MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
MAY 15. 
Contents of the Kural for May 15, 1858. 
weather, and the greater number of animals at¬ 
tached to each train perished. They met immense 
herds of Buffalo within a day’s ride of the settle- 
AGRICULTURAI* Pack. 
Government shonW Aid Agriculture.. 157 herds of Buflal ° within a day s ride of the settle- 
Poetage upon Seed*, Grafts, Ac,.157 ments Of Kansas. 
The r armer should Think as well as Work,. 157 - 
Experimenting with New Things,.157 On the 27t nit, at noon, the mercury stood at 
Bariey-SoitModesof c uiture, Ac, . . 157 74° in New Orleans, and on the day following it 
Essay on the Potato Rot; Its Cause, and Prevention,. 157,168 fel1 to 47 degrees. A Similar Sudden Change WSS 
§W frag w jilts. She §(0100 WonAtwx. 
Synopsis of Proceedings. Tub shipments of treasure from California dur- _ 
-- ing the first quarter of 1858 amounted to $11,497,- 1857. 
Senate. The President sent in a communica- 594, which is an increase over the same period of —■ 
ion from the Secretary of State, inclosing the 1857 of $1,233,558. Of the eleven millions, $8,392,- Illino 
— It is said that there were 21 rainy days in May, 
tion from the Secretary of State, inclosing the 
Driving Bees, . 158 experienced last year on the 23d of April, when j corr ® s P ondence °n Lhe outrage on the American 000 came to New York. 
Experiment*, . 158 The temperature of March and April, during the 80me da Y s since, to strike out the clause authoriz- pects to demonstrate the possibility of navigating broken, is now repaired. 
iritaand Answtra. Hungariaa Gnus Seed Pea-Nut*- past two or three years, has been lower in March ing the President to employ force, was voted on the air with balloons with as much certainty as —The staid Bostonians 
,a!l we Grow ftm Bleeding Cattle k. the Spring. The and April than in Febraary , in that ]atitu(3e . There and carried-31 against 19. ghipg navi ate the ocean . naming a Ship Lola Montez. 
" A Barley Crop."—No. ii.158 ice was formed. The young cotton was killed 
this severe weather > in tbe vicininty 0 f Neworiea 
How to Head Blackbird*, Crows, Ac.. 158 and Alabama; the frost was never more serious. 
Potato Experiments,. 158 The temperature of March and April, during tl 
Inquiries and Answ/rs .—Hungariaa Grass Seed Pea-Nuts— past two Or three years, ha8 been lower in Mart 
Blccdin>;Cattle,nthegpri,,g - ne m and April than in February, in that latitude. The 
Rural MirreUany.— The Wheat Crop. \Vbat About Wool ? is Still time to re-plant and insure good Crops, 
Fall Seeding to Timothy. Death of Hon. Arciiibaid McIntyre. circumstances hereafter favor the steady grow 
Agricultural Colleges. N. Y. State Ag. College. Maryland State of Ihe plants. 
Ag. College,. 158 _ 
the ORCHARD and garden. Nearly every plantation below Memphis is su 
Trees and Shrubs in Flower,.159 merged; both banks of the Arkansas under wate 
Tbe'twn!™ 1 '**’.Iso There is a break in the levee twenty miles aboi 
The Magnolia! |2 iUustratiormJ ...169 Memphis on the Arkansas side. 
Can Pears be Grown Profitably. 15;) -- 
JS hostage on the Kurai New-Yorker. 
The young cotton was killed by mi8810 “ ary family at Jaffa. I abled to be printed. p R0F . WlSE , the balloonist, has been engaged by 
— Eggs sell at three cents a dozen in Mt Carroll, 
Illinois. 
— The London Times has sent a reporter to Utah, 
Mr. Rutherford. 
^ , r , r . ... . , r mo. rsjs., me uauoonist, nas oeen engaged dv t , , . 
this severe weather, in the vicininty of New Orleans Mr-Mason’s resolution in regard to Paraguay was the Smithsonian Institute at Washington to make caughUn the PoSmac D ° W ° g 
- ■' - ■ • taken up, and Mr. Collamer’s amendment, offered ------ 6 uwnuramiu,. 
a series of ballooning experiments. Mr. Wise ex- —Lock No. 7 on the Welland Canal, which was 
have actually been 
is still time to re-plant and insure good crops, if Tbe biB introduced by Mr. Harlan, permitting, T is a curious fart ennrumtd liat «f — mey uuve nvesieamnre ei 
circumstances hereafter favor the steady growth certain Hungarian settlers in Iowa to pre-empt their I mem b er s of Congress in “Nile’s Perricter’> f tbe fire deparfment of St. Louis. 
