Contents of the llural for April 16,1859. 
AGRICULTURAL. Page 
What is to he done ?. 125 
About Deep and Shallow Plowing. 125 
Cladding’s Hay Elevator, [Illustrated]. .125 
Summer, or Wood Duck, [Illustrated,].125 
White Aylesbury Duck, [Illustrated,].125 
Aylesbury and Wood Ducks,.125 
•improved Stables for Cattle,.126 
Hall’s Thresher and Separator [Illustrated]. 126 
Another Suggested Plow,.126 
Condensed Correspondence. — Fast Corn Ilusker; 
A Trap for Prairie Hens; To make Hens Lay; Use of 
Hen Manure; Remedy for Tumors or Wens,. 126 
Rural Spirit of the Press .—Peruvian Guano; How 
to Keep Horses Feet in Order; Renewing Hide-Round 
Turf; Deep Plowing of Prairie Sod; The Best Potato; 
Liquid Manure Tanks,. 126 
Agricultural Miscellany— The Weather; Michigan 
State Fair; Secretaries of Ag. Societies; Market Fairs; 
The Planter and Mechanic; “The Young Farmer’s Man¬ 
ual”; Running Water; Cattle Breeders’Association.... 126 
HORTICULTURAL. 
Humanizing Effects of Horticulture,.127 
Culture of the Grape—No. VI,.127 
Golden Hamburgh Grape [Illustrated,]. 127 
Circulation of the Sap,. 127 
Western N. Y. Fruit Growers’ Society,. 127 
Tiles for Garden Border Edging [Illustrated,]. 127 
Chiswick Garden.127 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
Washing-Day; Ice Cream, again; Fruit Cake; Rice 
Pudding; A Cure for Chilblains,. 127 
LADIES’ OLIO. 
Silentlv, [Poetical ] Plain Talks to American Women— 
No. fe; A Faithful Wife: Cultivated Women.128 
CHOICE MISCELLANY. 
Rich, Though Poor, [Poetical.] Uncle Billy; Laconics... 128 
SABBA’l H MUSINGS. 
The Funeral [Poetical.] The Discipline of Daily Life; 
•Little Sins; The Forest Trees. 128 
EDUCATIONAL. 
Rules to be Observed by Scholars; Hindrances to Study; 
Teacher's Faults; Common Schools of Missouri: The 
Children of N. Y. City; How to Read with Profit,.129 
THE REVIEWER. 
The New American Cyclopaedia; The New York State 
Business Directory; Travels and Discoveries in North 
and Central A f rica; Life of John 11. W. Hawkins; 
Books Received.129 
USEFUL OLIO. 
William A. Alcott, [Illustrated].129 
YOUNG RURALIST. 
Country and City Boys; Arithmetical Calculation,.129 
STORY TELLER. 
Be Content: Invalids,. 132 
List of New Advertisements this Week. 
Cladding’s Hay Elevator— C. E. Gladding. 
Threshers, Separators and llorse-Powers—Joseph Hall. 
The Famous Hubbard Squash—C. F. Crosman. 
Sorghum Sugar Cane—Hedges, Free & Co. 
Slioi t-llurn Herd at Auction—Samuel T. Taber. 
Ladies’ Companion—H. B. Robinson, Ag’t. 
Stone Yards—For 1859—Wm. Carson, Ag’t. 
Roe’s Premium Cheese Vat and Healer— Henry A. Roe. 
A Young Man—R. C. Hatch. 
Tricks of Horse Dealers—Dinsmore & Co. 
Grape Vines, Hop Trees, &.C.—A. W. Potter & Co. 
For Sale, Snort Horn Bull—C. K. Ward. 
Hiawatha, For Sale—John R. Page. 
Rare Seeds by Mail—W. C. Hampton. 
Wakefield's Corn and Bean Planter—SI. W. Simmons. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., APRIL 16, 1859. 
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Review of the Week. 
The “ powers that be” at Washington, are blus¬ 
tering considerably about the action of the Nicara¬ 
guan government. It is evident that Mr. Buchan¬ 
an allowed himself to be wheedled by Sir William 
Gore Ousely, and now, to make the best of a bad 
matter, “large talk” is indulged in to a consider¬ 
able extent. The dispatches sent to Gen. Lamar 
are, it is represented, of the most positive charac¬ 
ter. They instruct him to demand from Nicaragua 
an apology, restitution and indemnity, on a failure 
to comply with which, he is to ask for his passports. 
