MOORE'S RURJlL HEW- YORKER. 



ROCHESTER, N. T.. DECEMBER 24, 1859. 



FINALE OF VOLUME X. 



Tan No. adds " Finis" to Vol. X of the Rcral 

 Ngw-Yobkei;, and terminates our engagements 

 with all whose subscriptions expire therewith. 

 As we adhere strictly to the cash system in its 

 publication, a prompt renewal is necessary to 

 secure the uninterrupted contiuuance of the 

 paper. Though some will neglect to renew, and 

 others bo induced to substitute a trashy literary, 

 or merely political paper— as did some last year, 

 to tht htbnqutmt ngret of tktmuhe* and their 

 families— wa are confident, from the large number 

 of renewals and new subscribers already received, 

 that we shall part company with but very few, 

 while our accessions will be far greater than ever 



before. Of tha.itUV that drop the Run", mono 



.■■'■ ntifin ; hence, believing they will 

 invite il3 visits again after a few or many days, 

 we will hid none a final farewell. Thousands are 

 already renewing all over the land, and other 

 tlioueitnds jpining the Bubal Standard — all of 

 whom, whether old friends or oew, are and will 

 be cordially welcomed, and we shall labor to 

 render unto each and all ample pleasure and profit 

 fur their respective investments. 



— And here we frankly si.-^k every friend of The 

 RoitAL,— and of useful, pure and hence safe litera- 

 tu»,— to tptak and act in its behalf at a season 

 whon only a little effort is necessary to augment 



especially its remarkably low club rates, com- 

 pared with those of any similar journal— renders 

 it necessary for us to rely mainly upon the vol- 

 untary efforts of those who like the paper and 

 believe it is benefiting the People, the cause of 

 Improvement and the Country. But its price 

 taeh and meant of everyone 

 garden, farm w family— whether in 

 country. Tillage or city — and hence it is compara- 

 tively easy for its Friends to increase its circulation 

 and usefulness. Abu it tht btti time to do this, 

 and wo trust every interested reuder of the Rural 

 will lend Bucb attention and influence in that 

 direction as may be consistent and convenient. 

 While we are laboring for your benefit, Reader, 

 please become our proxy and do what it is impos- 

 sible for us to perform in person— prase nt the 

 claims and merit.'' of the papa- to your fritnde. A 

 little effort now— a. few kind and truthful words, 

 and showing tlie paper to this and that neighbor 

 — will secure from three to ten, twenty or thirty 

 new subscribers in your neighborhood, school 

 district or township. Why, this very morning 

 tl>ec. -1.1,1 wo received from a subscriber near 

 Laucaster, Pa., — a neighbor of President Bu- 

 chanan, but none the better or worse for that— a 

 list of stvinty-oiir: stibtaribare, mostly new. You 

 may not equal this, but if you try you can form a 

 rning received a handsome list 

 u Greene Co. — mostly mid sub- 

 s predicted a failure 



liberal and accommodating by those who know us 

 personally, and it would certainly afford us pleo- 

 to say aye, but we muxl adh>re to published 



m. Whatever price we receive for the paper, 

 atever we offer for efforts in behalfof its cir- 

 on, is and will be, printed— and we have 

 ae to write letters on the subject. The rates 

 of the Rural are far Uss than those of any similar 

 journal of its size and value in the world, while 

 think our gratuities are more liberal. Wthavt 

 made a dollar's prof t on th, tsubxertpthm if the 

 paper th. post year — having lived on its receipts 

 for advertising— and probably shall make nothing 

 nest. "We must have ruk-j uud rates, and uduere 

 ;m. Those who want a cheaper paper— or 



■dilating the Rural are insufficient, are of 

 ; at liberty to withhold their influence. 



club. We this 



started, " but," he w n t cg , •• I tried, and the result 

 is before you." And you can do likewise, if you 

 Kill. Local effort is a sphere in which you are 

 potent and can succeed, and we trust will kindly 

 manifest your intereat in ibe Rural New-Yoiikkb 

 by proper and timely action. 

 f&- See Term*, Special Notice*, jjc , on nest page. 



A Vixuablb Von: mb.— The Tenth Volume of 

 the Rural NaW-XojUOU contains more valuable 

 and interesting reading, and has cost more labor 

 and money, than can be easily estimated. The 

 very complete Index of the leading departments 

 given herewith, will give the reader some idea of 

 the labor and expense devoted to the volume, and 

 of a* value as a work of reference. We index 

 OMT thru thousand five hundred Art UUe, tad three 

 hundred and ttetnty-eiz Engravings! — and yet not 

 half the articles and items are indexed. The 

 Tolume contains at Uaet ten thousand distinct 

 article and paragraph* of interest, M«y we not 

 safely challenge any Agricultural, Horticultural, 



or Family Journal extant — not only in the nu 

 and variety, but value and inlerett of the art 

 and illustrations given in this volume 1 

 where can so much useful, instructive and ei 

 lainjng reading be obtained for |2 (to say nothing 

 of onr club rates, *1,50 and $l,25)-njc, or for 

 twice or thrice that amount, in books? 



