MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
Citq items. 
ROCHESTER, JANUARY 2, 
JLJST OF AGENTS. 
Medina—I. W. Swan. 
Moscow—Wm. Lyman. 
Macedon Center—Ira Odell. 
Macedon—Wm. Gallup. 
Marcellus—Lyman Sbepard. 
Millville—J. H. Haines. 
Mohawk—Postmaster. 
Manchester—J T McCauley 
Newport—Wm. II. Willard. 
Newark—Theo. Dickinson. 
New Baltimore—L. Haight. 
North Chili—R. Fulton. 
N. V. Mills—W. D. Walcott. 
Ovid—Jas. Van Horn. 
Orangeville—G. Cowden. 
Phelps—8. E. Norton. 
Pekin—J. M. Trowbridge. 
Palmyra—T. Ninde. 
Perryville—C. Britt. 
Penn Yan—Postmaster. 
Picrpont Manor—O. B. Scott 
Rushville—A. Otis. 
Rutland—Moses Karnes. 
Royalton—J. Shoemaker. 
Romulus—Jo. Wyckoff. 
Sen. Falls—H C Silsby & Co 
Bcottsburgh—II. G. Barker. 
Scottsville—W. G. Lacy. 
Syracuse—W. L. Palmer. 
Starkey—Levi French. 
Sheridan—J. 1. Eacker. 
So. Livonia—A. Crandall, Jr 
So. Avon—N. J. Kellogg. 
Stockbridge—John Potter. 
Shuslian—Jas. Law. 
Trumansburg—L D Branch 
Union Springs-R 15 Honland 
Victor—P. Parks. 
Versailles—D. R. Barker. 
Vernon—Eli E. Dix. 
. ) Wm. Richey, 
Wartertown £ 0 _ A- Graves. 
Weedsport—Eli Hamilton. 
Warsaw—I. Hodge. 
Westfield—E. C. Bliss. 
Wheatland—J. Murdock. 
W al worth—Postmaster. 
West Bloomfield—I) A Paul. 
Wheatville—II. Deuel. 
Westemvillc—A. Baker. 
York—C. Seymour. 
Yates—J. Mead. 
Youngstown—J. Ladd. 
Albany—H. L. Emery. 
Albion—B. Farr. 
Arcadia— M. Scott 
Alabama—R. B. Warren. 
Adams Basin— M. Adams. 
Aiden—C. N. Fulton. 
Allens Hill—David A. Paul. 
Buffalo—W. Bryant & Son. 
Baldwinsville—R. Sears. 
Batavia—Samuel Heston. 
Benton Center—A. H.Savage 
Brockport—H. P. Norton. 
Bridgeport—B. F. Adams. 
Benton—B. Coddin^ton, Jr. 
Brooksgrove— M. W. Brooks 
Big Stream Point—I. Hildreth 
Clyde—I. T. Van Buskirk. 
Clifton Springs—M. Parks. 
Cazenovia—John White. 
Carlton—E. H. Garbutt 
Canal—A. H. Toll. 
„ ... > G. N. Sherwood, 
Camillus £ q. gingham. 
Cleveland—A. H. Allen. 
Canandaigtta—B. F. Gage. 
Canton—Philip Hubbard. 
Churchville—Z. Willard. 
Caledonia—C. C. Tyrrell. 
Covert—E. C. Gregg. 
Clockville—S. P. Chapman. 
E Bloomfield—Postmaster. 
Ellington—J. F. f'arman. 
E Pembroke—«. W. Wright. 
Farmer—M. Harris. 
Fowlerville—J. McPherson. 
Fulton—E. Holmes. 
Franklinville—S. Seward. 
Farmington—O. White. 
Fredonia—A. H. Barker. 
Geneva—J. G. Ver Planck. 
Gerry—C. Moore. 
Guilford Centre—S Hendrick 
Holley—II. S. Frisbie. 
