MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
ROCHESTER, JANUARY 30,1851. 
tilST OF AGENTS. 
Camillus 
Albany—H. l>. Emery. 
Albion—B. Farr. 
Arcadia—M. Scott. 
Alabama—R. B. Warren. 
Adams Basin—M. Adams. 
Alfred—O. D. Langworthy. 
Alden—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. Coddington, Jr. 
Brooksgrove—M. W. Brooks 
Big Stream Point—I. Hildreth 
Clyde—I. T. Van Buskirk. 
Clifton Springs—M. Parke. 
Cazenovia—John White. 
Carlton—E. II. Garbutt. 
Canal—A. H. Toll. 
» G. N. Sherwood, 
j C. D. Bingham. 
Cleveland—A. H. Allen. 
Canandaigua—B. F. Gage. 
Caton—Philip Hubbard. 
Churchville—Z. Willard. 
Caledonia—C. C. Tyrrell. 
Covert—E. O. Gregg. 
Clockville—S. P. Chapman. 
E Bloomfield—Postmaster. 
Ellington—J. F. Farm an. 
E Pembroke—G. 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—H. S. Frisbie. 
Hinmanville—A. Stone. 
Hulbarton—Win. Laverick. 
Jncksonville-E W Farington 
KendaN—W. R. Sandford. 
Knowleeville—C. Thorp. 
Lodi—C. B. Vescelius. 
Livonia—Andrew Sill. 
Lyons—E. R. Hughes. 
Lock port—J. W. Reed. 
Litchfield—II. Randall. 
Le Roy—J. H. Stanley. 
Men don—N. Sherwood. 
Medina—I. W. Swan. 
Moscow—Win. Lyman. 
Macedon Center—Ira Odell. 
Macedon—Win. Gallup. 
Marcellus—Luman Shepard. 
Millville— J. H. Haines. 
Mohawk—Postmaster. 
Manchester— J T McCauley 
Newport—Wm. H. Willard. 
Newark—Tlieo. Dickinson. 
New Baltimore—I,. Haight. 
North Chili—R. Fulton. 
N. Y. Mills—W. D. Walcott. 
Ovid—Jas. Van Horn. 
Orangeville—G. Cowden. 
Phelps—S. E. Norton, 
l’okin—J. M. Trowbridge. 
Palmyra—T. Ninde. 
Perryville—C. Britt. 
Penn Yati—Postmaster. 
Pierpont Manor—O. B. Scott 
Rushville—A. Otis. 
Rutland—Moses Eames. 
Royalton—J. Shoemaker. 
Romulus—Jo. Wyckoff. 
Sen. Falls—H C Silsby & Co 
Scottsburgh—H. G. Baker. 
Scottsville—W. G. Lacy. 
Syracuse—W. L. Palmer. 
Starkey—Levi French. 
Sheridan—J. I. Eacker. 
So. Otselic—Jas. Woodley. 
So. Livonia—A. Crandall, Jr 
So. Avon—N. J. Kellogg. 
Stoekbridge—John Potter. 
Shushan—Jas. Law. 
Trumausburg—I. D Branch 
Union Springa-RB Howland 
Victor—M. H. Decker. 
Versailles—D. R. Barker. 
Vernon—Eli R. Dix. 
vv„ K „ow„ iSiKS 
Weedsport—Eli Hamilton. 
Warsaw—I. Hodge. 
Westfield—E. C. Bliss. 
Wheatland—J. Murdock. 
Walworth—Postmaster. 
West Bloomfield—DA Paul. 
Wheatville—II. Deuel. 
Westernville—A. Baker. 
York—C. Seymour. 
Yates—J. Mead. 
Youngstown—J. Ladd. 
Progress of the New-Yorker. 
