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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND EMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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ROCHESTER, FEBRUARY 19, 1853. 
TO AGENTS AND OTHERS, 
f Back numbers from ls< Jan. can still be 
supplied. Additions to clubs received at chib price. 
New subscribers can begin with the year, or this No. 
It is not too late to form new, or add to old, clubs .— 
We this week add several hundred to former edition, 
to supply all who wish to commence with present No. 
Agents and others, please continue your reports. 
Fractional parts of a dollar may be remitted 
in postage stamps, or we will return change in same 
medium, if preferred by agents. Feb. 5. 
The Spirit of the Age. 
Under this title a correspondent contributes a 
capital paper to the February number of the 
Wool Grower and Stock Register. We extract a 
portion of the article — embracing some figures 
showing the rapid advancement of our country, in 
Meteorological Abstract. 
BY L. WETHEHELL. 
JjfetyHj -(Ifofices. 
The Life and Works of Robert Burns. Edited 
‘ by Robert Chambers. Vol. IV. New York : 
Harper A Brothers, 1853. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Monday, Feb. 1.—Senate .—The Senate passed 
-{(etas JU'ebHies. 
-By measurement upon lire ice, Troy is just 
151 miles from New York. 
-The Young Men’s Association of Buffalo, 
This best-arranged and most complete edition the bil1 extending the pre-emption right to set- have appropriated $1000 for the purchase of books 
of the Life and Works of the Ayrshire Bard is tiers upon lands not surveyed ; a resolution calling . - ^ wn.tn 
concluded by the publication of tbe fourth volume. for a 8tatemen t of the time and money necessary 18 0CCU P“j d ^ ov f r “ U hui ' <an bel " s * 
All his letters and poems are here interwoven bl P ut San F ™sco 1,1 a S ood C0ndl * 1011 " f de * largest Railroad in the wodd-^GT^mhk 1 ^ 1 ^ 
chronologically with the narrative of his life, giv- fenoe ’ and a solution callhng for copies of coir- -Upward of $4,000,000 have been appro- 
ing to each a higher interest for the reader. They v entions that may have been enteied into, between priced by the Virginia Legislature for Railroad 
are published in handsome style and sold at 75 &Xi ^ <dtbe Central American States. purposes. 
tt_..._ s. __o.:_ /Jr*-. i*n-_ si .. rs 
for a statement of the time and money necessary * 8 occu l aed b y ovc f seven hundred h 
ir. ..ni i.. „ .i An - 1 lie N. Y. Erie Raibot 
-There is a house in Brooklyn, N. Y., which 
is occupied by over seven hundred human beings I 
-The N. YU & Erie Railroad is uow the 
largest Railroad in the world—4G7 miles. 
-Upward of $4,000,000 have been appro- 
cts. per volume. Sage <fc Bno., Rochester. 
House .—The House refused to suspend the rules 
purposes. 
-Spurious fifty dollar bills on the Central 
to entertain Mr. Toomb’s resolution looking to tbe Bank, Conn., are in circulation, aileied hum 
A Hero, and other Tales. By the author of j repeal, in part, of the U. S. Navigation Laws. A 
“Olive,” “The Ogilvies,” Ac. New Y r ork : resolution providing for an Evening Session here- r Aneu Post offii e has been esl.ibhshed at 
Hamer A Brothers 1853. _Conmer, IS lagara, county, with Mr. J. M. 1 itus at 
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Harper A Brothers, 1853. after, was adopted. its head.' " * . 
“A Hero,” is a bit of an autobiography giv- Tuesday, Feb. 8.— Senate .—A bill was passed -The favorite religious book of the Duke of 
ing the experience of a youth in search of “a granting further remedies to patentees." Mr. Sew- Wellington, during the last year of his life, was 
great man ”—or its synonym in the Dictionaries, ard made a speech on the Tehuantepec question. Baxter’s Saint’s Rest. 
