MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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ROCHESTER, JANUARY' 29, 1852. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
To Cr.uns.—Those who 1 have formed cluha of three, six, 
ten or twenty subscribers, can make .additions at the same 
rate per copy. We trustour friends will bear this in mind, 
and forward accordingly tire names and money of all who 
desire to join their clubs. 
Atm ires.—All subscribers are requested to act as agents, 
by obtaining and forwarding subscriptions— especially in 
towns where the P. M., or some other influential persoti, 
docs not give the matter attention. 
I XKT If ts not too late to form clubs to commence with 
Cold Winters in the United States. 
In Jamiai'y, 1821, the mercury in New York 
city was 7 below zero ; on Long Island it was 13 
below ; at Albany 14, Saratoga 15, Buffalo 1G, in 
Vermont 23, Canada 38, New Haven and Hartford 
15, Boston 17, Salem and Newbury port 20, Lowell 
29, Exeter, N. H., 32, Concord 37, Gardner, Me., 
33, Baugor 31, Brunswick 39, all below zero.— 
[Much colder than this winter.} 
The Hudson, it is said, was so firmly frozen that 
people passed from Albany to New York for sev¬ 
eral days upon the ice. Persons crossed from New 
York to Jersey City on the ice. There are only 
[ three other instances of the kind on record ; and 
these were in 1741-65-80. The sleighing was re¬ 
ported good from Maine to Buffalo in 1821, and 
from Buffalo westward to I he Rocky Mountains, 
for aught any one knew. Every harbor from AI- 
CongrtMional. legislator* of Hera ftork.! Struts of ilrms, &c. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Monday, Jan. 19.— Senate .—A report was pre- Monday, Jan.19.— Senate— Petitions, reports and 
sented from the Secretary of War. Various reso- notices as usual. 
,, , e tt , . . -mere is a great rusn lor ualitorma. 
rtemen on the part of the House, to examine into i ste amer took out 500 passengers, last week. 
4-Vn_i . tu . vr. /“i i • i a o * 
Petitions, reports, motions, and the canal let- 
the year and volume. We shall print a large extra edition exaudria, V a., to Eastport, Me., except that of 
for a few weeks, in order to supply new subsribera from Portsmouth N. H. was frozen 
commencement. - but the safest way is to sknd early. Thc of jygg wag very col;L The Dok . 
nr Remember our Terms are in advance .and that ware wag frozen from tbe 2 6th of Dec. to the 10th 
we do not send the after the expiration of the tune 
paid for. Also, that we adhere strictly to published terms, 01 -March. 
and require remittances accordingly. The winter of 1783 was long and cold. The 
Cigr Non-subscribers who receive this No. of the Rural Delaware was ice-bound trom the 28th of Nov. to 
are requested to give it an examination,—and wili greatly to the 18th of March. 
oldige us if they can consistently aid in extending its cir- Tbc w inter of 1780 wag intensely cold. T1 ic 
culation in tlicir respective localities. r , , ~ „ ,, , , jL 
... ’ . T . . Delaware was frozen from the 1st of December to 
fir lor ..n.,1 ^ „ f ^ ^ ^ ^ tIm * ^ 
Acknowledgements,— Again. " in tlilckness. In thc monlli of January the mor- 
lutions, petitions, Ac., wore before the Senate, but A hill was passed to incorporate the Auburn 
none finally disposed of. Female University. 
House .—A condensed report of the late census Several bills were reported in committe of the 
was ordered to be printed for the use of the mem- whole, and Mr. Wright spoke on his Tariff reso¬ 
bers. Nothing else of interest reported. lutions. 
Tuesday, Jan. 20.— Senate .—An amendment to Assembly— The Chair named the following gen- | 
the land warrant bill granting Laud to actual set- tlemen on the part of the House, to examine into 
tiers was rejected. Land warrants were made as- the Canal lettings:—Messrs. Moss, Cushing and 
signable by a vote of 35 to 3. Bull. 
