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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
ROCHESTER, MARCH 17, 1855. 
SPECIAL NOTICES.—TO AGENTS, &c. 
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charged per copy, when left at residence by city carrier. 
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this city, and we therefore request Western friends and 
agents to remit Eastern money—or drafts on Rufalo or 
New York, less the cost of exchange. 
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the necessary documents —extra numbers, show bills, 
prospectuses, etc. It will afford as pleasure to respond 
to all requests in this line. 
4@~ In remitting $15, or more, please send draft on 
New York, Albany, or Buffalo, (less cost of exchange,) 
or check or certificate of deposit on any Bank in this 
State,—payable to our order. 
Return of Anthony Burns. 
The New Postage Law. 
-t- 
The new law in relation to letter pontage Anthony Burns, the slave who was returned 
goes into operation on the 1st of April. The Rom Boston to the South under the Fugitive 
first section provides that the postage on sin- ^ ave Law, has been piuchased by his friends 
gle letters for all distances less that three * u ^at city for $1,300, and brought back to 
thousand miles shall be three cents, and over freedom. On the evening of March 6th a 
three thousand miles ten centt; that double “ eetin S congratulatory of the event was held 
letters shall be charged double rates, treble * n Gie -Hemont Temple, Boston, at which fif- 
lettcrs treble rates, &c., and that half an ounce ^ cen hundred persons were present, 
or less shall he deemed a single letter, and The Rev. Leonard A. Grimes gave a history 
each additional half ounce shall increase the of the efforts made to liberate Burns. He 
rates in the ratio of a single letter ; that upon said that at the time the militia of Boston 
all letters passing through the mails, except passed resolutions to raise funds with which 
those to and from a foreign country, and those to purchase the slave, he wrote to Col. Settle, 
upon official business, the postage must be paid in asking him if he would stand to the promise 
advance ; and that after the first day of Janu- m ade to sell him for $1,200. Suttle replied 
ary, 1856, the Post Master General may re- that he had been at great expense, had suffer- 
quire local Post Masters to affix stamps to all ed 6 rea t indignity and would not now sell him 
prepaid letters. Otker provisions of the first tor a less sum than $1,500. Mr. Grimes wrote 
section are similar to the old law. again, appealing to the gallantry of the Col- 
The second section makes it a penal offence one ^ ^>ut he responded that he had fixed his 
for Post Masters or others to sell postage P nc ^ and 'would take nothing less. The res- 
stamps for a larger sum than that charged at ° u^on of the militia falling through, the 
the Department; and the third section pro- fne , of HuRNS for a time became disheart- 
vides for the registration of money or other cne ’ ”' nd their distress was not a little aug- 
valuable letters at a registration fee of five by hearing that he had been sold, with 
cents ; not, however, making registration im- a ond that he should never be “sold North.” 
perative on the person sending, nor holding Y pon ascertaining Burns’ locality in North 
The Peach Tree—Effects of Great Cold: 
Our Climate. 
•(Tetog 6Jijjf)ir)gg, 
To Agents and Others. 
Additions to Clubs — Are now in order, and 
acceptable at the rates of the original club, 
whether few or many are forwarded. Our sets 
of_ back numbers are limited, yet we can still 
furnish the complete volume, if specially or- | havc rcccntl bocn llod invc8t in 
dered. Agents who have formed clubs, will 1 - - F b haiu 
the Department responsible for losses. 
An extra charge for registration, without 
any liability on the part of Government, is 
both unjust and ridiculous. If no positive 
protection or insurance is guaranteed, and 
there is none, the system of registration will 
justly he regarded by those directly interested 
as an absurd and expensive farce. We may he 
mistaken, hut certainly cannot discover the 
justice or wisdom of a measure which, instead-j 
of protecting those subject to loss, requires from 
them a premium on their investments for the 
support and “encouragement” of mail rob¬ 
bers ! Perhaps, however, the hundreds we 
Carolina, letters were addressed to his new 
master to know whether he would sell him, 
to which he replied that he would, and fixed 
his price at $1,300. Seven hundred dollars 
were subscribed by the friends of the fugitive, 
and Mr. G. advanced the balance. 
Burns made a speech at the meeting, and all 
things passed off pleasantly. 
Wife Murderers. 
