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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 
Conflagrations and Casualties, 
PUBLISH KK’S NOTIO BS 
Roswell Curtiss, of Cayuga county, has lost 
$160 worth of as fine bogs as he ever raised, within 
a few weeks. These swine had access to no distil¬ 
lery slops, and the disease. iuuBt be attributed to 
some other cause than strychnine. 
Tun Savannah Republican gives credence to a 
report that there are, at the present time, one hun¬ 
dred and til'ty sail engaged in the African slave 
trade. 
The N. T. Journal of Commerce, states that the 
nutrfber of sufferers by the recent sickness at the 
National Hotel, Washington, is computed by one 
authority at seven hundred, and the deaths at 
twenty-five or thirty. 
One of the amendments to the Constitution, just 
adopted by the people of Massachusetts, will re¬ 
duce the number of the members of the Legisla¬ 
ture Horn 300 to about 240. 
The State of Maine can now boast of owning a 
fleet of merchant vessels valued at $50,000,000, and 
greater than the commercial marine of any Euro¬ 
pean power, Great Rritaiu alone excepted. 
The Boston submarine and wreckiug company’s 
hrig Monagas, on April 20th, was working on the 
wreck ol the British frigate Severn, on Silver Key 
Bank. They had been very successful in blasting, 
and were in hopes, should the weather continue 
fine, in the conrse of a fortnight, to leave for 
Turk’s Island with a great portion of the $500,000 
said to have been sunk in her. 
TnE fact that the deaths exceed the number of 
births-in France, and that at present the popula¬ 
tion is actually diminishing, although emigration 
has almost ceased, is exciting much discussion as 
to causes aud consequences. 
Boston sold more barrels of flour last year than 
Baltimore, which was formerly one of the largest 
flour markets in the world. Each city sold about 
a million of barrels, Boston a little more, Balti¬ 
more a little leas. 
Taylor, the keeper of the great saloon in 
Broadway, has bored an artesian well on his prem¬ 
ises, rather than pay $1,100 a year for croton. The 
bill of the St. Nicholas Hotel last year for water 
amounted to $3,900. 
The Persian Ambassador to France has present¬ 
ed four Arab borses to Louis Napoleon, of the 
purest blood. They are much larger than any 
horses hitherto seen, and, what is very singular, 
they have no manes. 
On April 14th, the corner-stone of a building for 
a public library aud museum was laid in Liverpool 
by Mr. 'William Brown, who designs to defray him¬ 
self the cost of its erection, nearly $150,000. 
The Chicago Times of May 1st reports large 
transactions in breadstufls in that city. The day 
before an order for the purchase of 200,000 bush¬ 
els of corn was received from a Boston dealer.— 
The whole of the wheat, flour and corn sold on the 
30th ult, would require ubont $-200,000 to purchase. 
The Hartford Times says that on the first day 
of May the snow was five feet deep iti the North¬ 
west part of Norfolk, and travel was much im¬ 
peded, while in New Marlboro’, near the Maasa. 
chnselts line, the snow was six leet deep. 
The largest printing job ever known in the 
world is said to be in the office of Little it Co., of 
Boston, at this time. Jt consists of Professor 
Agassiz's great work, “Contributions to the Na¬ 
tural History of the United States of North Ameri¬ 
ca,” for which voluntary subscriptions are said to 
have been obtained to the amount of three hun¬ 
dred thousand dollars. 
A Louisville poik packer has made a contract 
for 2,000 hogs, to he delivered in November, at a 
place 113 miles from the city, at $4 50 gross and 
at$G 30 net, in Louisville. 
California has not increased iu population the 
past year, unless from its own internal resources; 
the arrivals at San Frnncisco for the last six months 
were 927 less than the departures. The Golden 
State waits for the Pacific Railroad. 
A committee of the Canadian Council have re¬ 
ported in favor of the suspension of labor on the 
Lord’s Day on all Railways, steamers on the Canals, 
Post-Office, and Public Department. 
The large cabinet factory of Jacob Lyeigler, 
Hester st, New York, burnt on the 7th inst Loss 
over $30,000. 
