MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
The New^ostage law. 
From .he bill reducing the re.ee of Po.l.gc, 
passed by the late Congress, we make the following 
summary of its leading provisions: 
I nM f-M: k'§ 0 .'- A 1 A Q ii i i See. 1, declares that after the .‘10th June next 
the charge on letters, not exceeding half an ounce 
‘ " ' ~~ ~~ in weight, is three cents when prepaid, for all dis- 
ROCH ESTER, M ARCH 13, 185 ._ tances under 3,000 miles. For distances beyond 
"wTcn still furbish back numbers of this v.I ,l “ 1 ' *<>,">» “ d ™ b >«< 1 - “ < h « P»=«»8<> b « 
Agents and other friends of the Rural will please P re P aid , the charge is five and ten cents. Foreign 
note this fact, and take subscriptions accordingly, letters ten and twenty cents, according to the dis- 
fir T! Tt ft r t> 5? i r 1 fun n J An act *° amend an ac * entitled “ An act to es- 
vi/ 1 J ii U l l io t U li U l « tablish the territorial government of Oregon, and 
__ . _ an act to establish the territorial government of 
Synopsis cf Proceedings, Minnesota.” . . f , . 
_ a An act making appropriations for the naval ser- 
o. h/t i , mi o vice for the year endinp June 30, 1852. 
Saturday, March l.-The Senate were en- An ocl to J establish - c ^ ertain post routefl in lhe u. 
gaged until post midnight on the River and Har- States and the Territories thereof. 
bor bill, but were unable to pass it. 
In the House, the Patent Office Report was re 
An act making appropriations for light-houses, 
buoys, &c., and providing for the erection and es- 
Those who do not desire back numbers, can com¬ 
mence now or at any specified time. 
tances—whether over or under 2,500 miles, (ex¬ 
cept when dift’erently arranged by postal treaty) 
Our mark—Ten Thousand will soon be reached, every half ounce or less adding single postage.— 
if agents and subscri bers con tinue their efforts. Drop , etterg one cent> and advert ised letters one 
For. Terms, & c., see last page. „|££3 cent in addition to the regular postage. 
■ --■! - -" " '' f - --... —..— [Sec. 2, relates to newspapers, books and peri- 
Borrowing and Credit. —A large portion of odicals. Those not exceeding three ounces in 
the articles which appear in the Horticultural de- we jg b t—published weekly—free in the counties 
partment of the Cultivator, are extensively copied, , . * . ~ e ' r 
often without any credit being given, and not un- wl,ere ,ssued < under Iniles 5 cents P er G uar " 
frequently the credit is accorded to other papers; ter, under 300 miles 10 cents, not over 1000 miles 
and some have even gone so far as very coolly to 15 cents, not over 2,000 miles 20 cents, under 
appropriate certain portions under their editorial 4)0 00 miles 25 cents, over 4,000 miles 30 cents; 
heads, fully leaded, as original. This, however, 
is of little consequence to us; but we must be al- 
monthly l those rates; semi-monthly |, semi- 
lowed to object to receiving credit, as is sometimes weekly, double, tri-weekly treble, of toner than tri- 
the case, which we do not deserve. For example, weekly five times these rates, 
a late number of Moore’s Rural New-Yorker Newspapers not sent to subscribers, or weighing 
contains a copied article, ascribed to the Culliva- over three ounces, circulars not sealed, hand bills, 
tor, giving as new and valuable, the old twenty- periodicals and 5ook ono cent ounce for 500 
times-exploded humbug, of raising fruit trees of , enn \, 1 , _ _ nn 
different sorts from cuttings, by dipping the lower ,n . » under l,o00 miles two cents, under ~,.>00 
end in wax or tallow ! miles 3 cents, under 3,500 miles 4 cents, over 
ceived and ordered to be printed. The question of tabllshment of the ™ d for other P ar P 08es * 
extra numbers is to be reported upon by the Com- ohioihatkd in the senate. 
