MOOUE’S RURAL ]VEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAIj. 
New Grenada. 
Onr Paper.-Progress.-Encouragement. Appointmenta by the Gov ernor and Senate. - 
- January 8 th. The Republic of New Grenada is composed of 
Although our paper has been only three weeks James Frink, trustee of Seamen’s Fund, in twenty-five Provinces; each Province is entitled 
before the public, w-e are enabled to report very’ fa- place of Russell Sturgess, resigned. o one or more Senators, and some two or three 
vorably in regard to its reception and progress. Cyrus Curtis, commissioner of emigration, in Representatives. .I’?'® Congress meets at Rogola 
mu ^ • u- I L Lon., .,.-nntn.l nnrt place of James Boorman, resigned. on me 1st of Marcn in every year; and each rro- 
The manner in which it has been greeted, P Dayton, port warden, N. Y. city, vice vince has a Chamber of Deputies, amounting in 
the support thus far received, is truly gratifying, yincent Tilyne, resigned. all to the number of near 300. The President is 
Our list already numbers nearly two thousand sub- Joseph Loal^nan, special warden of N. Y., elected every four years, and is ineligible after- 
Chips and Shavings of News, fee, 
The Republic of New Grenada is composed of gathered with pen and scissors. 
twenty-five Provinces; each Province is entitled 
:o one or more Senators, and some two or three President Taylor has been made an honor- 
Representatives. The Congress meets at Bogota ary member of the Board of Foreign Missicos, by 
on me 1st of March in every year; and each Pro- a donation of .‘^100. 
all to the number of near 300. The President is 
elected every four years, and is ineligible after¬ 
wards. *He is chosen by electors, the same as in 
A. N, G. We do no. ,o open .he chc» ™ „iep,aeed-nnd .h.h a. «. I Andrew Moun., c.n,m„a,.n.r o, n,.neye .o 
,nesu.n. There has a ready belief, hf .he fire, nnmber, •• die i»a.i.n.,.n,, vice W. F. Havemeyer, re 
written on the subiect than is profitable, or can be ’ . . i-J 
substantiated. If vou will send us a wheat head enterprise is neither premature nor visionary. - 
A.iu .v -.-.a , Gilbert Dayton, port warden, N. Y. city, vice vince has a Chamber of Ueputies^, amounimg m of Gold.— Gold dust to the value of 
the support thus far received, is truly gratifying, Tilyne, resigned. all to the number of near 300. The President is ^5 qOO has been stolen from one of the Pacific 
Our list already numbers nearly two thousand sub- Joseph Lofll^nan, special warden of N. Y., elected every four years, and is ineligible after- (j^ganiers, and dust amounting to |;9,000 in value, 
scribers, and is rapidly increasing. Considering vice David Higgins, deceased. wards. *He is chosen by electors, the same as in j^eB^aken at Gorgona, on the Isthmus. 
,ha. .hep.pc,h„„.. ye. b,e„ fairly i„.roduced Lt.”” TL^r,„. tS"The Lo„i.ville Eraminer an e„..aPlp.- 
to tlie public, and that wc have issued no show- declined. is Joseph H. Lopez. The Vice President ischo- lion paper, published at Louisville, Ky., is to be 
bills, &c., to attract attention or solicit patronage, Marcus A. Taffl, ditto, vice J. L. Vancluvoort, sent in the same manner and for the same space changed from a weekly to a monthly, on account 
this result is most unexpected. It proves that our who declines. of time. Rufiiio Cuervo is the present iiicum- of the lack of patronage. 
confidence was not misplaced — and that, as w-e Andrew Mount, commissioner of moneys for bent of the Vice Presidency, and his term will ex- Prison .Appoint.ments.— Hon. Isaac N. Com- 
tn h. onr hP.W in the first number, “the charitable institutions, vice W. F. Havemeyer, re- pire in 1851 H.s salary is stock, of Albany, late Inspector of State Prisons, 
ROCHESTER, JANUARY 24, 1850. that the nancr ha.s not vet been fairly introduced Charles Breninghamer, assistant physician of the United States. His salary is $12,000 per an- 
_ lairfj mirouucea Hospital, N. Y., vice Theodore Tillka- num. The present incumbent of this high office 
Notices to Correspondents. ..is Joseph H. Lopez. The Vice President is cho- 
the chess this result is most unexpected. It proves that our who declines 
one half chess, we will comply with your request. 
