MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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ROCHESTER, MARCH 19, 1853. 
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munications on Agricultural subjects. While 
highly gratified with the stand taken by our farm¬ 
ing friends for the support and success of the 
Rural, we are especially proud of the real practical 
information, with which they enable us to enrich 
its columns. During the winter we have received 
more than we could publish, hence our poit-folio 
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bleness and opportunity, we shall give the favors 
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of value to our Agricultural readers. 
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those who contribute to other depaitments of the 
paper. Their aid is duly appreciated and we 
shall treat no well-written and appropriate con¬ 
tribution with neglect. But time must be allowed 
for their examination—more time than at pres¬ 
ent we can command, to decide on the large 
number before us. 
Notes from the Capital. 
Albany, March 12, 1853. 
During the past week the Legislature have 
been occupied on the subjects of the Canals aud 
the State Finances. A bill has passed the Assem¬ 
bly imposing a tax of seven-tenths of a mill per 
dollar to meet the deficiency in the Treasury, and 
to aid iu the enlargement of the Canals. The 
bill also provides for tlie collection of tolls on all 
freight transported by railroad, except on cattle, 
horses, sheep, fresh meat, butter, cheese and milk. 
Other plans are under discussion in both Houses, 
the most prominent of which is to amend the Con¬ 
stitution so that money can be borrowed by the 
State, and paid from the revenues of the canals 
without taxing the people. This plan also pro¬ 
vides for the payment of the million and half 
now in canal revenue certificates under the law of 
1851. It is somewhat probable that this may yet 
be adopted. 
The State Normal School is now in the third 
week of its eighteenth term. Tbe number of 
pupils is about 240, and the average of talent is 
gi eater than usual, owing probably to the fact 
that the demand for good teachers is increasing 
very rapidly. 
Business generally is rather dull, especially for 
butter speculators who have rather long faces “ for 
a cause." Office seekere look anxious, and proba¬ 
bly will for some weeks. 
We have bad a treat of about a foot of snow, 
probably some that was reserved in December. 
More anon. Owe. 
Phrenological Lectures. 
The course of Lectures upon this science, of 
which mention was made last week, have now 
been concluded. The attendance has been quite 
large, and the lectures eminently practical and in¬ 
structive. Tbe lecture to Ladies was largely at¬ 
tended, aud we bear it highly commended by many 
who were present, as giving just the information 
needed by the mothers of America. The lectures 
on “ hereditary laws, love and parentage, matri¬ 
mony, aud the perfect woman,” unfold laws aud 
principles that should be more generally known, 
and more practically heeded. Those who were 
so unfortunate as not to hear them, may obtain 
much of the same knowledge from works on these 
subjects, published by Fowlers and Wells. We are 
aware that some characterize the lectures as ultra 
and impracticable. This may be so to a certain 
extent, for the very reason that something of an 
ultra and uew style may be necessary to call the 
attention of the public to the important truths 
presented for their consideration. Human Physi¬ 
ology, one of the great pillars of Mr. Fowler’s 
system, Ls less understood than Phenology, and 
there is much to be learned in both sciences 
before mankind will be prepared to fulfil tbe im¬ 
portant injunction, “ know thyself." To our ap¬ 
prehension such lectures cannot be too often re¬ 
peated, for the benefit of our race. t 
JI T " 1 —- 
Th<z Ma,plk Extract before us demonstrates 
not only ithat the season of sugar-making has ar¬ 
rived, but that the donor of the “specimen”— 
Mr. J. B. Mitchell, of Pittsford.—knows how to 
make, and where to dispose of a superior article. 
_The number of convicts in all the New 
York State Prisons, is A688, 
Annual of Scientififc Discovert ; or, Year-book 
of Facts in Science and Art, for 1853. Edited 
by David A. Wells, A. M. Boston : Gould and 
Lincoln, 1853. 
This is the fourth annual volume of a work 
“ exhibiting tbe most important discoveries and 
improvemnnts in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural 
Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Meteorology, 
Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Geogra¬ 
phy, Antiquities, Ac. Together with a list of re¬ 
cent scientific publications; a classified list of 
Patents ; obi tuaiiee of eminent scientific men ; 
notes on the progress of science during the year 
1852, etc., etc." A truly valuable work, containing 
a fund of information, found nowhere else so 
cheaply and readily. Sold by Sage & Bro. 
