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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YOR KEE: AN AGEICULTUEAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPEE. 
Congressio nal P roceedings. 
ces from the States of Indiana and Massachu¬ 
setts &*-' setts against the introduction of slavery into 
any territory from which it'is excluded by the 
Missouri Compromise, were presented. 
ROCHESTFR A.PRII IS ]854 Mr. Cass presented a petition that freedom be 
secured to American citizens in foreign countries, 
SPECIAL NOTICES. and gave notice that lie would, three weeks from 
£5?” A new quarter commenced last week,—a pood time to-day, speak on the .subject. It was his inten- 
for new single and club subscriptions to begin ; and there- lion to reply to Some/ strictures made by a dis- 
Our Albany Correspondence. 
Albany, April 10, 1S54. 
The number of bills passed by both houses 
ftttos fantgntpis. 
The Secretary of the Treasury has writ- 
ffttos flrrinta. 
Galveston and Houston, Texas, are now 
during the past week is about sixty, embracing ten a letter to Mr. Gwin, United States Senator i united by telegraphic wires. 
all kinds of subjects, some personal,some politi- from California, in favor of the future issue of-Gov. It< 
cal, and some for the public good. One of the goldeodns of the denominations ofJlOQ, $50 and ed Friday, the 
’ •, , . , n , $2o each, by the Branch Alint at San brancisco. Day. 
second class provides that the Governor canno He proposes that the new pieces shall be named _John C 
as heretofore remove an officer during the recess the Union, half Union and quarter Union, and been elected S 
of the Senate. This is supposed to apply par- that only the half Union be struck for the pres- cag0< 
ticularly to the Sup’t of the Bank Department, en ^ -During 
whose office expires soon. But being a Whig, The annual election in Connecticut took Rome (;(J4 W( 
ROCHESTER, APRIL 15, 1854. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
newal of expiring subscriptions is now in order. 
Additions to Clubs are still in order. If back num¬ 
bers are not wanted, ice will send from 1st March or April 
to end of year for $1 —and count on premium. 
£2^“ 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. 
Pjp” Clubs for six or nine months from this date at same 
Gov. Robinson, of Vermont, hasapp 
iay, the 15th instant, as the annual 
eposes that the new pieces shall be named -John C. Dere, a teacher of Boston has 
mon, half Union and quarter Union, and been elected Superintendent of Schools in Chi- 
tinguished prelate. 
The Senate then went into executive session. 
House — Mr. Cutting (dem.) of N. Y., ap- 
S 'ared in bus seat for the first time since last 
onday. 
The Committee on Post Offices reported a 
bill, which passed, regulating the pay of deputy 
proportional rales as for full year—and premiums allowed, post-masters. 
Back numbers of the present volume furnished if 
desired , or subscriptions may commence at any lime. 
New and Interesting Feature. —The literary 
A resolution was adopted requesting the Pres¬ 
ident to transmit to the House copies of the cor¬ 
respondence, not now communicated, of the U. 
S. legation at Constantinople and the U. S. con- 
department of our next number will be enriched sulate at Smyrna with Capt. Ingraham, and with 
by the publication of the first of a series of most | be government of Austria and this government, 
piquant and interesting 1 rans-Atlantic Letters, together with the instructions from this govern- 
from the pen of a lad} well qualified to speak me nt touching the seizure and rescue of Martin 
of the places, people, customs, Ac., of Belgium, jyostza and the conditions on which he was lib- 
Spaiu, France, Italy, and other countries she erated. 
purposes to visit. The series were engaged upon Mr. Campbell (whig) of Ohio, asked leave to 
merit alone — after an examination of several introduce the following : 
numbers—and unless we greatly misjudge, will Resolved-, That the President be requested to 
prove superior to the foreign letters, by well cause negotiations to be opened with the govern- 
known writers and authors, usually given (with J n ? nt of Great ? r ‘ t “ n ' ' Vlth th ® y } ew ot ' ascei " 
.. . , , • " , ... taming upon what conditions that government 
a gieat sounding of trumpets,) in eastern liter - wd j consen t to the annexation of the Canadas to 
ary periodicals. the U. S. Objection was made to its reception 
-- — ■■ under the rules. 
