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THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN
THE CENTRAL GEORGIAN.
SAM’Ii B. €RAFTOW,
COUNTY I SINTER.
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THE NEW ORLEANS PICAYUNE.]
Mr. Berrien.
Mr. Berrien, of Georgia, sent in his resig
nation and retired from the United States
a J® °n the 29th ult. The term for
which he was elected ends next March, and
a successor has already been chosen in
Robert Toombs. Mr. Berrien resigned once
before, several years ago, with a view of
withdrawing entirely from public life, but
was induced to reconsider his determination
and either withdrew his resignation or was
elected to fill the vacancy made by his own
resignation. Our impression is that the
Legislature re-elected him.
This however, may be considered his fi
nal withdrawal from public life; and thus
another of the veterans of the United States
Senate has passed away from the public
eye. Mr. Berrien has never been a popu
lar leader, or mere party chief, but has nev-
eitheless, ranked for many years among
the oldest members of the United States
Senate, and stood in the front rank when
it numbered such men as Calhoun, Clay,
Webster, Wright, Buchanan, Crittenden
and their giant compeers. His legal opin
ions always carried great weight with the
Senate, and his habit of patient investiga
tion were to exhaust every subject to which
he devoted _his attention. He invariably
maintained a dignity of deportment and a
high courtesy of manners, which gave him
much influence among his brother Senators.
Mr. Berrien is, we believe, a native of
Aew Jersey, but the greater portion of his
life has been spent in the service of his adop
ted State; and Southern constitutional
rights have had no firmer supporter or more
able advocate than John McPherson Berri
en, of Georgia.
His national services have, we believe,
been confined to Congress, and to a short
term as Attorney General of the United
States in Gen. Jackson’s first Cabinet, a
place which he left when the “unit” was
broken up in 1831-2.
It is a curious fact in political history
that five of the leading Whig Senators in
Congress at the present were in 1831-2
strong supporters of the Jackson adminis
tration, viz: Berrien and Dawson, of Geor
gia; Mangum and Badger, of North Caro
lina, and Bell, of Tennessee—a fact which
might teach the lesser class of politicians a
lesson of moderation in the expression of
their own political opinions, and of consid
eration in prating of the change of position
ot others towards men and. parties. In the
cooler times of party, these men are found
acting under different leaders and opposite
party banners; and yet there is no doubt
but they have satisfied their own conscien
ces, and it is certain that they have lost
nothing in public esteem. It were well al
ways to remember that change of position
is not always change of principle, and that
a change of principle may be a merit, in
stead ot a fault; and that though names
may once in a while decide elections, and
effect the immediate fortune of men, the re
wards of independence are for the most part
certain in the general appreciation of the
world.
Mr. Berrien, like Mr. Clay, has been on
the losing side, mostly, in his political re
lations, and has once or twice deliberately
chosen the weaker for opinion’s sake. In
his age, he reaps the reward of universal es
teem.
SMDERSVILLE, GEORGIA-
TUESDAY JUNE 22, 1852.
Mr. E. W. Fokes is agent for this
paper at Louisville, and will receive and re
ceipt for what is due us in Jefferson.
St. Mary’s Money
In bills under $5 will be received in pay
ment of demands due this office.
E3T" The Charleston Standard thinks
that if Gen. Pierce descended from the Per
cy family, he should be made President per
se.
Massacre of one hundred and
Fifty indians.
The San Francisco Herald of the 4sh ult.,
contains the following particulars of the kill
ing of nearly one hundred and fifty Iudians
bv a party of citizens ofTrinitv county, Cal-
fornia, under the command of Sheriff Dixon.
It is supposed these were the Indians who
murdered Mr. Anderson, butcher, at Beav-
erville, a short time since. The Herald says:
“The company that went in pursuit of the
Indians, returned to-day, having been ab
sent just a week. They had little difficulty
in following the trail. The foot-prints of
the cattle which the Indians had driven off
with them, together with portions of the
clothing of the deceased, which they found
scattered along the way, and were readily
recognized by his son, who was in the com
pany, showed unmistakeable signs of the
path of those whom they were pursuing.
