Vol. I.— No. 4. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



31 



merous young orang es that lormpri upon it, on 

 ly seven wero permitted to remain, each of 

 which is now equal in size and maturity to tin 

 one I have forwarded to you. 



Yours, with respect, J. P. K. 



Poland Jan. U, 1831. 



" THE WAGES" OF LITEEATURE. 



Our distinguished fellow countryman Wash 

 incton Irving has sold the copyrights of bis 

 life of Columbus, history of Grenada, a> d (he 

 abridgement of the life of Columbus for thirty 

 eight thousand dollars These have all been 

 published wilhin the last eighteen months.— 

 This we should think a very good remunera- 

 tion, so far as money is concerned, for the ef 

 forts of genius Mr. Cooper's last novels are 

 said to have produced him $18,000. He re- 

 ceives one dollar per copy for the sales in this 

 country. 



From the Daily Albany Argus. 

 The annual meeting of the New York State 

 Temperance Society, was held in the Assem- 

 bly Chamber on the lStli inst- agreeable to 

 public Dotice. The President, hon. Reuben 

 H. Walworth, took tiie chair, and alter call- 

 ing the meeting to order, the Rev. B. T 

 Welch, of ihe city of Albany, addressed the 

 Throue of Grace. 



The President delivered bis annual address ; 

 accompanied wiiha report of the proceedings 

 of the Oneida Temperance Society. Th 

 President also read a letter from the Speaker 

 of the House of Assembly, stating that indis- 

 position bad prevented him from participating 

 in the proceedings of the meeting. 



The meeting was addressed by O. G Otis, 



esq of the Assembly, the hon. Mr. Benton o' 



the Senate, and B. F. Butler, esq. of this city. 



The following resolution, offered by B. F. 



Buller, esq. was adopted by the Society : 



Resolved, That the history of the Socieh, 

 and the facts in its possession, justify the beliel 

 that voluntary associations for the promotion 

 of temperance, founded on the principle of en- 

 tire abstinence from ihe use of ardent sp.rits. 

 are among the most effectual means of promo, 

 ting the prosperity and honor of our country, 

 aod the good of the human race ; and that we 

 therefore earnestly appeal to every patriot and 

 philanthropist, who has not already united 

 himself with such an association, to do so with 

 out delay. 



On motion of S- M. Hopkins, esq. Resolved, 

 That the present officers of the Society be e 

 lected for another year. 



Mr! Friend Humphrey resigned bis office as 

 a member of the executive committee. 



Whereupon it was resolved that Mr. Joshua 

 A. Burke, be added to tbat committee. 



On motion ofE. C. Delavan.esq. Resolved 

 That this meeting adjourn to meet in this 

 place on the third Tuesday of January next. 



Thos. Komp8hall,andG. G. Andrews, esqs. 

 delegates from the Monroe County Temper- 

 ance Society, were present at the meeting. 

 Wm. C. MILLER, Rec. Sec'y. 



MURDER. 



We learn from the Pennsylvania Democrat, 

 published at Uniontown, that a man named Cal- 

 vin Wood, stabbed two persons at Bridgeport, 

 in that eounty, on the night of Sunday week, 

 one of whom, William Booh, died on Friday 

 evening. Wood who was drunk, had been 

 guilty of disorderly conduct en board a steam 

 boat then about la-iding at Bridgeport, for 

 which Capt. Kimber threw him upon deck and 

 threatened to put him overboard. Wood was 

 about leaving the boat, when a person whose 

 name we have not beard, while in the act of 

 handing his cap was stabbed by him in the ab- 

 domen. Booh, who, as well as the other per- 

 son wounded, belonged to the boat's crew, 

 followed Wood and overtook him on the plank 

 extending from the boat to the shore. A sctifv 



fie ensued in which Booh received the stab in 

 ihe abdomen of which he died It was not 

 until afterwards, it was discovered that a sim- 

 ilar wound had been inflicted on the other per 

 son referred to, and that Capt. Kimber's watch 

 chain (a ribbon) had been cut offby an attempt 

 ;o slab him in the same manner. Wood has 

 been committed for trial. 



