MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
No, geDtlemen, we claim no “patent right” in 
j this matter, and you are at perfect liberty to quote 
(as we believe you have recently, to some extent,) 
any thing which we have said or may say on this 
'•■i subject. Our object, from the beginning, has 
~~ been to caution the community against what we 
3 conceived (and you now admit.) to be a silly and 
^S1 ER, APRIL 23, 1853. egregious humbug. 13ut we are greatly surprised 
--- that you of Albany, possessing superior facilities 
.ISIIElt’S NOTICES. f or ascertaining the facts, (“ Prof.” Comstock re- 
rtny person so disposed can act as agent comparatively near you, and lecturing, 
v-Yorker,— and all who remit accord- & / “ ,... 
e entitled to premiums, &c. jews ago, in your city and vicinity,) should not 
L is published strictly upon the cash ' iave expressed your honest convictions in regard 
longer than paid for — and all orders to this matter. Your silence gave consent and 
Notes from New York 
The Winter, &c., in Kent Co., Mich. 
MM 
ROCHESTER, APRIL 23, 1853. 
PUBLISHER’S NOTICES. 
Agents.—A ny person so disposed can act as agent 
for the Rural New-Yorker,— and all who remit accord¬ 
ing to terms will be entitled to premiums, &c. 
The Rural is published strictly upon the cash 
New York, April, 1853. 0ur winter has been one of more than usual - 
Friend Moore:— As the “ Rural ” is devoted m jj duesSj with few storms, and consequently been Ellen Linn, a Franconia Story. By the author 
not only to the illumination of the Agricultural very f avoia ble for the prosecution of all kinds of of the Rollo Books. New York : Harper <fc Bro. 
world, but also to the spread of news and general business. The snow has been at no time above b,>,b . ^ 
intelligence, I send you accordingly the result of , en inches in depth, except it was in the timber- ThiS 18 the y Elg,lll J m the SeneS . ° f Iranc ° ma 
some observations in this commercial and political ed wood and for a gooc i s bare of the time, just 1 St ? ne8 ’ by JaCob AbB0TT ’ a 8eries presenting 
Metroplis of America. The “ signs of the times ” enough to make it passable sledding. The lum- ? a,et a ” (1 peaceful P lct " re8 ° f ^ domeStlC 
portend a financial and political crisis. All classes bermen espec ; a ]] y have profited by it and got out ‘ fC ’ ^ 8eeklns v t0 exe,t a ™° ial , lufll,ence mer 
of laborers have demanded an increase of wages. more tlian i tljL . ir , mVd] quanUty of logs. tLe , * 0U "f b ? p0,trapal . " , 
Rents have advanced beyond all precedent. The _ . . . such conduct and feelings as it is desirable to ex¬ 
money market is extremely tight, and unless Cal- 'December gave us an average empera ure o hibit before them f or their copying. The author 
" V O { I VI f OiTrnna Ttr ii/»h wfJG n TVirlP TYini'P than <51Y . „ . . , . ,» » * x • 
• jioiices. 
should be in accordance with terms. credence to the deception—and many of your 
Our lowest club price is SI,25 for any number of readers have consequently expended their money 
copies over 20 — and SI,50 under that number, unless a f or s t 0 ne instead of bread. We hesitate not to 
full club of twenty is ordered. affirm that, had the Albany Cultivator taken a 
nr Advertisements must be brief, appropriate to the bo]d and independent 8t and against Terra-Culture 
objects of the paper, and accompanied with the cash. . . , , . j 
J _ when or soon after the lectures were cieliTered in 
Additions to Clubs —Are still in order. Hav- Albany, the agricultural commuuity of this State 
ing but few back numbers, agents and others cau alone would have been the gainer by hundreds 
order additions to Clubs at SI P er C0 PJ from 1st and thousands of dollars. The lamented Down- 
of March or April to end of the year and volume. 1N - 0 discharged his duty in the premises, so far as 
New Clubs, or single subscribers, can begin 1st be CO uld consistently, and had others performed 
February, March, or with the quarter—April 2d. theirs, the thing would have been exploded long 
' ■ - . . .—' since,—and hence there would have been no oc- 
The Press vs. Terra-Culture. casion for our humble, but sincere and effectual, 
services in behalf of a community notunfiequently 
n HO oi eneu hie ball. deceived by the passiveness or studied silence of 
The papers are now “coming down” on Terra-Culture , , , , , , . _ 
in all quarters. We believe Moore's Rural New- Yorker , i its professe 1 advocates aud protectors. 
