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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
MARCH 8. 
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The principal business of general interest 
which occupied the attention of the Legislature 
during the past week, is contained in the fol¬ 
lowing summary : 
3 ex ate. —The bills introduced in this branch 
were—to increase the number of directors to the 
Jew Hospital, N. Y., to 12; to compel insurance 
companies incorporated under the laws of for¬ 
eign States to pay $2, required by law, to the 
Mew York fire department, on every one hun¬ 
dred dollars of policies issued ; to amend fire 
laws in Mew York relative to keeping of gun- 
powder and other combustible matters, by ex¬ 
empting from duty vessels that receive such ar¬ 
ticles on board on freight, when such vessels 
immediately leave the dock ; to divide Erie Co.; 
lequiiing Flushing bridge Co. to widen draw; 
to prohibit Banks of deposit as Savings Banks; 
regulating the compensation of the assessors of 
the street department in Mew York ; to incor¬ 
porate Metropolitan Medical College in Mew 
York. Reports — Favorable, to appropriate 
$10,000 in aid of Women’s Hospital in Mew 
arg llrrorfr. 
Human Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene. By T. S. 
Lambert, M. D., Lecturer on Physiology, &c. ; Illus¬ 
trated with nearly three hundred wood cut and litho¬ 
graphic engravings. Hartford : Brockett, Hutchinson & 
Co. Rochester: Wanzer, Beardsley & Co. 1854. 
Some forty years ago, more or less, (we were a youth 
then,) a physician who had quite a library, moved into an 
unoccupied part of the old mansion. We used to spend 
a great many of our leisure hours in poring over his books 
and asking questions. Anatomy was very interesting, and 
Bbi.l’s was the only work we had access to. However, all 
the knowledge we could obtain was but small, compared 
with what was to be known, yet the little wo did gather by 
means of the books, has been of great service to us thus far 
in life. We have often lamented that there was no popu¬ 
lar work which, in a clear and concise manner, and in lan¬ 
guage easily understood by all, would bring home to every 
family, and person, a knowledge of the human body.— 
Such a work would be of inestimable value. A better 
knowledge of our body, its daily wants and wastes, and 
how it should bo managed, would lessen the sum of human 
ills, and largely increase the aggregate of human life. 
The volume before us we are satisfied is one that cannot 
be too extensively read or circulated. It is plain in its 
statements and language, and its arguments and illustra¬ 
tions so simple that the book can be readily comprehended 
by any common school scholar who is old enough to study 
Travels West.—Kalamazoo.—A Party. 
York ; a bill amending the Utica charter • a bill grammar ’ And an >' person who peruses the volume with 
. .. ° y njiro nnrl nUontmn will houn « -l„,i_AI. _ 1 
To every one remitting, for ten subscribers, ($15,) an extra 
copy of the Rural, or a copy of Year Book of Agriculture The 
same to every one remitting for six copies, ($10.) 
To every one remitting for three copies ($5) we will, if de¬ 
sired, send the 8th, or any preceding Vo), of W. G. & S. R. 
tlf Competitors for the above Specific Premiums are not 
limited to townships, but subscriptions obtained will be counted 
on premiums, no matter how widely distributed. Those who 
compete also for the Large Township Premiums have only to 
designate the copies sent to the different post-offices in their 
own town, so that we may note the same. 
ROCHESTER, MARCH 8, 1856. 
The Weather is again frigid and boisterous 
—the advent of spring being accompanied with 
a roar of the Borean lion equal to his best ef¬ 
forts in raid-winter. Saturday, Sunday and 
Monday were stormy and tedious days—the 
snow and wind again blocking many of the 
rail and other roads. And as we write (Tues¬ 
day, A. M.) the Grinds are on a high spree, 
while the politicians who are attending to the 
Municipal Election can hardly be otherwise 
than cool. The prospect is that we shall have 
a late Spring, for with the most favorable change 
it must be weeks before mother earth will be 
fi ee from snow and moisture, and in a cultivable 
condition. 
in reference to Flushing I'emale College; rela¬ 
tive to mortgage or sale of real estate by order 
of Courts. It provides that where infants’ es¬ 
tates are embarrassed, the same may be sold, 
instead of leased or mortgaged, and debts paid 
and the balance invested for the benefit of said 
infants. 
