MOORE’S RURAL JfEW-YO 1 KER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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ROCHESTER, MARCH 11 1852. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
To Clubs—A s we cnnnot furnish back numbers ofthis' 
volume, those who make additions to (heir c'ubs will be 
Old Time Cold Winters. 
The present winter has thus far been so severe, j 
throughout the whole country, that the cold weatli- 
! er,—and a comparison of the present with former 
; seasons,—has become the topic of conversation in 
both country and town. Rut judging from sundry 
chronicles of the past, the present winter is quite 1 
mild, compared with some of the old lang syne j 
“ settlers.” 
For example, it is recorded that ini7(14 the cold j 
was so intense that the Thames, in England, was ; 
CothjtTMioiml. legislature of 31rui j%k. Stems of llems, &r. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. Synopsis of Proceedings. -The Small-pox prevails at Litchfield, Ct. 
^ -We learn that Grace Greenwood intends 
W ednesdat, March 3.— Senate .—The Bounty Tuesday, March 2.— Senate. —Among the notices to go to Europe in a few months. 
1 md bill as it came from the House was taken of bills, was one to authorize the formation of -Rev. Wm, Ware, a well-known author, 
i , and after a short debate every one of the House Corporations for building purposes. Several bdls died at Cambridge, Mass., on Thursday last. 
lendmeuts were rejected. 
House. —Mr. Bennett finished his speech on 
mts of land for internal improvements, and un¬ 
passed—the most important are named below. 
To exempt a mint in New York from taxation. 
To increase the number of State Pupils in the 
rthe previous question the House refused to in- institution for deaf and dumb. 
supplied with copies one year from 1st Feb., March, or covered with ice sixty-one inches thick ! 
April, at the same price as though the year commenced j n { be winter of 1709, called by way of dis- 
with January. In order to i ceommodate. and nave Unction the cold winter, all the rivers and lakes 
the subscriptions all expire at same date, agents ana clubs „ , . - , •, 
uct the framing of a bill making grants of land 
railroad purposes. 
To extend the charter of the New York State 
Agricultural Society. This was lost, 15 to 4— 
The House then resolved itself into a Commit- Messrs. McMurray, Cornell, Pierce and Jones, vo- jgtli of April next. 
-The total amount received by Kossuth in 
Ohio must be $18,000 or over, 
-There are twenty graduates this year from 
the Medical Department of University of Buffalo. 
-The number of slaves in the United States 
has increased, since the last ceusus, 711,085. 
-Henry Clay will be 75 years old on the 
who get tiie Rural at ©1,25, will be supplied from 1st 
March or April to er.d of year, at ®1 per copy. 
were frozen, and even the sea for several miles 
from the shore. “ The ground was frozen nine 
1 ; of the Whole on the State of the Union, aDd ting in the negative. 
-Wheat has fallen lower in price, this win- 
occcded to the consideration of the special or- Mr. Huntington moved a reconsideration, and ter, in England, that for severity-two years before. 
EAF" Persons who order tiie Rural after this date, and feet deep. Birds and beasts were struck dead in 
until further notice, can have their subscriptions begin with the fields, and people perished by thousands in 
r, the bill to encourage Agriculture, Commerce, that the motion lie on the table. Carried. 
tin 1st of Feb., 1st of March, or the week the paper is or¬ 
dered, as preterred. 
Agents.— All subscribers are requested to act as agents, 
by obtaining and forwarding subscriptions especially in 
Towns where the P. M., or some other influential person, 
does not give the matter attention. 
their houses. In the south of France the wine ' 
plantations were almost destroyed, nor have they | 
yet recovered that fatal disaster. The Adriatic ! 
sea was frozen, and even the Mediterranean about i 
Genoa; and the citron and orange groves suffered j 
I inufactures and all other branches of industry. After an executive session the Senate adjourned. 
1 granting to every man who is the head of a Assembly. —Mr. Van Valkenburghreported from ” 0 " 
i nily, and a citizen of the United States, a home- committee the bill to amend the law in relation rp 
t ;ad of oue hundred and sixty acres of land, up- to divorces, with amendments. The bill provides year. 
