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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND EAMILY NEWSPAPER, 
APRIL 17 
PUBLISHER’S SPECIAL NOTICES. 
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List of New Advertisements this Week. 
The New York Tr'buno—Horace Greeley & Co. 
J.ittcU's Living Age—Stanford A Dclisser. 
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The New York Sclt-Haking Reaper—Seymour, Morgan A Allen. 
Gooseberry “ Mountain Seedling of lAibanoD”— Jessie IajwLi 
Improved Stock at Public Sale—11 A C. S. Haines. 
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Wakefield's Hand loin Planter—M. W. Simmons. 
Flower Seeds—lb D. Tookcr 
Choice Grape Vines—C. V. Hissell A Salter. 
Nansemond Sweet Potato Plants—O. S. Murray A Son. 
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ROCHESTER, N. Y., APRIL 17, 1858. 
Our April Premiums.-The Awards. 
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|tot* dlovl; jpgisdatmt. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Senate. —Hon. James Noxon introduced three 
several bills in the Senate on Tuesday evening, 
which provide for the prompt enlargement and 
completion of the canals of the State. The first 
provides for the raising of $700,000 by a half mill 
tax, and directs the Commissioners of the Canal 
Fund to borrow $500,000 under the provisions of 
the law of last winter. This amount with about 
$300,000 now remaining unexpended of the means 
provided in 1857, amounts to $1,500,000. The 
second makes appropriations of $300,000 to be ex¬ 
pended on the Erie Canal for giving six feet of 
water throughout its entire length upon the open¬ 
ing of navigation this spring. The sum, $1,200,- 
000, is appropriated to the full completion of all 
the lateral canals in this bill. The third is the bill 
of Mr. Laning, of the Assembly, providing for a 
loan of $3,800,000 instead of $3,500,000, for the 
completion of the Erie Canal Enlargement 
The Senate passed, with a slight amendment the 
bill prohibiting banks of discount from assuming 
the character and doing business as Savings Banks, 
in place? where there i3 a Savings Bank doing 
business. 
The bill to pay interest upon canal drafts issued 
since 1856; also, Judge Stowe’s proposition to 
encourage the use of steam on the canals—offer 
ing $10,000 reward for a satisfactory plan of steam 
canal navigation; and the bill to remove obstruc¬ 
tions in the outlet of Cayuga Lake or channel of 
Seneca River, at an expense not exceeding the sum 
of $30,000, were passed. 
The Senate refused to pass the hill to repeal the 
“Metropolitan Police Act” by a vote of 11 to 17. 
The bill to ascertain by proper proofs the citi¬ 
zens who sliaB be entitled to the right of suffrage, 
passed the Senate, on Saturday, 18 to 14. 
Assembly. — The Senate bill to repeal the Act 
known as the “ Railroad Half-Dime Bill,” passed the 
Assembly on Saturday, 90 to 10. 
The bill prohibiting banks of discount from as¬ 
suming the character and doing the business of 
Savings Banks in places where there is a Savings 
Bank, also passed. 
The bill legalizing future contracts in stocks, was 
passed. 
The Registry Bill was defeated in the Assembly, 
but as it has passed the Senate it will probably be 
brought forward again in the House. 
©HttiJfWiOtttll. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Senate. —The Minnesota bill was taken up. It 
is very brief, consisting of a preamble and two 
sections, admitting Minnesota as a State, and allow¬ 
ing her two Representatives. The amendments 
were concurred in, and the bill read a third time. 
The final vote on the bill was—yeas48,nays33. 
The Diplomatic and Consular appropriation bill 
was passed with verbal amendments. 
The bill for the restoration of officers dropped 
by the Naval Retiring Board was also passed. 
Mr. Douglass, of Ill., from the Committee on 
Territories, reported ihe 1 ill for the admission of 
Arizona, with an amendment. 
Various bills relating to the District of Columbia 
were advanced a stage. 
The presiding officer informed Ihe Senate that 
the President had approved the bill to acquire land 
for the Washington Aqueduct, and also the bill 
permitting Lieut. Jaffrey to accept of asword from 
the Queen of Spain. 
A message was received from the House an¬ 
nouncing its adlierenc.e to its vote on the Kansas 
bill; also that it had passed the Deficiency Appro¬ 
priation bill. 