Bills Passed—Regulating the canvassing of 
votes at general elections; incorporating Spra- 
ker’s Suspension Bridge Co.; to pay claims of 
the Chatham Bank against the State; to provide 
better preservation of notices qf Lis Pendens in 
Mew York. 
A concurrent resolution was offered instruct¬ 
ing members of Congress to secure an appro¬ 
priation for the veterans of 1812. Adopted, 
Also for the amendment of the Constitution, so 
as to allow colored persons the right of suffrage. 
Assembly.— Bills*vere introduced to exempt 
clergymen from paying toll on plank roads, 
turnpikes, bridges, &c., when traveling to dis¬ 
charge their duties; to punish by fine the adul¬ 
teration of drugs, and to prohibit the sale of 
patent medicines; to incorporate Excelsior 
Medical College and Touro Literary Institute, 
N. Y.; to abolish street inspectors officers/in 
Mew York and to elect comptroller of public 
streets. 
The hills reported .were as follows Makiqg 
appropriation tor the Canal debt and authoris¬ 
ing a loan therefor; hill increasing the capital 
of Brooklyn Polytechnic institute; bill incor¬ 
porating the people’s College ; to raise the sal¬ 
aries of the Judges of the Appeals and Supreme 
Court; to form a new ward from the 9th and 
12th wards in Mew York ; against the erection 
of the new county of Highland. Report referred 
back to the committee by a vote of 34 to 22. 
care and attention will have a better knowledge of the hu¬ 
man system than any student of medicine could get in a 
year’s study twenty-five years ago. Prof. Lambert hag 
rendered the cause of progression, science and of humanity, 
a great service, and we hope he will be suitably rewarded.—p. 
A Journey in tiie Seaboard Slave States, with Re¬ 
marks on their Economy. By Frederick Law Olm- 
stead, author of “ \V?i ] ks and Talks of an American 
Farmer in England.” New York : Dix & Edwards. 
This volume probably presents the best picture of South¬ 
ern life and economy yet given. The author, himself a 
practical fanner, traveled through the seaboard States with 
a view to examine their agricultural condition and pros¬ 
pects, and, well qualified by extensive travel, a cultivated 
mind and varied experience to judge of what he saw, has 
given us a very readable and instructive book. We com¬ 
mend it to those who would know of Southern farms and 
farmers, their slaves, and the “poor white folks,” the first 
and last, often, the worst off of the three. The book 
is illustrated by occasional wood cuts, and spiced by a vari¬ 
ety of incidents and adventures. Sold at Dewey’s. 
Finishing some business in Jackson Co., I 
bought a ticket for Kalamazoo, said my prayers, 
and a good deal resigned, got into the cars— 
that I got out again is now a matter of record. 
Kalamazoo is a place of considerable preten¬ 
sion, a few miles beyond Battle Creek. The 
gospel has been preached in these towns, and 
they are understood to have embraced the 
Christian faith, but they keep up a sort of rival¬ 
ry in somewhat of a worldly spirit. Battle 
Creek is growing rapidly, has a good water 
power, and is a business place. Kalamazoo is 
regularly and handsomely laid out, the build¬ 
ings are in good fr-ste, and very many of the 
original forest trees are preserved, to the ever¬ 
lasting honor of their preservers. Real estate 
has shot up within a few- years from ten shil¬ 
lings an acre, to one hundred and twenty-five 
dollars a foot. Business is lively, and money in 
good demand. Stepping into a friend’s bank¬ 
ing house, I heard a customer inquire —“ Any 
money to let?” “Yes, a little.” “What are 
your rates ?” « Two per cent, a month," replied 
my friend, with composure and apparent inno¬ 
cence. 
Tiie people of Kalamazoo are generally 
young, and as I thought remarkably good look¬ 
ing. I saw but one rusty chap there, and I saw 
him in a looking glass. 