Showing Up. Mr. Campbell moved a suspension which was 
- refused, yeas 28, nays 119. 
When men, who have heretofore been fast April 4.— Senate— The Senate was in execu- 
r v i U i . nonfo ience. The parties on whom this obligation has ; Pr< 
published in the State paper, and twenty cents been conferred, acknowledged his Majesty’s gen- ! ed Prole* 
for each subsequent insertion. Such auveitising er0 sity and kindness in suitable terms. j losophy, i 
*«? do,,e e™ tuitousl L t y The accmmts of Mr. Hugh Maxwell, Ex- I —A, 
Ten thousand dollars have been appropriated exceeded one hundred and seventeen millions ! braska, via. St. Louis. 
11 of dollars. * 1 - 
for the improvement of Rackett River and its 
tributaries. A bill has also passed appropria- Ig^The State Superintendent of Common 
* P x ocliools in Louisiana recommends that two out 
ting 0 for the election ol foiges, c., o () f every three of the school directors should 
carry on the iron works at the Clinton prison, know how to read and v 
The Sacondaga river improvement receives the warrant of the teacher 
•ft 5 000 signatures, contained the l 
city and village laws. ent directors. 
An act to authorize Syracuse to fund its debt. The ship Star of 
of every three of the school directors should -The Edinburgh Review is just 50 years 
know how to read and write. In one parish, old, the Quarterly, 44; the New Monthly Maga- 
the warrantof the teacher on file, instead of the nine, 33; Blackwood, 38 ; and Fraser, 24. 
signatures, contained the mark of twelve differ- -The Court of Appeals has granted a new 
ent directors. trial to Win. Darby, who was to have been hung 
friends, fall out, they are quite apt to show each tive session on the Gadsden treaty. 
other up in no very enviable light before the 
world. The same may be said of nations ; and 
The doors were temporarily opened to receive 
a message from the House, announcing the pas- 
the proposition is just now being demonstrated sage of the Steam Frigate Bill. The Senate city hereafter, 
by England and Russia. First, the Autocrat’s took it up and passed it forthwith. persons resid: 
organ at St Petersburgh publishes an article un- House — Considered the bill to reduce and they pass. C 
der official sanction, glorifying its master, and graduate the price of public lands, and post- vised. The p 
casting severe reflections on the British Govern- poned f or ono AVeek renewed and i 
ment and Queen. As a set-off, the latter have Mr. Bennett reported a bill to equalize grants are regulated. 
persons residing in the street through which 
they pass. Ogdensburgh laws have been re¬ 
vised. The pilot laws ot New York are also 
given to the world a list of letters and commu- of ]ands to tbe 8everal states for certain purpos- 
nications passing between the two governments, es _ Tbe bill Ls the same as Mr> B . before rcport _ 
through the British Minister, resident at the ed> , vith an aniendment . 
Russian court, by which it appears that the Czar ApriI 5 .-Sknate-A fter an executive session 
has been for a long time plotting the dismem- the g enate adjourned> 
berment of the Turkish Empire, and a division Ifc Ls Dnderstood that Mr . Clayton made a 
of the spoils with England. The proposition sfcrong gpeech againsfc the Gadsden fcreaty . 
was to give the latter, Egypt and some of the HousE _ Mr . Gadfcden of Penn . f 8poke a 
islands of the Mediterranean, and take Constan- the Nebraska bill . Mr . Sruith of Tenn 
tinople and the provinces of European Turkey Mr Nich()ls of ()hio> also spoke on the 
(of course the lion’s share) to herself. „ The former to fWor i.i 
A law has been passed to prevent the des¬ 
truction of timber among the Tuscarora Indi¬ 
ans. It also regulates their highway labor.— 
of beer, with beef and bread to match /” 
The steamships North Star and Northern 
Light, which sailed a few days since for Califor¬ 
nia, discharged at Sandy Hook, with their pilots, 
, , , , , j. ,. , , ina, uistiitu Lieu at oa.nu v uiiuk, wilu tnuu iiiiuim, o , j --- j w 
The plank road laws have been farther amended nineteen pereons wbo ba d stowed themselves | examine. 
for particular roads. Particular roads and a way, as is supposed, among the freight. They j -One hundred and nine hogsheads of to- 
bridges are provided for in various localities.— were endeavoring to dead-head a passage. | bacco were sold in Louisville on the 28th ult. 