The Captive in Patagonia ; or Life among the 
Giants. A personal narrative by B. F. Bourne; 
with illustrations. Boston : Gould A Lincoln. 
1853. 
The author of the volume before us sailed from 
the port of New Bedford, iu the winter of 1848- 
9, as mate of the brig John Allyne, bound for 
California, and was, by the insubordination of the 
crew, and the treachery of the natives, made pris¬ 
oner. He remained with the savages three months, 
passing over large portions of that unexplored 
country, suffering .all that man can suffer and live. 
Escaping by stratagem, he has furnished an in¬ 
teresting narrative, interspersed with valuable in¬ 
formation, about the country and its inhabitants. 
It is one of the too small number of books of 
travel worth reading. Sold by Sage A Bro. 
The Senator’s Son, or The Maine Law a last_ 
Refuge. A story dedicated to the Law Makers. 
By Metta Victoria Fuller. Cleveland : Look¬ 
er A Gatchell, 1853. 
Tuts new work by Miss Fuller, possesses a 
higher and more practical tone than her previous 
efforts, and seems well calculated to do good. It 
powerfully delineates the evils of Intemperance, 
and the need of a restraining Law, iu which the 
only hope of the sufferers from this vice is found. 
It is a handsome volume, and we earnestly hope 
it may have many readers. For sale by D. M- 
Dewey. 
Home Scenes ; a Family Story. By Amanda 
Weston. Syracuse : L. C. Mattack, 1853. 
This little volume contains, we are told, a cheer¬ 
ful and truthful view of scenes at home, well cal¬ 
culated to promote better enjoyment of life by 
both parents aud children, and to prompt to the 
correction of various domestic errors. 
The Edenburgh Review for January commen¬ 
ces the 97th volume of this Quarterly. It contains 
nine articles, among them one on the Hungarian 
Revolution, others on Saul of Tarsus, Cathedral 
Reform, the Indian Army, Montalembert, and the 
Fall of the Derby Ministry. Republished by 
Leonard Scott A Co., New York, in connection 
with the London, North British, and Westminster 
Quarterly Reviews, and Blackwood’s Magazine- 
Terms, for one Review $3 a year, for two $5, for 
three $7, for the four $8 ; Blackwood’s Magazine 
S3, Blackwood and the four Reviews $10. D. M. 
Dewey, agent. 
“ Chemical Field Lectures ” is the name of a 
woik designed for Agriculturists. It was transla¬ 
ted from the German by James E. Teschemacher, 
a well known Agricultural writer—who has edit¬ 
ed it with valuable notes, adapting it to our wants. 
Dr. Stociihardt, a celebrated German Chemist, is 
the author. The topics most intimately connect¬ 
ed with farming are not only popularly, but ably 
treated. Dewey has it. 
The Knickerbocker for March has its usual 
rich variety of contents. There is a forcibly writ¬ 
ten article on “Second Marriages," which, as a 
specimen of fine logic, will well repay perusal.— 
McMahon, Waverly News Room, agent. 
New Music.—W e have received from Mrs. Wm. 
Webster another musical composition, entitled 
“ The Introduction Polka," and dedicated to the 
daughters of James Buchan, Esq., of this city.— 
It possesses the spirit and brilliancy of her former 
productions. 
The Wool Grower and Stock Register for 
March, has the following inviting table of con¬ 
tents : 
WOOL AND SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 
Wool Growiu); and French Sheep.133 
Two Modes of Wintering Sheep,.134 
Cabinet of Hair and Wool,.135 
Sheep Husbandry in Western N. \ r .; Foul Noses,.... 135 
French and Spanish Sheep,.136 
The Raising of Wool,.137 
How to Keep Sheep.137 
French Merino Sheep,.138 
Wool Growing Profitable,.138 
Shanghai Sheep; Pelt Rot; Signs of Health in Sheep, 139 
Review of Wool Market for Feb.; Sales of Wool,.. . . 139 
STOCK REGISTER. 
