MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
MAY 8. 
Contents of the Rural for May 8, 1858. 
„ . AOHK Li.n kau . — the movements of grain and flour from such of our Al ^ v>1 nf t.he Arabia. —The population of Mexico is about eight mil- 
.H# SynopBis Of Proceedings. exchanges as are published at commercial center* Arrival of the at Uon . 
Bxtirpa'ioii of Moss from Meadow*.j*® ‘ The figures will serve to exhibit the amount of TnK steamship Arabia, from Liverpool 11 A. M., —There are thirty thousand needle-women in 
Comparative Anatomy, [iflmtrated,]. Senate.— The Report of the Conference Com- trade at various portions of our country, and read- 17th ult, arrived on the 29th ult. She brings about New York. 
Water-Work* for F "“ e ^)inut>trated.].^. ....^--^ the Kansas question, and the speeches erg can reckon ho w long the “sinews of war” will £8,000 in specie. —There are 55G lighthouses on our Atlantio and 
on the Potato Kot ; It* C*u*e, and Bert mem* of jjq ln which members have indulged thereon, have ^rcLd up and usdess, when such vast amounts Great Britain.—B oth Houses met on Monday, lake coasts. 
:.» ° “ ,,Pro “ *•“’ 
r Mode^Coiiivaiiog thsP^tato!...i«> la8t 188ue ’ 1 be T ae8l,lon was *” eat e During the week ending May 1st, 19,944 barrels procee(ling with their India bill, should move eer- _ There are 112,000 square miles in Kansas. In 
w* W t .Hw. ta 100 Ult, and a vote taken, when the amendments, as offlour> and i 19i 616 bushelB of wheat were shipped tain resolutions in committee of the whole, relative Indiana 48,000. 
“Fmory- Oraij.,. m suggested by Mr. English, were adopted by a vote from Milwaukee, Win. From Chicago, up to the to the future government of Hindostan, which was _ strawberries are selling in Augusta, Ga., at 50 
Movements of Grain.—Navigation. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. 
Wb gather the following items in reference to 
the movements of grain and flour from such of our 
exchanges as are published at commercial centera 
Jatcigtt gntelUgrott. SIm §iW Condenser. 
Arrival of the Arabia. 
1&0 of 31 to 22. 
2 «b ult.. there were .hipped 20,687 barrel, of flour, the 15th. Halme.bury oen “ > 
— Strawberries are selling in Augusta, Ga, at 50 
Mr - Hunter “° Ved ^ ih ° “ bili re Ca d i e W 349 bu8helB ° fWbeab 29 °’ 0G3 bUShClS ° f COrD ’ laid on^,he°taWe 0 the 0 correspondence with^rance - Her Majesty has received a present of 80 Ara- 
»«of the^Hook . 150 from the amendments to the Deficiency bill. Cai- 116 23 2 bushels of oats, and 23,200 bushels of barley. on the subject of passports, and explained the bian horses from the Sultan. 
ne c<^^«r^r«pwi^i-Potato Ruining in Kansas. Feed- ried without debate, by 25 against 22. j n aQ ar ti c i e reviewing the effects of the reduc- steps taken to mitigate the consequences attendant —The Turkish I’asha is just recovering irom a 
bin tt>e Birds l’reveni* their Depredation* A Prolific Cow. T he Senate refused, by 22 to 18. to recede from fl j the cana i 8 of upon the system. severe illness in Washington. 
Lame Yield of Onto*. 1j0 it amendments, striking out the provision for the 4 on ° 1 „ . h ‘ th(1 { L. i ecislature the In the Commons, notice was given of a bill to —The journeymen shoemakers of Cincinnati are 
Itwai Jihsal'aflv.-'nie Feiu-on. Good Potaiocsall Summer. its amen ts, g . , .., ftb this State, as passed by the last beg s , a bolish the property qualification now required to on a strike for higher wages. 
Tbc Prairie Farmer. Potatoes—W'bcn to Plant Plant Good payment of reporters, ana s . Buffalo Courier, of the 30th ult, remarks as follows: be held by members of the House. _The New Ot leans Cresent thinks Missouri will 
Seeds. Tbe Growth of the Cattle Trade of Ohio. Kentucky , House Deficiency bill; and on motion ol Mr. „ Weare informed that the Western Transportation On the 16th, in the Commons, D’Israeli announced be a free State in ten years. 
state Ag. Society. Odicers of Ag. Societies,.loti Toombs, a Committee of Conference was appointed. p nrnr)anv shinned more flour by canal yesterday that the law officers of the crown were unanimous Thev had two or three inches of snow at 
THK »yu M . 5.0 «»«.»> . m Mr . chandler, of Mich, made a .notion to appro- , Ua n during the whole of tbe eeaeon of 1867; and ‘ h “,iUegS Cleveland on Sunday week. 
