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THE CROPS.

The Pesylpaa thus condenscs the various reports as
to the present state Of the crops;
We have intelligence from nearly every part Of the Union,
the general tenor Of which indicates abundant harvest o.
summer grains. The wheat crop in Virginia, Maryland,
Tennessee Kentucky, Ohio Pennsylvania and New Jersey
where harvesting in progress, never better In
New York; Michigan, and lndnDa the yield viii be lar bet
than was expected month six weeks ago The June
rains have been very extensive and most benecent The
Monroe mich Gazette says, That Mr. Frost Of Albion,
dngushcd flour manufacturer has been travelling through
out that State and expresses the opinion that the wheat crop
Of this year will nearly twice large that Of any pre-
vious year" From Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa we have
similar though not definite reports.
The rye crop is generally good Throughout Pcnnsylva-
mia and some Of the Western States grass is luxuriant while
from other quarters there very general complaint OF short
CROP Oats promise but fair YIELD and in many places In
dian corn is backward In the Caolnas and Georgia the
extreme drought has placed it almost beyond recovery In
other quarters abundant crop will far to cause the def
ciencv in hay and oats 10 be forgotten
Cotton appears to generally doing we'll but the plant is
heir TO 50 many diseases and vcssudes that from It's
appearance can make estimate Of its ultimate yield
acre may produce a bale a pound The hemp crop Of
Kentucky and Missouri in most promising condition, and
bids fair to be greater than in any previous year.
But little be expected from tobacco In Maryland the
crop is poor and backward In Virginia il is somewhat bet
ter while that Of Missouri with about the last year
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4 NOBLE EXAMPLE.

we do not know when we have felt ourselves
more truly moved to respect and admiration than
by the evidence Of selfsacr6ce and goodcitizenship
Of which an instance is given the subjoined para
graph, from what may be termed the government
paper Of the Wing State Of Maryland.
srhe nane Of Mr.. HuGHLErrE deserves to be hon
oged throughout the land true patricia public
benefacor who, to save the character Of his State,
and redeem her faith, which perhaps he had been
instrumental in pledgng, has dsregarded his CON-
FORT his convenience, and his inclination, so far
TO undertake the discharge Of duty from which
other competent persons had been hitherto deferred
by the unpleasant nature Of it. In word, he has
preferred the interest OF the Commonwealth to his
own. This, we repeat, is noble example, worthy
of commentator and emulation.
FROM the MARYLAND nErUsIrcAs, JuLr H.
The CoLLEcroR FOR TALBOT coUNTY.--We
state with great satisfaction that Governor PRATT
has appointed Collector for Talbot who has Gc-
cepfed the post and bonded.
The Hon. WILLIAM HUGHLETTE, formerly a
Senator from that county, most respectable,
wealthy, and patriotic citizen, has accepted the post
of Collector. We are quite sure Mr. Hughlette
has done this for examples sake. It was re-
proach that in a large and opulent county on the
Eastern Shore, among highly educated and refined
people, equally famous for their agricultural success
as their eminent liberality, one to execute SO i'm
portant a law as the tax act of l64l had not beer
found. Mr.. Hughlete has remedied that evil; ant
all who know him, know full well that he vii
faithfully execute the law, and will receive every
necessary aid, and counsel, and support from the
present Executive Of the State. Our immediate
object now is to thank Mr.. H. for the important ez
ample he has set all good citizens. The laws
should never be suspended but by the power which
makes them.
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The "Union," in the course of late article,
which treats Of the present prospect Of the Repub-
lican party, (meaning the Democracy,'D takes oc-
casion 10 say Of Mr.. PoLK:
Having, in selEsacrifcing spirit announced
his determination in advance to serve but single
term, there IS no future, IN politics, for him be-
Z yond that period
Another ardent friend Of the present Administra-
tion, who writes in the Richmond Enquirer under
the signature Of "A Republican Of 1885," holds a
very different language on the subject. Deprecat-
ing in an article published on the 9th instant, the
growing discord in the ranks Of the Democracy,
he says: M s
There d however, one resuk which must oilo,o any
dissertations between the supposed Calhoun and Van Buren,
wings Of the party The peopL-fhe patriot pcopiswlI
lay the contestants aside and rally, they all may,
under the banner Of James X Polk Treat this
wild ideah must be nothing is certain in the
future than that he win BE- reeecied by tesp if there be
not the most perfect harmony ranks and perhaps
win BE- under any circumstances There reason os
II may not. ss
know Col Polk has said that he would not be candi-
date for reeccto and know that be voted while ia the
House Of Representatives, limit the vice of the Pes
dent to single term Of six years But these the indi
vuua Opinions OF C0 FOLK, IN which 90 not concur anu
in which the people do The opinions held
and urged with great force, many occasions by Thomas
Jefferson while the Convention who framed the Constitution
in session. and often since Gen. Washington repeat
edy expressed his determination to withdraw at the end Of bis
first term and Gen. Jackson often urged upon Congress the
propety Of restricting the period Of service to term
all these iusous yielded the Of the nation, and
elected and served second term The of thes
eminent has been censured and if COL Polk fol
lows their footsteps, he will enjoy the paud which FOLLOWED
them. If the people again call upon Col Polk have tot
high opinion Of his devotion them doubt that he vii
not resist their voice.
