MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YOR KER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
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ROCHESTER, APRIL 10, 1851. 
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Prospects of the Wheat Crop. 
The season has arrived for discussing the pros¬ 
pects of the Wheat Crop, and as usual much is 
said pro and con on the subject. The annual 
proclamations of editors who seem short of para¬ 
graphical subjects, or wish to try their pens at 
prophecying and guessing, are abroad in the land. 
The reports are various and contradictory—proba¬ 
bly because those who put them forth, know little 
of the facts in the premises. Indeed up to the 
present time little could be known or foretold of 
concerning the crop, and hence we have preferred 
to remain silent, rather than “talk to Buncombe,’’ 
or mislead the reader. 
The paragraph in our last number, from a city 
contemporary, (and which the writer hereof did 
not particularly observe until the Rural haa gone 
to press,)’ is not in accordance with our own obser¬ 
vation and information. During the past two 
weeks we have made “diligent inquiry” concern¬ 
ing the prospects of the crop, of intelligent farm¬ 
ers residing in this and adjoining counties, and the 
almost invariable response has been that, so far as 
they were able to judge, its appearance was highly 
favorable for a good return. Some aver that the 
crop, in their respective localities, is far more 
promising than for many years, at this season 
while we have heard of comparatively few com¬ 
plaints of injury, and those not covering'any ex¬ 
tent of territory. Though the amount of snow 
was unusually great, yet it did not remain late in 
the spring, nor was there a long continuance of 
altornate thaw and frost, which is sure to injure 
the wheat plant on land not well drained, or ot a 
clayey or mucky soil. It is of course too early in 
the season to proclaim the certainty of a large crop t 
but we are of the opinion that the appearance of 
the wheat fields of Western New York has not 
been more favorable, during the first week in 
April, for the last ten years. 
Of the crop in other wheat growing sections and 
States, the reports are generally favorable. The 
Cleveland Herald, of a late date, thus speaks of 
the crop and prices In Ohio, the greatest wheat 
growing Slate in the Union: 
“The wheat crop through the counties of 
Wayne, Stark, Holmes, Tuscarawas and Maho¬ 
ning never looked better at this season of the year 
than now. It has occasionally been a little more 
rank, but without the exception of a single fu Id, it 
is looking strong and beautifully. 
The large quantity of last year’s wheat crop, 
and the prospect of a bountiful yield this year, is 
inducing the farmers to bring what thty have on 
hand to market, even at the present low prices.— 
At Massillon, on Thursday, seventy cents was paid 
hut on Saturday sixty-five was the highest figure. 
On Friday, buyers at Boliva: paid sixty-live, and at 
Canal Dover sixty-four cents, but sixty is undoubt¬ 
edly as high a figure as is now paid at either of the 
latter points. At ('anal Dover about fifteen hun- 
dsed barrels of flour and twenty thousand bushels 
of wheat are said to he in store.” 
Prospective Prices of Wool. 
We extract the following from the Review of 
the Wool Market in the April number of the 
Wool Grower, the editor of which is su iposed 
to bo well posted upon the subject, and therefore 
competent to advise: 
We think woo! should bring about the same 
prices in the country it did last year, but we should 
advise farmers to be on the alert, and if speculators 
or manufacturers wish to pay high prices not to 
refuse them. Common wool should bring, if in 
good order, from 28 to 32c. Half and three-quar¬ 
ter blood from 34 to 33c. Full blood Saxony 45 to 
55c. These are the prices no w being paid by deal • 
ers, for wool yet to be shorn. We do not look for 
any advance from these prices. There is very lit¬ 
tle’wool that will not be worth over 30c., and all 
wool ranging between 30 and 40c. will probably 
be bought up with avidity. If the farmers sell the 
grades at the prices named they will do well; if they 
get more, all the better. If there should be any 
material change from the prices named, we shall 
issue an extra every two weeks to our subscribers. 
Our advice is to sell at no less prices than those 
named, and at as much higher as you can get.— 
There is no knowing how crazy these wool dealers 
may get. The prices which are indicated, are 
those which would be considered fair, and such as 
can be obtained during the year. 
As there is no wool in market, it would convey 
no information if we were to quote the Boston, 
New York, or Philadelphia prices current, they 
are merely nominal. 