House. Speut the day in talking of the Seere- Petitions, reports, motions, and thc canal let- 
tary of State and his connection with the Cor- tings were the older of business. No bills were 
corau and Riggs affair. passed. 
Wednesday, Jan. 21. Senate. A message was Tuesday, Jan. 20.— Senate .—The following bills 
received from the President, communicating the were read and passed. 
correspondence between the American Minister at A n act for the relief of Charles K. Hamilton. 
Paris and the State Department, relative to recent To amend the charter of tlxe Madison County 
events in France. Mutual Insurance Company. 
Thc subject of the Mexican Land Claims was In rclation to the District Attorney of Ontario 
resumed, and the whole subject referred to thc C0U nty 
Committee on Foreign Relations. , Fortbc rcUof of charlotte Ducamp and others 
House. The Bounty Land Law and the Mcxi- Assembly -Canal lettings, Ac. were again beiore 
can Indemnity subjects, occupied the whole day. the House. 
'Thursday, Jan. 22. — Senate. — Took up thc gen- w T m ^ . 
, ,, , , , , , , ,, , Wednesday, Jan. 21.— Senate.— Petitions, no- 
eral order, debated and passed the following bills: t . ’ 
-There was a “ Woman’s Temperance Con¬ 
vention” in Albany on the 27th inst. 
-Thc widow of J. Fennimore Cooper died at 
Cooperstown on Tuesday, 
-There are in the United States 1,004 cot¬ 
ton factories, and 1,559 woolen factories. 
-Congress has been in session six weeks, 
and has passed one law and three resolutions! 
-It is said that one out of sixteen of the 
Boston population, or 9,000 in all, is a pauper. 
-There is a great rush for California. One 
-In 1821, our anthracite coal mines yielded 
10,73, in 1851, they furnished 4,380,009 tons. 
-Kossuth received $50 at Lewiston, Penn., 
tings were the older of business. No bills were j and $200 at Ilollidaysburg, where he made an ad- 
passed. dress at the railroad station, after miduight. 
Tuesday, Jan. 20.— Senate .—The following bills v - 7 T ^°rfn don wecklio ? C08t their subscri- 
. , , 6 bers about $7,50 a year; and yet some persons 
were read and passed. complain of the prices of American weeklies. 
An act for the relief of Charles K. Hamilton. 
To amend the charter of the Madison County 
Mutual Insurance Company. 
In relation to the District Attorney of Ontario 
county. 
-Churches have been proved, in California, 
to be a consequence of female population. There 
were none till women began to arrive. 
-It is said that during the last twenty years, 
the Hon. Abbott Lawrence, and his brother Amos, 
For the relief of Charlotte Ducamp and others kave glven awa Y ovcr $ L000,000. 
Assembly —Canal lettings, Ac. were again belorc 
the House. 
Wednesday, Jan. 21.— Senate. —Petitions, no- - 
- It is stated that the whole kingdom of 
Hungary, independent of Austria, comprehends 
1269,000 miles, and 14,000,000 of people. 
-It costs the watchmakers of London ,£2uu 
°- cury fell 15 below zero several times in the city 
Again we would tender hearty thanks to agents of brotherly-love. Long Island Sound and Chcs- 
and other earnest, active friends of the Rural —to apeake Bay were so firmly frozen as to bo pasia- 
all who are daily manifesting their good will and ble with horses and sleighs, 
zeal, in a most substantial manner. The prompt Li 1772 the Delaware was covered with ice for 
renewal of former subscriptions, and the large and three months. 
continued increase of new subscribers from nearly I> 1 1742, a gentleman drove a horse and sleigh 
all sections of the country—and particularly from over Long Island Sound on the ice, to Cape Cod. 
the Northern, Western and South-Western States Thc winter of 1741 was very cold. The Dcl- 
—is certainly most cheering to ourselves, and en- aware was frozen from the 1 Dili of Dec. to the 
couraging to the cause in which we are engaged. 13th of March. Many creatures died from cold 
Such an appreciation of our efforts imbues us with and hunger. On the 19th of April snow fell to 
new energy, and strengthens our determination to tbe depth of three feet. 
