MOORE^S EURAL AEW-YORKER: A]Nl AGRICULTURAL AAR FAMILY JOURNAL 
Congressional and Legislative. 
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Synopsis of Congressional Proceeding's. 
The Murder of Dr. George Parkman—Probabil¬ 
ity of Another Murder. 
Latest from California. 
The steamship Cherokee, Captain Cleveltti.d 
Synopsis of Congressional Proceeding's. The grand jury of the county of Suflblk com-; iho steameliip CIterokee, Captain (yleveltAi.d 
- menced yesterday the investigation of the case of F'orbes, from Cliagres, via Kingston, (Ja.) arrived 
I\ the Senate petitioms from the mercantile and Dr. John W. Webster, charged with the murder this port about 9 o’clock yesterday morning — 
shipping interest again.st the use of intoxicating of t)r- George Parkman. Forty-two witnesses The C. made the passage out. frorn New York to 
honors in the Navv. Bv Mr. Ci.AV-for the re- been summoiied to give evidence; among , A® 
rived from all sources except the emigration over 
the Rocky Mountains : 
Californians.13,f 00 
Americans.3-2,500 
Foreigners.]R,500 
Tol.il...01,000 
The number of tlio emigration by the wav of 
ROCHESTER, JANUARY 17, 1850. i itself. The P. M. General has been called upon ed in finding the remains of Dr. Parkman, and same amount in the hands of the passengers.— j have a total 
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Literary Notices. 
to report the removals in his department,— for 
what causes and by w’hat authority they were 
cu 111 liituiiJM iiic ioiiiaiiiB ui JL/i. xnitvijiaiif auu --, nOO I r 11 
Mr. Littlefield, the man who found them. Among | She also brings the Pacific mail^ which reached a = 
those who will testify are Messrs. Isaiah and Leon- ! Ihe Isthmus by the Unicorn on Friday, Dec. 28, Californians'. ... 3-2 500 
ard Fuller, iron founders in North Grove street, a | arrive at Chagres in time for^the Foreigners. 18 ,’sou 
„ „ made. The agitation of the resolution of Mr. few rods from the College, who saw Dr. Parkman I falcon to bring them, and connect with the Ohio 
• January num or of (y^ss to su.spend our diplomatic relations with Aus- go into the bnilding at half-past one o’clock on the | Havana. T hey come under the charge ol Mr. 
ihLs old favorite has come to hand - accompanied barbarities to the Hungarian 
with a superb Pictorial Extra, embracing over a | agitation, but will end in 
hundred most beautiful and costlv illustrations.— I u • . * ___ a i 
23d of Nov. last, and did not see him come out McLean, the recently appointed mail agent for 
ao-nin. the Isthmus. 
X utuou-,,g.cat ag.tauuu, uux .u a Cabman will testify that he, 
shewing proper resentment — on paper. A branch on the night of the alleged murder, took Dr. W. 
’T'l.., „i_ 1 on me nigni 01 me aiiegea muraer, looK L»r. vv . 
, ^ ^ r, an Mint is asked for at New York. The Panama from his house in Cambridge, about ten o’clock in 
handsome m appearance. ; The agricultural de- Pacific Railroads arc on the tapis; also a pro- the evening, brought him into the city and left 
partnfcnt is under the able supervision of Messrs, Hungarians; A*" Modjcal College where he remained 
Tcckkr and I Wum, who arc assisted by an ef- Ltroeesln of a part of the District of Columbia tte^mornir; to C ' "" 
ficent corps of muribufors and correspondents.- Mnrvlnnd. nf ib. «n.ni«b Cnn«nl ni 
the evening, brought him into the city and left would sail in a few days for the United States; 
him at llie Medical College, where he remained J- Cohen arrived Slst Dec from New Or- 
nciem corps ol contr.Dutors and correspondents— Maryland; dismissal of the Sj 
The Horticultural pages are conducted with mark- reduction 
ed ability by John J. Thomas. The work has no collection of the revenue, 
superior among the monthly publications devoted p^ncipal topics of agitation and . 
to rural topics.f L. Tucker, Albany. N. Y. I o, . 
i night, and that he took him back in his cab in leans, with coal and passengers, and schr Alva- 
6 morning to Cambridge. rado, laid up, constituted the number of vessels 
A new feature has been added to the case by in port at Chagres. The Cherokee left at Kings- 
to Maryland; dismissal of the Spanish Consul at A new feature has been added to the case by in port at Chagres. The Cherokee left at Kings- 
New Orleans, and the reduction of the expenses the knowledge ot a singular disappearance that ton, (Ja.) 5ih inst; brig Glamorgan, of Baltimore 
for the collection of the revenue. These are the P’^ce on the night previous to the murder, in and bng Fairy, of Philadelphia, to sail on the 9tli 
. . , . f , V . ,■ • ,1 this street. It is a tact which has been kept stu* mst. lor Cuba, also Lriiish steamer Medway, to 
Chips and Shavings of News, &c. 
