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18 MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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Congressional. 
Both houses commenced their sessions last 
week on Tuesday, and adjourned on Friday 
over again to Tuesday. The session, as Tal- 
A Good Move. 
Senator Putnam, of Erie, has introduced a 
hill prohibiting the vesting of church property 
in the person of church functionaries and their 
ROCHESTER, JANUARY 13, 1855. 
leyrand said of a lady’s dress too short at both successors in office ; but provides for vesting it 
extremes, “began too late and ended too instead in the society itself. The object is to 
jUfei-Uj! ^ecoi'd. ^jfetog CHfifjivjgs. 
Colton’s Atlas of the Would, Illustrating Physical and Henry J. Gardiner, the K. N. Governor of 
Political Geography. By Geo. W. Colton. Accompanied Mass., was inaugurated on Tuesday last, 
by Descriptions, Geographical, Historical and Statisti- t,,,.,,.. „ • , , Tr . . , 
cal, by E. S. Fisher, M. D. New York: Colton & Co. nt, • • . c . c JJ°t at Kingston, Canada, at the 
SPECIAL NOTICES.—TO AGENTS, &c. 
soon.” In the Senate the hill to reorganize 
the army was recommitted to the committee. 
The emigrant bill was committed to a special 
committee. The Military Academy bill was 
cal, by R. S. Fisniut, M. D. New York: Colton & Co. 
Part 4 of this valuable Atlas contains maps 
JKg- Agents.—A ny porson so disposed can act as agent . 
for the Rural New-Yorker,— and all who remit according taken up and passed. A bill was l 
to terms will he entitled to premiums, etc. authorizing the enlargement of th 
Those who are furnishing clubs, (20 to 50 copies,) Post Office building. Mr. Turner g£ 
instead in cue sueiety itscn. xue uujeet is tn cai, uy it. c. msuiac, ai. n. jncw iOIk: uoiton ® UO. Munici )al elccti -- ’ ’ 
obviate the danger of large amounts of real Part 4 of this valuable Atlas contains maps ^ p 1Cipa ° ° C “ n ' 
estate becoming concentrated in the hands of of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Brazil and Guay- at that pHce on the 10th SU f rf Mar , acaibo ’ dicd 
a hierarchy, and thus giving them the means ana, Greece and the Ionian Islands, &c. B. T ‘ , ‘ ^ ° i of December. 
of wielding a dangerous influence and power. G Murray Ao-ent ,, A ^ : ‘ 5 j’- Aldrich, of Rose, N. Y., has count* 
° ... 1 «. luuiutai, ii b ua. ed 4.01 6 pomelo r.f __ .i.n. 
of wielding a dangerous influence and power. 
' , * , . ‘ i -n . , , , The Roman Catholic church insists upon all - 
taken up and passed. A bill was introduced ,, , .... , . , , . n ‘, 
authorizing the enlargement of the General th ® temporalities being vested in the Bishops British Periodical Literature.-Wc have 
Post Office building. Mr. Turner gave notice and theiV saccessors > and several societies are had frequent occasion to notice the re-publica- 
° ° nnw nnHnv han fnr rnfncino- tn cm’rorw or fh/vm 4* ..r _ r i ^ m. t -.t- 
?• Aldki011 ’ of Rose, N. Y., has count¬ 
ed 4,016 kernels of Buckwheat on one stalk. 
£ AMT - ™ ™ •«” - ^ ou wl,lo y •7 r‘ 7 . f ’ , " r.rr. & ; now under ban for refusing to surrender them 
* can send on tbe names and money of such persons a3 do that he should introduce a bill to secure the ... , . . ,, _. . ° , 
not wish to wait, and comploto their li-ts afterwards. 
wages of seamen in case of wreck. 