LET partisans and factions beware, lest they make hi
nomination second time indispensable to triumph
This is very clear and nnreserved expression
of the opinion of at least one leading member Q
the Administration We have no idea that the Pre-
sdent himself has had any hand, directly or indi
recty, in this publication. But that it is thrown
feeler Of the pulse of g the Democracy" in rela
ton to the matter Of it, no who reads it cal
doubt. We shall see what is the answer of the
Democracy to this suggestion.
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FROM THE PACIFIC.

The whae-shp Timoleon arrived New Bedford Sat-
uday, in charge Of Passed Midshpman J. Hagan Brown,
late saingmaster Of the United States brig Pryhe above
ship having been abandoned by the officers and at Ia
hit, Sandwich Islands.
The Perry sailed from Tahiti the 18th Of February fo
the Sandwich Islands, TO meet the Bruadyoe and 81 Louis
thence to proceed to the coast Of South America.
We extract the following paragraph from the New Bedfort
Mercury:
"Her Britannia Majesys figste Talbot arrived at Tahiti
February 10TH and consequence Of her commander reu
sing salnl he Fssoch Pro6e0ae flag, Governor Brua
ordered boat from she French figafc Usns guar
around her, and allow communication with the shore
which strictly enforced. The Talbot, with the Hon
General Miller board, lowed TO the 18th b,
Her Britannia Majesys ssamander, intending
to touch at Riateau another Of the Society Islands,
thence at Honolulu"
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The Boston Post of Friday says "There a smash on
the Worcester Railroad yesterday The freight train
out and the passenger train in together at the change
tracks in Curve street. with great force The engines and
cars walked into each other pretty essentially and it will take
no small sum to repair damages As far could learn
none Of the passengers very much hurt except little
boy in the second class The accident is attributed to
sheer carcssness The in conduct Of the trains escaped
by jumping off before the collision"
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There are number Of our contemporaries that
seem resolved upon having an extra session OF
Congress, if they have to call il on their own
account A few weeks ago the probabilities of war
required it noU it is necessary to complete the ar
rangements for the annexation Of Texas. The ta-
king possession ofthe forts and vessels Of war, the
establishment Of custom-houses, of United States
courts and the appointment Of United States Judges,
clerks, and narshals, will require, it is contended
additional authority to that already vested in the
President, to enable him to act in the premises.
This talk of an extra session of Congress- COM
menced Immediately after the adjournment, and will
continue doubtless among the /" knowing ones for
months to GOMEZ ennsyipd'aida.
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STRAHeE.--Eor some years past all the Locofoco
papers have thought themselves in great luck when
ever they could get opportunity of giving their
readers letter from Gen. JACKSON. Every epistle
of his they have been in the habit of catching up
with the most extraordinary and marvellous avidity.
Strange however, it may seem, his last letter,
one of his very last, that to Major LEWIS is unable
to find place in their columns. We respectfully
ask an explanation of this very extraordinary cir
cumstance. Let us know why it is that, while the
whole gang of Locofoco editors are trying to defy
the old hero, none of them can be prevailed on TO
give his final epstolary effort to their readers.
Louisville Journal.
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MILITARY MovEMENTs.--Seven companies. of U.
S. Infantry reached New Orleans on the 4th and
9Th instant from Fort Jesup, and as many more
were hourly expected, from the same place, all
commanding the LIST regiment Of Dragons, has pro-
ceeded by land from Fort Jesup 10 the Rio Grande.
The whole detachment, including the Dragons
amounts to about fifteen hundred men.
