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From Texas.
The steamship Mexico, Captain Talbot, arriv
ed yesterday from Indianola, via Galveston. We
are indebted to Messrs. Harris & Morgan for Gal
veston papers to the 30th.
Shipping Business of Lavaca. —The brig Morn
ing Star left the wharves of Lavaca on Thurs
day, the 22d, for New York city, loaded with cot
ton. There were two schooners loading and ex
pected to leave for the same destination during
the past week.
Texas Cotton. —The Lavaca Commercial, of the
24th, says: "We have just received a stalk of cot
ton from the plantation of Col. Fitzpatrick. It
is very large and filled with blossoms and bolls
nearly ready to open. We understand the Colonel
intends having a bale of new cotton into market
by the first of July. He has a large and promis
ing crop, superior to that of preceding years.
Rangers to be Paid off at Austin. —The State
Gazette learns that Gen. Harney has issued an
'< order that the Rangel's, lately commanded by
f* Capt, John J. Grumbles, be paid off at the city of
‘ AiSstin. instead of Fort Merrell.
Immigrants,- —The brig Herschel, Capt. Ras*
chen, arrived at Galveston on the 25th, sixty-six
days from Bremen, with pne hundred and two
immigrants. They all enjoy good health; these
immigrants corne on their own account, and were
induced to make Texas their home, by the fa vora
ble representations of their German friends in the
interior.
The Galveston Civilian of the 30th says:
The cotton and corn crops of Texas were never
more promising at this time of year than at pre
sent. The sugar is doing equally well; but the
Vrcp will be short from the defect in the seed, in
many agses.
The Huptsville Presbyterian of the 24th in
stant says the Trinity River was rising; there
was some six or eight feet more water in the
channel than there had beep ten days previous.
Our accounts from all sections of the country,
in relation the crops, are favorable, and health
and prosperity prevails.
We are inlormed that the rapid growth of cot
ton, during the last few weeks of fine weather,
been altogether astonishing.
The Houston Beacon is urging the subject of
internal improvements on the attention of its
readers, with a laudable degree of energy and
spirit.
The Montgomery (Ala.) Company, for the
mines of the Gila, passed through Jefferson on the
27th ult. The Herald says:
■“They were well equipped with guns, one piece
cannon, wagons, provisions, etc., and are bound
for the Gijfl River, on an exploring expedition,
and seemed to be commanded by very intelligent
and gentlemanly officers, numbering about fifty
privates, besides teamsters. '
Mousey Boren Was in jail at Brenham, strongly
suspected of the murder of Neil Bowen, who was
shot through 0 window at that place a short time
ago. The murder was atrocious, and the excite
ment so great, that fears of a revival of the old
! -feuds, between the Regulators and the Murellites,
are entertained.
Major Darshall is receiving much credit at San
Antonio for the industry and courtesy with which
he has paid off*the Rangers.
Indian Depredations*.*—Lynch Law , etc. —The San
Antonio Ledger, of the 22d uli., announces the
arrival there of Mr. James Poole, from Santa Fe
via El Paso. He travelled slowly, but says that
the San Antonio is much preferable to the Inde
pendence (Mod route to El Paso.
The Indians were quite troublesome tp expos
ed settlements, and travelling amongst them was
unsafe. The Nava goes, a fierce and warlike tribe,
killed, near Socorra, four Mexicans, and drove off
over 600 head of sheep, on the 7th of April. On
the 12th, at the Aquauada, they killed the son-in
law of Gov. Amijo and a peon who was with
him. Efforts were made by the U. S. troops to
overtake and punish them, but they returned
without success.
The Mexican Boundary Commission were still
at El Paso and vicinity. The starting point of
the survey had been fixed upon the Rio Grande,
about twenty-five miles below Don Ana.
Lynch-law was prevailing at El Paso to a fear
ful extent. Within two weeks, fifteen persons,
Americans and Mexicans, had suffered by hang
ing and shooting, at the hands of the self-consti
tuted jurists. For the most trvial offence, and
•without time for an explanation, the unfortunate
being would be shot down or hung up to the limb
of a tree, at the beck or nod of any one of the
committee of safety, without even the formalities
of a trial.
Astonishing Case.— On Tuesday an old ser
vant woman, belonging to Mr. Hamilton Luf
borough. died, aged seventy. For thirty years
she had been afflicted with a large lump below
her stomach, boney to the touch. Yesterday a
past mortem examination was made by Dr. J. S.
Snyder, when one of the most remarkable cases
known to the profession was developed. It seems
that, at the age of forty, she gave birth to a dead
born twin infant. Shortly after the swelling
made its appearance, the uterus became ossified
and enclosed an infant, and now, after 30 years,
it appears in its natural state, perfect in feature]
limb and muscle, The weight of the ossificial
uterus is 3 pounds and 12 ounces. It measures
24 inches at its greater circumference, and 17 in
ches at its lesser. This pathological curiosity
was seen by hundreds of our citizens during the
day. It is the intention of Dr, S. to forward this
singular specimen to Dr. Valenti me Mott, of New
York, and shortly to give a detailed account of
this mftst interesting case.— Georgetown {D. C.)