Calling with a cousin upon a cousin, I listen 
ed to some ladies present who were talking_ 
111 IS, 
— Pork is hold at $14 in St. Louis. 
-A flood is anticipated by the Cincinnatians on the 
breaking up of the Ohio. 
-The salary of the Governor of Mississippi has been 
raised to $5,000 per annum. 
- The average amount paid the Methodist preachers i 
Indiana, last year, was $321. 
It is said that the boot and shoe trade of Cincinnati is 
over four millions annually. 
-The Ohio river has risen three or four feet at Cairo 
anti navigation is again free. 
- The prize crop of Indian corn in the State of Ohio, for 
1855, was 162 bushels per acre. 
-The police expenses of Havana, Cuba, are said to 
amount to $400,000 per annum. 
- One hundred and forty-two Catholic convents are said 
to be in operation in this country. 
$ 3 fmnnnn debt 1 ° f , the CUy ° f PUtsburg is a fraction, 
$3,000,000, including railroad bonds. 
- The canal through the Isthmus of Suez, it is estimated 
by the engineers, will cost $40,000,000. 
. Thc f f' w York THbune has published the advertise-' 
ments of J20 new novels during the past year. 
— The total debt of the cities and counties of Ohio on 
account of railroad improvements, is $8,013,500. 
— Martin Koszta, the Hungarian, has purchased a farm 
on the Medina, Texas, for which he paid $9,000. 
— It is .stated that the correspondence of Boston is 33 
per cent, more than any other city in the Union. 
— The steamers Belle Quigley and Vermont were burned 
at the mouth of the Kentucky river on the 6th ult 
ladies do talk, even in the Western statel- I l».g""" d 
The Edinburgh Review for Jan., commences the 103d 
volume of this standard Quarterly. Among the articles 
worthy of note in this number, are those on Cromwell, 
Rural Economy of France and Britain, The North-West 
Passage, The Suez Canal apd Russian Campaigns in Asia. 
New York : L. Scott a Co. D. M. Dewey, Agent. 
The Westminster Review for Jan., has also been received- 
in 1855 over 1854, and that of France fourmillions 
aboil t the last eveDing puny—morning party, I -Green peas from the South have made their apnear- 
should have said, for I gathered that it mostly ance in New York > and are selling at 25 cents per quart, 
occurred past midnight,—the ladies were splen- Tbe bouis papers are agitating the subject of the 
didly dressed, the entertainment was exquisite, construction of a bridge over the Mississippi at that point, 
and the whole affair about as genteel as Detroit fZ~ m C n °l court ;™a''tialed by Gen. Harney, 
can boast of. 
Well, it is useless for old people to talk, but it 
seems to me there is*a great deal of nonsense in 
such performances. Who has found out that 
gas light is better than sun light ? That head¬ 
er maltreating’ and starving the soldiers under his < 
mand. 
— The amount of insurance, in Boston, on four vessels 
recently lost, is $180,000, of which sum $176,000 is in State 
street. 
- An old ice-cutter of Lowell, Mass., named McFarli 
Congressional. 
Provincial Items. 
City Election.— To-day (Tuesday) the good 
people of Rochester are engaged in the election 
ot Municipal Officers for the ensuing year.— 
There are three regular tickets in the field—the 
Reform, (adopted by the Republicans,) headed 
by Samuel G. Andrews for Mayor—the Soft 
Democratic, headed by C. A. Jones— and the 
American, under the leadership of Gen. Swan. 
We believe all the candidates adhere to planks 
labeled “retrenchment and reform,” but we 
suspect the first-named and nominated wrill 
succeed. 
Canada Money.— Provincial friends who fre¬ 
quently apologize for remitting Canada money 
on subscription to the Rural, are assured that 
such funds are as good in this city as any we 
receive, and hence quite as acceptable as Mew 
5 ork currency. Any apology, therefore, is quite 
unnecessary. In this connection, we begto re¬ 
turn our grateful acknowledgments to friendly 
agents and subscribers in Canada for the large 
measure of appreciation the Rural is receiving 
in their midst,—as evinced in the handsome 
lists, and substantial inclosures, with which we 
are daily favored, especially from the rich and 
fertile sections of the Upper Province. 
