MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
APRIL 19. 
BUSINESS NOTICES. 
The Terms of the Rural New-Yorker are—Single 
Copy, $2 a year ; Three Copies, $5 ; Five Copies, $8 ; Six 
News of the Week. 
The foreign news by the Washington and the 
Congressional. 
Senate.— The most important discussion in 
Cambria is pacific on the whole, although, like | the Senate durin S the week was ll P on the Kan- 
f itearg ^Lrrorir. Clippings, 
an addition to a club already fonned-wiU be credited for from the outset> and lt is state(1 also tha t Rlissia Presented, had leave to withdraw it, which was the date 0 f the Invasion under Henry II, (1172,) to the 
only nine months, in accordance with our terms. . . . 
m . . ... . , , backs her pretensions. Public opinioi 
UJ^Agents.—A ny person so disposed can act as local agent . 1 1 
for the Rural, and all who remit according to terms will be withstanding, runs favorable to peace, 
entitled to premiums, etc , as offered on next page. WOl k of demolition bv the Allies still 2 
backs her pretensions. Public opinion, not¬ 
withstanding, runs favorable to peace. The 
work of demolition by the Allies still goes on 
at Sebastopol, and the Russian ports of the 
Baltic are announced in a state of blockade ; so 
that hostilities can be resumed forthwith in 
case of the failure of negotiations at Paris. 
Several bills from the Court of Claims, mak- 
last quarter of the eighteenth century. The contents of 
the book are purely historical—interspersed with the 
— The journeymen carpenters of Salem are on a strike. 
— The number of students at present in Bowdoin College 
is 188. 
— Chime bells have been placed in Grace Church, Bath, 
Maine. 
— Hollow shot filled with molten iron, are the last devi¬ 
ces in warlike invention. 
ing appropriations for the payment of certain T*f* 1 *”’"1“ lY'T” 1° “f"“”. r *- h ‘> “ 
claims therein named, were passed; also a IZZriZZ'” 1 '' “ '”>“““»« «> 
bill remitting the duties on merchandise de- - 
stroyed by fire, and 48 private bills, including Confession; or the Blind Heart. By \v. Gilmore 
„ r tv v., r,. . , Simms. New York: Redfield. 1856. 
one for the relief of the officers and soldiers of Tins work is the sixth, or closing one, of the series 
The British Government has done an act of army ’ wbo sustained losses b y thc San entitled “Border Romances of the South.” The hero of 
Ifrann cnn _the tfllfi is rmo whn _J_ 2 i!i 2 x„ 
national courtesy deserving of honorable men¬ 
tion, in that it has sent out two war steamers to 
search for the lost Pacific. Such deeds of com- 
Francisco and Winfield Scott steamship dis¬ 
asters. 
House.— No special action in the House was 
the student of Ireland’s history, as well as interesting to SCttle in Kansas permanently. 
the general reader. — The Court of Appeals, having heard the usual number 
- of causes, adjourned last week Friday. • 
CO s5mmT°nLw YoT: KEDME?D EA * T 856 By W ‘ GlLM0RE ~ The milkmen of Charlestown, Mass., do more than a 
Twtq ... , . . . quarter of a million of business a year, 
i his work is the sixth, or closing one, of the series , J 
entitled “ Border Romances of the South.” The hero of ~ The Albany Bridge bill was signed by the Governor on 
the tale is one who suffers from a diseased sensibility,— We dnesday week, after hearing arguments. 
when the passions, exciting and erring, develop themselves —The water of Lake Ontario is said to he six inches 
in faults, vices and weaknessess, rather than in crimes, higher than it was at this time last year. 
and where crime occurs, the author proposes to shield the — Vivus W. Smith, of Syracuse, has been re-appointed 
-—— —- -— - —— -—- -I i j • i . i- . . ;--> suiuiu tuc — r xvuo » . oimio, oi Syracuse, nas oe 
ROCHESTER, APRIL 19, 1856. ity will do more to cement tile ties of national . ° ls CUSS10ns on various one committing, by throwing around him the veil of Superintendent of Onondaga Salt Springs. 