mittee on Printing. A £ ,nt ^solution providing for audi ting and set- 
, , , , . . , thng the accounts of the public printers during the 
A bill was debated appropriating one hundred recess of Congress, 
and fifty thousand dollars for a dry dock in Cali- A joint resolution in relation to the accounts of 
forma, and authorizing the Secretary of the Navy John de Neufvillo &. Son. 
to so modify the contract as to dispense with a ba- A resolution changing the mode of appointing 
sin and railway, provided the contractors execute the clerks of the treasurers of the mints of the U. 
the work as the estimate for the dock portion, and States. 
that so much of the law as calls for a basin and A resolution for the relief of Louis Kossuth and 
railway be repealed. Provided, before entering into his associates, exiles from Hungary. 
said contract, the Secretary of the Navy shall give A resolution for the appointment of regents of 
the usual notice of sixty days. This bill with some the Smithsonian Institution. 
amendments which we do not get at from the re- A resolution directing the distribution of the 
P afised ’ works of Alexander Hamilton, and for other pur- 
Mr. rotter reported the Senate Postage bills with poses, 
the amendments which were finally adopted. We „„„ 
„• r.i, vn • ; .. J , resolutions which originated in the house of 
give the provisions of the bill in another column. „ „ 
6 1 _ __ , „ , REPRESENTATIVES. 
Monday and TuESDAY.-March 3 and 4,-Into A joint reeo , ution explaining the aetoof7th July, 
these last days of the session a great deal of bust- ^ 3Te^and ZuZJ 17 . M**' 
ness was crowded. As we give below u complete * ■ ■ , * ... , 
«* «■ "\r ** J ' 'ii < ‘jsrSHSxxtesz 
S5S ° f *• - ******* u. Company. 
Thus saitli tlie Albany Cultivator for March.— 
miles 3 cents, under 3,500 miles 4 cents, over 
3,500, 5 cents per ounce. Subscribers who pay 
So far as reference is made to this paper, the charge one quarter s postage in advance one half these 
is unjust, and entirely gratuitous. The article to rat ® s - Round hooks under 32 ounces weight are 
which allusion is made was published in the 50th ma-Hable matter. All printed matter other than 
number of our 1st volume, (not in a very “late newspapers and periodicals published once in three 
number,*’) and may be found under the beading months or oftener to be prepaid or double postage 
of “Fruit Trees,” in the second column, page 1° be charged thereon. 
395. If the editors of the Cultivator, and others Magazines are to be allowed free exchanges and 
interested, will turn to the article, the gross mis- publishers may enclose bills„without charges for 
statement of facts above quoted, will be apparent, posfngo to subscribers. Newspapers under 300 
rr,, , ■ . ,. . . square inches are to be charged but one fourth the 
1 he counts in the indictment are—1st. 1 hat we ” 
wrongly ascribed credit to the Cultivator; aud 2d. “ evis P a I ,or postage. 
®ec. 3 provides for the issue of three cent post- 
1 hat we gave as new and valuable, an “old, twen- 
doubtless read the full reports in the political papers. 
LIST OF ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS 
Passed at the Second Session of the 3 hi Congress t 
ACTS WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE SENATE, 
An act to change the terms of circuit courts for 
the eastern and western districts of Pennsylvania. 
An act to amend the act to change the time for 
LAID ON THE TABLE. 
The following bills were taken up by the Senate 
and laid on the table : 
Bills to regulate appeals from the trial of issues 
in the District of Columbia, Dec. 10, 1850. 
Bill to equalize the grant of lands to the several 
States. Jan. 25, 1851. 
Bill providing for the purchase and distribution 
holding the circuit and district courts of the U. S. °f decisions of the Supreme Court ot the Uni 
strike roots from cuttings, as we are advised. 
BY L. WKTHKRKLL. 
ourselves peculiarly fortunate if the above is tho 
only one worthy the notice of our respected contem- Weekly Meteorological Abstract, 
porary! And we must bo permitted to express by l. wkti 
eurpriso that a journal having so enviable a repu- “ “ j thermomk" 
tation, should tarnish its fame in the manner we | MAX- | MIN> j 
have shown. We hope there is some “mistake ~ 4 40 27 
of the printer”—and feel confident that the article ? \ 
did not emanate fiona the pen of the able and gen- 
tlemanly conductor of the department in which it 8 33 30 
appeared. In either case, however, the injury to ^ <38 22 
the New-Yorker is the same in the eyes of the_ ,i " > ~ i(l ^ 
readers of the Cultivator, and we ask the editors to remari 
make the proper correction in their next number March 4. Cold and squally. 
