MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
PUBLISHER'S NOTICES. 
tZSjT The Currency of the Country is so deranged at present 
that we trust alJ who remit for the Rural will send us the best funds i 
conveniently obtainable in their respective localities. If our Western 
and Southern friends can remit in Drafts on New York at former 
Washington Matters. 
The President has received a letter from Mr. Ma¬ 
son resigning his position as Minister to Paris. 
The Treasury Department does not expect to get 
Congress jsicnul. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
rates of exchange,—or in bills on New York, Canadaor New England tile Treasury note plates engraved in less than three o._ r. „ .. ri.oi.nTi , . —6— -- --— U j n,. . 4 „ , ...... - .... 
solvent Ranks, or in Postage Stamps,-they will save us both trouble wppk „ xlip jntpll « on ia to make them so that thov Se * ATE — 0n motlon of Mr - Slidell, a resolution Dcyckinck, Editor of the American Cyclopedia of Lit- haT « cost ton million dollars, and will be the finest in the 
and expense. Though Western and Southern money may be per- ’ J he intention IS to make them SO that they was adopted requesting the President to communi- c ' rature ; Mluatratad with 132 Engravings, drawn by world. .. .Counterfeit $2 s on the Bank of Commerce, Car- 
feefly good at home, and is not absolutely refused by us, yrt wc can- cannot be counterfeited by photographing. In the cat e a record of the several Naval Courts of Inquiry ^ ^ , • w • mel,arC “ drcuIation — The ncw Constitution of Ore- 
not use it without a great sacrifice ;-hence this request If our mean time the sub-treasury will receive deposits of On motion of Mr Re T 1 f . . 1 Tins is a charming volume-nch in contents, beautiful gon, positively prohibits paper money.... There were 
friends in al] partij of the Union, tlx; 15ritith Provinces, Ac, wiD com- gold with orders for the notes, and when the paper , / Wt J ( ’ . U1 nwasa opt- in illustrations, and Fupcrior in typography and binding.— 21,551 marriages consummated in N. Y. State List year. ... 
ply with these suggestions so far as convenient, they will tavor ns. is ready the notes will be issued for them dated on . ( '. reCtlDg the ' J ° lnt * ’ ommittee on Printing to j It contains choice selections from the best poets of both j M. Soyer proposes to dine 100 people in each funnel of the 
C^p-TiiE Rural as a Present.—O ur readers arc reminded that Ple da „ 0 j' deposit. The pre u ent rate of interest lnc l ulre and report whether any new provisions of Europe and America, with fine engravings illustrative of Leviathan immediately after the launch_A seizure was 
in an cases where the Rural is sent to a distant friend or relative, as , ‘ * f _ E . ‘ ‘ ' ’’ law are necessary to secure the faithful perform- many of the subjects. As a New Year’s gift this tasty made in New Orleans on the 8th ult., of 134 loaves of 
a present, we only charge the lowest club price, $1,50. We have al- wlli be UlrCe P cr cem - ance of the ex ig t j ng contracts, which provide for 1 volume ot over 600 pages would be highly valued and ap- bread, for being short weight. .. .All of the wives of the 
JAN. 2. 
<?Elw ilfttjs ^ontlt’nsfv. 
The Poets of the Nintkenth Century. Selected and Gov. Grimes seems to he a prominent candidate for U.S. 
Edited by the Rev. Robert Aris Willmott. With Senator from Iowa-The American Capitol, finished, will 
English and Amencati Additions, arranged by Evert A. ,,„ _ . . .... , ,, . 
Dcyckinck, Editor of the American Cyclopedia of Lit- have cost ten mdh ? n dollars, and will be the finest in the 
and expense. Though Western and Southern money may be per¬ 
fectly good at home, and is not absolutely refused by us, yet wc can¬ 
not n.se it without a great sacriGcehence this request If our 
cannot be counterfeited by photographing. In the 
■as adopted requesting the President to communi- * erature. Illustrated with 132 Engravings, drawn by v '' orld -Counterfeit $2’s on the Bank of Commerce, Car- 
atea record of the several Naval Courts of Inquiry > « minentartist? '. mel, are in circulation.... The new Constitution of Ore- 
. ’ . • Tins is a charming volume—nch in contents, beautiful gon, positively prohibits paper money... .There were 
n m0tl0n of - >Ir - Seward, a resolution was adopt- in illustrations, and superior in typography and binding.— 21,551 marriages consummated in N. Y. State last year_ 
C2f"TiiE Rural as A Present—O ur readers are reminded that 
in all eases where the Rural is sent to a distant friend or relative, as 
a present, we only charge the lowest club price, $1,50. We have al¬ 
ready received quite a number of orders for copies of the present 
is ready the notes will be issued for them dated on . 
the day of deposit. The present rate of interest ] a ^ U ” 
will be three per cent. 
