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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER 
ROCHESTER, FEBRUARY' 5, 1858. 
SPECIAL NOTICES'. 
To Clubs.—T hose v\ ho hare formed ctuhs of three, six, 
ten or twenty subscribers, can make additions at the same 
rate per copy. We trust our friends will bear this in inind, 
and forwardaccordingly the names and money ofail who 
desire to join their ciniis. 
Aoknts.—A ll subscribers are requested'to act as agents, 
by olitaining and forwarding subscriptions—especially in 
towns where the P. M., or some other influential person, 
does net give Lite matter attention. 
Jfjf” It Js not too late- to form clubs to commence with 
the year and volume. We shall printa large extra edition 
for a few weeks, in order to supply new suhsrihers front 
commencement, — but the safest way is t©* send- easily. 
jjy Katneiaber our Terms are m advance, and that 
we do not send the Klimt. after the expiration of the time 
paid for. Also, that we adhere strictly to published terms, 
and require remittances accordingly. 
g 'gf" Non-subscribers who receive this Not of 'the Rural 
are requested to give it an examination,—and will* greatly 
oblige us if they can consistently aid" in extending its cir¬ 
culation in tlicir respective localities. We can furnish 
back numbers from Jan. 1st, if desired-. 
gtif” For Terms, Premium* List, &,<?., see next page. 
Progress of the Rural,—Words of Approval. 
Ok late many have inquired, verbally and by 
lei ter, in- regard to the advasscemonS and prospects 
of t lie present volume of the Rural. As these in¬ 
quiries have generally emanated from earnest, in¬ 
fluential friends of the paper—persons’ to whom 
we are its footed for much of its prosperity—we 
willingly “ report progress,” and the more cheer¬ 
fully because we are enabled to respond favorably, 
which may be gratifying to many readers who 
have- not sought the information. 
In no month since its commencement 1ms the 
Rural received so much encouragement—so much 
tangible, life-sustaining vigor—as during the past. 
Its subscription receipts exhibit a large daily in¬ 
crease over the corresponding month of Last year 
—the most conclusive anil satisfactory evidence 
that our efforts to furnish a reliable Agricultural 
and unexceptionable Family Newspaper, are more 
than ever before appreciated. Notwithstanding 
the increase of price- to- large clubs, and the fact 
that we have rigidly adhered to the cash system 
—commencing the now year with a meagre list— 
our uew books already contain- the names of nearly 
as many subscribers as we-had last year. Such a 
result is not a source of encouragement to us alone 
—for we believe it must be gratifying to the hun¬ 
dreds and thousands of readers who hare accorded 
to the Rural New-Yorker the superior merits of 
usefulness and purity, by giving it their support iu 
preference to cheaper and more pretending so-call¬ 
ed family papers. It strengthens us in the pur¬ 
pose with which the paper was commenced,—a 
purpose from which we have never for a moment 
wavered,—to furnish a journal combining useful 
and reliable information on practical, subjects 
with excellence and purity in its miscellaneous 
departments. Tlie fact that tire Rural, is a wel¬ 
come and entertaining visitor at thousands of fire¬ 
sides from Canada to- California, and that those 
who have made its acquaintance are generally ex¬ 
tending its circulation and usefulness, is asufficient 
endorsement,—and crowns the enterprise- with 
success. The permanency of this prosperity must 
depend in a great measure upon our labors and 
the individual efforts of the friends* of the paper 
—for in this age no publication, however merito¬ 
rious or temporarily popular, can be sustained 
without these requisites. * The land is flooded with 
periodicals of almost every character—and some, 
we regret to say, with worse than no character— 
and it behooves those who should control and direct 
tlie minds of the rising generation, to discriminate 
between the good and the evil, lest the latter pre¬ 
dominate to the lasting injury of the youth of 
America. 
But we believe a better day has dawned, in 
which intelligent, thinking men and women judge 
of newspapers by their intrinsic value and purity 
of contents, rather than by tbeir self-laudation or 
price. This is the standard by which we would 
have the Rural judged—resting its claims to sup¬ 
port upon its merits alone. And we frankly ask 
those who approve the work—including the hun¬ 
dreds who have recently made its acquaintance— 
to aid in extending its area of circulation and in¬ 
fluence, by bringing it to the favorable notice of 
those neighbors and friends who may be benefited 
by its regular visits. 
