MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
MARCH 13 . 
PUBLISHER'S SPECIAL NOTICES. 
nr There is Yet Time to form new clubs for the present | 
volume, and also to eorniiete for and secure the Premiums offered on i — 
last page of this number. The active friends of tlie Rural and its j 
objects, and all otlier advocates and promoters of improvement, are | 
invited to continue or enter upon tire canvass. Hundreds of oar sub¬ 
scribers can, if they will, easily add to our circulation in their re¬ 
spective localities— thereby benefiting all parties interested — for, in- of 
Alovk jpgislatuw. liw fmagtiiphs. ptfmg gotuns. ®lu Ictt-s £oiuknssrt. 
Synopsis of Proceedings, Information has been received in England, that European Acquaintance: Being Sketches of People in 
upwards of 0,000 sick and wounded soldiers will By l V ' D ®. I '' ORR ? T > AuX}l ° r of “ 0rien,al 
Senate Reports To provide for the payment shortly he on their passage to England, from India. ^ s T !'um 71 , '" ^others-1858. 
interest on protested Canal drafts; favorable for lHIS pleasant little hook is the record of “sights” and 
e appointment of Commissioners to take ac- SCH °° L CenSUS ° f ° Sweg0 bas Just been taken, experiences in Italy, the German Stales, Austria and 
stead ofbeing a luxnrytiieRuiuL is a necessity, and ju« the paper the appointment of Commissioners to take ac- 
e in — There are over 1,500 miles of railway open in 
ntal Canada, 
— Hay has been sold in Canada within a week, 
an<1 at $2 per tun. 
—A Utah volunteer company is being organized 
the ground was covered with 
volume can still be fumbhed. if desired, av Persons entitled to husband the ultimate heir of deceased wife, and the 
any of onr Specific Premiums, will please slate what they prefer in ., ,, 
the letter containing remittance. Wlfe the Urinate ^ir of deceased husband. 
Clubbing with tub Magazines, Ac.— We will send the Rural Notices of Bills. —Relative to acknowledgements 
New-Yorker for 1853, and a yearly copy of either The Atlantic, of deeds OUt of this State. • 
Harper's, Gmlojs, Graham’#, or any other $3 magazine, for $4. The 
Rural and either The Horticulturist, Uavtt/t Magazine, Arthur’s Bills Introduced .—Coticej 
Magazine, or any otha- $2 nmgimae for $3. of the Governor, and fixin 
rn rt „ ,, . ly plunged into the icy baths of Graefenberg for the dis- 
The Goshen Republican says the quantity of milk pension of bodily iU8> his spirita must haTC been exceed . 
sent from Orange county to New York, last year, ingly healthy. Whether, as he says:-“Landing in Venice 
was 4,907,184 gallons, for which the round sum of with only a Zwanziger (fourteen cents) in my pocket”—a 
$596,002 was received. stranger in a strange land—or his teeth chattering under 
^ " , —The salary of Henry Ward Beecher is to be 
been exceed- rai8e d tQ $ 7>000> 
— Prof. Agassiz is in Florida, recreating and 
looking for things. 
Magazine, or any other- $2 magazine for $ii of the Governor, and fixing compensation of the 
£37* Ant person so disposed can act as local agent for the Rural, Executive and other State officers; to provide for 
without certificate, and each and all who volunteer in the good cause amendment of charters of incorporated cities; 
will not only receive premiums, but tneir aid will be appreciated. , . 1 
„ i a regulating the proof or acknowledgement of deeds, 
£37* In ordering the Rural please send ns the best money con- ° & ’ 
venientiy obtainable, and do not forget to give your fun address—the am. other conveyances made by persons residing 
name of Post-Office, and also State, Territory, or Province. out of the State. 
deeds out of this State • $596,062 was received. stranger in a strange land-or his teeth chattering under X00K1 »S lor ™ ln gs- 
T/ ’ , r ■ C apt. Harrison, who is to command the Levi- prescri P tio “ s of Priessxitz; or taking ten mile ma de iif Indiana” ° Connterfeiters has J nst bcen 
Bills Introduced. Concerning powers and duties a than, writes that he is in hones to be in Portland walks bftfore breakfast to chase away tire demon Dyspepsia, ae ' n 4 Jnxl ' ana - . 
