MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YOB KER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
Con ? re - ss i OIial - 
_ May 15 .—Senate.—A discussion took place 
to-day on a resolution concerning religious tol- 
eration> introduced by Gen. Cass. Reference 
was made to an alleged declaration published 
_ ____in the Shepherd of the I alley, a Catholic papei 
ROCHESTER. MAY 27, 7854 " of St. Louis, in which it w» stated «-» » «• 
't „ '% s' /■'.. /■ ,-\ '> '% /-'/■' « Catholics gained the ascendancy in the L mica 
SPECIAL NOTICES. States, religious toleration would be at, an end. 
A new quarter commenced April 8,— a good time Gen. Cass took a prominent part in the debate, 
Letter From a Farmer-Clergyman. 
Though not more complimentary than scores 
of letters received of late from men of various 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
fur ncip single and club subscriptions to begin ; and Ike re- 
vernal of expiring subscriptions is now in order. 
XfW Additions to Clubs are still in order. If back num¬ 
bers arc not wanted, we will send from 1st March or April 
to end of year for $l—and count on premium. 
and denounced the sentiment. 
On Tuesday, Mr. Mallory offered a resolu¬ 
tion declaring that the recent acts of the Cuban 
authorities clearly show a design to throw Cuba 
Luring the season of navigation we can send the into the hands of the Atlican pupil a U il, ail 
Rural to Canada West free of American postage, and hence event detrimental to the U nited States, Ac. 
will furnish clubs for six months from date at lowest rates. The y etoe d Insane Land bill was then taken 
O 5 ” Pack numbers of the present volume furnished if aTU | y r _ BUTLER spoke in support of the veto 
desired, or subscriptions may commence at any lime. ^ T j, e bdl giving tbe p ort Huron and Erie Rail- 
.. ” .. " ' road Company the right of way through the 
To Correspondents. Military Reservation, was, on motion, taken up, 
Though negligent in acknowledging the favors read a third time, and passed on Wednesday, 
of Correspondents we assure those who have On Thursday, the resolutions previously in- 
contributed to the Rural for years—and many troduced by Senator Mallory, with reference 
more recently initiated—that their contributions to movements now going on in Cuba, were on 
are not the less acceptable. We are under par- motion taken up. They were then modified, 
ticular obligations to those who have written making them simply resolutions of inquiry, and 
for the Practical departments, and solicit facts, adopted. The President's veto of the Insane 
suggestions, results of experiments, Ac., from all Laud bill was again taken up. 
disposed to “teach one-another.” Our Agri- Q n Friday, Mr. Cooper laid on the table a 
cultural, Horticultural, Scientific and Education- substitute for the bill suspending duties on Rail- 
al, friends will please consider themselves invi- roa( j j r on. 
ted, especially and individually to aid us in y resolution offered by Mr. Slidell was 
endeavoring to render the Rural worthy the a dopted, directing the Committee on Commerce 
wide circulation and extensive support it has to Squire into the propriety of making suitable 
attained. acknowledgments to the Captain and crew ot 
Those who furnish articles for the Literary the steamer Washington, for rescuing the passen- 
and Miscellaneous departments—and especially (TCJ . S from tbe gb j p Winchester, after which the 
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sucli as write thoughtfully and cniofully, and of t donate adjourned to Monday, 
course intelligibly — must exercise patience in House.— The intense excitement of the previ- 
regard to their productions. The articles of our ^ 1))d fair to bc renewed on Monday, but 
Assistants and regular Contributors are first in ^ Bichardson withdrew his motion for the 
order, and we are often obliged to defer for , ioug question to close the debate on the 
weeks or months, the favors of occasional cor- Nebraska b ill, and moved as a substitute that 
respondents. Many articles of merit, we are tbe debate bc closed on Saturday ; and on this 
obliged to omit altogether, on account of their ^ be demanded the pro 
obliged to omit altogether, on account of their mot [ 011 be demanded the previous question.— 
length, lack of appropriateness, or the labor of The niotioI1 was carried, and the debate eon- 
preparing them for publication. Indeed we re- t j nued through the week. At the close of the 
ceive such a quantity and variety of matter that gegg j on on Saturday several amendments were 
it would be impossible to publish, in our limited nu>vc d and rejected, and the Committee, witli- 
space,all that would otherwise prove acceptable i out com ing to a vote on tlic main question, ad- 
—to say nothing of the numerous unintelligible j j ourne d over until Monday, 
effusions, in prose and verse, and neither, which __ t . ^ »- 
it is most difficult to decipher, and would be Matt F Ward 
uncharitable to give publicity. _ 
Articles are not urifrequently received, accom- This notorious individual publishes a card in 
panied with requests to publish as a favor to the Hie p~ cw Orleans Delta, addressed to the editors 
writer, because he is a subscriber, Ac., — while 0 f the United States, asking a suspension ot 
some demand this as a right. Those interested opinion upon the results of the late trial until 
are assured that we recognise no such obligation, after the notes of Mr. A. D. Richardson, a short 
Should we accede to similar requests and dc- ban d reporter, shall have been published by the 
mands, the Rural would probably soon abound Arri.ETOXS. 
