MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
ROCHESTER, DECEMBER 17, 1853. 
SPECIAL NOTICES-TO AGENTS, &c. 
Agents. —Any 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. 
Great Fire in New York. 
Ox Saturday last, a fire broke out in the exten¬ 
sive book printing and binding establishment of 
the Harpers, on Cliff-st., N. Y., and entirely 
destroyed that extensive establishment, together 
with several other buildings. The entire loss 
amounts to $1,500,000 of •which over $ 1 , 200,000 
falls upon the enterprising firm above named.— 
The total insurance upon their property does not 
exceed two hundred thousand dollars. 
The Messrs. Harper issue a card in which they 
state that their sheets, stereotype plates, and cop}' 
The Country Press^and the Rural. £^^< 5 , $ 6 1» 3 SPCbiliCS. 
Though we have never uttered a Avoid or sen- --- --————— 
tence u ging people to take the Rural instead of &T Rev. Henry Sliccr, elected chaplain of the -There are seventeen Jesuit Colleges in the 
the paper published in their own county, some of S ° uate > , is . a P' )liticia n as waI1 as _* mi,1 , ister > aad United States - 
. • , , . ,, stumped it extensively for Wen. Pierce during the -The public domain of Texas comorises 
our contemporaries seem a tulle jealous in the ] ast canvass> Rev. Mr. Milburn, who is elected 102,747 801 acres. 
premises. We certainly have not, intentionally, Chaplain of the House, is a man of a different ’ a t,i„„„Ai, «,i,i. i,. 1 i-i 
•. ... h 1- j- AA i,„ woe m o.rm,«rl 0 ura .-A telegraphic cable has been laid across 
111 1 ' ' . stumped it extensively for Gen. Pierce during the The public di 
our contemporaries seem a trif.e jealous in the j ast canvass R e v. Mr. Milburn, who is elected 102,747,801 acres. 
premises. We certainly have not, intentionally, Chaplain of the House, is a man of a different J A telegraphic 
given any cause for this—having ever directed stamp, and he was elected on other grounds. He the Ohio at Maysville, 
our efforts against the blanket re-prints of the is only about thirty years of age,—of decided _ ™ Mnino T in 
.... , • r c ..i ^ in ability, eloquent in his calling, and of most fcmia- ... , . T , . . a , 
Atlantic cities, and m favor of the Country Press. b le, excellent and social character. The Senate Michigan on Friday of last week 
True we have uot, like some journals we wot of, ] ias in this instance earned for itself the title of 
coaxed or “ palavered ” our friends for the pur- the Lower House, and ought to be degraded at j State Convention for the 12 th of January. 
Jpg?” The Rural is published strictly upon fho cash for their Magazine for January were all destroy- 
8YSTEM — sent no longer than paid for— and all orders ed; but ihe issue of that number will not be de¬ 
pose of obtaining favors at their bauds—but we once - 
-In the Dead Letter Office at Washington 
have ever kept in view their rights and interests. HF" The St. Louis Repbulican of the 28th ult., last week, a letter was found containing $200. 
Havinrr vons nm had exnerience as editor and says : ~~4 ” umber of free . P er ? on8 from , the inte ’ . -The Poems of James Russell Lowell have 
c . . p T ‘ ' s> > ■ -I rior of this State, arrived in this city a day or two just been published in London for a shilling ster- 
publisher of a country paper, we are posted on g| nce> on their way to Liberia. We understand ling. 
this subject, and can appreciate the arduous la- that several applications have been made within _Horace White Esq of Syracuse N Y 
bors, and often inadequate reward, of those simi- a h- w da Y s 10 the officers of the Missouri Coloni- bas g j ven $if J> 000 to the Hobart F’ree College at 
larly engaged 2atlon Societ y’ f< ^' aid m beni S transported to the Geneva. ’ 
J b b „ , . Co'ony of Liberia. T .... . „ . 
But we have little or no cause of complaint, -- Large quantities of fish, game and oysters, 
inasmuch as our friends of the press have almost ^"ty-five years ago the father of M. F. were spoiled at St. Louis, by the recent warm 
1 . VV ard, who killed Prot. Butler, at Louisville, was weather. 
universally and most generously given the Rlrai. with diffieultv restrained from attacking a teacher r . , . ..... 