The whole squadron, it is said, will be strengthen¬ 
ed, and the vessels placed at the disposal of Mr. L., 
to use them for the defence of American citizens, 
their property and vested rights. The dispatches 
to flag officers McCluney and Long, Commanders 
respectively of the Home and Pacific Squadrons, 
are to obey the orders of Gen. Lamar. Failing to 
receive them, they are to exercise a latitudinous 
discretion. Gen. Juarez, the Nicaraguan Envoy, 
has been formally notified of dispatches forwarded 
to Gen. Lamar, instructing him to demand satisfac¬ 
tion of Nicaragua, should the reports relative to 
the seizure of the Transit Company’s steamers 
prove to be correct. He is also instructed to de¬ 
mand the ratification or rejection of the Cass- 
Yrissarri treaty without delay. The usual diplo¬ 
matic course has been pursued of informing the 
foreign legations of the intentions of this govern¬ 
ment. 
The Paraguay difficulty has been amicably set¬ 
tled, and “ an honorable arrangement” effected. A 
report of the negotiations and friendly offices of 
Gen. Urquiza has been published, and we learn 
that at the suggestion of Mr. Bowlin, Gen. U. pro¬ 
ceeded to Ascension, the Capital of Paraguay, in 
order to avert the threatened hostilities by timely 
intervention. He reached that city on the 16th of 
January, and was cordially received by President 
Lofez. He found the Government of Paraguay 
determined upon resistance, and a considerable 
armament prepared for the defence. He repre¬ 
sented to Lopez, however, the strength of the 
United States, his confidence in the fraternal feel¬ 
ing of this Republic, his belief that our govern¬ 
ment had no desire unjustly to exercise its power 
upon the Southern Republics of the Continent. To 
which representations President Lopez prudently 
listened. Gen. U. next had an interview with Com. 
Bowlin, and represented to him that the proceed¬ 
ing of the Paraguayan Government had been ex¬ 
aggerated, and its temper misrepresented, and 
appealed to him to take into consideration the in¬ 
terests of that beautiful country, and the ruin 
which would result from war upon it. He found 
the Commissioner prompt to yield to such consid¬ 
erations, and genarally disposed to a policy of 
conciliation. The parties to the dispute being thus 
brought into unity of disposition, there was little 
difficulty in coming to an agreement. 
The terms of this agreement are not published, 
but there is a rumor that the basis was an indem¬ 
nity of $10,000 to the widow of the person killed 
on board the Water Witch by the guns at the fort 
of Itapiru, and $25,000 to the Company represented 
by Mr. Ex-Consul Hopkins. Nothing is said, by 
the rumor in question, of indemnity for the expense 
of the expedition. We presume, however, that 
that expense is provided for in the “ honorable 
arrangement,” otherwise the United States have 
paid heavily for collecting thirty-five thousand 
dollars. 
The Report of the Board of Army Officers, ap¬ 
pointed by the Secretary of War to look into the 
army expenditures and other matters, with a view 
to retrenchment, recommends the abandonment of 
most of the interior posts beyond the western line 
of settlements. They are maintained at great ex¬ 
pense, and all to no purpose. Shortly after these 
posts are built they are generally abandoned, and 
the cost is thrown away. t Last year five of these 
posts were abandoned, and within ten years fifty. 
The Board recommends the advance of the corps 
of the army from the Western frontier, in the 
spring, to the interior, or across the Continent, 
and to return to the settlements in the winter. 
It is rumored that the Cabinet recently held a 
meeting, and it was nearly or quite agreed that 
Congress should be called to meet on the first Mon¬ 
day in October. Perhaps, however, this measure 
is to be contingent upon the occurrence of further 
difficulties or delay in the adjustment of matters 
with Nicaragua. The Paraguay fleet will have re¬ 
turned and become serviceable for a movement 
,against Nicaragua by the 1st of October or before. 
It may be expected home, indeed, in the course of 
sixty days, and three or four months may suffice to 
put it in efficient order for another expedition. It 
has been intimated that the President would now 
favor an Extra Session, not on account of the con¬ 
dition of the Post Office Department, but of our 
foreign affairs. 
Personal and Political. 
