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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YOJ KER: AM AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
ROCHESTER, MAY 15, 1851. 
THE WORLD'S FAIR. 
The State Fair. 
! [Correspondence of Moore’s Rur.il New-Yorker.J 
London, April, 25th, 1851. 
D. D. T. Moore, Esq. —Dear Sir: I send you 
a brief letter giving some account of the progress 
J of the Exhibition. 
> Goodsareconstantlyarrivingfrom different parts 
i of the world, and the work of arranging them goes 
' on rapidly. The English department is most ad 
vanced; German and Swiss pretty well up to the 
mark; Russia and United States rather backward 
as also are France and Belgium. It seems impos¬ 
sible for them all to be ready for a fair opening 
on the 1st of May,—the utmost exertions are how 
ever being made, and the best hopes entertained 
The consignments from the United States have 
not equalled expectation ; the amount of space 
allotted them was little less than that of France, 
(stands third on the list.) It has sent but 878 pack 
ages up to this date. This is but few more than 
Belgium alone has sent, and only half as many as 
the little German states of the Zollverein have for¬ 
warded. This figuring does not give the United 
States their true place in a manufacturing point 
of view, and fails to fulfil the expectations of our 
foreign friends. This partial failure is attributa¬ 
ble to several causes; not, however, to want of 
enterprise or resources. 
The number of names received of the proposed 
exhibitors is over 8,200. The total number of 
/ packages yet recived is .*1,082; of these only about 
1,500 have been unpacked. Among these con¬ 
signments are articles from all the five parts of the 
Globe, and many of the most distant islands of 
the ocean. 
A few of the regulations of the exhibition may 
be of interest. No person who enters goods for ex¬ 
hibition will be allowed to offer them for sale du¬ 
ring its continuance. The Commissioners will 
furnish steam gratuitously to all who require it for 
the propelling of acting machinery. No space is 
provided for cattle, shrubs or flowers. All spirits, 
fermented liquors and wines, except in special ca- 
( sess, are excluded. All highly inflammable arti- 
) cles, such as gun powder, matches, &c., and all 
ij articles perishable during the exhibition, are ex 
eluded. All works intended for exhibition will be 
admitted into the country exempt from examina¬ 
tion and free of duty. Prizes are to be awarded 
in the from of medals of three different sizes and 
designs, and also in some cases in money. They 
are to bo awarded according to the decisions of ju¬ 
ries, chosen from different nations, and not inter 
ested in the particular class of goods on which 
they act. 
The goods are divided into thirty different class¬ 
es and four sections. The sections are as follows: 
Section 1. Raw materials and produce,—illustra¬ 
tive of the natural productions on which human 
industry is employed. 2. Machinery for Agricul¬ 
tural, Manufacturing, Engineering, and other pur¬ 
poses, and Mechanical inventions,—illustrative of 
the agents which human ingenuity brings to bear 
upon the products of nature. 3. Manufactures,_ 
illustrative of the result produced by the operation 
of human industry upon natural produce. 4. Fine 
Arts, Sculpture, Models; and the I’laistic Arts 
generally. Mosaics, Enamel, &c.,—illustrative of 
the taste and skill displayed in such applications of 
human industry. 
The work of unpacking and arranging goods is 
now sufficiently advanced to show the disiinctive 
character of several nations. England has a fine 
display of hardware and cutlery of all descriptions; 
Italy sends fine sculpture and mosaics; France 
has some fine specimens in the arts, viz., statuary, 
glassware, jewelry, paintings, &c. Germany has 
bronze work, stuffed birds, carved furniture and 
iron; America has a respectable display of agri 
cultural implements, ores, flour, and India rubber 
and cotton fabrics; Ireland displays fine specimens 
of flax and linen fabrics. Among the articles 
worthy of special notice are a bronze group bv 
Riss of Berlin, representing an Amazon on horse 
back, attacked by a tiger; a plaster cast of Queen 
Victoria on horseback; an enormous bronze lion 
from Bavaria; a zinc statue of Cain, and several 
bronze animals: also in plaster the statute of God 
freid Bouillon, a crusader, on horseback; a marble 
statute of Doct. Jenner; a group representing Ja 
cob and Rachel; a group of two Amazons and an 
Argonaut; St. Michael and the Devil, &c. 
