MOORE’S RURAL NEV-TOB KER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
Congressional Proceedings. 
The foreign news by the Atlantic, which ar- The principal business in the Senate during 
rived at New York on the 26th ult., is if possi- the week past, lias been the debate on the bill 
Ildus UrMifs, 
ROCHESTER, FEBRUARY 4, 1854, attend to their requests. But some people, who 
are perhaps equally well posted in the theory of 
Agents and Friends will please remember that we are doing business, are quite negligent in the prae- 
publishing a large extra edition, and can therefore furnish Hce, and often cause us much vexation and extra 
back numbers of this volume to all new subscribers. Those ] abo ,.. These well-meaning friends have drawn 
disposed, and we hope they number hundreds and thou- , , , , ,, , 
sands, can yet form new clubs or make additions (singly, 80 lar S e] N u P oa 01U ‘ P^ence «f late, that we are 
or in fives, tens, twenties, or upwards.) to those already constrained to say a tew wolds, in all kindness. 
To Business Correspondents. The War News. Congressional Proceedings. 
a ohapTer for people who write to publishers. The foreign news by the Atlantic, which ar- The principal business in the Senate during- . 
The great majority of the thousands who an- rived at New York on the 26th ult., is if possi- the week past, has been the debate on the bill -The bill dividing Oh 
nually address us letters on business, usually Lie, more bellicose than that by any previous introduced by Mr. Douglas, for the organization districts has passed the U. S, 
do so in such manner—apparently aiming to be mails, and seems still more decisively to threaten of the territory of Nebraska. There is a clause - I here were nearly a t 
both plain and correct—that it is a pleasure to an involvement of all the principal European in the bill which repeals the Missouri compro- the Canal appointments. 
back numbers of this volume to all new subscribers. Those 
disposed, and wc hope they number hundreds and thou¬ 
sands, can yet form new clubs or make additions (singly, 
or in fives, tens, twenties, or upwards,) to those already- 
started. We are prepared, this year, for the “long pull, for their benefit, as well as that of all careless 
strong pull, and pull all together,” which the friends of the folk who hai^^ccasion to address publishers. 
Rural are giving, and shall honor all orders for the com- r, ,, , 7 , • , ... , 
, , , b .... x , Be Careful, or keep cool, is oui admonition to 
plete volume until our edition is exhausted. But as we • . . 
all who make mistakes in ordering papers, and 
are receiving hundreds of new subscribers daily, those who 
wish back numbers should not delay. We send from the t isit the iie, caused by their o\\ n blundei s, upon : aad Per kindred despotisms on one side, and En- that the Nuncio is not an accredited diplomatic 
beginning of the volume, unless otherwise directed. the devoted head of the publisher. From our 
___ ’ ~ , experience, we are confident that editors and 
this and future numbers will be mailed in season to reach Publishers get more maledictions for the short-, 
all subscribers on the principal mail routes in this and ad- comings of others (and most frequently the 
joining States, on or before Saturday of each week. complainants themselves.) than any other class. 
—---- A case in point. Lately a person remitted us 
Advance in Breadstldis. f° r the Rural and W. G. <fe S. R„ dating his 
- letter at M-, adding no County or State, 
Every steamer of late, has announced an en- and the post-mark, was illegible—as is the case 
hancement in the price of breadstuff's abroad, with a large portion of the letters we receive.— 
and, as a consequence, a corresponding advance Of course we tried M_, N. Y. In a few 
has taken place at home. Provisions have not days, however, we received another letter from 
as yet proportionately advanced, although corn the same person, censuring us for delinquency, 
and the other grains partially sympathise with but containing no additional light as to whether 
the price of wheat. It is a well known fact, be res ided in New York or elsewhere. The 
that the supply is not commensurate to the de- post-mark on this letter was indistinct, but by 
maud, and any extra drain abroad, must ot ne- rubbing our specs, and close scrutiny, we finally 
cessity aff ect the home market. The farmer, deciphered what we thought was intended for Pa., 
the rural and producing classes, will rejoice at and we changed the address accordingly. But 
Advance in Breadstuff's. 
