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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YOR KER: AM AGRICULTURAL AMU FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
ROCHESTER, APRIL 1, 1854. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
£ g*-- A new quarter commences vert week,—a good time 
for new single and club subscript! axis to begin , and fur the 
renewal of expiring subscriptions. 
BUgf" Additions to Clubs are still in order. If back num¬ 
bers are not wanted, we will send from 1st March or April 
to end of yeur for $1 —and count on premium. 
g'jP” During the season of navigation we can send the 
Rural to Canada West free of American postage, and hence 
will furnish clubs for six months from date at lowest rates. 
Clubs for six. or nine months from this date at same 
proportional rales as for full year—and jtrcminms allowed. 
tfgE Back numbers of the present volume furnished if 
desired, or subscriptions may commence at any time. 
Quarter-Day Items. 
The first quarter of our Fifth Volume termi¬ 
nates with this number, and we are constrained 
to briefly note a few items pertinent to the 
occasion,—at the risk of subjecting ourselves to 
the charge of egotism, in speaking so often of 
the progress of the Rural. 
And first, we would express to its numerous 
friends the grateful acknowledgements of an 
appreciating heart, for the unexpectedly large 
augmentation of support awarded to the Rural 
during the past three months. The fact that 
the names of over Twenty Thousand Subscribers 
have been entered upon its books within the 
period named, awakens most grateful emotions, 
and proves our indebtedness to the hundreds 
and thousands of individual Subscribers, Post- 
Masters, Local Agents, Merchants, Clergymen 
and Teachers, throughout the land, who have 
most kindly and efficiently aided in furthering 
the enterprise. Of this large measure of success, 
and expression of confidence—unprecedented 
in the history of any similar publication — we 
feel justly proud: for it has been attained thro’ 
the influence of right-thinking and discrimina¬ 
ting men and women,—and without, on our part, 
any pandering to pernicious tastes, or other de¬ 
parture from integrity and independence. In 
return, it will be our earnest and constant en¬ 
deavor to render the Rural New-Yorker emi¬ 
nently worthy, not only of the continued encour¬ 
agement of its hosts of zealous friends, but of 
the approval and support of the hundreds of 
thousands whose interest and welfare it seeks j 
to promote. Though our efforts have been 
crowned with remarkable success, we feel none 
the less desire or obligation to discharge our 
duty to the public faithfully : on the contrary 
we realize the fact, which we fear is too often 
forgotten by journalists, that an increase of cir¬ 
culation and influence, proportionally enhances j 
our responsibility. 
The subscriptions of a large number ofour 
friends expire with this number — all win. sub¬ 
scribed on the 1st of April last for one year. 
Those who find “ time up ” printed on the mar¬ 
gins of their papers are informed that we shall 
be happy to continue the acquaintance, on invi¬ 
tation—and that we will endeavor to make room 
for the names of as many of their friends as 
may be induced to subscribe for the Rural. In 
renewing your subscription, please bear this sug¬ 
gestion in mind,—remembering also that an ad¬ 
dition of from two to twenty names will mate¬ 
rially reduee the price, benefit community, and j 
aid in sustaining the paper. If any wish the j 
back numbers from January, they will be fur- 
ni.shed. Reader, shall we make room for three, 1 
six, ten or twenty names from your neigh¬ 
borhood ? 
Hyperrorkak. —The weather has been uncom¬ 
monly cold for the season, ever since the torna¬ 
do of Saturday, the 18th ; and some days were 
as inclement as at any time during mid-winter- 
Saturday and Sunday last were snowy and 
boisterous, and compelled both men and animals 
to keep shelter.' The chill was not especially 
limited to our locality, for the telegraph an¬ 
nounced the thermometer at Detroit on Saturday 
last, as standing at 10° below zero. Boats, they 
gay, are loading flour for Buffalo and Dunkirk, 
and are waiting for the ice to open below. 
At Buffalo on the same day the weather was 
very cold, with frost and snow ; and there is 
little prospect of opening navigation for some 
weeks to come. 