. " " . 151 priate $50,000 to finiwh tbe channel of St Clair further, that they will ahip during the present mata demand had been made for compensa- — There are but three Revolutionary pensioners 
Rhubarb -a gala.i« plats. The debate assumed somewhat of a party week at least 10,000 barrels. We are satisfied, from t j 0 n. No decision had been come to in regard to surviving in the State or unio. 
Tiie Hmwbciry—F rcIs for Amateur..is! c()lor ftnd the ]Republicans wishing to make it a what we learn of contracts already made and to be the international question involved in the affair. ^ —Gen. Santa Anna is p ™ babl Y “Y thlH imc on 
S *« vote on a question Of Internal ^ov-eM- made> that more flour will be shipped from Buffalo JJ? ^ZerZZoT^ of copper are said to be 
Improving an Orchard . 151 finally, a substitute that the Committee on Com hy canal during the coming month of May, than a c j v j c and military reception. Three guards of read y for shipment at Ontonagon. 
i« the 1 awton niackbony Hardy .; 161 merce be instructed as to the expediency of mak- daring the whole season of 1857. If we can have honor were on duty. In reply to an address from _ The manufacture of starch in Illinois is get- 
Bose Caterpillar* . ing a ppropriations8ufficient to preserve from decay tw0 week8 0 f uninterrupted navigation, so as to, the corporation of Dover, he said it would be his . to be an important business. 
::::::::: in the river and harbor works already commenced, in8pire conflde nce, we believe our canal boats will - The United States Congress pays about $20,000 
Culture of the Grape. 161 was agreed to 23 against 22. have all they can do.” England. He traveled to London in a State rail- for the folding of their documents. 
Large Camellia Tree,.181 The Indian Appropriation bill was then taken The Oswego Times of the 27th ult., says: — “Our way carriage. # _ > —Late advices from Turks Island report heavy 
Horticultural Societies.lsi , .. l.sn finaiiv nassefi without, amendment. . . . ' .i •__i„ The trial of Bernard for complicity with Orsini rains and great damage to salt crops. 
ried without debate, by 25 against 22. 
— The Turkish Pasha is just recovering from a 
severe illness in Washington. 
_The journeymen shoemakers of Cincinnati are 
Large Camellia Tree, 
liorticuitunai Societies,. “ up, and the bill finally passed without amendment, wharyC8 and rive r have this morning truly assumed 
Red Spiders.. lot 
Number of Plant* to the Acre. 181 
Fruit Grower*' Society of Western New York. 151 
Genesee Valley Horticultural Society. 181 
DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 
To Hye Cotton Green. Suet Pudding. Poor Man's Pudding. A 
Delicious Lemon Pie. Pound Cake. A Nice Plain Cake An 
Excellent Pie Floating Island. Cracker*. To C< lor Blue 
on Cotton. Rheumatic Liniment How to Cool Water. An 
Inquiry. To Clean Picture*. 181 
LADIES’ POKT-FOLIO. 
Parting with leered Ones [Poetical,] Domestic Reform Intui- 
26 against 9. It appropriates $1,250,000, 
rnesi desire 10 preserve me ctnunu teiauuu* ~ ^_ 
lich have heretofore existed between France and — United States < ,^ py ' ’ 
1 gland. He traveled to London in a State rail- for the folding of their documents. 
ly carriage. — Late advices from Turks Island report heavy 
The trial of Bernard for complicity with Orsini rains and great damage to salt crops. 
id others, was expected to terminate on the 17th. _The majority for the $5,000,000 loan bill in 
wnarves ana n s j ‘ and others, was expected to terminate on the 17th. _The majority for the $5,000,000 loan bill in 
the bustling appearance and busy hum ot spnng. counge i f or the defence had made a powerful Minnesota will probably exceed 20,000. 
