MOOEE^S EUEAL NEW-YOEKEE: AN AGEICULTUEAL AND FAMILY JOUENAL. 
Congressional and Legislative. The New York and Erie Railroad. 
ROCHESTER. FEBRUARY 28, 1850. 
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quested to act as agents for the New- Yorker, by 
jorming clubs, &:c. Those who cannot consistently 
do so, will greatly oblige us by handing a Prospectus 
or specimen number to some other influential and 
responsible person who will give it attention. 
lO^ We will send an extra copy to any person 
who remits payment for a club of from four to ten 
subscribers, and continues to act os agent. 
For Club Terms, &c. sac last page. 
Notices to Correspondents. 
W. R. B., must excuse us for declining his ad¬ 
vice, as we have to cater for all tastes, and there 
arc. a large number of our readers, that take great 
interest in the department to which he alludes. 
A. K., desires our opinion, whether the Water 
Ram is wdiat it is “ cracked up to be,” and whether 
its action is constant, without the trouble of regu- 
ulating and repairing. We answer that it is a 
perfect self-acting machine, without wear or any 
change of action, and almost a perpetual motion. 
When situated where there can be had from 
four to ten feet fall, it will raise water a hundred 
feet or more, and distribute it over a whole farm. 
One may bo seen in full operation, during the 
warm weather, on the farm of Mr. George Whit¬ 
ney, on the plank road, three miles north of this 
city. It is well w'orth a visit. 
M. IM. D., is unnecessarily severe and unjust, 
on the subject of the Free School Law. It is evi¬ 
dently having a very bad effect oh Common 
Schools — that chief corner stone of our national 
prosperity. Yet tve think it was originated with 
the purest intentions, and not as a “political stalk¬ 
ing horse.” It is true that it is a “ loose, careless, 
and disjointed piece of legislation,” but the legis¬ 
lature is now tiying to mend and patch up the 
holes, and render it more acceptable to the people. 
“ A Constant Reader” says: “ I am building 
some of your gates described in No. 6. My neigh- 
t>or^ A-, has made half a dozen and is so 
v/ell pleased that he says he is going to fence his 
farm with tliem. You ought to publish that cut 
and description over, every three months, forever. 
It is the thing, and nothing shorter." 
S. H. wishes to know “when and where in 
Orleans county, the Bingham sheep can be seen.” 
Can’t say, as we have heard nothing of the flock 
since our notice — but presume Mr. B. has dis¬ 
posed of it and returned east. If not, will some 
Orleans friend give us the desired information? 
Notices of Periodicals, &c. 
We have recently received several Agricultural, 
Scientific, Religious, Medical, and Literarj- ex¬ 
changes, some of which merit particular notice 
and commendation. At present, however, we can 
only mention a few of the most prominent. 
The Genesee Farmer, our immediate neigh¬ 
bor, commences its eleventh volume with flying 
colors. The January and February issues are 
neatly executed and illustrated, and well filled — 
embracing a variety of scientific and practical ar¬ 
ticles on important topics. Published monthly, at 
50 cents per annum, by Daniel Lee. 
Massachusetts Ploughman. —This journal, pub¬ 
lished weekly, in folio form, is now in its ninth 
volume. It is edited by Wm. Buckminster, a 
practical man, who possesses pretty firm notions, 
and is not backward in sustaining his views and 
opinions. It receives, as it deserves, good support. 
Published by W. &- W. J. Buckminster, Boston 
— per annum. 
Ohio Cultivator.— The first four numbers of 
the current volume, which commenced in Janu¬ 
ary, are received. This journal is apparently do- 
ing good service among the farmers of Ohio, and 
deserves their support. Judging from tlie num¬ 
bers before us, friend Bateham is both “ prosper¬ 
ous and happy”— a very appropriate result of his 
earnest labors. The Cultivator is published semi¬ 
monthly —16 pages octavo —at $1 per annum. 