CiATHEKKI) V.'ITH PEN AND SCISSORS. 
I. ATE AND Interesting froai Canada. — It is 
ascertained that a majority of the branches of the 
British American League have declared in favor 
ior among the monthly imblications devoted I ■ • 1 , ■ r 1 r ■ • ,1 this street. It is a fact which has been kept stu- mst. tor t^yUDa; also Ixriiish steamer Medway, to pip„nvp i^o-UlTtix^ r-nimpil A .par.,, 
,1 topics,, p.. Took..;, All,N. Y. -li-'y »c,e, by th, aothontios. I. .pp,.?s .bat a. o„ 8 .h inst.n,. f„, Sou.hamp.o,,; also liHti.h “ at'S Ston Sed ,0 thf .'nlwpaS 
■ Senate. a young woman, about 22 years of age, named steamer Clyde, just arrived, besiae numerous councils ihromrhont'VVesfcni C-mnds ^ 
IE IIoRTicui/ruRiST.—This excellent Maga- the House they have as much turmoil in Catherine Sproule, left the residence of Mr. Ca- other British vessels in port. ^ ” ” . 
5 most welcome to our table. Its contents are clectinp-Clerk as they had for Sneaker They are leb Howe, No. 20 South Grave street, on the Ihe steamer Falcon sailed from Chagres on tUi” 7 °re compo- 
The IIoRTicui/ruRiST. This excellent Maga- the House they have as much turmoil in 
zinc is most welcome to our table. Its contents are electing Clerk as they had for Speaker. They are 
always interesting and valuable. The high repu- jjq'vv amusing thcm.selves in squabbling about the 
tatioii of the work is well sustained, and it deserves Door-keeper. Very little business done as yet, 
an extensive circulation among both professional except the consideration of bills from <he Senate. 
leb Howe, No. 20 South Grave street, on the steamer Falcon sailed :iom Chngres on 
evening of the 22d of November last, and has | evening^of Jan. 1, for Nev.- Orlear.s direct.— 
not since been seen. She was a rather good look- While the I alcon was lying of! Chagres, oh Sun- 
ing young woman, of Irish parentage, and resided M^y> Dec. 30, Wnt. Brooks, fireman, of Conn. 
steamer Clyde, just arrived, beside numerous I 
other British vessels in port. I throughout Western Canada. 
Ark.vnsas Lead Ore.—A piece of ore compo¬ 
sed of lead and silver weighing about 1500 pounds 
has been received at New' Orleans; it is stated that 
tliis ore produces I'JO ounces of silver to tlie ton. 
and amateur cultivators of fruits, fiow'crs, etc. Ed¬ 
ited by A. J. Downing. Published by L. Tucker, 
Albany, N. Y. 
ing young woman, 01 irisii parentage, ana resiaea > > >.». x., ntuinun, ,,1 , .- . . —; 
in the family of Mr. Howe as a domestic. jumped overboard, and before assistance could be ^he vein from which it is taken is very rich, and 
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Legislature of New York. 
Many local subjects, are being brought before 
The circumstance of her disajipearance, at this procured was drowned 
American Agriculturist.— The initial number the Senate. The repeal of the excise laws — ex- 
of the present year and volume comes to us laden emption of homestead and household furniture — 
with valuable matter. The original articles are amendment of the new school law', and the adop- 
able and well conceived, the selections made with tioii of the new code, arc the principal topics now 
fatal period, taken in connection with the finding 
of the dead body of an infant near the Medical 
College a few days after the murder of Dr. Park- 
From the Placer Times, of Nov. 24. 
Meeting of Carpenters and Joiners. —A 
large and respectable meoting of the Carpenters 
man, (buried in the dirt, on what is called the and Joiners of this citv was held at the City Hall, 
New Jail lands,) has given rise to terrible suspi- pn Saturday evening last, for the purpose of fix- 
promises to be a source of great profit to the miner. 
Slavf.ry.— A memorial has been sent to Wash¬ 
ington, pray ing liuii the nomination of Walter C.. 
Maloney, as Marshal of the Southern District of 
Florida, be not confirmed, on the specific gi'onnd 
that he has excluded slave labor in the service of 
the United States. 
nendment of the new school law', and the adop- cions, and created another mystery, which it is to i„g thejr services per day; $16 for a day’s work Gutted fetates. 
