MOORE’S RURAL NEW-TO IlKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
E8IS®«isRSS 
Meteorological Abstract. 
BY I.. WETHERKLL. 
ROCHESTER, APRIL 8 , 1852. ® jj* *j ^ 8 
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until further notice, can have their subscriptions begin w ith 
the 1 st of February, March, April, or the week the paper March was a cold disagreeable month—snow 
is ordered, as preferred. and rain on twenty-two days. Robins and blue- 
Aoents.— All subscribers are requested to actas agents, birds appeared on the 10th and 11th, meadow- 
bv obtaining and forwarding subscriptions—especially in ,, c-.., 
• , ” . „ ,, h * . _ * sparrows on the 2 / th. 
towns where the P. M., or some oilier influential person, 1 , 
does not give the matter attention. 1 b « montlily mean temperature, 31.51 degrees: 
Ctmgmisiotml. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Monday, March 29.— In the Senate among the 
petitions presented were several for the repeal of 
Culitnririfl Jlim 
(tuns of HrajB, &r. 
ARRIVAL OF THE CRESCENT CITY. —— At "New York, on the 29th v.lt., six vessels 
—-- arrived with 2,887 immigrant passengers. 
Two Weeks Later -Kossuth made a satisfactory speech, and 
was well received at New Orleans. 
Clty arrived / t JJ e ^York, March -. There we 0 „ly 618 Italians among the 
with 540 passengers and $ 1;,09,000 m gold,. emferaut8 to New York last year. 
table. The Amistad bill was placed on the cal¬ 
endar. The American coin bill was ordered to a 
itive Slave law, which were laid on the 31 ^549 passengers and $1,500,000 in gold 
Tim Amlclnd Rill nn t in ra - ’l u_... u.L . 
and San Francisco dates to March 2 d. . T - r , .. , . , 
The town of Downieville was destroyed by fire nf ,7T “ n 1 b ®, E ' Y \ andE ne Jtailroad cost $21- 
1 the night of the 21st ult. Loss $7,500. 000,000: The Hudson River Railroad $9,000,000. 
The Legislative proceedings are of little interest. -There were 21,000 muskets manufactured 
A great project is on foot for organizing a com- at the Springfield Armory last year, 
iny to turn the South Fork oi the American -_ j n Massachusetts the number of inhabi- 
U » er ' • ,- T , , . feints to the square mile is 126 11. I 11 New York 
A senes of Indian atrocities have been commit- (;j gg 
d on the Feathers River, and a company of some , .. , , , 
)0 miners had executed summary justice upon . ~~ The only remaining Window-glass factory 
* many of the Cuivenals as could be found. ln E , ew En ? knd was closed at Keene > N ■ 1L > re - 
The steamship North America was wrecked on cen 
ie night of the 28th Feb., about seventy miles -During the present year there were 1,879 
uth of Acapulco. deaths at sea, on vessels that have arrived at New 
She had an immense number of passengers on York - 
>ard, all of whom were saved, due vessel is a -The Pittsfield papers mention that Hon. 
tal loss. George N. Briggs is recovering from a serious in- 
The shipments of gold from San Francisco, for disposition. 
e fortnight previous to the sailing of the Oregon, -In the sales of opium during the past year, 
ere fully $ 2 , 00 o, 000 . there has been a falling off of nearly a quarter of 
The remittances to the Eastern ports are said a million sterling. 
be mote governed by the balances actually -Shoe pegs are manufactured by machinery 
ie o, or co fleeted on account of these ports, than in Cincinnati ^ d 8old bv the barrel! 3 The whole 
lie supply at the time. A large yield is ex- West ig 8llpplied by Cincinnati, 
cted this spring. * 
Oregon. —Oregon advices to the 22d nit. are . -: Cok Benton’s only son, named John Ran- 
tliird reading. This reduces the weight of our sil- 011 Ble night of the 21st ult. Loss $7,500. 
ver coins. In the House the Navy discipline bill 
was under discussion. 
Tuesday, March 30. —In tlie Senate numerous River. 
The Legislative proceedings arc of little interest. 
A great project is on foot for organizing a com¬ 
pany to turn the South Fork of the American 
reports, resolutions and petitions were presented 
The coinage bill passed. In the House tlie Home¬ 
stead bill was up for discussion. 
