MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO IlKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
ROCHESTER, APRIL 2D, 1852. 
SPECIAL nor ICES. 
A new quarter commenced the f.rsl week in April, 
and ice can still supply the. numbers from, that date, or from 
the 1 st of March. Read subjoined paragraphs. 
At the evening seasion letters -were read from 
Mm. Frances I). Gage, of Ohio, A. Holley, editor 
of the Wyoming Mirror and Mm. C. I. H. Nichols 
of Vermont. 
Mrs. E. C. Stanton, (President,) addressed the 
meeting for about an honr, in an eloquent and im¬ 
pressive manner. Her remarks on Temperance 
•were pointed and appropriate. Mrs. S. is a wo¬ 
man of decided ability, however we may view 
her radicalism on some question^, and presided 
throughout with much dignity. 
A brief but spicy address was read by an elderly 
woman, who gave her name as “ Aunt Betsey,” 
political $crap-lkok. 
Legislature. —This august body adjourned on 
the 23d itn^, having over-stepped their hundred 
days. We have no doubt the whole body has 
Congressional. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Monday, April 19.—In the Senate, the French 
items of Ultras, &t. 
worked faithfully, and each individual member Spoliation bill was passed, 26 to 13. The discus- 
striven hard to accomplish the measures entrust- sion of the Deficiency bill was resumed. In the 
ed to his hands, and if success has not crowned Housc ’ the Printin S bil1 advanced backward 
their efforts, the session has not resulted in much -^"8 a 8 ain reforred to tbe Comimttee <>« 
that can do harm. The Canals, and Canal con¬ 
tracts hang like an incubus upon the whole body 
of legislation, so that a majority of the time con- 
Printing. 
Tuesday, April 20.— In the Senate, Gen. Shields 
reported an important bill relating to the army. 
As ICC cannot furnish aU the back numbers of this \ and said she came from the “City of Destruc- 
volume, those who have formed dubs icill bi supplied for one I jfon.” <?] ie ga i d ghe had come some distance to 
sumed and measures passed, grow out of individ- Ih e Deficiency bid was taken up and sevcial 
year from 1*1 of March, April or May, at club prices. 
attend this Convention, tor the purpose of relating 
rr* Single or club subscription,, after this date and until hcr exper j ence during twenty years connection 
further notiee, ran commence the 1 st of March, April or 
,, , . ... _with a drunken husband. 
Mau, or al the time of subscribing, us preferred. 
f?' In order to accommodate, and have allsu's-riptions 
ual interests which are supposed to be injuriously 
effected in some mysterious way. 
If any business man should make as loose con¬ 
tracts as are made for tbe State, by public officers. 
amendments considered. In the House, the Na¬ 
val Discipline and Homestead bills were nominal¬ 
ly before that body. 
Wednesday, April 21. —The Senate continued 
Several resolutions were adopted. Weshall en- 
txpire ic,th the volume, ice seillreceive new chibs, or additions deavor to give, ill a future number, the pi Lin ipal 
to present ones, for nine or six months, (from id of April or resolutions passed by the Convention. 
and pay as much proportionate damage in conse- the consideration of the Deficiency bill. The 
quence, his utter failure would be at once pro- House listened to speeches on the Whig Caucus. 
July to end of year,) at same proportional rale as for a year. 
£ Remember that our terms are is advance, and that 
vc. do not send the Rural after the expiration of the time 
paid for. See terms on last page. 
Answers to Inquiries, &c. 
Shout-Horn Stock. —Mr. C. K. W akd, of Le 
Roy, inquires where “ a full blood Short-horn bull, 
of good family, noted for good feeding and milk- 
The sessions of the Convention were well at¬ 
tended, many women from abroad being present 
There was a large audience in tbe evening. Seve¬ 
ral ladies were dressed in the “ Bloomer Costume,” 
a feature of the Convention which probably at¬ 
tracted more attention from some of the specta- ^ 
tors, than did its benevolent object. The Demo¬ 
crat says :—•“ Mrs. Bloomer appeared in the cos¬ 
tume which bears her own name. Hei dress and 
dieted, and we arc not sure theNlafr will come off 
much better. 
