MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
ROCHESTER, MARCH 10, 1865. 
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“EXCELSIOR." 
LIBERAL TOWNSHIP PREMIUMS! 
A Group of Rural Pioneers. 
On Wednesday last we saw a group of six 
brothers admirably daguerreotyped by Whit¬ 
ney. It consisted of the Messrs. ITakmon, of 
Wheatland. The brothers are aged respective¬ 
ly as follows —Ariel 64, Rawson 60, Iba 58, 
Sylvksier 66 , An an 52, Elisha 60. The fam¬ 
ily came to this county, and settled in Wheat- 
land, 44 years ago this month, and the broth¬ 
ers are known as excellent farmers, and men 
of standing and substance. We believe they 
own and cultivate farms averaging 300 acres 
FIFTY DOLLARS IN CASH for the largest list of Sub- »v 
scrlbers to the Rural New-Yorker (the subscribers all each. Several, if not all of them, have held 
residing In one Town,) sent in according U> our torms, be- officcfJ f trust and honor . The General, 
twoen the 1st of February and the 1st of May, 1855. _ ’ 
THIRTY-FIVE HOLLARS in Cash for tlie next largest Rawson, has become justly celebrated for his 
list, on the terms and conditions above specified. extensive experiments in the culture of differ- 
TWENTY-HVE HOLLARS lv Cash for the nextlargest . f w y, eat—and was very annro- 
list, on like terms and conditions. enl varieties oi. wneai anu was, \cry appio 
FIFTEEN HOLLARS in Cash for the noxt largest list, on priately, “taken” with a sheaf of the staple 
like terms and conditions. cereal in his hand. Such a group of men and 
TEN DOLLARS in Cash for the noxt largest list, on like ... . , . , . . 
terms and conditions. brothers was a rare sight—and we doubt 
FIVE DOLLARS in Cash for the next largest list, on like whether Western New York can furnish its 
terms and conditions. equal, thus related, and so long residents. To 
THREE DOLLARS in Cxsn for each of the next tew lists, . ., , . , . ,,, ., , 
on like terms and conditions. our view lfc wa * certainly a healthy, good look- 
A HANDSOMELY am> SUBSTANTIALLY BOUND VOL- ing and Jlarmon-iovm “ band of brothers.”— 
UME OF THE RURAL for 1864, (price $3.) for each of the w f -n i iere we shall a<min look 
next twenty lists, on like terms and conditions. vve Iear u VU1 1X5 xon £ erc Tve81xaxx a S a » a iook 
53 “ Papers mailed to different post-cfllces, if desired, 
but all copies counted on premium must be for actual 
residents of one town at the time of subscribing. The A , A .. . . A _ 
subscriptions of persons residing out of the town, can bo Annual Apportionment to Acacie Ulies. 
Included in the list at club rate, but will not be counted _ 
toward premium. Subscriptions can begin with the vol- . •_ f ,, __, . „ tt 
ume (for tho prosont. or as long as we can furnish back a meeting of the Regents of the Univer. 
numbers,) or with the first No. in February, March, gity, on the 1st day of March, 1855, the distri- 
Apiil or May. - bution of $40,000 of the income of the Litera- 
SPECIFIC PREMIUMS, ture and United States Deposit Funds was 
In order to reward every person wlio may aid in ex- madc am ong the several academies entitled to 
tending tho circulation of the Rural Nkw-Yorkkk, we offer 
to such as do not compete for any of tl.e preceding Pre- Participate therein. A certificate of the dis- 
upon a like group of Rural Pioneers. 
April or May. 
SPECIFIC PREMIUMS. 
participate therein. A certificate of the dis- 
Tlio same premium to every one remitting for fifteen mies , such diafts or orders being accompa- 
copies, ($20,) —or for ten copies ($15.) nied by a proper certificate from the President 
copy of tlio Rural, or The Horticuituristt for 1855. 01 8ecietary of the Academy, under the corpo- 
For $5 we will send threk copies cf the Rural, and rate seal, that the person signing the draft is 
either volume of the Wool Grower and Stock Register. __ r ,, . , , , . , , 
For $4 we will send one copy of tho Rural, and either Gxe Treasui ei of the Academy, duly appointed 
Putnam’s, Harper’s , the KnickeiOodcer, Lady’s Book or by the Trustees thereof. 