the Governor, and fixing compensation of the w ith his vessel in the hitter nart of the ti r he is £ a £> ea 8 er lo fien<3 for tb a joke and always ready to .. 7 , etr , 0lt 91 h “ a population of <0,COO. In 1850 
cecutive and other State officers; to provide for > T the +i m0nth . 0 , f laughoverone; in short, our invahd seems to possess aH the U bad ^ 21 ’°, 00 * 
lendment of charters of incorporated cities- f lh ^ he pr ° P ° SeS to remain tbere wxtb exuberance and life of a man corporeally perfect. If you „ - The city of Troy appears to be infested with 
gulating the proof or acknowledgement of deeds' her seven weeks * want a book to drive away the blues, or an agreeable a gang of ineend.ane, 
d other conveyances made by persons residing The Texas Legislature has the honor of being a railway jaunt of a few hours, permit ns . R 8to ° k ^ Btaen "° ld 
t of the State the lirst to formally initiate a disunion movement 10 ,nt 4 rodnc ® to your favorab,e notice “European Ac- 111 ao f° n f (me ceni “ s mre ' 
oi me L.taie. , , . , , quaintance.” For sale by Dewey. — A forty barrel whale was captured on the Long 
Additions to Clubs are now in order. Any person having Mr. Spinola rose to a question of privilege, and ^ <A1 H'ousand dollars have been appropriated to 
sent in a club of 6 to 10 can add one, two, five, or more, at the lowest read an extract from the Albany correspondence pay l he expenses of a delegation to an invited Con- The World or Mind. An Elementary Book. BvImvao 
chib price—$i,.vo per copy. _ _._ of the New York Times, relative to the charge made v ention of Southern States. Yr,rWis! U » a- rLi w* s1 ior. and ^^odlsm.” New 
~ II I ~ in the Assembly by Mr. Dayton. He moved for It is stated that excellent salt is manufactured cn. er f. 1 . 8 j8- . 
List of New Advertisements this Week . J J no muvcu iui . . Inis book, as its title indicates, is a treatise noon In- 
LUt OI w e osem ents Uui eek. a committee of investigation, with power to send, at the Salt Springs in Lancaster county, Nebraska, tellectual Philosophy, and is the work « of the leisure 
Isabella and Catawba Grape Vines—R T. Underbill. &c * Agreed to. equal to best qualities manufactured in any part moments and hours of many thoughtful years.” As it 
Hiahl^d^unerUxfHymcma^Oowle^&'warTWL A88EMBI.Y.—Mr. Chauncy’s bill to prevent the ° f the W0,ld - The watcr from wbiob lbo salt is was the intention of the author to furnish a volume solely 
List of New Advertisements this Week, 
Isabella oiid Catawba Crape Vines—R T. Underbill 
.1 A. Colby Co’s. Original Gift iiook htore—O. N. Needhanx 
Highland Nurseries, Syracuse— 1 Cowlea A Warren. 
Ready in March—Moore, Wilstach, Keys A Co. 
Albany Tile Works—C. A VV. McCammon. 
Just Published, A Hook for every Parmer—K. Nafcb. 
The Forty Days Maize—John J*. Youlen. 
(-ranlierry Culture- Sullivan, Hates A Co. 
Attention ! Fruit Growers, Ac—(J. W. Kastman. 
6,0U0 Agents Wanted—Kpbrairn HrowjL 
Farm Wanted—Kichardsou’s Advertising Agency. 
10,000 Peach Trees—C. F. Weaver. 
Recipes—G. (j. Herry. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
A Card—11. U. Foper. 
laintance.” For sale by Dewey. — A forty barrel whale was captured on the Long 
___ Island coast, on the 27th ult, 
ie World or Mind. An Elementary Book. By Ihuac — Hon. J. T. Headley is engaged in the prepara- 
Taylor, Author of “Wesley and Methodism.” New tion of a life of Gen. Havelock. 
Har P er & Brothers—1858. — The police force of Boston last year made up- 
s book, as its title indicates, is a treatise npon In- wards of nineteen thousand arrests. 
. — TReyreltajlight. h.ckof e.tU.,«ate do«. 
equal to best qualities manufactured in any part moments and hours of many thoughtful years.” As it in Portland Mai7e g on the 4th inst 
of the world. The water from which the salt is was the intention of the author to furnish a volume solely _j t j s announced that John M. 1 
Banks of issue from being connected with Savings made yields from fort y- five to fift Y to fifty f <* elementary purposes, the work before us is of mode- issue a book of his travels in Europe. 