homesteads, was nassfid. I mem Ders oi congress in IN lie s Register” for 1825. —Within tbe last 
— They have five steam fire engines attached to 
Nearly every plantation below Memphis is sub- Mr. J. explained its scope, saying that it saves a 
merged; both banks of the Arkansas under water, million of dollars annually, besides imposing a 
homesteads, was passed. " 8x ", gUTOr Ior ^ -Within the last seven years, 40,000 persons 
Mr. Johnson’s, of Tenn., printing bill was read and The lia t contains the full names of every member have died in Brazil of yellow fever. 
Mr. J. explained its scope, saying that it saves a ° f tbe House of B «peresentatives but one. There —The California papers publish births and the 
million Of dollars nnn.miiv h.uTdou imrmuDw, « waB a new member from Tennessee, whose Christian weight of the baby when first born. 
There is a break in the levee twenty miles above check upon extravagance and plunder. A desul- 
Memphis on the Arkansas side. tory conversation ensued, resulting in two verbal 
Postage on the Bural New-Yorker. 
Raising Melons and Cucumbers... 159 
Keeping of Seeds—Mixing of Varieties,.... 159 8 t. Bacl, M. T., April 20, 1858. 
Tbe Fruit Bug. 159 Mr. Moore: — It is generally understood that 
domestic economy. editors know everything. Two years ago I went 
A Word to the Ladies. Potato Yeast Temperance Beer Cool- from Batavia to your place On purpose to See hOW 
jog Rooms. Cream Nectar, a Correction,. 159 a real, live editor looked. But there is one thing 7 
ladies’ port-folio. don't know, nor where to look for a reference, and 
The Wine of Life, [Poetical J Chivalry. Education. Little Char- that is, what is the legal rate of postage on the RURAL 
amendments to section 8, and by the insertion, on ^ C gentleman, oi wnose 
! motion of Mr. Iverson, of Ga., in section 10, that was so much question in 1825, was 
the binder must be a practical man. Passed. ed 1 re8ldent of tbe United States. 
The joint resolution, of which Mr. Seward was the A M0NSTEK nu Sget of gold, weighing 14G pc 
name could not be found out by the compiler; and — There are now $36,000,000 of specie heaped 
so he put him down thus:-Polk. Twenty years n P * n tbe vault s of the N. Y. banks. 
afterwards this obscure gentleman, of whose iden- — At Dubnque, Iowa, the Julien Theatre is used 
tity there was so much question in 1825, was elect- 33 * “ e8ting hou8e for da,, Y prayer, 
ed President of the United Stales. Ia5VErie 'toUvelpS!'ttj.'SS?" '° ““ fr0m 
A monster nugget of gold, weighing 146 pounds, — The number of dwelling houses in Boston is 
Sr. Paul, M. T., April 20 , 1858. The joint resolution, of which Mr. Seward was the A monster nugget of gold, weighing 146 pounds, —The number of dwelling houses in 
Mr. Moore: It is generally understood that author, giving three years full pay to her deceased and valued at $34,860, has been found Kingower, 25,584, of an average value of $4,562. 
from Batavia to your placeon purpose to see how ^ UeTiaion • amount - Robert and ' Jai° Ambrose’In^SaLd’Tnd cTaTlet ^ LaSsterCo^aVthe agcoMOS. 1111 '’ 
ing to $7,900, was passed. 
died late- 
don't know, nor where to look for a reference, and The West Point Academy appropriation bill was ! -^ a P* er> H i® two feet four inches in length, by ten ^ be postage charged in Russia on a single 
>c Wine of Life, [Poetical J Chivalry. Education. Little Char- that i®> what is the legal rate of postage on the RURAL passed 
ley. Home Education. A Parent’s Loss. Fashionable Life,.. 160 New-YoRKER? I am paying fifty-two cents a year 
CHOICE MISCELLANY. 
Ice Bound Hearts, [Poetical J Human Nature. Note from Mrs. 
Churndasher. The Place for Schoolma'ms. No Man can Bor¬ 
row Himself out of Debt. 160 
SABBATH MUSINGS. 