Hinmanville—A. Stone. 
Hulbartor.—Wm. Laverick. 
Jacksonville—Postmaster. 
Kendall—W. R. Sandford. 
Knowlesville—C. Thorp. 
Lodi—C. B. Vescdius. 
Livonia—Geo. W. Smith. 
Lock port—J. W. Reed. 
Litchfield—H. Randall. 
Le Roy—J. H. Stanley. 
Mendon—N. Sherwood. 
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This Number. — Explanatory. 
Apologies we dislike, and fortunately rarely 
have occasion to render the article. But on “ ma¬ 
king up ” this number, we discover that its matter 
and mauuer do not altogether come up to the de¬ 
sired standard. This is owing to an unusual press 
of business, aside from the time and attention re¬ 
quired in substituting new for a portion of our for¬ 
mer material—such as vignette heading, rules, 
type, &c. In a few weeks we hope to get matters 
so justified as to devote more time to the editorial 
management of the paper—and as there is room for 
improvement we may possibly surpriso some of its 
friends! 
The reader will observe some change in the 
print and size of our sheet—a change which we 
trust may be counted among those for the better. 
We think the new head and other material will 
make a decided improvement in the appearance of 
the Rural. The reduction in the size of the sheet 
does not affect the printed surface , which is as 
large as before. We only reduce the margin, in 
order to mako the volume more convenient for 
preservation and binding ; and what is diminished 
in size is retained in the extra weight and quality of 
the sheet—so there is no saving to us in the change. 
Farmers, 
Fogt-Kasters, 
Clergymen, 
Teachers, and. Others, 
— All to whom these 
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influence. We ask you, severally, to lend us your 
eyes in giving the New-Yorker an impartial ex¬ 
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themselves to enhance its popularity and usefulness, 
we are confident that its existence and merits will 
soon be made known to many of your kinsmen and 
acquaintances. 
Having devoted much time and labor, and ex¬ 
pended several thousand dollars in firmly establish¬ 
ing a journal adapted to the wants and advocating 
the best interests of individuals, families and com¬ 
munities, we are now prepared to receive a com¬ 
mensurate return for untiring efforts in a worthy 
cause. And we respectfully submit, that, by lend¬ 
ing a portion of your influence toward bringing 
this enterprise to a most successful issue, you will 
at the same time be conferring benefit upon your 
feiiow man. 
The Rural is now a permanent fact—the Ru¬ 
bicon of its existence is passed—and those evon, if 
any such there are or were, who doubted its suc¬ 
cess at the commencement, can rest assured that 
it is already more widely circulated, and conse¬ 
quently in a more prosperous condition, than we 
expected to attain in several years,—and our ex¬ 
pectations have always allowed an exceedingly 
wide margin on the bright side. No weekly in 
Western New York, and perhaps none in the State 
ever equalled the New-Yorker in extent of pat¬ 
ronage, during the first twelve moons of its publi¬ 
cation—and judging from the past, and present most 
encouraging indications, we think our already large 
subscription list will be doubled before the first of 
April. But prosperity shall not lessen our efforts 
to furnish the best Agricultural and Family News¬ 
paper in the land. On the contrary, being agree¬ 
ably disappointed, we shall use proper endeavors to 
mako a like return to our friends of the Rural 
Circle. 
Such as are disposed to extend support and en¬ 
couragement to the New-Yorker, will please turn 
to and read our Prospectus and Premium List on 
next page. They will there learn what we intend 
to accomplish, and also the very liberal terms upon 
whkh the paper is furnished. 