In Connecticut the Republicans were victorious, 
electing the entire State Ticket, all the Congress¬ 
men, and a large majority of the Legislature. The 
following State Officers are elected :— William A. 
Buckingham, of Norwich, Governor; Julius Cat- 
lin, of Hartford, Lieu. Governor; John Boyd, of 
Winchester, Secretary of State ; Lucius Hendee, of 
Clinton, Comptroller. The Congressmen elect, 
are :—1st district—Dwight Loomis, of Vernon : 2d 
district—John Woodruff, of New Haven ; 3d dis¬ 
trict—Orris S. Ferry, of Norwalk; 4th district— 
Alfred A. Burnham, of Windham. 
An election was held in Michigan last week for 
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court—the candi¬ 
dates being George Martin, Rep., and Alpheus 
Felcb, Dem. —when the Republicans carried the 
State by a majority variously estimated at from 
10,000 to 15,000. 
In Rhode Island, Thos. E. Turner is elected 
Governor; John R. Bartlett, Secretary of State, 
and Jerome B. Kimball, Attorney General. These 
are on both the American and Republican tickets. 
There is no choice for Lieut. Governor and General 
Treasurer. In the Eastern Congressional District 
there is no choice, the vote standing Robinson, 
American and Republican, 3,797; Davis, Republi¬ 
can, 2,422; Arnold, Democrat, 1,532. In the West¬ 
ern Congressional District, Brayton, who was 
supported by the Americans and Republicans, is 
elected. The vote is, Brayton 2,945; Anthony, 
Dem., 700. There is no election of members of the 
General Assembly in Providence. The Opposition 
have both branches of the Legislature by an over¬ 
whelming majority. 
TnE good people of St. Louis, Mo., held their 
election for choice of municipal officers, the other 
day, and nearly full returns give Filley, the Rep. 
candidate for Mayor, 2,500 majority over Bogy, 
Dem., and 4,500 over Wyman, American. Filley’s 
plurality may be increased to 3,000. The Repub¬ 
licans have also elected their whole city ticket and 
a majority of the Common Council. 
Tue Concord (N. II.) Democrat shows a curious 
change in political sentiment in that State, by its 
statement that in 23 towns which gave 1,449 maj. 
for General Jackson in 1828, the Republicans had 
455 majority in 1859 ; while in 19 “old federal 
towns” which gave 902 majority against Gen. Jack- 
son, the Democrats had a majority in 1859 of 80S. 
The Legislature of Louisiana, in default of any 
action by the Federal Government, is about mak¬ 
ing appropriations for clearing out the obstructions 
at the mouth of the Mississippi. Why don’t they 
wait for the great meeting of Dentists at New Or¬ 
leans? 
TnE Call for “ a Convention of Slaveholding 
States,” which has grown out of the Southern Com¬ 
mercial Conventions, locates the Convention at 
Vicksburg, Miss., on the 9th of May. It speaks of 
the “seemingly secured majorities of Black Repub¬ 
licanism in the Electoral Colleges,” declares that 
opposition to slavery has entered into the head and 
heart of the people of the North, and warns the 
South not to be lulled into a false security. 
Gov. Chase and the Ohio Senate are in a bellige¬ 
rent attitude. The Senate passed a resolution cal¬ 
ling upon the Governor, in terms of decided 
disrespect, to say why he had not informed the 
Legislature of recent frauds upon the treasury.— 
The Governor answers back that the Senate’s lan¬ 
guage is unsuitable to intercourse with the Execu¬ 
tive, and that his respect for the people who have 
entrusted him with the Chief Magistracy forbids 
him to reply. 
Returns from Wisconsin indicate the election of 
Byron Paine, Republican candidate for Associate 
Justice of the Supreme Court. His majority will 
probably exceed 5,000. 
Nctus |Jaragrap!)9. 
It is said that $50,000 worth of marble taken to 
Washington City, to be used in the extension of 
the Capitol, has been condemned as worthless. 
What’s the odds? Uncle Sam pays for it 
The shock of an earthquake was distinctly felt at 
Jeffersonville, Tazewell county, Va., about 9 o’clock 
at night on the 22d ult. A heavy rumbling sound, 
easily distinguished from that of thunder, was seve¬ 
ral seconds after followed by a distinct jarring of 
houses, rattling of queensware and window sash. 
It was less violent than the one experienced at the 
same place in May, 1852. 