Feb. 1851. 
THERMOMETER. 
MAX. | MIN. | MEAN. 
| rain. 1 WINUS - 
4 
| 40 
27 
34.33 
s w. 
5 
44 
30 
36.66 
NW. K. 
6 
36 
31 
33.00 
N W. 
7 
34 
27 
30.33 
N e. 
8 
33 
30 
31.66 
SE. E. 
9 
38 
22 
31.33 
w. gw. 
10 
35 
30 | 
32.33 
w. 
—or, if they persist in the charge, to give our 
article entire. 
A New Commissioner of Patents, 
The President, has suspended Mr. Ewbank, and 
appointed George T. Curtis, a Boston lawyer, as 
his successor. This is a singular change,and very 
naturally excites attention and remark by those 
who profess to know something of the ability of 
tho late incumbent. If we are correctly advised 
as to the character and competency of Mr. E., 
the country will be the loser by this change, al¬ 
though the President’s party may gain thereby.— 
5. Squally and cold. 
6. Continues cold and squally. 
7. Cold—solar halo—lunar halo. 
8. A little more snow. 
9. Fair at sunrise—clouds appear—lunar halo. 
10. Snows a little—fine afternoon—splendid eve¬ 
ning. 
Monroe County Teachers’ Association. 
The Monroe County Teachers’ Association 
met in School House No. 1, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 
1851. President in the chair. 
Prof. J. W. Stebbins, then gave a very able, in¬ 
structive address on the subject of Mental Equal- 
We arc inclined to concur in the opinion express- **)’» ^ or wb * c ^ be r cce i ve d tho thanks ol the Asso- 
ed below by the editor of the New YorkTribnue: Nation. Its doctrinos led to some discussion from 
“The President, in suspending Mr. Ewbank as Messrs. Wethkrll, Woodward and Stebbins. 
Commissioner of Patents, has made a grave mis- Mr. Wetiierell gave notice that a resolution 
take. The best of men make mistakes, but not would be presented at the next meeting, cliaiminir 
. t___ -i. i-_i al: _ \/i_ t?i _ 1 o to to 
many have a chance to equal thisone. Mr. Lw- tbe t j me n f tbe re g U | ar meetings of this body from 
bank is a thorough mechanician, of the most in- , JO , , . . . 
flexible integrity, and knows more of Inventions the second to the ihtrd baturda / of the month, 
and Patents than any other live man. He is no Adjourned to meet the third Saturday in March, 
politician, and the bar-room slanders that he is an at District School House No. 1, Rochester, 
abolitionist, &c., are baseloss and contemptible.— pj. W. Benedict Si 
It does not take a great man to remove such an of- w . ... „ 
fleer, but it will require one of extraordinary ca- N ‘ K Thc As8 ° Ciatum wlH meet at thc af 
pacity to supply his place.” place, on Saturday next, (March 15.) at 10 
abolitionist, Ace., are baseloss and contemptible.— pj. Benedict, Sec’y. 
It does not take a great man to remove such an of- m » • . -n . ,, , 
fleer, but it will require one of extraordinary ca- N ‘ K Thc A ^ ociat,ou Wl111,1 eot at thc aforesaid 
pacity to supply his place.” place, on Saturday next, (March 15,) at 10 o’clock 
-- A. M. The Rev. J. II. McIlvaine is expected to 
Genesee Valley Railroad.— Our citizens are lecture before the Association at 2 o’clock, P. M. 
moving to forward the construction ol a Railroad Teachers and friends of Education are respectfully 
up the Genesee Valley, to connect with the Cohoc- invited to attend. 