gland and France, with their jealousies of the agent in any capacity. Mr. Seward presented as has increased one hundred per cent, in the 
overshadowing progress of Russia on the other, memorials in favor of cheap postage. last three years. It is now stated at $119,114. 
all point to a bloody issue of the present In the House, the matter of the Erie difficul- -Abby Folsom lias been the object of a 
difficulty. ties was discussed, but no action had thereon. baU ° n tbe part ° f a lot ° f b ° yS in 
The news of late, is unfavorable to the Turks. Mr. Benton, the Committee on Agriculture, * 0 . 0 ... 
bince the naval battle of Sinope, they have daily was instructed to inquire into the expediency ot that, he is going to show that « the doctrine of 
and hourly lost ground, both in Europe and establishing an Agricultural Bureau, to be con- the Trinity” is of heathen origin. 
Asia; and, although two or three slight engage- nected with the Department of the Interior, -The Legislature of New Jersey have 
raents have resulted in their favor, still it is not and that they report by bill or otherwise. passed a resolution that it is improper and in¬ 
to be disguised or denied that their forces have Mr. Olds, from the P. O. Com., reported a bill © x P e< iient to charter or recharter any hanks. 
on the whole, been decidedly worsted, and to amend further tire act of March, 1851, to re- Ihe ten hour labor law has passed 
i , , ....... . , , „ ’ > Kentucky House of Representatives. Quer 
chased out of the contested ternlones. All their duce and modify the rates of postage. Returned, docs it include slave Libor 7 
movements have been retrograde, whi£h is of | 
. The House took up also the resolution before _ j _ d __ 
itself an acknowledgment ot defeat. The ad- 0 fp eret i bv Mr. Ewing, requesting the Senate to Daly, died in Boston, a few days since, from in- 
vancement of the combined fleets into the Black return to the House the joint resolution adopted juries received by being struck by a snowball. 
sea, for the purpose of checking the hostile de- on the l8th insfc proposing a select coll)mit tee _-The first train passed through the Great 
monstrations of Russia, is proof also, that tire „„ J cmi U him t „ lLe Con8ti . 4 *"- 
hands of the Sultan need sti engthenmg in oidei tution, to change the mode ot electing President mi,/,../, io« v.,;i,.„o,i „/>/>:,i„„a, +i,„ 
-The ten hour labor law has passed the 
Kentucky House of Representatives. Query— 
does it include slave labor? 
-A boy of 11 years of age, named Thomas 
Daly, died in Boston, a few days since, from in- 
these events, which are manifestly for their ad¬ 
vantage ; Avhile the consuming classes, the me- 
lo ! before the papers reach,our anxious friend, 
he indites a third epistle,— yet, strange to tell. 
nanus oi rue ouiran neea stiengtnemng in order tution, t Q change the mode of electing President 
to cope effectively with her northern foe. I n- and Vice President of the United States. 
less a favorable turn takes place in diplomatic . .. ,, . , , , , „ 
. .. . , , V arious other matters were considered, but of 
affairs before the opening of spring, we may look ... , , , 
on the 18th inst., proposing a select committee T -The first. train passed through the Great 
, 1 A , , I unnel on the Pennsylvania Railroad, between 
on an amendment offered by him to the Consti- Pittsburg and, Altona Jan. 27. 
-There were 128 railroad accidents in the 
United States in 1853 ; 234 persons were killed 
and 499 wounded. 
-The disease of which M. Bodisco, the 
cliaaic, tlie artizan, and the laborer, ,yi]l be, at palatal., giving only the name of his post-office, confidently fw hostile dantonalaations on the “"ll-* 11 *-* «* rc “ Ucr - Iiossian Minister, died, it is said'sva, a sffeiis 
Innct tnr n tnnd nconiif in 11 -vr ottnDtoH 4-lv/x .3_ii. . _ . ; i • mi ^ -- ♦ i ^ i i- ,» i A 
least for a time, essentially affected for the and again the post-mark is illegible ! But we 
worse. Still, in the end the balance will be re- are confirmed in our opinion that he lives in Pa., 
stored, for these latter classes must and will ad- for (beginning to doubt the integrity of his P. M.) 
vance the prices of their products also ; and the he informs us that “ this letter will be mailed at 
former will be competent, not only to pay high- Pittsburgh.” 
