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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YOR KEll: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER 
ROCHESTER, APRIL 8, 1854. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
A new quarter commences this week—a good time 
for new single and club subscriptions to begin, and for the 
renewal of expiring subscriptions. 
ftjf’ Additions to Clubs are still in order. If bach num¬ 
bers are not wanted, ice will send from 1st March or April 
to end of year for $l—and count on premium. 
jTjf” 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. 
jry Clubs for six or nine months from this date at same 
proportional rates as for full year—and premiums allowed. 
ggp* Pack numbers of the present volume furnished if 
desired, or subscriptions may commence at any time. 
About Advertising. —Persons who write us inquiring 
what we will charge to insert certain advertisements, 
whether we will not do thus and so, on conditions they 
name, &c., &c., are respectfully referred to our terms for 
definite information—with the assurance that we cannot 
consistently deviate therefrom. We believe the circulation 
of the Rural New-Yorker largely exceeds that of an¬ 
other Agricultural or similar journal (weekly, semi-month¬ 
ly or monthly,) published in either America or Europe, 
and, that it is at least ten thousand (probably 15,000,) 
greater than that of any such in this State—while its ad¬ 
vertising terms are far less in proportion to circulation.— 
People interested will please make a note of above facts, 
and excuse us from answering their inquiries by letter. 
— In this connection, we bog to remind all advertising 
friends that we prefer brief advertisements, not exceeding 
thiity lines, or 300 words, and that we do not wish to give 
any one more than four successive insertions. Our space 
is limited, and we wish to accommodate and benefit as 
many applicants as possible, and at the same time inteiest 
our readers by presenting something new, weekly. 
Noteworthy Events. 
The past, week has been fruitful in events 
worthy of newspaper comment, but limited 
space permits us only to briefly chronicle the 
most noteworthy. AYe here glance at a few 
matters not particularly noted in other columns. 
Gov. Seymour’s Veto of the « Bill to suppress 
Intemperance ”—communicated to the Legisla¬ 
ture on Friday week—has naturally produced a 
great sensation. It fell like a douche bath upon 
tire friends of the Bill throughout the State, 
while the opponents of the measure were pro¬ 
portionally elated, and manifested their jot in 
Albany, and elsewhere, by firing cannon and 
other demonstrations. The Governor’s Message 
is quite lengthy, and denounces the Bill as “ un¬ 
constitutional, unjust and oppressive as dan¬ 
gerous to the rights of citizens, and hostile to 
the welfare of the State—and repudiates the 
whole policy of prohibitory laws. The Bill was 
objectionable in some respects to many friends 
of Temperance ; but a salutary prohibitory law 
is necessary, and we trust the Legisiatuie "va ill 
yet pass some wise and practicable measure in¬ 
corporating the principles of Prohibition. 
In Washington great excitement prevailed for 
some days last week, in consequence ol a diffi- 
culty between Messrs. Cutting, of N. Y„ and 
Breckenridge, of Ky., originating in the House, 
concerning the Nebraska Bill. The blood of 
each rose to fighting heat, a challenge was giv¬ 
en and accepted, and—the principals then kept 
out of sight for some days, until the inaltei was 
« amicably arranged ” by friends ! Meantime, 
if telegrams are truthful, the most intense ex¬ 
citement prevailed—a great ti me for ) eporters 
and correspondents of the daily journals. Con¬ 
gress accomplished so little during the week 
that we omit our usual synopsis. 
A Fkarkul and Fatal Accident occurred on 
Hudson River Railroad, Friday evening week. 
As the down Express train was near Tivoli, a rock 
weighing some five tons fell upon the track. I he 
locomotive and two baggage cars were smashed 
almost into atoms. Two passenger cars were 
badly broken; yet none of the inmates were se¬ 
riously injured, tho’ many were lifted from their 
seats and thrown several feet. One brakeman 
was killed, and two or three other employees 
supposed to be fatally injured. 
The Foreign News embraces nothing of im¬ 
portance, except noting a decline in the prices 
of Breadstuff's. See extract from Mark-Lane 
Express, on second page of this number. 
The Weather — al ways a seasonable topic — 
is improving somewhat in temper and geniality. 
