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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
JAN. 26 . 
BUSINESS NOTICES. Decease of an Editor. The Legislature and the Message, bills, establishing High Schools, making appro- qi{Y / /iff* 
- - - priations for an Agricultural College, &c., Ac. nms Qwimtnrs* 
The Tkkms of the Rural New-Yorker are —Single Rev. R. W. Hill, editor and proprietor of Thk Assembly at last organized on the 16th, State Prisons and Jails. Considerable im- _ * * ^ _ 
Copy, $2 a year; Three Copies, $5; Five Copies, $8 ; Six the Genesee Evangelist, published in this city, by the election of Orville Robinson, of Oswego, provement has been made in the management " ---- 
Copies, (and one free to agent or ge r up o cm, » d j ed a t Lis residence on the evening of Wed- as Speaker. The organization was effected by of the State Prisons during the past year. The Horse-power is used in Buffalo to dear the side-walks, 
at laUer'rate, 11 ^] per^opy,)— in advance. No nesday, the 16th inst., after a brief illness of the adoption of the plurality rule, which re- num ber of convicts at the close of the year, is ValU6 ^ “ Massachusetts 
out two weeks. suited in the Republicans coalescing with the compared with its beginning, shows a decrease — Coal from the Sheffield mines is selling in Rock Island 
Mr. Hill was for many years pastor of the Soft wing of the Democrats, and electing one of 0 f eighty-nine. The total number in all the at $ 3 per ton. 
The Legislature and the Message. 
at latter rate, (§1,50 per copy ,)—payable in advance. No nesuay, me loin 
deviation from these terms. Any individual remitting the about two weeks, 
club price ($1,50 instead of $2) for a single copy—exceptas JR LL was 
an addition to a club already formed—will be credited for Q on gregational C 
only nine months, in accordance with our terms of single . b b< , T , 
the adoption ot the plurality rule, which re- number of convicts at the close of the year, 
suited in the Republicans coalescing with the compared with its beginning, shows a decrease 
Congregational Church, in East Bloomfield, On- the latter. Richard U. Sherman was subse- state Prisons on the 30th of November, 1855, 
subscription. And it is useless for persons to send less than tario County, N. Y., where he enjoyed in an cm- quently chosen Clerk. The Governor did not was 1,905, viz., at Sing Sing 937, Auburn 687, '_I Tw0 carloads of la 
the published price, demanding a certain number of copies inent degree the respect and confidence of an wait, however, for the organization ; but, follow- Clinton 281. The total expenditure of the three for Chicago on the oth. 
— The increase of the exports of cotton this year over 
last, is 250,000 hales. 
— Two car loads of lard and two of whiskey left Peoria 
or a return of the money—for our rule is to retain the intelligent community. He was afterwards ing the precedent set at the Federal Capitol, prisons for the year ending November 30, 1855, 
funds in all such cases (especially if a stamp is not inclosed se ftl c d for a brief period over the church in he sent in his message to the Senate. amount to $233,343 24. The earnings for the 
, j sent in ms message io me oenaie. amount to $233,343 24. Tile earnings lor the 
to pre-pay return postage,) and credit in proportion. Tilniat Afondrm in this cminiv whence about five mi v t i i i r • .n • l i i a i na non oo mi „ — One hundred tons of ladies’ hair-p 
or Club papers sent to different post-offices if desired ; East Alendon, in this county, whence, about five The subjects treated of in the message are same period amount to $198,230 29. The ex- annually in tMg couritry . 
andffter a club is once formed, additions of one or more years since, lie removed to Rochester, and as- p i aC ed under appropriate heads, some of which pcnditures have decreased $36,30o o7, and the _ Thore have boen twenty commit 
copies can he made at the club price. The Rural is pub- sumed the duties of editor to the Evangelist, are briefly touched upon, and the Legislature earnings have increased $11,959 01, compared Milwaukee during the past year, 
lished strictly upon the cash sYsrEM-copics are never which he conducted with eminent ability, until referred for particulars to the reports of the Bu- with the preceding year. _ Co l. Sanford” of Philadelphia, ; 
mailed to individual subscribers until paid for (or ordered 8Umraoned hence to a higher state of existence, reaus, and other documents. We have room Houses of Refuge.— The number of boys in bread to the poor’on New Year’s day. 
subscriptimi'tenn expires Hence a prompt renewal is ne- by the Divine Master whom he served. It may only for some of the more important items. the "Western House of Refuge at Rochester at — The Buffalo Republic estimates tl 
cessary to secure the regular continuance of the paper. be truly said of tbe deceased, that he died in Finrf . of thesc conlcs the Finances, from which the commencement of the last year, was 205. store in that city, at 660,000 bushel 
the harness, like a true soldier of the cross ; for .. tbat t] total * c i ia ,.„ ed The present number is 277. During the sum- ~ A gold-covered Bible was lately 
It is Not True, as some persons have written us, that recen t number of his naDer contained an arti- to it, i ,, ' , ■ _ „ , ™„,. tin niimbnv frnm 9.7(1 Hx 990 The Philadelphia, for five hundred dollars 
— There has been an abundant crop of wild rice in Min¬ 
nesota the past season. 