The Senate then adjourned to attend Col. Ben¬ 
ton’s funeral. 
House. —On motion of Mr. Montgomery, of Pa., 
the House proceeded to the consideration of the 
Kansas bill. Mr. Montgomery then moved that the 
House adhere to its amendment. The House pro¬ 
ceeded to vote on the motion, and the question 
was decided in the affirmative, by yeas 113, nays 
111 . 
The vote by which the Deficiency hill was re¬ 
jected was re-considered. The House then refused 
to re-commit the bill to the Committee of Ways and 
Means. The bill passed—yeas 113, nays 97. 
Death of Hon. John Creio. —This distinguished 
citizen died at his residence in Canandaigua, on 
Friday morning, the 9th inst., aged 77. Mr. G. was 
born in Scotland, and, when eighteen years of age, 
he emigrated to this country, residing first at New 
York city. Soon after he started for the interior 
of the State, stopped for a period at Albany, and 
afterwards removed to Canandaigua, where he per¬ 
manently located. In 1804 he was admitted to the 
Bar, and practiced, as an associate of his former 
preceptor, Judge Howell, until 1820, when he as¬ 
sumed the Presidency of the Ontario Bank. In the 
management of financial affairs, in this position, 
and in the management of estates left in his charge, 
as well as in the conduct of his own business, be 
always evinced rare sagacity. Mr. G. was a mem¬ 
ber of tbe 27th Congress, serving with high credit 
to himself and advantage to his constituents. In 
all positions of life he was noted for kindly feel¬ 
ings, and the poor and suffering found him ever a 
helper and a friend. 
Our Advertising Department, as Rural read¬ 
ers have undoubtedly discovered, has for weeks 
comprised au unusual number and variety of an¬ 
nouncements, of greater or less interest to Agricul¬ 
turists, Horticulturists, and other classes. Indeed, 
the orders of advertisers have of late been so fre¬ 
quent and numerous, that our limited space has 
not only been entirely occupied,.but we have been 
obliged to defer several advertisements and decline 
inserting others as many times as desired. While 
we are endeavoring to do the best we can for ad¬ 
vertising friends, without infringing upon reading 
columns, we trust readers will give the various 
notices and announcements careful perusal, and 
find them of interest and profit—for we desire that 
all parties may be benefited by their publication. 
Kansas Constitutional Convention. 
The Lecompton correspondent of the Republi¬ 
can says the Constitutional Convention adjourned 
on the afternoon of 3d inst Under its action 
negroes are allowed to vote on the Constitution, 
and at the first general election thereafter, a vote is 
to be had on the question of universal suffrage.— 
Foreigners who have declared their intentions, are 
also allowed to vote. The question of negro suf¬ 
frage caused much excitement and angry discus¬ 
sion, and the representatives of several counties 
signed the Constitution under protest. 
The Leavenworth correspondent of the Demo¬ 
crat, says the policy recommended in the Address 
to the People framed by one of the Convention 
Committee, is that they should give the Leaven¬ 
worth Constitution a hearty ratification, and refuse 
to accept any organic law derived from the Le¬ 
compton Constitution, or the government. The 
Address does not recognize the possibility of the 
Lecompton Constitution becoming the fundamen¬ 
tal law, even though Congress accept it as it is, 
without the sanction of the people. 
In the Convention, on the 30 tb, a schedule was 
reported, providing for the submission of the Con¬ 
stitution to the people on the third Tuesday in 
May, and that the State election shall take place at 
the same time. The Bill of Rights is identical with 
the Topeka Constitution. 
A remonstrance against admission under Le¬ 
compton was read, and ordered to be forwarded to 
Washington. 
