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ROCHESTER, APRIL 17, 1851. 
We'can still furnish hack numbers of this vol. 
Agents and other friends of the Rural will please 
Railroad Fare. 
The reduction of fare on our railroads to about 
one half of former rates, works most admirably, 
both for the stockholders and the public. The in¬ 
creased amount of travel more than makes up for 
the lower tariff' of prices, as the long and crowded 
trains passing daily through this city, most con¬ 
vincingly testify. But we think, that railroad fare 
might be put yet lower, and pay a fair profit. 
The Onondaga Standard in a late article on this 
The School Bill. 
The following is a synopsis of the School Bill 
which has passed the Assembly. 
The bill, as passed, is not essentially different 
from that reported by the minority of the Com¬ 
mittee on Colleges, Acadmies and Common 
Schools: 
legislature of firm ■f’ark. Stems of $5ems, &r. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Monday, April 7.— Senate —The bill passed to 
ittee on Colleges, Acadmies and Common prodvie for the incorporation of the Building,Mu- 
•hools. tu a] k an <t and Fund Association. 
‘ ‘ , , . _ „ , Also, defining the exemptions from tolls on 
Sec. 1st. Declares that the Common Schools plank roads 
<1,~ 11 - C „11_ * 
note this fact, and take subscriptions accordingly, subject, says:—'‘The price has by no means 
Those who do not desire back numbers, can com- reached the minimuft point. It will yet go doicn 
throughout the State, shall be free to all persons 
between the ages of 4 and 21 as provided in the 
bill. 
Assembly .—The bill to authorize the Supervi¬ 
sors of Oneida county to borrow money, was read 
mence now or at any specified time. 
2d. Provides for the raising of a State tax of and P assed - 
$800,000 for the support of Common Schools. Tuesday, April 8 .— Senate .—The following 
Our mark-Ten Thousand-will soon be reached, it has on the rates origina u y established. This 
if agents and subscribers continue their efforts. „ mav nnt v im , npH : ntp hnt snrp . 
as much in proportion from the present rates, as \ 3d. The money so raised, together with the hills were read and passed 
Phjg money arising from the revenue of the School An act requiring certain highway assessments 
Fund, (about $300,000 annual)}',)shall he distrib- to he worked under the charge of the Schoharie- 
’ ure uted equally among all the School Districts in the kill Turnpike Company. 
~* ne State, without regard to the number of children or To amend the charter of Buffalo. 
low day’s school taught. The remaining two-thirds To incorporate the Yonkers Ferry Company. 
the to be distributed in the same manner as the school For the relief of Thomas Countryman. 
moneys are now distributed, according to the mini- To incorporate the New York Central College, 
reduction may not be immediate, but it is as sure 
„ to take place as that time will roll round. One 
Perseverance. , f , 
_ hundred per cent discount from the present low 
To begin a great work is something, to continue ra tes, seem to be a great reduction, but with the 
at it a long time is yet more,but to persevere uj^to m(rc<1 ' e o ime la intis o ow, 1 \\i pa}. b er ^ children in each district, between the ages to be located at McGrawviJle, in Cortland county, 
its pefoct accomplishment—let what will oppose or F lour is now carried from Buffalo to Albany, by 0 f 4 an d 21, as shall appear from the last annual To lay out a new street in New York city from 
hinder_is nobler still. It is only by this latter railroad, (tolls included,) for one dollar per barrel, report of the Trustees. 71st to 8filh street, Bloomingdalo road. 
4th. Schools must be taught in each district by 
quality, that any really great work is done—any and pays at that. Cannot a passe^er on whom 
truly great naino built up, or any high honor at- there is no charge for toll, storage, &c., be carried 
tained. Great is the power of Persevrance. over the same distance for three times that sum? 
However one may weary with his labor, and [t is idle 10 8ll PP 08e be canaot be ‘ or that he wil1 
grow tired of his task, he must persevere unto the be - and that 100 within a shor,er P eriod than 
end, or the reward will not be attained. Should the m0id people imagine. 
