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Aj EDGEFIELD C. 11. WEDNESDAY, No(vEuR 8. 1848. We are requested by the Committee to say, that a beautiful SWORD will be presecnted to Lieut. L. B. WEVER on Satuiday next the 11th inst. The citi zens of the District generally and the Ladics particulatly are invited to attend. ELECTION oF PIESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. --On Tuesday last, the election for Presi. dential electors eook place throughout the Urited States. The election will decide the i choice of Piesident for four years, 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 Jy as lrw as frcczing 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 come 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 favorab!e impres sion towards his government. In all proba bility the government of Liberia will sooa be recognized by Engla,.d and France. INDIAN DEPR.EDATIONS IN TEXAS. From the Austin Democrat. we learn that the Indians have been a g great out ections 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 an Governor Wood for military aid, to put down the Indians. Western Contincnt.-We perecive that 1hi valuable paper which had been dis continued, has been recently revived. It - is. rv conducted by Messrs. Garland & samerae;.., uuzSuea at the From hew South~ Carolinian. OUR NEXT GOVERNOR-HON. F. W. PICKENS. Mla Eniron:-In ithe recent nuambers of the Mercury I have obser-ved several articles iu tyhich the writers, after a safe delivery of their private opinions on the present and soon to be condition of the country. ands after many lines of patriotic and disinterested advice to the urcent ne cessity of securing certain particular vir tues, qualities and requizies in him, who is to succeed his preset Excellency. qui etdy and kindiy proceed, accord itw to, their different. fanetes. to tell us who is the m:an. Whether these communications have ben, efitted the especial favorites of either wri ter or not, 1 am ignorant; hut that they have caused some inquiry wi'h the masse's as to the pretensions of the differont as pirants is certain. Some of the nontinees wie know by repn tation, (by which alone a Governor should desire to be elected.) and others aire utn familiar even by name, except to the oldcst inhabitant. But we live in the back woods and do not know much! I have lately had occasion to be absent from home, an'd have made it a point to feel the general pulse in different quarters on this subtjoet. Of the various notminattions of the Guber natorial Chair, none has given so great satisfacti,.n to the people of the 2J Con gressional District as that of the lion. F". WV. Pickens of E dgefield. The intelligence and urbanity of this gentleman. his personal worth and dis tinguishted pubhlic services first in the St ate Legislature; then as aid,de-camp to both Governors Hamilton and Hlayne, which at the ime, was a position of labor. res pnttsibility and confidence; then, dunritng an honnoraible career of twelve years in our National Cottncils; agnin, at a subsequent period, in the State Sen:jtp-invise a,) ad vantagdous comparison n i;h the claims of any gentleman whose name has been con nectled with the Governorship, lIisabili ty itn the.L.egislature was acknowletdged by being repeatedly elected at an early age to Congress, and his usefultness, while there, fints its commentary it) the fact that his seat was never contested , atnd that he wtas ofered. fiest by President Tyler, and then by Mr. Polk, the mnission to the t wo most splendid Courts of Europe-both of which were refused distinctly on the ground that he coutld not conscientiously take benefit of the Federal Government so long as his State was dentied equal rights nith all her confederates. The patriotic tmotives hy which this gentleman was actuated,. int twice refusing the most flatterine and valuable appoint ment within the gift of ti.e President, car ry the proof of their gentuinetness on the face of the circumstances. So spirited atn act of self-denial should rneet with an adknowledg:nent from the crunment were thus so handsomely rebuked. In. these "'piping times" of money power, where the.art and means of giving "good dinners" have been used as cogent and af. fective.arg meits in Goyeroor making when Iag'; has become Solomon, and 'put money in' hy'purse,' wisdom, it is truly refreshing. Mr. Editor, to flnd one man who values