Knowing the interest that many of our readers 
possess, as manifested by their kind acts, in the 
prosperity of the Rural New-Yorker, it may not 
be improper to close the labors of the first month 
of its second volume by reporting progress. And 
this we do most cheerfully—not only for the rea¬ 
son cited, but because we have great cause of grat- 
ulation, and ought to acknowledge our indebted¬ 
ness to those who have so generously and disinter¬ 
estedly labored to promote the enterprise. 
Our first volume closed with four thousand sub¬ 
scribers. Of this number some two thousand sub¬ 
scriptions then expired, and several hundred more 
with No. 4 of this volume, (last week,)—all o 1 
which were stricken from our books in accordance 
with terms, unless promptly renewed. The circu¬ 
lation attained during the first year was exceeding¬ 
ly large in comparison with the usual success of 
new enterprises of the kind—and much greater 
than we anticipated in the outset; yet the expenses 
of the paper were so heavy that no profit whatev¬ 
er was realized. We closed the volume, however, 
in good cheer, and with such flattering prospects 
for the future, that we had little doubt of reversing, 
during the second year, the figures in our profit 
and loss account—and thus presenting at least a 
small balance on the right side. And we judged 
rightly, as our next paragraph will show. 
On the commencement of this volume, we 
doubled our former edition—printing over eight 
thousand copies; and this week add five hundred 
more making our regular edition, at present, nearly 
nine thousand copies. But we have not yet that 
number of subscribers, though we expect to reach 
it before the expiration of the present quarter. Our 
new subscribers, since the 20th of December, out¬ 
number those discontinued, three to one — so that 
we now have only about one thousand copies of 
back numbers on hand. We can still furnish those 
who desire the complete volume, with back num¬ 
bers; but as the sets are rapidly diminishing, the 
edition may soon be exhausted. Those who do 
not wish the back numbers, can begin with the 
present or a subsequent issue, as wc shall add to 
our edition from week to week, in order to supply 
such as desire to commence with the daje of their 
orders. 
— Such is our report. To those who have en¬ 
abled us to make it so favorable, we are under last¬ 
ing obligations. Though our engagements prevent 
more than this general acknowledgement, we as¬ 
sure all that their individual efforts awaken the 
grateful emotions of an appreciating heart. And we 
are confident that, with a continuance of the influ- 
enee of so many earnest co-workers in the cause, 
our mark— ten thousand— will be attained before 
the first of July. Meantime we shall strive to 
make the New-Yorker still more worthy the 
hearty reception and increased patronage given it 
in all sections. Certain we are, that no periodical 
of its age in the whole Union, has such zealous 
friends and supporters—agents so efficient, or a 
more able and numerous list of correspondents. 
Correspondence of the New-Yorker. 
Glance at Geneva—Burr all's Agricultural Imple¬ 
ment Manufactory—Seneca Lake and the A’. Y. <$• 
Erie Railroad — Elmira, its appearance, business, 
fyc.,—Bradford Co., Pa., — Athens — Canals; a 
hint to Legislators—'Triumph of engineering skill, 
etc., etc. 
Leaving the quiet and lovely city of the Gene¬ 
see, on the 20th inst., by the night Express train, 
we soon found ourselves under the kind protection 
of friend Gardner of the F’ranklin House, Geneva. 
Of this delightful village little need be said, as 
most of the readers of the Rural are familiar with 
the place. Situated at the foot of Seneca Lake, 
the village is built on the banks, which rise by ter 
races, so that the houses on the main street de 
voted to residences, overlook the lake and the 
business portion of the town below. Besides some 
splendid churches, and elegant residences, Genev 
is the seat of a flourishing Medical College. It is 
a place of considerable business and trade, which 
has received some accessions from its connection 
with the New \ ork and Erie Railroad, through the 
noble lake which renders navigation at all times 
practicable, as it never freezes. 
Having a few hours leisure, we employed it, by 
invitation, in visiting the manufactory and foundry 
of Mr. E. J. Burrall. The shops, though not 
large, are commodious and arranged with much 
skill. Mr. B. is manufacturing a Grain Reaper, 
on an improved plan, which appears fully equal to 
any thing with which we have met heretofore. 