..... , . . , . w .. wuiaimcimy restrained iiom arcacKing a teacnci -Professor Agassiz has relinquished his 
a cordial greeting and a hearty God-speed. M it- who had moderately chastised his son I he ex- connecli()U witb tbe Charleston College, in South 
7 icss tbc following notice from the Wyoming ample of the lather lias produced the ripened Carolina. 
County Mirror —one of the ablest and best conn- fruit ‘ 1 be . s< ? n ’ at j be a " e <d twenty-five, is a -William Patton, merchant shot Mr Turn- 
9 . murderer, with a brother as an accomplice. . .. , . A uiuluaur, snoi ixir. i uin- 
• The Poems of James Russell Lowell have 
should be in accordance with terms. layed more than a few days. 
rw° Our lowest club price is $1,25 for any number of Over two thousand persons engaged in the 
copies over 20 —and §1,50 under that number, unless a Harpers , and other establishments, are thr 
full club of twenty is obtained. , , . , , 
__. ,. , . . - out of employment by this calamity, and much 
making up clubs for the Rural, the Wool . 1 • J . . . 
Grower and Stock Register can be added at 35 cts. a copy, mdnect as well as unect loss is incident thereto, 
which is the lowest club price. Several persons were injured, but fortunately no 
rior of this State, arrived in this city a day or two just been published in Loudon for a shilling ster- 
8 inee, on their way to Liberia. We understand ling. 
that several applications have been made within _Horace White Esq of Syracuse N Y 
a days to the officers of the Missouri Coloni- hag given $15,000 to the Hobart Free College, s 
Tihmi Knmntv f/w nirl in hmnrr fvQnenrtvtnr fn fho ^ O’ 
zation Society, for aid in being transported to tbe Geneva. 
Co'ony of Liberia. 
XYT Agents, nnd those remitting for clubs, will please lives were lost. The greatest terror and con fu- 
SkKLr " 8 011 New YOrk ’ “ 0f 80 rapid < b e progress of the 
In writing us please be particular to give your P. flames, and one young lady leaped out of a fourth 
O address correctly— the name of your Post Office (not story window, receiving severe but not fatal inju- 
T ^ ) S t ^tag^rp.per.changedfa«no n e«d. ries from . ber fcarful falL One of the Harper’s 
dress to another, should give the names of both Post who was ill the building at tbe time of tbe fire, 
Offices. on being inquired of what portion of the property 
(ST Extra numbers of the Rural will bo forwarded sbou]d be removed firgt> answered -* 1 Never mind 
to all disposed to aid in augmenting its circulation. 
- ' -- Large quantities of fish, game and oysters. 
Twenty-five years ago the father of M. F. were spoiled at St. Louis, by the recent warm 
/ard, who killed Prof. Butler, at Louisville, was weather. 
■itli difficulty restrained from attacking a teacher -Professor Agassiz lias relinquished his 
hn hn#-| mnrlAratp v nhafttisprl me «nn I no py. ,• .1 .n y., , . 1 . 
try papers in the whole Union. We copy the 
notice more particularly, however, because it ex- 
nr See Terms, Premium List, &c„ on next page. tbe Property ; save the lives !” 
j ,, The fire was caused by a match which was 
Tiie Time to do Good. tblwn into a P an of camphene, by a person do- 
- ing a job of soldering, he supposing the liquid to 
Now, the ever-present Now, is the best time to be water. 
presses nearly our own sentiments in regard to da y evening of last week, on occasion of their 
supporting country papers, and tbe benefit to be emigration to Ohio. Resolutions were passed, 
derived by taking several good journals : 
urderer, with a brother as an accomplice. , William I atton, merchant, shot Mr. Turn- 
1 bull, tobacco inspector, dead—the cause being 
S3T Tbe people of Seneca Falls gave Mr. and femily troubles. 
