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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
APRIL 4. 
PUBLISHKB’S NO’J TCES. 
Premiums Extended ! “ Try, Try Again!” 
It will he seen by reference,to lifts on next page that we 
have 'extended, the period ol Competition for our Lakgr 
General and Statu ITikmhms from April lo July, and 
renewed our offer ol Specific Premiums. AVe have con¬ 
cluded to adopt this couree, io order that many agents nud 
fiiends who are still in the field may continue their efforts 
through Ihe Spriug Campaign— a good HOLS on (or obtain¬ 
ing subscribers ; and also that those to whom the Rural 
has but recently been introduced may compete for the Spe¬ 
cific and Slate Premiums. The extension will not, we pre¬ 
sume, be objected to by any of our agents, and certainly by 
none who work mainly (as most of them do,) to augment 
the circulation and usefulness of the Rural. \f£p None 
of the persona interested are aware ot their present respec¬ 
tive positions or chances for the Large and State Premiums, 
and will not be until the result is announced, so that the 
competition and awards w ill be perfectly fair and honorable. 
CTjp” As a new Quarter begins Ibis week, the present i- a 
good lime to commence new clubs or make addlllnns to 
those already firmed, and we trust agents and friends will 
continue their efforts in that direction. 
E'2 ? “Apoitionb to Clubs arc now in order, and can be made 
at the Club rate—$1.60 per copy. Agents and other friends will 
please bear this in mind, and receive nnd forwaid lire subscrip¬ 
tions ol all who desire to secure the Rural. 
— Thus much explanatory of the reason why so 
many favors have not yet appeared in print. And 
it is ptoper to add that, while we fell grateful for 
such a general manifestation of assistance, it will 
be impossible for us to give soon, if ever, many of 
the excellent articles (especially those ol a literary 
character,) now occupying our pigeon holes and 
Fatal Accidents, Fires, &c. 
Six persons were burned to death at Harbor 
Grace, Newfoundland, on the 1st ult., by a fire 
which broke out in Foley's Hotel, at 3 o’clock in 
the morning, while the inmates were asleep. 
An accident, occurred on the Pennsylvania Rail- 
ptranj |Toticfs. 
tables. We hope, however, that those who write road, Friday afternoon, from a defective rail, by 
for the Agiieultural and Horticultural departments which the locomotive, tender,and three passenger 
will continue their favors, while we shall ever he 
glad to hear from other regular correspondents 
and contributors. 
aone who work mainly (us most of them do,) to augment New York .Legislature- 
the circulation and usefulness of the Rural. None - 
if the persons interested are aware ot their present respec- The discussion of the Trinity Church question 
Live positions or chances foribe Large and State Premiums, a p d the subject of licenses, seems to occupy much 
md will not be until the result is announced, so the, the of the altemion of our Legislature. In 1814 a law 
sompetuiou aud awards v ill be perfectly fair aud honorable. ^ EnaraineH ug to Trinity Church gov- 
OP As a new Quarter begins this week the present i- a t lhe control ol tbe immense estate which, 
rood lime to commence new clubs or make additions to . 
hose already firmed, ami we trust agents nnd friends will before tlie Evolution. given to It for the ben- 
lontinue their efforts in that direction. the G>e Episcopal Church in New \ oi k. A bill 
- is now under consideration to modify this law of 
£3?”Auditions to Clubs are now in order, and can be made 1814, so US 10 allow all lhe meilibeis of the Episco- 
,t the Club rate-*!, 61 ) per copy. Agcu and other friends will j in New York city a voice in the con- 
ileHM* nrnr ihjb m mind, and receive ana forwaid lhe Mibserin- , . , . 
ions of nil who desire to secure the Rural. ^ Mils propel ly, 1 trillions ai)u iettiOlislf twees 
rF~ANY I'crtou ro disposed enn act ns local agent for the P oflr 5,1 l, l llin the Legislature, and the struggle 
Rusal, and all who do so will not only receive premiums, but bids lair to he 8 fierce one. 
lair Hid Will be gratefully appreciated. Serate. — Bills Passed. — To prevent animals 
p?- Subscriber* wishing their papers changed Trom one Post fron , Ig al i arg e in the town of Yonkers; To 
Mhi-e lo MiiOfliur, should he r»»rticul«r in specUyihir the offices . , . . . 
t which they ;m« now received. incorporate the International Budge Company. 
