MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YOR KER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
The New Hampshire Election. 
A very important and decisive election has 
just come off in New Hampshire, which indi- i 
cates very conclusively the sentiment of the 
Northern people on the question of repealing 
--the Missouri Compromise. The State of New j 
110 CUES TER, MARCH 25, 1854. Hampshire* as every body knows, lias been ! 
largely and entirely Democratic for a length of i 
Keep it Before the People! time, “whereof the memory of man runneth | 
- not to the contrary ;” and in addition to that ! 
Keep it Before the People— That we can advantage, the pride of sustaining one of her | 
still furnish back numbers of the present volume own Kons j n the Presidential chair, the entire ! 
of the Rural New-Yorker, to all applicants,— influence of government patronage both State 
and that the beginning of the next quarter, April and National, the post-office department, the 
8, will be a good time for single or club subscrip- Custom house, Ac., &c„ have been thrown into i 
Our Albany Correspondence. 
Albany, March 20,1854. 
Utto |kracp$|s. 
Ptto.9 Dainties. 
The contested seat in the Senate, from the 
Keep it Before the People! 
_ ri „ . ,, r , rHT IW ' In the Supreme Court, Anarch 15th, in the-The numb 
■ i o , , suit by Henry Carton, against the Hudson Riv- week was 453. 
The contested seat m the Senate, frora the er Railroad Company for injuries, the jury re- _qq ie 'p ren 
18th District, has been given to Mr. Adam Stor- turned a verdict for plaintiff for $5,750. Mr. g re atly enlarged 
ix g, the occupant. (Mr. Blakely) having resign- C. was doing business in New York, but resided ”__qy 10 b <. 
ed his place. Common honesty entitled Mr. at Tarry town AVliile near the locomotive one Tuesday week 
1 , . , , mormnff, on Jus wav to the cars, the boiler ex- J 
-The number of deaths in New York last 
week was 453. 
-The Tremont House, Boston, is to be 
ed his place. Common honesty entitled Mr. 
Storing to the seat, but party usages might have 
bestowed it upon Air. Blakely. The resignation 
of Air, Blakely, under such circumstances, is 
highly commendable. 
at Tarrytown. While near the locomotive one r( i , x0 . , ie season was taken 
morning, on his way to the cars, the boiler ex- on ues( ,l Y uecva Maten Island. 
torixg to the seat, but party usages might have pioded, and liis left arm was badly fractured. ~~f~ ^ le bfniversity °t London contains in 
estowed it upon Air. Blakely. The resignation ’ _^™ A . +1 ... . all 838 graduates, and over 100 undergraduates. 
„ ,, „ 1 , , . ° . ffi.Sy At the different points on the Missouri , . . , • , 
' ' ' ’.. " f river, Hemp is held at $120 per ton. The crop , , j 61 ® aie e’glit hundred and_ seven 
comimr into market is more than an average cuncu siu cw eisey, r allied ai. $3,540,430. 
coming into market is more than an average 
The main discussions during the week, have one, both as regards quantity and quality, and 
■ The income of the Railroads in France 
tions to commence. the so-called Democratic Nebraska scale. Last 
— “ That the cheapest, easiest and most inter- year the Democratic Governor was elected by a 
esting medium of conveying to a family, infor- majority of over 5,000 ; the Senate, by a skillful 
mation on a vast variety of useful and important gerrymander of districts, was almost entirely 
subjects, is through the well-stored pages of an composed of Democrats, and the same party had 
able and judiciously conducted Newspaper. more than ninety majority in the House. 
— That the farmer or head of a family who The Democratic Governor is again elected, it. 
neglects or refuses to subscribe for a good paper, is true, but with a majority reduced below 1,- 
on account of its cost, is 'penny wise and pound 500 ; and it is yet undecided which party will 
foolish,’ as lie not only keeps his family in igno- have a majority of the Legislature. Great anxi- 
rance of many things they ought to know, which ety is felt upon the subject, as two United States 
cannot be acquired as well in any other way. Senators are to be chosen by the incoming Leg- 
but lie excludes himself from information of islature. This immense change in the position 
practical utility, oftentimes contained in a single of parties in New Hampshire, is owing entirely 
number, which may be worth to him many times to the hostility against the Nebraska bill; for 
as much as the subscription for the whole year, the Democratic party, under other circumstan- 
— That the preparation and issue of every ces, is as strong in that State as at any former 
number of a paper is attended with considera- period. We shall be able to give the true state 
ble labor and cost, and that it is something more of the vote next week. 