Mrs.Bloomer a “ public demonstration” on Tues- - Tbe territory of Minnesota contains 106,- 
y evening of last week, on occasion of their 000 000 of acres-or nearly three times larger 
ngration to Ohio. Resolutions were passed, tbau t ^j g s tate ° 
and “ five tables beautifully spread” were pretty 
“ The prospectus for the next volume (1854) of Moore s , , , A P* J > 
, , ,, . n „ . boned turkey. 
ural ISeic -1 orker will be found on the inside. 1 here is J 
> foreign paper that can properly supply the place of a ^” Of 240 convicts confined in the Tennessee 
effectuallv stripped of their oysters, cold bam and . , *l e b ™' dabn Toths lias been ap- 
boued turkey. pointed Chairman of the Clay Monument Associ- 
_ ation of Virginia. 
accomplish a great many laudable objects — and 
among others to procure subscriptions to tbe 
Rural. “Delays are dangerous,” and if you 
Congressional. 
Rural New-Yorker will be found on the inside. There is 
no foreign paper that can properly supply the place of a UlF Ot Z4U convicts connnea in tne i ennessee -Jonas Chickering, the well known piano 
county paper ; and if there is a good county paper, it is Penitentiary, 38 were temperate before sentence, f orte manufacturer, of Boston, died suddenly of 
the duty of the people to support it; and yet, if we were and 202 intemperate ; and 12/ were drunk when app splexy Dec. 8th. 
about to close up our paper, we know of no one in the they committed crime. There are 43 whose fath- rpv,„ o_i_i_:_i_ _,_, , 
United States we would more gladly furnish to our sub- ers were 
ers were temperate, 187 whose fathers were in- 
Nothing of importance in the way of legisla- seribers than the Rural New- Yorker. But there is not one i temperate, of whom 1 2 were common drunkards. 
really wish to aid our circulation, the present is tion has yet beeu done in Congress, and will not farmer in a huhdred that need, or ought to be confined to Daniel Benjamin, a soldier of the Revolu- _ 
the very time to do so most successfully. If you be until the holidays are past. The Houses have °"° Tendollars a >' car invested in a good selection tion, who has lived in Washington, Warren Co., ]ong occupied "by' J oh T Qu m c y' A dam s *' '< > 1 1 ' t h u 
wait until next week or month, perhaps half the been engaged in organizing clioosin^ officers !'> ' ,ce ‘ y ,h . m Ie p . 101 a J,L m ‘ ina Ia " for many years, died on the 24th ult., ninety-five Whig side of the House. 
.j ueeu eugageu organizing, cnoosing oincers, ihat amount can be invested in any other way. And yet years of age. Elis funeral was attended by a b „ . „ T . . „ ; . 
person. s yf ho would now subset i :>e, v, ill have sold appointing committees, and receiving and con- there are some farmers who think if they take two weekly great concourse of people, and the military escort- New Albany, Ind., is a fast city# Sixteen 
themselves by taking some Buncombe or trashy sideling the documents and reports submitted by papers they are extremely liberal, and that it is more for ed his remains to the grave. mndieu and foity buildings have been erected 
sheet which will prove dear at any or no price— the executive departments. Notices of many u,e benefit of thc > ,ublishtirs tban their °' vn - If evpr Y Tbe emigration into Iowa this year is 
for an immoral, vulgar, or uuiustructive paper is important bills, to be hereafter introduced, have fa,nib ' >» Wyoming county slmuld take one of die county ini ,^ nse _ Tbe prfaries of Illinois are lined with 
-The Swedenborgians have established a 
College atUrbana, Ohio, which has in attendance 
nearly 100 studqnts. 
-Col. Benton has selected tbe seat and desk 
long occupied by John Quincy Adams, on the 
the benefit of the publishers than their own. If every __ . ,. . . T u.* • . ^ 
family in Wyoming eouuty should take one of the county . d he emigration into Iowa, this year, is -Business still continues active upon the 
papers, Moores Rural New - Yorker, a religious paper and in ”” ense - 1 hc P 1 ™. of 11Im . ols llned wlth Pennsylvania canal. Very few boats have beeu 
, tl ,. , ' cattle and wagons pushing on for this prosperous witt/lrawn fm- tto wlnto/ 
a good literary piper, we believe that m ten years it would ' r.i w l t 1 o wiLiKliawu ioi tne wmtei. 