er in turn, but to purchase of the latter more This is but one of many similar, or worse, in- 
liberally. liade in town is never better tlian stances. The other day we received a money 
when the farming community are getting good, letter dated Lebanon—no County or State was 
prices and have plenty of cash. 
mentioned—the post-mark -wasblind —and, final- 
part of Russia, that will trample the crescent 
unsustained and unaided in the dust. There is 
no mistake about it, however much people may 
deceive themselves, that unless Turkey is hack¬ 
ed by some nation more warlike, and less de¬ 
generate than herself, she must inevitably come 
out worsted in the contest, and suffer spoliation 
of a large portion of her territories, if she docs 
Legislative. —Our Albany letter from some 
of dyspepsia. 
-The Hog trade at Cincinnati. The num- 
cause failed to come to hand this week in time ber of hugs slaughtered lip to the 24th inst., was 
for our issue. 
The Legislature has been engaged most of A negro blacksmith was sold, Week befoe 
.i i ■ -i • , . last at Augusta, Ga., for $1525, and a bricklaver 
the week m considering private bills and mat- ,. <•>., ,v-,. ^ J 
. ° 1 tor $l,2o0. 
tors ot local interest, such as granting relief to -Thirty-seven thousand barrels of flour 
plank road companies, amending railroad char- W cre SC nt out by the N. Y. Central Railroad 
ters, authorizing subscriptions to connecting from Buffalo, in the month of September last. 
roads, erecting new towns, <fec., <fec., all of which -The Detroit Daily Inquirer urges the 
will appear hereafter in the authorized publica- conveyance of the U. S. Mails over the Great 
tion of the laws. VV estern Kaihva ^ thr0U S h Canada - 
_ _ _ _ _The Boston Post claims that there was a 
plot at Madrid to disgrace or murder Mr. Soule. 
Franklin Canal Charter.— The bill to repeal Can the Post say that it has not succeeded? 
the Franklin Canal charter, lias passed, both -The remains of Col. Bliss have been re¬ 
houses of the Pennsylvania Legislature, aud been moved to Gen. 1 aylor’s plantation, and interred 
sent to the Governor for his signature. It is on alongside the remains of the old hero. 
the strength of this charter, that the Erie and .-7 C ° L g arnson ’ . C0llsiu of President Har- 
, , .. , . rison, holds his commission as consul at Kings- 
Cleveland railroad have connected with the Erie t011j j aimiica) from Gen. Washington. 
and N oi theast, and probably no new bill will -The Government has received advices 
pass without a change of gauge at Erie. that the emigration from Bremen to the United 
_ --- .-- States, to the close of this year, will reach 55,DUO. 
Oua New Dress, in which the Rural is said -The Connecticut democrats hold their 
in annoav rare nuai State convention at Hartford, on the 22d of 
687,000. 
The laborers of Europe will suffer most, and ly, the writer omitted his own name! At first, 
already riots have bioken out in seveial towns this was a poser—for about every State contains 
of England, in consequence of the scarcity and a post-office named Lebanon; but the bills remit- 
high price of bread. If a general European ted were on the Bank of Tennessee, and the 
war occur, many will be driven to join the army, wr j te r wished us to furnish a lost number of the 
out of sheer necessity, and offer their bodies as r ural f or 1853. These items put us on the 
targets for bullets in return for bread, with the right track. We turned to Lebanon, Tenn., on 
feeling mentally experienced, if not poetically our 0 fo bookSj and pro bablv found the name of 
, , , • ,, , , , . ters ot local interest, such as granting relief to 
out worsted m the contest, and suffer spoliation , , , . ° , 
r i ,• , .... -r i i plank road companies, amending railroad char- 
ot a Jarge portion ot her territories, if she docs . 
