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MOOKE’S BURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL ANB FAMILY JOURNAL. 
ROCHESTER, APRIL 18, 1850. 
Local Agents. 
James Van Horn, Ovid; also general agent for 
South Jury District of Seneca county. 
S. E. Norton, Phelps, Ontario county. 
E. Hopkins, Lyons, Wayne county. 
B. Farr and H. Goodrich, Albion. 
Samuel Heston, Batavia. 
R. B. Warren, Alabama, Genesee county. 
I’heodore Dickinson, Newark, Wayne county. 
Silsby & Keeler, Seneca Falls. 
A. R. Frisbie, Clyde, Wayne county. 
Wm. Richey & O. A. Graves, Watertown, Jeff. co. 
John Harris, Sheldrake, Seneca county. 
Archibald Stone, Hinmanville, Oswego county. 
E. W. Fairchild, East Bloomfield, Ontario county. 
G. N. Sher^vood, Camillus, Onondaga county. 
C. B. Dickinson and P. Parks, Victor, Ontario Co. 
J. W. Reed, Lockport, Niagara county. 
J. M. Trowbridge, Pekin, “ “ 
JohnB. Lowell, Yates, Orleans county. 
H. S. Frisbie, Holley, “ “ 
L. A. Morse, Knowlesville, “ “ 
M. Scott, Arcadia, Wayne count}^ 
H. C. White, Mohawk, Herkimer county. 
D. Bunnell, South Livonia, Livingston county. 
E. C. Bliss, Westfield, Chautauque county. 
J. I. Eacker, Sheridan, “ ‘‘ 
J. C. Sherman, New Ilaltimore, Greene county. 
L. D. Branch, Trumansburg, Tompkins county. 
All Post-Masters and Subscribers are re¬ 
quested to act as agents for the New- Yorker, by 
forming 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. 
[Lr We-will send an e.xtra copy to any person 
who remits payment for a club of from four to ten 
subscribers, and continues to act as agent. 
[UP For Club terms. Premiums, &c. see last page. 
New Publications. 
The Poux.try Book: — A Treatise on Breeding and 
Genera! Management of Domestic Fowls; with 
Original Descriptions and Portraits from Life.— 
By John C. Bennett, M. D., Physician and Sur¬ 
geon. Boston—Phillips, Sampson &. Co. 1850. 
pp. 310, 
A copy of this work has been received from the 
publishers. We have read more than its title-page 
and table of contents, and gleaned some valuable 
information from its pages. In treating upon the 
subject, the author is apparently at home. His 
statements are based upon experience and good 
authority, and hence are generally accurate. The 
book abounds with the “ pith of the matter,” and 
should be known and read by all ultra poulterers 
throughout chickendom. It is published in the 
best style; fine paper—handsome typography— 
beautiful and life-like portraits, and many of them. 
For sale in this city by Dewev, Arcade Hall. 
April, 1850, 
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Proceedings of the Seneca County Agricultu¬ 
ral Society, for 1849. 
We are indebted to Hon. John Delafield, 
President of the Society, for a copy of this Report. 
It is an admirale document in every respect—a 
model which may be profitably imitated. The 
facts, figures and suggestions embraced in the pro¬ 
ceedings, (and especially in the President’s Re¬ 
port,) speak well for the farmers of Seneca, and 
indicate no tardy advancement. The Society is 
among the most efficient in the State, and is an¬ 
nually accomplishing a vast amount of good— 
adding largely to the xvealth and wisdom of its 
members and the community. Long may its ef¬ 
ficiency be continued, under the guidance of man¬ 
agers as public-spirited and zealous in the cause as 
those whose names appear in the proceedings. 
The Free School Law. 
The bill submitting to the People, at the annual 
election in November next, the Repeal of the Act 
establishing Free Schools throughout the State, 
has become a law—having passed both Houses of 
the Legislature. It passed the Assembly, on the 
last night of the session, by a vote of 67 to 22.— 
The act provides— 
1. To submit the question of Repeal or No Re¬ 
peal to the People, in November next. 
2. Requires the State Superintendent to furnish 
each Town Clerk with one copy, and each school 
district W'ith five copies of the law, with blank 
forms, poll lists, &c. 
