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ti V, EDGEFIELD C H. WEbNESDAT AuGO8T-29, 1849. 1T H Mainber s of Go. D. Palmetto Ryg't.. T will, meet at Edgefteld Court House, on the farst-Monday in September next, for' the par pose of considering the most appropriate man nor of presenting a Sword to- their Captain. Aiagust-17, 1849. Our Correspondents. Right heartily 'do we welcome " SAtUDA". and "'Hansone," to our columrs. We hipi they will continuo to give us their practical views on the interesting. subject of their cam munications. It is certainly. to the true inter ests of Edgefteld District, as or all the upper Districts to facilitate communication between the interior of the State and our commercial towns... Who ctn ealculate the advantage to the pianter in this particular? Read the com munications of Saluda," and of " Farmer" in our last. By the way, we will be glad to hes .ngain' From " Farmer." Will he not favor us further with his views? His communication isonr last has excited general interest among the "Farmers" ol our District. It bihs already drawn forth articles from "Suluda" and "Ham burg," and we hope it will excite active efforts among our citizens genetally to btiild the Roads in question. Let -Old Edgetirld " be up and doing, or she will.indeed be left behind by her enterpri sng neighbors. .Ifshe cannot build Rail Roads -s y Pa'nk. Roads; and it is 'our. jug. men at in a country not interspersed with important commercial - towns which induee mucr trade and traet, Plank Roads are the better modes of Convenience and profit. Volunteer Company. On Saturday last the following persons were elected officers of the Voruntecr Company at tis place: W. C. MoaosE, Capt. .L. B: WEVER, 16 Lieut. JouXso 13.Aso..2nd Lieut. Jas.. L. Ht.r., 3rd Lieut. ur Ensign. Gens. Twiggs. This distinguished officer has been. ordered to Florida to direct the military forces sent there against the Indians. - (E A friend has sent its a pamphlet copy of the proceedings of the Alabama Democratic Qonvevntion held in June last, at Montgomery. Our readers are already informed on this mat tor Tbo ow-eo&n-adopted -e they-pmrbt bly know the Virginia Resoluti.'na in relation to Southern Territorial rights, and warmly ap ptoved " the course pursued by those members of Congress, who signed and published the Southern Address." Among the members to the Convention we observo the names of Judge T. S. aliays, and T. 0. Glascock, delegates from Mmotgomery and formerly from our District. E7J A secret expedition is contremplated at present by snme of thc citizens of this courntry against the Island of Cuba. and the Northern *portiomn of the Republic of ?lexico. The en listment of soldiers in New~ Orleans, Baltimore. and New York, it said to ho in active upera tion. The object of the enterprise is thought to be to annex Cttha to this country, nnd to es tablish a Republic in 'the Northern Provinces of Mezico, under the style of Sierra Madre.. The Presjdent of the United States has is' sued his Proclamation condemning the expedi 'tion, anid warning all the citizens of itis coun. tryfr'omi uniting themselves withs it, under the -:beavy penalties announced against them by our acts of Congress." It is to be trusted that no respectable body of otur citizens will so far forget the fair name of * . their country as to violate so grossly our lawvs sod our treaty obligations by joininag in an arm ed'ainl.nulawfulinvasioni of the territoty belong ing to other countries. . Nothing is more highly criminal in 'the ayes of all civilized countries than to invade the 4erritories of a friendly na. .tiOn. It is as bad as to intrude upon a neigh-' her's possessionis and to commit w~anton and lawless depradations. The good citizetn of every class will set his face agaiinst such ain immoral and illegal eater rorise. Plankc Roads. Mochi interest seetms to be taken al jlresent in our District on thin subject, and we truly h ops it wilt not be allowed to subside until the Roads in qutestion be built. Let ius no longer, Fellow-citizens, bear the reproach oh' heing styled "big talkers" and "little doer's;" but in' the might of our strength let us put forth our determined energies to accomplish the work which we all knowv will be to our initerest and welfare. We are all satisfied that these roads will be highly useful-let us, therefore, project and build them. To test the utility anid prac ticability of building them let us establish Roads at once between thir. Village, Hamburg and