MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
MAY 3. 
BUSINESS NOTICES. 
The Terms op the Rural New-Yorker are —Single ^ Both Houses of Congress were occupied much There is a petition in circulation asking the 
Copy, $2 a year; Three Copies, $5 ; Five Copies, $8 ; six 0 f last week discussing the Appropriation bills, Governor of New Brunswick to dissolve the 
Ten Copies, (and one free,) $15, and any additional number of wblch several are imder consideration ; such Assembly, so that the question of liquor prohi- 
at latter rate, ($ 1,50 per copy ,)—payable in advance. No as the General Appropriation bill, the Deficiency bition may be submitted to the people. Besides, 
deviation from these terms. Any individual remitting the bill, the $3,000,000 Armament bill, <fcc. Part it is rumored there will be a dissolution owing 
club price ($1,50 instead of $2) for a single copy—except as 0 f the Senate amendments to the general bill to quarrels bet ween the Governor and his 
an addition to a club already formed—will be credited for __• j • ,i,.. „ i ,, „ 1 ., 
, . .. . , ... were re ectcd in the House, and among them Council, 
only nine months, in accordance with our tenns. , . _ ° 
The lowest club price of the Rural New-Yorker is $1,- that a PP r0 P nate $300,000 for continuing the The following announcements were made in 
50 per yearly copy, and any one remitting at a less rate will be "work on the Washington Aqueduct. Among an extra of the Canada Gazette : 
credited in proportion to the money received. Those who send those adopted. Was one for appropriating $30,- Secretary’s Office, Toronto, April 19. 
Congressional. 
Provincial Items. 
Idhrarg Utroritb fUtos (JUptitp. 
The Flower Garden : or Breck’s Book of Flowers—in —Ex-l'resident Van Buren has returned to his home in 
which are described all the various hardy herbaceous Kinderhook. 
perennials, annuals, Bhrubby plants, and evergreen trees, 
desirable for ornamental purposes for cultivation. By 
Joseph Brkck, seedsman, &c. Boston: Published by year, was $45,483. 
— The expense of the public schools of Louisville, last 
an addition to a club already formed—will be credited for 
only nine months, in accordance with our tenns. 
I3' r * The lowest club price of the Rural New-Yorker is $1,- 
The following announcements were made in 
credited in proportion to the money received. Those who send those adopted, was one for appropriating $30,- Secretary’s Office, 
less than the price, with request to send the paper a specified qqq f t] j of seed and cut ti D g S , to be His Excellency the Goven 
time or return the money, cannot be accommodated. * ^ , , * - . * 
tw Any person can send for four or more copies at distributed thioughout the country by the Ag- Honorable Vri„° 
$1,50 each,—and, on subsequently filling out a club of ten ricultural Department of the Patent Office. Speaker of the Le islati 
or over, receive extra copy, &c., or other premium to which In the Senate the House bill, amendatory of Province of Canada in^the r 
he may be entitled, the same as though all the copies were the Bounty Land Law of 1855 was passed ._ John R 0SSj resigned.’ Joseph 
ordered at one time. See Premium List on next page. . , . , „ r . -rv„ n n * 
. . . . , , The object of the bill is to provide for the ad- Hsq., Q. O., to be a member c 
Agents— Any person so disposed can act as local agent . . . , flnuncil f ir the Pmwneo nf 
for the Rural, and all who remit according to terms will be mission 01 parole evidence ill all Cases "Were no 
entitled to premiums, etc, as offered on next page. recognized evidence exists, and to allow time ^ I!E r ^ oron ^° P a P ers state that some of the knowle: 
an extra OI tne uanada Lrazette : hardy plants and flowers contained in the most extensive 
Secretary’s Office, Toronto, April 19. ornamental garden, with directions for their cultivation. 
His Excellency the Governor General has Tbe season for consulting such a woik has now arrived, 
been pleased to make the following appoint- and amateur gardeners and beginners in floriculture, will 
ments :—The Honorable Etienne Paschal Tache find Rucb a book es P ecia "y advantageous. About twenty- 
to be Speaker of the Legislative Council of the five pages of the work is devoted to tb e rose, that most 
John P. Jewett & Co. 1S56. — Quite a number of Kansas emigrants are passing over 
A new edition of the above-named work revised and en- the Rock Island route, 
larged has just been issued. It contains four hundred _ Beloit College has 40 students in the Collegiate de¬ 
pages, in which are embraced a short description of all the partment, and 106 in the preparatory co V se. 