3. A separate box is to be jirovided for the tick¬ 
ets, which are to be “ School—For the Repeal of 
the new School Law;” or “ School—Against the 
repeal of the new School Law.” The tickets to 
be canvassed by State canvassers, same as votes 
for Governor, &c. 
4. If the act is repealed, then all the acts repeal¬ 
ed by the law are to become in force. But no 
suits, &c., which may have grown out of the law, 
are to be aftected. 
Though this action of the I^egislaturc may be 
considered unwise by many, we think it was clear¬ 
ly demanded by the verj' general opposition to the 
law—an opposition originating in its imperfections. 
Had the law been carefully devised and perfected 
in the first place, we apprehend thdt little or no 
dissent would have been expressed—at least among 
the friends of universal education. But being in¬ 
complete, the law was very naturally opposed by 
those who saw and felt its imperfections; while dis¬ 
trust and prejudice were created against it in the 
minds of many who voted for its adoption. These 
prejudices it will be difficult for the friends of the 
law to overcome, and the result of the canvass is 
quite problematical. There is, however, ample 
time for discussion, and we presume the question 
will receive that attention which its importance 
demands. 
Meteorological Abstract. 
BY L. WETHERELL. 
TITLES OF ACTS 
Passed by the Legislature of the State of New 
York at the 73d Session Thereof. 
REMARKS. 
April 9th. Very cold—froze hard last night. 
10th. Fair—continues cold. 
11th. Fair morning—cloudy in the afternoon with 
a little snow. 
12th. Farmers begin sowing oats and barley to¬ 
day. 
13th. Cloudy, squally and cold. 
14th. Cold, cloudy, and squally. 
15th. Continues squally, cold, and cloudy. 
The mean temperature of the w'eek 30.71 degree 
Mean temperature of the 1st of April 35.59 “ 
The Farmer’s Guide to Scientific and Prac- 
tic.al Agriculture .—Detailing the labors of the 
Farmer, in all their variety, and adapting them to 
the seasons of the year, as they successively oc¬ 
cur. By Henry Stephens, F. R. S. E., author 
of the “Book of the Farm,” etc.—assisted by 
John P. Norton, Professor of Scientific Agricul¬ 
ture in Yale College, New Haven. New Y'ork 
—Leonard, Scott & Co. 
The first number of a work bearing the above 
title has been placed on our table. We have not 
yet given it an examination, and can tlierefore 
merely announce its appearance. The publishers 
state that “ the work will be comprised in about 
22 numbers of 64 pages each. It will contain 
some 18 or 20 engravings on steel, and numerous 
wood engravings in the highest style of the art.— 
It will be handsomely printed on fine paper, and 
sold at 25 cts. a number, or $5 in advance for the 
22 numbers.” The Rochester agent is D. M. 
Dewey, Arcade Hall. 
Do. 
1849, 42.55 “ 
Do, 
1848, 45.54 “ 
Do. 
1847, 41.36 “ 
Do. 
1846, 41.53 “ 
Do. 
Ja4£), 3».04 “ 
Do. 
1844, 53.07 “ 
Do. 
1843, 40.06 “ 
Thus by comparison it is seen that the first half 
of April just closed, shows a much lower tempera¬ 
ture than the average mean since 1843. 
Col. B. P. Johnson, the ever attentive Sec’y of 
the State Ag. Society, will please accept our thanks 
for a pamphlet fopy of Prof. Johnston’s Lectures. 
—Th^ Annual Address before the N. Y. State Ag. 
Society, by Hon. John A. King, its President.—A 
copy of the Report on Dairies, an extract from the 
forthcoming volume oi Transactions. 
Dictionary of YIechanics. —We are in receipt 
of No. 7 of this excellant work. For sale by 
Dewey. 
The Legislature adjourned on the 10th inst. 
During the session, which continued about 100 
days, 379 acts were passed. We publish in anoth¬ 
er column a list comprising the titles of the princi¬ 
pal acts, or those of general interest to our readers. 
The legislation has been chiefly confined to local 
and individual matters, but few measures of public 
importance having been adopted. 
Correction. —In the article on our first page, 
under heading of “The Peach Tree,” a few 
words were omitted, and the meaning of the wri¬ 
ter thus rendered vague. The error occurs in the 
13th line of first paragraph, which reads, “ Of 
the fall setting out, not a .single one died; and I 
replaced them in Nov. last.” It was written and 
should read—“ Of the fall setting out not a single 
one died. Of the spring planting several died; 
and I replaced them in November last.” 