The Reapers are furnished of four sizes, ranging 
in price from $110 to $125. Mr. Burrall also 
makes an excellent clover mill, of different sizes, 
varying in value from $60 to $90—and a valuable 
straw and stalk qutter, well worthy the attention of 
farmers. For cutting stalks we do not remember 
any thing that can surpass this machine, and for 
use in the western States, where stalks are large 
and require a powerful cutter, it must meet with 
good success. Of Burrall’s Wheel Plow and 
Corn Sheller, it is unnecessary to speak—they hav¬ 
ing been used for years and given good satisfaction. 
Our stay in Geneva being limited, at 4 o’clock 
in the morning we took passage in the “Stevens,” 
and made our way to Elmira—passing, with rail¬ 
road speed, the thriving towns of Jefferson, Ha¬ 
vana and Horse Heads. The building of the N. 
Y. & Erie Railroad has given an impetus to 
Elmira, plainly visible in the bustle of the streets, 
the building of good blocks, and the general thrift 
and activity of her business men. A short year 
since, on our first visit there, the torch of the in 
cendiary had laid waste the principal hotels, and 
we found accommodations far from comfortable. 
Large and commodious houses are now building 
in their places, and at the Haight House, yet hardly 
tenantable, good accommodations may be had. 
Elmira is situated on the Chemung River and 
at the terminus of the Chemung canal. It con¬ 
tains six to seven thousand inhabitants. The 
early source of business and wealth in this locality, 
was lumber; but •the rich bottom lands of the river 
afford good grain, and from the pastures on the hill 
side, the industrious and intelligent dairymen are 
drawing wealth, more sure and not much more 
tardy than the suffering miner on our Pacific coast. 
From Elmira we passed into Bradford county, 
Pa., and found one of the most inviting places 
visited for months past, in the village of Athens. 
This is a small village of the rural style, scattered 
over much space and well adorned with trees. Its 
location is on the point of land formed by the con¬ 
fluence of the Chemung with the north branch of 
the Susquehannah river. Nature hath few spots 
of more surpassing loveliness than this broad plain. 
Studded on either side by the lowering hill, at 
whose base flow the rivers named—uniting and 
commingling their waters below the village, and 
passing down, between mountains and over cas- 
CnngusBinnal. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Monday, Jan. 20.—In the Senate, afterthe pre¬ 
sentation of several reports, Mr. Clay submitted a 
resolution instructing the committee on Commerce 
io inquire into the expediency of adopting more ef¬ 
fectual means to prevent American vessels and 
seamen from engaging in the African Slave Trade. 
The correspondence with the American Minister 
at Brazil in regard to the Slave Trade was referred 
to the Committee on Commerce. The Plouse 
Postage bill was referred to the Post Office Com¬ 
mittee. 
In the House, the bill to securo the prompt ex¬ 
ecution of the Bounty Land Law of the last ses¬ 
sion was taken up and discussed till the adjourn¬ 
ment. 
Tuesday, Jan. 21.—In the Senate, a petition 
from the Regency of the Smithsonian Institute, 
was received, asking $150,000 of the surplus of 
the interest fund to be added to thopermaneutfund 
in the treasury. 
In the House, the Reports from Committees 
were presented, but they contain nothing of special 
importance. 
Wednesday, Jan. 22.—In the Senate, Mr. 
Clay’s resolution instructing the Committee on 
Commerce to inquire into the expediency of more 
effectual measures for the suppression of the Afri¬ 
can Slave Trade was agreed to—Yeas 45, Nays 9. 
The French Spoliation bill was taken up in Com¬ 
mittee of the Whole, amended and reported to the 
Senate. 
The House considered the Deficiency bill in 
Committee and ordered that the debate on the bill 
cease at 3 o’clock to-morrow. 
