MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AN!) FAMILY NEWSPAPER 
MARCH U 
PUBLISH KK’S NOTICKS 
Conflagrations and Casualties 
Senate. — A majority of the Semite’s Committee 
on the Judiciary have decided to report a resolu¬ 
tion for taking testimony in Indiana, in reference 
to the contested elections in that State, and with 
it is a report in favor of Mr. Cameron’s right to a 
seat, from Pennsylvania. 
The Senate in executive session ratified the com¬ 
mercial tmtties’with Persia, Venezuela and Chili; 
also the Dullas-C’lurendon treaty in an amended 
form, by a vote of 31 to 15. 
Mr. Seward offered a resolution, which was unan¬ 
imously adopted, tendeiing the thanks of the Sen¬ 
ate to Mr. lUeckiniidge for the dignity and impar¬ 
tiality with which he has discharged the duties of 
presiding officer. 
Live thousand copies of the reports of the army 
officers, relutive to their mission to the war in the 
Crimea, were ordered to be printed. 
After an Executive Session the Senate adjourn¬ 
ed sine die. 
Among the confirmations were the following:— 
Abner Pratt, of Michigan, Consul at Honolulu.— 
Win. E. Venable, of Tennessee, Minister resident at. 
Guatamala. J. Page Hopkins, of Virginia, Consul 
at Tabasco. Joel II. White, of Connecticut, Con¬ 
sul at Lyons. Francis A. Fountain, of North Car¬ 
olina, Consul at Agpinwall. Peter Sanzeman, of 
Louisiana, Consul at Matamoras. F. (J. A. John¬ 
son, of Ithode Island, Consul at Beyroot, A. B. 
Ragen, of Georgia, Paymaster in the Army. Eu¬ 
gene M. Nelson, U. S. Attorney for Minnesota. 
Samuel Mertary has been appointed Governor of 
Minnesota, and J. P. Anderson, late delegate from 
Washington, Governor of that Territory. Mr. A. 
is to enter upon his duties at the expiration of the 
commission of Governor Stephens. 
To Competitors lor our April Premiums, 
The Franklin Hosiery Mill, in Franklin, N. H., 
caught fire on the 13th instant, in the picker room, 
and was totally consumed. The looms were saved. 
Loss about $75,000. Insured $46,000. 
Tne Rule Factory of A. Clifford, at Westport, 
Mass., was burned on the 13th iust. Loss $12,000. 
Insurance $7,000. 
Tun Printworks of D. G. Scott, known as the 
Waverly Mills, and the Mill of J. English, Patter¬ 
son, N. J., were burned on the 12th inst.., with 
neaily all their contents. It is supposed that the 
fire originated from the boiler. The loss is esti¬ 
mated from $C0,000 to $70,000. One man was 
killed by the lulling of the walls, and several others 
were more or less injured. 
We learn from the Delhi (Delaware Co.) Repub¬ 
lican., that on the 9th iust. the bouse of Mr. John 
Nicliol, a few miles from that, village, was burned 
to the ground, and, sad to relate, three of bis chil¬ 
dren—two girls, aged 8 and 14 years, and a son of 
12—were burned to death. Mr. Nicliol aud his 
wife were absent. A son aged 16 made his escape. 
One of the others got out, but returned to help 
those in the house.and was suffocated. The fire 
originated from ashes in a wooden vessel on the 
stoop. 
On the 8th inst. a fire broke out in Havana. 
Schuyler Co., N. Y., destroying 8 stores and prop¬ 
erty to the amount, of $50,000. Insurance light. 
Said to be the work of incendiaries. 
The most dreadful railroad accident that ever 
occurred on this Continent, bel’el a train on the 
Great Western (Canada) Road on the 12th inst.— 
The Hamilton Spectator says.—“The train from 
Toronto, due in this city a quarter to six P. M. yes¬ 
terday, had come from Toronto as was nsual, and 
was proceed mg at a moderate rate of speed to pass 
the swing-bridge across the Desjardin’s canal.— 
Those residing at a distance may not know that a 
cutting has been made as an outlet to this canal 
through the Burlington Heights, and that the rail¬ 
way crosses it by a swing-bridge, CO feet at least 
above the level of the canal. At this time, of 
Ttte draft of Washington’s Farewell Address,in 
his own hand writing, has recently been Btolen 
from the State Department at Washington, and all 
Mr. Marcy’s efforts to recover it have been unsuc- 
cesstul. 