Tbe Christian'a Hope and Consolation, [Poetical.] Faith. 'Die 
Baptism of Fire. Sectarianism. The Heart,. 160 
THE TRAVELER 
Western Wanderings—No. 1. The Western Territoriea Life at 
Madrid,. Igj 
USEFUL OLIO. 
Robert Burns, The Scottish Bard, [3 Illustrations! Family 
— thirteen cents per quarter. It seems to me that House. Mr. Chngman, of N. C., from the Com- 
it is too much; but I don’t know. Iamanativeof niittee on Foreign Affairs, reported a preamble; 
Vermont, and have been in the West 23 years. Be- that 
T any r< ? UCti oc ° f p08tage ’ a “ d When Whereas, The treaty between the United States 
inches in width at its widest point, and eight inch- news P a P e y from the U. 8., is 45 cents. 
ST*-™"* “ d f0 ” r ,nChe9 tll,cl!attbc I»m.n«?He’b;L“lfetA^oUUoi 
other. 'I he tacky oners arc two pa,re of brothers, _ The of Ne „ York, a. 
one pair being English and the other Boston boys, little more than half their usual busin 
The introduction of cotton manufactures into — 11 already rumored that Queen 
b [Poetical] Faith. The JjJ®]? ^Tribunewas but 7 \ cents the r ° Stage ° n and Hreat Britain, called the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, the Texas State Penitentiary has proved very satis- 
ie Heart,. 160 ^ 0 ^• ^ 11Dan . e was nut oenis. IS, under the interpretation placed upon it by Great factorv The mills turn nut f rn m * i 
SLER 1 sead / ou th] . 8 1°* ni Y « wn bene 5 and at j 5ritain a surrender of the rights of this country, f t , , f ° m te “ t0 twelve 
rftnnPRt, nt mv TiPiorlilinrH tflUinrr oi . . Innnsflml vnrfla rwir 
— The Jews of Philadelphia have established a 
permanent Hebrew Relief Association. 
— The merchants of New York, are doing hut 
little more than half their usual business. 
— It is already rumored that Queen Victoria will 
soon be a grandmother. Her age is only 39. 
— The political fermentation augments in Aus¬ 
trian Italy, particularly in Venice and Milan. 
request of my neighbors taking the Rural. and on ’ the American construction an entangling thou8and Y ard8 V™ week. P a ™cuiariy in Venice and Milan. 
Heman R. Gibbs. alliance without mutuality of benefit or restriction, Michigan is great on fish. Her fisheries extend P ounterfeit five dollar gold pieces are in cir- 
Answeb.— We don t profess to know quite every- and has been productive only of misunderstanding from Lake Erie to Sunrrinr tmri CDla Pon—appearance good, but of light weight 
thing, hut we do know that every subscriber in and controversy,—therefore, f . 1 mmense quanti- — Col. Fremont, who left New York not long ago 
nation—appearance good, but of light weight 
— CoL Fremont, who left New York not long ago 
THE young ruralist. 
Tbe Seasons. Growing Plums. Sweet Com from Indiana. Curious, 161 
THE SKETCH BOOK. 
Bads, [Poetical] A Farewell, [Poetical.] Through my Neighbor’s 
Windows. Wanted. With-Holding Com; A Short Story for 
the Times,. 1 164 
wc jou ssutY turn, every suosunuer ill wuuumoj, — tuwvi viv, ,• » w , ■, r , . . wv.. nuvtaiiaciY r uis nut long ago 
101 Minnesota, or any other State or Territory, who Resolved, That the President he requested to take „ 4 , 18 ’ ac onaw rou and herring, for California, intends to make his residence there. 
, , .. _u..,..,...,., are captured everv season. A late nnmhar nf tRo t. s. ^ . . _ 
List of New Advertisements this Week 
Suc'knifwk k half cenls a quarter ’ or 2ti cents a y® ar > 5f P aid 
West’s Galvanic Cement— n. f. Graves. quarterly in advance. 