House —Mr. Gadsden of Penn., spoke against 
the Nebraska bill. Mr. Smith of Tenn., and 
Mr. Nichols of Ohio, also spoke on the same 
subject. The former in favor, and the latter in 
An act has passed providing for the election ol Sir James Wylie, for so long a time the 
but one Superintendent of the Poor yearly for chief physician at the Russian Court, has just 
eoniitv. The bill to prevent the re-issue of at St. Petersburgh. He is reported to have 
England rejected the proposition with disdain, opposition. Adjourned, 
whether from motives of policy, or justice, or April 6.—Senate— Several petitions against 
both, remains to be seen, and opportunity to the IffafewLelrs. bill -r«ro proaontoA. Billo g.am 
judge is likely soon to be afforded, as Nicholas, inga pension to the widow of Gen. Leavenworth, 
in reveftge for the publication of his confiden- aad f or extending the Collection District of Mil- 
tial overtures, is about to give to the world a waukie, were passed. 
batch of English confidential letters on the Ori- The correspondence relative to the Koszta af- 
ental question, including, it is said, several from f a ir was received and tabled. 
Prince Albert. House —Mr. Churchill’s bill, authorizing con- 
The radical journals of England have hereto- tracts for carrying the mail between N. Orleans 
fore charged the Princ- Consort with entertain- and San Francisco, was taken up. It provides 
ing feelings of sympathy for the Continental tliat the service shall be paid for at prices rang- 
despotisms, and he was actually hissed by the ing from $10,000 per annum for 23 days’ up to 
people on his way with the Queen to open Par- $1,600,000 for ten days’ passages, 
liament on the first of February. The Ministry April 7.— Senate —The bill establishing addi- 
stoutly denied the allegations, but if Nicholas tional land districts in Minnesota was passed, 
in “ disclosing the disclosures ” proves the charges Thirty-six Senate bills and six House bills 
to have been correct, it will be no matter of were passed, when Mr. Badger moved that as 
surprise if his Consortship is placed in a very the Senate had done a glorious day’s work, it do 
unenviable position. adjourn till Monday. Carried. 
-» *--- House —Mr. Latham, of California, spoke in 
State Elections. favor of the mail contract bill, expressing liis 
- belief that the mails would eventually be car- 
Connecticut and Rhode Island have both held ried betwee n the two points, in fifteen days.— 
State elections within a few days, and both Pending consideration of bill, the morning hour 
have spoken out decisively and unmistakably expired. 
against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. A message was received from the President, 
In the former State the Senate stands 17 whigs stating that he had signed the bill authorizing 
each county. The bill to prevent the re-issue o 
the notes of Banks whose charters have expired 
has become a law. 
STATE sup’t OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 
was a Scotchman. 
The heaviest drain on the pipes of the 
As indicated v> ray last, Victor M. Rice, of Fairmount water-works, Philadelphia, was in 
Buffalo, was dulv eh-cted to this office, by a the inomn of Augu'su The watering of streets, 
large majority over all others. He has appoint- gardens, side-walks, <fcc., in addition to the regu- 
. Q Q Vw wlnr-li net he 1 a r (icmand, run up the average demand to 7,- 
cently. 
-The small pox is raging among the Chip¬ 
pewa Indians on the South shore of Lake Su¬ 
perior, and the head-waters of the Chippewa 
rivers. It is very fatal. 
-The Syracuse papers state that the op¬ 
ponents of the Liquor Law testified their joy on 
the reception of the veto, by firing cannon and 
burning lar barrels. 