The other Tales are, “Bread upon the Waters House .—Nothing of interest iu the reported , 7-receipts of the State Agricultural 
The favorite religious book of the Duke of 
The other Tales are, “Bread upon the Waters House .—Nothing of interest iu the reported ^ receipts of the State Agricultural 
—a Governess’ Life,” and “ Alice Learmont, a proceedings. r ” £ ' e,in S ^ ast week, were 
Fairy Tale;” the whole making a handsome vol- Wednesday, Feb. 9.—Congress devoted the day ^ n a , ./ " t<U ’ , 
C onr» „ ° , ,, , . . . , / -Potter county, l’a., is perfectly teetotal in 
ume of some 300 pages. For sale by Sage A Bro. to the business of counting the votes cast at the its character, having uo licensed liquor retailers 
- late election for President and Vice President of within its holders. 
Lives of the Queens of Scotland, and English the United States. Senator Hunter, and Messrs. -Tke Manchester Mirror says that counter- 
rincessesi connected with the regal succession Chandler and Jones of Tennessee,acted as tellers feit three cent pieces are quite common there.— 
ot ureat Britain. By Agnes Strickland, au- T , . ’ ovor-nto,! 
thor of the “ Lives of the Queens of England.” It may be interesting to some to learn that the l^ey are ciumsiij cxecutea. 
Vol. ill. New York : Harper and Bro., 1853. result as pronounced by Mr. Atchison, President I he bill prohibiting the immigration of 
Monthly mean, 25.80 degrees. 
Monthly mean of Imromet r, 29 f>2 inches. 
The last half of January was much cooler than 
many essentials, during the past few years, and the first and furnished pretty good sleighing, 
clearly demonstrating the progressive spirit of the Tim quantity cf snow has been much less than 
a g e _as follows : usual, thus far this winter. 'The week closing on 
„ . ., c .. , . e . , Tuesday has been mild — so mild that the snow 
The Spirit of the Age is.one of improvement. Z J , , _ , 
T , . . ,, £. r . i r on Saturday evening had nearly disappeared — 
It is eminently an ago of discoveries and appli- , f . , 6 . * 1 
The present volume of this valuable series con- 1*° tnn of the Seua te, was, that Franklin Pierce, 
tains the Life of Mary Stuart Queen of Scot- of New Hampshire, had been elected President, 
on Saturday evening had nearly disappeared — land. Miss Strickland is a spirited writer, and and William Rufus King, Y’ice President. 
-The bill prohibiting the immigration of 
free negroes into the State, passed tne iinuois 
Assembly by ayes 46, nays 18. 
-The “ Christian Banking Institution ” at 
Chicago has been closed, a jury hav.ug found that 
race. The public mind is almost daily interested iuura Ul SI,UW “ 
and charmed, by the announcements made in continued to snow until sometime m the afternoon, 
favor of the achievements of Agriculture, Science Sighing tolerable. Cleared off very pleasant 
and the Mechanic Arts, so conducive to the hap- Monday afternoon. Tuesday morning (8th) tlier- 
piness and well being of our race. 
The building of the Ericsson Caloric Ship iu 
mometer at 14 above zero—air very clear and fin a 
[In consequence of au accident after going to 
has given much attention to historical biography. 
Sold by Sage A Brother. 
Bleak House. By Charles Dickens. With Il¬ 
lustrations by H. K. Browne. New York : 
Harper A Brothers, 1853. 
Part 11 of this serial has been receive! by Sage 
A Brother. 
“Why I am a Temperance Man, a letter to a 
Thursday, Feb. 10.— Senate .—Sundry memo- Uddy, its President, is insane. 
rials, resolutions, Ac., were received, and some " I* ie language and colloquial dialects of 
• .l-n ii, i , China are uow taught m Loudon. A professor 
private bills passed, but little else was done. 1;ij llt lUrive in California. * 
House. The bills organizing the Territory of - A bm has beeu reported in the Pen nsylva- 
Washington and Nebraska were passed. n ia Legislature to i corporate the Grand Lodge of 
Friday, Jan. 4.— Senate .—Several private bills the Philanthropic. Order of Anti-Tobacconists. 
were passed, and several reports received, but the -The entire assets of a recent bankn 
proceedings were generally..unimportant, were nine small children ! i he creditors ae 
House .—The House passed the bill for settling magnanimously and let him keep them. 
