MOORE’S RURAL NEW-IO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
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ROCHESTER, JUNE 12, 1851, 
We can still furnish hack numbers of this vol. 
Agents and other friends of the Rural will please 
Correspondence of the Rural New-Yorker. 
The World's Industrial Exhibition. 
London, May 6, 1851. 
D. D. T. Moons, Esq .,—Dear Sir: In pursu¬ 
ing our examination of this almost endless maze 
of natural as well as artificial products of nearly 
all nations and countries of the world, we come 
next to notice the 27th class, including 
MINERAL MANUFACTURES, &C. 
This is composed of a series of rocks, beautiful in 
Prospect of the Wheat Crop. 
Pennsylvania State Agricultural Fair. 
Wk learn from J. Rapalje, Esq., of the Gen- The Hon. Frederick Watts, President of the _ 
esee Seed Store, who has just returned from a State Agricultural Society of Pennsylvania, has is- _Four thousand c 
business tour among our trans-Ontario neighbors, sued a circular relative to the Fair which is to take York in two days last x 
that the prospect of the wheat crop along the lake place at Harrisburg on the 23d, 24th and 25th days -The manufacture 
shore in Canada West, is not as flattering as could °f October next. We quote the tollowing passage is now successfully carr 
be desired. Tho failure is attributed to the severe aa possessing general interest for our readers: -The value of tin 
weather in January last. The snow had disap- “The farmer, the horticulturist, the inventor, last year was $107,018. 
Sto of Herns, 
-Four thousand emigrants arrived at New 
York in two days last week. 
-The manufacture of first class railroad cars 
is now successfully carried on at Augusta, Ga. 
-Tho value of the ice exported from Boston 
peared, except along the fences, and the warm the mechanic, are all cordially and earnestly invit- 1 obacco is grown in the western part of 
weather had given the wheat a green, spring-like ed to contribute and partake in the interest which Canada. A quantity of plug has been sent to 
. - . . c 1 ,, will be exctted by the occasion; and especially do Montreal for trial arid sale, 
appearance, when ,n twenty-four hours the ther- we iuvitethe aidf counten ance and presence of our _ Tt ' J" Y V ' \ 
mometer fell to twenty degrees below zero. All mothers and daughters, unoii whose handiwork .... . ..' 
note thi3 fact, and take subscriptions accordingly color and varied in design of workmanship: the 
Those who do not desire back numbers, can com- serpentines are wrought into various ornamental 
mence now or at any specified time. and use f u i objects, such as obelisks, vases, foun- 
Our mark-Ten Thousand-will soon be reached, ta j C andelabras,chimnev pieces, &c. Stalactites, 
if agents and subscribers continue their efforts. , . , . , , . 
° _ porphnes and granites, are also xvroughtinto beau- 
trzr For Terms. &c. see last page. tiful forms: marbles,—black, white and red,— 
— ■ ■■ ■ -- — lluor spar of a delicate amethystine color, are 
A Splendid Pictorial Number! wrought into vases and pieces of inlaid work, 
_ equalling the finest Florentine specimens. There 
The second half volume of the Rural Nf.w- are also some exqusite carvings in slate,sandstone 
Yorker will he commenced by issuing a beauti- ai, d limestone,—some copies of tiles from the Al- 
fully ILLUSTRATED NUMBER— a Patriotic hambra, and a revival of the ornamental pave- 
we invite the aid, countenance and presence of our - The Now York and Erie Railroad, is 467 ? I 
mothers and daughters, upon whose handiwork ■, • , ,,,, , , ? 
i j i i , . r ,, miles in length, rhe Moscow and St. Petersbureh. 
and good example we are so dependent for all the „ ® ’ (, ) 
domestic comforts of life. ,n Russm - 42n - 
Arrangements are now being made for enclos- -Father Mathew is still in Louisville with 
ing tiie grounds, and providing separate and safe health so precarious that lie does not know when ' 
places for all animals and articles which shall he he will he able to advance farther north. 