Of fine wool we have said nothing, for as yet we 
do not see any prospect f r higher prices than ob¬ 
tained last year. The demand is confined to a few 
and they can make their own prices. Still we 
think the time is coming when we can send our 
finest wools abroad and find a good market. 
Mr. W hitney’s Entertainments. —Imperson¬ 
ations of Oratory and Poetry, will be given by Mr. 
C. Whitney, at Corinthian Hall, to commence on 
the evening of the 14th inst. These entertain¬ 
ments are said to be very intellectual and fascinat¬ 
ing, and have been very successful in London. 
Drain Tile. —We would direct the attention of 
those who have recently applied to us for the where¬ 
abouts of a Drain Tile Manufactory, and all others 
interested, to th advertisement of Mr. Alvin Wil¬ 
cox. Mr. W. furnishes a superior article, and is 
an honorable dealer. 
Mr. Ewbank not Removed. —We have neg¬ 
lected to state that Mr. Ewbank, the Commissioner 
of Patents, was not removed, as stated lately in 
the New-Yorker. 
The ’Winter, &c., in Michigan. 
Friend Moore: —We have had in this region a 
*air winter for the prosecution of general business. 
Snow has at no time, been over ten inches in 
depth. Through a part of December, the most 
of January, and apart oi February, the sleighing 
was passably good, and industriously improved by 
the people. December was the coldest month, the 
Thermometer averaging 26.14 degrees. January 
averaged 28.90. The coldest day was the 30th of 
this month ; the Thermometer standing in the 
morning at 8 below zero. During the day it ran 
up to 12 and averaged 3.66. The highest eleva¬ 
tion in the month was 50. February averaged 
32.65 with a range from 10 to 53. March nas 
averaged 38.67 and ranged from 1 to 77. The 
average for the whole three months is 33.40. 
In January we had six days more or less rainy, 
and nine more or less snowy, with a fall of 2.84 
inches of water. February was much more stormy, 
particularly the latter part, when we had heavy 
falls of rain. The number of rainy days is ten, 
of snowy eight. The amount of falling water 
6.70 inches. March has given us but four rainy 
ai d five snowy days, with a fall of 3.46 inches. 
The latter part of it has be n very snowy, with 
June-like weather. The wind lias been light in 
its force for full two thirds of the time. Its diiec- 
tion was chiefly S. W. & W. with but a little of 
high wind, the most of which was in March. 
The ground sparrow made its appearance on 
the 25lh of February, robins on the 11th of March, 
blue birds on the 13th, larks and redwings on the 
15th, frogs on the 15th, pewit fly-catchers and 
musquitoes on the 24th, and swallows on the26th. 
There are now withes a very large number of the 
various wood songsters singing their sweet and 
cheerful notes. Crows which have heretofore been 
very seldom seen, are now making their appear¬ 
ance quite often. 
Willows, poplars, and others of the early amen¬ 
taceous shrubs and trees first began to open their 
blossoms on tile 18th. Wheat which has stood 
the winter in good condition is freshing up finch, 
whilst the tender blades of grass begin already to 
look temptingly to the animals that crop them.— 
Many of the earlier plants, as violets, spring beau¬ 
ties, &c., are pushing themselves forth to enjoy the 
warmth of the invigorating sunlight. Peach buds 
and those of young apple trees are swelling and 
showing their little rudimentary leaves just burst¬ 
ing through their scaly confines. The soil for the 
most part has been fit for the plow for several days 
and farmers have improved the time in getting rt 
ready for their crops. Spring wheat and barley 
was sown as early as the 19th and 21st ult., whilst 
many have planted their earlier and hardier gar¬ 
den vegetables. Taking it all in all, the spring 
seems to be coming forward more than usually 
early, and if there be no untoward drawback, we 
may look for an early and an abundantly fruitful 
season. t. e. w. 
l.aphamville, Kent Co., Mich., April 1, 1851. 
Weekly Meteorological Abstract. 
BY L. WET HER ELL. 
Apr. 1851. 
THERMO METE P. 
MAX. | MIN. | MEAN. 
rain. W,NUS ' 
1 
47 
30 
38.33 
s. SE. 
o 
55 
48 
50.33 
s w. 
3 
50 
36 
42.00 
w. 