J uursdAY, Jan. 23.—The Senate passed to its 
third reading the bill to recompense our citizens 
who suffered by French Spoliations prior to 1800. 
An Executive session was afterwards held, 
In the House, the subject of the Freedom of the 
Public Lands occupied the morning hour, and then 
went over. The Deficiency bill was debated. 
IDgisltrtmt of 3m f’ork 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Friday, Jan. 24.—The Senate passed the 
French Spoliations bill. A Railroad Land-Grant 
bill went to its engrossment by a decided vote._ 
Five private bills were passed. 
The House spent the day on private bills and 
passed forty. It will act on similar bills to-moirow. 
Literary Notices, dc, 
Weekly Meteorlogical Abstract 
Jan. 1851. 
BY L. WETHERELL, 
THERMOMETER. 
! RATN. 
MAX. | MIN. | MEAN, j 
21 
35 
27 
30.66 
22 
40 
28 
35.33 
23 
41 
3) 
36.33 
24 
46 
32 
33.66 
j 
25 
41 
27 
36.00 
26 
40 
30 
36.00 
27 
23 
21 
22.33 
nw. s. 
s. w. 
sw. 
sw. w. 
E. SW. 
W. NW. 
NE. 
cades, until it finds freedom in the lovely valiev cf 
“ Wyoming,” near an hundred miles below. 
The State of Pennsylvania is actively engaged 
in extending the North Branch Canal to Athens, 
some three miles from the New York State line, 
and distant only 20 miles from the Chemung canal 
at Elmira. The building of that 20 miles of canal 
by New York, would open to her citizens the whole 
of the rich coal region of the Valley of the Susque¬ 
hannah, and place Rochester in possession of tlm 
much needed article at less cost than it can be oth¬ 
erwise done. Js not this plan of connecting the 
Canals of the Empire, with all the noble ones 
built by the Keystone State, one well worthy the 
attention of the patriotic legislators of both Com¬ 
monwealths? Of this portion of Pennsylvania we 
may write more a: length at some future time. 
From Athens we returned four miles to the 
Railroad—going down as far as Owego, from 
which point, by the cars of the Cayuga and Sus¬ 
quehannah Railroad, we found a quick transition 
to Ithaca, at the head of Cayuga Lake. The 
building of thi9 road, so as to run the cars down to 
a level of the lake, is a triumph of engineering skill. 
The trains come to the village at an elevation of 
near 600 feet abovo the lake, then, with the whole 
town in view, by a retrogade motion the train is 
run down an inclination the distance of a mile or 
more. Having attained a less elevated track it 
descends a grade of 90 feet to the miie, making a 
circuit from the hill on the one side, across the 
valley above the lake, and coming down the oppo¬ 
site side, enters the village, after a circuit of some 
six miles, all in the vicinity and sight of the place. 
— Plere we must rest, reserving another time to 
speak of Ithaca and Cayuga Lake. h. c. w. 
The Knickerbocker Magazine. —Edited by L. 
Gaylord Clark. — S. Ileuston, Publisher : 
New York. 
The January number, commencing the 37th 
Volume is before us, and no commendation which 
we could bestow on either the stylo or contents 
would be unmerited. Mr. Kimball will give a 
■equel to the St. Leger papers, and all new sub¬ 
scribers will receive an elegant engraving of 
Mount’s “ Music is Contagious.” Terms $5, per 
annum in advance. 
The American Flora,—W ith Illustrations drawn 
and colored from Nature.— A. B. Strong, M. 
D., Editor. Green &, Spencer: New York. 
The present monthly part commences the 2d 
Volume of this work. Each part has from four to 
six likenesses of plants and flowers taken from na¬ 
ture and the botauical description, history, culture, 
medical properties and uses of each plant is given 
at length. It will be a highly ornamental as well 
as valuable addition to any library. 
The Illustrated Natural History, from the 
same publishers, also commences another volume. 
