Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-10-28
co,ys,pondenee of Tho Charleston Courier.

We learn, byziheswestern 'mails that our
,rooos, under Gen. Kearney, were fortify-
inu Santa Fe, aud that a portion Of them
we're soon 10 move towards California.
lis ,he intention Of the Government to
nusb tue war with all possible visor.
The ,arn,istice for eight weeks mas
been.disapproyed of BY the Government,
snJ Major Graham will, in fifteen days
u co,n his day, deliver to Gen. Taylor Or
.,sras 10 .tpo ahead"-to attack and destroy
amn'iaia,s army, and advance towards
SAM Luis Polosi. =.
Mappears thai both Ampudla and Gen.
Tavlor acted under the impression that
there was prospec! Of speedy terpiua-
tion of1he war. They must have been
;onorant ,ha, The Mexican Government
4a, declined our overtures for immediate
negotiation. ,:.;.eoa
;rbe Government, itseens, is dissatisfied
u;,h Gen. Taylor's leniency towards the
Ms,;rans: They would have preferred
.Ia, he sbould have taken or Destroyed the
Wax;can | army, instead of permitting Il TO
escape with little loss. .,.
am very glad 10 learn that Tour enous
eaud troops have been sent 70 telu'olee
sfsn Taylor, aud probably with fim now
making his whole force near zen 'noa
..u% With this force. he will have little
- cear;from any Opposition tn1he open
c.,JDSsButit would still seem very i'm
.nor,an, that he should be able, when ART
d;no al San Luis, to receive from Tamr,
oo % snv necessary supplies aud reires'-
uosn,s. Ampudia will, no doubt, retire to
San Luis, and there the great battle OF 'nIs
campaisn-pc perhaps ol me war; IS 10 oe
rouphl. The Mexicans will concentrate al
1sas, thirty thousand troops at that poihl.
W II Tnylor should meet with serious re-
v.,se. which is not impossible, the en'hasi-
w., of the voiunteers--lhe force upon
snh;ch J we must chiefly depend, will rap
!, ;s oui,e certain that no movements
,omards AN expedition 10 Tamplco are yel
anparent, lhoushil is understood ,has the
,Cabine, advised the enterprise. The pup
,;r will no, be satisfied unless lamPico oe
;nmedialely i'm taken, and column OF e'sht
.,.n Ihonsand men sent on from there TO
~ ;o;n Taylof a, San Luis. Should no, this
dome the administration will incur the
heavy responsibility of any dlsaster'aat
may result. ,..g.
Correspondence Of the ChaTtestoa Courier.
o''' WAsHINGroN, Oct. IL.
learn that we shall certainly hear oil the
s,,,ck on Tampico by the end OF this
,non,b-tbatthe orders TO Commnre Con
no, for this enterprise, went oul on the 3eth
Sen,ember, in the Mississippi.
The funeral of tile Hon. Henry S Fox,
10 documentary Of Grea, Britain to
rtbs United. States, took place from ms late
rasidence inithis city yesterday Inc GER
.mnnissswere. attended by the President
anJ nj, Cabinets and respectable cortese
T q citizens. The rename were couveyed
~ ,hs van,s ef:the congressional 0ury'ns
o,oun,, " mn whence il. is expecled they be
samnyed. M sleep with ;his>respected an-
castors ia England. 49, - - 9
Gc.ur,s,ord,uec ef tto Charleston Courier.
'0'S HSTLasrA. Gal Oct. ID, lS46. :.
h,essrs. Edilors-I have just completed
a tour through The Southern and Wes,ern'
I'D . mari Of the Northern section oil Geor-
.;a. / iud that The Cotton crop IS really
ent off,o.a very considerable extent. You
NAV no. calculate upon more than TWO
thirds crop, in all. =, c.
In The extreme North Of the State, Corn
will be sold, TWO months hence al aoou.
6fly cents per barret-and, presume, ina.
Racop may be purchased Tor rather ForK)
y, fromSl75 TO So 25 per hundred pounds;
Atlanta is rapidly imProvlng-severa
new sIores have been esl abllsheu, anu sew
eraI more under course Of erection
The Atlanta Hotel, is, perhaps, about
tho most industrious house that know III
,hs Union. You are employed here all
day long, whether you have any tn'ne 10
do or not. The proprietor, DR.. IhomPson'
is: indeed, perfect host Gun converse IN
,ellipibly wi,hfour or four hive persons az
,ba same time-wai,s upon the table
scts as bar keeper--serves as pom livery
md norter-and.is ever in attendance Oh
the arrival of cars and Stages, as well as
the departure Of the same.
The Western and Atlantic Road, Mr..
CT. Nj Garrett, Chief Agent aud EnsI
peer for State which is now ID successful
onera,ion as far up as Oolhcaloga-nhlch
has con,inuous and intersecling stage ilnes'
both from above aud: the in'erlor--thereby
conuectins, directly, Alabama on the nor':'
nnd Tennessee proper. Indeed, every
facility is now afforded to the trader aud
merchant, that may be sought.
Two printing offices have already oeeo
established at Atlanta, anu ISSUE weekly
two newspapers-neu'ral and whig'
New ORLEANS. Tuesday, Oct. Is.
To the Editors of hs Charleston Courier
The cases Of negroes secretlns them
selves on board vessels sound for Northern
ports, are getting to he OF frequent occur.