ton road, in the vicinity of Dansviile. There was- 
a meeting on Friday evening, and a sum sufficient Morgan Stock. —It will he observed by refer- 
to meet the requisitions of the law was subscribed ence to our advertising department, that Mr. J. 
and paid, when the following gentlemen were Dorr, of Scottsville, oilers for sale a Morgan colt, 
chosen a Board of Directors of the “ Genesee Val- sired by the celebrated stallion Gen. Gifford, fig- 
ley Railroad Company.” ured and described in our last number. The colt 
James F aulkner, Chas. H. Carroll, Allen Ay- is said to be superior for his age, and gives promise 
rault, D. II. Fitzhugh, Wm. T. Angel, John Y'er- of future excellence. Those who wish to procure 
ley Railroad Company.” ured and described in our last number. The colt 
James F aulkner, Chas. H. Carroll, Allen Ay- is said to be superior for his age, and gives promise 
rault, D. II. Fitzhugh, Wm. T. Angel, John Y’er- of future excellence. Those who wish to procure 
num, James b.YVadsworth, Levi A. YVard, YVm. Morgan stock, are referred to the advertisement 
Pitkin, Araon Bronson, A. Boody, I. Clarke. . . 
. , ’ „ for particulars. 
At a subsequent meeting, the Board ol Directors __ 
made choice of James S. Wadsworth, Esq., of Explanatory. —Thc paper we have used for two 
Geneseo, President. or three weeks past, and for u part of this edition, is 
fir ~ ' „ . decidedly inferior in quality to that contracted for 
Lecture. — Wo are requested to announce that , . , . ,, , 
„ „ , . and promised us by the manufacturer. Had it been 
the Rev. R. H. Bacon will deliver a lecture in possible for U8 to have proourcd a better fjrticle in 
Corinthian Lai), oi^ Monday evening next, 1/th t j IT1Ri there would have been no occasion for this 
inst. Subject: “ 1 he I arricides ot the Republic npo ]ogy—but we have, much against the grain, 
—who the} 7 are, and what they are doing.” The bleen obliged to submit. Tlie matter will be re- 
subject and lecturer lead us to anticipate something formed next week. YY’e pay an extra prico, and 
new and forcible. mean to have a superior quality of paper. 
for the district of Ohio. 
An act to divide tlie district of Arkansas into ^ ec < 1850. 
ted States, among the several States and territories. 
statement of facts above quoted, will be apparent, postage to subscribers. Newspapers under 300 
rr,, , ■ . . , , n,, , square inches arc to be charged but one fourth the 
I he counts in the indictment are—1st. 1 hat we ** 
wrongly ascribed credit to the Cultivator; aud 2d. 01 1 ' evu ‘ 5 P a I lf!r postage^. 
, »ec. 3 provides for the issue of three cent post- 
1 hat we gave as new and valuable, an “old, tvven- 
. . , ,, , ... age stamps, and other rates necessary to carry out 
ty-times exploded humbug.” We plead not guiltii, ... , „ , , „ . J 
... . , 7 . . tins act, and bee. 4 relates to defacing postage 
and, without any special pleading, bring our witness , , „ r .. 
. . , , stamps, and bee. 5 provides for advertising letters 
to the stand. 1 he article was credited “ Cult.," ... , , , . 
, , . once in the newspaper having thelargestcircula- 
and we thus commented upon its teachings: .. .... . ... . , & , 
& tion within the delivery of the olnce. bee. 6 al- 
“ We find the above going the round of tbe po- i ows the p 08tn ,aster General to increase the com- 
litical journals, credited as above. It is a very . . . , 
doubtful experiment: the apple and pear do not P ensa,,on tl'ose ostmastors who have more 
two judicial districts. 
An act authorizing the payment of interest upon 
the advances made by the State of Maine, lor the 
Bill for the relief of the legal representatives of 
Joshua Kennedy, deceased. Jan. 25, 1851. 
Bill for the relief of the East Tennessee and 
use of the U. S. Government, in the protection of I Georgia Railroad Company. Feb. 20, 1851. 
the north-eastern frontier. 