Terr a-C ulture. 
WHO “OPENED THE BALL 
in all quarters. We believe Moore s Rural I\ev>-Yorker, j us jauiesce i auvuuuus auu piuicwuio. 
“opened the ball,” since which time there has been plenty j q i ronrW anrl oontemnorarips is our de- 
to join. The Wayne Sentinel, in an article c.n humbugs buen, readers and contempoiai its, is our ae 
generally,pronounces Terra-Culture “a genuine Barnum f enC e—for this article is simply in response to a 
humbug. —Rotluster h,urn. not fancied aggressive movement. Thoughsome- 
We have some knowledge of one paper which . T & - , , .. ° . 
has never had any sympathy with the Terra-Cul- wbat impulsive-for we have not time to study 
ture humbug—The New York Farmer, has all policy, and should not if we had abundant leisure 
along regarded the matter as unworthy of atten- —we trust the courtesy due our contemporaries 
tion, and the Professor as a man possessing a bas J}0 (- been forgotten. 
liberal share of self esteem to say the least. Oth- ____ 
ers can take out a patent for “ opening the ball” Tbe New York Crystal Palace. 
if they please. We have never been humbugged _ 
enough to attend one of the lectures, having in We have from the commencement, abstained 
ifornia and Australia continue and increase their 
tributes to American industry aud enterprise, we 
soon expect to see the “hard times” of 1837 re¬ 
newed once more. New York is growing beyond 
all calculation. Block after block, street after 
street, spring up as if by the magic of a wand.— 
Wheu the end will be none can tell. We may 
rest assured in the confident belief that within 
twenty years “ Gotham ” will contain as large a 
population as London now boasts of. 
In the line of public amusements, New York 
presents an attractive bill. No one should fail to 
hear Henry Ward Beecher preach on Sabbath 
night. His Church (the Plymouth, Brooklyn,) 
will hold four thousand or more, and is always filled 
to ovei flowing. He ranks as the greatest piece of 
ministerial ordnance in America. His motto is, 
“ I would rather be right than orthodox.” This 
accounts, in some degree, for his great popularity 
ar.d public influence. Edwin Forrest is now 
acting at the Broadway Theatre. I had the plea¬ 
sure of seeing him in the srreat character of Wil- 
31.21 degrees, which was a trifle moie thau six j g vcrv 8ucceS sful in the execution of his dcsigD, 
degrees above the December of the pieceding year- and d)e interest and naturalness of the scenes de- 
1 he range of the thermometer was from 8° to o7°. p j cted; mabe them most pleasant reading for 
There were G fair days, 11 cloudy, 6 rainy, and 8 cbildren> Sold by Sage <fc Bro. 
snowy. Amount of rain and snow, 5 inches. - 
January averaged 29.G8 degrees, against 23.96 Yusef ; or the Journey of the Frangi. A Crusade 
of the preceding year, and ranged from 4° below 
zero to 49° above. There were 16 fair days, 12 
cloudy, and 3 stormy, with less than an inch of 
rain. 
February has averaged 26.83° against 27.52° of 
1852. The range was from 3° below to 50° above 
ins au auianivc uui. nu uuc ouuuiu mu ,, - . , , „ . , , , ucinur cm uus uiutesuue—ui 
__ zero. There were 11 lair days, 13 cloudy and 4 ° , 
Henry Ward Beecher preach on Sabbath . , „ „ . \ J . attractiveness of the volume 
. .—,, , . , r ,, „ .. . stormy, with a fall of 1. 16 inches of water. This , , 
. His Church (the Plymouth, Brooklyn,) ~ , . , readers. The letters composi 
mouth was of very steady winter weather, com¬ 
fortable for all kinds of out door-work. 
