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MOOSE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER i AN AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
IS FUBUSEED EVERT SATURDAY, 
BY D. D. T. MOORE, ROCHESTER N. Y. 
Currency that aint Currency. 
Jif^eeoird. 
TERMS IN ADVANCE: wncic ncc u<*ujviiAg id xix 
Subscription _$2 a year —$1 for six months. To are thickening against the currency the banks 
Clubs and Agent3 aB follows Three Copies one year, keep in circulation. For example, a Chicago 
for $5 ; Six Copies (and one to Agent or getter up of paper G f the 22d ult., relates the following 
Club.) for 510, Ten Copies (and one to Agent,) for 515, touching the cool effrontery of an officer 
and any additional number at the same rate. As weare *__ = nf +W it 
In various regions of the West and South, 
where free hanking is in vogue, complaints modern Pilgrims : Showing the Improvements in Travel, 
Rambles and Records Westward. 
[From our own Correspondent.] 
Le Rot, McLean Co., Ill., Deo , 1865. 
Eds. Rubai, : — Last summer your readers 
ifetos 6K|)j) 
and the newest methods of reaching the Celestial Cityi ^ s - xtUBAL nasu summer your readers Free Evening Schools have been estahlish- 
By Geo- Wood, author of “ Peter Schlemihl in Ameri- followed me through a western tour, and pos- ed 111 Toronto, 
ca.” Two volumes. Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co. - ,, ™ 
New York : J. C. Derby. 1855. sibly some of them would like to hear an oc- The emigration from England to Utah last 
This work, which is dedicated to Rev. Dr. Watland, is casional word again, when anything new offers. Y ear amounted to 3,600 persons, 
said by the author to have been suggested by Haw- Leaving Rochester three weeks since, after In 1852 > the voting population of Texas was 
rrriAnvo7c< inivnitnhlo dlowAPir < * TVi« Pol riofi n 1 DollyOuA )) ° • IQ APIA . 1 _ 1 OCC fi •_ 1 /» A K AAA 
sibly some of them would like to hear an oc- The emigration from England to Utah last 
to the British Provinces, our lowest club rate is $1,62^ is very much of a piece with most of the hank- it is a worthy carrying out of the plan there pursued, gev erai Stops l&last reaclied apo c a line . . h(ls hprnm „ an 
to Canada subscribers. ing in that and certain other localities : 
V Tke Pestle on the Rural is but 2U cents per quar A few weeks ag0 a gentleman from Buffalo 
ter, payable in advance, to any part of the State (except fcad check for a few thousand dollars on a 
Monroe County, where it goes free,) an ^ cents o w [[ ( ] ca t b ^p k in this city. It was presented, 
any other section of the United states. and paid in Macon, Atlanta, and inferior 
%3~ AH communications, and business letters, should Georgia currency. After the pile was counted 
he addressed to D. D. T. Moose, Rochester, N. Y. and the check deposited in the drawer, the 
and will find many admiring readers. The “ Modern town of some 4,000 inhabitants, on the rail- 
. , , ,, - t"> i Pilgrims” start from “ Babylon the less,” and take the road, sixty miles east of Chicago, and but a 
A few weeks ago a gentleman from Buffalo conPSfl ni]rstlfid h _ the ri , h T)0 . T ’ oftho T -v- Jt, 
usual course pursued by the rich Do-ijtct.es of the pres- 
wildcathXkS thi e s W city 0U U n was U ' pJesented* TTt. laid outTn squares” with''broad streets,and ha ^ Nebraska, and Lecompton, Kansas. 
and paid in Macon Atlanta and inferior Wishing FashTonLle'fripXrio^ bothfn rehgion has man Y fme dwellings, large stores, and js a fSitffi 7 ° f ’Jr® 1 ' ** 
Georgia currency. After the pile was counted and s@Gial life are pictured with a masterIy hand , and tasteful yards and gardens. Among a part of Kansah ’ but P lent 7 of politicians and lawyers, 
and the c ec •. depoei ec m e orawer, le over y ,- sm 0 f tbc times gets a thrust from the polichod the inhabitants there is wealth, culture, re- bvo hundred and forty buildings were 
drswn^nd & "* 6 ° ^ S ° * Ulade of the author. It is of high interest as a story and finement, and no slight tinge of aristocracy erccted in La Crosse, Wisconsin, this season. 
j J- .. x _T yet a book for the thoughtful reader. Sold by D. M. • „—„ The father of Howell Cobh of Geore-ia. d i ftd 
few miles south of Lake Michigan. The town 
Hop raising has become an extensive and 
profitable branch of farming in Wisconsin. 