An act to au thorize the Secretary of War to al 
Bill granting invalid and half pay pensions in the 
cases of certain Creek Indian volunteers in the 
low the payment of interest to thoState of Georgia military service of tlie U. Slates. Dec. 12, 1850. 
for advances made for the use of the U. States, in Bill to provide for the survey of lhe public lands 
the suppression of the hostilities of the Creek, Sem- m California, the granting of donations, privileges 
inole and Cherokee Indians, in the years 1836, therein, and for other purposes. Feb. 27, 1851. 
1837 and 1838. Bill granting a pension to Elizabeth Monroe.— 
work and less pay under the operation of the new 
looks like the old Joe Miller new vamped, which law. Sec. 7, 8 and 9 relates to mail routes, and 
once in five or six years regularly goes the rounds makes appropriations for thc support of the depart- 
—that a scion stuck into a potato and set in the „ , . . , , ' , 
earth will grow. ment. Sec. Ill authorizes the employment of let- 
“ It is a simple operation to test it. If true it is h) r carriers in cities; and Sec. 11 provides for the 
certainly tho most ready and easy method of bring- immediate coining of the three cent piece so long 
ing forward a nursery ever practiced.” talked of> composed of three-fourths silver and 
Now, bearing in mind that there arc some half one-fourth copper, and J2jJ grains in weight, 
dozen journals having the title ol “ Cultivator,” This law, though not exactly what the friends of 
we submit whether any injustice has been done to cheap postage dosired, is yet quite an improvement 
the Albany Cultivator. As to the charge of pub- on tho old one, and wo accept it as an earnest of 
fishing the article as “now and valuable,” the further reduction. The franking privilege has 
comments above quoted are a sufficient refutation, been left untouched. This should be reformed and 
— We make no claim to infallibility, and have two centspre-paid made the rate for letters through- 
no doubt made not a few mistakes; yet we consider out the country. 
An act to found a military asylum for the relief J an - 24, 1851. 
and support of invalid and disabled soldiers of the The bill i'or the improvement of rivers and har- 
army of the United States. hors. 
An act to amend tbe acts regulating the appraise- Joint resolution for the relief of Thos. Ritchie, 
ment of imported merchandise, and for other pur- The French spoliation bill, 
poses. Joint resolution making land warrants assignable. 
An act for the relief of the American Coloniza- — -- - ... — 
tion Society. rv /I \ 
ifgiMtuu ot mm York. 
An act to grant the right of pre-emption to certain- 
purchasers and sotllers on the “ Maison Rouge 
Grant,” in the event of the final adjudication of 
the title in favor of the United States. 
An act for the relief of Gamaliel Taylor (late 
marshal of the district of Indiana) and his sureties. 
An act to limit tho liabiities of ship-owners, and 
for other purposes. 
An act for the relief of Charlotte Lynch. 
Synopsis of Proceedings, 
Monday, March 3. — Senate .—On motion of 
Mr. Mann, the following resolution was adopted: 
Resolved, That the several Savings Banks in 
the State of New York are requested to report, 
within 20 days from this date, to the Senate, a 
An act to ascertain and settle the private land ©Hement ol all the deposits nia( l© ip fiQ id Banks 
claims in the State of California. respectively, from the time the Banks first com- 
An act to authorize the exchange of a lot on the commenced receiving deposits, up to Jan 1, 1848, 
military site of Fort Hamilton for an equal quan- wnicn have not neon reported to the depositor, 
titv of ground adjoining said site. or hia or her le S al representatives—giving the 
An act for the relief of the legal representatives 1 1 ,ainos of the depositors, their residence when the 
of the late Gen. Walker K. Armistead, of the army de P 0Slt was inade ’ 11 known » the a '™«ntof the de- 
of the United States. posit, and when made, and the rate of interest pay- 
An act to settle and adjust the expenses of the a ble thereon. But this resolution shall not require 
people of Oregon in defending themselves from tho S£ pd Banks to report such deposits, or the names 
attacks of the Cayuse Indians, in thc years of 1847 pi depositors, in any case where the depositor is 
and 1848. known to the officers of the Bank making the re- 
An act to create additional collection districts in 8 ort> t0 be living at the date ot the report; such 
the Territory of Oregon, and for other purposes. statement to he verified by the oaths oi tbe Presi- 
An act to amend an act entitled “An act allow- dents and Book Keepers oi such Banks respectively, 
ing compensation to the members of the Senate, The bill providing for the election of Senator in 
and 1848. J known to the officers of tho Bank making the re- 
An act to create additional collection districts in P ori ’ t0 be living at the date ot the report; such 
the Territory of Oregon, and for other purposes. statement to he verified by the oaths oi tbe Presi- 
An act to amend an act entitled “An act allow- dents and Book Keepers oi such Bunksrespoctively. 
