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ROCHESTER, MAY 26, 1855. 
The Foreign News. 
The news by the Baltic, touching the war, 
is as uncertain as ever, although the London 
Times, usually so severe upon the conduct of 
the War Department, and so despondent of a 
successful issue in the Crimea, shows a little 
more confidence, and alleges that decisive 
advantages have been gained by the allies— 
advantages, however, which it asserts ought 
to have been gained last October. 
Severe fighting has been going on, and the 
rifle pits of the Russians in front of some of 
the outer fortresses have been captured, with 
loss to both sides. These rifle pits are merely 
outside defences, thrown up, or rather exca¬ 
vated, by the Russians since the siege began. 
They are nothing more than propugnacula 
before the main defences, and really amount 
to nothing in the attainment of the end de¬ 
sired. 
We must hear in mind, also, that these ac¬ 
counts of advantages gained are British and 
French accounts, and that Russia, on her side, 
has not been heard. Moreover the statements 
by telegraph, which are half a month ahead 
of the mails, are just such as the government 
sees fit to publish, the entire line from the 
seat of war to England being in its hands.— 
Thus, while the ministry have bulletins from 
the seat of war within a few hours, the pub¬ 
lic has to wait a fortnight at least, or take ex 
parte statements, meagre at that, from govern¬ 
ment officials ; and a more false hearted, im¬ 
becile, and incompetent set (according to the 
British journals’ own showing,) never man¬ 
aged the affairs of a great nation. 
Louis Napoleon, as will he seen by the de¬ 
tails in another column, has had one more 
narrow escape from assassination, which proves 
the truthfulness of the words of the great 
poet— 
“ Uneasy rests the head that wears a crown.” 
Every steamer that arrives is looked for 
with interest, and the same old story is re¬ 
peated—“Fighting still continues—Sebastopol 
is not yet taken !’’ and there might be added, 
with great probability of truth, “it never 
will be.” 
Conflict of Laws.— A hill has just been 
passed by the Massachusetts Legislature which 
forbids any State officer from holding the office 
of United States Commissioner, and which fur¬ 
thermore incapacitates any attorney who acts 
for a slave claimant, from practicing in the 
State courts. The object of the law shows on 
the face of it that it is expressly intended to 
prevent the reclamation of fugitive slaves. 
Since the above was in type, the telegraph 
announces that Governor Gardner vetoed the 
hill on the 21st, and that it was passed over 
his head by a vote in the Senate of 32 to 3, 
and in the House of more than three to one.— 
The ground of the veto was the unconstitu¬ 
tionality of the hill as certified by the Attor¬ 
ney General. 
Death of John C. Spencer.—John C. Spen¬ 
cer died at Albany on the 17th, of pulmonary 
consumption. He was the eldest son of Am¬ 
brose Spencer, so long the distinguished Chief 
Justice of the Supreme Court of this State. 
The deceased was one of the ablest lawyers 
in this State, and resided many years at Can¬ 
andaigua. He filled at different periods many 
offices, both State and National, with distin¬ 
guished ability, among which were a seat in 
the Assembly and the Senate of this State, 
member of Congress, and U. S. Secretaryships 
of War and the Treasury. 
Matters at the Capital. 
Albany), May 21, 1855. 
Albany, without the Legislature, is some as 
Gotham would he without omnibusses—very 
quiet comparatively. By due diligence, the 
itemizers of our dailies manage to hatch up a 
few squibs, hut at the best they are quite stale. 
But it may not be amiss to state that the prin¬ 
ters for the Legislature are now in their glory. 
They manage to print during session time, a 
scant supply of the current hills and reports, 
leaving the heft of the business to do in the 
dull season. Like the fly-wheel in the engine, 
they acquire sufficient velocity from the pas¬ 
sage of the supply bill to keep them moving 
during the remainder of the season. 