Cj^In ordering Mie Rural, bn sure nnd specify name of As&KMIiI/N. fhlls Passed.*— 1 o incoi porate tlie 
’’ost-ojfiet, County, and State, 'Jmitory or l’ruimt. Metropolitan Medical College, New York; To 
Ij^-Back Numbeks of the pres out volume can still be sup- amend revised statutes relative to the imprison- 
lied butthose desiring them should be particular in specifying n)e nt of debtors; To regulate Ices of CuOtlty 
Rciiai., and all who do so will lint only receive premiums, but 
their aid will be gratefully appreciated. 
S3 71 Subscribers wishing their papers changed from one Rost 
Office In another, should lie particular in specifying the offices 
at which they are now received. 
Is ordering the Rural, be sure nnd specify' name of 
Pusl-Ofict, County, and Slate, 'lontory or I'romut, 
£3“ Back Numbeks of the pro out volume can still be sup¬ 
plied but those desiring them should he particular in specify ing 
that they are wanted. 
List of New Advertisements this Week. 
The Rvango’bt— field Ac Craighead. 
(treat Forest Dragon— U K. Cnaniherlafn. 
Albany Tile W urke— <& W. 31'Common. 
1 he Concord i iriipi;—K. W. Boll. 
Lawton KlaeULeny—AVilliam Lawton. 
On Hast Hank ot Seneca Lake—J. H. Dry, 
Fruit Trees—Spicer <t Higgled. 
Imn Carden Ornaments— Janes, Beebe A Co. 
Farm lor Sale—F. A. Smilh 
bu-qti' tianna Seminary—llonry Carver. 
Jones' PJaliinieter—.Imies & Griffiu. 
For Bale—A. It Franklin. 
Srileuiliri European Plante—W. C. Strong. 
Cmijming—t.L II Lone 
Brnnkfield Mnnnl V Co.—C. WnStford. 
Wanted—Anna R 1U>-Dowell. 
A Book-Keeper—H C. White. 
Asparagus i'lante— Hunts* O. Keel. 
cars were precipitated down an embankment, lilty 
feet—the locomotive exploding at the bottom,— 
There were a hundred passengers in the cars, only 
one of whom was seriously injured. 
The Prescott (C. W.) Telegraph says that the 
dwelling house of Mr. Hutcheson, near Mallory- 
town, some twelve milts above Brookville, took 
fire on the night of Wednesday week, and, deplor¬ 
able to state, four children who slept in the cham¬ 
ber were burned. The eldest was a young woman 
of 17 years. The parents slept on the first floor, 
and only escaped with their lives, Five remaining 
children were saved. 
At St. Louts on Friday evening last, a terrific 
explosion of powder occurred iu the gun store of 
T. J. Aldrich, on Main street, blowing the build¬ 
ings lo atoms, together with the extensive hard¬ 
ware establishment of Kraft & Co. As far as 
ascertained, four persons have been killed and 
several seriously wounded. The ruins of the build¬ 
ing are now burning. 
Tuk Alcohol Distillery of S. Highliy A Co., Bal¬ 
timore, was burnt on the 26th ulf., in Consequence 
of the bursting of a steam boiler. The building 
was badly shattered. The timbers and brick were 
Judges—it, allows no fees except as Justices oi the thrown a great distance, ami injured many persons, 
Peace and Commissioners of Deeds; Requiring Four dead bodies have been taken ftom the ruins. 
Boards of Supervisors to publish and distribute It is thought that there are others beneath. Loss 
their proceedings; To authorize the formation of not known. 
town insurance companies; To authorize the loan Os the 2Sth ult., as a gravel train, containing a 
of SI5,000 to New York Central College; For the- number ol laborers, near La Salle, 111., was passing 
preservation of trout in the inland public waters over an embankment which had li.eeu undermined 
3m 
rnents. Trains upon trains at e pouring in from 
every quarter, hut particularly from the Free 
' States. 1 had once thought, as I used to write you, 
ROCHESTER, APRIL 4, 1867. that Kansas would he a slave State, but I am now 
• — ■ - forced to alter my opinion from the overwhelming 
To Ttsaioi'3 and Correspondents. evidences to the contrary that force themselves 
upon me every day. 