-The state of the sidewalks makes it difficult 
to retain an “ upright position in community.’—It 
is injurious both to feelings and the morals of pe¬ 
destrians, that the snow, of which we have such 
an abundance, should be suffered to remain where 
it falls. A “sufferer” in a neighboring city appro¬ 
priately remarks:— 
“ I speak from experience when I say that a per¬ 
son is not likely to indulge in pleasant reflections 
concerning his neighbors, when he is lying flat upon 
his back before one of their doors in consequence of 
their neglecting to have their walks kept lree from 
ice and snow. Who is so philosophical as to rise 
after a ‘ feeling descent’ and pronounce an eulogy 
upon the people who live where he lias just been 
‘ testing the elasticity of his hat,’ and who are 
looking out of the window enjoying your discom¬ 
fiture and misfortune?” 
- Mr. L. N. Fowler, the Phrenologist, is stop¬ 
ping at the Irving House where he may be consult¬ 
ed professionally. Ho intends ere long, we believe, 
to give our citizens a course of lectures on his fa¬ 
vorite science. 
Since the above was in type, we learn that Mr. 
F. will lecture on the evenings of Monday, Wed¬ 
nesday, Friday and Saturday of next week, at Co¬ 
rinthian Hall. We hope the lectures wi.il attract 
deserved attention. 
-The Panorama of Broadway exhibited at 
Corinthian Hall, presents a striking and accurate 
picture of the life and scenery of that great artery 
of New York. Those who are acquainted with our 
Metropolis should go to see the accuracy and spirit 
of this Panorama, and those who are not, that they 
may get an idea of the great city which it represents. 
-E. Pesuire Smith, Esq., has been chosen 
Professor of Mathematics in the University of Roch¬ 
ester. The selection is an excellent one, as Mr. S. 
is well qualified to discharge the duties of the po¬ 
sition with credit to the institution. 
-It is stated that the honorary degree of Doc¬ 
tor of Divinity has been conferred upon the Ilev. 
A. G. Hall, of this city, by Dickinson College. Pa. j 
Mr. H. was formerly a printer and editor. 
Portraits of the Presidents. 
In the present volume of the New-Yorker we 
shall give beautifully executed double column' 
Portraits of the Presidents of the United 
States —each accompanied with a Biographical 
Sketch. The one for this number— Washington 
—was not received in time for insertion. We 
shall give it in the second or third number—and the 
others in the first number of each month, in reg¬ 
ular order, from Jefferson to Fillmore. 
Aside from the above, we shall give also, during 
the year. Portraits and Sketches of at least twelve 
eminent Statesmen, Divines, Philanthropists, &c. 
Our Portrait Gallery will thus be an attractive and 
interesting feature of the volume. 
Weekly Meteorlogical Abstract 
BY L. WETHERELL. 
Dec. 1850. 
THERMOMETER. 
MAX. | MIN. | MEAN. RAIN. 
J WINDS. 
24 
18 
6 
11.33 
N W. 
25 
31 
13 
24.00 
SSW.NW 
26 
32 
26 
28.66 
8 . W. 
27 
38 
22 
30.66 
j MV. 
28 
23 
20 
21.33 
E. N E. 
29 
19 
10 
14.00 
N W. 
30 | 
19 
11 1 
N W. 
remarks. 
Dec. 24th. Snows—the snow is 2£ feet deep. 
25th. Christmas—a little more snow. 
26th. More snow with slight rain or mist. 
27th. A little more snow. 
28tli. Snows a little more to-day. 
29th. Another snow storm—six or eight inches 
more of snow—three feet deep. 
30th. Cold day—snows a little. 
Note. —There is more snow now here and here¬ 
abouts than was ever known before. 
Literary Notices, &c. 
Hannah More, or Life in Hall and Cottage. 
By Mrs. Helen C. Knight. M. W. Dodd : 
New York, 1851. 
This is a new Memoir of its well known sub¬ 
ject, written in a popular style for the purpose of 
presenting to American young women, “ one of 
the most complete models of Christian character; 
whose life is a beautiful developement of that 
healthy, vigorous, life-giving, heart-warming piety, 
which springs from the distinguishing doctrines of 
the Bible, cordially believed and faithfully acted 
upon.” This purpose appears to be judiciously 
carried out by a selection of the most interesting 
incidents of her history—culled with skill and ar¬ 
ranged by the taste of a woman of genius, making 
it one of the most appropriate and valuable gift- 
books of the season. 