^TnSwoTm ,^ondVcopyoach of the Rural and the . The Gencsee Wesleyan Seminary, located at 
Horuculturisi for 1855. Lima, receives the largest amount of any in 
For $3. wo will send a copy each of the Rural and tho The Genesee W esle y an Seminary, located at 
OBncuLTURisi for 1855. Lima, receives the largest amount of any in 
All competitors for premiums are expected to adhere Gie State, its portion being $1,063.71, the 
strictly to the following 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE • 
Two Dollars a Year. Three Copies, one year $5— Six 
Copies for $10—Ten Copies for $15—Fifteen Copies for $20 
—Twenty Copies for $25, and any additional number at 
amounts generally ranging from one hundred 
to four hundred. 
Tiie Maine Law.— Maine, Massachusetts, 
the same rate. fl®-As wo are obliged to pre-pay Ameri- Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wiscon- 
can postage, our lowestClub price to Canadian subscribers • ^ .<■ • , ,, , , ,, 
is $1,50 per copy. = 5^1 To facilitate mailing, we prefer KXn > iDQRma, Illinois and Delaware have all 
sending Club papers toono address at each Post Office, but passed prohibitory liquor laws. In New York 
the names of subscribers will be written on tho papers if , , ., * TT , . . ,. 
desired. Club papers sent to different Post Offices, and onti * ias P as sed the House, but thus far lingers 
names can be sent in at different times. 
[The Wool Grower and Stock Register can ho added 
to Rural clubs at 38 cents per volume, or 75 cents a year. 
The full price is 60 cents per volume, or $1 a year.] 
in the Senate. The New Jersey Senate defeat¬ 
ed a law in that State by a majority of one, 
and the vote was announced amid the con- 
53 -Specimen numbers, show-bills, prospectuses, etc., derailing hisses of a large audience, including 
sent free to all disposed to compete for the Premiums, or ma ] at j[ es 
who desire to extend the circulation of the New-Yorker. ‘ , , ’ , , ... , 
Subscription money should be properly enclosed, and 
addressed to D. I). T. MOORE, 
February 1, 1855. Rochester, N. Y. 
53 “ Lv remitting $15, or more, please send draft on 
Ohio has adopted one punishing the adul¬ 
teration of liquor, and prohibiting the sale of 
all except wines from the native grape, beer 
and cider. New Hampshire, New York, New 
About Advertising in the Rural 
New York, Albany, or Buffalo, (less cost of exchange,) Jersey, Pennsylvania, Iowa and California are 
or check or certificate of deposit on any Bank in this the only Northern States in which no such law 
State,—payable to our order. exists 
53 “ Agents.—A ny person so disposed can act as agent _ 1 . i 1 ^_ 
for the Rural New-Yorker,— and all who remit according r , T , ~ .. ,, 
to terms will be entitled to premiums, etc. General Jackson S Sword- On the 26th 
53 “ Additions to clubs may be made at any timo, at tilt-, General Cass, in the United States Sen- 
tho price per copy paid for tho original club. ate, presented to Congress the sword worn by 
....^ Gen. Jackson through his military campaigns. 
About Advertising in the RuraL The sword was given to the late General Arm- 
# , strong by Jackson, while the latter was on 
Not Admissible.—F or the information of all ^j s dea th-bed, and it is now presented as a relic 
interested, we again state that latent Medi- by the family of the donee. General Cass and 
ciqcr, Gift Enterprises, and other deceptive Senator Bhx mad(J iatc llc8 
matters, are not advertrsed in the Rohm on , ho occasioDi alK , a ¥0te of lhants to tIlc fam . 
any terras or conditions. In a recent instance, „ of eencral Ae „ oteoxo m d lmani . 
where we returned money and declined to „ , ~ , 
give a deceptive and swindling advertisement mous Y - ‘ uc 1 a ceiemony was veiy piopei 
6 ,., ,, , .. . and commendable, but it would please us even 
publicity, the applicant responds that he “is , . ,, . . , , , . , 
^ ,, ’ . j . . , , ,, Ar more highly to see presented and eulogized 
greatly surprised at our refusal, for the A. Y. ,, , , , 
„ m -7 -KT J- 7 r. , ,, the first plowshare that ever turned a furrow 
Evanqekd, Trwtne, JS’ationcu Era, and other re- . . 