political justice more than $18,000. and loves the reputation of South Carolina more than gold. The growing adulation in the State, to mere money, is abhorrent to my soul, and will in time dry up the fountain heads of Carolina's honesty at home and its respectability abroad. Would to (od-that Soutlh,Carolina had one such man as he, who is the solitary glory of poor Ailexico-"oue bright particu lar star" one Gtadaloupe Victoria, in whom every virtue was concentrated but money. Col Pickens is now a private citizen residing on his plantation. lie is deeply, and wholly identified with the agricultu. ral interests of the State. Though bear ing years suflicient to maturo his under standig armd ripen his judgment, he is yet .n the prime of manhood-active and en erge:ic. Ittimately acquainted with fede ral politics and the "tricks of the trade" he would, during his administration, ever be on the wutch-tower of the State a faithful sentinel-known and appreciated at Wash ington, and indeed throughout the Union, as the helmsmnan of the ship of State he would be fell. Though at the peril of being ch:argcd with h,alitical heresy I con fess myself "crisis" incredulous, the politi cal prognostics are such, however, that I hcpe to see South Carolina, during the ncxt two years, with her deckq clear and ready for nction, and with the tight kind of a man holding the trumpet. Revolu tionary blood will tell. I for one am wilt lina to take it on faith. Col Pic" ens has also rendered the State infinite service by his efforts towards the nomination and election of Mr. Polk-than whom no President has been as true to the interests of the South since the days of Washington. A cenrleman of courtly manners, fine understanding. ample fortune, and tIh hospitality of a trueCorn!li.lk ., e ti-ltn1rnm a wise, dign ified, hospita ble and efficient Carolina Executive. Such, sir, are the opinions of McDUFFIE. From the Charleston Mercury. OUR RAILROAD. We find the following remar4 in the Marietta 1-lelicorn, the editor of which has recently been on a visit to our city. They are worthy of the serious consideration of those having the interests of the city and the roatd in charge: "There are great complaints here in Charleston about the Augusta bridge and the -enormous tax of toll and drayage at tharplace, which they consider a great drawhack to their prosperity. It cannot _be.denied that it is a great obstacle in their . ......... u aunuer Jet i-tuso not doiilain of Augusia The up counDtry' may w'ell comnphiun ofhihi but ipuch as it wotdd be to our interest to have a con nexion we would opposed it till Charles ton does.her duty and lets the Road -come into the city, and thtis save a double tax on?draymen which thtey are now compl ed to pay. It is time the country should know how it is taxed and we are determ ined it shall. It is argued that it costs no mnore to the country, or those shipping produce down, or goods upthe Road than if thme tax was nt double. But we have ttot been able to perceive its force; for cerrainly the ligh,. ter the tax on drays the more cheaply they can aflord to work. And so long as the "Neck" and Charleston both require li cense front them. so long the up coun'ry will be taxed to pay it, and hence its just cattse of com-uplaint We are firmily of the opinion that if fare freights. draya2e and toll were all reduc ed 50 p'or cent on the great linmes of Rail roads the neit inicome would be greatly increa4ed. lltundmeds & thousand of people who now stay at home would be itnduced to travel to the sea-hoard. Acqumait:ances wsould lie fotrtmed, new inducenments created, a vast increase (iftrade wotld follow to the mutual advantage of all the parties co cerned, country, cities and Roads. It ne*eds ht n fair cx peritoent to test its tronth. And we hope another year will not be permitted to roll round without making it. The Cholera in New- York-ft gives us great pleasure to announce that a Tel egraiphmic comnmunicamtion from the Mayor oft the city of Newv York, to the Mayor of this city, received last evening, with a copy of which we have been politelv fa vored. nonounces that "t he Cholera is not in New-York at all-" Sonie alarm might and perh psdoesexist as to the approach of thmis disease. It tmighn i-each our own city. To guard against its ravages is bum a tnatter otf prudenee. We have only to remaurk that care and caution in diet and habtit will put it at defiance, if coupled witht prompt medical adlvise in case oflat tack. Fear and dread cause more vic tim9nn than disease.