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PUBLISHER'S NOTICES 
The Voyage de la Mer, the iron steamer built at 
East Boston for the Pasha of Egypt, and recently 
launched, is the largest iron vessel ever construct¬ 
ed in the United States. 
The furniture of the National Hotel, Washing¬ 
ton city, valued at $100,000, is to be sold at auction. 
This is the result of the “poisoning” excitement. 
There are four hundred and sixty applicants 
for consular, and two hundred and fifty-five for di¬ 
plomatic appointments. Out of the latter, it is 
said, there are but twelve that can be successful. 
John M. B. Pktkican, n member of the Penn¬ 
sylvania House of BepresentativeR from Lycoming, 
died at Harrisburg on the 15th inst,, of disease 
contracted at the National Hotel, Washington. 
A horse owned by Dr. F. Dorsey, of Hagerstown, 
Md., died last week in the 45th year of his age.— 
The doctor had rode him in his practice for the 
last 37 years. 
A large number of houses have been shipped 
from Cincinnati into the Western Territories this 
They are of the cottage style, and though 
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Terms of Advertising.— Twenty-five Cents a Line, BACH 
insertion-in advance. Brief and appropriate announcements 
— The Ohio river is now in good navigable condition. 
— Marshal Marmont’s widow died in France recently. 
— The Emperor Napoleon has entered his 60th year. 
— The troopg in garrison at Oswego have been ordered to 
Mackinac. 
— The small pox has prevailed recently to a great extent 
in Cincinnati. 
— Kidnapping children for circns training has been de¬ 
tected in 8t. Louis. 
— A State Asylum tor insane criminals is about to be 
built near Auburn. 
— Green peae and new potatoes have arrived in New 
York from Charleston. 
— A young man. recently lost $47,000 by gambling at 
roulette in New Orleans. 
— Tbe latest intelligence is that Senator Butler, of S. 
C., is rapidly recovering. 
— The White Sulphur Springs in Virginia have been 
purchased tor $600,000. 
— There are about twenty towns or cities in Wisconsin 
which rejoice in a Mayor. 
— Senator Sumner declined a public dinner tendered him 
by the Americans in Parie. 
— In New York they have two city governments.— 
Rogues reap the advantage. 
— Foreign fruit is expected to be cheaper this season, 
there being no duty upon it. 
— The Toronto Globe announces that it will hereafter be 
conducted on the cash plan. 
— The annual regatta of the New York Yacht Club will 
lake place on the 4th of June. 
— A lot of fine strawberries, received in Baltimore last 
week, sold for one dollar per quart. 
— The Philadelphians are talking of bridging the 
Schuylkill river at Chestnnt street. 
— Col. John A. Washington, proprietor of Mt. Vernon, 
is lying dangerously ill at that place. 
— The London Morning Post predicts that the submarine 
telegraphic cable will prove a failure. 
— Paper hangings, by a recently invented process, are 
printed in oil instead ol water odors. 
— Fifteen baleB of hemp, from near Leavenworth, Kan¬ 
sas, were recently received at St. Louis. 
— About 250 bushels of the Chinese Sugar Cane has been 
distributed by the Patent Office this season. 
— It ia estimated that Vermont has produced sugar 
enough this season for home consumption. 
— A South Carolina editor acknowledges the receipt of a 
basket ol “Hovey's Seedling” strawberries. 
— There are fourteen divorce cases on the calendar of 
the Common Pleas Court of Lorain Co., Ohio. 
— Gen. Scott will be present at the inauguration of the 
Warren Statue on Banker Hill on the 17th Jane. 
— Miss M. C. Calhoun, a daughter of the late Hon. John 
C. CalhouD, died in South Carolina on the 2d inBt. 
— Over two millions of trees were planted last year in 
Ireland, which were registered with the magistrate. 
— About 700 bills have passed the present Pennsylvania 
Legislature. Here are laws enough for a generation. 
— Women epjoy their “ rights” very extensively in 
France ; they are hostlers, barbers and plow-women. 
— The Utica papers mourn the death of Thos. A. Hub¬ 
bard, of that city, a distinguished member of the bar. 