G. A. Your specimen of mineral is nothing 
more than indurated clay — incipient slate— con¬ 
taining not a panicle of lime in any state. Acids 
{3U1VC/U tv l/v Vtll lAA JAX...V —-WW , 
enterprise is neither premature nor visionary.’’— Stewart, physician of Marine Hospital, 
The encouragement received is gratefully appreci- yj^e John W. Francis, resigned. 
!io declines. of time. Rufiiio Cuervo is the present lucum- 
Andrew Mount, commissioner of moneys for bent of the Vice Presidency, and his term will ex- 
aritable institutions, vice W. F. Havemeyer, re- pire in 1851. His salary is $4,000 per annum.— 
,npd Each Senator and Representatives receives $6 
ated, and stimulates us to renewed exertions to 
merit the support that is so generally being award¬ 
ed to the New-Yorker. 
From letters containing encouraging words, and 
ee John W. Francis, resigned. the usual period of ihe session of Congress. The 
Johu Gallaer, assistant physician. Marine Hos- mileage is equal to about $6 per mile. The Sec- 
pital, vice Wm. L. Buel, declined. retaries of the Departments are paid the sum of 
S.'Newton Dexter, manager of the State Lu- $3^00 per annum. The population of the city 
ach Senator and Representatives receives ^b appointed by the Inspectors, Agent and 
it diem for the term of two or three monms. Warden of Clinton Prison, in the place of Gen. 
are not a test for pla.ster as it is lime already sat- ^^^ens, we might fill a page of our 
urated with sulphuric acid. The only test avail¬ 
able to every one, is to pulverize the material — 
heat it till it has done boiling — when cold, mix 
paper with extracts similar to the following:— 
-, Onondaga Co., Jan. 19. 
“ Your new paper is creating a sensation here. 
natic Asylum, in place of C. B. Coventry, re- of Bogota is estimated at about 60,000 inhabitants, 
rigned. H is the capital of the Republic. [ Panama Star. 
Nelson J. Beach, canal appraiser, vice David - 
H. Abell, whose term of office has expired. Tre Cuba Expedition Started again.— 
The Indictment Against Professor Webster. 
wiffi water, to the consistence of thin mortar-and j Boston, Jan. l9.-?^sor M 
if it sets, you may set it down as plaster. prepared for such a glorious sheet, and such a rich before the Municipal Court at 1 0 uiu'^n. uhd their expedition is again pretty well underway 
H. y. Short and familiar articles on Geological and varied repast. If you don’t get ten thousand noon, and notified of the indictment found against —have plenty of arms, munitions of war, 
subiects would comport with the desiens of our subscribers the first year, you may set it down that him. It contaims four counts, tlm first of vyhich ^ &c.-^but that now they will act according 
^ ^ J 1 / 1 r ffi® people, a.s well as Republics, are ungrateful, charges him with niurdeniig Dr. Parkman with a ^ concentrate their forces 
paper; if not too abstruse, and adapted to the gen- I think, safely count on having from 40 knife; the second with hammers; the third with United States — nor rendezvous here 
eral understanding of its readers. It is a subject to 60 subscribers in this place, within a month.— his hands or feet; and the fourth by means un- nor organize here but assemble altogether, at 
that every one should have some definite and cor- Meantime credit me the enclosed $25, and send known. Mr. Webster was perfectly self-possessed, ^ fixed time, say on the Isthurnus of Darien, or it 
reel idea of, and particularly the cultivators of the tfi® New-Yorker as written below.’’ and appeared to have suffered nothing from his ^^^^y ^ Yucatan, or it may be on some island, 
has expired. The Cuba Expedition Started again.— 
-- Washington, Jan. 17, 1850.—News has been re- 
ifessor Webster. ceived here, for some days past, by the adminis- 
, , , tration, that the Cuba Revolutionists are again at 
Webster was bro t —^j^at they raised large sums of money — 
o’clock tins after- expedition is again pretty well underway 
neiit found against ^aye plenty of arms, munitions of war, 
Geo. Throop, resigned. 
There are 12,000,000 of acres of improved 
land in this State and 11,000 free schools. 
12 :^” The United States have a frontier line of 
10,6.50 miles, a sea coast of 5,430 miles, and a 
lake coa.st of 1,160 miles. 
