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Items of Hews, 
■Washington Matters, 
PUBLJSHKK’S NOTICES 
Mrs. Catharine Dunn died at Nundfl, Living- 
ston county, a few days since, at the advanced age 
of 103 years. Mrs. D. was a very healthy and 
9 trong woman, was never sick, retained her men¬ 
tal faculties unimpaired to the last, and her death 
was quiet and easy, seeming to be aquietstopping 
of the working of the system. She is believed to 
have been the oldest person in the county. 
Tub Marion (0.) Republican says that men en¬ 
gaged in getting out gravel for the B. & la. 11. B. 
Co., have exhumed 221 Indian skeletons. The or¬ 
naments and war implements form quite a museum. 
Tub New York Liquor Dealers’ Association 
numbers over 5,600 persons, and has a cash fuud 
of $300,000, which it is said, will be expended in 
testing the constitutionality of the license law re¬ 
cently passed by the Legislature. 
Nath a nib i. P. Ranks, Sr., father of the Speaker 
of the National House of Representatives, died at. 
hia residence, at Waltham, Mass., ou the 23d nit, 
at the age of 04 years. 
Snow two feet deep was reported by passengers 
from Granville, Mass., a fortnight since, and drifts 
from five to six feet deep. On the 23d ult, there 
was good sleighing in Litchfield county, Conn. 
There is a great scarcity of food in the newly 
settled parts of Western Iowa. Teams are sent a 
long distance to purchase food for the straighten¬ 
ed settlers. 
A large emigration from Europe is promised 
this year. Last week there arrived near 7,000 at 
New York—to this time this year 23,975, against 
13,589 last year. Twelve hundred emigrants are 
now on their way to New York, 700 of whom sail¬ 
ed from London on the 10th, and 500 from Antwerp 
on the 18th ult. 
There are tweuty-six lines of omnibuses in 
Philadelphia, employing 350 stages, and 1,930 
horses. The annual expenses of these lines is es¬ 
timated at 820,000, and the capital invested, at 
$890,000. 
A large number of persons left Massachusetts 
for Minnesota last week. Among others were 
Caleb Cashing, who has large interests there, and 
Timothy Davis, Member of Congress. Senator 
rtenry Wilson is also going West this week, and 
expects to extend hi3 journey to Kansas. 
Hon. S. A. Douglas has been invited by the 
Tennessee State Agricultural Bureau to deliver the 
annual address before the State Fair, which is to 
assemble In October. 
The new Emigrant and Homestead Company of 
New York, has already had applications from 2,000 
families to emigrate to Virginia, and large sub¬ 
scriptions to the stock are offered from Southern 
States. 
The scouts in Florida have found Indian traces 
enough to make it apparent that the Seminoles 
are divided into very small hands, and that they 
have nothing to subsist on, but game and wild 
cabbage. 
A man named Daily, for attempting to commit 
suicide in Hendricks county, Ind., has been sen¬ 
tenced to the penitentiary for three years and dis¬ 
franchised for ten years. 
Mr. Jessie Clement, of Buffalo, is about to re¬ 
move hia residence to Dubuque, Iowa, where he is 
to take the principal editorial charge of a new 
daily Republican newspaper, to be called the Du¬ 
buque Mercury. 
The skeletons of three of the prisoners of the 
Jersey Prison ship (probably) were dug up at the 
Navy Yard while excavating there for the founda¬ 
tion of a new building, a day or two since. 
The War Department has completed the ar¬ 
rangements for the- Wagon Road from Fort Defi¬ 
ance to Mojadi River. Edward 1>. Beale is tube 
the Superintendent. Twenty-five camels and drom¬ 
edaries are to be employed—one uf the objects be¬ 
ing to te>t their endurance and ability to resist 
the climate. The party will consist ot about 50 
men, provided with the necessary implements to 
mark the road through. They will rendezvous at 
New Orleans on the 20th inst. Alt the parties for 
the different sections of the road are organized. 
Robert S. .Stephens lias been appointed Com¬ 
missioner to superintend the sale of the Trust 
Lands of the Confederated bonds of the Kaakas- 
kias, Perias, and Pirkatoos Indians ou the 4th of 
June, in Kansas. 