The rapid growth of Leavenworth City, Kansas, 
is astonishing. Although only four years old, it 
contains a population of 10,470, with an an assessed 
valuation of $3,871,375. It has nine churches, ten 
schools, four daily and four weekly papers, seven 
job printing offices, eighty-nine lawyers, and forty 
doctors. 
Rev. Dr. Berksford, of England, who is related 
to a noble Marquis, and who with a living of £1,000 
a year committed forgery to an enormous extent, is 
now employed in sweeping the wards in the new 
prison at the convict station in Fremantle, Western 
Australia, whcncehe was transported forhiscrimes. 
England metes out justice without respect to per¬ 
sons. 
The money power, as bearing on war, or the 
ability of making and sustaining it, was recently 
pointed out by the London Times. Next year the 
“Long Annuities,” (so called,) will expire. In 
other words, Great Britain will, by the termination 
of these annuities, have £70,000,000 of her national 
debt swept away. Thus her borrowing power will 
be immensely increased, and her credit be higher 
than ever. 
A carriage-builder at Concord, N. H., has 
received an order for twelve or fifteen wagons, for 
parties on the coast of Africa. With the order 
came a pattern which is to be imitated in every 
respect. The wagon is used in long caravan jour¬ 
neys, and is of a very primitive and substantial 
description. 
In Palermo, Sicily, the police are paid from 
week to week only one-half of their wages. The 
other half is kept as a reserved fund, out of which 
all parties suffering loss by theft, burglary and 
similar crimes, which it is the duty of the police to 
prevent, are indemnified. There is a settlement at 
the end of every six months, and the surplus is 
divided among the policemen who are thus made to 
suffer a loss of wages by every failure to perform 
their duty. The system works admirably. 
The Calhoun (Miss.) Independent of the 10th 
ult., says fourteen persons have lately died in the 
southern portion of Calhoun county, of a disease 
resembling black plague. 
Gov. Morgan, of this State, refuses to commute 
in the case of Mrs. Hartiiu^jjow under sentence of 
death at Albany. He refers to the general aversion 
to hanging women, but believing the prisoner to 
be guilty of deliberate murder, he thinks that pub¬ 
lic justice as well as the safety of human life, de¬ 
mand her execution. 
TnE ranks of the U. S. army are full, and 
recruiting has been discontinued. This has not 
happened before for twenty years. The pay, $11 
per month for infantry and $12 for cavalry service, 
has been an inducement in the recent hard times. 
Mr. Williams, editor of the Utica Herald, writ¬ 
ing from Tunis, states that the American Consulate 
is supported at Tunis at an expense of $4,100 per 
year, and yet but one American vessel has anchor¬ 
ed in that harbor for five years. 
The stock of pork at New York on the 1st of 
April, was 1,600 barrels less than on the 1st of 
March, when it was 84,400 barrels. This return is 
considered favorable by holders, as an increase 
was anticipated. 
The Legislature of Maine have appropriated a 
million and a half acres of public lands, and have 
authorized the city of BaDgor to loan its credit to 
the amount of five hundred thousand dollars, in aid 
of the Aroostook and the European and North 
American Railroads. There is also to be a trunk 
line from Bangor to New Brunswick, with a branch 
line to Aroostook. The measure passed by very 
decided majorities. 
The Sickles’ Trial. —The trial of Daniel E. 
Sickles for the murder of PniLip Barton Key,— 
the facts of which are well known and to which we 
have sufficiently adverted,—commenced at Wash¬ 
ington, on Monday, the 4th inst. The prosecution 
is conducted by the U. S. District Attorney for the 
district, (Mr. Ould, successor to the murdered man,) 
assisted by Mr. Carlisle. Mr. Sickles has an able 
array of counsel to conduct his defence, numbering 
ten of the best lawyers of the country. They are 
James T. Brady and John Graham, Esqrs., of New 
York ; E. P. Stanton of Pittsburgh ; Samuel Chil¬ 
ton and Daniel Ratcliff of Washington, and others. 
