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A es Em betr t zItr. EDGEFIELD C. HI. WEDNESDAY MAY 9, 1S49. Temperance Lecture. Mr. DuaYmx the eloquent and able lecturer, now engaged in the servien of the Stnt Tem perance Conven.tion, will address the public this evening at early candle light, in the Court House. A general attendaneo of the commu. pity at large is nmost respectfully solicited.. *U Four Negroes, -beside the one already enr.dermied to le hanged, have been brought to jail, charged with aiding in the murder of Ar. Al icAa, Lot;'e. They are to be tried in a few days. Gen. YMcDufle. On -a recent visit to this distinguished patrint at his residence in Abbeville. we were gratified to find him improved In health. He seems, at present, to be entirely free from physical patn though ninttbre to walk without assistance. lie manifests very little iiterest in conversation fo any kind; but with the exception of defect in memory, shows that lie still retains in clearness his powets .1 mind. .Paper at Newberry C. It. lilesers. WRAY & HI6'LASn are abont to el tabliph a Newspaper at Newberry. called the Nctr" Palladiun." We wish them happy success. Ron. Henry Bailey. This able jurist. for years Attorney General of the State, died in Charleston, on . Saturday thi 28tult-a fev days aftet his :eturn from a visit to-Cuba. Virginia Elections. From the rerent retutns of thE elections in Virginia, the Democrnt have been dacidedly successful. F.ourteen Deimocrats have been Teturned, and one Whir-an Independent. Messrs. 'Pendleton and Bols, strong partizan Whigs, have.been left at hon.e. Outbreaks in M11exico. The I'nsutgents, with Paredes at their head havetaken possession of San Lanis Potosi. the troops sent mut by Goverinnent to quell the -reb'ellion, on passing the mountains. declar ed for Paredes; This unhappy country ia like ly.to experience again all the dissensions and difficulties, which g- ow out-of a bitter civil war. Troubles in Canada. Our r6eatozwd.,find some accounts in our paper of the- serious civi dturbales-mong our Northern neighbors, the Canadians. The ground of the outbreak, was the approval by Lord Elgin, the Gov. General, of a-law indet nllying the patrints for -losses sustained in the Rebellion of 1838 and 1839. The people rinted at this act of the Executive ; and the authorities were called out to suppress the disturbanice apon which the pnpntace conmitntted great in dignities on- the Guy. General, as hc returned from the Parli-unenlt bouse,. peltinig him with rotten eggs &c. They also bu rot down the Parliamient house, destroyintg allthe archives of -the State. The French party armed themselves, to formt a body guard for the Governor General. Trhe English indignant at this, .formed a counter party, and noW .demand of the French the lay ing down of their arms. A fearful fight ts an ticipated. By. the latest accounits troops are pouring in from the different provinces, and all upper Canada is in a rage. The British party have sent an address to the Queen of England, asking for the recall of .the Govoruor general. Conunittee of Safety. The- Comimitte eof Safety and11 Correspon dotnce heretofore appiteid by ite Citizens of tis Disitt..mst ecn' Mo-it'y that. in the Court Hou~se. 'rTho Chgaira organeized the Com: mittee and submoitted foir their 'consideration, the propriety of appoitinig D,,le-itee to repro senrt-hle Diatrict-in the Co:iventin te ;,sentble in Colnmbi. on the 2.1 Monday of :bis mnonth. Onrwmotionl or Gen. Bonhamet the Co~mmitter, -Resolved, To send -Delegaetme. Resolved, That. a ('cminee of five he nowv appointed by the Chiirmnan to tnminate five Deltgatesto rresentEdgfi'ld District ini the - The Chairtman, named as the Committee' the following gentlemen. viz: Messrs. Bontham, Holland, Towles, Shep pard atnd Hlerrison. The committee retired and after consultation repiotted the names of' the following persons as Delegates, viz: *Messrs: F.' W;. Pickenis, Charies Hammond, Janr~es Tompkins, James Jones arnd Arthur Simlkins, and on motiont it was further Resolved. That thte Delegates to the said Cotnvention. shouldhba constituted a standitng Eeciv~e Committ.eo. - On motion of Gen. Jones. the Chairman of hbis meeting was added to the Executive Comn ttc.N. L. G RIF FIN, CKAriaxaU. Wu's. C.' Meotas,;.Seit'y E uropean News. -GEoRGE- IPPAnD..Editor of thie "~Quaker City," sumns tip thus pithily- the news by' the America : " ' Another Steamer hais a'rdved from Europe, brin'ging' with it thte latest modifhcanions of ao old-story. in the way of news. The Hungs Tians have beaten the Austans, the people are parving in Ireland; France apjears genet, and theQiteen'of Englatnd, prmirises to pre'se'nt the Ftg'lsh'pe-ogile withg tiother beir; This is the Our own information varies a little from: the above. France does not. appear quiet ; but seegtsip-he.qiigpig a formnadable-arnmnment forea-.seionir prieof wtrike character. -Havingdaet'rined to reinstate Pope PitusIX ,oh:s.e.np.,a atnd necloinatical rights and pri; ileges,she has sent a large rore. to Civda Vecchia tcr carryoant heir dternination. This. may.be the beginning of a general European war; for - very slight stir or the discordant.elements among the Gerian states, will put all Germa ny into ontbreak, anti once excited they must shake the whole ralric or European society. North Protestant Europe will be arrayed in con flict with South papal Europe, and then mut begin a scene of universal strife, not less ha rassing and ceaseless, perhaps, than that of the Thirty years Wat." The wars on the continent are still tinging .furiotly. Tite Austrians have been beaten in Hur.gary. Hostilities have recommenced be tween Denmark and Prussia. The Danes have proclaimed a strict blockade of all the German ports. even to Vessels laden with emi grants. It is rnmored that the Prussian Ministets have resigned, and that the King of Prussia has declined to aedept the Imperial Crown of. Ger many. The whole continent is in a state of great excitement and confusiou. Russia and 'Turkey. An open rupture is likely to ens:.e in a short time between these two despotic powers. The Ottoman Government has refused to allow the passage cf the Egyptian fleet through tite Dar danelles, which will'be eagerly taken up by Russia as an ample pretext foi quarrel. Those conusant of European politics, ate well aware that Russia hais been long looking with a rapa clous eye upon the sunny fields of the Ottoman Empireand has onlyawaited some slight ground of justification .in' the judgment of civilized Europe, to ponnce tipon her doomed victim. It is the settled opinion of the leading states men of Europe that Turkey must sooner or later be swallowed up in the vortex of Russian nbsoltiteness. The catastrophe is almost inevi table. ItlIms been approaching for ye'rsi and now that all Ettrope is entirely occupied with intestine brtils, the haughty Autocrat will has: ten the consummation-of an event, which has already existed for years in political prophecy. It is thonght not to be in the power of the Turkish Government to avert the awful de. ro uunient. Turkeymay boast of her Arsenals filled witlthree Decker@, and of an army an m bering three hundred tlousani men; bat tte eleinents of internal anardhy, are to powerful. lV at work in that enslaved nation, as, in the judgment of European statesmen, to render her un easy prey to the great military power of Europe. In a contest between two powers so despotic and ruthless, tte civilized world could take lit. tle reul inierest-since the blessing of liberty is the list retiLt to be expected. The nations of Northern Europe will be justly alarmed be cause of the priobble increase of RUssian atn prenacy already overgrown. aid highly danger ous to the liberties of Europe! NEGROES AT TIlE NORTH. -EJ--Meantrsee.as the T .e graph, the condition ftIe negroes af it Notth and South. and shown how far preferable was the lot of the Southern slave to that of the Northern free negro a fact which Oendine's experience. has confirmed to his own cost. Frequent ap plications are now made to Southern gent tlemetn visiting the North by these poor creatures, to bring them back, and put theta on their platntations--the friendship of the Aholitionista exhaustitng itself in wortds, anid not taiking atny practical shtape tf aid aud comfort. Ag wve have ,ftena reportetd, the clamor at the North for "Free-labor," means white labor; thre blacks are etirely out of the pale of their symrpathies--and their great effort ntow is to get a monopoly of all the new Territories, free from the comnpe tition of black labor. The Editor of the N. 0. Bulletin, at present on a visit to the North, writing front New York, gives the following