A fire broke out in Oswego on the 9tb inst, in 
a slianty used for boiling tar, and extended to the 
Welland House. A hed was lying in an open win¬ 
dow, of the 4t!> story, which received the spark 
and was soon in flames, defying all attempts to ex¬ 
tinguish it From this it spread throughout the 
house. The loss is estimated at $15,000, and the 
owner was insured hut $2,000. Mr. Dorsey, the 
lessee, had lately taken possession, and lost about 
$4,000 in furniture. Insured $3,600. 
The buildings at Segnine’s Point, Staten Island’ 
recently purchased by the Quarantine Commis¬ 
sioners for business purposes, were burnt to the 
ground on the 6th inst., by the work of an incen¬ 
diary. Loss $12,000. 
The drug store of Bennett Beers & Father, Rich¬ 
mond, Va., was burned on the 8th inst. Loss on 
stock, $28,000. Insnred $20,000. 
A fire broke out at Oswego on the 4t,h instant, 
destroying the dwelling and livery stable of Cbas. 
Beers, also the stables of the Ahwagn House, con¬ 
taining nine horses, and some or eight small and 
comparatively worthless buildings. Loss about 
$6,000; insurance small. 
A train on the Michigan Southern railroad was 
thrown oft' the track near Adrian on the 6th inst., 
and four men killed. 
E3T-Additions TO Clubs are now in order, and can be made 
at the Clnb rate—$1,50 per copy. Agents aud other friends will 
please bear this in mind, and receive and forward the subscrip¬ 
tion* of all who desire to secure the Rural. 
|-y Ant person no disposed can act as local agent for the 
Rural, and all who do so wilt not only receive premiums, but 
their aid will be gratefully appreciated. 
Subscribers wishing their paper* changed from one Post 
Office to another, should be particular in specifying the offices 
at which they are now received 
Hack Numbers of the present volume can still be sup¬ 
plied, but those desiring them should be particular In specifying 
that they are wanted. 
ty Ir ordering the Rural, be sure and specify name of 
Post-Offict, County, and Stale, Territory or Province. 
— Hay h&a Rold at Hamilton, C. W., for $34 per ton. 
— Brick are gelling at $13 per thousand in St. Louis. 
— Potatoes are as scarce as hay. They sell at $2,60 per 
bushel in Chicago. 
— Baltimore City ib arming all of her police officers with 
Colt’B six shooters. 
— The salary of the Mayor of New York city is estab¬ 
lished at $5,000 a year. 
— A detachment of dragoons have been Bent from Car¬ 
lisle, Pa, to Kaiifas. 
— In Madison county, Ky., the mules are dying In large 
numbers from murrain. 
— The recent Brilish Parliament was the fourth In the 
reign of Queen Victoria. 
—There are nine prisoners in the Memphis (Tenn.) jail 
on the charge of murder. 
— Lewis D. Partridge has been appointed by the Presi¬ 
dent, Marshal of Vermont. 
— There were 222 arrests for criminal offences in Albany 
during the month of April. 
— Eleven divorces were granted by the Common Pleas 
Court, at St. Louis last week, 
— The English law allows a Judge to retire upon half 
pay after the lapse of fiftien years. 
— The deposits at the Philadelehia Mint in April, were 
$ 538 , 090 , and the coinage $986,045. 
— Madame Otto Goldamidt (Jenny Lind) gave birth on 
the 31st ult., at Dresden, to » daughter. 
— Mr. McComas late Governor of V irginia, haB started 
with his family to settle in Nebraska. 
— From the 1st of January to the lat of May, the Cor¬ 
oner of Philadelphia held 19B inquests. 
— Washington Irviug Is now seventy-five years of age, 
and he is still in a vigorous condition. 
— A passenger car with twelve wheels has been intro¬ 
duced upon the N. Y. Ceutral Railroad. 
— There have been 1,136 married couples divorced, dur¬ 
ing the nine years past, in Philadelphia. 
— Lake Pepin is reported open. The first boat from St. 