But it necessary to proceed with great cau
tion, in order not to alarm the savages, and
accordingly the party generally laid by du
ring the day, sending spies ahead and trav
el ling by night.
On Thursday afternoon, the 22d ult., the
scouts discovered the rancheria, in a small
valley at the base of three mountains on the
south side of the. South Fork of Trinity
River. At midnight the company started
from their encampment, Capt. Dixon hav
ing divided his force into three parties, so
as to come upon the Indians from differ
ent quarters and surround them. When
the day broke all parties were in the desired
positions, and on the signal being given the
attack commenced. Each rifle marked his
victim with unerring precision—the pistol
and the knife completed the work of des
truction and revenge, and in a few brief mo
ments all was over. Of the 150 Indians
that constituted the rancheria only two or
three escaped, and those were supposed to
be dangerously wounded ; so that probably
not one of those engaged in the murder of
the uiifortunate»Anderson now remains a
live. Men, women and children all shared
the same fate; none were spared except one
woman and two children, who were brought
back prisoners. °
MS?" Since November last, Mr. Burnham
of Boston has sold $4,0Q0 worth of the im
ported Cochin China, red Shanghai and
white Shanghai fowls.
j5F”Land Warrants are quoted in N York
as follows: 1G0 acres, $127 a $130; 80
acres $64 a $66 ; 40 acres, $32 a $33 50.
Snow Storm in june.—The Pittsburgh
Gazette says that a very heavy snow storm
was experienced on Seven Mile Island, on
the Ohio, below that city, on the 9th inst
Snow fell quite heavy for some time.
From Baltimore.—Mr. Webster wa c
despatched on Saturday night to know what
hig friends should do. He replied, “I have
nothing to say.” Fillmore was also des
patched with the same inquiry. He re
plied, “go for Webster by all means.”
A letter from a friend in Colorado
county, Texas, dated 23d ult., says that the
crops in that section have suffered very
much from the Web Worm—that the dry
weather had prevented some farmers from
flushing planting cotton the third time,
and that corn which was not injured by the
worm, looks finely and promises a fine yield.
Fourth of July Celebration.—We
notice that the citizens of Sparta are con
templating one ol the mostextensive Fourth
of July celebrations that we have ever heard
of. After selecting their Orator and ap
pointing a committee of arrangements, they
have authorized their Secretary to invite
the “whole world and his family and out
siders m the bargain.”
Glad that the latter have a chance to
shew themselves at last. W^e always
thought it was wrong to have crowded them
out.
Ratification Meeting.—The Demo
cratic party is begining to hold ratification
meetings in different parts of the|State. The
one at Savannah is spoken as having been
a large and enthusiastic meeting. We
have heard one spoken of at this place for
the first Tuesday in July.
A new journal, with peculiar recommen
dations is about to be established in Circle
ville, Ohio. The editor in his prospectus
says : “Our terms are two dollars a year.
Gentlemen who pay in advance will receive
a first rate obituaiy notice in case of death
Crops
in Georgia.—A recent trip of
some two hundred miles into the interior
with accounts we have from all parts of the
State, leads us to believe that the crops
were never more promising in Georgia at
this season, than the present. Gray-haired
farmers assure us that they have never seen
the corn look so well. Wheat is abundant:
so are oats and rye. There has possibly
been too much rain for cotton, yet it'looks
remarkably well.—Sav. Rep. of Saturday
Through this section the cotton crop is
reported to be in a bad condition, and is
thought to be as poor a prospect at this
season, as there has been for a_ number of
years. It is not only so because the plant
looks bad, but because there is no plant to
be seen, where, a few weeks since, a prom
ising stand, with good prospects, were pre
sented. We have seen this, and heard it
from planters from different parts of this
county. There may be places where the
cotton is near about as good as it ever has
been, but upon the whole the weed has
been greatly destroyed, and if this has ex
tended over the cotton sections, there must
be a short crop made. The several days of
hot weather the past week, has brought out
the crop very much in deed, but the most
favorable weather in Christendom could not
better the barren spots that are to be seen
in every cotton field hereabouts. The corn
still promises well, but is needing rain in
some places, as in this vicinity.