< condition of occupation and cultivation of the that the Supreme Court shall have the like juris- _ 
-Gov. Allen has signed the bill abolishing 
capital punishment in Rhode Island, and it has 
now become a law. 
-The available resources of the American 
Treasury fall only a trilie short of $64,060,000 a 
UTf" Remember our Terms are in advance, and that extensively in the finest parts of Italy.” 
we do not send the Rural after the expiration o. the tunc j n j7] (; people traveled across the straits of 
paid for. Also, that we adhere strictly to published terms, 11 . 
’ . ... Copenhagen to the province ol Senia, in Sweden, 
and require remittances according.y. 10 t 
_j— _ ' ■rr^rr— The winter of 1740 was scarcely iiderior to that 
Back Numbers. —We are daily receiving orders of 1709. The snow lay ton feet deep in Spain j 
t me, for a certain period. 
Mr. Dawson made a speech in it» Mvor. 
Thursday, March 4. — Senate .—The Pennsyl- 
• There is an excursion getting up at Low- 
diction and be vested with the same powers it ell for Washington, for $18 ; about one huuured 
possesses in cases of adultery, except as otherwise have engaged to go. 
nia Legislature’s resolutions against a Mint in the following causes: 
provided therein namely: To giant divorces for 
-In the last ten years, the area of the Uni¬ 
ted States has been extenued from 2,055,168 to 3,- 
o * 1 **0 1 ^ sq uatre liuios 
dw York were presented. A bill to establish a 1st. The cruel and inhuman treatment of a wife ’ . . , ,, , , , 
aw Yard at New Orleans was reported The *>7 her husband, or a husband by his wife, as may . — Eblcag0 1S . °f of t tbe best au ? most ex ' 
avy Yard at New Orleans was reported me cohabit. 3 tensive horse markets in tUe Union, deriving its 
for the Rural, to commence with the first of January, and Portugal. The Zuyder Zee was frozen, and 
As previously announced, we are unable to furnish thousands of people went over it. The lakes in 
the numbers back of February first, and our edi- England froze. 
tion from that date will soon be exhausted. We In 1744 the winter was very cold—and snow 
commenced with a large extra edition, but the fa- fell, in Portugal, to the depth of twenty-three feet 
vors of our friends have reduced us to this neces- on a level! 
sity. We are truly thankful for just such favors, The winters of 1754 and 1755 were also very 
_albeit we regret that those who did not order severe—and in 1771 the Elbe was frozen to the 
early are disappointed. Sec special notices above, bottom. 
Agents or subscribers who may have extra In 1776 the Danube bore ice five feet thick be- 
or spare copies of No.’s 4 and 5 of this volume, or low Vienna—and vast numbers of the feathered 
cither of them, will greatly oblige us by mailing and finny tribe perished. 
the same to the address of the paper—“ Rural The winters of 1774 and 1775 are recorded as 
New-Yorker, Rochester, N. Y.” uncommonly severe. Also the winters from 1600 I 
~ ‘ to 1812—particularly the latter, in Russia. 
Answers to Correspondents, 
1 nr.i. .me snow my ion leei ueep in opain j a *vj „.... render it unsafe for them to cohabit tensive norse markets mine union, deriving its 
id Portugal. The Zuyder Zee was frozen, and I ‘ mate called for the reports of Com. Biddle’s Ex- gj Wilful desertion or voluntary abandonment su ppiies iron) Illinois ami Indiana. 
ousands of people went over it. The lakes in j 1 dition to Japan in 1846; also, for all informa- for a period oi three years of one by the other -Up to Febuary 28, gtliero had been one 
iigland f roze< j t m in regard to mail transmission from this port with refusal by either him or her of mutual duties hundred and seventeen days ol continued good 
In 1744 the winter was very cold—and snow ' 1 California. The Iowa Railroad bill was then audobligations. , . sleighing at Bt. Albans, Vennont. 
. t, , , , . ... , . . . L.,., nn Hr Dndu-e resumed his srieech He dd ' lu otber 0:1863 "’here, 111 the discretion of -In 1850 out ol 7oJ,04/ children 111 the 
11, in Portugal, to the depth of twenty-three fed . « ken up, and Mi. Dodge resumed His speecb. lie the court, there has been extreme hardship and pe- State, between the age oi 5 and 16, 726,2ji are 
1 a level! ! 1 Id the Eastern Senators, says the tribune, that culiar inconvenience, and where justice can be sub- reported to have attended school more ol less. 