Graniteville. Hamburg we believe will meet us half way and so will Granitevilhs. Let us - have no cavilling as to which plaee the Road sball go. Let uis carry it to-both places. " Old Edgefield," theo mother, should take ca're of her fair and growing daughters. Hamburg and, Graitsnille. Shte shouldl allow r spirit of gen erous rivalry in all that pertains to prosperity and improvement to exist between thonm; btut she should use her parental efforts to keep theta from opposing and destroying each cther. She has for them both a mother's love; amid she is equally interested ini promioting the prosperity ofeAsch. - 'Liet us build the Road thenr to Hain' burg or Gianiteville, amid then comnnect thie nih er place by a branch from sonic convenrient point on the Road. But above all let nis have ac th! a t ion s ! ! ion ho ! ha a! l n e i t e have tecei'eld the y thesage sent us by'a geai ien naresiaing onIthe Saluda side of the District,;; d we =liou'iin dui; cknoFlI ilgements sooner; but for our aisence from the Village. The aubject of mnanuftcturing is one in which we take a deep interest. Wei hve several times since our connection with the Adverliscr, seriously urged the importance ofmanufactures upon our readers with a view ot'directing the capital and enesgies of our citi zens t6their advancement. From much teflec tion on the sobject-we solemnly believe the oon. tunned prosperity of our State depends greatly on their promotion. We would be glad, however, to receive com tunnications from our. Saluda friend himself on the subject, satisfied as we are -that his views will be strong and practical.. Wilfhe not help us in this good cause ? We beheve it to be the moral duty, of every citizen honestfy to use his efforts to develope all the energies and resoour' ces, moral and physical, of his-State or contry. On this rcsts the chief prosierity and happiness of ns tier's. _ Our Saluda friend has an-opportunity at pre sent of using his talents and his capital in pro meting manufactures in our very midst. A scheme is proposed- by some of the citizens of our Village to erect a Steam Factory at or near this place. Will our Saluda friend give an imn pulse to this noble enterprise? We hope to hear from him on the subject. This is an un dertaking worthy of the best efforts. It will be profitable not only to the projectors and stock= hofders of the establishment, but to the whole surrounding Country and District. And here let us add (and it is i conviction derived from both history and observation.) that the only sure way of building up and securing the permanent prosperity of an inland Town is to muItiply nanufactories. A--sort of artificial, prosperity may be created by making a place a thorough fare or depot of trade, where much produce is bought. mid quantities olfmerchandizo sold. but real wealth or capital is in this way yery slight ly increased. The gains are usually small commissions acquired by sgencies in passing articles of commerce from the producer to the consumer and vice versa. No value is added to the article of -commerce. Hence inland Towns, which are wuere thorough-fares or de pots of commerce afford little means for the accumulation of wealth. It is-dif'erent with manufacturing towns. The raw article is brought into market of comparatively little value. By the skill end labor employed upon it, it is sold again for trip!o and oft'en quadruple its prime cost. The difference in price now be. tween the cast of the raw material and the price of the nanufactured article, is a perusa nent increase of capital, which adds to the real prosperity of towns and conimitnities. Are these views chimerical? Let our readers ex amine for themselves the difference between manufacturing towns, and small commarcial towns. If these views be correct it is of more impor. tance to us at present to erect manufactories tnasro-bond runum enn-t-tritrm1JgmlyTimpmotamn to have both; and they wi!l mutually benefit each other. Muanufactories will increase the amoutnt of t'ravel andI carriage, and facilities ini carriage wi'l greatly promote manusfactories. Bthtogether must add incalctdably to the con renicnce, wealth, and general prosperity of a country. Let onr ditizen~s enstae themselves to cion on these great inateresats. Will they hses itate to pay out a few hundreds of dollars when. they anud their children tmay thtereby acquire thousands? A .buld energy directed by moral influence will alwvays-lead to success and pros. pery ! FOR Trt AovIaTtsEt. Ma. EatTont: Having learned