„ , ance < 
Southern gentlemen have an important move- 
volume, to be sent to distant parts of tiiis country', Canada and Eu- rneiit on foot which promises an easy settlement of ^^uialc reports of the debates of the tw o Houses. 
repa Our lowest price for copies sent to Canada, is $1,6% and to h R agitation . It j s proposed to take up the 
Europe, $2,50—the extra charge being for postage. y 1 f \ 
~ xr . . n ,„ Lecompton Constitution when it comes along, both 
Clubbing with the Magazines, Ac—We will send the Rural 1 ° 
New-Yorker for 1858, and a yearly copy of either Vie AUaniic, ^ P^ty measure and a formal assertion of the 
Harper’s, Goderjs, Graham’s, or any other $3 magazine, for $1. . The Democratic principle of popular sovereignty. The 
Rural and either Tue Horticulturist, Hovey’s Magazine, Arthur’s constitution will he passed with a proviso, that it 
Magazine, or any otha $2 magazine for $3. , ,, , . , . ,, , . „ , _ . 
shall be presented to the people of Kansas for final 
tee of the existing contracts, which provide for ; volume o{ over 600 r ,a e es would be highly valued and ap- bread, for being short weight....All of the wives of the 
curate reports of the debates of the two Houses predated by any admirer of genuine Poetry, and is far cabinet officers at Washington intend to be “ at home” on 
The various branches of the President’s Message P referableto ’ tvorks “S otU P” for Holiday Prescnto.- Thursdays during the winter....The grasshoppers are 
’re appropriately referred ° It is for sale at Dewet’s Arcade Book and News Emporium still troublesome in various parts of Texas, especially in 
‘ _ . y _ ’ —where, we may add, will also be found a great variety of the neighborhood of Gonzales_The South Carolina 
the Kansas agitation. It is proposed to take up the WPre a r0 r jatel referred ' ° It is for sale at Dewey’s Arcade Book and News En 
Lecompton Constitution when it comes along, both . 1 . ^ „ . . —where, we may add, will also be found a great v; 
as a party measure and a formal assertion of the A 118CU8S1 ° n on K ^ nsas a f rair ® s P ran g U P m which choice Gift Books, &c., appropriate for the season. 
Tbs several senators participated, but no conclusions - 
ip^areMver'mailiNi’to'EidivfduS'sifb^iters'iiiRh'paw'ibr.lor acceptance and ratification. An enabling act will and offered the following preamble and res- j his account of the Hasheesh eaters. This work is a de- 
ordered by a responsible agent,) and always discontinued when the be incorporated in the new hill as an alternative, in 
subscription term expires. Hence, a prompt renewal is necessary to case the Lecompton Constitution is defeated by the 
secure die regular continuance of the paper. people 
Judge Hall, of Iowa, who was in the last Congress, 
will not only receive premiums, but tbeir aid will be appreciated. h&s been appointed Chief Juntice of Nebraska, 
£3^" In ordering the Rural please send us the best money con- James M. Buchanan, of Baltimore, will be appoint- 
vu ivaiww audnsfepidiig up m wmcn choice Gift Books, &c., appropriate for the sea foe. Legislature has refused to legalize the suspension of 
several senators participated, but no conclnsions -—— specie payments....The streets of Melbourne, Australia, 
were arrived at. Adjourned until January 4th. The Hasheesh Eater: Being Passages from the Life of were lighted with gas on the 10th of August....At the 
House.— Mr. Warren rose to a question of nrivi- l p I rtha f orea “’ Ne J York: Har I )tr & Broe - Mint, three days in the week are devoted to manufactur- 
leee and offered the following nreamhle and me. . T “ K rcaders of tbe lNlle notes of CuRTIS Wl11 remember ing the new cents... .Benedict Arnold’s silver watch has 
olutio ‘ ‘ his account of the Hasheesh eaters. This work is a de- been presented to the Conn. Historical Society....A clerk 
° ' . scription of the personal experience of one who, for a i n the Suffolk Bank, Boston, has defaulted to the amount 
ry here as. It appears from the proclamation of time, became addicted To the use of this drug. The Hash- of $4,000_Walter Childs, one of the first settlers of 
G °nf r . n0r , Utah ; and from eesh is a resin which is secretcd by the Indian hemp in Cazenovia, died at that place on the 19th ult. He was 81 
£ apisn ?ltoelli^L^Sfns?’the*‘cov^lSSt oAZ tbe Wa ™ Cr ciima l es ° f the east U produCC8 cflects 8imi ’ T ears of age.... John Myers, a veteran of the war of 1812, 
United States therefore ' L 11 lar Ibo® 6 °I opium, and the descriptions of the author died in Albany on the 20th ult., at the advanced age of 81 
Regained. That, the Committee on Temtari,,. Re Wh ’ Ch di8tin * ” • ’ In POme parts of Cenlral ^ is 80 abundant, 
the President’s Message, that said territory is now 
Judge Hall, of Iowa, who was in the last Congress, in open rebellion against the Government of the , + “ , T 8 ’ 1 P ro(IuceB cnecM « im i- years of age.. 