graphic sketch of thte actual cotndition of the colored race throughout the North, whiehb our own personal observation has cenirmed: "\\'hilst on the subject of employments. I would observe that I have been forcibly struck with the manner in which the free negroes in the northern cities are being grailually driven from various occupations whic~h they formerly almost moniopo lized. In house servanits this is particu. larly obvious; for I have- not been in a house in this city where there is a negro emp1loyed, but all whire-male and female servants, even to the coachman. There are still some negro servants at the hotels, and ont hoard of steamboats, but there too, hey are evidently dinminishting ; as labo rers. they atebecoming scarce, and it is a rare thing to sec at negro about now !build inga. even as mort ar-mixers or hod carriers. '-No one of whom I have inquired-here, can tell nthat-becotmes of them, though it is generally admit ted, that with some ex ceptions, they are the most wretched as well as the most worthless portion of the population, atnd none wish to see any in crease of the number. IT wvould bena groat misfortune to the North. if the Southern States should expel all the free blacks from atmong them, wbich they may be compelled to do, if the fanatic abolitionists of the North continue the course they have been pursuitng forea number of years. They nre those who have lbeen the worst er~erpnes or the poor negro, and have driven the Souih to adopt measures of restraint which otherwise would not have been thought of. 1 think it is very evident that the climate of-the North acts very unfavorably upon the health andn longevity of the African, and.I believe that without additions from the South, their numbers here, so far from inCreasing tnalerigglly, would deCrease." WDITE '9LAcK-SEntES.'--This may seem like a misnomer, but Mr. Russell sent us yeaterday, a specimen of this remark able fruir, which is like our comnmon:black' berry in size, flavormund every particular except color, being of a pure mnillk white. This plant may be -seen growing at Mr. Russell's Garden~with the fruit upon it in ell steges of perfection. Wbethber it tsa cemn mon variety of our ord frien'd of the Sand hrlls. er riot, we.are not enough of a Bot. anist to aay--but have no doubitthe fair savans of somaeof our Female Seminaries, learned..in the "logies" and "Onmies" an cermine.--olumbia Teegraphr. (Br REquEs-r. WIS'CONSIN ON RUMSE INJG We have already stated 'thaa very stringent bill in regard to intix ting li quors was passed by the Wiseons' Legis lature at its recent session. The bill con sist of ten sections. and requires all persons who would vend or ret all "spifiotiiquors," to give bond to the town authortties, with there sureties in 1,000, "eqndit-oned 16 pay all damages the community or in dividuals may sustain by reason of such a traffic,' to support all paupers, widows and orphans; pay the expenses or all civil and criminal prosecutions made. growing out of, or justly attrilbutable to such a traf fic." And it is made the duty of the officer ho!ding the bond to deliver it to "any per, sen who may claim to be injured by such traffic." We quote the remaining provi. sions entire : &ection, 4. It shall be lawful for any married woman to institute,- id her own name, a suit on any such bhond; for all damages sustained by herself uichildren ot accoum of such traffic, and the motley when collected shall be paid over to her, for tihe use of herself and children. Sec. 5. No suits for ilquor bills shall be entertained by any of the Courts of this State, and %, henever it shall bermade to appear before any Court befure which a suit may be pending. on a promisory note, that such note was given in wloleor in pbrt for liquor bills, such Couit shall im medintely dismiss such at the costs of the plaintiff' Sec. 6. On the trial of any suit under the provisions of this act, the cause or the foundation of which shall be the act of an individual under the influence of liquor, it shall only he necessary. in order to sustain the action, to prove that the principal in the bond sold or gave liquor to the person (so intoxicated or in liquor) Yhose acts are complained of, on time day previous to the commission of the same ofrence. Sec. 7. Whenever a person shall be come a county, city or village charge, by reaton of