Fw'sa ], 1 . 1 ('• tw-an^ Htlroki m 1 \vhite. —We are surprised that the P. M. of such a 
Horse Fair at Wmerloo gpEciAj N0TICBS . 8mart town as St Paul should make such an egregi- 
Tricks of Trade”—An Exhibitor. ous blunder. A reference to the law will give him 
Horse * air—Maple Grove Association. light, and onr subscribers relief. If any of our 
The Rural is put to press Tuesday noon, and hence adver- subscribers in other parts of the Union are paying 
ie ments should reach us on Monday to secure insertion. aiai a i i J o 
who has paid 52 cents a year as postage on the sach 8te I ,s as ma Y be in his judgment best calculat- arC . ca P tared e J er Y season. A late number of the _ j t i 8 claimed that the population of Cleveland, 
Rural has been charged at least double the legal ° d t0 GffeCt the speedy abrogalIon of 8aid treat Y- J® 1 Advertlser estimates that the annual catch Ohio, lias increased from 17,000 in 1850, to 60,000. 
rnrougnmyiveighbor’. rate. The legal rate of postage on the Rural to Tb e House voted on the various amendments to ^^ u P°" Lake Erie Huron, Michigan and Su- - A Boston phrenologist is said to have made 
Wonted. With-Holding Com; a short story for any part of tll j s g tate [ excen t Monroe Co ) where the I>e K 18la tive, Executive and Judiciary appropri- penor, and the rivers and bays tributary, is between upwards of 40,000 examinations in the past twelve 
. 164 it goes free) is three and one fourth cents per quarter, a «on hill, and it was finally passed. 80,000 and 100,000 barrels. yCarS _ f „ .. ^ . 
if paid in advance at the post-office where received; Q 0n motlon of **. Morgan, of New York, all the A larger ship than the leviathan is already i3 TaSate?t 0 r amount?o 5 n non 
and to any other State or Territory only six and a Se “ a te bills of a private nature on the Speaker’s talked of in England. It is intended that this new horsl t0 32 ’° 00 ’ WUh 50 ' 00 ° 
half cenls a quarter, or 26 cents a year, if paid ? We ™ referred to appropriate Committees, and monster shall carry 8,000 tuns more than the Levi- _ It is stated as a f t * there arp , „ no 
quarterly in advance. lt . wa8 fart her resolved that on Friday all hills not athan, is to run faster and draw less water. plications for a single lieutenancy in the army now 
-We are surprised that the P. M. of such a J bj ® 0te J. t0 ’ Bha11 be re P orted to the House and The Hon. Samuel Dixon, a member of the last vacanf - 
smart town as St Paul should make such an egregi- 1Ua y dl8 P 08ed of - Congress from Albany District, died on the 3d inst "7 Gov ’ w illard has tendered to the President a 
ous blunder. A reference to the law will give him Gn “° tl0n of Mr - ( ' oode > of Va -. the 24th and His death was the result of spinal injuries received ° f Indiana volunt eers for the Utah 
light, and our subscribers relief. If any of our p f Ma Y w8 re set apart for the consideration of by missing his chair and falling when abont to sit Ari«tn™«* i r , . 
Bubscribera in other p.r B of the Union nro pajin j "‘^IfofTKeZTNew York tbeH <iown »*Kington. t nk7ng'le“f 
more than the rates we have specified, they are un- . . , y ’ Yoik, the House It is currently reported that the Money Kings of training. 
justly taxed, and should at once have the matter ; s C i ' P rovi mg where proof Europe, the Rothschilds, have been for the Iasttwo —The scarlet fever has been raging at Little 
corrected. is established, but the land warrant for military or three months realizi cautious]y hut contin Falls of late to a fearful extent, ffiostly among the 
--__ service not issued until after the death of the ua ]i v jnanv *r ... , y ’ c0 “ , children. 
Washington Matters. claimant, the title shall vest in the widow; and if r ondon and Paris s c iri 108 ie 3 e > oth in —The Canadians are projecting the establishing 
A larger ship than the Leviathan is alreadv • — T lie , number vehicles of all kinds in Paris 
Iked of in England. It i. intended that thi, new to amount to 32,000, with 50,000 
onater Bhan c.ny 0,000 ton. more than the Levi- It , s 8tated m , fact , hlt theic arc J m 
nan, is to run faster and draw less water. plications for a single lieutenancy in the army, now 
The Hon. Samuel Dixon, a member of the last vaca n f » 
ingress from Albany District, died on the 3d inst — Gov ’ Willard has tendered to the President a 
Washington Matters. claimant, tae title shall vest in the widow; and if 
he leaves no widow, then in the heir of the war- 
i The American Medical Association met at the rantee; and that all such warrants shall be treated 
Smithsonian Institution on the P. M. of the 4th as personal chattels. 
inst, and organized by calling Dr. Lindsley to the The House proceeded to the business on the 
Chair. Nearly every State in the Union was rep- Speaker’s table, and agreed to the Senate’s amend- 
resented. The delegations were large, and includ- ment, to the Military Academy bill, 
ed one from California and one from Paris. They also passed the Senate joint resolution, ex- 
According to the report of the Commissioners 4end,n £> to January next the tir.jfc for the President 
of Pensions, the pension bill of Mr. Savage, as it is 40 examine the records of the Naval Courts of 
now shaped, will call for about $11,000,000, and it inf l uir Y- 
or three months realizing cautiously, hut contin¬ 
ually, many of the securities they held, both in 
London and Paris. 
children. 