Thursday, April 22. —In tbe Senate, the Ap¬ 
portionment bill was taken up, and tbe proposi- 
T he pressure of the third house, or lobby, is such tion to give Louisiana an additional member of 
as to obtain the measures they desire in too Congress, for her fraction, was rejected. Mr. 
many cases, while the really important bills hard¬ 
ly have a hearing, and are sure to be distanced in 
Brad bury’s substitute, giving South Carolina a 
member for her fraction, and giving California two 
ing qualities, may be bought at a reasonable trousers were of ‘ silver gray’ silk, the prevailing 1™°P e be P ro 
the disgraceful haste with which each session is members, (making 234 Representatives in all,) 
brought to a close. To our mind the shorter the W as adopted. The Deficiency bill was then taken 
sessions,and the longer interval between them, the U p. In the House, the Homestead bill as usual, 
belter will the real interest of tbe State and the and this time speeches upon its merits. 
price.”—Any one having such an animal to dis- 0() j or relieved by a lighter figure. She wore asort 
pose of will please communicate the fact to Mr. W. 0 f turban. In the street, she wears a white beaver 
Hop Culture. —II. A. R., of Camillus, asks for fiat, in tbe ‘flat’ style, and her appearance is very 
definite inforraation'on this subject. Will friend neat as well as unique. We may as well say here, 
Brainakd, of Hamilton, or some other experienced that the President, Mrs. Stanton, was also clad in 
hop grower, give us an article, or a series of them, the new costume. Her dress was of black satin. 
people oe promoieu. _ T Friday, April 23.—In the Senate, some twenty 
Whig National Con vkntion.— The adjourned P rivate bilk were P ;tssed > aud the Seuate adjourned 
meeting of the Whig members of Congress, took Monday. In tbe House, after a long personal 
place at the Capitol, at Washington, on the 20th explanation—the Homestead bill was taken up 
inst., Hon. W. P. Mangum , Senator from South aud 80rae speeches made upon it. 
on the mode of culture, drying 
Her hair, which is slightly silvered, was cut short, 
says the grub in the hill injured Ms crop very and ‘shingled,’ which, together with the close 
much last year, and wishes to know how it may fitting dress, gave her a rather masculine appear- 
be remedied. Also, tbe best material for drying, ance.” 
and what temperature of heat, in drying, will riie closing session of the Convention, on 
give the the best flavor. Wednesday morning, the question of forming a 
Carolina, presiding. A strenuous effort was made 
to have tbe caucus pass a vote, declaring the Com¬ 
promise resolutions a finality, aud apply their 
doctrines to the candidate to be nominated for 
President. The Chair decided the resolution out 
Saturday, April 24.—Homestead bill discus¬ 
sion continued in tbe Mouse. 
Death of Ex-Gov. Young. 
Hox. John Young, Assistant Treasurer of the 
Stowell’s Sweet Corn. —Several persons have State Society of Women for the promotion of was sustained by a vote of 46 to 20. 
of order, that body having met only to fix upon a United States, for the city of New York, and for- 
da y t,,r holdiu g the nominating Convention. An (uerly G * vcmor of this Stale, died in the city of 
appeal was taken from this decision, and the Chair New y ors ou lhe ^ 3d iust . His disease was eon- 
recently inquired whether Stowell’s Evergreen Temperance, was discussed at some length, and Mr. Gentry then offered the following resolu- for some years past. 
Sweet Corn could be obtained in Rochester. On finally determined upon. The meeting organized tion: Gov. Young was 
inquiry we learn that J. Rapalje it Co., have the the “ Woman’s New York State Temperance So- Resolved, That the Whig members of Congress, Co. in 181)2 and w« 
sumption, which had been preying upon his lungs 
article, The price is $1,50 per quart—75 cents a ciety,” by adopting a Constitution aud electing 
pint. For 50 cents J. II. & Co., will send half a officers as follows : 
pint by mail, and pay postage. 
We notice, by tbe way, that Rapalje <t Co., 
President—Mrs. E. C. Stanton, of Seneca Falls. 