— The Post Master at Council Bluffs is a Mormon, and 
his household Is presided over by three gentle dames. 
— The Bank of the Credit Mobiler has been established 
at Havana, with a capital of twelve millions of dollars. 
— The Gormans of ButUrio are endeavoring to raise 
funds to erect a monument to the memory of Steuben. 
— A cock-fight came off for $6,000 on the 5th inst., near 
Macon, Georgia against South Carolina. The former won 
— Real estate is rising with great rapidity in St. Louis. 
LnBt week a building lot was sold at the rate of $1,000 per 
foot. 
— Gov. Wise’s oldest son is studying divinity, it is 
stated, and will be ordained in the Espicopal church next 
year. 
— A pile of gold and silver coin, worth about $6,000, was 
plowed up in a field in Currituck county, N. C., a few days 
since. 
_Private letters state that the crops in Alabama have 
had to he planted three times. The corn was killed by the 
frost. 
_Bayard Taylor was surprised as well aB delighted to 
hear Yankee Doodle played at his stopping place in Lap- 
land. 
— The Boston Council has appropriated $2,000 to pay for 
music on the Common, semi-weekly, through the warm 
Beacon. 
— The receipts of the Missionary Society of the Metho- 
' diet Episcopal Church South inst year amounted to 
$188,630. 
— The people of Iowa are to vote in August on the ques¬ 
tion oi allowing colored men to vote on the same terms as 
1 other men. 
_The Governor of Pennsylvania has signed bills in- 
» creasing the banking capital of that State to the extent of 
L $3,420,000. 
f —The hog cholera has appeared in New Jersey, and 
s hundreds have died in Eaton, New Hope, LambertviUe, and 
other places. 
, _Thirty-two thousand pounds oi very handsome Polar 
whalebone have been sold in New Bedford, at 90 cents per 
pound, cash. 
’ —The principal hotels in New York have resolved to 
1 Increase their charge lor board and lodging from $2 50 to 
$3 per day. 
1 _ The Trustees of Dudley Observatory acknowledge a 
t contribution from Alexander Duncan, Esq , of Providence, 
- K, l, of $1,000. 
> — Corn is selling in Sioux City, Iowa, at $3 a bushel — 
) Through the middle portion of the State hoy Is in demand 
r at $20 per tua. 
1 —Tbe Morgantown (Vft.) Star, of last Thursday, states 
. that there has been a frost In that vicinity every morning 
^ during the week. 
u — Hon. Word Hunt, of Utica, has been appointed maua- 
ger of the State Lunatic Asylum, in place of Hon. J. A 
- Spencer, deceased. 
_The jury In the case of Rev. Geo. D. Herart, of Bath, 
® -1 _ -.1 ™i«i. ...Hill Are imon a female, were unable to 
Statistical Report on the SicknesB and Mortality of the 
Army of the United States. 
This Report embraces a period of sixteen years, from 
January, 1839 to Jan., 1865. It was prepared by Assistant 
Surgeon, R. H. Cooljdck, M. D., under direction of Surgeon 
General Lawson, and ts published in due form of law, by 
the Secretary of War. It is a quarto volume of 700 pageB, 
and possesses grout particular aud general interest. 
For many years the Surgeons at the numerous Military 
Poets, have been required “ to keep a diary of the weather, 
and to note everything of Importance relating to the medi¬ 
cal topography of the station, the climate, diseases preva¬ 
lent in the vicinity,” and the like. A body of important 
matter has thus been transmitted quarterly to the Medical 
Bureau at Washington, and is now given to the world. 
In this Hystem of observations, two objects were contem¬ 
plated by the War Department — first, to be “ primarily 
subservient to the advancement of medical science, and 
secondarily, to that of meteorology.” Tbe two objects are 
t once distinct and valuable. Mr. Calhoun, when Secre¬ 
tary of War, showed a wise as well as wide extension of 
thought in his plan of organizing the medical department 
of the Army. Two publications within the past year have 
been issued from the press,—the “Anny Meteorological Reg¬ 
ister," being designed to accomplish the seoond object, and 
haviug nobly affected it ; and the “ Sickness and Mortality 
of the Army," has accomplished the first. 