The Maine Law. — The law for the suppress¬ 
ion of intemperance has finally passed both 
branches of the Legislature, and is now await¬ 
ing the signature or the veto of Gov. Seymour. 
Some say it will receive the,one, and some the 
other; and a good deal of surprise is felt upon 
the subject. Many of those who are in the 
greatest state of suspense, will undoubtedly be 
still higher suspended hereafter unless they mend 
their ways, and walk straighicr therein. The 
law is to go into effect on the first of next De¬ 
cember. “ There’s a good time coming.” 
Disastrous Conflagration. — A terrible fire 
occurred in New Orleans, March 1G, by which 
thirteen stores were laid in ashes. The fire con¬ 
sumed some of the finest buildings in Natchez 
and Gravier streets, together with the large 
stocks of goods contained therein. Total loss 
$300,000, of which $228,500 is insured. 
A Telegraphic Despatch from Washington 
dated March 25th, says “ At a Cabinet meet¬ 
ing held to-day, it Ls said that the Nebraska bill 
was under consideration, and that a warm dis¬ 
cussion arose on the question whether it would 
be made an Administration test or not. It is 
generally believed it will be so made.” 
The Previous Question. 
YViien a majority in a legislative body desires 
to cut off debate, and bring a matter to a direct 
vote—or, in other words, to rush a measure 
through —one ,of the members, usually selected 
in consequence of being a good debater, gets 
tlm floor, and after making a telling speech on 
that side of the question, winds up by saying— 
“ Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question !” 
The presiding officer, as in duty bound, then 
says—“ Is it the pleasure of the house that the 
main question be now put ?” Ac.; and if a ma¬ 
jority i-ay, “ aye!” then all debate is cut off, 
and tbe main question is taken. 
In tlie U. S. House of Representatives tbe 
previous question is not allowed in Committee 
of the Whole ; and, as a consequence, the friends 
of the Nebraska bill were opposed to its refer¬ 
ence to that committee, from a very reasonable 
fear that it could never be got out again, since 
debate cannot be there cut off as in the House, 
by the previous question. On Tuesday, the 
21st, however, the bill was referred by a test 
vote of 110 to 95, much to the joy of its oppo¬ 
nents and the chagrin of its friends, many of 
whom declare that the hill is consigned to the 
tomb, to see no resurrection. 
The Newspaper and Book Business of Roch¬ 
ester, is apparently most prosperous. We re¬ 
cently noted the fact that the Daily Democrat 
had donned a new dress,—and we observe that 
the -American appeared in a fine new suit on 
Monday last The Union announces the pur¬ 
chase of two new steam presses, and seems de¬ 
termined to keep up with the times and its senior 
contemporaries. Success to our neighbors, all. 
Strong and Manly, they are bound to preserve 
the Union. 
Our Booksellers and Publishers also exhibit 
tokens of progress and prosperity. Among the 
recent changes in this line, we notice that, the 
firm of Sage it Brother has been dissolved, the 
business being continued by War. N. Sage, Esq., 
a gentlemanly and experienced trader. Dar- 
row’s establishment hereafter sails under the 
colors of E. Darrow it Brother —Mr. Wallace 
Darrow having become a partner. Hoyt is 
soon to be located in more commodious quarters 
—while we believe Fisher, Alling and Dewey 
are each preparing for extended business. 
Steamboat Casualty. —The steamer JohnS. 
Avery, bound up from New Orleans, on the 9th 
of March, struck a snag in the Mississippi below 
Natchez, and immediately sunk, carrying down 
with the wreck some seventy of her crew and 
passengers. Of thirty-two hands belonging to 
the boat, only fifteen were known to be saved. 
Of the cabin passengers, about twenty-five were 
ladies, of whom at least ten were drowned, and 
in all probability the loss of life among the 
cabin passengers amounted to thirty-five or for¬ 
ty. Of fourteen negroes on board belonging to 
passengers, only one, a child five months old. 
was saved. 