Wealth of Atlantic Cities.— The wealth 
concentrated at the great commercial points of 
the United States is truly astonishing. For in- 
stence, one-eighth part of the property of this 
county is owned by citizens of Mew York and 
Boston. Boston alone, in its corporate limits, 
owns one-twentieth of the property of this en¬ 
tire Union, being an amount equal to the wealth 
of anv three of the Mew England States, except 
Massachusetts. In Boston is found the richest 
community, per capita, of any in the United 
States. The next city in point of wealth, ac¬ 
cording to its population, is Providence, R. I., 
which city is one of the richest in the Union, 
having a valuation of fifty-si* millions of dol¬ 
lars, with a population of fiftjjthousand. 
Since 1850, (he number of fugitive slaitesin 
Canada has increased from 15,000 to 45,00D. 
Iiie Quebec Board of Trade have sent a pro¬ 
test to the Provincial Parliament at Toronto 
against any extension of reciprocal trade with 
the United States. j 
1 he address in reply to the Governor’s speech 
was passed Feb. 27 by a large majority. Tlie 
ministerials have had a majority of two to qie 
on every amendment proposed. 
Mr. E. Merriam, of New York, states that'he 
has seen, in Upper Canada, near the Ottawa!a 
beaver’d am three hundred and ten feet lo Jg, 
seven feet high and eight feet wide. 
The civic elections in Montreal have, except¬ 
ing only as regards one ward, result/d in a 
quite novel fashion. Henry S tarn eg, Esq., 
if ay or, and nine members, were returned by 
acclamation, thus superseding the necessity of 
any polls being held. 
The Kingston Herald says that it is leported 
that the 16th Regiment, now at Quebec, is or¬ 
dered to Kingston forthwith, but whether be¬ 
fore the opening of navigation is not stated. 
The 26th Cameramans, from Halifax, will re¬ 
lieve the 16th Regiment at Quebec. It is also 
said that five companies of Royal Artillery are 
ordered to Kingston from home. 
The total number of miles of railroad now 
open for traffic in Canada, is 1,032, as follows : 
Grand Trunk, 404 miles; St. Lawrence and 
Champlain, 45; Montreal and Mew York, 28; 
Prescott and Ottawa City, 50 ; Cobourg and 
Peterboro, 28 ; Ontario, Simcoe and Huron, 95 ; 
Buffalo, Brantford and Goderich, 80 ; Great 
Western and branches, 285; Erie and Ontario, 17 
Bridge A etoed. —It was resolved by the Su¬ 
pervisors of Monroe^County last year to erect 
a draw-bridge over the Genesee at its mouth, 
below this city, but the Senate Committee of 
the“Legislature has reported adversely to the 
enterprise, on the ground that it will be an in¬ 
terruption to navigation. So the bridge enter¬ 
prise falls through. 
Steamers Sunk.— Intelligence from Cincin¬ 
nati, dated Feb. 28, states that in consequence 
of the breaking up of the ice in the Licking 
river, and the immense mass of it thus thrown 
into the Ohio, seven steamers were sunk and 
will prove a total loss. The damage sustained 
will reach upwards of $200,000. Navigation is 
now open and steamers are running regularly 
on the Ohio. 
the ice broke up also in the Mississippi op¬ 
posite St. Louis? on the 28th ult., causing the 
sinking of eleven steamers and a great number 
of smaller craft. 
Eastman’s Commercial College is among the 
best of its class whereat to obtain a correct 
knowledge of penmanship and book-keeping. 
and we are glad to learn it is receiving a sup¬ 
port commensurate with its merits. It will be 
observed by reference to announcement in our 
advertising department, that Mr. Eastman pro¬ 
poses to continue his school open until the 1st 
of July next, instead of closing in April as 
heretofore. 
Much of the time of the Senate during the 
past week was taken up in consideration of the 
voluminous correspondence between our own 
and the British Government. The following 
nominations were confirmed by the Senate, 
viz., Lewis D. Parsons of M. H., as Consul to 
Point a Petre in the Island of Gaudaloupe ; 
Robert G. Scott, Jr., of Va., as Consul to Rio 
Janeiro, and H. G. S. Key as Navy Agent at 
Baltimore. 