— One hundred tons of ladies’ hair-pins are manufactured 
There have been twenty commitments for murder in 
— Col. Sanford, of Philadelphia, gave 3,000 loaves of 
certain individuals are authorized to receive less than the jiv* a 
club price ($1,50 per copy) for the Rural. Anyone offer- cle P en! > cd by him upon the bed of death A year ending tbe 30th of September, 1855, was 
ing the paper for less than publishsd rates, acts without ripe scholar, a forcible writer, a kind neighbor, «m 7 gg g‘36 73 The receints ("exclusive of a 
our authority, and may be considered an impostor. We an excellent citizen, and-what surpasses all £ ^ ^ ^ XJj of $187,000) 
repeat that our lowest club price is $l,o0 per copj, and other excellences—a sincere Christian, our de- ion on 7 nn , r „ f 
those who send less will either have their money returned, cea8ed and venerated brother of the Press has Jo {f 
by the Divine Master whom he served. It may only for some of the more important items. the Western House of Refuge at Rochester at —The Buffalo Republic estimates the quantity of wheat 
be truly said of the deceased, that he died in First of these comes the Finances from which the commencement of the last year, was 205. in store in that city, at 660,000 bushels. 
the harness, like a true soldier of the cross ; for it that the total amount charged upon The Present number is 277. During the sum- -A gold-covered Bible was lately offered for sale in 
a recent number of his paper contained an arti- a 1 q j F d Reve durin „ tbc f,J cal mer, the number ranged from 270 to 290. The Phlladel P hia > lor fi ' ( ' hundred dol,ars - 
c!e penned by him upon the bed of death A year ending tbe 30 th of September, 1855, was estimated value of their labor during the year is 
year ending the 30th of September, 1855, was estimated value of their labor during the year is 
$1,788,636 73. The receipts (exclusive of a about $ 1 0,000. _ ^ . —The report of the State Treasurer of Maty-land shows a 
temporary loan to the treasury of $187,000) 1 he House of Refuge in New Y ork continues balance of $S 00,000 on hand after paying all demands, 
were $1,529,827 22, showing a deficiency of *° present its usual satisfactory results. I he —Ex-Governor Bigler has been elected U. S. Senator 
or be credited according to terms. . $258,bUi) 51, to wllicll add that ei 
gone to receive his recompense of reward, leav- close ()f the ious fiscal ear> 
Additions to Clubs are now in order, and can be made j n or a, void in the field of religious literature not 0 A • 
258,809 51, to which add that existing at the institution has been now for more than a year from Pennsylvania. He was elected on the 10 th ballot. 
at the proportional rate for a full club, according to the eas j]y filled 
number of copies ordered. Agents and other friends will *- _ 
please bear this in mind, and receive and forward the sub- - 
scriptions of all who desire to secure the Rural. Back 
numbers furnished in all cases unless otherwise ordered. 
Melancholy Shipwreck. 
close of the previous fiscal year, $279,054 38> 
and there is an actual deficiency in the revenue 
of the General Fund on the 30th of September, 
1855, of $537,863 89. The debt of this Fund at 
the close of the fiscal year was $6,693,654 37. 
The capital of the School Fund was $2,457,- 
in the occupation of the new premises erected 
r it on Randall’s Island. 
The Asylums are next in order, and the In- 
— Business is so stagnant at Cincinnati that there are 
over 10,000 applicants for relief from the public charities. 