The winters of 1754 and 1755 were also very j i this bill did not pass, the West would retaliate stantialiy promoted, unless it appears that the -Among the 289,601 emigrants who arriv- 
! /Tgiving the Public Lands to actual settlers, [we P ai ty complaining is guilty, liie complaint for ed yfew York in 1851, there were 10 East In- 
1 ipe it may be soj or by voting down Light- 
. ouse and Harbor bills. 
divorce shall speedy the nature and circumstances <jians, 9 Chinese, 4 l urks and 1 Greek, 
oi the case. .... . ,, 0 
4th. The husband or wife of a party sentenced 
■ The expenses of taking the Seventh Cen- 
. , , . j , Trustees of Academies, High Schools, Ac., are 
Although we have endeavored to respond to . . . , , , „ „ J ’ .. 
. . „ , . , referred to the notice under heading 01 “ J eacher,” 
the chief inquiries of correspondents,—either by 
. , ,, on next page, lhe advertiser,—a gentleman oi 
letter, or publishing answers and articles on the 1 ” & 
...... , , , . , decided ability and large experience as a teacher 
subjects upon which information has been desired, . . J ® , ’. , _ , ,, 
J t , ., —is now Pnncipal oi a Classical School in one oi 
—we find that all have not received proper atten- _ . 1 . , ... , , 
... ... ,, „ ... , the N ew England States, but is desirous oi loca¬ 
tion. We will therefore this week commence . b . , , 
, , . , , ,, r . . . , , tmg m a comparatively new and progressive re- 
upon the “pigeonhole” of inquiries on hand,— . 0 1 . J 1 & 
1 , , 1 , . , gion Over the signature oi “ ii., Down East,” 
and endeavor to answer in such maimer as may f . b ^ , ,, 
, „ . ,, ,, , , lie has been a frequent correspondent oi the Rural, 
benefit other readers, as well as those who have .... 1 , , , J, J ’ 
, .... ,. . •„ , —contributing valuable articles to its several de- 
asked for information. This course will perhaps j 0 , . , . ... . . , 
, , , , ii 1 , partments,—and our knowledge of him, derived 
be acceptable to our readers generally, and prevent * . . , , . 
,, L . ... , . from this source, and a personal acquaintance, 1111 - 
thc necessity of writing letters, 111 many cases, , . / . ’ , . 
" , , .. T . , presses us most favorably m regard to Ins qualn- 
for which we have not time. It may be proper 1 . jo a 
to state here, tit at, in consequence of severe illness 0,1 10,lh- __ 
in his family the proprietor and principal editor State Treasurer.—T here was to lie a hearing 
of the Rural has been unable to attend properly before the Circuit Court, at Ithaca, on Monday 
to the details of business for some months past. i ast . upon the claim of Mr. Welch to the place 
For this reason scores of letters from correspond- held by Mr. Cook, the present incumbent of the 
ents, agents, and others, remain unanswered and office of State Treasurer. This question excites a 
as the cause still exists, we trust all interested will g00( j deal of interest, and a large number of wit- 
accept this explanation for both past and future nesses have been summoned flora different parts 
omissions. We shall endeavor to attend in some 0 f State. John 0. Sdenceh is counsel for Mr 
way to the most important letters received,—but Cook, and Nicholas Hill for Mr. Welch. 
j .1 referred to the Committee of the Whole on the ed; among them one in relation to the Buffalo and 
t ate oi the Union. Mr. Breckenridge spoke to State Line Railroad ; it confirms the organization 
1 u Homestead bill lor a moment, and then went of the said company. 
1 into a defence of Mr. Butler, tfcc. • Wednesday, March 3.— Senate .—The only busi- 
Fiuday, March 6. — Senate .— 1 he Senate passed ness worth notice was a debate upon a proposal to 
a bill to provide for the accounts ol certain public grant money in aid of emigration of colored per- 
1 .icers. A Committee of Conference on the sons. No result. 