Land offices have been established in Oma- 
SFECIAL NOTICl.b. drawn, and said : 
J8®” Local Agents do not require any certificate, but << dear g j r this 0 f n0 uge to me ; I am I 
can form clubs upon their own responsibility. Those g0 } Qg home in two hours, and in Buffalo it is < ’ ' 
who wish authority to act as Traveling Agents, must y a | u ]ess. Can’t you give something else?” 
furnish the be 3 t of recommendations as to integriiy, re- “ Nothing else. That’s good enough, and 
furnish the be3t of recommendations as to integriiy, re- << Nothing else. Tha 
gponsibility, &c., or good references in this city. Refer- per f ec t]y current here.” 
ences to persons at a distance are useless. ,i rj< ba j. ma y ke . 
j8®=>The lowest club price of the Rural New-Yokkkr a | j a ] k ” 
is $1,50 per yearly copy, and any one remitting at a less “Can’t help it, sir. r 
rate will he credited in proportion to the moneyre- “Well, cannot you 66 
ceived. Those who send loss than the piice, with re- “Yes, for a small prei 
quest to send the paper a specified time or return the 11 One per cent.” 
money, cannot be accommodated. t< Let’s have it at any 
In remitting $15, or more, please send draft on And — will the reader 1 
‘ ‘ That may be ; but it is of no use to me 
Dicker’s Little Folks. 2. Oliver and the Jew Fegin. q.. --u,- nm-t 
from “Oliver Twist.” 3. Little Paul, from “Dom- tte flaoli y geateel and more vulgar sort, 
hey & Son.” 4. Florence Dombey, from the same. South and west for some twenty miles- 
New York : Redfield. 1855. - 
xsev iorK . bedi-ield. i5oo. near tlie same distance east—extend prairies, 
The characters portrayed by Charles Dickens are T 
among the fbw creations of genius which will hear this am °Dg the richest, most beautiful and best 
in some circles. Among another portion in- The father of Howell Cobh of Georgia, died 
dustry, thrifty habits, “fast” rowdyism, of ^ thenS ’ m that State > last wcek > a S 8d 72 
the flashy genteel and more vulgar sort. JoHN M Shrock, late treasurer of Holmes 
South ana west for some twenty miles-and county, Ohio, has been convicted of embezzle- 
extend prairies, ment. 
.utiful and best Mrs. Elizabeth Stickley has been appoint- 
_/'/I miaf.racD moil 1 vaa>a ^ i- ctiau_ 
“ Let’s have it at any price.” 
And—will the reader believe it ?—the bank- 
of an acquaintance with the children of Die 
works. Sold by Dewey, Arcade Bookstore. 
ly prairies. The fact that over 600,000 bush- ' ton rp exag 
attorney’s shingle i 
els of grain have been sent from the Laporte 
New York, Albany, Buffalo or Rochester, (less cost of er who had a mGment before paid that money Henrietta Robinson. By D. Wilson. New York and depot this season, tells of well tilled farms. 
exchange,) or check or certificate of deposit on any Rank out over his own counter as good bought it Te^ubt^toilyTorthy Slhe form in Leaving for Chicago after a day’s stop, I 
in either ef said cities,—payable to our order. back with other hank notes, charging his v\ e judge tne sutj„ct narcuy wormy or me lorm in . 
-- which it is here presented,— a handsomely bound vol- found vessels laying up for the winter and 
in either ef said cities,—payable to our order. back with other hank notes, charging his 
Those who are forming large clubs, can send on customer one per cent for the transaction, 
he names and money of such persons as do not wish to — J)y the way, speaking of dubious curren* 
wait, and complete their lists afterwards. Western ard Southern agents and friends 
*SST Agents wi!l please make the.r first romitteDce a f ^ ^ wk } occagion to remit us 
early as convenient. This will greatly facilitate the . 
entry of names on our books. money, will please do so m bills on New Y ork 
ja®-For $4 we will send one copy of the Rural, and or New England hanks (or drafts on New 
either Putnam’s, Harper’s, the Knickerbocker, Lady’s York city, less cost of exchange,) whenever! 