— The wheat crop of Virginia is said to look exceedingly 
thrifty, and stands well upon the ground. 
— The Queen of Spain has performed the annual cere¬ 
mony of washing the feet of the poor. 
— Late accounts from Kingston, Jamaica, mention the 
Province of Canada, in the room of the Hon beautiful of flowers ; and all light yet thrown upon its prevalence of typhus fever at that place. 
John Boss, resigned. Joseph Curran Morrisonj cultivation has been here concentrated. The chapter on — B. C. Lafatt, late City Attorney of New Orleans, has 
‘ g ‘ The object of the bill is to provide for the ad- ®sq., Q. C., to be a member of the Executive roseB is worth the P rice ot the book - For saIe b y D. M - proved a defaulter to the amount of $300,000. 
■> Win bo mission of parole evidence in all cases were no ^ olinc ii f a ^ lovinee of Canada. Dewk\, in the Aicade. _ —Henry A. Wise, Jr., son of the Governor of Virgin! 
I^“In remitting $15, or more, please send draft on New occupied to and from the place of muster, to be ^ oods houses in that city sell annually two 
York, Albany, Buffalo, or Rochester, (less cost of exchange,) or . , , , . , . , , E . million dollars Worth of goods, 
check or certificate of deposit on any Bank in either of said nciuuea m inc pcilOtl OI Seivice. 
cities,— payable to our order. On motion of Mr. Benjamin, a resolution was The London Free Press, C. W., says that on 
- - - adopted, calling on the Secretary of State for Wednesday morning week, a train of cars passed 
nowledge is Power. A view of the productive forces ** ab ° Ut t0 be ordained as an Episcopal minister, 
of Modern Society, and the results of Labor, Capital and — They are preparing to have all the oakum for the use 
Skill ; by Charles Knight, revised and edited with ad- of the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, nicked hv steam 
ditions, by David A. Wells, A. M., author of “Year _. „ „ ’ , ’ 7 
Book of Agriculture,” etc. Illustrated with numerous ( -'°“ e S e boys of New Haven conti 
engravings. Boston: Gould & Lincoln. erection of an $8,000 gymnasium during the n< 
The above is the re-print of an’English work, with some — A monument to the memory of Rev He' 
The College boys of New Haven contemplate the 
erection of an $8,000 gymnasium during the next summer. 
ROCHESTER, MAY 3, 1856. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS, AND OTHERS. 
vaumg yu liiu ocuicuuy ui ouuc ror —v — wamvitaiHpusseu me aoove is tne re-pnnt ol an English work, with some — A monument to the memory of Rev. Henry Martyn 
information relative to the extent to which the through the place on the Great Western Rail- additions. It is a sort of treatise on political economy the devoted missionary, is being erected at Tocat India. ’ 
transportation of laborers is now being carried wa Y> which consisted of fourteen passenger and con ’ blned ) vltb bnef descriptions of various mechanic arts _ The Governor of Virginia has forwarded fifty muskets 
on from the Continent of Asia, or any Asiatic eight baggage cars. It is computed that there to Norfolk for the defence of the pilots, in executing the 
Islands, to America; whether such laborers be were > at tbe lowest calculation, 800 passengers Manufactures, Printing, &c. &c. As a popular treatise and n6W mspectl0n law> 
termed “Coolies” or apprentices. Also, to en I'ovie for Detroit, and places west of London, one designed to present an attractive epitome of useful . —Tbe privilege of opening tobacconist shops in Paris 
show the manner in which they are treated on Three steamers arrived at Montreal, April 25, kno ^ ledge *° the young reader, the work seems to be one ** 
the passage and after their arrival, together with from Sorrel. The Quebec boats also commenced ° ™ U °' ° r ' a ° y bAG E ~ _ The Secre1ary of the Navy has ordered the glo f . 
any statistics he may possess, showing a sacrifice their trips on the 26th of April. The Suffering Savior, or Meditations on the last days "' ar Portsmouth, now at Norfolk, to proceed forthwith to 
of human life attending this traffic. Thf River St T nwroroo t „i.„ o of Christ ? by F. M. Krummacher, d. D., Chaplain to the East Indies. 
tj TT s , . . i HE Itivei St. Lawrence rises in Lake Supe- His Majesty, the King of Prussia, author of “Elisha Th(rorao _ , . . , . , 
House. —The House passed a joint resolution nor, and flowes through Lakes Huron,Erie and tbe TisHbite,” &c. Translated under the express sane- . revenue cutter Washington, during her recent 
- — The Secreiary of the Navy has ordered the sloop-of- 
The Suffering Savior, or Meditations on the last days war Portsmouth, now at Norfolk, to proceed forthwith to 
of Christ ; by F. M. Krummacher, D. D., Chaplain to the East Indies. 