Ill of the new code, arc the principal topics now Jj,® the new Grand Jury will unravel. vvas agreed upon as the standard, which we think Do.mestic Pine Apple. The National Intclli- 
■itafed in that body ^ ®®>‘t»'nly » fearful tale yet to be told con- for a good wojktnaii is little enough, considering Saturday, in the Washington 
' • cerning the North Grove street murder, but since the present prices of all articles of daily consuinn- Center Market, Mr. Hewlett, of that city, gardener 
In the House, petitions have been presented the establishment of secret Coroner’s Inquisitions tion. ^ ^ florist, exhibited a number of pine apples of 
judgment and discrimination, and the whole diver- agitated in tiat body. cerning the North Grove street murder, but since 
sified with numerous illustrations. Edited by the Ihe House, petitions have been presented the establishment of secret Coroner’s Inquisitions 
Messrs. Allen. Published by C. M. Saxton, against paying canal laborers in order.s, and the public must be kept in thedaik concerning all 
New York. against the false branding of flouF. Reports for matters of this description. 
The Wool GROWER.-The Jannaiy issue of temperance statistics from the keepers oi prisons We give it for what it is worth, simp- 
this cheap and valuable monthly has been received. ~ amending the law'.s of di- jy cautioning our readers against placing much ro¬ 
ll is indispensable to all who grow wool and breed , 
»» iv 1 *1 • /I 1 •i 5 j inent topic — as are also the mechanics lien law, Within a few days we have learnt, from a 
.. cep-- who ..hear their own fleece and ivear it taxation of hanks and stockholders. P"va‘® source, that since these old circumstan- 
this cheap and valuable monthly has been received. poor houses-for amending the law'.s of di¬ 
ll is indispensable to all who grow wool and breed 
.shecp~“ who shear their own fleece and ivear it” mechamc.s hen law', 
_T . 1 1 1 .1 1 . A Ai and the taxation ot banks and stockholders. 
.sheep—“ who shear tlicir own fleece and wear it” 
— and should circulate largely' throughout the 
Union. Tlie Wool Grower w'on’t pull the wool 
over its reader’s eyes;—quite au contraire, Ed- " 
ited and Published by T. C. Peters, proprietor of 
the Wool Depot, Buffalo, N. Y. 
. T X, TXT XX housej 
Address of J. R. Williams, Esq., of Constan¬ 
tine, before the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Agricultural ] 
Society.—Hackneyed as the subjects of such efforts 
usually are, this address is original and piquant— 
hitting right and left, w'ith justness, wit and humor. j 
Address of Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, be- Car 
fore the Norfolk (Ma.ss.) Agricultural Society.— 
This address is of the highest order. The author’s 
views on agricultural education and other subjects 
are just and liberal, and .show him to be a man of 
, , Lyo 
talent and experience. 
Acknowledgments. —We are indebted to Hon. 
Thos. H. Benton, for a bound copy of the “Re- 
port of tlie Commissioner of Patents, for 1848.”— burgh. 
matters of this description. ^ 
The Providence Mirror contains the following u 'u ^^ii ornia, cc. . 
paragraph. We give it for what it is worth, simp- , Unless the weather speedily grants a respite, w'e 
ly cautioning our readers against placing much re- venture to “ring down the curtain” on the 
liance upon the statements: Drama of the Golden tanner, “for the season” 
“Within a few days we have learnt, from a with No'vember. The winter rains and 
private source, that since these old circumstan- me worn roads have together impe<^d travel to 
ces have so signally failed to fasten guilt upon such an extent as will entirely cut off communi- 
The granting of pensions’ to the soldiers of the professor WebLr, a new version has been given cation between the Placer section of the country believe that nSnir isTmpol^^ 
war of 1812 —Agricultural Schools, and the sale to the affair, lending to establish his guilt, if the the valley Beitlemeats for the ensuing six ; pg^ „ ? P - - 
of land for taxes - together with a great mass of tesUmony can be relied on; but, at the same time, ThmUe^^^^^^ it CoMFORXABi.y.-The editor ol 
local affairs, embraces the principal doings of both dfscontent” shall have merged into the Worcester (Mass.) says: “ The pi 
houses up to this date. wlbstJ! b^rrsns,SLn f^ :‘-®-y th®re will le a greater | 0 /^ ^ ^h® fi 
ened upon him, to help dispose of the murdered amount of profitable labor accomplished, than the ^ Thni^R 
New York Post-Office Appointments. man, and that he was knowing all the while to the Pr®sent year has witnessed; a conclusion which 1 hat shows very plainly Mey 
local affairs, embraces the principal doings of both 
houses up to this date. 
New York Post-Office Appointments. 
January, 9. 
Middleport, Niagara Co.—M’m. G. Smith. 
Holley, Orleans—Joseph H. Buell. 
Carroll, Chatauque—Joel Scudder, Jr. 
East Otto, Cattaraugus—Elijah Dresser. 
NEW OFFICES ESTABLISHED. 
Hale’s Eddy', Broome—Elisha Alexander. 
Cmso, Seneca—John G. Evans. 
Lyon’s Hollow, Steuben—Abner P. I.yons. 
Arcadia, Wayne—Mather Scott. 
NAMES OF OFFICES CHANGED. 
Buttenuits, Otsego, name changed to Morris. 