“Improved Breeds of Cattle.”—Again.141 
Breeds of Swine, No. 2,.142 
Wounds on Horses,.143 
Dark-Colored Rouen Ducks.144 
A rtificial Incubation; Good Cow,.145 
Feeding Box for Cattle; Chapped Teats.145 
Cooking Food for Animgls,.116 
India Rubber Horse Shoes; Lampas,.146 
Dime for Fowls; Ringbone,.147 
N. Y. State Ag. Society—Annual .Meeting,.147 
Review of Cattle Markets.148 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Hungerford and Brodie’s Fat Long-Wooled Sheep, 140 
Dark-Colored Rouen Ducks,.144 
Feeding Box for Cuttle.145 
The Weather and Season. —The weather since 
the first of the month has continued rather mod¬ 
erate until Monday the 14th, which was a very 
cold, windy, squally day — oue of the most tedi¬ 
ous days of the past winter season. Tuesday 
morning thermometer at 10. 
Heard the crows cawing on Saturday ; also on 
the same day, saw skunk-cabbage (Ictodes feeti- 
da) in flower. This is a common plant in low 
wet grounds. The common name indicates its 
well known property. These are the first heralds 
of Spring observed by—w. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Monday, March 7.— Senate. —Notices, reports, 
Ac., occupied the Senate. 
Assembly. —The bill to provide means for pay¬ 
ing the State Debt was before the House. 
Tuesday, March 8.— Senate. —The Senate re¬ 
ceived notice of several new bills, had several in¬ 
troduced, refused to stay in Executive session ; 
after which, the usual select Committee of eight 
was appointed. 
Assembly. —The Assembly considered, in Com¬ 
mittee, the State Finance bill. Amendments to 
make it include incorporated Canal Companies, 
to restore tbe tolls on Railways as they existed in 
1850, and to tax the earnings of Railways, were 
agreed to, and the bill reported to the House.— 
Adjournment was not taken till a late hour. 
Wednesday, March 9.— Senate. — The Senate 
considered a majority report from the Select Com¬ 
mittee, but took no action thereon. 
Assembly. —The Assembly discussed innumera¬ 
ble amendments to the Tax bill, refused to accept 
any of them, and finally passed the bill as it was 
originally reported. ^ 
Thursday, March 10.— Senate. — The Senate 
considered an amendment to the Constitution, 
proposed by Mr. Bristol, and rejected it. 
Assembly— In the House the Tax bill was dis¬ 
cussed at length. The motion to insert the Sen¬ 
ate Toll bill was adopted ; the motion to strike 
out the tolls on the Ogdeusburg and Erie Rail¬ 
road have been lost. 
Friday, March 11.— Senate. —Bills were reported 
enlarging the basis of Bank circulation, and sup¬ 
plying Rrooklyn with water. In Committee, the 
bill suspending the publication of the Colonial 
History was discussed, but no action taken on it. 
Assembly. —A report was made erecting out of 
Erie, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua couties, the 
new county of Marshall. Another incorporating 
the New York State Law School. The Senate 
bill imposing tolls, being amended by striking out 
live stock and fresh meats, was concurred in.— 
Ayes 79, nays 28. The bill providing for the pay¬ 
ment of the State debt and pushing on the pub¬ 
lic works, was moved to third reading. 
Saturday, March 12.— Senate. —A petition was 
presented from 10,000 citizens of New York city, 
against the Ecclesiastical Devise Law. A bill to 
recognize the First Regiment of New York Vol¬ 
unteers was reported. A bill was passed to ex¬ 
tend the time for the completion of the Watertown 
and Rome Railroad. 
Assembly. —The bill to divide the Nineteenth 
Ward of New York city was reported complete. 
Mr. Siiaw laid on the table a resolution inquiring 
into the expediency of such au amendment 
to the Constitution as shall give to the Legisla¬ 
ture authority tosell the Canals. The new Assess¬ 
ment bill was further debated. 
Meteorological Abstract. 
BY L. WETHERELL. 