than meanness for a man to make it a practice-* • **■ * *- 
of borrowing and reafcng papers for which other Sad Disaster, 
people have had the honor and honesty to sub- 
scribe and pay. * The Star of tlie West, belonging to the Nica- 
. . , . ,, ragua line of California steamers, brings news of 
— That every well-conducted paper is worth , , , . , , . . 
. , , , . . . i .... • a sad catastrophe, which occurred during the 
a hundred-fold more than what it costs, in its 1 „ ... ° 
. ,. , , ,. . ... transit of her passengers from the Raciiic to the 
influence on individual and public intelligence, , , ... . • . ,, , ... , 
... , ... , L, , ,. ° Atlantic side. A portion of the transit is made 
morality and religion, and that they are true , „ „ . . , . . . 
.... . .. , by means of small inland steamers which ply 
patriots who conscientiously and liberally sup- J , , , , . „ T 1 . 
, „ on lake Nicaragua and the river ban Juan; and 
port a vigorous and enlightened press.” . ^ , , , 
A a „ fhn awhuvL” r niviccnnn*nvG nn nna 
— “That Ihe cheapest, easiest and most inter- 
been upon the “Bone Bill,” as the act to pro- 
| mote medical science has been called; the exceed 
i change of the charter of the Saratoga and Sack- operation. 
I etts’ Harbor Railroad, so as to move the route 
at the prices which tlie season opens it is highly [ during 18;>2 was $32,000,000, 
money to be derived from the yield 
•The whole amount of land in Canada 
will exceed the amount of any preceding year’s West, owned by fugitive slaves is stated at 55 
operation. 
E-ifT" The British post-office authorities have 
000 acres. 
-The population of California, it is said. 
■ farther north ; the Temperance bill; and the just concluded a contract with the General Screw has not increased to any extent during the past 
| New Y’ork Harbor bill. Steam Shipping Company, for the conveyance of 7 ear - 
Among the bills introduced, are the General a m ail to Australia, via. the Cape ol Good Hope, Austria has an army of 450,000 men, at 
. ? „ every alternate month, to commence with the least 250,000 of which number were pressed in- 
i Appropriation bill; the bill to complete the En- Go]c f cll Fleece> to sail from Southampton on the to service. 1 
! lavement of the Canals; and one to prevent the fourth of Apr,] next. --The Governor of Massachusetts has ap- 
‘ le-issue ot bills of banks vhose charters haie Within forty miles of San Francisco, pointed Thursday, April Gtii, a day of fasting 
j expired, and an Act to incorporate the Women’s California, there is one farmer who planted 1, 
Educational Association. 
The war upon the Barnburners still rages.— 
Air. Dickinson paid his respects to the Lieut, 
Governor, and a resolution was passed, inquir¬ 
ing as to the amount of money drawn by his 
700 acres of potatoes, 2,500 acres of wheat and 
and prayer. 
-Senator Douglas was burned in effigy at 
2,500 acres of barley. He owns one steamboat Chicago, March 17, by an immense concourse 
and two schooners, which are exclusively cm- of Germans. 
ployed in bringing his produce to market. The -The Rev. Alexander Young, a distin- 
capital invested is about half a million. guished clergyman of Boston, died in that city 
2 "^” A car containing sixteen persons was on the 10th. 
rown off the track and down an embankment -Rev. Dr. Graham, President of Newark 
Honor. His salary is $6 per day, but it is thrown off the track and down an embankment 
alleged that he has drawn something like $5,- on the New London and Palmer Railroad, Nin th 
000. The subject is in the hands of the Com- y lIlul 'am, iasi, v cck 
mittee stump ot a tree, whicn run completely through -Dr. Speer, of Melonville, Florida, has 
r n f ,* lL fifteen of the party inside were injured, raised 20,000 lemons from 250 trees. He is the 
The Senate adjourned on Saturday, to attend some of them severely. largest lemon grower in the country. 
the funeral of Friend Humphrey, one ot the The Welland Canal will be opened on -Air. Cobden says, that in England there 
leading citizens of Albany, and former member the first of April. Bars will be placed at the were 2,000,000 of adult mates, if not 3,000,000, 
on the New London and Palmer Railroad, North College, State of Delaware, died on the 10th inst., 
Windham, last week. The car lodged on the of pulmonary consumption. 
stump of a tree, which run completely through 
it. Fifteen of the party inside were injured, 
some of them severely. 
