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ROCHESTER, JANUARY 28, 1854. 
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hack numbers of this volume to all new subscribers. Those 
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tTjf" For a variety of particular's relative to terms, &c., 
see Publisher’s Notices on next page — which answer most 
of the questions propounded by agents and other friends. 
We shall soon publish a list of books (with prices) from 
which those who are, or may become, entitled to Premi¬ 
ums, can make selections. 
A Few Words to Advertisers. 
In answer to inquiries and complaints, we are 
constrained to again define our position on the 
subject of advertising—and will do so as briefly 
as possible. In the first place, we never intend¬ 
ed to make the Rural an advertising sheet, only 
so far as it was actually necessary. From the 
first we have refused to publish, at any price, 
anv and every thing pertaining to patent medi¬ 
cines, and other quackery—including deceptive 
advertisements of all classes. In this matter we 
have acted consistently,—being governed, we 
trust, by a principle which neither fire, water nor 
money can eradicate—having often been tender¬ 
ed pecuniary rewards which would have proved 
of great temporary advantage, for even the Ru¬ 
ral has not always been profitable. 
But what we more particularly wish to say 
now, is this—We desire to publish such adver¬ 
tisements, and such only, as are brief and appro¬ 
priate to the objects aud character of the Rural. 
Preference is given advertisements particularly 
interesting to Farmers, Horticulturists, Teachers, 
Country Merchants, Ac.—such as the cards of 
dealers in Agricultural Implements and Ma- 
chinerv,—Nurserymen and Seedsmen,—Book¬ 
sellers, aud Publishers of standard, school and 
other valuable works,—Inventors, Manufacturers 
and wholesale dealers in the most useful branch¬ 
es of business. We want no lengthy notices— 
none exceeding 25 or 30 lines—and should pre¬ 
fer to give no advertisement more than four in¬ 
sertions. We publish this paper for the benefit 
of subscribers as well as ourselves,—and there¬ 
fore wish every advertisement to interest the 
reader, as well as pay the advertiser for his in¬ 
vestment. 
A word in regard to our terms, and we have 
done. Many seem very obtuse on this point— 
don’t see why we should charge more, than 
“other papers,” and so on. Now, the simple 
reason why we'ask more than ordinary papers, 
is because the publication of a card in this paper 
is v'orth far more than the difference demanded. 
Disastrous Conflagration. 
On is of the most destructive and disasterous 
conflagrations that ever visited our city, occurred 
on the morning of the 21st instant, the fiic 
was discovered about 3 o’clock in the brick block 
corner of Maine and North St. Paul stieet, and 
soon swept with devastating rapidity through 
the fine range of brick buildings known as the 
Blossom block, as far as the Crystal Palace 
block. Here, through the indefatigable exer¬ 
tions of the firemen, aided by a dead wall which 
separated the blocks, and a fire-proof roof upon 
the latter building, the conflagration was finally 
arrested ; which, destructive as it now is, would 
if it had progressed farther, have devoled long 
ranges of other buildings, including churches 
and private dwellings, to utter destruction. 
The wind was at the time of the alarm blow¬ 
ing a perfect gale, and as the sound of the fire 
bell struck upon the drowsy ears of our citizens, 
it told too truly that the devouring element was 
reveling in all its resistless fury. How the file 
originated is a mystery, and the exact locality is 
undetermined. YVatchman Y ancf. was passing 
along St Paul St. about.three o’clock in the 
morning, and detected the presence of the fire 
|>y the smell. At this time the shoo store ot 
Bradstref.t A Graves, as also the drug store ot 
Lynde A Osborne, and the eating saloon beneath 
the two stores were on fire, which seems to in¬ 
dicate that it must have originated in the place 
last named. In the 4th story of this range of 
building was a large dancing hall, and when the 
fire ascended to that portion of the building, it 
swept before the wind with the resistless force 
of an avalanch. Blinded by the smoke and 
scorched by the roaring flames, the brave fire¬ 
men were borne back, and it was Providential 
that some of their number did not perish in the 
buildings. Large*flakcs of fire were carried by 
the force of the wind to the extreme eastern 
limits of the city, and all the buildings in that 
direction had to be watched to prevent them 
from taking fire. The entire loss cannot fall 
short of $150,000. 