Botts is soon to 
troduced' to'^thT^Td °„rT ^ ~ The nuraber of ho S s «cei-red at Cincinnati 
n 1 of the pupil without controversial during the past season, amounts to 450,000. 
references. Only a portion of those materials that should » EVcnM, 
Banks, was made to extend over all the State, be- troduced’t^lhe 1 ?V ",i °" ly fiuch Bab j e cts as might be in- —The number of hogs received at C 
fore it was ordered to a third reading. The Louisville Courier says some of the fruit- rpfpr „ n -„ " e _P R P l] without controversial during the past season, amounts to 450,00 
The report of the Commissioners of the Canal powers near that city say that the peaches, apri- find a plac ' e in oTelmenU^reldtg^nMenW' N 1 Y^aflTfh 11 7^^ b6< 
Fund on the state of the fund, in reply to resolu- cots ’ Ac ” have been kllled ,J Y the late severe weath- Philosophy are embraced in this work, but these are d I,ufi f^ 0 ’ K * called the /-«ua\es. 
tion, was sent in. The Commissioners state that er > tbe thermometer having been in some localities clearly and well defined, and will prove of great value to ifor 6 overnment 
they have no funds in hand at present, nor in pros- as l° w ^ 10° below zero. the learner. Mr. Taylor will, ere long, by the issue of T] . _ " , . mperoro a P' 
— A French military company has been organ- 
ivod In R„pr„l^ XT V ooTInd 
they have no funds in hand at present, nor in pros- as ^ ow 85 lb ° be ^ ow zero * 
pective, to pay the interest on the $10,500,000 debt, I T is s aid that a gentleman who was formerly one 
except the $255,000 from the last deficiency loan, °f the proprietors of a mercantile house in Haven- 
1UIC «wv«sm weavn- Philosophy are embraced in this work, but these are T f -a II . «v tv , ,-1 . . , 
:~ r z«r g becn fa — ,oc ” mies a M 
It in said that a gentleman who was formerly one b “”“ ° r Chicago hive tee'!! male ’on AtatyTe^nt 85 "* 
unless resort be had to borrowing on credit of the P or t, Iowa, which lately failed, is now sawing wood 
Sinking P'und. 
The report of the Committee on Commerce and 
for a living. 
this character for beginnerfl. Dkwky. 
The London Quarterly Review for January has been 
received. Eight articles are embodied in its “Table of 
The northern robin bas again, this season, made Contents,” as follows:—Difficulties of Railway Engineer- 
Navigation, was received. The report states that its appearance in large numbers in the extreme ing; TIie Ibstoric Fee rage; Tobias Smollett; Wiltshire; 
it is the opinion of the Committee that further in- west and south-west of Texas. It is said this is Church Extension; Sense of Pain in Man and Animals; 
vestigation should be made into the manner of the first season they have been seen there since '' ool ' v ^ c!l Arsenal and its Manufacturing Establishments; 
conducting tbe affairs of the Castle Garden Emi- the year 1846. "le iw" „ f , 
„ . tt , i , * those desiring one of the leading 1 
gram epo reso u ion is submitted for the The Shah of Persia has contributed £500 to the do better than take the London 
— Gen. Harney is to go to California to command 
the Mormon army, in the place of Gen. Scott. 
— The Legislature of Virginia has voted a gold 
medal to the widow of Commodore Herndon. 
— Mrs. Olive Baxter, of West Dennis, Mass., in a 
fit of insanity, last week, strangled her infant child. 
— Bishop Loras, of Dubuque, Catholic Bishop of 
41.^ ~c /I:„a • it..,! ... a! _ 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., MARCH 13, 1858. appointment of a special Committee of Investiga- India relief fund, as a proof of his friendship for the Sc0TT & Co., New York, Publishers. Dkwky has it for 
—.. —. - . . ■ ■ — tion. Report adopted? 
Our Indian Empire. This issue begins a volume, and diocese of Iowa ’ died in that cit Y on the 26th 
those desiring one of the leading British Reviews cannot U t ™ . 
do better than take the London Quarterly Leonard . T The lm P ortatlon of dr Y goods at New York, 
Scott & Co., New York. Publishers Dvww u c„- l n -Timtiary, 18o8, was $7,520,332 less than it was in 
Affairs at Washington. 
