MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YOR KER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
. I ^ ” MpnstoBr^ToiiBon Come Ag ai n .” 
asinine theory, and re-commenced “disclosing 
_. the disclosures.” In starting on his present 
ROCHESTER, APRIL 22, 1854. tour, the “Professor” probably imagined that 
the people of Western New A ork and the West 
SPECIAL NOTICES. pad forgotten, in one short year, the exposure ot 
IF A new quarter commenced April 8 —a good time b ; g most silly, yet knavish humbug, in the Ru- 
r new single and club subscriptions to begin ; and the re- RAJ and ofcber j ourna ] s< 
teal of expiring subscriptions is now in order. ' . , , , , 
* ^ „„ After a S roat flourish of trumpets, he lectured 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
fur new single and club subscriptions to begin; and there- , RAR &r( j ot ] ler j ourna l a . 
newul of expiring• subscriptions is now in order. ’ , , , , 
^ • . ... . After a great flourish of trumpets, he lectured 
P Additions to Clubs are still in order. If back num- D , . . .. 
bers are not wanted, we will send from 1st March or April a few da Y s Sllice 1,1 Canandaigua, in order to 
to end of year for $1 —and count on premium. “ prevent his discoveries from being lost to com* 
JPF” During the season of navigation we can send the niunity at large by his death” an event not 
Rural to Canada West free of American postage, and hence likely to occur from brain fever ! Realizing the 
will furnish clubs for six months from date at lowest rates. yast importance of the subject, and resolved to 
Z3T Clubs for Six or nine months from this dale at same rcscue f rom threatened oblivion, the only true 
proportional rales as for full year-and premiums allowed. know]edge and wisdom of tbe age, t he citizens 
Sir#" Pack numbers of the present volume furnished if q{ Canandai and Ontario county—with a 
desired, or subscriptions may commence at any lime. ° . . . 
.... philanthropy and selt - sacrificing patriotism , 
Our Large Premiums, for subscribers obtained eminently worthy the noble cause and auspi- 
previous to 15th inst, will be announced next cioils occasion-congregated to the astonishing 
week. Our liberal offers of Specific Premiums num ber ot *1 I\ E ! A;tei this let it not be 
are continued until 1st of July ensuing—of which sa * d ^hat Genius, lalent. Wisdom, and Oiatory 
agents, subscribers, and all who wish to aid the | (quite surpassing the feeble efforts of Demos- 
Rural, and benefit themselves, will please take thenes, and our modern worthies,) are not appi e- 
cognizance. Thanks to the numerous friends ciafced, even in the benighted regions of W est- 
who are continuing their efforts—and the new ern New A ork. 
ones who are forming clubs—in support of the The celebrated “Professor” seemed satisfied 
jpj.jj VI with snch a hearty and unanimous reception, and 
-♦ » ♦ « t ---soon left for a distant, yet we think scarcely 
Declaration of War. more promising, field of missionary labor. Pie 
is “ disclosing” bis wonderful tidings to the 
The long looked for crisis lias come at last.— . , , ,, - 
cognizance. Thames to tne numerous irienas 1,1 
who are continuing their efforts—and the new ern New A ork. 
ones who are forming clubs—in support of the The celebrated “Professor” seemed satisfied 
p rl , VI with snch a hearty and unanimous reception, and 
-♦ » ♦ « t ---soon left for a distant, yet we think scarcely 
Declaration of War. more promising, field of missionary labor. Pie 
is “ disclosing” bis wonderful tidings to the 
The long looked for crisis has come at last.- ignorant beatben of Michigan, Illinois, and 
The arrival of the steamers on the 14tli, an- W isconsin-to whom we commend him as a fel- 
nounced the fact that the last faint hope of a w of pecdiar merit They should not be so 
reconciliation between tbe great powers of Eu- unciyil M to a(jain him for „ obtaining 
rope is at an end. The Queen of England has m under false pre tences”-but remember 
thrown herself and her cause upon the army ^ ^ men> from Galileo down even as 
and navy of the empire, and an offic.al declara- Jow ;uy fche p rofessor „ baye been benefited by 
tion of war has been publicly promulgated, and ecution> Neither sbou ld bis ra iment be 
the hostile fleets will undoubtedly ere long be composed of tar and f ea tbcrs. In short, do not 
brought into collision. Sii Charles Napier is in , destroy ^p e „ oose that promises golden eggs to 
the Baltic, and troops are also moving from En¬ 
gland and France towards the East. 
