MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO IlKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
ROCHESTER, MAY 6 , 1852. 
SPECIAL .NOTICKS. 
rye?" yl new quarter commenced the first week in April, 
Hew York Correspondence, 
New York, April 29, 1852. 
Friend Mooiie : — I supposed that I should find 
the aspect of nature more spring-like here than 
in Western New York, but it appears that we are 
not alone in the discomforts of a wet, cold and 
backward spring. The season is at least two 
weeks later here than last spring. 11 rains almost 
ever y day, and an overcoat is required for comfort 
out of doors. 
The city is a perfect bedlam at present. It is 
and we can still supply the numbers from that dale, or from renmrkab] bl|t t ] ie lateness of the 
the 1 »t of March. Read subjoined paragraphs. ...... . , ,. 
, season has brought 4 !he merchantsoi tins and other 
tar As we cannot furnish all the back numbers of tins 
volume, those who have formed dubs will be supplied for one States all here at once ;-the consequence is an 
volume, those who have formed clubs will be supplied j 
year from \sl of March, April or May, at dub prices 
unprecedented activity in all business operations. 
Sin trie or club subscriptions, after this date and until 1 lob.lbly theie neve! W.IS ihiec-fourths as many 
further notice, can commence llic 1st of March, Ajrril or goods left the city ill the same period, as during 
May, or at the time of subscribing, as preferred. last week. Persons who have never been here, 
I 71 order to accommodate, and have nil subscriptions (yln f orln no conception of the vast mult itude 
er,Hre with the volume, we w :ureceive new clubs or aMilion, w)li( . h consUntly t l»w,nga tlie streets, or of the 
to present out*, for nine or »iz months, (from 1st of Af/rU or . / . r .. , 
July to end of year,) ai mme proportioned rale a* for a year, deafening din of the thousands of omnibuses and 
JT gr Remember that our terms are in advance, and that carts, which almost prevent passage of pedestrians 
i do not send the Kuraj. after the expiration of the time through the groat thoroughfares of Gotham. 
paid for. See terms on last page. I witnessed the departure of the steamer Illi- 
----; “ "T - * ' nois, for Panama, this afternoon. It was one of 
Kossuth in New Eng an . the most exciting scenes which I have beheld fora 
The distinguished Hungarian, having returned 1 (,II U time. The wharves in the vincinity were 
from the south, is now visiting the principal towns crowded with spectators, and probably not less 
in New England. Last week he was at Spring- than 15,000 persons witnessed her departure. She 
Kossuth in New England 
field, YEorcester and Boston, and invitations wera 
pressing him to visit. Charlestown, Manchester, 
Bangor, and other prominent places. His recep- 
was crowded from stem to stern with passengers 
—the number was variously estimated at from 
1,000 to 1 , 200 ,—among whom I saw a large num- 
Massachusetts has been most enthusiastic lj( 'r of the fair sex. It was interesting to observe 
—almost equal to that which was accorded him in 
New York on his first arrival in this country. He 
the diversity of feeling exhibited by the passen¬ 
gers as the ship left the wharf. All, no doubt, felt 
visits the State in compliance with an invitation Bad as the last cable which bound them to the 
from the Legislature,—and, if the papers are to be land of their birth was slipped,—yet many sought 
relied upon, the people are everywhere favorably to stifle their sadness in boisterous hurrahs. I 
impressed with Ids appearance and greet him most could see the lips of others quiver, as they waved 
cordially " il sd ent, adieu in token of the recognition of some 
Kossuth’s reception in Boston, on Tuesday week, friend on shore. Team flowed freely down the 
exceeded in brilliancy and enthusiasm any that cheeks of many a noble looking man, and the 
he has met since lie loft New Yo:k. The* State sobs of the lady passengers showed how strong 
authorities, Military, <fcc., in receiving him and his are their attachments to the land of their nativity, 
suite, made a most* imposing display, with suita- Instead of subsiding, the California fever seems 
bio demonstrations, lie was variously feted until t( > waging more than ever. Every ship which 
Friday evening, when a Banquet was given him sails is crowded with passengots, and the tide 
at Fanned Hall, at which nine hundred sat down seems to be still on the increase. But my sheet j 
—while the galleries were crowded. 