To extend thc time for selecting salt lands in a nd passed g ' vuc ied<J 
Missouri. ....... To reduce the fees of the Sheriff of Kings Co., 
A joint resolution for binding all published doc- 3 ., . , 
L c „„„ ° 1 and turnkeys of Williamsbunrii. 
uments ot 2o0 pages or upwards. r „ , . ° „ 
r P , j-,, - . 1 lo provide tor the election ol a register of deeds 
1 he bill authorizing the selection of a residue - n ^ c ° 8 
of lauds to aid in opening a canal from Illinois , ,, ‘ rr , TT , . 
, T , . . ° Assembly —I he House went i 
river to Lake Michigan. ,, . , , , 
Tr .... ,. n , at tt , . the whole on the bill to extend 
House. — I he bill to pay New Hampshire thc ,, ,. , . 
... , T ,, 1 the collection ol taxes in several 
interest on expenditures at Indian Stream, was i ,, 
. 1 ’ ed the same, 
passed. „„ 
Tr ... ... „ ,, . i lie same committee took ur 
House went into committee on the Mexican In- , , , . 1 
delimit v bill Message, and passed a resolution : 
rices, Ac., as usual. The following bills were read ■ a y ear to ascertain daily the true time, which they 
and passed obtain from Greenwich. 
To reduce the fees of the Sheriff of Kin^s Co Gle Hull, who arrived in the Asia, comes 
and turnkeys of Williamsburgh. ° " ^weeks'* ^ “ d ^ a 
To provide for tbe election of a register of deeds ° JL^riy a hundred ministers of various de¬ 
ni Kings Co. nominations in Philadelphia, preached one Sun- 
Asscmbly —The House went into committee of bay lately on the necessity of a “Maine law.” 
the whole on the bill to extend tbe time for the j-The correspondent of the New York Times, 
thc collection of taxes in several towns, and pass- wr bi»g from Paris, contradicts the death of Kos- 
o,i . . 1 sutil’s mother. 
The same committee took up the Governor’s ^ n Athe " aeu i m f/ vorth $ 330 >- 
,T , , “ I 000. It, is probably on the best fooling ol any 
Message, and passed a resolution that it be referred j literary or artistical institution in the Union. 
make the Rural Nkw-Y'orkkr worthy the large The winters of 1740-37-36-28-27-17-08, 1697 
and widely-extended support it is receiving. a "b 1681 are all mentioned as having been very 
-cold. In 1697, Boston harbor and bay were fro- 
Cold Tuesday: January 20th, 1852. zen down as far as Nantucket. 
, ,, 7 1 k- Ti . The winter of 1851-52 has been cold, but nol 
1 iie great theme ol remark, lor tlie past week , „ , ,, , , „ 
, , , . ’ y , y the coldest on record—as the reader has seen from 
ten days, lias been the weather. In order to ,t-. £ .i„, , .. , . . , 
‘ . .. , . ,, , . . , thl s sketch, compiled from what arc regarded as 
ep our readers well posted on this subject, we authentic records ° 
T ’ . , . to tlie several committees having charge of the 
Friday, Jan. 23,-Both houses engaged on pri- 6ub jects to which it relates. 
vatc business of no general interest. 
Saturday, Jan. 21.— Senate .—Not in session. 
House .—The House was in Committee on the 
Mexican Indemnity Bill. 
Monday, Jan. 2G. — Senate .—Several executive 
me several committees having charge ol the -The Journal of the Two Sicilies remarks 
bjects to which it relates. that the state of Vesuvius is such as to threaten 
Thursday, Jan. 22.— Senate .—The Trustees of UU nnnic<llalu eruption. 
the State Library sent in their annual report. 