presented for exhibition All the canals and rail- - The « Liberty Party Paper,” published at 
ways of the State will be open tree of charge for .. . , , , . , , .. , . > 
their transportation to Harrisburg; and visiters Syracuse, it is stated Its to be: removed to tins city ; 
will come and go on them at one half the usual and united wlt 1 tbc ^ l0rl ' b Star.’ 
rates. -Rev. William Rees, late of the Tabornncle ( ' 
the wheat exposed at that time, along shore, and and good example we are so dependent for all the 
for some three miles back, suffered severelv, and domestic comforts ol life. 
gives now but little prospect of a crop. Thatcov- 
Arrangements are now being made for enclos- 
ered by snow drifts escaped. Farther back from places for all animals and articles which shall be 
the lake we learn the prospect is more flattering, presented for exhibition. All the canals and rail- 
Pictor i'll for the Fourth of July! We shall en¬ 
deavor to make the Pictorial the most beautiful and 
valuable sheet ever got up in this section of the 
ments and tessellated floors of. the Romans; in 
point of colors, the moderns are said to have 
eclipsed the ancients. The specimens of cottage 
and trust our Canadian friends may reap a remu- ^’ a y s 
nerating harvest. w .jU ( 
We also learn from the Ohio Statesman, that rates, 
in some parts of that State the crop has suffered Th 
from the same cause,—though we have the au- dle 
thority of the Ohio Cultivator for saying, “the renir-s 
most reliable reports from all quarters concur in W1 
ways of the State will be open free of charge for 
their transportation to Harrisburg: and visiters 
will come and go on them at one half the usual 
The young rnen of the State are reminded that Baptist church in this city, lias been appointed nn 
the plowing match will afford them an opportunity agent of the American and Foreign Bible Society. 
for the display of their skill, the training of their-The clergymen of Waukegan have commenc- 
Union. And unless our figures are wrong, we architecture in stone, and of articles in artificial 
shall succeed in producing something which will stone are too numerous to detail: the manufacture j 
prove most acceptable and gratifying to every °f rtrtificial stone, and the numerous articles o f i 
the opinion that there is a prospect'of universal people of our State, it will not be understood that 
plenty, unless some new calamity should develop il is designed to exclude the citizens of other States; 
member of our well filled Rural Circle. 
This is more than we promised,our friends or 
bargained for,—but the encouragement we are 
daily receiving induces us to make the outlay in 
return for the ample patronage bestowed upon the 
statuary and other objects into which it can be 
wrought is likely to prove a useful and extensive 
branch of business. 
FURNITURE —CLASS 26. 
Here is a collection antique and modern style of j 
Rural. The Pictorial will be issued the first week drawing room and other furniture, inlaid, and rich- 
in July, and furnished to all who subscribe for the ly carved in rosewood, ebony, oak, and other vari- 
itself.” 
The editor of the Detroit Tribune having trav¬ 
eled in eleven counties in Michigan, says the crop 
never looked more promising. Rye is exceedingly 
forward. Several fields were noticed where it was 
heading. In Illinois the Springfield Register re¬ 
ports the prospect as “ remarkably fine, for an 
abundant harvest.” 
The Milwaukee ( Wis.) Com. Ad^. says: “ We 
.. j ' L 3 ~ . IT : . -i ue clergymen oi \x auuegan nave cotnmenc- ( 
tCa \v? and 1 ie ,j Iless °[, tbeir implements. ed a se ries () f Sabbath afternoon discourses, to be l 
Wliile wo address this communication to the , ,• , . c , 
__, e cj, , •• , i , , , delivered out of doors. ( 
people of our State, it will not be understood that 
it is designed to exclude the citizens of other States; Mr. L. I*ox, the builder of the Crystal Pal- 
much less to avoid the honorable competition are > an4 Paxton, the designer, are to be on- £ 
which their contributions may afford.” tertained at a public dinner at Derby. 
