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THE REVOLUTION IN.FRANCE. o
further particulars.
Special Despatch to the New York Herald. r
Liverpool, Feb. 29ih.
All Europe during the last few days has t
been in fomentation. Paris?France, poutre
France?is again the theatre of insurrection y
and rebelion. Affairs in France are looked a
upon by many as likely to affect, more or less t
most of the European countries, Switzerland,
Italy, England. The success of the citizens of e
Paris will, it is thought, have the cffcct of a
screwing up the courage of the patriots of Italy f
to the sticking place. How will it act on the c
Sicilian pulse? Will monarchy be declared at
an end there, too? Lola Montos?that won- 1
drous woman?has affected the good-people of [
Bavaria with her own liberal opinions; and, as
turbulent movements, by the success of seditious s
achievements, are contageous, the mere symp- \
toras may increase to an intermittent, and final- i
Ij end in ^determined fever; and it's doubtful
Co me if Ireland is without its patriots. How- t
aver, to be'serious, 'Louis Phillippe is fallen!'
The throne of France, after lieing paraded in
? derisive ostentation by the people through the
streets of Paris, was burnt! and the tumor of
- the three glorious days,' has abdicated?has I
t turned hitjMick upon France, and is now in !
England.- But, it is said be goes to America, i
by the Cambria, to-morrow. Be it so. Only <
take care?of him when you get him. I
The National Guards, (the grand link be- <
tween the soldiers and the people) who have ]
erer been neglected by the king, have joinpd, ?
decidedly joined the people; and the regular i
oldiers of the line, of which there are said to
be not lew than 100,000 in Paris, are impotent. <
On Wednesday evening, the 23d iots., an I
immense concourse of the populace, principal- <
ly of the working classes, it is said, appeared at t
the Boulevards, the leaders bearing blazing i
torches; and with one voice this concourse I
rang? i
Mourie pour la patrie, i
Ceet le sort, le plus beau, le plus digne d'envie!"
A collision with the troops was looked for by
the beholders: but the leaders Bled off shouting,
"vive la ligneand "down with Guizot!" j
The piftarsidong the Boulevards were thrown t
down to form barricades, and the stone and iron I
benches were made similar use of. This was I <
done to prevent the movement of cavalry and <
artillery in the event of an attack. On the ho. (
tel of Foreign Affairs was placarded 'grand ap- I
Krtrement a Iouer,' and elsewhere, 'Maison du (
uple.' At about 11 o'clock in the morning. ?
an authentic proclamation was exhibited as fob <
Jows: 11
Citizens of Paris, you are ordered to discontinue
firing. M. Thiers and O. Parrot are j
charged with the formation of a new cabinet. 1
A dissolution of Parliament will take place, and t
an appeal'made to the country. General La- f
moriciere is appointed commander of the National
Guards. Signed, Theirs, t
O. Bar rot, D'Hauraxxe, i
DtmntGiER, Lamoricikke. c
But this proclamation did not satisfy the peo- $
pie, for immediately afterwards followed the j
grand-display of popular feeling.
At 12 o'clock, an hour after, the Palais, Roy.
ml was attacked; and, in hour or an hour and a
half after, in their possession. Five hundred (
lives had been lost in the bloody contest, and
v Lamoriciere is said to have been seriously if
aot fatally wounded in his efforts to suppress
disorder. The Palais Royal was sacked.
Shortly after this the palace of the Tuilleries
Was stormed. The King abdicated in favor of i
Count de Paris, and at 1 o'clock leit the palace,
escorted by a party of cavalry. I
* The Duchess of Orleans, dressed in deep
mourning, went towards Neuilly, to place herself
and her son under the protection of the $
deputies. Ij
OdHlon Barrot proposed that a regency
should be formed under the Duchess until the
Count of Paris should become of age. This, J
however, xcas rejected, and a Republic insisted a
on. Garnier Pages was made Mayor of Paris, o
The Tuilleries, which had been in the pos. h
session of the popu'ace, was surrendered to the (
National Guard. Part of the furniture had o
been thrown out of the windows and burnt, and 1 v
it was at this time that a procession of armed n
persons, in blouses, was to be seen carrying the ri
throne from the throne-room of the Tuilleries a
and singing the Marseillaise. The cellars of the d
Tuilleries were rifled of the wine. c
- <*.t_ i;? l~ J 1 n,?A
109 troops Ol tue line nan auiaig?inau;u
themselves with the National Guard, and they
with die people. A hospital for the wounded, i
was formed of the Hotel des Affairs Est ran- I
gertty and the people dipping their fingers in o
blood, wrote on the walls, 44A mort Guixul." j t
The movement in Paris had been seconded
at Amiens. The rail way stations are in pos- p
session of the people, and the rails have been I
taken up to a considerable distance from Paris, ti
to prevent troops arriving from the country.
Not a soldier was to be seen.
It was currently reported in Liverpool, this e
: afternoon, that Lord John Russel had resigned.