— Eighty vessels were wrecked on the Florida reefs in 
- The packet ship St. Denis, Capt. Foi.lansbee The capital of the School Fund was $2,457,- 
To Non-Subscribers.' — We send this number of the Ru- which sailed from New York for Havre January 520 86, being an increase of $32,308 89 during 
RAL to many prominent friends of improvement, in the 4tJj laden w ith cotton ; fl our and grain> founder- the year. Its revenue amounted to $143,127 73. 
hope that it will meet their approval, and if so receive ’ . ’ ° ’ . , „„ J T t ■* i cu i tv w. j 
their support and encouragement. Those disposed to exer- ed at sea in a gale, on Sunday the Oth, and the I he capital of the United States Deposit Fund 
cise a portion of influence in its behalf, are referred to l’re- captain and second mate, three cabin and sev- was $4,014,520 71, its revenue $245,119 09. The 
mium List, Terms, &c., on next and the last page. eral steerage passengers, together with a por- capital of the Literature Fund was $268,620 12, 
capital of the Literature Fund was $268,620 12, 
c,,u VIv ,7. " puj " rr l .total population of the State is 3,470,063; show- 
tion of the crew, numbering in all thirty-five its revenue $16,831 26. Ihe amount of the 1 lR r >n f ,f 372004 - 
sane, the Deaf and Dumb, the Blind, and the 1855) valued) with their ^ oes ’ at nearI y thrce mUUons - 
Idiot Asylums, are severally commended to the ~f of TenasBar j s ^ La ” ^ as ^ een fincd 5200 for 
. . . J , cruelty to a slave, and the latter ordered to be sold away 
fostering care of the Legislature. 1 he subjects f rom him. 
520 86,' bring an in7reas7of °S E “^tion, Quarantine, Agriculture, Salt -Itis'said that the case ofMrs.Gaines is to be carried 
.. U , . . -, Manufactures, the Military, the Criminal Code to the Supreme Court of the United States, by the city of 
the year. Its revenue amounted to $143,12 1 1 3. , » New Orleans 
mi ,, TT .1 0 , , y. y 1 and the Courts, are severally commented upon 
Ihe capital of the United States Deposit Fund , . , , J ’ — The amount expended for the education of youth in 
a 7^ lcic °mes Massachusetts during the past year, exclusive of collegiate, 
The Census —I rom winch it appears that the was $2,162,293. 
total population of the State is 3,470,063 ; show- —Coburn and Dalton have been indicted for manslaugh- 
souls, perished. The first and third mate, and School and Gospel Fund of the Stockbridge In- 
nine seamen, saved themselves in tho long boat, dians, was $18,000. 
and were picked up at sea by the ship Naples, 
Capt. Lovell, from Leghorn, and brought hack 
to New York. 
The amounts of the several,sinking funds on 
the 30th day of September last for the redemp¬ 
tion of the debts created by the loan of the 
ing an increase since 1850 of 372,024; since * er by Hie Grand Jury at Boston, for causing the death of 
1845, 864,923. Native voters, 516,745 : natural- youn ® Su “ n ®5’ 
. , , roo-Tfr- 1 .1 — Two Buffalo liackmen, who swmdled a boy, just ar- 
lzed voters, 135,076; aliens, 632,746; colored rived from Detroit, out of two dollars, were brought up and 
persons not taxed, 35,956; Indians, 3,945. 
The encroachments on New York harbor is 
fined $10 and costs. 
— There were fifteen or twenty elks in the Dubuque 
ROCHESTER, JANUARY 26, 1856. 
To Agents, New Subscribers, &e. 
The brave captain refused to leave the sink- crc< ^ ^ ie State to various Railroad Compa 
ing ship, and one of the rescued sailors, in his n ^ es ’ was -16,077 13. 
narrative of the melancholy event, says of him : 
“ The last 1 heard the captain say was, ‘ I have 
a wife and seven children in New York ;’ and 
Back numbers of this volume can still be sup- ^j je excitement I saw. 
plied to all applicants. Our edition is probably pj le j) en i s was f 
then I saw tears in his eyes, and this was all ^ am0 « nt ed to $2,639,792 12, and theaggre- 
_a _ _iii._ r ... _ n_ a*_ __• 1 i 
1*4 4 - 41 04 4 4 - • T) * i i at next referred to, prohibition endorsed: the dif- market on the 4th. They were killed near Iowa Falls out 
credit of the State to various Itailroad Compa- „ , - of a drove of sivtv 
. n AC 077 10 ficulty with Virginia in reference to the Lemon 0 a ur<ne 01 sixty ’ 
n ’ T T ’• . f ,1 Of f tt 1 Slave Case, called to the attention of the Legis- — During (he recent cold term, the thermometer indi- 
CANALS. — Ihe receipts of the state Canals .. 1 _ ' cated3I° below zero in Mongaup Valley. N. Y., and 40° 
from tolls, rent of surplus water, and interest on lat " re ’ and tbe Nebraska IbU “ d tbe C ° nduct at Hudson, Wis. 
current canal revenues during the past fiscal of tbe Missounans are reprobate . — a man in Philadelphia, a day or two ago, fell from the 
gate expenditures for collection, superintend¬ 
ence and repairs, amounted to the sum of $989,- 
792 12, leaving a surplus revenue of $1,650,000, 
plica to au applicants, uur canton is prooaoly The St. Denis was a staunch ship of 99/ tuns, ~ no . : , y) 
/*. . . , jin 77 7 f ,, . , . u . .. XT i • j . . /92 12 , leaving a surplus revenue of $l, 6 o 0 , 000 , 
sufficient to Jill all orders for a month to come, built m New Y ork in 1849, and was owned by „ . . , ... „ . 
