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ROCHESTER, FEBRUARY 26. 1852. 
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More Rotes of a Trip to Connecticut. 
It was a bright and beautiful winter day, as we 
left Bridgeport, in the afternoon train on the Nau¬ 
gatuck road. Four miles out, wc come to Strat¬ 
ford, and a mile further on to Junction, where wc 
leave the track of the New York A New Haven 
road, along which we have been running. The 
railroad is here on the east bank of the Housa- 
tonic, up which we go ten miles more, where the 
waters of the Naugatuck river come down from 
the hills of old Connecticut and cordially unite 
with the waters of the Ilousatonic, at the village 
of Derbv. This is a quiet place, of some busi¬ 
ness, and has a prepossessing appearance. The 
treater proportion of manufacturing and business 
Fs carried on at Birmingham, on the opposite side 
of the river. ILere are manufactured many kinds 
of heavy iron fgoods, wagon axlcs y copper-ware 
and wire, and large quantities of the small goods 
that have given to Connecticut her distinctive ap¬ 
pellation of the “Nutmeg State.” The Howe 
Manufacturing Co., have an extensive pin shop lo¬ 
cated at this place. 
After leaving here, we passed the new and 
thriving village of Ansonia, where manufactures 
similar to those of Birmingham, arc in successful 
operation. Four miles further up the rivei we 
come to Ilumphreysville, where besides the 
usual variety of manufactories, there is an addi¬ 
tional one of railroad cars, from which is turned out 
some passenger cars fully equal to the best of 1 1 ov 
or Albany workmanship. The prospect for far¬ 
mers docs not look over promising, though we 
learn they raise some very good crops, and much 
hay, all of which finds a ready market in the lit¬ 
tle villages at home or the shipping poitatBiidge- 
port. Farther on our way, we passed Naugatuck, 
another thrifty village. The results of productive 
industry here, arc the excellent hoes and forks of 
the Tuttle Manufacturing.Co. 
A ride of ten miles introduced us to the beauti¬ 
ful village of Waterbury, the largest one in the 
whole valley. It has a very desirable location on 
the high land contiguous to the river ; the streets 
are broad and well arranged, the buildings good 
and some of them elegant; large and commodious 
hotels and a full complement of stores and shops. 
A very large manufacturing business is carried on 
here, embracing copper-rolling, copper-wire, ket¬ 
tles and other goods, buttons, combs, clocks, pins, 
<fcc. The best pocket cutlery with which we have 
ever met, not excepting the finest English, is made 
by tbo Waterville Manufacturing Co., at thisplace. 
They arc an honor to the country, and should re¬ 
ceive, as they richly deserve, the patronage of the 
American people. If our State Legislature must 
furnish the members and their friends with 
pocket knives each year, we submit that they sboud 
get them from Waterbury, rather than send to 
England for an article no way superior. We 
should dtcm this as one of the most practically 
protective tariffs any Legislature could adopt; and 
then, how much more of a telling, effective speech 
a member could make in favor of home industry 
and protection, if clad and furnished by tlie sole 
labor of American mechanics and artisans. A 
brief stay did not enable us to make a visit to all 
the shops. We learn they are doing a good busi¬ 
ness. The power employed in almost every in¬ 
stance is steam, demonstrating that a manufactui- 
in<r village can be built up wherever the facility 
for reaching market renders it desiiable. Our own 
city might well add a number of similar manufac¬ 
tories to the business of the place, giving constant 
employment to many who are now fed by the 
meager bounty oi the public. 
A few miles above Waterbury is the little vil¬ 
lage of Waterville, fast following in the footsteps 
of°its older neighbor. Seven miles farther up wc 
reached Plymouth Hollow, where our journeying 
bv railroad ceased, and we took a team to visit 
the boe manufactory of Henry Whitlock, Esq., 
some two miles from the railroad. 
