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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YOB KER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
ROCHESTER, DECEMBER 9, 1854. 
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Our Kext Volume —Briefly. 
The next volume of “ Moore’s Rural New- 
Yorker,” will be printed upon new copper¬ 
faced type, with a new Hoe power press, and 
be rendered unusually attractive in its exterior 
appearance, by new designs for its title and 
other headings, and tasteful arrangement,. The 
proprietor is determined to make his periodical 
still more worthy of the immense and increas¬ 
ing patronage it receives. 
Though unauthorized by us, the above para¬ 
graph from a late number of tbc Daily Demo¬ 
crat newspaper, is, like the generality of news 
in that excellent diurnal, mainly correct. The 
truth is, that we have resolved to render the 
forthcoming volume of the Rural New-Yorker 
far superior, in every and all respects, to either 
of its predecessors, or any contemporary jour¬ 
nal,—and if abundant means and facilities, and 
a disposition to use them liberally will avail, 
the laudable object shall be satisfactorily ac¬ 
complished. This is strong language, we are 
aware, but earnest and well considered,—frank¬ 
ly uttered because sincerely believed. Grateful 
for the large measure of support already ac¬ 
corded, and anticipatory of the unexampled in¬ 
crease which we confidently expect during the 
ensuing year, we have made such arrangements 
to augment both its value and attractiveness as 
will render the Rural still more deserving its 
rapidly increasing National Circulation. 
If the items mentioned by the Democrat 
prove as anticipated,—as represented by artists 
and manufacturers,—the Rural for 1855 will 
present a greatly improved and beautiful 
appearance. The new type and press will en¬ 
able us to print better and faster than hereto¬ 
fore,—so that we can probably r strike off and 
mail, in the same time now occupied, from ten 
to twenty thousand copies more than our present 
edition. But there are other essentials of greater 
importance, in our estimation, than appearance 
or speed in printing. The mailer of a paper, 
rather than its manner, should receive the first 
and greatest attention. Hence we shall give 
this feature of the Rural precedence in labor 
and expense—sparing no reasonable effort to 
improve its Contents. Our arrangements with 
former and new Assistant Editors and Con¬ 
tributors (about whom more in a Week or two) 
are such that we can safely promise there will 
be no deterioration in any department, and 
that the whole paper will be sustained in Value 
and Variety, and Richness and Reliability of 
Contents. 
— Such are our designs—our anticipations 
and determinations. We may fail in some de¬ 
tails, but not for the want of earnest endeavor. 
Meantime those who desire the eminent pros¬ 
perity and success of the Rural can materially 
promote the same by instituting measures to 
augment its circulation in their respective 
neighborhoods. But that is a point which we 
did not intend to introduce, though proper ac¬ 
tion on the part of friends is most essential to 
the complete success of our enterprise. 
Congressional Proceedings. 
The Thirty-third Congress commenced its 
second session on .Monday last. The session 
cannot last longer than till the fourth of next 
March) as the term of the present Congress 
then expires. It is not very probable any new 
or startling measures of legislation will be 
adopted this winter, as a large portion of the 
members will have to compose their official 
robes about them so as to present the spectacle 
of a decent and dignified political death. We 
might say, in a funeral oration over them, what 
Mark Antony said over the dead body of Cacsar, 
“ The evil men do lives after them ; the good is 
often interred with their bones,” if we only 
knew of their doing any good. 
The telegraph announces that both branches 
organized on the first day. A letter was read 
in the Senate from Mr. Atchison, of Missouri, 
resigning his position as President of that body, 
whereupon, on motion, Hon. Lewis Cass was 
called to the chair. A joint committee of the 
two Houses was appointed to wait on the Presi¬ 
dent and inform him of the organization, and 
that they -were ready to receive any communi¬ 
cation he might be desirous to make. The 
President’s Message was then received and 
read, after which both Houses adjourned. 
Great Snow Storm. 