— The Canadians are projecting the establishing 
of an astronomical observatory for the British 
The Emperor of Austria has presented to Lieut. Provinces. 
Maury the great gold medal for the arts and scien- . — The Bank of London contains at the present 
ces, in acknowledgment of the value of Lieut, -.’i 116 over y D,000,000 in specie; the Bank of France 
Maury’s services as an American navy officer, to- b ' 5 ’ 000 ' (,0 °’ . vt , , 
wards thp idvnnppmPTYt • — A Eew convert in New York has returned 
wards the advancement of science and the im- $1,500 to the United States Treasury, which he got 
provement of navigation. unlawfully. b 
—It is rumored that Queen Victoria intends to 
Movement of U. S. iRoors for Utah. — Maj. fiay a v * sit t0 Prussia during the ensuing summer 
Gen. Smith lias issued elaborate orders relating to ° r aU l R m °‘, 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., MAY 15, 1858. ed one from California and one from Paris. They also passed the Senate joint resolution, ex- P rovement of navigation. | unlawfully. 
~ ■ — According to the report of the Commissioners tending to January next the tir.fc for the President ' — It is rumored that Queen Victoria intends to 
Latest Intelligence, Foreign and Domestic, of Pensions, the pension bill of Mr. Savage, as it is to exa mine the records of the Naval Courts of Movement of U. S. Tkoots for Utah. — Maj. t0 1 rUS8m dunn B the ensuing summer 
: , WLM now shaped, will call for about $ 11 , 000 , 000 , and it in <l u iry- Gen. Smith has issued elaborate orders relating to _ T Lp froateof the 9nh an A ovfR n 
number for ^J cl08i ° gthis * 8 thought the anticipated pensions will swell this Th e House also passed the Senate resolution 4he movement of the trains and troops of the Utah 8ever e sJufh CwolinJ* to^ destroy ke^oung 
TT.. ‘ 1 •. 1 telegraphic dispatch from amount to nearly $ 20 , 000 , 000 . authorizing the President to^iake suitable ac- forces - The trains are to be divided into divisions cotton plants. J g 
oprnrreri^v V? < ' ar [ ul a “ d fatal colll810n Advicks are received at the War Department knowledgements to the British Naval authorities of 22G wagons each, and the troops will be organi- —St Paul, Minnesota, is well supplied with hank- 
f , . ’ ’ e ” ia Bailroad , a few miles f r0 m the sloop-of-war Dale, which was at St Paul Ja m a ica, for the relief of the Susquehanna's zed into c °h ,mn8 constituting the escort by a ing houses. The Times chronicles the opening of 
west of that city this (Tuesday) morning. The de Loando ou the 11th of February She had been officers and crew. division. The general supply train, and the first the thirteenth. 
^Jr 1 e Clty t l A ‘ M -’ Came t0 Benzuela, where she had forced the Portuguese T he House passed the following Senate bills: Coh * m under command of Lieut - Col. Andrews, “ Jf- Gha8 ’ Carman, a revolutionary soldier in 
ite paSsave Sevemrn2 fi or;L W ? °^ struc ^ d authorities to release ten Americans held in prison engineering the Saginaw land district; for a r already organized, and ordered to march. on the i 9t h ult ag e - died in Bedford Co., Tenm, 
are reported killed, and a large numbed serioSv ° D f,dvo T lous C ^ arges ' 0ne of them > a seaman > reliefof the Hungarian settlers on lands in Iowa, ^ h ® “ c ® nd ‘ 30lumn ’ Lie ®V Col. Monroe, - The U. S. Mail Lettings were declared at Wash- 
iniured W H Pfrftv« r 8 seriously named j erenna b Donovan, of the New Bedford heretofore reserved from sale, and authorizing the C0m P 08i ng the escort of the 1st division of sup- ington on Monday week. There were fifty-seven 
of HneWer tf n a prominent citizen 6hip Ocean, had been incarcerated ten months.— Secretary to sell the old Custom House and site at 1)lies > wiU march from Leavenworth the 15th inst thousand bids! 