His Majesty, the King of Prussia, author of “Elisha 
the Tishbite,” &c. Translated under the express sanc- 
— The revenue cutter Washington, during her recent 
tion of the author, by Samuel Jackson. Boston : cruise, hoarded and spoke 138 vessels, and assisted 14 out 
or Correspondents and Advertisers who wish articles Duning oier to Wisconsin the remaining part Ontario, a distances of 3,000 miles, with a Gould & Lincoln. I856. y ^ A ' ULL ACKS0N - os on . of 
or announcements to appear promptly, are advised that of the $10,000 heretofore appropriated for the breadth varying from one to ninety miles. This work comprises fifty-three pages, upon the passion — Th« 
our edition is now so large that we are obliged to put improvement of the harbor at Sheboygan, to be Thf Rnrhorinna nonovc „ ofourSAViOR. The first is entitled “the Announcement,” a Conve 
the outside form q/ the Rural to press at least one week expended for that Durnose under the direction f si f r it- i r -t nn llnce ’ and reviews the circumstances attending the declaration month.' 
before its date, and the last form or Tuesday noon. fS! f ? w L the direction ment that Governor Hincks family and suite, to his astonished disciples, “Behold we go up to Jerusa- _ It 
Agents, and all disposed to act as such, will bear ^ LSSlS. as l llinanc a eweie ai lived there on the 24th of January; great lem ; and all things that are written by the prophets con- to do a 
in mind that anew quarter commenced April $th— a good ^ ie to which the subject was l*e- preparations were made for his reception on the cern i Q g the Sox of Max shall be accomplished.” The matters. 
lime for new, single or club subscriptions to begin, and for ferred, who reported 'about fifty bills for the im- 23d, but owino - to somp nnpYviPPtprl rioloTr l.n subsequent chapters go through with the remarkable sue- _The 
of the ice. 
— The booksellers of all Northern Europe were to hold 
of our Savior. The first is entitled “ the Announcement,” a Convention in Copenhagen some time during the past 
and reviews the circumstances attending the declaration month. 
to his astonished disciples, “ Behold we go up to Jerusa- _ B is the current belief at Vienna that Russia intends 
lem ; and all things that are written by the prophets con- to do away with her proMbitive system in commercial 
<o, single or club subscriptions to begin, and for ferred, who reported 'about fifty bills for the im- I 23d, but owing to some unexpected delay he subsequent chapters go through witl 
: Of those Which have expired. provement of various rivers and habors. Also, I did not reach the port until the following morn in f dents > with c °n™ents 
. 1 _T. ... J. M y 1 1 u iunuwill h iliUIII- On . U T) t O 111 ft p.l {) R 1 TUT RD on P nf t >1A Pm 
suusequem cnapiers go mrougn with the remarkable sue- _ The Indianapolis (Indiana) Sentinel says there will be 
cessions of incidents, with comments and reflections there- ten or twelve hundred houses erected in that city this 
on, up to the closing scene of the crucifixion and subsequent season. 
Back numbers of the present volume furnished if for Post-Office and Custom House purposes at ing, when he was esem-tpri to tLo 
desired, or subscribtions may commence with this number. Ppvtli Ambov Tnlpdo Oo-rlpnoVuivo-li ,1 rn„ T7 . ‘ ’ ' e RfDent 
-_ ___ 1 ei th Amb °y> 1 ofedo, Ogdensburgh and Cleve- House, amid the huzzas of the multitude. 
la,nd. The bills were referred to the Committee At ti. ^ i , 
News of the Week. of the Whole on the State of the Union. ~ Cl °! e ° f . the year ’ Canada Wl11 have 
g, en e v as escoited to the Government interment. The hook is designed for serious reading and _ A new species of manufacture has just been created 
House, amid the huzzas of the multitude. reflection, and the style of publication does honor to the in France-the fabrication of pasteboard from the pulp of 
At the close of the year, Canada will have house “ B « n ? ■ F T> or J a,e tb * city by Wm. N. Sage, bee t-root. 
