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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER ■. AN AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 
ROCHESTER, MARCH 24. 1855. 
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State,—payable to our order. 
The Foreign News.—Death of the Czar. 
The long interval (fourteen days) which oc¬ 
curred between the arrival of the Canada and 
that of the Pacific and Africa, has given time 
forimany and important matters to transpire 
abroad. Among these may be mentioned the 
dissolution of the British ministry, the ru¬ 
mored expedition of the French Emperor to 
the Crimea in person, and last, and most im¬ 
portant of all, the reported sudden decease of 
the Czar of Russia. 
Despatches were received by telegraph from 
the British ministers, at the Hague and at 
Berlin, stating that Nicholas expired on the 
morning of Friday the 2d inst. There were 
rumors of assassination, but such are believed 
to be unfounded. Lord Clarendon stated in 
the House of Lords, and Lord Palmerston in 
the House of Commons, that the Czar died of 
pulmonic apoplexy, succeeding an attack of 
influenza. The Russian minister at Washing¬ 
ton, it is stated by telegraph, declares the re¬ 
port to be an unmittigated hoax ; but it does 
seem that, after being once so shamefully sold 
as the whole British and French nations were 
on the reported fall of Sebastopol, they would 
hesitate to be again made the laughing stock 
of Christendom. 
What the consequences will be in case the 
rumor prove correct cannot he confidently 
predicted; but it is quite probable a peace will 
speedily be concluded by the Plenipotentiaries 
now in conference at Vienna. The fact proba¬ 
bly is, that all parties are thoroughly sick of 
the war, and would seize hold of any honora¬ 
ble pretext for peace, which pretext the death 
of the Czar will readily afford. The allies will 
call it a war, not against the Russian Nation, 
nor against the new sovereign, but against the 
ambition of Nicholas, which has been forever 
extinguished by a greater conqueror than 
themselves, viz., Death. The successor will 
probably be satisfied to preserve his empire 
intact, and leave to a future day the chances 
of aggrandizement and extension. The “poor 
sick man,’’ Turkey, will thus be loft to get 
well or die, as best he may ; an effete, worn 
out, old carcass as he is, with a harem of 
women to torment him while living, and a 
dozen ambitious neighbors ready to seize upon 
his substance the moment he is dead. 
If the war should continue, and Louis Na¬ 
poleon go to the Crimea, the glorj r of any 
achievements there will fall to him, and Eng¬ 
land will be looked upon, both contemporane¬ 
ously and in history, merely as an auxiliary, 
shining only by borrowed light. This is per¬ 
fectly well understood by them, and hence the 
contemplated movement is discouraged by the 
British Cabinet. If persisted in by the French 
Emperor, it may afford ground for serious 
misunderstandings between the two powers. 
The British ministry will probably be re- 
i cons acted under Lord Palmerston, Prime 
| Minister, as heretofore. The resignation of 
several members is ostensibly the appointment 
of a committee of inquiry into the management 
of the war, but rumor hath it that internal 
dissens’on is the cause. England presents a 
sad spectacle of divided counsels at a moment 
when unity and vigor are most imperative. 
Political Revolution.— The administration 
party in New Hampshire has received one of 
the most utter routs ever experienced by a 
jolitical party. The Governor, all of the mem¬ 
bers of Congi-ess, nearly every State Senator, 
and more than two-thirds of the House of Rep¬ 
resentatives, are elected from the opposition. 
This gives to them two U. S. Senators, and 
presents a phase never before seen in our his¬ 
tory, viz., a President without a supporter in 
either \ ranch of Congress from his own State. 
is but fair, however, to state that the Presi¬ 
dential party has been compelled to meet in 
combined opposition, Whigs, Know-Nothings, 
Free-Soilers, Abolitionists, and all other shades 
of anti-administration sentiment. 
Surely we have fallen on strange times, when 
Democracy ceases to be a rallying cry among 
•the Granite Hills! 
Maine Law Wanted. 