4 
36 
32 
34.00 
| W. N. 
5 
55 
34 
46.33 
NE. SE. 
6 
50 
4U 
46.33 
W. 
7 1 
47 
37 | 
43.33 
N E. 
April 1. “All Fools D^r”—said to have origina¬ 
ted from the mistake of Noah sending the dove out 
of the ark before the water abated. Ilepatica tri- 
loca, and epigaca repens in flower. 
2. Cloudy—rainy—cleared off in the evening. 
3. Fine day—spring vs eather. 
4. Cloudy—squally—quite cool. 
5. Rainy—warmer in the afternoon—lightning in 
the evening—first this season—a thunder shower 
near Buffalo, 
6. Cloudy—a little sprinkle of rain at evening. 
7. Fair at sunrise—cloudy afternoon—solar halo 
—ground sparrow and meadow lark heard. 
Railroad Accident and Loss of Life. 
Buffalo, April 7—8£ A. M.—A fatal accident 
occurred to the mail train due here at 4 o’clock 
yesterday morning. When about 3 miles west of 
Aldeu, near the steam saw mill, the locomotive ran 
against a tree that had been blown across the track, 
instantly killing the engineer, Mr. Wilbur. Both 
of his legs and left arm were broken. An iron 
bolt was driven nearly through his head and his 
body otherwise injured. The train was going at 
about the rate of 25 miles per hour, and the con¬ 
cussion was so violent as to throw the engine com¬ 
pletely around, making the smoke pipe face to¬ 
wards Rochester. 
A New Daily.— The Rochester Daily Timjs, 
a penny paper, made its appearance on Monday 
afternoon, 7th inst. The editor is George G. 
Coopeb, Esq., the former associate editor of the 
Daily Advertiser. The Times espouses the 
“ Democratic” faith; and will reflect the senti¬ 
ments of the Free Soil section of the party. 
“ C. D.” in the Advertiser, states that tel¬ 
escopic observations on Tuesday week disclosed 
divers spots on the sun. Two of them at least 
10,000 miles in diameter, and several of smaller 
size. 
Large Yield. —A correspondent of the Tribune 
says he has been shown thirty-five heads, with 
two thousand three hundred and thirty-six grains, 
or kernels of wheat—the product of one at a sin¬ 
gle growth. One head alone contained one hun¬ 
dred and eight kernels. It was grown on the 
premises of Harvey Ely, Esq., Hector, Tompkins 
Co., and of the kind denominated Hutchinson 
Wheat. The truthfulness of this he will vouch 
for, as will scores of others who saw the same.— 
Beat it who can. * 
Appointments of City Officers. 
The lately elected Common Council organized 
and held their first session on Monday the 7th 
inst. The folio ving appointments were made by 
the Board: — 
City Clerk—E. B. Shepardson. 
City Surveyor— Jas. M. Bruff. 
Messenger—C. A. Orson. 
Clerk of the Market— Bartholomew O’Brien. 
City Physicians—D. B. Monroe, McKay and 
J. F. Rkcenbackkr. 
We clip the following extract from Mayor 
Paine’s Address: 
In conclusion gentlemen, allow me to congratu¬ 
late you and your constituency upon the prosper¬ 
ous condition of our city. I think there has never 
been a period when Rochester advanced, both 
morally and pecuniarally, with more rapidity than 
at the present time. Her structures and improve¬ 
ments of all kinds are substantial and permanent. 
Her best citizens are zealously engaged in advanc¬ 
ing her educational, moral and religious interests; 
and although she has already attained to a proud 
position, yet when it is considered, she is surround¬ 
ed by perhaps the best agricultural country in the 
world,—the navigation and commerce of Lake 
Ontario, annually and rapidly increasing,—the in¬ 
terchanges between us and our Canada neighbors 
■ being facilitated,—the vast advantages which may, 
under judicious action, resultfrom this source, and 
when you add to all this, the great natural re¬ 
sources of our city, under the guidance of men dis¬ 
tinguished for their enterprise and public spirit,— 
I submit to you that Rochester may not only meet 
the highest expectations of her wannest friends, but ■ 
stand, before many years, among the first cities of' 
our Union. 
Quick Traveling. —The steamship Baltic, of 
the Collins line of Steamers, left New York on the 
5th of March; on the 17th she was at Liverpool. 