The “ wounded Indian ” from the U. S. is very 
fine. The articles of India rubber and gutta per- 
cha from New York and New Jersey are numer 
ous and elegant. Some agricultural implements 
from the U. S. aro also very fine. Some speci¬ 
mens of wheat arranged in a case from Gen. Raw- 
son Harmon, of Monroe Co., N. Y., and flour 
from our townsman, Cha’s. J. Hill, Esq., are 
much admired. The wheel carriages and agricul 
tural implements from France so far are very or¬ 
dinary; the same is true to a great extent of Eng¬ 
land. Some specimens of painted glass hy Mr. 
Gibson of New York are very creditable. Some 
huge lumps of iron and copper are also here from 
the U. S., and excite much attention. Two large 
organs are in progress of erection, and also several 
steam engines. Some iron turning lathes and 
other iron machines from She U. S. are considered 
good pieces ol work. One box of boots and shoes 
from N. Y. are very fnir, but like most of our ar¬ 
ticles, too much ornamented where no ornament is 
required. Yours, in haste, 
M. M. Rogers. 
Note.— Another letter from Dr. R., received by 
the same arrival as the above, speaks more gener¬ 
ally of the Fair and at greater length. It will be 
given in our next,— Eds. 
The location of the Agricultural Fair Grounds 
has finally been made, by the Committee having 
the matter in charge, the Wadsworth tract on the 
Genesee River opposite Mt. Hope, one and a half 
miles south from the centre of the city, being se¬ 
lected for that purpose. The plot of land lies high, 
and is well situated, and easy of access from the 
city by South Sophia st., and the Genesee Valley 
Canal. Twenty-five acres will be enclosed, and 
twenty more have been leased as a reserve, to be 
used if it should be found desirable. Considerable 
preparation will be needed, but we doubt not that 
all will be placed in proper trim, and the Fair be 
one of the pleasantest and best attended ever held 
in the State. 
Illinois — Her Condition and Prospects. 
Acknowledgements. 
We are indebted to L. B. Langworthy, Esq., 
of Greece, for a box containing a choice and lib¬ 
eral portion of one of the substantial sweets of 
life—Honey. A taste proves the article worthy 
the rural reputation of the generous dispenser. 
— To S. P. Chapmam, Esq., of Clockville, N. 
Y., for a beautifully executed lithograph portrait of 
his famous short-horn cow “Ruby.” The value 
of “ Ruby,” as demonstrated in her superior milk¬ 
ing and other qualities (heretofore figured in the 
Rural,) entitles her to this mark of respect—and 
it seems that Mr. C. is not lacking in his attention 
to tho “ milky mothers of the herd.” 
— To P. W. Howe & Br., of Lo Roy, for a 
beautiful Window Shade, received some t me 
since. If it is a fair sample of the workmanship 
of Messrs. Howe (who aro also house and sign 
painters, we believe,) they are deservingof exten¬ 
sive patronage. 
— To A. Earns, Esq., banker and broker of 
this city’, for specimens of the new Three Cent 
coin. They are handsome ‘‘little jokers,” and 
will prove (to those who have enough of them,) 
very convenient, instead of the cumbrous copper 
coin now in use, even before the new postage law 
goes into operation. Mr. K. was the first intro¬ 
ducer of the threes in Rochester. 
E. C. Williams, manufacturer of tents, &,c., 
of this city, (whose tackling and services have 
been brought into requisition at many of our State 
and County Fairs,) has favored us with a sample 
of his stock in the shape of a bed sacking. Like 
other articles from his establishment, it is “ got 
up” in the best style, and we presume would sus¬ 
tain a weighty subject. 
Literary Notices, &e. 
Episodes of Insect Life. —By Acheta Domestica, 
M. E. S. New York: J. S. Rkdfikld, 1851 
This elegant volume is a reprint of a very pleas¬ 
antly written English work; and—making no pre¬ 
tension of teaching Entomology as a science 
gives some curious information in relation to sev¬ 
eral of the insect tribes, with which the author ap 
pears to be on very friendly terms. Many finely 
executed drawings are given, representing the sub¬ 
jects of which it treats, and the whole render the 
book an agreeable as well as instructive and beau¬ 
tiful one. 