, , ,, in America. 
spectable journals, have published tho same _^ , , T __ 
without objection.” Can’t help it, sir—our Message.—O n the last day of the ses- 
F ’ . ' . ' , . .. more highly to see presented and eulogized 
greatly surprised at our refusal, for the A. Y. ,, r , , . .. . , , 
„ A , rr .1 XI. the first plowshare that ever turned a furrow 
Evanaekxt, Trwtne, Jyaiional Era, and other rtr . . 
v, . in America, 
spectable journals, have published tho same _, . T __ 
without objection.” Can’t help it, sir—our Veto Message.—O n the last day of the sea- 
rule is unaltorable, and you are not the only gion, the President sent in a message vetoing 
sinner it has “surprised.” 
the mail steamer appropriation bill, on ac- 
— We have just received a “ Gift” adver- count of extravagant patronage to the Collins 
tisement, in which the Rural is named among line. Government was paying this line $33,- 
other papers to be distributed. While wo de- 000 the round trip, with a proviso to terminate 
cline publishing tho scheme, it is proper to the contract by giving notice a certain length 
state, that in all cases where the Rural is so of time. The vetoed bill rescinded the article 
advertised it is done without our knowledge which reserves the power to terminate the Con¬ 
or consent. During the past six months we tract, and extended the time to 1860. Com- 
have received several proposals to furnish from modore Vanderbilt has written a letter offer- 
25,000 to 100,000 copies of this volume of tho ing to perform the same service equally as well 
Rural, to bo disposed of on tho plan of the Gift for $14,000 the trip, and it is presumed this 
Enterprises of tho day,—but have declined all was one important consideration which influ- 
such propositions, and those who see this enced the President in the step he has taken, 
paper thus offered, will please understand that -- 
we ignore any participation in either the glory 
or shame, of the transaction. 
Col. Benton’s House Burned.— On the 27th 
ult., Col. Tiiomas H. Benton’s house, at Wash- 
Admissible.— Brief and appropriate adver- ington, was entirely destroyed by fire, and 
tisements will be inserted In tho Rural, so far what is still more calamitous, all his books and 
as tho limited space devoted to that object manuscripts were also consumed. No man 
permits. Preference is always given, however, living has been so long in conspicuous public 
to matters most likely to interest and benefit i stations, and the amount of historical and 
our readers,—such as the notices and cards of statistical manuscripts that have been thus lost 
Implement dealers and manufacturers, Seeds- cannot be replaced. 
men, Nurserymen, Breeders, Inventors, Far- The fire, as it now appears, took from a de- 
mers who wish to sell or purchase real estate, fective flue and had been smouldering in the 
&c., Book Publishers, Academies, etc. As its wood work sometime before being discovered, 
circulation largely exceeds that of any other Nothing of the contents of the house was 
Agricultural or similar journal published, the saved from destruction. 
Rural is of course by far the best medium of-»• «•»-—--- 
communication with the Agricultural and The Senatorial Question.— The election of 
Horticultural public—while it is read weekly U. S. Senators in many of the States has been 
by thousands of business and professional men. attended with great difficulties, and in several 
All who send us proper advertisements will it has been found impossible to make a choice, 
receive attention as early as our space will ad- California balloted 44 times without success, 
mit,—and if our friends will bear in mind and and in Pennsylvania, Indiana and Michigan 
act upon the fact that we prefer brief notices, many ballotings were had with like results.—• 
and desire to give none more than four con- All eyes are now turned to New Hampshire, 
secutivo insertions, they will enable us to ac- where a fierce State canvass is raging, on the 
commodate a larger number of applicants, result of which, as regards the complexion of 
each week, than it is possible for us to do un- the Legislature, depends two Senators. The 
less they comply therewith. election comes off next Tuesday. 
Congressional Synopsis. 