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distressing drought prevailed, at the last dates in South
Carolina and in parts Of the adjoining States. AT Hamburg
the river low that wagons, days, horemen, and foot
passengers oded with perfect safety thereby depvng the
City Council of Augusta Of lots Of accrung the
city during boatabe river Crops Of every description
in pershng state and the trees Of the forest dying for
lack of moisture in the soil
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The st. Louis New Era says that the pending
treaty between the Commissioners of the United
States and the Pottawatamie Indians has been bro
ken of. The Pottawatamies own about five mil
lion acres of land, which the Government desired
to purchase at ten CENTS but the chiefs would moi
take less than fifteen cents per acre. The princi
pal objection of the Pottawatames was that they
did not desire to remove to the south side of the
Missouri, in the vicinity Of the Pawnees and Other
hostile tribes. @d
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"REscIND.''-A correspondent wishes to raise
the cry of rescnd. Inasmuch, says he, Texas
comes in by Joint resolution Of Congress, by SINH
lar means can she be put QUIT In our view all the
breath expended on such cry would be spent in
vain. Very many who ardently opposed annexa-
ton while it was incomplete, viii now acquiesce,
deeming the.consummation of that measure less in
furious than would be the effort to thrust Texas out;
and, beside, are estopped from any such effort.
A cardinal principle of the Wings is the inviolabl-
ty of contracts. Texas in, if at ALL by virtue
of contract between her and the United States and
such contract, when formally ratified cannot be
scinded by one or the other party at will. II may
be true that Congress transcribed its powers dele
gated by the people, when itautorized annexation,
but that must be determined, if at all, by the Su-
preme Court. In the mean time Texas must be con-
sidered integral part of the United States, and
treated as SUCH II the bargain is hard one, we
must make the best of il can. But that does not
preclude us from exposing the motives by which the
act consummated, from holding the actors to
strict accountability. Buffalo Com. Advertiser
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The news OF the Annexation Of Texas created
an unusual fcrment in Charleston. The morning
opened with the merry ringing of bells, the streets
were decorated with flags, and at noon one hundred
guns were fred by detachment Of artillery.
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THE WEATHEn-Sunday last was hot almost Leyond en-
durance in city Of New York, Jas indeed it also in
The city Of Washington and if the oldest inhabtant has
ever seen caoc dispensed in the space Of twentou
hours we pity his suierings while he about it, The
thermometer at Lynch & Cars stood 81, Rushton
Co.'s in Broadway, 9s and in various places in the city
il rose TO upwards Of hundred in the shade The heat in
deed has intense for Of days, with scarcely
the appearance of cloud during the whole time break the
direct rays Of the upon the Of brick and in
which live and what is very comfortable in prospect
every appearance while writing indicates hot (or
hoter) an atmosphere to-day.N Y Courier Enquirer
DEATHs FROM DRIsKIso Corn wsrra.-h - oil in,-,
portant persons during this excessively weather.
be cautious in drinking cold when they overheaed
Two deaths occurred Yesterday attributable directly 10 this
cause Of whom young named Philip Conner,
the other laborer named James Brady who had been
work the Of Lexington and Cove streets Both
deaths occurred after taking cold When persons
thirsty and the body unusually heated before drinking
cold water il is well cool the wrists by pouring there
on More than a mouhfu farthes should in no
be taken, when the body overhested, without
ton IT. instead of swallowing tumber Of water in half
minute many do when they and thirsty they
would consume least five minutes for that purpose there
would be very little danger TO be appchended. Let what Is
stated remembered and pracsed and shall have
record few melancholy instances Of death from drinking
cold Those who drink mineral water in very hot
her should also observe degree Of caution II lighter
be sure, and less dangerous, but still il is well to be pr
dent drinking much Of in short space Of time.
whilst aborng under heat Whilst referring TO this
subject might well say upon the authority OF medical
men, that drinking quantity Of water, under any cir
cumstances injurious There Is another fact that may BIZ
observed II is this the water persons drink in
cold weather. the greater will be their thirst and desire for
drinking 1t is sort Of habit and by little seEdenial
be conquered.---BoH. Patriot
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The Thar o. HgSnr G. GaErN, for the murder Of his
wife, in progress at Troy, New York. during the whole
Of last wcck without being concluded The Albany Journal
Of Monday has the annexed comments upon the testimony,
which discloscs case Of the most hardened vilany
Gas the jury allowed to see newspapers until the
Trial i over there can be no harm saying that the testimony
dscoses Of the deliberate codbooded murders that
have read Green had been married but short time
to beautiful aectonate and conding girl Of eighteen, he
being twenty-five. Without any provocaton or cause or
when she dying she appealed him say whether she
had deceived him. any way conducted improperly,
and WINS answered in the negave) this monster dosed her.