[ST* The Welland Canal will be opened on 
of borrowing and reading papers for which other Sad Disaster, 
people have had the honor and honesty to sub- 
scribe and pay. * The Star of tlie West, belonging to the Nica- 
, , . , ragua line of California steamers, brings news of 
— That every well-conducted paper is worth , , , . , , . . 
, , , , , , . i .... • a sad catastrophe, which occurred during the 
a hundred-fold more than what it costs, m its 1 . „ ... ° .. 
. , , ... . ... transit of her passengers from the Pacific to the 
influence on individual and public intelligence, . , ... . , . . , 
... , ... , L , ,, ° Atlantic side. A portion of the transit is made 
morality and religion, and that they are true , „ , . . . 
.... . .. , by means of small inland steamers which plv 
patriots who conscientiously and liberally sup- J , , ... „ . 
, , , ,, on lake Nicaragua and the river ban Juan; and 
port a vigorous and enlightened press.” . , > , , 
1 ° m the attempt to embark the passengers on one 
lhat the Rural N i.w-Y orkkr, by main- Q f Glese p] 1( > head of the lake, during the pre- 
taining an independent course-never commend- valence of a seve re gale, a large iron launch con¬ 
ing that which is not meritorious, for either favor taining some sixty or eighty persons was swamp- 
or influence-and ever consistently advocating edf and at least twenty-four of the passengers 
the best interest of community, has attained not drowned 
only a large, but wide National circulation and The calast rophe happened in close proximity 
reputation, being as highly prized in distant both to the steamer and the shorej for the vessel 
States, Territories and Provinces, as in the region lay but aboilt three hundred yards from the pier, 
of its publication. And we trust its Agents and and the utmcst horror vas fe i t b y the spectators 
Friends throughout the land, (to each of whom () £ tbe f eav f u ]i scene 
we tender profound acknowledgments for most ... . .. 
j , -.7 , The passengers held an indignation meeting 
substantial encouragement,) will continue to , .. , 
subsequently, and passed resolutions condemn- 
Keep it before the People 1 hat they are pre- b;i2 . ( be steamship eompanv for inefficiency, in 
of that body. 
the storm. 
Port Dalhousie and Allanburgh Locks, by which who never read a newspaper. 
vessels drawing over 10 feet water will bo pre 
P. T. Barnum, Esq., has been elected by 
We have been visited with a terrible storm of | vcn ted entering; thus remedying one of the | a unanimous vote as President of the New Y’ork 
wind. Houses were unroofed, carriages upset, 
steeples pitched, and many other pranks played, 
most fruitful sources of detention complained of. j Crystal Palace Association. 
JggP Among the line regiments assigned to the 
The Supreme Court has finally decided 
T i i i 1 V 1 , -x-r ,1 • CAUCUitlUU 111 UUJJU11 in i. UJ 1VU V j it UloliJLIlii UIoAlCv 
but fortunately, no lives lost Notlimff was ever n* n a • r i ^ n 1 . \ ■ 
J & Highland corps is mentioned as likely to be in 
known here to equal it *Owk*. eluded, and the stoical gravity of the Turk wil 
■— ---«---»■•-- be severely tried, if a kilted battalion is paradec 
Congressional Proceedings. in the old ca ^ ital of the CasstB - 
- Senator Toucey was hung in effigy, in 
Alarch 13.—Senate—A large number of pe- Wmi st,, Neu London, on Monday night ol las 
.... • * at n ■■ i -n , , week, by people of that city who were incensei 
titions against the Nebraska bill was presented. at ]lis / or the Nc braska Bill. Over th, 
expedition in behalf of Turkey, a distinguished the Alai no Law to be constitutional, reversing 
Highland corps is mentioned as likely to be in- the decision of the Wayne County Court. 
eluded, and the stoical gravity of the Turk will-There aresaid to be 500,000,000 tea-drink- 
be severely tried, it a kilted battalion is paraded ers in the world, of whom the Chinese consti¬ 
tute nearly one half. 
