MOORE’S RURAL NEYV-YO IlKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
ROCHESTER, FEBRUARY 19, 1852. 
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The “People’s College” Association. 
As tliis Association may be new to many of our 
readers, wo will lirst endeavor to explain its origin 
—and then give the objects proposed by the or¬ 
ganization in its own language—the Prospectus 
of the “ People’s College.” 
The initial step in this matter was taken marly 
two years ago, in Lockport. An article on the 
subject, published in the Rural of June 6, 1850, 
thus tcives the origin of what has become tit;: 
“People’s College” Association:—“The Mechan¬ 
ic’s Mutual Protection,” No.’s 1 and G, ot Lock- 
port, have issued an address to f Loir brethren of 
the Order, and Mechanic's generally, proposing the 
establishment of a Mechanic's University, on ihe 
manual labor system, where architects, engineers, 
and artisans of every class, may receive a thorough 
education in practical science adapted to tlioir 
wants and resources. The plan, first suggested 
by Mr. H. Howard, [now Secretary of the Associ¬ 
ation,] proposes .raising the sum of $ 100,000 by 
contributions and subscriptions among the me¬ 
chanic’s themselves,—not relying upon Legisla¬ 
tive aid,—with which to purchase a site, construct 
the necessary buildings, with proper machinery 
for mechanical operations, laboratories, apparatus, 
and endow suitable professorships, <fcc., itc.” 
This plan was commented upon by the corres¬ 
pondent who communicated the above (now one 
of our associates,) and some suggestions were of¬ 
fered relative to a union of the Farmers and Me¬ 
chanics of the State in a similar enterprise. The 
editor of the New York Tribune commended 
the scheme of Air. II., and thought, if properly 
taken hold of, it might be carried out. He sug¬ 
gested some improvements—that, the plan should 
embrace Agricultural as well as Mechanical Edu¬ 
cation, and that fanners should co-operate -in its 
foundation—that land should be secured for a 
model farm—that, students should pay their way 
by labor or money, etc. 
For a year or so we heard little of the matter, 
but within a few months past the plan has again 
appeared before the public, with some decided im¬ 
provements—emanating from the “People’s Col¬ 
lege” Association. A meeting of the Association 
w;is held at Lockport, some two mouths ago—and 
another at Buffalo on the 15th ult. The proceed¬ 
ings of the latter are before us, and indicate a de¬ 
termination and perseverance worthy of the object 
in view. At this meeting several prominent citi¬ 
zens of Buffalo were elected members of the asso¬ 
ciation—and many communications, from educa¬ 
tors and others, in favor of the plan, were read by 
the Secretary. Horace Greeley and T. C. Peters 
were appointed a Committee to memorialize the 
Legislature on behalf of the Association, for an 
act of incorporation of the “ People’s College,” on 
the base of the Prospectus below, the shares to be 
limited to one dollar each. 
We are unable to give the proceedings entire— 
among which we notice an excellent letter by our 
esteemed correspondent, Gerdon Evaxs, Esq. But 
we annex the most important item—the People’s 
College Prospectus, as adopted by the Association 
—and invite our readers to give it a careful exam¬ 
ination. Of the plan, and its principal features, 
we may speak at some length hereafter : 
THE PEOPLE’S COLLEGE PROSPECTUS. 
Each age has its peculiar wants, impulses, and 
necessities! Man being bv nature progressive, the 
institutions, usages, and means of culture which 
sufficed for, or at lea^t satisfied one generation, are 
found inadequate or insatiable by another, and es¬ 
pecially in regard to education, which in its larger, 
higher and truer sense, may well be deemed the 
chief end of our mortal being. It is manifest that 
perpetual progress is essential to the full and 
healthful satisfaction of the just demands of the 
over expanding human soul. YY ithin the Iasi fifty 
years an immense improvement lias been made in 
the character of our elementary or Common 
Schools. Has a corresponding improvement been 
exhibited in the character of our higher semina¬ 
ries ? Is there a like contrast between the Col¬ 
leges of 1851 and those of 1801, as between the 
common schools of those two periods respectively? 
We tlii nk few, or none, will answer affirmatively. 
That our present colleges satisfy certain educa¬ 
tional wants of the community we do not deny. 