Paul arrived at Duuleith on the 4th inst 
— Two aud a half million feet of pine lumber were used 
in making clocks in Connecticut last year. 
— The propeller Kentucky, arrived at Chicago on the 7th 
inst., through from New York this season. 
— It is stated that there are in New York city not less 
than one thousand professional rag-pickers. 
— Charles Mackay, the well known author and poet, is 
preparing to pay a visit to the United States. 
— Lands one or two miles from I.euvenwoTth, Kansas, 
are 6aid to be worth from $20 to $40 per acre. 
— The expedition in search of the sources of the Nile 
has just been dissolved by the Viceroy of Egypt. 
— During the mnnlh ol April, 20,949 emigrants landed 
at Castle Garden, making 36,497 so far this year. 
— Judge Alexander, a distinguished citizen of Tennessee, 
died in Knoxville, in that State, on the 6th inst. 
— A local paper is to be started somewhere in Indiana, 
with the attractive title of “The Butcher Knife." 
_Ten thousand dollars have been subscribed to ascertain 
the cause of the poisoning at the National Hotel. 
— Lady Franklin has invested her entire estate in the 
Arctic search expedition which is now filting out. 
— The mall facilities in Kentucky are to be enlarged this 
year to the extent of thirty-nine thousand dollars. 
— On the hills only twenty miles to the west of Hart¬ 
ford, there are said to be very large snow drifts still. 
— A work on Texas, recently published by Mr. Olmsted, 
estimates that there are In tlial Slate 40,u0o Getmaus. 
— \V. B. Buchanan, F.sq., a well known poet and writer, 
died at Wheellog, Va., cm the Clh inst, aged 63 years. 
— About 250 bushels of the seed of the Chinese Sugar 
Cane hus been distributed by the Patent Office this season. 
— The stock of pork at Louisville, Ky., is stated to he 
15,000 barrels At this time last year it was 41,000 barrels. 
— Chevalier Hulseraann, the Austrian Minister, is mak¬ 
ing arrangements for ao absence of four months In Europe. 
— The Queen took chloroform on the occasion of the 
birth of the last princess, and was under its influence three 
hours. 
_A single sugar-maple shade tree in Vernon, O , yield¬ 
ed sap from which 61 pounds of sugar was made the past 
season. 
— Howard Tilden, Esq, has just completed the most 
beautiful and gorgeously furnished residence in the United 
States. 
— Gerald Massey, the rising poet of Eogland, is the son 
of a canal boatman, now earning the wages of ten shillings 
a week. 
— It is reported, by way of San Antonio, Texas, that the 
Mexican General Vidaurri died at Mataraorns about the 1st 
of April. 
— At Omaha City, Nebraska, wood is $5 per cord, eggH 
$1 per dozen, potatoes $2 50 per bushel, and flour $7 per 
hundred. 
_Twenty-five camels are to be employed on the wagon 
road to the Pacific. It is intended to test their capacity for 
endurance. 
— A German Bociety in Chicago, numbering some 800 
members, are about to start for Kansas to form a city and 
settlement. 
_The total number of suicides in Philadelphia for the 
last two years, is ninety-five-sixty-nine men and twenty- 
six women. 
_The recent decision of a lawsuit makes Caleb Cushing 
sole proprietor of one of the most promising towns in 
Minnesota. 
— In the course of the last quarter, there were sold by 
the New York city post-office, postage stamps to the value 
Of $114,500. 
— A detachment of three hundred troops left St. Louis 
ou the 3d inst., on the Pacific Railroad, destined for Fort 
Leavenworth. 
— The Savannah (Ga.) Republican intimates th»t poor 
beef is 20 cents per pound iu that city, and other “feed’> 
in proportion. 
— A black jnt pearl was discovered in the Notch Brook 
at Paterson, Inst week. Pearls are still found at Hokokus, 
of small size. 
— Hon. Samuel Medary, the new Governor of Minnesota, 
was duly installed into office at the Capitol of the Territory 
ou the 23d ult. 
— According to the official figures, there are eight thou¬ 
sand six hundred voters in the city of Washington, the 
National Capital. 
