MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YO RKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
Rov. Dr. Murd.ock suj parted the 4 h, and it 
^ ^ ' ' ' ' 'i•'>i i;•«<■ He 1 ad ■ uj pos^d in fornir g a 
ti ir e and mechanic art's. If otheis had the idea 
( 77 ~U( ~T that it was to be an institution fo'r both sexes. 
ROCHES! ER, MAY 2 i, 1852. brought under the same roof, he of •course could ! 
. .- - not or.ject. But bethought that tbe grand scheme j 
SPECIAL NOTICES. of establishing a manual labor College, and at I 
2 ^ 5 ?” A new quarter commenced the first week in April, ,be ^nic time cai'y on ••'her ol jects, such .is ’ 
Borrowing and Credit. 
We find the following paragraph .in a late num¬ 
ber of the New York Farmer: 
“ The Editor of the Granite Farmer, in copy¬ 
ing the communication of our correspondent Mo- 
CongtTMiomil. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Monday, May 17. —In the Senate, a bill was in- 
items of. Hems. &r. 
ROCHESTER, MAY 27, 1852. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
and we. can still supply the members from that date, or from 
the 1st of March. Read subjoined paragraphs. 
_ ° comi lioated ii 
u'W" As we cannot furnish all the back numbers oj tins 1 
volume, those who have formed dubs will be supplied for one „ 1 here had been l. o many i x! reme notions i 1 
year from 1st of March, April or May, at dub prices. ;d 1,1 « P r «»»'t« th,s , A [ U,ICa ' 
y J . where such a CV.lleee was established, the pio- 
Single or club subscriptions, after this date and uni,/ f es(sor8 determine<1. in order to show that they 
s rights t<> education, <fec., would be. a 
Manual labor schools, without being 
ated in this way, had heretofore failed. 
ses E'ames, on Sugar making “believes” he is troduced changing the mode of compensating 
copying from the Rural New-Yorker, but we be- members of Congress—allowing a salary of $2,- 
fieve that the communication was written for and qqq annum, and 20 cents per mile for mileage, 
first published in the New } or/c Parmer. J hat , ... , , .. ° 
article, as well as an editorial upon the same sub- calculated on an air line-deducting $ 10 a clay for 
ject in this paper, has been copied into nearly all absence, except for sickness,—to take effect from 
the country, and we piestune the Rural New- the 4th of March next. A bill was passed grant- 
}orkcr among others. Hence we suppose the j U g land to a railroad from the Wabash to the 
mistake of the Gianile Parmer. Missouri. The House was in committee on Tcr- 
I he reader would naturally infer from the rttorial bills. Both Houses adjourned over Tues- 
above that the Rural had appropriated Mr. flay f j0 attend the funeral of the widow of ox- 
Eames’ article, without credit, but we beg to President Adams. 
should wheel their 
O'* Remember that our terms arc in advance, and that R 1e ir aprons before them. The result was that 
we do not send the Rural after the expiration of the time jhe prejudices of t he community proved too 
1 -v — .... lessors determined, in order to snow tnat they _ Qailr „ Anr . nn bm™™rv tint we have done 
further notice, a,n commence the 1st of March, April or rdpd ]a |, or to [ >t , h„„orahle, that the students , contemp rat) t .it c . ne Wednesday, May 19.—The Senate passed an 
May, oral the time of subscribing, as preferred. should wheel their vegetables to market, with I n0 such I'^gbty thing,—for we have not pub- amentlment t() the Deficiency bil!, giving $.33,000 
TIT Remember that our terms arc in advance, and that their aprons before them. The result was that ! lislted the article in any shape. And we tluuk it t • ^ Q 0 ijj ns steamers The House att- 
we do not send the Rural after the expiration of the time the prejudices of the community proved tool will be difficult for our friend to find a paragraph . , , . T " . , . r*r 
paid for. See terms on last page. much for them, and the College wa damaged n f any sort, which appeared as original in his pa- .... 6 
-..a- 1- ■ - ^ by it In order to make this thing succeed, it j ied ; R with()Ut prop er credit. " XIC °‘ . • , . , 
Peonla's College Association must be left free; front all that is extraneous—i * ] 1 . . . , . , 1 1 Thursday, May 20.—Nothing of special mter- 
- Mechanical arts may well be connected with ag- j ^bts crediting is a matter in which we are per- eg j. either House. 
