MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER 
AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER 
PUBLISHER’S NOTICES 
Hew York Legislature. 
In tbe Senate Mr. Brooks introduced a bill 
exempting Libraries of Clergymen, Authors and 
Editors, from sale on execution ; and Mr. Cutler 
introduced a bill taxing Banking Capital of Indi¬ 
vidual Bankers. The bill for tbe relief of the 
University of Rochester, appropriating §25,000 
toward the erection of Buildings, $12,000 only 
to be drawn in one year,—on condition that ii 
like sum be raised by subscription and expended 
for the same purpose—passed tbe Senate last 
week, without opposition. Tt has yet to pass 
the Assembly. This is the first grant made by 
the State to our young University. All the older 
Recent Conflagrations. 
On the morning of tbe 10th inst., a fire broke 
out in a five story building, corner of Mercer and 
Bleeker streets, New York, occupied by Mr. Bosch 
as a cabinet ware-house—building entirely de¬ 
stroyed and contents. Loss between $60,000 and 
§80,000. Mr. Bosch and his wife perished in the 
(lames. 
A dispatch dated Louisville, Ky., Feb. 10, says: 
—Smith’s block on Main street, the Galt, House, 
was burned this morning. There were six build¬ 
ings occupied by Callaghy & Co., Richard Atkin¬ 
son, Bramiu & Rummois, Bartley, Johnson & Co., 
Armstrong, Allen & Co., Mitchell, Guthrie & Co. 
Loss $180,000—insured.” 
In Mobile, 8tli inst., the Shippers, Planters, Hunt 
& Montgomery Colton Presses were burnt aud 
10,000 or 15,000 bales of cotton destroyed. Loss 
§700,000. 
On Thursday evening the old machine shop, on 
Mechanics’ street, Auburn, was consumed by fire. 
It was owned by Dr. R, Steele, who in part occu- 
THEKE IS YET TIME AND ROOM 
Thanks to its ardent, active and influential Friends and Sup¬ 
porters from Maine to Minnesota, and from Canada to California, 
the Rural has made far greater progress wi ibiu the past month, 
than during any corresponding period since its establishment. 
And yet there is abundant time for all ila we!i-wishers, who 
would aid its prosperity and benefit community, to prosecute 
the Campaign to a still more successful issue. There is “ ample 
room and verge enough" cm our Subscription Books for all the 
names with wbieh wo may be favored. Those, therefore, who 
have formed olttbs can make additions to any extent, — while 
there is yet time for such as are disposed to commence and 
complete new clubs, and secure the liberal premiums offered 
therefor All that is necessary to largely increase onr list in al¬ 
most every locality, is a little personal attention on the part of 
friendly readers. Will not each and all see that their neighbors 
and acquaintances have an opportunity nt subscribing for the 
Rural 1 While sparing neither effort nor expense to make the 
Rural by far the best journal of its class in I he w orld, we frankly 
ask all who believe it is accomplishing a good work, to promote 
Its circulation in tbe manner suggested 
Back numbers of the present volume can still be supplied to 
new Subscribers, so that subscrihtions can commence with tho 
year or any number doslrcd. Extra numbers, show-bills, Ac., 
cheerfully and ptomptly forwarded, post-paid, to all disposed to 
aid in extending the circulation of the- Rural. For Premium 
List. Publisher's Notices, Ac., see next and last pages. 
fcjr^-BACK Numbers.— In order to snpplythe supposed de¬ 
mand, we commenced this volume by adding 20,i*h.i copies to our 
former edition The prospect now is that this extra edition will 
be exhausted soon ; hence those who wish the volume complete, 
shonld not delay in sending in their subscriptions. Back num¬ 
bers will bo furnished to new subscribers (unless otherwise 
ordered) until our edition is exhausted. 
Back Numbers Wanted.— About twenty papers of No. 30 
vo). 6, 1855, wanted to complete setts. For these in good order 
we will give twelve rents each In postage stamps or cash. Mail 
to Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, Rochester, N. Y. 
For terms, Special Notices, Ac., see last page. 