California. —The Republic publishes the re¬ 
port of the select committee of the Legislature of 
California on the subject of Public Domain, Min¬ 
eral Lands, Custom-houses, and Branch of the U. 
States Mint, and Money that rightfully belongs to 
the State of California. 
The committee propose to urge upon Congress 
the passage of such laws as may be necessary to 
secure the American citizens the exclusive work¬ 
ing of the mines, with a proviso in favor of such 
foreigners as shall declare their intention to become 
citizens. It is also recommended that Congress 
shall not sell the mineral lands, but grant leases, 
or permits, entitling the holders to work the lands, 
on the payment of a stipulated rental. 
A minority report was presented at the same 
time, which argued against selling or leasing the 
mineral lands, and urged the propriety of permit¬ 
ting them to remain free and open to all American 
citizens. 
Handsome Bequest. —Mr. Benj. H. Punchard, 
of Andover, Mass., lately deceased, has left by will 
^60,000 to be appropriated to founding and endow¬ 
ing a High School for boys and girls, in Andover 
South Parish. Mr. Punchard was himself attach¬ 
ed to the Episcopal form of worship; but his will 
provides that the school shall have no sectarian 
character. The Trustees are to be Episcopal cler- 
gj’men of the South Parish, the clergymen of the 
West Parish in Andover, and five laymen. The 
bequest provides that the Bible be read daily in 
school, and that the Lord’s Prayer be repeated eve¬ 
ry morning .—Boston Traveler. 
German Emigration. —The number of German 
emigrants who arrived at this port in the month of 
March, 1850, was only 250, of whom 246 came by 
way of Havre. This is a great falling oft' from la.st 
year, though rather better than year before last.— 
In March, 1849, there were 744; in March, 1848, 
208; and in March 1847, 472. The prospect is 
that the emigration will be small through the whole 
of the present year. Only 15 ships with emigrants 
are known to have sailed from European ports, so 
far; of these 6 sailed from London.— Tribune. 
Ro.mance and Reality. —The Trenton Gazette 
has received a letter from a printer in Plonolulu 
who went to California in Col. Stevenson’s regi¬ 
ment, in which lie remained till the war was over, 
then took to publishing the Californian, adandon- 
ed that business, sailed for China, was wrecked at 
Honolulu, was taken to favor by a chief, married 
his daughter, and is now one of the first citizens of 
the village. He is perfectly contented with his sit¬ 
uation, and is thinking of agitating the project of 
the annexation of his Hawaaian majesty’s domin¬ 
ions to the United States. 
Fat Cattle. —A yoke of oxen, fatted by J. L. 
Mosier, of Naples, Ontario county, drew a crowd 
this morning. They are the largest animals we 
ever saw. The rail road freight bill rates them at 
over 6,300 lbs! One of them girths 10 feet 6 
inches, and the other 10 feet. They are 5 years 
old, and destined to gratify the palates of the New 
Yorkers.— Eve. Journal. 
An act authorizing the Governor to designate a 
justice or justices of the supreme court to hold the 
circuit courts and the courts of oyer and terminer 
in certain cases. 
To provide for a donation of a block of stone to 
the National Washington Monument. 
Further to amend the charter of the Attica and 
Hornellsville Railroad Company. 
To amend an act establishing free schools 
throughout the State, passed March 26, 1849. 
To authdtize the Exchange Bank of Genesee 
to change their place of business. 
Authorizing school district No. 6 in the town of 
Lyons to collect a tax voted by them in instalments. 
For the relief of suitors in the supreme court in 
certain cases. 
In relation to juvenile delinquents. 
To enable the commisioners of emigration to 
borrow money on mortgage in certain cases. 
In relation to the free .schools of the city of 
Rochester. 
To amend an act entitled, an act to provide for 
the education of the children of the Onondaga, 
and the children of the other Indians residing in 
this State. Passed April 30, 1846. 
To amend the charter of the Canandaigua and 
Corning Railroad Company. 
To amend the act incorporating the village of 
YVaterloo. 
To amend the" act for the incorporation of com¬ 
panies to construct plank roads and turnpike roads. 
