Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-12-30

uobly, ,profiered bis service in theghout o
!, |:periI, and came out of the baHle wilhalh,
Iass of hisIright armi Being mustere!
os, of service at the lime, he-is deprivet
Of the benefit of The pension law, but il
other cities LIBERAL contributions have beer
made for Linn, aad our citizens should moi
let the one armed patriot leave US without
: substantial evidence that gallant service
and determined bravery are properly ap.
precialed. r E::t >. ,;asssfr
1 We would suggest that The usual honors
F: be paid ON this occasiun by the shipping
in port, in hosting their flags at. halfinasl;
r s7 ,,i..5 g40a Char. Courier, .
! Hoo Ito; Get Rich.-The late Judge
1 Martin, left his paiernaliro at Alarseilles,
while lad, with four hundred francs in
money as his sole patrimouy. :He IaIhbled
aholl thssWes, Indies aud finally reached
North .CaroIina.sii There, his money was
exhausted, and to avoid starvation be got
a place as apprenliceto printer. Alter
three years seryicer he, was received as IL
iourneyman and became entitled 10 wages.
So well-did:he manage his affairs, thai in
three years Ire bad laid. up money enough
'oibuy ort his employer. Some years af-
lerwards he came 10 Louisiana. Here
while he was a Judge Of tho Supreme
Court, he was also partner oil brickydid.
.Af,er seven years his paNneriu the brick
yard died. tn settling their partnership
accounts il became necessary 10 examine
their buoks. 1t was found that everyilem
of tleir jpinl household expenses was'mark
ed down from day 10 day, and that the
whole seven years they had shared The
same table together, they had each ex-
pended on an average only twenty-five
cents per day; including food and clothing
for their servants and all the other ex
penscs Of house keeping. During all this
lime the Judge was receiving salary Of
$4,000 per year, besides large profits from
the brick yard, and from his rents, and
money placed lat interest. his 400 francs
have been since increased TO S400, 600 aud
upwards The Judge lived very poor
mau and tliod very rich one. During
the third Of a century he held Office, he
had TO decide upon immense inleres, 8
submitted. 10 the Court. aud @nn. one ever
supposed that for millions OF money his
opinions could he made to swerve hairs
breath. His integrity was above the
slightest suspicion from any quarter
". o. Bulletin. 9
Coal in Merico.-ll appears from re-
cnnnoisancc lately made, the Rio Grande
is navigable for vessels Of drausht of four
or five feet, as far as Laredo. Lieutenant
'Tilden, who exatVned the chanueI of,he
Rio Grande, refers. in the following terms
TO coal mine al Guerrero:
This city is situated on the left bank
of the Rio Salado, and Twelve miles from
the Rio Grande. The mouth Of the Rio
Saado is about one hundred and twenty
FIVE. miles by water, above Camargo. We
found al Guerrero, Goa mine easy to be
worked. and plenty of waller in The river
! We took on board eight or ten tons Of
coal, which turns out to be the first quality
of hard bituminous, and not injured by
having too much sul phur in it.
"This is important. II IS the only mine
which is known to exist in this region !;
is OF the best quality for steam while The
scarcity Of wood in the country makes it
il invaluable. The mine is owned by au
American company, who have an agent
al Guerrero, getting out coal with Amer
can labor. | recently saw areport Of
their agent, written to one of the compa-
nv at this place. which states that in
working the mine, there was discovered,
Just below one the veins, the strongest in
dica,ions of gold. The coal itself, how
ever, viii doubtless prove mostPalaable
probably more so than gold"
| Merican Ptiuateers. The New York
Courier says ,ha, privs,ele;lers have heen
received in that city, from respectable
house in Havana, stating that % letters ol
marsue have been actually issued by the
Mexican government, lha, rs vessels were
then fitting out at Havana as privaleers,
and ,hatlhe would sail before the 10Th
!. Dec. The Courier thinks it probable that
! The report is false, aud arises from The in.
. leres,ed motives Of neutral vessels whose
interest as lreigh, ship would be benefit
ed by its prevalence.
I Their Sons.-Major Van Buren, sor
oflhe Ex-presidenl, acted as aid 10 Gen
Taylor a, the seige of Monterey. John c
Calhoun's son is aid to Maj. Gen. Gaines
: Henry Cay's son is 1t. Colonel Of
regiment of Kentucky volunteers DAME
! WebsIer's son is Captain Of q company Of
volunteers. and wil be in Mexico soon
John J.. Crittenden's sor.is a Captain il
the new regiment Of Mounted Rllemen
g. s., fnr Bait. Clipper.
} A Good Man gonet his Rs,Oard.-Th'
! Rev. George Pickering died onthe Stl
!, inst, at his residence in Waltham, Mass.
aged n years, This venerable man, a
5 bis death, was the oldest effective Melho