Men and Times op the Revolution 
Men and Times op this Revolution ; or, Memoirs of El- 
kana u Watson, including his Journals of Travels in 
Europe and America, trom the year 1777 to 1S42, and his 
Correspondence with Public Men and Remitiiscences and 
Incidents of the Revolution. Edited by his son, Was. 
low C. Watson. Second edition, with'# portrait of tho 
Author, engraved on steel, niter the famous portrait by 
Copley, and twenty wood engravings. New York • 
Dana & Co IS,57. 
This is one of the most interesting books we have pe¬ 
rused for a long time. The record given in its pages—by 
an active, prominent man who saw much of life in both 
this country and Europe, amt who kept a private journal 
from his nineteenth year until he was over eighty—is most 
interesting aud authentic, and Bn invaluable contribution 
to the literature of the Revolution. Familiar with the 
prominent military men, pliilosophersand statesmen of his 
times, and a shrewd observer, Mr. Watson's observations, 
correspondence, reflections, kc 
— Queen Victoria is 38 years of age. 
i — There are 57,112 owners oi land in Iowa. 
— The flood in the Genesee River is subsiding. 
— Shad, from Savannah, are plenty in New York. 
The taxes of Ohio last year amounted to $8,009,813. 
— Russia is engaged in building 2,300 miles of railroad. 
— There are 31 Episcopal Dioceses in the Unitsd States. 
— There are in the Pacific Islands 119 Protestant Mis¬ 
sionaries. 
Five noblemen are said to own one-fourth of the land 
in Scotland. 
— Female pickpockets are committing depredations in 
Philadelphia. 
— The attempts to raise cotton in Australia are said to 
be successful. 
— The rush of foreign small coins to the mint is said to 
ho very great. 
— There were 5,680,891 buBhels of wheat harvested in 
Iowa last year, 
— Tho disease called the Hog Cholera is rapidly Increas¬ 
ing at the West. 
— Tho celebrated 
is offered for sale. 
— There were one 
Pittsburg last year. 
— It is slated that $4,000,000 worth of oysters are sold 
in New York annually. 
— The thermometer was recently 34 degrees below zero 
at Lawrence, Kansas. 
— A now Chinese paper has been started in Sacramento, 
Cal. Hang Taie is editor. 
— Wood is selling in St. Paul at $9 per cord. Pretty 
well tor a new country. 
— The average yield of corn to the acre in Ohio last 
year, was 39.71 bushels. 
— Mr. James Caldwell, of Farington, Ohio, shipped 300 
tuns of cheese last year. 
—There is about twouty-one and a half millions of dol¬ 
lars in tho U. S. treasury. 
— There are now living in Gardner, Mass., 21 farmers 
between 80 nnd 90 years of age. 
— There are fewer post-offices in Great Britain and Ire¬ 
land than in Canada—only 986. 
— The British Government is about to establish a penal 
as here recorded, comprise 
a volume of personal and historical reminiscences which 
should find a place in every library. Tho volume compli¬ 
es 557 pages, and its fine execution, and rich external ap¬ 
pearance, reflect credit upon the enterprising publishing 
house from which it is issued. 
The Unffnictiics for 1857. 
We continue onr notices of American Literary Maga- 
r.iucs, &e, from last number. 
Graham’s Magazine lias been much improved of late, 
aud especially siocc the insuguratiun of Charles G. Lk- 
land as Editor. The March number, already received, is 
au excelie.nf one in contents, illustrations, and typography. 
The t! Editor’s Easy Talk" is a rich and racy feature, exhib¬ 
iting tho talent and versatility of tho speaker, including 
good taste and tact in imparting and segregating pleasant 
dotes, etc. Our 
live o’er again" 
Charter Oak” place in Hartford, Ct. 
Congressional Proceedings. 
Senate.— The Naval Committee in the Senate 
have compiled a hill authorizing the construction 
of an armed steamer of 600 tons, for the protec¬ 
tion of American commerce from piratical attacks 
on the shallow waters of China. 