12 ^“ The number of prisoneiB in the State Pris¬ 
ons of this State in 1847, was 1,426; in 1848, 
1,309; in 1849, 1,483. 
53^ The State of Virginia has appropriated one 
hundred thousand dollars for a monument to Waiih- 
ington, to be placed at Richmond. 
A hunter living in Hopkinton, St. Law¬ 
rence CO., lately died who had killed 215 wolves, 
77 panthers, 209 bears, and 2,550 deer. 
Trouble in College. —Quite a difficulty has 
and appeared to have suffered nothing from his ^ Yucatan, or it may be on some island, occurred at the College at Ann Arbor, Michigan, 
I __xi--!_ 1 _ ir» nf the exmilsion of severeal of the 
M. L.’s project, for introducing the manufacture 
of peach baskets into our Poor House, and into the 
House of Refuge, is a valuable suggestion. The 
immense quantities that this country is bound to 
use, from the great increase of peach orchards. 
_ Yates Co., Jan. 12. confinement. the'^oews in yim, if agreed upon, not being known. 
“ The New-Yorker is ' all right ’ * Mv neigh- Baltimore, Jan. 19.—The N. O. Delta publish- q''he head-quarters of these revolutionists is at 
hors and friends like the paper much. * t enclose esan anonymous letter dated Washington, Texas, one of the Hotels in this city, from whence th^’ 
pay for the subjoined list of subscribers.” 
-, Ontario Co., Jan. 15. 
“ Your paper is well liked by every one, and is 
in which the writer says Dr. Webster is innocent are carrv’ing on operations upon a grand scale.--- 
in consequence of the expulsion of severeal of tlie ^ 
students, and a meeting of the citizens has demand- < 
ed the resignation of the whole faculty. 
Chinese Slaves in California. —The number < 
of the murder of Dr. Parkman; that he, die wri- One of the largest theatres of their operations is in Chinese arriving in California at last accounts 
• .1 -t. _ _ _ 1 ;__4.^ XT TT ... . ®_: A _ __ . 
ter, is the guilty one, and is on his way to Califor- New York city, 
nia. The letter is regularly post marked and ad- Thus as Soi 
ity. was said to be enormotis. Another letter says that (■ 
South Carolina Co., insist upon they are brought in cargoes by English vessels, and ( 
must be produced in this region, as they are too send you over twenty subscribers. It now looks 
bulky to import from New York, as at present favorable for a list of fifty.” 
bound to succeed. I have obtained and herewith to the Delta, and bears the signature of walking out of the Union, Cuba and Canada are gold as servants to the highest bidder, on the Coo- 
practiced. If M. L. will favor us with his plan in -, Jefferson Co., Jan. 18. 
detail, we will lay it before the proper authorities. “For the enclosed $15 please send the New- Sabres.—O n Saturday an affair of ij “y"' on the^Srh saA^*"' .. daughter of Henry Clay, has expressed 
ought to know ,h.l cverj- step, S ho„ tn u. tie paper ll™ honor e.mc off at Fort McHenry, t.ei B.lti.n.rc, "‘rram Ic Lrf.X epiu her detemrm.tion to take the veil, Thl, deter- 
ntevement, or appUcation of any dcicc, front the " fS d“ iTavl™ doubt o? itliniSg „„i.e between two of the privates Gob and oppreseivo a, it will e?o„tinue to be, it is not 
first application of the motive piwer is a loss, and a list of patrons in this place.” of'®„lm£ wW^ yet time for hot-headed .„no.«.on.sts to endeavor 
lajlor on his line ot operations, wnicn came ver\ to conquer Cuba. Invincible as our troops have jr^^There has been a second “flare up” in 
that there is uo such principle as gaming power ex- - , Orleans Co., Ja7i. lo. near being a fatal affair. It appears that one of gycT been, it is not a mere handful of men that can Syracuse, on account of the alleged robbery of 
cept by loss of motion. It is one of the conditions “I have received the two first numbers ol the them, named Palmer, had been promoted to the take this Island. The soldiers lierc are not indo- graves by the students of the “ Central Medical 
of the laws that govern all things. New-Yorker, and think it i^mirably adapted to hll clerkship of the company, and feeling his dignity, Mexicans — nor men drilled merely for show; College.” A short time since two or three of them 
a vacancy existing in the 1 rcss ot Western New he ordered the other out of a room in which he rI) from old Spain, and the officers are were convicted of an outrage of this kind, and 12 
N. A. The manner of rendering wood mcom- York. You have my hearty wishes and cheertul was sitting, which drew forth a challenge, wliich_ ^y j-jg^ce and repute, who have, many of others have been under examination for several 
bustible, is to saturate it with some saline material, co-operation for success in the enterprise. was promptly accepted, and long sabres chosen a.s ggg^ h^^d service in the wars of Europe*— days, on a like charge. 