in foolish, personal, axe-grinding articles, inter- Mr. Richardson was employed by the Wards 
esting to a few, only, of its tens of thousands of to report the proceedings, and so far as the re¬ 
readers. But while we ignore the demand of a p or t goes, it is without doubt correct, as it is 
subscriber who wishes us to oblige him (though authenticated by the Clerk ot the Court; but it 
we thereby dA-oblige twenty thousand who mus f be observed that the work is intended for 
possess equal claims upon our pages,) there are an cx p ar t c statement, since the whole of the 
many cases in which it would afford us pleasure speeches for the defence, viz., those of Mar- 
to comply could we do so consistently. Those SIIALL> Helm, Wolfe and Crittenden are given, 
who send us obituary notices, poetry on the and only one for the prosecution, Mr. Allen’s. — 
death of friends, Ac., and other matters of lim- The argument of Mr. Carpenter, who was the 
i ed local or personal interest, are reminded that i ca ding Counsel for the State, Is wholly sup- 
their county papers are the most appropriate pressed, as are also those of Messrs. Harris and 
f r ,1 1 1 * 4 ’ . 1 TV 1 • _ C 0 vnrmvf 
mediums for their publication. 
Gibson. For the publication of such a report. 
Anonymous articles receive little attention, does Matt. Ward ask for a suspension oi public 
and are often inserted — in the stove — unread, opinion, but the press with almost entire unani- 
If you wish to obtain a hearing through the mity utter an indignant refusal. 
Rural, give ns real name, though it may be - - ♦ ■ 1 
withheld from the public. We cannot under- Steamboat Casualty. —On Thursday of last 
take to return manuscript of rejected articles’ week, the steamer Pike, on her passage from St. 
though we generally do so if a request accom- Louis to Louisville, struck a snag and immedi- 
pauies the same. ately sunk to the hurricane deck. 1 here were 
-- ‘ ♦ 1 "* about 180 passengers on board, and most of 
Passage of the Nebraska Bill. whom were asleep in their berths at the time of 
- the accident The loss of life is variously esti- 
A telegraph despatch from Washington, May mate d j gome making it fifteen, while others es- 
23d, announces that the Nebraska bill finally timate it as high as thirty or forty. Most of the 
passed the House of Representatives on Monday cab - n passengers escaped, as their berths are 
night at l\% o’clock, by a vote of 113 to 100, aboye deck, while the second class passengers 
amid a scene of great excitement and confusion. ^ ere many G f tbem lost. The officers of the boat 
Mr. Richardson, the leader of the Nebraska arg repregente d to have acted with great cool- 
mcn in the House, immediately moved a re- negg &nd bravery, the engineer standing at his 
consideration, and then moved to lay that mo- until the water was up to Ids neck. 