Mr. Wilson offered irresolution, which wasadopt- 
ed, instructing the Committee on the Post Oflice 
to inquire into the causes of the repeated failure 
of the mails between New York and Washington 
during the. present session, and report what legis¬ 
lation, if any, is necessary to remedy the evil._ 
Much indignation is expressed by members of 
Congress and others in consequence of thirty-eight 
failures of the mails between New York and Wash¬ 
ington since the commencement of the session. 
On motion of Mr. Fish, a resolution was adopted 
calling on the Postmaster General to inform the 
Senate whether any, and if so, what additional 
List of Hew Advertisements this Week, 
Jas. Sully—Buy or Sell Farms. 
S’ y* Thonnw- Superior Blood Stallion Tor Sale. 
T^C.Maxwel 1 A Bro-Frult Trees. Kvorgtdrtw, Ac. 
I ratt. Bronson A Morrell Fruit Trees for Sale 
Duryee A Forty it, Manut: To.—Hay Scales, Ac. 
H. tolling- -Owbkco Lake Nurseries. 
Calkins A. Gnaw* Tor Instruction. 
S. lUkur—Largu Auction Sale of Stock. 
K. 1). Hallock—Chimm* Sujrar Caiic. 
R. L. Hovcard—Kfiflunn'i Mower. 
!’ <7, \. eomans —Rmit Trees and Scion& 
•Jesse Phkc—S hort-boms. 
Pime— Chinese Sugar Cane, or Sorgho Sucre. 
Ine Best Liuul Plaster. 
old favorite is evidently determined to “live o’er again" 
the days of Its palmy prosperity. Published by Watson 
& Co., Philadelphia—$3 per annum. 
The Ladt’8 Home Magazine of Literature, Art and 
Fashi on, edited by T. S. Arthur and Virginia Townsend, 
enters upon its new volume under very favorable auspices, 
and with new features which must enhance its already 
wide and well-merited popularity. Though much cheaper, 
we regard this as equal in merit and usefulness, especially 
for the Home Circle, to many of the three dollar maga¬ 
zines, and can cordially commend it as safe, instructive 
and entertaining. Published by T. S. Arthur & Co. 
Philadelphia—$2. 
Tiie National Magazine is among the best and most 
useful of our popular magazines. It is designed to interest 
and instruct all, both intellectually and morally, and Is 
pure In its tone and elevated in its character. The paper, 
engravings, &<?., are of the very first class. We know of 
nothing superior to it in these respects. Published by 
Carlton k Porter, Nt,# York, aud Swormstedt & Poe, 
Cincinnati, Ohio—$2 per annum. 
Ins Ladies* Repository is a magazine somewhat simi¬ 
lar in character to the p*reced(ug, “ devoted to Literature 
and Religion," and designed especially for the Ladies. It 
is beautifully executed ; the engravings aud letter-press 
arc all that printers aud engravers can make them — most 
finished specimens ol the arts. We can safely say it is in 
all respects the best magazine of its class. Published by 
Carlton & Porter, New York, and Swormstedt k Poe, 
colony at Yau Couvre’s Island. 
— There were 491 deaths in New York city last week, of 
which 46 were trom scarlet fever- 
— Over one thousand persona receive daily relief from 
the Relief Union in Cincinnati. 
— The receipts of the railroads id the United States last 
year are put down at $110,000,000. 
— A ball in New York for a nursery lor poor children 
rvn llio 1 !...* .1 »■. nren 
ROCHESTER, FEBRUARY 21, 1857. 
Floods at the West, 
Personal, 
uni i piuiongea during a inns far some¬ 
what active and laborious life—and, though slowly 
convalescing, is st ill unable to attend to many mat¬ 
ters requiring personal attention. We congratu¬ 
late our readers, however, that, though able to 
contribute but very little to its pages, the Rural 
hag not suffered in the interim—thanks to onr able 
and efficient Assistants, Contributors and Corres¬ 
pondents, of whom we are justly proud, aud now 
more than ever before. Of the thousands of busi¬ 
ness letters and communications received of late, 
we have read but very few-, and of course most of 
those requiring personal responses, or particular 
examination before publication, must await our 
return to the office and its active duties. And we 
fear it will be impossible even then to give proper, 
if any, attention to various matters—while others 
will be unseasonable—as every day will bring new 
duties and labors to be performed. Though very 
reluctant to obtrude personal matters upon our 
readers and the public, this explanation is due to 
numerous friends and correspondents who would 
else ascribe our silence or non-attention to other 
than the right cause, and consider as censurable 
what has been unavoidable. 