- Col. Rowland 0. Tomlinson, of Phila- 
1 S. S. Randall his deputy, by winch act lie 933)6] o gaBoll8 dady throughout the month. ponentsof the Liquor Law testified their joy on 
rinces much good judgment. Mr. Chambers, . „ , . , ' . , ,. the reception of the veto, by firing cannon and 
of Peekskill is his first clerk. .. ^ Thc Toronto Colonist laughs at the no- bm , ling \ ;ir barre ]s. b 
ox i ctKbKiii, v turn of an invasion of Canada by an Irish army ” , ^ i ~ 
unfinished business. from this side of the line, led by John Mitchell, , 7T i “ owJand U Tomlinson, of Phila- 
The Senate have passed about 60 bills which and promises that their dread onset shall be re- ’, c - P ias . a PP ou| fci mail agent between 
•e now on the Aenemblv file,, and the Aaeem- pelled by an equal force of fugitive, fromSlave- ^o.uhe''th'ifT.S ”* I “ i ‘ 
, , a lfl A / a, • a- a f ry, now living in the province. m»is on me am oi April. 
ly have sent up 100 tor their action. A few - ° 1 . . -Nicholas P. Trist, so well known as a 
ays of hard work will follow. A u ^‘ Lse iB'is been issued by the Russian spec i ;d age! ,t to Mexico, during the late war, is 
visit TO NEW YORK. government forbidding Jewish women ,n 1 oland said to be nmv d in ^ patellt ribtg 
_, I ’ < tllo 0 a ”7 k,n l. of k ead-dress under their f or a washing maclm.e. ' 
The Senate have passed about 60 bills which and pro 
are now on the Assembly files, and the Assem- polled 1 
bly have sent up 100 for tlieir action. A few 1 - ’ 1,0 " 
days of hard work will follow. j 
J governn 
VISIT TO NEW YORK. 
The members accepted the invitation of the bonnets, 
....txtuf. The rabbis are forbidden to marry . 
ly woman who refuses to obey the new law. entiic cost o( Coclutuato (Boston) 
J 1 J Waterworks to Jau. 1, 1854, was $5,574,328,15- 
5 ^” The Court of Appeals, by a vote of five The amount of water drawn for Uie year 1853 
three, has affirmed the decision of the Su- was 3,117,939,500 gallons! 
erne Court denying a new trial in the matter _Nr„„i n„„ r ,i.• T 
i- • ?tt j • i c a,, -i\eal tJow, the author of the Maine Law, 
the application of Hendrickson, of Albany, and the Temperance candidate for Mayor of 
nvicted ol the murder of his wile. . Portland, was defeated on Tuesday of last week, 
A young man who has been missing for at the Municipal Election, by 84 votes. 
ree or four months from Cattaraugus county, -W. W. Corcoran and Elisha Riggs, the 
d whom a whole cordon of humbug spirit- eminent bankers of Washington, have retired 
ppers had consigned to the wolves, is engaged from business. Geo. W. ltiggs, Jr., and A T 
New Yorkers (I mean the city' New Yorkers) any woman who refuses to otyey the new law. 
to visit the great metropolis. They' left Friday The Court of Appeals, by a vote of five 
evening, and have wit-yet been seen. They will to three, has affirmed the decision of the Su- 
probably be on hand to-morrow, which is their preme Court denying a new trial in the matter 
i r ,.<■ of the application ol Hendrickson, of Albany, 
last day. Indications favor a prolongation of conyic J » of the murder of his wite . y ' 
the session for a few days—and but ajew, for it , , . . 
, , .. c __ A young man who has been missing for 
must be at the expense of the members them- , b ,, e n 5 . 
L three or tour months from Cattaraugus countv, 
selves. Their patriotism will not last long un- and -^hom a whole cordon of humbug spirit- 
der such circumstances. rappers had consigned to the wolves, is engaged 
in chopping cord-wood near Pittsburgh ! 
to 4 Democrats, and in the House there are elec¬ 
ted 132 whigs and free soilers to 94 democrats. 
the construction of six steam frigates. 
The House went into Committe on the Gene- 
Last year the Senate stood 15 democrats, 5 ral Appropriation bill, when Mr. Caruthers spoke 
whigs and 1 free soiler ; House 145 democrats, in support of the Nebraska bill, and Mr. Wash- 
68 whigs and 11 free soil. Last year the demo- burn of Maine, spoke in opposition. Adjourned 
cratic Governor was elected by a majority of to Monday. 