Farmer but half plow his field-half plant his Literary Notices, &c. 
corn, and neglect to hoe it entirely, the green _ 
squirrels would leave but a poor lot of nubbins for ^ 
. * ,, ,, , , ,, , „ Youatt and Martin’s 1 reatise on Cattle 
71st to fifilh street, Bloomingdalo road. 
Assembly .—The House went into Committee 
Literary Notices, &c. 
his crib. Should he plow well, and plaut well, 
and yet fail in the after-culture, his name would 
hardly appear on the premium list in autumn, as 
the man who had raised the largest crop of corn 
n the County or State. It is he, who in season 
their Breeds, Management and Diseases, with 
a full History of the various races, &c., &c.— 
Edited by A. Stevens. New York : C. M. 
Saxton, Agricultural Book Publisher, pp. 470. 
The work of Youatt, originally published un- 
comihences to carry out a well considered plan,— der the auspices of the “ Society for the Diffusion 
and followsit up Units perfect consummation, close- of Useful Knowledge,” has been considered the 
Jy, promptly and pcrseveringly — that wears the best of the kind, and the present Editor has ap- 
honors, or pockets the profits of any and ever} 
scheme or business worth the undertaking. 
parently done his work most ahly and satisfactori¬ 
ly. The text of Youatt has been brought up to 
This quality of perseverance makes great fig- tbe P re8eilt ^ of Veterinary science, by valu- 
ure in history. From the time of the first great able matter from recent English and German au- 
ship-builder, who alone, amid the jeers of an un- ^0™. especially Martin & Gunther,— the ho- 
believing generation, constructed that floating mocpathic remedies of the latter being given, in 
menagerie which saved “ two and two after their addition to the most approved of other systems.— 
kind,” of all the animal race from the world-sub- II > 8 “ g ot «P ” in g ood 8 t y le ’ bein £ wel1 P ri,lted 
merging flood, down to Audubon— who when the upon good paper, and illustrated with about one’ 
fruits of years of wandering toil in securing draw- hundred engravings. 
a duly qualified teacher, at least six months in the 0 f the Whole, Mr. Brayton in the chair, on the 
year, in order to entitle it to a share of the public General Appropriation bill for the support of Gov- 
moneys. ernment, for the fiscal year commencing on the 
5th. All balances required to pay teacher’s wa- l st 0 f October, 1851. The bill was then taken up 
ges must be raised by rate bill according to the old by sections, and the following additional items were 
system; but children of indigent parents are ex- proposed and disposed of. 
einpted by rate bills, and the deficiency arising A motion was made for an appropriation of $500 
from such exemption is to be made up by tax on to the Brooklyn Uity Hospital. Carried, 
the property of the district. For an appropriation of $1,000 to the New York 
6 th. I he same property exempted by the old Eye Infirmary. Agreed to. 
exemption law from sale on execution, is exempt- .. r 
ed from sale for non-payment of School tax or rate Wednesday, April 9.—- Senate .—Bills were 
bills. * passed regulating the appeal in case of plank roads. 
7th. The law is not to interfere with the provis- ^ 0 Provide for settlement of tho claim of Camp¬ 
ions of any special laws for the support of Schools beb yV Moody. lor the relief of Stoney Place 
in any of the cities or incorporated villages of the Baptist Church. 
State. Assembly .—To authorize any Railroad Com- 
8 th. The Free School law of 1849, and the act pany in the State to subscribe to the stock of tho 
amending the same, and all other provisions of law Attica and Hornellsville Railroad Company, 
conflicting with this act, are repealed. Amending the act incorporating California In- 
9th. The law shall take effect on the first day of land Steam Navigation Company. 
May next. Authorizing Medical College to found, maintain 
The bill has been concusred in by the Senate and su PP°ri a Hospital. 
and sent to the Governor for approval. tion ^New^ork re ' ati ° n t0 Bank Redemp ' 
' ... .77 , r , T° increase the power and duties of Director 
Dromedaries in New York—A New York and Commissioner of Highways of tho village of 
correspondent of a Western paper says: 
A day or two ago, I saw a drove of eight or nine 
Kingston. 