D. M. Dewey, can supply all the above by the 
number or the year, as desired. 
Godey’s Lady’s Book for 1851, leaves little to 
be desired in the way of Magazine embellishment 
which it cannot supply. Look at the January 
number and see if it is not so. D. M. Dewey 
has them for sale, and receives subscriptions.— 
Terms, $3,00 per annum, or 25 cts. per No. 
Murder and Suicide. 
1 
REMARKS. 
Jan. 21. Cloudy and mild. 
22. A little snow fell last night. 
23. Very fine day. 
24. Spring-like weather. 
25. Continues fine. 
26. Same as yesterday. 
27. Cold day—sleighing continues bad. 
On the evening of the 27th inst., in Penfield, 
about 8 miles from this city, a man named Evarts, 
murdered his wife’s sister, Miss Lucy Sharp, by 
cutting her threat with a jack knife, and afterwards 
killed himself in the same manner. Both were 
nearly dead when first discovered. Evarts leaves 
a wife and six children. At the time of putting 
our paper to press the result of the coroner’s in¬ 
quest had not transpired. The parties were highly 
respectable. 
Postage Stamps and Stamped Envelopes.—A 
correspondent informs us that since the introduc¬ 
tion of cheap postage in England the post office 
there has kept for sale both stamps and stamped 
envelopes, but that while the former have been 
universally adopted, the latter have hardly been 
used at all, and are not likely to be more in request 
hereafter. The stamps, he says, are very much 
used in transmitting small sums, which could not 
well be sent through the post in coin, owing to its 
bulk. Hundreds of pounds weekly are carried in 
this form by the mails of the United Kingdom.— 
The British post office allows one per cent by way 
of comraisson to the vender of stamps.— iY. Y. 
Tribune. 
A Venerable Party. — A gathering of the 
“oldest inhabitants” of Southwark occurred on 
Thursday afternoon last at the residence of Mrs. 
Hartman in Seqoud-st., at the celebration of the 
101st anniversary of the birthday of her grandfath¬ 
er, the venerable George Swarts. Mr. S. came 
to this country in the year 1772, being then 22 
years of age. The party assembled numbered 
seventeen, whose ages were as follows; 101, 90, 
90, 87, 81, 79, 7f>, 75, 72, 72, 70, 67, 66, 58, 52, 
50, making a total of 1,216 years, apd giving an 
average of 714 years to each. After spending an 
agreeable afternoon, chatting over the days of 
“ auld lang syne,” the party sat down to a bounti¬ 
ful supper, and early in the evening were taken to 
their several homes.— Phila. Ledger. 
Saturday, Jan. 18.— Senate —Petitions were 
presented for the abolition of the Militia Law and 
for Par redemption. 
Resolutions were introduced instructing Con 
gress to pass a law conveying the Public Lands 
actual occupants, not exceeding 120 acres to each 
all charges not to exceed $4—no occupant to own 
more than 120 acres. 
Assembly —Petitions were presented to reduce 
the fare on Railroads to two cents per mile; of N 
Y. State Agricultural Society asking the appoint 
ment of an agent to attend the World’s Fair; for 
amendment of the general Plank Road law. 
The Select Committee reported favorably to the 
memorial of the New York Commercial asking the 
passage of a law- authorizing supervisors to raise 
money by loan. The general tax bill was referred 
The intended change by the Canal Board of the 
level of Seneca Lake was made a subject of in 
quiry. 
Monday, Jan. 20.— Senate —Notice of a bill 
was given to amend the Code of Practice to pro 
hibit individuals interposing the plea of usury in 
any action. 
Assembly —Many petitions were presented and 
the iollowing bills noticed. Incorporating an 
regulating Savings Banks; imposing tax on all 
male dhizens over 21 of fifty cents, the proceeds to 
aid in support of Common Schools; imposing tax 
on all professional persons for the same purpose, 
Tuesday, Jan. 21.— Senate —Several petitions 
and motions were presented, and the Senate then 
went into executive session. 