I'kof. Jacob W. Bailey, Professor of Chemis¬ 
try, Mineralogy and Geology, in the U. S. Military 
Academy, and President of the American Associa¬ 
tion for the advancement of Science, died at, West 
Point last week. 
Prof. Henry, the distinguished Savan, and 
head of the Smithsonian Institute, testifies that he 
knows but one man among the scientific men of the 
United States who is an Infidel. 
From a siugle port in Mexico, in 185G, we im¬ 
ported 7,804 ions of mahogany, employing thirty- 
two vessels. In I860 one vessel wa9 employed and 
232 tons imported. 
Tiie Plymouth Rock says that Derby Pond has 
been frozen so deep the pastwinter that the perch, 
pickerel, Ac., have been destroyed, and large num¬ 
bers have accumulated at the outlet of the pond. 
It appears that the coal extracted from the 
mines of Pennsylvania Ihe Inst year bas been equal 
to the sum of forty millions of dollars, which is 
well up to the yield of the gold mines of California. 
The Monitcur publishes the official return of t he 
beet-root sugar manufactories of France for the 
season of 1856. During that time the number of 
establishments at work was 282, being nine more 
than in the corresponding period of 1856. The 
quantity of sugar manufactured was 54,979,860 
kilogrammes, being 2,<309,362 more than the pre¬ 
ceding season. 
Moses G. Beach, of the N. Y. Sun, has invented 
an apparatus to be attached to Hoe’s press, for 
turning the sheet and printing on the second side 
before leaving the press. So says the Boston Post. 
Ex. Gov. Wright sent a communication to the 
Indiana Senate last, week, in which he states that, 
during his term of office, (seven years,) his actual 
expenses have exceeded his salary $1,129. 
It is proposed to build a railroad from Cincin¬ 
nati southward through Kentucky, to the Cumber¬ 
land gap, to connect with roads to North Carolina, 
Tennessee and Virginia. The Milwaukee and 
Mississippi Railroad will be completed to the river 
in April. 
The special attention o] agents and others is directed 
to the fact that the period of com| petition fur our Large 
“Excelsior," and very liberal Stole and Provincial Pre¬ 
miums, expires with the present month — March. Js 
heretofore stated, the suhscrihers tn sections where we have 
the largest circulation, are generally divided this year 
among several persons, so that there- are fewer large lists 
(sent in by individuals,) than formerly, thus placing 
competitors tn other localities (where the Rusal has Itss 
suhscrihers) upon an ri/natity, and giving them belter 
chances of success. The State and Provincial Premiums, 
though extremely literal, have excited tess competition 
than we anticipated, and there is yet lime to start new 
clutift and Bsmirt* tire boat pi in most of the States 
named—for they will be paid, however mi 11 the lints ob¬ 
tained by competitors. “A word to the wise," (,-c. 
Read Premium List on next page, and then sec if 
it wilt not pay you , as well as community, to aid in extend¬ 
ing the circulation of the Rural, 
ty* Hack Nonryinfl of this volume can still be supplied to 
new Subscribers, so that subscrl tkms can commence with the 
year or »uy number derlrcd. Extra numbers, show-bills, It c., 
cheerfully and promptly forwarded, post-paid, to all disposed to 
aid in extending; the circulation of tins He cal. For Premium 
List, Ac., sue Hex! pase. 
tjf Addition s to Clubs are now tn order, and can be made 
at the Club rata—SI ..VI pur copy. Agent* mid other friends will 
please bear this in toltid, mid receive and forward the subscrip¬ 
tions of all who desire tn secure the Rural. 
Any person so disposed esn act as local agent tor th< 
Rural, wiinnni certllicate, and each ana all who volunteer li 
the good cause will uot only receive premiums, but their aid 
will bo gratefully appreciated. 
ty In ordering the Rusal, be snre amt specify name o! 
Post-Ofhct, County, aud State, hrrnory or Proi’ince. 
