MOORE’S RURAL NEW-TOR KER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND EMILY NEWSPAPER. 
ROCHESTER, FEBRUARY 25, 1854. 
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Interesting Foreign New*-. 
Bv the latest advices received by the Baltic, 
it appears, as we have all along intimated, that 
a general war in Europe is inevitable. England 
and France are making open and active prepa¬ 
ration, the former government having chartered 
several of the Cunard steamers, for the trans¬ 
portation of troops. Nearly every government 
of Europe has declared itself on the side of the 
Western Powers, and Russia therefore stands 
alone, a fierce and powerful giant, in her own 
strength. 
The details of the war movements so far as 
they have transpired, are contained under our 
“ Foreign Intelligence” head, to which the read¬ 
er is referred. The entangling alliances exist¬ 
ing among European governments, and the jux¬ 
taposition of their territories, will probably in¬ 
volve nearlv every nation on the continent; and 
in that event we may expect to witness a contest 
such as has not occurred in modern times. 
America in this quarrel must stand aloof, a 
monument of glorious and peaceful progress 
amid the general conflagration ; and any public 
man or legislator who counsels otherwise deserves 
and ought to be branded as an enemy to his 
country. Let the government be firm and pru¬ 
dent, and the people vigilant and watchful of 
their rulers, and our country will escape the 
calamities that impend like clouds and darkness 
over all the other civilized nations of the earth ! 
The Special Election. 
The special election on the canal amendment 
to the Constitution resulted as all anticipated, in 
an overwhelming majority in its favor. Indeed, 
so manifestly politic is the amendment, that no 
man could vote against it with any kind of wis¬ 
dom or propriety. 
We subjoin the vote in some of the principal 
places as an indication of the whole. 
For Against. 
New York city,.10,141 2,346 
Albany,. 3,767 446 
Troy,. 1,100 maj. 
Schenectadv,. 926 “ 
Utica,. 1,275 30 
Syracuse,. 2,923 62 
Rochester,. 7,266 
Buffalo,..12,300 3 
Lockport,. 2,275 1 
Brooklyn,. 5,293 256 
Oswego,. 2,500 maj. 
49,766 3,149 
The small towns and villages vote proportion¬ 
ately to the above, and the majority in the State 
for the amendment will probably not fall short, 
of 150,000 ; the vote being in fact, like the handle 
of a jug, all on one side. 
Gexesf.e Evangelist.—T his excellent Reli¬ 
gious Newspaper—edited and published by the 
Rev. R. W. Hill, of this city—is deservedly in¬ 
creasing in circulation, as well as reputation.— 
For terms, Ac., see prospectus in this paper. 
Congressional Proceedings. 
Feb. 13.— Senate.— Mr. Everett presented a 
petition from 1,600 citizens of Worcester county, 
Mass., against the passage of the Nebraska bill; 
as also a memorial from the Society of Friends 
in Massachusetts on the same subject. 
Other petitions of a like nature were present¬ 
ed by Messrs. Seward, Clayton, Foot, Sumner, 
Chase, and Brodhead. 
House.—A motion was made to suspend the 
rules so as to reconsider the vote whereby the 
Deficiency Appropriation bill had been rejected. 
This motion did not prevail, so the bill was lost. 
The Speaker laid before the House a commu¬ 
nication from the Secretary of the Interior, in 
reply to a resolution, from which it appears the 
amount, in round numbers, donated by Congress 
for schools, is .nearly 59,000,000 acres of land ; 
universities, over 4,000,000; seats of government, 
over 57.000 ; salaries 422,000 ; internal improve¬ 
ments 4,669,000; roads 251,000 ; canals and 
rivers, nearly 6,000,000; railroads, over 8,000,- 
000; swamp lands, nearly 36,000; deaf and 
dumb 45,000; individuals and companies, 280,- 
000; military services 26,000,000. Aggregate, 
134,704,392 acres. 