Mr. Moore:—I am not yet convinced that -— 
the extreme cold of February has destroyed VoL -ii T £ m P eraRC ? Convention was held at 
the prospect of a crop of Peaches, I shall N “ h " 11 *' W ' Feb ' 22d ' 
A successful experiment with a street 
find stronger evidence in the total destitution 
of blossoms in May next. I know there is 
danger of failure, because the temperature 
was so low, even to more than 20° below zero. 
But the ground was covered with deep snow, 
and had but a small depth of frost in it._ 
The Bnow was a good protection of the earth 
around the roots, and, as the living tree is 
known to have a higher temperature than tho 
coldest air, it may be hoped that all the buds 
are not killed. Some have feared that the 
peach trees would he found to have been kill¬ 
ing machine was made in New YorYon Friday. 
. Bread is now three times the ordinary price 
m Egypt, owing to the European demand for 
grain. 
John YY atkins, one of the most successful 
farmers m Virginia, died recently in Chester¬ 
field county. 
r l iie Detroit river is entirely free of ice, and 
communication with the Canada shore is un¬ 
interrupted. 
The winter in Palestine is of unusual severity, 
snow covers the mountains to a depth of 
nearly four feet. 
Tiik daily delivery of water to London dur- 
ed, because in the cold parts of New England 
this tree has a relatively short life, and the ing the last fewmonths, has“ w7ittl7short 
shortness is attributed chiefly to the severity of 1,000,000 gallons 
of winter. It is not improbable that the trees Ex-Chancellor Bibb, of Ky., now full oighty 
wiu be found injured, and thus the younger years old, appears, in his stalwart form before 
ones put back somewhat or prevented from so tbe Su P reme Court daily. 
ra ^?r w ; h - , , LlG i7 H° U8KS cost the United States this 
I Bat the climate of this section of the State Y ear $1,073,684 ; the Coast Survey, $446 000 • 
is becoming colder at times, seems probable. tbe dud iei ar y> $226,906. 
be furnished copies from 1st March or April to 
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to commence with the new quarter, April 7. 
There are hundreds and thousands within the 
circle of our parish of readers, who would 
readily subscribe, if invited. Will not our 
agents and friends extend an invitation 
thus benefiting community, and seconding our 
efforts Those whose subscriptions expire 
with March, will please remember our rule 
relative to advance payment,—and wc trust 
that, in renewing their suDscriptions, they will 
not forget the importance (and may we not 
add, pleasant duty ?) of introducing the Rural 
to the attention and support of their neigh 
bors and acquaintances. 
Bound Volumes of the Rural cannot be 
forwarded by mail, as many agents and friends 
infer — the weight and size excluding them. 
They can, however, he forwarded by express, 
&c., to almost any point on railroad, steam¬ 
boat or stage routes. Another explanation. 
Some few friends construe our special premium 
fund, disqualifies us for judging impartially. 
A Great Event. 
On Thursday, the 8th instant, a locomotive 
for the first time crossed the Niagara Suspen¬ 
sion Bridge, having on board John A. Roeb- 
ung, the architect and builder, and a few 
other persons. The engine was decorated with 
the flags of the two nations, now for the first 
time united with hands of iron ; and upon 
reaching the centre of the bridge, it stopped 
above the roaring chasm through which, at a 
depth of two hundred and fifty-eight feet, was 
I yler, who murdered his wife at Syracuse, 
was convicted by a Jury on the 9th. On 
Thursday morning of last week, Phelps, who 
ii> under sentence of death for a similar crime 
at Troy, broke jail and nearly escaped. He 
placed himself behind the door, having pre¬ 
viously released himself from tlie chain which 
confined him to the floor, and as the jailor 
came in to take down the blind of the window, 
Phelps rushed upon him, pushed him hack 
into the cell, and, passing out himself, locked 
up the jailor in his stead, at the same time 
carrying away the key. It was some time be¬ 
fore the family could be aroused by the cries 
of the involuntary prisoner and the alarm 
given. The convict was soon after re-arrested 
on the towpatli of the canal a short distance 
out of Troy, and again committed to jail. He 
was to have been executed next day, but Gov. 