The river business seems to be ordinarily 
brisk. But much complaint of dullness exists 
in regard to canal matters. The high prices 
of produce seem to require more speed in trans¬ 
portation than canals allow; hence railroads 
increase, while boating decreases. Manufac¬ 
turers complain bitterly of hard times. Seve¬ 
ral shops do not pay expenses, which, to say 
the least, is very discouraging. Trade, how¬ 
ever, is fair. Though every body buys light, 
it is necessary for all to buy some. This keeps 
up a circulation, even though at times rather 
feebly. 
Temperance and Education seem to fare bet¬ 
ter. The law in regard to the public schools 
of the city, passed at the late session of the 
Legislature, seems to waken old Rip from his 
deep sleep. The number of teachers has been 
increased, by adding one to each school, and 
the prospects seem to he fair for the future.— 
The election of Commissioners, however, which 
is to occur in a few weeks, will decide the ex¬ 
tent of the reform to be expected. The new 
Board, in conjunction with the Common Coun¬ 
cil, will be required to devise a Code of Rules 
for regulating school affairs, and this turn of 
events will tell on the future of the Albany 
schools. The vacancies occurring in the prin- 
cipalship of five of the schools have been fill¬ 
ed, and the appointees are well spoken of. 
The Temperance Medal is creating quite an 
excitement. Yesterday the officers of the two 
Baptist Societies distributed them among the 
children of their respective Sabbath Schools. 
Speeches were delivered, songs sung, &c. The 
occasion will long he remembered by all inter¬ 
ested. Several thousand have been distributed 
in other quarters. Next Sabbath, other schools 
and the Orphan Asylum will he supplied. The 
temperance men feel that work is to be done, 
and they are ready to do it. They have no 
fears of a repeal of the law. That never can be 
done. It may he modified, hut the principle 
of prohibition must remain forever. The time 
for licensing liquor selling as a legitimate, hon¬ 
orable branch of business, has fully passed.— 
The people who have freed themselves from 
the blood of their fellows, will not again con¬ 
sent to be charged with the support of the traf¬ 
fic. If it must he done, let it he in violation 
of human as well as Divine law. 
The death of Hon. John C. Spencer has pro¬ 
duced quite a sensation in this city. Few men 
were ever more widely or more favorably 
known throughout the State and Nation. It 
is a somewhat remarkable fact that the best 
features in our present school law, stand now 
just as he wrote them, while many of the 
amendments since introduced are impractica¬ 
ble in their character or defective in their de¬ 
tails. The proceedings of the Bar of this city 
on the announcement of his death, were high¬ 
ly interesting ; and the funeral yesterday was 
very numerously attended. °owe° 
Death of Ariel Harmon, Esq.— The Daily 
American announces the decease of the oldest 
of the six brothers Harmon, of Wheatland.— 
It is hut a few weeks since we saw these broth¬ 
ers daguerreotyped in one group, and chroni¬ 
cled the pleasing incident under the heading 
of “ A Group of Rural Pioneers.” How little 
did we then imagine it would so soon become 
our painful duty to record the death of one of 
the number ! The American says : 
On Wednesday morning last, Ariel narmon, 
Esq., a prominent and respectable citizen of 
Wheatland, died at his residence in that town, 
aged 65 years. Mr. II. was the eldest son of 
the late Deacon Rawson Harmon. Deacon H. 
and his large family were pioneer settles in 
Western New Y'ork, and it may be added among 
the worthiest and most successful of that stal¬ 
wart band of industrious, virtuous citizens, 
who made the Genesee country what it is.— 
The truly patriarchal head of this large house¬ 
hold died in 1850, at the venerable age of 85 
years. He was a native of New Marlborough, 
Berkshire county, Massachusetts, whence he 
removed to Madison county, in this State, pre¬ 
vious to 1797, and settled in the western part 
of Wheatland (then Caledonia) about the year 
1812. All his children, ten in number, six 
sons and four daughters, married and settled 
in his immediate neighborhood. Most of them 
are still living. 