The sun shines out warm and briglitupon the river, appea j to the anti-Napoleon prejudices of his audi- _ raw recru jt 8 a t Montreal are now wearing 
House. —Here, as in the Senate, much time was T he sun shines out warm and brightupon theriver, appea i to the anti-Napoleon prejudices of his audi- ' _ Tlie raw recru jt 8 at Montreal are now wearing 
devoted to the discussion of the Report of the Con- 80 crow d e d on either side by the western fleet of tors. The speech elicited tremendous applause in uniforms tb at have been in store since 1812. 
ference Committee, and the Report was at length ye8terd ay as to show only a contracted, silver Court. Turkish Government have -It is said that the English Cunard steamers 
adopted by the following vote:—Yeas, 112; nays, Btreak fetching up its center, to mark the chan- contracted in England for ten war steamers of 200 will turn out no better than the t_°' lin3 lme - 
103. nel. Under the elevators this morning, the vessels ton „ to estaljlish the Black Sea fleet allowed by the — Our present consumption of foreign watches 
Mr. Nichols, from the Printing Committee, re- He Jn R lier s}x dee p, and yet still they come.” treaty of Paris. _ can scarcely be less than $5,000,000 per annum, 
ported a resolution to printing 20,000 copies of the . . • th f 0 n 0w imr Advices from all commercial centers of the con- _ The bill to lay a tax on oysters has been laid 
Mechanical part of the Patent Office Report of 0ur fomgn trade 18m + tbe 'TT * tinent describe a stagnation of business and general on the tahie by the Virginia House of Delegates. 
Mechanical part oi tne laienvumce u tab le, which compares the exports at New York, of exercise of caution. „ __in 
ROM of Womea Rule* for Home Education. Di*conte.it,. .. 152 Mechanical part of the Patent Office Report of which compares the exports at New York, of exercise^/ca* 
CHOICE miscellany. 1867, or one-third less than formerly. He remarked B ’ eyen incipal Btaple articles, for tbe week France _It 
r elcom«to Spring. iPoHicsU The Empire state. The wind n that a general distribution cannot be effected, un- 1 orPersivnvw 
Mnnlcian. Good and Bad Sign*. ABy-gonn Hit at UieTime*. n gone .... T) . .. andyear: Or fersigny, W 
Sniveiixatiou. Happinot*. Resistance to Ridicule,.152 i e88 the system is carried to excess. Resolution 
SABBATH MUSINGB. 
A Reqne*t, [Poetical.] Place* of Worship. Sacred Music. Fash¬ 
ionable CongrogatioiA Humility, .... 
Oeo’ogicftl 
Econcni 
delphia,. 
adopted. 
1857. 1858. 
Week end’g April 22. Amount. Value. Amount. Value. 
USEFUL OLIO. 
Comparison of tho Temperature of winier for 21 Year*. Reve- j n rr property, made a report from a majority, that 
. -*>-> r not -zrr r t: i 
Tho Poppy—Opium, [Illustrated ] indelicate Wood*. Appro- an agreement relative to the facts, n rep y o a 
hensiou* of Evil . 183 8U gg e8 tion by Mr. Grow, he remarked that there 
the sketch book. was nothimr in it implicating any member of either 
Building Upon the Sand, I Poetical] My little Boy. “ Old Him- was noumig m.pn S f 
dred." Beautiful Figure.166 branch of Congress. He moved that the report be 
. 7,332 
46,728 13,041 
180 
690 
1,648 
.38,283 
61,672 25,276 
46,291 
33,062 
77,042 
. 994 
26,141 
1,762 
. 387 
7,784 
486 
$335,007 
Increase of week as compared with 1857, ...-$131,804 Sardinia in any act C 
Total for the year,.$10,690,960 $6,601,663 quarrel may lead her. 
Decrease for year as compared with 1857, . .$4,029,327 AUSTRIA. —Much 8U 
ine limes says me xuiamu uuvuuuicm -- Collina line 
contracted in England for ten war steamers of 200 will turn out no better than the Collins line. 
tons, to establish the Black Sea fleet allowed by the — Our present consumption of foreign watches 
treaty of Paris. can scarcely be less than $5,000,000 per annum. 
Advices from all commercial centers of the con- _ T he bill to lay a tax on oysters has been laid 
tinent describe a stagnation of business and general on t he table by the Virginia House of Delegates. 
exercise of caution. _On the 17th of April, one gentleman in Sa- 
FRANCK.-It was rumored that Count de Morney ab Ge sold $150 wor th of strawberries to go 
or Persigny, would soon replace Een Espmasse as 
the purpose of the Republicans. The three govern- miles. ... T . , , 
ment candidates have been announced. The four — Tn is stated That the subscription in Italy and 
opposition members of the Legislature had been England for Orsini’s lamily exceeds a million ol 
invited to dine at the Tuilleries, but all except one francs. 
declined. —The Treasurer of Wisconsin makes announce- 
Italy.— The Sardinian officers who were on leave me nt that the Treasury is empty, with $90,000 to be 
in forty-eight counties, have been recalled. paid. 