,, ters, authorizing subscriptions to connecting 
not suffer utter expulsion Irom Europe as was . ° 1 . 
r.i nr c 1 roads, erecting new towns, Ac., Ac., all ot which 
the case of the Moors in Spam. ° 
_v i , c ,, will appear hereafter in the authorized publica- 
Ainenca seems to be the only part of the V, , 1 
• , , . , , , / tion ol the laws, 
commercial and civdized world not politically 
mixed up in this question, and if she lias the 
wisdom, the prudence, and the virtue to remain Franklin C anal C harter. 'I he bill to repeal 
so, she will prosper,let the result across the sea ^ ie Franklin Canal charter, lias passed, both 
go Which way it will. The danger is that dein- houses <)f thc Pennsylvania Legislature, and been 
expressed— 
our modest friend—but we should still have 
“Oh God! that bread is now so dear, __ • __i „„ ,_j , ,, 
And flesh and Llood so cheap!” been in a quandaij had there been more than 
m , ■i j. n , , , one subscriber, last year, at that office. As there 
To the farmer we would say, plant and sow J 
i, ,, , , ( ta. • r was but one name, we assumed the responsibili- 
to the utmost of your power. It is for your ’ . 
own profit as well as an obligation you are un- ^ 0 CI ° it m g and sending, 
der to your fellow men ; for he who owns land * Iore f centl y we received a letter co^aining 
and will not cultivate it at a time like this, is an $ 30 ’ Wlth no ^gnature ; and another, with $25, 
unprofitable servant and wretched almoner of unsealed - We frequently receive money letters; 
God’s bounty. To the mechanic and artizan we wlthout signatures, and sometimes have to write j 
K/i or,n to the P. M. for information. Not a few neglect I 
so, she will prosper,let the result across the sea die Franklin Canal charter, lias passed, both 
go Which way it will. The danger is that dem- houses <)f thc Pennsylvania Legislature, and been 
agogues, for the purpose of making political scrd Governor for his signature. It is on 
capital, will create and push forward questions ^ ie strength of this charter, that the Erie and 
no <rr, „,L,,.i, ___ L, Cleveland railroad have connected with the Erie 
capital, will create and push forward questions 110 stlcul g ul 01 mis cnarrei, mat me Jvrie ana 
as to which we may have decided opinions, but Cleveland raib oad have connected with the Erie 
upon which we cannot legitimately enter upon and Northeast, and probably no tew bill will 
any course of action. “Let us alone and we I ^ ass without a change of gauge at Erie. that the emigration from Bremen to the Unite 
will not interfere with you ; but meddle with ns --—- States ’ to 1116 close ot ‘ this ^ ear ’ wiU reach 55 > 0U 
or ours at your peril,” should be our motto.- 0uu Nkw Diiess ’ in wllich Rural is said —The Connecticut democrats hold the 
None of the belligerents will be over anxious to to appear very neat and becoming, was procured b ?$jj^'" entlon at iIal1 old ’ 011 the ~~ d ( 
incur our emhity themselves, however much ot Mr. Nathan Lyman, Type Founder, Ac., of -Forty houuand Partridges were sent i 
God’s bounty. To the mechanic and artizan we 
would say, be prudent, sober and industrious.— 
Eschew tobacco, drive the spile tight into the 
whiskey barrel, save a little of your flour by 
using the wholesome, but coarser and cheaper 
grains, such as corn and buckwheat, and use 
they might desire our aid. 
to date their letters at all—not even giving the 
name of post-office—and if tlmpost-mark is not 
distinct, we are obliged to keep the epistle un¬ 
answered until we get another, and that other is 
vegetables and meats and other articles of diet USUad -. a scoichei. If it don t call us haid 
that have not trodden in price on the heels of names, it is pretty sure to talk very plain and 
wheat, and you will carry yourself and family unmi ^ a ' a | e mg ish. 
unmistakable English. 
successfully through the present crisis. v In ° rderin §' P aperB for a miraber of Bubscri - 
_. __ bers, a name is sometimes omitted by the wri- 
c j • 1 rn JT 3 r ter —or he gives an incorrect address. We follow 
_ J oiders to, cr m, the letter ,— aud when the cora- 
When the Pope’s Nuncio, Bedini, visited the l da ' nf ' arrives, it very severe, our chief clerk is in 
The Erie Difficulty. j ly commend him to our brethren of the craft as 
- correct and honorable in his transactions. 