Feb. 14.— Senate.— The Senate was crowded 
at an early hour by persons anxious to hear the 
Texas Senator, Mr. Houston, speak on the Ne¬ 
braska bill. Some business of small moment 
was transacted, and then the debate on the Ne¬ 
braska bill was resumed by Mr. Houston. 
House.—T he House, after some unimportant 
business, went into committee ol the whole on 
the homestead bill. 
Feb. 15.— Senate— George N. Saunders’ con¬ 
firmation as Consul to London, was rejected 
yesterday, 29 to 10. John L. O’Sullivan’s nom¬ 
ination as Charge to Portugal, was confirmed 26 
! to 17. 
Feb. 16.— Senate.— The chair presented a let¬ 
ter from the publishers of the Sentinel, offering 
to take the contract for reporting the Senate 
proceedings and debates, in place of the propri¬ 
etors of the Union, who have given up the con¬ 
tract. 
Mr. Hamlin presented a report, made by Mr. 
A. Vattamere, on an international standard of 
weights and measures. Referred to library com. 
Mr. Chase presented a petition of 1,200 citi¬ 
zens of Hamilton co., Ohio, against the repeal of 
the Missouri Compromise ; also, similar memo¬ 
rials from other parts of Ohio. 
The bill to lay off Council Bluffs, Iowa, was 
passed. The bill making Brunswick, Ga., a port 
of entry, was passed. 
Mr. Sumner pr«*ented petitions from Illinois 
and Massachusetts, against the repeal of the 
Missouri Compromise. 
House.—M r. Hendricks moved a reconsidera¬ 
tion of the vote by which a bill for the relief of 
pensioners, under the act of February 3, 1853, 
was referred to the committee of the whole. 
Feb. 17.— Senate.— Mr. Seward 6poke at 
length and with great force against the Nebras¬ 
ka bill. Mr. Pettit got the floor, and said he 
would speak on Monday. Mr. Sumner said he 
would speak on Tuesday. The bill was post¬ 
poned, and the Senate adjourned to Monday. 
House.—T he House went into committee on 
the Homestead bill, when Mr. Stephens, of Ga, 
spoke in favor of the Nebraska bill, in reply 
mainly, to Mr. Meacham. Adj. to Monday. 
Legislators.—O f the members composing the 
two houses of the New York Legislature, there 
were born in the State of New Y ork, 109 ; Ver¬ 
mont 11 ; Pennsylvania 3 ; New Jersey 1; New 
Hampshire 1 ; Connecticut 8 ; Massachusetts 7; 
Indiana 1; Ireland 4; Wales 1. 
Professions. —Lawyers 23 ; Farmers 57 ; Mer¬ 
chants 18 ; Physicians 5 ; Mechanics 2 ; Manu¬ 
facturers 3 ; Carriage maker 1 ; Carpenter 1 ; 
Shoemaker 1; Lumbermen 2 ; Brewer 1; Baker 
1; Saddler 1; Gentlonen 2; Millers 2 ; Forward¬ 
ers 2 ; Printers 2 ; Editors 2; Contractor 1; Con¬ 
ductor 1 ; Grocer 1 ; Hatter 1 ; Blacksmith 1; 
Speculator 1. 
Condition. —117 are married, 24 single, and 2 
are widowers. 
In Massachusetts, of the 350 members who 
compose the Legislature, 109 are farmers, 46 
lawyers, 46 merchants, 23 manufacturers, 16 
builders, 11 master marines, 10 machinists and 
mechanics, 9 physicians, 8 boot and shoe manu¬ 
facturers, 6 clergymen, 5 cashiers, 5 tanners, 4 
shipwrights. Among the whole number but 3 
are gentlemen! Besides the above, many other 
pursuits are represented by one, two or three 
members each. Of the whole number, 284 are 
natives of Massachusetts, 22 of New Hampshire, 
18 of Connecticut, 7 of Rhode Island, 7 of 
Maine, and 3 of Vermont. Two were born in 
England, 1 in Scotland, and 1 in Canada. 