March has averaged 34.05 degrees, which is one 
higher than the preceding March. Thermometer 
“ I would rather be right than orthodox.” This h '- hcr tban the pjeceding March. 1 ber.nometcr New Music.-" Tbe Ideal Waltz,” composed by 
accounts, in some degree, for his great popularity raU ? in * f° nl , 2 b f_° W ’ t0 f° ab °™ Zer °' The ’ i e Mrs. Wm. Webster, of this city, and dedicated to 
ar.d public influence. Edwin Forrest is now were 13 fair days, Id cloudy, and 3 stormy, with the Misses De Lancey, Geneva, has recently been 
acting at the Broadway Theatre. I had the plea- f 01 " 6 rain bet ^n days. Fall of water 1.88 published by Firth, Pond &, Co., New York. Mrs. 
sure of seeing him in the great character of Wil- lncbc f‘. , „ , v _ , „ , W.’s previous compositions have been well re- 
liam Tell. ' It is needless to say that Forrest Robl “ 8 and bluc birds “ mc tbe 17tb March J ceived, and the present will probably increase her 
entered fully into the spirit ami feeling of the other of the earlier spring birds are caroling their reputation. 
Swiss Patriot. As a tragedian Forrest is not ex¬ 
celled in America, perhaps not in the world.— 
vernal songs. Our lighter soils are read}’ for the 
plow, and I have seen it in motion under the gui- 
Tke New York Crystal Palace. 
Would to heaven, that looseness of moral principle dauce ° f onc or ^1° fe™eis duriug the past week 
enough to atten cl one oi me lecru res, navi ngm } iave f rom the commencement, abstained 
private conversation, become satisned or the utter r -\ ^ „ n ^ 
fallacy of the claims put forth.-W. Y. Farmer. I from ail Y ^tended remarks upon the Crystal 
j 1 PolortA riAnr i aamvcja r\ f /tnnof mi/tf inn i in Ynm 
was not too often the concomitant of exalted intel¬ 
lect. While all can worship at the shi ine of genius, 
we must also lament that private virtue and pub- 
Tbe indications of a favorable and early spring 
are really encouraging. The wheat looks quite 
favorable for the season, though the leaves seem 
The minds of our Rome, Albany, and one or 
two other contemporaries, seem of late to have 
been not a little exercised on the subject of Ter¬ 
ra-Cultural disclosures. The above, and other 
pointed paragraphs, indicate that some people can¬ 
not endure the reverberation of any thunder not 
Palace, now in course of construction in New 
Y r ork. To our apprehension it was aud is now, 
nothing more than a project on the part of a small 
Company to construct a building something in the 
style of the celebrated palace in London in 1851, 
not so much for the purpose of having an exhibi- 
we must aiso uimene mtn. pnvate viuue auu iuu- . - 1 nree uimai 
.. , . , - * to be deadened more than usual. Ihe season for t;„ n afbr Turn lei 
lie morality are shrouded in gloom, or forgotten . uonancraune isi. 
•[(etos 
-There are fifty banks in the city of New 
York. 
-Three dollar gold pieces will be in circula- 
amidst the glare and pomp of extraordinary en 
dowments. 
sugar making is below an average one. 
The prospects of the Grand River Valley are 
„ , . . . , T . tion of the industry of the Empire State, the U. 
of their exclusive manufacture. It is proper that . , 1 , 
. * . . S., or of all Nations, as to have a means of mduc- 
„ . , . , more encouraging, as we are now quite sure of 
No saving has experience proven more true, than , , . 7. ,, ^ ,, , , \ 
... ,. , , the completion of theOaklandandOttawaRail- 
“ Satan is always near when you are thinking about , . ‘ . , . , . 
. T . ... road within two years, which will put us in di- 
him.” Yesterday morning, as 1 was strolling . ,. ’ ,, 1 , ,, 
, . . , Vi i .• rect communication at all seasons of the year, 
leisurely down Broadway, meditating on tbe . , , , , . „ , “ , 
J noot TTTnL'f nm oil root /-.■F 
our esteemed friend Comstock, at the “ Romish 
See,” should be conservative—and it is hardly ex- 
ing the people to visit the palace for the pecuniary 
benefit of the projectors and stockholders,— to 
pected that our venerable contemporary of Rip , ., * J r . , . ... 
i, , . . , . make of it a show more of various celebrities. 
Van Wiukledom, (whose city, history gravely in- . . . . 
, . , . , „ , simply to pocket the profitsofthe fee for ad mission, 
forms vls, contained, at no ancient period, “two ./ . . 1 , , , . . 
, . . , . The public here or elsewhere, have been fur- 
thousand houses and eight thousand inhabitants, . , , r . . , . 