But, as that of New England does not seem to 
bo colder, the cause must he sought in some 
change which is going on in our State. The 
great change is the clearing of our lands by 
the destruction of our forests. The obvious 
effect of this was stated long ago by an Ameri¬ 
can philosopher. The summer can be hotter, 
the autumn continue longer before winter sets 
in, and the winter extend farther into the 
spring. 
There is another effect. When the cold be¬ 
comes extreme, the colder atmosphere above 
An act has passed the Rhode Island Assem- 
Iv y A hl 5 h a tra ” 8fcrs the pardoning power from 
that body to the Governor. 
T H ® P lace an d homestead of James 
Otis, the illustrious Revolutionary patriot, at 
Barnstable, is offered for sale. 
Miss Martineau is so dangerously ill as to 
leave no hope for her recovery. Her disease 
is enlargement of the heart. 
Navigation may now he said to he fairly 
resumed, the harbors along the coast being 
almost entirely free from ice. 
rushing the foaming waters of the Niagara, and Clark has again respited him on the plea of 
mingled its wild shriek with the roar of the insanity, and an effort is now hdng put forth 
emrino tf c ieers the fi P ecta tors. The to bring liis case once more before the courts, 
engine then continued its course to the Amer- for the purpose of obtaining a commission de 
ican side, and immediately returned. At a 
subsequent hour it was again driven over 
loaded down with a crowd of adventurers, 
whose fears of a catastrophe seem to have been 
allayed by the first successful passage. 
The locomotive is named tlie London, and 
belongs to the Great YVestcrn Railroad, the 
guage of which differs both from the New York 
lunatico , to inquire into the alleged insanity. 
• , , . , - - Henry A. Wise made a speech at Richmond 
us is brought down to us, or that from north- a few nights ago, four hours long. The Herald 
ern and colder regions is borne along to us.— “ he lengthens as he goes.” 
Though I believe the former is the chief cause, A few barrels of liquor, on their way thro' 
the removal of forests would in either case ad- Jutland, Vt., from Troy to Boston, were ob- 
mit the cold wind to the earth, and expose the served to be labelled, “ Widow's Tears." 
earth to far greater degrees of cold from this lT n is n °w believed that twenty volumes will 
access of atmosphere—colder than it could be bardl Y contain all the MSS. of the Emperor 
with the protecting power of forests. It is Bonapartc ’ collected by Louis Napoleon, 
not that there is wind, but that colder wind , Ba8C0mb > th ® YVillmantic, Ct., mail robber, 
come, to us by the removal of the tree, that ^y^ndtoe mont&JEu"' t0 
once covered the earth. It may be expected, m, i> * ™ T , contiement. 
therefore, that we .hall havc occa,ional occur- the Govemmm? *l7lo%T| 
rence of colder periods as our forests are more Department, $675,120 ; the Mint $541 300 ^ 
fully destroyed. The mean temperature of Marshfield, the chosen seat ofDanie’l Web 
I ehruary for the last eighteen years is 26.4, ster, which he earnestly desired his children 
and of the late February 17.8, a great differ- to retain, was to be sold at auction on the 14th. 
ence in mean temperature. In 1838 the mean The appropriations for Indian Affairs this 
of February was 15.2, and in 1843 was 17 de- Y ear amount to $2,277,696. The largest pay- 
grees, a little colder than the last month.— ment is that to the Mississippi Sioux, $205,800. 