. md Bounty bill was appointed. Assembly. — The extension of the patent for 
1 , ... 1 marriage licenses xveie issued in Hamilton bounty, 
L; among them one in relation to the Buffalo and Q iUo , u UrlI1 g t b e year 1851. 
.ate Line Railroad; it confirms the organization -There have been lower tides in the Mer- 
the said company. rimac River this season than are remembered by 
Wednesday, March 3.— Senate .—The only busi- the oldest inhabitant. 
ss worth notice was a debate upon a proposal to T7 ^ be ’ ^ e ^ dbs vs - * 01TCSt assault 
... • , and battery case have rendered a verdict of $2, 
ant money m aid of emigration oi colored per- oU0 in t ' av ' r of the plaintiff. 
11 s. No result. . -The steamers Pacific and Sam Ward have 
Assembly. — The extension of the patent for commenced their regular trips between Michigan 
House. —Messrs. Campbell, oi Ohio, Chastain of Woodworth’s Planing Machine occupied nearly all I city, Chicago, Milwaukee, Ac. 
rorgia, and others, enlightened the House on the the session. Resolutions were passed against it. 
bject of the Public Lauds, Internal Improve- Thursday, March 4.— Senate .—The Canal Re¬ 
dds, the prospects of Presidential Candidates, port was promised on Tuesday next. 
.. . ^ o . .. . . . Assembly .—The Assembly had on hand the af- 
baturday, March 6.— Senate. — Not 111 session. .. „ . , ~ ,, 
. fairs of the defunct Court ot Chancery. 
Huose. —l'assed live private bills and referred T , - 
, 0 , .... . 1 . Friday, Maich 5.— Scnale .—Engaged on private 
i tne Senate bills to committees, i he Home- 
Saturday, March 6.— Senate .—Not in session. 
Huose .—Passed live private bills and referred 
i the Senate bills to committees. The Home- 
cad bill was taken up but the discusssion which 
liowed had no relation to the subject. 
Monday, March 8. — Senate.. —Petitions, notices, 
but nothiug reported of general interest. 
House .—Same as Senate. 
News Clippings- 
Assembly .— Reports, resolutions, Ac., but no (Jhio river. 
-Tbe late Michael Allen, Esq., of Pittsburgh, 
left a bequest of $4,UUU to the American T ract 
Society. 
-If every American clergyman received but 
a salary of $3i5, the cost of our national pulpit 
would be six million dollars a year. 
-It is said that 157,000 bushels of coal wero 
sunk by the sudden breaking up of the ice in the 
final action on anything of special importance. 
Saturday, March 6. — Senate .—Bills were re¬ 
ported for the aid of Geneva College; also Roch¬ 
ester, Madison, and New York Universities; the 
Rensselaer Institute, and Hamilton and Genova 
Colleges. 
those writing us on business disconnected -with 
the paper, or its main objects, must not expect Telegraphs and their Cost. —It is stated, in 
answers under existing circumstances. lbe Febn,a f r .{ . uambcr ( (,f f A Wj et ? u ’ g Mechanics’ 
“ Magazine, that the extent of Telegraph lines m 
Analysis of Soils. —(A. J. R.) If you desire a the United States and Canada, exceeds 1,209 miles. 
correct analysis of your soil, send to a competent involving a capital of more than three millions of 
_:_ 1 _• * a ../. 1 __ dollars. To work these lines cost annually 720 
Brockvifle, 0. \V., has a population of 3,- The Assembly resolution on the Woodworth 
an increase of 46 1 in two years. patent was concurred in without debate. that State are to be sent. 
Jr3g>“ The number of lunatics in the Asylum at Assembly .—The Chair appointed the following . * be Michigan Central R. R. is finished to 
„ Kwcii’s island iso23 a 1 , n v, .• : . , • , ® within 18 miles 01 Chicago. It is to be coinple- 
.aoKwen s isianu, is 0 ^ 0 . Select Committee ol nine, to report the titles of ted by the 1st of May 1 
&T Pennsylvania State Agricultural Fair bills proper to be taken from the General Ord(#s, _ A Gold Medal ' has becn awarded by tbe 
to DC held ill the latter part ol Uctobei—piaco and to be referred to select committees to report Government of Wirtemberg to Prof. Horse, as an 
t. vpv. rlArtirlftfi liMim. , . — . _ . . , 0 . ... 9 
-There are fifty cotton mills in Russia, with 
600,000 shuttles. In the whole of the Zoilverein 
there are only 750,000 shuttles. 