To authorize the Mayor, Alderman and Corn- 
Dromedaries 'passing through Church streef — mo " alty New York to raise money on loan to 
These great ungainly, big-footed, camel-like crea- cr( ; a c a m mg fund. 
tures were destined, 1 presume, for the Isthmus of 
1 ° amend the charter of the village of Itondout. 
Io authorize the Railroad Companies of this 
fruits of years ot wandering toil insecurmg draw- . , Panama, where it is thought they may prove bet- , auu, ° rlz ® ,ne Railroad Companies ot this 
ings of the Birds of America, were destroyed in a We shall endeavor to give some extracts and ter carriers than Inules>an(1 carrv much larger bur - 77 . to ““be . t0 tbc capital stock of the Great 
simrle nitrht nacked airain his knapsack and with illustrations from the work, and may notice it dens. The muleteers will not put more than 250 estern Kail road, Canada West. 
^ ‘ nd^ hi In ren Id his task-we find at greater length. For sale by Dewey, Arcade lbs- on a single beast, and this weight has to be p l ° f thc t0Wns of 
his pencil and his gun, repeated U.l we nd Ho yt G State st ' about equally divided. Like the camel, the drom- c abskl " and 1 oughkeepsio to borrow money to 
constant mention of men who have persevered.— Uall » ana U0Yr ’ 0 e dary is a splendid fellow' for taking a big load b ~ d a brld £ e , over Wappinger’e Creek. 
The bold, untiring, and never-despairing, survive The Franconia Stories. 1 . Malleville. 2 . Wal- lbrou g h a “ unwatered desert of hot sand. The f 1 A,®.®' ®!! a r!‘ 8 „ “A the Poughkee P‘ 
his pencil and his gun, repeated his task-we find at Skater length. For sale by Dewey, Arcade 
constant mention of men who have persevered.— and N° YT > b St ate-si. 
The hold, untiring, and never-despairing, survive Thf Franconia Stories. 1 . Malleville. 2. Wal- 
in the pages of history; while the faint-hearted lace. 3. Mary Erksine. 4. Mary Bell. 5. 
aud vaccillating pass away, leaving no mark upon Beechnut. By tho author of the Rollo Books, 
the age in which they lived-and lived truants New York-IIarper & Brothers, 
from their heaven-appointed destiny. The author of the above has long held a place 
Perseverance is an encouraging feature of the in th ® hearts of children, from which nothing in 
present age. Not perseverance in the dilapidated their after life can remove him. 1 he boys anil 
notions of the past, but an earnest seeking for im- girls which figure in these little histories seem real. 
through an unwatered desert of hot sand. The • ° “ r u enu act esial) islnng tti 
Bactrian dromedary is distinguished from other 816 and New Paltz Ferry Company, 
camels by having only one hump. Y 7 a,u h°rize the authorities of th 
Weather and Crops. —The weather for seve¬ 
ral days past has been unusually fine, although 
from the coldness of the nights and absence of 
To authorize the authorities of the city of New 
York to raisfc money to create a fund and stock to 
bo known as the Croton Water Stock. 
To facilitate tho construction of the Lewiston 
Railroad. 
To amend existing laws in relation to the arri- 
showers, there has yet been but little of what may va , "7' aWS ,a ralatloa ta tllc a ™' 
be termed “growing weather.” The wheat crops health ^ ^ fS & CW ^ olk and 110 P ub I‘ c 
in the vicinity, tyhere the soil is light and dry, look To authorize thfl ftrpotinn nf „ ^ 
miiiuua ui ure .... ° ° . in uid vicimiy, \ynere me soil is ngni and ory, look rr, , . . 