For sale by E. Darrow, Main-st. Bookstore, 
Rochester. 
Bulwer and Forbes on the Water Treatment; 
Edited by Roland S. Houghton. New York: 
Fowlers & Wells. 1851. pp. 260,—price 75cts. 
This is a revised edition, with valuable additions 
by the editor, and also from the writings of Dr. 
Wilson, Sir Charles Scudamore and Herbert 
Mayo. It is full of valuable suggestions for the 
preservation of health, written in a pleasing style, 
and well calculated to extend the theraupetic treat¬ 
ment of diseases. 
Sold by D. M. Dewey, Rochester. 
Banner of the 'Dimes.— 1 This is the title of 
handsome weekly paper just commenced at I)e 
Ruyter, N. Y., by Messrs. Walker & Hills.— 
The contents and appearance of the number before 
us indicate ability and good taste, and we presume 
the enterprise will receive commensurate support, 
Weekly Meteorological Abstract. 
BY L. WETHERELL. 
Finding our financial condition was not likely 
to improve, some of the bond holders entered into 
an agreement with our State to make afuther ad¬ 
vance of money, to complete the half-finished 
canal. The canal revenues, including lands, 
town lots, water power, and tolls, were pledged 
for the final payment of the entire canal debt, and 
strong hopes are entertained that these will finally 
accomplish it. The completion of the canal in the 
spring of 1848, was the beginning of better days, 
The prospect that our large public debt was to be 
paid, and the honor of the State redeemed, seem¬ 
ed to quicken the pace of industry, and arouse 
more of a spirit of enterprise. Emigrants found 
their way to our vacant prairies, which they are 
converting into smiling homes and fruitful farms. 
Had no other good fortune happened to our 
State, a large share of our debt, would yet have 
been bequeathed to posterity. It is pretty gener¬ 
ally known that Congress at the last session but 
one, granted lands to aid in the construction of a 
Railroad from Mobile on the Gulf of Mexico, to 
Lasalle, at the termination of the Illinois and 
Michigan canal, and branches to Chicago and 
Galena. Hon. Robt. Rantoui., of Boston, came 
to our State last winter as agent of Eastern capi¬ 
talists, and proposed to construct so much of this 
road as is included within our borders. Tho State 
accepted the offer, and the Company are to com¬ 
mence operations by the first day of January n6xt, 
and to complete the main trunk in four years, and 
the branches in six. The company are to have 
the donated lands, and to pay tho State perpetu¬ 
ally, seven per cent, on the gross receipts of the 
road. 
This road will traverse our State a distance of 
five hundred miles, and through the only portion 
distant from navigation. It taps the Mississippi at 
Cairo,—at the mouth of the Ohio,—a point which 
may, more properly than any other, be considered 
as dividing the upper and lower Mississippi. Be¬ 
low this, navigation is never obstructed by frost or 
low water. Cairo can be icached at all times, by 
the largest ships that ferry the Atlantic. The 
time will soon come, when steamships that trav¬ 
erse the ocean, will arrive and depart from this 
place. Cairo will become a commercial metropo¬ 
lis to one of the richest portions of the earth. 
A Railroad is already in progress, and partially 
constructed, from Chicago to Galena. Another is 
to cross the State, in the line of Cincinnati and 
St. Louis. The one from Springfield to Alton is 
under contract. The Chicago and Rock Island 
road is partially located, and the Directors are 
about to meet to put it under contract. Several 
others of nearly equal importance are in contem¬ 
plation. Nature has nearly surrounded Illinois 
with the best of navigation, connecting us with 
the east and the south. 
The Illinois river and canal cross the State 
diagonally through the centre. Nearly all parts 
of our extensive territory, are to bo brought in 
proximity with a market, by this net work of im¬ 
provements. Probably more railroads will be con- 
strucled in Illinois, during the next ten years, than 
in any other territory of equal extent on tho globe. 
These great works are mostly in the hands of men 
of capital and experience. While penning these 
lines, I see by the public prints, that the stock¬ 
holders of the Central road and branches, have 
had a meeting in New York city, accepted the 
charter and elected directors. 
These great enterprises will place our State 
among the foremost in the Union, in facilities, 
wealth and population. Yet lands are cheap.— 
But now is tho golden opportunity. Come ye 
landless,—small means will now secure a smiling 
home, where you may rear your families in peace, 
plenty, and independence. l. d. w. 