The Railroad War at Erie, Pa., during the _, . 0 , , _ 
past two months, has very justly attracted con- R ^ understood t]iat a dLspatch has been 
siderable attention throughout the country, and received by the U. 8. Marshal, at Erie, from At- 
been censured by both press and people, far and torney-General Cushing, instructing him to pro- 
near. The last dispatch from the “ seat of war” ceed immediately with the repairs ot the Rad¬ 
is dated Erie, Jan. 30, and is as follows : road ’ and to torward Y ord "l^antly to Wash- 
. mgton it he was mtertered with, in winch case 
“1 he track will be repaired to-day, and trains j troops will be sent on without delay. 
Buffalo. Air. L. has one ot the best establish- December by railroad from Detroit, Michigan 
ments in the countrj, and we can conscientious- to Chicago. 
ly commend him to our brethren of the craft as -There are about one hundred steamers 
U. S. Senate lately, all of the most conspicu¬ 
ous Senatorial candidates for the presidency in 
1856, including Hards, Softs, Silver Grays, and 
the habit of sending the original order in reply, 
just to account, as he phrases it, “ for the milk in 
that cocoa-nut.” In truth, so far as our expe- 
commence running to-morrow morning. It is 
feared, however, that the tracks will not be The Auburn Daily Advertiser learns, that 
united, as the people are determined to prevent -^ r - Crocker, Agent ot the Christian Ambassa- 
the connection being made by the Cleveland dor > * n Fhal. c'ity, a highly esteemed gentleman, 
and Erie, and Erie and North East Railroad has had his mind so much wrought upon recent- 
Coippanies.” ly by the “ spirits ” that he is now wild with 
commend him to our brethren of the craft as -There are about one hundred steamers 
| correct aud honorable in his transactions. ly* n » s | c l c by side at the Cincinnati levees, some 
__ t _ frozen in and others aground. 
T . ■ i . , ., , , -About one-third of the citizens of Thibo- 
K& Ft is understood that a chspatch lias been deaU x, La., it is stated, have been indicted for 
eeived by the U. b. Marshal, at Erie, lrom At- <r amb li] lir 
rney-General Cushing, instructing him to pro- 1 , ’ , ’ . , , . 
ed immediately with the repairs of the Rail- ~ An elopement took place the other day 
ad, and to forward word instantly to Wash- whlch ca f ed so, j ,e consternation. A dog ran 
^ton if he was interfered with, in "which case away with a newly married man s rib oi beet, 
lops will be sent on without delay. -Thc Supreme Court of Iowa lias decided 
received by the U. S. Marshal, at Erie, from At- 
Now, we are constrained to say the people of 
Woolies, men who have ridden political hobbies Eence extends, and it is not very limited, (for 
to their political death, and men who are astride we bave F» e eiY in the publishing business some 
of fresh coursers under whip and spur, all vied dozen y earf L) most of the errors charged to the 
with each other in playing the sycophant with account of publishers and mailing clerks origin- 
tlie manifest intention of bidding for votes. Cass, M others. 
Everett, Douglass, and Mason stand at the head A few words about directing letters to pub- 
of the list in this shameful race. lishers, and we have done. In the first place, be 
We can admire clever humbuggery, when it to ' writo plainly and correctly, the name of 
accomplishes its end without its means becoming e peison, post o n.e anc late. In oui case 
glaringly apparent, but this piece of political the . lat1 f r 18 all-important, for there is a Roches- 
tom-foolery is so thin-skinned and obvious, that ^ ^ almost every State north of Mason and 
ai o , • i ... . ai ... • . i_ a t _ Dixon’s line. Many letters directed to us at 
The Auburn Daily Advertiser learns, that that the Liquor Law oi that State is constitu- 
Mr. Crocker, Agent of the Christian Ambassa- “ onab 
dor, in that c'ity, a highly esteemed gentleman, RUT Martin Koszta is now learning the Da¬ 
llas had his mind so much wrought upon recent- guerreotype business w'itli Mesrss. Meade Broth- 
ly by the “spirits” that he is now wild with ers in New Y'ork. 