For the protection of purchasers of real estate 
upon sale by order of surrogates. 
To provide for the support and education of a 
limited number of Indian youths of the Slate of 
New York at the Normal School. 
For the protection of savings banks and institu¬ 
tions receiving deposits from married women. 
To amend the revised statutes in regard to the 
assessments of ta.xes on personal estate. 
Authorizing the directors of the Macedon and 
Victor plank road company to change their cor¬ 
porate name. 
To confirm the proceedings of the Board of 
Supervisors in the county of Allegany. 
For the relief of the creditors of the Lockpoit 
j and Niagara Falls Railroad Company. 
' To amend the act entitled ‘‘An act to provide 
for the incorporation of religious societies,” pas¬ 
sed April 5th, 1813, and the several acts amend¬ 
atory thereof. 
To amend an act passed May 14th, 1845, en¬ 
titled an act to punish and prevent frauds in the 
use of false stamps and labels. 
To authorize the formation of railroad corpora¬ 
tions and to regulate the same. 
Authorizing surrogates to invest surplus mon¬ 
eys arising from the sale of real estate in certain 
cases. 
Procuring a law library for the office of the At¬ 
torney General. 
In relation to the mortgage, lease or sale of real 
estate, pursuant to a Surrogate’s order. 
To prohibit corporations from interposing the 
defence of usury in any action. 
For the relief of the missionary society of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church. 
To amend the act authorizing the Comptroller 
to receive the returns of certain unpaid taxes in 
the county of Wyoming. 
In relation to the publication of notices for the 
conveyance of land sold for taxes. 
Requiring the supervisors of the several towns 
to take further security from the town superinten¬ 
dent of common schools, whenever it is necessa¬ 
ry for the safety of the public money. 
For the improvement of Racket River and the 
irtUuiarles itiereo£. 
To amend thoact entitled an act to authorize 
the business of banking, passed May 14th, 1840. 
To exempt from sale on execution the home¬ 
stead of a householder having a family. 
To amend the act to provide for the publication 
of the reports of the Courts of Appeals, passed 
April 11, 1848. 
To incorporate the Monroe County Savings 
Bank. 
To authorize the consolidation of the Tona- 
wanda Railroad Company and the Attica and 
Buffalo Railroad Company into a single corpora¬ 
tion, and prescribing the power of such corpora¬ 
tion. 
To unite the two railrqad companies between 
Syracuse and Rochester into one company, and 
to provide for the construction of a more direct 
and level railroad between said cities. 
To authorize the Canal Commissioners to abate 
a nuisance in the village of Spencerport in the 
county of Mouroe. 
Authorizing the Canal Commissioners to take 
for the use of the State, a bridge in the fourth 
ward of the city of Rochester. 
Making an appropriation to the Black River 
canal. 
In relation to the fees of sheriff's in certain 
cases, and to the return by them of executions by 
mail. 
To enable trustees, receivers and assignees to 
become petitioning creditors, under title 3, chap. 
5, part 2, of the Revised Statutes. 
To amend the several acts relating to the vil¬ 
lage of Medina. 
Making an appropriation to the Genesee Val¬ 
ley canal.. 
To provide for the better education of the child¬ 
ren in the several orphan asylums of the State 
other than the city of New York. 
To amend and consolidate the several acts re¬ 
lating to the city of Rochester. 
Declaring Racket river in the Slate of New 
York a public highway, and regulating the sale 
of public lands in the vicinity thereof. 
For the preservation of Washington’s head¬ 
quarters. 
Relating to the payment of wages to minors. 
To authorize the transportation of live stock on 
railroads free from canal tolls. 
To authorize the sale of certain arsenals and 
other property, and to provide for the safe keep¬ 
ing of the arms and pioperty belonging to the 
State. 
In relation to the canal debt and the mainte¬ 
nance of the canals for the fiscal year commenc¬ 
ing Oct. 1, 1850. 
To facilitate the construction of the Hudson 
River railroad. ' 
To amend an act relating to common schools 
in the village of Medina. Passed April 9, 1849. 
To amend the revised statutes in relation to di¬ 
vision fences. 
Declaratory of jurisdiction and authority of the 
trustees of the village of Lyons over the public 
squares in said village, and establishing such ju¬ 
risdiction and authority. 