Chevalier llulseman, the Austrian Minister is 
making arrangements for an absence of 4 months 
in Europe. 
Letters have been received at the State Depart¬ 
ment, from Mr. Bowlin, our Minister at Grenada, 
and also from Mr. Corwin, Consul at Panama.— 
Mr. Bowlin's letter B was dated the 30th of March, 
the day the - oid Administration retired. The new 
Administration, he writes, is liberal and just, nud 
Ue expresseFtJie opinion that an amicable adjust¬ 
ment of pending difficulties may perhaps soon be 
brought about. Mr. C. reports everything quiet 
at Panama ami Aspimvall. 
The sword given to Commander Hartstein, hy 
the British Government, was presented to him on 
the 29th ult,, by Secretary Toucey. 
The President has recognized Ernest Angelbrodt, 
as Consul at St. Louis. 
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— Kalamazoo, Mich , is to be lighted with gas. 
— A large number of Danes are about to locate in Ne¬ 
braska. 
— A revival of religion is in progress in the Rhode 
Island State Prison. 
— Or. Blaucliett, late M. P. P. for Quebec, died in that 
City on the 22d ult. 
— The hotels at Saratoga are now being refitted, and will 
open about the first of June. 
— Tomatoes have appeared in the Cincinnati market— 
selliug for 25 cents apiece. 
— Col. Black, of Pa., has been appointed associate judge 
of tlie territory of Nebraska. 
— From fifteen to twenty prisoners escaped from the jail 
at St. Thomas, C, W., last week. 
— It Is stilted that Mr. Walter, of the London Times, is 
to be created a peer ora baronet. 
— The next election for members of Congress will take 
place in Virginia on the 29th of May. 
— The new Mayor of St. Louis takes strong ground in 
f ivor of Iree white labor for St. Louis. 
— During the recent great snow storm, snow fell in Del¬ 
aware Co. to Ihe depth of seven feet. 
— The receipts of the American Bible Society for the 
year ending March 31st were (LI,805. 
—The fruit crop in New Jersey has been Injured, per- 
hnps destroyed, by the late severe frosts. 
— The Baptist Church at Salem, Roanoke Co., Ya., was 
blown down by the gale of the 17th inst. 
— The U. S. Mint at Philadelphia will begin, on the 25th 
inst., rto pay out cents of the uew issue. 
— Nearly 24,000,000 acres hnve been granted for rail¬ 
roads iu the Western States since 1860. 
— Recent heavy rains in Cuba have injured the sugar 
crop greatly, and prices have advanced. 
— Ex-Secretary Davis has left Washington for his homo 
in Mississippi, accompanied by his lamily. 
— It la estimated that about 2(5,000 tuna of tobacco are 
nsed onuually iu Great Britain and Ireland. 
— John Wymer, Esq , the emancipation Mayor elect of 
St. Louis, is o native of Charlottesville, Ya. 
— Mrs. Mary S. Glenn died in Prattsville, Ala., on the 
18tb ult., from the interoperate use of snuff. 
— Buffalo ts the highest taxed city In the Union, the 
ratio being |2 30 on every (100 of valuation. 
— Among the exports from New York during the past 
week, were ten printing presses to Australia. 
— A panel of 000 men from 4,000 names has been drawD, 
out ot which to get a jury lu the Burdell case. 
— Throe whales have been killed by Staten Islanders, 
just out ot Now York Bay, w ithin three weeks. 
— A Quebec paper says the ice bridge at Carouge is 
broken up, but the river is not yet clear ot ice. 
— The ship load of Mormons which arrived lately in 
Boston, had X20,000 in British gold with them. 
— TheN. Y. Messenger estimates the express business 
iu the whole couutry at not less than $10,000,000. 
— Large quantities of maple sugar bare been this year 
manufactured in the western counties ol Canada. 
— Importations of Australian sheep, are beginning to be 
made into California, where they bring high prices. 
— Frederick Emerson, author of a valuable arithmetic, 
died in Boston on the 20ih of April, aged C8 years. 
— Over 2,000 tuns of railroad iron hnve been shipped 
from New Orleans for the Southern Pacific railroad. 