On the 22d March she left Liverpool for N. York 
where she arrived on the 3d inst. She was ab¬ 
sent only 29 days from New York, four of which 
she passed in the docks at Liverpool.— Argus. 
Fast. —The Steamer Reindeer, on the 3d inst., 
made a trip from New York to Albany in 7 hours 
and 35 minutes, and back again in 7 hours 45J 
minutes, against the tide and a heavy south wind. 
The number of revolutions made by the wheels on 
the downward trip, was 9,110. The revolutions 
averaged 24 per minute. The circumferance of 
the rim of the wheels, is about 100 feet,—and a 
correspondent of the Journal of Commerce, who 
timed the boat, says—the distance traveled by the 
rim, is therefore, say, 911,000 feet. If Albany is 
160 miles from New York, (and it is probably 
165,) that is about 850,000 feet. Allowing, there¬ 
fore, for the flow of the tide against her, it will be 
seen that the boat traveled over her wheel like a 
coach, scarcely slipping her buekets through the 
water.— Advertiser. 
The Rush to the World’s Fair. —A gentle¬ 
man and his son who desired to go out to England 
in the mail steamer Africa , now at Liverpool, sent 
to New York to obtain berths, but all were taken. 
They then sent for places in some packet ship to 
sail between the middle and the end of April, but 
every berth was engaged. On trying in Philadel¬ 
phia, they found the Liverpool April packet of the 
Messrs. Cope, also fully engaged, but were at 
length fortunate enough to obtain berths in a fine 
ship belonging to the packet Hue of Messrs. Rich¬ 
ardson & Watson, of this port, to sail on the 15th 
inst.— Philadelphia Enquirer. 
New Post Offices.— The following new post 
offices have been established: 
Sproi t Brook, Montgomery Co.—Benj. Wendell, 
P. M. 
Abbotsford, Westchester—Stephen Crosby. 
Willing, Allegany—Hiram York. 
Drespreville, Cayuga—Arnold Swift. 
South Erin, Chemung—John Mitchell. 
Wyncoop’s Creek, Chemung—Thos. Sweet. 
Mayflower, Otsego—Loring Dow. 
North Branch, Sullivan—1. It. Clements. 
Gilbertsville, Otsego county, name changed to 
Butternuts. 
Rochester University. —By a Catalogue of 
this Institution, we learn that there are the follow¬ 
ing students in attendance: 
Resident Graduates,..1 Sophomores,.13 
Seniors,..,.6 Freshmen,.34 
Juniors, ..15 Partial Course,.2 
Total.71 
Students in Grammar Schools, 30. 
This does not include the students in the The¬ 
ological department. 
Bounty Land Grants. —It is officially stated, 
that up to this time, about 100,000- applications 
have been received for the benefits of this law; and 
every day’s mail adds from 500 to 1000 more to 
their number. The office is now issuing between 
1,000 and 1,200 per week, and it will require more 
than eighteen months before the claims now on 
hand can be disposed of or matured into warrants. 
All persons interested in the law or desiring infor¬ 
mation in regard to it, are requested to direct their 
communications directly to the Commissioner of 
Pensions. 
American Enterprise Honored in England.— 
We are informed, says the New York Observer, 
that Professor Silliman stated in one of his recent 
lectures in this city, that Capt. Wilkes, of the U. 
S. Exploring Expedition to the Antarctic Seas, has 
just received an elegant Gold Medal from the Brit¬ 
ish Government, as an acknowledgement that he 
was the true discoverer of a disputed continent, 
from which he saw the volcanic fires bursting 
from a land of ice and snow, and pouring their 
lava down the eternal" barriers of frozen moun¬ 
tains. 
A Rich Windfall. —We understand that a 
fortune of one million six hundred thousand dol¬ 
lars lias been left in England by a family to three 
sisters, residing in the western part of the city; be¬ 
sides a farm in Centreville, Queen Anne’s county, 
Md., valued at several thousand dollars. One of 
the heiresses recently married a city bailiff who 
resides up town.— Baltimore Clipper. 
Telegraph to Dansvillf.. —We understand 
that a eoinpanv are organizing in this city to erect 
a line of Telegraph from this city to Dansville via. 