For the preservation of the public health. 
Incorporating the village of Little Falls by the 
name of Rockton. 
Making an appropriation for Clinton Prison. 
To restrain short measure in the sale of dry 
goods. 
To incorporate the California Island Steam 
Navigation Company. 
To amend the revised statutes relating to grants 
of land under water. 
To amend the act authorizing the establish¬ 
ment of the House of Refuge for juvenile delin¬ 
quents in Western New York. Passed May 8, 
1846. 
To amend the act entitled an act to provide for 
the incorporation and regulation of Telegraph 
Cos. Passed April 12, 1^9. 
Prescribing the powers and duties of the State 
Engineer and Surveyor, and of the engineers 
employed on the public works. 
To provide for the payment of certain expenses 
of government. 
To secure the payment of wages to laborers 
employed on the public works of the State. 
To amend the eighth title of chapter-, part 
third of the Revised Statutes, entitled of proceed¬ 
ings for the collection ef demands against ships 
and vessels. 
To amend an act entitled an act to provide for 
the incorporation of villages, passed Dec. 7,1847, 
so far as relates to the village of Baldwinsville, in 
the county of Onondaga- 
To amend an act entitled an act to authorize 
the Canal Board to assume in behalf of the 
State the Dansville slip and basin, passed April4, 
1848. 
To provide for the completion of the Geologi¬ 
cal survey of the State. 
Making an appropriation for the Western House 
of Refuge. 
Authorizing and requiring the Canal Commis¬ 
sioners to repair the public highway across the 
foot of Seneca Lake, to protect the banks of the 
Cayuga and Seneca canal against injury from the 
waters of said lake. 
To amend an act entitled an act making an ap¬ 
propriation for the support in part of certain in¬ 
corporated orphan asylums in this State, passed 
April 11, 1849. 
To extend the time for county treasurers to take 
the oath of office and file their official bond. 
To provide for the enforcement of judgment 
liens against the real estate and chattels of de¬ 
ceased judgment debtors. 
To provide for a final distribution of the funds 
held by the Comptroller belonging to the credi¬ 
tors of insolyent banks and bankers. 
Making an appropriation for the support of gov¬ 
ernment for the fiscal year commencing October 
1. 1850. 
To repeal section two and three of an act in 
relation to the Oswego canal, passed April 5, 
1849. 
To improve the quality of the salt manufactur¬ 
ed in the county of Onondaga, and to protect the 
purchasers of the same. 
In relation to the collection of taxes on lands of 
non-residents, and to provide for the sale of 
lands for taxes in the counties where they were 
assessed. 
To provide for a final settlement of the loans 
of one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, 
and one thousand eight hundred and eighty, by a 
transfer to the United States deposits fund, and 
to abolish the office of Loan Commissioners. 
Making an appropriation to the Erie Canal en¬ 
largement. 
To submit to the people, at the next election, 
the repeal of the act establishing free schools 
throughout the State. 
Chips and Shavings of IVews, &c. 
GATHERED WITH PEN AND SCISSORS. 
Homestead Exemption Bill. 
An Act to exempt from sale on Execution the 
Homestead of a householder having a family. 
The People of the State of New York, repre¬ 
sented in Senate and Assembly, o enact as fol¬ 
lows :— 
Section 1. In addition to the property now ex¬ 
empt by law from sales under execution, there 
shall be exempt by law from sale on execution for 
debts hereafter contracted, the lot and buildings 
thereon, occupied as a residence and owned b^y 
the debtor, being a householder and having a fam¬ 
ily, to the value of one thousand dollars. Such 
exemption shall continue after death of such house¬ 
holder, for the benefit of thp widow and family, 
some or one of them continuing to occupy such 
homestead until the youngest child shall become 
twenty-one years of age, and until the death of the 
widow. And no release or waiver of such ex¬ 
emption shall be valid unless the same shall be in 
writing, subscribed by such householder, and ac¬ 
knowledged in the same manner as conveyances 
of real estate are by law required to be acknowl¬ 
edged. 