. State. The addition of the population from Sep- . . . _ . 
make the county wealtlner m money, m morals, m pros- t(jmber ]gt t() December l st , from emigration — A new Welsh newspaper made its appear- 
penty and m happiness; and if it benefited the county, of j computed at 50,000. an ™ 7 U 7 t j ca 0,1 ? bul ? da Y week - ** M IS 
course it would ihe individuals of (he county. We can- ’ 1 Gwyliedyda Amcricancuad” 
not, then, too strongly recommend the patronage of In Aarau, a town of 6,000 to 8,000 inhab- _Four nrisoner escanpd from the Mnasnehn. 
Moork-s New-Yorker. It is certainly one of the best, and itauts, in Switzerland, the Protestants and Cath- sett g State Pr f son on Tuesday night. A reward of 
we think we would be safe in saying, the best agricultural olics have but one church. J hey share it peace- qqq j g offered for their arrest 
and family paper in the country. And its circulation in ably together. What is more, considering man’s * m, . . . . . 
this county need not interfere with the circulation of the prejudices, they have but one graveyard, and . — Ihirteen hotel, beer-house and oyster cel- 
Mirror. Wc do not extract half as much from it ns we [here their dust mingles. ar . keepers in Reading, have been fined $4 each, 
should, did we not suppose that boil! papers went into ^ Xbere we re 375 deaths in New York last °‘ ‘S.T!!’. aIwu p ; 
many of the same families; and we arc sure that either 7 ... „L rt i OV n U’ho Pnm A/l ^ Auburn blate x lison 
there within the past year. 
a positive evil in any family, 
scriber wrote us thus : — 
Last winter a sub- 
Herewith find tbe 
been given, both in the Senate and in the House. 
One of the gravest matters for consideration, 
money for forty new subscribers, as below. In will be the question of Federal aid to railroad 
obtaining this list, I have beheaded forty copies of enterprises ; and a great deal of log rolling be- 
trasliy, literary (?) weak-lies, and substituted that tween the friends of various routes may be an- 
number of copies of a safe, good and useful fam- ticipated. “ You tickle me and I’ll tickle you,” 
ily paper. I feel conscious of Having performed will be the game played, and in many instances 
a good act—one which will prove of lasting ben- no doubt successfully. Tbe plethoric state of the 
efit to community. Cod speed the Rural 1” Treasury, just now, is a sad sight to begging pol- 
Now, how many of our readers will “go iticians and hungry jobbers, and great efforts will 
and do likewise ?” The writer of the above be made to bleed Uncle Sam. We shall give a 
extract became a voluntary agent in a place (in weekly summary of Congressional proceedings 
Western Pa.,) where but two or three copies of after that grave body shall have gotten fairly un- 
the Rural were previously taken, and soon made der way. 
this county need not interfere with die circulation of the prejudices, they have but one graveyard, and 
Mirror. We do not extract half as much from it as vre there their dust mingles. 
should, did WO not suppose that both papers went into There were 375 deaths in New York last 
many of the same families; and we are sure that either Ninp worn hv cholera TIip Dnm Ad 1 ne Agent OI tne AUDUrn Estate 1 nson 
paper is worth more than its subscription price to anv W * me , clb . - c . . - c ‘ . states that there has been but one case of small 
pupil 18 Mortn more man us supscription price to any ve ,ti S er says the cholera victims were mostly llll- • t i ln 
family, iust for its educational infiucucts upon children, to _dm \xr a ,.A i,„,i pox in Uie institution tills-season. 
up a list of forty subscribers. There are hundreds 
of places where we have hut one or a few sub¬ 
scribers, in which clubs of from ten to fifty might 
be obtained by a little seasonable effort. But the 
Please {£ Report Progress ” 
Agents and others forming clubs for tbe Fifth 
Volume of the Rural, will please send in as 
matter should be atttended to early — before the many names as possibly convenient previous to 
ground has been canvassed by the agents of the the first of January. This will enable us to judge 
Satanic and Nonsensical Press. Friends of the i n regard to the probable edition that will be 
Rural, and of a pure and useful literature, will necessary, and also facilitate the entering of 
you not, individually, give this subject such atten- names upon our books. We are confident, from 
tion as may be dictated by your better judg- present indications, of a very large iurrease of 
ment? If this paper is, in your opinion, what subscribers with tbe new year and volume, and 
we claim—useful, instructive and unexceptionable h a ve already decided upon adding five thousand 
in a moral point then lend it your inficence ; if ()U1 . present edition,—hut will not the friends 
you consider it otherwise, then aid such journals- f f t, be paper swell the increase to ten or fifteen 
and such only,as you can conscientiously. Above thousand? This volume will close with nearly 
all do what you can to stay the tide of foolish and sev , en thousand more than the preceding—and 
corrupt literature which is depraving and dis- we bo pe to terminate, if not to commence, the 
gracing the Nation. nex t w itH at least ten thousand more than at 
paper is worth more than its subscription price to any V ertiser says the cholera victims were mostly im- 
farnily, just for its educational influences upon children, to m ig ran ts resident in the First Ward, who had 
say nothing of all its other variety of matter. We speak rec ” nt i y l an ded from vessels on board which that 
of the two papers in this connection because we are diseaseprevailed. 