The temperature of the first half of the past Cassius M. Clay & Co., who a few months 
February was 14.8, and of the second half a S° ster t ed a private bank in Cincinnati, give 
20.8. YVitli the strong wind of February 24 ceri^ ° f theiF mtentl0n to close up the cen¬ 
to 26 and temperature above cypher, the cold The ten per cent interest hill has passed the 
was moie intolerable than the still atmosphere Legislature of Missouri, with the provision 
of the 6th and 7th February, when the tern- tbat it should take effect on the 1st of January 
perature was 20 degrees or more below zero. nexk 
March 7th, 1855. c. D. The Territorial Council of Oregon has voted 
Remarks.— YVe certainly hope Prof. Dewey fr0 “ 6a le_m to Corvallis, 
Infamous. —Mrs. Margaret Byrne made affi¬ 
davit before the Police Justice in New York - -^ TT . .- -, 
last week, that Davis & Son, dealers in cloth- is correct ill regard to the Peach crop, yet , " Vm ' ty from C<jrval, “ to J “<*Son¬ 
ina, refusal to pay her for making three shirts have reason to fear the injury to both buds I, is stated that in the warehouses at Aher 
at tlie price of one shilling each ! and further, and trees will prove more extensive than deen, Miss., there 24,000 hales of cotton wait 
„ „ . -'I - - -Central and the CanandaiVua * m „ that before giving ber the work to do > the Y re- durin S any preceding season. • The fruit hud in S f °r a rise in the Tombigbee, to he sent to 
offerof “extra copy of the KonA 1 . and either th c SlTai beimr^ fourTe et^ j » d«Poti‘c from her of two dollars in germs may havc escaped injury in favorable 
ToL of the ^; G ‘ & S< ~ or ' the Horiimltu- the last named s . S x f Ganad ^ ^ Cash ’ and now also declined to refund the de- localities, hut critical examination by fruit Since the opening of hostilities up to the 
rist for 18 oo, to mean, either the Rural or *_i__.j . , , - m a may, ieic- p 0 s ite. Tlie plea set up by the defence is that growers, demonstrates that they are destroyed end of Y ea r, the total number of Russian 
*- " '. in almost every caposed situation in this ETy^o'“ 7 ’’ Bntlsh W 
region.—E d. 
... , w - --O AD AAA CA AAA I *****'*,,<, y. f Y f \/V 
careiul - ....... -- 
the last named six feet. 
YV. G. & S. R. and the Horticulturist ; whereas ^ ^ United the shirts were not well made, hut persons 
the offer means (according to our ideas of ufthatTht^ the next “ews w e hear wiU who have examined them state that the sew 
grammar and punctuation,) that wc will give * , annexed us to her territory. ing is exce iient. Great indignation is mani 
the Rural and one vol. of YV. G. & S. R., or, a careful admeasurement with instru- fested in the community against the extortion- 
(instead of those two journals,) the Horlicultu - ments > lfc was ascertained that on the second ers, and they are likely to get a very wide- 
rist. Such at least, was our intention, and the P asfia g c of the iocomotive with a gross weight spread and unenviable reputation. Since le 
language is so plain that but few have mis- ^mty tons, the bridge deflected at the cen- gal proceedings were commenced tlie defend- 
understood tlie offer. tre just three inches from a normal condition, ants have offered to pay the price’ and refund 
1 his seems to us to he a good deal for the thc deposite, provided they be honorably dis- 
The Legislature. | burthen, hut it must he borne in mind, that charged, which offer has very properly been 
rr .... . . the bridge is hung upon slack cables, and that rejected. Let them he shown up as they de- 
The Temperance bill seems to linger in the such a deflection is not the mark of weakness serve. * J 
Senate. A disposition is manifested to tern- it would he in a rigid and unyielding structure. 
jUfei-ilirl) ^ecoird. 
porize with the measure, and so to change its 
provisions as to make the whole thing con- Shams™. LncisiATiOH.-The Oregon Legis- 
tempt.ble.- Sonator Crosbt introduced a sub- laturo havc passed an act in relation to colored 
St. ute which meets with favor among topers people, which puts to shame the former black 
“ d „ t , 7 ’ 7°“ Cr " n0t “ WiU !»™ of some of our free Wester,, States. It is 
pass the Senate, remains to he seen, an act prohibiting thc coming or residing in 
Quite an excitement arose in the House on the territory of any free negro or mulatto • 
the matter of a return of the Census hill from with a proviso that “this act shall not affect 
the Senate, with amendments. The Speaker persons coming here with their slaves.” Con- 
declarcd the motion to concur undebatable, sidering the impossibility of slave labor hein 
whereupon Messrs. Headley and Petty refused profitable in such a climate, and on such a soil 
to rote, and were declared in contempt, and as that of Oregon, the proviso is really as in- 
arraigned before the bar of the House. After suiting to the South, as the whole act is to the 
an adjournment, however, and a night’s rest, North ; and the Squatter Dracos of that fast 
the matter was adjusted by a written disclaim- territory, deserve to have their black 
er of intentional contempt, and an apology 
from the offending members. 