Death of Col. Benton.— On the morning of 
10th inst., at Washington, TnoMAS Hart Benton 
departed this life. This termination was not unex¬ 
pected as the disease under which he suffered (can¬ 
cer of the stomach,) had been making fearful pro¬ 
gress for a few days previous. A correspondent of 
the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser under date 8th 
inst.,—two days before his decease—writes as fol¬ 
lows:—“Col. Benton is dying. His disease, cancer 
of the bowels, has made such progress that lie can¬ 
not survive much longer. He suffers extreme pain, 
and is exhausted to almost tbe last degree of physi¬ 
cal prostration. But his mind is as clear and pow¬ 
erful as ever, and the high, resolute, Roman spirit 
of the old statesman straggles with indomitable 
energy and fortitude against sickness and weakness 
and tbe awful presence of tbe king of terrors. He 
dies in harness, working to the last for his country 
and mankind. An old and intimate friend from 
Missouri called upon him this morning. Benton 
was in bed, scarcely able to move hand or foot, and 
not able to speak much above a whisper. But he 
was hard at work, closing up his Abridgement of 
tbe Debates of Congress, which he has brought 
down to 1850, to the passage of the Compromise 
measures. He was dictating the closing chapter 
of the work. His daughter, Mrs. Jones, sitting be¬ 
side the bed, received it, sentence by sentence, 
whispered in her ear, and repeated it aloud to her 
husband, who wrote it down. It was then read 
over to Col Benton, and received liis corrections, 
made with as much anxious particularity as if it 
were the maiden work of a young author.” 
In our next we will give a portrait, together with 
a biographical sketch of his life and times. 
TnK Western Wheat Crop. — The Cincinnati 
Price Current has information from all sections of 
the Western States relative to the extent and pres¬ 
ent prospects of the growing wheat crop, and re¬ 
ports that the quantity of land sown with wheat in 
the fall was larger than in the previous year, the 
weather during September being especially favora¬ 
ble for it At tbe commencement of winter the 
growth was uncommonly forward, and at the close 
of the month of March the prospect for an abun¬ 
dant crop was never more favorable. Being past 
the danger of winter, it is generally conceded that 
it will do well until about the first of June, when 
the next crisis of the crop comes. Similar ac¬ 
counts are received from the wheat regions of the 
South. 
According to the same authority, the prices of 
wheat and corn must continue to rale low the 
present year, as the information received for the 
last three or four weeks, from Ohio and adjoining 
States, leaves no doubt whatever that the stocks of 
wheat and corn in the hands of farmers are very 
large. The prices current for wheat last October 
were so far below the estimate set upon it by its 
owners, that they refused to sell, preferring to hold 
it over for better prices; but in this it is now 
pretty certain they will be sadly disappointed.— 
The wheat is still in their hands, but whether they 
will part with it at present rates — 40 to 50 cents 
per bushel—is exceedingly doubtful. 
Great Rise in the Mississippi. — Accounts 
from below St. Louis, on the 8th inst, state that 
much damage has been done by a great rise in 
tbe Mississippi and Arkansas rivers. From the 
mouth of the White river to the Louisiana line 
there are but few places that will escape being 
submerged. Whole cotton plantations are now 
under water. The town of Napoleon is complete¬ 
ly inundated from the depth of two to ten feet.— 
The south side of the Arkansas river has over¬ 
flowed, causing immense destruction of property. 
The north side is comparatively safe. The river 
is falling now; but the backwater from tbe Mis¬ 
sissippi extends eighty miles from its mouth.— 
Telegraphic despatches from Vicksburg state that 
the levees on the east side of the Mississippi have 
given way, and the country is submerged. The 
water at Napoleon is ten inches higher than the 
flood-mark of 1844. 
From South America. — Per barque W. R, Tay¬ 
lor, arrived at Hampton Roads on the 7th inst, we 
have Laguayra dates of March 20th, with important 
intelligence in reference to the revolution in Vene¬ 
zuela. Gen. Monagas, President of the Republic, 
fearful of being overthrown by the revolutionary 
party, sent his resignation to Congress on the 15th 
of March, which was accepted, and a Provisional 
Government organized, at the head of which is 
Gen. Castro. The latter has appointed the follow¬ 
ing Ministers:—Secretary of Foreign Affairs — W. 
Urratia. Secretary of Finance — G. Tora. Secre¬ 
tary of the Interior —W. F. Torar. Secretary of 
War and Navy — Gen. R. Sato. Gen. Monagas and 
the late Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jacinto 
Gatrirese, are under the collective protection of the 
diplomatic body. Leon de La Cora, Consul to 
Philadelphia, came passenger in the W. R. Taylor. 
ptfWt! Udtiajs. 