tion on the table, which was forthwith done. __ t - 
This movement on the part ot Mr. Richardson, q oal Mine Explosion. — A coal mine near 
was for the purpose of making the action of the Richmond ‘ Va , G25 feet deep, exploded May 
House final, and thus giving an effectual clincher inVHlvin _ a gad log8 of human life. There 
to the bilL 
South will gain nothing by the venture. On 
the morning the telegraph announced in Roch¬ 
ester the passage of the bill, a train of twenty 
fteta )hra Graphs. _ 
A colored man while plowing on the 
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House final, and thus giving an effectual ciincner ^ inyolving a gad logg of human life. There 
to the bi!L . .. ,... ., were employed in the mine some twenty min- 
Tke favorable feature in the bill (for there ^ men and bo ys, but one () f whom escaped 
is one favorable feature) is that the Clayton alive> and he g0 tcrrib ly burned and bruised that 
amendment in the Senate has been stricken out. t gurviye . The scene is represented as 
This amendment precluded foreigners settling distress of the wives 
most lamentable, and the distress of the wives 
ffrtos §wbife. 
-A lady was killed by lightning during a 
of letters received oi iaie non. me.. 1,1 ,a “" uo f ar ^f 0 f‘Mi\H'Hulstcr, about a mile from Rich- late thunderstorm at Washington. 
occupations and professions, we publish the moIK j, Va., struck an old iron pot containing a -An annuity of £100 a year, has been 
following because it alludes to features of the a nuinb er of Mexican dollars, amounting, it is collected for the benefit of the Madiai. 
Rural which we have endeavored to make said, to $150 or $100. r l he deposite ot this -About one thousand persons arc killed 
prominent from its commencement. The source treasure was said to have been made by an o d annua] ] y j,, the mines of Great Britain. 
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and weight in our estimation, the son ot a lgl6> ’ J / f 
Farmer-Clergyman, naturally possess a liigE Mesprs. TV riglit,, of Birmingham, Ensland. “ 
appreciation of the merits of a class who, by have recently patented a rope, constructed of ser - wua fonn 
both precept and example, arc prominent and !!mn v! tAcU^H, 1 fVvur^u\\V ; L --A movement is on foot for the erection 
influential advocates and exponents ot no- ])alf in c bes in circumference, was found on trial of a statue, m F>dmburgh, to the memory of 
gress and Improvement”—Moral, Mental and ca p a ble of drawing three hundred tons weight, Professor Wilson. 
Physical. And the fact that this enterprise has w hich required two engines to propel it, -So great is the demand for substitutes in 
received the approval and cordial support of jrgrOn Monday afternoon of last week, du- the French army, that the price ranges irom 1,- 
received the approval and cordial support of arST On Monday afternoon of last week, du- the French srmy, that the price ranges from 1,- 
hundreds of Clergymen throughout the land, ring a heavy rain and thunder storm on Long 000 to 4,o00 francs. _ _ 
, 'J , . , . v- Island, flair laboring men, at work at the clay -A Convention of the surviving soldiers of 
proves that our efforts to furnish a good banks at Glen Cove, were struck by lightning, the war of 1812, will be held in Syracuse on the 
ruRE, as well as eminently useful Journal, ha\e ai)d p,.United. One of the men, it was feared 20th of June next. 
not been unsuccessful. But to the letter : ( ,i, Monday evening, would not recover irom -qq ie p rce Church Society in Cazenovia 
Cand r a, N. H., 12th April, 1854. the shock. have invited the Rev. Miss Antoinette L. Brown 
Mr Moore —Mn Dear Sir: Your papers At Spring Creek, on the Illinois Central to become their pastor. 