France and England have agreed not support _The Black river canal is said to be in better 
Sardinia in any act of aggression into which the con dition for navigation than for several years 
43,851 declined 
8,399 , Italy. 
Austria.— Much suffering still exists in the prin¬ 
cipal manufacturing districts. The exjensive Bhip- 
List of New Advertisements this Week. 
Emerson Bennett’s Grent Indiim Tale—Robert Bonner. nrBorr 
New and Rare Plant*—Mcllv»in A Young. u 
Prince & Go’* Improved Patent Melodeon—Geo A. Prince & Oa ()ji 
Rushville Music School—Mrs. C. G. Scott . 
Make Your Sugar at Homo—Hedges, Free A Co. went 1 
Superior Land Plaster—French A Chappell. tt 
Morgan Horsts General Gifford, .Tr.—Elials Yeomans. 11 
Just Published—The Secret Disclosed—E. Hhsh. hill n 
$3u to $60 per Month—S. N. Baker. 
Early White Beans—Sylvester Lehman. itxeci 
f-y The Rural is pnt to press Tuesday noon, and hence adver- ment. 
tisements should reach us on Monday to Becure insertion. a j 
laid upon the table and printed, and made the 
special order for May 18th. Agreed to. 
Mr. Burnet made a minority report, which was 
ordered to take the same direction. 
The Island of Perlm. 
ments to the United States have ceased for eight i]QHt 
— A Convention of Vintners, manufacturers of 
native wines, is to be held at St. Louis on the 12th 
-Russia is talking about a telegraph line via. 
Our “Foreign Intelligence” has, for some we eks g enera h important conspiracy is 
contained allusions to the Island of Perim, of such been crushed in Circassia. 
Russia.— The emancipation of serfs had become i d ' Bhering’s Straits to this con- 
•neral. An irnnortant conspiracy is said to have i aD ena ana across 
On motion of Mr. J. Glancy Jones, the House c h arac ter as would lead to the belief that the m 
went into Committee of the Whole on the state of f r j en dly relations heretofore existing between the had been burnt. Loss 10,000,000f. delphia. 
the Union, and resumed the consideration of the British and French Governments were in danger of I India. —No later news, but some additional items | ^ 
Norway.— Three-fourths of the city of Christiana 
id been burnt. Loss 10,000,000f. 
India. —No later news, but some additional items 
tinent. 
_Prayer meetings were heard during the past 
week in the various Fire Engine Houses of Phila- 
jek in the various Fire Engine Houses of 1 hna- 
dphia. 
— The most exciting topic in Canada just now 
(V i&M ir» ^c? ffjjN up in the center aisle. The Isle of Perim is an untenanted rock at the kept under surveillance until further orders. — Mr. Urey, of Princeton, Ky., has manumiuea 
Wt M il n\ y\\\ I IffAkv'/c/yfl - Tt is five miles lontr and Bir Hugh Ross’ movements had caused a great 2 5 of his negroes, for the purpose of sending them 
lytra WFATnKR 0F THB Last Hai r OF April, and of France of the Ued « 18 liva miles 10 “ g ’ , panic among the rebels in the Chundun districts, £ Liberia. 
A MW* Mokth We have had a pleasant half month its only im P ortance bltherto bas Leen m the e8ti ‘ and in the territory of the Rajah of Banpoor, and _ Jf f f CQ cents were charged to see the 
, M wu rTv h ILn half rnatton of the neighboring Arabs as a resort for that part 0 f the country had been abandoned by “e nine-tenths of the world would be up in 
V though the heat has been less than in the firs turtle it belongs to Turkey, hut has recently been the rebels. The Rajah’s possessions had been con- . 
by 1.6 degrees. The mean of the first half was 6 V d andi8b eing fortified hy England. France fiscated. _ The National debt of Mexico figures up one 
—--- degrees above the mean of the same period for 21 * the Kround that the guarantied in- China.—T he four great powers have allowed hundred and twent y.nine millions, without the 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., MAY 8, 1868. years, and the mean of the last was less than the P * ’ ? falsified on the part of England. until the end of Mar f h fo r tbe E , m P e ™ r t0 Bendb, f floating debt 
— average by 3 degrees; and hence the mean of the It commands the Red — The circulation of the London Illustrated 
News of the Week. month is nearly equal to that for 21 years. ^ tb e Red Sea is to he the most important The elders of Fatchan had declared that the arm- New is 200,000 copies, of which 30,000 aie sold in 
- The rain has amounted to near three inches, or ’ . w or .„r,™mnnteatinn of Eurone and ing of the country around Canton was only as a this country. 