The Works of Tacitus. The Oxford Translation Re¬ 
vised: With Notes. New York: Harper & Brothers. 
These works are in two volumes, and are in similar 
style to others noticed in our columns as forming Har¬ 
pers’ “ Classical Library.’’ The first volume is devoted to 
the “Annals;” the second to “History, Germany, Agrico¬ 
la, and Dialogue on Orators.” We have often doubted 
the propriety of Translations of this character as long as 
our schools and colleges cling so pertinaciously to tbe 
“ dead languages” as a portion of their prescribed studies. 
The indolent student will call upon them for assistance,— 
will permit the author to learn his lessoD,—and thus time 
and means, that might be better employed, will be squan¬ 
dered. We may be answered, that the laggard will be 
found in the rear let what will come, while the worker 
will seek out the “ hidden things,” despite of all external 
aids. At all events, there seems to be a demand for 
Ancient Literature, and the publishers are supplying it in 
a neat, permanent form, and cheaply. 
The Crooked Elm; Or, Life by the Way-Side. Fifth 
Edition. Boston: Whittemore, Niles & Hall. 
Tnis is one of the very few works, published these 
“hard times,” that has met with an extensive sale—hav¬ 
ing already passed through five editions. The purpose of 
the author is to delineate the evils arising from what are 
termed “eligible matches,” and his success is, to say the 
least, remarkable. The characters are easy, natural, 
drawn to life — simple men and women, like ourselve^ 
governed by like laws and subject to like impulses. The 
juvenile characters — Flora and Harry — are children, 
not “ old heads upon young shoulders,” hut genuine, rol¬ 
licking, fun-loving specimens of humanity, such as we 
hope to see every day. To speak of the work as an en¬ 
tirety, it is all good; those brought upon the stage per¬ 
form well their parts, and the interest awakened in the 
reader never flags to the close. 
Annual of Scientific Discovery; Or, Year-Book of 
Facts in Science and Art for 1858. Exhibiting the Most 
Important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, 
Useful Arts. Natural Phiosopbv, Chemistry, Astronomy, 
Geology, Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Meteorology. 
Geography, Antiquities, &c. Together with a list of 
recent Scientific Publications; a Classified list of Pa¬ 
tents; Obituaries of Eminent Scientific Men; Notes on 
the Progress of Science during the year 1857, &c. By 
David Wells, A. M. Boston: Gould & Lincoln. 1858. 
The above title sufficiently explains tbe character of 
this book. All matters pertaining to “ Scientific Discov¬ 
ery” find a place in the volume, and for the antiquarian, 
the inventor, or tbe student, it contains a mine of valua¬ 
ble information. For sale by Cole, Adams & Co., Roch¬ 
ester, (who will send the work, free of postage, on re¬ 
ceipt of price, $1 25.) 
Urtt’s fai'anapitsi. 
The Clerk of the House of Representatives says 
that upwards of three hundred thousand names; 
attached to petitions, have been received in favor 
of a general bankrupt law. 
The Indianapolis Journal tells a funny story on 
the Sheriff of that county. The day before the 
escape of Shears and the other prisoners, they were 
complaining of the jail fare, whereupon the Sheriff 
facetiously advised them, if they didn’t like the 
board, to leave. They left 
An effort is being made in New York to secure 
funds to erect a monument to the memory of the 
late Dr. Kane, and an Association has been formed 
to forward the project 
TnK Dunkirk Journal says, it is a enrions fact in 
the freaks of the weather, that for a long series of 
years the same thaw or storm has cleared Dunkirk 
Harbor, Buffalo Creek, and the North River at 
Albany, of ice, often at the same hour, and seldom 
varying twenty-four hours. This spring, the work 
of breaking at the three points was simultaneous, 
varying at the farthest no more than the difference 
in time between the given points. 
The St Paul (Minnesota) Advertiser notices the 
arrival, on the 25th ult, of the first vessel this sea¬ 
son. It is the earliest arrival at St Paul ever 
known in the steam navigation of that section.— 
The first arrival last year was May 1st 
The Western Argus, published in Kansas Terri¬ 
tory, says the Missouri River is now alive with 
steamboats, and the spring trade has commenced 
in earnest The arrivals at the levee are almost 
hourly. A number of new and commodious steam¬ 
ers have been added to the different lines. It is 
estimated that the Missouri River trade, this year, 
will he a third heavier than last 
European emigration to this country is rapidly 
falling off. The arrivals at New York last week 
did not reach 1,000, while the grand total from the 
1st of January to this time only foots up 8,000 
against 15,000 nearly, for the corresponding season 
last year. 