That other educational wants, equally vital and 
even more general, are left unsatisfied by them we 
think no candid observer will dispute. These 
wants ought to be, must be, provided. YVe have 
associated ourselves, and invite others to unite 
with us to subserve this end. The principles by 
which we mean to abide—the objects we shall en¬ 
deavor to accomplish are briefly as follows : 
1 st. The institution we seek to establish, shall 
be known ns the “People’s College.” It shall be 
located in the State of New York, and shall en¬ 
deavor pre-eminently to minister to the educa¬ 
tional wants of the youth of the whole people. 
2nd. It shall in no case apply for or accept pe¬ 
cuniary aid from the State Treasury. Provided, 
that no appropriation from said Treasury is here¬ 
after made in aid of any College whatsoever. 
3rd. Its distinctive aim shall be the dissemina¬ 
tion of Practical Science, including Chemistry, 
Geology, Minerology, and those sciences most im¬ 
mediately and vitally essential to Agriculture and 
the useful Arts, though instruction in the classics 
shall be amply provided. 
4;h. It shall afford suitable facilities forthe Ed¬ 
ucation of young women, as well as young men; all 
the sciences taught in the College, being as freely 
imparted to the former as the hitter. 
5th. Every’pupil and every teacher shall be re¬ 
quired to devote some hours each of five days in 
each week, (excluding Sunday for worship and 
Saturday for recreation,) t;> bona-fide useful labor 
iii some branch of productive industry. 
6th. Agriculture with its various branches. 
Manufactures, and the Mechanic Arts shall be sys¬ 
tematically prosecuted, within the bounds of the 
College and ins grounds, and as part of its regular 
course. And no student shall bo permitted to 
graduate with honor, until he has passed a search¬ 
ing examination with regard to his proficiency in 
Agriculture, or some branch of Manufacture or Me¬ 
chanical industry. Either of which lie shall beat 
liberty to choose on entering the institution, or lie 
may be allowed to pursue both Agriculture and 
Mechanics. 
7th. Each student shall bo credited with, and 
ultimately be paid for the product of his or her 
labor, less the cost of instruction and qualifying 
him or her, to perform it effectively. The number 
of hours which each student shall be required to 
labor, shall in no case exceed twenty, nor fall be¬ 
low ten in each week. 
8th. Besides housewifery in all its branches, the 
female student shall be instructed in dress-making, 
fine needle work, and* such branches of manufac¬ 
ture as may be deemed most desirable—the gen¬ 
eral aim being to qualify every pupil without ex¬ 
ception, for independence and usefulness m life, 
whatever bis or her physical or mental capacities. 
9th. Students are to bo allowed, (with the ad¬ 
vice and consent of their parents or guardians and 
the faculty,) to have a free choice with regard to 
the branches of learning to be pursued by them 
severally—but the Faculty shall'implicitly require 
from each student a thorough mastery oi those 
they desire to follow. The diploma shall express¬ 
ly specify the branches which the recipient has 
mastered, and those only; and any student under 
this condition may prosecute his or her studiesfor j 
so many terms only as may be deemed expedient. 
lOtli." The property of the People's College shall j 
be held and managed by Trustees chosen by sub¬ 
scribers to its stock—which shall be held in one 
dollar shares—each stockholder entitled to one 
vote in the choice of trustees—locating the College, 
etc., etc. 
11th. These propositions are to be regarded as 
subject to amendment at all times by a majority 
vole of the stockholders, save that the fundament¬ 
al principles of finding work for, and requiring of 
each pupil and teacher at leaf ten hours bona-fide j 
useful labor per week, and an earnest effort to 
master some industrial pursuit, tire to be held ir¬ 
revocable, except by a vote of all the stockholders, 
taken by ayes and noes, and the names of those 
voting duly recorded. 
Frost and the Fruit Crop. 
The severe weather o'f the past month has been 
very destructive to peach buds and tender trees, 
in many sections— especially in the west and 
south-west. The Ohio Cultivator of the 1st inst., 
says :—“ YY r e have made examination, and find not 
onl v the peach buds, but nearly all the young trees 
killed, where not sheltered by bmidings. Several 
letters, just received, bring like sad accounts from 
other places.” 