At New Orleans, $1,246.95 were collected 
at the polls on election day for the Washing¬ 
ton Monument. 
found vessels laying up for the winter and Dr. A. H. Stephens has resigned the Presi- 
warehouses filling with grain. I will give a dency of the New York College of Physicians 
ume. It might have answered for a “ yellow -covered” warehouses filling with grain. I will give a dency or the r 
— By the way, speaking of dubious curren- pampWet very well) but the career of tho <■ yelled f ew figures, which may give an idea of the and Sur geons. 
cy, Western ard Southern agents and friends Murderess,” is one which will soon fade from the pub- produc t ive harvests of the season, and of the . JuSTIC 
of the Rural who have occasion to remit us lie mind. So.d by D. M. Dewey-. . . m Baltimore, i 
money, will please do so in bills on New York CR0TCaET3 , ND QuA ^~^ evelati on S of an Opera ^pped DDR^NAViGATiON.-Flonr, bbls., 
Crotchets and Quavers ; or. Revelations of an Opera 
Manager in America. By Max Marxtzec. New 1 ork : 
S. French. 1855. 
Chief Justice Taney has sold his residence 
in Baltimore, and intends living permanently 
at Washington. 
M. Adolphe Franconi, the well-known di- 
Book or Graham’s Magazine for one year. 
convenient. If this is not among the conve- 
A Set off to Barnum, Wik 0 ff, etc., its subject fully 169,102 bushels ; oats, 2,2(1,028 bushels. 
96,(52 ; wheat, 5, (61,989^ bush els ; corn, 7,- rector of the Equestrian Circus, has just died 
i 6$“ Aaents.—A ny person so disposed can act as local rugufc possibilities, send us the best of your 
agent fer the Rural and all who remit according to home cur L ast winter we frequently 
terms will be entitled to premiums, etc. . J 
_ _ received money whicn was from 10 to 40 per 
set forth by the title. From McMahon’s, Waverly News 
Rooms. 
Reducing the flour to grain, and the total 
at the age of 53. 
A young woman recently danced at a ball 
+ ~ An ’ The Edinburgh Review for October, is of more than 01 navigation win prooaoiy snow 
‘ • ' ' 1 p, 1 usual interest, and we can readily commend this and or ([uite sixteen million bushels sent away, 
cen . discount, and weie of couise obliged to other repr j nt , s 0 f Messrs. Scott & Co., as the best me- In October the Galena and Chicago n 
submit to a heavy loss, or subjected to the dium of acquaintance with English Literature and Poli- rece [ ve( j seventy tons of pork and 3 
trouble of returning, &c. tics. From D. M. Dewey. , , ^ , 
exports would be 15,685,879 bushels ; the ^ Brooklyn, until she fell down dead from 
close of navigation will probably show nearly pure exhaustion. 
or quite sixteen million bushels sent away. bl,E w alls of Gov. Hunt s house were mostly 
In October the Galena and Chicago railroad S d ’ to be immediately covered 
mum 01 acquaintance wan r-ngnsn fierarure ana rou- receiyed sev enty tons of pork and 304 car Liu a „ „ * , . 
tics. From D. M. Dewey. , , J ... A FATnER and his three sons were all tried 
- loads of live hogs ; and one day last week 3o f or drunkenness together at Gloucester, Mass., 
Mfkoirs of the Court and Rhgn of Catderinb the Sf.c- car loads of hogs came from one depot on the a few or two since. 
ROCHESTER, DECEMBER 15, 1855. 
Oonohfsstovat — fVino-rpss Bps Lppd in rps- voukt and jksibn of i atherine thf. nx 
. CONGRESSIONAL. —congress nas Deen in ses om Empress of Russia: With a brief survey of th 
sion one week last Monday, and up to that Romanoff Dynasty ; embracing the Reign of Nicholas 
x_; _ „ v.i Fall of Sebastopol, otc. By Same. M. Smucker, A. M 
auie has filled to organiz.. Ihutynine bal- New York and Auburn : Miller, Orton & Mulligan 
lots were had for Speaker without success.— [From D. M. DEwxy. 
Richardson, of Illinois, the Administration Woman and her Diseases, from Hie Cradle to the Grave 
ond, Empress of Russia : With a brief survey of the T n- • n. a 1 -i „ a mi _.a.*.™ a. 
Romanoff Dynasty ; embracing the Reign of Nicholas, Illinois Central railroad. Th.se statements 
Items for Agents and Subscribers. 