Reporter.
Mr. Webster's Habits of Life.—-Mr. Web
ster was sixty-nine years old last February.
During the whole active period of his life, he has
risen very early, and does so still—-oftener up be
fore five o’clock than after it—-and getting through
more w r ork before the majority of lawyers and
statesmen have breakfasted, than most of the
better sort- of them do in the whole day. In the
summer season, when he is at Marshfield or at
Franklin, he is generally out among his fine cat’
tie for his pleasure and health, by four o’clock in
the morning; and in the course of the forenoon
he often walks more miles, with his gun on his
shoulder or catches more fish, than most young
sDort«m»»n can in twice the time. His spirtis are
<>erier I,,Tr fresh, and, for his years, gay, except
when anxious about the business of the country;
his external senses are unimpaired; he is as quick
of hearing as he ever was—much more so than
have him; and he can read the
finest print, without spectacles, as he could at
twenty In short, his physical powers are pn
served to a degree most extraordinary, consider-
-
ing his age; and as to’ his intellectual faculties,
his marvellous memory, the promptness with
w r hich he can command all his vast resources,
his wise judgment of affairs, his massive power—
never so formidable as when assailed—all these
are untouched, and fill with wonder all who ap
proach him. —Boston Com.
The Crystal Palace Beaten.— Dr. Duff in
his speech at the anniversary meeting of’the
Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in Lon
don on Monday, thus described one of the heath
*®mPle®°f India: “In Seringham you have
the huges the athen temple that can probably be
found from the north to the south pole. It is
square, each side being a mile in length, so that
it is four miles round. Talk of your Crystal Pal
ace. Why, as a man would put a penny into
bis pocket, you might put your Crystal Palace
mto the pocket of his huge pagoda. The walls
are 2 o feet high and 4or 5 feet thick, and in the
centie of each wall rises a lofty tower. Enter
mg the first square you come to another, with a
JjaU as high, and with four more towers. Within
that square there is another, and within that again
another and you find seven squares, one within
anotner, crowded by thousands of Brahmins. The
great hall of pilgrims is supported by a thousand
pillars, each cut out of a single block of stone.”
The Result of Kindness.—The Jacksonville
(ill) Journal says, when the superintendent of
the asylum for the poor in that County first took
charge of it, he found an insane man who had
been loaded with heavy chains for years. Be
lieving that this cruelty kept the man insane, he
took the responsibility of taking them off, and
gradully restoring him to liberty. The man at
first raved, expecting fresh torture then he doubt
ed, and finally realized that he was free He
was-overpowered with delight, exclaiming con
stantly as he looked upon the outer world of
sunshine “Oh, how beautiful!” Then gratitude
to ms deliverer prevailed. At length he volun
tarily went to work in the garden, though he had
neaily lost all his power of locomotion, and he
became entirely recovered. He is now working
on a farm.
Lesson in Arithmetic.— Teacher.— John, sup
pose I were to shoot at a tree with five birds on
it, and kill three, how many would be left ?
John —Three, sir.
Teach. Ao, tv\ o\v ould be left, you ignoramus
/.-No they would’!, though-the three Tot
\v ould be left, and the other two would be died
away.
T. —Take your seat, John.
The Slave and Hireling States. The
Census tables heretofore published by us if cri
tically examined, will make an exhibit much
more favorable to the Slave States than was to
be anticipated. They show that the increase of
population in the Hireling (or “free”) State*
since 1840, has been 3,794,352. while the increase
of the slave States is 2,516,725. This proves
that the real increase of population— apart from
emigration—has been greater in the South than in
the North. Three millions of emigrants have
landed in tiffs country since 1840, and nearly the
whole of them have settled in the North and
North-west; but set down as the minimum that
the A orth has been thus increasing to one million
of emigrants more than the South, and the real
increase of the Southern people in the last ten
years has been six per cent, greater than the real
increase ol the Northern people.
There is one leature, however, which is not so
gratilying; we allude to the representation in
Congress o i the two sections. In 1842 the
Hireling States had 142 Representatives the
Slave Stotes 91-in 1852 the former will have
144, the latter 89; showing a balance in favor of
the Hireling; States in 1852 of 55. Only an in
crease ol 4, it is true, since 1842; but when we
reriect that but lor the practical application of
the VV llmot Proviso to California by the admin
istration. the relative representation of the two
sections in Congress would stand the same as
they did ten years ago, we must recos-nise the
progress ol the sure work of the abolition spirit
which has been onward for a long series of years
and is daily gaining greater momentum.—Mont
gomery Advertiser.