— It is gratifying to know- that, while we have 
been precluded from adopting intended measures 
to augment its circulation, tbe Rural has pro¬ 
gressed rapidly in that direction, We trust its 
agents and friendly subscribers will continue their 
efforts in its behalf. Thousands of names may 
yet he easily added to onr list, as the ensuing two 
months are good ones in which to procure sub¬ 
trains were consequently interrupted. The Mil¬ 
waukee railroad hiidge, tho bridge at Elgin, where 
the Galena road crosses Fox river, the bridge at 
Aux Plainp, near Chicago, the Burlington railroad 
bridge across Bureau river, were rendered unser- 
Meeable. The Rock Island railroad bridge across 
the Dupage was started by the ice, and one engine 
aud six cars were precipitated into the river. The 
engineer, fireman and brakeman were supposed to 
be drowned. The bridges at Aurora, including 
the railroad bridge, have been carried away. At 
La Salle, tbe Illinois has risen twenty-eight feet. 
St. Louis, Feb. 9.—Tbe river has risen eighteen 
feet, and still rising. The Missouri is open to Jef¬ 
ferson City. The Illinois is open a]] the way up 
the American Phrenological Journal. Monthly— 16 
quarto pages— at f 1 per annum. Fowler & Welle, N. Y 
Li-. Watkr-Curk Journal. Same size, price, and pub¬ 
lishers as preceding. 
These valuable and progressive Journals enter upon the 
new year with increased vigor, aud an evident determina¬ 
tion to merit an augmentation of their already large suc¬ 
cess. Each is the standard authority of its class, and 
entitled to the cordial encouragement of all who lavor the 
principles so ably discount'd in its pages. Both periodicals 
are ably conducted, and beautifully illustrated and printed. 
Lire Illustrated, is the euphonious and appropriate 
title of a beaulilul and spirited quarto weekly Literary 
Journal, issued by the same publishers at $2 a year. It is 
generally racy aud readable, otteu profound, and always 
progressive. 
— Senator Sumner, it is said, will viait Europe in the 
spring, and spend several mouths on the continent. 
— At Pittsburg, I’a., tho Mayor has ordered the watch¬ 
men to resume tho ancient practice of crying the hour. 
— Rev. Dr. Anderson lectured before tho Rochester Ath- 
loueum, Thursday eveuiDg, ou the “ Unity of tho Race." 
— The Illinois Central Railroad Company has contracted 
for the delivery next season of 66 locomotives and 800 cars 
— The gairote syr-tem has beeu introduced into the 
Quaker City. The firet victim was a merchant from New 
York. 
— A Miss Thornhill died in the Eastern Virginia Luna¬ 
tic Asylum recently, having been au inmate there tor 45 
years. 
— Snow fell in tho city of Mexico December 21, a phe¬ 
nomenon never before witnessed there by the oldest in¬ 
habitant. 
— Girard College, at Philadelphia, now supports and 
educates regularly three hundred and fifteen boys, all indi¬ 
gent orphans. 
— The highest salary of a Governor of any State in the 
Union Is paid in California—$10,000—and the lowest is in 
Vermont—$750. 
— The best appraisers of the Trinity Church properly in 
N. Y, reckon its actual present value at over six mil¬ 
lions of dollars. 
— Sir William Boyd, an Euglish gentleman, not un¬ 
known to fame, is lecturing at Utica ou “Tho Literature 
of Great Britain." 
— A lot of ground on Broadway, corner oi Grand street. 
Now Yoik city, eighty-six by one hundred feet, sold re¬ 
cently for $200,000. 
— Hon. Andrew Stevenson of Virginia, once Speaker of 
the House of Representatives and Minister to England, 
died on Sunday last. 
— Tho Carlo Terro, a Neapolitan war-steamer, blew up 
in the harbor of Naples not long since. About seventy 
persons were killed. 
