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ROCHESTER, APRIL lf>, 1852. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
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who get the Rubai, at @1,25, will lie supplied from 1st 
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jfjT Persons who order the Rural after this date, and 
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is ordered, as preferred. 
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by obtaining and forwarding subscriptions—especially in 
towns where the I’. M., or some other influential person, 
docs not give the matter attention. 
JjgT Remember our Terms are ip advance, and that 
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. 
To Readers and Correspondents. 
Flax.—W. I\ S. asks, “How much flax seed is 
needed to seed an acre, whore it is to bo raised on 
purpose for the seed ?” We believe the rule of 
experienced flax growers is, to sow one bushel per 
acre, where both wed and lint is the object,—but 
less than that for the production of seed alone, say 
two-thirds oi three-fourths of a bushel. Mr. Wm. 
Newcomb, of Rensselaer county, (author of a val¬ 
uable essay on Flax Culture, published on page 
138 of our first volume,) says :—“One bushel of 
seed to the acre is the best amount of seed to in¬ 
sure a good yield of seed and lint; if a less quan¬ 
tify of seed be sown, the quantity of seed would 
be increased, but the quantity of lint would be 
lessened,—and if a little more seed be sown, the 
lint would be increased but the seed would be 
lessened.” 
Dog-Power for Churning. — (D. R. II.) Yes, 
there is such a thing as a dog-power for this pur¬ 
pose. Wc have seen them in operation, and they 
work well. Emery & Co., of Albany, will sell 
you a power for $12, so arranged’ as to be easily 
attached to any chum. They can best answer 
your inquiries in regard to the capability and du¬ 
rability of the power. 
Draining Tick. —(C. D.) Tile and pipe can be 
ootainod of Ai.vin Wilcox, of West Bloomfield, N. 
Y., and 11. F. Wiiartknby, Waterloo, N. Y. We 
have frequently mentioned the prices, and you 
will find them in an advertisement in this number. 
Devon Bulls. —Inquiry having been made for 
young Devon Bulls, we would state that Mr. Wm. 
Gaubutt, of Wheatland, in tin's county, has seve¬ 
ral superior yearling bulls of this stock. 
Our May Premiums. 
Below we give the names of the principal com¬ 
petitors for the Premiums offered for subscribers 
obtained to the Rural previous to the 1st of May 
ensuing. The names are given in regular order— 
commencing with the person who has obtained the 
largest number up to the 12th instant: 
S. E. Norton, L. I). Branch, J;ls. Van Horn, J. 
II. Stanley, E. R. Hughes, A. Stone, Silsby & Co., 
G. N. Sherwood, J. T. Van Buskirk, E. VV. Fair- 
child, John Mead, A. Sill, (L. Cone, A. H. Savage, 
tie,) B. Coddington, H. Hunt, L. Wells, T. Ninde, 
(N. Chapin, R. B. Warren, H. D. Hobbs, lie,) E. 
L. Shepard, (M. Eames, C. Cutler, tic,) R. Scars. 
The Town Premium, the most liberal of all, 
seems to have attracted little attention. Perhaps, 
however, some of our readers have an eye to the 
prize, but prefer remaining quiet. The offer, as 
many will remember, is this :—“ To the person or 
persons sending us the greatest number of yearly 
subscribers to the Rural New-Yorker from any 
one Town, in proportion to its population, (accord¬ 
ing to the II. S. Census,) previous to the 1st of 
May, 1852, forwarding payment according to our 
terms, we will send the number of copies so or¬ 
dered another year, free of charge I” 
Change of Location seems to be in order with 
many of our subscribers, judging from the daily 
requests received to transfer the address of papers. 
Not a few, in ordering their papers changed, add 
a good word for the Rural, and say they will en¬ 
deavor to introduce it in the locality of their new 
homes ; indeed three such kind offers reached us 
by the last mail. Thanks, friends; you can do 
much good in the manner suggested—for many of 
you are locating where the Rural does not circur 
late at all, or is but little known. We have al¬ 
ready received many indications, from distant sec¬ 
tions, of the kindness of subscribers who have 
moved from one county or State to another—and 
if our friends who change their residences this 
spring, will make the paper known to their new 
neighbors and acquaintances, they will thereby 
materially aid in extending its area of usefulness. 