— A child wan lately boru in one ol the Sandwich Islands 
having four eyes, two on the hack and two on the front 
side of the head. 
— The amnesty to lie declared by the Emperor of Austria 
on visiting Uuugary, ta to be universal, with the single ex- 
ceptit'u’ of Kossuth. 
— James G. Campbell has becu appointed Marshal of the 
Western District or Pennsylvania, vice Frost, whose com¬ 
mission has expired. 
_Some thirty-two thousand dollars were paid to the 
teachers of the public schools of Buffalo on Friday, at 
Oliver Lee & Co.’s Bank. 
— Mr. C. C. Andrews has resigned his position iu the of¬ 
fice of the Solicitor of the Treasury Department, and goes 
to Minnesota to practice law. 
Invented bv J. C. Schroder, of 
Thk Testimony or thk Rocks : or, Geology in its Bear¬ 
ings on the Two Tocologies, Natural and Revealed. By 
HPOH Mil. LB It. author'of "The Old Red Sandstone," 
*• Footprint* of the Creator." etc , etc. With Memorials 
of the Death and Character ol the Author. “ Thou 
sbalt be iu league with the stones of the field." — Job. 
Bostou : Goul’l & Lincoln. 
In addition to its iutriusic merit and great value as a 
contribution to science, this volume possesses rare interest 
from the fact that it is the final work ot its distinguished 
author, who corrected its lust proof sheets only the day 
before the tragic termination of his existence. The work 
proper is prefaced with interesting memorials of the clinr 
acter and death of the author—a man of whom Dr. Chal¬ 
mers remarked that “since Scott's death he was the 
greatest Scotchman that woe left." The work is a collec¬ 
tion of twelve lecturea, a few of which have heretofore 
been published and discussed by ecientifio men and theolo¬ 
gians, arranged under the following heads :—The Pahr.nu- 
tological History of Plants : the Palicontological History 
of Animals ; the Two Records, Mosaic and Geological ; the 
Mosaic Vision of Creation ; Geology in its Bearings on the 
Two TheologieB ; the Noachian Deluge ; the Discoverable 
and the Revealed ; the Geology of the Anti-Geologists, and 
the Less Known Fossil Floras of Scotland. In the lan¬ 
guage of a contemporary, the work presents “ with the 
moat admirable clearness and system, the arguments and 
proofs that ‘ the vision' of the great Lawgiver of Israel 
aud Historian ol the pre-Adamic world, (as recounted 
in Genesis, Chapters I and U,) is a statement of eternal 
truth; that the six days of creation were six periods 
of long duration, and that those periods in which new ere 
ations took place on the earth are recorded in the rocks 
and iu the organic remains which they entomb- This, the 
* testimony of the rocks,' he makes exceedingly plain to 
every intelligent reader. The author rejects entirely the 
theory, held by distinguished geologists, and no less dis¬ 
tinguished theologians, that after the creation proper, that 
is, after the six geological periods of the earth’s history, 
the whole was, as it were, rubbed out, — that is, chaos was 
instituted, and then the whole was made over again in six 
days of foui-and-twenty hours each." 
The volume is a royal 12 mo.— 502 pages—profusely illus¬ 
trated and finely printed, and altogether possesses the 
essentials ol eoduriug popularity. We especially commend 
it to the students of Geology and Theology. Sold by Bar 
row k Brother. 
New Book Rooms now Open—D. M. Dewey. 
The New Yo'k Ledger—Robert Bonner. 
Particular Notice to Book Agents—Crown & Emery. 
Superb Double Dahlias—B. K. Bliss A Haven. 
Rochester Saving's Bunk—Edvnird Whalen. 
War of 1S12— Allred G Madge. 
Self-Raking Reaper .V Mower—Seymour. Morgan & Allen. 
Wakefield’s Hand Corn Planter—M.W Simmons. 
Bread! Bread!!—James Pyle, 
look Here—Box 1115 V. O. 
Harvest Gloves and .Mitts—F. A Ellis. 
