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MOOEE'S RURAL BF3EW-YOHKEK. 



MAUCH 12. 



io formation ir 

 regaid to matters and things in that country, bu 1 

 baa not received, for 



line in reply. Lopez is represented as having 



hat he is peifeclly trilling to apologise in 



the affair wiili the Water Witch, as tbat was caused 



by 3 mistake on the part of a public officer, but that 



called American Company, be 



will not settle, as it 



s a swindle which Com 







and that he is ready t 



j submit it to tlic arbitra 



of friendly powers. 





Tna Overland Mai 



arrived nt Si Louis on 



r.u, inst. We gather 



the following from tbe c 



report furnished :— An additional section of the 

 California Railroad bad been pnt under contract. 

 The war in the northern part of the Stale was being 

 rigorously prosccotc), "ith a fair prospect of a 

 ipeedy termination. Business was brisk at San 

 Francisco. The passengers by the mail report 

 bcavy rains in the Colorado desert, an unusual 



sinking wells,— Boding an 

 the depth of fifty feet. 



Political Intelligence. 



Dbrisg the past week polil 

 ire in the Empire Slate, keeping t 

 burning under the pol 



■ been all 



l 1 fiies brightly 

 cauldrons 



tbe National b 



each for his favorite Son of Mars, in the 



ing contest. In this city (Rochester,) t 



Lcpub- 



_ __ they pleased, 



of the Peace, City Scaler— 



the Democracy taking the Treasurer — on the city 



ticket. Of Aldermen, 8 are Republican, 2 Dcmo- 



contcsted. The result for Supervisors 



in city and county, is 21 Republicans, 7 Democrats 



In Oswego the Republicans elect their Mayor by 



224 majority, and oil the Supervisors and Aldermen. 



The Democrats carried Troy by about GOO ran], 



i Mayor. The American nnd Union candidate fur 



majority: 

 and3Republica " 

 :ratond3 Republican Aid 

 The entire Republican c 

 iiburn, (Cayuga Co.,) wer 



rption of one constable, by an average majority of 

 !5. In the county, itj Republicans, ;i Democrats. 

 Columbia county .-tin 

 Ki'jiutilicans, <j Dcmocn 



(1 1 1 l k ■ ■ l s f>f 



Congressional Proceedings. 



Slsxtz.— The Post-Office Appropriation bill was 

 taken op, when the following amendments were 

 brought forward and carried :— That the Butter- 

 field Overland Mad be reduced to weekly service; 

 pay to be $4.^,000, instead of S6i\>. 

 weekly mail between St. Josephs and Placcrrille 

 be accelerated, and tbe pay be $110,000; that a 

 jaeekly mail be established between St. Paul, Min., 

 to Pugct's Sound— tbe pay to be $200,000 ; to strike 

 out the 13,000 for tbe monthly overland mail from 

 Kansas City to Stockton, at the expiration of the 

 present quarter; the bill was then reported to the 

 Senate, when most of the amendments of the Com- 

 mittee of tbe Whole were adopted. Raising the 

 rate of postage, abolishing the franking privilege, 

 and generally regulating the details, Ac., was 

 adopted. Mr. Clingman moved to give the Post- 

 Master General discretionary power to continue 

 ■land route— adopted. Some minor amend- 

 crc then adopted and added to the bill 

 when i! passed by *j;i against 22. 



A menage was received from the President, ap- 

 pealing to Congress to preserve tbe credit of the 

 country. This, he says, is the last day of Congress, 

 and there is no appropriation as yet to pay the ont- 

 standing Treasury notes. From information re- 

 ceived from tbe Secretary of the Treasury, it is 

 manifest the present reccipU will hardly meet the 

 present expenses of the Government. By the end 

 ) present fiscal year nearly $18,000,000 will be 

 considerable tiruouu*. to be paid for duties 

 ■us ports, nnd no means to meet tbem. 

 =un people will be dishonored before the 

 to avoid this catastropb 



Nctus Paragraphs. ®Ije News Conbcnscr. 







s of the 



ising 



vilhin the 

 igress. The 

 i Post-Office 

 postage, ;uid 



iturncd tbe bill to the Bouse. 