Big Eddy, Otsego, name changed to Narrows- 
his own raising, from the crow'iis of the foreign 
fruit, which were thrown into the streets, and 
i picked up there about a year ago. 
America above Par in Europe. — Mr. W’alsh, 
in one of his late letters from Paris, says: “ A 
sensation, and quite a flattering one, has been pro¬ 
duced on both sides of the Channel, by the pro¬ 
ceedings of the American Conventioa for the At¬ 
lantic and Pacific Railroad. Europe begins to 
believe that nothing is impossible for the American 
i people.” 
j Taking it Comfortably. —The editor of the 
Worcester (Mass.) Palladium says: “ The people 
merry month of May',” there will be a greater Worcester have elected the editor of the Sjty to 
mount of profitable labor accomplished, than the Legislature, and elected us to stay at 
resent year has witnessed; a conclusion which ftome. That shows very plainly which they can 
spare l/cst.” 
Tonawanda.— The receipts at Tonawanda for 
time in our possession, from various places in the 1849 were large for a new port. We notice among 
mountains where gold washing is continued, the j them 79,587 Darrels of flour; 175,253 bushels of 
man, and that he was knowing all the while to the j’resen year nas wiinessea; a conclusion wnicn ^ ^ 
whole transaction. There may be no truth in it; 's amp'y by present indications. spare Oest. _ . _ , 
but is the subject of conversation in Boston, and . ^he **late8t intelligence at this 1 onawan’da, Tlie receipts at Tonawanda for 
gentlemen in this city, we are told, have been pos- possession, from various places in the 1849 were large for a new port. We notice among 
itively assured that such is now Littlefield’s state- mountains where gold washing is continued, the , them 79,587 iiarrels of flour; 175,253 bushels of 
ment. The idea seems to be, to make another *® highly iatorable. The setting in of the j wheat; 180,73< bushels of corn. Phis port is a 
Coolidge affair of it, with the differonce that the been the signal for the abandon rival of Buffalo, and is situated upon the Niagara 
new version implicates Littlefield much more se- ment of digging in most parts, and the miners river. 
riously than the new version of the Matthew’s h®'’® ®mp'®3®d the intervening pleasant hours be- Photographic Process. —English journals an- 
murder did the student who was emploved bv iw®®ii me rains in preparing winter quarters. nounce that a new photoeraphic process has been 
murder did the student who was employed by 
Also, for a copy of “ Fremont’s Expeditions, ” &c. 
To Col. B. P. Johnson, for the “Report of the 
Commissioners on the subject of an Agricultural 
College.” 
Lexington Heights, Greene, name changed to 
Jewett. 
Coolidge. on a false representation, to help dispose These consist of a rude log house, or canvass lent invented in London, called photo-prosopar, by 
of the lifeless body. The ttory has not vet got into PmJ®®ted by enibankment about the sides, and means of w'hich portraits in oil, of any size, are 
the newspapers, and may be unworthy of a place sheltered from the fury of the storms by boughs taken in half a minute. 
ie\“ ae ” ”rBof He", ' ■ I'.h “ Th“h.ighf of Ihe Si.,,. N.,.de .re covered Co^.v 
' 1 : 1 !:_^ ‘ SihrwTrviili'ou,: S'”"" -rTr.’-r 
F,™ He AlOany Joorn.J, moUDloinstreome are but imperceptibly owollen „ men « ape 
xxT I 1 J ■ . . , . , as yet, although the Sacramento has risen many I he arrivals of vessi 
®i‘?^® ^®®b its junction with the American river, since York in 1849 were 3,225 froi 
3000 Prairie Chickens for the East.— Du- '^® h?ve already given a very brief synopsis of 
ring a recent trip We.st, we spent a day' at Crown m^® *be Assembly, by Mr. L. 
there; but it is believed by some in the city, and 
may be true.” [Bos. Her., 11 th. 
-Ete Excise TiAW. 
From the Albany Journal. 
The arrivals of vessels at the port of New 
Y^ork in 1849 were 3,225 from foreign ports. The 
ring a recent trip We.st, we spent a day at Crown ‘"® ‘"® oy Mr. commencement of the rains. From Feather ^>^1 number of passengers arrived were 811,779. 
Point. We found the Prairies literally covered D. Smith, of Oswego, contemplating the repeal of river the golden news is highly encouraging. A Of the arrivals 1,978 vessels were American, and 
_o_• i_r_ rni.. _:ij y_ii i_. , , . the AXistinor S.xrisft I .nws. FHa fnllAurm/x lo ox. . - . “c . x, . . ° . .P 6> v* 
- .. w -- -- ...-, . . T' • T xxlu y* I, * . »,X,?* IIIO Xicrvvo lo lllAlljy Cit^UUl /I lUUli, <1JJU 
The Next^State Fair.— A telegraphic dis- with Prairie Hens. The mild fnll has tended to * e existing Excise aws. The following Is an bar of the South Fork, situated nine miles above 811 British. 