New York city, is a bold and fearless stride in the P re88 > tbe above a PP eared in onl y a 8ma11 P ortion 
history of mechanics, and quite characteristic of « f our last woek ’ s ediUon ; hence its publication 
the 19th century. In 1827 our first railroad was bl tb is n umber.] _ 
built. It. was near Boston, lour miles in length, Those Premiums.—To Agents and Others. 
and called the Adams railroad . It was a rude _ 
affair, but was big with promise to our country.— Many friends are already entitled to specific 
Now we have over 13,000 miles of railroad, costing premiums in Books, etc., for obtaining subscribers 
upwards of $237,000,000 ; spreading like a net- our present volume, and we are now forward- 
work, over the face ot our fair and beautiful ; n g ( b y express and mail) to those who have 
country. The cost ol travel is reduced two-thirds, designated the works desired. But as several 
and on many roads will doubtless soon be placed bave requested us to pub’ish a list of Agricultural 
at one cent per mile ! England has now 12.000 Books, from which they could make a selection, 
miles of railroad, built in the most permanent we gj ve Below the titles and prices of such as we 
manner. have recently procured. If any wish books not 
Ten years since, we had no telegraph lines. mentioned iu this list, we will furnish them at the 
1 he first in the world was put up in the L nited regular cash prices. Any of the works published 
States in 1844, between Washington and Balti- b y j) ER ] iY & Miller, advertised on next page, 
more—40 miles in length. Congress appropriated Wlb bl , furnisned to those entitled to premiums. 
$30,000 to Prof. Morse to enable him to construct indeed we will supply any thing in the book line, 
an experimental line. 1 ho system is now canied wb i cb can be procured here or in New Y’ork. 
on to a greater extent in the U. S. than in any T , . . , ™ <>- ■ ,,, 
b ^ . J Johnstons Ag. Chemistry, Sl,2o; Boussmgaults Rural 
Other part of the world. 1 he numerous lines now Economy, $1,25; Downing's Fruits and Fruit Trees' of 
in full operation, conveying with the rapidity of America, Si, 50; Amur. Fruit Culturist, by Thomas, SI,25; 
lightning, — joy, sorrow, and intelligence on every Dictionary of Gardening, by Johnson, SI,25; Farmer’s Dic- 
subject,—form a net-work over the length and tionary by Gardner, $1,75; Farmer's Every-Day Hook, by 
_ J . , _ _ . . .... . . .. Blake, §2,50; 1 he Complete Farmer and Gardener, by Fes* 1 
breadth of the land. 1 he wires-stnngs so atten- genden R25; K , ;ral ArchitectuIVj by AUen . s ,. 25 ; iailies , 
uated that they can scarcely be perceived extend Companion to tlie Flower Garden, by Mrs. Loudon, S1,^T>; | 
over a distance of 16,729 miles. To illustrate the American Flower Garden, by Buist, si,25; American Faun j 
immense extent of this business in the United Book, $1; The Kitchen Garden, by Bnist, 75c.; Continen- 
, ... • j ,i , , i , , i ... tal Agriculture, by Colman, $1; Scientific Agriculture, by 
States, it is said that the total amount received by 6 ’ J . T ’ ’ . _ , , E 
’ J Rodgers, $1; American Lady s System of Cookery, by Mrs. 
the Telegraph Company between \V aslungton and Orowen, $ 1 , 25 . 
New Y ork from Jan. 184G, to July, 1 852, was $385,- Youatt on the Horse, by Randall, 51,50; Youatt and Mar- j 
641,—over $68,000 taken for the last six months, tin on Cattle, by Stevens, $1,25; Randall’s Sheep Husband- 1 
The-associated press of New York, consisting of r - v > S1 - 25 ; Morrell ’ s American Shepherd, 51; Cm.fi.dd on I 
... . . . . , . , . .p. nnn Sheep, 51; Youatt on Sheep, 75 cts.: The Pig, by Youatt, j 
-The entire assets of a recent bankrupt 
were nine small children ! The creditors acted 
magnanimously and let him keep them. 