2,000 miles of fully equipped railways, costing COmer ° a ° an u a ° 8 ree s ' — Messrs. Howard and Sherman, of the Kansas Investi- 
£18,000,000 sterling. Ninety-eight and Forty-eight. The Modern Revolu- Leavenw0rth on tho 14tb ult ' 
__ tionary History and Literature of Ireland. By John 01l ver had not yet arrived. 
P "^7 Savage. New York: Redfield, 1856. — The Annual Sheep-Shearing Festival in Addison Co., 
RUMORED Outrages.— By way of Chicago, According to Carlyle, history is the essence of innu- Vt., will be held at Middlebury, on the 17th and 18th of 
- The bill creating Columbus, Ky., a port of ^re nnn nnn / r^ rauwa y8, costing - gating Co „ 
No news of important or startling interest 1 ^ 1 £18,000,000 sterling. Ninety-eight and Forty-eight. The Modern Revolu- Oliver had 
! , 5 . delivery, was passed. tionary History and Literature of Ireland. Bv John Ul e naa 
has come to hand this week. A rumor reaches ___ ■*-”+ -- Savage. New York: Redfield, 1856. —The A 
us from two directions of renewed outbreaks in Look to Your Stamps —A merchant writes Kumored Outrages.— By way of Chicago, According to Carlyle, history is the essence of innu- Vt., will be 
Kansas, and the murder of Sheriff Jones ; but oriiiw. xr v" rn-r ’ f „ ‘ tbe telegraph from Leaven worth announces that merable biographies. The truth of this statement is very Junenext. 
P C< - UL °1 OI me 1. J. noune as lOUOWS :— oon A—;i cn T , , manifest in the chronicle of ft revolntinnnrvRtrncrirlo Tho 
the news is not reliable, and we hope unfound- « Three weeks a^o I sent a Ipttpv tn Inwa c- ° n '"~ d A P rd > Sheriff Jones, of Douglass In tbe cbr ” nKle of a revolutionary struggle. The _ if r . Hatcher, a Santa Fe trader, says the Camanches 
ed in fact. J , * 7 ^ 7 t0 T ° Wa C ° n ; Co., K. T„ while attempting to arrest a man St JS™ ° f ^tbehberty of Switzerland; are getting more and more W arlike, and will he trouble- 
. . taming a bill of lading and some money, and I • v , J. F ® a mat of Luther but the recounting ot European affairs some if thev are not Dut down 
Quite a number of marine accidents and cas- was careful to nut unon it a stamo as T ilwnva who was tmplicated m the late difficulties, was during his existence, while at the mention of Napoleon, . _ P 
ualties are reported, accounls of which are given am T pamino- tint tho Iptfpi- l i’ \ " resisted by an armed body of 300 men, and that memories of the Europe of modern times spring into he- 9 „. ' e an a e mai arnve a naependence on the 
, 1 . » am. Learning that the letter had not been re- o , , , J . . 22 d ult. The snow had disappeared, and vegetation was 
in other places in our columns ; and individual rP1 ' V prl Twont intu ir i u ^ ov ' Shannon had ordered out the militia.— ,, g ' e author has given pen-portraits of the actors at „ 0 i n „ on raD i d i v 
. , „ r • , • , ’ , , ceived, 1 went to the Post Office and found the Annt . . v , __ the periods indicated by the title of the work, a decided- g g ra pmiy. 
' aR ces of dime and misfortune have occurred, letter there ; the stamp had come off, though, T ■ n . ansas City to the i y Republican view is taken, and the Young Ireland faction — Mr. Otto Dresel, pianist and musical composer of Bos- 
of which we have neither space nor time to as the clerk acknowledged the mark was most 18 lie P ubhcan > sa J s that tbe United sustained. Those having a taste for biographical reading, ton, has been awarded a prize of $200, offered by the 
speak. nlainlv visiblp States troops made several arrests on the 25th, or students of Ireland’s modern history, will find this book m^ical Review for the best song. 
Spring business is opening briskly, although L 7 me ments may not be un- a nd that Sheriff Jones, while guarding the pris- well worth a perusal. For sale by Dewey. -The contributions to the organized Missionary and 
, ■ 1 t A ° common ; many of the stamps I buy at the o1 . » fa l _ other religious associations in this country, during the 
late ; and an immense t.de of travel is pouriDg will not stick ot all, and I liave bad to re- w ’, , ... Ectaw : The Beque, to “ The Foragers.” A Tale of tbe >»« ?«-,«« <• ox.e.d *1,000, oeo. 
