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©lje | Is published by authority of the ‘Southern Musical Convention. Terms—sl,so Per Annum (£?*2Vo paper discontinued until settled for. ■!!...• T—. ..1 Hamilton, Sept. <>, \ 554. CROPS IN HARKIIS The crops io Harris county have, in suffered from drouth, but in other portions of the count}’, corn crops never were better. From what we •can learn, there will be over an usual av •erage of corn made in our county the present yeah Some of the farmers say they: never have made better crops ol “Corn, others say they never have suffered 80 severely for rain; this is also the case in the adjoining counties. The co|on ■generally, is shedding badly, anti will .fall far short of an average yield. sflif* \Ve have given a large spade* <P to-day's paper to in for nr ation from differ* cut sections of the union, in regard to the* Crops,which we presume will be as in* teresting to our readers as anything we ‘could place before them. Please see our first page. Drought.—On Thursday last we re. ■ceived a letter (under date of Aug 24,) from a sister residing near Waterloo, Sen* eca county, New York, from which we make the following extract;: “The weather still continues as dry as ever; Vegetation and pasturage are all dried up, looking as though a fire had passed over it. Some of our neighbors are obliged to cut up their corn and feed it to their cattle while it is just beginning to “be fit for roasting ears. We have con siderable fruit but scarce any potatoes.— in Yates county [about 30 miles distant] itli'satd to be even worse than here, the people are cutting down trees for their cattle to browse, to keep them alive.” 0^* H A Lover of Woman’* came too late for insertion in this week’s paper; we did not receive his article until late on Monday evening, at which time our pa per was nearly made up. It shall ap pear in our next. We should be pleased to have our correspondents forward theii favqrp as early as Thursday, it they wish <Ke m Joa ppe‘iFth The Organ on Wed. nesday following. Our paper is smalt, nd if their articles are lengthy, we fcre compelled to put them 9n the ‘first side,” which is “ worked off 1 ’ on Saturday. OWe call the attention of those who are afflicted with the “ Texas Fever” to the Letter of Judge Henderson, (former* *y of this place,) which will be found in another column. ’ Our musical friends will pardon tis for the non*appearance ol anv thing in the musical line, in this week’s paper. The attendance of the Superintendent and one of our hands on the Convention, together with domestic increase, a White edition, is our only apology. 03* We are authorized to state, “ Old Type,” in bis Versaical correspondence, has no individual allusions, and courts no controversy with organizations. His ob ject being to show the evils of the day, and the extremes to which they are car. ried. This he considers sufficient apolo. gy for all persons, parties and sects; but he further authorizes us to state that if there be any disaffection in ranks any where, objectors have the privilege of ‘shootmg at him whenever they please, as he fech his capacity to sustain his po sition with aoy body, whether in prose or verse. In the langoage of one of our correspondents, 41 the door is open plunge it.” icrln consequence of the protracted meeting, the meeting at the Court Home for the purpose of forming a Debating Society and Young Men’s Library, was postponed until tomorrow evening, the 7th inst., at early candle light. We are instructed to invite the citizens gen erally, both ladies and gentlemen. The Soil of the South lor Septem ber is before us, and filled as usual with its highly interesting and instructive read ing matter. It is the best and most prof itable work in the State. Next Monday the fall session of the Superior Court for this county will open here, and no doubt the publishers will have an agent in at- I tendance for the purpose of receiving sub j -rriplitins; our fanner-, should improve ‘^ ,e °PP nr,un ' , - v every man become Superior Court —The Superior Court for Harris county, will be held in this place next week. \V#toe.