Nebraska candidate, received on the last bal¬ 
lot 76 votes ; Banks, of Massachusetts, Re¬ 
publican K. N., 187 ; Fuller, of Pennsylva- 
Adapted exclusively to her instruction in the Physiol¬ 
ogy of her System, aud all the diseases of her critical 
periods. By Edward H. Dixon, M. D. Tenth edition. 
New York : A. Ranney. [From the Publisher. 
Illinois Central railroad. These statements At the recent session of the Vermont Legis- 
Fall of SebastopoVotc. By Saml. m. Smucker, a. m! give an idea of the extent of this business, Mature, $2,000 were appropriated for a monu- 
New York and Auburn : Miller, Orton & Mulligan. , . ,, ... . ,,, . , T .e 1 nn ment to Ethan Allen. 
rFrom D. M. Dewkv. and in the list of Chicago exports I find 90,- C T u e 
non James 1. Smallmdge, of Upshur, Va., killed 
OMAN AND HER D.8FASES. from the Cradle to the Grave 000 barrels of beef. a panther a few days since which measured 
The receipts ot lumber at Chicago for the e (gLt feet in length 
f as ^_ /P’ f !> 61 0 7 !^ f r e rt ’ 8bin Sf 8 ’ The amount required for the support of the 
104,015,000 feet; lath, 34,750,500 feet. Ihis Philadelphia public schools during the com- 
. Local Agents and Subscribers who are form- a cko ice 114. Of course we can receive no 
ing club.-, and all who are disposed to aid in megsa g e f rom the President until an organi¬ 
se circulation of the Rural, are referred to zation ig effacted . 
Special Notices above, and Premium List, &c., -^ _ 
on next page. Tho information and particu- Another Humbug. —The fear of an invasion 
lars there given will answer many inquiries of Ireland from this country seems to have 
we are daily receiving,—and if carefully read subsided, and a new phase cf fillihusterism is 
nia, K. N„ 28; scattering 15; necessary for C S Y , is ! ent wtst and south far over the State ’ iug year is $596,609. 
W. N. Sage, Rochester. which 
Uncle John’s First Book : being the First Step in the Louis. 
Ladder to Learning. New York : Appleton & Co.— T 
Uncle John’s Second Book. Same Publishers. ”°a' 
which is destitute of pine, and even to St. 
Bkf.ckckoft. By the author of “Heir of RedclytTe,’ 
“ Heartsease,” etc. New York : Appleton & Co.— 
[From Dewey. 
Leaving Chicago for Joliet, the prairies, so 
green and luxuriant last summer, spread away 
An unusual number of Russians are at Ba¬ 
den this season ; among them the son of 
Prince Gortchalcoff (Crimea.) 
Ir is estimated that 10,000 persons have 
.. „ hung over the plain in the distance, and now 
Love of Country ; or Sobieski and Hedwig. Compiled “ . , „ , , , 
and translated from tho French, by Traxermavipl. aud then a wall of red fire glared and waver- 
., , ‘ . ‘ , ’ , , , fallen victims to the cholera, in Venezuela, 
a wide brown waste. _ Dense clouds of smoke during the pagt four monthg . 
Boston has 6,000 more females ^han males, 
waver- Q k j c3 g 0 ] ias a tout 15,000 more males than 
will save others the trouble and expense of j ust now broached, viz., a Russo-Irisho-Ameri- Boston : Crosby, Nichois & Co. [From E. Darrow & Br. ed beneath—moving rapidly before the wind females. Can’t they fuse ? 
correspondence. cano invasion of Canada. It is said five thou- 
n- m -o , tt • a sand able bodied men are ready to he enrolled, 
The Township Premiums.— Weare m receipt , „ . ^ J ’ 
, - i aa • • • i ... * and money sufficient to defray expenses has 
of several letters inquiring how competitors , . , , 1 .. .. i 
, .v m . , , been raised, and the demonstration is to he 
for the Townshm Premiums are to be govern- ’ 
ed in counting their lists-whether they shall maae m caDnectl0U Wlth & Rugsian force or ‘ 
count all copies taken at the post-offices in ^ ail5i!ed somewhere on the Northern coast.- 
T, ByWh T omT S N T ewYo B I °k OK ^^’.PrLmN & ^ Pm:>ther - &nd leEviag iu itS path the bkck and Lola Montfz tried to stab the mate of the 
OCT OK Debt out OK danger ‘ m.- Cousin aucc New f orched-the tall grass burning, as it always ship in which she took passage for Australia, 
and money sufficient to defray expenses has ( 'y 0 rk : D ™ppleton > & Co M ™' B " C ° U ' LS Auc Xcw does in the fall. Late at night the red light because he kicked her poodle. 