Address M. B. Bateham, Columbus, Ohio. 
The Prairie Farmer is always spicy and in- 
ter 0 .sting. The editor is an especial hater of hum¬ 
bugs, and speaks “right out” concerning them— 
hit whom or where it may. His articles and items 
exhibit strong common sense, ^dependence, and 
practical knowledge—important requisites in mak¬ 
ing a good agricultural journal, and such an one 
is the Prairie Farmer. Published monthly, at $1 
per annum, by J. H. Wright, Chicago, Ill. 
The Valley Farmer has been changed from 
a quarto of 16 to an octavo of 32 pages. Though 
there is some room for improvement in its me¬ 
chanical exccutioi^, the contents of the Valley 
are valuable, and well adapted to the South-west. 
Published by E. Abbott, St. Loui.s, Mo., at .$1 a 
per annum. 
Canadian Agriculturist. —The first two num- 
hers of volume second are at hand. This work j 
is well conducted, and should be better sustained 
by Canadian farmers (with both jmrsc and pen,) 
than its appearance indicates. Wake up your 
readers, brother McDougall — and, as many of 
them are for annexation, let them put their princi¬ 
ples into practice by annexing names to your sub¬ 
scription list. Published monthly, at Toronto, C. 
W., by Wm. McDougall, at $1 per annum. 
The Scientific American, devoted to the in¬ 
terests of Mechanics, Manufacturers, and Inven¬ 
tors, is very near if not quite what the publisher calls 
it, “the best Mechanical paper in the world.” It 
is not only conducted with ability, but published in 
superior style, and illustrated with numerous en¬ 
gravings of new mechanical inventions, &c.— 
Published weekly, in quarto form, at $2 per an¬ 
num. Address Munn & Co., New Yrok. 
Horticultural Society —Fruit Exhibition. 
The Exhibition of Winter Fruits by our Horti¬ 
cultural Society, on Saturday last, was very well 
attended by both professional and amateur culti¬ 
vators. Tiiere was an excellent display of choice 
apples, and some fine grapes. We give below the 
names of contributors —premiums awarded—and 
varieties exhibited: 
Apples. —The first premium, $‘3, was axvarded 
to N. Hayward, of Brighton, for the greatest num¬ 
ber of varietie.s, as follows: Red Cheek Pippin, 
Holland Pippin, Newtown Pippin, Esopus Spitz- 
enburg, Talman Sweeting, Northern Spy, Bald¬ 
win, Roxbury Russett, Black Gilliflower, Pen- 
nock’s Red Winter, Nonsuch, Everlasting Red, 
Rhode Island Greening, Seek-no-further. 
Robert H. Brown, of Greece, premium of ,$2, 
for second best display, to wit: Yellow Newtown 
Pippin, Ro.xbury Russett, Black Gilliflower, Cor¬ 
nish Gilliflower, Esopus Spitzenburg, Swaar, 
Cranberry Apple, Baldwin. 
James C. Campbell, of Rochester, $1 for third 
best display: Seek-no-further, Esopus Spitzenburg, 
Pomme Gris, Swaar, Baldwin, and one variety 
without name. 
J. Seward, of Rochester, $1, for superior sam¬ 
ples of Rambo, Rhode Island Greening, and Rox¬ 
bury Russett. 
Moses Gage, of Gates, exhibited Ro.xbury and 
Golden Russetts,Greenings, Golden Pippin, Black 
Gilliflower, Yellow Bellflower, and one variety 
not named. 
John Park, of Gates — Baldwin and Golden 
Russett. 
L. B. Langwothy, of Greece — Green Sweet¬ 
ing, Ribstone Pippin, Swaar, and Newtown 
Pippin. 
George Wight, of Geneva — Baldwin, (su¬ 
perior. ) 
Jesse Welcher, of Penfield—Seek-norfur- 
ther, Rhode Island Greening, and Swaar. 