Not having before witnessed the process of man¬ 
ufacture, we enjoyed much satisfaction in examin¬ 
ing the different operations. The hoes are made 
from solid cast steel, the shank being drawn from 
the same block which furnishes the blade. The 
process of plating, and finishing ready for sale, 
furnishes no very new or interesting knowledge, 
but wliat surprised us most was the giving them 
that even, and unerring temper for which these 
hoes have been so justly celebrated. '1 his is done 
by a metallic bath, or a vessel filled with metal 
k. pt heated to a certain point all the time, into 
v hick the hoes are placed after being hardeuod, 
a .1 receive an even unfailing temper, just the 
t'i ■ ng with which every farmer desires to treat the 
weeds that unbidden spring up and thrive among 
bis crops. His works arc ample, and the charac¬ 
ter of his work stands unrivalled. 
After leaving Plymouth Hollow, wc passed the 
hamlet of Northfield, and came the same evening 
to Litchfield, the shire town of Litchfield county. 
This is a town of the olden time, having been set¬ 
tled as far back as 1690, and organized as a town 
some few years later. It is beautifully located, 
upon a commanding eminence, and is much visit¬ 
ed in summer, by the denizens of our “brick and 
mortar lowns,” that they may enjoy the beautiful 
country scenery, and breathe once again the pure 
air of heaven. In our ievolutionary struggle the 
inhabitants of this, then feeble colony, were quite 
as patriotic as those of other settlements and towns 
in New England. Here in Litchfield, we have 
read, the leaden statue of King George, which oc¬ 
cupied the place from which now bubbles the 
Bowling Green fountain in the city of New V ork, 
was melted and run into bullets with which to de¬ 
fend the inhabitants from the Kings most loyal 
armies. There are other interesting reminiscences 
of this locality which we can only pass by. Our 
sojourn was brief. Arriving late in the evening we 
found a home at the Mansion House, and passed 
on to New Milford in the stage the next morning 
at six o’clock. On our way to New Milford we 
passed through a region furnishing large quanti¬ 
ties of fine marble, and a region too which had t he 
appearance of being able to boast of some good 
farms if not of good farming. From New Milford 
we passed up the Ilousatonic railroad to Pittsfield 
—enjoyed a brief visit with'our friend Rued, of 
the Culturist and Gazette, and after attention to 
some business matters—thanks to the power of 
steam, soon found ourself at ho;ne, ready for the 
old routine, less fatigued wc fear, than will be our 
readers. t 
Fatal Accidents on the Erie Railroad. 
Two alarming accidents occurred on the Erie 
Railroad last week—each proving fatal to some 
passengers, and greatly endangering the lives of 
others. 
The first accident occulted a few miles west of 
Equinank, on Monday night, to the night express 
going east. In turning a corner a rail broke, and 
the hindmost car became detached and was pre¬ 
cipitated into the Delaware river, some twenty or 
thirty feet below the track—striking some fifteen 
feet from the shore 1 Fortunately, the river was 
not sufficiently deep to submerge the passengers. 
The water was full of broken ice, however, and so 
intensely cold, that several persons were dreadfully 
benumbed before they could be rescued from their 
perilous position. A piece of limber was thrown 
from the shore to form a bridge, and the roof of 
the car was cut open with an axe to enable those 
within to pass out. In this way most of the in¬ 
mates of the car wore rescued. Two passengers 
were killed,—a gentleman named Hyatt, and a 
German pedlar—and several more or less injured. 
Another dreadful accident occurred on Wednes¬ 
day, at Deposit, at which place the passenger train 
from the west had stopped for dinncr. The freight 
train came along at a tremendous rate and ran in¬ 
to the rear car of the passenger train, tearing it. to 
pieces, and killing three passengers and severely 
wounding <i number of others. The passengers 
killed, are a Miss Wisher of Orange Co., a man, 
name unknown, and an Indian girl. A Mr. Moon¬ 
ey was badly injured. The loss of life would have 
been much greater, had not most of the passen¬ 
gers been in the refreshments saloon. The acci¬ 
dent is said to be the result of gross carelessness. 