The Divine Right of Kings.—T he lying old 
proverb of the common law, that “ the king can 
do no wrong,” seems to be repudiated by the 
English people ; for as Victoria and Prince Al¬ 
bert were on their way to open Parliament, on 
the 31st ult., the former was loudly cheered, but 
the latter, in consequence of his suspected Rus¬ 
sian sympathies, was hissed by the sturdy En¬ 
glish yeomanry. 
The Queen, in her speech, tells about “ my 
people, my army, and my navy,” but she does 
not allude to the people hissing my husband! 
The Documentary History op the State op New 
York. Arranged under the direction of the Hon. 
Christopher Morgan, Secretary of State. By E. B. 
O’Callaghan, M. D. Published by the State. 
We are indebted to Hon. Henry S. Randall, 
late Sec’y of State, for the four fine quarto 
volumes published under the above title. The 
work is already so well known, that it is unne¬ 
cessary to speak of its character and contents.— 
The volumes are beautifully and profusely illus¬ 
trated with plates, maps, Ac., while the letter 
press is superior to that of the generality of 
works i&sued under the patronage of the State. 
We wish they were within the reach and means 
of every New-Yorker. 
Our Albany Correspondence. 
Albany, Feb. 20,1854. 
The burden of my song must be the echo of 
what has been chanted during the week, name¬ 
ly —the wrongs of woman. As mentioned in my 
last, the Women’s Rights Convention assembled 
on Tuesday afternoon. The weather was very 
unfavorable, and continued so during the whole 
session. The first meeting was devoted mainly 
to the organization, which was as follows :—Mrs. 
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, President; Rev. S. J. 
May, Ernestine L. Rose, Hon. Wm. Hay, Lydia 
A. Jenkins, Lydia Mott, AVm. H. Toi>p, Mary 
F. Love, and P?iccbe Easton, Vice President: 
Susan B. Anthony, Sarah Pellett, Giles B. 
Stkbbins, Secretaries; with a Business and a 
Finance Committee. 
Rev. Antoinette Brown, read the Resolutions 
which embody the points claimed by the advo¬ 
cates of this movement. The following is a 
synopsis of the principles embodied in them: 
The first denies the right of males to govern 
females without consent. 
The second declares women to be human be¬ 
ings and to constitute one half of the people, and 
that men arc arrogant usurpers in shutting wo¬ 
men out from the right of her share of power. 
The third avers that the family is the most 
sacred place on earth, and that as such cannot 
be abandoned by man more than by woman. 
The fourth asserts that the sphere of woman 
is not confined to the home circle ; that while 
they should not desert fathers, husbands, broth¬ 
ers and sons, they are bound to extend their in¬ 
fluence as widely as possible ; those nations 
prospering most who conform the nearest to this 
principle. 
The fifth advocates the theory that men are 
legally two, having equal rights. 
The sixth declares that in accordance with the 
spirit of the law, giving wives the right of prop¬ 
erty acquired before marriage, and demands that 
woman should have an equal share of the joint 
earnings of the family. 
The seventh claims the same right for woman 
to acquire property as is allowed to man. 
The eighth advocates woman suffrage. 
The ninth a right to be represented. 
The tenth makes woman equally entitled to 
all the civil rights and duties with man. 
The eleventh declares further the necessity of 
the elective franchise for woman. 
The twelfth will have women sit on juries. 
The thirteenth pledges the support by the 
great mass of people of the doctrines inculcated. 
And the fourteenth swears to continue their 
efforts till success shall be attained. 
The evening session was devoted to the read¬ 
ing of an address to the Legislature setting forth 
the wishes of the convention. This is a lengthy 
document prepared by Mrs. Stanton, of Seneca 
Falls, and is of acknowledged ability. As it is 
published in pamphlet form for general distri¬ 
bution, it is unnecessary to sketch it. 
Speeches were made during the next day and 
evening by several prominent members of the 
convention, and were many of them quite able. 