The Cleveland Herald remarks :—“ The Peach 
crop of the West, it is generally conceded, is all 
cut off. In this vicinity \ve hear fears expressed 
that not only cherry buds, but young cherry trees, 
havebeen injured by the excessive cold.” Wo hear 
similar accounts from other sections of Ohio, and 
the west. 
In Western New York, or at least in this vicin¬ 
ity, we hear of but little damage from frost—and 
think that, thus far, both buds and young trees 
are measurably safe. Several nurserymen and 
fruit growers have assured us that the prospect is j 
still good for a fair crop of peaches—though some I 
of the most exposed buds are destroyed. Young 
trees have received no material injury. Our cold¬ 
est nights were followed by cloudy days—and to 
this fact may be attributed the escape of both 
buds aud tender trees 
The Right YY'ay to obtain subscribers to the 
Rural, or any other attractive and good paper, is 
to exhibit a number and allow people to see aud 
read for themselves. This is the course pursued 
by those who are most successful in obtaining sub¬ 
scribers. For example, a friend thus writes us 
from Somerset, Pa., in a letter containing remit¬ 
tance for twenty subscribers:—“Another club of 
twenty I think can be got up, and as soon as 1 
can spare the time I shall set about it. All that is 
necessary is to exhibit the paper —but in so doing 1 
have lost the following numbers, and if they can 
be supplied it will be gratifying. They were lost 
in the cause.” 
YY T e of course forward the missing numbers— 
and will cheerfully do so in all similar cases. We 
will also send extra numbers to any subscribers 
who desire specimens for exhibition or distribu¬ 
tion—or we will mail numbers (post-paid,) to 
such persons, not in their neighborhoods, as they 
think will take an interest in the paper and ex¬ 
tend its circulation. Shall not the Rural bravo 
the pleasure of an introduction to the friends and 
acquaintances of its readers—thereby enlarging 
its sphere of usefulness ? 
Another Recruit. —-We have received the first 
number of the “ Green Mountain Farmer.” It 
hails from Bradford, aud is “devoted to Agriculture, 
Horticulture, Mechanic Arts, Common Schools, 
&c.” It is published every other Saturday, in 
quarto form, at $1 a year in advance. Morris & 
,t Bliss, Publishers—L. R. Morris, Editor. 
A Heavy Shoat.— A pig only nine months and 
four days old, was killed by Daniel Warner, of 
Cates, near this city, on Saturday last—and, after 
hanging until Monday morning, was found to 
weigh 423)4 pounds ! Pretty heavy for a junior 
porker, and perhaps hard to beat hereabouts. 
CongreMiotiaL leplatuit of 35rtn ^ork. Stems of Hems, &r. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Tuesday, Feb. 10.— Senate. — The bill making 
land warrants assignable was referred to its appro¬ 
priate committee. 
House. —Some talk about the emigrants to Ore¬ 
gon, and their protection was held. 
Wednesday, Feb. 11. — Senate. —The joint res¬ 
olution concerning the Irish State prisoners was 
taken up, and Mr. Seward, of this State, made a 
speech in favor of it. 
House. —Had a quarrel about the peace meas¬ 
ures. . 
Thursday, Feb. 12. — House. —The bill regula¬ 
ting the publication of laws and public advertis¬ 
ing was taken up. No vote taken. 
Friday, Feb 13.— Senate .—The Senate took up 
the bill for the establishment of a Navy Yard at 
San Francisco. 
House. —The Calendar was taken up in commit¬ 
tee of the whole. 
Saturday, Feb. 14. — Senate. —The Chair laid 
before.the Senate a report by the Secretary of the 
I uterior, (-.communicating the names of all the ap¬ 
plicants for pensions. Ordered to be printed.— 
Other reports and petitions were presented. 
Monday, Feb. 16 — Senate —Several communica¬ 
tions from the departments were received. 
House. —Mr. Briggs presented a memorial from 
91 members of the N. Y. Legislature in favor of 
the establishment of a Mint in the city of New 
York. 
Michigan Christian Herald.— We ought to 
have made an earlier note of the fact that this al¬ 
ways excellent religious journal, has’eutcred upon 
its eleventh volume very much enlarged and de¬ 
cidedly improved in appearance. It is now one 
of the handsomest papers of its class in the coun¬ 
try. YY T e are glad to notice this evidence of pros¬ 
perity, aud again commend the Herald to our 
readers in the west, as eminently worthy of sup¬ 
port. It is edited with much ability and judgment 
by Rev. C. YV. Harris. Published at Detroit — 
$2 per annum. 