This disastrous conflagration is an especial 
warning to our citizens. Crowded as many of 
our best blocks are with stores, offices, and shops, 
he carelessness of a single individual may result 
in the utter ruin of many others, who cannot 
control his actions, but who must suffer for his 
criminal neglects. Let all men who have at 
stake either their own property or the property 
of others, guard it especially against fire ! At 
this inclement season, when many and frequent¬ 
ly intense fires are necessary to render shops 
and offices comfortable, a double amount of cau¬ 
tion is called for at the hands of all. 
How little did we imagine while preparing 
for the outside of this paper an account of the 
Printers’ Festival, that it would be our lot to 
chronicle upon the inside of the self-same sheet 
an announcement of the destruction by fire of 
the noble hall in which that festival was held. 
Congressional Proceedings. 
In Senate, Mr. Douglass gave notice that he 
would move to take up the Nebraska bill on 
Monday. 
io _ _—_ , Mr. Walker reported a bill for relinquishing 
The circulation of the Rural is at least twenty j to Wisconsin the lands reserved for Salt Springs. 
times greater than the average of country papers, i Passed. 
and more than four times larger than that of the 
Agricultural journals. Those interested can 
compare prices, and figure accordingly.- There 
are other advantages, obvious to the intelligent 
reader, which we need not mention in this con¬ 
nection—especially as we have no occasion to 
solicit advertising. In conclusion, those who 
wish to advertise in the Rural New-A orkeu 
must make their notices brief and appropriate, 
and accompany them with the money according 
to our rates, to secure insertion. 
Use of Rain Water to Prevent Cholera. 
_p ro f. John Lea, of Cincinnati, writes to the 
New York Commercial, stating as a verified fact 
which will stand the test of the strictest investi¬ 
gation and eventually obtain universal credence, 
that rain-water, used for drinking, instead of 
the hard mineral water of wells, acts as a prophy¬ 
lactic (or preventative) in cases of cholera. He 
sa y S ; —*< The calcareo-magncsian properties of 
the water unite -with the miasma of cholera. A 
diarrhoea ensues, more water is taken, and death 
soon closes the scene. It appears that compara¬ 
tively few cholera cases occur on ships coming 
from Bremen. This will he found to proceed 
from the pure quality of water furnished at that 
port.” He says further, that “ no city exclu- 
aively supplied with rain water, as Charleston, 
or with soft pure water, as Mobile, or district, as 
West Tennessee, suffers from epidemic cholera ; 
and in the same category may be ranked all the 
small islands of the YYest Indies, where none 
other than rain water can be obtained. A very 
small portion of the New England States suffer 
by cholera ; primary formations prevail general¬ 
ly, and the water is rarely imbued with calcare¬ 
ous elements.” This statement is worthy of no 
little attention. 
Our Albany Correspondence. 
Albany, Jan. 23, 1854. 
A very good week’s work lias been accom¬ 
plished by the Legislature. The Canal Bill refer¬ 
red to in my last, passed the Senate unanimous¬ 
ly, and in the House with only one dissenting 
vote. It provides for a special election on the 
third Wednesday of February, and details the 
manner of notices and for the canvass of votes. 
The State Canvassers are to meet within 15 days 
of the election, which will make quick work for 
them. As the vote of the people will in all 
probability be entirely on the affirmative side of 
the question, further remarks are unnecessary. 
The ballots arc to be of the following form: 
“ For the proposed Amendment in relation to 
the Canals.” 
“ Against the proposed Amendment in rela¬ 
tion to the Canals.” 