Indiantovvn, Bureau Co., Ill., May, 1851, 
Crossing the Atlantic. 
The London correspondent of the Boston Post, 
gives the details of the new route by which it is 
confidently predicted that passengers will, within 
the next five years, be carried from Boston to Lon¬ 
don within seven days. There seems nothing im¬ 
probable about it. He says:— 
When the railway is finished from Galway to 
Dublin, which will probably be during this yea’r, a 
line of steamers must be opened from Galway to 
Halifax and Boston. Then a traveler can attend 
church in Boston on Sunday, (after that great 
“ Yankee and British down east railway ” is done,) 
and on Monday start for Galway, arrive in five or 
six days, and in 12 hours, (a sea passage from 
Dublin to Holyhead of four hours,) arrive in Lon¬ 
don, via. Dublin, Holyhead the Britannia Bridge 
and Birmingham, and be in the British Metropo¬ 
lis to attend divine service seven days after he was 
in Boston. This is no fable, but will be realized 
within five years; provided that the Halifax and 
Portland railway is built; and will be within one 
day of it, if not built. The Liverpool merchants 
will fight stoutly against that Galway packet sta¬ 
tion, but the mail service of the two countries de¬ 
mands and will have it. And farther, it will open 
up a field for the regeneration of Ireland, by send¬ 
ing travel, traffic, business and money into the 
country. 
The Mormons. 
The Deseret News gives a “ Proclamation to 
the Saints;” in which among other things, it is 
announced by “ Revelation” that “inasmuch as 
any man drinketh wine or strong drink among 
you, behold it is not good, neither meet in tho 
sightof your I alher, only, in assembling vourselves 
together, to offer up your sacraments before him. 
And behold, this should be wino yea, pure wine of 
tho grape of the vine, of your make. And again, 
strong drinks are not for the belly, but for the 
washing of your bodies. And again, tobacco is 
not for the body, neither for the belly, and is not 
good for man; but is an herb for bruises and all 
sick cattle, to be used with judgment and skill.— 
And again, hot drinks are not for the body or belly.” 
I liese, and other “ words of wisdom” are re¬ 
commended to the “ Twelve, High Priests, Sev¬ 
enties, Elders, Bishops, Priests, Teachers, Dea¬ 
cons, Brethren and Sisters of tho Church of Jesus 
Christ of Latter Day Saints;” and they are order¬ 
ed to confer together and “ decide whether they 
are sent forth in the wisdom of Heaven or the follv 
of man.” 
Whether “ hot drinks” are “ for the hody or 
belly,” or not, is a false question in theology. 
F rekdom in a Repdblic. —Rather an astonish¬ 
ing instance of freedom in a republic occurred the 
other day in France. A Monsieur Sellier, who 
had been a professor of rhetoric by culling, and is 
now a land-owner, a Mayor of a considerable 
commune, and a person of very excellent charac¬ 
ter, was fined 50 francs by the Tribunal of Cor¬ 
rectional Police for teaching reading, writing, and 
arithmetic gratuitously to his own servants and 
two or three neighbors, amounting in all to a class 
of 10 people! The French law docs not allow of 
such teaching wilhout authorization, and Mr. 
Sellier had a gentle hint that a second offence 
of the sr . 
oninent. 
Stems of Mttus, &t. 
A P n P p r is soon to be commenced at Wash¬ 
ington, devoted to the Irish interests. 
-The New Orleans papers state that General 
Houston talks of resigning bis scat ns Senator. 
On the 23d of March a shock of an earth¬ 
quake was felt at Valparaiso, but it caused no dam¬ 
age- 
—It snowed nearly all day at Baltimore, on 
the 5th inst. There were some flakes fell at Wash¬ 
ington on the same day. 
It is hard to keep the flowers in the public 
grounds at Washington, owing to the depredations 
of visitors. 
Capt. R. Corwin, of Plymouth, is mnking a 
sounding line for tho United States Government 
ten thousand yards long. • 
-The Western Atlas notices the sudden death 
by palsy of Geo. Cobb, aged 70 years, in that town, 
Phelps, on Wednesday last. 