— Mr. Schell, the new Collector of New York, is going 
to Europe before he assames the duties of his office. 
— A shawl was lately sold in Philadelphia for $1,425.— 
la tho e-ime city women nmke shirt* for six cents rack. 
— The oyster business of Princess Buy amounts to 
$2,000,000 per year, aud gives employment to 5,000 men. 
— L. H. Trook, of Michigan, has been appointed private 
secretary to Secretary Caes, at a salary of $1,400 a year. 
— Tennessee and Mississippi papers note a great destruc¬ 
tion of cattle in those States from the lack of provender. 
— The Cuuaid steamship Arabia sailed on the 29th ult. 
for Liverpool, with 183 passengers and $1,533,000 in specie. 
— The President is reported to hnvo had another attack 
of National Hotel disease, hut waa better on Monday week. 
— Hon. John Pettit, of Indiana, has received the ap¬ 
pointment of Associate Justice lor Minnesota, vice Chat- 
flcld. 
_Since the first of January, 4,146 more emigrants 
landed at Now York than in the corresponding months of 
1855. 
— 11 is said that on the Bine Ridge Mountains, in Co¬ 
lumbia and Luzerne counties, Pa., the snow is lour feet 
deep 
_The veteran Com. Stewart, now nearly 79 years ot age, 
is in Washington, as a witness before the third court of 
inquiry. 
— E. Meriam has returned to Brooklyn to his family. Ho 
ig in a feeble condition, but with the prospect of speedy 
recovery. 
_A new bonded warehouse has been established at 
Colborne, C. W., in connection with the Grand Trunk 
Railway. 
_A vein of pure copper has been discovered near Lin¬ 
den, on the line of Rappahannock and Fauquier counties, 
Virginia. 
— The steamers ot the St I.awrence and Lake Ontario 
Steamboat Company commenced their regular trips on the 
26th nit. 
_The new lino proposed hy CoDgress for Minnesota, 
will make that giant young State 340 miles long and 220 
miles wide. 
_It is said that Lord Napier approves of the measures 
takeu by our Government rolative to the troubles with 
New Greuada. 
— The Trustees of the Dudley Observatory acknowledge 
a contribution of $500 through James M. Ganson, Esq., 
Cashier of Buffalo. 
_Tbo Lockport Journal says tho hog cholera Is prevail¬ 
ing at Tenawanda. About 200, kept at the distillery in that 
place, died last week. 
— Destructive swarms of locusts have made their ap¬ 
pearance in various parts of Mexico, aud done great injury 
to tho growing crops. 
— It is stated in the St. Louis papers, that Mr. John 
Mitchell is about to remove from Tennessee into that city, 
to practice law there. 
— Government has ordered seven ships-of-war to Aspin- 
wa 11, and three to Panama, to protect American interests 
on Lire Isthmus route. 
— The Winona Republican estimates the population of 
WitiODa at 3,650. Seven hundred and ten votes were poll¬ 
ed at the charter election. 
— A proposition to ext nd the term of naturalization to 
fourteen years, was lost in the Massachusetts Senate, by a 
vote of 14 ayes to 17 nays. 
_The ship Cathedral, belonging to Enoch Train k Co., 
has been lost off Cepe Horn, together with her 
List of New Advertisements this Week 
Sears' Large Type Quarto Bible—Robert Soars. 
Young Men's Magazine— Hit'll ard C. McCormick, Jr. 
Rapid Writing—Loneley Brothers. 
Durham Cattle «t Auction- Seymour Brooks. 
Elmira Mutie School—.Miss? c. G Scoti- 
Tlic Rocherier Stone Yard- Wm. Carson, 
mm Agents Wanted—Burdick Brother*. 
Moreno Horse. General (lill'nlXl, Jr Kliab Yeomans. 
Stettin Cuculnr Smv Mill M:uui1u«:lory—A. Spalding. 
Thorough tired Trotting Stallion—John T. Smith. 
: , lief .1 
Wanted, A vals—D. H. Milliard. 
Westchester Earn* Return!—Olcott A Vail. 