-A petition to- the President to suspend 
Main st, New London, on Monday night of last the trial of John Charles Gardiner is in cireul;; 
week, by people of that city who were incensed tion. The number of signers is small thus far. 
at his vote for the Nebraska Bill. Over the ^ .. . . 
iead of the effigy was a placard, with the words, • . i u'm ’"'u" un onneci ieut. has ap- 
Toucey the Traitor.” 1 • L '^ted Friday the 14th of April, to be observ- 
*' ed as a day ot humiliation, fasting and prayer 
KW George Saunders, who was nominated f .. r ,, * 
JomuI to London by the President and rejected M ^ t lG late f 1 « ctl0n f " r Mayor of Salem 
iy the Senate, is reported to have made half a Andrews ‘‘ Know-Nothing,” received 
Ullion dollars during his brief term of official 1 ’ 2j1 Votes ’ a,,d blltt<m ’ 51h 
ervice, by the sale of muskets and speculations , A nnw Post Office has been established 
a Lake Superior copper stocks. kouth 1 iteher, Chenango county, and Ros- 
. . well K. Bourne, appointed Post Master. 
7TmU r T«oi)Y t<> "i J “ ll r e Ff t 0s T e ° 
r r year, a,ted peaadl “ B sfotai 
terlmg. 1 hese railroads cost upwards of 236,- ,■ • i, -r> , ,, ,■? ’ 
00,000, and altogether pay less than three per frex ^L H om ort Credit. 
ent. dividend to the stockholders. ~— Steamboat navigation is resumed on the 
Hudson. There is considerable ice in tlie river, 
(jvgT The Legislature of Texas have passed a but it is broken up and there is no serious ob- 
ill “ In pstnhlish a DliviftHan S>abbntli ivivwirl- 
Air. Seward presented a petition from the to- head of tlie effigy was a placard, with the words, 
bacconisls of New York praying for a duty of “ Toucey the Traitor.” 
46 per cent, on imported cigars. 
SSf” George Saunders, who was nominated 
The catastrophe happened in close proximity Mr ‘ Fish Presented a memorial praying for Consul to London by the President and rejected 
a grant of land in the State of New Y’ork, in 
constructing a ship canal around Niagara Falls. 
. _ •i-i ocx > uy tixe bait: in jiiuoaclo d 
Objected to, and motion laid on the table ; j^eas jn Lake Superior copper stocks. 
15, nays 20. 
ue leuuer utuiuuuu acnJiunieuiiiiieiiis lur iimsu 
. , , The passengers held an indignation meeting 
substantial encouragement,) will continue to , , , , ,. , 
subsequently, and passed resolutions condemn- 
Keep it before the People That they are pre- bl g ^ be steamship company for inefficiency, in 
pared to receive and forv ard the subscriptions 110 ^ providing properly for the safety and com- 
of all who desire to become stockholders in the f orbo f t] ie passengers duiing the transit across 
favorite and leading Agricultural, Literary and tbe courdry 
Family Newpaper of America. ---- «■« > ..- 
House. Alessrs. Hunt and Lane made per- on the railroads of the United Kingdom during 
sonal explanations growing out of exciting pro- the past year, amounted to 17.1)20,230 pounds 
ceedings of Friday. 
Alarch 14th.—Senate.—Air. Everett present¬ 
ed the memorial of the New England clergymen 
by the Senate, is reported to have made half a 
million dollars during his brief term of official 
service, by tbe sale of muskets and speculations 
(23P”The gross receipts from travel and freights 
Uerling. These railroads cost upwards of 236,- 
000,00(1, and altogether pay less than three per 
cent, dividend to the stockholders. 
The Tempest. 