— A friend ia concerned lest some of our sub- 

 scribers will stop the Rukal and take a political 

 paper instead next year, (to elect a President and 

 "save the UoioD,"j but any man who stops the 

 Bubal, ^nd Ihna ■/■_. rit - Mtfamttyqfitt reading, 

 will miss a figure, and lose more than we stiuil in 

 the operation. We think our subscribers are 

 generally sensible enough to appreciate that, 

 without argument, 



' Progress and Improvement."— The improve- 

 ments we are instituting in publishing the Rural 

 for 1360, will involve considerable extra expense. 

 For instance, the paper for which we have con- 

 tracted is to be of better quality and heavier than 

 that heretofore used, and will cost much more. 

 We have also instituted a reform in the printing- 

 press work — of the paper, which will be manifest. 

 The proper inauguration of our new MailiDg 

 Machine will subject us to considerable expense. 

 The materiils and type-setting necessary to start 

 the process will alone cost nearly two thousand 

 dollars, aside from expense of machines, their 

 operation, &c. But we think, or trust, all these 

 items will be appreciated — for we anticipate better 

 paper and priming, and great accuracy and dis- 

 patch in our mailing department. 



— The Content* of the new volume will vie 

 With lis .l/'piaraw. We have made no startling 

 announcements to ealch gulls, — as that business 

 is overdone by our contemporaries,— yet have 

 more and better material and facilities at command 



year and volume, and are determined to use 

 them to the best advantage. Time will determine 

 whether the Bubal for 18C0 exhibits decided 

 Progress and Improvement." 



of subscribers |— if w 



DOMESTIC NEWS. 



Matters at WashinKton. 



0.iy..RE-;io>-AL.— The Senate passed the resolu 

 Uon for the appointment of a Committee to inoain 

 into the seizure of the Harper's Ferry Armory, 

 sod rejected the amendment, making a siinilai 

 inquiry in regard to the seizure f the Armory in 

 Missouri. Messrs. Mason, Davis, Collamer, Fitch 

 and Doolittle ate the Committee. This, and 

 election of Dr. Gphlky as Chaplain, is about all the 

 business done by the Senate. 



TLe Bouse has not yet organized. The 10th 

 ballot for Speaker was token on Friday last. 

 Shebman, the Republican candidate, received 11! 

 votes, and lacked four of an election ; Bocock, 

 Democrat, 94. The discussion is n 

 personal and extravagant. Some members talk 

 about hanaiiui thfira*iaciatee,di4tolri/)<j th-. Union, 

 and making u general smash-up, as though it 

 would be an easy and delightful task. If they do 

 nothing more they will succeed ii 

 selves great fools or knaves. Tnese men who 

 publicly avow themselves, in the Legislative Halls 

 of the nation, as ready for treason, we fear are 



whom tbey make such a tirade. 



Dispatches have been received from Gen. Scott, 

 and considered in Cubinet Council. Hie mission 

 to Sun Juan has been highly successful, he having 

 made a temporary settlement entirely satisfactory 

 to the British authorities there. His 



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nisbed, as we purposely retained an extra edition 

 :h number to supply the demand at the end 

 of tbe year. Those whose files are incomplete, can 

 rnished numbers which are lacking, by ap- 

 plying early. Bound volumes will be ready iu a 

 few days — price, $3. Unbound copies will be 

 furnished at our usual rates— and cau be ordered 



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the club, until we announce otherwise. 



— We would again state that neither of the first 

 ive volumes of the Rural can be furnished. We 

 ;au supply the others— 1855, '5il, '57, and 'uS— 

 lound, at $3 each. Tbe only volumes we can 



r urnisb unbound are those of last year and this 



(Is;,- and 'on, i— price, §2 each. 



The Bural as a Present.— Several inquiries on 



ie subject, remind us that we have inadvertently 



rnitted to state that the next volume of the Ritlal 



■ill be furnished at the lowest club rate — $1,35 



per copy— iu all cases where it is sent to friends 



relatives as a present. Many of its readers 



iually send from one to ten copies to distant 



nds— considering the Rural the best present 



yean make, as it renders tbe recipient glad 



F-two times in the course of the year, and as 



often reminds him or her of the kind remembrance 



' the donor. How many shall we make thus 



ippyinlSilOY 



The Young Rcralikts are taking advantage of 

 ir offer to give Wbrster's Unabridged Diction- 

 ■y, Pictorial Edition, to any minor remitting pay 

 for forty subscribers previous to Christmas. One 

 young man in Kalamazoo Co., Mich.,— (G. W. 