But this seems more than doubtful. This Pa- t
risian affair has already materially affected the
funds. Yesterday, consols declined one per J
cent upon the last prices of Thursday?the clo- I
sing rates being 87 3-4 to 87 7-8 for money ri
and 88 to 88 1-8 for account. At half past four a
yesterday afternoon, consols went down to 8->.
Vk* lafoat rates nnmmunicated were 84 1-8 n
Foreign slock* were?Brazillian, 83 12; Mex- u
lean, 18 3-8 to 16; Spanish fives, 20 12 to 21; c
Portuguese, 25 to 20. These were the prices ti
before the result* of the French revolution 1
were known. I
The annexed important telegraphic despatch t!
appeared in the London Chronicle of the 25th I
February:
Louis Philippe has abdicated, and Count dc s
Paris is King. Due de Nemours has been re- h
jected. o
Tbe'royal family have left Paris. A provisional
government has been formed, and is sit- F
ting at the Hotel de Ville. The members are | li
said to be as follows: Arage Dupont de Loerri, ii
Lamertine, Ledru Louis Blanc .Marust, editor
ofthe National, and Gamier Pages. The de- li
position of Louis Phillippe has been pronounc- p
ed*
It was proposed by Odillion Barrotthat a re- a
gency should be formed under the Duchess of' i(
r1 Aiinl rln Paria cKnillf) nitn in ! A
V/nU<KII9f U1IUI lllu WUIIk UV A Ul 14 B?vU.U wv.w... w
bit majority; but this had been rejected, and a n
republic insisted upon.
AH Paris it in the hands of the National a
Guard.
The Tnilleries hat been sacked, and the furniture
destroyd. |>
The king, and queen, and princes have been
allowed to depart without molestation. The
troopa were all withdrawn at noon to day. Some I*
lives have been lost, but not a great number, \s
Count Hole was first named, and rejected by
the people. Thiers and Barrot were next na- c
med, and were also rejected. (!
The Chamber met to-day, but the populace H
overpowered the majority. U
Gamier Pages is mayor of Paris. A strong
government will be organized. A Republic,
m the model of the United States, is proposed
The throne of Louis Phillippe had been cai
ied in procession through the streets.
The particulars of the revolution are given i
trief in the following:
Owing to the non-arrival of Paris mails <
esterday, a variety of reports, more or less ex
ggerated, were circulated, throughout the me
ropolis this morning.
The following telegraphic message, forwarc
d by our correspondent at Boulogne, contair
ill that was positively known respecting the dt
ilorable scenes supposed to have been enactci
>r to be now enacting at Paris:
A special steamer is waiting off the harbor <
Soulogne, for the purpose of coveying any de:
>atch which may arrive from Paris.
The people are in possession of the railwa
itations and the barriers of the city, and hat
troken up the lines with the view of cutting c
ill cominonication with Paris.
The disturbances have been frightful, ar
nany lives have been sacrificed.
FOREIGN NEWS BY THE ACADIA.
Mercury Office, Charleston, Mar. 21.
By the arrival of the Southerner, at an .ca
y hour thismorning, we were placed in po
session of our files of New.York papers up
Saturday afternoon, and, through the liber
:ourtesy of the New-York Commercial, Live
>ool and London papers of the latest dates r
:eived by the Cambria. We are thus put i
possession of the details of the important intell
;ence from Europe not only in advance of tl
nail, but of the Telegraph.
The papers are principally devoted to tl
jvents preceding and accompanying the rev
ution in France, which we are compelled
lefer until the issue of our regular edition. J
he latest advices, Paris was in complete po
session of the people, the King, Louis Phillip}
tiaving retired to Eu, and a provisional goveri
nsnt had been installed. The following wt
its latest bulletin:
Friday, Feb. 2o.
in tiie name of tiie sovereign teoplk.
Citizens; The provisional government hi
ust been installed; it is composed by the will
he people, of the citizens Frederick A rag
Louis Blance, Marie, Lamartine, Flocon, L>
Jru Rollin, Recur, Marast, Albert?to wale
>ver the measures which will be taken by Go'
eminent. The will of the people has chose
or delegates in the department of the police, tl
ritizens of Conssidiere and Sobrier; The sarr
overeign will of the people has designated th
ilizeus Et. Arago to the Direction General <
he Post-office.
As first execution of the orders given by th
provisional Government, it is advised that tli
jakers or furnishers of provisions of Pari", kee
heir shops open to all who may have occasio
or them.
It is expressly recommended to the people n<
o quit their arms their position, or their revolt
onary attitude. They have often bepn d(
:eived by treason; it is important that the
hould not give oportunitics to attacks as crinr
nal as they are terrible.
The following order has just been issued:
In the name of the French people,
It is interdicted to the members of the Ei
chamber of Peers to meet.
Paris, 24th February.
Dupoxt (del 'Eure) Ad Cremiecx.
Lamartine. Marie.
Ledru Rolin; Arago.