ing compensation to the members of the Senate, The bill providing for the election of Senator in 
members ol the House of Representatives of the Congress, was taken up, debated and lost, lacking 
United States and co the Delegates of the Terri- one of a constitutional vote, 
tones, and repealing all other laws on that subiect. . ,, 
■ An act for the relief of Hubert H. Boolev. Assembly.— T he annual report of the Trustees 
An act for the seUjement of certain classes of of the Brooklyn Institute was received, 
private land claims “wfihm the limits of tho De Tho annual report of the Trustees of the N. Y. 
Bastrop Grant, and tor allowing pre-emptions to Association was received. Recess, 
certain actual settlers m the event of the final ad- ... 
| judication of the title of the said De Bastrop Grant The Co,nniltlee of tho Whole resumed flic con- 
in favor of the United States. sidcration of the Free School bills. 
An act for the relief ol Win. Hardin. Tuesday, March 4. — Senate —Nothing of im- 
An act for the relief of H. J. McClintock, Har- portance transacted, 
risen Gill, and Mansfield Carter. r ,, 
An act to grant to the New Haven and New Assembly. 1 lie 
Assembly .—The bill repealing that portion of 
London Railroad Company the right of way thro’ t lie Revised Statutes, declaring what shall be con- 
the custom-house lot in New-Loudon. sidered an acceptance of the office of Congress- 
An act lor the relief of Gincinnatus Trousdale man, was read tho third time and passed,—AveB 
and John G. Connelly, of Arkansas. 7n- « 
An act providing for an additional term of the U. /U; ,, oeS ’' . . . , , . 
Slates circuit and district courts at Chicago, in the Also, the bill in relation to the duties and pow- 
district of Illinois. ere of Canal Superintendents, Ayes 71, Noes 30. 
acts which originated in the house of rep- Mr. Antiion of Richmond, called up his Joint 
resen rATivES. Resolutions, requesting the Attorney-General to 
An act to authorise the legislative assemblies of investi g ate the difficulty between tlie Oyster Fish- 
tho 1 emtones ot Oregon and Minnesota to take , t , , 
charge of the school lands in said Territories, and ermen our and New Jersey, and if he 
for other purposes. thinks proper to commence such proceedings as 
An act to supply deficiencies in (he appropria- may maintain the rights of our citizens. Passed, 
lions for the service of the fiscal year ending June Wednesday, March 5—Ssnata—Engaged as 
’. , .. „ yesterday in tho consideration of the question of 
An ac; making appropria ions for the support of J rivil o as to Mr . Schoonmaker’s right to his seat 
the Military Academy for the year ending June f n the Senate after the 4th of March, he having 
\ been elected to the next Congress from the Xlth 
An act making appropriations for the payment jy; str ; ct 
of Revolutionary and other pensioners of the U. 
for the year ending June 30, 1852, 
After a long debate a resolution was adopted de- 
1 r vy r . r 77V 7 TV XX, , 1 daring that Mr. Schoonmaker was a member of 
An act for tlie relief of Joseph D. Ward aud Senat | till ke fihould signify his acceptance of the 
t \X7 r< -«,i * Senate till he should signify his acceptance of the 
Isaac Watts Grithtb. . , office of member of Congress. 