— - friendsbip, than all the efforts of diplomatists. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS, AND OTHERS. Large fires Lave occurred in several of our 
- principal cities, a statement of which is made 
or Correspondents and Advertisers who wish articles in another C0 Umm. Congress continues its ses- 
topics occupied the time, the most important charity and attributing all to blind judgment. An analysis _ The seC ond trial of Baker> charged wUh the murder of 
debates being on the deficiency appropriation °‘ “f, heart 18 attempted, its obliquities and perversities ; Poole commenced in New York on Mondav 
1 Ml o Its toils are Tollnwfifl nnr? i + o _ J ‘ 
bills, Ac. 
its toils are followed and tracings of its self-deceptions, 
inconsislencies, and seemingly wilful warfare with reason 
— Seneca Lake is clear—the ice has disappeared, and the 
or announcements to appear promptly, arc advised that . ~ , , ... . . 
our edition is now so large that we are obliged to put 810,18 from Week to week - Wltk an indefinite Leai«KtnrP ... i 
the outside form of the Rural to press at least one week prospect of adjournment; but the Legislature . . " ” 1 ^ much con - 
before its date, aud the last form on Tuesday noon. went off like arocketon the evening of last U810n ’ a o c oc v . .on ednesday of last 
cuts. and all disoosed to act as such, will bear vvpet Wprlnesdnv omittincr in its' finnl rlissnln- " °° * ’ 11 ^ a b 1 0a ^ Dinount of the most ilU- 
Legislative. 
and experience, are graphically pictured in the peculiar b ° at J ° hn Arnot has again resumed her tri P®- 
style of the writer. Dewey has it for sale. — Madame de Bodisco, has advertised her furniture to he 
- sold at auction, and intends leaving for Europe. 
North British Review.— We have received the re- —Mrs. Sinclair, formerly wife of Edwin Forrest, is about 
publication of the North British Review for February, to return from California, to attend to the Forrest divorce 
from the house of Leonard Scott & Co., which issues case - 
Ucjore its date, and me last lorn. on Tuesday noon. went OH like a rocket on the evening OI last 1 • . , , AT 7 publication of the North British Review for February, to return from California, to attend to the Forrest divorce 
KW Agents, and all disposed to act as such, will bear week Wednesday, emitting in its final dissolu- ’ ? ° 1 e raost lm * irom the house of Leonard Scott & Co., which issues case. 
in mind that a new quarter commenced April 5th—a good t i on something of the fizzle and explosion of P ortant P llbllc business unperformed. The regularly all the English Quarterlies. Its table of contents —The Fort Tobacco (Ya.) Times says that tobacco plants 
time for new, single or club subscriptions to begin, and for ^at ce i e b ra t ed pyrotechnic Several of the General Appropriation bill, the Supply bill, the embraces nine articles, including among them, Fiance and are very backward in coming up, and that wheat is looking 
the renewal Of those Which have expired. ‘ “ _ . .' ‘ . „ Senate and Assembly District bill, and many Scotland 1 Scottish Schools for the Middle Classes; Ben. badly. 
CdF* Back numbers of the present volume furnished if mera )G1S 1,1)1 c in a pe l ion o ie - 0 \ cl noi 0 (.j )erg were left unfinished Governor Clark donson > & c - Dewey, in the Arcade, has it for sale. —Mr. Samuel W. Haight, son-in-law of Edwin Croswell, 
desired, or subscribtions may commence with this number. on Qrt or ‘ OQ,/ ' r ' o ~ 
KW Pack numbers of the present volume furnished if memberS 1,,lited in a P etition to tlle Governor 
sired, or subscribtions may commence with this number. call an extra session, but that functionaryj 
--- justly deeming the three weeks wasted in or- 
Canada "West Progressing. ganizing, and one other whole week’s adjourn- 
- ment for recreation were sufficient, without al- 
Y es, reader, Canada West is progressing in all lowing them extra mileage and a renewed claim 
refuses to call an extra session, and thus very 
properly throws the responsibility of failure Miscellaneous Items, 
where it belongs, upon the Legislatare. The Tns American Coition Society Love an 
following arc the acts of most general publio opportunity to secure the freedom of more than 
the essentials 
—in Populate 
nson ; &c. Dewey, in the Arcade, has it for sale. — Mr. Samuel IV. Haight, son-in-law of Edwin Croswell, 
-- died in San Francisco, on the 27th of February last, aged 
Miscellaneous Items. - Frank Allen, a race horse well known in Virginia, has 
The American Colonization Society have an ^^ow ht ^ at ^ 
poi trinity to secure the freedom of more than —The Morning Star is the title of a new journal that 
, 7 - -i - a- - o . o --interest passed during the session • i , -- .no is me tme oi a new journal mat 
ials of Improvement and Prosperity upon the treasury, refused to comply: hence „ ‘ a... , ° . °ue hundred slaves, if they can obtain funds has just been commenced in London. It is sold at a penny 
lation, Education, Industry and En- they adjourned the very day their pay stopped, certairm^neys'belo^ ? ,]d send them to Africa - They appeal to the a 
u A ^ J ~ ow Fr u » certain moneys belonging to the United Statep, deposited iu me 
terprise. Her people possess and are laudably without wailing to pass a few vitally important with the State of New York for safe keeping, passed April llocra ’ f° r $21,000 before June 1st, for this and 
exercising the power of creating wealth, which bills. Heretofore the Legislature has continued 4 > 1837. 