A Convention of this Association was held at "culture,and should he in order to make this sue- j haps rather more particular than some people— Fkiday May 21—Private bills occupied the 
Irving Hall, in ,Li» city, on Tto.day, tire 20th i ‘"'’■ Ugl ‘ jZuN NN. ^ Se»te. Tb. Mormons and .be boundary of Tea- 
paid for. See terms on last page. 
People’s College Association. 
A Convention of this Association was held at 
Irving Hall, in this city, on Thursday, the 20th 
inst. Though not as largely attended as we an¬ 
ticipated, there was a very respectable audience in 
.numbers and character, — among whom were 
Messrs. Horace Greei.ev, of New A'mi, T. C. 
1’kters of Genesee county, Rev. Dr. Musdock 
and S. Benjamin of Elmira, H. How'ard of Lock- 
much for them, and the College wa damaged 
—j -dfim; by it. In order to make this thing succeed, it 
[on, must be left free from all that is extraneous — 
Mechanical arts rmiy well be connected with ag- 
i was held at nculture.and should he in order to make this suc- 
i , 1 , 20 ^ ceed. He knew of wealthy men who desired 
i to have their sons educated for mechanical pur- 
ed as we au- guitg> I 3 u t if you sav that young woman aie to 
le audience in he brought into the College, un lei the same roof, 
whom were you will not get the aid of those men. He did 
Ymi T C. not raean 1° aa V that it was not right; hut it. 
,. ’ hazarded success, because there would be at once 
Oi. Mubdock a)i () „t cr y jig^jnst ,t as an utopianism. Let us 
ard of Lock- Jo what good we can, and not tail altogether by 
Thursday, May 20.—Nothing of special inter¬ 
est in either House. 
Friday, May 21.—Private bills occupied the 
stolen articles, whose paternity it is impossible to M we digcusged in the House. 
designate,. . Saturday, May 26.—Senate not in session.— 
Had our brother as much cause of complaint TT -A c .i , > 
1 House in committee of the whole on territorial 
neernmg borrowing and credit as we have, we 
concerning borrowing and credit as we have, we 
should be less surprised at his remarks ; and yet 
if his paper was made war upon by a ruthless 
Income ok Benevolent Societies. —From the re¬ 
port, aud other prominent gentlemen. From notes trying to do too much. 
horde of scissor-holders, from week to week, (who ports made at the anniversary meetings recently 
taken on the occasion, and a report published in 
the Daily Democrat, we give the subjoined synop¬ 
sis of proceedings. 
Simeon Benjamin. Esq., of Elmira, was called 
Mr. Prick read from'the circular to show that 
the design to include the education of females 
was fully set forth in the prospectus. 
Mr. Greeley considered that the plan was not 
fix d, hut mobile, and subject to amendment, 
apparently have not pen and ink enough, to ap- held m New A nk. we learn that the incomes of the 
1 , J ... , . , , , , , . f several Benevolent Societies during the past y.;ar, 
pend any credit to articles abstracted,) as is the were ag f,,jlows • 
Rural, perhaps he would get used to it, and beat American Home Missionary Society—total. . .$100,002 25 
the houor without a grimace. Daily we have the American Board of Foreign Missions, for the 
• „ . ° J , last nine months. 211,002 53 
pleasure of seeing portrayed in our exchanges Ameiican S. S. Union—donations $U,830 5! 
(and frequently leaded out as original,) articles , —mud.......... •• 
v . J b . American Tract Society—$110,406 41—total... 342,S5» 03 
taken from the Rural, with either no sign of pa- American Bible Society—(donations not given) 
to the chair,—Mr. H. Howard acting as Secretary, even alter this meeting shall uu whatever it may 
The proceedings of the previous meeting hav- In drawing ihe resolutions, he Celt hound to Idl¬ 
ing been read, corrected and approved, a brief h>w out ihe plan laid down in the Constitution, i 
A , ., . . , e He held the union of both sexes in the prosec/!- 
staterne.it relative to the ongin and progress of fjo|) Q{ btudy to be an important feature. The 
ot the Association was made by the Secretary. vitality of manual laboi de ended upon dignify- | 
Mr. Greeley remarked that he understood the ing it. You never will have it tudy honorable 
plan was originated by the Mechanics’ Mutual 
Protection Society of this State. 
Mr. Price, Sec’y of the M. M. P., replied that 
the guardianship of the People’s College Associ¬ 
ation would not be exclusively claimed by that 
Society. They had endeavored to call attention 
to the plan, and to render the public interested in 
it: hut he regarded IIaruison Howard as the 
while you have a class regarded as inferior on 
account of their perforin nice of certain (unctions. 