to the control of the Bishop. Such a power as 
British Periodical Literature.— We have gon^erdtOTv^h'iYre^^ *Va? 5 ^. rfdia l °f O re " 
had frequent occasion to notice the re-publica- B ? 1,08 "ft™* the »““• 
n°df ‘ h r t ndm - Q mr,e,l U- &**>*/, N °' a ‘ lives of iliUg^cahog Si’id™?E- r £ 
British and Westminster Reviews, and Blackwood’s vote stood 51 to 21. ’ 
4 S“The Rural is published strictly on the cash ststem ner presented a memorial from the Boston | Pe Pl ^ cl dangeious to lepublican Magazine, by Leonard Scott & Co., 54 Gold St. Albert Smith has presented ten thousand 
sont no longer than paid for — and all orders should be p> oan ( G f Trade prayin' 1- that one or more ves- “berty, and Uie Legislature ought at once to New York. They are well known, and we volumes of books of light reading to the army 
ZZZZgt 51*. ,..a M urn. „ sols should he sent to tic relief of Dr. Kane. •*& “ corroctire ° f «* ki " d COIlte “l > “ ed - »“ d ®»h 1“® «- volumes of each com- «* Crimea. 
in accordance with terms. > L j & 
15 ®= In remitting for club.?, please send Bank Bills, or se ^s should be sent to the relief of Dr. 1 
Drafts on New York (deducting the exchange,) instead of Referred to committee on naval affairs 
Chocks or Certificates of Deposit on local banks. also presented a memorial from Massachusetts, 
I* writing us, please be particular to give your P. setting forth the evils of foreign emigration. 
The following is the bill 
need only state that new volumes of each com¬ 
mence with the January numbers,—that any 
AP- In ‘ writing us, please be particular to give your P. setting forth the evils of foreign emigration.’ ° f , P ^f° nal aU<i PvCal Estatc lor religious 
0. address correctly — the name of your Post Office (not j ^ • r \ 14 . 4 . i puiposes. 
Town,) County and State. Write all names plainly. 1 pr f yl ? g f ° r a ^ Cad tax n0 . t lcss lipon Section 1. No grant, conveyance, devise or 
J63T Those wishing their papers changed from one ad- , COlUltl7 - Re ‘ lc , ase °. f P ersonal or real estate to nor any trust 
dross to another, should give the names of both Dost ferrcd - The House bl11 relative to the settle- of such personal of real estate for the benefit 
Offices— iheformer address, as well as the one desired. ment of land claims in California was passed . an Y I )c rson and his successor or successors 
An Act in relation to Conveyances and Devises one of them will be sent for $3, any two for 
of Personal and Real Estate for religious $5, any three for $7, any four for $9, and the 
in the Crimea. 
Iue remains of Madam Son tag have finally 
kj two for Vera Cd^foillambu “ VeSSe ‘ b ° Uml fr ° m 
Those wishing their papers changed from one ad¬ 
dress to another, should give the names of both Dost 
Offices —the former address, as well as the one desired. 
j@3y*TirK lowost club price of papers delivered at pub¬ 
lication office, is SI,50 per copy. Hereafter, $2,50 w.ill bo 
charged per copy, when left at residence by city carrier. 
•VV, anj mice id any luur lor ay, ana tno There ar» R 7 S __7 . . . 
whole for $10. Address the publishers as above, these, 3H are kept by Gmmans^and^the re¬ 
mainder mostly by Irishmen. 
ferred. The House bill relative to the settle- of such personal op real estate for the benefit The Knickerbocker Magazine for Jan’y, is the 
ment of land claims in California was passed an Y P ul 'son and his successor or successors first of a new volume. Terms :—$3 per year ; 
without debate. Mr. Broadhead moved that ln an 7 ec<d esiastical office shall vest any estate single nos. 25 cts. S. Heuston, New York, 
nn-Aii , , . . „ or interest m said person or his successor; and PnMiehor t a , „ 
the 1 resident be requested to furnish a list of no suc h grant, conveyance, devise or lease to p ' 1 ' II0 ^’ A S cn ^i Waverly Lews 
the Charge d’Affairs, Attaches, and Secretaries or for any such person, by designation of any “ oom i Rochester. 
J8ST Western Money is at present almost unsaleable in 0 f Legation appointed since March, 1849, the such office, shall vest any estate or interest in 
this city, and we therefore request Western friends and date of their commissions, the time they left an Y successor of such person. But this section 
agents to remit Eastern money—or drafts on Buflalo or , , ’ ■’ oiL slvall not be deemed to admit the voliHit,, 
Now York, le.,.s tlio co.t of exchange. home a.ul when they commenced duty.- ^ 
JS®* Additions to clubs may be ma-de at any time, at Agreed to. heretofore made, 
the price per copy paid for the original club. Tn the House a resolution was passed exclu- 8ec. 2. No grant, conveyance, devise or lease 
Liher.u. Offer.—W e will send the Rural one year. ‘ ' " 
Grandiloquent 
Mr. GmDiNcs, the newly elected delegate 
from Nebraska, has arrived at Washington and 
been sworn in. 