Tha Administration Platform. 
of these fires spread far round the horizon. 
Senator Douglas’ disease is said to be hem- 
i ganized somewhere on the Northern coast.— - 
co mt a . copies taken at Le post offices m t f Ras6D is said to ba the financial Thb Administration members of the House 
one town, or the subscribers who are residents ° 0 . ^ al of Representatives held their caucus on Tues 
therein. In making the offer our intention was a S en ^ anu 1C) _ ngmeer o le whole da y evening. The following resolution was 
4-^ ^ir aw at 4- 4-1. ~ ^ mOYCQlCnt. \\ here IS Barnum ? unnnimrm^] vr arlontprl • 
Leaving Joliet the next morning westward orrhage of the throat, produced by a bronchial 
we passed by Ottowa, after forty miles riding. aff ect ion of some years standing. 
The productiveness of the country around The liquor law passed by the Legislature of 
therein. In making the offer our intention was 
to embrace the copies taken at the post-offices 
in one town,—and as that is manifestly far 
the most fair and simple manner of counting, 
agents and others interested will please gov¬ 
ern themselves accordingly. 
day evening. The following resolution was 
unanimously adopted: 
this city of 6,000 people, may be judged by New Brunswick has not received the royal 
., f . .. , L 1 ., sanction, and probably never will, 
the fact that $1,200,000 have been paid out 
Resolved, That the democratie members of there for grain the past season. At La Salle 
Robbery by Chloroform. Tho Illion (Ilerk. the House of Representatives, though in a we changed cars, taking the Central road 
Co.) Independent speaks of a robbery lately minority in the body, deem this a fit occasion south, and after crossing the great bridge I 
__ii. TT..J_ t>i _ _.i_i to tender to thmr fell nw mt.iKp.uR nf tins tvV.nl« ..... . ° 
grain the past season. At La Salle * of Cambridge has formally signi- 
J , f , . , fied to the Commander-m-Chief his desire to 
;ed cars, taking the Central road ke a g a } n employed in active service. 
1 after crossing the great bridge I_ T „ , „ , , „ „ 
. . ... 6 ° . Col. Joshua Pierce, of Greenland, N. II. 
in my ioimei letters, were soon out f urn ish for the Boston market this year, 
Ifi DrairlfiS Thn (Iprieo cmnlro LqtvoIo rsf rrrafta ,I 
rtgcuus. U.- 1 U OLL.G 1 S moeicsLbu will please gov- fiftrnTn .,, . lir)r> n the Hudson River Railroad to tender to their fellow citizens of the whole ,, f , ,, 8 Col. Joshua Pierce, of Greenland, N. II. 
ern themselves accordingly. 1 ' p " . r ac Union their heartfelt congratulations on the described in m y former letters, were soon out wU1 furnish for the Boston market this year, 
- by means of the admimsua ion oi nloroform. triumph, in the recent elections in several of on ^ be wide prairies. The same dense smoke three thousand barrels of grafted apples. 
The Rural for Europe, &c.—Mr. Ira M. The lady robbed was a Mrs. Wright, of Toron- the Northern, Eastern and Western States, of clouds spread far in the distance, and once the ip IIB new steam frigate Merrimac will 'i 
White, of Waukesha Co., Wis., writes—'“ I to, C. W., and the robber a female passenger the principles of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, moving wall of fire, leaping and flashing in on the 15th inst., from Boston for the guU 
am getting up a club for the Rural New- sitting by her side. The pretence was the and their devotion to civil and religious lib- f as tastic shapes, came close to the road-side, where she will be Com. Paulding’s flagship! 
Yorker, and have had applications for two administering of Cologne for a head ache, and Orde^known Z The Know and we dashed ^ough the black smoke whirl- Two lads of Baltimore, one aged fourteen 
or three copies to send to England. Please under the effects of the overpowering drug Nothing party ; and, though in a minority, around and over the cars. and the other sixteen years, fought a duel on 
advise me as to the price, so that I can add to given instead, the lady was robbed of $70 in ever hold it to be our hiehest dutv to nre- the 24th ult. Both were wounded in the face. 