The impaneling of a jury occupied three days, 
about one hundred and eighty talesman being ex¬ 
hausted in the operation. Among the rejected, the 
great proportion had formed and expressed opin¬ 
ions favorable to the accused. The prosecution 
closed on Saturday, 9tli inst., and the general im¬ 
pression seems to be that the government have a 
very weak case. Three days were spent in prov¬ 
ing what the defence did not deny — the killing — 
not a single fast calculated to aid or strengthen this 
position was brought forward. Concerning the 
line of the defence we are not prepared to speak, 
but it is more than probable that the provocation, 
and a temporary insanity— caused by observing 
the destroyer of his peace giving his accustomed 
signals—will be the strong plea of the defence. 
From Utah.— The War Department lias advices 
from Utah to the 1st ult. Mormonism is represent¬ 
ed to be waning. Brigham Young keeps secluded. 
It is reported he intends quitting Salt Lake, and 
has agents negotiating in some of the Northern 
Provinces of Mexico, and also in Central America, 
,for the purpose of obtaining a site for a new settle¬ 
ment. The Territorial officers of Utah experience 
much difficulty from Mormon interference. The 
army is in fine spirits. The Indians are trouble¬ 
some. 
Old World Matters. 
The steamer Indian arrived at Portland, Me., on 
the7tb, and the Canada, with Liverpool dates to 
the 28th ult., arrived at Halifax on the 8th inst.— 
The news is important, exhibiting a greater ten¬ 
dency to a peaceful condition of affairs, than has 
been received for some time. We make the follow¬ 
ing synopsis; 
Great Britain.— In the House of Commons on 
the 25th, Mr. Owen Stanley gave notice that in the 
event of the Reform bill being rejected on the 
second reading, he should move a resolution that 
the measure of the Government having failed to 
give satisfaction, the Government was no longer 
entitled to the confidence of the House. 
The general impression was that the Ministers 
were sure of a defeat, in a division upon Lord John 
Russell’s amendment to the Reform bill, and there 
were various speculations as to the course they 
would adopt. The Times thinks the defeat will be 
so decided as to leave no excuse for the dissolution 
of the Parliament, and an appeal to the people, and 
calls upon Lord John Russell to have his measure 
ready. 
France.— Austria had consented to the proposed 
European Congress to settle the affairs of Italy. 
The other four powers, England, France, Russia, 
and Prussia, had also consented, and the Congress 
would probably meet at Aix la Chapelle. Pied¬ 
mont and the other Italian States were likewise to 
be admitted. It was reported that Prince Napo¬ 
leon would represent France, and the Earl of Mal¬ 
mesbury, England. 
It is stated that Austria consented to a Congress 
on certain conditions, but that they are not of much 
importance. It is said that, as a matter of course, 
she would insist on a strict maintenance of the 
treaties of 1815, but that she will hardly object to a 
revision of her special treaties with the Italian 
States. 
The French journals assume that Lord Cowley’s 
mission to Vienna has had nothing to do with the 
Congress, and they credit Russia with the proposi¬ 
tion. 
Private advices from Paris say that a new credit 
Mobillier Bank is about being started under the 
auspicies of the Count De Moray, with the favor of 
the Emperor. This movement, at the present time, 
is regarded as an indication on the side of peace. 
Spain.— In the Chamber of Deputies, a call hav¬ 
ing been made for the production of the papers 
relative to the negotiations between the United 
States and France and England, for the acquisition 
of Cuba by America, the Minister of Foreign Affairs 
replied that some Deputies had expressed a desire 
to see the administration of Cuba improved, and 
the President of the United States expressed the 
same wish. The opinion of the President was that 
Spain did not administer the government of Cuba 
well, and that the United States, on accountof their 
higher intelligence, had a moral duty to fulfil, which 
was to purchase the Island. 
The Government could not allow this idea about 
Cuba to remain uncontradicted. All Governments 
had labored to improve the condition of that Island, 
and the present Cabinet had certainly been occu¬ 
pied with measures calculated to give the inhabi¬ 
tants of that Island the share they ought to possess 
in their internal administration, without compro¬ 
mising the ties that unite them to the mother 
country. The best reply to the representation of 
certain orators of the United States, was the pros¬ 
perity of the Island of Cuba. That the question of 
the acquisition of the Island was imposing and 
menacing, could not be denied, nevertheless, the 
Government declared that it felt all the security 
which its great national resources were calculated 
to inspire. It had not, however, rendered insult 
for insult, and that would probably have aggravat 
ed the question. It had conducted itself with 
prudence and dignity, and had not .applied for as¬ 
sistance to any other power. If any other foreign 
power had offered assistance, the Government 
would have felt grateful, but it would not have ac¬ 
cepted it, because it did not think any aid was nec¬ 
essary, as no diplomatic documents existed on the 
question, which happily was almost terminated. 