For sale by E. Darrow, Rochester. 
Merry’s Museum ; Edited by S. G. Goodrich, 
author of Peter Parley’s Tales, &c., &c.—S. 
T. Allen, Publisher, New York: Quarto, 32 pp. 
$1 per annum in advance. 
This juvenile monthly is now in the tenth year 
of its publication, and there can be but few of the 
little folks who do not know Peter Parley and his 
books and stories. We can heartily recommend 
the Museum to all parents who wish to furnish 
their children with a beautiful, pure and instructive 
periodical, suited to their tastes and comprehension. 
D. M. Dewey is agent in this city. 
Reveries of a Bachelor : or A Book of the 
Heart. By Ik. Marvel, author of Fresh 
Gleanings. Baker &, Scribner. New York. 
1850. 
This is a tastily got up book, which most especi¬ 
ally pleases us. We will not attempt to give ex¬ 
pression here, to our liking for book and author, 
save by repeating what another has said of them: 
“ His soul is generous and manly ; his heart true 
and noble ; his mind strong and active ; and these 
• Reveries’ are daugerreotypes of his mind and 
heart and soul.” 
For sale by D. M. Dewey, Arcade Hall. 
Cnn^rtfiBiDtial. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
In the Senate, on Monday, Dec. 23, Mr. Clay 
presented a memorial in favor of a modification of 
the present Tariff’, and gave his views on the sub¬ 
ject, favoring the prayer of the petitioners. Mr. 
Gwin introduced a substitute for Col. Fremont’s 
bill for the settlement of Land titles and claims in 
California, and the Senate adjourned till Thursday 
next. 
The House passed the bill prescribing the mode 
of taking testimony in regard to contested Elec¬ 
tions, and then adjourned over till the day after 
Christmas. 
Since that time, we cannot find that much has 
transpired of interest. The attendance has been 
thin, and but one or two short sessions held, and 
both Houses have now adjourned until after the 
the holidays. 
Losses on the Lakes in 1850. 
The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser of the 26th 
ult., has ail extended table of marine disasters and 
losses on the Lakes during the season of 1850,— 
the estimates made by persons fully acquainted with 
the circumstances, in each case where the exact 
amount has not been determined by figures. The 
recapitulation is as follows : 
Loss on Steamboats,.$265,700 
Do. Propellers,. 30,444 
Do. Sail vessels,. 262,782 
Total loss of property,.$558,926 
Total loss of lives,!.395 
Ten steamboats, including the “two tugs,” 21 
sail craft, and probably one propeller, (the Petrel, 
whose fate remains in doubt,) have gone outof ex¬ 
istence entirely. 
The loss on propellers has been exceedingly 
light. On sail vessels large—yet in proportion to 
the value and number of the craft, the aggregate 
loss has been largest, and accidents most frequent 
among steamboats—thus arguing an absence of 
proportionate care and safeguards, where the haz¬ 
ard is greatest, and the largest number of human 
lives are exposed. 
Narrow Escape From Going over the Falls 
of Niagara. 
[Though somewhat late to be given in our news 
department, we think the following article will be 
perused with deep interest by many readers.] 