There is a certain amount of household labor to 
be performed in a college, and if those wim do 
ibis are not free women they must be slaves—a 
menial class. While you have such a menial 
class, you may talk of dignifying labor, but 
will never accomplish it. 
1 ' ’ ‘ 1 ‘ He had a high idea of the refinement, of man- 
lt: hut lie regarded Harrison Howard as the ners and tastes that would grow out. of this asso- 
rnost prominent among those who had been most ciation of the sexes. Had any one known of 
active in originating the plan. The Protection scandals arising from the association of both sexes 
ternity, or credited to some other paper! Foi 
instance an article ou Transplanting Trees, .writ¬ 
ten by one of our contributors and published in 
the Rural of March 11, appeared in the New 
York Farmer of the 20th of the same month, in 
precisely the shape we published it (except a 
slight change of the title,)—and we have since 
seen it in other papers, credited to neighbor Com¬ 
stock’s excellent journal. 
— But enough. If we were to make even 
“ brief meutiou ” of all articles taken from the 
—total. 308,744 81 
Total for the five Societies.$1,210,574 71 
In all these societies, there has been an encour¬ 
aging advance upon the receipts of the preceding 
year. 
The A. H. M. Society’s advance is.$ 9,122 00 
American Board for nine months is. 0,243 71 
A. S. S. Union, for che year is... 11,911 88 
A. Tract Society’s “ “ 32,130 00 
A. Bible Society’s “ “ 31,842 28 
Total in tliese five Societies.$91,219 77 
Ole Bull. —The special object of the coniine 
had promoted the discussion of the subject in dif¬ 
ferent localities, and induced the holding of meet¬ 
ings for the purpose. Still they would not claim 
the project as their own exclusively. They ask adopted in the original plan, because it is right, 
the public to take it up, shape it, and bring it to an(1 because it is vital to ultimate and substantial 
, ... success. 
ma an ' ’ . T. C. Peters followed Mr. Greeley, in favor of 
Communications were read from Prof. Kings- tR e resolution. 
ley, Gunion Evans, Augustus Duganne, and seve- The debate was further continued by Rev. Dr. j 
ral other friends of the Association and its objects. Murdock and Mr. Greeley, and the resolution was ! 
eis and tastes that would glow out of this asso- . . , . . , , ,, . of Ole Bull to this country was to make arrange- 
„ r .c Li.,,i or .-tr „„„ u.„r Rural in the manner indicated, we should have . r z <-r a ■ »i w . 
lation ot the sexes, iiacl any one known ot ’ merits for the procurement of lands in the Western 
landals arising from the association of hutli sexes little room to discuss other and more important States for his emigrant countrymen, where they 
t the Oberlin College Y He did not understand subjects. In conclusion, we would remark that may enjoy the blessings of political freedom guar- 
tliat tlicic had been any dissatisfaction with it. ) ia y 0 objection to having anything which auteed to all who shelter themselves beneath our 
Mr. G. spoke at some length in support of the , , • , ’ , , . , flag. Iu his recent visit to Washington he sue- 
plan, generally. He aJhSml to tfl principle *">»■ extenMvely cop.ed.^bal beg our h |msi about 80 , 0 00 JU of laud, 
iopted in the original plan, because it is right, hlends to exercise a little more caie and con- and is now taking measures to bring over a Nor- 
□d because it is vital to ultimate and substantial science in the premises. wegian Colony. He himself intends to settle in 
Numerous persons residing in Rochester, Elmi- finally adopted nearly nuanimously. 
ra, Cooperstown, and various Other places, were The remainder of the series elicited no discus- 
admitted to membership of the Association. sion, and were agreed to ncm con. 
11. Greeley, Dr. Murdock, Prof. Eaton, George The p rogp ectu 8 of the People’s College (pub- 
Morgan and E. A. Marsh, were appointed a com- lighed in Rhral of Feb . 19> , 852>) wag> after some 
mittee on Resolutions. A committee was also i. ._j 11 . ^ -i : . .1 ,• 
. discussion, amended by striking out the 2 d section, 
appointed to prepare a Constitution and Rv-Laws, . , « 
L , 1 . J * A committee ol correspondence, efcc., consistmff 
to be presented at tJie next meetmir. ' r .. , ^ , 
1 ill t j . 01 one or more irom each Countv m the State, 
It was resolved that each member be charged . . , . , • ^ 
. . . . _ was appointed to act 111 concert with the officers 
25 cents as an initiation fee. - 4l A ... 
. ot the Association. 