The two houses go through with their regular 
order of business daily, that is to receive peti¬ 
tions, introduce bills, reports, resolutions, Ac., 
Ac., which is doing very well for this early day 
of the session. The opposition to the Maine 
Law, headed in the Assembly by Mr. Dewey, of 
Jefferson County, are busily engaged in prepar¬ 
ing a minority report in which they hope to pre¬ 
sent a milder plan of accomplishing the desired 
end. That report will probably be handed in 
this week, when the discussion will fairly com¬ 
mence. 
The Senate have been considering the propo¬ 
sition to increase the salary of the Canal Audi¬ 
tor, and to provide for his election by the peo¬ 
ple: He is now appointed by the Commission¬ 
ers of the Canal Fund, and is simply their clerk. 
But as the duties have become very arduous and 
responsible, it is proposed to elevate it into a 
full department, and make the salary $2,500.— 
The importance of raising his salary seems to 
be generally conceded, but many desire lo keep 
his election from the people, while the progress¬ 
ive elements in both parties desire to bring the 
popular franchise to bear in this case as in that 
of the other officers. The debates on this item 
have been conducted with some spirit, but those 
who put their trust in the people will probably 
succeed. Should this measure prevail, it will 
be the second department organized from clerk¬ 
ships in the Comptroller’s department. The 
other is the Superintendent of the Bank depart¬ 
ment, which is now a separate office under the 
appointing power of the Governor and Senate. 
This may show the world how easy it is to 
accomplish an object where money is to be 
made by it. The Banks have their separate bu¬ 
reau, and so will the Canals, for the moneyed 
men ask it. But see how it is with the School 
ftetos I'anigrafls. 
Transactions of the N. Y. State Ag. Society. 
_We are indebted to B. P. Johnson, Esq., for a 
volume of Transactions of the State Agricultur¬ 
al Soeiety for 1852. It is somewhat smaller in 
size than usual, and contains fewer portraits of 
animals, Ac., yet on the whole, though not what J 
we could wish, it is an improvement on its pre¬ 
decessors. The Agricultural Survey of the 
county of Essex, by W. C. Watson, is a valuable 
article. Breeding Animals, by Sanford How- 
ard, we bare read with much pleasure. The re¬ 
ports from the various County Societies are, as 
usual, replete with interest We will notice at 
greater length in a future number. 
Nothing of importance wa3 done in the House. 
Jan. 18 .—In the Senate a number of confir¬ 
mations for Collectors, Pension Agents, Receiv¬ 
ers, Ac., were made. 
Mr. Redfield’s nomination has been up, but 
was objected to by Mr. Benjamin, on the ac¬ 
count of the absence of Mr. Leward. Laid over. 
House. —The House this morning adopted the 
resolution to appoint a select committee to con¬ 
sider a report on Mr. Ewing’s Amendment of 
the Constitution, altering the mode of voting for 
President and Vice President. 
Jan. 19 .—In the Senate a resolution of in¬ 
quiry was adopted as to the propriety of extend¬ 
ing the law regulating the pension of widows of 
Revolutionary soldiers to the widows of the sol¬ 
diers of 1812. 
Mr. Gwm offered a resolution of inquiry as to 
tire disposal of the naval forces of the United 
States at the time the Sonora expedition left 
California, on which a warm debate sprang up. 
In the House the Committee on Military Af¬ 
fairs were instructed to inquire into the expedi¬ 
ency of constructing a military road from Great 
Salt Lake to California. 
The house adjourned over until Monday. 
Jan. 23.—Senate.— Mr. Douglas asked leave 
to make a report from the Committee on terri¬ 
tories. He said the attention of the committee had 
been directed to the fact that the south bound¬ 
ary of Nebraska as reported in the bill, would 
divide the Cherokee country. To avoid this, 
the committee had determined to recommend 39 
as the south boundary. 
Amendments had been prepared by the com¬ 
mittee in the shape of a new Bill. I’he one bill 
will provide territorial governments for both Ne¬ 
braska and Kanzas. The committee desire that 
this new bill be printed—Ihe motion to print 
was agreed to. 