Cincinnati, Thursday, June 10.—There
iiave been two more deaths and four new
uses of Cholera at Marysville, Ky., since
.jM re s °veu cases of Cholera at the
uremn-tti Q lomatiuo Uupital.
Incendiarism.—Savannah seems to be
infested with a gang of incendiaries, who
are determined to do their best towards de
stroying the city, by fire. We scarcely
open a paper from that city that does not
contain an item under this head. The vig
ilance of the Watch, and the efficiency of
the fire department, has however prevented
any great destruction of property as yet. The
volunteer companies have been acting as vigi
lance committees, and a number of suspi
cious individuals have been apprehended
and committed for investigation and trial.
We hope they may be able to find out tbe
perpetrators of such deeds, and make an
example of them. *■
f C 'ty Council have offered a reward
ot $o00 for the apprehension, with suffi
cient evidence to convict, and a number of
$1000 3 haVe ° ffe,ed an additional reward of
The Whig Convention.
This body assembled at Baltimore on
Wednesday last, and organized by electing
John G. Chapman, of Maryland, President
of the Convention.
A caucus of all the Delegates from the
Southern States, was held, and adopted a
series of resolutions on the first day of the
convention. The following is said to be the
purport of them : 1st Declaring the Gen
eral Government one of limited powers,
and denying the exercise of any powers not
expressly granted in the Constitution; the
2d and 3d, in relation to the rights of the
States ; against the action of intervention
in foreign affairs ; 5th in favor of an econo
mical administration of the Government,
and a Tariff for revenue, which will give en
eouragement to all branches of industry in
every section of the country ; 6th in favor
of a system of river and harbor improve
merits by General Government; the 7 th
and 8th endorsing the finality of the com
promise in all their parts.
The friends of Mr. Webster have ac
quiesced in those resolutions, and have ex
pressed a determination to sustain them
when brought before the convention.
The committee on credentials were not
able to make their report before Friday, and
the ballotings commenced on that evening
A resolution was discussed to adopt a plat
form before any nomination was made ; the
resolution was carried by ayes 199, nays
97. An amendment was adopted appoint
ing a committee of one from each State to
report a platform, and authorising each
member of the committee to cast the full
electoral vote of his State in committee.—
The resolution was considered unfavorable
to the South and was carried by a majority
of three. This brought up an excited de
bate ; it was denounced by Judge Dawson,
of this State, as an attempt of the larger
States to strangle the smaller ones—as un
precedented, and in opposition to State
sovereignty. The resolution was finally
withdrawn.
The Pennsylvania delegation proposed
to present a platform embracing resolutions
more strongly in favor of the compromise
than those proposed by the Southern dele
gates, in order to obtain Southern support
for Gen. Scott. The committee on creden
tials reported in favor of all the Fillmore
delegates from New York and Vermont
whose sets were contested. It was rumor
ed on Friday that the platform proposed
by the Southern delegates had been agreed
on by the committee on resolutions.
The balloting commenced at a quarter
past 7 on Friday evening, and the follow
ing is the result of the first six ballots :
1st. 2d. 3d. 4 th. 5th. 6tli
Scott 133 133 133 134 130 131
Fillmore 132 131 131 130 133 133
Webster 29 -29 29 29 30 29
This was continued through Saturday
and the number of ballots at the adjourn
ment on Saturday was forty-six, with no
very great difference from the above, except
in some of the last ballots Mr. Crittenden’s
name was brought in and received one vote,
which Mr. Fillmore lost. What will be the
result we cannot predict. It is possible that
Webster may get the nomination, as he
would get the votes of either Scott or Fill
more were they to withdraw.