that an article I published in your paper as Editor Pro. Tem. under the caption, ''lHonors to te Brave," has given off'ence to some of our citizens. I desire to stale, that. in wri ing that article, I never thosught of wound ig te feelingaof any person whomsoever, tueiher the feelings of any one of our ntoble stldiers to whom we n'e under the areastest idebtepess. nor of the public which has honored them. The honors conferredl upon Brevr. Capt. Stuts and Lienst. WEEER,. are. 1 repeal. richly desertved: and I ni oaidl be the last to detrnet from the well earned reptiation of these yoong Oflicers. .Yly obiject in wsiting the Communica tion. was to bring to the notice of the public, thme military services of Col. Bos HAM!, dlf'thei'2sh lnfantry. ns represented y the Reports of Gen. Pierce and Csol. Ransom, which-had nor been brotught ape. ially to the attrent ion of our citize-ns. Yours, &c. H. R. Sprns. rront TlE AnVEattsER J Plank Rloads and Rall Rodlds. Ma. Enivoa-In discussing the sub et of Plank Roads, many are disposed to lass them wvith Rail Roads as to expense sand div-idendle, which is entirely erroneous; n the former, there is no expense for Cars, Locomotives, Dlepots, Fuel, Track Ten ers, Water Tanks, Pump Trenders. or ven hands employed after the track is laid down. The ouly expense-of ansy note, arc Gate Keepers, who can always be obtained at moderate wagseu. There is a Plank Road in the State of New York. between Syracuse and Brew eron. and'Onteida Lake. a distance of 12 or 15 miles. which ins the year 1847, paid to the Stockholders, a dividend of forty per cettt per annum ; ,vhat it has paid since that titme'I have tnot ascertained, hut will t1n so and inform you in a future commu Dication. '-HAsmuuno." InnDsAN SETTLEMEtiT IN EASTaN Tiex As.-The Houston Telegraph sitaies that a lare and flourishing Indian village has lately heen established a~n the Brazos, abouat 200 rniiles above the frontier settle ments. The Telegraph goes on to say: " About 400 families have settled at this poitt. and most of them are engaged in agricultural employment. These Indiatns are remarkably friendly to the whites, and tire under the superintendcee of Mlajor Neih bors. Their chiefs bave rigidly ad hered to the treaty thai was made a year or two sine, and.have restrained their war riors from engagang in any forays upon the frotier settlers. ,A lairge portion of the id Caddo tribo from the Trinity, and the remnants of other tribes, are settled ins this WRITT EN O -:THE -MERTIsE .Plank Roats: .Mi EDti o t-A comttauientio a penredtin yoidlast'paper. over the na turn a'rf' A Farifier" which is well w rih of the 'coissderaioaan of the people f' dge field District. Ours District is larg th Roads geinerally a-e bad, andt:lhose n -in remote 'parts of it, are subjected to .ee inconvenience arid expense, as well a -!a1 of time, in attending Court, Public lc &e;.. Could these remote parts of t~i pi trict be connected with the Viliage, b, Plank' Roads, the facilities of cnmmitica tine would be so much increased, the fj tigue and expense of travelling so mug reduced, the time expende-i in guiog t Court and returning home so much-lessen ed, that-ve should hear little or no Jom plaint of attending Court, Public Sales, & Our Spring Court is held in March, a a time our Platers aore busy plantingthei crops. and when their personal attensto is particularly necesssary in directiu4ithe affairs, epd it is a serious loss to jnan planters, to be obliged to leave theirfarrm and plantations at that time. Make Plank Road, and it will reduce the aim of going and returning to one third. ,Ti will enable many planters to return-tom at night, direst their planting. and retur to the Village in time for opening of Gout each morunig. It is well known, that the planter i forced by circumstances to send his..crm an market, at a season of the year whe the Roads are in the worst possilestait from heavy and long continued raihi.;'. from sickness, broken down scams, orahe causes, he is -unable to get his produce 1 mnarket, during she witer, he is so tnne employed in breaking up his land, plantin and tending his crop. that no leisurd-tim o0'era again, until the crop is hid by;.