The Thirty-Third Congress closed its second 
session on Saturday night, March the 3d. This 
Congress expired by limitation on that day, to 
give place to another, and it is to be hoped, a 
better set of men. A very large number of 
members of the old Congress return to private 
life, never again, it is presumed, to take upon 
themselves the burthen of public life. 
The deeds of this Congress are matters of 
history, pregnant with some weal, and, we 
fear, a good deal of woe. The country seems 
to think so too, for never in two years since 
the foundation of onr Government has such a 
political revolution been experienced. Old 
parties are broken up, and even where a tri¬ 
umphant remnant of either of them remains, 
they have generally discarded their Congres¬ 
sional leaders and returned new men in their 
places. 
As is customary on such occasions, the close 
of the session was a scene of confusion. An 
immense number of bills was rushed through 
in order to save them from defeat by failure of 
action upon them ; a large number were re¬ 
jected, and a good many fell through by rea¬ 
son of a disagreement between the two houses, 
and a failure of committees of conference to 
reconcile the differences. All the most im¬ 
portant bills, however, including of course the 
Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, passed 
both houses. We have not room to give a list 
of the bills passed, nor time to unravel the 
confusion of the ultima dies of the session. 
5nlums, tbe following liberal gratuities for subscribers tribution has been delivered to the Comptrol- 
forwarded previous to the id of Hay, 1865 : ler, by whose warrants the amount apportion- 
THREK DOLLARS, in Bo oks, or a handsomely bound ed to eac } 1 Academy will he paid by the Treas- 
volume of the Rural for 1854, for thirty subscribers. J 1 J 
To everyone remitting for twenty copies ($26,) an extra urer of the State, on drafts or orders drawn on 
copy of the Rural and oithor volume of tbe Wool grower hi m by the Treasurers of the several Acade- 
and Stock Rlxustkr — or, The Horticulturist for 1855. . , , ,, . 
City Politics. 
Quarter Election.— The election for city 
officers in this municipality took place on 
Tuesday, hut we went to press too early to give 
the results. There was a good deal of anxiety 
and excitement in regard to the election. The 
Softs, the Whigs, and the Know-Nothings, 
each had candidates in the field, and it was 
believed the Grays and the Adamantines would 
go in for the K.-N’s. It is difficult just at 
present to give the complexion of any political 
party, for, like the Irishman’s flea, when you 
put your finger on him he isn’t there. In 
Massachusetts, Know-Nothingism is consonant 
with Free Soil, while in Virginia it is anything 
but that, and in New York it is neither or 
both, according to circumstances. Whiggery 
North and Whiggery South, are the antipodes 
of each other ; and Democracy “by any other 
name would 8inell as sweet.” Each party 
claims for itself genuine patriotism, and each 
party is notoriously fighting more for spoils 
than for the good of the country. 
P. S.—Since the above was placed in type, 
we have seen the Elephantine ticket of each 
party and faction. We give the candidate for 
Mayor, heading each, in the order of nomina¬ 
tion. Soft Dem. —Joshua Conkey ; Whig— 
Samuel G. Andrews; Hard Dem. —Joseph 
Medbery. On the morning of election, an 
“American (Know-Nothing) Ticket” appear¬ 
ed, without previous public notice, headed 
with the name of Charles J. Hayden. ! There 
are good men on each ticket, but if “Sam” 
elects his candidate for the Mayoralty (as is 
probable,) many may truly exclaim, “O, what 
a fall was there, my countrymen!” 
A Fair and Safe Offer. 
Under the heading of “Agricultural Pa¬ 
pers,” the Northern Blade has the following 
paragraph: 
“ Farmers who do not take any agricultural 
paper, we believe can in no way so well consult 
their own interests at so little outlay, as by 
subscribing for some good weekly paper that 
treats upon topics of special interest to them. 
There are several such papeys published, but 
we know of none that will compare with Moore’s 
Rural Neiv- Yorker. It is a large quarto of 
eight pages, beautifully printed on fine paper, 
and well adapted to binding and preservation. 