PROSPECTS OK THE MAINE LAW. 1 1 n 
There is now some probability that a law will ESP” i a before tl 
be passed submitting the question of a Prohibi- 
tion Liquor Law to the 1 eople. One weekisill connection with eithe 
decide that and many' other momentous ques- ment in the State Prison. 
t 10ns - ffSfA southern paper say's :—Upon the plan- 
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. t-ilum nf Hoi Tol.n U 1 ‘ ' 
A bill is before the Legislature for the 
f suppression of Lotteries, Lottery Dealing, Gift offer a reward ot $500 for the detection i 
’ ‘ 1 Concerts, Raffles, Ac. The proposed penalty parties who destroyed the block of niarbh 
People. One week will for connection with either of these, is confine- sented by the Pope of Rome. 
Kickhoefer are their successors. 
-The Washington Monument Association 
offer a reward ot $500 for the detection of the 
parties who destroyed the block of marble pre- 
-An Association of 50 families has been 
formed in Cleveland, O., for emigration r.o Iowa 
~tjuuidicx n uauci o«yo . u uuu tuc uiaii- , . . ■ -o —. 
agricultural college. tation of Col. John B. Lamar, in Lee county, j '’’ irin S tlie present season, or as soon as thc 
A business meeting of the trustees was held Geo., a log was split open, a few days since,and j U° n, 68 teacl bill shall become a law. 
last week, and a public gathering on Wcdnes- 28 full grown rattlesnakes found within. 'The 
day evening, at which Horace Greeley, Mr. item is headed, “SumS.iaix.” 
Miller and Mr. Evans spoke on the subject of ttSf-Five prisoners lately escaped from the 
Education in general, and Agricultural Educa- Albany, Ind, by blowing out one 
. ° , . vll side oi the building with gunpowder. J his fill- 
tion in particular. But lew attended, x any i ba gtering operation was under the command of 
1 ,200 over both the other candidates. This year 
he is in minority more than five thousand. 
Rhode Island, which has been democratic for 
three years past, has now elected a whig Cov- 
The Hulsemann Letter. 
According to the Nero York Evening Post, 
Edward Everett has written a letter to Fletch- 
-Arrangements have been perfected to 
have the western mails carried over the Canada 
. ... , f ,. Railroad, and Col. Munger of Detroit, (a printer, I 
frSfT-Five prisoners lately escaped from the c .. fi , 
• A, I ., l t j i id • is appointed agent tor that purpose. 
jail at New Albany, Ind., by blowing out one 11 
sideof the building with gunpowder. This fill- ... " . “p steamer Monroe was snagged in the 
ernor and Legislature. Some one has been m- FR Wkbster claiming the paternity of the en¬ 
quiring whether these elections are the “ actual brated letter from the State Department to 
settlers ” to whom the slave question in Nebras- Chevauer Hulsemann, thc Austrian minister at 
xa is to be submitted. Washington, during a portion of Mr. Fillmore’s 
~, ,, | , , administration. Mr. Everett states that Daniel 
Testimonial.— The Boston people have sub- 
, , , 1 1 , , W ebster was side at the time, and he, (Everett) 
aenbed a large sum for thc purpose of purchas- ^ „„ ori ^ nal dlaft „f lho letter „ thc J. 
mg a service of plate to present to Senator , e ,, Q , c 0 . , 
6 _ 1 , r . ,, . , quest of the Secretary of State. 
Houston of Texas, as a token of their approba- T , . , m i 
_ ‘ 1 It is also stated that Mr. I*. Webster has 
tion of the Senator’s course in defending the . , . . , , 
^ ^ * found the original draft among Ins father’s pa- 
New England Clergymen against the attacks of .. ' ,, 1 
; ? t.t- • P ers 1,1 Mr. Everitt’s hand-writing, and has re- 
Senator Douglas of Illinois. * , .. . , . , ,, , , 
turned it to bun ; and that the same has been 
The occasion of the remarks by the Senators pubb8 bed for private circulation with Mr. Web- 
arose from the presentation in the Senate of u 8TER » 8 emendations and alterations appended, 
remonstrance from three thousand New En- Much excitement is produced in certain quarters 
gland Clergymen, against the repeal of the Mis- by this development. 
souri Compromise. -—- ■*-«♦«« - 
-« < ♦ « «-Now and Then.—A correspondent of Thc 
Railroads in America.— There are com- Brantford (C. W.) Herald, in speaking of the 
pleted, and in process of construction in the progress of the age, and tlie benefits of railroads. 