5 2. To entitle any property to such exemption 
the conveyance of the same shall show, that it is 
designed to be held as a homestead under this 
act, or if already purchased, or the conveyance 
does not show such design, a notice that the same 
is designed to be so held shall be executed and 
acknowledged by the persons owning the said pro¬ 
perty, which shall contain a full description there¬ 
of, and shall be recorded in the office of the clerk 
of the county in which the said property is situate, 
in a book to be provided for that purpose and 
known as the “Homestead Exemption Book.”— 
But no property shall by virtue of this act, be ex¬ 
empt from sale for non-payment of taxes or assess¬ 
ments, or for a debt contracted for the purchase 
thereof, or prior to the recording of the aforesaid 
deed or notice. 
$ 3. If, in the opinion of the sheriff" holding an 
execution against such householder, the premises 
claimed by him or her as exempt, are worth more 
than one thousand dollars, he shall summon six 
qualified jurors of his county, who shall upon 
oath, to be administered to them by such sheriff, 
appraise said premises, and if, in the opinion of 
the jury, the property may be divided without in¬ 
jury to the interests of the parties, they shall set 
off so much of said premises, including the dwel¬ 
ling house, as in there opinion, shall be worth one 
thousand dollars, and the residue of said premises 
may be advertised and sold by such sheriff. 
§ 4. In case the value of the premises shall, in 
the opinion of the jury be more than one thou¬ 
sand dollars, and cannot be divided as is provid¬ 
ed for in the last section, they shall make ar.d 
sign an appraisal of the value thereof, and deliver 
the same to the sheriff, who shall deliver a copy 
thereof to the execution debtor, or to some one of 
his family of suitable age to understand the nature 
thereof, with a notice thereof attached, that unless 
the execution debtor shall pay to said sheriff the 
surplus over and over one thousand dollars within 
sixty days thereafter, that such premises will be 
sold. 
^ 5 In case such surplus shall not be paid 
within the said sixty days, it shall be lawful for 
the sheriff to advertise and sell the said premises, 
and out of the proceeds of such sale to pay to such 
execution debtor the said sum of one thousand 
dollars, which shall be exempt from execution for 
one year thereafter, and apply the balance on 
such execution: provided, that no sale shall be 
made unless a greater sum than one thousand 
dollars shall be bid therefor, in which case the 
sheriff' may return the execution for want of pro- 
^^§^6 The costs and expenses of selling off such 
homestead as provide herein, shall be charged 
and included in the sheriff’s bill of costs upon such 
execution. 
§ 7 This act shall take effect on the first 
day of January one thousand eight hundred and 
fifty-one. 
Edward Everett is engaged upon a history 
of France. 
The Queen has granted a pension to the 
wife of the Poet Moore of £100 per annum. 
It is estimated that, by December next, 
four thousand miles of plank road will be in use in 
this State. 
The amount of specie in the New York, 
Sub-Trea.sur}’ on the 11th inst., was $4,274,- 
777 43. 
21 .:^” Thomas J. Campbell, Esq., Clerk of the 
House of Representatives, died at Washington on 
Saturday morning. 
(2:^” A dealer in ice in New Y^ork, has, it is said, 
purchiused 1000 tons in Maine, at $3 per ton, de¬ 
liverable in New York. 
jjl^In 1848, the Legislature passed 371 acts; 
in 1840, they numbered 439, and during the ses¬ 
sion just expired, 379. 
The farmers’ daughters of Massachusetts 
sold straw hats and bonnets, last year, of the val¬ 
ue of $1,646,596. 
The law of primogeniture has been abol¬ 
ished in every country e.xcept England, Spain and 
Portugal. 
There are more than six hundred Divis¬ 
ions of Sons of Temperance in the State of New 
York. 
Two daily German papers are now pub¬ 
lished in Ylilwaukie, making five daily papers for 
a city not yet fourteen years old. 
A new Post Office has been established at 
West Bethany, Genesee Co., N. Y., and Heman 
Browm, Esq., appointed Pofst Master. 
The Legislature have given another name 
to the village of Little Falls. “ Rockton” is to be 
its style hereafter. 
A salt mine has been discovered near 
Woodstock, Lower Canada. It is said the mine 
will yield sufficient to supply the whole of Western 
Canada. 
A lady in New York recently enclosed $1,- 
000 to the Corresponding Secretary of the N. ¥. 
Colonization Society, to be appropriated at his dis¬ 
cretion. 
