Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-03-29
LATER FROM MEXICO.

/ LATER FROM MEXICO.
The u brig Nary Jane, Capl, Illus.
sey, arrived on Friday from Tampico,
bringing intelligence 5ftomfhe city Of Mex.
leo 10 ihe. .2Ithult.
The Monitor oflhe % nt. states that
up 10 last accounts from Quer'arn, only
35SDePulies and 10 Senators had assem-.
bled. and, that for the space. Of ID days
three OF The former aud two Of The latter
had arrived &
Oh pdbe 20 February, the members of
The Ayuntamiento, or City Council of
Mexico, sent a Committee 10 the Ameri
can Governor. resigning their places.
TheyNor,e americana Of the l7rh Feb.
srates that. inelIigen had been received
l.by various leters from acatecas. decIrr.
| ing thai GaudaIajara, Jalisco San Bias
and other places had pronounced in favor
ofIhe dictaiorship of Santa Anna. and a
gainst making psace with the United S.
and alldbe:we sterndepartmenls are Of The
same opinion. and that il was expected
Santa Anna would join the army, directing
his course towards Tehuanepec. Accnr-
ding to;lbe same jnurnal, Gen. Alvarez
had pronounced in favor oil Santa Annals
dictatorship.-M 0. Della, l9h inst,
Death Of Col. s. Fl. Bullcr.-We learn
with lhe most sincere regret (says Talla-
hasse .Fioridian Of Saturday lasf) thai
Col. Sampson Fl. Butler died a, his resi-
,Ience iii Madison county, on Thursday
afternoon last, he 18th inst. Col Is, was
native of South Carolina, where he had
filled imporlant public slaliocs, having hccn
elected TO Congress, and served his State
with credil aud honor. He removed 10
Florida, several years since.
Is 1t Possible IA writer in The Nor!nlk
Argus, from the eastern shore Of VIrginia,
relates 1an incident that occurred 10 a
friend Of his from that part Of Virginia,
about. Two weekssaso, which strongly Illus.
trated the ultra and fanalical spirit OF the
times. The writer says: sin travelling
north, he had occasion to stop a nslI in
Trenton, N. J and was refused admission
into one ofthe first hotels of the city. be-
cause lie 10us Southern man = My
friend had lad under his charge, and is
a gentleman whose urbane manners and
prepossessins appearance should command
respect aud courtesy among any civilized
people.
LAND SLIDE.-Sevcral acres Of Mt
Adams, at Cincinnati, commenced slid
ing on Thursday night week, ore-
whelming Llignsrre@t,an checking upon
the, walls ofthe houses Of Mr.. Smith,
D. Edwards, and Mt. Trowbridge, max
ing aside otabuul two hundred feet
The families have left their houses, as
The ayalanch is gradually encroacaing
upon them.
Santa lnaa and tie Conaucta.--In
relerepce 10 the seizure by Santa Anna
ofat Gondnctaswillr S2.000.000, the pro.
pdrtyaoG British merchants, soon after
Nlexico,'a corr.s,
pondeni Of stlia New Orleans Evening
Msres.y, IN AIsEsA zlh saws; .Fhe;
matter %. Santa Alnasdid
get S2,Ga9,oO0, butbe took il Withthl
concurrence eand by thn sinciion Of the
British; Government. &ss* 80
rs Yet still the sequel Of this S2,oo0,00o
.highway ROBBERY will be given anoa."
Imprisonment for Fiass.-By law
of Nav, York, any person who SHALT
have been fined, and is imprisoned for
non-paynent Of such line, each days
imprisonment Of su Ii person shall liqu:-
date So Of fines so imposed"
The business of Montgomery and
West Poin, Railroad, viIhin year, has
increased its income 50 per cenl. More
than halt OF the whole income OH the
road is derived from passengers.
Shoes.-Thc Boston Traveller says,
"We lave often heard fathers Of large
families complain of the expense OF
keeping their families in shoes. Uncle
sam, no doubt, realizes this trouble
very fully. A few days since he was
alb ,ul Boston buying shoes Tor tin,
brancI, ofllis family which is in Mexi.
Gu, and we understand that he pIrcllas.
ed $4,000 plir OF kip brogans at about
90 cents pair.
Briiish1TVest InIies.-The reduced
rates of labor, adopted a few months
since through, SOME of the West India
Islands, appear TO have met with little or
no appreciation. The greatest discon-
tent prevails, and in many plantations
scenes Of outrage have been pcrpetrated.
Al Grenada, and a, Domarara, the la
brrcrs have not only struck work, bul