*o* should hear in mind that Judge Crawford has estab lished a rule to pula heavy fine on all witnesses, who have been lawfully sum* moused, if they are not in attendance when their names are called. This is as it should be ; many rases are put off from Court to Court because the witnesses do not think proper to attend, thereby keep, itfg parties out of their ji*t lights, the docket oveiflowed, and in criminal cases, nutting the county to unnecessary ex pense. Since the above was in type, we learn that this rule applies to parties as Weil as witnesses. *ttae* Crops and Weather --The editor of'the Lavaca (Texas) Register, sa vs:— •• We regret to learn that the worm has made its appearance in the co'ton fields up the country. A gentleman from Hie vicinity of Price’s creek informed us that his entire crop had been destroyed, that it had been so completely paten up that he had abandoned it altogether. there are heavy complaints from Ceil tral Texas, of oppressive beat, wan) ol rain, shedding of Cotton, drooping at ttf parched appearance of the crops generally- The State Ti nes sav* the corn crop of Travis and surrotirulmg counties, will yield an average ol 40 bushels per acre ; and the average- 0 f cotton will he from one to two bales per acre, of 500 pound* each ; w heat from 20 to 30 bushels per acre. A letter from Sprinpfield states that the corn crop w ill he very good, but the cot ton light. They have had no rain for t 5 week*. The Gonzales EnqnireT says: “Rain is wanted in some portions of the country, yet, from all that we can learn, the crops no where within this and the adj titling counties 3Tc suffering for the want ol it The San An gusline (Texas) Ri-gi.-ler | says: “ The coin crop was planted un usually early, and w.- pretly well made before the drouth set in : but cotton crop* have been seiiously damaged by the drouth and boll worm. - 4$ ■* ■’ ‘ - - r ~ * ■**” • - Arthur’s Hume Magazine —We hnve received the Augcst number of this highly interesting Magazine, which should be taken bj’ every lover of good reading It contains as many choice articles ol reading matter as anv publication of the day, and are generally short and pithy which is one of its most valuable features. The present No. Contains nineteen beau* tiful Illustrations, including the Fashions. Our thanks are due for the July No., (duplicate,) which will compare with any Magazine now published. Terms-—s 2, two copies S3 Address l’-S. Arthur & co., 107 Walnut Street. Philadelphia. Graham’s Magazine.— We have not been lavored with a perusal of this valu able Magazine lor some time, but have received the September No., in which we discover there has been no falling off; it is as interesting, rich and racy as ever. It is beautifully illustrated with engrav. ings to the principal leading articles giv. ing an eye view of the seenes of the revolution, which are explained by the reading. It is truly a National Magazine! > Terms, $3 Address Richard H. See, & Cos., 106, Chestnut Sheet. Philadelphia. Cass County Texas ) July 27. h. 1851. } Brother White ; Dear Sir—Having noticed an article in the Urgan dated May 98th, from the pen ol Win. Harts- Field, giving some account ol the for ward ness of the crops in Jackson county, Florida,—-not his own, but his neighbors. I have thought proper to state some facts in iHerence to my own. which is bv no means extiaoidinarv lor Tx*s. As you are well aware, 1 did not mach my pres ent home until the 28th of January, and lound it as I anticipated—alotie in tne woods—having all tnv building to do I commenced and continued clearing until I fenced 150 acres ol ground, and had it ready for the plough. 1 commenced planting cotton on the 4th d,iv of May was stopped on the gth, and planted tin more until the Kith, in .consequence ol too much rain. We will now suppose that it was not more than a stand on the ‘2oth; this May astonish Iriend Billy. but that is time enough in Texas, when the ground is in good order, say 4 d*ya ’ —— r to come up Welt® the cotton that oas planted on theH6Hi May, trail bloom* on the fmir diy ol July and was fro i> knee to hail thigh ‘-high and this was on land half cleared, half plowed, and htll’plant-1 ed. *'l wilt farther Stale that on the 16th I ot May 1 was in parson Tavtor’s pl'anta- ; riftn. and took a walk in hi* corn crop, which was about sijpv acres,—l found it higli'to as high as i could reach, tassefing mid shooting generally ; it was well nigh in roasting ear on the 28 h of May—the d’tv that Billy found the silk rn ids neighbor's find, not his •, own.—lt any of my triends doubt this, -l wilt refer them to Judge Brooks, of Cuth* belt, Randolph county Georgia. Respectfully Yours. James U. HendersuW. General Intelligence* OHIO Dl.