House. —On motion of Bernhisel, the Com. on 
Territories was requested to inquire into the ex¬ 
pediency of extending the provisions of the Ore¬ 
gon Land Law over Utah. 
On motion of Mr. Benton, the Com. on ag¬ 
riculture were instructed to inquire into the ex¬ 
pediency of establishing an Agricultural Bureau 
to be connected with the Department of the In¬ 
terior, and that they report by Bill or otherwise. 
The New Haven Register says that in 
pulling down a very old house in North Haven, 
belonging to Harvey Stiles, coins were found in 
the crannies, one of which, a little larger than a 
silver dollar, is of a mixture of metals, but looks 
like iron—having a lion (rampart) for a device, 
and bearing date 1047. A small gold coin, sup¬ 
posed to be of the reign of George First, and 
several old coppers, are among those found. 
The jail in Geneseo caught fire on Tues¬ 
day evening of last week. The fire was so lo¬ 
cated that all attempts to get. at it were baffled, 
and it spread considerably before it was check¬ 
ed. Finally it was extinguished, with a loss of 
not more than $300 or $100. The prisoners 
were shackled and preparations made for their 
removal. 
The Fitchburg Sentinel says that during 
the snow storm of Monday, Doe. 26, a flock of 
robins, some 50 in number, made their appear¬ 
ance, and passed the day in the south part of 
the town. A much larger flock was observed 
on the same day in the vicinity of Princeton. 
k^The number of students in attendance 
upon the lecture at the four Medical Colleges in 
Philadelphia, is between 1,300 and 1,400, viz : 
620 at the Jefferson, about 500 at the University, 
and about 200 at the other two colleges—the 
Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia. 
jvjgf'The mercantile navy of the United States 
is at present greater than that of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain, and the tonnage of 
the single city of New York is within a trifle of 
being equal to that of London and Liverpool put 
together. 
The weather at St. Louis. Jan. 22d, was 
very cold and the river so frozen that teams 
crossed it with safety. About 200 boats wore at 
Cairo, waiting for the river to open. A large 
number of emigrants were also there in a desti¬ 
tute condition. 
The subscriptions in New Y ork, Jan. 21, 
for the San Francisco testimonials amounted to 
nearly $13,000. In Boston also five thousand 
dollars have been already subscribed for the 
noble fellows who rescued the San Francisco’s 
passengers. 
The passenger depot of the Michigan. 
Central R. R. at Detroit, took fire at 12 o’clock 
on the night of Jan. 23. All the offices in the 
building were burnt, but the flames were pre¬ 
vented from spreading to the freight depot.— 
Loss about $5,000. 
The preliminary survey for the ship ca¬ 
nal route, was commenced on the 10th inst. The 
route, as contemplated, will commence on the 
Niagara river at the foot of White’s Island, and 
continue to the Eighteen Mile Creek, near Lock- 
port. 
IW Ornai- Pacha, the Turkish commander of 
the fleet destroyed by the Russians at Sinope, 
was found lying on the deck of his frigate with 
his leg broken, and his head terribly wounded. 
He is now a prisoner in the arsenal at SebastapoL 
I'Jftos Utilities. 
„ „„ „ , , , . I Gov. Ligon was inaugurated at Annapo- 
System. The business of this department is j lif Af an _ 1L Bis Inaugural Address, which 
performed by a single deputy under the Sccre- j ; s ‘ short, he takes ground in favor of the Public 
tary of State, and he is often obliged to wait a ! School system, and in other reforms of the new 
week to get even the Secretary’s signature to 
letters and official documents. He has the su- 
Constitution 
A Proposition has been started in New 
pervision of over 11,000 school districts, and the | York, to alter the mode now adopted by pkyri- 
.. nmnm , n I cians in making their charges. It is that they 
distribution of mmv than $1,000,000 annually. , a B an j on t.he credit system entirely, and require 
Y'et no separate department has been secured, j p a y mon t for each visit at the time it Is made. 
because it is only the teachers and those interest¬ 
ed in schools who desire the change. Every 
Secretary of State for some years past has urged 
this change upon the Legislature, and the pres¬ 
ent Governor has joined in the recommendation 
Teachers, through their Conventions and peri¬ 
odicals, have prayed for it, but to no purpose.— 
There is hope, however, that some progress will 
be made this winter. If the people would agi¬ 
tate the matter, and send on their petitions, the 
object would be immediately secured. 
