MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER;: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER 
Congressional Proceedings, 
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There is in New Haven a lady named Clarissa 
Williams, 99 years of age. who spins a run of yarn 
a day, and Bews without the aid of glasses. 
Tre 40 men, composing the Executive, the 
Council of the Legislature of Utah, have an aggre¬ 
gate of 420 wives. Gov. Young has 08. Kimball 
has 57. 
Mrs. Sarah B. Scott, the lost surviving daugh¬ 
ter of Patrick Henry, died on the 10th instant at 
“Seven Island," in Halifax county, Virginia. She 
was 77 years old. 
A year ago, says an exchange, “ A pile of Breck- 
enridge coal as largo as a whale, contains more oil 
than a whale." This statement was ridiculed. It is 
now proved to he true." 
A bridge across the Mississippi River is now 
being built at St, Paul — to be 1,300 feet in length, 
and 70 feet in height, to allow steamers, in the 
highest state of the water, to pass under it. It is 
intended to he completed by the autumn of the 
present year. 
During the past year 227 tires have occurred, 
where the amount of property destroyed has been 
estimated at and over $20,000. The aggregate loss 
is set down at $21,156,000. If the amount of prop¬ 
erty destroyed by fires, where the loss was under 
$20,000 were added, the total would probably reach 
twenty-five or twenty-six millions of dollars. The 
number of human lives lost by fires during the 
year is 183. 
During the past year, 195 persons have lost 
their lives by railroad accidents, and 629 have been 
wounded. Of this number 26 were engineers, and 
28 firemen. This is a large increase over 1855.— 
During the same period there have been 29 steam¬ 
boat accidents on rivers, lakes and bays, killing 
358, and wounding 127 persons. An increase on 
the number killed during the preceding year. 
— A railroad is projected from Keokuk to Kansas. 
— The swamp lands of Michigan amount to S,688,000 
acres. 
—141,423 immigranta arrived at New York during the 
past year. 
— Returning emigrants from Nicaragua denounce Wal¬ 
ker bitterly. 
— A church for the deaf and dumb is about to be opened 
in New York 
— Thomas McCarter, of Tennessee, recently deceased 
weighed 627 pounds. 
— The Mississippi river was closed by ice at l orlington, 
Iowa, Deccudior 16th. 
— Strong efforts are making for a railroadbet ween Water- 
town and Sackett’s Harbor. 
— A bill to compel free negroes to leave th Mate is be¬ 
fore the Alabama Legislature. 
— Commodore Dulany, ot the United State Navy, died 
at Washington on the 2tith ult. 
— The scarlet fever is committing terrible n, ages in Bos¬ 
ton, and other cities down-oast. 
— Efforts are making to get up a line ol it in steamboats 
between New York and .Boston. 
— During the last twenty-five years 6,773 id have been 
executed'in Italy for political offenses. 
— A railroad is projected from Davenport to Dubuque, 
along the west hank of the Mississippi. 
— A shad, “ the first of the Henson,” was caught at Sa¬ 
vannah on the 25th ult., and sold for $30 
— A monument to the Pilgrim Fathers lias been agreed 
upon by the Pilgrim Society of Plymouth. 
— For the year ending March, 1S56, the tax on dogs in 
England yielded about one million dollars. 
— Under the acts of the last session of Congress, 13,760,- 
000 acres of land were granted to railroads. 
— In Mechanic Falls, Me., there has been a continuous 
revival of religion for the last fifteen months. 
—The total amount of specie exported tho past year, np 
to Saturday, the 27th ult., was $36,734,554 10. 
— Christmas is a legal holiday in Massachusetts, having 
been made So by au act of the last Legislature. 
—A society has been formed in Dubuque, composed en¬ 
tirely of New Yorkers. It is called the Excelsior. 
— The London Times was first printed by steam in 1814 ( 
and has kept the country in hot water ever since. 
A policeman has been suspended for five days by the 
Mayor of Brooklyn, for neglecting to pay his debts. 
— Tho increase in the bullion of the Bank of England, 
by last returns just received, was £206,328 sterling. 
— The assessable property in Now Orleans amounted to 
$94,188,196. and includes' $5,183,580 worth of slaves. 
—A cargo of 319 Asiatics arrived at llavaua on the 22d 
ult., decimated from the cumber embarked at Amoy. 
