Contents of the Eural for January 15, 1859. 
New York Legislature. 
AGRICULTURAL Pack. Senate.—A t 11 o’clock A. M., of the 4th inst., 
What 7, I lli^Hecomc onu? . . . . . . . .. .'.'.. . . .. . . . . . . .. . . .'. 21 the Clerk announced the arrival of the hour for the 
ILNuttin^fFanning 'arid Acting Machine; [iii.]!!!:!! 21 meeting of the Senate, and Lieut. Gov. Campbell, 
About Cider-Making. 21 by virtue of his office, took the Chair, making a brief 
Our Plank Road,. 22 J ’ , . 
Cows Holding their Milk.22 address. After the adoption of the usual rcsolu- 
Scratches—A Cure. 22 , .. , ._tv,- 
An Alderney Bull, [illustrated,].22 tions relative to the attendance of clcigymcn, the 
Wooden U Drains S_Seedin8 10 Grass .| hour of meeting, Ac., a Committee from the House 
Inquiries and Answers .—White Guinea Fowls; Re* announced the organization of that body; and 
moving Grease from Skins; Water Lime; A Corn House wore nnnninted to communicate like 
Wanted; Warts on Cows’Teats; Cough in Horses,.22 Committees wcie appointed to communicate hkc 
Rural Spirit of the, Preen .—Chinese Sugar Cane as information to the Assembly and to the Governor. 
Fodder; Feeding Carrots to Horses; An Important Ques- mi_ nm .>„ Private Secretary handed to the 
tion; A Cheap Filter; Benefits of Underdraining,........ 22 1 lie Governors 1 nvate secretary, nanaca to me 
Agricultural Miscellany .—The Agricultural Press; President the Governor’s Annual Message, and the 
Wool Grower and Stock Register; Native Wine; The Ag. _-r *y,„ Mmnlntrul 
Conrress at Washington; The Weather; Tompkins Co, organization of the Senate was completed. 
Ag. Society; Union Ag. Society; Scarcity of Fodder.22 The following will exhibit what has been the 
- - , 0 ”°™ U , LTU * AL - V , labor performed up to time of adjournment: The 
Pears Suitable for (Quince Stocks.23 petition of II. C. Wiiitmoke, for a seat from the 11th 
The e Curculio?^ T . Pe . al ! S '.'.23 district, was presented. Notices were given of a 
Cultivation of P?fciest for'Market/.’!!!!1 bill to regulate imprisonment of witnesses; for the 
PruninjTthe^DwarM’ear Tree,’ [Illustrated ,]'.'.'..'.. . .. . .'.’.. 1 * n "" al “PP^jon to the Binghampton Inebriate 
Grapes for Market, Wine, &c.23 Asylum; to enable the Agricultural bocieties to 
LADIES’ OLIO. better protect their property. Mr. Truman intro- 
The Orphan Roy, [Poetical.] Old Letters; Cherish the „ u;ii nrnvirHno-fnr the nnvmont tn the State 
Human Blossoms; The “Tom-Boy;” Home; Life.21 duced a bill providing lor tne payment to tbe fttate 
CHOICE MISCELLANY. Inebriate Asylum the sum of $120,000, in $40,000 
Avarice, [Poetical.] Be Patient; Ambition; ^ instalments, and confirming the site at Binghamp- 
.Sabbath^ Musings! . ton. Mr. Loveland presented a bill giving the 
She Loved Much, [Poetical.] What is our Influence? The State Prison Inspectors in charge, the power to 
Way to Make a Poor Pastor; The Patience of God; , , - , . , 
Prayer.!.. 24 make temporary appointments to fill vacancies 
EDUCATIONAL. until the next meeting of the Board, requiring all 
Tile Study of Latin; P.ducation ; Modesty of Learning; removals In bo mode on the return of rlnrires 
Self-Government; Normal Institutes in Wisconsin; removals to De made on tne return or cnaiges, 
CHOICE MISCELLANY. 