George Sand, for the “History of her Life,” 
now in course of publication in a Paris paper, 
has been paid £5,200. 
Gov. Wright, of la., in his message to the 
free 1 bank 6 ’ takCS Stl ° ns grounds against the 
H-ALiraiu.u R. we win send the Rural one year, ding the public printers and superintendent o 
and the Rural and either of the $2 Magazines, for $3._ ^ 1 J 1C ln ^ in S_ b om ^- ie benefit of the ac 
Tliis itom will answer several inquirers, and perhaps hen P asse d last session, allowing additional com 
warded to all disposed to aid in augmenting its circulation. 
We will send to your own, or the address of friends, all 
the necessary documents — extra numbers, show hills, 
prospectuses, etc. It will afford us pleasure to respond 
to all requests in this line. 
The Rural’s Progress. 
. , , * any buwi gram., cum eyauce, uevise or lease, Tm, _„rr. /d ,, 
Agreed to. heretofore made. - . . ' c voman Catholic digm- Tm coal statistics show that the receipts of 
In the House a resolution was passed exclu- Sec. 2. No grant, conveyance, devise or lease aues latcl y convened at Rome by order of the coal in New York, from Pennsylvania, exceed 
ding the public printers and superintendent of an Y read estate, dedicated or appropriated } °P C > bave settled the mooted question of the those of 1853 by 661,000 tons, 
public printing from the benefit of the act to purposes of:religious worship,,for the use of immaculate conception. The Freeman’s Journal, Mr.^ Mayall, the celebrated English ifiioto- 
passed last session, allowing additional com- £2&«5£<J&52: ZS2 a!uZ’ TTTtf ’ ft *“ U-oducmg p^-traits 
pensation to employees of the Legislative de- to whom such grant, conveyance, devise or , ‘. b . ^ s i, of which the fol Scopes of j 
partment of government. Mr. Latham, from lease maybe made, unless the same shall he lowing is one of the staves : the streets of Low York btl rcnl ?. vcd Rom 
the Committee on Public Lands, reported back made to a corporation organized according to “The glorious news has reached us that on the imperative order of Uudtr 
the bill continuing in force for one year from , tRe P r . ov “ f l} 1 ? laws f °. f this State > undc »’ f h . c 8th of December, Pope Pius IX, of immor- The dist , mc(! . .. , ‘ 3 f t 
March next the act for settlino-the ill .luims th ° act cn f ltlcd ; , An act to provide for the tal renown, in presence of the Cardinals and to X " La ™ ce b Y thc stage route from Dubuque 
. . a 1 tor setting toe land claims mcorporation of religious societies,” and the Princes of the Church, declared it an article of S?,: ? aul » °® tbe we st side of the Mississippi 
m California. 1 he bill passed. Mr. Ferdon s act amendatory thereof, or under the act enti- Divine Faith that the Mother or Gnn nm> ls P ut down at 2?U miles. 
Mil i 1 — :_..i +i„a <i Aw. _i:.._ r _ • u uiunnui uz uuu, ouil 
It affords us great pleasure to be enabled to ported a bill preventing the introduction into 
report, for the information of the hundreds the United States of foreign criminals and pau- 
and thousands who feel a deep interest in the pers. Committed to Committee of Commerce 
prosperity of the Rural, that its subscription M p fr 
is increasing more rapidly than at any former 
period. For want of time our chief clerk is 
, in , Wn i- i „ t ,, . , consular system of the United States. Post- 
unable to present a statement of the receipts m , , 
A . poned to Tuesday next. Mr. Walbndge pre- 
dunng the past three weeks, as compared with . . ■ 
,, t a- -ATi! sented a memorial for an expedition to rescue 
those of any corresponding period,—but he , r - . ,, . .. 1 „ , 
, ,, f . , , ,, ... . Dr. Kane, now m the Arctic zone. Referred 
avers that they are full one-tlnrd (andhe thinks , n ... „ — 
„ , . ,, . v ,, to Committee on Commerce. In Committee of 
one-half) greater than in any other three .. llr , , ,, , . , 
, / J , ... the \V hole on the bill for relief of settlers on 
weeks since the paper was commenced. We n , 
, . ,, , „ . Government swuimps and overflowed lands,was 
shall endeavor to give the exact figures in our j i , ,, . . ’ 
, , T , ,, , , 7 . debated at length. A message from the Rres- 
next number. For the past ten days we have . . .. 