On Friday last, Nov. 13th, this village witnessed 
ail act of as cool, collected, daring and persevering 
courage in the face of imminent danger, if not 
death, as it has seldom, if ever, been our lot to re¬ 
cord. The facts are as follows : — 
A little boy between seven and eight years of 
age, son of Mr. A. Kirkwood, was seen playing by 
a boat or skiff near the mouth of Chippawa river, 
and being missed, was sought for by his mother, 
where she had last seen him (near the boat) when 
both, boy and boat were gone. The alarm was 
immediately given, and the boat was seen with the 
child in it fast drifting into the Niagara Rapids, in¬ 
evitable death before him if no effort was made 
for his safety. Three young men of this village at 
once manned a boat and followed him. Away 
they went, with heart, and soul, and strength, bent 
on saving that poor boy; the oars were pulled with 
the feeling that the life of a helpless child depend¬ 
ed upon their efforts—that a mother stood watch¬ 
ing on that bank with agonized heat, and praying 
that God would give them strength and courage to 
press on, for without it her child’s life would not 
be much longer in the land. On they went; there 
were strong arms and courageous hearts in that 
boat; every pull they neared the boy, and increased 
the danger tp themselves; and those only who are 
familiar with these rapids can estimate the amount 
of that danger. Less determined spirits would 
have turned back; but no—a mother’s prayer had 
been poured forth to nerve their hearts, and nerved 
they were: into the rapids they followed her child, 
and where never boat was known to go before, 
and live, those two boats were ; still, on they went, 
and now with one long, strong and energetic pull, 
the hoy was reached, and in his deliverers’ boat, 
the other left to its fate, when in less than a minute 
after, it upset. The danger was not yet over, and 
though the boy was saved from immediate destruc¬ 
tion, the peril was no less imminent; the boiling 
waters of the second fall were around them — the 
slightest error in steering, the least want of decision, 
and those young men, with the child were lost. In 
less time "than it takes to record it, their course 
was laid, and by God’s help and their own good 
arms the bank was reached, and a mother’s heart 
made glad by her child’s being restored to her.— 
They effected their landing close by the Burning 
Spring. 
Acts like these can never be remunerated, other 
than by the feeling of self-satisfaction they produce 
—and verily these young men have their reward. 
We have great pleasure in recording their names: 
Mr. Joel Lyons took the helm, Mr. George Huff 
pulled the sculls, and Mr. Daniel Burnham took 
the bow. “ Honor to whom honor is due.” 
We think the authorities of this village would be 
fully justified in representing this case to the Hu¬ 
mane Society in England. Medals have been 
given to parties where the life of an individual has 
been saved at much less risk, and we feel satisfied 
that the effort would give general satisfaction : it 
might easily he done by writing to the Pro. Secre¬ 
tary on the subject. We also think that the 
authorities would be borne out in appropriating a 
sum for the purchase of a life-boat, even if our side 
walks suffered to that amount for the next year.— 
The number of accidents that have occurred in 
those same waters this summer make a strong 
claim upon our sympathies, and it is hardly to be 
expected that men will peril their lives in cases of 
this sort without a feeling of safety in the boat and 
oars they go out with. There ought to be at least 
one pair of spare oars. What the fate of this party 
would have been had an oar broke, we tremble to 
think of.— Chippawa ( C . IF.) Advocate. 
New Post Offices. —During the week ending 
21st ult., the following new offices were established 
in this State: 
Forrest City, Tompkins Co., P. M.; Pugsley’s 
Depot, do., A. B. Pugsley, P. M.; Black Lake, St. 
Lawrence Co., W. H. Davis, P. M.; North Law¬ 
rence, do., J H. Connant, P. M.; West Yorkshire, 
Cattaraugus Co., D. A. Wood, P. M.; West New- 
stead, Erie Co., J. Wheeler, P. M.; Rock Rift, 
Delaware Co., P. M. Hess, P. M. The name of 
the office at Amboy, Oswego Co., has been chang¬ 
ed to Cartersville. 
There were coined at the New Orleans 
mint during the month of November, $555,000 in 
gold and $196,000 in silver—total $751,000. 
/orrign Siitriligrau. 
ABBIVAL OF TEE STEAMER BALTIC. 
One Week Eater from Europe. 
Boston, Dec. 30—10 A. M.—Steamship Baltic 
has put into Provincetown short of coal. 
She brings seven days later news from Europe. 
