Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-11-18

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he people, and i numb q other equally
weigh,s causes for present action, are
givcns s.l
The Constitution or 1871 re-establish-
ed, and those who oppose this declaration
are deposed from their Official cmploymen's.
An Administrative Jun,a is, established,
which shall be occupiedin disesting sys-
lem of administration, to be observed until
ihe plan is seconded by all The people Of
the Stale. The Junta is composed OF
seven members who will perform their du-
ties gra,uitousIy. All the citizens are
bound to -respect'tfe acts Of their JuHs,
so far as they are not manifesIly repuS-
nant 10 the public will. 49,
.ig Campeachy is small State and really
This revolution is scarcely worthy Of notice
ia country SO distracted as Mexico by
foreign wars aud internal dissensions.
iNe,r York Elections. This Slate in The
recent election has given a Wing majority
IN III the Assembly and FOR members Of Con,
sress. In the Senate the Democrats have
majority. Ini,he City Of New York, all
,ofthc Democratic ticket, for the Assembly
is elected, Mike Walsh included. In the
election for Governor, John Young the
Wing candidate has beaten S. Wright, by
several thousand majority. Addison Gar
diner, Democrat, has been elected Lieut.
Governor. o;
Erchange ofGen. La Vega.-The Alexi
can Government has notified General LII
Vega that lie has been exchanged lnr Cap
tain Carpenter and The crew of the Trnx
Ion, Which was wrecked not long since
and the men and officers taken prisoners
and also for the prisoners wI.o were taker
at The battle Of Resaca de la Palma. Ar
:er this agreement is ratified by our Gov
ernmeIt, Capt. Carpenter aud The oIhe'
American prisoners will return home.
:. The Edgefeid Mechanics JIaskingtonian So
ciety met on Monday evening last, and the fol
lowing Resolution was discussed, ant! adopted
with one dissenting voice:
ResOlocd That this Society approve, will
pleasure. the stand whichtile Stale Temper
ance Society has taken, as expressed in the
Aiken Resolutions.
The Society was entertained by Rev. A!eS
ander Mccain, and II. a. Jones, Esq, IN yer!
able and eloquent addresses.
Ell MINIS, Secretary
Refined Amuscments.-In the city o
Boston, The moder1 Athens, there was
recently, brought out a novelty in the way
of amusements. II took place on the l7tt
ult,, in one the public halls. y SIlye'
Pitcher, estimated at S25, was to he
awarded the owner ofa dog that would
make the quickest time in killing Gty rats
Each dog was to be furnished with fifty.
Three entries were made, and Tho psize
was won a by Scotch tarrier, who killed
fifty rats in three minutes and % seconds.
Reintermeat Of Commadore Dscatur.-
We make the following extract in relation
TO the imposing ceremonies attending Tho
funeral of Commndore Stephen Decatur
al Philadelphia, from The Correspondence
of the Charleston Evening News.
PurLApElpHIA Oct. 90, 1916.
Muffled drums. The wall Of mournful,
slir like music, craped banners, and the
slow martial tread of soldiers, have 10 day
done honor to the mouldcring bones Of the
once noble, chivalric and dauntess Stephen
Decatur, The hero Of Tripoli, the conqueror
Of the Macedonian, the almost victor over
a combined English fleet off Sandy Hook.
| bave seldom seena moro impressive
ceremonial. and as The lines Of troops
marched past, with their artillery sweeping
roll of The mornfuI drum. the
clashns cry of The gong and The silrill COM
nlainiug of IIicrumpets, gave an indescr.
habIe air of solemnity 10 The scene. Poor
Decatur--had he lived he could now have
6ecn The hale veteran OF bu, 67 years--'he
Junior Of many now in the service, and his
undaunled tread might yeI have been seen
upon the quarter deck, before Ulloa or
There is:a romance in the
NAUTICAL icareer Of Decatur, which has all
been brought back freshly to remembrance
by The scenes of day. The burning Of
rhc Philadelphia frgato under the guns Of
Tripoi, the most daring act in The worlds
history-.he conqnes, Of tho Macedonian
tho cbaIIenpe to Admiral Hardy 0frNew