as alum, or pota.sh; and to render it inde.structi- An intelligent and active friend of improvement, the weapons. They accordingly proceeded to a They will fight —and so v/ill the soldiers —to sus- otTT—A. corresnondentof the Journal of Com- 
ble,.«nrate il with corrosive .ublimutc (bichlor- thus wtitesu, from Oswego counly:-”Of your ^ ,u‘ “h ’ “'iftaiu the glory of their (ineen, and their own n.me „®J,'-L,tjnSmed bjUhe 
.te.fmerc„n-,)orbl,.evitriol(«ulph.teofcopper.) sample number, juslat haud, I must say it o.veeed. abm of he as men of might aud dartug. From what I can ShegL.tity of salt impo^^^ 
. . .. ' TTTT-.kiocf «fin<Tii np.fsynp.rtations. The imner is lust finally, me saore oi me ciera oroAc oji ui. me ig„_,, 1 do not believe there is so strontr a leelme , Venn 
“ Oroiioke.” It is written on post paper, and is half willing to fight to get in. 
quite illiterate in its style. The editor thinks it not —-- 
a hoax. Annex.\tion feeling is Cuba.—A correspon- 
ley system, a shade less than absolute slavery. 
Taking the Veil. —It is asserted by the Cin- 
dem'of'the Savannah Republican writing’from cinnati Times, that Miss Irving of Mobile, a fa- 
. .T . ^ ® ivrniY/l I'^rnfYhfArnf HATirv (,lnv. hoR A.Ynrp.fiRAH 
nnn An iViA Rtli Ravp* ^ ^ ^orite grand daughter of Henry Clay, has expressed 
1 am inclined to the opinion that, bad as it is, her determination to take the veil. This deter- 
oppressive a.s it will continue to be, it is not mmation hqs occasioned much grief and sorrow 
ing Artillery, that fought so gallantly with General time for hot-headed annexationists to endeavor C la\. 
Taylor on his line of operations, which came veiy conquer Cuba. Invincible as our troops have jf^^There has been a second “ flare up” in 
near being a fatal affair. It appears that one of f,ggR^ jg ,jot ^ mere handful of men that can Svracuse, on account of the alleged robbery of 
take this Island. The soldiers lierc are not indo- 
graves by the students of the “ Central Medical 
College.” A short time since two or three of them 
as alum, or potash; and to render it indestructi¬ 
ble, saturate it with corrosive sublimate (bichlor¬ 
ate of mercun,’,) or blue vitriol (sulphate of copper.) 
It is called Kyanizing, from the name of the dis¬ 
coverer, recently deceased. It is the subject of a 
patent, which, we believe, has expired. 
W. K. W. We cheerfully accept your propo.si- 
tion, and trust the c.xchange will prove mutually 
beneficial. Brief articles and essays, for any de¬ 
partment of the paper, will be acceptable. 
A. R. G. On the subject of perpetual motion, 
you must not speak to us as to its ever being used 
as a motive power. We cannot consent to waste 
our time, nor the time of our readers on the sub¬ 
ject. It is the incarnation of absurdities. 
A. J. G. The most convenient way of e.stima- 
ting the contents of bins,' in bushels, .struck meas¬ 
ure, is to assume a cubic foot to the bushel, and 
deduct one-eighth for apples, roots, &c. It is 
not quite exact, as it will fall a little short. 
tarn the glory o their Queen, and their own name informed by the Secretary of the 
as men ol might and daring. From what I can rj, thequantitv of salt imported during 
Iwow.v 1 Tir.< ImlinvA lllATA IH BA RtrAntT a ffifimtr V.. >- M „„ , , e 
tiire, Horticulture, Literature, and the Arts and tnenced operations with great fury. One ol them 
Sciences, will unite in giving vou their hearty sup- received a terrible wound on the side of his face, 
port. I am at vour service at'any time, or in any nearly slicing his cheek off, and tlie other was 
manner, that will support the Ne'w-Yorkkr.” consider ably cut. __ 
A Post-master in Seneca county sends us a li.st Another rich Copper Mine in Connecticut. 
of over eight]! subscribers, and writes:—“ I think —We have just seen some e.xceediiigly rich spe- 
I stand fair for 100 subscribers. The New-York- cimens of copper ore, which have been dug (only 
American merchants here pronounce the slate- 
meiiLs of several papers of the United States, in 
regard to the feeling.s here, as unfounded in fact. 
tion of our government. 