provement—an earnest striving to get on, to go their feelings and actions are so naturally and viv- well; but in the lower grounds and on heavy, wet Byron Ri tP Tn ° f * Urawbnd £ e over 
ahead and keen ahead of everything that dares to idly described. Quiet and peaceful pictures of hap- soils, the frosts of thc last two months have, wo } Tn »°n i , • 
aiiead and keep ahead of everything that dares to idly described. Cornet and peacetul pictures ol nap- 
take the course. We will not say that there is not Py domestic life are presented, far better than any 
too much of this,—that this earnestness for pro- formal instruction to exert a right moral influence 
gress does not sometimes lead men to disregard 011 tb e hearts and dispositions of their readers. 
both the power which propels and the destination E° r ea l° b Y D. M. Dewey. 
toward which they are flying so rapidly. Advance- n , ^ n 
J J 6 1 J trese" Rtpot’s llrrTinvinv nv Mirrir aN rrs. I<.n- 
To authorize the authorities of New York to raise 
money, by loan, to create a fund or stock to be 
fear, done injury, although to what extent it is dif- T v ° 
ficult to say, until the elFects of the heat and mois- known’ns^lnelr nn 4 sr u 
ture of the present month shall have been seen.- k "° WU 08 D ° ck and S,lp Stock 
Brantford (C. IV.) Herald, April 2. Thursday, April 10 .—Senat 
Wheat Prospects. —Much complaint is made 
Thursday, April 10.—Senate.—The following 
bills were passed:— 
In relation to certain controversies in which the 
Byrne’s Dictionary of Mechanics, En- by the newspapers of the wheat prospects at the Tonawanda Indians are engaged 
ment in wealth among a portion of tho people of ^ an( j Engineering. No.’s 24 to 27 are west » tllis spring. Many fields have been severely In relation to tho powers of the late Court of 
England has led to a descent, as marked, in the now before ug These contain the subjects of da maged b y the winter. We are happy to learn Chancery 
miserv and wretchedness of another. r , , T T • . • • that the fields in Wayne county are promising re- 1 ne act amending the act for the abatement of 
* ., ,, Lamps, Lathes, Looms, Locomotives, etc., giving mar kably well; and the same is the case generally nuisances on land. 
What more noble purpose can nerve the arm a complete history of these articles, and all their in the Genesee district.— Wayne Sentinel, 9th. ‘ Assembly .—The following bills were passed: 
and thrill the soul, than tho resolve to live a pure mo j ern improvements, as well as a profound in- - To incorporate the Auburn Water Works Co. 
now bofore us. These contain the subjects of 
Lamps, Lathes, Looms, Locomotives, etc., giving 
What more noble purpose can net ve the arm a complete history of these articles, and all their 
and thrill the soul, than tho resolve to live a pure modern improvements, as well as a profound in- 
and manly example of honest and faithful perse- yestigation of the principles of their uses and con- Wool and Pelts. —Over one hundred thousand To authorize the Northern Railroad Company to 
verance in one’s calling, whatever that may be— struction. 
whether agricultural, mechanical, or professional— Published monthly by D. Appleton & Co., N. 
to seek to advance with the world around you, in York, at 25 cents per number. D. M. Dewey. 
happiness, wealth, and true dignity, till the “ Good Agent, Rochester, 
time coming,” shall be hailed as the “ Good time - 
To CoRRESPOMDENTS. ■ 
£3?” Graham’s and Sartain’s Magazines for 
- May have been received from the publishers. Both 
We have on hand a show that Publishers and Editors have not been 
sheep pelts have been purchased in this city the increase its capital stock. 
past season, mostly to be manufactured here.—„ [The House concurred in the Senate’s amend- 
About 25,000 was shipped by one buyer on the lst ment to the bill to establish a Banking Depart- 
of April. Allowing two and a half pounds of ment.] 
wool to be picked from the pelt, we have the total To incorporate the Lewiston Water Works Co. 
of two hundred and fifty thousand pounds of wool. To amend the charter of Rochester. 