TffE JYQEFDi.ii Giant introduced tq the
Queen.— Mr. Robert Hales, whose height is said
to be 7 feet 6 inches, and weight 34 stone 6
pounds, was requested to attend at Buckingham
Palace, on Friday week, when he had the honor
of being introduced to her Majesty, Prince Albert
and the royal children; and the hour's visit w as’
we understand, as gratifying to the royal party
and suit, as it must have been to the gentleman
of such gigantic proportions. It appears that Mr
Hales had become proprietor of the Craven Head
Tavern, in Drury-lane, and; for some weeks past
the military h u v ? assembled in string force to
haV€ * ? Wf f. hup and -take his measure” by
sty-nduig by his side From the representations
made, Colonel Buckly was induced, we believe
to pay Mr. Hales a visit, and hence, wepre c urne
was an "order made out for his appearance at
Court. Mr. Hales has a line head, intellectual
countenance, and may fiffrly be called “ a very
good-looking nuni.” Hi s he'ad, hands, and feet
are not at all in proportion with his height
many men six feet high exceeding him in ’"these
respects to the same extent. In conversation he
is very pleasant, and even witty, and his gene’
bearing gentlemanly and kind. When
Buckly, who is 6 feet 4 inches, stood bv - Col:
of him at the Palace, her Majesty, we Jt ie side
laughed heartily at the contrast. ' f
wish that “ may his shadow 1 we w ere to
Mr. Hales, perhaps, would - > ne Y er gross less,”
for our readers may ima- , coincide with us,
weight, as above stat j ’1- iC ls , ve ky stout, his
EngM. Paper. be “S 35 stone—
Intemperance in England TPp *■
the New York Tribune thus speaks of the pro
gress of the Temperance cause in England
lliecauseofTemperance-ofTotalAbstinance
liom a4 that can intoxicate—is here about twen
ty years behind its present position in the Uni
ted States I think there are not more absolute
drunkards here than in our American cities but
the habit of drinking for drink’s sake is all but
universal. The Aristocracy drink almost to a
man; so do the Middle Class: so do the Clergy
so, also, do the Women! There is less of Ardent
Spirits imbibed than with us; but wines are
much cheaper and in very general use among the
well off; while the consumption of Ale Beer
Porter, &c, (mainly by the Poor) is enormous.—
Qnly think ol £5,000.000 or Twenty-five Millions
of Dollars, paid into the Treasury in a single year
by the People of these Inslands as Malt-tax alone
while the other ingredients used in the manufac-
K‘a h t‘e S co4 e of a there Coreto" SeT*' ° f ‘ he
ItonsTf iShr 1 '* leS tha “ °" e HunZffi
oils ol Dollar, pel annum!—a sum atnnlvsuf
fn’ ‘ . t n fi y xpended to banish Pauperism
and Destitution forever from thp Tw; i ffT
And yet the Poor »■ udge wearilv o„ 1“. T
the earth with exaclionssmd tin,’ ofevtre
kind, yet stop,tying their brains, emptyin* tS
pockets and ruining their constitutions with the
poisonous, brutalizing liquors; I see n 0 hoix
them short ol a system of Popular £3. j for
which shall raise them mentally aV* nation
present low condition, followed by so’ e their
of systematic, energetic, onminr a lew years
ranee Agitation, A slow wr V ? sei ? t Tem Pe
any quicker that will he eQ\ „,, ut ** there
of the Texas on ve n lhe Repeal
tribute to the EducaF on G ?- so " ° uld con
form has yet to be struggled for. butthatße '
“ Na” did ' /0U ever see MisTsmithey
them V* d ° U know s he is handsome
n4 B h2Xw» e^ men are al ‘ *• «'Wle run-
Observing young man, that.
berak?iowTto a m„'vJ y S " la " ‘TP tmt one has
dred pounds, and keep him, moving alfnjght.
jx uunous jrretemion.
Pretentions to the inheritance of the elder
branch of the French Bourbons have been not
uncommon. Every body is familiar with the
name of the so called Duke of Normandy, who
claimed so long to be the son of Louis X VI, sav
ed in a miraculous manner from the death which
history gave him in 1792. There is now, or was
recently, in the State of Wisconsin, a Methodist
preacher, with the very unromantic name of
Eleazer Williams, whom many people firmly be
lieved to be the same French Prince, whom a
faithful royalist saved in his infancy and brought
for security into the wilderness of North America,
and consequently the legitimate heir to the French
throne, if there were a French throne to be in
herited.
The Orleans family have pretenders to their
honors also, only that the head of the family, the
late Louis Philippe, is acused of having been an
instructive imposter, possessing the rank and
fortunes belonging rightfully to another. Lately,
but not the first time, an elaborate effort has been
made to prove that the late King was no Bour
bon at all. We have sometimes met, in foreign
papers, with statements to the effect that Loui
Phillippe was an Italian infant, substituted into
the family of the Duke of Orleans for weighty
family reasons. The inquiry has been included
among grave historical doubts, and recently the
grounds of the doubt, and the documents to sus
tain it, have been carefully collected and publish
ed in a volume in Paris. A summary of the case
is made in a Richmond paper, from which we
make up some of the leading facts and allega
tions.
The story, as told circumstatially, and with an
air of perfect conviction of its truth, is that Louis
Philippe was the son of a jailor at Modigliana, a
small town in Italy at w r hich his reputed par
ents. the famous Egalite and his wife, were
staying during the winter, of 1772-3, under the
name of the Count and the Countess de Joinville.