tho firm rtf o! Y T, 7 ^ easurer> aad of The authorities at first refused to deliver up the Bath > Me - The 3(1 column > tinder Col. May, will march on the — Th e Pittsburg Despatch estimates the lumber 
prisoater^ but^threat froan ttao commander of tLo . «*.<***' Col Marvta, oa the 25th ; th, 
Express train which left this city at 2 A. M., came 
in collision with a freight train which obstructed 
its passage. Several persons (from five to eight) 
the firm of Smith, Perkins & Co.,) is reported to he 
that he will not probably survive an hour. No par¬ 
ticulars of the accident have been received. 
The steamship Vanderbilt, bringing laondon 
’ ‘ Evans, U. S. Senator from South Carolina, died very column under Col Fmm-p nn in! af 
The estimates of the three volunteer regiments suddenly at Washington on the night of the 6th ti ' 1 y ’ 
for eighteen months, is said to amount to $4,500,.- inst. The Tribune gives the following account-- p f [° T the present con8titate ^ 
000. They will positively not be called into service ,‘He had returned from dinimr with Pav ir om B ngade of Utah forces, under command off 
column, under Col. Emory, on the <th of June. greaamd Tooo°°ui!s“ anTpeuK tefo™ 0 ! 0 !,”' 
These columns for the present constitute the 1st standing committees. 
Brigade of Utah forces, under command of Gen. — In Princeton College, the revival has been 
of the following intelligence from the files brought of tbe Secretar Y of War - 
by her. * 
In the Commons, Gen. Peel stated in reply to a T T ' 1E T, K ^ , ’^ ANCK 
question, that the cost of the Indian war would be i° Shua R Glddia S 8 -. w ho 
defrayed by the East India Company. Congress to make intell 
000. iney will positively not be called into service <‘He had returned from dinimr with Gov m ' Jluu Iorces . unaer command of Gen. — 1 nnceion uouege, me revival has been 
dates to the 28th‘ult., arrived in New”York’on the until the appropriations are made. Lieut. General mond in perfect health, smoked a cigar and‘ re’ Ha ™f y ' Each . coluran is to be 8n PP lied with four ^ofLso^of’rSSn 8tudent9 ’ 102 have become 
10th inst, and the telegraph puts us in possession Scott has arrived here in pursuance of the orders tired at 10. At loj o’clock he came out of his T. ® V rovis ™ n ’ ^ lch a 'e to be replenished _ The am0 unt of Lamartine’s dehts is severs! 
of the following intelligence from the files hrnmrVit. of the Secretary of W ar. chamber, called his servant and sent for Mr Me- ’ n passing 01 s Kearney and Laramie. times greater than was first reported. It will not 
T T--~ ^ * Queen, who, with Mr. Boyce, lodged at the same T co ^ pa ™ s ? f the 5th Infantr Y left Lo^en- fall short of $3,750,000. 
t l K £™ ANCK ? AKAC ^ er °, F Congress.- house . Mr . McQueen ca £ e / and ? ound Mr . Ev “ g 0E mst One company from Fort -The story of a minister named Reid being 
Joshua R. Codings, who has been long enough in Bittin in a chai complain5 of oppression of the Rlley Wl11 J° in them a4 Fort Kearney. A detach- buried alive in Wisconsin, which appeared in many 
chamber, called his servant and sent for Mr. Mc¬ 
Queen, who, with Mr. Boyce, lodged at the same 
n * , . . B K sitting in a chair, complaining of oppression of the . . J n.camc)'. auci, 
Congress to make intelligent comparisons, writes Hp ’ . . M g 11 ession ®““ e ment of 600 troops left Jersey City for Utah 
of the present body:-“Itis due to my junior asso- He requested Mr. McQueen to administer | 7 th inafaut * 
The clause in the budget imposing the penny r 7 t,s aue to my junior asso- t 8poonful3 of ethe whicb had no effect A 
mm dutv on checks «» „ a.U ciates . to sa Y there are less intoxication and less __ . .... A 
stamp duty on checks, was adopted without a dis¬ 
cussion. 