-The total length of railways in activity in 
France in 1851, was 3,307 kilomi tres (about 2,2C0 
be issued by Derby A Miller, of Auburn. 
The Palace Polka, composed by Mrs. Wm. 
Webster, of Rochester, and dedicated to Miss 
Mary 5. YVoods, of Genova, is the title of a spir¬ 
ited and beautiful piece of music recently pub¬ 
lished by Firth, Pond A Co., New York. Mrs. W 
is acquiring an enviable reputation as a composer 
of Music for tbe Piano, etc. 
Ithaca and Geneva Railroad. 
Messrs. Editors: — It is now some months 
since the project of a Railroad from Ithaca to So- 
dus Bay was first brought before the public. A 
[Saturday, Feb. 12.— Senate .— the House bill -bo great has been the scarcity ol provis- 
regulating the fees of Judicial officers was amended bms * n * be mining districts of California, that in 
° ° _ 1 _ 41 .Ul_ .1,1 BSi r rv . 11. 
and passed. 
House .—The bill for the relief of Col. Fremont 
was passed. Mr. Doty presented his petition for 
the passage of the Air Lino Railroad bill, which habits. 
some places fiour has been sold at $1,50 per lb. 
-'['he Florida Indians, it is said, do not ex¬ 
ceed 600 in all, 260 of whom are warriors, and 
250 runaway slaves, who have adopted the Indian 
was appropriately referred. 
-The Vermont Liquor law has received 
over two thousand majority in 22 towns heaid 
Y- i / / p y r t t 1 from. It has been approved by a large majority 
leqislafiffe of -iteto Hoik. in s “* te - 
~ ' ’ / W -qq ie Kew York Herald says that the re- 
‘ turns of gold from Australian mines, for the last 
Synopsis of Proceedings. twelve months, indicate the yield to huvo been 
- $75,000,000. 
Monday, Feb. 7.— Senate .—The Senate consid- - At the late Railroad meeting at Newburg, 
ered the Railroad Consolidation bill, but for lack Hr. Douie, of Delaware county, stated that he had 
route has been surveyed between Ithaca and Gen- of a quorum took uo action thereou. U a b ’ a 8U1 t^ e > cai * oi * l< -‘oW 011 i‘ ls H,t- 
: , . . . , T , ter to New York, 
eva, in pursuance ot the proposition. This sur- Assembly .—In the House the bill to incorporate rn , . „ 
,, , A,. . r. i , , T , - the late freshet on the Susquehaunah 
vey, as is well known, contemplates a connection the People’s Ferry Company between New Y ork R : ver has (ione considerable damage! Several 
with a road uow building from Sodus Bay to Y T i- and Williamsburg, was ordered to a third reading, bridges on tbe Elmira and Williamsport Railroad 
euna, at, or near, the latter place. The work on Tuesday, Feb. 8.— Senate .—The proceedings are were carried away. 
this road, in the vicinity of Vienna, has not been unimportant. -The Chicago and Rock Island Road, from 
carried forward, in consequence of such proposed Assembly. — Several bills passed to the third b) H'jsalle, at tne head ol navigation on 
.• mi o. /-■ • • „ . the Illinois River, 100 nines from Chicago, will 
connection. I he Sodus Company are waiting to reading, and efforts to get a new carpet for the As- be 0 . R . ned j n Alarcli 
see what action shall be taken by the Ithaca and sembly-room failed. - A new Post-office has been established at 
Geneva Company m reference to it, before unit- Wednesday, Feb. 9.— Senate. — Several bills Swainsville, Allegany county—Joseph Doyle P. 
ing with the Jefferson and Canandaigua Road ; were reported to the Senate, and the subject of M., and another at Stephen’s Mills, Steuben co., 
fully satisfied that a connection with the Ithaca Railway consolidation discussed. H. G. Stephens, P. M. 
and Geneva would be much more beueficial to Assembly .—The Canal resolutions of Mr. Loomis . It is computed that the population of Af- 
the stockholders of both, and more advantageous were under consideration. l" "i" !^' !!' ! 