intemperance, a suit may be in stituted -hy the proper authorities on ithe hond of any person who may have been in the habit of selling or giving liquor to such person or pauper so becotning a pth. lic charAe. Sec. 8. Any person against whom a judgment may be obtained, under the provisiocs of this eel, shall be entitled to maintain a suit to campel a contribution toward paying the judgment against him. again-st all persons engaged insuch traffic in-such county, city, town or village, who may have sold or given liquor to such per son committing an offence, or becoming a public charge. Sec. 9. Any person who shall ven-l or retail. or for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of this act. give away spiritius oUs liquors, without first giving the bond required by the first section of this act, shall be decned guilty ofinisdemennor. and upon conviction thereofjialr be fined in a sum of not less than fifty, nor more than five hundred dollars, and he imprison. ed in the county jail not less titan ten days, nor more than six months, and slutt'he individuals, the'same as he would have been lie had given the hond required in the first section of this act. This remarkable expression of public opitnion itn Wisconsin on the sub'jcet of "spitituous liquurs," passed the Senain buy a vote of JO to S. and the Assembly 29 to 21. .It goes some steps beyond any legis lation on the subject in the coutntry. To ALLr TulE SOL.D! ERS 0 THE IVAR WITH AIlEtco.--We are now etngaged upon a work, entitled "The Real Heroes of thme Mexican War" It is .our earnest purpuose to do justico to every soldier. con cerned in the cnmpjaings of Scott and Tay lor. In the preparation of this work, ne will not be giverned by the display of mere titles or names, but will endeavor to do exact justice to the private duldier, as wvell as to the officers. Will the soldiers of the WVar extend their aid to us? Every onie who par'.icipated in the battles of thme wrar can wi'h but little trouble, send us an account of his ex periettce and adventures -it tmatters not htow brief or how roughly written. From materials thus gathered we, wvill be enabled to write a true history of the war, for the pertsal of th'e maisses of the Amnerican people. It will be a book which every soldier, (whether officer or private,) can beciueath an heir-loom to his family and to posterity. Tme Book will differ in every respect, from all other his tories. It will pictuore the deeds of every manm who distinguished himself,, and nt confine itself to a mere enlngy of thosu titled persons. whose -greatness too oftqi constists, solely in their rank atdd officidl position. Those gentlemnen who comply with thmis request, will confer a great favo~ by describlng itn their own way the mirnj. test det ails of every incident which camy within their experience and their knowL. edge. Details with regard to scenery. th~ nature of the ground on which the varioui -battles were fought, and the costume ofth p)aretie concerned mn the war, will be pa i Thme Press of the country wvill render a gi-eat favor, not only to ourselves, but to the true bistot'y of thme war, by givitng this undertaking, a otice itn their columns.' __ Quaker City. SEA COAs-r AND TEitatToRIEs 0F THE US. STares5.--The sea coast of the United States. accordintg to a recent report of the land office, is five thousand one hundreid and twenty miles, including the Atlantic, Gulf antd Pacific, or a "short line" follow;. ing the irregularities of the shore and sea islands, according to an estimate of the Superitendent of the Coast Survey, 33, 063 miles. The territory of the United States, in. cluding those recently acqnired, contaiti twro millions one hunidred and eighty-se yen thousandlfour liuamdred and ninety-six square miles, or 1,023,518,080 acres1 which is sufficient to ,give fifty-one acres, without-including the States, to every one of the twenty -million, of inhabitants itt the country. Tis territory is distributed as follows. .Nothwest Territory, west ol the Mississippi river,'723,248 square mile.; Wisconsin Telrritory,.22,336 squ are milms; Oregon 341,463; Upper Galifornit-and New Mexico, 526.078; Texas, 325,520. Tlhe newly acquired territory, lying north ol 36degrees 30 minutes, is 1,643,784; south, 544.7J2. AFFAIRS IN CANADA! The New York -papers eontain the fot lowing details'of tlie last