John Wise, the hero of a hundred ascensions 
has in preparation a monster balloon fit to carry 
aloft 16 persons of 150 pounds each. 
-Several steamers have arrived at St. Louis 
with the cholera nnd ship fever on board. There 
were twelve deaths by cholera on one boat. 
,-There is reason to believe that the Attorney 
General will decide against the payment of inter¬ 
est on the Florida claims. 
-Sealing-wax may be taken out of (able cov¬ 
ers by dissolving the spots with spirits of wine and 
naptha. 
The sma11 P°* raging among the Sacs nnd 
box, and Sioux Indians in Missouri. Hundreds 
have died within a few weeks. 
I he complete returns to tho census office 
from New Mexico shows the entire population to 
be 61,623; the number of free blacks being 23. 
Died, near Burlington, Boone county, Ky. 
on the 22d of April, John Shaver, aged one hun¬ 
dred and sixteen years nnd seven days. 
On the first day of October next, the Chica¬ 
go Democrat says that that city will be connected 
with Detroit by a continuous line of Railway. 
-A deaf and dumb man was killed on tho 
track near Ilornellsville, on Saturday night last.— 
He was literally minced up. 
The Philadelphia nnd Pittsburgh Telegraph 
Company have made a dividend of surplus profits 
amounting to 60 per cent. 
There were over 5.000 persons at Jenny 
Lind’s concert, at Castle Gard. n, on Friday after¬ 
noon last. 
-Professor Bond, of Harvard, has succeeded 
in repeating Foucalt’s experiment by which the 
motion of tho earth was made visible. 
-The tannery of Geo. F. Pratt, in the town 
of Springwnter, Livingston Co., was recently de¬ 
stroyed by fire. Loss $12,000; insured $6,500. 
-Tho Metropolitan Bank went into operation 
on Monday. It is generally understood that it will 
receive Eastern money at par, nnd State money at 
(it 
of the same nature would subject him to iinnris- i * .. - j — 
J P1S I * P er cent ‘^count on deposit from its regular 
dealers. 
Munificent Foundation of a Ragged School. t ~ A despatch from Washington says that tho 
—Some short time back tho friends of a ragged U * ,S ‘ District Attorney is now in that city receiv- 
school, who had fitted up one of tho arches o! the in 8 instructions in case the .South Carolinians earrv 
South-Western Railway, near Lambeth Walk, as out their threats. y 
a placo of instruction for poor ragged children, ap- -Grantham’s I ivorv Stnfilno * m 
plied to Mr. Beaufoy, the eminent distilled of destrovelvZ nnW. T° r0nto ’ VV ° re 
South Lambeth, to snharrSh^ A ... (lcstr °jcd by fire on Wednesday night, and eleven 
horses burned; among them was one said to be worth 
$ 1 , 000 . 
South Lambeth, to subscribe towards a fund to 
erect a suitable edifice. Mr. Beaufoy so far com¬ 
plied with their request, that, at his sole expense, 
he has erected in Doughty Street, Lambeth, at a 
cost of upwards of £3,000, a magnificent build¬ 
ing, covering 1,230 square yards, calculated lo af¬ 
ford ample room for the instruction of 1,000 chil¬ 
dren .—English paper. 
-Tho population of Illinois, as reported by 
Congressional Districts, entitles the northern sec. 
tion of the state to two additional members of Con¬ 
gress. 
May, 1851. 
thermometer. 
MAX. | MIN. | MEAN. 
RAIN. 
J WINDS. 
6 
52 
46 
44.66 
N W. 
7 
56 
36 
46.00 
N VV. 
8 
66 
39 
53.33 
W. NE. 
9 
74 
54 
61.00 1 
i 
N W. W 
10 
68 
46 
56.66 | 
NW. E. 
11 
78 
60 
68.66 
W. 
T2 | 
82 
61 
71.66 | 
S. 3IV* 
REMARKS. 
6 . Cold, disagreeable weather. 
7. Continues cool. 
8 . A little warmer. 
9. Warm day—high wind—very dusty—golden 
robin, wren and chimney swallow heard. 
10. Fair morning—cloudy afternoon, with a 
sprinkle of rain. 
11. Thunder shower about 3 o'clock this morn¬ 
ing—cloudy through the day. Plum, peach and 
cherry have been in full blossom for two or three 
days—pear and apple beginning to flower. 