insanity. Now read the following paragraph. -The Tennessee river, says a dispatch 
KB-A new semi-monthly iournal. to he de- fr° m Charleston, dated January 25, is-higher 
Erie are very unwise in their resistance-not- ET A few semi-monthly journal, to be de- h { h b ’ f ; ‘ ’ 
^ .. J . , , . , voted to “ modern and ancient spiritualism” is ■> 1 • 
withstanding we have lost a good many sub- a nnounced to appear shortly in New York. It . -The Maine Law bill is now under con- 
scribers for what we have previously said about is to be published by Partridge A Britton, and ^deration in the Assembly. To give free scope 
their transactions. They undoubtedly have edited by Judge Edmonds and Dr. Dexter. 1° discussion, the House has resolved to take it 
, , , up in evening session, 
rights in the premises, but they have no moral j-®- The. annual meeting of thc American v , . . . . , 
• , j. , , .• u „• . . , 9 . ,, r ,. -More than sixty criminals were executed 
right to disturb the peace and invade the pnvi- Colonization bociety took place at Washington in the United States during the year 1853, and 
leges of others. If they are wronged, they on Wednesday oi last week. The receipts tor . quite a mimber IU - e now in pri son under sentence 
should seek redress in a proper, legitimate man- -.Von nnn ai i C °' t ’ 1 ^ ’• a f < je . c fF c,ntlu, f. of death. 
ner—not to the injury ot the traveling public ©20,000. j -ihe Courier <ts Enquirer denounces So¬ 
und community generally. The Western Theological Seminarv f on Robinson’s “ Hot Corn Stories,” as minister- 
J b „ /. p . x e /V, . , , A il Y feminaiy, u to a pruneut appetite and unfit to be read in 
— One word to our friends in Erie and vicini- i lesbytenan Church, and Alleghany City bank j f aill nies 
the Senatorial actors therein, deserve to be P' x<m s dnc ‘ - Main letteis diiected to us at 
laughed to scorn. Rochester only, have been mailed to other offi- 
_ _ ces of the same name—in Mich., Ind., Ohio, Vt., 
The Daily Democrat appears in a new and &c ' lf mone y is enclosed it should be regis- 
beautiful dress—rendering our breakfast com- tered b ^ lbe P ' M -’ _and lk 1S weli to have the 
panion more radiant and readable than ever.- fact tliattlle letter contains an enclosure noted 
We congratulate our neighbor upon his prosper- on the accompanying rate bill. Of late, many 
ity, and trust his shadow and influence will Post-Masters have adopted this course. Money 
never be less. Those of our friends in Western letters ’ P ro Perly maded, almost invariably reach 
New York, who want a good political and com- 118 faiely. 
mercial newspaper, wll find the Democrat—now Now, if those having occasion to order the 
the leading whig journal in the State, west of P-ural. ( or A r - and S. R.) will remember the 
Albany—worthy their patronage. items in the lirst part of this already too long 
_, , p t _ article, and address as under, their requests will 
T o ,, . , receive prompt attention: 
Important Decision. — Ihe Supreme Court of r l __ 
and community generally. 
— One word to our friends in Erie and vicini¬ 
ty. We beg to assure you that we have said 
nothing but what we believed, though our re¬ 
marks might have been qualified for your ben- 
w , , ... i • , were burned to the ground at Pittsburgh, Jan 
We beg to assure you that we have said u u--i n h V, . ° , 
° • 24tli. Half the library ot the Seminary, which 
families. 
-Oil from cotton seed has been manufac¬ 
tured in New Orleans. It is said to burn with 
great brilliancy, and to be peculiarly fitted for 
notmng but wnat we beneveu, tnougn our re- i was VC) .y va j uab j e , was saved. • j tl,rea 111 ew Orleans, it is said to burn with 
marks might have been qualified for your ben- ___ , ,, , ,, n , . great brilliancy, and to be peculiarly fitted lor 
<*. 1° hastily commenting upou your acte, 
some weeks ago, we did not stop to inquire of *6,000 per annum to kis a/tUrf. Is % mil- roa( 6 delated at 
whether we should lose or gain subscribers, but lenmum approaching ! I. ■ • . 