Ellwanger &> Barry, of Rochester — Nor¬ 
ton’s Melon, Northern Spy, English Golden Rus¬ 
sett, Bourassa, Pomme Gris, Esopus Spitzenburg. 
S. Moulson, of Rochester — Northern Spy. 
J. H. Watts, of Rochester — Rambo, Pomme 
Gris, (grown in Canada,) Twenty Ounce Apple, 
Esopus Spitzenburg, Roxburj’ Russett, Northern 
Spy, Baldwin. 
Gr.apes. —A premium of ij;! was awarded to 
J. Lennon, of Rochester, for five samples of Isa¬ 
bella Grapes. 
Meteorological Abstract. 
BY L. WETHERELL. 
Feb. 1850. 
rain. 
WINDS. 
19 
26 
22 
23.66 
N W. 
20 
40 
14 
31.00 
S. 
21 
38 
31 
35.33 
W. N W . 
22 
26 
18 
21.33 
0.01 
N. N W. 
23 
29 
10 
20.33 
8 W. 
24 
42 
18 
32.66 
.S. 8 E. 
25 
38 
33 
35.33 
0.02 
W. 
remarks. 
Febuary 19—Cooler this morning — delightful eve¬ 
ning; the thermometer at Argyle, Wash¬ 
ington Co., 26 below zero; at Mackinaw' 
.26 below; and at Sault St. .Marys 43 
below zero. 
“ 20—Fine morning — a little sprinkling of 
rain at eve. 
“ 21—.4 few flakes of snow—sleighing Imd. 
‘' 22—Cool — cloudy — a few flakes of snow. 
“ 23—Very fine day. 
< < 24—Fair at sunrise — a little rain at eve. 
‘ ‘ 25—Cool and cloudy — lunar halo this eve. 
A Suggestion. — Reader, please exhibit the Ru¬ 
ral New-Yorker to such of j'our friends and 
neighbors as you flunk should take the same, and 
invite them to subscribe, or unite with you in form¬ 
ing a club. If they tell you the price is too high 
— that they can get an agricultural paper, or an 
eastern literary one, for half the money — be so 
good as to explain the difference, in cost as well as 
value, between a monthly and a loeekely journal. 
Also state the odds in favor of the Rural, as a fam¬ 
ily paper compared with the great piajority of week¬ 
ly periodicals w'hich emanate from New York, 
Philadelphia, and other hot-beds of yello70-covered, 
love-and-murder literature. Ask those who have 
families to compare the quality, as well as cost, of 
the reading furnished. In comparing the New- 
Yorker with other weeklies we hope this will be 
taken into account—and, in regard to its price, 
as an agricultural journal, let the frequency of its 
publicatioiE^Je considered. 
Rochester Democrat. —We observe that the 
senior proprietor of this standard journal, Alvah 
Strong, Esq., has purchased the interest of the 
late Henry Cook. Mr. E. T. Huntington, for 
several years general agent of the Albany Evening 
Journal, has purchased an interest in the es¬ 
tablishment, and will hereafter be connected wjth 
the business department — to w'hich he will add 
strength and efficiency. S. P. Allen, Esq. suc¬ 
ceeds Mr. Cook in the editorial management of the 
paper—assisted by Mr. F. S. Rew in the flews 
and commercial departments. Under such ausifi- 
ces the Democrat will sustain its high reputation 
as one of the most influential and reliable political 
and news journals in the country. 
Another Suicide.—A German, named Fran¬ 
cis Reser, living in this city, committed suicide on 
Thursday last, by cutting his throat with a razor. 
He lived hut a few minutes. The case is similar 
to the one noticed in our last week’s paper. 
5;;^ We learn from Dr. E. P. Langworthy of 
the Army, who was called by the Coroner, to 
Wm. Butler, mentioned in our last as cutting his 
throat, that the deceased severed both carotid ar¬ 
teries and internal jugular veins, at one stroke of 
the razor — destroying life instantly. Had he been 
an adopt in the anatomical science, he could not 
have taken his life more skilfully. 
