Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-08-05

"belongiog tolhe camp" playing nea
by in the grass, temporarily arrested il
its wandenogs by some insect Of unusua
size lhatswas delyins in tho dust.
We presented ourself atfihe opening o.
one lhs tents. before which was standing
a dragDon's shorse, much used by hard
service. agpon camp STOOL at our left
sat General -,in busy conversation with
hearty lc6king old gentleman. sitting oi
box, cushioned with an Arkansas bIan-
ket, dressedsin Altakapas paulaloons and
linen roundabout, aud remarkable for a
bright flashing eye, a high forehead. a
farmer look and CROUCH and ready" ap-
pearance. itis hardly necessary for US 10
say hat,hispersonage was General Taylor,
the commanding hero of two Of the most
remarkablebattles on record, aud the man
who. by hiss6rmness and decision Of fchar-
accr, has shed luslre upon the American
arms.
There was no pomp ABOUT his tent 7; a
couple Of rough blue chests served for his
table, on which were slrewn in mastery
confusion a variety Of official. looking do
cuments a5quiet-lookiDg citizen dressed
parsonage made his appearance upon
hearing ths significant call of "BeD,"
bearing onSa TIN salver. couple Of black
bottles and Ssliinins tumblers, arranged
around an eartllen pitcher of Rio Grando
water. These refresments were deposited
upon STOOL sand "we helped ourselves" :"
by invitalion.-We bore to lhe General
complimentary gift from some OF his fellow
cilizens Of NJ Orleans, which be declined
receiving Iorthe present, giving al the same
time shortbut "bard sence" lecture on
the impropriety of naming children and
places after inen beforelhey were dead,
or ofbis receiving presentfo for bis services
''before The campaign, so far as he was
concerned, was finished"
With the. highestIpossible admiration of
the republican simplicity of The manners
aud characlsrof General Taylor, we bade
him good day with higher appreciation
of our nalivssland, for possessing such a
man as cillen, and of its institutions for
moulding such character.
Caltomia-Thal California will even.
tually constitute aninlegral portion of the
Uuited S'aiss,there is every reasonlo be
lieve, from tie demonstrations which have
been lately made. Mexico is largely iu-
debled tohs2couD,ry land as The slate Of
her inances#ill- no, admit Of her paying
the indcmnaies due us. direct from her
Z pssiioaof issss @
lerriIoryIwiIl be proHered US in payment
Of those in,lemnilies. The eyes of many
Of The people Of this land, have been for "A
long period steadily directed towards this
poiut.-They have deemed the acquisition
of California, as essential to us, and the
policy of purchasing it, has been advocated
by many of our leading slatesmen.--Of
course we are presumiug the war with
Mexico to be ended, and the terms of peace
agreed upon. As regards the conquest of
Mexico III literal sense, il is we trust, m
necessary 10 multiply words, as TO the pal.
pabIe improperly Of such a step. The
Constitution recognizes on such princi pie
as is involved in The matter of conquest.
To conquer any foreign country by force
of American arms, would be an act in di-
rect violation Of the National honor, and
contrary 10 The spirit of the genius of our
institutions, or as has been more forcibly
expressed by N Y. Journal, "lreason 10
the great cause of freedom"
We take il then that this is settled
point, that no part or portion Of Mexico,
can come into the possession OF this Re-
public. save by purchase or concession.
In anticipating in accordance with these
views, the purchase Of California by The
United States Government, or its concess.
ion by Mexico. it will lot be out of place
TO inquire into The advantages 10 be reaped
by us in either event.
In an able article which appeared some
lime since in The New Orleans Times, we
found many items, or perhaps we should
saw, notes of information relative TO Cali
fornia. AS the notes referred to, were
obtained from high authority, we shall
embody few Of them in this article:
"In speaking ofC ,Iifornia,a geographical
distinction must not be lost sight Of. The
vast extent of country bordering on the
Pacific, TO which the name has been
assigned, is divided by well drawn dem.
arcaiions into two parts-Upper California
and Lower California. Ofiower Califor.
MIA little need be said 1t comprises a
long aud narrow peninsula, stretching
between The Gulf and he Pacific, from the
2Ist 10 the 33d degree of latitude, with an
average breadth Of abou, sixty miles.
Travellers universally concur in repre-
senting It as sterile and hopelessly desolate.
"It consists" says nigh authority, "of a
chair of volcanoes, treeless, barren noun
lains aud rock, broken by only still more
dteary plains of sand, destitute Of streams.
swept by fierce tolnadoes, of necessity
abandoned, almost entirely 10 serili.y and