intelligna re ceived from Montretl: - MONTUEAr., April 28, 1849. All day yesterday a most fearful ex citement cxisted ihroughout the city. At 2, is' ai. the inavs meetig called to take into consideration the best means of preserving-the peace of the country was held at the Champ de Mars, and an im mense multitude was prgent. Strong resolutions were passed, and a petition to the Queen to recall Lord Elgin was drafted ancd adopted. At the earnest request ot the principal leaders, the people dibperied quietly.' - The five rentlctnen arrested have been committed for rioting. A man )y the name of Party., the great leader of the firemen of this city, has been committed tojail onl a charge of arson. Towards evening a rumor rapidily spread that the French party were being sworn in as special constables, and armed. It proved correcr. The Brithh pO-tion wete persuaded by the leader's to wait till armed, and an en counter took place between about twenty English'gentlemon atnd these constables, who most wantonly fired upon them. Only a few of the small party had arms, which they discharged upon the mass attd slowly retreated, hearing of one of the party, wounded in the leg by a pistol ball. From the cries uttered by some persons in the crowd, one of the gentlemen who fired informs me that their discharge must have taken effect. Turing the whole night these were drilled, armed withl cutlasses and pistols, in the onsecours market. The military were under arms oil night, and the arti!lery drawn up in square. I have the biest authority for stating that Sir Berijumin )arban, cotmander of the f'rce8s, at a meeting of the Executive Council last night. made remarks to the following purpurt to Col. Teach, one of the ministry. lie demanded to know by whose nu thority those men had been armed. He said that he was there to protect her Ma jesty's dominions, and by the aid ofheaven hye would do that. -It -was unconstitutional to arm one portion of the population against the other. Turning round to Gen. Gore, he said, "Go io his Excellency the Governor Get. oral, nod say, I send him a body of British troops to protect him, atid that I wili not consent to this clandestine arming of the French population. lMisarrm these men, and find by whose authority they were artmed." It is understood that Col. Bruce and Tashe do it ott an order frotn the govern. nentt. The arms-are refused to be given up. The British are rapidly arming, and a dreadful fiahtt is expected. The 7'It regiment arrived from St. Johns this morning, and the provincial cavalry are momentarily expected. - Upper Canada is itt a fearful state of .excitement. efigy. The light could be .soen at the lake, thirty miles off. The whole upper provinces are arrpitg. in t he eastern townships immenee quman tities of' land have teeen sol, and large bodies of' egurdy riflumen are expected to thte assistanc~e of' tha British. On the Ottaws, the lumbermen are also preparing to assist Montreal. Malirtial latv is talked of, and will he proclaimed, if thiere is not an immediate end to violenco. The creators of the moh hamve raisedl a spirit of resistance, which they are now speeking to quell. As for annexing Canada to the United States tto really serious minded persott in the communtity seems really to entertain any such purpose. WVe give below an cx tact from the Toronto Globe of' what seems to be public opitnion both in Upper ard Lower Catnada. "Every well informed person knows that the true motives of the tories who now cry fur annexation, are to alarm Lord El~in, and thtrough him the home govern. me-it, that they mnay havoja change of min isters and the restoration of the provincial pa'ronage. They will not succeed. and they mny as well renounce the pursuit at once. If the tory faction, which desires once more to take the reins do not succeed. of whtich there is not the most distant hope, it will not - be because any means have b-een left untried-They have, cont trived even in England to create a belief that we are at the rebellion point in Cana da, and they look for nothing hut war and rebmelliotts outbreaks." It looks to. us very much as if' much of the tory outbreak in Canada had reference to the personal hostility to thte government ministry. No doubt there is a deep ha. tred of' Frenchinfluence. but- this is only an item. thougnh probably a large one tn the list of' incidents. HEIFAvY BUstNszss iN' CoTroN'.