They establish beyond a doubt that the laws in 
regard to property and marriage need some re¬ 
vision, but they fail to convince people here that 
any benefit would accrue from women’s voting 
or office holding. Never were women more re¬ 
spected nor more earnestly and attentively listen¬ 
ed to than at tfds convention. Their audiences, 
many of which wcr<* very large, included some 
of our most influential citizens. But the men 
found little favor. Rev. Mr. Channing was 
actually hissed dowv., when attempting to speak. 
On Friday evening a meeting was appointed 
to allow the members of the Legislature an op¬ 
portunity to hear their claims. Special invita¬ 
tions were sent to them, and a goodly number 
availed themselves of the opportunity of attend¬ 
ing. Mrs. Rose delivered the lecture, which 
was a recapitulation of what had transpired on 
previous days. 
THE LEGISLATURE. 
Thursday was the day appointed for the 
members to be in their seats, but as might have 
been foreseen, they failed to get here in time.— 
Hence no quorum. On Friday, a bare majority 
was drummed up, and the absentees talked over. 
Some requested leave of absence for two days ; 
some five, and some a week. Some were sick, 
and some had sick wives at home. The House 
voted not to excuse any unless sickness prevent¬ 
ed their return. 
The Senate had under consideration, the res¬ 
olutions to amend the constitution for the pre¬ 
vention of bribery at elections, but have not yet 
passed them. 
On Saturday a fair attendance was secured in 
both Houses. The Assembly took up the con¬ 
tested seat from New York, and awarded it to 
Mr. McGuire, thus ousting Mr. Clark. In the 
Senate a bill has been introduced, favoring a 
bridge at Albany, but there is hardly energy 
enough in this old Dutch city to carry it thro’. 
The Trojans have always out-generaled them, 
and probably will again. N evertheless a bridge 
is demanded for the public good. 
THE WOMEN IN THE LEGISLATURE. 
An interesting scene occurred this morning. 
The address adopted by the Women’s Rights 
Convention was laid upon the desks of the mem¬ 
bers of both houses, and a long list of petitions 
presented, praying for the “ just and equal 
rights ” of women. The avowed object of the 
convention was to secure the appointment ol 
committees in the Legislature to investigate the 
claims of woman to her share of property and 
power. In the Assembly, Mr. D. D. Wood, of 
Onondaga, made the presentation, (there were 
5,931 signatures to this petition) and moved its 
reference to a select committee of seven. Only 
one member, (Mr. Bennett, of Essex,) raised his 
voice against it. This called out spirited speech¬ 
es from Messrs. Wood, Peters and Benedict, who 
seemed to think that, the petitioners should have a 
fair hearing; and they were also willing to ad¬ 
mit that some legislation was required with re¬ 
gard to property and the like. The motion 
finally prevailed by a strong vote, and the fol¬ 
lowing committee announced :—Messrs. Angle, 
Thorne, Richards, Boardman, Gleason, Munro 
and Sharpe. 
The petition presented in the Senate, asked 
for the right of suffrage to women. It was sign¬ 
ed by 4,164. Mr. Richards made the presentation 
and moved a select committee, and the motion 
was carried. On the motion of Mr. Danfortli, 
the following Senators were appointed as such 
committee :—Messrs. Y r ost, Field, and Robert¬ 
son —all old bachelors. 
OTHER LEGISLATION. 
Nothing else worthy of note has occurred in 
legislative circles. The discussion of the Maine 
Law has not yet been resumed, nor has any 
canal project been broached. A few days from 
now, lively times may be expected. The peti¬ 
tions for erecting the office of Superintendent 
of Common Schools come in brightly, as they 
should. *Owe*. 