Readers who have accompanied us thus far on .. Our ferry-boats are busily engaged from dny- 
the Eighth Voyage of the staunch ship Rural, light until dark in carrying over trains, and the 
have probably discovered, ere this, thatour weekly proportion of tree-soil to pr o-slavery emigrants is 
freight has comprised a valuable and interesting as fifteen to one. This is not confined alone to 
of the State-—$25 Hue for taking trout with any¬ 
thing but hook and line; For the preservation ol 
deer. 
Immigration to Kansas. 
Noav that public auention is again directed 
Kansas-ward, the following correspondence of the 
St. Louis Republican will lie read with interest. 
Under date of ' St. Joseph, Mo., March 15,” the 
writer says: 
“ The emigration to Kansas reminds me of that 
to California in the days of its greatest allure¬ 
ments. Trains upou Uni ns ate pouring in from 
every quarter, hut particularly from the Free 
States. 1 had once thought, as I used to write you, 
that Kansas would be a slave Stale, but I am now 
forced to alter my opinion Irom the overwhelming 
evidences to the contrary that force themselves 
upon me every day. 
“Our terry-boats are busily engaged from day¬ 
light until dark in carrying over trains, ami the 
proportion of tree-soil to pro-slavery emigrants is 
assortment of Mental Wares, with, we trust, few 
articles which were either very heavy or contra¬ 
band. The desiga of the superior and other 
officers has been to ship only rich and accept¬ 
able goods, and if any objectionable commodities 
our point of crossing, but it is so at every other 
that I cun hear Irom, and it satisfies me that the 
political destiny of Kansas is fixed beyond all 
question, arid that another year will fill all of her 
2 >ruHfic plains with a thrifty population. Wars and 
by the recent rains, it gave way and precipitated 
the train 25 feet below, killing four men and seri¬ 
ously wounding eight others. 
The steamer Sultana was burned to the water’s 
edge on the night of 2Cth ult, below lhe town of 
Hickman, on the Mississippi River. Two persons 
were killed, and others were seen to jump over¬ 
board, and are supposed to be drowned. 
A destructive conflagration occurred at Ply¬ 
mouth, la., Sunday, 22d ult. Nearly the whole 
business portion of the town was destroyed. Loss 
estimated at $100,000. 
A fire at Richmond, Va., March 24th, destroyed 
the large drug establishment of Purcell, Ladd & 
Co. Loss $30,000, and coveted by insurance. 
A large fire occurred in the woods near Wil¬ 
mington, N. C., destroying great quantities of fine 
timber and turpentine. 
Meir & Co.’s Cotton Factory, was burnt at St. 
LouiB on the morning of the 24th ult. Loss $100,- 
000; insured $04,000. 
Tue eamphene works of Thomas Betts, at Wil¬ 
liamsburg, were burnt last Thursday evening, to¬ 
gether with a large quantity of rosin, turpentine, 
&c. Loss $20,000. 
The print works of D. G. Scott, known ns the 
Waverly Mill, and the cotton null of J. English, 
have been placed among the freight in cither of rumors of wars she will know no more, but peace at Paterson, N. J., were burned Thursday morning, 
the many depar iinents, it must be ai tri Luted to the w j b brood over her beautiful prairies and prosper- 20 tb 11 wl *b nearly all their contents. It is sup- 
fact that the supercargo and some of bis aids have j ty w ;n , e j gn throughout her borders. 1 am a posed that the fire originated from the boiler. The 
been much of the time in quarantine and unable pro-slavery man, and would prefer to see my favor- * 068 estimated at from $00,000 to $70,000. One 
to per form full duty on ship-hoard. Competent jte institution established there; but I am, never- man was killed by the falling of the wall, and sev- 
judges, however, (the Press, and many shrewd and tireless, convinced that the energetic, enterprising era l others were more or less injured. 