received from 1,000 to 1,500 subscriptions per d " ’ , ,‘,7 t( - W'® csliiblishmont of the.Xir- 
dav—and the daily average cannot, we think, Vy Y " d Wm ref f red toa ff 181 
Ur, i™, ii „ , , , , , T , . ’ committee. A message was also received from 
be less than twelve hundred. From almost 11 p . 
_ ■, , . , . , , . the President, giving at length his reasons for 
every place which has reported, we have an , . . ,, p . . .. f 
• ' 7 ~ ... 1 , . ’ , vetoing the River and Harbor bill of last ses- 
mcrease of subscribers; and m most cases, . , 
large accessions have already been made,- ?*: Wa8 rCad > referrcd to the Committee 
even in distant States and Territories. All the'\ hole,.andtwenty thousand copies oi- 
that is necessary to increase our list of bona fide, i '' XL{ ^ ’ e P nn et • 
paying subscribers to 40,000, is as favorable „ j ' 
reports from the places and sections not heard 'In!,? 2 ! 1 ' ^ llC weatbcV bas bccn soinc ‘ 
from, as have already been received from other what fltfuI durm S th e week, but on the whole 
pers. Committed to Committee of Commerce, ed to any person or persons in any ccclesiasti- 
Mr. Perkins, of La., reported a bill, with ca J oflic : c ’ h} \ tbe designation or such office or 
i i. ,, ,. . , otherwise, shall be deemed to be held in trust 
amendment, remodeling the diplomatic and f or the benefit of the congregation or society 
/VYncnlav otrefAm 4-1,/* TT«i4-/*/1 T> .4. . . , , ,, ° .. 
ojbu. o. /Yu y ictu usLiitu 01 une aesenpuon fhaf • V i 4 . 1 •— 1 7 .: a 
named in section second of this act, and which w; r i 0 8 atbl , rs j * et J 11 ™ eave od walking A commission de lunatico is said to have been 
has been heretofore granted, devised or demis- i r ,-i and broken cisterns, and make haste sc j nt out b Y the family of Miss Goutts, the lady 
ed to any person or persons in any ccclesiasti- f . 1 / °! Cod, which is made glad by the who so determinedly follows up Signor Mario, 
cal office, by the designation or such office or t , dn f ° a | aver llowin S froin tbe hvin g foun- Tiie entire Know-Nothing ticket was elected 
otherwise, shall be deemed to be held in trust of ' atcis - in Covington Ky at the miimViml <>DfHnn 
for tl„. nf t.h« “The doctrine which i* nnwnrnrmiW^ no ^ .3„_ b _rJ7’,.v , e muni . cl P.al election 
using the same, and shall, upon the death of au 
the person or persons in whom the title shall be 
“ ri '! u : d °ctiine which is now promulgated as on Saturday week,’by a large majoffty ° ^ 1011 
article of faith, and which henceforth it will , r ... . . ‘ ° ^ 
heresy not to receive, has long since been f A he Michigan people this year get a message 
lieverl liv nil ninne PofUmiwc. 11 ,, 1 —_ ll'Om GOV. Parsons, who {TORS mif. ami fi-mT.i 
the President, giving at length his reasons for estate shall vest in the people of the State of 
vetoing the River and Harbor bill of last ses- New York, in tie same manner, and Yfith the 
Sion. It was read, referred to the Committee same ciloct as if the person holding the title 
of the Whole, and twenty thousand copies or- Ciereto had died intestate, and without heirs 
at the time of the decetwe of the pemon or . 1W,CC8f population of the United States in 1860 
persons holding the title thereto' P ^ ^ th ° d0gma ’ u h ° “ffi 581 ' at thc ratio °f increase that 
C A T X ± ,. or the ability of Popes and Priests to decide it, has prevailed from the organization of the gov- 
Sy^^lT^orpo^&S: - 1 —ed heretics, thc fires of Smithfield f „ p 
en, and in that case, the title of such real Wl11 Probably not he lighted this year. ,Di;,l l |T g thc T ^Governor of Maine was 