The Banner “ Rural ” Town.— Our Town Pre¬ 
mium for 1851 has been awarded to Texas, Kala¬ 
mazoo county, Mich. Through the agency of W. 
L. Booth, Esq., that town, with a population of 
410, furnished 52 subscribers to the Rural. This 
being the greatest list received from any one town, 
in proportion to population, entitles Texas to the 
Banner—and hence we send fifty-two copies of 
the Rural for 1852, (on the order of Mr.B .,) free 
of charge. 
The above premium, according to our lowest 
club price, amounts to sixty-five (Mars. Our 
readers will remember that we make the same 
liberal offer this year—and we hope the friends of 
the paper will govern themselves accordingly.— 
Which will be the Banner Town for 1852 ? 
Our May Premiums.— We give below the names 
of the principal competitors, thus far, for the Pre¬ 
miums offered for subscribers obtained to the Ru¬ 
ral previous to the lsLni May next. The names 
are given in regular order—commencing with the 
person who has obtained the largest number up 
to this date: 
S. E. Norton, L. D. Branch, Jas. Van Horn, J. 
H. Stanley, E. R. Hughes,' B. Farr, Silsbv A Co., 
G. N. Sherwood, I. T. Van Buskirk, E. IV. Fair- 
child, A. Stone, John Mead, H. Hunt, S. H. 
Wheeler, A. H. Savage, Linus Cone, S. C. Wright, 
B. Coddington, T. Ninde, French A Curtis. 
Several persons, who receive special premiums, 
have obtained larger lists than some of those above 
named. As many of our friends are still adding 
to their clubs, and others starting new ones, the 
above list gives no certain indication of the final 
result. 
Dangerous Illness of Hon. Henry Wager 
—The Albany Evening Journal of Saturday, 
states that intelligence had just been receiv¬ 
ed in that city of the dangerous illness of 
of Hon. Henry Wager, President of the State 
Agricultural Society. The disease is Bilious Pleu¬ 
risy ; and his physicians and family are fearful 
that the attack, which is very violent, will prove 
fatal. 
Hon. John Dickson of West Bloomfield, Onta¬ 
rio county, died on Sunday last. Mr. D. settled in 
Bloomfield in 1813—was widely known and es- 
' teemed, and creditably filled many public stations, 
j among them Member of the Legislature and Con- 
Congressional. legislature of 3hu ^ork. Stems of Hems, &r. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Tuesday, Feb. 17.— Senate. —A letter from Kos¬ 
suth to the President was read in the Senate.— 
The subject of granting land to Iowa for Railroad 
purposes, was taken up, and Mr. Hunter ot V ir- 
ginia, spoke in reply to Senators Sumner and Bell. 
A short Executive Session closed the doors aud 
the day’s labors. 
House. — The delegate from Oregon has only 
$2,500 mileage,—so the House spent the day in 
talking of increasing the same. 
Wednesday, Feb. 18.— Senate. —A long discuss¬ 
ion was held about printing the letter of Kossuth 
read on Tuesday. It was fiually carried by one 
majority. Notices of different bills were given, 
and Iowa railroad bill again taken up. 
House. —The reform in mileage was effected, 
and an increase to over $4,000 allowed. A Mis¬ 
souri railroad bill was up for discussion. 
Thursday, Feb. 12.— Senate.— Several petitions,, 
memorials, resolutions, Ac., before the Senate. 
House. —The consideration of the bill grunting 
to Missouri certain lands to fit a railroad was re¬ 
sumed, Mr Porter making a speech in its favor. 
Friday, Feb. 29.— Senate. —Mr. Fish presented 
several petitions from New York in support of 
Mr. Grinnell’s application to Government in be¬ 
half of another expedition in search of Sir John 
Franklin. 
Important ducuments relative to the Wheeling 
bridge were presented and referred to Judiciary 
Com. 
Action was had on several private bills. 
Adjourned till Monday. 
