MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AN!) FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
BUSINESS NOTICES. 
Legislative. 
The Terms of the Rural New-Yorker are —Single The Legislature having at length organized, 
Copy, $2 a year ; Three Copies, $5 ; Five Copies, $8 ; Six the car begins to move forward. In the Senate 
Winter on the Prairies. 
Milwaukee, Wjs., Jan. 9, 1S56. 
Editor Rural : Perhaps a little experience 
a Western Winter might hot be void of in- 
tints of Situs. 
tntrs. 
club price (St,50 instead of $2) for a single copy—except as banks, 
an addition to a club already formed—will be credited for The 
only nine months, in accordance with our terms. pj e Qn 
of a Western Winter might not be void of in- Bowring, the English Envoy to China, has 
terest. My last was from Bloomington, near a made a report on the vital statistics of China, 
month since. Leaving that place, I turned giving that Empire a population of 400,000,000. 
northward for the next ten days, and stopped Kiang-su, the largest of the eighteen provinces, i 
The committee on commerce reported favora- a t several towns, among others Polo, and Earl- bas a population of 37,000,000. 
ble on the bill to amend the charter of the Pa- ville, villages of 600 people, which have grown Commodore Stewart (“Old Ironsides,”) is 
Any person can send for four -or more • «°P *£ 8 a * c ific ma il steamship company, and on the bill to U p within two years on the Burlington Rail- out in a highly interesting and forcibly wri 
1,50 each,—and, on subsequently filling out a club ol ten . 1 , J & , .... . . . . ,. , . , , 
r over, receive extracopy, &c., or other premium to which ame))d Die navigation law of 1855. road. pamphlet, exhibiting the injustice which he 
— Comonfort has succeeded Alvarez as President of Mex¬ 
ico. 
— A new city hall has been erected in Springfield, Mass., 
at a cost of $100,000. 
— The Ohio Legislature have rejected a bill abolishing 
capital punishment. 
— The cars are expected to run from Milwaukee to Fond 
ltten du Lac within thirty days. 
he may be entitled, the same as though all the copies were 
ordered at one time. See Premium List on next page. 
Ir is Not True, as some persons have written us, that 
certain individuals are authorized to receive less than the 
club price ($1,50 per copy) for the Rural. Any one offer¬ 
ing the paper for less than puhlislisd rates, acts without 
amend the navigation law of 1855. road. pamphlet, exhibiting the injustice which he has — The story of a family having been frozen to death at 
Reports were amended in regard to the Brook- The weather still was pleasant and mild.— suffered at the hands of the naval retiring board, Baltimore, is stated to be a hoax, 
lyn Savings Bank, State Library, and the Nor- The night of the 22d I passed at Union, twenty and appealing to Congress for relief. ~~ Hon - Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, has been 
mal School. miles west of Elgin. Waking about midnight. The number of pairs of boots and shoes man- cboi ‘™ 1 euator from Mississ^p 1 . 
Bills Passed—For the relief of St. Luke Hos- I heard the rush of the wind, making the house ufactured annually in Massachusetts, is 21,540,- publicarGo^eraors^^he UnitecTstltes" 5 R<5 * 
pita! New York. shake, and could feel the freezing air pouring 664, the value of which is $12,180,810. The - Petitions are pouring into the New York Legislature 
Bills passed to a third reading.—To prevent in through every cranny. In the morning a number of persons employed is 34,500, of whom for a bridge across the Hudson at Albany. 
our authority, and may he considered an impostor. We horse-racing in Queens Co. To amend Brook- light snow covered the ground, and whirled in 
repeat that our lowest club price is $1,50 per copy, and j Qi H ital Charter. c l ouds across tbe Drairie J rode three miles 
those who send less will either have their money returned, ; ' 1 ciouas across me prairie, i iout, mice nines, 
or be credited according to terms. ’ ‘ 1G Hudson River bridge matter, and the facing a sweeping wind, cold as Nova Zembla, 
15,105 are males and 19,395 females. 
lyn Uity Hospital Charter. clouds across the prairie. I rode three miles, The St. Johnsbury man who has been get- 
The Hudson River bridge matter, and the facing a sweeping wind, cold as Nova Zembla, ting credit all around for taking some thirty 
usury bills, etc., were referred to the committee an d froze both ears. Returning at night, I newspapers, turns out to be an occasional col¬ 
on commerce. learned wisdom, muffled up well, and started respondent to Vermont journals, nearly all of 
In the Assembly bills were noticed for re- on foot, keeping warm by exercise. The next w l )om make him a “dead-head” subscriber. 