Petitons, reports, motions, Ac., as usual. 
Mr. Wright’s tariff resolutions up for discussion. 
Assembly —A bill to extend lho time lor tlie col¬ 
or ten days, lias been the weather. In order to 
keep our readers well posted on this subject, we 
have collected from the various papers, the follow¬ 
ing interesting summary of intelligence, which we 
deem authentic. On Tuesday morning the mer¬ 
cury stood at the places hereafter named as fol¬ 
lows :— 
communications were presented. Petitions for the lection of taxes for thc year 1851, in various towns i place ii 
repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law and the abolition i n the State, was passed. - 
of slavery in the District of Columbia were pre- Also to amend the' Code of Procedure. fEx- 
At Buffalo,... 
... 8 deg 
below zero. 
Black Rock. 
...17 
do 
Lockport,. 
...10 
do 
Rochester, west side of river,. 10 
do 
Do east do 
6 
do 
Ellwanger A Barry’s Garden,. 11 
do 
Auburn,. 
... 4 
do 
Syracuse. 
... 4 
do 
Oswego, . . 
...14 
do 
Utica,.V. 
... 8 
do 
Canajoharie,".. 
...10 
do 
Ooo| icrstown,. 
...14 
do 
New York,.. . 
... 4 
do 
Paiucsville, Ohio,. 
...19 
do 
Coneaut, do . 
...19 
do- 
Sandusky, do . 
...15 
do 
Newark, do .. 
... 14 
do 
Columbus, do ____ 
...14 
do 
Cincinnati, do . 
.. 9 
do 
Hudson, do .. 
...13 
do 
Detroit, Mich.,. 
...14 
do 
Monroe, do . 
...14 
do 
Rutland, Vt.,. 
..12 
do 
Keene, N. H.,. 
..15 
do 
West Newton, Mass.,_ 
.. 2£ 
do 
Boston, do. 
... 4 
do 
Salem, do . 
...14 
do 
Roxbury, do . 
. . 6 
do 
Chelsa, do. 
.. 6 
do 
Lowell, do ___ 
..20 
do 
Springfield, do. 
2 
do 
1 lari ford, Conn.,. 
..14 
do 
Philadelphia, Penn.,. 
.. 7 
do 
Girard, Erie Co, do . 
..17 
do 
Baltimore, ML,. 
.. 8 
do 
Washington, D. C,. 
.. 4 
do 
On Tuesday morning thc 
East river was so 
State Agricultural Society.— Kossuth. — lor 
proceedings of Annual Meeting, award of premi¬ 
ums at Winter Exhibition, Ac., see second page of 
this number. The next Fair is to held at Utica. 
The following resolution, offered by Mr. Bloss of 
this city, was passed by the Society without a 
disscijting voice: 
t Resolved, that the Executive Committee of our 
New York State Agricultural Socict be, and they 
are hereby instructed, to present our most cordial 
and hearty welcome to the illustrious Kossuth, tbe 
Hungarian farmer, and to present him with the 
honors, medals, and transactions of our Society, 
as au humble token of our appreciation of all his 
patriotic aims and republican aspirations and prin¬ 
ciples, and as tlie first fruits of that tree of liberty 
which our fathers planted, and through the efforts 
of enlightened patriotism we hope and trust that 
not; only Hungary, but tbc whole world may vet 
enjoy. 
Oswego Ag. Society— The Thirteenth annual 
meeting of the Ag. Society of Oswego Co. was 
held on the 7th of Jan. at Oswego. The follow¬ 
ing gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing 
year: 
Hamilton Murray, of Oswego, President; Hon. 
J. Turrill, of Oswego, 1st, and Alvali Wooster, of. 
Hannibal, 2d Vice President; J. A. Place, Fulton, 
Recording Secretary ; Dr. Murdock, Richland, Cor¬ 
responding Secretary ; K. E. Sanford, Volney, 
Treasurer. 