Quite a proportion of the sheep slaughtered have Authorizing a loan to the town of Westfield of 
been driven in from Ohio .—Detroit Free Press. $4,000 to build a bridge. 
large number of literary and miscellaneous articles, remiss in the matter of artistic and literary con- 
poetry, &c., some of which are filed for publica- tents. 
tion, and will be given when convenient—and 
others when we cannot find selections which are 
preferred. Articles on practical subjects—for either 
the Agricultural, Horticultural, Mechanical or 
Educational departments—will always prove ac¬ 
ceptable, and receive proper attention; but others 
must bide their time, for we have no desiro to give 
original miscellaneous matter, when we can find 
selections of greater merit. Our object is not to 
make an original paper, though each number is 
comparatively such, but a useful and entertaining 
one. 
— Our thanks are due H. G. Warner, Esq., 
of San Francisco, Cal.,—formerly a member of 
the corps editorial in this city,—for the drawing 
and description of the California Vulture, given in 
this number. 
Seeds and Implements. —It will be seen by ref¬ 
erence to our advertising columns that a new Seed 
Weekly Meteorological Abstract. 
BY L. WETHKRELL. 
wool to be picked from the pelt, we have the total To incorporate the Lewiston Water Works Co. 
of two hundred and fifty thousand pounds of wool. To amend the charter of Rochester. 
Quite a proportion of the sheep slaughtered have Authorizing a loan to the town of Westfield of 
been driven in from Ohio .—Detroit Free Press. $4,000 to build a bridge. 
~ ' t Friday, April 11.— Senate —The entire session 
bowl I ransactions.— We have received still was occupied in the discussion of several private 
further evidences that free soil pullets are capable olaitn bills, of much interest to tho claimants, but 
of greater things than any other of the dainty tribe, of no interest to the public. 
Mr Eli Gallup, of Sweden has furnished us with Assembly.-T he Senate returned the following 
\\ o eggs, at y ens o io common breed, bills among others with a message that they had 
measuring each seven bv ©unit mehaa in mrn.nm. i*? .1 b J ou 
Apr. 1851. 
TH KKMOM ETKH. 
MAX. | MIN. | MEAN. 
8 
58 
40 
47.00 
9 
47 
33 
40.00 
10 
47 
38 
42.00 
11 
38 
32 
34.66 
12 
38 
26 
31.33 
13 
44 
28 
35.33 
14 | 
42 
32 
35.33 
measuring each seven by eight inches in circum- e^Tcurtedfti the s°am ‘ ““ ^ "" 
ference—one ol them from Mr. Wavne Mark- m • . ,, r,. , _ 
ham’s farm, in Clarkson. With these were a half > llcor I>orate the F rankhn.te Mining Co. 
dozen of nearly equal size, and one somewhat less. Fine Arts C ° rp ° ra ‘“ g ° v ° rt Gallery of 
to represent the ordinary product of the hens, A1 in relation to Frce Schoolg thro hout the 
which are much beyond the usual size. Thelarge g tate imouguounue 
size of these eggs is ascribed to good feeding and A ,' 0 creati a Bank department. 
n h ,, r, ’’u m m y WGl a ?°, r t0 g w Up a These bills were sent to tho Governor for his 
pretty tall cackle over these great doings. We put K ;„„o IlirP 
this in for a “bragger.”— Rock. Dem. b , a’ . ,... 
0 ® I rift feftnatft Sftnf for cftnftiirrAtiPA n Kill 
Also creating a Bank department. 
These bills were sent to tho Governor for his 
one. remarks. 
— Our thanks are due H. G. Warner, Esq., 8. Cloudy—high wind—cow-blackbird heard, 
of San Francisco, Cal.,—formerly a member of 9 . Fair—windy—fine day. 
the corps editorial in this city,—for the drawing Id. Cloudy and cool morning—fine afternoon, 
and description of the California Vulture, given in 1L Cloudy and cool. 
this number. 12. Continues cool — white-bellied swallow 
--- heard. 
Seeds and Implements. —It will be seen by ref- 13. Cool—cloudy—solar halo—lunar halo, 
erence to our advertising columns that a new Seed 14. Fair morning—cloudy afternoon—snow in 
Store and Agricultural Warehouse has just been the evening. The week has been cool—favorable 
opened by Messrs. Briggs & Br., at No. 68 State f° r vegetation. 