demption of real estate sold for taxes, and to morning I went to Elgin and found the mercu- m„ r „ m ^ „ , • f ,, n , 
„ i , . , _ b ° 1 hirty-five thousand copies of the first nnm- 
amend the general insurance law. ry 12 ° below zero. , „ f „ Ti „i n •*» , £ , , ■ T i 
u;!! • . , , . , ,, ... ,, _ , , ber of “ Little Dornt has been sold in London 
Bills were introduced to amend the act tor In the afternoon went to Belvidere, the tem- to the 22d of Decem ber. The London circu- 
the prevention of fire m New York; to restrict perature still below zero, and in the evening la \ ion of „ Blcak House » was 32,000, and the 
Additions to Clubs are now in order, and can be made oil commerce, 
at the proportional rate for a full club, according to the j n {} le Assembly bills were noticed for re¬ 
number of copies ordered. Agents and other friends will 5 .. . ... uri j , 
, , ... . . . . „ . „ , demption of real estate sold for taxes, and to 
please bear this in mind, and receive and foi ward the sub- 1 
scriptionR of all who desire to secure the Rural. Back amend the general insuiance law. 
numbers furnished in all cases unless otherwise ordered. Bills were introduced to amend the act lor 
— The weather at Cuba has been the coldest ever expe¬ 
rienced. Rachel still remains at Havana. 
To Non Suhslriisers. We send Alns a ’”“ bar the Ru CO xp 01a tiori S from borrowing money on lands; was one of a moderate audience that braved the 
ral to many pi-minent friends of improvement, in the , _ T , r , X -, , . . 
hope that it will meet their approval, and if so receive to amend ,lje A ew y ork Clt y charter ; to tlx cold to hear a lecture from Park Godwin. I 
their support and encouragement. Those disposed to exer- wages of mechanics at two dollars per day and was well paid, and all seemed pleased. A lady 
cise a portion of influence in its behalf, are referred to Pre- laborers at ten shillings, in the absence of a spe- from the house where I stopped, froze her ears 
mium List, Terms, &c., on next and the lastpage. eial contract: to amend Urn rovisor! statutes, re- in the wall, in fl,n Wnvn ,-nnm Tkrmmk 
ig credit all around for taking some thirty * r. Clay ton declines to be a candidate before the Na- 
, , . . tional American Convention for the Presidency, 
iwspapers, turns out to be an occasional cor- 
, , , , r , . . . „ . — The dividends declared in New York on the 1st inst, 
spondent to Vermont journals, nearly all of araounMo about S i 0 ,ooo ,000 ; in Boston, $2, 500,000 
horn make him a “ dead-head” subscriber. _ There are 200 deaf and dumb> 250 inpane and m blind 
Thirty-five thousand copies of the first mim- persons in Wisconsin, according to the recent census, 
ber of “ Little Dorrit” has been sold in London __ — One of the London papers says Father Matthew is la- 
I to the 22d of December. The London circu- Dorin S as a ^ riest of Rome > on one of * be Fe J ee Islands. 
;ion of “Bleak House” was 32,000, and the — Several citizens of Rochester have been ordered to the 
t profits to Mr. Dickens amounted to £11,000. p ° a “ c g e upon warrants ’ for not clearin e thcil ' * ide - 
The Wyoming Times, published at Warsaw — Gov. Gorman, in his late message to the Minnesota 
net profits to Mr. Dickens amounted to £11,000. 
