New Orleans daily crescent., 1857-07-28


By the arrival yesterday at Berwick's Bay OF the
steamship Galveston, we have Galveston papers to
Sunday last From the Civilian of the 25th and 26tt
we extract the following paragraphs:
Partial rains continue to visit the interior. The
prospect for cotton continues fair but corn has been
cut short in many neighborhoods, and the crop is
almost an entire failure in the whole region between
| and near San Antonio and Austin. Sugar cane is
backward, and up to few days since suffering much
from drought. 1t is thought, however, that rains
| have fallen in most Of the sugar region this week
| though particular accounts have not reached US.
Cotton continues to arrive very slowly at this port
the receipts of the week being only 409 bales. The
exports only COS bales. We hear of sales of
about l50 bales at irregular prices but considerably
| in favor of sellers.
The U. s. revenue cutter Henry A. Dodge, Lieut..
| Rogers, commanding. arrived to-day from Matagorda
and Lavaca bays, having visited the town of Lavaca.
We learn from Lieut.. Rogers that the schooner
! Charles Pendleton, from New York with railroad
| iron arrived yesterday at Lavaca. A mile or more
of iron rails have already been laid commencing at
| Lavaca.
May) arrived off the bar yesterday. Her cargo con-
sists of 1925 bars railroad iron, / locomotive and
tender for Harrisburg Railroad consigned to Messrs.
4 MeMahan 4 Gilbert.
TREMENDOUS BIGAMY-7He Fat Womaa in a
Scrape.-The fat woman, on exhibition last week,
near the post-offce we understand, was named Della
ney, and her husband resides in New York city. She
has been travelling about the country lately in COM
pany with an Irish agent named o Neil and has done
very fair business During their travels, the agent
laney, (she weighs $50 pounds,) and last week
attacked the mountain of flesh with marriage pro-
position. The frai fair one' could not withstand
the eloquent love Of oNeil and accepted his proer
They were married in this city Sunday night and
on Monday night they departed for Memphis, Ten
nessee Yesterday telegraphc dispatch received
in this city announcing that William Delaney would
arrive here to-day to travel with his wife and unite
| their fortunes. What he will when
learns that his wife is bigamst, and has shared her
charms with bould adventurer, we do not know,
but presume he will follow their fight to the South
TPittsburg Post.
PoLITIcAL NEws-A friend in New Orleans who
has just returned from business visit through the
Third and Fourth Congressional Districts informs us
that everything locks delightfully."- perplexing to the
Democracy /" Ten Mile Bob," Candidate for State
/ Treasurer, is very unpopular, and will not get the
vote of his own parish-Rapides. Our friend Walker,
of St. Mary should not fail to visit that portion Of
the State and show his honest face to the suagans
Watterston will certainly distance old Green in
with sharp stick in the Fourth Burke is rustica-
ting in New Orleans, after successful tour through
the western parishes Of this District private let
ter informs us that he will soon pay second visit.
Eusts, we earn is doing good service below the city,
and will distance his competitor, ViIlere, over the
First Congressional race course in November next.
The four American steeds, from the lights before
us, viii all do their entire duty well, and sure
Third Districts [ThibodauA Minerva, 25th.
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WHENCE ARE YE DRIFTING r Yes, Democrats,
whittier are you tending? Or. to be more common,
where are you going? Is Buchanan to be your
leader, or Walker your interpreter! 1t is clear as
the MONDAY that the other will have to be
thrown overheard, or the good old ship of Democracy
will find itself high and dry the breakers of dis
ruption. Well, lot it rock, say the people were
warned long ago that Of the panks OF the Demo-
cratic policy would have to be sustained by squatter
soVereignprops, and ere many moons wane, we Deeve
that prophecy will become history Liberal minded
Democrats in Georgia are beginning to see that the
signs of the times in the political horizon are rapidly
Indicating the ulilment Of their worst fears the
President sends his agent to govern the affairs of
Territory: almost the first act the aforesaid agent
commits is to publish to the world that squatter
ereguty forms of the panks of his gubernatorial
platform. At Topeka he tells the people:
NY doctrine is this: That, in the future when the
constitution snail be submitted to the vote of the
r whole people, do not mean those who reg
a istered under the Territorial Law, do not mean
those who were residing here on the 18th of March
last but mean the whole people of Kansas not only
those who are here now, but those who will be here
neat fall as actual residents that they-the people
over whom these institutions are to operate-6y a
majority of their votes shall decide for themselves
what shall be their social institutions.
This, then, as italicisei by u.s. is the doctrine OF
President Buchanans agent that the resident inha9'
itants OF Territory-whether born in China or hal-
amaZoo whether reared among the Hottentots or IN
the crime.houses of Europe-whether they have been
in this country one week, one month, or year
: these resident inhabitants are the people to raty
= constitution for a State in free and enlightened
America Very well, if that is the doctrine of Demo
: cratic Territorial Governors, let Southern Democrats
if they desire eopardize Southern interests to sup
ii port distracted party, let them-but not Wings or
Americans-support Walkers policy. if they will.
n [Colnmbus tGa) Enquirer
Destructive F1REs.-On the night of the 10th,
fire occurred in ST. Louis which destroyed propert.
to the amount of about $40 ,00O aud the night o
,r the 2lst still more destructive one occurred sweep
np away vpropertyestmated at not less than 800 O0