- Charleston courier, Nov. 4. Funeral of thue lion. D. H. Lewis. Thte N. Y. .Journal of Commerce of the 28th ult, thus notices the honors paid to the remains of the distinguished Statesman: The funeral obsequies of the late U. S. Senator Dixon HI. Lewis, weore dtuly per formied yesterday afternoon. Shortly af ter 12 o'clock, thme remains were removed from the Governor's Room, in the City IHall, where they had been laying in state, during the (lay, to.the head,.of a large pro cession of cit izens an d civil officers, which formed in the Park before the Hlall Ar. ter thme procession had-moved through some ojf the priucipal.atreets, remains, ac comnpanuied by thte friends and members of the Common Council. were taken across the rver to Greenwood "noery for in termeut. Meanwhile.;the flags;wbre displayed a. half-mast fro Nthe shippmng and public buildings, ada;funeral :lrge was chim ed from the steeile=f Ttolty Church. The occasion was solemn d :impressive. The cotfin vws of uncomoiou size, ol mahogauy, and with rhe -" I and lead casing was said to weih aids of nine hundred ,poun-Is. On a, "iilver plat was the lollowthg incrip DIXON- H. L 'tS UNITFo STATES lTOt, From Alah''=' Died in New York, Ocitbe25 184S. Aged 46 years 2 mo, 15 days. Bloody Tragedy in Arkal.as -A (Tread ful affray took place at Yeiville. Marion county, Ark.. on the 9i ft.; in which three men were killed in evral wound ed. The Batesville Eaolo the 17th uIt, furnishes the folowing ac tof it: The town of Yellville, ini rian county, was, on . last Alonday w the scene of one of the most frightful od disgraceful rencontres that we liave-e -known. We would premise, that for' n ears the e has been waged, between ,'rutts and their friends on the one pari .nd the Ever etts and their friends on^ii ,Other, a most deadly feud. The war be 'een the Mon tagues and Capulets did , "ehiti to eqal it, if seems that a man.a ned Mooney, who belongs to the Everett:i ng; was bad ly beaten some three or fot steeks since; and that the Everetts ant oney got tip kind of agreetnent amoug eirselves, by which they and their ad rents formed themselves into a regulatt party, ndi leclared that the Kings, $ iIef, Williams and Hampton Tuii must lea thecountry. On Monday they all met Yellville. Hampton Tutt has.a store liere, and was prudent enough to kenp . of the way. He knew a that row would raised, and that they would, if possibl ill.him. J. Turner, Esq.. spoke ther at day, and after the speaking; the two ries armed to the teeth, had some word a 0d drew up in battle array-but the mat er was quiet ed, and -break took place.- To .,, ... people had generally leli for home 1fight con menced. A man, by the,ame-. of Wad kius, of the Everett party. o down Jack King. At the. same time i.Sm. Everett fired at Sinclair, and mised him. Sin clair returned the shot, miortally wound ing Everett. King's hrotkerwas shot at by Bartlett Everett the ball gratni lhis should er; he, in turn, shot Baril % verett dead in his tracks. After-Sih..Overett was shot,-he immediately purstied Sinelair; but finding King, ?ho had becra shot in ilhe begining of the fight, lie tulned on him, and smashed his skull in ahoc kiug man ner, and expired while inhe; ac Kins lived until morinj. Wadkius was badly heaten. - lIe was taken i,r ustody,ho made his escape that night; , is to h hoped that the people.of -.Mariten will units io put tir.g dowo these deeds oblood. .We ---."that the otat at ... ,e l,bucuadst ,o80 ii tri~-ni,st~ is considerably short of a -year,sand it it believed taa in the pats 4fithio and In, diana tributary to Ciocin~ ati less atten, tion hasbeen given to feedi 4g than last sea son. Tis is the ordinary fiet ofan ovel abundant tid successful- lson, but h,ow far prospects, widob hav existed for two or three motnths m:,'c.hang the course of things, cannot now be ascertained. Thlie Louisville JournaIn$ Commnerce says:-l' seems to be Ott admittett fa.ct thta the stock of hogs in the couiitry is large, and that their condition (owing to ar abundant corn crop) will be very fine. We understand that large purchases were madice last wveek in gibelby.'ounty for this mairkei, at $24 gross. :Purchases for the Cincinnuati market ranged In.liatna. and ta ken l;arg.ely at $24 a S2j gross. The prices we regard under