United States, over 30,000 miles of railroad ; in says : 
Canada about 2,000; and also short lines in “ In the year 1807 it was advertised in Detroit 
Cuba, Central America, and a few other locali- a vess< ^ ^‘"‘Id leave that port lor Buffalo. 
,. ~ , Spring opened and navigation was resumed.— 
ties. The progress of railroad enterprises, es- Pj ' ut j* , \ n thia 8olital . y craft there was but one 
pecially' at the West, i 3 beyond all precedent, passenger—and on reaching Buffalo there were 
and tends to develop the resources of the coun- but two shanty taverns. He asked for a stage 
try more than any other single cause. Produce 011 Canandaigua. He was told there 
„ , ,, ,, . , .ci 44 - was but one stage a week, and that had just 
that would otherwise not pay for transportation gone> This wa | a common wagon . What 
is made by them to yield a golden harvest to the mighty changes has time effected by the instru- 
husbandman. mentality of inventive genius in modes of travel!” 
is a cold place for such an enterprise. *Owe.* General jail Deli 
--The Sy r ra< 
Emancipation. — The Cincinnati Times states sate return to Un 
that Mr. Christy, agent of the Colonization So- 
ciety, has been offeied a group ot slaves m one gome excitement. 
General Jail Delivery. 
J^The Syracuse Republican announces the 
safe return to that city' of John Haben, whose 
Mississippi, near Watches, on the 27th'of ftlareli. 
There were no passengers on board, but 17 of 
the crew were drowned. 
-Edgar Garth and David Flournoy had a 
ix.- v u • ,i ,• set to with bowie-knives and pistols at Chi 
detention by the Prussian authorities some time •]> „„,i .>, • , , . 
J ■ ■. 4 ,, 4 4 i ville, Va., on the Jd inst. The latter was 
since, while on a visit to that country, caused 0 ,„i f i,,. ,• . , . • . 
.. „ , J ami the lornier dangerously lniured. 
ome excitement. ° J J 
The Lutheran population in the world is i t * ie "oted Ltah 
istimated at 42^50,000, of which 25,000,000 are i ’ ; ! ,!' commence war against the 
bund in the land of Luther, 5,000,000 in Prus- " ‘ 7 T they will not permit him to 
ia, 3,000,000 in Sweden, and 1,000,000 in the ^ wnesas Brigham doling. 
Tnited States. -The citizens of Norwich, Ct., have suh- 
4 u a tit • , u . , . scribed the large sum of “seventy-five thousand 
KST The tolls on the Illinois and Michigan ,yi„„ „ - , •, ,• , J 
ii u i , ] ., r . b n dollars lor the building and equipment ot a 
2anal have been reduced35 per cent. This will i • 11 
, , . , e 1 free High School in that city, 
it.tract a large trade from the Illinois and Mis- ‘7 . .. J 
issippi rivers to Chicago, and thence to the During the last Idly years the Episcopal 
Srie Canal. clergy in this country have increased in number 
' from about 200 to 1,700, and their communi- 
<$g 1 he British ship “ Three Bells,” Capt. cants from 10,000 to 103,000. 
heighten, which left New York on 22d Feb. 
.rrived at Glasgow, on March 10 th, thus making ,e ” ,n- T ,)S- y- Elliot, Anti-Nebraska 
he passage in 16 days—the quickest trip ever Whig, has been elected to Congress from the 
liad l e 1 First District of Massachusetts, to fill the vacan¬ 
cy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Scudder. 
rST* A boat containing three dead men was . T ,” .,, 
ound on the Lake shore, eight miles west ol ——Amos Blown, of Granville, N.'i., under- 
Jichigan City'. They' are supposed to have J°°k to cure uinKcll ol the halnt, (if chewing to¬ 
xic n fishermen from .Milwaukee, and died from >acco ’ lls,n o cloves as a substitute. The 
xnosure cloves produced convulsions, of which he died. 
of thc Southern States, valued at $15,000. The 
1 The Lutheran population in the world is 
owner cannot emancipate them where he lives, e 8 ti,„ a ted at 42,250,000, of which 25,000,000 are 
and must remove them to some other State to found in the land of Luther, 5,000,000 in Prus- 
effect this purpose. sia, 3,000,000 in Sweden, and 1,000,000 in the 
„ , , . ,, .. United States. 