over our thoioughfaies. Lake Ontario is open, sort to paste. The safest plan, doubtless is to . e fcr " sfc the above lum « rs may.hkemany of Bevolntton. B y W. Gilmore Simms. New York: Red- -The first passenger train of cars passed over the Rock 
and boats are running to all the ports ; but the , . 1 ’ ' J t-s, is to their predecessors,prove to be exaggerated state- field » 1806 . 
lower harbors of Lake Erie are still fast locked f 6 Post ce envelopes already stamped, ments, and that the period of riot and blood- ^ ^ * « e Rer ‘ eS 
. . r „, . , . Hundreds of letters may never be received from : v i , olutionary Tales —by the same author— an 
Ontll J ,TJ S r*S^ , * «» same cause that mine was not: ll.orefere I “ Ka ” SaS ’“* Pa “ Cd a,ray ' *»»* »-» 
Ontai 10 also, out not sufficient to interrupt the J , 7 n have preceded it. The collection is valuab. 
navigation. A week aim not, a nartiele wnc t0 ever J raan > lo °K to your stamps ! Indian Treaties.—T he two treaties for the Southern feeling and action at the time 
— Mr. Hatcher, a Santa Fe trader, says the Camanches 
are getting more and more warlike, and will be trouble¬ 
some if they are not put down. 
— The Santa Fe mail arrived at Independence on the 
22d ult. The snow had disappeared, and vegetation was 
going on rapidly. 
— Mr. Otto Dresel, pianist and musical composer of Bos- 
field°^856 n " G ilmoke Simms. New York: Red- —The first passenger train of cars passed over the Rock 
,1. . \ .... Island bridge April 22. The bridge perfects the railroad 
This book is the dosing one of the series entitled “ Rev- connection between Chicago and Iowa city. 
Ontario also, but not sufficient to interrupt the 
navigation. A week ago not a particle was to 
be seen at our harbor, but a day or two of north 
a • v , 1 , ‘ olutionary Tales”-by the same author-and will doubtless „ . „ T , m .. a 
ed m Kansas has passed away. be found fully as interesting to the reader as those which " Francis H ’ HaBke11 ’ master of the Amcrican shi P 
-- have preceded it. The collection is valuable as indicating f berwood > has been sued in the U. S. Court for cutting off 
Indian Treaties. —The two treaties for the Southern feeling and action at the time of which they tbe ( i ueue or pig-tali °f a Johnny Clnn a man. 
benefit of the Indian tribes in Michigan, re- treat ' Dewey - 
— The Elmira Advertiser says the rafting season on the 
wind floated it full again from the north shore, The Crystal Palace.— I he New York Crys- cently ratified by the Senate, make provision for Putnam’s Monthly for May is at hand, and will doubt- are passing that point on their downward way. ° ™ ? 
not sufficiently compact, however, to impede ta . Uala.ce is advertised for sale on the 22d of their occupation of lands in that State in sever- Ip ss prove of interest. Papers upon the Kane Relief Ex- —The Providence R. I. Journal says that J. Prescott 
the boats. Since then it has again given us the tlus month - 0n t,ns subject the Tribune says : alty instead of in common, and diverts the an- peditl0n> NATtt4 f Hal ®’ RuskinB ’ Writings > Napoleon Hal]# of Newport, is one of the prominent candidates for 
ci;^ „n A ... _ j. ,, “"VYeare led to suDDOse that this stpn Una Lo. __ i j r.j. . •_ i ■ Bonaparte as a Family Man, our Relations with England, nn i+Pfl Sfji.fpfi Sdnfl tnr in nlo e>cs nf Canotm. Tnm nn 
slip, and we shall probably see no more of it 
for the season. 
“ We are led to suppose that this step has be- unities to their moral and industrial improve- bCtre'^hronfoledTmid^ite^nte^DEWKf United States Senator > in place ofScnator James - 
come necessary in consequence 6f a refusal on ment. The treaty with certain Indian tribes _ * . » _ _ — The silver-gilt ink-stand used by the Plenipotentiaries 
Sunday and Monday last the weather was depart of the Common Council to longer permit i n Hew Mexico - likewise recently ratified - TVH^ol T+ _ _ in affi , xi “ g tbeir sig “ atu « 8 tbe of Peace, and 
unusually warm for April, and vegetation came L e uuimin S 10 remain on ixeseivoii fequaie.— proposes to concentrate them apart from the _ ’ ’ 
forward with remarkable rapidity. The mead- ^ Phe i "J urious influ ences of the whites, and encourage A bookseller of Southampton, England, was inTsoo^urTa^X^Emperor Shoia^fo 1850 ,’ 
ows look green again, early spring flowers u ;‘ n,g 1 . x P 1 ” 04 7 ltsvalue them m the arts of P eace and civilization. lately fined five shillings for selling a newsm- for the enormous sum of thirty-two thousand dollars. 