The Cologne Gazette of the 9th of Jan, 
says :—“ The Emperor of Austria has just made 
a present to the Emperor of Russia of a tent — 
It is made of double white sail cloth, of a coni¬ 
cal form, with red bands round the edges, and 
surmounted by an eagle in massive gold. It is 
composed of two compartments, which may be 
separated at will, and each of which is provided 
with a carpet. The furniture is simple but solid, 
and all covered with morocco leather. There 
are bags in Russia leather for packing every 
part during removal.” 
n estimate has been made of the cost of 
an electric telegraph cable from Galway to New 
York, and it is said the experiment may be made 
for £125,000. It is said subscription lists for the 
purpose are being filled up with encouraging 
celerity. A still more extraordinary project is 
that of Mr. W. S. Lindsay, the eminent ship¬ 
owner, who contemplates the practicability ot 
reaching Victoria River, in Australia, from Lon¬ 
don in 22 days. 
The New York Times says that Foster 
Bosworth, late Post-master at Troy, was arrest¬ 
ed on Monday of last week, in that city, by Mar¬ 
shal Mott, charged with embezzlement of United 
States moneys, while in office, to the amount of 
more than $8,000. It appears that lie made no 
returns to the Department for a portion of the 
last quarter he held office, and he is represented 
to be several thousand dollars behind on ac¬ 
counts rendered. 
The engineer of the steamer Georgia, for 
Aspinwall, which put into Norfolk harbor in 
distress, states that in a gale on the morning of 
the 9th, she was struck by a heavy sea, which 
stove in her bows down to the main deck, car¬ 
rying away the forecastle and making her leak 
very fast. ' She has been temporarily repaired 
at Norfolk, and will proceed to New York for 
a more thorough overhauling. 
jrjg:- The Court of Appeals of this State have 
recently decided that where the use or keeping 
of Camphene was prohibited in the policy of 
insurance, the fact of its being kept or used an¬ 
nulled the policy, and if its use or storage on the 
premises should be discontinued, the policy 
would still be void ; and further, if a fire occur¬ 
red from other causes, by which the premises 
were destroyed, the insured could not recover. 
jpgT The manufacture of iron in the world is 
divided thus by the London Chronicle :—In 
Great Britain, 2,380,000 tons ; United States, 
400,000 ; France, 348,000 ; Russia, 189,000 ; Aus¬ 
tria, 160,800; Sweden, 132,500 ; Prussia, 112,- 
000, making a total of 3,723,300 tons of iron 
manufactured annually. 
The Tuscarora Indians near Buffalo own 
6,000 acres of land in common. They now ask 
for the passage of a law to enable the chiefs and 
headmen to prevent waste of the timber by 
members of the tribe, who cut and sell it to 
white men for private speculation. 
mjgy The importation of bonded goods at 
Boston, on Canadian account, has increased from 
$24,000 in 1848, to $4,000,000 in 1853, and the 
amount of Canadian produce re-warehoused in 
Boston has increased from $52,811 in 1849, to 
$604,034 in 1853. 
The Chattanooga (Tenn.) Advertiser 
says, a few days since, about 90,000 pounds of 
dried fruit, peaches and apples, were received at. I 
port per steamer Jefferson, a part of which were I 
shipped to Nashville, and the remainder to Bal¬ 
timore. 
In Haverhill, Mass., there are nearly 5,- 
000,000 pair of shoes manufactured annually, 
and the sales some.days amount to from $70,000 
to $80,000. Between 800 and 900 cases were 
recently received at the station house in a single 
day, for exportation. 
jpgT Two children lately came near dying in 
Worcester, from inhaling the gas of a common 
coal stove. When discovered, one, a little girl, 
had fallen upon the floor, and the boy was un¬ 
able to speak. 
A married man by the name of Beech, 
was cowliided in Washington on Thursday eve¬ 
ning of last week by two sisters, one of whom 
he had insulted the evening previous. He was 
terribly cut about the face. 
On the 2nd inst. in Charleston, S. C., a 
gang of 58 negroes accustomed to the eulture of 
Cotton, was sold at Auction in families, for the 
round sum of $34,854, which is an average of a 
little over $600. 