March, however, maintained its ancient reputa¬ 
tion _ending with a roar which reverberated 
after its demise. But, backward as is the spring 
hereabouts, it is even more so at the East and 
South. They have plenty of snow, and et cet- 
cras, “ down east”— and even in some sections 
of this State. On the 30th, a hard snow-storm 
“ prevailed” at New Y'ork, Baltimore, Washing 
ton and southward. Some of the railroads in 
Virginia were obstructed. The fruit trees at 
Charleston, S. C., and Augusta, Ga., have been 
seriously injured by the frost. The corn is said 
to have been killed in some sections of South 
Carolina. So w'e of the North are not the only 
witnesses of “Winter lingering in the lap of 
Spring.” 
Our State Senate consists of thirty-two mem¬ 
bers, the President not included, the youngest 
of whom Is aged 30, and the oldest 67. Ten are 
lawyers, five farmers, four merchants, three phy¬ 
sicians, two editors, one hotel keeper, one tan¬ 
ner, one stone cutter, and five have no occupa¬ 
tion. Twenty-six are married, three are wid¬ 
owers, two bachelors, and one single. Twenty 
were born in this State, and the remainder in 
Eastern States. Then- ages, as classed, are as 
follows -.—Between 30 and 40, there are eleven ; 
40 and 50, ten ; 50 and 60, nine ; 60 and 70, two. 
Destructive Conflagrations. 
Great Fire in Dansvillk !— 1 The flourishing 
village of Dansville was visited with a most de¬ 
structive conflagration on Friday afternoon, 
March 31. An Extra from the office of the 
Dansville Herald states, that owing to the high 
wind prevailing at the time, the lire extended 
with fearful rapidity, and beyond the power of 
human agency to stay its progress. The entire 
business portion of the village, on both sides of 
Main st., north of the point where the fire ori¬ 
ginated, is one mass of ruins. The Herald 
buildings, of brick, narrowly escaped. Among 
the losses the following are the heaviestOn 
the west side, J. G. Sprague, bookstore, $1,200, 
fully insured; M. Gillman <fe Bro., haidwaie, 
insured $2,000, covering loss ; American block, 
owned by G. Hyland, loss $10,000—insured $1,- 
500 ; AY. C. Bryant, dry goods, mostly saved— 
insured for $3,000, nearly covering loss—build¬ 
ing owned by J. Faulkner, $1,200 loss, half in¬ 
sured. On the east side of the street,—Day’s 
wood block of three stores, insured for $1,200, 
loss not estimated; H. Jones, carriage shop,loss 
$3,000 in stock, half insured—buildings owned 
by L. Bradner; Ohas. Shepard’s fine brick block, 
four stores, cost $12,000, insured for $6,000— 
occupied by Brown tit Grant, hardward, loss $6,- 
000, fully insured; Geo. G. AYood, hardware, lose 
$7,500, half insured; E. Niles, drug store, loss 
$10,000, insured $6,000 ; E. S. Palmer & Co., 
clothing, insured $8,500, covering loss; the 
First Presbyterian Church was destroyed—the 
building was old, and policy of insurance had 
just expired. There were many other losses, | 
varying from $100 to $2,000. Mr. Kennedy was j 
severely injured by falling from the third story 
of the American Hotel; his recovery is exceed- j 
ingly doubtful. 
The Extra Herald, from which we condense 
the above, says “ To sum up the fire, we may 
count forty buildings destroyed, with a total loss 
on houses and goods, according to the estimates, 
of $100,000. Insured $60,000. The heaviest, 
loss by any company is probably by the Onta¬ 
rio and Livingston Mutual—say $20,000. 
•Three Fires occurred, almost simultaneously, 
in Cleveland, and Ohio City, O., on baturday 
night last. The first broke out in Engine House 
No. 2, on Seneca st., and communicated to all the 
frame buildings on the same side of the street 
destroying Sturtevant’s large planing mill, sev¬ 
eral dwelling houses, a carpenter’s shop, Ac.— 
Loss $20,000—no insurance. During this fire 
two more broke out, one on Lake st., consuming 
three dwellings, and one in Ohio City, destroy¬ 
ing four more dwellings—both the work ol in¬ 
cendiaries. Twenty families were rendered 
homeless. 