DUTIES ON CUSTOMS. 



The duties on Imports collected at the port 

 of New York, for the last 6ve years were as 

 follows, namely : 



In 1825, total amount, $15,742,100 41 

 18-26 11 625,b64 22 



1827 13,217.695 89 



1828 13,745.147 21 



1829 13,052,676 46 



1830 (estimated) 13,000.000 00 

 Being an average annual revenue collected 



at the port of New York alone (from 1825 to 

 1829 inclusive) of $13,458,696 41, or more 

 lhan one half of the duties collected in the 

 whole Union in each of the respective years, 

 The duties on Customs collected iu the whole 

 Union, were — 



In 1825, total amount, $20,098,713 45 



1826 23,341 331 77 



1827 19.712.283 29 



1828 (say) 21,500,000 00 



1829 22,681,965, 91 



1830 (estimated) 21,756.707 37 

 Comment on this is unnecessary ; the state- 

 ment will speak for itself, of the great business 

 in foreign trade, transacted in this city. 



ONE DAY LATER PROM EUROPE. 



Halifax papers received at Boston have 

 furnished English dates to the 11 th December. 

 These accounts confirm the last opinion thai 

 ihere would not be a general war among the 

 European powers. This is ascribed to the re- 

 cent change of Ministry in England, and their 

 prompt declaration of their determination to 

 traintain the principle of non-intervention. — 

 The incendiary outrages throughout the coun 

 try had nearly ceased. The active and effi- 

 cient measures adopted by the authorities had 

 been very beneficial, and would in all proba- 

 bility restore quiet and good order. 



T'ie cause of Parliamentary reform was ra 

 pidly gaining strength, and must inevitably be 

 carried by an irresistible force. Meetings 

 have been held in several of the large towns 

 at which petitions for reform were carried with 

 acclamations, 



Accounts from Copenhagen state that an 

 expedition had succeeded in reaching the 

 eastern coast of Greenland, where a Norwe 

 gian colony had settled eight centuries ago, 

 and to whom all access had been barred by 

 ice. They still maintain the Christian reli- 

 gion, add speak the Norwegian language of 

 the tenth century. 



A majority of nearly all classes of the citi> 

 zens of Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, aod Liege, 

 are said to he in favor of the accession ot Ihe 

 Prince of Orange or one of his sons. 



It is rumored that a wide breach exists be- 

 tween his Majesty's government and the East 

 India Company. 



It is reported that the Austrian and Spanish 

 Ministers residing at the Court of the Nether- 

 lands have been recalled. 



poor man's loan company. 

 A» application ha9 been made to the Legis- 

 lature for the establishment of an association 

 under this name and for the following objects : 

 1st The principal object is to relieve the 

 uants of Ihe poor and necessitous, upon mode- 

 rate terms, viz. by lending them money in 

 small sums, at seven instead of 25 per cent., 

 which they now pay. 



2d. To carry this object into effect without 

 actual loss, which is provided for by a small 

 charge of one shilling for the certificate, and 

 the privilege of issuing notes. 



3d. To make the stock profitable, so as to 



induce inonied men to make investments, in 



order to raise the necessary capital, which 



will be accomplished by the basking privilege. 



"long dip. 



An accident lately happened to a com- 

 mercial gentleman, who, in the course 

 of his business, had occasion to enter a 

 soap and candle manufactory in Change 

 Alley, London, which, as it has been un- 

 attended with seiious consequences may 

 be repeated for amusement. The gen- 

 tleman alluded to was descending some 

 steps adjoining (he melting Tat, when 

 his foot slipped and he was precipitated 

 into the agreeable liquid. A workman 

 who was standing by, seized him as he 

 rose: but from the unctious nature of his 

 covering he was again consigned to the 

 vat. A second pull extricated the suf- 

 ferer, in the shape of a tremendous can- 

 dle, the whole outward man being enca- 

 -ed with tallow. — [London pa. 