Scottsville, Avon Springs, Geneseo, Cuylerville, 
and Mt. Morris. We should suppose that it would 
be a good investment. It has not been definitely 
stated what instrument is to be used.— Rochester 
Daily Times. 
A Tun of Books Franked. —The Louisville 
Courier notices the arrival through the mail of 
seven more large bags filled with books, &c., di¬ 
rected to Senator Borland, under his own frank. 
This makes twenty bags in all, weighing over one 
tun, which this Senator has franked home to his 
own address. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Monday, March 31.— Senate —An act to con¬ 
solidate and reduce to one act the various acts rel¬ 
ative to Common Schools, New York was passed. 
Also acts amending the law relative to local of¬ 
fices discharging the duty of Judge or Surrogate. 
To authorize Wm. Beard and others, to con¬ 
struct and build docks in the Sixth Ward of 
Brooklyn. 
To amend the Charter of Waterloo village. 
The act relative to the Common Schools of New 
York city. 
The act relative to the election of the Recorder 
of Buffalo by the people. 
Also, the charter of Fulton Bank. 
Assembly —Various bills reported and petitions 
received, and also some discussion on State Prison 
matters. 
Tuesday, April 1.— Senate —Bills were passed 
to incorporate the Protestant Episcopal Mutual 
Benefit Society. 
For relief of tlie heirs, &c., of Wm. Crowther. 
A bill declaring Moose River, at the north, a 
public highway. 
Assembly —The Assembly concurred with the 
Senate in its amendments to the bill providing for 
an appointment of an agent to attend the World’s 
Fair, to take charge of property committed to his 
care. 
Bills were passed for the relief of the colored 
orphans of New York city. 
To amend the act relative to the District Attor¬ 
ney of Ulster county. 
An act to incorporate the Franklin Mining Co. 
Amending the act incorporating the New York 
Gallery of Fine Arts. 
Amending the act relating to the assessment and 
collection of taxes in the city of New York. 
Declaratory of the application of certain parts of 
the Revised Statutes in relation to false tokens. 
Amending the charter of the village of Saratoga 
Springs. 
To alter the map or plan of the city of N. York, 
by extending Washington st., in said city, from its 
present termination at Gansevoort st. to Twelfth st. 
Amending the act incorporating the village of 
Oswego. 
Incorporating the Williamsburgh Savings Bank. 
Incorporating the Ulster and Tivoli Ferry Co. 
To facilitate the proof for the payment of debts. 
To incorporate the Utica Association for the Im¬ 
provement of the Fine Arts. 
The Erie Canal Enlargement hill, when an¬ 
nounced on its third reading, was sent back to the 
Canal Committee with instruction to report forth¬ 
with. 
Wednesday, April 2.— Senate.— In the Senate 
the Committee appointed to investigate the charges 
of Mr. Suydam, of New York, against George VV. 
Bull, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, and Sena¬ 
tors Robinson, Johnston and Stone, reported that 
“ It is clearly established that Mr. Bull did receive 
money in consideration of his efforts to defeat the 
passage of a bill for the more effectual suppression 
of Gambling;” and that in Committee he had been 
guilty of attempting, directly or indirectly, to pre¬ 
vent the passage of the bill in question by influenc¬ 
ing the votes of Members. That he is therefore 
“ guilty of a breach of the privileges of the Senate, 
and may be punished for contempt by imprison¬ 
ment durjng the Session of the Legislature or 
otherwise, as the Senate may determine.” In re¬ 
gard to the Senators, Messrs. Robinson, Johnston 
and Stone, the Committee considered that the 
signing of a note addressed to Mr. Bull at the As- 
tor House, stating that “ other business pressing 
on the time of the Senate, will prevent any report 
or farther action on the hill,” was highly improper 
in tlioir character of Senators. The Committee 
add: 
“ It is clearly testified to, that none of those Sen¬ 
ators ever received any money, or promise of 
money, or valuable consideration from Mr. Bull or 
any other person, by reason of anything they might 
do or omit to do in relation to the bill introduced 
by Senator Robinson.” 
The report induced a long debate. 
Mr. Bull was then removed from the office of 
Sergeant-at-Arms. Further proceedings were 
postponed till to-morrow. 