-In Cincinnati, Kossuth has received $14,- 
000, including $5,009 realized from the saio of 
Hungarian bonds. 
-The Indiana Senate has passed a bill to 
The Assembly resolution on the Woodworth purchase land in Africa, to which the negroes in 
patent was concurred in without debate. tbat ^ tate are t0 be sout - 
it yet decided upon. 
complete, viz: Messrs. Blackstone, Steele, Moss, acknowledgment of the merits of his system of 
and experienced chemist, A man may (and some 
do) apparently write very learnedly upon the sub¬ 
ject, and yet. be unable to make an accurate analy- 
dollars. To work these lines cost annually 720 
tons of zinc, worth $57,000 ; more thau a million 
pounds of nitric acid, worth $117,000, and $27,- 
000 worth of mercury, besides a considerable val- 
sis. It is a matter about which there Ls a vast ue in sulphuric acid, Ac, On the line from Pitts- j Gathaiines 4,568 
5®T The practice of vote by ballot has been Underwood, Hatfield, A. Smith Holt, G. Stevens, telegraphing, 
iupeed at tne Montreal municipal elections ; the and p en . y _The < 
ansciipt says with great success. _ . is estimated 
" , ... , „ The seat of Mr. Snow was again up, with what ' , 
The population of Dundas is 3,51 1 ; of 1 pense of kee] 
. i ft* ,,, i result we do not learn. ‘ 
anniton about 14,5UU; ol Galt 2,^20 ;ol Gobourg P C1 annum. 
367 ; of St. Gathaiines 4,368. Monday, March 8.— Sctiale .—The bill authori- -Then 
-The dog population of the United States 
is estimated at about two millions, and the ex¬ 
pense of keeping them at upwards of $10,999,060 
per annum. 
-There arc 133 German papers published 
deal more preaching than practice. burgh to Cincinnati alone, there were transmitted, 
in the year 1850, 354,559 paid dispatches, and the 
Subsoil Plows.— (C. B. B.) Wo have lost or revenue was $73,278. 
mislaid your note, and forget the particulars of 
your inquiry. If you will write again, we will 
endeavor to give early attention. The plows can 
be obtained at the implement stores in this city. 
MjT Five thousand, six hundred and seventy- zil) g Binghampton to take stock in the Albany in the United States, the oldest of which, publish- 
,ur new works were published in France, during and Susquehannah Railroad was reported to the ^ unLLS yBama, as ecu established sixty- 
ie year which has just closed. Senate. three years. 
J J _1 _ A T? _ A ..1_ • 
Colleges in tiie United States. —There are 
in the United States not less than 297 colleges 
and professional schools. Of this number 120 are 
colleges proper, 43 theological, 17 law, and 27 
Broadcast Sowing Machines. —(L. B. B.) The medical schools. Out of the aggregate, Pennsylva- 
best, and indeed we believe the only, machine of bas ~ i T -< ! <msF ! ulg d 06 : theological 
,, , . . a * , . . . 0 J . 2 law, and 4 medical schools, lhe number of 
the kind used in tins section, is Seymoui s Bioad- volumes contained in the libraries of the colleges, 
cast Sowing Machine. It is a well made, good exclusive of those of the professional schools, is, 
machine, and generally approved b} r practical as far as estimated by imperfect returns, 871,690. 
men. The proprietor avers that it will sow cor- _ “ ' ) ' . 
c , , Congressional Library.— it is stated m late 
rectly all kinds of grain, from peas to grass seed Frcnch journa i s> that under a friendly uuderstand- 
-and also plaster, lime, salt, ashes, bone dust, Ac. ffig existing betweeu the French Chamber of De- 
The machine is manufactured by P. Seymour, puties and tbe Congress of the United States in 
East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., N. Y. the year 1830, duplicate copies of a large num- 
her of valuable books were exchanged between t he 
Engraving, Ac. (C. K.W., I. M.G., and others.) countries; and they suggest that, in view of the 
Most kiuds of wood engraving can be done by destruction of the Library of Congress, the French 
Miller A Mix, of this city. Tho price depends Government should now tender copies of these 
upon size of cut and quality of work. Portraits of worbs tbe b rL ^ ed States. 