the present aspect of the foreignt news, as vety full. Some~ o ou maost experienced packets have not yet en teretd thae market,.regar'ding prien too hiigh for prudent investmnent From the note of preparation it is probably that a larget number will be packed here the present season thatu there was last season. Tue St. Louis New Era, of the 28th uIt., says:-We learn by ste Illinois pa. pets that pork packers at Beardstown are paying t wo dollars sod fity cents per butn stred fsor pork, and from private advices we are assured they have gone up two dol Iors and seventy-five cents. At Alion, large conitractshave been made at both the a ove rates, and from the feverish excites ment that already prevails among opera tons in this article of provisions, we look for disastrous~ results among them before the season closes, naless, more prudedee tban heretorore is manifested.. Corrcsponmdeace ofthec N. Y. Jour. of Commerce. Pats. Oct. 8, 1848. The public mi'nd in lsngland a's wveil as in France is becuming very much alarmed on the near approach of that terrible scourge-the cholera. As long as the cholera was confined to the Ea<t-to Rus sin or even still ,nearrer we read the ac counts of its ravages, of the sad tmisery al decimated families, and it wvas presently forgotten, wre heard that in twelve months or less it wnould.sweep over 'is and fill our houses with mourning, but with man's usual hope wve persuadedtourselves it would never come near us, and ,n a moved on ic 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 s:atesm'an plotting revolutiot and the cobbler pagtching the tlaice n ort brogue, stop their ivoestions, atnd essay it find some mode which will secure then from the fatalsttacek. .The cholera is em phatieally, uhe;disease' of the, poor. I nearly ab'vays spares those in rich circtum stances, and persons whbo eat good and wholesome food-who live temperastely preserve a calm franmeof mnid, free fron dread of the disease,are, in general quits safe. But the person who picks up herea bit for his breakfast, and there another bi' for bis imer, Loth morses not unfrequent 'ly'df more than doubtful character, stands in itmiuent danger. The governments of both these countries have taken and are taking every precaution to abate the pes. tilerice as much as they can. It appears in a milder form, and is much belter un derstood now than.fornerly, and modical men do not apprehend as mnch mischief from ir as they lid in 1831. Still it is yet comparatively unknown..and excites an undefined fear in the hearts of all. M.tRTIY D CRALDE.--Respecting this once distnguished citizen of Louisiana, whose death waslately announced,"No ta Bena." in his last letter to the Con cordia (La.) Intelligencet, furnisles the fo!.owing interesting but painful particu, lars: - 'Anntg the recent deaths here, I not:ce one that scarcely attracted a pas sing remaik, vet .ie was i man who, twenty years ago, stood at the head of society-Martin Duralde. Born of an influential and affluent family in Attaka pas, extensively connected, augme.'ing his hereditary fortune by successful I* vestments, mart ied to a daughter of the Hon. 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 property rapidly ran down ; his wife died; his friends dimin ished with his fortune; and at the com menrement of the Mexican war, this man, once so rich, so popular, and so honored, found himself 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 home. 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 (lead on a pallet, and the on fortunute Duralde 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! The Weather.-The Laurensville Her ald. of the 34 inst., says : "In the early part of the week, we were in the enjoy ment of most delichtful weather-clear. bright, bracing. and pleasant,-neither too warm or too cold. Durintg the last three days. however, a very perceptible altera tion has taken place; and thnueh still clear, it is as cold as if old -Jack Frost" himselt, 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 " eeommodation, the Company have made arrangemente to convev to Co,lumbia members of* the Legislature.' and personta desir :tig of visiting the Capital during the extra session, a t all such tiene,e as may sut their convenience up to the latest period. [ Eve. News. Pretty Fair Work.