Vice Presidents—Mrs. Gerritt Smith, of Peter- 
>n : Gov. Y oung was born at Conesus, Livingston 
Resolved, That the Whig members of Congress, Co., in 1802, and was consequently in his fiftieth 
in thus recommending a time aud place for the He was educated al the Common Schools 
to be understood as pledging themselves to sup- of Conesus, and commencing the study oi law at 
port the nominees of saiu Convention, except up- East Avon, in 1823, was admitted to the bar oi 
We notice, by tne way, tnat kapaljk <k oo.. Vice Presidents—Mrs. Gerritt Smith, of Peter- ou the condition that the persons then aud there the Supreme Court in 1829. During his brief 
have several hundred bushels of the White Mercer boro; Mrs. E. C. Delevan, Albany ; Airs. D. C. Al- nominated as candidates for President and Vice- , )U bfic career be has filled the office of Member of 
Potato. Also, a quantity of Hale’s Mexican Pota- ling, Rochester ; Lydia Mott, Albany ;J.T. Coach- President, shall be publicly and unequivocally J . , . M pm her «.f (’«»,.and Governor of 
„ ,lrv and JL flavored varietv. a» wo can ■»* New York ; Mar, S. Rich, New York ; Jnlia pledged to regard the .cries of measures kuowu *T } ' . a ° “ B “M"I 1“ 
to— a dry and good flavored variety, as wc can 
testify from a trial of their eating qualities. 
“ Another Depredator.”—A Subscriber writ¬ 
ing from Batavia, N. Y., thinks tbe worm noticed 
under this head last week, the canker worm, aud 
says its ravages may be prevented by applying a 
ring of tar around the "body of tbe tree early in 
spring. Ho thinks the worm conies from the eggs 
of a miller which ascend the tree at this time. His 
expplanation is not sufficiently definite to be very 
satisfactory. 
Woman's State Temperance Conventioa 
As previously announced, a Convention of the 
man, New York ; Mary S. Rich, New York ; Julia 
C. Lewis, Oswego ; Olivia Eraser, Elmira ; Emily 
Clark, Le Roy; A. N. Cole, Belfast; Antoinette 
L. Brown, Henrietta; Betsey Hawks, Bethany 
Centre; Lydia F. Fowler, New York. 
Recording Secretaries—S. B. Anthony, Roches¬ 
ter ; Mary C. Vaughan, Oswego. 
Corresponding Secretaries—Amelia Ilosmer, 
C. A. Alarsh. 
Executive Committee—Sarah T. Gould, Susan 
Porter, Mary IlallowelL 
To Booksellers and Publishers. —If you wish 
to got an advertisement for twenty-five or fifty 
cents, which will be worth five dollars, send a 
cheap book to the editor—politely requesting a 
as the Compromise measures, as a final settlement Dm Empire State. His life is a glorious exeinpii- 
of the dangerous questions which they embraced; ficatiou of the advantages arising from our system 
and to maintain that settlement inviolate. ol Common School education, and the privileges 
The Chair decided this resolution not in order, and incitements of free institutions, lie has gone 
which decision was sustained. A very spirited to his rest, his loss deeply regretted aud his mem- 
debate sprung up on the consideration of these ory not. to be forgotten. 
questions, and most of the members from the- 
Southern States, aftci explaining their position, One by one they pass away —We learn by 
withdrew. ■> A the Albany papers, that Gen. Solomon Van Ren- 
Tlie caucus adopted the following resolution : selaek, died in that city, ou the 23d inst., oi ap- 
Temperance Women of the State was held in notice ol the work, including the price lor single 
Corinthian Hall, in this city, on Tuesday of last copies* aud Diat a certain number oi copies are 
week. Aside fioin its novelty, tbe meeting was 8en ^ I’Y ,nad i° r one dollar. It is a clever way— 
one of the prominent events of the week, and as ver y- Many will swallow the bait, and never think. 
such, its proceedings are worthy of note, if not of °f a hook until it is too late. Here is a very good 
being fully chronicled. But as we were unable to ^ >, m of request one which we have just received 
attend the entire sessions of the Convention, and fr° m a New Y ork publisher. It has three prom- 
have not received the official proceedings, we can inent merits it is polite, brief and to the point: 
Southern States, aftci expiring their position, One by one they pass away —We learn by 
withdrew. 4 \ the Albany papers, that Gen. Solomon Van Ren- 
Tlic caucus adopted the following resolution : selaeu, died in that city, ou the 23d inst., ol ap- 
Resolvcd, That it bo recommended that the °P lex y- The decca8ed ha * beeu lou S aud &««> 
Whig National Convention, for the nomination of ably known to the public, commencing bis public 
candidates for President and Vice President of career in 1792, with the army under Gen. Wayne. 
the United States, be held in the city of Balti- Many of our readers in Western New Y r ork will 
more, on Wednesday, the 16th day of June next. remember hl8 daring and gallant defence of our 
The Chairman was also authorized to call an- fr0Iltier at Queenston. 
other meeting of the Whig members, if deemed —- 
necessary. t Death of a Pioneer. —The venerable John 
only give a brief synopsis. 