„ , , . . mshed with little or no guarantee that measures 
all standing with their gable ends to the street!”) , , . & , . ... 
, ... , ., , . , have been taken to secure awards, in which any 
should be very decided or progressive on any sub- 
, , , ... , j. , I , confidence can be placed, or which shall be of any 
iecL And yet, notwithstanding the fact that , . 4. ’ . „ , / 
J \ , c, , . , , . practical value to those who may be so fortunate 
some editors between Schenectady and sun-rise, 1 . J , . 
.... .. . e ,, r as to obtain them. 1 here seems to be a want of 
studiously avoid a public expression ot weli-iorm- , 
, . . r Y ,i r , . n i i definite action on the part of the managers, which 
ed opinions, the people of the West naturally look m 
to the East for knowledge. This probably arises 
more from habit, and early education, than any 
must be far from satisfactory to those who feel 
any interest in the enterprise. It has been very 
, , , v i , f, generally understood that the demand for space 
real expectation oi obtaining beneficial light. It ? , J , ,, ., ... 
. , , . e .... , r , has been greater than it was in the power of the 
may, indeed, be a sort of superstition—not unlike b , 
e ,, managers to supply, but if we are to credit the 
viewing the new moon over the opposite of the „ ® , _ rr J , , , , , 
, . , ,, , r r, , New York buD, many to whom space had been 
dexter shoulder, and so forth. But, like the moon, „ , , ' ■ 
certain carthlv luminaries not ^frequently neg- alIotted > have sen in uotlces tbat ^ shou,d 
lect or refuse to display their inherent effulgence; not . 11 se ib s,nce ^ mana S ers have ann0 ” t,c ed 
written by Irving, and will have a good sale. good wheeling most of the time. March was 
All who have laughed or wept over the Editor’s rather mild ; some cold days, but very few sudden 
sugar making is oeiow an average one. -The receipts of the Rochester and Syracuse 
The prospects of the Grand River Valley are Railroad for March, were $84,500. 
more encouraging, as we are now quite sure of -There are 11,000 husbands in Australia 
tbe completion of the Oakland and Ottawa Rail- whose wives have been left behind. 
road within two years, which will put us in di- -Miss Caroline E. Putnam advertises ber- 
rect communication at all seasons of the year, seR ^ a barber in the Salem Register. 
with the east and west, and all the rest of the . —- Mrs Meagher is on her way from Australia 
,, . . to New York m the ship Wellington. 
world. 3 his region will be then seen, and Us -Messrs. Page & Bacon, of St. Louis, have 
unrivaled advantages more duly appreciated by becu fined $1,000 each, for illegal banking. 
those seeking new homes in th ewest. -The New York Tribune is enlarged, and 
Laphamville Mich, April, l 1853. t. e. w. printed in close imitation of the London Times. 
The above has been deferred some two weeks. -The $800 necessary for the redemption of 
-- “ Daphne,” has been raised, and the woman is now 
Letter from Illinois. fr ee * 
- -The Albany Register says there are up- 
St. Charles, Ill., April 8 , 1853. ward of thirty millions of bricks made in that city 
Eds. Rural ;—Thinking you might like to hear annuad J- . 
, ,, , ,, -A letter from Havana states that during a 
how the world moves with us at the west, allow recenfc week> upwards of i 20 0 slaves were landed 
me to say, we have had a good winter for busi- on t be coast. 
nes3. During January the weather was change- -The coronation of Napoleon III bas been 
able; through February steady, cold and diy : postponed until August, on account of the Pope’s 
good wheeling most of the time. March was inability to be present at an earlier period. 
. • , , c with the east and west, and all the rest of the 
changes in fortune, political aspect ot the times, . 
c ,, r.- , , , , •, , 4 j t i .j i world. 31ns region will be then seen, and its 
Salt River, and who last sailed up that delightful G ’ 
, , ,j . . . ~ xv unrivaled advantages more duly appreciated by 
stream, who should turn up but Geu. Winfield . s J 1 1 ~ 
c , , . . i i j i i. t. those seeking new homes in th ewest. 
Scott, looking as hale and hearty as ever. It b 
° Laphamrille Mich. April, 1 1853. t. e. w. 
evidently agrees with him to sojourn for a time 
.... . ,, .... , T , tt- The above has been deferred some two weeks, 
on this side of the political Jordan. His eye_ 
seemed as bright, as when gallantly leading the Letter from Illinois. 