The Senate sent for concurrence a bill relating 
to the Potter’s Field Burying Ground in the city 
By the Spirit of New York. 
Death of Mrs. Rachel Evans. —By the Spirit of New York, 
of the Times we learn from Batavia that Mrs. Tho bill for the relief of the Bainbridge and 
Evans, mother ot the late David E. Evans, and Lanesboro’ Steam Navigation Co. was passed, 
sister of the late Joseph and Benjamin Ellicott, The bill authorizing Railroads in this State to 
died in that village, on Monday, the lst inst,, at subscribe for the stock of the Railroad in Canada 
the advanced age of of eighty-six years. 
Mrs. Evans was a member of the Society of 
West, was passed. Ayes 68 , nays 33. 
Also, a bill providing for tho appointment of 
Friends, and was possessed of an ample fortune, to^n^t a b^ge o eT th 
winch enabled her constantly to gratify her ever Patroon , s Creek in the town of Watervleit. 
active benevolence, il» relieving the wants of such Amending the act providing for the incorpora- 
fortune had less favored. Her funeral was at- tion of In 8 U f ance Companies. 1 
ends y aU UUUSUally largC DUmber 01 80rrowi »g To incorporate the Hicksville and Cold Spring 
c " s ' __ Railroad, branching from tho Long Island Ilail- 
Fall of Water in the Lake.— The Toledo roi 7 d Company. . 
St, in this city. The senior member of the firm 
has had several years experience in the business, 
and no doubt is prepared to serve the public under- 
standingly. 
— Our readers will also observe that the Roch¬ 
ester Seed Store ard Agricultural Warehouse has 
been removed from Front street to No. 29 Buffalo 
street—and that Mr. Wrn. P. Fogg, a young gen- 
Death of Philo N. Rust. —Philo N. Rust, of 
Syracuse, widely known as the host for many years 
of one of the best kept hotels in Western New 
York, died of apoplexy in New York city on the 
3d inst. 
Important Decisions. —The Court of Appeals 
of this State have in two cases involving tho ques¬ 
tion of the constitutionality of taking private prop- 
as fortune had less favored. Pier funeral was at¬ 
tended by an unusually large number of sorrowing 
To incorporate the Ulster Co. Savings Bank. 
In relation to the attendance of Grand Jurors at 
tho Court of Sessions. 
Blade states that Lake Erie is gradually falling to 
its minimum level—an event that occurs, it thinks, 
every twelve or fourteen years. The staire of , 
water in the river at Toledo, is considerably lower n Tonmend the act incorporating the Female 
non than it has been in any previous year since ^ Uardlan foociet y of Nevv York ’ passod A I >nl 8 ’ 
1837, when tho water in the Bay was barely sufli- ... 
cient to float the larger class of /team vessel afloat A Po amend the act incorporating the village of 
at that time. Astoria - 
tleman of talent and enterprise, has become an er ty f or public uses, in respect to assessments of 
associate proprietor and manager of the establish- private property of Individuals for opening and 
ment. The acquaintance of himself and partner & ra ding public streets in the cities of Brooklyn and 
with the business, will undoubtedly be appreciated N r evv York ’ dccided tb £ l tho takin S and assessmeat 
, . . of such property for the purpose of opening pub- 
by. tbe agricultural community. jj c s t rce t s> ; s constitutional .—Albany Argus. 