The “ material aid” furnished the Magyar chief¬ 
tain by the people of Massachusetts appears tobe 
abundant, and he will probably receive a large 
amount in money and its equivalent. Among the 
cash items we have observed, the following are 
gathered from a single paragraph in one of our 
Boston exchanges :—A lady from Nantucket, on 
being introduced to Kossuth, presented him with 
a purse containing upwards of $ 100 , which had 
been collected in that town for the benefit of the 
Hungarian fund. Mr. Mkrriam, of Springfield, 
presented him with a check for $352,60, the 
amount collected among a few friends of Hungary. 
Mr. Abner Curtis, of East Abington, gave Kos¬ 
suth $500, on his own account, which tlie latter 
very feelingly acknowledged. 
Weekly Notes by a Naturalist, 
The week just closed was very similar to its 
predecessors—cold and st.ormy. The river is still 
high. Vegetation comes forth very slowly. 
The barn swallow, (Uirundo Americana,) was 
first seen on Friday. The cliff swallow, (// fulva,) 
was seen sometime since. The purple mart in, ( If. 
purpurea,) was heard on Sunday. Snake first 
seen 011 Monday. 
is full and my “ tune up.” 
Meteorological Abstract. 
DY I.. WI.TUKREI.I.. 
April, I8.V2. 
1 liKKM.tM 
MAX. | MIN. 
liTKK. 
MKAN. 
| RAIN. 
J WINDS. 
1 
41 
31 
35.33 
N \V. 
2 
33 
29 
31.00 
S W. N W. 
3 
33 
29.00 
N W. 
4 
39 
23 
31.33 
S R. 
5 
37 
31 
33 00 
8 E. K. 
C, 
38 
30 
33.33 
E. aN K. 
7 
42 
32 
30.00 
w. 
8 
46 
30 
30 00 
W. N W. 
9 
45 
30 
30 00 
N \V. 
10 
•10 
31 
37.60 
N W. 
11 
48 
29 
39 00 
8 E. N E. 
12 
41 
31 
10.00 
W. N K. 
13 
47 
39 
12.33 
K. 
11 
50 
4 1 
48 33 
S R. K. 
15 
45 
39 
42.06 
N. M \V. 
16 
53 
30 
45.00 
N W*. 
17 
58 
42 
19.33 
S N. 
IS 
55 
47 
50.66 
S- E. 
19 
42 
40 
41.33 
8 E. E. 
20 
43 
41 
43.00 
N E. 
21 
41 
37 
39 33' 
N E. N. 
22 
40 
40 
12. OU 
N W. 
23 
35 
33 
31 3.3 
N W 
21 
41 
31 
38.00 
N W. 
25 
45 
34 
40.33 
N R. 
2f> 
47 
11 
13 (0 
N W. N E. 
27 
45 
33 
10.00 
N W. 
28 
47 
24 
39.60 
N W. 
29 
51 
32 
11 00 
N W. 
30 
55 
30 
47 60 
N W. N K. 
urpurca,) was heard on Sunday. Snake first Remarks. —Vegetation lias made very little pro- 
son 011 Monday. gross, though two months of Spring have passed 
The red maple, the poplar, the willows and the away- The season is veiy backward. The auro- 
elm i .11 full flower. 
Liverwort, ( Hepahca Triloba,) American globe 
ra borealis was observed several times during the 
month ;—also solar, and lunar halos, and mock- 
flower, (Trollius Laxus,) papoose-root, ( Tjeontice Bimg _ There were seven days 011 which snow fell, 
thalictroides,) in flower; also daffodil, (Narcissus on which rain fell, and two on which both 
psawdo narcissus.) and several species ol violets, rain and snow fell—eleven fair days, and nineteen 
Shepherdixt Canadensis began to flower on May- cloudy. Monthly mean temperature 39.76 degrees 
day. This is a shrub growing by streams and _ 0 „i y about IV, above freezing. 
river-banks, to the height of six or eight feet. It 
is cultivated as an ornamental shrub. We rec¬ 
ommend to our readers who are fond of flowers to 
transplant the Hepatica Triloba to their gardens 
—it flowers early and its petals are exceedingly 
delicate and fine. 
The first day of May, like May-day one year 
ago, was partly pleasant and fine and partly con- 
Irawise. One year ago we had snow and rain— 
this year rain, but no snow—and on Friday morn¬ 
ing long before daylight, a shower with thunder. 
Fatal Railroad Accidents. 