In view of the uncertainties attending the ex¬ 
ecution of wills, in reference to slatfe property _ The tolls on the Illinois and Michigan 
. . 4 , ,. Canal have been reduced 35 per cent. This will 
and the liability of his slaves being scattered at- a n rac (; a ] a r g e trade from the Illinois and Alis- 
ter his death, he thus closes his appeal to Mr. gissippi rivers to Chicago, and thence to the 
Christy :—“ I abhor the thought, of their being Erie Canal. 
sold after my death. My reason for wishing to The British ship “ Three Bells,” Capt. 
emancipate now is, I don’t wish the devil to get Creighton, which left New York on 22d Feb. 
my soul, and the lawyers my money. Pity me, amved at G f a 8 g« w J on March l0U !’ thu f ,nakin g 
, , ■ , ", the passage in 16 days—the quickest trip ever 
for Jesus’s sake, and give me good counsel.— ma< i e . 
Your brother in Christ,” . , , ... , , 
5 *^ A boat containing three dead men was 
found on the Lake shore, eight miles west of 
Law Against the Use ok Cam phene. — The Michigan City. They' are supposed to have 
Albany State Register of the 1st instant, say s : been fishermen from Milwaukee, and died from 
“Mr. Clinton had unanimous permission to intro- exposure. 
duce to the Assembly yesterday, a bill • to pro- Lutheran nomilntion in the world is - 111C v,im ’ AJC S 1Biauire uavts aaoprea a res- 
hibit the use of camphcne spirit gtx ami all a t 42 250,000, if which 25,1)00,000 ire (,lutio1 . 1 ^l^sting the Legislature of Pennsyl- 
preparations ot alcohol or spirits ot turpentine, f d Jn ^ lan<1 of LutJier , 5,000,000 in Prus- vama to e J ia f 8ack » Wl11 u > 
lor the purposes of illumination in stages, omm- . 3 0()0 0()0 in iSwedeil> aud M , 0 0,000 in the rt® ® f * h « Unite( ® tates a ri S ht t( > P 1 ™ 
buses, railroad cars and steam boats.’ Any per- jjiiited States tliro’ that State unmolested. 
soil or persons, or incorporated company violat- 111 l ‘ c ’ a -The Detroit Daily Democrat of the 29th 
ing the provisions ot the act, to be deemed guilty (*".§?" Geo. W. Clinton and Isaac A. Verplank, say8; _«. To-day the types in our office will be 
of a misdemeanor; the act to take effect on the the unsuccessful candidates for Secretary of 8e (, by ] ady finders. "\y 0 experience no little 
first of May, 1854. The bill was referred to the State at the last election, were elected on the 4th gratification at initiating this movement into our 
Committee on Railroads.” • inst. as Judges of the Buffalo Superior Court. city.” 
-The Ohio Legislature have adopted a res¬ 
olution requesting the Legislature of Pennsyl¬ 
vania to enact such laws as will secure to the 
people of the United States a right to pass 
tnro’ that State unmolested. 
first of May, 1854. The bill was referred to i 
Committee on Railroads.” • 
iating this movement into our 
-During 1853 there were exported from 
Rome 664 works of art, valued at 1,359,000 
. "i ‘ ' ” . place on Monday last. The candidates for Gov- f,. nnf .e 
the governor would not of course re-nominate ernor were Henry Dutton, Whig, and Samuel liailCS \ n T ... . f . . 
him. Hence the passage of n law by which he Ingham, Democrat. In Rhode Island the State , “' 1 ^eg'slatore m convention, has select- 
can retain his office till next, winter, in the hopes election was held on Tuesday. Win. W. Poppin Jj’f p7ffi(/li7tTuVlioi7^’’ aS k Jl< ’ uperintendent 
that a Whig Governor mav be elected. Thus do was the Whig candidate, and Americus Vespu- ’ ‘ 7 U . C IU '!‘ „ TT 0 A ,, 
Vi . . ", . * . , , , . ciuis Potter the Democratic candidate for Cover- 1 he third regiment of 1 1 . S. Artillery are 
Politicians plan. Another is an act to designate uor to embark from New York before the 20th inst, 
a State Paper. This is for the benefit of the T he King of Siam has purchased, for the ^ California. 