According to despatches and letters received by has exceeded the average for this month. On the ^ b ^ ^ of the pa88e „ger traffic a K ainst the rebels who * reatened the cit ^ - : ^[ t * n B b erdTSy JoSll inboih Houses 
Gen. Herran, the New Grenadian Congress at the 23d was rain with some snow, and more snow next , n . . h a, 1G7 and the Red Commercial iutcUicenee. J J 
'“»> ■>“ l “ «»<*; in tl “ , T c 1 ons " , " r “i on ,,f ”°f C l0W,d TS'ai^S or |J MU*' mat par.*, the - One ot Ah. new meaeure. in oont.mpl.tion b, 
the new b ederal Constitution. The Cass-Herran On the 25tli was some more snow; but all melted ’ To nrovide for this mighty change of follows:-Western Canal 2ls@22s-Philadelphia and Napoleon is said to be a census of the foreigners 
Treaty had received its first reading in the Senate, soon, and was succeeded by cold. On the 26th was * 8*** strnrk out bv Baltimore 22@23s—Ohio 23@26s. Wheat dull but steady re8 i d i n g in Paris, 
and been referred to a Committee. The general frost, and on the three following mornings, and 7 { tbe different nations concerned The -San Fraiieisco is 
impression was that itwould pass both Houses and was extensive. On the 26th, the fruit of peach ingenious n interested Brokers’ Circular says that com had advanced l@2g on the mRussian America, asNew Orleans is with the sam 
l-"-» ,7“ ■»-> 5re.B wi5s destroyed in ,omc „. rte of Ohio, and COV “dSlered ,.a B.oondoU ...ipric. ^“iL i aW„hi„, to hT.„llo„ 
bill making appropriations for the Legislative, an open rupture . A war of words has already en- remdn^fat Lucknow restor- j 3 tbe proposition to repeal? the laws forbidding 
Executive, and Judicial expenses of the Govern- gued be tween the diplomats of each nation — what . iet and organizing the garrison. Fugitives 
ment the result is to be time will demonstrate. As this f rom Oude to the eastward were threatening Go- — Astronomers are on comet 
A message from tho President of the United ^ por ti 0 n of the world has been almost un- ruchpore, and a regiment had been sent there. pected comets, ye, 
States was received accompanied by four immense known> acd ] ia8 80 suddenly attained notoriety, we ^ unX^Nena ° _ A ’quarterly meeting of the New York State 
bundles of MSS., relating to Indian affairs in Wash g[ v e the following, that our readers may under- g ab ih - B brother were in strong force in Bundelcund. Temperance Society will be held at Auburn on the 
ington and Oregon Territories, which were piled gtand the “bone of contention.” Commissioner Yeh was at Calcutta and would be 19 th inst 
up in the center aisle. The Isle of Perim is an untenanted rock at the kept under surveillance until further orders. — Mr. Urey, of Princeton, Ky., has manumitted 
---- . . .... c G „ it i 8 five miles lone and Wr Hugh Iio98 ’ movements had caused a great 2 5 0 f his negroes, for the purpose of sending them 
Weather of the Last Half of April, and ok entraace of tha Red ^Lil Ls be^n in the esti panic among tbe rebals , in ^ dislrlCte 8 to Liberia. 
„_ W. 1 , 0,1 o „!•«««„* Rolf mnnfh lts onl Y importance hitherto has been in the esti aud in the territory of the Rajah of Banpoor, and f . . charged to see the 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., MAY 8, 1868. 
Nows of the Week. month is nearly equal to that for 21 years. 