T , tit i tt T, sumcient to meet the requisitions of the consti- 
yet all who wish to secure the complete volume Jacob A. V estervelt and Robert Carneey. tutkm for the canal debt sinking fund of $1> . 
should order it immediately. For the present, and bhe ' vas y alucct at $ b5 > uu u - 300,000, and the general fund debt sinking fund 
until our extra edition is exhausted, we shall send 1 of $350,000, but not sufficient to meet any part 
the back numbers to all new subscribers, unless , AT ® ’ ,° US \ ° '^ b<1 ^ a of the other requirements of the constitution for 
1U1S8UU, “ US -A man in Philadelphia, a day or two ago, fell from the 
• roof of a three story building upon a snow drift, without 
Provincial Items. hurting him in the least. 
- — The stocks of Missouri have gone down from 105 to 86 
The city of Ottawa was lighted with gas on K ‘ ncc t * ie commencement of the border troubles. The 
the 3d instant. 
tendency is still downward. 
should order it immediately. Eor the present, and ““ ^ ’ 300,000, and the general fund debt sinking fund covere(1 near 1 nree divers. 
until our extra edition is exhausted, we shall send * ^ of $350,000, but not sufficient to meet any part The City Recorder of St. 
the back numbers to all new subscribers, unless . Si ’d rts at S ' r - bouis.—The “Father of Y\ r a- 0 f the other requirements of the constitution for clared the prohibitory lique 
,, , . j. . , . . 7 , , Cls ’ xvas )1K S c< by ice at St. Louis on the interest on the late loans for the enlargement from defects in construction 
otherwise directed. Agents and other friends of 2d, and according to the Democrat of that city, i • ,. , , ■ , . : , 
-77 7 , ,, • , , . . . , b j . . J and .appropriations towards a sinking fund for A locomotive ran into 1 
the Rural will nlease note this naraaranh. and. at lunst. f.wn flirmsnnn rwrranria fnnV flip vmni.v . . .. . . 
, . —It is said that Jenny Lind receives five hundred pounds 
Black Lead, or carburet of iron, has been dis- sterling, for each concert in which she sings in the series 
covered near Three Rivers. now in progress in London. 
The City Recorder of St. John, N. B., has de- The new KCrew steamship Edinburgh, Capt. Cummings, 
clared the prohibitory liquor law impracticable, ^ PUt int ° HaUfaX ’ 
from defects in construction. n ,• . T . , „ . 
— At Dcmopolis, Alabama, Lucinda Meiggs has been 
A LOCOMOTIVE ran into the engine house at mulcted in $1,200 for breach of promise to marry a Mr. Lu- 
the Rural will please note this paragraph, and at least two thousand persons took the journey .1 ,• ■ 1 , ... ° „ T ’ , . „ 
1 J J the extinguishment of the principal of such loans London, on Saturday, the 12th, and did some cas— Lucas a non Lucinda, 
govern themedvee aecordroghj - not omitting to across tbe ton, of tbo ;»*» as <lry shod Tb(>r(! Las ^ dnring , he fisca] a d>mage lo tho buUdi „ g and to anothcr locomo . -Wb.n ,h. Mormon, uni 
forward the nan,a mi f unde of oil who with or safely and m S > <=»■> llon as did the host, of diraimltion of j 248 074 08 i„ tho current expen- tire with which it came in contact. v ,tem *■»“”£ tbo Cl,.roko, 
~ Israelites through the bottom of the Red Sea.— ... I ™ 1 disgusted and drove them out. 
may be induced to subscribe. Additions to Clubs . ditures for collection, sunermtendenee and ro- A wbtte» in the T.ondon Times siifrofests the . 
{whether in ones, fives, tens or twenties) arc now about a bundrcd yards wide and extending for 
in order, and will be as gratefully received as new a m ifo up and down the Illinois shore. Upon 
and he'avier timber. this smooth surface were sporting all day long 
-*--hundreds of men and hoys. 