The following bill was passed:—The law 
relative to pilots of steamers, and especially the 
act of 1852, shall not be so construed as to af¬ 
fect, annul, or impair Jhg force or validity of 
State laws regulatlh^'•pilotage in its ports, har¬ 
bors, or over bars at the mouth of rivers, where 
such waters are within the territorial jurisdic¬ 
tion of such State. A bill was also passed au¬ 
thorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to permit 
the owner of any vessel to change the name on 
the presentation of sufficient reasons therefor- 
The appropriation bills for the payment of in¬ 
valid and other pensions, passed. 
House. —The Speaker nominated Regents of 
the Smithsonian Institute on the part of the 
House—Messrs. Meacham, Werner and English. 
The first-named gentleman, however, was ex¬ 
cused from serving. 
A message from the President, asking an ap¬ 
propriation of three millions for the manufac¬ 
ture of additional arms, and providing arma¬ 
ments and munitions of war, was debated, but 
not disposed of. 
The bills reported were, viz., a bill annulling 
the Legislative acts of the Assembly of Kansas 
which require certain oaths, including one to 
support the fugitive law, to he taken by the 
public officers of the territory ; the Indian Ap¬ 
propriation bill; a bill authorizing the people 
of Oregon to form a State Government; to sup¬ 
ply deficiencies in the appropriations for the 
support of the Military Academy, and for the 
payment of invalid and other pensions. 
The following gentlemen were appointed the 
special committee on the subject of a railroad 
betwem the Atlantic and Pacific :—Messrs. 
Denivto of California, Woodworth of Ill., Hous¬ 
ton of Alabama, Mott of Ohio, Wells of Wis. 
Kid well of Va., Jewett of Ky., McCarthy of M.” 
Y., Evins of Texas, Reade of M. C., Wood of 
Me., Liudley of Mo., Kunkel of Pa. 
ache, and languor, and a general fr„ in the I h ‘ b ** “» »■»*« 
nervous system, is to be preferred to good health 
and going to bed at 9 o’clock. 
Now let me suppose a case—supposing all 
people who think themselves sensible and well 
bred, in the event of their giving an evening 
party, should put into their invitation cards— 
John Lalor, author of “ Money and Morals,” and for 
five or six years editor of the London Morning Chronicle 
is dead. ’ 
The subject of the construction of a railroad to Lake 
Superior is engaging considerable attention in Northern 
Wisconsin. 
- The oldest journal in Holland, the Harlaem Courant 
Refreshments (I suppose the French word ° n * be 8th lnstant > attained the respectable age of two’ 
would have to be substituted) will be served at 
precisely 7 o’clock, P. M. How long 
would it he before the rest of mankind would 
follow suit, and order be restored in the fash¬ 
ionable world ? Or it might be done thus 
“ Mr. and Mrs. Blank will be happy to see Late 
Hours and Lady between seven and ten this 
evening.” If all that fails, “ the right of self¬ 
hundred years. 
—-The steamship Asia brought presents, consisting of 
plate, medals, kc., for the officers and crews of the Kane 
Arctic expedition. 
Since the passage of the act authorizing the reducf ion 
of the weight of silver coinage, there has been coined $20 - 
774,676 in silver. 
— A heavy lumber merchant of Hyde county, S. C., is 
reported to have failed. Liabilities over half a million’.— 
Assets very large. 
defence,” which even Mr. Greely is not willing- , Tn “ 1 ^ r College ’ Dublin , has conferred the honorary 
t _ B degree of Doctor c r T - -- — - 
entirely to throw uwuy, will-justify this plat 
card posted over the parlor dooi — “Gentlemen —A telegraphic despatch dated St. Louis, Feb. 27 , says 
and ladies are expected to retire before 10 the Missouri rirer is now open to Kansas. Boats will 
o’clock.” 