--We learn that a terrific hail storm took place , 
New Sash-Lock.—W e have in use a new self- at Nashua, N. H., on Monday afternoon, which ' 
acting sash-lock, which proves to be a very per- did a great deal of injury to fruit trees. 
much less to avoid the honorable competition 
which their contributions mav afford.” 
second half volume in season. Those who have eties; one console cheffonier displays a combina- | were sorr J t0 learn, from a gentleman in one of fastener, and a car window lock, both of which 
been waiting for cheap postage will be justin time tion of statuary marble, glass, metal and walnut' ° Ur )esl muMlb counties the ot.ier dax, that the we think valuable articles. 
to secure the Illustrated Number, if they subscribe wood, which is very rich. A cabinet in walnut, j i’ ros P ecls 0 1 e ' v '“ tcr "beat weto foreboding, the - 
early. We hope every reader will circulate this supported by four figures emblematic of the sea- 
announcement, and solicit and forward subscrip- sons, contrasting the beauty and vigor of youth 
tions. Clubs may be formed for the half year, at xvith the decrepitude of age; ornaments of glass. 
the same proportional rates as for the xvhole. 
The New Postage Law. 
This laxx', which goes into operation on the 
first day of July ensuing,]} will_ in most instan¬ 
ces materially diminish, and in this county entire¬ 
ly abolish the postage on the Rural New-Yorker. 
needle-work and tracery, complete the piece: a 
side-board carved in Nexv Zealand wood, and an¬ 
other with a top of Galway marble 10 feet 6 inches 
long: some beautiful chimney pieces and room or. 
naments, are also shown. Inlaid tables of great 
x'alue, some of them containing upwards of 10,000 
pieces,—furniture of the middle ages, and mir- 
most of it having been xvinter-killed ; hut in some The Rev. Dr. Tefft, of Cincinnati, Pres- 
o! the more northern counties the prospects are jdont elect of Genesee College, arrived in this citv 
much fairer, and hopes are generally entertained on the 2d instant, and proceeded to Lima, to enter 
of a much better yield there than that of last year.” upon the duties of his office. Dr. T. possesses in 
I hroughout our own State, we have the a high degree the talents and accomplishments re- 
most satisfactory reports, that there is every pros- quisite to a successful discharge of the duties of 
pect of the labors of tho husbandman being his responsible station, 
crowned with a rich harvest. _ 
New York State Agricultural Society. 
c r i i , .. . rors, one of which is 11 bv 7 feet, picture frames. 
feo far as our subscribers are concerned its effect - 1 ’ 
... , . easy chairs and bedsteads are well worthy of no- 
xvill be as follows: . 3 3 
. 0 ... ,, „ , tice: several iron and carved bedsteads highly or- 
1. Subscribers will receive the Rural by mail, , . , , , , h 3 
. c , T i) namented, with beds ou them covered with the 
in the county of Monroe, free of Postage. . , , 
j. , , ., , richest embroidered silk and velvet, are beyond 
2. r or a distance not excee.r in nttn miles ’ 3 “ 
xvill be as follows: 
! 1. Subscribers will receive the Rural by mail, 
'« in the county of Monroe, free of Postage. 
( 2. For a distance not exceeding fifty miles, at 
> five cents per quarter. 
) 3. Ox - er fifty and not exceeding three hundred 
\ miles, at ten cents per quarter. 
s 4. Over three hundred and not exceeding one 
/ thousand miles, at fifteen cents per quarter. 
) 5. Over one thousand and not exceeding two 
( thousand miles, at twenty cents per quarter, 
j G. Over two thousand and not exceeding four 
\ thousand miles, at twenty-five cents per quar- 
£ ter. 
From these provisions of the law it will be seen, 
j that many of our subscribers who are now paying 
\ fifty-two cents a year postage, xvill be exempt from 
several ex-Presidents, and other members of the 
board from abroad were present. James P. Fogg 
was appointed acting Secretary of the Executive 
description; one of these is said to have cost $20,- } Board in the city of Rochester. 
feet and superior article—cheap, durable and con- -Petitions are pouring in before the Can idian 
venient. It is the invention of Mr. Race, of Sen- legislature in favor of a railroad to the Pacific, on 
eca Falls, —manufactured by Silsby, Race & Co., ^ le nnc ll cnn s of Whitney. 