— Chicago, duilDg the present season, lias shipped 21,- 
204,1)00 bushels of grain, and 140,000 barrels of flour. 
— The Massachusetts State Insane Asylum received with¬ 
in its walls last week, two more victims of spiritualism. 
— Thomas Norsworthy, the oldest man in Salem, died on 
the 29th ult., having nearly completed a century of life. 
—There arc in Chicago 75 public officials, the aggregate 
of whose salaries is $325,650—an average of $1,900 each. 
— A plan lias been adopted lately on the Chicago and 
Galena railroad for lighting the passenger ears with gas. 
— Horse-flesh was at a premium in New York on New 
Years, Three dollars an hour was the price for a coach. 
- — A hill has been introduced into tho Legislature of 
North Caroliua “ to encourage and promote matrimony.” 
—Twenty-two men died during the past year who were 
each over 100 years old, and the same number of females. 
—During the past year thirty revolutionary soldiers have 
died. The number on the pension list in July last was 514. 
— The proprietors of tho St. Nicholas Hotel, New York, 
contemplate opening an immense hostelrie at Havana, Cuba. 
— A German woman in New Orleans was made the 
mother of five male children at one liirtb, a few weeks since. 
— It has-been estimated that the love letters dropped In 
the post-office at Lowell, average over lilteen hundred daily. 
— The new edifice of the First Presbyterian Church in 
Dubuque, was laid in ruins by a severe storm a few days ago. 
— Hon. Thomas L. Williams, for thirty years .Tudge o f 
the Supremo Court of Tennessee, died in Memphis last 
month. 
_Snow is ten feet deep in some parts of Wisconsin.— 
Near Janesville, the trains have been unable to get through 
tho snow. 
_It is said that there are about seventeen thousand 
criminal depredators at large in London, who are known to 
the police. 
— A bill abolishing all usury laws has passed the Iowa 
Legislature, and the Davenport Gazette thinks, will pass 
the Senate. 
— The New York Common Council have resolved to 
imrehnse two steam fire engines for the city, at a cost of 
$8,500 eaeh. 
— The association of the Sods of Connecticut in Boston, 
have decided to hold a festival at the Revere House on the 
14th instant. 
— The gas works at Eastport, Me., are in operation, and, 
for the first time the town was lighted with gas on Monday 
evening, Dee. 10. 
_In view of tho novel defence in the Huntington for¬ 
gery ease,’the New York Times well asks, “ Have we a sane 
man among ng 
— A deuf and dumb man has been appointed Justice of 
the Peace, by Governor Gardner, for one of tho townships 
of Massachusetts. 
— A correspondent ot the New York Evening Post sug¬ 
gests the establishment ot an Academy in that city for the 
education of cooks. 
— A verdict of $20,000 damages has been rendered against 
New York city for infringement of Ransom & Wenman’s 
patented tiro engines. 
_A seal was caught off Staton Island on the 30th ult., 
by hook and line. It is rare that one of these animals is 
taken in this latitude. 
— President Pierce's proclamation of the convention be¬ 
tween Austria and the United States for tho extradition of 
criminals, has been issued. 
— Tlie^Hon. Stephen A. Mallory hits been re-elected a 
Senator of the United States from Florida for six years 
from the 4th of March next. 
— George Neil, ot Charleston, South Carolina, ran a 
splinter into his foot recently, and died a few days after, 
from the effects of the wound. 
— Tn Anderson county, Texas, pork is selling at two cents 
a pound, and a railroad to tho Gulf or to New Orleans 
would make it worth five cents. 
— Jt has been found that improved drainage in twenty 
streets in Manchester, England, diminished the annual mor¬ 
tality ot the town twenty per cent. 
— M. Schwilguc, the inventor of the marvellous astro¬ 
nomical clock, which all visitors to Strasbourg go to see in 
the cathedral,' has just died at the ngc of 80. 
_A negro named Richardson, in Liberia, is making ar¬ 
rangements for shipping to the United States 200 hogs¬ 
heads of sugar ot his ow n and first grinding. 
_Tho Legislature of South Carolina, at its session just 
closed, passed " an act to prevent the circulation of printed 
or engraved paper resembling bank notes.” 