The military etatione, are divided in this work, into 
three great divisions: 1, Northern, north of the 40th degree 
ot latitude and east of the Rocky Mountains. 2, Middle, 
between the 40th and 35th degree 0 ! latitude, and 3, South¬ 
ern, between the 36tb and 30th degree of latitude. There 
are besides the climatological sub-divisions of Florida, 
Texas, New Mexico, Calitoroia, &e, and there are judicious 
sub-sections of these three great divisions, forming very 
distinct climatological sections. It would be interesting 
to give Tacts and conclusions throughout from the work, 
hut the limit* of the paper will not permit The medical 
man and the civilian will find abundant interest in the pe¬ 
rusal of the work. c. D. 
List of New Advertisements this Week, 
Every Man his own Architect—Saxton & Co. 
Established in 1826—C. A. Burr A U> 
Piaster Mill and Farm for bale—G. W. Torrence. 
Hound Hill Motorpathic Water-Cure—H Hoisted. 
To Fanners—Cheap Publication Office. 
Minnesota Land Tot Sale—D. tx Frnckor. 
Operative LitflograpbexE A Kucraverf—Bofcsrdus t 
Berkshire 1'igs ibr Sale—Wm. J Pettee. 
A Large New Magic Lantern -V 11 J'- 
For Sale—J. Dorr. , . . 
The Island Prmceis—New Yore Ledger. 
SrxcUL Notices 
Seneca Connty Dorse Fair-List of Premiums, Ac. 
Combined Reapers and Mowers—Kctclluni s. 
Bpnng. 
transported in pieces, can be put np ready for oc¬ 
cupancy in forty minutes. 
In bis charge to the Grand Jury, at Lecompton, 
Kansas, Judge Cato enumerated polygamy, gamb¬ 
ling and betting on elections, as offences against 
tbe public morals, which are stepping stones to 
other ami worse crimes. 
The recent census of St Louis shows a popular 
tion in nine wards (the first not being completed) 
of 110,423. Of this number 1,255 are free colored 
persons, and 1,457 slaves. 
Miss Mary Murray, an elderly lady, donated in 
1853 a plot of ground, corner of Fourth Avenue 
and Thirty-Fourth Street, for a Presbyterian church, 
which is to cost not less than $300,000, and be com¬ 
pleted by the 1st of April, 1802. The trustees ap¬ 
pointed by her to carry out the design, have taken 
the preliminary steps in the matter. 
The London Free Press learns by private des¬ 
patches that the Welland Canal is jammed lull of 
vessels, seeking to get either way, and that quite a 
number are aground, blocking up the passage. 
One dealer in St. Louis advertises 500 barrels of 
maple sugar for sale. It is Burmised that tnusca- 
Washington Matters, 
The Indian Bureau has received despatches from 
Brigham Young, giving an account of his transac 
tions as Superintendent of Indian affairs in Utah, 
dated March, in which he says:—“Since my last 
report, we have had a time of peace, and appa¬ 
rently of great contentment generally, and more 
especially among the Indians." This is the only 
allusion he makes to the social affairs of Territory. 
Tbe number of applicants for appointments, 
particularly for consulates, continues to increase. 
The President.hss declared to his friends that the 
business greatly embarrasses him, particularly as 
he cannot gratify one in ten of the applicants.— 
No doubt the appointments will be made gradual¬ 
ly, he having the entire summer before him for 
that purpose. 
Manual ok the Botany op tup. Northern United States. 
Revised edition ; Including Virginia, Kentucky, and all 
east of the Mississippi. Arranged according to the Nat¬ 
ural System. The Genera of Ferns is illustrated with 
six plates. By Aha Gray, Professor of Natural History 
in Harvard University. New York : Ivison & Phinney, 
and G. P. Pntnam k Co. —1857. 
This work is intended to follow “ First Lessons in Bota¬ 
ny" by tho same author,—a review of which was given in 
the Rural of the 2Sd,—and is especially adapted to schools 
and colleges, The student is supposed to have acquired a 
general acquaintance with the rudiments of Structural 
Botany, the Manual being designed as a compendious 
Flora for those portions of the country which it professeB 
to cover. The author hag had tbe assistance ol various 
persons, both of Europe and America, who havo attained 
distinction as botanists, and has produced a work eminent¬ 
ly worthy of the attention of those seeking knowledge in 
this interesting department of natural science. For sale 
by Wm. Alling. 
