MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKEU: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
ROCHESTER, MARCH 4.1852. 
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we do not send the Rural after the expiration of the time 
paid for. Also, that we adhere strictly to published terms, 
and require remittances accordingly. 
The Season—Business Prospects, Etc. 
Old Winter seems inclined to exhibit his pow¬ 
er (o the hist, moment, and to linger sometime in 
the “ lap of Spring,” before taking his final exodus. 
March opens cold and bleak—giving us evidence 
of the power of the “ Storm King,” not at all ne¬ 
cessary or acceptable after the testimony already 
furnished. Yet the lion will soon be shorn of his 
strength, and his chilling roar he changed to the 
gentle bleating of the lamb—for the rotation of 
the seasons is not so uncertain as that prated up¬ 
on and about by politicians. Spring and Sum¬ 
mer, seed time and harvest, will as surely come 
and pass as t here is a sun in the heavens—no mat¬ 
ter who is President or Governor, or what the peo¬ 
ple or papers declare. Speaking of officials, and 
as the Presidential canvas is not far distant, wc 
beg to remind our readers hero, of what they al¬ 
ready know,—that, in any event, whatever party 
may he in power, attention to the business of 
their farms, shops, and desks is all important.— 
The prosperity—the salvation, il you please,— 
of our country for the next decade,^ will depend 
far more upon industry, economy and judicious 
home management, than upon any public action 
likely io he taken by our rulers—taking the very 
harmless action of Congress and our State Legis¬ 
lature as a criterion ! Indeed, we think it equally 
necessary land wise foi the people at large to con¬ 
tinue actual producers of the necessaries of life— 
and if the hundreds and thousands of young and 
middle aged men, now in idleness, seeking office, 
or waiting for “ dead men’s shoes,” would be¬ 
come laborers at useful occupations, the country 
would he “ saved” by an immense majority ! 
But le.t us return from this digression. The 
winter has been most severe—the seasoy alto¬ 
gether very unfavorable for business operations.— 
This, and other causes combined, have produced 
the cry, at least, of “hard times” throughout a 
large portion of the count ry. The low price,—gnd 
in some sections no price ,•—of wheat and other 
staple products, has been a serious drawback, crip¬ 
pling the purses and energies, and thwarting the 
plans of the masses. Hence the financial affairs 
of the country have for several months exhibited 
any thing but a lively, healthy state. How much 
of this embarrassment may lie attributed to heavy 
importations, and the extravagant consumption 
by our people of expensive silks, satins and other 
foreign and unnecessary gewgaws, we leave the 
reader to determine. 
Of late, however, the skies are brightening. As 
spring approaches the tone of the markets, and 
the prices of our staples, are improving. This 
gives tin impetus and activity to business which 
augurs well for the future, and we confidently an¬ 
ticipate better times for farmers and the produc¬ 
ing classes generally,—a good spring for business 
operations. In this wo may be mistaken, but the 
“signs of the times” indicate a decided improve¬ 
ment. A continuation of the present prices of the 
main products of Western New York, saying noth¬ 
ing of tin advance, will soon relieve many from 
real and others from fancied embarrassment,—and 
our western friends will participate in this pros¬ 
perity, as soon as the avenues of trade and navi¬ 
gation are fairly open. And, if the rule holds 
good, that a cold, hard winter is followed by an 
early, open spring, the husbandman may expect a 
good season for fanning operations. The contin¬ 
ued severity of the weather up to the present date 
is no argument against, but rather in favor of the 
result indicated. But whatever the season or 
times, let us all do our duty—so cultivating our 
soil, and husbanding our means, that we may be 
prepared to achieve success under any ordinary 
circumstances. 
The Mails. — Explanation. —On the 1st of March 
we received several money letters from Ohio, Wis¬ 
consin, Ac., dated about a month ago. They were 
mailed at Buffalo for this city, on the 15th of Feb¬ 
ruary, and arrived hereon the 1st of March!— only 
fifteen days in making a four hours journey! The 
I’. M. General will please note this remarkable 
speed—and the thirty new subscribers to the Ru¬ 
ral, whose orders have had such a “ good time ” 
on the way, are referred to him for an explanation. 