'The coinage for February, at the Pliil- 
leipia Mint, amounted to $2,9y2,649, in gold, 
lie receipts of gold dust were, during the same 
mo, $3,998,999' 
25?“ The line of the plank road which it is pro- 
ised to extend from Milwaukee to Mackinaw, 
asses for two hundred miles through an unbro- 
•ju wilderness. 
J A great desire for emigration is said to 
sasi m Hungary. Some three or four hundred 
unifies Have expressed a wish to go to America 
ii the spring. 
The colonization bill and college bills were .-; Samue l Blatcbford - Esr l- of Auburn, is 
. . , , „ ° about to issue a volume containing the Statutes 
made special order for Wednesday at 12. Adj. of this state up to 18 51, inclusive. It is a book 
Assembly .—Notliing done of special interest* of 1,299 pages, wliidi will be sold at five dollars. 
T 7T- , , 7 , , * -The story about the Sea-Serpent in the 
Bu ™V- In t lls raar i k6t > yesterday, wo hear of N . Y . Tribune, is dated on board the Mouongahe- 
a sale of 400 packages ot Oneida county dairy but- la> Lat 3 S „. Long. 131 West. It came from some 
tei at 204 cents per ib., to be delivered in this One half seas over on Monongahela. 
city witlim ten days, lhe seller, who resides in ,, ......... , 
Ilemsen, refused 22c. for 309 more packages.— T _, Mr. Archibald Alison is engaged upon a 
A, *■ ° HiofArxr H nvmvi t ui to I I IV.iivv i 
Utica Observer. 
-Mr. Archibald Alison is engaged upon a 
History of Europe from the fall of Napoleon in 
1815 to the re-establishment of Military Govern¬ 
ment in France in 1851. 
unities Have expressed a wisfi to go to America China.— A great fire occured at Hong Kong on meni m riauce m 
■J tbe spring. the 23d of Dec., destroying nearly all the Chinese -Increasing at its present rate, the valuation 
a rjartv of eicht GcorMans }iuiitin fr in part ol the town, amounting to 500 houses. Many of Boston in ten ^cais will be $128,999,000 more 
£ ta&Jy 7 bDggJf^in six Says"’48 deeS, 5? lives were lost among the Cfiinese, and Col. Tomp- than the present valuation of all New England, 
irkeys, 3 alligators, tone 18 feet 4 inches long,) kll,s au(1 ij t. Sugg, ot the British service, were leaving out Massachusetts. 
panther, and 5 wild eattie. instantly killed by an explosion of gunpowder. -The Legislatures of New Hampshire, Flori- 
. T „ n . -- da, Rhode Island, Vermont, Alabama, and other 
25F7 i e , Journe y man House Carpentei-s ot Papacy in the United States. —According to 'States have recommended the establishment of an 
ew Y ork have resolved to demand $- per day Gle Catholic Almanac for 1852, there are in the Agricultural Bureau by Congress. 
, 1 - their services, troin the 19ih ot Marofi to the whole United States, 6 archbishops, 26 bishops, -The mileage of Gen. J. Lane, Delegate. 
A party of eight Georgians, hunting in 
loixtia, lately bagged in six uays, 48 deer, 57 
irkeys, 3 alligators, tone 18 feet 4 inches long,) 
panther, and 5 wild cattle. 
jgg** The Journeyman House Carpenters of 
animals, similar in size and style to those given 
Tiiic Astor Library. —The annual report of the 
in the Rural, if engraved from drawings or Superintendent of the Astor Library for 1851, to 
daguerreotypes, cost from $10 to $15. Views of the Legislature has becn printed. From it we 
buildings, Ac., from $10 to $30, according to size learn that during Dr. Cogswell’s last visit to Eu- 
and fineness of the engraving. Figures of imple- 10 P C be P ur ^7i l8od b ’ r tb , a bbl ' ai T volumes, 
. . , rpi 5. at a cost ot $60,000. 'There are now collected 
ments, Ac., cost from $;, to $15. lhe artists abou t 60,00 volumes, and it is understood that the 
mentioned generally succeed well with portraits library will be open to the public in Sept. next. 