— The Code Napoleon bss been adopted in Greece. 
— A mad dog was killed at Niagara Falls last week. 
— The electric telegraph has been introduced into Java, 
— The Baltimore Folice, 400 in number, are to be uni¬ 
formed. 
— There are 112,000 square miles in Kansas. In Illinois 
62,000. 
— Grasshoppers made their appearance in Ware, Mass., 
two weeks ago. 
— A slaver recently landed on the coast of Cuba a cargo 
of 500 negroes. 
— Bishop Cretin, Catholic Bishop of Minnesota, died 
recently in St, Psut. 
— Scarlet fever is producing great fatality throughout 
Northern Mississippi. 
— There are tnore post-offices in Canada than there are 
in England and Ireland. 
— Eleven (h voices were recently granted by the Supreme 
Court of Massachusetts. 
— The Indian* of California 
are fast becoming ex termi- 
nitod by disease and (amine. 
— The New Orleans people are just now enjoying that 
luxury knoivu us green peas. 
— The Inauguration Ball at Washington, resulted in a 
loss to the managcis of $3,000. 
— There have been collected in Europe 20,000 specimens 
of insects which ptey upon wheat. 
— The Legislature of Michigan made an appropriation 
of $40,000 to the Agricultural School. 
— The receipts of the American Colonization Society 
for the year 1866 amounted to $91,388. 
— Bench trees, in the neighborhood of Vicksburg, Miss., 
were in bloom on the 18th of February. 
— The capital of Minnesota has been removed from St 
Paul to St. rotor, by net of Legislature. 
— Two hundred and fifty Boldiets left New York on the 
6 th of Maich tor Wushtngton Teriitoiy. 
— It is said that Genera] Tom Thumb received 667 valen¬ 
tines at London on the 14ib ol February. 
— John L. Buckley, President of the New York Corn 
Exchange, died suddenly on the 13th inst 
— The Legislature of Rhode Island bn* reduced ihe sal¬ 
ary ot the Lieut. Governor from $600 to $200. 
— In Eastern Texas most of the farmers had finished 
planting tbeir corn by the middle of February. 
— There are now over six hundred miles of railroad in 
Tennessee, upou which daily trains sre running. 
— Sixty-one million feet ot lumber were manufactured 
at Lower Saginaw, Bay City, Michigan, last year. 
— A codfish wss sold in tbo Boston market a few days 
since, weighing 101 pounds—the largest ou record. 
— The receiplsp id into the Cincinnati Treasury,during 
the past year, amounted to the sum of $902,800 63. 
— A new bank law has pnssed the Legislature of Illinois. 
The banks are allowed to take ten pet cent, intorest. 
— The Boston Watcb Co, in Waltham, is the only estab¬ 
lishment In America for the manufacture of watches. 
— A rltive woman in Bibb Co., Ga.. has 110 descendants, 
67 of whom are owned by one man and 52 by another. 
— The town of Gloucester, Musa., with but nine thousand 
inhabitants, has appropriated $10,000 to public schools. 
— Tbo mirnher of pupils now in Girard College Is 302. 
During the Inst year 27 were admitted and 37 apprenticed. 
— The Chicago Times acknowledge* a box of tender and 
delicious spring lettuce from the Southern part or Illinois. 
— Mr Lake, of Topsficld, Mass., has in his possession a 
perfectly white rat, the only one known to be in existence. 
— Such havoc Hub been made in Tbomosville, Ga., by 
the Btnnll pox, that the town is said to be nearly depopu¬ 
lated. 
— A hill to enable married women to bold property in 
their own light has been rejected by the Delaware Legis¬ 
lature. 
— Girard College, Philadelphia, now supports and edu¬ 
cates regularly three hundred and fifteen boys, all indigent 
orphans. 
— There is so much ice in the Hudson river that navi, 
ga’tion to Albany will probably not be resumed for a weekt 
at leash 
— Hon. D. F. Disney, formerly member of Congress 
from Ohio, died at Washington on the 14th instant, of 
pneumonia. 
— There are 152 custom houses and other buildings in 
process of construction by the United States, to cost near¬ 
ly $10,000,000. 