The Legislature adjourned over last week, 
and made an excursion to New York, in order 
to visit the various charitable and penal insti¬ 
tutions in the vicinity of that city. On the 
day they with other guests (invited and unin¬ 
vited) visited Blackwell’s Island, a dinner was 
served up by the authorities, during which 
. rum and rowdyism ruled triumphant. The 
Commercial Advertiser says,—“ Many of the visi¬ 
tors finished the day with , an exhibition of 
coarseness, vulgarity and intemperance shame¬ 
ful and disgraceful beyond description. Plen¬ 
tifully were the tables supplied for six hundred 
guests — everything requisite for a proper, 
cheerful and even jovial afternoon, was abund¬ 
antly supplied, but men rushed to the tables 
like a herd of feeding animals, and despite the 
presence of ladies, the proprieties common to 
the humblest classes, and every attribute that 
should distinguish Christian men from raven¬ 
ous and wolfish beasts, commenced heaping 
food upon their plates, and pouring wine into 
their glasses, even before they had taken their 
seats. ’ ’ 
Toward the close of the performances, a 
Councilman and an Alderman got into a quar¬ 
rel, and almost a fight. The company shared 
the excitement, the ladies withdrew in alarm, 
and the police were compelled forcibly to quell 
the disorder. One hundred and eighty bottles 
of Champaigne, and an indefinite quantity of 
Brandy were imbibed on the occasion, which 
accounts for the singularly disgraceful pro¬ 
ceedings. 
The British Cabinet. 
The following is the list of the British Cab¬ 
inet as reconstructed under Palmerston. — 
Whether it will hold together or fall to pieces 
again before the sailing of another steamer, 
remains to be seen : First Lord of the Treas¬ 
ury, Lord Palmeeston ; Lord Chancellor, Lord 
Ceanworth ; Secretary of Foreign Affairs, 
Lord Clarendon ; Minister of War, Lord Pan¬ 
murk ; Home Department, Sir George Gray ; 
Colonial Department, Lord John Russell ; 
Chancellor of Exchequer, Sir G. C. Lewis ; 
First Lord of Admiralty, Sir C. Wood ; Chief 
Commissioner of Woods and Forests, Sir Wm. 
Molesworth ; President of the Council, Lord 
Granville ; Postmaster General, Lord Can¬ 
ning ; Lord Privy Seal, Duke of Argtle ; Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland, upon the resignation of 
the Earl St. Germans, Earl of Carlisle ; Chief 
Secretary for Ireland, Mr. Horseman ; A Lord 
of the Treasury, in room of Lord Elcho, re¬ 
tired, Lord Duncan ; President of Board of 
Trade, Lord Stanley, of Alderley ; Vice Presi¬ 
dent do., Mr. Laing ; Secretary to Board of 
Control, Mr. Dandy Seymour. 
Body of Emma Moore Found! 
On Monday afternoon last, the body of a 
female was discovered in the raceway in rear 
of D. R. Barton’s building, Buffalo street. It 
was soon recognized as the remains of the 
long-missing Emma Mooee — whose disappear¬ 
ance, last November, created great excitement, 
and has been shrouded in mystery. On exam¬ 
ination by a Coroner’s inquest, no bruises or 
marks of injury were discovered, which would 
lead to the belief that the deceased was mur¬ 
dered. Though there may have been foul 
play on the part of her supposed seducer, the 
following paragraph from the Democrat of Tues¬ 
day morning, renders it more than probable 
that the deceased committed suicide : 
“ It appears from the testimony of the phy¬ 
sicians that the deceased was enceinlc, and had 
been so for six or seven months. This, togeth¬ 
er with the refusal to marry on the part of 
whoever betrayed her, (which may be suppos¬ 
ed,) will be considered as affording a reason 
for self-destruction. 
“ Mr. Whitlock, to whom she was engaged 
to be married, has been taken into custody.’’ 