tate shall vest in the people of the State of ----- „ „ f a ^‘ ,- ‘ 1 st,r01 jS on temper- 
vavD in a _ ance > naturalization and free soil. He recom- 
iw Yoi k, te .ye same manner, ana > vlth vllf Pioneer Life, mends a short session, 
uio ciloct as if the person holding the title t iip TTm’tpH s+aIpc- -it u , r , 
ereto had died intestate, and without heirs « vr w e • -i , ,, , f 0 n. pn +j. p omi 7 1 r . ll ? n ^f or 7 
pable of inheriting such real estate. T Mr ' N ' W ' Goodrich in a long letter from folk on the 30th ult on a cruise m search of 
Sec. 5. Whenever title to any real estate Ransas to thc McKean CiUzm thus discourses ‘,1 at sel supposed to be wreck- 
society shall not be incorporated as aforesaid, 
then, and in that case, the title of such real 
estate shall vest in the people of the State of 
•red to be printed capable of inheriting such real estate. _ 7 7 ‘ U 
u uc piiniea. . , , Kansas to the McKean Citizen thus discours 
— ___- - a - T t _ Sec. 5. Whenever title to any real estate . , 
. shall vest in the people of the State of New abo, J some of the comforts of thelioneers: 
he eatiier. Jhc weather nas been some- York, under and by virtue of the last preceed- “ I didn’t see any floors except those ma< 
The St. Paul papers say that not less than 
localities. We trust, therefore, that while as Peasant and comfortable as the most invet- 
those who have remitted continue their kind Ciate crumbier could ask for. Occasionally it 
effortsin its behalf, someone ormore will attend . uuu . up ana lureaten a storm ’ and Ulcn 
to Rural interests in the localities from which C eai ° ff again ’ Ufiving the sky as cloudless as 
would cloud un and thrpnten R Rfm-m qnrHi in J of thc due incorporation of the congregation tbe turf, and strewing prairie hay over the A man was recently fishing in the Medway, 
pIprv off aadthen I or society, who have occupied and enjoyed such | ground. Your bed is your own blanket and England, with a net, when he pulled up the 
buffalo robe if you have them ; if not, the body of his son, who had been drowned about 
we have not yet heard, and see if thc number 
of annual subscribers cannot be largely aug¬ 
mented. Will not those who like the Run at 
, , ,. ., , „ . tutu UAL im, HUKAL, lhe weather RAffpn pH ovwi mica copy oi me recoraeu certmcaie oi incor- «*> me arms ui murpneus, ana uream oi iheiwnf u coen nee 
and believe it beneficial to individuals and ... , ‘ . " . ‘ ‘ • b c poration, under the hand and official seal of paradise, if you can. In the sleeping room in r 0 enable them to resume v “ ’ 
community, lend a little attention and influ- v 111 11111 win * cr followed. Jhe snow eiej-jj 0 f the county in whose office the which I lodged, which is probably 50 feet long, 
ence to increase its usefulness in their respec- haS dlsa PP carcd - tbe l iver is well supplied with same is recorded, to grant and convey such there were about 100 lodgers, filling both sides There were built and launched in New York 
tive nei'diborhoods? ^ water, and on the whole we have very little to real estate, and all the right, title and interest a nd one end as thick as they could lie. The city in 1854, 67 sailing vessels and 43 steamers, 
complain of, so far as meteorology is concerned of the people of the State of New York therein hoarding was, for breakfast, pudding and mo- tbe aggregate tonnage of which was 81,149. 
’ ‘ "_ ^ ‘ and thereto, to said corporation, which shall lasses; for dinner, bread and meat; for sup- There are now 22 vessels on the stocks. 