After the transaction of some further business, 
the morning seasion closed by adjournment. The Ass,,ciation adjourned to meet at Elmira, 
... ,, . , on the second Wednesday (14th) of August next. 
After the recess, Mr. Greeley, from the com- __ __ 
mittee on resolutions reported (he following : Weekly Notes by a Naturalist. 
Resolved, That foremost among; ihe subjects demanding _ 
the at entiim and engrossing the interest of philanturo- rn , , . , , , . . , , . 
j lists, stands that of f.ddcation, whether regarded wiih re- 11 K week closing to-day has been variable in 
terence to the material or the moral, the temporal or (lie temperature, 
spiritual welfare of mankind. mi 
Resolved, That in a Republic based on universal snf- 1 uesday and Thursday mornings theie was a 
frage, che stability, the dignity, the pro.-periry, and even little frost. Vegetation lias made rapid strides, 
the safety of the’State, are so vitally dependent, on the in- . , , n „ ‘ 
telligence and virtue of the masses, iliat thorough and uni- notwithstanding the cool days. Ihe lorest trees 
versal Kducation is as i ssemia! to tlie security ami pow.r are leafing rapidly, and some are nearly in full 
ot rlic State as to the well heme ot individuals , ,.„d n i a j 
science m the premises. wegian Colony. He himself intends to settle in 
---*-the State of Virginia, where he has also purchased 
Mail Gleanings. some lands, and is about shortly to make arrange¬ 
ments for an early occupation of them. He Has 
ftS 1 ” Rev. Obadiah B. Brown, who, for upwards been somewhat interrupted in his plans by the 
of thirty years, was the pastor of the First Bap- many requests made to him to give a few concerts 
list Church iu Washington, died yi that city, ou in Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New 
the 1st instant, aged 73 years. Mr. B. removed to York.— N. Y. Express, 
m _i.;_* ... :.. . 1 ..._"Tone_i.... 1 
Washington in the year 1805, and was soon after 
elected Chaplain to Congress. Death of Isaac T. Hopper. —This venerable 
VST" Three ships from Hong Kong arrived in a ! d wt :^ known philanthropist died a few weeks 
Francisco harbor on the 25th of March, with 81IK : e > 111 the eighty-first year of his age, His 
Dhinese on board ; three others from the same jealous labors in connection with the b ew 
j at rived on the 13th of April, with 522 pas- ^ or ^ Bnson Association, and otlter benevo- 
,,,-0 c, uddiii,,,, N i ior it,,. In,; lent enterprises, commended him to universal re- 
604 Chinese on board ; three others from the same ^aious labors in connection wiui ute ivew 
tilace at rived on the 13th of April, with 522 pas- ^ or ^ ^ nson Association, and other benevo- 
scugers-making an addition of 1,126 to the Chi- lent enterprises, commended him to universal re¬ 
new population in two weeks. 8 P ect a ' uf ( e ? ar I notwithstanding his peculiar 
1 J t _ views of political and religious obligation, it is 
'The N. Y. Independent is informed that said 1 hat “ his last illness was brought on by over 
the fiftieth thousand of “ Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is exertion in efforts to encourage a poor fellow-pil- 
in press, making oue hundred thousand volumes grim, who had not strength enough to walk alone.” 
issued in eight weeks ! This is without a piece- And thus he has died, as it were, in the act of 
dent iu the history of book publishing in this performing a kindness.— N. Y. Commercial. 
country. The demand continues without abate- - 
meat. A Glass Tower. —It is proposed in London to 
Mrs. Catharine Schooly, who is represent- convert the Crystal Palace into a glass tower, 1,000 
ed as the largest woman in the world, is holding m height, aud a plan and uiawing of the new 
levees in Columbus. She is a native of Pickaway ldea * s given in the London Builder of the 1st ot 
county, Ohio, 36 years of age, and weighs 611 lbs. 
It looks beautifully poetic on paper, but 
telliiience und virtue of the niassi-, tliat thorough mid uni¬ 
versal F.ducutiim is as vsseniial to the security and pow.r 
of the State as to the w«U-being of individuals ; and no 
free community can suffer any portion of its 1 ouiii to grow 
up in ignorance without damage io itsii'al interests and 
peril to its liliertie i- 
Resolved. That {Education, to he universal, must be em- 
foliage. 
