., says : "In the early part of the week, we were in tte enjoy ment of most deliahtful weather-clear. bright, bracing, and pleasant,-neither too warm or too cold. Du-ing the last three days, however, a very perceptible altera tion has taken place ; and thoueh still clear. it is as cold as if old( "Jack Frost" himsel, had taken up his abode in the im. mediate neighborhood, and big fires are necessary for comfort. We have had heavy frosts for the three last nights. The cotton plants are turning black, and the leaves are falling from the trees in beauti of accommodation, the Company have made arrangements to convey to Columbia members of-the~ Legislature., and perso'ns desir tns of visiting the Capital dluring the extra session, a:talt such ti'tne4 as aay suit their convenience up to the latest perio.d. [ Eve. News. Pretty Fair Work.-WVe copied from the Advertiser, a fortnight since. atn ac count of cotton picking in Edtgefield Dis trict, that we thought was hard to beat. The greatest nutmber of pounds picked in ja day by one hand, mentioned in the Ad vertiser, was 380--which a hand in this District has exceeded by ninety pounds. Mr. N'dwardl We'sson. residing on Doun can's Creek, has a boy bet weeni 16 -.nd 17 vears of age. n ho. on the l0th, October. picked Out 4y9 tponds of cottOnt between sun rise and dark-11 working hurts. [ Laurensuudle Herald. Granite.-A specimen of fine Granite may be seen at thte Rail Road OrTce, fromn Colonel Taylor'e, near Colu ni , and we believe in the vicittity of the ro,ad. Our State abtnuds itn materials tof thtis descriptioin, aind of the best quality, wvhich requite ontly adequate enterprise and en couragetnent in our builders, to render it a source of revenue, as a brunch of domestic industry, to the owners, while it will save the drain of money fromn the city for that which lies at our own doors.-Evening News. Our Rail Road.-The large amount of business done, both in up and down freight, since the commrtencement of the season furntsbes the mest decided evidences of the increasing prosperity of thte company. The amounit of freight and passage money between the 1st and 21st, was $70.000. and it is supposed that the revenue for the month will reach S100 000.-Charleston News. MOVEMENT FOR CALFORN.-Gent. Pi.rsifer F. Smith, appoited Governor of California, is soon to take his depar ture, accompainie.d by the gallatnt Capt. Tobin. They ate both now in New Yot k, from whence goes a Regiment of UT. S. soldiets also. REMEDY POR TOOTI1AC.-A mixttire of two parts of the- liquid amonia of commerce, with one of some simple tincture, is recommended as a remedy for toothache, so often unconttolatble. A piece of lint is dipped into this mix, tutre, and then itntroduced into the cari ons tooth, when the nerve is immediately cauterized, and the pairn stopped. It is stated to be eminently successful, and in some cases is snpposed to act by neu tralizing an acid product in the dL.enyed toothI. Sulphuric ether and hnrnt ahtim are eter. TIlE INSOLENCE OF OF'ICE: We-find n' complaint so universal.as that of impoliteness. and even insolence,in persons who happen to be in a position to forget propriety and go unpunished. I. is well to hear in mind that politeness is ex artly as cheap as tduteness. and that in to long run it is mnch cheaper. - Clerks in public olflices are especially remarkable in this respect. as also oficers of steamboats and conductors on railroads. It is a capi tal method to make one's sell unhappy, to treat every one upon whom he may coat fer a favor with roughness and ill man ners. An official may reply to a question which is asked with all politeness, "I haven't time to answer que ions," as ti e heard one of this class reply a few days since in a public office. In timt reply werc coitainied four words more tian would have answered the query ; bui the clerk choose to send away a gentleman with an intimation that he was impertinent, and to render himself unhappy in the reflection that he been actually uugentlemanly. The world would move t.long much more ea'ily ih"n it now des, if the rules of pulitenese and gentleness were better observed. It drags alongltcavily when, as too freqently, the wheels lack the oil of kindnesa. It will be found in general, that eacept when self-interest directly protnpts tte tither course. men in public olfices, parti.u'rly clerks and those dependent on individu;.l nomination and not popular votes for the;.- 'laces, are the most habitu al neglectors of :he ordinary rules of eli quette. We have nla ays chosen to regard their conduct in office .as a fair test of their claim to position out of i; - :nd ca.not any man as a gentleman who An-'4 any excuse in any time or place for lai. aside the name. In travelling, this is to be.especially no ticed. We had in mind the conductors on the Erie Railroad, and we are safe in re ferritng to travellers for the evidence that they are far more comfortable amottg such men, than among the ill natured anl dis obliging conductors on some other roads. One of the formet, a stranger to us, in a conversation once said that he found it far easier to be polite to all, even to those who were actually impertinet-the had tried both courses, and made up his mind .which to adopt.