Poesy vs. Avarice, [Poetical.] Be Patient; Ambition; 
Winter,. 24 
SABBATH MUSINGS. 
EDUCATIONAL. until the next meeting of the Board, requiring all 
’he Study of Latin; P.ducation ; Modesty of Learning; removals to be made on tbo return of ebarcos 
Self-Government; Normal Institutes in Wisconsin; removals to De made on tne return or cnaiges, 
Words in the English Language,. 25 giving power of suspension to agents or wardens, 
USEFUL OLIO. until the quarterly meeting of the Board. 
Pleasures of the Microscope; Velocity; The Formation of 
an Iceberg; Sir Edward Bui wer Lytton, [Illustrated,].. 25 Assembly.— On the 4th inst., the House was 
_ _ J 1111 ' * E V™ER . called to order by the Clerk of last Assembly, 
DoraDcane, or the East India Uncle; Jessie, or Trying to _ rT ^ T m ^ „ 
be Somebody; Howard and his Teacher; The Banks of whereupon, Hon. Gideon J. Tucker, Secretary of 
Days’^nterStom^tfts^The'Ballad ofBabie*6eth25 State, proceeded to administer the oath of office to 
YOUNG RURALIST. the members. AVhen all present were sworn in, 
YOUNG RURALIST. 
A City Boy in the Country; AYhat is a Library? Shut the 
Door; Study of Latin,. 25 
STORY TELLER. 
The Snow Shower, [Poetical.] Alice and Adel vide; or. 
The True and the False.28 
List of New Advertisements this Week. 
the House proceeded by a viva voce vote, to elect a 
Speaker. De AVitt C. Littlejohn, of Oswego, was 
voted for by the Republicans; John W. Ciiaxi.er, 
of New York, by the Democrats; and Chauncey 
Bodghton, of Saratoga, by the Americans. 
Mr. Littlejohn having received a majority of the 
One Thousand Dollars m Premiums—Wm. M. Swain & Co. whole House, was declared duly elected, and was 
Business Men—Look at This—J. M. Jones & Co. , , , , ,, „ ,, . 
A’oung America Corn Shelter—Leavenworth & Mason. conducted to the Chair. I lie following officers 
A Choice Location in Virginia—Abram Van Doren. „i c - . 
Executors’ Sale-J. L. Root. werc also elcctea • 
Nursery for Sale or Le ase—E. M. Clerk —Wm. Richardson, of Albany; Sergeant- 
-;-'- at-Arms —D. M. Prescott, of Oneida; Door-Keeper 
—<Jbo. C. Dennis, of Washington; 1st Assistant — 
Joseph Ball, of Erie; 2d Assistant — J. J. Stevens, 
MRB hi of New York; and organization effected. 
Committees were appointed to inform the Gove- 
A*-? aljEjifea 'f *1 nor and the Senate that the House had organized, 
___ the Governor’s Annual Message, which was read. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., JANUARY 15, 1859. Notices were given of bills, to authorize the 
- - .. Rochester Bank to reduce its stock; to repeal the 
A Few Timely Remarks, law allowing parties to be witnesses; to amend the 
addressed to agents, subscribers and others. e H u alization act of 1857; to incorporate religious 
_ societies; to better secure Counties against loss 
Thanks —Most grateful and sincere to the active ^ rom bounty Ireasuiers, and a large number of 
and influential friends of the Rural New-Yorker ^ oca ' bills. 
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ROCHESTER, N. Y., JANUARY 15, 1859. 