-sat in.July or Atugust, at whiah time his team are generally broke down by hard plough ine; then. instead of utudly roads, Ps a the winter, his teams become exhaustse from crawling along through leep .sand under a burning sun, and often fami.he, for water. . Now make a Plank Road. and it mat ters not whether the roads are sandy o sloppy, the planter hits a dry srif -saf road, to transport his-crnp to rtarket, an supplies home. His teams would retur fresh, and not being obliged to lay up, t recruit, could be started d' asiin, will anoaher load to market, or would be fit fa work on the plantation. Let every farmer make ad estimate c what it costs him annually for reppirs r wagous, harness, danage to horse !lest and loss of time, from his wagons bein, occasionally stuck in a mud hole, togethe with loss of tisme in travelling aer,. undo and through muddy and sandy road: (leaving out his being able to carry dot hle the weight with the same teams.) an if he can figure up, that it costs less than tt toll for travelling over a Plank Road, the it may he for his interest to travel ove bad soads. There is one great advaniagb thatflan Roads possess over Rail Roads-eveg ot people's road. whether travelling in cat singe. wagon, buggy, cart. on horse, mare mule. jackass or guat, wheelbarrow or o faoot. They tare exactly adapted to- th purpose. Wisest I have leisure, I wi relcur to she subject agains. SLD. FOR THE ADVERTISER. io. X. . The same subject continued. Like to the evil practices alresady naoticea is the constant h-rahit iihi toasty to creal unnecessary antd false alarms by endeavor ing to persuadie the people that their right nre inifringedl or usurped. A faithful moni tor oat that watchtowrer of liberty is a hoe of Providence, whsich she people canr too highly appreciate. Such a man ma be losokead tat as the political guardian angt oh his country ; bait our nnation and sl are, at presnt, inafested with a pigmy trib oif political watrhmen: a wvhale hostr noisy little sentinels, with short-sight vision siad narrow. a imid minds, perche, oan the smalli watchtowers in otur politica camp, araa prodluig, oat every faons nois i.n she dlistiace, their might of saam. Stach men are baad sentinels. They are indeed, only alarmists. Their mindls, fua lowing ahe instinctive fears of their heart ready maagnify overy adanger. Theoy se a spectre in alse distatnce arnd fancy it is. livinag mnonster oif tyranny and oppressioa A smailllegi-lataive approtpriation, hnwwvor thy soever the aobject tEo which it is to b applied; or a law, operating within a towi ar a village, haowever wholesome and ana cessary-brinsgs from thsem the yell tsurpraion of the people's rights, whichi spread far anid wiade. Now there is anashing wve more admit titan a qauick sensitavetness-and a just feel inig of ind~ignagaon at any real eucroach ment of i people's righats and liberties. To lie jealaus of these is a nsoble and loft senaimnent, poascessed bty every bravo srn free people. Baut so raise the hue and cr of tyransny, whien ahe Legislative armi only reared to snake necessary enactmen1 -to mseet dlebts aof moral or legal obliga tio-to sustain she faith and credit of th State-or to promoatec virtue and intelli gence: is paltry anal contremptible. Th reputa tion of a'St ate is as much her weali as her treasury. Pu'blic credit, as all Pa iicail econosmists tell s4s. and as every ma of sense kntows, is toealth-as priatct cred it is wealah. The matn, therefore, who injutres ah fair escutcheon of -higstaite air country, hb trying to dlesaroy alkig '.al- feeling in ha leislation, msay, tW oaw thinkers, ar pear to save a few-d . tand cents to bea resury, but in realit dimnishes lier get siral wealah anad prosperity. An economi cal adntainisaratiosn oif gatvernment shoul certainlhy beo ahe nimn of every Legislaaur but thte amiserly grIp atpon~a the publhie purs that will not let a dllar escape evoutf the most laatdahle puirposes is niggardly ans ruinous. Saaeh a ptoliey1 obsitiately put sted, wvould da msore to sea back a natio in improvement an-i prosperity tha nt the shackles of tyranny, Ashile it woul mark her character with i hthbrand of dot trated meann~ss. Those stases and unatin ht have beens moat prosf'>erous and paw" erful hsave pursued a liberal policy in th management of their fiscal concerns. There are men whose feelings of pairi oatim, andl wansn views of nnhlic utilist seem not oejfend b yond- the limits o theirjudci stricts They have'Jiltlt conception of he neral ,good. or of th importance of state a-nd national, regtta :tion. Public eiteficence must aenir y around their firesides, or it is an infringe ment on indtsiduai privilege. Under: thi small feeling the it ues. t nationil 'pros perity Lire corri'pitely. shut up. Al ener gies toward improvemnent are stifled. ant s all efforts