Itch states that the N. Y. State Agricultural So- P’®®® there S® Ua ?SAnaU Bidwell’s bar. (the original discovery of gold on Hogs Killed— By a statement which we take 
patch states that the N. Y. State Agricultural So- P’®®® i“®"i m ine lauesi oraei. oeemingiy, tnere 
. 1 »T .■ i- 1 - I ■ • IS no end to their abundance. An ordinarv gun- 
cicty (the Annual Meeting of winch is now m finds no difficulty in bagging a hundred in a 
session,) yesterday determined to hold its next day', provided he can carry uiat number. 
Annual Fair at Albany. The citizens of Albany A New-Yorker is now in that vicinity offering 
have already subscribed some .$3,000 to defray the ^'^® ®®ii^ apiece for any number brought to him, 
/ ... rr.. , . f Tx' . and farmers’ sons are pocketing their V a dav. — 
expen.ses of the exhibition. 1 he claim of Roch- t • j i i i i onrui i .u 
^ In siY nnvfi hn ha.Q nankAri .-ilM (k nnn 
is no end to their abundance. An ordinary gun- Senate by Mr. Schoonrnaker, of the 10th 
ner finds no difficulty in bagging a hundred in a District: > i o 
this fork was here) has been worked during the from the Cincinnati 'Chronicle and Atlas we find 
y', provided he can carry mat number. 1st Sec. Repeals, title 9, chap. 20, part 1, of the 
A New-Yorker is now in that vicinity offering R- and the act of Apr. 12, 1843. 
e cents apiece for anv number brought to him, Sec. Imposes a penally of $10 upon any per- 
late month with immense success. 
ester, as the location of the Fair, will be good on their way' to New York, w'here they readily 
IQ'tl cyr T., «.,tA -:_ 
and farmers’ sons are pocketing their V a dav. — ®®^! “ ®R®iig or spirituous liquors or 
In six days he has packed 3000, and they are'now wines” to any minor, pauper, apprentice orserv- 
cominand 25 cents. In cold weather there is no ®f^i® inaster or guardian. 
R. S., and the act of Apr. 12, 1843. Golden Emigration. 
2d Sec. Imposes a penally of $10 upon any per- , From the California, December 1 . 
son who shall sell “ strong or spirituous liquors or lo ®n article published in the Alta California, 
wines” to any minor, pauper, apprentice orserv- ^o® 2d July last, we stated the probable popu- 
ant, knowing him to be such, without the consent * ®' country that tinie at 30,000 .souls. 
Weekly Meteorological Abstract. 
by l. wetherell. 
As the recent election has failed to bring out more 
than one quarter of the legal voters in the country 
.fanuary, 18.50. 
thermometer. 
MAX. 1 MIN. j MEAN. 
MINDS. 
Tuesday, ... 
...8 
29 27 
28.00 
N. E. 
W'cdncsclav.. 
...9 
37 3.5 
36.00 
S. S. W. 
Thursday, .. 
..10 
24 20 
29.33 
N. E. 
Friday. 
..11 
41 36 
.39..33 
S. E. S. 
.Saturday, — 
..1‘2 
37 31 
31..33 
w. 
.Sunday, .... 
..13 
24 .20 
22.00 
N \\. N E. 
itionday,_ 
..14 
23 18 
20.66 
N. E. 
difficulty in transporting them. Dealers in them , ®®®' '■®®®‘y‘“S ®'^y money or arti- 1 ?^®^° , ® ®j 
are sending them by Express from Chicago. ® ®® P'®!^?® for liquor, from any of the persons .pv,,oximatiiHr^to the nnrr 
It is rather singular, that within a day’l ride of ®^°''® n®med. under penalty of forfeiture of three J ™ 
these Prairies, over the Central Railroad, we sel- time® the value of the money or pledge sore- '7';°’."®"“^.^®^^^ 
dom find them in the Detroit market, w'hile at ®®‘v®d- __ 
there have been killed, in Cincinnati, up to the 
present time, 406,000 hogs. 
Baptists in New Jersey. —There are 93 Bap¬ 
tist Churches in New Jersey; 64 pastors; 102 
ministers; 12,267 members, of whom 729 were 
baptized during the year. 