— The Emperor of Russia, according to the Paris corres¬ 
pondent of the London News, will visit the capital of 
Franco in April. 
— A fatal distemper among horses is prevailing in New 
Bedford, kings. Several valuable animals have been at¬ 
tacked and died. 
— John G. Saxe delivers a poem, and Anson Burlingame 
an oration, at the n«xt commencement festival of Amheist 
College in August. 
— There is now Itving in Murray Co., Ga., a revolution¬ 
ary veteran, who has attained the age of 130 years. His 
name is John Haines. 
— There are twenty six orphan asylums in the State of 
New York, in which nearly 9,000 little ones are fedj 
clothed and educated. 
— Toledo, Ohio, is the great mart of the west for green 
hides, the payments for which, by the dealers, it is said 
averugo $2,000 pgr day. 
— Mrs. Platte, of Laurens Co., Ga., died on the 22d ult,» 
at the advanc'd sge of 110 years. She was a wife at the 
time of the Revolution. 
— Governor Minor of Connecticut, has appointed Friday 
the 10th ol April, to bo observed na a day of “lasting i 
humiliation arid prayer.” 
— The Orleans (N.Y.) American nays that wheat in that 
county luoks finely, and present appearances indicate a 
large crop next autumn. 
— The Supremo Court of the United States decided in a 
recent steamboat case that “fire” in not Included in the 
“peiils of navigation.” 
— According to the last consus, the population of the 
Danish monarchy, including Holstein and Lauenburg, 
amount* In 2,020,000 souls. 
— The degree of M. D. was conferred upon two hundred 
and twelve graduates at the Jcllerson Medical College, 
Philadelphia, on the 7 th inst. 
— At the N Y. University Chapel on the 11th inst., one 
hundred and tweniy young gentlemen received their di¬ 
plomas as full licensed doctors. 
— It is said that a Company han been formed in Massa¬ 
chusetts for entering all the vacant lands in Missouri. It 
will be n gigantic speculation. 
— Dr. Norwood, St to Geologist ol Illineis, has in press 
a valuable report or Ihe results of his survey, to be com¬ 
prised iu a volume of 1,000 pages. 
— The Caltlorolaos have organized a company, with a 
million ol dollars capital, <0 eatablinh a new line of steam- 
era for the Atlantic and Pacific trade. 
— The newspaper Is a sermon for the thoughtful, a libra, 
ry for the poor, and a blessing to everybody. Lord Brough¬ 
am calls it the lust public instructor. 
— Ex-Secretary Dobbin left Washington on the 9th inst., 
for borne. Hi* health is so feeble that his friends scarcely 
anticipate a month longer life tor him. 
— In a church at I th us, Nicaragua, there is a bust of 
the loader of the American revolution, of whom the na¬ 
tives speak as the Good Saint, George Washington. 
List of New Advertisements this Week. 
Emery's Porn Planter and S* ed Drill—Kmer.v Brothers. 
T!ie lies! Family Peper—Worlhinuton, Flanders <t Co. 
Trie Richest Otter Vet—J M. Kmer-on A Co. 
The tVebrated Hellion—A. B Bucklimd. 
Kiv-t Bloomfield Nursery—L. Burbcr. 
President noebanan—fh rhy A Jackson. 
Empire Seed Hcilt:-—K. Crovinan. 
Fruit and •Jrnr.TOcm.nl Trees—W. R. Prince A Co. 
Fairfield Semil.atv—Rev. .1. R Van Fatten. 
West Bloomfield Nureeriev—Stephen 11 Aiusworth. 
Pulley Seminary—'oho F. Grilfin. 
Illvhlind Nurrerict—Cowler A Warren. 
A Fair Chance—Fowler A Wells. 
Choice Apple Hocks -A I'rou .A Co. 
How to do Good and Gel, Paid lor It—Fowler & Wells. 
Huderds Frequently. Ae —Fowler A Wells. 
Clergymen, Ti ttubero and others—Fowler A Wells. 
Purple Chili Potatoes—A, Willard, Jr. 
For Sole—Harold M. White. 
For Sale—A 1'. itnscall. 
Seed Oats—I. A. Clark. 
Do you Waul a Finn Horse—0. W. Thomas. 