Serious Riot at New Haven. 
against tbe Nebraska Bill. _ . liU J exas nave passed a but it is broken up and there is no serious ob- 
® ^ # TT .. bill “ to establish a Christian Sabbath,” provid- struction. 
ilr. Douglas called for its reading. He said j n g for the punishment by fine and imprison- _ T] F , /r, , wr , , .. 
it was not respectful to the Senate, and he de- ment such persons as may perform any labor or i „ wi -nston (Penn.) Mhig places at its 
1 . ' J o j J head the name ol the Hon. Abbott Lawrence, as 
sired to say a word upon it. He then, in very procure any to be done on Sunday. a candidate for the Presidency of the United 
j A riot occurred at New Haven, Alarch 18th, 
On Saturday last a liolent tornado visited the be t\veen the students of Y’ale College and some 
Northern and Eastern states, blowing down tbe 0 f f be citizens. Fire-arms were freely used, and 
strong language, condemned the statements of jMgT Ex-President Fillmore was received at States. 
the memorialists, pronouncing them atrocious Louisville, Alarch 16, by a large concourse of - 
slanders. citizens, and escorted through the principal York. 
telegraphs, unroofing buildings, sweeping away 
chimney tops, and doing otherwise a great deal 
a bystander, named Patrick O’Neal, shot dead. 
The authorities ordered cannon to be placed 
House. Mr. Appleton asked leave to present ed tu j dm by the Mayor and Council/ ' 
a remonstrance of New England clergymen , T , _ , ... 
• itt lv l t- irn a • , • I , A French surgeon, after directing a cur- 
Louisville, Alarch lti, by a large concourse of -The clipper ship Comet arrived at New 
citizens, and escorted through tlie principal York, March 14—in the unprecedented short 
streets, llie hospitality ol the City was tender- space of 76 days and 7 hours from San Fian- 
~ , -, X r j , i e ■, | au«uuim™ ...... • i. at i i Tj-ii a • , . . , i w-s" j ouikcuu, aiLci uu'evuiig a cur- i -Ihe Bostonians ha'te recently opened a 
of damage. We do not hear of its manifesting | in front of the College building, which being j a g a >»st the Nebraska Bill. A voice objected, it re ^of the vapor of chloroform on an abscess in Free Public Library of 12,000 volumes. Two 
very great intensity at the West, but on its move- done, the rioters became alarmed and quickly j was withdrawn. 
ment Eastward it gathered force as far as the dispersed. The College Faculty assisted in 
meridian of Albany, at which place it seems to fluking the riot. 
have reached its maximum of violence, damag- R seems that a number of students, who at- 
. , tended Homan’s Athenaeum the evening before, 
mg property to the amount of $ra,000 to $100,- we followed from the Exchange, by a crowd 
0^0* of men and boys, who, on account of the dis- 
The steamer Alaple Leaf, on approaching tlie turbance that occurred among them the night 
harbor at the mouth of the Genesee, Saturday previous, were exasperated at the collegians, and 
■ u { j ., r •_, ,,, took the occasion to vent their spite by liootings 
night, found the light extinguished, and was con- , . , ,, . £ . - rpf 
& ° . and hissings, and throwing ot stones, ihe 
sequently obliged to remain out in the open crowd proceeded up Chapel street, as far as 
lake, exposed to the fury of the gale until day Temple, when a general fight with stones and 
break. The keeper of the pier light found it brick-bats ensued—and in the midst ot the fight 
the sole of the foot of a patient, was enabled to thousand volumes were to be added in a few 
The resolution introduced yesterday to reme- make an incision in it, without causing the weeks 
dy the confusion at present existing in the ap- slightest pain 
impossible to reach the lanthorn in consequence () AeaJ was killed, 
of the heavy running sea, which swept entirely 
over the pier. That liglit-house must be ad- I Ridiculous.— A Quebec paper under the head 
mirable, and an exponent of a far seeing and | of “ Strange Rumor,” gravely asserts that, in 
beneficent government, which is capable of be- ! consequence of advices from England, the pro- 
ing lighted uji only on sunshiny days and calm vincial post-office authorities had seized a letter 
moonlight nights and is unapproachable amid intended for tlie Russian Government, contain- 
darkness and the tempest. ing a programme of a projected invasion of Can- 
At Oswego the gale was very violent ; at Uti- ada by Russian soldiers via. United States. 