The Bkockport Collegiate Institute was 
totally destroyed by fire on Sunday last. ^T lie 
loss of building is estimated at $10,000—insured 
for $7,000. The property lost in the building 
was valued at $5,000, upon which there was no 
insurance. Mr. Stanton, the Principal, lost 
about $2,000 ; insured for $700. Many students 
lost all they had in the building. The Institute 
was in a flourishing condition. It was owned 
by a stock company—residents of Brockport.— 
Means are to be taken for the continuance of 
the school. 
Our Albany Correspondence. 
Albany, April 3, 1S54. 
In the Legislature, excitement has mged 
high during the past week. The lobby has been 
crowded with candidates for the State Supciin- 
tendency of Schools, and their friends and other 
interested personages. Some rare things may 
develop themselves in due time. 
women’s rights. 
Mv Angle, of Monroe, from the bclcct Com¬ 
mittee in the Assembly, has brought in a unani¬ 
mous report. It is adverse to tlie ultra demands 
of the “strong-minded,” but recommends two 
changes to existing laws. The following is the 
bill accompanying the Report: 
Sec. 1. Any married woman, whose husband 
either from drunkenness, profligacy, or any oth¬ 
er cause, shall neglect, or refuse, to provide for 
her support and education, or for the support 
and education of her children, and any married 
woman who may be deserted by her husband, 
shall have the right, by her own name to receive 
and collect her own earnings, and apply the 
same for her own support, and the support and 
education of her children, free from the control 
and interference of her husband, or of any per¬ 
son claiming to be released from the same, by or 
through her husband. 
§ 2. Hereafter it shall be necessary to the val¬ 
idity of every indenture of apprenticeship exe¬ 
cuted by the father that the mother of such child, 
if she be living, shall in writing consent to such 
indenture, nor shall any appointment of a gene¬ 
ral guardian of the person of a child by the 
father be valid, unless the mother of such child, 
if she be living, shall in writing consent to such 
appointment. 
THE BONE BILL. 
The act to promote Medical Science, alias 
the “ Bone bill,” has become the law of the 
land. 1 have leferred to the character of the 
bill in previous letters. 
THE LIBEL LAW. 
One of the best acts of the session is to pro¬ 
tect newspaper publishers in their legitimate 
business. 
It provides that no reporter, editor or proprie¬ 
tor of any newspaper shall be liable to any ac¬ 
tion or prosecution, civil or criminal, for a fair 
and true report in such newspaper of any judi¬ 
cial, legislative or other public official proceed¬ 
ings of any statement, speech, argument or de¬ 
bate in tlie course of the same, except on actual 
proof of malice in making such report, which 
shall in no case be implied from the fact of the 
publication. Nothing in the preceding section 
contained shall be so construed as to protect any 
fMus iJrcbitifs. 
The Herald keeps an account current of 
the deaths and injuries from steamboat and rail¬ 
way accidents, its resume for last year and 
this, thus far, show these results. By railroad 
—Deaths 262; injured 624—number of accidents 
1D0. By steamboat—Deaths 6D1 ; injured 225 
—number of accidents 48. Taking dead and 
wounded together, the railroads, it will he seen, 
keep pace very nearly with the steamboats. 
The funeral ceremonies on the occasion 
of the death of the late Mr. Coleman, killed on 
the railroad near Syracuse, took place at Corin¬ 
thian Hall, in this city, on Sunday week, A. J. 
Davis officiating after the manner of the new 
system of spiritual communication—the dead 
with the living. The Hall was quite filled, and 
the ceremonies of a somewhat novel character. 
The Evansville (Ind.) Journal states that 
on oue day last week, not less than one thousand 
tons of corn and other produce were forwarded 
to points below by commission merchants at 
that point, and that the store-houses there are 
still full, while the csJnal, railroad, AY abash and 
Green rivers are constancy bringing forward 
heavy quantities of produce. 
yjsT The Kentucky Legislature have passed 
a bill appropriating $20,000 toward the erec¬ 
tion of the monument over the grave ot Henry 
Clay ; also, a bill to punish the directors ol 
railroad corporations for causing the death of 
persons traveling on railroads by negligence of 
their agents, and authorizing a civil suit for 
damages. 
The Lyons Gazette states that the Wayne 
county jail, in that village, is unoccupied by 
prisoners. Borne time since we chronicled the 
receipt in one day, of over five hundred subscri¬ 
bers to the Rural, from AVayne county alone.— 
People of other counties wishing to vacate their 
jails, and save money, will govern themselves 
accordingly! 