Executive Committee.—J. J. YVolcott, of Fulton, 
Peter If. Keller, of Y'olncy, and J. D. Lasher, ol 
Granby. 
The next Fair will be held at or near Fulton. 
The Hair Dye, advertised by Prof. Brown, is 
sented and laid on the table. 
empts Kings, Albany and Erie counties fit 
House. Mr. Briggs presented a memorial from last clause of the 12th section of the act to amend 
New York, for the establishment of a Mint in that tbe CodCj paased July 10> jy 5j j 
-It is estimated that 2,400 dwelling houses, 
stores, Ac., have been erected in New York, du¬ 
ring the year just closed. 
,JL -Mr. Clay’s health is much better, and lie 
il- now confidently looks forward to resuming liis 
ns ! P^ acc i' 1 the Senate, for a short time. 
-Mr. Faxtou intends to build a line of tel- 
x _ ograph from Rome to Capo Vincent, on the route 
^ of the Watertown railroad, the ensuing spring. 
-Prof. G. W. T. Shedd, of the University of 
Vermont, has been chosen Professor of Sacred 
r A1 J o , . . , ‘ T T , t,ie Uxlc - P“ sea J11 7 1 »51.J Rhetoric of the Auburn Theological Seminary in 
.ity Also, a statement of tlie amount of gold re- The Canal lettings and the Excise Law were place of Rev. Joseph Few Smith, resigned 
ceived there from California during thc year 1851. agajn before tbe House . -The vacancy in the office of Charge d’Af- 
Tho motion made on Monday last for a suspen- Friday, Jan. 23.-Ncworc.-The Chair appointed f}’ n? *° B t ? livia ’ , latel X t,11( : d . b J Alexander K. 
sion of the rules, to offer a resolution calling on Messrs Mnnroe Taber ami rwneii i,v, n McUung, Esq., who resigned it and came home, 
8 Messrs. Jiunroe, iaUer, and Cornell, Excise Com. has not yet been tilled, 
tlie heads ol departments to report what claims a hill was nwil in *ihr*r tlm m, n 
ii . ^ OaII Was pilbbCd lO ailci tlie COIllllllSSlOIlClS -- I lip TV p w \ (irlr 1 lYifppliMti TncnroD/ie pi 
have been presented since March 4th, 1849, what man nf H ,, inl . vn __ nv f 1 , 1 rotectlon J,isurauce Com - 
„ . , , , ’ ma P 01 Brooklyn. pany tailed and made an assignment of its cf- 
auowed, who acted as agents, the persons who re- Also to extend the time for tlie coloction of tax- fecl *. on Saturday last. Policy holders are re- 
the heads of departments to report what claims A bill wi 
have been presented since Marcli 4th, 1849, what Ina p 0 f jj ro 
allowed, wlio acted as agents, the persons who re- Also to e: 
ceived the money, Ac., was taken up. The mo- C s for 1851. 
I ion was carried. a 
insuring as fast as possible. 
AY'oung Member of Congress. —Hon. Galueha 
A. Grow, member of the House of Representative^ 
from Pennsylvania, is tlie youngest member of 
Assembly. —Petitions, reports, Ac,, as usual. The i .• .. d % ekn ' T st nted at the printers’ celebra- 
Kossuth resolutions were taken up and debated, was for t lu ce vear *0 V Y ^ i^ e ' V iorktbatbe 
| ’ was loi tiuee years inspector ol imsons, aud never 
but not voted upon. Adj. to Monday. saw a criminal who was a printer. 