British government, and to show his detestation of 
. t be Attorney General having given an opinion the cruelties which have been practiced by the 
in reply to the resolution of the Assembly, that it mutineers in India. The Prime Minister of the Shah 
* * *- — A Portland paper says the State of Maine pays 
Weather of the Last Half of February, and some ^ 8 > t00 a Y ear bave ber Stat€ Prison taken 
of the MoNTn.—Compared with the two preceding C£U e ° f ‘ 
months of winter, February has been cool The ~- Th 1 e 7 ^ t d t”f ne \ fi P a rer printed in Virginia 
, , iXXC was m 1780, and the subscription price was $o 0 per 
ean of the first Half was 4 degrees below that of annum. * * 
Mr. Beknhjskl, the Mormon Delegate, has letters not necessary for a member to reside in the Dis- has contributed half the amount of his master. ° K T " E * l0KTn -- c °n x P a red with the two preceding ' ; newsnaner nrinted in Virginia 
from Brigham Young, received recently, in which tnct for which he is elected, Mr. Crane moved that - v t T . n t , , months of winter, February has been cooL The was in 1780 Iind 'the^^^nb?er?ntio^ 
he predicts the annihilation of thcUnitedStat.es Hon. John C. Seely be declared entitled to the seat , f " oxn pany las now, an ias mean of the first half was 4 degrees below that of annum. 
troops now in Utah, unless they are recalled by the H-om New York, and that the petition of the con- , ia , J ' tn ’ ght> one th ousand men and a linn- 21 preceding years, and of the last half was 7 de- — The French Emperor holds cabinet councils 
Government He also suggests the appointment of testant he dismissed. Postponed for one week, „ ie -j 11 , 1 ^ ° r ^ es exx ‘ sa S c 111 gat enng ice in grees below that of the same period in 21 years, on Sunday afternoon and gives grand balls in the 
a Commissioner to proceed to Utah to inquire into after a hard struggle. 1 he Hudson. After all the fears entertained a The mean heat of the month was 20.9 degrees, and evening. 
the condition of affairs there. Mr. Dayton rose to a question of privilege, when m ?. U K1,x ^ e ’^ xce cro P wx he abundant and ex- for the 21 years was 25.7, or 5 degrees below the —Virginia housewives are gathering a harvest of 
It was expected that on Monday or Tuesday of the resolution was introduced by Mr. Durvea for , , xxxe xnten se cold of the past three weeks average. Snow has fallen to continue good sleigh- f eather beds from the myriadsof pigeons in Camp- 
the present week, the majority report of the Select the appointment of a Committee of Investigation ,eeil ' V0ld 1UXX re so t ou^an so o ars. ing for the most of the last nineteen days. Abund- beb county. 
Committee on Kansas will be presented to the be moved to amend so as to make the resolution TnE Boston Traveler sa 3' s tbat since January 1st, ance of good ice has been obtained from the river, ni ~ C T 0 h “ P eWue fi Il fow ' 
House, when the minority of the Committee will read that he (Dayton) had not charged that a $10,- the im P ortations of forei g n S oods at tba t port have and laid up for use in its season. The month has steerage, $50. 8 ’ ? 
immediately move, as a question of privilege, that 000 bribe was to be paid for the passage of the bill, fjllexl otI more tbarx l ,er cexxt - ’ bo ]m P orts been very pleasant, some clear days and splendid _A complete file of each journal published in 
the whole matter be referred back to the Commit- hut that he had stated that he had been informed ^ a-,t 5 ear a ' era S ed more than one million dollars star-light or moon-light evenings. England, is annually sent to the British Museum 
tee, with specific instructions, on the ground that such was the fact, and was prepared to give up the e,lcb "<?ek, thus mr this year they have been only Compared with February, 1857, this has been for preservation. 