— For the warm words of approval daily re¬ 
ceived from correspondents, and the high com¬ 
mendation of the Rural by editorial friends, we 
desire here to express the acknowledgments of an 
appreciating heart. On commencing this article 
wo intended to embrace in it a few brief extracts 
from letters and exchanges of recent date, but 
must, defer or omit altogether. We will, however, 
quote from a couple of letters just opened—since 
this article was commenced. The first is from a 
voluntary agent (how many of our readers will be¬ 
come such?) residing iu Eric Co., Pa., and reads : 
“Enclosed find $18 in payment for 12 copies 
of the ‘ Rural,’ which your subscribers say is tlie 
best paper of its class they ever saw, and they aie 
all men who can appreciate merit.” 
The other is from a subscriber in Ohio, who 
writes to procure a former volume. He says : 
“So well pleased am I with the ‘ Rural,’ that 
for ten times tlie amount of subscription I would 
not be deprived of its visitations. Altlio’ the 
mails bring me sometimes none for two or even 
three weeks, [the late storms have deranged the 
mails exceedingly,] and then two or three at once 
—when at hand, they conic so laden with useful¬ 
ness that a welcome is always extended to them 
at my fireside. Of seven papers which I am ta¬ 
king, (including political, moral, educational, lit¬ 
erary and agricultural,) the ‘ Rural* is always the 
first inquired for. and greedily perused in my 
family.” 
Grid Tuesday, Jan. 20,- Again. 
The mercury at 
Ashtabula, Ohio,.15 below zero 
Massillon, do .18 do. 
Cleveland, do .16 do. 
Elyria, do ...— 20 do. 
Toledo, do .20 do. 
Pittsburg, Perm.,....15 do. 
Erie, do 13 do. 
Chicago, Ill.21 do, 
Montreal,.14 do. 
Quebec,.-.21 do. 
Griffin, Ga,.-.3 above do. 
In the North of Florida,.10 do. do. 
In Savannah, Ga., many birds perished witli 
the cold. It is thought most of the orange trees 
are destroyed there—so a iriend informs me by 
letter. 
These observations in addition to those given 
last week, are furnished in order that those who 
have the Rural bound, (and many do,) may have 
a record of the cold winter of 1851-2 l. w. 
The Winter in We3tem Pennsylvania. 
-. 
Ax intelligent friend residing near Pittsburg, 
writing under date of Jan, 27, says :—“ The week 
ending the 20th, was the coldest experienced foi 
twenty years. On the morning of the 16th, the 
Thermometer stood 16 degrees below zero, which 
I never before noticed, having lived on the same 
farm for thirty-two years. I have kept a diary of 
the weather, Ac,, for upwards of twenty-five years, 
and beeu very particular during the last fifteen 
years. Snow about 8 inches deep, where not drifted; 
much stormy weather this and last week; exceed¬ 
ingly fine sleighing—rather unusual for us to have, 
at least for several years past. The morning of 
the 20th inst., was extremely cold—perhaps the 
coldest experienced from the earliest settlement of 
tlie country. Thermometer stood in some situa¬ 
tions, (viz., in vallies having high hills, forming a 
draught of air from river, Ac.,) at twenty-four de¬ 
grees below zero.” 
Literary Notices, Sec. 
The Knickerbocker, or New Y'ork Monthly Mag¬ 
azine. February, 1852. New Y'ork: S. Hues- 
ton, 139 Nassau St. $3, per annum. 
There is no fading off in the Knickerbocker.— 
The only change we have been able to perceive in 
an acquaintance of some ten years standing, has 
been a change for the better, as each number pre¬ 
sented itself before us. That new on our table is, 
as usual, a most capital one. YVe are glad to hear 
that the reduction in price, is met by a large in¬ 
crease in circulation. For sale by D. M. Dewey, 
Arcade Hall. 
Arvink’s Cyclopedia of Anecdotes of Literature 
and the Fine Arts—YVith numerous illustrations. 
Gould A Lincoln : Boston. 
The fifth number of this excellent serial has 
been received. The work fully maintains the high 
rank we have heretofore accorded, and we again 
commend it to the reading public. 
•The Western Literary Messenger, a Family 
Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, Morality, 
and General Intelligence. J. Clement, Editor. 