Bequest. —We learn from the Vermont Chron-v 
»-ou must not speak to us as to its ever being used er is in great demand here, and very highly spok- six feet below the surface of the earth) from an 
’ . ' . 44 4 en of.” extensive copper mine which IS just being opened Marjiana Tioiise oi ixciegates oii a uur.suay, au 
IS a motive power. We cannot consent to waste-Litchfield South Farms. Profe.s.sor Hubbard, thori/.ing the Attorney General of MarjTandto test, 
A___ __aU^ ♦l-.A o»iK_ f*/\vnmn>*nA nf fliA ftvAof T.olrAfl /»-rr i n 1 •_1 .ki_;__i --1-. thA> WnnrAmA if llA,AA,SHar\^A the DOW- 
Commerce of the Great Lakes. of Yale College, has e.xaniined the mine, and made 
a highly favorable report of its value and location. 
The Cincinnati Gazette gives an interesting and 'j'_ Barnnm, Esq., Philo F. Barmim, aud others, 
retrospective view of the commerce of the great have purchased largely in this mine, and to-inor- 
northern lakes from the commencement to the row commence opening it with three s^ets of miners. 
and calculated to mislead the popular mind on a icle that the late Rev. Daniel Campbell, of Oxford, 
question which must be debated more temperately has bequeathed .$20,000, in equal portions, to the 
in order to be successful hereafter”.” American Board of Commissioners for Foreign 
_Missions, the American Home Missionary Society, 
Importa.ntMovement.— A resolution passed the and the American Bible Society. 1 revision is 
Man-land House of Delegates on Thursday, au- "lade out of tlie above for the support of his wid- 
thori'zing the Attorney General of Marj-land to test, ow during her hie. 
before the Supreme Court, if necessar)’, the pow- The loss of property on^ the lakes the past 
er of a Magistrate of New York city, to discharge year amounts to $368,171 — ol life .14, which is a 
4 Va... aubIaiK- fiieritivA .Blavfi. I’lie ease in Doint I larfrer amount of propertv and a less number of 
since arrested his runaway .Blnve itiNew York, but Occupations of the Assembl-V-men.— There are 
rlednet rniP ei.rh(h for annles roots &c It is tune: thing constantlv in operation day and night. We i.strates, and allowed to escape. 1 he bill also pro- .cs, o physicians, 2 lumberman 1 mariner, I for- 
dcduct one-eighth lor app es, roots, ivc. it there was but one steamboat understand that tho developements thus'far made vides for paying Mr. Lee the expenses incurred in carder, 1 surveyor, 1 drover, 1 printer, 1 editor, 
not quite exact, as it will fall a little short. ^ pj. 359 tons. At show this to be far superior to the Bristol mine, his unsuccessful effort to regain possession of the 1 accountant, 2 manufacturers, 1 miller, 1 con- 
. .that time there was thirty or forty small crafts.— which last year paid a nett profit of one hundred ninaways. tractor and 2 gentlemen. 
Doings in California. The first steamer passed over Lake Michigan in and twenty thousand dollars, and is growing better ; ' r ♦ tb Y b • Michigan.— The legislature was organized at 
- 1827. In 1845 there was sixty steam vessels, with and richer even'foot it increases in depth. Such According to ttie ivewblip-- Lansing on the 5th, and Gov. Barry’s message 
By the kindness of a friend, we have been fa- an aggregate tonnage of 23,000, and 320 brigs and a copper mine i'n Connecticut is a heap better than port Herald, the ice trade between lUe United -(jgijye.ej. The receipts in the treasury during the 
»i.K . file .1 S.„ F™.c^. P.P.. up ,, '^ l-eiuCuiifi.n.i.-B .jdg^AU.. S.te. 