Fillmore has no chance for the nomina
tion, as the withdrawal of Scott or Web
ster would be thrown against him. Scott
may be nominated by the withdrawal of
Webster, but of all this we shall hear in a
little while.
Important to Bounty Land Claimants.
Mr. Heath, Commissioner of Pensions, has
given notice that many who have failed to
receive land warrants of forty and eighty
acres, under the act of 28th September,
1850, will be entitled thereto on proof of
additional service ascertained by the dis
tance traveled at the periods of enrollment
and discharge—one day being allowed for
every twenty miles of such distance. The
place of enrollment, and the place from
which the company marched, under officers
as well as the point where the claimant
was mustered into service, and the distance
between each, must all be stated and at
tested by two witnesses, certified to be cred
ible.
Monthlies.—We have on our table the
July Nos. of Godey’s Lady’s Book and
Graham’s Magazine. They are as usual
well filled with interesting reading matter,
beautifully embellished with costly engrav
ings. Published in Philadelphia at $3 each,
in advance.
Fashionable Intemperance.—The N.
N. Herald denounces the ice-cream saloons*
which are the resorts of fashionable ladies
in that city, as haunts of dissipation, nur
series of intemperance, and places of in
trigue. According to the Herald, they are
worse than the grog-shops which abound to
such an extent in that city ; though how
they can be worse it is difficult to conceive.
Departure of Australian Gold Dig
gers.—On 9th inst., the ship Helena, Capt
Cave, left New York for Port Phillip with
passengers for the gold diggings of Austri
lia. She is the first passenger vessel which
has left the United States for these aurifer
ous regions, but will soon be followed by
others filled with seekers after the precious
metal.
Railroad from Jacksonville, Ala
bama, to Rome, Ga.—This Road is design
ed to connect the route from Selma, Ala., to
Gunter’s Landing, on the Tennessee. The
distance is from thirty to forty miles. The
Sunny South, published at Jacksonville,
says that the necessary subscriptions, except
five or six thousand dollars, had been rais
ed—that tho survey had been completed,
and the road found comparatively cheap
and of easy construction. This branch, when
constructed, will furnish an important ad
dition to the business of our Georgia roads,
both in the transportation of produce and
travellers. ^ This road will eventually be
come the great connecting link between the
Georgia and Alabama and Tennessee rail
roads with the Mississippi river at Memphis.
A Singular Fact.—The N. Y. Journal
of Commerce of the 2d inst., says that im
porters of West India goods residing and
doing business in that city are now in the
habit of entering their goods at New Ha
ven, thereby avoiding the delays incident
to crowded wharves, and the delays and
vexations of the New York Custom-House.
In short, they find they can land their goods
at NewjHaven, enter them, and reship them
to New York by steamboat or otherwise,
with less expense ond loss of time than they
would be subject to by entering them at
New York.
A New Arrangement Wanted.—The
Athens Herald, whom we suppose speaks
for the Union Democracy, eo nomine, wish
es the present Democratic Electoral ticket
to be brought down and a new one put up,
in as much as they were permitted, by
courtesy, to take seats in the Democratic
Convention. The Banner says that the place
for the State Rights Democracy is on the
stool of repentance, and Dot at the head
an electoral ticket! and threatens that
they do not come down immediately, Capt,
Scott like, he will take up that old blunder
buss, that never missed anything, and down
he would bring them, by putting out a new
electoral ticket for Pierce and King. Well
that will be nice. Trot out your gray nags.
Colonel. You will get about six or eight
thousand votes in the State. That’s some
thing to brag of, in that tremendous, a!
mighty machine that has been saving the
Union for the last two or three years.
California Gold.—Since the annexa
tion of California to the United States,
ninety-seven millions seven hundred and
sixtv-six thousand nine hundred and nine
tv-two dollars in value of gold bullion has
been received at the port of New York.
The American Whaling Fleet.—It is
stated that the American Whaling fleet,
owned almost entirely in New England,
comprises, at present time, about 650 ves
sels, manned by about 20,000 persons,
[correspondence of central Georgian].