Literary Intelligence.— Mr. Bancroft is soon 
to issue the first of a Series of Volumes on the 
HAtory of the Revolution. Ik. Marvel intends to 
bring out a History of the Republic of Venice.— 
His Dream Life lias reached the tenth thousand. 
Mr. Curtis is to publish soon a sequel to Nile 
Waters, giving descriptions of a tout in Syria.— 
Dr. Kane, of the American Arctic Expedition is 
preparing a work on the Artie Regions which is 
to be illustrated with sketches of scenery, some 
of which exhibit novel and remarkable effects of 
light in those extreme latitudes. Bayard Taylor 
announces his intention to make a book from his 
travels and experiences in Africa. 
Mammoth Plank Road Enterprise.— The De¬ 
troit Tribune says: By far the greatest plank road 
project in the country is that from Milwaukee, 
to Mackinac, through the counties of Saginaw, 
Maidland, Gladwin, Clarke, Misauqkee, Omcna, 
Calkasca, Antrim, Charlevoix and Sheboygan.— 
The line of stud road is some two hundred miles 
long, extending through an unbroken wilderness, 
and is an important and necessaiy improvement, 
putting us in easy land communication with the 
immensely rich resources of Northern Michigan. 
A company is organized for the construction of 
this road ; the stock lias been taken, and partly 
paid in, and we understand an agent has gone to 
Washington to obtain an appropriation. 
Chancery Trust Fund.— The report of the se¬ 
lect committee appointed by the last Legislature 
to make investigations in relation to the funds of 
the old Chancery Court was made to the Legisla¬ 
ture on . Friday. We understand that the com¬ 
mittee ascertained that this fund amounts to $1,- 
500,1100, of which over $1,000,000 is without 
claimants, and will escheat to the State. This 
large amount has been in deposit for many years, 
for somebody’s benefit, and it is time that meas¬ 
ures if ere taken to apply it to some general pur¬ 
poses, either educational, or to found or support 
charitable institutions.— Stale Reg. 
' A Smart Woman. —There is a married woman, 
not a thousand miles from Boston, who, during a 
late year earned enough to repair the entire inside 
of the house that she and her husband occupied. 
On the following year she earned enough with her 
hands, to furnish the dwelling with new and cost¬ 
ly furniture. The next year she was enabled to 
buy hei self a gold watch and chain. The follow¬ 
ing yea • she purchased her husband a bran new 
suit'of clothes. Last year, she became a medium 
for the “spiritual rappings,” and we have not 
learned how much she earned by the operation. 
Sciioii hue County' Sheep.;— A flock of ten of 
these celebrated sheep, specimens of which have 
been exlibited here before, arrived at Brighton 
last week, and seven of them are hung up at Hall 
market. They average something near 150 lbs. 
each, and are monuments of the capacity of the 
Dutch farmers of Schoharie to feed and fatten their 
mutton for the taste of good livers.— Boston Cour. 
Cruise of a Bottle.— A bottle containing a 
paper, which was thrown overboard from the U. 
S. ship Albany, on the 19th December last, in lat¬ 
itude 22 degrees 43 minutes North, longitude 68 
degrees 4 minutes West, was picked up on the 3d j 
of January, near Bottle Creek, North Caicos, as 
ive learn by a letter from Turks’ Islaud, thus ma¬ 
king a cruise of about 170 miles in fifteen days, j 
Another Vetetan Gone.— Moses Beecher, aged 
nearly ninety years, died at Ellicottville, Catta¬ 
raugus county, on Saturday, the 7th inst. The 
deceased was'a native of Connecticut. Early in 
life he became a sailor, and did his country good 
service as a privateersman for a considerable 
length of time after the commencement of the 
Revolution. 
New Cold Dollar.— The Philadelphia Mint 
lias just struck a gold dollar coin of a new design. 
It consists of a fiat ring, on which there is a su- 
perscription but no head, as the place for the head 
is cut out. This new form makes the coin conve¬ 
niently large, so that it is not liable to be mista¬ 
ken for a three cent or five cent piece. 