Verdict against Col. Benton.— The person¬ 
al quarrel between Judge Birch and Col. Ben¬ 
ton, both of whom are prominent in Missouri 
politics, and leaders of parties, became so 
hitter that the former sought to alleviate 
the wounds inflicted by the great Sena¬ 
tor in a verdict of his peers. An action for 
slander was brought in the Henry Co. Court, 
which was decided recently, the jury award¬ 
ing the plaintiff $4,000 damages. Col. Ben¬ 
ton appeals. 
Pleasant Route.— Our Canada neighbors 
have opened a railroad from Toronto to Col- 
lingswood, on Georgian Bay. Thence a steam¬ 
boat line runs in connection via Mackinac to 
Chicago. It must be a very pleasant route 
for summer travel, and is the most direct and 
feasible for reaching the Lake Superior region^ 
About Going to Kansas. 
V 
Boo.nyille, Mo., May 15, 1S55. 
Eds. Rural : —Impressed with an idea of 
going to the Territory of Kansas, from what 
I had read in the public journals and heard 
remarks by travelers, I set out to realize those 
expectations, among thousands of others con¬ 
stantly going and coming. Landed at Kansas 
City, Mo., April 16, 1855. 
Notwithstanding so much has already been 
said in regard to the settling of Kansas, it has 
not by any means become an old theme. It 
has in general more praise than is justly its 
due in regard to some things, and not enough 
in others. This is owing to the fact that ma¬ 
ny writers are influenced by love of money, 
and being in haste to get out the first produc¬ 
tion, jump at conclusions, relying on hearsay 
evidence and not sufficiently upon their own 
exertions, individually, in procuring statistics. 
In giving a description of the country, they 
have almost invariably painted the picture too 
gorgeously, thus attracting many emigrants 
who would not have left their comfortable 
homes in the East, had they known the real 
situation of the country, and taken residences 
in the frontier. No wonder, therefore, that 
so many are going hack dissatisfied. A life in 
the Territory requires a person of a hardy 
constitution. 
There are a few, who have come in from 
various parts of the East, and from Indiana, 
Illinois, Ohio, &c., that are, or will become, 
anti-slavery men; while others, from Missouri 
and the South, will he pro-slavery. There are 
yet no laws in the Territory, except that of 
squatter sovereignty, to restrain men from 
crime or misdemeanor of any kind ; and 
therefore it would not he strange if there 
were some hard doings heard of a 3 being 
transacted in its limits. This state of things 
cannot continue a great while, however. It 
is confidently believed that it will soon he reg¬ 
ularly organized, and governed by laws as 
strictly as in the States. 
Those who think more of making money 
than any other one object, must for the pres¬ 
ent look for some other quarter than this Ter¬ 
ritory. Innumerable hardships, not dreamed 
of every day, must he endured and difficulties 
overcome. Men should come out themselves 
first and see the country, before bringing their 
families. It might save much expense, sick¬ 
ness and misery. Winter is a very good sea¬ 
son for prospecting the country, as time is not 
then worth quite as much to the farmer as 
other portions of the year. Autumn is the 
best season for emigrating westward with fam¬ 
ilies and movables ; sickness on the way is not 
so common. There is a better chance to be¬ 
come acclimated during the winter months, 
and there are improvements that may he made 
as well during that part of the year as any 
other. Before changing locations, the indi¬ 
vidual should see the land and properly con¬ 
sider the subject, and then make up his mind 
firmly what would he best under the circum¬ 
stances,—as it costs no small sum of money 
for Eastern farmers to break up and go as far 
away as Kansas. “Three removes are equal 
to a burn.” Should any one make up his 
mind in haste to move tc Kansas, he will be 
very likely to repent of it as quickly. 
Yours truly, Peter Wykoff. 