The new steam frigate Merrimac will sail 
on the 15th inst., from Boston for the gulf 
—...ill Com ?! • ’ 
am jjcuuig c* uuu iu! iuiaal axeiv- ujr uci omo. j uc vrao ouv —; p hh T —• 7 ° , t iastastic suapes, came close to the road-gide, wnere sue win D3 uom. rauiaing s llag ship. 
Yorker, and have had applications for two administering of Cologne for a head ache, and "secTt politS Order^Vnown al “the Know and we dashed through the black smoke whirl- Two lads of Baltimore, one aged fourteen 
or three copies to send to England. Please under the effects of the overpowering drug Nothing party ; and, though in a minority, i n £ around and over the cars. and the other sixteen years, fought a duel on 
advise me as to the price, so that I can add to given instead, the lady was robbed of $70 in ever hold it to be our highest duty to pro- One often forms most pleasant acquaintances tbe 2dfcb ult " Botb were wounded in tbe face, 
the club.” In answer to this, and similar gold, her check, tickets, &c., with which the serve our organization, and continue our ef- }n traveling simply because, free from con- A plowing match for boys came off recently 
inquiries, we would state that, being obliged robber escaped. forts in the maintenance and defence of these ven « on aHgmB or etinuette we anninarh p.irh in Bucks county, Pa. There were nine coin- 
to prepay the pottage (which is two cents per c rXZZ%ZLZ! S»?«•«. «» <*>«* »-* ■««»•«• •» 
number, or $1,04 per year,) our charge is $1 *~teamers Bui 
Steamers Burnt. —At Memphis, Tenn., on 
forts in the : maintenance anddefence of these VT 6 ’ ““ in E 
principles, and the constitutional rights of ' en tionalisms or etiquette, we approach each ^ 
every section and every class of citizens, otker as attracted by affinities, and the gold- a g e _ 
against their opponents of every description en tie grows stronger because the support is qj 
• a av i i . the morning of the 3d, two steamers and a A Z y v,. 1 . support is The Washington Union learns from 
m addition to the regular subscription price, , S conflum , d b v fire One of ?T batev 4 r ’ either so called Republicanism, natural and therefore agreeable. A gentle- General Land Office that great difficulties 
on all copies of the Rural sent to England, . y Know Nothmgism, or 1 usionism, and to this man the same car-seat with me, I number encountered in the survey of Washington 
Scotland, Ireland, &c. Hence $2,50 is the the steamers, the May Mower, was valued at end we look with confidence.to the support amoD „ such . WQ fell conversationZtu- Territory. 
. . -li i i j co i. • i $100 COO • insured for $50 000 The other and approbation of all good and true men amoD g we rcu into conversation mutu ' 
price if sent m with clubs, and $3 when single $iUU ’ tUU ’ ° _ friends of the Constitutkn and the Tinier, ally pleasant, ranging over a variety of ton- Gen. Ezekiel P. Walton, longer connec 
copies are ordered, to any part of Europe.— 
For copies sent to Upper Canada onr charge 
is only 12£ cants extra ($1,62$ in full, if added 
was worth $30,000, and was insured for $15,- 
000. The wharf boat and cargo was valued 
at $20,000. Several persons are missing, and 
friends of the Constitutkn and the Union ally pleasant, ranging over a variety of top- 
throughout the Union. 
Fancy Engineering.—A curious incident oc- 
ics, and growing like that of friends as we 
seemed to come to each other. Ere two hours 
were over, each had told the other something 
Gen. Ezekiel P. Walton, longer connected 
with the press in Vermont than any other 
man in the State, died at Montpelier on the 
27 th ult. 
Elder Knapp, the famous revivalist, has 
to a club ) which is but half wha*'is charo-ed su PP osed to b« lost. On the night of the 6th curred on the New All any, Indiana and Sa- f . r l . ... . , - ° Knapp, the famous revivalist, has 
bv mo^^ tbr8e 6teamers alG0 burned at tb8 St. lorn railway the other day. The passenger of P astl + f- of P^sent position, of hopes for left the service of the Lord and gone to culti- 
hy most newspaper publishers. train, having four cars filled with passengers, coming time—and all the while the sky seem- vating twelve hundred acres of the best land 
— Speaking of sending the Rural abroad, '' ' " v " ’ ^ _ came to the bridge over Salt Creek, near ed to glow with richer light—the prairie to m Rockford, 111. 