The St. Louis, on her last trip down to 
New Orleans from St. Louis, took the enormous 
quantity of 1,500 tons ot freight, her manitost 
being $21,955 12. Among two items noticed 
upon her manifest, are 3,000 hogs and 350 emi¬ 
grants. She is the largest boat ever launched 
upon the Ohio or Mississippi rivers. 
The new ship Lightning, built by Don¬ 
ald McKay, left her wharf in Boston at 2 i*. m., 
the 16th February, and was seen by the Arabia 
on the 4th March, at 1 r. m., going into the Mer¬ 
sey, making her run in 12 days 18 hours, actual 
time ; said to be the shortest time yet made by 
a sailing vessel between the two continents. 
We notice in the Chicago Democrat that 
. . information is wanted of the whereabouts of a 
such reporter, editor or proprietor Irom an action inari named Lush, of Chili, Monroe Co., N. A’., 
or indictment for any libelous comments or re- ^o left home to take charge of a gang of Lands 
marks superadded to and interspersed or con- | yn g au j t gte. Marie Canal; also, of AY. E. 
nected with such report. This act shall take 
effect immediately. 
THE VETO. 
As was anticipated, the Governor vetoed the 
Temperance Bill. His objections are : 
1st. That the Bill violates the right of citizens 
Guaranteed by the Constitution ot the L nited 
States to be secure from unreasonable searches. 
Domicils heretofore guarded from all searches 
except for stolen property, are, by its provisions 
to be warched merely for evidence of guilt. 
2d. That its provisions for the seizure, forfeit- 
ure and destruction of liquors are inconsistent 
with the guarantee in the Constitution of this 
State, that “ private property shall not be taken 
t - i a , p | very 
without compensation,nor without due piocessol j g j x y£\ ovr the surface, 
The Nebraska Bill is not so unanimously 
supported by the People and Press of the South 
as many suppose. It is opposed by Ex-Senator 
Clemens, of Ala., and in Congress by Messrs. 
Houston, of Texas, Benton, of Mo., Hunt, of La., 
and other prominent Southerners. Among 
other influential journals which oppose the 
measure, are the New Orleans Ciescent and the 
Louisville Journal. The latter truthfully, as we 
believe, remarks :—“ Even if the Missouri Com¬ 
promise, a measure originally pressed by the 
South and North for more than thirty years, 
shall be carried through the present Congress by 
the influences which the administration shall 
bring to bear upon that-.body, the repeal will 
not be allowed to stand. The repeal will itself 
be repealed in less than two years, and the law 
of 1820 re-enacted.” 
Bellows, of Seneca Falls, N. Y'., who was last 
seen at Detroit, in 1852. 
Mg”According to the census of 1850, the slave 
population of Kentucky amounted to 210,981. 
Bv a recent State census it appears that the 
slaves now number less than 200,000, giving a 
decrease of about 11,000 within the last 4 years. 
The above figures indicate a large slave emigra¬ 
tion from the State. 
A bucket, full of copper cofyis was found 
recently, in excavating fir cellars mi land in At¬ 
kinson street, Boston. Some specimens bear the 
dates of 1735 and 1759. They were issued in 
the reign of George II., and have the phlzzesof 
v jolly-looking individuals. The coin was 
Ship Building.— The ship builders of AVill- 
iamsburg and Greenpoint, near New York, are 
now constructing thirty vessels of all classes and 
dimensions, from a steamer of 2,200 tons to a 
cutter of 160 tons; making in the aggregate a 
burthen of 23,710 tons, and valued at $1,726,000. 
These are only two of the thousand localities 
where our merchant marine is supplied with 
ships; but they serve as an exponent of our 
commercial prosperity and progress, unprece¬ 
dented in the history of the world. 
While the naval architects of Europe are en¬ 
gaged night and day in fitting out vessels of 
war, ours are laboring no less assiduously to 
prepare for a prosperous and successful trade at 
the same time. 