ca considerable damage was done ; at A\ est Troy The American people are not such ardent ad- 
a man was injured, probably fatally, by a fal- rnirers of despotism (the Nebraska bill and its 
ling chimney, and property damaged to the supporters to the contrary notwithstanding,) as 
amount of $40,000; in Troy $75,000, in Albany to give countenance to any such fillibustering 
$100,000. In Boston a man was killed by a operation; and would much sooner “give aid 
falling chimney, and great damage is anticipate and comfort” to the enemies of the Czar, than to 
ed to shipping all along the coast. F urther bbn or flis allies—if he has any. 
eastward, in Alaine the gale was accompanied _ t c , _ 
by a heavy fall of snow. Old Fogy Administration.— Tlie follow- 
pointment of cadets, caused by the new Con- itSF* The recent decision of the Supreme 
gressional districts of the several States, was Loui t of the United States, in the case ot the 
, , r . • r, -i r, i i n , i McDonough will, secures to the American Colo- 
passed. Ihe Missouri Rad Road bill has been nization S “ ciety about thirty thousand dollars 
tabled in the House by a majority of three.— per year, forty years. 
The excitement was intense when the result was A gre at Clerical protest against the Ne- 
announced. braska Bill, signed by 3,050 clergymen, Presi- 
A motion was made to reconsider, pending dents ot Colleges, Ac., of New England, has been 
rich the House adj. sent to Washington, in charge of tlie Rev. H. M. 
Dexter, of Boston. 
March 15. — Senate. —No business of impor- , r „ w , 
. , r Mr. George W. KendaU, the editor of the 
which the House adj. seni t0 vvasmngton, m cnarge oi me i-cev. u. in 
J ‘ Dexter, of Boston. 
March 15. — Senate. —No business of impor- , r ,, w T . , ,, , , 
. t Mr. George W. KendaU, the editor of th 
tance vas transacted to day. New Orleans Picayune, is now on his way to ~ JN0 1<?ss a Sl ! ra tliaa t. 
Air. Foot spoke in favor of Air. Phelps’ right Europe with the intention of locating fora time ’ as t by J risk enngir 
to his seat. After an executive session the Sen- at Constantinople, and watching from thence •^-^daba, to tlieir tnends in 
ate adjourned. the course of the war - 
The House was in Committee on the Deficiency {gp” All papers devoted exclusively to Tern 
“ perance, Education, Science, or Agriculture, pas 
, , . free into every Post Office in Canada. So write 
March 16. Senate. Air. Phelps, who claim- Hon> Malolm Cameron, P. M. General of Cana 
the course of the war. 
AU 
devoted exclusively to Tem- 
-A petition lias been presented to the 
Maryland Legislature, praying that body to 
pass an act making public swearing punishable 
bv fine and imprisonment. 
-The Espana states that a Spanish naval 
officer has been sent by the government of 
Spain to the United States to purchase masts 
for ships of war. 
-Two brothers, of the ages respectively of 
nine and eleven years, were picked up from the 
sidewalk in Chicago, by the watchmen late at 
night, in a state of helpless intoxication. 
-No less a sum than £126,444 was remit¬ 
ted last year by Irish emigrants in America and 
Australia, to their friends in the Limerick emi¬ 
gration district. 
-The steamer Caroline, running to Alem- 
phis, was burned on Sunday the 5th, near the 
mouth of White River. Boat totally destroyed. 
Bill. perance, Education Science, or Agriculture, pass ^ ou ’ lh of White River. Boat totally destroy 
vr , r, „ n , , . free into every Post Office in Canada. So writes ..„,i ,in j j 
March 16.-SENATE.-Mr. Phelps, who claim- Hon _ Ma i colm J Cameron, P. AI. General of Cana- and 40 ° r ^ ! / CS iob ‘ , 
ed and has occupied tlie seat of Senate from da to E C Dele van Esci -^ r * 1 • Homgs has been arrested at Was 
Vermont since the opening of Congress, was ^ It appears from the statistical returns of 
ejected to-day. the several Insane Asylums in the U. S., that 
House. —The Select Committee reported a bill there are not to exceed one-fourth of the insane 
da, to E. C. Delevan, Esq. - Mr - p - Goin gs has arrested at Wash¬ 
ington on a charge of having instigated a ser- 
U appears from the statistical returns of vatit girl to burn his own house, to enable him 
the several Insane Asylums in the U. S., that to get tlie insurance. 