The Convention was organized at 10 o’clock, 
A. M., by the appointment of Mre. E. C. Stan- 
Circular to Editors .—Should you consider this 
book worthy of a notice in your paper, will you 
have the goodness to say, that ou the receipt of 
fifty cents, by the publisher, a copy elegantly j 
ton, of Seneca Falls, President. Yice Presidents bound in full cloth, will be sent free of postage to 
—Mrs. Maiy C. Vaughan, of Oswego ; Miss Oli- order, to any part of the United States ,—or three 
via Frasier, of Elmira ; Mrs. Geo. A. Avery, Mrs. topics for one dollar. 
Rhoda De Garmo, Mrs. Sarah D. Fish, and Mrs. Editors andtheir CoRBKSPONDKNm-The edi- 
D. C. Ailing, of Rochester. Sccretaries-Mrs. tw of the Methodist Quart erly Review, lias on 
Amelia Bloomer, of Seneca Falls,aud Miss Susan the cover of that periodical, a standing notice to 
necessary. t Death of a Pioneer.— The venerable John 
* ' McNaughton, of Wheatland, died at his residence 
Liter a ry N ot ices. ou ^he 17tfi inst. He was one of the earliest pio- 
The Golden Chain, or Links of Friendship for noers of the Genesee country, and has been a 
Odd-Fellows the World over. Edited by Miss much respected aud useful citizen. 
C. B. Porter. Buffalo : Geo. H. Derby & Co. 
1 b52. Mail Gleanings 
This is a beautifully printed 12 mo. of some There are gix thousand children, it is esti- 
.300 pages, containing selections from some of our ma[edj ln California, and in eleven of twenty-eight 
best writers of articles calculated to promote counties there are no schools. But energetic meas- 
Faith, Hope, and Charity, among Odd-Fellows, ures are being taken to remedy this evil. 
B. Anthony, of Rochester. 
Committee on Resolutions:—Mary C. Vaughan, 
Rhoda De Garmo, Amy Post, Elizabeth Monroe, 
and Rachel Van Lew. 
Finance Committee :—Susan B. Anthony, Mary 
IT. Hallowell, and H. Atilla Albro. 
The President read the call for the meeting, and 
the effect that be wishes nobody to send an arti¬ 
cle to him, unless with the perfect understanding 
that lie shall amend or abridge as Iris judgment 
dictates. “ The rule,” says a western paper, “ has 
good sense in it; for if an editor has no dis '.ration 
in regard to correcting and abridging articles, he 
might as well give his office up and go homo, and 
and all classes of readers. 11 is edited with good IW Tiie Mechanics and manufacturers in Japan 
in 111 i 1 -a j excel in their different branches, and are even tar 
taste and should lie popular everywhere. Wan- ^ erior to the Chinese. Their silks and cottons 
zer, Bkardsly Co. are excellent, and their Japan ware and porcelain 
__ . unequalled, 
agazmes or ay. . a movement is on foot in Eltnira, to con- 
Godey’s Lady’s Book has 120 pages of reading s tn.xct a Canal from that place to Athens, 01 Tioira 
matter, ami several pictures. Point, at the head of the North Branch Canal, in 
Sartain’s Magazine contains contributions from Pennsylvania A company is alieady organized 
Stoddard, Miss Chesebro, Alice Carey, Burleigh, purpose. 
. ’ v ’ .) , ..V &T Oswego has a population of 14,500— 
Simms, and othein. 1 uck s ortfolio is decided- u j no Ei U i rcbt .s—sixteen flouring mills, capable of 
ly rich. The embellishments are fine. manufacturing 7,575 bbls. of Hour per day—four 
also a brief address, returning thanks for the lion- fo t tbe foreman of the printing-office do the edit- 
Stoddard, Miss Chesebro, Alice Carey, Burleigh, 
Simms, aud others. Puck’s Portfolio is decided¬ 
ly rich. The embellishments are fine. 
or conferred upon her, <feo. 
ing. Writers for newspapers, however, fiequcnt- 
Graham’s Magazine gives us Greeley’s Lecture " ra i n warehouses and twenty-two manufacturing 
„i p , 1 i _ 1 •. t ____ establishments. 