Assembly —No business was fully completed ex 
cept the passage of a resolution asking a report of 
lands sold by the State and the price paid for these 
lands, also one relative to the liberties of jails. 
Wednesday, Jan. 22.— Senate — The Bank 
Committee reported favorably on Morgan’s bill 
amending the General Banking Law. 
Mr. Snyder of Columbia, introduced a bill in 
Iation to Railroad freight regulations. 
U he remainder of the session was occupied by 
a debate on the resolutions to pay postage on docu 
menis. Adjourned. 
Assembly —The bill amending the law exempt 
ing clergymen from taxation coming up for a third 
reading, a motion was made to recommit the bill 
for amendment; but the bill passed—Ayes, 90 
Nays, 20. 
The bill extending the time for the collection of 
taxes except in New York, was taken up in Com¬ 
mittee of the Whole, read a third time and passed 
Thursday, Jan. 23.— Seriate— The Senate was 
engaged in the discussion of the proper reference 
of the Code of Procedure—decided to 6end the 
Code to a Joint Select Committee—three Senators 
(Messrs. Mann, Geddes and Stanton,) and fiy 
Assembly members—to report by March 15th. 
A bill to incorporate the Law School of Balls- 
tor. Spa was discussed and passed. 
Assembly —The House was engaged in a dis 
cussion of Thompson’s compromise resolutions, 
which wore moved a reference to the Judiciary 
Committee and lost—Ayes 55, Nays 69. Mr 
Varnum offered other resolutions which were laid 
over. Adjourned. 
Friday, Jan. 24.— Senate —Several bills notic¬ 
ed and the reference of the Governor’s Message 
debated. The Senate then adjourned till Monday. 
Assembly —The Agricultural Committee report¬ 
ed a bill to establish the Agricultural College of the 
State of New York. 
The report of the Joint Committe for examining 
the reports of the Treasury and Canal Depart¬ 
ments was transmitted. 
The Commissioners of the Canal Fund trans 
mitted their report. 
A joint resolution appointing the 4th of February 
*s the time for election of a Senator was passed.— 
Adjourned. 
California 3ms. 
San Francisco—The Mines—Discovery of a Silver 
Mine—Homeward Travel. 
Delegates to the World’s Fair. —The New 
York State Agricultural Society has appointed the 
following Delegates to the World’s Fair to be held 
in London: 
Martin Van Buren, of Columbia county. 
Harvey Baldwin, of Onondaga county. 
John A. King, of Queens county. 
Ezra P. Prentice, of Albany county. 
B. P. Johnson, of Albany county. 
Who Pays the Postage? —Tables furnished 1 y 
the Post Office Department show that the account 
for receipts and «ost of transportation in the fiee 
States, including Delaware, stands as follows:— 
revenue 4 , $2,383,868 94; cost, $1,267,434 36. In 
the slaveholding States; revenue, $896,685; ccst, 
$1,287,155 86. 
San Francisco is steadily progressing in every 
branch of local improvement, the most important 
and attractive of which is the grading, planking and 
sewering of the streets. Our city now presents a 
greater extent of planked streets, probably, than 
any other city in the Union, if not in the world. 
Since these improvements commenced, over 40,000 
feet, or above seven and a half miles of street have 
been graded; 19,800 feet have been planked; and 
over 3,000 feet of grading and 1,000 feet of plank¬ 
ing are now under contract and will shortly be com¬ 
pleted. All this has been accomplished in the most 
substantial manner, and even though the heavens 
should open their floodgates and drench the earth 
with rain, our city streets will yet remain compara¬ 
tively dry and comfortable. The Californian cf 
last Winter would hardly recognize the city in its 
new garb. 