- The rain has amounted to near three inches, or 
According to despatches and letters received by has exceeded the average for this month. On the 
become a law; perhaps with several amendments trees was destroyed in some parts of Ohio, and cot- 
Provisions. —Pork heavy at 70s. Bacon dull and prices 
for the better understanding of its provisions, in- ton killed in Alabama, but peach blossoms had not p ^feasibility of a canal across the Isthmus weak. Lard at 64s@55h. Beef quiet and quotations p ^ 8 ° had produ ced a rabid gold fever 
4l»ft Tvfftrilnrvn 4 a ft n n A n*<wl Iwira tViA nnriftnt. ooftrAAiv filinwiTic' itfl luo aaa*^**^*^* j ..... hflrfllv maintained. . _ x 
article from Boston. 
— Reports of mines in Washington Territory ami 
„ 1 ,_ 1 _o ^oV>lrl nr„ld fever 
eluding that for a coal depot, the privilege to appeared here, and the apricot scarcely showing its J ^ b as faUen back upon a railroad, which is 
occupy which, it was thought, should be limited to flowers. April 21st, last year, the suspension bridge oi dul/., u» Derim as a land- 
U ,e expiration U,e Treat,, w„c„ the privilege a„Se Lew Fall, fell tro m tbe weigh, o ( .now .,,6 
could be renewed. rain upon it, winch equaled the ram of a I this ^ ’ fte b purdj individual 
A passenger on the Moses Taylor says the John month just passed, and was only half of that of ^ necessary for her own interest, and of no con- 
L. Stephens, on her down trip, put into Manzanill, April in 1857. ..... eern to other European powers. France, on the 
where she took on board Juarez, the fugitive Presi- The cold of the last week of April gave a very nrafPRsedlv convinced of the prac- 
barely maintained. 
Arrival of the Moses Taylor. 
in those localities. 
— The Irasburg (Vt) Standard boasts of employ¬ 
ing a man whose wife is second cousin to thepres- 
Markets quiet. 
where she took on board Juarez, me fugitive uresi- ine com o - -yi ’ 111 otber hand, is professedly convinced of the prac- equinoctial raged with greatfury for 14 days _There is now a sleeping car, in connection, 
dent of Mexico, together with his Cabinet On salutary check to the progiess of vegetation, caus- .j. pf the guez cana ] ( w hich will shorten un- a ] ong the coast as far as Puget’s Sound, the wind from A i ba ny to Cleveland, and will be very soon 
arrival at Aspinwall, the whole party took passage ing the roots of wheat to become stronger, and the inte ^ nav i ga tion between Europe and India blowing a gale. Freshets had been heavy, especi- tbr ough to Chicago. 
for New Orleans, intending to proceed thence to buds of fruit trees to hold faster to the inclosed 
Yera Cruz, which, at last accounts, 12th inst, held flowers and leaves. How benevolently does Infinite 
out still for the Juarez government Wisdom rule the seasons of the year. have been maintain^' art 
TnE U. S. frigate Merrimac arrived at Panama Navigation on the canal was to be opened on the - eg p er j m . Thus the parties are arrayed. tively scarce, while in others, espec 
from Callao, April 19th. A letter in the Daily 28th, but at the very end of the month the water is it will at once be seen that the question has Qon- and coal, there has been a marked 
Times says Castilla’s loss at the storming of Are- two or three feet below its proper level so con- eg of great magnitude. The occupation of , Minin « “ att S?J 
quipa was 1,300 killed, and Yivanca’s 500. The stantly has it been poure a ong into the lower . g a magter stroke of policy. It prevents crease of fifty per cent, over those i 
former had 2,000 wounded, who were dying in great level at the east ol i s ci y. c. d. Turkey from allowing France, for the present, to Oregon dates are to the 27th i 
numbers, and his dead would reach 2,000. Castil- Rochester, Hay 1,1858^^ commence the Suez canal, and it is intended to wing of the Democratic party, had 
la’s whole force amounted to 4 500 Vivanco’s TnE TkaI)K ]N Belgium. — It is almost give the practical sovereignty of the Red Sea to also^unanimous 
regular troops amounted to 1,()00, besides winch he j ncre( jii)le to what a degree of importance this England, in case the canal is ever built. lutions sustaining Buchanan’s admi 
had a great number of citizens enrolled. branch of trade has attained in Flanders within the-^-, other wing of the party would hoi 
The Leavenworth correspondent orth. Eepnb- lMtsU or scvc „ yc „ B . There nre lifty tbonsand T*» M °T”XTS, ™ %ate. tom the Sandwich Island* 
Lean says the Peace Commissioners, M’Culloch 8kinne d carcasses of these animals exported weekly 480,000 members of their church scattered over tne Qf March Nothing important, 
and Powell, left for Utah on the 25th, with an to England —more than two and a half millions world. They have 95 missionaries in Europe, and Valparaiso dates to 18th March, 
escort The movement to occupy the Platte Dis- annaa lly—where they find a reudy market as arti- an equal number in Africa, Asia, and the 1 acific p anama . A sanguinary battle occi 
trict awaits the arrival of Gen. Smith. There are cleg of foodj while it is difficult to sell them in islands. They have one newspaper in Salt Lake pao “ the 7th, between the govern 
now at the fort ready for service 1,500 cavalry Flander8 at twenty-five cents apiece. The prepa- City, issuing 4,000 copies weekly; one in Liverpool defeated an, 
uua«oi iruu irera iu ui»u imwi iu ui C iuw«wu ,. an nlied to the Porte for a fir- any in me mining regiouD. .. . —Eight hundred and forty dissatisfied Mormons 
flowers and leaves. How benevolently does Infinite ‘ ,0(< ^ . T1 . . t • There has been another want of animation in _ me n women and children—recently left Salt Lake 
Wisdom rule the seasons of the Year nian a 'R b ° ni, - in g the enterprise. Plus perm t is trade gince the last ma0f and previous quotations c “ e fo > r California . 