The Mt. Vernon resolutions have been far¬ 
ther discussed, and the Wooly-heads have had a 
slight tussle with the Silver Grays on the amend- 
Two hundred and thirty-six and a half 
miles of Croton pipes underlie the dirty pave¬ 
ments of New York, carrying through all the 
crowded streets and reeking gutters a ceaseless 
tide of pure, health-giving water. 
The District Court of the United States 
has granted an injunction to restrain the con- ; 
struction of a bridge across the Mississippi at 
Rock Island. This injunction will, in all prob¬ 
ability, be rendered perpetual. 
jgp Gov. Ujhazy, from his Western home, has 
recently declared his readmits and that of his 
son, to place themselves at the disposition of i 
Kossuth, at any time when their services may , 
be required. 
ment to prevent the estate from being cultivated 
Gov. Clifford, of Massachusetts, was a 
. Tr a v. u , .. | poor boy. The daughter of a millionaire re- 
by slaves, m case the U. S. should pmchase it. j j ec ^ e( j j ug su jt when a young man, and lived to 
The House has also been discussing the same j see him Governor at the age of 42. He is one 
of the most accomplished men of these times. 
The whole number of accidents of all 
kinds, to steamboats, during the year, was only 
31. There were only 819 killed and 150 wound¬ 
ed—an amount much smaller than in preceding 
The Pennsylvania Senate has passed unan¬ 
imously, the bill to repeal the charter of the 
Franklin Canal Company. It is on the charter 
of this company that the railroad is built from 
Erie westward, to the Ohio State line. If this 
charter is repealed there is an end to the south 
shore railroad connection. 
proposition. 
Resolutions have been introduced proposing 
testimonials from the Legislature to the gallant 
Captains of those ships engaged in the rescue of 
the passengers and crew of the San Francisco. 
They propose to give the commanders of those 
three vessels a silver speaking trumpet. The no¬ 
ble acts of these men have struck a vein of grati¬ 
tude in the American people, and these testimo¬ 
nials will be but a feeble expression of the sen- j 
timents of New Yorkers. 
The greatest excitement, prevailed during the 
session of the Canal Board for the purpose of 
making the Canal appointments. The city was 
filled for several days with hungry applicants. 
But it is now all over. - Some went home rejoic¬ 
ing and some cursing — as usual. From what I 
can learn, the appointees are worthy men. 
The semi-annual examination of the State 
Normal School will commence soon. The Hon. 
S. S. Randall addresses the Literary Societies 
on Saturday. Of these and others in future. 
*0WE*. 
To Editors. — Our wannest thanks are due 
and tendered to the hundreds of our friends of 
the press who have recently commended the 
Rural New-Yorker, in the most positive and 
complimentary terms, to the attention and sup¬ 
port of their readers. Such a reception as they 
have given our new volume is indeed gratifying, 
and sincerely appreciated. We shall endeavor 
to reciprocate such kindness, whenever oppor¬ 
tunities are presented. 
— As an instance of the generosity of the 
press in this d irection, the Fete I ork Observer 
whose ability, influence and circulation place it 
at the head of the Religious and Family News¬ 
papers of the day — voluntarily publishes our 
Prospectus, and thus remarks editorially : 
Moohk’x lirnvu, New-Yorker commences a new year 
with a new :u I ,-vutiful (tress, and, as ever, rich in its ad¬ 
dress. It is hi it »f variety, original and select. No paper 
on our iist of exchanges comes so near our ideas of perfec¬ 
tion, for a secular family paper, as the Rural. It has al¬ 
ways maintained a high moral standard. No profane tri¬ 
fling or sneers at religion, are allowed a placo on its pages. 