Wednesday, March 31. —In tlie Senate mail 
A series of Indian atrocities have been commit¬ 
ted on the Feathers River, and a company of some 
100 miners had executed summary justice upon 
as many of the Cuivenals as could be found. 
The steamship North America was wrecked on 
, , - 1 t u. r/„, „ the night of tlie 28th Feb., about seventy miles 
steam ships were discussed. In the House the soutb of Acapulco J 
Homestead bill was taken up again. g be bad an immense number of passengers on 
Thursday, April 1.—In the Senate a bill was board, all of whom were saved. The vessel is a 
introduced making a land grant to Whitney’s rail- ~ „ 
, 1 he shipments of gold from San Francisco, for 
road. The bill for establishing a monthly mail the fortnight previous to the sailing of the Oregon, 
between New Orleans and Vera Cruz passed. In were fully $2,00o,000. 
March was a cold disagreeable month—snow 
and rain on twenty-two days. Robins and blue- 
the House tlie day was spent in railroad grants 
and the Homestead bill. 
Friday, April 2. —In the Senate the private cal¬ 
endar occupied the day. Adjourned to Monday, pected this spring. 
U V VSl'iillllMm «U1U IUI WHIUII1U 9UU3LI I ,/UUlJS Mliv 111 ,1 
* . „ h ■ n /: 1 sparrows on the 2/ th. 
towns where the P. M., or some other influential person, 1 , 
does not give tlie matter attention. 1 he monthly mean temperature, 31.51 degrees: 
Or Remember our Terms are in advance, and that Ditto - last y ear 30 - G5; neatly a degree colder than 
we do not send tlie Rural after the expiration of the time this y r car. The aurora borealis was frequent and 
paid for. Also, that we adhere strictly to published terms, sometimes splendid. 
and require remittances accordingly. Ten days, from the 8 th to the 18th, were mod- 
- —. crate—from the 18th until now it has been very 
To Readers and Cor rerpoadents. cold and stormy . The riv er was high most of the 
Hop Hoots, <kc .—In answer to the inquiry in mondl > and so 8dd - 
our last number, Mr. Davts Dutcher, of East Farmers need not despair yet of an early Spring. 
Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., informs us, in sub- When the cold weatl,er > rlelds to thc - unial mflu - 
. - n TT . c .. euces of the south-west wind, llien there will be 
The House passed twenty-one private bills, and 
adjourned over also. 
Irgislnturt of Jku ^ork. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
to be more governed by the balances actually 
due to, or collected on account of these ports, than 
by the supply at the time. A large yield is ex- 
Oregox —Oregon advices to the 22d ult., are Ooi. lien ton s only son, named John Kan- 
at hand. All was quiet and commercial affaire do P ' Benton, died suddenly, at St. Louis, on the 
du n. 17tli, aged 22 years. 
Sandwich Islands. —A curious phenomena oc- -The police of Troy, on Thursday night, 
curred at Honolulu in the latter part of January, overhauled a large gang of burglars. Five old 
The sea rose lo such a height as to submerge sev- stagers were arrested. 
oral houses and plantations. The incident is at- -The number of free colored persons in the 
tributed to submarine volcanic agencies. United States in 1850. was 428.637 : in 1840. 386.- 
Hop Hoots, etc.—In answer to thc inquiry in ,nonu) > dnu 18 80 8UU - 
our last number, Mr. Davts Dutcher, of East Farmers need not despair yet of an early Spring. 
Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y, informs us, in sub- When the cold weather y ields to thc - enial mflu - 
stance, as follows :-Hop roots are worth $1 per ences of the Wlnd - lben thw ' e wdl be 
bushel; an acre requires four bushels of female hun 7 iu S amon g tliC tdlers of lhe solL We W0ldd 
(pistillate) roots, and one-fourteenth part male J l,st hint fcherefore . that tlie implements should all 
(stamiuate) roots. The roots can probably be ob- be in readiness to strike as soon as the season will 
taiued in Springfield, in which town some five abow ' 
hundred acres of hops are cultivated. It will be _ ., „ . - 
. ,, 1 ... . . , , Literary Notices, 
necessary for Mr. J’latt (the inquirer) or others to _ 
Monday, March 29.— We find nothing of special - 
interest in the proceedings of either Senate or An English paper states that some os- 
Assembly reported. The Canal Lettings seem to triciies are in training, in Loudon, and can, it is 
take up much time to no purpose. 