In this connection, we may state that prompt 
attention is given to all letters ordering the Rural, 
—and if new subscribers fail to receive the paper 
in due season, the fault is not chargeable upon the 
publisher. The derangement and tardiness of the 
mails during the past winter, caused by deep snow, 
Ac., has been a great source of annoyance to news¬ 
paper readers and publishers—but as the Rubicon 
is nearly passed, smooth and rapid transit may soon 
■be expected. When lake navigation is resumed, 
our western friends will receive the Rural nearly 
as early as subscribers in this State. 
Municipal Nominations and Election. 
During the past week the politicians of the city 
have been quite active in preparing for the char¬ 
ter election—the two parties nominating candi¬ 
dates for city officers, and “ laying pipe” to secure 
their elect ion. The nominating conventions were 
both held on the same day, and their proceedings 
aro said to have been characterized with more 
than usual order and dignity. The Whig Conveu- 
tion, held on Wednesday forenoon, nominated the 
following ticket: 
For Mayor—Tnos. Kempshall ; City Sup’t.— 
Horatio N. Shaw ; City Attorney— Jas. S. Bush ; 
Overseer of Poor— John C. Stevens; Justice— 
Thomas B. Husband ; Assessor— Isaac Loomis ; 
Sealer of Weights and Measures— Peter Cherry. 
On the afternoon of the same day the Demo¬ 
crats nominated as follows: 
For Mayor— Hamblin Sri i,w eli.; Att’y— Henry 
Hunter ; Sup’t— Wm. II. Wait ; Overseer of Poor 
— David McKay ; Justice— Delos Wentworth ; 
Assessor—L. K. Faulkner; Sealer— Wm. Mont¬ 
gomery. 
The Election is being held as onr paper goeslo 
press, (Tuesday,) and lienee we arc unable to give 
the result this week. 
Meteorological Abstract. 
by l. wetherell. 
Congressional. legislature nf 31 era Items af 3lems, &r. 
Feb. 1852. 
THERMOMI 
MAX. | MIN. 
;tkr. 
MEAN. 
| RAIN. 
WINDS. 
1 
3.7 
27 
31.00 
S W. N W. 
2 
31 
18 
23.00 
N W. 
:i 
35 
20 
31.00 
H W. N W. 
4 
43 
31 
37.33 
8 W. N W. 
5 
42 
33 
36 33 
8 W. 
o 
14 
28 
37.33 
8 W. 8. 
7 
30 
30 
34.00 
W. N W. 
8 
32 
24 
27.00 
N W. 
9 
42 
25 
34.33 
W. S W. 
10 
49 
34 
12 00 
s \r. a. 
11 
43 
33 
39.33 
W. N W. 
12 
23 
20 
22.00 
W. N W. 
13 
28 
21 
24.00 
N W. K. 
14 
28 
12 
19.33 
N W. N K. 
15 
38 
23 
31.00 
8 W. 8. 
10 
2H 
13 
18.00 
N W. 
17 
25 
12 
19.00 
N W. 
18 
14 
8 
12.00 
N W. 
1!) 
19 
9 
14.33 
N. N W. 
20 
22 
8 
15.00 
W. 8 W. 
21 
38 
12 
23.33 
H E. 8. 
22 
40 
34 
30.33 
W. 
23 
30 
32 
31.00 
W. 
21 
43 
32 
37.00 
8 E. 8. 
25 
39 
29 
35.33 
W. N \Y. 
26 
27 
20 
22.34 
N W. 4 
27 
31 
20 
21.33 
N. 
28 
33 
31 
32.00 
a k. s. 
29 
17 
8 
13.00 
w. 
REMARKS. 
The monthly mean temperature of February, 
just closed, is 27.82 degrees ; do. last year, 28.15 
deg.—a difference of only 33 hundredths, or one- 
third of a degree. The 19th of Feb. will long bo 
memorable for tlie “ terrible majesty ” of its aurora 
borealis. With the month closes a cold winter. 
There has been good sleighing most of the time 
since the first of December until now—March 1st, 
—with a fair prospect of having “ six weeks” of 
good sleighing the present month. It seems more 
like mid-winter, than the first day of spring. But 
we have the old adage to comfort us —“ If March 
comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb.” 
So may it bo—and tl.us verify the truth of the 
adage. 