The Season, Ac., in Maine. —Under date of 
Andover, Me., March 27tli, a subscriber writes 
us as follows:—“ In New York I suppose you 
have but little if any snow at present. A very 
different aspect is presented here ; we have 3>£ 
feet upon the level, and indications of more.— 
On tlie night of the 23d, about fifteen inches of 
snow fell. The prospect now is that we shall 
have a very late spring ; probably we shall com¬ 
mence spring work here about the last of April. 
Such a storm this time of the year makes one 
feel a little ‘ blue,’ especially if hay is short and 
high priced, but as a general thing we have hay 
enough and to spare—prices varying from six to 
twelve dollars per ton.” 
_Sir David Brewster is now busily engag¬ 
ed in writing a new life of Sir Isaac Newton, 
the great Astronomer. 
Law.’ 
3d. That it will weaken the cause of lemper- 
ance—by associating it with injustice and op¬ 
pression. 
4th. That it is so stringent and oppressive 
that it cannot be equally executed everywhere, 
nor fully executed anyy where, and by remain¬ 
ing unexecuted will diminish the popular ie- 
spect for the Law and its officers. 
The Senate made an effort to pass the bill by 
a two-tliirds vote after the A eto, but failed ; so 
the bill is dead. An effort will be made to push 
through the Assembly bill, which was nearly 
ready, hut it is too much to suppose that it can 
be effected. 
THE CAUCUS. 
On Friday evening the AVhig members held 
a caucus to nominate a candidate for the office 
of School Superintendent. I was wrong in say¬ 
ing that Mr. Randall would be the man. It 
was so understood when the law was passed, 
but Western New York, (usually wide awake,) 
claimed the officer, consequently ALctor M. 
Rice, of Buffalo, was nominated. He has been 
Superintendent of the Buffalo schools, and is 
President of the State Teachers’ Association.— 
The election is expected to come off to-morrow. 
COATS OFF. 
The Assembly have now three sessions per 
day. More work will be done during the re¬ 
maining few days than for any six weeks of the 
session, probably from the quickening influence 
of spring l Their speeches are cut down to ten 
minutes, which is a damper on some of the long- 
winded ones, but they will have to submit. 
*Owk* 
Webster’s Dictionary in England.— A some¬ 
what singular circumstance has recently trans¬ 
pired in England, showing the estimate placed 
there upon the work of the great American 
Lexicographer : 
“An edition of Worcester’s Dictionary has re¬ 
cently been published in London, and is adver¬ 
tised as ‘ Webster’s Critical and Pronouncing 
Dictionary, Ac., enlarged and revised by Wor¬ 
cester.’ On the title-page Webster is placed 
first, in large type, and Worcester follows in an¬ 
other line, in smaller type, and the book is let¬ 
tered on the back, 4 Webster’s and Worcester’s 
Dictionary ! ! ’ ” 
The London publisher seems quite aware that 
the English public will only accept, as a genu¬ 
ine article in the Dictionary line, something la¬ 
beled Webster, and so covers his wooden nut¬ 
meg with a coating which has the genuine aro- 
ma. This beats Jonathan. 
The total gold and silver coinage by the 
United States, from the establishment of the 
Mint in 1792, down to the 31st of October, 1853, 
a period of sixty years, amounts to $370,008,- 
192 50, savs Mr. Guthrie in his last treasury re¬ 
port, Of this $283,790,565 60 are in gold, and 
$86,217,926 90 silver. 
We have no confirmation of the loss ot 
ten thousand lives by an earthquake in Cala¬ 
bria. If true, our despatch from the Canada at 
Halifax, ought to have mentioned it. By the 
great earthquakes in Southern Calabria and Sic¬ 
ily, in 1783, nearly 40,000 people perished.— 
Boston Post. 
rap” Charleston papers state that the Court at 
Havana had decreed that the cotton on board 
the Black Warrior was forfeited, that a fine of 
$6,000 should be imposed on the boat—all ol 
which the Captain General remitted, excepting 
the $6,000 already mentioned. 
The deaths in New A’ork last week num¬ 
bered 513, of which there were of consumption, 
171; convulsions, 59 ; croup, 18 ; congestion, 23: 
debility, 13 ; dropsy, 46 ; fever, 21 ; inflamma¬ 
tions, 50 ; marasmus, 25 ; premature births and 
still-born, 38 ; small pox, 123. 