200 Tuns Bones Wanted—T. Hollingworih A Son. 
ROCHESTER, MAY 16, 1857, 
Canadian Skat of Government. —An exchange 
states that the British Government transmitted 
dispatches this week to the Canadian Parliament, 
signifying Her Majesty’s assent to Gx the seat of 
Government in one of the Canadian cities. The 
Montreal Herald states that the Queen and a ma¬ 
jority of the people of England are in favor of 
conferring the honor on Montreal, with the under¬ 
standing that its name is to he changed to that of 
the “City of Victoria.” 
The Canadian Parliament, only a few weeks 
since, passed resolutions referring the question of 
locating the Provincial Capital to the Queen. The 
answer has been very prompt. Montreal will he 
more generally acceptable than either Toronto or 
Quebec; and if the Queen decides upon giving the 
Mountain City the preference, she will avoid much 
jealousy, doubtless, by taking the middle ground. 
An Item about Advertising, 
Advertising in TnE Rural is undoubtedly a 
profitable investment for those who wish to reach, 
at once, tens of thousands of the Lest class of peo¬ 
ple, yet it is not advisable for such as prefer ease 
to the busy industry attending an increase of busi¬ 
ness. For example, Mr. Wm. B. Burnett, of 
Lyons, whose patent Fence was recently described 
and advertised in the Rural, avers that said pub¬ 
lication has given him so many orders and letters 
to answer as to cause him to neglect and forget 
some other thiogs. He says:—“If you had as 
many letters to answer a9 I have, you would forget 
some things too. I have had, in all, 837 letters, of 
which seven hundred und ninety-seven stated thatthe 
writers had seen the notice iu the Rural New- 
Yorker. The fence gives satisfaction wherever it 
is used.” People who have any thing valuable to 
sell should beware of advertising in the Rural— 
and especially those who think our rates are too 
high—unless they are prepared for a rush of 
customers ! 
—Seriously, however, though we have no occa¬ 
sion to solicit advertising—and for that reason 
scarcely ever publish any thing relative to the ad¬ 
vantages of advertising in our pages—it is grati¬ 
fying to know that the Rural is one of the very 
best “mediums” in the Union- Indeed, it is in¬ 
comparably the best medium for the card3 aud an¬ 
nouncements of dealers in Ag’l Implements aud 
Machinery, Seeds, Fertilizers, Ac., Nurserymen aud 
Florists, Inventors and Manufacturers, Breeders of 
Improved Stock, those wishing to sell Farms, Ac., 
as many of car advertising friends have voluntarily 
attested- It is also a superior medium for Pub¬ 
lishers and Booksellers, Wholesale Merchants and 
Healers, Educational Institutions, &c., and indeed 
all who desire to advertise widely and profitably — 
for, in addition to its unequalled circulation in 
the richest “Rural Districts,” it is taken by thou¬ 
sands of Business and Professional Men (such as 
Merchants, Manufacturers, Clergymen, Teachers, 
Ac.,) in villages and cities. 
Sanders' School Sckarkr ;— A comprehensive Course of 
Instruction in the Principles of Oratory ; with numer¬ 
ous Exatcises for Practice in Declamation. ByCHARLKS 
W. SandsRB, A. M , author o!' “ A Serb s of Readers — 
“Speller,Oelluer aud Analyzer ." — “Elocutionary Chart,” 
etc. New York : Ivison & Phlnney. 
In this age, when an important part of Education ia 
comprised in learning bow to declaim —when Oratory is 
a requisite to success in many professions, and a great in¬ 
strument of power and progrt bb — such a complete and tho¬ 
rough work ss the above entitled must prove invaluable. 