A fearful accident occurred on the Rochester 
<fc Syracuse Railroad on the 1st inst., six miles 
west of Canandaigua. Mr. Seth Swain, of Mace- 
don, N. Y., with a lady and child, in a one-horse 
covered buggy, stopped upon the track just before 
the express train came along. The whistle was 
sounded without effect, the train smashing the 
carriage, killing the lady, injuring Mr. S. slightly, 
and the child very little. It was impossible to 
April is regarded as having been unusually cold . . . * . ' , 1 
, , ,11 1 nr 1 11 r - i checic the train 111 time, and why any sane man 
cloudy, stormy find D&CKW&rcL Wc slicill furinsli . . ^ . 
• . ... , should stop a wagon m that manner is unac- 
a comparative view ol the season’s progress as soon 1 n 
.. countable, 
as circumstances will permit. 
,, ,, ..... C ,, .. . , On Sunday morning the night express tram 
May, thefiflh month of our year, was the third ,, 
„ , t, 1 • I .. c ,, west, ran over a German soon alter leaving Au- 
of the Roman. It derived its name from Maia, ’ TT & 
, , „ burn. He got oil the track as the alarm was 
the mother of Mercury. , , , 7 , , . 
sounded, but stepped on again when the engine 
T . r , , , ,, , . ... sounded, but stepped on again when the engine 
We have now had seven months during which . ’ . „ , . , 
, - , , , .. . . . was within a tow feet of him, and was instantly 
there has been scarcely a day that one could sit ^ 
comfortably in a room without a’fire. ’ ...... , , . . . . . 
_ 1 _ ' The emigrant train down, leaving this city the 
People ’ s College Association, same morning, ran off the track at Clifton Springs. 
——7 It contained a large number of passengers, and 
A meeting of this Association will be held in several cars filled with cattle. Wc have not learn** 
the city of Rochester, on I hursday, tlie 20th day ec ] Biat any person, or any of the cattle were in- 
of May next, at 10 o’clock A. M.,for the purpose j ure( ]. 
of establishing a concert of action among the 
friendi of Education throughout the State. Grkat Fairway Project.— The greatest rail- 
I 11 behalf of that Association, we cordially ex- road enterprise of the age, not excepting Whit- 
tend an invitation to the friends of Education ney’s proposed track to the I acific, is the pro- 
generally to meet and co-operate with us. F * 1 for a rai, ' va 7 from London to India. It is to 
By order of the Committee appointed at the ^ )e 03 ^ ed the “ Great Eastern and the Euphrates 
last meeeing. II. Howard, Secretary. and llldia Railroa;J >” and il id Slid that Compa- 
I.ockport, April 30, 1852. nies have already undertaken to build it from 
London to Turkey. The English Channel will 
Grand Division S. os I. 3 he April Session of be crossed by a steamer, occupying rtvo hours.— 
the Grand Division S. of 1. of Western A ew York it is estimated that the journey will be made from 
was held in F lodouia, 1 uesday and \\ ednesday of London to India in seven days ! There will be no 
last week. A large number of Representatives stopping, except to take in passengers. The plan 
were in attendance, and about one hundred new will probably be to board and lodge passengers, 
members were initiated. The reports of the in cars fitted up for the purpose. English writers 
Grand Offiocrs represented the order as in a flour- are confident the road will be built,—which is 
ishing and prosperous condition. During the last very possible. It will lie a great convenience to 
quarter twenty-six subordinate Divisions have Americans, when China, Japan, .fee., are annexed 
been instituted within the jurisdiction. to the “ Uuivereal Yankee Nation.” 
ijMticul Jmiji-36ook. 
-The President has appointed, and the Sen¬ 
ate confirmed, Hon. Luther Buadish, as Assistant 
United States Treasurer for New York, the office 
vacated by tlie death of Hon. John Young. Mr. 
! Bradish is well known to the people of this State, 
having field the office of Lieut, Governor. The 
salary of the office to which lie has now been ap¬ 
pointed is said to be $4,000, and he has to give 
bail in the sum of $800,000. The amount of 
money passing through his hands is very large. 
The Commissioners appointed to examine the 
accounts of tlie late Assistant Treasurer, have 
completed their labors and report the balance cor¬ 
rect. The amount on hand at tlie time of Gov 
Young’s death was $3,320,621.45. 
Missouri. —The Whigs of Missouri closed a 
three days convention, 011 the 22J ult. Nearly 
every county sent delegates, and the meeting is 
represented as being unusually harmonious. The 
following state ticket was nominated:—For Gov¬ 
ernor, Gen. A. W. Doniphan ; Lieut. Governor, 
James Winston ; Secretary of State, Pierce C- 
Grace; Attorney General, Littleberry W. Hen¬ 
drick ; Register of Lands, Benjamin Emmons; 
State Treasurer, Enos B. Cordell. 