American arms on to glory and the Montezumas. _ 
Nothing of great interest is transpiring in the St. Charles, Ill., April 8, 1853. 
book world. Mr. Samuel Hueston, tbe enterpris- Eds. Rural : — I'hinking you might like to hear 
ing publisher ot the Knickeibockei Magazine,’ bow tbe wor J d moves with us at the west, allow 
is next week to publish a most inteiesting woik me say> we bave bad a good winter for busi- 
called the “ Attorney, uhich appeared in chap- nes3< During January the weather was change- 
ters in the old ‘ Knick. many yens ago. It is ab ] e ■ through February steady, cold and dry : 
The London papers state that difficulties 
leaving the people of the “rural districts” to their intention of charging an admission fee to 
° - 1 ... . ovhihitAvc Wfi nrp snrnriRAri ench Aonvco 
gi-ope on in darkness, or constraining us to illumi¬ 
nate, however feebly and imperfectly, on our own 
exhibitors. We are surprised any such course 
should be pursued, and can only account for it by 
e , , • • supposing the managers design to make the most 
responsibility—even at the risk of obtaining the . 
, r ,, money possible, and have added the fee named to 
severe displeasure of the wlsc men of the East.” J 1 
„. . „ , _ other means of swelling the amount. 
As our friends seem anxious to call the Rural t , . , , ., , r> i t , 
. , , . „ It is now conceded that the ralace will not be 
out, we, with becoming diffidence and proper def- , . . ., . T , ,. 
. , 1 1 ready for opening on the first of May, and the 
m-mmo oimanni* n rrn omi A n PC* OTifov t hn •* 1 ° ^ 
table in old “Knick.” have experienced a desire changes. April thus far has been dry, so that bave ari . 8e “ , in | be . Eu S llsb Cabinet w hich may 
to visit the Sanctum, whence so many good most of the spring gram has been sown in good _ T])e Union that n i ne ty-four canal 
things emanate. By a special invitation of Louis order, and every thing promises well The dry boats have been built‘in this city since the close 
Gaylord Clark, 1 called at his mansion on weather has retarded the grass so much that there of navigation. 
22d street, and was introduced to his Sanctum— is a lack of spring feed, and good warm showers -Steamers are plying daily between Roches- 
the Mecca of wit and humor. Ho has adorned it are just now very much needed. We have always ter and the Canadian ports, and doing a pros- 
with many fine paintings, and other works of art- the sure promise of sunshine and showers, of seed P erous business. 
He showed me a large collection of letters which time and harvest, and the blessing of heaven is „ — Judge Hancock, a son of John Hancock, of 
he had received from Webster, Clay, Everett, j sure to follow the labors of the diligent husband- ^ver 80'years*'if'age'.’ ^ ^ Ro ° tou - Ee 
Longfellow, Cooper, Bryant, and Dickens. The man. 
erence to superior age and experience, enter the 
arena—prepared to defend ourselves against any 
precise time when it will be thus prepared, seems 
involved in much uncertainty. The New York 
charges, whether direct or implied. In the above „ . r) , ,, . J . 
b ’ • ! Evening Post says, the enterprise is steadily ad- 
extract we are, by implication at least, arraigned . , ., ,. .. lx . . 
„ , . J ® , vancmg to its consummation ; the difficulties in 
for endeavoring to “take out a patent” for first i i . , , 
“disclosing the disclosures” of a certain self-stv led J As-ylum for Idiots. . f. . „. „ „ . - , “ uu W1 “ “ 
Professor Now in regard to the item credited now for thc most P art surmounted, the whole of y - junction to Cherry Y alley or Rockford. Tbe -The Allegany Valley Railroad, from Pitts- 
t/1 . TTninn wpmiv srate that rthonM. a eon the first, second and third stories are erected, and 0ne of the raost creditable and useful institu- b °°ks for the Air-line road were not opened until burg to the New York State Line, is to be pushed 
stant reader of that''excellent daily) we have no a11 the material for the structure coming on to the tions under the fostering care of the State, is the the 5tli of March, and closed the 14th same month, ahead with all possible dispatch. 