Saturday, Jan. 24.— Senate .—The Senate were - y The marble contract for tlie Capitol at 
that body, only 26 years of age. It is said he came engaged in discussing the public printing question ^ ashington, lias been awarded to the Lee (Mass.) 
lo Amherst College 11 years ago from the back- lt was bnally laid ou tbe table . ' fi uarl '}'. John Rich A Co., of Philadelphia, being 
woods ol l ennsjlvama, to commcuce Ins educa- J contractors. 
lion—previous to which event he had been en- Monday, Jau. 26.— Senate .—The Regents pro- - Public meetings have been held in PhiK. 
ic meetings have been held in I'hila- 
7” sS!f77- TLo f““ di "s s ««*•<*«« o, cunivutcs 
inont 1 in 100; Iowa 1 in 94; Georgia 1 in 91- of much importance. annually eighteen hundred acres ol corn. He has 
Michigan 1 in 87; Tennesee 1 in 86; North Caro- _ ----- wTel, feet lffi'b ’f' lhree lniles 
lina and Alabama 1 in 85; South Carolina 1 in 83; Education in Pennsylvania.— In the seventeen 1 g ’ IC1 ‘ leU JugJ L and six loot wide. 
.Maine 1 in 77; New Jersey 1 in 75; Virginia 1 in y° ars that llie Common School System has been Great Britain possesses one hundred and 
74; Illinois and Delaware 1 in 73; Arkansas 1 in in operation, the people of Pennsylvania have ex- | forty-seven steamships, and also thirty-two iron 
70; Texas 1 in 69; Rhode Island 1 in 66; Ken- P e,1(Jod over fifteen millions of dollars in support ! steamers, eleven of which are of J,500 tons burth- 
tucky and Connecticut 2 in 6-4; Maryland 1 in 60; <d this noble effort, exclusive of tlie large sums orKS each. 
Massachusetts 1 in 51. ' ’ annually paid to sustain the numerous private It is estimated that there are 300,000 
--- academies, seminaries, and schools which arc also j pounds of hops iu the hands of tlie growers in 
The Gold Mines in Austratia Th« PWk giving their invaluable aid to to the cause of gen- Utsego and Herkimer counties. They command 
-tHBtxOLD MINES IN Alstralia. -llie I hil.i- oral education. Hie number ol schools in ihe good prices. 
(leiplim Ledger publishes a letter from somebody State h;is increased from 762 to 9,200, and the _The “Block Swan” • 
Assembly .—The proceedings of the House are 
not of much importance. 
I'hey command 
interrupted 
could not identify the animals, on account of the 
at Sydney, N. S. V ., under date ol August 10th, teachers from 808 to 11,500. The pupils number 
which tells a more startling story than ls to be ba Jf a million, and thc annual cost ol the system 
round m the epistolary chronicles of California.— now $£400,000. 
The mines recently discovered at Bathurst, in point —- ’ -’__ 
7, ,, , . . .ii -i i i , • disappeance of certain (former) white spots. It 
The Delaware river at Philadelphia, was so . , v „ 
, ril , ,, . turned out that the rogues had applied the Prc- 
thickly frozen on the same mormng, that persons f , \\ 
,, , .. ., . J fessor’s Hair Dye. As no horse thieves read the 
walk-fin afirnsKi it. nn rhfi ip.a ° L ^ 
Hie mines recently discovered atBathurst,in point 
J' richness, infinitely surpass those of the Ameri- 
-- The “ Black Swan” has succeeded admi¬ 
rably in Albany, and is set down by critics as 
only a little inferior to Jenny Lind in vocal pow¬ 
er—in fact as having a greater scope of voice. 
walked across it on thc ice. 
In Baltimore, the snow was a foot in depth. 
The reports from Georgetown College, D. 0., 
show this winter to be the coldest experienced in 
that region since 1816;—and Tuesday night the 
coldest of the winter. 