The Horticulturist, for March, is a capital 
number. It contains a steel-plate portrait of 
Marshall P. Wilder —the first of a series of 
portraits of distinguished horticulturists. The 
other illustrations are creditable, while the 
reading matter is generally good and seasona¬ 
ble. We are glad to learn that the Horticul¬ 
turist is receiving, as it deserves, increasing 
favor and circulation—for it is certainly pub¬ 
lished in a style far superior to that of any 
other horticultural magazine or journal in 
America. J. Vick, Jr.—$2 per annum. We 
renew our offer to send both the Rural and 
Horticulturist one year on receipt of $3. 
The Pitysioal Gkooratiiy ok the Sea, by M. F. Maury, L. 
L. D., Lieut. U. S. Navy. 
The above is the title of a now book pub¬ 
lished by the Harpers, and is regarded as a 
highly interesting and scientific work. Some 
of the topics considered are, the Gulf Stream 
and its influences upon Climate, the Atmos¬ 
phere, Magnetism, the Salts of the Sea, the 
Winds, Climates, Drift of the Ocean, Routes, 
&c., &c. The work is finely illustrated by 
charts of the winds and currents. Dakrow & 
Brother has it for sale. 
The Advertisements in this number of the 
Rural will be found worthy the special note 
and attention of farmers. They embrace a 
variety of announcements by implement deal¬ 
ers, seedsmen, nurserymen, stock breeders, 
owners of real estate, Ac. There are several 
excellent homesteads offered—among which 
Grove Farm, Canandaigua, is most desirable 
as a suburban residence. The announcement 
of the N. Y. Conference Seminary—a superior 
institution—should not be overlooded. 
£IF‘ Those who look in vain for advertise¬ 
ments ordered published, are reminded that our 
Bpace is limited, and terms— cash, in advance. 
Conflagrations. 
A large number of fires have occurred with¬ 
in a few days in different places, some of which 
have proved very extensive . and disastrous. 
On Friday, the 9th inst., the house, barn and 
other out-buildings of Mr. Judson, in Vernon, 
Oneida county, were entirely consumed; loss 
$3,000. On Saturday night, the 10tli inst., old 
Nassau Hall College, at Princeton, N. Y., was 
burned. The Newark Advertiser, speaking of 
the old Hall, says : 
‘ ‘ Previous to the battle of Princeton it was 
occupied by the British troops as their barracks, 
and the basement they used for stables ; it 
was afterwards regained by the American 
soldiery, and during the struggle a cannon 
ball from the American ranks passed through 
the walls and destroyed a portrait of King 
George II. which adorned the chapel, but the 
frame, which was uninjured, was subsequently 
filled with a full length portrait of Washing¬ 
ton, painted by the elder Peale. It is stated 
that Washington, after the battle, made the 
trustees a present of fifty guineas to repair the 
damage sustained by the fire of his troops, and 
this sum they expended in procuring his por¬ 
trait, which, among the relics of the chapel, 
was saved. The paintings in the picture gal¬ 
lery were preserved. Tho East and West Col¬ 
leges, the literary halls, chapel, library, lec¬ 
ture-rooms, professors’ residences, &c., are en¬ 
tirely uninjured, so that the exercises of the 
College will not be interrupted by the serious 
loss which it has experienced, and immediate 
measures will be taken to repair the disaster. ’ ’ 
Monday, March 12th, the Presbyterian 
Church in Weedsport, Cayuga county, was 
burned, which, with the organ and other prop¬ 
erty consumed, will make the loss between 
$4,000 and $5,000. On Tuesday night of last 
week an extensive conflagration occurred at 
Geneva, which destroyed four large stores and 
several offices. The loss is estimated at $100,- 
000; and on the same day a fire at Bath, 
Steuben county, burned thirty buildings, more 
or less valuable, and was the most disastrous 
fire that ever visited that beautiful place.— 
Loss estimated at $50,000. 
Direful Shipwreck.— The French frigate 
Semilante, which recently left Toulon, has 
been totally wrecked in the Straits of Bonni- 
facio. The vessel struck on one of the rocks 
in that passage and immediately filled. The 
crew and passengers, making 700 men, all 
perished. No other details have been yet re¬ 
ceived of this disaster. The catastrophe has 
created a most painful sensation in Paris. 