The Alexandria Gazette says:—The re¬ 
mains of the late John Howard Payne, (the au¬ 
thor of ‘ Home, Sweet Home,’) are to be bro’i 
to this country and placed in the Congressional 
burial ground, and a suitable monument erected 
to his memory at the expense ot the government. 
According to the Sentinel, published at 
Selma, Alabama, during a period of four months, 
from October last to February, that State lost 
by emigration, on an average, 500 persons per 
day, or a total of 75,000 ; and the property car¬ 
ried out of the State is estimated at 73,670,000. 
rgf A lumber trade with France has been 
opened from Alexandria, A’a. It is expected 
that two ships will be laden every month for 
Marseilles. The timber is to be cut near Cum¬ 
berland, Md„ and along the Potomac. 
A few days since, some workmen in 
Poughkeepsie engaged in sawing a locust log, 
which was perfectly sound and probably one 
hundred years old, found a cavity in the centre, 
containing a live toad, seven and a half pounds 
in weight. 
The present wife of Santa Anna, Dicta¬ 
tor of Mexico, was a Miss Lapaugh.of Westerlo, 
Albany Co., N. Y„ and it is said that he pro¬ 
poses to divorce her if he can* negotiate for a 
flniurViter of the Queen Dowager of Spain. 
Fanny Fern, in reply to a paragraph stating 
that the “ charming incognita ” is one of the 
Willis family, writes this to the Tribune : 
So far as the foregoing statement refers to me, 
it is incorrect. With due deference to Mrs. 
Grundy, and Paul Pry, Esq., I beg to state that, 
several years since, by a sudden reverse of for¬ 
tune, I was deprived of all my relatives. ^ 
Respectfully, 
Fanny Feun. 
daughter of the Queen Dowager of Sp; 
ivgp” The Old Board of Common Council con¬ 
vened on Monday morning last, and surrender¬ 
ed office to the new. Mayor Williams delivered 
his valedictory, and Mayor Strong pronounced 
his inaugural. 
There are revivals of religion in progress 
in several towns and villages of the State—in 
Trumansburgh, Wyoming, Warsaw, Batavia, 
Palmyra, Pittsford, Weedsport, Elbridge, and 
other places. 
On the 4th of March Iasi, Mr. John 
Thomas, of Tangier Island, in the county of 
Accomac, A’a., received an accession of 4 grand¬ 
children, born on that night, by three of his 
daughters. 
-The Maine Law men of Portland, have 
renominated Neil Dow for Mayor. 
-England lias already expended $25,000,- 
000 in preparing for the, war with Russia 
-It is said that Mrs. Wilkinson, the actress, 
is about to enter a monastery, 
-Henry R. Selden, Esq., has been re-ap¬ 
pointed Reporter of tlie Court of Appeals. 
--The Territorial Legislature of Minnesota 
adjourned on the 4th ult. 
-The Welland canal was opened for the 
passage of vessels on the 1st of April. 
-Snow was falling in Syracuse on the 
26th ult,, and the sleighing was good. 
-The experiment of a daily newspaper 
has been attempted at Ogdensburgh. 
-Six new locomotives were placed upon 
the Great Western (Canada) Railroad last week. 
-The Cashier of one of the Canada rail¬ 
roads (in progress) has absconded with £20,- 
000. 
-Jonathan Harrington, the last survivor of 
the battle of Lexington, expired on Sunday 
week. 
-An extensive and valuable copper mine 
has been discovered in the vicinity of AVest 
Fairlee, A r t, 
-Dickens announces a new tale, under the 
title of “ Hard Times, to be published weekly 
in “ Household Words.” 
-A Boston House has just made $75,000, 
on a cargo of Russia Hemp which cost them 25,- 
000. 
-Three hundred persons have joined the 
Methodist Episcopal Church in Cincinnati re¬ 
cently. 
-The condition of Burmah is rapidly im¬ 
proving, Dacotism is declining, and there is the 
promise of an abundant harvest. 
_Mrs. Judith Town, of Marshall, Oneida 
county, died a few days since, aged 107 years! 
Her oldest daughter is living, aged 86. 
_Castle Garden, New York, has been 
leased for five year-, at $10,000 per annum. It 
was formerly rented for $3,000. 
-Horatio King, of Maine, a clerk in the P. 
O. department, has been nominated Assistant 
Postmaster General, vice Hobbie, deceased. 