House. —The principal business of the day was 
the Kossuth and Long correspondence. A mes¬ 
sage was received from the President on the sub¬ 
ject, transmitting reports from the Secretary of 
State and Secretary of Navy, and papers accom¬ 
panying them. 
After some discussion, the message and accom¬ 
panying papers were ordered to be printed. 
The House adjourned to Tuesday on account of 
festivities, Saturday and Monday, in honor of 
Washington’s birth-day. 
Election of Post-Master* by the People. 
The general editor of the New .England Far¬ 
mer, in a late number of his paper, has some well 
limed remarks upon this subject. 
When thinking of the matter, I have wondered 
why the people through their organs, the newspa¬ 
pers, have not more generally urged this very ne¬ 
cessary reform. As the system now exists it is a 
great party engine, that is often wielded for cor¬ 
rupt purposes. When the appointing power re¬ 
sides in one man, those seeking for the honors or 
emoluments of place, are too apt, when they have 
acquired them, to forget the interests of the peo¬ 
ple, in striving to pleaso the appointing power, 
and to uphold the party that .dispenses its favors. 
Nor can it be possible that, over so vast a terri¬ 
tory and where so many are to receive office, the 
central power will wisely select the best men to 
discharge the duties satisfactorily to the public, 
whose welfare is advanced or retarded as the 1’ost- 
Master is, or is not, efficiently qualified. 
There can be no sound reason urged against the 
election of Post-Masters by the people. The cit¬ 
izens of several States have been trusted with the 
election of their judicial officers, and the experi¬ 
ment proves highly satisfactory in its results.— 
And surely if the people may appoint.their own 
J udges, there is no shadow of reason why they 
may not appoint their own Post-Masters—aud the 
more especially as each community of voters would 
choose one of its own members, with whom all 
would be well acquainted. 
Let tbo matter be well carried out, and wo 
should have a more efficient administration of the 
Post Office system, as each appointee would feel 
that the power which lie served was one which 
continually surrounded him. It would relieve the 
central department of a great weight of labor and 
responsibility, and effect ually curtail one element 
that tends to corrupt and embitter party strife.— 
Let then the people, whom it so much concerns, 
move emphatically in the matter until the good 
work shall be accomplished, and each Post-Master 
elevated to his position by the free suffrages of his 
neighbors. T - K - 
Fruit Trees, Ac.— As the season is approaching 
when fruit trees, shrubs, plants, Ac., will be in de¬ 
mand, wc advise all interested to keep an eye on 
our advertising department. This week our read¬ 
ers will find the cards of two prominent Nurser¬ 
ies in this vicinity, and one located at Syracuse. 
Kossuth — Material Aid. —At the last d.jles 
Kossuth was in Cincinnati, where he was to par¬ 
take of a banquet on the 23d*in honor of Wash¬ 
ington’s birtli-day. He has been well received 
generally on bis western tour—and is the frequent 
incipient of substantial “ aid and comfort,” as the 
lollowing from a late Cleveland paper shows : 
N. E. Mowten, a little boy about seven years of 
age, being introduced to Kossuth on Monday, said, 
“ Gov. Kossuth, I present you with $5 for liberty 
and the cause of Hungary, and promise to do bet¬ 
ter for you in after years.” Kossuth raised him 
from the ground and kissed him. 
The young ladies of the Cooper Seminary, at 
Dayton, sent $30 to Kossuth on the same day. 
He received also $800 from Pittsburgh. 
The scholars of Herron’s Seminary presented 
him with $30. 
The French Association handed him $28. 
The German Association of Cincinnati, through 
Captain ltoedter, are prepared to hand him in 
$1,400. ' __ 
Western House of Refuge. —The Governor 
has appointed the following gentlemen, as Mana¬ 
gers of the Western House of Refuge : 
Isaac Hills, Win. Pitkin, Aristarchus Champion 
and Amou Bronson, of Rochester ; Heman Blod¬ 
gett, of Alexander, Genesee county. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Tuesday, Feb. 17.— Senate. —Mr. Beekman in- : 
traduced bis liquor bill, giving Supervisors the j 
power of regulating its sale in each county. The 
Ingraham University was incorporated, and sev¬ 
eral other acts passed, after which an executive 
session was held. 