A Historical and Geogmphical Society has 
been formed at Rio Janeiro, and held its first meet¬ 
ing in the city palace, fitted up for it by flie Emperor. 
Synopsis of Congressional Proceedings. ^ 
In the Senate, on the 18th, the bill for River and 1 
Harbor Improvements w'as referred and ordered < 
printed. , 
In the House, a resolution was adopted inqui- j 
ring into the expediency of appropriating lands to 1 
Minesota and Oregon, for the support of a Uni¬ 
versity. 
Fed). 19.— In the Senate, numerous petitions : 
were presented, and Mr. Clay’s Compromise res- • 
olutions discussed. 
In the House, a resolution w’as introduced in¬ 
structing tlie Committee on Territories to report a 
bill providing for the admission of California on 
an equal footing with the original States, and with 
the boundaries and limits defined in it* constitution 
— said bill not to embrace any subject matter out¬ 
side of California. This created discussion and 
temper, “ and until 12 o’clock at night the utmost 
confusion prevailed.” 
Feh. 20.— No important business in the Senate. 
In the House, Mr. McLean, from the Commit¬ 
tee, reported a bill authorizing the Secretary of the 
Treasury to keep on deposite in the Mint of the 
United States $2,000,000 instead of $1,000,000 
to exchange for gold bullion on which no discount 
or interest shall be charged. He said that this 
was necessary in consequence of the influx from 
California. Good explanations were given by him. 
The bill passed. 
California and slavery was the subject of dis¬ 
cussion in the Senate and House. 
Feb. 21.—In the Senate, Mr. Seward presented 
the resolutions reeently passed by the Legislature 
of New York upon the subject of slavery and the 
admission of California into the Union. Laid on 
the table and ordered to be printed. 
Numerous petitions were received and referred. 
Mr. Davis, of Miss., from the IVIilitary Com¬ 
mittee reported a bill to increase the number of 
Commissariats in the army. 
Mr. Hamilton’s resolution, submitted some time 
since, calling for information relative to tlie im¬ 
prisonment and barbarous treatment of American 
seamen w’recked on the coast of Japan, w'as 
adopted. 
Mr. Seward’s resolution, inquiring into the 
propriety of giving some national testimonial to 
Capl. Cook of the British bark Sarah, was taken 
up and passed. 
Numerous adverse reports were taken from the 
table and concurred in. 
Mr. Borland introduced a bill for the relief of 
the widow of Gen. Worth. 
The slavery question vzas discussed until 3, P. 
M., when the Senate adjoifrned to Monday. 
In the House no important business was trans¬ 
acted. The slavery question, as usual, on the 
tapis — and the House finally adjourned over to 
Monday. 
Legislature of New York. 
Feh. 18. Nothing important in the Senate. 
In the Assembly, Mr. Hicks presented a petition 
for the repeal of the School Law. Reports were 
made against a law compelling owners of property 
on highways to keep up good fences— and against 
the bill in relation to laying out private roads. 
Feb. 19. In the Senate, Mr. Carroll, from the 
committee to whom was referred the postage ques¬ 
tion, made a lengthy report, in which the commit¬ 
tee recommended Congress to adopt a rate of post¬ 
age not exceeding two cents on every half ounce, 
on all pre-paid letters, for any distance, and four 
cents if not pre-paid —concluding by iniroducing 
a joint resolution to this eflTect. The General Rail¬ 
road bill was passed. 
In the Assembly various questions were discus¬ 
sed, but no business completed.. 
Feh. 20. Reports in the Senate:—Repealing the 
law exempting ministers from taxation—favorably, 
with amendments, the bill amending the law rela¬ 
tive to purchasers on sales of real estate by Sur¬ 
rogates — adverse to amending the law relative to 
division of towns in election districts. Bills pas¬ 
sed:—Making an appropriation for expenses of 
government — New York and Erie Railroad bill 
— to authorize the county of Cattaraugus to levy 
certain taxes to build roads and bridges on Indian 
lands — appropriation for Sing Sing Prison — rel¬ 
ative to unpaid ta.xes in Wyoming county. 