other purposes. 
— The Boston Chief of l'olice reports for the last quarter 
3,562 arrests; of these 2,757 were foreigners, and 695 
Americans. 
is vastly more important than wealth itself—a a few days without pay, to wind up its business; a “* n * an f a " act to * ecure * he fait,,1 ' ul The Richmond Enquirer, which hasall along -The Irish News, T. F. Meagher’s new paper appeared 
power which not only insures the increase of and this one has set a bold, bad precedent, for charitable inst UutionJ in nlfirTtSenaLdttrfot p^Jd been P redicti ug that the “Abolition Party,” as ™ Thursday week in New York, and i s highly compliment- 
property already acquired, but the augmenta- the consequences of which, each member who May 13, 1840. ’ ' it styles Republicans, could never "et even a ed by the press ‘ 
tion of the general intelligence and prosperity voted to adjourn ought to be held to strict ac- 
of the people. The soil of Canada West pos- count by his constituents, 
sesses a virgin richness and fertility which will The snow is disappearing gradually, and 
secure wealth to its skillful and industrious most of our northern navigable rivers are free 
cultivators,—while its forests are being rapidly from ice. Lake Ontario is open and navigable, lyn City Hospital, passed May 5, 1845. states that the French and 
transmuted into gold, and thus, while clearing Imt Lake Erie is yet fast bound in icy chains. Authorizing the payment of a claim of the Bank of Fish- dec i are |) )ab detachments of 
May 13, 1S40. ’ ' it styles Republicans, could never get even a ed by the press " 
To provide payment for the removal of coarse salt works foothold in any Southern State says - _ It is The Freeman’s Journal announces that $3,000 have 
in the City Of Syracuse. needless to conceal the fact that there is now an contl ' ibuted in aid of the A ™rican Catholic 
To amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Pacific / College at Rome. 
Mail Steamship Company, passed April 12, 1848. - ® Z C a ° 1 1011 P al ^ a ^ tke —Howard and Sherman, of the Kansas investigating 
To amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Brook- The Washington correspondent of the Herald commit tee, and Gov. Reeder, arrived at St. Lonis, April 9 
lyn City Hospital, passed May 5, 1845. states that the French and English Ministers Cn r ° ute for Kansas ' 
the land for cultivation, greatly enriching the The thaw has been*extremely favorable, every kllI > ,or money advanced to the agent of the Sing Sing , ,, ui men will belauded 0 f August, two weeks e 
country. We need not. b«c repeat the figures few d.ye afreet having inter/ened to check the , cTtrd iTlric I Zw ?h T , n °la» 45. 
, / , . , it i , 6 u . , „ To extend the time for the collection of taxes of 1855 in Central America, to assist the Costa Ricans in — Jenny Lind na.™ „ 
— The Commencement at Williams College is on the 6th 
of August, two weeks earlier than formerly. The gradu- 
and statements hitherto published on these and melting snow, and allow the water to run off, this State. 
their war against Nicaragua. 