the orders of the House have not been obeyed. name of the informant at the proper time. He J458, ° 00 per week ‘ more than 12 degrees colder, but 3 degrees warmer — Cardinal Fieschi died at Rome, Feb. Cth. His 
It is well understood in the most intimate circle found that the resolution still mis-stated the facts, The Texas legislature has matured a bill creating than that of 1856. Last year January was cold and Cardinal'^hate^ t0 eIUVCn tb<5 DUmber of vacant 
AC HLii mmwoivyu in. inv XUUBl lUtlUUVW UliUiU ivl.aav* un, iWUiUUUU Bill! XU JS-SUUUU 1110 laClS, “ -- -- v, v. « , - j * n 03 UU1U ilUU Cardinal’S hatvS 
of the President’s friends, that immediately on the and asked that it he amended so as to conform a State University; the novel feature of which is, February warm, while this year January was warm _ Considerable maple sugar has been made du- 
adjournment of Congress, James Gordon Bennet with the facts in the case. The resolution was so that instruction shall be tree, so that its benefits'< and February cold. A friend has handed me his riugthe past few weeks, in the neighborhood of 
adjournment of Congress, James Gordon Bennet with the facts in the case. The resolution 
will receive his commission as Minister to Austria, amended. 
The Grand Jury have, under the law of Congress The Prison Committee were empowered to send 
to punish contempt of the authority of either for persons and papers to investigate the charges 
House, found a presentment against John W. Wol- against the management of Auburn Prison. 
cott, the recusant witness. 
Mr. Duryea called up his resolutions declaring 
imu instruction suau ue uee, so mai lis nenems “““ a menu nas nauded me his riugthe past few weeks, in the neighborhood of 
shall be extended to the poor, as well as to the rich, observations for 1819, when January gave its mean New Haven Conn. 
. . . j"! '. " 111 1 - heat one a half degree above that of last January; —The Albany Journal says, an old Oneida Chief, 
but the mean of December, 1818, was 11 degrees Skandoga,100ycarsofage,i3nowinthatcitysuf- 
KlUUUtvJiJi t .0 UHL below tbat of last December. The examination of ^ erxxx S Hem want. 
iiast ntwArvoimn,, __ v — The Mississippi at Dubuque, is crossed on the 
---:— 1 * ■ • empeiature, shows the y. v teams. At Rock Island the ferrv boats still 
The Board to examine the senior class of Mid- opposition to the admission of Kansas as a State, Synopsis of Proceedings. 
shipmen, to commence at Annapolis, April 1st, under the Lecompton Constitution. Mr. Adams - 
consists of Captains Adams, Harwood, S. Ringgold, mov ed to amend by adding the words, “or under Senate— The House hill making an appropria- 
and Commodores Tilton and I.ee. any Constitution that has not been submitted to the tion of f 40,i >°?° t0 enable the President to fulfill 
The House Kansas Investigating Committee met vote, and received the approval of a majority of I treaty stil ulatioxxs ixx reference to the Sound Dues, 
on the 3d inst. Cen. Calhoun sent in a statement, the qualified votes of the Territory in all its parts.” was pa f ed * 
but it was decided that it should not be considered After a long and violent discussion, the resolutions, ilr ' Reward introduced a bill to amend the act of 
as evidence. Mr. Stephens read a report expressive as amended, were carried_45 to 23 '. March 3, ’57, regulating the carriage of passengers 
warmth of the present winter to have been no make their trips. 
— The Mississippi at Dubuque, is crossed on the 
ice by teams. At Rock Island the ferry boats still 
- uncommon occurrence. c. d. —The London Court Journal rumors that Pope 
Senate. —The House hill making an appropria- March 1st, 1858. Pius IX. is about to resign, and to be succeeded 
tion of S40G,000to enable the President to fulfill - - b Y Father Venturis. 
treaty stipulations in reference to the Sound Dues, The Survey of the British American Fron- — ^ bd anxma l s are a drug in the New York mar- 
was passed. tier-Au expedition to survey the Oregon bound- k ^ a T J“.>f e T c h le ° PardS WCre S ° ld ^ 
Mr. Seward introduced a bill to amend the act of ^y of the British possessions from Vancouver’s The city of St Paul has expended $10,220 for 
March 3,’57, regulating the carriage of passengers island to Lake Ontario, across the Rocky Moun- educational purposes during the past year. Pretty 
in steamships and other vessels. Referred. tains, has been organized, and will sail on the first well for a young city. 