One Week More for Competition ! YVomen were there, too, looking on and en- 
-- joying the fun. Tents were erected on the ice, 
1 he friends of the Rural are reminded that whence were dispensed various creature com- 
the period of competition for our Largest Pre- forts> eatable and sportable, and among other 
miums expires on Saturday next, and hence they things, a wagon-load of peanuts was hauled 
have only one week more in which to prosecute cr0SS) and rapidly sold out at a dime a pint, 
and complete the canvass. YVe trust that during ____ 
the week its active, earnest friends will make Rochester Athenaeum.—A paragraph appear- 
unusual efforts, not only to secure the extraordi- e d in a late number of the Rural., intimating 
There has been during the last fiscal year a damage to the building and to another locomo- —When the Mormons undertook to introduce their 
.mention of $348,074 08 in the current expen- ti™ with which it came in contact. 4^173,™ .ST.uT 
The place of recreation was a strip of ckafice ditures f " colloc ' io "- superintendence and re- A wanna in tho London Times suggests the _ A 0 erm.n„,ltor that the „op,o of tho United 
about a hundred yards wide and extending for panS ’ aS cora P ared wltb tbe preceding year. employment of fugitive slaves in Canada on the States burst more steamboats and chew more tobacco than 
a mile up and down the Illinois shore U ion The work of enlar g in g and completing the cotton plantations of Jamaica, as a partial reme- any other five nations on the globe. 
tl , 41 . .....fopn , vpr „ snovti no- oil rlavr i!7!- canaIs > is progressing with as much rapidity as dy for England’s dependence on America for -Washington has had, for a week past, nearly eight 
this smooth sui iace were spoiting all day long practicable in view of the am0 unt of the annual cotton. inches of snow in the streets -“ n e ^nt that has not oc- 
a pp r °pnations. The work has been let upon The large grist mills of Wm. Hogg, about six 
curred there before for fifteen years. 
Women were there, too, looking on and on- a. j 4 4. 4 -l ru , , T 5 . ,, , — It is estimated that in a single province of China one 
iovin- the fun. Tents were erected on the ice mS ad ? nta « eoU ® t ° tbe Stata ’ and tbere miles from Toronto, were totally destroyed by mimo n persons have been killed in battle, starved or exe- 
^ , . ’ is great cause for congratulation at the prospect fire on Friday night week. About 40 or 50 cuted, since the rebellion commenced. 
7 ience " w ^ ie ls P ense vanous creatine com- 0 f their speedy and economical completion. barrels of flour and 600 bushels of wheat were — A Gorman Lodge ofFroe Masons has just been installed 
barrels of flour and 600 bushels of wheat were 
destroyed. 
An accident occurred on the Great YVestern 
oi tneir speeay anti economical completion. barrels of flour and 600 bushels oi wheat were —A German Lodge ofFroe Masons has just been installed 
Railroads.—T here are nowin active opera- destroyed. at Boston by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. It is the 
tion in this State, 3,216 miles of railroad, inclu- An accident occurred on the Great Western first ^° d S e f ° u “ ded in Boston since 1801. ^ 
and complete the canvass. We trust that during ’ —----- 1 ding double tracks. The whole amount ex- Railway, on the 12th inst., about 12 miles east as a workshop, at Black Ro^feUhfoysundiy^orning 
the week its active, earnest friends will make Rochester Athenaeum.—A paragraph appear- P ended construction and equipments, of Chatham, to No. 4 freight train going east, week, from the weight of the snow upon it. 
unusual efforts, not only to secure the extraordi- ed in a latenumber of the Rural, intimating exceeds one hundred and twenty-five millions damaging both engines, smashing two cars, and —The roof of the brick freight house at Westfield, Mass., 
nary premiums offered, but with a view of en- that this institution was bankrupt We are of dollars. There have been, transported on knocking three off the track. One man slightly belonging to the canal railroad, was crushed in by tho 
hancing the usefulness of the paper in all sec- happy to announce that such is not now the fact, tbe several railroads durin ? tbe past J car ’ 33 >‘ p urt, ofsnow u P on U ’ on Sunda L 13 - • 
tions of the country. As we have not been able as the Association is free from debt with a sur- 839,164 passengers and 3,417,207 tuns of freight. The flouring miU of Mr. McIntosh, of the ? ?° Pe 
tions of the country. As we have not been able a s the Association is free from debt with a sur- 
to figure closely, we have no correct idea of the plus in the Treasury. At the annual election, 
state of the canvass, and hence could not now held on Tuesday week, the following Board of 
state, even if disposed, who have the best pros- Officers was chosen for the year ensuing :— 
peels of success. And we shall give no infor- President, Geo. G. Clarkson. Vice Presidents, 
as the Association is free from debt with a sur- 839 ’ 164 pa 8 sen S ers and 3 ’ 41 J > 207 tuns of frei S ht The flouring mill of Mr. McIntosh, of the 
plus in the Treasury. At the annual election, The total cost of operating these roads was $11,- village of Ancaster, was destroyed by fire early morning of the 2 d inst. Insured for $60,000. °" 6 
held on Tuesday week, the following Board of • U0 ^' 1 and their earnings amounted to $20,- on t ] ie m0 rning of Saturday last. Some 10,000 —in a foot race of engine boys at Boston, recently Jas. 