Assembly. —Petitions, reports, and general or¬ 
ders, occupied the House. Considerable progress 
was made in private bills, but none of general in 
terest were passed. 
Wednesday, Feb. 18.— Senate. —Railroad mat¬ 
ters and relief for the New York Volunteers, and 
survivors of the w ar of 1812 occupied the Senate. 
Assembly. —A spicy debate occupied most of the 
day on v report from the Comptroller, in answer 
to a resolution of the House, stating that he has 
not refused to refund to the Clerk moneys advan¬ 
ced by him for postage stamps; but declar¬ 
ing that he would do so. 1st. Because post¬ 
age stamps are currency. 2d. That he cannot in¬ 
crease the pay of membeis. 3J. That their pay 
is limited to $3 per day. He proceeds to say that 
he has not paid the private postage of the State 
officers and their clerks, nor has he refused to pay 
the official postage of the members because he has 
been requested to do so; but adds that if ho were 
so requested he would have to refuse, until some 
law authorizing him to do so, should be pointed 
out to him. 
Several local bills were passed, but none of gen¬ 
eral interest. 
Thursday, Feb. 19.— Senate. —Railroad matters 
again occupied the Senate. Petitions, reports, 
Ac., as usual. 
Assembly. —A report on the contingent fund 
was sent in,—a continuation of the postage ques¬ 
tion. The Canal lettings were again up for dis¬ 
cussion. A bill was brought in for the erection of 
a residence for the Governor. 
Friday, Feb 20.— Senate. —A bill was passed 
amending the charter of Syracuse. 
Various petitions presented, including several 
relative to the Maine Law, pro and con. 
Reports, as usual; among them one against any 
general canal law as obviously impracticable, 
which was agreed to. The Annual Report of the 
Canal Appraisers was presented and referred. 
The Assembly amendments to the Kossuth reso¬ 
lutions were concurred in. 
Mr. Pierce offered the following resolution : 
Resolved, That the committee on finance be re¬ 
quested to report to this body at as early a day 
as possible, the amount of surplus funds in the 
treasury which can safely be appropriated for the 
purpose of defraying the expense ol endowing the 
University of Albany; of establishing an Agri¬ 
cultural College and model farm; and to defray 
the expense of a Trigonometrical and gcoditic sur¬ 
vey of the State. 
After some discussion—during which it was 
stated that the University would make no appli¬ 
cation for an endowment, but propose to the Leg¬ 
islature to educate a number of pupils as Spite 
pupils—the resolution was laid on the table. 
Various bills were passed, mostly pertaining to 
local matters. 
Assembly. —Pelitions and reports. Among the 
latter, the bill to provide for the erection of a 
building for the Governor; by Mr. Corser, against 
the division of Wayne county. 
Mr. Luckey, from the committee to whom the 
subject had been referred, reported strong Inter¬ 
vention resolutions,—which were ordered printed, 
and made the special order for Thursday next. 
The bill incorporating the Genesee Suspension 
Bridge Company was reported, read a third time, 
and passed. 
Manorial tenures discussed. Notices, motions, 
Ac., presented, aud the House adjourned over to 
Monday. 
Saturday, Feb. 21.- -Senate.— Reporls;including 
bill to change name of Buffalo and Coliocton 
Valley Railroad, to the Buffalo, Corning and New 
York Railroad, which was agreed to ; in favor of 
printing 1,000 copies Canal Appraisers’ report, 
and 500 copies of the leport of the Western House 
of Refuge. 
The following resolution was adopted : 
Resolved, That the Committee on Railroads bo 
instructed to enquire and report whether any and 
what legislation is necessary to protect the safety 
aud lives of passengers on Railroads by limiting 
the speed of running on such roads or otherwise, 
and that said committee enquire into and report 
the causes of the recent fatal casualties on railroads. 