It is an excellent family paper, aside from ag¬ 
ricultural matters. We will warrant every 
man who subscribes on our recommend that 
he will get the worth of his money. Every 
man who will hand us in the club price, shall 
have his money refunded to him at the end of 
the year, if he is dissatisfied. Is not that fair ?’ ’ 
A “ first-rate notice, ” truly, but we do not 
copy it on that account. Many of our agents 
have made the same offer, and we have not 
heard of an instance wherein the money has 
been demanded. To show that the offer is a 
safe one, we copy here a note just received 
from a new subscriber—as follows : 
“ Williamson, N. Y., Feb., 1866. 
° ° ° I commenced taking your Rural 
with this volume. One of my friends told me 
if I would take it a year, and would then say 
I had not received the worth of my money, he 
would pay me all it cost, postage included! 
I hereby release him from his obligation. 
Truly yours, jr. u. w.” 
Now, what we wish to arrive at is this :— 
Any and every agent or friend who offers the 
Rural (to any respectable and sensible person) 
on above conditions, has our endorsement— 
that is, if the money is to be refunded, it shall 
come from our pocket on notification. This 
proposition is made more particularly for the 
benefit of agents in localities where the Rural 
is comparatively unknown, and the people are 
not yet aware that it is the paper wanted for 
individual and family reading. Where it has 
once been fairly introduced, no such offer is 
necessary to continue and increase the sub¬ 
scription, as our books abundantly testify. 
Minnesota Territory was organized only six 
years ago. Thirty counties have since been 
laid off and nearly all organized. The popu¬ 
lation has increased from five thousand to 
thirty thousand or more. The taxable proper¬ 
ty of tho Territory is estimated for 1856 at 
$ 7 , 000 , 000 . 
Change of Climate.—Its Probable Cause. 
by the ragged philosopher. 
— 
Country approaching per iodic rainy and dry seasons — 
Snow in old times—No extremes—Ihw accounted 
for—Evaporation the cause of cold—Refraction of 
sun’s rays—Philosophy at fault—Freezing fingers 
in summer—Chance is destiny controlled by laws — 
Causes immutable. 
Mr. Moore : — On the subject of a gradual 
change of climate, I have long indulged the 
idea that the clearing up of a new country has 
the effect to increase the cold of winters, to 
decrease both the amount of snow and rain, 
or to render their fall fitful and uncertain, 
and to cause great drouths and great and con¬ 
tinuous frills of water—causing the country to 
approach the state of more southern regions, 
which have their rainy and dry periods, and 
the last ten years rather confirm that idea. 
I well remember when snows fell two or 
three feet in December and January, and the 
earth was often not again seen till March, and 
often the fields were covered with the winter’s 
snow on the old town-meeting day, the first 
Tuesday in April. In those days, open winters 
and excessive drouths were rarely known. A 
week was hardly known in summer, but what 
fine showers gladdened the earth and the coun¬ 
try smiled in luxuriance. For the last ten or 
fifteen years, thunder-showers were extremely 
rare, and haying and harvest, with very few 
exceptions, have been effected without having 
a load wetted. 
In what manner the cutting down the for¬ 
ests, and the draining and cultivating the coun¬ 
try, affects climate, I admit is not very appa¬ 
rent, for winds—the mere circulation of the 
atmosphere—does not affect the thermometer, 
which instrument is the true criterion of spe¬ 
cific temperatures. It stands at the same 
point, whether exposed in the forest or en¬ 
closed buildings without any artificial heat, 
as in the currents of the most sweeping blast. 
Nervous sensation is affected by currents of 
air, and produced simply by an increased evap¬ 
oration of moisture from the skin, which is 
not only carried off rapidly by contact, but 
actually dissolved and taken up. Evaporation 
in all weather below the freezing point, is con¬ 
stant. Every organic substance contains wa¬ 
ter, and evaporation in all cases produces cold. 
One ounce of ether, at the temperature of a 
midsummer’s day, dropped on the end of a 
linger, will freeze it solid as ice. Ether is so 
rare and evaporable, that it carries off all the 
animal and sensible heat, and produces the 
greatest cold known. Everything in cold 
weather is subject to evaporation, and gives 
up moisture. Wet clothes will freeze dry, 
green wood will season, and even a lump of 
ice balanced on a scale, evaporates and grows 
lighter when currents of air prevail. 