New York, June 11, 1852.
Mr. Editor :—Don’t, for goodness sake,
ask me to say anything about politics in my
letters to you. You have not asked me,
it is true; but for fear you may, I make
this request. The rascality by which I am
surrounded is positively heart-sickening.
New York appears to have lost its ,
since the nomination by the Democratic
party, and as the period of the Whig Na
tional Convention draws near, honesty
would seem to have entirely forsaken us.
The most atrocious falsehoods
manufactured for and
The Compromise Resolution of the
Southern Whigs.—The following is the
resolution presented to the national whig
convention on Wednesday by the South
ern delegates:
Rssolved, That the series of measures
commonly known as the compromise, inclu
ding the fugitive slave law, are received
and acquiesced in by the Whig party of
the United States as a settlement—in prin
ciple and substance a final settlement—of
the dangerous and exciting questions
which they embrace; and so far as the fu
gitive slave law is concerned, we will main
tain the same, and insist on its strict en
forcement, until time and experience shall
demonstrate the necessity of farther legis
lation, to guard against invasion or abuse ;
not, however, to impair its present efficacy;
and we deprecate all further agitation of
the slavery question as dangerous to our
peace, and will discountenance all efforts
at the renewal or continuance of such agi
tation in Congress, or out of it, whenever,
wherever, and however the attempt may
be made; and we will maintain this sys
tem of measures as a policy essential to the
nationality of the Whig party, and the in
tegrity of the Union.”
Some wiiat Tight.—Smithers, says the
Albany Dutchman, on going home the oth
er night, was run against by a two-story
house which was chasing a] lamp-post up
Canal street. On coming to, he thus reas
oned with himself: “Is that mud, [hiccup,]
or is it brains ? [hiccup.] If it’s mud I’m
mortally ’toxicated. If it’s brains ? I’m
slightly dead, [hiccup,] that’s all.” When
we left be was trying to persuade a free
stone stoop that it was unconstitutional to
leave awning posts out of doors after night
fall.
There are said to have been only
four Bank of England notes for one million
sterling, andthat after these four were en
graved, the plates were destroyed. Of
these impressions the Rothschilds have one,
the late Mr. Coutts had another, the Bank
of England the third, and Mr. Sara’l. Rog
ers, the poet and banker, now decorates his
parlor with the fourth, suspended in a gold
frame.
Quick Work.—Passengers are now con
veyed on the Hudson River Railroad from
New York to albany at $1 50—time four
hours—distance one hundred and fifty
miles.
AST The Washington (Geo.) Gazette,
calculates that the branch road leading
from Washington to the Georgia Railroad
will be completed by the first of February.
The grading is progressing with all practi
cable, speed and the work on the super
structure will commence about the first of
August.
are being
against the Demo
cratic nominee anAhis supposed Whig op
ponent. by both paiffes. By one set, Pierce
is held upas a paragon of virtue and by an
other, a monster of thC darkest-hue.
There is some talk here abont a line of
steamers being started from San Francisco
to some part ot China. George Law, the
principal stockholder in the U. S. Mail
Steamship Co., is spoken of as the man who
is to lead in this enterprise. If Mr. Law
goes into it, it is bound to succeed, as he
never undsrtakes any thing-that has not the
elements of success in it, and, the elements
being there, no man living knows better
how to use them. He was the original
proprietor of the immense travel between
this port and California, and his vessels
now running from this port to Aspinwall
are said to be tbe best ocean steamers
afloat. The Illinois, which leaves here on
the 20th inst., is acknowledged to be the
fastest and handsomest boat ever built. A
line of steamers between San Francisco and
China will be established in less than two
years. Take mv word for that,
It would seem that there is to be, hence
forward, no limit to human knowledge.