A male heir was wanted to secure in the Orleans
family some immense estate, and the infant
daughter, of which the wife of Egalite was de
livered, w r as exchanged at its birth for the son of
Chiappini, the Jailor. The boy was brought up
as the heir of Orleans—the daughter as the child
of the Jailor. She became remarkable for beauty,
wit and accomplishment, and became the wife
of Newburg, an English nobleman, and after his
death, of a Russian nobleman, Baron Stenberg.
It was after this second marriage that Chiap
pini, disclosed to her the mystery of her birth.
It had the effect of making her spend the re
mainder of her life in correspondence, intrigues
and struggles to get herself acknowledged as a
true Princess of the House of Orleans, and Louis
Philippe, then Duke of Orleans, as an imposter.
She had powerful protectors in Paris; who w r ere
able to secure her personal freedom, but never
made any impression unfavorable to the security
ol Louis Philippe's title, and probably never
would, had her claim been twice as strong. Her
story hadimany believers, and she was really re
verenced by many Frenchmen, as the true repre
sentative of one of the royal houses of France, a
belief which was much strengthened by the re
markable fact or extraordinary coincidence, that
she had a strong likeness to the Orleans family,
and Louis Philippe a strong likeness to Chappini.
It is but a few years since she died, fully believ
ing herself to be an Orleans Princess.
The array of documents ip favor of her pre
tentions is long, and make out a plausable case.
It is a very curious story, and if it be, as it pro
bably is, a case of accidental coincidence, it is
nevertheless one of romantic interest, as there
can be no doubt of the sincerity oi the delusions
under which the lady acted to the end of her life.
— N. O. Picayune.
Refined Cruelty,
The Irish American of New York city con
tains the following statement. They afford a
beautiful commentary upon the sincerity of those
loud profession- of philanthropy, by which Mas
sachusetts has lately distinguished herself:
It appears that the State of Massachusetts has
on her statute book anold law' that authorizes her
to transport beyond the State any poor persons,
who 0.1 e not citizens to the place where they
belong. Under the authority of this law' a poor
woman, residing at Southbndge, Massachusetts,
having two children, was forcibly carried put of
the State. Her name was Eliza Sullivan, and for
eighteen long years she had resided h\ this coun
try, and lor the last seven years in Southbridge
where she was noted for being an industrious
and hard todmg woman, But her husband had
left her abpirt two years ago, she was forced
to labor hard lor the support of herself and fami
•f •. Ahe selectmen al tne own recently emph
ed her tq clean and scrub the Town Hall. ; -°y
ifig which she c-aught a severe cold. - fl do "
forced to ask charity. Upon her ar , ai | d was
assistance, instead of getting an' for
rested, and brought before a ju‘ J . ■/•> s J ie was ar
on the charge of being an -»cice ol the peace,
tow r n. A warrant w'as r’ incumbrance to the
an officer, and she w? placed in the hands ol
ready to leave the 0 ■* 4s allowed one hour te get
ton, to be shipp' Mate. She w r as taken to Bos
for Liverpool- “ d on board the Daniel Webster
she w'as pb ■» but as the ship had no room for her,
and bre' -aced in the hands of another officer,
the r' / a "bt to New' York city and put on board
gV ■ ->nip Shannon, ior Liverpool. From that
mp she was fortunately rescued by the Irish
Emigrant Society. She says that the only place
in the world that she has friends is in South
bridge, Massachusetts, and to this place the
humanity of the Emigrant society has sent her
and provided for her comforts some time.
The officer who placed her on boad the Shan
non to send her back to Ireland, been
arrested under a law of this State which pun
ishes, by imprisonmentjin a State prison, a per
son for forcibly sending another out of the State,
it W'as a clear case of kidnapping to forcibly place
her on shipboard. Poor Mrs. Sullivan had given
her labor for the growth and advancement of our
country for eighteen years; all her children were
born upon our soil; and this inhumanity of the
authorities of Massachusetts is one of the worst
circumstances recorded against her people for a
long time. They resist, by all means in their
pow'er, the sending back a negro slave to liis
master, on whose plantation he was born and
reared, and where he wall get enough to eaf
drink and w ear; but a poor and unfortunate wo
man can be forced aboard a ship and sept 3.000
miles across the ocean to a starving land, ‘
Tins man’s “love for humanity’’ is shown >, v
his hatred of ail whites, and especially all so '£?
ern mankind. ooum-
Valuable Receipe.
The worst case of cholera me * i
and flux, that ever I saw, Ihr Jrbus ’ , d yj entel 7}
in a few minutes, or bow fo ver *P eatedl 7 cured
of the hark of the Sweet A by J f rong tea “f de
the tree is best—stee' J G«m taken green from
water, until the liar P a handful to a pint ol
it clear, or sweert is like good coffee. Drink
glass of good h dl } ™ tb loa . su p r 'Or add a
lint infoliihi vanity if the shock is severe, if
well wort -e it is remarkable in its effects, and
i . ih being know'n and tried in every fami-
Your friend,
SOLON ROBINSON.