u J a J ’ An Old Fogy Administration.— The follow- 
mn nr i-i ' ing table of ages of the British Ministry, shows 
The Weat her. tba i pob p 1C al honors in that country do not fall 
The early part of the month was as mild and upon mankind before their beards are grown, as 
pleasant as the most splenetic grumbler* at the it sometimes occurs in this fast country of ours, 
weather could desire; and the robin and the Y oung America would call such a cabinet as the 
blue-bird—those joyous harbingers of spring— following, decidedly Old F ogy. 
which proposes two Pacific Railroads and Tele- enumerated in the last census now under treat- 
, r, „ e ,, ment in these institutions, 
graph lines. One commencing from the Mis¬ 
sissippi at a point not north of the 37t,li parallel . Green,the di\ er, has found two locomotives 
, ... , . c, -n, • , ,, in Lake Erie, near the Canada shore, and the 
of north latitude to ban Francisco, and the oth- a . , n _• , 
Buffalo Commercial says he will get them upas 
er from some point on the westerly shore of 600n ;is the ice disappears. They were lost over- 
Lake Superior, or Alississippi river in Minneso- hoard from vessels. 
ta, to the Pacific. Bavard Taylor invariably receives fifty 
March 17.-The Senate was engaged on the doil ?f 8 fOT " tFe de } iver 7 of , llLS | e i tarG8 rt on ?. e 
. , Arabs, and has already cleared $3,000 on his 
private calendar until 3 o clock, -when it ad- T-inan an«l China lectures. So sav tlie nnners 
nere are noi u exceeu oue-iourtn 01 me insane -The Chicago Tribune says that there are 
numerated in the last census now under treat- in Chicago 50 Irishmen living on Office patmn- 
nent in these institutions. age, whose salaries and perquisites amount to the 
Green, the diver, has found two locomotives snug sura of $ (3^00 per year. 
-By a recent decision of the Supreme 
Court of Texas, it is said that the wife of Sena¬ 
tor Gwin, of California, has become entitled to a 
valuable tract of land, containing 50,000 acres. 
-The Roman Catholics in Minnesota out¬ 
number all other denominations. A cathedral 
is to be erected this season at St, Paul which 
journed till Monday. rgp A bank police has been organized by the 
House.— This morning went into committee banks of New York city for their own private 
T A AI • O *-1 W5 IT I i:v l I’ll lino k5v7clolS.il ai Ol. 1 llUl WJLUCU 
Japan and China lectures, bo say the papers. w jjj cost ^ 99 , 000 . 
A Lank police has been organized by the -A semi-annual dividend of 3*.f per cent. 
-A semi-annual dividend ot per cent. 
payable on the first of April next, has oeen de- 
were warbling their mellow notes on the tree The Earl of Aberdeen is 70 ; Lord John Rus- 
tops, even within the precincts of our city. sell, 62; Lord Palmerston, 70 ; and the first 
1 ’ , . ± ,,.. , . f Lord of the Admirality, 62. The youngest of all. 
But during the lattei pait of last week Earl of Granville, is in his fortieth year, and the 
“ A change came over the spirit of our dream,” ages of the others, N ewcastl 
for we dreamed of sleeping in the park, of which Gladstone, Clarendon, and Y 
, , * ,, ,, . „ . , forty-three and fifty-four, 
some one had left the gate open, allowing free " . . , , , c ,, 
, . . . „ n • i , , The highest officers of Ste 
admission to the fierce north winds ; and awoke ^ 
at the roar of a real tempest, banging the shut- _, . ^ , 
ters and playing the mischief with weather- Benefits ok Advertjsing.- 
cocks that had not been set in the right direction tried advertising for a wife. 
ages of the others, Newcastle, Sydney Herbert, 
Gladstone, Clarendon, and Wood, vary between 
, _ . „... ~ ... , . t'~" v payaoie on me nrst oi Aim next, nas oeen ae¬ 
on tlie Deficiency Bill. Alter considering winch, use, in order to have a policeman always at hand elated by the New York and Erie Railroad 
it adjourned until Monday. in each attempt of rouges to rob the bank. Company. 