, • , irZ- r T .• --KT z. 1 TTniiiTc. * .r f boveinmeniol tue lar to those of opium, and the descriptions of the author dicdinAlbanv 
is been appointed Chief Justice of Nebraska, United States, therefore w«ii •• area in Albany 
are marked by all those unearthly visions which distin- 
veuiently obtainable, and do not forget to give your full address—the ed Minister to St. Petersburg, 
name of Post-Office, and also State, Territory, or Province if rumored that the Tenr 
’ riUbeappoi, “' 
It is rumored that the Tennessee Delegation has rf fcXu'i'th? £ 
Those who arc forming large clubs can send on the names and unanimously resolved to reject the Lecompton Territory ’ ° 
money of a part, before completing tlieir lists. ,, 1 11 
r?“N on-Subscribers who may receive tiiis number ot the ' V 10n ‘ . ... . n * b ' s ca U ed ont views Of Various 1 
Rural arc invited to examine carefully, and, if approved, lend their jovernment is oihciaJly advised oi the ar- and the whole was referred to the Comn 
kind offices to introduce the paper to notice and support in their re- rival in New York of two boxes of fire-arms — a Territories. Adjourned until January 4th 
spectivelocalities present from Her Britannic Majesty’s Government, _ ..,_ 
.. ■ -in return for the arms sent thither in August. foatPRt TntoAiio-pnr.p fro™ xr ori£ ., 
List of Netv Advertisements this Week. a requisition was made on the Treasury Dec. _ 
Yonnrr Aw* i’ 24th > for S530.000 for the pay of members of Con- A special Washington dispatch to the N 
This called out the views of various members ^ d ^onld ^be examined by parents and other* 
and the whole was referred to the Committee on ITtrl We_ can only mention them 
one chief’s grave....Of the 251 ships-of-war of the Brit- 
Tiik Aimwell Stories. —This excellent series of Juve- ish Navy, in commission on the 1st of November, no less 
nile Works is just the thing for Holiday Presents to the than seventy-three were in China or in the East Indies 
little folks, and should be examined by parents and others ... .The New York Board of Supervisors have raised the 
Latest Intelligence from Kansas. 
in making their selections. We can only mention them salaries of the Judges of the Marine Court, from $3,000 fo 
now, hut may notice more fully in future. Published by $4,000... .The Toronto Colonist states that there are from 
Gould & Lincoln, Boston, and sold in Rochester by Cole, 300 to 400 colored voters in that city... .Various Indian 
Adams & Co., corner of State and Buffalo streets. tribes have offered their services against the Mormons 
' ....Baron Humboldt, now eighty-eight, is completing his 
Diaries.— Diaries and Memorandum Books, of various last volume of “ Kosmos.”... .The total shipment of specie 
Young Men's Magazine—Richard C. McCormick. 
Metropolitan Gift Rook Store—John S. Andrews. 
Young America Excelsior—J. B. Wright <fc Co. 
Ontario Female Seminary—B. Richards, A. M, 
Chufas or Earth Almonds—H. B. Luin. 
Rare Seeds—Jos. L. Ashby. 
To Lyceums—J. A. Bartlett 
500 Agents Wanted—C. R. Bowen A Bro. 
The Atlantic Monthly—Phillips, Sampson A Co. 
Chinese Sugar Cane Seed for Sale—C. Dickey. 
A SPECIAL Washington dispatch to the New York j f, ’ zeK and BtytoF, are to be found in abundance at the Main- I from New York to Europe, during the past year, 
gress from the 4th of March last, under the joint Evening Post, on the 24th ult, says, that advices street ,iookKlore of Dakrot & Ir¬ 
resolution recently passed. Of this amount over from Kansas are to the effect that the Legislature ~ — - - 
$120,000 has already been disbursed in gold. have directed to submit to the people on the 5th 
In addition to the Pawnee delegation of Indians, of January, the Calhoun Constitution. They also 
a delegation of the Poncahs from Nebraska have ar- passed an act regulating elections, and organizing 
rived here, both on business with the Government the militia, and adjourned on the 12tin 
reet Bookstore of Darrow & Bro. amounted to $41,343,416.... A large quantity of uncurrent 
— ——————» money was sold at auction in St. Louis, on the 23d ult.— 
YV . ... rV) 44 „ .. .. A 1,000 hill on the Brandon (Ohio) Bank brought $20_ 
'lAr K AV P % it U <1 Cl X up u£, Henry Potter, J udge of the United States District Court 
_ _ _ _ _of North Carolina, died at Fayetteville, in that State, on 
- the 20th ult.... A writer in a late London periodical states 
The Texas Legislature has under consideration, that neari y a11 the clergymen, between two and three 
The President has issued a proclamation setting The President declares he will enforce the Calhonn bills for the protection of the Sabbath, for making hundred years ago, wore the moustache... .Gov. Gardner, 
apart the 15th of February, for taking the sense of Constitution, though it should require the with- a geological survey of the State, and for the estab- of Mass ‘> ha8 receiv ed the resignation of Hon. N. P. Banks 
the voters of the District of Columbia on a new drawal of troops from other posts to do it The lishment of two State Institutes.' ' as representative in Congress from the 7th District. ...The 
ROCHESTER, N. Y, JANUARY, 2, 1858. 