Buffalo : Jewett, Thomas A Co.. Monthly, $1,50 
per annum; 4 copies $5 ; 8 copies $8. 
'l’nis periodical commences its eighteenth vol¬ 
ume with the next or March issue. The present 
number contains original articles from Mrs. Sig¬ 
ourney, D 1 . YY. Ballou, Jr., and others, and many 
choice selections from home and foreign literature. 
The Editor’s department is well and spiritedly 
conducted. 
To Correspondents. —Our portfolio is portly 
with communications from old and new corres¬ 
pondents. YY r c are grateful for their kind favors, 
and shall dispose of them as our best editorial 
judgment shall dictate. Among others are arti¬ 
cles from A. YVilcox, S. Luther, J. Clement, H. P. 
Norton, C. Britt, C. H. Strowger, I. A. Clark, John 
Watson, YY. H. Bristol, Mrs. B. A. McN., YY. H. G., 
F. YY. L., II. D. B., E. C. G., J. G. S., L. L. C., J. 
W., W. G, A Farmer’s Wife, Farmer D., A Far¬ 
mer, A Subscriber, Ac. 
Farms for Sale. — Correction .—We refer those 
desirous of purchasing, to tire advertisements of 
farms on next page. The three offered are well 
located, and severally worthy of notice in other 
respects. The one advertised by Mrs. Rowe, is 
among the best in this section. The late owner, 
John Rowe, Esq., was one of our most thorough 
farmers, and we doubt not the premises are in 
superior order. 
Tlie for m of T. D. Burrall, Esq., (to whose 
name we prefixed the initials of E. J., last week 
—thereby transferring his property without legal 
authority,) is one of the finest in the country.— 
The dwelling house is on the border of the village, 
commanding a charming view of Geneva, and lake 
scenery for many miles in extent—while the gar¬ 
den and grounds are highly cultivated and taste¬ 
fully ai ranged. 
The Buffalo YYater Works. —These works 
have been completed and are now in operation.— 
YYater is taken from the Niagara River, at Black 
Rock, by a tunnel 300 feet long, and sixty feet 
square under the canal, and excavated through 
solid rock, and entering the river through the pier, 
twelve feet below tlie surface, and through this 
water is conveyed to a well under the bank, from 
which it is elevated by forcing-pumps into the 
reservoir on Prospect Hill, about a mile from the 
centre of the town. From thence it is conveyed 
iu pipes to its place of destination. The water is 
as pure as the best well water. 
Ice.— It is estimated that the entire quantity of 
ice housed this season will be about 108,000 tons. 
After allowing for waste, the amount that will be 
actually consumed, is set down at 81,000 tons.— 
Tlie average price of ice in the market, is about 
$3 per ton, which, on tlie81,000 tons sold, amounts 
to $243,000 per annum. Nearly all this is con¬ 
sumed in the city. The quantity exported to 
California, and the West Indies, is constantly in¬ 
creasing.—-A 7 ”. Y. Express. 
Congnssionnl. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Tuesday, Jan. 27.— Senate .—The resolutions of 
the Ohio Legislature approving Kossuth's doc¬ 
trines, were refused without being read. 
The grant of land to Iowa was taken up, and 
upon it Mr. Sumner, of Massachusetts, made an 
eloquent speech. The Senate then rested from la¬ 
bor, though no works ever follow. 
House .—Tlie House was engaged in a rambling 
discussion relative to Census printing. 
Wednesday, Jan. 28.— Senate .—In the Senate 
there was an interesting discussion on the request 
to interpose the friendly offices of our Government 
witli that of Great Britain for the release of the 
Irish State prisoners. 
House .—The Mexican Indemnity bill was pass¬ 
ed. The bill for the relief oi the Cuban prisoners, 
making an appropriation of $6,000, was reported. 
Thursday, Jam. 29.— Senate .—A resoul I ion was 
adopted that the Naval committee inquire into the 
expediency of an appropriation to pay the expen¬ 
ses of deepening the river of San Diego, California, 
into False Bay, so as to avoid the obstruction to 
navigation. 
The Secretary of the Interior transmitted the 
repott of the Superintendent of the Census rela¬ 
tive to the extent of the return. 
House .—Continued the consideration of the bill 
for the relief of the Cuban prisoners, passing the 
same. 