Business in England was generally stagnant. 
appearance of vice among the members of the ^ 81c ' aa J Tas sent for ^ ho attempted to bleed him, on the 5th inst, for Leavenworth. 
present, than of any Congress with whom I have t J f ,T \ ® ^ “ qU&rter ° f “ - —- 
associated. Tt is now the tifii, nYnntiwYf 0 „ eo5ft „ hour, peacefully and almost imperceptibly. His _ A _ _ __ 
7 auu ^ ararnie ’ times greater than was first reported. It will not 
Four companies of the 5th Infantry left Leaven- fall short of $3,750,000. 
orth on the 5th inst One company from Fort — The Btory of a minister named Reid being 
iley will join them at Fort Kearney. A detach- buried alive in Wisconsin, which appeared in many 
ent of COO troops left Jersey City for Utah on P a P ers > is contradicted, 
the 7th instant —The emigration to Europe is large this spring. 
John Hartwell, Secretary of Utah, left St Louis ^ N ® W Y ° lk laSt W6ek ’ 
— Ohio built in 1857, 220 churches, worth $4,000,- 
000, school houses worth $40,000, and 20 county 
For Arizona.— Col. Sayles, of Rhode Island, and buildings worth $800,000. 
There is another dispute between England and asso ^ at e d - B is now the fifth month of the session, last words were tQ Mr& Mc0lieen A who ; as For Arizona.-CoI. Sayles, of Rhode Island, and buildings worth $800,000. 
Persia, the latter having taken possessien of ter- 1 have neither 8een nor heard of intoxicating his head with C0 ] 0 „ ne Y o U are verv kind hnt it Mr ’ Austin > his Secretary, left Washington on the . — Tb ® c08t of th e churches of Boston is $4,000,- 
ritory in Afghanistan and detained a great num- h quors being brought to the Capitol or kept there; will do no good- > He ’ was the olde y Senator 74 7th for Arizona, via. San Antonio and San Diego. Jnblic^orshfp^isSo'oO^ 1 eXpenSG ° f 8u PP ortin S 
her of Affghans. nor with two exceptions, have I seen any member yeara of * and wag eminent Mr. S. is charged with important duties connected P ° Z $ ' , v 
The elections in Paris resulted in the choice of onftoxbation '“it "ftrue ho^eve *7 and pUrity ° f his character ’ ' WUh thC Rost 0ffice ’ Interior and Treasur Y depart- a hole nine feet dee'p, f t thSarafd fggings A°u“ 
two government candidates and one opposition t0 ‘ . catl0E ’ R 18 tr ue, however, that men of ___ ments, and it is said he has confidential communi- tralia, weighing 45 pounds. ’ 
the latter being Jules Favre. observation with whom I have conversed, uniform- Wealth of Illinois in 1857.—From a statement cation9 with reference to Sonora. In company . — There are 60 cotton factories now in operation 
There is an immense increase in the French navy ly attnbute tms improvement, m a great degree, to prepared by Jessie K. Dubois State Auditor of Tlli witb Co1 ’ Sal Y es is Prof. Pierce, mining engineer ? n Georgia. Others have recently been established 
budget for 1859. the fact that almost every member is attended by noig; and jugt published in th ’ e Springfield Journal and g eoI °g i8 ti and S. Barton, civil engineer, who m Loui8i fn a a nd Mississippi. 
Paris papers deny that there is any increase in 80 >ne Portion of Ins family; and that man has lived we learn that t b e number and value of domestic g0 0ut in the em P lo Y of the Lo P ri La nd and Min- th^bono^ n! thC EaH °l Ayl ™. ere - 
the French armament ° ^ purpose who at the age of forty, fails to animals aild average ^ iftg Company, to place in operation the mines of ^i°^Z£ d <SS^£LT n89 ^ ^ 
The iron masters of France have petititioned Eotlte the salutary and sanctifying influence of the value 0 f enumerated articles, and average value of tbat countr ^ takin 8 wilh them the most approved _ W . II Cranston has been re elected Mavnr of 
the government for an increase duty on foreign ^^ g ? rava 1 d rC ; la d . p T 1 hat T , memb ® r ° f Con « p ® ss ma8t enumerated articles, and average value of each a PP liances for silver minin K- Newport, R. L, by a nearly unanimous^ote, only 
iron * * _ be depraved indeed, who can he seduced from the article; the value of merchandise 8 hankers’proper Mr. E. E. Dunbar has just arrived at Washington two votes being cast against him. 