A snow storm, unprecedented in length and 
violence, has been raging here for the past few 
days. On Friday, the 1st inst., a few inches of 
snow fell, which was slightly increased up to 
Saturday night, at which time a regular- storm 
set in. The snew fell uninterruptedly all 
through the day, Sunday, and Sunday night,— 
Monday brought no abatement, and up to the 
present time (Tuesday afternoon) the snow con¬ 
tinues to fall thick and fast. There is proba¬ 
bly three feet of snow upon a level, but the 
•wind lias piled it up in huge drifts like waves 
of the sea. 
Of course an effectual veto is put upon all 
outside operations, and the streets of our city 
have rarely presented a more lonely and deso¬ 
late appearance. The railroads are blocked up, 
and an army of men are constantly at work 
clearing the track. The immense motive pow¬ 
er of the Central is called into requisition for 
the same purpose, but the road is scarcely 
opened before it is drifted full again. A train 
left on Monday morning for Buffalo, composed 
of three locomotives and one passenger car, 
and, proceeding at a slow rate to a point about 
five miles west of this city, came in collision 
with another train, drawn by two locomotives, 
and coming down. The sky was so thick with 
the falling snow that the engineers could not 
see, aud hence the collision. The engines and 
tenders were all damaged more or less, but no 
further harm was done. Another train on the 
Lockport and Niagara Falls road ran off the 
track at the junction of the Charlotte road, a 
mile west of the city, and the two engines 
drawing it were badly damaged. 
The storm is not alone confined to this local¬ 
ity, but extends to a great distance East and 
West. The telegraph announces the following 
depths of snow in various localities up to the 
evening of Sunday. Of course it must have 
been greatly increased since then: 
Buffalo ten inches, Lockport 12, Medina 12, 
Brockport 18, Newark 20, Canandaigua 18, 
Geneva 10, Seneca Falls 10, Auburn 18, Syra¬ 
cuse 24, Oneida 30, Rome 18, Utica 18, Little 
Falls 20, Fort Plain 18, Fonda 12,Schenectady 
| 9, Troy 12, Albany 15, Hudson 12, Poughkeep¬ 
sie 12, Catskill 12, New burg G, Rondout 8, 
Carmel 12, New York 2, Oxford 1G, Norwich 
15, Sherburne 14, Hamilton 39, Oriskany Falls 
3G, Waterville 36. 
Springfield, Dec. 4.—The fall of snow here 
has been very heavy. It is at least a foot deep 
on a level.- Owing to the wind it is much 
drifted. The train which left the city of New 
York for Boston last night has not yet reached 
this point, and it is understood to be blocked 
up near Hartford. 
Close of Canal Navigation. 
The Canal Commissioners fixed upon the 5th 
inst. as the day for closing the canals and sus¬ 
pending navigation ; but one higher in authori¬ 
ty than the Commissioners, to wit., Jack Frost, 
promulgated an edict to close them the latfer 
part of last week. The Superintendent, how¬ 
ever, not recognizing his right to interfere, sent 
out an iceboat to break the chain of Mr. Frost. 
Old Boreas and the other allies on that side 
came to the rescue, and made prisoner of the 
foraging iceboat, which, together with a great 
number of other craft, are placed in durance 
vile for the winter. A boat loaded with corn 
broke down the gates of a lock east of this city, 
and prevented boats passing the latter part of 
the week, and before the damage could be re¬ 
paired navigation was closed entirely. Now let 
the Contractors go to work on the enlargement 
with all due diligence. 
Telegraphic Feat. —The President’s Message 
was telegraphed entire over Morse’s line from 
New York to this city on Monday night, not¬ 
withstanding the severe snow storm which w 7 as 
raging at the time, rendering the isolation of the 
wires imperfect, and greatly disturbing the 
electric action. The transmission commenced 
at ten o’clock on Monday evening, and at half¬ 
past six on Tuesday morning the presses of the 
Democrat and the American were at work.— 
While the citizens generally were fast locked in 
the arms of sleep, the telegraph and the com¬ 
positor were busy forwarding the message and 
putting it in type. Very few men stop to in¬ 
quire as they glance over the morning news, 
how much of labor and tireless vigilance a, three 
cent ncicspaper costs. 