bloom once more, the cherry and pear trees are as u c materials. If this splendid structure is -- per on the Sabbath. The magistrate, in pro- - Tbe Law Department of the University of Albany 
nearly bursting into blossom, and farmers in t0 t)e broken up and destroyed, we shall proba- New College at Rome. —A Rome correspon- nouncing sentence, remarked that by the terms bave conferred tbeir annual prize medals upon Edward 
this vicinity are plowing for spring crops.— bly never in our day see its like again.” The dent of the Journal des Debats says that a bishop of the English law (Stat Charles II and Wi^ Van Ness > of AlbaD y) and Amlrew Anderson, of Indiana. 
Unless a change for the worse comes over the Ualace cost in the first instance over $600,000. lately arrived in that city from South America, li am TIT Vnothino- rnnlri Ho q ,, \ —The Judiciary Committee of the Massachusetts Legis- 
earth, our spring will be as early as usual, not- -—- with $70,000, with which he intends founding 'l^T ^ F . etitioafor a t* ^ 
... , J. ,, , , , , . , T) -VT TV . .. OUL IIIIIK dBU maCKerei. Laws, have reported it inexpedient to legislate, 
withstanding the great amount of snow which 1 residential Names of Places.—A ccordmg a college m Rome for the benefit of such Young a . „„ . . ,. . T , , 
r n j ,, i ... ... a. at . rc j. . ,, . ,, . ° „ .. . . . , J 8 A man aged id has been incarcerated in Ches- — London covers at present a space of 129 square miles, 
fell, and the unusual severity of the past winter, to the post-office directory, the following number South Americans as are desirous of studying ter county jail England nearly five vem , for « contains 327,391 houses, and 2,362,236 inhabitants, the 
- of villages and towns where post-offices are for the priesthood. The Pope will also appro- the paltry debt of £41 is fid and £17 1 L 8d annual '“crease of the population being upwards of 40,000. 
Miscellaneous Items. 
Large Salaries. located, have been named in honor of the various priate a large sum for the same purpose ; and it 
- Presidents :—Washington, 35 ; Adams, 23 ; Jef- is said that the above bishop will stand a good 
From a statement made by William Lyon ferson, 25 ; Madison, 27 ; Monroe, 29 ; Jackson, chance of being elected to the cardin al ah i p 
McKenzie, put forth as an argument for dissolv- 55 ; Van Buren, 15; Harrison, 23; Tyler, 7;-- 
costs; and two others, aged 77 and 75, are im- 7 7™! °! ? T*’ 7 appHed for 
& > a c 1AU and obtained a patent for the manufacture of paper from 
muiedin the same jail for debts of £27 and £80. the fern, known throughout the Highlands generally as 
The Melbourne (Australia) Argus states that the breckan - 
ing the present political union between the Polk, 14; Taylor, 33 ; Fillmore, 15; Pierce, 18. Noble Donation.— Judge Douglass has eon- the a g riculfc ural prospects of the country are ^ In January and February of the present year, sixty- 
Provinces, it appears that the Governor, Sir E. The number of counties, towns and parishes veyed. to the Baptist denomination of Chicago good ’ The cro P s now belng gathered in are commi^ionera irMlssachuMTts^o^whforfourtee 7 ^^^ 
Head, gets $31,000 a year, his house rent, and named in honor of Washington, is 169 ; of Jack- ten acres of land — a grove — beautifully situated mu . arger lban those of any previous year, in Boston. 
servants’ hire. The ten Ministers get each son, 132 ; of Jefferson, 86 ; of Monroe, 71 ; and within the city limits, for the purpose of erect- while the product of the ii'ext season is expect- — The Democratic State Convention in North Carolina 
$6,000 a year, $6 a day during the sessions of of Harrison, 62. ing thereon a University, with a condition that ed be even more important, as a greater instructed the delegates to Cincinnati to vote for General 
Parliament, mileage, and “immense patronage.” -- the Trustees shall lay the foundation of the edi- bieadth of land is in preparation for cultivation. yig 9 C p R e g b | 9 °™ inati ° n ’ and ia iaTOr of d ' Dobbin for 
The engineer of the Grand Trunk Railway has English Merchants in Russia.— The Ham- bee during the approaching fall, and spend an- The Costa Ricans are filling up the San Juan _ Qn m 9Q j. h of M , u . ch a nuribei . f 
a salary of $13,000 a year. Sir Cusac Roney, burg correspondent of the Independence Beige, nually towards the building $25,000 until it is river on t]i eir borders by sinking trees in the B embled atVwake in the top roomofa houseTn^Dublin", 
“ agent” for that work, gets the same. Chief writing under date of March 20, states that completed. The value of the land is estimated channel, in order to prevent the transportation Ireland, when the floor gave way, the house fell, and 21 
Justice Robinson has $6,666 per annum, $500 numbers of English merchants are daily pass- at $50,000. of troops to Walker. Carrera, the President of P er s° n s were killed. 