Miss Susan B. Anthony, Chairman of the Cen- i y become very much excited if their commuui- 
tral Committee, addressed the meeting. Letters cations can not be set letter for letter aud line for 
were read from Mrs. E. Oakes Smith, Abby K. lfoe, just as they are written.” 
Foster, Iloiace Greeley and Gerritt Smith. Seve-- 
ral ladies addressed the meeting—gentlemen be- Rather Sharp. — We laughed “ somedeal,” and 
ing excluded from a speaking participation in tbe couldn’t help it, at a remark made by the Presi- 
proceediugs of the morning session. 
dent (Mis. Stanton) of the Women’s Temperance 
On the assembling of the Convention in theaf- Convention, during the evening session. Several 
ternoon, Miss Anthony, from the Business Com- “ young bloods” ol this city, became somewhat 
mitteo, reported a series of resolutions some of boisterous during the evening—giving evidence of 
which were passed unanimously, without debate, the exuberance of their animal spirits by sundry 
while others elicited considerable discussion, and extra and unnecessary “ rappings” and other 
were somewhat amended before passing. Mrs. manifestations of pleasure. At the close of one 
Stanton, Mrs. Bloomer, and several gentlemen— of the speeches which had been thus honored, the 
including Prof. Reuben, Rev. Mr. Goodwin, W. C. President announced with much gravity, that 
Bloss, Bonj. Fish, G. B. Stebbins, and others, of “ there would be an intermission of five minutes, 
this city—participated in the discussion. Tbe to allow those young gentleman to practice gym- 
Ladies seemed to have the best of the argument, nasties!” The effect was charming. We never 
and triumphed, as usual. Some of the male speak- witnessed a more sudden or complete reformation. 
ers, (though none of those above named, we be- - 
lieve,) were quite nervous and rambling in their Emery &, Co’s Horse Powers, <tc. Attention 
remarks—introducing anti-slavery, abolition, <fcc., directed to the card of Mr. E. D. IIallock, who 
as though they had forgotten, or never knew, that bas established an agency in this city for the sale 
they were speaking to resolutions on the subject D iese celebrated machines. Mr. H. is a practi- 
of temperance. During the debate, a dignified ex- c;d mechanic, and has had considerable experience 
Senator at our elbow remarked that some of the bl putting up horse powers and other agricultural 
male speakers were apparently the only “old machinery. 
ladies present I Dorking Fowi.s and Eggs.— Persons wishing to 
Toward the close 01 the afternoon session, Airs. . . , , , , , . 
, , procure chickens or eggs from pure bred Dorkings 
Bloomer read an address bearing upon the gene- - ,, .. , , * „ . , 
, A ° are referred to the advertisement of Mr. Heston, of 
ral subject. This we did not hear, but the Dem- r , , . . . . 
; , . , , , Batavia, in this paper, 
ocrat characterises it as a forcible and eloquent -- - - -- 
exposition of tbe evils of intemperance, and an Geneva Gramm er School. —See card relative to 
able defence of the public position which women time of opening this institution, terms, Ac., in our 
had assumed on this question.” j advertising department 
“The Crystal Palace and its Lessons,” among „„ „ , , _ . ... 
, , . . . .. 1 he receipts of cheese at Cincinnati last 
other good things in its 112 pages. yeaf reached nine millions of pounds. The pro- 
Blackwood for April has more of politics than ducts of all the States in 1850, was full one hun- 
usual, and will be read with interest. L. Si ott it dred millions pounds! New York produced forty- 
Co.: New York. Iline miUio118 of P ouuda 
r n, , ’ -ii . ta » A heavy day’s work was done at tbe Cus- 
The above magazines are sold at Dewey’s. , r , , n ., - , 
0 tom House, at New Orleans, on the 9th inst., 
. . when 25,569 bales of cotton were cleared; of which 
Music.— Acknoieledrjemcnt. Americans give but 2 o,580 bales were for Liverpool; 2,197 for Genoa; 
little attention to music as a science. Its culti- and 792 for Antwerp. 
vation is mostly confined to boarding schools, There is one very singular piovision in tlie 
where it has a sort of hot-bed growth, as an or- election laws of Rhode Island. If there is no 
namental branch of misjudged female education, choice of Senators or Representatives in any town 
, J , , . and the majority dissolve the meeting, the old 
Music, as a science, has an intimate relation to meniber8 bc J d 0 ver. 
poetry; poetry is but another word for music, it A large hotel is to be erected near Table 
is tbe music of language, expressing the music of k at Niagara Falls. A paper states that a 
the mind. In all that refines the sentiments, that tunnel two hundred feet long, is to be constructed 
chastens tbe feelings, that ennobles the human 80 ;LS P} permit travelers to leach Termination 
heart, music stands pre-eminent. The music ac- l >0 int without persona exposure.. 