The Washington Intelligencer say that it 
is reported that Santa Anna is about to apply to 
-..... as the hopes which that contest held out of the Jamaica Legislature, to become a cilizen of 
above named, under penalty of forfeiture of three ®PP''®^**^®ffi’g t® nie number of inhabitants have that Island. 
times the value of the money or pledge sore- i®"®®* we have thought it proper and necessary to James Arlinirton Bennett of Lomr Island 
paIvaH j r & give the following statistics They are made up , * u "®“®®“’AsiaM, 
Sec 4 Prohibits iramblimr or disorder in and ®®"’® in®‘®®®®8 from actual records in others been arrested lor lorgery, to the 
oec. ‘i. ironiDiis gamDimg or aisorder m and from the best estimates wa hnvA bAA.i aWa m nm James Poster, of New York, generally 
about taverns, groceries, &c., where intoxicating “om me oesi esumaies we nave oeen able to pro- known as Count P^oster. ^ ^ 
drinks are sold, under a penalty of $25. ®“mL > ^ r* • • i .u . ■. r 
Sec. 5. Prohibits tavern keeper^ &c., from , The population of California, on the first day of that the scarcity of water m 
trusting any resident of the town, not lodgers or ^nay be set down as follows : hkely to rum the brewers. If it has 
travellers, for intoxicating drTnks; and makes pro- . IT.u ^‘;® t® tinnk 
vision against the evasion of this provision. The Fo e .'.'.'.'.'.'.' ."i'.'.'.‘ , 
Chicago, they are abundant at eight cents a piece, 
weighing about two pounds. 
Quails are also abundant on the Prairies. Live 
ones are taken in nets by the boys at .$1,50 the 
hundred. Mrild Turkeys and Geese at 25 cents. 
Deer, at your oivn price .—Detroit Tribune, Jan.l. 
remarks. 
Ji'tnuary 8—Cloudy—snow a little. 
“ 9—Rains—thaws; sleighing bad. 
“ 10—Cooler; clear evening. 
“ 11—Rainy'day; “ January thaw.” 
V ]'2—\Varm—sleighing gone, nearly. 
“ 13—Cooler—.slippery walking; river high. 
“ 14—Delightful day and evening. 
indred. Wild Turkeys and Geese at 25 cents, trusting any resident of thejown, not lodgers or 
jer, at vour oivn price .—Detroit Tribune, Jan.l. travellers, for intoxicating drinks; and makes pro- 
I___ vision against the evasion of this provision. The 
Cold Weather—N orth and west of us the to'collect any claim thus creat- 
weather has been very'cold At Franconia, on the ® 'qH J! Permits any person to sue for a viola- 
morning of December 26th, the temperature w'as ,• /• <u i ■ ^ ui- .l . . 
.DA 111 .1 tioH of tho law, in cBse the public authorities Hcff- 
at 20 deg. below zero; the snow on the mountains .u.;, r v- aui .uimoonog 
W'as three feet deep. At Milwaukie, on Saturday 
night, the 29th December, the mercury sunk to 
10 ° below zero, and at 8 o’clock on Sunday morn- 
Total. .'.24,000 
From that time down to the 11th day of April 
5!;^” It is said that the scarcity of ivater in 
London is likely to ruin the brewers. If it has 
this effect upon the brewers, it is horrible to tliink 
what will be the fate of the milkmen. 
Jf^^Tliere arrived at the port of New York, on 
Friday, from various ports in Europe, 3301 emi¬ 
grant pa.s8engers. Making a total since January 
ing it was still at 10 below. At Kingston, Canada, ^ lo me u mien atate.s, 
on the 26th nit., the thermometer indicated a tem^ n ^ Advertiser, a well informed j- 
Av-k-xx-.x,.,,, x« tTvi^x n.. 1 - . r were Americans) and the arrivals by land (princi- 
,1 - - • ‘ ■ - y-- • pally, from Sonora and Lower California) at 1000 
the annexation of Canada to the United State.s, the „„ _u_|) u-„„ fnllnivlnn- rAcnit- 
perature of 18 ° below zero. 
nal, has the following: 
“ The cabinet has under its consideration the 
U.N1VF.R.SITY OF Rochester.— The following ex- on the 25th December, 1 above zero—12 below 
tract, from the Albany Argus of yesterday, gives fruit buds of Peaches, Apricots, &c. 
a portion of the proceedings of the Regents of the _ 
University, at Monday’s session: Another Throne on the American Continent. 
“A petition, signed by "tVilliam L. Marcy, Ira —letter from Rio Janeiro, dated November 25, 
Harris, John N. Wilder, Friend Hnmplirev. and says: 
The low'est at Rochester, up to this date, w'as question of a severance between die mother conn- 
on the 25th December, 1 abovb zero—12 below try and her Canadian posses.sions. The conclu¬ 
sion arrived at is that England would be no actual time. (November28, ]849.)we are enabled to give 'I ®^ ®‘’ Thil- 
loser were the Canadas to carry their threats of through the politeness of Edward A King, HaTbor ®‘^®*Phia, wa.s dreadfully burned by the npset- 
1849, there were a great many arrivals by sea and 1st, of 7,404, being an average of 673 per day. 
a few by land. If we setdown theanivalsby sea a .. . , i , 
in round numbers at 5,000, (of which one half Public ineeting was held m Buffalo on 
were Americans) and the arrivals by land (princi- ^ ® reduction of Canal 
pally, from Sonora and Lower California) at 1000 l®”x’ adopted, which was prepared 
we shall then have the following result: 
Californians.13,000 It has been ascertained that the whole 
Forefgners.'.' .*.'.'.'.'.'.' o’ooo number of passengers who had left for San Frap- 
._ cisco, during the eighteen months past,is fifty-three 
Total..'11,000 thousand in about eight hundred vessels. 