The Wyoming Times, published at Warsaw 
laborers at ten shillings, in the absence of a spe- from the house where I stopped, froze her ears Y ” Sa >' 8 R Par *» B > forraerl > r of that Ybtw'™’ esUmateS the population ° f the Territory at 
cial contract; to amend the revised statutes, re- in the short walk to the lecture room. Through ' 1 age ’ 1 e ^ eilt “ ( ^ C ^‘ 1Set ’ eit )" opei M 01 — The jury in the libel case of Donnelly agt. the Pliila- 
lating to weights and measures — to amend the the next four days, the same frigid air and a e 01 J an Y ousan o ais, to aelphia Ledger, brought in a verdict of $1 and costs for 
act providing for the acknowledgment of deeds merciless wind blowing all the while. Satur- cs ^ a 18 a co °U e ln owa< e connected the plaintiiT. 
by persons out of the State-to amend the gen- day I left in a snow storm, passed Elgin east- Wlth tLe New Sch ° o1 P^sbytenan Church. - A lazy fellow down South spells Tennessee thus- 
eral insurance law — to amend the law for the ward a few miles, and then turned west twenty afternoon of Jan. 26, as a large com- thus— &m Jaxn. ° spe Is Andrew Jackson 
registry of births, marriages and deaths in New miles over the Air Line Road—just opened P an 7 werc u P on tLc Delaware River opposite _ Thomas McKeon, foreman of Draper's malleable iron 
eral insurance law—to amend the law for the ward a few miles, and then turned west twenty On the afternoon of Jan. 26, as a large com- thus—&ru Jaxn " U ° SI)tlls Anarew JacK80n 
re S istr J of births, marriages and deaths in New miles over the Air Line Road-just opened P an 7 ^re upon the Delaware River opposite _ Thomas Mc K e on, foreman of Draper's malleable iron 
VorK. from Chicago to Fulton, on the Mississippi.— tke u PP er P ai 't of Philadelphia, the ice gave works, was found frozen to death at West Dedham, Mass., 
Reports Favorable. — The Senate bill to se- Stopped at Cortland, a village a, year old, with carrying down a sleigh containing a gen- Sunday morning week* 
-- -— cure the faithful expenditure of the charitable some 400 people, and just at night took stage, Deman and four ladies. One of the ladies, a — Douglas Jerrold has a son in New York, who has im- 
ROCHESTER, FEBRUARY 2, 1856. funds of the 1st Senate district. facing the storm four miles, to Sycamore, the widow, of the name of Albright, was drowned. migrated with the intention of connecting himself with the 
—. The annual report of the Superintendent of county seat of De Kalb county, a fine town of At the last sitting of the Academy of Sci- ne " p P a Pcr picss. 
To Agents, New Subscribers, &C. the Banking, and Public Instruction depart- 1,200 people, beautifully situated on a swell of ence, Paris, M. Flourens remarked that the use No. 3 , at^fanchesteVN. H^on^Vedneldav week^ (loin*’ 
ments, were received. the prairie, with a large grove on the north side, of chloroform in the field hospital of the army but slight damage, however.' 
Back numbers of this volume can still be sup- The committee on building association in New Sunday morning dawned clear and cold—a doubled the strength and power of the surgeons — W. G. Kendall, late Postmaster at New Orleans, has 
plied to all applicants. Our edition is probably York, appointed by the last Legislature, pre- good ways below zero, not reaching that point In the campaign in the Crimea, chloroform was settled his defalcation by paying $3,889, which was all that 
sufficient to Jill all orders for a month to come, sented a report. The annual report of the State all day. Monday somewhat milder, the streets employed 25,000 times, and always with success. cou,d be proved against him. 
yet all who wish to secure the complete volume Engineer was presented. filled with people improving the sleighing. It In San Francisco, Cal., last year, fifty-two 5 riTnnnT’^"’ ^ cntucky > 
o -ii ,i ip i-ip.i nas just come in possession of £.15,000, bv the decense of 
should order it immediately. For the present, and -*- S a W place, and then had more than usual firms applied for insolvency, the total liabilities an lincle , in Nottingham, England. 
until our extra edition is exhausted we shall send El)IT0RrAL Accessions.-Wc observe, with sin- bustle. I uesday I returned to the railroad ; the being $5,186,016 ; assets, $1,556,632 ; extent of — A Boston ship laden with ice for the Virginia mar. 