Kossuth’s Prophecy. 
When the siege of Sevastopol was first pro¬ 
posed, Kossuth expressed the following decided 
opinion on the subject, which seems now quite 
likely to be realized : 
“ To take an intrenched camp, linked by ter¬ 
rible fortresses, and an army for a garrison in 
it, and new armies pouring on your flank and 
rear, and you in the plains of the Crimea, with 
also no cavalry to resist them, is an undertak¬ 
ing, to succeed in which, more forces are neces¬ 
sary than France and England can ever unite 
in that quarter for such an aim. Ask about it 
whichever staff officer has learned something 
about tactics and strategy. And in that posi¬ 
tion is Sevastopol, thanks to your Austrian alli¬ 
ance, which, having interposed herself between 
you and your enemy in Wallachia, made the 
Czar free to send such numbers to Sevastopol 
as he likes. 
You mil be beaten, remember my word! Your 
braves will fall in vain under Russian bullets 
and the Crimean air, as the Russians fell under 
Turkish bullets and Danubian fever. Notone 
out of five of your braves, immolated in vain, 
shall see Albion or Gallia again. But I will tell 
you in wliat manner Sevastopol is to be taken. 
It is at Warsaw that you can take Sevastopol. 
jggT An English clergyman has undertaken 
to preach the gospel in coal pits, and is quite 
successful. 
Synopsis of the President’s Message. 
We can only give, this week, a glance of the 
principal points of the Message. In the open¬ 
ing, the President congratulates the country 
upon its favorable position as regards the har¬ 
vest, and the health and prosperity of the 
people. Although the former have been less 
abundant than in previous years, they are am¬ 
ple for our own use and afford a partial supply 
for exportation; although diseases have pre¬ 
vailed during the past summer, general health 
has been again restored. He then takes tip the 
subject of international law, reiterates the Mon¬ 
roe doctrine, repudiates European interference 
with the policy of the United States on this 
continent, and takes the position that “free 
ships make free goods.” Negotiations have 
been carried on with various powers for the 
protection of neutral properly. The reciprocity 
and other treaties with Great Britain are alluded 
to, and a commission recommendsd for the pur¬ 
pose of determining the boundary line between 
Washington Territory and the British posses¬ 
sions, and to settle the claims of British corpo¬ 
rate companies in that Territory. 
The President does not see anything in onr 
affairs with France likely to disturb amicable 
relations; thinks the chances of a favorable 
settlement of difficulties with Spain much bet¬ 
ter; commends the efficiency of the Japan ex¬ 
pedition; and considers our negotiations with 
the various American governments in a favora¬ 
ble position. The President goes into a lengthy 
and labored argument in defence of the bom¬ 
bardment of Greytown, and subsequently turns 
his attention to domestic affairs, giving a synop¬ 
sis of the report of the Treasury department. 
The whole amount of revenue received during 
the year is $73,569,705; expenditures, exclusive 
of redemption of public debt, $51,018,347. 
A reduction of duties, an increase of the army 
and navy, a modification of the Judicial system 
of the United States, and other matters of public 
interest are recommended, but want of space 
and limit of time prevent our noticing them at 
present. 
Missing Man. 
Sidney Smith, of Greenwich, Washington 
Co., N. Y., left his home on the 30lh of Octo¬ 
ber, for Mason, Ingham Co., Midi., since which 
time nothing has been heard from him. Mr. 
Smith never reached his destination, and his 
family and friends are greatly alarmed and dis¬ 
tressed by reason of his unaccountable absence, 
and fear he may have been foully dealt by.— 
He was about fifty years of age, tall and well 
proportioned, light eyes and hair, and weighs 
about 170 pounds. 