Tuesday, March 30.— In the Senate a large num- 
ases and plantations. 1 he incident is at- -The number of free colored persons in the 
1 to submarine volcanic agencies. United States in 1850, was 428.637 ; in 1840, 386,- 
' 7 --- 245. Increase in ten years 42,392. 
News Cl ipp in gs. -The entire capital invested in manufactures 
in the United States on the 1st of June, 1850, 
An English paper states that some os- was more than $530,000,000. 
aie in training, in London, and cau, it is -The Jews of Paris, headed by M. Roths- 
at the swiltest race-horse. They arc rid- child, have just established a society for the study 
a little boy. and propagation of the sacred sciences. 
A General Mass Convention has been -The French press, during the last ten years, 
said, beat the swiftest race-horse. They arc rid¬ 
den by a little boy. 
A General Mass Convention has been 
her of bills were passed, mostly local in interest. uu ™ ueen — iner renen press,nunng tneiast ten years, 
... ., , „ J , called to meet m Detroit, Mich., the t th ol July has given to the world eighty-lwo thousand works 
lhe Albany Fund Company were incorporated, next, to adopt measures to secure the enactment of literature and art. 
In the Assembly the bill legalizing thc canal con- in that Slate of a law similar to the Maine Anti- _T be Bengal Herkaru states that Tiom Teh 
tracts was ordered to a third reading. 
Wednesday, March 31.—The steamship bill was 
Liquor Law. 
apply soon as convenient. Hop roots are in good Fresh Leaves from Western Woods. By 
demand tlii« Rnrino> • tbev have nrevinnel-vr Lean VICTORIA 1 ULLER. Buffalo . Geo. II. D 
demand this spring; they have previously been 
sold at from 25 to 50 cents per bushel. 
— Since the above was in type, we have receiv¬ 
ed a letter in answer to same inquiry, from a hop 
grower—Mr. Ira Brainard, of East Hamilton, 
Madison Co. He states that “ Hops ought to be 
5y Metta 
Derry <L 
ouhc oi a iaw similar to tne Maine Anti- -The Bengal Herkaru states that Tiem Teh, 
,L,aW- the new Emperor of China, is a Christian, having 
The taxable property of California is es- beeu baptized by the late Dr. Gutzlaff. 
, by her Comptroller, at $50,000,000 ; tax- -The Montreal papers are authorized to de- 
Co.—1852. 
This is a volume of some 300 pages, embracing bill to a t 
very interesting and readable pi use sketches— colonization. In the A 
some, or all of which originally appeared in the ,d d bril to incorpi 
Home Journal, or other literary periodicals. Its ■ Steamsbi P Companies 
planted 7 by 8 feet apart, on very rich laud; five merds > aud the reputation ol the author as a pleas- 
pieces of root, 4 or 5 inches long, in each hill—one aid and en tertaining writer, will give the work 
piece in the middle of the hill, and the other four popularity. 3 hough some ol the sketches are 
pieces about two inches from it on each side.— overdrawn, they are worthy ol preservation in the 
Will require four bushels of roots per acre. Cost f° nn which they now appear. I lie volume is 
of roots, $1 per bushel, packed and delivered at beautifully executed quite equal to the better 
the canal. Orders attended to in all cases, if the fdass New York books in externals—and high- 
roots can be had.” ly creditable to the enterprising publishers. 
A Buckeye Farmer .—The mistake you mention 'I.- -o....... r>.. , , „ 
J - Iiik Pilgrim’s Progress,— in two parts. By 
occurred from want of plainness m the eopy.-t- John Buxyan. With notes and a Life of the 
What should be securing in the first line is a very Author, by the Rev. T. Scott. Buffalo : Geo. 
plain “ sawing,” and so was supposed to mean H. Derby & Co.—1852. 
sowing of course ; and the cutting up and shock- This is a cheap edition of a world-renowned 
ing $,75 is written “ cutting up one, shocking 75 wor b—the title of which is all it is necessary for 
cts.”—so it was supposed to mean one dollar.— us i° g 3 vc - A blessed omen ol the “good time ” 
The reader cau make the correction by referring to come—is the continual republication of this 
to the second page of No. 12, last paragraph of j work, which will endure, and be read and treas- 
passed in the Senate committee. In the Assembly timated > b J h(jr Comptroller, at $50,000,000 ; tax- -The Montreal papers are authorized to de- 
tta . ... , , . . , ,. es paid amounted to $2b7,930, ol which ban 1< ran- ny the report that Lord Elgin has tendered his 
™ the 0XC1SU blil was ordered t0 a thlld readm e* Cisco county, cashed $101,460. Pretty brave for resignation as Governor General of Canada. 