More than fifty thousand Russians are report¬ 
ed to have crossed the Danube and invaded the 
Turkish territory. Two thousand Russians are 
destroy the goose that promises golden eggs to 
every one who pays only a dollar for the same, 
verbally delivered, or two dollars in pamphlet — 
when a hundred thousand subscribers are ob¬ 
tained ! (We hope to have the pleasure of an- 
nouncing soon, a tux> shilling edition of the “ dis- 
reported to have been killed by the Turkish closures „_ and exposures-with a portrait of 
cannon, while the former were attempting to ^ „ Professor „ in the act of addressing the 
cross a bridge leading to tbe south side of the immenge audience wbich reC ently greeted him 
Danube ; but no other battles are announced. r( . Gananda j rua t\ 
The present position of the European powers * j^MuSn, we request the attention of our 
demonstrates the utter futility of contracts and numen)ug readers in the West to the « first rate 
treaties to restrain nations, when their interests . j „ r > * ,, i i • 
; , . . . notice” of the celebrated “Professor ,, and his 
or their ambition run counter to each other.— , „ , - . 3 
__ _ _ __ wonderful discovery, given on our second page. 
Forty years ago all the rest of Europe was ar- ^ , fc be ^ anJ ^red b tbe d , and 
rayed side by side in hostility to Prance. I he .. , , . .... , . . _••_ 
rayed side by side in hostility to P’rance. The 
Englishman, the Russian, the Prussian, and the 
Austrian stood shoulder to shoulder in the ter¬ 
rible struggle which ended only with the down- 
its truths be instilled into the minds of the rising 
generation. Editors will do the “discovery” 
and the “ Professor” ample justice, and benefit 
community, by giving the statement publicity. 
fall of Napoleon. They would then have It was pubbfibed in t be . Auburn Daily Advertiser ! 
sworn eternal fidelity to ear.h and eternal a xitlJs© over a year ago—soon after which the ! 
hostility to France and then broken the vow at „ Professor „ rayster iously disappeared. We 
first convenient oppoitumty. ow t ie ni c is bave carefully preserved this unequivocal testi- 
and the Frenchman join hands, and fraternize monial (ainong raaiiy otbers of bke iluport)) aud 
like twin brothers nourished at the same breast, nQW egent h ^ eminently timely . 
and Russia is the sworn and deadly enemy of _ _ _ 
both. The Christian world have fondly, but il- Missxng SxEAMER.-The steamer City of Glas- 
lusively, hoped that with the fall ot N apoleon g()W left L i verp00 l for Philadelphia on the first 
an era of peace and good will among the na- of Marcb> since wbicb time nothing has been 
tions was to be ushered in, but the prospect now heard of ber Great anxiety is felt on her ac- 
is, that Europe is about to plunge into a scene of c()un ^ as sbe bas now been nearly fifty days at 
strife, and confusion, the like of which has never ^ She hag R large number 0 f passengers on 
yet been seen. ^ _ board, and a very valuable freight, and it is pos¬ 
ts • v n ™ sible she may have broken some portion of her 
Spring ha s Co me Again. machinerJ . bcc „ „ Migod t „ put back, as ™ 
Spring came in, both on the calendar and in the case with the Atlantic in 1851. The joyful 
the heavens, on the first of March ; and the air intelligence of the Atlantic’s safety did not reach 
was for a couple of weeks as balmy and mild as New York until after the lapse of forty-nine 
is usual on tbe first of May. The blue-bird days. “So mote it be” with tbe Glasgow. 
chirped, and the robin warbled for a few brief ----- 
days in all the joyousness of returned wander- Dogs in Peril. —“No dog shall be permitted to 
ers, but very soon the icy dullness of the previ- run at large in any of the streets, squares, lanes, 
ous months returned again, and all things as- alleys, or other public places in this city,” Ac., 
sumed the aspect of winter. Ac., is posted up at the corner of the streets in 
For several weeks past we have experienced a this city ; and a quarter of a dollar (whether a 
succession of snow storms and freezes, which shin-plaster or otherwise, is not stated,) is offer- 
verified the truth of the expression, ed for dogs’ heads, delivered at the hay market. 