Any information in regard to him forwarded 
to Nelson G. More, Greenwich, Washington 
Co,, N. Y„ will mogt with duo reward. Ex¬ 
change papers please copjn 
A Battle. —A remarkable fight between an 
Eagle and an owl occurred at Amsterdam, Va., 
a few days ago. The eagle seized upon the 
owl, but found his prey too weighty to be car¬ 
ried off, and in the scufile the owl fastened his 
claws in the eagle’s thigh, and held his enemy 
so tight as to make it impossible for him to es¬ 
cape. While in this condition, a gentleman 
passing by and hearing the scuffle, approached 
and easily captured both the combatants. The 
owl was one of the largest of his species, and 
the eagle measured over six feet across the 
wings. 
A Graceless Scamp. —A gentlemanly look¬ 
ing individual obtained admission a few days 
ago to the Convent of the Sacred Heart, in St. 
Louis, and in passing through the chapel ap¬ 
peared to be overcome with feelings of devo¬ 
tion, and knelt before the altar as if in prayer. 
The Sister who attended him, not wishing to 
disturb his devotions, left him for a short time. 
On her return she found the scamp had gone, 
taking with him a great quantity of jewelry 
from about the image of the Virgin over the 
altar. On the same day he stole a valuable 
gold Avatcli from a priest in St. Patrick’s church. 
Hydropathy. —A Mrs. Leifer, who keeps a 
millinery establishment in Toronto, Canada, 
observing a woman from a rival shop examin¬ 
ing very attentively the samples in her show- 
window', thought the observer was about pur¬ 
loining her patterns. So she resolved to disturb 
her m usings, and ascending loan upper win¬ 
dow, threw a pailfull of water on her observant 
rival. The result was a wetting and a lawsuit, 
in which the woman of water came out second 
best, being fined six dollars. 
The Washington Star says a son of .1 as 
Gordon Bennett, the noted conductor of the 
New York Herald, through the favor of the 
French Emperor, is being educated at the 
French Military Academy. Hence Bennett’s 
love for Louis Napoleon. 
The Common Council of Sacramento 
passed an ordinance fixing the city ( axes for the 
present year at 2% per cent., of which two per 
cent, is for general purposes, one half of one 
per cent, to be applied to the sinking fund and 
one-fourth of one per cent, for-school purposes. 
The School Commissioners of Baltimore 
propose to establish a floating school for the 
education of boys desirous of becoming sea¬ 
men. The scarcity of mariners seems to make 
some such plan necessary. 
jujgf" Some idea of the commerce of New 
York may be gathered from the fact that the 
fees paid to the pilots taking vessels to aud from 
that city, now amount to about two hundred 
thousand dollars a year. 
g^i“A bronze statue of the Hon. Thomas 
Corwin,, is to be executed by a Mr. Jones, as 
soon as $5,000 is subscribed by the people of 
Ohio. Commissioners to raise the money have 
been appointed. 
Nebraska covers an area of 312,438 
square miles—equal to over 249,000,000 of acres 
of land, Kansas has an area of 126,283 square 
miles, equal to over 80 million acres of land. 
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A case has been decided in the U. S. 
Circuit Court at Baltimore, against a railway, 
for not transporting live stock by the earliest 
freight train to the market, by which much loss 
was sustained in (he falling of the market price. 
The court held that when a railway company 
agrees to transport live stock, it must be done 
by the earliest train, or they are liable for the 
damages that may occur. 
JggT A joint resolution has been passed by 
the California Legislature, instructing the rep¬ 
resentatives of (hat Stale in Congress to exert 
themselves to obtain an appropriation for (he 
sinking of wells in the Humboldt Desert, Utah 
Territory, for the relief of emigrants, cattle and 
other trains, journeying overland by that route 
to and from California. 