DAY and night with arsenic, which he put into her coffee,
hcr chicken BROTH and her medicine standing by her bedside
unmoved while the poison agonzng her with pain And
what u more strange than fiction Is the fact that this poison
repeatedly administered while persons around the sufferer
were witnessing It's deadly effects The victim herself though
apparently conscious that her husband numbering her
took whatever he offered
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The examination of Capt Z. A. TURrrS, the MASTER and
HAYES, first engineer Of the steamboat Marquette,
was concluded before the United States District Court New
Orleans on the 9th instant number Of witnesses were
examined
The testimony the pilot Theodore 0srander, was the
effect that deponens opinion, the explosion was caused
by there not being sufficient the boiler and also from
the effect Of throwing cold suddenly in upon the hses
which caused immediate collapse He stated that the
rneer had been the vicinity Of the boat all day. but when
the ready to start delay Of ten minutes occurred
and during the captain ordered the fire doors to be
thrown open.
After the reading Of the Sd section Of the act Of Congress Of
1885, which prescrbes that whenever danger to life limb
occurs by steamboat explosion, the captain and engineers Of
such boat If il shall appear have been caused by naten
on ncompetency neglect Of their duties shall be found
guilty Of mansaugher the punishment whereof shall be
more than ten years imprisonment hard labor and after
the argument Of counsel both sides Of the question: the
Court decided that the evidence amply sufficient send
the case before the grand jury Of the Criminal Court The
bail however, was reduced to 81, 900.
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BLACK Frsa-A shoal Of Black Fish came into Newport
harbor Tuesday morning and before o'clock thirty three
Of them landed the shore They from nine TO
twenty feet in length, and viii yield from two to nine
barrels of oil each. There upwards of forty IN the
shoa all Of which were killed, but sunk and would be
recovered when they Several boats stove but no
person was seriously injured The harbof presented scene
OF great excitement
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The business Of woogrowng is rapidly the increase in
MrcHreAS The Ann Arbor Argus Of the 30th umo, states
that up to the 9th 366 lbs had been shipped to the East
from that place. The amount shipped last year. up to the
eth November 942 showing increase already Of
l424 considerable amount also remains in store at Ann
Abor The Argus expresses the opinion that 600
pounds will be shipped from that place during the year. add
lion 10 the large quantity that will be required for the extern
siye factory erected during the last year.
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PROM rur NEW ronK EMPRESS.

The Morning News calls the following piece of
ly,ach-law villany erroneous decision of Judge
Lynch" Surprising the editor of the News had
been treated in like manner, what would he have
called it theni Suppose his own house had been
mobbed when person in his employ, mischievous-
ly, no doubt, and without his knowledge, hung out
black flag during the passage of Wing process
sion, how would he have liked that We dislike
to see lynch law defended, even by implication and
the News, with all its for law and claims
to responsibility ought not to wink at any effort to
mob down man or his property. Supposing the
man did not raise his flags upon his ships, whose
business was it He had right to do as he
pleased with his own, and nobody had right to
interfere with him.
The New Orleans Picayune reports the erro-
neous decision thus
GA party Of gentlemen in Mobile, being indignant that
the of the barque Caremont did not raise his flag
with the of the shipping in port in honor Of the memory
Of General Jackson proceeded, the night of "Wednesday
last paint the sides Of the barque with coat of tar The
next day they learned much their discontinue that the
apparent neglect only qpparethe master of the barque
had lent his entire suite Of flags TO the cusom-house and
the hreae, and consequently not able to display them
on board his vessel"
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The Philadelphia Railroad Company have finally refused 10
let the magnetic telegraph along their track The Pater
son Company however willing it should pass over their
road.--N " Tribune.
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MoRRrs CANAL.-The enlargement Of this inn
portant channel Of intercommunicaton has been
completed, and the water let into it, and barges
of the largest size passed through its whole length
on Saturday
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JOSE JOAQUIN DE HERRERA.
A. ID. LUIS G. CCEvAs.
Palace Of The National Government
City of Mexico, June 4, ls45.
The yellow fever was prevailing to very ag-
gravated extent at Vera Cruz.
The French sloop Of war La Perouse arrived al
Vera Cruz the 24th, from Galveston, with intel
ligence of the action Of the Texan Congress on the
question.
Mr.. John Cumminger, bearer of dispatches to
the United States Government, came passenger in
the Creole.N