— Jenny Lind gave a concert at Exeter Hall, London, 
and bestowed the entire proceeds, £1,872, towards the fund 
The authoress of Uncle Tom’s Cabin is soon forFJorcnce Nightingale, 
to put to press a work illustrating the degrada- _ Durin S the last te n years, more than $99, coo have 
lion of the poor white population at the South. yTk, fo^rellgious purpTses." - TyD8 ’ 8 C ° Dgregati0D > New 
other points — items which conclusively demon- Nature generally provides a compensation for Relating to sales at public auction in Buffalo. m (1 ° „ T t i° m , for Florence *’ ’ toward 
strate the possession of the essentials of great all apparent dangers, and hence great calami- To provide for the preparation of the State census. + The authoress of Uncle Toms Cabin is soon Florence Nightingale, 
wealth and prosperity, and that such essentials ties are much less frequent than anticipated.- . Mak ! n J? for the prison build- 0 put to press a work niustrating the degrada- 
are being improved in many sections to the best The country roads have been impassable from ‘“to" appropriate the avails of the State tax and other She expeclsTmake itPppearTliat Uncle T<mUs Y ° rk ’ for religious purr,oses ' 
advantage. It may be pertinent to remark, drifts for many weeks, and will now be render- school moneys for the support of schools, and for the ex- • , , , f s — There are eleven Railroads in Wisconsin, the 
however,—what not a few of our people have ed so some days longer by mud. Farmer’s penditure of a portion of the library money, &c. miseries aie u par o ie icsii o Slaveiy, which, when completed, will be 635 miles. Fou 
already discovered,—that Canada is an inviting work will inevitably be behind time this spring For the relief of the clinton Count T -Ag’ 1 Society. 18 whlte orethren keeping him company in the aud thirty-two miles are now finished. 
field to those who possess such important re- but a favorable season may make ample amends’ J”“ “J “«fl f d an act to .mend the Revised ™ -A ^ectionof human heads have been P r 
nnieif.. in f / . . ,,,, , , , J 1 * Statutes relative to the time of sending in the annual re- SEVERAL millers near Manchester, England s P mts i at Constantinople, by the French hospital 
q cs t the acquisition of property as mdus- Le telegraph announces that on Sunday ports of academies, subject to the visitation of the Regents have been heavilv fined for mixinn- whit^ AL ’ andwi11 le senttotheParisimseums. 
try, energy and enterprise. Aud it may be night a feai ful tornado swept over the city of passed March 9, 1855. ' ’ . , , . y . f g « clay —At Cincinnati, Louisville, and St. Louis i 
worth the while of those who are preparing to Philadelphia, which unroofed 150 buildings, To amend the act to incorporate the New York Juvenile ^ 1 . 011 ° in " e piopoi ion oun in sev- rush of trade, it is said, never before witnessed 
*i,« ni?„„ w i » t c i. c __ —_ ..1 _ i i . r , • Asvlum. Dassed Jannaiv so. 1 851. era! samples was about two per cent. The tnn ni«hnnt._ 
7: ™ 7 7 777 7 77 1 S - Tbere are R a ^° ad8 in Wisconsin, the length of 
miseries aie but part of tile lesult of Slavery, which, when completed, will be 635 miles. Four hundred 
his while brethren keeping him company in the and thirty-two miles are now finished, 
same. — A collection of human heads have been preserved in 
remove to the “Far West,” to first figure upon including among them churches, manufactories, A8 l lum i passed January 30,1851. 
Several millers near Manchester, England, s P lritp ! at Constantinople, by the French hospital surgeons, 
have been heavily fined for mixing white clay ind Wl1 ' b ° R<mt t0 tbe 1 aris museums - 
with their flour. The proportion found in sev- T A ‘ 4 Ci " dn “ ati ’ LouisTille > and St. Louis, there is a 
, , , 7 4 rush of trade, it is said, never before witnessed, and this 
p.rnl Rflmnlps was annnt. two nor 4 . . ... ... . . . >“ uu 
thereby of locating opo. cheap and pro- railroad depot, Ac. No lives, U is said, a-crc the ZooZt 
ductive lands within a day’s ride of Rochester lost. The number of buildings stated seems to To repeal an »ct entitllffito act to provide for the effec- -riven to the noor * ’ P d 
per cent. The too, without the upper rivers being open. 
or Buffalo. 
be large, and may he a telegraphic error. On | tive drainage of Tonawanda swamp. 
Those who are prospecting for a fine grain Saturday night a storm of rain occurred in this T° amend an act entitled an act to provide for taking the 
given to the poor. 