. r . ., ’ - , .. ground, and that the dome is the only considera- Asvlum for Idiots located on tiie Troy road about having in tbat short time $2.3000 more than was According to the New York Journal of 
recollection of seeing it until accompanied with _mi Asylum ior laiois, locaieaon me iroyroaa aoouu 6 , ., , , Commerce no ship made of iron or propelled by 
the remarks of friend Comstock, as above—and b , p t / stiucture to re completed. 1 he a mile from Albany. It is but a few years since necessary subscribed, a hey are locating the road 8team> was ever 8C P ruc k by lightning. 
riongxenow, uooper, u.yam, uuu ^iorcus. me man. _ Tbe salary of the Mayor of Sacramento is 
most of these, with many others, forever to be re- l u common with many other sections, we are $4,000 ; Recorder, $4,000 ; Marshal, $3,000 ; all 
membered in the annals of literature, have been much engaged and interested in this part of I Hi - the other officers, $2,000. 
contributors to old “ Knick.” — may its days be uois, in Railroad operations and projects. The -Mr. Choate’s Eulogy on Daniel Webster, 
long in the land. Mr. Clark speaks in terms of Air-line road from Chicago to Savannah, on the at Dartmouth College, will be delivered July 27th, 
unqualified commendation of the Rural New- Mississippi, is located through this place; also the the dajr befoie ommenccment. 
-r- . w,, • /-> w -The Cleveland Herald learns that within 
10RKEE -_1 V - M ’ n> Galena aild Ch,ca ?° Company think of straight- sixty days> the gauge between Buffalo aud Cleve- 
ening their road from the Aurora and St. Charles i and w [\[ be made a uniform one. 
-The Allegany Yfrilley Railroad, from Pitts- 
certainly never authorized its publication. Still 
we think the Union is correct in the main, and if 
not, the contrary can easily be established. It is 
true that the Rural embraced the first opportunity 
Post asserts the delay will be but a short one, and 
will be really for the benefit of foreign contribu¬ 
tors, and enable President Pierce to be present 
at the opening. We look upon it as an ill-advised 
private speculation, hastily got up, from which 
of condemning the humbug, after hearing it from L, . , , . , ., Y ,, 1 ’ , . 
. . & ° , ° I the industrial rmrsuits, and the people of the 
the lips of its sage expounder—and had we, from T r •. . o. . . , } 
. 1 ° [ ’ j United States, are to reap no great benefit. t 
private conversation, “ become satisfied of its utter 
fallacy,” our duty would probably have been dis¬ 
charged with equal promptitude. We did not 
stop to ask whether it had been exposed before : 
a mile from Albany. It is but a lew years since necessary suusui.ueu. aucv are ivw.ug me ruau, steam, was ever struck by lightning. 
it was deemed possible to do any thing to amelio- aud wdl be ready to let the contracts by first of _The office of American Consul at Panama 
rate the condition of that unfortunate class of J une - 3 he road will pass through a large amount j s estimated, by the Courier, to be worth from 
humanity. The Asylum was instituted, we un- of unsettled priarie land, embracing some of the $85,000 to $100,000 a year. Who pays it? 
derstaud, mainly through the efficient exertions best in Northern Illinois. The demand for labor- -The Nail manufacturers of New York held 
of Hon. F. F. Bachus, of this city, at the time a ers will be very great, and farmers may expect, a meeting last week, and resolved to reduce the 
State Senator. The State purchased what had for the present, a good home demand for their pnce ° ” ailb ‘ ® 1X ® ° w Xhlfd'the 
long been known as the “Bull’s Head Hotel,” surplus productions. J. Huls. nl10Ct: „„ Alo^rJ w^L-L »..rl C,.nl.- 
near the trotting course, and placed the whole in¬ 
stitution under the care of Dr. Wilbur. 
Plank Roads—Increase of Toll. 
Very many of the plank roads in this state haye 
“ Terra-Culture.” — The getter up of this 
considering the thing calculated to mislead the ncR P roved as profitable as has been expected, 
public, and believing the lectures expensive and ^ be ia fr s heretofore charged have not 
useless, we did not hesitate to warn or readers been sufficiently productive to pay fair dividends. 
' The number of pupils has been limited, but affair has leffc Western Kcw York - probably in 
embraced those for whom not a hope had been dis 2 ust at the lack of “appreciation of merit” on 
against the deception. For this we claim no 
credit, nor assume more virtue than our contem- 
33iis has induced many of them to petition the 
Legislature for authority to give up and abandon 
price of nails from six cents to five cents per lb. 