In the Assembly, Mr. Brewster presented 12 
petitions for the repeal of the School Law. Vari¬ 
ous bills of a local natme were reported. The 
resol^xtion from the Senate, requesting flxe mem¬ 
bers of Congress from this State to examine into 
the circumstances under which Woodworth’s pat- 
eiits for his planing machine was obtained, and 
whether that patent should not be cancelled — was 
taken up, discussed, and finally passed by a vote of 
79 to 6. 
Feb. 21. The Senate was principally occupied 
with business of a local character. The act in re¬ 
lation to juvenile delinquents was passed. 
In the Assembly, Mr. Burroughs reported a 
bill in relation to Free Schools in the city of Roch¬ 
ester— which was read a third time and passed. 
Both houses adjourned over until Saturday, the 
23d — Friday being the birth-day of Washington. 
Feb. 23. Mr. Mann, of the Senate, introduced a 
bill submitting the question of a repeal of the Free 
School Law to the peojile at the next election.— 
Several bills of a local nature were passed. 
In Assembly, several bills were passed, viz :— 
Relative to unpaid taxes on lands of non-residents, 
and to provide for the sale of such lands for un¬ 
paid taxes, in the counties where they are assessed 
— to extend the collection of taxes in the city of 
Syracuse and town of Wolcott, (bill made gene¬ 
ral,)— to incorporate the U. S. Mail Steam-ship 
Company. Several motions, notices, &c. Mr. I 
Raymond called up his resolutions in favor of an 
Agricultural Bureau, but no vote was taken. 
A Large Haul. —The Elmira Gazette says 
four lads caught with a seine, in the Chemung 
River, near that place, 1,460 fish atone haul. The 
fish were principally yellow perch. 
The New York and Erie Railroad. 
The late address of the Erie Railroad Company 
to the public might have been more favorable even 
than it was. They have still on hand .$300,000 
of the second mortgage bonds and 8,000 tons of 
Iron, of which nothing was said in the Address, 
and which places them in thus much better posi¬ 
tion. The fliird issue of bonds, proposed to meet 
the expenses of the exten.sion to Dunkirk meets 
with favor, and a largo party of capitalists have of¬ 
fered to lend 80 per cent, on the entire three and a 
half millions, so that the money can be readily pro¬ 
vided for the completion to the Lake. We have 
taken some trouble to ascertain the divergence 
from the old route intended by the Company, and 
give annexed both routes. The new line goes 
through the following places: Almond, Bakors- 
bridge, Alfred, Andover, Wellsville, Scio, Phillips- 
ville, Hobbieville; through Van Campen Creek 
Valley, Friendship, Cuba; along the valley of Oil 
Creek to Hinsdale and Olean; tnence to Allegany 
City along the Allegany Run Valley to Little Val¬ 
ley Creek, where it leaves the old line of the road 
about 40 miles from Dunkirk, and runs north and 
north-west through the townships of Mansfield, 
New Albany, Persia, Dayton, Perrj'sburg, Havana, 
Forestville and Sheridan to Dunkirk. The old 
line from Little Valley Creek runs through Cold 
Spring, Randolph, Rutledge, Omar, and the town¬ 
ship of Sheridan. The two lines, at the widest, 
are 10 or 12 miles apart, the new line being north 
of the old line, in the township of Sheridan, the 
most westerly of all the lines approach within two 
or three miles. Of the adopted line, about 70 miles 
are graded or partly graded.— Tribune. 
Railroad Arrangements. 
The Railroad Convention at Albany, says the 
Journal, has finally fixed upon the following sched¬ 
ule of time for the departure and arrival of the 
trains on the Albany and Buffalo line for the com¬ 
ing summer. It w'ill be seen that the principal 
Eastern mails will arrive in this city at about 6J 
A. M., instead of 8^ as formerly, and the Express 
mail from the East will arrive at 5 P. M. 