Pedestrian Feat. —A foot race came off on i 
the Cambridge trotting course on the 15th in¬ 
stant, between Grindell and Stetson, the for¬ 
mer from New York and the latter from Bos¬ 
ton. The race was ten miles in length, and 
was won by Grindell, fifty-one seconds over 
his competitor. The whole ten miles was 
done by him in fifty-seven minutes twenty- 
two seconds, and by Stetson in fifty-eight 
minutes thirteen seconds. The winner per¬ 
formed the first mile in five minutes thirteen 
seconds, and his longest time (the 9th mile) 
was six minutes. An immense crowd of spec¬ 
tators were present, and a fast horse with a 
chaise was driven over the course ahead to 
clear the way for the pedestrians. 
Railroad Bridge Burned.— On Thursday 
night hf last week the Lackawana bridge of 
the Erie railroad, which spans the Delaware 
about 30 miles west of Port Jervis, was de¬ 
stroyed by fire. The trains are stopped at each 
end of the bridge, and arrangements are made 
to transfer passengers, &c., at “the break.” 
It is thought two weeks must elapse before 
the transit of the trains will he resumed.— 
The value of the structure is estimated at 
$20,000, hut of course the indirect loss must 
he immensely above that figure. 
Themis vs. Cupid.— An old man in Chicago, 
recently engaged to he married to a young 
girl, bestowed upon her several hundred dol¬ 
lars worth of gifts. Changing his mind after 
taking out the license, he wanted them back, 
but the damsel held on. Nothing daunted, 
he had her arrested for “ obtaining goods un¬ 
der false pretences Itut not being able to, 
make that hold, he replevied the articles.— 
She, however, is equal to the emergency, and 
was at last accounts preparing to recover pos- 
A Sad Accident.— Five children were killed 
near Empire City, in Oregon, on the 26th of 
March last, by the falling of a spruce tree two 
hundred and fifty feet in height, which was 
standing near the house in which the children 
were sleeping. The heavy branches crushed 
through the roof and floor of the house, in¬ 
stantly killing five of the eight persons who 
were within at the time. The survivors, 
strange to say, received no injury. 
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of Great Men,” etc. New York : Harper & Brothers. 
A brief compendium of Modern History, 
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and an aid like this volume in developing the 
taste for History in the minds of the young, is 
an acceptable favor to the public. Sold by 
Harrow & Brother. 
Visits to Euroitan Cei.krrities. By Wm. B. Sprague, 
D. D. Boston : Gould & Lincoln. New York : Shel¬ 
don, Lamport & Blakeman. 1856. 
This book originated during visits to Eu¬ 
rope in 1828 and 1836, when the author called 
upon all the noted personages of the day, and 
took notes of their conversation and appear¬ 
ance, and of his own impressions at the time. 
Most of the names mentioned are of people 
now dead, but about whom an interest still 
exists. It will be read with pleasure. Sold 
by Wm. N. Sage. 
A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer ok the Worid. Con¬ 
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of nearly 100,000 Places ; the most recent and authen¬ 
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Rivers, Mountains, Cities. Towns, &c., in every part of 
the Globe. Together with the latest and most reliable 
Statistics of Population, Commerce, etc.; also a notice 
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We have received specimen pages of this 
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new feature ; also the statistics with regard to 
the railways in the world. The whole work 
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edition of this important work is to be pub¬ 
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printed, and containing three or more Por¬ 
traits, viz., one by Peale, at the age of forty ; 
one by Westmuller, at the age of 62, (an 
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and satisfactory biography of the “ Father of 
our Country,” by the foremost American au¬ 
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whole of the manuscript is complete, and the 
first volume will he delivered to subscribers 
very soon : the other two will follow at short 
intervals. It is published by G. P. Putnam & 
Co., of New York. The advertisement ofC. T. 
Evans, the General Agent for Canvassers and 
Subscribers, will he found in another column. 
The National Magazine for June closes the 
sixth volume of that valuable and interesting 
periodical. It is edited by Rev. Abel Stevens 
with marked ability, and we are glad to learn 
that arrangements have been made by which 
he will give additional contributions to its 
pages. Each number is amply illustrated, 
the present containing 20 engravings. New 
York : Carlton & Phillips; monthly, 96 pages, 
$2 per annum in advance. 