Six new furnaces have been put up at the 
U. S. Mint in Philadelphia, in consequence of the 
increase of business since the inffux of the precious 
metals from California. 
_A law pas.sed the Georgia Legislature, at 
its last session, giving to the widow and child, or 
children, of any person dying insolvent, $100 worth 
of the property of said insolvent, free and clear of 
all claims for debts due by him. 
Gen. Taylor has been presented by the 
American Institute with some cotton seed brought 
from Upper Egypt, which he intends to sow upon 
his plantation, if the high water of the Mississippi 
does not prevent his doing so. 
A young man in South Carolina has been 
lately sentenced to forty years imprisonment at 
hard labor for robbing the mail. He was convict¬ 
ed on four separate indictments, and received a ten 
years’ sentence on each. 
It is stated that the gold mines in Virginia, 
owned by Messrs. Barnum and Colby of Balti¬ 
more, have been sold to a New York Company for 
$40,000. They intend to go into extensive opera¬ 
tions almost immediately. 
2 ^*” It is estimated that 5,000 head of cattle, 
chiefiy cows, will cross from-Canada this spring at 
Cape Vincent, and that not less than 15,000 will 
be sold this season to farmers in the States. The 
price varies from $9 to $15. 
Lewiston and Queenston Suspension Bridge 
—This bridge which is to connect the State of New' 
York with Canada at Lewiston and Queenston, 
will be, when finished, the longest bridge of one 
span in the world. It is now being erected under 
the direction of Mr. Edward W. Serrell, Civil En¬ 
gineer. Mr. S. was one of Col. Hughes’ first as¬ 
sistants on the Isthmus of Panama, and made a 
great part of the location of the railway which is 
now being built from Chagres to Panama. He 
has also been engaged upon the public works of 
this State and of New Jersey. 
The bridge when finished, will be one thousand 
and forty-two feet between the points of support 
—nineteen feet wide at the roadway, and is calcu¬ 
lated to sustain a load of eight hundred tons. The 
estimated cost of the structure is thirty thousand 
dollars. The Engineer proposes to have it open 
for public travel on the 1st of September next.— 
Buffalo Com. Adv. 
One of the Chinese Upper Ten Arrived.— 
A young lady of the first class arrived at New York 
yesterday in the ship lanthe, from Canton. The 
papers say she “ is decidedly handsome, almost 
fair, with languishing eyes, pouting lips, and splen¬ 
did hair. She is only 17, has the tiniest feet in 
the world, and with her maidservant and company 
is about to visit Great Britain, after a few d^’s so¬ 
journ in New York. Her name is Miss Pwan- 
Yekoo, and it must be confessed that she is highly 
delicate and refined in her appearance and con¬ 
duct. Her servant maid is named Miss Lune- 
Chung. A Chinese professor of music, a Mr. Soo- 
Chune, eminent in his own country, forms one of 
the party, as well as Miss Amoy, 6 years of age, 
and Master Tsang, only 4, two most interesting 
and agreeable little specimens of Chinese juven¬ 
iles. They .stop at the Irving House .”—New 
York 2 )aper. 
The Hog Crop. —The great West is celebrated 
for the raising of swine, as well as for the magni¬ 
tude of her other productions. The amount rai¬ 
sed during the past year, has exceeded that of any 
former .season. The following table shows the to¬ 
tal number of hogs exported the past year from 
several of the States: 
Ohio,. 486,800 
Illinois,. 396,000 
Indiana,.... 390,200 
Missouri,. 260,000 
Kentucky,.185,000 
Iowa,. 90,500 
Total,.1,808,500 
Crop last year.1,581,000 
Excess over last year,. 227,500 
A New Plan of Coi.onization. —A Mr. Joseph 
Bryan, of Alabama, has petitioned Congress to 
build four first rate steamships, each ship to make 
four trips per annum from the Atlantic ports and 
Pernambuco to Iffberia. The objects specified are 
1 st, the suppression of the African slave trado; 2d, 
the canying the mails between the United States 
and the Republic of Liberia; and 3d, to extend and 
regulate the trade between the United States and 
Liberia; and 4th to promote the emigration of free 
persons of color to Liberia. This is in pursuance 
of the plan to colonize Liberia from the United 
States, and make it a sort of black colony of the 
United States for the residence of its free people of 
color. 