December 1st, aud wore much amused by the ^ 9^^ ^Ls amounted to 136,836 Iron from China.- There has been recently perseded by the ice from Sweden and Nonvay— Kentucky — Gov. Crittenden has declared in 
queer things going on in that far-off and sky-lark- t^nsf valiied at more than $9,000,000. received at Liverpool, from Hong Kong, 9000 This ice is delivered in London at the same price modeling the laws of Kentucky after the 
ing region. The amount of merchandize transported during quintals of Chinese iron. It is the first time that which ice is sold lor in Boston. orwa> ic , 11 j adopted in New York. 
Th/universal Yankee is there, el rien de plus the year 1846 w.s 3,861,088 tons, double that of ^^-tal from the mines otlm Ce N^Ba-sk at'Buffalo.-A new banking in- 
received at Liverpool, from Hong Kong, 9000 This ice is'delivered in London at the same price I 
ing quintals of Chinese iron. It is the first time that which ice is sold for in Boston. Norway ice, in j ‘XrecentlfS.tod York. ^ 
, of this metal from the mines of the Celestial Empire immense blocks of great thickness, is sold in the • t> ,, A n .w ; nnk-no- 
New Bank at Buffalo. —A new banking in¬ 
notices, as the very culminating points of fortune. 
Rope dancers, circuses and musical families, are 
products received at New Orleans, by the Mi.ssis- of an important trade with China, 
•sippi river, in 184G-’7. . ; 
as common as in 
ietyof merchandize, auction by night and by day, this commerce is d( 
insurance offices, attorneys, doctors, dentists, art- <^ 0.000 mhabitant 
ists; all kinds of mechanics figure in the papers, as ] 9 f 3 qqq qqq 
The States who.se commerce Western New York, but is especially active in the 
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if society was regulated bv the aniiquitv of an huii- oyer these lakes embrace an area of 300,000 small countv of Orleans, whose nine towns, almost ^ Rhode Isla.nd Whig Nominations, i ne y "'g fortunates have arrived in New Orleans, and 
dred years when it has not been in e.xistence half M.uare miles - or an extent of territory three times entirely Agricultural, have now 17 Division^ the State Conveiiiion on J hursday re-nommated he preparing to make some demonr 
area year.., wneii nas s p ai } ^ Temperance, and over nine hundred mem- present State officers lor re-election, as follows: ^oth for the purpose of doing them ho 
as many moons. lai* , j b _Cn , 1 ,. • o-o ts . _ n a,. 4 b/.r 45 > _ 1 _ 4 " .Lov,. .-oRor 
as many moons. UiarorFrancer. ’ . From all the indications we witnessed, we 
Politics is there too, on its high heeled shoes— ^hg 9^6 is hut beginning to burn. More 
with its caucuses, indignation meetings, bolters, j^kes, Erie and Ontario, to be forwarded to market than one thousand persons assembled l^t Satur- 
and indopendents. Churches, ho.spitals, and mag- by the canals, amounted to only 35,000 tons; in day in the little village of Lvndoiiville, in spite of 
nificent hotels are trowing up -odd-fellow and 1847 the whole amount was 480,000 tons.” the severe cold, to listen to Temperance addresses, 
m.iteiii no.ei., are guwi t 1 _ filfintr the two churches at the same tune — one ol 
— KAtY-trr Ac+ohlicnA/f nT 1 H crnmhhnor - n 4» . » i -w^ n* ^. a j ^ 
masonic lodges being established —and gambling 
hells, robberies, murders and suicides, are as rife 
as In au old and well regulated community! 
The port is a forest of shipping. Warc-hou.ses 
arc so scarce, that vessels are moored out, to re¬ 
ceive and store goods. Their weekly ncw.spapers, 
one half the size of ours, are twelve dollars a year. 
Articles of necessity, are e-Vi-rcmely dear at the 
city; and what must they be at tbe mines, hun¬ 
dreds of miles in.the interior? 'I'he wholesale 
price current (piotes flour .$40; pork ,$45; butter 
90 cts; hams 50 cls; lard 38 cts; brick $70 m; hay 
,$100 per ton; pegged boots $8 to 12. Teas, 
wines, liquors, tobacco, brown sheetings, and cot¬ 
ton goods, shovels, &c., are at the ordinary retail 
prices in this country. 
Ever}’ thing shows that the universal Yankee is 
thar., operating in all his glory,— projecting rail¬ 
roads to the moon, and tunnels to the centre of 
gravity. "Well, go a-head, thou restless animal; 
Report of the Commissioner of Patents.— 
Part first of the annual report of the Commissioner 
of Patents was made to the Senate on Thursday. 
