Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-05-06
"raE VAR IS ACTUALLY BEGUN u

THE WAR IS ACTUALLY BEGUH!'--5,@s-
The extremes 10 which Americans are dis.
posed TO drive every thing is sometimes alarm
ing, and sometimes anpremely amusing. Many
ofihe papers inthe upper part Of this State3are
speaking Of our affairs with Mexico, as If war
had really commenced between the two nations
Their columns are teening with the most fer.
vent and patriotic addresses 10 their fellow!cii.
zens. calling upon them, by all that is dear, 10
awake from their slhmbers ofsccnrity, and to
prepare themselves for battle. The blood Of
the Alamo. and the glories Of St Jacinto, and ).
the Halls oflhe Montezumas, and the, Atieri.
can Eagle, ind the footsteps of ferocious inva.
ders. are blazing in the largest capitals in half
the editorials that issue from that quarter.
And so deeply impsessed are many Of our
fellow citizens between this and he;mountains;
with tile belief that war is ineyitable, tha,
Majors and Colonels Of Regiments, at their
spring reviews, are completely overAowihg
with courage and patriotic eoquence: They
are wariling their "bfother officers and fellow.
soliers," we understand, in the impassoned
and energetic language Of perfect heroes, never
to suffer lhelr conlitry's soil to be polluted by
the foot prints of d dastardly foe, but to meet
him on the borders: s,:prepared like true mento
sacrifice their lives, for their wives, their daugh.
ters, their hearth stones, and their fresidesss
Some oi.tlfem taelearn, m thss sfnllnscs of iheir
ardof, and the tempest Of thsif zeal, almpse..s
imnsine ibemseIsesSto be Patrick Henfys Z
They proclaim, III the language Of iheii aillns.
,rioiis predecessor" that aWar is inevitable, -
and ,i.ey say; '.let it Gomez" They say, that
+" the very next gale that sweeps from the
South, will bling 10 bur ears, the clash Of re.
sounding arms" We are afraid, that Our gal:
lant pficers after having wrought up The e6hr.
age Of thplr men to "the sticking point" and
after having gained their consen,,rro bono pub.
leo. to leave their tender weeping spouses, like
the more valiant chiefs Of Mexico, will be under
The direful necessity OF. "wailins for he'orders
Of lleii government"
The truth is, our relations With MEXICO are
bad enough, but they are assuming more ia
VOL able aspect; and every day more and more
conyinces hs, thai there is no danger TO be ap'
pretended from that quarter, unless we become
involved in hostillties with England. We give
our readers the la,es, Mexican intelligence.
which they can read and examine for them
selves.
We have Just received the first number OF
the MARION News, Democratic journal.
published weekly. at Marion, Ala, by sAarEL
a. TowsEs. 1t is good looking paper, and
lis contents give evidence ofthc known ability
of its editor. Gentlemen here, who take an
interest in the affairs of Alabama, and who are
fond ofreadins good papers, would do well 10,
pa,ronize Mr.. Townes. The Neos is cheap Z;
enough at three dollars per annum, it PAID IN :
advance. three dollars and fifty cents, 1t pald
within six months and four dollars, ifnot paid
until the expiration Of the year.
If we are not mistaken, Mr.. Samuel A.
Townes is native of South Carolina, and
one of those trne hearted sons Of hers that so \
maufuy stood to ,heiralms in the days Of Null
liica,ion. We are glad to recognize him .as
the former editor of the Abbevlle Wing, q \
gallant little paper, that stood in The very hot.
test of our war for State Rights We ,are
nleased to hear from every soh, and every son
son of Carolina, into whatever region his dessi.
nv NAV have carried him, and that JOY is still
heightened by the reflection, while we are Feao'
ipe his sentiments. that we are reading 'sae sen.
t;neo,s Of b,otber faithful soldier who
rnnoh,inthe same forlorn hope with ourselves,
and who breasted the same shock OF the eae-
my's Ere We shall therefore, always read the
{" Marion News" with the greatest pleasure
4Airest oja counterfeler. "A notorious eoun'
tetfeiter. named James Hewa,t, or Nelson,
was arrested in New York, week or two
ago He had in his possession large num-
Der Of engraved plates for working on oaaa
notes. He had n we'll executed plate OF the
Mechanics Bank Of Cheraw, in this State
Religion in Chayleston.-The farmers Ga
zete, Of April 26, says: that friend informs
them, that ON Sunday the l9lh inst: oyesopef
hundred persons became members OF me ne Rfes1 Rs
byterian Church, Of which ,Re Rev: Ahes'as e1f.
Smith is Pastsr. and thar there also contsnasa
to be n large iuga!herIng ofnew members 10 q
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