code of laws. news produced great excitement in Washington. qi ]IK , 
The Secretary of War received on the 25th nit a Mr. Parrott thinks a collision between the Free (; oveni 
telegram from Lt Gen. Scott, from New York, in State and Pro-slavery men now inevitable. \ 
which he says he has good news from the Utah ex- The rebellion at Fort Scott is doubted, as that is ^ O pj e ro 
pedition. Cols. Johnson and Smith, and the trains, not a government post tun 
were up with Col. Alexander, who was marching The St Louis Democrat has news from Lecornp- Jjcij 
upon Fort Bridges, and it was only 16 miles off on ton, that the Legislature passed an act submitting arc 'f 0UJ 
Nov. 7th. The troops were in high spirits. Just the Calhoun constitution to a vote of the people of nine la 
lishment of two State Institutes. aP re P reBGn1 -riive i„ Congress from the 7th District... .The 
steamship Europa sailed for Liverpool, with 47 passengers 
The total amount of salaries paid by the Federal and $2,33S,000... .A delegation of Sac and Fox Indians are 
Government, during the last year, was S5,358,603, at Washington, in attendance on the Indian Bureau_ 
of which $489,000 was paid to California office Tw0 hundred and thirty years ago, $24 purchased the 
holders. whole of the city and county of New York... There was 
A bill is before the South Carolina Legislature paid for print ‘ n £> P a P er > engraving and binding, during the 
which provides that professional gamblers who de « p * st " haft in CaIi f» r - 
, , ... , ... i ,, . ma is 316 feet in depth, and the rock taken out pays $20 
are found guilty of gambling, shall receive thirty- per tun....A colored man named Val Bellamy, di^d re- 
niue lashes, in addition to the punishment now cently in Hancock county, S. C., 110 years old....The 
provided by law. Legislature of South Carolina has indefinitely postponed 
' .' enough snow had fallen to protect the grass from the Territory on the 5th of January, in three forms, ;w l-nisnment now cently in Hancock county, S. C, no years old....The 
A New Year’s “ Rural” Greeting. tye. viz:_lst, Constitution with Slavery. 2d, Constitu- P ° y , . v Legislature of South Carolina has indefinitely postponed 
The vacant lands heretofore withdrawn from sale tion without Slavery. 3d, Against Constitution TuE revuls50n has caused a g eneral Z w 
“°nce More, Kind Friends,” we are permitted or entry outside of six miles on each side of the Stringent measures have been adopted for watch! a “<>n g American travelers abroad, who 
to greet you hopefully and encouragingly on the lands granted to Iowa in 1856 for railroad purposes ing the polls on the 21st. Committees were ap- bave )\® ry generally been cut short of supplies by feetof lumber have arrived at Chicago.... The National 
commencement of a New Year and Volume. In having been released, they will be restored to pri- pointed in each precinct to take the names of all the failures of bankerfl > and the derangement of | Iote i a t Washington has been re-opened on a grand scale 
presenting the initial number of the Rural for vate entry at the several land offices in that State, voters, so as to detect false returns. A good many excban £ eti - ....Thereareabout2,000troopsatLeavenworth,destin- 
1858, we repeat, hut more strongly and confidently, February 15th. Missourians were going over to vote. ° TnE site for the new post-office in the] city of cd for Utah.... The receipts of flour, wheat, com and oats 
what we said a year ago:—Here’s the paper, good ---Secretary Stanton has rejected the Militia and New York, is fixed in the lower end of the Park.— at f^cag®, to Dec. 23d are^equivalentto 18,221,443bush., 
frifindfl anfl nnmprmic flnrl witli it nnr mm4nA,i Tttt? TItau 'F’YT>vT 4 T'rTnv* A n nvuvoca ---v.:!!-__ • .. • . t Thp hnrmriflriflft A.rft on P^rV T?mr IftA fnnt. an< ^ shipments to l(,<a.8,u^9 busheis....A ^fr. Kohn 
presenting the initial number of the Rural for vate entry at the several land offices in that State, voters, so as to detect false returns. A good many exchan g egi 
1858, we repeat, hut more strongly and confidently, February 15th. Missourians were going over to vote. ° The site 
what we said a year ago:—Here’s the paper, good 
friends and numerous, and with it our grateful ac- 
The Utah Expedition.— An express arrived at other obnoxious bills, which were not insisted upon The boundaries are on Park Row 186 feet; on 
knowledgmentof the generous kindness and active Leavenworth from the Utah expedition on the 23d by the Legislature. Secretary Stanton was still the Broadwa y I G8 feet ! °h the north side 218 feet; on 
efforts, on your part, which have enabled us to ult -» and brings information that the whole force, acting Governor, and apparently with the approba- the south 65 feet 
clothe if, in fitfil-e Sf> rnrlmrrho and lieenminn- Liz,,,, with the eveentinn ef Cnl Unel.- and hie eeremonA 1 Tm ir, — \ vr nr ,' u ;„ __ .1 . 