\ UcU 3. 
The awards of the juries at the Crystal 
Palace are announced. The whole number of 
silver medals awarded is 115; of bronze, 1,186. 
The number of exhibitors who received honor¬ 
able mention is 1,210. 
rqfp The bill to repeal the Rhode Island 
Liquor Law and substitute a license, with no 
liquor to be drunk on the premises, was laid on 
the table in the Senate Jan. 20th by a test vote 
of 17 to 9. 
A clergyman in Cleveland, in his sermon, 
recently remarked that property was as well 
protected in Honolulu as in the cities of Buffalo 
and Cleveland, and much better than at home 
points between the two cities! 
The timber seized since July 1st on the 
Wisconsin and Chippewa rivers, as having been 
feloniously cut on government land, amounts to 
sixty millions of feet, and is valued at from 
$250,000 to $500,000. 
Considerable excitement attended the 
departure of the Baltic, owing to the rumor that 
Bedini, the Pope’s Nuncio, was going out in 
her. Several thousand were on the dock, but 
nothing was heard of the Nuncio. 
It is reported that the brig Mary Jane, 
bound from Dublin for New York, with passen¬ 
gers, has gone ashore near Halifax, and that out 
of 150 souls on board only six were saved. 
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Montreal 
has issued a pastoral condemning table moving 
as a practice, if not absolutely sinful, at least 
dangerous and liable to lead to abuse. 
The fashionable boots now worn bv Pa¬ 
risian ladies are made of morocco, with kid tops, 
high heels, thick soles, and buttoning up at tho 
side like gentlemen’s. 
The New York Times says that one of 
the Mutual Marine Offices, discouraged by the 
recent disasters by fire and shipwreck, is about 
to wind up its affairs. 
A train of forty-two cars came down 
from Columbus, over the Columbus and Xenia 
and Little Miami railways on the 5th inst., hav¬ 
ing on them 2,764 hogs. 
-The Great Western Railroad will be 
completed in about a week and open for travel. 
-'Thursday, A;ril 13, has been appointed 
Fast Day in New Hampshire. 
--There are 1,406 physicians in Massachu¬ 
setts, which is 1 to every 707 of the inhabitants. 
-The population of the Russian Empire 
is said to be 65,190,598. 
-A ship canal from Cayuga lake to Lake 
Ontario is talked of. 
-The cholera is raging frightfully at St. 
Thomas, West Indies. 
-There are five persons now confined in 
the Erie county jail charged with murder. 
-A Professor of Chinese lias been added 
to the University of Oxford, England. 
-The Millcrites are about to start a paper 
at Lowell, Mass., called the “ World’s Crisis.” 
-Capt. Watkins, the heroic Commander of 
the San Francisco, is a native of Maryland. 
-Gen. Armstrong of the Washington Union, 
is reported to be very ill. 
-There arc thirteen papers published in 
Constantinople, six in Smyrna, and one in Alex¬ 
andria. 
-M. Alexander Bodisco, the Russian Minis¬ 
ter, died at his residence in Georgetown, D. C., 
Jan. 23. 
-Women are still wanted in Victoria, Aus¬ 
tralia, as an excess of 55,000 men appears in the 
population. 
-The steamer Geo. Law for Aspinwall, and 
Star of the West for San Juan, sailed from New 
York on the 2lst, 
-Nathaniel Blake, Whig Senator from Ar¬ 
oostook, reached Augusta, Me., by traveling ten 
miles on snow shoes. 
-A baby scarce two months old was re¬ 
ceived in Louisville the other day by Adams tfc 
Co.’s Express. 
-It is said that a pendulum, to vibrate 
once an hour, must be 85 miles longer than the 
diameter of the earth. 
-There are three States which have no 
debt, viz : Vermont, Delaware and Florida.— 
Pennsylvania has the largest debt—$11,542,875. 
-“ Knchfoony ” is the name of a new 
county just formed in Georgia by the legislature 
of the State. 
-A Down-east editor asks his subscribers 
to pay up that he may play a similar joke upon 
his creditors. . 