\ & 3 on tiie morning Ol oaiuruay last, borne iu,uuu — In a foot race of engine boj^s at Boston, recently, Jas. 
o4o,.3o5 /•>. or 12,000 bushels of wheat, together with a Green, of Charlestown, ran a mile in 5 minutes 18 seconds, 
Banks. T-lie whole amount of cnculatijig large lot of flour, was lost, on which there wns took the prize, a silver trumpet worth $40. 
mation from which advantage might be taken Wm. A. Reynolds, Jas. T. Griffin. Rec. Secre- nckcs dssued to hanking associations and indi- n0 i llsura nce. — Elephant Montezuma, valued at $1,000, rolled 
bv anv eoraDetitor_so that all will be treated 4 „,. TT w xr i> rv,.. o„ r , vidual bankers, and outstanding on the 30th of . •, . f , . , T overboard from the steamship Robert Swan, on the way 
by any competitor so mat an wm De Heated tary, W. V. R. Lansing. Coi. Secretary, M. G. „ , . ' * 044^8 001 for tho A boy has just been tried for murder in New- from Baltimore to Charleston, and was drowned. 
alike fairly and honorably. Ihe premiums Warner, Jr. Treasurer, A. J. Brackett. Asso- September, 1855, was $24,438,001 for the le- foundland; for having caused the death of an- _ There are in the Papal dominions less than 3 000 000 of 
will to declared, and paid, ns soon after tbe 2d oiate Directors, D. D. T. Moore, Wm. Forcell, demptron of wtoclr ttorc were then told by the ^ boy by throwing a slono at bim . The mhAiteete, the number 0 f 
of February as possible. See last column of l ra p. Northrop, T. YY r . Van Vlack, Geo. YV. Superintendent, secunties as required by law j j ury broug ht in a verdict of guilty, with a strong creased from 10,446 in 1850, to 1 
next page for list of February Premiums—and p rat t, John Miles, W. H. Benjamin, Wm. Kidd, amountlI1 g to the sum oi $25,590,848. recommendation to mercy, and the prisoner’s “ The steamer John Amott, 
also for liberal Specific Premiums, offered for jj. H. Morse, William Churchill, S. D. N. Ben- Schools.— The amount of school moneys ap- gentence therefore, commuted to imprison- fame near being destroyed by fir 
subscribers obtained previous to 1st of May next. ne tf. Commissioners of Permanent Fund, Geo. P ortloned b Y the Superintendent of Public In- , lying at the wharf at Catkins, S« 
Superintendent, seem ities a,s 1 equii ed by law . broU g b t in a verdict of guilty, with a strong creased from 10,446 in 1850, to 12,006 in 1854. 
omnnnhnof to the mim nf xQD S4J8 J J b n J’ b ....... 
H. H. Morse, William Churchill, S. D. N. Ben¬ 
nett. Commissioners of Permanent Fund, Geo. 
S. Riley, Thomas Kempshall. 
— The steamer John Arnott, plying on Seneca Hake, 
came near being destroyed by fire a few nights since, while 
lying at the wharf at Watkins, Schuyler county. 
amounting to the sum of ’$~5,590,848. recommendation to mercy, and the prisoner’s —The steamer John Arnott, plying on Scne< 
Schools -The amount of school moneys ap- sentence therefore, commuted to imprison- "far teing destroyed by fire a few nights sin 
portioned by the Superintendent of Public In- ^ lying at the wharf at \\ atkins, Schuyler county, 
struction fdr the current year is $1,110,000; of m 11 — Chesapeake river and bay are frozen, at Balti 
which $800,000 are derived from a general tax, Tiie Prescott Telegraph says :—On Friday far as the eye can reach, the ice being about eigh 
$165,000 from the income of the United States week ’ about bve minuteS before midlli g bt > a thlck - Many vessels are locked m the ice outside. 