Our New Dress. thereupon be vested, with all the right, title per, pancakes and molasses. At one meal, we Some of the large New York hotels includin'* 
- The Legislature.— It generally takes a week and interest which became vested in the State bad some minute pudding, which was made the Metropolitan, St. Nicholas &c. have been 
Now that the Rural begins to improve in f° r tbe Legislative body to bring itself into by virtue of the provisions of this act. with water as you make your paste, and was f ine q under the new 'reaim from $60 to $100 
o‘ , K.iNiri.^ me suy as ciouaiess as real estate for the purpose of religious worship, buffalo robe if you have them; if not, the body of his son, who had been drowned about 
a summer day. Wednesday was a splendid under and according to the provisions of the bed of prairie grass. Having wrapped your a month before. 
day, cold and frosty in the morning, with a act first named in the second section of this robe and blanket around you, with your head j T j s g^ted that Mr Fallon a lar^e 't 1 
pure and bracing air, but as the sun came up ac > and a fu / tber production to him of a cer- out and feet to the centre you consign your- ist of St. Louis, offered Messrs.’Belcher & Bros" 
the weather softened, and one of the days we tlbcd .«W of the recorded certificate of incor- seK to the arms of Morpheus and dream of the use of his namc to the extent of $26 0,000; 
ix„ , J poration, under the hand and official seal of paradise, it you can. In the sleeping room in f„ ti, Pm i„ ’ ’ 
v ‘ in mid ivintei followed. The snow the clerk of the county in whose office the which I lodged, which is probably 60 feet long, 
has disappeared, the river is well supplied with same is recorded, to grant and convev such there were about 100 lodgers, filling both sides There were built and launched in New York 
Some of the large New York hotels, including 
the Metropolitan, St. Nicholas, &c., have been 
appearance, (for which there is ample room, working order, and consequently much of the 
taking the ill-printed issue of last week for time thus far has been employed in the pre- 
comparison,) it may be proper to mention liminaries, appointing and organizing commit- 
wliere, and of whom, its new and becoming tees, giving notices of bills, &c., &c. The 
attire was obtained. Thc beautiful, clear-faced Temperance question, the Usury laws, bribery 
Sec. 6. Thi3 act shall take effect immediately. 
A Two-fold Monument. 
~ liiu luuuiuuuiiiaii, ut. ituuiits, cx.u.. iiilvc uecil 
with water as you make your paste, and was fined under the new regime from $60 to $100, 
probably more palatable than your paste would f or no t having their signs over their doors, 
be unless you salted it. 'I his was the lodging 
i i U. , , , ^ . -- _ ° r^rvr TYi-Wt nTT A >T Ano aP Una 4-1, ^ AT_- 
and boarding at thc Lawrence City Hotel, and 
that was the only Hotel when I was there. I 
hear it reported that another has started since, 
Col. Doniphan, one of the heroes of the Mex¬ 
ican war, was thrown from a stage, near Jeffer¬ 
son city, Mo., a few days ago, and so badly in- 
Tiie citizens of Louisville, Ky., have recently probably improved by more comfortable, airy i ured 3,8 render his recovery doubtful 
type is from the foundry of Jas. Conner & at elections, amendments to the Code, and the erected an elegant monument of Italian marble sleeping rooms, roofed by the bright blue sky The Detroit folks are on the eve of a revolu- 
Sons, New York, and was copper-faced in thc vesting of church property, are among the to the memory of Professor Wm. H. G. Butler, 
best manner by the Newton Copper Type Com- thing foreshadowed by the week’s proceedings the teacher so foully murdered by Matt. F. 
pany, (A. S. Case, Secretary,) of the same city, as likely to receive attention. Ward. It will not only serve to keep green 
pany, (A. S. Case, Secretary,) of the same city. 
The neat border and other rules, &c., were 
furnished by N. Lyman, of Buffalo, than whom 
in clear weather, and floored with old mother tion in consequence of a rise made by the Post¬ 
earth.” master in the rent of boxes at the Post Office, 
_, . ^ ___ from one to two dollars per annum. 
Commissioners tor the Adjustment of Claims a move has been made in the Legislature of 
One Dollar, we reiterate, cannot purchase 
we know not a more reliable printers’ furnish- the Rural for one yeai . nor ’ will we * end one 
er m the country. Our new vignette title was hundred yearly copies for $100,-and those 
designed by Momberger, and engraved by Rob¬ 
erts, of New York—superior artists in their 
who write us under such supposition, waste 
time and stationery. People who write long 
respective departments. Though too fine for flattering epistles, or brief and curt ones.re- 
rapid printing, we hope that it will ere long ferring to prices of “ other papers, ” are referred 
w°rk S ° well that our readers will concur in the to our terms,-with the assurance that (aside 
opinion expressed by many good judges,-to from the fact that we cannot afford thc Rural 
wit., that it is the best vignette newspaper for $1,) we do not consider it 1 
title in the Union. a bie to adhere to a rule in c 
-It may not be improper to add that our deviate therefrom in another, 
new dress comprises the best and most expensive _ _, 
material obtainable, and that we hope to make a ,. . , , .. 
