Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-07-12

uOeS noi cOnluiH dHS tilihp vi S'tal luipul
lance. We learn from i, that the ralili.
cation Of the treaty had just been officially
announced al Muramuros.
4 month will probably elapse hefare
General Woul's Division will have finally
evacuated the country.
The Flag says that The crops unon The
Rio Grande are this year very fiue. and
that the yield will be more abundant than
ever before known.
We extract the following from The same
paper:
4 new route has been surveyed from
Corpus Christi to The town of Laredo. on
the Rio Grande. by Gen. Cazneau, Of The
former place. The distance is precisely
l35 miles, Curpns Christi being Is miles
north of Laredo. Gen. c. transported
with him $4,000 worth of goods. No
doubt is entertained butit will become The
grea, rorougIfare for Western Texas to
the lower Rio Grande.
The Flag vans The BraZns made port
Of entry. aud appeals 10 the Texas deega-
ton in Congress 10 give their attention 10
the subject Crescent.
Troubles in CuGa.--Several Of the
Washington letter.wri'ers represent That
the Government u, Washington has just
received from the United States Consul
Havana, communication stating that
an insurrccnon of formidable charac-
let was anticipated d in few days in the
island of Cuba, from the rising of the
liberal revolutionary party, and res
presenting the unprotected State OF A.
merican property there. In consequence
Of this intelligence, an ord"I, II stated,
has been despatched to our Gulf squa-
dorm, directing portion of it to be sent
10 the island Of Cuba to protect and
look af er our ntar SITS there. From
the published accounts Of afr'irs in that
island, there was every reason 10 an
licipate sucl, movement as the Consul
feared was about 20 take place.
Erca tit Taaiaa Comntry-Trca
wih the Pawnecs.-A despatch FROM
s.. Lrnis. Juue 2lsl, saws:
i" The steamboat Mississippi, Capt.
Van B!oei, has arrived from Forl
Childs, which is two miles above Fort
kearny, on the Upper Missouri. The
Oregon battalion was there on the lst
inst. Colonel Powell! has made u
treaty with the Pawnees, who lIav"
ceded 10 the Uni'ed States Grand Island
for the establishment Of a fort. The
Pawncns were in "A very distressed CON-
dition, from the want of provisions.
They were afraid 20 hunt, being at war
with all the surrounding tribes. Col.
Powell had provided for their pro'ec>
lion"
Tnp MERCURY is Riour.-.The letter
in which Mr.. Van Buren, expresses his
:" unchGngcable determination never A.
gain TO be candidate for public Office, Z
was written before The sitting Of lhessgons
vention; and ii now appears by theItefes
graphic intelligence Of the Baltimore Sun,
received here 10 day, that this infcXible
determination has undergone change,
and that MIR. Van Bnren has formally &C
cepcd the nomination Of The Barnhurncr's
Convention, as their candidate for the
Presidency. So much for the immutabil
itv ofhuman purposes and The consistency
Of public nen.-Chas Nc,cs.
The corner stone of a Monument to the
memory Of two Of the Signers Of the Dee
aration of Independence. Lyman Hall
aud General Walton, was laid 10 Augusta,
Ca. on The 4lh instant. in the proceeding
of which The Masons, Odd Fellows, and
Sons of Temperance participated. W.
It. Gould delivered the address on the oc.
casion, which is said to have been mark
ed by taste and cloquence.-Eve. News.
We are pleased to lean that our former
townsman. Col. j. j. Seil,els, la'e IN com.
maud of the Ala. Regiment in Mexico
has arrived at this place on visit To his
'her's family. We welcome him back TO a
community. in which he numbers many
(riends.-C0tnmbia Telegraph,
MEN W M N'Ts'Nh i'N w l 't'h'
,vs,nSpmmon wealth states The Ex-Go'
I men, ,s i'caIf had accepted his appoint
5 o,e,n % 80, ~ ~, cSanator, aud will immedi
t " ''' Rashington.
f A GurTA PsRcuA RIDp..~, W. .,,,
yesterday ii band of eu'a percno .,,,',, law
, iactured at Mr.. Armstrong; manufacSii1""',
in Brooklyn for The Lawrence Compnn
"f Lowell. which weighed ESQ pourd;
, was PA feet long and 2 feet wide. Th
f valuable material is rapidly displacin.
leather aud india rubber. for all such use
as machinery bands, and, in a short tim,
ii will take he place OF lead and iron rn
waller and euss pipes. and paper for hanl
bills. Such are ils marvellous properties
-Ne'o York paper.
We have seen at the Telegraph office il
ibis chy new application nf he Gu,t:
Percha. The wires used to conducr the
electric fluid to and from the b ,teries arc
covered with it, aud il is found to answer
a very useful purpose. ChaS. Ne,os.
The Telegraph. is improving. BE,
| tween Macon Savannah huuuetn tc