has commenced the manufacture of silk in Hartford, Ct 
_The N. Y. Herald states half a dozen Wall street ad¬ 
venturers have each made $100,000 in speculations since 
clothe it in attire so recherche and becoming. How with the exception of Col. Cook and his command, tion of General Denver. It is stated that in Washington, at present, there the “ panic”.... During the month of November, $16,200 
do you like its New Year suit? Is it not in good bad concentrated at Black’s Fork, and were mov- Gen. Harney had despatched two companies of are upwards of one hundred professional and reg- in cente of the now coinage, were issued from the Mint in 
taste?—aye, beautiful exceedingly? And docs not ing toward Fort Bridges. Their progress was very cavalry, upon Mr. Stanton’s requisition, to suppress ular writers for the press, in addition to a large p hiladelphia.... The value of the cotton crop of 1857, not 
the Rural talk well, in addition to being “good slow—only two or three miles a day being some- the rebellion at Fort Scott, where several lives had numb er of “ occasional correspondents.” brought to the seaboard is reckoned at eighteen millions 
looking?” Our printers are in ecstacies with its times made. The animals were giving out hourly, been sacrificed. Gen. H. had also posted troops at A series of resolutions recommending the re- Ztlin from The"luxury 
appearance—and we confess to a slight participa- and it was thought that all would perish this winter. Doniphan, Atchinson, Kickapoo and Leavenworth, opening of the African slave-trade, has been intro- of dueling, during his term of office.... An effort is on 
tion in their enthusiasm yet we consider another The supply trains were all up with the military and it is thought that the legitimate vote will be very duced in the lower house of the Texas Legislature foot to remove the county seat of Saratoga county from 
item of far more importance—its Contents. In provisions were abundant. B mall. The Legislature has passed an act repealing Similar resolutions have also been submitted in the Ballston.Spa to Saratoga Springs.... Major Watrous, from 
the law authorizing the Constitutional Convention. Alabama Legislature. the Bake Sl 'P Gnor Dl strict, has been elected Speaker of 
m n r .,... the House of Representatives m Minnesota, by the Demo- 
Ihe Militia law was passed oyer Secretary Stan- The grave of Madison was opened recently, in C rats....A monument to the memory of Gen. Nathaniel 
ton s veto. Gen. Lane is appointed Major General, the process of constructing a monument over it.— Greene is to be erected in North Carolina....President 
with eight Liigadiers Also, an Adjutant and full \ partial destruction of the coffin allowed a look Buchanan has refused to pardon Coleman, the young mail 
military organization. inside, when it was observed that but little more robber at Forstmouth, \ irginia—Senator Sumner finds, 
A Kansas letter to the St. Louis Democrat, re. t ij an a us t was j e f t 0 f the remains. itis said ’ that attcndin 8 debates affects him injuriously, 
ceived on the 24th ult., says that on the evening of m , _ ...... . and will go North a few weeks, at least....A Dubuque 
the 16th a battle occurred at Fort Scott, between tt TH ® Bumbe !' of 1Ioaia; pathic physicians in the paperannouncesthatfiftyorsixtygamblershadbeennoti- 
ti o d n ciio on a tf nn P , United States is about 3,000. There are two Homoe- fled to leave that citv, and that half of them had taken 
both essentials, however, wc have resolved to mani- The report that two Companies of Infantry had the law authorizing the Constitutional Convention Alabama Legislature, 
fest the onward spirit of our Motto “Excelsior,” met with reverses on the route to Utah, is without T he Militia law was passed over Secretary Stan! The grave of Mad: 
and primary Objects, “Progress and Improve¬ 
ment.” By comparing this with any preceding 
foundation. 
Five companies of Col. Sumner’s regiment of 1st 
number of the Rural, the reader can determine Cavalry, had recently taken winter quarters at Fort military organization 
whether the resolution has been “adopted.” 