Thursday, April 1.—The Senate ordered the a sister who is not in her teens! _Prof. Olrnsted, of Yale College has in 
;inw steamship bill to a third reading and discussed ggf” The battle of Lexington, at which the first preparation a treatise on the Aurora Borealis, to 
° colonization. In the Assembly Mr. W eed gave no- Revolutionary bloodshed moistened the green sod he published by the Smithsonian Institution. 
,, tice of a bill to incorporate the Galway and Irish <d that ancient town ol the Old Bay State, April -Navigation on the Hudson River has been 
! C Steamship Companies. 'The canal bill was deba- ld ’ /, 77G ’ wlU be cul j? brated ^ ^ ear i,J New York ' resumed, and the trips of the steamers areregular- 
Its , ,, „ on the occurrence ot its anniversary. ly performed between Albany and New York, 
ted till 11 o’clock, and passed by a voteot 74 to 25. _ , , ,, l . „ n . 
«S- r , The horticulturists inform the editor of the - We team that the N. Y. & E. Railroad 
ork Friday, April 2.— The Senate were engaged on Salem Gazette that very many of the fruit buds Company have not refused to carry lumber after 
are private bills. In the Assembly bills were passed of the pear trees are blasted, probably by tlie ex- tbe hrst of June next, as heretofore reported. 
-Navigation on tbe Hudson River has been 
resumed, and the trips of the steamers are regular¬ 
ly performed between Albany and New York. 
-We learn that tbe N. Y. <fe E. Railroad 
of no general interest and the excise bill made the Ueme severity ol the past winter, l he peaches, 
order for Friday next. alst> ’ have Bulfered 111 tbe 8111116 maimer - 
Saturday, April 3.-The canal question was up ,. ^ iusaiie ™ maa > _ 1)a Magnav resi- 
passed of no special interest. 
ZW" An insane woman, named Magnay resi- 
.. . ding at Thomaston, Ga., threw her four little cliil- , . 
m the Senate, also the bill for amending the insu- dreu ilito a lmJ1])ond and jumped in herself. The £ oods : Boston $30,000,000 to $35,000,000, Phila- 
rance law. In the Assembly several bills were woman and three of the children were rescued by d(d phia $14,000,000, and Baltimore $8,000,000. 
-Arkansas is said to be the only State in 
the Union where the mineral called lapis lazuli is 
found. It is worth four times its weight in gold. 
-New York imports about $150,000,000 of 
a fisherman, and the other child perished. *-An agent of some English capitalists ar- 
The jury-box now in use in the city of ? Ved b / tbe Canada, prepared to bid lor the con- 
Massachusetts, has been kept for its pres- ent,re lln ° <>f the IllmolS Ccntral 
poses 120 years. The one used at Ports- c roa< '. 
N. H„ was made iu the year 1780, aud has -Fight hundred thousand tons of salt are 
regular use for 72 years. manufactured annually, at ninety-seven establish- 
. . ments in England, mostly in Cheshire and Wor- 
Ihe Chicago Democrat noticing the busi- cestershire 
* , M j h J gaa v RaUroad ’ sa >' s --A beggar boy applying to a lady at Boston 
j u '* ’ • 118 os w ica on ei ne 0 ne da y last week Tor money to get a dose of cas- 
^ , uot acl f ud ,J g ;V omuc aud 1 ole ‘ ter oil, was called in and the oil was administered 
it is arriving as last as the cars cau carry gratis / de8pite his grimaces. 
. . . -The great Southern Agricultural and Me- 
Phe State Agricultural Society of Wis- chanical Fair proposed to be held at New Orleans, 
’ ; " 5®” The jury-box now in use in the city of 
Insurance. —Attention is directed to the card Lynn, Massachusetts, has been kept for its pres- 
of the Monroe Co. Mutual Insurance Company— eut purposes 12(J years. The one used at Ports- 
an association which, it will be observed, is iu a [ lloutb > db > was niade iii the year 1780, and has 
, ... , been in regular use tor 72 years, 
healthy and prosperous condition, aud-seeks the 
patronage of farmers only. In these “crashing The Chicago Democrat noticing the busi- 
L ,, .. V, ness on the Southern Michigan Railroad, savs 
times among Insurance Companies, the firmest there arc over 250,000 bushels wheat on the line 
article on “ Cutting up Corn, &c.” 