well-informed Individuals,; assure us that the Ru- Yankee will develop the resources and build up -- 
ral has, during the past three months, tar and the country sooner tlnn we could do, and that by 
nobly exceeded its former efforts and were we living in harmony with them os our neighbors, 
Dol provurhiaily opposed to "mutual admiration they will do us no injury in our peculiar property.” 
societies’" we should be induced to publish vari- _ 4 , > _ 
ons extracts from private letters and public jour- Illinois Central lUtLi.OAD.-The Board of 
mils as a lull substantiation ot the assertion. For Directors of the Illinois Central Railroad, have rc- 
the same reason we desist horn saying, what is in solved to increase the capital stock of the Coin- 
the mouths, pens and papers ol so many, that the pany 60 per cent.; the coat at the road is now rep 
Rural baa become, more than ever before, the rented by a stock of $ 17 , 000 , 000 , ou which 30 per 
standard m its sphere-or that wc pay far more cent haa been paid in . tl)e plaa is ,, 0 U(jd 5s 500 
for contributions, illustrations, Ac., than any other 000 of cxtra gtock , 00 which the same per ceutage 
Agricultural or similar journal issued though we w m be called as wanted, making the entire stock 
have no doubt whatever in the premises* Yet, in- $ 25 , 500 , 000 , (about the estimated cost on the road,) 
asmueb ns others claim such distinction, wc mod- ot - W nieb only $7,000,(100 will have been called in, 
estly, and with due deference to our superiors in the remainder being provided by the sales of the 
such assertions, refer all interested to the pages of lai)ds giv , tl t0 lUe road at lbe 0utect . The slod . 
the Rural and its subscription list — inviiing an has declined under this announcement, hut most 
examination and comparison with those of its of the friends of the enterprise think that it is a 
rivals, whether friendly or otherwise. While we w j ge po ij C y. 
do not insist upon even claiming what is Just to __ 
ourselves, we can amply afford to be generous to Death ot William Colgate.— The N. Y. Tri- 
our cotemporanes-and Gov grant we may never bme ha9 a long obitua , uf Wm . Colgate, of that 
utter or print a word wh.Oh shall injure any sin- cit>v , wbo died oa Wednesday week. Mr. C. was a 
cere-laborer in the cause we have espoused! There milive ol - England. He came to this country when 
is "ample room and verge enough” in this goodly a cbillJi and tor fifty }ea , B had b , cu a SUCCCB8ful 
laud lor all, and we greatly deplore the fact that aud honored merchant iu New York. His large 
the unexampled success of the Rural should fortune was acquired in the Starch andfioap busi- 
estrange and render jealous rivals, 1.1 ose whom we nesa . i tl was not his wealth alone, but his rare hi- 
esteem and honor for their efficient and continuous nevolence aud noble Christian character which 
aUois id luiiherance ol .Rural, Moral and Mental endears him to the memory of all wbo knew him, 
Improvement. aQ(1 wb j cb p ) act . d b j m j n kbe f ron t rank 0 f j b£ . 
In setting sail upon the Second Quarter, our Baptist Denomination, to which lie was attached. 
Rural Compass points to the same objects and __ 
haven as heretofore—and we shall continuously Another Search for Franklin. — The New 
endeavor to render our labors Instructive and York Journal ot Commerce states that letters re- 
Uat-lul to I tactical People, aud to euhance the ceived from Enuland convey intelligence that, the 
the country sooner tlnn wc could do, and that by 
living in harmony with them as our neighbors, 
they will do us no injury in our peculiar property.” 
Illinois Central Railroad. —The Board of 
Directors of the Illinois Central Railroad, have re¬ 
solved to increase the capital stock of the Com¬ 
pany 60 per cent.; the cost ot the road is now rep. 
resented by a stock of $17,000,000, ou which 30 per 
cent has been paid in; the plan is to udd $s, 5 oo,- 
000 of extra stock, on which the same per ceutage 
will be called as wanted, making the entire stock 
$25,500,000, (about the estimated cost on the road,) 
of which only $7,G00,0(l() will have been called in, 
the remainder being provided by the Bales ol the 
lauds given to the road at the outset. The stock 
has declined under this unuouneement, hut most 
of the friends of the enterprise think that it is a 
wise policy. 
ness. It was trot bis wealth alotie, but his raic be¬ 
nevolence aud noble Christian character which 
endears him to the memory of all who knew hirn, 
and which placed bitn in the front rank of the 
Baptist Denomination, to which lie was attached. 