The New Hampshire Election. —Both parties 
claim the victory in the New Hampshire Legis¬ 
lature by a small majority, but, owing to a mul¬ 
tiplicity of candidates, probably the actual po¬ 
sition of parties cannot be definitely fixed until 
some test vote is taken in the House in June ; 
such as the election of the U. S. Senators. 
It is altogether probable that no man in favor 
of the Nebraska bill can go to the Senate, but 
in most other respects the administration will 
perhaps be sustained. The Democratic gover¬ 
nor is elected, as we stated last week, but by a 
less majority than we estimated at that time.— 
Nebraska has played the mischief with one of 
the strongest democratic States in the Union. 
The Connecticut Election. —Connecticut is 
the second State whose election succeeds Con¬ 
gressional action on the Nebraska bill; and as 
a consequence, now that the smoke and dust of 
the New Hampshire election has partially sub¬ 
sided, all eyes are turned to Connecticut to see 
what action she will take in the premises. The 
choice of a U. S. Senator is depending, to succeed 
Truman Smith (Whig,) who took strong ground 
against the bill, while his colleague, Mr. Tou¬ 
chy (Dem.,) supported and voted for the bill.— 
The election takes place on Monday, April 3. 
Steam Ship Golden Agf.. — The Golden age, 
an engraving of which was given in the Rural 
a few weeks since, is said to have had the short¬ 
est passage by eight, days between Liverpool 
and Cape Town ever made. Her running time 
was only twenty-six days, and was made under 
steam without the use of sails, burning only 32 
tons of coal per twenty-four hours. 
The European Times pays her a merited com¬ 
pliment, and says:—“ As the Golden Age is ad¬ 
vertised to coal at the Cape, our readers there 
may inspect one of the finest steamers connected 
with the trade.” 
The Green Houses and appurtenances of 
Messrs. John Donallen &. Nephew, at Hanford’s 
Landing, 3)^ miles north of this city, were de¬ 
stroyed by fire on Sunday morning last. The 
buildings contained a valuable collection of 
plants, glass frames for hot beds, <fec., and in an 
adjoining house several rare and valuable fancy 
fowls. The intrinsic value of the property may 
not exceed $2,000, but at this time, just as the 
trade season is coming on, the real loss cannot 
be made good. The fire is believed to be acci¬ 
dental, and no insurance on the property. 
Great Fire. —An extensive conflagration oc¬ 
curred at Birmingham, opposite Pittsburgh, 
March 2G, in which one hundred dwellings and 
stores were burned, and over 200 families ren¬ 
dered houseless. Loss about $200,000, of which 
about one-third is insured. 
Our Albany Correspondence. 
Albany, March 27, 1854. 
THE LEGISLATURE. 
The Legislature have done a very good week’s 
work. The Temperance Bill has passed both 
houses, and is in the hands of the Governor.— 
There is much anxiety to know what course he 
will take. It is said that several heavy bets are 
pending on tbe question of \ eto or no Veto. 11 
he vetoes it, a great effort will be made to pass 
it by a two-thirds majority, notwithstanding his 
objections, and there is a possibility of success. 
The law takes effect the first of December. On 
tbe time, there was a disagreement between tbe 
Houses—the Assembly voting for May ; but a 
Committee of conference came to the conclusion 
to adopt December, which was agreed to. Ten 
days will decide the Governor’s course, as it 
will become a law if be does not return it in 
that time, without his signature. 
state superintendent of public instruction. 
The hill to organize a department of Public 
Instruction has become a law. It provides for 
the appointment of a Superintendent by the 
joint ballot of tbe Legislature for a term of 
three years, at a salary of $2,500. The 4th of 
April is set apart for the first election. Samuel 
S. Randall will be the man without a doubt.— 
It is hoped that the vote will be unanimous, as it 
was for the law itself. 
A bill was introduced to-day to lay the ques¬ 
tion of th- prohibitory law before the people.— 
Coming from Mr. Dickinson, a leading member, 
there is a prospect of its passing. 
THE CANALS. 