Literary Notices. 
Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in 
England. By Fred. L. Olmsteao. New York: 
G. P. Putnam. 1851. 
This is the third number of “ Putnam’s semi¬ 
monthly library for Travelers and the Fireside,” 
a series of books worth reading, well printed on 
good paper, and in good form, giving between 
three and four hundred pages for 25 cents. We 
have been well entertained by the present volume, 
and hope the author will give us another, as lit; 
proposes, detailing more particularly what he saw 
tof English Agriculture. For sale by D. M. Dew¬ 
ey, Arcade Ilall. 
Arvine’s Cyclopaedia of Anecdotes of Literature 
and the Fine Arts. Gould & Lincoln, Boston. 
No. 7 of this valuable serial is devoted to-Poetry 
and Poets,—and admirably spiced with choice 
selections, anecdotes, Ac. The high character of 
the work is well sustained, and we again com¬ 
mend it to till students of Literature and the Arts, 
as indispensable for the library. It is to be com¬ 
pleted in eight numbers, at 25 cents each. 
Magazines for March. 
Graham’s Magazine came first, and among oth¬ 
er contributors of merit, John Neal talks of “ Law 
and Lawyers,” in his usual bold and original 
style. The embellishments are good, and there is 
no flagging in spirit or effort in the editor. 
Sartain gives us a good number. The prize 
story of the month is an excellent one, and the 
magazine well sustained in all its departments. 
The Lady’s Book, has, as the most noticeable 
feature, “ An appeal to American Christians in be¬ 
half of the Ladies’ Medical Society.” 
The above, as well :is the Knickerbocker, Har¬ 
per’s, tlie International and other periodicals may 
be found at D. M. Dewey’s Arcade News Rooms. 
To Agents and Others.-— We have received so 
many orders from new clubs, and additions to old 
ones, during tlie past week, (thanks to the friends 
of tlie Rural, near and distant,) that our edition 
of several early numbers of the volume is exhaust¬ 
ed. However, as we tire disposed to accommodate 
those who have formed clubs and acted as agents, 
(see “Special Notices ” at tlie head of this page,) 
we trust our friends will continue their favors. 
Our readers will bear in mind that the sub¬ 
scriptions of single subscribers, and clubs also, can 
commence with any number desired. 
IW Agents or subscribers who may have extra 
or spare copies of No’s. 4 and 5 of this volume, or 
either of them, will greatly oblige us by mailing 
tlie same to the address of the paper —“ Rural 
New-Yorker, Rochester, N. Y.” 
Malay Fowls. —A correspondent asks us where 
genuine Malay fowls can be obtained. Who, in 
this region, can furnish them ? 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Monday, Feb. 23.— Senate.— Petitions, resolu¬ 
tions and reports were presented, offered and made, 
but nothing definitely done beside the passing of 
a few private bills. 
House .—Not in session. 
Tuesday, Feb. 24.— Senate. —Grants of lands to 
Railroads in Iowa were before tlie Senate. 
House. — Lands for Missouri Railroads occupied 
the House. 
Wednesday, Fob. 25— Senate.— Iowa Railroad 
bill continued. 
House. —Missouri, ditto. 
Thursday, Feb. 26.— Senate. —A Select Oom- 
mitteeon Mexican claims was appointed. Per¬ 
sonal explanations and Intervention speeches oc¬ 
cupied the day. 
House. —The bill making land warrants assign¬ 
able was amended, read a third time—and the 
House adjourned. 
Friday, Feb. 27.— Senate. —The whole day was 
taken up by a bitter personal explanation between 
Senators lthett of South Carolina and Clemens of 
Alabama. The Tribune says, a duel is morally, 
or rather immorally certain. 
House .—The Bounty Laud bill was laid on the 
table, and bills introduced for Land Grants to 
Pennsylvania and to the several States for School 
purposes. 
Saturday, Feb. 28.— Senate. —Messrs. Rhcttand 
Clemens continued their remarks. On motion of 
Mr. Gwinn the subject was postponed two weeks. 
House. —Not in session. 
Monday, March 1.— Senate. —The Georgia non¬ 
intervention resolutions were presented. The Sen¬ 
ate adjourned until Wednesday. 