— The New Orleans Picayune says that a bargain was 
closed in that city on the ISth ult., for 60,000 gallons of 
molasses, in plantation, at 60 cents per gallon. 
ed requesting the President, if not incompatible 
with the public interest, to furnish the Senate with 
copies of all of our correspondence with the Neth¬ 
erlands, relative to the refusal of the diplomatic 
agents of the latter to appear before the Courts of 
Justice of the United States, and give testimony 
in criminal cases of facts bearing thereon, of 
which they may be cognizant. This refers to Mr. 
Dubois, who declined to appear in the Herbert 
case. 
In reply to the inquiry of tlie Senate relative to 
the better security of steam vessels against acci¬ 
dent by fire, the Secretary of the Navy has trans¬ 
mitted a communication from the bureau of in. 
stmetion, in which it is said no variation is required 
in the ordinary construction of vessels of wood for 
the purpose, but in that part of them where boil¬ 
ers and fire rooms are situated a greater degree of 
security can be given to this end, it is considered 
practicable and expedient that boilers for all sea¬ 
going steamers, and all having their boilers under 
the main deck, or using a forced draft, have their 
furnaces surrounded by tlie water of the boiler, or 
what is termed water bottom to the smoke chim¬ 
ney, to extend above the continuous deck next 
over the boilers, and that all lire room be covered 
with iron, and that a similar substance be used for 
the protection of other parts most exposed to 
combustion. 
The petition of the New York State Military As¬ 
sociation is in possession of the Committee on 
Militia. It asks for a revision of the military laws 
and an annual appropriation of half a million of 
dollars for arming and equipping the militia of the 
several States, and that these bo of the latest and 
most approved pattern. The greater part of those 
uow being distributed are worthless. 
The Senate has confirmed the following, among 
other nominations:—John Underwood, Associate 
Justice of Supreme Court of Nebraska, vice Ham¬ 
den, resigned; Oscar J. Dickenson, Collector at 
Dunkirk, N. Y.. vice Walon, resigned; J. J. Mer¬ 
ritt, Consul at Nassau, New Province, vice Brown, 
resigned; Francis Clayton, of Va., Consul at Mos¬ 
cow; Charles W. Kimball, N. II., Consul at l’ortau 
Prince, vice Parsons, resigned; Thos. Cunning¬ 
ham, Pa., Associate Justice of Supreme Court iu 
Kansas, vice Burrill, resigned. 
On motion of Mr. Cass, a resolution was adopted 
calling on the Secretary of War for further infor¬ 
mation respecting the St. Clair Flats, and asking 
what amount, if any, of additional appropriation 
will be required for the salt works. 
Mr. Butler, from the Committee on Judiciary, to 
which was referred the credentials of Wm. Harlan, 
Senator from Iowa, and the protest of the Senate 
of the Iowa Legislature, relative to the subject, re¬ 
ported that the committee, after a careful consid¬ 
eration, were unable to agree unanimously, and 
under instructions from the majority, he submitted 
a report that Mr. Harlan had not been duly elected 
to the Senate, accompanied by a resolution declar- 
Mr. Toombs gave notice that 
ROCHESTER, JANUARY 10, 1857. 
Decided Progress. — Thanks! 
At no time since its commencement has the 
Rural New-Yorker so eminently and emphati¬ 
cally demonstrated the truthfulness of its Motto, 
“ Excelsior,-' (Still Higher,) and Objects, “Pro¬ 
gress and Improvement," as within the past two 
weeks. This is especially true as regards the in¬ 
crease. of its circulation, and consequent augmen¬ 
tation of its usefulness. During the fifteen days 
ending on Saturday last (the latest period at which 
we are enabled to make an estimate and compari¬ 
son, owing to the unexpectedly large receipts,) we 
received at least Five Thousand more subscribers 
than in any other equal number of clays since the 
establishment of the Rural! In one meek of this 
period, we received oner Thirteen Thousand bona 
fide subscriptions! — a fact which we could easily 
demonstrate , hy.figu res which, in this case, “won’t 
lie," were not our whole force too busy to give us, 
at present, a detailed statement. 
— Thus much for the information of the thou¬ 
sands of readers who will be glad to hear so favor¬ 
able 'a report, and who, we are confident, will 
rejoice at such a remarkable manifestation of 
Rural' Progress—for all which our most grateful 
acknowledgments are eminently due and sincerely 
tendered to the numerous generous, active and 
influential agents and subscribers who have so 
successfully introduced the Rural to an apprecia¬ 
tive and discriminating public. 