Seven hundred men have perished, and a vast 
quantity of cannons, mortars, shells, gunpow¬ 
der and shot have been lost. Nothing was 
saved. She was sailing to the East. 
Fall of a Mountain Summit. —’Hie Swiss 
papers say that on the evening of the 26th of 
January, the summit of Mount Blanc, between 
Magland and La Periere, gave •way and fell 
with a frightful crash. The road and the 
marsh which lie between the river Arve and 
the mountain are covered for a length of one 
hundred yards, and a width of twenty-six, 
with stones and earth to the depth of more 
than ten feet. There is probability that a 
further fall will take place, but it is not likely 
to endanger any village in the vallies. 
*• "*■ •*■" 
The Central and Erie Roads.— The New 
York Mirror of Tuesday has the following in 
its market report:—“Wo learn that the un¬ 
derstanding or arrangement entered into be¬ 
tween the New York and Erie Railroad Com¬ 
pany and the New York Central Railroad Com¬ 
pany, relative to fares and freights, has not 
worked satisfactorily to the former, and that 
notice has, or is about to be given, by the N. 
Y. and Erie Company, for the termination of 
the agreement. Each road will then in future 
charge its own rates, irrespective of the other. ’ ’ 
Correction. — In our issue of the 10th, it 
was stated that the Genesee Wesleyan Semi¬ 
nary at Lima received the largest appropriation 
from the Literature funds of the State. We 
have not the list of apportionment at hand, 
but a correspondent writes us that tho New 
York Conference Seminary, located at Char- 
lotteville, Schoharie Co., received the greater 
sum, without, however, stating what the 
amount was. The portion awarded to tho 
Lima institution was $1,063.71. 
Shocking Casualty. —While the election was 
progressing on Tuesday, the I3th, at Meredith, 
N. H., the floor of the Town Hall gave way 
under the pressure, and, with the people of 
the town collected at the polls, was precipitated 
to tho ground, a distance of fourteen feet.— 
Five persons were either instantly killed or 
have since diod, and one hundred others were 
severely injured. 
The Kane Expedition. — The expedition 
which was authorized by the last Congress to 
go in se rch of Dr. Kane, is now being prepared. 
The Secretary of the Navy, it is stated, has 
purchased at $50,000 the steam propeller City 
of Boston, which with the New Light from 
Philadelphia, will go on the expedition as soon 
as refitted, probably the 1st of June. 
Opinion of tub Cabinet. —The Washington 
Star says that not the slightest doubt of the 
correctness of the report of the Czar’s death 
is entertained by the President or Cabinet. 
Wheat Crop in Central Illinois. —The Al¬ 
ton Courier states that there are at least 20 
per cent, more acres now in wheat in Central 
Illinois than in any previous year. “The 
winter,” says the Courier, “ has been exceed¬ 
ingly favorable, and if we should be blessed 
with our ordinary spring, Illinois will have an 
amount of wealth in that single crop which it 
would be difficult to estimate.” 
Public Acts of Congress. 
The following concludes the list of public 
acts, a portion of which were published last 
week : 
An Act authorizing the purchase or construction of 
four additional rovenue cutters. 
An Act to provide a more efficient discipline in the 
navy. 
An Act makingapprrpriations for the transportation of 
tho United States Mails, by ocean steamers and other¬ 
wise, during the fiscal year ending the 30th of June. 1856, 
and 30th of June, 1856. 
An Act to amend the Act approved 20th August, 1852, 
entitled, “ An Act to reduce and defino tho boundaries of 
the military reserve at St. Peter’s River, in tho Territory 
of Minnesota, and for other purposes. 
An Act changing tho time of holding the United States 
Courts in Tennesee. 
An Act authorizing the corporate authorities of George¬ 
town to imposo additional taxes, and for other purposes. 
An Act to amend “ an Act to carry into effect a treaty 
between tho United States and Great Britain,” signed on 
the 5th of June, 1854. and approved August 5, 1854. 
An Act in addition to certain acts granting bounty 
lands to certain officers and soldiers who have been en¬ 
gaged in tho military service of the United States. 