-« ■ -The strike among the coal miners in the -Airs. Susan Bigler, mother of the present 
New York Elections. —Utica, at its recent Cumberland region still continues, and tlie strik- Governors of Pennsylvania and California, died 
charter election, chose a Democratic ( soft ) ex '; s were growing violent, threatening to drive at her residence in ‘Delaware township, Mercer 
m 0 . T1 , , ' oil all who attempt to take their places. County. Aged about < 0. 
Mayor. Troy, Oswego, Syracuse and Rochester ,, . . . . , 
, , , , r „ i ut • • KW" The “ Rob Rov” cotton mills, at South - 1}i e two Cunard steamships seized at 
have elected VV lug A layers, and a YY lug majori- Q1 ^ b)nbury> Conn., were burned lately—loss New York during Mr. Fillmore’s Admirnstra- 
ty of all other officers. $40,000, insurance $20,000. About 20tf hands L°n, for goods not on the manifest, were lined 
Essex, Dutchess, YY’ayne and Genesee conn- are tlirown out of employment. $15,000—one $5,000 and the other $10,000. 
ties have YY big majorities in the boaid of Super- m-^^-'Fke proprietor of the Union YY’orks, South - Fhe steamer Reindeer hurst her fiue at 
The highest officers of State are the oldest on 
the list. 
Benefits ok Advertising. —One chap out west 
fried advertising for a wife. Fie says lie lias re- 
liave elected Whig Mayors, and a YY'hig majori¬ 
ty of all other officers. 
Essex, Dutchess, YY’ayne and Genesee coun¬ 
ties have Whig majorities in the board of Super¬ 
visors. Madison county bas in the board 6 Boston, has closed a contract with the New York 
YY’higs, 5 Democrats and 1 Abolitionist. Oswego and Erie Railroad company lor the building of 
on the previous day. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, ceived in answer to bis advertisement, 794 let- 
, ,, , , i' n i i , t„r« IS dsternprrp.nfvvrie likenesses of Indies. 2 
lias elected 13 Democrats and 12 Whigs. Clin¬ 
ton is largely Democratic, (exact numbers not 
forty locomotives of the largest class. 
One hundred and fifty clergymen in 
New York have signed a memorial to Congress 
known,) while Ulster and Columbia are tied in in8t tbe Nebraska bill. The list is headed 
position in mid-heaven, and we may expect, now anc l 2 dozen shirt buttons. He onght to be con- 
that his steeds have fairly leaped tlie formidable vineed. 
barrier of tbe equator, and resumed their course Perhaps the person who advertises for a wife 
towards arctic latitudes, that summer will ere in this week’s Rural anticipates similar success: 
long visit us again. “ So mote it be !” but, though he sends to the right paper to reach 
--» » ♦ ■ »-- the “ true-eyed girls,” we doubt their liberality 
-Peach trees, roses and violets are now in without an introduction. However, as the card 
bloojm in New Orleans. is apparently genuine, we insert 
the board of Supervisors. 
In the above figures Hards and Softs are class¬ 
ed together. 
by Bishop Wainwright. 
2 ^” The Harpers are about to rebuild their 
publishing house in three separate buildings 
safety against tire. Forty of Adams’ power pi 
$15,000—one $5,000 and the other $10,000. 
-The steamer Reindeer burst her flue at 
Cannelton, lnd., Tuesday of last week, scattering 
death in all directions. Forty of fifty persons 
were killed and wounded. 
-The U. S. Senate have decided, by a vote 
of 26 to 12, that Air. Phelps, senator from Ver¬ 
mont, is not entitled to the seat he has been 
claiming. 
27gp The House Committee to investigate the 
Gardiner claim have commenced its operations. 
ires- Controller YY’hittlesey was called before them to 
23gr More than a million New Testaments for * es wil1 be ready for use in the new buildings, advise and give a history of the claim. 
lina have been subscribed for, and are to be ftW* p be Ohio Statesman states that it is au- -The Boston Transcript says that the re- 