“ Winter lingering in the lap of spring.” That is more money than ninety-nine out of 
Now however, there is a reasonable prospect that every hundred dogs are worth alive, and with 
spring will assert its reasonable and just rights. p le bod y attached to the head. Why a man 
The sun on Tuesday morning rose in all its wb;b a dozen half starved children upon his 
cloudless glory, and very soon the vestiges of ban( ls, desires to have an equal number of yelp- 
winter in the shape of snow banks, and ice, b) g cur8 attached to the household, it is impossi- 
hastened to hide themselves in the gutters.— b j e ^- 0 CO nceive. Hydrophobia will be number- 
They ran in great haste down the declivities, e d among the extinct scourges of humanity only 
pursued by the stray and wandering sunbeams, wben dogs are exterminated, and not before; 
and it is to be hoped they will not cease run- an d jt jg for the purpose of removing this terri- 
ning until they find a resting place in the bosom b j e evd that our city fathers have come to the 
of the sea. resolution to enforce the above ordinance. 
Canal Navigation. —The canals of this state, 
it appears by a notice from the Commissioners, 
are to be opened for navigation on the first of 
May. Judging from the activity of boat build¬ 
ers and others whose interests are connected with 
the forwarding business, there will be an im¬ 
mense amount of freighting done during the 
season. The foreign demand for American 
breadstuff's, most of which are in store at the 
West, awaiting transit, will not fail to enhance 
the amount of our canal revenues, and thereby 
benefit the state. 
Railroad Accident. —About twelve o’clock 
on Saturday night last, a train of cars on the 
Central road, bound east from Buffalo, when 
within fifteen miles of this city, came in contact 
with a cow, by which the last car of the train 
was thrown down an embankment some 5 or 6 
feet high. Fifteen of the passengers were more 
or less injured ; some of them, it is feared, fatally. 
The team was running at the rate of thirty-five 
miles an hour, and it is almost miraculous that 
none of the passengers were killed, as the .car 
was crushed to pieces, by the concussion. 
Pistols and Coffee. —Two New Atork coun- 
cilmen. Wild and Seely, quarreled in the coun¬ 
cil at one of its meetings last week, and the lat¬ 
ter received a challenge from the former to mor¬ 
tal combat, which challenge was accepted. The 
fight has not yet come off, it is believed, and the 
police are in search of the belligerents. 
It is a slate prison offence in this state for a 
man either to give or accept a challenge ; and if, 
is to be hoped these chivalrous characters will 
get their dues and do the state some service at 
Sing Sing. A pair of “ striped trowsers” would 
much bettor become such men than robes of 
office. 
P. S. The New A r ork papers of later dates state 
that the difficulty is settled, and intimate that 
the parties got up the fracas to serve the pur¬ 
pose of a humbug advertisement of themselves 
and their business. One of them keeps a porter 
house and the other manufactures candy. 
jgg" Songs, ridiculing Nicholas and all the 
Russians, sanctioned by tbe Minister of the In¬ 
terior, are all the rage in the streets of Paris 
just now. 
Our Albany Correspondence. 
Albany, April 17, 1854. 
The Legislature has adjourned, and they will 
j have the thanks of every body in general, and 
reporters in particular. For the past few days, 
i they spent about eighteen hours a day. Bill af¬ 
ter bill has been hurried through, and resolution 
piled upon resolution. It is a notorious fact 
that even this Legislature Lave done up about 
as much work since their hundred days were 
out, as they did before in a month. It is impos¬ 
sible to enumerate a tithe of the subjects legis¬ 
lated upon. It will take several days to be able 
to know what is done and what is undone. 
AWtof.s.—T he Governor having got his hand 
in, has kept at work in heading legislative ac¬ 
tion by vetoes. He lias returned at least half a 
dozen bills with his objections. One was tbe 
act to provide against executive removals, refer¬ 
red to in my last. The wise law-makers acqui¬ 
esced in all but one, which was to appoint a 
Commission to examine into the State Prison 
affairs of our commonwealth. His Excellency 
thinks that is a part of his business, and promi- 
i ses to keep the thing straight. But both branch- 
! es of the Legislature thought that he had failed 
i long enough, and they passed the bill, notwith¬ 
standing the veto, which is an unusual occur¬ 
rence. 