8.UU0 Stocky JV aeh Trees—C. F. Weaver. 
Sure Pay and no Risk— Fowler A Wells. 
Poultry for Sale—D. S. Uelfron. 
Kansas Affairs, 
Telegraphic reports from SI, Louis to the 16th 
inst, state that the emigration to Kansas has com¬ 
menced for the season, and that it exceeds any¬ 
thing ever known in the country. The Missouri 
Democrat of the 10th iust, says:— “Yesterday 
morning the good Btearoer Alvin Adams reached 
our wharf from the Ohio river, having on hoard 
nearly six hundred deck and cabin passengers, 
three-fourths of whom were Kansas emigrants from 
the Northern States. The most of these were 
transferred during the day to the Missouri river 
packets Cataract and W. II. Russell, which boats 
are now well on their way to the territory. We 
took occasion to pass through the boats upon 
which these emigrants had engaged passage, and 
were pleased at the evidences which men, women 
and children gave of honest purpose, and health 
and courage to endure the trials of a pioneer Jile. 
All were well provided with emigrant plunder, and 
all cheerful, even though their landing at this port 
was effected in the midst of a most discomforting 
storm of snow and cold.” 
The action of Gov. Geaby in the late troubles, 
it is thought, will be sustained. The Constitution¬ 
alist, (pro-slavery,) iu view of the difficulties says: first P a8seu g er rushed after, and turning as it- 
“The independent and straightforward course of descended, fell on its root) breaking partly through 
Gov. John W. Geary has made him numerous the ice ’ aud was crushed 10 atoms - while the last 
friends all over the territory, and time will increase car endways on the ice, and, strange to say, 
their number. His manly bearing towards the 1 ‘ eiaa ' ned >u that position. 
Legislature made a favorable impression on that ^ 0RS was 01 course frightful. There 
body, and the members will disseminate the same were p flaoe ngera on the train, aud the list ol 
among their constituency. The erratic course 'k 036 "l 10 b ave escaped only numbers about 20. 
pursued by a faction at Lecompton, who wish to iar as we can ^’ et ^ carD * ever Y on e the first 
‘rule or ruin,’ is condemned by the best State’s car was those who were not crushed being 
right Democrats in the territo’iy, aud there is a drowned b Y tb« water which nearly filled the car. 
feeling opposition to Lecompte spreading in ev- About thirt ^ were in the last car - of whom ttn 
ery direction. The people will sustain the priuci- were taken out dead, and most of the others were 
pal measures of Gov. Geary, and the faction that f *- ai faII y^mutilated. ’ 
has made so much noise will expire of its own Among the lost, were many of the leading busi- 
rasbness.” ness men Canada—men to whom the Provinces 
some defect in the axle. This, however, is a mere 
surmise, founded only on the observation of some 
marks on the road for some distance on the other 
side of the spot where the accident occurred. The 
immense weight of the engine, cutting through the 
timber of the bridge, pr oduced the effect naturally 
to be expected. The whole structure gave way, 
From Nicaragua, 
Details of the operations of Walker’s troops 
in the San Juan river have been received, but the 
accounts, as usual, are conflicting. It is said the 
tort Serapivui surrendered to Col. Lockridge’s 
command, after one day’s fighting, and that the 
llllibusters captured large supplies, Minic rifles, am¬ 
munition, artillery, provisions and cooking uten¬ 
sils. They then pioceeded up the river nnd took 
the station at the mouth of the San Carlos, after 
which the Rescue gave chase to the steamer Chas. 
Morgan. The Costa Ricans set fire t.o tbeir dwell¬ 
ing and two steamers and left. The fillibusters 
savid one of the latter in a damaged state. 
A small party of Costa Ricans 
ROCHESTER, MARCH 21, 1857 
Correspondents and Advertisers who wish arti¬ 
cles or announcements to appear promptly, are advised 
that our edition Is now so large that we are obliged to put 
the outside form at the Rural to press some eight daysTn 
advance of date, and the last form oh Tuesday morning. 
To secure insertion, advertisements, &c., should reach ns 
the week preceding publication, though notices received 
on Monday are iuseried In case our space Is not occupied. 
emaiued in the 
Fort, at Castillo on the 18th ult., but were to be at¬ 
tacked next day. 