It is divided iuto three parte, and embraces the whole sub¬ 
ject of rhetorical delivery; part first treating upon the 
requisites to Elocution—part second, considering and 
illustrating Gesture — and part third containing Exercises 
in Declamation, comprising numerous selections, in prose 
and verse, from the best autbmtg, and moat eminent ora¬ 
torical statesmen, lecturers, <kc. The pieces are generally 
brief, varying from grave to gay, with examples of im¬ 
passioned and eloqneut expression of such just and noble 
sentiments ns befit true oratory. The wliolo work seems 
admirably adapted to its purpose, and we cordially com¬ 
mend it 1 1 teachers, parents, and our youug friends, as an 
excellent and complete manual on the subject. The vol¬ 
ume ia prefaced by a full-leDgth portrait ol Daniel Web¬ 
ster, (in an attitude and with an expression which 
conveys an instructive lesson in oratory,) comprises 528 
pages, and Is well printed and substantially bound,—essen¬ 
tials creditable ro the enterprising publishers, and which 
will render the Speaker more serviceable iu schools, acade¬ 
mies, Arc- Sold by Wm Allisg, 
Capital on Lake Scferior. — The Boston 
Traveller says it is estimated that the whole amount 
expended in the business of exploring and work¬ 
ing the copper mines on Lake Superior, up to Jan¬ 
uary lat, 1857, was about 8,000,000. The present 
value of the best mining establishments in that 
region is set down at 5,500,000, and the whole 
amount of copper produced up to Jan. 1st, is esti¬ 
mated atj3,173,100. Balance iu favor of the mines 
2,773,100; but if the more unsuccessful establish¬ 
ments be estimated at one-i'ouith of their cost, 
a!hl this estimate added, the balance will be more 
than doable. 
The Slave Trade.— Information has beeD re¬ 
ceived at the State Department at Washington 
from St. Paul de Loanda, that the slave trade on 
that coast is now floorishing. It is said that five 
vessels have lately left with slaves. The Congo 
river and its neighborhood have been the head¬ 
quarters, and American gold is now quite plenty 
there, having been brought in vessels which clear 
from New York — some for Cape de Yerds, aud 
some for Loanda, but which seldom arrive at those 
places. 
Gaut Gurlkt : or. The Trappers of Umbagog. A Tale 
Of Border Lite. By D. P. Thompson, author ol “ May 
Marlin," “The Green Mouulaiu Boys,” e'e Boston : 
John P. Jewett As Co.-Cleveland : Henry P. B. Jewell. 
An exciting story ot wild aud romantic life. It is writ¬ 
ten with great Spirit, and carries the reader through scenes 
of unusual atrocity which occurred some forty years ago 
among the trappers and hunters of Umbngog and other 
wild lakes on the norlbern borders of Maine aud New 
Hampshire. Based on historic fact—such as smuggling 
scenes on tire Canadian border in the times Of the embargo 
iu 1808 to the war of 1312, and the McLean treason plot, 
crashed at Quebec about 1300—the author has produced 
an unusually exciting historical romance. Sold by DkwbY. 
Intentions of Marriage in Maine.— The late 
Maine Legislature passed an act restoring the old 
law requiring the publication of intentions of 
marriage. The effect of the re-imposition of the 
annoying and useless requirements of the old law 
will he to force candidates for matrimony, who 
don’t care to do the required penauce, to take the 
“early train” for other jurisdictions, where there 
are fewer obstacles to getting the “ knot tied” with 
speed and promptitude. 
Washington News, 
Lord Napier has received instructions from 
his government to inform New Grenada that the 
abrupt rejection of the American ultimatum meets 
with the most decided disapprobation of the Brit¬ 
ish government. 
On the 9th inst., Alex. H. Evans delivered to the 
Government, the official despatches with which he 
was entrusted from Dallas and Mason. The latter 
represented his general health to be fine, though 
he is slightly lame from the effects of paralysis; 
aud further, that he is ready to return home when¬ 
ever the Administration shall intimate to him that 
it is desirable. 
Lord Napier has also received despatches en¬ 
closing a copy of the correspondence between 
Lord Clarendon and Mr. Dallas respecting the 
rejected treaty, and will communicate it to our 
Government 
Mr. Dallas, in a letter to Gen. Cass, expresses 
the opinion, that if the treaty had reached Eng¬ 
land, prior the election, it would have been 
ratified. 
The Washington correspondent of the N. Y . 
Herald says Mr. Cass takes the rejection of the 
Clarendon treaty in high dudgeon, and thinks the 
action of the English Government wholly inde¬ 
fensible indeed be drew from Lord Napier almost 
an admission on this point. 