Friday, Jan. 30.— Senate .—Adopted a resolution 
to inquire whether any legislation was necessary 
to prevent abuse of passengers between N. York 
and Chagres. 
The House bill for the relief of the Cuban pri¬ 
soners was referred. The Senate then took up 
the private calender, and numerous reports were 
made. 
House .—Several bilLs reported, and the House 
adjourned to Monday. 
Genesee Falls in 1795. — YVe learn that Thur- 
low Weed,"Esq., who is now iu Paris, has discov¬ 
ered a painting of the Genesee Falls, executed in 
1795, by a brother of Louis Phillipe, while they 
were passing through this section to Niagara Falls. 
We are grat ified to be able to state, that the own¬ 
er has consented, at the solicitation of Mr. Weed, 
that this ancient painting, the first ever made of 
the Falls, shall be presented to our city. Mr. 
Weed writes, as we bear, that the view was taken 
from t he east side of the river, about opposite the 
old site of Alcott’s Cotton Factory. The artist 
made the sketch while his companions, Louis 
Phillipe and two others, were preparing a colla- 
tiou spread upon a blanket under a tree.— Roch¬ 
ester Daily Democrat. 
Episcopal Statistics. —According to Swords’ 
Pocket Almanac for 1852, the number of dioceses 
in this country, of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church, is 29 ; bishops 33 ; priests and deacons 
1,672 ; whole number of clergy 1,7U5. Deaths of 
clergy the past year 16 ; ordinations—deacons 49; 
priests 66 ; candidates for orders in 15 dioceses 
142 ; communicants in twenty-six dioceses 07,- 
2U0 ; Sunday school scholars in twenty-two 40,- 
507 ; contributions to church objects in twenty- 
five dioceses $330,533.01. 
Gift to Mrs. Clarke. — A number of literary 
persons, of both sexes, in the United States, have 
united in a gift to Mary Cowden Clarke, the au¬ 
thor of the Concordance to Shakspoare, and of the 
Girlhood of Shakspeare’s Heroines. The present 
is an elegant library chair, of rosewood. With a 
writing desk attached. A portrait ot Shakspoare, 
carved iu ivory, and masks of tragedy and come¬ 
dy, are among the ornaments. Daniel Webster 
headed the list of subscribers. 
The “ Lead Region.” —This is made up of eight 
townships in Iowa, ten in Illinois and sixty-two 
in Wisconsin. These townships are six miles 
square, and the whole area of the lead region is 
larger by one-third than the State of Delaware. 
East and west the lead region Ls eighty-seven 
miles; north and south, fifty-four miles. Coul un¬ 
derlies a large part of the whole State of Illinois. 
The lead region has been pronounced one of the 
richest mineral tracts in the world. 
Hungarian Loan Stock. —The Central Hunga¬ 
rian Committee, New Y'ork, are about to issue cer¬ 
tificates of loans to the Hungarian fund, from one 
dollar up to one hundred dollars. The smaller de¬ 
nominations bear the fac simile of M. Kossuth’s 
signature, but those for larger amounts will be 
“ actually signed by the hand of the distinguished 
Magyar himself.” 
The Corn City of Ohio. —The people of San¬ 
dusky City claim for their name the Corn City .— 
The amount of corn shipped from that place, from 
the opening to tlie close of the season, was no less 
than 2,018,000 bushels. Much of this will be 
made into cheap whiskey, besides, as the Miami 
wag said, a large amount of it wasted in bread. 
D’Aubigne for the Germans.— A liberal New 
Y'ork citizen, who coutributed the sum requisite 
to stereo type the first two volumes of D’Aubigue’s 
“ History of the Reformation” in German, has re¬ 
cently defrayed the expense of stereotyping the 
remainder of the work, which will soon be issued 
by the American Tract Society. 
The City of London. —The city of London 
stands upon 620 acres. The fixed property in 
houses located on this small spot is estimated at 
forty millions sterling ; and the value of movable 
roperty in the city, according to the Railway 
ournal, is considered to be one hundred millions 
sterling. ___ 
The Onondagas. —A delegation, consisting of 
four Chiefs of the Onondaga nation, arrived in this 
city bust evening en route for Washington. Among 
them is David Hill, a Christian chief, and Webster, 
the grandfather of the young chief of the Six Na¬ 
tions.— N. Y. Journal of Commerce. 