Another Search for Franklin. — The New 
York Journal of Commerce states that letters re¬ 
ceived from England oouvey intelligence that the 
sunshine anu happiness ol (he myriad of homes government haviug decided against sending out 
we have the great responsibility of visiting weekly, another expedition iu seaicli of Sir John Frank- 
Subject as we arc, however, to like and perhaps Un; Lady Franklin has determined to tit out one 
grea ter ills and afflictions than our cotemporaries 
and readers, we may perchance occasionally veer 
from the direct course it is our earnest desire to 
Hu; Liuly Franklin has determined to fit out one 
from her own private means, — devoting the rc 
mains of her fortune to a final attempt to discover 
the lost nuvjgator, or additional traces of the ex- 
Items of News. 
The people of Hamilton, C. W„ are agitating the 
subject of erecting a monument in commemora¬ 
tion of the accident ou the 12th ult., at the Des- 
jardin Canal bridge. An architect of the city has 
prepared a design. 
Mr. Cameron gave notice in the Canadian Par¬ 
liament, on Thursday evening week, that he should 
at an early day renew his motion of last session, 
requesting her Majesty to visit the Province. 
The clipper Hut-prise artived at New York on 
Thursday, in 82 days from Shanghai, China. This 
beats the three previous arrivals sixteen days, and 
is the shortest passage on record. 
Ex-GoV. Ramsey, in an address at an agricultu¬ 
ral fair in Minnesota, says there is yet room in 
that territory for a million and a half more of 
farmers. He thinks Minnesota will some day pro¬ 
duce more com and wheat than any other Stale in 
the Union. 
Geo. W, JonxsoN, one of the largest sugar 
planters of ihe Mississippi, below New Orleans, 
who died recently, left an estate valued at not less 
than $7,000,000. He has by bis will manumitted 
all his slaves, 1,200 in mini her. 
Mr. Macueiti has introduced to the Parliament 
of Canada a bill to amend the laws relating to the 
Great Western Railway Co., so ns to compel that 
Company to construct iron girder or tubular 
bridges over the Desjardins and Welland eanalp. 
The Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway have or¬ 
dered all iraius to come to a dead stand before 
crossing any bridge. The law requires a stop be¬ 
fore crossing swing bridges, but the Company have 
extended the order to all other structures. 
David Wilmot, the author of Ihe famous “ Wil- 
mot Proviso,” on the floor of the House of Repre¬ 
sentatives, has been nominated for Governor by 
the Republican and American Union Convention 
of Pennsylvania. William Miilward was nonri- 
nated for Canal Commissioner; James Ycech and 
Joseph L. Lewis for Judges of the Supreme Court. 
The Convention adopted a series of strong anti- 
slavery resolves, condemning in strong terms the 
late decision of the Supreme Court of the United 
Slates; asserting the pov, er of Congress over the 
Kaiaa t . , . * -* ** UOrlVU IUI Vwuiu vvinmmoiwiiui , t U»iw 
j i . n.yct wc hope,by constant vigilance, to avoid pedition. The qualities of heart, and mind which Joseph L. Lewis for Judges of the Supreme Court, 
tne numerous dangerous rocks and reels which prompt the aet command admiration; whatever The Convention adopted a series of strong anti- 
best ns in the great Ocean ot Journalism. ma y be said of the wisdom of the measure. slavery resolves, condemning in stiong terms the 
Corkesfondents have greatly favored ns during - - late decision of the Supreme Couit of the United 
the past three months, insomuch that wc now have Among lhe contents of this number, the reader States; asserting the po.t er of Congress over the 
hundreds of cammunicathms, on various subjects, will observe a capital story by Jenny Marsh Par- Territories, and declaring their unwillingness to 
in prose and verse, awaiting the attention it. is ker, a writer of ability und celebrity, whose first abridge the rights of any class of citizens, 
impossible to bestow immediately. Most of these productions appeared in the Rural, and whom we - •+■*■+ -- 
are for the Literary and Miscellaneous dejiurt- again cordiully welcome to its pages,—an interest. New Governor of Kansas.— Hon. Robert J. 