• ’ cere pleasure, that Joseph Warren, Esq., former- wide expanse of snow glistening in the rays of failure, $3,629,384. The total value of property kets, is frozen fast near Richmond, Va., with the ice two 
the back numbers to all new subscribers, unless one of the editors of the Country Gentleman, ’•be rising sun, columns of smoke rising up in in San Francisco is $32,841,027, of which $18,- feet thick in the river and ponds adjacent. 
otherwise directed. Agents and other friends of is announced as Associate Editor of the Buffalo Die distance from chimneys too far away to be 624,375 is landed property. Total taxes, $687,353. —The Memphis Bulletin notices the receipt at that 
the Rural will please note this paragraph, and Daily Courier. Mr. Warren is an able and sccn ' At the depot the cars were in sight, T he Postmaster General has recently decided Dace of 1,000 sacks of wheat from Arkansas-one of the 
govern themselves accordingly — not omitting to exced ent wrilter, and otherwise admirably Diree miles off—the swift-moving cloud of that the franking privilege is a formal privilege _ on one of the laWnid i • r 
forward the names and funds of all who wish or < l ualified for the position. We congratulate the steanl and smoke rising above the locomotive, merely, and follows the possessor, and cannot the public schools in Newark, N. on 
, ■ i i. i , r , Courier and its readers upon so valuable an an waving and stieanang through the air, like be exercised where he is not. That is, letters entering the warm school-room she fainted. 
may > induced to subscribe. Additions to Clubs acC ession. We notice, also, that Hon. John N. a banner flung out to herald their rapid coming. bearing bis frank cannot be mailed to go free, - A movement will be made in the spring to establish 
(«, i.et ter in ones, files, tens or tucrdi.es') ate now Ingersoll, recently of Detroit, has become one Y e s°°n passed Lodi, auothei place like Coit- -where he is not, nor letters to him received free another Free State press at Leavenworth, to take theplace 
ROCHESTER, FEBRUARY 2, 1856. 
To Agents, New Subscribers, &c. 
Back numbers of this volume can still be sup- 
yet all who wish to secure the complete volume 
should order it immediately. For the present, and 
until our extra edition is exhausted, we shall send 
— Douglas Jerrold has a son in New York, who has im¬ 
migrated with the intention of connecting himself with the 
American newspaper press. 
— A fire-caught in the picker-rooms of the Stark Mills, 
No. 3, at Manchester, N. JL, on Wednesday week, doing 
— A private soldier at the Newport barracks, Kentucky, 
has just come in possession of £15,000, by the decease of 
: for the Virginia mar- 
in or dir, and will be as gratefully received as new of the editors and proprietors of the Rochester 1 And, in age and size, and with a new, half- except by himself personally. 
of the one recently destroyed in the Missouri. 
and heavier• timber. 
Jgp” Those who do not wish back numbers, can 
commence with the present ar any other number. 
How it Works. 
We have recently heard of several instances 
where subscribers declined to continue the 
Rural this year, on account of the advance in 
club rate, and subscribed for a “ dollar paper ” 
—tbe Weekly Tribune, Times, Ac.,—thinking the 
cheaper (?) journal would answer as a sub¬ 
stitute. But after receiving one or two numbers 
of the re-prints, they found they were sold —that. 
Daily Tribune. Mr. I. is an experienced editor mad e-«p air. After two days of snug winter . f f Richmond Vi on tbo ~ A conlpany has been or S a ™<D »t Hamburgh, and 
and publUsW and will add length and oer gy jeather, I reached Chieago on a clear, pleasant 0range and ZXZZSXZ ZZfZST * * *“ 
to the establishment, ‘ a .V 11 c moimn & emeicuiywas blocked up in the snow at Aquia Creek for two —Asa Andrews, Esq., aged 94. said to be the oldest law. 
-_below zero, with a west wind that would make , m, . . * , ’ _ 
to the establishment. 