we may add that it has subscribers in almost „ 7, T , tr , Bloomington, and the engineer, fearing that impart more of its expanding life to the soul. ,, ^ IIS Matagorda (1 exas) Chronicle says, that 
i , Lrockport Collegiate Institute. Weltarn kaw mins irTiinb L'lri hwa1Ip<T tLo cf»a>n .. n, -r , , », the sugar nlanters in that region are turninc 
. i a • av u nr Brockport Collegiate Institute. A\ e liarn the heavv rains which had swelled the stream rr c ,, T - , .° . -n i j the sugar planters m that region are turniDg 
every civilized country m the world. Many T n a v i , i ^ , r, . c , u lu p oneam He was a St. Louis merchant, of New England . „ . T 
, 3 , .. . . / that Mr. A. J. Ensign, an excellent scholar hank full, had rendered the bridge insecure, ,. . f out a fine ai tide of sugar, with the promise of 
of our subscribers send the paper regularly to , , , n , ^ ^ TT _ • ai___a_a_a „a-ai_ ’ birta. If we never meet again, some hours an abundant crop 
of onr subscribers send the paper regularly to 
their friends in the old world, yet there is 
room on our books for others to “do likewise. ’ ’ 
By the way, we were not a little amused, not 
many moons ago, at a semi-boasting contro- 
and late graduate of the Rochester Universi- directed the passengers to get out of the cars, 
. . _ A!ll V„_1J A_A Al— nA-._AV AV_ T_ 2 J _ 
ty, is to succeed Mr. Stanton (appointed Dep- ne coum te . sc tQe strengtn of the bridge. 
a o a a* oa Art\ __;_*L io He crossed on foot, and then directed the fire- 
uty Secretary of State) as principal of this man tQ Btart the engine, jump off, and he 
institution. Though a young man, Mr. E. is WO uld “ catch it” on the other side. The 
eminently qualified for the position, and we train started, and on reaching the centre of 
till he could test the strength of the bridge. kave passed agreeably, much geniai feeling At Cincinnati, recently, Jas. L. Scroyer ob- 
orinci'-al of this Ne crossed on foot, and then directed the fire- been called out between us—that is something tained $6,000 damages for injuries sustained 
P P M „ . man to start the engine, jump off, and he —yes much. If we do meet, it must be pleas- by the upsetting of a stage coach in charge of 
ig man, Mr. Jt. is w0}lld «< catck it » on the ofchey gide< The ^ . f wg m0eton the game groum l of regard a d ™ ak ^ d Nver. 
yersy between two of oor contempotarie! a M a to7h7b^d aid palroirif the l7 tho"i,rtd"g«Tt 7, ™j',7nd th7IoSmotiyl ^confidence. Toward night I stopped at 
touching wide and foreign circulation. Each an „„ and cars were plunged into the stream and in- Bloomington, and we parted with a cordial takenuntheir residence in Guernsey and .if- 
made a very good foreign show, yet we doubt 
not the Rural has quite as wide , as it certainly 
stitute upon so judicious a selection. 
Improvement. —The New York Central Rail- 
and cars were plunged into the 
stoutly disappeared from view. 
hand-grasp. 
The grain exports of Bloomington reached 
IMr HU V LMI/A1. A Uv vi ii Wvii iu ai xwui n -y-r rrn_ -ir i l . . —* — —-— c 
has a far larger circulation than both of said road c require the purchase of tickets 0 f 700 ’ 00 ° tbi38eaSOn ' Y ^terday after- Navy Yard are t 
contemporaries combined! in all J es before entering the cars. This f C ° n 0ver tbo prairi ? mile8 in a ZIS 
" arrangement will greatly lessen the labor of at intervals since up to the hour which we farmer s wagon and stopped for the night. 
Kansas Difficulties. Recent accounts from Q onduc t 0IP and reduce the chances of em- write. All day Sunday and yesterday sleighs This morning at sunrise I started for a walk . Luring the j 
TCfl.TlRA.fi Tint finite A. fB-fifarpnf. ASrnpp.f. nn/vn ilip * ’ . .. watp rminrr in rmr of.rppfc nnri fTia iir»<v- _SlxtyilVO men W 
taken up their residence in Guernsey and fif¬ 
teen in England. 