of same place. —A record kept at iNantiicket, show's the nn- ^ ] 
The same firm have recently got up a new blind SUai qUantity of 6 2:M00ths inche8 of rain '> a ve f < 
stener, and a car window lock, both of which f ' lllen d | Uri "« ''l" m °, nth ° f M ° ythia >' ear - \ ■ 
... -Lemuel Woodward, a wealthy farmer of ( 
i think valuable articles. . r ,, , , . 1 
Plainfield, was gored to death and his body liorri- 
rp, r> H -p ” • ti l J ly mutilated, while salting some young cattle. ) 
5® I he Rev. Dr. Tefft, of Cincinnati, Pres- „ f ” , 
. , , e r. ...... -1 he fare from Dunknk to New York, upon C 
mt elect of Genesee College, arrived m this city the New Vork and Erie Rood> is fixe(i at CI ht dol . 5 
the 2d instant, and proceeded to Luna, to enter ]ars . This is j es9 than two cents per mile. > 
on the dut.es ot Ins office. Dr. T. possesses in -James R. Doolittle, Esq., has been appoin- 
ligli degree the talents and accomplishments re- ted Orator for the House of Convocation at the , ( 
isite to a successful discharge of the duties of annual commencement of Geneva College. 
t responsible station. -There are already counterfeit $i:t’s en the < 
- new Bank of Chemung. They are entirely harm- ' ; 
Albany University.—T he University of Alba- less, as the Bank has not issued any bill of that de¬ 
ltas been organized by by the election ot Hon. nomination 
eene C. Bronson as President, with other offi- - The yearly meeting of “ Friends,” in I’hila- 
rs. It is proposed that the University shall con- , , , ,, , . ini , , ) . 
t of three colleges, schools, or faculties-first, delphm ’ 0(Ij, ’ Urned on the 1Gth; nbo,,t 100 millp 
sdicine—second. Law—and third, the Natural presentatives xxere present and the women’s meet- 
d applied sciences. i°g was larger. 
The position of Professors has been tendered as -Father Chiniqny, the “ Canadian Apostle of j 
l° ws: Temperance,” has crossed into this country and (j 
Albany University. —The University of Alba¬ 
ny has been organized by by the election ot Hon. 
Greene C. Bronson, as President, with other offi- 
The Ex3cutive Board of the State Society met cers. It is proposed that the University shall con- , , .. 
in this city on the 5th inst. Tho President and «‘st of three colleges, schools or faculties—fiist, ® J 
ssvprfil PY-PrAQid»nt« -,n,t Medicine—second. Law—and third, the Natural present.itixes xxer 
Some patent easy chairs with steel springs, and 
several pianos, with one carx r ed rosewood table 
with a fine top of yellow marble, from the United 
States, are much admired: some of the Chicker- 
ing pianos-.are of superior tone, and fair xvorkman- 
ship. To the east of this department, and on the 
north side, we find class 30, including all the arti¬ 
cles of line arts, which couie within the meaning 
of purely industrial productions. 
FINE ARTS. 
This class contains a very miscellaneous collec- 
Tho following gentlemen were appointed Super¬ 
intendents of the several Departments of the Fair 
Grounds: 
Cattle Department —William II. Sotham, of 
Black Rock. 
Horses —J. B. Burnet, Syracuse. 
Sheep —Lyman Sherwood, Auburn. 
Swine —R. Harmon, Wheatland. 
Poultry —L. H. Haddock, Buffalo. 
Floral Hall —L A. Ward, Rochester. 
Dairy Hall —Israel Denio, Rome. 
Manufactures Hall and Machinery —L. B. 
Langworthy, Rochester. 
General Superintendent of the Grounds and 
and applied sciences. 
The position of Professors has been tendered as 
follows: 
Louis Agassiz, Professor of Zoology and Com¬ 
parative Anatomy. 
John P. Norton, Professor of the Principles and 
Practice of Agriculture. 
O. M. Mitchell, Professor of Astronomy. 
James Hall, Processor of Geology. 