Feb. 1853. 
THERMOMETER. 
| MAX. | MIN. | MEAN. 
RAIN. 
| WINDS. 
1 
44 
26 
30.00 
W. N W. 
2 
45 
37 
41.00 
S. 8 W. 
3 
41 
34 
36.33 
W. S W. 
4 
48 
36 
40.00 
S W. W. 
5 
37 
33 
35.33 
S E. K. 
6 
27 
24 
25.33 
N W. 
7 
25 
12 
19.00 
N W. 
8 
31 
11 
21.33 
N W. 
9 
15 
12 
13.33 
N W. 
10 
30 
17 
25.33 
s w. 
11 
39 
28 
32.33 
S W. N W. 
12 
27 
13 
19.33 
N W. 
13 
32 
22 
26.00 
S W. N W. 
14 
23 
17 
20.00 
N W. 
15 
38 
20 
31.C6 
N W. S W. 
16 
42 
32 
35.66 
S E. N W. 
17 
26 
20 
22.66 
N W. 
18 
21 
13 
17.00 
S E. N W. 
19 
25 
14 
18.66 
N W. 
20 
32 
20 
21.00 
N W. 
21 
31 
9 
21.66 
N W. 
22 
46 
35 
39.33 
S. N W. 
23 
28 
18 
24.66 
N W. 
24 
24 
il 
19.33 
N W. 
25 
31 
23 
27.00 
N W. 
26 
38 
24 
29.00 
N W. 
27 
39 
10 
30.66 
N W. S. 
28 
44 
36 
40 33 
S K. S. 
00 
00 
00.00 
00 
00 
00.00 
00 
00 
00.00 
REMARKS. 
Monthly mean temperature, 31.15. 
“ “ height of baromemer 29.52 inches. 
Zodiacal light very brilliant on the evening of 
the 14th. 
The daily mean of the above table is made of 
three observations—two, only, being published 
— the highest aud lowest. This accounts for the 
difficulty which some find iu trying to get the 
daily mean, as published, from the two observa¬ 
tions. 
“Terra Culture.” — Correction .—In an article 
in last week’s paper, it was stated that $50 had 
been sent to Russell Comstock, as we understood, 
by citizens of Derby, Ct. We are informed that 
this is a mistake, that the money was pledged, and 
was ready for him at the time appointed for his lec¬ 
ture .—Boston Cultivator. 
Having copied the erroneous statement into our 
last number, we promptly aud cheerfully publish 
the above correction. While we are anxious to 
guard the public against so'foolish a humbug as 
“ terra-culture," we would avoid doing injustice 
to its originator. Indeed we have facts enough to 
bury the theory beyond the hope of successful 
resurrection, without recourse to any but truthful 
statements. 
A Women’s Temperance Meeting will he held 
at Corinthian Hall, on Tuesday evening the 22d 
inst., at I 1 /, o’clock. Mrs. Amelia Bloomer, of 
Seneca Falls, Rev. Antoinette L. Brown, of Hen¬ 
rietta, and Susan B. Anthony, of Rochester, will 
be tbe speakers of the evening. All friends of 
Temperance are respectfully invited to attend.— 
Admission one shilling. Tickets to be had at 
Dewey’s News Room, aud at the door on the ■ 
evening of the meeting. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Monday, March 1. —Senate. — The Cabinet as 
heretofore given, was unanimously confirmed.— 
Several matters were brought up for future dis¬ 
cussion. 
Tuesday, March 8.—The following is a list of 
the Committees appointed ; 
On Foreign Relations— Messrs. Mason, (Chair¬ 
man,) Douglas, Clayton, Norris, Everett. 
On Finance — Messrs. Hunter, (Chairman,) 
Bright, Pearce, Gwin, Badger. 
On Military Affairs —Messrs. Shields, (Chair¬ 
man,) Borland, Dawson, Fitzpatrick, Jones ol 
Tennessee. 
On Commerce — Messrs. Hamlin, (Chairman,) 
Soule, Seward, Dodge of Wisconsin, Benjaim. 
On Naval A ffairs —Messrs. Gwin, (Chairman,) 
Mallory, Fish, Thomson of New Jersey, Toombs. 