" . i 1 r .xT__ 1— 4*^14 lx ---- -Tim suroencQ Tmirmil li«o u ln+f/xv* fV/x»x 
Valuable Articles.— Though always reluc- -f^u,uuu are aenved irom a general tax, • 1 1 r . -n • m 
tant to direct attention to certain articles as That YVild Turkey, sent us a few days ago $165,000 from the income of the United States ^ a ( In , foitWriw,!™" 
especially valuable and interesting—particu- by Frank Granger, Esq., (an efficient friend of Deposit Fund, and $145,000 from the income of 8 00 ’ 0 a11 eai 1 , , 
larly as our aim is to give none which do not the Rural,) of Toledo, Ohio, was not only grate- tbe Common School Fund. The amount re- S0nS in der Y erv-loud and continued 
possess those characteristics — we bespeak a fully received, but “ dispatched” and digested ported as having been expended for the pay- lep01 „ 
— Chesapeake river and hay are frozen, at Baltimore, as 
The Prescott Telegraph says:—On Friday far as the eye can reach, the ice being about eight inches 
that wild 1 UKKM, stun, us ;i lew uays ago 7*"U shock of ail earthquake was felt by many per- —The Syracuse Journal has a letter from Perry, stating 
by Frank Granger, Esq., (an efficient friend of Deposit Fund, and $145,00C fiom the income of . T , R 1 lddpT 1 i v w ith 1 H^ 4 the Silver Lake Sea Serpent has been taken out of the 
the Rural 1 of Toledo, Ohio, was not only erate- ^ be Common School Fund. The amount re- ‘ ‘ , ice iu that sylvan quarter, and removed to a hotel / 
possess those characteristics — we bespeak a fully received, but “ dispatched” and digested 
careful perusal for Dr. Fitch's able essay on the with “ all tbe honors.” It was just in time for - ° - -> — t . ,. , - , 
Wheat-Midge, and Prof. Dewey’s article on the the Annual Meeting of Monroe Co. Ag. So- $2,301,411 25; for Libraries, $55,216 31; for aw 111 1C (1S ‘ 
Value of Gold, given in this number. If we ciety, and two ex-Presidents, tbe incoming School-house sites. School-houses and Fuel, Mr. Guillaume Levesque, one of the officers 
mistake not, Dr. Fitch’s article comprises, in a President, and several other members of the $863,990 53 — total, $3,220,618 08. The amount of tbe Legislative Assembly, v> as found c ead in 
fully received, hut “ dispatched” and digested P ortetl as having Deen expenaea lor tne pay- 
with « all the honors.” It was just in time for ment of Teacbers ’ wa S es for the T ear l8 H was 
■ ’ -x . ~ *2,301,411 25; for Libraries, *woi<? ^i • 
1 , ,. _ , ; . , 1 , ■ — There was more ice on the Ohio at Cairo, on the 17th 
rumbling for tbe space of thirty seconds, dying of January) than was ever before known. The north side 
of the river was frozen more than a 100 feet from shore. 
il’S — Mr- Abbot, proprietor of the Chittenango Hotel, lost 
j n a span of horses on Monday week, which broke through 
the ice on Oneida Lake. The horses were valued at $400. 
,y, 
J — A package of letters, one of which contained a note for 
mistake not, Dr. Fitch’s article comprises, in a President, and several other members of the $863,990 53-total, $3,S4au,blB 08. The amount 01 me uegisiauie was luuuu ueauin the ice on Oneida Lake. The horses were valued at $400 
comparatively small compass, the most complete board, pronounced the turkey superb in size, of money raised by tax in those districts where his bed in Quebec on the morning of Saturday, — A packa g e of ietters, one of which contained a note for 
and reliable history of the Wheat-Midge ever flavor and tenderness—and its donor a gentle- frce schools are maintained, and the amounts the 5tb - Deceased had been employed as $2)000j reached Falls Village, Conn., a few days since, 
given in any periodical; and we doubt not his man and progressive. And, though all temper- raised h J rate ' bill > are nofc separately stated, French Translator in the Law Department of having been on the way from Hartford since July 4,1854. 
communication on the means of checking and ance men, they could not refrain from forming but ifc is certain that the former considerably the House, and was considered a gentleman of - In the Court of Common Pleas iu New York, there are 
. _ ° J & X 7 _ 4 4 „ 1 . 4- - ^vvxx Uirx wroo flVDr IfiAnnCHO Dll tllfl eolon/lnr .1 mon.r M-hJnl, Jo ..f 
destroying an insect which is proving so widely a «tasting committee,” and testing the flavor of preponderates. 
detrimental to the wheat-growing interest, will a bottle of choice Currant YV'ine recently received The number of school districts reported is caused by apoplexy. 
great talent and erudition. His death was over 700 cases on the calender, among which is the suit of 
xx x Frlwin Fnrrpst, n/rainst P Willin fnrlihol • domococ 
prove equally valuable. from A. G. Owen, Esq., of Big Flats, N. Y. _ 11^48. The number of children of suitable age 
— It may not be improper to add that, aside Thanks, friends C. and O. for your very tasty to draw public money is 1,233,987. There have 
from the matter furnished by its editors, this and timely remembrance. been 900,532 in attendance upon the District 
number of the Rural contains articles which - ■+— -Schools—in Academies under the supervision 
aused bv anonlexv Edwin Forrest against N. P. Willis for libel; damages laid 
‘ 1 4 ' J ' _ at $50,000. 