-GAACISD. A* if bent on finding the lowest depth# of self-aba<ement io which abolition fa* naticism is cnpable of degrading its delu ded■ victims, ;the negro, Fred Douglas, v as recently inSK^rf-to’deliver an addies*. (no doubt prepared for him and commit* led t ) tnemoty for the ocr,asion.) before the Ideraiy societies of ihe Western Re serve Cos liege in “Ohio. An abolition sheet thus describes the disgracetpi’and humiliating spectacle-: ” Yf nterday afternoon. (July 24.) Fred erick D ing!a*s addressed the lit. raTy so cieties of tire We#i*Hi Reserve College, on tine occasion of the annual commence men*. It was an exert i-e wrh a peculi arity about it. which will distinguish it from dl of the kind ol Ihe present age.—*- It is an anomaly in the'history of Ami.-m ----can literature. A black man i* invited to instruct the already well instructed Anglo Amerhan Student in his own Un iversitv Halls. We say we have seen the turning of a in out litera- * lure. Douglass’ p<siu<>n was not won lor him without a stiuggle on the part of his friends. 1 n his intioduction he dunk ed the societies which had so kio-dlv and so perseveringU given him ihe initiative. His ascending that platform I -count a tri* tun pit to humanity His theme was, The Claim of the Ne gro Race, viewed in a psychological and physiological light. The distinguished Gen HArneY tj. ; V., pa s. and through Mobile s on tl.e 18 h j on hjs Way savs he Picayune.; to get i leave of absence tor a vi.-u to Europe The old warrior, .we i oppose wants to •nuff the air of that belligerent region. The Cuban Stupe —The New Yiok Times affiniAsVlaVe uncle is sctualU carried on between that citv and the roast ol Africa, and that New York merchant* lire constantly sen ling ves-el# to Africa to bring cargoes ol slave# to Cn* ba* A Female Mail RibER.-*-The Alex ander Gaz tte has the ioilowing para graph : Ihe mail between Alexandria and Dum fries, is now tarriec regulailv and punc* tnally on horseback, by a young lady, who acts in live place of her fuller, who is sick She has tfiw been thus engag ed for several week*, and has never mis sed a day. or beefi out of time—riding twenty five mile* every dav. Her in I dustrv and courage are worthy ot honor* able mention. .’ * 9rr^!S ‘ f The Corbin Convention.— Legal ad* thorities ol Great Litain having decided that the Corbin branches of the Jennings family wete entitled to the immense slim of thirty or forty millions ol dollars, known as the long disputed Jennings estate, members “f the Du-bin family, to the number ot fifteen W twenty met at Bar* j num’s Hotel. Baltimore, on Wednesday, and held a yonveuion to decide who were the rightful legal heritors of ihe prin cely legacy. Mo* of Hie representative# j resent were ftom Virginia. The Supreme Ciurt of New York has adopted a rule providing that a lawyer examining a wit*a shall stand up. This standing rule is a capital one for the sa ving ol time and the protection qj wit neses* from the iiiipertinencies of law yers who. lolling comfortably in a chair, care not how long they mav detain a witness with unimportant, irrelevant questions. A ForgeTful Couple.—A youthful couple were traveling on Ihe Mad Uiver Railroad, a few days since, wiilr several small children ami a baby. On reaching Forest City they got off to take the Eas tern tram, but Irrgotthe baby, which they left slumbering in the car. When the baby had been carried some twenty miles the passengers discovered that its moth er was not along, atjd an investigation being had, the babe was duly labelled, and started on t return for Forrest Citv. Cin. Col. An Unselfish Prater. —A corres pondent of tb* National Intelligencer, wilting from Florida, gives an incident in relation to a prayer offered by request during a severe drouth, by a venerable Methodi-t preacher who bore fto -good Writ H) the Baptists. Hi* prayPr Vvas somewhat remaikable rdr ils ‘Unselfish tone, and ran this wise: -Let it rain. ! beginning at my plantation in Hamilton | co. Ala. coming down the religuhl- neigh ■ hdfhdods id Columbia and Nassau where ’ immersion i* not practiced aod reaching Biack (Tei k, even Black Creek, and bringing lorth in abundance, none olyour little ‘nubias, however, but long ears, as lortg as this good right arm.’ Murder —Burning of the Murder —At Mount Meigs, in Montgomery 1 county, on‘Friday night last.Dr McDon ald was murdered by his negro man.