ROCHESTER, MAY 30, 1857, 
Correspondence of the Rural. 
Agricultural prospects in New Jork — Albany — Salt of 
“ helps to read ” — Massachusetts and her Railroads — 
Anti-Tobacco Associations — Marble Quarries — Con¬ 
necticut — Scenery on the JlousaioniC —Litchfield Co.- 
Weather, ((C., IfC. 
From the hasty glances obtainable while speed¬ 
ing across the country at the rate of thirty miles 
per hour, we thought the present prospects of the 
farmers in New York, anything but encouraging. 
A backward season, the growing wheat thin, the 
pastures hardly capable of sustaining sheep and a 
scarcity of fodder in the barn, is surely enough to 
make those who till tbe soil desponding. From 
Rochester to Albany, the cattle, on almost every 
farm, are turned out to take care of themselves, 
and unless favorable weather sets in, those who 
own these domestic animals, may claim for them 
an ancestry ancient, if not honorable, and a pedi¬ 
gree from the lean kine of Pharoah would rate 
fully at par, for no one could be found audacious 
enongh to cast a shadow of doubt thereon. A 
number of farms, how ever—would that the num¬ 
ber were inneb increased — would convey to the 
observant eye, an important practical lesson. On 
these, there were still cribB of the golden corn, 
and the cattle — which were yarded — looked as 
though well-cared for. The why we cannot ex¬ 
plain, hut we could mark out the boundaries of 
such men’s soil, though we knew nothing concern¬ 
ing the number ot acres by them possessed. The 
precision, neatness, and general condition to* 
The Marshal lor the District of Colombia has 
given uotice to Mr. Blanchard, one of the printers 
of the National Era, and to David A. Hall, of his 
intention to sell their property to pay the bail for¬ 
feited by Gen. Chaplin, who was charged with the 
abduction of slaves from tbiB District, 
Recently, the'question has arisen before the P. 
M. General whether ft deputy Post Master can be 
compelled to appear in Court with a valual le, or 
other letter, that rests in his office addressed to 
another party. The Attorney General’s office de¬ 
cided that he cannot legally do so. 
The Washington correspondent of the New York 
Snn states that the Cabinet are unanimous in the 
determination to oppose the partition of Nicara¬ 
gua, aud that the Government will, as the last re¬ 
sort, send out a special agent to treat with Walker, 
if he still occupies a position in the country, rather 
than allow the Anglo-Costa-Rican usurpation of 
the Transit route to he consummated. The same 
correspondent also asserts that Lord Napier has 
been informed of this Government’s resolution, 
and that he states England will acquiesce rather 
than disturb the existing amicable relations with 
tho United States. 
Affairs 19 New York. 
Money Hoarded.— According to the Treasury 
estimates, there arc in this oountry about $250,000,- 
000 in gold, of which little more than a fifth is in 
the hanks —leaving little short of $200,000,000 to 
he found elsewhere. The Treasury hoards very 
commonly from twenty to twenty-five millions— 
leaving probably $175,000,000 to be sought among 
the people. Allowing $30,000,000 — a liberal esti¬ 
mate— to he in actual use, there remains $125,000,- 
000, which is hoarded by the people, in imitation 
of the Government, and to an extent six tunes ex¬ 
ceeding the Treasury boards.— Maters' Journal. 
The N. O. papers of Friday 
Mexican Items, 
and Saturday of last week are at hand. They con¬ 
tain Vera Cruz dates to the 0th, and Mexico to the 
5tb inst. There was no positive information of 
the execution of Gen. Crabb and party. Orders 
had been issued to bring the prisoners to Mexico, 
and it was believed to be the intention to clear 
them if possible. 