The Supply Bill. —The greatest item on the 
programme of the closing exercises of the Legisla¬ 
ture is the Sit] ply bill. This consists of odds 
and ends. Everything that is of doubtful char¬ 
acter goes into this bill. Old claimants for im¬ 
aginary extra services, those who have failed in 
every legitimate plan to get their hand into the 
treasury, make a desperate effort to be incor¬ 
porated in tlie Supply bill. The various officers 
and clerks of the Legislature are fully and pres- 
singly represented in the Supply bill. It is the 
“ omnibus” in which all are piled,good, bad and 
indifferent, and rushed through under the pres¬ 
sure of adjournment. It is a supply bill in more 
senses than one, for the “ dear people” will have 
to supply about $160,000 to pay for its appro¬ 
priations. 
The Close. —On Monday, at about 12 o’clock, 
tbe usual complimentary resolutions were passed 
to tbe presiding officers, aud the usual replies 
made, when the officers declared the Legislature 
adjourned Sine die. As many bills are yet in 
the hands of the Governor, and some time is re¬ 
quisite to condense matters properly for your 
columns, I will defer the other subjects till 
next week. *Owe.* 
Legislative Adjournment. —The Legislature 
adjourned sine die on Monday. It is wonderful 
how rapidly legislation progresses after the pay 
of the members is cut off by constitutional lim¬ 
itation. AVliile they were receiving three dol¬ 
lars a day, time was found to make excursions 
half a week at a time, pay going on of course ; 
htit the moment fIL, gt»ver'nnrcnt pap Is with¬ 
drawn from between their patriotic lips, the 
body Legislative collapses instanter. The pay 
of members wfls stopped on Saturday, in conse¬ 
quence of the time having expired during which 
they could draw their allowance, and on Mon¬ 
day a large number of bills were rushed through 
like a flock of frightened sheep through a fence 
gap; and then the members left the capital as 
if an avenging Nemesis was at their heels. 
Congressional Proceedings. 
April 10.— Senate. —Mr. Seward presented 
numerous petitions on the subject ot Slavery 
and the Nebraska Bill. 
Mr. Gwin spoke on the Pacific R. R. Bill, and 
the Senate then went into executive session. 
In the House, after the reference of Mr. Dean’s 
resolution to the Com. on Foreign Affairs, the 
House went into Com. on -the Appropriation 
Bill, and the discussion on the Nebraska bill 
was continued. 
April 11.—The House went into committee 
on the Appropriation Bill, when Mr. Collum, of 
Tenn., spoke on the Nebraska Bill, which lie 
denounced as a nefarious project, the work of 
politicians to strangle the legislation of the coun¬ 
try for their own personal aggrandizement. 
April 12.—Scnate.-the Chair presented a letter 
from Truman Smith of Conn., resigning his seat 
in the Senate, to take effect May 24th. 
Mr. Foot presented a resolution directing an 
inquiry by Com. on Commerce into the expedi¬ 
ency of making an appropriation for the pur¬ 
chase of a site and the erection of a Custom 
House at Burlington, Vt., Adopted. 
A bill providing for the transportation of mails 
on Railroads was rejxirted. 
House.—Mr. Columbia Lancaster, delegate 
from Washington Territory, was introduced in 
the House to-day and was sworn in. 
The bill empowering the P. M. General to 
contract for carrying the mail between New Or¬ 
leans and San Francisco, according to time, was 
taken up. 
Washington, April 13.—Senate.—Mr. Stewart 
reported back the House bill establishing a new 
land district in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, ; 
and it was passed. Senate adjourned until Mon¬ 
day. . 
House.—Ordered 2,000 additional copies of 
Lieut. Herndon’s and Gibbons’ report of the 
survey of Vaslieon River. 
Mr. Gray asked leave to present a resolution 
calling on the Postmaster General to furnish to ( 
the House copies of all rules adopted by him, 
which deny to the members of Corn, on Post | 
Office the right of going into the rooms during 
office hours and examining tlic public records ; 
and farther, that the Postmaster abolish all such 
regularities. Agreed to and referred to Com. on 1 
Post Office. 
April 14.—In the House, to-day, the bill to ‘ 
reduce price of public lands was ordered to be * 
engrossed for 3cl reading by a vote of 72 to 68. 