-The Court of Appeals has decided the 
question between Messrs. Welch and Cook, as to 
which was elected State Treasurer, in favor of Mr. 
Welch. 
-Mackenzie has moved in the Canadian 
Parliament for an address to Her Majesty pray¬ 
ing for the liberation of O’Brien and the Irish 
exiles. 
-Rev. John Pierpont, of Massachusetts, will 
poraries ought to possess. No doubt our own in- their roads. To meet this want the Legislature 
entertained of any thing better than spending a the P art of our P eo P le - Bcfore departing, he vio- me for the liberation ot C Bnen and the lash 
useless, indeed . burdensome life in a state of hW 1 Ree. John Pierpont, of Massachusetts, will 
hopeless idiocy. The result thus far has exceeded to dissatisfied auditors which course soon fin- rgad hig Poemi entitled “ The Scholar’s Hope,” 
the most sanguine anticipation. The worst cases ished -.his lecturing career hereabouts. We have j n Corinthian Hall, Friday evening, April 22. 
have been found capable, not only of improve- someammunition, including several rich anecdotes Admission one shilling. 
terest, temporarily at least, would have been bet- have P aiSed a law authorizing the charging of thc ment, but of learning a trade that would enable in reserve against another demonstration m this 
ter subserved by remaining silent, or endorsing foUowmg rates of toll. For every vehicle drawn by them to obtain a respectable livelihood, and an section. The last ye hear e Professor 
ter subserved by remaining silent, or endorsing loiio-ving races oi ion. r or every venicie drawn Dy them to outrun a respectaoie nveunooa, ana an 
the pretended “discovery and perchance the. one aoimal one cent per mile, and one cent per education which promises to open to their under- 
wotild have “ saved us from our friends mue wr eacu aauillonai aulmai lor evei 7 
“ Those of our readers, whose recollections extend back rode, led or flriv on, three quarters ol a cent per 
far enough, may remember to have heard of a great dis- ra i] e ; for every score of sheep or swine, one and 
covery that was once made in the cultivation of the earth, , „ .. . 1 
and for the public announcement of which, a few hundred a hall cents per mile; and for every score of neat 
thousands were asked from one of our State governments, cattle two cents per mile. 
The State government declined paying the price, but the ’ . ' i 
people individually paid subsequently large, sums in the 3’he increased rate, though Lot largo, will. We 
UK'S 'btak. to the prejudice of those roads 
expended. Without giving any opinion as to the merits of which run in the vicinity of railroads, as the toll 
tins discovery , &t. allowed to be charged a farmer’s team in drawing 
But we preferred a different course. W e were , , , . . 
, his produce to market is the same as the lawful 
mother demonstration in this -The anti-tipling bill has been dodged by 
re heard of the “Professor” the New York Assembly. 3’wo attempts have 
he was lecturing at Wolf Creek, in one of the been made to bring the House to a vote upon the 
' • . . f „ bill, but without success, 
appropriate resort for a “ wolf ’ , r ,,. , , 
„ TT • <• ., e a . -The citizens of Cleveland, Ohio, have, by 
e ls r ,ei cc ^ sabi f )out a majority of more than six hundred, authorized 
ir we are satisfied he is not the construction of water works, at a cost of four 
nedl As the western papers millions of dollars or over. 
’’ he may be considered effec- -Saxon cattle are being imported into tbe 
west of Ireland from Englaud and Scotland, which 
___ is called by the Galway Packet a strange revolu- 
tisements in this paper. We ^ on * n Gie a ff a fr 8 Ireland, 
juest, because we do not wish T7. 7 b<! annual amount of lead jirociirefl trmn 
, . the YVisconsin lead mines, is about 40,000,000 
branches in which they have been instructed.- aie a f tcr tbe Prof ” ht; lun >' be considered effec- — Saxon cattle are being imported into the 
i , - , tmil v “ header! ” west of Ireland from England and Scotland, which 
The present Asylum is not large enough to meet u,al D _ ig ca n ed by the Qalwav Packet a strange revolu- 
the wants of the public. Feelings of humanity Read _ tbe advertisements in this paper. We tion in the affairs of Inland. 