-The late freshet on the Susquehaunah 
River has done considerable damage. Several 
-The Chicago and Rock Island Boat!, from 
Chicago to Lasalle, at the head of navigation on 
the Illinois River, 100 miles from Chi ;ago, wiri 
be opened in March. 
-A new Post-office has been established at 
, . • i • i jif/i nnn 1PI, lGUftW/ Wit OIU.TU, Ut.1., Iiw Alt, JL »A Hull/. 
seven daily morning papers, paid in nearly $.>0,00 0 75 ^ c ^ r and YouattA Cattle Doctor> by skinner, 50 
for despatches during the year ending Rov. 1, cts.; American Veterinarian, by Cole, 50c.; The Dairyman's 
1852. They were first built in Great Britain in Manual, 81; Browne's Poultry Book, 81; Bennett's do., Si; 
1845. She has now 4,000 miles in operation. The Bee-Keepers Manual, $1; Townly on Bees, 38c. 
charges for transmission are high. A message ^ most]y of l!tfp editioDS and finely iUwtM 
costing $1 in the United States, would cost m The following works are bound in paper, pamphlet style, 
to the country along the entire route. In a for¬ 
mer article I spoke of this as being the most prac¬ 
ticable and feasible plan, all things considered. 
Thursday, Feb. 10.— Senate .—Nothing of im- am i 4,870,000 are free. 
rican descent, in North and South America, is 12,- 
370,000; of the whole number 7,500,000 are slaves. 
portance occurred in the Senate. 
The portait of Mrs. Stowe, of “Uncle 
and have no reason, as yet, to change my views, on which debate ensued 
Assembly .—Numerous resolutions were offered, Tom’s Cabin ” notority, is on exhibition at Brid 
YVhether the road is built through Geneva or Wa- Friday, Feb. 11. — Senate .—Several bills were 
terloo, matters but little to me; for I have no sel- referred and progress reported on others, 
fish motive — no interests to secure, save those in Assembly .—Farther discussion on the canals in 
common with my fellow citizens; nor would I, the House. 
in any case, essay to support a cause adverse to Saturday, Feb. 12.— Senate .—The bill provid- 
llie interests of our county or any company of ing for the consolidation of the railways between 
enterprising men. Albany and Buffalo was read and passed ; ayes 
i r j. • . • % v» ■i a xuc iiuuve worKbarc tui wuu uouuu, iu uiuhuaur wiuuit, , 
charges for transmission are high. A message ^ mostly of lste cditions and finely 
costing $1 in the United States, would cost ill The following works arc bound in paper, pamphlet style, 
England $7. In Prussia the wires are generally and furnished at 25 cents each:—Elements of Agriculture; 
buried in the ground, and carried across rivers in Dana's Essay on Manures ; Every Lady her own Flower 
pipes. There are about 1,700 miles completed in Gardener; The American Kitchen Gardener; Amcr. Bird 
, _ . „ nnA Fancier; Amer. Rose Culturist; Pests of the Farm; The 
that country—France has /.JJand Germany 3,000 „ 
J _ _ ’ Horse; The Cow; The Hog; Domestic bowls and Orua-v 
miles. The extension of these tines, both in mental Poultry ; The Hive and the Houcy Bee. 
Europe and America, is likely to go on lapidly, YVe shall pre-pay the postage on hooks sent, as I 
until all the principal cities arc united by this premiums. Though this is more than was prom- 
noyel means of communication. How wonderful, ^ W<J presume non8 of 01ir ff iends will object 1 
and yet how useful! The lightning becomes a- 
swift servant boy, to run on errands ; and in a few The Cabinet.— The eastern journals are yet 
hours we converse with friends from the most busily engaged in cabinet making, for the ,amuse- 
distant points of our land ! By means of railroads ment of the public, and the benefit of General 
and telegraph lines, distance is almost annihilated, Pierce. The latest structure, is as follows — and 
and the most distant points iu our country, are we shouldn’t wonder if some of the planks” 
brought in juxtaposition with each other. Good were to prove more than temporary : 
markets are opened up in places where before Caleb Cushing, of Mass.—Secretary of State, 
there were no marts of trade—little to stimulate C- Elagg, of New Y’ork—Sec’y of Ihe Treas’ry. 