The cutting down of the original forests, al¬ 
lowing and even causing lengthy and seven 
gales, would have the tendency greatly to in¬ 
crease evaporation, and consequently, as I 
have endeavored to show, greatly increases 
cold, and may be one of the causes of the appa¬ 
rent change of climate. On cleared surfaces, 
the rays of the sun would be reflected, obeying 
the laws of light, and pass off at the angle of 
incidence, as from the surface of a looking- 
glass, without imparting any heat; while if 
passing through thick forests, the rays would 
become refracted, bent and diffused, parting 
with their heat to the air and obstructing 
masses. 
The admission of uninterrupted winds bring 
immense volumes of clouds, which interrupt 
the sun’s rays—the only source of heat—and 
consequently produce greater degrees of cold 
than was observed when the country was new. 
If none of these hypothetical causes are the 
rationale of the process, I admit with your cor¬ 
respondent, (“ L. B. L.,”) that I see no good 
reason, or philosophical principle, to account 
for the fact that the simple opening and clear¬ 
ing up of a country should have such an im¬ 
portant effect; and yet, after all, the peculiari¬ 
ty of our seasons may he accidental and adven¬ 
titious, and the ‘ ‘ good time may he coming’ ’ 
around again, when equable temperatures and 
genial rains shall bless and revive the earth, 
till it shall “ bloom and blossom like the rose.” 
Littoria Farm, Feb., 1855. 
The Weather. —Tho severity of winter 
seems to have fairly passed, and, with the re¬ 
turn of the spring months, milder weather has 
also returned. The snow is gradually melting 
away, and unless a change soon occurs for the 
worse, our fields will ere long be divested of 
their wintry covering. Nothing could he 
more favorable than the manner in which the 
great body of snow is becoming deflected, for 
if a sudden thaw with rain had intervened 
disastrous floods might be apprehended.— 
There has been an immense thickness of ice 
formed on all our lakes and rivers, which will 
take some time to melt under any circum¬ 
stances. 
Coras dk Espana, or Going to Madrid r a Barcelona. Now 
York : Rodlioid, 110 and 112 Nassau street. 
This is a well-written and lively volume— 
giving the adventures of the author in France, 
Switzerland and Spain, to which last place he 
was sent by the Doctors, and his own good 
fortune. The readers of Putnam's Magazine will 
remember the series of papers under the above 
title which compose this book, as one of the 
many attractions of that excellent monthly. 
Sold at Dewey’s Arcade Bookstore. 
The Western Literary Messenger for March, 
is the first of the 24th volume of this cheap and 
always valuable monthly. It is still edited 
by J. Clement, Esq., a guarantee of its excel¬ 
lence, and published by Thomas &. Lathrops, 
Buffalo, N. Y., at $1,50 per year. 
Slipping. 
Tub Hutchinson Family arc singing in Mas¬ 
sachusetts. 
San Francisco now contains eight hundred 
brick buildings. 
All the Breweries in Chester county, Pa., 
have ceased operations. 
A tree weighing 700 pounds will absorb fif¬ 
teen pounds of water in six hours. 
Excellent for these hard times is the name 
of a St. Louis firm,—Grinn & Barrett! 
One million dollars worth of silks have been 
imported at Boston since January 1st. 
The Detroit Tribune mentions a fatal case 
of poisoning by the use of camphor. 
The Bank of England is at work prosecu¬ 
ting a new system of bank note printing. 
They had a snow storm in New Orleans on 
Tuesday week. Quite a curiosity with South¬ 
erners. 
Gov. Clark has signed the bill authorizing 
the taxation of non-residents doing business in 
this State. 
The late King of the Sandwich Islands died 
of delirium tremens. Ilis successor is more tem¬ 
perate. 
Tiie people of Worcester, Mass., have de¬ 
clared a war of extra mination against the ca¬ 
nine race. 
The hanking house of Wm. Brewster & Co., 
St. Paul, Minnesota, was robbed of $6,700 on 
the 21st ult. 
Wood is retailing at'$16 per cord at Chicago. 
No one is allowed to purchase more than half 
a cord at a time. 
M. Salvage, of Havre, whom the French 
represent as the inventor of the screw propeller, 
has become insane. 