An Act making appropriations for the current and con¬ 
tingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for ful¬ 
filling treaty stipulations with various Indian Tribes, for 
the year ending the 30th of June, 1866. 
An Act to change the boundaries of the land districts in 
the state of Iowa and for other purposes. 
An Act to regulate the carriage of passongers in steam¬ 
ships and other vessels. 
An Act to establish certain post roads. 
An Act to provide accommodations for tho United 
States Courts In the city of Jackson, Mississippi. 
An Act allowing the further time of two years to those 
holding lands by entries in tho Virginia Military Dis¬ 
tricts in Ohio, which were made prior to the 1st of Janua¬ 
ry, 1852, to have the same surveyed and patented. 
An Act making appropriations for the support of the 
Military Academy for the yoar ending the 30th of June, 
1856. 
An Act to amend an Act, approved the 4th of August, 
1854,'entitled, ‘‘An Act to graduate and reduce the price 
of the public lauds to actual settlers and cultivators.” 
An Act for carrying into effect the Convention upon the 
subject of claims between tho United States and Great 
Britain, of February, 1853. 
An Act extending the provisions of tho Act of August 
4, 1554, entitled “ An Act to grant tho right ef way to all 
rail and plank roads and macadamized turnpikes passing 
through the public lands belonging to the United States 
to the public lands in the Territories.” 
An Act to establish in tho State of Mississippi; Chatta¬ 
nooga, in the State of Tennessee; and Hickman, iu the 
State of Kentucky, ports of delivery. 
An Act making appropriations for deepening the chan¬ 
nels over the St. Clair Flats, and for deepening the chan¬ 
nel over the flats of the St. Mary’s River, in the State of 
Michigan. 
An Act to appropriate tho money to remove the ob¬ 
structions in the Savannah River, below the city of Sa¬ 
vannah, in the State of Georgia. 
An Act making appropriations for fortifications and 
other works of defence, and for repairs of barracks and 
quarters for the year ending the 30th of Juno, 1856. 
An Act for tho relief of purchasers and locators of 
swamp and overflowed lands. 
An Act to remodel the Diplomatic and Consular systems 
of the United States. • 
An Act making appropriations for the support of the 
army for the year ending the 3d ef June, 1856. 
An Act to prevkle for the erection of public buildings in 
the Territory of Kansas. 
An Act to provide for tho erection of public buildings 
in the Territory of Nebraska. 
An Act to organize an institution for the insane of the 
army and navy, and of tho District of Columbia, in said 
District. 
An Act to improve the laws of the District of Columbia, 
and to codify tho same. 
An Act making appropriations for the Civil and Diplo¬ 
matic expenses of Government for the year ending the 
30th of June, 1856, and other purposes. 
An Act making appropriations for tho naval service 
for the year ending tho 30th of June. 
An Act making appropriations for the service of tho 
Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the 
30th of June, 1856. 
An Act for the construction of certain military roads in 
the Territory of Kansas. 
An Act further to amend the Act entitled “ An Act to 
reduce and modiiy tho rates of postagos in the United 
States, and for other purposes. 
PUBLIC RESOLUTIONS. 
Resolution to modify or change tho original of the Cus¬ 
tom House at New Orleans. 
Resolution for the appointment of Regents in tho Smith¬ 
sonian Institution. 
Resolution providing for the engraving, lithographing 
and publishing of drawings, maps, charts, or other pa¬ 
pers for Congress. 
Resolution relative to tho construction of the laws for 
the allowance of additional compensation to tho clerks in 
tho Census Bureau. 
Resolution respecting the Arctic Expedition command¬ 
ed by Passed Assistant Surgeon E. K. Kane. 
Resolution authorising tho President of the United 
States to confer the title of Lieutenant General by brevet, 
for eminent services. 
Resolution accepting tho sword of General Andrew 
Jackson, and returning the thanks of Congross to the fam¬ 
ily of the late General Robert Armstrong. 
Resolution in relation to the Now Orleans Custom 
House. 
Resolution explanatory of an act passed Aug. 4, 1854. 
Resolution making appropriation for the purchase of 
territorial libraries. 