The people crowd the streets, and are prcpa
ng to go and attack the Castle of Vinrennes.
Princo Louis Napoleon Bonaparte set out f<
>aris from London on Saturday morning.
[Ex -Chamber of Peers is rather significant.]
Paris this morning is pefeclly quiet, but th
hops are closed, and the streets baricaded r
tefore.
The Revolution in France ?In the N.l
ournal of Commerce of Monday, we find som
.dditional intelligence, with regard to the R<v
lution, and apparently up to a later period tha
las before been published. The Provisions
Jovernment appears to have entered prompt!
m their duties, and exercised their authorit
vithout interruption, confirming the opinio
iow generally entertained, that there will be n
nore violence, hut that a form of governmer
ccording with the wishes of the people will b
leliberately established, and assume power wit!
>ut any organized opposition:
Dovf.r, fer. 26, 7-15 A. M.
All communications by railway and diligenc
s suspended. The station of the Norther
Railway has been burnt. It is impossible to ge
Kit of Paris by that line. All was tranquil i
he quartpr of the Tuilerieg.
The Moniteur contains a series of officis
apers. The first is the proclamation of th
'rovisional Government, as given by the Na
ional, which follows:
To the French People.
A retrograde government has been overturn
d by the heroi-s-o ofthe people of Paris.
This govern ! it has fled, leaving behind i
races of blood, which will ever forbid its return
The blood ofthe people has flowed, as ii
uiy, but happily, it has not beer, shed in vain
t has secured a national and popular goverr
nenl in accordance with the rights, the progres
nd the will of this ffreat and frenerous oeoolt
n o r ?
A provisional government, at the call of til
ieople, some defiuties in tho sitting of the 24l
if Feb., is for the moment invested with th
are oforganizing and securing the national vie
ory. It is composed of M. M. J)upont d?
'Fure, Lamartine, Cremieux, Arago, Ledr
tolin and Gamier Pages. The secretaries t
his government are M. M. Armand, Marras
jouis Blance, and Ferdinand Flocon.
These citizens have not hesitated for an it;
tant to accept the patriotic mission which ha
icen imposed upon thorn by the urgency ofth
ccasion.
Frenchmen, give to the world the exampl
'aris has given to France, prepare yourselves
y order and confidence in yourselves; for th
ustitutions which are about to be given to yon
The provisional government desires a repulj
ic, pending the ratification of the French pec
le who are to be immediately consulted.
Neither the people of Paris nor the provisior
I government; desire to substitute their opin
jn for the opinions of the citizens at large, up
n the definite forms of government, which th
ational sovereignity shall proclaim.
"I/unite do la nation," formed henceforth c
II classes of the people which compose it.
1 he government ol the nation by itself.
Liberty, equality and fraternity Ibr its princi
les.
The people to devise and to maintain order
Such is tho Democratic government whic
'ranco owes to herself, and which our cfiort
rill a';*tiro to her.
Such are the first acts ot tho provisional gov
rnnicnt.
3ign >') t)upont (do, 'Euro,) Larnartine, Ledri
:ollin, iiedeau, Michael Uoudecaux, Arago
lethmont.
Marie, C'arnot, Cavagnac, Gamier Pages.
The municipal guard is disbanded.
I. Tho protection of the of Paris is confided to
the National Guard, under the orders of M.
Courtais.
n The second is a proclamation of the Provisional
Government to the National Guard, thankif
ing them for their good conduct.
The third gives the names of Ministers, same
s* as National.
The fourth places the Prefecture of Police
1- under charge of Paris, and confides the safety of
is the town to the national Guard,
t. 5. Dissolves the Chambers, nnd interdicts the
J, pears from meeting, announcing that a National
Assembly will be convoked as 60on as the
of Provisional Government shall have regulated
s- measures of order and police necessary for votes
of all the citizens.
iy Pakis, Feb. 24.
'c At five o'clock the Provisional Government
iff assembled in the Hotel de Ville, surrounded by
a people in arms, and full of generous cntluisiid
asm.
To the people burning with the impatience
to know the first acts of the Provisional Government,
M. Louis Illanc announced the rc?
public, which was received with energetic apr
plause.
s- M. de Lamartine had already, in the Great
to hall, passionately moved tho people, and was
al followed by Ledru Rollin, of whose speeches no
r- reports are given, but thev are said to have exe
cited great enthusiasm. The ministers having
in been named, and public scfety secured by the
li- appointments of M. Couriaus to the command
le of the National Guards, with M. Guinard for
chief of the ctat major, Generals Redeau and
le Lamoricire came forward and offered their sero
vices, which wore accepted. The first was
to named Commander of first Military Division,
Vt and ofTercd Ministry of War. The second pros'
posed to march to the frontier.
>e The National assures the people, that they
a- may resume their affairs with perfect safety, oris
der being completely restored.
FROM MEXICO.