A Few Timely Remarks, 
addressed to agents, subscribers and others. 
throughout the United States, Canadas, &c., for 
Messrs. Law and Spencer introduced laws for 
their successful efforts in extending its circulation, registration of voters, similar in their provisions 
as manifested by the hundreds of encouragingly- to those of last yeai. 
written and well-filled letters we are daily receiv- j ’ “ 
ing. We sincerely believe the Rural has more Congressional Proceeding's, 
ardent, working friends than any other paper in 
the land —men and women who labor for the cause Senate. —On the 4th instant, it was announced 
and community, rather than personal benefit—and that the new Hall was ready for occupancy, and 
that if their efforts are continued, and imitated by the Senators took occasion to make speeches on 
others, we shall, ere long, as some of our friends parting with fhe “ Old Chamber.” Mr. Critten- 
predict, have a larger circulation than any other den, of Ky., reviewed the scenes lie had wit- 
journal in America. That we shall spare no effort nessed, and recalled the names of Clay, Web- 
or expense to merit such favor, by continuing to ster, Calhoun and others whose fame was dear 
use wisely and well the power of benefiting our to the American people. The \ ice-President fol- 
readers and the public which may be conferred, is lowed, giving historical sketches of Congress at 
our fixed determination. If its old friends, and the the various seats of government, until its location 
fast increasing thousands who are joining its stand- at Washington. He then narrated the burn- 
ard, will only exercise a little personal influence in ing of the Capitol by the British Army, the 
behalf of the paper, by bringing it to the notice and assembling thereafter of the Congress in Blod- 
support of their neighbors, the present circulation gett’s Hotel, on the site now occupied by the 
and usefulness of the Rural may and will be more General Post-Office, and finally the assemb- 
than doubled during the ensuing three months.— ling in 1819, in the present building. • The Sena- 
Friends of the Rural and its Objects, please bear tors then proceeded in a body to the new hall.— 
this in mind, and do community, the cause and us The discussion of the Pacific railroad bill has oc- 
the favor of showing the paper to your friends and cupied most of the time during the present week* 
soliciting their subscriptions. We will cheerfully House. —On motion of Mr. Farnsworth, of Ill., 
furnish extra numbers, bills, Ac., and supply dupli- the resolution was adopted, calling on the Secre- 
cates of copies lost or injured in canvassing. tary of the Interior for information as to whether 
-- the Rock Island Military Reservation has been 
Affairs at Washington. transferred from the War to the Interior Depart- 
- ment, and thrown open to pre-emption at $1,25 
Government has received from Utah intelligence p er acre, 
of an alarming character, indicating the prevalence Mr. Faulkner, of Va., offered a resolution which 
of great excitement in the Territory and of settled was adopted, calling on the Secretary of War to 
hostility between the Mormons and Gentiles.— furnish a statement of the Morris expedition, 
Great outrages had been committed by Mormons, during the last ten years for barrack officers, the 
and a violent outbreak was apprehended before object being to reduce the expenses of the Quar- 
spring. termaster’s Department. 
It appears from documents communicated to the Mr. Jones, of Tenn., offered a resolution calling 
the House in response to a resolution, that a cor- on the Secretary of the Interior to report under 
respondence between the Secretary of the Treasury w Mat law and by what authority the advisory 
and the Collector at Mobile, has been in progress board of agriculturalists to the Patent office is as- 
since April in relation to the Nicaragua filibusters, sembled, the manner in which the delegates are 
In response to the Collector’s inquiry as to what appointed, and from what fund they are paid.— 
should be done with the returned shipwrecked filli- Messrs. Hughes, of Ind., and Stephens, of Ga., 
busters, the Secretary telegraphed on the 4th inst severally gave their understandings of the subject, 
that the principals should be prosecuted, and de- supposing that the delegates assembled under the 
Affairs at Washington. 
busters, the Secretary telegraphed on the 4th inst severally gave their understandings of the subject, 
that the principals should be prosecuted, and de- supposing that the delegates assembled under the 
sired the Collector to furnish him a list of those direction of the Secretary of the Interior, $75,000 
who arrived in the British vessel. having been appropriated for the collection of 
The Secretary of the Navy also transmitted agricultural statistics. Mr. Jones, of Tenn., said 
copies of the instructions given to Commodore if it was right and proper that such committees 
McIntosh. He was directed not to seize any ves- should be brought together, Congress ought to take 
sels, or act on mere suspicion. He is counseled the responsibility for providing how they shall be 
not to interfere on land or in any harbor for the called, the number of delegates and the amount of 
purpose of arresting any fillibustering expedition compensation. The resolution passed. 