From the 12ih of April down to the present * x u ah , , . x,, 
time. fNovember28. 1849.3 wa are Anahled fn o-Iva •I®bn Allcman, a shoemaker, ot Phil- 
Havana. They come under the charge of Mr. rr.. Total ................... .91,000 
cLean, the recently appointed mail agent for there cannot be doubt that the figures given 
e Isthmus. ' above are below the mark; and we have no hes- 
The schr Sarah A Brown arrived at Chagres |I®^*°u in saying, and we thing the figures will 
on the evening of Dec 29lh, with 30 passengers *^® ®®s®riion, that the population of 
and 3 officers of steamer Crescent City, and ! 
Photographic Process. —English journals an¬ 
nounce that a new photographic process has been ' 
Another Throne on the American Continent. ®®P.'tration into effey. 1 he result of a careful cx- 
—A letter from Rio Janeiro, dated November 25, ®utuiation of the Canadian connection, in all its 
Harris; John N. Wilder,' Friend Humphrey, and says: aspects, is that so far from England being a suffer- 
George R. Davis, was presented, asking the'incor- “ The Prince de Joiuville and wife are expected renunciation of there allegiance to the 
poration of a Collegiate Institution, under the name by the emperor very soon, and report has it that B'-iti’di crown on the part of the Canadians, .she 
of the ‘ University OF Rochpister.’ three rovinces adjoining Pernambuco are to be '''ou*® be an actual gamer. Itisawellascertam- 
“ After some time spent thereon, the Board re- converted into a kingdom, and the prince and ®® I®®h l-b®t the expenses of the connection have 
solved in terms of the ‘ act relative to the Univer- jn'incessare to'be crowned king and queen thereof. *®®[® Ibuu counterbalanced its advantages. The 
siiv, passed April 5, 18-13,’ that ihev approved of Louis Philippe and the Emperor have been in close '^®uff®uiance of that part of our colonial posses- 
the place designed bv the petitioners for such In- correspondence for the last three months, and no Y*QnD*^nDD ^ yearly e.icpenditure of more 
stitntion, the plan oii which, and the funds with doubt the above is the result of his wiles. Gene- .E8UU,0UU m hard ca.sh. Will any one tell us 
which it is intend to found and provide for the I’al uproar and republicanism suLsequentlv, will “;®I *-b® Ganadasconferoiiusbcnefitsatallequiv- 
same, and also of the individuals nominated as the be the conseciuencc, and the empire ultirnatelv ® .® t maj', mdeed, be debated whether 
first Trustees; and the Secretary of the Board bolted entirely out of existence. Trade has greatly our ®yp®rts I® tbe Canadas would not be as great a.s 
wa-s instructed to jirepare a proper instrument in increased with foreign countries, and tvith none ^have been at {my loimer period. At any rate, 
writing, declaring its said approbation, and that more than with the United States.” we speak advisedly when we say that this cowntry 
ihe pefitioners h.ave two years from this lime for-^® I®"®*; t^® s®®®®^'®® of the Canada.s— 
completing the same.” Venison.— Our market for .some time past has jlbatis certainlj the concln.sion at which ministers 
‘ o 1 _ 1, ....... . . . * , hnxrA MrnxrAit xitlov fViA inncl kiIxIa ....A 
would be an actual gainer. It is a well ascertain- May, 
ed fact, that the expenses of the connection have 
more than counterbalanced its advantages. The Aug.’ 
Master, reliable statistics of the arrivals by sea. 
They are as follows: 
than £800,000 in hard cash. Will anv one tell us 
Moiillis. 1 
Amer. | 
Foreign’s. 
Males 
Females. | Total. 
April, ) 
May, S 
3,944 
1,912 
5,067 
m> 5,880 
June, ) 
July, 
3.000 
C14 
3,505 
49 ’ 3,014 
Aug. 
3,3S4 
500 
3,806 
87 3,893 
Sept. 
4,271 
l,.53l 
5,680 
122 5,80'J 
Oct. 
2,055 
1,414 
3,9.i0 
110 4,000 
Nov, 
1,746 
490 
2,155 
81 1,230 
Total, 
10,000 1 
0,500 
24,833 
607 1 25,500 
ting of a camphone lamp, that he died on Tues¬ 
day last. 
A clergyman in New York had a volume 
of jioems sent to him as a New Year present, 
with ,$115 bi^ween the leaves. Gilded poctrv', 
that. 