The miners are still hard at work, and their la¬ 
bors are yielding a fairreturn. Thousands are win¬ 
tering in the mines, preparatory to commencing op¬ 
erations early in the Spring, and improving the op¬ 
portunity afforded by the temporary cessation of the 
rains to work sufficiently to pay expenses. That 
the diggings are still rich, if'not inexhaustible, is 
evident by the large amounts of. treasure which 
goes forward to the Atlantic States by every steam¬ 
er, especially on the first of every month, when 
commercial men usually make their heaviest remit¬ 
tances. 
In addition to our gol dplaceres, California is like¬ 
ly to prove rich in silver ore. We have heretofore 
had occasion to notice the discovery of two or tiiree 
no very inconsiderable mines. Another has been 
discovered a few leagues from Monterey, which 
promises to be exceedingly rich. Portions of the 
ore have been taken out and assayed, and worked 
up for use. A company is now forming at Monte¬ 
rey for the purpose of working the mine upon an 
extensive scale, and the stockholders are confident 
that it will prove a good investment. 
A strong tide of emigration is now settling to¬ 
ward the Atlantic States. Hundreds who came 
early to California, and were numbered among those 
individuals so often referred to as “ the oldest in¬ 
habitant,” are returning to the scene of their early 
associations, their families and friends. We are 
quite confident most of them go with a remunera¬ 
ting reward for their labors and whatever privations 
they may hare encountered, and nearly all with 
the most favorable impressions of our country.— 
California Paper. 
items of 3ms, &t. 
The “ Maid of the Mist,” sunk .lately in the 
Niagara River, is being raised. 
England has at the present time an army of 
24,609 men in Ireland. 
The next State lair in Ohio will take place 
at Cleveland. 
ten on 
near- 
-The Mexican Government has relieved all 
passenger vessels and steamers of the tonnage duty. 
-A Baptist Association comprising 3 churches 
and 55 members, has been formed at San Francisco. 
-The new ship Daniel Webster made her first < 
trip from Boston to Liverpool in less than 16 days. ( 
-A Chair of Agriculture is to be established in 
the University ol i oronto, and r. model farm and 
botanical garden placed under its charge. 
I he Genesee Evangelist says a spirited re- I 
viva! is in progress in the Presbyterian Church at < 
Painted Post, Steuben Co. 
3 he Derry (Ireland) Journal, in its agricultu- { 
ral report, finds the oondition of the Irish agricultu- ; 
ral population much improved at the end of the year. 
I he revenue of New Brunswick ior the year 
1850 was £104,088, being an increase of about ; 
£10,000 over the previous year. 
Salomon D. Jacobs, of Tenn., has been ap¬ 
pointed First Assistant Postmaster General. vice S. 
R. Hobbie resigned. 
-Dr. F. Pradt, Surgeon Dentist, of Schenecta¬ 
dy, was killed by the accidental discharge of his 
gun while out on a hunting excursion the other day. 
1 he Erie Railway Company have purchased 
the Patterson and Ramapo Railway, so that, the cars, 
next season, will run to Jersey City. 
-The new Steamship Alabama of the New 
\ ork and Savannah line, made her first trip to the 
latter port in 72 hours from wharf to wharf. 
-Fifteen vessels arrived at Fair Hav. 
Wednesday and Thursday of last week, bring 
ly forty-two thousand bushels of oysters ! 
•—Efforts are being mode at Norfolk, Va., toes- ' 
tablish a line of steamers between that city and 
New York. One citizen has subscribed $15,000. | 
—Bishop Southgate has declined the Episcopate 1 
of California, which was tendered him by the Epii- < 
copal convention held lately at San Francisco. 
3 ho increase of population in Maryland for ' 
the last ten years has been 121,000;—of this num- < 
ber only one thousand are slaves. 
The American Episcopal Church contributed J 
during the past year, $65,457 76 for domestic Mis- < 
srans, and $34,800 79 for foreign Missions. 