A young man in Alexandria, Va., is in 
the habit of going to the banks of the Potomac 
every day after dinner, and throwing into it a 
piece of fresh cooked mutton, weighing about 
two pounds. He thinks (hat lie is required to 
minister to the wants of two souls in the other 
world. He is an industrious jeweller, and in all 
other respects is perfectly sane. 
Three deserters from the U. S. army re¬ 
cently received from twenty-five to fifty lashes 
at Newport, Ky., and were drummed out of 
service. One of them was sentenced to wear a 
chain and ball upon his leg, but as the newspa¬ 
pers say he was drummed out with the others, 
lie will probably constitute himself a court to 
remit that portion of his sentence. 
The tide of emigration that is sweeping 
towards Texas is immense. The Port Gibson 
Herald of a late date says that upon a single 
route, that lies through Port Gibson and Rod¬ 
ney, there passed within the previous twenty 
days between four and five thousand persons. 
These emigrants are principally from Lower 
Tennessee and the upper part of Alabama. 
A few days since, a gentleman of New 
Albany, opposite Louisville, Ky., while amus¬ 
ing himself by throwing sticks into the river 
for his dog to swim after, noticod that the ani¬ 
mal acted as if he had got a heavier load than 
he bargained for. He succeeded in reaching 
shore, however, bringing with him a large sal¬ 
mon that bad seized his hind leg for a “ bite.” 
Joshua Main, member elect of the As¬ 
sembly for Jefferson Co., N. Y„ had a narrow 
escape from drowning recently, in consequence 
of the upsetting of a boat in which ho was 
crossing the Cliaumont bay, in company with 
two others. They were in the water an hour 
and a half before they were rescued. 
SHF” The case now on hearing before the 
Court of Errors and Appeals, says the Trenton 
(N. J.) True American, involves an amount be¬ 
tween $200,000 and $300,000. The defendant 
in the case is Col. Thorn, who flourished in 
Paris some years ago, in a style equal to that of 
Louis Phillippe. 
Four Wyandotte Indians arrived in Cin¬ 
cinnati a few days since, and endeavored to ob¬ 
tain admission into several of the hotels, with¬ 
out success, and after wandering about the 
streets for several hours, they sought shelter in 
the Hammond street station house. 
It is stated that the U. S. District Attor¬ 
ney at New York is engaged in investigating the 
circumstances attending the late disastrous 
wrecks of the Arctic, New Era, and Jewess, 
and proposes to lay the evidence obtained Iv.-- 
fore the Grand Jury for action. 
The present number of invalids in the 
new military asylum, near Washington, is about 
45; and when all the intended buildings are 
completed, the establishment will accommodate 
about 200. Col. Payne, of the U. S. army, has 
been elected governor of this institution. 
The estimate of whale oil in the hands 
of importers and speculators in the United 
States at the present time, is as follows:—New 
Bedford, 42,421 bbls.; Fairhaven, 8,375; Nan¬ 
tucket and Martha’s Vineyard, 6,000; West¬ 
ward, 9,000. Total, 71,796 bbls. 
2>3gF“ William Smith, for killing Welch’s best 
circus pony by striking him on the head with a 
mallet, has been committed to jail in Philadel¬ 
phia, in default of $1,000 bail. He had the 
care of the circus horses, and say6 the pony at¬ 
tempted to bite him. 
Tlie Lake Superior News of the 27th tilt, 
says :—By private letters, we learn that the 
bodies of Sir John Franklin and his men have 
been found by Dr. Kane’s party, frozen and per¬ 
fectly preserved. From our authority, we have 
the riglit to believe it to be true. 
The Government has received advices 
direct from Commodore Perry, who was at Ma¬ 
cao on the 9th of August. Kothing is said by 
the Commodore respecting the health of the 
squadron, and it is concluded that all are well. 
Com. Perry was on his way home overland. 
The statue of the Gladiators, which will 
be remembered as one of the most beautiful 
specimens on exhibition at the Crystal Palace, 
has been purchased by Mr. Risque, of Wash¬ 
ington City, for the sum of $3,000. 