. . ,, ... , , , fr^-The cultivation of Indian corn is very 
companymg the appropriate and beautiful ode to ^idlv increasing in Germany. The house of 
Spring, in our paper of week before last, was an & q 0 > w bich imports the seed from Ameri- 
original composition, for which we are indebted ca, lias this year received so extensive orders, that 
to the Professor of Music in the State Normal it has difficulty in effectuating them. 
School, T. H. Bowen, Esq. It is uniform with IW " Ilo8S W 'nans, of Baltimore, has recovered 
P-'P" 1 ” «“ “ »**r W ° ,IOpe «ITo amount Hi *5,400 
to present our readers with other pieces as appro- £ or £ and Maryland Line Railroad Company, for 
priate in the course of the year. i using his patent-righted eight-wheel cars. 
Geneva Grammer School. —See card relative to 
,us popular u. --u,, » ” phia dama g e s to the amount of $5,400 from the 
to present our readers with other pieces as appro- and Maryland Line Railroad Company, for 
priate in the course of the year. i using his patent-righted eight-wheel cars. 
rTT ^ ~ . , jpgr It is said that Mr. Stewart’s sales in New 
Australian Treasure. 1 he gold regions of y or j. during the year 1851, amounted to the 
Australia are supposed to extend over a surface of ell0rm0U s and almost incredilile sum of twelve 
200,000 square miles. It is estimated that the nd jj; onB () f dollarsl One item, that of gloves, is 
amount of gold which will be be sent to England, . down ;d s j x hundred thousand dollars! 
in the course of the present year, will be about. K 
£3 000.000.1 ll3.000.1)00 .) whilst the ultimate ^ The population of Pennsylvania is 2.311,- 
males 1,167,920—of these500,000 smoke to- 
£3,000,000,($13,000,000,) whilst the ultimate’ 51- 
of £8,000,000, ($35,(100,000) per annum is talked 786 
of. The Government Commissioners have report- bacco, each averaging 4 cigars, 4 inches long dai- 
ed that the mines are capable of giving highly re- ly! At this rate, this army of smokers puff rising 
munerative employment to at least 100,000 per- of thirty miles’ length of cigars per diein ; and 
- ' ’ " upward of 11,000 miles per annum. 
sons, or at least four times the number now there. 
-At last we have gutta-percha pens. Those 
who have used them like them. 
-There were 475 Belgians among the emi¬ 
grants to New York last year. 
-The Texas Legislature has passed the 
Maine law, by 6 majority. 
-Gov. Bigler has vetoed all the Bank bilLs 
passed by the Pennsylvania Legislature. 
-A writer in the Evening Post urges the 
erection of a fire-proof hotel in New York. 
-An Expedition to the gold regions in 
Australia, is fitting out at St. Johns, N. B. 
-In Massachusetts the number of inhabi¬ 
tants to the square mile is 126,11 In New York 
67 66. 
-The postage of newspapers to any place on 
the continent of Europe is four cents, and must 
be pre paid. 
-Mrs. Huldah Sparling die/1 in the city of 
Oswego, N. Y., on the 8th inst., aged one hundred 
aud ten years. 
-Portland, in Oregon, has 20,600 inhabi¬ 
tants. There are four weekly papers and one 
magazine published there. 
-The Baptists of Massachusetts have under¬ 
taken to endow the Newton Theological Seminary 
with $100,000. 
-The Prussian exhibitors at the World’s 
Fair are about to open a Crystal Palace of their 
own, in May next, at Breslau. 
-It is said that iron can be brought from 
Wales to Chicago for $4 a ton, through the St. 
Lawrence and the lakes. 
-The Post Office Revenue in Philadelphia 
for the quarter ending March 31st, 1832, amount¬ 
ed to $42,429. 
-The receipts of the Rochester and Syracuse 
Railroad for March were about $2,000 in advance 
of March last year. 
-The Utica Insurance Company is about to 
wind up its affairs on account of lucent heavy los¬ 
ses at the West. 
-The receipts of the Galena and Chicago 
Union Railroad and branches for the month of 
March, were $24,557 75. 