-Tho Swiss Government have forwarded a < 
beautiful stone from the Alps to be placed in the < 
National Monument to Washington. ( 
-Keats, who murdered his wife in Louisville, < 
Ky., and had been sentenced to be hung, has been < 
pardoned by the Governor, on condition that he will j 
leave the United States. 
—At a recent celebration of the Battle of New < 
Orleans, in New Orleans, 90 colored men who par- J 
ticipated in that battle, formed a conspicuous and ( 
interesting portion of the procession. 5 
-Gov. Hunt has issued a proclamation, offer- ; 
ing a reward of $300, for the apprehension of John ( 
Ivelly, accused of murdering Thomas Gleason, at 
Flushing, L. I., on the 1st inst. 
1 he United States Agent has finally succeed¬ 
ed in removing from Wisconsin the Winnebago tribe 
of Indians. 3'he United States troops were com¬ 
pelled to use force in effecting the removal. 
—Liverpool, with a population nearly as large 
as New York, has no daily paper. Out of London 
there are, in all Britain, only two dailies, and only 
eleven in London. 
-The 6teamer Saranac is still doing an active 
business on Lake Champlain, between Plattsburgh 
and Burlington. She carries large quantities of 
freight destined for the Ogdensburgh road. 
-The Rev. A. L. Brooks, of Corning, N. Y., 
lias received and accepted a call to become the Pas¬ 
tor of the Presbyterian Church in Albion, Orleans 
county. 
-The quantity of pickled mackerel in Massa¬ 
chusetts in the year 1850 was 242,572 bbls., of which 
3,401 bbls. were No, 1; 44,909 No. 2; 87,605 No. 
and 21,956 No. 4. 
-3 ho prospects now favor an early opening of 
Lake navigation. Many of the harbors on Lakes 
Erie and Ontario are clear of ice, and it is not proba¬ 
ble that a great body will accumulate before spring. 
-Two more new banks arc about to go into 
operation, in New York, under the new law. Or.e 
is to be called the Citizens Bank, the other the 
Chatham Bank. 
-The Secretary of War has issued orders for 
the cultivation of lands by the soldiers at each per¬ 
manent military post, to promote the health of the 
army and decrease expense of subsistence. 
-Dennis Maher, tried at the present term of 
the Albany county court for the seduction of a 
oung woman, was sentenced, on Saturday, to two ; 
years’ imprisonment in the Auburn State Prison. < 
-Charles W. Pomeroy, of Auburn, has been < 
appointed Agent of the State Prison at Auburn 
from the 1st April next. Dr. Lancing Briggs, of ( 
Auburn, is Physician, and Rev, Elijah W. Hagar, > 
Chaplain. ( 
—The Hamilton Spectator says the notes of the • 
United States Banks, which a few months since { 
ere worth 2 or 3 per cent premium, are now a drug ■ 
in market, and that they are sent to Buffalo for ex- ( 
change at par. 
The Syracuse papers caution the public ( . 
against altered bills on the Utica City Bank and the < 
roy City Bank. The bills are “ ones” altered to ^ 
fives,” by pasting. They are easily detected by ! 
holding them to the light. i 
-The father of a young man who died from 
injuries received by the upsetting of a stage coach, 
McLean county, Oliio, last summer, has recov¬ 
ered $15,000 damages from Messrs. Frink &, Co., 
of Chicago, (Ill.,) the proprietors of the coach. 
-The scarcity of Silver, which has now al¬ 
most become a by-word, has reached Richmond, 
Virginia, where the Banks have been depleted since 
the 1st of October, of $52,634 of the silver coin.— 
he whole amount was sent to New York for ship¬ 
ment to Europe. 
The Inst surviving participant in Captain 
ook’s voyages is now living by beggary, at Kings¬ 
ton- on-l’hames, England. He is now in his hun¬ 
dredth year, and though he has been in 42 naval 
engagements, and been wounded 21 times in the 
service of his country, he is allowed thus to starve. 