We can add our own testimony to the value of
the Sw'eet Gum tea, having experienced amazing
and speedy relief from its use in a violent case of
dysentery, which refused to yield to the usual re
medies; we have also seen in the last five years,
its w'onderful benefit in many other cases; we
have used the decoction made from the bark both
green and dried, and have discovered no material
difference in the effect, both being efficacious.
FRANKLIN FARMER.
I met with the foregoing valuable recipe sever
al years since, and I have only to add, w r hat has
already been said by the “Franklin Farmer’—
that 1 have witnessed speedy relief in violent
cases ol dysentery which refused to yield to the
usual remedies, by the use of the bark of the
Sweet Gum; having it at command, I have ahvays
used the fresh or green bark, and I can with much
confidence recommend its use from my own ex
perience. A GEORGIA PLANTER.'
Among the articles announced for sale in one
of the week’s auctions we perceive an article en
titled a mahogany child’s chair. The father of!
this wonderful infant must have been one of the I
Wood family.
A Problem.— A witty young gentleman liv
ing with a rich fanner, fell in love with his
daughter. On hearing of this he said to the
young man that there were three gates between
his house and his orchard, and that if he would
go to the orchard, and get a number of apples
and leave hall he had and half an apple over at
the first gate; and half he had left and half an
apple over, at the second gate; and half he had
and half an apple over, at the third gate, and
bring one to him; without cutting an apple, he
might have his daughter. I wish to know how
many apples he had left at each gate, and the
number of apples. [Snooks says, that if he was
going to make the trial for the daughter he
should leave eight apples at the first gate, [four at
the second, and two at the third: carry one to the
farmer, in all, fifteen apples.]
Scarlet Fever. —The following prescription
for the Scarlet Fever is very simple, if efficacious;
and the writer in the Newark Sentinel says he
has always lound it to have a beneficial tenden
cy ,no matter hove aggravated the symptoms
may nave been. It should be resorted to im
mediately it possible: ‘put into middling size tea
cup, one tea spoonful of the best Cayenne pep
per, one tea spoonful ot salt, one table spoonful
and All the cup with boiling water.
Stir it well, and when cool let the patient swal
lo\v every half hour a tea spoonful of the clear
lillusion. In order to keep it clear, do not leave
tne spoon in the mixture. It will be found to
relieve the soreness of the throat, and throw out
the eruption. It is moreover an excellent pre
scription for an ordinary sore throat.’
Longmore says that women always want
something to lean upon. Like grape vine, they
aie nothing without a support. For this reason,
he says, a husband should be placed by the side of
a young lady the very moment she come out.—
W hat a stick is to s woet peas, so is the masculine
gender to the female woman.
Revolving Shirts.— Punch is always getting
up something new. He says that he has sent to
the World s Fair what he terms “a Patent Re
vo \er Shirt,” an invention of his own, which,
oy turning round, is made to display in succes
sion lour clean dickies.
T. he State Rail-Road Convention for Alabama,
vs hich met at Mobile last week, adjourned on
A 1 uday evening. The permanent officers are
AAon. Wm. R. King, President; Dr. P. P. Cole
man, of Perry, and James Battle, of Mobile,
Vice-Presidents; and B. F. Clarke and William
J. Ledyard, of Mobile, Secretaries.
.'I Convention adopted a series of resolu
tions, declaring it to be the duty of the State to
lend a fostering aid to the works of improve
meat which now engage the attention of the
people; not by the creation of a new debt, or
endangering her credit. The action particularly
desired is the judicious application of the five per
cent, set apart for certain improvement by the
articles ot compact made with Government on
the admission of the State into the Union. A
Committee ot len was appointed to prepare an
address to the people on the subject.
A. separate resolution was adopted in favor of
obtaining the most thorough investigation into
the practicability ot the ship canal across the
Isthmus ol Florida.— N. O. Picayune.
Productions of the Istk- Tf * -u r c
yesterday a variety of f v —vit, s.-We saw
Isthmus of Telman + " ue productions of the it
vanilla, sm—. -^Pec—cotton, corn, tobacco,
and o'- a ?‘ u ’ a , cocoa among other things-^
-an truly say that our eyes have never fa) 1
Upon finer specimens. The cotton—of *en
glow th was of rich coloi’, strong, and wild
silky texture, the corn was well filled, * of long
the ears of great size, the tobacco ' hard, and
rich flavor, and the other produr' of high and
equally remarkable in their way tions were all
there were valuable gums in t 1 • Besides these,
these different productions, ? ae box containing
ol the shell fish from wku well as specimens
dye was obtained, and v eh the Tyrean purple
tinct on the shores of t’ .vhich has long been ex
shel 1 are now ae Mediterranean. These
truth, the land or found near Yentosa. Os a
not only " flow? * the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
thing calcp J with milk an honey, 7 ’ and every
but we to make the heart of man glad,
the ir ’ ‘ d there productions which must enrich
fir ( *, r J l tants to a degree whenever they can
m air market. — J
tt C ’ HOEEKA ON the River.—We learn from the
• Harrisonburg (La.) Advocate, that the steam
’ S l torm ’ 1V( ? m New-Orleans, which parsed
s that place on the 23dinst., had lost five o f her
r passengers by cholera.