condemned what we considered a wrong to 
community. When convinced that wc were ter, Mass., has been awarded the premium of I The sum of $25,000 was recently sent to 
wrong and you right, an amende will be forth- ^ 1U() . lor „ tlie bcst cssa ^ 011 “ Juvende Delin- the London Society for Propagating the Gospel 
coining —and not till then. The loss or gain of a < i uencies ' “ Cbina ’ a P erson 8i b r,im S hlaiselt ' “ U ' SB 
few hundred subscribers is no consideration in ^ Wisconsin has been than the Least 
shown a fitly dollar bill on the Buffalo City -George Ceddes, of Ceddes, Onondaga 
the premises. ^ Bank, altered from a two. It was admirably county, lias been appointed by the Canal C 0111 - 
1 ’ 0 * ■' executed. missioners to superintend the draining of the 
Fires. —A 11 unusual number of fires have , e ., IV1 . 0 . , Cayuga marshes. 
, . . ; ... The 1 rustces of the Pilgrim Society are J 0 
occurred in various pai’ts of the country during ta F |ng activo measures to carry out the plans of -Mr. Chas. Warner, near Penn Yan, had 
the past week. East, West, North and South, erecting a suitable monument to the Pilgrims, '10 sheep killed by clogs on the night of the 7th 
the cry of fire ! fire ! falls upon our cars with at Plymouth. ° | inst - Th<: sheep lay all about the field horribly 
an alarming and a warning sound, The proprietors of Tammany Hall, New UU n an man^lecl. ’ 
O 11 Saturday last another fire occurred in New York, have brought a suit against the demo- 7j aie . a )(>a V* U , H u< .' n 9 \ e ■ nU | 11 " 
J f isvi t,. Hw, r/ihi can railroad car into England. It is admitted to 
Y’ork, destroying property to the amount of cratic committee ot K .>3, to the amount ol $1,- , in almost every resnect sunerior to the car 
A..,.’ A A v n A, 617, for rent of rooms, liquors Ac. be, in almost e\cry lespect, supuior to me car 
$1d 0,000. At Colchester, Conn., on the same 1 now in common use on English railways. 
night, Haywood’s India Rubber Works were J’S®* e A TuIl 2:J ;?.’?A 0( l!S anU *A- -In 1645, by an agreement, each family 
11 °' The loss to companies and individuals, by this 
Rev. Edward Everett Hale, of Worces- detention alone, is immense. 
wrong and you right, an amende will be forth¬ 
coming —and not till then. The loss or gain of a 
few hundred subscribers is no consideration in 
the premises. 
Fires.—A 11 unusual number of fires have 
the United States has rendered an important ,, . , , 
decision in the Telegraph case of Morse vs. O’- 1 J 
Reilly. It sustains Morse’s claim to the patent 
of his own machine, but rejects the claim set up * ' 
by him to electro-magnetic telegraphing gene- 
rally. Telegraphing by House’s, Bain’s and * 
other instruments of different construction, is Gci'eia 
therefore no infringement of Morse’s patent. ____ 
- 1 •♦ * ♦- — The moral of all this, patient reader, is 
Shocking Casualty. —On Saturday, the 28th that people who write to publishers should “be 
instant, a manufactory of ball cartridges at Ra- sure they’re right, then go-ahead.” Re careful 
venwood, L. I., blew up with an explosion that to give all names plainly with the proper address, 
shook the houses for two miles around, instant- and direct your letter correctly—and then if 
ly killing thirteen of the hands employed, most you “fail to connect,” the publisher will be en- 
BS3"'There were 233,000 barrels of ale manu- T 
factored in Albany last year. 600,000 lbs. of . — * n l64 ^ b Y a " agreement, each family 
hops arc used, worth 35 cents per pound. The 1,1 tbe Massachusetts Colony gave one peck ot 
number of persons there employed is about 700. J 0 ™' or ° ,ie shllbn S 111 cash ’ tl) Cambridge Col- 
, G , -I • a a- 1 . factured in Albany last year. 600,000 lbs. of 
burnt, thereby throwing out ot employment h are used , wur ( h ;j 5 cents per pound. The 
five hundred hands. At Oswego on the same nnmher of nersons there emnloved is about 700. 
day several warehouses and shops were con- 
The bill dividing Ohio into two judicial 
ble, more bellicose than that by any previous introduced by Mr. Douglas, for the organization districts has passed the U. S. Senate. 
mails, and seems still more decisively to threaten of the territory of Nebraska. There is a clause -1 here were nearly a thousand applicants 
a ,, 1 *n ... , . for the Canal n.rmointmpntfl 
powers. And not the European powers only, raise, which excludes slavery from territory , Ihe Goiemoi of Illinois has called an 
1 a at. r x ■ a t 1 r i> , .I. j . . . J extra session of the Legislature, 
but those of Asia and ot Atnca also ; for Per- north ot thirty-six and a half degrees of lati- „„ . „ r f, , T , . 