There will be four trains between Albany and 
Buffalo daily, leaving Albany as follows: 
let. Express train leaves 7^ a. m.; through in 
12 hours. 
2d. Mail and passenger train 9 a.m.; through 
in 17 houLs. 
3d. Emigrant and passenger train 2 r. m.; through 
in 24 hours. 
4th. Express train 7 P. m.; through it 14 hours. 
The latter train will reach Buffalo in time to 
enable passengers going west to take the 9 a. .m. 
boats. 
The trains from Buffalo will leave as follows: 
1st. Express train leaves 6^ a. m.; through in 
12 hours. 
2d. Mail and passenger train 9 a.m.; through 
in 17 hours. 
3d. Emigrant and passenger train 2 p. m.; through 
in 24 hours. 
4th. Express train 8 p. -m.; arrives at Albany at 
2 p. M. __ I 
•Practical Philanthrophy, 
Gerrit Smith has manifested his sympathy for 
the oppressed African race in a way that abun¬ 
dantly proves its sincerity. A committee in the 
city of New York, on whom Mr. S. devolved the 
duly of selecting one hundred and fifty respectable 
people of color as recipients of his bounty, ac¬ 
knowledge the receipt of seventy-five deeds of land 
for as many men, with $10 for each of them; and 
of $50 for .seventy-five colored women. Deeds 
and money, in the same proportion, have been giv¬ 
en to four hundred and twenty-five men, and an 
equal number of women, in other parts of flie State. 
These gifts amount, in the aggregate, to $50,000. 
This is truly generous. The following is an ex¬ 
tract from Mr. Smith’s letter to his committee.— 
Evening Journal. \ 
“ I send 3 'on herewith 75 deeds of land and $750 
for the 75 males you have selected, and $3,750 for 
the 75 females you have selected. Should the 
f rantees wish to make inquiries respecting the land, 
hope they will make them of you. I cannot even 
read, much less can I answer, all the letters W'hich 
I receive. 
To the committees in the other counties I will 
send deeds and ten dollars with each, as fast as I 
receive from them the names of the males whom 
they select. My gifts to flie females whom they 
select I shall not be able to complete in a less space 
of time than a year or eighteen monflis, as my first 
duty with the moneys I receive is to employ adarge 
share of them in continuing to reduce the great 
amount of debt, which I still owe. It is probable, 
however, that I shall every month pay the females 
of one or more counties. 
With great regard, your friend, 
Gerrit Smith.” 
* New Discovery in Agriculture. —We see a 
statement going the rounds of the papers, that Mr. 
Russell Comstock, of Dutchess county, claims to 
have made a great discovery in agriculture, by 
which the growfli of fruit trees and other cultivated 
crops of the farm or Southern plantation may be 
much accelerated, and their products increased, as 
well as improved in quality. He proposes to re¬ 
veal the secret to the public, if the Legislature will 
grant him a certain sum of money ; and a bill has 
been reported for that purpose, with the very' prop¬ 
er reservation that the inohej: shall not be paid, un¬ 
less a committee of scientific agriculturists, (pro¬ 
vided for in the bill,) shall within three years report 
to the Legislature that, in their opinion, “flie 
claimed discovery or discoveries and improvements 
and knowledge, and rule and method of culture 
adapted thereto and adopted thereby, by the said 
Russell Comstock, shall be worth to the citizens of 
the State,” and to posterity, the sum proposed.— 
The New York Journal of Commerce says several 
distinguished agriculturists, to whom the secret has 
been made known in confidence, speak of it in 
high terms. 