Letters say that 500 more fillibusters have enter¬ 
ed Arizuma, and were encamped in the region of 
Tueston- In a battle with Gen. Crabb, the Iobs of 
Wheat and Fruit in Maryland. —The Balti¬ 
more American of the 17thiDst, says:—“We have 
now received recent reports of the grain aud fruit 
crops from nearly every portion of the State of 
Maryland, and are happy to remark that, in spite 
of many previous unfavorable circumstances and 
much alarm, there is a prospect of a good crop of 
both- Our Southern exchanges say, that the wheat 
promises more than an average crop, though in 
some districts it will doubtless be short in propor¬ 
tion to the amount sown. The fruit, too, except in 
the more Southern States is said to promise abun¬ 
dance.” 
getber with an air of completeness worn by such 
a farm, furnished for its possessor a patent equal 
—at least in the mind of the traveler — to the 
clearest title deed ever recorded. They stand si¬ 
lent, but impressive monitors, and their instruc¬ 
tions, if heeded, would drive the word scarcity 
from the vocabulary of the agriculturist. 
Albany, our seat of Government—that last word 
is a mistake, we beg the reader’s pardon — begins 
to appear brisk and the docks, since the flood, look 
neat, and business like. While crossing the ferry, 
we were much amused by the remarks of an indi¬ 
vidual who had spectacles for sale. Tbe peculiar 
advantages to be derived by wearing his “ specs,” 
were placed in a very attractive light before the 
minds of his auditory, while a philosophical dis¬ 
sertation on “ optics ” — which latter by the way, 
was composed principally of “ convex” and “ con¬ 
cave ”—was given with the air of a sage. Price of 
admission,—a pair of the ■* specs ” aforesaid, in¬ 
cluded—was fourteen shillings, hut our friend dis¬ 
posed of one pair at a slight reduction —the “pres¬ 
sure” in financial affairs and the desire to “intro¬ 
duce his superior article,” compelled him to ac¬ 
cept fifty cents. Those wanting “ helps to read,” 
should visit the capitol and invest. We don’t want 
to meddle with politics, nor interfere with “State 
rights,” but those of the citizens of Massachusetts 
whom the late added clause to the constitution 
would disfranchise, cannot do better than go to Al¬ 
bany and purchase — every vote is surely worth 
four shillings. 
About two hours after leaving Albany, a change 
of cars gave to us the first knowledge of our ar¬ 
rival in Massachusetts. Numerous cards forbid¬ 
ding the use of tobacco — the order was tanta¬ 
mount to that effect —and also compelling the 
Universal Yankee Nation to keep their feet in 
proper position, i, e., on the floor, were conspicu¬ 
ously posted in the cars, and tbe order was enforc¬ 
ed by the conductor. These cars were models of 
neatness, the floors looking as though fresh from 
the hands of a tidy housewife, and wheD, after a 
ride of about 100 miles, we changed conveyance, 
they bad preserved their cleanliness intact. Truly 
we were in “ the land of steady habits.” 
West Stockridgc, Mass., is noted for its marble 
quarries—from the “ Old Quarry,” in this vicinity, 
was taken that for the City Hall, New York. At 
intervals, the entire distance through Massachu¬ 
setts to Cornwall, Conn., marble may beHcen crop¬ 
ping out, and along the railroadB it lies in immense 
quantities awaiting shipment. 
After striking the. Housatonic river, the marked 
feature of the country ib its ruggedness and wild¬ 
ness—billB and stones do most abound. We have 
thought that could a change be made transferring 
the farmers of Western New York to this regioD, 
and place those of Connecticut in the position of 
the former, it would be advantageous to botb 
parties. The first when returned to the homestead 
would devote more labor to this land, while the 
latter could have a Beaaon of comparative ease.— 
Real Estate in San Francisco.—As an exam¬ 
ple in the fall of prices in San Francisco, a corres¬ 
pondent, writing under date of the 18th of last 
month, says:—“A certain hotel in this city, once 
leased at $72,000 a year, is now let at $7,200, or 10 
per cent of the first sum; think to what disasters 
a man might be easily led, predicating biB move 
ments upon the first named income 1 Not far from 
where I write there is a building under lease at $30 
per month that once paid $400 amontb. Buttbese 
instances are ho common — the ruin and wreck in 
real estate long since ceased to attract notice.” 