Assembly. —The Assembly spent the session in 
discussing the bill for the completion of the Gene¬ 
see Valley and Black River Canal and the En¬ 
largement of the Erie Canal, but adjourned with¬ 
out coming to a vote. 
Thursday, April 3.— Senate. —The Senate, af¬ 
ter reporting several bills, discussed the alleged 
bribery case at considerable length, and finally 
adopted a resolution declaring that the Select Com¬ 
mittee on Gambling, Messrs. Robinson, Johnson 
and Stone, acted imprudently in signing the note 
addressed to Bull at the Astor House, but “ have 
not forfeited the confidence of the Senate in their 
honor and integrity as Senators and as men.” 
Assembly. —The bill passed for the enlargement 
of the Erie Canal and the completion of the Black 
River and Genesee Valley Canals. 
Friday, April 4.— Senate —The bill passed to 
change the charter election of Albany from Spring 
to Fall. 
Amending and regulating the laws relative to 
companies transacting the business of Life Insur¬ 
ance. 
To give $5,000 to the Colored Orphan Asylum 
of New York. 
The Montgomery Mining bill. 
The bill to repeal Somers road act in Yorktown, 
Westchester Co. 
The Rouse’s Point Bridge bill came up for a 
third reading and passed. 
Assembly. —The following bills were read a third 
time and passed. 
Making appropriations to the State Prisons. 
To enable the trustees of the consolidated school 
district No. 2 in the town of Batavia to levy a tax 
for the support of schools therein. 
To provide for the appointment of Commission¬ 
ers to lay out a highway in* the town of West¬ 
moreland. 
For the relief of the Buffalo and Black Rock 
Railroad Company. 
To authorise the Northern Railroad Company 
to take stock in a Railroad in St. Lawrence Co. 
To authorise the election of a supervisor in each 
ward of the city of Utica. 
In relation to plank and turnpike roads. 
In relation to the Onondaga Salt Works. 
To incorporate the Broadway Savings Institu¬ 
tions of the city of New York. 
In relation to the State Arsenal in the city of 
Troy. 
Amending the act of incorporation of the city 
of Syracuse. 
Saturday, April 5. — Senate —The following 
bills were read and passed. 
For the relief of Firemen’s Association, Buffalo. 
An act to incorporate the German Mission 
Church of Rochester. 
The Erie Canal Enlargement hill was read a 
second time. 
Assembly. —Mr. Underwood moved to suspend 
the 4th rule witli a view to have the Bank Bill 
Redemption bill sent to a select committee, to re¬ 
port complete. Agreed to. 
-The receipts at the Washington monument 
office during the month of March were $3,450. 
-The total number of lawyers in the United 
States is 21,979. 
-The N. Y. Herald says that its cash receipts 
last year, were over $230,000. 
-A telegraph station has been established at 
I ulton Oswego Co., E."Cheney operator. 
-A fir t rate anchor weighs about three tons, 
employs twenty men forty days in making and costs 
£400. 
-Of the two hundred thousand souls in Wis¬ 
consin more than one hundred thousand are said 
to be Germans. 
-1 he Navy of the United States at present 
consists of 75 vessels, carrying two thousand and 
eleven guns. 
-Twenty-five negroes arrived at Savannah 
from Augusta on Thursday, to take passage for Li¬ 
beria on the bark Baltimore. 
-Benjamin T. Congdon, formerly editor of 
the New Bedford Mercury, died on Sunday las', in 
the 53d year of his age. 
-A girl who was employed in a large white 
lead factoiy at Newcastle, died recently, from the 
absorption of that material into the brain. 
■-3 he Straits of Mackinaw are clear of icc._ 
The propeller Republic, from Cleveland, arrived at 
Milwaukee on the 3d inst. 
-There was a severe thunder storm near Buf¬ 
falo on Saturday evening; so much ns to interrupt 
Telegraphic communications. 
-The American Association for the advance¬ 
ment of Science, will hold their next annual meet¬ 
ing at Cincinnati, in May next. 
-Henry S. Randall, Esq. of Cortlandville, 
Cortland Co., has in course of preparation a life of 
Thomas Jefferson. 
-The late Abiel Chandler has left by will 
$50,000 to Dartmouth College, and $1600 to the 
New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane. 