set on foot in the United States, contrary to the- *-+-* - 
acts of Congress, but on the other hand to protect The Reason Why subscribers at post-offices 
the persons and property of our citizens engaged where we have clubs do not receive all their papers 
in lawful business against all illegal acts of vio- in one package, or by the same mail, is because 
lence and oppression to the full extent of his power, we are almost daily receiving additions to the lists 
The Administration have authorized the Marshal and are obliged to mail some papers from the 
of Kansas to offer a reward of $250, each, for the the books, and others from letters. In a few weeks 
capture of Montgomery and Brown, and to in- we shall be able to regulate this matter satisfac- 
crease his posse to any number desired. 
torily to subscribers; friends must exercise a little 
The correspondence between the British govern- patience meantime, for we are doing our very best 
ment and Mr. Dallas, called for by Mr. Seward’s to meet the wishes of all by mailing all orders on 
resolution, will, it is said, if furnished, exhibit the day of receipt, as far as possible. The great 
startling facts in regard to the continued abuse of rush has overworked our entry clerks, however, 
the American flag to cover the slave trade, and and they find it impossible to get all the names 
show the yatcli Wanderer played a prominent part properly on the books — hence the necessity of 
in that traffic on the African coast. mailing part of the lists from letters. 
Political Intelligence. 
New York. — At the Special Election in the 
Fourth Congressional District of New York city, 
on the 5th inst., Tiiomas J. Barr, the Democratic 
member elected to the next Congress, was chosen, 
almost without opposition, to fill the vacancy, until 
March 4th, caused by the resignation of John 
Kelsey. 
Massachusetts. —The Legislature organized on 
the 5th inst. Mr. Charles A. Phelps, of Boston, 
was chosen President of the Senate by 26 against 
5. Stephen A. Gifford, Clerk, of last year, was 
re-elected. In the House, Charles Hale, of Bos¬ 
ton, was choken President by 185 out of 202. 
New Hampshire. — The Republicans of New 
Hampshire held their State Convention for the 
nomination of State officers on the 4th inst.— 
Ichabod Goodwin was nominated for Governor, 
and Adams Twitchei.i. for Railroad Commissioner. 
The Democratic State Convention, on the 7th 
inst., nominated Hon. Asa F. Cate for Governor, 
and Frederick Vose, for Railroad Commissioner. 
Maine.— The Legislature organized at Augusta 
on the 5th instant, by the choice of C. W. Godard, 
of Dansville, as President of the Senate, and Wm. 
T. Johnson, of Augusta, Speaker of the House.— 
Clerk and Secretary same as last year. 
Pennsylvania. — The Pennsylvania Legislature 
met on the 4th inst. W. C. Lawrence, Opposi¬ 
tion, was elected Speaker of the House. The Gov¬ 
ernor’s Message states that the finances of the State 
are in a most satisfactory condition. The receipts 
of the Treasury for the fiscal year, were over 
$4,000,000. The expenditures were three millions 
qnd three quarters. Balance on hand over three 
quarters of a million, and the entire State debt 
nearly $40,000,000. He recommends great reduc¬ 
tion in the public debt, looking towards its extin¬ 
guishment. 
Maryland. —The House organized on the 5th 
inst., by the election of J. W. Gordon as Speaker. 
Both Houses adjourned immediately after the organ¬ 
ization. 
