Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-02-27

| Gov. QUITMAN-Ther reports 6rutedaoouk
to the effect that it was in proof that Gov.
Quitman had addressed.a "A large crowd OF the
Cubans ut a Club room in Lafayette, above
New Orleans-that he had purchased Cuba
bonds. &C., are absolutely and unconditional.
lv false. When applied to, to take command
of the expedition, he instantly declined on
account Of the station he held; and so care
full was he of violating the laws of neutrali-
ty. that he did not even inquire into the means
and plans of the expeditionaries. He felt n
warm interest and sympathy in the expedi-
tion. as did thousands of others, including
oursclf, and he gave letters Of introduction
addressed to the leaders of it, to several gen.
tlemcn who had served with him in Mexico,
who were determined to joint, and whom he
felt solicitous should receive such stations as
their merit entitled them to. This with the
private loan of some small sums of money,
is about the extent to which he was "impli-
Gated" We have these facts from q near
friend of the Governor, whose word has
never been doubted or called in question.
And for this 1--WE have authority for saying)
cabinet conclavcs have been held at WASH
ingon, and vcnal letter writers have been in-
structed to declare, (for mean purposes) that
the government had evidence "to convict
him ten times over" Upon such flimsy
pretext, this Indictment has been urged, for
getful of all courtesy due to the State Gov
ernmcnt, to the extent Of forcing the Cover
Tor to i esignation.-Vicksburg Sentinel.
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The EXPENSES OF GovERNMENT.-The
supply bills which are before Congress i'll.
clude an expenditure of nearly fOrty-sevcn
millions of dollars, rs follows: The Defici-
ency bill, amounting to about S2,5oo,oOo;
Civil and Diplomatic, SG,50O,0OO; Army and
Ordinance and Fortiications, Slo,500.000;
West Point Academy, 100000; Navy,
SlO,OOO,OOO; Indian Expenses, S2,000,0oO;
Post Office. S5,5OO,oOO: Mexican Indemnity,
S3,GO0,OOO; River and Harbor Appropria-
tions, S2,OOOO0O Light House, 100000;
Coast Survey, SlS0,00O; Pensions, 81 $780,
900; Total, S4O,SSO,0OO. Besides these there
will be IN odd million or two for the bounda-
ry commission, special Indian negotiations,
| and the usual annual indefinite and perma-
nent appropriations not estimated foa of S5,-
| 100000. These sums together will make the
total appropriations of the present session
amount to somewhat over fifty millions of
dollars. The aggregate is arrived at without
taking into the account such contingencies as
the passage of the French Spoliation bill, the
Amistad and the Richir claims. The vaunted
superior economy of 4 republican over mo-
narchical government is likely soon at this
rate, TO be all empty boast. The great annual
expenditure of the French and United States
Governments is the theme Of comment in the
British press, and = portion Of it seems rather
delighted to think that it is likely to cost al
most as much for the people to govern them
selves as it does to be governed bya monarch.
COOPERATION The New York Evening
Post specializing on rumored divisions in the
State, has the following paragraph. Our rea-
ders will note the definition this abolition
sheet gives to Cooperation:
"The Seccssionists, therefore. in South
Carolina, are likely to be divided into two
factions, the Solitarians and the Societarians
those who are for rushing out of the Union
alone, and those who are for l:olding back till
they can depart in company with the other
Suites of the South, or, in plain English, are
not for leaving the Union at all.''
JUDGE Parsons delivered charge recent
ly to grand jury in Philadelphia, in which
he stated that the blacks of that city supplied
nearly one-third of the criminals, while the
Ledger says that they are hardly more in
number than onc-eighth of the population
It says also, that these care-cankcred, fam
ished and destitute free blacks exhibit
picture of outcast wretchcdness, at which
humanity shudders."
THE PIcKESs Courier of the 18th instant,
says: On yesterday family of Swiss ar
rived at this place from Augusta. This fami-
ly, we understand, are to be followed by
number of their countrymen, who design
settling in this district for the purpose of
raising sheep. These people are said to be
industrious, to have money, and to be entire
ly unprejudiccd against our Southern insti-
tutiols."
Gatherings,