. , _ * i _ 1 K (too mnn. Put an. n. 0(1 .11) /N„ 0,1. A„^:l « of 
ester the passage oi tne diu, a train oi twenty - . , , 
, , o,, , , , slavery propagandists, and promises to put a curb 
cars, all densely filled with emigrants, passed J 1 * 65 , , , f _ 
can nu uei.sty 8 . bit in the black horse’s mouth even before he 
throucrh our city, drawn by two locomotives, on Q . ,„i 1/ i r i, TO 
tiuougu uu J J .I., getsfairlystartedonthecour.se. Slaveholders, 
the,, pay to Itc Wet. E„co„ra g o m ont should t J wouU preeat asorry 
be lield out to tlm tide of emigraiite to push on J ont . vol< , d b free „d 
for new tomes to the Westward and Southward t > r »„ cha i tols out ot tll0 terri- 
of the MBsoun. and then “ Squatter Sovereign- 1 . , 
ty ” will vindicate itself in a ditterent way from J ^ q _ 
what many of the friends of slavery extension — , , ., , . » T 
probably anticipate. W Tl >' re “ r,vod at AIex , andr , ,a ' Ya " 
1 _____ during the present season, upwards of seven 
The village of Si. Hyacinthe, Lower Can- thousand tons of guano, and this supply is un- 
acla, has been wholly destroyed by fire. equal to the demand. It sells for about $50 a ton. 
the shock 
At Spring Creek, on the Illinois Central p, become their pastor. 
have invited the Rev. Miss Antoinette L. Brown 
m the territory trom vrnt.ng, and maxing ^ S() eu(Uenl bereaved of husbands 
Is ebraskn an exception to all the other tern toll, sorrowful indeed. This mine 
governments. As it now stands, residents ol I d s and Las cxp l od ed sev- 
foreign birth, will have a voice in the question J ^ Ule lasl rcviou9 occurring in 
of legalizing slavery : and when it is recollected 
that the entire German element of foreign emi- 0 *_, , 0 . T __ 
gration is deadly hostile to the institution, and N ,ws.-Advice» have been received at 
that they are pouring into the West number, i 0 ,000 citisens of Iowa and 
unprecedented it ,« quite probable that the s ^, iu stot immediately for Neb, as- 
South will gam nothing by the venture. On .. 
reached my home a few evenings since; have Railroad, o.UUU cords ot wood, cut aim pneu op-On the 8th ot April a tire occurred 
read several, but have hardly hau time to write for use of the locomotives, may be seen in «>ne s a b>nica, wliich laid waste no less than (. 
you, till now. ' heap. The land from which it was cut was pur- l louse s and warehouses. 
For some number of years I have been like a chased by the Company for $U) pei acie, an -Q (d B en t on » s St. Louis Democrat i 
man going into the forest for a shade tree to plant the wood is now worth more than this nionej. pounces him as a candidate for re-election to l 
in front of his door ; this he likes a little ; that The “ Society for the Relief of Aged and House of Representatives. 
is a mere pole, without branches; there he sees Destitute Clergymen” lately chose a committee _ Tbe sb j p Sophia Walker sailed fn 
one that will almost do —but is not quite the c f s , x , to interrogate ministers concerning their n toM Bonds on the 19 th for Liberia,! 
thing. So wandering about among the trees till ga ] ar j es _ From more than a thousand ministers Savannah, with 213 emigrants. 
is a mere pole, without branches ; there he sees Destitute Clergymen” lately chose a committee _ Tbe gb j p Sophia Walker sailed from 
one that will almost do —but is not quite the 0 f six, to interrogate ministers concerning their n ton Bonds on the 19th for Liberia, via. 
thing. So wandering about among the trees till salaries. From more than a thousand ministers Savannah, with 213 emigrants. 
weary, lie takes one not because it suits him, i, ave they received replies, which wifi soon be _ Dj ' gmit , of Virginia, will probably be 
but because he can t ^ } given to the public ... pamphlet form. on(1 of the new Methodist Bishops South/and 
My ideality am icaso n ha!e fo n cd ■^ The Hudson's Bay Company and the D ^ 0 f Georgia, another. 
ideal paper; but ne\ei till the Rural Re" Puiret’s Sound Airnciiltural Company have pro- • • , , , . 
