The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-04-26

this action, who the collateral relatives of the
deceased succe ,ded in breaking the WILL the lcidotc
and children will come in and relieve them of their
burden. For, says the rumor, the testator was
duly and legally married. and lived seven years
with his wife in New Orleans, from which resulted
| two children. 1t Is further said that Nc Donogh
| gave them some fifty thousand dollars before his
death-though no mention is made Of them in the
will Verify, the glorious uncertainties the legal
element are to be considerably realized in this
| case"
AFFAIRS THE RIVER PLATE.-Buenos Ayres
dates to the 4h Of March have reached US tn trough
Rio Janeiro papers. Affairs getting settled
after the grand overturning which had been expe
| rienced there. and the people were apparently
| pleased with the change.
The allied army made its triumphal entrance
| into Buenos Ayres on the 10Th of February. The
number OF troops was "a 900. and il took them five
hours to pass given point. The reception was
most enthusiastic. Honors OF all sorts were heaped
| upon General Urquiza, the commander in chief.
| The general issued an order on the 18th Febru
ary, granting full pardon to all the military who
had violated the convention Of the 7th October by
which (being then in the Banda ORIGINALLY they
bound themselves not again to take up against
| the liberating army.
d. Diozenes Urquiza has been appointed Charge
d'Affares OF Buenos Ayres at Montevideo.
General Mancilla, who commanded at Buenos
| Ayres at the date of the overthrow of Rosas, has
sailed for England.
! The Buenos Ayrean government has reduced
| the tonnage duties on foreign vessels arriving in
that port from 900 to 300 reis. Coasting vessels
are exempt from tonnage.
Jose Francisco Jiro has been elected president OF
the Oriental republic Capital Montevidco) by a
nearly unanimous vote of The Legislature,
We have already stated, the authority of a
letter from General Urquiza's headquarters, that
| the number Of killed and wounded on the part of
the allies less than three hundred, and we
doubt If IL in fact two hundred. As 10 the Bue
nos Ayrean loss, letter in the Newark ddontser,
dated Buenos Ayres, February Is, says: cit has
4 been ascertained that but a very small number
killed in the battle, Rosas' men would not
| fight. He had very few that were faithful to him,
and they either Joined the other eide dispersed
To their homes, from which they had been reluc-
family dragged, often leaving wife and little
children. without man TO assist in taking Of
the sheep and cattle.
| "Rosas's cavalry made not the least resistance
but fled before Urquiza got within a quarter Of a
mile Of them. The infantry about Rosas fought
some, and 80 did the artillery; but Urquizas Bra
lillian troops (mostly Germans) charged upon the
artillery, which they took at the point of the bayo
net They then turned Rosass own artillery on
his infantry, which dispersed them, and a
general rout followed."-N Y Jour. of Commerce.
| NAvAL.-The United States frigate Raritan,
| Commodore Charles 8. McCauey, remained at
Valparaiso March 20h, as also the sloops of. W ar
Portsmouth, Commander Thomas A. Dornin, and
ST. Lawrence, Commodore Badcn Dulaney. The
Portsmouth arrived on the 18TH In forty 1.-TWO dsys
from Rio Janeiro, and the st. Lawrence on the l9th
IN thirty nine days from the same port.
| naval general court martial il ordered 10 con
| PcnnHylya-
MIA on the goth Of May; Commanders Armstrong
and Saunders, and Lieutcnants Williamson and
Pegrsm are the members oft.
Norfolk Herald, April %.
THn LATE FarsHxT.-The Cumberland Minas'
Journal Of Friday has long article upon the late
destructive frosbet in the Potomac river the main
facts Of which we have already published. Speak
ing OF the injury TO the Chesapeake and Ohio cana
it snys From Harpers Ferry 20 the Point Of Rocks,
where the greatest injury ia always done by fresh
Late olI hat, 10.
In many places the tow-path ia said TO be entirely
swept away to render il impossible 10 distin-
| gush between the river and canal. Dam No. 6 is
also said to have sustained great damsg go, and a
number of breaks reported at differen points
along the line Baltimore Ne,o'
FnoM SANTA FE.-The st. Louis Republican Of
| the lf,h has a Geographic communication from
| Independence, of the previous day. The Mayor Of
| Santa 70 had just arrived at Independence lie
| left Santa Fe on the 9th Of March; business was
very dull. and the place almost deserted. Those
| that could raise an outfit had gone TO tho ella.
Governor Calhoun was preparing TO leave for
Washington city. The March mail mot at
Cedar Spring, the April mail at Council Grove; oil
well. Aubrey has gone the new route. The Ara
! paboes, Kiaw abs, Pawnccs, and Cheyenne Indians
we're trading with Bent, five miles above Fort At.
| knson
MrsrrsoTA.--A correspondent of the Albany
| R,gster, writing from Minnesota, save:
at IL singular fact that the ordinary field birds
and songsters common in old settlements and
also the honey bee, unknown here before. have mi
| grated bither with civilized man. The Indians
say that the rsttlesnskes follow in bic wake also.
| BE that as it may, while they numerous far
| her down the Mississippi, they have not yet made
their debut into this locality. In the neigbborhood
| OF Sank Rapids, however, some have been killed,
where, it is said, they never seen till re.
| Gently"
| ExcAvArISe Coir.--Tho French rogues can re.
| move one eide Of slvcr coin with a very thin
| fine saw, cut out the silver in the middle. All up
with fueer metal solder on the surface again, and
! leave the piece looking ss before Most of the
| pieces thus altered bear the cfigy either of Louis
| XVIII, Charles X, or Louis Philippe. The fraud
was irst detected at the Bank of France. The do.
teroration Of the coin thus altered is about seven
| tenths .-Ne,c York Mirror.
| GAMs.-The Detroit Tribune cay that during the
past winter Messrs. Rowe & Co Of that city, have
sent to the eastern cities "twelvc thousand nine
hundred and forty four prairie hens or grouse;
"forty thousand four hundred and thirty three
quaiIs," besides patridges, wild turkeys, &c, in
| large numbers.
We have not yet observed any mention Of Sir
Henry Bulwer's appearance at bic poet in Florence.
On the contrary, we read that he is negotiating
with the electors of Lincoln, with view of oferin