New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-06-05
The Crops md the Weather.


st shorer, Of rain indeed rather too much for low
va The Grain crops in the upper district are un
der.,ood 10 be generally promising the yield hsey u
10 fnu average one. without some adverse influence
The Corn crop Is very pfomising and he Cotton lhus
FAR il doing vel
The Shreveport La paper Of the 18th inst.
~. Having inquired Of persons from al sections o.
The surrounding country We have hed the most natter
Ing accounts Of the growing crops The stand Of COT
TN i elegant and IN fine growing c0nduon ihe Corn
1,ons have been represented % us ~ equally flourish
M An old friend Of ours from Alabama, informs us
hat he viii send Us ten eof'0a blooms IN day or
two"
The LDartbarg Eilgfai0n learns from good au-
,honty that the Wheat crop 10 the adjoining counties
/. very promising Indeed the reports n regard o. tins
erou from that state generally and from some other
states. quite nattefmg
The Grain Crops la the vicinity Of Lexington,
Va have been 70 great extent destroyed BY the hali
storm Of week before last
AxTIsLAvERY FEFLrsC ~ NIRGHIA.-The
Ricl ~1nd SOl,fheraSr by no means au AbO-
htiOn paper, holds the following language in rela
ton 10 public sentiment Ia Virginia on the subject
OF Slavery
IN Is not generally known. yet 10 j. uevcrthcle .s
true that twOthrj- Of the people OF Virginia are open
and undisg used advocates VI Kidding the State of
slavery and after the year l-5O when the census i-
taken Their views win be embodied In such form 20
ffarile the South We speak under-tandingly. We
have within the last two years cOnycrsed with more
than hge hundred slave holders in the State and 0uf
hundred and hify Out OF tine five hundred eNprea sed
themselves ready % unite general plan 90 abo
ish Slavery upon almost any terms. Abolition fanau
oism Al the North has not produced this but the am
nexaon Of Texas and the acquisition of territory have
done H. Virginia may be- put down a no LONGER reiia
bic on this question. When she goes. the Di-ird O
Columbia - free territory then Delaware and Mary
land viii also go, aud North Carolina and Kentucky
wal follow suit This viii surround the cXtrcni'
South with Free States and when that day comes and
fertM - Ha very 4 lttf
parcel OF Wild turkeys ~ 80 many slaves. We maj
continue this subject In our next, certainly We shhl
farther consider it,
Abolition ianaiicism may not have produce,
tins condition Of pubic sentiment in Virginia
but calm and free discussion Oi the subject a.
slavery, la the Free States, has had much 10 Go
with producing IT. ~. \ Globe.
Eg7 TsE NIAGARA, which came into dock t
morning, experienced very heavy gale Of ID hour
duration On her passage. On the night Of the 2lh ult
she shipped tremendous sea- which carried OvcrbOar
two Of her crew who perished two others were sc
TOusly hurt. The drowned men eact leave families.
subscription for the benefit Of the widows and children
OF these men was made the following day, which
amounted 20 the sum Of EJ5l % sterling.
The Niagara saw, on the 2ls ait nj = ". OF Cap
Clear, steamship America from cw-iork, lOth uit
via Halifax for Liverpool Also let inst 4. N. Boz
Light West 40 miles, steamship Caledonia hence
Tor Halifax and Liverpool. Boston Jour g
DREADFUL inNfIAhkAiloF--f Niff0ffltN
June p 13i7-A dreadful fire occurred ia Allentown
Pennsylvania yesterday afternoon. Eighty building.
were destroyed in the handsomest portion of the town
The IRE originated in stable being set fire by boy
playing with crackers The following buildings were
destroyed the splendid new odd Fellow Hall p0rtly
occupied by Weiss a LochmRn's shoe store kecss
tailor III Nagle's oyster cellar Gwinn q Quonnngcr
aud Solfridgc a Wilson's stores James freNiers no
tel Ycager s. Woidncr's and Joseph WEISS jewer}
stores Thomas Gmgsngers stove store Gsngwcr
millinery Nowharts tailor shop Dr. D0moskys o.
nee Metse q Woavor's Angner 4 HoOver's Fdwar,
Newhaft's hardware store the Post Office GeoIC'
Lucas Nathan IIersh's Mrs Browns a. Coles ani
+ Rashe's stores Reuben lNco's and Charles Shol'
stores. with the following private residences DAME
Coper's Mr. hcipcrs, Peter Hoovers and granary
Joshua HMns. Mrs. Heckmana, Mt 4. w. Marine j,
seph Ncwharts Mrs Cathauno Grofs brother
WoodrinQs and Mrs Movers &c &c
THr CLIMATE or MENC0.-The climate q
Mexico i- peculiar, beautiful calm and serene bot Oh
Ntmosphere has go much less oxygen IN II than ouI
that the whole economy OF life is changed The pull
ton l. increased almost double IN frequency and thcr
j. want of that vigor and robust feeling which ell
mate affords healthy man. aud once reduced by dis
case there IL Is almost impossible 90 regain health ana
strength Tho mornings cool, too cool for q maj
OF taking cold which Is almost bad any ether de
there and the days hot that the rays of th
sun cannot be borne without producing fever The IA
tives wrap up in cloaks in the morning and retire 81
noon
HORACT Mann AND THE Mass BoARD OF Edo
CATION The Annual meeting of the Board OF Educa
ton was held ON "Wednesday A letter was cciye
from Hon. Horace Mann. declining a reolccti, as 70
secretary The Board voted 90 postpone the election
Of Secretary and 20 request Nh Mann 90 pen th
duties Of that office until such election take place
Boston Wing