warmly in favor of an extensive circulation of the Rural ^ . 
New-Yorker in the county, and because we think sueheir- ITW** ^ laborers in the employ of the O. fe. (fc 
culation ou^lit not to interfere with the circulation of the (^>^hada) Railway, at Bairie, have been noti- 
Mirror. We would refer our readers to the prospectus that from the present time they would re¬ 
inside, and hope that a great many of them will conclude ceive 4s. ‘H^d. pel day instead of os., upon w hich 
to take the next volume of thc Rural . about forty of them, neaily the whole, left their 
_ employment. 
“ Please Exchange.” — We cannot comply Kridgman says, tnat tne last census oi 
. 4l 4 r • . , China, which he saw in print, was lor the year 
with the numerous requests of tins sort, received 1813> wbicb made the population of the Empire 
from all quarters. Our exchange list is already more than 361,000,000. He is confident that the 
so large that scores of papers are unread—and present population cannot be less than 400,000,- 
beside, but very few of the hundreds of our ex- 
changes (though excellent in their several de- The Gas Company of New Orleans city 
cent.lv landed from vessels on board wbicb that . M’ - Bancroft lias the sixth volume of his 
sease prevailed. h, ? tor Y uearl Y «»dy for the press. It will com¬ 
prise the period ot the Revolution. 
Tbe ; abor , crs in tbe employ of the 0. S & - Tbe Presbytery of Rochester met on Tues- 
. (Canada) Railway, at Barrie, have been noti- d ]ast at St . I’eter’s, at which time the 
- 1 tb i at thG , p, ' eSen f ^ me , - they WOul< . r t Church of this society was organized, 
ive 4s. 4 Yd. per clay instead of os., upon which J ° 
/out forty of them, nearly the whole, left their . Pezula, the new Captain General of Cuba, 
i ploy ment. 13 represented as being a most tyrannical man, 
Li TXT,-, , , c and much dreaded by the inhabitants. 
Dr. Bridgman says, that the last census of J 
:iina, which lie saw in print, was for the year An Austrian paper states that German ex- 
13, which made the population of the Empire des America are already arriving at Constan¬ 
ce than 361 ,(100,000. He is confident that the Bnople to join 1 urkey against Russia. 
esent populatiou cannot be less than 400,000,- -The Elmira Republican states that appli- 
0 . cation will be made to tbe next Legislature for 
Tbe Gas Company of New Orleans city the incorporation of that village as a city, 
re-base tlieir coal at 38 cents a barrel, manuf.ic- -Rev. F. Close, a Puseyite Clergyman, of 
naitmpnt<s1 m-p nf anv hpnpfii in m-iL-inn- purchase their coal at 38 cents a barrel, manuf.ic- -Rev. F. Close, a Puseyite Clergyman. 
P ^ . ° ( ture gas out of it, which they sell at $4 a hundred Cheltenham, England, has just published a pr 
Rural. Hence, we cannot increase our present f eeb and t ben sell the residue of the coal, in the phlet entitled, Table Turning not Diabolical. 
list without some quid pro quo. Those who shape of coke, for 75 cents a barrel! 
wish the Rural, have only to publish our brief jr^f~Inthe Common School of Philadelphia, 
prospectus, (see next page,) directing attention the Directors furnish the school books, and sta- 
to tbe same editorially—and we will send without tionery for the scholars, and as the Books are uni- 
-A child died near Trenton from tbe bite 
of a spider ; and Mr. Richard Bamford lias been 
at the point of death in that city from like cause. 