Rural, we mention thc article for the benefit of 
all good people who desire to procure a genuine 
hair dye, for application to either man or beast. 
weighing 106 lbs. It is valued at £4,160 10s., persons are over 100 years of age, 60 arc 
t hat is, nearly $21,000. years, and 310 art over 80 years of age. 
persons are over 100 years of age, 60 arc over 90 -A contemporary says, Mr. Webster, Mr. 
years, and 310 art over 80 years of age. In Val- Calhoun, Mr. Benton, aud Air. Van Buron, were 
encia county, Candelaio Aguiar, a fanner, was 130 each born in the same year 1782. That would 
nia legion smce inio,-ana i uesuay mgnt tne Geneva Free Coi.LEGE.-The Trustees of Go¬ 
to i est o t ic winter. neva College have voted to accept the conditions 
At Tallahasse, Florida, the snow was two inches of a grant of $3,000 per annum from Trinity 
in depth on the 20th. 
Church, New York. It is hereafter to he called 
The same day at New Orleans, was the coldest tlie “ Hobart Free College of Geneva,” and stu- 
the inhabitants have experienced there for 20 yrs. dents will pay no tuition fees, or rent for College 
—the thermometer being only 15-degrees above rooms, 
zero. It was reported that the mercury was 15 , ' 
Watertown and Rome Railroad, during the four 
months ending December 31st,—more than one 
montlis ending December 31st,-more than one Alton and Si-ihngkield Railroad -It is now tv 7~? u , f g °7 ra ncut P r ?P°f« to ^ti- 
half of which was Butter Most ot tins was the thought this road will be completed, and trains P ? 8 ,°^ a m , case of 
product of Jefferson county. running the entire distance by the first of June ®'"“ t0W ? CUn be graUfied Wltb a P a ' 
- next. Measures are on foot for a speedy commence- * 1 Juni r( 1,1011 
Gold.— It has been calculated that the year 1851 meut of tlie extension of the road to Bloomington, - We have heard from good authority that 
has produced upwards of twenty millions sterling where it will intersect the Illinois Central Road.’ the receipts of the Submarine Telegraph between 
of gold, namely: 15 millions from California ; 4 A petition to Congress is iu circulation along the England and France are already at tlie rate of 12 
from Russia, and 1 from Australia. It lias been line of the proposed extension, asking a grant of P cr cent, per annum, 
estimated thatthe quantity in 1852 will be trebled, lands for this propose upon the condition that al- T t ..rap aR 
Letters from Hawana, Sandwich Islands, stated termite sections shall be sold at double the regu- mcnt tbat “,f 174 000 nassor<rers r-m-i p‘ it,, 
that gold in great abundance has been found lar price of public land, LUticSmi 
below zero in New Orleans, which report nobody ® lNDAY8 ‘ sbort ,noi| th i)f February 
of coiusc believed Bf this yeai, av ill he noted as cmhiacing^iM Sun- 
an. j ~ , , days, the month commencing and ending with the 
On Thursday morning (22,) at Springfield, the m, • 7 h , 
10 , , : 1 ° ’ the Sabbath, i his may not occur again during 
mercury was 18 degrees below zero; at West .. , C J ^ 7 
Snrincrfield 20 b,l,-.^ nn,l ,1 .. ,G th ° llfc tlm ° ° f :U ^ ° f 118 n0W a « d COukI 
Springfield, 20 below, and at Northampton 16 be¬ 
low. 
The snow banks on tbe railroad between here 
and Buffalo, in some places arc said to be fifteen 
feet high. 
In the town of Rush, iu this County, the mer- 
not occur this year was it not leap year. 
A Great Discovery of Minerals.— The Galena 
Advertiser of the 15th of Dec. says, that there has 
recently been discovered, within two miles of that, 
city, one of the most valuable leads of mineral ever 
that gold in great abundance has been found. 
Immortal Words. —Ts not thc realization close at 
Queer Custom. —According to an immemorial 
hand .—When Napoleon was confined at St, Hele- custom, the youngest member of the Massachu- 
na, in a conversation with one of his friends he setts Senate presents to the oldest a broad brim- 
alluded to the future power of the U. S. He said med hat and a staff, with an appropriate speech. 
-It is cited as an evidence of good manage¬ 
ment that, of 174,000 passengers carried over the 
Little Miami Railroad last year, the life of no pas¬ 
senger was lost. 