On Public Lands —Messrs. Borland, (Chairman,) 
Dodge of Iowa, Pratt, Pettit, Thompson of Ky. 
On Roads and Canals —Messrs. Bright, (Chair¬ 
man,) Douglas, Geyer, Adams, Sumner. 
On Pensions —Messrs. Jones of Iowa, (Chair¬ 
man,) Weller, Foot, Evans, Toombs. 
On Indian Affairs— Messrs. Sebastin, (Chair¬ 
man,) Walker, Cooper, Rusk, Smith. 
On the District of Columbia —Messrs. Shields, 
(Chairman,) Norris, Badger, Mallory, Cooper. 
On Claims —Messrs. Broadhead, (Chairman,) 
Adams, Pratt, Wade, Chase. 
On Patents and the Patent Office —Messrs. James, 
(Chairman,) Evans, Dawson, Stuart, Smith. 
On the Judicary— Messrs. Butler, (Chairman,) 
Toucey, Geyer, Stuart, Phelps. 
On Territories— Messrs. Douglas, (Chairman,) 
Houston, Weller, Cooper, Jones of Teun. 
On the Post Office and Post Roads —Messrs- 
Rusk.(Chairman,) Soule, Hamlin, Morton, Smith- 
On Public Buildings— Messrs. James, (Chair¬ 
man,) Hunter, Badger. 
On the Library— Messrs. Pearce, (Chairman,) 
Bayard, Atherton. 
Wednesday, March 9. — Senate. —Mr. Clayton 
concluded his remarks ou the Central American 
treaties. A resolution calling for information re¬ 
specting the imprisonment in Cuba of James H. 
West, a citizen of R. I., was passed in Executive 
Session. 
Thursday-, March 10.— Senate. —A resolution was 
passed calling on the Secretary of the Navy for 
information relative to purchase of coal for the 
squadron to Japan. A resolution was adopted 
referring some of the unfinished business ol' last 
session, touching the difficulties of the Superin¬ 
tendent of Indian Affairs in Minnesota, to Indian 
Committee. Mr. Douglas made a speech on the 
Bulwer and Clayton treaty. Adj. to Monday. 
Dead Letter Curiosities. One millon of dead 
letters, that is, letters for Yvliieh the owners could 
not be found, were recently burned in a huge 
bonfire at Washington. The Republic enumerates 
the following as a portion of the contents of them ; 
—“A horse shoe ; a giuger cake, the postage on 
which Yvas $2,10 ; a donation to a church, being a 
small cake in a paper box ; a quilt, a New Year’s 
preseut to a bachelor ; a Dutch pattern for a child’s 
dress ; a pin-cushion, the stand of it iu the bot¬ 
tom of a glass lamp, the postage $4, the intrinsic 
worth about as many cents ; a zinc frame belong¬ 
ing to a galvanic battery, postage $17 ; a stone 
weighing two pouuds, addressed to a gentleman 
by “ Eliza,” as a sample of his generosity ; a pair 
of men’s boots sent to a lady ; a large bottle of 
salve ; and a bundle containing a coarse shirt, a 
pair of blue stockings, and a razor.” 
State Library-. —The work of finishing the in¬ 
terior of the State Library building is progressing 
a pace—at snail’s pace, we think. Workmen are 
engaged in preparing the flooring. This is to he 
composed of square blocks of English-made tiles, 
cut in diamonds, and of three different colors— 
Yvhite, buff and slate. These tiles are laid in ce¬ 
ment, half an inch thick, and then left to harden 
like stone. This material will make a beautiful 
Mosaic flooring, not only durable, but perfectly 
fireproof. Nearly the entire edifice is thoroughly 
fire-proof, and why the winding stair-ways should 
have all been constructed of wood, is a mystery 
to us. They should have been made either of 
iron or stoue.— Alb. Reg. 