to elevate the national charaotei are ein and fruitless. The man who i intruinentalvin encouraging this petty feel Y ingais not, in our judgment,. a friend to i-t people. - Nor is he such, who seeks to exeite un natural prejudices against certain classesati professions in the community; for the leas reflection Will teach, that differs~nt callings are absolutely necessary for properly per forming all the business of society-. A it the best evidence of this, is the fact tha r 'here has been no age or coiuntry. ad n vanced in civilization, in which these va r rious professions have not been required. y If, therefore, direct proof were wanting, s this universality of their existence would a sufficiently attest their necessity. But we a will touch on this point in a succeeding es say. What we wish to urge at present is e that the utility and necessity of these dif n ferent callings being knon n and felt by ev ery one, the good citizen will regard him self nwrally bound, 'to protect their rightU s and interests and to add to their respecta P hility. The omission to do this, or efforis to stir up unjust prejudices against a'ny of these necessary interests of society, rendei a man an enemy to the institutions of bit country. a Combinations, likewise, to put dow1 h inoral worth and talent, exclude a mari g from the privilegeofcallit himself a friend to the people ; for this-is not only doing an evil to the people. but it is working agains1 s the moral laws of God. Men of high mornl worth and talent are certainly more capa n ble of achieving great good to society, that those who are for the most part devoid of these gnalities ; and it is equally certain, that the Deity. in his perfect Wiisdom, though alloiing to every man his appropriate share of social duty, designed these men for r a sphere of userolness more ernlarged, and imiportant. What God has designed, therefore, man is.made to frustrate. In ad dition, then, to the real injury done to socie ty by keeping down moral intelligence, at obligation to the Deity is thrown-off. Are there sn compunctions visitines of con science." attendant on such conduct? We - are bound to think so. Frpm.thal orce o t hat mural sense implanted iM our nature - wo believe there is no itance of eaten f and true merit being put down by unfai means or by wilful neglect. that does no r bring with it so-ne twitchings of con , cience. Aud what is this hut internal evi deuce, that the great Author of our being has made men of talent and moral worl e more useful in their generation, and im. n planted in the minds of their fellow-men, r a lively sense of that utility ? This natu k r:al feeling. if left to i:self. woul.l alway prompt to correct acion. The people, it ciy incnithe' ! sacinn. deliberately and in strong sense of justice and right. Theil natural propensities are to appreciate virtu, San to reward merit ! e The mein, thereforme, who by false rep II resentattons,or insilious combhinatiotns, ir lead away the public mind ns is causei to stuppress this natural feelitng of jutc and to put down ini society nioral and in -iellectual worth, are amnong the worst ene. mies of the people. - Osm. or -rus PE~Orr.. 1, Monz Rtort,.'e IN CaAAA.-The froI e lowinig despatches froimMntreal to th< -lllhimiore Sun,. annioonnee that the Cana s dinn rtbellion was "skotchied tnot killedl i-and has again burst forth with fresli n violence: It MOs'raEAt., Aug. 16. y Last night aboiti 30 persons wenit inte :1 La Fintaini's house, and broke open the e gardnen.-A inmber of shots were fired b' e the persons in the house, said to be a bod~ : of isiguised mounted police. d A miatn named M~ason was shot, ter d slugs ereterinug his btody, killing hitm atlmosi 1 itnstantly. A tnumbet ofother-s are said ii e have been wounded. A cornoes's jury - was emtpatnnefled this afmerr.oon, and ther ,adjourned over until to-niorrowy. Anothel riot is atnticipated to-miorrow. -MONTREAL, Aug. 17. e There have been further outbreaks ant rt riting inorcity, btwithout any very ' eiu contscquetnces. ~ Dlonnegan'sspleinruid valmuable hote e wa roallydesn~ye byfire last night nThe loss is estimated at ?35.000, ontly part of wvhichi was instured. During the fire one of the firemen was killed. NEW OntcA:s, Aug. 22. The sales of Cotton yesterday wvere only 100 bales, andl prices over buyer's limnits. .Aliddling qgnoted a' SI. Sales 3,000 bags Rio Coffee at 7j, ant d the articles advancing. News from the City of Mexico has beet received by the Br. steamer Trent at Mo-e ,bile, to the Jith inst. A difficulty ha arisen bet weeni the Government andl Man e ing C. M'Initosh. The Government de mand~s that .Nl'Intosha shotld abrogate the econtract he had received for makinig ht road aicross the Isihmus at Tehnuntepec ,-which the latter refuses. The Chiambel e of D.'puties have passedl a resolution au ti.torisinig Gjoveronent to mauke a loatn a half a miillion, on a pledge of the impor e duties. It will probably be opposed b) .thc Seutate. . 