House. —An attempt was made to endorse the 
Compromise. How it succcded our report does 
not state. 
Fruit Report.— The attention of fruit growers, 
— and especially of every Western New York 
reader who owns or cultivates tin orcliard or gar- 
den,—is invited to the Report of the Fruit Com¬ 
mittee of the Genesee Valley Horticultural Soci¬ 
ety, published on third page of this number. It 
contains information and suggestions of great im¬ 
portance, and will well repay a careful perusal hud 
consideration. Emanating from the source it docs, 
—gentlemen of wide reputation, and large experi¬ 
ence in fruit culture,—the Report will command 
attention, and may be considered reliable authority. 
Ten Hour System. —The workmen, employed 
by Ruggles, Noukse, Mason <fc Co., manufactur¬ 
ers of Agricultural Implements in Worcester, 
Mass., have presented their employers with an 
elegant and cosily clock for the new counting- 
room connected with the establishment, as a tes¬ 
timony of their appreciation of the liberality of 
R., N., M. & Co., in establishing the ten hour sys¬ 
tem for all tlie workmen in their employ. 
Barometers and Thermometers. —Attention is 
directed to the advertisement of Kendall <fc Tay¬ 
lor, manufacturers of these instruments, who have 
established themselves in this city. 
Products of New York. —In the State of New 
York, the number of acres of improved land is 
12,285,077 ; the value of farming implements and 
machinery is $22,217,563 ; tlie value of live stock 
is $74,672,356 ; wheat raised during the year end¬ 
ing June 30,1850, 13,073,358 bushels ; 17,841,808 
bushels Indian corn ; 70,222 lbs. tobacco ; 10,021,- 
507 lbs. of wool; 5,483 gallons of wine ; 82,043,- 
*-23 lbs. of butter ; 49,785,905 lbs. of cheese ; 3,- 
714,734 tons of hay ; 81 tons of dew rotted hemp; 
20 tons of water rotted hemp ; 53,824 bushels of 
flux seed ; 10,340,764 lbs. of maple sugar, and $1,- 
277,170 worth of home manufactures. 
Large Farms.— The Cincinnati Gazette states 
that J. Davis, of Ross County, Ohio, cultivates 1,- 
800 acres of Indian corn, and that he has, this 
winter a “ corn crib filled which is three miles 
long, ten feet high and six feet wide. H. L. Ells¬ 
worth, of la., cultivates 12,000 acres in com, which 
would require a crib twenty miles long, six feet 
in width and ten feet in height. He is desirous 
of selling thirty small farms of 1,000 acres each. 
So says the Lafayette, (la.,) Journal, 
Double Track on the Erie Road. —We learn 
that the Erie Railroad Company have contracted 
lor rails to lay one hundred miles of double track, 
extending from the Gteat Bend to Elmira, and in¬ 
cluding also some 20 miles in this county. This 
iron is to be paid for in the stock of the road, 
which is to be taken at par. The additional track 
from the Great Bend west is rendered particularly 
necessary by the large amount of coal business 
arising the opening of tlie Lackawana road.— 
Goshen Item. 
Growth of Texas. —The population of Texas, 
it is stated by the New Orleans Picayune, has 
greatly increased since Ihe Mexican war. New 
towns have sprung up, old ones have been enlarg¬ 
ed, and the class of small farms have quadrupled 
over a large part of the State. The large planta¬ 
tions, upon which cane, cotton and indigo tire 
grown tiro confined mainly to the sea shore, while 
m the interior the farmers are in a large majority. 
The new coiners consist in good part of F reneh 
and German immigrants. 
A Curiosity. —The editor of the Batavia (N. 
Y.) Times has seen a curious piece of silver coin, 
which was taken from the solid earth near Colo- 
mti River, California, last yehr, by a miner named 
G. W. Sherman. The piece is about the size of 
one of our shillings, thick, and its value by weight 
is about forty-six cents. The characters on eacli 
side arc eastern, probably Hebrew. How did 
such a coin become embedded in th the earth sev¬ 
enteen inches below tlie surface, in the interior of 
California ? 