Good for Prentice. —The wag of the Louis¬ 
ville Journal thus wittily accounts lor Jenny Lind 
leaving that city, without dispensing her charita¬ 
ble gifts: 
She went about Louisville, and seeing every- 
is devoting liia eloquence to tho cause of Temper- / 
ance among the Catholics at the West. 
-A letter from a public officer says that some < 
of the very best land in Texas, recently surveyed, ! 
can he procured in any quantities, at from 20 to 25 t 
cents an acre. ( 
-The trial of issues relative to the estate of ^ 
Kosciusko, will commence next Monday in the ( 
Circuit Court of Washington. Reverdy Johnson < 
and other eminent counsel have been retained. 
-A number of the citizens of Albany have in- < 
body fat and well-fed and happy, she put her purse v »ted Chief Justice Bronson to partake ofji dinner, 
in her pocket. She saw no wretchedness and no expressive of the sense entertained- of his public 
indications of it here. We have no doubt that the services. 
all postage;—others will have the postage reduced don ' dl ° ^ :ibr ‘ cs * n P a P* er macho, among which is charge of the Entrances —Henry Wager, Utica. 
1 ° . 16 il,» ii i.. nr.. i._-i . /• * • 
to twenty cents ;—and many others, (including the fi(?ure of tho dra £ ou 14 feet a^.curious, 
those residing in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and deserve n0lice - Gulta P erclia goods, artist’s 
Indiana, &c., on the South and West, and most ctdo,s and appaiatus, compound plate printing 
of the New England States,) now paving seventy- iu differeut colors ’ eadl color bei "g a separate 
eight cents, will be required to pav only from forty P ' ate ’ which when combi " ed forn > one; this is re- 
to sixty cents Those only, who live over tvv'o C0111Ilieildcd to P revellt for g ef >’ of bank notes; or- 
thousand miles from Rochester, xvill have their namental b,ndlU S’ architectural mod els. paper in 
postage slightly increased. sheets 2,500 yards long; pictures printed in oil 
TI7 , . . , colors; painting on ivory; engraving on steel bv j 
IMS' - " VYe confidently anticipate a large accession , . .. , . * ; 
• .. ”, electricity, show some interesting processes: carv- 
Meclianical Motive Power, for moving Ma 
chinery —Win. Kidd, Rochester. 
contrast between the two (Cincinnati) cities struck 
her forcibly. We believe that Louisville is the only 
-Mr. Horner, Door-keeper of the House of (j 
city that the “ divine Jenny” ever visited in which Re P re ^ ta tives, died at New Jersey on Thursday 
. ..ni. 1 ., ,j in. ivmu, iiuuiio9ici. gke nQ j j; n( j some objects that apjiealed to her I la8t ' ^ be odlcc devolves upon Charles \\ . Stcxx- 
Mr. Langworthy, from the committee to con- charity. She is right in believing that Louisville | !irt J t * ,e Assistant Door-Keeper. 
fer with the Railroads and Steamers, reported that stauds in l , 10 need ot ' ct >arity, as our people are the I -Mr. Dan Carpenter, of Attleborough, aged 
all the Steamers on Lake Ontario, and the Rail- m ° S , t comfortable people in the world, eating more , seventy-eight years, walked lately from his resi- 
roads generally in the Slate, had agreed to carry 
articles and stock for the Fair free, and passen¬ 
gers for half price, as has been customary hereto- 
most comlortable people in the world, eating more seventy-eight years, xvalked lately from his resi- 
good food, xxearing more good clothes, and living de nce to Taunton and back, thirty-four miles. He 
in far better houses than any othej people. was al)spnt from hotnc less than twelve hours. 