A Railroad through our county is nece&sary— 20, noes G. „ , . . 
. , , J J , . ,, . . . . ,, -The French papers are making the new 
indeed, indispensable to the future success and Assembly .—A stirring scene occurred in tbe Empress out to be a model of virtue — we hope 
prosperity of its commercial, mechanical and ag- Assembly ; the resolutions relative to the Canal sbe is, fur there is need enough of something of 
ricultural pursuits. But not that only. Other, policy being taken up and passed, after number- tbe sort in the Imperial family. 
and perhaps greater interests, would be beneficial- less petitions of members to be excused from vot- -A young aspirant for office recent!}' sent 
ly affected by it, as can be seen by auy one who ing. In the midst of the objections raised to the Gen. Pierce letters urging - his claims, accompanied 
will take an impartial view of the subject. passage of the bill, tbe Speaker ordered tho ar- J^y his »lagn(.iitot\ pu He l! Y' ai< to eappaiuu- 
i which debate ensued. dlesmith-gate, England, at two pence a peep !— 
Friday, Feb. 11.— Senate .—Several bills were I bat’s popularity 1 
ferred and progress reported on others. , . T A r l sident of Sai ? F “ c o, iting to a 
. ,, * , . friend in Boston, says he had a t-urk'y for ns 
Assembly .—1 arther discussion on the canals in dinner> wc ighing 11% pound, and thac it only 
e House. cost him $16 ! 
Saturday, Feb. 12.— Senate .—The bill provid- -The Board of Alderman of the city of St. 
g for the consolidation of the railways between Louis, have passed an order appropriating tho 
Ibany and Buffalo was read and passed ; ayes Iar £ u su , m of f 500 - 000 fo " lbe P ur ^ a8e of g‘" 0Ulld 
„ for public parks. 
and perhaps greater interests, would be beneficial- less petitions of members to be excused from vot- -A young aspirant for office recent!} 7 sent 
ly affected by it, as can be seen by auy one who ing. In the midst of the objections raised to the Gen. Bierce letters urging his claims, accompanied 
~ ~ 7 — ~ will take an impartial view of the subject. passage of the bill, the Speaker ordered the ar- by b' s dj g a( " tot 7 VV cnppaiun- 
»re yet ^ bctwecn ^ and Sodu8> . rest of M r. K. S»,H. fo, .etotog to vote, ,klck ,Jr traveler 
“ Junius ” suggests, might be shortened some by created a great hubbub, and Mr. Smith was finally Leichardt, has been ascertained. He was killed 
tbe industiy and enterprise of the inhabitants.- 
Ilobert F. Stockton, of N. J.—Sec’y of the Navy. 
Jefferson Davis, of Miss.—Secretary of War.. 
running through Waterloo; but why build two released. 
roads through Wayne couuty, nearly parallel, and - 
so near each other, when one could do the busi- Sale of the Canals, 
ness ? Were there none building from Sodus 
Bav, south, we should prefer to take in Waterloo ncdace a movement 
and Lyons, but as that road is already in course P oliticians havin g in view 
by the natives after having penetrated 1,200 miles 
into the interior of the continent. 
Sale of the Canals. - The "Wire Suspension Bridge over the 
- Falls of St. John River, at St. John’s, N. B., has 
We notice a movement on the part of certain been completed, lt is about; an eighth ot a mile 
With them, industry and thrift cause the “wilder- Jag _ c Dobbin’, of N.C.-Sec’y of the Interior, 
ness to bud and blossom as the rose.” R. M’Clelland, of Mich.—P. AJ. General. 
The improvements iu the carrying trade —the Janies Campbell, of Penn.—Attorney General, 
increased facilities for getting to tide water the ( 7 
surplus products of the country by means of 
The Weather. -The week closing to-day. we arc ba Pl>y to learn that an effort is uow mak 
iiav, soutn, we snouia preier to take in Waterloo . . • i f n i in length, and about 90 feet above the water, 
and Lyons, but as that road is already in course P olltlc ians having in view tbe sale of the canals - . . . 