Farmer, (Camillus, N. Y.)—-We are very wfll- 
ured, long after the thousands of ephemeral works 
of the present day are forgotten. 
ing that any of oui readers should question our q 1 1[E Experiences of a Barrister. By Thomas 
teachings, and do not publish your communication Warner, Esq., of the Inner Temple. New 
only because it fails to bring anything to dis- York: Cornish, Lamport <fc Co.—1852. 
prove the general opinion “ that less seed is re- The Recollections of a Policeman. By Thos. 
quired, of the grains and grasses on a rich soil Hum 
on a poor one.” It certainly takes more seed to 
furnish plants to covor th« toil where their growth 
is small, than where it is luxuriant. 
E. G. C .—We thank you for calling our atten- 
Waters, an Inspector of the London Detective 
Corps. (Same publishers as above.) 
Many of the sketches given in these volumes 
are of absorbing interest, and each has its moral 
Though previously published in foreign magazines, 
and safest should be selected by those who wish east of La Porte, not including Monroe aud Tole- ! ,,, , • lnoIlt '. y S ei a aos . c ? l cas " 
. , i - i „, w] ■. ■..• • f . 6 ., ter oil, was called m and the oil was administered 
to bo rea lly insured. _ demand it is arriving as fast as the cars cau carry grati8) despite his grimaces. 
To Advertisers-—T here is such a demand upon Tim _„i q f wio . — l he great Southern Agricultural and Me- 
. ... , . . 1 de Gfeitc Agricultural Society of n is- chanical lair proposed to be held at New Orleans, 
our advertising department, that we find it impos- cousin will hold its Annual Fair at Milwaukee on i n the spring of 1852, is attracting much attention 
sible to accommodate all. Hence several new ad- the 6 ih, 7th and 8 th of next October. Among its at the South. 
vertisemeuts are deferred, and others (new aud Fremiumsare$2a for tiie best work on Farm Hus- -The Legislature of New Jersey have ap- 
old ) omitted altogether. Our space is limited, and Q a: ^^gy^ure ° W 11C ‘ >US e ' ,8,i y 011 <U D biailcb propriated $1,000 a year, for two years, to aid the 
therefore, as before announced, preference is given ° T . Colonization Society of that State, in sending 
.i ,• ,• ,i , , ... , lhe New Yorkers have had another rich emigrants to Liberia, 
to the notices oi those who comply with our terms. „ u * .. , . , . ... 
__ sell put upon them—a horse with a snake in his _qq ie p 0 pn 
o o i) r eye has been drawing crowds of visitors. The eye i sou u .-,a i 71 <» ■ 1 
South Down Gheei*.— Persons desirous of pro- F . P wasi,/ia.t 
v has been found to be of glass, and the optician i 8 30,763, having 1 
curing sheep of this breed are referred to the ad- wbo m ade it put an eel iu it, previously filling it the last ten years. 
Colonization Society of that State, in sending 
sell put upon them—a horse with a snake in his 
tion to this statement. I 11 the article on “ Quack Eie ,iarra tives will he acceptable to the American 
Grass” in No. 10, 2d page, last paragraph, those P nbbc > 111 diC cheap yet durable form in which 
The population of Toronto, Canada, in 
eye has been drawing crowds of visitors. The eye 1826 was 1,719 ; by the census, just completed, it 
has been found to be of glass, and the optician j 8 30,763, having more than doubled itself during 
vertisement of Mr. Brainard, in this paper. 
with water. 
aaviruu iiouioimmio juuuuau 
A Costly Army. —The discussion in Congress Company have purchased the railroad track from 
Physician,” “Ten Thousand a Year,” etc. 