Yorkkk reached me, was it reduced to a fixed dt soil to the United States their rights — Rescind 1 aslia is said to ha! e stated that 
reality. Sir, 1 am no flatterer,-no; it is not ^nterei in the wild territories they occupy. ^ will never al ow either Kossuth or Mazzu.i 
flattery to say, that I regard the Rural, judging Governor Stevens, of Washington territory, is to enter the 1 ui kish dominions. 
from what, 1 have seen, as the most perfect paper y anx ; m ,s to have them bought up. -A druggist at Brovins, in France, has dis- 
publlshed in this country, of which I have any rdin ()f r „ p regse bas covered a process of obtaining saltpetre from the 
Lniiivldgc 1 „ fciv ,v,„,U let me jell >■»,, »% ™>, s , and s.a.ks ef borage. 
1 like if—1. Bs form is comely and bcauti Alil . ecourt> for bis misrepresentation of him in a -Emigrants are pouring in upon us in a 
good white paper type excellent the heamn biographical notice. George Saudis also at flood. During Thursday week, no less than 12,- 
expresses meaning, and u also^ 8 word's point with the same gentleman for hav- 476 arrived at the port of New York, 
aiticles aie all propo y _, _ va nted ing taken her life (biographically.) -The Massachusetts Legislature has ap- 
in newspaper articles. If there is one thing J t is estimated that the production of propnated $1,001) to the National Monument on 
1.1 newspaper « . . =5 v '^ 9rl n , ,i,n various m Us n this country, Independence Square, Philadelphia. 
r»oRpd to Roll to the U nitoci oitXtGS tiiGir li^oio 
posea to .cut tnrrifnrm« tliov dbcuiw he will never allow either Kossuth or Mazzim 
and interests in the wilci territories tue\ occupy. . . . 3 • • 
1 e Wn.tiivrtm. tpmt..rv IS to enter the Turkish dominions. 
Governor Stevens, or Washington teintorj,, is . . , ,. 
■ A druggist at Brovins, m F ranee, has dis- 
very anxious to have them bought up. , —.-•- . . - , 
JzT M. Emile do Girardin, of La Bresse, has i covered a process ot obtaining saltpetre irom the 
•. . tn _ t rnotR. 1 pa and stalks of borage. 
, . 1 1 4 fl, n lum/ tur jLVI HOCOUri, lor ins luisic Iiwuiiiauon nm. A- - 4 r-, - - 
good white paper—type excellent the liuu i „ bi()( )bjcal nofice . George Saudis also at flood. During Thursday week, no less than 12,- 
expresses meaning, and u also < y. A iue ^ with tLeS ame gentleman for hav- 476 arrived at the port of New York. 
aiticles aie all prop! y_, wanted ing taken her life (biographically.) -The Massachusetts Legislature has ap- 
in newspaper articles. If there is one thing £§P It is estimated that the production of propnated $1,000 to the NLnioiial Monutiicnt.in 
more than another that sinks a paper, in the mind railroad iron at the various mills in this country, Independence Square, I h ‘ lade l ‘ 
of a thinking individual, it is long editorials, so fur the year l8o4, will amount to 160,000 tons , - ['he Og.lensburgh Republican chronicles 
dull and nrosv that one almost is inclined to number of men to whom employment will be the death of a horse that had been worked m 
.i • ‘ i-V .. .. .ti.nm lia/l infif (riv/.n • p.jinital fimnloved in railroad iron t.luii. villncrp for unwarda of thirtv voars. 
pie worthy of imitation. 3. Its great variety. 1 lambs on one farm. The bird proved to be what! -A party of both sexes, from Nova Scotia, 
won't have it that “ variety is tlie spice c>t life y is known as the American eagle, of great dimen-j through Buffalo a few days since, on 
—no, it is the substance ot life. VV ho will say it s i<,ns, measuring six ieet and eight inches be- , ^ eir wa y Utah, to join the Mormons. 