I will not at present hint at the “po- commence ™ nnin K next week. 
lice,” even if a nuisance which stinks in the weTt! 10 s ”^ vf ' y of tbe Chippewa cession on the north- 
vi , 11 west coast of Lake Superior, has been ordered 
nose ot decency cannot be abated in any other commenced on the 1st of May. 
way. I will say, however, that half a grain of -The inhabitants of Norfolk are luxuriating in luscious 
common sense would teach busiiiess people who West India fruit ’ consistin e of pine-apples, oranges, shad- 
are forced to keep “business hours,” that it is llocks ’ &c -> fresh from Matanzas. 
1 i _ _ TIta InlrehibmG fnF If-!!• 
absurd for them to adopt the habits of foreign 
nobles, who have nothing to do, and of thieves 
and robbers, who prefer late hours, as better 
adapted to their occupation. 
Sociability is legitimate and commendable_ 
it is an honorable institution, and need not 
skulk in the dark with prostitutes and villains. 
It deserves deference and attention from young 
and old, rich and poor—it is an oasis in the des- 
The inhabitants of Mauritius have petitioned the 
Queen to restore them the French language as the official 
language of their courts of justice. 
— The will of the late Lord Raglan has been proved in 
London under £20,000 ; it was made in England, in April, 
1854, bequeathing all to Lady Raglan. 
— The New York Tribune states that the sales at the 
Stock Exchange on the 11th ult., were larger than for any 
day since the Stock Board was established. 
— The Milwaukee Sentinel claims 250 miles as the rail- 
. ~r it i i i u , , I road of tha * city, and that by the close of the pres- 
eit ot lire, should be encouraged by our utmost ent year this will be increased to r** 
500 miles. 
efforts, and of course divested of whatever is -The Memphis Eagle and Enquirer says there is now 
hurtful. For this reason also I condemn costly living in Hardeman county, Tenn., a man aged 98 years 
entertainments, which poison the guests and who has very recently cut eight new teeth 1 
beggar the giver. If Mr. So-and-so has no — Alexander von Humboldt has been presented by the 
other way to prove that he is richer and more t* °“ S °i “j! th th , e freedom of tbat cit 7> 
° illuminated, and contained in a silver box.” 
stylish than the last man who went it so large, he 
had better advertise all his effects, giving draw¬ 
ings and illustrations in the morning papers; 
if people are not then satisfied, I will go for a 
law compelling his competitor to make an hon¬ 
est expose of everything in-doDrs arid out, so 
that the wondering public can be satisfied_ 
anything and everything but a rivalry in folly 
and extravagance, when, after all, it is not per¬ 
fectly certain who will have to loot the bill. 
■ The clipper ship Dreadnought, bound from New York 
for Liverpool, arrived in the Mersey on the 9th ult., after 
a remarkable short passage of about 16 days. 
— In relation to the Texas debt, it is said the Secretary 
of the Treasury is satisfied with the law, and will pay out 
in June, the money now held by the United States. 
— The President has pardoned the Indians at Fort 
Leavenworth, convicted of the murder of the mail party 
near Fort Laramie last year ; there wore five of them. 
— Wives of inebriates are, by law, in Wisconsin, allowed 
to transact business in their own names, bind out their 
Dress,—a very expansive subject; —suppose | ® hildren > and dis P ose of tb eir earnings as they may deem 
The Poetical and Appreciative notice of the 
Rural “hereunto subjoined”—copied from a 
late nqmber of the Chicago Daily Journal— 
possesses the ring of the true metal, and must 
have emanated from the kind heart and grace¬ 
ful pen of that pleasant author, editor and lec¬ 
turer, BejVj. 1. 1 aylor, son of the late President 
Taylor, pf Madison University : 
The RurIl New-Yorker.—T here is a pleasant thought 
suggested bj that title, “ Rural New-Yorker ;” a thought 
of waving trees and running brooks—of rustling grain and 
lowing herd;—df pressed-out garners and crowded mows 
and clustering stacks—of farmer’s fires and winter nights, 
and comfort ind content. And we think of the “ Rural” 
asjit wanders through the year, and we envy it, a little, its 
mission. A very good paper it must be, to be admitted 
into such good, honest company, and a very good paper it 
is, edited witli care and labor and taste, not tumbled to¬ 
gether like new-mown hay, butskilfully expressed and col- 
you are rich, need you indicate it by six yards 
additional lace, or by an ounce avoirdupois, ad¬ 
ded to the weight of your chain ? Need you 
make yourself a walking advertisement of 
goods and chattels either exempted to you by 
law, secured by inheritance, or got by some 
means, honest or otherwise. Meed you perfor¬ 
ate your flesh so that you can “carry greater 
weight,” as a jockey would say, or hoop up 
your fingers as though they were likely to 
burst ? 