— During the month of January, the total number of 
vessels lost wait 131. The estimated value of ships and 
cargoes was $3,73-1,200. 
— Col. Nathan Booue, youngest son of the celebrated 
Daniel Boone, died a few days since nt Sprinfleld, Mo., in 
the 76th year of his age. 
—It is said that $70,000 of the new counterfeit notes of 
the Mercantile Bank of Hartford have been taken into 
Jackson county, Indiana. 
— Justice Richmond, of Barnard, Vt., has fined a man 
$5 and costs for drunkeuness, upon testimony that some 
person smelt his breath. 
— Dr. Livingston, the African traveler, is said to he al¬ 
most black from constant exposure to a hot Bun. So it 
seems climate does affect color. 
— A thousand acres of land have been given at Carbon- 
dale, Illinois, tor the site of tho first College in that be¬ 
nighted part ol 111., known as “Egypt.” 
—A proposition is now before the North Caroliua Legis¬ 
lature to tax through passengers mid through freight upon 
the railroads running through that State. 
— The Hardware Board of Trade ot New York, held their 
first annual dinner ou Thursday evening of last week.— 
There are fivo hundred dealers in New York. 
— A brutal omnibus driver at Philadelphia, tied a rope 
round the tongue of hi s horse, bvenuse the animal would 
not move, and tore off about live inches of it. 
— Colonel William II. C. Hosmer has been invited to 
pronouuco an eulogy on tho Baron Steuben, before tho 
military of Brooklyn, at the close of this mouth. 
Items of Hews, 
The value of the brown sugar imported into the 
United States, during 1856, was $22,400,353; white, 
loaf and refined sugar and molasses, $4,334,668; 
tea, $0,603,891; coffee, $21,514,196. 
The Secretary of the Treasury has appointed 
John U. Eaton, Esq., Superintendent of Construc¬ 
tion for the new Custom-House and Post-Office 
authorized to lie erected at Chicago, Illinois. 
The town of Westfield, Mass., has voted $500, as 
permanent fund, to comply with the terms of the 
bequest of the late Stephen Harrison, for the es¬ 
tablishment of an agricultural branch to Westfield 
Academy, 
The drain of silver to India has been somewhat 
checked by the British government selling drafts 
on the local Treasury at Calcutta. One of the pre¬ 
vious steamers took out to India $5,000,000, all in 
silver. 
Near Factoryville, Pa., on Friday, an accom¬ 
modation train was thrown down an embankment, 
lrilliug John Houston, the engineer, the fireman, 
and brakeman, and dangerously wounding another 
engineer, named William White, The passengers 
The Weather, Freshets, &c. 
The weather continues “open.” As we write 
(Tuesday A. M.,) the sun is shining brightly, and 
tbe atmosphere is decidedly balmy and spring¬ 
like. But the “ ides of March”—its high-pressure 
breezes, boisterous winds, and variations of tem¬ 
perature—are coming on apace, and yet to be en¬ 
dured. May they blow more gently, and prove 
less chilling, than in former seasons, and the hus¬ 
bandman again experience (what has been rare of 
late years) an old-fashioned genial Spring! 
The recent floods in various parts of the country, 
have proved very destructive to property, and 
many lives have been lost. In both Eastern and 
Western exchanges, the great floods continue a 
prominent and painful topic. The details, of 
which we will not attempt even a snmmary, ex¬ 
hibit great suffering, aud In many instances, sad 
accounts of the destruction of human life, remarka¬ 
ble escapes, &c. The streams were subsiding to¬ 
ward the close of last week, but the recent rains 
have created Iresh apprehensions. A dispatch 
dated Albany, Feb. 16, says:—“Tbe weather here 
to-day has been rainy. The river is again rising, 
and a freshet is anticipated, but there are no appre¬ 
hensions that it will be as severe as the recent nm> ti 
New York Idiot Asylum.— The Annual Report 
of the Managers o! the Idiot Asylum was received 
in the Assembly on the ]2th inst. There has been 
expended on the construction account, $67,801.98; 
amount appreciated,$70,000; amount loaned ex¬ 
pense fund, $2,698.05; indebtedness of building 
fund, $9,151.02; total extenditure for building at 
Syracuse, $72,405.26; current expenses of the year, 
$15,854,95; in treasury, $2,053.10; outstanding 
debt, $6,203.93; total indebtedness, $14,364.94. In 
order to curry on the affairs of the institution for 
the coming year, successfully, the Managers say 
they will need an appropriation of $18,000. With 
this sum they can provide board, care and instruc¬ 
tion for one hundred indigent pupils, beside a 
smaller number who can pay a portion of the ex¬ 
penses of their support. The Managers express 
their satisfaction with the building, and also con¬ 
fidence in the continued and increased usefulness 
of the Institution. 