Delegates were chosen to represent the State in 
the National Convention, and a Presidential Elec¬ 
toral ticket put in nomination. 
Aseries of resolutions, embracing their platform 
passed, declaring unwavering attachment to tlie 
Union, and approval of the compromise measures ; 
recommending a tariff for revenue and protection, 
non-intervention, River and Harbor improvements 
aud universal education. Gen. DonipJUan has since 
declined, devolving upon the Central vCommiltee 
the duly ol nominating another candidate. 
-The southern wings w 110 returned from the 
congressional caucus have issued a niamtesto in 
which they maintain the position tney assumed 
in caucus, in a bold aud digumed manner. The 
impression is conveyed, that a party will be or¬ 
ganized to sustain tneir doctrines n the nominee 
at Baltimore should not meet tneir approval, or 
the convention at the time of making the nomi¬ 
nation, not pass resolutions to tnoir using. 
-The city of U tica held an election the 27th 
ult., for choosing six commissioners of excise. A 
temperance and a license tieKot were nominated, 
and after a spirited contest tuo latter was elected 
by an average majority of 308. 
-We see it stated in some of the papers 
that the present whig administration since it came 
into power Uas pa.u oif a fraction under seventeen 
millions of dollars of tile puuue dcht. 
Who can teii how muon uebt has been created 
in the same time V 
-The Whig Convention of North Carolina, 
nominated John Kerr lor Governor. They also 
rosoiyeved lhai Mr. Fiinnoro is tneir lir.-a enoioe 
for President, and Air. Ciranam lor V ice Bresident. 
Yet they will cordially support liie nominees by 
the Wmg National (Jonveuuon, provided tiiey be 
unequivocally 111 favor of tne compromise as a fi¬ 
nality. Tney resolved also uguiiiol intervention. 
-The Connecticut Legislature is to assemble 
at Now Haven 011 U 10 5tn of May. Among the 
important duties winch devolve upon it, and 
wnich wiii piooably receive early attention, is the 
election oi a U. fc>. Senator to nil a vacancy whicn 
has existed some two years. Both branches of 
the legislature are democratic. 
-The South Carolina select Convention 
Committee have made a long report re-affirming 
the right of secession, but dcoiaivng it inexpedient 
at present. 
-A bill passed the lower branch of the 
Massachusetts Legislature on Thursday, by a vote 
of 193 to 181, calling a State Convention to revise 
the Constitution. 
-The Governor of Illinois has proclaimed an 
extra session of the Legislature of tnat State lor 
the consideration of certain specified measures. 
Fatal Effects of Chloroform. —By a private 
letter from l’latteville, Wit., we learn that Edwin 
Moffatt, a citizen of that place, while digging in 
a lead mine fifty feet below the surface of the 
earth, had his leg broken, by a stone tailing from 
the top of the pit. He was taken nut, and a phy¬ 
sician called, to reduce the fracture, who adminis¬ 
tered chloroform, from the effects of which, Mr. M. 
soon after expired. Thus has a husband and lath¬ 
er beeu taken away, by an agent, in common use 
by physicians and dentists; perhaps too often 
when it could be dispensed with. If it produces 
such effects, too much care cannot he exercised 
even in skillful hands, while those not competent 
should refrain from administering it. 
Tlie deceased was for many years a resident of 
Bane, Orleans Co., 111 this State. Since then, of 
Ohio and Iowa, and more recently ot the town 
where his deatli occurred. He leaves with his 
memory an unblemished reputation: a large fam¬ 
ily, and numerous friends aud acquaintances will 
long and sincerely mourn his sudden demise, t 
Never no to give it up so.—For a few years 
past the public have been favored with accounts 
of very large eggs, laid by Cochin Chinas, Shang- 
haes, or some other incomparable breed of im¬ 
ported fowls. This lias at length aroused the 
common hens to assert their native rights. 
Mr. T. J. Wheeler, of Irondequoit, has placed 
before us three eggs laid by a hen of tlie native 
breed, that measure six inches each in circumfer¬ 
ence, and seven aud a half inches around them 
lengthwise. This is doing pretty well, and the 
imported, aristocratic hens will have to try again. 