A dispatch from Independence at St I on is 00 £ ^ ^ ® . sr, ”‘°" nded b Y tb e holy in- t y, manufactured articles, moneys, credits bonds from Arizona " He confirms the great value of the — Nearly 2,000 British subjects are calculated to 
tlie loth taat anToir.Se uneno^cratai poope^; town iota an. “"T* 
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Marcy. The health of the Army was remarkably t, i, ? i f anC1 ef *407,477,807. The wealthiest county is Cook, Congress praying urgently for relief. The memo- -In compliance with urgent representations 
good. Provisions were becoming scarce but sum till p he woild its estimates for carrying on which contain8 Chicago, and is estimated at $ 45 ,- has been P laced in the hands of Lt Mowry, from Kansas the President has decided to post- 
plieswere expected. Mr. u2n Zl etaTned 17 tbe government for the year being atn ie inexcess C80)3 33. The next wealthiest is Sangamon count; de ^gate from Arizona. pone the land sales in that territory. 
daps hy snowing II, ”ST." 1=2 T iff S ">«>• - pcf down a, & _ "_ — -— . MS 
: representations 
decided to post- 
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Bt three daps.”., g°c« propoS'ptoMOdcd^ Fk0 “ H ‘ vi » A - Tic «^»W» Black YVarrior, that the crevasse still oontinnen and all elorta to are co^S.aJta 1 ^^? S e “a“ttag i 'Sves 
iavenworth immediately 1 of Mother England in some things, we are still from New York, via Havana 3d instant, arrived at stop it seem to be abandoned. The town of Gretna from the venders of lottery policies. 
The Republican’s correspondent at Leavenworth ^ ravagances ’ a lon S ' vay behind her New Orleans on tlie 7th. There was considerable ex- is entirely submerged, and Algiers considerably so. - » is recorded as a remarkable fact that only 
o _n__ ■ n s, ^ . . ln tbe costs of government. citement at Havana in consequence of the insults It is reported that there a™ hnnPQ two divorces were granted bv the Pennsylvania 
n/n i ixc myL^oi.iionman scorn 000,000.) The ordinary expenses of the United 
mand 140 miles west of Fort Kearney. One thou- states Government are somewhat in the neighbor 
8and f Gd tr °° ps bave a : rived wi,bin th® hood of $80,000,000—so that, if we are going ahead 
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From Havana 
from New York, i 
notices a rumor from Camn Rontt t hnt r„ m the cos/sof government. citement at Havana in consequence of the insults It is reported that there are hopes of stopping the i wo , d i! orce ? were granted by the Pennsylvania 
Marcv cannot roinforep Pen ToLtioa!, +-i/r P a m. . offered to, and the detention of American vessels, great crevasse twenty-five miles above New Orleans Le S ls i atnre d uring its recent session, 
of June The Remiblican discredits g ^ f 6 a ARlNK DisASTEBS 1 ' 0K 1 Al>niI “—The number of by English cruisers, and some of the American cap- Below the city, in the sugar country there are sev- 7 S 5T landlords are in the habit of laying an 
,°J , ihe Re P ubll can discredits this editorial- American sea-going vessels reported as totally lost tains in port are said to have determined to resist eral breaks ? xtra i fork acr089 the ^ates of their delinquent 
and states that Capt M. wonld not he detained and missine during Ihe past month, has amonnted any attempt to board »ndsear“h them. S^Sr ., ,l0ard „ e "" “ “ uch “ t0 “7 “ ,ork 
more than ten days waiting the reinforcements to thirty, viz: three ships, four barques, eight brigs markets generally dull 8 Tm* v. • v - —The American Association for the Advance- 
ordered by Gen. Garland, and that he would then and thirteen schooners lost and a hrio-nnri KPiirtr,, r. 8 y ’ ^ nE Kansas NoMiNATioxa—The citizens of mentofScience,isdebatingwhetherladiesgen- 
he in a condition to march to Camp Scott in forty missing The total vs 1 „a nf 8 r d scbooner --^- Kansas friendly to the Leavenworth Constitution, at erally shaU be made admissable to membership. 
days. y , 0 .f S , a t„ri , ro,° VeVeSSel8may Government Finances.— The receipts into the their Convention held at Topeka last week, nomi- — The cars are now running regularly between 
on^SliTurt" ZTT* a hf Cdat St L f°’ iS ’ f0Ur ' een baDd3 ° n °' h * to* ^S T vel 2 when LalyeaT^o«^ £rnor. b ™^ 
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lie lands, and $1,604, i0^ from miscellaneous sources, man. Mr. Conway is from Baltimore. the White Sea, in lieu of Sebastopol on Black Sea. 
portance. They suffered terribly by snow and cold I other vessels. 