Women’s Temperance Meeting. —We are re¬ 
quested (o announce that a Women’s Temperance 
Meeting will be held at Corinthian Hall, in this 
city, on the 20th inst. “ Addresses and communi¬ 
cations from ladies and gentlemen of known abil¬ 
ity will be presented, and a general and compre¬ 
hensive plan of operation proposed, whereby wo¬ 
men may aid in the promotion of a cause in which 
they arc everywhere interested.” The occasion 
will doubtless be one of much interest. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO 
The Winter in North-Western Michigan. j 
Fob once the saying of the weather-wise, that 
if “March come in like a lion it will go out like 
a lamb,” is proved a falsity. Hence, “ old say- 
| ings ,r arc not at all times to be depended upon. 
‘ Blustering and tedious as was tlie first day of this 
month, the present one which closes it is quite as 
severe—though not as stinging with cold. 
The winter now closed — in fact it is not gone 
yet—lias no parallel in the memory of that ven¬ 
erable personage flic “ oldest settler.” It has av¬ 
eraged by the thermometer 5 degrees below that 
of last year. The depth of snow and its prolong¬ 
ed stay was unusual. The severity of the cold, 
the blustering winds and the amount ol cloudy 
and stormy days were all unusual — so that take 
it all in all it was a remarkable winter. 
Our coldest day was the 19th of January, when 
the mercury stood at 10 deg. below zero at day¬ 
light, and only at (i deg. above it at any time du¬ 
ring the day. At 10 o’clock P. M. it was 8 deg. 
below again, where it stood at daylight on the 
20th. The daily average of the month was23.LI 
deg. February averaged 27.52 deg. and March 
33.03 deg. 
During the three months, snow and rain fell to 
the depth of 11.71 inches water. There were 24LA 
days fair, 38 only cloudy, 21 snowy, rainy, 
and 1 of mingled snow and rain. Our greatest 
depth of snow was 18 inches. , 
Robins, blue birds, ground sparrows and a few 
other of our earliest songsters were here from the 
10th to 15th of the present month, when we had 
a few spring-like days. A heavy rain added to 
the flood of the thawing snow and created a fresh¬ 
et in the streams higher than ever known since 
the settlement of the country. Considerable dam¬ 
age was done. After this we had another fair in¬ 
stallment of winter, and but a little fair weather to 
date. Although vegetation is far from the for¬ 
wardness if had last season at the close of March 
we are led to look upon the matter favorably, 
hoping for a spring more propitious in the ending. 
Kent Co., Mich., March 31, 1852. T. E. W. 
Harbingers of Spring. 
Robins, bluebirds, meadow-sparrows, pheebes, 
and blackbirds have been vocalising for some days 
past. On Saturday, (the 10th,) about 2U> o’clock, 
P. M., we heard the peeping-frog. We are thus 
particular about the hour, for we were told not 
long since, by one who professed to be wise in 
Frog-ology, that these little peepers are never 
heard in the day-time—a Hat contradiction of our 
observation from our boyhood down to the pres¬ 
ent day. We were told by persons who live near 
the frogs’ home, that t hey gave their first concert 
of the season, on Friday evening, preceding the 
Sat urday afternoon on which we first heard them. 
The Vegetable Kingdom, which is always a lit¬ 
tle behind the Animal, in the Spring, is, also, 
showing signs of vitality. Skunk-cabbage, (Sym- 
plocarpus fatidus,) was in flower last week—so 
were the Alder, (Aimes rubra,) and the Maple, 
(Acer rubrum.) In the swamp where the alder 
was in flower, ice was abundant. 
Though snow and ice still remain, they cannot 
longer hold the vegetable world in their icy chains- 
Every lover of Nature rejoices in' being permitted, 
once more, to sec these first harbingers of Spring. 
April 12, lS-’S. VV. 
Literary Notices. 