Madame Pfeiffer. —This eccentric woman is en 
route for parts unknown. Several years ago she 
traveled around the globle. And now having 
published a book of her journeyings, she has set 
off again. Not long since she was at Cape Town, 
burning for African discovery. Now we bear of 
her at Borneo, astonishing the Dyaks by her wo¬ 
manly wanderings. Next she goes to the Celebes. 
After that we may expect to see a notice of her in 
Australia, among the Feejees, and possibly on the 
Antarctic continent. Why have not the English 
government sent her after Sir John Franklin ? 
Congressional. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Moxdat, April 26.—T 11 the Senate petitions 
were received in favor of granting lands to actual 
settlers. The Collins line of steamers will prob¬ 
ably receive no appropriation. In the House 
bills weic passed fixing the capital of Oregon in 
Salem in that territory, and relative to land war¬ 
rants. 
Tuesday, April 27. —The Senate discussed tlie 
appropriation for the Collins line. The House 
were engaged on the Homestead bill. 
Wednesday, April 28. —Intervention, and a bill 
appointing a board of commissioners on claims 
against California, were discussed in tlie Senate. 
In the House the Homestead bill, as usual. 
Thursday, April 29. — Several bills were report¬ 
ed to the Senate. Also petitions for grants of 
land for railroad purposes. In the House the 
Homestead bill, and other matters of less impor¬ 
tance. 
Frieay, April 30.— The deficiency bill was be¬ 
fore tlie Senate. The House discussed the print¬ 
ing of the Patent Office Report. 
Saturday, May 1.—Senate not in session.— 
Nothing done in the House. 
Currency Items. 
Thompson’s Reporter announces as new couu- 
terfells—ios, on Farmers’ Bank of Saratoga Co. 
A. Y. altered from ones —vig. a leinuio wiinan in¬ 
fant, and four reapers, two reposing. 
5s, on lac Wateroury Bank, Conn. They arc in 
circuiaiion 111 the western suites. 
Bis, Northern Bank of Kentucky, altered from 
ones Dy pasting—fioid them to tne nglil. 
Is, os, and ids, on Framingham Bank, Mass. 
-A new counteifeit $2 bill on the Wooster 
branch State Bank of Ohio is m circulation. 
-The Metropolitan Bank takes from depositors 
all good l\ uw 1 ork and A ew J ersey money, as well 
as Government Stock Bank, of lYiicingau ai^ per 
cent discount. Aew England, at i-io„fiOn$rOd. 
Mail Gleanings. 
(|gf“ Mr. Clay has telegraphed to liis son to 
coinc oij to film 011 account ol ms continued leeuio- 
liess. Jtle Das two sons, one living'* 111 iveutucky, 
and one in St. Eouis. 
JJCgp" A Cliinese Missionary contends, against a 
deioo .1 oi Ido lact, lliut Lfie Cliinese do aostroy 
aoout iine-Llnrd ol tfieir children, aud that most 
of Ilium are lemule lniants. 
-A Reform Medical Convention at I’fiila- 
delplna lias resolved upon memorializing tlie Suite 
Legislature for tlie incorporation ol a College in 
tiiai city, based upon tlie reform principle. 
J^'Juuiiis t?. Oleotl, in lit of a temporary insan¬ 
ity, anew iumsoli between the segments oi u 
iuige water wheel of his lactory at UiisKuuy Falls, 
on the 26 ill, and was instantly crushed to atoms. 
He was a man highly esteemed for his many vir¬ 
tues. 
A story is going the rounds that tlie Afri¬ 
can ming of Hahomey, has 18,UUt) wives. Lieut. 
Forbes, who visited ins majesty, thinks tins an 
exaggeration, and doesn’t believe lie has more than 
hall that number. Tfiat will do. A man may 
get along with 9,UU0 wives ; but 18,0UU—impos¬ 
sible ! 
The Tremont Temple, Boston, is to be re- 
bum by the old Trustees. Mechanics and work¬ 
ingmen will commence operations in about one 
week. 'J he new eduice will cover a larger space 
than did the old one. The architecture will be of 
tlie latest and most improved style with a mastic 
front. The interior will embrace a superior musi¬ 
cal and lecture hail of ample dimensions, splendid 
apartments for the Mercantile Library Association, 
and halls aud rooms for other purposes. 