Mr. Wise, Secretary of Legation at Paris, has 
resigned. Mr. Wilbur, Assistant Secretary, will 
probably be promoted until Mr. Mason is relieved 
by a new minister, which will he in a few months. 
The official papers just communicated to Gov¬ 
ernment by Lord Napier contain a formal proposi¬ 
tion for a new Central American treaty, hut the 
Administration will probably do nothing in the 
premises until the meeting of the next Congress. 
Lives of tub Qukkns of Scotland, anil English Prin¬ 
cesses couneo'ed with the Retrnl Succession of Great 
Britain. By Arises STRICKLAND, author of “The Uvea 
of the Que.ns of England." Volume VI. New York : 
Harper & Brothel*. 
This volume continues the life ot MART Stuart from 
the coronation of her infant sou (James VL, of Scotland, 
►ubsequen'ly James I, of England,) by the rebellious 
barons at Stirling Castle—who had forced the unfortunate 
Queen to tdgn a deed of abdication — to the time of her 
imprisonment at Tutbury Castfe in Eogliud, and her con¬ 
tract of marriage with the Duke of Norfolk. It contains 
tnaoy lorgottnu fact* in English and Scottish history, amt 
will be read with interest. Sold by Dewey. 
Indian Hostilities.— The Kansas City Enter¬ 
prise of the 2d inst, learns that the Cheyenes were 
concentrating at the head waters of the Republi¬ 
can Fork, with a determination to resist any attack 
by troops. They made overtures to the Sioux for 
assistance, but the latter declined. The Cheyenes 
had a large supply of arms and ammunition. A 
terrible battle had been fought at Fremont's Peak, 
between the Suake and Black Feet Indians, in 
which 27 of the latter were killed. 
The Heart op Man. — In reviewing the ex¬ 
changes daily received at our office, and observing 
the record of crime which they contain, we are 
oftentimes ready to embrace the doctriue of " total 
depravity.” How refreshing to the wearied spirit 
is a paragraph like uuto the following—it is in¬ 
deed a well of water to the thirsty soul: 
“During the late severe weather, the birds have 
had bard trials to obtain food for snbsistaiiee. In 
passing tbe residence of Hon. William Johnson, 
Ellicottville, CatL Co., ou Monday and Tuesdsy 
mornings laBt, we saw more than two hundred 
birds of all species—from tbe robin to the wren— 
which had a bouutiful table spread before them, in 
the yard, of millet aud other (to them) delicacies 
of the season. It was really a lamentable yetbeau¬ 
tiful sight! They looked like so mauy young tur¬ 
keys, docks and chickens. They partook freely of 
tbe hospitality of the mansion, aud then would fly 
from branch to branch iu thick shrubbery around, 
singing and chirping as though, like the organ 
grinder, to pay for the bountiful repast, which had 
been served up to them! They have found good 
quarters, and their numbers seem to be iucreas- 
ing, as though by instinct. They will be cared for.” 
A Town Sacked. — San Bias, Mexico, on the 
4th of March, was suddenly attacked by a band of 
seventy or eighty banditti from the mountains, 
who killed twelve of the residents of the place 
and subsequently sacked it. They took everyarti- 
cle of value they could lay their hands upon, such 
as clothing, jewelry, fancy articles, etc. They 
plundered every place in the city, without respect 
to person or party. 
Tub Book Trade of Rochester has long been an Im¬ 
portant and exteuidve business, and one which has fully 
kept pace with the population and improvement of the 
city and surrounding country. That it is a favorable point 
for booksellers and publishers is evident from the incon¬ 
trovertible fact Hint Rochester sells far morn books, circu¬ 
lates more newspapers, and pays more postage than any 
other town ol equal population in the Union. Provincial 
as our city may be considered in some respects, it is iu ad- 
vauce of uiostolher* io the essentials ot high civilization — 
intelligence, morality, nud educational facilities. The 
people of both city and country, comprise an erniuently 
reading, thinking and investigating community, and hence 
good books and newspapers are largely patronized Pros¬ 
perous as is the book trade, we sue no good reason why 
our enterprising dealers may not profitably embark in the 
manufacture ol hooka to a much greater extent than here¬ 
tofore. 