Consumption. —Statistica prepared by the Amer¬ 
ican Medical Association, represent that in the 
city of Boston, during the three years from 1846 
to 1849, there were 6,888 deaths from consump¬ 
tion alone, while in the same period the deaths 
from typhus fever were only 2,826, and those from 
dysentery only 1,606. 
-Two new Banks have recently gone into 
operation in Orange county—tke“ Goshen Bank,” 
with a capital of $110,000, anl tlie “Middletown 
Band,” with a capital of $100,000. 
Irgisloturt f Jinn ^ork. 
Synopsis of Proceedings, 
Tuesday, Jan. 27.— Senate. — Petitions and re¬ 
ports were first received and then tlie Assembly 
resolutions on Joint Rules called up and debated. 
The Assembly amendments were rejected. Sev¬ 
eral bills were introduced, and, after an executive 
ssesion the Senate adjourned. 
Assembly .—Petitions and reports, as usual, and 
then several bills read a third time and passed.— 
The most important were: 
To facilitate tire collection of certain assess¬ 
ments of Taxes in the county of Kings. 
Authorizing tlie Vienna and Clifton Plank Road 
Company to abandon part of their road. 
For the relief of the town of Burns, Allegany 
county. 
There was an exciting debate on “ quicksand 
and hard pan ” connected with the canal contracts. 
Wednesday, Jan. 28.— Senate. — Notices, mo¬ 
tions, Ac., and several bills passed amending In¬ 
surance Co. charters, and relieving corporations. 
Assembly .—The Assembly Chamber was grant¬ 
ed to the use of tlie State Temperance Society for 
the afternooon. Previous to that time Messrs, 
Wright and Hatch were speaking on the question 
of privilege of members. 
Thursday, Jan. 29.— Senate .—The usual routine 
of business engage the Senate. 
Several bills were read a third time and passed 
The most important was one to authoi ize the Su¬ 
pervisors of Kings Co. to raise money to erect a 
penitentiary. 
The joint rules were again called up, the As¬ 
sembly having returned the amended bill. Non¬ 
concured in. 
Assembly. — Petitions, reports, Ac. Nothing 
done of general interest. 
Friday, Jan. 30 — Senate —A bill was reported by 
Mi. McMurray, for the relief of such colored per¬ 
sons, and unclaimed fugitives from labor, as wish¬ 
ed to emigrate to Liberia. The Militia Law bill 
passed, as did, through the Committee of the 
Whole, the Academy appropriation bill. 
Assembly. —Messrs. Underwood of Cayuga, and 
Hatch of Erie created some sensation by an angry 
interloquitur. Mr. Walsh got up a discussion on 
the subject, which occupied the attention of tlie 
Assembly till the adjournment. 
Saturday, Jan. 31.— Senate. — Petitions, motions 
Ac. A bill passed authorizing a tax lo build a 
bridge over Clyde river. 
As&ymbly. —Motions, Ac., as usuul. Nothing of 
general interest reported. 
Monday, Feb 2,— Senate .—The usual order of 
business, going on. Nothing of general interest 
reported. 
Assembly .—No proceedings of general interest. 
Sir John Franklin. —Every little incident that 
is known relating to the movements of the lost 
Arctic explorers, is caught up and commented 
upon either with a view to encourage hopes of 
their safety, or to convince of the futility of fur¬ 
ther attempts to find them out. Of the former 
class is the following : 
Capt. Perry states that Capt. Martin, who, when 
commanding the whaler Enterprize, in 1845, was 
the last poison to communicate with Sir John 
Franklin, has informed him (Capt. P.) that Sir 
John, while conversing with Capt. Martin, told 
him that he had five years’ provisions, which ho 
could make last seven, and his people were busily 
engaged in sailing down birds, of which they had 
several casks full already, and twelve men were 
out shooting more. This information gives strong 
hopes that Sir John and his associates are yet 
alive. 
Jenny Lind’s Professorship. —The Lutheran 
Standard states, that Jenny Lind, during her re¬ 
cent visit to Columbus, made the Lutheran Uni¬ 
versity a donation of fifteen hundred dollars, as 
the commencement of tlie endowment of a Scan- 
dinavian Professorship, for the benefit of her coun¬ 
trymen, the Swedes, Norwegians, and Danes, and 
their descendants in America. Until the Profes¬ 
sorship is fully endowed, the interest is to be de¬ 
voted to young men preparing to labor as minis¬ 
ters among the Scandinavian population. 