Michigan. —The Legislature assembled at Lan¬ 
sing, on the 5th inst. Henry A. Siiaw was elected 
Speaker of the House. The retiring and incoming 
Governors delivered their messages according to 
law. The former states that the finances are in a 
satisfactory condition. The receipts of the Treas¬ 
ury for the fiscal year had been $1,024,000, while 
the expenditures were $848,000. The balance on 
hand is $176,000. The entire State debt is $1,317,- 
000, a diminution in four years of $215,000. He 
recommends the speedy extinguishment of the 
public debt, and reports the State University, Ag¬ 
ricultural College, Normal and Common Schools, 
and the Asylums, &c., in a flourishing condition.— 
Gov. Wisner’s message ^entirely devoted to the 
State affairs. He recommends the appointment of 
a State Geologist and Emigrant Agent, and favors 
a Registry Law, and the e fiction of a new Capitol 
building. iJL 
Illinois. — The Legish’Tire met on 3d inst., and 
elected Mr. Morrison, Ar/I-Lccompton Democrat, 
Speaker of the House. J ^piib n A Douglas has 
bccu ru-ucuisu to uicw^TjT' Senate. Tne vote 
stood —Douglas, 54; Lincoln, 46. 
Interesting News from Kansas. 
The Kansas Legislature have adjourned to Law¬ 
rence, receiving the sanction of the Governor. 
The Committee on contested seats reported, and 
the Secretary of the Territory was requested to 
administer the necessary oaths, which he refused 
to do, when a Secretary pro tern was authorized to 
perform the act, which he did. 
Mr. Holiday, of the Council, gave in a bill ask¬ 
ing Congress to annex to Kansas all that portion 
of Nebraska south of the Platte river. Bills were 
introduced in the House to abolish slavery, and to 
report adversely to the bogus statutes. 
The Governor’s Message regrets the growing 
disposition of various parties in the Union to over¬ 
rate the voters and corrupt the ballot boxes. The 
Governor strongly reprehends the conduct of per¬ 
sons in Lynn and Bourbon comities, and says he is 
prepared to unite with the Assembly in the most 
cordial manner, for the adoption of such measures 
as shall restore order, and will bring to their aid 
all the power placed at his disposal by the Executive. 
The report of the Commissioner appointed to 
audit claims, shows the amount presented to be 
upwards of $301,000, and the amount awarded 
$264,000, of which $39,000 are of a public class, and 
$215,000 of a private nature. 
The Comptroller reports the taxable property of 
the Territory at $25,000,000, and the number of 
acres of land sold and pre-empted ^t about 3,000,- 
000 . 
A reliable person from the vicinity of Fort Scott, 
represents the acts committed thare as similar to 
those of the time of the notorious Murrell. The 
whole country is divided into “jayvhawkcrs ” and 
“ anti-jay-hawkers.” The former commit all sorts 
of crimes, and are openly upheld by many respect¬ 
able people. The “jay-hawkers” jiistify their acts 
as a proper revenge for the same kind of depreda¬ 
tions, and more atrocities committed upon them by 
the pro-slavery party when they were in a majority. 
By reference to “Affairs at Washington,” it will 
be seen that the general government has had 
official notice of these depredations. Missouri has 
taken the matter in hand, as the telegraph informs 
us that Gov. Stewart transmitted jo the Senate a 
special message, reiterating the receijt depredations 
committed in Kansas under Montgomery and 
Brown, upon citizens of Missouri Residing in the 
border counties, and asking for legislative action 
in the matter. A bill was accordingly immediately 
reported, which authorized the government to call 
out a volunteer force sufficient to protect persons 
and property in peril, and to repel all further at¬ 
tempts at invasion. The bill appropriates $30,000 
to defray expenses. 
Temperance Lectures. —We are advised that 
Mr. C. S. Tubbs, a young gentleman of ability and 
devotion to the cause, is lecturing very acceptably 
on the subject of Temperance in this county, and 
will soon visit Livingston and perhaps other coun¬ 
ties. From what we know and have heard con¬ 
cerning Mr. T., we are induced to believe him an 
earnest and successful advocate of the cause he 
has espoused, and hence worthy the confidence of 
community. 
Ncms |Iauujrapl)G. 