-WVe copied from the Advertiser, a fortnight since. atn ac count of cotton picking in Edfge,field Dis trict, chat we thought wvas hard to heat. The greatest number of pounds picked in a day by one hand, metntioned in the Ad vertiser, was 380-which a hand in this District has exceeded by ninety pounds. Mr. V'dward WVesson, residling on Dun, can's Creek, has a boy bet weetn 16 cettr 17 years cof are. n ho. on the 10th October. picked out 4'70 uounds of cotton hetnmeen sun rise and dark-.1l working hours. [L Laurensvrlle Herald. Granite.-A specimen of fine Gran'te may be seetn at the Rail Road Orice, from Colonel Taylor's. near Columbhia, and we believe in the vicinity of the road. Our State abounds in materials of this de.scription, and of the best quality, wvhich, require only ade.quate cnterprise 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 smv the drain of money from the city for thtat wvhicht lies at ouzr own doors.-Eveninrg News. Our Rail Road.-The large amount of business done, both in up and down freicht. since the commencement of the sesnn furnishes the most decided evidences of t he increasing prosperity of the company. The amount 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 $100 000.-Charleston News. MOVEMIENT FOR CALIFoRNIA.-Gen. Persifer F. Smith, appointed Governor of California, is soon to take his depar ture, accompanied by the gallattt Capt. Tobin. They ate both now in New York, from ivnence goes a Regiment of Uf. S. sold iets also. REMEDY FOR TooTirACit.--A mixttire of two parts of the liquid amonia of commerce, withi one of some simuple tincture, is recommended as a remedy for toothache, so often uncontt ola'ble. A piece of lint is dipped into this mix ttzre, and then introduced into the cari ous tooth, when the nerve is immiediately cauterized, and the pain stopped. It is stated to be eminently successful, and in some cases is snpposed to act by neu tralizing an acid product in the decayed tooth. Sulphuric other and bnrnt althi are beor.r_ T[1E, INSOLENCE OF OFFiCFF: SWefind no, complaint so universal sts. that of impoliteness. and even insolence, t persons who happen to be in a position to forget propriety and go unpunished. It is well to hear in mind that politeness is ex actly as cheap as tndeness, and that in th long run it is much cheaper. - Clerks in public olices are especially remarkable in this respect. as also officers of steatnboats and conductors on railroads. It is a capi tal method to make one's sell unhappy, in treat every one upon whom he may cona 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 ques:i.ms," ai ne heard one of this class reply a few days since in a public office. In timt reply wee containied four words more than would have answered the query ; but the clerk choose to send away a gentleman with an intimation that he was impertinent, and to render himself unhanpy in the reflection that he been actually ungentlemanly. The world would move t.long much more easily th- u it now d;es, if the rules of politeness and gentleness were better observed. It drags alongleavily when, as too frequently, the wheels lack the oil of kindness. It will be found in general, that eacepi when self-interest directly prompts re other course. men in public offices, parti.-uMly clerks and those dependent on individaon. nomination and not popular votes for the;. places, are the most habitu al neglectors of ;he ordinary rules of eti quette. We have alt:al s chosen to regard their conduct in office as a fair test of their claim to posi:ion out of i: and ca.inot any man as a gentleman vlto gy,' any excuse in any time or place fur leie. 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 ferring to travellers for the evidence that they are far more comfortable among such men, than among the ill natured an,l dis obliging conductors on some other roads. One of the formet. a stranger to us, it a conversation once said that he found it far easier to be polite to all, even to those who were actually impertinent-he had tried hoth courses. and made tip his mind .which to adopt.-N, Y. Jour. Com. Thrilling Incident at the Meneagerie Noble Gallantry of the Lion.-On Thurs day of last week, during the heavy storm of wind and rain, while the extensive-col. lection of wild beasts in the menagerie of Messrs. Raymond.& Warring were in the village of Norfolk, a feature was ittroduced ih the exhibition not previously announced in the hills. About f-r in the - afternoon a violent gust of wind blew down the cau% vass which forms the large pavilliottn. 