Leap Year Pbivilkoks— The Cincinnati Ga¬ 
zette notices tlie fact that the ladies of Chagrin 
Falls have subscribed some $2,500 in single shares 
to the stock of the Cleveland aud Mahoning Rail¬ 
road, as a “new feature,” and speaks of it as “a 
leap year movement, that evinces an energy not 
to be intimidated by ordinary obstacles, which 
will be followed with a perseverance not to be 
satisfied with anything short of complete successl” 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Monday, Feb. 23.— Senate. —The Senate passed 
an act in relation to indictments for libels and the 
trials. [Makes it necessary that the trial shall be 
held in the county where the libel is published.] 
Mr. Beckman’s excise bill was referred to the 
committee of the whole. 
Assembly. —Adjourned for want of a quorum. 
Tuesday, Feb. 24. — Senate. —Petitions reports, 
Ac., and several unimportant bills passed. 
Assembly.— The excise committee reported a bill 
to prevent paupetism, &c., by the suppression of 
drinking and tippling houses. (The Maine law 
in effect.) 
Wednesday, Feb. 25.— Senate. —Talked about 
canal contracts, and passed several bills of no gen¬ 
eral interest 
Assembly. —The contested seat case of Smith vs. 
Snow, was before the House, but not decided. 
Thursday, Feb. 26.— Senate. —A bill was intro¬ 
duced for tunnelling the Hudson at Albany. Re¬ 
ports, motions, <fcc. 
Assembly. —The contested seat was decided in 
favor of Mr. Snow by a vote of 59 to 58. 
Friday, Feb 27.— Senate. —The day’s proceed¬ 
ings are without special interest. 
The Senate was mainly occupied in discussing 
the question whether the Executive sessions be 
public or private. It was not settled. 
Assembly. —Mr. Cushing reported the following 
resolutions, against the renewal of Woodworth’s 
Patent, which were laid on the table: 
Resolved, (if the Senate concur,) That in the 
judgment of this Legislature, tlie sentiments of 
the people of the Stale is opposed to the passage 
of any law extending the time ol any patent here¬ 
tofore granted to William Woodworth for a pla¬ 
ning machine, or to his personal representatives or 
assigns, and any law sanctioning or giving tiny 
force or validity to the t e-issuc of any such pat¬ 
ent in 1845, founded upon amended specifications 
and against tiny law which gives to the judgment 
of any court in any personal action relating to 
patents or otherwise, a conclusive effect upon per¬ 
sons who tire not parties and who have no oppor¬ 
tunity to contest the merits ot any such action. 
Resolved, (if the Senate concur,) That tlie Gov¬ 
ernor bo requested to transmit a copy of the fore¬ 
going resolution to each of the Senators and Rep¬ 
resentatives in Congress, from this Slate. 
Mr. Van Santvoord made a minority report 
against the pass:igo of any such resolutions. 
Mr. Keyes reported adversely to the bill in re¬ 
lation to the Genesee Mutual Insurance Company. 
Several bills were passed amending the char¬ 
ters of different towns dud cities, and then anoth¬ 
er attempt wtis made to bring the contested seat 
question again before the House. 3 he House 
continued in session until 5 o’clock on Saturday 
morning, and succeeded in expelling Mr. Snow by 
a vote of 52 to 13. There must bo something 
wrong at work to produce such a change in the 
vote so soon. 
Saturday, Feb. 28.— Senate. —Fetilions, reports, 
notices, i&e. Among the reports was one relative 
to the duty of Assessors and requiring a return ol 
property under oath. 
Assembly— [Not in session.] 
Monday, March 1.— Senate. —Among the bills 
reported to tlie Senate was one to incorporate the 
Genesee Suspension Bridge Company. Several 
unimportant bills were passed, and others reported. 
Assembly. —Nothing done worth noting—the 
day being spent in the discussions of questions of 
privelege arising from the comments of different 
papers on the proceedings of Friday evening. 
The Sea-ierpent Captured at Last. 
Cai*t. Cii as. Sbabury, of the whaleship Monon- 
gahela, of New Bedford, in a letter to the N. Y. 