Mr. Evans, of S. C., presented a bill for the °f next month for its destination, via Chagres, and — The Brussels lace dress which the King of the 
amendment of the patent laws. across the Isthmus of Panama, thence by steam to Belgians presented to the English Princess on her 
The Survey of the British American Fkon- 
ofthe views of the majority, setting forth, among 
otlier things, that as the authority was legally con¬ 
ferred on the delegates to the Convention to frame , .. . .■ . , -*-,-„- _ 
a Constitution, those who had an opportunity, but Jr 1C upan 0 e , a e ‘ mM lc ^ jjr. Houston presented a bill providing for a t be Gulf of Georgia, where the expedition will marna £ e > cost 5 0,0 0. 
declined to vote, are debarred from finding fault regiment of mounted volunteers for the protection commence its labors by tracing the forty-ninth de- . *—Ha d yBuh\er, wife of the celebrated no\elist, 
with the action of the Convention. The report Mexican and Texan Affairs— New Orleans pa- of Texan frontiers; also, authorizing the President S ree ° 4 north latitude. The force consists of husband for her support ’ S< SUC bT 
also reviews the past positions of Douglas, Stanton peiH o1 Hie 2d inst, are to hand and contain the to raise four regiments of volunteers. Lieutenant-Colonel Hawkins, R. E., chief commis- TheMassachusttsHouseofRepresentativesby 
and Walker, maintaining that they are inconsistent, Geta-ils of the Mexican news by the Tennessee at Mr. Hammond, of S. C., introduced a joint reso- sioner; Capt Haig, R, E., chief assistant; and a large majority, passed a bill allowing atheists to 
Ac. Resolutions were passed with a view of oh- that port. Also the latest news from Texas. The lution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to pay sixty-five non-commissioned officers of the Royal testify in courts of law. 
taining information as to the census, Ac., which it correspondent of the Eco Nacional writes from the officers and men in search of Dr. Kane, under Engineers, who are surveyors, topographers, pho- —They manufacture from^ fourteen to fifteen 
was agreed should accompany the report. Cucrnavaza on the 20th of January. 300 bandits Capt Hartstein, at the same rate as allowed to the tographers, Ac., and thirty Hudson’s Bay axemen. tbousarxd Mi me rifle baHs per day, at the Watervliet 
Mr. Green has arrived as messenger, bringing atta cked Ignala and were repulsed. Gaona, one of officers and seamen of LientDe Haven’s expedition. The expedition will probably require from three to !^npr*t!f a meriean e Rea,irnin!T vessels rennrt- 
yj ... ,, . ia BLCttixiBiJiua tiiiu uljlxci vueaci; 
Bills Passed .— lo prohibit Banks of Deposit from Mr Evanf , of g c pres( 
acting as Savings Banks; making appropriations amendment of the patent laws 
for the repair of the State Lunatic Asylum. Mp . Houston nresented a 1 
Mexican and Texan Affairs. —New Orleans pa- 
also reviews the past positions of Douglas, Stanton pcr8 °* tbe 2d inst., are to hand and contain the 
and Walker, maintaining that they are inconsistent, details of the Mexican news by the Tennessee at 
the Journal of the Lecompton Constitution, and the leaders, was killed. 1 hey then made a descent Mr. Stuart reported adversely on the hill to amend four yeai 
the evidence taken before the Commission for 0IX Tecoacuilco which they captured, committing a the act of March 31,1S53, granting bounty lands to services, 
examining the alleged frauds in Kansas, December number of murders. Vicario had marched against cer t a i n officers, soldiers, Ac. 
21st and January 4th. The document is volumin- them with a stron S forc e. The re g 0 lation offered by Mr. Douglas, February TxxE S 
ous. It is said that the investigation reduces the ^' bc ' exas Legislature has passed an act provid- he callimr for information on Kansas affairs, was English 
iicu.s<umsuamuuu, J . 1C uui^iiavcns C . M reuuion. — - — V ' 7- i V • , , - The list of Americansea-goingvesselsreport- 
Mr. Stuart reported adversely on the bill to amend four years to perform their laborious and arduous ed (] ur jng the month of Febrary as lost, missing 
e act of March 31,1853, granting bounty lands to services. and ashore, numbers forty. 
The resolution offered by Mr. Douglas, February 
4tli, calling for information on Kansas affairs, was 
legal vote on the former to about 2,500, whereas it ing tbat tbe entire P ublic domain of the State shall takeu up> au j ti ic g en ate have been talking Kansas Helena, and he gives a graphic account of the ap- 
was heretofore stated at 6,795. 
be offered for sale at fixed prices in lots from 160 
to 1,280 acres. The prices are to range from $1 25 
all the week. 