... nf flip Qtnl p TUn (stroTiorpHt TPAKoti lirfi'Pfl in frivol' 1 ■ 1 lie jJG8>t iilutefl 111 V Cimont 211 e tO meet 
of construction, and without any doubt will be ^’ . , , ti„t u, f.;, 1 c in Convention at Montpelier, on the 23d and 24th 
completed, we should consult our interests, and 0 10 mcasute appea s o e ee i eiu s o just,, to devise means for the erection of a rnonu- 
the interests of the stockholders by trying to ef- thc canals arc unable ’ for rertaui P ol,tlcal reason8 ’ ment to Rev. Thomas II. Gallaudet. 
feet a connection at some convenient point. And as <be ^ a ® rm > make ^ be canab8 ' vbab lb( J d ' J -A Missouri paper publishes “ for the infor- 
WP Jire bnnnv to learn that, an effort, is now mak- 8 ‘ re tbera to be > and (!der tbl8as tbe best P bn b)r mation of persons abroad and the study of spec- 
canal and slackwater navigation, is another devel- ( Tue8da 7> tl,e 15tb lnst -) has becn 0,16 of S^d. 
opment of the progressive spirit of the age. On fal1 ’ winter weather ; not very cold-though cold 
the Erie canal alone there is 5,030 boats. Were enou 8 b ; ™ th b ut little snow, to furnish pretty, 
they placed in a line they would reach from f od within the city. The river has 
Albany to Utica, a distance of 83 miles. This be ? n h f h ' tbou g h not U P to bi g b water maik -! 
fleet perform annually a journey of 11,000,000 b « a g about two feet below this. Only two weeks | 
miles, equal to 3,666 voyages across the Atlantic, more of the P™“ nt Wlnter rernain8 > and wbo wiI1 I 
or 1,375 voyages around the globe. During the re ^ lCe and be g lad wheD S P nn - come8 wllh \ 
business season it transports over 3,000,000 tons, a e 1 (> ^ c J11088 an d .— w. _ 
an amount twenty-six times greater than all that IbI8H Butter. —The Boston Traveler learns 
is carried by the railioads on the banks of thc th a t part of the cargo of the steamer Europa which 
canal. For six months in succession these boats sailed ou Monday, for Liverpool, consisted of 622 
take on daily and bear to market 20,000 tons, kegg (44)000 lbs .) of Irisb butter . This butter 
which would require about 2,500 cars to do tbe wag impolted here in December last, per steamer 
same. In 18.>0 the property sent tmough the Niagara, and its owners have been unable to find 
Erie canal was valued at $156,000,000. It gives a market for it in this country without sustaining ' 
employment to 26,000 boatmen ! a }osg 
Heavy Porker. On Tuesday last, Mr. B. E. Genesee Wesleyan Seminary.—W e learn from 
C'ritchell, of the Boston Pork Store, No. 119 Prof. Crow, Principal of this Institution, that the " 
State st., purchased a dressed hog weighing 610 current term closes March 10th—the Summer, 
lbs.—said to be tbe largest yet brought into the term commencing March 24th following, to con- . 
city. It was raised and fattened by Mr. Dibble, tinue fourteen weeks. The catalogue places the ( 
of Hindsburgh, Orleans county. time one week too late. j- 
feet a connection at some convenient point. And -A Missouri paper publishes “ for the infor- 
we are happy to learn that an effort is now mak- 8 ‘ re tbera to be > and ofl ' er tb ‘ 8as tbe best P lan for mation of persons abroad and the study of spec- 
i„g to consolidate the two companies, so that the completing the enlargement. If it is profitable ulators,” the amount paid for negroes at several 
entire road shall be under the management of one to a P rivate company to raise funds and complete public :sales The highest price paid was $l,lo0 
eimre roaa snail ue unuer lue managemeni oi one ■ 1 1 ni „i,i 
IJuard of Directors. Wc hope thi. will he con- •*•««* * •»* l™» » ** *«*“*• . 