Fr<?n the N. O. Picayune, March 20, 18-19.
is Our readers may recollect that Gen. J,ane
of left the city of Mexico on the 17th Fehrurary
0, on some secret expedition, with the same coms.
maud which accompanied him against Tehua:h
can and Orizaba, fie returned to Mexico on
p. the 1st inst., after having encountered and disn
persedthe command of Father Jarauta. The
ie American Star gives the particulars of the afie
fair:
ie Gen. Lane's Expedition.?Gen. Lane's comof
mand returned to the city yesterday, having
made a successful expedition against the gueric
rilleros. In this excursion ho has shown hime
sejf worthy of the name we gave him?Marion.
p The second day out the command passed by
n the trail they intended to take several miles, and
stopped at a hacienda as if with the view of
)t passing the night there; but no sooner had dark
1. set in than they saddled up, mounted their hor>.
ses and retraced their steps on the main road
y to the trail, in which, single file, they made as
j. much haste as the nature of the country would
permit., About day light they reached the
mountain of San Antonio Escapulalco. The
track over and around this mountain seemed
too difficult to traverse on foot, but the leader
was followed, and it was accomplished?a ha
cicnda reached, and the fatigues of the journey
rested ofTby a good night's sleep.
Feeling perfectly secure that his movements
were unknown, the General did not start until
r. late next morning, and after a journey of three
leagues again halted at the hacienda of San
)r Crisloval, represented as being the most beautiful
scene in the country. The next place
| reached was El Plapa, the authorities ot wmcn
e came out,and with a large white flag in hand,
ls tendered the command, the hospitalities of the
place. A few moments passed, and again in
the saddle and off fur San Nicholas, where ev.
r. cry thing needed was speedily provided. At 7
e o'clock that night they again started, and after
r, travelling fourteen consecutive hours reached
n Tulancingo. Our readers were apprized by a
t| letter from the command, published in the Ay
merica.n Star, that Paredcs had escaped from
y his house in that town, by a back way. a few
n moments before it was surrounded. The wife
o of Gen. Paredeslwas very hospital to the Gen,t
cral and his staff.
e It was early in the morning for the hacienda,
of Guadalupe, which they reached in the afternoon,
and from whence they sallied forth at 12
o'clock, M., for Sequaltaplan, and reached it at
e sun rise. Jlofore arriving, however, they were
n informed that 3000 Lancers were there. Hy
it turn, the Texans were in the advance, preceded
n by Lane and Ilays, ami when they got opposite
the first house in the edge of the town, volleys
l1 of escopeta balls came whistling from it. The
e doors were soon opened, and the assailants killL.
ed. The next house or curatel, it was the
same thing, and iWaj. Polk coming up, the town
was regularly assailed; the enemy firing from
i. every house. In some instances we are told,
it came to a hand-to-hand fight. In a short
it time the enemy were driven from their positions
i. an I some of them collecting in a body outside
(i the town, were pursued respectively bv Lane
i, and Ilays, and terribly cut up.
Thfi lnss in killefl nn tlia rIiIb of the enemv.
iS is act flown at 100 at the least. We lost one
man killed, and four wounded. Fifty prisoners
e were brought into the city yesterday, amongst
h whom were Capt. Montano, and two lieulcne
ants. Col. Montano, the father of the captain,
was killed, as was also padre Martinez, the
?. father of the captain, was killed, as was also j
u padre Martinex, the second and bosom friend of
0 Jaurauta. Jarauta, himself, it is believed, was
t, wounded, but ho escaped with fivo or six men.
A guerrilero was pursued l?y one of our men
i. and took shelter in a forage room, where he
Lg was shot. The wadding from the pistol ignited
e 'he straw, and soon it was in a blaze. The
house was consumed, as was several others,
e Quiet was soon restored in the town, after
1 the fighting was over.
e All the inen in the command arc highly spoi.
ken of?the Texans, Riflemen, and Dragoons,
i. have proved themselves worthy to follow such a
i. leader.
The best feeling prevailed with all the citii.
zens in the. towns and haciendas?quartcrmasi.
ters and commissaries were along, who pur.
chased all thai was needed, from the time they
o left until their return to this city.
A few more expeditions like this and the
,f guerrillas ol the country will be scarce.
It is said that General Pillow has been re*
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sioreci 10 nis cornmanu as wen as ucn. uortn.
i. We arc exceedingly reluctant to believe this.
GREAT CURIOSITY IN* GEORGIA,
h There lies in Delvalb county, Georgin. four,
s tccn miles below the town of Atlanta, a stone
mountain, which is a great natural curiosity,
and yet very little known. A letter to the
Charleston Courier, dated at Dalton, Georgia,
li July :t3th, gives the following description of it:
', "At the depot we took the hack, which carried
us to the base of the mountain, where two
hotels have been put up, one on the right and
the othor on the left?the former kept by Mr.
a
' -it
| Cloud, the latter by Mr. Johnson?where we
stopped, took breakfast, and proceeded up the
mountain, and every step increased our admiration
and astonishment; about midway of the
mountain is a house, octagon in firm, erected
for a resting place, and where visiters can be
accommodated with refreshments, ice creams,
6ic. From this point we were conducted along
the track, made around the mountain by blasting
the solid granite, for a distance of 300 or
400 yards, a hazardous undertaking; here the
mountain is almost perpendicular, and this track
is 1000 fuet from the base, and nearly as many
from the summit. Bannisters are placed on the
' C' 11 '1 ~ 1 * ? noeenne fa 11J n rr
leu an me way rounu, uqncmii |?t. ^
over, and enabling them to take a full view of
the precipice below.