Resolution making appropriation for the payment of 
those entitled to the benefits of the resolution of the 
House of Representatives of the United States, passed 
March 3d, 1855, voting extra componsatkra to pages, 
folders, and others. 
Resolution explanatory of tho Act giving compensation 
to Judges Woodbridgo and Chlpman. 
In addition to the above public acts there 
were also passed 130 private acts and bills, and 
fourteen private resolutions ; most of which 
were for the relief of individuals or corpora¬ 
tions. 
Late from Utah Territory. —The party 
which went out with the Salt Lake mail in 
January, returned to Fort Independence March 
13. They report that Capt. Steptoe, who was 
appointed Governor of Utah, has neither ac¬ 
cepted nor declined that station yet, and that 
Brigham Young was still Governor, de facto. 
They left Salt Lake City on the 8th ult. The 
snow was very deep in the mountains, and the 
traveling difficult. The party which went out 
in February was fallen in with at Scott’s Bluff, 
getting on prosperously. They met with no 
disturbance from the Indians, but report that 
several tribes are disaffected, and threaten hos¬ 
tilities. As yet no depredations have been 
committed, and they passed through an en¬ 
campment of about one hundred and fifty 
lodges of Sioux without molestation. The 
mail party was conducted by Mr. Jesse Jones. 
Col. Bridges came with the mail from Fort 
Laramie, and also Mr. and Mr. Barrada, of St. 
Joseph. 
Private Papers. —A curious dispute between 
the Earl of Ellesmere and the trustees of the 
British Museum has just been concluded, and 
the trustees (very much against their will) 
compelled to relinquish their hold upon some 
manuscripts belonging to Lord Ellesmere, of 
which they had improperly possessed them¬ 
selves. Lord Ellesmere sought to recover what 
beyond dispute was his own property ; but the 
trustees insisted upon retaining them, and it 
was not until the law officers of the crown 
(themselves trustees) had given their decided 
opinion that the authorities of the British 
Museum had no claim, that Lord Ellesmere 
had his manuscripts returned to him. * 
The long pending and vexatious litigation 
between the Northern and Southern sections 
of the Methodist Church, respecting tho Book 
Concern property in Cincinnati, has at length 
been amicably adjusted by the commission re¬ 
cently in session in that city. The Methodist 
Church South is awarded $80,000 and the 
Southern debts. 
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The cost of the United States army and na¬ 
vy is $25,000,000 per annum. 
Gov. Gardner has appointed the 5th of 
April as a East Day in Massachusetts. 
Milwaukee, in Wisconsin, has elected a 
Democratic mayor by over 1,400 majority. 
Congress appropriated at the last session, to 
be expended in Washington, $1,500,000. 
The Universalists have raised $70,000 for 
the establishment of a College at Salisbury, Ill. 
Edwin Forrest, the tragedian, has lately had 
an offer of $50,000 to act fifty nights in Cali¬ 
fornia. 
Hon. James Guthrie, Secretary of the Trea- 
sury, is taxed in one district of Louisville for 
$501,205. 
It is in contemplation to introduce a number 
of nightingales into the Crystal Palace at Sy¬ 
denham. 
It is estimated that near 300,000 tons of ice 
have been gathered to supply the city of New 
York next summer. 
The Oswego Palladium says there is a large 
majority in the new Common Council of that 
city against license. 
The Wisconsin Legislature have passed an 
act authorizing a State Census to be taken on 
the first of June next. 
Mrs. Horsford, wife of Prof. Horsford, of 
Cambridge University, has prepared a volume 
of poems for the press. 
i he Supreme Court of Missouri has decided 
that railroad companies are liable for stock 
killed on their roads. 
Daniel Ullmann, the late K. N. candidate for 
Governor in New York, is stumpiog Virginia 
against Henry A. Wise. 
The branch mint in San Francisco is now 
coining gold at the rate of $1,600,000 per 
month, and is coiniog a little silver. 
Mr. Samuel S. Whitney, lately a clerk in the 
Treasury Department at Washington, while in 
the act of signing a receipt, fell dead. 