'iotnal troops have been otrdered al Mitras and the Rio Grande.-Chars .Tnz GLASS WVoaxs.-We are inuform d ed that nearly all, itf not all, the experien ; ced o.perators to Ito employed in the aInsi e manufnctory at this place, have arrive, ir from Newv Jersey, sri that there is now lit, d tie doubt buit that thecotmpan~y will be tma -king glass, as has heretoletre been conte~m n platedl, sometime during the month a 1 September next. It wotuld be wecll foi d .the mterchants of East -Tennessee, North. -. erm Georgia andl North Albama to hear.ii is mind. when putrchesing~ their fail and 'yin. -tor supplies. that the Holstotn Manufactu e ritig Compatiy at this place'will be abile i< furnish them wvindowv glass of all qualitiec -ad sizes on better terms than they cam ~, purchnae clewher,-aonille 'Reniete, f ;. from the CincinnatiDaily Globe. ;LETR FRO1t1 M3 . ARRE ' .TO HIS PATHEd.. :t ; S'rArde' , C", Ju1y My )ear Father: You -have been but too correc'Ily informed by tlio newspapers. I am .iudeed in prison and! would luve. in. formed you sooner, but how could I pain your kind heart by the sad news.? Ol! . with a father's tenderness you reared me and have loved me, and in your old days I have.brought sorrow and a~fliction upon you. It pains me,.mv father. it. pains me r to my heart's core. You sayin your let- I ter to the Clerkhere, that I left you with a character untarnished.' My fith'er you will believe we you will love me, let the t world say what they will of me-I ,have t committed ..o crime, been guilty of no deed i that ought to br'ng reproach or censure t upon any one. . t No. I. frr whom you feel so much so- t li'itude. albhough I am in prison and may t never see you again in this world, have i not stained your natme with infamy by the t commission of any crime. 1 am charged here with having circulated abolition docu- I meants. Now my father you will believe .d me. I have circulated no documents of any a kind in the State of South Carolina, nor i violated any law of the State, so far.as I t know -Bear it in mind that I tell ybo so, s r and although leatn may close myeyes in eternal sleep before I see you again, when I you shall hear that appearances are against s me, and see my name aspersed in the pub-- t lie print, remember what I tolJ you,. and n treasure in your heart that 1 am-innocent I ihat I am- the victim of the schemes. -.is- I conduct, and infatuation of others. and that e I now suffer for what ottiers' havo dine, and for which they ought to he responsible, ( My story is simply this ; Icame here as c an agent of E0. Harwood & Cu. of Cincin- I nati, to procure materials for publishing a I gazet:e, I came hee in the- early part of f the season intending to go Niurth as the I -weather grew wanner, and finally around r to our old' home in Virginia-thence to i Cincinnati and to Di1lin. I found docu- e ments afloat in the State which were ob- i noxious to the people, and'which gave me r some trouble, as people suspected me for I having some cnnnexion with them. Out c knowing myself clear of their circula'ion, I felt no fears and proceeded with my labors. 'I came to this place with an anxious heart, for I had written to Sarah and expected an answer at this placo from one whom I tenderly love--my dear sister. C Asiboon as I had taken lodgings at a hotel,. the people came upon me with. two I letters, one from Dublin, which I was. much pleased to see, but on opening it, oh r SArah ! it pained me, it was not from you. W by did you not, my 'lear sister, write me a simple letter as I requested ? Then perhaps I might have escaped this prison. But I don't blame yon in the least-nor do I blame Mr. Johnson. for I know he in.. tended no harm, hut his tetter injured tne. c The other letter was anonymotts. and con-- e tained a few Nos. of this sate obitoxious i document, which the writer requested me J to circulate. It was enough-the people. r "*-~ -'..A--ino* prison i tstantly-where I have since remained, (This was the Bih June.) l Since then other documents have been 4 sent