Though the “hard times” may affect our circula¬ 
tion in some localities, we anticipate an increase T , ... . , „„„„„„„ , QOTU , ueiween 
rather than a diminution of subscribers. One of o 7 T ' ’ ’t ’> the Pro-Slavery and Free-State men. Five oTthe 
its ardent supporters writes, “Every friend of the ” Tt ’c former were killed, among them Blake Little a 
Rural ought to work harder for it on account of , . so „ , ’ „ The FstablLhetTn ^ mem ber of the Lecompton Convention. Several 
the times” — and we think such will be the result | , , j71 / " ‘ main- were wounded on both sides, and twenty Free-State 
from present realities and indications. Thus far- ] 000 „ atq 0f nrincinal di^enW ‘! lTerag . lng men were taken prisoners and confined in the Fort 
the reports from agents and other active friends ti’ons, the Independents have the largest Thapds The Missourians were assembling in strong force 
are exceedingly favorable _ the number of new and accommodate lhe largeBt aggre g at e of hearers- ° n the b ° rder< and m0re fighting was a PP rek ended. 
suhseribers, especially, being far greater ban we ^ Mcthodists have the most numerous chapels T1,C difficulty grCW ° Ut of the fact that Clark, no- 
anticipated. In order to furnish the complete vol- 1 ^ imm ^ ib* rtn^b^ ---— 
-_ _ __ A Kansas letter to the St. Louis Democrat, re. than dust was left of the remains. 
Places of Worship in London. —The city of ceiv e ^ on tbe 24lb ult ” pa ' s tka4 op 41ie c 'cning of Ti{E number 0 f Hommpathic j 
mdon. with a notmlat.ion of nenrlv 3 non non hoc c ia a e occunet a Scott, between TTnltoA Statoa ionVinnt a non Thf>i 
pathic colleges, one at Philadelphia and the other up their line of march....The private property taxed in 
at Cleveland, Ohio, at each of which, upon a fair Texas, amounts to $173,500,000. There are half a million 
average, one hundred and twenty students gradu- inhabitants owning an average of $367 each....There are 
ate annually three thousand Methodists in California, of whom ninety 
are ministers....The people of Roxbury have voted, 808 
Some emigrants across the plains recently found to 762) in favor of annexation to Boston....A court in 
tne reports irom agents ana otner active friends t i , The Missourians were assembling in strong force waul Llje puuiib itutuu) iuuuu to 76 o, in favor of annexation to Boston_A court in 
are exceedingly favorable — tbe number of new ? ’ 7; ^ x tllG largest cha Pels Qn the border and more fic rhtin^ was aimrehended two do S s ^ ing by one of the man ^ graves markin ^ Pennsylvania has given a verdict to a wife for $2,508 for 
subscribers, especially, being far greater than we f,” a e c _ ar g es aggregate of hearers; Tfae d j fficu ] ty grew out oAhe fact that Clark no! tlie spot of recent massacres , lhat had watched money earned by her after marriage and loaned to her 
anticipated. In order to furnish the complete vol- , ! , ists mC most nl:merous cba P els > torious as the murderer of Barber two years «i’nre u P on spot UI . ltjl they were eraaciated almost husband ...An English millionaire was in Cincinnati a 
ume to all who renew or subscribe early, we print ^ nearly t ie BmaBesUiggregate accommodation. accompanied by a Deputy Sheriff col’ to skin and bones - Nolbin S conld induce them to few days ag0 ’ seekin e opportunities invest half a million 
on ovtra edition of f. ii <r, • , rp, J .v Tliere are 140 Independent chapels, and averaging , j ’ acc "“I jan ’ eQ a deputy bnerm, col- . .. . dollars in property there. ...There has been a row at the 
an extra edition of fidl Thirty Fluntsand over the ]54 Metllodist? averagiu / The Ilo ° ma ° lecting taxes of the Free-State men, and seizing leave the l ,lace ’ • , . , , gates of Jerusalem between the villagers of Bethlehem 
numbei of copies aheady ordered. Whether this Catholicg bavc 01l]y 35 chaDel , a e • , . their property in default of payment, making pro- The Somerset (N. J.) Whig says there is a hostler and thoge of Tha mar. One man was killed. ...The last 
edition will be exhausted remains to be determined i 000 seats * ° & secution under tbe rebellion law. in Somerville wbo carries a watcb thatweighs two survivor of the Wyoming massacre, (Jeremiah Spencer,) 
—but we are confident every copy will be wanted ’ __ The Territorial Executive Committee had issued pounds and three and a half ounces —with a chain at- is living in Torringford, Connecticut_Bethany College, 
provided Agents, Subscribers, casual readers, and Napoi E0 *., g Hbrary —The French embassador a cal1 for the re-assembling of the Delegate Con- tached that weighs one pound two and a half ounces, near Wheeling, lately destroyed by fire, is to be immedi- 
borrowers, will lend a little time and attention to in London has just gent ' t Paris thp librarv ‘ . . vention, held at Lawrence on the 2d inst, to take The metal of the watch is said to be worth for ate,y rebui T U ' •; r ° Dece, , nber 20 * h 84 > 188 hogs had been 
the Rural Canvass. Bv exerrisinc Qneh infWr,™ m i.onaon nas just sent to l ans tlie libiaiy ol his- .. , . , ’ ... killed at Louisville....A frog has been shown to the 
as rnav be consiSnt in behMf of 0 ^1 t0ricaJ and ° lber literature wbicb wa s purchased into consideration the best course to pursue in con- melting, $56. Bridgewater Gazette, found twenty-two feet below tbe 
b T r in England, during Napoleon’s captivity at, St. Hele- sequence of the Legislature hat mg failed to sub- A new kind of omnibus has been recently intro- surface of the ground, by a man digging a well in that 
mends can speedily and largely augment its circu- na ^ to be gent Qut tliere for bis uge _ j t SCC1US tbat mit the Topeka Constitution to the people with the duced in England. The conductor, when the vehicle town....Ten hundred and forty-five steamboats passed 
ation and usefulness thereby benefiting them- the hooks were not actually dispatched when the Lecompton instrument. is full in hot weather, has only to turn a small through the Rock Island Bridge this season, and five bun- 
—but we are confident every copy will be wanted 