-The Californians pronounce the gold 
“halves” and “quarters” which they have re¬ 
cently made, “inconveniently small.” 
-A regular passenger train commenced 
running Monday between Niagara Falls and De¬ 
troit, over the Great Western Railroad. 
-A Monument to Franklin is to be erected 
in Boston. The mechanics of that city have ta¬ 
ken the preliminary steps, for that purpose. 
-The amount of duties collected at the 
Port of Hamilton, 0. W., during the year end¬ 
ing January 5th, 1854, was £120,000. 
-The small pox is prevailing to a con¬ 
siderable extent in various places in Massachu¬ 
setts. 
-There were two thousand participants in 
the Railroad Banquet at Detroit, on Tuesday 
evening of last week. 
-The Utica papers say the Central R. li. 
Company intend erecting in that city an elegant 
station house 1200 feet long. 
-A man and woman have been arrested in 
Davenport, Ill?, for passing counterfeit $10 bills 
on the Rochester Bank. 
-It is estimated that 1,500,000,000 eggs 
are consumed annually by the population of 
Great Britain—or about 75 to each person. 
-There has been a revival of religion in 
the Kentucky State Prison, and Rev. T. D. Black 
baptized seven prisoners one Sunday. 
-A rural cemetery has been provided for 
at San Francisco, and 225 acres of land purchas¬ 
ed for that purpose. 
-The Governor of Louisiana is reported 
to be strongly in favor of the annexation of 
Cuba, and urges it in his Message. 
-Immense icebergs have been fallen in 
with, in the Atlantic, lat. 44.25 n\, 48.30 w. One 
of them towered above the water full 100 feet. 
-The city of New Bedford is to be lighted 
with oil instead of gas as heretofore, as a matter 
of economy. 
-The New York Central Railroad Com¬ 
pany have declared a dividend of five per cent., 
payable on the 1st of February. 
-On the 20th of January, a dry goods 
store in Albany, was robbed of silks and vel¬ 
vets to the value of $5,000 or $6,000. 
-A petrified man is attracting the atten¬ 
tion of the curious in Baltimore. It is the body 
of a man found buried six feet in guano, on the 
Island of Ichaboe. 
-The remains of the brave Count Pulas¬ 
ki, who fought so gallantly in behalf of Amer¬ 
ican liberty, have been discovered at Savannah, 
Georgia, alter a long search. 
-One of the bridges built by the Nicarau- 
gua Transit Company on the road leading from 
Lake Nicaragua to San Juan del Sud is made 
entirely of mahogany. 
-It is said a fund of $100,000 lias been 
raised at Washington, by the assignees of throe 
patent rights, to induce Congress to extend them 
for seven years longer. 
-Gov. Hunt Ikls given the Genesee College, 
situated at Lima, $100 to be applied to the Li 
brary Fund. The Governor is one of the Trust¬ 
ees (if that Instutition. 
-The collection of letters written by 
Charles the First during his imprisonment at 
Carisbrooke Castle, to Sir William Hopkins, have 
been sold for fifty-one guineas. 
-A suit is now on trial against the city of 
Philadelphia, to recover the value of property 
destroyed by fire in consequence of the city 
neglecting to secure the fire-plugs from freezing 
-A private letter to a gentleman in Port¬ 
land, Me., states that during the late terrible 
storm a mail-carrier between Ellsworth and 
Machias was devoured by wolves. 
-Two Scottish ladies travelling in Austria 
were recently arrested by the police, and nar¬ 
rowly escaped imprisonment, foi having in their 
possession a copy of Punch. 
-The mob at Erie, Jan. 21, hung in effigy 
J. II. Walker, one of the directors of the Erie 
and North East road. The effigy was labeled 
“ The Father of the Gauge Law.” 
_A despatch to the Buffalo papers, from 
Pittsburg, states that Kilpatrick, and other lead¬ 
ers of the Erie Rioters, have been discharged 
j from custody, probably upon bail. 