tie, making the same request. Ther documents were all closely envelopied ad. diressed to persons in the State, and I wasr requested to drop them in'o post oflicesc along my wvay. Thus I was made to cir,. I culate them without knowinig what theyi were. But I did not circulate atny ofthtem. Trho first that came to tme was at this place.e atnd there is perhaps nothing in the law against me, at least the attorneys I have1 cmintyed. say so. and my judgment is. that there is little or no chance of convictingt me. I Cen prove by my emplotyers what I caime here for, and if I cotuld find the man who sent me the documients, which I may yet do, tat they were setnt to me without my knowledlge or cotnsetnt. Andtr this ought certatirnly tio set nme clear-espe cially sitnce they can have niothing auainisti me but vngue circtustaniccs. The peniple are ex-cited however,-antd it niill be hard for me to have a fair heatritng. The pennaly, is one thousand drollars flnee and0( one year's imprisonment in the coun ty prison. -1 cain be bailed out al onte thousand dollars, aud this must be cash depostted htere, AAFats tN E~NEZUEL..-tNsULTs TO I AnRaicAs.-By the arrival of the brig Po.tomn'c at New York. from Muaracaih., r we hatve adlditional intelligence from that distracted countrry. Is would seem that I Ithe whole country is in a state of revolu dion. Trho greatest animosity prevails to' I wards Americati citizens by the govern menut aflicers; theit hous- are searched,j under the pretence of suspicion of there I beitng disaffected persons secreted therein ; their propetty sacrificed; and themselvea, I in many instances. thrown into prson Soon after the intelligence of the landitng 1 of Gen.Paez at Coro, the house of th~e iAmerican Cotnsul, at Maaracaibo, was at tacked at night, by the soldiers, said to be I headed by somne of the principal oflicers of the eity, and severely pelted with stnes Sand tother missiles. One American mer-. -cannt was confined ini prison, and others .had their houses taken from them, by order :of the Gotvernior, wvho threatened, if they ididi not give lienm up without any reton ,strance, to imprison them, A correspotnd ,ent of the N. Y. lieral, utnder date oif July 12t h, writes as follo we:r r"An American citizen, a few days since, thad his house broken open for ithe purpose, rof takitng his horse, atnd the Governor pays tno attention to this assertioni, '1 am ani A merican citizen, and want protection.' An American- tmerchatit is now confined in a< filthy- prison, where criminals of every grade. antd of all colors, are throwt into .one cotmmton pen. His. crime is, havingr .-eetn present at a ball wh~ere the portrait of ] ,Paez was exhtibite?., &e. - 'I'"hte A merican Consul is coninectedl by .marriage with a family who are violently .opposed (as nearly all rersons of respecta- I .bility are) to the presenit adniistration, e r and in cotnsequenice is treated as an enemy. r"A single m~an,.of-war, not drawing I .more than ten anid a half feet water, wvithe one Paixan gun, arid fifty or sixty men, .would insure our safety."t A frienud says ho saw a fence made of such erookedi rails that every time a 'pig Scrawledt through it, he came out on the h .aneaide. *-i m the Spartanburg Spar a. S ;LrNV SPiatios .Aug. " Gea Sir:--You 'silf rulige me b pi oi n your paper lh notice here* b retismitted, e Respectfully yours. " WITETARsH 1 SEABROOK. We would invite the anention: nfthe tarents and friends of he Deaiand Dumla hildren, citizens of this State,. to a schoor vhich has recently been opened81 Cedar springe, Spartanburg district, ( sittiatioi emarkable- fur- health. and "-pare-water;; y Mr. N. P. Walker, principal. for-the ducation of the Dcaf and :Dumb. .We recently'-visted the school and were nnch gratified at the progress .made by he pupils, and have no hesitation in say. ng, that their profciency mould compare nost favorably with the pupils in anyof he- common schools of th'ecedutry; andiso ar as, we are competent to:judge, we re lard the principal "" as fully competent to struct Mntes in the .primary branches of hir education. . *- - Parents who are able-to incur the ex tese of educating thidir :unfortunte chil - ren, and would desire to have it donde at convenient distance from their homes,'apd n their own State, we recommend to visit he-institution, examine and judge~for them elves. - The indigent parent who is desirous that j childshould receive the benefits of the eiIlb but ;who is .unable to.remunerate he er. will be furnished -with -the Ce' funds ;from the money,- npro rate . the legislature of this Stat; r he purpose, (until the same may, be xhausted by applications- prior pjo int f time,.) by tigtitying his wish to GoL. .G. Meinminger of Charleston Com issioner ortheDeaf and Dumb-forthe over Division, or to Thomas N.