Evening Journal; ami it provides 1 or the pay- Protestants residing at his capital, a spacious Ninian W. Edwards, of Springfield, has 
meat of thirty cents for every hundred words and convenient place of business, the want of Been appointed State Superintendent ot Public 
for the first insertion, of citations, necessarily which has long been felt as a great inconveil- Instruction in Illinois. 
published in the State paper, and twenty cents j el,ce - rj ;, lie P arti( f on whom this obligation lias —Prof. McCulloch, of N J.. has been elect- 
\ 1 . „ J . . been conferred, acknowledged his Majesty’s gen- ed Prolessor m Natural and Experimental Plii- 
for each subsequent insertion, bucli aaveitising erosby aTld k i Ildn ess in suitable terms. losophy, in Columbia College. 
A salute of one hundred guns was fired 
ol the last constitution, and plenty o papers Q cbec (; or 0 f New York, has been examined, set- in the New J or k Park, in honor of the veto of 
offer now to do it for nothing, and glad of the tied and closed at Washington, to the entire sat- Gov. Seymour on the Maine Law. 
chance. isfaction of the government. The amount re- Some fifteen or twenty men left Chicago 
state improvements. ceived by Air. Maxwell, during his term of office, last week, by the Rock Island Railroad, for Ne- 
A planter named Argudin failed at Ha- 
The State Superintendent of Common 'ima lately. His indebtedness is said to exceed 
Schools in Louisiana recommends that two out a million and a hall of dollars. 
HiSF* The ship Star of the West, at Boston ' * l,r minder on I rid ay last, in Buffalo, 
un Liverpool, reports large quantities of field j --About 2,000 persons, men, women and 
It provides for the raising of $70,000. The laws from Liverpool, reports large quantities of field 7 -About 2,000 persons, men, women and 
e ... , 1 ; . , . . > „(• ice in the Atlantic. On the 10th of March, in children, says the Post, left New York on Wed- 
°f Kingston are consol,dated. Also those ot lat . 43 20> i on . 49 15 , she passed close to several nesday of hist week, for California. 
Hudson. -Salem is authorized to boiTow $ . sma n icebergs, from ten to twenty feet above -The Board of Education of Cleveland, O, 
New York city has power to raise $. 1 , 000,000 the water. have resolved to pay female teachers as follows: 
by tax for the expenses of the ensuing year.— The Sunday School children of the 1 st. grade, $300 per annum; 2d, $275; 3d, $250. 
The trustees of Lockport are further empowered Methodist Episcopal Church, in Philadelphia -A proposition to abolish corporeal punish- 
to act No railroads can be laid down in any city and county, have had prepared and sent, on ment in the schools of New York, is being con- 
city hereafter, w ithout consent of a majority of *» Washington a beautiful block of marble, sui- sidcred by the Board of Education of that city, 
nersons residing in the street through which ‘i ’ L““ ■ Waslai.-gton Nat.onal J 1 ). Holbrook, late City Treasurer of 
Monument. Williamsburg, has been arrested on a charge of 
The ceremony of breaking ground on the umbezzling city funds to amount of about $135,- 
Grand Trunk Canada Railroad, took place at u G 
renewed and improved; and their stage routes Kingston, on Saturday week. The British Whig -Lake navigation isopen to Dunkirk.— 
are regulated. says :—“ A fair young lady removed the first j The propeller G. R. Taylor, has arrived with 4,- 
the country. sod, and the contractor bought half a dozen barrels j 990 bbls. Hour, and three more propellers will 
soon be in. 
^-A single lady died lately at St. Malo, 
France, worth four millions of francs, and leav¬ 
ing twenty-two wills for the judicial authorities to 
Sir James Wylie, for so long a time the j gj 0 average of # 7U P cr Lo gshead, equal to 
chief physician at the Russian Court, has just I * ’ * 
died at St. Petersburgh. He is reported to have . " e Spanish war steamer Pizarro, which 
bequeathed the entire of his very large fortune, hgm'cd conspicuously in chasing the Lopez ox- 
to the Emperor of Russia. Sir James Wylie pcdition, was wrecked on the coast of Cuba re- 
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