The Advocate says:
, Several of those who were on board stopped
p rs? A P aiuc se emed to prevail on the boat, and
!ri ll hat ° r five more died after she
. left this place. One man who got off here, ap
• parently in good health, died a few mi lies above
: here, on Sunday night All of the passengers
> that were left, had scattered off. we b elieve be
, fore she arrived at Camden. ’
1 I* ijreported the boat was in at, unhealthy
' condition, trom having earned dr.wn, on her
preceding trip, a quantity ofjeattle.
Alexandria Coal Irade.-—T>.ie Alexandria
Gazette says:
Restated at the close of Ay , r il, that the re
ceipts ot coal by the Alexarahri* . canal for that
month, were 5 801 tons —■ tih#. commencement .’—
During May the receipts bar e been 8,219 tons
showing a monthly increase of more than 2,000
tons, with a prospect of a cor itinued increase.”
(Correspondence of the Sal timore American.)
Va l faraiso, May 10.
Every thing here is in confusion in conse
quence of tlie recent earth quake. There were
over one hundred distinct shocks. A very seri
ous revolution broke out in Santiago on the 21st
of April. The difficulty grew out of the ap
proaching President election. The candidates
are Monte ar Gen. Cruz. On the day above
named a General of Battalion named Valdina de
clared in k avor of Gen. Cruz, and the soldiers un
der him ' S et fire to the Cathedrai and other public
buiMaPjS. A skirmish then took place in the
sfree.V and several persons of distinction were
killed; Don Ignacio Oituza was wounded, but
not dangerously. The cities of Santiago and
V Valparaiso are both under martial law.
The River.— The Concordia (La.) Intelli
gencer, of the 31st ult., says that the river at
Vidalia was 4 feet 10 inches higher than it was
the previous week. It was rising at the rate of
11 inches in 24 hours.
More Contributions to the World’s Fair.
Messrs. Packard & Co. of the United States Mill
! at St. Louis, have shipped five hundred barrels
,of flour to New-Orleans, to be conveyed from
thence to the World’s Fair at London, w’here it is
expected to arrive about the middle of July. The
flour is put up in fancy hbls., hut is such as is
usually manufactured at the mills.
Crops &c. — ln Alabama. —The Selma Enter
prise of the 29th of May says:
For the last three or four weeks the weather
has been remarkably dry and warm. In some
parts of Dallas the corn and cotton crops have
suffered considerably from drought, while in oth
er parts of the country no material damage has
been done, still, owing to the backward spring
the cotton crop is three or four weeks behind.
We were in Autaga county last week, and
made many inquires about the crop. The con
dition of cotton is pretty much the same there as
in Dallas. The spring crops are generally back
ward. Planters there calculate on half a crop.
A gentleman from Talladega informs us that
the corn crop is very fair in prospect, but the cot
ton is generally about three weeks behind. Not
over half a crop is expected even if they are not
troubled with worms and other evils that cotton
u is heir to.” The oat crop is of no account.
Last Sunday night we had a light rain, and
have had several occasional showers since. We
believe the rain has been general, and, although
light, has donefinuch good.
AUGUSTA, GA.
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 10.
For Governor.
CHARLES J. MCDONALD.
Political Courtship Under Difficulties.
The conduct of the Union Submissionists of
Burke towards our correspondent, B. L. Perkins,
Esq., reminds us of the disgusting importunities
ol a disagreeable swain in pursuit of an unwil
ling nymph. This party has be* pursuing this
gentleman on the plan that an amorous youth
was advised to court a coy maiden—“ ask soon ,
ask often , and never take a refusal .” But its suc
cess has been decidedly less encouraging than
that which sometimes crowns the persevering
lover. The features of Unionism and submis
sion in Burke, are so unattractive, that no
amount of familiarity with them has had the
effect of inducing Mr. Perkins to
Pirst endure, then pity, then embrace .”
Last fall he was offered a place on a submis
sion ticket, for the State Convention, attempted
to be got up in Burke, and which signally failed.
1 his honor he declined in a vein of quiet satire,
vv hich, it was hoped, the Submissionists would
he shrewd enough to perceive, and sensitive
enough to leel. But so far from this, they seem
only the more resolved to buckle honor on the
back ol their hotly pursued fellow-citizen. This
time they seek to overcome him with the double
blandishments of two appointments—one as
delegate to the Gubernatorial, the other to the
Senatorial Convention. Again has he been con
strained to turn upon his pursuers, and he thus
declines their honors and their alliance. We
published his former letter declining the honor ol
a nomination on the State Convention ticket,
and now take pleasure in giving place to the
following. We regret it did not come to hand
sooner.