The Supreme Government of Mexico has 
growing region, can readily find many excellent vicinity, and a barn belonging to Mr. S. Graves, a ^ led s eme ^ d ^ d s by persons residing out of the voted an appropriation of $65,000 to Mr. Wm. 
localities—sections where superior wheat is in Ogden, was struck by lightning and burned To erect the town of Rothbem, in the county of Steuben. ^ Stewart, towards the construction of ^ Rnc , -Mrs. EiizaDetn nowen and anoti 
produced easily, with increasing facilities for U P> together with its contents, a quantity of To incorporate the New York and Philadelphia Steam ° ’ e,e S 1 ' a P" ll0m Feon to the port of San Bias, j Dr. Rowron in the street, orposhe his 
marketing. Speaking of wheat growing in wheat, hay, implements, wagon, <fcc. The storm Navigation Compiiny 
| It is said that Mr. Thackeray, the novelist, realized the 
sum of $1,640, over and above expenses, from the five lec¬ 
tures he recently delivered in New Orleans. 
— The cotton exported in 1851, ’52 and ’53, amounted 
respectively 4o $112,000,000, $88,000,000, and $109,000,000 ; 
an average of over $100,000,000 worth each year. 
— Mrs. Elizabeth Bowen and another female cowhided 
Dr. Rowron in the street, opposite his office, in New York. 
passing through Gaudalaxara, which, when com- I Slander gave the occasion for the chastisement, 
Canada, reminds us of the excellent display of extended East and West, doing much damage 
that cereal at the Provincial Show held at Co- Ohio. 
bourg, last October. As we then remarked in 
the Rural, “ the samples of Grains and Seeds 
exhibited were very fine, and much admired.— 
Those of wheat were very superior—proving 
that Canada excels us, this year, at least; and 
we are inclined to believe that by adopting our 
Conflagrations. 
Authorizing any town in the counties of Scnenectady, plcted, will secure an uninterrupted communi- ~ 0ne of the j urors who convicted Hugh Corrigan for 
Schoharie, Otsego, Delaware, Chenango or Broome, to cation from Vera Crilz to the Pacific. * be nmrder ,] * s wife, in Westchester county, Pa., saved 
subscribe to the capital stock of the Albany and Susque- t. ,, . ^ , Corrigan from drowning twenty-seven years ago. 
M„„. Railroad. ‘ be , “ f ^topol a Russian _ A E>>1 T „ ne „ M f „ , be 
To amend an act entitled an act for the incoiporation of buiiea ltseli in tile Side oi a hill without purpose of manufacturing saltpetre. Large quantities of 
companies formed to navigate the lakes and rivers, passed the city and opened aspriDg. A little fountain the nitrous earth are to be found in that section of the 
Apnl 15, 1854. bubbled forth where the cannon shot had fall- State ’ 
To provide means to support the government. or,/! 3 -ivinr» tl-o ^ — L. B. Parsons, formerly of Wyom ing, N. Y„ recently 
To authorize the comptroller to loan monev from tlm . _ g ie Slf £ e a f- deceased, has bequeathed O.non »pi-ph nf LnH ir. a:n--* 
The Artisan Buildings, an immense structure, April 15 ,1854. 
situated in the rear of Chestnut and Fourth 
streets, Philadelphia, was totally destroyed by 
To provide means to support the government. 
To authorize the comptroller to loan money from the 
— L. B. Parsons, formerly of Wyom ing, N. Y., recently 
deceased, has bequeathed 6,000 acres of land, in different 
implements and modes of culture, she may equal C 011 tbe ol tko i nst - ver y portion establishment of the New York State Ag’l College, 
us in any season.” Those who attended the ° f the P remises was 0CCU P ied by artisans, and Appropriating money to Genesee College. 