provided Agents, Subscribers, casual readers, and 
leave the place. dollars in property there-There has been a row at the 
gates of Jerusalem between the villagers of Bethlehem 
The Somerset (N. J.) W big says there is a hostler and thoge of Thamar . 0 ne man was killed... .The last 
in Somerville who carries a watch that weighs two survivor of tlie Wyoming massacre, (Jeremiah Spencer,) 
tori cal and other literature which was purchased uuw «««*»««“‘“w** ^ oust course to pursue in con- inciting, «uc Bridgewater Gazette, found twenty-two feet below the 
in England, during Napoleon’s captivity at St. Hele- sequence of the Legislature hating failed to sub- A new kind of omnibus has been recently intro- surface of the ground, by a man digging a well in that 
na, to be sent out there for his use. It seems that mit the Topeka Constitution to the people with the duced in England. The conductor, when the vehicle town.... Ten hundred and forty-five steamboats passed 
wTr° li ” g “f h0m “ in f T°, f tlMirMi8 '" of Kipolepn was announced, and they have 
Btunulaung to remUn ed packed up ever since. Tie existence of 
tcompton instrument. is full, in hot weather, has only to turn a small through the Rock Island Bridge this season, and five hun- 
-...-handle, and the roof is at once raised, giving a rush dred and ninety-nine rafts.... Jules Gerard, the famous 
Japan.—A Russian Minister has lately visited of fresh air into the interior; and, if the weather is French lion hunter, is now forming a club of the hunters 
j .‘OtoVU _ _ . ... . . of oil n.Sonc Oa. flan caf fko aacaUA lao.of. 
... urnteiy oruerea it to De sent over to 1'aris. luiemgeia peisun, expresses me opinion tnat me papers, is at tnis moment crowded witn more nn- Leviathan is daily making progress to deep water.The 
-— great jealousy and dread of any intercourse with employed, talented young men, in proportion to little town of Brookline, N. H., employs about sixty men 
A Western New York Family.— In a brief and Point in Law—Interesting to Wives.— foreigners, which has been so distinguishing a her population, than any other city in the Union — in making sugar-kegs for East Boston — It is estimated 
modest note from “One of Them,” we have the An action for debt by a wife against her husband, characteristic of the Japanese government, is men who have basked in the sunshine of prosperi- that as many as twenty-seven thousand Mormons have 
following facts relative to a remarkable family. iecove r money loaned by her to her husband, be- gradually giving away. The last accounts from tv, and with the natural improvidence of easily emigrated from Europe to the United States within the 
Truly, Western New York has her homesteads and i n g properly acquired after marriage, was tried in Hakodadi received, via San Francisco, were of a acquired fortune, have neglected to prepare for P aBt sixteen years—The 19th ult., was observed m New- 
patriarchal heads of families, as well as New Eng- * be Common Pleas of Perry Co., Pa., a few days character to confirm the opinion expressed by the reverses which neither their inclinations, nor the of the waton India 1 ” 8 * Th^latest new^from Costa 
land:—“Truth is stranger than fiction.” There is a g°> Judge Graham presiding. The question was Russian Plenipotentiary. Every disposition was careless habits engendered by the circumstances of Kcareporte that the differences with Nicaragua^ are likely 
in the town of Stafford, Genesee Co., N. Y., a large wbetber a Avife could maintain a suit against her exhibited by the Japanese officials to give friendly their position, enabled them to forsee. to be se ttled without having recourse to hostilities. .The 
farm house, built in the year 1827, consequently has busband - The Court decided that she could, and entertainment to the American whalers visiting The New York census of 1855 reports 98 persons Nova Scotia Legislature is summoned to meet on the 4th 
been standing over thirty years. It is surrounded debvcred a verdict for the plaintiff for $2,508. that port, which, from its convenient situation, was a t that date resident in the State, who were 100 of February, for the despatch of business_New York 
by a farm of over 300 acres, and is now, and ever -likely to become one of the principal depots of the years of age and upwards, 44 of whom were females; city was flooded > on tb e 24th ult., with new counterfeit 
has been, occupied by a large and thriving family, ' llIE Constitution of Oregon. — The vote in whaling fleet The steamer which the Japanese the oldest, a woman 120 years old, resides in St bbreesontne John Hancock Bank ofSpnngfield, Massa- 
but has never been visited by the Angel of Death! 0re g°n on the State Constitution against slavery obtained from the Dutch is navigated—so the Rus- Lawrence county. ' re' mar'tri is^TtheXer^tween°A^T andTew York 
The original family for which it was built, con- baa not disappointed expectation. In six counties sian Plenipotentiary reports—by an entire Japanese The estate of James E. Birch, the mail contractor ^yrhe steamer North Sto bailed, on^the^th^ Tlt.,^ for 
sisted of sixteen persons—the parents and fourteen 4be vote was > for slavery, 252; against it, 1,324. In crew, engineers and firemen included. in California, is estimated to he worth $150,000.— Southampton and Bremen with 200 passengers and $296,- 
children, every one of whom are now livitig and heads onroe county, not included in the above count, --- Pretty well for a man who had never been anything 000 in specie.... Hon. Thos. H. Seymour, United States 
of families! The descendants of this truly “patri- tbei ' e ^ 800 majority against slavery. The vote for Marriage Valid by Mere Agreement.—A case but a stage-driver when he came to California, in Minister at St. Petersburg, has sent, through Barings, 
archal ” pair are very numerous, and scattered excluding free colored persons from the Territory has just been decided in Indianapolis by which it 1849. $1T5 for th e relief of the poor of the city of Hartford, 
Lawrence county. 