prompt to noble deeds in behalf of the unfortu- make l]lis special requestj because we do uot wish , —-The annual amount of lead procured from 
rintp nnri wo a.rcto know tlic Leffi8lature has i vr i <_• r L i ,• the AVisconsin lead mincR. is about 40,1)1)0,01)1/ 
nate, ana wo are giau lo augw tuts uogibiatuiouas ^ as many times, or often, as advertisers i • i Q / 0 i*_- 
provided the means for extending the usefulness of d J re> The announcement of Emery & Co. should maleiK’.w,)amounts to $200,000. 
an Asyl um for Idiots. _ receive the attention of all interested — while the _Green peas and tomatoes are for sale in the 
A Galaxy ok STAiis.-Rochester is hmhlv fa- cmA of our friend White is worthy the special no- New York markets. They are brought from Geor- 
earlv taught that it, was difficult to serve two mas- , ,, , , ,. r ,, 
J f , . . , fare upon the central hue of railroads through ora¬ 
tors—and moreover that such service indicated ,, a . . b , 
. , , , state, and will have the effect, as has too much of 
neither honesty nor good policy. Hence we are n • , ,. . , 
e L, r ,, . the legislation, to benefit those companies, more 
generally on one side of the fence or the other— , 
b , ■ , . , , . , ., , than any other interests. Plank roads are a great 
we always endeavor to be on the right side—and , r . , ,, . , 
J „ . .. “ public convenience, and the people may be wil- 
-Green peas and tomatoes are for sale in tbe 
A Galaxy of S T ABS.-Rochester is highly fa- cara 01 our ,rienu " UITE18 worui - y xne 8 P eciai 110 ' New York markets. They are brought from_Geor- 
, tire of merchants and others gia, and the former sell at G2’.< cents a half peck, 
vored this week. On Monday evening, Rev. Miss * ce ot m erchants and others. _ ty ^ ^ ^ ^ 
Antoinette L. Brown, lectured on Temperance. Ovid Academy. —3’he next term of this finely -Tbe Northern Railroad is now in opera* 
On 3 uesdav evening, (we v rite Tuesday P. M.,) j oca j e d > excellent and prosperous institution is to ^ on between Albany and Cohoes. Eight trains 
Rev. H. Ward Beecher lectures ; Wednesday nn i 0 ,i, nmvimo For rvarti pass over the road each day. Cohoes is one of the 
when our readers find us astride, they may rea- 
ling to be thus taxed to maintain them on some 
sonably conclude that self-interest (an unusual . , .. ' , , „ 
J . , ,, . important thoroughfares, but all other routes will 
proclivity to dollars and cents,) hath obtained the be shunned, by all travel not absolutely crowded 
ascendancy—which heaven forfend ! 
upon them. 
evening Ossian E. Dodge and his Bards give a 
musical entertainment; Thursday evening Demp¬ 
ster, the celebrated vocalist, gives a concert; and 
on Friday evening, the Rev. J. Pierpont is to de¬ 
liver his Poem, “The Scholar’s Hope.” 
commence on the 10th proximo. For particulars, ^ imporlant manufact uring places in the state. 
see adve rtisement in this paper. _ _Between seven hundred and eight hun- 
c. • 70 • ,a , , dred Spanish troops have recently arrived in Cuba 
ZW The Special Session of the Senate adjourned fn)m g' pain It is F s tate<l that about 25 per cent. 
Monday, the 11th inst., without farther action usually die during the first year of their residence 
special interest. on the island. 
on Monday, the 11th inst., without farther action 
of special interest. 
Ellen Linn, a Franconia Story. By the author 
of the Rollo Books. New York : Harper & Bro. 
1853. 
This is the Eighth in the series of Franconia 
Stories, by Jacob Abbott, —a series presenting 
quiet and peaceful pictures of happy domestic 
life, and seeking to exeit a moral influence over 
in the East. By J.Ross Browne. With Illus¬ 
trations. New York : Harper & Brother, 1853. 
3’his is an interesting and well got up volume 
of some 400 pages, detailing visits and adventures 
in the most noted Oriental cities. It has numer¬ 
ous and spirited illustrations—some of them bor¬ 
dering on tli3 grotesque—but all adding to the 
attractiveness of the volume for the majority of 
readers. 3’he letters composing it appeared origi¬ 
nally, we believe in the National Intelligencer.— 
Sage & Bro. have it. 