income of the United States deposit fund, to aid in the I 01 ded *° 0 >e thiisty tioops, who were stationed parts of Iowa, for a College, to be located by the Synod of 
Fair, and have traveled through CanaTaWeTb the loSS ° U stock and fixtures is very large ’ 
will realize the truth of this quotation-and A “ 0ng extenB1 ^ l Suffer f 8 may be To repeal the twenty-lth section of an act to incorpo- 
that, though highly complimentary to our trails- merdl0nec U k ougall, lithographer, whose rate the Rochester Water Works Company, passed April 
Ontario neighbors, it is no exaoperation That loSS is $ l00 > 00() including in the estimate the 16,1852, and also to repeal an act amendingsaidtwenty- 
Canadians are adopting our improved inrole- pbites for Perry’s Japan Expedition. He had sixjh section passedl May 25 ,1853 
ments and modes of enlhire. it is nnlv dpopssu. in ^ building 40 steam presses, and an im- ®7 de ,' *” , 77^^ v f dat , geneni1 
. , r r . .... . “ To repeal the twenty-sixth section of an act to incorpo- 
mentioned Mr. DouGALL, lithographer, whose rate the Rochester Water Works Company, passed April 
in that vicinity, an abundant supply of pure Iowa. 
cold water. —The following notice is posted up in a printing office 
-- out West“ Shut this door, and, as soon as yon have 
Provincial Items done ta !, king business > serve T° ur mouth in the sam e 
Canadians are adopting our improved imple¬ 
ments and modes of culture, if is only necessa¬ 
ry to refer to the Address of the Hon. David n,ense s, ock stones. About $80,000 of his vaRged ; the manner of electing school officers in said city, 
Christie, M. P. P., President of the Associa- ^ oss was covered b y insurance. ^ and directing a re-publication of election laws. 
[ Concluded next week.] 
,te tbe Rochester Water Works Company, passed April . ‘ — Monsieur Sibbern, tbe Swedish Minister, has sold bis 
», 1852, and also to repeal an act amending said twenty- Canadian Parliament April 2d, a mo- furniture and wines at auction, as be contemplates a visit 
xth section, passed May 25, 1853. tion of a want of confidence in the Ministry to Europe, where a large fortune has recently been left to 
Prescribing the order in which votes received at general waS rejected—43 votes for to 67 against. his wife ‘ 
“ctions, except in the city of New York, shall be can- & —Eight of the oldest forwarding lines have recently 
tion, at the Cobourg Exhibition. Having tlior- Messrs. Cowperthwaite <t Co., Bank Bill en- C Concluded next week.] site the city is giving indications of soon break- of $ 900 > 000 - 
oughly tested various improved implements and givers, had $12,000 worth of stock distributed F Accident —oTF ridnv of lost wool- in S U P- Tbe river is open from Three Rivers - The unobtrusive little village of Middle Haddam, Ct., 
of - W own extensive estate. tbe vanon. printing ant! binding estab ^ P . BmIHEOSO , a higLlj ^pected citisen' ^ “ ls ° Rrescott. 
Mr. C. is prepared to speak understanding^ bshments. J he building was owned by that of thig c i t y, met with an accident while hunt- It 1S a remarkable fact that we hear of the sleigh bells. 
on the subject, and his advice and example may firm, and was valued at $60,000; hilly insured. ing ducks upon Cayuga outlet, which resulted opening of the St. Lawrence at Quebec, before - Gov. Stevens, of Washington Territory, in a speech to 
be safely followed by Canadian cultivators. The aggregate loss is about $200,000 ui liis death. "While aXtemjptiDG* to draw his the Hudson is open. ! he ice opposite ^Montreal J tbG Tcmtori&l L^gisliituio, kindly, but decidedly, censures 
Many sections of Canada are admirably The same night a fire broke out in the exten- gun from under the seat of the boat, the piece is moving, and the river is open from Quebec to the Indian policy of Major General Wool, in command of 
. . . _ • , , ... sive band-box manufactory of Lowrey <e Co., _ .. 1 ThvooUi vnr.c • nlcn abfttro 
, —Eight of the oldest forwarding lines have recently 
A DISPATCH fiom Montreal, April 8th, sa\s: — consolidated into one corporation, under the name of the 
The weather is quite warm, and the ice oppo- “ Western Transportation Company,” with a cash capital 
site the city is giving indications of soon break- of 5900,000. 
ing up. The river is open from Three Rivers — Tbe un °ktrusive little village of Middle Haddam, ct., 
to Quebec, also above Prescott. makes as much noise as man >' more ostentatious places.- 
There are manufactured annually a million of tea and 
It is a remarkable fact that we hear of the sleigh bells. 
be safely followed by Canadian cultivators. 
Many sections of Canada are admirably 
The aggregate loss is about $200,000. 