The Assembly have passed the bill to provide 
for the enlargement of the canals. The Com¬ 
missioners of the Canal Fund are empowered to 
borrow $2,225,000 for the ensuing year, and 
$1,500,000 to pay for the Canal Revenue Certifi¬ 
cates. The Bill also prescribes the mode of let¬ 
ting the work, with regard to which there are 
several important restrictions. One is that the 
work is to be let along the line of the canals ; 
and another that no member of the Legislature 
or State Officer, or any one in the employment 
of the State, can have an interest in any con¬ 
tract. There are also several other bills relative 
to the canals, but being subject to much amend¬ 
ment in the Senate, the contents are not worthy 
of mention. 
eailroads. 
A proposition is before the Legislature to 
allow the Central railroad to mortgage the road. 
A resolution has passed the Senate, inquiring 
of the Canal Board as to the propriety of levy¬ 
ing tolls on railroad freight. A resolution has 
been introduced, inquiring for information as to 
the Consolidation of the Central Roads. 
tlank roads. 
A law has passed, authorizing Plank Roads, 
in certain cases, to throw up parts of their roads. 
Also to gravel them and charge turnpike toll. 
WORLD’S EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION. 
A communication has been received from 
W 
State 
cational Convention at London. Favorable ac¬ 
tion is expected on it. Probably a delegate will 
be sent from our State. A bill has been before 
the Senate to change the apportionment of 
SchooUnonies, but it was defeated. 
other legislation. 
The usual topics of local importance arc being 
discussed. The amount of business before tbe 
legislature in an unfinished state is enormous.— 
Probably the Senate have 600 bills ready for 
action. They will have to stop talking soon and 
go to work in earnest. *Owk*. 
Congressional Proceedings. 
March 20.— Senate —Several petitions against 
the Nebraska Bill were presented by Seward, 
Wade, Allen and Fessenden. Mr. Wade pre¬ 
sented a petition asking the recognition of the 
independence of the Republic of Liberia. 
Mr. Badger, of N. C., made remarks on an 
expected remonstrance of his own constituents 
against tbe Nebraska Bill. 
House —Tbe agricultural part of the Patent 
Office Report was referred to Com. on Patents. 
A resolution of the Georgia Legislature was 
presented in favor of the Nebraska Bill. A sim¬ 
ilar resolution from Mississippi was presented. 
Both laid on table and ordered printed. 
March 21.— Senate— The Gadsden Treaty 
was considered. 
House —The Senate Bill on the Nebraska 
Territory was referred to the committee of the 
whole by a vote of 110 to 95. 
March 22.— Senate —The joint resolution as 
to Naval contracts was passed. Also, bills 
granting lands to Illinois, and authorizing Wis¬ 
consin to select the residue of lands granted her 
in 1846, were passed. Also, the hill increasing 
the pay of the rank and file of the army was 
then taken up and debated. 
House —Bills for the relief of settlers on lands 
reserved for railroad purposes, permitting them 
to pre-empt other lands at minimum price, was 
debated and passed. 
The Indian Appropriation bill was then taken 
up in Committee of the Whole. 
March 23.—In the Senate, Mr. Sumner pre¬ 
sented the Bridgewater it Northampton resolu¬ 
tion against the repeal of the Mo. Compromise. 
Nothing of interest done in the House. 
March 24.— Senate —The whole sitting of the 
Senate was consumed by Pratt and Bayard.— 
The former in favor and the latter in opposition 
to the bill for compensating Rogers and Lous- 
dale for tobacco destroyed by the British during 
the war of 1812. 
House —Various amendments were adopted— 
among them some for making treaties with the 
Indians of Oregon, Utah, New Mexico and 
Washington Territories, and for a grand council 
with the Blackfeet.and other wild tribes. The 
Committee rose and reported the bill to the 
House. Adjourned till Monday. 
COlimUIJllCdUUU UttO uccu icucucu ihmii 
rVasliingto/i, reqtiesAg the co-operation of the 
State of New York m holding a World’s Edu- 
fteta fimtjjrails. 