Sardinia. —A Paris letter in the Nord states that 
the Sardinian Cabinet has addressed a communi¬ 
cation to the five great Powers, strongly insisting 
on being allowed to take part in the deliberations 
on the affairs of Italy; and a Paris correspondent 
of the London Post says that in consequence of the 
representations made by Count Cavour, the French 
government consents that Piedmont and other 
Italian States shall be represented at the Confer¬ 
ence. 
Commercial— Breadstuffs .— Richardson, Spence <fc 
Co. quote American flour very dull, and difficult to sell 
at quotations, namely: 10@12s2d. Wheat dull, but 
steady. Western red 5s9d@9s4d; white 8s7d@7»9d. 
Southern white I0@10s9d. Corn dull; prices easier. 
White 72@74. Provisions. —Messrs. Bigland, Althya 
& Co., Richardson, Spence & Co., James McHenry and 
others, quote beef firm for good sorts, but there has 
been a decline of 2sGd on inferior kinds. Pork dulL 
Lard dull. 
Flood in the Lower Mississippi. —The flood in 
the Lower Mississippi is doing great damage below 
Memphis. Despatches from New Orleans report a 
serious break at Diamond Island, flooding many 
plantations, and damaging private property. Seri¬ 
ous apprehensions are entertained that a break will 
occur above the city, and a force of 500 men have 
been employed to strengthen the levee. The river 
is still rising rapidly, though already nine inches 
higher than last year. The Times and Delta say 
that the flood is constantly increasing, and that 
unless the river falls soon, the whole town will be 
disastrously inundated. The city of Cairo is be¬ 
coming rapidly inundated by the percolation of 
water through the levees. A large portion of the 
city—nearly half—is now covered with water, some 
places to the depth of seven feet. At latest ac¬ 
counts the water had gained the basement story of 
the Taylor House, and in that part of the town 
known as “ Edwardsville,” the houses were stand¬ 
ing in water fotir or five feet deep. 
Indian War Threatened. —The St. Joseph Jour¬ 
nal learns that an extensive war is on foot between 
the various Indian tribes on the Plains, headed by 
the Minnecougues, and that negotiations are now 
pending between the Chcnnes, Arapahoes, Crows, 
and other tribes. 
®!)e €onkii 0 er* 
— The first vessel built in Rhode Island, was launched 
in 1646. 
— Not a single hide dealer suspended business during 
the panic of 1857. 
— The telegraph wire between Bagdad and Constan¬ 
tinople is laid down. 
— Several Cashmere goats have been introduced into 
Cherokee Co., Texas. 
— The standing armed forces of the European nations 
is about five million men. 
— It is said that one man in every eight, in Massa¬ 
chusetts, is a shoemaker. 
— A woman has been indicted at Anderson, S. C., for 
being a “ common scold.” 
— Three hundred and forty-six men were naturalized 
in Brooklyn, during March. 
— Bogus three cont and one cent pieces are said to 
be as plenty as genuine ones. 
— The new cent, the one ornamented by the Indian 
squaw, is said to bo poisonous. 
— By tlio assessors’ returns there are 220,000 more 
hogs in Ohio this year than last. 
— Several jurors have been fined $100 each for non- 
attendance in a Philadelphia court 
— Dr. George, American Vice-Consul at Cairo, Egypt, 
died in Alexandria, in January last 
— There have been 400 cases of measles at Niles, 
Mich., within the past four months. 
— Charles Sampson, one of the firm of Philips, Samp¬ 
son & Co., Boston, died on the 4th inst 
— It is said that all the recent duels in New Orleans 
were fought on Piccolomini’s account 
— The first tavern for the sale of wines and strong 
waters, in R. I., was established in 163S. 
— A paper published at Buchanan, Bathcourt Co., 
Va., is called “ The Last Rose of Summer.” 
— Significant—one of tho persons connected with 
Belly, in his canal scheme is M. de Gammon. 
— In Canada there is no postage on newspapers. A 
movement is now making to charge for them. 
— Miss Maria Mitchell is preparing to establish an 
observatory at a suitable position in Nantucket. 