British Periodical Literature. —Itc- publication 
of the London Quarterly, the Edinburgh, the 
North British, and the Westminster Reviews, 
and Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine. New 
Y ork : Leonard Scot t A Co.' 
These periodicals are the critical censors of the 
British scholastic, political and literary world.— 
They are conducted by the best talent of the coun¬ 
try, and discuss all the most important questions 
which interest mankind. One may gain from 
them an acquaintance with European affairs, 
wJiich cannot be obtained as well and as cheaply 
in any other way. The reader will find the ad¬ 
vertisement of Messrs. Scott A Co., in another 
column. D. M. Dewey is their agent in this city. 
Map of Monroe County.— We have been shown 
a new Map of this county, “got up” from recent 
surveys by P. J. Brown, surveyor, which is appa¬ 
rently very complete and accurate. It is now in 
course of publication by A. G. Gillett, who is the 
publisher of maps of Seneca and other eastern 
counties, and will be ready for delivery in the fall. 
This map is about four feet square, and not only 
exhibits the roads and streams, but the names and 
locations of all the landholders in the towns.— 
Such a map has long been a desideratum, and we 
trust the publisher, who is now canvassing the 
county for subscriptions, will meet with merited 
encouragement. 
Death of Sir Charles. —We find in the last 
New York Farmer an obituary notice of the horse 
“ Sir Charles,” owned by H. Rhodes, Esq., of 
South Trenton, N. Y. He was 8 years old, and 
was well known and highly valued in Oneida Co. 
“ He died on the 19th ult., of lung fever, after an 
illness of only 36 hours.” 
Canadian Butter. —Last week Messrs. Fair¬ 
banks A Eldridge, of this city, sold to parties in 
Albany and Troy, sixteen thousand pounds of 
butter at 22 cents a pound. This large quantity 
of butter was purchased by F. A E. in Canada. 
The “Vision of Immortality,” a poem 
published last week in our column of “Sabbath 
Readings” was not written by Mr. Bryant, but 
by E. P. Weston, of Gardiner, Maine. 
News from Europe in Five Days. —Intelligence 
has just reached us of a giant having been made by 
the authorities of Newfoundland to II. B. Tibbatts 
and associates of this city, of the exclusive rights 
lo construct and use the magnetic telegraph across 
that island, for the period of thirty years.— Eve. 
Post. 
RKElt: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
legislature of 3®em ^ork. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Monday, April 5.—In the Senate the Liquor 
law was under discussion. In the Assembly no 
quorum present and nothing done. 
Tuesday, April 6-— In the Senate the Canal 
bill was discussed and postponed. Among the 
bills passed in the Assembly was one to repeal 
the act for the registry of births, deaths and mar¬ 
riages. 
Wednesday, April, 7.— Several bills passed the 
Senate —among them the Ocean Steamship hill, 
and ono amending the assessment law. Several 
hills were reported in the Assembly but scarcity 
of members caused an early adjournment. 
Thursday, April 8.—In the Senate, the bill to 
make the District Attorney a salaried office pass¬ 
ed. A large number of bills were reported in the 
Assembly. 
Friday, April 9—In the Senate, little of inter¬ 
est. in the Assembly the Maine Law was first 
amended by striking out the Submission to the 
People, and then recommitted for amendment by 
a vote of 66 to 55—(only seven members absent.) 
The effort to recommit was made by friends of the 
bill, and the vote in its favor was one more than 
would have been required to pass it. In the after¬ 
noon the hill was reported hack with amendments, 
and then rejected, 45 to 6!). The Divorce bill and 
the Anti-Rent bill were passed. 
Saturday, April, 10.—In the Senate several lo¬ 
cal hills were passed or otherwise disposed of.— 
The general Steamship bill came up from the As¬ 
sembly and was concurred in. In the Assembly 
the day was spent on hills of local interest, among 
them one for a Suspension Bridge across the Gen¬ 
esee below this city. 
Political Items. 