Col. 3’. B. Lawrence, son of Abbott Law- 
rence, of Boston, was recently married to Miss 
Chapman, the daughter of Judge Chapman, of 
Doylestown, Penn. Mr. Lawrence, it will be 
recollected, a few years ago married Miss Sallie 
Ward, the belle of Louisville, and sister to the 
murderers of Professor Butler, but was aiter- 
wards divorced, ami she mairied Dr. Hunter. 
A copy of Milton’s Minor Poems, an edi¬ 
tion of 1646, though by no means a good copy, 
was sold in London lately for six guineas ; and 
an indifferent copy of the first, or Peter Parker’s 
edition of “ Paradise Lost,” -was considered a 
bargain at. £12 17s. 6d. A few years back three 
guineas was thought, a liberal price for a first 
“ Paradise Lost.” 
The Keowee (S. C.) Courier states that 
Fort Hill, the residence of the late John C. Cal¬ 
houn, has been purchased by Col. A. P. Calhoun, 
from his mother, Mrs. Floride, relict of the late 
Hon. J. C. Calhoun, and will be immediately 
occupied by him. He returns t.o his native State 
with an ample fortune, accumulated on the 
fruitful soil of Alabama. 
Gov. (Brigham) Young, of Utah, has just 
given his “Annual Message.” He states the im¬ 
migration into the territory during the past year 
at 10,000 souls. Of these, a large number are 
from the northern European States and the Brit¬ 
ish Isles. The Governor does not state how 
many wives each emigrant brought among Ins 
baggage. 
jgp*According to a Congressional report re¬ 
cently made, the number of passengers that ar¬ 
rived at the ports of the United Slates in 1853 
was 400,777, which were divided as follows :— 
New York, 294,818 ; Louisiana, 43,028 ; Massa¬ 
chusetts. 25,929 ; Pennsylvania, 19,211; Mary¬ 
land, 11,368 ; other ports, 6,423—total, 400,777. 
Dr. O. A. Brownson has been invited by 
Rev. Dr. Newman, President of tiie Irish Uni¬ 
versity, to fill one of the principal chairs in the 
new institution. The Rev. O. A. boxed the sec¬ 
tarian compass, and ministered in some half doz¬ 
en Protestant denominations, before he finally 
came to rest upon the Roman Catholic meridian. 
Rev. W. S. Lloyd, the pastor of two Bap¬ 
tist churches a few miles west of Montgomery, 
Ala., died recently while performing service.— 
He had just commenced his discourse, and after 
speaking a few moments, exclaimed : “ I feel, 
brethren, I am going,” and instantaneously sank 
down and expired. 
No less than thirty-three steamboat dis¬ 
asters have occurred on the Western waters 
since the 1st of January, involving the loss of 
over 200 lives. In addition to which there have 
been 128 flatboats and barges lost, chiefly coal 
boats, making in the aggregate a loss of fully 
$1,250,000. 
Paris, Ky., says the Cincinnati Atlas, is 
the greatest live-stock market in the West.— 
The total amount of sales on court day, March 
9th, was $105,944 70. The number of mules 
sold was 830. Many of them were brought 
from Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. 
5[g|p“A house at Havana recently paid on 11 
newspapers from the United Slates four dollars 
and twenty cents, or 121A cents per ounce. This 
is the regular rate at present. Of course it is 
designed to be prohibitory, and such is its effect 
in most cases. 
The Legislature of Massachusetts have 
authorized the proper committee to inquire what 
changes are immediately necessary in the Lkiuot 
Law to meet the position in which the law hay 
been placed by the late decision of the Supreme 
Court. 
jrjgr The Massachusetts Legislature have pass¬ 
ed a bill to loan the credit of the State to the 
Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company, to the 
amount of $2,000,000, for the purpose of tun¬ 
neling the Hoosac mountain 3 miles through. 
£§p”A dentist of Philadelphia has succeeded 
in producing entire sets of teeth—plate and den¬ 
tals—of India rubber, vulcanized apparently to 
the hardness of ivory, and retaining the cxact- 
est possible adaptation to the mouth. 
jrgp William T. Barry, formerly Postmaster 
General and Minister to Spain, died in England, 
and the Kentucky Legislature have authorized 
the removal of his remains to Frankfort ceme¬ 
tery, in that State, for interment. 