-The Flying Cloud Clipper reached New 
next with at least ten thousand more than at 
^ _ , . present. Be that as it may, we shall strive to 
Our Mailing Department. , , , 
° merit whatever measure of support may be 
During the past year the Rural has been accorded. Meantime, if those making up clubs, 
mailed with unusual accuracy and regularity.— send in what names they have at an early 
We have employed careful, correct, and therefore da Y> or before the lst of January, it will greatly 
an exchange. 
form, and not continually changed, the cost is York on Tuesday of last week, in 92 clays from 
only 75 cents a year for each scholar. 
The Humboldt was valued at $400,000, 
reliable men, and feel confident but little cause facilitate our arrangements, and not affect their 
of complaint has originated in our own office.— progress in procuring subscribers at a later period. 
And yet, we have often been mortified and pro- T herefore, friends, please report progress.” 
voked at the egregious blunders of distributing 
clerks and mail agents, whereby our packages To SlXGLE Subscribers. - Our clerks report 
have been delayed or missent—for all which we tba f 'he Rlral is mailed to about one thousand 
are held accountable. Much of this trouble orig- P os t'°hices, at eacn of which only one copy is 
inated from thc change in the Administration, takei1 - Now, if those who leceive the paper in 
and consequent “ rotation ” of Postmasters, Mail s ' n »fe wrappers will make a little effort in its be- 
Agents, <tc.—a change which has been progressing ba U, they maj seeme an advantage, benefit their 
through the year, but which we trust is nearly neighbors, and promote our interest-three un¬ 
completed. We hear few complaints of late, and P ortaDt items. The advantage to them will con- 
anticipate a comparatively pleasant time for the ' n rece * v ^ u S their papers more promptly and 
Editors noticing the Rural will please state E3IF“" he Humboldt wa; ,, 
li i . .. . . r inH i<N 9 iYnr> 0 RPfl to fullv insured r l iie cftri?o Attorney treneiiii, unci tne U 0 V 6 I 1101 tins Appoint- 
terms, and where and by whom published, if ya]ued at J } $ 5 o 0) 000. was insured in New York’ ed Henry Ramsey, of Schenectady, to fill tlm va- 
tliey would have us derive benefit therefrom. London and Paris. There was a Halifax pilot on cancy. 
Notices lacking these essentials, are of little or board when she run ashore. -The Grading of the Syracuse and Bing- 
no benefit to any party. Please make a note of mqsp The mail train ran over a cow near Dun- Hampton R. R. is now nearly completed, the 
this, kind friends,—and if you print the same, no kirk Dec. 12, throwing one passenger car down fe" ce budt most of tlie wa D and tbe ties on the 
exception will be taken by this deponent. an embankment of fifteen f 
San Francisco, disabled by the loss of her rudder. 
-Mr. Chatfield lias resigned his office of 
Attorney General, and the Governor lias appoint- 
exception will be taken by this deponent. an embankment of fifteen feet. F ive or six pas- 
1 ___passengers were injured, but none fatally. 
The Weather has been remarkably mild for , ^ A correspondent of the Cleveland Plain- 
, , • , , J dealer reports tbe Ship Canal at the Sault St. 
tbe season, duiing the past week moie like Marie as making good progress. Some 400 men 
ground. 
-There is not at present a captain in Ihe 
United States navy who was born in this century; 
tbe average age of officers of this rank is about 
70 years. 
-Three men were crushed to death on Mon- 
next three years, extraordinaiies excepted. 
But, though our mailing is already well done, 
regularly. Papers in single wrappers, or very 
small packages, are often overlooked or neglected 
April than December. Friday, Saturday and are secured for winter operations. -Three men were crushed to death on Mon- 
Sunday, were peculiarly bright and balmy days, The Vermont legislature adjourned on day, the 7th inst, in an iron mine, at Consho- 
—and Monday and Tuesday ditto, less the suu- the 7th. No Senator was elected. Among the hocken. Pa., by the falling of a piece ot rock from 
shine. The canal is of course still clear of ice, important votes taken was one amending and es- the root 
, , .... , t . sen tially changing the liquor law. -I here is a proposition before the Legisla- 
but navl g;ulon 18 sns P ended for the seaso n. Advices have been received from Mexico ture of South Carolina for appropriating $30,000 
The Treasury Department.-^ appears from to the effect that Santa Anna will assume the in,- towimls the erection ot a monument to the late 
the Treasury Report, that the receipts of the past P enal tltle 011 the l2lh ol Dece ™ b er. Mr - Calhoun. . . 