Conflagrations and Casualties, 
Eight stores on Main street, Patterson, N. J., 
were burned on the 31st ult,, together with their 
contents. They were occupied for dry goods and 
faucy articles, by upwards of a dozen tenants,— 
Several buildings in the vicinity were injured.— 
Loss, $50,000. 
The Beacon office, at Akron Ohio, was burned 
on the 29th ult., together with Messrs. Beelie & 
Elker’s bookstore; Wctmore & Co’s. Agricultural 
store; Bowen & Barber’s grocery store. Several 
adjoining buildings were greatly injured. 
The medical department of the ITniversity of 
Louisville, was burnt On the 31st ult, A portion 
of the apparatus was saved. Loss covered by 
insurance. 
The grist mill and saw mill of Merry A. Gay, at. 
Milan, Ohio, together with Meagher & Skinner’s 
clock factory, were burned on the 30th ult. The 
former’s loss is estimated from 12 to $15,000; the 
latter at $5,000; no insurance. 
The locomotive of a freight train on the Ohio 
Road exploded at Cincinnati on the 31st ult., kil¬ 
ling the engineer and one brakeman. 
The seven o’clock train from New York on the 
31st ult., struck a covered wagon, near Milford 
Conn., in which were Wm, Kelsey and Gilbert 
Nettleton, instantly killing Kelsey, and nearly kil¬ 
ling Nettlcton. Both belonged in Milford. 
The wife of Judge Daniels, of the Supreme 
Court, was burnt to death in Washington ou the 
30th inst She had prepared for her sleeping room 
and commenced disrobing herself, preparatory to 
retiring for the night, when, being very near-sight¬ 
ed, she did not percieve a candle that was standing 
on the hearth, or the flames which communicated 
to her clothing, until they completely enveloped 
her. She then ran from the room shrieking for 
assistance. Before any effectual aid could he ren¬ 
dered she was so shockingly burned that, she died 
after eight hours of suffering. She was the daugh¬ 
ter of the late Dr. Harris of Philadelphia, chief of 
the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in the Navy. 
Inauguration of Gov. King. 
This ceremony took place in the Assembly 
Chamber at Albany on the 1st inst Gov. Clark, 
on yielding up the tokens of that office, addressed 
his successor as follows: 
Governor King: —The time has arrived when I 
am to be relieved from the duties and the respon¬ 
sibilities of chief executive officer of the State; 
and I have to congratulate myself and the people 
that the important and responsible trusts of the 
office are to be transferred to one of so much 
practical ability, intelligence and experience as 
yourself. 
Permit me to remark, that with the honors of 
the office you will find many cares and perplexities 
and much labor. While there will be many things 
pleasant and agreeable, there will he much to an¬ 
noy and embarrass. 
You will also find the duties which the Consti¬ 
tution devolves upon the Governor of our Empire 
State to be onerous and constant 
You are, however, accustomed to active life, and 
I doubt not will be able to perform the various 
duties of the office with credit to yourself, and 
also to the general satisfaction ol the people who 
have called you to the exalted position. 
Be assured, Sir, that during your official term, 
and through life, you will have my sincere wishes 
for your success, health and happiness. 
Secretary of State Deadly then administered 
the Oath of Office, after which Mr. King responded 
to the following purport: 
Governor Clark: —The moment which relieves 
you from the duties of the Chief Magistrate of this 
State, invests me with the charge and responsi¬ 
bility of that high station. To be Governor of my 
native State, and that .State New York, is a crown¬ 
ing honor for a life now not short, of which much 
has been passed in the publio service. I accept 
the trust which the people of this State have 
thought proper to confide to my hands: and tlie 
oath I have just taken, faithfully to administer that 
trust, 1 intend to keep m its true intent. I will to 
the best of my ability endeavor to discharge its 
duties, so as to advance the interests and maintain 
the honor and just influence of this State. In Bucb 
a purpose and policy, I count -with confidence on 
the co-operation and support of my countrymen; 
and with these, I cannot fait 1 return to you, sir, 
my thanks for the sentiments of regard and confi¬ 
dence you were good enough to express in my be- 
halL And while I am about to assume the cares 
and responsibility of official station, I may with 
truth envy you the repose and satisfaction which 
awaits you, after the faithful discharge of a great 
public trust. My best wishes attend you on your 
return to your distant home, and will be w ith you 
always. 