E-HF A Washington clergyman, a Sunday or 
two since, whilst stating a deficiency in the col¬ 
lections, remarked that since the issue of three 
cent pieces, the revenue of his church had de¬ 
creased nearly one half. 
rn^pA Locomotive Works Company has been 
formed in Detroit. It is composed of staunch 
men, who commence operations on the first of 
April, and have already orders for one hundred 
locomotives. 
An editor in New Hampshire offers to 
bet. his head against a sixpence upon some po¬ 
litical question. A brother editor accepts the 
bet; says be thinks it an even one, and asks who 
shall hold the stakes ! 
The year 1854, says the Traveller, will 
probably witness the erection in Boston, of 
more elegant specimens of architecture in the 
shape of warehouses, stores, and dwellings, than 
any previous year. 
The excitement in Paris respecting the 
Eastern question has proved a source of great 
profit to some of the journals, their sale having 
enormously increased, that of the Patrie and 
Presse especially. 
The Troy Times says as soon as an ad¬ 
dition of the Bridge is completed,'(in a few 
weeks,) there will be an uninterrupted “light¬ 
ning train” from New York, by way of Troy,to 
Buffalo. 
£ 5 gpA movement is to bo made by persons 
connected with the Universalist denomination to 
raise funds for the purpose of erecting a suitable 
monument over the grave of the late Rev. Ho- 
sea Ballou, in Mount Auburn. 
It is reported that General Sam. Hous¬ 
ton will leave Washington in thccour.se of a few 
days, and it is believed that he will resign his 
seat in the Senate, and retire to his farm. 
jrgp A clue is said to have been found as to 
the destroyers of the Pope’s block fertile Wash¬ 
ington Monument. The Grand Jury of the Dis¬ 
trict of Columbia have the matter before them. 
Maj. Selali R. Hobbic, for nearly twenty 
years First Assistant Post Master General at 
Washington, died on Thursday week. Maj. It. 
was a native of Delaware county in this State. 
HHT’An effigy of Senator Douglas was found 
suspended from a tree on Genesee St., Auburn, 
March 23d, with the words, “ Stephen Arnold 
Douglas, hung for treason,” attached. 
-The ice business of Albany employs 
some $50,000. 
-They have raised nearly money enough 
in Boston for the monument to Dr. Franklin. 
-Ex-Gov. Duval of Florida died in Wash¬ 
ington on the 20th of March. 
-There were 24,000,000 lbs. of tea import¬ 
ed into this country last year. 
-Beady Black & Co., dry goods jobbers 
of New York, have failed, liabilities $350,000. 
-The Canal Board have agreed to take up 
the subject of canal lettings April 1st. 
-A court martial is ordered at West Point 
for the trial of cadet Samuel W. Furgnson. 
-Georgia planters are busy putting in their 
crops. The weather is exceedingly favorable. 
-A large portion of the colored population 
of Washington, D. 0., are Roman Catholics. 
-'Flie Alabama Legislature, at its late ses¬ 
sion, refused to abolish imprisonment for debt. 
■-The birth-day of Calhoun, the 18th, was 
celebrated at Charleston in an appropriate man¬ 
ner. 
-The Legislature of Louisiana has appro¬ 
priated $10,000 for the encouragement of ship 
building. 
-The owners of the Caloric ship Ericsson 
state that they intend sending her to Havre in 
April. 
-The shock of an earthquake was felt at 
Macon, Ga., March 20, which lasted 40 seconds. 
No damage done. 
-L. F. Fisher, the native American candi¬ 
date for Mayor of Camden, N. J. lias been elect¬ 
ed by 400 maj. 
-Russia came in possession of her territo¬ 
ry in North America by right of discovery, in 
the sixteenth century. 
-There are now completed or under con¬ 
tract, in Canada, fourteen hundred and eighty- 
seven miles of railroads. 
-The bottom of Lake Huron, where the 
water is 420 feet deep, is above the level of the 
Atlantic ocean. 