-N, Y. Jour. Com. Thrilling Incident at the Meneagerie 'ho>le Gallantry of the Lion.-On Thurs day of last week, dnring the heavy storm of wind and rain, while the extensive col lection of wild beasts in the menagerie of Messrs. Raynondt% Warring were in the village of Norfolk, a feature wasintrmduced ih the exhibition not previously announcerd in the hills. About f-tr in the afternoon a violent gust of wind blew down ine can% vass which forms the large pavillion. completely enveloping the spectator., and cages of the animals in one com-non mass of confusion. The accident happened at the time when Miss-Adelina. the Lim. Queen as she is styled, was performing in the den of wild beasts. and as the fright of the animals rendered-them seeminely un. cotitrolable, great fears were entertained for the safety - '~'"' "'" .dnoered the.scene r.uly appelling. 'ihe panic however we'isliut momentary, .is the promps and enercetic mneasures taiken by 'he managers soiin cleared the wreck. no person having received the slightest injury. But the most intenasely interesting itcideD' remains to be told. The uproar among the lions, tigers and leopa.ds in ir performine caces gave taike that they were devouritig Miss Adelitna. in the next instant the eanivass was stritpped from 'lhe etace, when a tableaux presented itself such as either would dely eitther poet, painter or sculptor to portray with accura cy. In the centre of the den, a young anal beatutifuil lion, (the same recenatly presented to Geni. Cass by the Emperor of Mlorocen.) ini a rampart positiaon, fortmed the strong feature of the picture; beneath one of his hinad feet lay stretched the 'lead body of a leopard. atnd struggling within the invinesi tle grasp of his fore paiws were the ticer atnd st;rviving leopat d. Int the oippoite endl of the cace tr.insfixed as a statute of marble, with danntless eye aind majestie nitude, the same as when shteomands t he wild hieasas to crouch a' hier feet, stood the Lion Quseetn Miss Artelina. The yoting lady states itat ahe tw o leopards and the tiger made a simultaneeous spring for her at the mnomnent the catnvass was btowti dowtn. antd were repulsedl by the nioble gallantry of ihe lion who boundled bietweeni them, and protected her in the manner desribed. The pre-ence of the keepe r, Ma r. Pierce. soon red ucedt the savage gomup to subjection, and the Lion Qu"en was happily relieved from a larther participa tion itn this extra performnance.-N. Y True Sun. The editor of a niewspaper at Perth be itig c-halletiged the other day by Kassuth. the leadlerqif the Maygar parry. ctoolly re plied that any fool miught challe'nge, hut that two foiols were needed for a fight. WVhai an atdmirable reply ; it w as literal ly answering a tool acecording to hi< I-. ly, and if the editor did nothing an provoke the ire of the challenger .injntsaly, he is ani honor to his profesaion Hoiw much more sensitble is such a nman as that. than anoth er that we wat of, who floorishes large in the fraterntity and now limps throtugh life with a catch is his kntee, of wvhich lie is weak enough to be pterceptibly vain. Aye. vain; fair it is a fact, that a duel is never accepted bunt for one reason,. and that is vanity. A mant may giv-e a challenge from a revengeful spirit. ini his desire for ani opportunity tat resent a real or fancied injury, but lie is altool to do it. Another accepts it, however, from vantity. He is afraid of the opinion tof the world shotuld he refuse it; and then as a matter of course, after lie has stood his adlversary's fire, he turns to the world like a spoiled child, to be petted for his spirit. It is vanity, weakness, folly. frott beginntinag to end. Beauty.deserts usn, hor ~virtute anti tal ents, the faithful companionts of our lives, accompany us even to the grave. 'Br Tt;Leaapa:-:,r ARRIVAL OPr1 llfiiERMA. Further declinein .ollon. By a Telegraphic Deepatch sissa inte hour last night, we have accounts of the arrival of the Eng.ish Steamer Hibernia ac Boston yesterday She brings Liverpool 'accnunts to 21st October. Colton has untdergone a firther'rlecline - o I 8 tarthing on all description. Orleans Fair to Good Fair is quoted at 3A to 4k.; Mobile and Bowed Grorgia at :3j to 4. sales of the week 25,000 bales-and the market closed quiet with a downwnrd teidency-Trade dull it London, Man cheGier and Iaggow. Breadstufs.-Buyers think that 'Bread sttly havu -ached the lowest- mark. Wheat selling hom 7s. 4d. to 8s. 9d. Flour from 31 to 32.. Meal at from 15 to 184. Political.