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Sheriff's Levies. 30 days, $2 50 per levy; 60 days, $5. Executors, Administrator's and Guardian’s Sales. Real Estate, (per square. 12 lines) $4 75 Do. do. Personal Estate. 3 25 Citation for Letters of Administration 2 75 Do. do. Dismission 4 50 Notice to Debtors and Creditors 3 25 Four Months’ Notices 4 00 Rules Nisi, (monthly) $1 per square, each insertion. TT* ALL REMITTANCES PER MAIL, are at ocr RISK. (From the N. O. True Delta , 3 d inst. 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 *+