Plaster! I’jnstcrl!—K. M. Harmon. 
Agents Wanted—Roller! Sears. 
Orchard flrars—John Rapalje. 
Hurrah's Combined Mower and Reaper—Thos. D. Burr all. 
Deafness and Diseases of the Eye—Dr. Walker. 
ROCHESTER, MAY 9, 1857, 
The Weather and the Season, 
Railroad Riot, 
The weuther cuminues nnpropitious, and in all 
this region, as well as many distant localities, has 
prevented even a fair commencement of out-door 
and field operations. Farmers hereabouts have 
done little or no Spring work, nud the prospect is 
certainly somewhat discouraging. Ere the earth 
had recovered from the effects of the heavy snow 
storm, we were visited with a cold, north-east rain- 
deluge, which now (Tuesday noon,) after thirty-six 
hours duration, seems still progressing. The Gen¬ 
esee River is now higher than at aDy previous 
period this year. The water has risen over two 
feet within the past twenty-four hours and is still 
elevating. We trust this is the last flood of the 
season, and that there is "a good time coming”— 
on the principle that *' it is always darkest just be¬ 
fore day.” Our people, and especially Rurftlists ) 
are heartily tired of waiting until May for April 
weather, aud until June for a genuine May atmos¬ 
phere—for in addition to being nnpleasaut, it is 
decidedly unprofitable. Fntl and lorage arc just 
now important and expensive requisites in both 
city and country. Indeed, they are of late years 
coming to be in demand some six or more months 
in a year, over a large extent of country, and we 
submit that it is due time that the " Clerks of the 
Weather”—Prof. Dewey, Lieut. Maury, Mr. Meh- 
rtam, and others—give the subject matter of Cli¬ 
matology proper investigation. 
— Prof. Dewey gives, in the American, an inter¬ 
esting article on the Weather for the last half of 
April, from which we extract the following: 
“Another Gold half month It as just closed. About, 
so much caloric must bo used up and given off, in 
the various years. If this is probable, then “a 
warm time is coming;” for we cannot have receiv¬ 
ed the usual supply by the warmth of February. 
The last half of April gave the mean heat to be 
39.23°, and the same mean for twenty years to be 
47.74°, a difference of 8J D . Of the month, the 
mean was SS.28 C , and for 20 years was 44.36°. For 
April, 1854, the mean was 52.93°, and in 1844, the 
mean was 37.50°. Hence the mean of April this 
year is a degree below the mean of the highest 
and lowest in the 20 years past. The water fallen 
this month in rain aud snow is about 6.6 inches, 
and is a large supply. Most of it has fallen as 
snow. On the 16tb, about 5 inches of snow, and 
on the 19th began a severe storm of rain and hail 
in the A. M., and rain aud show in the P. M., and 
through the 20th till 10 A. M. of the 21st. At De¬ 
troit it was a fine day on the 19th; no snow fell at 
Buffalo. Indeed, the storm began East of Lake 
Erie, and extended over our State, New England 
and Southward through all the Atlantic States.— 
No such storm, in this month, is recollected since 
that of 1821 ou the 17th of April. 
“Suspension Bridge, over the Genesee, fell under 
the weight of this snow and rain, early on the 
21st. The water of this storm was 2.8 inches,— 
Had all the water remained on the bridge, the 
pressure on a square foot would have been 14.75 
lbs. The bridge, 700 feet long, and 20 broad, 
would then have had about 100 tuns upon it. As 
probably one-fourth of the water had run through, 
the pressure may have been seventy-five tuns.— 
This was probably more than could he sustained 
after the severe test of its strength by the rapid 
crossing of the fire companies, some time since.— 
On the 24th and 25th, a great snow fell over the 
Western part of New England and tho Eastern 
part of this State, as in Delaware county the snow 
was reported four feet deep on the 28th. 
“April oth, snow fell several inches deep in 
Jackson, Miss. Tee formed at Houston, Texas; 
and corn and cotton were cut dowu hy frost aud 
cold, and great injury was done to the corn in 
Kentucky, also. These facta show the severe 
weather of this month, and the wide extent of the 
snow storms over onr country. The early shrubs, 
however, are opening their buds, and some leaves 
have appeared; the soft maple shows the stamens 
of its flowers, and did so as early as ten days ago; 
and the Barn Swallow has begun its twitter.” 