Town Agricultural Societes. —A correspon¬ 
dent of the Western Atlas recommends ihe form¬ 
ation of an Agricultural Society for the town of 
Phelps. Such associations already exist, we be¬ 
lieve, in the towns of Richmond and East Bloom¬ 
field, and made very creditable exhibitions at their 
annual fair last fall. The example is worthy of 
imitation by other towns, and we hope Canan¬ 
daigua will not bo behind her neighbors — Onta¬ 
rio Repository. 
Three Gent Pieces. —Hunts Merchants’ Maga¬ 
zine, says that the die for the coin has beeu pre¬ 
pared, and tlie coinage would be proceeded with 
at once at the mint in Philadelphia, but for a de¬ 
fect in the law, which make no provision for pro¬ 
curing the materials, silver and copper, to go on 
with the work. Consequently the coinage is de¬ 
layed until the proper steps are taken by Congress 
to remedy the deficiency ! This accounts for their 
scarcity. 
Dull Times at Oswego. —The Oswego Journal 
says the population of that city appears to have 
decreased one-third since the close of navigation. 
The extreme dullness of every branch of mechan¬ 
ical and manufacturing business, is compelling 
mechanics to leave, and almost everybody con¬ 
nected with the Canals and lake navigation have 
gone elsewhere during the embaiigo which winter 
puts on all kinds of business. 
Right Kind of Premiums. —At a country Fair 
lately held at Fitchburgh, Mass., five premiums 
were awarded to as many ladies, for specimens of 
bread of their own baking. If the attention of 
managers of fairs were more generally directed to 
such household matters, instead of mere gewgaws, 
those annual exhibitions would soon become pop¬ 
ular and indispensable. 
The Light ok all Nations. —France is like the 
Sun. Her brilliancy is Glory. She resembles the 
Sun, because she is the centre of the European 
system. All the States of the Continent move 
round her, as planets round the solar luminary.— 
In the mean time France, fixed in her splendid 
position, yet rotating on her own axis, exists in a 
continual state of revolution, without even get¬ 
ting on. 
bins of Mims, &r. 
—— There are six printers in the Pennsylvania 
State Senate, out of thirty-three .members. 
——- It is said that a railroad from Washing¬ 
ton to New Orleans is already almost entirely 
under contract, 
——An “oppressed citizen of Georgia,” has 
petitioned the Legislature of that State to pass au 
act permitting polygamy, * 
-It is said that there arc eleven printers in 
the Massachusetts House of Representatives—a 
little eleven, sufficient to leaven the whole lump. 
-Charles Black has recovered $10,000 dama¬ 
ges, at New Orleans, against the Carrolton railroad, 
for breaking both legs of his son. 
-One ice merchant in New Bedford has 
housed nine thousand tons of clear and beautiful 
ice during the present winter. 
-Emile de Girardin, the most versatile and 
brilliant of- French editors, is about to resume his 
pen under Louis Napoleon. 
-The Wheeling bridge case has been decid¬ 
ed against the Bridge Co. The bridge must either 
come down or go up higher. 
-In the course of twenty days, recently, 
nine steamers arrived at San Francisco, with two 
thousand six hundred passengers on board. 
-A bill has been introduced into the Leg¬ 
islature of Texas to establish the Free School sys¬ 
tem throughout the State. 
-The number of chests of opium, each con¬ 
taining 133 lbs., taken to China the present year, 
will exceed 70,000. 
-King Kamahamaha, of the Sandwich Isl¬ 
ands, has been elected President of the “ South 
Pacific Steam Navigation Company.” T. Butler 
King is one of the Directors, 
-Gov. Slade’s fifth report of the teaching 
movement in the west, shows that there have been 
248 teachers since the formation of the National 
Board—ail females; 54 of them have got married. 
-The Common Council of U tica have order¬ 
ed a special election on the 11th of Febuary to 
decide upon the question of raising $2,009 for the 
expenses of the State Fair. 
-An American at Vienna was lately arrest¬ 
ed for expressing the opinion that Lord Palmers¬ 
ton would soon return to office, and that Louis 
Napoleon would be shot. 