The bill for tbe removal of the New 



as passed. It appropriates $300,0t 



Hodsb.— Mr. Grow, of Pa„ rose to a privileged 

 ^uestion, and offered a resolution that tbe bill 

 (l'oslr Office Appropriation) might, without tbe 



lendmente, be relumed to tbe Senate, as the 13th 



:tion thereof, proposed to increase the rate of 

 postage, which is in nature of a revenue bill, and 

 according to the Constitution can only originate in 



Sbxatb. — The 

 jne-tliird of the 

 red wilh the Thirty- 

 Mt. Of these, ten are 

 lich will expire March 

 of three liave not yet 



in the report of the Com 

 n the disagreeing amend 

 ■, Judicial and Lcgislativ< 



have had three arrivals 

 from the OM World, The topic -absorbing every- 

 thing else -is War. The French Minister of the 



1 rlor '"'il addressed a confidential circular to 



the Prttftotaof Departments, conveying the official 

 interpretation to be given to the Emperor's speech 

 on opening tbo session, as it had becomo the sub- 

 ject of contradictory comments. The Minister ssiys 

 the Emperor's policy is, while denouncing war 

 without a legitimate motive as impossible, not to 



™ rom It ifhonor commands, or if there arises 



one of those causes for which all France has been 

 enthusiastic 

 Tbo Vienna correspondent of the London 7Yw« 



11 '■'' :I ''i" 11 h" beftp receired ttom Franco 



"< l »">» t.. the intention ofNopolcon. 



and it would not be surprising to see tbe Austrian 



111,111 l'"' 1 " 1 1 >■■" war footing. Six hundred 



.-ml Dftj thotreand men could bo rally prepared fo 

 action in six weeks. A Vienna letter says Russia 

 is calling in b.-r (iu'longtied snldiers, nnd marchiug 

 troops from Tngnnroy to the Moldari 



The Paris correspondent of the Tim,.- asserts, on 

 trustworthy grounds, that the King of Sardinia is 

 determined on making an attempt to drive out the 

 Austrian.*, with the object of constituting for him- 

 self i kingdom strong enough to resist 

 the one hud nnd France on the other, if nerd he, 

 and tbat u w m combine Venice and 13,000,000 

 *^^T U ' A " !,b, ° 1 "^ certainty is felt at the Court 

 of Turin that France will help Piedmont against 

 ^'»'na.„,,dthatK„„ 111 , i!!tc „ lthh , , 



■ u «■**»■ lea alone, England and Pn 



Z7f^ '° be m " ,,r *' T!l ^ » -"tad to be 

 the .deliberate plan of th, King „ f S;lr ,, inia and , HS 



n ill ui ■ rl Ihero from it 



Th« Th.rlv-F.rih C.agrvoa e lpiroii at 

 the 4th inst, by ConsUttttions] limitation i° ( n 

 : i tolation came none too soon - it had 

 itrulneaa.' 

 A rube** from the Capital, dated no, „,, 

 1 



nth that h< iS DOl expected to live throughout th 

 night. The President and members of his Cabinet 

 and other diitin 'i trn et hla wj 



Gen K . , 



information has 

 been rwem-i Droai - from Aaoen- 



>u and Buenos Ay res, slating (hat Mr. Bamberger, 

 ir Consul at Paraguay, has repeatedly written to 



Buffalo (fouriw, of the 3d inst.. 

 pellet Equinox, Capt Rice, left tl 

 yesterday morning for Sauduskv 

 and before noon she was or 

 experienced very little detention 



will load with flour and pro 



Sandusky, and return about the close of this week 



Other propellers will leave for ports on Lake Micbi 



the Straits ore open. This early 



opening of navigation cannot fail to give un inipe- 



of Buffalo, and also to aecuro to 



the transportation routes through this State an ad- 



intago over the southern competing lines which 



have recently been underbidding for the through 



freight This is the earliest opening for many 



re. Wo have not at hand the dates before 1856 , 



since that time the following have been the days 



rhich the first vessels have left this port :— 1950, 



Mays; 1357, Hay 13; 1868, April 5, 1659, March 2." 



INDUS Battle.— Capt. Skillmon, from El Paso, 

 reports to the St. Louis papers that a, band of 

 Apache Indians having stolen n number of horses 

 and mules from near San Elizario, pursuit was 

 made by a detachment of mounted rifkmen Uvm 

 Fort Bliss, under Lt, Lasolle. The Indians were 

 overtaken about 1C0 miles distant from Fort m: - 

 Reports were that an engagement resulted 

 withdrawal of our troops with the loss of three 

 killed and six wounded. Among the lath 

 Lasalle, who received a wound in the luugi 

 ipposed 



The House concur! 

 ittoe of Conference 

 ients to the Execut 

 Appropriation bill. 



This restores the mileage of the 

 originally stricken out by the Hon: 



The Speaker laid before the House the message 

 of the President , similar to that sent to the Ben ate 

 urging Congress to make provision for tbe [.reser- 

 vation of the public credit. Laid on the table and 

 ordered to be printed. 

 The House concurred in the Senate amendments 

 ) the bill fulfilling (he treaty stipulations with tbe 

 loootah and Tonnwtinda Indians. Also, in bose 

 > Light Housebill. The miscellaneous o'pprupria- 

 on bill was taken up. The House concurred in 

 ic Senate amendments, including that appropriat- 

 ing $413,000 for payment of the Florida volunteers 

 by four majority. Rejected the amendment abolish' 

 ' ig the franking privilege. 