Astonishing Longevity.—A school district in 
East Windsor, Conn., contains a population of 98 
persons. Of this number thirteen, or nearly one- 
seventh of the whole, are of the average age of 81 
years, nearly al 1 of whom were born in the dis- 
irict, aud have spent their days there. Their, 
united ages are 1,059 years. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Tuesday, Feb. 10.— Senate. — Petitions and re¬ 
ports were presented, and an executive session 
held. 
Assembly. —Several bills of a local or private 
character were passed. 
Wednesday, Feb. 11.— Senate. —Nothing of spe¬ 
cial interest reported. 
Assembly. —A bill was passed authorizing Boards 
of Supervisors to fix and regulate the salaries of 
District Attorneys. 
Thursday, Feb. 12.— Senate. —Tbe usual routine 
of business was followed, but no final action taken 
upon anything worthy of note. 
Assembly. —Same us Senate. 
Friday, Feb. 13.— Senate. —The subject of spe¬ 
cial acts of incorporation was discussed. 
Assembly. —Several bills were passed. 
Monday, Feb. 14.— Senate. —Petitions, reports, 
motions, <fcc. 
Assembly. —Tho Canal Lettings were again be¬ 
fore the House. A number of bills were passed, 
but none of general interest. 
Monday, Feb. 16.— Senate. —Short session and 
nothing done. 
Assembly. —Several bills were sent to their third 
reading. 
Cheat Postage. —The population of Great Bri 
tain aud Ireland is m round numbers 28,000,000, 
that of the United Slates 24,00U,UU0. 'Iiie num¬ 
ber of writers m the latter us greater than in the 
former nation. Several considerations indicate 
that m like circumstances the business done by 
the American would exceed that of the British 
mail. Five millions of dollars on letters is be¬ 
lieved to bo an ample revenue for tho American 
Post Office ; but it we had tho amount of business 
which now passes through the British Post Office, 
which is the annual transmission of 350,0u0,uUU 
of letters, aud should we collect on each, one aud 
| a half cents, the required sum AVould be realized 
ivith a surplus, sullioieut to pay the salary of the 
President. And if letters earned for a cent and a 
half will pay, tlieu the present rate is a hundred 
per cent. Higher than it need be. 
Protecting Letters. —Many thousand of letters 
sent to the postuffice, are returned as dead letters, 
ttie persons to whom they are sent not being found. 
These are destroyed unless they contain enclosures 
of some kind, aud often information of value to the 
persons addressed, or their friends, is- destroyed 
with them. In a new edition of the regulations of 
t he post office, about to be published, it is provided 
that in every case where the writer of ti letter 
chooses to protect it from the chance of being 
j opened at the Department, aud destroyed as a 
j dead letter, he can do so by pre-paying the post¬ 
age, aud writing legibly on the sealed side oi the 
letter, words “ to be preserved ,” in Avhich case it 
will be rescued from the liability of being com¬ 
mitted to the flames, and its seal will remain in¬ 
tact.— BhUadclphia Ixdger. 
Norway and Sweden. —Of these countries we 
hear but little. They play but a supernumerary 
part in the affairs of tho European continent. The 
following facts will be of interest: 
“ There are 25 or 3D newspapers in Norway, one 
of Avhich is published at 71 degrees north latitude, 
where, in one part of the year, the sun does not go 
down for two months. Although united to Swe¬ 
den, Norway has a Parliament of its own, of 100 
men. T he Government of Sweden has four hou¬ 
ses—the house of nobles, in which 1,100 are en¬ 
titled to a seat; the second house consists of 80 
clergymen; the third, 80 burgesses; the fourth, 140 
farmers. A bill to become a law must pass three 
of these houses.” 
The Comoro Islands. —The island of Johanna, 
which is one of the group Killed the “ Comoro,” 
lias a population of about 30,000. The natives 
are a mongrel race, combining Arabian with the 
African blood. T hey have been generally regard¬ 
ed as peaceable and humane, though their king 
rules with arbitrary sway. The islands arc fertile, 
and abound with live stock ; they are, in conse¬ 
quence, much frequented by ships in want of sup¬ 
plies. The town of J ohauna contains two or three 
hundred houses, built mostly of stone. No Eu¬ 
ropean settlement has ever been made in these 
islands. 