Connecticut. —The annual election for State of¬ 
ficers took place on the 5th inst. More than usual 
interest, pertained to the contest from the mingling 
of the “ Maine Law” question, with the usual ex¬ 
citing topics. The whig candidates were openly 
in favor of the law, making it one of the promi¬ 
nent questions of the canvass. The democrats 
were understood us being opposed to such a law, 
though saying very little upon that point, while 
actively working to succeed in electing their tick¬ 
et. The result has been, the election of Seymour, 
(dem.) Governor. Also, a democratic majority in 
the House and Senate, which will elect a demo¬ 
cratic U. S. Senator to fill a vacancy now exii ting. 
Missouri. —The Democratic State Convention 
of Missouri, met at St. Louis, April 6th. Gen. S. 
Price was nominated for Governor ; Lieut.Gov., 
Wilson Brown ; Secretary of State, T. M. Richard¬ 
son. Presidential electors were chosen. 
St. Louis.— The charter election took place April 
5th, and resulted in the election of a whig mayor. 
A riot occurred among some of the Germar popu¬ 
lation causing the death of six persons, and the 
wounding of many more. 
Rhode Island. —Returns received show the elec¬ 
tion of Philip Allen, dem., for Governor, and S. 
G. Arnold, whig, Lieut. Governor. The whigs 
have a majority in both branches of the Legisla¬ 
ture. 
Cincinnati. —The municipal election to >k place 
on the 5th inst. The democratic ticket v<as elect¬ 
ed. The city Council is also democratic by five to 
seven majority. The last Council was whig. 
Portland, Me.—E x-Gov. A. K. Parris, dem., 
has been elected Mayor, over Neal Dow, whig.— 
Both are understood to be temperance it oil Four 
democratic and three whig Aldermen ; 12 dem. 
and 3 whig Counciiraen were elected; 1 racaney. 
_The democratic delegates to the National 
Convention, met at the City Hall, Albany, on the 
7th inst., and appointed as State delegates .Horatio 
Seymour and John B. Skinner. No alleruatos, 
chosen. 
_Mr. Clay is again relapsing into serious 
prostration after being for some time encouraged 
by cheering symptoms. 
_Ex-Gov. Young, Sub-Treasurer at New 
York, is dangerously ill of a pulmonary ittack at 
Washington. 
Currency Items. 
Congressional. 
Dangerous Fraud. —Refuse all noted corrcs- 
inding to the following description, no matter 
' what denomination it may he, or by what bank 
ay purport to be issued : 
5> g , Centre vignette three females, agricultural 
lplements, sheaf of grain, ship on stocks, (fee., 
ith around die containing figure 5 on each side 
' vignette—on upper right corner the letter V, 
ith portrait of Lafayette in the centre a id five 
i the lower corner—on left end, upper corner, 
ie word five, and the letter V on the low tir cor- 
. r> w-itli Franklin between—anchor, &c., between 
ie signatures—engraving well done. 
These notes originally belonged to the old Citi- 
,ns’ Bank of Maine, but they have been altered 
i a great many banks, and will lie altered to oth- 
w , and we therefore wish our subscribers to re- 
ember their description. They are well engrav- 
1 and generally neatly altered, and are Ibei efore 
ie more dangerous to those not acquainted with 
i e m .—Th ompson ’s Reporter. 
jy The New York Evening Post says, that 
artics holding bills of the Commercial Ban s, N. 
;;rsey, must present them to the receivers l efore 
ie 22d inst., or they will become utterly w irth- 
!8S. 
Look out fora counterfeit $2 bill on the 
tatc Bank of Ohio, Wayne Co. branch at VV oos- 
>)• which is well calculated to deceive. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Monday, April 5. —The new apportionment un¬ 
der the Census of 1850, was under discussion in 
the Senate. In the House, the never ending Com¬ 
promise question was debated. 
Tuesday, April 6.—In the Senate, Mr. Mason 
spoke against Intervention. The Naval Disci¬ 
pline and Homestead hills were before the House. 
Wednesday, April 7.—The Apportionment bill 
was under discussion in the Senate. 1 n the House 
no definite action was taken upon any subject. 