-During Febuary no less than 4,737,000 
tons of ice were received at Cincinnati by the Mi¬ 
ami canal. 
-Fifty sewing machines driven by steam, 
are said to he in operation in New York. How 
many are driven by starvation? 
-An elderly lady, in Covington, Ky., lately 
had a thorn extracted from her arm above the el¬ 
bow, which has been there over thirty-five years. 
-John Partridge of Pittsfield, on Tuesday, 
the 13th inst., killed seventeen crows at two shots. 
A few days before, he killed fifteen at two shots. 
-A sale of 100 cases of heavy j legged Bro¬ 
gans lias beeu made in San Francisco, at from 30 
to 40 cents per pair. The purchaser shipped them 
to New York. 
-A despatch of thirty words was received in 
Boston on Saturday, direct from New Orleans, in 
two minutes—distance 2,000 miles, over Morse’s 
line. 
-The gradual introduction of Scotch and 
English fanners into Ireland is going on success¬ 
fully, particularly near Cashel Dunkerriu aud 
Clonmel. 
-Frost occurred last week in several Parish¬ 
es of South Carolina, which so nipped and blasted 
the young Cotton as to render rc-planliug neces¬ 
sary. 
-According to Livingston’s Law Register 
for 1852, our country has twenty-five thousand 
lawyers, whose annual income “ is not far from 
$36,000,000.” 
-At Cincinnati a hunter brought in ninety- 
four snipes, one woodcock, and twelve pigeons, as 
a day’s work. This species of game is now abun¬ 
dant. 
-Ephraim Truesdale, of Chesterfield, perish¬ 
ed, of cold, in a snow storm, in attempting to go 
from Northampton to Chesterfield, on lue 19th of 
April, 1774. 
-At Bombay, a locomotive has commenced 
running on a part of the first railroad ever erected 
there. The natives crowd to see it with curiosity 
and fear, calling it the “ Fire Chariot.” 
-A proposition is before the people of Con¬ 
necticut to abandon the plan of two capitals, and 
to fix the Legislature and the government per¬ 
manently at one place. 
-The three steamers which have been blown 
up on western rivers within a week or two jiast, 
carrying desolation into many families, were all 
worn out boats. 
-The Poughkeepsie American says, apples 
two years old, sound and of good flavor, grown on 
the farm of David Yer Valen, were left at our 
office last week. 
-The egg of the gigantic wingless bird of 
Madagascar, is equal in size to 12 ostrich 16 
casowary, 143 domestic hen’s, and 50,000 hum¬ 
ming bird’s, eggs. 
-The salary of the Speaker of the English 
House of Commons is $30,000 per annum—$5,- 
000 moreiihaii the salary of the President of the 
United States. 
-There are now no less than thirteen Cali¬ 
fornia Gold Mining Campanies organized in Lon¬ 
don, with an aggregate capital of over seven mil¬ 
lions of dollars. 
-The Turkish Name of America is Yankcy 
Doonea. This sounds very much like Yaukee- 
Doodledom, but is said to be, in reality, the Turk 
isli for “ New World.” 
-At Oquawka, Ill., at a single haul of a 
seine, five thousand pike, bass, perch and sun fish 
were taken hist week, and this was but a very 
small part of the day’s work. 
-The Swiss Diet has received a report from 
Mr. Stephenson, the famous Engineer, upon the 
feasibility of a railroad in Switzerland, from the 
Lake of Geneva to that of Constance. 
-The last number of the Westminster Re¬ 
view, one of the “ great quarterlies,” speaks of the 
“ State of Baltimore,” and says “ each member of 
Congress represents 30,000 adult males.” 
- 7 In fifty-eight buildings, in a row number¬ 
ing ninety-eight, in Mulberry street, New Y r ork, 
liquor is sold at three cents per glass. There is 
need of a missionary station there, truly. 
-The London Times says there are one 
hundred thousand persons in that city who are 
every day without food, save it he the precarious 
produce of a passing job or a crime. 
-Rev. Albert Barnes commenced writing 
his notes on tire Gospels twenty years ago. He 
has completed sixteen volumes, all of wbicli were 
written in the morning hours, before nine o’clock. 
-The emigrant cars which passed through 
Syracuse on Friday morning, April 2d, had on 
board six hundred and fifty emigrants, bound for 
the Far West. The cars were twenty in number. 