summ&tcd, and that the point of connection may N. J., has nearly completed his labors. He has 
be at Lyons, instead of Vienna. ' ’ ‘ 1 called upon 3,909 families, 425 of which were des- 
Geneva, I think, would give more business to cessal 7> would not be a heavy burden, to a ^ tate tbute ( ,f the entire Bible. He has put in ciroula- 
the road than Waterloo, though the road would as ricb as the Em P ire State Certail,1 - Y is - 2 < 575 Bibles and Testamenta 
benefit them nearly alike. But whether the road Thisdi8 P osin S of our , ma S Dibcent P ,d)llc works ' c —---- ~ " T . ', 4 f 
touches at Geneva or Waterloo, or passes between which now P a >' a ^ 0<xl dlYldend U P°" thea “ ou ? M iehEi 
. ^ » inVPQt'Pl] fav flip qqlrn /vf llflVinff fllPTYI ffnin Ill pfivl IliiVC tilriC!) Ol tLllS W Ol k HI Ol - 
tbe two places.it matters but little to us; only ‘ ’ . . ° , ’ nest. The proposed length of the canal is 5.267 
so that we can secure the business of the present and rendered more P roductlye ’ to our a PP rehen - feet. The first lock entering from below the Falls 
Sodus and Vienna road, and have access to the 810n 18 nearl >' alhed to tbe kllhn g of thegoose that i 8 300 feet, constructed to lift ten feet into a basin 
, i a.i -Tir laid golden ee:e^. It can hardly find favor with 450 feet long. Lock ISo. 2 is 300 feet, and con- 
business thoroughfares north and south. YVeare, b ^ whatever view may be structed to lift 11 feet to another basin of 400 
in a commercial point of view, farther from New tho raass 0 our P®.°P l0 ' whatcver ' icw be feefc long and 130 f cet wide. Then it runs on a 
York City than Rochester or Buffalo, and even taken ot it by politicians. f dead level into Lake Superior, with only a float- 
peoplc, who have au abundance of means to effect 
— The Bible Distributor for Mercer county, 
so that we can secure the business of the present 
Sodus and Y’ienna road, and have access to the 
business thoroughfares north and south. YVeare, 
in a commercial point of view, farther from New 
York City than Rochester or Buffalo, and even 
the merchants of Dunkirk can get their mereban- 
York City than Rochester or Buffalo, and even iaKen OI llu JI 1,1 1 dead level into Lake Superior, with only a float.- 
the merchants of Dunkirk can get their mereban- „ ., r , • ,, ing gate intervening, where it finds from 6 to 12 
, » T , . , , . , Stockings By Mail.— We saw a package m the feet water. Thc deepest cut is 1 5 feet earth 13,5 
dise from New York quicker, and at Jess expense post _ office yesterday, containing a pair of “ blue roc k. 
than our merchants between the lakes. And if woolen stockings” that had come all the way from- 
we do n#t avail ourselves of tbe present opportu- a town iu Michigan, and directed to a person in Sperm 0:l.— We understand that $1,30 has 
nity to “ throw a plank ashore,” we may as well Seneca county. They were snugly done up in a been refused for sperm oil during the last week. 
, , , , r, fxr r ' i i, i newspaper and envelope, open at both ends. It The last sales that have come to our knowledge 
nity to “ throw a plank ashore,” we may as well Seneca county. They were snugly done up in a been refused for sperm oil during the last week. 
, , , , „ r , ,, r ’ . , newspaper and envelope, open at both ends. It The last sales that, have come to our knowledge 
label ourselves, Gone V est, for wo shall des- ^ £ a * ked 6d f he weight and postage were made at $1,28. The quantity in thc market 
pair of keeping up with the improvements, or on- caused it to be examined and re-marked at this is extremely small. The vessels which are to ar- 
joying the increased facilities of the age. office. Tho postmaster hero marked the package rive here within the next few weeks, will make 
S, Furman. 65 cents—just about what the stockings are worth profitable voyages for the owners.— New Bedford 
Romulus Centre, N. Y., Fob. 11, 1853. to sell— Buffalo Republic. Standard. 