days. The passengers, many of whom were >'° r in the United States, died at Ipswich, Mass., on the 
C. W., for the purpose of crossing to Ogdens- 
burg, which is directly opposite, but by some 
meansjost the track where sleighs had previ¬ 
ously passed, which is attributed to the intoxi- 
on the Lake shore near the State Line—a pleas¬ 
ant place with much intelligence among its res¬ 
idents. The freezing wind blew through the 
day, and the next morning the mercury was 
cheaper (?) journal would answer as a sub- cation of the driver, who doubtless was unable 
stitute. But after receiving one or two numbers '° d isDnguish the air holes and water from .j ^ 
of the re-prints, they found they were sold —that, sound ice. All were drowned. An alarm be- 
instead of obtaining, as expected, a paper which S* ven > a large party with lamps started out 
would be useful and entertaining to themselves seal 'ch for the unfortunate men, but without 
a ' .. .. ~ ~i_ i i t>n -u l _ t) i rr icw ui tuiu icctueio iittvu evei mariitiu, cinci ifi 
ion of the driver, who doubtless was unable 0 n , agall J to 1 bel °" zero - Peo P le . saffer community lias dwindled to a handful, who liv 
distinguish the air holes and water fre,n from the cold m this region, because their has- ., * ___„ 
would be useful and entertaining to themselves t0 searc 
and their families, they had mounted a “ white suc cess 
horse of another color.” The consequence was, 
as our agents humorously relate, some loud ^ ATA 
Fatal Accident.—A t New Haven, Ct., on 
talking, and, in most cases, a return to the ^ bui sda y i* 18 ’' v 7 cek, the engine of the stearu- 
Rural household,— some averring that they 
can now appreciate the difference between a 
er Elm City caught upon the dead-point, 
tily built houses are poorly fitted for winter.— 
Time will mend this by their building better 
ones. As an instance, a friend with whom I 
stopped, lost all his apples for want of a cellar, 
and, putting his ink bottles in the stove oven 
for safety, found them frozen in the morning. 
On Saturday, I stopped a few hours at Keno¬ 
sha, a busy town, and found people hurrying 
Many of them been unable to procure more ie annual exhibition of the State Poultry So- 
.-i i ■. -ipj* 4 . • ip ciety will be held at Albany on the 12th, JStb and 14th of 
than barely enough food to sustain life. February. The premium list is full and tempting 
The community of Germans established by — The two recent disasters on the Hudson river railroad 
George Rapp at Economy, Ohio, celebrated their did damage to the amount of over $80,000, to which will 
fiftieth anniversary a few days since. Only a bave to be addedlar g e sums for the lives and limbs of pas- 
few of the leaders have ever married, and the SCDge ™ - - r , 
— Ihe Orangeburg (S. C.) Southron says, the destruc- 
community has dwindled to a handful, w r ho live tian of pine timber in that part of tbe State, from the ac- 
cosily, without the necessity of much labor, and cumulation of ice on the trees, can only he estimated by 
enjoy the income of their extensive estate. millions. 
„ _ . . ,, —The Thibodeaux (La.) Minerva says that many of the 
Ge\. Barstow, in his Message, informs the Lafourche sugar planters have finished rolling, and that in 
Legislature of Wisconsin that the Fox and Wis- every instance the quantity made is much short of that of 
consin Rivers’ improvement Co. have expended Iast season - 
$600,000 in the prosecution of the work ; that W An attempt to destroy tUc Frce AcadPm y at Utica by 
.. - L -n * T 1 VTT- 1 flre > '"’ as made on Wednesday night of last week. The 
the portion from Green Bay to Lake Winnebago flame8 were discovered in time to defeat the purpose of the 
“is about completed ;” and that the whole ini- incendiary. 
dollar weekly” made up from a city daily, " be<ds to throw the cranks past the centre, 
whereupon several of the hands got upon the through the streets to keep warm, thfe west wind 
s'rong, a cold, dank fog rising from the lake, and 
provement to the Mississippi will be finished 
within the current year. 
— The receipts of cotton at Mobile are so great, and la¬ 
bor so scarce, says the Mobile Tribune, that the whole 
and a journal prepared, with great expense 
iilv wneeis to tiirow me cranks past the centre. “ wharf frontage of the citv, presents to view only one mass 
Their weight imparted so much motion to the lifting off shore in heavy clouds. In the eve- Tiie Tribune s _ Washingtoni correspondent of the staple . 
ana . . ° 1 __i_i xm_ ^ __j e. _ ii.. _ writes •—“ It is (riven out in Hinlnmntip nnar. 
labor expressly fJr its subscribers. Others will wheeIs as to f Dg hten two of the men, who in nin » reached Milwaukee, stepped from the cars 4 u— 
9 a J j* , i 1 into an omnibus rod .6 swiftlv tliroufflilonff ran- Ibis tliat tlio 33iitisli legation and. tbo sympa- 
undoubtedly discover a similar difference md attempting to clear themselves, were caught mLO ai1 ommous, iouu s\\ imy imougn long lan- & . , . , , 1 
unuouuLuuiy aiscoiui hiiuuai uineieiiee, ana , r ° , . , , . . f ges of stores brilliantly lio-hted the snow creak thizmg influences here take in high dudgeon 
if thev insist shall be favored with the Ttrmr between the wheel and a beam, and crushed to & ts 01 s.oics, onmanuj n 6 mca,me snow cieak- . & b . 