-Cabin passage in the steamer Georgia, from 
New Orleans lo New York, via Havana, lias been 
reduced to $50. 
-The board of Trinity College have purchas¬ 
ed, for two hundred guineas, the sword worn by 
King William at the battle of the Boyne. 
-The ship Wisconsin, of Now York, recently 
made the passage from Ilong Kong to London in 
95 days, said to be the quickest on record. 
-At Pomeroy, Ohio, March 30, a fire destroy¬ 
ed property to the amount of $50,000. The Post 
Office was among the burned. 
-Measures are being taken in Washington for 
the recognition of the republic of Liberia, which it 
is thought will be successful. 
-’Phe Reaper Manufactory of Messrs. YcCor. 
mick, in Chicago, was burned on the 25th ult.— 
Loss reported to be $20,000—no insurance. 
-The gold deposited at the Philadelphia Mint 
for March was $3,000,000, making a total since 
January 1st, of $11,000,000. 
-Four acres of land, lying just out of the city 
limits of Buffalo, were lately sold at a “ little less” 
than $600 per acre. 
-Mr. Childs, of the Engle Hotel, Niagara Falls, 
has commenced the erection of a hotel on the 
foundation laid by Rathbun in 1836. 
-'Pile amount of duty paid by the Cunnrd line 
of steamers at New York for 1850, was $1,332,- 
383,30, more by over $100,000 than they have ever 
paid before in any one year. 
-A writer from California, siys: “I believe 
there are more poor people in California, in propor¬ 
tion to the number of inhabitants, than in the rest of 
• he United States.” 
-There are in the world about one hundred 
mints, of which the United States has four. The 
annual productof the precious metals is about 160,- 
000,000 of dollars. 
- r Plie carpenters and joiners of Waukegan 
(111.) are erecting a substantial dwelling house, to 
be given when finished, to a poor woman, whose 
husband recently died in California. 
-A grey eagle, measuring seven feet four 
inches, was shot in Boxford, on Monday, of ast 
week, by a lad of thirteen years, named George 
Curtis. 
-'I’lio tunnel through the Cumberland Moun¬ 
tain, constructed by the Nashville and Chattanooga 
Railroad company, is 3000 feet long, and 185 feet 
below the top of the nountain. 
-Col, Spencer, of Lebanon, N. Y. wns acci¬ 
dentally killed by his own son, a young man of 21 
years while they were engaged in shooting rats in 
the barn. The young man suffers indescribably. 
-The citizens of St. Genevieve, Missouri, 
have subscribed thirty thousand dollass to. ards 
building a plank road from that place to the Iron 
Mountains. 
-'I’lie Louisville Journal says that the whole 
number cf steamboats built in Louisville and its 
vicinity, iri the year 1859, is 37 and their aggregate 
tonnage 9,990, custom house measurement. 
-About 300 feet of the Hudson river railroad, 
about 1£ miles from Garreston’s in the Highlands, 
sunk into the river on the 31st inst., and is now 
covered with water. 
-'Phe Emperor of Russia has commissioned 
his agents to purchase every model at the Great 
Exhibition, that may be useful to Russian manu¬ 
factures. 
-Mr. Schcnck, Minister to Brazil; Mr. Clark, 
Secretary of Legation; and Pendleton, Charge to 
Argentine Republic, sail in the steamship Susque¬ 
hanna, on the first of May, for their respective posts. 
-The amount of Flour at Oswego ready to go 
forward on the opening of navigation, is 21,000 
bbls., of Wheat 7,260 bushels—equal in all to 22,- 
700 barrels of Flour. 
-'Phe number of trees on Boston Common ac¬ 
cording to a recent of official statement of the May¬ 
or, is 12,550; of which CC4 are American elms, 240 
fir, and 68 Linden trees. 
-At New Orleans, Mrs. Doran was burning 
a compi und of beeswax, sulphur and onion seed, 
and holding her face over it for the toothache, when 
she inhaled too much of it, and expired instantly. 
-Philadelphia educates in her public schools 
45,000 children at six dollars and forty-six cents 
each yearly. The expense of the system in Massa¬ 
chusetts is about eight dollars per scholar. In Cin¬ 
cinnati, we believe that the exjiense is about fifteen 
dollars. In Baltimore fourteen dollars. 