• • 1 j ... j . ai . a rx .1 a T i f v , ., a 1-Ihe >Mugs of Rhode Island have adopt- 
sia is already committed to tue contest; Dost tude. Much teelmg and excitement is created ed the Temperance candidate for Governor 
Mohammed, and his Afghan hordes, with bitter by this bill, both in and out of Congress. A de- T a /, , 
’ . & ... A, -A. 3 -n / 1 A • A. o A a3 . • A r Ai - :Jn present Congress, there are six 
memories of a former war with the British East bate arose in the Senate on the subject of thc Smiths, five Jones three Wrfohts three Allens 
India Company’s forces years ago; Circassia and Bedini riots, in which Messrs. Douglass, Ever- and three Stuarts. 
her allies engaged in a struggle of life and ett and Mason, took ground in favor of Bedini, -About eighty thousand Bibles and Test- 
death, with her Russian enemies; Mahometan and Mr. Weller against him. A resolution was aments were issued bylhcAmericaiiBibleSo- 
nations with their traditional hatred of the very passed calling for the correspondence between ciel y the past year. 
name of Christian; Egypt, with her accustomed tlie Po pe and the-President, on the subject of T ~ J ller< ? are 26 brush manufactories in 
sympathy and alliance with the Porte ; Austria J ’ KDINI s nnssion. llie correspondence shows buudred Gollars to one thousand dollars, 
and her kindred despotisms on one side, and En- tp at the Nuncio is not an accredited diplomatic _The taxable property of the State of Tex- 
It is now one hundred and fourteen years j 
sumed ; also, simultaneously with the above, time thc Methodists have existed as a people.— 
a large block of buildings at Worcester, Mass.— They now number in the world 2,0U0,000 of 
loss $50,000. On Sunday morning, the Ameri- communicants. 
can Car Company’s Works at Chicago were par¬ 
tially consumed. Loss not estimated, butprob- 
-The public debt of Austria is stated at 
over $500,000,000 at the present time—<and the 
average annual deficit in its income, at $30,000,- 
000 . 
-In Barnstead, N. H., where there arc but 
of them being young girls and boys, and inor- titled to a few gentle anathemas. We know of ably very heavy. On Monday a fire broke out the St - Andrew’s Society of which he was pres- 
tally wounding three others. one who is so accustomed to being held respon- in the office of the New York Sun, but fortunately ldent ' . .. 
The Coroner’s Jury has brought in a verdict sible for the sins of others, that it is refreshing it was extinguished without much damage.— foi SYhfmSffe cemnolIv^cSim' tlrnre’ 
Forbes Allison, a merchant of New Or- -In Barnstead, N. II., where there arc but 
leans, has absconded with $40,000 belonging to four hundred voters, there are 79 persons over 
5^5* A clergyman in Cincinnati recently per 
75 years of age, and more than twice that num¬ 
ber between 70 and 75 years of age. 
-Three hundred thousand copies of “ Un- 
-The Legislature of New Jersey have 
passed a resolution that it is improper and in- 
,, ., j v 3 .vt.uI/, „ “ - formed the marriage ceremony, receiving there- cle Tom’s Cabin” have been sold in the United 
censuring the proprietor, and he has been held (perhaps on account of its rarity) to receive a Jan. 24th, thc town of Tabula, on the Mississippi, for $50 from the bridegroom, and from the bride States, and the sale is still constant. In Europe 
to bail in the sum of $2,000. I deserved overhauling ! 1 was destroyed by fire, with 8,000 bales of cotton, a deed of a city lot worth $2,500. thc number sold amounts to nearly a million. 