- Da,. ins of Union, Comrnissioner of the Up. er Division. The application of every, arent, so. situated, it is exPieced will be ade to the Cominissionier of the'Division nt which the applicant resides, accompani dily his affidavit 1o that'effect, witb a;cer ificate of the nearest magistrate. or some nember of the legislature from the same istrict, stating his belief of the correctuess f the affidavit> W. R: SEAsaoOK, (row. . T. N. DAwxtrs,. Glenn Springs, Aug. 8th, 1849. R EMOVAL oF GER. LAnn..-The tn.. ailed. for and unjustifiable proscription of his gallant officer and patriot- eeems ux tvo called forth the.universal reprohation.' if the democratic puess. In alludtUo his emoval, (the Penosylvanianindignantly - emnarks: "General Lane was emphatically 'the. darion of the war,' and scarcely less die inguished than Taylor himself . What a pectacle! While the traitor. Collamer rho voted for the resolution that sought.to. nvet our arms with disgrace, by recalling 'ur troops before the war was over.ia hold ng a.place at the right hand of General rahr-while Hudson, the desperate au: hor cf.that resolution, is reaping thousands n a lucrative offico also conferred by-Gen., ralor-the 'brave and. weather beateu.,; .ne,-in the far-off winds of Oregon,.is eviiioved'and braumed-w'th. .tbe--brad-o - his infamous adtmiitraiion.", "Why did General Taylors omit to an ounce this detestable act tintil the Itttianta lection had takan place'? He sho*ud' itle of the soldier by this timid and shrink na delay. As it is, he may console him elf that Indiana has done her duty to the ontry, by i-ehu~king his administration ithout being instigated to ii by the reido al of her tmost cherished son. Genetal .ane will be vizdiented in good time by hose who scorn the ingratitude of the >resent contemptible regency." Tua PROSPECT TOR TEZA5.-At . Do ie -since annexation, have the prospects if our State appeared a Battering as at the resent. The fine crops atnd good healhh ni Tsxas, whilst the other Southern St ates ire sulfering so heverely; canniot fail lo. Iirect the sitentman of emigrants to our' cew andI fourishing State. Indeed, so ,bviotus is it becoming that the planters 1f Mississippi, Louisiana. Alabama and entucky. must seek Texas as the only ste in which their negro property can e made valuabl., ithat we would not be urprised to see hundreds ahtd perhaps housands ef enligrants coming into our state duriugjthe approaching fall. Du ing ouir late trip to the States we had am dle opportunity of ascertaining the fe'eling oiards Texas and the confidence felt in er capacities and resources. and it grati ies us to say that the result wus highly mcourgintg. The ablition movement in entucky in particular, it is believed, will tave the effect to cause large unmbers in hat State to seek homes in Texast besides . he security, that will be afforded here for heir slaves, there is no othier country hre they would be more profitable to beir owuers.-Vic. Advocate. Ar.AUAsA.-Tin this State. wye are not et in receipt of all the returns of the elec-. ion. For Congress it is however certato hat the followitng is the result: 1st District, WV. J. Alston. W~hig. 2d ' S. W. Harris. Democrat.. 3d ". H. WV. Hilliard, Whig. 4th " Soom. W. lnge. Democrat, 5th " David Hubbardl, " 6th " W. H. R. Cobb, " 7th " FE. W- Bowdou, In the Senate it is.somsewhat doubtful vbether the Whigs have not obtained ai najority of one vote, by the electison of a Whiig in L awrentce and .Walker, though omie of the Whig Senators, from Demo. ratic counties, are pledged to vole with he Democratic party. .In the House of lepresentatiVes there will be a Democratic n ajritYv of a bout ten. On joint ballot the )gmocrats will have an undoubted ma orty. TEE PUaCHASE OF CUUa-The Wash agon correspondent of the Boston Atlas ys it will be the special duty of the new riister to the Court of Madrid, Gen. larritger, to procure a reduction of the normous duties to which the produce of he United States, subjected .when impor ed into Cuba, adding that the late ad ninistraion made a stading olier to the patish Government of $l0.000,000 for he 1land of Cuba, but tbat this offer has een) or wvill be withtrawn by the prcetut dl mnistration.