Tribune, dated at sea, l ! eb. bLh, declares that lie 
has captured the sea-serpent. He was taken in 
latitude 3 deg. 10 min. south, and longitude 131° 
111' west, witii the harpoon. After being struck 
witli the iron lie descended some 6,000 It., whole 
the monster remained 15 hours, but tit last came 
to the surface and expired. He was then taken 
alongside the vessel, skinned and cut up, aiid his 
head and bones preserved. The Captain states 
that the “ serpent” was of the masculine gender: 
103 feet 7 inches in length: 19 feet 1 inch around 
the neck: 24 feet 6 inches around the shoulders: 
and Ihe largest part of the body, which appeared 
somewhat distended, 49 feet 11 inches. The head 
wtis long and flat, with ridges ; the bones of the 
lower jaw separate; the tongue and its end like 
the head of a heart. The tail ran nearly to a point, 
on the end of which was a fiat firm cartilage. The 
back was black, turning brown on tlie sides, then 
yellow, and on t ie centre of the belly a narrow 
whito streak two-thirds of its length: there was 
also scattered over the hotly dark spots. On ex¬ 
amining the skin lie found, to his surprise, that 
the body was covered with blubber like that on the 
w hale, but it was only 4 inches thick. The oil 
was clear as water, and burned nearly as fast as 
spirits of turpentine. There were 94 teeth in ihe 
jaws, very sharp, all pointing back, and as large 
as the thumb, til the gum, but firmly set. It had 
two “spout holes,” and breathed “very liko n 
whale.”— Buffalo Courier. 
A Martyr in the 19tii Century. —Intelligence 
has just reached Amsterdam that M. Schaeffler, a 
young Dutch Catholic Missionary in Cochin 
China, has been put to death for preaching Chris¬ 
tianity. He was denounced by the mandarins, 
arrested, bound hand and foot, conveyed to the 
capital, Hue Fo, and condemned to death by a 
sort of judicial commission. He was hanged on 
ti very lofty gibbet. More than 10,000 troops at¬ 
tended the execution to prevent any hostile dem¬ 
onstration on the part of the numerous Christians 
of Hue Fo. 
Closing the Canals on Sunday. —Tlie Canal 
Board of Pennsylvania, have passed a resolution, 
closing the several Divisions of the Pennsylvania 
Canal every Saturday night 12 o’clock, and re¬ 
main closed until 12 o’clock on Sunday night, ex¬ 
cept for the passage of packet boats. 
New York and Buffalo. —The time tables be¬ 
tween Buffalo and New York, it is said, will be 
seventeen hours, after the direct road from Syra¬ 
cuse to Rochester is completed. To Albany in 12 
hours, and from Albany to New York in live. 
-Fresh shad are in the New York market, 
brought fn m the South. 
-Gov. Alden of Rhode Island has signed a 
bill abolishing capital punishment. 
-There lias been sleighing for sixty succes¬ 
sive days in Worcester, Mass. 
-Efforts are making in Mississippi for the 
adoption of a free system of banking. 
-From. Eastport, in Maine, to the Bay of 
San Francisco, by the shortest road, is 3,614 miles. 
-The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal will be 
open on or about the 1st. of March. 
-The canals of Pennsylvania are to be 
opened on the 12th of March. 
-Father Mathew was reported to be serious¬ 
ly sick at Cork. # 
-Mr. Clay lias so far recovered as to be able 
to leave his room. 
-According to Dr. Baird, the national debt 
of France is $1,200,000,060. 
-The total number of liquor dealers in N. 
York city is 5,910, of which 775 are not licensed. 
-The swamp lands of Illinois, so farms ob¬ 
served, aro sot. down at 216,239 acres. 
-The Banks in New York city aro reported 
to Lave $8,500,000 in specie in their vaults. 
-Mr. Crampton, the new British Minister, 
is a native of Dublin, Ireland. 
—■— Kossuth was at Covington, Ky., on the 
24th; ult. His health was improving. 
-The Caffirs obtain their guns and powder 
from British merchants to fight the British troops. 
-A fire on Canal st., Lockport, 28th ult., 
destroyed property to amount of $10,000. 
-A fire occured in Ovid, on Monday week, 
which consumed two buildings and injured a 
third. Loss not heavy, 
-For tlie 5th time Louisville Board of Al¬ 
dermen have rejected resolution inviting Kossuth 
to visit that city. 
-A proposition is before the Ohio Legisla¬ 
ture to increase tlie pay of members to five dollars 
per day. 