The undertaker of this project informed us he
intends to prosecute the work, ami cu:ting out
a room about the centre. To stand upon this
track, which is about three feet wide, you have
a full view of the immense mass above and a
fearful precipice below?grandeur and sublimity
are seen at once enough to strike the mind
with wonder and astonishment.
This mountain is several miles in circumference.
Upon its summit stands a beautiful tower
170 feel high' which cost adout $3000?visitors
pay 50 cents to go up. The timber for this
I tower were drawn up the mountain by oxen,
1 although many places seems to present barriers
! not to be overcome. Upon this summit is a
| constant and strong breeze-air cooling, healing
j and strengthening. On the north or northeast'
: we were shown where lightning had made
dreadful havoc among the inanimate mass, rending
it assunder. throwing immense pieces down
the precipice. Really, it is a great curiosity?
never have I seen one. equal to it. There arc
| a lew trees and shrub-berry on the rock in ma;
ny places. Why is this great curiosity not
; crowded daily with visitors? Fourteen hundred
have been here this summer, and as many
thousand would have been, it known they could
be accommodated at the hotels?as good as you
can find any where. The climate is fine and
all things in orJcr.
THE YVILMOT PROVISO AND THE
WHIGS
It is a part of the tactics of the Whigs, and
those who arc "aiding and abetting" that cause
under false colors, whilst they are continually
harping upon the course of a portion of the
Democratic party at the North who are in fav?r
nf i ho Wilmnt Proviso, to keen nerfectlv
tlfirk as to the position of Northern Whigs upon
the same subject.. The recent vole in the House
of Representatives upon the resolution offered
by Mr. Putr.am,(a Northern Whig,) which embodies.
in full force the most odious features of
the Wibnot Proviso, has furnished to our hand
evidence ofa fact, of which wo have long been
satisfied, that while we have many enemies
among the Democrats of the North, we have no
friends among the Whigs in that quarter.
On a motion to lay this resolution upon the
ta.ble, twenty-six Northern Den ocrats voted in
the affirmative, but not a single Whig voted
with them.
There seems to ba no inconsistency between
Abolitionism and Whiggery, nor do we ever
hear ofa Whig being "read out" of his party on
account of his support of the Wiluiol Proviso.
They all harmonize upon this subject, and even
their Southern allies dare not throw off thcir
allegiancc to the party, although they know that
the great mass of that party arc unsound upon
this question. Although we place little reli
a nee upon party professions in genera', and
still less, upon this very question of slavery?although
we seek no alliance, and throw ourselves
into the arms of no party for protection, yet we
cannot but be struck with the marked difference
iti the tone which pervades the public men and
newspapers of the North upon this subject.
While a few Democratic papers North of Mason's
and Dixon's line, still continue to advocate
the odious doctrine of the Wilmot Proviso, there
it. not a single Whig Journal from the same
quarter, that we have yet seen, that has dared to
oppose their measure-and many of them are the
I open-mouthed advocates o' the most odious and
, disgusting Abolition principles.
In New York, the Barnburners, as they are
called, under the lead of John Van Buren, have
been obliged to seperate from the Democratic
parly, on account of their advocacy of the Wilmot
Proviso. We. should like to see where any
portion of the Whig party have been excomrmini.
cated on account of their support of the same
principles. We imagine it would put our Whig
friends to some trouble to find a single instance.
And is it because the Whigs are all sound upon
this subject! We appeal to the vote upon the
P'utn"a>i Proviso, to llarace (Jrcely, Daniel
Webstor, Henry Clay, and the Boston Whig for
an answer.
We again commend to the attention of Southern
Whigs, and also to some of our Demacratic
friends in this State, who still seem to be upon
(be "anxious bench," the Alabama Resolutions,
among which we find the following:
"That as Democrats we are proud to find
that every statesman in the non-Slaveholding
States, who has declared opinions favorable to
the constitutional equality of Southern citizens in
acquired territory is of our own political brothcrhood:
and that every public meeting, or other
body, political or legislative, which has taken
sides for us, is, without exception also Demo,
cratic; and wo commend this fact to the Whigs
of the South, as an important clemunt to be
considered by them, when they are choosing
friends, allies or candidates, "without distinction
j of parties."?Palmetto State Banner.