Mr. Letcher made a report from the Committee 

 of Conference on the Post-Office Appropriation 

 ■ while neither House is under- 

 stood to waive anyconstitutional right, it is recom- 

 icuded tbat the bill be passed precisely us it .'nine 

 om the Senate on the 20th of February. The re- 

 ort was agreed to, and the bill passed." 

 Twelve o'clock arrived before the completion of 

 the last roll-call, when the Speaker aduYe-sed (be 

 House in an appropriate farewell speech, and de- 

 clared it adjourned tin* dit. The speech was re- 

 ceived with the usual demonstrations of applaud 

 hers bid each other farewell, nnd in a Tew 

 moments tbe House was deserted. 



Extha Skssio-v qy rna Sbwats.— Immediately 

 after the adjournment of Congress, on the 4th inst! 

 the Senate commenced its Extra Session, in ac- 

 cordance with the proclamation of the President, 

 The new Senators whoso credentials had previ- 

 ously been presented, were sworn in. 



The Senate adopted n resolution, on motion of 

 Mr. Mallory, directing tbo Secretary of War to in- 

 form the Senate whether Sharp's rifle carbines arc 

 used by tho troops, and if so, whether they have 

 been found sufficient and serviceable in the field. 

 Also, whether there is a requisition for such arms 

 which has not been filed, and if so. by whom, and 



The following are the most important changes 

 mode in the Standing Committees for the present 



On Commerce— Messrs. Howell and Salisbury, 



in place ol Messrs. K L -eil and Allen, 



n Public Lands— Mr. Bingham, in place of Mr. 



Hexby O'Reillt, E?q., one of tbe planet 

 tors of tbe daily press of Ibis city, ttD j |» M of 

 Rochester some twenty years ago, but aobaeqentlj 



known as the - Telegraph King," is now paying "a 

 Ma "troops of friends," and scenes 



of early efforts and triumphs, hereabouts. 

 Iris stated that in the Opera House at Milan, 

 jme nights ago, when the celebrated chorus from 

 Norma," "War] war!" was given, the Italian 

 idience rose, joined in it, and shouted with all 

 Mil might. And when they had done the Aus 

 tan officers in the house rose in their turn, clap. 



'wan h " di ' lwd8hoot «* f , 'Xw 1 



Five thousand shares in the stock of the Sum 

 >b,p Canal, representing half a million dollars. 

 iave been taken in the United States which is 

 nearly equal to the amount taken in England. 



T DE Connecticut River Railroad Company is 

 making experimental useofa passenger car whose 

 |u.jHI„,g power is tt small engine in the forward 

 end. It carries forty passengers, nnd is intended 

 for a short distance. It is quite possible -bnt rail- 

 ways will generally adopt some such method for 

 way travel. 



The effects of the skating mania of the winter of 

 lSSS-li, says the Buffalo Adnrtiur, are already 

 visible in the blooming cheeks and agile frames of 

 " our " fair mothers and daughters. 



Twelve thousand pounds of gunpowder explod- 

 ed in Akron, III., a week since, pulverized several 

 buildings, and shook the surrounding country hke 

 an earthquake, and made a flash whose glare, says 

 a spectator, was about five acres in extent 



It is 1859, this year, and thedwcllers on the coast 

 of New Brunswick have just discovered that cod- 

 mght in winter, by fishing through 



has already beei 

 n Michigan. 



theii 





Tra Legislature gets along very slowly. Thus 

 far 727 bills have been introduced ; 3^ have been 

 reported by committees, and only 8,1 have been 

 acted upon in eommitteeof the whole. They should 

 work more and talk less. 



Tnu N. Y. Journal of Commerce, of the 1st inst., 

 says, "fifty r a hundred robins called upon the 

 senior editor of this paper yesterday morning, 

 at his residence in New Uuvcn, on tlieir annual 

 Who told 



e Sprit 





fEnglu 



Mis, Richard Cobdbn, 



notoriety, is now in this 



private nature. He invested largely in American 



enterprises, from which he has realized nothing 



[t is slated in the news from Mexico, that th 

 English nnd French fleets would bombard Ver 

 Cruz while Miramou attacked it by land. Ver 

 is held by the Constitutional or Liberty part 

 irez, which it is believed our flnvprnnu-nt .... 



o «lave population U 3S<,0 



has 2,721 miles of railroad In operation 

 on of which cost over 1110,000,000. 

 larbor of Grey town h rapidly tilling up 



a survey has been determined on. 



ard University has a fund of *1,tKi9,iVi6, in. 1 



■li [f safi'ly and pr.>niaLi!j invested. 