Thursday, April 8.—In the Senate the Japan 
Expedition was discussed and postponed. The 
Appropriation bill was then taken up and Mr. 
Bra Ibury’s amendment, allowing two members to 
California and one for the fraction in South Caro¬ 
lina, (thereby increasing the number of members 
of the House of Representative to 234,) was car¬ 
ried. In the House, the Navy Discipline hill was 
taken up, and postponed to take up the Home¬ 
stead bill. Several speeches were made. 
Friday, April 9.r— Iu the Senate, the Capitol 
enlargement was discussed and the House amend¬ 
ment, appropriating $500,000 concurred in. Noth¬ 
ing else of importance in Senate or House, and 
both adjourned until Monday. 
News Clippings- 
tkrpriek Rewarded. —In 1840, the Mensrs. 
, of Detroit, owned two vessels on the lakes 
Huron and the schooner Harrison, both of 
i were worth $20,000. J hLs year, their fleet 
remission will consist of sixteen steamboats, 
a total of 9,162 tons burthen, and an aggre- 
jost of $700,000. 
th this immense business they havo never 
boat or a passenger ! In a letter to a (nm- 
o of persons connected with their business, 
ascribe their success, to “Tomperaucc, truth 
idolity .”—Joliet r JYuc J)em. 
Items of Hems, &r. 
A company composed of three individuals 
is about to erect flour mills in Portland, Maine, of 
sufficient capacity to manufacture 400,000 barrels 
of flour per annum. 
There are thirteen persons out of one hun¬ 
dred and ninety residing in one school district in 
Canterbury, N. H., whose united age amount to 
1094 years, being an average of 84 each. 
jjrgr The only Post Offices which yielded over 
$1,000 in 1790, were at Philadelphia, New York, 
Boston, Baltimore, Richmond, Petersburg, Alex¬ 
andria, Norfolk, Fredericksburgh, and Charleston. 
The number of adults in the State of Geor¬ 
gia who cannot read or write is 41,000, and the 
number of children whose parents arc unable to 
send them to school is upwards of 38,000. 
The General Appropriation bill, now be¬ 
fore the Assembly, appropriates $22,500 to the 
New York Hospital, and $30,000 to the institu¬ 
tion for the Blind and the Deaf and Dumb Asylum 
£5gT The present King of Siam is quite disposed 
to encourage commerce. He has ordered a steam¬ 
er to lie built, and introduced a liberal system of 
trade. Com. Porter need not go there with his 
Paixhans. 
Rev. Joshua Soule, senior Bishop of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, Las been formally 
requested to pay a visit to California. The request 
comes from the Missionary Society of the Church, 
South. 
The Green Mountain Farmer says that 
there are 5,159,641 pounds of maple sugar made 
annually in Vermont, being 2,973,293 pounds 
more than are made in all the rest of New Eng¬ 
land. 
The Postmaster General has established 
the following new Post-Offices in this State ; 
Ruahville, Sullivan County ; Crescent, Saratoga 
County ; Sugartown, Cattaraugus County ; Boyls- 
ton, Oswego County. 
The Postmaster General has written a 
letter prohibiting the circulation of handbills in 
newspapers, lie bases the prohibition on a law 
passed m 1825, imposing a penalty for each of¬ 
fence of $50. 
A farm in Irondequoit, about two miles 
and a half from the city of Rochester, containing 
fifty-one aud a half acres, owned by Henry Mc- 
Gouegal, was recently sold for $10,000. The 
buildings were included in the sale. 
jt^r The people of Morris, Grundy county, are 
agitating the subject of building a bridge across 
the Illinois River at that point. Their plan is to 
build the bridge in two years, at a cost of $10,000 
in bonds ; $5,000 to be issued the first year. 
5$$" 'Fhe stereoscope, a beautiful optical in¬ 
strument, by which pictures on a plane assume 
all the appearance of solidity, with real light and 
shadow, is the last popularity in England. The 
instrument is now manufactured in New York. 
tnr A company of 330 Mormons of England, 
Scotland, and Wales, arrived at St. Louis on the 
26th ult. They were soon to leave for Kanesville 
and Utah. Another company of 269 of these 
people sailed from Liverpool for the United Stales 
on the 10th of February. 