meta,?, the space devoted to which is limited; und ing sketch of foreign travel by Mrs. Brown,— and Walker, of Mississippi,has been appointed Gover- 
licuce many, though well written, must uecessarily and an excellent and instructive sketch lor teach, nor of Kansas. It is said, though not officially 
be deferred for a long time if everpublished. In- ers and parents by Mrs. Gildersleeve. declared, that "Mr. Walker refused the difficult 
deed, sevcial ol the articles given iu this number -- aud thankless trust on any other condition than 
wul receive months ago, aud one ol the very The Washington correspondenttif the Baltimore that of unlimited discretion ns to the means to be 
jest over a year since-. We have many valuable Sun says that Hon. Wellard W. Thompson, of L - employed in maintaining order and peace in Kan* 
at tides on hand lor the Practical departments, diann, has brought a suit iu the Circuit Court or huh, nnd unhesitating support in the course which 
also, ihe most important and seasonable of these that District agaiust. Mr. Guthrie, lute Secretary ol he shull see tit to pursue.” F. P. Stanton, Ex-M. C. 
usual y have precedence In publication,yd. we are the Treasury, tor preventing the payment of his from Tennessee, has been appointed Secretary, and 
often in a quandary as to what articles shall be claim of $4U,000 upon an Indian tribe, for whom is to leave Washington in a tew days with full 
given and which deterred. be was tbe a g en t, power to act as Governor until Walker arrives. 
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Hand Book of Consumption. By Dr. W. W. Hall.— 
New York : IteOlield, 1867. 
We have hero a work comprising about 275 pages devo¬ 
ted to a description ofal I the c-iQSes of and symptoms 
connected with that dreadful disease, Consumption. The 
author lias marked out, iu tunny rpspects, a new diagnosis, 
(which ie »ot surprising in thc«e days when doctors differ,) 
and though not prepared to adopt everything laid down, 
still we think that a careful perusal of the book by all 
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Thk London Quarterly lltciem for January has been 
received. Ei.lit articles ate comprisi d in its table of con¬ 
tents:— History and Anllijuiliv# of Northamptonshire ; 
Ferns nnd their Portraits; Homer and bia successor* in 
' Epic Poetry ; Rata ; Salmon Fishing, Bleeding and Legis¬ 
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TLe New Epidemic — Brain Fever. 
The Oswego Times says the extent of the new 
epidemic known by the name of “brain fever,” 
and which bailies nil lhe skill of physicians, is 
truly alarming throughout Madison arid Onondaga 
counties. A gentleman who has lately visited the 
former county, informs us that in some localities 
ihe people are leaving in alarm and dismay. Per¬ 
sons are frequently attacked with the remarkable 
mulady very suddenly, soon become insane, and 
die in a few hours. We do not know that any have 
recovered when once attacked by the disease.— 
Duane Brown and Richard Thomas, Esqrs., two 
prominent lawyers of Madison county, have fallen 
victims to it, and we arc told in some of the vill¬ 
ages deaths occur daily. As yet there is no ra¬ 
tional explanation of the disease. By some it is 
ascribed to the use of western pork, but it seems 
to us that the fact of its ravages being confined to 
two counties, forbids the supposition. If it is 
caused by eating the western pork, the whole State 
would suffer more or less, and not particular lo¬ 
calities. Onondaga seems to he less affected by 
tbe scourge than Madison. 
The Buffalo Medical Journal is informed through 
a communication front a Icraditigphysicinn of that 
city, that tbe disease which has recently made its 
appearance in several quarters and been called 
brain fever, is already known to physicians as 
"cerebro spinal meningitis;” a sudden and un¬ 
manageable congestion ami inflammation of the 
membranes investing ttic brain and spinal marrow. 
The gentleman in question bad seen the disease at 
Elmira, where, at the time of his visit, 20 east s 
had occurred, of which only four had recovered. 
Since that time he has received a letter from an 
Elmira physician, stating that under treatment 
recently adopted, the disease was less fatal. Fif¬ 
teen additional cases have occurred, of which 
eleven have recovered, the other four terminating 
fatally within one or two hours after the accession 
of the disease. . 
