Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-12-17

Esssase ssidsat Pol: The Mes
sage Of tho Presid dent occupies considerable
aspaeeSin our pa per Today. w liaye: not pub.
sSsshed the whole Of il but we have laid before
Ioslr the mosfimpo portanr portionsof it.
In mol her column, sse have published the
opinions of several ii,e political journals of
soath aroIi,a, ipon mis- important paper
Upon the whole, they speak very favorably of
il, although some of our leading journ1ls take
.cxcepnonio the Warlike tone of Mr. Polk, and
think that he;E has been TOO precipitate and
100 bold in the expression. of his views upon
The Oregon question, apdolber questions grow
ins out Of sonrrelatiohs with Foreign Powers.
Whilst SweFbigIiIy approve :of decision and
frmness In the head of a great nation like
i, the maintenance of onr indisputable
q5ghts, on the olher hand, we deprecdte
alfTashnessiands dsioence. Ourtle to Oregon is
sdosb,less clear and indisputable. but may not
Aif.s Polk have gonetoo far Tor The present, i'll
Z tie ASSERTION Of our rights Would not
swise;a and masterly inactivity fort nme, have
been oars sbesrpolic The future will soon
!, show. Uponthe ariffquesiion, MIR, Polk speaks
much more ldecisively. than we expected
Since The appearance of his letter to Mr. Kane
upon ttrisguestio1, ,we fonndit difficult to know
precisely whathis viewsuponthis question were
y II e was evidently zt.siu nubibus," but we
placed generous confidence in him. We
81 are pleased, 10 see now! that he speaks more
frankly, and hope that he viii hereafter O. do
battlen manfully, and openly, against burden,
some, protective tariff.
The Jgiekedness Of tie Dcuit.-Thc headers
of; ;onr last number will look in vain for the
publication of Mr.. Norlhrop's resolutions in
ol,r paper. They, should have followed The
resolutions of Mr. Mccartney OH the snme
subject But the Devil, who had spite at
Mr., NortliroP as well as ourselves,
put sthsRrin hissp pocket and walked of. This
accounts for Their non appearance in the Ad,
sertser For ourselves We care not a jot,
and hope that Mr.. Norhrop will not take it
amiss, So, ''''!fs' e.
Elections N Congress -Rnchie and Reiss
are elecled printers of the 29th Congress
2 Amos Lane is elected sergeant at arms Mr..
sJohpson Post Master Of the House. B. b.
: French has been elected Clerk of the House.
adjoarnment Of the Lcgisiature.-After a
ssessio OF three weeks and one day, both
houses of ihe Legislature adjourned On Mon,
day last, the 15,hinst.
Superintendent ot y Public. JYork.-lIr- w, N,
Ancrnn,s was elected Superintendent Of Public
Works. s.s
d couple o.: ;young. topsrs The Knoxville
Register announces the marriage in Jefferson
county, Tennessee, of: Nj lJordin Pulse. aged
one kun,3rrd, and si,eo gears, 10 Miss Darcas
Mannon, aged thirty fnur. s.: { ~ 5ss..
"a D 5letist ffom3a genllealan2to
the E;slltsat,s a4cdtz e,'oIninbIu, Dec. i5.,
Mf. Richardson was 10 day re elect
ell State Repor,cr-bui was Of course
elected under The old law anJ only for
one year. ss 81 ,,seil;
we. also made ameleelion ior President
s and Direclors-no change made.
= LlS1.SO ACTS,
PAssEp %aY. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
SuuTu CARa1lsA: DEC, ls45.
L. An ;Ac, 10 extep, The; time given to
carry9inie effect an: Actyenlilled-ran Aetto
authorize The formation Of the Edse6eld
Bail Road G ompany, passed Dec. 1884,