The employees of tho Baltimore and Ohio Rail¬ 
road have placed themselves in opposition to the 
wishes of the Board of Directors, and to such ex¬ 
tent has the fever arisen, that so far one life has 
been lost, and a number wounded. The ground ol 
trouble seems to be the sealing of the cars, and, if 
the seal should become broken, makes the work¬ 
men responsible for whatever the manifest de¬ 
mands. Those who joined In the strike say they 
had no objections to the cars being sealed, but as 
many of the cars have no locks, and those which 
have are poor affairs at the best, they are unwil¬ 
ling to become responsible for the safety of goods 
that are only secured by a piece of twine, the ends 
of which are loosely sealed. They also say that 
they are unwilling to become responsible for the 
alleged contents of a sealed car, of which they have 
no knowledge of the correctness, and urge that in 
case of a seal being broken, tho manifest might 
call for packages that were never in the cars, and 
for which they would be held responsible. So far 
as the protection which tho seal would give them 
from any suspicion of dishonesty, they profess to 
be pleased with it, but require some guaranty of 
safety from the malicious and willful breaking of 
the seal by ^persons along the line of the road. 
On the contrary, the Company deny that they 
have suspected^any of the conductors to be con¬ 
cerned in the petty depredations that have been 
committed on the ears, but that the thieving was 
done at the station where the cars lay over — and 
the object of the sealing was to find out where it 
was done. 'Ibey deny that any oars arc sent out 
without locks, or with locks not of sufficient 
strength, or that any car is ever sent out which 
does not contain every article or package men¬ 
tioned in the manifest. 
On the 1st just, the strikers prevented the trains 
eaving differient stations, and those that did 
manage to start were compelled to return. The 
train from Baltimore, on reaching the Spence 
property, near Washington Turnpike Bridge,some 
distance beyond the city limits, a party of near a 
hundred charged upon the cars, uncoupled them, 
put down the brakes, and chased the men into the 
woods, throwing stones and other missiles. Find¬ 
ing it impossible under the circumstances to pro 
ceed, Mr. Smith ordered the train back to the city, 
which wiib done without any obstacle being thrown 
in the way. Despatches have been received from 
Martinsbnrg, Piedmont and Fetteinftu, stating that 
the same excitement prevailed at those places, and 
that there were no trains allowed to depart. 
On the 4th inst, the riot was not fully quelled. 
The evening freight trains were sent out under a 
military ginrd, consisting of three companies, that 
were ordered out by the Governor. On reaching 
Jackson's Bridge, they were fired upon by the 
rioters, the military returning the fire briskly, and 
killing one of the rioters, and wounding others.— 
The trains then passed on. 
Provincial Items, 
There was great excitement in the Canadian 
Legislative Assembly on tho 29th ult, in conse¬ 
quence of the abrupt resignation of Mr. Cauchon, 
Commissioner of Crown Lands. It appears that 
the Ministry are pushing through a relief hill for 
the Grand Trunk Railroad, and Mr. Cauchon de¬ 
manded that before tho vote was taken a distinct 
assurance should be given of aid to tho North 
Shore Railway, in which his immediate constituents 
are interested. In this ho failed, and hence his 
resignation. There was a sharp passage between 
Mr. Cauchon and some of his late colleagues. 
PKort.E in the Canadian Parliament have been 
charged with receiving heavy bribes for pushing 
through railway charters and contracts. Proofs 
of bribery in one instance to tho amount of $50,- 
000 , and in another of $100,000, are said to have 
been discovered, and will be produced in evidence 
before the Railway Committee. 
The Provincial Parliament was formally pro- 
rouged at Halifax on Thursday. The last act of 
the Upper House was to puss by a large majority, 
the bill giving to tho New York nud Loudon At¬ 
lantic Telegraph Company, the exclusive right, for 
fifty years to land sub-marine telegraph cables 
upon the shores of tho Province. 