Counting Chickens Cf,fohe tiiey Are
Hatched.?"Long John" Wentwortii, a
member of Congress from Illinois, in writing to
the Chicago Democrat, of which he is editor,
makes somo speculations with regard to the
prospects of tho several aspirants for the Presidency
in which he gives South Carolina and
New Hampshire to the Whigs. We notice also
in several Whig Journals, that South Carolina
is counted upon, with some degree ol certainty
fur the Whigs, in the next Presidential election.
We know not where "long John" and these
sanguine Whig Journals obtain their informa
lion, but il they will consult "the people" of
South Carolina, they will find they have been
reckoning without their host. The Democrats
of this State will not be drawn into the support
of any party candidate, who is objectionable on
account of his principles on the subject of slavery
but they will not, on that account, give their adhcrence
to tho Whigs, who are not only opposed
to us on that nucstion. but noon everv other ma.
terial issue which has been mado between
the two great parties of the, day. We are not
such fools as to "jump out of the frying pan into
the fire." So put that ill your pipe, Master John,
and smoke it.?lb.
The French Revolution?Effect on
Commercial Affairs.?The probable effect of
the revolution in France is now engaging considcrablc
attention. The N. York corrospondent
of the Philadelphia American says:
Some of the Wall street operators argue, that
should the results ol the revolution extend be- 0
yond France, and a general war in Europe fol- R
low,that the immediate effects would be disas- 01
tious to this country. They predict that all <li
European credits being then but blank paper, vi
that all remittances to any part of Europe would tl
be in specie, and that every bank in the Uni- ai
ted Slates would suspend in 30 days. They al. ft
so predict that the disturbance in the mercantile ?
world of Europe, following such war, would r|
break every merchant in this country who has
any connections with Europe, on the other
hand the more sanguine predict that a gen- eral
war in Europe would throw all the carry
? ? -1 -? ? F in(A our ko rt/lfl mrlll/>o O *"
Ill}* irauc 111 11113 UUIIU IIUW VIII im?UQf Ii.uuvv ?
large irnmigralion, bring vast sums of money
here and open the universal market to our pro- j
duce, as Europe could not fight battles and grow
corn or manufacture cotton at the same time. c
Should the disturbance, however, be confined ^
to France, it is admitted the influence here cannot
bo important. It will produce an advance F
in sterling probably. French bills are now a r
dead letter and settlements will be maJc in London,
causing an increased demand for sterling. B
In anticipation of this drawers have advanced
their rates 1-4 to 1-2 per cent., but there is not
much doing at any improvement. Brown's are
selling at 10 per cent., but very good bills arc y
offered freely at 9 1-2 and some have been sold
at 9 a 9 1-2 which were previous rates.
BUSINESS OF CHARLESTON. b
It gives us great pleasure to slate that iner- ti
chants of our city are. driving an unusually hea. F
vy business, and that the transactions of this t]
| spring will far exceed in magnitude those of g
any previous season. Our hotels arc thronged ^
with merchants and traders from the interior, a
and from the. inducements held out to llietn they
are purchasing quite liberally. The stocsk of
goods on hand are unusually large, selected (|
with the greatest care, and with peculiar refer- j.
ence to our market, comprising every variety of
quality and style, so that there is not the slight- c
est difficulty in making up any desirable assort- c
nr-nt. These facts, together with the liberal S
and accommodating terms upon which our mer- '
chants transact business, have given an impe- j
fna mill r>ytniiI fn nnr itrpspllf snrilliY trude which !
[ is without a parallel. The retail trade is also j T
| extremely active, and our business community j "
! are reaping the reward of their activity and en- , n
I lerprise. ' h
It is evident that the merchants of the intcri- o
or arc' begining to appreciate the great ad- |(
vantages of Charleston, not only for laying in |
their stocks of goods, Init the facility it affird* a
for frequently replenishing them. Connected
| as it is by railroads and steamboats with so ^
large a portion of the south and southwest, or- '
dcrs to any extent can be promptly filled and ra- u
pidly despatched to their destination, avoiding 1
the dangers, delays and additional expense of a w
trip to the Northern cities. These advantages d
are rapidly making themselves felt, and as they a
become more widely known, will greatly aug- b
; ment the number of our customers. Our rail- s
road also partakes of the general activity, and l(
is bringing down large quantities of produce
from the interior of our own own State, and the
rich valleys of Georgia, Tennessee, and Alalia- n
ma, and carrying back in return heavy freights S
of dry goods, groceries, hardwares, ?fcc., some | '*
of which is destined fir towns in the State of: b
.Mississippi. Bui large as this trade is at pros- I p
enl who can set limit to its extent when ourcom- i is
niunications by railroad are perfected to the k
valleys ol the Coosa, the Tennessee, and the
Cumberland! A new world, as it were, will
be opened to the enterprise and activity of our
business community, and they cannot too soon h
be taking the preliminary steps in preparing tl
themselves for the new relation they will bear si
to the people of the contiguous States, and for R
deriving all the legitimate advantages of it. 01
For this purpose it is necessary that they should tl
he better acquainted with the business advnn- 01
tages of Charleston and its business men. The
first can be accomplished by a more liberal sys- Ji
tern of advertising in the newspapers that cir- C
culale among them; the second can only be ef- F
r..I lit- rw.i'cmiTi I iiilxr/vitirco And \v<? would It
venture to surges! to such of our citizens as arc i C
in the hahit of leaving our city in the summer T
months for health or recreation, that business R
and pleasure could be combined in an eminent ! V
degree by a visit to the mountainous regions of S
Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. No section V
of the Union can boast ot a healthier climate R
or of scenery more interesting and picturesque, E
while the many unpleasantness to which the J<
people of the South are so frequently subjected lij
while travelling with their families in the non.