Cotton Crop of 1851.—The cotton crop of the 
United States in 1851, was 927,237,089 pounds, 
which, at the average price ot twelve ceuts and a 
fraction per pound, amounts to more than $ 112 ,- 
000,000. In 1825, cotton reached a higher price 
than in any year since cotton has been grown in 
the United States—the average price for that year 
having been twenty ceuts and nine-tenths. In 
1849 the average Avas only six cents and four- 
teuths, lower than which it has never fallen. In 
that year, however the crop was enormous, more 
than one billion pounds having been produced. 
Salt in England. —There are97 establishments 
in England-, mostly in Cheshire and YVorcester- 
shire, which manufacture salt. These works pro¬ 
duce on an average 800,000 tons of salt per an¬ 
num, of Avhich one-half is exported to the United 
States and Canada, the Baltic, Scotland, and Ire¬ 
land, and the remainder is consumed at home in 
alkali manufactures, for domestic purposes and as 
manures. The town of Newcastle-on-Tyne con¬ 
sumes 70,000 tons annually. 
Wages in the United States. —From the cen¬ 
sus table it appears that the average of daily wa¬ 
ges iu the whole United States is—in wrought 
iron works, $0,97 ; in cotton factories, male, $0 65 
female, $0 35 ; in woolen factories, male $0 82, 
else in the Union. i) 
Killing an Elephant. —The owners of the ele¬ 
phant “ Columbus,” have sued the town of Adams, 
iu Massachusetts, for $20,000 damages, forthe de¬ 
fective bridge which caused the death of the ele¬ 
phant. According to this measure of damages, the 
lile of an elephant is worth that of four men, $5,- 
000 beiug the maximum of damages alknved by 
our laws for death by railroad accident, 
London Baths and Wash-Houses. —An account 
of these institutions, found in our English papers, 
shoivs that during the year ending at Christmas 
last, there were at the seven houses of this kind in 
the British metropolis, (one having only been 
opened in the September previous,) 647,242 bath¬ 
ers, who paid the aggregate sum of £9,151 8 e. 6 d; 
and 132,251 washers who paid together £1,498 
19s. 2d. 
-Sixteen hundred tons of ice have been 
secured at Galena, and stored for summer use. 
-There were over six hundred marriages in 
Lowell during the past year. 
-The swamp lands of Illinois, so far as ob¬ 
served, are set down at 246,239 acres. 
-Louisiana is represented in the U. S. Sen¬ 
ate by a Frenchman and a Jew. 
-A consignment of alligators reached Louis¬ 
ville on Thursday, Feb. 5th, from New Orleans 
-- Venison, of the most choice quality, is now 
quite abundant in the Cincinnati market. 
-Ex-President Van Buren is said to be 
Avriting a political history of his own times. 
-The repeal of {he “ Small-Note Law” in 
Pennsylvania is spoken of as a probable occur¬ 
rence. 
-Gov. Ujhazy’s daughters, Avho are highly 
educated, it is said, may be seen daily at worn in 
the fields, on their farm, at New-Buda, Iowa. 
-The Frontier Guardian, the Mormon sheet 
edited by Elder Orson Hyde, is to bo removed, in 
the ensuing Spring, from Ioavu to the Salt Lake. 
-Ex-Gov .Johnston, of Pennsylvania, grant¬ 
ed fifty-three pardons during the last seventeen 
days of his term. 
-On the night of Jan. 17, the mercury froze 
solid at 49 beloiv zero in the thermometers at 
Fort Snelling, Minnesota. 
-A yacht has been launched at Cork, rig¬ 
ged like the America, and ivith masts imported 
from Savannah. 
-The taxable property in Ohio is set down, 
for this year, at four hundred and seventy-seven 
millions. 
-Kossuth continues to make speeches. He 
lias delivered upwards of one hundred and fifty, 
thus far, since his arrival in this country. 
-It is said that the President Aviii appoint 
Col. Doniphan, Governor of Utah iu place of Brigh¬ 
am Young. 
-The great riddle noiv is Avhether Riddle 
can get up his Crystal Palace on Reservoir Square, 
in Ncav York. 
-The A'aiue of all the farming utensils in 
the United States is $151,829,273; of the live 
stock $552,705,238. 
-Nearly one-half of the deaths in New York 
are under five years of age. In one iveek there 
were 205 out of 421. 