Ai’pointments by the President— By and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate. — Benjamin 
Everett Smith, of Maryland, to be Consul for the 
United States for Turk’s Island. Alfred Mitchell, 
of New Jersey, to bo Consul for the United States 
for the port of Cork, in Ireland. Harvey Gleason 
of Louisiana, to be Consul of the United States for 
the port of Chagres, in New Granada. Thomas 
Turner of New York, to be Consul for the United 
States for Bahia de San Salvador, in Brazil.— 
Samuel Sampson, of Virginia, to be Consul for 
the United States for Bombay. Wm. P. Rogers 
of Mississippi, to be Consul for the United States 
for Vera Cruz, in Mexico. Amos B. Corwine of 
Ohio, to be Consul of the United States for Pana¬ 
ma, in New Granada. Horace Smith of Penn¬ 
sylvania, to be Consul for the United States for 
Portugal. Daniel Le Roy of New York, to be 
Consul of the United States for the port of Genoa, 
in Sardinia. Charles L. Fleischman of the Dis¬ 
trict of Columbia, to be Consul for flie U. States 
for Studtgardt, in Wurtemberg. 
The North River is ojien as far up as Hud¬ 
son, and the boats have commenced running from 
that city to New York. 
Chips and Shavings of Nevus, &c. 
gathered with pen and scissors. 
The subscriptions to the Pacific Railroad 
at St. Louis, reach $225,000. 
The Legislature of Alabama has refused to , 
allow agencies of foreign banks within that State. 
The total receipts of funds for the sufferers . 
of the Hague street, N. Y., explosion, amounts to ' 
.$21,025. ' ! 
Edward A. Hauiiegan, late United States 
Minister to Prussia, arrived in Wa.shington, on 
Saturday last. 
Tlie Quebec Gazette says that at Portneuf, 
Canada, on Tuesday, the 5th day of February', the 
thermometer went down to 52 degrees below zero, 
and that during the entire day it was below 40. 
Handsome Donation. —Alex. Duncan, Esq., of 
Providence, formerly of Canandaigua, has given 
$20,000 to the Butler Hospital for the insane, of 
Rhode Island. 
A Curious Fact. —Two hundred tons of salt¬ 
petre have been lately sold in Providence, R. I., 
held on speculation ever since the last war with 
Great Britain, a period of 35 years. 
5 ;^” Colored Schools arc to be established by 
law in Ohio, the Auditor having decided that the 
repeal of the black laws entitles colored children 
to their full proportion of the State School Fund. 
Look Out. —Two dollar bills altered to fives of 
the Westfield Bank, Chautauque county, are in 
circulation. They are xvell executed, but can read ■ 
I ily be discovered % close examination. 
J3|'’"Tho Ciiicimiati Gazette announces that an¬ 
other cotton factory', running 4,000 spindles, is 
about to be erected in that city. The business 
there is gradually extending, and promises to be¬ 
come one of the first importance. 
j;;^”An aged slave, 106 years old, died at 
Johnsontown, Md., on the 6th inst. As a servant 
of Col Reed, he was present at the surrender of 
Cornwallis, and witnessed several battles during 
the Revolution. 
The Queen will not open the Parliament 
in person, “owing,” it is announced, “to the near 
approach of an event which will add anoflior 
member to the royal family.” This event is ex¬ 
pected in the middle of Ajiril. 
To Stop Mouse Holes. —Take a plug of com¬ 
mon hard soap, stop the hole with it, and you may 
rest assured you will have no further trouble from 
that quarter. It is equally effectual as regards 
rats, roaches, and ants. 
West Springfield, Mass., has enacted for 
a dog law that all the canine breed shall be muz¬ 
zled. The penalty of a non-compliance is that flio 
animals may be killed. No bounty is offered, 
however, for killing them. 
Father Mathew left Macon, Ga., on the 
5th inst., for Atlanta and Athens. While in Ma¬ 
con he administered the pledge to 450 persons, 
making 175,000, in the aggregate, since his arrival 
in this country'. 
Canada. — It is mentioned in the Toronto Col¬ 
onist that the General Po.st Office is to be trans¬ 
ferred from Montreal to Toronto. On the same 
authority it is said the head quarters of the military 
will undergo the same change. 