The House then went into Committee of the 1 
Whole on the Senate’s amendments to the West < 
Point Aeademy Bill, and after a brief discussion 1 
the Com. arose and the House adj. till Monday. 
jrgp John Ward, a soldier of the Revolution, ( 
residing in Johnsburgh, Warren county, N. A'., * 
attained the age of 100 years on the 15th day of 
May, 1853. He still enjoys good health. His , 
memory retains but little except Bible and Rev- j 
olutionary incidents. , 
Dtte faragntjiljs. 
SrST” In 1650, atrial took place in Connecticut 
under the section of the Blue Laws prohibiting 
kissing. The offenders were Sarah Tuttle anil 
Jacob Newlice. It appears that Sarah dropped 
her gloves and Jacob found them. When Sarah 
asked for them Jacob demanded a kiss for his 
paj r , and as the demand did not seem to Sarah 
extravagant,she adjusted it forthwith. The facts 
were clearly proved, and the parties were each 
fined twenty shillings. 
ggf“The Berkshire Courier, printed in Croat 
Barrington, says in reference to the weather, 
that on Saturday, April 1st, a young lad dis¬ 
covered something like a bird in a hole in an old 
tree. On making a more particular examination 
he found twenty-six blue-birds, who had prob¬ 
ably collected together there to keep themselves 
warm, frozen to death by the severe cold of the 
previous few days. 
According to the Galway Packet, the 
Celtic race is fast disappearing even in its west¬ 
ern stronghold. The editor has just completed 
a tour through Connaught and Joyce’s country, 
and for miles, he says, the traveler could not see 
a human habitation—all was utter desolation ; 
not a trace of farm cultivation, and in lieu of 
houses nothing remained but heaps of stones and 
unroofed gables. 
It is computed, on calculations furnished 
by the census returns, that 663,000 new houses 
have been built in tbe United States in the last 
six years, which, at an average of $1,000, would 
add $663,000,000 to the wealth of the country, 
to say nothing of the furniture necessary to the 
habit ations ; tbe shipping and railroads, however, 
would increase this amount to over $1,000,000,- 
000 . 
Flie Illinois Central Railroad Company 
have contracted with Jas. Sumpter <fc Co., of 
Montgomery county, Ohio, for hedging with 
osage orange, one hundred miles of the Illinois 
Central Railway. 'Flic contract commences fifty 
miles south of Chicago near tbe Kankakee river. 
These two hedges, each one hundred miles long, 
will require about two millions of osage plants. 
The deepest hole for mining purposes yet 
dug in California is in Trinity county. It is 700 
feet deep, and the bed rock has not been reach¬ 
ed. Gold has been found all the way down, in 
the boulders, which bad to be cut. through in tbe 
course. The work was commenced in 1841, and 
has been aided by subscriptions and other aid 
from the miners of the vicinity. 
The use of grapes as an article of food 
is much recommended in cases of consumption. 
They contain a large quantity of grape sugar, 
the kind which most nearly resembles milk su¬ 
gar in its character and composition, which is 
also useful for consumptives, it having a great 
attraction for oxygen, and readily affording ma¬ 
terial for respiration. 
j£g”The National Intelligencer publishes a 
letter from Col. Fremont to Col. Benton. He 
makes no mention of the loss of but one man.— 
He says he has had reasonable success in the 
object of his expedition, and that his explorat ions 
thus far have been decidedly favorable to the 
central route for the Pacific Railroad. 
jgp” From Western Virginia, it is said, that 
the promise of fruit next fall is yet good. In 
many parts of Kentucky, as in Ohio and Indiana, 
the early peaches have been impaired or cut off, 
but yet there is reason to believe that there may 
l>o poaohen mid apples enough in tlicco di-triclfi 
for all ordinary purposes. 
At a meeting of the Board of Managers, 
of the American Bible Society on Thursday last, 
a letter was read from Rev. Dr. King, of Greece, 
in regard to printing 10,000 Testaments in 
Athens, and stating that the Testament is now 
permitted to be read in all tbe common schools 
in that country. 
The Pennsylvania Legislature is consid¬ 
ering a proposition to sell their Public Works,-— 
The reasons in favor of the proposition are alike 
conclusive and startling. The expense of repairs, 
management, <tc., of the Main Line, last year, 
exceeded the Revenue by tbe sum of $316,015. 