An act making appropriations for the service of , ,, , n , „ b . ... , 
the Post Office Department during the year ending Assembly. lhe House, in committee of the 
June 30, 1852. * whole, considered the bill to establish a Bank de- 
An act to reduce and modify the rates of post- P ar l ment < 
age in tho United States, and for other purposes. Thursday, March G.— Senate —Several bills 
An act making appropriations for the civil and introduced and considered, 
diplomatic expenses ol Government lor the year Assembly. —Mr. Green offered a resolution, di¬ 
ending June 30, 1852, and for other purposes. reefing that the Railroad Committee be instructed 
An act making appropriations for the support of to inquire whether tho New York and Erie Rail- 
the army for the year ending June 30, 1852. road have violated their charter, and in what par- 
Marcli C.— Senate —Several bills 
An act for the relief of Sayles J. Bowen. ticular. Carried. 
^ An act for the re'ief of the widow of the Lte Lt. Friday, March 1.-Senate —The Senate or- 
ml. m. Giay, deceased. dered the printing and distribution of Mr. Crolius’s 
An act making appropriations for the current J0po rts on a better and more effectual system of 
aud contingent expenses of the Indian Department, Assessment and Collection of Taxes. 
violated their charter, and in what par- 
and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the vari¬ 
ous Indian tribes, forthe year ending June 30, ’52. 
An act making appropriations for the payment 
of Navy pensions for the year ending Juno 30, ’52. 
Assessment and Collection of Taxes. 
Mr. Morgan, on notice, introduced the following 
resolution, which was adopted : 
Resolved, That he Comptroller be requested to 
An act to amend an act entitled “An act for report to the Senate whether there is any money 
the relief of Frederick Dunive,” approved August in tho Treasury arising from unclaimed interests 
14, 1848. 0 due prior to July 1, 1850, on stocks issued by this 
An act for the relief of Dunning R. McNair. State; and, if so, to report what amount, when due 
An act for the relief of lhe legai representatives aild to whom belonging, 
of Robt. S. Burrough and of Stephen Hopkins. Assembly .— Various bills reported and some 
Au act to prescribe the mode of obtaining evi- progress made, but no votes were taken on the final 
dence in cases of contested elections. passage of any enactment. 
dents of Ileum, &r. 
-The Municipal expenses of the city of Detroit 
for the year just expired, was $61,416 45. 
-Major Noah, it is said, has been suffering the 
week pnst from a stroke of paralysis. 
-lhe Reform Convention at Annapolis, have 
adopted a clause abolishing imprisonment for debt, 
by a vote of 60 to 5. 
-1 hirty-seven fat sheep from Montgomery 
county in this State sold at Boston last week for 
$12 a head. 
-The Senate of Ohio have adopted an amend¬ 
ment to the Bank bill prohibiting the issue of bills 
of a smaller denomination than live dollars. 
-Arrangements have been made to run a di¬ 
rect fine of steamboats from Detroit, to connect 
with the Erie Railroad. 
-Goorgo Spencer, builder of the heuees in 21st 
street, New York, which fell down, died a few days 
ago of chagrin. 
-The Steamboat Cleopatra, was sold in New 
York on Tuesday for $11,600, to tow barges be¬ 
tween that city and Albany. 
-The"Steamer Curianna exploded her boiler 
near New Orleans, Feb. 28, killing und wounding 
8 or 10 persons. 
-The grand jury of New York city refused to 
find a bill against the botanic doctor who attended 
the fat boy in his last illness. 
-The Maryland Convention have adopted a 
provision disqualifying persons engaged in a duel 
from holding office. 
-The Postmaster General has changed the of¬ 
fice at Cere8town, McKean county, Pa., to Ceres, 
Allegany county, N. Y. 
-A letter received from Sierra Leone, Africa, 
under date of Jan. 20th, acknowledges the receipt 
of letters in 33 days from New York, via England. 
-The opening of the Milwaukee and Missis¬ 
sippi Railroad to YVaukesha was celebrated by a 
grand dinner at the latter plaoo, on the 25th ult. 
-It is now asserted very positively, that Lord 
Brougham will visit tho United States the coming 
summer. 