The Westminster Review for April has arti¬ 
cles on The Court of Austria, Dryden and his 
Times, Our Army—its condition and its wants, 
Lord Palmerston as Premier, Victor Hugo, The 
Civil Service, Administrative Example of the 
U. S., and other current topics. New York : 
L. Scott & Co., Publisher. D. M. Dewey, Agt. 
One Step in Advance.— The Rev. Theodore 
Parker of Boston, delivered an Anti-Slavery 
Lecture in Wilmington, Del., on the evening 
of the 18th. His discourse was listened to with 
respectful attention, and he was several times 
heartily applauded. At the close of the lec¬ 
ture the speaker was complimented with a vote 
of thanks. 
Look Out for Pickpockets. —The light finger¬ 
ed gentry are very active around the railroad 
depots and steamboat landings, taking advan¬ 
tage of crowds and confusion to rob people of 
their purses. Several such robberies have of 
late taken place in our city, and last week a 
drover named Wood, from Westchester county, 
was robbed on the cars between Utica and 
Rome, of six thousand dollars. He was asleep 
at the time in his seat, and when he awoke the 
money was gone. 
Arrest of Poole’s Murderer. —The hark 
“ Grape Shot,” which was sent to the Canary 
islands in pursuit of Baker who shot Bill 
Poole, returned to New York on the 17th with 
the fugitive on hoard. The Grape Shot arriv¬ 
ed at the islands nearly a week before the Isa¬ 
bella Jewett, and cruised off and on until the 
latter hove in sight, when the officers boarded 
her and secured their prisoner. 
Ancestral Line.— It is stated by the Ken¬ 
tucky papers that there resides, within a few 
miles of Louisville, a family which boasts 
of a living lineal descent of five generations, 
viz., a child, father and mother, grandfather 
and grandmother, great grandfather, and 
great great grandmother. 
The Niagara Democrat is to he published for 
the benefit of the family of its late editor and 
proprietor. William B. Turner, his son, is to 
be the editor, and he appears before the pub¬ 
lic, in the last number of the paper, in a mod¬ 
est and appropriate salutatory.— American. 
Alice Cary has in press a new hook entitled 
“ Hollywood.” 
Tue Emperor of France was 61 years old on 
the 21st of Apiil. 
The total applications for land warrants are 
85,200 acres. 
William Jones, of Portsmouth, N. H., 
“ the richest man in the State,” died recently. 
A son of the famous novelist, Bulwer, has 
just published a volume of poetry in London. 
A dog, strongly suspected of being rabid, 
was shot on Seneca st., Buffalo, on the 13th. 
The Cuban Junta has finally broken up, ^nd 
two of its steamboats will he sold to pay out¬ 
standing debts. 
The Irish citizens in Boston, 58,000 in num¬ 
ber, have three millions of dollars deposited 
in savings hanks. 
The consumption of iron in Liverpool is es¬ 
timated at 58,000 tons per annum, and is 
steadily increasing. 
The Potter Hollow tannery, in Albany Co., 
was consumed by fire on Sunday afternoon of 
last week. Loss $10,000. 
There are 260 locomotive engines running 
on the different roads from Chicago that are- 
housed in that city. 
Col. Colt, of Hartford, has sent three cases 
of his pistols to the Paris exhibition, at an 
expense of $10,000. 
The correspondence of the British army in 
the East amounts to 45,250 letters received, 
and 43,125 sent monthly. 
A piece of tapestry is offered for sale in 
New York city, which is represented to he 
800 years old. 
The steamer Connecticut, on a recent pas¬ 
sage to New London, broke her walkingbeam, 
at a damage of some $16,000. 
The canal boat Waupousa lately cleared 
from Oswego with 2,920 bushels of wheat— 
the largest load ever taken from Oswego. 