Gustave Wagner, lately in the employ of 
a railroad company in Pennsylvania as engineer 
and draughtsman,'has started for Constantino¬ 
ple at the request of Kossuth. He was an offi¬ 
cer in the Hungarian army. 
jrgs” On the 1st of January, 1854, the British 
navy included 202 steam vessels of all classes; 
whilst the nominal steam machinery in those 
ships represented more than that of 55,300 horse 
power. 
The Mississippi Legislature has, by a 
strong vote, just reiterated the Repudiation of 
its Bonds, and this vote is in defiance of a de¬ 
cision of its own Courts, pronouncing the bonds 
legal contracts. 
Ugjfr The Baltimore tax levy, for 1854, is $1,- 
87 U on the $100 of assessable property. This, 
with the State tax of 15 cents on the $100, will 
make the whole tax for Baltimore city, (within 
the limits of direct taxation,) $2,02 on the $100. 
t^”The Legislature of the State of Maryland, 
has re-elected Pearce (whig) U. S. Senator for 
six years from the 4th of March, 1856. All the 
temperance delegates from Baltimore, both 
whigs and democrats, voted for Pearce. 
Small pox is the most prevalent disease 
in New York at this time. The total deaths 
last week were 476, of which 57, or more than 
one-nintli of the whole, were of small pox. Of 
consumption there were 55 deaths. 
jigT Mrs. Lucy Audubon lias presented to 
Congress, through Mr. Everett, a petition, asking 
for the purchase of the original drawings of the 
work of her late husband on the birds of 
America 
It is understood, says a Washington cor¬ 
respondent, the orders came out by the Arabia 
for the immediate return home of all, or nearly 
all, the British ships-of-war on this coast, in the 
West Indies and the Pacific. 
In the Senate of Mississippi, on the 20th 
of January, Mr. Johnson introduced a bill “to 
regulate the Legislature of Mississippi.” The 
bill proposed to make “ lobby members” a co¬ 
ordinate branch of the Legislature. 
jpgT Female gamblers arc becoming quite nu¬ 
merous in N. Y. city. In some of the hells of 
that city, the sexes arc indiscriminately associat¬ 
ed. 
-The Parisians spend more than $2,500,- 
000 a year upon their dramatic entertainments. 
-The caloric ship Ericsson went, down the 
Bay of New Y T ork Feb. 17th on a trial trip. 
-A General Railroad bill has passed the 
Legislature of Illinois. 
-Louis Napoleon has decreed the coinage 
of five and ten franc pieces in gold. 
--There is a man in Orkney, aged nearly 
90, who is about to be married for the ninth 
time. 
-The nomination of George Saunders, as 
Consul to London, was rejected. He received 
only six votes. 
-The nomination of John L. O’Sullivan, 
as Charge to Portugal, has been confirmed by 
a vote of twenty-four to sixteen. 
-Lent begins this year on the first, of 
March; Good Friday will be the 14th of April; 
Easter Sunday the 16th. 
-The Onondaga Standard says, the advo¬ 
cates of Anti-Slavery contemplate holding a 
Convention in this city soon. 
-Mr. Emmons, chief steward of steamship 
Arabia, has crossed the Atlantic Ocean 225 times 
already in the employ of the same line. 
-It is estimated that 9,000 pianos are made 
every year in the United States, giving employ - 
mentto 1 , >00 hands, and costing over $2,000,000. 
-The Senate of Rhode Island have refus¬ 
ed to pass an act repealing the act abolishing 
capital punishment. 
-The New York Times suggests the name 
of William H. Seward as a candidate for Gov¬ 
ernor of this State next fall. 
-The Attorned General of Wisconsin lias 
given it as his opinion that murder is a bailable 
offence in that State. 
-Judge Hunter of Alabama, has bought 
the celebrated race horse “Highlander;” the 
price paid was $1,000. 
-The Advertiser foots up 110 canal boats 
built in this city during the past year, valued 
at over a quarter of a million dollars. 
-The cholera is prevailing among the emi¬ 
grants and negroes in the vicinity of Houston, 
Texas. 
-Five slaves are to be hung at Lancaster, 
S. C., on the third Friday of March, for the mur¬ 
der of Alexander Craig. 