On the trial of the conspirators who attempted 
the life of Napoleon III., a physician testified that 
156 persons were wounded at the Opera House, 
and that 611 wounds were inflicted by the bursting 
of the bombs. 
Utah Affairs. 
The St. Josephs’ Gazette announces the arrival 
there of Alexander Constant from Fort Kearney, 
30th ult 
Mr. Constant reports that Brigham Young had 
notified Col. Johnson to leave Utah by March 10th, 
otherwise his troops would he annihilated. Young 
had also tendered to the army sufficient provisions 
to last them to the States. Mr. Constant also met 
a supply train of one hundred and sixty wagons, 
accompanied by four companies of troops, on the 
1st inst., on the Little Blue river. He also reports 
the Indians all peaceable. 
The President has sent, by a Special Agent, a 
proclamation to the people of Utah, tendering an 
amnesty if they will return to their allegiance. 
The whole power of the government will he used 
to reduce them to subordination if they do not 
Gen. Harney will leave on Saturday for his com¬ 
mand in Utah, accompanied by Commissioners 
M’Cullough and Powell, Mr. Hartnett, Secretary of 
the Territory, and others connected with military 
and civil service. 
Melancholy Death of Prof. Hudson. — Prof. 
T. B. Hudson, for many years connected with the 
Oberlin College, and widely known as a writer and 
lecturer upon agricultural and kindred subjects, 
was run over by the cars at Olmstead, near Cleve¬ 
land, Ohio, and instantly killed. In the untimely 
end of Prof. H., the College has lost one of its most 
ardent supporters, and the press a facile and vigor¬ 
ous writer. His age was 43 years. 
©1st ilru’s ©otuDussff. 
— The Iowa Legislature adjourned sine die on the 
23d ult. 
— The beech trees are in full bloom in Southern 
Illinois. 
— A hill has been introduced licensing gambling 
houses in Louisiana. 
— In Chicago, prayer meetings are daily held in 
25 different places. 
— Near 500,000,000 feet of lumber was received 
at Chicago last year. 
— At St. Anthony, Minnesota, March 24tb, “gar¬ 
dens were all made.” 
— An effort is being made to introduce shad into 
the rivers of Alabama, 
— Thirteen cod fishery vessels cleared at Ports¬ 
mouth, (N. H.,) last week. 
— The whole effective force of the United States 
army is at present 13,575. 
— Shad were taken in the Hudson on Saturday, 
as high up as Hyde Park. 
— The population of Milwaukee has more than 
doubled in the last seven years. 
— Caesar, a negro one hundred and twenty years 
old, lately died in Baton Rouge, La. 
— The Sioux City (Iowa) Eagle says there is not 
a single fruit tree in that township. 
— Cincinnati owes a debt of $3,869,000 and owns 
property valued at about $6,500,000. 
— The Welland Canal will not he in readiness to 
pass vessels for several days to come. 
— Attorney General Tremain is recovering from 
his recent severe and dangerous illness. 
— Tbe total number of miles of canals and pub¬ 
lic works in New York State are 899-60. 
— Beef is cheaper in New York now than it has 
been at this season for the last five years. 
—Twenty-five companies of volunteers have been 
offered in Kentucky for the Utah regiment. 
— Five of the fire companies of Philadelphia have 
made arrangements for steam fire engines. 
—Texas has 257 miles of graded railroad, of 
which 132 are completed, and the track laid. 
— It is proposed that an underground telegraph 
be laid, as fast as our army progresses, to Utah. 
— A wife in Liverpool, Eng., recently cut off her 
husband’s fore finger to prevent his enlistment. 
— It is expected that four or five vessels will 
leave Chicago this spring direct for Liverpool. 
— One of the Pawnee Indians, now on a visit to 
Washington, died in that city on Monday week. 