It is arranged under the following hdhds: 
I. Financial, 4 Statistical, &c. 
II. Inventions and Claims. 
HI. Examiners and Machinists’ Reports. 
IV. Origin and Progress of invention. 
V. The Motors—Chief Levers of Civilization. 
VI. Proposed Applications of the Patent F'und. 
ihe wharf, at Dresden, a tew aays ago, tne one vice A resiucm, uuu 44 . 0 . 4 . 4 ^ 4444 . 4 .., ^ 
coming in and the other going out. The Cana- R;^”Of 15,558 persons admitted to Uie New 1 
desaga was so severely injured, that she sank to Orleans Charity Hospital in the year 1849, only < 
her hurricane deck. 'The passengers were all, 1782 were Americans. All the rest, e.xcept 132, : 
without accident, put on board the Stevens. The whose nativity was unknown, wore of foreign < 
new steamer, Ben Loder, takes the place of the birth. The proportion of foreigners to Americans | 
injured boat.— Syracuse Star. was about as 8 to 1. { 
-- FIungarian Exile.s.—a number of these un- ( 
^ Rhode Island'Whig NOMINATIONS.— IneWhig fortunates have arrived in New Orleans, and the ) 
State Convention on Thursday re-nominated the okj^ens are preparing to make some demonstra- t 
present State officers for re-election, as follows: foj, purpose of doing them honor, S 
For Governor — Henry B. Anthony. and'of affording them relief. t 
F'or Lieut. Governor — Thomas Whipple. Tippling in New York. — It appears from a S 
FMr Secretary of State— Chris. E. Robbins. statement made by the Chief of Police, that there ) 
For Attorney General —Joseph N. Blake. eighteen wards of New York city, no < 
F^or Treasurer—Stephen Gaboon. than 4,.524 places where intoxicating djiiik.s ^ 
-^ 4 are sold. Of these 3,764 are licensed, and 760 
The Salary of the Speaker of the H^se 2,920, also, keep open on Sunday. < 
of Repre 8 entative.s is sixteen dollars per day. The Tkkrible Shipwreck.- We learn \ 
thein’ most uncomfortably.— Buff. Com. Ado. The Salary of the Speaker of the H^se I 2,920, also, keep open on Sunday. 
A 4 - Representatives is sixteen dollars per day. The Ysother Terrible Shipwreck.- We learn 
Anti-Rent in Oneida County.— The Anti- (jlerk of the House gets 3,000 dollars per annum, j^at the Agnes Ahrensfelt, from New Yor for .Bre- 
Renters of this county met at Newville on the 29th ghief clerk 1,800 dollars, eight other clerks J"®” Wrecked on the coast of Te.xel, on ffio 
ult., Wm. Owens in the Chair. Linus L. Moul- j^500 dollars each, the scrgeaiit-at-arms, librarian, Iq., ’ ngeg,fiber. Twelve of the cre’A^ and seven 
ton was appointed to solicit the new Auorney Gen- gjifi door-keeper, each 1,500 dollars, and sixteen ' g„„grswere saved; and the master, nine men, 
eral, Levi S. Chatfield, to .search the records to see messengers at two dollars and fitty cents a day each. 1 ' .Lirtv-four nassemrers drowned. * 
whether the OriHkany patent was Iraudulently ob- — - -— _ ' .. • • ^ Ve>*« nt*<x 
tallied or not. The^Albany Freeholder .says, the jjj.,rwEEN Canada and the U. S—The 
grant is dated the I8th day oi April, 1705; but Y^^jg gf the goods exported from the United States 3 , 1‘1 cattle on the hoof and 
neither the name of the Governor (Lord Cornbury) Canada during the year, ending June the 30th, 'J for the New York market, 
roposed Applications of the Patent F'und. I neither the name of the Governor (Lord Cornbury) tg^’Canada during the vear, ending June the 30th, ^ Hineeii cars loaueu vvui 
1. Publication of Specifications; 2. Gen- i <5 affi.xed to the grant, nor of any other person, to was *2 320,733^ of which .$1,254,145 was provisions, ana pomi } 
eral index of inventions; 3. Institution of give it validity. " in Amertoau ve.ssels. The amount ex- ™ 
National Prizes. -—-- ported to the British American Provinces to the by the Ii.iriem r }. 