of animals, when furnished with correct drawings.- 
They are prepared to make both drawings and Death of the last Survivor of tiie Boston 
uumug a line of Steamships from the St. Law- Oregon, the CaWomias, New Mexico, and tiie in- bbu a bout $7,500 each Congress. 
mce to Europe, has at length been placed in a dian Te rritory. __ Thc Rochester Advertiser announces that 
ur way for accomplishment. the Orleans Insurance Company, at Albion, Or- 
jjrgp Thirteen hundred and seventy-eight cars ./ v ^ S r? CIA .>°,- S '™ i?.f 0I j . y .°f^ leans county, has made an assignment, and that 
weie passed over the ice bridge on the Fniladel- tb<lt l f Pepositois are diawing largely from Messrs. Thomas, Haitand Royce are the assignees. 
, . 1 . T) • i , tiie havings banks m that city, in order to invest J 
pJna and Baltimorei ItaiLroad at, Fla vre-de-Grace, their money in building, associations. Some banks -The Collins Steamer Arctic arrived at 
from January loth to February 24. lose much ^ $l0U>0 00 per day in this manner.— Liverpool from New York, at 10, 30 A. M, on 
ygg” A flying machine, with six Frenchmen to The newspapers are discussing the subject of build- Tuesday Fob. 17th, having made the passage in 
opciate it, arrived at Boston in the ship Emperor, ing associations, tlic Tribune taking ground strong- nine days, eighteen hours mid thirty minutes! 
Mom Havre. The French Government refused the ly in favor of them, and the Journal of Commerce -Essex County, Mass., is more densely set- 
.inventor permission to fiy it in Frauce. opposing. tied than auy other tract of its size in the United 
HT Ash Wednesday (Feb. 25th,) is so called p -. . . , , . • , f f , r Stat6S * Its population in 1850 was 131,307 ; 
from an ancient ceremony of blessing ashes on . Bii.icmL 0 us.-A tna about the right of property number of towns, 30; population to a square mile, 
that day, and the priests putting them on the fore- a ^ lat ^ . took l )lac f at , Bm-hugton Iowa;- 328. 
heads of lhe nenniein the form of a m-nss A be dithculty lay in the color of the call s tail. -G OV . Lowe, the democratic Executive of 
Oregon, the Californios, New Mexico, and the In¬ 
engravings of buildings, implements, &c. 
Df.atii of the last Survivor of the Boston 
Tea Party.— David Kennison, who had fought in 
many of the battles of the Revolution, and is sup- 
Eggs. —(R. B. R.) You can obtain White Sur- posed to be the last survivor of the Boston Tea 
rcy Dorking eggs of D. P. Newell, of this city, Party, died at the residence of Vv illiam Mack, Chi- 
packed so as to be transported safely. For price, ^ He wa8 buried witb 
see his advertisement in this paper. “- 
Malay Fowls.— (C. B. B.) We are informed Orange Trees of Florida.— The St. Augustine 
that'“genuine Malay fowls maybe obtained at Ancient City says, the oiange trees in East I 1 lori- 
.. „ ° , „ „ . * ,, , , .... da have been but slightly miured by the recent 
the farm of Cornwell A Colt, Irondequoit, Monroe C(dd weather. It is inclined to think that it will 
.inventor permission to fiy it in France. 
frgjP Ash Wednesday (Feb. 25th,) is so called 
from an aucient ceremony of blessing aslies on 
that day, and the priests putting them on the lore- 
heads of the people in the form of a cross. 
county, N. Y.” 
Breeders of Sheep. —(J. W.) You will prob¬ 
ably find “ the names and address of the most 
prominent breeders of good sheep in this and the 
turn out to be a positive benefit by the destruc¬ 
tion of the orange insect, which has so long in¬ 
fested them. 