Geo. W. Kendall, of the New Orleans Picay¬ 
une, and other passengers, have arrived in this 
city. Mr. Kendall furnishes us with European 
files. 
Cotton during the week was steady at an ad¬ 
vance of ^ to ^d. 
Breadstuff’s, owing to increased arrivals, were 
heavy with a downward tendency. 
Money market firm, and the demand for Eng¬ 
lish securities good. American stocks were un¬ 
changed. 
The political news is of little importance. 
Sedond Despatch. —The Baltic put into Prov¬ 
incetown on Saturday evening, and remained there 
until Sunday noon. 
She arrived off Halifax at 1 P. M., on Friday. 
If she can get no coal at Provincetown she will 
come to Boston. 
News by tie Baltic. 
New York, Dec. 30—3 P. M. 
Affairs on the Continent. —The events in 
Central Europe have gone on varying in aspect 
during the week, and whatever now may be said 
about the conditions of Peace, or rather, the post¬ 
ponement of hostilities agreed upon at Olmutz, we 
see very little to shake our convictions that both 
parties are trying to overreach the oilier, and that 
the free conferences which are to be opened on the 
18th inst., at Dresden, are not now likely to settle 
permanently the relative preponderance of Austria 
and Prussia, any more than the numerous diets 
which have tried their hands at this Gordian knot 
for many years. 
By the latest accounts the Prussians were at 
Hunfield, being loth to depart. 
The Berlin journals 60011140 count on peace be¬ 
ing preserved. 
From Vienna the news is not quite so pacific, 
and whilst it is said that the Russian army is order¬ 
ed to be reduced by arrests, the armaments at Vi¬ 
enna still continue. 
France. —Beyond the discovery of a new So¬ 
cialist plot at Toulon, this country remains tran¬ 
quil. 
The Red Democrats at London, in connection 
with those in Switzerland, are watching the pro¬ 
gress of events and anticipating the moment when 
as they say, they may strike at the existence of 
kingly authority in Europe, and restore the Repub¬ 
lic, one and indivisible. 
An authenticated report has reached Paris from 
Marsailles, that a revolution had broken out at Pa¬ 
lermo. 
Fresh disturbances have taken place at Aleppo. 
The Insurgents, in spite of their recent losses, have 
made another attack upon the city. The result 
was their defeat. 
Advices from the Cape of Good Hope to the 
26th of Oct. state that the fears of a Caffre eruption 
has subsided. 
England. —Since the commencement of the 
penal storm, nothing seems to have given such 
g6»e al satisfaction as the Queen’s answers to the 
undresses presented to her at "Windsor Castle. 
On Tuesday, in Dublin, the satisfaction at the 
answers appear to be quite as great as that in Lon¬ 
don or Edinburg. 
The papers continue to teem with accounts of 
meetings, petitions and remonstrances, against the 
new Roman Catholic organization. 
Liverpool Corn Market, Dec. 14.—Quota¬ 
tions for wheat were per 70 lbs, are 5s- 6d@6s. 6d. 
U. S. American fiour, sweet, 22@24s. 
Indian corn per 280 lbs. 30s 6d@32s. Indian 
meal per bbl., 13s 6d@I4s. 
Additional by the Baltic. —The market for 
foreign and colonial produce had a more active 
appearance, and there is every prospect of a fur¬ 
ther improvement by the beginning of of a new 
year. The corn market though not active kept 
steady. * 
Foreign Items. 
Beranger, the celebrated French Lyric poet, is 
seriously ill, so much as to create a good deal of 
alarm among his friends. 
The subscription for a monument to Lord Jef¬ 
frey amounts to £2,200. It has been decided to 
devote it to a statute. 
Tiie Irvell Bleach Works at Manchester were 
burned, together with 7 or 800 pieces of cotton 
goods on the first inst. 
The sale of materials a: the Brittannia Bridge 
has been concluded, and the entire proceeds have 
been estimated at about £12,000. 