A spiritual professor, of this city, named
Barnes, has engaged to furnish Greely of
the Tribune, exclusively, with news from
Europe, eight or ten days in advance of the
mail Steamers. Greely has accepted the
offer, and has promised to give a fair re
compense, provided that the mails, which
may arrive from ten to fifteen days later,
shall demonstrate the reliability of Mr.
Barne’s information. The enlightened pro
fessor has not yet furnished any items ; but
heis actively engaged in establishing his
spiritual telegraph. It is from his disem
bodied friends that he intends to obtain in
formation of all that is going on in the dif
ferent courts and nations of Europe. The
announcement of Prof. Barnes troubles a
great many persons, particularly a certain
married editor of my acquaintance, wnose
wife is more remarkable for her age than
her beauty. My friend’s heart is said, to be
not insensible to the attractions of a lovely
young actress; and he is understood to be
terribly afraid of the professor and his spir
itual telegraph, fearing that one of the wires
may run in the latitude of his affections, and
transmit the not over gratifying intelligence
to his cara sposa.
Perhaps you are aware of the discussion
which took place, a few years ago, between
certain religious papers, upon the question
as to which city could claim the title of
The City of Churches.” By general con
sent, the palm was given to Brooklyn, which
has a larger number of edifices for public
worship, than any other city of its size,
along the Atlantic shore. But recently, a
rival has come into the field, whose claim
seems to entitle it to that honor, to the ex
clusion of all other cities in the world.—
That city is no other than San Francisco.
The number of its religious edifices is great
er, in proportion to its population, than any
recorded in the statistics of the age. It has
fourteen churches of various denominations,
or one to every 2,857 of its inhabitants.—
Consequently, San Francisco takes the lead,
and can justify the claim to be, par excel
lence, “The City of Churches.”
The legal fraternity of New York are up
tu their ears in business, about these days.
In the Superior Court, there will be brought
up, shortly, several causes of great interest
to the world in general, and New Yorkers
in particular; among which are the follow
ing ; The case of Fry vs. Bennett, for libel •
Cushman vs. Hiblo, for breach of contract;
and an action for seduction in Upperten-
dom, which it is said will disclose acts of
immorality and brutal depravity hitherto
unparalleled in the history of aristocratic
licentiousness. In the Court of Common
Pleas, there will be any quantity and quali
ty of cases of scandal, assault and battery,
and libel. In the Circuit Court, the Mor
rell divorce case will be brought to trial.
But the parties interested in the long-pend
ing Methodist Church suit, like those in
the case of Jarndyce and Jamdyce, will
probably grow gray, before they obtain a
judgement.
A foreign individual in this city has re
vived an eccentric project, which, asvou
perhaps know, was attempted to be earned
into effect some years ago, but which was
suffered to die away, through the inability
of the projector to procure a sufficient num
ber of associates in his enterprise. As this
obstacle, however, now no longer exists, it
is intended to at once organize a corp
the male members of our codfish aristoc- fit.
racy, to stand around the doors of the urir
cipal churches in this city, every Sabbath"
for the purpose ofrudely and remorseiy star’
mg out of countenance, audibly criticising
and otherwise annoying, all young ai §
beautiful females who may issue fromth
sanctuaries unattended by gentlemen T^
prevent too great a rush for admission into
this distinguished corps, it is decreed tW
no masculine biped possessing more brafe
or better manners than those ?f an exceed
7 dl-bred donkey, monkey, or puppy
shall be admitted. It is howeverconfidS
ly expected that all the “exquisites” of Ud
pertendom will request, and immediately
obtain memberships in this honorable so
ciety.
Mr. Thorny F Meagher, the Irish exile,
has declined the honor a a public reeption
by the authorities of this city. His reply
to the invitation is one of the most beauti
ful and eloquent productions that I have
ever read. The reasons upon which he
based his declination, his touching allusions
to the fate of his late associates, and to the
unhappy issue of their struggle for freedom
the lofty ambition which he still cherishes
for his native land, and the noble impulses
and aspirotions which have induced him to
seek a home and a country upon American
soil, have elicited general commendation.