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Expenses of Preaching. —The following eati- 
inaie Inis been made of the probable amount which 
it costs the individual members of the different 
churches iu tbe United States to sustain their re¬ 
spective churches. The estimate is founded upon 
the last United States census. A Baptist or Metho¬ 
dist, ‘hree dollars and forty rents; a Presbyterian, 
seven dollars, a Congregnfioualist, ten dollars; a 
I to tun n Catholic, fourteendollars • an Episcopalian, 
eighteen dollars; a Reformed Dutch, twenty-two dol¬ 
lars; a Unitarian, twenty-three dollars. 
Ildus Clippings. 
— Michael Shoemaker is appointed Collector of Customs 
at Detioit. 
— Most of the popular magazines for April may be had 
nt Dkwly’s. 
— Fayette McMullen, of Virginia, haa refused the Gov¬ 
ernorship of Utah. 
— Frof. Hitchcock, of Mars., haa been appointed State 
Geologist of Vermont. 
— Wm n Andrews, a popular lawyer of Buffalo, died 
on Saturday morning laBt. 
— Ia the vicinity of New Orleans new corn was nearly a 
foot high, on the 12th ult. 
— The price of tickets from New York to Leavenworth, 
Kansas, is now reduced to $31 25. 
— Mr. Thackeray has postponed, for another year, the 
commencement ol Ids new serial. 
— Col. Colt employs between 600 and 800 men in his ar¬ 
mory, at a cost of over $1,000 a day. 
— Bn yard Taylor recently traveled in Lapland, with the 
thermometer 45 degrees below zero. 
— There me one handled nnd nineteen Protestant mis- 
slonaiies in the islands of the Pacific. 
— The Canadian Pmlinmeot adjourns from the 3d to the 
14th ol April, lor tie Easter Holidays. 
— It la mid Urn free negroes of New Orleans possess 
properly to the amount of $4,000,000. 
— The Governor ol Vermont has appointed Apiil 10th as 
a day of fasting and player in that. fate. 
— The nuioher of persons connected with the working 
of railways in Fiance is at present 32,000. 
— The new-bank lo be started iu Oswego on ihe 1st of 
May is to he called tile Lake Ontario Bank. 
— A Mexican paper says that an old lady died at Acto- 
pan, at the extramdinaiy age ol 130 yearn. 
— The Inhabitants of Chelsea, if fs,bave voted lo ac¬ 
cept the charter, makii g that town a city. 
— John Shipley was fined $10 nnd costs, at Providence, 
the other day, lor kissing Audh A. Goidon. 
— A complimentary dinner was given to Ex-Seeretary 
Guthrie, on his ltcent return to Louisville. 
— Mrs. Jenkins, wile ot a Univerpalist clergyman at 
Port Byron, N. Y , has commenced preaching. 
— Iu the year ended the 31st of Match last, the duty on 
tobacco and snuff In Great Britain was £5,06,COO. 
— Ol the 2,536 mqriisges iu Boston, in 1856, in 397 in¬ 
stances the bride was older than tbe bridegroom. 
— The St. Louis Leader says the Countess ol Lunsfeldt, 
Loin Montes, is lying dangerously ill in that city-. 
— Col, Lane, of Kansas notoriety, is married again to 
liia former wife from whom lie had been divorced. 
— Five of the seven members ol Bachanan'a Cabinet 
have been bouoied with tbe position of Governor. 
— Tbe five prii c'fial banks of Canada have agreed to re¬ 
ceive Zimmerman bonk notes on deposit ns usual. 
— Neal Dow Is Commissioner Irom Maine to attend the 
Agricultural Fair to he held in Paris iu June nt xt. 
— The Toronlo Board of Trade are moving lor perfect 
free tiade between Canada and all the lake regions. 
— Tbe Petersburg railroad bridge, over the Roanoke 
river, was di stroj ed by fire lust week. Loss $Go,Cno, 
— The Grand July at Washington have indicted Colonel 
Lee lor tlie murder of Mr. Hume. Lee is now in jail, 
— Theodore Pinker is so ill with ty pboiil fever, that he 
is compelled to relinquish his lecturing engagements. 