The Secretary of State then administered the 
Oath of Office to Lieut. Governor Selden, the au¬ 
dience dispersed, and the new Executive Head of 
the Empire State entered upon his duties. 
ing the seat vacant, 
he should submit a minority report. 
The House bill for the settlement of the accounts 
of officers of the Revolution, their widows and or¬ 
phans, w r as considered. 
House. —The House has been occupied exclu¬ 
sively with the consideration of private bills, and 
passed thirteen of them. 
On motion of Mr. Vallt, the President was re¬ 
quested to inform the House by what authority' he 
employs a government architect for designing and 
erecting all public buildings and placing them un¬ 
der the superintendence of military engineers. 
Mr. (juitman vainly strove to report a bill in¬ 
creasing the pay of the officers of the army. 
The House, by a vote of 70 against 105, refused 
to suspend the rules as moved for by Mr. Wal¬ 
lin d go, to enable him to introduce a resolution 
making the subject of the Pacific railroad the spe¬ 
cial order for the 14th of January. 
Provincial Items. 
The Kingston News says that the Mayor of that 
city, on Christmas day, made each of prisoners 
confined in jail for petty offences, 
and wind regions which have heretofore retained 
their moisture through the season, affording there¬ 
by a reservoir fur both supplying the springs and 
the atmosphere with water. As our prevailing 
winds are from the west and south-west, and blow 
over land and not over water, they lose their mois¬ 
ture long before they reach the Western States, 
and becoming thus dry winds they impart no ben¬ 
efit in a dry season, but rather aggravate the evil 
by creating a more rapid evaporation where there 
was too much already. We apprehend that dry 
seasons may lie looked upon hereafter as the rule, 
aggravated more and more by the clearing up of 
the little wood land which uow remaius. If fann¬ 
ers would, with one accord, plant all their waste 
plains with yellow locust or other good timber, 
some alleviation of the evil might be looked for. 
But unless something of the kind is done, we arc 
as certain of dry scans ns as we are that they are 
to come. 
The general appearance of tho towns mentioned 
gives evidence of public spirit, enterprise, intelli¬ 
gence and thrift, in these respects comparing fa¬ 
vorably with those of any other portion of the 
State. Numerous and handsome churches, large 
school houses, shaded streets, and tasteTul dwell¬ 
ings, are unmistakable signs of the moral and ma¬ 
terial condition of the inhabitants, and prove them 
an intelligent community. Nor does the appear¬ 
ance of the rural population sailer, either in the 
condition of their farms or buildings, by a com¬ 
parison with other and apparently more forward 
portions ol the State. Though to a certain extent 
it may be called a grain growing region, the farm¬ 
ers early discovered that their true course foreuc- 
ccss was in dairy husbandry, and the result has 
abundantly justified the wisdom of their choice. 
But our day is still unfinished.—e. 
a present of his 
freedom. 
The Canadian Parliament will assemble for the 
dispatch of business ou the 25th of February. 
The foundation of a new City Hall building was 
laid at Oobourg, C. W., on the 30th ult., with Masonic 
ceremony. The building is to coat £16,000, and 
will be completed in two years. It is to consist of 
a central part and two wings, three stories in height. 
The front and sides will be built of Cleveland free¬ 
stone. The Hall promises to be one of the most 
complete in Upper Canada, for the purposes for 
which it has designed. It is to be called the Vic¬ 
toria Hall. 
A fire broke out in Halifax on the 1st inst., in 
the vast building on the comer of Holliss and 
Prince streets, extending from thence south to the 
residence of l)r. Allan, crossing Holliss street and 
burning nearly the whole block between that and 
Granville street, including St. Matthew’s Presby¬ 
terian Church. Twenty buildings were consumed 
and thirteen partially destroyed. Two entire 
blocks, from Bedford Row to Barrington street, 
were gutted. The scene is most desoiatiug. The 
streets are filled with goods and furniture. Several 
persons were seriously injured, but no lives were 
lost The estimated loss is $100,000. 