--The sales of' cotton itt Now Orleans last week from MIonday morning to Saturday bight are set down at 65,000 bales, which, as far as nur recollection- exteuds, (says th'e Deha) is the largest week's business ever known here. The extensive and -general '!emantd which has prevailed is- attributed nsome degree io the recent accounts from e . interior of severe .injury done to the cowing plant by the late heavy frosts, ~hich, it is thought, may seriously curtail bte coming crop. The recent favorable johitical advices from Enrope have also lad a good influence, which senms likely to a ttinte, and to produce a permanent im ovement in prices. . ,ExtRAORDrNARY SURoscArL OPEa& 'or.-We learn says the Boston Journal, SDr.'Warren, of this city recently took (4 m the .stomach of an Irish girl, at the Issaehuset ts General Hospital, by means e -an- incision, a tape-worm forty-one fe- and eleven inches in length. The op. e tion was- performed while the snaferev W under the influence of ether. She o rved in coining to her. senses. "Oh! I . ave had a pleasant dream, and feel re ie Td." The wvound was dressed with gr itcare and.she has scearcely compluiti ed ~fpain since the operatiu. ' This, we are Ild, is the only case, on record, where the tpe-worm has been literally cut from . roaths Columbia Tdegka* THE FEELING .AT THE NORTH, . AND AT THE.SOUTH, .friend who has jist:returned from a. husdfess trip ro the Nor thern and Eastern States-(a most intelligent merchant of this place)-has given us some interesting and valuable lufo'rinidie U at (' theit'ptes sions made on his mind by observation an'd intercourse with "the natives" he met, or had dealings with. . I He states the fact without hesitation, that there seems in' be bu one sentiment pervading the whole mass of the Northern 'people in relation to the Free Soil ques tion ;-and that while the more influential portion or them deprecate any interference with Slavery as it stands in the old States. all refuse to allow any but 1ee twhirte) labor to be introduced into our new terri roriss. He says there is a litle excitement, but 'a cold calm deter mination to elude the South from the Territories undegall cir cumstances-even should the people of California consebt lhat Slavery should be introduced there, when it is ready to come id as a State. The Abolitionists s're. ut a fragment of the Free Soil party, which now absorbs all other parties, whoclifrerint 66 othe' points all agree on this. Thisi condition of feeling he observed no exceptions to-and a more dangerous state of tings for the future Equality of the Soultf, and tire mainte nance of her just rights, .it is -difficult to conceive of. Againsta noisy fanaticism we could easily make 6g~l *th the wea pons of reason, ridicule and wommon sense. Against open assalis and "etier acts," of aggression, we could rally the South to the rescue; for, to i man her sois woufd march into the 4imminent deadly breatlhi' could they but see their ewenty ? Such is not the policy of our assailants. The Northern people are calculating and cau tions (it would be a base libel to call theto cowardly, for the soil of America, and out free institutions nurture none suchJ and they slowly sap our strength; profit by oul divisions; coucenirate their own ptblit sentimenat into one point, While seeking by ridicule and mockery to paralyte and frustrate our eforts at concerked and com bined action; work upon our .sensibilities by appealing to the lCsings Of the UWion which they are converting into curses; that the Siuthi like a blind Sampson, may be mide their menial through a generous cod Ahen'ce. -- And they *11 e*'ct their pul pose, unless Southern men will shake off the faial apathy, and yet more fatal devo tion to partizan prejudices. which paralyze all c3mbination anti contert for the com mon safety, and subject those who "agi tate" to the derision of their exulting ene mies, who hate because they fedt the Ver' idea of a A GaEAt SOUTMrcaa LEA% demanding Equaliy qf righth wvitl the North. If to claim this as our ri-ft-to resist all itifractions of plightWd lIaith, and "agitate" for ACTION Upod fol wrongs, insulis and injuries houly petpetlhited upon the citizens of the South;ahe "rebelion" and "treason" (as even Southern, presses, !ave stigmatized it.) the. we rejoice to tried