Information has reached England that upwards 
of 10,000 Norwegians will proceed from Norway 
to Quebec during the present summer. A number 
of these will remain in Canada, but the larger por¬ 
tion will pass on to the North-Western States of 
America. 
On the 23 ult., the Post-Office, and several stores 
adjoining, in Stamford, C. W., were destroyed by 
lire. The losers are A. F. Mickle, $2,400. Drs. 
Jaques & Waugh, $200. Thomas Stevens, and 
M. Brunsklll, merchants, $5,000, P. K» Jarvis & Co.> 
and Mr. Service, $2,000, A. llaincs, druggist, $2,- 
400, James Wood, $2,400. Only $5,000 insurance. 
The out- storehouses of Hugh Moore and An¬ 
drew Graham, and stables adjoiuiug, in Dundas, 
C. W., were destroyed by firo on the 24th ult. Loss 
$10,000 nearly covered by insurance. 
While the St. George’s Society of London, C. 
W., were celebrating their anniversary in the City 
Hotel, the stable attached took fire and was de¬ 
stroyed, damaging several adjoining structures.— 
Loss $8,000. 
From Mexico. —The New Orleans papers of 
Wednesday, contain details of the late Mexican 
news. There were reports that another and more 
serious outbreak was to come off about Easter Day, 
but the Mexican papers throw ridicule upon them. 
General Vono, a Government exile, had offered his 
services in the cose of war with Spain, and they 
had been accepted. Gen Senloga had received 
orders to march with 2,000 troops to the vicinity 
of Vera Cruz. Gen. Montes, the Minister of 
Foreign Relations Had, it is said, accepted the 
mission to Rome. Honor Puentes would probably 
take bis place and Lerdade Tejada become Minis¬ 
ter of the Treasury. 
University Commencement.— The annual Com¬ 
mencement of the University of Rochester takes 
place in July. The Literary Societies are already 
making arrangements for the occasion. We learn 
by the Democrat that they have chosen Prof. A, J. 
Upson, of Hamilton College, for their Orator, and 
John N. Wilder, Esq,, of Albany, for their Poet.— 
Prof. Upson has acquired a reputation among 
scholars and literary men, which places him in 
the front rank as a writer. He appeared here, we 
think, at the meeting of tho State Teachers’ As¬ 
sociation, a few years since, and make an address 
remarkable for its vigor and ability. 
Lake Navigation.— Dunkirk harbor is open, 
and on Sunday the 26th ult., two propellers arrived 
at Cleveland from that port. This will add great¬ 
ly to the freight business on the Now York and 
Erie Road. 
The Buffalo Commercial learns from a gentleman 
who left Port Colborne, (the entrauce of tho Wel¬ 
land Canal into lake Erie,) on the 28th ult., that 
the ice extends from a point six miles above there, 
directly across the Lake, in one compact body. 
The Detroit Advertiser announces the arrival of 
the propeller Ogdensburg from Ogdensburgh via 
the Welland Canal. 
Conflagrations and Casualties, 
The extensive buildings of the Sandusky Ma¬ 
chine Company and their contents, were burned 
on the 30tli ult, together with several dwelling 
houses adjoining. Loss $10(1,000. Insurance small. 
Dondores’ Soap and Candle works, in Market 
street, Philadelphia, were burned on the '28th ult. 
Loss $50,000. Insurance $30,000. 
On the 20th ult, a fire was discovered in the 
wood-shed of the New York and Erie Railroad, at 
Hornellsville, and before tbe requisite aid could be 
obtained, the shed, 500 cords of wood therein and 
the water-tank, were entirely destroyed. 
A fire at Apalachicola on the 30th nit, destroy¬ 
ed the Union Warehouse, containing 2,000 bales 
of cotton, the l’ost-Ollice and many stores and 
dwellings. Loss $200,000. 
The Bt. Louis Democrat of the 24th ult., states 
that on the 4th the mills known as “ Wilson Mills,” 
on tbe Menominee river, were destroyed hy fire, 
supposed to be the work of an incendiary. Tho 
loss will be about $40,000 — though from the de¬ 
rangement of business it will not be less than 
$150,000. The mills were owned hy Messrs. Knapp, 
Stout & Co. From two hundred ami filty to three 
hundred men are thrown out of employment hy 
this calamity. 