Large Porkers. —We saw yesterday at Stall 
hundred miles through an unbroken wilderness, and a new trial is to be had. The costs already 
A St. Louis paper has a telegraph des- auiount to $30 0._ 
patefi of 118 words, every fact in which the editor 
liie dimeuity lay in vne color oi me can s tan. -Gov. Lowe, the democratic Executive of 
lhe witnesses of the plaintiff swore the tail was Maryland, has removed all the incumbents of the 
white ; those of the defendant, that it was black. 0 ffi ces bl b j s gift, numbering over 2000! they be- 
1 jie court, was occupied two days with the case; j D „ too, all of his own wav of thinking in poli- 
the jury staid out till midnight, and did not agree; t ics 
and a new trial is to be had. The costs already “ C u * r x- , * ,, 
. , J -The State of New York has one of the 
auioun 0 v _ largest and most useful libraries in tiie world. It 
Cost of Prioe.-A writer who has been per- contains 1,507,70 volumes. It occupies upwards 
Eastern States,” by reference to the award of No. 21, in Quincy Market, kept by Mr. Orville T. 
Premiums at our last State Fair, published in No. Blood, a large hog, raised in Palmyra, N. Y., about 
91 of the RuRAL-a copy of which we mail to a f v . ear and a balf old ' , Tb ? weight, dressed, was 
814 pounds. A second weighed <95 at the same 
your address. stall.— Mass. Ploughman.. 
Morgan Colts. —(H. A. P.) We think you can --- 
obtain a colt out of Gen. Gifford, on application Great Wool Sale. —At Uxbridge, llass., on 
to his owner, Mr. C. W. Ingersoi.l, of Lodi, Sen- Wednesday last, a great wool sale took place un- 
n xr T7- \ir t t-. - 0 ,, •„ . der the superintendence of Messrs. Clark A Platch 
eca Co., N. Y. Mr. John Dorr, of Scottsville, in of thia cit | T1}0 catalogUG compr i se d about fifty 
this county, lias two superior colts sired by Gen. lots, and the amount of sales exceeded $60,000.— 
Gifford. Boston Courier. 
states in 35 words, and in better style than the mitted to look at thericb tllillgs in a store in New of apartments, one in each school district 
£ Si He VCrJ F ° Perl7 COmplainS ° f th ° York says that the proprietors informed him that lu tbe Stote ' > . 
lmposiuon. they sometimes sell jewelry worth $25,000. Sets -There are in operation in the following 
25T At Quebec, there arrived m 1851,117 ves- WO rth $15,000 or $20,000 are more frequently sold: slates 347a mll es ol rail road, viz: in New York 
A 1 ii £ CZ 4-,...^. ... X ' - X ^ ^ ^ 1 . - 7 1 XT T_ Cl 4 n vr_1_3 oro T7L. 
in the State. 
-There are in operation in the following 
states 3472 miles of rail road, viz: in New York 
eels, with an aggregate tonnage of 41,655 tons.— wbde fr om $3,000 to $10,000 is often paid for a 1200, New Jersey 246 miles, Maryland 353, Vir- 
Mxty-eight new vessels, w ith an aggregate ton- necklace, bracelet, breast-pin, and ear-jewels. He fP n ia 381, North Carolina 315, South Carolina 
nage of 41,655 tons, were registered in Quebec saw some beautiful $7,000 sets of jewelry, and some 268, Georgia 658, and in Florida 54. 
]ast year.. ladies’ watches, for which the modest sum of $600 -The value of all the milk sold in Massacliu- 
HTSP” Mr. Jacob Hinkle, low on a visit to his each was asked ; also rings and breast-pins at the setts for the year ending June 1, 1850, was $276, 
son-in-law, at Newport, Ky., is supposed to be the low price of $15,000 each. Gold card-cases, set 887. Dedham is the largest town in the “ milky 
oldest printer in the West, having commenced the with diamonds, were to be had at $500. They of- way,” having sold $45,000 worth. The above 
business fifty-six years ago, after serving a seven ten sell from $5,000 to $10,000 worth of bridal does not include the milk made into butter and 
year’s apprenticeship. presents per week. cheese. 