Canal Packets. —The Line of Packets between th. dl-i a i i • r > n *• ur i ,• ♦ 
. r,. 1 T, n- 1 .... Kgr The Philadelphia Bulletin publishes a hs 1 
this City and I uftalo, commenced their regular of thc churches in that city and county, from which 
trips on the evening of the 14th Iftst. They will it appears that the whole number is two hundred 
Plank RoADS.-There are in this State nine- Newspapers in the State -From a list of 
teen plank roads, of tho aggregate length of 2,106 , ! ewspaper8 bled in , the offi ? e of ° f Sta [ e ’ 
miles, which cost $4,860,268, or an average cost dl ° AP>ai D dou [ na l co,n phcs a table showing the 
nor mile of *1.833 The stock in tbesA h na number in ■each county. The total number of 
per mile of $1,833. The stock in these roads has ,, , . , . M v , - , . ,,, 
all been subscribed for by individuals, and all pay a 1 k "‘ ds “* Ne, f Yo „ rk ^ T ° Unt >’ Alban J' ^ 
handsome dividends. The value of land on these £ ne 24 ’ °m, lda ’ 19; - M ° nr ° e !^ : ?n°nd a g a l 5; 
improvements has materially advanced-in some R,n g 8 J 0 ’ The remaining counties have less than 
instances from five to ten dollars per acre. In \° each> ,T° tal r n “ ,nbe r r r of pape f. s P ubli8,led in 
Canada there are 422 miles of road open at a cost the State ’ 4o8; ° f theS0 56 arC daiheS - 
of $773,500 or an average of $1,750 per mile. - 
: :- jf^”Tho Board of Education on the 8 th inst., 
Four yoke of fat cattle were exhibited a day by a unanimous vote re-elected Samuel G. An- 
or two ago in New Haven, tho respective weights drews. Esq., its President for the ensuing year, a 
of which wore as follows:—lst yoke, 4,220 lbs.; post which Mr. A. has filled for a number of suc- 
2d, 3,935 lbs.; 4th, 3,340 lbs.—making a total of cessive years, most acceptably to tho Board, and 
15,175 lbs. 'Phe weight of the heaviest animal with marked ability and usefulness .—Rochester 
was 2,110—that of the smallest 1,645 lbs. American. 
leave at 8 o’clock, A. M., and 7 o’clock, P. M.. 
daily, hereafter. 
and forty-seven, the number of seats 185,539, and 
the total cost of their construction $^,817,050.— 
Although the number of churches is very large. 
Bone DusT.-Farmers and gardeners who wish y e4the /“ e unabRt0 ^commodate less than one- 
... half ot the inhabitants. Iitteen of the church 
to procure this valuable fertilizer, will notice Mr. edificefl itl Philadelphia are appropriated to the 
Harris’s advertisement in another column. worship of colored persons. 
-Waterman’s tannery, at Newport, N. Y., was 
destroyed by fire on the 7th uh. Loss $12,000. 
-Tho proprietors of one of tiio “Gift” per¬ 
formances at Buffalo, have drawn a fine of $1,000 
in Court. 
-The California mails by the Georgia were 
only thirty-one days between San Francisco and 
New York. 
-William S. Derrick, F.sq , will perform thc 
duties of Secre'ary of State during the absence of 
Mr. Webster at Marshfield. 
-The President has officially roeognised George 
Aiken as British Consul for California, to reside at 
San Francisco. 
-The Buffalo Express states that tho South¬ 
erner proves to have sustained but slight damage in 
tlfc late storm. 
-In Provence is Colmas, a little town, near 
which is a remarkable fountain which flows and 
stops for seven minutes alternately. 
-Gov. Hunt has appointed the Hon. Samuel 
A. Foote to fill the vacancy occasioned by the res¬ 
ignation of lion. G. C. Bronson. 
-The Memoirs of William Wordsworth, by 
Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, Canon of Westminister, are 
soon to appear in two volumes, ootavo. 
-The coal operators of Pennsylvania have 
had another meeting to secure a reduction of tolls 
on the Reading Railroad. 
-The late Prof. Webster’s chemical apparatus 
as sold at auction on Wednesday, realized only 
$500, about a third of its value. 
-A bo}‘ who fell asleep in the Tabemac e, at 
St. Louis, rose in his sleep, walked to tho pulpit 
and shook hands with the preacher. 
-The editor of the Oswego Journal, Winthrop 
Atwill has received a present of a handsome font 
of type, by the friends of the temperance reform in 
that city. 
-William Nichols, a soldier of the Revolution, 
died at Weathersfield, Vt.,.March 13, aged 98 years. 
He was at the battles of Bennington, Saratoga and 
White Plains. 