,, p , . , r Patience, F riends.— As we anticipated, it 
the Rural equal in appearance to any newspa- • -n a • , , , , k ’ 
it i i • ai • i - „ . was impossible to issue last weeks Rural as 
per published in this country. If we fail in , , , . 
j, . ., ... . , , early as usual—though mosl 
this, it will not be for the lack of either ex- . , , , ., ,, - 
. was printed and mailed before; 
pense or endeavor. , . ... , 
Ward. It will not only serve to keep green ' 1 _ 
the memory of the lamented dead, but it will Commissioners for the Adjustment of Claims a m 0 V - bas be<;a made bl ^ be Legislature of 
, ah ii ai f Against the United States.—A bill to establish Missouri to repeal the interest law of that State, 
also serve to hand down the name of the mur- „ Boaril of Commissioners for the examination and legalising any rate of interest which the 
derer for the execration of posterity. To the and a( ij U stment of private claims, is now pend contracting parties may agree upon, 
former it will be an honorable memento,-to ing before a committee of the Senate. It pro- The annual Convention of the officers of the 
the latter it will prove a deathless heritage of poses to establish a hoard of three commission- N. Y. State Militia met in New York on thc 
shame. On the front of the column is the fol- ers, to be appointed by the President, with the gth. Brig. Gen. Scroggs, the Know-Nothing 
lowing inscription : «o P r^ al rp f A h - e Senate > at a salary each of candidate for Lt. Gov., delivered the address. 
& 1 $3,500. To this board all petitions to Congress T ,, r TT „ . .. , 
William G. H. Butler, born in Jefferson for the payment of claims against thc govern- JonN J' - Warren, U. S. Attorney for Min- 
county, Indiana, Oct. 3d, 1825 ; died at Louis- ment are to be referred, and with them peti- nasobl > dismissed, owing to his connection 
ville, Ky., Nov. 2d, 1853. tions and papers may be filed during the recess I 7 , 1 ^? 1 an a ^ e “ ed ^ raudlde 7 su ^’ ^ be United 
On the reverse : of Congress. To this board the Solicitor of the VS- * be Minnesota Railroad Company. 
ville, Ky., Nov. 2d, 1853. 
On the reverse : 
oi .. ,) we ( o no consider it honest nor honor- a man without fear, and without reproach ; Treasury is to render such service as the board The yearly rent of letter holes in the New 
able to adhere to a rule in one instance and of gentle and retiring disposition, of clear and may require ; and the district attorneys of the York Postofficc has been raised from $4 to $6 
deviate therefrom in another. vigorous mind ; an accomplished scholar ; a several districts of the United States are to per year. The revenue from these holes goes 
-a . —a _devoted and successful teacher ; a meek and render their services at the request either of to the Department, and not to the Postmaster. 
humble Christian. 
On the north side : 
He fell by the hand of violence in the pres- 
the board or of the Solicitor of the Treasury. A PaESBTTEKIAN clergyman being wanted for 
Some court of this kind is very much needed the army in the Crimea, the British Govern- 
carly as usual—though most of the edition ence of his loving pupils—a martyr to his 
was printed and mailed before and on Saturday, fidelity in the discharge of duty. 
In consequence of this delay, and the unex¬ 
pectedly large increase of our regular edition, 
On the south side : 
in this State. 
Three Children Drowned.—T he Burlington 
ment has deputed the Missionary Board of the 
Scotch General Assembly to select one of or¬ 
thodox faith. 