A report had come down to Greytown just, be¬ 
fore the British steamer left for Aspimvall, that 
Castillo was taken, and that communication with 
the lake was open, but nothing was said about the 
fort at Serapivui. 
A letter in the Aspimvall Courier, from San Juan 
Feb. 18th, soys the first rumor was that Castillo 
and one or two steamers were taken, but from the 
last information it seems to be that the Costa Ri¬ 
cans had burned all the houses at Custillo and also 
the river steamers, which were below the rapids 
and are in possession of the Fort. 
From Walker himself there is no further news. 
From New Grenada wo learn that our minister 
had been presented to the acting President. 
Congress met on the first. The message from 
the Piesident regarding the Panama Massacre was 
moderate in tone, and a peaceful adjustment was 
looked for, notwithstanding the opposition of the 
Secretary. 
New Quarter.—Our Spring Campaign. 
From Havana. —The steamer Black Warrior has 
arrived at the Balize lrom Havana, with later ad¬ 
vices from Aspinwall, received at the latter port. 
The Aspimvall Courier of the 3d inst. says:—Col. 
Loekridge has forced his way up the liver, with 
small loss, capturing a steamer and a l,arge quanti¬ 
ty of arms aud ammunition. 
Our Minister, Mr. Morse, had been favorably re¬ 
ceived in Grenada, but the government of that 
country persists in throwing the blame of the 
Panama riots upon the Americans. 
The frigate Saratoga had sailed for Greytown. 
The revolutionists in Peru had been successful. 
Last Chance for Cheap‘Lands in Iowa.—A 
friend and occasional correspondent, who recently 
left Western New York for the El Dorado of the 
West, desires us to publish the following pro bono 
publico : 
Eds Rural:—P resident Pierqe has brought into market 
the remainder of the Government lands iu Iowa, We are 
assured on good authority that speculators bold land war¬ 
rants enough to secure every acre not pre-empted previous 
to the day Dr sale on the fourth ot May next. At the sale 
the rush will be so great aud the competition so spirited, 
that the actual settler will hardly be able to secure choice 
lots. The ouly sure wt»y is to secure your laud by pre¬ 
emption, and pay for it belqre the day of solo. 
Tim lands arc situated as follows : 
In the Osage District...26 Townships, 
“ Fort Dodge District..19 “ 
« Sioux Ctty “ .17 “ 
We are forming a company of actual settlers proposing 
to locate iu the eastern part ot Osage District, thus ohvla- 
tlng the great disadvantage under which the settler labors, 
viz., in being surrounded by speculators’ lands for years, 
whose interests he is favoring by enhancing the value of 
their property with every improvement he makes and ev¬ 
ery blow he strikes. Let us locate them in townships 99 
and 100, Iu Range 10, iu Wiuuosheik Co.,36 miles from the 
Mississippi river. These laodB are in the neighborhood of 
grotvitig villages, nnd can bo secured at 51,25 per acre.— 
Come on then and help to crowd out the speculators. You 
wilt find strong nnd willing hands to aid you. 
Any further information will be famished to any who 
inclose a stamp to the writer, at. Cnfiiu’s Grove, Delaware 
Co., Iowa. W. n. Gardner, 
Agent of the Powhattnn Settlement Co. 
N. B.—Township Section Maps will be furnished to those 
who inclose one dollar. 
Excitement at St. Johns, N. B. — The advices 
brought by the last English mail to the effect 
that the English Government had entered into a 
convention with France to transfer to that power 
the Newfoundland fisheries, created intense excite¬ 
ment there. A general meeting of all classes was 
called. On the day of meeting all the stores, 
shops and places of business were closed. The 
British flag everywhere, was half mast, union 
down, ancl in Borne places the black flag was hoist¬ 
ed. The result of the meeting was the determina¬ 
tion that the wrongs to the people shall not be 
perpetrated. The Legislature and commercial 
classes are sending petitions to the Queen, and 
delegates are to proceed to England to protest 
against the measure. 