for traveling expenses, and a pension of $4,444 ing through that city, on their way to Russia, to - ■■■+•+■ - ' Guatemala, has put in motion a body of 3,000 — Walter Savage Landor writes to the London Times, 
when he shall see fit to resign. The Registrar establish trading posts, and that an Ano-lo-Rus- A Pascal.—T he telegraph on Saturday last ‘ men, to attack Walker on the north. making a strong appeal for Kossuth, who, he says, is suf- 
__ ° o r > “6 " avuo .. . 1 . , t> _ rv tv • .i ferine- from want. Kossuth writpa tnt.Le Pi-o»o mnnutim. 
of Hamilton, Dundas and Wentworth, (he is a sian Stock Company, with a lqrge capital, is announced tbat Reuben B. Davis, Superintend- j T j s state d that the Erie Railroad Company 
Minister also,) gets $6,500 a year. The Reg- about to solicit from the imperial government ent tbe extensi^ e Iron I oundry in V altham, is to undertake the express business on its road, 
istrar of Toronto and York gets $12,000 a year, the privilege of developing, on a vast scale, the Mass ” has absconded T ’ bavi J‘ g committed forge- T ] ie Railroad Companies in England and on 
The Governor has a Secretary to whom the mineral and other resources of the Russian em- nes on Boston and New York merchants to a thecontinentofEurope,transactallsuclibusi- 
Canadians pay $3,000 annually, for the pretence pire. large amount, besides swindling his immediate ne ss themselves, instead of farming out this 
of quill driving, and so on to the end of the ~ neighbors and friends out of various sums of privilege to others, as has been the custom in 
chapter. Hung in Effigy.—McIntosh, the editor of the money. His liabilities are said to be $150,000. this country 
There is not an important officer in Canada Joliet True TJemocrat > was hung in effigy He was a prominent citizen, and deacon of the . ‘ * - , . , , . , 
but receives a larger salary than any one of ° n MonA& ? raorning of last week > in fi ' ont of Baptist church. ’ ’ ’ ’ S ° 0 J 5 °® 18 ^ “ ade at A ° doFer ’ 
similar grade under our Federal or any one of office ’ as be sa y s ’ “ b - v certain of tbe ’ m ost -^- ■ 8- ’ , S \ \ P i !!’' 
our State governments; and it is a matter of llegent P^anthry in the world,’who were dis- Tecumseh’s SoN.-The Washington (Texas) tbin gf’ without sewing _ The sole can be melt- 
surprise to ns why our neighbors should be thus P^ case( ^ at his denuneiations of the means adopt- American says that Black Cat, the only living . on a^a n wi ou c arnage , e s oe 
quietly bled by officials, many of whom are ed to P er P etuate rule in that city.” child of the famous Indian warrior Tecumseh, 18 J ater - proof ’ more durable than other shoes, 
Englishmen quartered on them as a sort of pen- - with a few of his followers, is encamped in that aiK ~ P eife0ns < ue °mp 03 ec in e raanu ac- 
. . fering from want. Kossuth writes to the Press, expressing 
Jt is stated that the Erie Jtailroad Company mortification attlie appeal. 
is to undertake the express business on its road. —An effort is making in Philadelphia to raise $5,000 for 
The Railroad Companies in England and on tbe establishment of a chapel in Paris, where evangelical 
the continent of Europe, transact all such busi- P reacbin K ma y be sustained, not connected exclusively 
, - - . . . with any denomination. 
neighbors and friends out of various sums of privilege to others, as has been the custom 
ed off and on again without damage ; the shoe 
is water-proof, more durable than other shoes, 
ivilege to others, as has been the' custom in dekga * e *£°m 1 California to the Cincinnati Con- 
0 vention, have instructions to urge the nomination of 
IS country. Ex-Senator Gwin for Vice-President, on the ticket with 
A new sort of shoe is now made at Andover, Mr - Buchanan for President. 