The expenses of the corporation of the 
city of Melbourne are said to be wholly paid 
from licenses to public houses, and the fines of 
drunkards, granted and imposed by the police 
court. 
The Boston Mail “ hangs out its banner” 
with the name of Edwin Forrest as Native 
American candidate for the next Presidency. 
Home papers think the Vice Presidency would 
be more appropriate. 
^ There are forty establishments in the 
United States engaged in the manufacture of 
locomotive engines, which, it is estimated, turn 
out in busy times at least 120 locomotives in a 
year. About 9,000 hands are employed. 
judge Lumpkin, of the Supreme Court 
in Georgia, has decided that a person to whom 
a slave is hired for a year is entitled to no 
abatement of the price because of the death of 
the slave after the commencement of the term. 
A man named Morgan, who shot Mr. 
Parsons, editor of the Tyler Telegraph, in Tex¬ 
as, about eighteen months ago, was tried at the 
late term of thq Cass County Court, found 
guilty and fined one cent. 
D. C. McCallum, Superintendent of the 
New York and Erie Railroad, is doing all he 
can to discountenance the use of ardent spirits 
by the men in his employ. He will not allow 
liquor to be sold at any stations. 
jgg” Billiards were invented by Henrique 
Devinge, a French artist, in the reign of Charles 
IX, about the year 1571, and at once came to 
be a most fashionable and captivating game. 
Geo. A. Leavitt, convicted of robbing 
his father of fifteen dollars at Manchester, N. 
H., has been sentenced to one day solitary con¬ 
finement, and State prison for life at hard labor. 
i this 
-Prince Albert is 35 years of age. 
-Uon. T. II. Benton lectured in Baltimore 
on the 5th. Subject—“ The Pacific Railroad.” 
-The only adventurers remaining in the 
Polar regions are the party of Dr. Kane. 
-Sir John Franklin’s expedition consisted 
of 130 men. 
-Flour is retailing in St. Paul at $10 per 
bbl. Wheat delivered at the mill brings $1,10. 
- Gov. Gorman has appointed Dec. 21st 
as a day of Thanksgiving in Minnesota. 
-Of the 284 Unitarian ministers in this 
country, fifty, or more than one-fifth, were 
'born in Boston. 
-Judge Caldwell, of Ohio, has resigned 
his position as one of the Judges of the Supreme 
Court of that State. 
-Three fugitives from slavery passed 
through Syracuse on Thanksgiving night.— 
They arc now in Canada. 
-News has just been received that Henry 
A. Wise has received the Democratic nomination 
for Governor of Virginia. 
-On twenty acres, in Jefferson county, N. 
Y., 30,000 pounds of hops were raised the pres¬ 
ent season. 
-The tolls on the Erie Canal shows a de¬ 
crease at the close of the first week in November 
of $369,351. 
-Buffaloes arc very abundant on the Red 
river beyond Minnesota, and many hunters will 
follow them this winter. 
-The New York Evangelist has been sold 
for $20,000, to Mr. Bidwell, one of the editors, 
and another party. 
-The Ohio river, at Wheeling, Va., was in 
fine navigable condition on the 30tl» of Nov., and 
steamers were arriving and departing freely. 
-One thousand laborers have been dis¬ 
charged from Mt. Savage Iron Works, in conse¬ 
quence of the heavy decline in iron. 
-A great revival has taken place in the 
State Uuiversity of Mississippi, which has re¬ 
sulted in the conversion of seventy students. 
-A Philadelphia paper says the portraits 
of Wm. Penn and Gen. Lafayette have been 
withdrawn from Independence Hall. 
-There was an extensive fire in Bridge¬ 
port on the 26th ult. Loss about $60,000, of 
which half was covered by insurance. 
-A French gardener has discovered that 
by painting his hot-houses with gas-tar, all the 
insects so destructive to plants and fruit, die. 