Fruit Prospects.— From the central portions 
to our list of mail subscribers on and after the 1st 
proximo,—especially from the highly favored 
“ rural districts ” of Western and Central New 
York. And we would suggest to all who like the 
the Rural, and are disposed to aid us in making 
it better in both manner and matter, that the pres¬ 
ent is a most favorable season to bestow a little 
influence to augment its circulation in their re¬ 
spective localities. We hope every present sub¬ 
scriber will constitute hitnself an agent and “re¬ 
port progress ” during the present or coming 
month. ’Will you do this, reader? It is a shame 
that your neighbor Jones should borrow the Rural 
every week, when he is as well able to pay for it 
as you are; and Smith and Johnson only; want an 
invitation to subscribe, from one xvith whom they 
are acquainted, and in whose recommendation 
ing in ivory and shell, enamelling,—coins and 
medals, with some other similar objects and pro¬ 
cesses finish the collection. Adjoining this section 
we find tho Maltese collection, containing mar¬ 
bles, wax figures, vegetable products, silk manu¬ 
factures, embroidery, &c. Near this the Islands 
of Jersey and Gurnsey, and Ceylon furnish seve¬ 
ral articles of raw products, and a few manufac¬ 
tured articles. If we noxv ascend the north gallery 
we find a large collection of pottery, such as 
earthen ware,pot celain and stone ware many pieces 
of which are curious and novel in their applica¬ 
tion. M. M. Rodgers. 
A Paragraph for the Benevolent. 
The Opal is the title of a neat little quarto 
fore. Mr. L. was instructed to seek to complete °f 6 |e State far to the southwest, there seems a 
such arrangements xvith other Railroads not heard ver '’ l ,oor prospect tor staple fruits. I awards the 
j. southeast, the destruction xvas not so general ; in 
Maryland and Virginia the fruit xvas so far advan- 
It was voted to hold the August meeting of the ced that it suffered but little from the frost. Gen- 
Executive Board in Rochester, to convene at the tlemen with whom we have conversed, from as 
Eagle Hotel on Thteradav, the 7th day of August, far north as Stark aud Ashland counties, re.pre- 
•it 3 o’clock pm " sent tbe ^ ru ‘ t as P rorn * s * n g a Pa ‘ r crop of apples. 
was absent from home less than twelve hours. 
-A gun xvas stolen, in some mysterious man¬ 
ner, from the London Exhibition one day. The 
theft has caused no little consternation among the 
officials. 
-The American barque, Mary Annah, on her 
last trip to Belfast, picked up a dog which was 
swimming in the middle of the Atlantic, namely in 
Ion. 65 deg. 49 min. \V., nrul lat. 37. deg 20 min N. 
-The Schooner .Mackinaw which xvns run, 
a „>,.i„„i- n \t ’ sent the fruit as promising a fair crop of apples, * ’ , . ‘ , 
. S o clock, l. M. peaches, cherries, Ac. In the vicinity of Cin- -rhe Schooner Mackinaw which was run, 
I he l’resident stated to the Board that he had cinnati and Louisville, the giapcs xvere frozen down and sunk by the Propellor Princeton, on the 
ceived a copy of’instructions issued from the to some extent, but is said that the superior qua!- night of the 5th, about ten miles from Cleveland, 
Treasure Department, whereby all animals and 'ty suc h as may yet ripen, will make some 
articles intended for exhibition at the Fair in Sep- a, " ends for the dama ^ e in quality — OAl ° Cvlti ' 
tember, are to be admitted lrom foreign places _ _ 
free from duty, to be entered according to the pro- A p I0NE ER.-Mrs. Ann Innis, relict of Hon. 
visions of the Warehousing act; and that the Fair Henry Innis, and mother of the Mrs. J. J. Crit- 
Grounds at Rochester are to be deemed construct- tenden, died at Cedar Hill, near Frankfort, Ky., 
ively warehouses, where all animals and articles M - dl | 8 , ' ady was one die P loneers 
e , ii, , i i n i i ■ Kentucky, and has been tbe pride of her State and 
from abroad, duly entered, shall he under the .. 1 , 7 . , 
had a cargo of 10,000 bushels of wheat for Oswego- 
-.Mrs Preble, widow of Com. Edw. Preble, 
died at Portland, May 27, aged 81. Few women 
have done so much in unostentatious benevolence 
as she did, and her memory will be held in respect 
by those who knew her best. 