On a sailor’s grave-stone in the Brooklyn 
Navy Yard are the following words to he seen: 
“ Nobly he did his duty below, and now he 
year 1854, one hundred and 
Kansas put quite a different aspect upon the bez/lemcnt ’. one seto f officers at the stations , were S oin .*f in et reet S , and the bells jing- of five miles-the sky clear and glowing with f^u r ^ 
cause of the disturbances. It now appears - av-a „h»_aj—av„a:„i-a„ ling merrily. It looks now, as if winter had the rich morning light, the air bland, a soft read and write. What a lesson^ ° 
cause oi tne disturbances, it now appears selling and another set collecting the tickets, I | HP 
that Coleman, the Missourian, without prov- . , , .. ® m m iuuu B u ^ aic m,uij vvu- 8buth wind blowing groves in sieht on the 
.. l ’ . , F will act as checks upon each ether. l mg to believe this possible. The Indian “ , mowing, groves in signt on tne A p t f gt Petersburg to 
ocation shot dead an unarmed free state man-----summer, however, has come and gone, and *™ tb and west-north the expanse of undu- Kiew with G80)0 00 roubles to purchase houses 
named Dow, ana then fled to Missouri. A J’wice Married. —The actress, Susan Df.nin the ditches are frozen over full of water. If lating prairie with here and there a farm for the Russian army, but he mistook the 
friend of the murdered man was arrested on Woodward, connected with whose career was winter be not indeed upon us, he must be house and its stacks of grain, corn cribs and way, went to Warsaw, and then to Paris. 
false charges, but was subsequently rescued a tragic shooting affair on the Isthmus, and near at band. _ herds of cattle in sight. It was indeed a I T is related that a day or two after Mr. 
set in in earnest, though wo are hardly wil 
false charges, but was subsequently rescued 
herds of cattle in sight. It was indeed a It is related that a day or two after Mr. 
by his friends, whereupon both parties pre- j wko kag be en lately divorced from her bus- „ _. . .. ^ . ,, - . sight worth seeing—the walk was buta pleas- Thackeray’s arrival in New York, he said to 
pared for a fight. I band, has, says the Buffalo Republic, married aLm r!n tViA are. But I must close for the present. a fiiend “ 1 have received a visit from a 
pared for a fight. band, has, says the Buffalo Republic, married Board held at Albany on the 23d ult., the fol- ure - But 1 must cloBe for the Present. 
One thousand free state settlers, armed with a banjo player in Christy’s troupe, named lowing resolution was adopted : o. b. s. 
Sharp’s rifles and five pieces of artillery, were Huntington. Resolved, That the Canal Commissioners he-- The N. H. Statesman has on exhibition a 
mustered at Lawrence, and four or five bun- -— -». -directed to proceed, without delay, and in Monsieur Tonson—Again. —The Austrian turmpiai8odbyS.Farnuin,Jr.,ofEa8tCon- 
dred pro-slavery men were assembled in and New England Thanksgiving. —The time- confonnity with chapter 327 of the laws minister under General Taylor’s administra- cord, which measures^ three feet ten ffi cir- 
aronnd "Le Compton. Gov. Shannon tele- honored anniversary of Thanksgiving seems, cf 1854, and chapter 5o4 of the laws of 1855, tion, Chevalier Hulskman, v/ho was so severe- 
g b s J/r. Astor; do you know such a person ?” 
-— * 1 11 --- The N. H. Statesman has on exhibition a 
Monsieur Tonson—Again. —The Austrian turnip raised by S. Farnum, Jr., of East Con- 
cumference, aud weighed when pulled 22 lbs. 
around "Le Compton. Gov. Shannon tele- honored anniversary ot Thanksgiving seems, ^ " J ^ V . I ° ’ tion, (Jlievalier Hulskman, who was so severe- , x . 
graphed to Washington for authority to call as usual, to have been well observed through- ^IntZdeJl SI on ^r'thcTa" ^ handled in Mr. Webster’s celebrated letter, t^^althofthe iw'i^vmy indiSent 
out the U. S. troops at Fort Leavenworth, o u ^ Lew England. On Wednesday, the day nals and portions of canals in this State, under bas again presented his credentials to Presi- aild intellect much enfeebled. This con- 
hut thus far the President has declined to re- preceding Thanksgiving, one hundred crowd- their jurisdiction, and not now under con- dent Pierce, and been recognized as the di- ii rm8 the statements made some three weeks 
spond, and thus matters stood at latest dates, ed cars left the Springfield, Mass., depot. tract. plomatic representative of Austria. since. 
This con- 
three weeks 