There is a company of five Americans engaged 
in gold mining in Siam, about thirty-five miles 
from Bangkok. The mines are located in an ele¬ 
vated basin, oval in shape, thirty miles long by 
eighteen broad, surrounded by craggy walls of 
rock, with only seven gaps or means of entrance in 
the whole circumferance. Nearly the whole basin 
is covered with forests. The gold is found in 
ravines. The mines are very rich, but jungle 
fevers, heavy rains, and other circumstances inter¬ 
fere with operations. 
Camels, which a few years ago were a curiosity 
of the traveling shows in this country, have been 
declared a nuisance in Texas, where government is 
breeding stock for the use of the army. The City 
Council of Galveston have passed an ordinance de¬ 
claring that no person or persons shall ride, drive, 
or introduce within the corporate limits of the city 
any camel or camels, except for the purpose of im¬ 
mediate shipment from the city, under a penalty of 
fifty dollars. 
Capt. Wilkes, of the Navy, who was some time 
ago commissioned to make an examination of the 
mineral deposits in Chatham county, North Caro¬ 
lina, with a view to the establishment of a depot of 
construction for the navy, has made a report highly 
favorable to the object, having found the deposits 
of coal and iron of extraordinary richness and of 
inexhaustible extent. 
Mr. E. Meriam says that during the past year, 
so far as he has been able to learn, fifty-three per¬ 
sons have been killed by lightning, and sixty-eight 
injured. There are also three accounts where it is 
reported “ several persons were killed.” Thunder 
and lightning storms occurred on sixty-one days in 
the three summer months. 
Thursday afternoon a train of cars on the Ohio 
and Mississippi Railroad ran off the track at Delhi, 
Ohio, and two cars full of passengers were thrown 
down an embankment ten feet in height. Nearly 
every person in them was more or less injured, 
though none fatally. 
Tns amount of gold shipped from California to 
New York during the year 1858, was $36,179,344; 
amount shipped in 1857, $34,222,904 — showing a 
balance in favor of 1858 of $1,956,440. Of the 
shipments in 1857, nearly $2,000,000 were lost in 
the ill-fated steamship Central America. 
The statistics of the criminal calendar of the 
city of New York, for the year now closed, disclose 
the startling fact, that there were upwards of sixty 
murders in the city during that period, and in all 
that time, only one murderer (Rogers) was hanged. 
The San Joaquin Republican says, that parties 
in San Francisco have sent to Europe for weasels, 
to be used in killing the squirrels that infest the 
ranches in the Southern valleys of that State. 
The Governor of Jamaica has recommended to the 
Legislature of that island measures for the promo¬ 
tion of more regular and frequent intercourse with 
the United States. 
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Tiie Paraguay Fleet. —The steamer Metacomct, 
the last of the fleet sent by our government to 
wage war upon Paraguaj’, sailed from Pensacola, 
Florida, on the 3d inst. As the expedition and 
its progress may soon occupy alarge share of pub¬ 
lic attention, a complete statement of the squad¬ 
ron may be of interest: 
OFFICERS AND MEN. 
Frigate St. Lawrence. .540 Steamer Memphis. 6S 
Sloop-of-war Falmouth 270 Sloop-of-war Preble.. .270 
Brig-of-war Perry.108 Steamer Pulton.180 
Frigate Sabine,.588 Steamer Water Witch .158 
Storeship Release,. 90 Steamer Southern Star 163 
Storeship Supply. 94 Steamer M. W. Chapin 142 
Steamer Harriet Lane. 88 Brig-of-war Dolphin ..118 
Steamer Wcsternport.. 89 B ig-of-warBainbridgel46 
Steamer Atlanta. 83 Steamer Metacomct . .. 50 
Steamer Caledonia_100 Storeship (Private)_ 60 
£l)c Kcu)0 £cmbni5ci\ 
Lake Disasters in 1858.—The aggregate losses 
on vessels, cargoes, and of lives the past season, 
show a gratifying decrease compared with the 
previous year. The 7th, 8th and 9th of October 
were the most memorable days of the year, a tcr- 
riffic storm having raged over the whole chain of 
lakes, doing much damage to shipping. The total 
loss in vessels and cargoes by this three days’ storm 
is estimated at $150,000. The Chicago Press gives 
a list of disasters for the year, compiled from the 
files of that paper, which shows the loss of 105 
lives, and a total loss of property estimated at 
$787,000. In 1857 the lives lost numbered 221, 
being double the loss in 1858, and the loss of prop¬ 
erty was $1,920,315, being nearly treble that of’58. 