The deep snows of the present winter on the 
Illinois prairies are said to be veiy favorable 
to the wheat crops. 
The French Emperor has invited all tho 
crowned heads of Europe to be present at the 
National Exhibition. 
In five wards of Cleveland there are 128 
families, no member of which can read. Six 
native and 122 foreign. 
Mr. George Peabody, of London, is worth 
$3,000,000, so situated that lie can convert it 
in thirty days into cash 
A man named Sherman, of Cumberland Md 
was recently robbed at the Railroad depot in 
Baltimore, of nearly $2,000. 
The Memphis navy yard property has been 
sold at auction in house lots, and the amount 
realized by the sale is $59,678 62. 
The Mayor of Boston has effectually sup¬ 
pressed Sunday liquor traffic in that city. But 
one shop was reported open last Sabbath. 
Prescott has completed, after ten year’s la¬ 
bor, his History of the Reign of Philip the 
second. It will be published in three vol. 
Some of the Fire Insurance Companies of 
Boston have resolved to take no Philadelphia 
risks, until they have a paid Fire Department. 
Oranges and lemons are cheaper than apples 
in New York, the former $2,50 and the latter 
$2 per box. Lemons retail at ten cents per doz. 
Sarah Payson Willis, alias Fanny Fern, was 
born in Portland, July 9th, 1811. She is there¬ 
fore (we hope she will pardon us) 43 years old. 
The Jews of the city of Cincinnati are about 
to establish a College of their own in that city, 
upon the same plan as the German Universities! 
Ex-Senator Hale is stumping New Hamp¬ 
shire, and Messrs. Mace, of Indiana, and 
Campbell, of Ohio, are expected to do so like¬ 
wise. 
The Tresidentof the Know Nothing Council 
in Wayland, Steuben county, has burnt up tho 
records, and returned the Charter to head¬ 
quarters. 
February 24th was tho coldest morning of 
the season at Cleveland ; the thermometer, be¬ 
tween 5 and 7 o’clock, ranging from 18 to’19° 
below zero. 
Tiie Hollander, published in Ottawa county, 
Mich., says that the deep snow has driven a 
large number of wolves into the settlement in 
search of food. 
Madame Bishop and the harpist Bochsa, who 
have been very successful in South America 
and in California, are going to make the tour 
of Australia. 
The Library of 1,100 volumes used by Napo¬ 
leon at Elba, is still preserved on lhat island. 
Many of the works contain notes in the Em¬ 
peror’s own hand. 
One of the Texan papers remarks that at 
“the recent sitting of the court at San Anto¬ 
nio thirteen gentlemen were assigned places in 
the penitentiary.” 
Upwards of two hundred business firms of 
Sacramento have petitioned the City Council 
to enforce the observance of the Sabbath, by 
closing the stores. 
John B. Haiin, clerk in the Milwaukee Post 
Office, was arrested on Saturday week, on tho 
charge of embezzling money from letters. He 
has confessed his guilt. 
The fugitive slave Anthony Burns, was in 
Baltimore last week, on his way back to Bos¬ 
ton, his freedom having been purchased by a 
few Bostonians for $1,300. 
The whole number of paupers in the United 
States, supported in whole or in part by public 
funds, within the year 1853, was 134,975, 
against 50,363 in 1860. 
There are 10,000 street gas lamps in New- 
York, which burn 30,000 feet of gas per hour, 
or 430,000 feet per night. The cost of one 
night’s burning is about $1,400. 
The Paris Moniteur says the Emperor re¬ 
ceived Prince Napoloon on the morning after 
his arrival, and could not restrain his emotion 
on seeing the Prince’s altered features. 
Tiie Mormon emigrants from Europo are 
hereafter to be landed at northern ports, on ac¬ 
count of the sickness to which they have here¬ 
tofore been exposed going up the Mississippi. 
The total number of merchant vessels of all 
classes taken up by the government for war 
purposes, has been 206, of an aggregate burden 
of 205,888 tons—average capacity 1,000 tons. 
At Charleston, S. C., on the 8th of Februa¬ 
ry—the coldest day we have had at the North 
fur years—there was a thunder storm, with 
thermometer at 65 degrees above zero. 