9 he East India Company are sending out 
90,000 barrels of ale for the use of the troops 
in India, all of this year’s brewing. 
It is said that the Imperial Government 
contemplate making Quebec the permanent 
military head-quarters of Canada. 
Samuel Watts, of Cobb Co., Ga., shot one 
of his. negroes a few days since, and giving 
leg hail, has not been heard from since. 
Mr. James Madison Wise, recently elected 
professor of mathematics in William and Ma¬ 
ry College, Va., is scarcely 21 years of age. 
The safe in the County Clerk’s office at Car¬ 
rollton, 111., was broken open on the 12th 
inst., and upwards of $3,000 taken therefrom. 
A trout, weighing fourteen pounds, was 
found in the tank of the International Hotel, 
at Niagara Falls, the other day, on drawing 
off the water. 
__ 9he Roman Catholic Bishop of CoviDgton, 
Ky., opposite to Cincinnati, lias interdicted 
martial music and processions by Catholics on 
the Sabbath. 
A large number of the business men of 
Oswego have agreed to receive the Canada 
quarter of a dollar—or English shilling—for 
25 cents. 
The Senatorial election still hangs fire in 
California. California makes the fifth State 
that has failed to fill her Senatorial vacancy 
at the appointed time. 
The 9’oledo Blade learns that the acqueduct 
on the Miami Canal, between the Junction and 
Delplios, has fallen in and cannot be repaired 
under two months. 
Locusts have appeared in countless numbers 
in Lexington district, S. C., and it is stated 
that hogs and poultry are feasting hountfully 
upon them. 
An Indian at Grand Rapids, Michigan, re¬ 
cently ran a distance of three thousand feet, 
nearly three-quarters of a mile, in three min¬ 
utes ten seconds. 
Kossuth is announced as a regular weekly 
correspondent of the New York Independent. 
He will be paid, it is stated, at the rate of $50 
per letter. 
The New Haven Register records the death 
of a public character in the shape of a horse 
fifty years old, which distinguished himself 
at John Quincy Adams’ inaugural. 
Eight employees on the Western Road in 
Springfield, Mass., were arrested a few days 
since for stealing from the freight cars. The 
officers are in search of others. 
A prisoner named Ryan, in the Parish 
prison, in New Orleans, attempted to escape 
on the 30th ult , and fell from the roof, break¬ 
ing nearly every bone in his body. 
9’iie Russian government has ordered the 
distribution of 3,000 silver rubles to the poor 
of St. Petersburgk, in order that they may 
pray for the soul of the late Czar. 
The Chicago Board of Sewerage Commis¬ 
sioners offer $1000 premium for the best ac¬ 
cepted plan for a thorough, systematic and 
efl'ectual drainage of the city of Chicago. 
A new cliapel is expected to he commenced 
for Harvard University, at Cambridge, during 
this season, to be built with the Appleton 
Fund of $50,000, given for the purpose. 
9’iiere are in the San Francisco post office 
nearly 3,000 letter boxes, occupied by from 
one to six persons each, every one of whom is 
obliged to pay a tax of twelve dollars a year. 
Governor Winston, of Alabama, was recent¬ 
ly arrested at Eutaw for disturbing the Court. 
He got into conversation with some friends, • 
in which his voice unwittingly rose to a pitch 
that disturbed the Court. 
Mr. Longworiii says his grapes are unin¬ 
jured by the late frosts in the vicinity of Cin¬ 
cinnati, and that he shall make full as much, 
if not more, wine than he has any previous 
year. 
During the year ending March 31st, the 
sum of £66,000, about $330,000, is reported 
to have been expended in the care and main¬ 
tenance of the London parks and pleasure 
grounds. 
The Illinois Central Railroad Co. have re¬ 
ceived the contract from Government for car¬ 
rying the river mail on their heats from Cairo 
and New Orleans, at the rate of $180,000 per 
year. 