The same night a fire broke out in the exten- 
adapted to grazing, and hence the Western sive band-box manufactory of Lowrey & Co., wag accidenta i ly d i sc harged, shattering his arm Tbree llivers >' also above Prescott, 
r>_:__• i.. , , , , in Gold street. N. Y. From the inflammable .i. _ 11 . - TT -I -I • t i 11 T._ TT_- r\ _7 „ _„ _1. _ 
7 > x . , . ■ ” , \ in Gold street, N. Y. From tbe inflammable \ ”.7 ~7 T TT n , ., , , — An enterprise is now in successful prosecution by the 
Province, particularly, is becoming celebrated . .77 ’ . , , fl , above the elbow. He was obliged to walk some In Upper Canada quite a number of persons Bishop of Vermont, for the establishment of a rural Theo- 
for its fine stock. The exhibition of Improved . racter o1 l)ie ,natcl UU ’ tbe llaraes spieaa ra P‘ distance to a house; then ride five miles to the have refused to pay toll, on account of the al- logical Seminary in his Diocese. Vermont has already 
Stock—especially of Cattle and Sheep—at the idly throughout the entire premises, and dam- ra jp oad station in order to get the cars toRoch- most impassable state of the roads, and it has contributed $22,000. 
Cobourg Show, was decidedly superior to that aged a ^ s0 tbe a djoining buildings. Loss $20,- eg t erj wkere ] le arrived late in tbe afternoon. _ been decided that the Road Companies cannot' —Advices from the Plains state that Gen. Harney has 
at the N. Y. State Fair held a few days pre- ° 00 ’ . The limb was amputated at tbe shoulder, but legally charge toll, unless the road is kept in a ™ et representatives ol all the Indians in the Sioux country 
vious. This fact was too stubborn not to be Tbe Gerrish Market at Boston, a valuable t ]ie prostration resulting from fatigue, loss of condition for traveling. been^greed'upon. ^ " eimsof peace have 
acknowledged by the goodly number of West- bnck bmldmgjSix _ stones lugh, was destroyed blood and physical suffering, was too much for The Toronto Colonist says it is supposed that -in the Mississippi Legislature, a joint resolution was 
ern New York farmers who were present — and, ie e ~ i ins . . e va s, in a mg, pj s y da i powers, and he died on Saturday the YYelland Canal will be opened on the 25th unanimously adopted, which recommends to the people of 
moreover, many of them wisely purchased (then crus bed two adjoining buildings. Loss between mondng) leaving an aged mother, wife, and five inst. The St. Catherines Journal says that du- that state to take earl - v and active measures to encourage 
and soon after,) choice stock from the herds two hundred and three hundred thousand dol- sma p children to lament his untimely death, ring the winter everything required to facili- em ‘ gratlon to Kansas ' 
represented at the exhibition. YYould it not bus ' _ _ A large.concourse of sympathizing friends on tate navigation has been done. Locks, lock- — T lie Nuw Jer8ey Railroad aad Transportation Com- 
prove advantageous for our farmers to obtain Death of a Legislator.—T wo members of Monday attended the deceased to his final rest gates and bridges have all been overhauled and city, which is accessible for the entry of all causes of com- 
lx Up pel Canada quite a number of persons Bishop of Vermont, for the establishment of a rural Theo 
Stock—especially of Cattle and Sheep-at the idl y Gn'oughout the entire premises, and dam- 
Cohonrg Show, was decidedly superior to that aged also tbe ad j 01nl,lg buildings. Loss $20,- 
at the N. Y. State Fair held a few days pre- 
vious. This fact was too stubborn not to be bbe Gerrish Market at Loston, a valuable 
prove advantageous for our farmers to obtain 
more stock from the same source, and for Cana- tke Legislature from Jefferson county, Messrs. in Mount Hope. made ready for the spring. plaint or dissatisfaction, 
dians to inci ease their purchases of fruit trees, Wells and Parker, were attacked by the small -m-. VT _ . TTnw nw tup ' TTiiTvanv Tho DnDanr. The purifying house of the Montreal Gas — A mass of ice fell at the Falls, on the American side, 
improved implements, Am., in Western New pox a few weeks since at Albany. They were rfver is now ODen and boats are running freelv Works was blown to fragments a few nights Wednesday week, and fodged upon the Railway House 
York? It strikes us that such recinroeifv , , 4l r, , TT . nvei is now open, ana Doats aie running neely . . . b leading to the terry; crushing and carrying away about 
would Drove ,m,n,ollv beimfieiol P J ' emoved to the Pest Hospital, where they had between Albany and New York. Forwarders 8ince ’ By some means gas escaped from one forty feet of the building. 