Tlie apple tree began to blossom abbot (he mid¬ 
dle of the week—not yet itt full flower, but will be 
The advertisement further says :Her size round whether a structure of the proposed height can 
the body is 10 feet 4 inches ; around the arm, 3 ^ ,e rnade Self-usustaimng, there is some doubt; at 
feet 2 inches ; around the thigh, 4 feet 11 inches; an Y rate i we.should prefer ti residence a little over 
hitrht 5 feet 2 inches.” 1,000 feet from its base, had we a choice, or should 
’ ~ we ever be compelled to live in a garret iu the 
1 -%= It appears from a return to the House of great metropolis.— Transcript. 
Commons just published, that the value of exports 
from the British colonies in North America to all 
Norway.— There are 25 or 30 newspapers in 
and tbe uses of every day life. . 
Resolved, That while many departiuvuts of professsion- ’ 
at ute would seem to be crowded with aspirants for cm- Fine planting weather. The season bids fair 
plovment and success tnerein, there is a manifest and de- .... _,_i: -i 
plorable <k ticiency of scientific and thoroughly qualified n °" P’ ^ Uttiul, liotw lthstanding the Cl’oaklUgs 
Farmers, a ciiitects, Miners, &c. Sic who should bring to the contrary. Let the seed-time be improved, 
the grea- truths of Geology, Chemistry, Mechanics Sc. to i • l; ..t , ,, 
bear intimately and bench ently on ail the operations of al,( * there is lit t ie doubt of a plentiful harvest. 
Productive Labor, thereby increasing its efficiency and its Monday, May 24, 1852. 
Productive Labor, thereby increasing iis efficien y and its Monday, May 24, 1852. 
fruitfulness; and we look to an improved system of col- *- 
legiate education for the necessary aud proper corrective. ' Literary Notices. 
Resolved, That our current system of education is un- 3 
just to Woman in its higher departments,iiiexcluding her .. „ r . 
from advantages and (fjiportumtieg which are provided at Pynnshubst: hts Wandenngsand Ways of Think- 
844/. den has four houses,—the house of nobles, in which 
The passage of horses and cattle over the 1,100 are entitled to seats; the second house con- 
Wheeling Bridge during the last winter has been sists of eighty clergymen ; the third, eighty bur- 
immense. Since (he 1 st of December the num- gasses, and the fourth, one hundred and forty far- 
ber has probably been not less than 70,000, about mers. A bill to become a law must pass three of 
double the number passed during the same months these houses. 
last year. V. r ere the bridge not here this immense —«- 
amount of Western product could not, for a large’ American Clippers.— An English paper says 
part of the time, have passed the river at all, and that the secret of the quick trips made by the 
must have remained at tremendous loss to owners American clippers is to be found in the advantage 
the common cost for men alone; and that, we regard tne 
arbitrary separation < f the sexes in ttio pursuit ol know¬ 
ledge as conducive neither to propriety ot manners n >r 
purity ot heart.; and, while wc recognize the truth tint 
Nature has indicated for the two sexes diverse aptitudes 
and duties, we insist that Woman, like Man, shall be left 
free to acquire such an education and pursue such qccu 
pationsas her own sense of fitness and propriety shall 
dictate. 
ing. By Donald MacLeod. New York: 
Charles Scribner. 1852. 
This volume is both peculiar and entertaining. 
and the Eastern public. 
the captains possess in a more full knowledge of 
and duties, we insist that Woman, like Man, shall be left It tells of Pyunshurst’s wanderings through 
free to acquire such an education and pursue such oecu rr i , ■ 
pationsas her own sense of fitness and propriety shall ^ tance and among the Alps,and contains-some 
dictate. real flashes of humor aud vivacity. In his “ways 
Resolved, That useful labor is God s beneficent appoint- c ■ , • ,, , '. .. 
mi nt <or the moral discipline and physical development of thinking he blends the pathetic, the senti- 
the whole human race—that all are commanded to work, mental and the nonsensical, in a manner that re- 
Mayhew, author of “ London Labor aud J 16 ™ ls /! I1<J currents of the oceans, through 
Lotffion Poor,” estimates that out of the 21,00(1,- he publication of a set of wind and- current charts 
000 of people in England,there are not 8,000.000 'U Lieut. Maury, U. S. N The editor says that 
who are obliged to work for their livelihood. It L,eilt M ” b - v ns researches, has sliorlened the 
and none can be sure of passing through lift* exempt fr* m . , / 
the physical necessity o 1 laboring with the hands for nilDuS one of the “ bentir 
food—wherefore, all should he so trained and educated Stern e, and the “ Hyperion 
as to qualify them tor usefulness and efficiency in roan - ' 
ual labor, even though they may r< asonably expect to de-\ For sale at Harrow’s Bookstore, 
vote their energies mainly to some sphere of intellectu 1 " - 
Resolved, That, in view of these truths, it is eminentlv Bi.AOKWOOD 8 Magazine 
| is to be remembered that if this is true, these 8 ,- P a 8 sa U» to India forty days He recommends 
j 000,000 earn a livelihood not only for themselves ^nghsh captains to possess themselves of tliese 
| but for the i«ile ones too. It is no wonder that c Laias soon as possible. 