^ The Minims will case, at Mobile, involving 
$100,000 worth of property, has been decided 
in favor of his female colored servant. 
. A K. N. Lodge of colored persons was organ¬ 
ized in Elmira, N. Y., last week, being the 
eighth of that complexion in the State. 
M. P. Gentry, announces himself as a can¬ 
didate for the Governorship of Tennessee. He 
relies upon the support of the Whigs and K. N. 
The Sheriff of Ramsay county, Minnesota 
charged $500 for hanging an Indian. That is 
about half what a good negro fetches at the 
block. 
A large hotel, intended as a place of sum¬ 
mer resort, is to he erected this season on one 
of the “Thousand Islands” of the St. Law¬ 
rence. 
Leonard Rumery has been elected a Council¬ 
man in Biddeford, Me. We suppose that sort 
of thing had been long ago entirely suppressed 
by Neal Dow. 
. It is stated that Putnam has sold his maga¬ 
zine for $12,000. We have not heard what" if 
an y» changes in its editorial management are 
contemplated. 
There are 180 persons confined in the Luna¬ 
tic Asylum in Hamilton Co., Ohio, 68 male and 
118 female. Three of the inmates are reputed 
spiritual rappers. 
It is understood that the Postmaster Gene¬ 
ral of Canada will bring a measure before Par¬ 
liament providing for the abolition of news¬ 
paper postage. 
The amount employed in trade in Hartford 
is $1,907,000, in New Haven $1,238,000. In 
manufacturing: Hartford $736,411; in New 
Haven, $1,056,490. 
There are a quarter of a million people in 
England, at work in the different mines, to 
whom the fresh air and the light of the sun 
is scarcely known. 
Buttonwood trees, planted at Wareham 
Mass., by the Rev. Roland Thatcher, the first 
pastor, are as strong and hearty as ever tlio’ 
over 100 years old. 
The Territorial Governments, viz., Oregon, 
Minnesota, New Mexico, Washington, Utah’ 
Nebraska and Kansas, cost the United States’ 
for the year, $235,125. 
Clavin, the grocery keeper in Cincinnati, 
who killed a drinking customer by throwing a 
two pound weight at his head, has been sent 
to the penitentiary for life. 
There are now 507 convicts in the Massa¬ 
chusetts State Prison, at Charlestown, being 
the largest number ever within the walls._ 
There are no female prisoners. 
Five German paupers were committed to jail 
as vagrants at Pittsburgh, Pa., last week, who 
said they had been sent from New York to 
Rochester, and thence to Pittsburg. 
Iiie Ash tree, 300 years old, under which Sir 
\V alter Scott used to cook the proceeds of his 
fishing excursions on the Tweed, has been cut 
down to make room for a railway. 
A suit has just been decided in the Supreme 
Court (Burgoyne agt. the county of San Fran¬ 
cisco,) in favor of the county, whereby it has 
been relieved from a claim of $260,000. 
Mr. De Puy, Gov. Seymour’s Private Secre¬ 
tary, has been appointed Consul to Carlsrube, 
Baden, Germany. Salary, $1,000. It is a de¬ 
lightful location, with but little to do. 
The Mayor of Albany has proposed an ordi¬ 
nance in the Common Council of that city, 
prohibiting the use of camphene, under a pen¬ 
alty of $25 for each violation of the law. 
The father of Matt. Ward, the murderer, 
who brought a suit against the city of Louis¬ 
ville, for injuries done his house by the mob 
last spring, has lost his suit on demurrer. 
The head of a list of wants presented by a 
“ destitute family” in Hagerstown, Md., to a 
store on which an order had been drawn by a 
relief committee, was three pints of whiskey. 
In Clinton, Miss., some young men gave a 
tin horn serenade to a newly married couple, 
which so enraged the bridegroom that he fired 
upon them, killing one and wounding several. 
Two letters have been deposited in the Post 
Office in Gardiner, Me., directed to “ Mr. Czar 
Emperor of Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia,” 
but the writer forgot to pre-pay the postage. 
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