-According to the French official pamph¬ 
let, the combined fleets will soon number 
eighty ships of the line. 
-Donald G. Mitchell (Ik Marvel) has re¬ 
signed the Consulate at Vienna. Reason—it 
don’t begin to pay expenses. 
-Ex-President Fillmore, now traveling at 
the South, recently declined a public reception 
at New Orleans. 
-The Illinois Canal was opened on the 
15th ult Several boats laden with corn from 
points on the Illinois river are at La Salle. 
-Twelve passers of counterfeit bills on the 
Cranston Bank were arrested in New York on 
Wednesday week. 
——■ The construction of the Ohio and Missis¬ 
sippi Road has been suspended from Vincennes 
to the intersection of the Jefferson Road. 
-It is said that North Carolina produces 
within its boundaries the staple of every State 
in the Union, and is the only one that does it. 
-Brevet Capt. II. D. Shields, of the 3d 
Artillery, U. S. A., lias resigned—it took effect 
on the 17th ult. 
-The wharf at Portsmouth, Ohio, sunk— 
damaging $10,000 worth of coffee, and other 
; goods, placed on it by the Union line of steamers. 
-The Governor of Maine has appointed 
Thursday, the 13th of April, to be observed as 
a day of public humiliation and prayer. 
-The town of Exeter, N. II., says the Eve. 
Post, over 200 years old, for the first time, on the 
l4th ult. elected a Democratic Moderator. 
-A large marine railway is in process of 
construction at Ogdensburg, of sufficient capaci¬ 
ty to take out t he largest vessels on the lakes. 
-Watertown has Water Works, which it 
is said, paid for themselves by their utility in 
checking the ravages of a single fire. 
-The Michigan Southern Railroad Com¬ 
pany have determined to put oil a fourth train, 
to run in connection with steamboats. 
-It is stated that Peter Boswort.li, the late 
reported defalcating postmaster at Troy, has 
fully satisfied all the demands of Government 
-Accounts from Galveston to the 17th inst. 
mention the killing of Col. Stein, late Indian 
agent, by the Indians near Fort Belknap. 
-The total number of men now actually 
in arms, or sous les drapeaux, as the French 
term is. ready in France for Turkey, is 45,000 
men. 
-Mr. Buchanan, the American Minister in 
London, lives in a respectable house, for which, 
with a stable, he pays an annual rent of $3,- 
582,60. 
--Measures are in progress for the erection 
of a monument to the memory of Winthrop, the 
founder of Boston and first Governor of Massa¬ 
chusetts. 
-Two thousand seven hundred and eigh¬ 
ty-four tons of copper were received at Sault St. 
Marie from the Lake Superior mines during the 
year 1853. 
-The schooner Russell, from Boston for 
Plymouth, sunk off Cape Cod in the late gale, 
with all on board. The crew consisting of 5, and 
4 passengers. 
-There are in the United States 985 banks, 
including branches ; their joint capital stock is 
$299,724,955, of which $6,688,996 is held by 
foreigners. 
-While loading at Bremenhaven, a lighter 
with goods for the Washington, valued at. $100, 
000, was wrecked by the ice in the stream. The 
goods were ruined. 
-The London Standard has made the dis¬ 
covery that the Turks are the descendants of 
the lost ten tribes, and predicts their conversion 
to Christianity. 
-There are now fifteen Roman Catholic 
Journals in circulation in this country, whose 
united circulation may be estimated at about 
60,000 weekly. 
-The screw steamer Charity, from Liver¬ 
pool, which arrived at Portland lately, was nine 
days in the ice. She left Liverpool on the 22d 
of February. 
-The editor of the Richmond Whig says 
if lie bad a couple of good plantations in the 
South well stocked with negroes, John Mitehel 
should have one. 
-David Richards has recovered $1.500 of 
the town of Belchertown, Mass., for injuries sus¬ 
tained by his wife in consequence of a defective 
highway. 
-The steamer Washington on its last trip 
brought a pair of Lapland reindeer and a very 
large ostrich for the Hippodrome. The deer 
have been trained to the sledge. 
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