-Only seven miles of the railroad betiveen 
Indianapolis and Terre Haute is unfinished. Tho 
track Avill soon be laid through. 
-Mr. Clay’shealthis improving. The health 
of his Avife is hoAvever rapidly failing, and it is 
said he will leave for Ashland as soon its he feels 
able. 
-The New York Evening Post says that 
by the best estimates of men conversant with the 
fires iu that city, more than three-quarters of them 
are purposely kindled. 
-Two thousand five hundred and two mar¬ 
riage licenses ivere issued last year by the Clerk 
of Hamilton county, Ohio. This is at tho rate of 
about seven a day. 
-The Avliole number of steamboats belong¬ 
ing to the United States—ocean, river, lake and 
ferry—is 1,370. This vast steam fleet gives em¬ 
ployment to 29,000 men. 
-Five thousand dollars were deposited in 
Bangor, Me., last week for the purchase of steamer 
tickets to California for persons living in the town 
of Atkinson, in that State. 
-The number of volumes, including pam¬ 
phlets, sold by the Harpers, of Noav York, is said 
to be two millions. The cost of paper in this 
establishment, per annum, is $150,000. 
-The American Bible Socieiy have pur¬ 
chased the vacant ground on As tor Place, New 
York, for the purpose of ert■■.•ting a printing house 
there on. They paid $ LOO,000 for it. 
-In twenty-nine cities and towns of Massa¬ 
chusetts, there are 3,056 residents avIio transact 
business in Boston. This is the largest number 
of “ suburbs” possessed by any American city. 
-The Boston Traveler has seen a relic of the 
early times of this country, being a medal cast iu 
1799, in honor of YY’asiiingtou, ivith the following 
inscription: “ He is in glory, the world in tears.” 
-Three enterprising Germans struck an 
east-and-Avest Lead Mine, lately, near Galena, 
and took out in three days some 6,000 pounds of 
mineral. 
-There Avas not a barrel of pork in the In¬ 
spection Warehouse at NeAv-Orleans on the 2 d 
inst., which is the first occurrence of the land for 
many years. 
-Hon. Heman Ely, a venerable pioneer of 
Lorain Co., Ohio, died at Elyria on the 2d inst. 
He was tlie founder of the town where lie died, 
and Avas its first Post-master. 
-The forest City of Ohio, CloA'eland, lias 
improved wonderfully since her railroads have 
been built. There is now a capital of $1,000,000 
invested in railroad and plank-road improvements. 
-Five hundred barrels of coke ivere given 
to the poor of Mobile, and lifty barrels more to 
each of the Orphan Asylums, last week, by the 
agent of the Gas-Light Co., under direction 6 f 
Recorder CaldivelL 
-A proposition is before the Virginia Legis¬ 
lature to establish a State Agricultural Society, 
with branches, to be endowed by the State. To 
meet this endoAvment a loan of one million dol¬ 
lars is proposed. 
-A steam plowing machine has been invent¬ 
ed by A. T. Watson, of Staten Island. It is in¬ 
tended for driving 12 plows, and performing the 
operations of ploAving, solving and harrowing 
simultaneously. 
-A young eagle, wsigniugabout 12 pounds, 
was shot at Quincy last week. His pinions, from 
tip to tip, measured 7 feet 1 inch. He is supposed 
to be 18 months old; and was a noble specimen of 
the American bald eagle. 
-Undeniable evidence is being adduced to 
prove that millions of votes returned for Louis 
Napoleon were fraudulent. There is no question 
of it; but wo! to the man < who shall venture to 
make the assertion in France! 
-The annual report of the Superintendent 
of tlie Poor of Monroe county 7 , for tlie year 1851, 
shows that in consequeneo of intemperance two 
thousand five hundred persons have been relieved 
or supported by the county. 
-The first piece of cloth ever made in tlie 
United States, Avas manufactured in Hartford, Cl., 
by Jeremiah YVadsworth, in 1790. Gen. Washing- 
ton Avas dressed jn a suit of clothes made from 
this cloth. 
-The greatest number of bushels of Wheat 
produced by any one county of Oliio in 1850, was 
1,314,741. The greatest number of bushels of 
Corn, Avas 2,618,968. Brown was the banner 
county for Wheat, and Ross for Corn. 