Foreign Silks, to the amount of $26,000,- 
000, are annually imported into this country from 
Europe. It is believed that the duty on raw silk 
tends to depress the silk manufacturing in this 
country, aud an effort is making to have the du¬ 
ty removed. 
The heirs of General La Fayette have 
brought suit to recover several hundred acres of 
land, having a front of 600 yards beyond the old 
fortifications at New Orleans. This is a portion 
of the 11,250 acres of land granted to La Fayette 
by Congress. 
A beautiful white swan was shot at James¬ 
town, the outlet of Chautauque Lake, on the 24th 
ult. It measured six feet and six inches from tip 
to tip of its wings, and twenty-seven inches from 
the end of its bill to the base of its nock. Its col¬ 
or was the purest white. 
One million and a quarter of gold from 
California was melted on Thursday last, between 
the hours of seven and three o’clock, in the melt¬ 
ing department of the mint in Philadelphia. This 
is the largest amount ever melted in one day since 
the establishment of the mint. 
The Green Bay (Wis.) Spectator says that 
a party of Norwegians have purchased a tract, of 
land bordering upon Sturgeon Bay, and will soon 
lay the foundation for a large settlement. This 
will hasten the construction of a ship canal be¬ 
tween Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan, a dis¬ 
tance of 134 miles. 
A bill has been introduced into Congress 
by Mr. McMullen, of Virgina, giving to members 
of Congress a salary of $1,500 a year instead of 
the present allowance of $8 a day. The substitu¬ 
tion of a fixed salary for the present per diem 
would tend very much to shorten the sessions an i 
save a vast deal of money to the treasury. 
The whole number of Germans in tho U. 
States is estimated at 5,000,000, being over one- 
fifth and nearly one-fourth of the whole popula¬ 
tion of the country, which is estimated at 23,000,- 
000. Of these 5,000,000 of Germans, nine-tenths 
are in the free States. Missouri is the only slave 
State in which they have settled in any consider¬ 
able number. 
-There are 304 paper mills in England. 
-There are 1,200 omnibusses daily running 
in London. 
-Lola Montez has visi ted the House of cor¬ 
rection in Boston, but did not remain there. 
-The GreiTT Britain, when afloat, will carry 
no less than 13,000 yards of mast canvass. 
-The Canal Commissioners at Albany have 
postponed the opening of the Canals to 20th April. 
-John P. Hale, it is said, will take up his 
residence in Albany after his Senatorial term ex¬ 
pires. 
-Portable barometers, small enough for tho 
pocket, arc now manufactured with great success 
in England. 
-There were 534 births at sea, on board 
ships arriving in the port of New York during the 
year 1851. 
-Miss Bremer’s records of her visit to this 
country will appear as “ The Homes of the New 
World.” 
-The London Times states that public 
opinion in England will favor the American Japan 
expedition. 
-The export of specie from the port of 
Boston, since the 1st January last, lias amounted 
to $558,027 83. 
-A flock of wild pigeons, estimated at 2,- 
000,000 in number, passed over Columbus, Ohio, 
last week. 
-A liquor hill, even more stringent than tho 
Maine law, is now before the Provincial Parlia¬ 
ment of New Brunswick. 
-A plan for a Suspension Bridge across the 
St. Lawrence at Quebec, is before the Common 
Council of that city. 
-Shells of galvanized iron (an excellent 
idea) are beginning to be adopted exclusively in 
the English artillery service. 
-The bronze statue of Dr. Witt Clinton is 
nearly completed, and will bo erected in Green¬ 
wood Cemetery in a short time. 
-It is stated that the old arm chair of the 
patriot John Hancock was sold at auction in Bos¬ 
ton, a few days since for ten dollors. 
-During the last five months 85,000 cases 
of boots and shoes havo been shipped from Bos¬ 
ton, and 120,000 bales of cotton received. 