A Subscriber, (New Fane, N. Y.)—You will find ^ by G ' AV ' Fisher, 6 Exch ange-st., Rochester. 
in this and the previous number some remarks on The American Whig Review. New York: Cham 
the application of manures to spring crops, and piox Bissell, Publisher, 120 Nassau-st. $. 
interested will please read “three cattle team,” they are now issued, i he sketches are attributed on the Deficiency Bill reveals some interesting Attica to within four miles of Buffalo. They pay 
instead of “three yoke of oxen,” and understand to Samuel Warren, Esq., author of “Diary of a tacts respecting the army. The navy used to be $14,000 per mile. The Attica aud Buffalo road 
it to moan one voire and n half' Phvsician,” “ Ten Thousand a Year,” etc. For considered the moth that ate up a large share of i S to build a new line, from Batavia to Buffalo, 
> o ; 7 L " ' v v . „ ... . sale by G. W. Fisher, 6 Exchange-st., Rochester th ° pubhc r ? ve ? u , e wlthout rendering any ade- which will save several miles in distance. 
A Subscriber, (New Fane, N. Y .)—\ ou will find J _ ’ quate equivalent, but the army seems to be put- , , ... ,, , , , , 
in this and the nrevious number some remarks on Tm,- w p v , n tmg in its claims to a considerable amount. The ^ propeller lure actually cleared at the port 
m tins ana tne previous numoei some remarks on The American Y hig Review. New lork: Guam- ° nmnho-s ten thonsanff mm TastveirPnn of Oswego, for Canada. This vegsel took 1,669 
the application of manures to spring crops, and pion Bissell, Publisher, 120 Nassau-st. $5 g^ mude ao appropriation of one million of dol- P aoka f 8 of foreign and domestic goods, which 
we shall probably add more on thc subject here- P C1 annum - l a , 8 f or ,j ie s i mu je nuroose of transoortimr men. were shipped from Boston and New York over 
we shall probably add more on tlie subject here¬ 
after. 
A Practical Farmer, ( Vt.)—The subject of your 
first communication seems to have lost, iu a great 
measure, its interest for the public. Further dis- 
Tiie American Whig Review. New York: Cham¬ 
pion Bissell, Publisher, 120 Nassau-st. $5 
per annum. 
The March number of the above named month¬ 
ly is before us. It contains a portrait of Hon. W. 
A. Graham, and some fifteen articles on Politics 
and Literature—one of thc first an appeal to Far- 
gress made an appropriation ot one million ot dol- I q , ° Jr T s 
fare for the simple purpose of transporting men, w eie slapped from Boston and New 
provision and military stores from one post to road ‘. / be va u ? P ^ bc 
another. By some management of the War De- $492,69o-pretty fair for the inland lake trade. 
partmeut, it has been made to cost us two mil- Tlie Hudson river remained 
* . . . -A Prussian engineer has gone to St. Pe- 
1 lie Attica and Horncllsville Railroad tersburgh, in order to establish electro-magnetic 
ny have purchased the railroad track from telegraphs throughout the whole Russi au mon- 
to within four miles of Buffalo. They pay archy. 
J per mile. The Attica aud Buffalo road __ __. •_ oon-in- -i 
•/1 „ v e T> i • j. r> c* 1 -Europe contains 3,blL,19o square miles; 
nlu a new line, from Batavia to Buffalo, *1 tt o tA A, , ’ 
i - , n . ,. , ’ the United btates, 3,221,59o square miles; so that 
winch will save several miles in distance. ,1 „ „ TT ’ • ’ , 
the area ot the U mted btates is nearly equal to all 
A propeller has actually cleared at the port Europe. 
ego, for Canada. Ibis vessel took 1,669 -It is stated that bargain has just been closed 
bs of loreign and domestic goods, which on behalf of some English capitalists for certain 
lipped from Boston and New York over uptown property in New York, amounting to 
cargo was $226,000 ou the cost two years ago. 
Only three camphene accilents since* our 
cussion would appear unnecessary, at least for the mere against Free Trade, and in favor of a Pro 
present. tective Tariff! Dewey is agent 
Analysis of Soils, dr. —Those who have inquired m T - ,, „ , 
17 J ’ 'l ITT? \ Vrnh’Fff TinnKFR Mir.A?rVP \ nxrr Wm.1- . G 
of us, aud others interested in this subject, are re¬ 
ferred to the card of Dr. Miller, on next page.— 
Dr. M. is a competent chemist, and has had no 
little experience in analyzing soils, minerals, <tc. 
State Ag. Society. — Winter Premiums .—We 
invite the particular attention of our agricultural 
and horticultural readers, to the list of premiums 
to be awarded at the next Annual (Winter) Meet- 
The Knickerbocker Magazine. New York : S. 