The Unionists in Burke were unrepresented
in the Convention which ratified the nomina
tion of Mr. Cobb. The honor of a seat in that
Convention, it seems, lias literally gone a beg
ging.
May 29,1851.
To the Constitutional Union Party cf Burke Co.
lour meeting on the 20th inst., in addition
its innumerable claims on public canfider I *° I
patriotic support, ought, from the presU iCe and
of the occasion, to be emphatica*’ - ui ng S enii
Family Party. Surely, you car ay styled, the
to maintain any party , if yo* *not expect, long,
with its honor's and ojfjy a are so extravagant
them on any one «*•' as to confer two of
This von. h&ve > itizen at a single meeting,
case, These 1 -*ad the generosity to do in my
of r ld Sh honors, so totally beyond the
you to n T gratitude, I must humbly request
divid take back, and to confer them, properly
j(r> - *ed, on two patriots , more appreciating than
yseil. Consider, Sirs, you may he able to pur-
I chase the services of two operatives by a judi
cious use of the high honors, so unexpectedly
J conferred upon me.
In tender consideration, then, for your future
j welfare, I must decline all agency in the manu
| facture of a Governor for you, unless, indeed, I
j could clothe him with the power to suppress that
i species ol lolly, which, though harmless , in your
hands, is nevertheless fraught with sufficient in
herent mischief, to be alarming for the future—the
lolly of allowing all sorts of folks to set up for
rulers, before they have learned how to obey.
For the same seasons, I decline any agency in
j the manufacture of your Senator. Farewell.
B. L. Prrkins.
New Books.
j Book of Oratory: A neu> collection of Extracts
; in Prose, Poetry, and Dialogue. By Edvv. C.
t Marshall, M. A.
I Nathalie —A Tale. By Julia Kavanah.
' “A creature not too pure or good
For human naturo’s daily food;
For transient sorrows, simple wiles,
l Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles.”
I The above w r orks are from the press of D.
; Appleton & Co., New-York, and are for sale by
; J. A. Carrie & Co.
Richmond Superior Court.
Yesterday being the day for the regular term
of this Court, it was adjourned over by the Clerk
1 until 10 o’clock, this day, owing to the absence
of his Honor, Judge Starnes. We understand
1 he has been on a short visit to Sullivan’s Island.
. He arrived here last evening.
k
Drowned.
A negro boy, about 13 years of age, belonging
► to Mr. George Crump, was accidentally drowned
in the Canal, a short distance below the Machine
Shop Car Factory, while bathing, on Sunday
afternoon. The water at this place is Bor 9 feet
deep.
This should be a warning to boys who cannot
swim.
University of Georgia.
The following gentlemen have been appointed
by his Excellency the Governor, the President
of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of
Representatives, a Board of Visitors, to attend
the Examination of the Senior Class of Frank
lin College, on Tuesday, 24th June, inst.:
Rev. W. R. Branham, and A. R. Lawton, Esq.,
Savannah.
Kev. John E. Dawson, and H. L. Benning,
Esq., Columbus.
Rev. E. H. Myers, and Jas. A. Nisbet, Esq.,
Macon.
Rev. Mr. Hard, and Jas, M. Smythe. Augusta.
Rev. Mr. Kennedy, Milledgeville.
Col. Henry G. Lamar, Athens.
A. M. Bennett, Esq., LaGi^mge.
T>. W. Lewis, Esq., Sparta.
S. Fouche, Esq., Cass.
Wm. H. Hunt, Esq., Marietta.
Luther M. Smith, Esq., Newnan.
Why Oppose Mr. Cobb.
Our neighbor is quite at a loss to find any good
reason why Mr. Cobb should be opposed. We *
think if he will look back through his own col
umns, he will discover such as should be satis
factory—at least to himself. Would he not think
it a sufficient objection to any candidate for of
fice in Georgia that he had voted for the Wilmot
Proviso? Surely he would. Well Mr. Cobb
stands charged in the Republican with having so
vote d. That paper branded him with the infamy ■
ol having " voted away our rights for a mess j
of pottage! Does it want a better reason than i
this for opposition to Mr. Cobb? If so. it is hard j'<
to satisfy. It,certainly once thought it a suffi- I :
ciently good one; for it asserted that u Whigs at j '
least can never vote for Mr. CobbP “It is enough ! i
for the Whigs of Georgia to know that Cobb lias
betrayed our rights! !” This "was the language
of the Republican somewhat more than a year
since. Now that press can assign none but evil
motives to those who prefer Governor McDonald
to this betrayer "of our rights”—to this— what
shall we call him? who “ voted away our rights
for a mess of pottage.” Oh, shame, where is thy
bulsh!
On another occasion, the Republican remarked
and heaven grant that it may be prophetic !
“ The people of Georgia will doubtless see the
honesty of Mr. Cobb’s ?notives in all this matter aml
reward him accordingly .” Amen ! So mote it be!