Will not some good philanthropic people set 
to work and “reform" these matters, bearing in 
mind that any person who goes beyond elegant 
simplicity in dress, equipage, and architectural 
embellishments, commits a crime upon society, 
by vitiating public taste, wasting resources, and 
creating a silly rivalry among folks whose ideas 
of propriety are all taken from the fashion 
plates. • h. t. b. 
Jated. Now, let nobody fancy to himself, because it is an 
Agricultural ptiper, pictures of marvellous sheep with horns 
that would appal the walls of Jericho, without being 
blown at all, or long, tedious genealogies of pigs and poul¬ 
try, for it is rather an instructive and pleasant companion 
for the home-circle in town as well as country. We re¬ 
joice, while wedo not wonder, to knowhow swiftly it runs, 
and how rapidly it is being glorified. May it thus continue, 
and its shadow always be Moore. 
A Millionaire.— The New York Mirror says: 
“ The President has signed, with his own hand, 
the patent confirming Col. Fremont’s title to 
his great Mariposas claim in California. This 
estate contains upwards of 70 square miles, sit¬ 
uated about 250 miles easterly from San Fran¬ 
cisco. Palmer, Cook & Co., the California 
Bankers, own one undivided half and Fjiemont 
the other, which, many persons believe, makes 
him the richest man in the world. He bought 
this immense gold region in 1846, for $3,000, 
and was laughed at for the recklessness of his 
investment. 
— According to Dr. Mitchell’s Geological Survey, the 
State of New Jersey contains 4,969,595 acres of land, of 
which nearly three-fourths, or 3,192,604 acres are unculti¬ 
vated. 
— The Philadelphia Ledger says that the $15,000, the 
sum required to be raised to secure the exhibition of the 
National Agricultural Society for that city, has been con¬ 
tributed. 
— At the recent anniversary festival of the Burns Asso¬ 
ciation in Cincinnati, Mr. Kenney of Oxford, Ohip, pre¬ 
sented to the Society a shepherd’s pipe once owned by 
Robert Burns. 
— It is said that the whole population on the Baltic 
coast is strongly in favor oi peace, whilst that in Central 
Russia, which has nothing to fear from the war directly, is 
still clamoring for war. 
— Forty-six prisoners were received into the Wisconsin 
State Prison in 1855, and forty pardoned out by the Gov¬ 
ernor. Poor encouragement for the courts to attempt to 
bring rascals to justice. 
— The Danish government has communicated to the 
Chambers project of a railway, to run from Flensburg 
to Koldin “n North Schleswig, and from the latter place 
to Frederickshaven, in Jutland. 
— Dr. Rufus W. Griswold has sued the Tribune for libel, 
laying the damages at $20,000. The articles complained of 
are a savage editorial" attack, and the publication of an 
abusive speech of Mrs. E. L. Rose. 
— Bossuet, says his latest biographer, resorted nightly 
to the theatre, to learn how to carry his drapery and mod¬ 
ulate his elocution. He made amends f«r this weakness 
by writing vigorously against the stage ! 
— The peaceful feeling which seems to prevail in the 
official circles of Russia, finds as yet no echo in the public 
press. On the contrary, the Russian Invalid publishes a 
long and satirical poem against England. 
— Another Arctic expedition is talked of in England, 
witli the view of searching for the relics of Franklin and 
liis party. On the 26th of May next, 11 years will have 
elapsed since Franklin sailed from Sheerness. 