-The Polynesian, of Feb nary tho lst, says 
that letters from Hawaii bring accounts of a shock 
of earthquake of an unusual severity experienced 
there. 
-George I’. Marsh, our Minister to Constanti¬ 
nople is with his family making the tour of 
Egypt and Palestine. At the date of tho last let¬ 
ter received by their friends they were in Cairo. 
-The widow of Ex-President Harrison has re¬ 
ceived a warrant of 160 acres of public land, for 
the services of her husband during the war of 
1812. 
-The number of punishments for drunkenness 
in the English Navy during tho three years, 1846, 
1847 and 1848, was 1,449,—equal to about 34,000 
lashes. 
-Several communications have been sent to 
the Massachusetts Legislature proposing remedies 
for the potato rot, in competition for the prize of 
$ 10,000 offered for that purpose. 
•-The Picayune says there is now in posses¬ 
sion of the New Orleans Banks tho lnrgest amount 
ever accumulated at one time in the vaults of the 
banking institutions of that city. 
-Foreigners applying for their letters at the 
London Post Office, must hereafter produce their 
passports. A native of the United Kingdom must 
be able to state from whence he expects his letters. 
-The New Y'ork Mirror says the marble pal¬ 
ace of Stewart, for the sale of dry goods, i, valued 
on the Assessor’s book of the Sixth Ward, for this 
year, at $260,000. 
-Judgo Bronson is said to have given a writ¬ 
ten opinion on the enlargement bill, now pending 
in the Senate, declaring it, in his opinion, uncon¬ 
stitutional. 
-It was stated in the Common Council of 
Boston on Thursday evening that tho cost of tho 
Cochituate Water Works up to the 30th of April 
inst., when it is proposed to close the ‘construc¬ 
tion account,” would be $5,000,000. 
-The port of Hillsboro, in New Brunswick, 
has been opened as a free port for foreign Irndo, and 
v« ssels can now go there with cargoes from the 
United States, or clear from there with cargoes 
from a foreign country. 
-Mr. McGowan, of Boston, has obtained the 
contract for the raising of the U. S. steamship Mis¬ 
sissippi, under the act of the late session. Yr. 
Robb is his active agent. There was much compe¬ 
tition for the contract. 
-Gov. Hunt has appointed Benjamin P. John¬ 
son, Esq., Secrcretary of tho State Agricultural 
Society, Agent of tho State to the World’s Fair.— 
Mr. Johnson is to depart for L< ndon in the steamer 
Baltic on the 16th inst. 
-A magnificent cave has been discovered on 
tho southern extremity of Equinox mountain in 
Manchester, Vt. It has nine apartments and ter¬ 
minates in an abyss, at thc bottom of which thero 
appears to be a pond. 
-The Lafayette, a splendid vessel of 1600 tons 
burthen? recently launched at New York, is to be 
transferred to the steam marine of Philadelphia, as 
the pioneer of a second Liverpool line of steamers, 
to be established by individual enterprise. 
-The Galena (III.) Advertiser says, that the 
exports of len d from that place this season, will 
amount to two millions of dollars. The miners are 
all doing well, and a number of valuable new leads 
have been discovered during the past winter. 
-Hon. Orville Hungerford, formerly Member 
of Congress from Jefferson Co., died at Watertown 
on Sunday, aged 61. lie was thc candidate against 
Millard Fillmore for Controller in 1817. He was a 
gentleman of large property, great business capaci- < 
ties, and personally much respected. 
-The Legislature of Ohio, which has recently ( 
adjourned, acted upon nearly a thousand bills, and ) 
passed into law, a large number of them. It held ( 
many night sittings, and disposed of nil the busi- ) 
ness on hand before last hours of the mssion ar- > 
rived. j 
-The town of Danvers voted at their recent ( 
town meeting to raise $25,000 for tho current ex- / 
penses of the year; to expend $4,50 on each scliol- s 
ar in the public schools; to pay firemen 25 cents an / 
hour for actual service at fires, and 12 £ cents an ) 
hour for the time uctually spent in going and re- ( 
turning. 