n inuy insist, faua.u ut. irvoicq vim me iulral, . , , , inn-under the wheels and the horses covered the dismissal of Mr. Crampton and his recruit- 
on complvin«- with terms—albeit we are not deathl Those who remained were unharmed, mg unaer me v neets, ana me norees covered , ^ 
on complying mi nis amen w e are not with frost, to a good hotel. I found my way to ln S confreres, and threaten that the diplomatic 
su um s , avin^, P 10 a j leeeiye unngt e “ . . « a friend’s house, was soon asleep, and the next and commercial interests shall only be repre- 
on complying with terms — albeit we are not 
suffering, having probably received during the 
past month, full ten new subscribers for every 
discontinuance. 
past month, full ten new subscribers for every Valuable Stock.—T he capital stock of the* • f \ \ ro i , 
j. J ^ , morning found the mercury 15° below zer< 
discontinuance. Vermont Central Rmlroad, a corporation re- Monday as co!d, Tuesday and this morning: 
--^- markable principally for the magnitude of its to 26 o below> and yesterday through the cl 
Congressional. clebts and misfortunes, was recently sold at auc- rangi from n o to 18 o below , with the te 
- tion on an execution, and brought the enormous n . • , ... , ,, , 
r, j j- ... fa ble west wind sweeping through the streets. 
Confusion and disorganization still reigns su- sum of one hundred dollars! The par value of . . . 
prerne at the National Capital, the 128th vote the capital which sold so high, is only seven mil- TblS mornin S as 1 wrlte ’ st oppmg for a i 
having been taken on Monday, for Speaker, lions. Mortgage bonds, in this case, as will be ment ’ 1 g ° to the wlndoW) scrape oft the th 
morning found the mercury 15° below zero.— 
Monday as cold, Tuesday and this morning 22° 
to 26° below, and yesterday through the day, 
ranging from 11 ° to 18° below, with the terri- 
without any result. found in many others, has more than swallowed 
A special message on Kansas, was sent into ll P 'O entire value of the road. 
the Senate, and the unorganized House, by the -- 
President, on the 24th, which was received and ^ York Harbor.—T he v 
mi • • T -i L • e 111UI1 lil, > VU All DU tVJl VACA \ O LDU W 11U1U VJ1 LllU Iff KJ 
this morning as 1 write, stopping for a mo- , , , . 
. T .A • j k, ., ,, . , volumes were composed, stereotyped, punted 
ment, I go to the window, scrape oft the thick „ , . , , f , , . “ 1 ’ 1 . , 
, j ,v r ■ -a l- • • ! , off, bound and published ! I his is a fact in the 
frost, to look out, and the fair city lies in sight, „ F , . , . , 
spreading away from the bluff on which stands Wap ° f ^’erprise worthy of being placed upon 
rresmenr, on me van, wmcn was received and K™ York HARBOR.-The weather was in- ~ ^ men t urging Congress to favor his proposition 
read in the latter after much confusion. The tensely cold in New York on the 26th ult„ and a lo ne its banks to transport the mails between New York and 
message eulogizes the Kansas bill, reviews and the river^ navigation was impeded by ice. Sta- jtmtove tw 0 ar mare a west- Europe twice a month. The compensation 
my friend’s home, the sky above cold and gray, 
tbe white snow shining with cold brilliancy, 
writes:—“ It is given out in diplomatic quar- XT ...... 
,, . ®. . . . r . .. ^ — Negroes never commanded bo high a price as at pree- 
ters that the British legation and the sympa- ent in Missouri. At Prairieville, in the north-east part of 
thizing influences here take in high dudgeon the State, lots were sold on New Year’s day, common farm 
the dismissal of Mr. Crampton and his recruit- hands for si,215. 
ing confreres, and threaten that the diplomatic — is es t>mated that 96,000,000 pounds of lard are 
and commercial interests shall only be repre- « ada in the United States, of which 20,000,000 are made 
... . .. . ,, J 1 in Cincinnati. England and Cuba each take annually 9,- 
sented by a subordinate. 000 000 poundg . 
