Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-03-03

Ito meet the demands caused by the extensive
lmportations Of grain, and all other sorts of pro-
visions. into the kingdom, hnd induced The CO.
Vernment TO raiso their rates Of interest. This
Gdusud business TO be dull.
Ireland.-Starva,ion and disease are still
scoursing this unhappy land, and innumera.
BILE cases Of death have occurred from want oil
food. There is no moneyt-no work.
Wilmer g. Smiths Times Of Feb. 9TH upon
the subJec, Of the distress, says" A determln
ed effort is being made by The wealthy classes
in England to assist the Irish by means of pri'
vale subscriptions, and by abstaining as much
as possible from any superauous consumption
offood.
"Bu, the distress is not confined to Scotland
and Ireland; there is much at present existing
in England. The high price of Provisions and
the reduced stock OF Cotton are amongst The
causes that have aggravated the condition OF
the operatives in many Of the large towns Of
Lancashire and Yorkshire. The Cotton Mills
under the influence of the present. quotations
of Cotton, are working languidly. MIR. Bright
is going 10 take up the question "fthe Cotton
crop, by moving for select committee to en-
quire into the best mode of promoting the
growth uf Cotton in Inda. Indeed, there is q
prevailing conviction that the days of cheap
Cotton are gone, and are not likely to return
for an indefinite time.'
France The Courier Francais says-On
Tho ox,,ase ,lap,nn1 of tho H,hinpf nf Wnclt.
inston, our government has just addressed
circular TO the French consnls and regents re-
siding in the ports Of Mexico. eujoinins them
10 inform French subjects who may feel incllu
ed to make use of the letters Of marqne dev-
cred by the Mexican Government, that they
have not the right to do so-that the French
Government refuses them any authorization,
and that If they venture to employ the letters
of marque they will expose themselves to the
loss of their quality as Frenchmen, aud be
treated as guilty Of piracy" Another newspa
per called lie Portefeue. which has the repu
tation of being we'll informed, also sta,es that
the Government has taken measures TO pre-
vent any engagements with The Mexican Go.
yernment being entered into in any of the ports
OF France ; and il adds that the Minister OF
Marine has directed the law Of the ! llh of
April 1925, to be brought specially under the
notice of any persons disposed 10 avail them.
selves of the letters of the Government of Mex.
leo. The law referred TO, runs thus-Any
Frenchman, or subject naturalized as French
man, who, without the Kings authorization,
shall take the commission of a foreign power
to command vessel, armed as a Drivateer,
shall be proceeded against, and judged as a
pirate.
mr.. Cditoun.-A correspondent Of the Exc.
ter Netcs Letter who was present in the Senate
while Mr.. Calhoun was delivering his speech
on the Three Million bill, thus speaks of this
dist inguished Senator
"Whe Mr.. Calhoun was speaking, NOT
volume or scrap of paper was seen about him.
He read no long extracts from books; he made
no reference to notes or manuscripts of any
kind. His notes and references were bis own
brain. His speech the offspring of his own
mind. He handled his subject in mastery
manner. Every word was precisely the word,
and had 4 purpose. Every sentence contain
ed a truth and comprehended as much as wea
Eer minds do in speech. Mr.. Calhoun talks
rapidly, and his mind moves with so much vi
gor, aud he goes so swiftly from the develope
ment Of one great proposition TO second, that
most minds are taxed to follow him. lie has
little action, and there is hardly any mOdca
ton in the tones of his voice. Yet there is about
him an ear of deep. cp.eaihestneSs, q complete de.
votinn, and intense, heartfelt enthusiasm Of his
whole soul, that he, on great subjects, displays,
to arrest the attention, aud bind, like spell,
all around them"