--O'Brien was not yet exe cuted at the time of the departure of the. steamer. The recommendation'for mercy by the Jury, had been laid before the Qneeu-his fate uncertain and unkuown. The Potato Crop in Ireland had been a complete failure. The Cholera -Thirty additional cases of Cholera had occurred in Loudon; and a number ofcases at Edinburo, New Haven, and other places-it seems to progress slo ly, however, and4.he_alnr.-us aa Austria.-Tbo people. of Vienna are hemnmed in by the armies of the Emperor and his allies, but the people are deter mined to bold out to the last;-end the. conflict must.a be bloody one.' The'people. anticipate a siege. The Diet has^an army of 100.000 men to defend'i'bCity: - France.-France is still giiPC?Cavaig. ,;. is still at the head of affs'ri-.a nd. Lou is Napr!.can hardly tbought f., Louis Napolesrl Bonaparle.-Tte Paris correspodent of tha "Ne.w. York Com mercial Advertiser," ftiruishes the fellow. iog portrait of Louis TXapoleof Bona. parts: - "Louis Napoleon is rather under the middle height, and of a figgre, inclining to be heavy more .than graceful.: in his- ; bearing there is nothing. distinguished or commending; his uniosually. highr ahoul ders even give him a certaioawkwardness while in hig features not the keeneet of tho many eyes.now liaed upon hiri ~an dis cover any resemblance to histinclez-They are dull and worn, with a'strong;ex0resstotA of se'nsuality, and would ' idicie rather more titan the forty years v hictii ?his anu thentic age.- For the rest 'he seems good natured enough, and nt. that sor of .mar who would ever overturn Euiope. He. .peaks with; ermbirrassment. and even" with emotion,andtinot a single topresen" tativp'ihterrupts him." American Inventions.-Amongsi'a great variety of new inventions exhiiOited athe% anhual faii of the American lastitate in Noe York. the irihune' noicesone that is very curios and yeisitipe' I is 'the "What in't ingenuity 'ico pislt Here we :have an inventiou ,1 whicb "es. imy be..light,- it R,y. 'i ,'e by a e1ljckor el pulI of A i,ttscied to ai a oc1r;=:n : neiction ftli isi lighri (" atnt> then wvhe~n the hour 'homessaoittid yNiu have a latmp already lighted at. tbe-same tirme. Certninly'very convenient- Whea not desired to-becotnnected with a clock, it,can- be attached to a cord- terminating tn some place -near the bed, .likes a. -hell-pull, so that it is only necessary to pull the cotd to produce a light previon.. to rising. l'is designed alao .to be so attachqd toghte hell :i.indle of a front door, that pullipg,thie bell inst antly rmakes a light to see by, in the hall. or any other part of the house. The inventor is Mr. Alexander Bennet of ibis nitv. . . . . " - Misery Loves Company.--Do you mean that the maen witht a jumpiag tooth- ache rake's' pleasure ' in the society of -another gentlematn similatly afflicted ? --'D the over c'rowded inmates of the -m'iddle of' Atugust onibus greet with :liecks and sndes. and like -encouragements, the new comer ? Do you suppose that the mnerchtant without the whterewithal to pay-.his note, is enamo)red with tbe company of those in a like .dilemna at half-past two?' Does sea sickness court it ? Woul-I.. it-assu-<e the pain you stuffer, if w~hile you are hay ing your teeth filed, a saw shouldd he un dergoing the same otperattion in y'our ira-. mediate nteighborhood i Does the dog nith a tin kettle tied to his tail seem to exult or show any signs whateter-of con vivality on the occeasion of the extraordiaa ry retinue of foor footed delegates who are calledl into cottgress by the' unusuail dis play ? Havitng the mumps'-the good, oldfashioned ; Henry the *Eishth looking double mnumps,in the which.you can't ever grin, and bear it-would you care to have a cotmpanion, face to face-a sort oif me Mento, nt mori, but of more- under jaw than you ever anticipated seeing appen ded to your countenance-sand knowing , thtat -you are I-"oking into a human -mirror, a personal reflec'tion ? Then what do you mean by --misery loves company.J" American Almonds -We are indebted t Mrs. Willi.. A. Blanker for a sample A of Almonds raised itt tier own garden.. Thev are of extraordinary size and fne. favor. This and-other experimets prove that our clitmate is not unfavorable to the growth of many plants and fruita for which we are ina the habit of looking abroad. [WNinchester, (Va.) Rep. There is little doubt that the cultivation . of Almonds can he rendered profitable to. Georgia andI other Southern States. The growing of fruits of this kind would tend . greatly to incretase their consumption,bene it small land holtders. and by so much check the over-production of .cotton I one has seeds that will germinate, nloW 1ta the favorable season to plant them. - [ Aug. C'hront $. Sen. Castor Oil beans are oute so make ex cellen' candles, equal to sperm in every repeci. antd for twenty five cents.a pound, the chandlers and farmers of the West wt.l urn out any quantity of these :castor oit canditce. - -