METEOROLOGICAL TABLE, 



for the week ending Jan. 22, 1831. 



Observa'iis 



1 i n'li snow 



l-2inch do 



2 1-2 do do 

 4 do do 

 1 1-2 do do 

 1-2 do do 



U°77te Barometrical and Titer momctricul observa~ 

 tions are registered at 10 o'clock A. M. and P. AT, which 

 by a long series of experiments made for tke purpose , 

 show that time to give tke nearest mean average of the 

 relative heat of a day than any other time- 

 On the oioming of the 21st tbo Tbcmouieter stood 2 

 degrees below Zero, wbich was lUe coldest day at Sun - 

 rise tbis season. 



This month has been one of continued cold, almost 

 without intermission, and though we have often colder 

 4J ays, yet the steadiness of the Tost ia almost without 

 parallel. 



BANK NOTE TABLE, 



Corrected Weekly for the Rochester Daily Advertiser. 



BY C. W DUNDAS. 



NEW YORK 



All banks in this stale, par, 

 except the following 

 Broken Banks. Washing 

 ton «fc Wairen, Barker's Ex 

 change, Franklin Bank, Mid 

 die Dist., Columbia, Greene 

 County, Marble Manuf. Co 

 Pittsburgh, and Niagara. 

 MASSACHUSETTS. 

 Al banks in this state, par, 

 except the following 

 Broken Bantu- Farmers' 

 b'nkef Belchertown, Sutton, 

 Berkshire, Essex and Brigh- 

 ton banks. 



VERMONT. 

 All banks in this state, par 



RHODE-ISLAND 



All banks in this state, par 



except the following 



Broken Banks- Farmers' 



Exchange, and Farmers' & 



Mechanics' banks. 



CONNECTICUT. 

 All banks in this state, par 

 except the fallowing 

 Broken Banks. Eagle, 

 Eagle pay'ble at Union bank 

 New-York, Derby, and Der- 

 by payable at Fulton bank 

 New-York. 



NEW-HAMPSHIRE 

 All banks in this state, par 



MAINE. 



All banks in this state, par. 



except the following 



Broken Banks. Castine 



Wiscasset, llallowell & Air 



samaqnoddv banks. 



NEW-JERSEY. 



Slate b'nk, & Trenton Bank- 

 ing Company, par , 

 All other banks, 2 per cent, 

 except the following 

 Broken Banks. SaJem & 

 Phil. Manuf. Co., Monmouth, 

 Hoboken find Grazing Co., 

 N.Jersey Manuf & Banking 

 Co. al Hoboken, State Bank 

 al Treutou, Protection and 

 Lombard, ami Jersey City. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 

 Philadelphia Banks, par. 

 All other banks, 2per cent, 

 exoept the following 

 Broken Bank?. Farmers' 

 AMochanicB' aiN.Sa.,Ceu- 

 tre, Huntington, Meadville, 

 Marietta, Juniata, Greeticas- 

 tle, Bedford. Beaver, Wash- 

 ington, Unioutown, A gricul- 

 tural.Sil. Lake, Westmore- 

 land at Greenburgh, New- 

 Hops Bridge Co new emis- 

 sion, and Brownvile banks. 



OHIO. 

 All banks, 4 to 6 per cent, 



MICHIGAN. 



All banks, "2 per ccni, 



except the following 



Broken Banks. Menrocj 



and Detroit. 



CANADA. 

 All banks, 2 to 3 per cent, 

 except the 

 Upper Cana. al Kingston, 

 and Unchartered banks. 



gu?ta, Kennebec, and Pas- 1 



X7 The above table whenspeahing of foreign Bills, re- 

 fers to those of $5, and over, as none of a less denomin 

 ■ation are receivable. 