— A? we have heard the particul*rr. Dr. McDonald had chastised tile negro for some insolence dr disobedience, and the negro started to run away. The Doctor. 1 : a fevv minutes alter wards, went to bis stable to get hislitfrse, tfnd while there, was set upon by the negro (who had ; concealed himself about the and Was bejten to dentil with a large club— his trkn'll being broken into fragments, Dr. McDonald was a highly esteem-e/T citrzen, and this foul murder, of course produced she greatest ‘excitement. The negro was aire.-ted, and a iripeting of the citizen* of Mount Meigs was held, at which it was-determined by a large ma jority, tbat the font murderer should be burnt. Tirt* -enterree lea's daily eVemted, on'Saturday after-noon last. |f Theae are Hie tp-irlit olaYs. as we g ith ered thenV, in a busty conversation tr>m a gen He man who was i.a Morut Meigs, on Sunday. We presume Hie citizens of ihe M-mnl will themselves publish the’ l acts. VYe regrei at Jury <i ne'to vefe t'he eX'e : curion of ihe laws taken from the pioper authorities, out there are case* which justify in ofrr opinion a sum maty pm cess ; and horn the character of those engaged in execu ing this fiend, we do, not tlonbi that Ihe lacts wili j i-lity them in the eve.* of our whole co mints titty —; FrrwßlM'rne can.*- Cl other there i* a spit it of instiliorrliektion in pur -lave pop ulalioiVMhat is constanilv leading to the; com mission Tihe most diabolical ciim-s and which call (ot prompt and summarv examples Suit We should prefer to see 1 the ‘law take it* course ‘ 1’ i.s Hie be*! in the long (un We may have more to; i say o"i this head so r.-idler dP [.ldv'rtiserSfGrpt'te. The Know %et ungs.—A ! !l-r from Philadelphia Tay* : > •A Geman paper published in this city’ states that an organization called the ‘Know Somethings’ is being formed in cit y-and State, on an composed of native* and foteigners. whose object isoposition to the ‘Know Nothings, the Jusuits, the extension and prohibition of slavery and the Sunday law. a* well as the Maine law, Every member, however who becomes intoxicated and gives of fence, it say#, is tObe first Suspend* and for three months, and on the second of fence to be pXpelled. It is to be a se cret society l and as such will •endeavoi to carry out its views through Ihe hallo’ bigfcs.lp ■v- Vi ~ v-V * jfflewpt Ho Murder by a Statoe iMr Oh i Tuesday last Mr. Roben Smith ot Mont* ■ gomeiy co. Ala, attempted to correct one iof hi* negro m-*n 1 when tile negro drew a knile and Riade a ferocious attatt on him Mrs. Smith ran up, to prevent her S husband being killed, when the negto I also auarked her. Both received seVere wound* Irom the knile in the hands bf Hie .negfo. After iuflictmg the wounds the negroa made hi# escape, and al though immediately putsUed, Was hot caught until vesterday when he was— brought to this City and. lodged in jail. I A libsstAN VVasHervYomaN.—The following pleasant account of domestic management in a Russian household has just been given by Capt. Jesse : One morning, while occupied In wri j ting a letter, a very odd squirting kind ot noise outside the door attracted my atien tion, ahd at length worried me so that I left my desk and went out in the pa*sage to ascertain the Cause Ihle 1 found my neighbor’s housemaid quietly Ironing her mistress's lace collars and caps—so this did not afcrount for it t therefore re entered ivy room, but had scarcely got seated at inv dCsk. when I heard the noise ■jagain—Whist, whist. 1 1 looked out one- more, and caught the Ah gail ill the very act ot filling her mouth with water which she discharged over a riihlv etn btoidered muslin dress, to damp it before ironing. This, to make th*’ spray fall evenly from between hel teeth done by ! a good deal of method, by first ‘puffing out both cheeks and then slapping them sharply with both hands Missouri.— The fact is now e*tabji*hed that all tfie members of Congress from Mis*oori who voted in Invot of tile Ne braska Bill at the recent session of Con gress and who were candidates for reelec* lion, viz : John S. Phelps. Dem.. andOl* Iver, Lindhy, and Mdler, Whig*, have been successful, while Thos. H Benton, 1 who voted against it, has b*en defeated* rcunefr ii#B. Bv the St j au*hi.) V-I I. at N- V Y rfc, we have Liverpool da*es to the 12 h iifr. The Eastern War.