Kidnappers Foiled.— Three wretches at¬ 
tempted to kidnap a colored boy in Pittsburgh 
a few nights since. YVhen seized, he fought 
bravely for his liberty, broke through a win¬ 
dow and cried “ murder” lustily. YVhen the 
neighbors came to his rescue they found him 
in the act of leaping from a third story win¬ 
dow ; but he was saved, and two of the kid¬ 
nappers arrested. It is to he hoped that the 
severest penalties of the law will be inflicted 
upon all such rascals. 
According to the YVashington correspondent 
of the Philadelphia Ledger, Gen. Persifer F. 
Smith has been appointed to the new Brigadier 
Generalship. 
The aggregate expenses of Congress for the 
Lives ok thk Queens ok Scotland and English Princosses Y® ar > cons i s ^ n g of pay, mileage, compensation 
connected with the Regal Succession or Great Britain. of officers, contingent expenses and library 
By Agnes Strickland, author of the Uvos of the Quoons were $1,479,699. 
of England. Yol. V. New York : Harper & Brothers. -r, 
This volume contains a continuation of the tectTthe^u^ort Office*" 
Life of Mary Stuart, the beautiful and un- and Patent Office buildings, died in YVashing- 
fortunate Queen of Scots. The wide reputa- t 011 on Fridtiy week 
tion of Mrs. Strickland as a writer of Histori¬ 
cal Biographies, will give these very readable 
volumes a wide circulation. Sold by E. Dar- 
row & Brother. 
scored upon their own backs. 
Hard Times for Pen-and-Ink Men.—T he 
newspaper business has been overdone in Cal- 
j I ifornia, and is undergoing a revolution. The 
aw Alta California, the oldest paper in the State, 
Satire and Satirists. By Jab. Hannat, Now York: Red- 
field, 1856. 
This volume, a reprint of an English work, 
contains six Lectures on Satire and the princi¬ 
pal Satirical writers, from Horace and Juve¬ 
nal down to Byron and Moore. It is an at¬ 
tractive subject, and is treated in a lively 
though somewhat 6lip-shod style,—one, per 
haps, best suited to its character. For sale at 
Dewet’s. 
Inez: a Tale of the Alamo. New York: Harper & Bros 
Those interested in the early history of 
has been sold by the Sheriff and bought in by ’ Bexas > wB l find some of the lights and shades 
r the compositors, for about the amount of their its stru gg le ft> r Independence brought out 
The Local Elections.— Most of the towns, ° K ™ Y ° Y Becord.— The Boston papers say claims. The San Francisco Sun, which boasts in this volume > also a striking delinea- 
and some of the cities, hare held their local f 6th in8tant a Iad y ninety-two years the largest circulation of any paper in the tion of tlie acts and influences of Jesuitism 
elections in this State. There were generally 1,^ C< '° m Salem to tliat cit Y> a distance State, is also advertised for sale by the Sheriff in domestic as well as political life. Sold by 
° J of thirteen miles. tl» .u i.j_ : -a , .- - - „„ J 
r l he old lady is yet plump for debt, and the Herald is undergoing the b)AER0 ''T & Brother 
anc rosy, and her firm step would hardly be same process. - 
equ ailed by one of our ladies of a quarter her -—___ ^oukCo^^or an‘ 206-Jan ' 1585 - Xew York 
of tho other officers, by a small plurality.- She lived in Charlestown at the time . Railroad Commissoners.-A bill has been Ora hundred voWs of this able Quarterly 
mL._ At o • of the Revolution, find well remembers the introduced in the State Senate for the appoint” i 4 - 1 ^ 
They have five of the Supervisors to the Dem- ™ remembers the ment 0 f a Board of Railroad Commissioners,^to completed with the last number-the 
twOj sometimes three or more, tickets run, 
with various results. In this city the Know- 
Nothings elected their Mayor and a majority 
ocrats three and the YVhigs two. In the towns 
of the county the YVhigs have a plurality of 
the Supervisors. In Auburn the Know-Noth¬ 
ings elected their entire ticket; but in Oswego, 
Littlejohn, the so-called recusant to tho order, 
is elected Mayor. 
Orphans’ Concert.— The children of the 
Protestant Orphan Asylum, of this city, are to 
give a grand Concert at Corinthian Hall, on 
^Thursday evening next, under the direction of 
|Dr. Crane. The occasion will be one of inter- 
[fcst to both the public and the institution, and 
(we trust the latter will receive a substantial 
’benefit. City reader, don’t forget to make an 
investment in tickets, even though precluded 
from attending the Concert. 
stirring scenes of that period. 