The British Kane Testimonial. — The gold 
medal presented by the British government to the 
officers and men of this expedition is stated to be 
about the size of a double eagle, and a beautiful 
specimen of coinage. On one side is a well exe¬ 
cuted head of the Queen of England, with her 
title in Latin; on the reverse is the inscription:— 
“The British Government to the officers and men 
of the American Arctic Expedition,”encircled by 
an elaborate oak wreath, surmounted by a crowu, 
and the whole surrounded with the words;—“As a 
token of gratitude for their generous services.” 
Two Days in a Coffin, Alive. —Mr. T. R, But¬ 
ler, a Georgia timber-cutter, went to Savannah, a 
short time since, to sell timber, and was taken Bick 
and it was thought died. His remains were depos¬ 
ited in a coffin and sent home. On opening the 
coffin after its arrival, he was discovered to smile. 
Medical assistance was immediately obtained, and 
it is said that he is fast recovering. lie was in his 
coffin nearly two days. 
Encroachments op the Atlantic. —The New 
Jersey geological report showB that the Atlantic 
is steadily and rather rapidly encroaching upon 
the land on its coast. At Cape Island, the surf bas 
eaten inward full a mile since the Revolution.— 
Along the bay shore at Cape May, tbo marsh wears 
away at the rate of a rod in two years. One of 
the beaches upon the coast is mentioned as having 
moved inward one hundred yards in the last twen¬ 
ty years. It is also the opinion of the oldest ob¬ 
servers that the tides rise higher upon the Eeastern 
New Jersey uplauds than formerly. 
From Salt Lake. —A letter from Independence 
of the 3d inst, says the Salt Lake mail had just 
arrived, having been three months on the road,— 
The trip was the coldest and most perilous ever 
made across the plains. Many Indians on the 
route were either frozen or starved to death, and 
others had eaten their own children! 
The Guano Trade.—A letter from Capt Wal¬ 
den, of this city, master of the ship Roebuck, now 
at Chincha IslandB, received by the Europa, says 
that there are one hundred and thirty first class 
ships, averaging 1,000 tuns each, now lying about 
the islands, waitiug for cargoes of goauo. Proba¬ 
bly no other port in the world can boast, of so 
large a fleet of splendid ships.— Lynn (Mass.) 
Reporter. 
"The Hermitage.”— Gen. Jackson’s residence 
in Tennessee, together with five hundred acres of 
land attached, has been purchased by order of the 
Legislature of Tennessee, and tendered by Gov, 
JolmsoD, on behalf of the State, to the General 
Government. The only condition attached is that 
a branch of the Military Academy shall be estab¬ 
lished at that place. The amount paid for the 
Hermitage, with the land, was $48,000. 
The Southern Pacific Railroad. —This great 
enterprise is now on the high road to success.— 
The charter required that the first ten miles should 
be completed by the Kith nit,, and that twenty 
miles should be completed before February, 1858, 
in order to secure the muniliccut grants of land 
and money from the State of Texas. The first ten 
miles of the road are completed aud have been 
accepted by the Governor of Texas, and the sub¬ 
sequent sections of twenty miles each, making In 
all fifty miles, are already provided fur, and will 
soon be graded and ready for the iron, of which a 
portion hits already arrived at New Orleans and is 
in process of transhipment to the work. 
Tobacco. —The income derived in Great Britain 
from the consumption of tobacco last year was 
upwards of £32,192,643, the duty on which was 
over £6,220,000. This return iB exclusive of ci¬ 
gars, which was about £150,000. 
Tn® New British Minister. —Lord Napier was 
introduced on the loth inst., to the President by 
Gen. Cass, and presented his credentials as Minis¬ 
ter of England. His expressions of congratula¬ 
tions and desire to preserve the peace of the two 
countries were cordially reciprocated by the Presi¬ 
dent. 
Atlantic Telegraph.— The Secretary of the 
Navy has ordered the Steam Frigate Niagara and 
Mississippi lo be equipped with despatch to assist 
in laying down the Atlantic Telegraph Cable be¬ 
tween New Foundland and Ireland. 
Snow-Storms at the South,— At Baltimore 
and Washington on the 14th inst., snow fell to the 
depth of eight inches. Railroads were incommo¬ 
ded by it, and trains detained for hours. 