! destitution, ignorance and poverty prevail among T _ r .„ , . , , •, ,, . 
: anv class, upon each one of whom is thrown the LargePuik.- 1 here was lately cut, it the town 
ny class, upon each one of whom is thrown the Large Plnb.- 1 here was lately cut, it the town 
ask of performing the labor which should he di- ° f 1,a - vettc - a P lne tr / e ' diam ? ter of f 
ided. ns its fruits are to be. amomr three. ‘J 16 8t . um P waa 81X fliet tw .° lncheH >' an _ d th i r, y 
any class, upon each one 
task of performing the k 
*• ’ Jou,„ov- of s-iSSKlTiSE ““rr f 1 H N “, d “f! 
Sterne, aud the “Hyperion” of Longfellow— . . . . feet above the stump the diameter was four feet. 
For sale at Harrow’s Bookstore L'l-li^rnia continues to sustain her charac- There were two branches, at one hundred and twen- 
_ > ter as the land of wonders. An astonishing pro- j y fly e feet from the ground, measuring one foot in 
“Blackwood’s Magazine” for May possesses duct of her prolific soil was exhibited in our office diameter. This pine scaled eight thousand and 
..a.,., . " , <*i few days since, says the 1 icayune, m the shape fifty-six feet It was thought by lumbermen to 
morn Iitararv th.qn nr^vmiis uiimipr n u ti_• a. . l _ J ~ . ° . . J . 
thousand and 
lumbermen to 
KSbr, rC litC . ra T i “ t 0 r ^n t n U ^ F-T/'T-T; ' —* cauliflower. It weighed eighteen beoueof the la^t £ thta^o n 
productive labor Khali bo practically honored and iiifloxi- ^ has ailicles on Gold . its Natural and ci\ii ; pounds, and was three feet four indies in circuin- AuoubUl (Me.) Farmer. 
History ; Life of Niebuhr ; Thomas Moore ; an¬ 
other part of My Novel,” Ac., Ac. New A’ork : 
L. Scott A Co. $3 per annum. Dewey, Agent. 
Kossuth passed through this city, Friday last, 
productive labor Khali bo practically honored and inflcxi* ^ articles on Gold : its Natural and civil pounds, and was three feet four indies in circuin- Augusta (Me.) Farmer. 
bly required of all—wherein each student, having com- History; Life of Niebuhr; Thomas Moore ; an- ference. What was peculiarly remarkable—aside ’- 
shall be free to prosecute such studies as° Aislibe^ndi- other part of My Novel,” Ac., Ac. New A’ork: from its extraordinary dimensions was the fact Hungarian Exiles in Illinois.- A contractor 
cated by his parents or legal guardians, and to graduate I, Qm-r-r Aj Cn W ner nnmim i i a tliat it was the growth of but six weeks from the onthelllinoisCentralRailroadhasgivenemploy- 
inasti-r of those only—wherein each shall be credited with * • 4P I • ' • ’ & time the seed was deposited in the soil. It was mc nt to about fifty of the Hungarian exileste- 
the yaiue of the labor performed by him, and at all times - raised at the Mission Dolores, three miles from centlv in Chicago.” He has built them two shan- 
to r hiB teles, Vu strength, andlnV cspatitb-a.^ld'uid Ko88UTH P a88ed through this city, Friday last, i San Francisco. ties, in order that they may remain by themselves. 
every effort lie made to render this College, a-, nearly as on his way to Niagara Falls,—where himself and A „ A .,1 m ; nA boa Wn diennvprpd in Though not accustomed to that kind of labor, 
may be, 8ELF-SuPi*0Rnxa, so that each able-bodied nuoil >. . ■ Tt ■ A great, coalmine uasueun uiwovereuin _ i,i i pi- 
after his first term of two years, may be able by diligent 8ldte arc IK,W tarrying. It is said he remaiDS quite Kentucky, seven miles back of Cloverpark. The they are among the most peaceable and willing 
and vigorous labor through three or four hours in each retired, and that his health is improving. He is coal is found ih surface veins. The district of laud laborers on the road not being at au disposed to 
to visit BulTiilo and Rochester in a few was tot sold for *5 per acre Sonne years since. On* whateyerto y have the ability to J o. 