If the above pedestrian feat be true, we 
doubt whether its equal can be found on the 
record of modern times. 
Albany Agricultural YVorks. —It will he 
observed by reference to a notice in our ad¬ 
vertising department, that tlie former enter¬ 
prising managers of this extensive establish¬ 
ment, have resumed business under the style 
and firm of Emery Brothers. As our sympa¬ 
thies are always with the industrious and 
persevering, we take this occasion —without 
the solicitation or knowledge of tlie parties 
interested — to commend the new firm to the 
attention and patronage of the Agricultural 
community, and dealers in Implements, &c. 
have general sapervision of all the Railroads P re6ent commences tlie second hundred. YVe 
in the State—their financial affairs as well as doubt whether a better record of the great 
general management. This recommendation questions of the times can he had in anv 
State SgS^M^eyor’S^minLa; *>"». «-> *> 
worthy thc favor of the Legislature and the 8U PP ied b Y such works as this. Dewkt, agt 
public at large. Our Railroad management is Tiie London Quarterly and Blackwood’s Maga- 
exceedingly loose and needs reform. Roads 2J ’ ne > published by same firm, are also received 
are put in operation before they are in good 
working condition ; proper precaution against 
accidents is not always taken ; and the in¬ 
terests of stockholders are very frequently left 
to the unchecked private avarice of some of 
the officers and directors.— Democrat. 
Tub Ijttlh Louvre ; or, Tho Boy’s an.l Girl’s Gallery of 
1 ictures. Harper’s Story Books. No. 4. Monthly $3 
per annum, 25 cents each. 
About fifty fine illustrations, with stories to 
match, make up this number of Mr. Abbott’s 
Juvenile serial. From Darrow’s. 
Tiie Buffalo Republic says the avails of the 
late calico party for the poor in that city are 
not all reported, hut thus far over $600 in cash 
has been received, and clothing amounting to 
more than double that sum. 
Prescott, the Historian, has been occupied 
for some years in preparing a History of the 
Reign of Philip the Seeond. Tlie Boston Tel¬ 
egraph says he has completed two of tlie six 
volumes. They are soon to be issued. 
Tiie N. Y. Chief of Police, in his semi-annual 
report, just presented, announces that there 
were 43 arrests for murder, and 166 for assault 
with intent to kill. 
The market price of lions at Natal appears 
to he £7.10s.; at least three “ beautiful ” and 
healthy forest kings were sold recently in the 
market for £22.10s. 
Advices from Minnesota state that labor of 
all kinds is in great demand. Farm hands are 
paid $30 per month, carpenters $3 per day, and 
all other trades in proportion. 
Count Abel Hugo expired on the 8th ult.., 
after a few days’ illness, at his residence in the 
Rue des Moulins. He was the elder brother 
of M. Victor Hugo, the poet. 
^ The fourth party of emigrants from New 
England have laid out a city a long way up the 
Kansas river, and call it YVauponsa, which, in 
Indian, means the dawn of day. 
Two persons in Ogdensburgh, formerly stage 
drivers, have been committed by the U. S. 
Commissioner in default of $2,000 bail each, 
on a charge of robbing the mail. 
Church going lias become a very expensive 
matter in San Francisco. At a sale of pews 
several sold as high as twelve hundred dollars, 
equivalent to about $23 per Sunday. 
Snails are regarded as good eating in Paris 
and Vienna, and in October and November last 
nine hundred barrels were exported from 
Switzerland for foreign consumption. 
Mr. Thackeray lias declined tho office of 
President of the Associate Societies of the Ed¬ 
inburgh University, as he expects to be in 
America the next winter and spring. 
All the Railroad companies in Indiana have 
given free passes to the members of the Legis¬ 
lature. Is not this reviving the “ dead-head ’ ’ 
system in its most objectionable form. 
The Crystal Palace at Munich, built for tho 
late exhibition, is ordered to he entirely emp¬ 
tied, and converted into an exercising ground 
for drilling and parading the troops. 
A personage belonging to one of the highest 
families in Portugal, has secretly placed 10,000 
bottles of port wine at the disposal of the 
French government, for the army at Crimea. 
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