It will be perceived, that according to the Re
publican, Mr. Cobb deserved the direct displea
sure of the people of the State, more than a year
ago; in other words, before he became connect
ed with Clay ? s scheme, by w r hich the South was
robbed of all the new territory. When we con
sider his important agency in carrying out that
monstrous project, we can judge of how much
sorer condemnation he is now worthy, than when
so bitterly, and we must suppose, so honestly de
nounced by our cotemporary. Have we not
then reasons for withholding our votes from him ?
— Sav. Georgian.
The St. Louis Reveille of the 29th May, an
nounces the death of Mr. Graham, the tragedian.
He was popular in a professional capacity, and
highly esteemed for those qualities which excite
friendship and respect.
[communicated.]
Connection of Charleston and Augusta by r ft a ,.
Road.
The project of the Hamburg and Charleston
Rail Road crossing the Savannah River, has again
been brought to the consideration of the Repre
sentatives of our city. But, at this time it has
assumed a more tangible form, than > heretofore
We are now able to grasp, the whohs • su bject, and
to calculate, in figures, the anw at ol - gO Q d or
evil which may result from it deftn ; te
offer of the, Charles!*#. Rail r doad ' reduces the
matter, so far as tV.y Vje now ctmcerne ,l.
to dollars and car*-., and we are fuUy aMe toset
the amounts and estimate the advantages
anc c isad' antages whi/di will result from grant
-lUr >r . refusing the pr ivilege asked for. Yet the
V ' [vole may not, possibly, be reduced to figures.
| There are ulterior consequences which cannot be
added in, but they belong to the contingencies
of law and legislation, and therefore, though not
fairly deducible, may be taken into account
hereafter by those into whose hands it may fall.
Then the full weight will be felt; now, we must
estimate as we have it before us. At the same
time it is a point of wisdom to look to these as
bearing upon the decision now to be made. \ou
know I have been always in favor of giving (for
a fair consideration) the privilege of crossing to
the South Carolina Rail Road, with such condi
tions as would naturally be demanded by the
holders of real estate here, against any future
movement which would create a junction be
tween the Georgia and South Carolina Rail
Roads, as has been sometimes feared by some,
and perhaps contemplated by others. I believe
the time has novr arrived when the passage can
and ought to be allowed; but, as the value of the
privilege is enhanced, the conditions must neces
sarily be changed or modified, anu the equivalent
enlarged. It is not contended by any that the
city, in its corporate capacity, will be at all bene
fitted; but it is urged, and I think not unreason
ably, that we ought to make some small sacri
fice to the progressive spirit of the age. And
we have now the power of making that sacrifice
gracefully. Hereafter it may have to be made
without grace. Ido not say this as foretelling a
threat of future legislative coersion, but simply
as pointing out what must, in the spirit of pro
gression, take place, when, from a point like
this, there are counter interests radiating. We
have Savannah on the one hand, and Charleston
on the other, wooing the vallies of the West to
seek their marts of trade for supplies, and their
seaports for means of connection with the East
ern world. A feeling of State pride would in
duce me, individually, to give the preference to
our own seaport; but lam not so blinded by that
feeling as not to know that, at this moment,
Charleston presents an equal, if not a better
point. Hereafter it may not be so—hut the in
terest of our own city requires that, at present,
we should look first to ourselves; and, in doing:
this, grant no more favors to one than the other—
to neither without a fair equivalent. We must
not look tor the spirit ol philanthropy in corpo
rate bodies. It would be miserable policy to
grant an official favor for less than it was worth,
simply because the party applying for it greatly
needed, and would be greatly benefited by the
exercise ot such a charity. At the same time
we must not look merely at the sum total as ex
pressed in dollars and cents held out • but at, over
and beyond it—at consequences, results and con
tingencies.
It is in this light I view the offer of SIOO,OOO
by the South Carolina Rail Road, for the privi
lege ot crossing the bridge. As a sum to repre
sent the interest we give up, it is not enough;
hut as an offer from them for a specific right, it is
liberal, and ought to be considered in the spirit
of liberality. Besides this sum, there are other
interests to be provided for, which may possibly,
at this time, be better forwarded, and may be
considered almost as valuable as the sum itseff
Let us consider some of them.
In naming them I do not express any opinion
for or against what has been heretofore done
Let what is past remain in the past—our busi
ness is with the present and the future.
For years the city has been in a ferment par
ticularly within the month previous to the elec
tion of the municipal officers, respecting the
building of a bridge in the upper part of the city.
Among the serious objections urged by those
against it, has been the opposition to be expected
from the South Carolina authorities! Could not
this be considered in the conditions attached to
the sale of the privilege asked for ?
Again: the Legislature of South Carolina has
granted, to certain citizens, a charter to build a
bridge from the South Carolina shores to a point
to be hereafter designated in Georgia, near Au
gusta, thereby interferring with the present
bridge, (to say nothing of the pre-contract of South
Carolina itself with the owners of the bridge,)
and have put it in the power of an individual
greatly to annoy us in the possession of a valua
ble property—to defend which has cost us con
siderable money, and may cost us more. Anil
may not this also be set at rest when the use of
the privilege is vested in a great and paramount
interest of that State ?
We cannot set down nn amount *+