slaveholding States would bo avoided. The
people of the South would thus become better
acquainted with each other, and relations esta- pj
blished which would be mutually advantageous. j(
The money spent by our citizens would then be tj,
spent among our neighbors, and like bread cast
upon the waters would be returned to them.
Charleston Mercury. ^
A letter received by the Cambria, states that t!<
the British Government has given orders for re
army clothing, equal to the consumption of 10,- ct
000 packs of wool, of 240 lb. each. This th
goes to show that the government views with th
interest uic present state ot atrairs on tne i?on. i pj
tinenl, and anticipate the possibility at least of | 0f
having to provide for a very largo increase of
the army.?lb.
se
Use of thk Lungs.?It is quite an accom- rc
plishmcnl to lie able to breathe properly. The
functions of the lungs are so important that too lb
much care cannot be taken in order that thefr sli
action may not be impeded. The stays, corsets st
braces, or any kind of- apparatus by which the I e(]
full inflation of the lungs is hindered or prevon- nc
ted, is nothing better than a gradual suicide, q
It is very well, in addition to the removal ofall jc
external pressure, take pains to form a habit of ^
fully inflating the lungs at every inspiration.
They are composed of innumerable small air j
cells, into which tho pure air is designed to be j ou
constantly pouring to purify the blood which is ! th
constantly brought there to meet it. If these wi
cells are not constantly filled by the pure air. a
the impure blood is hurried off to perform its d0
rounds once more through the system, bearing |j](
tho elements of disease and death with it. pC
Draw long, deep, rospirations, and give the an
lungs a chance to perform faithfully their work;
if health is desired. c[
sh
Murder Near Richmond.?The Richmond ^
papers give the detail of a shocking murder fQI
which occurred on Saturday night last, at the pb
i r\\7 n urt!.. _ rf I
nonsc 01 >nn. i>. M inus in iicuru-u I'uumjr, u?u caf
miles from '.hat city. The house was entered e(j
while Mr. White was asleep by a negro man, C0]
who struck him a blow with an axe or hatchet, W?
which ho repeated until Mr. W. was mos? {
shockingly mangled about the throat and head,
his teeth knocked out and jaw broken, pro- en
ducing death in a few moments. The fiend to
then attacked and boat Mrs. White, leaving her evi
for dead also, when he robbed the House of thr
specie to the ammount of ?1000 or$1500, and me
escaped. A small bluck girl wasleft unharmed, mo
nwutt?i
n Monday two negro men were arretted at ? -
ichmond, charged with the hornd deed, and *v
ie of ihem was instantly recognized as the mtir^
erer by the girl. Mrs. W. whose recovery if
?ry doubtful, in the scuffle inflicted a blow od
ie assailants, head with a poker, and on ez?.
mining the head of the negro arrested, it waa., - t,
?i i? .1 ...:.u
IUIIM IU MC UUVCICU Willi UMIini.
rlfE C A MDEFTO UR NA L.
Wednesday Morning, March 29, 1848. /,*.?<
WILLIAM B. JOHNSTON. EDITOR. V"'.'
The Market.
Our market for cotton has been very dull during
le past week, in consequence of the unfavorable,
haracter of the news from Europe. Prices have , \
cclined half a cent, quotations from 4$ to 7$.<
The Charleston market has likewise been dalL
'rices have given way there A to Jc, very little
eacliing 7J. r*. .ran
We have no change to note in country pr.nluce ?m
incc last week. Corn and Fodder, are in demand* - *
? _ . _ ." ff r.rrl
To Correspondents.
M" respectfully declined. "A Stockholder,"' *
rill appear next week.
Lectures on Elocution.
By reference to our advertising columns, h will
o seen that Afr. W. II. Caisp, Professor in Eloenon,
intends to give one of his "Evenings with the " *a "c
oets" in this place on Afonday evening next, an& '
lat he proposes to form a class, for the purpose?!
iving lessons in elocution. Professor C. is higfr-,
r spoken < f by the Press in Charleston, Col umbia
rid elsewhere.
,-jip'?
At the late examination of students in the Balti*
tore College of Surgeon Dentists, the degree of *****
loctor of Dental Surgery was conferred on fourteen
andidates, among whom, was our young fellow
itizen Fr.AN'cis S. Lee. The like honorary deree
w as also conferred on Joseph Lee, M. D.