listorical Notices of Inventors, Irom Ar- Changes in the Misslssippi River. —The Cape g^me period was ,*3,611,783. The Legislatme 
chives of the States, &.C. Girardeau (Mo.) Eagle, savs that the river at Dog ’ * _____ divorces, append the pro 
hi the Propulsion of Steamers. Tooth Bend, about thirty miles below here, is ina- p,,,,. —The number of steam- ‘»g contract mi 
Tho bank h.as STEAMBOAT riUILDIN 4. .• _mi_ Mifo. with anv Other DCrSOIl 
National Prizes. 
'VIl. Historical Notices of Inventors, from Ar¬ 
chives of the States, &.c. 
VIIl. On the Propulsion of Steamers. 
A letter from the Commissioner says that the king through the land very fast. The bank has bTEAMBO^ ^guipleiAd in the city of I^ouisville, 
second part, a.ssignod to agriculture, cannot be fallen in to within three hundred yards of what is " 3 • • • durimr the vear 1849, is twentv- 
ready for some months. called Big Lake, a body of water some si.x hundred , .p. a^m-ocate tonage, custom-house ai- 
-- Y^yjg jg width, and thirteen miles in length.— ‘ j.g,ggp 4 fitofiO tons. Others are now on the 
Discoveries IN Abyssinia. —The Paris journals Whenever the river reaches this lake, which will During the past year the number of new 
stab’, that Mr. R.ocher d’iloticourt, who has lately not be very long hence, the largest portion o 1 which Pittsburgh has sent out, is 51, 
returned f.oin a vovago in Abyssinia, brought with river will pa.ss through this cut-oft, and return to ^ tonage of 7,286 tons — the value of each 
arrived on Wednesday night ftom Dnttdiess county 
by the Harlem railway.— Argus, 
' The Legislature of Indiana, in granting 
divorces, append the proviso, that the party apply¬ 
ing shall not contract marriage, during his or her 
life, with any other person than the one from whom 
he or she is divorced. 
Great Field of Gold in Virginia. —The ed¬ 
itor of the Richmond Whig was shown on Mon- 
dav, thirty seven bars of gold from the Booker 
and when there are no more worlds to overrun, set Jiini about o score of manuscripts in'the Lthiopiaii i the 
down and weep as Xerxes did-of old. But the language all of vast antiquity and great literary 
1 4 - „„4 4,^,„„i444orl. value. They are fo 10 ill foim, bound in red leath- b} forming a large isiariQ. 
time isnotyet-yourdestni} ,s not completed, 4 b the CIrcek cross and strange ornaments on ^ ^- 
ERicAN V’essels Cannot Pass the St. Law- 
are rated bv film at twenty dollars per diem, tfie 
clear profits of the 34 days work are upwards of 
u.ik; .s 44 V 4 >.4--,.44.. ^,...4., 4 . --x er, with the Greek cross and strange ornaments on ^ --7 H44r«l,l rfnce-By a correspondence published in the clear proms 01 ue uc*;., „V 44 . 4.4.4 ..X....-4...4 
your free principles 01 liberty and equalit}, must 9 ^^ eovers. In some of them the writing runs --® Buffalo Commercial, it appears that no American five thousand dollars. 
first revolutionize the whole globe, — and then, right across the page; in others, it is in columns; published at Camden, Aik., ai 1 , -nrr in vessels which are private property, are to be al- jr:^" The session of the Cahtori^ Legislature 
“'“'■“zz_^_* 
L4o«4.45,v.-we „4ve sls's^„?sr;c”;rcCe7.4vi.,n':,c^^ 
„ give a ...mmarj-embracing ihe n.oM inicrceting ,h„5iil,le, which diff.h, in some respect* from the | 3 “™ SoveSem. IC Senators and 34 Member, of A^embly. 
doings of Congress and our State Legislature. ordinarj version. » 
vessels, whicli are private property, are tu uc ai- .. —- - n 4 „.p,nVif.r Its 
lowed to pass from the lake to the Atlantic by the was to commence on the luth ol Ltoceniber. Its 
St LawrLce. Mr. Clavion has declined solicit- principal business would jirobably be to put ti e 
Sgtxrof a permitfor Mr. llolhster of Bnf. .-hinS-»f Gy.™n.nu T e 1 m- 