Esuabe of Prisoners.— Seven of the largest 
boys confined in tbe House of Refuge, this city, 
made an attack on the gate-keeper, Saturday after¬ 
noon last, knocked him down, and made good their 
escape. They were all from 16 to 18 years of age, 
and had been confined for a long time. 
— Melvin J. Power, confined in the jail in this 
city under various indictments for forgery, effected 
his escape on Saturday night last. The Sheriff 
offers $200 reward for Iris arrest and delivery. 
--_ 
The Illinois papers give the parti enters of an 
appaling accident which occurred on the Chicago 
and Rock Island Railroad, a few days since, near 
Joilet, at the crossing of the Du Page River, which 
resulted in Lhi loss of three human lives and seven 
car loads of horses. The heavy rains had swollen 
the river till it overflowed its banks, covered the 
bottom and submerged tbe track on both sidesof the 
bridge. Locomotive, tender, seven cars, one after 
another, disappeared beneath the surface of the 
stream, deep enough, by reason of tbe freshet, to 
hide from view every vestige of the train! 
Remarkable Safe. —In answer to ail inquiry 
from the manufacturer, a Western merchant thus 
describes the endurance of an apparently remark¬ 
able breed of Salamander safes;—"One of our 
clerks, on Saturday, bought a Shanghai 
Newspaper Coverlets.—a Philapelphia paper 
has tbe following new wrinkle, from a correspon¬ 
dent: "Through the medium of your paper, I 
would state, for the benefit of the public, at this 
cold season, that they may sleep much more com¬ 
fortable, and with fewer bed-elotbes, by placing 
one or two thicknesses of paper (common newspa¬ 
pers will answer) between the coverlets of their 
beds. This may appear ridiculous to some, as it 
did to me when I first heard of it; bnthavingtried 
it, I can testify from experience that, it is an ef¬ 
fective remedy for cold sleeping. If those who 
minister to the wants of the poor will give it a 
trial, I believe they will find it a valuable aid in 
releiving their sufferings.” 
A good use, at last, for Eome of the trashy 
‘‘blanket weeklies’‘-tbe Ledgers, Flag,, el it omne 
genus. Any such in Philadelphia? 
rooster, 
and, at night, unknown to us, put it J'or safe-keep¬ 
ing iu the safe. That night, our establishment 
was destroyed by (ire, aud the safe und it» contents 
were exposed to a tremendous 
heat for thirty-six 
hours, at the end of which time it was hoisted out 
red-hot As soon as possible it was opened, and 
you may judge of our surprise, when we found 
within it tbcShanghae rooster, leaningogainstthe 
ledger —frozen lo death /” 
A “first rate notice,” that, though somewhat 
frigid. Win.tber the beautiful and capacious safe 
recently “ got up ” for, und placed in the Rural 
Counting Room by tbe " Duiyee & Forsyth Manu¬ 
facturing Co.,” of this city, would prove equally 
unsafe fur poultry, is more than problematical!— 
However, if it- wi 11 protect our numerous subserip. j 
tion aud other books, in tbe event of 
chronicled last week. One is tbe venerable Chief 
Justice Sbepley, and the other, lion. Albion K. 
Parris, who died suddenly on Thursday, at hiareai 
deuce iu Portland, of disease of the heart JJo 
has been United States Senator, Judge of the Su¬ 
preme Court, was live times elected Governor of 
Maine, and has filled other offices of honor and 
trust. He was about 71 years old. 
a conflagara. 
tion, we will be content, minus tbe Arctic quality. 
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