In round numbers, the distance from New 
York to San Francisco is 1,600 miles greater by 
the Panama than the Tehuantepec route, and 1,000 
greater than by the canal route of Nicaragua, 
which last route is 600 miles shorter than the 
Panama. 
Counteri'Iits. —The Pittsburgh Post says a new 
counterfeit, of the denomination of .$10, on the 
City Bank of Cleveland, has made its appearance, 
dated Jan. 1, 1850, No. 2804, Wm. H. Stanley, 
Cashier; George Mygatt, President. It is the best 
exeeuted counterfeit it has ever seen, and the best 
judges of paper money might be deceived by it. 
The Cincinnati Times says: Look oat for a new 
$10 counterfeit on the State Bank of Ohio — the 
old plate with a figure 10 in the centre — a female 
representing Justice on the right end — the head 
of Harrison on the left—said to be well executed, 
and calculated to deceive the best judges. 
Millions of pigeons have been filling the 
woods for miles around Franklin, Tenn., for sev¬ 
eral weeks past. They have a roost several miles 
in extent in the edge of Hickman county, and 
with a club and torch the people sally forth at 
night, and bring home their game by meal bags’ 
full. 
The Elmira Fire. —The Gazette says the loss 
by the recent fire in that village will be from $30,- 
000 to .$40,000. It w'as undoubtedly the work of 
incendiaries. A man named Christopher Frances 
who had threatened to burn the town, has been 
committed for trial, together with two associates 
American Tract Society. —The Executive 
Committee of this Society, at its rcjgular meeting 
on Monday last, appropriated .$15,000 to aid va¬ 
rious missions abroad. The receipts of the Soci¬ 
ety in January were $34,150, of which $13,737 
were donations. The Society is, at present, em¬ 
ploying 350 colporteurs. 
5);;^” The boiler of the steam 'foundry of Brown 
& Mathers, Niles, Mich., exploded on the 14th, 
blowing the building to atoms, and burying several 
persons in the ruins. All were rescued alive, tho’ 
two or three were severely and perhaps fatally in¬ 
jured. It xvas the-New York explosion repeated 
on a smaller scale. 
Queer Bed Cord. —The Bedford Mercury 
states that Capt. Timothy Colby, in that city, has a 
bed cord made of whale’s sinews, which has been 
in the Colby family since 1640—209 years — and 
has been used by Timothy Colby 41 years, and is 
now as good as a dozen new hemp bed cords. It 
has never been broken. 
CoNNETicuT. — A Whig State Convention as¬ 
sembled on Wednesday at New-Haveii, and nom¬ 
inated 
For 6'oBcrnor—Lafayette S. Foster, Norwich. 
Lt. Governor — Green Kendrick, Waterburj'. 
Sec. State —Roger H. Mills, New-Hartford. ' 
Treasurer — Thomas Clark, South Coventry 
Comptroller — Selah Strong, Milford. 
Homestead Exemption. —Tho Indiana Legis¬ 
lature has a ,$500 Exemption law under consider¬ 
ation. The Louisville Journal says, “ the object of 
the law, as the term implies, is to secure a home 
to the poor man from the merciless rapacity of a 
grasping creditor, and to prevent his family, as 
v.’ell as himself, from being thrown out, homeless 
and houseless, upon the cold charities of an un • 
feeling world, for the crime of owing debts which 
he is unable to pay.” 
Port Hopf. Wheat Market. —We understand 
that large quantities of wheat are being purchai^d 
along the Canada shore of Lake Ontario this win¬ 
ter, which will be shipped for the American mar¬ 
ket at the opening of navigation. The Port Hope 
Watchman of last week, says 25,000 bushels were 
brought into that place in eight days. Good fall 
wheat was fetching eighty cents per bushel.— 
Choice samples of spring wheat brought 70 a 75 
cents. 