-A bill similar in its details to thc Maine 
law has been introduced in the Senate of this 
State. It will become an interesting subject of 
debate before the close of the hundred days. 
SMlw ycj rnnsirfnsl 1 f ]] C)f\ Vv.nl OJ)011C(1 ill tllclt Vicililty. .A. slltltt llclS IjCOl 8Ulll\ 
cuiy ls reported to have fallen 20 below zero, on a „ ,1 W • r , 
ft ‘lAii, inrough it, wmch exhibits a vein or perpendicular 
tne 20tn. . sheet 38 feet in height, and it varies from twenty 
At Franconia, N. H., near the White Mountains, inches to four feet in width. One hundred aud 
aud the coldest place known in the United States, sdd y thousand pounds have already been taken 
on Friday (16,) tiie spirit thermometer was 36 be- bas Tjeeu Bafc 7 P rovcd for 1,000,000 
low zero ; the mercury was frozen, else it would 1 '____ 
have indicated, about 44 degrees below zero! l. w. 'Taxes in New York.—T he Journal of Com- 
- L - merce says -.—Taxes will this year be imposed up- 
Thk next Rural will contain, among other il- on the people of the city, to the enormous amount, 
lustrations, a beautiful view of tho Western House and upwards, being an increase of 
of Refuge, with description, Ac. Also an Origi- “ hdf 3 t ° n U P^ G ^< 
, 7 r , xrn , as IS tlie increase of our population and wealth, 
nal i tory, by Miss CnESKBRo, author of Dream- the increase of taxes Is out of all proportion to 
Land, by Day-Light,” etc. either. 
alluded to the future power of the U. b. He said med hat and a staff, with an appropriate speech. ,T / iTrYi 7 1 f , g i f Jecc 01 
id his emphatic language:—“ In twenty-four years This year it falls to Anson Burlingame to make ( - cb:tto b( ‘ Q1 ' c the closc of % hundred nays. 
there will not be a cannon fired in Europe, with- the presentation, and to Myron Lawrence to re- -It is said that numerous coveys of quails 
out the permission of the United States.” ceive the aforesaid symbols of veneration. The have been frozen to death iu Now Jersey during 
- scene will be uncommonly dramatic, and the hat the recent cold weather. The snow has aided in 
Governor’s Salaries. —The aggregate salaries necessarily quite extensive aud Bloomerish.— Dos- their destruction by cutting off their supplies of 
ol the Governors of the thirty-one States is $73,- lon Commonwealth. food. 
766. Rhode Island gives the lowest in the list— ---A Washington letter states that Mr. Clay 
$ 100 per annum, and California the highest, $10,- Settling in California. —A Sacramento paper constantly receiving boxes and bottles, and 
0110. The next in the list is Louisiana, the salary says that in twenty-four hours after the first great Plages of quack medicines, from all parts of the 
° wbosc Governor is $6,000. rugb to tlie spot, a town, a little distance removed country, recommended for all sorts and descrip- 
- -— was survey eel, map, subdivided into streets, squares, Gons of diseases. 
Wheat Crop of 1850.—The wheat crop of Ac., and in forty-eight hours afterward it contain- - A Western paper says: “Wc saw a woman 
Pennsylvania, iu 1850, was the greatest in the ed a number of stores, taverns, boarding houses, carrying a big hog home from the market on bat- 
Union. The returns were as follows : Pennsyl- or hotels, gambling houses, with monte and bill- urday, upon her shoulder. For the benefit of those 
vania, 15,482,491 bushels; Ohio, 14,957,056; Vir- iard tables, and all the usual establishments found who may think her husband ought to have done 
ginia, 11,516,900; New York, 13,073,000; Michi- in the inland mining towns. Who wonders at it, we will state that she served him in tho same 
giro, 4,918,000 ; Maryland, 4,498,680. nutmegs growing in sueli a country? way a short time before.” 