-Junius Smith continues to write to the Jour¬ 
nal of Commerce very encouraging accounts of his 
they will repose confidence. We need not add monthly, published and edited by patients at tbe 
that “thou art the man ” to do them and us the Insane Asylum, Utica, N. Y. It is not a “crazy 
favor of receiving and forwarding their subscrip- organ” by any means, but exhibits quite as much 
tions. sense as many papers which claim to he under the 
- management of less erratic geniuses. The profits 
To Advertisers. —During the past two or three tbe publication are to be expended in increas- 
months advertisements hax’e come so thick and * n £ a smaP library designed for the benefit of in¬ 
fast that we have been obliged to decline many, mates of tbe Asylum—a most worthy object.— 
supervision and custody of the officers of the S p on t in the wilderness, and yet in ihe society of 
Customs. such men as Clarke, St. Clare, Wayne, Shelby, 
On motion, the Board adjourned to meet in Al- kcott, of the battle of Monmouth, Wilkinson, who 
banv, the first Thursday in July. bore ! be nev Y s of Burgoylie’s surrender, Boone, 
• i • " . ( Henderson, Logan, Hart, Nicholas, Murray, Al¬ 
an ornament to the country. Her early days were success in raising the tea plant in South Carolina. 
Customs. 
On motion, the Board adjourned to meet in Al¬ 
bany, the first Thursday in July. 
We condense this from the official report. 
Weekly Meteorological Abstract. 
BY L, XVFTHERELL. 
lie has no doubt that culture may be rendered im- ) 
portant and profitable. 
-The oldest person [returned by the census \ I 
takers in the United States is Sukey Wright, a $ 
len, Breckinridge, and the great and heroic spirits colored woman, in the city of Baltimore. She is 
and insert others occasionally instead of regularly 
as ordered. As we limit the advertising depart- 
Therefore, aside from its being a literary curiosity, 
the Opal commends itself to the patronage of the 
inent, it is impossible to accommodate all—but we philanthropic—to all who sympathize with and de- 
shall do our best to give a hearing to those friends I B ‘ re t0 a * d l be unfortunate. Contributions will be 
who furnish short and appropriate notices. We 
xvant no long stories on any subject,—and none 
about patent medicines, however short, are appro¬ 
priate. Those who send advertisements, with the 
expectation that they wifi be inserted in the Nexv- 
gratefully received, “either in subscriptions to the 
‘Opal,’ books or money; if in the latter to be ap¬ 
plied to the purchase of such books as the donors 
may direct, or, if no directions are given, expend¬ 
ed in adding to the library such works as, in the 
June 1851. 
1 thermometer. 
WINDS. 
1 MAX. 
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1 MEAN. 
RAIN. 
3 
58 
43 
51.00 
N. 
4 
65 j 
52 
57.00 
N W. 
5 
63 ! 
43 
53.33 
NW. N£. 
6 
67 1 
! 55 
60.33 
1 
S XV. SE. 
7 
62 I 
, 53 
57.66 
N. 
8 
63 
55 
58.66 
S W. 
9 1 
62 I 
54 1 
57.00 
w. 
of the West. She saw Washington as he led his 
broken army through tho Jerseys, and as he re¬ 
turned in triumph from Yorktown. 
Large Verdict for Land Damages.— Yester¬ 
day, in the Court of Common Pleas, Boston and 
Worcester Railroad Co. vs. Old Colony Railroad 
120 years of age, and the Assistant Marshall says 
there if. no doubt of the fact. At the time of the 
Revolution in 1775, site had a child 25 years of age. 
Foreign Items. 
-It is confidently stuted that the Pope has 
Yorker at the same price charged for publication judgment of the officers, will be most proper and 
in papers with one-fourth its circulation, cannot useful.” The price of tho paper is 50 cents per 
consistently be accommodated. See terms on last annum. Address “The Opal,” State Asylum 
page. Utica, N. Y. 
