Several thousand dollars, together with twenty-two bales of cotton, were subscribed in Houston, Texas, in a few hours, towards securing a competence to the widow and family of Gen. A. S. Johnston. The North Carolina State Convention has created the office of Lieutenant Governor, and provided that the Governor elected at the coming election in August next shall take his seat in September, until which time Gov. Clark will occupy the Executive chair. Captain Thomas Leeds, of the Orleans Light Horse, died at Jackson, Miss., on the 23d ult. In some parts of Louisiana the planters are suffering for rain, but the general prospect for crops throughout the State is Nattering.
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