Orders have been received by the Pope’s Nun- 
cia not to countersign the passports of any Italians 
coming from England. 
No fewer than three additional chapels, in con¬ 
nection with the Roman Catholic Church, are in 
progress of erection in Glasgow. 
It is 6tated that at the instance of an influential 
member of the American Government, Dr. Forbes 
Winslow is actively engaged in preparing an anal¬ 
ysis of the English law of Lunacy. 
The two magnificent paddle-wheel steamships 
building on the "Clyde for the British North Amer¬ 
ican Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, will be 
named the Arabia and Persia. 
Paper from tow is stated to have been invented 
and made at Berlin, so difficult, if not impossible 
to be counterfeited, that it will supersede all other 
fabrics for bank notes, stamps, &c. 
Archdeacon Manning has resigned the Archdea¬ 
conry of Chichester, in consequence, it is supposed, 
of difficulties about the present position of the Es¬ 
tablished Church. 
Since the death of Wolsey, which took place in 
1530, only ten Englishmen have been raised to 
dignity of Cardinal by the Pope of Rome ; and of 
these ten five have been created within the last 
twenty years. 
Bullard’s Panorama of New York. — We are 
requested to state that this Panorama will be exhib¬ 
ited at Corinthian Hall, every afternoon and eve¬ 
ning this week. It will commence moving each 
afternoon at 3, and each evening at 7 o’clock. 
Admission, 25 cents. Children 12^ cents, un¬ 
accompanied by their parents. Children under 12 
years of age accompaied by one or both of their 
parents, free. 
Cold Weather. — The Utica Daily Gazette 
says:—Succeeding the storm of Monday, we have 
had in this region a spell of extremely cold weath¬ 
er. At 7 o’clock on Tuesday morning the mer¬ 
cury stood in this city at 5 deg. below zero. At 
New Gracfenberg, five miles distant, on the Frank¬ 
fort Hills, the mercury stood at 8 deg. below, 
which is colder by 14 deg. than it has been at any 
previous time this season. 
fttniB of $LtW, &C. 
-The Post Mistresses in the United States are 
eighty-one in number. 
-The annual amount of travel on the Missis¬ 
sippi river is about five hundred thousand. 
-The subject of a reduction of canal tolls is 
creating considerable interest in Buffalo and Oswego. 
-An Agricultural Convention is to assemble at 
Harrisburgli, Pa., on the 21st January. 
-Canada money is received by the brokers at 
Buffalo at one-half per cent discount. 
-A new institution under the name of the 
Chemung Co., Bonk, is to go into operation soon, at 
Elmira. 
-There are in England 140 trainers, 300 race 
courses, and 160 jockeys. There are2,OC0 thorough 
bred horses in training. 
-A calculation of the gold received in Europe 
from California, up to the present time, brings the 
total to about $16,500,000. 
-The recentfircin Yazoo City, Miss., destroy¬ 
ed property amounting to $175,000, about half of 
which was insured. 
-One steam-engine in Boston consumes annu¬ 
ally $1700 worth of Cochituate water, and another 
pays $950. 
-The number of burials at Mount Auburn, this 
year, of persons who died in Boston is not over one 
hundred and fifty. 
-The Steamship Pacific arrived at New Or¬ 
leans, Dec. 28, from Chagres, with 300 passengers 
and $70,000 in gold dust. 
-A young girl named Catherine Miller has 
been arrested in Philadelphia on a charge of infant¬ 
icide. 
-A little daughter of Mr. Beach, of Smithfield, 
Pa., was burned to death by her clothes taking fire 
the other day. 
-'I'he wife of Prof. Webster has been present¬ 
ed with a fine house in Ash street, which she will 
in future occupy, with her daughters. 
-Anthony Beelen, the oldest citizen of Pitta- 
bnrgh, Pa., died on the 18th, aged 87. He had lived 
in Pittsburgh sixty years. 