Assembly. —[Not in session to-day.] 
Riot at Cleveland.— There was a serious riot 
at Cleveland, Ohio, on Monday week, occasioned 
by the discovery of portions of a human body in 
a cesspool of the Homcepnthie College, and which 
was identified by friends ol the deceased. A com¬ 
mittee of five citizens was chosen to examine the 
building, one of whom recognized a portion of the 
body of his own daughter among some partly dis¬ 
sected remains. The building was twice fired by 
the mob, and extinguished, aud the military were 
called out. 
Capital Conviction in Livingston County. —At 
the late term of the Circuit Court in Geneseo,held 
by Judge Strong, James Welden was convicted 
of arson in the first degree. He was indicted for 
setting fire to a dwelling-house iu Dansville. Ho 
wae sentenced to be lumg on the 9th of April 
next. He confessed his guilt, and implicated a 
man named Johnson as his accomplice. Seieral 
fires had occurred in Dansville, in. the month of 
December, 1850, which were supposed to be 
caused by this incendiary. _ 
A Singular Discovery. —On the 29th ult., the 
laborers on the Great Western Railroad, on Bur¬ 
lington Heights, Canada West, found part of the 
head and the tusk of an elephaut, beneath the 
strata of stone an 1 gravel. The tusk measured 6 
feet 9 inches in length, and 13 inches in circum¬ 
ference. __ 
N ew Post Offices. —Now post-offices have been 
established in this State at North Pembroke, Gen¬ 
esee Co., Levi Blackman, postmaster; North Ccu- 
trcvillc, Oswego Co., Uri Sailsbury, postmaster; 
Circleville, Orange Co., David Bull, postmaster. 
-The ship fever is raging in New York. 
-A dry goods house iu New York has 
failed for only $700,000' 
-Ocean postage has increased over $200,- 
000 the past year. 
-There hare been terrible Irish riot at 
Steubenville, Ohio. 
-The taxes in N. Y. city, for 1851, amount¬ 
ed to nearly three and a half million dollars. 
-At Buffalo, on Friday mornin, 29th, the 
Thermometer marked 3 degrees below zero. 
-The Senate of Indiana, by a vote of 26 to 
13, has rejected the Maine liquor law. 
-W. II. C. Hosmer has been engaged to de¬ 
liver a course of lectures iu Cleveland. 
-The entire yield of gold iu California, in 
1851, is estimated at $75,000,000. 
-A California lion, six feet and two inches 
in length, was killed near Marysville. 
-The “Black Swan” is giving concerts in 
New England, to large audiences. 
-There are, in the State, 2,227 uninci rpor- 
ated select and private schools. 
-A splendid Hotel is to be erected on the 
site of the old Blossom House at Canandaigua. 
-It is thought the 17th of June will be 
fixed on for the Whig National Convention. 
-A deputation from Brown County, Ohio, 
presented Kossuth with 200 guns. 
-The government of the Netherlands has 
abolished Hogging in the navy and army. 
-Six different railroad bills have been en¬ 
grossed in the Senate of Texas. 
-A statue of Ethan Allen has been execu¬ 
ted by B. 11. Kinney, of Burlington, Vt. 
-N ew post Office has been established at 
West Bane, Orleans Co. 11. H. Jackson, P. M. 
-At Cleveland, nine ladies are studying the 
Homcepatliie system of medicine. 
-The whigs of Buffalo have nominated Hi¬ 
ram Barton for Mayor, and H. B. Burt for Justice. 
-The Red river was recently frozen over in 
Louisiana—nut remembered to have occurred be¬ 
fore. 
-Miss Cushman, the female pedestrian, has 
undertaken at Mobile to walk 500 miles iu 250 
consecutive hours, 
-Gov. Hunt has pardoned Lopez, the Span¬ 
ish sailor, on condition that he imineaiately leaves 
the country. 