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The Curfew. —It is stated by a London corres¬ 
pondent, that the old Norman Curfew, which 
required all persons to be housed at dusk, has 
recently been revived in Paris, and its limit fixed 
at eleven o’clock, P. M. No noise has been made 
about this new regulation, but at the indicated 
hour, the agents of police walk through the more 
refractory streets and quarters of the city, and 
order all cafes, billiard-rooms and drinking houses 
closed. The new regulation has thus far been 
quietly acquiesced in, but nevertheless it has 
excited much sullen discontent. It is a long while 
since the people of Paris submitted to be told at 
what hour they must go to bed. 
Eurofean Navies. —The various European pow¬ 
ers are striving hard to increase their navies. The 
Prussian, Austrian and Russian princes of the 
blood are at the head of the service. Austria 
spends $2,400,000 this year on her squadrons, and 
for 1859 will increase the amount to $4,000,000.— 
Prussia is said to be about to ask the Legislature 
for $2,500,000 for the navy. All know the Rus¬ 
sian designs are not diminished in naval matters; 
and this time next year it is said, France will pos¬ 
sess forty screw line-of-battle ships. 
The Georgia Railroad Accident. — Later ac¬ 
counts from the scenes of this disaster—to which 
we briefly adverted in the last Rural —show the 
first reports to have been much exaggerated. 
Fifteen persons were killed. The cause of the 
accident was the washing away of the track. The 
cars fell thirty feet, emptying the passengers into 
the stream. 
— Deaths in Baltimore during 1858, 5,115. 
— Cotton is now grown in Cuba with excellent suc¬ 
cess. 
— The Canadian Parliament is to meet on the 29th 
inst. 
— During the past year thero were 70 fires in Cin¬ 
cinnati. 
— In some towns in France the lamp-lighters are 
women. 
— There is an extensive gold excitement in South 
America. 
— During the year 1858, eighteen Revolutionary sol¬ 
diers died. 
Tiie office of the Detroit Tribune was burned the 
other night 
— The United States imports $245,000 worth of needles 
per annum. 
The number of deaths in Boston in 1858, was about 
8,800—a decrease of 125. 
— Two largo black bears werc killed within the limits 
of Ogdensburgh on tiie 17th ult 
— Two hundred and ninety-seven vessels are laid up 
in the harbor of Chicago for the winter. 
'—The Philadelphia Bulletin contains a list of over 
11,000 delinquent tax payers in that city. 
— Advices from Naples of the 2Gth ultimo, state that 
Mount Vesuvius is again in full eruption. 
— The New England Society of Montreal celebrated 
“Forefathers’ Day,” with great enthusiasip. 
— Tiie editor of the Tallahassee (Fla.) Republican, 
had green peas for dinner on Christmas day. 
— A society, favorable to discouraging tiie use of to¬ 
bacco, lias been formed in Bucks Co., Penn. 
— Tiie English Methodists arc said to be pleased that 
lay represention is being agitated in America. 
— Tiie Germans in tiie United States publish at pres¬ 
ent more Ilian two hundred periodical papers. 
— By railway accidents in the United States in 185S, 
there were killed 103 persons, and injured 229. 
— John Hancock, a nephew of the John Ilancoek, 
died at Boston on Sunday, the 2d insf., aged 85. 
— There have been 1,075,000 hogs packed in the Mis¬ 
sissippi Valley finis far during the current year. 
— The Hebrew ladies of Cincinnati have sot on foot a 
subscription in behalf of the Mount Vernon fund. 