— The new* rft regard to the moveirn nts of the Great Powers in ‘the war i* quite import mt. Prince Gortschakoff the Russian En voy at Vienna, anuou-ices formally, that Moldavia, a* well a* Wallachia. will be immediately evacuated. Consequently the advance of the Austrian troops into the Principalities has been countermand. But Austria ha*, subsequently, signed an engagement with France and E >gland to insist on guarantiee of future peace frdm Russia, and not to be sati-fied with the status quo. The Russians, at the last arconnts con tinued to retreat, and the Turks toad, vance, but there had been no more fight ing. V _ <* There is nothing further important from the Baltic, excepting only % report of the bombardment and capture of B >m ersn<y ‘ 4 . ** TWO Convents, an ! some fdh<*r build, ings w'Mfe b 6 i.haidi-d in the White The latest account* s*V th it 3033 French troop* h ive landed po the mu3 of Perekop, he narrow *trip of land which connect* the Crimea with the main land. There i* also a report from i| Baltic that 3 030 French troops have lan ded on the Island of Ahind, at the mouth of the Gulf of Bothnia. Bv telegraph it is amimin vil that-3 000 Fteirch soldi ‘f* and 600 E iglish mi tines been Ijiuled ai three points ort the L-land of Aland, with little inteirup. tiorv and no loss, an the 11th. The tort* ■.vere to be attack -d n-xt dav S r (Salaries Ntu m wi* >ff B i nejstind iu the stiiii Bu-id >g The M oniteftr pttblishrs the F.etuTi G lvein TiVrit’’* refusal to grant an arm;* lice bftt that pence may be hid on the following tern-': file abolition of tlie Russi ft Pnv cbvrate over Watl ichik, Set via. ftivl -Mo du'Ai- S'Ceoud, The tr< ti'- d*m of the u-outh of h Diuu’ie Thrid \ revision of the Treaty “ nil reference tblh'C lirru : - Ol Turkey in t e B irk S a Fourth No power to it Av i piOtet'O te over Tin k'*l| siihj rts. Eighty ‘hou-a ol Tui'k* are how stated to be in W vllaclua. fb- course ol the from OrsoVa *o Gihuz is how in in s*e ,*ion eff the Jbitk-. A"-ti ia and Pi ii -i i are • xiert’ j d soort f'o prop-me'to he Geimantc Diet that thd Federal c ntiugencv be placed on a war looting, Ii The Cholera has broken out vio'etVHy at Varna, ahd the lyptiu- his aUd a'p‘ pearrd. 4 *o>,XO E-iiftiyl* <>Kpeditpn hwl gryoAt— up the Sulina mouth of the Danube. de si roved the Russian sM ckad-s; and biitn ed S ilma o the gieu.ml. >I?AIN Queen o‘nistl na, of Spain-, has been indicted before the Spatii-h Cortt.*, ttn 4 of treason. There had no more fighting at MVdr and Air mgerfhem.* - ere mad- fir the depart* ure of Q ecu ( hri-tiiia and h*r timrlv ; but arfiii and group* *tli > wiirtd.-d the pilace and preV-nt* dit f lie pupdfa’ce seemed determined op the pu nsh-VVent ol th** Queen rfl nhftr, and at leAsl she should nut be allowed lh quit Spatp unti! tried by the Dot to*. England the Briti-h P.iliimetdi Mr. Hoitte c.died the. -attention ot Ihd Guvernment to the necessity of taking still mote energetic measures for the sup* jiression of the African slave trade and said he was sure that E*partero would givy the best assistance to carry oul the ohj-'cl. The Government had chartered ships to rortVev arms and stores for defence to Halifax. St Johns, N. IV Qu*h-c. Mon treal, the West India Islands. &,c , &C. STILL LA I Ell. Columbia, Aug, 31. The Europa at Hatitax biings neWSr that orders tiad been issued for the trians In enter Wallachia Burners und in the Baltic has been cap*’ tured but no pir'icutai* are given. Ihe Sultan has concluded a tieaty with Scbam \f, the Ciicassi in chief, hv which the former recognise the indepen dence of Circa—ia. and the latt<-r agrCPB to f\nnis!i of) 000 mountaineer troops a* gaiti-l Russia Admiral Duchesne had bombarded Anapa 24 hours. No particulars given.*■ The expedition L the Crimea had ueen delayed on accomi 4 >f the till- L-ra. France—The E t pefor of France had ordered the pay merit of all of the great Napoleon’s legacies. Ru-sian intrigues had been discovered in the army and navy, and in many of the secret clubs of Paris. President Fn-ice',* last message relative to Cuba, asking that $lO 000 000 he placed at Ins disposal, had caused much uneasiness in Pari*. Spain —The French ambassador at Madiid had protested energetically aga list anv violence to members of the Royal Family and Spain. The Junta# of Malaga and Loredo re fuse tu recogni-e the new* government. Don Loui* Sargasto has been appointed gov of Madrid, Cardorto of Saragossa, and a brother of Gen. O'Doancll, of Madrid,