, and it was subsequently purchased by a specula- T m 
beper^tti ftRex^dtentmaimoint'a ^ tor for the sum of $10,000. He has since sold Railroad across the Isthmus of SuEz.-Tlie 
to viuit and address die People m every county of our - Xt 18 stato<1 ln the Boston papers, that du- 0llt t0 t>lie present owners for the handsome sum railway is progressing; some 12,000 to 1 j, 000 poo- 
8 ca procuring subscribers to our Association mid ring Kossuth's visit in New' England, he has made of $100,000. The min as have been worked but pi® are at work at various places on the line, 
S55S. ° f ‘ « *• twenty-five speeches, exclusive of replies to dele-, very little, and arc almost inexhanstitle The 
, , , . * . coal burns like eras imparts ereat heat, and is sen, piepanng stone tor bridges, and making a 
The first was adopted without debate. gallons, and short speeches on minor occasions ; a ceompanied by no dirt whatever. It will as cutting, which at this end will be from 12 to 15 
The second was sustained by Mr. T. C. Peters, and tliat tbe of nioney contributed Ls rea dilv ignite as a candle, and the steamboat men feet deep, passing through a number of streets io 
and adopted. about $15,000. use it instead of pine wood for torches. the suburbs outside the city walls. 
every effort lie made to render this College, as nearly as on liis way to Niagara Falls,—where himself and 
may be, StLF-SuPt-ORrixa, so that each able-bodied minil >4 , • - n • 
after hU first term of 1 wo years, may be able by diligent 811 arC D0W tar '7 II1 U 18 « aid he remains quite 
and vigorous labor through three or four hours in each retired, and that his health is improving. He is 
secular day to pay tits way and prosecute his studies in- ... . .. T > «• 1 , 7 , , - c 
definitely without reliance oil extraneous rtsourcea. expected to Visit Buffalo and Rochester in a lew 
Ri solved That, so soon as a proper organization can days. 
Vie perfected, it is expedient to appoint a Gk.vrral aofst n • 4 . j - ii t> 4 . ,, , j 
to visit and address the People iu every countv of our b 18 ®f a f ed ln f ,be Boston papers, that du- 
8 ta e. procuring subscribers to our Association and ring Kossuth’s visit in New England, he has made 
pledges of funds ior the endowment of the People’s . . c , .. f .. , , . 
College. twenty-tive speeches, exclusive of replies to dele-. 
The first was adopted without debate. gations, and short speeches on minor occasions ; 
-A wire suspension bridge is being thrown 
over the Muskingum river, near Dresden, Ohio. 
-Ole Bull gave a Concert in New A’ork on 
Saturday evening. 
-John Howard Payne, author of the song 
of “ Home, Sweet Home,” died recently at Tunis, 
where lie resided as U. S. Consul. 
-A correspondent of the Tribune, writing 
from Puget’s Sound, Oregon Territory, encloses 
five dollars to he applied to the Kossuth fund. 
-Oswego is to be lighted with gas, about 
November next, when the necessary works are to 
be completed, and four miles of pipes laid. 
-Three thousand dollars is said to be the 
sum realized by the sale of Hungarian bonds in 
Boston. 
-A letter from St. Josephs, Mo., states the 
overland emigration to the l’acitic, tins spring, as 
60,000 souls. 
-The next State Agricultural Fair of Penn¬ 
sylvania is to be held at Lancaster, on the 20th, 
21st and 22d of October next. 
-The winter wheat crop of Wisconsin is 
stated to be in line condition tins spring. For two 
or three years past this crop has been rather poor. 
—— Seven vessels loaded with potatoes and 
tomatoes, have recently saueu from Bermuda for 
the United States. 
-Duriug the year 1851, no less than 524 
children were born ou shipboaid, before reaching 
New York. 
—— At Antigua, the drouth continued, aud 
great distress was beginning 10 tie feu. 1 be crops 
were suffering, aiid tbe cattle dying. 
-It is’said that the purchasers of the Crys¬ 
tal Palace have bought a site in London for its 
immediate re-erection. 
-A court-martial, held 011 the surviving of¬ 
ficers of llie lll-iaied steamer Birkenhead, has ac¬ 
quitted them’of blame. 
-Three persons in Utica have recently been 
lined $50 each, for re-using postage stamps. This 
is a pretty dear way ot paying mree cents. 
-Mr. Bond, of the Gam bridge Observatory, 
discovered a new comet ou me morning of the 
19th, by means of a very powerful telescope. 