-Waugh’s “ Panorama of Italy” was partially 
destroyed by fire at Boston on Tuesday evening..— 
Loss $1,000—no insurance. 
-The construction of the Toronto and Simcoc 
railroad seems to be a settled thing, and is a matter 
of much rejoicing. 
-Reciprocity is still thought worth gaining by 
the Canadians, and Mr. Hincks has been sent to 
Washington to lobby for it. 
-Ammon Brown, County Auditor at Detroit, 
was so badly injured by his horses running away, 
that his life is despaired of. 
-We understand that Wm. L. Chaplin is at 
present in Farmington, Ontario Co., on a visit to his 
friends in that vicinity. 
-A rag gatherer died lately at Montpelier, in 
France, who, under the appearance of poverty, had 
accumulated a fortune of 300,000 francs. 
-A portion of Bishop Byrne’s Irish colonists, 
destined for Arkansas, has arrived at New Orleans. 
They are said to be a superior class of emigranta. 
-Two sailors, named Thos. Read and Edward 
Clements, convicted at Richmond, Va., of Piracy, 
have been sentenced to be hung on the 31st inst. 
-James Cassiday has been sentenced to be 
hanged at St. Louis on Friday , the 24th day of Jan¬ 
uary next, for the murder of Samuel Ilefferman, 
-The first shad caught this season, was sold 
in the Savannah market, on the 18th ult., for fivo 
dollars, and sent to the Lamar House, at Macon. 
-The contractors on the Erie and Cleveland 
Railroad have commenced work, and it will be vig¬ 
orously prosecuted until the whole is completed. 
-Twenty lunatics perished at the burning of 
the Asylum at Augusta, Me. Only eight, howev¬ 
er, have yet been recovered from the ruins. 
-The Printers of New York city are making 
arrangements for a supper on the 17th of January 
—the anniversary of Fran klin’s birthday. 
-Another small planet was discovered on the 
2d of November at Nnples, being the 13th now 
known to exist between Mars and Jupiter. 
-The first article sent to the New Y'ork Navy 
Yard to be forwarded to the World’s Fair, is a lump 
of Iron Ore weighing about a ton and a half. 
_The two Judges for California were nomina¬ 
ted on Tuesday—Mr. Curry being assigned to the 
Northern, and Mr. Jones, formerly of La., to the 
Southern District. 
_The Waukegan (Ill.) Gazette, nominates 
Washington Hunt, of New York, for President, 
and ex-Governor James C. Jones, of Tennessee, for 
Vice President, in 1852. 
-The importations from Russia to England of 
grain, are larger than from any other country.— 
Most of it comes from Russian Poland, but some 
from the Black Sea. 
-A new banking establishment, to be called 
the “ Merchant’s Bank,” is shortly to go into op¬ 
eration in Syracuse, with a capital of $ 150,000. — 
John D. Norton, Esq., is to be the President. 
-An accident occurred Christmas on the Char¬ 
lotte, N. C., Railroad, by which the train with 20 
passengers was precipitated some 30 feet, killing 
three, and more or less injuring the remainder. 
-Cincinnati, “the Queen of the W«st,” has 
a population of 115,590: In 1840 it was 46,382. In¬ 
crease in ten years, 69,208, or about 150 per cent. 
This will hardly be beaten. 
-Hiram J. Schante, of upper Macundy town¬ 
ship, Lehigh county, fattened five hogs, which 
were slaughtered on Saturday the9th inst., their to¬ 
tal weight being 2,464 lbs. 
-A man named Ivory F. Woodman waa ar¬ 
rested in Wilton, Franklin Co., Me., a day or two 
since, on a ^charge of forgery in Boston to the 
amount of $1,100. 
-The telegraphic operator at Augusta, Me., is 
an accomplished young lady, Miss Livermore, of 
Hallowell, who, though a young beginner, is one 
of the most prompt and efficient operators on the 
line. 