The Arctic Exploration.— The New York pa¬ 
pers state that the expedition, under the com¬ 
mand of Dr. Kane, -will sail for the Arctic seas 
about the middle of April. The whole company 
numbers nineteen men, including eleven hands, 
and each is armed with one of Marston’s rifles, 
aud an abundance of amunition. Besides the 
brig Advance, tbe frame-YVork of a smaller vessel, 
which can be put together when required, four 
gutta-percha boats, intended for sledges and five 
whale boats, will be carried out, to which forty- 
eight dogs will be added when the paity arrive 
on tbe upper coast of Greenland. 
Liability for Counterfeit Bills. —The system 
adopted by the Suffolk Bank, of Boston, of mark- 
ing all counterfeit bi 11s that pass through tbe foreign 
money department of that institution, operates as 
a great check to the passage of bad money in that 
city. When once a bill is marked, the person from 
whom it was received is liable, and must redeem 
it or inform to whom it was returned. Attempts 
have been made to erase tbe Suffolk maik, but 
the officers now put it both on the face and back 
of tbe bill, in such a way as to render any removal 
impossible. __ 
Coal Exploration. —Illinois is bound to be 
much richer in coal than has been supposed. The 
coal field of Pennsylvania is said to embrace an 
area of some 63,000 square miles ; aud the Chicago 
Democrat states that the recent disclosures of the 
State survey, make it certain that the coal fields 
of Illinois will be found equal iu extent to that, 
and probably will exceed it. 
Chinese Industry. —Parrott’s building in San 
Francisco, of 100 feet front, 70 or 80 feet deep and 
four stories high, all of solid granite, Yvas put up in 
Canton, block by block, by Chiuese workmen; 
and the blocks being all numbered, the building 
was then taken down, put aboard ship, brought 
across the Pacific, aud re-erected iu San Francisco 
by the same hands. 
Madison University.— It appears by the annual 
Catalogue for 1852-53 that there are now 201 
students in this Institution. Eleven are theologi¬ 
cal students, ninety-three undergraduates, and 
ninety-seven in the preparatory department. The 
entire course comprises eight years. 
-ffetos jBi-ebifies. 
-Navigation on the Pennsylvania Canals 
opened on the 3d inst. 
-A mob was recently quelled in Boston by 
tbe Fire-Department playing on them. 
-Twelve steamers are now on their way 
from England to Australia. 
-The Pacha of Egypt has given orders for 
leveling tbe Isthmus of Suez. 
-- The population of the Brazilian Empire 
in South America, 5,200,000. 
-It is said that the Canal will be opened for 
navigation on the 15th of April. 
-Gen. Scott is about to establish the head¬ 
quarters of the army at New York. 
-Butter in Baltimore is quoted dull at 15 a 
17 cts. for roll, and 14 a 16 cts. in kegs. 
-The Governor of Vermont has set apart the 
8th of April as a day of humiliation aud prayer. 
-Virginia, perhaps for the first time since 
the Government Yvas formed, is without a Cabinet 
Minister! 
-There are 42 light-houses on the English 
coast; 16 on the Scottish, and 26 on the Irish 
coast. 
-Resolutions have passed the Virginia legis¬ 
lature in favor of reducing the duty ou railroad 
iron. 
-It is stated that in the city of Glasgow 
twenty thousand people go to bed drunk every 
Saturday night. 
-Hon. Robert McClelland, the new Secre- 
retary of the Interior, under Pierce, is a native of 
Franklin Co., Pa. 
-A tremendous hail storm occurred at 
Hayneville, Ala., last week. The hail stones Yvere 
as large as marbles. 
-There are thirty-six members of Parlia¬ 
ment who are non-conformists, representing near¬ 
ly 4,000,000 of persons. 
-The iron pavement in HoYvard street, Bos¬ 
ton, has not been affected by frost or the travel 
over it during the winter. 
-Hon. Jonathan Phillips has made the lib¬ 
eral donation of five hundred dollars to the U. S. 
Agricultural Society. 
-Col. Fremont’s solicitors communicate to 
tbe London Times the recognition of his claims 
to the estate of Maiiposas, California. 
-The well known German, Kinkel, has ac¬ 
cepted a place as Professor of the German lan¬ 
guage, at Westbourne College, London. 