}gg“ The late Mrs. Ware, of Frankfort, Ky., by 
her will emancipated all her slaves, 30 111 number, 
and purchased lor them a tract of 1,300 acres of 
good land 111 Ohio, where they are now about being 
settled. 'The Cincinnati Gazette says, tiiese lib¬ 
erated blacks will now have all the advantages ol 
education, of religious culture and self-develop¬ 
ment, and their omidren’s children, educated and 
ennobled, will dearly cherish the memory of the 
magnanimous Kentucky slaveholder. 
Chinese in California. —The Chinese are pre¬ 
paring to emigrate 111 large numbers to California. 
They are said to be extremely industrious 111 their 
habits, and altogether a worthy kind of people.— 
They will be welcomed to California, and, we have 
no doiilt, will add to tlie prosperity of lfie coun¬ 
try. The intelligence just received from China by 
way of England represents tfiat the emigration of 
Chinese to California is greatly on the increase.— 
During the last month, six vessels have sailed ; 
ten are preparing to leave and more are required. 
Many who had previously emigrated have return¬ 
ed with substantial proofs of their success, and tlie 
Chinese are not slow in following the example of 
their countrymen when money is tlie inducement. 
A Crystal Palace in France.— Among the last 
decrees of Louis Aapoleon before surrendering the 
nominal Dictatorship, was the following : 
“ A 11 edifice destined to receive the national ex¬ 
hibitions, and civil and military fetes, shall lie con¬ 
structed on the system of the Crystal Palace in 
London, and established in the Great Square in 
the Champs Elysees.” 
The London 1 Irystal Palace, received 50,000 per¬ 
sons on the last Saturday in March, and 20.U00 
were present at one time. Great efiorts are ma¬ 
king to preserve this edifice and midi ms will no 
doubt succeed. How is the New York Crystal 
Palace getting 011 V 
A Curious F'act. —A letter from Minnesota says: 
—“ It is a singular fact, that the ordinary field 
birds aud songsters, so common in old settlements, 
and also thelmney bee, unknown here before, have 
migrated hither with civilized man. The Indians 
say, that the rattlesnake follows in his wake also. 
Be that as it may, while they are numerous far¬ 
ther down the Mississippi, they have not yet made 
their debut into this locality. In the neighbor¬ 
hood of Sauk Rapids, however, some have been 
killed, where, it is said, they were never seen till 
recently.” 
A Singular 'Testimonial. —It is stated that 10,- 
000 square feet of land iu the Cemetery, near N. 
York city, have been deeded to trustees for the 
erection of a monument, 150 feet high, to Henry 
Clay, the cost of which is to be raised by sub¬ 
scriptions, from twenty-five cents to one dollar, 
from the ladies of the United States. 
tuns of jllrtun, &t. 
-The first cargo of ..Railroad Iron has just 
gone to Egypt. 
-T1 e Cat skill mountains are still white with 
snow. 
-A man named Lyon killed himself in Buf¬ 
falo on Tuesday week. 
-Steps are being taken to organize tlie West¬ 
minster College at Buffalo. 
-The Rochester and Lockport Railroad will 
be in operation in June. 
-Professor Johnson, of the Smithsonian In¬ 
stitute, died on Monday week. 
-Tim Canal Board will meet again in Alba¬ 
ny on the 12th of May. 
-Ex-Gov. Reynolds, of Illinois, is engaged 
in writing a history of that State, 
-Prof. B. B. Edwards, of Andover, Mass., 
died in Charleston, S. C., a few days since. 
-Fresh butter was selling in Albany, on 
Wednesday, hist, at 15 to 18 cents per lb. 
-It, is estimated that the cost of the Crystal 
Palace at New York, will be $ 200 ,UU0. 
-Pork, at St. Autliony’s Minnesota, is sel¬ 
ling for $30 per bbl. 
-Notary Publics have been abolished in 
Ohio, by the Legislature. 
-The old walls of Panama are being torn 
down, to make room for new improvements 
-The number of slaves in tiie United Staes 
has increased, since the last census, 7 i 1,085. 
-P. Murphy, of Aunsville, Oneida Co., was 
killed by lightning on the afternoon of the 25th. 
-It is said that 1000 peasons wifi leave 
Grant Go., Wis., for California, the present season. 
-Dr. Hickok, of the Auburn Theological 
Seminary, is to be Vice President ol Union College, 
-The traveling rate from New York to Buf¬ 
falo is now twenty-six miles per hour. This in¬ 
cludes all stoppages. 
-There is a girl in Wyoming county, 7 years 
of age, of Belgian parents, who has a huge beard 
on her upper lip. 