. . the best medical aid, good nursing, and every are looking for a large business the coming sea- of the boxes, and a workman going in with a — a celebrated pulpit orator of Paris, Abbe de Degurry, 
But Agriculture, though the principal and attention that their situation permitted; but S0U) but the late date at which the canal will lighted lamp, caused a terrific explosion. Three said in a recent sermon, “Women now-a-days forget, in 
most important, is not the only prominent source the former died of the disease last week. Mr. be ready puts back'spring operations Proba- men were injured seriously,—one of them is the astonishing amplitude of tlieir dresses, that the gates 
of wealth in Canada. The Commerce and Man- Parker is rapidly recovering, and will soon’be blv tbe nnal will not be readv for the water dangerously burned, and the building was made of Heaven are very narrow. 
irrsrsr •«* - « *■"*--- -- ^ **» ~ ^ 
a f In / 7 T xx TT : , . T - - ^ , ,, anome r. $500 . He offers if fifty gentlemen will each subscribe $500, 
resources and augmenting the prosperity of the Lake Ontario, as before announced, is already Large Medical Fee.— It is stated that M. -- to add another five hundred. 
country. Of these matters, however, and the open, the steamer Highlander having commenc- Dubois, the royal accoucheur, is to receive a fee Doubtful Seizure.—T he schooner Maryland, - Government has purchased Masonic Hall, Baltimore 
geography and topography of the country, we ed plying between Rochester and Toronto on of 500,000 francs, or near $100,000, for his late of New York, was seized at Hampton Roads, for a U. S. Court Ilouso. The price paid for the property 
purpose to speak at greater length in a future the 1st inst. Next week the steamers of the services at the palace of Louis Napoleon. His April 6 and taken into Norfolk, together with is fifty thousand dollars. The old building is to be torn 
number. Meantime, we congratulate our thou- International Company—the Maple Leaf and father, who filled the same office in the medi- the officers and crew. The captain refused to do ' n ' D > andama £ Illflcentnewoneerected - 
sands of Canada readers upon their substantial Highlander—will commence their regular trips, cal household of the elder Napoleon, at the allow his vessel to he searched for slaves, in Ju 7 f^iTelfeve ihavebJ^^uSld said 10 the 
“ Progress and Improvement,” aud the encour- forming a daily line on the above route. These birth of his son, received 250,000 francs upon compliance with the State law recently passed y “ u doubt iqiTope you wm givTthe machine another 
aging prospects of both People and Province. are excellent vessels, well mastered, manned, Ac. that occasion. by the Virginia Legislature. turn, so as to save labor to your successor.” 
Navigation on the Hudson.— The Hudson 
made ready for the spring. 
The purifying house of the Montreal Gas 
‘ & ° leading to the Ferry ; crushing and carrying away about 
since. By some means gas escaped from one forty feet of the building. 
ol the boxes, and a workman going in with a —A celebrated pulpit orator of Baris, Abbe de Degurry, 
lighted lamp, caused a terrific explosion. Three said in a recent sermon, “ Women now-a-days forget, in 
men were injured seriously, — one of them is the astonishing amplitude of tlieir dresses, that the gates 
dangerously burned, and the building was made of Heaven are VCI T narrow ’ 
d perfect wreck, not one brick remaining upon “ Hon ’ Jobn Town 4 f nd - a state Senator of Soutk Caro- 
• 1 lina, has remitted to the Kansas Association of Charleston 
another. ^ ^ $500. He offers if fifty gentlemen will each subscribe $500, 
to add another five hundred. 
Doubtful Seizure. The schooner Maryland, _ Government has purchased Masonic Hall, Baltimore, 
dowD, and a magnificent new one erected. 
— Barnum has been in Court again. He said to the 
Judge, “I believe I have been squeezed perfectly dry. If 
you doubt it, I hope yon will give the machine another 
turn, so as to save labor to your successor.” 