-At Buffalo, Lake Erie is a solid mass of 
ice, and it will take a pretty warm season to thaw 
it out. 
-J. D. Wells, daguerreotypist of Northamp¬ 
ton, litis been taking several daguerreotype like¬ 
nesses of Mr. and Mrs. Goldschmidt. 
-Leutze’s National Picture of Washington 
crossing the Deleware, was sold on Saturday, for 
7,660 dollars. 
-Free Banking and Homestead Exemption 
bills have been introduced into the Louisiana 
Legislature. They will probably become laws. 
-The Ship Fever per vails to an alarming 
extent at the quarantine, New York. Seven hun¬ 
dred cases tire reported. 
-Lola Montes has nearly run her race in 
America. She is playing to very poor houses in 
Norfolk, Va. 
-The Cleveland Herald says that on Friday 
night last, at Cincinnati, Kossuth was initiated as 
a Free Mason. 
-A lady in the neighborhood of Penrith, 53 
years of age, has just got two front teeth, which 
is the third set of teeth in the upper jaw. 
_'The Secretary of the British Meteorologi¬ 
cal Society states that there has not been so cold 
a November as that of last year sinco 1786. 
_On tlie 19th ult., a farmer came from 
Canada to Buffalo, with a load of produce on ice. 
This lias not been done before for many years. 
-The Turkish government have at present 
in course of construction, in England, seven 
steamers of 800, 706, 306 and 200 tons. 
_According to the Railway Times, all the 
railroads now on earth have cost the enormous 
sum of $ ’,•<'3^,916,060. 
-Commodore Shubrick has been appointed 
chief of the Bureau of Supplies in the Navy De¬ 
partment. 
_The House Committee of Ways and Means 
have decided to report, a bill for the establishment 
of a branch Mint at New York. 
_The Buffalo <fe Rochester Railroad Compa¬ 
ny, will complete their straight track to Batavia 
by the 18th of September next. 
_The marketable value of an English sol¬ 
dier in India is $675—this sum being what it 
costs to train, equip, and bring him from England. 
_Mrs. Cooper, a young married woman, has 
eloped from I’omfret, Conn., with a “colored 
gentleman,” taking her only child. 
-The Newark (N. J.,) Mercury proposes 
Gen. Scott for President, and John Minor Botts, 
of Va., for Vice President. 
-A bill has passed the House of Delegates 
of Maryland prohibiting the circulation ‘of small 
notes in that State. 
_The Abingdon (Va.) Democrat has raised 
the flag of Douglass for President, and Hunter for 
Vice President. 
_ Ex-Governor Johnson, of Pennsylvania, 
granted fifty-three pardons during the last seven¬ 
teen days of his term. 
-The Louisville Courier comas out strongly 
in favor of Gen. Scott for President, and Gov. 
Jones for Vice President. 
_Dr. Church litis resigned pastoral charge of 
Bowdoin Square Church, Boston, and sailed for 
New Orleans in hope to recover his health. 
-The Springfield Post states that Mrs. Jen¬ 
ny Lind Goldschmidt has purchased a farm in 
Northampton. 
-An Irishman, while oiling a locomotive 
on the Hudson River Railroad, wtis killed by a 
sudden start of the machine. 
-The boats of the Erie Canal, if they were 
placed in a line, would reach from Albany to Uti¬ 
ca. There are 5,015 of them. 
_It, is stated that the value of labor is so 
greatly enhanced in some portions of Michigan by 
The emigration to California, that $26 a month 
and board is readily commanded. 
_Mrs. Gaines’s case, it is said, lias not yet 
been decided. The record from the Court below 
contains 1,200 pages, and it may require some 
time longer to arrive at a decision. 
_Grasshoppers have made their appearance 
in Northampton! county, Pa. They are regarded 
as ti groat curiosity, particularly when the extreme 
cold is taken into consideration. 
-Tlie State Printing of New York cost $7,- 
845 in 1823, and $140,000 in 1851, to which is 
to be added over $29,000 as the expense of four 
volumes of Documentary History ordered by the 
House. 
_The Shilling Lectures in New York have 
been very successful. Eminent men have wil¬ 
lingly accepted invitations to deliver tlie lectures, 
and large audiences have listened to them with 
interest and profit. 