-Lewis Morse, deceased, has left $70,000 
—which, by the rise of property, wifi soon bo 
doubled—for a free academy at Cincinnati. * 
-A school teacher at Fulton, O., has been 
held to bail iu the sum of $ 200 , for whipping a 
a child with unnecessary se\eiit,y. 
-The Japan expedition will not sail as ear¬ 
ly as contemplated, in consequence of the difficul¬ 
ty in obtaining seamen. 
-The Senate of Virginia have refused to 
pass a law preventing the public execution of the 
death penalty. 
-On his farm in Franklin Mass., Mr. Web¬ 
ster has a Hungarian bull weighing 1560 lbs., and 
a heifer of the same breed. 
-Jenny Lind Goldschmidt gives three Con¬ 
certs at Tripler Hall New York, on the I 81 I 1 , 2ist 
and 24th of May. 
-Lake Champlain is open, and the steam¬ 
boats are running regularly between Rouse’s Point 
and Whitehall, 
-The number of depositors in English Sav¬ 
ings banks, in 1832, was 433,000 ; in 1851, nearly 
1 , 100 , 000 . 
-Spirit lappings appear to Lave become 
epidemic in Ohio, almost every neighborhood hav¬ 
ing a medium. 
-The third Ohio State Agricultural Fair is 
to take place at Cleveland, on tlie 15th, 16th, and 
17lh days of September. 
-Messis. W. aud R. Chambers, the popular 
publishers of Edinburg, print about 10,050,000 
sheets per annum. 
-Maurice Antonio, the Portuguese under 
sentence of death in the jail of this county, refuses 
to make any confession. 
-The Cincinnati papers report two cases of 
Asiatic cholera at the Hospital week before last— 
one of them fatal. 
-Alabama produces 6,400 bales of cotton 
more than any other state. Missiscippi produces 
more than any other except Alabama. 
-The notorious Rosas, dictator of Buenos 
Ayres—a monster more bloody than Robespierre, 
and more cruel than Caligula—has fallen. 
-'i'he bill exempting $ 150 worth of proper¬ 
ty from sale on execution, ins passed the Mary¬ 
land House of Delegates. 
-The people of Minnesota have ratified tlie 
act of the Legislature in passing the Maine law, 
by an overwhelming majority. 
-A tremendous hail storm, in Harrison Co., 
Texas, occurred on the 18th. Borne of the stones 
measured seven inches in circumference. 
-Tlie American people are standing behind 
one long counter, from Maine to California, trading . 
against the rest of the whole world. 
-The furniture of Chevalier Hulsemann, the 
Austrian charge at Washington, is advertised for 
sale, and it is inferred that lie lias been recalled. 
-The New Orleans Picayune of the 21st 
ult., acknowledges tlie receipt of half dozen ears 
of green corn, raised in garden of a friend in that 
city. 
-Tlie number of letters mailed in England, 
in 1832, was 75,000,000 ; in 1840, at the first, re¬ 
duction of the postage, 169,000,000 ; in 1851,360,- 
500,000. 
-Texas papers announce the death of Tay¬ 
lor White, the greatest stock grower in the stale. 
The sum of $40,000, in specie, m ils found iu bis 
safe. 
-'I'he Legislature of Illinois convenes on the 
first, of June, to provide for the election of repre¬ 
sentatives to the next Congress, and for other 
purposes. 
-I'he Bank rate of intern t in Wisconsin 
is to be established at ten per cent, till 1858, and 
at seven per cent, thereafter, under the General 
Banking law. 
-'I'he Methodist General Confei ence—a qua¬ 
drennial meeting—commenced in Boston, on 
Saturday, and will probably continue through the 
month of May. 
-It is said that Mrs. II. B. Stowe lias al¬ 
ready realized $3,500 by the sale of her exceed- 
burly attractive and pathetic talc of “ Uncle Tom’s 
Cabin.” 
-Elder John Taylor, with thirty Mormon 
converts from France, recently arrived at St. Louis. 
He has had tlie Mormon Bible translated into 
French. 
-A collision took place between two trains 
on the New York it Erie road at Susquhanna, on 
Friday evening. No lives lost—engine and cars 
smashed some. 
-'I'he bill submitting the question of equal 
suffrage to colored persons to the people of Wis¬ 
consin was defeated in the House of Assembly on 
the 12th ult. The vote was 21 to 37 against tho 
project. 