-A railroad from Milwaukee to Chicago, 
along the shore of Lake Michigan, has been pro¬ 
jected, and $250,000 subscribed for it in Milwau¬ 
kee. 
-The Hon. Mr. Merrick, late Senator from 
Maryland, is to succeed Lewis Cass, Jr., ;ls Charge 
at Rome. The latter will be transferred. Mr. 
Merrick is a Catholic, anil Mr. Cass a Protestant. 
-A severe shock of an earthquake was felt 
at Holly Springs, Miss., on Friday, which shook 
the buildings for miles around. No serious dam¬ 
age was, however, done. 
-The Republic of France is to have a new 
kind of Government Secretary. One of tlie mem¬ 
bers of Louis Napoleon’s Cabinet will be a Secre¬ 
tary of Literature and Art. 
-Eggs sold in New Y'ork for 4, 5 and even 
6 cents each, last week. In Boston, they brought 
40 cents per dozen. The hens won’t shell out, 
when the thermometer is at zero. 
-During the last year the wives of nine 
men were sent to the Insane Hospital in Worcer- 
ter in consequence, in almost every instance, of 
the departure of their husbands for California. 
-Gen. Houston’s dress this winter is dark 
pantaloons, a single-brested blue military coat 
with bright buttons, and a vest of a panther’s 
skin, the hair outside. 
-The Steamboat tonnage on the Upper 
Lakes has more than quadrupled in eight years, 
and on the Mississippi V alley it has doubled in 
nine years. 
-An avalanche of snow fell from Trinity 
Church, in Boston, upon a neighboring building, 
destroying $1,400 worth of glass. Thiswas truly 
a pane ful accident. 
-The Marine Mission Society, in Boston 
have issued, during seventeen months, 22,464 
Temperance papers, and 145,747 pages of books, 
and periodicals. 
-There are 25,000 lawyers in the United 
States. New York appeals to be the worst oft) 
and California the best, the former having 1,7*10 
lawyers, the latter but 65. 
-Tlie Tennessee House of Representatives 
have passed a general Banking Bill, similar to the 
New York system. The chances are that it will 
also pass the Senate and become a law. 
-According to the New York Times, the 
interest due abroad on our public debt, and cor¬ 
poration obligations, amounts to $ 1,000,000 per 
month, or $12,000,000 per annum- 
-The Rochester, Lock poll and Niagara 
Falls Railroad is rapidly approaching completion 
the locomotives are procured and it is expected 
that in June the cars will be running. 
-The subscriptions to the stock of the Great 
Western Railroad, in Michigau, amount to $300,- 
000. The whole sum required has been subscrib¬ 
ed, and the road is to be completed in twenty 
months. 
-The Toronto Examiner learns that the 
Canadian Government have determined to estab¬ 
lish a Bureau of Agriculture, and that Hon. Mal¬ 
colm Cameron has been offered the Presidency of 
the new department. 
-Mr. Dale, Treasurer of Philadelphia Mint, 
denies that the scarcity of three cent pieces is ow¬ 
ing to any delect in the law. He says the coinage 
has not been delayed, and that six million pieces 
have already been coined. 
-The annual report of the Superintendent 
of the Poor of Monroe county, for the year 1851, 
shows that in consequence of intemperance two 
thousand five hundred persons have been relieved 
or supported by the county. 
-The amount of gold received at the mint 
during January, was $4,100,000. The amount 
shipped for New Y'ork and Boston for the same 
time, $3,406,000. During the same time, $500,- 
000 was received at New Orleans. 
-Cornelius Vanderbilt has offered to carry 
the United States mails by way of Nicaragua, 
now the shortest and most direct route, semi¬ 
monthly, for $250,oOO. This is about half the 
price now paid to George Law A Co. 
-There is in England a female emigrant 
society, formed to aid women in emigrating to 
Australia. It has sent out 70u females of good 
character and industrial habits to that colony, who 
readily find employment and husbands in that 
thriving region. 
-The Forrest Case has terminated in favor 
of Mrs. Forrest, to whom the verdict of the jury 
awards $3,000 a year as alimony from the estate 
of her husband. Au attempt is made on the part 
of the counsel of Forrest to continue the case by 
filling a bill of exceptions. 