Jglp It is reported that rich gold diggings have 
been found in tlie Calapavya mountains, near the 
Williamette. If the reports of the extent and 
richness of these mines ue correct, they will have 
a great influence in Oregon, being near tlie cen¬ 
tre of tbe settled portion of the country. 
The Steam Marine of England is a sub¬ 
lime feature in the great ness and power of a Na¬ 
tion. She has 250 Ocean Steamers, each one of 
which is capable of transporting from 500 to ],- 
000 Troops to any point connected with tlie 
present theatre of War, in ten days. 
j*-gp The Syracuse Standard says Miss Chase, 
aged 16, was terribly and probably fatally 
burned near that city the other day, while boil¬ 
ing some spruce gum. The bottom of the kettle 
melted out, and the gum took fire, enveloping 
the girl in flames. 
It is stated that a new plan for a Pacific 
Railroad is to be submitted to tbe Southern Com¬ 
mercial Convention. Its estimated cost is $65,- 
000,000 ; the stock to be subscribed by the 
southern states ; and the right of way to be pur¬ 
chased of Mexico. 
Navigation on the lakes may now be 
considered as fairly open for tlie season. The 
ice which is dissolving fast, has been driven up 
lake Erie, and it will probably not return to 
prevent vesseLs entering or departing from Buf¬ 
falo. 
The following advertisement is from a 
California paper in the interior of the State, the 
Empire County Argus :—“ Sons ok N kw Eng¬ 
land ! Two barrels of your Native rum on tap, 
and for sale at the Brick Storel” 
A large number of mail contractors and 
agents are at Washington, awaiting the mail let¬ 
tings for the southern aud western states. The 
lettings are the largest ever held, and much in¬ 
terest is attached from that fact. 
Jflf" Friday liust the Legislature adjourned 
to meet, at 7 o’clock Monday evening. Upon 
the roll call, at the time appointed, there were 
but ten members in the Senate, and twenty-nine 
in the House. 
23p“A despatch received from the State Depart¬ 
ment, states Washington, confirms the statement 
England lias secured to citizens of the United 
States the rights of neutrals during the coining 
struggle. 
James Brewster, Esq., of New Haven, 
has generously offered to defray the expense of 
erecting a new Orphan Asylum in that city, pro¬ 
vided the city will furnish a lot on which to erect it. 
The Washington Star says : Colonel Colt 
will realize a stupendous fortune out of the east¬ 
ern war. The Russians, English anil French of¬ 
ficers will be armed mostly with his revolvers. 
It is stated that the business on the Can¬ 
ada Great Western Road is so large that a double 
track from Niagara to London is needed, and 
will be immediately put under contract. 
-Mr. Thomas Francis Meagher is lecturing 
at New Orleans. 
-There are 8,473 females and 4,507 males 
employed in Lowell mills. 
-The area of all the States of Europe is 
given at 3,634,832 square miles. 
-Franconi’s Hippodrome is to be trans¬ 
ferred from New York to Washington. 
-Immense quantities of railroad iron are 
waiting at Albany for shipment westward. 
-Several sail vessels from Tonawanda have 
passed up the Niagara River, which is clear of 
ice. 
-Cen. Twiggs lias removed from New 
Orleans anil established his head-quarters at St. 
Louis. 
-In the year 1800, there were 413 Quaker 
meeting-houses in England. There arc now 
but 317. 
-000 bags of coffee from bark Francis 
Watts, sunk at the mouth of the Mississippi, have 
been saved. 
-A company has been organized in St. 
Louis for the manufacture of lubricating oil from 
vegetables. 
-The whole cost of the St. Nicholas Hotel, 
New A'ork, including the ground, foots up about 
$2,005,172 ! 
-Thackeray is at Naples, whence lie semis 
to England his monthly instalments of the 
“ Newcomes.” 
-The Odd Fellows of Covington, Ky., are 
about erecting a magnificent ball in that city at 
a cost ol $75,000. 
-An order for twenty millions of oysters 
has been given by English dealers to the fish¬ 
ermen of Granville. 
-The Toledo Blade estimates the Indian 
corn to be shipped from Toledo the coming sea¬ 
son at 6,000,000 bushels. 
-Lieut, John Reed, a soldier of the Revo¬ 
lution, died at Bluffton, la., on tlie 4th inst, in 
the 90th year of his age. 