Dkwky'8 Book and News Rooms, in the Arcade Hall, 
hna hern a popular establishment for the last decade, and 
favorably known to the people ot Rochester and Western 
New York. The progressive enterprise of Hie proprietor 
has been made patent by the continuous Increase of his 
business, and frequent Improvement and enlargement of 
hi* quarters, but was never more inHDilest than at present. 
The recent enlargement nf the establishment — which 
now presents a plate-glass frontage ot seventy feet on 
the west side or Arcade Halt—and the increase ot 
stock to correspond, renders it altogether one of tbe most 
attractive and complete iu the country. Withont entering 
into details, we close this hastily written voluntary notice, 
by referring to 41 r. DswXY’8 announcement in this paper, 
and commending his Model Book and News Rooms to the 
attention of our readers throughout Western New York. 
Suffering in Michigan.— The Detroit Adverti¬ 
ser of recent date says:—“We learn as we go to 
press, from a gentleman who has been in Gratiot 
Tuscola, and other northern counties, that many 
of the people are in a famishing condition, and 
are subsisting on boiled oats alone. Is it not best 
to have a pub.ic meeting to devise means to re¬ 
lieve this terrible suffering?” 
The Brain Fever Epidemic.— Tho Oswego 
Times says the brain fever has subsided iu most 
localities which have been scourged with it during 
the psBt winter, but Btill prevails with fearful vigor 
at Camistuta, Madison county. Three funerals oc¬ 
curred there Sunday, the 26th ult., from thia cause, 
and several during the week. It is, indeed, a sin¬ 
gular disease, aud the fact of its shunning the 
luke shore would seem to indicate that It depends 
upon certain conditions of tbe atmosphere favor¬ 
able to fevers which rarely occur near large bodies 
of living water. 
Rents in Minnesota. —The St. Paul (Min.) Ad¬ 
vertiser says the landlords of that place have this 
season advanced their rates for stores and dwell¬ 
ings from twenty to thirty per cent, over the prices 
demanded for the same buildings last year, and 
think themselves justified in doing so by the in¬ 
crease of business and immigration in prospect. 
Cold Weather for May. —At Ogdensburgh 
snow fell to the depth of three or four inches on 
the 11th inst. The weather for tbe two days past 
has been cold and stormy here, and last night we 
were visited by a very severe frost. To-day, (Tues¬ 
day,) although the wind is from the north-east, we 
have the indications of something a little more 
comfortable. From Buffalo we learn that the pro¬ 
peller T. W. Bradbury, which started from her 
dock on Saturday morning, is still blocked in the 
ice about a mile and a half from the lighthouse.— 
A light wind from tbe north. Two vessels in sight 
over on the south shore. No ice moving dow ntbe 
Niagara this morning. 
Arrival of Nicaraguan Filibusters. —The 
British Frigate Tartar arrived at the mouth of the 
Mississippi river on the 5th inst., with nearly 200 
of Lockridge’s men on board. They are in a very 
destitute condition, and many of them down with 
the measles. 
Kansas Affairs. — The St Louis Republican 
publishes Secretary Stanton’s reply to the letter of 
the citizens of Lawrence. He says he can do no¬ 
thing which denies the authority or validity of 
the Territorial laws, respecting the judges of elec¬ 
tion. He hopes there will he appointed one rep- 
sentative Democrat in favor of a Free State aud one 
Democrat in favor of a Slave State. 
Storm at the South. —A tremendous storm of 
wind and rain visited Mobile on the 1st and 2d inst 
Two feet of water fell on the level. The city was 
inundated, and several people were drowned. 
South Carolina Congressman. — Mr. Boachitn 
has been elected to Congress in the district iu 
South Carolina lately represented by Hon. P. S. 
Brooks, by 1,000 majority. 
— The piano forte was 
Dresden, In 1717, and tbe first instrument was made in 
London In 1776, by a German named Zumble. 