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 Lin Queen as she is styled,' was performing in the den of wild beasts, and as the fright of the animals rendered-them seemingly n . controlable, great fears were entertained .for the safety .noered the,scene truly. appalling. ,hP panic however was but nmomentari, ..s the prompt ond enereetic mneasures tnken by 'he managers solin cleared the wreck. no person having received the slightest injury. But the most intentsely interesting incidep' remains to be told. The uprtar among the lions, tigers and leopa.ds in Ihr. performine cages gave raike that they were devouritig Miss Adelina. In the next instant the cantvass was stripped from 'he cage, when a tableaux presottted iself such as either would defy eitl'er poet, painter or sculptor to portray with accur.t Itn the centre of the den, a young andi beautifuil lion, (ite same recetntly ptresented o Gen. Cass b)y the Emperor of Mtoroceo.) in a rampart posititon, formed the strong f-iture of the pict ure; heearh one of his hintd feet lay stretched the dlead hodv of a lepard. and struggling withmn the intvinei ble grasp of his fore paws were the tiger atnt sturviving Ieopat d. it thte ipptosite entd of thte cage tr.i,sfixed as at statute of mrle. with datuntless eye and majestic atitude, the same as wlten 4he-cotmmantds the wildl beasts to croucht at her feet, stood the Lion Queen Miss Alelina. The vottng lady stattes thtat the two leopards and the tiger mtade a sinmultaneous spring for her at the tmoment the eattvass wvas blown dowt, and were repulsed by the nobile gallantry of the lion who boundled between them, and protected hter in the manner desried. Thle pre-enee of the keep' r, Mr. Pierce. soon reduced the savage group to subjection, and the Lion Queen was happily relieved from a farther participa ion in this extra performnance.-A. Y' True Sun. The editor of a newspaper at Perth be ig challettged thte other day by Kassuth. the leadler of the Mlaygar p)arty. coolly re plied that atny fool might challe-:ge, but that two fools wete needed fotr a fight. Whlat an admirable reply ; it was literal ly answering at lool atccordhing to his ily, and if Ihe etditor ditd nothing to provoke the tre of the chtallenger unjiusth, be is atn honor to his professiotn How much more sensible is such a man as that. that) anoth en that we wat of, who flourishes hatge in the fraternity and nowv limps through life with a catch is htis knee, of which he is weak enough to be perceptibly vain. Aye. vain ; Ior it is a fact, that a dunel is never accepted but for one reason, arnd that is vanity. A mant may give a challenge from a revengeful spirit. in his desire for a) opptrtunity to resent a real or fancied injury, but he is a lool to do it. Another accepts it, however, frotn vanity. He is afraid of the opinion tof the world should he refuse it; and then as a matter of course, after hte has stood hiq adversary's fire he tur~ns to the w~orld like a spoiled child, to be petted for his spirit. It11 is vanity, weakness, folly, frotm begmangiu to end. Beauty.desarts us, h,ot 'virtue and tal ents, the faithful companins of our lives, accopany us eveu to the grave. 'ARRIVAL U TlHE.IIBERNA. Further decline in Collon. By a Telegraphic Detspatch at a late hour last night, we have accour ts of the arrival oft he Engl.iah Steam'er Iibernia at Boston yes!erday She brings Liverpool accounts to 21st OctobPr. Coiton has und'ergone-a f1rther decline of 1 8 lorthing on ail description. Orleans Fair to Good Fair is quoted at 3s to 4a.; lohile and Bowed Georgia at :31 to 46. Sales of the week 25,000 bales-.tad the market closed quiet with a downward tendlency-Trade dull in London, Man cheset and .lag.ow. Breadslu(fs.--Buyers think that -Bread- - sIft have reached the lowes't mark. Wheat selliog tIrom s. 4d. to 8S. 9d. Flour from 31 to 32.. Meal at from 15 to 18;. 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 (ueeu--his rate nncertain and unknown. The Potato Cron in Ireland had been a conmplete failure. The Cholera -Thirty additional cases : of Cholera had occurred in London; and a number of cases at Edinburg, New Haven, and other places-it seems te' progress slo" ly, hot.bxer,.gdl.l-talar-ea sub ailin. Austria.