-Tlie Buffalo and Brantford Railway is 
now finished to Baris, where it connects with 
tlie Great Western Railway. 
-An Irish woman (name unknown) was 
killed by lightning Ap. 9, while walking upon 
the railroad near Springfield, Mass. 
-Mrs. Dougla3>who was imprisoned at Nor¬ 
folk for teaching colored children, has been dis¬ 
charged after serving out her term. 
-The first charter election in the city of 
Poughkeepsie took place on last week Tuesday, 
and tlie whig ticket was successful. 
-The town agency of Rutland, (Vt.,) sold 
$3,000 worth of liquor in ten months-, all for 
“ medicine.” What an unhealthy place ! 
-It is reported at Washington, that Eng¬ 
land has notified our Government that her fleets 
will blockade all tbe Russian ports in the Pacific, 
-Mrs. Stowe, it is said, has made a dona¬ 
tion of $1,000 in aid of a school established at 
Washington for tlie education of colored children. 
-Tlie Journal de Quebec says tbe Gov¬ 
ernment are going to apply to Parliament for 
£70,000 for the support of a Provincial army 
-A case has been lately decided in New 
York, which establishes the principle that in¬ 
surers are not liable for goods stolen during a 
fire. 
-James Hoar, aged 20 years, died of hy¬ 
drophobia at Boston on Wednesday week, he 
having been bitten by a rabid dog two months 
since. 
-At Salt Lake City on tbe 6th of January 
the mercury was one degree below zero, at 6 
o’clock a. m., and on the 10th, 30 degrees above 
zero. 
-The National Intelligencer publishes 
Truman Smith’s announcement of his intended 
resignation as Senator from Conn., to take effect 
May 24th. 
-The acres of canal boats and barges which 
have wintered in the Atlantic Dock Basin, N. Y., 
begin to move about and to prepare for the sum¬ 
mer traffic. 
-The Queen of the French stage, Madame 
Rachel, is said to be about to abd cate the sove¬ 
reignty of the stage, to become t e wife of a Rus¬ 
sian Prince. 
-The contributions to the Washington Na¬ 
tional Monument Fund during March amounted 
to but $738,67 ; the expenditures for the same 
time to $2,980,72. 
-The Philadelphia Ledger is now printed 
on paper made principally from straw. Much 
cheaper, though not quite as good looking as 
that made from rags. 
-The mail party which left Fort Laramie 
for Salt Lake City, January last, have not been 
heard of. Fears are entertained that they have 
perished in the snow. 
-The Republic of Venezuela, on the re¬ 
commendation of President Monagas, has abol¬ 
ished Slavery, the Government paying a fair 
value for the Slaves. 
-In New Hampshire, in the lake and 
mountain region, there is from two to three feet 
of snow on a level in the fitdds and woods, and 
the sleighing is good. 
-Colt’s Navy Pistols are jn great demand 
abroad. The British Government has ordered 
5,000 for the Baltic fleet—with a notification 
that more will be wanted. 
-The last annual report of the State Lu¬ 
natic Asylum, shows that during the year 1853, 
there wire fourteen admissions from the ef¬ 
fects of spiritual rapping. 
-The mill dam at Beckett, on the West- 
field river, Mass., broke away on Friday week, 
and the water swept away everything in its 
course, doing great damage. 
-The public prosecutor of Stockholm lues 
commenced the prosecution of seven women in 
that city, for having abandoned tlie Lutheran 
faith, and embraced that of Rome. 
-The N. Y. Tribune says tl at Hon. Thom¬ 
as F. Marshall, Ivy., who made such a sensation 
twelve years ago as a temperance lecturer, has 
again become a sottish drunkard. 
-Prof. Agassiz, in a recent lecture before 
tlie Lowell Institute, in Boston, stated his belief 
that the human race existed on the globe a ban¬ 
died and fifty thousand years ago. 
- AV e regret to learn, says the Boston Trans¬ 
cript, that Rev. Edward '1'. Taylor, tlie well- 
known seamen’s preacher, is lying dangerously 
ill at his residence, No. 1, Prince st. 
-Gerrit Smith announces that Dr. Beau¬ 
mont of Ohio has manumitted a family of slaves 
which he owned, and which lived in Washing¬ 
ton. Mr. S. had the pleasure of presenting them 
with the deed of manumission. 