>t, after reading the Rural ? 4. Its healthy tween the tips of his wings. i _ Tbe wa n 0 f a burned building in Balti- 
moral tone. Let those papers die, and he buried, 
that dare dip their polluted pens in the slop- 
bowl of social and political vice. To witness 
the chicanery, lying, vulgarity,and deception, of 
tween the tips ot Ins wings. I -The wall of a burned building in Balti- 
J^fi” The Census shows a population of H~,- j I110 re, blew down on Wednesday week, killing 
OOu in New Orleans, of whom about one halt, two men who were passing along the street. 
were born in foreign countries. New York has , _ ravaging the tobacco crop in 
pm.ti-itn.A, In tliu A inerionn nonulation ot tliei _ v J .. .r. . i. 
P[ e P art Y t(> Ti" a "®rid Tc^oTninu 71) feet deep, and now contains 50 feet of pure -An enormos mass of amber, two feet long, 
and fit them to do good. 1 he w olid is teeming ^ most of the way it is dug in solid one and a half broad, and one foot thick, the 
bSS rock, and cost $ 5,000. ‘ Urges! ever foond. has bee,, elided In Con- 
shoots f.irlh tbe lat^t exirositiqii of some dark, iTB, £ '"—The Archbishop oi Pari, has tasoed a 
mysterious saying ot Holy tt nt. Now, who » fiisi Monday of . ug , ^ b v the circular for the better ofeervance of the Sabbath. 
ITt A Legislature about to he elected, ,t, place of'lion. ivhich h« caused a great sensation throughout 
wKSlwtt/S; 1_ A „ eccentic oh, bachelor died at Hid. 
written more legibly, than in tile beautiful yet jy The mail line, from Fort Independence ^lately, and the condition, upon h “ d '; 
not gaudy chaplets of Nature? to the Mormon city, ami thence to Sacramento, scendant holds the property is, that he * ill never 
Your prospectus I shall post up in our Post- ig to be abandoned, and in place of it, is to be marry. ..... 
office_hope it will do good in obtaining you substituted a line from the Mormon city to 8>an - 1 lie editors of Illinois, in a late r Kite 
subscribers in this place. Within this letter you Bernado or San Diego, thence coastwise to San Convention, drafted a memorial to Congress 
find $1 for six months. Shall probably send Francisco. against increasing the rates of newspaper and 
you the other dollar before the year closes, 
should I live. Yours, very truly, 
Bai.mer Cheslf.y. 
The Missing Steamer.— At the moment of the j ai; 
sailing of the Franklin from Liverpool, a tele- to t 
graph dispatch was received from Cork, stating £ 
that the missing steamer, “ City of Glasgow,” ^' u 
had been heard from. She was spoken April a q 
21, in Lat. 45° 30' with a barque alongside, ro p 
steering towards the Azores, her masts and m 
other portions of rigging taken for firewood. occ 
IJl'l liUUU U. UCU1 4rth 6 o, -- -- - --- e., 
Francisco. against increasing the rates ot newspaper ami 
Prof. Jameson, the celebrated naturalist, letter postage. 
died!a short time since at his residence in Edin- -The clipper ship Bald Eagle, reached 
burgh. He was Professor of Natural History in New York lately in seventy-eight days from 
the University of Edinburgh, and editor of San Francisco. This is, we believe, the quickest 
Jameson’s Journal, a famous magazine devoted trip on record. 
1 K 11 T 1 iron, juiiu^., a -- -A solution of iodine is reported by M. 
j received from Cork, stating The rumor that Lord Elgin is to succeed Bernard, of the Academy of Sciences, in Bans, 
. „ r. , . the Marquis of Dalhousie. as Governor-General to be an antidote to the venom oi the bite or 
teamci, ‘ J ' ° ’ of India, is strengthened by the fact stated by sting of serpents. 
om. She was spoken Api i a Q ana d a paper, that he is returning from Eu- _pbc people of Brantford and Baris, C. 
i' with a barque alongside, rope without his faipily, who went out with him. tv., have raised the necessary subscription to re- 
the Azores, her masts and jrgi” A tremendous storm of wind and rain build the Railroad Depot at Brantford, lately 
ig<ring taken for firewood. occurred at Wheeling, Va., during thepre\al- destroyed by fire. 