The Rural at Town Meetings—A t Good Ex- ™ * ficr acre, me waco (texas) Southerner says 
ample .—Many of our agent-friends take a number that . fl J e Indians wex ' e Guiet on the frontier. The 
of the Rural when they go on a visit, or to public paniC had silbsldcd aixd tb e pioneers were return- 
— Mr. Rodier was elected Mayor of Montreal by 
The Sea Serpent Caught.—T he captain of an a majority of 769 over Mr. Day. The votes stood 
English vessel recently saw the sea serpent, off St —Rodier 3,092, Day 2,323. 
Helena, and he gives a graphic account of the ap- — j4n English lady has recently left by will to D. 
^ f „ , . „ D. Hume, the celebrated American medium, a life 
pearance of that sea monster. The captain of annuity of $1,200 per year. 
another vessel, instead of indulging his imagina- —Jefferson Davis is very sick, and the doctors 
n t, ! $1 25 House— The House resumed the consideration pother vessel, instead of indulging his imagina- _ Jefferson Davis is very sick, and the doctors 
' xt aco ( ex as) Southerner says 0 f the bill regulating the pay and number of em- Hon, took measures to capture the creature. It think he will not be able to return to bis work in 
that the Indians were quiet on the frontier. The p i 0 yees of the House. was hauled on board, and its head was covered with the Senate under two months, 
panic had subsided and the pioneers were return- The House resumed the consideration of the res- snaky-looking barnacles. On closer inspection, it — The Nebraska papers are discussing the pro- 
ing to their homes. olulion Qf the SenatC; autll0riz ing the President to was found to be a gigantic seaweed twenty feet ject.of annexing so much of that territory as lies 
appoint any officers, affected by the action of the long and four inches in diameter, the root-end of sou .PPlP 8 *_ r _ .1 _ 
The Mormons. The St. Louis Leader, of the 1st Naval Retiring Board, to their former position.— 
meetings, and canvass for subscribers;—indeed, b olution of the Senate, authorizing the President to was found to be a gigantic seaweed twenty feet 
whenever they are “around,” its circulation is '*’*’*’ appoint any officers, affected by the action of the long and four inches in diameter, the root-end of 
augmented. Some of them have kindly borne this The Mormons. The St Louis Leader, of the 1st Naval Retiring Board, to their former position.— which appeared, when in the water, like the head aVmalHownTn the'stat 
matter in mind at the recent Town Meetings, and ' nst ” ^ earns b ' om Father De Senet, the Catholic Messrs. Winslow of N. C., and Seward, of Ga., both of the animal, and the motion given by the sea within the space of three hours. 
procured many subscribers among their townsmen, missionary who has spent many years among the advocated the resolution, which was passed by 17 caused it to seem alive. Both captains arrived _It is estimated that were all 
For example, a friend in Allegany has jii 3 t sent ns Iixdian tribes, that on either slope of the Rocky majority. about the same time in England, and published 
a list of twenty-eight subscribers, which were MomUains, there is a perfectly practicable and easy The Speaker announced the first business to be their different accounts of the adventure. 
procured in the manner set forth in his letter, viz.: r0ll t e north from Salt Lake to the British Provinces. Mr. Hoard’s resolution asking for a select commit- --- 
Dear Rural: —You do not meddle much with He has traversed the route several times with light tee on the charges, that the action of members had Bogus Coin. —The Philadelphia Ledger says it 
politics, neither do I; but I went to Town Meeting, wagons. He gives it as his conviction that if the been influenced bj* the bestowal or withholding of seems as though the manufacture and sale of bogus 
— Sixty-two couples were married a few days 
since in a small town in the State of Rhode Island, 
and while others were peddling tickets, I was busy Mormons leave their present location, they will go Executive patronage. The question pending l 
youquite alfstof subscribersfwhiclfyou willphfase 1X01111 ta ^' ew Caledonia, British America, and set- ing, “Shall the resolution be entertained as 
forward as directed below. Please send me a gross ^ e ^ 16 * ,ase * ortage Mountains, near tbe 49th question of privilege? 55 The motion was carried 
Of Medallion Pens,^ &C. nnrnllpl. Thfi rmit.fi dpRe.riherl in rietnil Th<» no on 
caused it to seem alive. Jiotii captains arrived — It is estimated that were all the United States 
about the same time in England, and published as densely inhabited as Massachusetts, they would 
their different accounts of the adventure. have a population of 446,000,000. 