fiscal year were—from customs $58 931,865 ; from At a public meeting held in A lagara a few —A new town has been elected in Ei ic conn- 
public lands $1,667,085; from miscellaneous days ago, it was resolved to unite the Erie and ty, lying west of and joining Beimington ; ltis ta- 
we are instituting some improvements, by which b y post-oflice clerks and mail agents on the 
to dispatch each number of our next volume— route whereas larger packages, commencing 
even with tbe addition of ten thousand copies to ^hh the most bulky, are distributed and dis- 
our present issue — in less time than we now patched without delay. We send subscription 
occupy. During a recent sojourn of some days papers, etc., to single subscribers, and trust each 
in New York, we visited several extensive news- will have tbe kindness to “circulate the docu- 
paper establishments, and were kindly shown ments ” for the benefit of all interested. 
(especially at the Tribune office) the most expe- -- 
ditious aud approved modes of mailing, and shall Pl,E Steamer Humboldt, the grounding of 
endeavor to use the knowledge thus acquired to w hi ( h oft Halifax was mentioned in our last, 
the best advantage. 
public lands $1,667,085 ; from miscellaneous 
sources $738,624 ; amounting in the aggregate 
to $61,337,574. The expenditures amount to 
$45,026,818. Tbe receipts exceed tbe expendi¬ 
tures by $7,310,757. This, together with the 
Ontario Railroad with the Great Western. 
The Department of the Interior. 
ken from Alden aud Wales. The name of the 
town is Marilla. 
-Valparaiso papers state that immense dis¬ 
coveries of gold had been made in the valley of 
balance on baud at tbe beginning of tbe year, It appears among other tilings, by the Report the Amazon, aud that expeditions had been fitted 
makes a balance of $21,942,802 on tbe 30th of of this department, that the surveys of the Pub- out to explore the mines. 
last June. lie Lauds have been steadily prosecuted, and new -1 1 he steamer Australia struck a rock near 
the best advantage. threatens to prove a total loss. She lies in water 
c , . „ up to her spar deck, on a rocky bottom and at 
— SpeakiDg of New York papers, we were m J . 
‘ . , , . . A , . the meicy oi tbe winds and waves, at this m- 
greatly surprised at the actual circulation of some m. T t i t , 
fo J 1 . . clement season. The Halifax papers say she was 
wi lave l e a nan ess to cuculate the docu- p ub ]j c debt has been reduced during the lands amply sufficient for all the present require- jjat Island, Upper Mississippi, on the 9th inst., 
ments ” for the benefit of all interested. year to $56,336,157 52. The resources of the ments of emigration have been bro’t into muiket. ai)d sunk. The boat and cargo will probably 
•-r- country, the Secretary thinks, will justify the ap- In the course of the past year 9,819,411 acres prove a total loss. Insured for $15,000. 
The Steamer Humboldt, the grounding of plication of fifteen millions more to its reduction, have been surveyed ; 10.363,891 acres brought in- -- About 300,000 feet of the best white pine 
which off Halifax was mentioned in our last The premiums paid to effect its purchase have to market; and 1,003,495 sold. _ plank are annually sold by the lumber merchants 
threatens to nrove a total loss She lips in witpr varied from 8>g to 21 per cent. 1 he number of land warrants ''ssued up to the of - jj ew Haven, Ct., for the manufacture of the 
1 1 ' s at The imports of the year amount in value to 30 th of Sept., 1853, was 266,043. Of these 66,- Amer j can friction matches in that vicinity. 
up to her spar deck, on a rocky bottom and at $267,978,647; the exports to $230,452,250— 947 are still outstanding. _Gen. Twi^ reached New Orleans a few 
the mercy of the winds and waves, at this in- Thus the imports have exceeded the exports by The public domain is now estimated to contain • i f r.. 2 v, 
OAOf.nn .....1 UL»'J'7 ^17 011 PYPPCC wliipli la tVio 1 584 01)0 000 acres. Its miicliase was effected at da Y s S1 _ n _ ce > 0,1 his return from the Cherokee ba- 
which we supposed among the most popular.— 
Several weeklies of long standing and fair repu- 
run aground by an ignorant and 
erman, who went on board off 
tation—and concerning wbicb a great deal of „ ^-i , m / , —-‘- y.' 0 ’ 
noise is made by thc publishers-have not each ? g , be a .P lIot / be entire value of ^ • Boston Municipal Election —The Boston the whole. 