 v) — has already become entitled to the Dic- 

 y, (.winch has been forwarded,) and many 

 a are competing. As we wish to give all the 

 boys and girls a chance to secure this splendid 

 gratuity, we hereby extend the lime of competition 

 the 10th Of January. We hope the seniors will 

 not grumble, as some have, on account of this lib- 

 eral offer iu behalf of "Young America," 



Thanks to the Press.— We tender grateful 

 acknowledgments for the kind, cordial and highly 



iplimentary notices of the Rural New-Yorker 

 which are appearing in various papers throughout 



United States and the Canadus. Our brethren 



of the Press are the most competent judges of the 



cost, taste and valnc of a Newspaper, and 



n they almost universally concur in pronounc- 



the Rural the but of its clou, we may perhaps 

 be permitted to "follow copy," but a whole num- 

 *--- would not contain half tbey have recently said 



S behalf. 



If mffisiffi ,- added to a clubof u, 10 or 15, within 

 ine month, the rates will be reduced as noticed on 

 iext page of this number. 



Fire in tde American Tract House, — About 

 half past T o'clock on the rnorniug of the 13 tb, the 

 American Tract House, Now York, was discovered 

 to be on fire. The flames were confined to the 4th 

 and 5tb floors of the building. On tbe first floor is 

 a large quantity of books and tracts, comprising 

 the bulk of tbe stock ; these are thoroughly soaked 

 by water and are useless. Loss about $75,000, and 



Vice-Presiuest Breckexiiidgb has beei 

 to tbe United States Senate in place of Mr. Crit- 

 tenden. His term begins March 4, 1861— the day 

 when he ceases to be Vice-President, 



FOREIGN NEWS. 



I The invitation of tbe French Government to 

 attend the Congress had reached the British Cubi- 



received. It is taken for granted that England 

 will be represented, ami speculations are afloat as 

 to who the representative will be, as to which 

 nothing authentic is known. The Times urges 

 Palmerston himself lo go, and rumor says, not 

 without sanction in high quarters, that be will. 

 The Opinions of Turin confidently points to 

 obable first representative 



Count Cavour as I! 

 of Sardinia. 



Martinez De La Posa will represent Spain. 



All the Powers will he represented by two Pleni- 



the first sitting. 



The principal represeutatives of the four great 

 Continental Powers will, it is reported, be the 

 following:— Russia, Prince Gortschakoff; Austria, 

 CountRecbburg; France, Count Walewski; Prus- 

 sia, Baron SchlemiU. 



Tbe Times' Vienna correspondent learns from 

 Berlin that Prussia, Russia and England, were 

 endeavoring to establish a basis for tbe negotia- 

 tions with France and Austria during the Congress. 



A Rome dispatch of the 2d, says: — The report 

 that the Pope had already consented to be repre- 

 sented at the approaching Congress, and had 

 appointed Antinelli to represent him is without 



England.— The London Star says that tbe Royal 

 Commissioners who were appointed lo inquire 

 into tbe National Defences, have agreed to report 

 the South Coast Dock Yards so imperfectly de- 

 fended as to require £12,000,000 to fortify them 

 thoroughly. The Star also says that tbe Commis- 

 sioners will recommend a loan 



The following letter from the Secretary of tbe 

 French Emperor, has been received in England 

 and published in London the 5th of December: 



To Me&trs. Shaw. Mdlotzig 



isintentions are in re 

 England. Great fears or great confidence sli 

 aione explain this step. On the one side yoi 



of the Emperor'; 



towards you, H 

 ' ged 



pR.udi 



lich permits a doubt of 



changed a moment to show 



enable honor that w 



you in his nan 



Witness, again, the api'roi.i hiog community of 

 perils lo be shared at a distance by your soldiers 

 and ours. Great nations should appreciate but 



liL-ceive, gentlemen, tbe expression of my dis- 



(Signed) ' Cdie 



France.— Considerable activity was evinced in 

 shipping forces to China, and it was expected that 

 tbe last ships forming the Chinese expedition 

 would have quitted France by December 15th. 



The monthly average price of wheat as pub- 

 lished in the Moniteur, shows an advance of five- 

 eights of a cent on the previous month' 



The French frigate Perseverance, with troop3 

 for China, has been twice driven back by bad 

 weather. 



The Paris Bourse was buoyant, but tbe business 

 was small. Bents closed on tbe 2d at 70f. 



It is reported that the Protest of Austria against 

 tbe Regency of Bnoncompagin has been withdrawn 

 in consequence of Count Walweski having given 

 an assurance to Prince Mettermch that the nomi- 

 nation would in no way be prejudicial to the Cen- 

 tral Italian Dynasties. 



"liiddEfu'rd. MatSe. 