-Tbo people of Vienna are hentied in by the armies of the Emperor and his allies, but tbe people are deter mined to bold out to tbe last;-and the. conflict must-a be bloody one. The'people' anticipate a siege. The Diet hts an army of 100.000 men to defend th'e1City: _ France.-France is still qdie.t Cavalg ,;,. is still at the head of aff'rs-and Lou is Nar!ncan hardly'.thought of. Louis Napole3n Bonaparte.-Tle Paris correspjtundent of the. 'Net;r. York. Com- - mercial Advertiser," fu'ruished the fetlow. ing portrait of Louis Napoleon ,Boaa. parte: - .-Loui3 Napoleon is rather under the middle height. and of afligure inclining to be heavy more. than graceful. In his hearing there is nothing, distinguished or commending; his unusually high"shoul ders even give him a ceitaio awkwardness while in hi3 features not the-keedeet of the many eyes now fixed upon him can dis.. cover any resemblance to his encler=-They. are dull and worn, with a stron-,exjireasion of senstality, and would indiEaterather more tlian the forty years w'hicb'is?is au then'ic age. For the rest -he -seems good natured enough, and nout that sort iif .mat who would ever overturn Europe. H&' .peaks with embarrassinent. -and even with emotion, and "ot a single represen" iative interrupts hit." American Inventions.-Amongsa great varie:y of new inventions exhittited at the? annual fair of the American Iustitute in Nov York, the "Tribunetitiline that Is very curious and yet siinpTe'Ir is "the self-lamplithier" which is tbire srihed "Whai -non't ingenutr acc-p0ish. Here we -ave an inventio i wlticb "eeay, be..light.itt- x.y if ,.:te by a duck or, pull of.e tlached to an t rw ? a rnr+rri te .Yo'Ek e a;. necionofthe Ianipliafe - ' ani Ihn when the hour '1omen0.rd have a lamp alr-eady lighted at the same tine. Certainly vety convenient.: Whbr not desired to-be-connected with a clock, itcan be attached to-a cord-terminating tn some ptlace near the bed, lik'ela. hell-pulI, so that it is only necessary. to pull the cold to produce a light previou-, to rising. It is designed also to be so attached to.gihe hell anle of a front door, that pulling.thte hell instantly makes a light to see by in the hall,. or any other part of the house. The inventor is Mr. Alexander Bennet of ibis. Miseryj Loves Comnpany.-Do you mean that the main witht a jumping tooth- ace tak'spleasure -in the nocity of -ano'her gentleman similamly afflicted?- -Do thme over crowded inmates of the - middle of August tomnibus greet with becks anti smiltes. and like-.encouragements, the new coer ? Do you suppose that the merchant witout the whterewithtal to pay-.his note, is enamotred with the. company of thtose in a like dletmna at half-past two? Does sea sicktness court it ? Wool-I. it-- assui.e the pain you suffer. if wihile you are hay iig your teeth filed, a saw shOuid be un dergoing the same operation in your im. mediate neighborhood ? Does the dog n'ih a tin kettle tied to his tail seem to exult or show any signs whateter of con vivality on the occasion of tIhe extraordina ry retinue of foor footed delegates who are called into cotngress by thei unusual dis play? IHaving the 'mumps-the good, old-fashioned ; Henry the Eighth looking double mutnps,in the which you can't ever grin, and bear it-would you care to have a comnpanion, fage to face-a sort of me iento, not mori, but of more under jaw thatn you ever anticipated seeing appen. ded to your countenance-and knowing that -you are F inking into a human -mirror,. a personal refletiot,? Then what.do you mean by "misery loves company.?" American Almonds -We are indebted to Mrs. Wilito A. Banker for a sample ofr Almond. ratsed in her own garden.. They are fof extraorditnary size and fipe. flavor. This and-other experiments prove that our clitnate is not unfavorable to the growth o'f many planta and fruits for. wbich we are in the habit of looktng abrcadt. [W*inchester, (Va.) Rep, There is little doubt that the cultivation if Almionds can he rendered profi'.able in Georgia and other Stiuthern States. The growing of fruits of thtis kind would tend greatly to increase their consumpion,bene it small land holders, and by so much check the overproduction of cotton one has seeds that will germinate, now rse tte favorable sessun to plant them. , -({Aug. C'hron S; Sen, Castor Oil beans are found so make e cellent candles, equal to sperm .in every respet. and for twety five cents.a pountd, the chandler. and farmers of the WVest wtil. turn out any quantity of these castor oil candls.