Seneca Lake Frozen in May. —The Dundee 
Record makes tbe following curious statement:— 
Seneca Lake was frozen over last week, with the 
thermometer hardly down to freezing point This 
is the third year that the same phenomena has oc¬ 
curred in May. It is well attested by the oldest 
inhabitants that the lake waB never frozen over 
until the winter of 1856. Formerly the coldest 
weather had no power to congeal its crystal wa¬ 
ters, now some unknown cause freezs its surface 
in May. 
Latest News fkom Kansas. —The Kansks cor¬ 
respondent of the St, Louis Democrat says:—A 
force of Dragoons and artillery has left Fort 
Kearney for an attack upon the Cheyenne Indians 
who, it ia said, were concentrated at Republic, 
Kansas, and Blue River. A serious difficulty has 
occurred between Gov. Chas. RobinsOD, and G. W. 
Brown, editor of the Herald of Freedom, at Law¬ 
rence. Robinson charges Brown with an attempt 
to sell out the Free State party to Gov. Shannon, 
and Brown has written a letter, in which he applies 
strong epithets to Robinson. Gen. Harney and 
staff have arrived at Fort Leavenworth. Gen. 
John Calhoun, the Surveyor General of the Terri¬ 
tory, has also arrived from St Louis. The arrivals 
at the hotel average fifty per day. 
Sale of the Pennsylvania Canals. —The Gov- 
ernoi having signed the bill for the sale of the 
main line of public improvements, it is advertisod 
to bo sold at public auction, in the Merchants’ Ex¬ 
change, Philadelphia, on Thursday eveniug, the 
25th of June. The lowest price for which It may 
be purchased, is $7,500,000, It iRgenerally suppos- 
that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company would 
become the purchasers. They, however, under the 
law, will have to pay $9,000,000. 
From Havana.— The steamship Black Warrior 
arrived at New York on the 2d inst, with Havana 
dates to the 15th. The Royal Spanish steamer iB 
hourly looked for, with orders lor the immediate 
commencement of hostilities against Mexico. The 
sugar crop is expected to fall short 20 per cent, as 
compared with last year’s yield. Prices still tend¬ 
ed upward, while freights continued dull. The 
Black Warrior encountered heavy gales during the 
voyage. 
The Gold Production. —The steadiness of the 
product of gold in California and Australia for 
several years past Is very remarkable. That of 
Australia has been quite uniform at say sixty to 
sixty-tive millions of dollars, and California has 
ranged from fifty to fifty-five millions. On the 
whole, the indications seem to warrant the belief 
that the maximum of production has been nearly, 
if not fully, reached in both countries. 
Vegetables from Bermuda. —The Bermuda Is¬ 
lands are becoming an important source of supply 
for early vegetables for the New York market.— 
The Hamilton Bermudian, of the Ctb inst, shows 
that the exports this spring amounted to 450 
bbls. onions, 3,898 bbls. potatoes, and 3,059 boxes 
tomatoes. Six vessels cleared for New York du¬ 
ring the period mentioned, taking in the aggre¬ 
gate, 2,259 bbls. potatoes, 2,309 boxes of tomatoes 
and 450 bbls, onionB. These productions ripened 
several weeks earlier than usual. Onions were ex¬ 
ported the 20th of April. The potato h«8 yielded 
bountifully, and almost wholly free from disease.— 
One planter’s crop yielded at the rate of twenty- 
four barrels for every barrel planted. 
Immigration. — During the months ending May 
1st, 11,214 emigrants left Bremen for the United 
States in 47 vessels, while during tbe* same period 
last year, only 6,984 passengers in 33 vessels sailed 
from there, thus showing an increase of 4,230 over 
the number who emigrated last year. 
Utah. —It is now said that Major McCullock de¬ 
clines the Govcn orship of Utah. The office has 
been tendered to a Western man, it is said, hut the 
name is not given. Gen. Harney, who has been so 
severe a master fur the Indians, is to be sent out In 
command of an efficient military force, for the en¬ 
forcement of law, and the protection of those who 
do not belong to tbe Mormon sect 
Court of Appeals. —Tbe next term of this 
Court for New York, will commence June 16th.— 
In order to have a cause placed upon the calendar, 
the notice of argument Bhould be received by the 
Clerk by the 8th. 