-Philanthropists are trying to put a stop 
to the shower-bath punishment at Sing Sing, as 
too severe for human endurance. 
_The destruction and loss of property by 
the breaking up of the ice at Louisville, is esti¬ 
mated at $250,000. 
-A Norwegian Company is delivering a 
pure and beautiful article of ice at London Ac., 
at five dollars per ton at retail. 
-A Mr. McCormick, of Cincinnati, Ohio, is 
in New York, exhibiting his powers of walking 
on the celling, head down, like a fiy. 
-The Ohio Free Soil Convention recom¬ 
mend John P. Hale, for President, and Samuel 
Lewis, of Ohio, for Vice President. 
-The Legislature of Mississippi have chosen 
Walter Brook, \V hig, as U nited States Senator, to 
succeed Mr. P'oote. 
-Two fools at Lancaster, Pa., are going to 
put lead into the places where others keep Uieir 
brains: 
-Hon. George M. Dallas, of Philadelphia, 
declined a public dinner at the hands of his mends 
at Richmond, Va. 
-Horatio Gates, Esq., recently connected 
with the Press of Buffalo, died in tliut city on 
Saturday week. 
_There lives in Ernestown, Canada, a man 
named Schneider, 108 years old, who is able to 
chop a cord of wood a day. 
_A new work entitled “ Kossuth and his 
Generals” is to be pubblished soon by Pkinuey 
A Co., of Buffalo. 
_A New York paper of Friday speaks of 
“ fresh tomatoes, just received from Bermuda— 
the first this year.” 
_The Buffalo and Dunkirk Railroad is com¬ 
pleted ; the cars commenced running on Mon¬ 
day. 
_C. B. Thomson, editor of the Le Roy Ga¬ 
zette, has been chosen a delegate to the National 
Whig Convention. 
-The importation of wine into Great Bri¬ 
tain was less in 1851, by 4,640 pipes, than iu the 
previous year. 
-Jenny Lind gave $50 to the head waiter 
of the house where she was married, and $30 to 
each of the other servants. 
-Three noisy fellows of Pittsburgh have 
been fined, for disturbing the slumbers of a watch¬ 
man. at a late hour of the night! 
-The Presidential election in November will 
be governed by the census aud apportionment of 
1810, and not by the new one. 
-A portrait of Gen. Taylor and a picture of 
Niagara Falls, by Vanderlyn, have been placed 
in the Rotunda of the Capitol at Washington. 
-A train of ninety-five cars drawn by two 
locomotives, ran over the Hudson River Railroad 
on Monday, week. It was over a mile in length! 
-The Supervisor elections in Steuben Co., 
show a pretty close fit party wise—being 17 
democrats and 15 whigs. ^ 
-Ebenczer S. Grosvenor, in a fit of insanity, 
hung liimself in his barn, iu Lebanon, Madison 
county, ou the 12th. 
-A project is said to be on foot in South 
Carolina for a railway from Pendleton, through 
the mountains, into the Tennessee valley. 
-There is a project for a railway along the 
west shore of Lake Michigan, aud books have 
been opened for subscriptions. 
-Seizures of wine, brandy, and other spirits, 
introduced contrary to the prohibitions of the law, 
are daily made in" Portland and other parts of 
Maine. 
_Sheriff Strong, of Hampshire County, 
Mass., has employed a teacher to instruct the 
prisoners in reading and writing, in the jail at 
Northampton. 
_Among the Patents recently issued from 
the United States Patent Office, is one to Win. F. 
Ketchum, Buffalo, for improvement in Grass Har¬ 
vesters. 
-A Yankee, according to the poet Saxe, is 
a driving man ; “ lie sees acqueducts in bubbling 
springs, buildings in stones, and cash in .every 
thing.” 
-The value of all the milk sold in Massachu¬ 
setts for the year ending June 1st, 1850, was 
; $276,887. Dedham is the largest town iu the 
“ milky way,” having sold $45,000 worth. 
Bj-jezsia: r .^asaasw ss 