A statement of the Irish potato crop of 1858 shows 
that it has been one of the finest raised since 1840. 
— Over four hundred persons werc arrested in Balti¬ 
more, Christmas nigiit, for being drunk and disorderly. 
— Statistics show that the consumption of spirituous 
liquors in Scotland is one-third less than three years ago. 
— The Milford boot business for 1S58 amounts to about 
115,000 cases, or 1,380,000 pairs, valued at about $3,000,- 
000. 
— The “Flying Artillery” is the name of a religi¬ 
ous organization of young men in New York. What 
next? 
— Elder Knapp whoso “revivals” some years ago 
excited so much attention, lias consented to visit Cali¬ 
fornia. 
— During the year 1858, thirty-five persons, of one 
hundred years and upwards, died within the United 
States. 
ai iim inU. BMMiun *i,o lioonriior’ia Court iii Chi¬ 
cago, twenty-eight men received passports to tiie State 
prison. 
— The amount of taxes annually collected in Cuba is 
$28,000,000, which is equal to about $46 for every in¬ 
habitant. 
— Tiie total number of fires in Chicago in 185S was 
4S. Eleven lives were lost, and $334,125 worth of 
property. 
— Since tiie introduction of steam fire engines, the 
rates of insurance in St. Louis have been reduced 25 
per cent. 
— Private advices from Cuba state positively that a 
squad of Americans are in Cuba ready to aid the revo¬ 
lutionists. 
— Dedham Yillage, Mass., has expended $40,000 on 
churches and $17,000 on a school-house within the past 
two years. 
John M. Barnard, Esq., of Boston, lias offered a prem¬ 
ium of $1,000 for the best essay on Temperance 
Legislation. 
— The United States Senate has confirmed the nomi¬ 
nation of Alexander Wilson to be United States Attor¬ 
ney for Utah. 
— Seventy-one and a half dollars have been cleared 
per acre on a crop of sweet potatoes by a farmer in Law¬ 
rence Co., O. 
— The losses by fire In the United States in 1858, ex¬ 
cluding all losses less than $10,000, make an aggregate 
of $12,000,000. 
— A Rhode Island farmer brought a goose to market 
one day last week, which weighed twenty pounds and 
three-quarters! 
— The tunnage of the commercial marine of the 
United States is 5,168,773, having increased 108,965 
during tiie year. 
— Tiie number of emigrants reaching New York for 
1858 up to the 15th of December, was 75,989, against 
182,802 for 1857. 
— One of the public squares in Sebastopol has been 
named “ Americanski Place,” in honor of the American 
residents there. 
— Tiie Sons of Malta in Fall River, Mass., distributed 
one thousand loaves of bread to the poor of that city 
New Year’s day. 
— Pekin, Niagara Co., is sadly affiicted by that dread¬ 
ful scourge, the small pox. There are some 20 or 30 
cases at present. 
— Tiie London Times lias an article asserting that 
Rngland lias a much more direct interest in Mexico 
than the United States. 
— The Commercial, of Cincinnati, estimates the pop¬ 
ulation of that city, for a year past, at about one hun¬ 
dred and thirty thousand. 
— The number of deaths in Philadelphia for tiie year 
*1858, was 10,902, showing a decrease of 48 from the mor¬ 
tality of the previous year. 
— Lord Macauley has announced that he will confine 
himself in future to his closet as a historian, and take 
no further part in public life. 
— The days of high rents in San Francisco are said 
to have passed away. From $50 to $75 a month is tiie 
figure for houses costing $2,000. 
— A fir tree, completely petrified and entire, has been 
discovered near Olympia, W. T., one hundred feet be¬ 
low the surface of the ground. ^ 
— The Hartford Times says Louis Napoleon will not Jjf- 
nllow that paper to circulate in France, on account of J 
an article which it has published. v " 
— Tiie yellow fever has not disappeared from Now Alii 
Orleans. For the week ending on the 24th ult., there 
were two deaths from that disease. W* 