Heuston publisher, 137 Nassau-st. $3 per an¬ 
num. 
The April number of “Clark’s Knickerbocker” 
is fully equal to its predecessors. The publisher 
says the volumes since 1845 cau be supplied in 
numbers, at $2 50 per year. D. M. Dkwky agent. 
Arcade Hall, Rochester. 
“ Rough Notes” is the name of a new 
ing of the State Ag. Society. We publish the list daily paper just started in Buffalo, which reads and 
thus early, in order that those of our readers who looks as though it meant to deserve success. It 
desire to compete, may be seasonably and fully i 8 whig in politico, and favorable to Mr. Fillmore 
advised in regard to the requirements of the So- as a candidate for the Presidency. M.Cadwalader 
ciety. Any person wishing for further information, and L. H. Rann, Editors ,- G. Reese & Co. Pub- 
can obtain it by addressing tbe Secretary, Col- Ushers. 
Johnson, at Albany. 
c .. , o, , c . . .... , That Horticultural Rebus has not only waked 
—Speaking of tbe State Society, we will make . , . , ^ , 
, , m , up the masters and misses, but a good many peo- 
au amende here. Two weeks ago we remarked f .... , . c . .. J 1 r 
, , , . . . ... ® , pie entitled to the prefix of Mr. and Mrs. We 
that we bad not been lurmshed with a copy of the f , , /ril , . , r . . . 
.. . T ■ , r ., c . . , ^ l J ,, , have already (Tuesday A. M.,) received some two 
Premium List from the Society’s office. At the r j j A ^ „ 
... . , , , hundred answers—about three-fourths of them 
partmeut, it has been made to cost us two mil- The Hudson river remained closed the last—two in Salem and one in New York. In 
lions or thereabouts, at the rate of two hundred present season, 102 days. The longest time of each case, the house was set on fire, and all con- 
dollars to every man in the army. The expenses suspension of navigation on record is 136 days, cerned had a “narrow escape.” 
of our army amounted last year to ten millions, or in 1842-43 ;She shortest, 42 days, in 1805-6.— _ \ great degree of public feeling has been 
a thousand dollars a man .—Philadelphia Ledger. The average time that the river has remained aroused in Ohio by the order of the Board of Pub- 
- closed during the last 67 years, is 90 days.— Jour. H c Works for the removal of all the railroad bridges 
Stealing Government Records. —An Executive Commerce, which cross the State Canal. 
message has been communicated to the Senate The Washington National Monument So- -Dr. Channing communicates to the Boston 
stating that certain papers in relation to claims d ** w&ut raonev f or that W ork. Each course, Medical and Surgical Journal the fact that a lady 
against the Government under the treaty with . % , ■ , • nnri . ’ , ? ,8 » ,, ■ ,. . J 
Mexico had been abstracted from the Department f W 1 . “ COUrS<3S T “ fi ' 1 pUrp ° SeS ° f allcvlatlu S pain ’ 
e 0 . . v . 1 , ■ . m, i be hud per mouth—but the contributions are only more than nineteen years ago. 
01 State bv one ol the claimants, lhe papers L.. a 1 . ti • o ■ . , • , J ^ „ 
• . . . .• • 1 -j • ' e $>/w,Uuu monthly. lliG oocicty wJiicli nuikos the _Sinoe tlio oneninp* flip PpiuiRvlvnuifi 
are important as a protection against claims in lu- % , 4 , , .. . „ niI1 q , ^ 5 , u c 1 enusj 1 .ama 
t U re It am tears there is no existing law for the appeal, says that three cents from each white m- Canal there have been 200 clearances from Pitts- 
e “ t “ g ^ ^ ^ bab itant in the United States would be sufficient burg. The amount of freight sent eastward has 
1 _ to complete the monument in a few years. exceeded 500 barrels per day. 