-A stoker on board H. M. ship Valorus, has 
become entitled to tbe Earldom of Stockport, aud 
estates producing $155,000 a year. 
-It is owing to the exertions of Eliza Cook, 
that £400 have been raised for the purpose of 
erecting a monument to Thomas Hood. 
-A Rhode Island Bank issues fractional 
bills, as $1,25, $1,50, $1,75, to facilitate the ma¬ 
iling of change. 
-The citizens of Poughkeepsie are subscrib¬ 
ing liberally to secure a “House for the Friend¬ 
less ” in that beautiful village. 
-There are applications before the Massa¬ 
chusetts Legislature for over seventeen millions of 
additional banking capital. 
-The sugar crop of Louisiana, it is said, will 
be larger for 1852 than ever before. It will reach 
fully 290,000 hogsheads. 
-Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, we see it sta¬ 
ted, has appeared on seventy-one occasions before 
popular audiences during the season. 
-It is stated that the Legislature of Pennsyl¬ 
vania has, among other projects, a bill for au in¬ 
corporation to raise chickens. 
-A wild horse was recently purchased in 
Cincinnati for $4,000, and will be exhibited in 
New York at the World’s Fair. 
-The fiftieth anniversary of the introduction 
of Methodistism into Cincinnati, was celebrated 
ou the afternoon and evening of the 7th of March. 
-A Railroad has beeu opened between Chi¬ 
cago and La Salle, and the Tribune of the former 
place congra ulates themselves upon the event. 
-A new comet was discovered Tuesdsy eve¬ 
ning at the Observatory of Harvard College, by 
Charles W. Tuttle, assistant at the Observatory. 
-A tornado visited the vicinity of Clarkson- 
ville, Tennessee, on Sunday night, levelling dwell- 
ings, stables, barns and trees, to the ground. 
-Ex-President Fillmore is preparing for his 
Southern tour. He will be the guest at Charles¬ 
ton of a distinguished Democratic politician. 
_M. Cabet’s community, at Nauvoo, re¬ 
cently celebrated its anniversary. Its net profits 
for the last year are said to have beeu $9,000. 
_The tobacco crop of the United States, for 
the last year, amounted to about $200,000,000.— 
Of this, $80,000,000 Yvorth Yvas consumed at home. 
-A joint stock company has been formed to 
work the MiddletoYvn, Conn., silver mines. Its 
capital is $60,000. The mines are said to be very 
rich. 
-It is estimated, by the San Francisco pa¬ 
pers, that au increase of at least 75,000 was made 
t.o the population of California, during the year 
1852. 
-The contributions to the Washington Na¬ 
tional Monument during ihe month of Fehurary, 
amounted to $1,604, 22 and the expenditures to 
$2,109, 19. 
-The Baptist Register says there are four¬ 
teen Protestant schools, and twenty-six Protestant 
sermons are preached every Sabbath day in Con¬ 
stantinople. 
-George D. Prentice, the witty editor of the 
Louisville Journal, contemplates going into the 
very unpoetical business of buying and selling 
dry-goods! 
-The organ in U8e at Dr. Peabody’s Cburchr 
in Boston, was selected by Handel more than a 
century ago. It is still in some respects a fine in¬ 
strument. 
-During the month of February there ar¬ 
rived at New York 12,280 immigrants. The num¬ 
ber of vessels which arrived during the same period 
Yvas 213 —total tonnage 115,098. 
-Epes Sargent, Esq., has retired from the 
editorial chair of The Boston Transcript. Daniel 
N. Haskel, heretofore a contributor to The Tran¬ 
script, succeeds Mr. Sargent. 
_First Steemer arrived at Cleveland on the 
12th. She came from Sanduskey, landed her 
passengers (two) on the ice, three miles oat, and 
started back again. 
_The public debt of tbe United States due 
1st July, 1853, and Yvliieh the Secretary advertises 
will be'paid on presentation, amounts to within a 
fraction of six millions of dollars. 
-The annual amount of lead produced from 
the Wisconsin Lead Mines, is about 40,000,000 
pounds, which, at five cents a pound, (a low 
enough estimate now,) amounts to $2,000,000. 