Ollier ooruoiia u. iiueuiu — , , D r . ^ , 
r ,, ence of which the large wire Suspension bridge 
The steamer -was described as having yellow wag b i own down and turned completely over, 
paddle boxes, which do not correspond with Considerable other damage was also sustained, 
those of the missing steamer; but the report Russia is the greatest unbroken empire 
serves to revive the almost extinct hopes of the for extent that ever existed. It occupies vast 
. « 1,nt.rl Atm mu tll.ms llf-Bl- V 
ice of which the large wire Suspension Bridge _ a meeting of the citizens of New Y’ork 
as blown down and turned completely over. vvas held recently to get up a suitable testimonial 
msiderable other damage was also sustained. to Ca p b pitch, of the Washington, for rescuing 
5 ^** Russia is the greatest unbroken empire shipwrecked passengers. 
serves to revive the almost extinct hopes of the for extent that ever existed. It occupies vast -The cholera is making visitations here 
' , f regions of Europe and Asia, and forms nearly an d there along the Missouri and Mississippi 
vessel s saiery. one-sixth of the nabitable globe. It is 41 times r i ve rs, and also on the Ohio. So far, it has not 
' * ‘ * * ' " the size of France, and 138 times that of England. provc d very formidable. 
Presbyterian General Assemblies. I he ^ Zurich trading house lias founded, in Madame St. Arnaud, the wife of Gen. Arnaud, 
Presbyterian General Assemblies of the United the canton of Zug, an establishment for the dis- ( akcs w jth her no less than sixty dresses of the 
States have both been in session during the past filiation of turf-yielding ammoniac, nitrogen, latest Parisian fashion, to make a proper appear- 
week • the Old School meeting in Buffalo, and naphtha, acid of vinegar, paraffin, supplying in- ance at Constantinople. 
the New School in Philadelphia. Many dis- gre dients lor candles, camphcne and burning gas. -All the parties implicated in the late duel 
1 . , * _ m i noi i« 4- Hnl- ftnvi»icr r!n1ifiYrina.YvluP.h rfSllltod 111 till) 
the JNew school in rimaueipuia. jxlwj u«a- « . i - 1X1 ," v i 1 r V , u. \ • <\ 
tinmiisheti Divines of the respective schools were ^ There were 231,791 soldiers engaged m at Oak Spring, California, which resulted in the 
° . * , (-il the Revolutionary war. Of tliis number, there death of Dr. Dickenson, have been indicted by 
present, and the meetings were characterized by less tlfun fourteen hundred living, the Grand Jury for murder. 
flio ffirrnilw and decorum COIlSOIiailt With SUCll , _ .... . u vaaru— rni. nru:« T nr-lclotR-o Pmicna nf Con. 
the dignity and decorum consonant with such “! boge ageg iuu st average nearly ninety years.—_The Whig Legislative Caucus of Con- 
learned and august bodies. Seventy-five have died during the past year. necticut, have nominated Francis Gillette, Free 
__ . » - --- by a recent act of the Wisconsin Legis- Soiler, for U. S. Senator tor the short term, and 
The » Rgs,rt t -Aecordi„^o a,e H. S. hrara^ ^San Francisco 
IrXiftbe GoXmcnt of Russia i.Y'spSn- pounds of umolliy seed, and lift, poundaof po- im colored 
g ibl e including the recent issue of 70,OOU,060 tatoes shall be called a bushel. to the amount of $1,000,000 Generally speak 
roubles, or $52,500,000, amounts to the incredi- ^ John Hancock, of Boston, (a nephew of ing, they arc civil and industrious. 
ble sum of Sfc!)l3,'710,000 in addition to its fund- the JSiguer of the Declaration ot Independence,) -The State Times says that Cron. I ersifer 
ed debt of 326,675,853 silver roubles, or $245- who is nearly 85 years old, fell accidentally up- jq Smith was to be married on the 18th ult., at 
070,000. The debt of Russia has originated on the side-walk on Saturday week, and was Corpus Ghristi, to Mrs. Armstiong, widow to a 
mostly since tlie war of 1815. carried home insensible. son oi the late Gen. Robert Armstrong. 