This monument is erected by his pupils and (Iowa) Telegraph, of January 1st, 1855, says: , 1' IIE m 'U of the Peacedale Manufacturing 
Last Week’s Rural w’as a good one—though ii ' 3 ‘, ‘ ° ‘ 1 lon ’ a bereaved community, to show their apprecia- Late on Saturday afternoon three children, two Co., R. I., was destroyed by fire January 8. It 
} had neither time, space nor inclination to \ ^a UP ' tiou of bis worth ’ aud to P«Petuato their girls and a boy, were seen to fall through an at f $19 ’ b0 °- bl . this cit ^ 
. a-• c , a a , ,, , time —albeit, by printing upon two rapid horror at his murder. air hole in the ice, opposite Ogden & Conn’s for $6,500. It was the first mill in this county 
Late upon its contents-and the present num- m m _T__ commission house, of this city, and were that used nower looms. 
drowned. The girls were aged respectively 
, • ai • i a • r • ^ steam presses, we hope to gam sufficient liours 
her is, we think, not inferior. Our aim is to , ■, ' . ,, . . , .. .. 
’ , , ’ . . , and da >’ s to enable us to issue and mail the 
make each number good, and such as will an¬ 
swer for a specimen. We do not fill one num¬ 
ber with choice matter and engravings, at the 
expense of subsequent issues, but endeavor to 
make a valuable and attractive paper, contin¬ 
uously. Hence, our present, or any subsequent 
number, will answer as well for exhibition as 
a specimen, as -would the first number of the 
volume. Will our friends use it as such ? 
As there has been no arrival from Europe 
since our last paper was issued, we have no 
Foreign Intelligence this week. 
for $6,500. It was the first mill in this county 
that used power looms. 
ana aays to ename us to issue and mail the Back Volumes.—W e cannot furnish any back u ’ , a 111 * ,,, ,.,7,, ie[ >Pecuveiy 
next paper in due season. volume of the Rural exeunt the fifth (for tw el ve and se\en and the little hoy about five 
1 1 volume oi tut iujlal, except me nrin (101 y ears . The eldest is supposed to have lost her 
a ^ - 1854.) Of that volume, however, we are able life in her affectionate but vain attempt to save 
The Army.— The Army Appropriation Bill to furnish files complete, either bound or in her little sister and brother, 
passed by the House of Representatives on the numbers, as preferred. Price, handsomely _, , 0 __ 
27th ult., contains thc following prominent and substantially bound, $3; in numbers, $2. rr , T _ *__ a a i ai ai 
m - ,tf, . . i a 4 , i The Last Agony.—A new style of bonnet has 
items . . Pilose who wish to procure bound volumes i ately appeared in Paris. It is formed of taffe- 
For pay of tlio army.$>.006,806 should speak early, as we have but few copies tas, the front indented at equal distances, and 
FO.- c’'cihi:^. ! camu ttiH mini, on OTiiiV^e*. 1 574 ,’s 76 not already engaged or intended for premiums, trimmed with blonde. Upon one side of the 
For pay of tbe army.$>006,806 
For subsistence in kind.. . 1,104,855 
For clothing, camp and garri on equipage. 574,876 
1 or regular supplies of the Quartermaster’s 
department. 890,000 
For incidental expenses. 375,568 
For transportation of the army, kc . 1,200,000 
For tbe manufacture of arms at tbe Nation¬ 
al Armories. 250,000 
drowned, ilie gills were aged respectively The St. Louis Republican says the gas at 
twelve and seven—-and the little boy about five present furnished in that city, is not only so 
years. ’Flic eldest is supposed to have lost her offensive as to nauseate every body, hut is even 
life in her affectionate but vain attempt to save dangerous to weak lungs. The Gas Company 
her little sister and brother. there seems to be in as had odor as its gas. 
-a■ a-- The South Carolina Methodist Conference 
The Last Agony.—A new style of bonnet has ! ia Y, e a 3 l 1 . SB . lonai 7 Committee devoted entirely 
lately appeared in Paris. It is formed of taife- 7,. 10 reb S 10us instruction of the slave popu- 
tas, the front indented at equal distances, and hUion. It has been in existence nearly six 
trimmed with blonde. Upon one side of the y ears > and been vei T successful. 
N on-suescrieers into whose hands this No. 
of the Rural may be placed, are requested to 
examine and then circulate the same. 
front is placed a rose, composed of velvet, Gov. Clark has issued a proclamation for a 
blonde and feather, accompanied by leaves of special election in the 29th Senatorial Listrict, 
crape, worked with velvet, inside ; the front to fill thc vacancy caused by his own resigna- 
being trimmed in a similar manner, and adorn- tion as Senator. The election takes place on 
ed also with buds, blonde, and small flowers, thc 30th inst. 