mens' souls" our fathers bore, and for oppressions and wrongs leis grievous rat; for they came not from thoSe who talled us "brethren" but "cbildren," and who sought not to. rob us of a heritage bought with the blood of our bait and btavest. A solemn crisis of our National l4istory is near at hand. He must be blinded by terror, or by treason able inslinecls, whd tan not or will tnot look-It in the fade-and'it Is the part or prudence as well as of patriot tirn to prepare to meet it like med. Let those then who shiver over the v word--Secession-takerheed lest 'e~r Dvercafltion does not call down upon thaeg heads hereafter the dread imprecation int yoked, by the Poet on a voluntary traitor, for their timidity is treason to their own hearths and homes, as well as to the endu ring pet manence or the Union. "Oh 1'r a tongue to curse the siNve.-. Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comeos o'er thes counsels of the brave, And blasts them an their hour of mi;:ht." The true rriends of the Cotnsthtution and the Uniotn are those who stand prepared to protect and defend hoth in their original purity, who court no eraven compromises with fanaticism, withi fraud or with folly who-ask for nothing but what is right, and will stabmit to nothing that is wrong. The etnemies of both are the Free-soilers of the North, and those who give them "aid and comfort" at the South. These now are the two great parties in his country, and every man must take his ride. On ours,.all who-are not for are against u-the neutrals are allies of the inemy. Ist'onTAlT Faox MEwCo.--The Co's lumbia Telegraph of the 4th inst, says.: We are indebted to a friend for the follows ing extract from a letter received: by him yesterday, dated18. MATAasoaAs,A pril 20,189 "Parades is kickitng up the devi at press me. The pronunciados (insturgents) took San Louis Potosi on the lyth ins.'an hav6 marched on Queretaro. Tbe treoopa sent from here to put down the revok-bave 'pronounced' in favor of Paredes, and joined the revolutionists as. soon as they trossed the mountaIns." Our previous advices from Mexico rep resented that a formidamble itsuarrection had broken out in the vicinity of San -I.onis, ad that a large body of troops had been tent on by the* governmetn to pot down the insurgents. It is difficult to obtain fromn obr Mexican exchangesma satisfaetory iceount of any of the movements of the people, as'they exaggerate the sneeessesoi the government forces, and depreciate the npbrationts of those hustile to the presentJ administration. If thbeaboveitutelligence be correct, 1we rthey espect the unfortunate republic 6f Mexico soon to be plunged into the horrors of-anarchy, if not of~ rivi .war-Delta. - . frIuOta U.. S. SSAsTonN.The St. Louis Repiuhlican, says that GoFrentch has ecome t8 the cbacission that'he does not possess under the ConstitutiO'ts pa er to appoint a Selartot to Ol the place to I which General Shlefde was -eleted last winter, and which..hs did.. Ellfort several dlays befor-e his iaeligiblity wans determin ed; by the Senate. If this ihe so, thera must necessary be d called-- session of the aSattfl aub Mhtttt. 16nkee in Chin.-A 'letter from on board the United S-intes ship Plymouth at Cahnn, dated Jan. 6. says "Canton is about fourteen miles from Whampoa, and has a small Yankee steam. er running up and dowa every day..r-he steamer was brought out here in a vessel. and has been so useful to its owners that I am sold several more has 'been orderida It is not more than twenty.five feet lon,. The Chinese Were very tich indsid'W i when first it made its appearanc%;gand he. ing a propeller they could not understand the philosophy of the raft. Rivets dont ftroy fth.-Ah invention has recently beeni produced in Bostot, by Air. Samuel Pratt, by which sheets of metal of any length, bands, hoops, &c. m"y easily aod quickly be join-el logiethor, without the use of rivets. Peculiar slits are made in each end of the coflar ribbon. or rho bhnd of tbe ho6p, or- i the ends of the sheets of mhetal, which ebables-ono sheet or band-, to dovetail into'ihe *other' when a blow from the hammer .joins them as effectually as by riveiog', and effects g great saving im time. Wa#it ersus iai..allical notice has tn hiven that letters sent to thi British West Indies seated with, wax, have the seal removed by the mnil agent oi...hoard