Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-08-11

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Correspondence of The Charleston Courier.
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Among the: rumors of the day Here
one that The Presid ;lately lylsotieH Arch!
Bishop sEldes,on5lo go on a psaus mission Il n
to Mexico, and lhatalhe reye1elds Prelate
declined it. OK ..,stss &
IT is not at all probable thai ire Pfesii:
dent will make another; formal stendsrso sol
peace to Mexico, though he may AXE
,I.meaa res.to conciIate the Meyicansciefgy.
De. > interests fell in thesresnlt of the
August elections. The wings have expect.
ed gain in Kentucky. Tennessee and
! Indiana. Some of The democratic candi:
dates in these States have agowed their
preference for Gen. Tay ylor: &..,
/ Mr.. Geddinss, of AshtabIla county,
Ohio, the we'll known. abolition member
of Congress, has published a letter in New
York, declaring that Gen. Tsylor is OPP
posed to The restriction of slavery and 10
the Wilmot proviso, aud that all Ishis sym.
pathies are with the slave holding States.
| He says, loo. that. the wings Of Ohio are
hostile to him. and tha, unless he pledge
himself TO support the Wilmot proyiso, he
connol obtain the vote of single nom
slaveholding State. He does moi lelI who
will obtain the support Of those tales,
| but certainly neither Mr.. M'Eeanlnor; Mr.
Wright can obtain all or a asHsjority Of
them. II sss3 .s.s
! 1t is rumored that there was much dis
cusson 10 the Cabinet, last week upon
The Brazil affair, and that, afieI eIsome sop.
position, it was sgreedto recede from: the
ground assumed by Mr.. WISE and 10 in
srucl Mr.. Tod 10 admit that The: case Of
Lieut.. Davis and the sailors was one tiSsub-
Ijecl 10 the municipal Brazil.
~. f; July 81 "
The Government did not receive, by
last nights mail. any importantdespatches
Nothing official has been received from
Gen. Scott since tile 4lhOf June last The
advices through the Vera Cruz and New
Orleans pepers, are considered as fayora-
BILE in every respect, though Mexico is
slower in making peace, and asn. Scott
finds more distractions in carrying On the
war. than the dminislration would desire.
There are few here who see, e,gin The re-
ported appointment of MexicanC Conmis.
sioners, any promise Of peace. Bgt.if Mex
leo will listen TO our terms Of peace, she
may be ultimately persuaded 10 adopt
them. z.'.,e- -. I:
The, favorable impression made by the
1Felegraphic dispatches Of yesterday morn:
ing, is no, fully confirmed BY the intelliS z
gence per mail. s. s.
The Union, in reference iossome 9pecu-
Ialions adverse 10 peace, says, no one
undertakes to stale, with any precision,
whether we shall have peace or1war.' y 9 s.
The intelligence from England by the
Wasaingto is considered as favorable by
our produce holders. 1;
Much anxiety is fell as to lhe fate ofthe
sloop of war James, lolo1i, She i5as il the
tliands Of a pilot when She VENT gu shore.
h E!Comn1odore Bolton left this cit week
! ago 10 take command Of the veasel. He
was. To- cruise ils her 10TH ci5asfof,
| Africa and the N Medilerranean. lEl. learn
! tti1as1s yyasg sifssreEsea 81, Pross
pectE OF her loss. is an 5xiJ 99l olnary
Oversight, on The part of sstbe geS srllment,
to be without steam vessel 5of tsnlflclent
power, at lie Norfolk slalioEt 70 afford
! speedy relief i1 such a case: g. as.sl' 4
I. The jwhigs Of Baltimore, asFR yell as The
Central Wing Committee of Mary land,
have nominated Gen. Fay y!or for the next
Presidency. ,-lsss'' ~, .s9 ~ e.
Instructions TO Mr.. Tod, our Minister to
Brazil, will, Isleafn, 60 outin the Brandy
uiine, which vessel will soon saiI.E Our Co
vernment, after The recall Of Chovalier
Lisboa, found that Brazil hadreally taken
deep offence and was likely 10 give US
much trouble. Itbecamo necessary for
the Government TO takea position on the
questions involved in the co urse of Mr..
Wise, and either sustain him or not. They
wisely determined to relinqushthe heunten-
able ground that our seamen, when on
shore, are not subject,o the laws of Brazil.
Western s, Atlantic Rail Road. The
Mountain Eagle, published at Dalton,
Murray county, in this State, ssys-We
have the pleasure of informing our nume-
rous readers, in the east, west, north and
south, that the Western and Atlantic Rail
Road is completed 10 this place. The
trains ran up here on Thursday las,, for
The first lime. An engine was a quar-
looking animal TO many Of The mountain
boys, who had assembled at the road to
witness its arrival. Wetbink il fair es-
innate to say, there was from two 10
three hundred persons al the place where
the cars stopped, besides a great many
more who had 10 eireagerness TO get the
FIRST glimpse. walked, run, and rode on
horseback down the road to meot them.
They arrived about halfpas six o'clock
p. m. with splendid band Of music on
buard, who struck up just as they APP
preached The station and continued to
play at intervals throughout the night, at
different places in lown thus rendering the
occasion quite interesting and lively.
Resuscitaiion Of The Dno,Oaed.---Dea