— There are four public libraries in the city of Florence, 
IU EI, WANTED. A correspondent of the containing about two hundred and fifty-eight thousand 
from the matter furnished by its editors, this and timely remembrance. ' been 900,532 in attendance upon the District Rochester Democrat, writing from St. Paul, Min- volumes, while the population is about one hundred and 
number of the Rural contains articles which "__Schools—in Academies under the supervision nesota territory, under date of Dec. 28th, among ten thousand. 
cost us some fifty dollars, and the engravings Good Pluck.—Two young men, residing in of the Regents of the University, 38,734— in other things saysThe winter has set in unu- - An unhappy event has created no slight sensation in 
are worth nearly an equal amount. Those who Granville, Vt., a few days since traced several colored schools, 5,243 and 53,764 in unincorpo- suallv severe. During the last week the ther- in f t aa( i C pri va t e secretary to'the Kingjhas'been'struc^wtth 
complain at the slight advance on the club bears to their -den in a cave upon the Green Tated private schools; in all 998,273—leaving mometer has ranged from zero to 40° below; su( jq en blindness. 
price of the paper,need scarcely be assured that Mountains. While one of the hunters stood 225,854 not in attendance at any place of in- yet we do not feel the cold so much as in Roch- _The U. S. Government has forwarded to England a 
our profits this year, even with an increase of guard, the other, named Robbins, sixteen years struction, il we except the students in the sev- ester last winter when the mercury there was silver speaking trumpet, for Capt. Bosdet, of the British 
from ten to fifteen thousand subscribers, will not of age, entered the cave armed with a double eral colleges. The non-attendance may there- 20° below zero. This is on account of the dry- barque Helen, for rescuing the master and crew of the 
enable us to make greater dividends than here- barreled pistol, and succeeded in killing three f° re be Be f down at one-fifth. It is likely, how- ness of the atmosphere. There is no rain here, e jj s 1 ? m 
tofore,—for we could better afford to furnish bears without receiving a wound himself. ever, that if the age of six was substituted for and scarcely any thawing during winter. The to ^ eat b 
such a paper as the Rural was two years ago, -- lour yeais, as the minimum pciiod, this propor- sun shines almost every day, but makes no ef- p ied a miserable shanty, and during that coldest night of 
at its then price, than we can the present vol- Fatal Explosion. —On the afternoon of the tion would be greatly reduced. The number of feet upon the snow, and the sleighing is excel- the season, had no fire. 
ume at the advanced rate of club subscription. 15th, three young women, engaged at their res- volumes in the district libraries is reported at lent and well improved. — The Great Western Railroad Co. have advertised for 
- 4 .^- idence in the manufacture of fireworks, at Jer- 1,103,370. The number of school-houses is 11 ,- -- the best plan of a grain storehouse, capable of holding 
— Wednesday night, Jan. 9, eleven children were frozen 
to death near Baltimore. With their mother they occu- 
— The Great Western Railroad Co. have advertised for 
the best plan of a grain storehouse, capable of holding 
Fire at Auburn— On the morning of January sey City, by some means caused tbe materials 028 ; of which 9,356 are framed building, 715 of The depot of the Danville raiiroad in Rich- 400,000 bushels. Whoever presents the most approved 
8 th, a fire occurred at Auburn, N. Y., which to explode, killing two of them, and it is feared, 
consumed the extensive stone hotel known as fatally injuring the third. The premises were | The Governor recommends radical changes snow on the roof, and is now a heap of ruins. imprisonment for 
the Auburn House. Nothing but the bare walls also set on fire by tbe explosion, but the flames in the School Law, touching Superintendence Twenty-five cars filled with freight were also life by President Fillmore, has been released, on the ground 
were left standing. Loss $45,000. were speedily extinguished. : and reports to the Department, abolishing rate- demolished. Loss $60,000. that the President can pardon but not commute. 
brick, 576 of stone, and 381 of logs. 
mond, Va., was crushed in by the weight of plan, will receive a reward of $ 100 . 
— William Wells, sentenced to death for murder in the 
District of Columbia, and commuted to imprisonment for 