Prevention and Cure. —The remark was made The whole number of students in Dickin- We read in the Gazette des Postes, of 
the otlier»day in oar hearing, that the House of son College, (Pa.,) is 111, with 65 in the German Frankfort, that tlie project of a line of steamers 
Refuge located in this city by the State to edu- class, making a total of 176 students, against 152 from Trieste to New York, is now agitated by the 
cate and reclaim some 200 vicious boys, cost the previous year. The students attending the direction of the Austrian Lloyd’s. 
a sum. greater than all our Public School Houses, College are from the following States: Penn- -The Elmira Republican estimates that 12,- 
in which 6,000 children are trained up for useful- sylvauia, 73; Maryland, 60 ; Virginia, L5>; New 500,000 feet of lumber floated past that place in 
ness and respectability. Verily prevention is not J ork, 4 ; Delaware, 8 ; District of Columbia, 6 ; two days, during the recent high water, supposed 
only better but far cheaper, than cure, especially Illinois, 2 ; Kentucky, 3,; and New Jersey*Miss- to be worth from $150,000 to $200,000. 
in the case of moral diseases.— Roch. American. issippi, Missouri, Ohio and Denmark, each one. _ 0 n r p uesdav j ast we(d . 5199 emigrants 
~ “ ~~ j^”Tlie Ladies’ Home Missionary Society of N. landed at New York. The tide sets in strong at 
Tobacco Crop. A correspondent of the Green- York city have purchased the “ old Brewery,” a this early season. On the last three days of March, 
field Gazette states that the tobacco growers in celebrated building in the Five Points, which has 10,395 foreign emigrants arrived. 
W hately have sold their crop for 8 cents per lb for year8 Altered a thousand or more of the -The Chinese pay the British merchants 
Whately liave sold their crop for 8 cents per lb., 
foreign emigrants arrived. 
The Chinese pay the British merchants 
time the paragraph was penned, we had seen the 
correct We send the paper as offered, to the “first 
list noticed in other papers,—and notified the So- , „ . 1 q . 
. . , , , \ lour—also in some other cases, in which sub- 
ciety that we had not received it,—but had not, •, r , , ., . *. . , , 
, , ’ scribers forwarded the solution in order to place 
and have not yet, obtained a copy, by mail, from T) . ^ , , ... . . 1 
X, T , , the Rural m the hands of friends residing m sec- 
any source. Col. Johnson writes us, however, that , . . , , , 0 
, ’ tions where it is not introduced, 
he himself directed a copy to the New Yorker,_ 
and supposed it was mailed with others. This California— Both the Prometheus and Empire 
t • -j • 1 ii 1 ,1 “ .i v, • j 1 , j --— ---- Qiuui'au uay uiu uuubu iuuiriicuj w 
winch is 1 considerably less than they obtained hist wretches who eke out a miserable life in those fifteen millions of dollars for cotton manufactures 
year. 1 he same \mter learns, that owing to the vicious precincts. The society intend to erect a and forty-five millions of dollars for opium grown 
low price ot broom brush, the fanners in Whately, new biding on the spot, for missionary pur- iat he British East Indies, every year. 
Hatfield, and vicinity, are preparing to grow to- p08es . Tbey paid $iG,d00 for the property, and mi T . . _ . , , 
bacco more extensively than heretofore. bave raised $12,500, by subscription for the our- - 1 lie Louisiana Legislature have abolished 
The Lecture Season.— E. P. Whipple, the 
Boston essayist, has just delivered his fitty-third 
have raised $12,500, by subscription, for the pur- t — The Louisiana Legislature have abolished 
pose * r the Usury Laws, and enacted a law exempting 
p ’ ’ -- homesteacis to the value of $1,000, besides $250 
Henry Clay.— The Washington correspondent worth of furniture, thc library, Are., from seizure 
fact fully exonerates Mr. J., and hence this expla- City arrived at New York on Monday, onebring- 
nation—with the assurance, that we had no wish ing $60,000 and the other $300,000 in gold. No 
to find fault with the Society or its officers. 
news later than by previous arrivaL 
isoston essayist, nas just delivered ms nny-tniru lienry ulay.— ine >v asmngton correspondent "ennui iumnuic, uuu uuiuij, <.vu., nem scizuie 
lecture for the season, and 0. W. Holmes his fifty- of the Journal of Commerce writes under date for debt. 
sixth. Mr. Saxe has delivered his poem, if we re- 30th ult., that Mr. Clay’s condition has been, more -Mr. Grinnell has again offered" his vessels 
member correctly, about forty times. The three feeble than usual for the last two or three days, to the Government, for another search fur Sir 
gentlemen have made a very respectable year’s so much so that his friends begin to despair of John Franklin. He offers to fit them out himself 
income, in the last three or lour months, and it his ability to reach his home this spriug, as it as before, but asks to be furnished with officers 
has been well and honorably earned. was their advice and his wish that he should do. and men from the Navy. 