-Lord Derby has written a little book on 
the “ Parables of our Lord,” in the form of “ Con¬ 
versations between a Mother and her Child.” 
-Young potatoes and onions appeared in 
the New Orleans markets a weekago. Strawber¬ 
ries were also in abundance on the 25th ult. 
-A tract of land containing about 70 acres 
has been purchased near Baltimore fora Cemetery. 
It is to be named “ Mount Vernon.” 
-The subscriptions to the New York Crys¬ 
tal Palace amount now to between $20,000 and 
$30,000. The amount required is $200,000. 
-Louis Napoleon issues bis public docu¬ 
ments in his own naino as President of the Re¬ 
public, and no longer in the name of the people. 
-A farmer named Dix, of Oneida county, 
claims to have a mine of guano on his farm, equal, 
in all respects, and superior, in some, to the im¬ 
ported article. 
-The Bank rate of interest in Wisconsin is 
to bo established at 10 per cent, until 1858, and 
at 7 per cent, thereafter, under tho general Bank¬ 
ing Law. 
-Tho Imperial Government proposes three 
Industrial Exhibitions in Russia in successive 
years, one at St. Pctersburgb, one at Moscow and 
one at Warsaw. 
-The head men and Chiefs of the Onondaga 
Nation of Indians have memorialized the Legis¬ 
lature of this Stato in favor of tho Maine Liquor 
Law. 
-We learn by the Plattsburg Republican, 
that the fare on Lake Champlain, between Rouse’S 
Point and Whitehall is to be only $1 the present 
season. 
-A gentleman in Hopewell township, York 
Co, Pa, trapped, a few months ago, a partridge 
that was perfectly white, with all the other marks 
peculiar to the race. 
-The papers state tlyat the Black Swan has 
earned $8,000 for Col. Wood, and twice that sum 
for herself since she commenced issuing her" notes” 
to the public. 
-A colossal bust of Kossuth is being pre¬ 
pared for exhibition at the Royal Academy, by a 
Mr. Saunders, an artist fast rising into notice in 
London. 
-Seven hundred laborers are already em¬ 
ployed on tho first section of the Illinois Central 
Railroad, near Chicago, and some miles of the line 
are ready for the rails. 
-The Wisconsin House of Assembly have 
passed the General Banking Bill, with the clause 
admitting railroad bonds as a basis for part of the 
circulation. 
_The News says that a house in Ledbrook- 
square, Kensington, London, has been taken for 
M. Kossuth, whose family is expected to take pos¬ 
session on the 1st of May. 
_The Charleston Courier says there was a 
plentiful supply of green peas in market, on the 
29th of March. They were selling at twelve dol¬ 
lars per bushel 
-The difficulties among the Irish at Lock- 
port are represented as somewhat protracted and 
serious. One hundred of the rioters have been 
taken prisoners. 
-It is said that the Directors of the Suffolk 
Bank, of Boston, have discovered a defalcation 
amounting to $83,000, and are still investigating 
the affairs of the Corporation. 
-The lowest charge *for advertising in the 
London Times is about three dollars a square; 
even a line announcing a marriage or death, costs 
seven shillings—nearly two dollars. 
_Jenny and Otto Goldschmidt are announc¬ 
ed to give three concerts in New Yorkduring the 
latter part of this month, and in May next they 
are to leave for Europe in the Atlantic. 
_The sum of $10,000 has been appropriated 
by tbo Legislature of New York to remove the 
newly formed sand bar at Castleton, on the Hud¬ 
son, which seriously obstructs navigation. 
-American newspapers entering France, 
have now to pay a stamp duty, and so have tho 
English. A private letter informs, us, that cer¬ 
tain of ours will be excluded altogether. 
_The temperance women in tho Ninth 
Ward of New York have started a paper called the 
Neal Dow Gazette. That’s the way to secure the 
widow’s dower and the daughter’s dowry. 
_According to the official returns, the num¬ 
ber of adults in Virginia who cannot read and 
write is 80,000—twenty thousand more than in 
1810 ; and the number of children whose parents 
have not the means to educate them is 75,000. 