1
Funeral Obsequies.
The funeral obseques of Lieut. J. Wilms Cm- i
s\n 'pi. 1
c,i| iuun piauc vu j iiuicuajr iaoit ill ai;?/UIUdUI H ,j
ritli the programme published last week. The re- ,
niiis were escorted to their last resting place by a
irge procession of tlie citizens of our district* the. r
2J Regiment of South Carolina militia, Odd Feljw'b
Society civil authorities &c. At an early ,
our all business was suspended, as an appropri- . *
te mark of respect, to the memory of our gallant
oung townsman, and the numbers who come ia .
om the surrounding country, demonstrated bow
nusually beloved be was, by all who knew him. *
'he body was convoyed to the DeKalb monument,
'here, after the solemn service for the burial of the ;
ead by Rev. Titos. F. D^vis, a very appropriate
ud feeling address or eulogy, was delivered by a ?*
rolher officer of the deceased, Lieut J. B. Kerhaw.
The remains were then conveyed to the
)mb; the reading of the burial service, and the- ;
oldicr's farewell discharge, concluded these inte:sting
ceremonies, and thus was consigned to the *
rave, the mortal remains of a young soldier, who
as left behind him an imperishable name, won by
tie bravery, and the memory of whose virtue,
urity, and estimable character, will long becherdied
by his companions in arms, and by all who *
new him. ,
KERSIIAW VOLUNTEERS. v - '
As our paper was going to press, we were"
anded a Roll of this Company, giving a list of
ie deaths and desertions which have occurred *
nee they were mustered into service. The"' "*
Loll was prepared by Capt. Moffat. We haw '
illy time to give the names of the survivor* .
lis week, but will publish the Roll entire ia
ur next:?
K. S. Moffat, James Canfey, K'.'G. Billings,
ihn M. Cay, George McCorkle, Finley Mcitskill,
Lewis B. Thompson, Sauford Hortoo,
rancis Ballard, Eli B. Brewer, Charles K. #
rower, L. B. Bright, Thomas Dullard, John ?
reiirhtoii. Josenh T)ean. John Dvann. C!knrU?
Darby, James Herron, Win. F. Hunter, G- >
. Kirk, Ransom Logan, B. F. McCrimmon, ?
filey iMalone, Columbus Shiver, Benjamin F.
pears, Hiram Tidwell, John G. Woolen, Jas.
r'ilburn, Samuel Caston, Wm. N. Connor, (
ansom Gardiner, John W. Gent, S. A. Garnjr,
iisha Humphries, Z. Hoggins, Jno. W Knight,
ishua Knight, Amos Ale.Man us, Davis Phil*.- 1
ps. Total?39. s
The Cnmden Rail Road.
By reference to an advertisement in to-day's pa* ?
:r, it will be seen that the Road is in running or*
:r<to Clarendon, the first depot on the line, and-' *
lat passengers and freight will be regularly trans*
irted to and from that point. While we are no*'
cing this, we cannot forbear making a few rearks
with regard to the progress of the construean
of the Road, as the delays which have occur***d,
have occasioned much dissatisfaction in oar
immunity. There is, no doubt, some cause for
lis, for it was expected, and reasonably too, we {
ink, that the road would be completed during tin
ist winter, but instead of that, we hare a fourth >
' the work ready for the transportation of gooA1 r 1
id passengers. This season's business has been
iriously affected by the delay, and many of..oijf?_:f
aders will understand us, when we inform thega ...
at it is the opinion of experienced individuals, ?.i?i '
at not over 12 or 15,000 bales of cotton will bo
lipped from this place this season. An instance **
riningly illustrative of the great injury sustain- ^
1 by the business portion of our community from
it having the road completed, occurred last week,
n a single day, some fifteen or twenty wagona v
aded with cotton passed us on tbeir way to Combia,
because they would probably get return
ids at the depot there. A very large portion of
ir trade this season has been diverted from ua in
e same way, and our st-eets throughout the wboie
inter, have presented unequivocal indications of >
declension of all kinds of business. Now, wi
not hold the b.C. Kail Koad Company responst2
for all the damage to our interests in this res?
ct, but if we were to judge from the complaints
d murmurings of a great number of our fellow
izens, ihey hold them responsible for a great
are of it. The question is reduced to this; has
}re not been ample time, making due allowance
- unavoidable hindrances, for the Road to be com.
:ted, or nearly sol If not, then the Company
rmot justly be held accountable, if they have cans,
their contractors along the line to fulfil their
ntracts strictly, and within reasonable time, then
s say, that however, much we may be disappoin.
1, we cannot pronounce the Company, or their
iployeei culpable. If any of our citizens know
the contrary, let the n say so. We trust how- .
ar, that such is not the case, but hope that
ough the energy of those who have the manage- '
int of the work, it will be completed in a few
luths. As we said some months ago. if our citi-.
i