the steamer, who substitutes a twaer for the wax, the reAsOn being that the wax sntebs in tropical climateb,-ctlirnihe letters to *dherb to earlhither 'and 1otibr. wise.defacing them. We hia4e - leily .paistd ouit the expediency of using WIles ror ship lettets. Colke Cotlee befeate.z:-A bill its. roie the Maesathlusetts Legiblatute to in. eorporate a itonad Catholiu College, at Worcester. Alass., *as defeated in ihe House o Wednesday, after an taimated tiebate, by a Vote of 117 to 84. Parson Brownlo*. of the lotickbnuroujig Whig, *as attacked at 6ight *lile re tdrding (torn thtrch, and struck down iy a club in the bands of John-Ryland. whom he had published as a deserter in Mexico. the Rev; editor, after fifteen.4days -con. Onement from his injuriest comes down-on his assailant in a column of invective, and characteristically says in eneluaon, ei owe my-ekistence, bnder God;Jd n'strong besver bat I had on at the time.i' Pound Drotoned.-J. N. Gamhi. Driver. rrom Polk touaity. Tennessee, *ho bad been thissiug for a iieek, was .fund on Sunday last drowned in the-riveropoo. site t:e 6ity. lie came here on the 20th of March, with. 19 horses and two -Viz horse teams loaded with bacon, and on tered at once upon a barter of dissipation which euned in.tho destruction of hi char-... anter and life.-Macon Journal 25tk A Nice Distinction.-"I say, you going to see that mati hua row f "I don't know Dick, in bo hung for?" "Vv, blei itealingA" "For steaing a rool! Vy didn't he buy-v lower pay for him ?" The keeper 6 a grog esta I GeorgIa, has milde known.dby 6 dy tint, that he will not, in future pirituous liquors to temperance hey should bring at written peria rrom theIr wives, gorrid beat.-A t Skaneateless,N34 last week a man by the natne of Searl, angalted in distilling, fell into a vat of bnit ing liqu~or, and was so dreadlfully sealded that he only survived a few hours. Whlen he was taken out, his skirn literally pealed uff, and hung in strings from, his limbs, laying bare the sinews and muscles.. Gold Pens.-Jt is said to have -heeus tiven in evidence, in a trial now before the Miew York courts, that otie hundred doilars vorth of gold pens can be made from ad wace of gold, costing sixteen dollars. "iow lo' you like Gen. Taylor ?" was tsked a Whig (a few days since. "First ate," replied the old coon; "be turs et great deal better than we expected.'!. A young man named Leathers'has ap plied to lbs Legislature af Maryland to save his name changed, as the beloved of iis heart refuses to marry a man with iuch -a name. WVe reckon that she is afraid he'll "hytie" her. Arkansa.-The Little Rtock Banner, of he 17th uit., states that Col. John . loane is elected by one hundrtid nd-sikty votes,- so far as the official vote shops. rhbe county of Mississippi is to be. heard 'rom. Ititwas understood that .the inagu. ation.would take .place on the .15th ult. A Good.ioke.-.T wo rabid politicians ia Dincinnati, who wvere striving. for. the ap omntment of Post Mlaster, received..each a otter on the 1st of A prilnotifyin.ese- t#f heir appointment. They both sallied forth o crow ever each .other, to the great tmhusemenlt .of those who understand the amte.-Pennsaylsa'ia. A centain jud-e in Vermont;-.nsed to ~harge the jury tat "things-of a- doubtful latture were very uncertain." fuasackusetts Rilroads.-.$Seeate millions of passengers have been carried aver. the .I assachusetts railroads wvithi he past.'three -year.- Fifty-six killed, sad sixty-five injured. .. . Letters hits been ree'eived id towva rrom'gentlemen residing -in Natechdtoliie. which represent the 'destrnelion of, the~ ~rops by the leite frost. to~havecbeen sweep,. ng.' All thotton ahbon thte groiund ws ut off'at once.-:N. O.Picayune.. ~*. A "down-ebst" editor bsks hir.'eubsesit sers to payeup, that be- raytplafal sitnia iake upon his .reditoral :: .. The receipts of the United St ales Treat ury for the quateLsmding Marcha 31, mounted to 314.80000F The expendi-. ues to 611 ,13,000, MerPreston,-the Sertary ofth& Nt vy, as left Washington. on e a brief lj~fit fnirinia.. Comtsodotea aisingtob is~t. uSecretary - Mr.'Elrng,'the Seeretasy,1f h lifte )epartment ha .returned 1 a rp~o, Ittorney Getnr, isa atApnagohs e Tennessee isseid:'o-be ih~asty Sta'ik u the. Union that had 'noti not-'of' ll' teden the-1s f Janary, 1849. - A ood word is as soon said asan 'uina