A block of stores at Oxford, N. C., was burnt a 
few days ago. Messrs. Herndon, Mitchell and 
Lynch were the heaviest losers. Loss $30,000. 
Carter’s Livery Stable, Montgomery, Alabama, 
was burnt last week, Including 30 horses, mostly 
belonging to Orton’s Circus. Loss $30,000. 
The Loder House at Dunkirk waa burned on the 
1st inst. Loss 30,000. Insured for $12,000. 
Land Warrants. — The number of land war¬ 
rants Issued during April, under the Bounty Act 
of 1855 was 3,000, requiring nearly half a million 
of acres; altogether more than 200,000 warrants 
have been issued, to satisfy which twenty-live mil¬ 
lions of aereB are necessary. Six thousand war¬ 
rants have been Issued under the same acts to 
persons who rendered military or uaval service in 
the Revolution, or to their widows, requiring a 
million of acres. 
Presbyterian Board of Fokk!qn Missions.— 
The Anniversary Meeting of tho Presbyterian 
Board of Foreign Missions was held in New York 
on the 4th inst. The receipts of the year are re¬ 
ported to be upwards of $205,000. The expendi¬ 
tures are riHiDg of $218,000. 
From the Mormons. — Advices have been re¬ 
ceived at St. Louis, from Salt Lake to the 25th of 
February. The Legislature has passed an act for 
the organization of militia in the territory, and a 
school haB been opened to teach infantry and 
cavalry tactics. The Deseret News has an article 
intending to prove that the Federal Government 
has no power to appoint territorial officer. 
Seizure of a Slaver. —An English Man-of-War 
has carried into St. Aunis, an American schooner, 
from Africa, for Cuba, with 387 slaves on board.— 
One hundred and thirty-seven had died on the 
passage, and the remainder was iu a starving con¬ 
dition. 
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Havana News.—T he steamer Quaker City, via 
Mobile and Havana on tbe 25th arrived at New 
York on the 29th ult. The weather continues cool 
at Havana, but tho health of the city was good.— 
Business hus improved. Sugars are held at high¬ 
er prices. The stock is estimated at 180,000 boxes. 
Remarkable Mirage.— The Oswego TimeB says 
that the phenomenon of mirage on Lake Ontario, 
was witnessed on the 20th ult., to a dregree never 
before heard of. From the high point near the 
Fort, Prince Edward's Maud, completely across 
the Lake on the Canadian Shore, could be seen 
distinctly. The Duck and Gallon Islands were so 
plainly marked out that the trees and small objects 
on the shore were plainly seen. Even the Ice in the 
Stony Island passage, leading to Sackett’s Harbor 
was visible. 
Old But Smart.— Rebecca Clapp, of Now Brain¬ 
tree, Mass., a maiden lady of 81, walked to Green¬ 
wich aud back, on the 15th ult She recently pur- 
chased a farm for $53,000, a sum that she had saved 
from her owu earnings. 
of Boston, 
captain and night of the crew. 
— Ex President Pierce la said to have purchased sixty 
Korea of laud in the north part of Concord, upon which he 
intends to erect a fin® mansion. 
— Tho N. Y. Commercial Advertiser saya there are 
ntiawborrieH_ in that city, and radishes, and watercresses, 
and asparagus, wad other good things. 
— The hrig Portland, with full cargo from Detroit, ar¬ 
rived at Oswego on the 29th ult. This ts the first arrival 
through the Welland Canal this season. 
An Inebriate Asylum. — An effort is being 
made in this State to raise, hy subscription, $50,- 
000, for the establishment of an Asylum for the 
medical and scientific treatment of inebriates.— 
Of this sum $32,000 has already been subscribed. 
Buffalo Harbor. —Present appearances indi¬ 
cate that navigation will probably not re-open 
until May 15th, if as soon. It depends entirely on 
avorable winds. The harbor is still closed with ice. 
New Potatoes.— Tho Louisville, (Ky.,) papers 
chuckle over tho rooeipt of a lot of new potatoes 
from New Orleans, which cost $2 50 per bushel. 