-The bill coinpolling tho N. Y. and Erie Rail 
Road to fence their track in Susquehannah county, 
has passed tho Pn. Legislature. 
-By a recent act of parliament, the English 
government has made itself responsible for all of the 
moneys paid into the savings bank by depositors. 
-The Usury Bill, fixing thc rate at 7 per cent. 
when no rate is mentioned, but allowing 12 per ct. 
on contract, has passed both Houses of the Wis¬ 
consin Legislature. 
-Letters from Canton state that Rev. Dr. 
Brigham, American Missionary in China, commit¬ 
ted suicide there enrly in December, by cutting his 
throat. He was buried at Whampoa. 
-The wife of the chief engineer of tlie Atlan¬ 
tic was removed to a lunatic Asylum last week, 
having lost her reason in consequence of hor belief 
that her husband was lost. 
-Hon. Isaac Hill, for many years a Senator in 
Congress from New Hampshire, and cx-Governor 
of N. II. lies dangerously ill in Washington. His 
family has been sent for. 
-The New Orleans papers of the 3d inst. state 
that tlie steamer Oregon exploded hor boilers, and 
was afterwards destroyed by fire. Forty lives 
were lost. 
-Amos Saddler, deaf and dumb, of Ashfield, 
was run over and killed on the railroad few miles 
above Northampton, on the 4th inst. He was 
walking on the track. 
-YVatts Sherman, of Albany, and Alexander 
Duncan tho Rhode Island millionaire, are about to 
establish a banking house in New York, with a 
capital of four millions of dollars. 
-The Syracuse Star says, “ the Ithaca and 
Owcgo Railroad earned in the last eight months 
$60,000. The receipts appear to be sufficient to 
enable the Company to pay 9 per cent, per annum 
on the capital. 
-Mr. Jerome, of New Ilaven, Ct., manufac¬ 
tures upwards of five hundred clocks, of various 
patterns, every day, and the demand is oqual to the 
supply. In the Stato of Connecticut, ono thousand 
clocks are made daily. 
-In Boston, last week, an interesting lad eight 
and a half years old, son of Mr. James M. Pet- 
tingill, Esq., No. 3 Washington Court, was mortal¬ 
ly burned by the breaking of a lamp filled with Por¬ 
ter’s burning fluid. 
-On the 21st ult., the freight depot of the 
Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad Company, 
at Meredith Bridge, N. H., was entirely consumed 
by fire. There was no insurance. The fire was 
caused by a defect in the funnel. 
-The appointment of Hon. Samuel G. Good¬ 
rich, (Peter Parley,) to the office of Consul at 
Paris, takes effect on the 1st of April. This ap¬ 
pointment will give generni satisfaction to the 
Americans residing in Paris. 
-It is estimated that there ore now in the 
United States 10,000 daguerreotypists, and 15,000 
persons connected with the art, and that the amount 
of materials annually consumed ia the operation, is 
$ 1 , 000 , 000 . 
-The Niagara Falls Iris, says the Chasm 
Tower Observatory, on Mt. Eagle, wus lifted by 
the wind from its foundation on the 1st inst., when 
the wire cables by which it was stayed were bro¬ 
ken and the whole mass fell to the ground a heap 
of ruins. 
-The N. Y, Tribune is authorized, by George 
Bruce, Esq, to offer a premium of $1000 to tbe first 
inventor who shall construct and submit for judg¬ 
ment a printing press, which will throw off500 large 
imperial sheets per hour, and can bo built and sold 
for $500. 
-A curious volcano is described as existing in 
the Great Salt Lake, it is in a plain of mud, is 
composed of mud, and covers several acres. The 
mud is raised up in cones, terminating in tubes, 
some hardened and lined with crystals of sulphur, 
&c. The salt is strongly impregnated with sal- 
umonia. 
-The “ oldest woman in the world,” is suid 
to be living at Gateshead, Eng. Her name is Mary 
Benton. She was born Feb. 12, 1731, and if she 
lives till tlie census is taken she will be entered as 
120 years old. She walks erect, hears well, uses 
no spectacles, and as late as 1848 assisted at a hay¬ 
making at Elton. 