Mass., out of leather, gutta percha, and other — A son of Mr - George H. Brown, a carver, about, ten 
ings, without sewing. The sole can be melt- yearB old > wbile playing near the ledge of tbe East Rock . 
rr , ... , , ,, _ New Haven, recently, fell half-way down. He was shock- 
off and on again without damage ; the shoe ingly mangledj but may live. 
watei-pioof, moie dui able than other shoes, — A boy fourteen years of age was recently arrested at 
with a few of his followers, is encamped in that a ° d 2 °° P ersons are em P lo y ed ia tb e nianufac- Roxwell, England, for stealing an egg-value, a half-penny 
A fiivn _mod ocnriofod^ind enn+onood In fon »• Joiro’ 1, ,v T.. 1 __ 
—tried, convicted*and sentenced to four days’ hard labor, 
and to be once whipped. 
— The Kentucky American says “the whiskey crop” 
will be greater the coming season than it has been for 
sioners. Omaha, in Nebraska.-TIic Nebraska thus neighborhood. He wishes to start a trade be- nue ’ , . . ^ 
-—- speaks of the prospects and progress of Omaha tween Washington and the Indians on the Res- The Pagbsh P a P ers glve tbe datails of a _ Tbe Kentucky American says “the whiskey crop” 
Well Done.—T he Kansas Herald of Freedom city :—Everything about our city gives promise ervation. Tbe American says lie is an intelli- nionstcl blast w]u ch was let off a few weeks wiU be greater tbe com ing season than it has been for 
states that Gov. Robinson has received a box of of unparalleled prosperity ; settlers are con- gent fellow, speaks English intelligibly, and s i nce ab bb e new harbor works at Holyhead. It years in Kentucky. If this is true, there will be an in¬ 
garden seeds worth $50, a donation from Messrs, stantly arriving, and sales in real estate are prides himself on his integrity. ES sa bl it required the labor of six men in its creased demand for that other Kentucky crop—hemp. 
Bloss & Adams, of our city ; and that the Gov-, going on as briskly as ever. Persons are much - ■+-*-+■ - formation for ten months, and a charge of six —Young Catholic priest Poy-et, has been assaulted and 
ernor intends to distribute them gratis among more eager to purchase than they are to sell Marine Disaster.— rTlieschooner Cargill, from tons and a half of powder to explode it. almost killed, at New Orleans, by men armed with sword 
..... fa fa » 1 J ... , „ „ canes, for having used indelicate and insulting language 
the settlers. -- I hiladelphia for Boston, fell m with the wreck The ladies of Canton, Fulton Co., Ill., re- to a young lady at the confessional. 
-- Steamboat Accident. — The New Orleans of the schooner Miller, of St. George, Me., on cently took possession of all the liquor shops, —Mr. George G. Foster, well known as the author of 
Printing Office Destroyed.— A telegraphic Delta of Monday, April 21st, states that by tbe the 22d of April, off Fire Island ; and rescued aud destroyed all the liquor in the town. One “New York by Gas Light,” and kindred works, died at 
despatch dated Erie, Pa., April 26th, says :— recent sinking of the steamboat Cuba, on the the mate, who was the sole survivor of a crew person remonstrating, one of the ladies stepped Philadelphia recently, of congestion of the brain. It is 
“ A mob has destroyed the office of the Consti- Alabama, sixteen passengers were known to be of six—five of them having perished from ex- up to him, and holding out her hatchet, remark- said tbat be leaves tw0 ckildrcn and two widoKS - 
tution, which has been advocating the Erie lost, and it was believed that many more per- posure. The Miller, loaded with lumber for ed that they had come there to tap everything a ~.^ r G e " eral Superintendent of the Peuns yi- 
Raiiroad interests, and threatened to destroy ished. The accident occurred at night, when Boston, capsized in a gale on the night of the that had whisky in it, and that if he had any re- company.’two of ite Conductors /wC haddhlr^e^fthe 
the Railroad property. ’ all the passengers were asleep. 20th. gard for himself, he had better be leaving. trains that recently came in collision near Pittsburgh. 
— Young Catholic priest Poy-et has been assaulted and 
almost killed, at New Orleans, by men armed with sword 
canes, for having used indelicate and insulting language 
to a young lady at the confessional. 
— Mr. George G. Foster, well known as the author of 
“New York by Gas Light,” and kindred works, died at 
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