Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-04-14

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tthe penalty ofthe law on Friday last.
Ia,endass of Columbia DIR. Edward Sill,
was recen,ly elected Intendant of the Town Of
Columbia. 80 49,
JET.A A New York paper says, That the lilsh
Of fthaf City have within the year past remlsled
10 Ireland eight hundred and eight thousand
dollars. s'A -
4 ;;,Ths Great Southern MaiI-This mail vii!
.continue 10 be transported by the WILMINGTON
Rail road and Steamboats, 10 Charleston. From
S,tbence il will travel by the South Carolina,
Georgia, Macon, and Western Rail Roads to
Griffin, and from thence BY stages, aud the
ihIontgome,y Rail Road, to Montgomery, Ala.
bama. 5a sua%
Surrender of Vera Cru=.-We published last
week, an extra containing n:aceount OF the
( capture Of Vera Cruz. This city was attacked
bv about twelve thousand American troops, OF
s which, the South Carolina Regiment formed
, u
rendered. 1t. win be seen by the account III
TO davis pnper, that the loss on our side was tri-
aine, Wills. that of the Mexicans was severe.
/ The victory gained by General Scott is one OF
,l,e mos, brilliant achieved in the present war.
Il has been celebrated with appropriate honors'
in many towns and villages in Georgia and
= Son,h H.raI;no -erS.lss. -T..i5 .+r.
Rail Road Meeting at Columbia.-A large and
respectable meeting. Of the citizens of Colum-
bia was held on the 3oth OF March last. Reso
2 ilntions in favor Of connecting Columbia with
Greenyil!e, by Rail Road, were adopted. Del.
esa,es were appointed 10 attend Rail Road
Convection which will be held at Charlotte, NJ.
G. on ;i,e 9th Of April. 80
Grssnuiae and Columbia Rail Rod Company
The Commissioners at Greenvllle, announce an
10 the stoskholders, that the returns from Char
lesion. Newberry, Laurens i and North Carroll:
ma. show that Lie subscript tons 70 the sock in
sl,s Greenviile and Columbia road, ainouni;tol
something above three hundred aud ffty5lhou,'
sand dol o]lars This is rnurs ihaE Is requirsd by;
sssiss iisfasf
Ssl,oiiers are notified To- meet in person or by
prSxy, in C oiambia, IN The I1th Of May next
10 elect d Prcsd,nt aid Directors, and for
other business. .,.,.,;.fs{, 80, -.
Sovereignty Of Great Britain.-G Great Britain
according 10 statement which we have seen,
possesses the sovereignty Of fifty colonial go
svernments The yearly cost oI, The colonies 10
{ the mother country, amounts TO three million
one hundred and seventy.one thousand one
hundred and lorty:six ponnds, of which upwards
Of two million is for naval and military pur-
poses. 49,
Irish Mortality and Relief Committee We
awitlecentIy stated, that the number Of deaths
which have already oc: :urred in Ireland, from
famine and its,attendant lniseries, amounts to
fifty Thousand persons. The Irish Relief Com
nfit,ee Of Philadelphia, announce that they
. have already despatched burqne for London
S derry, and are loading three brigs, for Cork,
Limerick, and. Donegal They say, that with
I yiewto insure the greatest possible amount
ofrelicf, they have, after full consideration, de.
termined TO invest all resources coming into
their hands in breadstnfs, and have selected
/; the Central Committee Of the Society Of Friends
i at Du5lin, as the medium redistribution. They
Z earnestly reqnes. their fellow citizens through
! out Pennsylvania, and the adjoining States, to
send forward without delay, whatever they
may be disposed to give in money and provi-
1 SONS. Bread stuffs will be consigned as here.
& tnfore, to Allen Calhcart, Esqr., Lombard.stree,
wharf, and to Messrs. Sbarpless g. Brother,
Broad street.
St Russia and Cifeassia. Russia has waged
ncst merciless and! pro.racted war against Cir
j cassa in order to subjhgate her, but the brave
people of that country have defeated every AZ
my which has been sent against them. The
iy,o;%Sing f, is the orisiuo Of the war.-The Otto
z man Porte, surrendered Crcassia to Russia,
by treaty, and the Cjrcassians with great una
niimity, denied and resisted the right of fhe
Sultan to transfer them to any European power.
Relief to Ireland. The Treasurer Of the
Irish Relief Fund, of Charleston, (says the
Eusning Ne,us Of the 5th insl.} has acknow.
{ iedged the receipt since the 26th uit, Of con-
sribntions in money from the county and from
other States, amounting to 1866 66. making
the whole amount of;cash received to date
! S16,284 ,s5.-The Committee have shipped by
] the barque Pandora, Gus, sailed) AL bnss
!. Corn, s barrels Flour, and 2 hoxes Clothing,
and have pu, u,chased Cora and Flour to the ex-
js ,ent of the funds now on hand, and engaged
freishts for the sane,
NJ The Georgia Journal, formerly publish
i ed a, Milledgeville, rs transferred t, Macon,
and united with the Messenger. at the latter
tria rtLo Eanruia tnnrns nd