The estate of James E. Birch, the mail contractor 
chusetts... .The steamer Knickerbocker is still making her 
regular trips on the river, between Albany and New York 
....The steamer North Star sailed, on the 26th nit., for 
in California, is estimated to he worth $150,000. — Southampton and Bremen with 200 passengers and $296,- 
Pretty well for a man who had never been anything 000 in specie.... Hon. Thos. H. Seymour, United States 
throughout seven States — Midi., Wis., Iowa, Min- 18 J u *t as large. Oregon, it is said, will 
nesota, New York, Pennsylvania and California into the Union under this Constitution. 
Their present number, including those married into-*■—-_ 
the family, is 140! At a rough estimate, the land Lake Disasters. —We have publishe 
owned and tilled by them, is over 4,000 acres._ ment of the Chicago Press, says the I 
colliding free colored persons from the Territory has just been decided in Indianapolis by which it 1849. $175 for the relief of ihe * 00T of the cit T of Hartford, 
is just as laigc. Oiegon, it is said, will be admitted is declared that Marriage in Indiana requires no The ordinance making it compulsory on bakers c onn. The Got ernor of Georgia has vetoed the legali¬ 
st 0 11C m0n UUder lbls Constitution ’ formalities to make it legal, except the mere agree- and store-keepers to sell all wheaten, rye, oaten or “ “”ntty passed the^m^T^a’ two-third 7ote. .^There 
■ ^ --- ment of the parties; that it is a civil contract only, other bread, by weight, without reference to price, willbe a t least seven editors in the next Pennsylvania 
Lab.e Disasters. —We have published the state- and differs from other civil contracts merely in was called up Monday evening in the New York : Legislature_The Gaines case is up again before the 
ment of the Chicago Press, says the Buffalo Cou- this—that it cannot be dissolved, even by mutual Board of Councilman, and adopted—ayes 34, nays 4 
ited—ayes 34, nays 4. courts in New Orleans....Christian Roach, the most il- 
- lustrious sculptor of this century, since the death of Can- 
which will make a ova and Thorwaldson, died a few weeks ago at the age of 
Imagine a daguerreotype of this family group, rier, that, during the season of navigation, the ac- consent Sect 8 of Revised Statues of Indiana -♦—»-- lustrious sculptor of this century, since the death of Can- 
Among them you will find merchants, lawyers, one tual loss of property on the lakes is estimated at says:—“ No marriage shall be void or voidable, for Our New Rural Dress — which will make a ova and Thorwaldson, died a few weeks ago at the age of 
divine, farmers, drovers, mechanics, &e. At their SI, 920,316, and the loss of life at 221. Last year the want of license or other formalities required better appearance in a week or two—was furnished years — A bill has been introduced in the Senate 
head sits the venerable pair, still in the possession the losses of property amounted to $3,038,874, and by law, if either of the parties thereto believe it to by N. Lyman, of Buffalo, who is too well and favora- to or s amz ® the Jerritoiy of Arizona .The Whashington 
of all their faculties. How many such families will the loss of life to 407. During the last ten years be a legal marriage at the time.” The agreement bly known as a Type Founder, &c., to require any ^ orr ® B P° n thL ^ mtrican says 
it take to till lucle Sam s farm west of the the loss of property has been $13,821, 253, and the must afterwards be recorded, but the failure or special commendation to the disciples of the “ Art rat^ of interest for the Treasury notes. Reader, how 
Mississippi ? loss of life during the last four years has been 765. neglect to do this is punishable simply by a fine. Preservative” in this region, the West or Canada. d 0 y OU like our News Condenser? 