Navigation on the canal was to be onened on the refused ostensibly on ground that England have been-Massachusetts has 1,509 miles of railroads, 
refused ostensibly on the ground that England b ave been maintained only in articles compara- 
occupies Perim. Thus the parties are arrayed. tively scarce, while iu others, especially breadstutl's 
It will at once be seen that the question has con- and coal, there has been a marked decline. 
which cost $53,940,101. They would probably now 
sell for about $30,000,000. 
— Another shock of an earthquake was experi¬ 
enced in San Francisco on the 2d of April. There 
Rochester, May l, 1808 . commence the Suez canal, and it is intended to wing of the Democratic party, had nominated La- _ A company of 90 Mormons—most of them 
( ;„ai nf the Red Rea to fayette Grover for Congress, and John Whiteaker f rom Denmark, Sweden, and Norway—arrived in 
Tiie Rabbit Trade.in Belgium. — It is almost give the practical sovereignty of for Governor, and also unanimously adopted reso- New York on Sunday week. 
incredible to what a degree of importance this England, in case the canal is ever bull . lutions sustaining Buchanan’s administration. The The number of fires in Cincinnati during the 
branch of trade has attained in Flanders within the . other wing of the party would hold a Convention pa8 j year w ere 74, with a total loss of $369,782, of 
last six or seven years. There are fifty thousand The MoRMONS.-The Mormons claim to have April lat Sandwic h Islands are to the 13th whkb $ 219 > 040 was in8U1 ; ed ’ t f 
skinned carcasses of these animals exported weekly 480,000 members of their cliurc i sea ere ov r i Qf M arc h. Nothing important —The American Baptist sayB the aggregate o 
♦n Kncrinnd _ more than two and a half millions world. They have 95 missionaries in Europe, and yalnaraiso dates to 18th March, are received at conversions reported in Baptist churches alone 
Dates from the Sandwich Islands are 
are received at 
an equal number in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific p anama . A sanguinary battle occurred at Arequi- during March, is over 17,000. 
trict awaits the arrival of Gen. Smith. There are nf fond while it is difficult to sell them in islands. They have one newspaper in Salt Lake pa on the 7th, between the government forces un- -The citizens of St Cloud, Minnesota, have 
now at the fort ready for service 1 500 cavalry , J food while it is difficult to sell them in J ong Li j d er Castillo, and the revolutionists headed by Vi- bought a new press for Mrs. Swisshelm to re place 
now at the lort reaay lor service 1,500 cavalry F i ande rs at twenty-five cents apiece. The prepa- City, issuing 4,uuu coi iet f ’ * , vanco. The latter was defeated and had escaped to the one destroyed by the mob, 
horses, and 3,500 mules. Messrs. Russell, Magory rat i on and coloring of the skins gives employment issuing 22,000 weekly; one n bwansea, bouth Boliyia> Arequ i pa was stormed by Castillo. The _ Mr and Mrs. Elijah New 
_i-- j:-° - . > in flip. Danish lancuaire. . .... . .. j .Y U_._*_nr „„„ . . . . _ J ■ _ 
and Waddells, contractors, have dispatched in all 
312 army supply wagons and 560 more are now 
being got in readiness. 