The Boston Traveller states that Messrs. _ PreviouB to the departure of the King of Sardinia 
Phillips, Sampson <fc Co. received the copy of from Windsor, the Queen presented him with one of the 
the two new volumes of Macauley’s History of most valuable thorough-bred marcs in the Royal stud at 
England only on the fourth of the present Hampton Court - 
month, yet in seven days the whole of the two — TIie Boston Journal says the trains of Monday week, 
. , . . , reached Hartford at 4 o’clock on Tuesday morning, impell- 
volumes were composed, stereotyped, punted e d by eleven locomotives, ail furnishing charming music 
off, bound and published ! This is a fact in the from their whistles. 
way of enterprise woi thy of being placed upon — x young man, named Harry Gray, who is now en- 
permanent record. * gaged as a watchman at the Locomotive Works, lias re- 
Commodore Vanderbilt has prepared a state- “ nt , ly A ’ dm ’ conditional,y > by a deccased uncIe in 
r 1 England, $200,000. 
inent urging Congress to favor his proposition m . ,, . „ , , 
. ... 11 —The weather in Texas lias been exceedingly cold. At 
permanent record. 
Commodore Vanderbilt has prepared a state- 
message eulogizes the Kansas bill, reviews and ’be river navigation was impeded by ice. Sta- 
censures the course of ex-Governor Reeder, en- ’ ;cn Island Sound is completely frozen, and 
dorses the legality of the late territorial Legis- I eams were crossing over from Jersey to Staten 
lature, promises to see their acts enforced by Island in every direction. The Staten Island 
the military arm of the Federal Government, if ferry-boat Columbus, while crossing with a 
ern winter. Siberian, truly, in its severity. 
have never felt its equal; and it is but fair to posed by Mr. Vanderbilt that this shall cease 
say that the “ oldest inhabitant”—not a very whenever Congress shall adopt the policy of 
to tianspoit the mails between Lew \ ork and Clarksville, Red River Co., snow lias remained on the 
Europe twice a month. The compensation ground since December. The Brazos river is frozen so that 
asked is $16,680 the round trip, and it is pro- teams cross on the ice. 
■ The first copy of the Mirror, printed at Newport, 
me luuitary arm oi me reuerai urovernmeni, n "^e uwuig wxm a vene rable nerson here-savs it is without car- withholding government patronage in all its 
Decessavy ; calls the movements of the Free number of passengers, was cut throngh by the J ^ Yet ^ * haIe ' 0 ht forms from steamships traversing the Atlantic. 
Slt-.ato mnn trA'icnnfJilD smH fViof tl,o noatnifr lf»o flUf SllTlk* nP.fl.l’ thf^ month of thn J J 
whenever Congress shall adopt the policy of Wis., sold at auction for *65 to an enthusiastic squatter, 
. who means to preserve it as a relic till a great city grows 
withholding government patronage in all its „ pin the wilderness. 
State men treasonable, and alleges that the late floating ice and sunk near the mouth of the East 
Constitutional Convention and the election of Hirer. Her passengers were all saved. 
State officers, are illegal acts. The President-"•—»- 
apprehends further outbreaks in Kansas, and Baptist College Burnt.— A letter in the 
recommends that a special appropriation be Atlanta Intelligencer states that the Cherokee 
weather here, and the almost unceasing wind Some months since, says the New York Tri¬ 
makes it very severe. bune, a ship sailed from this port for Australia 
This city is growing in wealth and thrift.— with a cargo mostly of flour. It cost here about 
To-morrow a Railroad celebration is held at $10 per bbl., and was sold immediately on arri- 
iorms irom sieau.smps uaveismg me Aimuuc. _ A project ig onfoot to construct a railroad from Vera 
Some months since, says the New York Tri- Cruz to Mexico, some 300 miles. British and French capi- 
bune, a ship sailed from this port for Australia are paid to bc interested in the enterprise. Its esti- 
a-i r n T 4 - 1 1 i . mated cost is $12,000,000. 
with a cargo mostly of flour. It cost here about 
.... V vi i u ■ ,. , , . —In a letter dated at Cleveland, Senator Douglas says 
made to defray any expense which may become Baptist College, Cassville, Ga., was entirely de- 
requisite in the execution of the laws or the stroyed by fire on the night of the 4th of Jan. 