Kossuth is here again, but the great
Hungarian is living like a private gentle
man, without the least ostentation. Many
persons are discussing the advantage of his-
tour through the Union, and numbers
doubts its having been of much service to
him or to his cause. They think he would
have better promoted his objeet, if,, like
Marrini in London, he had resided con
stantly in New York, and worked under
hand. However, he is ^now waiting here,
for the arrival of his sisters, who intends to
settle in one of our cities, and to devote
themselves to the education of young ladies.
The celebrated contralist singer,” Made
moiselle Marrietta Alboni, has arrived here
from Paris; and the papers have been en
thusiastic in her praise. She is truly a
great vocalist; but instead of being good
looking and twenty-six, as represented, she
is fat, homely, and verging on forty. The
Herald, which usually exceeds all its co
temporaries in remanding, has started that
Alboni intends to visit Niagara Falls, and
to travel about, for a few months, before
gi\ing concerts ; this is impossahle for she
has brought over au expensive opera com
pany, whichjt is scarcely possible she can
afford to maintain in idleness.
Yours, truly,
PULASKI.
[from the caarleston courier.]
Additional European Intelli
gence.
Baltimore, June 16, 9.25 P. M.
The Markets.—There was, at the sail
ing of the Europa, on the 5th inst., a good
steady market for Cotton in Liverpool,
without any change having taken place
in prices, and there had been little specula
tion goin on. The sales, it seems from
present indications, will be large
FOREIGN ITEMS.
The British Paaliament, which had ta
ken a recess during the Whitesun holidays,
had reassembled, but their proceeding
present no features of special interest. Noth”
ing farther has been heard relative to the
fate of Mr. Murray, the Englishman under
sentence of death in the fortres of Poleto.
It is generally believed that Queen Vic
toria will visit tbe South of Ireland this
summer. I he Australian emigration fu
rore continues unabated. Ten pounds re
ward has been offered for the apprehension
of Mr. Meagher. Advices received in Lon
don state that the Emperor of Russia had
left Berlin for Warsaw on the 27th ultimo,
«ith the Empress, who had been recom
mended by ber physicians to proceed to-
Schlangenbad and enter on a course of ba
thing with ihe least delay ; and that whilst
on the railroad the locomotive ran off the
track, totally demolishing several of the
cars, but fortunately injuring no one. France
was quiet, and nothing important had
transpired since the departure of the Baltic
on 2d inst. Louis Napoleon was still at
St. Cloud. The French fleet at last ac
counts was at Palermo. The alarming ru
mors that prevailed in Belgium, and the
fears which were entertained in December
and January of forcible annexation to
r ranee have been revived. Excitement
still prevailed in Turkey in the pachalik of
Bagdad had not been suppressed, and the
Arabs were still masters of the
from Mosul to the Persian Gulf.
country
Texas Crops.—The Galveston Journal of
the 4th inst. says: Our exchanges from dif
ferent parts of the State, received by this
mornings mail,give favorable accounts in
relation to the cotton and corn crops. It is
thought the corn crop this year wHl be great
er than was ever raised in Texas. The on
ly fear now seems to be, that if the heavy
showers continue throughout the season,
that cotton may suffer from two much rain.
The corn crop is considered beyond danger!
The News of the same date says: All our
exchanges give favorable accounts of tho
crops. Timely rains have fallen in many
portions of the interior and the prospect for
planters is highly encouraging.
The Marshall papers speak of very heavy
rains of late in that section. Indeed, fears
are now entertained that the crons will suf
fer from too much, rather than too little
rain . The crop of corn is now made, and it
is a very large one. Other crops promise
an abundant reward to tho planters every
where.
J83T When Mrs. MacauJy published a
pamphlet called Loose Thoughts, several
ladies, who happened to be in company with
Foote, reprobated the title as very improp
er for a woman. “Not at all, ladies; the
sooner a woman gets rid of such thoughts
the better.” ,
Wood is the thing, after all, as the man
a corps ot^with a deal leg said when the mad dog bit