-During the week ending on the 15th iust, 
the Postmaster General estubiisned 81 pest offices, 
discontinued 25 aud changed tbe names of 11. 
-A new and very faint plauet Las been dis¬ 
covered by Mr. Luther, at the observatory of Bilk, 
near Dusseldorf. 
-Jenny Goldschmidt had a crowded audi¬ 
ence at Metropolitan Hall, New A'ork, at her first 
farewell concert, Tuesday night. 
-Ossian E. Dodge, the Yankee Y’ocalist, has 
purchased the Boston Weekly Museum and as¬ 
sumed the entire control of it. 
-Gen. Rusk’s name is suggested by some of 
the Democracy, as their candidate for me Presi¬ 
dency. 
-Neal Dow, Esq., is announced to deliver a 
series of Temperance Addresses in various towns 
in Massachusetts. 
- 1 The Methodist General Conference have 
made arrangements for the division of the Book 
Concern property, 
-Lord Palmerston in a late speech in the 
House of Commons, strongly urged me necessity 
of protecting the country troni a French invasion. 
-The office of sheriff for New York city 
and county is said to yield an income to Mr. 
Carnley, the occupant, of nearly $160,000 per 
annum. 
-Mr. Henry White, of Hartford, Ct., for¬ 
merly conductor on the railroad, lias travelled du¬ 
ring the last twenty-five years, 723,1)00 miles, 
equ;fi to thirty-seven times round the globe. 
-The fruit crops in New Jersey promise to 
be good, says the Mount Holly Mirror. Apples, 
pears, plums aud cherries will be plentiful.— 
Peaches will probably be scarce. 
-Several cannon have been dug out of a hill 
in East Boston,which stands opposile Breed’s Hill, 
and it is supposed they were bred at the battle of 
Bunker Hill. 
-A copper mine, the ore of which is esti¬ 
mated to be worth £30 a ton, has been discover¬ 
ed on the coast of Africa. Parties from Liverpool 
are about seudiug out to work it. 
-Launitz, the wel 1 known sculptor, is or¬ 
dered by the State of Kentucky to make an ap¬ 
propriate miarble monument to cominemmorate 
the services of Ool. Richard M. Johnson. 
-The widow of John Quincy Adams died at 
her residence in Washington, on Saturday last.— 
Both Houses of Congress adjourned to give the 
members an opportunity of attending the funeral. 
-The Methodist General Conference, sitting 
in Boston, lias reversed by a decided vote, the ac¬ 
tion of the Ohio State Conference, which denounc¬ 
ed members for joining the Odd-Fellows. 
-The Legislature of Massachusalts adjourn¬ 
ed on Saturday sine die. The body has passed 
three hundred acts, and one hundred and eight 
resolves. The pay rolls amount to $114,126. 
-The Cleveland Herald says it could name 
a dozen firms in that city whose yearly sales 'are 
from $100,0(10 to $300,000. Tbe wholesale buy¬ 
ers are said to be prompt in payments. 
-Prof. Sillitnan states that the Connecticut 
copper mines extend over thirty miles south of 
Bristol, and if thoroughly worked would-employ 
thirty thousand miners. 
*-There are three hundred and twenty-eight 
persons to the square mile, in Essex county, .Vbiss. 
—a denser population than can he found on any 
tract of land of the same size in tiie United States. 
-The number of Presidential Electors to lie 
chosen next November, is 295—of which 148 are 
necessary to a choice. New York is entitled (o 
35 votes—one less than at the last Presidential 
election. 
-We are requested by the Auditor to state, 
says the Albany Journal, that drafts on him for 
work performed on canal contracts, entered into 
prior to the 31st December last, will be paid as 
heretofore. 
-The largest and finest specimen of pure 
gold yet fouud in California is noticed by the pa¬ 
pers of the last arrival. It was dug at Bayecito, 
by W. L. Durham, from a hole 54 feet deep, and 
weighs 305 ounces ll}4 penny-weights. 
-The Seventh Annual meeting of the N. A’. 
State Teachers’ Association will be held in the 
village of Elmira, Chemung county, commencing 
on the first Wednesday of August next, at 10 
o’clock, A. M., and continue at least two days. 
-The General Appropriation Bill passed by 
the Legislature of Pennsylvania, provides $8,000 
for the publication of the Final Geological Report 
of tho State, $15,000 for the Deaf and Dumb Asy¬ 
lum, $ 12,000 for the Blind, and large amount for 
other public institutions. 