Aprointments by the Governor. — The fol¬ 
lowing military appointments have been made 
by Gov. King: —Adjutant General —Frederick 
Townsend, Albauy; Inspector General —Benjamin 
F. Brutfc, Lenox; Engineer in Chief —Lucius Pit 
kin, New York; Judge Advocate General —Clarence 
A. Seward, N. YU; Quarter Master General —James 
L. Mitchell, Albany; Purveyor General —S, Oakley 
Vunderpool, Albany; Pay-Master General —Robert 
L. Johnson, Albany; Aid-de-camp —Robert LeRoy, 
New York; Aid-de-camp —Hale Kingsley, Albany; 
Military Secretary —Alonzo 1). Morgan, Aurora.— 
Tbe Present Commissary General, J. H. 11. Ward, 
of New York, bolds over. The appointment to 
this office is made by the Governor and Senate, 
during the session of the Legislature. The Gov¬ 
ernor has also designated as —Private Secretary — 
Henry J. Seaman, New York; Messenger —George 
W. Blaekstock, New York. 
The Rochester Water-Power Claim. —The 
Canal Board have, after au elaborate argument 
from A. B. Ely, Esq., confirmed the report of the 
Canal Appraisers in this case. The total award of 
the Appraisers was $25,569 08. This award pre¬ 
cludes a large number of the claimants, and great¬ 
ly reduces the claims of those to whom awards are 
made. 
A Dreadful Typhoon 
The North China Herald of September 10th, 
which came to hand by the last steamer, contains 
the following account of a terrible typhoon and 
its appalling consequences. 
The captain of a large junk from Bangkok, has 
communicated the following note on the disasters 
occasioned by a typhoon he encountered on the 
12th of August,, on approaching tlie Chusan Tsland s 
from the south: 
“We formed one of a fleet of twenty-two junks 
bound to various ports from Shanghae to Tient- 
sing. On the twelfth day of the moon the wind 
blew furiously from the northwest, and suddenly 
chopped round from the south. Seventeen vessels 
soon foundered, and the remaining five were dis¬ 
masted. We lost both our double rudders. About 
one thousand men perished in that storm. In 
consequence of assistance liberally afforded by a 
steamer, we were saved from drowning and starv¬ 
ing." 
Marine Disasters. —A summary of tlie losses 
sustained through marine disasters by the New 
York underwriters, during the year just closed 
shows the enormous aggregate of some twenty-six 
millions of dollars. Probably they have never be¬ 
fore amounted to so large a sum, and it is said that 
the pressure on the various companies has been so 
great that some have had to succumb entirely and 
retire from the field, while others had to strengthen 
their position by new subscriptions to their capitals. 
Gold from California. — The total amount of 
gold imported from California during the past 
year, is $40,319,920 — a falling of $1,362,595 com¬ 
pared with 1855. The receipts have been very 
regular, from one million and a half to two millions 
by each semi-monthly arrival. 
Arrival of Mormons.— The ship Columbia ar¬ 
rived at New York on New Years with a precious 
freight — 221 Mormons. They are mostly from 
Bristol, England, There were twenty-three from 
Wales, a few from Scotland, and Borne from Lon¬ 
don, Yorkshire, and other parts of England. 
Imports of Dry Goods. —Tho total imports of 
Dry Goods at New York during November, were 
$403,809 greater than for November last year; 
$233,099 over the receipts for the same month of 
1864; and $330,606 less than for the same period of 
1853. The total imports since the 1st of January, 
1856, to December 1st, amount to $78,63(1,09^ 
which is $27,189,883 greater than for the same 
period of last year, $9,656,513 greater than for the 
same period of 1854; but only $662,148 greater 
than for the corresponding period of 1863. 
Children for the West.— A party of 50 youths, 
varying from five to fifteen years of age, left New 
York on the 23d ult., for the West, where homes 
have been secured for them. They were chiefly 
gathered by the Childrens’ Aid .Society, and Five 
Points House of Industry, and among them were 
several noble boys, who will be expected to exem¬ 
plify the beneficence of this care for the homeless 
youth of the great city. 
Huntington found Guilty. —The jury in Hun¬ 
tington's—the forger's—case, after several hours 
consultation, rendered a verdict of guilty, aud he 
was sentenced to State Prison for four years and 
ten months. 
This Numbeu of the Rural is, in our judgment, 
an improvement upon the last, in most respects — 
highly as that has been complimented by ou r 
contemporaries and correspondents. 