— The Philadelphia Chess players have beaten Hie New 
Yorkeis in a game Hint has been going on for a year. 
— The Indies of Mancheater, N II, 3.120 in number 
have presented a petition to suppress tbe rum traffic. 
• — Joseph Luins, late or Taunton, Mass., shot a German 
named Fischeidick, at Milwaukee, on Wednesday week. 
— The Ulica Observer says:—“We regret to learn that 
the health of the Hon. Joshua. A. Spencer is quite feeble." 
— Dr. Wm. Yates, wbo introduced vaccination iuto the 
United States, died at Morris, N. Y , lhe 7th ult., aged 90. 
— Chief Justice Lew is, of tbe Supreme Court of Penn¬ 
sylvania, declines ihe Democratic nomination for re-elec¬ 
tion. 
— Tbe water will be let into tbe Ohio and Pennsylvania 
Canal " to tbe Ravenna Summit," by tbe middle of next 
week. 
— Tennessee, Norib Georgia and Virginia papers are ju¬ 
bilant over the bnlliaut prospects ol the growing wheat 
crop. 
— Dakrow Ac Brother favor us regularly with Harper’s 
Monthly, aud Harper's tncompaiahle Stoiy Books lor the 
Y oung. 
— Buman's allegory of the Pilgrim's Progress is to be 
dramatised and produced at a Theatre iu New York, iu a 
lew days 1 
— Mr. G. Pierce, of Waterloo, N. Y., was killed last week 
by lhe accidental discharge ot Mb gun while on a hunting 
excursion. 
— The trial of Eckel and Mrs. Cunningham on a charge 
of murder w ill probably commence on the third Monday of 
tbe present month. 
— Two ebildrpD, buried five years since in Allentown* 
Pn, were recently exhumed, and it was found that their 
bodies weto petrified. 
— The Boston Atlss and Traveler w-ill shortly be united, 
under the charge ol Samuel Bowles, Esq., of the Spring- 
iUld (Mass ) Republican. 
— A despatch Irom Albany slates that tbe Genesee Val¬ 
ley Cnnal Extension Bill was ordered to a third reading in 
the Assembly on Monday. 
— Thirteen slaves were manumitted a few days ago under 
the will of A. Phil lips, deceased, of Kentucky. The widow 
presented each with $116. 
— The annual election in Connecticut will take place on 
Monday uext, for Governor, aud other State officers, and 
four members ol Congress. 
— The b ot anil shoemakers ol Toronto announce that 
leather has recently doubled in cost, and that they must 
advance prices to correspond. 
— At a collection in an Episcopal Church in Brookline, 
Mass., one individual gave a roll of bills amounting to $12,- 
046, all for Kansas missions. 
— No post-master in tlie country can honestly take over 
$4,600 a year lor his services j $2,000 from commit-.-ions 
and the same from the sale of boxes. 
— Samuel Craw ford, President of the Terre Hftnte and 
Richmond Railroad, fell lilib gs while walking across the 
room at his own homo in Tciro Haute. 
— A bridge to cost $60,600, Is to be built over the Missoni 1 
at Florence, Ntbraskn, a few miles above the Omaha, and 
some eight hundred troui the Minaissippi. 
— In Washington, llliuois, a schoolmaster named Phil¬ 
lips shot and killed Mr, Beals, with whom he quarreled 
about the treatment ol Mr. Beals' children. 
— In Florida tbe orange crop, It is supposed, will he 
short, on account of the prevalence <ff unusually Cold 
w wither. Most of the young trees are killed, 
— There Is another Atlantic telegraph company organiz¬ 
ed In England, w hich proposes to lay a wire from Flores in 
8 pain, to Cape Cod, 1600 inilles—the shortest route, 
— In Winchester Centre, Conn., there has not been a 
dcsih In 18 months. Tbe village is surrounded by 160 
smoking coalpits, aud, besides, there is no physician in lhe 
place. 
— It Is said that tbe Immediate cause of Dr. Kane's 
death was the bursting of a blood vessel during a tit of 
vomiting, from seasickness, on his voyage from St. Thomas 
to Havana. 