-P. O. Richmond’s bolting factory at 
Lowell was destroyed by fire Feb. 16. Loss 
$ 20 , 000 . 
-E. M. Gould has recovered a verdict of 
$10,000 from Messrs. Gardiner, Loger Co., of 
New Orleans, for false imprisonment. 
-The Alabama Legislature has rejected 
the bill to construct various railroads in the 
State. 
-The French papers mention a remarkable 
optical invention made by a deaf and dumb man, 
by which engravings are shown in relief. 
-Anna Maria Jones, a novelist of some re¬ 
pute in her day, has just died in London, in the 
most abject, poverty. 
-Gen. Henderson of Texas, has subscribed 
four millions of dollars to the stock of the Pa¬ 
cific railroad. 
-A vessel cleared at New York, last week, 
L for Constantinople, with 975 bbls. rum among 
j her cargo. The Tribune calls this material aid 
for Turkey. 
-The English Emigration Commissioners 
have made preparations to send 3,000 women 
from the Shetland Islands to Van Dieman’s 
Land. 
-Sir C. Wilkins states, that while he was 
resident at Benaves, he saw a fakir, the hair of 
whose head reached the enormous length of 
twelve feet. 
-The San Francisco’s shipwrecked troops 
which arrived in the America, after being new¬ 
ly uniformed, were sent to quarters in Newport, 
It. I. 
-The hair tails of the Chinese frequently 
reach the ground, and their- moustaches have 
been cultivated to the length of eight or niue 
inches. 
-The local editor of the Buffalo Express 
lias just been through the mill of a libel suit 
where the claim embraced four or more figures, 
but the jury’razed it two, or $25. 
-There axe in Canada thirty-five thousand 
fugitive slaves, who are represented as in a 
flourishing condition just now, owing to the high 
price paid for labor. 
-Capt. A. S. Henry, long a resident of 
Lynchburg, Va., died in Charlotte county, on 
the 6th inst. He was a son of the illustrious 
Patrick Henry. 
-Three Polish Generals have been receiv¬ 
ed into the Turkish service, and havo taken 
Turkish titles. They have adopted these titles 
without abjuring the Christian taith. 
-Messrs. Rufus Willis and Jacob Thorp, 
of North Haven, Ct,., killed ninety-eight musk¬ 
rats on the Quinnipiac River one day last week. 
They killed six at a shot several times. 
--The police magistrate in Manchester, N. 
H., has commenced proceedings against a cler¬ 
gyman of that city for slander, alleged to have 
been uttered in a discourse upon temperance. 
-Some boys at Tabula, Miss., on the 24th 
ult., tied some crackers to a dog’s tail, and the 
dog ran into a cotton shed, setting fire to the 
cotton, and causing a loss of $200,000. 
-The steamer Amazonia, bound for Mem¬ 
phis, struck a rock Feb. 16th, and the boat sunk 
within five minutes. Two passengers were 
drowned. 
_The Pennsylvania Canal Commissioners 
have given notice that the water will be let into 
the main line of improvements oy the 1st of 
March, if the weather permits. 
-The report of the Mass, school for idiots 
shows that it lias trained fifty-three defective 
children during the year, and that it has now 
forty-four within the dwelling. 
-The Admiralty are putting the British 
Navy into working order. There has not been 
so much stir about the British Dock-Yards lbr a 
quarter of a century. 
-Farmer’s Cotton Factory at McMinnville, 
Warren Co., Tenn., was destroyed by fire on the 
5th inst. The total loss is about $100,000, on 
which there was no insurance. 
-The Senate of Georgia .lias passed a bill 
to punish the keeping of faro, or other gambling 
tables and establishments, with imprisonment 
in the penitentiary from one to five years. 
-The N. Y. Express says frauds have re¬ 
cently been discovered in the weight of floui.— 
In some instances a barrel fell short full twenty 
pounds of its proper complement, which is 196 
pounds. 