Shillings, a handy little clinp, wclghlm- 



Sand,; , 



,n ,],:■,, ; 



City of Mai 



taking with them — Elgl 



iveral "thorough-breds" for the English .__„ 

 lUraes, among them the horses Starke and Jack 

 ossiter. The former cost $7,501).— Bost. /brf. 

 The New Mexican mail of the 17th ult., has 

 •rived at Independence. Mr. Cranshaw, Jr., mail 

 infractor for .Soum, reports that it will be impos- 

 ble to carry the Kansas City and Stockton mail 

 xording to contract, unless the contractors are 

 •otected against the Mohave Indians. 

 TrtK East Baltimore Conference commenced its 

 ssion in Williamsport, P n ,, on the 2d inst., 

 Bishop Scott, of Wilmington, presiding, and Rev. 

 Dr. Sargent, of Baltimore, ofticiatiug Secretary. 

 11*0 preachers answered to their names. The ses- 

 sion promises lobe one of dispatch and harmony. 



Fkidat, 4th inst., was tbe Anniversary of the 

 Constitution of the United States, It is just 

 seventy years since it began to go into operati 



eUnii 



" thn 



only approach i 

 if foreign opii 

 :aincd "years of discretion" yet. 

 Another new steam canal boat i 



arts, or rather, there are two boats 1 

 red feet in length, the bow of one i 

 ito the stem of the other, and seer 

 inple fastenings, thus nre.aeiitinfr r 

 length oft 1 



thet 



o hundred fee 



boats are disenga 



a lock 



India 



the Indians a 



.1 MM 



nrauB ■ rhere 1 



Extra Session of 

 doubt but there will be ™ ... 

 gress called by the President earlier than the first 

 of the month of December nc.it, but whether in ad- 

 vance or directly after the autumn elections for 

 Representatives, is not determined. Not only the 

 Post-Office Department, but other branches of the 

 public service, absolutely n 

 the usual time of meeting of Congress. 



on Bear rivei 

 National, who has I 



Stn 



On Naval Affairs- Messrs. Anthony and Hie 

 in, iu place of Messrs. Allen and Bell. 

 On Pensions— Mr. Gwin, in place of Mr. Jo: 



Tbe Senate went into Secret Session 



Expi 



J' 1 "-— The steamer Princess from Vicksburg t< 

 New Orleans, exploded her boiler and burned, 01 

 tbe 27th ult., at Connido Point, near Baton Rouge 

 Four hundred persoos were on board, of whom aot 

 are lost or missing, mostly residents of Louisiani 

 and Mississippi. Alargenumbcrofladieswereor 

 board, filling the ladies r cabin and half of tbe gen 



a. — A boat which arrived at Baton Rouge 

 from the wreck or the Princess, brings a number of 

 tbe dead and wounded. The weather was foggy, 

 e of the explosion she was behind time, 

 o much steam on. A Baton Rouge de- 

 . s that the engineer is reported to have 

 *aid that he would reach New Orleans in a certain 

 ™ - blow up. About 100 ore wt.nnded and 

 re the Grass Valley (C al. , mmDV f them dangerously and iu a dying condi- 

 tfon. It U impossible as vet to ascertain the lost, 

 know to Several boats saved many of the passeneers. Bluch 



d in locking through 

 of the Hartford Times, 

 1 asked me recently, ' what 

 if the Spanish fleet should go and bombard New 

 Vorkr' I could not imagine such an absurdity, 

 and told him so. Ho said to a Creole with me, 

 * what would they do in New York if 10,000 Span- 

 ish soldiers should laud there ? A Yankee captain 

 sitting by said, ' if the soldiers behaved themselves 

 they would not bo troubled, but if they made any 

 disturbance, they would be put into the station 

 houses.' Spaniard said, ' QuUn Sab: 



uttbig business, an 



reports of quite a number of pel 





I. tliu 



d a single message 

 d, by which the em- 

 1 Canada for India 



bis olfice during the day 



proceeds of bi 3 » spor |." He sends a large bag 

 Sacramento or Nevada each dav. 





John Marhos, Third A 

 end, died suddenly at Washing!. 

 ofthesdinst. Hi 

 attending to busti 



Sieves Piuiraxa Offices Destroyed. — A fire 

 occurred in Memphis on the night of tbe 1st inst., 

 burn in -bid: ' .1 sqaan on Main street, including the 

 printing offices of the Eagle and Enquirer, the Ava- 

 the Ledger, the Christian Advocate, tho 

 Presbyterian Sentinel and the Book and Job office 

 i Clark. Also, the stores of Ceo. Key 

 * Warren, Saffrons A Stratton, W. H. Hunt, V 

 Stillman, H. Innch A Bros., the ealoon of Joseph 

 Renfel, and several offices. L053 about $150,000 . 



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