__ , , __ — Bishop Alonzo Potter is now in Philadelphia. 
Mems as though the manufacture and sale of bogus _ Thc KaM>s debate in the Senitc will prol)ab ] y 
parallel. The route is described in detail. 
— Now, as many Town Meetings are yet to be country and climate are stated to be eminently su- 
Executive patronage. The question pending he- coin in that city, has at last become a perfectly consume most of the month, as thirty elaborate 
ing, “Shall the resolution he entertained as a legitimate pursuit. It reports—In our rambles speeches, at least, are in preparation, 
question of privilege?” The motion was carried— about town, we came across a placard, conspicu- —Miss White, the English lady, is included in 
ayes 92, nays 80. ously displayed in a show case on Second street, lbe bs t Mazzinian conspirators of June last, 
Mr. Quitman, of Miss., called up his hill author- | not far from Chestnut, which reads, “ Good imita- wboso Hml has commenced at Genoa._^ _ 
held, in this and other States, we hope the friends of P er i° r ' n every respect to that of Utah. The Leader izing the organization of a regiment of mounted tion of gold coin—always keeps its color—for sale 
the Rural will act upon the above hint, and intro- caBs tbe 8 P ecxal attention of the War Department volunteers, for the defence of the positions of Texas; cheap.” We took apeep into the case, and there 
duce the paper to the notice and support of the and H xe P ublxc to the article. and a ] s0 authorizing the President to call out, as beheld a tempting array of two-and a-halves and _H. Baker, (Rep.) of Montgomery Co., has given 
sovereigns who control the affairs of Towns, Coun- ..—■*-“*-—-— occasion may require, four additional regiments of twenties, all well calculated to deceive unsuspect- notice in the Assembly of a bill to provide fora 
ties and States; for, whoever is Supervisor or Gov- An Empire at the North. —An effort is making volunteers. He said that he was opposed to the ing individuals, especially at night. Convention to amend the Constitution. 
ernor, or whichever party is in power, the people to unite the British American Colonies in one permanent increase of the standing army, believ- ' **■*- . —Senator Hammond, of South Carolina, has, it 
must plant, cultivate and harvest, — to do which grand confederacy, contemplating ultimately an ing volunteers better adapted to the present emer- California Emigration. —The N. Y. Tribune 18 vi nrn 1 !!™ 1 6 0lU 
— Miss White, the English lady, is included in 
the list of Mazzinian conspirators of June last, 
whose trial has commenced at Genoa. 
— A little girl about four years of age, residing 
in Auburn, N. Y., died last week from accidentally 
swallowing a pin, while playing with it 
— H. Baker, (Rep.) of Montgomery Co., has given 
and many other things properly and profitably, independent government A conference with the gency. He combated the charge that volunteers says the California Emigration, stimulated by the 
such journals as the Rural are indispensable. Imperial Government has been had on the subject, are inferior to regulars, and conceded that the reduction in fare, is enormous. The Moses Taylor 
—his farm comprising over 11,000 acres. 
— In Maine, there are 4,102 School Districts, 240,- 
764 children between 4 and 21, and an average of 
* * -——- and tbe reply was that Her Majesty would be ruled former are governed by higher considerations than and St, Louis are, we understand, full, and the $GG3,000 expended for school purposes. 
TnERE are four graduates of Dartmouth College entirely by the wishes of the Colonies themselves the latter. He also referred with pride to the Northern Light nearly fulL The price of passage —TheN.Y.Mirrorsaysalargennmberofele- 
whose united ages exceed four hundred years, viz: on this subject, and in pursuance of this intima- hundreds and thousands who, at the first sound of is reduced to S50 for steerage, $75 for second cabin, gant houses in upper tendom, are offered for sale 
Rev. John Sawyer, I). D., of Bangor, 102 years, 4 tion, Nova Scotia has opened negotiations with the the bugle, offered their services for the Mexican and $150 for first cabin. The Northern Light, we or to let, in consequence of the late ie\ulsions. 
months; Rev. Laban Ainsworth, of Jeffrey, N. H., other Provinces. The territory embraced in this war. He mentioned the fact that volunteers do not believe, takes steerage passengers as low as $40, —The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser says over 
adjourned. 