The President has received authentic informa¬ 
tion, that a large body of Indians, of various hostile 
tribes, are collected on the head waters of the Red 
river. They are well armed, and say it is the inten- 
ration and coloring of the Bkins gives employment, issuing 2-,000 weeKiy; on Bolivia. Arequipa was stormed by Castillo. The _ Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Newton, of Ledyard, Ct, 
in Ghent alone, to more than two thousand work- Wales 5 one in Copenhagen, in the Danish language, battle is said to have been terrific. Of one battal- ce i e hrated the 70 anniversary of their wedding 
™pt, nnH sinpp tho business snrnm? un a few vears one in Austria; one in India; one in Switzerland, ii on of 600 men who defended the barricades, all da y on the 27th of March last 
men, and, since the business sprung up a few years Jan The B ook of Mormon” were killed but 40. The steamers Apurimac, Aranco committee of citizens of B t Louis has been 
ago, the export of these skins to America, I- ranee, translated and published in the Welch, and Lambayequa, were captured and had been sent cbarged wit h providing for the erection of a inon- 
and Russia, has been very considerable. 1188 Deen uansiaieu auu p t* eoii«n Thp loss n* hot.b sifip.s at, the stormmir K ~ .. .. 
- auu __ 18 .en transiaiea ana P uuu.uv« - .... .. —, tQ CallaQ> ^ logg oQ b6th gideg at the 8t orming ^Iw “ity. 
tion, that a large body of Indians, of various hostile__ Danish, French, German and Italian languages. of Arequipa, was over 2,000 killed, and the city was . , „ nnhlished at Milford, 
tribes, are collected on the head waters of the Red p UHcnASK 0 f Stock for Utail-A correspon- ~ b | lad S^JS’in^BoUvla and aSmptThToveT- DeL comes^ut in a'long editorial article for the 
river. They are well armed, and say it is the inten- dent of tbe Rt. Louis Republican, writing from Cotton From Africa.— It is rather an important warnm.«««xne over- Qf 8lavei7 in that State . 
tion of the Great Chief of the West, Brigham Leavenworth, Kansas, April 12th, says:—“The pur- fact that the steamer Hope, from Lagos, has taken Dr Oakford, U. S. Consul at Tumber, died at — The American word caucus is introduced into 
YouDg, to exterminate the white settlers on the chase of animals for the Utah expedition continues twenty-two bales of cotton to England. This cot- p a ita on the 19th of March. English politics. The London Star speaks ol a 
frontiers. A regiment of government troops from to be briskly carried on. There are in the vicinity ton is the result of experiments made by Mr. Clegg,-causus of Lord J’almerston s fnen s. 
Texas, is now on the way to that point, it having of the Fort, some three thousand mules, of which of Manchester. Having tested the capacity of Wealth of the United States.-TIic aggregate “ aVaHnlhS^m d! of families 
been ordered there sometime since in anticipation some two hundred and fifty are from Tennessee, Africa to produce the article, he resolved to see wealth of the United States amounts to $12,000,. 8 ^ k aie a “d ovvner^amounts to 127,000. 
of this movement. five hundred from Pennsylvania, and the remainder how far it was possible to teach the natives how to 000,000, and the population is about 24,000,000 souls. _ ^ , g announced that $700i ooO in gold has been 
—- from Missouri. The price has not yet been perma- grow it profitably. For this purpose he conveyed The wealth, divided by the poplation, gives $500 to senttoS t.Loui8 bytheGoverDmentto paytheex- 
Miss C. G. Scott’s Music School has been moved nently fixed, but it ranges at $175 per animal.— to England several negroes, and, when taught how each person, young and old; and counting five penses of organizing the Utah expedition, 
from Elmira to Rushville. See advertisement of The buying price for horses averages $125. The to prepare the vegetable wool for market, he sent persons to each family, it would give the handsome —The Herald, published in Texas, ® 
the Institution, which proffers a thorough course supply is large, and large numbers of each are con- them home with needful seed and aparatus. The little fortune of $2,500 to eveiy family in the Re- young ladies thereabouts are ma ing g 
of Musical Instruction. tinually coming Ul» preaenlimportation is the conaequencc. pablic, not excluding the alavea. go. on the grape tab ng them for boopa 
_The American word caucus is introduced into 
English politics. The London Star speaks of a 
causus of Lord -Palmerston's friends. 