-During the recent session of the Vt. Leg¬ 
islature, Miss Lucy Slone received seven votes 
for the office of Brigadier General of Militia. 
-At Concord, N. lb, on Thanksgiving day, 
snow fell to the depth of ten inches, making 
the first sleighing of the season. 
-The Cincinnati Commercial says a new 
batch of counterfeit X’s on the State Bank of 
Ohio is getting into circulation. 
-The London Times correspondent in the 
Crimea is understood to be a Mr. Russell, an 
Irishman, and his salary is £1,500 a year. 
-Statistics respecting the loss of life by 
shipwreck, show that over 7,000 lives have 
been lost by this means in the last 8 months. 
-The Central Universary, a Baptist in- 
titution in Minnesota, chartered by the last 
Legislature, will be located at Minne-apolis. 
-The State Bank of Indiana had in its 
valuta, on the 31st of October, $1,086,968 in gold 
and silver. Its circulation at the same time was 
$2,803,648. 
-It is said that out of two hundred sailors 
on board the United States ship Saratoga, on 
her trip to Japan, only seventeen drank a drop 
of liquor. 
-Mahogany cutting, in Honduras, the 
present season, has been highly successful, and 
about eleven million feet hat e been brought 
into market. 
-In Greenboro’, N. C., a letter, dated the 
lOth ult., says that fifty conversions of young 
ladies have taken place in t he Edgworth Fe¬ 
male Academy. 
-A clerk on an Illinois river boat has 
been detected in selling portions of the freight 
and appropriating Ihe avails to his own use.— 
Fie is in jail at St. Louis. 
_-During the past year, $269,000 has been 
contributed for charitable purposes by citizens 
of Boston, besides a large amount in private 
charities not made known. 
-One of the New York papers states that 
Messrs. Duncan, Sherman & Co. helped one of 
the Wall-st. banks through a tight place a few 
days since, by loaning it $600,000. 
-At the municipal election in Hartford 
on Monday week, there were twenty-three dis¬ 
tinct tickets in the field. No one who was not 
on more than one ticket was elected. 
- The Indianapolis papers state that a 
wagon load of the notes of the Stock Banks 
were returned one day last week upon the Au¬ 
ditor of the State of Indiana. 
-Detroit is overrun by robbers just now. 
Cyrus Harman, a printer, was robbed by three 
ruffians in front of the Mayor’s House. The 
rogues must be hard up to rob a printer. 
-It is ruled by the Post Office Depart¬ 
ment, that postmasters on returning newspa¬ 
pers to publishers not taken from the office, 
must frank them as on post office business. 
-M. Guizot’s publisher in Paris has given 
the following advertisement: “In the press, 
a History ot Washington and of the Revolution 
of the United States of America.” 
-Intelligence has been received that the 
Bentonites in the Missouri Legislature have of¬ 
fered to coalesce with the Whigs to defeat the 
re-election of Air. Atchison to the U. S. Senate 
-A native Indian, by the name of Abra¬ 
ham Quady, the last of the tribe which former¬ 
ly inhabited the island of Nantucket, died in 
Nantucket on the 26th ult., aged 83 years. 
-The locomotives, in passing through the 
neighborhood of Marion, Ohio, are obliged to 
blow their whistles till they get out of the woods, 
in order to keep the deer off the track. 
-Sevastopol is pronounced with the accent 
on the penult, being analogous to Constantino¬ 
ple, Adrianople, etc. The termination is de¬ 
rived from a Greek word, meaning a town. 
-Four men have been arrested in New 
York for robbing one of the freight cars which 
was shattered by the recent collision on the 
4th Avenue, of $200 worth of boots and shoos. 
-The accounts of the Louisiana sugar 
crop, published in the New Orleans papers, are 
all unfavorable. They say the amount pro¬ 
duced will fall short at least one-third, com¬ 
pared with last year. 