-- The last number of the Opal, we may add, con- 
Strong’s Whip and Glove Depot, at the tains an account of the visit of President Fillmore 
splendid store No. 78 State street, is worthy of and suite to the Asylum, during their recent tour 
more than a passing notice from those who wish through this State. The reception speech by one 
any articles there obtainable. The proprietor (who of the inmates, is quite as appropriate and sensi- 
has heretofore acquitted himself creditably as far- hie as the finely worded speeches xvith which the 
mer and legislator,—though net exactly in this re- President was received in some of the principal 
gion,)isa reliable manufacturer, and will serve cities. 
all his constituents faithfully. See advertisement. -— 
- Another Poultry Book.—See the advertise- 
Cabinet Ware. —Read the advertisement of ment of Buti.er & Co., of Philadelphia, announc- 
Mr. Hayden, successor of Maj. Packard in this ing the publication, contents, &c., of Dixon and 
line of business. Kerr's work on Poultry. 
REMARKS. 
June 3d. Cool morning—disagreeable day. 
4th. Continues cool—garden strawberries ripe. 
5th. Cool day—aurora borealis in the evening. 
Gth. A little warmer—cloudy— ains in the af¬ 
ternoon. 
Co., in which the plaintiffs claim damages by rea- condemned the Queen's Collego in Ireland. 
son of the tracks of the defendants’ road passing -The vagrants sent to Galway gaol are wash- 
over the plaintiffs’ land, and crossing the track of ed d as a pu i s hmente. 
he defendants’road, the jury returned a verdict in . , , 
tho alternative; if the defendants do not fence the - A carg0 ol ,cc ’ the first ever im P<’ rtpd L '™- 
track, damages for the plaintiffs in the sum of erlck > arrived in the Shannon lately from Sweden. 
$20,500; if the defendants do fence, damages in -They are introducing tho cultivation of the 
the sum of $20,155,87 .—Boston Atlas. tea plant into India. 
-The Roscommon Journal states that, in one 
day, the great number of 1.563 paupers applied for 
The Lancet. —The proposition before the Leg 
islature to make bloodletting in diseases penal is admission into one of the union workhouses in 
unopposed. The lancet is without a defender.— 
Judgment must be taken against it pro confesso. 
When we remember the unanimity with which 
that country. 
-V series of experiments have been recently 
7th. Rainy through the day—fair evening_ the indispensability of this insidious instrument was made by order of the French Government, to nscer 
terries ripe—locust in flower. * insisted upon, less than six years ago, the revolu- tain the applicability of peat fuel for locomotives, 
cherries ripe—locust in flower. 
8th. Rainy—showery through the day—fair at 
evening. 
9th. Cool, cloudy and rainy. 
tion is most extraordinary.— -N. Y. Sunday Cour. and it is said that they have fully established its 
-- economy and singular power of producing steam. 
Virginia and her Resources. —The value of 
the real estate in Virginia, ns exhibited by the cen¬ 
sus returns, is $278,000,000. The value of slaves 
$147,000,000; of other personal estate $105,000,- 
The “ Nine Shilling ” Gate.—W e inadver- $147,000,000; of other personal estal 
tantly omitted to gix r e an explanation of tho refer- 000; making a total of $530,000,000 
ences in the cut of this gate on our first page. A,- 
is the top rail, B the bottom. As a whole the Imports and Exports.—T he importation of 
gate and its construction will, we think, be under- foreign merchandise at New York for the month 
b . of April amounted in value to $10,3. 
stood and appreciated. xA e hope to hear from “A ^jj e exports of domestic and foreign g< 
Down Easter,” again, and often. duce amounted to $4,947,660. 
-The following is the number of physician 
in the city of Philadelphia:—Regular physicians 
397; homoeopathic, 42; hydropathic,2; Thompsoni¬ 
an, 50; advertising doctors, 32; druggist physicians, 
37; nondescripts, 42; total, 582. 
-A gentleman at Dundee, who hns tried the 
pendulum experiment, states that it does not show 
of April amounted in value to $10,339,883, while the rotation of the earth, but that it tends to the 
the exports of domestic and foreign goods and pro- magnetic meridian. He states, also, that a scion- 
duce nmounted^to $4,947,660. tific friend has come to a similar conclusion. 
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