Monroe Co. Teachers’ Association. — The 
regular monthly meeting of the Monroe County 
Teachers’ Association, will be held at School 
House No. 1, in this city, on Saturday, the 17tb 
inst., at 10 o’clock, A. M. 
Nye’s Dioramas. —A model of Jerusalem is 
exhibiting at Corinthian Hall, this week, accom¬ 
panied by explanatory lectures ou Ancient Histo¬ 
ry. It is beautiful and instructive and well worth 
visit. 
Proposed Removal. —In the Massachusetts 
Senate, oil Wednesday, a resolution was present¬ 
ed authorizing the Governor t® appoint a Commit¬ 
tee of five persons to select a site in some interior 
town for the removal of the capitol, to ascertain 
the probable expense and report to the next Legis¬ 
lature. 
Explosion and Loss of Life.— On the morn¬ 
ing of the 7th inst. a terrible explosion took place 
in a Machine Shop in Patterson, N. J. A loco¬ 
motive of superior workmanship, weighing twen¬ 
ty-one tons, made for the Rochester and Syracuse 
Railroad, had just beon completed, valued at 
$8,000, and that morning was undergoing the last 
test, when it was to have been transported to its 
destination. 
As the fire kindled, and the steam began to rise 
the pumps were set in motion and the boiler burst 
with a fearful explosion. Four men were instant¬ 
ly killed, and some twenty-six injured, the recov¬ 
ery of some of whom is considered very doubtful 
The names of the killed are Thomas Bustard, 
Patrick Dougherty, James McNamara, and Amos 
Whitehead. , 
The accident is attributed either to an imperfec¬ 
tion in the iron, or neglect on tho part of those 
whose duty it was to see that sufficient water was 
in the boiler before trying the engine, but until 
more is known an opinion should not be ventured 
as to which was the cause. 
The receipts into the United States Trensu- 
Nr.w Postage Stamps.— The Philadelphia Sun, ry from Janunr y 1 to March 31, amounted to $ 15 ,- 
referring to the new Stamps to be made use of un- 6,,4 ’ ] 17 1 nn(l the expenses for the samo period 
der the New Postage Law, says that they are be- to $10,817,798 50. 
ing made in that city. The new twelve cent-E. Anthony, of 205 Broadwav Nnw v i 
!!™ P ten-ceut offers a reward o/$500 for "he^ 
stamp, with the lull face of Washington. The 3 „ . — — i-........ ,lu¬ 
cent stamp represents a profile of Washington af- P r ° ve,n ® ntln Photographic art, which shall he made 
ter the style of a medallion, and the one cent stamp beforc ti,c close of this year. 
a finely executed head of Franklin. The one - Tho American Baptist Mission, at Bangkok 
cent stamps will be found convenient for pro-pay- Siam, was entirely destroyed by fire on the i i 11 
ingpostageon newspapers, and making change, of tho 4th of January last, including the dwellin'* 
It is presumed that forty or fifty millions of these 
stamps will be required during the year to meet 
the public demand. 
Barnum Outdone.— The Madison Courier re¬ 
lates the following piece of financiering. McEl- 
evey, the tailor, who bought the prize ticket to 
Jenny Lind’s first concert in Cincinnati, is one of 
of the Missionaries. 
-M. Gaysa, a Hungarian traveller in Africa 
discovered the tomb, quadrant, <Ve., of Jaques 
Compagnon, a French traveller, who was lost in the 
interior of Senegambia, in 1760. 
-The total receipts of the Washington Monu- 
, . -- ment for April were $2,946 _from IT < , , 
the few men m the world who aro sharp as Bar- nnd Assistants era . a , l -Marshals 
num. The way he worked things was this; for f ... ’ * ^ Accepted Masons, $267; 
.1__ i_. . ’ . Eons of I emperance. $108: Special Agents. $618 
some days before the concert he 
Great Blowing Match.— A Toronto,(C. W.) 
correspondent of the Tribune, in that paper of 
May 7th, says:— 
“Last Friday, one of the greatest plowing 
matches that ever took place on this continent came 
off* about 20 miles north of this city. Tho town¬ 
ships of Markham and Scarboro were the compet- 
itors; the stake being $400 a side. There were 40 
plows engaged, and about5,000spectators present. 