___, , . _ __ The three oldest members of Congress - a meeting in England lately, Mr. 
A UP PinrArn —One of the Chicago are Col. Benton, of Missouri; Col. Bell, of Ten- Pogt gate stated, that if asked what commodities 
AlSTI ot th'.t the uldefit inhabitant born Ml nessee, and Hon. Edward Everett, of Massa- are unadulterated,he could but reply, only raw 
chu 8 eU«—nil me...cot talent, ripe «hol- .oatcrialc-ficl., flesh, end xegeiabW 
years iff a^e The editor, not yet enjoying her arship and \ast experience. -The Petersburgh, \ a.. Intelligencer,sajs 
acauaintance, ventures to incur her displeasure It is stated that the Czar has insurance tliat the peach crop in that region has been 
by the statement, that the “ oldest native inhab- to the amount of £20,000 on the lives of Irish w holly destroyed by tlie frosts, but that other 
itant ” of Chicago, a city of more than sixty gentlemen who were indebted to Harman «fc Co., fruits are very luxuriant and promising. 
thousand people? is Miss Ellen Hamilton, the who banked extensively at Cork, Limerick, y Cincinnati paper says that a ladies’ 
daughter of Col. R. J. Hamilton. Belfast and Y aterford. association ot “ Do-Nothings has been organ- 
___ . _ _ The Board of Excise of the village of ; zo d in that city, as a fitting counterpart to tlie 
Emancipation in Venezuela.—A late arrival Rome, have refused to grant any licenses in that, masculine order of “ Know-Notlungs.” 
from Maracaibo brings news of an official pro- village. The vote stood o to 4. Four di uggists -The following notice was observed on tluJ 
clamafion bv which the 19th of April was ap- have been licensed to sell alcoholic liquor.-, foi d()or 0 f <)I1C of the churches in London : “ H is 
pointed as the day for the liberation of the medicinal purposes. particularly requested that moustaches be not 
slaves of the Republic. So that, before this From twenty to twenty-five deaths from worn in this church during Divine seince. 
time Venezuela has become a free State in fact cholera occurred amongsome German emigrants, - Tho anc i 0 „t African Fontemali, said to 
as well as in name. on their way from Now Orleans to St. Louis, on j, U ve been the slave of Gen. Washington, and 
__» . »» ♦-—- board the steamer Dresden, which ariived xe- IK )\v aged one hundred and twenty years, is on ex- 
What will the Vegetarians Say V— Accord- cently at St. Louis. . _ hibition at Cincinnati. Where is Bamum? 
ing to Vanban Bossuet and La Grange, the rich- 5 ^” Typhus fever is making frightful ravages _ ()f tbe fiftv-three and a half millions of 
est, and most comfortable nation is that winch among the troops at Kalalat. From tliirty to , j ; b Bussia contained in 1842, not less 
, ., ., n,U..„ooo,>t xtnnil.a aro rorwirted. and it its course IS not I’oupiu » i ....... . ,.. . 
the Grand Jury tor murder. 
_The Whig Legislative Caucus of Con¬ 
necticut, have nominated Francis Gillette, Free 
ka on the passage of the bill. 
This must be very gratifying intelligence to 
est and most, cuimuiiauic a.uui*a — - . . - . 
eats the most meat. At tlie present prices of the 1 forty deaths are reported, and it its course i-s »ol 
article we should think it was. A poor nation j speedily checked, it will prove as formidable - 
could not indulge in the luxury. foe as the Russians. 
11 il V U UCl'll UJC cuuv ... o 
inecl xe- age d one hundred and twenty years, is on ex¬ 
hibition at Cincinnati. W here is Barn 11111 1 
-Of the fiftv-three and a half millions of 
.•«e is nut people which Russia contained in 1842, not less 
'• b i„ .. than forty-two millions were slaves; and of 
these, fifteen millions were slaves to the crown. 