, , , ' i ’-i ’ sh'P and cargo will not fall much below a million municipal election heid on Monday, resulted in no L heievi 
more than half or two-thirds as many subscribers of dollaM> Some hopes arc entertained of yet choice for Mayor. Benjamin Seaver, supported f ttlers, in 
as the Rural New-Yorker ! This is probably raisins the noble craft by the regular Whigs, lacks nearly 1,700 of re- have been 
—* -*■- - 1 r— . o election. Tbe vote stands—Seaver, 5,776; Dr. bfifin mfldp 
owing to tbe fact that people prefer papers got 
up expressly for their benefit, rather than mere 
Wherever lands have been granted to actual testant Episcopal to Jim Roman Catholic Church, 
Grapes and Peaches.—W e are indebted to E. 
re-prints of daily or other journals-and that the A. McKay, thc celebrated grape culturist, of Na- F H * A j len> Democrat, 615 ; and 50 Scattering— Lt is recommended that officers connected with _ An old paper mi n at Bethlehem, Pa., has 
price and size are not always so much regarded pies, N. Y., for a box of his choice Isabellas—of The result greatly elates the Maine Law advo- th e sale and survey of the public lands, should be been purc ] )ased by the proprietors of (lie Penn- 
as the quality and intrinsic value qf contents. very large size and the right flavor. Would be cates. prohibited^ fioin becoming purchasers, oi icing sy i van i a Zinc Works, who are about to convert it 
Go,; Hum,. Tbe Yi^rnor “T -r « °f T T* ^ Hind. d» L„„. “KSld laXfSifornia need oar, y at- 
Washington Hunt, has recently been very dan- ffiTboxes 1GnHt ^ ^ * <lon “^‘t'omor, discovered on the 8th of Nov., a tent.on, to prevent frauds from being committed to ]u . r P uk) ag0 and beauty. The choicest 
, •, . J iew uuxes. new planet in the constellation I auras, and two there. -aii. r nr tnr<? b mi> b -orl /inilora ir b i1« (ho 
gerously ill at Ins residence in Lockport; so much — To Mrs. S. B. Treadwell, of Jackson, Mich., degrees south of the Ecliptic. It is rather brighter The Pension List now reaches 3,00ft, and will ‘ ' , ' ke j. hoavilv at thirty dollars 
gerousiy HI at ms residence in Lockport; so much — To Mrs. S. B. Treadwell, of Jackson, Mich., 
so that at one time little hope was entertained for a jar of preserved peaches. They are fine, 
of his recovery. We are glad to be able to with the flavor of the fresh peach retained. A 
state, however, that he is convalescent, and is now very agreeable and tasty token of remembrance_ 
believed to be out of danger. for which our acknowledgements are tendered. 
degrees south of the Ecliptic. It is rather brighter The Pension List now reaches 3,000, and will 
than stars of the ninth magnitude. This planet require an annual appropriation of $240,000. In 
is the Ninth (!) which he has discovered since tbe many cases, gross frauds have been committed, to 
commencement of a systematic search in 1846, which attention is called. 
article sells for two hundred dollars, while the re¬ 
fuse of the market goes heavily at thirty dollars. 
-The magnetic telegraph is now completed 
and in constant operation between San Francisco 
and raises tbe number of that extraordinary group 
of worlds between Mars and Jupiter to 27. 
The business of the Patent Office has largely and Marysville, through San Jose, Stockton and 
increased. Sacramento. Other lines are to be constructed. 
•ffetes D^bifics. 
— There are seventeen Jesuit Colleges in the 
-The Maine Liquor law went into force in 
The Whigs of Rhode Island have called a 