The work was pronounced by excellent judges to 
be equal lo any that could bo performed in any 
part of the woild. Scarboro, which has carried 
oft* the prize in several such contests, was again 
the victor.” 
Tiik Methodist Church Suit. —This much- 
talked-of case, a result of the separation of the 
church, has finally been set down fora hearing in 
the United States Court in New York city on the 
13ih of May next. Counsel for the complainants 
(the Methodist Episcopal Church South,) aro D. 
Lord, of New York; Reverdy Johnson, of Mary¬ 
land, and Daniel Webster, o(’Massachusetts. For 
the defence (the Methodist Episcopal Church) E. 
L. Fanoher and Geo. Wood, of New York, and 
Rufus Choate, of Massachusetts. 
went around 
among his friends, betting $10 with this one, $20 - A census of cattle is ordered in each com- 
with that one, and soon until he had a $1,000 mu ne throughout France, simultaneously with dm 
bet that he would buy the prize ticket. The ticket quinquennial census of population which falls this 
was knocked down to him at $575, thus leaving this year U 
him $425 in pocket. ‘ i * 
--- -I ho gallery belonging to Dr. Abbot of Cairo 
The Next Congress.— The Washington Union la about to be fient to tbis country for sale. This 
divides the members already elected to tho next K nlIer y is a museum in itself, and illustrates com- 
Congress, into 36 Democrats to 23 Whigs for the pletely the mariners of the ancient Eevrituns 
-1 lie exiled Socialists in London huve selected 
a mechanic, named Anthony, who is a cabinet-ma¬ 
ker, us a candidate for the French I’residency ir 
1852. 
-It is not now probable that Mrs. Dr. Judson 
will roach home until some time in September.— 
She comes in an English passenger ship, around 
the Capo, and will stop for a little time in London. 
-A letter containing $300 was returned to tho 
Greenfield Lost Oflice, on Sunday lust from tho 
dead letter oflice at Washington, for a gentleman 
who supposed that the money had been stolen from 
Senate, and 82 Democrats to 60 W bigs for the 
House. In the Senate there are vacancies of one 
member each from Connecticut, Tennessee, and 
California. In the House there are 4 vacancies 
from Massachusetts, and elections are yet to be 
held in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, 
Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missis¬ 
sippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Vir¬ 
ginia 
Collection of Debts in Michigan.— Among 
the acts adopted by the late Legislature, was one 
abolishing all laws for the collection of debt. A 
number of mercantile firms and dealers in Kala¬ 
mazoo, since the adoption of the law relating to I t j 1( " trml Y 
debt, have announced their intention of publish¬ 
ing the names of all delinquents, “ being well con¬ 
vinced (as they say) that no man of good inten¬ 
tions and honorable principles will allow himself 
to be thus posted before bis neighbors and fellow- 
citizens. The honor of the man is hereafter to be 
the foundation of all ordinary transactions.” 
Telegraphic. —The New York papers speak 
in high terms of praise of a feat performed by the 
O’Reilly telegraph, by which two hundred words, 
of the news by the Europa wore despatched to and | over the corresponds 
received in New Orleans in three hours after tho 
arrival of the vessel at her dock in New York.— 
The despatch was re-written only three times in 
passing over 5,000 miles of wire. The Morse line 
expected soon to have their arrangements perfect¬ 
ed so as to transmit intelligence instantaneously, 
between New York and New Orleans. This they 
already do between New York and Macon, Ga. 
-A new ship is now building at East Boston, 
of 2,000 tons register, She has been named tho 
“Astonisher,” emblematic of her size and speed.— 
She will be the largest merchant ship in the world, 
and will be ready for sea on the 5th of July. 
-The receipt* of tho I’ost Office Department 
for the quarter ending on the 31st of December, 
1850, amounted to $1,521,495 98; showing an in¬ 
crease of $241,837 58, or about 18 7-10 per cent 
quarter of tho previous 
year. 
-Samuel Maverick, now living at Pendleton, 
S. C., assisted in packing the first bale of cotton 
ever sent from this country to Liverpool. It was 
shipped in the seed, and the consignees wrote word 
that it was useless, could not be sold, and that no 
moro should bo sent. 
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