-The ice was out of the St. Lawrence be¬ 
tween Ogdensburgh and Prescott, on the 28lh 
ult. 
_The Senate have confirmed the nomina¬ 
tion of Horatio King, as assistant Post master 
General, vice Hobbie, deceased. 
-The Arabia sailed from Boston, March 
29, with 28 passengers and $200,000 in specie, 
for Liverpool. 
_The Senate Committee have reported 
unanimously in favor ol bridging the Hudson at 
Albany. 
-There was a great excitement at the New 
Orleans city election on the 27th ult; three men 
were killed about the polls. 
-The bust of AYcbster, for Lord Ashbur¬ 
ton, by Mr. King, the artist, is finished, and now 
on exhibition at Boston. 
-Marshal St. Arnaud’s pay as Commander 
of the French force in the East, is to be 5110,000 
francs, with 300,000 francs outfit. 
-Rev. S. McKinney, of East Bloomfield, 
has been appointed Agent for the American and 
Foreign Christian Union for Western N. Y. 
-The clipper barque Grapeshot has sailed 
from New A’ork for Constantinople, with 200,- 
000 muskets and other fire-arms and ammunition. 
-A pair of bull dogs, trained to draw a 
carriage, were brought to Auburn from the east 
last week and sold for $200. 
_I. C. Derby, Esq., of Sandusky, O.. has 
purchased Powers’ Greek Slave, at a sum little 
less than five thousand dollars. 
-The new apprenticeship system has gone 
into effect in Cuba. Simultaneously, the sen¬ 
tence of political offenders has been commuted. 
_Miss Delia A. Webster, suspected of en¬ 
ticing slaves from Kentucky, has been arrested, 
and in default of $10,000 bail, is now in prison. 
-The tariff on flour on the N. \ . Central 
R. R. from this city to Albany has just been re¬ 
duced 8 cents a barrel, which leaves it 50 cents. 
_Mrs. Joel Willard, of Buffalo, died of hy¬ 
drophobia on the 28th. She was bitten by a 
rabid cat about two months previous. 
-The Illinois Central Railroad Company 
have contracted for one hundred miles of hedg¬ 
ing of the Osage Orange. 
__The Chicago Democrat says the farmers 
of Illinois are actively engaged in plowing and 
putting in spring wheat. 
_In England, in the six months from Jan. 
to June, the railways carried 45,630.306 passen¬ 
gers ; in the accidents, a hundred and forty-eight 
persons were killed. 
_The King of Siam, though himself a con¬ 
firmed Pagan, and for years a member ot the 
national priesthood, has given ample toleration 
to Christian missionaries. 
_The Church of England, by its separate 
eentralized exertions, raises above £100,000 per 
annum, for religious objects, of which £20,000 
is applied to foreign missionary operations. 
_Tlie Oswego Times says that Geo. Wright 
is about t<> freight a vessel for Scotland direct.— 
She sails from Port Credit, and will take 14,000 
bushels of wheat; and 500 barrels of flour. 
_\ new first class daily morning newspa¬ 
per Is to appear in Buffalo, on the 15th inst. Its 
politics are to be AYliig, and a son of Gov. Sew¬ 
ard is to be assistant editor. 
_The Wayne Sentinel says the dwelling, 
barn, Ac., of F. Bortles, one mile from Palmyra, 
were destroyed by lire on Wednesday night 
week. 
__ 'pirn British government have rewarded 
Mr. Low, the inventor of the screw propeller in 
use in the naval service of that power, with tho 
sum of £10,000. 
__At the Methodist conference, recently in 
session at Baltimore, there was contributed to 
the General funds of the missions of that church 
$204)63,40. 
_Green Peas are arriving at New York 
quite abundantly from Savannah ! Steam is a 
wonderful regulator of the seasons. Strawber¬ 
ries will not be a great while behind. 
_The papers state that Capt. Norton, of 
Yarmouth, Mass., has 80 hens, which laid in 
1853, 637 dozen eggs, which at the average price 
of eggs would be $1.25 to each hen. 
There is considerable excitement in Nor¬ 
folk, in consequence of the sudden and mysteri¬ 
ous escape of many slaves. It is supposed that 
tlie fugitives have been taken north by vessels. 