— The second prize “ Burns’ Poem,” submitted to the 
committee in England, was by a boy 15 years old. 
— A grand daughter of the late Thomas II. Benton, 
was married at Calcutta on the 20th of December. 
— Several men have been digging for gold on Crook¬ 
ed Creek, a few miles northwest of Macomb, Mich. 
— The wives along the Mississippi never blow up 
their husbands. They leave it all to the steamboats. 
— Jndge Edmonds, of New York, is writing a series 
of articles in the Tribune, in defence of spiritualism. 
— A Yankee doctor lias got up a remedy for bard 
times. It consists of ten hours’ labor well worked in. 
— Rev. John Marquelt, Baptist, and wife, residing in 
Wisconsin, were recently murdered by an insane son. 
— Large quantities of tea seed are on the way from 
the East to the Commissioner of Patents, Washington. 
— In Kentucky a man’s life is by far the cheapest and 
most precarious piece of property he carries about him. 
— A bill has passed tho Legislature of Louisiana 
designing to prevent any free negro from entering that 
State. 
— The cause of religion is prosperous throughout 
Texas. Two religious newspapers are amply sup¬ 
ported. 
— The Canadians have surveyed and are about con¬ 
structing a canal to connect Lake Huron with Lake 
Ontario. 
— A Cuban passed through Petersburg, Virginia, with 
a stable of sixteen New York bred horses, cn route for 
Havana. 
— Rev. Gad Newell, the oldest graduate of Yale Col¬ 
lege, died at Manchester, N. II., a few days since, aged 
96 years. 
— One John Hall, of Syracuse, N. Y., has been sen¬ 
tenced to four years in the State Prison, for stealing an 
overcoat. 
— The Canadian papers arc beginning to discuss the 
propriety of having a written constitution for the 
Provinces. 
— Reports from the Nebraska gold mines are of a 
favorable character. From Pike’s Peak they are con¬ 
tradictory. 
— The Golden Wedding of Colonel Seaton, editor of 
the National Intelligencer, Washington, was celebrat¬ 
ed March 31st. 
— Queen Victoria has sent a gold snuff box and a 
medal to Capt. Hudson for his services in laying the 
Atlantic Cable. 
■— Tho General Assembly (O. S.) of the Presbyterian 
Church of the U. S., convenes at Indianapolis on tho 
19th of May next. 
— It is rumored that the U. 8. officers have seized 
about 50 of the Africans brought to Georgia in the pirate 
vessel Wanderer. 
— Butter is so scarce in Indianapolis that large quan¬ 
tities of it are being shipped from Chicago, selling at 80 
cents per pound. 
— They hang for burglary in South Carolina. A man 
was executed at Charleston, last week, for breaking into 
and robbing a dwelling. 
— The Hon. J. Glancy Jones, of Pennsylvania, lias 
been officially received at the court of Vienna, as Min¬ 
ister of the United States. 
— At last accounts the deposed Emperor Solonquo 
was lying sick at Jamaica, and his advanced age ren¬ 
ders liis recovery doubtful. 
— A woman in New York recently complained against 
a Chatham street Merchant for selling her a horse-hair 
mattrass filled with rat tails ! 
— A La Porte, Cal., paper of the 21st ult., mentions a 
snow storm which lasted three week, and left from 15 to 
20 feet of snow on the ground. 
— The Times says the New York courts seem more 
like bear gardens than temples of justice, tho lawyers 
bully the judges in such a manner. 
— A dispatch from Pottsville, Pa., says the coal mines 
in that region have been drowned out by the heavy 
rains, and all operations suspended. 
— Elizabeth Blackwell, M. D., Is delivering a course 
of lectures in London, Eng., on the value of hygienic 
and medical knowledge for women. 
— Salt Lake news indicates the rapid decay of Mor¬ 
monism. Apostacy is frequent, and Brigham Young 
lives in constant fear of assassination. 
— The New Bedford Mercury states that a matrimo¬ 
nial epidemic is raging in that city, boys and girls are 
rushing to the altar like sheep over a wall. 
— The Jews of the U. S. contemplate establishing a 
general assembly, oy board of representatives, to take 
control of Jewish interests in this country. 
— A new bridge, the first which ever spanned the 
Connecticut, is in courseof erection atllanover. It will 
cost $10,000, and be finished by the first of June. 