— A fleet of 47 fishing vessels sailed from Booth- 
bay, (Me.,) for the Western Banks, on the 31st ult. 
— The city council of St Lonis have adopted a 
plan for a new city hall, which will cost $630,000. 
— The Davenport Gazette says the number of 
hogs packed there this season has been 6,000 head. 
— At Warsaw, Wyoming Co., says tbe New-York¬ 
er, there is no abatement of the religious interest. 
— The General Assembly of the New School 
Presbyterian Church will meet at Chicago May 20. 
— The oldest clock in America is one in the 
Philadelphia Library, which is nearly two centuries 
old. 
— Cen. Harney is to he assigned the command 
of the Utah army, which is to be withdrawn from 
Kansas. 
— The Philadelphia Board of Health has been in 
dieted for complicity in a “series of outrageous 
sprees.” 
—The portion of Mexico bordering on the United 
States has “ declared a free and independent Re¬ 
public.” 
— Sir E. Bulwer Ljtton contemplates publishing 
an account of the early literary journals of Great 
Britain. [( 
— The first thunder storm of the season in New 
York, occurred on the 9th inst., and was gratefully 
received. 
— A captain recently from sea, reports having 
spoken five vessels, each of which had daily prayer 
meetings. 
— The continuous length of the streets in Charles¬ 
ton, (G. S.) ascertained by actual measurement, is 
53 miles. 
— There are about 30,600 bids, of flour in the 
store-houses of Hamilton, C. W., awaiting trans- 
poi tation. 
— A religious revival that promises to he pro¬ 
ductive of good results, has commenced in Wyom¬ 
ing village. 
— A new sect has been formed in Wurtemberg 
with the object of re-constructing the temple of 
Jerusalem. 
— According to the Auditor’s Report, the Town 
of Dundas, C. W., is in debt to the amount of 
$126,913 09! 
— The receipts at the various places of amuse¬ 
ment in New York city, on Friday night week, 
were $9,537. 
—According to the European jonrnals, the grippe, 
or influenza, has been very fatal in Italy, Germany 
and France. 
— The health of Jefferson Davis, it is said, grows 
more and more critical, and he has already lost the 
sight of one eye. 
— Handsome stores on Broadway, New York, do 
not rent for as much by from $1,000 to $3,000 as 
they did last year. 
— The Virginia House has passed a bill to issue 
$200,000 State bonds to John A. Washington to pay 
for Mount Vernon. 
— The Hon. Mr. Spence, recently the Postmaster 
General of Canada, has been appointed Collector of 
the port of Toronto. 
— At Attica, there is a business-men’s prayer 
meeting held daily, and much religious interest 
has thereby been excited. 
—A Kansas correspondent says money commands 
from 4 to 7 per cent, a month in that Territory, 
well secured on real estate. 
— The time for the end of the world, is again an¬ 
nounced by the adventists of N. Y. and N. J.—1858 
being set down as the year. 
— Dr. Church, member of the Canadian Parlia¬ 
ment for South Leeds, died suddenly from apoplexy 
at Toronto, on Monday week. 
— A young man, named Samuel Hall, was struck 
dead by lightning on Monday evening last, in the 
neighborhood of Baltimore. 
— The St. Paul people are busily engaged in ma¬ 
king their preparations for navigation up tbe Min¬ 
nesota and down to the lake. 
— The Hudson (Wis.,) North Star says there are 
over a million acres of land in that district, which 
are yet open to private entry. 
— The Illinois and Michigan canal opened on 
Friday week, at Chicago, and about 14 vessels load¬ 
ed with lumber sailed for SL Louis. 
— The Savannah Republican notices the arrival 
of seven vessels at that port within two days, all of 
them loaded with ice from Maine. 
— There has been a revival in progress in Eng¬ 
land for many months, constantly increasing, but 
more slowly and quietly than here. 
— The American Association for the Advance¬ 
ment of Science holds its twelth annual meeting at 
Baltimore, on the 28th of this month. 
— The Attica (la.) Ledger says that all the fruit 
buds in that region are in good condition, except 
the peach, which seems to he destroyed. 
— The Senate of Virginia have adopted a joint 
resolution, appropriating $2,COO to remove the re¬ 
mains of President Monroe from N. Y. to Richmond. 