Indiana State Conve.ntion. —A bill providing 
increased with foreign countries, and tvith none b®y® been at tmy former period. At an\' rate, 
more than witli the United States.” w'e speak advisedly when we say that this country 
__ will be no loser by the secession of the Canadas.— 
Venison.— Our market for .some time past has F certainly the concln.sion at which ministers 
been well supplied with this article. As to the ®ff®^ Ibc mo.st able and most careful 
alent to this? It may, indeed, be debated whether j,, 'the article before alluded to, wlVich we pub^ 
our exports to the Canadas would not be as great a.s Jished in July last, we stated the then probable 
Fotal, I 19,(100 I 0,500 | 24,833 [ 607 | 25,500 | Indiana Legislature. — Jacob B. Chapman, 
rrrz:- editor of the State Sentinel, was Oil the 3(1 iub-t.. 
In the article before alluded to, which we pub- elected State Printer, for three years from the first 
population at 30,000. Subsequent experience 
and travel through the country, has convinced us 
of August next. 
On the 4th, a bill passed to its third reading in 
Auburn Skminarv.— A triemiial catalogue has source of the supply, the Jamestown Journal savs, ‘^®J>beration. On that conclusion they have resolv- 
just been issued from the Theological Seminary at sleigh load of 51 deer, passed through this -vil- ®®*^; „® jneets, wo shall see 
‘Auburn, which show.s that flrerc have been 'ten Jag® oi^ Monday last. They were killed in Elk *"® brought fu ly before the public, with the 
Professors since the foundation of the Seminan'in co-i Penn., by a couple of ‘hunters bold’ from gj®®.®®''^ W"J®®l-li® ®abmet has come to the con- 
1821, of whom two, Drs. Perine and Richards,are Cattaraugus CO., N. Y., who had been engaged ® ®s‘o® ‘t ®as arrived, 
dead. During the 28 years of its existence there ®iily about six weeks in obtaining this number.— ~~~ 
have been connected with the institution, besides The lot was purchased in this village, and .sent to Murder.—A girl about twelve years of age 
its present members, five hundred and jiinctv-eight. an eastern market.”— Buff. Adv. named Davis, tvas shot at Knoxville in the town 
that we were then in error. We were anxious at I,® ^ die contmnauce ot the 
that time not to go beyond the mark in our esti- ‘®® agent of the bta^ at New York, but hm- 
mate, but in the extremity of our care we un- 
doubtedly fell far below it. 
Admitting then, that on the llth day of April 
iting the expense at .$2,500. 
£;^“Mr. Cliniock, who killed General Holland 
recently in Mobile, for a liason with the wife of 
last there were 31,000 inhabitants in the country, 1 Oie former, has been sentenced to six months im- 
as above stated; if we add thereto the 25,500 ar- i prisonment and a fine of .$1,000. 
have been connected with the institution, besides 
its present members, five hundred and ninety-eight. 
Of these, fifty-one have died and about thirty have 
for want of health and other can.ses, abandoned 
A new ship of 2,000 tons burthen, called 
is.uu a iias arnveu. ' sea. as shown by the table above, we 
~~~ have a total of 56,500. To this must be added 
Murder. —A girl about twelve years of age some'6,000 Mexicans who came into the country 
named Davis, tvas shot at Knoxville in the town by land, and of which probably 2,000 still remain, 
of Painted Post, Steuben Co., on Monday night. Further than this, there have run away frorn the' 
the 31st ult., by a young Irishman named Madden. 
rived by sea, as shown oy tlie table above, we Freight has to lie ten days on the Vermont 
have a total of 56,500. To this must be added and Mass. Railroad, waiting for cars, such is the 
some 6,000 Mexicans who came into the country amount of business. 
by land, and of which probably 2,000 still remain. , x,, m. , . . 
Further than this, there have run away frorn the' xx. V. ®^ ic i 37 U'W. 
several vessels now ill this port, at least 3,000 sea- . '/V'qoo *^ ’ ' le num- 
ma.,. fb«r« b«ve arriv«H «( ntl.ar in ^Cr of dweliuigS at 6,322. 
the work of the ministry; twenty-five are foreign the Washington, has just been completed in New It appears that tlie girl killed, was not the intended men; there have arrived at other ports in Califor- ®'' *" 1 ” 
missionaries; eighty-eight have located in the West York, for Me.s.srs. Frost and Hicks’ line of Liver- victim but her sister, a worthless strumpet, or a nia, 500 souls ; and there have come into the ^ .Winslow, of the firm of Wells 
while the larger portion are laboring in the North- P®®1 packets. She is more than two hundred feet young man w'lio was in the house; ills not exactly country by the Santa Fe and southern route, at ^ Co.’s Express Line, died at Geneva on Sunday 
ern and Western sections of New York.—.V. V. l®ng, and is said to be one of the finest specimens known which. Madden has been arrested and is least 2,000. Those figures give the following re- 
Cotmiiercial Adrertiser. ®f marine architecture ever built in New York. in jail at Bath .—Allegany Co. Advocate. suit, as the present population of the country, de- State Debt of Virginia, ,$7,541,294 11. 