maintenance of public order in the Territory. The building was unfinished, and its contrac- 
Ktlanta Intelligencer states that the Cherokee TT . ^, , . . v , } 
. ,, n ^ ... r Honcon—fifty miles north-west—to rejoice over val tor , 
clllt-i W ao OUlLi 1111 IJlVvllilLCl y Uil iliii- , , , . „ -ii v- : n Wouhi’n« 
J that he cannot fix any time when he will be in Washing- 
Deduct $5 per bbl. for all charges, ^ on jjg bas bad an operation pefformed on his throat, 
the opening of the fourth railroad that now en- and the clear profit on the shipment of 8,000 which has caused him much delay. 
.* 7 " ' V 77 nT 7 ' 1 * ^ ™ ters this commercial capital of a great State.— bbls. was $80,000. The same ship went from — The question of the constitutionality of tiie law of 
imtenance of public order m the Temtoy. 1 he bmldmg was nufimsbed, and its eontrac- what a c] fn>m ^ lone hut of the Ij>dian the]lce to Calcutta , and too]i in a c of sak . „« t egl! l.t„ re or lo»iog tbe SWA 
——- tors will have to bear at least a portion of tbe tradcr twent y years ago I Yesterday one of tbe peter, etc., for Now York. The net profits of her „ilr,.a., ts. gon e .. .be S.pwn, Court by any 
EuuobkD Bioodsheo ,n Kausas. The Kicka- >»■’»• «»«» f institution were to collcctia coramittcc ot a EoIief Society to aid the voyage were about * 1 10,000. boUvecn tb, y 
h (K. T.) Pioneer of the 19th, says “a battle haveopenedontbefirst Wednesday.,, February. ,. tl75 a AmM -A- . 
_The question of the constitutionality of tiie law of 
the Legislature of Missouri, loaning the State’s credit to 
poo (K. T.) Pioneer of the 19th, says “a battle 
took place last night at Easton between a party 
of Free State men and some Pro-Slavery men. 
Happy Event.— A year or two ago, many 
in which one of the latter was killed and sev- members of the press were done brown by the 
eral wounded. Several Abolitionists were also ■ premature announcement of a marriage, which 
killed or wounded. A company from Law- j seems now really to have occurred, as herein- 
rence, under Capt. Brown, and the Kickapoo ! after stated, to wit: Married, Jan. 24, at Hen- 
Rangers, were the parties engaged. The dis- j rietta, N. Y., by Joseph Brown, Esq., the father 
turbance is supposed to have grown out of the ■ of the bride, Samuel C. Blackwell, of Cincin- 
election of the 15th.” nati, and Rev. Antoinette L. Brown. 
vauaaaa cuoy J (.en o . - — J ™ ~ n - p .. ” ment between the contending parties. 
Electing committee of a Relief Society to aid the voyage were about $110,000. _ Th@ Amcrican Mmanac gives the following as the to- 
the poor, received $175, in a few hours. Amid ^ — ‘ ' . . tal population of the globe : Africa, 100 , 000,000 ; America, 
prosperity life’s gentle charities are not for- Filibusters. In the United States Ciicuit 57)70 6.882i Asia, 626,000,000 ; Australia, 1,445,000 ; Eu- 
gotfceil Court, sitting at New York, the Grand Jury, rope , 263,517,521 ; Polynesia, 1 , 500 , 000 . 
& T go southward to-dav having waited for the on Die 16th instant, found bills of indictment _ The trial of Coburn and Dalton for manslaughter in 
JSXZSZlZ, against nine persons charged with aiding and cuduglh, "'f'”' V'mZto’ 
be again on my way eastward. 
Yours, truly, 
abetting the late movement against Nicaragua, municipal court at Boston, lhuisday 
They were all held to bail. Parker H. French, 
tbe rejected Minister sent here by Walker, from 
witnesses were sworn for tiie prosecution. 
— A letter has been received by the Commissioner of the 
General Land Office, from the Surveyor General of AVash- 
The artesian well, at New Orleans, is now Nicaragua, was arrested on a bench warrant, ington Territory, stating that the public surveys have been 
580 feet in depth, and no water yet obtained. but afterwards released without bail. 
interrupted by the hostilities of the Indians. 
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